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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — While the Braves still haven't announced their opening day starter, signs now point to Tommy Hanson as the man who could get the assignment.
Manager Fredi Gonzalez rearranged the rotation order after the Braves' day off Monday, and Hanson will make his last spring-training start Saturday against Detroit. That would put him on pace –on regular four days' rest — to start the April 5 season opener against the Mets in New York.
Brandon Beachy will start Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Yankees, followed by Mike Minor on Thursday, and Randall Delgado and Jair Jurrjens in split-squad games Friday against Houston.
Indications are Delgado has won the fifth-starter battle with fellow prospect Julio Teheran, who missed a start with a sore shoulder and is scheduled to make his last exhibition start Sunday.
The way that the rotation is laid out, it seems likely Jurrjens will start the second game of the season April 7 at New York. If Minor starts game 3, and Brandon Beachy starts the fourth game April 9, Hanson could pitch the fifth game April 10 on regular rest before the Braves would need their No. 5 starter for the first time April 11.
Hudson to pitch Monday
Delgado would probably make only three or four fill-in starts in April before veteran Tim Hudson's expected return in the final week of the month. Hudson is recovering from back surgery and is scheduled to pitch two innings on Monday against the Mets in the Braves' final Florida exhibition game before they break camp and head north.
It will be the first game action for Hudson since his Nov. 28 surgery.
Fish headed to Dr. Andrews
Left-hander Robert Fish will see Dr. James Andrews next week for a second opinion on his sore pitching elbow.
A Rule 5 draft pick from the Los Angels Angels in December, Fish was scored upon in two of three appearances this spring before being shut down two weeks ago due to soreness.
If Fish does not go on the disabled list to begin the season, the Braves must either carry him for the entire season on the 25-man roster or offer him back to the Angels for $25,000, half the original claiming price paid by the Braves.
But if he goes on the DL, that 25-man roster rule wouldn't apply until he's activated
Braves' bats coming around
It wasn't all Freddie Freeman (two homers) on Tuesday for the Braves, who built a 4-0 lead on Eric Hinske's RBI double in the first inning and a a three-run homer from Michael Bourn in the second.
The Braves are 8-4-2 since their 1-10-1 start to the spring, and they've scored five or more runs seven times in their past 14 games after scoring three or fewer runs nine times in their first 12.
"The last [two weeks] we've seen our guys get better and better at-bats, more aggressive," said Gonzalez, who also praised at-bats Sunday by Jason Heyward and Drew Sutton, who had two hits as he continued his push for a roster spot as a utility player.
Rough day for Gearrin
Cory Gearrin's excellent spring hit a rough patch Tuesday when the rookie sidearmer's control went awry in the fifth inning.
The sidearmer put himself in contention for one of the final bullpen spots, but on Tuesday he faced five batters and gave up two walks, two wild pitches, a single and two sacrifice flies. Twice he had batters in 0-2 counts and threw wild pitches when he tried to strike them out with sliders instead of getting double-play grounders, his strength.
After giving up only six hits and one unearned run in 9-1/3 innings in his first eight appearances, he was charged with two earned runs in two-thirds of an inning against the Mets. One other run that scored against him was charged to starter Buddy Carlyle.
"I know what happened," Gearrin said. "That's the most important thing for me is to continue to grow as a pitcher and continue to pitch. Coming off an off day, I kind of got the juices going a little bit [flexes to demonstrate]. Just one of those days. I need to just stay within myself and make pitches instead of trying to overdo it a little bit on those 0-2s.
"But I feel good. Everything felt healthy, felt strong. Next time out just go back out and do what I've been doing."
Gonzalez said of Gearrin: "Great spring so far. He just got a little ahead of himself and walked two guys. No matter if it's a spring training game or an A-ball game, you walk guys, you're asking for trouble. I thought [Yohan] Flande did a helluva job really, coming in to face those left-handers. I think he gave up a 1-2 base hit to … He still gives you a nice feel if you want to go three left-handers in the bullpen. He's been nails."
The lefty Flande replaced Gearrin and induced a groundball to get out of the fifth inning, then struck out three of four batters in the sixth. Flande and Jairo Asencio are also competing for one of the final two bullpen spots.
Asencio gave up a run on three singles and a bases-loaded walk in the ninth, then struck out Josh Thole and and coaxed a flyball to end the game with potential tying and winning runs on base.
"I think he's done that a few times," Gonzalez said of Asencio, who's worked into and out of several jams this spring. "He's got plenty of pitches. You saw him pretty much take care of Thole, which for me was a dangerous [batter], because he's going to put the ball in play. For him to strike out there, that's telling you he's got pretty good stuff."
The Brave had relievers Craig Kimbrel and Christian Martinez get their work in a minor league game Tuesday instead of facing the Mets. Against the Nationals' high-A team, Kimbrel allowed two walks and no hits in a scoreless inning and Martinez allowed two hits and two runs (one earned) in two innings.
March 27th, 2012
8:07 pm
Hanson deserves it out of who we have available. Can't argue with that. 1st
March 27th, 2012
8:08 pm
March 27th, 2012
8:08 pm
Happy to see Big Red as the Opening Day starter. Some day that will be a regular job for him. As the ace of whatever team he is playing for [somewhere in SoCal would be my guess, unless Liberty is no longer the Braves' owners, effn' cheapskates], he will get that call every year.
March 27th, 2012
8:53 pm
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March 27th, 2012
8:53 pm
March 27th, 2012
8:56 pm
DOB-any news on what the Braves Future Stars roster may be?
March 27th, 2012
9:12 pm
i know this wasn't discussed, but if simmons ends up prevailing over pastornicky, then the braves have serious decision-making flaws
March 27th, 2012
11:34 pm
@BlaBlaBla, what has Pastornicky done to convince you he should start over the defensively (far) superior Simmons? They're hitting about the same (.220 vs .205) and Simmons actually has a better OBP and Slug than Pastor. I'd take the better defense/range/arm any day when offensive stats are a wash.
March 27th, 2012
11:40 pm
I wouldn't mind seeing the Braves carry a third lefty because there are a lot of lefthanded sluggers in the East. It would be nice to have a situational lefty to use instead of burning O'Flaherty or Venters early in the game. Still wish Medlen would be considered for a rotation spot, and I'm definitely not counting out a mid May switch to the rotation. Meds is lights out.
Good to see the sticks come around the past 10 or 14 days. Sure hope we can keep Bourn because he is such a good fit at the top of the lineup. Now with Chipper's money freed up after this year, we should have money to give Mac a new contract and resign Bourn as well. It doesn't leave much money on the table to go after a star left fielder, but keeping those two pieces is more important than getting a name for left.
I still see a trade deadline deal sending away one of our young pitchers, but that is fine with me as long as we get a great return and a young pitcher or two. Trading away one of these pitchers isn't going to hurt the staff.
Sure hope Huddy can hop back into the rotation without any rust. If he can come in and keep it rolling the staff will be strong. Back surgery cannot be easy to recover from. He provides leadership to a young staff, and may be counted on to eat innings a la D Lowe. Even though Huddy is better than an inning eater. See ya D Lowe, glad someone was willing to have you.
All in all, looking forward to an exciting season of Atlanta Braves baseball. I know we have the talent to reach the playoffs, but can we put it together between the lines. I know come September 30th I will be there to see my favorite player ride off into the sunset. A tear or two will definitely be shed, but here's hoping that September 30th game will not be the last for Chipper. Playoffs will give the city of Atlanta a few more opportunities to see a great ballplayer.
Go BRAVES!
March 27th, 2012
11:45 pm
I'm all for Simmons starting…he at least shows offensive potential – won a batting title in low minors…
March 27th, 2012
11:47 pm
Personally i would choose pastornicky over simmons at this point as well. In Rev's last 10 games, he is batting .345 Simmons is batting .176 in his last 10 games. Although we only have a short sample to go off of, pastornicky looks like he has settled in and is relaxed. He has also proven that he can hit at the AAA level while simmons has never played above single A. Simmons is definitely the better defender, but pastornicky is solid. I think pastornicky is better right now. However, maybe halfway through the season, if simmons develops more experience in AA or AAA, i think he will be the better option. I don't think that atlanta should rush simmons
March 27th, 2012
11:57 pm
I know I'm not qualified to make major league decisions, but if it were based on the way we do it in the pee wee leagues, I would find out how good an outfielder Freeman could be during the spring, work McCann out at 1st, plug Prado in at 3rd in Chipper's absence and start D. Ross at catcher, because he is far superior defensively than McCann. What that does for you is give you the bat in LF we're missing in Freeman, keeps BMac in the cleanup spot playing a less demanding position, gets a good catcher behind the plate to call the games for our above average staff, and fills the hole left by Chipper's injury most adequately with an all star in Prado. Of course when Chipper returns, it's back to normal with Prado in left and Freeman at 1st and D.Ross coming off the bench and catching every 5th day with Hudson.
Bourne CF
Prado 3B
Uggla 2B
McCann 1B
Freeman LF
Heyward RF
Ross C
Simmons SS
If 3 straight lefties in the 4,5,6 worries you, Freeman or Heyward can be inserted in the 3 hole with Uggla in the cleanup spot.
That's how we do it in the Pee Wee leagues….but then again, in the pee wee lineup we are pitching Heyward and Freeman and Simmons every chance we get.
March 27th, 2012
11:59 pm
@Tomahawk, Agree with just about everything you said – except the comment about Lowe eating innings. Lowe was a nightmare to the bullpen – he was lucky to make it 5 innings in most of his starts…but yes, good riddance.
March 28th, 2012
12:04 am
J he definitely didnt eat many innings, but that was one of his strong points when we signed him, but he never lived up to it
March 28th, 2012
7:53 am
Some good thinking Pee Wee Coach!
March 28th, 2012
8:18 am
I like a little out of the box thinking. However the Braves do not will not and can not think outside the box. Fredi cannopt find the box.
March 28th, 2012
8:25 am
Haven't seen Simmons name on the roster. Has he been demoted? A shame if so.
March 28th, 2012
8:34 am
Sooo now everyone is worried about McCanns defense… Last time I checked… I would much rather have the best hitting catcher in the league than the best defensive catcher… how many times does a catchers defensive plays determine the outcome of the game?
March 28th, 2012
8:38 am
All bravado notwithstanding, Wren is betting on the come and trying to hit a double trifecta. IF Heyward shows up and Uggla rebounds….IF a platoon of career bench players can hold down left field….IF Chipper plays 100 games….IF a rookie SS at least provides defense….IF sore arm disease stays away….IF Fredi has magically learned how not to burn up a bullpen….IF, IF, IF….THEN the Braves are a team to like for the post-season. Too many IFS and not enough budget. New ownership is a must if the Braves are to recapture past glory.
March 28th, 2012
9:02 am
Wake up guys, Simmons is not ready and your call for him to start is pre-mature at the least. The Braves plan to start the Pastor is a smart move espically as he has progress here toward the end of ST and we have Jack Wilson and Drew Sutton as back ups..
Simmons needs more seasoning and a chance to move up sucessfully into AA and AAA instead of having to much pressure put on him and failing ( its called growing into the position) he has the tools now give him the time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ……………………………………………
March 28th, 2012
9:11 am
I think it is best for us fans to sit back and watch for at least most of the first half. The team is starting to play pretty good baseball now in the later stages of ST. Chipper's surgery is a concern depending on how he returns. Wasn't expecting more than 120 games from him this year. Let's give Fredi, staff and team some time to see if moves need to be made. We definitely have IFs, but so does every other team, especially in our division.
March 28th, 2012
9:32 am
Glad Hanson got the start! It is really going to be interesting to see if the Braves sign Hanson whose contract is up after this year, I believe. Will the Braves use their freed up cash to sign him in 13?
March 28th, 2012
9:39 am
Have you seen Freddie run? He would be lost in LF and you would give up too much defensively at first base, which will be important with a rookie short stop and Prado at 3rd rather than Chipper. I personally like the idea of going out and getting a cheap LF, maybe Johny Damon who can help out in LF.
March 28th, 2012
9:40 am
"How many times does a catchers defense determine a games outcome?" Seldom in slowpitch,hundreds of times a game in the higher levels of baseball, Organizations that constantly hoist pennants have figured that out. Maybe you should fill out a job application next time you're at the stadium- you're definately on the same page with the brass.
March 28th, 2012
10:48 am
I like the direction of Tommy Hanson's motion & delivery to the mound. Still has a ways to go however his delivery is getting bet
March 28th, 2012
11:55 am
Fish hurt. YET another Braves pitcher with a bum elbow. What the heck is it with all these hurt arms and the Braves? They continue year after year to have pitchers with arm problems. I am surprised that Chipper has survived without blowing his out. Oh, wait, he has to catch a ball to be able to throw it. So, since he does not catch many, his arm is fresh.
March 28th, 2012
12:17 pm
Chipper returns as player/manager
March 28th, 2012
12:35 pm
Did the Braves sign Jack Cust bc I read where a NL team signed him and I am hoping he did sign with the team
March 28th, 2012
12:42 pm
Here is an interesting and perhaps optimistic thought–although the Braves have known and unprovided for weaknesses that they have done nothing to address, the fact that theMarlins and Nationals have improved means that the NL East will be more competitive overall. These teams will beat the Phillies more often and may drag each other to the middle where we are likely to find the Braves. No playoffs for the Braves since the wild card team will come from the NL Central, but maybe it will be a more interesting season than we might expect.
March 28th, 2012
12:50 pm
I think our pitching will be decent this year as usual. It's the lack of offense that's the issue… and if Heyward has a similar season to 2011, we'll end up 4th in the division.
March 28th, 2012
1:00 pm
Uggla needs to bat 4th. His numbers are better there than other spots in the lineup. FF or BMac can hold #3 until Chipper returns.
March 28th, 2012
1:35 pm
Cust signed with the Yankees~!
March 28th, 2012
6:23 pm
Forget Bones Jones……………..Dude needs to protect his knees for his family . Nuts for him coming back. What if he screws his knees again? Then what?
March 29th, 2012
10:10 am
Tell your headline guy that "Hudson" needs to be changed to "Hanson" on the Sports home page.
March 29th, 2012
10:30 am
[...] was battling Yahan Flande for the final spot in the Braves' bullpen and apparently lost the battle as he is headed to [...]
March 30th, 2012
2:02 pm
Seems Peewee Baseball Coach has more Baseball Savvy than the Pros… WHy is it every other Team utilizes Spring to Find-out Where Players can be used in time of Need, and Not waste a W that Counts…. Braves Act like they have everything Cemented into Stone when of Course They Don't.. The Braves Waste an intire Spring Not Stretching Players to where they might excel somewhere Other than Last-yrs scouting rpt… Sept Swoon Starts Early !!!!


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Those people suggesting a gay pride parade or picketing Fred Phelps' allegedly imminent funeral are missing that he and his family are hate-fed attention hounds. Do not feed the beast. Whatever happens, I hope his funeral is not picketed, but ignored. Let him be buried in an unmarked grave in a potter's field, forgotten by all and mourned by no one.
Toast to the satisfaction of one beast quieted, but remember the most insidious bigotry exists in our halls of governance and many mainstream houses of worship. Phelps was the obvious, cartoonish hate-monger screaming on the corner, but he was also the one to whom the most dangerous bigots could point to and say, "At least I'm not like HIM," as they legitimize state-sponsored discrimination and attempt to bar equal rights and assistance to LGBTQIA people.
Just no words….
They didn't think he would come.
He was a Ku Klux Klan organizer, after all, and they were local leaders of the NAACP, historic enemies. They spent months negotiating the terms of his visit to Casper. There were ground rules, topics to be discussed and guarantees of a security team.
They wait in a small, low-ceiling conference room in the Parkway Plaza hotel. Four NAACP leaders. Ten mints, striped red and white, sit clustered on the table. The pitchers of ice water on the table drip sweat.
"Showtime," a security man says. He's here.
A security check, swipes with a metal-detecting wand, and he steps into the room.
Here is John Abarr, an organizer for the United Klans of America, carrying a brown briefcase, shaking hands, settling into a high-backed swivel chair, leaning in, ready to talk. This could be the first time representatives of the two groups purposely met in peace.
Keisha Simmons, the secretary of the Casper branch of the NAACP, pours the Klansman a plastic foam cup of water.
A security man locks the wooden conference room door.
This article is an incredible read; however, the comments on this article are sadly predictable.
And now we've come full circle:
Earlier this month, Bachmann and four other Republicans sent a letter to inspectors general in the State, Homeland Security, Defense and Justice departments calling on them to investigate "potential Muslim Brotherhood infiltration" of the Obama administration by [Huma] Abedin, an aide to Secretary Clinton and wife of former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY).
As evidence of their claims, the five Republicans cited "The Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Enemy Within," a ten-part video course produced by the Center for Security Policy.
The movies claim that the "Muslim Brotherhood was helped in its efforts to achieve information dominance over the George W. Bush administration" by Norquist, a Christian. The influential anti-tax activist is also accused of using "various organizations to promote Islamist agendas."
Nearly every Republican in Congress has signed Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge, vowing to oppose any and all tax increases. Only 14 Republican members of 112th Congress have refused to sign the pledge.
Bachmann has been widely criticized for her attack on Abedin. Republicans like House Speaker John Boehner, Arizona Sen. John McCain, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Bachmann campaign manager Ed Rollins have all condemned the Minnesota congresswoman. But she has insisted the matter needs to be investigated.
Guess who are signatories of Norquist's pledge? Reps. Michele Bachmann, Trent Franks, Louie Gohmert, Thomas Rooney, and Lynn Westmoreland — the Islamophobic Joe McCarthy Club.
Perhaps they should investigate themselves. Just sayin'. It's no crazier than Bachmann's original theory.
(Source: cognitivedissonance)
Anonymous asked you:
Meg, I really need your help. Do you have links to the Trayvon Martin murder concerning the smear back-lash by certain right-wing outlets? A point-by-point dismantling of this blatantly false and blatantly racist "evidence" would be much appreciated for certain people in my social circle. I like how when the media actually reports on cases like this, the right-wingers call it "manufactured sensationalism".
Meg at Cognitive Dissonance:
Yes, I have lots of links, info, and outrage.
First, I'm getting sick of the new meme regarding the media "ignoring" the "black on black" violence. Bernie Goldberg insists if both men were black, we wouldn't know the name Trayvon Martin. He's probably right. Why?
BECAUSE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WOULD HAVE BEEN JAILED. No self-defense claim would have flown.
"What about all the dead black kids killed by other blacks?!" wails Heather Mac Donald of The National Review. I'm paraphrasing. Sort of:
Blacks commit 80 percent of all shootings in the city — as reported by the victims of and witnesses to those shootings — though they are but 23 percent of the population; whites commit 1.4 percent of all shootings, though they are 35 percent of the population. Add Hispanic shootings to the black tally, and you account for 98 percent of all of the city's gun violence. In New York, as in big cities across the country, the face of violence is overwhelmingly black and Hispanic…
[T]he racial storyline that has been imposed on the shooting does not fairly represent contemporary America. That storyline is not just wrong, it is dangerous, because it only feeds black alienation and anger. Family breakdown, not white racism, is the biggest impediment facing blacks today, producing such casualties as the 18-year-old gangbanger who fatally shot a 34-year-old mother picking up her child from school in Brownsville, Brooklyn, last October. Sharpton and the national media didn't show up for that killing, just as they don't for the thousands of other black-on-black killings each year.
Screw examining the systemic explanations — let's just chide people for the "racial storyline" while claiming "the face of violence is overwhelmingly black and Hispanic" because THAT'S NOT WRONG AT ALL. Perhaps examining the unequal criminal justice system, the incarceration rate of minorities, the efforts expounded by police in investigations dependent upon the race of the victim and perpetrator, and interactions with police in minority neighborhoods can shed some light on these statistics.
Nah, let's just throw some numbers out there about scary brown people.
On to the release of Trayvon Martin's suspension from school for traces of marijuana in an empty plastic baggie in his backpack. First, if the police department did indeed leak this information (and they need to get their pipes checked - lots of leaks lately) they may have violated the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act [FERPA]. The information in a student's educational record, including disciplinary record, is not to be revealed without written permission.
Before any conservative naysayers exclaim: "But Meg! It says on the government's socialist website with 'free' information that they can release the record to law enforcement! What about the weed?!" — the AP is on it, confirming Trayvon Martin has no juvenile record. Oh, and these things called facts show white youths are more likely to abuse drugs than black youths but black students, particularly black male students, are much more likely to be suspended and referred to the juvenile system.
Of course, discussion of Trayvon's maybe drug use fits nicely in with George Zimmerman's claim he was suspicious and "on drugs or something." The drug-crazed brown man is an old canard:
Straight from The New York Times in 1914 — the only way to deal with drugs in the black community is to lock up "irreclaimable" users. As for marijuana:
Brown people are getting your kids hooked. Lock 'em up. Does any of this ring a bell?
None of the alleged drug use matters, though. Zimmerman is not a cop, even if he aspired to be one. He didn't observe Martin selling or using drugs. He just thought he was suspicious and up to no good. Neighborhood Watch captains are told to not carry weapons, and call 911 to report crime — not to confront alleged perpetrators because they aren't police. However, Zimmerman thought differently. From the Miami Herald:
The recent shooting raised troubling questions about whether the homeowners association knew its volunteer was armed with a Kel Tek 9mm semiautomatic handgun. Many residents — black and white — question Zimmerman's judgment and wonder why he would have engaged the teenager at all.
The answer may lie in police records, which show that 50 suspicious-person reports were called in to police in the past year at Twin Lakes. There were eight burglaries, nine thefts and one other shooting in the year prior to Trayvon's death…
Since the beginning of the year, Zimmerman made 46 calls to police. His most frequent calls were to report "suspicious persons" — all of whom were black — including a skinny black male, about 7-9 years old. The Orlando Sentinel reports:
Many of the calls start the same way — Zimmerman mentions the recent rash of burglaries in the area and identifies himself as a member of the neighborhood watch.
"We've had a lot of break-ins in our neighborhood recently and I'm on the neighborhood watch," Zimmerman said during one call. "There's two suspicious characters at the gate of my neighborhood, I've never seen them before. I don't know what they are doing. They are hanging out…loitering."
That day, the "characters" are two black men in a white sedan, Zimmerman tells the dispatchers. An officer is sent to check out the call, but it's unclear if anything suspicious was uncovered. Another time he calls to report two black teens who match the description of suspects in recent break-in, who his wife saw and identified for police.
One of Zimmerman's African American neighbors, Ibrahim Rashada, discussed his discomfort with Zimmerman's zealotry in the Miami Herald:
[Rashada] does not walk around the neighborhood at all. "I fit the stereotype he emailed around," he said… "So I thought, 'Let me sit in the house. I don't want anyone chasing me.'" For walks, he goes downtown. [Rashada's wife] listened to her husband's rationale, dropped her head, and cried.
Zimmerman's neighbors expressed frustration with police response and anger at his tactics. However, Zimmerman is not without his defenders:
Problems in the 6-year-old community started during the recession, when foreclosures forced owners to rent out to "low-lifes and gangsters," said Frank Taaffe, a former neighborhood block captain.
"Just two weeks before this shooting, George called me at my girlfriend's house to say he saw some black guy doing surveillance at my house, because I had a left a window open," Taaffe said. "He thwarted a potential burglary of my house."
Oh, really? You know this black man was going to burglarize your house? In the neighborhood invaded by "low-lifes and gangsters" no less… Taaffe's emerged as one of Zimmerman's primary defenders. There's a lot of guilt by association and dredging up the supposed past in order to tarnish Treyvon Martin and black men in general.
You wanna play that game?
Let's play.
Frank Taaffe said George Zimmerman is just like him and a likable guy. Well, Zimmerman and Taaffe appear to have more in common than a pathological distaste for young black males strolling their neighborhood. Taaffe was arrested for Battery, Felony Trespass, and Domestic Violence. He's also the respondent in multiple civil cases filed for non-support of children, "repeat violence," and Domestic Violence from as far back as 1983, and as recently as 2008.
Zimmerman was arrested for domestic violence, resisting an officer with violence, battery on a law enforcement officer, and resisting an officer without violence. His father, a retired judge, insists his son is a good boy. These two men are smearing all people of color as "thugs," "low-lifes," and "gangsters." Again, Trayvon Martin has no arrest record. None. But he's a "thug."
Certain elements stand alone. After being told not to pursue Martin by 911 operators, warned not to be armed as a neighborhood watch captain, muttering "these assholes always get away" and a racial slur, instigating a confrontation with an unarmed man, and shooting that unarmed man dead, George Zimmerman is still free and still armed. Witnesses state Zimmerman loudly reassured people it was "self-defense" and set his gun on the ground after shooting Martin. In fact, the lead investigator did not buy Zimmerman's story, and wanted him charged with manslaughter.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who signed the controversial "Stand Your Ground" law in 2005 said this is not the proper application of the law. Bush said, "Stand your ground means stand your ground. It doesn't mean chase after somebody who's turned their back." Like Zimmerman did.
Bush is not the only conservative to speak out. Columnist and commentator George Will said the law, "Tries to codify a right of self-defense that really confers upon citizens the illusion of these, that they have powers exercised by highly-trained police officers. Mr. Zimmerman says he was acting under this self-defense law, but he is said to have been recorded saying he pursued the person. You cannot be in pursuit and acting in self-defense." Like Zimmerman.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. even chimed in and said, "We all know there's a racial component to this, and when the president highlights it, I don't think it adds a whole lot. But nobody suggests that the president's insensitive to the 17-year-old if he'd been white. I think the criticism by our guys was a little off-base."
But it's not about race, right? The fake photos originating from neo-Nazi sites, smearing Trayvon Martin's name, calling him a thug via his alleged Twitter — that's not about race, it's perspective. Attempting to link Trayvon Martin and President Obama to the New Black Panthers isn't about race, either. It's not about race or politics when conservative site The Washington Free Beacon loudly proclaims "REGISTERED DEM KILLED TRAYVON" and "guns don't kill people, Dems do." And we should feel sorry for Zimmerman because in many ways, "George has lost his life, too."
No. That would be Trayvon Martin. He's the one who lost his life. You know, the one armed with Skittles, not a Kel-Tec 9 mm handgun.
Conservative blogger Dan Riehl writes the outrage is the fault of black leaders — not the guy who fired the gun. Seriously: "Said leaders, I use the term loosely, seem only interested in fueling outrage and a mob mentality for political gain. It's sad to see so many black Americans still falling for it after so many decades. Their minds haven't been freed, all that's changed is the owners of the plantation. Too many would be black leaders are too happy to lead them down a path through a cotton field of ignorance and hate ending at the ballot box, before just going on and on with no real end in sight." Disgusting.
Riehl also claims Obama is leading a "lynch mob" against Zimmerman since the Obama campaign sells hoodies. No word if Mitt Romney is also leading the mob with his fashionable "Believe in America" and logo zip-up and pullover hoodies:
Angry Black Lady rips Riehl (and others) apart on her site, Angry Black Lady Chronicles. And rightly so. Black men are persistently stereotyped as dangerous, hoodie-wearing thugs, even though crime rates among black youth have fallen to record lows. Trayvon Martin's crime appears to be "Walking while black" — a crime Bernie Goldberg or Dan Riehl will never be accused of, thanks to white privilege. Tommy Christopher writes:
This is the essence of the oft-misunderstood term "white privilege," which is that even the least fortunate among us take for granted things that black people cannot. These don't feel like privileges, because they're really not, they are things that ought not be denied to anyone. It doesn't feel like a privilege to catch a taxicab, or to walk around a store without being constantly watched and shadowed, or not to fear that any encounter with police could escalate to lethality… or to send your child to the store for a snack, confident he'll return home without being mistaken for an imaginary criminal.
The murder of Trayvon Martin must spark a national conversation and one that must include people of color, for precisely the reasons outlined by Christopher. His fellow Mediaite columnist, Frances Martel, said, "[O]ur broken criminal justice system isn't a black problem. It's an American problem." Until we acknowledge the existence of institutionalized racism, in a system serving liberty and justice for some, and then commit to real reform, Trayvon Martin will not be the last "suspicious person" gunned down for wearing nothing more than dark skin.
I hope this answers your question.
(Source: cognitivedissonance)
Wyoming Monologues was a blast. Everyone's monologue was amazing and performed wonderfully.
As promised, here's the text of mine:
Going Hungry
Meg Lanker-Simons
My stomach growls, but it does not distract. I'm used to it. Sometimes, I'm hungry because I don't have enough money to buy lunch on campus. Occasionally, my hunger is intentional.
I fear eating in front of others. I am afraid I will be judged for fulfilling a human need to consume food. I judge myself for this need. I did not used to question my body's need to eat. Not until I became an advocate for social justice.
As an outspoken, progressive female activist, I am a warrior on the patriarchal red state battlefield dominated by Judeo-Christian concern trolling. I am continually judged for my appearance by those who disagree with my ideas. It is relentless. It is ever-present. I'm told it's part of being female, as if I'm supposed to accept it, because it's okay, dearie. Comes with the territory, y'know?
But why? Why should we accept this?
We've all doubted ourselves and been a target by bullies for something – these taunts occupy space in our heads, nagging us with whispers about our worth, whispering that if we were somehow not ourselves, it would all be okay.
Well, I refuse to acquiesce and be shamed into silence simply because I am sexually unappealing to them. My IQ does not drop because I am overweight. I would not be more right in a debate if I were a size two. I am not a non-person because I am not attractive to some segment of the population.
It's as if the causes I champion would be legitimate if only I were thinner, quieter, prettier, something more or less than what I am.
Part of my advocacy is a website of progressive news and commentary with several thousand subscribers. It has a feature for people to send me anonymous messages. I leave this on because people can message me without signing up for an account on my site – its ideal use. However, it also provides a window into the gutter-dwellers of humanity. A sampling from just a few months:
"Fat fatty fat stupid McFat pants. Too ugly to rape, too ugly to live. Kill yourself.
You wanna fuck with Texas? We'll fuck right back, you raging bitch. Stick a dick or a shotgun in your mouth and shut your fucking mouth somehow.
Your a cunt.
Hey, if your career in the middle of bum-fuck nowhere doesn't pay off you can always become a fat porn star.
Progressives are monsters trying to destroy the USA and you know it arrogant [sic] dyke.
We own this state bitch… you godless, bottomfeeding, scum."
Unfortunately – or fortunately, this kind of vitriol doesn't faze me. I became used to it roughly two years ago. I learned first-hand that if a woman is willing to put herself in the public eye, her face and her body become objects to be judged. In 2010, I sued my university for violating the right to free speech by banning a speaker from setting foot on campus. I won.
Defense of the US Constitution should be a popular item – unless you're a female progressive and the other plaintiff in William Ayers v. University of Wyoming. Then you become a target of rage.
One of Wyoming's homegrown right-wing, pseudo militia men surmised, "Someone should forcibly fuck some manners" into me — now that's how we all learn manners — because I was a "piggy pig pig."
I get it, OK?
I totally get it.
The insult of fatness is illogical. It goes like this: I make a reasoned case for a topic and they say it's stupid because I am fat. So? I know I am overweight. It's like saying my arguments are wrong because my eyes are brown.
My partner, family, friends, readers, etc. praise me for taking the high road and never firing back in the same vein. This apparently shows it doesn't get to me. It usually doesn't. However, it does wear me down some days. It makes me question myself when I look in the mirror. Those days, I let my stomach growl.
But no more.
I want to climb to the tallest building I can find and take the loudest bullhorn in existence, and read these comments to a crowd of women important to these men. Their grandmothers, sisters, mothers, wives, girlfriends, kindergarten teachers – I want them all to know what these men think is a legitimate debate tactic. I want these women to know that if they step out of line, they too could be labeled cunts, bitches, dykes, fat ugly cows. I want those women to turn to these men and shame them for their misogyny. I want them to feel pain, not sharp, but an aching hollowness – much like a hungry stomach.
I want to scream as loud as I have to for every single one of the inhabitants of the gutter to hear me: "This is a coup d'état, motherfuckers!"
Logically, I cannot do this, but I can continue to speak. We can continue to speak. And yes, I am angry, but we have every right to be angry when just one of us is subject to cruelty.
So to you, furiously typing away anonymously into the digital unknown, to you hoping that just the right combination of slurs will unlock such devastation in a woman's being that you no longer have to tell her to shut the fuck up: I want you to listen.
Your opinions do not define and delegitimize us women.
In order to extinguish our humanity, you disregard your own.
And yes, I am frequently hungry. I consume every filling salvo of fiery hatred and it forges my spine, motivates me to keep fighting fiercely. It makes me unbreakable. Every word is filling. It is gratifying to know that my very existence — and the collective existence of others like me — is enough for them to make complete fools of themselves both publicly and privately. It is enough for me to occupy space in their heads.
Finally, I want to know why the go-to insult for women is that we're fat, ugly, crazy, and lesbians. And why, by that extension, non-persons. We're non-persons deserving of violence and rape. I have been told I am too ugly to rape. As if rape is some kind of a compliment I'm missing out on daily. What gives them the right to say the absolute worst thing in the world is to be fat, a lesbian, otherwise outside their chosen standard?
The worst thing in the world is not to be a woman, to be a lesbian, to be fat.
That these words are slurs is an insult itself.
(Source: cognitivedissonance)
Have you seen All-American Muslim? Here's the description:
All-American Muslim takes a look at life in Dearborn, Michigan - home to the largest mosque in the United States - through the lens of five Muslim American families. Each episode offers an intimate look at the customs and celebrations, misconceptions and conflicts these families face outside and within their own community.
It's actually quite a good show. As for the families in the show, they play football, are police officers, raising children, planning weddings, etc. - y'know, doing things just like us, OMG! </sarcasm> In other words, the families in these shows do not fit the stereotypes many Americans hold about Muslims. So where's the problem?
Well, apparently it's just that: The Florida Family Association was outraged TLC would portray Muslims in a positive light. They launched an email boycott, supported by other groups, and targeted advertisers on the show. At least one (FFA is claiming nearly sixty) succumbed to the pressure from FFA. In an email, Lowe's Home Improvement Store. In an email to the FFA, Lowe's said:
"While we continue to advertise on various cable networks, including TLC, there are certain programs that do not meet Lowe's advertising guidelines, including the show you brought to our attention. Lowe's will no longer be advertising on that program.
If I (Andrew) can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to call 1-866-900-4650, or email firstname.lastname@example.com. You may also contact us by mailing your correspondence to Lowe's Companies, Mail Code CON8, 1605 Curtis Bridge Rd., Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28697."
Well, I suppose I won't be shopping at Lowe's because they don't meet my standards for not supporting bigotry. What do they suggest - we judge Christianity by Anders Behring Breivik, who committed the massacre in Norway? Should we pull shows about families like the Duggars because terrorists have been motivated by Christianity?
Some perspective:
I didn't hesitate to email Lowe's. I suggest you do the same. Use the graph above from Osborn Ink - pictures help.
(Source: cognitivedissonance)
I got hate mail from this really fat liberal chick! :D
Tumblring like a prooooo!
You didn't get hate mail, bro. Again, what I wrote: "Unlike you, I'll use my name. Thanks for the anon message. I was sure to publish it! Cheers!"
"Really fat?" That's all you can go to? Love the misogyny. I'm automatically a non-person simply because you don't find me attractive. At least I post pictures without shame. You run a blog for action figures and you want to criticize me?
Well, I'm sorry I couldn't be aesthetically pleasing enough for you. Let me not even bother to change that for you.
On a side note, why is it that the first resort for men on the internet, much less people in general? I have been told I am too ugly to rape. As if that were a compliment. It does wear a person down some days. It makes me question myself when I look in the mirror. Am I going to get off the internet because of it?
Your opinion does not matter. Period. It might rent space in my head for a moment, but guess what? Your opinion does not determine my future. Celebrate your "hate mail." You want to know what else I've received? Threats that the Wyoming Department of Criminal Investigation has taken seriously enough to investigate. Insults about my weight, my looks. Declarations I should kill myself.
So if you think my message to you was hate mail, you must have patted on the head and given participation ribbons your whole life. Cheers!
Update, 11:30 PM MST: He deleted the original post.
As pointed out by STFU Conservatives, this person is reblogging nearly every "We Are The 99%" post with hateful comments.
Example: A woman posts that her husband died of a heart attack. This asshat writes: "So the complaint I see here is that a small business wasn't forced to give him health insurance. You realize that if they were, he probably wouldn't have had the job, right? If their expenses go up, their hiring goes down. Wall Street didn't kill your husband, his heart did."
Unfortunately, there's no ask box or submit. However, nothing's stopping anyone from reblogging them. Just pointing that out.
You want to know what supposedly pro-life conservatives are tweeting? I am shaking with anger and disgust. This is the party which cheers the executions of over 200 people in Texas, and the deaths of uninsured people.
Where is our humanity?
In case you forgot what a horrible, disgusting, piece of shit ann coulter is.
OK, bitch, now I am fucking trolling your ass.
I feel sick.
my goodness
Who the fuck is this demonic witch ??? O_O
This has got to be fake. But going to the site…it's apparently not.
What a horrible human being.
This is why this is infuriating! There's a legacy in the South of black people being lynched and their bodies were burned during or afterword. This woman knows what she's saying and she's saying it on purpose. She's not ignorant, she's just trying to be relevant again. And she's using another human being and lynching-language to create controversy so everyone will pay attention to her!.
Horrifying, yet not surprising…
Well, Sheriff Joe Arpaio went and did it. He's using taxpayer's dollars to investigate a settled question, and it's difficult to argue racism is not playing a part. From ThinkProgress:
The lawman is… willing to use official resources to pursue the bogus conspiracy theory. As birther website WorldNetDaily gleefully reported:
Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio told WND he has assigned a five-member "Cold Case Posse" to investigate the authenticity of Barack Obama's birth certificate.
The decision, he says, is simply a matter of doing his duty.
Arpaio's investigation comes in response to a complaint filed by the Surprise, Arizona Tea Party, which alleges that Obama may be using a forged birth certificate…
The Cold Case Posse is an officially-sponsored all-volunteer group of people with skills and backgrounds that make them qualified to investigate cases. The group has been inactive in recent months due to "budgetary limitations within the Maricopa County Sheriff's office," but apparently a wild goose chase looking into the veracity of the president's birth certificate is an appropriate use of funds.
Arpaio is, of course, claiming that politics did not come into play regarding his decision. He's just doing his duty. So why does he consider it his duty to cater to the Tea Party versus not misappropriating taxpayer dollars? Turns out there's a lot Arpaio considers his duty that's outside the bounds of common sense. Here's a short list:
There's one big fact that's not backed up. There is no proof that there's ever anything like a gay, lesbian or bisexual or transgendered child, or teen or human. One of the other things you're gonna see as I mentioned is a big campaign GLSEN's gonna roll out this year calling for 'respect,' respect! Not just for people, but for homosexual lifestyle. The PR campaign to hold up gay as a good thing: the lifestyle, not the person, because there are no such humans.
Linda Harvey, founder of Mission America, an organization devoted to fighting homosexuality, witchcraft, and feminist theory. Seriously.
She made these comments on her weekend radio show. If you identify as a member of the LGBTQ community, and you'd like to let Linda Harvery know you exist, here's some contact info:
Mission America
Email: email@example.com
Organization's phone: (760) 200-2707
Radio station phone: (614) 885-0880
Fax: (760) 200-8837 [If you just want to be a bothersome jackass, send them a 30 or 40 page fax of nothing but ███▓▓▓☻▓▓▓███ for pages, copy and pasted over and over. You will kill an ink cartridge with just a few faxes.]
Mail: Mission America Coalition
P.O. Box 13930
Palm Desert, CA 92255
Mission America
P.O. Box 21836
Columbus, OH 43221-0836
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UPDATE: As of 10:15 PM MST, it appears the page is down. The sentiment still stands. A little bit of online Way Back Machine research has shown he puts it up as soon as it's removed. If he does, I'll update the link. I encourage people to still reblog. We need to be aware of things like this page. It's one thing to start a troll page. It's another to start issuing racist, misogynistic threats.
SECOND UPDATE: At 11:45 PM MST, a sharp-eyed Facebooker spotted a brand-new possible profile for this guy. Keep an eye on Carl Zukosky - don't report just yet.
This Facebook page features racist imagery of the First Family - unfortunately, nothing new on Facebook, and that alone makes me furious.
However, this is why I reported it:
James Earl Ray assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The intent of this message is quite clear.
In response to a woman who reported them, they posted her full name and location (which I blurred), while a supporter of this page chimed in with a veiled threat of rape:
To view the page for yourself and to report it, please click on the link above.
To Carl Zukoski, owner of the page, and those commenting as supporters of this page, you are the assholes of America.
Oh, and I'll save you the trouble of posting my name and location because it's no state secret. My name is Meg Lanker-Simons. I live in Laramie, Wyoming.
And I'm not afraid of you.
It's safe to assume that Bachmann is getting a regular dose of Gaffney's crazy anti-Muslim conspiracy theories. Gaffney's Islamophobia is well-documented. Last year he released a report purporting to document the threat posed by Islamic law in the U.S. (no Muslims actually contributed to the report). Among the report's wild accusations, one was that members of the Obama administration are part of the "Iran lobby." Gaffney thinks the Muslim Brotherhood is trying to infiltrate the American conservative movement. Before her confirmation to the Supreme Court, Gaffney claimed Elana Kagan would impose Sharia law on America. He even accused Gen. David Petraeus of "submission" to Sharia and thinks the president is secretly Muslim.

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The $149 OnBeat Mini is a portable speaker dock that charges the iPad Mini, iPhone 5, iPad 4th generation and new iPod models when used with the included AC adapter.
This upcoming $399 Bluetooth speaker dock has some kick, with 50 watts of power and "booming bass." It ships this spring.
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I loved this oven when it was working. I bought it it worked a couple of weeks then it stopped toasting the top! I replaced it and 3 weeks laterr... Not toasting the top. I am just returning and buyinganother brand.
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I bought this as a gift and I haven't received any complaints
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Just bought this toaster and it was an easy decision over the other brands.....got it on sale, a great buy.
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Toasting bread, bottom side not equal to top and back slices much lighter. The unit needs a secondary top shield plate to help reduce the heat on top of unit.
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I bought this oven based on the reviews I read. I used it for a week and took it back. The design of the control knobs is so poor you can not tell if you have it set to the right temperature therefore things I was baking took much longer than expected and since it is a convection oven it was supposed to cook faster. Also the toaster took way too long. The final straw was when I tried to cook a pizza. It has a cutout in the back of the oven so it will fit a 12" pizza which was great, or so I thought. The rack does not extend into that cutout so about 5 minutes into baking the pizza the crust flopped and the toppings and cheese dripped all over the inside of the oven. I ended up getting a great simple toaster oven. I would never get another convection/toaster oven again. It seems that the more options you get, the worse the performance you get too.
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In June, 2013 after our old toaster oven died after many years of use, we found this Kenmore toaster oven which was a good size, stainless front which would go with the rest of our appliances and nice looking. All was well until August, when it began to smoke and cook irregularly. We were sent a replacement. We used this oven for 3 months until the time **** broke. They again agreed to send a replacement, which they did after a month and several follow up phone calls. If this one doesn't last, we'll give up and look to put more money into an oven of higher quality. (definitely not a Kenmore). I will say that the customer service people that I spoke to were very professional and helpful. My advice to you is stay away from this oven, and if you can, get a higher quality oven.
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If I remember correctly the restrictions are on the brand not the actual designer. So the new designer of Christian Dior will be a Couturier because Dior is a Couture house. The sanctions are like you have to have an atelier in Paris and employ x amount of people. It's not on the actual designer. That's of course if I remember correctly I did the research a year or two ago.
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Last fall, Medaille welcomed NPR's Scott Simon to the Buffalo Campus to explore ideas about success with our new class of students. This was fitting. The freshmen summer reading project had been Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success, and Medaille was on the cusp of investing millions in the construction of its new Student Success Center, a center that embodies all of the College's hopes and aspirations for student achievement.
As we close out this academic year, I am happy to report the Student Success Center is nearly complete and will be open to welcome students in the fall.
While every college invests in new facilities, to keep pace with changing technologies and evolving needs, what is unique about this building project is how Medaille envisions student success and our understanding of how to best support students in their personal quest for success.
During our extensive planning phase, our discussions with faculty, staff and students all pointed to the need to consolidate within one structure key student support services. Medaille's Student Success Center turns this vision into reality. The Student Success Center integrates the Office of Career Planning, the Academic Support Center and its related services, and the Academic Advisement Center, thus creating dedicated space where students are the sole focal point; where critical resources are easily accessible; and where, from the very beginning of their college experience, students are set on a path to discover their talents and maximize their strengths.
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MADISON, WI (WSAU) The Wisconsin men's basketball team pounded Presbyterian last night, 88-to-43 in Madison. It was the fourth straight blow-out loss for the South Carolina school, after losing its first three games by an average of 25 points.
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The Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., Ph.D., became the 32nd president of Villanova University on June 1, 2006. As president, Father Donohue has worked together with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents to strengthen the Villanova community and renew its commitment to the institution's Catholic, Augustinian, and educational mission.
Under Father Donohue's leadership, Villanova launched a new Strategic Plan - "Igniting the Heart. Inspiring the Mind. Illuminating the Spirit." - which is designed to build upon the success achieved in recent years and to guide the University through 2020. Core to the Plan, which was approved by the University's Board of Trustees in December 2009, are Villanova's distinctive attributes of academic excellence, strong community, service to others, personal attention, and a platform for success. The Strategic Plan identifies academic and programmatic priorities and a Villanova Campus Master Plan that will guide the transformation of the University's physical plant to meet current and future needs.
Father Donohue also has spearheaded the University's environmental sustainability efforts, highlighted by his signing of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment in June 2007, which pledges that the University will work to achieve climate neutrality.
Father Donohue believes strongly in the important role that community service plays in the Villanova educational experience and has instituted an annual Day of Service each September as a way for the University community to put its Augustinian ideals into action. Nearly 5,000 students, faculty, staff, and alumni take part in projects throughout Greater Philadelphia, making it one of the largest single-day service initiatives in the region.
Father Donohue serves as the co-chair of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Regional College and University Presidents' Council, a consortium of leaders in higher education that meets regularly to share ideas and discuss issues facing the more than 100 colleges and universities located throughout the region. Father Donohue also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Villanova University as well as the boards of Merrimack College in North Andover, Ma., Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, Pa., the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is an Honorary Trustee of Campus Philly, a nonprofit organization that fuels economic growth by encouraging college students to study, explore, live, and work in the Greater Philadelphia region.
Born in Bronx, N.Y., and raised in Royal Oak, Mich., Father Donohue earned a B.A., with a concentration in theatre and communication arts, from Villanova University in 1975 and was ordained an Augustinian priest in 1979. He holds an M.A. in theatre from the Catholic University of America, a M. Div. from the Washington Theological Union, and a Ph.D. in theatre from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While pursuing his doctorate, Father Donohue taught theatre at the University of Illinois, where he received honors for outstanding teaching. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective all-discipline honor society.
Father Donohue is a tenured associate professor at Villanova who served as chair of the University's department of theatre from 1992 to 2006. He annually directed musical theatre productions on campus, earning six Barrymore Award nominations and one Barrymore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia.
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32nd President of Villanova University