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If you attended one of the first 25 games of the 2013 Philadelphia Phillies season you may have noticed the absence of a familiar sound.
The longtime starting catcher and fan favorite, Carlos Ruiz was suspended for the first 25 games of the 2013 season for testing positive for an amphetamine, Adderall. Ruiz wouldn't make his debut until April 28 against the New York Mets at Citi Field.
His return wouldn't last long, as he was placed on the DL on May 20 with a Grade 2 strained hamstring. Suddenly, his career year in 2012 felt like it was forever long ago, and people began to wonder if it was the banned substance he was taking that had to do with his 2012 season.
Ruiz struggled to get going in 2013 and he finished the year hitting only .268, his worst batting average since 2009. Overall, it was Ruiz's worst offensive season since 2008 as he also finished with a .368 SLG percentage and a dismal .688 OPS. It was clear from his first game back that he was playing catch up and wasn't seeing the ball. Ruiz was no longer the player keeping the Phillies alive in the 2012 playoff race, but rather another part of a disappointing 2013 ball club. Ruiz's WAR dropped from 5.2 in 2012 to just 1.4 in 2013 according to FanGraphs'.
One area where Ruiz continued to excel was calling games behind the plate. There's a reason why Roy Halladay loves pitching to him; Ruiz is arguably the best catcher in the league when it comes to calling games and is highly respected by his coaches and peers across the league. It's not a complete coincidence that Cole Hamels began turning his season around after Ruiz returned behind the plate. Chooch could be partly responsible for the turn-around for the young pitchers such as Justin De Fratus, B.J. Rosenberg, Jake Diekman, and Ethan Martin. They all went on to have successful second halves in the bullpen.
Ruiz remained effective on defense as well, especially when it came to blocking pitches. Ruiz's RPP (Passed Pitch Runs), which calculates the number of runs above / below average a catcher is at blocking pitches, was still well above average at 1.8 last season. Chooch's dWAR remained around his career average at 0.9 as well. Ruiz was certainly not a defensive liability in 2013 for the Phillies.
The 34-year-old Panamanian, who recently signed a 3 year, $26 million contract to remain in Philadelphia, was able to close out the 2013 season strong, posting a .795 OPS in his final 43 games. By the end of the season it seemed as if Ruiz was finally able to "catch up." Unfortunately, it was a little too late salvage what had been a miserable year.
The Phils brass are hoping that his strong finish carries over into 2014 and beyond, their belief being evident with the fresh contract.
Grade: C-: The 2013 campaign didn't start the way Carlos Ruiz would have liked with the 25-game suspension, and it never really seemed to get better. It was a sharp offensive decline for a man who was supposed to help the Phillies out with their woes against left-handed pitching. However, Chooch remained a leader in the clubhouse and continued to command the pitching staff as well as any catcher in the league. If Ruiz can continue to be that leader and build off of his final 50 games from last season than the chants of, "Choooooooch" may once again return in loud fashion in 2014.
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I think Ruiz showed some signs offensively the last months or so. I truly think his numbers may be closer to 2012 then 13. Not saying he will bat 300 but more in the 275-80 range.
And I would also like to wish all my fellow phillies nation a HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Chooch the best in the league at calling games? Whatever your smoking I'll have some.
Ever heard of a guy named Yadier Molina?
It's ok to be a little biased. But being delusional about something ain't never good.
Exactly how many Cardinals games did you watch to make that call?
I saw around 50 Cardinals games and 100+ Phillies games. Why you ask?
I think there was an arguably in there, so your arguing..that's fine, but he's definitely one of the best as is Molina.
Chooch has been compared to Molina & Mauer (now moving to 1B). There was another catcher Chooch is compared to, but I cannot remember his name.
Yes, Molina and Chooch are a match defensively with Molina getting the edge on offense. The primary concerns for catchers are durability and defense, and if the offense is good, then that's a bonus!
Chooch will hit close to his 2012-plus-last-43-games-of-2013 the next few years with his WAR around 1.9-2.6 per year.
The contract is good AAV-wise considering McCann's deal, but it is a year long.
RAJ hasn't made too many big mistakes – only Lee to Seattle and Howard for 5-YR/ $125MM were the biggest. Yes, trouble putting together a bullpen and $100MM+ committed to ten players, but the farm system is starting to get us some young returns – Brown, trades for Revere, Biddle (soon). We're not in the worst shape possible, yet I'll admit we could be in better shape than we are now.
Ruiz was the best option available for the Phillies.
First of all, a C- is a dumb grade, simply based on the fact that I don't feel you can factor in the suspension and DL stint. If you base his year on when he actually was on the 25 man roster I think the grade would and should be higher.
Secondly, you wrote that he " was able to close out the 2013 season strong" and that by the end of the year he was " finally able to catch up." …. But then, a few sentences later you wrote that the season "didn't start the way he would have liked" and that it "never really seemed to get better." ….. Not really sure what argument you are making…
Also, Ruiz WAS the best available catcher for the price. McCann was too expensive and Salty is overrated even if he is younger. Plus both are lefties. The rest of the options are not impressive at all. D Navarro??? Please.
The suspension has to be factored in, no? It's Chooch's (or maybe his agent's) fault that he didn't get MLB approval to use the drug after the first failed drug test, but Chooch losing 15% of the season – and the impact of that loss on the team – is on him.
hk – yes…to a point I suppose. But not to the tune of a C- grade. I'm not much for grades (they are so arbitrary) but if I had to give one for Ruiz I'd be more inclined to say C+ / B-
Addendum to my remarks below (or wherever they landed):
I did read the Eric Walker article on PEDs you provided (under "Former Phils" comments for those who are interested) and it's very interesting and informative (thanks) but even Walker seems to be asking the question at the end of his article, Why isn't the league helping players – where is their league-supplied medical assistance?
Amen, HK!
It was an easily avoidable transgression that required no more than a medical note.
I'll be generous and go along with the C- only because it was Chooch and I'm sure hurting the team was the last thing he wanted to do. Plus the use of Adderall should not even require a note – but unfortunately does.
Still, you can't dismiss Chooch's role in the mess since it's ultimately his responsibility to ask the right people, first before he tosses something down his gullet. But the Ruiz situation raises a question that maybe someone here can answer for me.
What protections are in place to help a player avoid accidentally taking a banned substance????
Beyond the player's due diligence (which has its limits since he's not expected to be a pharmacologist), what guidance is he getting from his agent, team management or more critically, from team and personal doctors? If I see a new doctor, one of the first questions on the form is "Do you have an allergies to medications?" Are ballplayers expected to automatically check the box and provide a written sheet of banned substances in their profession? Perhaps they already do that, which brings up another situation. What if the goof is on the doctor? I can't count the number of times some doctor has prescribed Penicillin or a Penicillin derivative for me without first noticing that I'm allergic to it. If I don't specifically read the word "Penicillin" on the script what are my responsibilities for facing a bad reaction… or facing a 25-game suspension?
Seems that somewhere, what we've got here is a failure to communicate.
There may have been no accident this time, perhaps, although an Hispanic person with somewhat limited English language skills, whose doctor is probably also Hispanic with limited English language skills certainly is a situation where misinterpretation of regulations could come into play. There are other times when the player has been totally unaware of what he was taking. The drug that got J.C. Romero suspended didn't list steroids as an ingredient and even MLBs banned drug list was vague at the time. I read that Galvis' suspension was due to a foot cream he had used.
I'm completely with wbramh here. If there's a policy against using something, there should be guidance as to what products contain that something, and it should list even those products that are only available in foreign countries. Laws and labeling are not the same everywhere, and what shows up on an American product label won't always be the same as something packaged for use in Panama or Venezuela. One might hope that Hispanics learn English now that they're in the U.S. But I doubt that even most Americans know what's in the cold medicines and pain relievers and diet pills they take.
Good points, George. It does seem as though Hispanic players are suspended for PED's at a disproportionate rate. What I don't understand is why Chooch's agent didn't make sure he got approval from MLB after the first failed test.
I have a feeling that MLB was so anxious to respond to and eliminate doping that nobody really appreciated the can of worms they were unleashing Few doctors have advanced pharmacology knowledge and pharmaceutical companies often discover the complete list of their drugs' contraindications after users report back with complaints.
I've spent a great part of my professional career working as an outside A/V supplier to pharmaceutical companies. One day, we were recording an informational script for doctors on a new arthritis drug. The voice talent asked me how the name of the drug was pronounced. I didn't know so I asked the reps from the pharmaceutical company who were sitting behind me. They didn't know so they called colleagues in Sales at the company. They didn't know so they asked the specialists in the manufacturing facility. They invented the crap and had no idea!
We ended up telling the voice talent to pronounce it the way she preferred and that pronunciation became the defacto standard for the World.
While the unknown pronunciation of a drug's name might not seem all that important I think it's a telling barometer of how little everyone knows about both helpful medications and the garbage we put in our bodies.
I'm an A.D.D. sufferer who managed to learn to control it as an older adult but a concussion brought it back like gang-busters. Seven doctors later I found a pharmacology specialist psychiatrist who explained that concussions damage synapses in the brain and interrupt neuron flow. After 5 years of hell, he prescribed Adderall and it as good as saved my life. A drug like Adderall (what Chooch takes) can help get the synapses re-firie correctly. I'm reminded that a catcher (like a football player) must be far more susceptible to synapse damage than other position players in their sport. Perhaps Chooch's need for the drug was due to a job-related injury(s). By the way, I don't doubt for a minute that Dom Brown's concussion could have affected his performance for the remainder of the season. Rather than giving Chooch an unfair advantage, Adderall probably does no more than offer him an even playing field. The ability to focus is not a superhuman trait but one A.D.D. sufferers struggle to maintain.
hk–The first failed test warranted just a warning, which was probably issued to the player directly, not through the agent. It's likely the agent didn't even know about it. But it does re-open the question about responsiblity and possible misinterpretation of the language and misunderstanding by a Hispanic doctor who may have unknowingly prescribed some other banned substance when Ruiz informed him of a failed test.
But you are right about agents taking some responsibility, too. It's their clients who are losing salary through fines, and their own pay is a commision or percentage of that salary. In other words, when a player isn't paid due to suspension, the agent shouldn't get anything, either.
wbramh–you make some excellent points about the "can of worms" that is the drug agreement, and some points everyone should know about pharmaceuticals in general. It's pretty scary when a company doesn't even know the proper name of their own product, and should make everyone wonder if even they know what they are putting in those little bottles.
If the drug companies don't know all the side effects, then surely MLB can't. It took the FDA years to issue a warning about tendon ruptures caused by the drug Cipro. Certain diet pills were on the market for years before they were pulled, and there have been arthritis medicines that had to be yanked off the market due to increases in heart problems.
The Joint Drug Agreement, to me, is not just a can of worms, it's a can of venomous snakes, and by the time it's straightened out even somewhat, it will resemble the U.S. tax code.
George, You've raised an interesting question about the agent's role in helping to guide his client.
I suppose a "smart" agent ("crafty" might be the better word) would build a stipulation into his agreement with the player that would guarantee the agent full reimbursement in the event the player's salary loss is self-inflicted (liking breaking public laws or MLB rules). In fact, it would surprise me if the top agents (at least) didn't all demand that safety net considering the obvious financial risk. Not to suggest agents would become callous minus personal financial risk but let's just say their depth of involvement in a player's off-field adventures might not reach Jerry Maguire levels – especially if their clients are always reinstated after forced vacations.
In regards to the high percentage of Hispanic players who have had connections, or rumors of connections with juicing, I suspect much of that is perception due more specifically to the Biogenesis scandal. The clinic's Miami base probably played into that imbalance as well as long-time off-field friendships between Hispanic players. Word probably spreads more quickly within any clique, be it common language, country or team. In the case of Biogenesis, the teams were pretty mixed. I believe the Yankees were the only team to have as many as two players on the list of 20. However,19 out of 20 were Hispanic and primarily Dominican. The odd men out appeared to be a Cuban, a Nicaraguan and Braun. The list of players cited in the Mitchell Report in the '90s was heavily non-Hispanic. Having glanced through it again recently it appears as if Hispanic players at that time were somewhat underrepresented in the accusations and indictments.
Wikipedia has a list of all of the MLB players who were suspended for PED use. In a quick count of those who were suspended before 2013, it seems as though ~25 of the 35 went to Hispanic players, some of whom were repeat offenders…and this was before Biogenesis.
I wasn't referring to just those suspended before the Biogenesis scandal. Some players who admitted PED use or were implicated in the Mitchell Report were pursued – others not, I assume in return for their testimonies. The list of non-Hispanic players on the Mitchell list far exceeds Hispanic players.
For example, they include:
Benard, Bonds, Sheffield, Velarde, Dykstra, Segul, Bigbie, Roberts, Cust, Laker, Hundley, (Hal) Morris, Carreon, (Matt) Franco, (Rondell) White, Clemens, Pettitte, Knobloch, Grimsley, Zaun, Justice, Hill, Vaughn, Neagle, Villone, Franklin, Donnels, (Todd) Williams, Hiatt, Pratt, (Kevin) Young, Lansing, McKay, Mercker, Platt, (Jason) Christiansen, (Mike) Stanton, (Stephen) Randoph, Hairston, LoDuca, Riggs, Miadich, (Kevin )Brown, (Eric) Gagne, (Mike) Bell, Herges, (Greg) Bennett, Parque, (Brendan)Donnelly, (Chad) Allen, (Jeff) Williams, (Howie) Clark, (Nook) Logan, (Ricky) Stone, Turnbow, Joyner, (Paxton) Crawford, Jorgensen, Bones, Caminiti, Ankiel, (David) Bell, (Paul) Byrd, Gibbons, Glaus, Holmes, (Gary) Matthews, Jr, Schoenwels, Matt) Williams, Woodard, Naulty, McGwire.
I was strictly referencing the high percentage of Hispanic players who have been suspended for PED's with my main concern being that something may be lost on the Hispanic players in the translation (e.g. maybe Chooch really didn't understand that all he needed was a doctor's note to get MLB approval to use Adderall). I suspect that the distribution of users across ethnic lines is probably very close to the distribution of players along those same lines. It just seems that the Hispanic players get suspended at a higher rate.
I do agree with you that Hispanic players seem to get suspended at a higher rate – and yes before and after Biogenesis, yet implication in juicing has either been in line with the ethnic balance as you suggest or actually lower for Hispanics if you factor in the full wave of revelations since the 90s and the Mitchell Report. I'm not suggesting Hispanic players are now being targeted deliberately but rather, unscrupulous pushers like Biogenesis happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time for circles of primarily Hispanic (and mostly Dominican) players at the very moment the league dropped the hammer. The first wave of bad publicity centered around non-Hispanic like Bonds, McGwire, Pettitte and Clemens – of course, Sosa too, but Sammy was part of a more mutti-cultural group of equal opportunity cheaters (and maybe more than chance another Dominican).
I'm not totally discounting the language barrier as causal to the problem for Hispanic players in general but it would surprise me if it's at the center of the issue. I would think access to good Spanish-speaking counsel is pretty readily available these days – especially considering the high stakes involved for players, teams,MLB and super agents alike.
There was no accident here. Ruiz received a warning first but continued taking the drug.
I have no doubt that Bob McClure is grateful that Amaro signed Ruiz to a new contract, As an outsider hired to be the pitching coach,McClure needs to pick Ruiz's brain for all his knowledge of the pitching staff.
Can't hurt because McClure's going to need all the help he can get – but I think McClure would be even more grateful if Amaro signed Masahiro Tanaka plus a middle reliever and set-up man who aren't better suited for batting practice.
I know I'd be more grateful.
Come on, Rube. It's Chanukah, doggonit!
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"What does being good in the clubhouse mean?"
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At the age of 43 years, John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected president. Throughout both his campaign and his presidency, he was portrayed as the epitome of youth and vigor. In fact, he had the most complex medical history of anyone to occupy the White House. The recent opening of his White House medical records has provided researchers greater insight into the multiple medical conditions that afflicted Kennedy. A recent review of these records, coupled with other available sources, allows new understanding of his health history that can now be explained in the context of a unifying autoimmune endocrine disorder.
At 43 years of age, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected to the presidency of the United States. To all appearances, he was the picture of health and vitality. In actuality, he had the most complex health history of anyone to occupy the White House. In an era of less media scrutiny, he was able to conceal the true nature of his complex medical problems throughout his presidency. After years of requests by researchers, Kennedy's White House medical records were first made available by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum to historian Robert Dallek and his medical consultant, Dr. Jeffrey Kelman, in 2002. Since then, other teams of researchers have examined Kennedy's medical records. I was allowed to review President Kennedy's medical records on 3 occasions in May and July of 2008, as well as the correspondence between various specialists at the Mayo Clinic and Lahey Clinic and Kennedy's father, Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, concerning the young John F. Kennedy. The library's medical records consist almost entirely of the medical files of White House physicians Janet Travell and George Burkley, as well as correspondence from various specialists, hospital discharge summaries, and radiography results. None of the medical files of any of the medical specialists involved in Kennedy's health care are at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. Review of the White House medical files revealed that Kennedy's major medical diagnoses can be explained on an endocrine autoimmune basis—namely, the autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 2 (APS 2).
The concept of a polyendocrine syndrome was first suggested in 1849 by Thomas Addison, when he described a patient with adrenocortical failure and probable pernicious anemia (1). In the early 20th century, Parkinson described the association of diabetes and pernicious anemia (2), while Schmidt described the occurrence of lymphocytic infiltrates of the thyroid and adrenal glands in 2 patients dying of addisonian crisis (3). Roitt and colleagues identified autoantibodies to thyroglobulin in patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis in 1956 (4), and the identification of autoantibodies to islet cells, adrenal cortex, gastric parietal cells and steroid-producing gonadal cells followed (5). In 1980, Neufeld and colleagues characterized the autoimmune polyglandular syndromes into 2 distinct syndromes, APS types 1 and 2 (6, 7).
Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 2 is defined by the coexistence of autoimmune adrenocortical insufficiency and evidence of adrenalitis with either autoimmune thyroid disease or type 1 diabetes mellitus. Adrenal failure or autoantibodies plus autoimmune thyroiditis is also termed the Schmidt syndrome(8).
In their 1976 book, The Search for JFK, authors Joan and Clay Blair disclosed for the first time what had long been suspected—that Kennedy unequivocally had Addison disease, defined as adrenocortical insufficiency (9). In September 1947, Kennedy, then a Congressman from Massachusetts, collapsed during a visit to England. Sir Daniel Davis, the admitting physician, diagnosed adrenal crisis and told Kennedy's friend, Pamela Churchill, "That young American friend of yours, he hasn't got a year to live" (10, 11). After he was treated, Kennedy sailed back to New York accompanied by a nurse and was then admitted to the Lahey Clinic in Boston. The cover story provided to his constituents stated that he had a severe recurrence of the malaria he had contracted in the Pacific during World War II.
Endocrinologist Elmer C. Bartels cared for Kennedy at the Lahey Clinic and remained his endocrinologist for several years after. He told the Blairs in 1973 that after returning from England, Kennedy was treated with desoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)—an early, weak synthetic adrenal hormone—that was implanted in pellet form under the skin of his thigh every 3 months. By 1950, cortisone was available in oral form, and Kennedy was taking 25 mg daily in addition to his DOCA implants.
Although Kennedy was not formally diagnosed as having Addison disease until September 1947, earlier manifestations of adrenal deterioration may have occurred. When he announced his candidacy for Congress in 1945, Kennedy was a very frail-looking 150 lb (he was 6 feet tall). As the campaign progressed, he seemed tired, hollow-eyed, and anemic-looking to his staff workers (12). The day before the primary, Kennedy marched in the annual Bunker Hill parade on 17 June 1946. At the end of the 5-mile parade though Charlestown, Massachusetts, on that hot and sunny day, Kennedy collapsed. Aides claimed that he turned "yellow and blue … He appeared to me as a man who probably had a heart attack" (12).
Even earlier, in August 1940, Dr. Paul O'Leary of the Mayo Clinic described his evaluation of Kennedy's health to Kennedy's father in a letter (13):
Jack's examination revealed a rather unique finding, which he perhaps discussed with you by this time. His blood pressure was exceedingly low, being in the neighborhood of 85, and for a boy of this age it should be approximately 120. This so-called static hypotension is a comparatively recently recognized entity and it might well be that some of Jack's gastrointestinal difficulties are attributable to this finding.
In 1954, despite his adrenal disease, Kennedy had back surgery in New York. A 1955 article in the Archives of Surgery titled "Management of Adrenocortical Insufficiency During Surgery" described his case, although Kennedy was identified only as "Case 3" (14). From that point on, the Chief of Endocrinology at New York Hospital, Dr. Ephraim Shorr, managed Kennedy's condition. After Shorr's death in 1956, his associate, Dr. Eugene J. Cohen, directed Kennedy's endocrinologic management.
During the 1960 campaign for the presidency, Kennedy's political enemies charged that the senator had Addison disease, and the coverup of this diagnosis, orchestrated by Dr. Janet Travell, has been well documented (15–20). The crux of the cover-up rested on the cleverly worded statement claiming that Kennedy "does not now nor has he ever had an ailment described classically as Addison's disease, which is a tuberculose [sic] destruction of the adrenal gland" (17). In fact, Addison disease has an autoimmune cause in nearly 80% of cases and tuberculosis accounts for only 10% (21). This narrow definition of Addison disease was successful in deflecting further probes.
In the oral history given by Travell in 1966, she described that Kennedy was diagnosed as having hypothyroidism when he was hospitalized at New York Hospital in May 1955 (22). With the consent of Shorr as the consulting endocrinologist, Kennedy began treatment with liothyronine. The discharge summary from New York Hospital for Kennedy's hospitalization from 26 May 1955 to 2 June 1955 contains record of basal metabolic testing, namely a basal metabolic rate of −15, consistent with mild hypothyroidism; of note, liothyronine is not listed as one of the discharge medications (23). No further thyroid diagnostic testing results are contained in the medical records kept by either Dr. Travell or by Dr. Burkley, Travell's successor as White House physician (24). The White House medical records indicate that Kennedy was taking liothyronine, 25 μg twice daily, throughout his presidency.
Thyroid gland function is mentioned in 2 pieces of correspondence in Joseph P. Kennedy's files. In a letter dated 16 December 1935, Dr. William P. Murphy wrote to Joseph P. Kennedy after John F. Kennedy was hospitalized at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, that, "The basal metabolic rate was minus 11 per cent which is just below the lower border of normal." In his conclusions, Murphy wrote, "Of these various studies, then, the relatively low basal metabolic rate may be of importance … " (25). In a contrasting interpretation, Dr. Walter C. Alvarez of the Mayo Clinic wrote to Joseph Kennedy on 9 February 1939 after John F. Kennedy had had an evaluation, "Because a common cause of somnolence is a low rate of activity in the thyroid gland, we checked his basal metabolic rate. It was −11, which is well within normal limits" (26).
The fact that Kennedy, who unequivocally had Addison disease, also had hypothyroidism leads to the plausible conclusion that there was an autoimmune basis for his medical problems, and APS 2 explains these conditions. In 50% of patients with this syndrome, adrenocortical failure is the initial endocrine abnormality (27). Autoimmune thyroid disease is found to coexist with Addison disease in two thirds of cases (27, 28). Typically, APS 2 occurs in early adulthood, with a peak onset at 30 years of age (29), the exact age that John F. Kennedy was when his Addison disease was diagnosed.
Adrenal cell autoantibodies (ACAs) were first reported in 1957; their detection involved an assay that used complement fixation techniques (30). In 1963, the assay for ACAs was improved using an indirect immunofluorescence test. Immunofluorescence testing found ACAs in 40% to 90% of patients with idiopathic Addison disease (30). In 1992, testing for antibodies to the enzyme steroid 21-hydroxylase by using radiobinding assays became the gold standard for detecting autoimmune Addison disease. Antibodies to 21-hydroxylase were found in 80% to 90% of patients with idiopathic Addison disease in almost all participants who had had disease for less than 15 years and in 60% of participants who had had disease for more than 15 years (30). Whether Kennedy was tested for ACAs is not known because the office records of Dr. Eugene Cohen, Kennedy's endocrinologist and most important physician, are not available to researchers.
Kennedy's Addison disease was clearly not due to tuberculous destruction; rather, it was originally described as "idiopathic" Addison disease, or adrenal atrophy. Although no comments were made on his adrenal glands in the official autopsy, in 1992, one of the pathology residents present at the autopsy confirmed that the autopsy team found almost no adrenal tissue, consistent with adrenal atrophy (31). No scarring, inflammation, or granuloma formation was detected. As pathologist George Lundberg stated, this observation is "diagnostic of severe Addison's disease, probably idiopathic, almost certainly not of tuberculous origin" (32).
Although the presence of 2 diseases that are commonly of autoimmune origin make it probable that Kennedy had APS 2, the presence of confirmatory antibodies is essential to fulfill the diagnostic criteria (28, 30). The inheritance pattern in APS 2 is polygenic. In a recent study of a large cohort of patients with Addison disease in Norway, the frequency of HLA class 2 haplotypes did not significantly differ in patients with isolated Addison disease or those with APS 2. As noted in previous studies, the researchers found an increase of the HLA DR3-DQ2 and HLA DR4-DQ8 haplotypes in Addison disease and APS 2 compared with healthy control persons (33). Approximately one half of patients with APS 2 have relatives with autoimmune diseases (28). It is public knowledge that Kennedy's younger sister, Eunice, has Addison disease (34) and that his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., had Graves disease.
Other autoimmune conditions are associated with APS 2. These include chronic atrophic gastritis (with or without pernicious anemia) in 4.5% to 11% of cases, and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism in 4% to 9% of cases (28). In addition, the incidence of celiac disease is much higher in patients with autoimmune adrenal and thyroid disease (35), an interesting fact given that Kennedy had gastrointestinal symptoms (cramping, diarrhea, inability to gain weight) for most of his life (Figure).
The time of diagnosis of gastrointestinal symptoms, adrenal insufficiency, and hypothyroidism are plotted against Kennedy's body weight at various ages. Arabic numbers at each solid circle are the references from which body weight information was obtained.
* Sinking of PT-109, August 1943.
† Addison disease diagnosed, September 1947.
‡ Unsuccessful back surgery, October 1954.
§ Suspected initiation of testosterone therapy, July to August 1960.
Janet Travell's listing of Kennedy's medications for 12 October 1961 represented a typical day for the president. He was taking ascorbic acid, 500 mg twice daily; hydrocortisone, 10 mg daily; prednisone, 2.5 mg twice daily; methyltestosterone, 10 mg/d; liothyronine sodium, 25 μg twice daily; fludrocortisone, 0.1 mg/d; and diphenoxylate hydrochloride and atropine sulfate, 2 tablets as needed (43). Records at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum do not contain the results of any of Kennedy's endocrine testing.
Kennedy received testosterone daily during his entire presidency. His daily dose of oral methyltestosterone started out as 10 mg, and on several occasions it was increased to 25 mg/d. The summary medication sheet for May 1962 indicates that his physicians began trying different testosterone preparations at that time (44). From 1 to 7 May, he received between 50 mg and 75 mg of testosterone aqueous suspension for 4 days, and from 10 to 28 May, he received either 5 mg or 10 mg of oral fluoxymesterone.
As noted earlier, APS 2 is associated with hypogonadism as a result of the development of steroid-cell autoantibodies that react with Leydig cells of the testes, as well as thecal cells of the ovary (30). Kennedy's requirement for testosterone can be ascribed to autoimmune hypergonadotropic hypogonadism as a result of APS 2. However, whereas the incidence of ovarian failure in women with APS 2 is 10%, progression to gonadal failure is very rare among men with Addison disease, even in the presence of high-risk steroidal cell autoantibodies (8). Kennedy fathered 4 children from 1956 to 1960 and hence was apparently not hypogonadal. Another diagnostic possibility to consider is autoimmune (or lymphocytic) hypophysitis, an autoimmune syndrome that results in a picture of panhypopituitarism. Since 1962, 460 cases have been described in the literature (45). This all leads to conjecture as to when Kennedy started testosterone therapy.
Given Kennedy's history, his long-term steroid therapy could have affected his testosterone levels. This is very likely the case, as the prevalence of low testosterone levels in glucocorticoid-treated men is high because of glucocorticoid-induced suppression of all components of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis. Typically, daily administration of more than 5 mg to 7.5 mg of prednisone or its equivalent increases the risk for gonadotropin and testosterone suppression and for alterations in muscle and bone mass (46). The medical records contain several notes indicating that Kennedy requested and received additional testosterone, such as on 12 July 1961, when Dr. Travell recorded, "methyl T 10 mg (by request)" (47).
In addition, Robert Dallek and his associate Dr. Jeffrey Kelman have stated that Kennedy was taking testosterone to keep his weight up (48). This, too, is highly likely. On the basis of available records, it cannot be determined exactly when Kennedy began testosterone therapy. Janet Travell recalls that Kennedy weighed 155 lb when she met him in May 1955 (49). Kennedy's White House medical records indicate that his daily weight was between 170 and 180 lb (24). There are possible clues as to when his testosterone therapy was initiated. One clue was provided by his lifelong friend Lem Billings, who stated that Kennedy's weight had surged during the 1960 presidential campaign: "If you look at pictures of him in July 1960 and then look at pictures of him taken in January of 1961, you'l find he was much heavier." The total weight gain, Billings noted, was about 15 lb (50). In her autobiography, Travell included a photograph that she took of president-elect Kennedy on 15 November 1960. He is bare-chested and is leaping to catch a football. He appears to be trim, muscular, and well proportioned. This is confirmed by the observation of Rose Kennedy, who stated in a diary entry on 3 November 1960 that "Jack looks unusually well. His cheeks have filled out amazingly since I saw him in June. He has lost that lean Lincolnesque look which I secretly like better" (51).
In her autobiography, Travell described Kennedy the first time she met him: "In spite of his Florida suntan, I thought he appeared pale and anemic, and that indeed proved to be the case" (49). In her 1966 oral history, she embellished on this when asked by the interviewer if then-senator Kennedy had any other medical problems. "Well, of course when I first saw him he was extremely anemic. He was really anemic. He had impaired vibration sense which is indicative of peripheral neuritis … characteristic of a vitamin B1 deficiency." She also stated, "Senator Kennedy was put on a course of vitamin B12, vitamin B1 and B-complex injections. His blood count—his hemoglobin and red cells—did respond" (52).
Although the White House medical records contain no mention of peripheral neuropathy, they indicate that Kennedy had received regular vitamin injections, including vitamin B12, throughout his presidency (24). It is unlikely that Kennedy was thiamine deficient, and anemia is not associated with thiamine deficiency. Travell's description is more consistent with vitamin B12 deficiency. The coexistence of pernicious anemia is consistent with a diagnosis of APS 2: Pernicious anemia is found in 2% to 25% of patients with APS 2 (27).
As tempting as it is to link this finding to APS 2, Travell's description of Kennedy's anemia is problematic. She described her first meeting with him as having taken place on 26 May 1955. Later that day, she had admitted him to New York Hospital, where he remained until 2 June. His discharge summary for that hospitalization does not list a diagnosis of anemia, and it records a hemoglobin level of 15.5 g/dL and a hematocrit of 41% (23). He was clearly not anemic at that time. None of the complete blood counts that are in the medical files at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, covering 1961 to 1963, reveal anemia of any type.
In summary, John F. Kennedy had many medical conditions during his lifetime. Addison disease was diagnosed when Kennedy was 30 years of age, and he was found to have hypothyroidism when he was a senator. The coexistence of autoimmune adrenal disease and hypothyroidism is consistent with APS 2. Possibly because of autoimmune disease but probably as a result of long-term steroid replacement therapy, Kennedy's endocrinologist prescribed treatment with testosterone, and this may have been initiated during the 1960 presidential campaign. Despite his many medical conditions as well as his recurrent back problems, John F. Kennedy managed to convey an image of health and vigor that masked the true state of his health to the U.S. public.
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KINGSVILLE, Texas — Texas A&M-Kingsville got run-scoring singles from Cassie Anderson and Meisha Patterson in the bottom of the third, and pitchers Jessika Cantu and Morgan Seals made the lead stand up in a 2-1 Lone Star Conference South Division softball victory Friday over Eastern New Mexico University.
The Javelinas (9-10, 2-0 South) cruised to a 10-0 win in the opener. The teams complete their series with a single game today.
Kingsville's Courtney Rigamonti (5-7) pitched a five-inning shutout in the opener, allowing five hits. The Javelinas roughed up ENMU junior Natalie Woodside (5-5) for 10 runs — five earned — and six hits, with Javs catcher Julia Canales driving in four runs with three singles.
The Zias threatened to break up the shutout in the fifth, loading the bases with one out, but Rigamonti got Haley Hays to hit into a pitcher-to-home fielder's choice before Alex Mayo Otis flied to left on a 3-2 pitch.
In the nightcap, ENMU (13-10, 0-2) finally got on the board in the fifth when Tawna Lei Tagaloa walked and pinch-runner Sarah Spencer came around on two infield outs and a Kingsville error.
Sophomore Kristen Cruickshank (5-4) took the tough-luck loss for the Zias, throwing a complete-game four-hitter. Seals worked the sixth and seventh for her first save, leaving the tying run at third in the seventh.


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With my first I dropped weight fast and then stopped at 10 lbs over pre preg. This time I'm under pre pregnancy but need to keep it there!
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With my first I dropped weight fast and then stopped at 10 lbs over pre preg. This time I'm under pre pregnancy but need to keep it there!
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When I came out of the hospital I had lost all of the PP weight, and my leftover belly went back to its place in a week! amazing, yeah but then I started getting hungrier and hungrier and started to gain weight, this was (I thin) cause we moed to a new place and my vitamins were out of reach, so I stoped taking them, once I started taking my prenatal vitamins again I stopped being so hungry and stopped gaining weight, now if i get too hungry in spite of the vitamins I take Ensure for a while and I know it says in the can that you use it to either mantain or gain weight but I relized that hunger was an effort from my body to try and get more nutrients, at least thats what worked for me... so, eat healthy, have your vitamins and if possible some ensure or something of the sort ^^
That's another thing...I do forget my vits from time to time...that could be the reason...I got those boost energy drinks but they don't do me any justice We shall see! I haven't been doing too bad the last few days, but today I just HAD to have my chocolate!
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What works for me is taking my prenatal vitamins and keeping a healthy diet to get all of the nutreints my body needs, I noticed that I get hungrier when I forget to take the vitamis and try to "fill up" with food, when Im specially hungru some ensure helps too
yeah i just said the same thing again but thats cause it makes a world of difference, at least to me and.. what kind of energy drinks? like red bull? lol
I know how you feel. I have also been craving lots of milk. I drink about a half gallon a day. Not so heavy on the sweets, but I often find myself baking up a few chocolate chip cookies(gotta love tubs of dough) in the evening as an excuse for a glass of milk. Thankfully I have kept up a healthy diet otherwise. Lots of salads and lean meats, never been a huge fan of carbs. I am 12 lbs under my pre-pregnancy weight at 3 1/2 weeks.
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Thanks for all of your responses! I think my problem was that I was over working my utters LOL !! I'm exclusively breastfeeding and I was pumping 2-3x/day also!? They LC at the hsp told me to pump to build my supply...however, I did not stop pumping until 2 mo when I found out there is really no need too...I was accumulating extra milk for nothing! Well, I shouldn't say that, I will donate it if I don't use it...trust me, I got a good stash But yes, my EXTREME cravings have decreased! I think I will always LOVE my sweets, but it's definitely not as bad as before~*whew*~
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A team of European astronomers has used two of the most powerful astronomical facilities available, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Cerro Paranal, to find a bright quasar without a massive host galaxy. Quasars are powerful and typically very distant sources of prodigious amounts of radiation. They are commonly associated with galaxies containing an active central black hole.
The team conducted a detailed study of 20 relatively nearby quasars. For 19 of them, they found, as expected, that these supermassive black holes are surrounded by a host galaxy. But when they studied the bright quasar HE0450-2958, located some 5 billion light-years away, they could not find evidence for a host galaxy. This, the astronomers suggest, may indicate a rare case of collision between a seemingly normal spiral galaxy and a much more exotic object harboring a very massive black hole.
The paper on HE0450-2958 will be published in the Sept. 15, 2005 issue of Nature.
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Virtually all the time I use my phone, but since I just recently got a PS3 (X-mas) I'll start using that more. I rarely use the computer, Idk why. Only time I do is when Im already on the computer and wanna check my NB.
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Tallgrass Third Thursdays
Mark it on your calendar: on Third Thursdays most months Tallgrass Film Association presents the Wichita theatrical premiere of a new independent film. General Admission tickets are $10 and $8 for students and teachers, seniors, military and TFA members (unless otherwise noted.) Screenings are followed by a group discussion in the "Cinema Salon."
TFA presents a DVD-Release celebration of SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP as its Third Thursday screening at the Wichita Art Museum, on September 20 at 7 pm. Tickets may be purchased online or at the door and are $10 General Admission, $8 discounted for students/teachers/seniors/military & TFA members.
The Muse Cafe at WAM will offer a dinner for movie-goers beginning at 5:00 p.m., which will be reservation-only. All meals are guaranteed to be finished by 6:50 p.m., in time for the 7:00 p.m. film start. For dinner reservations please call The Muse (316) 268-4973.
Ice-T takes us on an intimate journey into the heart and soul of hip hop with the legends of rap music. This performance documentary, an Official Selection of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, goes beyond the stardom and the bling to explore what goes on inside the minds, and erupts from the lips, of the grandmasters of rap.
Recognized as the Godfather of gangsta rap, Ice-T is granted unparalleled access o the personal lives of the masters of this art form; a genre that he credits for saving his life. Interspersed with the performer's insightful, touching and often funny revelations are classic raps, freestyle rhymes, and never before heard a capellas straight from the mouths of the creators. What emerges is a better understanding of, and a tribute to, an original American art form that brought poetry to a new generation.
The film features Afrika, Common, Doug E. Fresh, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Ice Cube, Kanye West, Kool Keith, Kool Moe Dee, MC Lyte, Nas, Q-Tip, Snoop Dog, Xzibit and Yasiin (formerly known as Mos Def) along with many more of rap's most influential artists. The DVD, from Indomnia Films, will be released the week of the screening.
August: THE IMPOSTER
"This true story plays like a gripping psychological thriller, offering hard speculation and harder truths. You won't be able to get it out of your head." – PeterTravers, Rolling Stone
Third Thursdays return August 16th with the critically acclaimed documentary THE IMPOSTER at Wichita Art Museum (1400 W. Museum Blvd.). The box office opens at 5:00 p.m. and the film begins at 7:00 p.m.
The Muse Cafe at WAM will offer a dinner for movie-goers beginning at 5:00 p.m., which will be reservation-only. All meals are guaranteed to be finished by 6:50 p.m., in time for the 7:00 p.m. film start. For dinner reservations please call The Muse (316) 268-4973.
A gripping thriller straight out of real life, THE IMPOSTER is an original film experience that walks the razor's edge between true-crime documentary and stylish noir mystery. The twisting, turning tale begins with an unsettling disappearance – that of Nicholas Barclay, a 13 year-old Texas boy who vanishes without a trace. Three and a half years later, staggering news arrives: the boy has been found, thousands of miles from home in Spain, saying he survived a mind-boggling ordeal of kidnap and torture by shadowy captors. Director Bart Layton fuses confessional interviews, strikingly creative re-enactments and suspenseful storytelling into a film that asks the audience to play detective – as they ferret out the blurred evidence between a family who seems desperate to believe, a private investigator obsessed with resolution and a lonely thief whose only loot is human identities.
Tickets are $10 ($8 for TFA members, seniors, students, teachers, and military) and are available online at tallgrassfilmfest.com or at the door. There will also be a drawing for a VIP TALLPass ($175 value) to the 10th annual Tallgrass Film Festival October 18-21, 2012.


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Trade Deadline Wrap Up
Not quite Nomar, that title belongs to April and Opening Day. However, come July 31st I think it is safe to say it may be the most exciting.
Another Trade Deadline has come and gone. Heading into August I have a new feeling for the moves made by the Pirates. Joy.
Uncharacteristically the Pirates were not sellers at this trade deadline. But they were the farthest thing from being buyers as the team stands 20.5 games out of first place.
The moves the Pirates made were designed to swap talented players for relatively players of equal skill level.
The first move of the day sent bench players Ryan Church, Bobby Crosby and reliever D.J. Carrasco to the Diamondbacks in exchange for catcher Chris Snyder.
Snyder doesn't bring much to the table offensively. His .230 batting average is about 20 points lower than normal starting catcher for the Bucs Ryan Doumit. However, Snyder does have more pop with 10 HRs this season. He also has something Doumit infamously lacks, a glove. Snyder has a .career .998 fielding percenatge. That is the most welcomed aspect from the deal. Doumit is widely regarded as "No-Mitt" a clever play on his last name and it surely is true. Pittsburgh has tried to position Doumit at first base on occasions just to take back some of the grunt work of being a major league catcher. That was an experiment gone wrong as Doumit was just as grim at first as he is behind the plate. Doumit is currently on the Disabled List. I anticipate Snyder will get the starting nod and will remain in that capacity even when Doumit returns to the clubhouse.
Pittsburgh also landed minor leaguer Pedro Ciriaco. Look into those eyes, this shortstop looks intimidating and I think I'm going to like it. Ciriaco is probably light years away from the big leagues but he is servicable at the position. He has a respectable average hitting right around the .270 mark. He could make a run at shortstop in a few years. The organization is relatively weak at short in terms of future talent.
Deal two came a few hours later and probably made the biggest splash among fans of both organizations.
The Pirates recieved relief pitcher James McDonald an 21-year old minor league outfielder Andrew Lambo. In order to recieve this pair the Pirates surrendered Octavio Dotel.
I was a big fan of Dotels and will be sad to see him go. He was rented out just for this season and probably was not going to be a Bucco in 2011. I guess it is the best thing to give him up and still get a solid return.
McDonald is long and lanky, much like myself. I don't want to say I have followed his whole career, that would be a lie. However I have paid attention to what he has done throughout his relative short emergence out in LA. He is just 25 and still has plenty of time to develop into a solid big league player. He has shown flashes of excellence out of the bullpen but still has yet to be even the least bit respectable. I'm glad he is now in Pittsburgh, this will be a great chance for him to revive.
This Lambo guy may be the most intriguing of the bunch.
I trolled the Dodger's Message Boards to see reactions from their fans on the deal. Many were cintent with seeing McDonald go but the cost of trading Lambo seemed way too high for them.
I can see why they were disapointed.
Lambo is a highly regarded prospect coming out of the 4th round of the 2007 draft. This year in AA he has a solid .270 batting average and maintains a career average of .286. He draws comparrisons by some Pirate bloggers to current rightfielder Jose Tabata. Both players will hit for a high average and provided a spark at the top of the lineup. Tabata is currently riding a ten game hitting streak into tonight's game at St. Louis.
The Pirates completed the day shipping another relief pitcher to the state of California.
Javier Lopez went to the Giants in exchange for pitcher Joe Martinez and outfielder John Bowker.
There is not much information out on Martinez. He is a career minor league pitcher and does have a shot at landing a major league position at some point. Any pitching is good pitching in my eyes.
Bowker may have the best shot of any player in the whole trade deadline package to make a legitimate impact. He can probably make the team right away but will have to earn a starting spot in the outfield. He has been milling around in the minors recently but does have experience in the majors. I like what he offers. He will push an already talented Bucco outfield for playing time.
There you have the new faces of the freshest crop of players in the Pirates organizaton. Last year the influx of trades made left fans with a wait and see attitude. This year we have a lot of the pieces needed for success and we can watch them develop keenly.
In years past the masses of Pittsburgh have bellyached about the trades made by the Pirates. This year should please everybody. Much of the bullpen was traded away and it was the Buc's strongest suit. All players from the pen will be replaced and replaced fairly easily. I'm proud of Neil Huntington for making these level headed moves.
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Hopefully these moves start getting you pointed in the right direction. It's important to get a group of kids to play well together and then you add on pieces to enhance the team. Maybe these new faces and young hungry players can show some staying power..
First time commentere here. Read your Florida blog and enjoyed it because I have to go to both Florida ballparks still plus five more to complete my trip to see all 30 ballparks. As for the moves the Pirates made, it looks they did rather well getting rid of some "dead weight" in Crosby and Church and Snyder isn't a bad pickup. Hope things look up for the Pirates in the future.
Matt: I didn't realize how busy the Pirates were! I think Chris Snyder will help out those young pitchers. Hopefully this is the start of some success for the Bucs.
The Trade Deadline can be Christmas in late July for a pitcher who suffered a bad first half and got rocked or holds a losing record. The Trade deadline can be a lifeline to another year in the "Bigs" or selling cars in Raleigh/Durham , North Carolina year round.
As for hitters, it can erase a great start to the season by just slipping from one league to another. People forget that only if you stay in your same league do your bad stats follow you like an albatross. So the cure for the baseball Summertime Blues by a player is an exit Visa to another league and a renewal of all stats…..Then you can rebuild your season with confidence, just like that erector set you got that one Christmas.
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Great wrap-up, Matt. Looks like these moves will help the team almost immediately.
Great wrap-up, Matt. Looks like these moves will help the team almost immediately.
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text: MTA Annual Meeting Day 1 Dangerously Irrelevant: Ruminations on Technology, Leadership and the Future of Our Schools was the title of Friday's Keynote Address by Scott McLeod, director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE) at Iowa State. Advances in technology and changes in the economy are putting pressure on industries and organizations that are based on information, such as the newspaper business, McLeod said. Routine mental work is disappearing (computers can do these tasks) and we are witnessing a rise in the creative class. Education is not immune from these pressures. "We can't be like the landline phone companies who pooh-poohed cell phones," said McLeod. In an environment of exponential change, "we can't change fast enough." McLeod set out two tasks for educators: Move instruction up the cognitive ladder, away from the routine. Infuse digital tools into teaching and learning. McLeod will post the slides from his presentation on his blog, http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/mta. Delegates quickly approved several proposed changes to resolutions, but engaged in a lively floor debate on language about charter schools. Ultimately, the delegates voted to retain the language in the association's current resolution. Delegates also discussed Race to the Top in an afternoon issues forum led by Acting Exec. Dir. Ann Clarke and Center for Education Policy and Practice Director Kathleen Skinner. Consideration of several proposed changes to bylaws was postponed to Saturday.


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The Peace Corps entered Mozambique in 1998 during a critical time in the country's history. Emerging from the devastation of 30 thirty years of war, Mozambique faces immense challenges. Perhaps most pressing is the need for re-construction and expansion of the educational system. Nearly 60 percent of the country's schools were either destroyed or closed during the war, and trained personnel departed the country, leaving behind a broken infrastructure. Less than half of school-age children actually attend primary school, while only 22 percent reach secondary school.
The climate for development is extremely hopeful as the peaceful transition to decentralized multiparty democracy evolves. The government has placed education as a top priority; schools are being rebuilt, curricula developed, and children are enrolling in record numbers. Fuelled by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the government has also prioritized development in the health sector, particularly as only 40 percent of the population has access to healthcare services. The Peace Corps is working with government institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community and religious leaders, teachers, students, out-of-school youth and communities in Mozambique to develop their own human resources and achieve greater self-sufficiency.
Peace Corps History
Main article: History of the Peace Corps in Mozambique
The government of Mozambique first approached the American government about the Peace Corps in the early 1990s, at a time when the more than 20-year liberation and civil war was coming to an end. In October 1998, the first Volunteers arrived to start teaching English in district secondary schools in the 1999 school year. The second group of Volunteers included a complement of science teachers. The next group included not only secondary school English and science teachers, but also English teacher trainers, and began teaching in February 2002. In 2004, Peace Corps Volunteers began working on a new community health project. Health Volunteers are working in a variety of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including international, national, community, and faith-based organizations that have projects in HIV/AIDS care and prevention as well as other aspects of health and wellness.
There are approximately 120 Volunteers in Mozambique, many of whom will be a resource to you as you prepare for and begin your Peace Corps experience. You may be placed in a community with another Volunteer, replace a Volunteer who has just finished his or her service, or even be the first Volunteer assigned to a particular school, NGO or community.
Living Conditions and Volunteer Lifestyle
Main article: Living conditions and volunteer lifestyles in Mozambique
Education Volunteers live in provincial capitals, district capitals or in rural areas where the secondary schools and teacher-training institutes are located. These areas generally have populations that average 10,000 to 20,000 people. Most NGOs have offices in provincial and/or district capitals, although not all health Volunteers live near their offices; some live in small communities near where their NGO activities take place. Other health Volunteers work in smaller community organizations and live within walking distance. The provincial capitals all have electricity. In the district capitals, many buildings have electricity some of the time. Generally, in rural areas, electricity may or may not be available. Your house will be located within a reasonable distance to a general market/ store where you can buy basics such as bread, batteries, rice, soap, spaghetti, beans, and pots and pans.
Most people in the surrounding areas make their living from subsistence agriculture, with sugar cane, cashew nuts, and corn being the primary cash crops.
The staff of Peace Corps/Mozambique works closely with host government officials and NGOs to ensure that Volunteers have safe accommodations—with mosquito screens on the windows, locks on the doors, and access to water and a latrine. All Volunteers have access to nearby pumps or boreholes, so water for washing is readily available. Drinking water requires boiling and Peace Corps provides every Volunteer with a water filter.
Your host institution will provide your housing. Housing conditions for teachers and health workers are poor, and the availability of acceptable housing is extremely limited.
Volunteers may live in new government housing made of cement, reed houses with cement walls and floors and tin roofs, or old cement houses that need repairs. The toilet, bath, and cooking facilities may be indoors or outdoors. Some Volunteers have electricity and/or running water, but many do not. There may be a small plot of ground around your house where you can grow flowers, herbs, and vegetables or begin some type of interesting secondary project Some Volunteers share a house with another Volunteer or Mozambican co-worker of the same sex (except in the case of married couples); in this case each person has a separate bedroom but shares the bathroom, kitchen, and living space. Note that American concepts of privacy and personal space are not necessarily shared by or are realistic for Mozambicans, and adapting to a more communal lifestyle may require considerable flexibility on your part.
Main article: Training in Mozambique
Pre-service training takes place in a community-based setting in a rural border town called Namaacha, about 35 miles from downtown Maputo, a 45-minute drive. It is a 10-week program designed to help you gain the skills needed to successfully begin your Peace Corps service. These skills will help you integrate into your community and develop an appropriate work plan with your community and co-workers. Because training occurs six days a week, trainees have few opportunities to visit the capital.
The training content consists of five major interrelated components: technical, language, cross-cultural, health, and safety. You must demonstrate specific competencies related to each component to complete training and be sworn in as a Volunteer. You will be expected to take an active role in the process by setting goals for learning and evaluating your progress.
Health Care and Safety
Main article: Health care and safety in Mozambique
The Peace Corps' highest priority is maintaining the good health and safety of every Volunteer. Peace Corps medical programs emphasize the preventive, rather than the curative, approach to disease. Peace Corps/Mozambique maintains a clinic with a full-time medical officer, who takes care of Volunteers' primary health care needs. The medical unit has two additional Mozambican physicians. In the case of a serious illness that cannot be properly cared for in Mozambique, the Peace Corps will move the Volunteer either to an American-standard medical facility in South Africa or to the continental United States.
Diversity and Cross-Cultural Issues
Main article: Diversity and cross-cultural issues in Mozambique
In Mozambique, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyle, background, and beliefs are judged in a cultural context very different from their own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed in Mozambique.
Outside of Mozambique's capital, residents of rural communities have had relatively little direct exposure to other cultures, races, religions, and lifestyles. What people view as typical American behavior or norms may be a misconception, such as the belief in some countries that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. The people of Mozambique are justly known for their generous hospitality to foreigners; however, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to cultural differences that you present.
- Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
- Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
- Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Volunteers with Disabilities
Frequently Asked Questions
Main article: FAQs about Peace Corps in Mozambique
- How much luggage am I allowed to bring to Mozambique?
- What is the electric current in Mozambique?
- How much money should I bring?
- When can I take vacation and have people visit me?
- Will my belongings be covered by insurance?
- Do I need an international driver's license?
- What should I bring as gifts for Mozambican friends and my host family?
- Where will my site assignment be when I finish training and how isolated will I be?
- How can my family contact me in an emergency?
- Can I call home from Mozambique?
- Should I bring a cellular phone with me?
- Will there be e-mail and Internet access?
Packing List
Main article: Packing list for Mozambique
This list has been compiled by Volunteers serving in Mozambique and is based on their experience. Use it as an informal guide in making your own list, bearing in mind that experience is individual. There is no perfect list! You obviously cannot bring everything we mention, so consider those items that make the most sense to you personally and professionally. As you decide what to bring, keep in mind that you have an 80-pound weight restriction on baggage. You can get almost everything you need in Mozambique, including clothing, so do not try to bring two years' worth of everything.
When choosing luggage, remember that you will be hauling it in and out of taxis, trains, and buses and often lugging it around on foot. It should be durable, lightweight, lockable, and easy to carry. Wheels are a plus, especially those that allow you to wheel the luggage over nonpaved surfaces. Nylon is the best material for resisting mold. A backpack without a frame is very practical, and a midsize backpack (2,000 to 3,000 cubic inches) for weekend trips is essential. A regular-size book bag is also a good thing to bring.
Peace Corps News
Current events relating to Peace Corps are also available by country of service or your home state
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Contributions to the Mozambique Country Fund will support Volunteer and community projects that will take place in Mozambique. These projects include water and sanitation, agricultural development, and youth programs.
See also
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He'd kill Sasuke (SASUKEEEE!!!!)
He'd forgive Sasuke (We-... we're still team 7!) - lol
He wouldn't give a damn
lol Well, I believe he would freak out at first.... but I don't think he could bring himself to kill Sasuke
Probably not going to happen, but if by some freak accident he shoots a Sussano arrow high into the sky and it lands her in a grave & Naruto catches wind how'd he react?
I'm thinkin' he'd be doin' something like this again...
Yeah Naruto'd probably burn him at the stake.
"but I don't think he could bring himself to kill Sasuke"
sasuke kills sakura bro
if u wanna know what would be the greatest thing since tsunade getting sliced in half?
sasuke killing sakura :D
This thread is just eh. Sasuke wouldnt kill Hinata come on really what for lol. Who has Sasuke killed yet that hasnt deserved it really?
Originally Posted by kobak
What o.O Stupidest thing I've heard recently.
No....... You read it
Naruto turns into a new tobi because his not gf died
Originally Posted by Konoyaro
Naruto turns into a new tobi because his not gf died
No, if Naruto dies Hinata would turn into a Tobi. Naruto wouldn't because he has no special feelings when it comes to hinata, she is just a friend for him
lol god help sasuke from naruto if he did that, lol
It will be the fastest owning you would ever see.
Well, seeing as Naruto does'nt give a shit about Hinata and is in love with Sasuke, I'd say he would'nt give a **** ( or not one great enough to actually kill Sasuke ).
I'd like to see Hinata and Sasuke kill eachother though, both are worthless.
Naruto won't give shit
Most likely scenario is Sasuke and Sakura deal each other a death blow and die in each others arms, join together in death.
Originally Posted by Honord Sage
Most likely scenario is Sasuke and Sakura deal each other a death blow and die in each others arms, join together in death.
Sakura can even touch Sasuke lol
Naruto would go bonkers for the mere fact that his friend has been victimized and he tends to do this with all of his friends, even with Sasuke... but then he'll be happy because now he can really go for Sakura without any obstacles... hahahahahaha...
Originally Posted by Sasuke the Uchiha Clan
Sakura can even touch Sasuke lol
Anything is possible at the right time and place under the right conditions.
TNJ. Problem solved.
Or some uzumaki life force trade off technique . . .
They've talked about the Uzumaki life force a bit that I see a possibility for this sort of technique in the future somewhere . . .
But yeah, TNJ, everyone's back alive, everyone's fixed, nasty people turn nice.
seems legit
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What can we expect from the Phillies offense? That's really the big question going into 2011, isn't it? After all, great things are expected from the starting rotation, and while the bullpen isn't 1996 Yankees-good, it's certainly expected to be good enough, and is a known quantity.
The offense, however? That juggernaut? The rock upon which, for so many years, Pat Gillick and Ruben Amaro built their church? For the first time I can remember, Phillies fans seem to be sold on the team's ability to prevent runs, scoring them might be an entirely different propostion.
The way I see it, there are only three sure things in the Phillies' lineup: Carlos Ruiz, Shane Victorino, and Placido Polanco. Ruiz will play good defense, hit for a fairly high average and no power, but be on base a ton due to his tremendous plate discipline. Polanco will play good defense, hit for a very high average and no power, and never walk, so he won't be on base much at all. Victorino will, in spite of being blessed with perhaps the best speed/throwing arm combination in the National League, play mediocre defense. He will also hit for a high average (though not as high as Polanco's) walk (though not as much as Ruiz), hit for a little power and steal, conservatively, about 30 bases.
So that makes three positions where the Phillies can count on solid contributions from three good, but not great, players. There are, however, five other spots in the Phillies' lineup, and anyone who says he knows for sure what the team will get, except in the most general terms, is lying. The answers to those questions will ultimately determine the course of the season.
What I want everyone to take away from this: whatever you think of what the Phillies offense was in 2010 and is in 2011, it's at worst an above-average unit. And with this starting rotation, above-average is more than enough to win the World Series. So let's step off the ledge and address each position case-by-case.
First Base: Ryan Howard, Opening Day Age: 31
2010: 620 PA, .276/.353/.505, 31 HR, 2.0 fWAR
2011 (Bill James-projected): 682 PA, .276/.368/.547, 43 HR
We're probably looking at the tail end of Howard's prime, which may come as a surprise, but not getting a full-time, full-season shot to start until age 26 hurt him in terms of longevity. Howard came into camp in 2010 slimmed down, and hit for a marginally higher average, but at the expense of full-season career lows in walk rate and just about every counting stat. Of course, the normally-durable Howard missed some time after an early-August trip to the DL, which didn't help. Howard also adopted a more contact-based approach that didn't help his one glaring weakness as a hitter: his inability to hit breaking balls, which he sees more of than any other player in baseball.
This year, Howard's packed some muscle back on, and stands to revert to his 2009 form. I think the Bill James predictions are right on the money in this case: back to 40+ home runs, and an uptick in OBP and slugging percentage, with perhaps a slight dip in batting average. One note: with Jayson Werth no longer hitting behind him, Howard can't be afraid to take a walk in 2010. While Howard is the face of the Phillies' offense, the fact of the matter is he hasn't even been one of the Phillies' three best position players for years, and he can't afford to force things to happen at the plate.
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I don't understand the last sentence of this post. Who were the three position players better than him over the last few years? If you want to argue Utley and Werth, ok (although I'd argue back). But Howard has clearly been better than Rollins for the last few years, Ibanez has put up half season numbers each of the last two years, Chooch, Shane and Polanco are, as you say, good not great, and that's all the positions.
So, who's the third?
To say Shane won't play good defense is idiotic, he has won gold gloves the last 3 seasons. Do a little research, before you spew out false accusations
Derek Jeter has also won a Gold Glove the last few years. If that doesn't say how meaningless the award is, then I don't know what does…
True. But to say that Gold Gloves have nothing to do with defense at all….and is solely based on just popularity….is a ridiculous statement.
I believe this is a solid analysis overall. However, being an optimist, I also believe that Howard will top 50 homers this year and bat about .280. I feel it in my bunyons, which are seldom wrong
Shane makes tremendous highlight-reel plays and has a cannon-arm. That being said, he has among the league's lowest rang-factors for Center Field and has posted a negative UZR rating in two out of the last three seasons according to FanGraphs. I love Shane, but his advanced defensive metrics aren't very pretty.
I got my stats from here:
I watched all but 5 games last season, I caught all of the 2009 season, and missed about 10 in 2008. He looks and plays like a Gold Glove caliber CF but there are some head scratchers in his approach and there are some plays that he misreads that a man of his speed should get to. I agree that he's a tremendous fielder, but the amazing part is, he could be even better.
Shane is ok, but makes some bonehead plays. Put it this way….he's no Willie Mays.
Agree with almost everything except some parts of your analysis of Ryan Howard. I'd prefer the big man to be more aggressive at the plate than he was the last time I saw him bat in a meaningful game. I see it in my head over and over, and never want to see it again. He'll learn to hit those outside corner breakers by moving closer to the plate, lord knows all he has to do is get a bat on the ball and it's going for a ride. And he'll turn on the inside ones and rake them all over the park too. Howard, like all our batters just have to recognize that they are going to pitch us backward and they'll be fine, I heard Charlie talking about that today. Mike Schmidt had years like Ryan last year (I was going to call it a down year but that bothers some of the commenters here) and Schmitty played well into his 30's before the "tail end" of his career.
And as for protection, I agree with Chuck who posted on the previous article that Ben Fran, Gload, Mayberry or whoever Charlie trusts to bat behind him will surprise us and protect him just fine.
Read the post carefully. Michael simply said the "tail end of Howard's prime". He did not say the "tail end of Howard's career." There's a big difference.
I'm Ted Bell.
I understood Ted. Howard is 31
Schmidt's tail end of prime- Ages 32-37
I'm saying there is a high probability that we've got plenty of good years left
As far as career trajectories go, I don't see the value in player comparisons in general, and especially with players of different body types.The Howard-Schmidt comparison doesn't work well in that regard.
If you were going to use Schmidt as a reference, you could have just as easily used Dale Murphy (who's career fell off a cliff at age 32). Neither comparison means a thing.
I think Mr. Baumann's original post gives us an objective view of what Howard's season will be. He's still a very productive player. Hopefully, the players in front of him will be on base enough for Ryan to get those 150 RBIs that Beta predicts.
I'm Ted Bell.
you listed 3 things that you were certin about the phillies offense. Shouldn't there be four, Ryan is going to play average defense and hit 40-50 HRs hit around .260-.280 with 130-150 RBI. That is a pretty certin of a great hitter with 3 good but not great players
The 30's are the time when players start to tail off..mainly due to the loss of quickness and speed and the accrual of injuries. Ryan relies on none of these. He plays first base and he has not been hampered by significant injury (knee). He has quickness of bat and when that leaves his career is over but I see him more like Willie Stargell than Willie Montanez as far as longevity and productivity. With the emergence of medicine, nutrution, and weight training, a players prime is pushed a few years nowadays. I'm not worried about Ryan.
Victorino is not a good centerfielder and I believe he and the team are better served with him in right. He takes bad routes to balls. Sure he's fast. In my view, he's not a real good offensive player. I like his speed and that he can steal bases. He doesn't get on base, can't/won't bunt, and can't hit lefthanded.
I love Ruiz and wonder if he shouldn't bat fifth. Placido is the spanish Tommy Herr (when Herr was good) and there's nothing wrong with that.
The Dipsy
Vic has the ugliest left handed swing I've ever seen, but until last year was pretty neutral. I'm not sure if it was a change in approach or something else. Willing to see what happens this year. Agree fully, he's really a rf, but is currently the best option. would love to see one of the kids come up and move him over.
Lidge is opening the season on the DL, with an MRI scheduled next week in Philly. I guess it's not surprising since he hasn't broken 86 this spring.
I'm Ted Bell.
What a complete and utter surprise.
The Dipsy
Time to see if Ryan Madson can be the man from now on
The over/under on number of saves by Lidge for the rest of his career as a Phillie is 14 1/2 as set by ME. I'll take the under and handle all action.
The Dipsy
I'll wager everything i've got on the OVER ….
Betting an over/under like that on an injured player is like betting pocket deuces. I'll fold and wait for the next hand. Dipsy give me a number once he's back and we'll talk.
This is the first injury report that doesn't bother me that much. He's gone at season's end anyway, it's time to find out who can replace him effectively.
2 things:
1) If Ryan Howard hits that Bill James projection I will be thrilled
2) I always liked this quote about how gold gloves are voted on (by the managers) for a good reminder about why you shouldn't pay them any mind:
"Let's just say I wasn't impressed with the depth of knowledge of the coaches when it came to evaluating the candidates and coming to a conclusion. They'd pretty much blurt out the name of a guy that they remembered as making some good plays against them (often asking a fellow coach what he thought, and coming to a consensus opinion that way), or pick the player that had the reputation as being the best at his position, even if that reputation was no longer deserved. I'm pretty sure my team wasn't the only one that operated this way, which explains how Rafael Palmeiro was voted Gold Glove first baseman in 1999 despite playing just 28 games at first base. Reputation and name recognition played a huge role in the voting, as I saw it first-hand."
Source: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thehotstoneleague/2010236823_gold_gloves_baby_girls_and_oth.html
That's just it Lefty – I don't think that Rube is going to replace him.
So, that being said, what are the options? A very aging Contreras? The man who almost seems destined for this spot in the Phils rotation but time and time again has proven that he cannot handle it in Madson? Or perhaps one of the strongest throwing arms the Phils have in Bastardo?
Ryan's success depends heavily on how well the players (Jimmy) do in front of him. If our 1-2-3 can hit .290 and above (cumulative) we are looking at 140 (+) rbi, regardless of his HR production (which I still suspect will be between 40-50 this year).
What is taking so long for this season to begin!?!


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@twoguysbrooklyn: I think those may be engagement photos. It looks like the last shot is the actual ceremony. But even if that were the case, who cares? I think they already had one ceremony before. I'm getting married in jeans. It's a justice of the peace situation. Why you gotta hate? Can't you just be happy for people? Someone needs to just suck all the venom out the gay community. So much vitriol.
This was not a story about a wedding… it was an ad for the hotel and all the points that they racked up…
Great smiles and a happy moment. Wedding days are such a happy moment.
I'm not dig'n the collars on those dress shirts, however.
Nice product placement. Was this story originally a Hyatt Hotel press release?


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BSC Alerts
News & Events
Classified Staff Council
December 10, 2008
The Bluefield State College Classified Staff Council meeting was called to order at 1:34 pm in Basic Science Conference Room, Basic Science Building by Lisa Neel, Chair, presiding.
Council Representatives Present: Lisa Neel, Chair Tom Harrison, Vice-Chair
Deirdre Guyton Jane Richardson
Marviene Johnson Anita Barilla
Carol Baldwin Fred Hardee
Council Representatives Absent: Lori Dials Vonda Wilson
Council BOG Representative: Daniel Frost
Classified Staff Present: Joanna Thompson
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o Statues of rewriting Series 8. Discussion followed.
• Personnel Development—all requests have been approved by email. There has been no meeting and very few requests. Discussion followed.
• Wellness Committee—no report. Announced that Carol Kirby had the PEIA Wellness on campus and this year there is a monetary gift from PEIA to those in the following categories: o Healthy—received a $50.00 monetary gift
o Moderate healthy—received a $25.00 monetary gift. Discussion followed.
Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 1:30 pm. Location TBA
With no further business to be conducted, meeting was adjourned at 2:17 pm.
Submitted by,
Lisa Neel, Chair
Deirdre Guyton, Recording Secretary
• Flower Fund--$320.47 in the flower fund. Will send out a request for donations the first of the year.
• Social/Activities Committee—door decorating contest is now happening. Judging will be December 19th. Spotlight of the Month has been successful. The Chair has been receiving positive emails about the project.
• Board of Governors—the meeting is scheduled for December 11th. The Board is now going to a Consent Agenda. Discussion followed. The plan is to address the following: o Salary schedule
o Issues happening at the Mountain View
o Questions concerning the salary of the BSC R&D Director. Discussion followed.
• ACCE—met with Nichelle Perkins. The group discussed the following: o 3 salary schedules (Market, Salary and Institution)
o SB 603No new business
• BSC Classified Staff Scholarship Resolution—will meet after the first of the year. Need to come up with some ideas for fundraisers. Some ideas suggested: Golf Tournament and Doughnut sale. Plans need to be finalized by February.
• Personnel Study—have not heard anything from the committee.
• Hiring Policy (AdHoc Committee)—HR sent out an email for the first meeting. The meeting will be Friday, December 12th. Meeting times have been scheduled. Brief discussion followed.
• Classified Mission Statement—will send out an email after the first of the year.


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No tight end was taken in the first round last year. Eifert that much better than Fleener? This draft that bad?
No tight end was taken in the first round last year. Eifert that much better than Fleener? This draft that bad?
Plus there's not a lot of top end WR talent in the first round and this is a passing league. So the one TE that plays the position like a WR has more value in a down year at the top end of the draft.
i think everyone has totally missed the boat on DeAndre Hopkins... Santonio 2.0... and I'm a fan of Keenan Allen as well... he doesn't mind making short catches... in fact he fights for the ball.... gimme either of those guys before a backup/situational TE
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Round 1, Pick 25 (25): Artie Burns, CB; Miami
Round 2, Pick 27 (58 ): Sean Davis, S; Maryland
Round 3, Pick 26 (89): Javon Hargrave, DT; South Carolina State
Round 4, Pick 25 (123): Jerald Hawkins, OT; LSU
Round 6, Pick 45 (220) (Compensatory Selection): Travis Feeney, OLB; Washington
Round 7, Pick 8 (229) (From Giants): DeMarcus Ayers, WR; Houston
Round 7, Pick 25 (246): Tyler Matakevich, OLB; Temple
I can't see Eifert going higher than 17
1. C.J. Mosley LB Alabama
2. Jordan Matthews WR Vanderbilt
3. (comp) Philip Gaines CB Rice
4. Arthur Lynch TE Georgia
5. Ross Cockrell CB Duke
5. (comp) Derrick Hopkins DT Virginia Tech
6. Josh Mauro DE Stanford
6. (comp) Shaquil Barrett OLB Colorado State
7. Quincy Enunwa WR Nebraska


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Best Baseball Movies
There have been hundreds of great baseball movies over the years. It's IMPOSSIBLE to list them all, so I'm not going to try. Below there is a list of 10 of my favorite baseball movies that I've ever seen. Please vote for which of them is your favorite baseball movie:
If you voted other, please leave a comment below with which one is your favorite.
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Tied between "Pride of the Yankees" with Gary Cooper and Bull Durham.
Funny story, when I was little and the Rookie came out… I hated baseball, I know. me, hard to believe. I cried and screamed so we would get kicked out of the movie theater.😀 I was one evil child.


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Good game thread, I feel like I am repeating myself.
I voted for David Lee on the poll by the way. He is like the only player that has hustle, and actually cares about winning.
The Knicks are going out of Portland with a win. I predict a 93-90 win for the Knicks. Z Bo will have a good game. I like your Key match up section good look.
I got a throwback for you. Its referred to gangen in Poland.
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