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ITHACA, N.Y.—Binghamton had six individual winners at the non-scoring Cornell Big Red Invitational on Sunday afternoon.
On the men's side, junior Jared Rousell won the 3,000 Steeplechase (9:46.44), freshman Jon Alkins captured the 400 (49.44) and fellow freshman Peter Fagan was first in the pole vault (16-0 ¾). Fagan met the IC4A standard in his event.
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NOTE: Earlier in the weekend, Binghamton sent some of its top athletes to Penn Relays. In the Eastern Section, sophomore Joe Miceli was fourth in the men's pole vault (15-11) and junior Pat Heikklia was fifth in the shot put (53-5 ½). On the women's side, Shaffer was fifth in the high jump (5-6).
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Ratings: American Idol up 4% from last week, down 28% from last season
American Idol rose 4% from last week (5.5) to a 5.7 rating and 17.9 million viewers and was the #1 show Thursday.
Here's a lesson for all you haters: cut off ALL THE SINGING, and you get ratings gold. Nigel Lythgoe knows what he is doing and he is delivering the kind of programming the viewers want. Finally, we are getting the Idol of old. And to think some of you were getting on my case for missing the BAD auditions on the show this year. That's what drives the Idol ratings for the auditions. You think I don't know what I'm talking about? I'm glad the show has made corrections and not trying to copy The X Factor and The Voice anymore.
Heejun Han just saved American Idol!
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The Big Bang Theory was steady at 5.5 adult rating and actually beat Idol at same half-hour (5.2 for Idol).
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@AmericanIdol was the No. 1 program of the night in Adults 18-49 (5.7/16), Total Viewers (17.9 million) and Teens (3.9/15)
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American Idol scored a 5.7 adults 18-49 rating from 8-9, up two tenths versus last week. The Finder was down a tenth versus last week to a 2.3 adults 18-49 rating.
CBS's The Big Bang Theory drew a 5.5 adults 18-49 rating, matching its Thursday high and bettering Idol (5.2) in the common half hour. Rob was up a tenth to a 3.4 adults 18-49 rating. Person Of Interest was steady and matched its series high with a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating and The Mentalist drew a 2.9 rating with adults 18-49, steady vs. last week and matching its second best outing of the season and had its largest audience of the season.
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i dont think Heejun Han saved american idol..
Get to the competition - singing
I like idol, but you're being silly Ricky.
Only because everybody thought we were going to see people sing ..only in our dreams last night was stupid
You cant say viewers didnt expect singing when you are not us ;o) I personally thought the "drama" would be mixed in with the singing and that they were just showing the highlights to suck us in
It's pnly because people tuned in to see singingand kept hoping it would come.
4% boost for that stupid publicity stunt. :P Ugh.
I'd like to hear more singing. But that Asian boy in the hoodie did make me laugh. What a character!
The viewers didn't expect singing at all since all the show promoted was people getting sick and falling off the stage. That's what viewers want to see and they got it. Kudos to Nigel for turning things around!
LOL to each his/her own. I'm ready for the Top 24! Bring it!
joy? SHOW! LOL
A lot of people enjoyed the joy. Nigel Lythgoe was proudly retweeting them this morning. He knows what he is doing.
I think that's just because people THOUGHT there'd be singing............
so crazy! and I thought last night was a waste of an hour lol
I'm shocked!!
Rickey -- give it up. You're damn if you do, damn if you don't. Most of these folk have not been with Idol the full 10 seasons, they're new people and just joined the Blogs. I enjoy Idol. We still talk about it at work and people are still psyched about it.
@Chicago48 Stupid comment. I've been watching since season 2. How in hell do u know how long People have been watching ?
@Chicago48 I just want to get my point out there.
@Mikhail XO Hey Rickey. Hey Mikhail. =) *winks at the both of you*
@aquayers@Mikhail XO I caved and read them last night, lol. And from the list of the top 24 I see, we got some really awesome people in there. A few surprises, some obvious ones of course but a nice list. It could be really amazing once the live shows start if these people bring it. We shall see.
@FrankyN@Mikhail XO I really hope so. Do you think TPTB hide the talents this season to surprise us?? I try to avoid spoilers as much as possible.
@aquayers@Mikhail XO Maybe you will find a favorite next Wed/Thu when they show actual singing.
@FrankyN@Mikhail XO ahh you're so lucky. Usually I found favorite since audition or at least from Hollywood week. If not,then that means an awful season for me like S9 and S10 (after Pia got booted).
@aquayers@Mikhail XO I usually feel exactly the same until the live shows begin. Then I get all excited, find a few favorites, start voting, and become all obsessed. It's like that for me with all reality shows.
@FrankyN@Mikhail XO somehow I dread this season. Auditions episode have been awful. Hollywood week 2 episode in and I'm not enjoying any of it (well,yesterday was pretty okay). I hope I'm wrong.


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The Essential Guide To Spiritual Communities
By Axel Gjertsen
Let's take a close look at the benefits and challenges associated with staying long term in a spiritual community.
It's useful to know that there are many types of spiritual communities. Some follow old traditions such as Buddhist monasteries while others are new-age centers, where the community members often follow their own spiritual paths.
Most seekers find it really inspiring to stay in a community. There may be a number of experienced meditators living at the center and the group energy is most conducive to spiritual practice.
The size of the community can make a lot of difference. At a large community with 50-100 residents it may take awhile to get to know all the members while the smaller centers are more personal.
Some communities practice a lot of meditation while others don't. For example, there are Buddhist monasteries in Thailand where they only meditate for 20 minutes per day.
Of course, if you have the discipline you can always practice on your own. It's much easier to motivate yourself though if the community has at least 2-5 hours of meditation practice on the schedule.
If you get the chance, join a meditation retreat while staying in the community, even if it's only a 2-5 day retreat. The mind calms down so much by just living in a spiritual community, that you get more out of short retreats than anyone leading a stressful life outside the community.
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Most spiritual seekers agree that community living offers a unique opportunity to practice mindfulness. In the community you can slow down which makes it easier to be mindful while working, eating, walking etc.
Getting along with the other community members may be a challenge in the long run, since most individuals staying in spiritual communities either have strong personalities or emotional issues.
This offers a great opportunity to work and socialize with all kinds of people; and the more mindful you are, the less likely it is that you will get into arguments.
Moreover, someone has to do the unpleasant work like cleaning toilets and emptying the trash. Most of us have our preferences set even before arriving at the gate. For example, "I enjoy gardening and kitchen duties." It's perfectly normal to resist the dirty work.
Mindfulness is a powerful tool. So, whatever happens during your stay in the community, be alert and watch your reactions. A forgiving attitude is more helpful than blaming yourself for your shortcomings.
Community life is known to be quite monotonous, most days are more or less the same. Again, by cultivating mindfulness you gradually learn to accept every moment as it is and to let go of the things you don't like. In a way, mindfulness makes you flow with life...
Community living is an effective form of practice that makes for steady progress on the spiritual path.
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Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
(Wall Street Journal, 11/22/1983)
The endless tangle of questions about bullets, trajectories, wounds, time sequences and inconsistent testimony that has surrounded the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and has obsessively fascinated, if not entirely blinded, a generation of assassination
buffs-probably never will be resolved.
Within this morass of facts. however, there is a central actor, Lee Harvey Oswald. His rifle, which fired the fatal bullet into the president, was found in the sniper's nest, His cartridge cases were also found near the body of a murdered policeman on the route his flight. He was captured resisting arrest with the loaded murder revolver in his hand.
In light of this overwhelming evidence, the issue that ought to have concerned Americans was not Oswald's technical guilt but his dangerous liaisons abroad. Only eight weeks before the assassination he had excited FBI and CIA interest in his activities by renewing his contacts with Cuban and Soviet intelligence officers in Mexico City. Although these foreign connections remained of great concern to the two U S. intellige agencies, they were considered too sensitive to be aired, publicly in the emotional aftermath of the president's slaying.
Oswald was not a "loner- in the conventional sense. Ever since he was handed a pamphlet about the Rosenberg prosecution at the age of 15, he had sought out affiliations with political organizations, front groups and foreign nations that opposed the policies of the U.S. When
he was 16. he wrote the Socialist Party "I am a Marxist and have been studying Socialist Principles for well over five years" and he requested information about joining their "Youth League-." He also attempted to persuade a friend to join the youth auxiliary of the Communist
Party. He subsequently made membership inquiries to such organizations as the Socialist Workers Party, the Socialist Labor Party, The Gus Hall-Benjamin Davis Defense Committee, the Daily Worker, The Fair Play for Cuba Committee and the Communist Party, USA— correspondence that brought him under surveillance by the FBI,
While still in the early stages of his flirtation with political causes, 0swald joined the Marine Corps . In October 1959, after a two-year stint as a radar operator, Oswald became the first Marine to defect to the Soviet Union, In Moscow, he delivered a letter stating. "I affirm that my allegiance is to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics."
Not only did he publically renounce his American citizenship but he told the U.S. consul that he intended to turn over to the Soviet Union military secrets that he had acquired while serving in the Marines, adding that he had data of "Special interest" to the Russians. Since he indeed had exposure to military secrets such as the U-2 spy piane and radar identitification system, and since he may have collected data while on active duty, his defection had serious espionage implications.
Oswald thus had compromised all the secret data he had come in contact with in the Marines. He had also through this act put himself in the hands of his hosts.He was now completely dependent on the Soviets for financial support, legal status and protection.
Before disappearing into the Soviet hinterland for a year, Oswald spelled out his operational creed in a long letter to his brother. From Moscow, he wrote presciently of his willingness to commit murder for a political cause: "I want you to understand what I say now, I do not say lightly, or unknowingly, since I've been in the military .... In the event of war I would kill any American who put a uniform on in defense of the American Government --", and then ominously added for emphasis, " Any American." Although his letter was routinely intercepted by the CIA and microfilmed, no discernable attention was paid to the threat contained in it .
When Oswald returned from the Soviet Union in June 1962 (with a little help from a State Department eager to demonstrate that it could win back a defector from the Soviets), joined by a Russian wife, he retained his militant convictions. In Dallas, where he settled, he purchased a rifle with telescopic sights and a revolver from a mail-order house under a false name. He also lectured his more liberal acquaintances on the need for violent action rather than mere words. General Edwin A. Walker, an extreme conservative, who had been active in Dallas organizing anti-Castro guerrillas became in the Spring of 1963 a particular focus of Oswald's attention. He repeatedly suggested to a German geologist, Volkmar Schmidt, and other friends, that General walker should be treated like a "murderer at large". He did not stop at fierce words. For weeks, he methodically stalked Walker's movements, photographing his residence from several angles.
He then had his wife photograph him, dressed entirely in black, with his revolver strapped on a holster on his hip, his sniper's rifle in his right hand, and two newspapers --~The Worker~ and the~Militant~ -- in his left hand. He made three copies of the photograph-- one of which he inscribed, dated "5--IV-63" and sent to a Dallas acquaintance, George De Mohrenschildt. He then left with his rifle wrapped in a raincoat, telling his wife he was off to "target practice", but his target, General Walker, was out of town that night. Five nights later, Oswald returned to Walker's house, and fired a shot at him that missed his head by inches, demonstrating that he had the capacity as well as the willingness to kill "Any American".
After the failed assassination, Oswald went to New Orleans, where he became the organizer for the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. Aside from printing leaflets, staging demonstrations, getting arrested and appearing on local radio talk shows in support of Castro that summer, Oswald attempted to personally infiltrate an anti-Castro group that was organizing sabotage raids against Cuba. He explained to friends that he could figure out his "anti-imperialist" policy by "reading between the lines" of the Militant and other such publications. In August, he wrote the central committee of the Communist Party USA asking "Whether in your opinion, I can compete with anti-progressive forces above ground, or whether I should always remain in the background,i.e. underground". During this hot summer, while Oswald spent evenings practicing sighting his rifle in his backyard, the Militant raged on about the Kennedy Administration's "terrorist bandit" attacks on Cuba. And as the semi-secret war against Castro escalated, Oswald expressed increasing interest in reaching Cuba.
Oswald told his wife he planned to hijack an airliner to Havana, suggesting, as the summer progressed, that he might even earn a position in Castro's government. On September 9th, in a report that appeared on the front page of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Castro himself warned that if American leaders continued "aiding plans to eliminate Cuban leaders ... they themselves will not be safe".
The implication of this threat was not lost on Oswald. Telling his wife that they might never meet again, he left New Orleans two weeks later headed for the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City. To convince the Cubans of his bona fides-- and seriousness-- he had prepared a dossier on himself, which included a 10 page resume, outlining his revolutionary activities, newspaper clippings about his defection to the Soviet Union, propaganda material he had printed, documents he had stolen from a printing company engaged in classified map reproduction for the U.S Army, his correspondence with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee executives and photographs linking him to the Walker shooting.
Oswald applied for a visa at the Cuban Embassy on the morning of September 27th 1963. He said that he wanted to stop in Havana en route to the Soviet Union. On the application the consular office who interviewed him, noted: "The applicant states that he is a member of the American Communist Party and Secretary in New Orleans of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee." Despite such recommendations, Oswald was told that he needed a Soviet visa before the Cuban visa could be issued. He argued over this requisite with the Cuban counsel, Eusebio Azque, in front of witnesses, and reportedly made wild claims about services he might perform for the Cuban cause. During the next five days, he traveled back and forth between the Soviet and Cuban embassies attempting to straighten out the difficulty.
When he telephoned from the Cuban embassy to arrange an appointment at the Soviet Embassy with an officer called Valery Vladimirovich Kostikov, he set off alarm bells at the CIA, which had been surreptitiously monitoring the phone line. Kostikov was a KGB officer who had been under close surveillance in Mexico by the FBI ( and who,in 1971, was identified by a KGB defector in London as the head of sabotage operations in Mexico). By the time the CIA had identified Oswald, and notified the FBI, he had left Mexico.
When he returned to Dallas that October, Oswald assumed a different identity--"O.H.Lee-- and, separating himself from his family, he moved to a rooming house. He also forbade his wife from divulging his whereabouts. He then got a job at the Texas Book Depository, which overlooked the convergence of the three main streets into central Dallas.
On October 18th, Oswald's visa was approved by the Cuban Foreign Ministry (despite the fact that he had not officially received a Soviet visa,as required.) Three weeks later, he wrote another letter to the Soviet Embassy, referring to his meeting with Kostikov in Mexico, and adding cryptically: "Had I been able to reach the Soviet Embassy in Havana as planned, the embassy there would have had time to complete our business."
FBI counterintelligence, which had intercepted this letter in Washington, and evidently was interested in Oswald's "business" in Havana, urgently requested its field agents in Dallas to locate him. An FBI agent, James Hosty, rushed over to the home where Oswald's family was living, and questioned his wife, but he did not find him Oswald until November 22nd, when he had been arrested for the murder of a Dallas policeman and President Kennedy. In the final analysis, the Warren Commission turned out to be right: Oswald was the assassin. He had brought his rifle to work on November 22nd, carefully prepared a concealed sniper's position at a sixth floor window, and, waiting in ambush for almost an hour, shot the President as the motorcade passed below. The possibility that he had assistance-- for example, someone setting off a firecracker as a diversion-- can never be precluded. But the real question is not how but why Oswald assassinated the President.
The most obvious motive was provided by Oswald himself in his letter from Moscow: To kill any American who put on a uniform against his cause. He openly subscribed to the terrorist creed that a man with a rifle could change history; and, as far as Oswald was concerned, President Kennedy and General Walker were both actively working to destroy his avowed hero-- Castro.
Whether Oswald , given his clear disposition towards killing an American leader, was prodded or otherwise induced into committing the assassination was the question that vexed American intelligence after the shooting. Oswald had disappeared in the Soviet Union for more than a year, without yielding a trace of what, if any, training and indoctrination he had undergone. The only record of this missing year was a "diary" he brought out with him, which had in fact been written in two days presumably to provide him with a consistent cover story or legend. His five days with the Cubans in Mexico City were also a blank -- although friendly sources within the Cuban Embassy indicated that he was pressured to prove his loyalty and worth. Although the Cuban government insisted, through both official and intelligence channels, that Oswald was presumed crazy and dismissed as such by the embassy staff, it left unanswered the disturbing question of why a visa was approved for Oswald-- after the report was received from the embassy. Among the eleven questions prepared by the CIA for Mexican interrogators was one that expressed its direct concern: "Was the assassination of of President Kennedy planned by Fidel Castro ... and were the final details worked out inside the Cuban Embassy".
In Dallas, before Mexican investigators could question their sources, Oswald was shot dead, and with his death ended the hope of unraveling his motive.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
The Powerline Q&A on the JFK Assassination
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Friday, August 16, 2013
Dr. Susana Duncan Links The New Drug Epidemic To Obamacare
The answer, as counter-intuitive as it may seems, is that in large part the epidemic is an unanticipated consequence of "managed care"; which swept the country in the 1980's to contain rising medical costs.
Almost every week, I have received more calls from new patients searching for a pain specialist willing to take on the prescribing of their drug. In each case the reason given for the need for a new doctor was their previous doctor's retiring or otherwise no longer being available for the task. In each case a brief interview revealed the nature of the injury or physical problem to be either minor or at best partially diagnosed. Further, there is a turn of phrase, an urgency, a worn thin quality to their stories, which informs the practiced listener that driving the call is addiction. The previous prescriber had created a demon and had withdrawn.
As I reflect on why this wave of opiate addiction is so rapidly gaining hold in America, I realize that the answer lies in the new realities of how doctors must practice to earn their livelihood. Listening to Bill Clinton, the only campaign speaker to try to get across the mechanics of Obamacare, I learned for the first time where the funding ($617 billion) for the proposed expansion of medical insurance coverage was to come from: Hospitals, private insurers and doctors.
A proposed 27% cut in Medicare payments to physicians, already so low as to drive many physicians to refuse to see Medicare patients, is part of the agreed legislation. It is not clear that private medical practice as we know it will survive at all under these cuts. In the past five years physicians have annually fought off a pending far smaller cut, as the austere economics of managed care compels them to compromise and see increasing numbers of patients each hour. This requisite for what government administrators might call "efficiency", cuts deeply into a commodity precious to diagnosis and patient care, especially precious in pain management; adequate time for listening, for which, under managed care, there is no commensurate reimbursement. Pain has its own special, unfortunate place in this new cut-costs at all cost system. Back and neck problems, vague complaints of limb pain can be challenging at the best of times and may take long and repeated visits, interviewing and examining to fathom and correctly treat. It takes not so much diligence as time to apply skill in getting to the bottom of some of these complaints. And time is what is rationed under this new system. In this time-is-at-a-premium climate one understands how for a harried physician, prescribing a pain killer becomes an expedient substitute for a lengthy diagnostic encounter. Indeed, in the last decade, the use of opiates in general practice pain management has become increasingly the norm. The sad truth is that under economic exigency prescribing in all fields, whether it be drugs or expensive laboratory or imaging testing, is dramatically escalating; too often replacing appropriate, in-depth office encounters between physician and patient, such that a precious gem of spoken information, which might provide the key, is never heard. This pattern is only growing: Enough pain killers were prescribed in 2010 to medicate every American adult around-the-clock for a month.
If one examines the whole story of opiate use more closely, one finds that (here too) there is another hidden and costly outcome: these prescription drugs can readily reach those for whom they were never intended. A bottle of half finished opiates lying somewhere at home can tempt a teenager, and these drugs have the power to addict within three days of use. Further, less well intentioned callers at doctors' offices have learned to mimic pain, to see multiple doctors with the same story, and then sell the prescribed drugs for handsome profits.
Looking ahead one sees that in a system where symptoms are treated, but the source of pain remains, a growing number of patients will become chronic pain sufferers. And as long as managed care continues to manifest as "efficiencies" in medical practices; doctors' remuneration for office visits progressively is whittled down, and opiate-based pills become faster acting and more powerful, the inevitable outcome tragically is even greater opiate addiction in America.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
The Snowden Penetration
Section 798 of the United States Code makes is a very tough law when it come to communications intelligence. It makes it a federal crime if a person "knowingly and willfully communicates, furnishes, transmits, or otherwise makes available to an unauthorized person, or publishes, or uses in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States" any classified information concerning communication intelligence. It is indeed so severe that no one working at the NSA has taken misappropriated any classified documents from an NSA facility up until Snowden's penetration.
According to Glenn Greenwald, the journalist through which Snowden released classified documents to The Guardian, Snowden took "literally thousands" of documents that constituted "basically the instruction manual" of the methods that the NSA uses for intercepting communications. Snowden did not accidently stumble on this trove of classified data. He took a position with Booz Allen Hamilton in March 2012 so he could gain access to this super-secret communications intelligence. After working there for about two months, and systematically misappropriating the data, he escaped with it to Hong Kong and told the South China Morning Post , "My position with Booz Allen Hamilton granted me access to lists of machines all over the world the NSA hacked, that is why I accepted that position." In short, Snowden's penetration was planned to get classified data from the NSA, and his flight to Hong Kong, where he was joined by Greenwald and others, was planned so that he could publish part of these misappropriated documents
My question would be, then: Was he alone in this enterprise to misappropriate communications intelligence?
Before taking the job in Hawaii, Snowden was in contact with three people who would later help arrange the publication of the material he purloined– Greenwald, filmmaker Laura Poitras, and Washington Post Journalist Barton Gellman. Two of these individuals, Greenwald and Poitras, were on the Board of the Freedom of the Press Foundation that, among other things, funds WikiLeaks
In January 2013, according to the Washington Post, Mr. Snowden requested that Poitras get an encryption key for Skype so that they could have a secure channel over which to communicate.
In February, he made a similar request to Greenwald, providing him with a step-by-step video on how to set up encrypted communications.
On May 16th, Snowden made an extraordinary offer to Gellman, According to Gellman, Snowden (using the cryptonynm, Verax) offered to 41 slides of a secret NSA power-point presentation of a covert operation if the Washington Post would also publish on its website a "cryptographic key" so Snowden could prove to an unnamed foreign embassy he was the source of the document leak. Although Gellman turned down this curious demand, it suggests that Snowden either was in contact with, or planned to be, with a foreign embassy in May.
On May 20, three months into his job, Snowden falsely claimed to his employer that he needed treatment for epilepsy. The purpose of the cover story was to conceal his escape to Hong Kong, where the operation to steal U.S. secrets would be brought to fruition.
Greenwald and Poitras also flew to Hong Kong. They were later joined by Sarah Harrison, a WikiLeaks representative who works closely with Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder. Mr. Snowden reportedly brought the misappropriated data to Hong Kong on four laptops and a thumb drive. He gave some of the communications intelligence to Greenwald, who had arranged to publish it in the Guardian, and Snowden arranged to have Poitras make a video of him issuing a statement that would be released on the Guardian's website. At least 3 lawyers were retained In Hong Kong to deal with the authorities.
This orchestration did not occur in a vacuum. Airfares, hotel bills and other expenses over this period had to be paid. A safe house had to be secured in Hong Kong. Lawyers had to be retained, and safe passage to Moscow—a trip on which Snowden was accompanied by WikiLeaks' Sarah Harrison—had to be organized.
The world now knows that the misappropriation of U.S. communications intelligence began appearing in the Guardian and other publications on June 5, and Snowden left Hong Kong for the Moscow airport on June 21. A question that remains to be answered: Who, if anyone, aided and abetted this well-planned theft of U.S. secrets?
Monday, June 03, 2013
The Five Best Books on Unsolved Crime
By Charles Raw (1992)
1. One of the greatest unsolved crimes of the modern era proceeds from the bizarre hanging under Blackfriars Bridge in London in 1982 of "God's banker," Roberto Calvi, so called because he invested the Vatican's funds. The Vatican bank later discovered a hole in its accounts that swallowed up a large part of the Vatican's available funds. As the investigation into Calvi's death deepened, it opened a Pandora's box of machinations involving the Banco Ambrosiano, which Calvi headed; a Masonic Lodge in Italy that was allegedly planning a coup d'état; the Mafia and even the CIA. Enter Charles Raw, a star reporter on the (London) Sunday Times. He devoted more than nine years untangling the threads, following a trail that led him to anonymous corporations in Latin America and Europe, and revealed that nearly a quarter of a billion dollars had been siphoned from accounts controlled by the Vatican. Even without solving the crime, Raw provides a fascinating tour of the offshore banking world and a surfeit of individuals with a plausible motive for murder. In doing so, he demonstrates that an unsolved crime can offer an extraordinary education in the dark side of finance.
Blood and Fire
By John Marquis (2005)
2. Murder can be an especially murky business when it involves a member of the royal family. During World War II, Britain sent the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated as king, to the Bahamas, partly out of concern over his connections in Germany. There he was made governor-general and befriended Harry Oakes, a gold miner who was by far the richest man in the Bahamas. When, on the night of July 7, 1943, Oakes was murdered in his bed, the duke moved to stifle the case by imposing press censorship and by bringing in two unsavory police detectives from Miami. The investigators proceeded to frame Oakes's son-in-law, an innocent man who was ultimately acquitted. That left an unsolved crime for local newspaperman John Marquis to write this superb book about. Marquis brilliantly reconstructs the murder, the investigation and the royal coverup. He makes a powerful case that the Duke of Windsor had to close the case quickly to prevent the FBI from uncovering his own involvement in Oakes's illicit money transfers. It would have made a great plot for a James Bond novel, but, in Marquis's skillful hands, it makes an even better nonfiction thriller.
Blood on the Snow
By Jan Bondeson (2005)
3. On Feb. 28, 1986, at 11:21 p.m., Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was fatally shot while walking toward a Stockholm subway station. Other than his wife, who was also wounded, there were no witnesses. The assassin jogged away, and the murder weapon was never found. A somewhat deranged homeless man was convicted of the crime but later acquitted for lack of physical evidence. With the case remaining open, no fewer than 130 people falsely confessed (a phenomenon that turns out to be anything but rare in such cases). Jan Bondeson, a doctor, scientist and investigator of unsolved mysteries, has written an extraordinarily penetrating book on the case, complete with a vivid minute-by-minute account of the crime as well as a detailed description of the failed police investigation and, best of all, a keen analysis of the byzantine political and financial intrigues in which Palme had been involved.
White Mischief
By James Fox (1982)
4. As in the best crime fiction, James Fox masterfully illuminates not only a crime but also the social milieu in which it occurred. On Jan. 24, 1941, the 22nd Earl of Erroll was found shot to death in his Buick on a lonely road in the British colony of Kenya. No weapon was recovered, and no one was found who saw the shooting. The prime suspect, Sir Jock Delves Broughton, was assumed to have a motive because he had been cuckolded by the earl. He was arrested and tried but acquitted for lack of evidence. Fox, schooled in investigative reporting at the (London) Sunday Times, opens "White Mischief" à la Agatha Christie, by noting that "there were many people in Kenya who had a motive for killing Erroll, and many who had the opportunity that night." He then uses the earl's murder as a vehicle for exploring the philandering, debauchery, adultery and other intrigues of the wealthy, titled colonials known as the "Happy Valley set." Though he doesn't solve the Erroll's crime, he brilliantly chronicles the decline and fall of this upper-class society. As in fiction, this story of wife-swapping, drug parties and betrayals can have only one ending—a murder.
Jack the Ripper—CSI: Whitechapel
By Paul Begg and John Bennett (2012)
5. Over 100 books have been written about Jack the Ripper, even though there is not a shred of evidence identifying the man who murdered several London women in 1888. Indeed, much of the lore about him, including his name, is likely fictitious, the products of a circulation war among the British tabloids. (Editors were not above generating scoops by publishing, if not writing, hoax letters about Jack.) Nor was there any physical evidence, since when the attacks occurred, London police were not yet using forensic tools such as fingerprint, blood and hair identification. All that is really known as fact is that six or seven London prostitutes were brutally killed in a similar manner in the Whitechapel area. Paul Begg and John Bennett's book greatly clarifies the mystery with a detailed reconstruction of each murder, featuring both photographs and computer-generated renderings of the historic crime scenes. Begg, a "Ripperologist" for more than 40 years, and Bennett, a researcher in the history of the East End of London, bring new life to what may be the ultimate cold case.
A version of this article appeared June 1, 2013, on page C10 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Edward Jay Epstein.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Is Amanda Knox Innocent?
Amanda Knox's ordeal began on November 1, 2007 with the brutal murder of Meredith Kercher, a twenty-one-year-old British exchange student, in a groundfloor flat in a cottage shared by four young women in Perugia, Italy. When police arrived the next morning, they found Kercher's body with several knife wounds, her clothing strewn around, and a broken window. They did not find a murder weapon. It was a holiday weekend; the seven other tenants of the cottage– including four men in the basement flat– all claimed to have been away on the night of the murder, including one other exchange student who was there when the police arrived: Amanda Knox. Knox, an angel-faced twenty-year-old student from Seattle, Washington, told police that she had spent the night at the home of her new boyfriend Raphaele Sollecito. Sollecito, who was standing with her, confirmed her alibi.
While the police investigators had no immediate witnesses to the murder and no murder weapon, they had a blood-stained bedroom in which the coroner determined that the victim was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death. This crime scene was crucial to solving the case since as the great French criminologist Edmond Locard suggested nearly a century ago, even the most careful criminal is likely to leave behind a hair, clothing fiber, a fingerprint or other trace of himself or herself. The crime scene in
Perugia contained more than enough such clues fully to identify the assailant. There were fourteen identifiable fingerprints in the room, a palm print on the blood-stained pillow under the victim's body, a sneaker print in the blood on the floor. DNA of a person other than Sollecito or any other tenant was found inside Kercher's vagina and on her purse. (Kercher's money was missing from that purse.) All those clues were marks of a single individual, though it took over a month to identify him. He was Rudy Guede, a twenty-year-old drifter from the Ivory Coast, who had broken into other homes in the area. Less than a week before the murder, Guede had even been temporarily detained by police in Milan for breaking into a nursery and stealing an eleven-inch kitchen knife.
The crime scene could establish from Guede's fingerprints that he had been inside the victim's room, from his DNA inside Kercher's vagina that he had had sexual contact with her, and from his sneaker impression found on the floor in her blood, his palm print found in her blood on the pillow, and his DNA found on her purse, that he had been in the room after she was stabbed. His description, moreover, fit that of a black man whom two witnesses had seen on the street running away from the cottage that night
Shortly after the murder, Guede had fled to Germany. It took more than a month to capture him. He was then extradited to Italy, tried, and in October of 2008, convicted of both the sexual assault upon Kercher and Kercher's murder.
The belated identification of a local burglar as the intruder and sexual assailant did not, however, end the ordeal of Amanda Knox. In the interim, the chief prosecutor, Giuliano Mignini had developed a theory that Knox - whom he described as a "she-devil" - had murdered her roommate and staged the evidence of a break-in. Knox had been imprisoned. For Mignini to abandon his "she-devil" theory, even after Guede's arrest, could prove an embarrassment. In an earlier, so-called "Monster of Florence case," he had already advanced a "Satanic theory" -- in which he attributed a string of unsolved murders to a Satanic cult who killed young women to use their body parts in black masses. His efforts in that pursuit of a non-existent cult resulted in him being criminally indicted for prosecutorial misconduct. (He was still under that indictment in 2007.) If his "she-devil" characterization of Knox were to fail as well, the prosecutor mght be further discredited.
The solution Mignini now found was to expand the "She-Devil" theory to include Guede, and to claim that Knox teamed up with Guede and her boyfriend to kill her flat-mate after a sex game.
The initial crime scene investigation had not produced a shred of evidence that Knox had been in the room at the time of the murder. Under interrogation, Knox had, however, lied to police. She had falsely told them that she had witnessed the Congolese-born owner of a nearby bar, Patrick Lumumba, murder Kercher. Knox had worked part-time for that bar. Lumumba denied having ever ben at the cottage. He was, nonetheless, arrested --- as were Knox and her boyfriend Sollecito. Lumumba was fortunate enough to have a solid alibi for the night of the murder. He was released. Knox repudiated her accusation. In her new book, "Waiting To Be Heard," she says the accusation was a pure fabrication, induced by police intimidation.
The false statement makes Knox a liar, but not at all, by implication, a murderer. A recent study of criminal justice in the US by law professor Brandon Garrett shows it is not uncommon for innocent people to lie under police pressure; indeed no fewer than forty people out of 250 who were convicted and later exonerated by DNA evidence, had falsely confessed to crimes they did not commit.
In Knox's case, Italian prosecutors in their subsequent investigation did find two bits of DNA that could support a conspiracy theory. The first was taken from a knife found in Sollecito's kitchen and matched Knox's DNA. The second bit of DNA was taken from Kercher's bra clasp and matched Sollecitto's DNA. As it turned out, both DNA samples were later invalidated by the appeals court because of a serious flaw: the police technician who examined them had failed to change her lab gloves between examining DNA samples, raising the possibility of cross-contamination. That "evidence" was invalidated, leaving none. In the absence of any physical evidence against them, Knox and Sollecito were acquitted by the appellate court.
In Italy, prosecutors have the right to appeal an acquittal. On March 25, 2013, at the request of the prosecutor, a Court of Cassation overturned the acquittal of Knox, ordering her to be tried again for a crime, which an appellate court had found there was absolutely no evidence that she committed. The United States Constitution, under its Double Jeopardy provisions, protects individuals from being retried for crimes of which they have been acquitted. It would be a violation of Knox's constitutional rights as a United States citizen to return her to Italy to be tried again. It would also, of course, be a travesty of justice for an Italian prosecutor to use her case as a means to revive a his reputation, as an advocate of Satanic and She-Devil conspiracy theory.
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Oscar Taveras killed in car accident
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The Cardinals were hit with devastating news on Sunday, when it was learned that top prospect Oscar Taveras was killed in a car accident back home in the Dominican Republic. Taveras' agent, Brian Mejia, confirmed the news to MLB.com. Reached by phone, general manager John Mozeliak said that he, too, had heard from Mejia, but that the organization was waiting for a few more details before confirming the news with a public statement.
Mozeliak did say: "Obviously, we have deep condolences to his family. We are still waiting for more details before issuing a full statement."
Taveras was 22.
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A change of seasons. And a thank you.
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Forgive me for not posting this thank you earlier, but season wrap-up duties and a spot on our MLB.com World Series coverage team has kept me quite busy since the Cardinals' season ended last Thursday. In fact, I'm back in San Francisco right now, though this time to assist with coverage of Missouri's other postseason participant.
Anyways, as you all continue with the transition from in-season to offseason, I did want to pause and offer a sincere thanks to all who have followed MLB.com's coverage during this 2014 ride. I have enjoyed interacting with many of you through various social media forums, and I appreciate you making cardinals.com a regular stop as you seek comprehensive Cardinals coverage. I know you all have limited time and so many other options, so thank you for sticking around.
For those who may visit this blog more regularly than the other sites I maintain, let me encourage you to make Cardinals.com your primary stop. That is where you will continue to find the most comprehensive team coverage, including this offseason, as I'll be posting stories almost daily over there. This blog will serve as a supplement to that coverage, but it won't be updated as frequently.
For those connected through social media, I will continue to provide daily updates on Twitter (@LangoschMLB) and Facebook (Jenifer Langosch for Cardinals.com). I also maintain a Flipboard page (St. Louis Cardinals for MLB.com) for those who like to consume their news on a tablet.
As mentioned above, you can expect regular Cardinals content throughout the offseason in order to keep you up-to-date on player movement, Hot Stove speculation and 2015 projections. For those who may have missed it, several stories have already been posted this week:
- A wrap-up of the 2014 season, hitting the highlights, the lowlights and all that fell in between.
- CF Jon Jay underwent wrist surgery this week.
- The organization is inviting back its full coaching staff.
- Early plans for filling a hole in right field next year have Randal Grichuk and Oscar Taveras in the spotlight.
- The Cardinals look to be on the verge of getting new Spring Training neighbors, which would ensure they remain in Jupiter.
- Arizona Fall League feature on Mitch Harris' journey from the Navy to the prospect-rich fall league.
- Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina have been named Gold Glove finalists.
- Offseason Outlook: Who will stay? Who will go? Where do the Cardinals have work to do?
- Wainwright undergoes minor surgery to his ailing right elbow.
Again, thank you for your continued interaction and interest.
Wainwright undergoes right elbow surgery
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After pitching through on-and-off elbow discomfort this season, Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright had a piece of cartilage trimmed from his right elbow on Friday. The procedure is not expected to affect his readiness for Spring Training, as Wainwright should be able to resume throwing in eight weeks, after six weeks of physical therapy.
The Cardinals confirmed the surgery after the fact, this news coming just days after general manager John Mozeliak announced that doctors had examined Wainwright's elbow last Friday and prescribed him rest. After that press conference, Wainwright received a second opinion on his elbow, at which time it was determined that surgery was the best way to address the issue. He had an MRI as part of both examinations.
Wainwright missed one start due to elbow tendinitis in June and then fought through discomfort at various points afterward. There were times when Wainwright had to alter his mechanics as a result, though he repeatedly insisted that he was not concerned that continuing to pitch would cause additional damage to his ulnar collateral ligament, which was repaired when he underwent Tommy John surgery in 2011.
Talk about his elbow problems went away in September, when Wainwright went 5-0 with a 1.38 ERA to help lead the Cardinals to a division title. But it quickly resurfaced during the postseason when manager Mike Matheny hinted that Wainwright was not at full strength. Wainwright couldn't get through five innings in either of his first two playoff starts.
Nevertheless, the organization referred to reports about Wainwright pitching through elbow pain this postseason as "overblown." Wainwright did quiet the speculation, at least briefly, with a strong seven-inning start in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series. It would be the last time he pitched.
The assumption regarding Wainwright's elbow issues was that it had to do with the fatigue of throwing 519 2/3 innings since the start of the 2013 season. No Major League pitcher has carried a heavier two-year workload. Mozeliak had already said the club will be more deliberate in curtailing that workload next year so as to avoid putting such a strain on Wainwright's arm.
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Oscar Taveras on weight, winter ball
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Hours before Oscar Taveras hit the second of four Cardinals homers in Game 2, general manager John Mozeliak offered some pointed comments about the rookie right-fielder's season and what is expected of him this offseason. If you missed the full story, you can catch up on the details here.
Since then, Taveras, speaking to MLB.com Spanish reporter David Venn, addressed some of those comments, including the topics of weight and winter ball.
"I'm a little heavy; I've gained a few pounds," Taveras said. "But I'm working on that, and physically I feel good. When this [season] is over, I'm really going to prepare myself. I'm going to come back [to St. Louis] less heavy and ready for next year."
Speculation is that Taveras has gained about 20 pounds since undergoing ankle surgery last August.
When asked about the possibility of Taveras playing winter ball this offseason, Mozeliak said he would prefer to have the young outfielder engage in a stringent and supervised workout regimen, preferably here in the US. Getting Taveras in shape, Mozeliak said, was more a priority than getting Taveras additional at-bats.
Taveras, however, said he would like to play for the Aguilas Cibaenas club in the Dominican Winter League.
"That's the decision I've made," Taveras said. "Now I have to wait and see what the team says. But I've decided I want to play at least in December to keep in shape and keep working on my routine, my personal training. I need to play more. That's why I want to play, to get in shape."
It was unclear whether Taveras and the Cardinals have had a conversation yet about Taveras' offseason plans. There is always the potential that the two sides come to some sort of compromise that would allow Taveras to play just a portion of the DWL season.
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NLCS Game 3: Cardinals (1-1) @ Giants (1-1)
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It's not much of a surprise, but now it is official: Yadier Molina will not start Game 3. Despite Molina's insistence on Monday that he will play again this postseason, the reality is that he is dealing with an injury that rarely goes away in 48 hours. For that (and other reasons), it made too much sense not to go with A.J. Pierzynski behind the plate.
Though this will be Pierzynski's first start since Sept. 11, he has a season-long history with Game 3 starter John Lackey. They have been batterymates 20 times this season, and both are plenty comfortable with the arrangement. It doesn't hurt, either, that Pierzynski is 8-for-21 in his career against Giants starter Tim Hudson.
Surely, San Francisco is ready to welcome Pierzynski back, too… with raining boos. He never endeared himself to the folks here during his one season (2004) as a Giant. San Francisco traded a lot of talent (Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano) to acquire Pierzynski, then released him after one season.
Molina had started 83 straight postseason games for the Cardinals before today.
With Molina out of the lineup, Pierzynski will also slide up into the sixth spot in the batting order. Manager Mike Matheny is sticking with Randal Grichuk in right field, apparently still siding with defense over Oscar Taveras. Peter Bourjos would have been another strong defensive option in this ballpark, but he remains on the bench.
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Molina remaining on NLCS roster, hopes to play
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A day after suffering a left oblique injury that he described as the "worst pain I have ever felt in my career," Yadier Molina played catch out on the AT&T Park outfield grass and spoke adamantly afterward that his season is not over.
The Cardinals have characterized Molina's condition as day-to-day, and manager Mike Matheny confirmed on Monday that the club will keep Molina on its active postseason roster. Not only does that keep Molina as an option for this best-of-seven National League Championship Series, but it would also allow him the chance to play if the Cardinals advance to the World Series.
Major League Baseball requires that any player taken off the active roster in the postseason also sit in the subsequent round. That means a move now would effectively end Molina's year.
"That's a tough rule with having to lose him not just the rest of this [series], but if we were fortunate enough to move on, we wouldn't have him, as well," Matheny said. "Right now it's just looking at what he could bring to the table and he could bring the ability to come into a game and help us out defensively, and hopefully improve to the point where we could use him offensively, as well. We don't know. It's just to make a knee jerk reaction right now, I don't think is the best decision for our club."
Molina did not swing a bat on Monday, but he did play catch and reported feeling much looser than expected when he woke up this morning. The Cardinals delayed their charter flight out of St. Louis after Game 2 so that Molina, who had left the ballpark to be examined, could join them on the trip.
"I woke up moving a little better," Molina said. "I feel good enough to catch."
Molina said he first felt discomfort on his left side when he singled in his first at-bat on Sunday. That sensation is what led Molina to lay down a sacrifice bunt his next time up. In his third at-bat, Molina never budged from the batters' box as the Giants turned a double play.
Asked to describe how he felt at that moment, Molina said, "It's like someone is nailing you with a knife. It's a tough pain."
That's why both player and team were pleasantly surprised at how much improved Molina was the day after. Molina didn't rule out returning to the field as early as Tuesday, though being included in the starting lineup would require he first test his oblique with some swings.
He received several forms of treatment on Monday, including massage therapy, STEM therapy and ice. He is also taking oral medication to try and expedite the recovery process. Molina said concerns about reaggravating his side will not keep him off the field.
"Right now, you can't think about it," Molina said. "Right now, you have to go out and give everything you have, even if it's 50 percent. Go for your team and for yourself and try to win games. You can't think about anything else.
"If I get the chance to play again, I won't think about my side. I'm going to think about winning the game. I'll take care of my side here in the clubhouse, but when I'm out there, I won't think about it."
Even if Molina isn't cleared to resume swinging, Matheny said he wouldn't rule out sending the veteran backstop into the field as a defensive replacement while the recovery process is ongoing.
"If we have a small lead, there's no reason why we couldn't do that, from what I saw [of him catching on Monday]," Matheny said. "We needed to see Yadi move around a little bit today and see him throw. He answered questions that. Quite honestly, I didn't think we would be able to answer the way that we are right now. That's encouraging for us and encouraging for our club.
"Once again we'll take him in any capacity, even if it's a cheerleader on the bench. But to have him active and as a weapon to be able to brought in late in the game, that is very valuable to us."
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NLCS Game 1: Giants (0-0) @ Cardinals (0-0)
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The Cardinals open their best-of-seven series against the Giants tonight with Adam Wainwright on the mound. San Francisco will counter with Madison Bumgarner, who has a 0.78 ERA (two earned runs; 23 innings pitched) in three career playoff road starts. He hasn't allowed a run on the road in his last 19 innings the third-longest such streak in Giants history.
Wainwright (who insists his right elbow is fine) has some sterling postseason numbers of his own, however. Of the 12 Cardinals pitchers with at least 15 innings pitched in the NLCS, Wainwright has the lowest ERA (1.59).
The Cardinals have again included four left-handed batters against Bumgarner and have little hesitation doing so given the left-on-left success this club had against the Dodgers last round.
So how important is winning Game 1? Since the LCS was implemented in 1969, 30 of the 44 NL teams to win Game 1 have gone on to win the series. In more recent times, though, that margin hasn't been so wide. Since 2005, the Game 1 winner is 5-4 in the NLCS. The Cardinals are 5-2 in Game 1 of the NLCS when playing it at home.
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Cardinals set NLCS roster
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Comfortable in trimming their bullpen back to seven, the Cardinals have opted to add catcher A.J. Pierzynski onto their 25-man roster for the National League Championship Series. The organization opened that roster spot by removing lefty Sam Freeman, who walked the only two batters he faced in the NL Division Series.
By adding Pierzynski as a third catcher, the Cardinals allow themselves the flexibility to use either the left-handed hitting Pierzynski or the right-handed hitting Tony Cruz in a pinch-hit spot. With only two catchers last round, the Cardinals had to hold off on using Cruz in case he was needed for emergency catching duty later in the game. He never was.
Here is the full roster breakdown:
- Starting pitchers: Adam Wainwright, Lance Lynn, John Lackey and Shelby Miller
- Relievers: Trevor Rosenthal, Pat Neshek, Marco Gonzales, Randy Choate, Carlos Martinez, Seth Maness, Michael Wacha
- Catchers: Yadier Molina, Tony Cruz, Pierzynski
- Infielders: Matt Adams, Kolten Wong, Jhonny Peralta, Matt Carpenter, Daniel Descalso, Pete Kozma
- Outfielders: Matt Holliday, Jon Jay, Randal Grichuk, Oscar Taveras, Peter Bourjos
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NLCS start time announced
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Major League Baseball announced start times for the National League Championship Series (Cardinals vs. Giants) today. Here is the rundown of dates, locations and times:
Game 1 at Busch Stadium: Saturday, Oct. 11 at 7:07 pm CT
Game 2 at Busch Stadium: Sunday, Oct. 12 at 7:07 pm CT
Game 3 at AT&T Park: Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 3:07 pm CT
Game 4 at AT&T Park: Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 7:07 pm CT
Game 5 at AT&T Park: Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7:07 pm CT (if necessary)
Game 6 at Busch Stadium: Saturday, Oct. 18 at 3:07 pm CT (if necessary)
Game 7 at Busch Stadium: Sunday, Oct. 19 at 6:37 pm CT (if necessary)
Games 1 and 6 will be televised on FOX. All other games will be shown on Fox Sports 1.
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NLDS Game 4: Dodgers (1-2) @ Cardinals (2-1)
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A win in Monday's swing game of the NLDS presents the Cardinals with as many as two opportunities to close out the series against the Dodgers. In the three previous NLDS matchups in which they held a 2-1 series lead, the Cardinals won each. The club is also 3-0 at home in NLDS Game 4s.
Shelby Miller has waited two years for a postseason start, and he gets it today in a potential clincher game. During the regular season, Miller started just once against the Dodgers (5 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 3 BB, 4 K on June 29), but that was before he retooled his repertoire by adding in a sinker and throwing the curveball with more conviction. Miller also faced Los Angeles in his lone relief appearance of the year.
Here is more from Miller about the opportunity to make his first career postseason start.
The Dodgers are going without Yasiel Puig in their lineup today, subbing Andre Ethier into the outfield instead. Puig has three hits in the series but has also struck out eight times in 12 at-bats. Asked several times about the lineup change, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said over and over that he felt Etheir "gives us the best chance to win today." Ethier tagged Miller for a three-run homer in June.
The Cardinals, in contrast, are sticking with the lineup that won them Game 3. That includes keeping Kolten Wong in it. Against Clayton Kershaw in Game 1, the Cardinals started Pete Kozma at second base instead.
"There's a guy that's swinging the bat well and he's showing that he's putting together good at bats against lefties just like he is the righties," manager Mike Matheny said of Wong. "And he's somebody that once he gets going in a good direction, we just try to keep him going."
The only thing the Cardinals came unprepared to do on Tuesday was travel. Matheny opted not to have his players bring luggage to the ballpark for a possible flight to Los Angeles should the team lose Game 4. If the team does need to fly back to LA for a Game 5, the Cardinals will do so on Wednesday.
"We've done a real nice job of staying in the moment and today's our day," Matheny said. "We're not being presumptuous. It's just: let's play the game and we'll figure it out after that."
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As the summer vacation period is coming to an end, spice up the days before school starts with some fun books from our Boredom Busters! display here at the library. We have selected some joke books, books of riddles, origami books, drawing books, and many others to challenge and entertain you. If we do not have what you need, please ask at the circulation desk and we will be happy to request it for you.
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Seal: Gearing Up For Heidi Klum Divorce Battle?by Free Britney at . Comments
Seal has filed his response to Heidi Klum's divorce petition, and it looks like he's got a bone to pick regarding the couple's financial and custody situation.
Heidi claims there's a postnuptial agreement, which means there are no joint or community assets. But Seal's papers make no mention of the postnup.
How much is on the line? Heidi is worth an estimated $70 million. Seal is worth around $15 million. So potentially a lot, depending on how it's settled.
Interestingly, Seal is asking for joint physical custody of their four kids, while Heidi wants primary physical custody, with Seal getting visitation rights.
Heidi almost always has the kids when Seal is away, and given that he's away a lot on tour, giving her primary physical custody seemed like a no-brainer.
She isn't trying to block him from visitation, either, but who knows what goes on behind closed doors, or when there are divorce lawyers involved.
Seal also wants the judge to deny spousal support to Heidi, and vice versa. Given both of their fortunes, it's likely neither is entitled to support.
As for the date of separation, Seal is non-committal. He says it hasn't been determined. Heidi claims the date of separation was January 19, 2012.
That's just two days before their surprising split became public.
it does not matter color, someone said its cultural exceptable for blacks to behave badly and its also socially exceptable for whites to kill their whole family and have incest with their kids for the almighty dollar you do not hear of blacks doing that, blacks were not raised that way so to true,who made that comment you can put your foot in your mouth and you are probably with a black girl as we speak
black men are so good in bed but so bad in goods.
well I do love big black c... I just enjoy them and after the climax I dismiss them but never marry or take them to home.
Shakespeare's Othello and Desdemona! Art and Reality! However my heart goes for the four children, especially the three with Othello! Their lives can never be 'normal' whatever 'normal' could mean nowadays!!! Sad but true!!! Feel like finiahed reading Shakespeare's "OTHELLO"
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The above comments are a disgrace to the writers. Seal and Heidi just want to move on.
only time interracial marriages work is if black person acts white. no white person can take a black's ghetto ways for too long; whites were not raised that way. in black culture it is socially acceptable to behave badly. therefore, a black person needs to work hard to learn to behave the correct way.
who cares if they are a mixed couple divorce is never pretty especially if the kids are being fought over it is sad and people should feel bad that they are going through such a rough time
@SMH- your right - when a black marries a blonde trophy- knowing full well he can't go the distance- saddles her with his kids! That in itself is racism.
@ All Saints- She is just like every other white woman that goes Black. She wants attention. Wants to be part of a trend. Later- she realizes she will never escape this Ball N Chain she has self inflicted upon herself.