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Dr. Rajiv Shah led the efforts of nearly 10,000 staff in more than 70 countries around the world to advance USAID's mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting resilient, democratic societies.
Under Dr. Shah's leadership, USAID applied innovative technologies and engaged the private sector to solve the world's most intractable development challenges. This new model of development brings together an increasingly diverse community—from large companies to local civil society groups to communities of faith—to deliver meaningful results.
Dr. Shah led President Obama's landmark Feed the Future and Power Africa initiatives and has refocused America's global health partnerships to end preventable child death. Feed the Future, alone, has improved nutrition for 12 million children and empowered more than 7 million farmers with climate-smart tools they need to grow their way out of extreme poverty. In April 2014, USAID launched the U.S. Global Development Lab to harness the expertise of the world's brightest scientists, students, and entrepreneurs. At the same time, the newly formed Private Capital Group for Development forges a more strategic relationship between private capital and development.
Dr. Shah also managed the U.S. Government's humanitarian response to catastrophic crises around the world, from the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
Through an extensive set of reforms called "USAID Forward," Dr. Shah worked with the United States Congress to transform USAID into the world's premier development Agency that prioritizes public-private partnerships, innovation, and meaningful results. He currently serves on the boards of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, as well as participates on the National Security Council.
Previously, Dr. Shah served as Undersecretary and Chief Scientist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he created the National Institute for Food and Agriculture. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, he spent eight years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he led efforts in global health, agriculture, and financial services, including the creation of the International Finance Facility for Immunization.
He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and the Wharton School of Business. He regularly appears in the media and has delivered keynote addresses before the U.S. Military Academy, the National Prayer Breakfast, and diverse audiences across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Dr. Shah was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He has served as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, been named to Fortune's 40 Under 40, and has received multiple honorary degrees.
He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Shivam Mallick Shah and three children and has given up mountain climbing for family bicycle rides.
On behalf of the U.S. Embassy-Manila's United States International Agency for Development (USAID), I thank you for the privilege to join you today as we recognize the accomplishment of the first batch of C4C graduates.
USAID supports the Philippine Government's work in enhancing the public sector's communication expertise to improve the health of the nation, especially in the areas of maternal and child health, family planning, TB, and HIV/AIDS.
Over the past decade Vietnam has experienced exponential economic growth. While this is an enviable position to be in, I understand there are serious concerns as to how the country is going to fuel this rapid expansion. By implementing a robust program to promote energy efficiency, the Ministry of Construction can have a meaningful effect on national rates of energy consumption and save significant amounts in power production to boost energy security. Another significant impact is the lowering of growth in greenhouse gas emissions.
We honor the sacrifices of these diplomatic and development colleagues, whose quiet, often unheralded work to save lives and advance human dignity represented the best of our American values to the world. They have advanced these values in some of the toughest corners of the world through our long-term quest to end hunger and child death; strengthen peace and security; and provide help when disaster strikes. This mission serves as the forward defense of our nation. It keeps us safe; it keeps us prosperous. And we honor the names on the walls of both our institutions whose courage in this service knew no bounds.
First, I want to congratulate Dr. Ludeki Chweya on his recent appointment as Director General of the Kenya School of Government.
Last year, the Kenya School of Government and USAID partnered to bring a program on Investment Appraisal that received a strong support and commitment from Ministry of Devolution and Planning, Ministry of Finance, Treasury, and other key Government of Kenya entities.
On behalf of the U.S. Government, I thank you for the privilege to join you today as we renew a noble promise. In 1990, the Philippines, along with 175 countries around the globe, pledged at the World Summit for Child Survival and Development to save women and children from dying of preventable causes. Since then, the Philippines has made significant progress to reduce child mortality. From 1998 to 2011, deaths among children under the age of 5 decreased from 48 for every 1,000 live births to 30.
Now, four years ago, the QDDR provided the strategic foundation to answer President Obama's call to transform USAID into a modern development enterprise. With direction from the QDDR, we implemented a suite of ambitious reforms that have changed the way we do business around the world. And I'm not going to reiterate the full list of those actions taken or steps forward, but I would note that today you can download an app on your iPhone and pull up hundreds of rigorous, high-quality programmatic evaluations that demonstrates that development and the execution of development cooperation is, in fact, a discipline that needs to be informed by evidence, data, excellence, and delivering real, concrete results.
It is a pleasure to see you all here today and thank you for coming to the closing event of USAID's TransACTION project. I am also pleased to have this opportunity to share a few thoughts on our partnership in the fight against HIV and AIDS and what we have accomplished with the project. TransACTION was USAID's flagship project—funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)—for HIV prevention here in Ethiopia. The project has been working hard to prevent new HIV and sexually transmitted infections and to strengthen linkages to care and support services in 119 towns. It has largely been successful in doing so.
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Honorable Felix Koskei, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries; Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.
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The Honorable Jack Ranguma, Governor of Kisumu County;
The Chairman of KIWASCO – Israel Agina ;
KIWASCO Managing Director - Engineer David Onyango;
Colleagues from the World Bank and USAID;
Partners in USAID's Sustainable Water and Sanitation for Africa program;
Ladies and gentlemen;
Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to participate in the commissioning of Nyamasaria Water Project. It is an exciting day for me and I am happy to bear witness to the commissioning of this water project.
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I am delighted to join you at this launch of a new series of training that could propel some of you to political office.
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Court ruling could tie OSC's hands when it comes whistleblowers
Monday - 3/25/2013, 6:31pm EDT
Adam Miles, director of policy and congressional affairs, OSC
The Office of Special Counsel is "deeply concerned" about the implications of a federal court ruling that stripped low-level Defense Department employees of their ability to appeal suspensions and demotions outside the agency.
OSC, which filed an amicus brief earlier this month with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, is worried the ruling could have a chilling effect on whistleblowers.
That's because the ruling, if upheld, would also deny OSC the ability to investigate claims of retaliation against national-security whistleblowers, according to Adam Miles, OSC's director of policy and congressional affairs.
The Circuit Court's ruling "would mean that any time a whistleblower lost his eligibility to hold a sensitive position, even in one of these very low-level positions, they wouldn't be able to raise a whistleblower defense," he said in an interview on The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp. "And so it's an option for agencies ... to circumvent the whistleblower law by stripping employees of their right to hold a sensitive position."
Ruling cut MSPB review
The case deals with two relatively low-level DoD employees, deemed "non-critical sensitive" employees, who were not in fact whistleblowers.
One employee stocked shelves at a DoD commissary and the other worked as an accounting technician for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. Both suffered adverse personnel actions after credit checks turned up negative information in their respective credit histories and they were deemed no longer eligible to hold their positions, Miles said.
"Typically, when those types of adverse actions happen to employees, they can appeal the case to the Merit Systems Protection Board," Miles said. And that's exactly what the two employees did.
But DoD and the Office of Personnel Management argued because the employees were employed in sensitive positions, they shouldn't be able to appeal their cases outside DoD.
The ensuing court case resulted in a decision by the Federal Circuit Court in August 2012, which held that most personnel decisions regarding national-security employees cannot be independently appealed outside the agency.
Agencies could circumvent whistleblower laws
While the case at hand doesn't deal specifically with retaliation against whistleblowers, OSC is concerned the court's ruling shuts down its ability to conduct independent reviews when employees allege retaliation for blowing the whistle.
"The bottom line is, we're very concerned that agencies, if this ruling were upheld, would be able to circumvent the new rights, the new protections available to whistleblowers by taking away eligibility to hold a sensitive position," Miles said. "We think it's unjustified in the case at hand, and it's unnecessary because OSC and the MSPB, frankly, are fully within their competence and ability to look at cases involving sensitive employees and determine if those eligibility determinations were justified or if they were improper because an employee blew the whistle."
The case, which the entire 15-judge Federal Circuit will re-hear, has exposed another shortfall in whistleblower protections for some federal employees.
Last fall, the White House issued a directive to boost protections for national-security whistleblowers, aiming to bridge a "longstanding gap" in whistleblower protections for federal employees who hold security clearances, Miles said.
However, the directive didn't cover lower-level employees whose positions aren't sensitive enough to require clearances, Miles said.
"So you set up a whole new system for employees in very sensitive positions; you have the existing protections, the ones that OSC and the MSPB enforce; and then you would have a hole for the commissary worker in this case, the person who's stocking the shelves at base commissaries, and he wouldn't have any rights — either under the laws that OSC enforces or the new presidential directive."
OSC's authority to file amicus briefs in court cases was granted by the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, which Congress approved last fall after a decade of legislative effort.
The new law, hailed by whistleblower advocates, was, in part, prompted by previous Federal Circuit rulings "that had undermined the scope of whistleblower protections," Miles said.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The Land of Israel is a special, sacred place for those who believe in the Bible. Like the ingathering of the Jewish people into the land of Israel, the restoration of the land itself is the unfolding of prophecy.
When Israel's restoration began, the land was largely barren. Today it is fully of lush green forests lovingly planted by the Jewish National Fund. There is still much work to do. What better way to participate in the restoration of the Land of Israel than by planting a tree.
Partner with the JNF to complete the reforestation of the Promised Land.
Israeli soldiers planted trees on Tu Bishvat in order to protect residents who live under rocket fire every day. Help us replant the land.
The staff of Israel Today traveled to the Carmel Mountain region in northern Israel in February 2012 for the dedication ceremony of the "Israel Today Forest".


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Aaron projects/CFAA
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- Goal
- Let's prepare for a full repeal of the CFAA and replacement with sane law.
- Questions
- How would we construct good law in these areas, from scratch?
- How do different areas of law, policy, and internet governance view the law and its impact?
- What would it take to generate support for a [repeal + replace] action, in each area?
- What are the professional and philosophical circles for each of these areas, where these issues are discussed?
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The CFAA was developed over time as a merger of ~7 different areas of law. It has developed in an aggregate way, and few groups are happy with the current law. It is so broad that prosecutors like it because they can use it to force plea bargains, since it applies to almost everything in its sphere of action (relying on prosecutorial judgement).
Different parts of the story: National defense, cyber war, data sec, corporate law, contracts online. Authorization based on code, contract, social norms. Legal frameworks used to push political means. Career standards for prosecutors defined in political ways.
- Aaron's Law
- Analysis from January, EFF suggested changes
- June update via Lofgren, July update via Wyden
- EFF action page - send a letter to your senators
- Govtrack updates
- H.R. 2454 (Lofgren bill; referred to House Judiciary subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations)
- S. 1196 (Wyden bill; referred to Senate Judiciary)
- H.R. 2077 (Perlmutter bill; referred to House Judiciary subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations)
- S. 1426 (Blumenthal bill; referred to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee)
- Aspects of the search
- "Advanced technical crime" -- The deployment of the SS was a bit peculiar; but they were the only fed. agents trained in what they were looking for.
- Civil rights concerns
- Part of the prosecution that was particularly troubling: at one point in the invest., it felt that they were keeping the prosecution going b/c they'd spent so much time bringing it along. There was no will from victims to keep it going, and not necc. any other desire, but the prosecutors for their own reason wanted conclusion.
- Suggestion: employ economists to remind people of sunk costs
- Three levels of problem
- Occlusion of different agendas and sets of laws
- Compare pre-computer to post-computer laws for identical crimes.
- Problems with prosecution as it happens today
- Motivations for initiating/closing cases
- The nature of CFAA as it's been employed
- Failure of proportionality
7 items (10:30 title 18)
Legal issues
- Violating TOS is not a crime:
- Chin in US v. Drew - an individual, violating a TOS without a script, is pretty clearly not a rime.
- Still used in a civil context.
- Lowers some of the penalties for crimes that produce little or no harm,
- Delete a provision that is repeated elsewhere in the statute
- Clarifies once and for all that violating terms of service agreements is not a crime.
- Does 'authorization' make sense as the basis for such a law?
- As opposed to other corollaries re: trespass and access?
- Aaron's Law status
- referred to the Committee on Crime, Terr, Homeland Security subcomm of Judiciary Committee (chair: Sensenbrenner)
Social issues
- This shows confusion between different parts of the government
- in terms of means and ways
- b/t different parts of the government
- b/t different phil and pol goals
Active proposals
Patching existing law
- EFF proposals and ideas
- Limit scope of "exceeding authorized access"
- Say: contractual violation can't be the basis for this
- Amend the Wire Fraud Act
- Say: contractual violation can't be the basis for this
- lower penalties for crimes that produce little or no harm
- cleanup: delete repeated provision, delete provision repeated in WFA
- clarify once and for all that violating TOS is not a crime (nb: it can still be prosecuted civilly)
- Fork the Law page, listing legal history and proposed changes


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If you think breast cancer is something that only women get, Edward J. Wilson has a tattoo he'd like you to see.
Wilson, a 56-year-old Seattle airline pilot, isn't shy about the life-like nipple tattoo on his left breast. While that might seem like a strange choice for a tattoo, for Wilson it replaces the nipple he lost when he had a mastectomy to remove a cancerous growth in June of 2000.
"You're always running up against the attitude that only women can get it," Wilson said of breast cancer. "Before one of my chemo sessions I was in the waiting room with my wife and one of the women there remarked how it was real nice her husband was there to support her. My wife laughed and said, 'He's the one that's messed up.'"
Wilson tells the story with a chuckle today, but he wasn't laughing nine years ago when he first felt the hardness under his left nipple. His doctor told him it was likely a condition called gynecomastia, an enlargement of male breast tissue common in teenage boys, but performed a biopsy to be sure.
The diagnosis revealed infiltrating ductal carcinoma, the most common type of breast cancer. When the doctor told Wilson he may need a mastectomy, he remembers just "fogging up."
"He started rattling these things off, but I just didn't comprehend what was happening," Wilson said. "I asked him what would happen if we just held off. He said, 'Man, this thing will kill you.'"
Raising Awareness The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2009 about 1,910 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among men in the United States and about 440 men will die from the disease.
Although male breast cancer accounts for only 1 percent of all breast cancer cases in the U.S., the incidence rate among males increased annually between 1975 and 2004. Because male breast cancer is so rare, delayed diagnosis often results in the disease proving more deadly for men.
Perhaps nobody knows that more than Nancy Nick, a Vero Beach, Fla., resident who started the John W. Nick Foundation 14 years ago in honor of father, John Nick, who died in 1991 from misdiagnosed breast cancer at the age of 58. The foundation, whose board counts Wilson among its members, is the nation's only charitable foundation focused on raising awareness of male breast cancer.
"I lost my father to male breast cancer because there wasn't sufficient awareness about how this disease impacts men," Nick said. "There is a tremendous need to increase male breast cancer awareness efforts across the country."
Awareness is growing, but it is doing so at too slow a pace, she said. That's why Nick and the foundation applauded an American Medical Association policy statement issued this past summer that recognizes breast cancer as a condition that affects men as well as women and urges support for the expansion of education and awareness efforts about the risks, signs and symptoms of male breast cancer.
A Lonely Time Wilson said he might have heard something about men getting breast cancer too, but before his diagnosis it wasn't something he thought about. He said his treatment was a "lonely time" because he didn't know where to turn for more information or to meet other men in the same situation.
The first male breast cancer survivor he had contact with was Richard Roundtree, the actor best known for his role as "Shaft," who was diagnosed in 1993 and underwent a double mastectomy and chemotherapy.
He reached out to Roundtree, who he has talked with several times on the phone and exchanged e-mails with, in an attempt to get more information about male breast cancer. That search was hard at times as information about male breast cancer was, and still can be, hard to come by.
"Today's world is a lot more savvy, but 10 years when it comes to cancer is a long time," he said.
A pilot for Alaska Airlines currently on a leave of absence, one of the first times Wilson shared his story was in an airline pilots magazine. As soon as the article appeared he started receiving calls from pilot buddies who were starting self-examine themselves. One Canadian pilot got in touch with him to say a doctor had brushed off a similar lump in his breast as harmless. Immediately after reading Wilson's story he went back to that doctor and demanded the growth, which ended up being benign, be removed.
Wilson said that kind of awareness is exactly what he hopes to accomplish by telling his story.
He's also pushing for a centralized national database for men who are fighting breast cancer so that they can get answers to their questions and find out about symptoms and side effects of different cancer medications, something he calls his "No. 1 goal."
Fighting The Same Enemy
Wilson's treatment consisted of 12 weeks of chemotherapy using two drugs, followed by 12 weeks with a different drug, in three-week intervals. His tests revealed he is estrogen receptor-positive, which means the hormone estrogen can cause the cancer to grow. Like the 85 percent of all male breast cancer patients who are positive for this hormone, Wilson is continuing with hormone therapy to help block the effects of estrogen in his body.
He said his prognosis remains bright, but he realizes that things could always change.
"Once you've had it, you're always going to have it," he said. "You're always looking behind you to make sure it's not chasing you down again."
Wilson said dealing with the disease and his own mortality was an emotional, eye-opening experience for him and his family. He remembers seeing a commercial with a female breast cancer survivor talking about worries of missing out on her children's lives if she were to die.
"Dads think about those things too," he said. "Nobody ever thinks a guy will have those feelings, but we do. It's a very real and very emotional thing."
However, he said he refused to let the disease get him down and vows to just enjoy life one day at a time. He recalls receiving a call from a Chicago man referred to him after calling the Nick Foundation. The man was diagnosed as Stage 4 and was "scared to death," he said.
"I told him, 'Dude, everybody's terminal,'" Wilson said. "I told him, 'You will outlive someone that has nothing wrong with them right now.' You just can't get caught up in it."
Having had the opportunity to take part in Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure events, Wilson said he has nothing but respect for female breast cancer survivors, calling them the "true warriors" in the fight against the disease.
"I just feel like we are fighting the same enemy in the same war, I'm just wearing a different uniform," he said.


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BEAT cake mix, dry pudding mix, eggs, water and oil with mixer just until blended. (Do not overbeat.) Pour over cranberries.
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Javier Bardem Gossip
Javier Bardem gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
The friendliest travel partners
The two most approachable actors in Hollywood arrived together at LAX yesterday. That was probably a warm flight, non? Having said that, Sean Penn has kinda softened the last few months…I guess? It's amazing the standard we have when it comes to him. That just because he's not putting his fist into someone's face, it means he's nice now. Full Story
Penelope post Luna
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It's been so long since we've seen her on a carpet and seeing her here now... Look at her. I have missed her. She is glorious. A vision! Here's Penelope Cruz at a London screening of The Counselor with Javier Bardem and Michael Fassbender. Ordinarily, I'd maaayyyybe wonder if the floor length gown is kinda over the top buuuuuut. Full Story
The Counselor clips
There are a total of four people featured in these 3 clips from The Counselor which were released yesterday in advance of the trailer which is coming out some time today which means, f-ck, do I have to write about this twice? Of the four people featured, two of them are awesome and the other two, at least in these scenes, I find intolerable. Full Story
Bardem, Cruz, Diaz, Fassbender, Pitt
How would you rank that cast in order of "importance"? Fassbender, on history, given that he's only been famous (and he's not THAT famous, considering the rest) for 3 or 4 years or so, would have to come last, right? Alphabetical seems most fair. The film is Ridley Scott's The Counselor. Full Story
Cameron's Counselor costumes
That's quite the wardrobe today on Cameron Diaz on the set of Ridley Scott's The Counselor shooting in Alicante, Spain today. Javier Bardem was there too -- with the spiky hair. Fine but it's always about Gwyneth Paltrow, isn't it? Let me show you how we play that game: G is Cam's best friend. Full Story
Bardem > Bane?
Remember when Bane was supposed to be super scary and...he wasn't? A new international trailer for Bond has just been released. Javier Bardem looks terrifying. And you have already seen Bardem be terrifying in No Country For Old Men. It was the breathing and it was that f-cking hair. Maybe the key for him is the hair. Full Story
Penelope & Javier: Happy 2 years
Penelope Cruz and Javier Barden married 2 years ago this month. Here they are in Madrid today having dinner with some friends. I love what she's wearing. I also love the picture of her pointing her finger. Maybe that's the face she gave to David Miscavige when he asked her to marry Tom Cruise. Full Story
Penelope for Rome, Ridley, and Pedro
Here are Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, and their little Leo heading out of Madrid last week. To Rome With Love opens in limited release on June 22. There should be a promotional appearance for it coming soon. Or several. Have you seen the trailer? I hate. The music makes me crazy. The music makes me wonder if the entire film will be all Mamma Mia Pizzeria Ciao Bella Gucci Donatella! Anyway, Pene's next project will also be an ensemble. Full Story
Bond 23: Skyfall
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Well, I guess it's a better than Quantum of Solace. Still... Skyfall isn't lighting me on fire on originality, you know? Skyfall is the title of a Tom Cruise movie. Tom Cruise would be really, really excited about something called Skyfall. Which is the next Bond.They announced it at a photo call today in London. Full Story
Best Undersize Dress: Penelope Cruz
Written by DuanaHow damned hot is this woman? One month post birth. About 36 days. You know what the plan was for her? 'Let me POUR MY ASS into this dress that I probably had from before I was pregnant. I know that I will look amazing, but that's not entirely the point. Full Story
Pre-Oscar Soho House/Grey Goose Part 1
You take an elevator to get up to the venue after getting through the check list stations. The list is always strictly enforced at Soho House. The elevator opens up to a massive two level space. There's a piano in front of you to the right. On the left there are pool tables. Very men's clubby. Full Story
Post-pregnancy Oscar Week
Well, there's no better time to rejoin the scene than this week, Oscar Week, especially when your husband is up for a Best Actor Award. This is Penelope Cruz yesterday with Javier Bardem leaving Jerry Bruckheimer's office in Santa Monica after a meeting. She must have been there on Pirates business which opens in May…sooner than you think. Full Story
Happy & Smug
Julia Roberts isn't papped very often anymore. But yesterday, on the day her good friend Javier Bardem received an Oscar nomination for his work in Biutiful, Julia was photographed at the Sunset Tower. And she waved. Smugly. More so than usual. Because, as noted, Julia campaigned hard for Javier. Full Story
New Year LA baby?
A lot of my friends are pregnant a lot. So I do know that you're not supposed to travel once you've passed a certain month. Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have been in California since Christmas. They went to a movie in Hollywood last night. And the baby is due this month. So … it'll be an LA baby then? This is where I get into territory that is none of my goddamn business. Full Story


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Feliz keeps his cool in first win as a starter
Former closer tosses seven shutout innings vs. Mariners
ARLINGTON -- Neftali Feliz still has the terrific fastball and the secondary pitches were there as well. Feliz proved for seven innings that he does have an effective changeup and slider.
But what stood out more than anything on Tuesday night was the way Feliz just stood on the mound while pitching the Rangers to a 1-0 victory over the Mariners at the Ballpark in Arlington. "In control, totally," manager Ron Washington said. This was his first Major League start after 154 high-pressure relief appearances, but Feliz looked like a 10-year veteran starter in working his way through the Mariners lineup. He walked two in the first inning but got out of trouble with a double-play grounder at the right time and then never really wavered the rest of the way. He held the Mariners to four hits and two walks while striking out four in 108 economical pitches. He is only the third Rangers pitcher to ever throw at least seven scoreless innings in his first big league start.Mike Adams and Joe Nathan combined to retire six straight to close out the game, and the Rangers have now won four of their first five. They also have two shutouts in their first five games, the first time that has happened since 1979. Their rotation has a 2.93 ERA, but the fifth starter is the only one who has gone seven innings.
"I was trying to throw all my pitches and keep them low and I did that," Feliz said. "There is a big difference between being a closer and being a starter. As a starter you have to think and be calm and execute. The first inning I had to make a little adjustment. I had a little pressure on me and I had to work out of it and make my pitches." Feliz followed the standard route of the veteran pitcher. Under the guidance of catcher Mike Napoli, he came out trying to establish his fastball and used it heavily in the first couple of innings. But as he started going through the Mariners lineup for a second and third time, he started mixing in his other pitches. "That's exactly what he did and I thought Mike did a great job calming him down and keeping him in the moment," Washington said. Of his four strikeouts, two came on sliders and two came on changeups. He also threw three straight off-speed pitches to Ichiro Suzuki in the sixth and got him on a weak fly to center. "Awesome," Napoli said. "He did a great job. We kind of noticed his changeup was on and we were going with it and it was good pitch for him tonight. That can change from night to night. He had that going and we used it a lot. That's what you've got to do as a starter. You can't go out there and throw fastballs every single time through the lineup. You've got to be able mix it up and he did that." The Mariners entered the game 0-for-48 against Feliz in his career, and they didn't get a hit until Justin Smoak singled off him with two out in the fourth. Smoak and Jesus Montero each had a pair of singles for the Mariners only hits on the night. "Everybody knows he can throw 100, but he was mixing in a lot of pitches tonight," Montero said. "He struck me out on an off-speed pitch the first time, so I kind of forgot about the fastball for a little bit. Then I got base hits on a slider and changeup. He was unbelievable tonight. Amazing." "When you're starting, you're not going to throw as hard as when you're closing," Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager said. "But he was still mid-90s. When you get a guy throwing that hard, you get ready for the fastball and when he can throw off-speed pitches for strikes, it makes it tough." Feliz opened the game by walking Chone Figgins. He set down Dustin Ackley on a fly to left, walked Suzuki and then got Smoak to hit into an inning-ending double play. The Mariners didn't have two runners on base in one inning again until the seventh. That's when Smoak led off with a single to right and, after Seager flied out, Montero grounded a single to left. But Feliz, rearing back with the fastball again, got Michael Saunders to hit a grounder at first baseman Mitch Moreland. The Rangers got the force at second, leaving runners at the corners with two out. Miguel Olivo, hitting the ball off the end of the bat, then hit a roller to the right side of the mound. Feliz fielded the ball, bobbled it and recovered in time to get Olivo at first. "He did a great job," Moreland said. "I don't think the game ever moves too fast for Neftali." It did not on Tuesday night. Feliz was a starting pitcher and he looked like he has been doing it for a long time. "He just did a really good job of pitching," designated hitter Michael Young said. "What's impressive is that wasn't his routine as a closer. As a closer he would come in the ninth and throw bullets. Tonight was all pitching."T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Adapted from a recipe by Rachel Harkham Ingredients: 1 cup pickle juice Directions: Combine pickle juice, borscht, pickling spice, garlic powder, paprika, and black pepper in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat and allow to simmer for 15 minutes. Place sliced seitan in a heat-proof bowl. Strain the pickle juice-borscht brew, and pour it over the sliced seitan. Let cool, cover, and refrigerate overnight. Preheat oven to 400F. Remove seitan slices from brine and coarsely chop into bite sized pieces. Heat oil in skillet and sauté chopped seitan until light golden brown around the edges. Lay rye slices on a baking tray, spread thickly with Russian dressing, place chopped seitan on top, follow up with sauerkraut and then top with a slice of Swiss cheese. Cook for 4-5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Russian DressingIngredients 1/2 cup mayonnaise Directions: Combine all ingredients in a small bowl, mix well. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Recipes: vegetarian, kosher, Superbowl, food Rachel Harkham is the author of "Get Cooking: A Jewish American Family Cookbook" written with Doni Zasloff Thomas. For more fun and tasty recipes check out Rachel's website. |


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When it comes to our favorite couples on small-screen dramas and comedies, we're maybe-definitely more invested in their relationships than our own. After all, scripted love tends to be equal parts sweet, sexy, fiery, and funny — a compelling combination that has us crushing on a scary number of twosomes who don't really exist.
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