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Sociologists sometimes refer to a phenomenon called "The Pendulum Effect," which refers to the tendency of folks on opposite sides of an argument to make increasingly extreme statements until we reach a point where all Democrats are baby-slaying, liberty-hating communists and all Republicans are Muslim-bashing, sexually-repressed masochists. The effect is not limited to politics; it exists in all societal groups, including baseball pundits, where the schism du jour falls between the new school "Stat heads," who rely heavily on a number of advanced metrics whenevaluating and predicting performance, and the old school "Purists," who prefer things like ERA and eye-witness experience to things like OPS and xFIP. Witness the reaction to the NL Cy Young Ballot cast by ESPN.com columnist Keith Law, a former writer for Baseball Prospectus who voted Javier Vazquez No. 2 ahead of more conventional candidates like Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter. In choosing Vazquez, Law relied on metrics like xFIP and WAR, the second of which -- in addition to serving as an acronym for Wins Above Replacement (player) -- provides a pretty accurate summation of the conflict between the two parties. The Purists think the Stat Heads are taking a sport that features numerous incalculable subtleties and turning it into a glorified game of Strat-o-Matic. The Stat Heads think the Purists are dinosaurs blinded by their infatuation with Romance and their freqent trips to the seventh-inning hot dog table in the press box dining room. It's like Grumpy Old Men, except Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau have Hall of Fame votes.
As often happens in world conquest, a seemingly harmless entity finds itself an unwitting linchpin, subjected to each side's repeated attempts to claim it as its own. It is kind of like two kids fighting over a Gumby doll: Both sides grab one arm and pull as hard as they can in the opposite direction until the object in question looks nothing like reality and more like Manute Bol with elephantitis of the arms.
In this case, Gumby is J.A. Happ, the 26-year-old left-handed starter who last season went 12-4 with a 2.93 ERA for the Phillies. Happ finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year balloting, which is a pretty good measure of how the Purists view Happ, since the Baseball Writers Association of America votes on the awards, and the BBWAA is still largely composed of Purists. This, of course, prompted guffaws from the Stat Heads, who all season had been warning that Happ was not as good of a pitcher as his ERA or record (12-4) indicated.
Law -- the aforementioned ESPN.com columnist who, by the way, maintains a pretty interesting blog that combines literature and food criticism with baseball -- has led the charge since Happ started garnering pub around the All-Star Break.
After watching Happ allow four runs in a loss to the Giants in early September, Law labelled Happ "a back-end starter, maybe a No. 4 if you really believe in his deception and his feel for pitching, otherwise a very good No. 5."
Judging by my email, many Phillies fans disagreed with this assessment. And, up to this point, both sides had legitimate arguments.
Stat Heads pointed to things like the disparity between Happ's ERA and his FIP, short for "Fielding Independent Pitching," a metric that attempts to measure things for which a pitcher is reponsible (home runs, walks, strikeouts) while attempting to factor out the defense behind him. Happ's FIP was 4.49, and his xFIP -- a slightly adjusted version of FIP -- was 4.33.
They pointed to his abnormal success with Runners in Scoring Position -- at the time Law labelled Happ a good No. 5 starter, he had held opponents to a ridiculous .120/.225/.157 line with RISP. They pointed to the fact that he stranded 85.2 percent of his runners, well above what is considered "normal."
Many Purists who had watched Happ pitch regularly argued that many of the aforementioned statistics were the result of his unique poise on the mound, as well as the deception on his fastball.
At this point, the two sides could have agreed to disagree and compare notes in a couple of seasons, when Happ has a couple more seasons under his belt.
But the Pendulum was already in motion.
Law left Happ off his hypothetical Rookie of the Year ballot. Phillies fans felt persecuted.
Which brings us to this past week, when Law labelled Happ's 2009 season "a raging fluke driven by an unsustainable performance with men in scoring position that was about luck, not skill."
This prompted one user on the always-entertaining Phillies message board at PhilaPhans.com to label Law an "ass."
So which is it: Is Happ headed for an epic slump after a raging fluke of a season? Or are Keith Law and Co. asses?
In the landscape of baseball projection and evaluation, I consider myself to be a Moderate. I know that is not a popular concept in modern day America, but I suggest that it is the proper stance to take.
My moderate's creed:
- I believe in advanced metrics.
- I believe that there is no infallible metric.
- I believe that metrics are valuable indicators.
- I believe there are aspects of baseball - pitch sequence, deception, poise, intelligence - that are best evaluated through personal experience.
- I believe that personal experience can be impacted by human biases and emotions.
- I believe that the best evaluations are formulated when metrics are combined with personal experience.
In taking a look at the Curious Case of J.A. Happ, I suggest we work backwards. We'll start with Law's contention that Happ's 2009 campaign was a "raging fluke" and that he is "headed for a big regression in 2010" and that "a sophomore slump could really hurt the defending NL Champs." And we'll progress toward Happ being a frontrunner for the 2010 NL Cy Young.
1) Statistical projection is like Black Jack. You aren't betting on what is GOING to happen. You are betting on what is LIKELIEST to happen, based on your evaluation of the table. The more scientific your system, the better your chances of being correct. But even card-counters don't know exactly what the Dealer is going to turn over.
And I don't need to count cards, or xFIPs, to tell you that Happ is likely in line for a statistical regression. From 1995-2008, 13 pitchers have posted an ERA of 3.00 or below (min. 150 IP) in one of their first three seasons in the majors. One of those pitchers, Alan Benes, missed the entire next season.
Of the remaining 12 pitchers, eight saw their ERA rise by at least 0.75, seven by at least 1.00, and three by at least 2.00. Eight of the 12 saw their WHIP rise by at least .200.
Only four pitchers posted ERAs and WHIPs that were close to their previous year's: Tim Lincecum (2.48 ERA, 1.047 WHIP in 2009, 2.62 ERA, 1.172 WHIP in 2008), Jake Peavy (2.27 ERA, 1.196 WHIP in 2004, 2.88 ERA, 1.044 WHIP in 2005), Barry Zito (2.75 ERA, 1.134 WHIP in 2002, 3.30 ERA, 1.183 WHIP in 2003) and Hideo Nomo (2.54 ERA, 1.056 WHIP in 1995, 3.19 ERA, 1.161 WHIP in 1996).
2) The question, of course, is what counts as a "major regression?" Is Andy Pettitte going from a 2.88 ERA and 1.240 WHIP in 1997 to a 4.24 ERA and 1.447 WHIP in 1998 "major." Or is "major" more along the lines of Kyle Kendrick, who posted a 3.87 ERA and 1.273 WHIP in 20 starts in 2007, then saw those numbers balloon to 5.49 and 1.612 in 2008?
Let's call a Kendrick-like regression "major," and a Pettitte-like regression "moderate."
3) For the time being, let's assume that J.A. Happ is in line for a regression that is at least "moderate." Let's assume that he doesn't maintain his .181 batting average on balls in play with runners in scoring position, and therefore does not maintain his .158 average with runners in scoring position, and therefore does not strand 85.2 percent of his baserunners.
Let's assume that The Hardball Times, a renowned stats journal, is correct when it says that Happ's LOB percentage is a product of significant luck, and that a "normal" figure for him last season would have been 70.4 percent. If Happ's LOB% was 70.4 this season instead of 85.2, he would have allowed 27 more runs, and finished the season with an ERA of roughly 4.45 (No, I'm not going to show my work, but you can email me if you really want the details).
4) So, would a 4.45 ERA out of J.A. Happ spell trouble for the Phillies? Consider: Only one NL team, the Rockies, had five pitchers who threw at least 150 innings and posted an ERA of 4.45 or under last season. Three more had four pitchers. So Happ's production - at least according to the most basic measurements - would have been better than that of the fourth starter on 12 of 16 NL teams, including the Dodgers, whom the Phillies defeated in the NLCS.
So even if Happ's ERA was what things like FIP and xFIP suggest it should have been, he still would have been one of the more productive No. 4 starters in the NL.
5) Bill James, the Grand Pooh-Bah of projection, forecasts the following figures for the Phillies' rotation this season:
1. Roy Halladay 17-10, 3.23 ERA, 240.0 IP
2. Cole Hamels 15-9, 3.43 ERA, 210.0 IP
3. Joe Blanton 13-11, 4.06 ERA, 213.0 IP
4. J.A. Happ 10-11, 4.31 ERA, 188.0 IP
Since Wild Card play began in 1995, eight NL teams have finished the year with at least four players tallying more than 185 innings pitched. Two of those teams appeared in the World Series. Four others appeared in the NLCS. Seven of the eight made the playoffs. The lone exception? The 2003 Phillies, who had Kevin Millwood, Randy Wolf, Brett Myers, and Vicente Padilla. . .and David Bell hitting .195 at third base and Pat Burrell hitting .209 in left.
Since 1995, only two NL teams have finished the season with three pitchers who had at least 210 innings pitched and a fourth who pitched at least 185: The 1997 Braves and the 2003 Cubs, both of whom lost in the NLCS.
So even if J.A. Happ does regress to the norm, he still will provide pretty good production out of the fourth spot.
James also projects Happ have to have a 4.43 FIP and 1.38 WHIP. Since we used Pettitte as an example earlier, his 1998 FIP was 4.28 and his WHIP was 1.45.
He was the No. 4 starter on the Yankees that season, when they swept the Padres in the World Series.
My point? Even if Happ isn't the wunderkind we saw last year, he can still be a valuable piece of this rotation.
A little later, though, we'll take a look at some caveats to consider before you downgrade Happ too heavily.


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|2013-02-23, 18:13
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As to Cheria and Ogra I'd guess it depends on their backstories (if we ever get them). Sabertooth's master is a shady enough guy that I could believe him passing that onto Ogra. With the appearance of Zeref I wouldn't be surprised if some lost magics that had remained hidden somehow began to surface. But since Wendy and Cheria became friends maybe we'll get her story about learning God Slayer magic eventually.
|2013-02-24, 05:08
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Shellia heals injuries (for anyone), but can't restore energy. Wendy restores energy (only for others), but can't heal injuries directly. It's similar to the difference between Orihime and kido-based healing in Bleach (ch 382).
Wendy can also cast buffs and cure status ailments (for anyone), which we haven't seen from Shellia so far.
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|2013-02-24, 12:08
|Link #5603
Except that Wendy was outright healing people in the arcs leading up to this. Her first few heals were bringing Jellal "back to life" from his near-death state, and then healing Erza's poisoning.
|2013-02-24, 12:53
|Link #5604
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orlando
Right, Wendy is the healer+status buffer. The only person she can't heal is herself but she can cast status buffs on herself. For the reason why she can't heal herself: I think the healing bit is done by sharing her vitality with someone else, which is why it was so taxing on her earlier in the story and why Charlie was flipping out each time she did it. She was able to cast a Lvl 10 healing spell but it wiped out 3/4ths of her MP to cast it at a pop.
|2013-02-26, 05:15
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|2013-02-28, 03:22
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Alright alright, here's how we can solve this.
Wendy: Her powers are basically RPG style stat boosting powers: Power up attack, defense, speed, evasion, etc.
Cheria: Her powers are basically leftovers style powers. Sure you can heal yourself just dandy, but it's not gonna stop your body from feeling the toll of using constant strong attacks.
|2013-03-02, 00:32
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Well well, this is some unpleasant news. http://animepaw.com/fairy-tail-tv-se...march-30-2013/ DAMN YOU Hs FOR TAKING MOST OF THE CAST BACK TO YOUR WORKS!, I'm just kidding, they're probably ending it because of how close the animé is to the manga.
|2013-03-02, 00:38
|Link #5615
User of the "Fast Draw"
Although this is kind of what I've always asked these series to do. When you catch up, stop until you make up some more space between anime and manga before starting up again. Rather than horrible filler arcs, or painful pacing, etc. I mean we could see they originally were going to stop around the Battle of Fairy Tail arc, so really we've gotten a lot more than expected.
Still, kind of weird if this is really true. Though in the end long as it comes back I'm ok with a break.
|2013-03-02, 04:20
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Fairy Tail sure knows how to party hard.
They are a menace to every tavern ^^
The games continue!
This time it's an interesting naval battle.
And it's like a swimsuit competition with mostly girls.
Lucy's Aquarius vs Juvia! Now that was a fight!
At least the crowds totally loved Lucy's celestial spirits ^///^
Minerva totally beat the crap out of Lucy on purpose.
Looks like Fairy Tail just got another enemy.
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The monsoon usually breaks in the
second half of June and lasts till
Annual Rainfall Stastistics :
District - 1207mm
Block :
Ariari - 943mm
Barbigha - 1052mm
Sheikhpura - 930mm
The district has rich alluvial soil
composed of sand, silt and clay in
most parts of district. The soil is
most fertile and suitable for agriculture.
The alkaline and saline deposits are
rarely found.
There are no big rivers of perennial
nature worth to be mentioned in this
district. Of course there are some
small rivers which flow during rainy
season viz Somi, Korihari, Tati, Kachchi
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Donghae (동해) is a coastal city in Gangwon, South Korea.
Get in
By bus
For those using public transport, bus is the most convenient way to get to Donghae for most people. The bus terminal is a 20 minute walk north of the downtown area (5 minute cab ride.) There are frequent buses to the Express Bus Terminal in Seoul (takes a little over 3 hours), and less frequent buses to Dong Seoul (East Seoul.) There are also buses leaving every 10 minutes for Gangneung (35-40 minutes) as well as buses to most other cities in Gangwon Province. There are 3 overnight buses to Busan.
By train
The Yeongdong line goes through Donghae, stopping at Donghae Station (south of downtown) and Mukho Station (north of downtown.) There aren't a lot of trains, however, and those there are don't go to too many places that are appealing to tourists, making the bus more convenient for most tourists.
By ferry
Donghae serves as the main access point to Ulleungdo, with regular ferry service throughout the year (usually once or twice a day in each direction, more frequent in the summer.) Donghae also serves as the Korean stop in ferry service between Vladivostok, Russia and Sakaiminato, Japan [1]. Ferries leave from Mukho Port, a 5 minute drive north of downtown.
By car
Highway 65 ends in Donghae and connects the city to Gangneung further north. From Seoul take highway 50 to Gangneung which then leads to the 65. South Korea uses a toll system for their inter-provincial highways. Seoul to Donghae costs W11,400 one way in tolls. However if you are a group of people (at least 3) driving is a cheaper option than the bus. The trip from Seoul takes about 3 hours when there is no traffic.
Get around
Mureung Valley (무릉계곡)
This is a fantastic valley with several hikes of varying difficulties. You can hike to waterfalls, temples or up mountains. Admission to the valley is 1,500 won for adults. The valley can be reached by taking any of the city buses numbered 12-something (e.g. 12-4.) The bus fare is 1,000 won.
Mangsang (망상)
Popular beach area 7 or 8 km north of town. Very crowded in the summer, with a very small amusement park area with a batting cage and a few rides.
E-MART is the only big chain retailer in town. They offer everything from food to clothes and electronics (think wal-mart). Apart form them, there are a number of shops in the downtown area offering your usual services. English will be limited however and bargaining is not too common in the retail stores.
Donghae has limited food options but "Soma" is quite good. there are actually 2 locations located about a block away. They offer Korean food with a slight western twist (like pizza ddockboki and pork cutlet with pepper sauce), worth a try. The fast food options are limited to KFC, Dunkin Donuts and Lotteria (the Korean McDonalds). They have good pizza at Buena Pizza (try the bacon cheeseburger). Of course, there are the ubiquitous galbi and kimbab restaurants. However, those hoping for authentic western food may be disappointed.
- Pizza Hut. There is a Pizza Hut on the 2nd floor of a building in view of Lotteria and Dunkin Donuts
Most of the options here are Hof and Soju bars that are all pretty much the same - they offer beer by the truckload (w2500 for 500ml) and soju. Many of them will expect you to order food as well since this is Korean tradition. Just politely say "no thanks" and most will leave you with you beer. Those looking for cocktails have to go to a cocktail bar and these are priced very highly. Your best bet is to head to E-Mart and get a few bottles of cheap booze if you want liquor.
- Love Motels. As with everywhere else in Korea, love motels abound and Donghae is no exception. Don't be fooled by the name however, some of them can be seedy, however some can be quite special with huge beds and themed kitsch. Try the hotel "very six". A room with a pool table can be had for 90,000 won. Most rooms go for 50,000 won a night (more on weekends).
- Jjimjilbang(찜질방). Donghae has a few of these as well. You can sleep in them for W6,000 a night (give or take). However its a communal experience and those looking for privacy won't find it here. For those that are willing to try a more authentic Korean experience, they are clean, safe and really cheap. The one close to the very six hotel is the best in town (near E-MART)
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The single hardest part of parenting for me has been balancing my career with my responsibilities as a mom. And it's definitely the thing I'm most nervous about with having a second child—having enough time to juggle everything. Can I have the career I want AND be the mom I want—and still be a good wife—without sacrificing all of my sanity? Though I've been doing it for three years, I'd hardly say I've been doing it with ease. You find your groove, and it becomes manageable, but it's hard to imagine how it's going to work with two kids. I wonder if all the hard work I've already put in is going to help me navigate this again when baby no. 2 comes? Or should I expect the same hurdles?
The difference this time is, my husband isn't self-employed anymore—he started a new career a few months ago, and doesn't have the flexibility he once had. I'm convinced that's how me managed with me being a full-time working mom the first time—he had total control over his schedule and was able to be home 1-2 days a week with Preston the first few years (we had a nanny the other days).
One of us having that flexibility made all the difference. And somehow it made going back to work easier for me, knowing my husband was going to be home a little during the week. It's the next best thing to me being home.
That first year was really difficult though—so much happens, they change so quickly—it was hard reconciling all that time I was missing with Preston. I chronicled most of it over at The Parenting Post—one of the memories that sticks out is when our then-nanny put Preston on a swing at the park for the first time, while I was at work (yes, I cried).
BUT—and here's the rub—I don't want to be a stay-at-home mom, not that that's even an option for me right now. I think that's the misconception about working moms—whether we work because we want to, or because we have to—it's very tough on us emotionally. Even if it's a choice, it's still a tough choice—and one we waver on from time to time (at least I do). The mom guilt is always there—especially those first two years. Working part-time seems like the ideal scenario, if your career/job/financial situation allows for it. At the moment, mine doesn't.
I have to say, though, at some point it got a lot easier. I think around the time Preston turned three, and started going to school full time—five days a week, from 9-5—ironically, my guilt lifted. We had a different nanny by then, part time, who he never really took to—leaving him home with her always left a pit in my stomach. She was great and I trusted her, but he wasn't happy when I was leaving the house, and it killed me. When we transitioned him into school full time, his mood changed immediately—he loves his friends and teachers, he's getting a preschool education, and comes home a happy, exhausted kid. What more could we want?
It's getting over those earlier humps with the second baby that I'm nervous about, because we'll be starting over with a new nanny, and navigating everything that comes with that. I don't want to go into too much detail but I've written a little about the stuff we went through with our first nanny, whom Preston was very close with…she's no longer in our lives.
As a full-time, "office mom" you hope to find someone amazing you can trust with your kids—but I'm not all that comfortable creating that dependency again. Preston's school and my office are in the same neighborhood, just blocks from our house, so I'm able to spend the mornings with him and take him to school every day, and either my husband or I pick him up. I love not depending on someone else to do my job.
I've thought about putting the new baby in daycare instead of getting a nanny this time, but for a variety of reasons it makes more sense for us to hire a full-time nanny (the cost of infant daycare is about the same here). If all goes well, a nanny should make our lives a lot easier, especially with both of us working full time now. It's just a matter of finding the right person.
Perhaps knowing the first two years are going to be hard, but already knowing when the light at the end of the tunnel comes, will help me get through it. The thing I know I have to work on is scheduling more "me time" and, just as important, "us time" for my husband and me. Those were the first things to go when we had Preston.
Whether you work full time, part time or not at all, what's your mom juggle like with your kids? (ie What's your day like?) How did it change when the second baby came? Tell me in the comments.


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Winter tradition returns to Rogers Park
DANBURY -- Outdoor ice skating has returned to Rogers Park.
After more than a decade hiatus, people from the area can again skate at the park, on a portable ice rink set to open to the public on Friday.
Skating on the pond at the park had long been a winter weekend pastime for families. But skating was banned about 10 years ago, when the city used a state grant to renovate and preserve the pond in its natural state.
"Everyone used to skate," said Millie Godfrey, 83, who remembers skating at Rogers Park in the late 1940s. "I think its a wonderful idea to bring skating back to the park. It will probably be very popular."
City Recreation Director Nick Kaplanis said people have been asking him for years to return skating to the park.
Two years ago, Kaplanis' department purchased the skating rink at a cost of about $8,000, but the 2011-12 winter season was so mild that the city didn't get the opportunity to use the new equipment last year.
"When I was a kid, we always had outdoor skating at the park," Kaplanis said. "When I saw that they make these portable rink I decided to give it shot."
The rink, he said, will be available for free to area residents, depending on the weather conditions, starting Friday at 3 p.m. The rink will remain open throughout the weekend, he said.
Kaplanis said people will have to bring their own skates. And he said that while there will be some supervision provided, residents using the rink are being asked to treat the equipment with respect.
"There are going to be some rules," Kaplanis said, including no hockey, sleds bikes or pets permitted on the ice. "We want people to be safe and not damage the rink."
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Families In Winona Ask For Return Of Rabbits Taken From County Fair
WINONA (AP) - Someone appears to be messing with the rabbits at a Minnesota fair.
Two rabbits disappeared from the Winona County Fair last week, and two others were tampered with hours before competition.
Lisa Douglas, of Winona, says she arrived at the fairgrounds about 7 a.m. Friday to find one of her children's rabbits missing from its cage, and another family's rabbit gone as well.
Douglas says a third rabbit had been placed in a cage with a rabbit where it didn't belong. A fourth rabbit had clumps of hair missing from its face.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - November 21, 2012 --Two former high-ranking Penn State officials accused of covering up child sex-abuse by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky say an ex-university lawyer shouldn't testify at a hearing next month.
Attorneys for former Vice President Gary Schultz and athletic director Tim Curley claim testimony by former Penn State general counsel Cynthia Baldwin would violate attorney-client privilege.
Baldwin's grand jury testimony is a key piece of evidence to support allegations that Schultz, Curley and former school President Graham Spanier tried to cover up Sandusky's abuse.
The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reports Tuesday's motion claims Schultz and Curley believed Baldwin was acting as their attorney, so prosecutors cannot call her to testify against them.
Sandusky is serving at least 30 years for abusing 10 boys, some on Penn State's campus.


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By CeCelia Valentine
A defense attorney arrives in court to represent a new client. She is given a cursory police report and/or complaint. If the attorney is lucky, she may have an opportunity to view the state's file that includes a printout of the client's criminal history. The state makes an offer to the new client, and it sounds decent. Perhaps the state offers probation when the client may not otherwise be eligible. Maybe the state offers a deferred prosecution or diversion program. Perhaps the offer is prison time, but by the defense attorney's understanding of the criminal history, the offer is a lot less time than the client would be facing at trial.
The defense attorney goes back to the holding cell and meets the client for the first time. She introduces herself as the attorney appointed to represent him, lets him know the charges, and then discusses the level of offense to let him know what kind of sentence he may be facing if the state can prove its case. If defense counsel is lucky, she will not have to yell over the other noise of similar conversations between countless other attorneys and incarcerated individuals. She may even have an opportunity to take the client aside and have a confidential conversation with him. She talks (or yells, as the case may be) to the client about what happened, and informs him that the state has offered a pretty good plea agreement. "You can take the deal now and get this over with," she tells him.
At times, clients may tell defense counsel that they want to plead guilty and get started serving their time/probation and get it all behind them as quickly as possible. The state has made an offer, the client is willing to take it, and the judge is more than happy to have one less case taking up space on the docket. Does she plead him or not?
In many jurisdictions across the country, this is an all too common scenario. It happens mostly, if not exclusively, to indigent people accused of offenses. Why? Often it happens because the courts and the state put a lot of pressure on court-appointed attorneys to handle cases quickly and efficiently with little regard to the attorney's obligation to her client. Admittedly sometimes, without considering the long-term consequences of his plea agreement, the client may put pressure on the attorney to get him out of jail as quickly as possible. This does not happen as often on retained cases. If retained on a case, the defense lawyer would likely have met with the client at least once (maybe several times) prior to the initial court appearance and gone over the case and the client's expectations. However, for defendants unfortunate enough not to be able to afford to hire an attorney prior to appearing in court, their initial meeting with their newly appointed attorney may come complete with a plea offer and the sometimes tempting risk of signing away important and valuable rights. In many instances, an indigent client may do just that and enter into a plea agreement within minutes or hours after meeting his attorney. Many clients do this with serious consequences that likely could not have been meaningfully contemplated during their short interaction with the attorney.
The defense attorney's obligation is first and foremost to the client. Is a quick plea truly ever in the best interest of the client? In answering this question, there are many things to consider. While not an exhaustive list, the topics discussed below can serve as the start of a conversation that will lead to vigorous representation of the most vulnerable in the criminal justice system — indigent clients.
Defense attorneys are inevitably the most important person in their clients' lives at a particular time. Attorneys are there to help, guide, and protect them. Protecting a client's liberty and sometimes a client's life is a heavy responsibility that requires a great deal of care and consideration.
The initial meeting with a client sets the tone for what the client can expect from the defender. Should clients expect a champion for their liberty who will fight for them, or should they expect nothing more than a warm body to stand next to while talking to the judge? A good way to begin to act as a champion for the client is to treat him with dignity and respect and take some time to get to know him. After all, advising the client to plead guilty with scant knowledge of the facts may not make the best first impression.
Perhaps the most important thing the criminal defense attorney will ever do is a client interview or intake. It is the way the attorney gets to know the person behind the criminal charges. A good client interview will shed light on his circumstances and what is going on in his life. Is the client addicted to drugs? Is he suffering from mental illness or a serious physical ailment? Is he in school or working full time? Is he competent? Does he have an alibi, witnesses, or a compelling explanation for his conduct?
The various answers to these questions may lead to different solutions for a case. They may lead to competency proceedings and/or mental health treatment. The answers may lead to some sort of drug treatment. They may lead to an investigation that results in dismissal or reduction of charges. Or the answers may simply lead to mitigation for a lesser sentence or better plea agreement down the line.
Regardless of the answers, a client interview will no doubt give the defense attorney valuable information that will aid in the defense of the client. The key elements necessary for a good client interview are privacy (the attorney will be asking the client for personal and private information and confidentiality is a priority) and time (it takes time to build trust and a relationship). Five minutes in a crowded holdover cell with many listening ears may not be the best time and place for a good client interview.
In the wake of Padilla v. Kentucky,3 being aware of serious collateral consequences of plea agreements has become an even more important part of a defense lawyer's practice. Although Padilla deals with immigration consequences, numerous other collateral consequences exist that can be triggered by a guilty plea. While a license suspension, loss of public housing and/or benefits, or loss of a job may not seem as serious as deportation, it may mean everything to the client. What seems like a short amount of time in jail or on probation can lead to a lifetime of regret and consequence. It is important that defense attorneys, as advocates and counselors for clients, be aware of how important the decision to plead guilty is and what may result. Sometimes these consequences may only come to light after a good client interview. For that reason, a good deal of time should be spent with the client to find out what is important to him personally and how a guilty plea may affect him later. An excellent resource now available to defense practitioners is Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Law, Policy & Practice by Love, Roberts, and Klingele.
Most adults have made a major purchase such as a house or car. It is safe to say that buying a house is not a quick process in which a buyer simply points to her dream house on the street and moves into it. Instead, the buyer starts by applying for a mortgage (a long process in and of itself) and figuring out how much house she can afford. Next, the buyer chooses the area of town in which she wants to live and starts viewing properties. With the assistance of a realtor, or not, the buyer visits a number of homes before finding one on which she wants to make an offer. If she is lucky, the offer is accepted (or is eventually accepted after a negotiation period), and she is on her way to home ownership — provided the home inspection goes well. If the offer is rejected, then she keeps looking and begins the process all over again. Similarly, in buying a car, the buyer conducts the research to determine the kind of car she wants and can afford. Then she goes through the process of test driving, negotiating the price and financing, insuring the vehicle, and getting the title and license for it. Buying a house or a car is a purchase that is not entered into lightly and requires a great deal of information gathering, reflection, and consideration.
Although criminal defense attorneys are not advising their clients in a property transaction, they are advising clients in one of life's most serious decisions. In many instances, clients are faced with a plea agreement that will lead to a number of years in prison. There are other changes to their lives that will happen as the result of a felony or misdemeanor criminal conviction. Like buying a house, this type of decision should not be taken lightly and will most likely require more than 5 or 10 minutes, or even a few hours of consideration.
After reading a police report, sometimes the defense attorney does not quite believe what the officer said is true, or that the events took place exactly as the officer described. Sometimes a witness statement does not have the ring of truth. The defense attorney's review of a case might reveal that there is no way the state will be able to prove its allegations. All defense attorneys, at one time or another, have encountered these situations.
Conducting an investigation can reveal lying witnesses (or police officers) or show that something could not have happened as reported. An investigation can also lead to the discovery of witnesses that show someone else is responsible for the crime the client is accused of committing. For these reasons and more, an investigation is an important part of representing clients. A good investigation can lead to a reduction in charges or even the dismissal of the client's case. An investigation might serve as the basis for a suppression motion that may affect the outcome of the client's case. Of course, in the real world the reality is that some investigations may reveal the guilt of a client. Even in this instance, the defense attorney will have the information that she needs to have a frank discussion with the client, and he can then make the decision regarding whether or not to plead guilty.
The difference in advising the client after conducting an investigation is that the client is confident that (1) the attorney has been working on his case, and (2) the case is important to the attorney. Some investigations may take longer than others, and not all investigations require the employment of an investigator. For example, a quick visit to the crime scene or a few phone calls from the defense attorney's office can sometimes paint the client's case in a whole different light. But at the very least, conducting an investigation can save the defense attorney from a complaint or grievance with the local or state bar.
While attorneys are called upon to be zealous advocates for their clients, they must also conduct themselves in an ethical manner. This call for ethics goes beyond candor to the tribunal, abiding by local court rules, and the like. For the purposes of this discussion, the attorney must deal with clients ethically by doing research and conducting an investigation into their cases and making sure they have the information needed before making a decision.
Another aspect of the ethical discussion is the conduct of the prosecutor. All prosecutors take an oath to ensure that justice is done. Of course, many prosecutors equate this with obtaining as many convictions possible. Because defense attorneys can talk all day about what their local prosecutor is or is not doing, this will be a very limited discussion. Simply stated, a prosecutor cannot ethically withdraw a plea agreement without allowing adequate and appropriate time for the defense attorney to advise her client. In reminding a prosecutor of this, it is not necessary to cite ABA Ethical Standards chapter and verse. Many times defense counsel can simply explain that she has to look into a certain issue (especially immigration or collateral consequences) before she can advise the client on the plea agreement. When asking for a short continuance in this circumstance, it is rare to have a prosecutor refuse to keep the plea open for another week or two. If the prosecutor refuses and is not being reasonable, putting this information on the record to the court can be another remedy so that the client does not enter an involuntary plea on the spot.
Defense lawyers are responsible for the protection of some of the most vulnerable members in society. Moreover, defense lawyers are the guardians and protectors of their clients' constitutional guarantees and freedoms. The state must go through defense counsel to get to the client, and defense counsel should make the state fight for every victory. Most defense lawyers have dealt with a difficult client that they did not like. Even in those situations, the attorney can earn the respect of the client by being prepared and diligently working on his case. Just because the defense attorney has been appointed to represent someone she would not want to grab dinner with does not mean that she should phone it in and not do the work. This is a situation in which the golden rule — treat others the way you would like to be treated — is especially relevant.
CeCelia Valentine recently represented a juvenile who insisted that he wanted to "sign for his time" so that his case would come to an end immediately. After having him evaluated for competency (he was found to be competent), he wanted to enter a stipulation1 at the very next court date. When that date arrived, however, the state changed its recommendation from probation with placement to be determined by the Juvenile Probation Office (JPO) to commitment to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD). Valentine's client was difficult and had been in several other placements. This change in recommendation resulted from the JPO's suggestion that its programs were inadequate and TJJD was the only outcome that should be considered.
"I was representing him on a probation violation. He had left home right after completing boot camp. There is no doubt in my mind that if we would have gone forward with a stipulation that day, he would have been sentenced to TJJD," Valentine said. The court's file, still en route from the warehouse, was not available that day. "Not wanting to just give up and give this young man a mark on his record that would always be with him, I asked that the case be reset for the purpose of looking into other options," Valentine explained. "In this case, my client was the only person putting pressure on me to resolve the case quickly. To say that he was unhappy about staying in detention and coming back to court in another 10 days is an understatement."
In the days before the next court appearance, Valentine visited her client and tried to discuss other alternatives with him. She asked social workers from her office to visit him in an attempt to develop mitigation evidence. "I bought him a book to enlighten him on the realities of gang life. I talked to him, and I advised him of all of his rights and of the dire consequences of a TJJD sentence," she said. "My young client was going to turn 17 in the next few months, which would make him an adult for the purposes of criminal law in Texas." A TJJD sentence would have made him ineligible for probation in the future and would have constituted a prior prison trip in the adult system, automatically enhancing any future sentence.2 "Unfortunately, I had a feeling that he would be arrested for something within a short time after turning 17, so I wanted to give him the best chance possible in the adult system."
When the new court date arrived, the court file was available. "When I was finally able to look at the original paperwork it became clear that my client's underlying offense was a misdemeanor — not a felony as alleged by the state. This meant that he was not even eligible to go to TJJD. We ended up getting the disposition we sought in the first place," Valentine said. "As I documented my file later on, the gravity of the situation hit me. I realized that had I given in to the client's demands against my better judgment, I would have committed malpractice. Perhaps I would not have had any significant career fallout as a result, but my client would have needlessly suffered, and I would have done harm to my own conscience. How many other times has this happened? I wondered. Have there been others that entered a plea agreement or a stipulated sentence improperly?"
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Thomas F. Brooks
Thomas F. Brooks, age 79, of Adams Street, Warwick, died on July 8, 2013 at home. He was the husband of Arlene M. (Corbeil) Brooks.
Born in Providence, a son of the late Friend and Theresa V. (Cassidy) Brooks, he lived in Warwick for 51 years. He was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Brooks was a manager in the Polishing Dept. at Speidel, Inc. in Providence for 35 years before his retirement.
Besides his wife, he is survived by six daughters: Charlene M. Platt (Steven) of Warwick, Patricia M. Lisi (Anthony) of Warwick, Marie D. Lucier (Joseph) of Warwick, Catherine M. Maine (Hank) of Cranston, Teresa M. Passarelli (Mark) of Warwick, and Susan M. Lynch (Thomas) of Cranston; a sister, Lillian Hoopis of Florida; eleven grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. He was the brother of the late William Brooks, Robert Brooks, and Ethel Brooks; and the grandfather of the late Sarah Jean Maine.
His funeral will be held on Friday, July 12, at 9 a.m. from the Barrett & Cotter Funeral Home, 1328 Warwick Avenue, Spring Green, Warwick, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Paul Church, One St. Paul Place, Cranston. Visiting hours are Thursday 4-7 p.m. Burial with military honors will be in Pawtuxet Memorial Park, Warwick.
Kindly omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be made to Home & Hospice Care of RI, 1085 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02904. www.barrettandcotter.com


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Guest List: Jiah Khan, Sophie Chaudhary, Upen Patel, Tara Sharma, Raveena Tandon, Anil Thadani, Arjun Rampal, Roopak Saluja, Lara Datta, Dino Morea, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ranvir Shorey, Chunkey Pandey, Shreya Sharan, Malaika Arora Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Khanna, Manish Malhotra, Rocky S, Zaheer Khan, Sanjay Manjrekar, Aditi Govitrikar, Dipannita Sharma, Mehr Rampal
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What is your biggest strength? What is your biggest weakness? Do you have them in mind? Now ponder this question. What's more likely to make you as successful and satisfied as possible: continually improving your strengths or continually trying to fix your biggest weaknesses?
Those of you who have read "Now, Discover your Strengths" or "StrengthsFinder 2.0" the updated version of the book published in 2009 know the answer. Research and empirical evidence shows time and time again that people are more successful and happier when they are given the opportunity to focus on their strengths.
I'm not suggesting that serious and critical weakness in your life and career should be ignored entirely. But I do encourage you to be aware of what makes you tick and what you are best at. Maximizing those talents will almost always have a more profound impact on your life than obsessively worrying about your weaknesses.
I generally don't recommend business books. There are some great ones but there are literally thousands of them out there and most of them can be boiled down to a few pithy concepts or platitudes. But, I always encourage folks to read StrenghtsFinder 2.0. It will open your mind to key principles that will unlock your potential and make you a better manager. One of my favorite components is the scarily accurate strength based assessment test that comes with it. Andy Leonard, my business partner at Linchpin People (www.linchpinpeople.com) and I have encouraged everyone in our company to read it and take the test. I can't say that we are experts on acting on the insights that the book and test provide us and our team. But, it's changed the way that I think about leading and managing people as well as myself.


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The design criterea was to embody the established features of the Southerly within a hull to fit a 10m mooring whilst providing good live aboard facilities and excellent sailing performance. The result sets very high standards which will appeal to many; comfortable cockpit with good storage, wide side decks for safe footing, easy to handle rig with self tacking jib, light and airy interior with accommodation to sleep up to six people.
Under sail, the Southerly 32 is fast and exhilarating - and a real pleasure to helm. The modern hull shape with plumb stem and long waterline length provides impressive sailing performance whilst the broad transom, twin rudders and Whitlock direct rod steering gives instantly responsive helming and exceptional directional stability - making the yacht easy to control.
Single line mainsail reefing and a Furlex on the self tacking jib makes sail handling easy – ideal for family or short handed sailing. The self tacking jib means you can tack spontaneously, allowing you to sail in conditions that a conventional sail plan may not allow, such as in a harbour or conjested sailing area. For off wind sailing an optional gennaker can be flown from a removable bowsprit.
The unique Swing Keel provides deep draft performance (deeper than most yachts), for powerful windward performance. At the 'touch of a button' the keel can be raised to just 2'4'' for shallow draft freedom, allowing you to sail in coastal areas and inland waters. As with all Southerlys, the yacht will also dry out and sit upright.
The instant feeling of space inside the Southerly 32 is quite incredible, with excellent accommodation and good headroom, for a yacht of this size.
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ATLANTA — Matt Ryan looked very much like an MVP, and the Atlanta Falcons are headed to the NFC championship game.
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CRESTVIEW � The Garden City Little League Park will be abuzz with the sound of tournament softball this weekend, as the Crestview Little League hosts the first of three summer tournaments.
CRESTVIEW � The Garden City Little League Park will be abuzz with the sound of tournament softball this weekend, as the Crestview Little League hosts the first of three summer tournaments.
"June 8 we've got a special games tournament for the girls machine pitch 7-8 softball, which last about four days," league president Melvin "Catfish" Hill said. �And then June 22-25 we've got the 9- and 10-(year-olds) that actually start the district tournament. And in July we host the sectional.
"June 22 is when they start making it to the (Little League) World Series."
Saturday's games are scheduled for 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Games starting Monday will begin at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. in the double elimination tournament.
Admission is free for all Little League tournaments.
Hill expects that teams at this week's tournament � from Shalimar, DeFuniak Springs, Destin, Niceville and, possibly, Panama City � will conclude with a championship game June 13.
In addition, the 7- to 8-year-olds� machine pitch baseball team will compete in a DeFuniak Springs tournament starting Saturday.
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MGH Learning Laboratory opens
Breathing, talking and interactive simulation mannequins assist in training
CEREMONIAL RIBBON CUTTING: From left, Slavin, Schneider, Nicholson, Gordon and Paciello cut the MGH blue ribbon to celebrate the official opening of the MGH Learning Laboratory.
SIMULATION TRAINING: Carl Blesius, MD, and Emily Hayden, MD, work together on an intubation technique using a new video laryngoscope.
THEY SAY THAT PRACTICE makes perfect. The new MGH Learning Laboratory, located on the second floor of the Treadwell Library in Bartlett Hall, was created to provide a collaborative environment for MGH caregivers to do just that.
On the evening of April 25, special guests -- including Peter L. Slavin, MD, MGH president; Britain Nicholson, MD, chief medical officer; James Gordon, MD, director of the MGH Learning Lab and chief of the Emergency Department's Division of Medical Simulation; Elizabeth Schneider, director of the MGH Treadwell Library; and Andrea Paciello, executive director of Radiation Oncology overseeing Learning Lab administration -- gathered to celebrate the opening of the new facility. The event included an interactive showcase of the Learning Lab's "family" of adult, child, infant and neonatal mannequin-simulators, all used to support clinical training and assessment for critical event management, teamwork and communication, procedural skills and decision-making. Additional training equipment and educational technologies also were featured, including a synthetic cadaver, virtual autopsy table, ultrasound simulator and 3-D surgical imaging platform. Guests had the opportunity to try their hand at treating sick "patients," as well as test out the innovative technology.
The Learning Lab includes a space called the Simulation Ward, which can be adapted to replicate a variety of clinical care environments, ranging from an intensive care unit to a disaster staging area. In these environments, trainees, providers and teams have a risk-free opportunity to practice diagnosing and treating illnesses on realistic simulators that can breathe, talk, blink and move. The lab also is designed to provide on-site training exercises, where simluation specialists collaborate across campus to provide simulations within actual hospital units and operative suites.
"The MGH is uniquely positioned to routinely integrate practice for expert performance into its everyday operations," says Gordon. "The Learning Lab represents a tremendous step toward that goal by incorporating simulation resources into the infrastructure of an established library in the center of campus. Now clinicians can come to the library not only to read about a patient's illness, but also to practice taking care of their 'patient.'"
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Ten 4-H members have been selected to compete for the title of the 2013 Adams County 4-H Royal Ambassador.
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Mostly will be diving in a 3mm wetsuit. 2 steel tanks - LP85s, + 40cu alum deco at times. Do you think 35lb is enough lift for such a config?
Maybe I'm not looking in the right places, but does anyone sell just the plates for a razor-type harness? I found a couple of UK and European sites,...
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Animal Species:Spotted Wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
The Spotted Wobbegong has a pattern of dark saddles, white o-shaped spots and white blotches. The species is widely distributed in subtropical and temperate Australian waters.
Standard Common Name
Spotted Wobbegong
Alternative Name/s
Carpet Shark, Common Carpet Shark, Common Catshark, Tassel Shark, Wobbegong
The Spotted Wobbegong can be recognised by the skin flaps around the snout margin and the distinctive colour pattern of dark saddles and white rings on a yellow to greenish-brown background.
The genus name Orectolobus comes from the Greek words orectos, meaning stretched out, and lobos meaning a rounded projection or protuberance. The genus name most likely refers to the barbels on the head. The species name maculatus comes from the Latin word macula which means spot, and refers to the shark's spotted colouration. 'Wobbegong' is an Australian aboriginal word.
Size range
It is about 20 cm in length when born and reaches a maximum size of about 3 m.
The species occurs along the southern coastline of Australia from southern Queensland to south-western Western Australia. It is possibly endemic to Australia. Records from Japan and the South China Sea are probably errors.
The map below shows the Australian distribution of the species based on public sightings and specimens in Australian Museums. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Distribution by collection data
Ozcam map of Spotted Wobbegong specimens in the Australian Museums.
Spotted Wobbegongs live in shallow coastal waters down to about 100 m depth. They often lie on sand or rocky reef bottoms and are frequently seen by divers.
Feeding and Diet
Feeding occurs mainly at night and includes prey items such as fishes, crayfish, crabs and octopuses.
- Species:
- maculatus
- Genus:
- Orectolobus
- Family:
- Orectolobidae
- Order:
- Orectolobiformes
- Class:
- Chondrichthyes
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Brown, R.W. 1956. Composition of Scientific Words. R. W. Brown. Pp. 882.
- Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-Eastern Australia. Crawford House Press. Pp. 437.
- Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. New Holland. Pp. 433.
- Last, P.R. & J.D. Stevens. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. CSIRO. Pp. 513, Pl. 1-84.
- Stevens, J.D. in Gomon, M.F., J.C.M. Glover & R.H. Kuiter (Eds). 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. State Print, Adelaide. Pp. 992.
- Whitley, G.P. 1940. The fishes of Australia. Part I. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Royal Zoological Society N.S.W., Australian Zoological Handbook 1-280.
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Hi Will, You can send photos to me, but please don't send too many ... I have plenty of other things to do :). You can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. You are right in your observation that there are many species for which we don't have photos on the website. I am still transferring content from the old site (which had a more comprehensive coverage of the fauna) to the new. Cheers, Mark
Hi Damian,
They certainly are one of my favourite fish. There are three species of wobbies (two of them have been reported to reach 3 m) that can be found in coastal waters around Sydney and the best way to ID them is by the colour patterns. Gulf Wobbegong, Orectolobus halei, are strongly ornamented with the margins of the saddles on the back having black borders. The Spotted Wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus, is pale yellowish or greenish brown with the darker saddles having numerous white edged rings and blotches. Ornate Wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus, is generally the smallest and grows to just over a metre, as the name suggests its highly ornamented, strongly speckled or freckled as I like to think of it.
If you do love sharks the reference we always use is Last & Stevens, 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia 2nd Edition, its a fabulous book.
Happy snorkeling and please feel free to send us any pictures you may have for confirmation.


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And rue des Martyr's newest most fashionable patisserie - reknown Sebastien Gaudard.
*Jamais/never help yourself in a Paris shop to the merchandise, especially in a patisserie.
l'interdit! I did not have the nerve to take a photo.
Dear Carol:
There are several elevators at the Abbesses metro station. Having taken the stairs once, I have warned many tourists to avoid them. The metro platform is 118 feet below street level. Of course, taking the stairs takes away some of the guilt from eating all of the goodies along Rue des Abbesses.
The elevators were NOT working.
All of them in fact.
c'est la vie
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haha...my sister and I fell for that...we saw the elevators but thought...who needs an elevator? we'll just take the stairs...mon dieu! but I do agree with Clare...it's a good workout.ReplyDelete
I wasn't hungry before I read this, but now...I'm dying inside at Mankato, Minnesota's, lack of a boulangerie patisserie!ReplyDelete
just think of all the calories yr saving!
Actually I am eating a LOT of fruitie compote
and a lot less boulangerie
Not that it has made the slightest diff in my figure/ligne, ahem
Great post Carol. You took me back to a favorite neighborhood of mine. I am going to re-post it on my Facebook page chez French Girl if that is all right with you. I think my readers will enjoy it too! Continue to have fun and visit cute fromagers and boulangers in Paris! ;-) Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)ReplyDelete
Great photos, Carol. The tour is a great idea, and it looks like she sure can pick out delicious food.
I like the meats (should I feel guilty?).
The pastries look fabulous, too.
I had not idea we would be tasting so many samples!
Soup-to-nuts really.
I hate that people kill animals, and yet I'm such a hypocrite. I love meat! The meat with the bread baked around it looks incredible. Oh my. But I think I could be persuaded quite easily to forgo the meat for any of the deserts in the pictures. It's a good thing we can't afford to go to Paris, because I'd end up too fat to fly home.ReplyDelete
Oh, it's perfect!!
Thanks so much, Carol!!
Quoi? Chérie, cheese is always better at the fromagerie. The supermarket stuff stinks but not quite enough, if you get my drift. That baguette is calling to me. I need to get there soon. Our local baguette isn't as good as this and I'm missing poifection!ReplyDelete
The patisserie chef whom wouldn't let you touch anything! Reminds me of the bookstore owners in Portlandia....ReplyDelete
it all looks delicious! what was the name of the charcuterie & the fromagerie? merci!ReplyDelete
Unfortunately I can not tell.
It wouldn't be fair to PBM Tours.
Just climb aboard.
By far one of the best foodie tours I've been on and there have been many.
We'll be in Paris in a month... can't wait to try all those amazing pastries!
We'll definitely use your blog as a guide :)
Oh, those charcuteries! Memories of childhood picnics. Heaven!ReplyDelete
Dear PB,
Thank you for all of your updates on Paris(EVERTHING!)
I took the Paris By Mouth foodie tours you mentioned and leved every minute with Phyllis and Meg.
Please keep mentioning their tours!!!!
Better yet draw pictures of them giving tours!!!!!
Thank you for making me smile everyday.
Thanks for the updates about the best of france toursReplyDelete