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The roots of Juan Castillo intersect back to the plains of Texas where he began playing and coaching football.
And small-school ties have shaped the career of the Ravens' run-game coordinator.
Although Castillo, as the Philadelphia Eagles' longtime offensive line coach, worked with several Pro Bowl blockers -- Tra Thomas, Jermane Mayberrry, Jon Runyan, Jason Peters and Shawn Andrews -- he also had a hand in recruiting and developing several undrafted free agent offensive linemen that became starters. That includes Hank Fraley from Robert Morris and Jamaal Jackson out of Delaware State.
As a former linebacker at Texas A&I, which is now called Texas A&M Kingsville, and in the USFL with the San Antonio Gunslingers, the Port Isabel, Texas native hasn't forgotten where he came from.
"I played at Texas A&I University, and I coached at Texas A&I, which is a Division II school," said Castillo, who's been coaching for three decades. "And, really, I never coached at a big school. I went from Division II to the NFL, kind of like [sixth-round offensive lineman] Ryan [Jensen, Colorado State-Pueblo]. We have something in common. I think throughout my years, the biggest thing that I enjoyed is coming from a Division II school is that at our place what we learned is that it didn't matter who you got.
"You developed whatever you got, because you didn't have that many players. I really enjoyed developing players, and I think that's something that throughout my career at Philadelphia is something that I've done, especially college free agents."
Castillo, 53, was initially hired as a consultant prior to the Ravens' Super Bowl XLVII victory over the San Francisco 49ers before assuming his run-game coordinator position.
In that capacity, Castillo works closely with offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell and offensive line coach Andy Moeller. Castillo provides significant input into the Ravens' offensive schemes and has a lot of influence at evaluating offensive line prospects. That includes working out Jensen privately and recommending him prior to the NFL draft.
"Really, that's what the offensive line coaches really do," Castillo said when asked about his role working with Caldwell. "Really throughout the league, as you put the run game together, you look at the fronts, and then really the protection part of it, too. You look at the blitzes. You put them together, and then you present them to the staff, present them to Coach Caldwell. Basically, that's what I'm going to do."
As far as working in tandem with Moeller, Caldwell said: "What we will do is we will work together with that part. Andy will be helping me, too, with the run game and the protections."
Castillo was fired last season by former Eagles coach Andy Reid after an ill-fated turn as the defensive coordinator in Philadelphia.
Now Castillo is back in a familiar offensive role after spending his first 16 NFL seasons coaching in Philadelphia primarily as the Eagles' offensive line following stints as a tight ends coach and offensive assistant.
"Juan is a pretty good coach," Ravens left offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie said. "He focuses on our technique, and that's something that I kind of get away from sometimes. So right now is a great time for us to work on our technique and me in pass protection, sitting straight back. So, Juan's been a great help."
For Castillo, working in Baltimore feels like old times.
He's been reunited with Ravens coach John Harbaugh, who coached with him on the Eagles' staff dating back to the Ray Rhodes era before working for Reid, and senior defensive assistant Steve Spagnuolo, a former Philadelphia linebackers coach.
"I told them when we were walking out when they were first together and I saw them walking together, I thought I was back in Philly,' Castillo said. "It's nice. John and I worked together for 10 years, and Steve and I also. It's nice to be around people that you know are quality people that work hard and are good people."


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7 Health-Boosting Food Pairings
Bread + Vinegar = Easier Weight Loss
Love bread, pasta, and potatoes but fear they'll go straight to your hips? Sprinkle them with a little vinegar. "In most instances, when we eat high-carb foods like bread, the amount of glucose in our blood rises rapidly. But very quickly it plummets, triggering feelings of hunger that cause us to eat even more," says Carol S. Johnston, PhD, RD, director of the Nutrition Program at Arizona State University in Mesa.
"The good news is that vinegar moderates that spike in glucose, so you feel full longer," Johnston explains. In fact, in a recent study people who consumed 4 teaspoons of apple-cider vinegar along with some bagels and juice ate 200 fewer calories throughout the entire day than those who feasted on the exact same meal minus the vinegar.
Tip: Take small steps to cut 200 calories a day from your diet and you'll lose 21 pounds in a year.
Tomatoes + Olive Oil + Broccoli = Fewer Colds
In addition to being loaded with vitamin C, broccoli and tomatoes are also prime sources of beta-carotene, which further strengthens your immune system. But you must consume beta-carotene with fat for it to be well absorbed. That's where olive oil comes in. According to a recent study, adding just 1/2 teaspoon of monounsaturated fat (the good fat in olive oil) allows the body to get five times more beta-carotene from the vegetables you eat.
Tip: Steam your veggies for immune-enhancing benefits. Heat loosens beta-carotene from the vegetables' cells, so you soak up even more of it.
Spaghetti + Roasted Peppers = More Energy
Iron is a must for staying energized, yet 12 percent of women don't get enough. "Iron helps carry oxygen through your body," says American Dietetic Association spokesperson Keri M. Gans, RD. "If you're lacking this element, your brain won't get the oxygen it needs to function, and you'll end up feeling tired and have trouble concentrating."
But not all iron is created equal. For instance, iron from plant foods like grains, vegetables, and beans isn't absorbed by the intestines very readily. Adding something rich in vitamin C, like red peppers, to a pasta plate causes a chemical reaction in your body that helps convert the iron in the grains to a form that's easier to absorb.
Tip: About 10 percent of your daily iron requirement can be found in 1 cup of cooked spaghetti.
Bananas + Yogurt = Less Tummy Trouble
Good bacteria help ward off gastric upsets by bolstering your digestive system's immune defenses. "Increase the activity of this beneficial bacteria by eating both probiotic and prebiotic foods," says Magee. Most yogurts contain healthful probiotic bacteria, but once consumed the bacteria need food of their own to thrive. Bananas supply inulin and oligofructose, prebiotics that the probiotics in your gut like to feast on—helping those good bugs fight off stomachaches.
Salmon + Bok Choy = Less PMS
Many experts believe PMS is actually a symptom of low calcium and low vitamin D levels. When Harvard Medical School researchers tracked the eating habits of more than 3,000 women, they found those whose diets included plenty of calcium and vitamin D (an average of 706 IU of vitamin D and 1,283mg of calcium per day) were 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop PMS.
Salmon with a side of bok choy provides the necessary one-two punch. Just 4 ounces of sockeye salmon, one of the few foods that naturally contain vitamin D, provides 739 IU of vitamin D (many experts now recommend 1,000 IU a day). Two cups of bok choy has 148mg of calcium. That's about 15 percent of the 1,000mg of calcium you need in a day.
Brown Rice + Peas = A Faster Metabolism
Most women assume gaining weight as they age is just a fact of life, but it isn't. "As we get older we lose lean muscle, which is a natural metabolism booster that helps us burn calories," says Gans. A good way to maintain that beneficial muscle is to lift light weights and make sure that between 25 and 35 percent of your calories comes from protein. Red meat and poultry are great options, but they can contain a high amount of saturated fat. Plant foods like rice are loaded with protein. But when eaten alone, many of them lack a few of the essential amino acids needed for a complete protein. Rice, for example, is low in the amino acid lysine. But peas, on the other hand, are lysine-rich. Pairing rice and peas gives your body a healthy protein boost.
Tip: Throw some beans in with your brown rice and peas and you'll get a healthy dose of potassium, a mineral that further counteracts age-related muscle loss by making the blood less acidic.
Oatmeal + Soy Milk + Plant-Sterol-Enhanced Margarine + Almonds = A Healthier Heart
Can a piece of coffee cake be just as good for your heart as a cholesterol-lowering medication? Perhaps, if it contains oatmeal, soy milk, margarine enriched with plant sterols, and some almonds. A new study found that people who followed a four-week diet rich in these four ingredients lashed their LDL (bad) cholesterol by 30 percent. That's nearly the same as the 33 percent drop for volunteers who took 20mg of a popular cholesterol medication and consumed a diet low in saturated fat.
Start your day with some oatmeal made with soy milk. Try some toast with enriched margarine (be sure it contains sterols). And have almonds for a quick snack—limit the serving size to a small handful.
Combos to Avoid
Think you're getting a healthy dose of iron from that burger or bowl of cereal? It depends on what you're eating it with. Some foods can prevent iron absorption, leading to a decrease in energy—and even illness.
Problem Pair: Bowl of Cereal and a Cup of Coffee
Coffee contains tannins that block the uptake of iron from plant foods like cereal, bread, and pasta.
Problem Pair: Burger with Cheese
Calcium in cheese attaches to iron and stops it from being absorbed by the body.
Problem Pair: A Glass of Red Wine with Pasta
Wine is loaded with iron-binding polyphenols. Adding some vitamin C-rich tomatoes or peppers to your pasta can reduce this negative effect.
Problem Pair: Soy Butter on Bread
Both soybeans and grains contain compounds call phytates, which interfere with iron absorption. Eat them together and you'll absorb less than 2 percent of the soybean's iron.
Originally published in the October 17, 2009, issue of Family Circle magazine.
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58 Latino Students Meet with Mayor Houston
The cover photo at the top of the UIS 1000 homepage shows Vicente Valtierra in the Springfield mayor's office. The visit was part of the Hispanic Grassroots Leadership Development Program at UIS.
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Mayor also meets with student government leaders
Vicente Valtierra – Leadership lived
UIS hosts 200 high school students for leadership institute
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Audio Couture necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 290 diseños de 72 diseñadores freelance.
Audio Couture
An innovative and dedicated music consultancy company working with design-led brands, boutique hotels, spas, cool bars and designing the music/sound for private events.
We are experienced in tailoring the image of brands and more important, we create an emotional connection between the consumers and the business.
José is the creative director and has been Dj'ing for the past 19 years
Design-led brands, boutique hotels, spas, cool bars and private events as well as individuals with no time but looking to have the best music on their music systems like iPods, etc...
We are looking for a logo represent our Music Consultancy business.
As we tailor-made the sound for spaces we could see ourselves with some handwriting fonts, but it is not an "100% must be".
We would like to focus our business as fashion designers do... so again remember: TAILOR-MADE
We are very eclectic and we have what we call "the know how". And this is what we are selling.
All started from http://www.josehita.net, so you could get a good idea of what the business is going to be about.
The last thing is that the idea logo would go like:
Audio Couture by Jose Hita
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Lacie by Porsche http://www.photoanswers.co.uk/uploa…orsche.jpg
Lacie by Stark
Mercedes Brabus
The idea is that Jose Hita (Audio Couture creative director) would be the designer for Audio Couture and eventually Jose Hita would get his name out there as a music consultant or if you like as the music/fashion designer for brands.
Please feel free to experiment with colors!
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
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Matt Buchanan necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 54 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
snapROI allows business organizations to easily & cost-effectively harness the power of performance-based marketing through our innovative, private-label lead generation platform. With snapROI, our clients simply snap-on our technology and begin driving qualified customer leads to their members.
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snapROI's innovative lead generation platform was designed for business organizations (BBB's, Chambers of Commerce, and other professional organizations), franchises with a regional or nationwide reach, as well as advertisers/publishers looking to better monetize their efforts and provide a more transparent marketing solution.
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Talks between North Korea and the American-led U.N. Command have been rescheduled for Thursday after Pyongyang abruptly canceled a meeting meant to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang.
Military officers from the two sides planned to meet Thursday morning at the Korean border village of Panmunjom, the U.N. Command said in a statement Wednesday. The talks originally were set for Tuesday, but the North canceled just before they were to start, requesting a delay for "administrative reasons." It later proposed they be held Thursday and the U.N. Command accepted.
The talks would be the first such meeting since the March 26 sinking, which sharply raised tensions on the divided Korean peninsula. Forty-six South Korean sailors were killed.
IN PICTURES: North Korea's Cult of Personality
An international investigation in May concluded that a North Korean submarine fired a torpedo that sank the 1,200-ton Cheonan near the tense Korean sea border. Pyongyang flatly denies it was responsible and has warned any punishment would trigger war.
It wasn't clear how Thursday's talks would proceed. But South Korean media including Yonhap news agency have said that the North is expected to reiterate that South Korea and the U.S. have fabricated the investigation results, while the U.N. Command will likely demand Pyongyang refrain from any provocations and punish those responsible for the sinking.
The U.N. Command, which oversees an armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953, separately investigated whether the sinking violated the truce, though the findings have not been disclosed.
Late last month, the command proposed military talks with North Korea to review its findings and initiate dialogue.
The North first rejected the offer, criticizing the U.S. for allegedly trying to meddle in inter-Korean affairs under the name of the U.N. But it reversed its position last week and proposed working-level talks at Panmunjom to prepare for higher-level talks by general officers on the sinking.
North Korea and the U.N. Command launched general-level talks in 1998 as a measure to lessen tension between the sides. If a new round is realized, they would be the 17th of their kind, according to the U.N. command.
The U.S. stations 28,500 troops in South Korea, a legacy of the Korean War, which ended in an armistice that has never been replaced with a permanent peace treaty.
The U.N. Security Council on Friday approved a statement that condemned the sinking but stopped short of directly blaming North Korea.
On Wednesday, the North reiterated its accusations that South Korea and the U.S. faked evidence to implicate the regime in the sinking. "Lies and fabrications can no longer work in this bright world," the North's main Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
- Cheonan attack may be tied to North Korean succession
- Impatience deepens in South Korea over Cheonan ship sinking
- Blog: Responding to Cheonan warship sinking, US and South Korea confirm war games


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Clever NYC rom-com lacks credibility
This romantic comedy tries to be all things to all people with its cutesy, erudite banter coupled with coarse language and a myriad of characters ranging from sweet to self-centered. Written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt, the co-writer and director of "Kissing Jessica Stein," this is another NYC-based look at love and marriage — and children.
Westfeldt also stars as Julie, a late 30-something single whose biological clock is ticking so loudly the neighbors are complaining. All her friends save for Jason (Adam Scott), an old college pal, are now married. Some like Leslie (Maya Rudolph) and Alex (Chris O'Dowd) already have kids and it's clear that the pressures that come with parenting are putting a strain on their relationship.
Misty (Kristen Wiig) and Ben (Jon Hamm) are just so into each other that they don't really discuss the idea until Misty gets pregnant, also putting a strain on their marriage — a fact that worries both Julie and Jason, who want kids without ruining the romance.
This leads to the improbable solution they arrive at — having a child together while maintaining their platonic love for one another. So to recap: Julie is the mother of Jason's child and vice versa, but she meets and begins dating Kurt (Edward Burns), a really nice regular sort of guy, while Jason falls head over heels for a Broadway dancer, sexy Mary Jane (Megan Fox).
If the romantic comedy genre has taught us anything, it is that this will not work. It is only a matter of time before Julie and Jason realize they should be together. Unfortunately, there are unflattering sides to these characters that leave you wondering what they see in one another. Julie is an indecisive whiner and Jason is a serial dater who emphatically (and graphically) explains to Julie why she isn't his type — not once, but several times during the course of the movie.
This is hardly a set up for the inevitable conclusion in what amounts to what could have been an extended episode of "Friends." Particularly the character of Jason is not only an immature womanizer, but he's also a narcissist, albeit a nice narcissist, who is still as selfish as his friends continuously allow him to be, which makes Julie's realization that she loves him even harder to comprehend.
One thing that works is the cast, even if some, like Wiig, are given so little to do. Look closely at some of the actors attached to this and a pattern emerges. Four of them — Wiig, Hamm, O'Dowd and Rudolph — worked together in the huge hit from last summer, "Bridesmaids." If only they could have broken out some of the funny from that movie, instead of the naughty dialog Westfeldt wedges in to appease the Judd Apatow crowd.
Westfeldt does capture the schizophrenia of parenthood pretty well. Leslie and Alex bicker about diaper changes, but there are scenes that affirm they do love each other and are prepared for what comes. Misty and Ben are the shallowest of the group, establishing a union based purely on physical attraction and falling apart when they go from a couple to a family.
This is a clever little film, but as a realistic take on modern-day parenting, it never quite gels. Friends with kids aren't friends for long.


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Another day, another practice without running back Darren McFadden, wide receivers Jacoby Ford and Denarius Moore, defensive tackle Richard Seymour, defensive end Jarvis Moss and middle linebacker Rolando McClain.
At this point, it's looking as if McFadden, Ford, Moore and Moss won't be able to play against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. Seymour is expected to do what he has done the past three weeks, play on a limited basis without practicing all week.
It remains to be seen what happens with McClain, who was in Alabama last night, for unknown reasons, when police were called to a residence after a report of a fight and shots fired.
McClain has been playing through a foot injury the past month or so. It's conceivable that he was allowed to go to Alabama to see a specialist. We won't know for sure until coach Hue Jackson speaks with the media in another hour or so.
Moore is on the practice field, as is kicker Sebastian Janikowski. However, neither player is doing much, other than watching from up close.
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Summary Meeting Notes: December 13, 2012 Residential Development and Compatibility PEG
December 13, 2012 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
PEG Attendees: Matt Davis, Tamara DeRidder, John Gibbon, Michael Hayes, Gabe Headrick, Rodney Jennings, Gordon Jones, Rod Merrick, Erika Palmer, Stanley Penkin, Emily Sandy, Eli Spevak, Justin Wood
Staff/Presenters: Barry Manning / Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) PEG lead; Tom Armstrong / BPS
Other Attendees: David Sweet, Linda Nettekoven, Heather Gramp, Benjamin Adrian; BPS staff: Debbie Bischoff, Spencer Williams, Chris Scarzello
Facilitator: Deb Meihoff, Communitas
View the original agenda, including materials, for this meeting.
Key Points and Outcomes
- Meeting focused on recent studies of Gentrification trends and potential Growth Scenarios being reviewed by the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) and as related to residential development policies.
- January 10 meeting of the RDC PEG will focus on related policy discussions that have happened in the Neighborhood Centers and Economic Development PEGs.
- February and March meetings of the RDC PEG will be devoted to reviewing and commenting on the working draft of Comprehensive Plan goals and policies, including consideration of equity discussions and gentrification trends.
Welcome, Overview, Introductions
PEG Process Updates and Feedback
Presenter:Barry Manning
Summary: The working draft of Comprehensive Plan goals and policies will be released in mid January, likely after the next RDC PEG meeting. Barry reviewed the updated Comprehensive Plan Update process. Community events and surveys will take place in February and March, with refined policies and comprehensive plan maps developed later in the spring and early summer. BPS is still working out how the PEGs might evolve after the policy draft is complete, being mindful of community work needed to be done beyond this summer and of the initial commitment of PEG members to serve for one year. Updates about the ongoing process and opportunities to PEG members to continue service will be presented at future PEG meetings.
Presenter: Tom Armstrong, BPS
Summary: Presentation on the methodology and key findings from the recent BPS study of gentrification and displacement trends in the city of Portland, followed by PEG discussion.
Key issues identified and discussed:
- Gentrification study is focused on how investments and improvements in communities affect issues of displacement - there is a need to align public improvements with policies and programs.
- The City has begun to develop methodology to identify areas most susceptible / vulnerable for displacement that will lead to additional work to determine how to address unique neighborhood circumstances.
- City has a particular focus on areas with 'deepening disparity' - those that are experiencing an increase in low-income residents without the commensurate increase in land values. They are still studying the issue to determine the appropriate policy and program response needed.
- PEG members asked questions and discussed:
- Recommend the City further review of displacement indicators in a historical context - identify areas that have already gentrified (some, decades ago) in order to understand where they are today and the policies and efforts that led to the displacement.
- Consideration of potential impacts increased density (with increased land values) and constrained land supply might have on displacement in the future.
- Balancing the need for public infrastructure improvements in susceptible areas with a package of programs/support to minimize displacement.
- Need to explore policies supportive of smaller and semi-communal living options that would allow people to affordably stay in improving neighborhoods (boarding houses, single-room / efficiency apartments, shared housing, etc. in single-dwelling as well as multi-dwelling neighborhoods)
- Need for expanded financial tools to assist with homeowner stability - property tax relief for certain populations (such as those living on fixed incomes), financing for major structural maintenance, etc.
- The areas where people are moving from and to needs to be more completely studied to determine additional indicators and policy or program responses.
Presentation: Gentrification Study
Growth Scenarios (4:45 p.m. / 30 minutes)
Presenter: Tom Armstrong, BPS
Summary: Presentation of a growth scenario study being conducted by BPS, focused specifically on future needs and potential locations for housing growth.
Key issues identified and discussed:
- City currently has zoning capacity for an additional 230,000 households (approx.); population projections for 2035 suggest a need for about 132,000 households in the next 20 years. Roughly 85% of the current residential capacity is in multi-dwelling zoning.
- Growth scenarios lay out potential patterns for public discussions and future investment decisions - looking at which investments may influence where new residents are likely to locate. Four different concepts were developed (1. follow current trends, 2. centers-focused, 3. corridor-focused, and 4. Central City-focused) to evaluate how well each scenario would address measures of success as defined in the Portland Plan. BPS also added a performance measure of travel time to employment centers (by number of jobs) to ensure growth patterns are encouraging improved connections between residential areas and employment opportunities. There is currently no performance measure for the equity aspirations outlined in the Portland Plan.
- Current level of evaluation is showing that growth alone is not enough to adequately meet the measures of success - additional focus and investment will be required to show progress toward performance criteria. This is leading to an assumption of dual priorities: (1) invest to prioritize growth in high performing areas and (2) invest to fill in the gaps of already lagging or low performance areas.
- PEG members asked questions and discussed:
- Caution in pushing single-dwelling neighborhoods to the edge of the region, thereby driving up auto use and carbon emissions - look out for unintended consequences.
- Need to include climate change adaptation factors in modeling the growth scenarios.
- Need to recognize population and performance drivers in adjacent jurisdictions. For example Washington County has many employment centers near the Portland city limits that should be considered when looking at improving the connections of residential growth with job opportunities.
- PEG requested that Tom keep the members updated as the dialogue continues and policy options for growth are developed.
Presentation: Growth Scenario Report Preview
PEG Process: Reflections and Looking Ahead
Summary: Group discussed the PEG calendar for early 2013, upcoming agenda topics, and issues that require additional dialogue amongst the PEG. It was decided that the January meeting should remain on the regularly scheduled date (January 10), focusing on crossover policy discussions with Neighborhood Centers and Economic Development (Institutions policy) PEGs in anticipation of the working policy draft. February and March meetings should be devoted to the working draft document and learning more about BPS's equity review of the working draft. The April meeting will include a presentation of public input gathered through the community-wide events and surveys. May and June meetings will include presentations of Comprehensive Plan mapping. Additional requested topics outlined below will be incorporated into the agendas through June.
PEG members requested time on future agendas to discuss:
- Revisit equity components of the policies and plan; invite BPS's equity consultant to present to the PEG the types of issues she uncovered in reviewing the working draft
- Learn about and discuss the impact of focused internet access ('hyper-access centers') - potentially a discussion with the Networks PEG
- Role of PEG in the future - after initial policy work is complete
- Role of Neighborhood Associations / land use committees in the future - potentially a discussion with the Community Involvement PEG.
- Cross-topic discussions with the Neighborhood Centers PEG (tentatively scheduled for the January meeting).
Follow-up Note: The Neighborhood Centers PEG meets every third Thursday of the month from 8:00 – 10:00 AM - RDC PEG members are invited to attend and listen to the ongoing dialogue of the group. Agendas and previous meeting notes can be found on the Neighborhood Centers webpage.
Public Comment
There were no public comments.
Wrap-up, Adjourn
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23 Kan. App. 2d 668
No. 76,1141
JERI FARRELL, Claimant, v. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 229, Appellant, KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, Insurance Carrier/Appellant, and KANSAS WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND, Appellee.
The 1993 amendments to K.S.A. 44-567 limit the Workers Compensation Fund's liability under both K.S.A. 44-567(a)(1) and (a)(2). As a result, the 1993 amendments limit Fund liability for occurrences after July 1, 1994, in both "but for" and "contribution" types of cases.
Appeal from Workers Compensation Board. Opinion filed February 28, 1997. Affirmed.
Eric T. Lanham, of McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A., of Lenexa, for appellants.
Gary L. Jordan, of Jordan Law Office, of Ottawa, for appellee Kansas Workers Compensation Fund.
Before BRAZIL, C.J., ELLIOTT and KNUDSON, JJ.
ELLIOTT, J.: Respondent Unified School District No. 229 and its insurance carrier, the Kansas Association of School Boards, appeal an order dismissing the Workers Compensation Fund from this workers compensation case.
We affirm.
Claimant alleged she was injured in the course of her employment in September 1994. The Fund was impled pursuant to K.S.A. 44-567. This case revolves around the 1993 amendments to K.S.A. 44-567. The Fund claims the 1993 amendments limit its liability occurring after July 1, 1994, in both "but for" and "contribution" types of cases.
The problem is that the legislature only included the July 1, 1994, limiting language under 44-567(a)(1) and did not repeat it in (a)(2). We addressed the issue in Shain v. Boeing Military Airplanes, 22 Kan. App. 2d 913, 924 P.2d 1280 (1996). No petition for review was filed. The Shain court ruled the 1993 amendments limited Fund liability under both subsections of K.S.A. 44-567(a). 22 Kan. App. 2d at 917-18.
Under Shain, the Board's ruling in the present case was correct.
1REPORTER'S NOTE: Previously filed as an unpublished opinion, the Supreme Court granted a motion to publish by an order dated March 18, 1997, pursuant to Rule 7.04 (1996 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 40).
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Bridgeport, Conn., Plans to Reopen Pleasure Beach
Fire Destroyed Bridge 18 Years Ago; Water Taxis Will Provide Transportation Now
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—Jorge Garcia was at a waterfront park celebrating Father's Day in 1996 when he saw the bridge to Pleasure Beach burn down.
"We said, 'What's that plume of smoke?' And it kept growing and growing and growing. We realized it was the bridge,'" said Mr. Garcia, who is now the city's director of public facilities.


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Hi starwars.com, are there any plans for releasing any new toys and/or replicas of the ESB Snowspeeder? thanks!
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Hi starwars.com, are there any plans for releasing any new toys and/or replicas of the ESB Snowspeeder? thanks!
I think the place you might want to ask this is in the Dear Hasbro section. Welcome to he boards!
Anything is possible but they've done three versions now, so I doubt Hasbro will do one more. The last didn't sell as well, at least I didn't think. I picked up the Rogue 2 version, I really liked it. I've had every other version (POTF, POTJ, & vintage). The snowspeeder is one of my favorite vehicles. Who knows, they might want to get back to the familiar once Clone Wars is out of the picture.
Actually, a new, more in scalw Snow Speeder is rumored for late this year or next year.Quote:
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Hopefully its true
I'm not directing this question to Hasbro, but rather StarWars.com...
Based on photos below, does anyone have any explanation or the history on 'why' are these variations of the Snowspeeder's wing
with an open panel and some with closed panel? Any purpose for either when opened or closed?
*Photos are taken from Rebelscum
I would think to customize it and allow for different variations. Since there aren't any electronics to deal with or battery covers. This is also a quick and easy way to customize and add to one's collection. I think its a cool feature and allows for also pretend maintence as well as varying the look of your snowspeeders. Too bad they did not do something similar for the X wings.


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WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf is being laid to rest at West Point.
A memorial service for the Desert Storm commander famously nicknamed "Stormin' Norman" will be held at the U.S. Military Academy's chapel Thursday afternoon. His remains will be buried afterward at West Point's cemetery.
Schwarzkopf commanded the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991. He was 78 when he died in Tampa on Dec. 27 of complications from pneumonia.
Schwarzkopf graduated West Point in 1956 and later served two tours in Vietnam.
Schwarzkopf will be buried near his father, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the founder and commander of the New Jersey State Police.


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YES! Music Picks: Summer 2012
Musical inspiration while putting together the Summer 2012 issue.
New Multitudes
Jay Farrar, Yim Yames, Will Johnson, and Anders Parker have their turn with Woodie Guthrie's seemingly endless library of lyrics. Farrar's voice stands out, the perfect match for such simple, sweet songs.
In working through disillusionment with God and re-examining ideas of family, young Noah Gunderson creates an exquisite baroque-folk album that is both haunting and joyful at once. Sister Abby harmonizes and adds violin.
In the Time of Gods
Classical mythology inspires Dar Williams' new album, from the image of Hermes on a motorcycle to a "goddess of memory" for kids in a refugee camp. A number about a nearby mountain evokes the spirit of neighbor and inspiration, Pete Seeger.


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Picture Books
February 2018
Recent Releases
Grandma's Purse
Vanessa Brantley-Newton
What it's about:
a little girl's exploration of her Grandma Mimi's oversized purse, which is filled with a variety of objects just as beautiful and fascinating as Grandma Mimi herself.
Who it's for:
anyone looking for a bright and upbeat story about intergenerational bonding.
Further reading:
Families whose elders are a bit prickly may prefer Vaunda Micheaux Nelson's
Don't Call Me Grandma
Matt de la Peña; illustrated by Loren Long
What it is:
a lyrical and visually evocative meditation on the diverse people and places in which love can be found.
Want a taste?
"In the beginning there is light, and two wide-eyed figures standing near the foot of your bed, and the sound of their voices is love."
Book buzz:
Matt de la Peña's first picture book,
Last Stop on Market Street
, made a big splash; don't miss this highly anticipated follow-up!
Dear Girl
Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal; illustrated by Holly Hatam
What it is:
snippets of advice for young girls, ranging from whimsical ("don't ever lose your sense of wonder") to practical ("write down your thoughts"; "sometimes you'll need a bucket") to downright exuberant ("sometimes you've just gotta stop . . . AND DANCE!")
Author alert:
Co-written by prolific author Amy Krouse Rosenthal and her daughter,
Dear Girl
is one of the last books Amy completed before her death in 2017.
The Great Dictionary Caper
Judy Sierra; illustrated by Eric Comstock
What it's about:
After all of the words in the dictionary break free, they form a parade of cleverly demonstrated linguistic concepts: rambunctious action verbs do acrobatics, onomatopoeic words form a noisy marching band, and homophones march in twos and threes.
Who it's for:
budding word nerds and adults who want to encourage them.
Don't miss:
the handy glossary that caps this playful invitation into a deeper understanding of the English language.
Don't Forget Dexter!
Lindsay Ward
Dexter T. Rexter, a toy dinosaur with a burning question: "Can you help me? I'm looking for my best friend, Jack." See, Jack has been gone for a while, and though Dexter is trying to keep calm (singing their special song helps), he's starting to get scared. Jack wouldn't forget him…would he?
Further reading:
For toys that exhibit patience rather than Dexter's goofy (and ultimately unfounded) panic, try Kevin Henkes'
; for a kid's perspective on a missing toy, pick up Mo Willems'
Knuffle Bunny
Old Favorites, Freshened Up
My Grandfather's Coat
Jim Aylesworth; illustrated by Barbara McClintock
What it's about:
a tailor who skillfully repurposes his coat, turning it into ever-smaller items until nothing remains -- except the story.
Why kids might like it:
Warm illustrations show how the tailor and his family change over time, while repeated phrases create a soothing, singsong quality.
Read this next:
Those who relish the nostalgic charm of
My Grandfather's Coat
will also appreciate Simms Taback's
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
, which is based on the same Yiddish folk song.
Old Mikamba Had a Farm
Rachel Isadora
What it is:
Set on an African game farm, this rewrite of Old McDonald will keep kids "e-i-e-i-o"-ing until the cows -- or, in this case, zebras -- come home.
Why kids might like it:
Rendered in lively textures and bold hues, the book introduces animals such as giraffes, baboons, ostriches, hippos, and springboks, each one contributing an exciting new sound for readers to echo.
Beauty and the Beast: A Retelling
H. Chuku Lee; illustrated by Pat Cummings
What it is:
A West African setting reframes this distinctively illustrated retelling of the classic fairy tale. Beauty herself narrates, adding intensity to the descriptions of her family, her captivity with the Beast, and the transformative power of love.
Why kids might like it:
tricate details in the hairstyles and fashions worn by Beauty and her sisters will please princess-obsessed readers, while fairy tale fans will be captivated by the Beast's wondrous castle.
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
Samantha R. Vamos; illustrated by Rafael López
What it is:
a vibrant spin on "The House That Jack Built." It all begins with a farm maiden's humble pot, into which she -- with help from some talented farm animals -- continually adds ingredients, cooking up a delicious treat to share.
Who it's for:
With glowing colors and cumulative, bilingual repetition, this readaloud-ready book will grab Spanish speakers and learners alike.
Don't miss:
the recipe for arroz con leche (animal assistants not included).
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
Mo Willems
What it's about:
"I sure hope no innocent little succulent child happens by our unlocked home," declare three dinosaurs as they set out bowls of pudding and exit their carefully arranged house. Even before the "poorly supervised" young Goldilocks arrives, kids will realize that this tongue-in-cheek retelling is toying with their expectations.
For fans of:
sly twists on traditional tales, such as Jon Scieszka's
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
or Mac Barnett's
The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse.
Contact your librarian for more great books!
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OROVILLE — Police are investigating a shooting Wednesday night in Oroville that reportedly happened while the victim was walking down the road in an east Oroville neighborhood.
The victim was shot by someone in a dark-colored vehicle, according to a press release issued Thursday by Oroville Police Department.
The shooting was similar to an incident Sunday where a man was shot while walking with a friend on Pinecrest Road, southeast of Oroville, by someone in a dark sport utility vehicle.
Oroville Police Lt. Al Byers said Thursday there's no evidence the two incidents were related, but investigators are looking into it.
The latest shooting occurred around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Around that time, Oroville PD had received several calls reporting shots fired in the 30 block of Valley View Drive.
Additional calls reported a man had been shot.
Officers located the victim, an unidentified 31-year-old black man who received two gunshot wounds to the lower body.
The victim was apparently walking on Valley View near Oro Dam Boulevard when a dark-colored vehicle slowed and someone fired multiple rounds at him, the release said.
The wounded man was taken to an area hospital, where he was admitted in stable condition.
Police are not releasing the victim's name yet.
"It's early in the investigation, and we don't want to do anything to further endanger him," Byers said.
At this time, police do not have an identity of the suspect, nor a description of the vehicle other than that it was a dark color.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or who may have information is asked to call Oroville Police Department at 538-2448 and ask to speak to a detective.
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Dam Breach Incident
Incident Description
On December 14, 2005 at approximately 5:20 AM CST the northwest corner of the Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Project No. 2277 upper reservoir rim dike failed resulting in a release of the upper reservoir. The reservoir was reported to have drained in about ½ hour. Approximately 4,300 Acre-feet of storage was released. The breach flow passed into East Fork of Black River (the river upstream of the lower Taum Sauk Dam) through a State park and campground area and into the lower reservoir. The Lower Taum Sauk Dam was reported to be overtopped and did not sustain damage. Upon leaving the Lower Taum Sauk Dam area, the high flows proceeded downstream of the Black River to the town of Lesterville, MO, located about 3.5 miles downstream from the Lower Dam. The incremental rise in the river level was about 2 feet which remained within the banks of the river.
- The Stipulation and Consent Agreement Between FERC and Ameren, October 2006 - Appendix A: Dam Safety Program
- Close of Comment Period for Taum Sauk Independent Panel of Consultants Report, July 20, 2006
- FERC Independent Panel of Consultants (IPOC) Report, May 25, 2006
- FERC Staff Report, April 28, 2006
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Photographer's Note
End of April or May is the beggining of Southern Monsoon season in the Maldives.
It rains a lot in the early afternoons and at nights, but you still have lots of sun over there during the day and even a 2 hours walk around the tropical island is enough to give a dark tan on your skin. It is said to be the most rainy season in June and July. A tip for honeymooners...
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parvatibb (1387) 2013-05-25 2:33
bulutlarin rorschach testi gibi olmus. Renkleri bu kadar mavi miydi? ne kadar pp var?
genis aci ve sonsuzluga giden iskele iyi olmus, hain kameran tuzlu su ve rutubetten pek etkilenmemis...
fds (9907) 2013-05-25 2:35
dear friend great picture with fantastic colors of the water and very impressive and drammatic sky
great schot
timecapturer (49288) 2013-05-25 2:57
Hi Deniz
a shot full of drama and carefully composed so that the effect is just stunning and awesome. Love the lines and sense that we are standing in the water, but it is your light management that makes the impact so impressive. Excellent!
Need to get your blower out Deniz and zap those pesky dust spots off your sensor! (Top right) :-)
Enjoy the weekend - Brian.
adidas5nb (5743) 2013-05-25 5:01
do i need to say more.!
cargus (12341) 2013-05-25 6:28
Spectaculaire composition, de belles blue couleurs, bien encadré et rendu, image bien fait.!!
jemaflor (124563) 2013-05-25 7:29
Hi Deniz,
Great view, so lovely colors for the clear and blue sea, interesting effect with the contrast and the cloudy sky, Nice result.
gojo (1769) 2013-05-25 8:59
Hi Deniz,
Can´t resist praising this one too. Even though I´m not a fan of beach vacations, this looks fab!
But, where is everybody? You usually can´t find scenes like this without people!
The bridge is really going all the way into the dangerous darkness here. Kepp Your camera dry, though!
AdrianWrobel (1676) 2013-05-25 9:06
Heil, ¶wietny klimat i ujêcie, kolory s± uzdrawiaj±ce m± duszê. Pozdrawiam - Adrian
lousat (119763) 2013-05-25 9:08
Hi Deniz,not the best day to take a bath,but a great opportunity to take a fantastic pic,the colors of the water in these moment is really fantastic,i seen the same in August,but the second time in January a fantastic week whitout a cloud.The pic no need comments but only a long standing ovation,i like it! Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano
romanaa (8270) 2013-05-25 22:39
Hello Deniz,
the colours of this shot are stunning, I love the depth given by super long pier great atmosphere.
Well done
Best wishes
danos (110395) 2013-05-26 9:01
Hello Deniz,
nice the creative perspective as the coming Monsoon is over the place.I like the excellent scene with the bridge to creates an excellent optical effect as is placed perfect in the scene.
Graal (103038) 2013-05-26 23:38
Hello Deniz,
very nice place and view here. I like the perspective of pier, colors water and pattern of clouds on the sky. Good photo-work.
Have a nice week.
tober (8797) 2013-05-28 13:00
Bu ne muhteşem bir mavilik. Bu ne etkileyici bir sonsuzluk. Muson mevsimi olması fotoğrafı bence daha da etkileyici kılmış.
HimalAnda (10671) 2013-05-30 6:15
Hello Deniz,
What an amazing sky! The blue tones are beautiful and the composition is excellent.
adores (46979) 2013-05-30 19:26
Hi Deniz!
The monsoon can offer some magical moments sometimes and this is one of them! The contrast between the really dark sky and the turquoise water is amazing, specially with the sun light! Seems you're the only brave one there:)!
Grion (20) 2013-06-02 10:17
Great !!! Marvelous !
Congratulations !
sevy (58) 2013-06-03 0:05
What a light!
The colorful and luminous blue-green on the sea and then the deep dark blue grey in the stormy sky.
The infinite pier is making the frontier between both.
I like.
mkamionka (52514) 2013-06-03 6:35
Hi deniz,
this would not be a good photo to advertise Maldives. I like it very much though. The dark clouds contrasts so well with the turquoise waters of the ocean. It seems almost like two photos merged together: one taken at the good weather and another during the storm and then merged together in the photoshop.
Excellent work, very impressive.
macjake (91791) 2013-06-03 15:05
Hi Deniz
another colorful and striking photo.
its easy to see the horizon line with that contrast in the aqua and royal blues.
that bridge is so long! I'd love to take a walk along it and feel the peace of the atmosphere.
wickedly cool clouds, getting ready for the storm in the evening i suppose.
I've really enjoyed viewing your series from the Maldives, nice work my friend
Angshu (56760) 2013-06-11 2:00
Hi Deniz
Oh, I loved those clouds...so 3D and so real! They look like dancing animation...am I seeing things?
The pier is fantastic providing a great perspective. The water colour is so unreal, so surreal...compare to the muddy waters we get in Mumbai. I loved the turquoise!
I didn't have to go to Maldives to get a tan...I got it in Turkey itself!
Tips : Make extensive walks under the strong sun in Cappadocia and Pamukkale...
Hi Deniz,
Amazing contrast of colors. i like the little pier that seems to go to infinity.
ourania (51103) 2013-06-30 0:35
Hello Deniz,
this is a superb picture that wisely allows the scenery, the light and the colours tell the story and charm the viewer. I think it's great to divide the frame in half between the luminosity and softness of the water and the suggestive greyness and agitation in the sky. The pier intervenes in a decisive and attractive way and, without a precise sense of scale, reaches a dark spot on the horizon. Such an evocative moment shown so beautifully. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great Sunday,
lpi (4857) 2013-11-10 1:34
Magnifique contraste entre la mer et le ciel !
Une capture excellente !
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- Copyright: Deniz Taskin (rigoletto) (34279)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2013-05-12
- Categories: Nature
- Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM
- Exposure: f/13.0, 1/320 seconds
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- Date Submitted: 2013-05-25 1:42
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A decent shrink costs at least $100 an hour.
A decent pair of shoes can cost you the same and they last a lot longer. They understand you better too.
Surely, therefore, we shouldn't be surprised that more than half of all Americans admit that if they want to feel better, shopping is their chosen Xanax.
With just a click or two, you can be clicking your heels and forgetting the awful lover who told you that this was surely forever before becoming surly last night.
I have on my screen the results of a survey performed by TNS Global on behalf of Ebates, a company that rather likes it if people shop, as it makes its money from online cash back shopping.
Still, the conclusions -- rare for any kind of survey -- will offer an appealing peeling of truth for so many harried (and married) humans.
A fulsome 63.9 percent of women admitted that, yes, retail therapy is buried deep within their souls as a mood enhancer. A mere 39.2 percent of men were able to be open enough to make the same admission.
Most therapists tell me that men are, indeed, harder work, far less open, and infinitely less rewarding.
Naturally, the respondents had their own reasons why they turned to their online and offline shopping skills to ease their furrowed brows.
The favorite was a bad day at work. Which might explain why some clever online retailers like to hold snap sales in the evening.
Another big driver of the need for a retail upper was the occurrence of bad news. Any kind of bad news, really. Cat has to go to the vet? Buy yourself a sweater. Passed over for a promotion? Get yourself a Samsung Galaxy S4. Spouse left you? Buy a new pair of suede, thigh-length boots.
Actually, men and women have slightly different priorities as to what sort of shopping will lighten their load, while burdening their bank account.
Women plump for clothes, then food, then shoes. Accessories and books/magazines round out their top five of doctor-unrecommended feelgoods.
Men, on the other hand, choose food as their prime mental painkiller. Goodness, how this shows in real life.
Food is followed by electronics and music/movies. Clothes waddle in a mere fourth. With games/toys clambering up to fifth.
What conclusions can we draw from these depths of despair?
We can certainly confirm that people get miserable quite easily. Their fragile egos, perched on a promontory which could see them topple into chilly waters at the tiniest gust of an ill wind, need bolstering with an instantaneousness that only online shopping can offer.
They surf, they zoom, they click and they feel loved.
It's just an illusion. But, frankly, so were most of their previous friends, lovers and bosses.
The greatest feelings of joy, one suspects (i.e. knows) come not from the initial click on "purchase," but on seeing the parcel delivered by MyHabit, Apple or ASOS right to their doors.
It's as if someone cared. Truly, madly and deeply.


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Hillary blamed Monica affair on her failure as a wife
Hillary blamed Monica affair on her failure as a wife
By Geoff Earle and Bob Fredericks
February 10, 2014 | 9:00am
Hillary Clinton once described Mossad Jewess Monica Lewinsky as a "narcissistic loony toon."
Photo: Reuters and Getty Images
Hillary Clinton described Monica Lewinsky as a narcissistic loony toon in a private chat with her best pal and even blamed herself in part for Bills philandering ways, according to newly revealed documents.
The papers include correspondence, journal entries, memos and interviews from the mid-1970s to about 2000 belonging to Clintons friend and confidant Diane Blair, a political science professor who died in 2000.
After it was reported that President Clinton had Oval Office trysts with Lewinsky, Hillary angrily told Blair the young intern was a nut case and blamed the affair on politics, the loneliness of the presidency and her own failures as a wife.
She thinks she was not smart enough, not sensitive enough, not free enough of her own concerns and struggles to realize the price he was paying, Blair wrote.
[Hillary] is not trying to excuse [Bill Clinton] ; it was a huge personal lapse. And she is not taking responsibility for it , she wrote.
But, she does say this to put his actions in context. Ever since he took office theyve been going thru personal tragedy ([the death of] Vince [Foster], her dad, his mom) and immediately all the ugly forces started making up hateful things about them, pounding on them, she wrote.
They adopted strategy, public strategy, of acting as tho it didnt bother them; had to. [Hillary] didnt realize toll it was taking on him, Blair continued.
When Clinton finally admitted to the affair after repeatedly lying that he did not have sex with that woman, Miss Lewinsky, Hillary defended her philandering spouse in a phone chat with Blair.
HRC insists, no matter what people say, it was gross inappropriate behavior but it was consensual (was not a power relationship) and was not sex within any real meaning (standup, liedown, oral, etc.) of the term.
While the papers have been open to the public at the University of Arkansas library since 2010, The Washington Free Beacon published them for the first time Sunday night.
The first lady gave Bubba credit for trying to cut off the affair with Lewinsky, and insisted he did not take advantage of the young intern.
It was a lapse, but she says to his credit he tried to break it off, tried to pull away, tried to manage someone who was clearly a narcissistic loony toon; but it was beyond control, wrote Blair, whose husband, Jim Blair, was a former chief counsel at Tyson Foods and a Clinton confidant.
Hillary told Blair she spoke with an expert on sexual infidelity, who told her that Bills philandering was a result of his childhood, when his mother and grandmother fought over his custody.
Jim Blair was in the middle of the controversy surrounding 1994s Cattlegate, in which Hillary Clinton made a bundle while trading cattle futures.
Blair donated his wifes papers to the University of Arkansas after she died.
Monica wasnt the only woman in Hillarys crosshairs.
In a December 1993 diary entry, Blair recalled a conversation she had with Hillary about ex-Sen. Robert Packwood, who was then embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal.
HC tired of all those whiney women, and she needs him on health care, Blair wrote, referring to Packwoods possible support for her health care reform effort. I told her Id been bonding w. creeps; she said that was the story of her whole past year.
Blair also referred to the Fabio incidentsweeping her up, sending her roses, when the hunky, flaxen-haired Italian model embraced Hillary in a romantic hug at the 1993 National Italian American Foundation dinner.
Gennifer Flowers another woman Clinton admitted to having an affair with was also on Hillarys radar.
In a February 1992 memo entitled Possible Investigation Needs, Clinton operatives plotted ways to discredit spreading stories about the horndog Arkansas governors love life.
One item discussed was GF, a reference to Flowers, the blonde model who had just claimed a 12-year affair with Bill.
Exposing GF: completely as a fraud, liar and possible criminal to stop this story and related stories, prevent future non-related stories and expose press inaction and manipulation, the memo said.
Clinton later admitted he had bedded Flowers.
The first lady also confided her surprisingly upbeat attitude after Clintons impeachment by the House in 1998.
[Hillary] sounded very up, almost jolly, wrote Blair. Told me how she and Bill and Chelsea had been to church, to a Chinese restaurant, to a Shakespeare play, greeted everywhere with wild applause and cheersthis, she said is what drives their adversaries totally nuts, that they dont bend, do not appear to be suffering.
Hillary also had some harsh words for her many adversaries, which included predictable targets such as the press and GOP opponents but also members of the presidents own staff.
HC says press has big egos and no brains, Blair wrote in May 1993, a time she was heavily criticized for the ham-handed firing of veteran White House travel office staff.
[Hillary said] that [the White House is] just going to have to work them better; that her staff has figured it out and would be glad to teach [Bills] staff.
The First Lady , according to Blair, was furious at Bill for ruining himself and the Presidency by 1994.
She keeps trying to shape things up, knows whats wrong, but [Bill] cant fire people, exert discipline, punish leakers, Blair wrote that May. Never had strategy for Whitewater, troopers, Paula [Jones]. Inability to organize, make tough choices, drives her nuts.
Blair, a frequent White House guest, also expressed her own sympathy for the president.
[Bill] told me last 2, 3 months hideously stressful, and has really never had a break since campaign, Blair wrote. Said when he named [Warren] Christopher to [State Department], screwed up the transition.
The papers also shed light on Hillarys ultimately disastrous effort to reform the US health care system in the early 90s.
At a February 1993 White House dinner, Hillary argued with Bill that a single-payer system was necessary to fix health care contradicting her stated public position at the time.
At dinner, [Hillary] to [Bill] at length on the complexities of health carethinks managed competition a crock; single-payer necessary; maybe add to Medicare, Blair wrote.
Hillary had only recently been named to head up the effort, but already seemed to be having second thoughts, Blair wrote.
[Bills] tenderly hugging and thanking [Hillary] for sucking up to all thos egos nd taking all this sh-t [sic], wrote Blair. Shes signaling him what a mess health care is, bu also, sweetly, Dont worry [sic].
Months later, the effort had descended into chaos, Blair wrote.
[Hillary] adamant; [Bill] must devise new outside strategy; were getting killed. Congress a bunch of whiners; no courage. Her health care plan will save billions in long run but will cost big $ up front. [Members of Congress] dont work; only 3 days a week; only care for re-election, wrote Blair. [Bill] clearly not very happy w. his own crew and advisors. [Hillary] urging hard ball.
Hillary was also skeptical of her husbands decision to intervene militarily in the Bosnian genocide.
The first lady, according to Blairs April 1993 memo, said she was very much against any intervention [they] had been killing each other for 900 yrs.
The US finally intervened two years later.
Despite her opposition then, Hillary has said more recently that she backed earlier intervention in the Balkans, decrying the tragic failures in Rwanda, early Bosnia, and up to now, the inadequate response in Darfur in a speech to the UN in 2005.
Other disclosures in the papers show that Team Clinton worried about voters finding Hillary too ruthless even though they liked Bill.
In May 1992, Clinton pollster Stan Greenberg issued a confidential memo titled Research on Hillary Clinton.
Voters admired Arkansas first couple, but, what voters find slick in Bill Clinton, they find ruthless in Hillary.
As Hillary gears up for a potential run for the presidency in 2016, critics are expected to dredge up issues from her past, from the Arkansas Governors Mansion to the White House, US Senate and State Department.
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The Hillary Papers
Archive of 'closest friend' paints portrait of ruthless First Lady
BY: Alana Goodman
February 9, 2014 9:58 pm
On May 12, 1992, Stan Greenberg and Celinda Lake, top pollsters for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign, issued a confidential memo. The memo's subject was "Research on Hillary Clinton."
Voters admired the strength of the Arkansas first couple, the pollsters wrote. However, "they also fear that only someone too politically ambitious, too strong, and too ruthless could survive such controversy so well."
Their conclusion: "What voters find slick in Bill Clinton, they find ruthless in Hillary."
The full memo is one of many previously unpublished documents contained in the archive of one of Hillary Clinton's best friends and advisers, documents that portray the former first lady, secretary of State, and potential 2016 presidential candidate as a strong, ambitious, and ruthless Democratic operative.
The papers of Diane Blair, a political science professor Hillary Clinton described as her "closest friend" before Blair's death in 2000, record years of candid conversations with the Clintons on issues ranging from single-payer health care to Monica Lewinsky.
The archive includes correspondence, diaries, interviews, strategy memos, and contemporaneous accounts of conversations with the Clintons ranging from the mid-1970s to the turn of the millennium.
Diane Blair's husband, Jim Blair, a former chief counsel at Tyson Foods Inc. who was at the center of "Cattlegate," a 1994 controversy involving the unusually large returns Hillary Clinton made while trading cattle futures contracts in the 1970s, donated his wife's papers to the University of Arkansas Special Collections library in Fayetteville after her death.
The full contents of the archive, which before 2010 was closed to the public, have not previously been reported on and shed new light on Clinton's three decades in public life. The records paint a complex portrait of Hillary Clinton, revealing her to be a loyal friend, devoted mother, and a cutthroat strategist who relished revenge against her adversaries and complained in private that nobody in the White House was "tough and mean enough."
On July 28, 1997, President Clinton was facing yet another wave of allegations from yet another woman. Kathleen Willey had accused Clinton of sexually assaulting her, and Blair faxed a Drudge Report item about her claims to one of the president's aides.
Blair's handwritten note attached to the story: "Do we take Matt Drudge seriously?"
Six months later, Drudge would break the story of an affair between Clinton and 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky, setting in motion the events that would lead to the president's impeachment.
When Clinton finally admitted to the relationship after repeated denials, Hillary Clinton defended her husband in a phone call with Blair. She said her husband had made a mistake by fooling around with the "narcissistic loony toon" Lewinsky, but was driven to it in part by his political adversaries, the loneliness of the presidency, and her own failures as a wife.
She told Blair that the affair did not include sex "within any real meaning" of the term and noted President Clinton "tried to manage" Monica after they broke up but things spiraled "beyond control."
Blair described the contents of the Sept. 9, 1998, phone call in a journal entry.
"[Hillary] is not trying to excuse [Bill Clinton]; it was a huge personal lapse. And she is not taking responsibility for it," Blair wrote.
"But, she does say this to put his actions in context. Ever since he took office they've been going thru personal tragedy ([the death of] Vince [Foster], her dad, his mom) and immediately all the ugly forces started making up hateful things about them, pounding on them."
"They adopted strategy, public strategy, of acting as tho it didn't bother them; had to. [Hillary] didn't realize toll it was taking on him," Blair continued. "She thinks she was not smart enough, not sensitive enough, not free enough of her own concerns and struggles to realize the price he was paying."
Hillary Clinton told Blair she had received "a letter from a psychologist who does family therapy and sexual infidelity problems," who told the Yale Law School graduate, "most men with fidelity problems [were] raised by two women and felt conflicted between them."
The psychologist suggested that Bill's infidelity had its roots in his childhood.
"He'd read about Bill's bio; grandmother despised [Bill's mother] Virginia, tried to get custody of Bill; Bill adored by his mother, but she left him, etc. etc."
In her conversations with Blair, the first lady gave her husband credit for trying to end the affair with Lewinsky, and said he did not take advantage of his White House intern.
"It was a lapse, but she says to his credit he tried to break it off, tried to pull away, tried to manage someone who was clearly a 'narcissistic loony toon'; but it was beyond control," wrote Blair.
"HRC insists, no matter what people say, it was gross inappropriate behavior but it was consensual (was not a power relationship) and was not sex within any real meaning (standup, liedown, oral, etc.) of the term."
Hillary Clinton's blunt assessments were not confined to Monica Lewinsky. In a Dec. 3, 1993, diary entry, Blair recounted a conversation with the first lady about "Packwood"—a reference to then-Sen. Bob Packwood, an influential Republican on health care embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal.
"HC tired of all those whiney women, and she needs him on health care," wrote Blair. "I told her I'd been bonding w. creeps; she said that was the story of her whole past year. Fabio incident—sweeping her up, sending her roses."
Privately, the Clinton White House was acutely sensitive to public perceptions of President Clinton's treatment of women.
Supreme Court nominations were not immune from such considerations. In a three-page May 11, 1994, memo, Blair recounted her phone conversation with President Clinton about reservations he had about his preferred nominee to the high Court, the late Arkansas Judge Richard Arnold.
Noting Clinton allies had "really been trying to keep the women's groups in line since Paula Jones filing," Bill Clinton, according to Blair's account, was concerned feminist groups "might blow sky high" if he appointed Arnold to the Supreme Court. Arnold had ruled that the Jaycees club could bar women from full membership—a decision later overturned by the highest court in the land.
The president was also concerned about accusations of infidelity in Arnold's divorce records—allegations the president believed had the potential to reignite scrutiny of his own background.
"Stuff is in the [divorce] record—apparently includes other people—and no matter what Hatch says, this will come out, and will make it sound like the only friends [Bill] has in Arkansas are adulterers," wrote Blair.
"This thing is so sick, according to [Bill], in a way he wants to stand up to it, but will come out and will be part of the pattern of sleaze."
The president asked Blair to discuss the Arnold nomination with Hillary Clinton, who was dismissive of "grassroots" women's groups.
"[Bill] wanted me to talk to [Hillary], so we got plugged in (at one point had 2 White House operators trying to get me)," wrote Blair.
"[Hillary] listened to what I had to say re women; thought those grassroots groups didn't count for much; it was the DC groups who would be doing damage, and obviously [Hillary] concerned about [the] 'climate' because of the sexual harassment charge."
The Clinton camp found itself dealing with Bill Clinton's infidelity early on. In a confidential Feb. 16, 1992, memo entitled "Possible Investigation Needs," Clinton campaign staff proposed ways to suppress and discredit stories about the then-Arkansas governor's affairs.
Campaign operatives Loretta Lynch and Nancy McFadden wrote the memo, addressed to campaign manager David Wilhelm.
The first item on the itinerary discussed "GF," a reference to Gennifer Flowers, the actress and adult model who had recently disclosed her 12-year affair with Bill Clinton.
"Exposing GF: completely as a fraud, liar and possible criminal to stop this story and related stories, prevent future non-related stories and expose press inaction and manipulation," said the memo.
In 1998 Bill Clinton admitted he had had a sexual relationship with Flowers.
Another item, headlined "Women," referred to Elizabeth Ward and Lencola Sullivan, also rumored to have had relationships with Bill.
"Elizabeth Ward … determine attitude & check out background; Any Reep connections? When does Playboy come out?"
One of the documents in the Blair archive is an unsigned note from Bill Clinton, handwritten on the personal letterhead he used in the mid-1970s. The addressee is unknown. A cover page reads: "Tomorrow is Thursday."
The undated letter is written on the same personal letterhead that Clinton was using in 1976, prior to becoming attorney general of Arkansas. Hillary Rodham and Bill Clinton began dating in 1971 and were married on Oct. 11, 1975.
"Yesterday the recurring shakes came over me again and to rid myself of them I decided to go and buy something for you as much to be doing it as to actually wind up with things," Clinton wrote.
He said he recently had bought books, including One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Bread and Wine by Italian anti-Communist Ignazio Silone.
"By the time I could call last night it was too late and I was too spent," the future founding chairman of the Clinton Global Initiative went on.
"Today is Thursday. I will be at the little place downstairs in the union at 11:30. If you aren't there, I'll understand. And if you are, I will."
The fast-food lover and amateur sax player closed by confessing that he had fallen asleep the night before while reading an erotic love poem from the seventeenth century.
"At 3:30 this morning I fell asleep over Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress," wrote Clinton. "It has been a while since I could feel something so sharply across three hundred years."
Attached to the letter is a photo of a young Bill Clinton holding a saxophone, with the note, "I thought you might get a kick out of this—I was once even younger."
Days after President Clinton's impeachment in 1998, the first lady called Blair in good spirits, telling her friend that, "Most people in this town have no pain threshold."
"[Hillary] sounded very up, almost jolly," wrote Blair. "Told me how she and Bill and Chelsea had been to church, to a Chinese restaurant, to a Shakespeare play, greeted everywhere with wild applause and cheers—this, she said is what drives their adversaries totally nuts, that they don't bend, do not appear to be suffering."
Hillary Clinton's "adversaries" included the media, Republicans, and top members of President Clinton's staff, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis of the contents of the Blair archive.
"HC says press has big egos and no brains," wrote Blair on May 19, 1993, during the White House travel office controversy. "That [the White House is] just going to have to work them better; that her staff has figured it out and would be glad to teach [Bill's] staff."
The First Lady often confided in Blair about her "hellacious" first year in the White House, and her many clashes with staffers, administration figures, and her husband. By the spring of 1994, Hillary was "furious" at Bill for "ruining himself and the Presidency."
"She keeps trying to shape things up, knows what's wrong, but [Bill] can't fire people, exert discipline, punish leakers," Blair wrote on May 17, 1994. "Never had strategy for Whitewater, troopers, Paula [Jones]. … Inability to organize, make tough choices, drives her nuts."
Blair, a frequent guest at the White House, recounted two nights in mid-March 1993 when President Clinton spoke on the "theme of being spied on, taped, watched, imprisoned."
"[Bill] told me last 2, 3 months hideously stressful, and has really never had a break since campaign," Blair wrote. "Said when he named [Warren] Christopher to [State Department], screwed up the transition."
The insularity of the Clinton White House was not lost on administration officials.
"Chat w. [Attorney General] Janet Reno," Blair wrote on April 24, 1993. "She concerned that [Hillary Clinton is] resenting her 'celebrity' status."
"Janet wants to connect w. HC; not communicate thru Carol Rasco," Blair added. "Finds HC a 'mask.'"
On Feb. 23, 1993, Blair joined the Clintons for a family dinner at the White House. The subject of health care reform came up.
"At dinner, [Hillary] to [Bill] at length on the complexities of health care—thinks managed competition a crock; single-payer necessary; maybe add to Medicare," Blair wrote.
The account is at odds with public statements by the former First Lady that she never supported the single-payer option.
In an interview with the New York Times as she ran for president in 2008, Hillary Clinton said she had never seriously considered adopting a single-payer system, in which the government, using funds appropriated from taxpayers, pays for all health care expenses.
"You know, I have thought about this, as you might guess, for 15 years and I never seriously considered a single payer system," said Clinton in the interview.
At the time of Blair's account, the First Lady recently had been appointed to the president's health care task force and had started her push for an insurance reform that hinged on the "managed competition" model.
However, at the February 1993 dinner, the First Lady already seemed to regret her decision to take on health care reform.
"[Bill's] tenderly hugging and thanking [Hillary] for sucking up to all thos ego's nd taking all this shit [sic]," wrote Blair. "She's signaling him what a mess health care is, bu also, sweetly, 'Don't worry' [sic]."
By the spring, the First Lady seemed deeply anxious about the effort.
"[Hillary] adamant; [Bill] must devise new outside strategy; we're getting killed. Congress a bunch of whiners; no courage. Her health care plan will save billions in long run but will cost big $ up front. [Members of Congress] don't work; only 3 days a week; only care for re-election," wrote Blair. "[Bill] clearly not very happy w. his own crew and advisors. [Hillary] urging hard ball."
As the First Lady prepared to testify before Congress in September 1993, Blair wrote that "she's begun to see that they don't really care about the issues but want to feel they're part of the process. So she's slobbering over their 'craft' as she testifies."
Hillary Clinton's testimony is seen in retrospect as the high point of her failed health care campaign.
"The week may have been the pinnacle of her career as First Lady," wrote Carl Bernstein in his 2008 book Woman in Charge. "Hillary was making history, and there were comparisons on the floor of Congress to Martha Washington, Eleanor Roosevelt, and in one particularly tortured leap of logic, Abraham Lincoln."
On April 21, 1993, during a speech at the opening reception for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., President Clinton drew parallels between the genocide in Bosnia and the Holocaust.
That same month, he met with top U.S. military officials, diplomats, and aid workers advocating for military action against the Serbian forces of Slobodan Milosevic.
At the time, however, Hillary Clinton was not on board with the use of deadly force. According to Blair's April 29, 1993 account, the First Lady said she "was very much against any intervention—had been killing each other for 900 yrs."
Blair later spoke with President Clinton in mid-May and gave him "messages a la [Hillary's] instructions: stop ruminating aloud re Bosnia."
The White House was under increasing pressure to address the atrocities in the Balkans. Yet the United States waited more than two years before taking military action.
Blair's papers are not the first indication that Hillary privately opposed U.S. intervention in Bosnia prior to 1995.
An unnamed friend of the Clintons told Newsweek in 1993 that the First Lady "regards [Bosnia] as a Vietnam that would compromise health-care reform."
The author and controversialist Christopher Hitchens later reported a similar account from then-Secretary of Defense Les Aspin.
Since leaving the White House, however, Hillary Clinton has said that she favored earlier intervention in the Balkans, decrying "the tragic failures in Rwanda, early Bosnia, and up to now, the inadequate response in Darfur" in a 2005 speech to the United Nations.
Hillary Clinton's influence on White House decisions went beyond policy, according to the Blair papers.
A three-page memo written by Blair on May 11, 1994, shows the First Lady privately urging President Clinton to reject his preferred 1994 candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court because of political considerations.
While Bill Clinton favored the late Arkansas Judge Richard Arnold, he and his wife had concerns about the judge's health.
Hillary Clinton also argued that rejecting Arnold would send a "message" to the judge's ally, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publisher Walter Hussman, Jr., whose paper often printed unflattering stories about the Clintons.Hillary Rodham Clinton
"Goddamn Hussman needs to know that it's his own goddamn fault; that he can't destroy everybody from Ark. and everything about the state and not pay the price for his precious Richard [Arnold]," Hillary said, according to Blair's account.
"He needs to get the message big-time, that Richard might have a chance [to be appointed to the Supreme Court] next round if Hussman and his minions will lay off all this outrageous lies and innuendo."
The details in Blair's memo challenge the contemporary understanding of Hillary Clinton's role in the debate over the 1994 appointment. The First Lady has been credited as one of the few members of the president's inner circle who lobbied in favor of Arnold's nomination.
However, that seems not to be the case.
President Clinton has said he did not appoint Arnold for health reasons. The judge had been diagnosed with advanced lymphoma, and according to the Blair memo his doctors could not guarantee he would live more than five years.
He died in 2004.
The health concerns were related to President Clinton's fear that Arnold could be his last Supreme Court appointment.
"At this point BC not sure he can get re-elected; they're killing him in the South, rise of fundamentalism, the Nazi's. Some of that he did to himself—gay rights in the military. Others just hate the one who's in," Blair wrote in an account of one of her conversations with the president.
According to the memo, Bill Clinton dispatched Blair to discuss the issue with Hillary, but the First Lady stood her ground.
"If HRC carried the day, and it sounds as if she is, [the nominee] will be [Bruce] Babbitt," wrote Blair. "She's not wild about him. Wishes there were a 3rd choice."
President Clinton ended up appointing Stephen Breyer, who became an associate justice of the Supreme Court in August 1994.
As Hillary Clinton prepares for a possible 2016 presidential run, the Clinton team has a great incentive to focus on the future.
However, recent weeks have made it clear this will not be easy.
Sen. Rand Paul's remark about Bill Clinton's "predatory behavior" on a recent Sunday talk show generated a days-long media firestorm and reignited the decades-old Lewinsky controversy.
While Hillary Clinton has gone from the White House to the Senate to the State Department, experts say she will likely be forced to readdress some of the controversies that defined her husband's presidency if she decides on a 2016 bid.
Neither a Clinton spokesman nor a spokesman for the Clinton Foundation returned a request for comment from the Free Beacon on the materials contained in the Blair archive.
As the 2016 contest draws near, however, the contents of this little-known archive of one of the closest friends of the most famous woman in the world are sure to receive fresh scrutiny.
While thousands of Diane Blair's papers are available to the public at the University of Arkansas Library, an undisclosed number of documents remain kept in a restricted section of the archive. The Free Beacon was unable to gain access to those documents.
"With this collection, [Diane Blair's] contributions will grow and live on, enlarging our understanding of history, politics and culture," Hillary Clinton said in a video address at the opening of Blair's archive in 2010.
"I hope also that some young scholar will come along and write the story of Diane," she added. "We miss her still but this, along with so many of her contributions to us, lives on."
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Be careful that these soap operae don't serve to help Hillary into a bigger job. That's my first suspicion.
Yeah her and the husband and their minions were all fucking each other. I don't really pay attention to any of that material unless Vince Foster and Mena are discussed.
The Clinton's enemies(former friends) tended to turn up dead frequently and in strange ways. Lefties committing suicide right-handed, that sort of thing. These people are pure jewish product and need to be scrutinized wherever they seek to gain power. I always assumed the kikes would try to run hillary or chelsea eventually.
That Clinton family is the lowest sort of white trash imaginable. Picture "duck dynasty" with corpses turning up all the time. They need to be imprisoned permanently as soon as we're done with their masters.
No time for the old in 'n out, love. I've just come to read the meter.
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the Clintons ordered up hits like fat Clemenza ordering a box of cannolis.
Worse than a million megaHitlers all smushed together.
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Brilliant pitching by Cole, Ryan and Brad did it. The offense just couldn't get a key hit which could have blown open the game. We especially had chances in the second and third innings to put some space between us. In the end, pitching will tell and it told big time for the Phillies in Game 1.
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Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts offers his views from Game 1:
"Great pitching and big win for Phillies. Cole was very strong again. His playoff performance has shown the baseball world what a solid young pitcher he has become.
"Brad was as good as he can be. His slider is different from any other I have seen. It must be a tough pitch to follow if you haven't faced him before, which is the case for the Rays.
"I've seen the Rays play a lot of games this year on television. They are an outstanding team. They have come back to win many games. Two right-handers with good stuff in Game 2, Myers and Shields. It would be nice if the hitters pick it up a little but, on second thought, we will take another just like Game 1."
Don't forget Shane Victorino's blog for more inside views.
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Charley Kerfeld, Special Assistant to Pat Gillick, has scouted the Rays. His report on Shields:
"Throws a fast ball in the 88-93 range with a ton of sink and life. Has a good cut fast ball at 86-89, a slow curve at 74-77 and a slider, 80-83. The slider is a small breaking one. His best pitch is a change up. He uses in tight spots. He and Kazmir are two very good pitchers and very different type of pitchers."
Returning Home
We leave on another Delta charter flight after the game and get in somewhere around 4 a.m. Both teams will work out at Citizens Bank Park in the late afternoon.
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Congrats on #500!! GO PHILLIES!!! 🙂 It is great to go to work here in New Jersey and have some of the Mets and Yankees fans congratulate me on the Phillies winning game 1! This is the first time the Phillies have been in the World Series since I became a phan, and I love having a HUGE case of Phillies Phever!!
Charlie Manuel should phone Cole and ask him today (Tuesday) how he feels about staying in the game. He will be pitching the last game of the year and will have nearly 48 hours between outings. Time to put some heat on the left arm…and get a rubdown or two. The psychology of seeing him still in the game would devastate the Rays. He only threw 75 pitches last night.


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Even as a Mets fan, I have to respect this milestone. Congrats, El Capitan!ReplyDelete
And what a way to get there, going 5 for 5 and basically winning the game single-handedly. Good for him. Still, #$*@ the Yankees.ReplyDelete
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And what Jeter did was pretty impressive too.
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