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The need continues to be great and the region's blood supply has is always tight. The need for continued donations is urgent. The MUMC will be hosting once again a Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, May 9th from 2:00pm to 7:00pm.
It is important that all prospective donors not only know what we are doing to protect everyone, but also what they must do. Please visit our Detailed Information Page for specifics on precautions. We also encourage all donors to review the standard eligibility guidelines via the links below.
We will update our pages as we get closer and as precaution requirements evolve. Thank you!! Remember, the need never ends. Hope to see you there to give the gift of life!
To get information about giving blood, visit the American Red Cross website or contact Danielle Adams at 609-351-3949. Online, use the sponsor code "Medford UMC" to find us.
March Madness is back as the Easter Food Drive returns to Medford UMC! Show support for your favorite team by donating toiletry items, food and/or ACME Gift cards for $15 (please, no larger amounts!). Please see the Flyer linked HERE for a list of food items and our drop off dates and times. Also, you can make a monetary donation by mailing a check to the church office or through PushPay by clicking "Give" at the top of the website. Be sure to select "Easter Food Drive" from the fund menu. Stay tuned to the 9:00 and 10:30 Services on Facebook Live for updates from the Easter Food Drive Network!
Please join us on Sunday, February 4, 2024 at Medford UMC. We will honor Barb for her 35+ years of dedicated service directing our many Handbell Choirs. We don't want to give away all the details so Barb can be at least a bit surprised. Click here to sign-up if you can attend. Please make sure you list how many people will attend and if you have special food requirements (i.e. gluten free). This will help us make sure we have enough food for dinner.
To make a donation towards a gift for Barb you can visit medfordumc.org/give, use our app, or send a check to the church office. We are looking forward to a special afternoon/evening honoring Barbara Frame.
Operation Santa is run by the Medford Police Department, and gives us the opportunity to support children in need right in our local community. We were given 15 giving opportunities. When you see this notice some of the gifts may have been taken but, if you are interested, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and we will send back the flyer with current availabilities. There is also an opportunity to help with gift wrapping at the Medford Police Station on December 8. If you would be interested in joining a team from our church to help prepare for this event, please email us as well.
Iglesia Metodista Unida Wesley/Wesley UMC is a vibrant Hispanic church in Trenton led by Pastor Rosemary Rentas and a very involved and dedicated laity volunteers. This is our 13th year partnering with Wesley and it is a great pleasure to watch this ministry grow in their new church home on Liberty Street in Trenton. This year MUMC will provide 75 gifts for Wesley to distribute to children and youth in the surrounding community.
The Maker's Place is a faith-based non-profit organization dedicated to the city of Trenton. We are affiliated with A Future with Hope, and are members of the National Diaper Bank Network. We serve and partner with people of all faiths and none. Launched in July 2018 our vision is broad: to become a resource center that connects neighbors with neighbors in diverse and inclusive community, by responding to the gifts and aspirations of people living in poverty. Originally intended to collect 10,000 diapers for a community birthday party for one year-olds, the Maker's Place collected 100,000 diapers during our first collection drive. With so many diapers left over, we launched what is now our flagship initiative: our "Diaper Depot," a diaper distribution program that gives away thousands of free diapers each month to families who struggle to provide enough diapers for their children. We partner with Children's Futures, a Trenton nonprofit, to provide free baby formula. Through our work we come in contact with hundreds of families and it is from these relationships that we will identify 50 children and young people whom you at MUMC will be able to brighten lives with your gifts.
JOIN US AT 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM EACH SUNDAY FOR A LIVESTREAM OF OUR SERVICE!
If you have a Facebook account and would like to participate in the worship interaction, CLICK HERE to be taken to our Facebook page where you can join the live video. We start the live stream approximately 15 minutes prior to the start of worship to give time for people to join and get settled.
If you don't use Facebook and simply want to view it through our web page, CLICK HERE on Sunday to be taken to our embedded stream page.
LOOKING TO IMPROVE YOUR OVERALL HEALTH?: Please join the Healthy Living Group beginning Monday, September 19 as we begin reading the #1 New York Times Bestseller, Life Force, by Tony Robbins. Learn about the newest breakthroughs in health technology to help maximize your energy and strength, prevent disease and extend your health span. Each chapter is independent of the others, so please join us whenever you are able (topics to be announced in the bulletin). Our group meets from 5:30-7:00 pm on the first and third Mondays of every month in the Family Life Center. For more information, please contact Bruce and Ann Braytenbah at [email protected] or call the church office 609/654-8111.
Jesus, throughout his ministry, modeled courage: courage to challenge religious authority, courage to reach out in compassion to those others rejected, courage to speak the truth not only to power but also to those he loved, and courage to act on his convictions, even at the greatest great personal cost. How can we learn to be that courageous? In this four-week series, we'll look at Jesus' life of courage and the ingredients of courage in our own lives: conviction, candor, fortitude, and love. Come join us!
Pasta Dinner: Pack 26 of the Scouts wants to feed you pasta on April 24! Details and tickets are available for their take-away dinner by clicking here. During the check-out process, please be sure to indicate that you are supporting Pack 26.
Please drop off your frozen turkeys and $25 gift cards (Acme or Shoprite) in the church parking lot This Sunday, November 22nd from 11:30am -1:30pm. We will have volunteers there to help! Thank you for your support of the Neighborhood Center in Camden!
Each year between Mother's Day and Father's Day, the members of Medford UMC gather and donate hundreds of diapers to be donated to the Christian Caring Center to share with families in need. We are, of course, collecting again this year! But, to keep us all appropriately safe and at home, we are only accepting monetary donations. You may give through the MUMC app or webpage using our PushPay system (select "Diaper Drive" as the fund) or by mailing a check directly to the church at 2 Hartford Rd, Medford NJ 08055 (please note "diaper drive" on the memo line).
Both of your pastors want to connect with you. We are offering weekly "Zoom Check-in" times for informal conversation, devotions, and prayer. Joe will set aside time on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm. Kathleen will be gathering folks on Wednesdays at noon. Are you interested? Watch our Facebook page for information or use the following links to connect. If you'd like to get an email invitation, email Kathleen or Joe. Click here to join Joe on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm. Click here to join Kathleen on Wednesdays at noon.
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MONDAY EVENING BIBLE STUDY: Michelle Critelli and Cyndy Riley are facilitating a Co-Ed Bible Study on Monday evenings, beginning April 13. The small group will explore the Gospel of John, and participants will be expected to purchase a participant's guide to use as they read through a few chapters of John each week.
LORD'S PRAYER STUDY: Pastor Kathleen is facilitating a study of the Lord's Prayer to correspond to the Lenten Sermon Series. Please purchase the book The Lord's Prayer for Today by William J. Carl III, prior to the first class in print or eBook from your favorite book seller.
Join us on February 26 as we mark the start of Lent with worship and ashes:
Adopt-A-Box is an annual IHOC program. The purpose of Adopt-A-Box is to collect and distribute basic personal care items to men, women and children who are currently staying in shelters or using day centers. Like Pack-A-Sack, Adopt-A-Box is easy to participate in and is a great way to help those in need. All you need to do is take a shoe box and fill it with basic items such as: toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, baby shampoo, deodorant, underwear, shaving cream, hand lotions, razors, wash clothes, and socks. Once you have filled your shoebox or shoeboxes, mark each one "Man", "Woman", or "Child" based on the items you placed in it.
The MUMC youth are off to a very successful start in making "Adopt-a-Boxes" for the Interfaith Homeless Outreach Council. We have 32 completed boxes, 31 that are only missing 1 or 2 items, and enough supplies to make many more with just a few items. Our goal is 100 boxes. Our biggest needs are: empty shoeboxes, shaving cream, shampoo, and underwear. Items can be dropped off in the Narthex. We will be finishing the boxes on February 23. We have set up a Signup Genius, if you would like to let us know what you have to donate.
What to know more about IHOC? CLICK HERE
Together we can turn the nation's largest weekend of football into the largest weekend of giving. Youth group members will be collecting monetary donations at each service this Sunday and will then send the donation to the Turning Point United Methodist Food Pantry in Trenton. Your generosity will be very much appreciated. The link below will take you to our PushPay system. You can select "Give One Time" then use the Fund Selector to choose "Souper Bowl of Caring."
The MUMC Book Club has chosen Faith Unraveled for our first selection of 2020. Christian author Rachel Held Evans shares her spiritual journey. As she challenges fundamentalism, her faith moves from certainty to doubt to trust in a God who is big enough to handle the tough questions. We will meet on Wednesday, January 15 at 7:00 pm to discuss. Looking ahead to February, our next selection is This Tender Land by award-winning novelist William Kent Krueger. Mark your calendar for Wednesday, February 19 at 7:00 pm. Our discussion group is always welcoming, so check out these books and join us! Any questions please contact Patty Rosvold, [email protected] or the church office.
Live Nativity at the Dickens Festival: Please join us on Sat. Dec. 7 in bringing the story of Christmas to the Medford community! We need people to be angels and shepherds (anyone in 4th grade or older), Wise People (adults or older/taller teens), Mary and Joseph. We need people to set up the lights and sound equipment and then more people to break it down at the end of the night. We need a hot chocolate/hot cider crew. We need people to bake cookies the week before the festival. We need singers, hospitality people, animal wranglers and costume crew that night. There is, without a doubt, a spot for you to volunteer! Get details and sign up at medfordumc.org/nativitysignup. Contact Pastor Kathleen with questions.
MUMC Book Club News: This month's selection is As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner. It is a compelling story of a mother and her daughters who find themselves in a harsh world, not of their making, which will either crush their resolve to survive or purify it. Join us on November 13!
We are always welcoming new readers so bring a friend and join us! Any questions please contact the church office or Patty Rosvold at [email protected] and follow us on Facebook at Medford UMC Book Club.
Trunk or Treat
Medford United Methodist Church
is hosting Our 7th Annual
Trunk or Treat
October 20
Join us for an evening of safe Trick or Treating and Yummy S'Mores! Sign up sheets outside the Sanctuary!
How can I participate?
With the program year about to start, registration is open! Go to our REGISTRTATION LINK and register each child. Even if you have done this previously, please enter your child's information to insure that our database is up-to-date. Any questions, please contact the church office.
When: Sunday, Sept 8th
Where: Medford UMC
Time: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Everyone is Invited! Bring a side dish or dessert to share. Please sign up in the FLC lobby, Outside the Sanctuary, or the church office so we know how many are coming.
MEDFORD ROCKS AGAIN, AUGUST 30 FROM 7:00 TO 10:00 PM….a few months ago, we had a great time hosting this open mic & music event for middle and high school youth. Soon we'll welcome back to the stage Emmie & Brie, Imbroglio and open mic performers. A $5 door donation will benefit Broadway Bound Players of Medford. Join us for food, music, games and fun! If you would like to perform, please email [email protected]. If you can volunteer to help set up and chaperone the event, please contact Pastor Joe ([email protected]). See you there!
Clean out your treasures and get ready for our annual Flea Market. Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm (rain or shine). Registration forms for parking lot spaces are in the August and September Messengers, in the entryways or the church office. Spaces are just $15 by Sept. 16th! ($20 Sept. 17th or later.) Contact Ginger Harriett at 609/238-1803 if you have questions. All proceeds will go to local mission projects.
DOWNLOAD THE MUMC APP! We have launched our brand-new MUMC app (for both Apple and Android)! This new tool will bring together all things MUMC in one convenient place. Miss a sermon? Catch up with the video or audio from last week's message. Read the latest news, announcements and events. Manage your recurring giving. And in time, we'll be bringing you small group resources and devotional guides. We're excited about all this new tool has to offer. Download and install it today – text "medfordapp" to 77977 to go directly to the download page, or search your app store for "Medford UMC." And send us your feedback – you can do that right from the app!
SCHOOL SUPPLIES COLLECTION: School supplies are important — and they aren't cheap. Their cost has gone up 88% in the past decade. Want to help local students? We are asking for the church's help with the following donations:
Child-sized backpacks – preferably non-gender specific!
Pencils – non-mechanical, boxes of 12
Loose-leaf notebook paper (100-150 page packets)
Binders – 1 inch, hardcover
Folders – 3-hole punched
Crayons – 24 count boxes
Markers – 10-12 count boxes, washable
Erasers – pink, rectangular (not pencil cap!)
Yellow highlighters
Glue sticks
A team of youth will be sorting the supplies and packing the backpacks. To make this easier, please put all supplies in a plastic shopping bag inside the back pack and only donate items from this list. If you are only donating supplies, that's great too! Supplies and backpacks can be dropped off outside the sanctuary or in the FLC Lobby. Please make sure all donations are at the church by Wednesday, August 21st. Donations will be distributed to the children by the Neighborhood Center in Camden, the Christian Caring Center and Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHOC). Please join us in supporting these children! Please contact Chris Carl, [email protected], 856/404-1706 with any questions.
The MUMC Book Club is participating in the Greater Philadelphia Walk to Defeat ALS on October 26, 2019 at Citizens Bank Park in honor of our friends Glenna Bishop and Diane O'Brien and we need you on our team!!
Every 90 minutes someone is diagnosed with ALS — it robs a person of the ability to walk, speak, eat, and eventually breathe. And what's even worse is that right now, there's no cure. You can help by walking with us, donating to us or praying for us!
Will you join us and join the movement to cure ALS? It's easy to register or donate online at http://webpa.alsa.org/goto/Glennas_Gladiators. If you have any questions, please contact Patty Rosvold at [email protected]
PS – If you can't make it on October 26, 2019 – please consider making a donation towards our goal of $1,000
REPRESENT MEDFORD UMC AT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN FREEDOM PARK ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 6: This year we will be publicizing our TRUNK or TREAT and giving away candy. We are looking for one or two cars to be decorated with a HALLOWEEN TRUNK. The Witness Committee will supply the candy. Join Pastor Kathleen for this fun event to let the community know about the ministries of MUMC. Contact Kathleen or the church office for more information.
Sunday, July 14th is Pastor Appreciation Day, a time when we show our appreciation to Pastor Kathleen and Pastor Joe for their dedication and service to us and hear a word from them. This year the Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC), in coordination with the pastors, is planning something extra special. The celebration will be part of the 10:30 service, held in the FLC (traditional service will be held at 9:00 in the sanctuary for this Sunday only), where we will be seated at tables. We will participate in a special 45 minute worship service followed by celebration and then a time to enjoy a light lunch and socialize together. We hope you and your family will plan to be a part of this joyful event.
On Sunday April 28th, we begin a new series based on the book of Exodus. It's called "Not All Who Wander Are Lost."
The Exodus is one of the key moments in the history of God's people. It's referred to over and over again throughout the Bible. It's a moment where people redefined who they were: no longer slaves, but free people walking with their God – the one true God, the Creator of heaven and earth.
Sounds beautiful, right? A story of faith in God's power, God's guidance and God's provision.
If you thought that, you'd be wrong. Reality is a lot more complicated. Leaders are a lot more timid. People are a lot less faithful. And yet, God works through it all. It's a good message for unsettled times. God's faithfulness overcomes our unfaithfulness. Every. Single. Time.
So We hope you'll join us for worship starting Sunday, and in reading Exodus over the next few weeks – from now through June 2nd.
PEDAL for PROMISE – SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2019: Medford United Methodist is fielding a team for the Urban Promise fundraiser "Pedal for Promise." This year the ride begins and ends at Valenzano Winery in Shamong. You can register to ride, make a donation to the team or register as a spectator to enjoy the party and cheer on our team.
Go to urbanpromiseusa.org/pedal for more information about the event, to donate, or to register as an individual. OR you can go directly to the TEAM MEDFORD UMC page at www.crowdrise.com/team-medford-umc.
Questions or need help? Speak with Pastor Kathleen, Wayne Richards, or Heidi and Mike Polhemus
HOLY THURSDAY April 18
7:30 pm Communion Service – Sanctuary
GOOD FRIDAY April 19 at MUMC
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Ecumenical Service
7:30 pm Good Friday Worship Service
EASTER April 21
6:30 am Sonrise Service with Communion
Breakfast in Bowker Hall
9:30 Contemporary Worship in FLC
8:15 and 11:00 am Traditional Worship in Sanctuary
Acme Gift Cards In the amount of $15. No cash or checks .
Boxed Milk, Brownie or Cake Mixes, Macaroni and Cheese, Instant Potatoes, Rice or Pasta, Low Sugar Cereal, Fruit Juice Boxes, Flour, Nutrition/Granola Bars.
Canned Fruit, Canned Vegetables & Beans, Canned Meat, Soups/Stews/Chili, Pasta Sauce, Spaghetti-O's & Ravioli
Peanut Butter/Jelly, Vegetable Oil, Gravy, Liquid Dish Soap
Disposable Razors, Shampoo, Conditioner, Sanitary Napkins, Poise Pads, Toilet Paper , Baby Wipes, Travel Size Lotion, Laundry Detergent Pods*, (*We are collecting ONLY single – use laundry pods.)
Cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira, the fourth-largest city in Mozambique, on March 14. Over the next week, Idai left a path of destruction in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. United Methodists are starting to respond to those affected by Cyclone Idai, which left devastation in parts of three African countries and killed 500 people, with hundreds more still missing.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief has allocated three $10,000 grants for immediate, emergency short-term funding to meet basic human needs in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Those needs include water transportation and storage for drinking, cooking and personal and domestic hygiene, along with temporary shelter.
How to help:
Give to the work of UMCOR by texting UMCOR to 91999.
To make a donation to UMCOR's International Disaster Response, use Advance #982450.
OUR LENTEN FOCUS: DISCIPLESHIP: Traditionally the Church has invited Christians to "give something up for Lent." This year, your pastors at Medford UMC are inviting you to "take something on for Lent." As we journey through Lent together this year you are encouraged to dive deeper into the weekly sermons by engaging with a curriculum that will guide you on a Disciple's Path. The weekly sessions will run for six weeks during Lent beginning the week of Ash Wednesday and will coordinate with the weekly sermons. The topics are based on the UMC membership covenant "faithfully to participate in the ministries of the church by our Prayers, Presence, Gifts, Service, and Witness." Please contact the Church Office, by email or phone, to let us know which group you'll be joining. This is a great way to grow deeper in your own discipleship as you become better acquainted with other MUMC folks on their own journey with Christ.
"WE'RE ALL IRISH ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY": Please join us for our annual Irish evening of music, treats, and fun fellowship on Monday, March 11 at 7:00 pm in Bowker Hall. We'll have familiar Irish songs planned by Carol Reilly. It is always a fun evening. Wear your best Irish green and be ready to laugh and enjoy a great program. You probably will leave humming "When Irish Eyes are Smiling." If you have any questions, please contact Carol Reilly, 609/953-3805 or Chris Welch, 856/751-5836. All MUMC ladies are always welcome – please join us!
Saturday, March 9, 2019
11:30 a.m. Silent Auction Bidding
12:15 p.m. Lunch & Program
Come join us for lunch at our "Annual Hearts for Mission" Silent Auction / Soup and Salad Bar luncheon "Mardi Gras" style in Bowker Hall! Auction proceeds goes to support mission work. You can also make a pledge to the UMW at this time. Auction item donations may be brought to the church office starting Thursday, March 7th. What to donate? How about Mardi Gras inspired items or traditional "heart-themed" items. Questions? Please contact Ginger Harriett at [email protected]
Program Speaker: Rev. Michael Reed
Contest: Prizes for Best Mardi Gras masks!
ASH WEDNESDAY – MARCH 6: Join us as we mark the start of Lent with worship and ashes on Ash Wednesday:
7:00-9:30 am – prayers, ashes & coffee in the narthex – drop in Any time
12:00 noon – a brief (30 min) service of scripture, prayer and ashes in the Sanctuary
7:30 pm – a service of ashes & Holy Communion in the sanctuary; Faith Presbyterian Church will be joining us for this service.
You are free to worship without receiving ashes, get them on your hand instead of your forehead, or go home and wash your face. They represent an outward sign of our inward heart. If you've not attended Ash Wednesday worship before, come experience it this year!
All of us want better relationships: in our families, with our friends, at work. Often we just don't know how to get there. But there are some simple things we can do to foster healthy relationships: by getting our anxiety under control, practicing empathy, honoring boundaries, improving communication, and building trust. Join us on Sundays at 8:15, 9:30 & 11:00 as we look to the scriptures for wisdom on building healthy relationships
IHOC-INTERFAITH HOMELESS OUTREACH COUNCIL is collecting shoe boxes filled with personal care items for distribution to homeless shelters. Items include: toothbrushes, toothpaste, baby shampoo, deodorant, shaving cream, lotion, razors, soaps, washcloths, socks, comb/brush and underwear. (Trial sizes are welcome.) Once you have filled your shoebox, put a rubber band around it and label it: Man, Woman, Child-(Boy or Girl). Please bring your shoe boxes to the FLC lobby or to the hallway outside the sanctuary by Sunday, February 24. Thank you for your support! For more info, contact Chris Carl, [email protected]; 856/404-1706.
HELP TACKLE HUNGER: Since it began 28 years ago, Souper Bowl of Caring has raised more than $135 million for local charities across the country. NEXT SUNDAY, our youth will collect monetary donations for Souper Bowl of Caring which will go to the Turning Point UMC Food Pantry in Trenton. Youth will be at the back of the worship space in the FLC at the end of the 10:00 am service to receive your donations; checks made payable to MUMC with "Souper Bowl" in the memo line. If you don't want to wait until next Sunday, you can donate today. Just drop your donation in the offering plate. Please make sure it is clearly labeled on the check or blue pew envelope for "Souper Bowl."
CALLING ALL 8TH – 12TH GRADERS! It's time to start thinking about our Summer Youth Mission Trip to Roanoke, VA to work with REACH. For more information about the REACH program visit reachinroanoke.org. We will take our trip on June 29th – July 5th, 2019 this summer. Are you interested in joining us or hearing more details? Registration has begun! Email Bethany Carl at [email protected].


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BOSTON — Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have been arrested and accused of removing a backpack containing hollowed-out fireworks from Tsarnaev's dorm room three days after the attack to keep him from getting into trouble.
In court papers, the FBI said one of them threw the backpack in the garbage — it was later found in a landfill by law enforcement officers — after they concluded from news reports that Tsarnaev was one of the bombers.
Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, who are from Kazakhstan, were charged with conspiring to obstruct justice by concealing and destroying evidence. A third man, Robel Phillipos, was charged with lying to investigators about the visit to Tsarnaev's room.
At a court appearance Wednesday, the Kazakh men did not request bail and will be held for another hearing May 14. Phillipos was held for a hearing on Monday. Their lawyers refused to comment ahead of the proceeding.
Three people were killed and more than 260 injured on April 15 when two bombs exploded near the finish line. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died after a gunfight with police days later. His younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old second-year student at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, was captured and lies in a prison hospital.
Investigators have not said whether the pressure cooker bombs used in the attacks were made with gunpowder extracted from fireworks.
Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev have been held in jail for more than a week on allegations that they violated their student visas by not regularly going to class at UMassachusetts. All three men charged Wednesday began attending UMass with Tsarnaev at the same time in 2011, according to the FBI.
The three were not accused of any involvement in the bombing itself. But in a footnote in the court papers, the FBI said that about a month before the bombing, Tsarnaev told Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev that he knew how to make a bomb.
If convicted, Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov could get up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Phillipos faces a maximum of eight years behind bars and a $250,000 fine.
Authorities allege that on the night of April 18, after the FBI released surveillance-camera photos of the bombing suspects and the three men suspected their friend was one of them, they went to Tsarnaev's dorm room.
Before Tsarnaev's roommate let them in, Kadyrbayev showed Tazhayakov a text message from Tsarnaev that read: "I'm about to leave if you need something in my room take it," according to the FBI. When Tazhayakov learned of the message, "he believed he would never see Tsarnaev alive again," the FBI said in the affidavit.
It was not clear from the court papers whether authorities believe that was an instruction from Tsarnaev to his friends to destroy evidence.
Once inside Tsarnaev's room, the men noticed a backpack containing fireworks, which had been opened and emptied of powder, the FBI said.
The FBI said Kadyrbayev knew when he saw the empty fireworks that Tsarnaev was involved in the bombings and decided to remove the backpack from the room "in order to help his friend Tsarnaev avoid trouble."
Kadyrbayev also decided to remove Tsarnaev's laptop "because he did not want Tsarnaev's roommate to think he was stealing or behaving suspiciously by just taking the backpack," the FBI said in court papers.
After the three men returned to Kadyrbayev's and Tazhayakov's apartment with the backpack and computer, they watched news reports featuring photographs of Tsarnaev.
The FBI affidavit said Kadyrbayev told authorities the three men then "collectively decided to throw the backpack and fireworks into the trash because they did not want Tsarnaev to get into trouble."
Kadyrbayev said he placed the backpack and fireworks along with trash from the apartment into a large trash bag and threw it into a garbage bin near the men's apartment.
When the backpack was later found in a landfill last week, inside it was a UMass-Dartmouth homework assignment sheet from a class Tsarnaev was taking, the FBI said.
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A New American Picture by Doug Rickard
The older notions of photographers physically exploring their world may have in some ways come to pass. The Egglestons, Shores, Levitts, Winogrands ventured out with perhaps only the loosest intentions or framework of a "project" and allowed the world to provide. It is common now for artists to conceive of a project first and then impose that view almost filter-like upon what they are looking at. I would never argue that one approach is better than the other as long as - in the case of the latter - the work doesn't become a mere illustration of an idea. For me, I learned photography through an ability to trust in the world and a rather strong distrust of "ideas," so clever frameworks rarely excite unless the work from image to image surprises and transcends. Doug Rickard's work in his book A New American Picture has me excited, perhaps a bit disturbed, and completely captivated.
Rickard's work on this project has a clever framework. He has been exploring the world through Google street views. Google has been mapping the world from the vantage point of the center of its streets. The camera, tethered to a GPS system, is mounted on a car and takes wide angle images every twenty feet or so from a fixed height of about 7 feet. The user of Google's street views can not only pan 360 degrees but pan up and down and zoom in on a part of the image. The final images are run through facial recognition software which attempts to blur the faces of people unintentionally recorded when the camera car passed by.
Surveillance cameras in banks or on city streets have the potential to record an image which is as worthy of high praise as any made by Frank or Evans. So is the case of the billions of snapshots made around the world every day from amateurs. Rickard has been sifting through Google's images to - like any photographer working in the streets - find interesting things to stare at and photograph them off of his computer monitor. In terms of street photography, several factors have been taken away; one is timing as the photographs are triggered by the GPS system when the car passes over a specific coordinate and the second is vantage point, so the usual "finding out where to stand" element is off the table as well.
In A New American Picture, which through its title and chosen locations I sense a nod towards Evans's American Photographs, you will find hints of the historical reference points which have certainly informed Rickard's work. The photographers I mentioned in the first paragraph are brought to mind and Rickard's attraction to a certain color palate is common to the 1970s photographers working in color, especially Eggleston.
A grid of these images are on display at the new Le Bal museum in Paris alongside Anthony Hernandez, Lewis Baltz, Chauncey Hare, Walker Evans and others and I was struck by how the splayed perspective of the camera-car's wide angle lens (which seems to be around a 24mm in 35mm terms) echoed Hare's interiors or the field of view from Hernandez's Los Angeles bus stop images. This wide field of view presents interesting photographic problems that fascinated artists like Garry Winogrand - one of which is asking the question of how small can an element such as body language or gesture be and still carry some of the weight of an image. In most of Rickard's choices people are reduced to basic features which rely on such elements for meaning.
The places he has chosen to "google" were often spots Rickard has physically traveled to at one time or another and then when back at home, looked for that same place on street views. Most often he is drawn to the outskirts of cities where the fabric of society is being tested by poverty and run down infrastructure. A majority of the citizens caught in his frames are black, the homes bring to mind the bleakness of Evans's descriptions of depression era houses - an appropriate concentration on the part of Rickard considering the recent economic blight in America.
If I find flaw in A New American Picture, it is with the edit. I happened to see a talk on this work with David Campany and Sebastian Hau at Le Bal and if my memory serves me, there were several images I found captivating in that slideshow which are missing here in the book. The book does have a page noting Plates 1-69 which seems to hint at further volumes and Campany mentioned editing the Le Bal exhibition from over 300 of Rickard's images. This edit favors more images of a single person alone in the landscape which I find a bit repetitive.
I have heard that there might be a larger publisher planning a different book of this same work but either way, it is books like these which show that the history of the photobook is still moving forward and Parr/Badger should start working on volume III.


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It was bound to happen. A newspaper column politely asking drivers to share the road and accept cyclists as fellow travellers rather than adversaries, published in a newspaper with a readership of ~1 million people, was bound to stir up some controversy.
As expected, I woke up to an email from a Toronto Star reader who says, "When cyclists stop breaking the rules, then I'll start supporting cyclists".
This is a classic argument used to argue against building proper bike infrastructure, and a classic excuse for drivers to justify driving aggressively near cyclists. In June, I videotaped a 30-minute commute to show that the vast majority of cyclists are respectful of others and generally obey most rules.
However, I wanted to point out to the reader that obeying all rules on a bicycle to the letter of the law can be dangerous for cyclists, and I also wanted to question why this reader held cyclists to a higher standard than drivers. So I responded to his email.
Here is the correspondence:
From: R
To: email@example.com
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 7:53:59 AM
Subject: Tell cyclist to follow the rulesI'm not against cyclists. However, I am tired of cyclist breaking the rules of the road. We'd all get along a lot better if cyclists did not feel they owned the space.
Cyclist ride on the sidewalk. They are "side walks," not side rides.
There is 4 way stop in my neighbourhood. Cyclists consistently do not stop even when there are cars and people with kids in the crosswalks.
When cyclists stop breaking the rules, then I'll start supporting cyclists.
*** My response:
From: James Schwartz <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: R
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 9:55:54 AM
Subject: Re: Tell cyclist to follow the rulesHi R,
Thanks for the email. I do understand your concern and it is frustrating when people don't follow the rules (be it drivers or cyclists). However, one of the issues with our current road system and laws is that they were designed primarily with cars in mind. Following the rules to the letter of the law on a bicycle is sometimes dangerous.
The 38-year-old woman who was 5-months pregnant when she was run over by a truck earlier this week was following the rules of the road when she was killed. She would probably be alive right now if she rode her bike on the sidewalk (I am not condoning riding on the sidewalk, but cyclists who get dangerously squeezed by cars sometimes feel the need to move off the road to stay safe).
Another woman who was run down by an angry driver this week was making a legal left turn. The driver apparently didn't appreciate her obeying the law while making a left-hand turn (and I have seen this happen many times when drivers get angry for cyclists making a legal turn because they feel the cyclist is holding them up).
I am confident that we'd have less cyclists breaking the rules if we had better infrastructure that makes it less dangerous for cyclists to use our streets.
Having said all that, why is it that you hold cyclists to a higher standard than drivers? How many drivers never exceed the maximum posted speed limit? Judging by what I see when I drive on the highway, I would say you would probably have a very hard time finding a driver who never exceeds the speed limit. I also see drivers dangerously turning right on red lights without coming to a complete stop (as a pedestrian I've been almost hit many times over), and I have a four-way stop close to my home where you would be hard pressed to find a motorist who doesn't do a rolling stop (and yes it's true that most cyclists also do a rolling stop at this intersection too).
I should also point out that the Ontario Provincial Police handed out 9,533 impaired driving tickets last year; and out of 69,218 vehicle collisions last year almost 2,000 were alcohol-related. Furthermore, police in Ontario handed out 7,560 charges to motorists over three days during the Canada Day weekend.
Given these statistics and knowing that the vast majority of drivers don't obey all the rules of the road, why is it that I am willing to share the road with drivers, but you aren't willing to share the road with cyclists?
James Schwartz, The Urban Country
When the topic comes up, I always tell people that I would rather drivers/cyclists be courteous to each other than to blindly obey the law. A driver can obey the law but put me in danger by passing me too closely. Similarly, he can break the law by rolling slowly through an empty four-way stop sign while being courteous, aware and safe.
Let's put more emphasis on being courteous than blindly obeying laws that were created without bicyclists in mind.
James D. Schwartz is a Transportation Pragmatist and the Editor of The Urban Country. You can contact James at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter.
Related Articles:
- The Driver Privilege Checklist (Nov 2011)
- Bicycle Infrastructure Ignorance (Jan 2011)
- Responsibility & Accountability On Our Streets (Apr 2011)
- You're Welcome Mr. Motorist (Jan 2011)


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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...If my mail is any indication, many of you are curious as to how the English version of Irish soda bread came to be called Spotted Dog. Surprisingly, no one seems to know for sure. My research came up with a lot of guesses, some educated, others not. We know for certain that a staple of old English kitchens was a steamed pudding that, when made with raisins, was called a Spotted Dick. While many are offended by the name, linguists seem to agree that it really was derived from the word pudding. According to Dex at The Straight Dope, over the course of time, pudding became puddink, puddink became puddick and puddick , finally shortened, became dick. Fortunately, there was another version of the pudding whose name could offend no one. It was made with plums and suet and it was called a Spotted Dog. Why? From this point forward all the information you receive will be the product of my, as yet, undocumented imagination.
The pudding, and later the bread of the same name, bear spots like those found on a Dalmatian. Looking at these photos I have no trouble understanding why the bread, too, was called Spotted Dog. I personally think Dalmation Bread would have been a better, more expressive name, but then no one ever listens to me and, as a result, we still have these awkward language situations that must be dealt with. More's the pity :-). Today's recipe is for an embellished Irish soda bread. It contains raisins and caraway seeds, but it is less rich than many of the versions that are popular today. I like to view it as a historical footnote that falls somewhere between yesterday's wholemeal bread and the lovely cake-like loaf that Ina Garten makes here. Here's the recipe for those of you who are curious.
4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1-1/2 tablespoons caraway seeds
1 cup golden raisins
1-3/4 cup well-shaken buttermilk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1) Place rack in middle of oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. Butter and Flour a large baking sheet. Set aside.
2) Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Whisk in sugar, caraway seeds and raisins. Add buttermilk and stir until dough is moistened, but still lumpy.
3) Turn dough onto a lightly floured work surface and knead with floured hands until dough is less sticky but still soft, about 8 times. Divide dough into two pieces and form each piece into a ball. Pat each ball into a domed 6-inch round on prepared baking sheet, spacing them about 4-inches apart. Cut a large 1/2-inch deep x in top of each loaf with a sharp knife or razor blade. Brush both loaves with melted butter.
4) Bake until golden brown and bottom of loaves sound hollow when tapped, about 35 to 45 minutes. Cool on wire rack for at least 2 hours before slicing. Yield: 2 6-inch loaves.
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Nothing is more satisfying than preparing your own bread at home, using your flour of choice, kneading the dough, waiting while it rises and then finally savoring its aroma fresh out of the oven. However, for amateur and professional bakers alike, real bread requires the use of the ancient sourdough technique – the cultivation and use of a starter dough that provides a diversity of natural yeasts and bacteria.
Each year the Pasta Madre (mother dough) food community (part of Slow Food's Terra Madre network) organizes Pasta Madre Day – a day celebrated across Italy with events to promote traditional sourdough bread. Free pieces of mother dough are handed out with recipes and information is provided on where to source good flour.
Riccardo Astolfi, the community's founder, says: "the easiest way to start is to ask somebody for a piece of the mother dough they are already using." If you are in Italy, the groups' website www.pastamadre.net lists more than 1,000 bakers who are willing to give away a piece of their dough to any interested home bakers. If not, you can follow the follow instructions to prepare your own sourdough starter.
Step 1
200 grams (7 ounces) of organic type "0" flour (or substitute with other quality organic flour)
100 ml (3.5 ounces) of warm water
1 teaspoon of organic honey (the honey serves to help activate the fermentation, since it is composed of simple sugars which are more easily "attacked" by microorganisms)
Mix the honey and the water, then add to the flour and mix well until the dough comes together in a soft and smooth ball. Place the dough in a clean bowl, cover with a damp cloth and leave it to rest at room temperature (between 18 and 25 degrees Celsius or 65 and 77 degrees Fahrenheit) for 48 hours.
During these 48 hours you will notice the dough becomes slightly inflated and the first fermentation bubbles appeared.
Step 2
200 grams (7 ounces) of the dough from Step 1
200 grams (7 ounces) of organic type "0" flour (or substitute with other quality organic flour)
100 ml (3.5 ounces) of warm water
Soften the dough in the warm water to allow you to mix in the flour more easily. Mix until the dough comes together in soft smooth ball. Place the dough in a clean bowl, cover and let it rest for another 48 hours.
You have just performed what is called "refreshing", i.e. you have fed new simple and complex sugars to your yeast.
Next Steps
Continue this process of "refreshing" for at least one week and up to two weeks, until your dough no longer doubles its volume in about 4 hours.
At this point, your dough is ready to be used to make bread.
Use the quantity of starter dough as specified in your bread recipe. The remainder of the starter is kept and "refreshed" ready for your next batch of bread.
The starter dough should be kept in the fridge in a glass container, and be kept for more than a week between "refreshing"
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Creative Director, Don Baker: "Alright, team. We have a meeting tomorrow with Happy Cakes, the nation's top confectionery company, and we need to win them over with the perfect slogan. First and foremost, get June in here to pour me some scotch."
Leggy Olstead: "Don, it's 9am."
Don: "Don't give me any lip, Leggy. Just show me what you have."
Leggy: [clears throat] "Well, Don, I thought it might be good to have a positive look on sweets."
Don: "It's a CAKE company, Leggy, not a cookie factory. And proofread your copy. We don't pay you to make a joke of this business. Did anyone bring any real talent to this meeting, or should we all just close up shop and head down to The Goodtime Gal for a drink?" [yelling into the hall] "June! Bourbon!"
Paul Krambel: "I wrote something, Don, and I think you'll be pleased with my attention to what Happy Cakes leaves out of their product."
Don: "Quit sucking up, Krambel, and just show me what you have."
Don: "Krambel, quit wasting my time. My secretary could have come up with something more creative. Speaking of my secretary... JUNE! VODKA TONIC!"
Leggy: "Don, perhaps you'll prefer a more abstract approach. Paul and I worked all night on this one."
Don: "Yeah Leggy, still a cookie."
Paul: "Don, I think what Leggy is trying to say..."
Don: "Listen. You're a creative team. It needs to be modern. Edgy. Like this slogan we wrote for Clydesdale Cigarettes last year."
Paul: "Yes, Don. That was genius. Very poignant. We have a few more ideas..."
Don: "Well, let's have it, already. And June, this glass isn't going to refill itself!"
Paul: "Consumers appreciate truth in advertising..."
Don: "Next."
Paul: "Eating a Happy Cake is like being in a fairytale..."
Don: "Next."
Leggy: "We were thinking if we rented bunny suits..."
Don: "NO. I've got it: We keep it short and sweet. Literally."
Paul: "It's brilliant, Don! Perfection at its best! You're a true master at advertising. Bravo! I love you."
Don: "Leggy, have the proofreader look this over. And have June order a case of scotch and a carton of Clydesdales for tomorrow's meeting with Happy Cakes. If you need me, I'll be at the bar."
David L., Jill G., Kristin and Christopher, Amanda J., Laux, Maria, Ed P., and Daphne, I'm going to need a new secretary. And someone to empty this ashtray. And get me a bottle of gin. Better make that two bottles of gin. And some scotch. ... And some vodka. ... I like to drink.


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After successfully staring down congressional Republicans in the shutdown-debt ceiling fight, President Obama pivoted to immigration in a move with almost no downside.
That makes it perfect as the next vehicle for him to use to cause the GOP major indigestion.
Before being re-elected last year, President Obama said he hoped the Republican "fever" of opposition to him would break during his second term. But if the just-completed standoff is any indication, that temperature is still spiking.
The immediate shift to immigration could be Dr. Obama's way of trying to effect a cure.
What the White House and immigration advocates working with it hope is that the political loss Republicans suffered in the recent fiscal fight will make GOP leaders desperate to show that the party can govern.
"One can hear the debate within the GOP, which is, 'Do we continue confrontational tactics that make us look bad? Or do we find a way to pragmatically govern and work more cooperatively with Democrats to do so?' " said Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, an immigration advocacy group.
Even during the shutdown, groups backing the overhaul of the nation's immigration laws never hit the pause button. They continued to stage demonstrations in Washington and elsewhere.
They were supported by House Democrats who introduced an immigration overhaul bill during a news conference that drew less attention than it might have otherwise because of the approaching fiscal Armageddon.
Sharry explained the strategy: "We just want..., if [House Republicans] decide that it's in their political self-interest to govern responsibly and, when necessary, work with Democrats to pass legislation, that immigration reform will be first up. So we think we've got a shot. The central question is whether we're dealing with a rational political party or not."
Obama was certainly acting as though the House Republicans would view it in their self-interest when he said on Thursday:
"The majority of Americans think this is the right thing to do. And it's sitting there waiting for the House to pass it," he said, referring to a Senate-passed immigration bill. "Now, if the House has ideas on how to improve the Senate bill, let's hear them. Let's start the negotiations. But let's not leave this problem to keep festering for another year, or two years, or three years. This can and should get done by the end of this year."
That proposed timetable could be overly optimistic, to put it mildly, given the present mood among Republicans.
True, House Speaker John Boehner has said in the past that he favors fixing the nation's immigration system but he supports a piecemeal approach, not the Senate's comprehensive legislation.
In an emailed statement, Michael Steel, a Boehner spokesman, said: "The Speaker remains committed to a step-by-step process to fix our broken immigration system."
But a senior House GOP aide who asked not to be identified suggested that by turning the screws on Republicans by refusing to negotiate until the shutdown ended and the debt ceiling was raised, Obama made immigration a heavier lift.
"The president's attitude and actions over the past few weeks have certainly made getting anything done on immigration considerably harder," the aide said.
Tea Party Republican Rep. Raul Labrador of Idaho echoed that sentiment Wednesday at a monthly Heritage Foundation forum.
Dripping with sarcasm, he told the journalists: "If the president is going to show the same kind of good-faith efforts that he has shown in the last couple of weeks, I think it would be crazy for the House Republican leadership to enter into negotiations with him on immigration.
"He has tried to destroy the Republican Party, and I think that anything that we do right now with this president on immigration will be with that same goal in mind, which is to destroy the Republican Party and not to get good policies."
Coming from Labrador, that was ominous. He had been in a bipartisan House group working on immigration legislation but dropped out in June because of a disagreement over health insurance for immigrants.
To that Republican response, Obama and Democrats could easily respond fine, in the long run, we win either way.
It would obviously be a major domestic policy accomplishment for Obama's legacy if he could sign into law a comprehensive immigration overhaul of the sort that has eluded Washington policymakers for the better part of a decade.
He also would be redeeming a campaign promise to Latino voters, an important part of the Democratic Party's base, by making a major revision to the nation's immigration system a top second-term priority.
Congressional Democrats could also benefit in the 2014 midterm elections by pushing immigration.
Those benefits to Democrats would be magnified if Republicans wound up in another internecine battle, this time over immigration. And such a fight seems nearly assured, with the establishment wing of the party favoring an immigration overhaul containing a path to citizenship, which congressional Tea Partiers generally oppose.
An ugly, divisive debate within the GOP could make the Republican Party even less attractive than it has been to Latino voters in recent years.
Heading into the midterms, those GOP divisions would put it at an obvious disadvantage versus a mostly unified Democratic Party.
Immigration advocates hope that the desire of GOP leaders to broaden the party's appeal to minorities and remake its brand can overwhelm the opposition to an immigration overhaul.
Sharry said immigration groups plan to pressure a number of House Republicans who sit in districts where the fastest growing voter group is Latinos. They include Jeff Denham and David Valadao in California, Mike Coffman in Colorado, Joe Heck in Nevada, Mike Grimm on Staten Island, Peter King on Long Island and Daniel Webster in Florida. And they see a path to victory that runs through the same group of lawmakers who voted to end the fiscal stalemate.
The groups also plan actions and civil disobedience to raise the heat.
"If they want to take advantage of the get-out-of-jail card Democrats have offered them, this would be the perfect opportunity to do it," Sharry said. "We're going to throw down until they either say 'yes' or they make it clear they're not going to get to yes and then we'll pivot to try to un-elect them."
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Hagel outlined his vision in a speech at the Pentagon, a week before President Barack Obama is to submit his 2015 budget plan to Congress.
Hagel said that U.S. forces must adjust to the reality of smaller budgets, even as he asserted that the United States faces a more volatile, more unpredictable world that requires a more nimble military.
"We are repositioning to focus on the strategic challenges and opportunities that will define our future: new technologies, new centers of power and a world that is growing more volatile, more unpredictable and in some instances more threatening to the United States," he said.
Under the Hagel plan, which Congress could change, the active-duty Army would shrink from its current 522,000 soldiers to between 440,000 and 450,000. That would make it the smallest since just before the U.S. entered World War II.
Hagel said Obama's budget proposal will include a government-wide "Opportunity, Growth and Security Initiative" that would provide the Pentagon with $26 billion on top of the $496 billion it is due to receive in 2015 under terms of the budget deal passed by the Congress two months ago.
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Hagel said the administration will propose a new round of domestic military base closings in 2017, while noting that Congress has rejected such requests in recent years.
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Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army chief of staff, said recently that whatever the future size of the Army, it must adapt to conditions that are different from what many soldiers have become accustomed to during more than a decade of war. He said many have the misperception that the Army is no longer busy.
"People tend to think that the Army is out of Iraq and Afghanistan, and there is not much going on," he said Jan. 23 at an Army forum. "The Army is not standing still. The Army is doing many, many, many things in order for us to shape the future environment and prevent conflict around the world."
The last time the active-duty Army was below 500,000 was in 2005, when it stood at 492,000. Its post-World War II low was 480,000 in 2001, according to historical tables provided by the Army on Monday. In 1940 the Army had 267,000 active-duty members, and it surged to 1.46 million the following year as the U.S. approached entry into World War II.
Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said Monday that Hagel consulted closely with the military service chiefs on how to balance defense and budget-saving requirements.
"He has worked hard with the services to ensure that we continue to stand for the defense of our national interests - that whatever budget priorities we establish, we do so in keeping with our defense strategy and with a strong commitment to the men and women in uniform and to their families, Kirby said.
"But he has also said that we have to face the realities of our time. We must be pragmatic. We can't escape tough choices. He and the chiefs are willing to make those choices," Kirby said.


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"1, 2, 3, 4, I declare Thumb War!"
Clayton Kershaw (0-0, -.--) vs. Matt Cain (0-0, -.--)
No foolin'! The Sons have (begrudgingly) set aside our tradition of annoying the hell out of you with April Fools pranks to honor an even greater tradition: Opening Day.
And what an Opening Day! This game just about has it all: the best pitching matchup in baseball, the lofty expectations of a team with a massive payroll, 56,000+ fans jammed into a Dodger Stadium with brand-spanking new amenities, and, of course, the unparalleled fervor of the rivalry with the hated Giants.
Pregame festivities include tributes to the 1963 and 1988 World Series Championships, on their 50th and 25th anniversaries (*cries*), a performance by Blue Man Group, the traditional flag presentation, and a video highlighting the history of the Opening Day first pitch. The person throwing out the first pitch hasn't been announced at the time of this writing, but the buzz on Twitter is that it's Sandy Koufax. (*cries again*)
It's Vin!
It's Kershaw!
It's Kemp!
It's A-Gon!
It's...Justin Sellers?
It's (FINALLY!) tiiiiiiiiime for Dodger Basebaaallllllll!
Go Blue!
Update (12:00pm): Cool pic from the Dodgers' Twitter:
The #Dodgers official #OpeningDayLA batting order: twitter.com/Dodgers/status…
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 1, 2013
Image via Dodgers.com.


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