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This one is all about the Home Run, mostly because MLB's Home Run Derby is upon us, but also because "Chicks dig the long ball!"
What is the most memorable Home Run that you got to see in person? What you say is the most memorable Phillies HR ever? Is there a non-Phillies HR that helped get you hooked on baseball growing up?
Don McGettigan: I was lucky enough to be at 2008 NLDS Game 2… where with the Phillies already holding a 1-0 advantage in the series, the most unimaginable things occurred against one of baseball's best pitchers, C.C. Sabathia. With a runner on 2nd, Brett Myers worked a 9-pitch Walk, followed by Jimmy Rollins free pass on four-straight balls. The bases now loaded, Shane Victorino stepped to the plate and hit a Grand Slam into the seats in left field to give the Phillies a lead they would not surrender. It was at that moment I realized the Phillies could beat any pitcher that postseason and that winning the World Series could actually happen.
I think the most memorable Phillies HR ever would have to be Mike Schmidt's 500th… because I'm not sure we'll ever see it happen to any other Phillies player.
There isn't one specific HR that got me hooked as a kid, but watching Ken Griffey Jr. highlights all the time always left me wanting more, and ESPN Sports Center around the clock was about the only way a kid could get his Mariners' fix. The other one that sticks out a lot is Kirk Gibson's Game 1 game-winner off of Dennis Eckersley in the 1988 World Series. Since I was born in 1983 that play was shown over and over along with Kirby Puckett's 1991 WS Game 6 game-winning HR, and some guy in Toronto who hit one to win something in 1993, but I don't want to talk about it.
Eric Seidman: For me, the most memorable Phillies home run belongs to Matt Stairs. The go-ahead two-run homer in the 2008 NLCS was the moment that I really felt, holy shit, the Phillies could actually win the World Series. It was just such a majestic home run that I get goosebumps just thinking about it. The most memorable homer I saw in person was kind of a random one, from early on in the 2001 season. The Phillies were losing to the Braves and Kevin Jordan hit a grand slam in what was a 5-6 run inning and they moved ahead to win the game. While I was a fan prior to that season, that 2001 team was the first one where I really started watching 162 games per season and being in attendance at that game, it felt like a special Phillies team.
Alex Lee: Fred McGriff's upper deck shot in Game Two of the 1993 NLCS was the most memorable long ball for me… I was 10 and seated in the first row of the upper deck behind the left field foul pole at the Vet. I remember thinking there was no way anyone could hit it up there, and then McGriff did it, albeit to the opposite side of the stadium. As for a Phillies home run, I'd have to go with Shane Victorino's grand slam off C.C. Sabathia in the 2008 NLDS. I was sitting along the first base line. It was the loudest I've ever heard a stadium, including the night the Phils won it all.
Amanda Orr: Walk-off home runs are the most memorable homers that I have gotten to see in person. I've never been to a playoff game or a milestone home run game, so the walk-offs are easiest for me to remember. Chase Utley's walkoff homer in 2005 against the Padres is the first to come to my mind for some reason.
Most memorable Phillies home run ever? At least that I can remember -the Matt Stairs moonshot. I don't think an explanation is needed.
Growing up, the Phillies were really the only team I watched, but it was the steroid era that got me interested in what was going on with other teams. It was entertaining to follow the home run races between Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa. Say what you want about the steroid debate, but at the time that was fun baseball to watch.
Ian Riccaboni: The Moonshot! Matt Stairs bomb in Dodger's Stadium had me literally leap of the couch and you can count me in the group that felt that that was the moment I knew the Phillies could win the 2008 World Series. The most memorable homer I saw in person? Jayson Werth's first inning shot off of Hiroki Kuroda in Game 3 of the 2009 NLCS put the Phils ahead and they stayed ahead, winning a 10-0 laugher.
Ryan Dinger: I happened to be in the seats at CBP on June 27, 2007, when the Phillies fell to the Reds 9-6. This would be an otherwise forgettable game and date, if not for Ryan Howard. For it was on this day that Howard set the record for the longest home run at CBP, blasting a 505-foot moonshot over the batter's eye in center field. Never have I been so impressed by a home run, and I doubt I'll ever witness such an incredible feat of strength in person again.
As for the Phils most memorable home run, I will go with Matt Stairs. That silky smooth swing launching the ball deep into the L.A. night replays in my mind regularly, and it still gives me chills watching the video. As for a non-Phillies HR that got me hooked on baseball, none come to mind, as it was the '93 Phillies that really got me into the game. However, a home run did come that year that still stands out to me. It came off the bat of Milt Thompson in the first ever Phillies game I attended, which happened to be in July of that year. Thompson launched a two-run shot into the seats in right, exactly where I was sitting. Now, I didn't catch the ball (This isn't Hollywood), and I didn't even come close. But it was at the moment, seeing a big league home run in person, and one that landed just a section over from where I was sitting, that I became enamored with the sport I still love today.
I also often think back on Griffey's bomb off the warehouse in Baltimore during the home run derby, which was also in 1993, just a few days after I saw Thompson's blast. From then on, I was hooked.
Kenny Ayres: I was at the Phillies-Reds game in June of 2007 with my Dad, grandfather and great uncle (who had never been to CBP because he was old and couldn't get out much). We had third base seats-the perfect angle to see Ryan Howard's 100th career, 505 foot home run to dead center into Ashburn Alley. The sound of the bat was like nothing I ever heard before or since, and my uncle, who had seen Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx hit homers at Shibe Park, said it was the farthest shot he had ever seen. I remember the Phillies sometimes put the "how far did it fly?" graphic on the board and when I saw it went 505 feet and I couldn't believe it.
The other homers I got to see in person that gave me goosebumps were the four hit in Game 4 of the World Series in 2008 (Howard twice, Werth and Joe Blanton). The Blanton HR was just ridiculous for obvious reasons, but just seeing the Phillies take the longball to the Rays and blow them out of the water to get within one game of a championship was something I will never forget.
There is one home run that hooked me as a kid, and I didn't even get to ever see a video of it. When I first started getting interested in baseball my dad got me the Ken Burns "Baseball" documentary set and we watched the Babe Ruth video together. At one point Ruth was describing his called shot in the 1932 World Series, and my Dad was telling me the story of what happened. I think that definitely got me interested in the lore and history of the game.
Pat Gallen: The most memorable home-run that I got to see in person would probably be Ben Francisco's 3-run jack in St. Louis. I was out there covering the game, my first long road trip, and it was a weird game before that. The Cardinals knocked the ball around that day, but ended up leaving 14 men on base. Ben Francisco charged one into the bullpen for all the runs the Phillies would need on the day. If the Phillies don't lose that Game 5 in Philly, 1-0, Ben Francisco is a legend in Philly. It's a shame he did not get his due. But such is baseball.
From afar, two stand out. Matt Stairs moonshot is right up there. I was at a house party and the place went absolutely berserk. Just about a dozen of us, but it could have been 100.
Mark McGwire's 62nd home run also comes to mind instantly. Everyone enjoyed that summer, and the Joe Buck call still gives me goosebumps.
Jon Nisula: The most memorable home run that I've seen in person came this year and was memorable to probably only me. It was a Michael Young opposite field home run that landed 2 rows directly ahead of me. It was memorable because, on the Phillies broadcast I was seen going nuts and that was just so awesome and hilarious to me.
My most memorable Phillies home run is easy to pick–the Matt Stairs moonshot in the 2008 NLCS. It made us all really believe that the Phillies had the magic that could win us a World Series. Stairs will be remembered in Philadelphia for a very long time for that home run. If you look at his Twitter page, there are dozens of people telling him how much they love him for that home run every day. He's a folk hero here.
There wasn't any particular home run that got me hooked on baseball but I remember a few players whose home runs got me hooked. The 1998 home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa really had me, as a seven year old, glued to my TV. Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr. also got me hooked. I remember turning my hat backwards like Griffey in the HR derby and pretending I was him as a kid.
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All the homeruns mentioned are memorable and give goose bumps but one of my favorites was back in 1993, May 20th vs the Expos. The Phils had just come off a so so road trip and were facing the Expos who were frankly, their biggest competition at the time. Montreal had scored off Shilling in the top of the first and Jeff Fassero was looking pretty nasty on the mound for the Xpos in the bottom of the first inning. Nobody could touch Fassero – he struck out 2 batters but walked the bases loaded – although the Phils had the bases loaded in the bottom of the first, it just did not feel right until Inky came to bat. He launched a mortar shot for a grand slam and the Phils went on to win 9-3.
Great home run, great memory…
There are plenty more I can recall and I hope plenty more to see in the future.. it ain't over!
One of the other HR memories I have from childhood… is Milt Thompson robbing one in San Diego in 1993 …. kind of started the hype machine going that season and got everyone excited
I'm going to be diserent and say that homeruns were not what attracted me to baseball. I grew interested watching nearly impossible catches by Willie Mays, Clemente throws, and nasty curveballs. Home runs played some part, of course, but were never my major interest, possibly because I was rather small (still am!) and felt that homers were hit by huge guys with monstrous forearms. Many of those guys, like Covington or Frank Howard were never exactly big on finesse, and subtlety and strategy are still my main interests.
That said, I have been rather amazed at times by home runs. One which astounded was a Mike Schmidt blast completely over the left field bleachers at Dodger Stadium (I used to live out there). It went nearly as high as it did far. I doubt if Jack Nicklaus could have done more with a driver and a golf ball, or that a mortar shell could have reached such altitudes.
1960 World Series. Just turned 9. I ran home from school. We had been listening to game 7 on the radio. Just as I got home and turned on the TV, Maz hit the HR to beat the hated Yankees. Bill Mazeroski was always my favorite second baseman! Then my beloved Phillies drafted this UCLA guy named Chase Utley. I grew up with Allen and Callison in 1964. Schmidt and Bowa in the 70's and 80's. Kruker, Daulton, and Dykstra in the 90's. But my favorite player of all time is Chase Utley. Don't ever forget the throw to home in the 2008 World Series!
What I wonder about Maz's homer s to those of baseball conscious age, how that compared with the Bobby Thompson homer. What I mean is that was the first homer (Maz) I ever saw, and in the first game I ever watched. So I only knew it was special, not HOW special.
It takes an awful, awful lot for a qualifier to satisfy best or most memorable. Finishing above second is ridiculously unique. That said, some of the other extremely memorable homers that would make my not quite there list would be…
Callison's all star homer.
Lasorda letting Niedenfeuer pitch to Jack Clark
As I remember, Pete Rose's 3000th hit came out of 3 homers on a Saturday afternoon at Shea. I guess my lack of clarity makes that semi memorable. But I could swear that was the day Pete got 3k. Jeter hiot his 3000th hit out of the park..
Callison hit 3 homers against the Braves, 14-8 during the losing streak, but I don't remember that at all.
Rick Wise hit 2 homers and pitched a 6-0 shutout in Game 2 of Bunning's effort. No he didn't…he hot 2 homers in a no-hitter he threw later on (1971?).
Stairs is about as memorable as it gets. What a shot!
Aaron Effing Boone.
Lidge V Pujols.
Many, many moonshots by Crash Allen. Rooftop minimums. I THINK he hot 2 the night he was on base 8 maybe 9 straighty at bats V The Giants that had high volume boos at twilight turned to standing o's in the late night. Hypocrites.
Ben revere's first career homerun. Memories in Advance, Inc.
So what I'm saying is I guess you don't have to remember a homer for it to be memorable, specially since I'm leaving "There's a new home run champion of all-time, and it's Henry Aaron.
But for me, in looking at the game by more than provincially, even topping the great Kirk Gibson moment, when Reggie Jackson hit his 3rd home run of the game against the Dodgers, the signature one. Three swings, 3 dingers. Following a last pitch homer from the night before. You can't do a better 4 for 4 than that. You could almost feel the rampaging pulse inside Reggie as he circled the bases. What a high!
Too bad this subject cane up on the day of Home Run Derby implying that tonight's farce has some credibility as a home run related topic. That's the thinking of those that voted for Hitler in Time's Man of the Millenium competition because he had impact. And the widespread discussion of it has helped kill a once charm of a game, if not a meaningful one.
Seems like Bernie Carbo's big '75 hit was a 3 run shot. V The Reds.
Another good one was Chases' 2 HRs in Game 1 of the 2009 WS off of C.C. Chase had an unbelievable series.
BUT- arods steroid induced HR off the camera was what won the series- that was like game 3 or 4?
I remember that ARod Home run mostly because in my view, the umpires got it wrong. That stinking camera was protruding into the playing field. Had the clown operating it been a foot further back, ithat homer would have been a double, and the Phils would have still been in the game.
George you are absolutely correct. My season tickets are in the row directly behind the camera well (which at the time was almost always empty). The camera does protrude a few inches.
Section 106, row4, seats 19 & 20 (row 4 is the first row behind the camera well).
There is a single home run that got me hooked, but I would say that record setting HR's are always memorable, Von Hayes' two in June of 85 comes to mind. Also Big Joe in the World Series was a memory maker. As far as actually at a game the most memorable for me was May 6, 2012 at Nationals stadium it was my 15 year old twins first Phillies game and Hunter Pence hit a two run shot in the 4th and to get to see my kids reaction to it made it all that much more special to me. I know that seems kind of old for a first game but the Navy has kept me away from Philly for a long time. My most memorable HR at CBP was July 8, 2012 when Jason Pridie went yard against the Brave during the only game I've seen there.
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1) Raul Ibanez's home run off Phil Coke in game 5 of the 2009 WS. Memorable because it came just one batter after Utley's 2nd dinger of the night, and was hit so hard it actually hushed the crowd into an audible gasp while we were still cheering. I swear it left a dent in the Jeep sign in right field.
2) Shane/CC and Stairs/Broxton are up there, for all the reasons listed above, but one more that I feel truly put 2008 in the books was Joe "The Lumber" Blanton's in WS Game 4. That, to me, said everything was really going our way.
3) Honestly, no non-Phillies HR will stay with me longer than Joe Carter's title-winner in 1993. That was the season that got me hooked, heartbreak and all, and it remains one my most vivid early memories of fandom.
Not in-person, but on TV:
Utley & Chooch go back-to-back last year on the day Utley returns from the DL.
The two walk-off back-to-back homers against Chapman this year. Despite Lee getting picked off first, a win is a win.
I was privileged to see Victorino's slam. The Meyers 9 pitch AB made the crowd believe they were affecting the game "CC…CC….CC….CC". By the slam I thought the ballpark would levitate. Great fun!
As for memorable (unfortunately not forgettable) dare I say it – Joe Carter game six 93 WS.
I remember one home run only by sound; I wasn't there, and the game was not on T.V. In Ryan Howard's early days, he cracked one against the Braves that was really loud even over the radio. I knew when I heard it, it was gone. No anouncement was neccessary. It also was the major factor in a Phils victory.
This is a great topic. Reminds me why I love baseball.
Continuing on the "Ryan Howard was a monster once" trend:
The most memorable home-run iv'e seen in person was Ryan Howard's rocket blast off of Mike Mussina in 2006. That year, despite winning the ROY in 2005, people still didn't get how powerful howard was. In June, the Yankees rolled into town. WFAN was screaming that Philly wasn't a baseball town.
On the first night, Howard changed that. He hat seven RBIs on 2 homers and a triple. THe first shot off of Moose was the one I clearly remember.
I was sitting in the 200 level of RF. Howard came to the plate and just uncorked one. Sounded like lightning struck. THe ball went straight over my head and was still rising.
Hittracker says it went 441 feet.
Having been under the ball I can tell you it wouldn't have stopped for another 150 if the bleachers weren't there.
It was amazing.
What about Mike Schmidt's homerun in Montreal off of Steve Rogers in the 9h inning to put the Phillies ahead in a division clinching game? Two more homeruns that were very memorable were both hit off of Lee Smith. One in 1983 was a September game with the Phillies battling for the division title and Joe Morgan hitting his second homerun to beat the Cubs on his 40th birthday. Another was in 1993 when Mariano Duncan hit a grandslam off of Lee Smith with the Cardinals leading 5-2 in the 8th inning.
The ultimate home run for excitement — even when the game is not particularly significant– is the walk off grand slam in which the winning team wins by just one run. The Phillies have done this twice in the last 50 years. The first was on 2 Aug 1970 when Tony Taylor hit a ninth-inning grand slam off Mike Davison to beat the San Francisco Giants, 7-6. On 13 April 1983, it would be Bo Diaz' turn as he hit a ninth-inning grand slam off the Mets' Neil Allan for a 10-9 victory over the hated Mets. In Diaz' homerun there were also two outs, which added to the drama. Neither of these games were particularly significant, but no one who was watching or listening will ever forget them. The Phillies were losing in the bottom of the ninth by three and it is looking bad, and then "boom" they win. It doesn't get any better than that. The audio of the radio broadcast of Diaz' homerun used to be on YouTube. If it is still there, have a listen and tell me if Kalas and Ashburn aren't at their best and most excited, Kalas making the call with Ashburn screaming in the background.
Meanigful walk off… Bake McBride off of David Palmer September 26, 1980. I came home from Fordham for the weekend series with the Expos. This was a Friday night game…I thought the Vet was going to fall apart it shook so palpably.
Earlier, I wrote about the first significant HR that I could remember. As for my all-time favorite Phillies HR: I have 2.
1964 All-Star game. I was in Michigan visiting my cousins who were Tiger fans. Being from Muncy, PA, I was of course rooting for the NL. We were having a picnic and listening to the game on the radio. Johnny Callison hits the 3-run bomb off Dick Radatz to win it for the NL!
My second involves Dick Allen. I don't remember the year. But it was early in his career. The game was on a Saturday or Sunday (probably carried by Channel 8 out of Lancaster). It was the first inning against the Braves. The opposing pitcher walked the bases loaded. (I think he was a knuckleballer) On the first pitch to Allen, a fastball, grand slam!
I remember getting Richie Allen's autograph when he played for the Williamsport Grays in 1962. The 2 I's in his first name had little circles over them instead of dots.
Both my comments are based on childhood memories. I love the game of baseball and I live it everyday. Still 60 feet six inches. Still 90 feet. Only the mound has been lowered and we have 5 man rotations instead of 4. Both are reasons, in my humble opinion, why we have more arm injuries. Will soon be 62. Took my oldest grandson to his first MLB game 2 Sunday's ago.
There is a sign in our parlor that states: Faith, Family, Friends. There wasn't room for Phillies in the 3 hole!
I got to see Mike Schmidt hit a couple home runs in person. None as huge as number 500 but when you see the greatest third baseman ever hit a home run it is memorable.
In recent memory it has to be Joe Blanton's home run in game 4 of the 2008 World Series. I was lucky enough to be in that game and the moment that ball went out you could feel a wave of sheer joy move through the ballpark. If Blanton could hit a home run in the World Series then there was no way we were losing. Having my mom beside me only maked it better.
Of course, any list like this has to include Matt Stairs. I almost died from that home run as I was driving back home from work and I lost all control of my hands as that happened.
Easy for me. I live in LA now and I had taken my son to his first Phillies game and it just happened to be October 13, 2008 – the night Matt Stairs hit his pinch hit homer in the NLCS. I remember when Broxton came in, I had told my friend who was a die-hard Dodger fan that Stairs would go deep because Stairs only hits fastballs and that's all Broxton throws.
But as important and exciting as Stairs homer was, the Victorino one was bigger. The Dodgers had a fired up home crowd and were winning by two. Victorino's homer was met by almost total silence. It was like 50,000 people were watching batting practice. It was as if they didn't think it counted. No one knew what to do, they didn't even groan or boo. It was the baseball equivalent of a sucker punch.
That clutch win, and the fact that my then-2 year old son was with me the whole night, means those will forever be the most memorable Phils home runs for me.
Most memorable in person: Jim Thome on May 9, 2003 — was sitting on the right field line at the Vet and the ball travelled a long, long way up towards right field and never seemed to come down.
On TV: Hank Aaron #715.
On radio: Mike Cameron hits 4 homers in one game May 2, 2002, and goes back to back twice with Bret Boone. Just missed a fifth.
And yeah, Matt Stairs.
For some reason, I vividly remember Alfonso Soriano crushing a ball onto Ashburn Alley in 2006(?). I also remember Ryan Zimmerman hitting two monster home runs in one game… one which went directly over my head in left field and into the second deck (watching it fly well above my head at +100 MPH was jaw dropping, to say the least).
Memorable for the wrong reasons… Joe Carter (enough said).
The Stairs home run was awesome… I sincerely believe that series and THAT home run ruined J. Broxton's chances of having a great career.
There have been three great walk-off home runs this year (Mayberry's GS, Frandsen as a pinch-hitter and the unexpected Galvis HR after Kratz tied it with a HR) – let's hope they have a few more in the tank!
I was there at Game 4 of the 2008 WS too… but did not actually see the Blanton HR . . . . see I had consumed a few .. … lets call them "sodas" … and with the pitcher spot up, I thought it was the perfect chance to go take a leak . . . . until the place erupted and those in the bathroom learned that Joe Blanton had just gone yard.
The most memorable non-Phillie Home Runs I saw were:
1) In the first game I went to Mets vs Cubs 1969, The day after Tom Seaver almost pitched a perfect game Ron Santo hit one into the last row of the upper deck in left field at Shea.
2) I was there when Hank Aaron hit (I believe) his last grand slam at the Vet and beat us.
The most memorable Phillies Home Run was when Luis Aguayo eliminated the Mets in 1987 in the bottom of the 9th with a Pinch hit Solo Shot. The Stadium was full of Mets Fans and we Phillies fans were laughing at them as they left!
Seemingly very underrated by no mention (that I saw) was Schmidt's "he buried it" per Andy Musser to help wrap the '80 divvy title against the Expos, and very underrated by not much mention Vic's GS off CC. I guess some folks spoke strictly of games attended. Upon further review, I don't know that there was that much separation in dramatic effect between the two, maybe some edge to Stairs.
Also worth a mention would be the Fransisco homer in the playoffs, although that's easy to forget because of the way the stupid series turned out.


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Meet the Locavore Challenge
September 6, 2012 —
NARROWSBURG, NY — The Big Eddy Farmstand will take up the Slow Food UpDeRiva/NOFA-NY third annual locavore challenge on September 15 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at Gerard's River Grill—a restaurant which, appropriately, overlooks Narrowsburg's Big Eddy.
The Big Eddy Farmstand will provide a tasting menu of locally sourced ingredients and live music featuring local singer/songwriter Janet Burgan. The menu will include specialty heirloom produce the Tusten youth workforce team cultivated over the summer at SkyDog Farm, local honey and maple syrup from Alice Diehl's dairy farm, eggs from Patty Keesler's dairy farm, meat from Fitzpatrick's River Brook Farm and milled flours from the Finger Lakes region.
All proceeds go toward supporting the Big Eddy Farmstand/ Tusten Rural Youth Workforce Development program. Tickets cost $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Visit www.bigeddyfarmstand.com or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This aging foreign born A list mostly movie actor was being his usual creepy self at Wimbledon the other day when he hung out in a bar at the site and hit on every college student he could find until one agreed to go home with him.
Sean conneryReplyCancel
Hugh GrantReplyCancel
Jude LawReplyCancel
One of the Hughs.
Jackman or Grant.ReplyCancel
Hugh would be former A list. He hasn't made a movie in years.ReplyCancel
Stallone and cup the top or whatever?!ReplyCancel
nvmnd not foreign born…….if Hugh Grant is aging he is doing it VERY wellReplyCancel
Colin firthReplyCancel
Grab my ballsReplyCancel
Don't hateReplyCancel
Hugh likes them his own ageReplyCancel
Hey. Collin firth was there. Maybe he and Hugh Grant were fighting over the same girl.ReplyCancel
Is Colin firth usually creepy though? ? Never heard that before?ReplyCancel
The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon has seen a host of stars walk through the doors for this year's Wimbledon tournament.
But while most days have been focused on the impressive sartorial display of the famous ladies in attendance, Thursday saw some of Hollywood's leading main take centre stage.
Actors Colin Firth, Eddie Redmayne and Sam Claflin looked every inch the dapper British gentlemen they are celebrated to be as they enjoyed the women's singles semi-final matches in South West London.ReplyCancel
I think he is…a bit. And he's definitely aging
Don't think grant was there
The Net Girls are there to chase balls.ReplyCancel
Jude Law. They showed him during the broadcast yesterday.ReplyCancel
Couldn't be Eddie Redmayne, when he was at the bar there was only empty chairs and empty tables.ReplyCancel
Jude law is far from aging…he's like 42…c'mon even in Hollywood that ain't aging,,..50,55 and over. Even enty gets that rightReplyCancel
Colin Firth is very married thank you very much.ReplyCancel
I like your guess. The blind is vague…just says college student. Mr. Spacey loves him some tennis BALLSReplyCancel
Tricia – I think hugh was there and he is a better guess but I disagree about Law. Aging is a relative term and he has definitely aged from what most remember of him. He is remembered as the hot 20/30 something guy but no longer. He may be in 40's but looks older. These pics are from 2 years ago Jude Law
If enty said aging tweener it could mean someone in their 20s.ReplyCancel
Hell, Grant is only 53, not old by hollywood standards. This blind could be Jude – he has a creepy vibe as well as Grant although Grant has a history with college girls. It's hard to imagine that either one of them couldn't pull a drunken english coed:)ReplyCancel
@ Texas..all true…
Firth definitely aging, the pix of him was..creepy to means that was days ago when I saw it, before the blind lol
But time has not been kind to law…but 42 is 42…seems enty mighta said actor still in prime who looks aged, or sumtin…I dunnoReplyCancel
Aging for a woman is 30; for a man its 60 (we are talking Hollywood.) That said, the item doesn't mention the gender of the college students.
Foreign born, creepy reputation, mostly movie (so has done some tv role), WImbledon; we should be able to get this. All I'm coming up with is Shatner – I can see him trying to hit on young women; but I wouldn't call him creepy.ReplyCancel
You can't cup the head! It makes no sense!ReplyCancel
Absolutely notReplyCancel
I think this is supposed to be Grant.ReplyCancel
Colin Firth was there with his dad-he wasn't hitting on college girls. hugh.ReplyCancel
Is no one concerned about STDs anymore? I keep reading about all these random celeb hookups. Sheesh!ReplyCancel
Could be Spacey. He likes them young. He is gay so he'd only be hitting on young boys though.ReplyCancel
Alan Rickman is creepy, but I was thinking of real slimy older guy like Gerard depardeux (spelling, I know). Fifth is the least creepy actor I can think of.ReplyCancel
Since the sex of the college students isnt specified maybe Hugh Jackman? Was he there?ReplyCancel


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AL continues to dominate in the best All Star sporting event
Quite the All Star Game wasn't it.
It was fun to watch, pretty exciting, fairly boring, a little disappointing but in the end a great baseball game.
The play of the game belongs to the rightful MVP Carl Crawford.
This picture on the front page of MLBlogs.com captures the essence of teh spectacular play CC made to rob Brad Hawpe of a sure fire home run. The catch saved the game for the AL, but it was Curtis Granderson that set up the victory. He used his speed to motor around the bases and slide in with a triple. He would then score to put the AL up 4-3.
Crawford's catch was reminded me of another remarkable play in an all star game. It was back in 2002 in Milwaukee's Miller Park when Torii Hunter leaped over the wall to rob Barry Bonds of a jack.
I was just 13 at the time and I remember watching the game at my grandma's house. I was going nuts went Hunter flew through the air to bring the ball back in. I loved seeing the replay over and over because I like teh cartoon dude on the wall. Its pretty fitting that Hunter made the great play right in front of the annimated baseball player. They are almost in the exact same pose within inches of each other. Even to this day I still believe it was one of the coolest baseball plays I have ever seen.
While the game itself could be considered a classic, it surely wasn't one for the ages. It was the shortest played ASG since 1988. A stat I really enjoy. The 2:36 minute game was much shorter than the 15 inning marathon played last year at old Yankee Stadium. Tip your cap to the American League pitching for speeding up the acceleration of the game. By retiring 18 consecutive NL batters from the 2nd to 8th inning. It was kind of embarrassing to see these big name players get mowed down like they did. Whats even more embarrassing were my personal pre-game predictions.
I said Albert Pujols would rock the stage going 3-3 with a homerun and earn MVP honors. Prince Albert pulled the complete opposite by going 0-3 with an error at first base.
I was proud of Jason Bay. He started the game with a nice rip in the first inning.
While I was dissapointed in the NL loss I was wearing the Jason Bay shirt. I was the only Red Sox "fan" in the restaurant. There were Indians fans, Tigers fans and Yankees fans. Even by wearing an AL team's shirt I was the only one cheering for the National League.
I was rather miffed at the way Charlie Manuel managed the game for the NL. Prior to the game I wa smad that so many Philies made the team. It was the same for the Rays but I figure since their own managers are managing the game, the bias factor sets in. But Manuel did not do a good job with the rotation of players. Justin Upton, Ryan Zimmerman and Brad Hawpe were all reserves but still managed to bat twice in the game. Why not substitute another player and give them a whack. I'm mostly talking about Freddy Sanchez. I would sure with his proven All-Star game experience and being a familiar face with Manuel he would at least get in the game for one at bat. He did not. Zach Duke did not get in the game either. I kind of saw that one coming, but at least give Freddy a shot.
Other disappointments came from the starting pitching. Halladay was solid but still had trouble getting out of the first. Lincemcum was a dare I say disaster. Being the dominating pitcher that he is he allowed AL hitters to damage him for a run. he was wild throwing the ball all over the place. Molina was solid behind the plate just keeping the balls in front of him. Lincy even hit Derek Jeter. It was not a good night for "The Freak" Luckily for him he is still on track for another stellar regular season.
What I love most about the baseball All-Star game is all of the though and discussion that goes in to it. I mean come on. Every one on these blog has their own comments and opinions about this one game. Its fantastic and shows that it truly is about the fans. You take any other sports and their All Star games are not as fun.
The NBA All Star game is more of a celebrity showcase. With all the stars lining up to see the game and spend time in the host city. Plus trouble always seems to brew. Pacman Jones had his legendary "make it rain" episode in the ASG in Las Vegas. Plus the game itself is so unpredictable. Actually I take that back. The one thing you know is that there is sure to be many dunks, mid range shots, and no defense. The end scores are astronomical and so high.
Even though I am starting to get back to watching hockey more and more, their All-Star game is just as brutal as the NBAs. Hockey is an exciting sport and is very fun to watch. But the All-Star game, quite frankly is not. Its all about the offense here to, with no defensive poweress at all. Double digits goal totals always occur and the puck flies at will. Plus the game is broadcasted on Versus. Nobody watches Versus. It is hard for the NHL to gain more fans and notoriety when the games are shoved away on Versus.
The NFL ASG is just plain irrelevant. The players just use it as an all expense paid vacation to Hawaii. One of the biggest reasons I personally dislike the Pro Bowl is that it is always played in the same stadium out there in Hawaii. I love the rotation of the All Star games. Its great to bolster the economy of different cities and it puts that host city on display for the world to see.
The Baseball All-Star game is the most like an actual game which makes it the most fun to watch.
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yea teh hame waz so short ur right nice blog
.500 is a disappointment for the Cubs because they were expected to win the division, the World Series and 100 regular season games like they did in '08. They're just not supposed to be .500.
Why'd you make up a dude to comment on your blog? lol…
-EJ the Kid From New York
They are looking at changing the location of the Pro Bowl for football (even they realize that it doesn't help their fan base to be in Hawaii each year.) but let's face it – as big of a football fan that I am (and trust me – I am!) I do not want to see my Patriots go all out in the Pro Bowl – the chances of getting hurt are much too great. And thank you for being a "Red Sox fan" last night. Rest easy knowing that RSN LOVED Jason Bay and we are all very vocal that we must resign him and resign him now! After all – Massachusetts is the "Bay State".🙂
Great game, poor result (I think we can both agree, eh?)
I heard they are gonna start playing the pro-bowl in the week between the AFC/NFL championships and the super bowl. I don't know if it's true, but that would be interesting if they did it. I mean it could only help the popularity of the game, everyone would still be geared up for the super bowl and anxious to watch some football.
You sure have that right, the MLB All Star game is the most talked about game this year, and every year so. Although the results aren't as great sometimes, it actually brings in fans' thoughts about the game, players, and the talent that is in this game. If only Torii Hunter didn't take Barry Bonds' home run, maybe the National League would've won the All Star game in 2002 in Miller Park, instead it was a tie to many fans who booed the decision.
The NFL Pro Bowl (ASG) is fun, but I feel like it's not living up to the attention that it gets sometimes, and like you said it, it's usually played in Hawaii. I believe in a couple of years, the Pro Bowl will play at the same site as the Super Bowl.
Don't worry about blowing the Pujols MVP call. I said Nelson Cruz would win it.
He didn't even get into the game. Ouch.
I too am trying to get back into hockey this upcoming season. The Tampa Tribune has had alot of coverage of the Lightning, so I am getting into the upcoming season gradually.
*I was disappointed to see Freddie Sanchez and Zack Duke sit the side… GLAD to see em' make it and get the nod, but disappointed none-the-less…
So here's the debate: Objectively speaking, what is the best All Star Game for fans? Pro Bowl? MLB game? NHL game? NBA?
Objectively speaking, I might have to go with the Pro Bowl–only when it was in Hawaii. I wouldn't care much about the game if I went. I'd just party on the beach!
If we're talking a game I'd actually go to, then it would have to be the MLB game. Nothing like getting togther with fans from all teams to cheer for a game.
Yeah, it's so depressing watching the National League screw it all up every year. I was at the game in Pittsburgh in 2006 and I was devastated when Trevor Hoffman blew the save to give the AL victory…
The NHL All Star game never really impresses me. I like the Classic better.
Gotta say that no matter the outcome – I'd still go to the MLB All Star Game. Wouldn't really care where it was held, I'd get there!
Where ya been!? Your guys had a great win last night. I had never heard of this Jones guy, but he is really mashing the ball. Is he one of you guys's big prospects? If so, hang on to him. It's cool to see the Bucs young guys taking it to the other teams.
I remember a few of my former teammates in Indy hated that the NFL Pro Bowl was after the season, and was a good month after some of us stopped playing prior to the end of the Super Bowl.
I still think the way that MLB is tinkering and tweaking the All Star experience the past few years, it is going to be the premier event of all sports again real soon.
The NBA All Star game has its moments, but I am not a huge BB guy past March Madness.
Hopefully I can hit a NHL All Star game someday and have another point of reference to all 4 of the major sports All Star experiences.
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Thanks once again for the game thread, Rady.
When this stretch of 5 games against teams with losing records started, I said I wanted us to take 3 out of 5 before I said we were truly dead in the water. Well, this is the rubber game. Let's go Knicks!


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Homes sales in Wisconsin rose for the 20th consecutive month in February.
A report by the Wisconsin Realtors Association says sales increased nearly 12 percent compared to last February. The central region of the state saw particularly strong growth, with sales up 24 percent compared to last year.
Median home prices rose to $122,000 in February. That's a 6 percent increase over a year ago. While the majority of homes in Wisconsin sell between April and September, association board chairman Renny Diedrich says winter sales did pretty well.
December, January and February sales increased 14.5 percent compared to the same period in 2012.
La Crosse realtors say both consumer and seller confidence is up and lending is getting better.
Along with home sales the median sales price is also rising.
Realtors say although we're not back to where we were before the crash, we're getting there.
"I truely believe and I think a lot of my fellow realtors will confirm this to is that the worst is behind us. tge lax county, year to date this yera versus last year, our sales are up 20.4 percent, which is huge," said Mike Pietrek, La Crosse Area Realtors Association.
The best news could be yet to come, the majority of homes in Wisconsin sell between April and September.


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A Quick Celebrity Lookalike Involving The Yankees' Next Opponent
I am worried about the Yankees' momentum heading into the Boston series with the smelly Sox. This off day might screw them up. So, I want to make them laugh and get all pumped for this series. Alrighty then.
The pitcher the Yanks will face tomorrow, Brad Penny, looks a bit like………….
…………..Larry the Cable Guy!
Get'er done Yanks! Beat these smelly Sox for me!
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Great look-alike, Virginia. It's a perfect match! Don't worry about the off-day screwing up the Yanks. They'll have today to rest up after the long flight and they'll come out tomorrow night all ready to go. Andy will be fantastic. (Don't you love my positive thinking?)
The BoSox will probably be in worse shape, they dont have an off day and there in Toronto, so while the Yankees are relaxing and spreading the good word (sweep) around the BoSox home town the BoSox are trying to get through passport control, baggage claim, customs, so they should be suitably stressed out come game 1 with the Yankees.
Is he as funny as the cable guy….
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Larry the cable guy is classic. Virginia, thanks for commenting. I always like when you stop by.🙂 Great post, wow you are right he does look like him. But that means the chicks are all over Penny.🙂
Wow, what a funny comparison with Brad Penny and Larry. We'll see which Brad shows up, the cable guy or the true ace.
Matthew Tan
The off day was a very good thing for the Yanks. First off, they haven't had a day off since August 3rd (not to mention they won the next six straight after that off day). Second, they just got back from the west coast and took a red eye flight here today. If they had a game today, they would have been screwed, the probably had trouble staying awake at all today. Hopefully they were able to stay up, but I bet most of them went to bed at around 8 pm ET, so if the game goes a little late tomorrow they might feel a little lagged. Otherwise, this off day was very important for them. Facing Penny is also very helpful, then Tazawa after that. Piece of cake.
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haha nice look-alike. You guys will have no problems with the Sox. I bet the Boston area suicide hotlines will be very active lol.


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Your Health: Preventing Falls
Jefferson County's Public Health Service and the Watertown Housing Authority are teaming up to try reduce the number of falls people over the age of 65 take.
Nationally, falls are the leading cause of both fatal and non-fatal injuries for people 65 and older, according to a press release from Public Health.
With that in mind, Public Health is offering six week fall prevention programs at three of the Housing Authority's complexes. The first weekly session - at the Leray and Midtown apartments earlier this week - offered lots of advice.
"Decreased strength, decreased balance is a huge problem," said Julie Ward, a physical therapist..
"Medications can cause falls, environmental things like the way you have your home set up. Lighting is an issue. Throw rugs are a huge issue. If you just scuff your foot and catch your foot on that rug you can fall very, very easily."
You don't have to tell that to Brenda Harmych of Watertown. She took a serious spill in her apartment a year ago.
"I tripped and I just went flying. It snapped my arm in a couple of places," Brenda said.
Experts from Public Health are teaching ways to improve safety in your home, along with exercises to improve strength and balance.
"Do everything you can. Don't sit still - even if it's only five minutes a day, it's much better for you,"
The program will be offered at Hilltop Towers starting Friday. Residents can sign up in the lobby of their complex or by calling 786-3723.
Sunday, December 11, 2016, Watertown, NY
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Soon, much of Goliad County may be wearing T-shirts symbolizing Gonzalez's gesture.
Liz Vaughan of T-Shirts & More By Liz has offered to donate all proceeds from sales of a T-shirt she designed along with Gonzalez's family to raise funds for the junior varsity football player's medical expenses.
Gonzalez sustained a brain injury in a game Oct. 17 in Yoakum and lapsed into a coma on the sideline. He was airlifted to an Austin hospital, where he underwent surgery to relieve pressure from his brain, remove a blood clot and repair a blood vessel.
Gonzalez was transported to an Austin rehabilitation facility last week.
At the Oct. 12 Goliad Rotary Club's Hunter's Ball, Trey Wimberly motioned that the proceeds raised from the auction of an autographed football by Bum and Wade Phillips be given to the Gonzalez family and the Rotarians agreed. The bidding went up to $1,000 and the Rotary Club contributed another $1,000. Members from the audience then began bidding to donate $100.
By the end of the night, $6,400 was raised. According to Goliad ISD Superintendent Emilio Vargas III, an additional contribution of $3,000 came in from Mr. and Mrs. Danny Nelson to make the total at $10,000.
The T-shirts will be on sale until Thursday. Order forms are available at all Goliad ISD campuses and at T-shirts & More By Liz at 407 W. Pearl St.
Oct. 31 has been designated Diago Gonzalez T-shirt day in Goliad ISD and all students will be allowed to wear a "Diago Strong" T-shirt.
For more information, phone Vaughan at 361-645-8575.


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Chicken biryani pilau
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- Healthy
- kcal445
- fat12g
- saturates3g
- carbs57g
- sugars0g
- fibre2g
- protein32g
- salt0.5g
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 6 large chicken thighs, skin on
- 1 large onion, finely sliced
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 2 tbsp curry powder (hot if you like it spicy, mild for tamer curries)
- 350g easy-cook, long grain rice
- 700ml chicken or vegetable stock
- 250g frozen peas
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Heat the oil in a large sauté pan and fry the chicken thighs, skin side down, for 8-10 mins until the skin is golden and crispy. Tip in the onion and continue to cook for 5 mins until the onion softens. Sprinkle in the curry powder and cook for a minute more, then stir in the rice and pour over the stock. Bring the stock to the boil.
Cover the pan and bake for 30 mins until all the liquid has been absorbed and the rice is cooked. Stir in the peas and leave the rice to stand for a few moments before serving.
Adding a few extras
Stir in a small bag of roasted cashew nuts, flaked almonds or raisins just before serving.
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Very easy recipy, used medium curry powder and my 1 year and 5 year old loved it. Used thighs without skin. Does need to 700ml of stock it says (looks a lot when you first add but it absorbs by the end). May cut up chicken next time but apart from that lovely and loads left to have for lunch at work next day.
Have just made this for dinner. Halved the recipe as it's only me, and so now have 2 portions ready for freezing. Was very tasty, though I think next time I would add more curry powder for extra taste, or some chilli flakes at the chicken stage. Not a fan of peas, so added some peppers just before going in the oven, yum! Very easy to make, so will definitely be doing this again!
Simple, inexpensive and tasty one-pot dish. My family all loved this including a fussy 8 yr old. I added more liquid near the end of cooking as it definitely needed it or it would have stuck. Next time I'd add a bit more veg as other have said. A red pepper would have upped the veg content and made the dish more appetising/balanced to look at. Is a firm favourite of mine now as I love one-pot, healthy dinners - who doesn't!
I think this is an excellent recipe to begin exploring curry dishes. Get the hang of it and sideline the curry powder for your own spice mix to taste. I love cummin seeds, cinnamon and cloves added with a touch of the curry powder or Garam masala (no spice grinder needed!). I also put some dried chilli flakes in and add mushroom and flaked almond for a big sumptuous pot of curry!
Oooh i thought it was gorgeous!! But i added ALOT more peas because it added that needed sweetness and moisture to the dish, i would highly reccomend this dish because it's so easy to make AND delicious!! next time i might try adding an egg?
I made this dish and my dad made a lentil dhal alongside it, worked perfectly! served with warm chipatis :)
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Breaking barriersJanuary 21,2013Today, Americans pause to honor the late Martin Luther King Jr. and, for the second time, to inaugurate our nations first black president (although to comply with constitutional requirements Barack Obama formally took the oath of office yesterday).
At the time of Kings greatest achievements and, sadly, his 1968 assassination, few Americans were ready to believe that voters later would twice elect a black man as president of these United States. Back then, the nation was still coming to terms with the concept of racial desegregation and equality, concepts vigorously (and often violently) opposed by many whites, and not just in the South. The unhappy truth is that anti-black violence was far too common in supposedly enlightened cities such as Boston.
But thats history, right? Americas schools and colleges have been desegregated for years now and that admirable fact is more or less taken for granted by most of us. If we follow college or professional football these days, as so many of us do, we surely must notice that many of the players are black.
Remember this, though: In 1959 Alabama the same college football team that earlier this month won the national championship was chosen to play in the Liberty Bowl against Penn State. Yet members of the Alabama board of trustees threatened to boycott the game simply because Penn State had black players on its team. Thats how absurd thinking was at the time.
Even eight years later, when five blacks tried to make Alabamas football team, none of them succeeded. However, the Alabama coach, the legendary Paul Bear Bryant, had coached black players at the University of Maryland and he wanted to recruit blacks to play for his team. The universitys administrators and even the teams fans objected strenuously.
In 1970, 12 years after Kings death, some northern universities refused to play Alabama because they did not want to play a team still entrenched in segregation. But Bryant persuaded the University of Southern California (USC) to travel to Alabama and that game a 42-21 win for the integrated visiting team stunned the Bama fans and ultimately changed everything.
I cant thank you enough for what you did for me today, Bryant, the losing coach, reportedly told the winning coach, John McKay. Bryant needed his teams followers and the universitys leadership to see for themselves how the several black athletes on the visiting team had made a positive contribution to the game.
And there was this, too: Most black people in Alabama that day were rooting for USC. When the visiting teams bus drove through the black sections of Tuscaloosa, people lined the streets to cheer them on. They refused to support their local team only because the local university wouldnt let any of their race play for it.
But losing to USC broke the pattern. The very next season Alabama had its first black player and since then Alabama has won several national championships and many, if not most, of their star players have been blacks. And thats true of all the major southern college football teams.
Although we dont normally associate Martin Luther King with sports, his leadership in achieving desegregation and racial equality surely encouraged white men like Bryant to seek their own significant breakthroughs.
Even so, many Americans still express anger that a black man occupies the White House. The Southern Law Poverty Center reported that last year it had identified 1,018 active hate groups. Unfortunately, neither King nor Obama changed those who stubbornly refuse to accept the virtues and the fairness of racial tolerance and understanding.MORE IN CommentarySure, you can buy your uncle a necktie that he wont wear, or your niece an Amazon certificate... Full StoryA lot of serious long-term national issues simply werent addressed in the recent national election. Full StoryI have written on the anomaly of the separation of the private and public sectors in our society,... Full Story
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Obviously Lebron, but lets say he goes back to cleveland. Who do we target?
Is there anyway we can get D-Wade?
I think we should realistically try and get YES, Gilbert Arenas (agent zero).
Gilbert Arenas, Bill Walker/Andy Rautins, Gallo, Wilson Chandler, Amare.
Its a unique team. Use D lee to maybe sign a mike miller, felton type player.
I want the guard combo of Watson and Morrow out of Golden State. Hell, throw in Tolliver too!
Have you ever looked at their stats when they actually got time to play in Golden State?
I think you should take another look and then back to me on those guys.
You think I want these guys to be our primary targets here? Definitely not, I am just pointing them out if our wishes don't come true with either Wade or Lebron.
Spike still runs the garden.
They've been playing on the lousiest defensive teams as of late too, the problem in GS wasn't the guard play...it was the interior. and in that interior the only bright spot was Tolliver, who played admirably when given the chance.
Arenas? You got to be joking. He costs way too much. He has something like $80 left in his contract. It is more important to have flexibility next year.
Yeah Arenas' contract is basically 1.5 max contracts
Only Morrow would be worth more than the minimum out of the three players you just named. Tolliver and CJ Watson are commanding literally no interest and for a reason. Watson thought he was hot **** last year, and attempted to test the market only to accept a GS qualifying offer....
Don't even get me started on Agent 0.
Spike still runs the garden.
Where did all this Gilbert Arenas love come from? And we can't call him Agent Zero anymore because he changed his number to 9. No to Agent 9 then lol.
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VERMONT PRESS BUREAU | June 25,2014WINOOSKI Gov. Peter Shumlin signed a wide-ranging economic development bill into law Tuesday with bipartisan support.
He touted it as a jobs bill that will help the states economy by providing additional funds and tools to support high-tech startups and encourage young Vermonters to work here.
Shumlin cited Vermonts unemployment rate, second-lowest in the nation, but said the state faces economic challenges.
A recent report from the Office of Advocacy for the U.S. Small Business Administration found that Vermonts gross state product increased by 1.2 percent in 2012, less than half of the national average of 2.5 percent.
And the state is bracing for the possible sale of IBMs Essex chip-making plant, leaving the fate of 4,000 jobs in question.
With its small tax base, the state cannot afford to go head to head with other states in a battle over tax incentives. Instead, Shumlin said the state is looking to make targeted investments to attract and retain companies, and help students obtain college degrees.
Weve got a lot of good news to report and we also have some challenges, Shumlin said at the bill signing at My Web Grocer in Winooski, which provides digital grocery services.
This bill is really a comprehensive jobs bill that will help us take the state that has the second-lowest unemployment rate in America, something that we should celebrate ... and ensure that we continue to grow jobs and economic opportunity, the governor said. We cannot take our eye off the ball.
The law adds $500,000 to $1 million in federal funding available to the Vermont Economic Development Authoritys Vermont Entrepreneurial Lending Program, which creates a loan-loss reserve to reduce the states risk of lending to startup companies.
Shumlin said the additional funding can help launch a new generation of high-tech companies, particularly companies that have a good idea but they cant get credit from traditional banks.
What this money really does is to shore up our loan-loss reserves so we can loan more money to startups, like My Web Grocer was not so long ago, Shumlin said.
The governor also touted the Vermont Enterprise Incentive Fund, which was included in the budget, but designed to work alongside the bill signed Tuesday. It provides Shumlin with up to $4.5 million in supplemental incentives to use in unforeseen or extraordinary circumstances to attract or retain companies.
Shumlin will have to receive approval from the Emergency Board, which includes the heads of the Legislatures money committees, before tapping the fund.
Some, including Greater Burlington Industrial Corp., say that most, if not all of the fund, should be used to help retain IBM or any entity that may end up purchasing the Vermont plant.
Shumlin said Tuesday his administration has made no plans on how it will use the funding. He said he hopes to use the funds to retain chip-making in Essex as well as attract new companies, noting they are not mutually exclusive.
We havent established specific criteria, Shumlin said. What were doing is obviously developing criteria but also remaining flexible. What I feel very strongly about the $4.5 million is, lets maximize its potential to help fill the gap when were both trying to retain high tech and research and development jobs and when were trying to recruit them.
Two companies are actively considering moving to the state, he said, but interested companies often receive more lucrative incentive packages elsewhere. The enterprise fund will help him sweeten Vermonts offers, he said.
Im able to say, You know, we might have the capacity to fill some of that gap, Shumlin said.
Jerry Tarrant, co-founder and chief operating officer of the 200-employee My Web Grocer, said he supports the states efforts to target investments and help foster more tech companies.
When I think about a bill like this, I think about young kids graduating from Champlain College, UVM, some of those guys that have ideas, Tarrant said. They dont need a lot of startup capital, but its really hard to get capital unless youre kind of coming out of the blocks with some real venture backing.
Tarrant praised state officials for being willing to take risks on behalf of the states economy.
Youve got to take chances to grow your economy, youve got to take chances to grow a business, he said.
I think what you do on something like this is, you do the best you can evaluating your investment, Tarrant said. Yeah, youre going to have some successes and some failures. If you dont go into that with your eyes wide open, then youre looking at it the wrong way.
Sen. Kevin Mullin, R-Rutland, chairman of the Senate Economic Development Committee, said he and other committee members decided at the end of the 2013 legislative session to seek an expansive bill.
It wasnt just going to be a token bill, it was going to be a bill that encompassed everything from education to housing to try to get government out of the way of entrepreneurship, to spur entrepreneurship and create access to capital, he said.
He said some issues, including conflicting views about how to grow jobs while protecting the environment, were hashed out.
Were trying to figure out a way that we can do that jointly and I think were doing that, he said.
Mullin praised Rep. Bill Botzow, D-Pownal, chairman of the House Economic Development Committee, for bipartisan cooperation on the bill.
We dont worry about petty things, Mullin said. We just worry about the end result and I think the end result on this bill is a very good one.
Botzow, meanwhile, said he is most pleased with a provision that authorizes the state treasurer to invest up to 10 percent of the states average cash balance of state funds back into Vermont. It will boost capital and encourage entrepreneurs, he said.
I know weve done good work when I hear back from people very, very quickly, and Ive already gotten emails and messages, Botzow said.
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Home List of Titles The teamwork behaviour scale : development and application in a service organisation
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- This paper describes the development and application of a new teamwork measure, the Teamwork Behaviour Scale (TBS). The TBS was developed in collaboration with actual teams in a service organisation, giving it strong ecological validity. The data set included responses to the TBS from two sets of respondents within the same organisation. Both samples involved teamwork issues, albeit in different contexts---Industrial Participation training groups (103 respondents) and work groups (68 respondents). Work group respondents completed a range of task characteristics and group process measures. Significant differences were found on the total TBS score as a function of planning, frequency of interaction with manager, and previous work group experiences. The TBS demonstrates good reliability (.89), and correlates significantly with other team related-constructs such as communication openness (r = .67) indicating reasonable convergent validity. An exploratory principal components analysis suggests that the TBS measures four factors of teamwork: performance, cohesion, communication, and agreement and involvement. Further validatory work needs be conducted in organisations where teams are involved with the new scale.
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- 1999
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#203213 - 11/12/11 11:18 AM global English efforts
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Loc: Land of the Flat Water
Here are some signs and notices written in English that were
discovered throughout the world. You have to give the writers
an "E" for Effort.
In a Tokyo Hotel:
Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a
person to do such thing is please not to read notice.
In a Bucharest hotel lobby:
The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we
regret that you will be unbearable.
In a Leipzig elevator:
Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.
In a Belgrade hotel elevator:
To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin
should enter more persons, each one should press a number of
wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national
In a Paris hotel elevator:
Please leave your values at the front desk.
In a hotel in Athens:
Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the
hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily.
In a Yugoslavian hotel:
The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the
In a Japanese hotel:
You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox
monastery: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous
Russian and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried
daily except Thursday.
In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers:
Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the
boots of ascension.
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:
Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.
On the menu of a Polish hotel:
Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy
dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose;
beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.
Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop:
Ladies may have a fit upstairs.
In a Bangkok dry cleaner's:
Drop your trousers here for best results.
Outside a Paris dress shop:
Dresses for street walking._________________________
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Carpal Tunnel
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Posts: 5295
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
It still shows the very polite formalities of the Japanese. And I really like that elevator to the wishing floor, but better avoid that Polish menu for the moment.
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New Sabin's Pasture zoning would allow 180 unitsStefan Hard / Staff Photo
A car passes Sabin's Pasture on Barre Street in Montpelier on Tuesday. The city is rewriting its zoning ordinance, including the rules for potential development of Sabin's Pasture.
MONTPELIER — It's like déjà vu all over again.
After decades of discussion, an Act 250 development permit, a voter-approved bond for $188,000 to provide seed money toward its purchase, and a meeting about proposed development in 2005 that drew more than 400 people, plans to rezone the 90-plus acres of Sabin's Pasture brought dozens of residents to the city's Planning Commission meeting Tuesday night.
"I feel like I'm in 'Groundhog Day,'" said College Street resident Diane Derby, referencing the Bill Murray movie in which the protagonist is forced to repeat the same day over and over.
With the city in the midst of rewriting its zoning ordinance, the future disposition of Sabin's Pasture has arisen once again. The property, which abuts Barre Street at its bottom and rises toward Towne Hill Road, is topographically challenging with tracts of steep cliff, an old slate quarry and some choice level ground. It is also seen by some as the jewel in the crown of developable Montpelier property.
"Right now we have a mosaic of zoning for the pasture," said the head of the Planning Commission, Jesse Moorman, who has served on the commission since 2010. "What we're looking at currently is to create a very low base density for most of Sabin's but then a density bonus for clustering development and creating affordable housing."
Under the proposed new regulations, most of the pasture land, with the exception of a strip at the bottom, would be rezoned as a rural area with development limited to lots of 10 acres with no more than two units per lot. The proposed changes would allow developers a density bonus for building clustered housing and an additional bonus if the development includes 20 percent affordable housing.
A 90-acre property could support as few as nine single-family homes or as many as 180 units if both bonuses were enacted. This is far less than the 600 units that residents feared would be built by a Burlington developer in the mid-2000s, and 35 units more than the 145 originally approved in an early Act 250 permit. The rezoning would not substantially change the amount of development that currently could occur on the property, but some wonder why the city has to rezone at all.
"I find myself asking, 'Do we really need to update this?'" said commission member Eileen Simpson. "Why can't we leave it as it is?"
The answer, according to the city's website, is that the new master plan "calls for a new approach to zoning, one that represents a significant departure from the conventional zoning we currently use. The existing zoning ordinance is based on 20th century assumptions and constraints, having grown organically over the years into a complex, highly prescriptive set of rules and regulations that often work against the goals the city has established."
Resident Michael Hoffman, director of the architecture program at Norwich University, called the plans for 50-foot-wide roads through the property "ridiculous" and urged the commissioners to try to envision the development as a whole connected to the city, and not an isolated parcel.
The Planning Commission has seen changes in membership through the decades, and the newer commissioners were listening with fresh ears to views that many of those in attendance had evolved over years of community involvement. There were no voices at the meeting arguing either to prohibit development or to pave the pasture into a parking lot. Instead, it was a meeting of neighbors, sometime adversaries, who displayed respect for the divergent opinions they represented.
Several suggested that it would be prudent to look at the 2008 plan that the Trust for Public Land had developed, in conjunction with the city, that would have allowed 225 units on the property as well as an 80 acre public park.
"There is so much information that is already there," said Carol Doerflein, a longtime city resident and secretary for the Friends of Sabin's Pasture, said after the meeting. "This is just my opinion, but there is a lot of work that has already been done and the commission should take a look at that."
The city's director of planning and community development, Gwendolyn Hallsmith, was unable to attend the meeting because of a fractured wrist, but Kevin Casey, the city's community development specialist, attended.
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In an interview with NBC's Ann Curry, Libya's president Mohammed Magarief said there's 'no doubt' the attack that killed four Americans in Libya was preplanned, and not a result of the controversial anti-Islam movie that sparked violent protests.
Updated at 6:37 p.m. ET: An anti-Islam film that sparked violent protests in many countries had "nothing to do with" a deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi earlier this month, Libya's president told NBC News.
In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Ann Curry, President Mohamed Magarief discounted claims that the attack was in response to a movie produced in California and available on YouTube. He noted that the assault happened on Sept. 11 and that the video had been available for months before that.
"Reaction should have been, if it was genuine, should have been six months earlier. So it was postponed until the 11th of September," he said. "They chose this date, 11th of September to carry a certain message."
NYT: Deadly Libya attack a major blow to CIA efforts
Magarief said there were no protesters at the site before the attack, which he noted came in two assaults, first with rocket-propelled grenades on the consulate, then with mortars at a safe house.
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Protests ignited by a controversial film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad spread throughout Muslim world.
The attack took the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens, as well as information management officer Sean Smith and security personnel Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.
US Ambassador Chris Stevens was 'courageous,' Obama says
Magarief told Curry that based on the accuracy of the assault, he believes the attackers must have had training and experience using the weapons.
"It's a pre-planned act of terrorism," he said, adding that the anti-Islam film had "nothing to do with this attack."
Though Magarief believes the attack was the work of Islamist fundamentalists, he dismisses any notion that Libya is in danger of becoming a theocracy.
Libyan President Mohammed Magarief tells NBC's Ann Curry that Islamic fundamentalists do not share the same goals and aspirations as most people in his country.
"This will never happen," he said. " They don't have the strength. They don't have the supporters. They will remain a minority that's isolated, that will not be accepted by us. And I'm sure Libyans will fight to the last man against seeing this happen in our land."
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Magarief said that while Libyans appeared to be behind the attack that "these Libyans do not represent the Libyan people or Libyan population in any sense of the word."
Hilary Stevens, sister of Christopher Stevens, the U.S. Ambassador to Libya who died Tuesday during an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. In an interview with Rock Center Anchor Brian Williams, Stevens reflects on her brother's legacy and work.
He added: "We consider the United States as a friend, not only a friend, a strong friend, who stood with us in our moment of need."
More than 40 people have been questioned in connection with the incident, the Libyan leader told Curry.
He described Stevens as a "humble and very unique human being" and a "great friend of Libya."
Backlash: Protesting Libyans storm militant compound
Thousands of Libyans stormed the headquarters of an Islamist militia group in Benghazi Friday night in a deadly exchange. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
The Obama administration initially maintained that the attacks were directly linked to protests over the film. Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sept. 16, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said: "What happened in Benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in Cairo, almost a copycat of the demonstrations against our facility in Cairo, prompted by the video."
However, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney last week said it was "self-evident that what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack."
Slain ambassador's mom: 'He was trying to do something much bigger'
Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, President Barack Obama said: "There are no words that excuse the killing of innocent" people.
On Tuesday, President Obama spoke to the United Nations general assembly in an emotional speech about the recent violence against Americans. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
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