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US Champs This Weekend and Next:*Ryan Hall, Deena Kastor and Meb Keflezighi Highlight US 15k Champs at Gate River Run This Weekend This weekend we have a classic race with Ryan Hall returning to action after his US half marathon record and Olympic medallists Meb Keflezighi and Deena Kastor in the field. Hall could challenge Todd Williams American Record.
Profiles:And We Save You $4.95: Runnersworld Profile of Dathan Ritzenhein Kenny Moore article. It's the one good piece they have in the magazine every month. Seriously, they have one long profile a month it seems which is good. You can subscribe for only $15 here.*Lengthy Josh McDougal Profile His mom was a runner.Plus he talks about facing Joe Walsh at nationals.*Michael Spence No Longer a Surprise While you guys are bitching about not having a shoe contract he went out and made a World Cross Country team.*A Look at Cosimo Caliandro Surprise Winner of 3000 at Europeans
This Weekend: It's a great weekend with Ryan Hall squaring off versus Meb at the Gate River Run and the NCAA indoor meet. Next Weekend: Samuel Wanjiru, World Record Holder in Half, to Run Pier to Pier Half in Netherlands This Weekend IAAF
Ana Guevara Runs 50.68 on Her 30th Bday*Ian Stewart Wants to Set Up Nicola Sanders in Her Run Up to Osaka
Dave Collins Pleased with Progress of British Squad, But There Still is Work to Go telegraph.co.uk*Steve Cram Says There are 4 Medal Prospects for Britain*Jason Gardener Looking to Outdoors After 60m European Title BBC
Dr. Bill Stegemoller, Former Souther Indiana Coach, Dies
European Indoors*Live Results *Event by Event Updates Sunday:*Jason Gardener Gets his 4th European Title at 60m as Craig Pickering Finishes 2nd*Chojecka Completes 1500-3k Double, Spanish Men Sweep 1500m, Final Day Distance Recap *Roman Sebrle Captures another Heptathlon Title*Final Day Women's Recap: European Indoors*Final Day Men's Recap*Foul in 4*400 Puts Britain Atop Medal Count*Dave Collins, UK Performance Director, Impressed with British Attitude after Record Haul at European Indoors BBC*David Powell Looks at Britain's Realistic Medal Chances for Osaka & Times of London*Steve Cram Impressed with British Performance at Europeans BBC*Drug Cheat Thanou Denies Hearing Boos and Finishes 6th at Europeans Guardian*Nicola Sanders Britain's New StarSaturday: Nicola Sanders Runs 50.02 to Set British Record and Get Gold at Europeans in 400*Britain Led by Idowu Goes 1-2 in Triple Jump at Europeans*Day 2 European Women's Recap*Day 2 European Indoor Men's Recap*Ireland's Anna Boyle and Gareth Turnbull Don't Make Finals at Europeans BBC*Drug Cheat Thanou Booed in BritainFriday:*Carolina Kluft Runs 800m PB to Edge Kelly Sotherton in Penathlon by 17 Points at European Champs*Dutch Men Go 1-2 in 60m Hurdles at European Indoors IAAF*Andy Turner 4th in 60m Hurldes at Europeans BBC*Karen Harewood Breaks Heg Leg in 800, Mo Farah Falls and Runs Wrong Way but Makes Final in 3k Guardian*Mo Farah Falls, Runs Wrong Way, But Makes 3k Final*Andy Turner 4th in 60m Hurldes at Europeans BBC*European Indoor Champs Preview from IAAF IAAF*Stefan Holm Confident for European High Jump Defense IAAF*Jason Gardener Intends to Rush Back for His Baby's Birth If His Wife Goes into Labor at European Champs Times of London*Craig Pickering Wants to Pull Upset over Gardener at Europeans BBC*Jason Gardener Given New Lexus to Try and Get Home for the Birth of His Baby BBC*Long Jumper Andrew Howe is Back at Europeans and He's the Favorite But Only Competing Because He's 'Bored'*Stefan Holm Confident for European High Jump Defense IAAF*Jason Gardener May Consider Running Beijing Olympics Guardian
USATF World XC Team Announced, US Not Sending a Full Men's Team to Worlds For the first time that we can remember the US is not sending a full team to a World Championship. As expected the top 4 guys turned down their spots. A bit more surprising was that James Carney turned down the chance to represent the US for the first time. Hate for it to be his only chance. (Ed Torres represented the US in 2003, earlier we had said he was skipping his 1st team as well)*Message board thread
Ethiopian Squad for World XC Named, Spot Left for Bekele
Kenyan News: Chinese Marathoners Being Secretly Trained by Dr. Rosa in Kenya *Japanese Based Kenyans Underperformed at Kenyan XC Trials
More Outdoor Action:*S. Africa Dude With No Legs Run 46.87 for 400*Ana Guevara Opens Up in 51.01 IAAF*Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson British Paralympian Retires
European Indoor This Weekend:*Drug Cheat Thanou Back with No Remorse Guardian *Jessica Ennis, Britain's New Multi Event Star telegraph.co.uk*Amy Harris, British Long Jumper, Making Her Senior Debut This Weekend at EuropeansPrevious European Indoor News:*Eurosport European Indoors Men's Preview*Women's Preview*European Indoors Ten to Watch*Christian Olsson and Kajsa Bergqvist Out of European Indoors BBC*Andy Turner Out for Gold in Hurdles at European Indoors Guardian*Kelly Sotherton Says Carolina Kluft Could Lose Pentathlon at European Indoors
Running Times Founder Phil Stewart Talks About Merger with Runners World
Less Than a Month to World XCs: Kenyan Team Arriving at Training Camp for Worlds*Kenyan Coach More Worried With Eritrean Men at Worlds Than Ethiopia*$280,000 Will be Given Away at World XCs
WCSN Coming to Some Cable Companies
Mark Curp Audio and Video Interview He had the American half marathon record for 21 years until Ryan Hall's amazing run.
American Vaulters Brad Walker and Toby Stevenson Now Training in Australia With World No.1 Steve Hooker and No. 2 Paul Burgess
USATF Indoors: ResultsSunday: Alan Webb, Nick Symmonds Get Their First Indoor Titles Looks like Webb is tryiing to learn how to race tactically for the first time in his life which is good.*Scott Raczko's DC Elite Gets 2 Wins at Indoor Nationals*Day 2 Recap from USATF*Day 2 USATF Indoor QuotesBoston Globe Coverage: Carl Lewis Worried About State of Track and Field but Wants to Help Promote it More*Boston Globe Takes a Lengthy Look at Indoor Circuit*Culpepper Wins Mile at Nationals (Boston Globe)Saturday:*Matt Tegenkamp Wins His First US Seniot Title With 3k at 2007 USATF Indoor Track and Field Champs*Flanagan and Tegenkamp Win 3k Titles, Culpepper Gets Mile at USATF Indoors*USATF Day 1 Indoor Recap*USATF Day 1 Indoor 2007 Quotes
Nicola Sanders Hoping for 400m Gold at European Indoors*Britain's Jenny Meadows Has Gone Sub 2 Now in 800 and Says She Has Faster Times In Her Legs Guardian*British Sprinting Rivalry Developing
Geb Was Crushed by His London Run Last Year, but Is Totally Focused on Redeeming Himself This Year IAAF
Gail Devers, Isinbayeva Competing in Paris on Friday IAAF She may skip USA Indoors.
More on Ritz Skipping Worlds: It Wasn't an Easy Decision We know that but he was the one guy most of us really wanted to see in Kenya. Cross country is his best event and he's skipping the world champs. Boulder Daily Camera
59:43 for RYAN HALL
Yep, sub 1 hour in the half marathon for an American on American soil on
a certified course. One of the best American distance performances ever
as Ryan Hall won the US Title, the Aramco Houston Half, picking up
$21,000, to become the 9th fastest ever on a record certifiable course.
from Victah Sailer of PhotoRun.net
of the Race From the Flocast Guys Here
The Legend of
Nick Symmonds: The
DIII Star You Had Never Heard Of Until 7 Months Ago Opens Up in 3:56 Maybe he'll go undefeated
this year. His time
dropped a second overnight without him running a step.
Legend Passes: "I
don't train never have. I don't think of running as training. I just
go out and run each day, and let the racing take care of itself"-
Jack Foster of New Zealand, who
ran a 2:11:17 marathon at the age of 41 to win silver at the
Commonwealth Games in 1974. He died in a bike accident yesterday at the
age of 72.
In case you
missed it:
Todd Williams Hangs them up
In our lengthy 3 part interview, Todd Williams, the premier 10,000m
runner in the US, talks about his illustrious career and the sport of
running in general.
Part I
Part II
here, Part III
take a look at Amby Burfoot's look at Todd Williams' incredible American record
at 15k in 1995, the
same year he finished 9th
at World Cross Country.
isn't always better:
"I had over-trained. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted
that gold medal too much. If I had trained 15 per cent less, I would
have won. I was training like a crazy person. There was a lack of
self-confidence and a lack of maturity. An athlete does not only train
with his body. He trains with his mind."
-Hicham El Guerrouj on
why he didn't win Olympic gold in 2000
JK Speaks: Progressing
To Peak Fitness LetsRun.com coaching guru John Kellogg talks
about progression runs and the art of the sport versus the science of
the sport.
Book Reviews 2 Good Reads on Milers 50 years apart:
Sub 4:00 and The Perfect Mile
Maurer, in The Gift, not
only presents an interesting and captivating story, but he explores the
deeper questions of why runners run, why we compete, and what makes
such a simple sport, running, so rewarding to those of us who do it. The
Gift is one of the best running books
I have ever read. "
-LetsRun.com's Weldon Johnson
a new Running novel,
The Gift
Gift is now available from Amazon.com)
Paul Tergat
*"As the holy scriptures say, 'for whoever much is
given, much is
expected,' it is, therefore, my duty and privilege to help in any small
way in giving back to society."
world record holder, Paul Tergat, speaking after
founding a sports foundation that will help disadvantaged youths.
hamstring injury has healed and he
says he's ready to go at NYC: "I expect good results as I am in good shape"
but he's
out of next week's Half Marathon in Britain, but
interestingly Gezahegne Abera (remember him,
formerly the greatest marathoner in the world) is running. www.registerguard.com
And the
winner is:
Movie of All-Time: Fire on the
sitting on the results for months, we're proud
to announce that the best running movie of all-time as selected by our
viewers is a not an academy award winner, Chariots
of Fire, or a
highly publicized film produced by Tom Cruise (Without
but rather a running documentary,
Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine
Story. Read all about the
voting and see
the 10 best running
movies of all-time as selected by our viewers.
"Everybody in
Kenya is trying to come to America. I had
no dream about coming because I knew this was impossible. It was a
miracle," Kiplagat said. "That is why I take advantage of
opportunity. I came here, graduated in three years, and count myself
blessed"- Richard Kiplagat who graduated from Iona in 3 years and had a
is not coming out of retirement, this is just me showing that
if you just enjoy what you are doing and stay in there and set little
goals. I do a lot of speaking, I've spoken to every group in Australia
and I
tell them back when I ran I set little goals and I think here I am
telling these guys, but I've got to do it myself and tonight was really
a chance to walk the walk"
-Steve Moneghetti, who at age 43, broke the world
best for the 1 hour run for master's, averaging sub 5 minute pace the
whole way as Ron Clarke, John Landy, and Robert
De Castella watched him run.
A Staff of
"Perhaps the most valuable gift from
Letsrun.com is a friendly
willingness to share lessons learned by their editorial staff, which
includes successful college coaches and highly competitive athletes. "
-Gary Droze, writing about
letsrun.com in the Tallahassee
Northern Arizona's Lopez Lomong Ready to Shine 6 years ago he didn't know how to turn on a light switch. Now he's adapted to life in America and embraces his new found fortune, having escaped the horrors of Sudan. Seeing him you'd never guess he was in a refugee camp at the turn of the century (he was the sharpest dressed guy in the Minneapolis airport when we saw him).
World XC News: Kenyan Minister Upset with US Terror Warning *Editorial: New U.S. Terror Alert Smacks of Malice*Bekele Was Just Trying to Hoodwink Kenyans by Saying he was Skipping World XCs*Kenyans to Shut Down Road to World XC Course for a Week, They're Arresting Muslims
It's Official: Marion Jones and Obadele Thompson Got Married
Head of USADA, Terry Madden, to Step Down
Thrilling climax to Greatest Race on Earth series as winners of US$1.5million prize pool are decided The Standard Chartered Marathon Series has a ton of cash with some truly life changing money based solely on performance and your teammates. The winner got $13,000 for the win but his 4 man team won $400,000.
Stephen Koech, Who Came to US on Athletic Scholarship, Dies Homeless in the Cold in the Streets in Mass
U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Indoor Awards Cornell and Texas both with 4 awards each.*ASU Hoping to Win NCAA Title on Women's Side: The School Has Been 9 Years Without a Title in Any sport
Great Recap of World's Best 10k Usually we try and keep the news new but this is the richest (non marathon) road race in the US (Puerto Rico) but doesn't get much coverage.
World XCs We've Received 5 Emails on This:US Embassy Issues Warning on Terrorism Threat to World Champs The world champs "may be the target of an unspecified terrorist attack."*IAAF Statement on US Embassy Terror Warning in Kenya Says it has been assured the champs will be safe.Good News:*Kenenisa Bekele to Run World Cross Bekele has won 10 straight world XC titles and has made each one look so easy. But this year he talked about not running, and that caused one or two athletics fans to appreciate his accomplishments a bit more. Don't forget he's only 24.*Jo Pavey Unsure of World XCs, Mo Farah is Running BBC
Marathons:Japan: Tanzania's Samson Ramadhani Outkicks William Kiplagat of Kenya to Win Lake Biwa Marathon in 2:10 None of the Japanese hit the World Champs selection time for Japan.LA: Fred Mogaka Only Runs 2:17 but Wins $120,000 at LA Marathon Yes ladies and gentleman 2:17 was worth $120,000 in LA. That's what happens when you get hot weather, don't pay your bills on time from the year before, and have most of the money given away in a gimmick. Mogaka's agent only got him to run the race this week when the Equalizer Bonus was bumped to $100,000. Mogaka told his agent he was not in shape to win the race an in reality he was right. They were running 6 minute miles at the end. The Equalizer races may raise interest in the sport but there is no reason that the prize ($100,000) has to be 5 times the 1st place prize in the race ($20,000). Hopefully Mogaka will get paid. We still can't believe all the LA papers have skirted the issue of the race not paying its prize money from last year until just a few weeks before this year's race. Instead they write articles like this.*LA Marathon Results *Josh Cox: A Class Act Trying to Get Back into the Sport after the Death of His Father He DNF'd on Sunday but is focused again on running.Napa Valley: Rabbit Steve Sundell Gets Win and OT Qualifier at Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon
Melbourne: Melbourne
Recap: Mottram, Lauren Fleshman 15:27.61, Christian Cantwell, Shawn
Crawford, Lashawn Merritt, Michelle Perry Gets Double IAAF Double wins for Perry *Melbourne Telstra A Results
Olympic Champs Mizuki Noguchi Out of London
Steeplechase Qualifier in S. Africa
Baldini vs Lebid at 75th Edition of Famed Cinque Mulini XC Race in Italy One of the most famous XC race in the world. It's pretty cool. You run through some guys' kitchen. Read this historical perspective on the race.
Lake Biwa Marathon in Japan This Weekend: 10 Sub 2:10 Guys Running Lake Biwa
Deaths: Famed Penn Relays Clerk Herman Mancini Dies*Mancini to be Buried in His Penn Relays Outfit*Herman Brix, the Olympic Silver Medallist Who Played Tarzan, Dies at 100
IAAF Outdoor Season Gets Underway In Melbourne:*Athletics Australia Preview*Startlists*Former World Pole Vault Champ Dmitri Markov Retiring After Friday's Meet in MelbourneInteresting Read: John Steffensen Working Harder than Ever Under John Smith
Drugs, Drugs, Drugs:Balco II is HereIn case you didn't know the drug testing in the major sports isn't too effective. Pharmacists and doctors all over America were arrested in a new huge steroid scandal. NFL, MLB players, and boxer Evander Holyfield are implicated along with the Pittsburgh Steelers' team doctor who ordered up $150,000 of HGH on his private credit card. *Longer Recap from Albany Times Union*Doctors Reap Tons of Money from Prescribing Drugs*Unrelated but in the news: Barry Bonds' Camp Has Never Disputed Steroids Evidence in Game of Shadows Book
USA XC Prediction Contest Recap Common folk don't have a chance in our contests. US Steeplechase champ, Lisa Galaviz won our women's contest. An ex CU Buff, pregnant with the two future operators to this website, won the overall contest. All winners get a a Gift Pack
JoggersWorld buys Running Times Seriously we think Runnersworld magazine has improved recently. Usually 1 article worth reading plus Ed Eyestone.*Message board thread*LetsRun.com Gets Unsolicited Buyout offer
Kenyan News: Paul Tergat Believes Kenyan Team Can Sweep Medals at World XCs *After Failing at Trials, Junior Star Veronica Nyaruai, Is Invited to Kenyan Camp for Worlds*Leonard
Mucheru, Currently a Man Without a Passport, as Kenyans Have Seized his
Bahraini Passport Until he Gives Back His Kenyan One
World's Best 10k: This is the richest non marathon in America. Results only*Lornah Kiplagat Wins Easily over Meseret Defar*Gilbert Okari Does it again Okari is incredibly good and earns his money the hard way, by winning the top road races in N. America. In 2006, he won Cherry Blossom ($6,000) , Bay to Breakers ($37,000 thanks to the totally disproportionate equalizier bonus and $5000 for being 1st over a hill), Bloomsday ($7,000), Crescent City ($5,000), Vancouver Sun Run ($3,000), and Falmouth ($10,000). But in 2006, he only finished 2nd in the richest road race in Americam, the World's Best 10k ($15,000). He rectified that on Sunday by winning in Puerto Rico and picking up $25,000 to start the year. He was 8 seconds off of a $15,000 bonus. The guy might be the most overlooked runner in the world.
Russia Women Win Yokohama Womens Ekiden over US The US women sent an all-star team of sorts but came up short versus a very strong Russian team.
USA Collegiate Conference Action:SEC: Arkansas Men, Tennessee Women Win SEC *ResultsBig 10: *Minnesota Women Win Their First Big 10 Indoor TitleWisconsin Men Win 7th Straight Big 10 Title*Men's Results*Women's Results Heps: Princeton Men Win a Close One, Cornell Women Dominate at 2007 Indoor Heps Michael Maag's with a 3 pointer at the buzzer. Can someone from Alaska, Nevada and Wyoming please click here*Heps Indoor Results Heps Video: *Women's 800 *Men's 800 link fixed*Dave Pell in High Jump *Men's DMR*Women's 3kSaturday: Big 12 Texas & Nebraska Men Tie, Yes Tie, Sub 4 for Manzano, 3:04 for Baylor*ACC Fl. State Men, Va Tech Women Win*Fake Pac 10s
LetsRun.com Boulder XC Coverage*ResultsKastor Dominates, Culpepper Upsets A NewDay for US Cross CountryIt was a momentous day in US cross country history as 10,000 spectators poured onto the Boulder golf course to witness the return of a single champion at the US championships. Alan Culpepper got the come from behind victory that could define a career, and Deena Kastor put on a clinic, showing she is still the best cross country runner in America by a longshot.*Splits from all the racesVideo: *LetsRun.com Video of the Men's Finish nd Culpepper Pumping His FistGreat Flocast Videos:*Men's Race *Women's RacePhotos: Women's Race Photos(Other races coming soon)Denver Post Coverage:*Culpepper, Kastor Get Titles *Boulder Running Reputation Solid *Incredible: 10,000 Fans Turned Out *Support of Fans Touches Kara Goucher Boulder Daily Camera Coverage:*Boulder Does it Self Proud *Culpepper Feels Right at Home *Deena Kastor Dominates*Race Results Weekly Recap of 2007 USATF XC Nationals *LetsRun.com Boulder 2007 Preview No more hype, no more talking. It's time to lace them up and race so we've got our prerace preview and picks.*Boulder 2007 LetsRun.com Fan Predictions *Jordan Hasay Ready for Junior RaceFriday: Wejo in Boulder: The Buzz In Boulder? 'Who's Going to Win' That's what everyone wants to know and it's refreshing to be in a town where people actually care.*Alan and Shayne Culpepper Balancing Family and Running
Thusrday: Gouchers Ready To Go
*Adam Goucher Profile: In an in-depth LRC profile, Adam Goucher talks about his current fitness level, his thoughts on 2006, his goals for 2007, the end of 4k xc, his relationship with Mark Wetmore and even what it's like to pass Cragg Mottram in a race. (Goucher is 31, not 32 as re originally said in the article)
*Kara Goucher Interview: The American set PRs at 1,500, 3k, 5k and 10k last. She has since upped her training by at least miles per week and is expecting big things in 2007.*Meb Issues Statement on Pulling Out He got a cold and London is the focus.*Ritz Ready to Rumble, Says the Course is In Great Shape*Jorge Torres Ready for Battle in Boulder*Meb Keflezighi is OutWednesday: Alan and Shayne Culpepper SpeakAlan talks about the showdown in Boulder, the most disappointing year of his professional career, returning to the track, the economics and professionalism of the marathon, Mary Wittenberg, and the good 'ole days of American distance running- which are now. Shayne talks about 10 minute miles, the 1500m, the advantages, (and disadvantages) of being forced to take time off from the sport, and the incredibly strong women's field assembled for the US champs this weekend.*If somehow you're not excited about this weekend's race watch this: Trailer for Showdown Race DVD Released (click on trailer)*AJ Acosta Running Junior XC Nationals This Weekend Tuesday: LRC Deena Kastor Excited to Return to Her Roots Before she was America's greatest marathoner, she was America's greatest cross country runner and she's returning to her XC roots this weekend. In an depth LetsRun.com profile of America's greatest female runner, Deena explains why she was 'disappointed' with 2006 despite being #1 in the world in the marathon, and how she is training harder than ever. Plus she talks about the Boston Marathon, Shalane Flanagan, Ryan Hall and even letsrun.com.*Deena Kastor Profile in Ventura Newspaper Racing more is the plan in 2007.*Gouchers Ready for Happy Return to Boulder for XC Champs It's hard to believe, but Adam says he didn't really become a pro until moving to Oregon and training under Alberto, "One of the main changes for us was becoming professional athletes". Boulder Daily Camera*Pete Julian, The Man Behind Boulder 2007 If everyone in the world was like Pete Julian it would be a much better place. Monday: LRC Ritzenhein Ready to Battle in Boulder One of the greatest American XC hopes ever is ready to take on all comers in Boulder at the US championships. He talks about the race in Boulder, his 2006 season, his marathon debut, running more mileage, his relationship with Mark Wetmore, Ryan Hall, his plans for 2007 and whether he intends to run the Olympic Marathon trials.Upcoming: Interviews with the Culpeppers, the Gouchers, Sara Slattery (who is now officially out of the race with a hot spot on her foot.*Meet website here. *The snow is melting (photos of the course from Brad Hudson's Boulder Performance Trainng website) and the forecast is for warmer temps for the middle part of the week but possibly more snow on the weekend.*Other LetsRun.com Boulder Profiles: Abdi Abdirahman and Shalane Flanagan
Thanks to LetsRun.com:
"I don't want to say it. It sounds crazy but it was a dream come true"
-John Stiner, on getting married to his
wife, Sarah, who he met on the LetsRun.com message
boards. Read about their incredible story.
The Pro Sports Continue to Take Billions of Tax Payer Subsidies While Abusing the Public Trust:"the ongoing investigations appear to confirm what doping experts have
suspected for years: HGH is a popular drug among athletes. A synthetic
hormone, HGH is thought by some to accelerate recovery times, speed
healing, decrease body fat and, particularly when combined with
steroids, increase muscle mass and therefore strength...Another factor contributing to HGH's popularity: Leagues that ban it
don't test for it. There is only one effective test for HGH detection,
and it involves a blood sample."-Sports Illustrated article looking at the drug raid last week that should shake up the sports world some more but probably won't. Also check out the Albany Times Union special section on this.
European Athletics Bans Drug Cheats for 4 Years from Its Championships
Wacky News Items of Yesterday:Unbelievable.*Man Ran Half Marathon Barefoot in His Shorts Above Arctic Circle With it 35 Below (-31F) The guy is slightly tougher than Max King. He's going to climb Mt. Everest now with his shirt off.Interesting:*Emily Field: Unheralded Runner of the Week, 3rd at USATF Indoors, She Ran a Marathon 50 Straight Days on Her Own Last Summer Yep, she pulled her own Dean Karnazes just to prove a point. Got to admire the determination. She's from Texas though, what do you expect.Not Going to Happen: Some Guy in Britain Wants 75k so he Can Train for the Olympics (And He's a 1:15 Half Marathoner) You've got to give him credit though. He quit his job and is making a DVD.
Got a News Story for Letsrun.com? Email us
NCAA Indoor Men's Entries*NCAA Indoor Women's Entries
Collegiate Action:IC4A:*Josh McDougal Runs 13:37 5k 2:33 last 1000. Pretty damn impressive.*Cornell Wins IC4As 1st Ivy League team to win in 35 years. 1st win for Cornell in 77 years. And LetsRun.com's Rojo got one for the thumb as Cornell won its 5th straight 4*800 title.*UConn Wins ECACs Previous:*Alex Wilson Day 1 Results: Texas 9:31 DMR Thanks to Manzano's 3:57 Manzano blew away Solinsky over the final 300. Rupp faltered after going out in 1:58.*Notre Dame Alex Wilson Last Chance Results*UW Last Chance: AJ Nation First Collegian in 4:00 for Mile Maybe he should have anchored the DMR instead of Rupp.
NACAC XC Results It's some quasi championship. The US men swept the top spots.
Attendance Was up at Kenyan XC Trials allafrica.com
Lueyi Dovy, 4*100m Medallist for France, Get Fine for HGH Charge
Believe In Yourself"I read lots of stories about other sports, particularly American
sports stories about people overcoming obstacles, and I'm fascinated by
those sorts of things. Because that's what I do, that's the heart of it. Everyone
thinks it's to do with the training
you can learn about the training
in four or five books it's written everywhere. It's the other stuff.
Some people, no matter how much you tell them, they'll never be able to
do it."-Australian coach Nic Bideau (Craig Mottram's coach and Cathy Freeman's ex) in an excellent profile
New Website: RunProvidence.com Ray Treacy has a nice group in Providence.. Plus read about Kim Smith passing out in the heat in Puerto Rico
Europe Getting Tough on Drugs: European Athletics Association Proposing Lifetime Bans for Drug Cheats *UK Sport Not to Relax Missed Test Anti Doping Policy BBC
World Marathon Majors Teleconference Full Transcript The race directors reveal London will be on tv in the States (no details announced), talk about the Runner's World Running Times merger, and about the LA Marathon (not by name) not paying its bills on time.
Cure Wejo's Navicular Stress Fracture
Business School Research Project Looking for Runners to Give Feedback You can Win Free Running Gear for Filling Out 4 Surveys
Fundraiser for Amber Galvan, Daughter of Olympian Liza Galvan
Thumps Up (Or Should it Be Down): The Los Angeles Marathon Has Finally Paid Out Its Prize Money from 2006 A race of this stature should be embarassed for operating in such a fashion. The 2007 race is this weekend.
$70,000 Up for Grabs at US Women's Marathon Champs Which are a Part of Boston Marathon There is a world marathon majors press call today. Hopefully, there is some news on London being availalable to be watched in the US. Boston is on OLN.
DIII With Some Love: Lynchburg Gets Its 10th Straight Conference Title As Their Coach Gets His 60th Crown
More Weekend Action We Didn't Report Yesterday: Asafa Powell's Relay Squards Come Up Short in Jamaica IAAF*South American XC Champs Recap IAAF
World XCs Approaching:Ethiopia: Tadesse Tola Surprises at Ethiopian XCsI*Moses Mosop Wants to Beat Bekele at World XCsKenyan XC Trials: IAAF Recap: Moses Mosop and Florence Kiplagat Win Kenyan XC Trials*Kenyan XC Trials RecapEA Standard*Eliud Kipchoge Named to Kenyan Team Despite Dropping Out at TrialsPhotos: *Senior Men's Photos at Kenyan XC Trials*Senior Women's Photos at Kenyan XC Trials*Junior Race Photos at Kenyan XC TrialsEurope: Lebid and Inzikuru win at 30th Almond Blossom XC
Woman Who Had Cervical Cancer Surgery This Month Wins Cowtown Marathon
Paula Radcliffe Hopes to Return to Racing in June, She is only 2kg over Weight Isla will probably be running by then too.
Korea 2011 World Bid Could Be Hurt by Lack of Top Notch Athletes
Paris Indoor Results: Gail Devers 4th*Paris Indoor RecapIAAF*Isinbayeva to Skip European Indoors
China and Russia Seens As Favorites over US in Japanese Ekiden on Sunday We think the author is overlooking the extremely strong US team. If this US team doesn't win, one may never get it done.
Boston Gets Deeper: 2005
Champ, Hailu Negussie, and ChasingKimbia's (and 2006 Runner-up)
Benjamin Maiyo and 2004 runner-up Robert Cheboror Join Boston Field
UK's Chris Thompson Out of World XCs With Injury BBC
Bekele May Run World Cross


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Posted: Sep 23 2004, 08:06 PM
I dance to all the wrong songs, I enjoy all the wrong moves
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So today on the way to PA me and my boy stopped at a local Record and tape traders and I picked up the new 'Faint' album called Wet From Birth.
I must say I am very dissapointed in these guys. Such a let down or maybe the Danse Macabre remixs spoiled me. Either way A big let down.
I still love the cd but wouldnt reccomend it. I say buy Danse Macbre Remixes (I love it!!!)
Other then that since i am poor we went to Knoblochs and bought yummy food and thats all.
Your turn.
Posted: Sep 23 2004, 08:14 PM
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that's it...and a parking brake cable...
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Today i bought.... Some chips! i was hungry and i had a dollor so.... bought a ba of chips from the stupid student store at my high school.
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The Twins Effect DVD movie on eBay.
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Posted: Sep 24 2004, 03:51 AM
I dance to all the wrong songs, I enjoy all the wrong moves
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mm chick fila those chicken wraps and spicy dressing are awesome!
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Just bought the biggest, loudest, most expensive exhaust on the market for my Supra...the HKS Titanium. It was on sale for $1100. Damn, and my 94 Integ cost 1500. I pick it up this weekend. Heres what it looks like
Ill have pics of it on my car soon.
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that is quite a nice exhaust. last thing i bought was some side skirts, gonna sell em though and buy some new ones.
also 2 packs of cigarettes.
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Posted: Sep 24 2004, 03:22 PM
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bought..... HK movies
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Super Model (我要做Model) - cause its a FUNNY FUNNY movie
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Posted: Sep 24 2004, 03:37 PM
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And it might just be the worst thing we've heard in our six-year history...
It's little wonder Genesis are reforming, what with talentless pop-metal monkeys covering their songs and trashing them into hollow nut-sacks of their former selves.
DiS took a chance on Disturbed's version of the proggers' 'Land Of Confusion' (released last week), originally released by the then-Phil-Collins-fronted outfit in 1986 (it got to number 15 in the charts, y'know), and slipped it into the stereo. "How awful could it be?", thought we. Nothing, nothing, could have prepared us for this awful aural abortion of a 'song'. Eeerrrrgghhhh.
So we want rid of it. Forever. So we're offering YOU, dear DiS readers, to celebrate our sixth birthday with a frenzy of CD-related violence. We'll send you this single - already slightly damaged (we had to snap the case to get the CD out, really!) - and you can destroy it however you see fit. Just so long as you document the destruction using what the kids are calling 'photography'. And send us the images.
Just e-mail mike DOT diver AT drownedinsound DOT com explaining how you'll take this piece of shit excuse for popular music apart, physically; include your address and we'll maybe post it your way. For you to smash the absolute crap out of it, of course; anyone feeling sympathetic will be banned from DiS, forever. The funnier and more inventive your obliteration of this compact disc, the better - if said act involves defacing an image of David Draiman's amusing face (pictured), all the better.
DiS is six. We shouldn't have to tolerate 'music' that's this shit and yet ridiculously popular. You can help us beat these jokers down, crushing their super-selling albums into splinters.
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Weekend Cook and Tell: Love For Legumes
Welcome to our Weekend Cook and Tell where each Wednesday we turn the pages of the food sections of various national newspapers in search of inspiration for a weekend cooking project. We hope you'll cook along with us and share your experiences, recipes, and photos here.
What vegetarian [insert descriptive noun] can I make for [insert person or purpose]? Our Talk threads regularly see action on questions that fall somewhere along these lines. Melissa Clark, of The New York Times, was asked a very similar question by a friend: "What budget-conscious, vegetarian dinner party dish can you think of that's as impressive as beef Bourgignon, can be made entirely in advance, doesn't involve tofu and will be satisfying enough for meat eaters?" This question led to this answer: a big pot of beans stewed in red wine.
Legumes are versatile, comforting, and a fan favorite. Beans, peas, peanuts, soybeans, and the legume list continues. Just last week, Baby Zog demolished an entire bowl of Turkey Barbecue Beans. There's no denying a global love of legumes. When you need a hearty meal, what legume dish do you turn to?
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"Heretic" is one of those words we struggle to use well. Often times, you see it used in one of two ways—either liberally or ironically. One equates all disagreement with apostasy, the other pretends disagreement doesn't matter at all.
Both rob the word of its power.
Justin Holcomb understands the seriousness of heresy and what it means to call someone a heretic—it is "a weighty charge that [is] not made lightly, nor [is] it used whenever there [is] theological inaccuracy or impression" (14).
So how do we learn to use this word wisely? By knowing what heresy really is. And so, we have Holcomb's newly released Know the Heretics. This short book introduces readers to several heresies that have threatened the church throughout history, and how the controversies surrounding each—whether it be the requirement to obey the Law, the existence of original sin, or the Trinity itself—helped shape the church as it is today.
Learning from the past to understand the present
It's tempting to pretend that ancient heresies don't matter anymore because, well, they're ancient. But this tendency is our chronological snobbery at work. We like to think we're beyond the problems of the ancient world; that because we are so much more advanced, we couldn't possibly fall prey to the same errors our spiritual forbearers did.
You know what they say about those who ignore the past, right?
That's why we need a book like this one. "This book is a case study of fourteen major events when the church made the right call—not for political or status reasons… but because orthodox teaching preserved Jesus' message in the best sense, and the new teaching distorted it," Holcomb writes (12).
These case studies confront readers with our core problem: apathy. Take Sabellianism—a form of Modalism—for example. The reason this error gained ground so easily wasn't because it was intellectually sound or vigorously defended. It gained ground simply because we have a tendency to be apathetic. The idea of the Trinity as best we understand it from Scripture—that there is one God who exists in three persons (Father, Son, Spirit)—is one of the chief areas in which our apathy reigns.
It's not that we don't care, though. It's just that the idea of the Trinity is too hard for us to comprehend fully. "Compared with the idea that God is merely one, the orthodox answer might seem overly complex and philosophical, or an unnecessary later addition to the authentic Christian faith" (85).
So we wind up not thinking about it too much, and use really bad analogies to describe it—often ones that themselves find their roots in Sabellianism. But, as Holcomb notes, "Trinitarian theology…takes seriously the idea that God has revealed himself in Scripture and wants to be known, and that he has revealed himself in a certain way" (85). And so, the Bible forces us to answer the question of whether or not God is one or three.
Just as practically, having a sense of the Trinity better helps us respond to the claims of other religious groups, such as Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons, who actually view biblical Christianity as Sabellian:
Since many of the errors that these groups ascribe to mainstream Christianity are actually Sabellian in nature, it is useful to know the middle road that orthodox doctrine strikes between unity and distinction. Being able to articulate concisely what the Trinity is, how it makes the best sense of Scripture and how it affects our salvation and the worship of God can be valuable in witnessing to others as well as developing our own relationship with God. (86)
The Trinity also helps us see the power of the gospel at work—in fact, it's safe to argue that without the Trinity, there is no atonement. Only if Christ is God as well as man could He pay for the sins of the world. Without the three persons of the Godhead agreeing from before the foundations of the world to redeem and rescue sinners, we're left with a deficient view of the gospel that sees it as some sort of back-up plan.
These are the truths we ignore at our peril.
Understanding God's purposes in heresy
Reading Know the Heretics is equally disheartening and encouraging. It's disheartening simply because it's easy to see the heresies of the past still making the rounds in our day, in one form or another, as (mostly) sincere people ask sincere questions, but accept wrong answers. These lies continue to be propagated, and men and women continue to be lead astray, thinking they know God when they are in fact rejecting Him.
But it's also encouraging because, in learning more about the heretics of the past, readers gain greater insights into God's purposes in allowing these aberrant teachings to exist—to strengthen the Church's understanding of the truth about—and love for—God. "In order to love God, one must know who God is… right belief about God—orthodoxy—matters quite a bit" (156).
- Without the Marcionites, we may never have formally developed the canon of Scripture.
- Without the many heresies surrounding the nature of God and Christ, we might never have had the doctrine of the Trinity clarified.
- Without the Pelagian error, we might not have as significant an understanding of the grace of God in saving sinners.
In that sense—and in that sense alone—we should be thankful the events and teachings Holcomb describes, not because falsehood is praiseworthy, but because the truth about God is.
Particularly valuable for those taking their first steps into studying church history, Know the Heretics offers powerful insights into the past and practical relevance for today. Read it carefully, learn from the past, and be encouraged for the future.
Title: Know the Heretics
Author: Justin Holcomb
Publisher: Zondervan (2014)
Buy it at: Amazon


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All You Can Ethier…
Got some grief yesterday for jokingly touting Jeff's return to Weaverwood so trying a new one today…just trying to keep it fresh. I'm sure the Andre Ethier fans can't get enough of the guy.
Prior to today's game, Manny Ramirez was officially activated and he's in the lineup tonight. Meanwhile, had the chance to catch up with Jim Tracy before the game and he's one of the classiest guys in baseball. You can't help but root for a guy like that…unless, of course, he's playing against us. So, here's to sweeping the Rockies but seeing them do well when they're not facing the Dodgers.
For those still looking for Mother's Day plans, we've got a game tomorrow and tickets are still available. No better way than to spend the day with your mom at Dodger Stadium. After the game, fans are allowed down on the field to walk around the warning track with their family, which is always a fun memory. And the players will be using pink bats to help raise awareness for breast cancer in support of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation.
That's about all…first pitch just a few minutes away. Here's the lineup:
Martin, C
Kemp, CF
Ethier, RF
Manny, LF
Loney, 1B
Blake, 3B
DeWitt, 2B
Carroll, SS
Haeger, P
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What's great about this line-up is that, if it's a close game, and the line-up turns over for just one extra at-bat, Russell Martin will be the one to get that last precious honor. Joe? Joe? Weep…………………
Have I told you today I don't like knuckleball pitchers? Did the Dodgers send down the wrong pitcher?
Not Haeaeaeaeger's night. (AGAIN)
Yes they did lbirken, yes they did. Ely deserved to stay up here. He is at least our #3 pitcher, if not our #2, depending on how Kersh does game in and game out.
This has got to be the quickest Joe has removed a starting pitcher. 5 hitters? Got to go. Keep the faith.
But hey at least he can help tomorrow by coming out of the pen!
Thanks Frank. Thanks Jamie. Thanks Ned.
I blame this on Kemp. He took a poor route to the ball when backing up on the triple.
O.K. Dodgers it's a 6 run Spot.
Josh – love the play on words with your title :)))
Ok so the Kemp comment was tongue in cheek towards Ned's public comments. I guess as I was typing Kemp made an error. Now that IMO is classic!
Oh & Josh – I love you and you do a great job but when I saw the comment about sweeping the Rockies I cringed. I'm supersticious and never talk sweep until there is only 1 win needed to do so. It's straight up bad luck!
So here we are again. Down 0-7 @ it's the 2nd inning. What more is there to be said that hasn't been. Time to drop some of these loser pitchers and bring up some young ones and get them some experience. Then start trading the dead weight for some young good pitching. Cause we ain't going anywhere this season.
Chacin looked like the exact opposite of Haeaeaeaeger, in that inning.
In spite of tonight's disappointment, I do feel sorry for Haeger. He's out of options, has a record of 0-4 with an ERA of 8.48, and certainly doesn't look like he belongs. The pitching decisions from the winter through the spring have been abominable…and to compound the misery, Garland is 4-2 with an ERA of 1.71. And I'm not just whistling hindsight…the moment the Dodgers traded Abreu for Garland, I assumed they were committed to re-sign him. Unless your name is Ned. Maybe it's time we break out last year's ITD list of positions. I think eric was manager and enchanted GM. I was and still am aesthetic coordinator. My first act will be to remove the word Dodgers from the front of the uniform. The Dodgers I know, the team I've followed for 41 years, used to place a premium on pitching. I will replace the word Dodgers with SELLTHETEAM, but will keep the beautiful blue script typeface.
Haeger. Knuckleballer. 0-4. 8.48 ERA.
I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you to find out that gambling's been going on here.
Only Ned and Joe could take a look at Ely. Take a look at Haeger. Take a look at Ortiz. And then decide that Ely has to go.
5 innings and Chacin still going strong, he probably likes pitching with a lead.
Deep thought #675:
If Paul had to be sent back down to Albuquerque to learn to be a big leaguer, where can we send Ned to learn how to be a big league GM?
Alright!!! Denny Hamlin wins at Darlington!!!…………I figure I might as well rejoice in that win.
I think we'll score this inning.
Other good news,………………….Andre is 3 for 3 so far tonight (a 9 game hitting streak), and he is currently batting .394.
Gee, Garrett Sweeney has raised his average to .133 🙂
GA's BA………………………………………….. .133
correction…………………… it's .130
Surprise, surprise, another strikeout!
LOL….it is now!!!!!!
Did Martin really catch Haeger geez? Please call Ely back up damn,
Oh, Now I know why they need Anderson, Scully said he's a joy in the club house.
I guess Ortiz pitch good 2 runs in 5th innings is always good and that's an ERA of 3.6.
I expected the scored so one sided but didn't think it was going to be this one sided,
lol it's Sweeney the same way?
Gosh where is my periods at ?
After a tough night like this, I'm sure Manny and a couple other starters will need the day off tomorrow.
Note to Ned: Its never too early to start trading off PVLs and rebuild your farm system. Furcal, Manny, Blake, Kuroda… and I'm sure they'd be happy being off the Titanic too. (Or is it the Lusitania? Both Frank and Ned have shot a couple torpedos into her.)
BTW, in Haeger's first start when he K'd 12, wasn't Ellis his catcher?
And great… now Shad's pregnant!!!
And just when you thought things couldn't get any worse…
But, BPB1, Joe needed his Russy to lead off tonight. So, no AJ for Haeger.
Isn't it fun to laugh with all of this misery 🙂
hahahaha yep but what happen since than? He gave up a 3 runs homeruns than I think Weaver blown that game and took a lost and it look like Haeger hasn't been the same pitch since than.
I think Frank, Ned aand Joe all have a severe case of PMS!!!!
brb time to go to espn.com and bring the attendance figure again.
I guess it's Loney's turn to slump.
Geez, the 'Topes won 14 – 2 and Tim Corcoran pitched 5 shutout innings……Not good enough for the "A" team?!
He probably needs to learn how to be a big leaguer yet Tru. Then maybe someday he can be just like Haeger and Ortiz.
The only conclusion I can come up with is that management is TRYING to devalue the team for the divorce proceedings. Otherwise, nothing makes any sense.
Next will be the fire sale of players.
Too bad is wasn't the fire sale of management!
Rockies are wrapping up a 9-game road trip vs the California contingent of the NL West. Through the first seven games of the trip, they are hitting .229/.322/.301
by Eric Stephen on May 8, 2010 6:56 PM PDT reply actions
Dang glad I didn't see this before the game started but watching a game that does matter lol.
I think this pretty much sums up tonight's game and the Dodgers' season:
I guess Crash have to used bpb3 again for another day lol.
Stadium Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
Attendance 42,289 (75.5% full) – % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time 2:52
lol where is all the 35,000+ dang these fans still filling out the stadium?
They always want 90% full….so, it's not that great for a Saturday night game and against a rival.
Was just on TBLA.
Haeger becomes the 11th LA Dodger starter to not record an out (5 batters faced).
by Eric Stephen on May 8, 2010 7:23 PM PDT reply actions
Who was the last to do it?
by Joey Joe on May 8, 2010 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Shawn Hillegas
Title Year!
by Eric Stephen on May 8, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Got off work a bit ago to see the lovely score. Might I suggest switching Jeff Weaver for Charlie Weaver, X-Paul for Paul Lynde and Joe Torre for Joey Bishop, and enjoying an episode of Hollywood Squares on Hulu: [ http://www.hulu.com/watch/87400/hollywood-squares-betty-grable-glenn-ford-and-joey-bishop?c=Reality-and-Game-Shows#s-p1-sr-i0 ] .
Watch those episodes sparingly, might need them often the way things are going.
Look like that record is broken so what's the next record we need to break?
LA Dodger Starters Who Didn't Record An Out
Name Date Opp BF H R ER BB
Charlie Haeger tonight Col 5 2 5 5 3
Shawn Hillegas 8/8/88 Hou 4 2 4 4 2
Dennis Powell 4/22/86 SF 5 4 5 5 1
Jerry Reuss 5/31/81 Cin 1 1 1 1 0
Claude Osteen 8/28/71 NY 6 5 6 6 1
Joe Moeller 8/10/64 Cin 4 4 4 4 0
Nick Willhite 7/16/63 Phi 4 4 3 3 0
Sandy Koufax 4/22/60 StL 5 4 5 5 1
Don Drysdale 8/12/59 ChC 5 4 5 5 0
Stan Williams 9/15/58 Mil 2 0 0 0 2
Sandy Koufax 7/23/58 Pit 2 1 2 2 1
So by this logic we should win this year just like 1988 and 1981 lol. Wow seeing Koufax on that list twice, Drysdale and Osteen is a shock.
Now do we get a pitcher? And I do not mean Danys Baez.
Didn't want to keep Wolf or Garland. Watched Takashi Saito smoke the Phillies in the 8th yesterday. Didn't want those guys. By the time I was able to check the game last night, it was over. In the 2nd inning. I mostly got on line this morning to see if Haeger was still on team. I saw in the Times Manny took a little heat for lack of production, BUT YOU CANNOT HIT ENOUGH TO MAKE UP FOR ERRORS AND CRAPPY PITCHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree Knouff and Bear! I also think if Joe continues his trend of resting starters on Sunday games, you may get your wish, Bear.
Ethier was amazing last night. Poor Haeger though, man. I feel bad for the guy. Wish he would mix up his pitches more… eh?
What do you mean, BPB1? Afterall Anderson is batting a ******** .130! Oldbrooklynfan pointed out last night that he was a joy in the clubhouse….BIG DEAL, so was Sweeney. As far as the FrankNedJoe sham, believe me, the fans are catching on to their lack of skills. They keep putting a crock of s*** out there for us to believe. But, we know better. This is truly a sad, sad state of affairs for us Dodger fans.
IMO heads need to start rolling rocket. Haeger and Ortiz need to be let go. This team isn't going anywhere, so might as well let a few prospects come up and down to gain some experience and evaluate where they are in the grand scheme of things. Just don't let Honeycutt, Joe and Ned do the evaluating BECAUSE
When you're the pitching coach of probably the worst staff in Dodger history, no ones developing and just about everyone is regressing under your tutelage, its time for you to go period.
Joe never has been the right fit for this club. He's totally responsible for single handedly killing the bully the last 2+ years. He'll go through 5 relievers in 3 innings regardless of how they're throwing. His line-ups are inane and his blind loyalty to PVLs is embarrassing. He was brought in for one purpose only – PR. If Ned doesn't have the balls to fire him, than for Godssakes don't extend his contract beyond this year.
Which brings me to Ned. If his last 4 year's acquisitions haven't been enough to convince Frank to can him, then his current finger pointing and player interactions should. The man has never been able to evaluate talent, and has never had the skillset to make a significant trade to help the ballclub (Ethier was dumb luck and Manny fell into his lap.)
And that's just a start. While we're at it, why's Anderson still on the team? Nick Green? Paul proved he belongs at least on the bench, and if Hu has no future, then cut him loose. Why keep screwing around with the 40-man roster to accommodate more PVLs that can't contribute and won't even be around next year?
And all this leads directly back to Frank and his lack of baseball acumen, but that's a whole nother post…
Happry Mother's Day Tru!!! And to Nells too when you see her!!
You know, I got to thing about Ned's comments, and it goes back to ST.
1. He said something snide about Martin's offseason workouts/weight gain.
2. He called Monkeywhiskers "unprofessional" for leaving the team when he was let go because he was supposed to stick around in case Anderson got hurt.
3. He singles out Kemp for the team's woes when its as plain as day its the pitching staff he put together.
4. He says that there are ways of dealing with anyone who doesn't want to be in L.A.
5. He tells Paul he needs to "learn how to be a big leaguer."
Who's next?? The one that shouldn't be in L.A. is Ned.
BPB1 ~ Thanks. I will see her soon.
I agree Ned should be ridden out of town. the sooner, the better for me. He is the one who is being unprofessional.
Morning Bear!!
Sure am glad Frank saw fit to raise ticket prices again this season. This team sure is worth every penny.
Happry = Happy
And I haven't even started drinking yet. I save that for the games – its the only way to get through the first innings.
Happy Mother's day to all the she-fans here!
Heading to the stadium soon and taking my aunt with me.
"After the game, Torre was talking about how Haeger didn't seem right and implied something might be physically wrong."
Translation – Ned, unwilling to just DFA a crappy pitcher, will put him on the DL with some "mystery" ailment, promptly diagnosed by Conte and gastrostuckitis (a fart crossways), so he can keep Haeger around without fearing anyone will claim him, and then "legally" recall Ely before his 10 days are up in Albuquerque. Ely then becomes this year's yoyo.
Posted 11:17 PDT 5/9/10.
A follow-up to that little bit of chicanery, when Haeger was asked if there was anything wring, he replied, "No." So, we'll see what shakes in the land of non-accountability. In Ned's world, I think Haeger needs to think like "a big leaguer."
Fire Joe.
Fire the guy who hired Joe.
Fire the guy who hired the guy who hired Joe.
Fire the guy who approved the guy who hired the guy who hired Joe.


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It's easy to get excited about a Kickstarter game, see it backed then forget all about it. Understandable, too, since few of the really "big" Kickstarter games (Star Citizen, Broken Age) have been released. République, however, is just about done, and is looking pretty cool.
Due out on December 19 on iOS (a PC port is coming next year), the high-profile Kickstarter - helmed by former Metal Gear and Halo devs, and starring a stellar voice cast - you're playing the role of an overseer of sorts, helping a girl escape a totalitarian surveillance state by unlocking doors and hacking computers.
It's stealth-meets-survival-horror, though not as you'll know it; the more passive nature of controlling the environment, and not the character, should be interesting.


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Blumenthal to lead rail safety hearing
HARTFORD -- U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is overseeing a hearing in Washington, D.C. on ways to improve rail safety in light of recent incidents in Connecticut and elsewhere.
The Senate's Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security, is scheduled to meet Thursday to hear testimony on the state of safety on the nation's passenger and freight rail networks.
Blumenthal was named chairman of the subcommittee on Wednesday.
Representatives from the Federal Railroad Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board, Association of American Railroads and other groups are scheduled to attend the event.
Blumenthal said recent rail safety trends are encouraging, but contends more needs to be done before "we can say with confidence that people and products transported by American rail systems are as safe as they can be."


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Category: Alert: Treating Radation Exposure With Iodine
Could the Radioactive Water of Fukushima Leaking into the Sea Be the Fulfillment of Rev. 16:3?
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I am posing this question to the bible scholars among readers and subscribers. Could this be the beginning of what is called the Second Trumpet in Revelations? – Chaser
[The Second Trumpet]
Revelations 16: 3 …
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead [man]: and every living soul died in the sea.
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ALERT: Blue, Green Flashes Seen Rising From Reactor #2, Reactor Will Be Buried in Concrete
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The end is coming to a three week saga of nerve wracking proportions. It's confirmed they will bury the disabled #1, 2,3,4 nuclear reactors in Japan in concrete. Many questions remain: How much radiation has actually leaked into air, soil and water? How safe are the Japanese people, and at what distance?
Blue and green flashes were seen above the reactor today, indicating possible nuclear chain reactions. I continue to scour the web looking for actual news on this calamity, which the US media is now increasingly refusing to report on in any real helpful detail.
Citizen journalist Christianna Garrett has located another one of the morbidly prophetic "New World Order" playing cards from the 1998 cult origin card game that illustrates a toxic green cloud rising from an industrial complex. It's shown below and appears in the second video. The image is strikingly similar to the image below of the noxious blue and green cloud rising from the stricken nuclear reactor. Life imitates dark art? Life fulfills evil NWO predictions? The utter strangeness of seeing that playing card come up in Christianna's video has left me very solemn today.
Chase Kyla Hunter 4.2.11
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4.2.11 Update:
Vermont based nuclear radiation expert and former Three Mile Island contractor Arnold Gundersen runs a website which posts revealing and factual information on the actual radioactive conditions emerging from the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor explosions and meltdown. His website is here and I highly recommend all readers watch his videos:
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The Plutonium Report: Radioactive Water, Core Damage Being Minimized by Tokyo Electric
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This is a MUST SEE video report from Fairewinds.com on what's really happening in Japan:
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Craig Kaplan and Robert Bosch turned the Traveling Salesman Problem – a famous and important problem from computer science – in to a way of rendering halftone images, called TSP Art.
The goal of the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) is, given a list of cities, to determine the shortest tour that visits each city exactly once. The ability to solve this problem is important in a variety of fields, from logistics planning to electronics to DNA sequencing. Kaplan and Bosch generate "cities" with a density proportional to the density of an image and then apply the TSP. Two properties of the approximate solution they find make this visualization work — first, the density of the routing tends to mirror the density of the cities (and thus the density of the original picture), and second, the path never crosses itself (which gives the result a unique look).
TSP Art: short version or the full paper (pdf).
via hacker news


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A$AP Rocky was taken into police custody in downtown Manhattan after allegedly assaulting two men who were taking pictures of him.
Harlem's A$AP Rocky was taken into NYPD custody after allegedly assaulting two men who were taking photos of him while he was engaged in a verbal dispute.
From TMZ, Rocky – real name Rakim Meyers – was downtown Manhattan and had gotten into a loud verbal dispute with someone. Two passersby recognized the A$AP Mob member and starting snapping pictures. This angered Rocky and his friend, and then a fight broke out.
The two victims suffered cuts and bruises with one requiring treatment in the hospital.
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12 of the best UX design books you need to read
It may have been around for a couple of decades now, but User Experience (UX) design is still an up-and-coming thing for many organisations. Now, as the shifting economy pushes more organisations to undertake digital transformation to maintain competitiveness, the need for UX designers has never been stronger. So here are our 12 best UX design books you need to read if you want to get into UX design – and do it properly!


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October 23, 2008
Fitzgerald: Arab racism and black Muslims
You can find online complaints about Arab racism from black Muslims (or Black Muslims, that is members of the Nation of Islam, who are not considered real Muslims by the Arabs) in this country. Despite the universalist claims made for Islam, it is, and has always been, a vehicle for Arab supremacism. The reasons are not hard to find. As Anwar Shaikh (an ex-Muslim who was born in Pakistan and died in Wales in 2006) noted in his book Islam, The Arab National Religion, the Arabs consider themselves to be superior to other Muslims because they "received" the message from Allah. It was given to them and was in their language. Non-Arab Muslims are supposed to read the Qur'an, or listen to its recital, only in Arabic. Any other version, in any other language, is not the same thing.
Compare this to the missionaries for Christianity, who in some cases became extraordinary linguists in order to study native languages and dialects and translate the Bible into them. And they did this for languages that in many cases had never had a written form — thereby helping to preserve the language for use, and for study.
And when a Muslim prays, wherever in the world he may be, he is directed to pray — it is a matter of fantastic importance — toward Mecca, toward the Hejaz, toward Arabia, the center of his being.
And the Sunnah, one should not forget, is at least as important as the Qur'an. Some Arabs even say that it is possible to imagine a guide to life with the Sunnah alone, but not with the Qur'an alone. Both matter. And what is the Sunnah? It consists of "practice" — the customs and manners of the early Arabs, that is, of Muhammad and His Companions, that serve to gloss the Qur'an. And the Sunnah is derived from two texts — the Hadith, the written record of the sayings and acts of Muhammad, and the Sira, the biography of Muhammad, the first version of which appeared a century-and-a-half after the historical (if he was historical) Muhammad's death. What matters is not what parts of the Sira were imagined or which Hadith were made up, and by what means, but which parts Muslims take to be the genuine details of the life of Muhammad, and what Hadith they believe to be the most "authentic" in the compilations of the most "authoritative" — by their lights — muhaddithin.
As Anwar Shaikh notes, the Arabs of Arabia needed their own "religion" to compete with, but not to be completely unlike, the earlier-in-time monotheisms of the lands they first conquered. These lands were inhabited by Christians and Jews. The Jews were not confined to the Land of Israel, but were to be found living, and for a long time, in many parts of the Middle East. They were living in Iran and present-day Iraq, and of course in Arabia itself — for how else could they keep being encountered by Muhammad, in Mecca, Medina (Yathrib), the Khaybar Oasis? The Arab "religion" that they created is clearly the result of taking bits and pieces of pagan Arab pre-Islamic lore (the djinn, for example), mixed with misunderstood and misremembered bits of Judaism and Christianity.
This amalgam was presented to the conquered peoples, the Christians and Jews, as not the New and Improved Version of their faiths (as modern Western marketers might have done with a detergent), but rather as something else — the True Version of Their Faith, which they had misunderstood and distorted or perverted. This made it less strange a faith, and those elements of pre-existing beliefs to be found within it, however jumbled, made it easier for Islam to insinuate itself into the minds of non-Muslims who often converted purely as a practical matter. They did so in order to join the side of the conquerors, to be free of the many disabilities that as non-Muslims they would have to endure (the three choices were: to be killed, to convert, or to endure forever the status of dhimmi, with all that that meant). How many Christians in America today, if they had, in perpetuity, to pay $50,000 per head to remain Christians, would do so? For how many would there be a falling off, and how many each year?
Islam has been a destroyer of other cultures and other languages. In a world that worships "diversity," the thrust of Islam has been to efface diversity. Languages other than Arabic have received no sympathetic study or attention by Arabs or Muslim missionaries — the effort has been to efface the many languages and cultures that could once be found in the lands conquered. There are, here and there, pockets of Aramaic-speakers in some Syrian villages, a handful of Mandaeans and Yazidis (450 of whom were killed by Muslim bombs in the worst act of Muslim terror in Iraq). There are the Copts in Egypt, or what is left of them, they who once were virtually the entire population of Egypt. There are Assyrians and Chaldeans in Iraq, or what is left of them, they who were once…ditto. And so on.
The history of Arab oppression of blacks, whether those blacks became nominal Muslims or not, is too long. The history of Arab enslavement of blacks started far earlier, was much more devastating in its effects, and continued much later, than the Atlantic slave trade. A scholar has estimated that because Arabs specialized in seizing young black males for use in harems (contrary to the Western imagination, harems were not just for the rulers), and would castrate their hunted prey in situ in the jungle, the mortality rate among those then taken by slave coffle to the waiting boats that would take them to the slave markets of Islam reached 90%. See "The Hideous Trade" or google that title and "Jihad Watch" for more.
Slavery is legitimate in Islam. Muhammad had slaves. Muhammad is the Perfect Man. Seventh-century Arabia allowed slavery. Seventh-century Arabia provides the Sunnah, the customs and manners that are to be followed. The Arab slave trade went up and down East Africa, with the chief entrepot for the local trade in African blacks being the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, held by the Arab rulers of Oman. The Arabs also went deep into Central Africa, and into West Africa too, while the European slave-traders never managed to penetrate the interior, preferring to remain on the coast of West Africa and having slaves delivered to them by local tribes.
Slavery was not abolished willingly by the Arabs. It was stamped out, rather, by Western powers. There is no Arab William Wilberforce. There never has been a declaration, by any Arab leader, or government, or theological institute, that slavery is always and everywhere morally wrong. And there cannot be such a declaration, because Muslims are hemmed in by the Example of Muhammad, uswa hasana, al-insan al-kamil, and the practice of the Sunnah. If the French ended Arab enslavement of blacks in much of North Africa, it was the British — the Royal Navy — that helped stamp out the slave trade that continued between Africa and Arabia. This tale is told most fully in J. B. Kelly's "Britain and the Persian Gulf, 1795-1880." But the Arabs still managed, as the British presence on the seas diminished, to resurrect that slave trade, which continued into the 1960s.
In 1962, just before slavery was formally abolished — because Saudi Arabia was not yet rich from oil revenues, it had to succumb to Western pressure — 20% at least of the population consisted of black slaves. For more google "Arab slave trade in Africa," or start here.
It is not surprising that in Dayton, a Muslim girl might have made up a story blaming black men. Nor is it surprising that the Arabs in this congregation want to move from a black neighborhood to a white one. Look at how unwelcome Arabs and Pakistanis have made black Muslims who wish to attend, in any numbers, the same mosques with them. Blacks are seen as fit fodder for conversion to Islam — without really letting potential converts know much about Islam. The proselytizers hold back so much, until their targets are deeply committed and can't easily get out. They do this so as to swell Muslim ranks and perceived (and real) power, but are not so happy for the new converts to actually associate with Arabs and Pakistanis, who find such an association distasteful. Compare that with the welcoming practice of Christian churches, not least among those evangelicals who have become the butt of so much self-assured mockery.
Not only are most forms of art — sculpture and most painting — forbidden in Islam (look at any major museum at the "Islamic art" — Arabic calligraphy on ceramic plates, and Qur'anic calligraphy on paper), but it is difficult to conduct science within a society suffused with Islam, that discourages every sign of free and skeptical inquiry about the most important thing — Islam — and hence about everything else as well).
And then there is music. There is no Muslim equivalent to the church music of Christianity. Music is forbidden (Black Muslims in America may at times ignore this ban — one more sign of un-orthodoxy). Wherever strict Muslims are in power, they attempt to ban all kinds of music, the folk-music that naturally wells up, as it does in Afghanistan, because it responds to a universal need that the Shari'a laws do not allow to be met. The wedding-singers killed in Afghanistan, the gamelan players in Indonesia disparaged by local Muslims, the RAI singers (often Berbers) threatened or killed in Algeria — all of these are signs and symbols of the Islamic hostility to music. This does not mean that there are not singers. No one denies that there is Arabic music — that oud, those other exotic instruments, or even singers such as Umm Kalthum. But the role of music is much smaller, and it is despite Islam and its discouragement that music appears. The texts and the spirit of Islam, truly adhered to, would deny a role for music altogether. It distracts, you see: distracts from worship.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe begs to differ.
And in the earlier, pre-old-time-religion phase of her career, Rosetta Tharpe's performance begs to differ with, and demands to ignore, just as much as does her later work, the hostility to music that is inculcated by Islam. And her many admirers — whose numbers may swell with the two examples of her art posted today — will agree.
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Both government and business in South Africa should be commended for their progress made in responding to climate change.
Under the National Climate Change Response White Paper, government has prioritised action aimed at both reducing greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation) and adapting to those impacts of climate change which cannot be avoided (adaptation).
South African businesses are also clearly committed to reducing emissions, as demonstrated recently with the launch of the 2012 Carbon Disclosure Project report for the JSE Top 100 companies.
The latest Carbon Disclosure Report shows a trend towards greater disclosure and clear progress towards setting and achieving emission reduction targets.
Where though, does adaptation feature on the South African business agenda? The answer seems clear – this response is woefully lacking.
For context, scientists and international climate negotiators agree that we need to dramatically reduce emissions in order to limit global average temperature increases below 2°C by 2100 to avoid dangerous climate change.
There is growing consensus that these ambitious targets will not be met based on the existing levels of commitment towards emission reductions.
Devastating impact
Adaptation becomes an increasingly important part of a response strategy for business as the scale of climate change impacts grows.
Without hyperbole, climate change will have impacts on every facet of human existence and the world we live in. These impacts will be felt on biodiversity, agriculture and food security, water access and availability, human health and weather extremes including heat waves, storms, droughts and flooding.
We have already begun to see the impact of these changes around the globe, with hot days becoming hotter and occurring more often.
Hurricane Sandy may have been just a very severe storm, but the warmer waters that gave rise to the superstorm and the subsequent devastation and destruction it wrought on the east coast of the United States are a sign of things to come.
In South Africa, climate change is also already impacting businesses and communities. In KwaZulu-Natal, the impacts of sea-level rise and greater storm intensities are causing greater coastal erosion and flooding.
As water-scarcity increases, climate change is exacerbating problems of water access and availability for industry, agriculture and human settlements alike. The effects of this are to increase risks and vulnerabilities in many different parts of society and the economy.
In Johannesburg, increasing rainfall intensity is placing additional pressure on storm water drains and other municipal infrastructure. In Limpopo Province, climate change is increasing the vulnerability of rural communities and particularly to health-related risks such as malaria.
Adaptation is key
The inevitability of further climate change will only increase vulnerability and risk for businesses, industries and communities.
These changes won't only come in the form of disasters – severe storms and floods, but also in the form of long-term, systematic changes affecting food security, access to adequate quantities of clean water and reliable energy at affordable prices.
The need to respond to these challenges is the focus of adaptation. Adaptation is about changing "business as usual" in order to reduce intrinsic vulnerability and build long-term climate resilience. In this sense, adaptation is not about helping people and businesses cope with the next natural disaster.
Assistance in the aftermath of a catastrophe does nothing to increased preparedness for the next one.
We will need to change – to adapt – to completely new circumstances. In this sense reducing emissions and improving energy efficiency (the cornerstones of mitigation) are a valid but not a sufficient adaptation response to climate change.
Adaptations in business
Businesses face very specific challenges under this broader definition of adaptation. Firstly, adaptation requires a longer-term, strategic focus on risk management for business.
Vulnerability assessments need to consider long-term issues around asset values and inherent climate-related risks to which businesses are exposed.
The best example of an industry which has already grasped this is the insurance (particularly the reinsurance) industry, which has seen levels of extreme weather-related insured losses increase significantly over the last twenty years.
More critically, the strategic response for business will need to expand from a focus on mitigation to include adaptation-related issues order to achieve comprehensive climate resilience.
This approach will also recognise the inherent opportunities that are found within adaptation efforts.
Adapting to a changing climate is very much about enhancing efficiencies and reducing exposure to price volatility, ensuring the security of the supply chain, maintaining key resources such as clean, potable water, as well as promoting sound infrastructure planning and design.
The fundamental issue faced by business is ultimately the same as that faced by all of us. What does it really mean to be sustainable in a climate-changed world?
Dr Alec Joubert is the principal consultant for Camco Clean Energy


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By Marc Caputo
Charlie Crist's career as a Republican was ruined four years ago after he hugged President Barack Obama onstage; now he says it could be his salvation as a Democrat.
Running again for his old post with a new party affiliation, Crist is being embraced by another aspect of the president: former Florida campaign workers for Obama, who has twice carried the Sunshine State.
At least seven former Obama Florida campaign workers -- from his pollster to a top political consultant to media experts to his fundraiser -- now form the nucleus of Crist's new campaign team. And top Obama donors, pleased with Crist's help on the campaign in 2012, are expected to follow.
"I've always liked Charlie Crist, even when he was a Republican," said Ralph Patino, a Coral Gables lawyer who helped the Obama campaign's Futuro Fund raise $30 million last year for Hispanic outreach.
Patino, who hosted a Friday Democratic National Committee fundraiser headlined by Obama, invited Crist the day before when the governor stopped by and asked for his support.
"The Obama world has an interest in Crist -- they had him speak at the Democratic National Convention," Patino said. "That showed me, even back then, that they had an interest in Charlie Crist."
Crist's main rival for the Democratic nomination, former Weston state Sen. Nan Rich, points out that not everyone who supported Obama backs Crist.
"Barack Obama is not running for governor," Rich said. "Nan Rich and Charlie Crist are."
Rich joked that she hoped she's "not being punished for supporting Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary. But I supported Obama then and in 2012. Charlie Crist didn't support Barack Obama in 2008; he was still a Republican."
And, at the time, Crist was jockeying to become then-Republican candidate John McCain's running mate.
Stimulus Support
The following year, in February 2009, Crist put himself in the president's good graces by becoming the only Republican governor to stand onstage with the president and advocate for his stimulus plan, officially called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It cost Crist dearly -- especially the brief onstage embrace with the president in Fort Myers. Republican Marco Rubio used the stage craft and the policy embrace of Crist to successfully portray him as unfit for the party when the two squared off in the 2010 race for U.S. Senate.
Crist, seeing his poll numbers tank, bolted from the GOP and became an independent. He only changed his registration to Democrat in December 2012.
"The hug killed me," Crist said. "Now it could save me." But Obama's support could be trickier for Crist if he wins the primary against Rich and heads into the general election backed by an unpopular White House. Obama's poll numbers have been tanking amid the flawed rollout of the Affordable Care Act's website -- Healthcare.gov -- and the president's repeated fib that those who like their health insurance could keep it under Obamacare.
Millions of Americans -- about 5 percent of those insured -- are losing their current health plans as insurance companies put them in new Obamacare-compliant plans that, for some, could cost more out of pocket. Others could pay less.
For the first time ever, a majority of those surveyed -- 52 percent -- believe Obama is not honest and trustworthy, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll that found the president's job-approval index at an all-time low of -15.
"Part of why Crist is so dominant in the Democratic Party is because Obama has so clearly embraced him," said Tom Jensen, executive director of Public Policy Polling, which frequently surveys for Democrats and liberal groups.
The sentiment among Democrats, Jensen said is: "If Obama's OK with him, we're OK, too, even if we're suspicious."
But in a general election, Jensen said, Obama's support "right now would hurt. But it's hard to say what the political climate will be like in Florida next year."
Crist said he'll welcome Obama's public and private support at anytime, though he acknowledged the president misspoke and said the "rollout could have been handled better."
Before 2012, Crist left a long trail of anti-Obamacare quotes. Republicans say it's evidence of Crist's reversals that characterize him as a self-serving and untrustworthy "opportunist" -- a label from Florida Democrats that Gov. Rick Scott's campaign is advertising already.
Polls right now indicate Crist would easily beat Rich and would then beat Scott by as many as 10 percentage points. But experts say the race will likely tighten, and Democrats caution that Scott will be tough to beat.
Money Machine
With Scott planning to spend as much as $100 million, Crist's campaign team has acknowledged it won't be able to match Scott dollar for dollar but it plans to use the same voter-turnout techniques that twice helped Obama carry Florida.
The former Florida Obama campaign team includes:
- Steve Schale, Obama's state campaign manager in 2008 and senior campaign advisor in 2012.
- Jim Margolis, a top Obama media consultant for both campaigns.
- Dylan Sumner, a Florida mail consultant who worked on both campaigns.
- John Anzalone, pollster for Obama on both campaigns.
- Kevin Cate, an Obama's regional spokesman in 2008.
- Franco Ripple, a 2008 Obama campaign field organizer and former White House advance man.
- Jessica Clark, Obama's 2012 Florida finance director.
Ashley Walker, who was Obama's deputy state campaign manager in 2008 and state campaign manager in 2012, isn't working for Crist at the moment and said she would make that decision at a later date. Walker said that Crist time and again earned the campaign's trust in 2012 by being ever-ready and very helpful.
One example: the campaign called Crist the night before a morning Tampa event that almost fell apart, and he rearranged his schedule to help out, said Eric Jotkoff, a 2012 Florida spokesman for Obama's campaign.
"Crist was extremely accessible and accommodating," Jotkoff said. "The president and Crist had a great working relationship. And it started early on when Gov. Crist supported the Recovery Act when no other Republican would. The president appreciated that."
(c)2013 The Miami Herald


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