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A-Rod's Last Game...in Pinstripes Anyway
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Will the last player retiring from Major League Baseball please turn out the lights?
Seriously, suddenly it seems like everyone's going like that. It's not Derek Jeter's farewell tour, which seemed to last for-fucking-ever. This month it's: Mark Teixeira is done in September. Prince Fielder is done now. Oh, and Alex Rodriguez is done now, too. So sayeth the Yankees.
There's a story with A-Rod that we're not hearing yet—the way the Yankees forced him out so quickly, with so little fanfare, with such disrespect, four homeruns shy of a mythical 700. It's not befitting the way one of the best goes out. Or maybe the best do go out this way: Both Babe Ruth (after age and owner lies and a trade to the Boston Braves) and Ken Griffey Jr. (after age and rumors and negative reports) retired on the same day, June 2, exactly 75 years apart. They were here and then they were gone. Not everybody gets the year-long birthday party Jeter got.
In the first plate appearance of his last game, Alex hit a line-drive RBI double in the gap; then a few 6-3s, a K, and Joe Girardi let him play third for one ceremonial out in the 9th. I'm glad he got the double. Suddenly I wanted better for him. Suddenly I was rooting for him. But even the weather was against him. It literally rained on his parade—his pregame ceremony. It got cut short. People had to run for cover. Words were left unsaid.
Grabbing dirt, post-game: a fan again.
At the start of the year, per my annual slideshow, A-Rod was the active leader in nine batting categories. Who's taking over? Mostly Albert, with a little bit of Adrian, and an Ichiro and a Ryan tossed in:
- Games: Adrian Beltre (2676)
- At-Bats: Adrian Beltre (10,134)
- Hits: Ichiro (3,002)
- Home runs: Albert Pujols (581)
- RBIs: Albert Pujols (1785)
- Runs: Albert Pujols (1647)
- Strikeouts: Ryan Howard (1810)
- Walks: David Oritz (1299) --> Albert Pujols (1208)
- Career WAR: Albert Pujols (100.7)
A-Rod retires 3rd all-time in RBIs, 4th all-time in homeruns, 5th in strikeouts, 6th in total bases, 6th in extra-base hits, 8th in runs, 14th in HBP, 20th in hits, 25th in games played, 25th in slugging percentage, 30th in doubles, 35th in walks, and 37th in OPS. He won three MVP awards, and should've won five. He's got a ring. There were two PED scandals. He was booed forever and even before the PEDs. It was the $252 million contract, the Slap Heard 'Round the World, the aura. He seemed to love himself too much but it was probably the opposite. He always seemed aware of himself in the moment. Part of himself seemed outside himself, watching. How did he play at that level that way? He actually seemed vulnerable. I've never seen a great baseball player so poorly outfitted with "fuck you" armor.
So much coulda woulda shoulda.
Even his retirement is in quotes. He's gone from the Yankees but maybe some other team will take him, and give him a shot at 700. We've got a month and a half of the season to go. I think that would be a great farewell: making noise, and gate receipts, for some team other than the Yankees.
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Posted at 06:52 AM on Aug 13, 2016 in category Baseball
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Stay Rod: How Alex Rodriguez Finally Became Us
Jeter gets feted for a year, A-Rod doesn't even get a two-week notice.
I find myself late in life rooting for Alex Rodriguez. That's how awful the Yankees are; that's how much they suck. They make A-Rod sympathetic.
I still don't get his quick, easy dismissal from the Yankees and possibly from Major League Baseball. Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, David Ortiz, all of these guys go on season-long farewell tours; they're feted and gifted in opposition ballparks. We're forced to listen to encomium after encomium. A-Rod, four homers shy of 700, gets a Sunday presser in which the Yankees announce with as little fanfare as possible that his last game is Friday. See ya, don't wanna be ya. They're on a youth movement, sure, but even Mark Teixeira gets to last the year. So what happened behind the scenes? I'm not the only one wondering this.
It makes you feel a little sorry for the guy. It shouldn't have been like this.
I remember when teenaged girls screamed for him—the summer of '96. They brought placards to the Kingdome that read "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel." Sometimes when he came to bat it was like Sinatra in '43, the Beatles in '64.
Here's the profile I wrote about him back for the April 1999 issue of The Grand Salami, the Mariners alternative fan magazine. I've highlighted a few things that feel a little ironic and sad now:
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (3)
Nickname: A-Rod; Young Buck
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 195
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Born: 7-27-75 in New York, NY
Family: Don't worry, he's still single
Signed thru: 2000 season
Agent: Scott Boras
Acquired: M's first pick (first pick overall) of 1993 draft
Major League Debut: July 8, 1994
Quote: "I think that character is what proves out over a long season."
He's Kid Dynamite, Superman, the Flash. He goes 40-40 from the middle infield and lunges sinking stuff over the opposite field wall. Wherever he travels opposition managers scowl, pitchers worry, and teenage girls squeal. He's one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World and the most protected great hitter in the game. He was so good, so young, that it seems he's even managed to stay younger longer than the rest of us. And he's all ours for another two years. Then? That's been the great guessing game in the sports press lately. Seattle can't afford both Griffey and A-Rod, the reasoning goes, and Griffey seems a likelier candidate to stick around. So whither A-Rod? Cubbies? Dodger Blue? The latest rumor swirls around the Mets—so he and Jeter can pal around New York together. Think they'll get any dates?
Yeah yeah, I had a bad encounter with him. Yeah yeah, the way he left us for all that dough, then whined about being on a losing team, then finagled a trade to the team that kept winning, the Yankees, then didn't win with them for a number of years. I guess that was just desserts. His first year with them was the year they did what no team had never done: lose a 7-game series after being up 3 games to none. A-Rod contributed with the slap heard 'round the world. He hit 2 HRs in that series, with an .895 OPS, after crushing the Twins with a 1.213 OPS in the ALDS, but Yankee fans are spoiled shits, and he got a rep for choking. He didn't for the Ms in the postseason but he subsequently did for the Yankees. He sucked in the ALDSes in 2005 and '06 and was only so-so in 2007. Quick exits, all. Good times. Then the revelations of PEDs. The banishment. The boos. They didn't like him much in the Bronx. They cheered him a bit in 2009, sure, when they helped them win the World Series again, but that was an anomaly. He kept trying to win their hearts but their hearts were with Jeter, the man who wouldn't move over for the better shortstop. That was Yankee fans' "team player." Is it A-Rod's lot in life to leave where he's beloved and stay where he's booed? There's tragedy there; he feels Shakespearean.
If you go by Baseball Reference's WAR, Alex Rodriguez is the 12th-greatest position player to ever play the game, sandwiched between Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig. He should be a legend, but he's leaving as a footnote. Jeter left as a spoiled child, with parties everywhere, with his childish antics about getting a game-winning hit in his last, meaningless game in the Bronx. Alex just feels like he's been downsized. They didn't even have the courtesy to give him a two-week notice. He's the company man the company doesn't give a shit about. He's finally us.
Here's what I wrote about him in August 2000:
Is there a publication that isn't writing about Alex? Even the Wall Street Journal (August 11th) got into the act. Freelancer Allen Barra gushed, "Simply put, he is the most irreplaceable player in the major leagues. He is a more effective hitter than Mr. Griffey and a much better fielder and base-runner than Mr. Piazza. He hits with more power than Mr. Jeter..." Love all that "Mr." talk. One thing that the fact-checking Journal got wrong, though, was its assertion that Mr. Rodriguez might stay in Seattle because Safeco Field is a hitter's park. Um, no. But winning's #1 with Mr. Rodriguez and the Mariners are winning. And Mr. Gillick's smart enough to keep signing the players that can keep us winning, and Mr. Rodriguez is smart enough to know that. And who knows? Maybe M's owners (Messrs. all) are smart enough to move in the fences a little if it means keeping our Mr. Rodriguez. I.e., Stay Rod.
Not to be. Godspeed, Alex.
Posted at 05:42 AM on Aug 12, 2016 in category Baseball
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3,000 for Ichiro
An icon, with an iconic gesture.
This is the first thing I ever wrote about Ichiro Suzuki. It was in the April 2001 issue of The Grand Salami, an alternative Mariners fan magazine, for which I was in charge of player profiles:
Hey, when did we pick up this guy? Just kidding. Ichiro comes to the M's with quite a bit of fanfare, and a playing record whose numerological significance seems something out of folklore: He won 7 straight batting titles with the Orix Blue Wave, 7 straight Gold Gloves, and was named to 7 straight "Best Nine" All-Star teams. And he's only 27. He has a .353 lifetime batting average and Michael Jordan stature in Japan. Yet he's given it all up to try to become the first Japanese position player to make it big in the bigs. Can he do it? That's the question. The U.S. players he's been compared to keeps leveling off: from Johnny Damon (hitting plus power) to Rod Carew (hitting with no power) to Brett Butler (hitting, but not Rod Carew-type hitting). How does .353 translate into English? We hope well.
This is the second thing I wrote about Ichiro Suzuki. It was in the May 2001 issue of The Grand Salami:
Well, that didn't take long. In his first game he looked a little overmatched against Oakland's Tim Hudson—and admitted as much in a post-game interview—but that didn't stop him from dropping a key bunt-hit to help win the game. Four days later against Texas (and You-Know-Who), Ichiro went deep in the 10th inning for the game-winner. The following week against Oakland, he made a throw from right field (now capitalized: The Throw) which defied physics, nailing Terrence Long at third. A week later he robbed Raffy Palmeiro of a homerun at Safeco. What's next? Lightning shooting from his fingertips? Ridding the universe of evil-doers—or at least Scott Boras? And we haven't even mentioned the way he slaps that sweet single between third and short, his speed on the basepaths, and his quiet efficiency in an age of blowhard swagger. To paraphrase an old ad slogan: You Gotta Love This Guy.
On Sunday, the guy we were wondering about in March 2001 and were so amazed by in April 2001, became just the 30th player in Major League Baseball history to join the 3,000-hit club. He did it with a triple—only the second guy to ever do that.
My favorite stat comes via BaseballReference.com, and needs no embellishment from me:
My oh my.
Posted at 09:27 AM on Aug 11, 2016 in category Baseball
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Donald Trump Before Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS
Via ESPN's 30 for 30 doc, "Four Days in October." He's talking about the way the Red Sox have battled back from a three-games-to-none deficit:
Oh, you have to respect them. I mean they've had great fight, great comeback, and now we'll see if they can take it all the way. But the Yankees are the Yankees and George is a winner.
Final score: BOS: 10, NY: 3.
Posted at 01:15 PM on Jul 11, 2016 in category Baseball
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The Team with the Longest Postseason Drought
Apparently it doesn't pay to name your team the Browns. (Cf., football, Super Bowl)
It began with a simple thought: The baseball team with the longest, current postseason drought is my Seattle Mariners, who haven't been since 2001, when they won 116 games but got killed in the ALCS by the New York Yankees, 4 games to 1, including a 12-3 drubbing in the final game in the Bronx. Manager Lou Piniella had promised a Game 6 back in Seattle, and, as the outs dwindled down, the Yankee faithful taunted him, their former beloved skipper/right fielder, with "No Game 6! No Game 6!" Salt in the wound: Joe Torre used Mariano Rivera in the 9th inning with a 9-run lead—even though Mo had pitched an inning the day before and hardly needed the workout. Torre and Mo would get theirs a few weeks later in Arizona.
Anyway, the thought was this: What other teams have held this ignominious title: Team with Longest Postseason Drought (LPD)?
Last year, I knew it was the Blue Jays, the other '77 expansion team, which hadn't been to the post since 1993, when they won their second World Series in a row. Of course they then went in '15 (bat flip, etc.) but lost to the eventual World Champion Kansas City Royals ... which had been the team with the longest postseason drought before them.
But what about earlier? And which of the original 16 teams was the last to get to the postseason?
So I crunched the numbers.
Interesting tidbit: the 15th of the 16 teams to make it to the World Series was the St. Louis Cardinals, which didn't go until 1926, and which now has more championships than any NL team.
As for last? That was the other St. Louis team, the Browns, which didn't make it until 1944, then lost (to the crosstown Cards), and never went again until they moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles. By the time '44 rolled around, it had been 41 years of famine for the Browns, and 18 years (since the start of the '27 season) with the LPD title.
Who took over the mantle in '45? The Boston Braves, which had been only once, back in '14. They held the title for four years until they made the Series in '48, when it passed onto the Phillies, pennantless since '15, who went two years later. So the ChiSox/BlackSox got it.
Here's a chart. Search for your favorite team:
|St. Louis Browns
|Boston Braves
|Philadelphia Phillies
|Chicago White Sox
|Pittsburgh Pirates
|Phil/ KC/ Oakland Athletics
|Chicago Cubs
|Cleveland Indians
|Texas Rangers
|Mon. Expos/Wash. Nationals
|Kansas City Royals
|Toronto Blue Jays
|Seattle Mariners
* and counting
Trivia learned along the way:
- The last of the original 16 teams to make the postseason in the new, post-1969 playoff format? Cleveland Indians. In 1995. Ouch.
- The last team, original or expansion, to make the post-season? The Rays in 2008. The second-to-last was the D-backs in '99.
- Which team has made it to the post-season the fewest times? The Marlins. Just twice: 1997 and 2003. But they won the World Series both years. So: compensation.
- The original 16 team that's been to the postseason the fewest times? Not the Cubs. It's their crosstown rivals, the White Sox, which—even in the era of expanded playoffs—have only made the postseason nine times. Two expansion teams, the Astros and Angels, have been more often (10). Hell, the Cubs, pennant-less since 1945, still have more pennants (10) than the ChiSox have postseason appearances (9).
- Only one franchise from each expansion year has won a World Series title. Isn't that odd? In '61, we got the Senators/Rangers (visited Series twice, lost twice) and Angels (title: 2002). In '62, the Astros (went once, lost) and Mets ('69, '86). Among the four teams of '69, the Royals are far and away the most successful: four Series and two championships ('85, '15). No championships for the Padres (been twice), Brewers (once), Expos/Nationals (nonce). And so on. '77, it's Blue Jays (two titles) over Mariners (never been); in '93, Marlins over Rockies; '97, D-backs over Rays. Odd little phenomenon. Will end soon but it's interesting it's worked out this way so far.
This dive into the stats, by the way, did nothing to curb my hatred for the Yankees. The opposite. More on that later.
Posted at 06:06 AM on May 16, 2016 in category Baseball
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It was supposed to be a four(4) week trail. I called in and told the lady(rose) that I spoke to that I decided that it was to much trouble, however she insisted on letting her explain to me how it works and that I had $5.00 (Five Dollars) worth of free stamps from the company. She explained to me how it works, but I continued to have trouble trying to get into their online store.
I e-mailed them on serveral occassions to let them know I was having problems getting on line to them so please cancel me out of their program.
However they continued to go into my account and take out payments.Then on 02/21/2008, I recieved another e-mail from them stating that they were waiving my fee for 1 month., and that they were sending me a complimentary scale. I e-mailed them again., but in a few days the scale came anyway. I have never used it.
I have e-mails and bills that they send to me still and I also have all my bank statements showing that they are constantly going into my account taking money from it.
I don!t feel as through people have to change all their accounts and wait 10 days to recieve anothe card before they can do their business are go to the store without going to the bank first. It!s unfair to people for companies to be able to get away with this type of thing and get a pat on the back for it.I truly hope someone can help me with this matter.
However I am going to complain to everyone I can even if I have to go as far as to the President of the united Sates, Senators, Congress and to court if I have to in order to stop this. I have tried to be nice about this for going on two years now.
My last e-mail I sent them was about 3 months ago and ask them to put my funds back into my account, they have not responded and continue to go into it whenever they feel like it. I am on Disability and it is constantly haveing my bank come up with insufficent funds charges of $30.00 when my other bills can not be paid. Something needs to be done about this company. The last lady I talked to was Nicole.
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Round 1 - Big Dan Miragliotta will be the third man inside the cage for the five-round main event. The crowd is clearly pro-Guida judging from the introductions. Guida in the center. Maynard staying calm despite typical Guida fast opening pace, darting all around. SHort left hook from Maynard just misses. Right hand from Maynard is off the mark as Guida moves way. Guida gets inside for a quick hit, then right back out. Maynard stings him with a left, but Guida answers with one of his own. No takedown attempts through 90 seconds. High kick from Guida mises things up, but it's not there. Maynard's nose is a little red, and Guida sings him with a quick left. The crowd starts up a chant for Guida. He's remaining true to his game plan, never staying in the same place very long and staying mostly out of Maynard's power zone. He dodges a Maynard left. Then he lands a little jab and blocks a Maynard kick. Again Guida dances just away of the bront of Maynard's strikes, then counters with a right of his own. Guida will get a 10-9 first round on the MMAjunkie.com card.
Round 2 - Left hand from Guida lands, but Maynard complains of an eye poke. He gets just a few seconds, all he needs, and we're back at it. Maynard comes forward quickly, but Guida's just not there. He throws a right, but Guida is just out of reach of it. Then he peppers in a left and right jab to Maynard's chin. Again Guida is just out of reach of a Maynard hook. THe crowd gets a little restless with Guida constantly dancing around. Guida throws a front kick, but again Maynard's counters find no home. Guida is doing just what he said he would do, which is stay out of Maynard's power. He lands a kick and some inside punches, scoring a few more points. Maynard tries to stalk him down and Guida just stays out of reach and counters. The crowd is booing what it deems to be a lack of activity. High kick from Guida lands, and he follows it with a jab. MMAjunkie.com gives the second to Guida 10-9 – he's not doing major offense, but he's not getting hit, either.
Round 3 - Maynard is inside early to start and lands a few good shots. Guida starts mugging a little, wanting to lure Maynard in. He's all over the place, not letting Maynard get much off still. Maynard finally shoots for a takedown about 90 seconds in, but Guida defends. Guida blocks a kick, then pushes Maynard off from another hope for a takedown. Maynard throws his hands up as if to ask why Guida's running. The crowd again begins to boo. Guida fires off a jab as Maynard stalks him down toward the cage. Then Guida ducks under a Maynard hook, then away from another one. Maynard tells him he just missed and clearly looks frustrated with Guida's game plan. Maynard lands a couple short hooks that clip, then complains again of an eye poke. But Miragliotta won't give him time. Maynard lands a nice knee with about 10 seconds left, and Guida says he pulled his hair. Maynard gets a shot off just before the horn, then gives Guida double middle fingers. MMAjunkie.com scores the third for Maynard, 10-9, but it's pretty tight.
Round 4 - Maynard misses with a right. Then misses with a kick. Left and right for Guida clip Maynard. Maynard finally catches up to Guida and lands a couple nice knees, and again Guida complains about his hair being pulled when Maynard clinches. Remember, Guida's hair is braided back for the first time in his career thanks to a complaint from the Maynard camp that is trademark locks were a danger of some kind in the fight. Two minutes in, more booing from the crowd. Maynard stings Guida with a right. High kick from Maynard isn't close though. Guida runs some more on his bike, and the crowd boos some more. Maynard stalks him down again, and Guida finds a way to get out of the way. A nice right from Maynard catches a home and might be his best shot of the fight. Guida answers with a right of his own, and again Maynard gives him double middle fingers. HE starts kneeing him in the clinchThey exchange like crazy. Maynard tells him to hit him. Guida obliges. Maynard starts jawing at him. Guida starts throwing wildly. Guida shoots for a takedown. Maynard stuffs it and latches on to a guillotine. He's got it in tight. Guida won't tap. He needs two slams to get out of it, then he gets half-mount just as the round ends. It's a 10-9 round for Maynard, and things just amped way up all of a sudden.
Round 5 - Good possibility this thing is all tied up going into the fifth round, but the momentum is likely all Maynard's. The crowd has turned on Guida and it's mostly a Maynard chant to start. Maynard finds a home for a couple shots and keeps trying to march Guida down. High kick from Guida clips Maynard on the jaw, and he follows it with a right hand. Maynard tells him to bring it on. Uppercut from Guida just misses. Left hand from Maynard seems to land. Maynard moves in for a single, but Guida pulls away. Body-head from Guida is good. Maynard again wants a takedown, and again it's not there. With two minutes left, he goes running after Guida, and the crowd boos like crazy. Finally Miragliotta steps in and tells Guida that if he keeps running, he's going to take away a point. Maynard wants a takedown, but Guida latches on to his neck and defends. Maynard looks for knees on the ground. Miragliotta looks closely. Back up, Maynard lands knees with 20 seconds left. MMAjunkie.com will give the last to Maynard 10-9 and has the fight for him 48-47. Guida wants to hug him but Maynard wants none of it. Gray Maynard def. Clay Guida via split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)
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Denise Williams is Highlands County's veterans services officer, helping veterans find their way through the benefits and programs available. Williams was active duty in the Army and is now in the Army Reserves. RYAN PELHAM/STAFF
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October 7, 2013 at 11:01 AM
SEBRING -For 49-year-old Sgt. Denise Williams, driving a MaxxPro Dash II gun truck through the scorching heat and rough desert terrain of Afghanistan to provide security for U.S. combat missions was just a normal day during her most recent tour of duty.
"After two deployments, you learn not to sweat the small stuff," said the Highlands County Veteran Services Officer, who returned home in January. "If you've been, there is no explanation necessary. If you haven't been, there is no way you can explain it."
With 14 years of military service with the Army, the National Guard and the Army Reserves and two back-to-back combat tours, Williams' experience has given her a firsthand understanding of the needs of area veterans, which make up one-fifth of county residents.
Funded by the county, the Veterans Services Office at 7209 S. George Blvd. in Sebring provides assistance with benefits claims, housing, education, medical care and disabilities at no cost to veterans or their families.
With her petite frame and long, dark hair, it is hard to imagine Williams with 35 pounds of gear, carrying an M-4 assault rifle. But this strong-willed advocate has earned the respect of her colleagues and is slated to be promoted to staff sergeant "any day now."
"We work well together with her being Army Reserve and me being Air Force Reserve," said Tech Sgt. Carol West, who joined the office as the Assistant Veterans Services Officer on June 1. "We have a receptionist that starts tomorrow; she is Navy."
West spoke of being asked to sing the Star Spangled Banner at a Memorial Day Service at Lakeview Memorial Gardens where Williams was the guest speaker.
"It was a good day. I felt very proud about becoming a part of this team," she said.
Women currently make up 15 percent of active military and 18 percent of the National Guard and Reserves.
While the readjustments of deployments have been hard on Williams' family, the Lake Placid native said that her son, daughter and husband of 19 years, Artie, are all proud and supportive of what she has been able to accomplish.
Williams was promoted to her position as Veterans Service Officer in 2011, just before leaving for Iraq.
She praised Highlands County commissioners, former county administrator Rick Helms and the current administrator June Fisher for the support they've provided her office.
During her Iraq deployment Williams was assigned to human resources, but she requested the position of gunner truck driver for her 2012 combat tour in Afghanistan.
She has undergone extensive weapons training, knows how to breach a house, and has learned combat lifesaving techniques to help those wounded during skirmishes and from IED explosions.
"It is the reality of the situation," Williams said of convoy vehicles she saw blown apart. "We were very blessed. As long as it was only minor injuries, we were good."
With six more years with the Reserves and another 10 to work with the county before her planned retirement, Williams said she has learned to "savor the moments" in her life.
"Spending time with my family has become so precious to me," said the avid "chef" who hopes to travel.
With a grateful heart, she thanked the USO for the calls that kept her in touch. She also commended the free veteran PTSD and spouse group counseling offered by facilities like the Vets Center in Delaney Heights in Avon Park.
She explained that vets can call Jesse Coulter (863-284-0841) to register for the Wednesday morning sessions.
Williams is a member of the County Veterans Services Association of Florida, American Legion Post 25, Disabled American Veterans Ridge Chapter 49, and she attends Placid Temple Church of God in Lake Placid.
On Nov. 11, both Williams and West will be riding in the Veteran's Day parade, which will begin at 12:30 p.m. at American Legion Post 74 on Pine Street, go around Sebring's downtown Circle, and end at the Highlands County Courthouse. They will also be making speeches and participating in commemorative programs throughout the afternoon.
"It has truly been an honor and a privilege to serve my country," said Williams.
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Start Date: 1/22/2012
End Date: 4/8/2012
Level 1 - January 22- April 8th (0 starting xp + 240 encounter xp + 539 time xp = 779 xp)
Gold: 320 Treasure + 462 Time GP = 782 gp
Level 1 - January 22- April 8th (0 starting xp + 240 encounter xp + 539 time xp = 779 xp)
Gold: 320 Treasure + 462 Time GP = 782 gp
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Level 2 - January 22 - April 8th (1680 starting xp + 240 encounter xp + 847 time xp = 2767 xp)
Gold: 320 Treasure + 847 Time GP = 1167 gp
Level 2 - January 23 - February 9th (3111 starting xp + 0 encounter xp + 198 time xp = 3309 xp)
Level 3 - February 9th - March 4th (3309 starting xp + 120 encounter xp + 360 time xp = 3789 xp)
Level 3 - March 4th - April 8th(3789 starting xp + 120 encounter xp + 525 time xp = 4434 xp)
Gold: 320 Treasure + 1201 Time GP = 1521 gp
Level 2 - January 23 - February 29th (2886 starting xp + 0 encounter xp + 418 time xp = 3304 xp)
Level 3 - February 29th - March 4th (3304 starting xp + 120 encounter xp + 60 time xp = 3484 xp)
Level 3 - March 4th - April 8th(3484 starting xp + 120 encounter xp + 525 time xp = 4434 xp)
Gold: 320 Treasure + 1081 Time GP = 1401 gp
Mission: Start!
5 vials of Acid - 50 gp
Advance Pay - 250 gp
Dead Man's loot:
Waterproof sack: worthless
Masterwork dagger - 302 gp
Ruby - 50 gp
Coins - 8 gp
wand of comprehend languages (6 charges) - 90
Knowledge Dungeoning book - 50 gp
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Adventure Rules* I will use group initiatives, rolling them myself. So in combat you must post your actions within 48-72 hours of the players turn coming up. Unless stated by a character that their actions are to follow another character, they will be resolved in posted order. After that time, if there was no communication with the DM, I will NPC the MIA player and move on.
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* If your character gets enough XP to level they may do so at the end of an encounter. This grants the extra hp, but does not heal damage, and grants any additional spell slots, but not spells prepared. A caster capable of spontaneously casting could use these slots normally, a cleric could only use them for cure or inflict spells, a druid for summon nature's ally, etc. Prepared casters may prepare spells in these slots as if they had left the slots blank for the day, if they are able to do so. They can go through the appropriate spell preparation as if they had already rested if applicable.
* All characters need an appropriate character picture. Also a mini-stat spoiler block that includes a link to your character sheet will be required in every IC post during a fight.
* Most important of all, have fun!
Example Mini-stats block:
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Initiative: +2
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HP: 9 Current: 9
CMB: +1 CMD: 13 Fort: +4 Reflex: +4 Will: +6 (+8 vs. Fear)
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Fire Bolt: 3/6 Remaining Channel Energy: 1/5 remaining
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Dellrian rises to shake Xerik's hand, if offered to him. He offers it also to Thiera, but is promptly refused. He smiles anyway and gestures towards the two seats in front of him, saying "Well met Xerik, Thiera. Straight to business? Well I appreciate the enthusiasm, have a drink on my behalf. I will explain everything once you have something. I find that moving straight to business leaves an unpleasant taste in your food. Speaking of which..."
The plate of frog leg soup he ordered was just brought over. He looks excitedly at in and says "Let me tell you a little about myself first. My name is Dellrian Thankirk, financial advisor for the Lower Guild in the Ranocchio district of Venza. My job is to ensure that we have the resources to obtain the food and equipment that we need. This is no easy task, I assure you, if you are at all familiar with our city. However, as I do not recognize your faces, I assume that you are new to town?"
He smiles equally at Xerik and Thiera, awaiting their response.
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"I'm from Ranocchio myself, but if I have it my way I won't be for long."Xerik takes a seat across from the man, but also where he can see the majority of the inn and the woman who seemed interested in the job as well. He accepted the drink, however he didn't immediately drink any of it, instead choosing to nurse the drink and keep his wits about himself.
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A third tiefling wearing dark and simple clothing walks over to the table carrying a small plate with some breakfast scraps. Setting the plate down on the floor in the corner, he sits down as a snake slithers out of one of his pockets down to the plate where she starts to eat in the relative privacy of the corner. "Excuse me, I couldn't help but overhear that you may have work. I am Thuvian Darklight, and my talents may be useful for whatever endeavor you may have that requires attention."
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Thiera guardedly answers, "I've spent some time in the city, but I'm not familiar with Ranocchio."
She sits at the table and accepts the offered drink, but decides to merely hold it as she's already had two. Her other hand drifts down under the table, coming to rest on the hilt of her dagger. She gives the three men at the table a quick once over for hidden weapons and threatening body language, not particularly thrilled at needing to deal with other tieflings. She decides that there's no real threat, and relaxes a bit to listen to Dellrian's offer.
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Before Dellrian could reply to Thuvian's introduction, and Thiera's and Xerik's statements, two other newcomers came over to the table.
The first is a fish-like creature, with flippers. She brings over a heavy chair and after sitting down, says, Marla says you are in need. Tell me what Tanager and I can do for you. I have worked with this one" nodding to Thuvian, "and the purple one at the bar before."
The purple one also made his way over to the table and perches himself on an empty chair.
"Aye, we've worked together before, her and I and her living-suit-companion. She's got some fancy stuff, that Arianna; she's got some maneuvers, hurr aye. So what are you gentleman talking about over here, anyway?"
Dellrian stands up to shake the hands/flippers of the new people. He is a little surprised at the purple one's words. "Living suit companion? How does that work?" he wonders in earnest. "You will have to fill me in how that works. Since you know Thuvian , allow me to introduce the other two."
Indicating Xerik first Dellrian says "Xeric, from the Ranocchio district. No doubt attempting to follow some of the successful stories of rags to riches you hear from the Ranocchio district in this bar. And " gesturing to the female tiefling "Thiera. By the sounds of it, quite the wanderer. So, can you three tell me a little more about your story?" Dellrian says, smiling serenly up at the two newcomers and Thuvian.
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The Path you've taken is clearly on the right track. Not only is the trail fresh, Thiera estimates it to be mere hours old. Even as you progress forward, those of you who do not need the light to see notice that the tunnel turns sharply again to the right.
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Whistling softly to himself as the group traverses the sewer passage, Ni keeps an eye out. Lu joins in to occasionally make it a duet.
Initiative: +2, Perception: +2
AC: 17 (Touch: 13, Flat-footed: 15) CMB: -2 CMD: 10 Fort: +2, Ref: +4, Will: +4
Current Weapon in Hand: None
Summon Monster I: 9/9
Spells: 0 (Infinite), 1 (2/3)
Active Magic: Mage Armor - Lu (0/2 hours)
Status: Summoned, Perception: +4
AC: 20 (FF: 18; Touch: 12) CMB: +3 CMD: 15 Fort: +3 Ref: +4 Will: +0
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In the tuples provided in this file, Newfoundland and Labrador have an abbreviation of "NF"
This is incorrect, and is actually "NL". I am unsure if this is a recent change but that is the case according to official Canadian websites and even systems like PayPal Pro
Change History (5)
comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by jacob
- milestone set to 1.1
- Needs documentation unset
- Needs tests unset
- Patch needs improvement unset
- Triage Stage changed from Unreviewed to Accepted
comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by mtredinnick
- Triage Stage changed from Accepted to Design decision needed
I'd be -1 on making this change. The abbreviation in question isn't a display string: it's the value stored in the database. We haven't made any error with the human-consumable string.
The big argument against changing it is that anybody who is already using this field will now have invalid data in their database. Suddenly they will have stored NF and it won't map to any display string (and entering the same data after the change will put different data into the database).
Moving to "design decision needed"; it's not a no-brainer and it's not a functional bug at the moment.
comment:3 Changed 7 years ago by dharris
I'm +1 on making the change. See my comments on #10456, comment 2
comment:4 Changed 7 years ago by mtredinnick
- Resolution set to duplicate
- Status changed from new to closed
Closing as a dupe of #10456, since it's itnertwined with the changes over there (as per comment 6, there)
comment:5 Changed 5 years ago by jacob
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*UPDATE EX-employee responds: William John McCloskey Blew the Whistle on Wilmington Finance in 2005 & 2006
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William John McCloskey Blew the Whistle on Wilmington Finance in 2005 & 2006
AUTHOR: William John McCloskey - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, December 15, 2012POSTED: Saturday, December 15, 2012
I walked out because it was apparent to me that loan officers at WFI were trained to upsell borrowers into subprime loans for the refinance of their existing mortgages. It became readily apparent to me that the overwhelming majority of their borrowers belonged in a traditional or ALT-A 30-year-fixed mortgage.
I could have made a six-figure salary at WFI. However, I had experience unlike some of the young loan officers, which were mostly kids right out of college. They did not have the slightest clue that what they were doing was unethical because most of them knew very little about the mortgage industry and the secondary market. They only did what they were told and functioned as salespeople.
I articulated my observations to the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and the Pennsylvania Attorney General. I argued that WFI did not offer a proper training program like legitimate mortgage companies did during that time period. WFI's inexperienced loan officers were taught how to take a 1003 mortgage application, which was uploaded into WFI's dummy-proofed origination software, which then directed the loan officer/originator to a variety of subprime lenders.
Below is an excerpt of my complaint to PA State agencies. I have attached a screenshot from the movie Inside Job. The screenshot perfectly described Wilmington Finance.
I like to bring your attention to the circumstances surrounding my abrupt resignation last week.
I was hired by Mike ******* in September. He hired me on the spot because I had interviewed with him back in March after I was terminated by Ameriquest Mortgage for blowing the whistle on them to government agaencies. I made it perfectly clear to Mr. ****** that I had only closed one loan at Ameriquest and that did not want my name on any of their loans because of all of the fraud that I witnessed while I was employed there.
Below is a copy of the email which lead to my resignation:
I do have 3 potential deals, I showed you them this morning.
Would it be possible to put me on another lead source? From what I have seen, your best lead source is your mail order source. Since I have experience, I might be a better fit with that lead source than with Lending Tree.
I cannot work on Saturdays.
-----Original Message-----
From: ******, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:48 PM
To: McCloskey, William
Subject: RE: Sat hours
A pipeline is your weekly ticket out. Today marks 1 month here and zero sales. Another week of no submissions and well look to sit down and discuss if your coming here was a correct fit. We issued you a guarantee above the norm due to your experience.
-----Original Message-----
From: McCloskey, William
Sent: Wednesday, October 19,2005 2:42 PM
To: ********, Michael
Subject: RE: Sat hours
I can't work on Saturday, I have a class.
-----Original Message-----
From: *******, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:20 PM
To: McCloskey,
Subject: Sat hours
Those of you with a putrid pipeline should plan on working 9-1 on Saturday. The 4 hours will be returned to you on Friday 10/28, you may leave at noon
In my interview in both March and September, Mr. ******* never informed me that I would be held to a different standard than employees without experience and I was never told that I would be required to work on a Saturday if I had a putrid pipeline. Furthermore, his high pressure tactics borderline on the absurd. Moreover, if he continues to treat experienced loan officers over the age of 30 like school children, he will have a huge turnaround on the sales floor. I shared my experience with several people in the mortgage industry, and they were completely appalled with the way I was treated.
From what I had seen, the overwhelming majority of newly hired loan officers at your company were between the ages of 22-30 with no experience. This is generally a red flag for me, because it is generally indicative of an "assembly line" environment. This was the case at your company.
Because of my background as a legitimate loan officer, I know the difference between subprime, Alt-A and A-paper loans. Your company is pricing all of its loans as subprime across the board. This coupled with your commission plan based on a tier system is literally forcing loan offers to charge outlandish origination fees to customers with B and B+ credit. I did not feel comfortable charging a 7.99 % interest rate with a 4.50% origination fee to a customer with a 684 credit score. Had I not, I would have not made any significant commission.
Not only is your company charging outlandish fees to people with good credit, your loan officers are not mentioning the origination fees in their sales pitches. I will acknowledge that Mike ****** trained employees to properly present a loan, but it was simply not the reality around me. I spoke to several loan officers who had been with the company 6-months to a year, and at least four of them advised me not to mention the origination fee specifically if I was on Lending Tree.
I would also like to point out that the majority of your loan officers are putting customers into 2/28 adjustable rate mortgages with a 3 year pre-payment penalty. At one point, I was attempting to put together a proposal for a customer with a credit score in the mid-600 range. I asked a loan officer, whose name I forget, for advice. His exact words were: You dont want to put this guy into a 30-year fixed, if you want to get a customer a great deal, then go work for a bank, if you want to make money here, you are going to have to sell people on a 2/28 ARM with a 3-year pre-payment penalty. This particular loan officer had awards for good salesmanship on his desk.
I did not foresee this type of used car salesman environment in my interviews with Mike ******, specifically because Wilmington Finance is a division of a large publicly traded company that is held accountable to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
I was quite vocal about my issues with your companys system of pricing deals. I suspect that this had gotten back to Mr. *******, but I am merely speculating. This could be the reason why he put me under additional pressure to sell. However, I do not have any proof.
I mentioned to ********* that section 404 of SOX pertains to the sales floor at Wilmington Finance. The Act charges management with the responsibility for annually assessing the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and requires external auditors to annually audit and issue a report on the effectiveness of the company's internal controls. Ms. **** informed me that it was her opinion that Mr. ******* intended to discuss my performance and was not threatening to terminate me. Quite frankly, I believe that she obfuscated, because at the very least, Mr. ***** email was a thinly veiled threat to terminate me.
During one of my training sessions with Mr. *******, he admitted that there are loan officers on the sales floor who do not mention certain fees till closing. He went on to say that loan officers at Wilmington who sell like that generally do not last. It is my opinion that Mr. ****** high pressure management style causes this type of behavior, and it is ironic that I struggled because I tried to present my loan proposals accurately, and more importantly - ethically.
I have a framed copy of Lending Trees Loan Officer Commitments, which I displayed at my desk. Your Wilmington Finance Loan Officer Commitments are essentially Lending Trees plagiarized. From my experience, a good majority of your loan officers are violating these commitments on a daily basis.
I feel that I should be paid the full months salary and the guaranteed commission that was promised to me in my package. I do not have any legal recourse to collect it, but I think my request is well within reason.
Bill McCloskey
I would like to clarify why the description of non-prime borrowers from my letter dated March 16, 2006 is relevant to how Wilmington Finance originates their loans:
The following definition describes the various borrower categories:
Non-Prime. Non-prime mortgage lending targets a credit score market that falls between Prime lending (also known as A-Paper lending) and Sub-prime lending (known as D-Paper lending). Many mortgage lenders measure potential borrowers loan risk by their credit score, known as a FICO score. A-Paper borrowers have the highest credit rating (750+ FICO), followed by Alt-A or A-Minus borrowers (680+ FICO), then B/C-Paper borrowers (540+ FICO) and finally D-Paper borrowers (below 540).
I had mentioned that Wilmington Finances bread and butter loan is the 2/28 ARM with a 3- year pre-payment penalty. This loan is generally strictly reserved for customers with a credit score below 540, and without a 3-year pre-payment penalty.
As I described in my previous documentation, a 2/28 ARM with a 3-year pre-pay is the most appealing loan to Wilmington Finances investors because it generates the most revenue, even though it is not a beneficial loan for the majority of their customers. The loan also creates possible residual income for Wilmington Finance, because the customer has to refinance into a fixed rate mortgage at the end of the 2-year fixed period. This violates section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley because of ethical reasons.
Bill McCloskey
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While bringing in a new generation of game play, memorable characters, and great storylines, with fun loving games like Crash Bandicoot, and Jak and Daxter, to the Uncharted Series, Naughty Dog does it again with The Last of Us.
Before we get started, let me just say that The Last of Us is a masterpiece, it delivers on all fronts. The Story, the Gameplay, the Visuals, and even the Sounds are well done. Now, The Last of Us isn't too different from what Naughty Dog has created in the past when it comes to lasting impressions, breathtaking scenarios and nail-biting experiences, but it's the emotional pulling scenarios in The Last of Us was which has not been delivered like this before. The Last of Us delivers a quality experience every step of the way from the playful banter between Ellie and Joel, to the times when you feel an emotional connection by the portrayed scenarios that you can only be grateful you are not in.
Times are tough, 20 years in the future an infectious spore begins to break out causing those who breathe it to become infected. These infected lose the sense of morality and control of their own body and begin to attack others only spreading the disease further. The infection has multiple phases as the infection spreads through the host. After time passes, the fungus grows out through the eyes and blinds the infected. They are only able to communicate through sounds and clicking they are able to make. And I won't spoil any other phases, but use your imagination. The infected aren't the only threat out there as well, there are other factions of survivors who are unable to live in the safe zones and salvage anything they can from stragglers, after killing them of course. Naughty Dog definitely capitalizes on this by making the player approach each battle differently weather you were fighting the infected, sneaking through the military, or hiding from other survivors. The only thing I might have liked to see more of was less controlled environments. It was never really a mix of the infected and military in a zone, always one or the other. This could have made the world feel more connected, and the threat of the infected feel more real. But then again, it never pulls you out of the experience.
The environments themselves also caused some frustration at times. Not only in Gameplay, but to the intensity they added to the story. The risk of entering a building to get closer to your destination, not knowing the difficulty you will have to escape on the other side. The labyrinth of infected and broken structural pieces made every building a torture maze that you must enter to carry on. Naughty Dog even made takes small jabs at this throughout the game with signs, and messages left by other survivors. With these richly detailed environment's you want to carry on see more these amazing designed levels. From the giant wall like buildings, to the snowy white blizzards in abandoned small towns, to college campus' they are all present and beautifully rendered.
Overall, the Last of Us is something different and something special; it isn't just a game to play and forget about, like the majority out there. It is an experience to explore, struggle, and fight through like the greatest hits that have transcended to this level. Taking the fundamentals of Gameplay and emotion and pushing them to the limits. The Last of Us is a Game/Experience you will remember.
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un-hyped review
The Last of Us is a 3rd person platforming-Shooter, with more story, and intensity than most games can budget for. This is a game you will have trouble putting down, because it plays like a good movie, you just want more every second you play.
The Last of Us is a Game that is developed by Naughty Dog. This Team started off small, and has grown to become highly acclaimed in the business for pure quality products. Naughty Dog has become a master of creating character that we grow attached to, from Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter, and even Nathan Drake from the Uncharted Series, Naughty Dog delivers a more serious relationship in The Last of Us with Ellie and Joel. This Relationship starts as an Obligation, which turns to a somewhat guarded Parental Guidance.
The plot is simple, as I will try not to spoil any details, but doing so will keep the review short. An outbreak happens of a virus, which increases aggression of the physical body, and making the brain unable to control the body of the host. Bottom line, making infected people attack uninfected. 20 years after the outbreak, small communities are set up for survivors. Joel (You) ends up having to take a younger girl (Ellie) across the country, fighting off infected and military along the way. She was born in this world and has no knowledge of how it was before the outbreak. Ellie is not afraid of fighting off the infected or speaking her mind.
The game controls like you would expect, you can run, shoot, jump, climb, and move objects. There are QuickTime events to make the scenes more connected with a small rush of adrenaline. The world you are in is an abandoned, demolished east coast. From the country capitol, headed more to the central United States. It is hard to determine the locations due to the small hints given. But regardless of where you are in the game, the locations and sights to see are beautiful. Highly detailed, artwork is crisp and clean. One can only imagine the possibility of 3D or Next Generation graphics.
The Last of Us is a deep story action game, but a platformer at heart. You will have to traverse many different types of environments, and face different types of enemies. The story will make you want to play, the action will keep you interested, and the Dialogue will make you laugh and cry. You will grow emotionally attached to these characters, even if you don't want to. The Last of Us is a complete package, and if you have never played a Naughty Dog game, this is a great place to Start.
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