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#153785 - 01/16/06 01:43 AM Re: Quick! Without checking a dictonary. Vote !
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Somehow it is redolent of fruit, and suggestive of broken shells. A loquat. The Kabbalistic qellipot. No idea. Who cares?_________________________
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#153786 - 01/16/06 07:39 AM Re: Quick! Without checking a dictonary. Vote !
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I think I do, if parte alícuota = aliquot portion.
#153787 - 01/16/06 09:32 AM Re: Quick! Without checking a dictonary. Vote !
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Loc: Rhode Island, USA
I learned the word from the Lab manager at my first lab technician job.
#153788 - 01/16/06 07:20 PM Re: Quick! Without checking a dictonary. Vote !
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Nope, never noticed it before.
#153789 - 01/16/06 10:19 PM Re: Quick! Without checking a dictonary. Vote !
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Ok, that's it. The party's over, the poll is closed; everyone out of the pool.
Here are the results of the AWAD poll to determine competency...
55% of the respondents answered "yes" to the question "Do you know the meaning of the word "aliquot". This group will be permitted to name-drop the fact that they are more "word-worldly" than Bill Buckley.
40% of the voters answered "no", so they can only say that they belong to a club where most of the members are more "word-worldly" than Mister Buckley.
And lastly, 5% of the voters cheated. The notation CHEATER will be stamped on their manilla AWAD personnel folder, securely kept in a lock box by Jackie.
Thank you for your vote and remember to think nice thoughts about those less fortunate.
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#153790 - 01/17/06 05:23 AM more word worthy than Bill
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I was actually taken aback by the thought that Buckley didn't know that word. I know that there's a lot of words out there, but that guy knows and flaunts more obscure ones than anyone I've ever run into. I pretty much dislike his snobbish attitude towards us mere mortals, and was actually surprised by your report of his grace in admitting to lack of knowledge of aliquot.
NOt that I am better than Buckley when it comes to vocabulary, I had run into aliquot a couple of times in a previous job, but had forgotten the exact meaning, so I didn't want to give you a mealy-mouthed vote.
I'll bet you three dollars to your used postage stamp that he's never heard of a sedgwick, though._________________________
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There's a lot of technical mumbo-jumbo that goes into how a digital camera handles exposure, but we've simplified the process down to what matters to you.
Imagine a hole within the lens that opens and closes. The size of the opening is the aperture, and when you control the aperture you determine how large or small the hole is. The larger or smaller the hole, the more or less light is allowed in. Aperture is measured in f-stops, such as f/22 and f/4, but here's the thing: The smaller the f-stop number, the larger the opening, and vice versa. So, when you are adjusting the settings, think of the opposite: If you want less light to enter (small aperture), go for a larger f-stop. How large your lens' aperture can open will depend on your lens.
Aperture is mostly associated with an image's depth of field (DOF), which, simply put, is how much of the photo is in focus. An image with a large DOF is in focus throughout, while a small (or "shallow") DOF sees the focus concentrated on one particular focus point. When thinking about the f-stop, choose a smaller number (larger aperture to let in more light) to achieve a smaller DOF.
When would you want to control aperture? In close-up shots, like portrait or macro photography, you may want to blur out the background and concentrate the focus on the subject (small DOF), whether a person or flower, for example. In this scenario, you want a large aperture (small f-stop). For landscape photos, where you'd want everything in the image to be in focus (large DOF), you'd choose a small aperture (large f-stop).
Shutter Speed
As you'd guess from its name, the shutter speed determines how much time the camera is letting light in. Think of actual window shutters or blinds in your home, and how quickly or slowly you open and shut them: the longer you leave them open, the more light enters your room, naturally. Aperture and shutter speed work together: Whereas the aperture determines the amount of light that's coming through the lens, the shutter is an actual screen that opens and closes to allow that amount of light to hit the sensor ("exposing the film"). When you control the speed – which is measured in fractions of a second (e.g. 1/30, 1/1000) – you are telling the camera how quickly or slowly to open and close the blinds. Unlike aperture measurements, shutter speed corresponds directly to time: the higher the number, the faster the speed.
Shutter speed plays a role in capturing motion, and determining how you want that motion to appear in your photo depends on your creative mood. Imagine a moving race car: Some may want a blurry effect (when it's going around the track), while others may want to freeze that shot (when it's crossing the finishing line). In the former example, you'll want to try a slower shutter speed like 1/60, while the latter example would require a speed of 1/250 or more.
There are a few things to keep in mind. If you are using a very slow shutter speed, make sure your camera is stabilized on a tripod or non-moving surface to prevent camera shake; you want as little vibration as possible while the shutter is opened longer, because otherwise your image may look blurry. This is the case when it comes to the maximum focal length of your lens. An 18-35mm lens, for example, should avoid shutter speeds lower than 1/60 without some sort of stabilization.
ISO, or International Standards Organization, is a rating carried over from the film days (also known as film speed), but in digital cameras it means the same thing: sensitivity to light. When you hear someone describe a photo as being "too noisy" or having "too much noise," you probably have the ISO to blame. To give you an example of light sensitivity, think of staring straight into the water while on a sunny beach or squinting at a clock in a semi-dark room. Now imagine your camera trying to capture images under those conditions – that's how easy or hard the camera's sensor has to work when capturing light.
In most normal shooting scenarios where conditions are well-lit, the ISO can be set low, usually around 100 to 400 (ISO is rated in the hundreds, e.g. 100, 200, 400, 800, etc.). A higher ISO allows you to enable faster shutter speeds and smaller apertures (larger opening). The sensor is working harder to expose the image. But a high ISO is where you get into trouble: this is when your images could look grainy (people who suffer from the eye disorder known as "visual snow" will be familiar with this "noise"). Many new cameras tout high ISO capabilities of 12,800 or more, but be wary of the results.
If a high ISO is problematic, when would you want to use it? If you plan to shoot in low-light situations – a house party, concert, restaurant, etc. – then you would need to increase the ISO. Advanced photographers prefer pushing up the ISO rather than using a flash to compensate for the lack of light. To minimize noise in your "dark" photos, set your camera on a tripod and, ideally, shoot mainly stationary subjects or objects. In all other, well-lit situations, however, it's preferable to keep the ISO low.
Three components working hand-in-hand
As you've probably concluded, aperture, shutter speed, and ISO work together to properly expose an image. A change to one will impact the other two. For example, when you select a slower shutter speed, it affects the amount of light "exposing" the sensor because it's opened longer; in this case, you would want to use a smaller aperture size to decrease the amount of light available, to compensate for the brightness.
But, today's cameras include semi-automatic modes that help you figure out some of the settings. In the camera's Aperture Priority semi-automatic mode (A or Av), the user is given control over aperture settings while the camera picks the appropriate shutter speed and ISO. Shutter Priority (S or Tv) works the same way.
Don't freak out if this all seems overwhelming. Know that there's no magic answer to understanding exposure, and even professional photographers constantly play with the settings until they get an image they are happy with. The key is to experiment and not be intimidated.
Key points to take away
- When it comes to the aperture setting, think of the opposite: a small f-stop number equals a large aperture setting, while the large f-stop number equals a small aperture setting.
- To blur the background of a portrait or a close-up (macro) image, choose a large aperture setting (small f-stop). To keep the entire image in-focus, choose a small aperture setting (large f-stop).
- To "freeze" a moving object, use a fast shutter speed. For a blurring effect, use a slower shutter speed.
- A tripod is handy when shooting images in very low shutter speed or when using a high ISO setting.
- When shooting in low light, avoid the highest ISO settings if you want to reduce the amount of noise in your photos.
- Changing one setting affects the other. If you are using a slow shutter speed, you may need to use a smaller aperture size to compensate.
- If you don't mind handing over some control to the camera, choose Aperture Priority mode to only control depth of field or Shutter Priority mode for motion capture.
- There's no wrong way to take a photo. Experiment with the settings until you get the shot you're happy with.


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Amanda Wolfgram, a music teacher from North Woods International School was surprised to walk into her classroom Friday and see it was crowded with people all waiting for her arrival.
Wolfgram, who has been teaching for 15 years, was awarded with the second annual "Encore" Award.
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STAFF WRITER | July 01,2013A federal judge has rejected a former Wallingford Fire Department captains motion to exclude statements he made to police about his involvement in setting close to two dozen wildfires around town in 2008.
In a 15-page decision issued recently, U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss denied a motion to suppress statements made by George Allen to Vermont State Police investigators in 2008.
Allen, the son of former Wallingford Fire Chief Warren Allen, faces a federal charge of conspiring to set fires on federal public lands a charge that carries a potential five-year prison term.
Two other former members of the fire department have already been sentenced for their roles in starting grass fires on portions of the Green Mountain National Forest in town including three areas on the Long Trail, the Appalachian Trail parking lot and the White Rocks trail head.
Allen isnt charged with setting any of the fires but prosecutors say he directed other members of the department to do so and they say they have tape-recorded acknowledgements from Allen, who talked to state police investigators in May 2008.
But in a motion filed earlier this year, Allens lawyer argued that the statements made to police were inadmissible as evidence because Allen didnt realize his statements could be used against him in part because of a lack of interaction with law enforcement and in part because of lower than normal cognitive abilities.
As part of the motion to suppress, Allens defense attorney submitted the findings of forensic psychologist Eric Drogin who examined Allen earlier this year and determined that he had a level of abstract reasoning so deficient that it would normally be ascribed either to a child of approximately eight years of age or to a person of (Allens) age with mental retardation.
In her decision, Reiss said she found that diagnosis unbelievable based on his level of education and years of experience as an officer at the fire department.
Reiss said Drogins findings were Simply incredible in light of (Allens) academic and professional career which contains no evidence that would support that conclusion.
Noting that with the exception of a repeat of the second grade, Allen had completed high school, vocational and technical training and held a supervisory role at the fire department for more than a decade, the judge wrote Dr. Drogin does not even attempt to explain why the level of impairment he ascribes to (Allen) could remain undetected until his forensic examination notwithstanding these numerous settings in which such deficiencies would likely be revealed and impair (Allens) progress.
Turning to arguments about whether police violated Allens rights by obtaining an involuntary confession, Reiss said that while Allen was never read his Miranda rights during questioning he was never in a state of arrest or police custody.
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The judges decision was issued about a month before Allens case is set to go to trial on July 23.
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In 2009, Burnham was given a one- to two-year suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to a state charge of fourth-degree arson.
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Graham Allison in TIME: Inside Story of Bin Laden's Last Days
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Summer 2012
When Barack Obama became president, the trail to Osama bin Laden had long gone cold. I can only speak with authority through February 15, 2009, said Michael Hayden, who ran the CIA under George W. Bush. But at that point, when people would ask, whens the last time you really knew where he was? my answer was Tora Bora in 2001.
So begins Belfer Center Director Graham Allisons dramatic cover story in Time Magazine on May 7. Allison offers readers a behind-the-scenes account of how President Barack Obama made the most fateful decision of his presidency whether to launch the Special Forces assault on Osama bin Ladens hideout in Pakistan in April 2011.
Allison puts readers in the presidents Oval Office chair as Obama weighs the risks of the several options he faced as evidence emerged that bin Laden was in the compound in Abbottabad. It was never certain right up to the day of the raid that bin Laden was even inside the building. And even members of Obamas own inner circle, including Vice President Joseph Biden, voted against launching the helicopter-borne assault.
With echoes of his prize-winning 1971 book, Essence of Decision, on President John F. Kennedys decision-making during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Allison traced Obamas handling of the hunt for bin Laden from the early days of his presidency up to the decision to go for a boots-on-the-ground assault rather than an airstrike or joint operation with Pakistan.
Allison concluded that the national security decision-making in the bin Laden case could offer important lessons for future foreign policy challenges. Summarized in a single line, the takeaway from the bin Laden operation is that American government worked, Allison wrote.
Allison ascribed the success in part to new capabilities of U.S. intelligence and military agencies in the decade since 9/11, as well as to Obamas improved national security decision-making process, developed after his rocky first year in office.
The president had the confidence and determination to slow the clock long enough to aim carefully before he pulled the trigger, Allison said. That required unprecedented secrecy. Most members of the National Security Council didnt even know of the planned raid until hours before it occurred.
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In lockstep with Tim Brown's piece at Yahoo! that states the Phillies will enter a "partial rebuild", word from the Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo came out today that the Kansas City Royals have begun internally discussing acquiring Chase Utley. On Thursday, we looked at prospective matches for a hypothetical Utley trade, citing the Yankees, Orioles, and Blue Jays as teams that may be interested. No rumors as to who the Royals would offer but the Royals do have three Baseball America Top 100 prospects in their system: RHP Kyle Zimmer (24), OF Bubba Starling (35), and RHP Yordano Ventura (85). That's probably be a good place to start the discussion. Starling and Ventura have struggled this season while Zimmer has good K totals (10.4 / 9 IP) but has had some bad luck (5.40 ERA).
In addition to the Utley rumors, Rob Bradford of WEEI.com believes that third baseman Michael Young may be a good fit for the Red Sox. Bradford reported that no "single conversation" has happened yet between the Red Sox and Phillies, while a New York Post report states that the Red Sox "want (Young) badly". Young was traded for Lisalverto Bonilla and Josh Lindblom in the off-season and a comparable return would be likely.
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You know I think if we give our man Cafardo enough time, he'll link every playoff team to Utley, Papelbon and Lee in the next few weeks. When you guess them all, you're bound to be able to say you were right in the end.
I completely agree about Cafardo. He probably consults a crystal ball on these matters to be able to ascertain what officials are talking about thousands of miles away. Or maybe it's tea leaves or Tarot cards.
When a man gets a newspaper column, he somehow gains way too much respect.
Good point Lefty…I read the other day that 97% of the time they are wrong anyways. Those guys mention dont look at that exciting going by their stats. Once they concede i would only trade Young for any of them. I would trade Utley for 2 good prospects. I wonder if they will attempt to resign him at the end of season.
Utley can block deals to 21 of the 29 MLB teams and I find it likely that KC would be one of those teams. Regardless, I think they should keep Utley for the duration of this season and try to extend him for another year or 2. Unless they want to sign Robinson Cano to a $150M+ deal, they'll be hard pressed to find a 2B who can give them as much value in a full season as they can reasonably expect to get from Utley in 2/3 of a season.
Is this crazy? possible? or just wishful thinking?
Trade Howard for pebbles to an AL team (any team) and whatever salary relief we can.
Move Utley to First and throw Galvis at second?
Id really like to see Utley finish as a Phillie, and moving to first would prolong his career probably. The guy can clearly still hit the ball just needs to stay healthy.
Thoughts on that scenario or something similar?
I agree with everything you said except Galvis can't hit, I'd go with Hernandez over him at second… and as much as several of us want,I doubt anyone would take on Howard and his money
I think that if you can get good return for Utley, you should trade him. My reasons:
1. You have a position player to replace him with in Hernandez (he's gotta play sometime);
2. You can always resign him next year if you really want to – which you won't.
I don't think that K.C. would give up more than one of those prospects for Utley.
The Dipsy
KC isn't going anywhere …They're a .500ish team just like the Phillies. I seriously doubt Utley even approves a trade.
Pointless to give RH away for "pebbles."
You aren't going to get pebbles or bam bam back.
Maybe when hes in the last year . Which isn't till 2016 ( cringe)
You send hiom to the Yankees and they pay 5 million of the 25 million and you get 5 million to spend.
That's his value. Today no other team will take him. Wont even give cover of partial salary relief hes not worth 8 million a year. Probably not worth 5 million a year.
Its really a shame with some of these guys.
Rollins would have done well to have signed with KC when he was a FA.
Would have helped all involved.
Instead the Phillies are awful and old.
Quite the combo.
Any chance KC would want Rollins instead of Utley. Agree with some of the other guys would love to see Chase finish as a Philly. Any word on possible prospects that we could get back for Paps?
I don't disagree with trying to move Rollins but if we do, whose gonna play ss for us.. Galvis, I'd rather keep Rollins if that's case…
I agree don't trade Utley, re sign him and let him finish his career here I wish we could move him to first but Howard really can't be moved unless we eat all the money owed to him, that's unlikely… Idk if there's other places to move Utley that would be easier on his knees maybe left field but his throwing would be a concern… there's alot of tough decisions to be made, so it'll get interesting soon
See…I'd actually rather Rollins stay and maybe even retire here. HE…in my opinion…is the heart and soul of this team…has been here the longest. He had the ba!!s to open his mouth in Spring Training 2008 and say that they were the team to beat. Plus, he's still pretty great at his position. He's also cheaper than what Utley will probably command and he's not as injury prone.
The way this team plays makes it look like they need a shake up. A move that would wake some of these guys up. Rollins still tries to play like how he used to play when he was younger. None of the OLD Core has allowed there game to evolve. Before the lack of plate discpline was ok bc they would bash homeruns. We dont have that luxury anymore. Chase is the only one that would at least take a pitch or two.
Looking at this team right now. Moving Utley, M.Young, Rollins, Papelbon, Ruiz are really solid options bc it seems like Rube just doesnt want to move Lee.
I think Utley will take considerably less to stay in Philly.. I agree Rollins is the best option at ss for us right now, until the likes of Quinn or Crawford develop, which is gonna be a while, Galvis isn't the answer and unless his hitting develops he'll only be a backup…
Unless the Phillies are back in it (not sure what really defines that) by the end of the month then you absolutely have to move M Young and Paps, listen HARD to offers for Utley, Ruiz and even Lee and at least consider offers for everyone else except for Hamels and Brown. Ryan Howard isn't on this list either because he isn't tradeable unless they eat a huge portion of his contract which isn't gonna happen.
With only 4 games separating the NL West top to bottom, I could see maybe San Diego or Los Angeles making a play for Utley considering he's a CA guy as an added bonus
Phillies shoud trade Utley now and then sign him again in the offseason.
if they fire Rube who should they find to replace him. I think andrew friedman of the rays would be a great guy to build a new nucleus
I'd trade anyone we could get value for, but I don't trust Rube to get value.
Why would anyone give a DAMN about who retires here? So, presumably some of us would turn down the value that comes with a good trade in exchange for the sentimentality of having an aging underperformer be able to finish his career here?
Thats just stupid. Babe Ruth got traded. Wilt got traded. Gretzky got traded. Opening day 2014:
CF – Ben Revere
2B – Cesar Hernandez
LF – Dom Brown
RF – Maniac RH power hitter we sign in the off season.
1B – Ryan Howard
C- Tommy Joseph or journeyman
SS – Galvis
The Dipsy
"Why would anyone give a DAMN about who retires here?" Reasonable question.
I think it's about the romance of the club and players by the fans. I personally don't give a damn, but many people do.
I'm only guessing, I don't really know, but I think the problem is that RA Jr. really does give a damn. I remember last season during the Jimmy negotiations that he said he had "an affinity" for Jimmy. I thought it was a dumb thing to say publicly during negotiations, but I think it did reflect his true feelings.
It's either that or he thinks it's the best way to hold onto his viewing audience until 2015 to get the maximum for the new TV deal is bargained. Who knows what's in his head.
Let me re-phrase what I said about Jimmy staying here and maybe retiring as a Phillie. I would want him to stay because he's relatively cheap for what he does….the guy's a wall out there at short. Galvis???…you think Jimmy can't hit??? Please.
Good middle infielders don't exactly grow on trees. That's why other clubs are thinking "Utley." The problem with moving either he or Rollins is summed up in my first sentence.
It may indeed be time to take a chance on Hernandez, but that could be risky with his limited AAA experience. And so far no one in the system can do as well as Rollins. Galvis still seems to have problems with offense, and he's the only one close. Trades likely won't work because of the competition from other teams in need, and free agents tend to be costly. I can see why Amaro would want Rollins and Utley to retire as Phils, simply because Rollins' defense and Utley's offence will be hard to replace.
RE: people retiring here or keeping players.
You see what its done to the team having a GM on a level of a fan who stands in line for autographs.
Also the fact that Utley is entitled to hit 3rd and Howard 4th is also BS.
So if Schmidt made a comeback hed hit 4th at age 60? That would confuse Charlie though hed not know how to hit both Schmidt and Howard 4th.
All of these things need to change for this team to have a chance to win a title.
And that's really what its all about.
When the Braves were winning 19 straight divisions. And one WS. The Marlins won 2 titles as a WC. IMO the Marlins had a better run. Twice as good to be exact.
Every day I come here hoping to see a manager or GM change as the highlight.
Id like to see those 2 retire as Phillies. And I mean today.
Utley has been hitting 2nd as of late and I don't have a problem anywhere he his because he produces…
Howard on the other hand has hit 4th for something like 500 straight games because Charlie won't move him… the gm and manager both need a wake up call…
I got no issue with Utley.
My point was only that you aren't always a 3 hitter. For life.
And as much as Wheeler tries to indoctrinate you don't drink the kool aid.
Utley probably is still a 3 hitter when healthy. Rollins hasn't been a lead off titter in over 4 years. Hittiing him 3rd is even worse. He should be 7th or 8th on a good team.
From 2009 until now hes had about a .315 on base percentage.
Ricky Henderson is rolling over in his grave.
Just for comparisons sake. Rickey played 25 years.
His career on base was .401
Unfortunately Rickey hasn't been one of the options available to Manuel since 2009. Although (since he's actually not dead) I bet he can still get on base and steal a few.
careful what you wish for Ruben might get on the phone with Rickey soon lol
To me, it looks like we are being offered pure crap for two guys that can hit and make a genuine difference. That is from the records I saw of the Royals minor leaguers. Maybe I'm missing something.
You're not missing anything in my opinion. I feel the same when people say we can get Avisail Garcia from the Tigers for Paps, just meh.
It seems a little sad to be discussing the departure of one of the best Phillies players to don the uniform however it would be a great disservice to the man to only get back a bag of balls in a trade. A player like Starling was a number 5 overall selection, is 20 years old and after some early struggles due to a vision problem seems to be getting back on track. I wouldn't shrug off a player like that. I think thats exactly the type of player the team would be looking for to trade away two or three months of Utley's service depending upon how much salary we pick up.
I am not really sure that any of the Phillies potential trade partners with the possible exception of Detroit or Texas would be sending back MLB ready talent.
I'm just saying that if -for example you trade James Shields, you get Wil Myers. If you trade Carlos Beltran, you get Zach Wheeler.
So, if you trade Chase Utley, you get more than one meh prospect. If you trade Paps to the Tigers, a team that desperately needs a closer because they're in the "win now window", you hold out for Alex Castellanos, not Avisail Garcia, that's all.
Oops, meant Nick Castellanos, not Alex of the Dodgers.
I'd hold out for both and maybe another for paps


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The various allegations of wrongdoing against the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department, the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department cast a serious shadow on President Obamas administration and hand his political foes abundant ammunition to distract the American people from other important issues.
To be fair, even some Obama supporters fear that some of the recent revelations raise questions about the presidents leadership and that of several of his key advisers. Attorney General Eric Holder appears to be particularly vulnerable to legitimate criticism.
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Certain games and specific events stick out to hardcore fans, no matter how many years have passed. That's just what happens when someone devotes so much of his or her time to a team. The players start to feel like members of the extended family and their great memories become ours as well. I couldn't tell you what I had for dinner last Thursday, but I know exactly what I did on September 22, 2005: I fell in baseball love with Shane Victorino.
The Phillies were five games behind the Braves in the NL East with only 10-11 games left, but remained legitimate contenders for the wild card berth. They were set to play the final game of a crucial late-season series with those Braves, and after splitting the first two contests, were sending ace Jon Lieber to the hill. The Braves countered with Tim Hudson, who was in his first year with the team. It was one of the most important games of the season for the Phillies, and a clear must-win.
The game was scoreless through eight innings. Lieber was on and Hudson wasn't far off of that. However, Hudson started to falter in the top of the ninth. He walked Bobby Abreu on four pitches. Two batters later, he gave up a single to then-rookie Ryan Howard. First and second, one out, 0-0 game. Michael Tucker (!) singled Abreu in and the Phillies had finally broken through. Billy Wagner quickly started warming up to get ready for the save situation.
With Wagner getting ready to enter, Charlie Manuel pulled Lieber and decided to instead pinch-hit with Victorino, a September call-up. The Phillies had selected him in the Rule V draft prior to the season and he absolutely tore up the International League, winning the Triple-A MVP award. Over 126 games with Scranton, Victorino hit .310/.377/.534, with 18 home runs and 17 stolen bases. He had nothing left to prove and deserved the call-up. He would soon prove he deserved this pinch-hitting opportunity as well.
He had only logged about 10-12 big league plate appearances to that point, but he was energetic, legitimately looked like he had a blast playing, and seemed to cover the plate well. Pinch-hitting with him in that spot was questionable, as this was a must-win game for the Phillies to seriously remain in contention, and a one-run lead, even with Billy Wagner, wasn't exactly safe against those Braves. Four pitches later, doubts were erased, and Victorino was well on his way towards becoming one of my favorite players.
I can still recall his three-run shot off of Hudson vividly, as if it happened yesterday. This was one of those specific moments, one of those certain games that I'll forever remember, no matter how many other Victorino homers or Phillies victories have since occurred. He put his patented left-handed slap swing on the ball, with that hesitation at the top, the quick strike through the zone, and the almost startled look that he could actually hit a baseball that far.
He rounded the bases swiftly, giving a quick fist pump but doing what he could to avoid showing up the opposition. It was his first major league home run, and it put the game away. The Phillies won, 4-0, and while they didn't make the playoffs that season, they had found their center fielder, a Rule V selection that they literally couldn't give back to the Dodgers for free.
Fast-forward to April 9, 2006, and I was at a game with my father against the Dodgers. Victorino was starting in center and I was sporting my new custom-made shirsey. He was so new that his merchandise wasn't yet available in the team store. It felt cool wearing that, like listening to a band that eventually becomes popular before many have heard of them. In the fourth inning, he gunned a runner out at the plate and everyone in my section started patting my back, as if Victorino was my guy.
After the play, you could almost hear everyone in the crowd become a fan of his. Maybe they didn't know where he came from, if he had a prospect pedigree, what his strengths and weaknesses were, but he had a magnetic personality, played hard and played well. He won me over with the home run against Hudson in that crucial game. I think he started to win thousands more fans over with that throw to home plate in the fourth inning.
Those are two of my personal favorite Victorino moments, but there are just so many others. The walkoff home run on his own bobblehead day in 2007, against the Giants. The throw home in extra innings against the Braves in June 2008 that kept Brad Lidge's perfect season alive. The grand slam off of C.C. Sabathia in the 2008 NLDS. The Hiroki Kuroda "not at my head bro" incident one playoff series later. The line drive home run that just barely cleared the right field wall off of Cory Wade a few days later — which tied the game at 5-5, setting the stage for a famous Matt Stairs home run.
Getting ejected while playing center field for arguing balls and strikes, and running in incredulously, arms in the air. The reaction after having a beer tossed on him at Wrigley Field. The scrap with backup awful player catcher Eli Whiteside. The hilarious defensive miscues — which we can grant him because he played center field so well most of the time — including the time he somehow threw the ball behind him. His tremendous charity work with the Nicetown Boys and Girls Foundation.
The list goes on and on. He was a full-time regular with the Phillies from 2006-11, and an effective starter up until his trade on Tuesday. He averaged 4 WAR/season with the Phillies and, aside from the numbers, will undoubtedly go down as one of the best personalities in the history of Philadelphia sports. I've always said the toughest part of this extended run of success will be saying goodbye to the players that helped make it happen when they get traded or reach free agency, and it's especially true here.
When Bobby Abreu was traded, it felt to me like he was on loan to the Yankees for the rest of that year. He was still a Phillies player, just being used by a different team. The next year he felt more like a distant cousin you rarely saw. A year later, he was officially no longer a Phillie in my head, as the statute had expired. The same will probably be true of Victorino. Though he'll play the rest of the season with the Dodgers, it'll feel like he's a Phillies player who took a California vacation. He'll sign somewhere else next season, get massive ovations when he returns, and then slowly and surely start to feel like a friend we've drifted away from.
But when his career ends, no matter which team he plays for, he will retire a Phillie. I knew a deal was likely, and was somewhat onboard with the prospect of trading him. I figured he would sign elsewhere after the season as well. Despite knowing and feeling all of these things, Tuesday's deal still managed to catch me a bit off-guard.
And despite knowing and feeling all of these things, it's still very difficult to say goodbye to a player I had such a fan-connection with. I always love listening to my dad talk about Tony Taylor, Cookie Rojas and other personalities from his own youthful fandom, and I cannot wait to one day talk to my future children about Victorino. He is just that type of player, the kind that you can't think or talk about without smiling.
Thanks for the memories, Shane, and best of luck in Los Angeles and wherever your career heads after this season. You will be greatly missed here as both a player and person.
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Great article. The throw to home plate to save Lidge's perfect season was, in retrospect, HUGE! We'll miss you Shane!
Awesome article. I was honestly getting chills while reading parts of it. I know we had to, and I'm glad we made the move, but it really does suck saying good bye.
The game tying homer before the stairs bomb is my favorite Flyin moment of all time. It was part of the clutch that was Victorino. I really wish that hit would be talked about more in the lore of the 2008 Fightin's.
Another great article by Eric ..
I was in the stands, (good seats for a change too- section 111) when Victorino hit the Grand Slam off of CC Sabathia – and it was at that moment that the thought "We could actually win the World Series this year!" became reality. . .
a game that we were supposed to lose, was broken wide-open by little Shane Victorino … David vs. Goliath …. the stadium was litereally shaking .. it was great!
One thing you mentioned is why I think so many people had turned on Domonic Brown already . . . . "He was so new that his merchandise wasn't yet available in the team store. It felt cool wearing that, like listening to a band that eventually becomes popular before many have heard of them. " …………..Remember how many people were Jason Donald, Lou Marson, Domonic Brown fans before they ever did anything – people (newer fans especially) think its cool to have a favorite player that is different from everyone else … there were Jason Donald fan clubs on facebook for crying outloud …
but with Brown- people were so ready to jump on his bandwagon and say they are his #1 fan (an honor that we all know belongs to MEECH) … that people got frustrated too quickly when this 23-year-old didn't win the MVP right away . . . . he might not be great, but he's a still-developing baseball player with a lot of raw talent . . . same as Victorino was
yea man i remember that game i was won over also! lots of good memories . he was pretty clutch for all his time here! this year not so much, and now he's back with the dodgers yuk! i'll miss him. good luck shane!
i also remember the king howard foreskin saying on his radio show to a caller who was in like i was on vic,s talent and energy! when foreshin made the comment " he's a nice player he'll never be anything but a 4th or 5th OF" i almost through my handheld radio angaist the wall! well since then we all know the kind of player he was. A WINNER and a damn good one! and by the way howard he's a gold glove winner 3 times! a national league all star! and a stand up guy who never in good or bad shunned the press and stood up when he made a mistake and took it like a man! but most of all howard he was a WORLD SERIES CHAMPION FOR THE PHIADELPHIA PHILLIES! and how's that for a really really nice player!
Never will I forget that slam. I was at work and had the radio on. I started screaming at the top of my lungs. I actually DID go to one of the NLCS games that same year vs the Dodgers and Vic made an unbelievable play at the wall in the deepest part of the park. The place went nuts.
Vic was never my favorite Phillie but i am sad that he's gone. Maybe one day he'll come back as a waiver wire pickup and help us win another WFC.
Thanks Eric good stuff. I will miss Shane in a Phillies uniform.
Great article… Victorino made lasting impressions with his play on the field and his involvement in the Philadelphia community… a class act who will be missed, but always thought of fondly for the part he played in this great time of Phillies baseball history
Beautifully written. I so agree. I live in LA so I will still see some of Shane's highlights, but it will be hard not to cheer for him when the Phils are in town. Thanks for this article.
I was at the CC Sabathia game, up in section 308, the triangle in right field that hangs out over the bullpens. There was no doubt as soon as he hit it, but I still remember yelling "Oh, come on ball, come on ball!" (just like Larry Andersen) and then the mass of humanity piling all over each other in celebration, but being scared because a) the stadium was actually shaking, and b) I was being pushed right up against the railing, that piece of metal being the only thing separating me from a 60 foot fall.
I think it was the first time my dad wrapped his arms around me and picked up up since I was a child. The stadium was just insane.
I watched the replay of that over and over and over on Tuesday and tweeted Shane best of luck and thanking him for all the moments like that he gave us. It's hard to say goodbye to a piece of '08.
Great article with great memories! I think that he can still play and would love to see the Phils bring him back for 2013 if the asking price isn't too high! He's only 31 and had his best offensive season last year! JMJ isn't the answer in CF, and someone like Bourne will ask for too much!!
very nice article, remember all these!! can't wait to see him back home, even if it's in a different uniform. Games won't be the same!
cliff lee on waivers. ruby a liar. bye mr. lee
Waivers doesn't mean trade. It's standard operating procedure to put players on waivers just to gauge potential interest and player value.
@jeff . . . . this doesn't mean Amaro lied about anything, and it doesn't mean Lee is getting traded . .
here is Lee's situation as written on MLB trade rumors:
"The Phillies have placed Cliff Lee on waivers, Yahoo's Jeff Passan reports (on Twitter). The Phillies were expected to waive Lee this month, when waivers are revocable. Teams routinely place high-profile players on waivers in August to determine other teams' interest. "
In addition to his play on the field, Shane is a man of principle who put himself on a poster produced by the MLPA to support working people's right to join a union without fear of reprisal from the boss. Will always respect Shane for that!
Does anyone remember game 4 of the 2009 NLDS against Colorado? We had staged a late rally in game 3, in the blistering cold of Denver, to take a 2-1 lead in the series. Now it looked as if the Rockies would tie the series and send it back to Philly 2-2 for a deciding game 5. They had a 2 run lead in the top of the 9th with Huston Street on the mound for the save.
I don't remember exactly how Victorino got on base but he did. It was him and, I think Utley, on the bases and Ryan Howard crushed a high fly off the wall in right field. It was one of those moments I've gotten a lot from the Phils since around 2007. One of those moments when improbably what you had been hoping to happen HAPPENED! (a rarity in my experience as a baseball fan)
Anyway, I will never forget how ecstatic my dad and I were that Howard had just tied the game. Our excitement gave way to a bit of confusion when the camera cut back to home plate and Utley slid home about a half second after Victorino!
The replay revealed that, somehow, Victorino had missed third base as he gazed at Howard bomb. He quickly had to back track to touch third and get home with Utley on his ass! It was hilarious and, I think, showed the personality of Shane. He was clutch, but sometimes he was a bit ackward and like a kid out there. He somehow brain farted and hustled on the same key play.
Another overlooked Shane play has to be his great catch against Cincy in the clinching game of the 2010 NLDS a year later. I remember he made a great catch early in the game to thwart a Reds rally. Had he not made that catch, the game (a 2-0 Hamels gem) might have gone much differently.
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August 28, 2013 —
Labor Day is upon us and summer is almost gone. While in no hurry, I'm a big fan of fall and looking forward to the harvest festivals, pumpkin parties, costume parades and of course, Halloween. Not wanting to get ahead of myself, I did my best to stay in the moment during the past week, which turned out to be all music all the time. As the season winds down, so does the hoopla at Bethel Woods (www.bethelwoodscenter.org [2]) and in the past few days, I attended, met with and photographed Philip Phillips, John Mayer, Florida Georgia Line, Thompson Square and Luke Bryan. With only one main stage concert (Kid Rock) left to go, I'm kinda, sorta, really okay with that. Don't get me wrong—I love my job, enjoy the work and am always up for a good time, but at the end of the day (and by the end of the summer) I'm a little tuckered out.
Folks often remark on how lucky I am to have seats to the best shows in town and they're right. What people don't realize is that often, that seat remains empty, because I'm racing around, trying to get the right photo, shake hands with the talent and simultaneously make notes, in order to review the show and express my humble opinion after the lights go down. Last Tuesday, 2012 American Idol winner Phillip Phillips took to the stage amidst a packed house of (mostly female) adoring fans who were screaming and crying as if the Beatles had come to town. In an earlier interview, Phillips admitted that he gets "nervous appearing live" and that he's "not used to all of the attention" that his instant fame, idol worship and recognition has wrought. Low key and down to earth, his performance was enjoyable and he expressed his gratitude to the fans, and to headliner John Mayer for asking him to participate in the tour that brought them both to Bethel. While hardly an expert, I was able to recognize Phillips' abilities to play some serious guitar and his throaty, gritty approach to the vocals is (IMHO) appealing. Initially, I was flummoxed by the pairing of the two, having had little exposure to Mayer. Since I don't live under a rock, I am aware of the fact that Mayer is a chick-magnet, has a reputation for being a "player," has dabbled in many fields, from stand-up comedy to graphic design and has even tried his hand at writing, including a brief stint as a columnist for Esquire magazine.
That said, his forte is clearly the music and once again, shrieking, weeping females were pressed as close to the stage as possible, pleading for a glance in their direction, behaving in ways I have not observed since the "British Invasion"(britishinvasionbands.com/the-bands/). At first, I didn't get it, but the more photos I took, even I had to admit that Mayer deservedly comes by his "pretty boy" status. Good bone structure and a pouty mouth have clearly served him well and made him a poster boy of pop music for millions of fans all over the world. Not one to rely strictly on his looks, Mayer takes his music seriously and has received praise for collaborating with some heavy hitters in the industry (Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Herbie Hancock) which upped his street-cred substantially, elevating him beyond his Ken-doll status.
And then there's Luke Bryan. The country singer's rise to superstar status has been so swift and meteoric that much of the world is still catching up. Bryan last appeared in Sullivan County in 2012, as the opening act for Jason Aldean and (as of five days ago) has the No. one album and single on the Billboard 200 charts with "Crash My Party," featured here last week during his "Dirt Road Diaries" tour. Again, sex seems to be a major component for this performer, and while I appreciate the appeal that drew the fastest sell-out in the history of the venue, I'm not sure that I need to be hit over the head with it. He's clearly a showman of epic proportions, and the crowd was wildly enthusiastic, the screaming deafening and the hysteria (at times) a bit over the top. Bryan's swagger, while possibly justified, wasn't quite as humble as I would have liked, but it was clear that his fans had no complaints, and I don't believe that I'm necessarily in the demographic that Luke is trying to reach. Was he entertaining? No doubt. Was the show explosive? Absolutely. Is the man himself sincere? I wonder. I have to give credit where credit is due and tip my hat to all of these performers, who are clearly giving their audience what they want. As for me, I once saw Frank Sinatra perform... and that show had me star struck. Just sayin'.


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Religion beyond the rightMay 08,2013
As the Boy Scouts of America reassesses its ban on gay Scouts and leaders, were hearing a lot about the organizations need to remain sensitive to people whose religions condemn homosexual behavior. Their morals must be properly respected, their God aptly revered.
But what about the morals and the God of people whose religions exhort them to be inclusive and to treat gays and lesbians with the same dignity as anyone else? There are many Americans in this camp, and their opposition to the Scouts ban is as faith-based as the stance of those who want it maintained.
Take Scott Ward, 48, a public relations executive and married father of three in Takoma Park, Md. Hes a Scout leader, with a 10-year-old son whos a Scout. Hes also an elder in his Presbyterian church.
And for him, the ban must go not in spite of what Christianity says about homosexuality (or what selective literalists have decided it says), but because of what it says about humanity.
From my faith perspective, singling people out for exclusion from the life of the church or the life of the community cannot possibly be part of Gods plan, Ward told me on the phone recently.
He added, If you look at the people Jesus tended to be most suspicious of, they were people who sat in positions of authority to say that they had the unique ability to judge others.
We refer incessantly in this country to the religious right, a phrase routinely presented as if its some sort of syllogism: To be devoutly religious is to gravitate to a certain side of the political spectrum, one set of values dictating the other. Christian conservatives is an almost equally ubiquitous bit of alliteration.
But theres a religious center. A religious left. There are Christian moderates and Christian liberals: less alliterative and less dogmatic, but perhaps no less concerned with acting in ways that reflect moral ideals. We should better acknowledge that and them.
And we should stop equating conventional piety with certain issues only and sexual morality above other kinds.
Our tendency to do that was illustrated by the hullabaloo last year over the Nuns on the Bus. The Vatican officials who wanted them to be more assertively anti-abortion and anti-birth control were portrayed as the dutiful guardians of tradition, while the nuns, focused on matters of economic justice, were the rebels.
Why? Its as fundamentally Catholic and Christian to care about the underprivileged as to safeguard the unborn (or to combat homosexuality). Indeed, many Catholics look to a politicians social welfare policies as much as they do to other positions, and vote in a manner that would be accorded a label other than conservative.
Many people of faith are pacifists, and thats a decisive factor in how they cast their ballots, though this concern is infrequently characterized in religious terms. I find it perplexing the way the moral values phrase is used, said the Rev. Mark Greiner, the pastor at the Presbyterian church that Ward attends. Concern for the environment, concern for workers rights: Those are moral values, he told me. But the phrase ends up being limited to matters of human sexuality, as if Jesus was primarily concerned with what people did with their reproductive parts. Its crazy-making. Greiner wants the ban on gay Scouts and leaders lifted.
Religion is inevitably part of the Scouts debate: More than 70 percent of local Scout troops are chartered by religious groups.
Later this month, the organizations National Council will vote on a recommendation that the ban on gay Scouts be lifted but the prohibition against gay leaders be preserved. The Mormons have indicated they can live with this. The National Catholic Committee on Scouting has been vague.
The Baptists have cried foul, as have evangelicals like Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, which sponsored a webcast over the weekend called Stand with Scouts Sunday. Texas Gov. Rick Perry appeared on it to denounce any change to the ban, and for good measure called homosexuality the flavor of the month. Like pralines n cream, I guess.
But thats not the whole story. The Episcopal Church wants all aspects of the ban lifted, as does the National Jewish Committee on Scouting, whose former chairman, a Baltimore lawyer named Jay Lenrow, told me that while no troop should be forced to choose a gay leader, no troop should be prevented from doing so, either.
He noted that our country was founded on a principle of religious freedom; that the Scouts bylaws require equal treatment of every religions teachings; and that certain denominations the Episcopal Church and the Presbyterian Church (USA), for example ordain gay and lesbian ministers. By the Scouts current rules, those very ministers, fit for the pulpit, arent deemed fit to lead a troop.
Isnt that as much of an insult to their religions as the bans end would be to Perkins, Perry and their kind?
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Theres a story behind that, Mr. Downs said. At one point, 70 percent lived in the District. A bus driver can make $70,000 and thats middle class, and like a lot of middle-class people they want to move to the suburbs. The same people are still working for Metro, they just moved to Prince Georges.
field workers?
So, it looks as if about 1/3 of the workforce is bus/train operators.
The Oboe Strategy, FTW.
Obviously we'll have to wait and see where these cameras go, but it's about time DC began to really play to its strengths in attracting residents who want to live in an urban environment, not some Bailey's Crossroads-esque traffic sewer. Getting scofflaw drivers under control is just another major step in doing this. Drivers reined in means more bikes on the streets means safer streets for everyone.
Now if we could just get 3-4 of these super-cameras at 13th and Constitution & Tennessee NE...
To be fair, the pool of existing managers' childhood friends and drug-buddies is finite. Perhaps they need to start thinking outside of the box.
"attracting residents who want to live in an urban environment"
Maybe, but will it repel businesses to MD and VA?
I'm trying to imagine how this technology might work: vehicle passes through crosswalk while pedestrian (warm body) is also in crosswalk. Some room for interpretation there, which means they all have to be reviewed by a human before going out. It would be great to see this happen (I'm looking at you, Maryland drivers on 16th Street northbound in the evenings).
Interesting. What would the mechanism for this be?
I felt like I was going to die going 35-40mph on a 35 mph limit stretch of N. Capitol last weekend - people were easily going 60 around me.
...it seems like there might be plenty of qualified applicants, but cronyism favoring much less qualified people keeps the best people from being hired...
Thought this was interesting too:
Only 1 in 4 applicants passes Metros three-part test with reading, behavior and customer-service sections. But a statistical analysis of test results shows curious results.Makes you wonder what kind of "behavior" they're screening for. :)
In one class, nearly everyone who could read, according to the literacy test, was marked down as failing a behavior assessment. Everyone deemed tops on behavior, meanwhile, failed the other segments.
Now that they are implementing Part I of he Oboe/Alpert strategy of blanketing the city with cameras, will you agree to Part II which was reducing the fines? Or was the position of "more cameras, lower fines" just a ploy to get more cameras and the "lower fines" part will be put off to some indefinite future?
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What's obviously going on here is that the hiring folks are conspiring with the union to keep vacancies high, which leads to higher overtime and ultimately higher pensions. I really hope this series of articles exposing what we all suspected at WMATA (that there's something really wrong/corrupt with how it's run since that's the only logical explanation for their constant problems) will result in an investigation and action.
And @Nick, that stretch of North Capitol has had mobile cameras at various times over the past year, and the police regularly sit on the ramps at Scale Gate Rd and pull people over. It hasn't helped, because the road's designed in a way where it's easy to go much faster (i.e. 3 separated lanes in each direction with no sidewalks). I think they need to look into redesigning the road in that stretch, personally.
No room for interpretation whatsoever. DC law states that you must *stop* for pedestrians *in* a crosswalk. This in contradiction to Virginia where you must *yield* to a pedestrian *near* a cross-walk. [Don't know the specifics of MD law.]
Oh, and also, DC law states that you can not *block* a pedestrians crosswalk *at any time*. So, even if you stop for a red light or a pedestrian, you can not be *in* a crosswalk. The 'box' that you can't block includes crosswalks.
I swear there is gonna be a day that I am gonna just walk into some car that is standing in the middle of a crosswalk, looking innocent and with a look like 'well, I can't block the box, nor can I back up'.
I don't think the technology is there yet. I can't count how many times I've gone through a green light and before my car was completely out of the crosswalk there was someone entering it to cross against the light.
I think more cameras are a disaster that only asks to be abused when poor saps get directed through them during motorcades: http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2012/03/dear-popville-red-light-camera-ticket-for-motorcade-question/
I see no problem with that at all. Of course, lower fines are contingent on massive numbers of cameras. Also, I'm not quite sure how much raw political power Alpert (or I) possess, but by the looks of it, it's considerably more than in reality. Alpert's hardly got the "swing" to bait-and-switch.
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"Interesting. What would the mechanism for this be?"
I can see many businesses seeing this as another cost of doing business in DC. It all depends on their perceived magnitude of the costs and whatever benefit remains by being located in DC.
I like the idea; when I'm a pedestrian, I particularly loathe the taxicab intimidation move of getting right up on me as I walk. But when I'm a driver, I will turn right on a green light if pedestrians are only entering the crosswalk from the other side, and it's an intersection of considerable size (i.e., most of downtown DC). If I can get through well before they get to me, I certainly will. Have other jurisidictions implemented this sort of camera with success?
Agreed. Permanent speed cameras would be a good deterrent there. People were also speeding at similar rates around the missouri ave/ft totten area. And this was on a peaceful sunday morning, too.
That's because N. Capitol has unnecessarily-low speed limits, has to many stretches of route 50/NY Avenue. Whether this is poor traffic planning or simply a mechanism to allow the police to give out speeding tickets at their discretion is unknown.
My understanding of the law is that it's perfectly legal for a pedestrian to enter the crosswalk after the flashing Don't Walk has started, as long as you're moving fast enough to clear the intersection before the light turns to a solid Don't Walk. It's similar to (though not exactly the same as) a yellow light for cars.
Well, it has to go somewhere.
Until DC manages to develop the technology behind "traffic light synchronization" and figures out that "transit" is more than just a commuter-focused metro system, it's not unreasonable to expect a couple "major artery" roads going in and out of the city, and then it's not unreasonable to expect that they be treated differently than downtown city streets and that they should have higher speed limits.
True, but there's nothing enshrined in the Constitution that says it has to go somewhere at 55 miles per hour. Put N Capitol on a road diet, and allow-pedestrian friendly development just like you see along N Capitol all the way to MacMillan sand filtration plant. This will have the benefit of adding more DC taxpayers at the (minor) expense of non-taxpaying out-of-town commuters.
The lack of synchronized traffic lights in DC is no more a conspiracy than the absence of unicorns.
I experience it in Manhattan all the time. And with places like North Capitol Street and NH Avenue, we're not even talking about the Urban Core.
The silliness comes from a bunch of people whose idea of city planning is:
a) Lower speed limits
b) Then a miracle occurs
c) Awesome urbanist paradise!
When you look at the city at-large, it's less than a band-aid solution. Obviously forcing drivers to obey the speed limit laws is just a first step towards traffic-calming, and taking back our streets from the driver humans.
Manhattan has the advantage of being a narrow island with traffic constrained to moving in a few parallel directions. North-South traffic generally flows well along the Avenues, crosstown traffic is a bear.
Which is the larger point about signal priority - if you prioritize one direction, then you're lowering the priority of traffic moving in the other direction. And when you've got a lot of traffic moving in all sorts of directions, there's not a lot of juice to be squeezed out of prioritization.
Oboe's right, it can make a difference, but only on the margins.
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It's Black Friday; do you know where your Christmas shoppers are at?
Traditionally, the day after Thanksgiving is when the holiday shopping season moves into high gear. Today has become known as Black Friday because it's when many American retailers start to tip over from "red" deficit spending to keep their doors open to the "black" of balanced bottom lines and profit-making.
Of course, this year the term is more likely to refer to a black cloud of depression as every available expert is predicting a dismal holiday season.
Consumers have no confidence in the economy and they are expected to hang on more closely to their cash, just like the nation's financial lenders.
Consumer spending has been the engine that fuels the U.S. economy going back more than 20 years. So a bad holiday season would eliminate whatever hope might exist that we haven't already entered a recession or that it would end in a couple of months instead of sometime later in 2009.
Still, no one should be too upset if American shoppers restrain from their annual winter exuberance. After all, none of the holidays celebrated at this time of year — from Christmas to Hanukkah to Las Posadas to Kawanzaa — are supposed to be about some love of material collections.
Selecting and giving a gift should be a symbol that reflects a deeper appreciation for our family and friends and our combined faith in a higher power.
It really is the thought that counts, whether you spent a little or a lot on what you put under a tree, set next to a menorah or stuffed into a stocking.
Worry about how much of yourself that you invest in your gifts, rather than how much money it costs, and our moral accounts will be overflowing this year.


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