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Hoyer Traveling to Rome to Attend Funeral Service of Pope John Paul II
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today on the passing of Pope John Paul II. Rep. Hoyer will join the Congressional Delegation traveling to Rome tonight to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II on Friday.
"Pope John Paul II was an extraordinary world citizen who made a tremendous impact during the course of his lifetime on the Catholic Church, and particularly on the international community as he confronted communism in his home, Poland.
"He was a model of moral consistency who stood by his principles and argued for them persuasively to the world. He stood up for the values of his church, and particularly the poor and those who needed assistance around the world. Pope John Paul II was a man of great moral integrity and will long be remembered throughout the world."


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Credit Union CEO Retirements Announced in Hawaii, Colorado
Two more longtime CEOs have announced their retirement, this time from credit unions in Colorado and Hawaii.
In Honolulu, after some 40 years of leading Aloha Pacific FCU, Wallace Watanabe has retired from the $745 million credit union.
Vince J. Otsuka, senior vice president of lending, has been selected to serve as interim president/CEO as the search for a permanent successor continues.
In a statement from the credit union, Watanabe said his retirement plans include traveling and pursuing other endeavors.
In Holyoke, Colo., Holyoke Community FCU CEO Ron Goldenstein has also retired and said his plans include enjoying the change of pace whether playing golf or exploring a completely different career.
Under his leadership the credit union has grown from $4 million to $32 million in assets.
Vice President Dolores Haskell, who has been with Goldenstein since he began in 1985, has been tapped as the new president.


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Wanted: Ginetta grid girls
Ginetta is recruiting - ability to look good in lycra required, proper Yorkshire accent preferred
Photo: Jakob Ebrey/Ginetta
And Ginetta is recruiting. It's looking for eight ladies to act as figurehead grid girls at rounds of Ginetta GT Supercup and Ginetta Junior Championships. Each selected grid girl will get a day in the limelight at the head of the pack at each of the eight rounds, held as support races to the BTCC. The 'adulation' of race fans and the chance to get your face (and maybe a bit more) on ITV4 are all part of the deal, together with a full hospitality package for the weekend in question.
Candidates should check out the full story on Ginetta's homepage for information on how to apply. An ability not to faint and collapse over the front of racing cars would be preferred but we'd hope Ginetta would keep its grid girls topped up with Yorkshire Tea to prevent such eventualities.
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The Infinity Gate: DarkGlass Mountain: Book Three (Hardcover)
Sara Douglass has won leagues of fans worldwide for her epic tales of sorcery, forbidden love, and heart-pounding action. She revealed her biggest story yet with the DarkGlass Mountain saga, and now, at last, the dramatic finale to the epic trilogy!
Tencendor is no more. The land is gone. But a few SunSoars still remain, and a new foe walks the world.
Ishbel Brunelle, priestess of the Serpent Coil, and Maximilian, the Lord of Elcho Falling, have raised the magic of Elcho Falling, and found new allies against the darkness in the mysterious Lealfast. And more crucially still, Axis SunSoar, former god and current hero, has rediscovered the magical Star Dance and revived his legendary Strike Force to push back the evil hordes commanded by the DarkGlass Mountain.
But their enemy grows stronger through blood and betrayal, the Lealfast have their own agenda, and when unexpected treachery threatens, Axis SunSoar must face a darkness greater than any he has ever known.
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"Prolific doesn't even begin to describe fantasy author Sara Douglass. . . . [The Serpent Bride is] teaming with cosmic plots, strange races, magic and high adventure."
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"The ultimate for fans of Sara Douglass. . . . Douglass definitely has a gift for storytelling, and The Serpent Bride is eminently readable, with dramatic twists and turns all over the place."
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"The author of the Axis and Wayfarer redemption trilogies embarks on a new series set in the same universe, filled with beauty and horror, magic and madness. Vividly defined characters and well-honed storytelling make this a solid addition.
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"Sara Douglass has the breadth of vision necessary to create sweeping epics and the storyteller's gift that makes readers love her. "
"Douglass continually surprises."
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"Fans of feminist fantasy will welcome the first in a new series from Australian author Douglass."
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"The dark, sensuous first in a new fantasy series."
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"Epic storytelling on a par with Terry Goodkind and Robert Jordan."
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Clarkson University Celebrates Sustainability & Local Food Oct. 17-27
Clarkson University is participating in two national events this month to promote and celebrate campus sustainability and the North Country's abundant and healthy food resources.
The 10-day celebration is part of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Campus Sustainability Day and Food Day, a nationwide celebration for healthy, affordable and sustainable food.
Clarkson's Dining Services kicks off the week with the Sustainable Iron Chef Competition in the Student Center Forum on Wednesday, October 17, from 2-4 p.m. The audience will cheer on faculty and staff as they go up against the reigning student champion, Team Chop-Chop. With a new mystery box of local, seasonal ingredients and an hour to complete their dish, it's sure to be a fun challenge.
The audience will be able to enjoy samples from the Adirondack Kitchen line of goodies, try Fun Fact Trivia and vie for prizes. See video from last year's competition at http://youtu.be/ycNuagmaygo .
If you envy the judges' opportunity to taste the culinary treats whipped up during the Sustainable Iron Chef Competition, audience members can get their chance too, when the winning team's dish is featured on the menu during the festive Local Foods Dinner in Ross Brooks Dining Hall on Tuesday October 23, from 4-8 p.m. While students can use their meal plan or pay the dinner door rate, others are welcome to attend and pay at the door.
The community is invited to attend when Clarkson dedicates the new Munter Trails, located along the Raquette River, on Saturday, October 20, at 2:30 p.m. The program will take place near the canoe house on the Clarkson University campus off Clarkson Ave. Clarkson President Tony Collins will lead the dedication ceremony with Village of Potsdam Mayor Steve Yurgartis also participating. Light refreshments will be available. Read more at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/2012/news-release_2012-10-09-1.html .
The campus greenhouse and food waste digester will be open for tours October 24 and 27 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. These projects show off Clarkson students' accomplishments with design, construction, repair and operation of innovative systems that will help to bring food production and waste management back into our local communities.
October 24-27, you can take the short Eco Friendly Clarkson SCVNGR Trek with your mobile phone or smart phone. Go to http://www.clarkson.edu/scvngr for details and to download the app.
Guest speakers will top off the celebration to help provide perspective on the importance of food and environmental issues and the critical role that college students can play.
Emily Hunter, an environmental advocacy journalist, starts the week with on Wednesday, October 17, at 7 p.m. in the Cheel Campus Center Barben Rooms. She will discuss environmental concerns worldwide. Read more about her at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/2012/news-release_2012-10-04-2.html .
Michael Curtin, of DC Central Kitchen, will visit via webcam for a seminar on food sustainability issues on Monday, October 22, from 1-2 p.m. in the Student Center Multi-purpose Rooms. DC Central Kitchens was the country's first "community kitchen," where food donated by hospitality businesses and farms is used to fuel a culinary arts job training program, in which unemployed men and women learn marketable skills while donations are converted into balanced meals. They also have programs that address the sustainability of food on college campuses.
Finally, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Campus Sustainability's keynote presentation will be broadcast live via webinar on Wednesday, October 24, from 2-3:30 p.m. in the Student Center Multi-purpose Rooms. This session, "Preparing Students for a Changing Climate," will discuss the role colleges and universities must play in creating sustainability education for all students that will prepare the next generation of leaders to lead a just, healthy, and sustainable society.
Check out the Clarkson calendar at http://www.clarkson.edu/calendar for these and more "green" events.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: Clarkson University will hold a Sustainable Iron Chef Competition in the Student Center Forum on Wednesday, October 17, from 2-4 p.m. Above, last semester's student champion, Team Chop-Chop, competes.
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Vihren Climber's Log
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|Vihren Hut to Vihren
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2017
|With my 5 year old twins
|Posted Sep 30, 2017 1:25 pm
|First attempt
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 1982
|This was my first attempt to climb a real mountain, at my age of 12. I was with my father. We started from Banderitsa hut. At altitude of 2280 meter we stopped and returned to the hut. I tried to convince my father to go further, but no success. (But 3 years later we successfully climbed the peak)
|Posted Jan 20, 2015 3:51 pm
|Anthony's 1rst
Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2013
|Florence, little Anthony (15months) and I climbed this beautiful mountain from normal route. A bit windy up in the summit where our kid was hungry and we provided him a "biberon" - lots of people took photos of the happy family ... maybe someone out there can plug them ? ; ))
|Posted Jan 27, 2014 7:24 am
|bruno baschung
|south route
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2013
|A nice hike done from Vihren Hut which can easily be reached by car. The first part of the hike is the less enjoyable since the path is quite rocky and moderately steep, after having reached 2300/2400 the path is much more pleasant. Above 2600 you leave the granite to reach lime stone section, the last part being very direct on the South face and always very easy. Nice view from the top. Really a nice hike to do in the balkans
Bruno baschung
|Posted Aug 20, 2013 1:06 pm
|Mountains of my childhood
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 1975
|memory from one of my countless vacation trips
|Posted Jun 9, 2012 8:51 am
|Bad stomach - bad day.
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2010
|The dinner was still in my stomach, when me and a group of French tourists, we headed Vihren peak. Painful climbing which I was obliged to finish - as a second mountain guide in the team... But of course, all the efforts were rewarding! (^_^)
|Posted Jan 19, 2012 6:20 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2010
|Started the ascent from the Vihren hut in the sun but ended on top of the mountain in the clouds. After climbing this one we also went further to see the Koncheto Ridge which was beautiful! Long way back down to the Banderitza hut from where a taxi picked us up and brought us back to the Kempinski :-p.
|Posted Jun 20, 2011 4:25 pm
|Tomek Lodowy
|From Bansko
Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2010
|As we camped in the forests just above Bansko town we had quite long and exhausting ascent to Vihren hut up in the valley. When the weather became nicer later in the day we decided to climb the peak and reached the summit of that great white, marble mountain around 4 pm. Beautiful views in all directions, especially towards Koncheto ridge area. Long descent to Bansko.
Pirin range seems to be great place for a backpacking holiday.
|Posted Oct 4, 2010 10:46 am
|My first peak climb
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 1985
|My first successful peak climb at age 15. This mountain made mountaineering as my "destiny"
|Posted Jun 13, 2009 1:16 pm
|Winter Ascent
Date Climbed: Mar 16, 2009
|Ascended from the Vihren hut. There was poor visibility so opted to climb the East side. The last few hundred metres were in total white-out and so I descended by the same route.
|Posted Mar 23, 2009 3:39 am
|lite, in 1977
|Couldn't quite remember but accidentally just found a little diary I wrote then. So, it reads that we were camping by the tarns at the head of the Vlahiska valley,and I went to Vihren Hut to buy some food; lite (tennis shoes on, no pack, a plastic bag in hand - sorry:-) round over Kazanite, below the north wall, then from the pass to the top - nobody around, moon in the sky, great weather: calm and warm. From the summit I almost ran down to the tent in less than 40 minutes.
|Posted Aug 27, 2008 3:35 pm
|Vihren Hut to Vihren
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2008
|Went to Blagoevgrad and finished my business at 12. Reached Vihren Hut by car at 2 pm. 2 hours up, 30 minutes on the summit, 1,5 hours down. Left for home at 6 pm. Very nice place to climb.
|Posted Jul 15, 2008 4:33 pm
|Lasting impressions
|I summited twice: first time in 2005 from the south starting at Bansko at 5 AM with a heavy backback and arriving around 13:00 - after a brief stop I continued to the Koncheto shelter. That night skies were clear above Pirin but a I enjoyed watching a raging thunderstorm with lightning over Rila! A bit exhaustative trekking up the Banderitsa valley especially with most of the old signs and paths gone! The "northern approach was much more exhaustative - I was left at the crossroad Bansko-Razlog and made it up to the hut Javorov and further to the shelter located on Koncheto where I spent a night with 10 other people. Amazing how many people can fit in there!! The day after I made it up slowly on the "northern" side just to be greeted by fog, light rain and threatening lightning. Nevertheless Pirin has made a lasting impression and I would not hesitate to go there some day again!
|Posted Mar 29, 2008 6:17 am
|We started from the Bunderitza Hut early in the morning in perfect summer weather, but as soon as we reached the summit at 3-4 p.m. we found ourselves surrounded by fog and we couldn`t enjoy the view. it was an easy and nice asscent, as far as I can remember( I was 16 years old at that time). We descended from the opposite side of the mountain, which is more easier than the other. my plans are to climb this beautiful summit next year.
|Posted Aug 20, 2006 6:42 pm
|Route Climbed: through Kazana and Premkata (the saddle btw. Vihren and Kutelo) Date Climbed: 08 October 2005
|It was a nice and clear day. There were less people than you normally meet (during the summer). I wanted to descend through the Djamdjiev ridge but there were some guys waiting for us at the saddle so we had to go back through the same route.
|Posted Dec 30, 2005 5:44 pm
|Route Climbed: Southern approach Date Climbed: November 5, 2005
|We (my friends and me) started from the Vihren Hut (1950 m), belowe eastern side of Vihren massif, in period of rising sun. Weather was nice. We was going around massif on it's left side - E/SE/S. After 2h we reached Vihrenski Preslap plateau/pass and after short break continued to Vihren summit on southern side of it's massif. This route is without using of hands, tipical hiking route. Before we reached the summit, weather became bad, dark clouds and fog came, also snowing started. From Vihren summit we descended on it's western side, more dangerous than southern one. On the rocky path was freezing snow, little beat dangerous! Finally, we descended from Vihren and reached the Vihren/Kutelo saddle (2600 m). Vihren is very impressive and nice peak and it's great privilege to stay on it's summit. Vihren is great mountain!
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- Jerez Test, Day Three
Gutierrez impressed with C32's increased downforce
- Drivers:
- Esteban Gutiérrez
- Teams:
- Sauber
Esteban Gutierrez believes Sauber has made good progress with the level of downforce on its new car this year.
Gutierrez is stepping up from a test driver to race driver role this season, but drove last year's C31 during free practice in India and at the Abu Dhabi Young Driver Test. Comparing the new car with that experience, he is confident the C32 is a step forward.
"The downforce increase was very positive," he said. "It's an improvement, it's another step and it is something we all feel very happy with. We are trying to develop it even further.
"Generally the feeling is very positive. I can compare the previous car - the one I tested in Abu Dhabi - and the new car, but this is the first time I've developed a Formula One car because always when I test a Formula One car it's at the end of the season.
"It's very positive, the team is very happy with the performance, but of course the first test is about improving the reliability of the car. So far on that side it has been very good and we didn't have any main issues, which is very positive because we can have the time and the laps to experiment with the team. Also, I'm a rookie and I need to have these laps to adapt."
After 110 laps on Thursday Gutierrez said his neck was a bit stiff but that on the whole he was still feeling fresh.
"Thankfully I feel very comfortable," he said. "I did quite a lot of laps and of course the neck is a bit stiff. This is something that I have to keep working on, it's not a big issue but it's a normal, natural step. On the other things I feel very comfortable."


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If you could live any place in the world, where would you choose to live?If I could live anywhere on earth, I would have to see if my daughter and granddaughter would be near to me. If not, I...
If I could live anywhere on earth, I would have to see if my daughter and granddaughter would be near to me. If not, I need to be near them. However, I would chose to go to Honolulu, Hawaii. Most beautiful place that I have been. Plus, it is still the United States...by plane not that far away. Sit on the beach and contemplate and read and sip fuzzy navels. Heaven on earth!
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If you could live any place in the world, where would you choose to live?
If I could live anywhere on earth, I would have to see if my daughter and granddaughter would be near to me. If not, I need to be near them. However, I would chose to go to Honolulu, Hawaii. Most beautiful place that I have been. Plus, it is still the United States...by plane not that far away. Sit on the beach and contemplate and read and sip fuzzy navels. Heaven on earth!
I have a married brother and a married sister who each spent a year to three years living in Honolulu, and they both (along with each of their spouses) have declared, "Hawaii is awesome. To visit. Not so great to live there."
I guess even paradise gets old!
If I could live anywhere, I'd try to be within 3 hours of family, in the mountains, and probably on a lake. I've lived in a lot of places and have truly come to understand the meaning of "home is where the heart is" but I like temperate climate with a distinct four seasons, and I'd take mountain lakes any day over the ocean.
I also would definitely stay in the United States.
I would choose San Diego, California. It's the nicest city I've visited. The climate is exceptional, the whole ambiance of the place is great. I love the naval history of the region, the people, the beaches, the exceptional outdoor activities available and the great restaurants. In addition, it's in the United States so all the facilities, amenities, shopping, medicines, opportunities, and more, that I'm accustomed to are readily available. Furthermore, if push came to shove, I could get there by land if need be, by car or rail. In addition, I'm a big Major League Baseball fan so I could go see the San Diego Padres play in their beautiful downtown ballpark on a regular basis in the spring, summer, and fall.
This is a great question! I'm laughing at my own mental response to #5, because San Diego tops my list of places I would not want to live, ever. I've spent some time there over the years as one of my brothers lives there, and every time I've come away thinking it was the hottest, dirtiest, crummiest place ever.
I would like to be somewhere that has actual seasons, though not extreme ones. I need to be near mountains, but I like to be able to get to the ocean from time to time. I think I would like the rainy side of Washington state or Oregon best; there are nice small towns in the Cascades that would be perfect.
PS - Pohnpei wouldn't be too hard to take either! :)
I've lived in Honolulu (went to HS there) and it's great. I'd live there again in a heartbeat if it weren't so expensive. But as far as the place I'd MOST like to live, I'd have to go with where I grew up. Honolulu is a big city that happens to have an ocean near it. I'd prefer to live on Pohnpei where it isn't so built up. Sure, there are problems like a bad economy. But just in terms of it being a beautiful place to live, I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be. Of course, that may be just nostalgia talking. Anyway, here's a link that shows how beautiful it is.
I, too, would choose to live near my children especially my only grandchild which means I probably would stay in Minnesota or Wisconsin. However, if I could vacation in only one place, I would want it to be in South America. I first thought of Sienna, Italy, but I've spent much more time in South America and love it there. Argentina would be my first choice with Bolivia my alternate. Both have people I love, and I love the nightlife of sitting outside when it is cool to enjoy the people, the continuous conversation, and the food. I also love the strolling musicians or dancers in Argentina. Maybe Argentina would be my ultimate choice.
If the living were free and/or I have lots of money in the bank, I'd make a home in Europe. Southern Italy would be my number one choice. I am not sure that I would want to live there year-round. Most likely I'd want to keep a vacation home in the US too.
Having visited Italy I know that I enjoy the landscape. Also for me, Italy is a foreign country. This allows for an added bit of romance/inspiration.
(Oh, but I might also look into living in New Zealand. English + beaches + mountains + relatively-enlightened government = a nice place to live.)
The French Riviera looked pretty attractive the one time I was there. Hawaii seems attractive, too, but Honolulu is getting to be too big and crowded. I have lived in California all my life, except for a couple of years in Tucson, Arizona, and I think I would live in Santa Barbara if it wasn't so expensive. I would like to live in a residential hotel with daily maid service and room service and bellhops and a coffee shop on the premises and essential shops close by. That lifestyle used to be feasible on a moderate income, but seems impossible now.
I absolutely love Europe, and after visiting there many times (and spending more than half a century living in Florida), I think living on the European coast would be a great place to retire. The Italian or Spanish coast or possibly the French Riviera would be a terrific place to begin each new day, and the slow pace and ever-present beaches would perfectly suit my lifestyle. Runner-up: An island in the Caribbean, St. Thomas perhaps.
I would like to live near family too. I do not think I would change where I live now, because I have moved around a lot and I am tired of moving. I feel like I have chosen a good place to live. If I had a summer house or vacation house, I would want it to be in the English countryside, in Kent probably, because I enjoyed visiting there.
The Amalfi Coast in Italy. It is breathtakingly beautiful. I would love to go back there again someday on vacation, but to actually live there full time would be amazing. There is so much fresh air, blue water, history, friendly people and fresh marvelous food. So, in conclusion, Italy and particularly the Amalfi Coast area.
I would love to live in the mountains somewhere. There is something about the feeling and the atmosphere in the mountains that you cannot get anywhere else. Maybe it's just the view. The problem is that mountain communities are so far away from all the other things that I'm so used to.
I love to live in California! I've been there once, and I just thought it was so pretty and I loved the beaches. I want to be anywhere that there is a beach for me to relax on.
I would want to live in a houseboat on the Murray River in Australia. I would go fishing everyday, and just spend my days relaxing...
...Will always be a dream, though.... :(
I would LOVE to live in puerto rico only because i love the way the words roll off the tongue. Haha! Also, more reasonable, i would love to live in Northern Ireland because it seems perfect for golfing! (and my dream husband Rory Mcilroy lives there! ) :)
The Lau Archipelago, Fiji
Dubai :)
Always near family
I'm going to say California or Spain! The weather, geography and culture is amazing, and they all speak Spanish!
I wouldn't centre my 'home' in any particular place because if I could live in anyplace in the world it would be on the move. Travelling around the world to every country and every continent because I've always had a thing for travel; seeing the wonders, having the memories and just embracing the whole earth.
If I could i wouldn't live in a single place but wander all over the world and get to know the people and the nature more closely.
I will live in a place where "home" exists and not apartments. Where my near and dear ones stay, where world is not total machine but birds still construct their nests in my home tree and wakes me up in the morning. I live in a land of rivers and mountains but I will always need good medical facility to be not so far from home.
A few years back I had a dream of roaming around the world, I still do dream so, but a different sense have gradually becoming stronger in me, I am feeling more and more dreaming to get back to my place of birth and stay there in a nice small house, doing research in Physics as well as fishing and boating, playing with childrens in the green fields, walking by the peddy fields and tea-gardens. I was born in a place full of hills and tea-gardens... its Assam, India. I think you have heard of Assam Tea. But my place is not developed, it lacks good medical & educational facility and in other infrastructure, but I will try to contribute to develope educational status of the place at least by teaching the kids. As I am growing the thought of going back home is growing faster. I will love to be in the home where my parents stay and grand father and mother once lived.


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The firm hired to find a new Sarasota County administrator began mailing brochures this week to clients it has identified as meeting the qualifications for the new Sarasota County administrator.
The action followed the County Commission's setting a November schedule for candidates to come to the city.
Last week, the County Commission voted 4-1 to close the application deadline Oct. 21. According to the schedule Interim Administrator Terry Lewis has created, the commissioners should receive a list of the top 15 candidates Nov. 2. During the Nov. 8 County Commission meeting, the board will narrow the group to about five finalists, who will come to Sarasota Nov. 14 and 15 for individual interviews with the commissioners and meetings with the public.
The commission could choose to extend an offer to a candidate on Nov. 15.
Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson said she was concerned the timeline was too compressed, especially in terms of candidates applying for the position.
"I thought we should add a week or two," she said.
However, other commissioners agreed that, given the use of the Web and email, the Oct. 21 date should allow sufficient time for interested parties to contact The Mercer Group, the firm the county hired to conduct the search for the new administrator.
John T. Maxwell of The Mercer Group, who conducted five focus groups in the county last month to determine the qualifications the public wanted in the new administrator, said the position went up on the firm's website last week.
"We are in the process of actively recruiting people," he said.
Maxwell plans to visit Sarasota again next month to assist with the public meetings for the finalists, he added.
"We're still working out the exact locations," Lewis said, but the meetings will be in the evenings to encourage citizen participation.
At least one meeting will be in North County, he said, and at least one will be in South County.
If the new administrator is selected Nov. 15, the board would enter into contract negotiations that would take at least five days.
The earliest he said he felt the new administrator would be on board would be the end of December, given that the timetable falls so close to Thanksgiving, with Christmas close behind.
Lewis' current contract ends Dec. 14. However, he indicated he would stay until the permanent administrator begins work.
"If the board wants me to stay till the new person starts, I'll work at the will of the board," he said.
Lewis won't replace Bullock
Interim Sarasota County Administrator Terry Lewis said he had no plans to appoint a replacement for Deputy County Administrator Dave Bullock, who was hired Monday night as interim Longboat Key town manager.
"I certainly wouldn't make a permanent appointment," Lewis said. "Let the new (county administrator) sort through (the process."
This summer, Lewis promoted Bill Little to serve as a second deputy county administrator. Little oversees Community Services.
As the longtime director of Health and Human Services through the county Health Department, Little is well connected.
"(He) knows everybody," Lewis said. "He is incredibly well-respected."
Little also is well versed in budgets and county operating systems, Lewis said. "He's a real good bridge for the new administrator coming in."


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Don't let Pfizer fill a floodplain with toxic waste!
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is bowing to pressure from a multi-billion dollar corporate polluter, Pfizer, to allow a toxic high risk flood zone – the American Cyanamid Superfund Site in Bridgewater, NJ – to be filled in. This plan, if implemented, will take away a 300,000,000 gallon flood storage area in Bridgewater, Manville, and Bound Brook. This plan could cause these high risk flood zones to flood even more while toxic poisons continue to leach into the Raritan River, which provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people in the surrounding area. Worst of all is that the USEPA is choosing not to use much better and more cost-effective cleanup options, and instead misrepresenting those options in their proposed plan.
Pfizer, who is responsible for the cleanup of this toxic nightmare, has proposed to bring in several feet of fill, which amounts to thousands of tons of soil, to this high risk flood zone. This trucked in material will displace future floodwaters, causing a likely increase in serious toxic flooding for thousands of neighboring families and may even produce flooding in areas that have not flooded previously. Severe flooding already plagues numerous communities in this area during heavy storms. After Hurricane Irene, this site held and then discharged approximately 300,000,000 gallons of water into the Raritan River. If this site didn't hold the water before releasing it, the surrounding towns – which were crippled by massive flooding – would have been flooded even more. By properly cleaning this toxic nightmare they can address both problems and improve the quality of life for all the high risk flood zone communities.
A scathing report by the USEPA Attorney General documents that USEPA and NJDEP did not ensure this Superfund site cleanup progressed at a timely pace, along with numerous other failures. The report can be found here: http://www.epa.gov/oig/reports/2008/20080602-08-P-0169.pdf.
The Raritan River, which is just beginning its recovery, has bald eagles, peregrine falcons, and osprey soaring in the skies, and a world-class fish population which has helped seals, otters, wading birds, and marine life recover.
Currently, the Army Corps of Engineers is spending millions of dollars to work on flood control projects in Raritan River Watershed in order to find a long-term solution to control flooding in the surrounding towns of Manville, Bound Brook, and Bridgewater. If the USEPA and Pfizer were to dig up toxic waste from this site and treat it to make it nonhazardous, they could dispose of it in their nearby facility and turn the entire area into a 435-acre flood control project, thus transforming a toxic, flood-prone nightmare into a net environmental benefit for the region.
Help us fight for a clean Raritan River Watershed! The proposed cleanup will negatively impact the lives of thousands of nearby families and businesses due to its impacts on flooding and long term toxic exposures. All caps and engineering controls fail. The only solution is a real cleanup. This is the USEPA's mandate and anything short of a full permanent cleanup is unacceptable.
Sign our petition and boycott Pfizer products until they agree to conduct a real cleanup. Tell the USEPA to require Pfizer to fully remediate the entire area including all on-site chemical lagoons and contaminated soils that are causing this human health and environmental nightmare. Tell Pfizer, USEPA, and our elected officials to remove these leaking contaminated materials from this high risk flood zone and take immediate action to protect our most precious regional resource, the Raritan River.
- USEPA Administrator
Lisa Jackson
- CEO of Pfzier
Ian Read
- Pfizer Executive Vice President, Policy, External Affairs and Communications
Sally Susman
- Pfizer Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Business Operations
Frank D'Amelio
- CRISIS Technical Advisor
- CRISIS Technical Advisor
- CRISIS Technical Advisor
- CRISIS Technical Advisor
Rachel Maddow
- Representative
Frank Pallone
- Representative
Rodney Frelinghuysen
- Representative
Rush Holt
- Senator
Barbara Boxer
- Senator
Cory Booker
- Senator
Robert Menendez
- Senator Raymond Lesniak
- Senator Christopher Bateman
- USEPA Region 2 Administrator
Judith Enck
- USEPA Region 2 Superfund Chief
Walter Mugdan
- Pfizer
Wendy Lazarus
- Pfizer
Russell Downey
- NJDEP Commissioner
Bob Martin
- USEPA Remedial Project Manager
Joseph Battipaglia
- Mayor of Bound Brook
Carey Pilato
- Mayor of Bridgewater
Daniel J. Hayes, Jr
- Mayor of Manville
Angelo Corradino
- Senator Robert Menendez
- Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen
- Representative Rush Holt
- Senator Barbara Boxer
- Representative Leonard Lance
- Representative
Leonard Lance
I respectfully request that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) requires Pfizer to permanently remediate the 80-year old leaking toxic dump, the American Cyanamid Superfund Site in Bridgewater, NJ. Please include my comments as part of the official public record. In order to protect human health and the environment, USEPA must require Pfizer to remediate the site using a modified version of "Alternative 7," and not "Alternative 4A," as described in their 2012 Proposed Plan. Alternative 4A is one of the least costly for alternatives for Pfizer, and is only a quarter of the cost of a comprehensive cleanup. USEPA needs to go back and reevaluate their options and present the public with a more comprehensive plan that is protective of both human health and the environment.
The selected remedy, Alternative 4A, will not be protective of human health and the environment for the following reasons: Filling in a floodplain and capping the site is NOT a full remediation. Pfizer claims there will be no net filling. That is not true as the entire area, not just the fenced site, is in the floodplain. Also, the effect on solidifying parts of the site and capping a floodplain this large is not a permanent long-term solution - it's an engineering control. All caps fail, it's just a matter of time.
I am also highly concerned that Alternative 4A will drastically expand serious toxic flooding for thousands of neighboring families that are already plagued by heavy flood waters. The Proposed Plan Alternative 4A proposes to cover the contamination with a combination of soil and engineering caps, which will take 10 years to implement. For the larger portions of the site, Pfizer proposes to raise the gradient two feet. As you are aware, this site lies in the floodplain and, as the most recent flood of Hurricane Irene shows, the American Cyanamid Site can hold about 300,000,000 gallons of water. Placing two feet of fill on the site will reduce its flood storage capacity and could exacerbate the regional flood issue in the area. The USEPA claims that this cap will be built to withstand a 500-year flood. This area floods regularly just with normal amounts of rain, and a cap would fail way before a 500-year flood occurs.
In addition, filling of a flood zone is subject to both New Jersey and Federal regulations. These regulations specify that there can be no net filling of the wetlands or a flood zone, which means you cannot fill one area of the site without removing fill from some other location so the status quo doesn't change. The Proposed Plan is completely silent of the impacts of filling, and this most critical aspect of the American Cyanamid site MUST be clearly presented. The implemented plan must assure it will not exacerbate flooding in the lower Raritan River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is actively working on flood control projects in the Raritan River Watershed to help alleviate flooding in Manville, Bound Brook, Bridgewater and all surrounding towns. The American Cyanamid site is a natural fit for a regional flood control project and can be an environmental benefit for the region if the proper remedy is selected.
CRISIS - an ineffectual "advocacy group" responsible for dissemination of information and cleanup options on the site - spent over $235,000 of federal taxpayer money to have a technical advisor review documents and evaluate cleanup options. With all this taxpayer money down the drain, the question that has to be raised is why CRISIS and their technical advisors cannot come up with an actual permanent cleanup solution?
The Proposed Plan outlines more applicable cleanup alternatives than Alternative 4A suggests, including low temperature desorption (Alternative 7). This method was successfully used at the Cornell-Dubilier Superfund Site in South Plainfield, NJ to remediate soils with high levels of PCBs and heavy metals without disturbing the surrounding community. In addition, USEPA and Pfizer can make use of an active rail line that runs through the site to properly dispose of this material. The cost estimates for the alternatives seem very high and there must be a detailed analysis for the cost of a low temperature thermal desorption unit.
USEPA must look at low temperature thermal desorption in combination with other techniques, such as off-site disposal at their existing RCRA facility across the street, and other innovative technologies, such as bio remediation with specialized microorganisms. These contaminants lend themselves to thermal destruction offsite. The USEPA must choose the most protective remedy now and implement it in an acceptable time frame. Capping a site should not take 10 years to complete, which means the time frames for other alternatives are probably exaggerated as well.
Why did USEPA allow the responsible party to stop the cleanup midstream after the record of decision was signed, and then let the site languish for another eight years? This current plan for capping a toxic waste floodplain is unacceptable and threatens the Raritan River Estuary and the millions of New Jersey residents who live near or downstream from the site. USEPA has mishandled this site from the beginning, and it's time to put the residents first. A scathing report by the USEPA Attorney General documents that USEPA and NJDEP did not ensure this Superfund site cleanup progressed at a timely pace, along with numerous other failures. The report can be found here: http://www.epa.gov/oig/reports/2008/20080602-08-P-0169.pdf.
This site cleanup has been languishing for over two decades, and it is time for USEPA to take serious action. In order to protect the health and safety of families that utilize this area for recreation, USEPA must require a proper cleanup, such as a modified version of Alternative 7 in the Proposed Plan. Capping this site violates USEPA's preference for permanent, cost effective, and protective cleanups, as caps always fail, especially in a floodplain. Other alternatives offer more permanent solutions for this cleanup.
This year, Pfizer will spend upwards of $8 billion on research. With some of the finest minds in the world and a CEO with a chemical engineering degree, why is Pfizer using cheap and outdated technology to cleanup this site? We need USEPA to protect public health and the environment, not the profits of Pfizer Executives Ian Read, Sally Susman, and Frank D'Amelio!
With dozens of permanent environmental cleanup options, which are being used throughout the United States, why is the lowest cost and least protective technology being thrown out as the only solution? This raises serious questions of the technical competency of not only CRISIS' "technical advisor", but all the stakeholders involved in this cleanup proposal.
I support the plans put forth by the nationally recognized environmental expert, the nonprofit Edison Wetlands Association, and their scientists and engineers to bring in a low temperature thermal desorption unit as well as utilize other technologies as appropriate for the various toxic and other wastes disposed of on site. I want other treatment technologies used that permanently remediate, not cap or solidify, the waste on site. Capping and/or solidifying the toxic and other wastes on site should not be used under any circumstances in this floodplain.
Thank you for your timely assistance on this important environmental issue.
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Discussion in 'General Trek Discussion' started by King Daniel Beyond, Jun 9, 2012.
Were you expecting NCC 1967?
^ yep
I guess we should erect a statue for every bunch of teens who for the first time boldly experiment with driving & spirits and orphan half a dozen sets of kids in addition to killing themselves?
Moutaineering is fine with me. Shedding tears (or helicopter fuel) for idiots who manage to Darwin themselves out of the equation on their littering and advertising tour is waste of good liquid.
Timo Saloniemi
^ Explain to me, what you think the word 'compassion' means.
I feel the deepest compassion for those unfortunate who happened to marry the fucking idiots that fell to their deserved deaths, and had to raise their fatherless kids and live with the other consequences. Perhaps there should be a permanent machine gun outpost at the base camp for executing anybody stupid enough to try something like that?
Not that ship registries in the real world would honor anything much. But I trust nobody would name a vessel after a criminal moron from that bunch.
Timo Saloniemi
I think that's quite enough, Timo. It's one thing not to feel about those deaths the same way others do but calling them insults and even criminals goes a little too far and will needlessly rile up other people.
Let's get back to discussing registry numbers and their meanings please, everyone.
The Star Trek: The Motion Picture Premiere.
NCC-2525, can be assigned to either the USS Exordium or USS Terminus.
Pause, while the rest of you catch up with that reference.
Think I'm missing the deeper meaning. I just keep coming up with Zager & Evans.
^ That IS the deeper meaning.
I keep seeing 1977, May, which would be the premier of Star Wars.
So, will man still be alive?
^ And can woman survive?
USS Stan Lee
Well how about that??? Got it in one!
Hospital ship, NCC-4077, USS Hawkeye.
BTW, while to me NCC stands for Naval Construction Contract, NAR seems to be Naval Astronomical Research. Or something like that...
Oh, I wish I'd thought of that! Brilliant!
Me too! Would the ship be commanded by Henry Blake, Sherman T. Potter, or Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce? Would Frank Burns be the First Officer? Who would play "Hot Lips", Sally Kellerman or Loretta Swit?
Navigator NCC-2120 USS Entente
USS Arizona, NCC-2001
USS Anaheim, NCC-2002
USS Miami, NCC-2003
USS Boston, NCC-2004 or NCC-2007
USS Chicago, NCC-2005
USS Philadelphia, NCC-2008
USS New York, NCC-2009
USS San Francisco, NCC-2010
USS St. Louis, NCC-2006 or NCC-2011
Yes, it really is that obvious.
Separate names with a comma.


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Goal-line interception with 7 seconds left seals Skyline's 38-33 win over Spring Westfield
GEORGETOWN — As Skyline's band played its fight song, the look on Skyline coach Reginald Samples' face wasn't that of exultation. It was that of relief.
Skyline's Derrick Dixon grabbed his second interception — stopping a potential game-winning drive by Spring Westfield on the goal line with seven seconds remaining — to clinch a 38-33 win in the 5A Division I regional round Saturday at Georgetown ISD Stadium.
Skyline will face Allen or Round Rock Westwood next week in the Region II final.
"He's been doing it every week," Samples said. "He's a big-time player."
Dixon's first interception — on Westfield's first drive of the second half — allowed Skyline to quickly rally from a nine-point halftime deficit. Ellis Onic broke a swing pass from Devante Kincade for a 43-yard touchdown, giving Skyline a 17-16 lead.
On the next offensive play for Westfield, Dixon stripped running back Emmitt Raleigh and returned the fumble 28 yards for a touchdown.
"He was trying to cut back in, and I was already inside," Dixon said. "What came to my mind was get the ball out."
But it was Dixon's final play that prevented a last-minute collapse, a la last year's semifinal loss to Southlake Carroll.
A blisteringly fast 71-yard touchdown by Onic gave Skyline (12-1) an 11-point lead over Spring Westfield (12-1) with 3:26 remaining in the game. A quick score by Westfield, and a failed fourth-down conversion from Skyline on Westfield's 36-yard line with 38 seconds left, gave Westfield the slimmest of hopes.
With Skyline dropping eight men in coverage, Westfield reserve quarterback William Dedon completed 29- and 28-yard passes before Samples called a timeout.
"They got rattled," Samples said. "It goes back to some of those other games. When people are going to score on us, we get rattled. I just told them to settle down."
With Skyline's defense properly aligned, Dixon fought inside for Dedon's underthrown pass, sealing the win.
"Coach Samples has been really big on will this year," Onic said. "He's always talking about it. And today, we just had more will power."
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One Who YawnsRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
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I have been called a savage, a chief and oft times a leader.
Some have called me the embodiment of courage, although to a Crook I did surrender.
Where I was born, there were no enclosures.
In the end, to bring me down, it took 5000 soldiers.
As the "terror of the country", I had a reputation of cruelty and cunning.
My tactics consisted of hitting and then running.
Many movies and stories of me were made.
The memories of me, the most famous of my people, will never fade.
People have spoken ill of me so many times it would give your throat a lump.
Yet sometimes, my name is the last word said when people make a big jump.
Now it's time to give it a try.
Do you know my name; who am I?
Some have called me the embodiment of courage, although to a Crook I did surrender.
Where I was born, there were no enclosures.
In the end, to bring me down, it took 5000 soldiers.
As the "terror of the country", I had a reputation of cruelty and cunning.
My tactics consisted of hitting and then running.
Many movies and stories of me were made.
The memories of me, the most famous of my people, will never fade.
People have spoken ill of me so many times it would give your throat a lump.
Yet sometimes, my name is the last word said when people make a big jump.
Now it's time to give it a try.
Do you know my name; who am I?
HintMy birth name, Goyathlay, did not last long.
Of me, words were written and put to a medicine song.
The meaning of my birth name is the title of this riddle.
I have but one name for my first, last and middle.
AnswerMy name, in case you still don't know.
Is simply one word, Geronimo.
Geronimo was quoted to have said, "Where I was born, there were no enclosures".
Autobiographers have stated it took more than 5000 soldiers and 500 scouts to capture Geronimo the last time and often referred to him as "the terror of the country".
In 1883, Geronimo surrendered to General George Crook.
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Posted by froggygg on Dec 31, 2005
Great teaser and I'm the first to comment in your very first teaser on site! Congratulations there sgt!
Posted by metallicman on Dec 31, 2005
great teaser sarge! I loved this one. Beat froggy and come out with more
Posted by WJSMama on Dec 31, 2005
Very cool teaser
Posted by cb123 on Dec 31, 2005
nice one sgt first one do another one like that
Posted by cb123 on Dec 31, 2005
Posted by smarty_blondy on Dec 31, 2005
A fun and hard chalenge -- great job! This was brilliant for a first teaser, and I am looking forward to many many more coming from you. Keep them coming!
Posted by sgtammo on Dec 31, 2005
Thank you Smarty Blondy. I've got a few in the works. I hope they are of the same quality.
Posted by Swordoffury1392 on Dec 31, 2005
Wow sgt, that was your 1st teaser? Amazing! Please come out with more as good as or better than this!
Posted by Sunrose on Dec 31, 2005
Very well written. Hope to see more from you soon.
Posted by Brainy_1 on Dec 31, 2005
Great teaser! Especially being your 1st one! Keep them coming!
Posted by sgtammo on Dec 31, 2005
You know, I think I may be smarter in my teasers than I am in person. I should not have left out my heart felt thanks to Tinman, Froggy, CB, WJSMama, Swordoffury, Sunrose and Brainy. Your coments mean a lot to me and encourage me to write more.
Posted by ChattyMonkey on Dec 31, 2005
Very, very nice! Keep em coming! Love it!
Posted by metallicman on Dec 31, 2005
Aren't we all smarter in teasers?
Posted by stephiesd on Dec 31, 2005
the big jump clue gave it away for me. i didn't know there were any movies about him.
Posted by mr_brainiac on Jan 01, 2006
The last clue made all the other clues fall in order. Without it, I wouldn't have gotten it.
Posted by sgtammo on Jan 01, 2006
Thanks for your input. I am glad it's still solvable.
Posted by jlvsbeks on Jan 01, 2006
that was an aewsome 1st teaser keep it up
Posted by kimberlykay on Jan 01, 2006
FANTASTIC JOB!! Sorry, I didn't mean to yell, but I think this was a really great teaser. Thanks for your hard work and effort!
Posted by sgtammo on Jan 02, 2006
Thank you so much. I'm glad it's so enjoyable.
Posted by brandiMcBride20 on Jan 02, 2006
This one I got right off, but it was fun.. Good job!
Posted by acidgoddess on Jan 02, 2006
I had no idea who it was until the part about saying the name before jumping, lol. Good one!
Posted by Rhodes on Jan 02, 2006
Nice teaser. Clever. It was the jump that gave it to me. Got me thinking, why?, i.e., what is the origin of the jump yell, anyone know?
Posted by sgtammo on Jan 02, 2006
Good question. Could it be simply to give us the courage to overcome our initial fear of something and take action anyway? I certainly don't know it's origin but would be very curious to find out.
Posted by emily103 on Jan 03, 2006
great teaser! I was confused at first, but the "big jump" gave it away. it was well written though. good job!
to Rhodes:
I found this online - it may answer your question.
The custom of yelling "Geronimo!" is attributed to Aubrey Eberhardt, a member of the U.S. Army's parachute "test platoon" that demonstrated the feasibility of parachute troop drops at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1940. To speed up the drops, the brass decided to try a mass jump, in which the chutists would jump from the plane in quick succession. The men were nervous about this, and to relieve the tension a group of them went to see a western at the post movie house the night before the jump. The movie featured the cavalry mixing it up with the famous Apache chief Geronimo. None of our sources said exactly what movie this was, but one supposes it was Geronimo (1939) with Andy Devine and Gene Lockhart.
After the movie the men went to the post beer garden to further calm their nerves, and after a few hours were feeling pretty courageous. Strolling back to camp, Private Eberhardt announced that he expected the next day's jump to be no different than any other. His friends immediately began to razz him, saying he'd be so scared he'd barely remember his name. This ticked off the six-foot-eight Eberhardt, who was known for his confidence and powers of concentration. According to Gerard M. Devlin, author of Paratrooper! (1979), he declared, "All right, dammit! I tell you jokers what I'm gonna do! To prove to you that I'm not scared out of my wits when I jump, I'm gonna yell `Geronimo' loud as hell when I go out that door tomorrow!"
Next morning half the platoon strapped on their chutes and boarded planes while the other half sat by the edge of the jump field to watch the drop. By now everyone had heard about Eberhardt's promise. The lead plane flew over the field at low altitude and the men began spilling out as planned. As the chutes popped open, the guys on the ground could clearly hear a shout of "Geronimo!" followed by an Indian war whoop. Eberhardt had made good on his boast and the unofficial yell of U.S. airborne troops had been born.
Some people claim that jumpers yell "Geronimo!" because if their main chute hasn't opened by the time they're done, they know it's time to deploy the reserve chute. Not true. Official U.S. Army practice is to count out loud "one thousand, two thousand, three thousand, four thousand" (or higher, depending on the type of aircraft). If you're still dropping like a rock after that, deploying your reserve chute is strongly advised. Regardless of what you say, yelling on exit is a good way to calm the jitters and stay focused on what you're supposed to do.
Posted by sgtammo on Jan 03, 2006
Thanks a lot. That was really nice and interesting on how Geronimo originated prior to a jump.
Posted by luvias on Jan 08, 2006
that was a challenging but fun teaser
Posted by SPUTNIK2 on Jan 15, 2006
GREAT TEASER!, I loved this one not because I got the answer right, because it wa nicely written and about one of my favourtie subjects History!! Thanks!
Posted by sgtammo on Jan 15, 2006
I glad this one is still enjoyable. It was my first teaser written and also my personal favorite.
Posted by bluehawk on Feb 02, 2006
Posted by saucie on Feb 02, 2006
i have to say that i was stumped til the end, this was a very good teaser and hopr to find more like them.I also love history and guess i should of known this one! , Thanks again!
Posted by pating on Feb 02, 2006
its pretty hard except for the clue about making a big jump. and because of that clue, i remembered that i had read this riddle somewhere before.
Posted by coachpisco on Feb 02, 2006
Well thought out. It was easy but fun.
Posted by sgtammo on Feb 02, 2006
Posted by mitzimesser on Feb 02, 2006
Fun & educational at the same time.
You can't beat that with a stick.
Fantastic teaser.
P.S. I figured it out from the jump too.
Posted by churchlady on Feb 02, 2006
I missed this one - but it was good.
Posted by ragethe3rd on Feb 02, 2006
Yay! I got it from the jump thing too. The origin was intresting.
Posted by shawneeo on Feb 02, 2006
What's "one who yawns"? Is that what geronimo means? Anyway, I knew it was to do with Native Amer., but only got Geronimo after the jump clue. I liked reading emily's post about the origin of the jump yell too!
You know, there is an absolutely INCREDIBLE autobiography by Geronimo's grandson, called something about Red Rock something or other, I think... sorry. I think its out-of-print, but these days that's no big deal with borders and amazon. If you are "into" either Geronimo or Nat. Am. stuff, you've got to read this amazing autobiography. I am a huge fan of Nat.Am. "stuff" myself, although I shy away from the "New-Age-y" tendency to idealize them as all highly spiritual, deep, profound, and wise. They were very in touch with the land, the Earth, and nature, but were not all spiritual, I mean not in a new-age sense of spiritual. My fondest dream, though, would be to view the US and the "indians" before the Europeans ruined everything. Something to keep in mind when we think of other occupied or invaded lands, like Israel and Palestine, to mention only one.
Posted by sgtammo on Feb 02, 2006
Thanks for the information and I'm glad you enjoyed the teaser. I'm not so much in Native Americans as I am history in general. I find the older I get, the more I get into history.
Posted by OldChinaHand on Feb 02, 2006
We are a product of our history. And just for the books, I know no NA that yells CROOKS when they jump. Cool teaser.
Posted by rachellanders on Feb 02, 2006
I'm kind of embarrassed. Because I'm 3/4 Native American and I didn't even know the answer!
Posted by zaya on Feb 02, 2006
Riddles that require specific knowledge to answer are a waste of time, either you know it or you don't. Give me something that requires a thought process based on generally known info.
Posted by christine77 on Feb 02, 2006
very very good teaser!! what a challenge. thanks...i cant wait to see more of yours.
Posted by iteachkids on Feb 02, 2006
sgtammo - you and emily and shawneeo certainly have put a lot of thought and time and quality into this teaser and what has followed. This site provides such a fun way to LEARN! Bravo to ALL!
Posted by iteachkids on Feb 02, 2006
ps.s to BLUEHAWK. That is too cool that your great grandma knew Geronimo. Wish we could hear the tales she could tell! (Maybe you had this privilege...)
Posted by Vigo95 on Feb 02, 2006
i didn't realize that some people didn't know geronimo was yelled when you jumped out of a plane . i would have gotten it if that were the only clue .
Posted by sequoia-mom on Feb 02, 2006
I had a few ideas until I read the line about yelling it before you jump--then I knew it for sure. Great teaser and well written! Have a great day everyone!
Posted by raff on Feb 02, 2006
that one was too easy geronimo was the answer for a teaser last week! COME ON DUDE!!
Posted by azbee123 on Feb 02, 2006
i actually didn't get it.
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Posted by xolilangel827ox on Feb 02, 2006
I didn't get it !! i should have known with the big jump part but i guess i am in need of caffeine cuz im really tired!! it was very well written and if this is your first then woah! keep em coming!!
Posted by verngog on Feb 02, 2006
Loved it. As a history buff I got it in the frist line. also thanks for the history
Posted by choptlivva on Feb 02, 2006
You really had me digging deep into my mental archives, trying to firgure out which chief you were referring to, but the last line gave it away!! Still a great history lesson!! GREAT job, Frogbo!!
Posted by sgtammo on Feb 02, 2006
Thanks everyone. I glad it was enjoyable and educational.
Posted by wordlover on Feb 02, 2006
awesome. i got it.
Posted by hockeygirl on Feb 02, 2006
that was very good and i didnt even get it so obviosly it was a very good one
Posted by smosaka on Feb 02, 2006
At first I thought it was a dragon, but the "big jump" told me. A little too much information, but still good.
Posted by ScoutMan on Feb 02, 2006
Nicely thought out riddle, Sarge. I had it narrowed down to Crazy Horse or Geronimo in the first four lines, and the jump gave it away. Just goes to show what a lifelong interest in Military history will give you: lots of occasionally useful trivia!!
Posted by sgtammo on Feb 02, 2006
Sad but true. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Posted by jabdr on Feb 02, 2006
Fun and well written. I didn't get the yawn clue either, but enjoyedit a lot.
Posted by mogur on Feb 02, 2006
Where is everyone getting Geronimo means 'one who yawns'? Sarge said in the hint-
Great teaser ! ! ! It didn't hurt my brain.
Posted by mogur on Feb 02, 2006
Quote - My birth name, Goyathlay, did not last long.....my birth name means the title of this riddle - Unquote
Posted by clevelandrm on Feb 02, 2006
Got this one in the first line. Good one for us history buffs. Love the other comments and bits of interesting things they said.
Good Job!!!!
Posted by Jemmy on Feb 02, 2006
This was the first teaser I've tried to do...I was suprised at how easy it was!! Well I suppose it had something to do with my indian heritage, but I really enjoyed it! It's good to see someone paying a little more attention to the people whose land this was before we came.
Posted by vlerma on Feb 02, 2006
Sarge, what a great job you did, first with your teaser, it was easy when you wrote about the big jump. But you managed to get people to be nice to one another and share their knowledge. History, unleanred, repeats itself so you have done well on your first outing. This summer I bought an old, old book at an auction which had a picture of Geronimo, a lithograph cut from some newspaper which was glued into the front cover. I'm not usually into antiques, but this one fancinated me. Looking forward to more from you SGT.
Posted by sgtammo on Feb 02, 2006
Thank you very much. That book you picked up might have a few stories behind it on it's own. As for the rest, well this site is full of good people and surprises. Compared to dealing with young soldiers all day who think their indestructable and trying to teach them that they're not, this site is a god send.
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Posted by tigergirl99 on Feb 03, 2006
that was great! I'm new and this was the 1st 1 i read! It's great!
Posted by Aarghonauts on Feb 03, 2006
got it on jump...otherwise I would have been lost, lost lost Still, it was fun, fun, fun
Posted by whoseaskn on Feb 03, 2006
I also got it on the jump part. Ihave heard many stories about Geronimo, my uncle has the same name. Great teaser had fun doing it
Posted by sgtammo on Feb 03, 2006
Thanks! I'm glad you all enjoyed it.
Posted by mitzimesser on Feb 06, 2006
Entertaining & educational!
Good job!
Posted by special_gurl on Feb 06, 2006
u call that funny
Posted by riddlelover on Feb 06, 2006
The one who yawns? right....Anywho, I got it (yayayay) Rather good!
Posted by bisqueet814 on Feb 07, 2006
Thanks! It was interesting!
Posted by zonarita on Mar 23, 2006
Sarge, so many good comments, almost didn't leave one myself. Is there such a thing as too much praise? NO, of course not.
Being this was your first teaser I just had to comment.
GR8 JOB! I know there are more like this one - fun and educational from you on the site.
Posted by sgtammo on Mar 23, 2006
Thank you. I have found that these type of teasers have become my favorite. I still have three drafts in my files that I'm working on. Maybe now I'll finish them.
Posted by GebbieRose on Jun 12, 2006
Keep the history riddles coming. Great job!
Posted by anion on Feb 02, 2007
I am definately NOT a history buff. This teaser was an awesome way to get me thinking. I took a history course last year in college and tried really hard to remember which Indian leader you were talking about. I got it wrong but I had lots of fun trying to recall all the history I learned. This is a great way to learn and it was an excellently written teaser. Great Job!!!
Posted by OldChinaHand on Feb 02, 2007
This was a well-written teaser. It's a good thing Eberhardt didn't stutter.
It's been kind of interesting to me how time readdress how people and events are seen. Geronimo was seen in his times as, what today we would call, a terrorist. Now historians look deeper into motivational factors and Geronimo has gained a near heroic position. How will we be seen?
Posted by coachpisco on Feb 02, 2007
I should have known that one.
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Posted by saleprice on Feb 02, 2007
got it straight after `jump` but was on the right track leading up to that line........ good one, nice way to start the day thx
Posted by bradon182001 on Feb 02, 2007
Nice poem, easy answer. Good lesson in history. Can;'t beat that combo.
Posted by Qrystal on Feb 02, 2007
Now *I* wanna jump... I had no clue. I'm thinking I'm more of a history "debuff". Oh well. Nicely written, and I wish I knew it and got it right!
Posted by campfirecutie on Feb 02, 2007
Excellent teaser!! I like having my brain stimulated in the morning from something other than a cup of coffee!! My niece is such a brain and I will have to share this one with her to see if she can come up with the answer!! Keep up the good work!!
Posted by Pizzazz2u on Feb 02, 2007
A very unique and entertaining history teaser. The jump clue gave it away to me, right away! History does help when you can relate it to actual events. (True or not, some stories are too entertaining to want to forget. Keep up the terrific work!
Posted by craniac on Feb 02, 2007
Thanks, sarge, for a fun teaser, and thanks to Emily103 too for the interesting history of the first mass parachute jump. Geronimo starts as terrorist, ends as hero of sorts -- makes you wonder.
Posted by marschie on Feb 02, 2007
I got it. Great teaser!!
True story follows: In the fifties I was in the Army Security Agency (ASA) stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina -- which was the home of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Once, when flying back from a leave I spent in NYC, I sat next to a paratrooper in uniform. He was terribly nervous as we got closer to Fort Bragg. I asked him why he was so nervous. He said, "I've never landed before."
Posted by katjojo on Feb 02, 2007
I did not get it. But a very interesting teaser!!
Posted by wandering_goat on Feb 02, 2007
I didn't know much about him (perhaps because I'm not an American) but I guessed the name because of the "jump" clue.
Posted by scallio on Feb 02, 2007
Beautifully written...
Posted by CharleneFaye on Feb 02, 2007
that was good. i enjoyed that one
Posted by alfred19 on Feb 02, 2007
neva heard of him
Posted by nightpuppy on Feb 02, 2007
Wow that was kinda hard but I liked it and i learned some new facts. Thanks 4 that lol
Posted by jacstop on Feb 02, 2007
For me, this was easy. Nothing wrong with an easy one but it just was. For the many that expressed how difficult this was exposes that US History is recorded and taught in a fragmented, exiguous, limited, and short sighted manner. It promotes the fallacy of what some consider "standard" American truisms.
Posted by Trishgal on Feb 02, 2007
first off, I squeaked through history. Thought it was Custer ,but after seeing the line about the jump ,i did guess it right. Have to admit i enjoyed the teaser THX
Posted by breathesunshine on Feb 02, 2007
I love teasers like this because if you don't know the answer beforehand then you learn something new from it!
Posted by Skydragon on Feb 02, 2007
The last line gave it away
Posted by MelkorDCLXVI on Feb 02, 2007
I randomly guessed Geronimo and obviously i was right! I would have thought it was sitting bull except that means sitting bull, not one who yawns.
Posted by notsosmart111 on Feb 02, 2007
I loved your teaser
Posted by curious_george on Feb 02, 2007
I like this one! I din't get it untill the last clue about jumping, but I still thought it was really fun!
Posted by Shikamaru on Feb 02, 2007
pretty good but who is geronimo?
Posted by sepherocity on Feb 02, 2007
the jump was a very good hint. keep up the good work.
Posted by phyllisa on Feb 02, 2007
Fantastic and I learned something! I got it from the "jump"!
Posted by matthewmurch on Feb 02, 2007
I was thinking Samson until the last few lines. Excellent job.
Posted by driter425 on Feb 02, 2007
I was so stuck on this one that I was guessing Robin Hood...I'm no good at these brain teasers, especially this one.
Posted by SPUTNIK2 on Feb 03, 2007
this was a very nice teaser! Fun too!
Posted by WhiteBrain on Feb 05, 2007
Sorry but it was seriously easy !!!!!!
But congrats on giving it ago.
Posted by mosca on Jul 28, 2007
Agree with 99% of the comments - great teaser! Hope you've done more since!
Posted by sgtammo on Apr 04, 2008
Thanks for your encouraging words. I'm glad you enjoyed this.
Posted by cacepc on Feb 02, 2010
Excellent teaser!!! I "got it" in the first stanza. A very good start in teasers. Now, I have to look up more of your work. I call this one BTE (Best Teaser Ever).
Posted by TallTimber on Feb 02, 2010
Nicely done, well written.
Posted by auntiesis on Feb 02, 2010
Loved this one Sarge. I got it just before the jump line, then I knew for sure I got it right. The comments were also great, thanks everybody.
Posted by avonma on Feb 02, 2010
I was lost until the jump clue. I had figured out that the "Crook" was somebody's name, but didn't get Geronimo until the last of the riddle. Thanks, sgt. For the post. A great riddle and lots of wonderful information!
Posted by choirgirl926 on Feb 02, 2010
I thought it was a Native American. It would kinda make sense.
Posted by beyonce123 on Feb 02, 2010
i was gonna get it wrong but the jump gave it away nice
Posted by patiencewithaP on Feb 02, 2010
Nicely written!
Posted by racoonieboy on Jul 21, 2010
I don't know if anyone caught this, but autobiographies are biographies written by the people who it describes. So if he didn't write it, it's not an autobiography.
Posted by Babe on Feb 02, 2013
Good to know! Loved all the comments!
Posted by cutebug on Feb 02, 2013
The jump line made it very easy. This was well written,and I enjoyed it. GGFW have a great day.
Posted by gaylewolf on Feb 02, 2013
Well written - interesting facts! Thanks for posting! DH good to connect with you!
Posted by iggy39 on Feb 02, 2013
I found it very interesting and fun.
The facts they just added to a very good quiz. Thx!
Posted by allythebuterfly on Feb 02, 2013
No one really says that where I'm around, so I was completely baffled haha. Actually the only time I think I've ever even heard that name is on a cartoon when someone was doing a cannonball into a pool Great teaser anyway though!
Posted by hermygranger123 on Feb 02, 2016
Haha for some reason I though people cried "Eureka" before they jumped. Needless to say, I facepalmed really hard when I saw the answer
Posted by HABS2933 on Feb 02, 2016
Up until the jump line, I was baffled. Had it after that.
Posted by raisin99 on Feb 02, 2016
the jump part gave it away...nicely written
Posted by catmom on Feb 02, 2016
" my name is the last word said when people make a big jump."
That is what gave it away for me. Great teaser!
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Sound familiar? Doesn't this show you how blind GM's can be? It would be funny to say how Memphis should have paid a bit of attention to his time here, if it weren't so sad that we made the same mistake when we got him. Circle of basketball life.
DeRozan/Allen matchup is going to be interesting. DeMar has played really well since the Gay trade. And Allen is one of the best and of the most phyical perimeter defender in the game.
At least DeRozan have to worry about much defending Allen he has just a little more offense than McGuire.... time for DeRozan to use that new strength he worked on tonight post up DD Post Up!
Interesting to go back to the last game in November. My memory was that we hung in there but lost which is correct if you only pay attention to the first half. That was back in our dark 3rd quarter days. We played them about even for quarters 1,2 and 4. Got blown out in the third. I seem to remember Valanciunas holding his own against Gasol. JV didn't show up in the score sheet but Gasol just had an average game. Derozan was 5-10 for 16 (close to his average) against the feared defensive specialist Allen. But some things have changed. FWIW, Bargnani was injured and did not play (leave it at that). The raptor killer that day was Speights (18 & 12). He's gone. But Ed's there. And, oh yeah Rudy Gay went for 14 & 6 in 27 minutes. Could be a fun one tonight. Still have to look through some very rosey glasses to envision a win.
just a note that the bucks play Brooklyn again tonight. Raps win Bucks lose = 4 games out
What are the main Grizzlies forums? Kind of curious to see the other side of things. Isn't there an SBnation one or something?
the boss making his way into ACC
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Leo's doing the analysis!! -_-
Wow, these grizzlies announcers are ridiculously cocky. Listening to them, they seem to expect a score like 110-70 or something.
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Today, Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to show the world the iPad's mini me, following (as ever) months of hypothesising and (for once) the competition: Amazon and Google have already achieved success in the tiny tablet market with their Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 devices.
The Apple keynote will take place at 10 am PST in San José, California. "We have a little more to show you," read the invitations, sent one week ago, seemingly substantiating the speculation that has been ricocheting across the web at least since February, when "the first credible rumour" of a mini iPad came from the Wall Street Journal. Taking place at the California Theatre, the unveiling event will likely be modest relative to Microsoft's "no-expenses-spared" launch of its Surface tablet in New York, scheduled for Thursday, October 25.


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#41 2006-08-21 16:58:35
- plummerm
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Re: [archived] mtp_subsections
Oh, and about the lft and rgt- those are not really important for users… I copied it from the category/subcategory code. That is just a nice way of storing how the sections/subsections are built so that the tree is displayed faster.
#42 2006-08-21 19:25:56
- bit
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Re: [archived] mtp_subsections
Well, it seems that I got it right with
if(isset($s) && $root == "?") $root = $s; then. :-P
Actually, it should be more like:
if($root = '?') {
$root = isset($s) ? $s : 'Default';
For the adventurous, this snippet is inserted right after
extract($pretext); in the
mtp_section_tree function. Setting the attribute,
root, to '?' will make the current section the root of the tree. It also gives the nice safeguard of only doing that when a current section is actually set. (Or is this even necessary? Is 'Default' the current section in TxP when no section is selected?)
Thanks for the great plugin!
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#43 2006-08-21 19:44:56
- plummerm
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Re: [archived] mtp_subsections
Hi Bit,
Yeah, that's a nice method if you don't mind diving into the code. I may incorporate it or something similar in the next release.
#44 2006-08-22 01:11:07
- redbot
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Re: [archived] mtp_subsections
plummerm wrote:
it is absolutely possible. I did that the "easy" way on my TXP by replacing the stock textpattern section_list function with the section list function that is already in the plugin. However, this is a hack, so I didn't include it with the plugin. If you want to know more, I can tell you in a few days when i have better computer access.
Thank you for your answer plummerm. So I suppose this is not doable with the plugin, which is what I was hoping for. Anyway I'm still interested, even if I have to hack some txp code (I always try to avoid it) because i'm still convinced this would be a very useful feature.
When you have the possibility I'll be happy to learn more, thanks again.
#45 2006-08-24 09:19:02
- sthmtc
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Re: [archived] mtp_subsections
first of all, thanks for your work. appreciated!
are you working on a clean url scheme to reach the content in the subsections? like /sectionparent/sectionchildren etc?
that would be awesome!
#46 2006-08-31 09:20:02
- Ace of Dubs
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Re: [archived] mtp_subsections
This is an awesome plugin with a lot of potential. Great job! It works just fine on my TXP install
+1 more request for clean URL scheme
(sorry had to slip that in there) :)
#47 2006-09-18 04:54:22
- rawtext
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Re: [archived] mtp_subsections
So this plugin gives you subsection but you can't reach them like /parent/sub ? only /sub ?
I got it installed and it seems to work, although I don't see the sub section in the output list I created.
#48 2006-10-01 09:23:51
- redbot
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Re: [archived] mtp_subsections
Hello Matt,
Just two questions:
1) will the plugin be compatible with txp 4.04?
2) Do you plan to release a new version?
I know I'm getting annoying but I'm already using this plugin on a site and I can't wait to see a new version with new features (section/subsection url etc.). This plugin would definitively change the way I (and many others I think) build TxP sites.
Untill now I used to rely on a section/categoriy scheme for simulating subsections though I never liked it because – in my opinion – categories were not intended for this and furthermore they sometimes allow less experienced user to mess things up (i.e. assigning an article to a section and to a 'wrong' category).
…I hope not to be too much insistent with this request.
Regards and thanks again
#49 2006-10-11 15:04:26
- jelle
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Re: [archived] mtp_subsections
Matt – GREAT plugin! I've been wanting something like this since I started using textpattern, never bothered to search the forum for it. :) Hope you keep on developing it.
Redbot – I've just installed this plugin on a 4.04 release candidate 2. It works like a charm.
rawtext – have you set your endlevel? add endlevel="2" for to your tag for example.
#50 2007-02-13 17:27:23
- tinyfly
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Re: [archived] mtp_subsections
Just wondering if development is still going on with this? Add me to the list of those who would love to see the subsections in the URL.
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I forgot how greedy we've been with two starter-quality PGs available to play with the bench.
The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
derozan with the weak stuff again
Derozan needs to step his fucking game up.
DeRozan has to give us something this game, especially in times when the rest of the starters are off.
Why Lowry is sitting so long?
Demar struggling tonight...I'd really like to see a game where Lowry, Demar and Gay play strong for all quarters...
not Jonas' fault....
Valanciunas sprinting back paint to paint is a nice sight.
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The Back-Up Plan
With both the division and home field advantage wrapped up, the plan for the Phillies back-up players this week is simple: Make the post-season roster. With the September call-ups plus the usual bench players, the Phillies have a lot of spare parts. A few of those will make the roster; the rest will sit and watch. After tonight against the Nationals, there are 4 games remaining to decide who will fill the roles.
A few position players who made a good case in tonight's game were Domonic Brown in right field and Ben Francisco in center. Francisco went 2 for 4 and should be a lock for the roster. Brown had 1 hit, a stolen base and a walk; he will likely be competing with Greg Dobbs for a roster spot. Dobbs did not help his case with an error at third base tonight, no hits and he also dribbled a ball in front of home plate for an easy force out with the bases loaded and only one out.
Decisions in the bullpen will be a bit more complicated. After a fairly awful year, Danys Baez pitched mostly okay in one inning tonight, although he did walk a batter. David Herndon looked better with two easy outs in the 7th. The two lefties JC Romero and Antonio Bastardo each pitched one scoreless inning. Bastardo is going to have an electric arm if he learns to control it; but the problem with him and all the other bullpen pieces we saw tonight is a lack of consistency.
But under pressure against the Nats knowing he was competing for a roster spot, Bastardo turned up the heat and struck out the side. If a decision had to be made tonight, I would take Bastardo over Baez, keeping the two lefties.
Roy Oswalt started the game and pitched 5 innings allowing only an unearned run after the Dobbs error. Sadly, he did not get a win as he left the game with a 1-1 tie score after a Raul Ibanez home run. So Oswalt, if he does not pitch again in the regular season, will end with a 13-13 record. 12 of those 13 loses came when he was with the Astros.
Jimmy Rollins finally started a game tonight for the first time since September 8th. He moved well in the field and went 1 for 3 at the plate. Rollins played 5 innings total and should see more playing time as the week goes on in order to prepare him for the playoffs. The hamstring injury did not appear to be an issue tonight…fingers crossed!
While the Phillies had a few hits in the game, it was still a 1-1 tie in the 9th. Jose Contreras pitched the final inning for the Phils and threw only 3 pitches. Adam Dunn mashed a long home run off Contreras, giving the Nats a 2-1 walk-off win. While the loss makes little difference at this point, the performance by Contreras was not a good thing. However, Contreras has been fairly reliable most of the year.
The battle of the back-ups will continue tomorrow in DC; game time is 7:05pm.
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