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Before we go into the second quarter of the 100 Greatest Phillies countdown, here's who we've already covered (cue music):
100. Randy Lerch
99. Kid Gleason
98. Ricky Bottalico
97. Jose Mesa
96. Chick Fraser
95. Phil Collins
94. Granny Hamner
93. Mitch Williams
92. Jamie Moyer
91. Dave Hollins
90. Kent Tekulve
89. Greg Gross
88. Tommy Greene
87. Tony Taylor
86. Clay Dalrymple
85. Hal Carlson
84. Dave Cash
83. Hans Lobert
82. Rick Wise
81. Jim Lonborg
80. Brett Myers
79. Jim Thome
78. Tully Sparks
77. Freddy Leach
76. Bake McBride
Coming up between 75 and 51 we have …
- One member of the 2008 Phillies.
- The greatest nickname in Phillies history.
- A longtime catching legend.
- A Most Valuable Player.
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I'm disappointed Rico Brogna didn't make this part of the list. A couple of 100 RBI seasons, stellar defense, one of the best players on some bad Phillies teams. Plus, anytime a first baseman in any level of youth baseball in the Philly area did a good job scooping a throw out of the dirt it was inherently referred to as a "Ricoooooooo!" That's gotta count for something, right?
Consider Brogna 101 on the list. He just didn't do it for me, not with all the help he had hitting ahead of him.
that's a shame.
keep up the good work. Brings back lots of memories
Might that great nickname be "Puddinhead" Jones?
You mean to tell me that Antonio "El Pulpo" Alfonseca is on this list?
I know this is a Phillies fan board but ya gotta love the irony that 2 NY teams choked against 2 Philly teams this season to allow the Philly team to get closer to another championship
is it daulton or boone for the catcher,& i bet its burrell for the 2008 member
I'm pretty sure that with 25 out of 100 done, we are moving into the second quarter and not the second fifth.
This might be a stretch but could 3 be the same person, Carlos "Cooch" Ruiz?
A longtime catching legend.
Yeah, Ben, I actually set to post this a week ago when we were going into No. 80, but had posting problems. So when I edited it to re-post it, I forgot to change the top.
1) Brad Lidge.
2) I got nothin'.
3) Bob Boone.
4) Either Jim Konstanty or Dale Murphy. I think it's obvious that Howard, Klein, Rollins and Schmidt are all top 50. Konstanty is the odd man out there. But, you didn't say that they were an MVP for the Phillies, and of MVPs who eventually played for the Phils, Pete Rose's contribution was too high, and Joe Morgan's too low, while Dale Murphy's just right.
And (admittedly, after posting) if number one's not Lidge, it's Hamels. In addition to the aforementioned Howard and Rollins, Burrell and Utley are definitely top 50.
1. Mike Schmidt
2. Steve Carlton
I honestly don't know how Jay Johnstone is a higher selection even by one slot than Bake, the only thing Johnstone had on Bake is batting average and it's not even that big of a difference, maybe it's just me. Bake got a Phillies World Series Ring.
In my opinion, I would place McBride ahead of Manny Trillo, who definitely deserves to be on this list.
Is there a Trillo sighting coming up?
The MVP will be Jim Konstanty (1950 NL MVP).
Could the greatest nickname be "The poor man's white Darryl Strawberry" or "five-for-one" or "two in the first"? Or is it a simple as Von "Purple" Hayes? Because I think it's a little too soon for "Nails".
Yeah. I love the blog and your work Tim, little things like that just annoy me.
Lidge would be a very interesting subject; only here for a year so far, but played a monstrous role in what was one of our two greatest seasons.
Hmm… between 75-51 we have:
– Member of the 2008 Phillies… Burrell
– Best Nickname IMO Dandy Little Glove Man… since Morandini is def not a top 75 I'll go with Nails (only played better than 100 games in a season twice as a Phillie; exclude 1993 and his numbers were average)
– Catching legend… Boone (I think that Daulton and Lieby will both be higher)
– MVP… there haven't been too many in Phils history. I'll go with Konstanty.
Is it coincidence or purpose that Mitch is at #93 ?
Excited to see where my man Gavvy comes in at.
How can you put Brett Myers so low on the list?
Was "One Nut" Kruk's official nickname?


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It's Google vs Goldman in the fight for best MBA students
The hours are long, remuneration is down and the organisations are intensely hierarchical. Some MBA students appear to be voting with their feet and walking away from a potential career in investment banking. From private equity to technology, and consulting to investment banking, the best MBA candidates are aggressively courted on campus.
The frenetic annual recruiting season – which typically takes place through January and February – is now out of the way, and students at the leading business schools in Europe will be starting internships or full time roles in just a few months.
One thing is clear: the proportion of those heading for a stint in finance is shrinking.
Right across Europe's top business schools, newly minted MBAs are opting for Facebook or Amazon rather than JP Morgan or Barclays.
At the London Business School (LBS), 45% of MBAs went on to work in finance in the boom years of 2007 and 2008. Over the past two years, this has fallen to about 30% – a drop from 150 to 110 despite the school increasing its class size by 75 students to 398 over the past five years.
At Cambridge Judge Business School, the percentage leaving to work in investment banking is down from over a third to about a quarter since 2008, according to Conrad Chua, head of admissions at the school. At the Saïd Business School, part of the University of Oxford, the story is similar.
At INSEAD, its latest employment report compiled for the class of 2012 reported that a paltry 14% of graduates had gone into finance, half the figure of 2008.
Leading MBA careers directors said the drop was particularly acute in investment banking. At LBS, 11% of the 2013 class went to work in investment banks, down from 23% in 2010.
Christelle Cuenin, assistant director of the Career Development Centre at INSEAD, which has campuses in France, Singapore and Abu Dhabi, said: "Some students are looking to work in the buyside more generally – private equity is highly sought after – and outside finance, the technology sector has been attracting quite a lot of candidates and strategy consulting firms also.
"There is still a very committed group of students who want to go into investment banking but that group is getting smaller."
The reason: changes in supply and demand.
On the supply side, fewer MBAs see a career in finance as alluring as they once did. Although a core group of highly motivated students is still keen on the career, students concerned by the long hours and dwindling pay are looking elsewhere.
And, as one top recruiter put it: "The bulge brackets have not exactly covered themselves in reputational glory over the past five years." These students are often not short of options. Tony Somers, director of the MBA career management centre at HEC, one of the top French business schools, said that asset management, private banking and private equity were picking up the slack from investment banks. A number of firms on the buyside have been adopting recruiting models based on summer programmes similar to the big banks.
The more daunting competition for talent, however, may be coming from large technology firms.
Online companies
In this year's outlook report, HEC states that: "Amazon has been a significant recruiter from the programme since 2011, and is likely to be our top recruiter for the graduating class of 2014." At Oxford Saïd, the firm is already the top recruiter and, at LBS last year, Amazon recruited more students than any of the big banks.
Smaller firms are also providing competition. Many do not have huge resources and are looking for a very specific skillset, forcing them to go after the best graduates in a creative way. One small digital media organisation used social media last month to cherrypick the 40 students at a top business school that it wanted to target.
Chua said we could be seeing a generational shift: "People are getting a wider interest in terms of what they want to do – tech at the moment looks sexy and is getting the big valuations, just as finance was enjoying a boom between 2003 and 2008."
Meanwhile, even as the competition for the top graduates has intensified, some banks have retreated from campus. JP Morgan recently stopped recruiting from campuses in Emea for its investment bank, although the bank still hires MBAs from the US. Deutsche Bank now recruits 80% to 90% of its MBAs from the US.
One graduate recruiter at a top investment bank said: "There is a big focus on US schools. If schools in Europe are feeling as though there's a retreat, it may just be that some banks are reducing efforts on certain campuses in Europe."
There is also less appetite among banks for MBA graduates in sales and trading, with many preferring to train up an analyst. Deutsche Bank, which historically had one of the largest sales and trading MBA classes on the street, has decreased its intake of MBAs for this division by two thirds over the past couple of recruiting seasons.
Banks that still hire MBAs in sales and trading include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche, Nomura and HSBC, according to one person familiar with the matter, although many have substantially reduced their intake in recent years. Incoming MBAs are now roughly split 20% in markets and 80% in investment banking, this person said.
For others, however, hiring MBAs, particularly into the investment banking division, remains a key part of their hiring strategy. Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley are still very active on campus, with MBAs typically recruited at associate level.
Dee Clarke, Emea staffing manager at BAML, said: "We value MBAs for their experience, commercial awareness and strong leadership skills. We're focusing on the cohort of students that really want finance. It's extremely competitive. MBA recruiting is very challenging because most of the banks are after the same focused group of candidates."
To meet this challenge, banks start to build relationships with students as soon as MBA schools allow and will often have separate strategies and approaches for each school, as students respond best to being targeted at different times and in different ways, according to recruiters. A bank's approach to a given school often relies on staff who attended it.
But some are concerned that these efforts are no longer enough to attract the top students. One leading M&A banker said: "I have no doubts that the best and the brightest are not going into investment banking – we're not seeing them in interviews."
One of the deterrents may be the gruelling hours at banks. There have been some calls for change and banks have in recent months wheeled out initiatives to ease the burden on junior staff.
Return on investment
Graduates typically spend tens of thousands of pounds on an MBA and expect a return on their investment, both in terms of salary and lifestyle. At LBS, course fees for the next intake of MBAs are set at £64,000, while both Oxford and Cambridge charge over £40,000 for a year's tuition.
The rigid hiring process has also been questioned: students typically do a 10-week summer internship before returning to full-time education for one year and starting work full time the following July, making it difficult for those on an atypical career path.
Despite the shift, investment banking remains an attractive career choice for the most talented graduates and some, such as JP Morgan, expect a small uptick in recruitment this year.
Somers at HEC said the large investment banks could still afford to be highly selective over candidates: "The reality is that if we get Goldman Sachs on campus our students are very happy with that. Many of them are still very conservative."
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Jacob OchterveltDutch, 1634-1682
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36-1/8 x 31-1/8 in. (91.8 x 79.1 cm)
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Skillfully integrating genre painting and portraiture, Ochtervelt creates here a sumptuous image of formal elegance that reflects the aristocratic ideals and social ambitions of his patrician subjects. The family poses in the main room of an elegant home decorated in the classical style of the late seventeenth century. Wearing a quilted silk Japanese kimono, the father dominates this pyramidal composition, his garb a reminder of the Dutch presence in the east with the trading industry. The rich textures of his wife's shimmering, white silk dress embroidered with silver thread, the red velvet chair, and the Anatolian carpet are striking against the warmer background shadows, an effect that Ochtervelt admired in the works of Johannes Vermeer and Gerard ter Borch. Flying ribbons on the young child's dress suggest that she has just rushed in with her bounding spaniel, from whom she hides a biscuit. Her left hand reaches towards her mother and the orange that she holds. A popular reference to fertility, the orange is likely to refer in this case to the domestic tranquility of the scene, interrupted only by the bounding spaniel, which in family portraits is often used as a reference to learning.
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Ever had a fly hit you in the face?
Its nothing like that, his head would fly back to Konoha.
If Minato didn't dodge this attack, do you think he could get up?
he would be hardly damaged
Duh he get up with no problem
he'd be dead, or crippled
Most of his bones would have been broken or dead.
in the face no way but then again sasuke took a chop to the throat and got up
Minato would have lost his head without the Double Lariat if he didn't dodge that. It was way too close and way to fast, so he had to dodge or die.
Same can be said for any other ninja. If Madara doesn't dodge this attack, could he get up? If Itachi doesn't dodge this attack, could he get up? If Sasuke doesn't dodge, could he get up? And so on
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As the fervour surrounding the Rugby World Cup has died away, the subsequent vacuum created in the national press has been slowly filled with a matter of secondary excitement, although almost certainly greater consequence; the forthcoming general election. So it saddened me greatly this week to find that the nation is not particularly engaged with who is best set to take care of our finances, who will bring food to the mouths of the 'underclass' or who can ensure our education system pumps out young minds that can take on the world. No, instead we're all focussed on what the Prime Minister and his Epsom crony John Banks gossiped about in a café.
Thanks to judicious stirring from the press and opposing political forces, people now seem to think that because of a bit of idle banter we will somehow see John Key in an entirely new light. Well unless he admitted to popping out for a night of dwarf tossing with the Pommie rugby squad or decided to confess his long term desire to open up Otago for the Iranians to test their fledgling nuclear programme then I doubt it.
Yes it might be mildly embarrassing if it turns out our esteemed leader said some less than complimentary things about Don Brash or the coffin dodging element of society, but to be honest, so have the rest of us at one point or other and if that is the criteria on which you judge someone's fitness to govern then frankly you need your head looking at. In reality, when it comes to placing your tick in the box, you should be concentrating on the policies on which the contestants are basing their campaigns.
And one policy is piquing my interest more than most; the proposed Auckland rail loop which is set to cost the nation a cool $2.4 billion. Having recently had my bathroom redeveloped – which is about the same size of a shoe box – I'm fully aware that $2.4 billion doesn't go all that far these days when tradesmen get involved. Nevertheless it is still a fair old whack and what I find absolutely terrifying is the lack of apparent discussion on alternatives.
It seems that the main drive behind the project – unless you count the Green party who are happy to lump their slight weight behind anything that cocks a snook at the evil deity of motoring – is the desire of Labour to stop Len Brown's ridiculous pre-election pledge coming back to crush his ego into powder form and throw it in the Waitemata. And it seems a silly idea to devote billions of dollars and the upheaval of the nation's biggest city just to stop our idiot mayor getting a downer on himself before at least eying up some other options.
As I'm neither a civil engineer or transport planner it would be pointless for me to make suggestions about infrastructure alternatives such as multiple rail termini, trams and new ferry options – the logic and science behind them would be thinner than a politician's promise – but I can do some basic maths and I think it would be entirely possible for us to have a system which could transform the Auckland transport nightmare almost overnight and at a fraction of the cost.
Firstly, we need to take a lead from other major world cities and introduce a congestion charge for the area encased between the sea and state highways 1 and 16 during the hours of 7-5, Monday to Friday. And not one of the pathetic $10 per day ones that people moan about, but still begrudgingly pay – I'm talking about a prohibitive fee that only the very rich heads of business can afford. $100 per day would be an absolute minimum. This would serve to make the rich people very happy, as wafting around the city in their flash cars would allow the rest of us to see just how rich they are – which is pretty much the only point of being rich as far as I can tell.
The rest of us would then have one of two choices; either get on the existing public transport or – and this is the genius of the plan – apply for a low cost government-leased scooter.
If you scour the pages of Trademe, you will find that it is possible to buy a brand new scooter for $1000, which means that if we bought one for every man, woman and child in Auckland we could have around a billion dollars left compared to the rail loop. In reality, the number of people who commute into the centre of the city is closer to 200,000, so even if all of these suddenly wanted a moped, we'd still have a spare $2.2 billion compared to letting Len play fat controller. And if we wanted to get really eco-conscious, we could splash out a bit more for the flash electric ones and then watch the value of our power companies soar prior to the big National-led sell-off as everyone plugged in at night.
And there would be no problems putting the low-powered peds on the motorway either – thanks to rush hour this morning, it took me a full hour and seven minutes to do the 23 km commute from North Shore to Mt Wellington today, which means an average speed of under 21kph. Even if that was doubled, the scooters could happily keep up.
OK, so I will admit that mopeds aren't the most fun form of transport when it's wet, but a decent set of waterproofs would be small beans compared to the commuting savings and it really wouldn't be such a big deal rocking up at the office suffering from the dreaded helmet hair if you knew everyone else was going to be in the same boat. And let's face it; these are small prices to pay for what has the potential to be an overnight revolution in the way central Auckland operates.
In fact I would encourage Len to put this one out to the Auckland public, because if they go for it then he could lay claim to instigating an idea that genuinely transformed the city. And if a bit of bad hair and damp weather does prove enough to put everyone off, then it would be all the proof needed that people's hearts really aren't that into change. In which case, he should just be a good boy and get on with building some decent roads as and when the coffers allow.
Because while playing trains and tunnels may seem a jolly nice idea, having Len run out of office and leave us holding a $2.4 billion dollar baby is a consequence I'm not all that interested in.


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OutsideBox wrote:Metaluna wrote:Ok Bob and Max, you guys run for President and Vice President and I'll vote for you.
I'd vote for them also,but I think that a new party formed should be named Moderates, with a platform built somewhere in the middle of extreme left and right,something Washington needs desperately.
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Bob137 wrote:That is all true. I look forward to a day when this country can get back on it's feet, and not be down trodden by the rich minority who control the ruin of this country, and other countries. You know the constitution tells us it is our responsibility to rid this country of a Government that is not for the people.
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A much-debated ban on non-biodegradable plastic bags was passed Wednesday by the Honolulu City Council, but if signed into law by Mayor Peter Carlisle, the ban would not take effect until July 1, 2015. The vote was 7-1, with Councilman Nestor Garcia the sole vote against the measure.
"This is a bold action and I think here in the state of Hawaii we have always been bold, especially when it comes to protecting our environment," said Councilwoman Tulsi Gabbard, who together with Council chairman Ernie Martin sponsored the initiative.
Mayor Carlisle said he would review the ban and ask for public comment before deciding whether to sign the bill, or allow it to become law without his approval.
"I always believed that as long as people litter their plastic bags, something needs to be done," said Carlisle. "Right now, properly discarded plastic bags are incinerated for energy at H-Power. I want to acknowledge the City Council for wrestling with this issue and attempting to resolve the concerns of retailers, consumers and all Oahu citizens who care for the environment."
The proposed ban does not include a fee on consumers who choose to use biodegradable plastic bags. Councilman Garcia lobbied for a version of the bill that would have charged consumers five cents for each biodegradable bag, with three cents going toward to a single-use checkout bag fee program to support recycling initiatives.
However, some members of the Council and city attorneys believe a fee on any type of plastic bag may have been ruled a tax if challenged in court. Under state law, counties have the power to levy fees only if it's to implement an official service.
"It probably will face legal challenge," said Martin. "I don't feel comfortable with imposing any kind of additional costs on our consumers on this particular issue."
The bill now before the mayor includes exemptions on ten types of non-biodegradable plastic bags; for instance, bags used to hold vegetables and those used to collect animal waste.
Robert Harris, director of Sierra Club Hawaii, said his organization would work to establish a fee on recyclable paper bags if the ban on non-biodegradable plastic bags becomes law.
"Really move towards a sustainable option," said Harris, "which is to use reusable bags."
Under parameters of the bill, business caught using non-biodegradable plastic bags would face fines of $100 to $1,000 per day. Violations would be reported to the city's Department of Environmental Services.
Both Maui and Kauai counties already have plastic bag bans in place. Hawaii County's ban is scheduled to take effect January 17 of next year. Some retailers on Maui and Kauai offer their customers recyclable paper bags for about five cents each.
Bob Guitierrez, the government affairs director for Times and Big Save supermarkets, told Honolulu City council members that providing paper bags on Maui and Kauai has cost each store an average of $30,000 per year. So far, the supermarkets have absorbed most of the cost, but that is likely to change.
"At some point or another, the consumer is impacted by that, just by the cost of doing business," said Guitierrez.


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Climate change will cause plant-like organisms known as phytoplankton to become less dense in the central north Pacific, forcing big fish populations to scatter over larger areas of ocean. That's the conclusion of a new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that was highlighted Monday by KITV4 news partner CivilBeat.com.
"The habitat of tuna will expand, but the density per unit area will go down," Jeff Polovina, one of the study's lead researchers, told CivilBeat. "It's going to be a problem because the density of fish relates to catch rates that have economic importance. Lower density means lower catch rates."
At Alicia's Market in Kalihi, customers who have grown-up with their love of poke and sashimi have already adjusted to higher prices caused by a limited supply of tuna, or ahi as the fish is more commonly known in Hawaii. A typical poke dish at the popular market costs $16.95 per pound.
"Instead of one-pound and half-pound, it's now quarter-pound (and) half-pound (orders)," said co-owner Leonard C.Y. Kam. "Prices have steadily gone up because of the demand, and the supply is very short."
Ashly Keawe?ehu of Honolulu believes many local families will still splurge on poke for the holidays, but when it comes to the typical lunch, the marinated cubes of raw ahi may become more of a treat than a staple.
"Maybe it's more of a once a week kind of thing, instead of a couple times a week," said Keawe?ehu. "And then just picking different choices; whatever might be on sale that day, or the specials."
At Alicia's Market, Kam has already expanded his choices of less traditional type poke that doesn't put such a strain on customers' wallets. At $8.95 per pound, poke made from squid is half the price of those with ahi.
"Squid and tako is cheaper than fresher fish, so they have to go to that now too," Kam said about his customers. "But, they still want it; they still want the poke."
Although it may take years if not decades to determine if NOAA's computer-based research on big fish populations pans out, climate change may impact areas of the Pacific Ocean differently.
According to the study, waters off California will see a 43 percent increase in populations of big fish like ahi.


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Springfield – The Illinois State Board of Education recently honored 12 school district superintendents who have found unique, innovative ways to solve a wide range of challenges to their districts.
The superintendents, leaders of school districts from the Chicago suburbs, southern Illinois, and south suburban Cook County received "Break the Mold" awards for their work to deliver quality education to their students in the face of sometimes-daunting obstacles. The awards were created in 1995 to acknowledge visionary leadership and creative problem solving by local educators.
This year, winners include Superintendents Steve Humphrey, of the Crete-Monee District 201U in Will County; Frances Karanovich, of Olympia District 16 in McLean County; Lynne Rauch, of Schaumburg District 54 in Cook County; Steve Sabens, of Carbondale High School District 165 in Jackson County.
Also honored was the South Cook County Consortium, a nine-district partnership working together to leverage local funding. Consortium members include Superintendents Essie Harris, of General George Patton District 133; Leotis Swopes, of Posen-Robbins District 143.5; Sam Rhone, of West Harvey-Dixmoor District 147; Dorothea Fitzgerald, of Dolton District 148; Douglas Hamilton, of South Holland District 151; Lela Bridges, of Harvey District 152; and Willie Davis, of Ford Heights District 169.
State Superintendent of Education Glenn W. McGee praised Humphrey for his imagination and skill in uniting three diverse communities to foster better educational achievement.
Specifically, Humphrey is credited with resolving a civil rights lawsuit and achieving educational equity and economic efficiency by creating a middle grades center built on the foundation of the former junior high school.
Humphrey also helped the district contend with a three week-long bus driver strike by changing school hours, borrowing buses from neighboring districts and convincing parents to carpool.
Karanovich, whose district, covering 377 square miles is one of the state's largest, earned accolades from McGee for her "tenacious efforts to improve the curriculum and instruction in her schools, particularly through professional development for her teachers," he said.
Karanovich also led the development of the first geothermal heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in an Illinois public school system. The significantly more efficient and fiscally prudent system "epitomizes the kind of school-business-government partnership that brings benefits to students and communities," McGee said.
Rauch has been a fan of public school choice almost before charter schools hit the suburban radar screen. In 1996, as other suburban school districts fought various charter school proposals, Rauch worked to create a "school of choice" in her district.
The result was the Lincoln Prairie School, a unique hybrid incorporating the educational freedom of a charter school with the structural support and resources of a strong public school system.
McGee noted that Rauch was nominated for the "Break the Mold" award by her school board – a sure sign of the support she earns and respect she commands for her visionary work to surpass traditional educational boundaries.
Sabens is a natural-born problem solver, McGee said. A typical example of his skills was his work to propose and shepherd through a local sales tax to support local school construction.
He also has a unique understanding of the essential connection between learning environment and achievement, McGee said.
Sabens was a driving force behind the creation of a "super block" incorporating a contiguous multiblock area of schools and parks developed by the school and park districts and the city of Carbondale. The development affords a central location for the high and middle schools and many of the community's recreational facilities.
Finally, the South Cook Consortium earned praise for its courageous work to push their school boards to sign intergovernmental agreements to leverage local funding, McGee said.
The Consortium includes eight elementary school districts in communities on the urban fringe of Chicago. The Consortium educates approximately 20,000 predominantly African-American children living at or below poverty.
The Consortium fosters innovative and sustainable learning opportunities through technology enhancement, targeted skills development, and whole family education.


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The Bluefield State College Foundation's "Outstanding Faculty Award" recipients for 2009 are Carol Cofer, Professor of Nursing, and Roger Owensby, Assistant Professor & Department Head/Mining Engineering Technology. They were recognized for their commitment to excellence during the College's 2009 commencement exercises on May 16.
Owensby, a member of the BSC faculty for more than 30 years, provides leadership in teaching and advising a large number of students. He has served on numerous committees within the College and has taught at least one evening class nearly every semester since joining the faculty. He is also a Mine Fireman Fireboss and he was recently inducted into the West Virginia Bowling Hall of Fame.
Cofer has served the College for 28 years and has taken an active role in addressing areas of pressing need in West Virginia's professional health care community. She served as the program director for BSC's Associate Degree Nursing program for 11 years. She holds certification as a parish nurse and as a clinical specialist in medical surgical nursing.
Dr. Bernadette Dragich, chair of the BSC Faculty Senate, presented the awards.


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Silicon Valley VCs: Stock Market Is 'Crazy'
I always introduce myself and tell them I run a tech-focused hedge fund that only invests in public equities (although we just started an early-stage angel fund). They usually do a double-take when I say that I only invest in public companies.
One guy yesterday said: "Really? Only in public companies? Wow. I could never do that. The public markets make no sense. It's crazy."
But he wasn't alone. In meeting after meeting, this has been the reaction.
These guys -- and they were all guys -- consistently made the same points:
- The stock market made no sense to them compared to the private markets.
The stock prices of companies are "manipulated." Seriously, I heard this several times from these blue-chip guys. They often pointed to Apple (AAPL) as an example of this.
All stock investors, according to them, are emotional.
You cannot "invest" in a company once it's public because it has no basis in reality to the inherent value it is creating. Instead, they thought the stock price was simply a reflection of peoples' perceptions of how a stock would move in the future. In other words, it's a perception of a perception. They couldn't understand how they had an edge in that kind of environment.
Several people referred to the stock market as a "casino."
The VCs continually pointed out how they "understood" how to make money as a venture capitalist. At every point along a company's maturity as a private company in its life cycle, they felt that they could stack the odds in their favor on how to make money in the future.
They also constantly referred to how their world of investing was "tangible." They made comments like "I can see how my advice today gets translated into the product and how that increases the company's value a few months from now." By contrast, they looked at the daily gyrations of the stock prices of public companies and had no clue how the markets possibly could determine those movements.After Apple, several talked about the recent Facebook (FB) initial public offering as an example of how crazy Wall Street is. One also pointed to Yahoo! (YHOO) and asked me how it was possible that the public markets could value Yahoo!'s core business at "zero" for years, once you subtracted the value of its Alibaba and Yahoo Japan holdings.
I'll be honest. I was quite surprised at this reaction.
If I didn't tell you this was a collection of the Silicon Valley elite who were making these comments to me, you might have thought I'd polled a group of 60-year-old retirees from Des Moines commenting about how crazy Wall Street is.


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DJ CONCEPT will be spinning a dope RIP set showcasing the music of the late, great DILLA DOG. Come down tonight to check it out!!!! - Info Below
TONITES (Mon. Jan. 8th) Wonder TwinZ Networking Party at remote Lounge in NYC, just got even BIGGER!!!! The Legendary group UltraMagnetic MCs will be performing LIVE on stage TONITE!!!!!!!!! You know that UltraMagnetic MCs have dropped classics thru the years. So you definitely dont want to miss this exclusive LIVE performance
Please spread the word!!!
This will be a HUGE opportunity for all media. So if you're from a video show, radio show, magazine, etc.. please come down for exclusive coverage and interviews from the group...
DJs, make sure you come equipped with your drop machines
All Performances will begin at 8:30 PM
This will definitely be a dope party, check the party highlights below and then read the rest of this email for all the details on the party
Check out the Highlights of the evening:
- Doors open @ 7PM, Close at Midnight
- FREE Boots & Sneakers from LUGZ
- LIVE Performance from The UltraMagnetic MCs
- Come Get FREE copy of The Newest Connex List - Volume 22
- Live Taping for The Russell Simmons H20 HipHop Demand Channel
- Gift Bags for all who attend (the bags will stuffed with music, hats, shirts, etc)
- "Step Up To The Mic" (MC Battle) in conjunction with Flip-Side Entertainment (MCs have already been chosen for this event)
- Ladies get in FREE ALL Night
- 1/2 off Beers
The party is going down at Remote Lounge in Manhattan from 7pm - 12 mid.
Also, do you have a copy of the newest Connex List yet???? Yup, Volume 22 is now out in the streets, so come down to the party and get your FREE copy of The Connex List Volume 22
Plus at Monday's Party will debut the "Step up to the Mic" (MC Battle) in conjunction with Flip-Side Entertainment...
We will have three celebrity judges, plus the fourth judge will be YOU (the crowd)
There will be a live taping of the Battle for The Russell Simmons H20
HipHop Demand Channel (Comcast- 22 million viewers across the country)
We will also have plenty of FREE giveaways from some of the parties sponsors including: Scion,Lugz, and more...
As always, we will be giving away FREE pairs of Boots from Lugz....
Trust us this is the party to be at...you don't wanna miss it. It's definitely gonna be packed in there, with lots of people for you to promote to.
Ladies get in FREE all night, Fellas its only $5 for y'all. There is NO Dress Code. It's just straight up HipHop. All we ask is that you buy a few drinks from the bar!!!
Again, this party is goin' down TONITE (Jan. 8th) at Remote Lounge. The Remote Lounge is equipped with plenty of room for us to get our politic and party on!!!
Now Fellas, if you're on top of ya game, you should come down around 7pm too, so you can be the first one to buy the lovely ladies a round of drinks!!!!!
On the Turntables will be The Wonder TwinZ (Def DJs), DJ Mor- UnderGround Army, DJ Concept - Bash Brothers, Amore, DJ Inkognito and Mr. Beatz all night.
Remote Lounge is very easy to get to. It's located in downtown Manhattan. It's accessible from all major bridges and tunnels. Many subway lines run near the club, within a few blocks.
Remote Lounge is located @
327 Bowery (btw. 2nd & 3rd street)
For more detailed directions call: 212-228-0228
Yo its gonna be A PARTY Y'ALL!!!!!!!!!!
So We Hope To See You There
Don't Forget Ya Business Cards
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#48860 - 11/27/01 07:44 PM Breaking News about Whale Ears
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Not to be confused with elephant ears or elephant ears, eNature.com reports this about whale ears:
...the age of certain whales can be determined by examining their ears.
The ear wax of Fin Whales and some other species of baleen whales is different from the kind that clogs our own ears. The whale variety forms a hard plug that seems to improve hearing rather than impair it. Also, the ear wax of these whales thickens in distinct layers each year -- two layers annually for the Fin Whale, while the Humpback Whale appears to add four layers of ear wax per year.
Once a person knows the appropriate rate of wax buildup for a given species, it's relatively easy to calculate the whale's age. Unfortunately, the whale must be dead in order for its ear plug to be extracted and studied. The surest method for determining the age of a living whale is to check its ID.
...now what I'd like to see is a close-up view of whale ears. Also, since that whale ear wax improves the whales' hearing, do our auditory engineers put it to any practical use?
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#48861 - 11/27/01 09:05 PM Re: Breaking News about Whale Ears
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Dear WW: I found a picture of a Minke whale ear dissected, showing a "tympanic bulla" which may be a thickened ear drum to withstand pressure associated with deep dive. But, alas, no wax
#48862 - 11/28/01 05:05 AM Re: Breaking News about Whale Ears
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wwh, some words from the link (thanks for providing it):
The tympanic bulla
finger glove
stapes in the oval window.
Care to comment in layman's terms?
Beast regards,
#48863 - 11/28/01 10:54 AM Re: Breaking News about Whale Ears
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Dear WW: The whales are divided into two big groups. The odontocetes have teeth, and can eat such things as giant squid. The other group, the mysticetes have giant strainers like combs made of baleen, strong but flexible teeth to strain out of the water tiny creatures they feed on. This was the material from which corsets and hoopskirts were made of long ago. In looking up baleen in dictionary, I was surprised to find it comes from the Greek word for whale - phallus - said to have been suggested by the shape of the whale. (Somebody was thinking big!)
#48864 - 02/06/02 02:35 AM Re: Breaking News about Whale Ears
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Recently visited the Whale World museum at Albany, in southern Western Australia (converted from an old whaling station). They had several whale "ear bones" on display - either from a sperm whale or a humpback whale, I'm unsure. They were about grapefruit size and looked like a grotesque 3D caricature of Winston Churchill's head. Apparently whalers used to paint facial features on them for a bit of fun.
#48865 - 02/06/02 11:41 AM Re: Breaking News about Whale Ears
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There have been stories in news recently about Navy Sonar damaging whale ears so badly whales die.
#48866 - 03/08/02 12:22 PM Re: Breaking News about Whale Ears
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Dear Stales,
Now somehow strangely forever connected will be Winston Churchill, whales' ears, and grapefruits....
Did the artists paint Churchill's face onto the bones? And which of the bones? The hammer? (If a whale has a hammer bone?) The anvil? (If a whale has an anvil?) The stirrup? (If......stirrup?)
Or: Does the whale ear bone naturally look like Churchill? And, if so, what mystical significance is there in the fact that the whale's ear bone looks like Churchill? That couldn't be coincidental, if true, you know!! That's got to be some darned importantly significant bit of synchronicity!
Best regards,
#48867 - 03/08/02 12:28 PM Re: Breaking News about Whale Ears
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And just to see how much tsuwm reads:
I would suggest that some whales are probably more navicularly shaped than others. Care to start a list of the most navicularly shaped whales?
Best regards,
#48868 - 03/08/02 01:49 PM Re: Breaking News about Whale Ears
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sorry but if you are going to start talking about whales and bones in the same sentence, i feel compelled to point out, when a whale gets a boner, he uses his phallic bone! whales, and several other (mostly aquatic) animals, have bones in their pelvic area to help them get, and keep, it up. phallic bones can be as long as 6 feet! (almost 2 meters)
and now like connie, i'll just whistle, and move along, all nice and quiet.._________________________
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Professor Fedoryshyn's scholarly interests focus on ways to improve classroom teaching of accounting and enhance the learning experience for students. He is the recipient of a number of Best Paper awards for presentations made at conferences of Accounting educators and author of a number of papers on these topics.
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Comments: Have run in 2 prior elites and this Nike is a bit more tight fitting ....I needed a 10half...wore a 10 in previous versions...I like the zoom in forefoot and i am slower .....working through lower leg stuff...trying some barefoot strides and using these shoes to transition from structure triax to lower heel drop shoe such as Saucony mirage2 and altra instinct....these are my mainstay as i build strength in feet to gradually move lower and stronger...1 year away or more from altras full time...These elites will have a place in my running for at least a couple more pair as these work for my stide.....i am 5 10 and 192lbs .....trying to get back to 170's....ran in college at 155lbs and personal bests were back in those days.....who cares??? probaly not you....Nike elites are worth a try if you need light support and protection......shoe addicts will like the look... lol
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- Alimentary carbohydrate overload is a significant cause of laminitis in horses and is correlated with drastic shifts in the composition of hindgut microbiota. Equine hindgut streptococcal species (EHSS), predominantly Streptococcus lutetiensis, have been shown to be the most common microorganisms culturable from the equine caecum prior to the onset of laminitis. However, the inherent biases of culture-based methods are estimated to preclude up to 70 percent of the normal caecal microbiota. The objective of this study was to evaluate bacterial population shifts occurring in the equine caecum throughout the course of oligofructose-induced laminitis using several culture-independent techniques and to correlate these with caecal lactate, volatile fatty acid and degrees of polymerization 3-7 fructo-oligosaccharide concentrations. Our data conclusively show that of the total microbiota present in the equine hindgut, the EHSS S. lutetiensis is the predominant microorganism that proliferates prior to the onset of laminitis, utilizing oligofructose to produce large quantities of lactate. Population shifts in lactobacilli and Escherichia coli subpopulations occur secondarily to the EHSS population shifts, thus confirming that lactobacilli and coliforms have no role in laminitis. A large, curved, Gram-negative rod previously observed during the early phases of laminitis induction was most closely related to the Anaerovibrio genus and most likely represents a new, yet to be cultured, genus and species. Correlation of fluorescence in situ hybridization and quantitative real-time PCR results provide evidence supporting the hypothesis that laminitis is associated with the death en masse and rapid cell lysis of EHSS. If EHSS are lysed, liberated cellular components may initiate laminitis.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker has scheduled his brat summit with state lawmakers on Tuesday, a week after he won a recall election.
Walker promised the night of the election that he would start mending political wounds by inviting both Democrats and Republicans to the governor's residence for a casual get together over brats and beers.
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The U.S. Census Bureau has released preliminary counts of local governments.
In 2012, 89,004 local governments existed in the United States, down from 89,476 in the last census of governments conducted in 2007. Local governments included 3,031 counties (down from 3,033 in 2007), 19,522 municipalities (up from 19,492 in 2007), 16,364 townships (down from 16,519 in 2007), 37,203 special districts (down from 37,381 in 2007) and 12,884 independent school districts (down from 13,051 in 2007).
According to the 2012 Census of Governments:
• Illinois leads the nation with 6,968 local governments. Illinois also ranked first among the states in number of local governments in 2007 with 6,994.
• Hawaii has 21 local governments, the fewest of any state.
• Texas remains first in the nation with the most independent school districts at 1,079. Closely behind is California, with 1,025 independent school districts. Illinois has 905 independent school districts.
• Seventeen states had more special districts compared with 2007, and 29 had fewer. Five states (including the District of Columbia) had no change. Illinois has 3,232 special districts down from 3,249 in 2007.
Ten states had fewer townships because of mergers and consolidations. Kansas decreased the most, moving from 1,353 in 2007 to 1,268 in 2012, a decrease of 85. Illinois had 1,431 townships in 2012, down one from 2007.
Every five years since 1952, the Census Bureau has completed a comprehensive count of all local governments in the country. The most dramatic changes have been the decline in independent school districts and the notable increase in special districts. An interactive history of the counts of special districts and school districts from 1952 to 2012 can be accessed at http://www.census.gov/govs/go/
Special districts are organized local entities other than county, municipal, township or school district governments that are authorized by state law to provide only one or a limited number of designated functions. Fire districts, water districts, library districts and transit authorities are examples of special districts.
School districts are created to provide elementary, secondary and/or higher education services and have sufficient administrative and fiscal autonomy to qualify as independent governments. They exclude school systems that are "dependent" on a county, municipal, township or state government.
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The ink had barely dried, so to speak, on last month's column before events offered a textbook example illustrating the power of the "preferred narratives" about which I had written. On Saturday, January 8, just a couple of days after I had submitted the column for publication, a young man walked into a crowd at a shopping center in Tucson and opened fire—shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) in the head, wounding many others, and killing six.
Immediately, the air was filled with speculation: Who was the shooter? Was he a right-wing gun maniac, bent on assassinating a Democratic legislator? Was he an Islamic terrorist staging a suicide mission? Was he an undocumented Mexican criminal? Or was he a left-wing loony, going after a conservative Blue Dog? Or in other words: whose preferred narrative would gain credibility from this incident? The identity of the alleged shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, was soon revealed, and the "paper trail" that he had left behind was scoured for clues about his motivations. It quickly became obvious that Loughner was mentally disturbed, deeply so, in fact—but that didn't stop folks from trying to shoehorn his action, and his personality, into the parameters of their own favorite narratives.
A leftist blogger posted the following: "Jared Loughner is of course being painted by the media as an apolitical, off-his-beam individual with serious anger issues. Of course it's perfectly understandable that the corporate-owned media would want to distance its pro-capitalist, anti-regulation support base on the right from the homicidal likes of Mr. Loughner. That perhaps his main source of news was Fox News and that he was a Glenn Beck fan is not exactly good PR for the conservative movement in America!" (www.debate.org/forums/politics/topic/9648/ [2]).
Video blogger Cenk Uygur of "The Young Turks" cited Loughner's anti-government positions to maintain that he was more in line with conservatives (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjmGyjeRrOs [3]). For their part, conservative commentators soon latched onto the mention of "The Communist Manifesto" among Loughner's favorite books, as well as reports that Loughner had smoked marijuana, as evidence that, in fact, the assassin was a leftist radical.
"Liberal Smear Machine Backfires After Gunman Found To Be Occultist, Pot-Smoking Left Winger," read a headline on one story. "Now Official: Arizona Shooter Jared Loughner a Bush-Hating Liberal," said another. (Search on those phrases to find examples; both have been widely reposted.)
Then the narratives expanded their focus. An online campaign ad used by Sarah Palin during the recent Congressional elections, which featured a map showing rifle-sight crosshairs "targeting" several districts (including, by the way, Pennsylvania's 10th District), was cited by liberal commentators as a possible influence in the shooting. The offending graphic was quickly pulled from Palin's website, and then Palin went on the attack herself, accusing journalists of perpetrating a "blood libel" against her, a phrase which, of course, evoked much older narratives than she had perhaps intended. The tug-of-war continues—and probably will keep going. Liberals and conservatives can both point to histories of violent rhetoric from the other side. (Here's such a history from the liberal perspective: www.csgv.org/issues-and-campaigns/guns-democracy-and-freedom/insurrection [4]
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I have to admit, though, that in my preferred narrative, it's the conservative movement that places more value and emphasis on the use of force to achieve political ends. (I mean, we liberals and progressives are all wussy "Kumbaya" types, right?) But note: that's my preferred narrative. Like most folks, I suspect, I want to think that mine is the side of the angels, the side of innocent victims standing up against stronger and more brutal oppressors, the side that knows and defends the truth. It's comforting, sure. All such narratives are so comforting, in fact, that people will fight and even kill to defend them. But they are also blinding, and most likely incomplete. No one can move beyond their preferred narrative or resist its power until they first become aware that they have one, and willing to accept the possibility that it may not be telling the whole story.


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One year from now, the top regional story of 2006 could well be a repeat of 2005: BRAC. We hope it will be No. 1 again, but for a different reason.
Instead of '05's uncertainty over the future of Cannon Air Force Base, we want the 2006 reason to be a certain future — as in the Air Force has found a new mission or missions for the base.
That hope is based not on whims. It comes from comments made during recent visits to Clovis and Cannon by key New Mexico congressional and U.S. Air Force leaders who are involved in discussions about the base's future mission options. It is bolstered by this week's base visit by a Department of Defense under secretary.
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The Base Closure and Realignment process drove home the critical need to diversify our local economy as much and as soon as possible. We don't want to have a third of the region's economic base tied to base jobs, as is the case today. A healthier percentage of Cannon's impact would be more like 10 percent to 15 percent of the local economy, or about half what it is today.
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Ah, yes, we humans can be quite the dreamers sometimes. I know I can. I won't tell you about my most recent dream (believe me, you'd thank me if you could) but I would like to take the time to call out others on their misconstrued fantasies regarding the happenings in the world. On this day in particular — as is usually the case — there is no shortage of ridiculous thoughts, imaginations and pipedreams circulating the baseball-politico world.
Thankfully, these make-believe ideas have not breached the walls of my psyche. It hasn't been easy staving off the onslaught of fans seeking a glimpse of glory, but I'm proud to say that, for this night, I've evaded the paparazzi, locked the doors and shut all the windows. I am safe. And as a stand-up man who speaks for intelligent US Americans around the globe, let me begin by saying that it is a complete pipedream that…
The MLB All-Star Game Is Anything But a Popularity Contest
I know, I know… same story, different year. Seriously though? If "this time it counts" continues to be the theme, the goal, the prize, then why leave it up to a bunch of numbnuts (the American Public — yeah, I said it; they voted for Dubya twice) to decide who should start this pivotal game? How do we do it? Here's how: don't let Yankees and Red Sox fans vote. And Florida — the entire state of Florida should not be able to vote… just for fun and because they kind of deserve that punishment. If I'm Terry Francona, and I have even a remote chance of managing in the World Series, I want Jermaine Dye on my team.
It is also an absolute pipedream that…
John McCain Could Balance the Budget By the End of His First Term
This is actually two pipedreams: 1) that he could indeed balance the budget and 2) that he would ever have a first term. Here's the thing, how are we US Americans supposed to believe we could balance the budget by pouring more money, more resources, more troops into Iraq for another 100 years? We've already spent over 500 billion dollars in Iraq since 2002 and lost over 4,000 service men and women. How high will that number go over the next 100 years? And how would we do it when Maliki & Co. want us OUT!?!
Speaking of lunacy, it is also a complete pipedream that…
Rich Harden Will Bring the Cubs a World Series Championship
I know you guys want to believe it. I know you do. You won't shut up about it. You pretend that the Cardinals aren't right on your tails. You pretend the Southsiders don't exist. You actually believe that "this is your year". Well, it ain't. And this so-called blockbluster trade proves it. Let me tell ya something: Billy Beane doesn't trade away a guy unless there's something wrong with him (see Mark Mulder, Tim Hudson, Barry Zito). There's something wrong with Harden. I don't know what it is yet; but I will. I hear that there is a very strong possibility that it involves a goat.
So yeah… it is also an absolute pipedream that…
Obamacons Actually Exist
Like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and a sober Amy Winehouse, these dreamed-up conservative supporters of Barack Obama aren't real. Hallmark is busy making up a holiday for them to star in.
Yes. It's true. And it is also a complete pipedream that…
Alex Rodriquez Will Ever Stay Out of the Tabloids
He's the best there is at what he does. He's good looking. He's into Kabbalah. That's really all I have to say about that. This is just an excuse to post his picture. I don't know if you, dear reader, are aware, but RSBS has quite a diverse following: whites, blacks, men, women, Chinese, Japanese and yes, even gays. In fact, I have been pestered by the homosexual community to post more pictures of A-Rod and other cute guys. So here you go, fellas:
And so it goes that it is also an absolute pipedream that…
Barack Obama Is a Flip-Flopper
Just not true. I know, I know… the Republicans have used this strategy before with much success (see John Kerry, Al Gore) so it makes perfect sense why they would pull it out again; however, this is Barack Obama we're talking about here. It has been his position since the beginning of the campaign to begin a controlled withdrawal of combat brigades in Iraq. To all you flip-flop-mongering hope-squashing old-hat-wearing Republicans, here's a great big RSBS EAT IT!
While you're eating it, please know that it is also an absolute pipedream that…
Kosuke Fukodome Should Be a Starter In the All-Star Game
Soto? Yes. Soriano? Yeah, sure. Fine. Fukudome? No. And here's why: his line isn't nearly as good as those who got snubbed completely. Compare his line against those of Corey Hart, Rick Ankiel, Aaron Rowand. I find it very ironic that a fan base that used racial slurs and stereotypes to "welcome" their foreign star stumped the voting booths to make him a starter. So is the way of the Cub fan…
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Anyone Will Care About What John McCain Has to Say at the Republican Convention When the 'Skins Battle the Giants in an Exciting NFL Opening Night Showdown!
Are you ready for some football?!?
And if that doesn't get you excited, let me inform you that it's also a complete pipedream that…
This Randy Johnson Destroying a Bird with a Baseball Video Will Ever Get Old
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I'm Anywhere Close to Being Angelic
However, pictures don't lie and this random shot taken of me in the wee hours of the July 4th morning clearly shows illuminated wings protruding from my back. Say what you will about it, but I'm pretty convinced that I have the whole Michael Landon Highway To Heaven thing goin' on here.
By the way, the tough guy in the lower left is my Turkish bodyguard Omar; so don't hate me 'cuz I'm right or I'll tell him where you live.
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The Randy Johnson clip is amazing! You're smart Jeff. Compute the odds of that ever happening again.
In regards to a military withdrawal, I think that would be great. However, if you pull us out of the Middle East, I have a sneaking suspicion we will simply move to Africa. That is what the "World Police" do. Then, I will have to learn French, Jeff. French!!! Unlike you, I can only learn 1 language at a time. Once again, you're smart Jeff, not me.
And finally, you are nowhere near the angel caliber of Michael Landon or his feathered hair (reminiscent of Dwight Goodman in "Dodgeball"). I would put you in with John Travolta's version of an angel in the movie "Michael". You might be able to pull that off. Cigarettes, Liquor, Sex, occasionally bring someone back to life….you know, the basics.
Oh, and by the way, the sCrUBS suck!
Cubs got Harden
Brewers got CC
Cardinals get Wainright, Mulder, Clement, Carpenter off injured list.
I think we will be alright. If only we could trade Duncan and someone else to the American leage for an upgrade at SS or 2B…
Thanks for the words/advice, Tim. The Cards are going to go out and get Matt Holliday. I just have a feeling. And since you mentioned stellar pitching, how about Pineiro last night, eh? Got out of that early jam and WHAM! That's a winner!
Definitely not angel wings I think you got to close to the camp fire, broke wind and lit up the place. Proving that all of your hot air can be harnessed and used for the good of mankind. Now DON'T HATE ME CAUSE I'M RIGHT