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It's a stepping stone. Shame that the Maltese government doesn't feel brave enough to just equalise the law like most other countries debating this are now doing.
Malta is very much under the influence of The Vatican though, so if this succeeds it will certainly get the Cardinals in Rome worrying about what might happen in Italy.
Malta is an extremely small community, most people are deeply catholic, I have been there and seen people praying on the bus, not say the old Maltese buses were decorated with Christian scenes and sentence, this is just to give you an idea. I have been to Malta twice and love the country and I do think the Partit Laburista is being very brave for taking this giant step forward, I do praise them for this, I hope they succeed.
That is exactly what must be legalized in France: civil union with all rights of marriage, except adoption. Because every children must have mother and father.
Yeah, because mothers and fathers generally do such a great job. You know, my mother was an alcoholic who drank herself to an early grave after my father forced my sister and I to choose between the two of them. After her suicide, I was left with a father who cared more about chasing sex with women and a replacement to cook and clean, than to raise me properly or to even care when I was being bullied.
Right now, as an adult, I would've given anything to be brought up by a caring lesbian couple or a caring gay couple rather than a selfish prick who still cares more about himself than his now grown up children.
I think if you ask any adult that has come from a broken home, they would say the same as me. Regardless of sexuality, we would've just wanted two loving individuals to take care of us and bring us up. But that wouldn't gel with your obvious narrow minded bigotry.
I grew up with just my mother and I did just fine in fact probably better without my father, who is not a shining example of responsibility
So do you believe that children should be removed from single parents? If not then youre just a hypocrite. If you do then you're simply a monster.
Idiot. What next, force unwed mothers, widows and widowers left with young to children to get married to satisfy a religious belief? You catholic loons should be ashamed of yourselves. This is not so much about concern children but more about your blatant homophobia. It's heteros who are ruining their own marriages because of adultery and having children out of wedlock and that's been going on for centuries. Equal civil marriage has no effect on anyone else's marriage, raising children and the ability of heteros to continue marrying and having children, jackass. There are many abandoned children discarded by hetero parents who can't find homes. Why don't you adopt a few if you feel so strongly about them and I bet you're not even married, but a deeply closeted self-loather.
You were doing so well until your stupid adoption comment!
This is a good move forward which will make life easier for LGBT people in Malta. Marriage equality is the right solution, but in the meantime this is better than nothing.
I hope Malta learns from the UK's experience and makes proper arrangements for trans people to convert marriages into CPs and vice versa, so that loving couples are not robbed of hard-earned pensions for no reason.
And I hope Malta learns from Ireland's experience that parental rights are not an optional extra. CPs without parental rights, as Ireland has currently, are not worthy of the name. Same-sex couples have children, and the rights of those children to stability and financial security must be secured if same-sex couples are to have any peace of mind from this legislation.
Positive steps from Malta, and not before time too!
This is good news. There can often be an 'island mentality', an insular attitude which may manifest itself as bigotry. For Malta, a decidedly catholic country, to be even considering such a move is indeed remarkable – and should be commended.
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Die geschmackvoll eingerichtete Wohnung mit dekorativen Schichtmauerwerk bietet eine warme Atmosphäre. Es gibt ein schönes Schlafzimmer mit einem Doppelbett mit orthopädischer Matratze.
In der offenen Wohnküche gibt es eine gemütliche Schlafcouch, einen Flachbildschirm-TV und einen stilvollen Wohnbereich. In der gut ausgestatteten Küche gibt es eine Waschmaschine.
Die U-Bahnstationen Old Street, Barbican und Farringdon sind innerhalb von 10 Minuten zu Fuß erreichbar. Verschiedene Busse halten auf der anderen Straßenseite und verkehren in die Oxford Street und zur Station Tottenham Court Road.
Die St. Pauls Cathedral, die Millenium Bridge und das Tate Modern können innerhalb von wenigen Minuten erreicht werden. Die Station King's Cross St. Pancras ist nur 10 Minuten mit dem Taxi entfernt.
Die Restaurants von Gordon Ramsay, Raymond Blanc und Jamie Oliver sind alle nicht weit entfernt. Der Gastgeber stellt den Gästen ein Willkommenspaket mit Informationen bezüglich des Viertels zusammen.
Die Gäste sollten mit der Wohnung wie mit Ihrer eigenen umgehen.
Gäste sollten alles so sauber wie möglich halten.
Die Gäste sollten die Wohnung in einem sauberen Zustand hinterlassen.
Die Gäste sollten eventuelle Schäden melden.
Die Gäste sollten alle Probleme so schnell wie möglich melden, damit sie so schnell wie möglich gelöst werden kann.
Der Gastgeber behält sich das Recht vor, im Apartment Reparaturen und Instandhaltungsmaßnahmen durchzuführen.
In diesem Fall wird der Gast weit im Voraus darüber in Kenntnis gesetzt.
Eine Kaution in Höhe von £150 GPB ist erforderlich.
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Eine gute Wohnung!!! Immerwieder gerne!!!
Sehr bequem und sauber. Würde gerne ...
Muy bien situado y limpio. Volvería encantada...
Mark's "Elegant centrale London Home" is maybe not so elegant, but very close to Barbican Underground Station, it was a very central and very convenient for our shopping and sightseeing tour to London. Mark's house/flat is across the street from Smithfield Market. It was a 24/7 busy place and city-like noisy all day and all night. The flat has a excellent roof terrasse, with we enjoyed very much. There was some problems with toilet and bath, but the communication was good and Mark's plumber fixed everything very quickly
There were three of us travelling for business, my sister and I (we are
business partners) and a male colleague. We choose the house in Long
Lane as it has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, which we needed travelling in
three and with a male colleague.
The house in Long Lane was not only very dirty, but we were missing
towels for the three of us. We noticed this when we arrived to the house before dinner time, as we wanted to have a shower before going out for dinner with customers. We sent a message to the owner, who was out of the city but he has been very good and fast in responding. He kindly offered to either go and bring towels from another apartment he has in Goswell street or to move to this accommodation. When we arrived in the apartment in Goswell street we saw that there where 3 shower towels and 1 hand towel, still really not enough for the three of us. This apartment has only 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom, therefore the third person would have to sleep on the sofa. Because of all these changes, we were running late for dinner with customers therefore we did not have time to go back to the first house. My sister and I decided to stay in the apartment in Goswell Street, which at least was cleaner that the house in Long lane. Our colleague (he is a 43 years old manager, 1,85 m tall) could not sleep on the sofa, and considering that we had only 1 bathroom and few towels, he had to go and find a hotel nearby.
This caused an extra cost to us for this short trip.
Beside this, the even more disappointing thing happened yesterday morning,
when I was having a shower and in the middle of it the water stopped... no
water, hot or cold was coming out from the shower, so I had to rinse myself
with water that my sister was passing me from out of the shower!
I took some photos of the shower machine and informed the owner when back home, but had no reply, not even apologies. Unfortunately, this has been a very bad experience, especially as we were travelling for business. The cost of the apartment plus the hotel for our colleague turned out to be very expensive, we are very disappointed for this and for the lack of response.
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
Apartment as shown in images - small but big enough for 5 people/3 nights in London. Very cosy and central, with a bus stop right in front.
Problem: living room is a bit noisy, but ok.
Helo!!!. I spent 3 lovely days in London, 10 days ago. All was very nice!! But since a week ago I am very angry because I have not received the money from the deposit yet. I sent several emails to Mark but he doesn´t answer. Please, Mark, I want an explanation!!!!!!! Thanks.
Everything was great. We a a clean accomondation with plenty space for six girls. The communication was exzellent and always very kind. Next time we plan a trip to london we will Check wimdu and this galt First. Thanks
Fantastic little cottage and very homely ad off the main road so not too noisy. Easy to find. Walking distance to tube station and great bars and restaurants near by. There was a few things wrong tho the bathroom wasn't as clean as liked and general cleanliness around windows wasn't good as was covered in cobwebs,the shower was our biggest problem didn't drain very well so had yo keep turning it off so the basin wouldn't overfill this needs addressing ASAP. But overall a lovelyittle place in a great location.
Please forward this mail to Mark.
A very spacious apartment in a nice and quiet neighbourhood.
A few suggestions to improve the comfort of your guests:
* place wastpaperbaskets in the bathrooms and in the living. Have the big one in the kitchen lined with a dustbin plastic bag. Have soap holders in bathrooms and in the showers.
* revisit your kitchen with a woman ! Although small, it is very practical provided some changes are made in placement of utensials.
* Have the place better cleaned : dust under beds, fridge defrost,
* As already discussed with Cleaning staff: Please rewrite instructions how to enter the apartment!
The above does not mean we did not enjoy the place because we really did.
Best wishes, Johanna
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Anna Ritchie recalls the pottery that dated the oldest standing building in western Europe
My favourite discoveries were made at Knap of Howar on Papa Westray, Orkney, in 1973 and 1975. The site is a Neolithic farmstead with the oldest standing buildings in North-West Europe, but before I worked there it was thought to date from the Iron Age.
Knap of Howar was first discovered through coastal erosion in the 1930s and was taken into state guardianship. But by the 1970s the two buildings were starting to collapse and we were excavating ahead of repairs. The site is right on the shore of the island and is constantly battered by the sea.
When I first went there it was a sunny day and there were seapink flowers growing on the walls. It was idyllic. You could still walk into both buildings. The doorway into the main dwelling was intact and the walls rose to the eaves. The only thing missing was the roof. There had been no datable finds from the first excavation, but the quality of stonework was so good that the excavators thought the buildings must be contemporary with brochs.
But when we began to excavate the midden material outside the buildings we came across sherds of Unstan ware pottery. This was the first inkling that what we had was not Iron Age but earlier - three and a half thousand years earlier. Later, radiocarbon dates placed the occupation between 3600-3100 BC.
I remember how excited I was when I first held a sherd of the Unstan ware in my hand. It was the first time this distinctive pottery had been found on a domestic site - previously it had only come from tombs. It was dark, and quite thin and finely decorated. The interesting thing was that whereas the pots from chambered tombs were thick and heavy, the domestic pots were really quite dainty with thin walls. It was fine tableware.
These were my favourite finds not only because of the unexpected dating, but because of the experience of being on a small island. It was a very special place, only about four miles long by one mile wide with about 80 inhabitants. One of the little problems was food. A steamer came just once a week bringing provisions for the island shop. So you'd be standing there and you'd see for example two cucumbers and you'd think - I wonder if someone on the island wants them? So you'd buy one and then hover at the door to see if anyone bought the other.
It's vastly too windy on the island to sleep in tents, but we were allowed to use one of the houses which was very comfortable and we had an oil-fired Aga. I had a one-year-old son by 1975 and only managed to excavate because my husband kindly came too and acted as house-husband. This was his summer holiday, poor man.
When the little aircraft that serves the island flew in to land on foggy days, it would be so low you'd think it was right overhead. It lands on a field, and the farmer has to get his sheep out every time the flight arrives. Once we were woken up in the middle of the night and told all cars were needed at the airfield. If there is an emergency and the plane has to come in at night, everyone on the island with a car has to go and position themselves in the field with their headlights on to guide the plane in to land. On this occasion it was a woman being rushed to hospital after a heart attack.
The discoveries at Knap of Howar led to my next excavation. Once we had Unstan ware we knew it was likely that the people were buried in a stalled cairn - because that's where the pottery is normally found - and the nearest one is on the Holm of Papa Westray, an even tinier island. We discovered there was an overlap in the dates so the people at Knap of Howar could possibly have used the cairn, but we couldn't prove it.
Anna Ritchie is a consultant archaeologist based in Edinburgh
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EBEJER, Rev. Lino Pio, died at Wheeling Hospital on March 28, 2014, at the age of 84.
Father Ebejer was born in Malta on August 31, 1929, a son of the late Arthur and Victoria Ebejer. In 1950, he moved to Canada. He then came to live in Detroit in 1952 and later served in the U.S. Army. He is a 1963 graduate of the University of Detroit, where he received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.
He graduated from Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Mass., in 1991, and was ordained to the priesthood that same year.
Father Ebejer served as associate pastor of St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Weirton from June 1991 to June 1993 and of Immaculate Conception Parish in Clarksburg from June 1993 to June 1994. He served as pastor of St. Thomas Parish in Thomas from June 1994 to June 2004 and of Sacred Heart Parish in Chester from June 2004 to June 2009. Father Ebejer retired from active ministry on June 3, 2009.
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For four days, Toys for Tots volunteers wrapped thousands of presents in preparation of todays big event.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Olympic Peninsula Detachment, Marine Corps League will be passing out wrapped gifts to those children in need at the Pavilion at the Fairgrounds. Each child will need to have a DSHS medical coupon and the parents drivers license or photo ID card or a social security card and two other forms of ID which could include the parents drivers license, phone bill, electric bill or post marked envelope with a name, address and phone number.
Olympic Peninsula Detachment, Marine Corps League member Sam Martin, who has headed up the event in the past and has been associated with Toys For Tots for 25 years, expects 2,000 or more kids to attend the event today.
This thing has gotten so big, he said with a smile.
In preparation of the big day, volunteers usually have about a week-and-a-half to wrap all of the 2,000 to 3,000 gifts, but this year they were not able to get into the Pavilion until Tuesday.
Fran Maeirt of Bremerton, surrounded by several other volunteers spread throughout one side of the Pavilion, diligently wrapped gift after gift on Tuesday afternoon.
Ive wrapped maybe 75 gifts so far, she said as she steadily folded creases in the festive holiday wrapping paper. I started at 7:30 this morning, wrapping at home.
Volunteering to wrap gifts for underprivileged children not only allowed a way for Maeirt to help the community, but also provided her with companionship. Holly Pitts of Bremerton and Julie Lindmark of Silverdale wrapped gifts at a nearby table. The three women joked and conversed as they focused on creating a perfectly wrapped gift to be placed under the tree of a child who might not otherwise have any.
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I was so poor I didnt have one toy when I was kid, she said of her reason for volunteering to wrap gifts for Toys for Tots.
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Its good to give back, she said. Even if you dont have the money you can still make (the gifts) look nice. Its giving them a Christmas they wouldnt otherwise have.
Lindmark agreed and said it can be very hard for children who wake up Christmas morning to no presents, and for the parents who have to explain why.
Its especially hard when you believe in Santa Claus and you dont know why Santa didnt come to your house, she said.
Each year the wrapped Toys for Tots are placed into age categories up to age 13 for both boys and girls. As of 1983 the supply of wrapping paper has yet to be an issue.
Since 1983 weve had a huge ream of wrapping paper that needs to be lifted with a forklift, said Martins wife Janice. Two years ago we used a chainsaw to cut off smaller rolls. Just the amount of wrapping paper we use is phenomenal.
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Its nice to see that you can help them, but its also sad to know that so many people need this, Janice said.
Nationally, in 2004, Toys for Tots as a whole, distributed more than 19 million toys. About 3,000 of those toys were given out at the Pavilion.
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|"In fact, during the early mining days in California, there were gathered together some of the wildest, most reckless, savage, and dangerous men ever collected in a similar area anywhere in the world." Ethnography and Archaeology of the Wiyot Territory
Cheryl Seidner is the Tribal Chairperson for the Table Bluff Reservation. She has been active in the Wiyot tribe's religious and political activities for most of her life. She sat down with Chag Lowry and talked about the impact the Gold Rush had on her people, whose traditional homeland stretches along the coast and inland to the first set of hills from Bear River to Moonstone Beach.
He'balo', my name is Cheryl Seidner. Thank you for letting me talk to you. A long time ago, where can we begin? I guess I never think about it as a gold rush. But if you really stop to think about it I think that's where the beginning of the downfall of a lot of the Native American peoples of California (began). And there was no one around to have to war with. Everyone seemed to be pretty co-inhabited (in) the area. But in 1850 Eureka was founded. So was a place called Urechichi, and the white people came in. That's when Eureka was first put on the map as Eureka. So we were here quietly minding our own business. And there were three areas today that we look at. One is Batwat, which is north of here, and that's Mad River. Wiki, which is Humboldt Bay, and Wiyot which is Eel River today. And the Wiyots, that's the name that group of people (settlers) decided would be the whole name for the area.
I was told, probably back in 1852, there was a Freshwater massacre, there is no record of it. But no one ever talks about it, they might not have thought about it. I think the reason why the 1860 massacre was such a horrendous deal was because of Brett Harte, who was living in the vicinity in Arcata at the time, I believe. And he wrote about it. And when he wrote about the 1860 massacre on Indian Island, it did not just get into the local newspapers, it went to San Francisco and then went on to New York, as I understand. So it was one of the first few massacres that got coast to coast publication, or notice. So that was pretty, I don't know, impressive. I don't know what to say, but it got out. The word got out! Other than that, I also was told there was a small massacre prior to 1860 around 1858, but I don't know where that was.
In 1860 the massacre on Indian Island was pretty devastating. Anytime people die it's devastating under those kind of conditions, any kind of conditions. And the south spit was also hit and so was (the area) around the Eel River, the mouth of the Eel River area. Maybe not quite the mouth of the Eel River but up further. And that's where my father's people are from, the Eel River area. My mother's people are from around Batwat, not Batwat but Wiki, around the Humboldt Bay. And her grandfather was the baby found on Indian Island. And his father was Captain Jim. He was what the white people called the leader of the Humboldt Bay Indians. And so he would always put the dances on. He was the man in charge of the Humboldt Bay. And I don't know if he was definitely in charge or the white people said, well we are going to take him and make him leader. But obviously he was some kind of leader because he was the one putting on the dances on the island. And they called him Captain Jim. So that's how my mother's family ended up with the name James. So they lost their Indian-ness already that quickly, and before 1860. He was married and had a baby. After the massacre his wife and the rest of his children were dead, leaving the baby behind with him. He was at home off the island, as all the men usually left during the dances. They would go back to their homes and just left the women and children and the elders, and some young men on the island, while they would go home. It was said at the time that the Wiyot men hid in the bushes and the trees and swam to shore and never helped protect the Wiyot people. And that part wasn't true. They did not flee. They were gone. They weren't there. I think any person would try to defend their families. But they were not on the island. As tradition has it, they would leave the island and go home. For one thing, they would bring back fresh supplies because the island does not support fresh water, to my knowledge. And so they would have to bring back fresh supplies every day. And the dances would last seven to 10 days depending on what they did. (I say this) not knowing all the details of the dances, because since 1860 there was nothing left. They said that they found between 60 and 80 bodies. They know for sure because they came and got the bodies too, and took them home to wherever they were going. There were survivors, but they weren't on the island. They survived because they ran. They said that there were three people, or three adults found on the island the next morning, plus the baby. And there was an old woman. I understand she got stuck in the mud. And she was still alive and they said she was sitting there. She couldn't move because she was stuck in the mud so badly. I guess they said that she was singing. So I don't know what kind of song, I could only think it was a mourning song
. When I was growing up that was our legacy and that's what my mother told me and that's all we know. I knew that story ever since I was a little kid, you know, way back when I was five or six years old. I knew that we were from Indian Island and I knew what had happened. My thing is, I try to make sure people understand. If you know your history, hopefully you won't repeat history. The gold rush made people rich. But the only way it made people rich was because they exploited people of color. I don't understand the greed, "everything can be bought and sold" I guess, is what most non-Indians think. If you are raised Indian, you know that's not possible. But when the massacre took place it really took away a lot of our identity. The old people who lived through it wouldn't talk of it anymore. They just said it's gone, our singers, our regalia, our food, our land, we lost everything. I kind of look at us (Wiyot) as a buffer zone, because you look at the Karuks, and the Yuroks, and the Hupas, they still have their culture pretty much intact. It's not all intact, but there are people who still speak those languages.
As far as I know, my sister Leona and I have probably the biggest vocabulary, I knew only about 25 words when we started out, now I can say 100. So that for me is really good. Leona is our basket teacher. She has three students and we go out gathering together. And now Leona has taken on about four boys, to go out and learn how to do stick games. We are trying to find Wiyot stick game examples. She is also going to teach them how to make eel baskets or fish traps, so we can have examples of the fish basket. So it basically took 140 years to recover one per cent of what was lost from our culture. As to who participated in the massacre, it might have been renegades, a goon squad. You know, those kinds of things.
There is a book called "Little White Father," it's not a real flattering book when it describes Wiyot people. But, it talks about the massacre and it talks about people like Larrabee. And I think the Indian people in Humboldt County need to start getting together and saying we no longer want it to be Larrabee Valley or Larrabee Creek. The Indian people need to band together and say this is an outrage, because he was one of the main characters, as I understand it, one of the main goon squad leaders. He got people together and did little raids here and there. But he owned property up from this man on this river on the other side of Bridgeville, and probably the Van Duzen. And he killed this little (Indian) boy, whose parents lived on this other man's ranch and worked for him. And this little boy just happened to be on Larrabee's property and he killed him, and pinned a note to him and sent him down the river on a makeshift raft. And I think the note said something like, this is what's going to happen to you if you continue to harbor Indian people. Larrabee also used Indians as target practice. They see an Indian up on the ridge, you know, they start shooting at them and things like that. It's all in that book. And it just makes your stomach turn. And he brought his goon squad into Eureka and started gathering people. And doing things, you know, beating up people. I guess they said that he was given guns by merchants or the people in town. And they say these people knew who did it. And it wasn't just the island that got hit that night, it was also the (Indian) people on the south spit and on the Eel River. And they kept saying this is only a coincidence. How can you put together three massacres? They had to have talked about it.
What was interesting in that book is they said they tried to find some family of Larrabee's. But the heat got so bad for him they moved out of the area. I think the other thing about the gold rush era that really marked our people was after the massacre. They (soldiers) rounded up all the people and put them in the stockyards at Fort Humboldt to "keep them from harm." Where women got raped, consider this was winter time. It had been raining all the time so you can imagine being out in that rain with no shelter. And women were taken away and raped and brought back. And babies died because of exposure. And then they corralled them all up and shipped them off to three places. I don't know if they had to walk to these places. I would assume so because there was no modern transportation. They took them to Smith River, Hoopa, and Round Valley. And they all came running home, so they packed them up and shipped them out again. And they came back and after a while they decided just to leave them alone. Some stayed behind because they married into families where they were at. Some came home.
So Wiyots are all over the place! People may not think so but they are. Somebody told us one time that there was no culture left in the Wiyot peoples, and I was so angry and the guy's like 6'3'' and my whole whopping 5'5" you know. I was livid. And I said who do you think you are telling me I have no culture. And this gentleman was of my tribe. "We have no culture left." I said I differ with you. Down to my socks I differ with you. I said because I was always Wiyot. And I said my culture is in my blood. Whether I speak the language, sing the songs or weave the baskets. I know its in me, don't just sit there and say we don't have any. You know, the only way you can reclaim something is to do something about it. And I think that is what Leona and I have been doing and I know other people have been doing the same thing. But we are bringing back the basketry and the language. It will be slow. It may never amount to anything. But all I can say is that we did what we could, and I think we can be pretty proud of what we have done, whether it goes any further than this
. The book Ethnogeography and Archeology of the Wiyot Territory, using newspaper accounts of the massacre at Indian Island, describes the slaughter that occurred in February of 1860. "About four o'clock Sunday morning five or six men came to the island armed with hatchets. Mercilessly, the hatchet descended on all alike, old and young, women, children, and infants. Their skulls were cleft, their spines severed, their bodies thrust with bowie-knives. The work of destruction was finished in a few minutes, and while the dead and dying lay strewn over the ground, the fire from one of the burning cabins lit up the ghastly scene."
Newspapers carried a different account of the rounding up of the Wiyot people after the massacres. The Red Bluff Semi-Weekly Independent wrote "The troops engaged in hunting and 'punishing' Indian marauders in Humboldt County, have captured about 875 men, women and children, who are 'corralled' on the Peninsula between Humboldt Bay and the ocean, under the charge of the garrison at Fort Humboldt, and are guarded by lines of sentries. They are well provided for, having comfortable huts, and spend their time in fishing and catching clams and crabs. They will be removed to a reservation, we presume?"2
The most anyone in the white community ever did to promote justice in the case of the Indian Island massacre was to write anonymous letters to San Francisco newspapers. The group of armed murderers Ms. Seidner referred to as renegades were known as "thugs" in Humboldt County during the Gold Rush era. The San Francisco Bulletin ran an anonymous article on June 1, 1860, part of which reads. "Society is completely demoralized on Eel River; and the thugs are largely in the majority, led on by Wiley of the Humboldt Times and by Van Nest the sheriff. Young men talk and think of nothing else but hanging and killing young Diggers and their mothers. The pulpit is silent, and the preachers say not a word." The article goes on, stating "Two or three men who were on the last Grand Jury which sat at Eureka, were Thugs. The man L____, is the same person who boasted of having killed sixty infants with his own hatchet at the different slaughter grounds. This is the same man who peddled whiskey to the United States soldiers and the Indian not 18 months ago."3 It has been noted during research that whenever the man Hank Larrabee was mentioned in the newspapers ,only an "L," was used, perhaps for fear of retaliation by those who supported his murderous ways.
Volunteers in the "California Battalion of Mountaineers" were behind the atrocities that occurred at Indian Island, the South Spit and the Eel River in February 26, 1860. This Battalion, which was officially mustered into the service of the United States on April 20, 1861, consisted of 45 regulars who received pay donated from merchants and ranchers in Eureka. (1)
Sergeant Charles A.D. Huestis, Corporal Henry "Hank" P. Larrabee, Privates Wallace M. Hagan and George W. Huestis all took part in the murder of women and children at Indian Island. Feared by Indians and non-Indians alike, James D. Henry Brown was a known Indian murderer and was thought to be involved.
No action was ever taken against these men. Sheriff Van Ness of Humboldt County, indicating his lack of interest, left for San Francisco the next day. He has been quoted as saying of the massacred Indians, "Served them right." The county grand jury, which met in April, did nothing when informed of the massacres. (2) News about the killings was carried in newspapers across the U.S. The New York Times and the New York Tribune printed accounts of the massacres on March 26, 1860.
(1) Humboldt Times, April 18, 1861
(2) Kellogg, Michael J. Minority Groups in Humboldt County: A History of the Treatment of Indians, May 1973.
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Robyn is up for a Grammy Award in the best dance recording category for her pulsating cyber-disco hit "Dancing on My Own." The Swedish pop singer will make her Cleveland debut Monday night at House of Blues. She gave us a call last week from a tour stop in Quebec City.
What can we expect from you in concert?
It's pretty simple. It's me and my band, with two keyboard players and two drummers. We just try to make people dance. There are no big explosions or fireworks or visuals. We try to put on a good show and connect with the audience.
Is it difficult making people dance? Some audiences seem to prefer staying passive.
People usually dance at our shows, so maybe I'm spoiled.
If you're in an audience, you usually don't let go if you don't feel like the person onstage is doing the same thing. It's like whatever I put in, I get back. If I jump in, so do they.
It can be nerve-wracking, but there's also something reassuring about that. You know that if you do your job right, people will respond.
That's what I love about playing live. No matter how many shows we do, that interaction between what we do onstage and the audience is a new thing every night. Every audience is different, and it may take different things to get them going.
When: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7.
Openers: Diamond Rings and Natalia Kills.
Where: House of Blues, East Fourth Street and Euclid Avenue, Cleveland.
Tickets: $20 advance and $23 day of show at the box office and livenation.com, or call 1-800-745-3000.
Did you know "Dancing on My Own" was special as soon as you recorded it?
I was excited about it. You never know if other people are going to be as excited about it as you are, but I felt really good about it, for sure.
ABBA was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year. Why does so much great pop music come from Sweden?
I think we like to please.
We're a small country. It's easy for us to adapt, you know. Geographically, it's like we're on the outside, looking in. With any small country, you have to study other cultures to be able to participate in the world, when you're not so big yourself.
We also have a strong tradition of melody and songwriting, even going back to our folk music. I don't know why that is.
Obviously, the United States is a much larger country to conquer. Are you making progress here?
I think European and American culture, we're a little more accepting of each other now. Maybe we understand each other a bit better. That's really cool.
That's a really nice feeling for me, to be able to come here and do "Dancing on My Own" on the VMAs [MTV's Video Music Awards], for example. A couple of years ago, I never would've thought that was possible.
I feel like whatever happens, it's good. If this is the peak of it all, then I'm really happy. And if I would start selling a lot more records this year, that would be great, too -- as long as I don't have to compromise what I do to get there.
Speaking of not compromising, you released your "Body Talk" album in three parts last year. Did that decision play out the way you wanted?
Yeah. It was logical. I felt like my audience was already consuming music in this way, and they would get it.
I didn't know if the record companies that I work with would get it, or if a bigger audience would, but it seems like a lot of people were excited about how the album was released.
How long will you keep us waiting for your next album?
We'll see. I'm going to be in the studio this year, but I have no idea when I'll be done.
Robyn 'Dancing On My Own' (Official Video) from Robyn on Vimeo.


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Vestal, NY (WBNG Binghamton) A Vestal man is suing the Pennsylvania State Police after he said he was physically beaten, tazed and verbally assaulted over the course of nine hours while in their custody.
A video supposedly showing most of the incident was posted to YouTube.
Robert Leone, 31, of Vestal said he was subjected to hours of beatings and electrical shocks by Pennsylvania state troopers.
Leone's mugshot looks like he's been in a fight. But it was a fight he said he did nothing to bring on.
The nine-hour ordeal that took place in Bradford County is detailed in a lengthy lawsuit that claims a horrific tale of police brutality.
In the cruiser dash cam video obtained by Action News, you can clearly hear a state trooper yelling at Leone:
"Do you know who you're messing with? This is the Pennsylvania State Police."
Leone's mother gave us a chilling account of her first contact with her son after his arrest.
"They put him on the phone and he starts screaming that he has been beaten within an inch of his life. They tried to kill him through the night. He has been threatened that they are going to kill him and make it look like a suicide or an accident. That these guys are crazy and you've got to get me out of here, they've been beating me. And the minute they said that, they pulled the phone from him and I was disconnected," Joan Leone said.
We reached out to the Towanda State Police barracks but they declined comment.
Leone's lawyers have yet to determine an amount they are seeking in damages.
Bradford County District Attorney Dan Barrett said Leone had abusive levels of the stimulant drug Adderall in his system at the time of his arrest.


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Biology/Natural History: Mussels such as these attach by byssal threads and are often found in clusters. In the photo above the byssal threads secreted by this mussel can be seen on the ventral (lower) side, and several other byssal threads by which other mussels had attached to this one are visible on the side and the dorsal surface of the shell. Besides looking almost identical (they can be distinguished mainly by molecular means), the ecological requirements of this species seem to be very similar to that of Mytilus galloprovincialis, the Mediterranean or southern bay mussel, except for a few differences. Presumably M. trossulus favors cooler water, and my observation has been that M. trossulus is less tolerant of the strong wave action of the open coast than is M. galloprovincialis. Both these species are said to occur in mixed populations with M. californianus on the open coast, and I have observed this in S. California. However, it appears to me that very few M. trossulus grow on exposed sites on the open coast. I believe that the small, smoother mussels seen on the open coast of Washington along with the larger M. californianus are almost always simply young M. californianus rather than M. trossulus. I base this conclusion on the observation that M. californianus are usually more elongated with a more pointed umbo than is M. trossulus. This conclusion needs to be tested by more definitive means, such as by molecular analysis.
Bay mussels filter feed almost continuously, mainly on detritus particles but also on plankton down to 4-5 microns. Detrital particles sloughed off kelps such as Laminaria and Agarum seem to lead to the highest growth rates. They capture food on mucus sheets on the gills, but can sort and reject some particles. They can likely also absorb dissolved organic materials directly from the water. During blooms of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catanella, which blooms at sea temperatures exceeding 13C, this species may accumulate toxic levels of the paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxin. Unlike the butter clam Saxidomus gigantea which also accumulates the toxin, after the bloom is finished this species rapidly purges its tissues of the toxin. Therefore it is one of the indicator species used to test for the presence of PSP. Pumping rate is up to 2.5 liters/h per gram of body weight. Predators include seastars such as Pisaster ochraceous, Leptasterias hexactis, and Pycnopodia helianthoides, anemones such as Urticina crassicornis and Anthopleura xanthogrammica, oyster drills such as the frilled dogwinkle Nucella lamellosa, large crabs, diving ducks, pile perch, shiner perch, surf scoters, black oystercatchers, Barrow's goldeneyes, gulls, crows, sea otters, and mink. It sometimes defends itself against oyster drill whelks by gluing a byssal thread to the whelk and to a nearby rock, thus tethering the snail to the rock until it starves. Byssal thread formation is inhibited by mercury and copper so this species does not live where these pollutants occur. The gut may contain the parasitic copepod Mytilicola orientalis. In Puget Sound they spawn in April and May. Larvae are planktonic veligers for 4-7 weeks. They settle into areas with filamentous algae, byssal threads, hydroids, Semibalanus cariosus, or bare rock. Adults live 2-3 years in California, probably longer farther north.
This species is probably referred to as the foolish mussel because of the large clusters which sometimes formed, attached weakly to one another by byssal threads. The cluster can become so large and the attachment to the rock so weak that the entire cluster breaks off and washes away, often into the waiting mouths of predators.
Note: Most references to bay mussels before 1990 refer to M. edulis. However, it has not been concluded from molecular analysis that M. edulis does not occur on our Pacific coast. Past references to M. edulis should usually be taken to refer to M. galloprovincialis if the location is south of San Francisco, and to M. trossulus if well north of San Francisco. The two species appear to by hybridizing just north of San Francisco, and M. galloprovincialis is extending its range northward. M. galloprovincialis is being commercially cultivated in Puget Sound, and a population of M. edulis has been introduced to Georgia Strait so further hybridization will likely occur. Elliott et al. (2008) report that by the time of their study, M. galloprovincialis and hybrids between M. galloprovincialis and M. trossulus occurred throughout the Puget Sound and Rosario area. Compared to M. trossulus, M. galloprovincialis and hybrids between the two were more common on docks rather than intertidally, and if intertidal were more common lower in the intertidal than was M. trossulus. The two species appeared to be mating randomly with one another.
M. trossulus is now known to also occur in several populations in northern Europe, including Norway and Russia (Väinölä and Strelkov, 2011).
On the open coast this species is more susceptible to predation by the snails Nucella emarginata and N. canaliculata than is the larger Mytilus californianus (Wootton, 2002)


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TROY, Mich. - A federal appeals court has upheld lifetime health benefits for some factory retirees at ArvinMeritor Inc., an auto-parts maker based in suburban Detroit.
ArvinMeritor this week failed to persuade the court to overturn a ruling from a federal judge in Detroit. The case involves more than 2,000 people, including spouses.
The courts have said the company promised lifetime health insurance for retirees who worked at 12 factories that were sold or closed between the 1970s and 2003.
ArvinMeritor had argued that the benefits expired at the end of each contract with the United Auto Workers. But the retirees said they were forever vested with the benefits.
"It's very good news," said Stuart Israel, lawyer for the retirees.
"At 65, they are required to enroll in Medicare, which greatly reduces the cost, but there is still some benefits not covered by Medicare that are covered by the company," he said Wednesday.
A message seeking comment was left with ArvinMeritor.
In 1965, the company's predecessor, Rockwell International, first agreed to pay the full cost of health insurance for retirees.
Between 2001 and 2005, ArvinMeritor made a series of significant changes, from lower reimbursements under Medicare Part B to elimination of dental, vision and hearing-aid coverage and, finally, no benefits for people 65 or older.
The benefits were reinstated in December 2005 by U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds.
The factories were in Chicago; Detroit, Chelsea and Allegan in Michigan; Ashtabula and Marysville in Ohio; Knox, Ind.; Oshkosh, Wis.; Centralia, Ill.; Winchester, Ky.


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I was deciding whether to go with A Link to the past or Kirby's Adventure and i allready had 2 other VC Zelda games the have't finished so i went with Kirby's Adveture. It's good!
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Following our interview with both Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon of ESPN's Pardon The Interruption, Mr. Wilbon stayed behind to shed some more insight onto what the Nationals mean to him personally and to the Washington D.C. region.
Curly W Live: As a fan of the game of baseball, what do enjoy about Nationals games?
Mike Wilbon: The food is great. The variety of food, the pavilions you can walk. Basically, 20 years from now, all these kids who are going to these games where they see Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg, they ought to be enormous fans, where there is loyalty built – real loyalty – to the brand.
I'm not from here. I go to one place, I take my kid to one thing: Nationals games. That's it. I took him to Nationals-Cardinals, since we both hate the Cardinals. That's my birthright (laughing). We sat next to a couple from St. Louis who are Nationals Season (Plan) Holders, but they're from St. Louis. They were the nicest people in the world.
This year, I'll take him to more like eight or 10 games, because he's five. When he's walking out, I'll be like, "Why do you have that jersey on?"
"Because I like Bryce Harper."
Now we're getting to reasons why you go to baseball games. But to me, that all goes back to the arc of planning for stuff you can't control. There's two separate parts: There's the appeal of coming to something, then there's the satisfaction you get once you get there.
D.C.'s an event town, it's not a sports town. But for a baseball team, it's the hardest one of all, because you've got 81 games. To me – and it's too hot here, so they've done the right thing – but you should have as many afternoon games on the front and the back (of the schedule). April, May and September ought to be all day games. I've seen what day games do to a franchise: They create an environment where you take your kids and you play hooky. I'm going to say to my son, "Where were you?" and he's going to say, "I was at school," and it's going to be a lie! He's going to be at the Nats game.
CWL: How has the perception of the Nationals changed since the team arrived in 2005?
MW: People are aware of it. People are aware of baseball. My wife grew up here in the 70's and 80's and she doesn't know anything about it. It's a learning process, even for people in their mid-40s: They don't know anything about baseball, I mean, not for real. They may have made a couple of treks over to Camden Yards because their parents took them, or it was a date night, or something like that. But you have to grow up with baseball every day, day-to-day, caring about the team, checking the box score. It's what I want my kid to grow up with. Most of the people I know in Washington are at least 35 and up, and baseball is not in their soul, from no fault of their own. It's not in their blood. It's not a ritualistic thing. I feel for them – I can't imagine my life without that obsession. Even though I live somewhere else, I want to know what the Cubs did: It's the first thing I check. That's changing. It's sad, but that group's going to have that void. I don't know how you get rid of that. I don't know if living here another 20 years, if my wife would automatically think about the Nationals. The Nationals have to hope the kids who are seven and nine years old, that those are going to be kids who grew up with the Nationals in their consciousness. It's like starting over, but it's been eight years. This sort of change is a big-time thing.
CWL: Did you see specific signs of the increased awareness around D.C. last season?
MW: Yeah, yeah. Even on the road. I was in Los Angeles walking through LA Live and I saw a guy in a Strasburg jersey and a Nationals hat. One of the things you can control – the uniforms – are great. They're great. The combinations are great. The colors – even people who aren't really Nationals fans are going to get into it. All of that was done well, in my opinion. But the awareness of last year was an adult awareness. Kids don't know that. Kids don't pick the team because it's good, follow the team because it's good. They follow the team because it's their team, and I think that is building. That's taken a while to build and it's going to take some more years. They have to be successful, but they don't have to be in the playoffs every year – nobody does that. Even the most popular teams, they don't do that every year.
CWL: That being said, how much did the 98-win season in 2012 contribute to the change in attitude?
MW: Last year appealed to adults. They got some hardcore adults who didn't pay attention to baseball all of the sudden on the bandwagon, but to me that's a separate story of the seeding and of growing baseball in Washington. I think there are two separate things going on: the Nationals as a contender, which is an adult thing, and the Nationals as a civic – and I don't want to say obligation, but baseball is almost an obligation – something you are tethered to, and it's not affected by winning. I don't want to hear, "Oh, in Washington they're baseball fans because they won last year." That's bull. That's nothing. You want to show me you're a fan, show me how you react to losing. Winning accelerates the whole process. But God knows, if winning had everything to do with it, Fenway and Wrigley – the Red Sox and the Cubs – would not be overflowing all these years. I think there's more to it than that.
Beginning this season, we will provide links, text shortcodes and QR codes to digital features like this throughout Nationals Magazine and Inside Pitch. Make sure to pick up the first 2013 issue of Nationals Magazine to read the full Q&A with Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon.
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Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday that Bryce Harper was awarded National League Rookie of the Month for September. While that trophy will no doubt find a nice home on the mantle next to the identical one he took home in May, we're more interested in the 19 year-old's candidacy for a larger award: National League Rookie of the Year.
Harper should not win the award because he's the most famous first-year player in the league. He shouldn't win because television networks choose to portray him as the face of the Nationals as they storm into their first-ever postseason. And while Harper may reap the benefits of his notoriety when the final vote comes down, it is his performance on the field and his unmistakably profound impact that will have earned him the award, should he win it.
Why? Harper changes the game around him. His ability – and propensity – to bunt, forces the third baseman to play near the line and square with the bag. His success against righties prompts pitcher-for-hitter bullpen moves from opposing managers. His speed prevents infielders from double-clutching, lest he turn a routine grounder into an infield single. Gather the ball too casually as an outfielder and a single becomes a double, or a double a triple. Did we mention he leads the team and ranks in the top 10 in the league with nine triples? In fact, he's the first rookie with nine triples and 20 home runs since Nomar Garciaparra who, you guessed it, won Rookie of the Year back in 1997 with the Boston Red Sox.
On May 6, the Nationals hosted the Philadelphia Phillies in the final game of NATITUDE Weekend. Cole Hamels decided to "welcome" the rookie to the big leagues by plunking him on his first pitch with two away and no runners on base in the first inning. When Chad Tracy followed with a single to left, Harper raced all the way to third base, right in the face of left fielder Juan Pierre. And we all remember what happened next, as the 19 year-old timed Hamels' pick-off lob to first base, breaking for the plate and stealing home.
On June 5, the Nationals were embroiled in the tightest division race in baseball, as they opened a three-game set at home against the Mets in a three-way tie for first place with New York and Miami. The opening game of the series dragged into the 12th, as Ian Desmond kept the Nationals alive long enough for Harper to plate the winning run on a two-out, two-strike, bases loaded liner to left field. It was the first walk-off hit for any teenager since Gary Sheffield in 1988, three years before Harper was even born.
Harper leads all National League rookies with 57 extra-base hits, including 22 home runs. He is just the second teenager in history to hit 20 or more longballs in a season, joining Tony Conigliaro, who belted 24 for the '64 Red Sox. Harper is doing more than standing out among his fellow rookies, though, as he is tearing up the league at a pace almost unfathomable for a teenager.
His 98 runs scored are 17 better than his closest competitor and ranks him fifth in the National League, ahead of Atlanta leadoff man Michael Bourn. His .651 slugging percentage and 69 total bases were both the second-highest marks in all of baseball for the month of September, while his 26 runs scored led the Majors. That's right – no Major League Baseball player crossed home plate more times than Bryce Harper in the month of September.
After his second inning steal Tuesday night, the center fielder and two-hole hitter on the best team in baseball sat just two swipes shy of a 20-20 season, with an OPS north of .800 for the season.
Harper doesn't need his Rookie of the Year case made for him. But hey, we figured we'd do it anyway, to remind everyone of just how historic a season he has delivered. Share your own favorite Harper moments in the comments below or on Twitter using the hashtag #HarpeROY.
Weekly Review (6/11)
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Here at Curly W Live, we will be conducting a weekly review every Tuesday of all the storylines from the week that was. If you're new to the site or have just been too busy to stay current with all the day-to-day action, this is your way to get caught up on everything going on with the team.
The Nationals entered the week in first place in the National League East, coming off a weekend sweep of the Boston Red Sox. The road trip continued to Toronto for the first of a three-game set, in which they pounded out 14 hits to help Edwin Jackson to his third victory of the season. Upon further review, we discovered an odd but fortuitous connection between Jackson's starts and the bat of Adam LaRoche. Meanwhile, the Nationals announced the signing of 23 recent draft picks, including six of their top 10 selections. In game two of the series, Bryce Harper and company accepted the challenge to "Be Bold" as they crushed three home runs in support of Stephen Strasburg in a 4-2 triumph to win their fifth straight. A different rookie stepped up to be the hero of game three, as Tyler Moore hit his first two Major League home runs and drove in five RBI to key a 6-2 victory, a series sweep, and a season-high sixth consecutive win.
Back at home, as the team relaxed on their off-day Thursday, members of the Nationals ownership group enjoyed a unique experience, thanks to the US Navy. Meanwhile, we took advantage of the break to answer a number of your questions surrounding the Ignite Your NATITUDE Tweet-up, more commonly known as #IYNT.
The club returned home to face the Yankees on Friday as we celebrated the US Army's 237th birthday. At the same time, Ian Desmond encouraged fans to start a new patriotic tradition in our Nation's Capital for the National Anthem. Unfortunately, the team and could never really get rolling against Phil Hughes, dropping a 7-2 decision. A tough call on what would have been the go-ahead run in the eighth inning doomed the two teams to a 14-inning battle on Saturday. Even with seven hitless innings from the Nationals underrated bullpen, New York eventually prevailed, 5-3. In the finale, despite our clairvoyant tweet, the Yankees completed the weekend sweep to run their winning streak to nine games.
Mon @ TOR: W, 6-3
Tue @ TOR: W, 4-2
Wed @ TOR: W, 6-2
Thu: OFF
Fri vs. NYY: L, 2-7
Sat vs. NYY: L, 3-5
Sun vs. NYY: L, 1-4
Weekly Record: 3-3
From the Desk of Mark Lerner: Road Tripping
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Hello Nationals fans. I am blogging today from north of the border, where your Nationals are about to wrap up the most successful road trip since arriving in D.C.
The trip began with a three-game sweep of the Red Sox. When Tyler Clippard posted his third save in as many games on Sunday, Washington became the first NL club to sweep a series at venerable Fenway Park since the Braves did so way back in 2002.
While the memories of the Beantown sweep will remain for a long time, my immediate thoughts reside with Jesus Flores, who has taken undue punishment behind the plate. Whether it be foul tips or the inevitable pitch cross-up, Flo's arms, legs and hands sport bruises representing every color of the rainbow. Yet, he keeps on blocking balls and putting himself in harm's way. Luckily, there are no mental dings for Flores, however, as his game-calling skills have helped unite a hot pitching staff.
Fenway was not immune to the ever-increasing number of Curly "W" hats, shirts and logos that we have seen on the road. I can also tell you that the players have noticed. I have never seen more Nationals gear for a road series. Yet another bit of evidence that our fans are realizing that this is shaping up as a special summer.
And what about our favorite 19 year-old, Bryce Harper? His play is nothing short of stellar. And, from my seat, it is contagious for teammates and fans alike. While his talents are obvious to all, his energy and undying passion for the game is what sets him apart. Oh, … and his prodigious power! That homer of his to center field on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre will not soon be forgotten.
I am looking forward to this weekend's upcoming Yankees series at Nationals Park. The Bronx Bombers are playing very well the last three weeks and find themselves currently atop the AL East standings (they've also been very helpful in winning five straight from the Mets and Braves). It appears we will miss C.C. Sabathia's turn in their rotation, but Phil Hughes, Andy Pettitte and Ivan Nova will undoubtedly provide a stiff weekend test.
I have to think tickets for this weekend are the hottest in D.C. this year.
I also urge all fans to plan your departures and arrivals to Nationals Park 45 minutes earlier than normal if you want to see all the action from first to last pitch. Sellout crowds, rush hour traffic (Friday), road construction and previously-scheduled Metro track maintenance will all be part of weekend equation.
While it is easy to focus on the big Yankees weekend, let's remember that Tampa Bay is set to invade Nationals Park next week. The Rays' ability to compete and often beat the Yanks and Red Sox in that division is equal parts commendable and inspirational.
Lastly, I am hopeful that our increased fan presence on the road can extend to our series at Camden Yards on the weekend of June 22-24. Let's have some fun with this pennant race thing!
I hope to see you all at Nationals Park this next week … Don't forget to Vote Nats!
Weekly Review (6/4)
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Here at Curly W Live, we will be conducting a weekly review every Tuesday of all the storylines from the week that was. If you're new to the site or have just been too busy to stay current with all the day-to-day action, this is your way to get caught up on everything going on with the team.
Monday brought with it the 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, in which Washington snagged prep right-hander Lucas Giolito with the 16th overall pick. Meanwhile, the Nationals returned home as they continued their stretch of 33 straight games versus east division opponents with a three-game set against the New York Mets. The teams went extra innings on Tuesday, as Ian Desmond became the first player since Cincinnati's Art Shamsky in 1966 to tie a game three separate times in the 8th inning or later before Bryce Harper hit the first walk-off by a teenager since 1988 in a 7-6, 12-inning win. On Wednesday, Adam LaRoche homered in the first inning on his way to a four-RBI night in support of Edwin Jackson, as the Nationals won their second series in as many tries against the New York National League Ballclub. The Mets bounced back on Thursday behind a sparkling performance by knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to salvage the final game of the set, 3-1.
Washington then hit the road for just the club's second visit to Fenway Park in team history since the move from Montreal. Friday night, the Nationals recorded their first-ever win in Boston, using a superb team effort to back a 13-strikeout performance from Stephen Strasburg – on the two-year anniversary of his Major League debut – in a 7-4 victory. The team struck early on Saturday, jumping out to a four-run lead early, then hanging on late for a 4-2 victory thanks to some solid work by the bullpen. The Nationals then capped off the week with a Sunday victory for just their second full-series sweep of the year, as Tyler Clippard recorded his third save in as many days in a 4-2 final.
Mon: OFF
Tue vs. NYM: W, 7-6 (12)
Wed vs. NYM: W, 5-3
Thu vs. NYM: L, 3-1
Fri @ BOS: W, 7-4
Sat @ BOS: W, 4-2
Sun @ BOS: W, 4-3
Weekly Record: 5-1
What to Watch for: 6/11
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Washington Nationals (35-23) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (31-29)
RHP Edwin Jackson (2-3, 3.11) vs. RHP Brandon Morrow (7-3, 2.90)
The Nationals move on to another Interleague series at Rogers Centre in Toronto to face the Blue Jays starting Monday night. Washington is looking to strengthen its lead in the NL East, but Toronto ace Brandon Morrow may prove as a major challenge in tonight's series opener.
The Nationals return north of the border for just the fourth time since relocating from Montreal to Washington, D.C. prior to the 2005 season. This marks their first Canada trip since June 2007 when they dropped two of three to the Blue Jays, and where they are just 2-7 in Canada since making the move. Two Nationals coaches have Blue Jays ties as bench coach Randy Knorr played five seasons ('91-'95) and won two World Series rings with the Jays and bullpen coach Jim Lett coached on Toronto's staff from '97-'99.
Edwin Jackson collected just his second win of the season in his last start (6/6 vs. NYM) despite seven quality starts in 11 outings so far in 2012. Tonight, he makes his 14th career start against the Blue Jays. He is 3-0 with a 4.43 ERA (20 ER/40.2 IP) in his last six starts against Toronto dating to July 30, 2008.
With a weekend series sweep over the Red Sox, the Nationals became the first National League team to sweep a series at Fenway since the Atlanta Braves did so in June '02. Roger Bernadina broke a 3-3 tie with a RBI-double in the ninth inning off Alfredo Aceves, scoring Bryce Harper from first base. Jordan Zimmermann posted seven innings of three-run ball, before turning it over to Tom Gorzelanny (win, 2-1) and Tyler Clippard (8th save).
First Things First
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For all of the hype surrounding this weekend's three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox on the road at Fenway Park, perhaps Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa summed it up best when reflecting upon the feat.
"I think we were the team to beat right here," he explained. "We're the first-place team."
Indeed, they are. They were when the weekend began, and found their lead padded to two games when Atlanta finally saw its six-game win streak come to an end on Sunday. Nevertheless, the national media was paying more attention this weekend to all the things that Nationals fans have been watching since Opening Day, now more than two months in the rear-view mirror.
That's the thing about playing at Fenway: wherever the Red Sox reside in the standings, everyone is watching. It is one of those venues that puts you under the magnifying glass of the entire country. Peter Gammons, the Hall-of-Fame writer who covered the Sox for decades before ascending to the National stage, was unapologetic in his gushing over the Nationals fan support, those who showed up to cheer the team on in a hostile environment. As The Washington Post's Tom Boswell pointed out in his column this morning, The Boston Herald even called the Nats "The most exciting team in baseball."
Peter Gammons just said on NESN that he couldn't believe how many Nats fans were in Fenway. He called it great for baseball.—
Bram Weinstein (@BramESPN) June 10, 2012
The last such moment of national attention for this team came during NATITUDE Weekend against Philadelphia in early May. While the Nationals won that encounter – taking two-of-three including a dramatic, extra-inning victory to open the set – they lost in the nationally televised finale, missing perhaps the opportunity to claim the attention that they demanded this weekend in Boston.
Given the opportunity to close out the sweep once again, they did not disappoint. Following a dynamic team performance Friday and a solid effort on Saturday, the Nationals were in a battle in the finale. Bryce Harper, who was given his first day off since his call-up, found himself thrust into the middle of a tie game with one out in the ninth inning. He drew a five-pitch walk, then spent the bulk of the next two at-bats trying to size up Boston reliever Alfredo Aceves for the best time to steal. With a quick delivery to the plate, Aceves kept Harper on the bag until two outs and two strikes, when the rookie finally broke for second on the perfect pitch, a letter-high fastball that Roger Bernadina laced towards the right-field corner. With his momentum already at full blast (nearly overly so, as he struggled to keep his footing heading into second base), Harper tore around the 270 feet toward home, slapping the plate with the go-ahead run as he slid across well ahead of the relay throw back to the infield.
That allowed Tyler Clippard to come out of the 'pen for the third straight day, and for the third straight day he shut the door on the Red Sox, silencing the Fenway crowd. His final masterpiece, a literally knee-buckling changeup to Dustin Pedroia, iced both the game and the cake of the weekend's heroics. It marked the second road sweep in just over two weeks for this team, showing the continued growth that they have already experienced since that Phillies series just over a month ago.
Speaking of those Phillies, they now trail the front-running Nationals by eight games in the NL East, and by a staggering 10 games in the all-important loss column. So, yes, a three-game road sweep of a team with the history and tradition always makes for a great weekend. But with a much-less talked about three-game set against a less-heralded (yet quite talented) Toronto team beginning Monday night, it is where the Nationals sit as a result of that sweep that matters far more.
First place.
What A Difference A Day Makes
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The Washington Nationals head into a three-game series in Boston Friday night in a situation that surprises many on the outside of the baseball world. The Nationals reside in first place in the NL East, while the Red Sox pull up the rear of the AL East, albeit with a winning record of 29-28. Peripheral fans, who see Boston as a perennial playoff contender and winner of two of the last eight World Series, and the Nationals as a franchise with no winning seasons under its belt, might feel that the natural order of the game has been turned on its head this season. But really, that transformation began exactly two years ago, in what may arguably have been the most significant 24-hour period in the history of the young Washington franchise.
The first round of Major League Baseball's 2010 First-Year Player Draft was televised on MLB Network, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 7. The number one overall pick had been preordained for months, as the Nationals had made clear their intentions to select 17 year-old catcher/outfielder Bryce Harper out of Southern Nevada College, much the same way they had taken San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg with the first selection the year prior. They did so just a few minutes after 7 o'clock, and so began this defining 24-hour stretch.
Fittingly, Strasburg – after overwhelming batters at each of his Minor League stops – had been summoned to make his Major League debut the very next day. He took the field in front of more than 40,000 raucous fans at Nationals Park and turned in a performance for the ages, striking out 14 Pittsburgh Pirates, including the last seven batters he faced that night, to set a new franchise record.
While it was just a single game, and Harper was still unsigned, seemingly several years away from the Major Leagues, there was good reason to hope for a bright future as a Nationals fan.
Fast-forward two years, and here we stand, with Harper having just recorded his first Major League walk-off (and the first by a teenager since 1988), and Strasburg putting up All-Star-caliber numbers atop the rotation. It is only fitting that the two phenoms take their show on the road this weekend to one of baseball's most hallowed grounds, Fenway Park, where Strasburg will face the Red Sox for the first time in his career Friday night.
It is amazing to think what a difference two years makes, but perhaps more so, the difference those pivotal 24 hours made – from a few minutes after 7:00 p.m. on June 7 to the same time on June 8, two years ago.
Meanwhile, Strasburg, Harper and the first-place Nationals will take the field a few minutes after 7:00 p.m. Friday night (7:10, to be exact), seeking their first-ever win at Fenway.
What To Watch For: 6/8
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Washington Nationals (32-23) vs. Boston Red Sox (29-28)
RHP Stephen Strasburg (6-1, 2.35) vs. LHP Felix Dubront (6-2, 3.75)
On this date two years ago, with the entire MLB community watching, Stephen Strasburg made his MLB debut in a 5-2 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates. Strasburg allowed just two runs on four hits in 7.0 innings of work. In front of a packed house of 40,315 fans, he struck out 14 batters, the most in franchise history since baseball returned to the District in 2005. Tonight against Boston, Strasburg will pitch in New England for the first time since closing for the New England Collegiate Baseball League's Torrington Twisters in the summer of 2007.
The Nationals franchise, which began in Montreal in 1969, remains in search of its first victory at Fenway Park. The Nationals or Expos have been swept here three times and been outscored, 69-20. Washington returns to Fenway Park for just the second time, and the only National that remains in place from Washington's other three-game visit, June 19-21, 2006, is Ryan Zimmerman.
Beginning with a three-game set this weekend at Fenway Park, the Nationals begin a stretch of 15 straight contests against the American League. During that stretch, they'll face off against the Red Sox (June 8-10) at Fenway Park, against the Blue Jays (June 11-13) at Rogers Centre, against the Yankees (June 15-17) and Rays (June 19-21) at Nationals Park, and at Camden Yards vs. the Orioles (June 22-24). Washington is 1-2 this season in Interleague Play, after hosting the Orioles from May 18-20 at Nationals Park. The Nationals ('05-present) are 57-69 all-time against the AL, including 22-41 on the road and 35-28 at home.
One for the Ages
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Baseball is a funny game. It has a way of testing its most patient and passionate of fans, yet rewarding them in the end. There is no doubt that Boston's 2004 World Series title was that much sweeter for Red Sox fans who waited 86 years for it to finally happen, the same way Chicago Cubs fans will finally revel in glory when their curse is broken (someday…maybe).
Fans flocked to Los Angeles, then to Washington, then to Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, all in hopes of watching baseball's youngest star, Bryce Harper, launch his first home run. They all came away without such a memory. They saw him live up to expectations by crashing into walls, firing opposite field missiles for doubles, even stealing home. But they never got that ultimate payoff.
No, that honor was reserved for the hearty souls who made their way to Nationals Park Monday night in the wake of dismal weather forecasts, who remained in their seats through the light rain into the third inning, when suddenly Harper jumped on a slider that just didn't slide enough, driving it on a line to the deepest park of the park in dead center field. The hard-hit ball landed softly with a thud on the grass below the batter's eye, and there it was. Harper hustled around the bases, took his curtain call, as demanded by the fan base that had waited for this moment.
It may not have been the most dramatic blast anyone's ever seen. But it came in a game the Nats would go on to win, one that would put them back in sole possession of first place in the NL East. That alone made the dinger crucial beyond its obvious historical relevance. For those who love the compelling storylines, though, do not despair. If we've learned anything from Harper's first few weeks in the Major Leagues, it's that he will provide plenty of exciting moments in the months and years to come.


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OSAA 5A Basketball Tournament, Friday March 12, 2010
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Mountain View players celebrate their 38-33 victory against Crescent Valley Friday at the OSAA basketball 5A state championships on McArthur Court, University of Oregon. They will face Jefferson in Saturday's final. Jamie Francis/The Oregonian.