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Kristi says
Wow Rebecca! Thank you so much for these free templates…I love them all! And thanks for the links to the other freebies…you're the best!
Katy says
Ahh! I JUST ordered my Christmas cards from Shutterly, but wish I had come here first! I loved that brown/green card you did awhile back and now you are making it available to us!! I might either have to just send out some more or make sure I use them next year. I love that design!!! Thanks!
Heather says
Thanks so much, I was just about to design my own. You saved me a lot of time.
LayseaB says
Oh my gosh! I was just searching the internet ALL day yesterday trying to find some Free cards! Thank u thank u thank u!!!
*Mandy* says
Thank you so much, I really wanted to send photocards this year but shutterfly wasn't really in our budget so this is such a blessing.
Now I just have to figure out how to add my picture.
Danielle Hunter says
Beautiful cards! I love the middle one. You have a sweet family 🙂
Shelly says
I would LOVE to use your bottom template, but after it downloads I can't get it to open. Is there a way I can get it? I'd appreciate any help. Thanks!
Mrs. Huse Clifton says
I can't believe you are all ready making Christmas cards and these are great love them and kudos to you on being ready.
rebecca says
heehee, trust me I'm not that organized. this post is from last year. 🙂 Rebecca
Anonymous says
I'd love to play around with these, but it says you've exceded your bandwith. :/ anyway to fix that?
Gremma says
I love these! And I recognize the truck! It's still here for when you get back. Thanks a bunch for the templates!
rebecca says
I've changed the download link so you should be able to access them now. 🙂 Rebecca
Mandi @ Finding Home says
Thank you so much for these!! I can't wait to use one for my cards this year!!
Peach Blossom Photography says
I love these!! Thanks
ChrisKatieKelly says
So I don't have photoshop and am pretty clueless how this works- can I download the template and the put my pictures on it somehow, then send it to Costco or Target to have it printed? Thanks for any advice!!
Tara Dawson says
Wow ! Love these free templates ! I just used them and they are so easy to work with . Simply amazing !
Lissa @ MyThriftyTreasures says
Found you via Pintrest and I LOVE these cards! But after they download my Adobe won't open them because it says they either aren't a supported file type or the file has been damaged. Any tips?
Lissa @ MyThriftyTreasures says
My computer won't let me open the files once I download them. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
rebecca says
@Lissa @ MyThriftyTreasures
Hmmmmm….I'm not too sure what the problem might be Lisa? They were created in PS CS4? I haven't had anyone else with troubles…maybe try re-downloading them again? So sorry they aren't working for you. 🙁
rebecca says
You'll need to open them in PS or PS Elements for the templates to work for you. 🙂
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@Tara Dawson
So happy you like them Tara! 🙂
Stephanie says
Hi I found this post doing a google search,I love the second one! but I don't have Adobe Photoshop, is there any way I can use it?
rebecca says
You do need to use PS or PSE, so sorry Stephanie.
Julie says
Thank you so much!
Bridget says
Hey Rebecca! these are awesome! do you know of a good tutorial for photoshop on how to insert the pictures? I have PS4 🙂 Thanks so much
Anonymous says
These are absolutely lovely, thank you for sharing! I'm just wondering, though, why the apostrophe in "Love, the Cooper's"? I would only use one if indicating ownership, such as, "the Cooper's truck is cool", not "the Coopers are cool". Am I missing something?
Ann-Marie says
Very nice cards! I'm going to hold onto this post for this coming Christmas. But I'm with Anonymous up there. There shouldn't be an apostrophe in "Love, the Coopers".
Anonymous says
ok I am using Elements and when I place my pic in the space it is too big. I cannot move my pic at all in the template. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Carissa says
Hi, would love to use these templates with PSE. Any suggestions on how to get them printed? Target? Walgreens? Professional photo site? Thanks! 🙂
Carissa says
Hi, would love to use these templates with PSE. Any suggestions for where to print them? Target? Walgreens? Professional photo site? Thanks! 🙂
Kari says
I LOVE these! I used the bottom one and am so excited to print them. Thanks!!
[email protected] says
These are great. I've done mine but my curiosity was peaked so I downloaded to check them out. When you open in PS though you can't change the text (add your own name or message) as the fonts were not included in the download files you provided. I'm a Graphic Designer so tried a few tricks to get around it but aside from substituting the font, there is not much that can be done.
Well, these might be all I need to break my i-don't-send-christmas-cards policy. 🙂 Thanks!
Anonymous says
Your cards are beautiful but should read "The Coopers" not "The Cooper's".
Mariel says
I would love for you to share this (or any of your other great ideas) at the link party going on now at 'Or so she says …'. We've also got a fun "Favorite Things" giveaway going on right now. Hope to see you there! http://www.oneshetwoshe.com
Sharon says
Hi! I downloaded one of your templates and for the life of me can not figure out how to change the text from yours to mine. any tips?
rebecca says
Sharon, you have to be using the type tool. Click on the text and it should highlight it then you can replace with your own message. Hope that helps. 🙂
Anonymous says
Thank you so much for your generosity in creating these! They're all lovely so the only problem will be in choosing one 🙂 Greatly appreciated!
Angel says
Thank you for the Free Christmas templates. So sweet of you. Bless you and Merry Christmas 🙂
Karalee Colton says
THANK YOU so much for sharing your talents for free. I'm soooo excited!! You're awesome!
goodmanmom says
I am having a hard time getting these to download. Is there a trick? I would really love to use these templates ♥Becca
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Thanks so much!
Crystal says
Thank you so much for sharing your templates! I loved being about to use them this year.
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Friday Afternoon Madcap Recap
You know, just a week ago I was lamenting the lack of baseball related drama and filling up space with videos of kids on (legal) drugs. Man, things sure changed in a hurry. A-Rod, Tejada, Abreu, Oswalt, Dunn. All of them hit the news in the past week, although under very different circumstances. Add in pitchers and catchers reporting today and you got yourself one heck of a week in baseball.
And as if that wasn't enough, the week in politics (our bread if you consider baseball to be our butter) got a little crazy, too. Stimulus plans, Juan Williams invoking Stokely Carmichael and Michelle Obama and more cabinet nominee hyjinks were just the beginning. Seriously guys. If y'all could parcel this out over the course of a couple weeks instead of just one, I'd really appreciate it.
However, it's times like these when we really need to concentrate on what's important. And those things, in no particular order, are:
-Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday was yesterday. I think you've heard of him before. Really? Not ringing a bell, huh? 16th President. Born in a log cabin. Face on the penny and five dollar bill. Still nothing? Thank god for Wikipedia.
-Despite the fact that Erin Andrews doesn't do it for me, apparently she does it for quite a few other people. (via Deadspin but you may not want to open that link if you're at work or your computer is monitored)
–Jose Offerman is one crazy *** mother-f@&%#er.
-Despite lying on national television and then turning around and eating a big ol' slice of humble pie, A-Rod will still get more action in one night than I will see in the next year. Possibly two.
-But the most important news item is that RSBS has reached its paper anniversary and in honor of that (and because I need a vacation), I will be heading to Chicago tomorrow to hang out with Mr. Lung. There are a few ideas simmering in the ol' crockpot and if it all works out, we hope to serve up a nice, thick RSBS stew next week. Man, if that metaphor was Whitney, I guess that would make me Bobby.
Happy Friday!
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Did you know that yesterday was also Charles Darwin's 200th birthday? Consider that your history lesson of the day! Have a great time in Chicago. Make sure you buy Jeff some flowers for Valentine's Day! And please, we don't want to read about the two of you getting arrested!
Ever thought of changing your name in a bar to maybe, oh…..John Smotlz. It really is a shame that A Rod has to have a cheat sheet to even remember who he has been with in the last 6 months.
But then again, before all this happened, didn't we all for a brief moment want to be him with a few million dollars spread out all over our beds and swim in it. Could have been worse, he could of had to settle for Jeter's seconds.
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Where my Bobby, where my Bobby? Bobby? Poor Bobby ain't no more Whitney. Enjoy Chi-town and dump some beer on the ground for my former self. Check my blog and you'll understand. Cubs shafted me with two games in the majors. Where my Bobby…?
i guess no phone calls this weekend come up with some good ideas you two
The music really made the video…although, I think the theme to Mortal Kombat may have been more fun :O)
I hope the city of Chicago is ready for both of you at once. Mothers of pretty young daughters: Lock your doors!
Geez, Offerman is nuts. With all the skills a catcher has to learn, disarming a batter shouldn't be one of them. Have fun in Chicago!
That can't be A-Rod, those women aren't muscular enough for his liking. And it looks like that poor girl is trying to get away from him anyway. Have fun in Chicago; I will be checking the police blotter regularly for updates on what you two are up to.
Hey I'm Orangebird. Blogger of Up In Section 360 and seen on the link lists of Eat, Sleep, Baseball and Julia's Rants. I'm just trying to get mt name out. Excellent blog by the way
You're right, Jose Offerman IS crazy. You don't hear about guys charging the mound with a bat too often. Wikipedia is writing my research paper, and will be basically every source. I hope my US history teacher won't be upset.
dude, erin andrews doesnt do it for you? i know the reason but still not a statement to be made in public. random observations i am making about your post. vacation to chicago in february is like school in the summertime. kids on legal drugs… well thats like adults on legal drugs, my favorite thing on tv all weekend was seeing one of those oh so informative war on drugs commercials telling you how much you will let down yourself, your family and the world down if you smoke 'marijuana' followed byyyyyy you got it, a liquor commercial, because all adults are responsible and would never think of drinking in excess.. right? as usual, perception fact. nice use of the word y'all, being a student of southern lexicon here are a couple more i would like to see incorporated at some point, instead of yellow, 'yaller', instead of Massachusetts, how about 'Massatussess' (pronouced Mass-uh-too-sess) and if something is good, i mean really good, perhaps its good enough to 'make you wanna slap your momma'.
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Observed, Defined, Explained: Why "The Help" Misses the Mark in Telling Black Domestics' Tales
Shantella Y. Sherman | 9/9/2011, 8:48 a.m.
When Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help hit book sellers in late 2008 it was touted as a refreshing look at the lives of Black maids in 1960s-era Jackson, Mississippi. On the surface, Stockett's tale of race and class offered a lighthearted, however, disjointed account of burgeoning civil rights activity among Black maids. However, the rendering was done so through the eyes of a young, unbelievably nave white girl, whose family employed one of the maids. The novel bent the natural laws of reason in order to portray innocence and southern gentility. In fact, it teetered on the absurd. Honestly, even Gone with the Wind needed the emotional anchoring of the Civil War to support its revisionist romanticism. The film, of the same name, opens in theaters this week and promises to offer a sideshow of sorts that supports the same light-heartedness.
The Help centers around black domesics during the 1960s./Courtesy PhotoThe Help centers less around the African American maids as it does twenty-two-year-old Skeeter, a recent Ole Miss graduate whose journalism degree is called into question because she has no passion or understanding of the world around her. Hell-bent on finding an investigative piece to set her career in motion, Skeeter decides to investigate the departure of her childhood "playmate" - the family maid - Constantine.
In the process, she unearths both the symbolism and complexities of the Black women working for racist white families. Stockett does not move particularly far from her comfort zones. She may by no means be racist, but she certainly grew up with her grandmother's maid Demetrie, at the ready, and invokes enough of her upbringing to offer Demetrie no last name or even the prerequisite "Miss" young people afford elders. And while Stockett beams on about "loving" Demetrie, she does not pay homage or respect to her in this book or film.
Particularly annoying about Stockett's work is that it avoids the utter turmoil Mississippi faced during the civil rights era. Ole Miss, her character Skeeter's alma mater, was the real life setting for one of the most volatile state-federal showdowns in the country's history. Governor Ross Barnett adamantly defied President John F. Kennedy's desegregation mandate for the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), telling him, "you may run the country, but you don't run Mississippi!" To omit from the record through literary license the socialization that forced a president to send in National Guard troops to uphold the law of the land in Mississippi, trivializes the cultural landscape these women negotiated.
The untold story of Black maids and their ongoing, often clandestine activism deserves to be told - by the maids themselves. Navigating an often hostile and dangerous environment that was wrought with sexual assaults and physical trauma at the hands of their male employers, African American women mobilized through women's group and church and civic associations, to protect themselves.
Simply put, some things cannot be made light of. And while a not a work of fiction, Susan Tucker's Telling Memories among Southern Women: Domestic Workers and Their Employers, offers a much more concise and accurate glimpse into realms of domesticity. Having been raised by her grandmother's maid Mattie Ellis, Tucker, wrote:


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Rules are a necessary part of every game, the main reason we can have competitive pastimes that aren't just about hitting each other with sticks.
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Well, not just about hitting each other with sticks.
But games comes in all forms, whether they're board, card, or video, and although all these forms of games come with "official" rules, sometimes those rules aren't always the most appropriate. Because these games are played by people with wildly varying levels of experience, ability, and competitiveness, the official rules are often tweaked to suit each particular group's needs. These variations are called house rules, and whether they're done to make the game more fun or more fair, they can dramatically change how the game is played.
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As Seen In: Putting Money on Free Parking
Monopoly is one of the most famous board games in the world, and everyone knows the rules to it, so no one has to read the rule book, because seriously: What's that going to tell you?
That the dog's the best, that's what.
And because no one's ever actually read the rules, unofficial variations to those rules have become incredibly commonplace. The most famous is the rule that says you win money for landing on Free Parking, a tweak that is decidedly not part of the official rules (which no one's read).
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"Honey? Do you have two dice handy? It says we need to roll an eight or higher to park here."
Why It's So Important:
It ruined the game, for one. That's kind of a big one, actually.
The reason this tweak came into being is obvious. The game is mostly played by kids, and kids are greedy idiots. Getting money is fun! Who wouldn't want that?
Everyone, it turns out. Getting extra money isn't just more fun, and it doesn't just make the game easier to win. It makes it harder to lose. And because Monopoly can't end until every player but one loses, all this extra money helps turn Monopoly into one of the most famous relationship enders in the world. This very popular house rule sucks the fun from the room faster than a competition to see who has the worst open sores. It turns a game about accounting into a longer game about accounting.
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As Seen In: Hitting Each Other in D&D
Dungeons & Dragons is a tabletop role-playing game where players create and control individual characters and then take them on adventures where they butcher and rob things weaker than them.
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Like bards.
There's a lot more to it than that, of course; the adventures they go on can and do involve things like puzzle solving and role playing and collaborative storytelling. But that central mechanic -- whaling on things with an ax until they die -- is very much at the core of the experience. Which makes it all the more surprising that the first version of Dungeons & Dragons didn't actually have rules for combat, instead suggesting that if players needed to hit something, they should use the rules for another game called Chainmail. And because hitting something was, yes, something that players wanted to do very much, but not everyone owned this other game, they just made up their own rules.
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"The Bard begs you to spare his life!"
"Roll to ignore the Bard's pleas!"
"20! The Bard is killed instantly! You receive 15 xp."
Why It's So Important:
It set the precedent for the entire genre of games.
The example listed above is really an Ur-example, because in reality, tabletop role-playing games are all about the house rules. By design, these are very flexible gaming systems, intended to accommodate a huge variety of gaming needs. Just about every one of these games has a player acting in the role of dungeon master, who serves as both the primary referee and the primary world builder. If you give a player the power to decide the shape of the universe, that's a person who can decide what happens to that universe when you hit it with a mace.
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The deputies' investigation revealed that sometime between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on July 31 a vertical sandblast cabinet and a 21-gallon compressor were removed from the garage. The sandblast cabinet was valued at $300 while the compressor was valued at $220.
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Johnson Center for Philanthropy releases annual Kent County Giving Report
Posted on November 13, 2013
Donors in Kent County gave an estimated $624.7 million to charity and philanthropic groups in 2011, a new report from Grand Valley State University's Johnson Center for Philanthropy shows.
The total donation amount represents an increase of almost $10 million from the Johnson Center's estimate of total giving in 2010, for a 2011 total of $624,714,866. Individuals gave 57.5 percent ($359.2 million) of the donations, foundations contributed 29.5 percent ($184.3 million), corporations contributed 7.2 percent ($44.6 million), and bequests made up 5.8 percent ($36.4 million). The report tracks data for the last year that complete data is available.
"Our report shows the incredibly giving spirit of the families and foundations of Kent County, and demonstrates the commitment that local corporations have to being good citizens in our communities," said Michael Moody, Frey Chair for Family Philanthropy at the Johnson Center. "The report shows that despite external economic factors, giving continues to increase."
Even though giving increased almost $10 million from 2010 to 2011, the increase was much smaller than from 2009 to 2010, when giving increased by nearly $50 million. Giving from foundations increased by 0.8 percent from 2010 to 2011, a decline from a 14 percent year-to-year increase from 2009 to 2010. Both Kent County and national increases were lower in 2010-2011 than in the previous year.
Between 2009 and 2010, total giving in Kent County increased at a higher rate (8.7%) than the national rate (6.4%), but from 2010-2011, Kent County giving increased less (1.6%) than giving across the nation (4.2%).
The percentage of total estimated charitable giving coming from foundations in Kent County is more than double the percentage from foundations across the U.S., and the percentage coming from individuals is lower in Kent County than in the U.S. overall. A large portion of total foundation giving in Kent County comes from several large foundations located here. For example, the 2011 annual giving by four foundations created by the DeVos family accounted for 41.8 percent of Kent County's total foundation giving.
The percentage of estimated giving coming from corporations and foundations is also higher in Kent County (36.7%) than across the nation (19.7%). The concentration of large family-owned businesses in Kent County may be one factor that contributes to this pattern.
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The Green Bay Packers' locker room was nearly empty Friday afternoon as Matt Flynn sat inside his locker, contemplating his you-had-to-live-it-to-believe-it existence. Finding the right word proved elusive, in part because Flynn had intentionally avoided such introspection 'til then.
"It's kind of surreal, just thinking about where I've been and the journey that this year has taken me," the Packers backup quarterback finally said, having begun the 2013 calendar year as a disappointed backup with the Seattle Seahawks, been traded to and then cut by the still-dysfunctional Oakland Raiders, had a brief cup o' coffee with the Buffalo Bills and finally, on Nov. 12, wound up back at his NFL starting line in Green Bay.
"It feels like forever ago that I was sitting in the Oakland locker room. It feels like forever ago that I was sitting in the Buffalo locker room. It's kind of hard to believe that it's the same season. It really is. And who would have thought I'd be sitting right here? Having started four games for the Packers?
"It's been a wild ride. But I think there's a reason for everything. I feel blessed I even got the opportunity to come here."
For the past month, Flynn's locker had been the media epicenter each week, ever since he rallied the Packers from a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit to forge a 26-26 tie with the Minnesota Vikings on Nov. 24. It would be the first of four fourth-quarter comebacks Flynn would engineer: A 22-21 victory over Atlanta on Dec. 8 (down 21-10 at the half and 21-16 in the fourth); a 37-31 victory at Dallas on Dec. 15 (down 26-3 at halftime and 29-17 to start the fourth); and last week's 38-31 loss to Pittsburgh (down 31-21 to start the fourth).
This week, the frenzy had crossed the locker room, back to its rightful place, in front of Aaron Rodgers' stall. On Thursday, after coach Mike McCarthy had broken the news that Rodgers would be starting Sunday's winner-take-all NFC North championship game at Soldier Field against the Chicago Bears, videographers jockeyed for position with their clanking stepstools, boom mikes seemingly dropped from the sky and writers and radio guys strained their arms to get their digital recorders and iPhones close enough to record the former NFL MVP's every word. Flynn, who'd caught the flu bug that was working its way through 1265 Lombardi Avenue during the Christmas week, never even came in during the media access period.
He was no longer the story.
But he's the reason the Packers still are a story.
If Rodgers, sidelined since fracturing his left collarbone against the Bears on Nov. 4, does indeed make his return to the lineup Sunday a triumphant one, the Packers will be the NFC North champs and host a first-round playoff game at Lambeau Field Jan. 4 or 5. But at 7-7-1, and having lost their first three games without Rodgers with Seneca Wallace and Scott Tolzien starting in his stead, Sunday's game would have been a play-out-the-string regular-season finale without Flynn.
We will never know if Wallace or Tolzien could have led the Packers to those same victories over Atlanta or Dallas. But at the very least, at the absolute minimum, the Packers don't tie the Vikings without Flynn, who came in after Tolzien was benched. A loss to the Vikings then would have rendered this weekend meaningless now.
"He's come in and done everything that we could ask from him," said starting left guard Josh Sitton, Flynn's best friend since the two came in as part of the 2008 draft class. "He's led us to a couple wins. Obviously the comeback against Minnesota, to tie the game – that turned out to be a huge game. We're not here without that game. He's come in and done a hell of a job for us. I'm just really proud of him."
Flynn hasn't been perfect – he, along with the rest of the offense, did nothing right in their Thanksgiving Day meltdown at Detroit – and some of his mistakes set the stage for the comebacks that were required against the Falcons, Cowboys and Steelers. But as he reacquainted himself with the offensive scheme playbook he'd mastered as Rodgers' backup from 2008 through 2011, it became obvious that he had impressive recall of McCarthy's pre-iPad playbook and quickly picked up the new wrinkles that had been added while he was gone.
"Getting Matt back in here and him, I think you could really tell – once you started getting a full week of practice and preparation, the difference from being he from a week and getting tossed in here, and then dealing with the Detroit game with no (full-fledged) practices, really," said wide receiver Jordy Nelson, another member of that 2008 draft class. "Once you start getting able to prepare, you can start to show it and being able to shine. He did a good job of getting some wins and allowing us to be in this situation."
Added offensive coordinator Tom Clements, who was Flynn's quarterbacks coach from 2008 through 2011: "Everyone has played well, but Matt, being thrown into that position and not being here for the whole time and re-familiarizing himself with the offense, he's done very well. You look at the games he's played and Minnesota, we were behind and he brought us back. Dallas, he brought us back. Atlanta, he brought us back.
"You have to give him a lot of credit for what he's done."
For his part, Flynn has never lacked for confidence, from his time riding the bench at LSU behind JaMarcus Russell, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, before leading the Tigers to the 2008 BCS championship; to being a rookie seventh-round pick and beating out second-round pick Brian Brohm for the right to back up first-year starter Rodgers in 2008; to being forced into action in what at the time seemed like a must-win game at Super Bowl-favorite New England late in the 2010 season.
But Flynn admitted Friday that losing out to rookie Russell Wilson in Seattle, having things go terribly awry in Oakland and being cut multiple times in the same season (by the Raiders and Bills) left that confidence shaken.
"There's always going to be doubt that creeps in," said Flynn, who never started a game for the Seahawks and started only one in Oakland. "I think that the confidence part that I've always had was, even if doubt sets in, you get rid of it real fast. I've always been able to do that.
"There's always doubt, especially when things go bad. But, I'm a positive thinker, too, so I always think that if I keep working hard, something's going to pay off and things will work out the way they're supposed to."
Even Flynn, though, never imagined things working out like this. When the Raiders cut him on Oct. 7, he admits he harbored some hope that his old team would pick him up. But the Packers were satisfied with Wallace and Tolzien – even though neither one had been through Green Bay's training camp and had been brought in just before the Sept. 8 regular-season opener at San Francisco – and had no reason to think the durable Rodgers, who'd missed only that one 2010 game due to injury since ascending to the starting job, might be in peril.
"And then obviously a month later, circumstances changed a little bit," Flynn said of Rodgers' collarbone injury and Wallace suffering a season-ending groin injury on the opening series of his start against Philadelphia on Nov. 10. The next day. the team worked out Flynn and agreed to terms with him that afternoon.
"He's had a lot of ups and downs, especially in the past year. So I'm real happy to see him come in here and be able to be successful," said Sitton, who was the best man in Flynn's wedding this past June. "Obviously I wanted to see him go and be successful somewhere else, but in a selfish way, I was happy to see him back. We've had a lot of good times together, and it's been fun to have him back."
In four-plus games, Flynn has completed 102 of 166 passes (61.4 percent) for 1,146 yards with seven touchdowns and four interceptions (86.1 passer rating). His greatest moment came against the Cowboys, the team he'd grown up watching, as he matched the biggest comeback in franchise history by completing 26 of 39 passes for 299 yards with four TDs and one INT (113.1) to keep the Packers' playoff hopes afloat.
"Matt, he's had some highs and he's had some lows the last couple years, and he's stayed steady throughout everything," quarterbacks coach Ben McAdoo said. "To be able to come in here after what he's gone through and be able to step up and fight and give us a chance to win games and keep us in games, I think it says a lot about him."
While he's focused on preparing to be ready if, heaven forbid, Rodgers should go down again, Flynn admitted that he's caught himself thinking about the future beyond this season. He signed a one-year prorated deal on Nov. 12, meaning he'll be back on the free-agent market after the season ends. While the Packers like Tolzien's long-term potential and want to develop him, McCarthy and general manager Ted Thompson may want to carry three quarterbacks on the 53-man roster next year after the travails of this season. When Kyle Orton starts Sunday for the Dallas Cowboys for an injured Tony Romo, he'll be the 51st different quarterback to start a game in the NFL this season. The Packers are the only team to start four different quarterbacks (four other teams have started three) and Flynn is the only quarterback to have started for two teams this season.


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Breast cancer is color blind.
Unlike some diseases that are less common among certain races for biological reasons, no race has an inherent genetic safeguard against this debilitating cancer. Why, then, are African-American women 37 percent more likely to die from the disease than women of any other race?
According to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, African-American women have less risk of getting breast cancer than white women, but a much higher risk of death. Diagnosis often does not occur until the cancer has moved into later stages and spread to other areas of the body, and in the past, African-American women may have been less likely to get regular mammograms.
Most experts believe that socioeconomic factors account for a large part of this disparity. Limited or no access to health care, distrust of the health care system, lack of understanding of the proper preventative measures like regular exercise and clinical screening are all possible causes mentioned by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Kathy Phifer, an African-American woman who survived breast cancer, proposed that the disparity may be rooted in minority women's "I don't want to know" attitude and, she says, "It's what you don't want to know that's going to hurt you in the long run. I think they have to get out of that mind set to more of a positive 'no, this is what I have to do.' They say change is the hardest thing to do, but people have to think about how long they want to live on this earth."
Brenda McCants, another African-American survivor and a member of African-American breast cancer support foundation the Sisters Network, has noticed a sense of shame around the disease.
"There has been, in the African-American community, a stigma about being diagnosed with breast cancer. I know quite a few women who have not even told their family, they keep it to themselves," she said.
The Sisters Network, whose motto is Stop the Silence, wants minority women to know that there's nothing to be ashamed of. McCants explains that the organization is "trying to get the word out in the African-American community that we are living, the medicine we have now is working, you are able to be a mommy to your children or a wife to your husband, you don't have to leave this earth."
Today, the rates of mammography are close to equal for white and black women, but the divide in survival rates persists. A number of studies suggest that this may be due to inadequate follow-up after an irregular mammogram. One of these studies, from the American Journal of Public Health, reported that African-American women were more likely to report either very low or very high perceived susceptibility to breast cancer they were also significantly less likely to have a friend who had ever been diagnosed with breast cancer.
These psychosocial factors suggest that breast cancer may be less at the forefront of medical concerns in the minds of black women, regardless of individual risk. The study also concluded that inadequate communication of screening mammogram results was significantly more common among African-American women.
Dr. Amber Isley, an African-American physician at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., believes that the lack of proper screening and follow-up care may be related to a cultural factor similar to the one identified by McCants.
"In the Afro-American community, the matriarch of the family has to present themselves as the strong person in the family. They basically make sure everything runs correctly, make sure everybody else is taken care of, they rarely come forward with health problems. They keep it private because they want to make sure everyone else is taken care of first."
However, these psychosocial reasons, even when added to socioeconomic factors, are not enough to fully explain the increased risk.
According to Dr. Isley, "we know there's a biological factor; we just don't know enough about it."
She explains that many African-American women's breast tumors are of a particularly dangerous and less treatable variety called triple negative. Early research shows that triple negative breast tumors are similar to the types of tumors found in many people of West African descent.
Even if effective treatments are developed to tailor to triple negative breast tumors, the statistics won't change if African-American women don't start getting diagnosed and treated sooner. Her message to the family of African-American women affected by breast cancer is that it's not a death sentence, it is a curable and over 80 percent of early stage breast cancers are cured and patients live beyond five years. That's one of the best odds out there for cancer. If you catch it early and are aggressive upfront, once it's over it's over other than just routine surveillance. Hopefully, if African-American women realize that they need not fear being viewed as weak by their families, they will be more open to seeking immediate treatment and to speaking about their experience.
She says, "African-American women are notorious for not sharing their stories with their families, therefore, when their daughters or sisters or aunts come up with an abnormal mammogram they may not know that they are at an increased risk for breast cancer."
Today, many people are still waiting for better access to healthcare, and until that arrives and more is known about the biology that may make African American women more susceptible to breast cancer, the solutions lie in large part on the individual level.
Phifer urges women to be proactive if they have even the slightest feeling that something may be wrong.
"You need to advocate for yourself. It's some serious business, it's nothing to play with -- it's your life. If you don't want to do it, fine. Go and do it any ways. Get it out of your mind that you don't want to know what's wrong with you because the longer you wait the worse it's gonna get."


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The Mysterious RideBack Girl
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The media and the authorities alike are searching for the mysterious girl who penetrated the GGP blockade. The RideBack Club decides to lay low - but they've already caught the attention of several prying eyes.
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text: ...is available. If Bill, Skippy & Brady are truly serious about restoring run-pass balance, esp on 3rd downs, then they need to sign the beast immediately. Otherwise, all their talk is nothing more than that - talk, BS in particular, and yet another season will end in exactly the same way as the last 8 seasons have ended: not with a bang, but with a whimper.


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By Karl Terry, Local Columnist
It amazes me what folks who homesteaded this part of the country were willing to endure just to get title to 160 acres of sand and rattlesnakes.
For a long time now I've intended to read the book "Six Miles to the Windmill" by J.G. Greaves, former editor of the Portales News-Tribune and his wife Annie King Greaves. I had read at least parts of it back in 1976 when Gordon King Greaves, also a former PNT editor, published the recollections of his parents. I was in high school then and it didn't stick with me then like it did when I read it this past week.
J.G. Greaves landed in Kenna in 1908 while searching for a place to practice his trade of newspapering. Instead, he wound up filing on a claim southeast of Kenna figuring he would be better off with his own land than working in town.
The couple started with more than many settlers around them but still it was hardscrabble from the start. They bought a team of mismatched, half-blind and aged horses along with a $6 wagon when they moved to New Mexico. The rookie sodbuster used the team to break ground for a dry farm and had to constantly haul water with the team and wagon from a windmill six miles distant.
With hard work and more than a little luck, the first year's crops were outstanding. Subsequent years weren't as bountiful. Drought, wandering cattle, insects and inexperience doomed their labors more frequently than not.
They got by eating jackrabbit sausage, prairie chickens, dried beans and corn in the winter. They heated the half-dugout structure with the cow chips they picked up on the plains. A wagonload of chips would get the family through a bad three-day storm, according to the book.
One of my grandmothers grew up in a dugout near Arch and the other on a homestead north of Fort Sumner. My dad's mother's family came to the Arch (Eiland) community later than the Greaves family landed in Kenna and actually bought their quarter-section (for the reported price of $8 an acre).
Because they had a well and a Model-T when they moved there, they were much better off than most. Still, just the idea of living in the dirt like a prairie dog or rattlesnake seems like a hard existence.
Among the hazards back then was the cold hard fact that the nearest doctor could be hours away by horseback or wagon. The Greaves family relates a close call with their daughter as well as with Mr. Greaves himself when each could have died without a desperate trip across the plains for medical care.
My great-grandmother didn't fare as well. She went into a troubled labor on the homestead between Fort Sumner and Santa Rosa one night. My grandmother, probably about 9 at the time, was her only hope. She saddled a horse and rode to town for a doctor but help didn't arrive in time to save her mother or sister.
What a cold and unforgiving a place that must have seemed to her after their death. It meant the end of life on the homestead for my grandmother who moved back to Texas for a time. She eventually came back to New Mexico for good, however.
The old saying about this area goes: "If you stay long enough to get sand in your shoes, you'll never leave."
After being away from the eastern New Mexico plains for a good portion of my adult life. I've learned after being back for three years now there's still lots of sand in my shoes.
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Posted By: Karen Brewster All Posts by Karen Brewster
June 23, 2012
Camp Denali celebrated its 60th anniversary the week of June 4-8, 2012 by hosting a group of former employees for a fun filled week of memories, laughter, and history. One of the original founders of Camp Denali, Morton "Woody" Wood shared his memories of the early days of Camp Denali, including building the road up the hill. Wally and Jerryne Cole gave an entertaining slideshow about their transformation of Camp Denali after taking ownership in 1975. And Karen Brewster, who has just completed a life history book of Ginny Hill Wood, another one of Camp Denali's founders, shared Ginny's stories about the early days of Camp Denali. Karen read excerpts of Ginny's stories from her book, Boots, Bikes, and Bombers: Adventures of Alaska Conservationist Ginny Hill Wood (University of Alaska Press, 2012) on such topics as selecting the site for Camp, running the hiking and backpacking program, working with the staff, constructing the road and lodge, the warehouse being burned down by a bear, and what Ginny's, Woody's and Celia Hunter's vision was when they started Camp Denali in 1952. As Ginny explains:
We didn't really have a grand plan for Camp. We had an idea about a place where you came for vacation, not just overnight. Our vision was a little like the youth hostel system they had in Europe that was primitive and then you explored country from there. We wanted a place that you could come to and immerse yourself into a place where you lived rather simply. We didn't want to be a hotel.
We didn't even think about whether Camp Denali would be a viable business. If we could actually make money. We didn't know what we were doing. We were just like kids going out to play in the woods. We started Camp Denali because we wanted to be out there. It was just a nice place for us to spend the summer. And we wanted our guests to do what we liked to do and that was go exploring.
I think the nature and our staff told us what we should do. And the camp itself, told us what it wanted to be. The country told us what it wanted to be and we had to listen.
Boots, Bikes, and Bombers: Adventures of Alaska Conservationist Ginny Hill Wood is an innovative and collaborative life history of Ginny Hill Wood, one of the founders of Camp Denali. Born in Oregon in 1917, Wood served as a Woman's Airforce Service Pilot in World War II, and flew a military surplus airplane to Alaska in 1946. Settling in Fairbanks, she went on to start Camp Denali, Alaska's first wilderness ecotourism lodge; helped start the Alaska Conservation Society, the state's first environmental organization; and applied her love of the outdoors to her work as a backcountry guide and an advocate for environmental preservation.
The book may be available at your local bookstore, or it can be purchased on-line at Amazon.com or www.alaska.edu/uapress.
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It is our pleasure to present Dispatches, a journal of the goings on at Camp Denali & North Face Lodge. Written by members of our staff, Dispatches is an opportunity to peek into the special sightings notebook, brush up on Denali National Park issues, read about our ongoing projects in sustainability, and maybe get a whiff of what's cooking in the kitchens. Dispatches will carry on through the winter, when we hope to share stories of snowy ski adventures, deep cold, and the events of a small Alaskan community.


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The Phillies close Grapefruit League play today when they host the Nationals. Game time is 1:05.
Your lineup, courtesy David Murphy: Victorino (CF) / Utley (2B) / Werth (RF) / Howard (1B) / Ibanez (LF) / Feliz (3B) / Bruntlett (SS) / Ruiz (C) / Moyer (SP). Jack Taschner is also expected to pitch.
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Another big bomb by Howard
Pedro also send one out, 3-2 Phils bottom 2nd
Big day for Feliz. Add a 2 run double
I must say Howard and Ibanez for the amount of time they've been playing in Spring Training, virtually every game they've been able to maintain that .300 average. Bruntlett playing in probably the most games of everyone has really done a great job, I know it's been said a few times. I just hope they're able to maintain and don't hit a slump come April 9.
April 9th is consistently one of the greatest days of the year… every year since 1983!
Moyer has given up nine runs in four innings… looks like we might be slotting Happ into the rotation sooner than we thought…
4.0 IP, 11 Hits, 9 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, 3 HR, … uhmm maybe he was just working on a certain pitch, that he won't be using in the regular season?
Or it could be a case of the umpire not giving moyer the calls he needs to be effective, some umps refuse to be limber on the outer half of the plate which works against moyer which is why on a occassion he throws a dud. But his spring numbers are worrying me about what's going on if it's just that he's working on some pitches or if this is the product of being seen enough to be less effective
Moyer is done as Ozuna pinch hitted for him. Jamie Moyer: 4IP, 11H, 9R(all earned), 2BB, 3K, 3HR. His record currently in spt is 1-2 and might go to 1-3. His final spring training era is 8.27. This is why I think the phils should've given him a 1 year deal and go year by year because he could retire any moment. As soon as moyer goes out Happ, Carrasco, Kendrick all battle for that spot.
I said this yesterday how i believe Happ will take Moyers spot in the rotation sometime this year and i was all of sudden shot down by someone. the 46 year old is getting blasted this spring, never understood why they even brought him back, when they could of gotten derek lowe?
We shall see
Utley gets replaced by ozuna. Utley 0for2, 2runs, HBP and reached on error. Also had a part in the phils turning a dp. Condrey pitched in 5th
This start is awful for Moyer's confidence because his next start counts because it's on Tuesday at home vs Braves. 7:05pm start moyer vs jair jurrigens. Monday is day off so second game of the new season and moyers confidence is down. Hopefully with his experience he can bury this game and give a solid start on Tuesday.
Derek Lowe signed for like $15 M a season I think… which might be ok this year, but not after that
Oh by the way folks. In final spt game for mets they are hosting adam eaton and the orioles. Bottom 4th, Orioles lead 8-0. Adam Eaton so far: 3IP, 3H, 0r, 2BB, 0K. But just to tell he has a 5.68era in spt so far. Pelfrey startin for mets in that one. Today everyone is starting a bunch of starters like mets who have delgado, beltran, church, reyes out. phillies are also starting most starters except notable one rollins.
only bad move the fo made resigning moyer he will not make it thru may and it end up being another contract philly has to eat to release him. hate to see him go out this way he should have taken the ring and called it a career
Dunn and Belliard replaced by Nick Johnson and Willie Harris. Through 5 innings for Nats, 9runs on 12hits 1 error commited and 4LOB. Through 5 innings for Phils, 5runs on 8hits 0 errors commited and 5LOB. Pedro Feliz has been awsome today. 3for3, 3RBI(2nd,3rd and 4th of spt), 1RUN, 2doubles(2nd and 3rd of Spt), 1homer(1st of spring). he's raised his spt avg to .262. Bruntlett hit a deep fly out.
condrey gets nats 1-2-3 in 6th. DP turned by ozuna and coste. jason donald in for bruntlett at ss, dobbs in for werth playin lf, stairs in for howard playing rf, coste in for ibanez playin first. elijah dukes in for kearns playin rf for nats. does spring training ever go so fast. phils are gonna carry donald, catcher paul hoover, pitcher bowker, pitcher mike koplove, CF jason ellison and another player i forget for the 2 ondeck games vs the rays and then send em down.
Matt Stairs does what we pay Matt Stairs to do 3 run moon shot
cole hamels is on the sports illustrated for kids cover this time which previews the upcoming mlb season. On the cover it says" world series mvp COLE HAMELS lead or had(small writing on online article) the phillies on target last season. Now they're the team to beat.
"This start is awful for Moyer's confidence because his next start counts because it's on Tuesday at home vs Braves."
I tend to disagree with that statement. To be sure, Moyer has had an AWFUL spring. But he's not the type to hang onto these miserable performances for long. He gets knocked around every now and then, but often follows a crappy performance with a line like this: 6ip / 8h / 2 er / 1 bb / 3 k.
Jamie Moyer will finish 1-2 with an 8.27era in Spring Training Games. Also Adam Eaton's shutout of the mets is over. Balt lead 8-0 now 8-4. For Eaton today against a major chunk of mets startin lineup so far: 4IP, 4R(all earned), 8h, 2BB, 1K, 1 wild pitch and his era is now 7.20. Eaton just to tell will be a starter on the rotation cause orioles don't got depth. Every starter for phils is out except feliz who has played exceptionally well today. Condrey goes 2IP, 1H, 1BB and 1K and his final SPT era is 1.46. Nice spt for him.
yah i agree with ya john fire. that's why i said because he's a veteran he knows how to bounce back.
Hey derrick the lone spot that's going to be available as of now is the one currently occupied by Chan Ho Park, unless they resign him depending on his season. Second if they feel that Moyer can't pitch as a starter anymore they won't release him, they'll move him to the pen because of his ability and durability to pitch in any situation because of how crafty he is. He may be bumped from the rotation at some point if this awful pitching keeps up but i think the phils have eaten enough money this season. Then next spring there could possibly be 2 openings for Happ, Kendrick and Carrasco and maybe even Carpenter if he outpitches Kendrick this season. But waiting in the wings could be Savery/Drabek/Drew Naylor pending their development.
Nats take back the lead 10-9. Phils pitching today:
Moyer today- 9runs in 4IP
Condrey today- 0runs in 2IP
Durbin today- 1run in 1IP so far
moyer scares me in this outing… hopefully hes experimenting with something… but, i posted this in another post that i think moyer will be replaced this year by happ. I like moyer but its gonna happen sometime.
…. And this is why Happ MUST be part of the roster. I'm not feeling too great about Moyer… 9 ER (3 HRs) in only 4 innings… damn!
Man what did Pedro Feliz eat today. He came in with 0HR, 1RBI, 0 doubles while battin .205. 4for4 today, 2runs scored, 3rbi's, 1homerun and 3 doubles. His BA is now .279. Jack Taschner pitches for second straight game. Yesterday went 1IP allowing a single. Durbin goes 1IP, 2H, 1ER, 1K and his final spt era is 4:05 but he's been better than the era shows.
It's spring… Moyer's confidence will be fine. This is a guy that drives home to pick up his kids from school after spring training games. The focus in spring training for Jamie Moyer is getting in shape and throwing pitches not ERA. He's a guy that lives off of scouting reports and pitch repertoire. I'm sure that he has been working on some of his weaker pitches. He'll be fine.
well thats for me. see ya tom. 7:05pm Phillies Rays On Deck Series Cole Hamels Pitching Citizens Bank Park Go Phillies
Great, just what we need… now Taschner gives up back-to-back homeruns.. Phils losing 12-10….
Taschner's not going to make this club. Gave up two dingers in his inning of work… welcome to the roster, Majewski. Make us proud!
Taschner's line: 1ip / 2h (2hr) / 2er / 2bb / 1k. See ya.
Seriously, at this point, we gotta go with our best pitchers… and Majewski > Taschner…. I don't care if one's a righty and the other's a lefty… In any scenario, I wouldn't want to see either pitching in the 7th, 8th or 9th innings.Guys like Eyre and Madson and, yes, Condrey, will have to cover for JC for these 50 games.
Now Majewski is up.. I hope he doesn't make me eat my words.
Coste is having a shit*y spring… Will we see Marson sooner than we think?
I think we will see Marson sooner, because they figured out that Paulino isnt really that good (or at least he didnt show anything to indicate that) and if Coste struggles you could see Marson up by midseason.
As for Moyer…boy he sure is givng us all a VERY big scare here. He has been absolutely horrible in ST this year. Just flat out dog dirt terrible. I think hes going to be on a shorter leash than he was last year. They gave him until May last year to turn it around after his bad start and he did turn himself around. This year, I think hes on a short leash. If he has 3,4 starts like this right off the bat hes gotta be replaced.
jA Happ should be hanging around on the MLB roster so it seems so hell be there lingering around waiting for Moyer to tank – and I think he will be the first to go. Guys, this was a bad signing. That doesnt mean Derek Lowe was a good signing though, because in a year or two that will be a bad contract. I just dont see how you can justify giving a 46 year old man not names Nolan Ryan that type of contract….regardless of this performance the season before.
I think the replacement callup order will be as follows:
1: Moyer goes first by Mid-May (disabled list, bullpen, retirement, whatever) and Happ slides into the rotation.
2: Park pitches well to start the season but ends up not being able to give enough innings per start to warrant staying as a starter. By June he is replaced by Carrasco in the starting rotation, but stays on to be a very good reliever for this team.
3: Coste flames out by mid-June early July and is DFA or sent down and replaced by Lou Marson.
Why would they bring Marson up to play twice a week?
Because they traded away Ronny Paulino and they dotn have anyone else…I mean I guess they could pick up a scrap heap guy to do that Coste was supposed to be doing if indeed Coste doesnt produce to the elvel youd expect of a backup.
I DEFINITELY think Moyer will be this years Matt Morris. Just a guy that should have retired but didnt and the only way he realizes it is to get smoked hard every single time out there. Im sorry, he had a wonderful season last year, but I dont see him being an effective or viable option this season. I hope Happ can come in and do a nice job for Moyer once they realize that Moyers done.
Don: Because we want to build a "D", starting now. The team's future is now and we gotta go after it. If by mid-June, Marson is better than Coste, then bring him up, even if he's gonna be back up catcher. You gotta start somewhere… make him learn stuff from Chooch…
If Marson isn't playing everyday, you hurt his development.. you don't rush up your top prospects into bench roles because they are better than other backups..
If that was the case, Donald would be riding the pine instead of Bruntlett and Cairo, etc..
Its not a smart move.. if Ruiz is struggling, and Coste is hurt or something than maybe… but Marson needs to be playing AT LEAST half of the time, and as a backup catcher that doesn't happen
Well then you get a scrap heap guy…I just think that Marson does better by playing in the major leagues 2/5 days than he does in AAA. But I also think you should give him until June or so to show that he can hit AAA pitching.
How will half a season as a backup catcher hurt him, seriously? He could get a call up midseason and some type of platoon with Chooch in June/July games… If anything, he should benefit from being in the big leagues and get to know our pitchers really well for the 2010 season. AND, my main point, he'd bring his bat which will help the team THIS season as we look for another WFC-ship.
Agree, Geoff.
Right but if he hits AAA pitching playing everyday.. why stop his progress by decreasing his at-bats, and on the rare times he gets to the plate, the pitchers are that much better and have a distinct advantage against him..
I'm all for bringing guys up when they're ready.. but Marson's not ready..
And by the time he is.. it's got to be a decision between Marson OR Ruiz… not Marson AND Ruiz..
Manny I normally agree with you a lot, but I can't on this one..
TODAY.. even with his struggles, I'd still rather have Coste at the plate for a key at-bat instead of Marson.. maybe that changes during the season..
But if Ruiz is hitting anywhere near .250.. he's the starter because his defense is way better than Marson, and I don't think it serves a prospect well to sit on the bench instead of playing everyday.. which is why Marson and Mayberry and Donald are in the minors
Talent-wise they could probably be on an MLB roster.. but if you aren't using them regularly you stunt their potential growth (Is it true that if you don't use it, you lose it? … Is that a serious question?…. – 40 Year-Old-Virgin)
If Marson shows he can hit, by that I mean he has to show you he can come up and play well in MLB when you bring him up – more specifically hit MLB pitching. If hes doing that by the time Coste flames out then its a pretty easy decsion to make…
I think Donald does need a whole season in AAA, just because theres really nowhere else to put him where hell get good PT. Catchers are different – handling the staff (that sounds bad) is so crucial to a catcher's viability in the major leagues. Plus, Marson catches Carrasco, so youll need him when you bring up Carrasco.
Mayberry should be on the MLB roster as the 4th outfielder, getting the start 2-3 times a week but getting into almost every game as the primary RH pinch hitter when he doesnt start. You could also use him as a REGULAR defensive – 7th inning replacement for Ibanez if Ibanez makes too many blunders in the OF. Mayberry can play any outfield position which makes him valuable to this team right now. Like Happ – hes been through the minors every which way, and he has to adapt to a role that makes him valuable to the team but he is good enough to play in MLB. Happ has to adapt to the bullpen (though that might be shaky at times) in order to stay in MLB UNTIL Moyer or someone gets hurt or tanks.
I guess I maybe just don't like that fact that you are always looking to replace everyone on the roster, Geoff. Every month you pick a new player or two that you are 100% SURE is going to flame-out.. we need to replace them, release them.. promote whoever, and trade for the other guy..
Thankfully, you've been wrong most of the time, so I look for Coste to hit around .315 this year, and Moyer to win 14 Games.
it's funny how some people are predicting a Chan Ho Park flame out by mid-year despite how dominating he was this spring, how motivated and focused and how well he performed in limited starting duty last year. I almost think people want him to fail… I know we all want to see what Carrasco can do, but the kid needs some further development. He was visibly rattled often this spring (though he pitched lights out other times)… let him take some time to mature and then bring him aboard slowly. I think we're all going to be pleasantly surprised by Mr. Park.
Moyer on the other hand… yikes. Happ, you'd better start warming up. Your time to step up may be near.
Moyer will be fine, maybe not matching his 16 wins last year, but will be a solid 3/4 starter. Coste is a gamer and will show up when the bell rings. Not to worry.
Geoff seems obsessed with Moyer and takes every opportunity to be critical of him even when not justified.
Hey, Moyer has proven you wrong BIG time last season and I'm looking forward for him to do the same again this season. 😉
Moyer, the crafty veteran who is the master of deception will continue to befuddle the hitters as he has done for so many years. And brings to mind another great pitcher of longevity from the past…Warren Spahn, who ended his 23 year career at age 44 with 363 wins once was quoted as saying… " Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing." Moyer would say AMEN!
Don, I think we agree more on this Coste/Marson thing more than we disagree. The difference is that I just see Marson nearly ready for the MLB and not truly a "prospect" per se… One year ago, there was a consensus that he would be our Opening Day Starter in 2009 or get a mid-season callup.
Today, though, I really like what Chooch has done and will continue to do, and he's our No.1 catcher without a doubt. And, like you, I'd rather see today Coste getting a key-at-bat instead of Marson…. But IF Coste doesn't improve his hitting and stays around a .215 average or below through late June, I'd rather see Marson getting the call up and staying with the big club even if he's gonna be the backup catcher. I think the guy's ready. We've been saying he is for a while now.
You guys have all completely and collectively lost your minds… let's take a deep breath and repeat after me… "It's spring training."
Let's put away our "Jump to Conclusions" mats and let the season play out. How many times have you seen a player OR a team have a terrible spring and perform great during the regular season? Need I remind you that the Detroit Lions were undefeated in preseason last year? There are always a few key battles going on that mean something but the rest of SPT is rather meaningless. We're all glad to see Chase and Pete Happy back on the field… that means something. We're upset that Hamels had a setback… that means something. Howard and Myers appear to be in better shape. Lidge was able to go on back to back days… that means something. Park vs. Happ = both winners… that means more than anything because we have depth. It's ok to be concerned but I would stop short of making any predictions right now because nothing we have in the minors is good enough to make me believe that we need to change the formula for last year's success (if we had a David Price down there, you could reasonably predict he would be up by the end of June because his demotion is a business move, not a baseball move).
Ibanez makes too many blunders in the OF… really??? The guy hasn't shown me anything that indicates he can't finish a game. We haven't played a meaningful game yet. He certainly looks better than Pat and with the way he has run the bases, I'm convinced that he's going to go first to third FAR more than Pat did which means that our 6 and 7 hitters will have more opportunities for easy RBI's… the book is still out on Amaro but Gillick, the team advisor, probably had something to do with that signing and I trust his judgment.
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What do you learn about relapse prevention while in Moulton Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Programs? Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program Relapse Prevention Tips:
Exercise: It sounds simple, and it is. It is proven to work for people who are quitting smoking and smoking is one of the strongest addictions there are. Take a walk around the block or do some other simple exercise.
Socialize: With NEW people! Going back to the people you hung out with to do drugs is almost certainly going to lead you to a relapse. Go to some public events and meet some new people.
Change your environment: This can take on several different levels. You can start by rearranging your furniture and fixing the place up. You also need to change the environment where you spend a lot of time. Don't go back to the old places where the urge to do drugs may be too strong. Try going to some new places and doing new things. Go to a ballgame or to a museum or even a movie.
Minimize Boredom: Boredom is never a good thing. Chances are, if you get bored, it will increase the chances that you will get an urge for drugs. Take up doing crossword puzzles or other games, for example. Keeping yourself busy will help prevent drug addiction relapse.
Eat Better: No one expects you to change every aspect of your diet. It would be wise to throw in a few more fruits and vegetables. Maybe you could drink a couple more glasses of water a day. You may be amazed at how good it can make you feel.
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(Bluefield)—The first "Jerolee White Nursing Scholarship 5K Run/Walk will be held at Bluefield State College on Saturday, May 7, beginning at 9 a.m. The event was created in memory of the late Jerolee White, BSC Professor Emeritus, who dedicated her life to caring for the sick and disadvantaged, locally, and on medical mission trips to Arizona, Uganda, and Africa.
Each entry fee (5K run--$15 if received by April 23, 2011, $18 thereafter; 5K walk ($10, no late fee) includes a souvenir t-shirt and refreshments, with proceeds going toward the "Jerolee White Nursing Scholarship Fund" for BSC nursing students. Race day registration will be conducted on May 7, 2011, 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m. in the Ned Shott Physical Education Building, Room 414.
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Ann Kasprzak
KASPRZAK, Ann Mankowski, 83, of Weirton, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2013, at the Weirton Medical Center.
Born October 8, 1929, in Steubenville, OH, Ann was a daughter of the late Adam and Bernice Marcziewska Mankowski.
Ann was also preceded in death by her husband, Theodore Kasprzak in 1965; brothers, Frank, Stanley, Tony, John, and Edward Mankowski; and sisters, Laura Bernice Rosiak, Ida Bilkowski, and Mary Kowalik.
Mrs. Kasprzak was a dedicated homemaker and a former employee of the WSX Tin Mill, Anile Stateline Pharmacy, and Rite Aid. She was a member of Sacred Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church, Christian Mothers, Rosary Society, and the T. Kosciusko Society.
Mrs. Kasprzak is survived by her son, Bob Kasprzak (Joy) of Weirton; daughters, Mary Ann Eckels (Duncan) of Weirton, and Patty Flanigan (Keith) of New Cumberland; brothers, Joseph and Walter Mankowski of Weirton; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren; and a host of friends.
Mrs. Kasprzak's family would like to give a special thanks to Dr. Khurana and Dr. Bhandari and to all the nurses and staff on the fifth floor of Weirton Medical Center for the exceptional care given to their mother by all of them.
Friends will be received Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home, 3219 Main St., Weirton.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church with Reverend Father Tony Thurston as celebrant. Interment will be in St. Paul Cemetery.
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David Robertson – I Miss You!
David Robertson
I'm missing these bullpen guys. And I'm still suffering from my basball-withdrawl depression. I now seek to my blog for a remedy. I miss David Robertson, and I need to let things out.
David Robertson: another cute young rookie Yankee reliever. He's only 24, and will turn 25 in April. At the beginning of the season I didnt' really know much about David. He seemed like just an average pitcher. Maybe it's because he was up and down between the bigs and AAA, and he didn't have a set role in the bullpen. I always thought he was a cutie, and by the end of the season I really loved him. Robertson proved how valuable he is in the Yankee bullpen.
One Robertson moment that I don't think anyone will forget took place during the postseason. It was game 2 of the ALDS between the Yankees and the Twins. The game was tied and Robertson came in in relief of Marte in the 11th inning. And he had to squeeze out of the biggest jam possible: bases loaded, no one out, and a tie game. Yikes. But not to worry. Robertson was cool, calm, and collected. He got the next 3 batters out without allowing a run! 2 balls hit to Tex, and a fly ball to Gardner. It was so exciting; a momentum shifter for the Yankees. And a Houdini act by David Robertson. I think that was Robertson's Yankee moment. He proved that he can handle the ultimate jam. And this jam was in the postseason! Pretty impressive.
David looks pretty intimidating on the mound. He throws hard. And he has a cool windup. I really think he has a great future as a dominant reliever. I hope he remains a Yankee for his whole career if he keeps this up. What's not to love about this kid? He's adorable. A nice, clean-cut white kid from Alabama. He's like the all-American boy living the dream. One thing that is so cute about him is that face he makes as he throws the ball. He looks so sad! Here is that sad face:
Hahaha, he's adorable. I miss you, David. I can't wait to see you and the rest of the champions! Enjoy the offseason!!!
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Robertson played such an important role in the Yankees' success. He really was a magician the way he wiggled out of those bases-loaded situations. The fact that he's adorable doesn't hurt! I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do next year.
How did you get the search thing on the side.
Anywho Robertson was one of the most reliable relievers last season last year this is not including closers. Or else Rivera would get the nood.
It's always good when rookies come up and deliver, it means the minor league system is working…. funny how the word missing or miss is used so frequently during the baseball free zone and yet rarely ever used during the season…:-)
Outside the Phillies Looking In
That was a Houdini act he pulled against the Twins. Huge moment for him. It's funny how many guys contort their faces when they throw huh?
Robertson was, to me, the most reliable Yankee reliever out of the bullpen besides Rivera. Girardi needs to give him more of a chance to pitch next season. I agree, I miss him too.
— NYColeman
Hi. Just came across your blog today. I am missing my Yankees too.
D-Rob was one of my favorite relievers on the team during the season. His Houdini performance against the Twins was just the icing on the cake. He definitely has the potential to be an important part of the Yankees pen, if Girardi will let him.
I'm already counting the days until Robertson and the rest of the Yanks report to Spring Training!🙂
He's another guy who cleans up pretty damn nicely ;D Hehe. Ah, your "I Miss These Guys" entries brighten up my day. It's like a small, but still significant piece of heaven during the off-season. More, more, more!!! =D
Robertson was one of the most reliable relievers out of the 'pen in 2009, and it should stay that way next season.
I'd like to make a request: for your next blog wrote how you miss A.J. Burnett! hahaa. I'm really enjoying these posts, Virginia. Keep them coming!


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Brighten eyes, create innovative nail art, and make your hair look thicker and shinier with these simple tricks.
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Hold your curling iron parallel to your head rather than perpendicular for natural-looking curls. "To end up with a more natural curl, turn the curling iron parallel to your hair rather than perpendicular," advises Laurent Philippon, the hairstylist backstage at BCBG. "Wrapping it around the barrel this way helps elongate the curl as well."
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Change up your look by opting for a matte, instead of shiny, finish when it comes to your hair. Shiny hair is always gorgeous, but matte hair is the new hotness. To tone down your sheen, "use dry shampoo as your last step," said hairstylist Guido backstage at Alexander Wang. Just be sure to get one that's clear so that it doesn't leave residue behind.
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Create horizontal nail stripes with a striper brush and rolling your finger from one side to the other. A striper brush is a long, skinny brush you can get at any art supply store. (Alternatively, try a clean liquid eyeliner brush.) "Turn your finger on its side and then with your other hand, hold a thin striper brush straight out and parallel to the nail you're painting," explains nail pro Deborah Lippmann. "Then, keep the brush still and, keeping your finger in place, roll the nail you're painting away from the brush. Doing this helps you draw a straight, not shaky, line."
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Contour your cheeks quickly by sucking in and applying bronzer in the center. Makeup artist Katie Jane Hughes suggests using a cream bronzer. "Then, buff it out slightly with a soft blush brush to diffuse the edges."
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Leave your liner disconnected to make your eyes look bigger. "When you're applying black eyeliner, don't connect the top and bottom lines because it closes off the eye," said Kabuki, the makeup artist behind the look at Zac Posen. Where the lashes begin and end is where the liner should start and stop.
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Try a French mani that uses two shades in the same color family to avoid looking like you're straight out of Clueless. White tips are so over and have been for a while. But nail pro Gina Edwards recreated the old look at Zac Posen. "Pick two shades in the same color family—a light and a dark one—and paint the darker color on as your main shade. Then, grab the lighter shade and apply it to your tips using a tiny sponge. Roll the sponge back and forth to give it that gradated effect, and then add topcoat." Gorgeous.
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Apply glitter to the center of your eyelid using a wet brush to keep it from falling all over your face. If you want to add just a little gold glitter to your upper lid, "apply it only to the center of the lid using a wet brush," said Diane Kendal, who did the makeup at Jason Wu's show. "This helps the glitter stick to the brush, allowing you to apply it exactly where you want, but it also keeps it from going all over your face."
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Properly part your hair using your nose as a guide. Here's a quick way to part your hair perfectly in the center: "Run your pinky finger up the bridge of your nose and create the part exactly in line with it—even if your nose is a little crooked, it will be centered for you," said hairstylist Odile Gilbert, who created this look at Jason Wu.
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Get a second-day "didn't try" makeup look by applying eye makeup and then wiping it off. "You look better the day after you've worn a lot of makeup," says Gucci Westman, the makeup artist at Rag & Bone. To create this look, she suggests this trick: Apply whatever eye makeup you were planning on wearing (at Rag & Bone, she applied brown and grey shadow on the lids and mascara and liquid liner), dab Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream all over your lids, and then wipe it off with a makeup wipe. "It just leaves a little remnants behind, giving you that lived-in look."
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Get bushy brows by topping them with mascara. For a look like Lily Collins', apply a brown mascara to brows with a tiny fan brush, says Tom Pecheux, the makeup artist at Peter Som. "This tints any baby hairs that sit around your true brow, building your brow shape in the most natural way. It's also a great way to color grays along the hairline and part."
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Perfect the messy hair look with a cocktail of dry shampoo and a lot of hairspray. While creating the look at Zac Posen, Gilbert suggested to go for plenty of texture. The key is to "curl all of your hair, then use a lot of dry shampoo, a lot of hairspray, and then mix it all together on top of the head, and secure it with hair pins everywhere. And if you want a romantic finish, add silk flowers everywhere with pins."
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Create an ombre nail look by purposely messing up polish with your fingers. "Paint your nail using a base color (at Nicole Miller, manicurist Katie Jane Hughes used a gold glitter called The 444 from Butter London) and let it dry," says Hughes. "Next, trace the tip of your nail with black polish (like The Black Knight), as if you were doing a French manicure. Then, take your thumb and immediately pull the color downward, creating a gradated effect. Repeat that step again to deepen the black and that's it!"
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Create the illusion of healthy hair with a hair wax and dry shampoo combo. Make the damaged ends of your hair look thicker and healthier with this trick that Philippon used on the models at Lacoste: "Apply a light layer of wax to the ends, followed by hair powder." (He used Bumble and Bumble SemiSumo Wax and the brand's Pret-a-Powder.) The wax helps hold the powder onto the hair, and the powder expands on the ends creating the look of thicker hair.
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Use your heat protectant product as shine spray. "Apply it as a finisher instead," says Paul Hanlon, the hairstylist at 3.1. Phillip Lim. "The oil-based texture adds the perfect amount of shine." Now, you don't have to douse your hair like he did to this model's hair, but to add a subtle shine, one or two spritzes will do.
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Before painting your nails, roll the polish in between your hands to avoid air bubbles. "Right before you're about to paint your nails, instead of shaking the bottle to mix it up, take it between your two hands and roll it back and forth," nail expert Miss Pop said backstage at Emerson. "Shaking the polish creates air bubbles in it, which makes the paint go on less smoothly."


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Written by Milena on 14.06.2012 at 22:33
OSI is kind of spoiling all other music for me at the moment.
Written by Ag Fox on 17.06.2012 at 16:55
I love the vocals of OSI so much. "Be The Hero" is still one of the best tracks I constantly return to since first hearing it in 2009