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2013: Paul Williams, the journalist and publisher who founded the magazine Crawdaddy!, dies at age 64 at his home in California from complications related to a 1995 bicycle accident. A traumatic brain injury suffered in the accident led to early onset of dementia. Williams created Crawdaddy!, the first American magazine of rock music criticism, in January 1966 on the campus of Swarthmore College outside of Philadelphia with first issue consisting of 10 mimeographed pages written entirely by himself.
2006: Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, is designated as a National Historic Landmark.
2006: Zacarias Moussaoui testifies in his federal trial that he and "shoe bomber" Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
2002: Film director Billy Wilder, best known for the movies "Ninotchka," "Double Indemnity," "The Lost Weekend," "Sunset Boulevard," "Stalag 17," "The Seven Year Itch," "Some Like It Hot," "The Apartment" and "Sabrina," dies of pneumonia at the age of 95 in Beverly Hills, California. Wilder won six Oscars, three of them alone for Best Picture-winner "The Apartment" as the film's director, writer and producer, and was nominated another 15 times. He's seen here with his "Sunset Boulevard" star Gloria Swanson around 1950.
2002: British actor Dudley Moore, best known for movies such as "Foul Play," "10," "Arthur" (pictured with co-star Liza Minnelli) and "Micki + Maude," dies from the terminal degenerative brain disorder progressive supranuclear palsy at the age of 66 in Plainfield, New Jersey. Moore, who was also an accomplished jazz pianist and composer, earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in "Arthur."
2002: Actor and comedian Milton Berle, who was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during TV's golden age, dies of colon cancer at the age of 93 in Los Angeles, California. Berle, whose real name was Milton Berlinger, was the first major American television star, hosting NBC's "Texaco Star Theater" comedy-variety show from 1948 to 1955. He started out as a child actor in silent films and moved onto vaudeville, stand-up comedy and radio stardom in the 1920s and 1930s.
1998: The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, becoming the first oral treatment approved to treat erectile dysfunction in the United States. The pill would first be offered for sale in America later that year.
1996: An Israeli court convicts Yigal Amir, the confessed assassin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, of murder, then sentences the former law student to life in prison. Amir also received another six years for injuring Rabin's bodyguard in the November 4, 1995, shooting and would later be sentenced to an additional eight years for conspiracy to murder. Amir is seen here during a court hearing in 2004.
1995: At the 67th Academy Awards, "Forrest Gump" wins Best Picture, as well as an additional five Oscars, including star Tom Hanks' second consecutive win for Best Actor. Hanks, who had won the year before for his performance in "Philadelphia," became only the second person in Oscar history to accomplish the feat of winning back-to-back awards in the Best Actor category, the first being Spencer Tracy in 1938-39 for "Captains Courageous" and "Boys Town."
1980: Mount St. Helens becomes active, venting steam after 123 years of dormancy. The volcano is most notorious for its catastrophic eruption on May 18, 1980, the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States.
1977: Actress Diana Hyland, best known for her TV work in "Eight is Enough," "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble," "Young Doctor Malone" and "Peyton Place," dies of breast cancer at the age of 41 in Los Angeles, California. In "Eight is Enough," Hyland played the wife of Dick Van Patten's character but appeared in only four episodes prior to her death. She had also appeared in numerous guest and supporting roles on TV shows such as "Happy Days," "The Fugitive" and "The Twilight Zone" and had a featured role in the 1966 movie "The Chase," with Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. At the time of her death, she was dating fellow actor John Travolta, who she met while working on "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble," for which she won a posthumous Emmy Award.
1977: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on the Spanish island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583, all of the passengers on a KLM jet and all but 61 on a Pan Am jet. Due to the weather conditions and misunderstandings in communication between the airliners and air traffic controllers, the KLM flight attempted to take off while the Pan Am flight was still on the runway. The incident is still the worst aviation accident in history.
1975: Pop singer Fergie, best known as a member of hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas, is born Stacy Ann Ferguson in Hacienda Heights, California. She was also a member of the Disney Channel series "Kids Incorporated" and the girl group Wild Orchid.
1975: Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
1973: At the 45th Academy Awards, Marlon Brando boycotts the Oscars in protest of the treatment of Native Americans by the film industry, sending Sacheen Littlefeather to explain why he was not showing up to accept his Best Actor award for "The Godfather." Other highlights of the evening included Liza Minnelli winning Best Actress for her role in "Cabaret," beating out Diana Ross for "Lady Sings the Blues," and Charlie Chaplin earning his first competitive Oscar win for Best Original Score for his 20-year-old film "Limelight," which was eligible due to a technicality. "Cabaret" also set a record for the most Oscars won, at eight, without winning Best Picture, which it lost to "The Godfather."
1972: Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher, known for his often mathematically inspired artwork featuring impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, and architecture, dies at the age of 73 in Laren, The Netherlands. Some of his best known works include the lithographs "Relativity," "Drawing Hands" and "Waterfall."
1971: Actor Nathan Fillion, best known for his TV roles in "Firefly" and "Castle," is born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Fillion has also appeared in movies such as "Dracula 2000," "Slither" and "Serenity."
1970: Singer-songwriter and actress Mariah Carey, best known for such No. 1 hits as "Vision of Love," "Someday," "Dreamlover," "Hero," "Fantasy," "One Sweet Day" and "We Belong Together," is born in Huntington, New York. With the release of "Touch My Body" in 2008, Carey gained her 18th No. 1 single in the United States, more than any other solo artist. She has also appeared in the movies "Glitter" and "Precious."
1968: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, who on April 12, 1961, became the first man to travel into space, dies at the age of 34 along with another pilot in the crash of a two-seat jet aircraft while on what was described as a routine training flight. At the age of 27 he rode the Vostok 1 spacecraft into space, orbiting the Earth once in one hour and 29 minutes at a maximum altitude of 187 miles. He never went into space again, instead touring the Soviet Union and training other pilots.
1967: The Who make the U.S. singles chart for the first time, with "I Can't Explain." The song reached No. 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
1964: The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2, strikes south-central Alaska, killing at least 143 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
1963: Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, best known for writing and directing movies like "Pulp Fiction," "Kill Bill," "Inglorious Basterds" and "Django Unchained," is born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He's won Academy Awards for the scripts to "Pulp Fiction" and "Django Unchained" and has been nominated for Best Director twice.
1958: Nikita Khrushchev becomes the Soviet premier in addition to First Secretary of the Communist Party.
1952: Japanese businessman and Toyota Motor Corporation founder Kiichiro Toyoda dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 57 in Tokyo, Japan. He formed the company in 1937 as a spinoff from his father's company Toyoda Loom Works to create automobiles and served as its president between 1941 and 1950.
1952: The movie musical "Singin' in the Rain," starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor, premieres in New York City. The film was only a modest hit when released and earned only two Oscar nominations, for supporting actress Jean Hagen and its score, but is now frequently described as one of the best musicals ever made and one of the greatest American films.
1939: Oregon wins the first NCAA men's basketball tournament with a 46-33 victory over Ohio State in Evanston, Illinois. Eight teams played a total of eight games in this first national championship tournament. Oklahoma and Villanova were the other teams to make the first Final Four, with Brown, Texas, Utah State and Wake Forest also taking part in the tournament.
1931: Actor David Janssen, best known for playing Dr. Richard Kimble on the 1960s TV show "The Fugitive," is born in Naponee, Nebraska. Janssen, who died of a heart attack at the age of 48 on Feb. 13, 1980, was also known for starring in the TV shows "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" and "Harry O."
1929: Actress Anne Ramsey, best known for her roles in the movies "The Goonies" and "Throw Momma from the Train" (pictured), is born Anne Mobley in Omaha, Nebraska. Ramsey, who started her acting career on Broadway before kicking off her Hollywood career with character parts in TV shows such as "Little House on the Prairie," "Wonder Woman" and "Ironside," earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for her "Throw Momma from the Train" role in 1988. She died of esophageal cancer at age 59 on Aug. 11, 1988.
1915: Mary Mallon (foreground), better known as "Typhoid Mary," the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would remain for the rest of her life. She was presumed to have infected some 51 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook. She had earlier been quarantined between 1907 and 1910, but was released when she promised to abandon working as a cook and to take reasonable steps to prevent transmitting typhoid to others. Although she was given a job as a laundress, she soon changed her name and returned to cooking, leading to her second and final stint in quarantine.
1912: The first cherry blossom trees are planted in Washington, D.C. The trees were a gift from Tokyo Mayor Yukio Ozaki.
1899: Actress Gloria Swanson, best known for her role as faded silent film star Norma Desmond in the 1950 film "Sunset Boulevard," is born in Chicago, Illinois. Swanson was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon. She was nominated for the first Academy Award in the Best Actress category in 1929 for the drama "Sadie Thompson" and earned two more Best Actress Oscar nominations in her career, in 1930 for "The Trespasser" and in 1951 for "Sunset Boulevard." Swanson died from a heart ailment at age 84 on April 4, 1983.
1890: A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing an estimated 74 to 120 people, injuring at least 200 more and destroying 766 buildings. The F4 tornado was part of an outbreak of more than 20 tornados in the region known as the Mid-Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak. The outbreak is still one of the most deadly tornado events in U.S. history.
1866: U.S. President Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Bill, which proposed granting citizenship to freed slaves. Within three weeks, Congress had passed a new version of the bill and overridden a second veto, the first time that had been done in American history. The 14th Amendment was later designed to put the key provisions of the Civil Rights Act into the U.S. Constitution.
1863: Henry Royce, the industrialist who joined with Charles Rolls to found Rolls-Royce Ltd. in 1906, is born in Alwalton, Huntingdonshire, England. Within a few years, at the onset of World War I, they turned from automobiles to the production of much-needed reliable engines for aviation. After the war, they continued both as a manufacturer of luxury automobiles and airplane engines.
1860: M. L. Byrn of New York City is issued a patent for an improved corkscrew, described as a "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle." The inventor claimed the design would provide greater strength and durability and could be manufactured at less cost than prior construction methods using a spiral twist of steel wire that gradually tapered from the handle to the point.
1851: The first recorded sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans takes place.
1845: Wilhelm Röntgen, the physicist who would discover X-rays in 1895, earning him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901, is born in Lennep, Rhine Province, Germany.
1814: During the War of 1812, U.S. forces under Gen. Andrew Jackson defeat the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek Indian tribe who opposed American expansion, at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in central Alabama. This victory, along with that at the Battle of New Orleans, greatly contributed to Jackson's national reputation and his popularity. He was well known when he ran successfully for president in 1828.
1794: The United States government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates. Three years later the first three were welcomed into service as the USS United States, USS Constellation and USS Constitution (pictured).
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Charles Darwin returns home, Gandhi is born, "Peanuts" is published for the first time, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first black justice on the Supreme Court, and the Beltway sniper attacks begin, all on this day.
1955: "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" debuts on television. The show, an anthology series featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries hosted by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, would run for 10 seasons before ending on May 10, 1965.

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Vidyo's versatile telehealth solution is being embraced globally by leading medical establishments (American Well, Massachusetts General Hospital, etc.), and today, Holy Cross Hospital's innovative Virtual Care Services in Silver Spring, Maryland, is joining the healthcare revolution. Holy Cross is using Vidyo's technology to connect with patients, caregivers and other providers beyond the limits of the hospital, including extended care facilities, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities and even the homes of patients and their families.
Dr. Andrew Barbash, Medical Director for Neurosciences and Clinical Director of Virtual Care Services at Holy Cross Hospital, wrote for the Vidyo Blog about the meaning of virtual care and about what it can bring to healthcare:
What is "Virtual Care", as opposed to "TeleHealth or TeleMedicine"?
Healthcare is a "people process" – always has been and will be into the future. While "telemedicine" is an important component of virtual care, it is merely a subset of a more global process. Virtual Care is more generic and implies that anyone should be able to receive the right level of prevention, pro-active care, diagnosis, decision-support, treatment and monitoring/follow up at the right time and place, from the best source of expertise, regardless of geography, personal demographic or economic status. In order to achieve this we need to advance the "workflow process" of how PEOPLE support other PEOPLE along this path. The technologies are enablers, not the main drivers of success…the key is that all of this can now begin to take place "virtually" because the "tele" technologies have evolved to far greater levels of simplicity and affordability.
The essence of virtual care is that, by bringing the communications process into a ubiquitous, globally informed and highly affordable state (the clear trend that will never reverse)—people are empowered to connect with the right "other" people in order to make better decisions and manage their personal time resources far more effectively – all the while obtaining "better" and more effective care, independently from the traditional geographic or organizational silos. If people are educated as to HOW to achieve this, all of the tools, technologies, services and methods exist to bring this about.
Example: Engaging patients and family caregivers in shared decision-making in real time
A family had seen a specialist for a second opinion and wanted to review the findings with an endocrinologist who had known them for several years .The family was given a CD with some of the images and test results and had it in their hands, at home, 3 hours away. A time was arranged by email to have the latter physician connect with them by video chat, have them put the CD in their computer and display what was on their screen, so that all could discuss the likely findings in real time and avoid a long trip just for a follow up discussion. The family was happy to pay for the experience directly, but the process was so efficient for the physician, taking 15 minutes, that it was considered easier than trying to explain it all by phone or reviewing things by mail at some other time!.
Virtual care involves leveraging the entire continuous stream of advances in personalized communications while respecting the necessary boundaries that people require in order to function effectively. It will involve the evolution of new models of collaboration and incentives to do so, well out of the bounds of the traditional model of healthcare delivery and financial remuneration for activity….probably more on an "availability model" than on a "specific service widget" one.
Join Vidyo on May 24th for an informative Web Seminar about how VidyoConferencing is transforming healthcare. Click here to register.
Example: Crossing the chasms of care
A hospital based physician is covering for the group of doctors who routine manage all the inpatients and are responsible for fielding phone calls about patients who had recently been transferred to other facilities. At 9PM a phone call arrives from a skilled nursing rehab center about a patient discharged from the hospital earlier that morning in stable condition. The patient is having more trouble with some motor changes in the right arm, not specifically reported on admission or noted in the discharge documents received by fax. The nurse is not known to the doctor, the doctor is not familiar with that patient, and the physician is home, potentially with language obstacles between providers and/or staff. The physician is able to "ping" a mobile device on wheels or any mobile computer within that facility near the nursing station, and request to have a quick video conversation with both the staff nurse and the patient or family attendant. Added history is obtained, an observation that the arm is really aching more than before, but not truly weaker, some local therapy recommendations made and a planned follow up visit the following morning by the staff attending physician is arranged. A night time urgent transfer via 911 or ambulance was avoided
If it has made sense traditionally to have people come to "medical homes for primary care" and "multispecialty clinics" for integrated care, then it is perfectly reasonable to expect that advances in telecommunications should bring all of that expertise, when needed, right to where the patient, the family caregiver are at any time. It becomes a partnership model of virtual collaboration in whatever level of instantaneity is appropriate to the task and eliminates the traditional obstacles to effective decision making that were based on physical access limitations.
Example: Real time collaboration of specialists with the medical home:
A busy primary care physician in a community health clinic for the under-insured has a patient with an interesting skin lesion or an unusual shaking of an arm that was noticed a few days ago. From any computer, phone, tablet or device within reach she "looks for and finds" a specialist who is accessible according to their "online personal availability" who arranges to "click back and drop in for a quick video consult" within the next 15-30 minutes. A brief interaction takes place in which the specialist gets a bit more history, takes a look at the skin lesion or tremor, and provides some advice to the primary care physician or mid-level provider on interim management, with a plan to do a quick virtual follow up when the patient returns to the clinic next week. Nobody had to be inconvenienced–the patient, the family, the primary caregiver, the office staff, the remote specialist or his/her office staff, etc. Everyone's level of confidence was higher than if done any other way, and better care in the short term resulted.
Virtual Care means better care and better care means collaboration and shared decision-making that is not at all defined by physical boundaries or the constraints of clinic/hospital or other environments. It is not a virtual substitute for being physically present. It is about having knowledge and expert human support being far more present than ever before. Virtual care is the next phase in our evolution to far better and more effective care for anyone, any time, any place."
Learn more about how Holy Cross selected Vidyo in the full press release.
Related Links:
– Full Vidyo Press Release: "Vidyo's Telemedicine Platform Delivers Unmatched Video Conferencing and Collaboration between Hospitals, Extended Care Facilities, Patients and Families"
– Doctor Barbash's Blog: the NowDox Virtual Care Blog
– Our blog post: "American Well Chooses Vidyo's Platform to Power its Online Care Services"
– Our blog post: "Massachusetts General Hospital Chooses Vidyo's Technology for Telestroke Program"


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Ryun: i do....
Ryun: ikikou....please
but do you really want to marry kayame? -crosses arms- be honest ryun
Ikiko: you were planning on marrying another woman. Don't let me interfere with your love life.
Tasuke : -tires not to snicker but lets out a little laugh- hah.
Ryun:god..ok ikiko, i was when i got back.....tasuke...let me have soul edge....ive got a shinigami to kill....
Ikiko: what are you going to do with Soul Edge? Please..explain to me.
-looks at ryun- you know where to find me if you want to answer that ok -disappears to kayame's castle-
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Ryun:god..ok ikiko, i was when i got back.....tasuke...let me have soul edge....ive got a shinigami to kill....
Tasuke : -sits up- before, I would have said "Yes, Sure. Good Luck". But now this is just Hilarious
Ryun: i did alex.....
Ryun: tasuke...please
Ryun: i plan on killing jehovah.....
Originally Posted by Sammy Winchester
Ryun: tasuke...please
Tasuke : -stands up- hahahaha laters -disappears-
(gotta go now cya all ^^)
Ikiko: Please..don't kill anyone.
Ryun: -eye twiches- this cant get worse....
Ikiko: Y-Yes or no. Do you love me Ryun Uchiha?!
Ryun: -eye twiches- nevermind.....-puts hands on his head- yes......
(Im taking a sh0wer, ill be bac)
Ikiko:..g-good. -smiles and stands stiffly still-
(Have a nice shower )
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(it was good ) Ryun:-sits on a cliff-
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Griffey The Prankster
I have a few things to report from the desert, courtesy of my mom and my boyhood newspaper.
You might have heard before that Ken Griffey, Jr. is quite the prankster. He loves to have a good time and get a laugh. If you live outside of Seattle or you are not a Mariners fan, you might have missed his latest prank against long time friend and Mariners catchers coach, Roger Hansen.
Here is a picture taken recently by my mom at the Mariners main practice field in Peoria, AZ…
…and here is the story of the prank as told by Kirby Arnold of the world-renowned Everett Herald.
But wait…
Hansen isn't the only member of the Mariners coaching staff to find himself in the cross-hairs of Griffey's prankscope.
My folks actually got to participate in Griff's recent prank of Mariners pitching coach, Rick Adair.
Here is another photo from my mom…
…and here is the story as told by Larry Larue of the News Tribune.
My mom saw Griff walk into the stadium carrying a big stack of shirts (although she didn't know they were shirts at the time). When he started handing them out behind the M's dugout, she ran over and got one. My dad wore it with the rest of the prank accomplices when Adair arrived at the dugout.
Fun times…and what an awesome souvenir for my folks!
I am living vicariously through my parents and wishing we could have made it to a little spring training this season. Oh, the joys of being in Peoria, AZ in February and March…
Maybe in 2011.
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Great story!!! By the way, when you come to Dodger Stadium, I will personally buy you an ice cream helmet!
Great stories! I love hearing about stuff like that. It's not widely publicized, but it should be. Makes me wish I was there too!
Gosh, the scale of Jr.'s prank is extraordinary, just like his home runs!
But who took the original photo? It does not look like a sneak photo at all.
BTW, I was surprised that Roger Hansen was in Japan an instructor with the now-defunct Orix Bluu Wave, Ichiro's former club.
A gracious host! You know, we can get some ice cream on our own. But, hey, if you insist. 😉
Yeah, I know. They mentioned the big Griffey batters eye picture on the MLB Network airing of a Mariners game recently. But I haven't heard a word about the Adair shirts other than from my folks (and the article I googled).
I know, its crazy. And such high quality. It must have cost a ton. I guess doing large-scale prank is a perk of being a multi-millionaire, future hall of fame athlete. I'm wondering what's going to become of that picture. Maybe the'll leave it up for a long time. but if not, where does it go?


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The stock market rallied on Friday after a better-than-expected jobs report. The Labor Department said employers added 165,000 jobs to payrolls in April. The unemployment rate ticked down to 7.5 percent.


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-All the local Phillies beats are reporting that JC Romero believes he will be ready by opening day, and if not by then, definitely a week or so into the season.
This is a great sign that Romero has recovered from elbow surgery, because it's imperative he find his 2008 form when he was one of the best situational lefties in baseball. With Antonio Bastardo and Sergio Escalona being the primary lefties with Romero out, the Phils could use that stabilizing force in the bullpen. I will say this; I am excited to see what both of the young lefties will bring to the table this spring. In winter ball, Bastardo was lights out, while Escalona struggled mightily.
–According to the twitter of Tyler Kepner of the New York Times, Phillippe Aumont had "great action on his fastball" today. That's an important sign as Aumont is being groomed as a starter once again. The Seattle Mariners used him out of the bullpen to fast-track him to the majors, but the Phillies see him as part of the rotation down the line.
Unfortunately, there will be some pressure on Aumont to show his skill during Spring Training as a way of justifying the Cliff Lee deal. Right or wrong, that's the way it goes, so lets see how Aumont deals with being a target during the early part of spring.
–Chien Ming Wang agreed to a deal with the Washington Nationals today. It's for one-year and $2 million that includes $3 million is bonuses.
In swapping emails with our very own Amanda Orr, she believes the Nats could win 75 games this year. After all, they've been very active this offseason signing Wang, Matt Capps, Eddie Guardado, Adam Kennedy, Jason Marquis, Scott Olsen, Pudge Rodriguez, Tyler Walker (our old friend), and Miguel Batista. They've certainly done some maneuvering and are getting better slowly, so 75 wins is not out of the question. That just makes it even more difficult for the Phillies in a slightly-better (on paper) NL East.
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Check out Ken Rosenthal's article about the Phillies where he discusses the Lee trade, and the Phillies ability to sign Werth and Howard in the future.
I must say Ken is much more generous to RAJ on his decision to trade Cliff Lee than many of us on this site have been. The consensus on this site was even if trading Lee was in the Phillies best interest, we could have gotten a better deal if we shopped Lee around for a better offer. However, it was also said that having Lee/Halladay together for a few days, then trading Lee would have caused a mass mutiny – which I agree with. I tend to agree with Ken R – that RAJ deserves the benefit of the doubt.
You tell that spritely little workhorse that if the Nationals win 75 games I will streak down Cottman avenue. My advice for Wang: Don't tell anyone you're Jewish.
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This is great news all around! Looking forward to Bastardo, Romero, and Aumont in the future! And definitely looking forward to Wang pitch here in DC, hopefully he'll suck against the Phillies and win games against everybody else!
Ken Rosenthal is such a boob. He makes the case for trading Lee when he says, and I'm paraphrasing, you "can't gamble on the short term potential over long term stability". No Ken. Its the other way around. How many times have we heard countless G.M.s and coaches and players in every sport say that "when you have the shot to win it you have to go for it?" Not the other way around. One might ask, "You can't worry about what's going to happen three years down the road when you have the best team in baseball now." Or something like that. Actually, its the future that is uncertain. You know what? Please stop inciting more Cliff Lee second guessing with these types of articles. The anger in some is still boiling to close to the surface. Oh, so we would have had to settle for like, picks 30 and 50 at worst for Lee when he left? Hey, fine by me. That, plus our pick, which will suck, but you will pull out a major leaguer out of those three picks, which is more than you can say about Aumont, Ramirez, and Gillies (although I like Gillies). Finally, can we stop citing Ken Rosenthal as a knowledgeable source about what is going on in baseball? He stinks. Not only that, but this article makes it clear that he is an Amaro lap dog, which is cool, just don't try to hide it. Peter Gammons loves the BoSox, Hal Bodley loves Pete Rose. Its ok to be a homer, just man up about it. And Ken, never mind that the dealing of Lee is almost universally recognized by those outside the city limits of Philadelphia as a mistake.
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I don't care what anybody thinks of Ken Rosenthal (he's not my favorite, either)…..THIS is a good article.
Anybody still doubting the Lee trade should read…and think about…this.
Dipsy…careful what you say…the Nationals ARE an improved team..
2010 Cliff Lee and two 2011 1/2 round picks v. Aumont, Gillies, and Ramirez? I'll take the former. Every day and twice on Sunday.
The Dipsy
Dipsy, you know the deal is much more complex than that.
I would've liked them to sign Wang and maybe become like a Chan Ho Park type of player?
Dipsy…I thought you were over it…I really did..
Obviously, you still can't see past your nose on this one. I really don't know what else to say..
If you want to be bitter and have "anger boiling close to the surface"….then fine…go ahead…
When this deal pans out…and I really feel it will in some way (and I'm not saying we're gonna definitely win the World Series, either)…then let's see what you…and everyone else says.
It's clear RUbe shopped Blantan and got no decent offers. Once he resigned Blantan to a 3 year deal it all made sense. Let's just hope Hamels is back, because I'm sure RUbe took that into consideration as our second ace.
Me, being a fan, and Ruben, a general manager of a baseball team with all the experience and knowledge that goes with same, and everyone that thought as he, will have to agree to disagree about trading Lee. I understand RAJ's rationale. I don't think what he did was unconscienable (sp) or wrong. He picked a direction to go and I realize that reasonable minds can differ as to whether was that was was the right way. It really doesn't make a difference to me what bag of bolts he got back. He did as good as he could have. It all was complex. I really HOPE he proves me wrong. I'm rooting for it, actually.
The Dipsy
How many HOURS (not days) til pitchers and catchers????
It alllllll goes away once things get rolling..
A moving fastball in the mid to high 90's is an excellent weapon. I have high hopes for Aumonte.
I love this team more then any of you slackers. We lost last year because of no pitching and no howard in the middle. same thing this year. sorry but its so true. dispy stick to what your good at. ok you can leave the house.
Jeff (in red)…
When I click on your name "Internet Explorer cannot display this webpage" appears..
Makes sense based on your idiotic post.
Did I miss something?
The Dipsy
How can I put my name in red?
The Dipsy
I think Jeff (in red) was referring to your "streaking down Cottman Ave" comment..
Hey Jeff (in red), what do you mean no Howard in the middle? Last year wasn't a TOTAL failure you know? And what do you mean by no pitching, and it will happen again this year? We have a better rotation this year.
SJ – Ryan got beat up by those lefties in the Series.
The Dipsy
I think that Wang is well worth the $2 million, considering he still has his stuff. The problem with him has been durability, but still he'd be worth the risk for $2 mil.
Dipsy: Got it. I thought he was referring to the entire season.
I'm an old phan of this site who doesn't read as much anymore because I used to enjoy the conversation but it just got too stupid. I only return with one thing to say…Dipsy, drop the subject already. You're the main reason I hardly ever come back here. Everyone knows you're upset about the trade (I'm assuming you've been whining on here for a while). Not a pitch has been thrown since then so just shut up and let it pan out. Thanks!
Thanks hov – Now drag your IV to the couch and go back to sleep.
The Dipsy
Yeh Phillies posters and fans, let us not post anything to get the Nationals all riled up for the coming season. They play the Phillies tough at times and the Nats are an improved ball club, so it has been said. The Phils have to play them right off the bat during the upcoming regular season. Let a sleeping horse lay, or however the saying goes.
Aumont may not be the pitcher Drabek is but the kids still a legit prospect, can't wait to see how his stuff and command develops this year.
The Lee trade says the front office realises how important it is right now to ensure major league viable prospects going into the 2011 off-season so the window of opportunity doesn't slam shut. Halladay/Lee would have been nice but those draft picks were going to be a year behind and a late first round at best meaning we'd have to go far over slot to try a get a top prospect.
As for the Nats they are an improved team but not because of Wang, the fact he signed much earlier than reports intended and was passed over by so many contending teams must say a lot about his health right now.
^And lets be realistic, to expect the Phillies to make a third straight World Series and win the championship as anything other would be considered failure if we'd kept Lee is unrealistic. It wasn't the pitching that was bad against the Yanks, the bats squandered too many opportunities to take control of games. Trading Lee was the right move, not the move we wanted (me included) but the right one.
It's "Let sleeping dogs lie," in case anyone wanted to know. Even with Wang, the Nats probably aren't a sleeping dog, they're a dead dog. Better than last year by a significant margin, but still not ready for resurrection.
While I hope Wang recovers nicely from his shoulder woes (Except against the Phils) I can't help but think of all those other players who haven't: Kris Benson, Jason Schmidt, Jeff Bagwell. Even Scott Rolen has had troubles since his shoulder surgery. I'm sure there are many who have recovered successfully, but it seems to take a lot of time; more time than elbow injuries. And Wang has had foot and hip problems, too.
As far as being worth the $2 million risk, he probably wasn't for the Phils, who needed contributors immediately. Another starter would be nice, but Wang won't be ready until May. The Nats are rebuilding; they can afford to wait. The Phils aren't rebuilding, and can't wait.
hov Says…"I used to enjoy the conversation but it just got too stupid"
Actually, I like the conversation on here …AND find it very entertaining at times.. I mean where else can you go on a cold-ass day in the middle of the winter and be able to talk about baseball and have a few laughs doing it?
Good news on Romero and Aumont. Decent article from Rosenthal. One point I thought was interesting was the back door shot at Ruiz and Blanton. Signing "an average player long term"? I'd agree he's average offensively, and while not a Molina, Ruiz is quite a bit better than average defensively. His ability to block pitches allows all but Lidge to throw a breaking ball with guys on base. Maybe he's not upper tier (Mauer, Piersinski, Y Molina), but int he argument for top of the 2nd tier (with McCann, Montero, Suzuki). Not even sure Posada can be called a catcher anymore – he'll probably DH more than catch (still a dangerous bat, but he's never been a good catcher, age has made him a liability). Big Joe may have average stuff, but he's out there every 5th day and rarely gets shelled. Both signed 3 yr deals – when did that become long term?
Nats caught a break on the interleague schedule (BAl, Cle, KC,CWS). I don't think they'll lose 100 games, and they'll score runs, but that is a rough pitching staff – hard to see them winning 75. Wang was a good pick up for them – they need a starter. I think the Phils did better with Contreras – more versatile (start or pen, maybe less upside, but much less downside).
Ruiz is one of my favorite Phillies…even if he is being called "average"..
I'll take his fight and grit any day….the way he handles the pitchers, blocks balls MORE than makes up for his lower batting average…Besides, in the postseason the guy is CLUTCH..
Not everybody on the team needs to be a .300 hitter.
I don't consider myself a "Homer". While I root for the Phils, there are guys who bug me at times, either due to mental mistakes, lack of perceived effort, or lack of situational hitting. Ruiz is also one of my favorite players, and I think his extension was the best off-season deal by Amaro (while a great signing, Doc forced Toronto's hand, Rube had very little to do there except make sure he kept Brown). As pointed out by several people in other posts, you can't judge true value until well into a contract, but basing it on what other comparables are making at the time, the Ruiz extension was truly a win-win.
I agree with Amanda – I can see the Nats with around 75 wins – and maybe finishing in 4th place this year.
It really frustrates me sometimes when some baseball writes and columnists are so over focused on every deal the bigger picture gets lost.
Ruiz is going to be making about the same as a bench guy like Alex Cora in his 'money years' and has shown a growing ability to be make pitchers work in his ABs which helps the team. With Blanton it's very simple, you tie up a guy who can eat innings and stay healthy and not be forced to go to the market and pay more for less for a starting pitcher for three years, is it a good deal on its own? No, when it means you have 4/5 of your rotation locked up for 3 years it is a shrewd deal.
When your a team like the Phillies with so much talent its stupid to expect to bring in numbers guys because there's only so much to go around, Amaro's done a hell of a job adding guys that should make the stars more productive and that's what matters.
Might be in a minority but have to say these Seattle guys excite the hell out of me as much as a kid like Trevor May.
The Nats are still going to finish last, the Braves and Marlins should contend and the Mets should at the very least be near the 80 win mark.
While I understand the Phillies wanting Aumont as a starter, I would prefer to see if he could be a set up man for the club this year. With his fastball he could certainly help Madson get the ball to Lidge.
I think the Phillies should use Aumont the way the Yankees used Joba Chamberlain. If he can make the team in the pen, he could have success in a short role which would give him the confidence to move into the rotation.
Wow i missed a lot here the past day..
Nationals will not win 75 games.. they have NO PITCHING at all.. there lineup is much improved, but everyone that throws the ball for them sucks..
There was a different article that I read yesterday (i foget where).. but it basically said that the stadium is 100% sold out all the time.. they are pretty much as popular as they will ever be and can't imagine their revenue going much higher . . . so instead of "crapping-out" . . . they wanted to extend the chance at having a competitive team, and thought that getting 3 solid prospects was a good way to do that
Phillies are said to be stretching Aumont back out to be a starter.. I'm guessing he will be Roy Halladay's shadow this spring
Yankees have screwed Joba Chamberlain to the point of no return … they still don't know if they want him as a starter or not .
same thing with Phil Hughes . . . I pray to god the Phillies dont do that with any meaningful prospects
Signing Ruiz for "average" money is very forward thinking, in my opinion… given that he's under control and was only seeking $2.5 million, they may have overpaid but the trend in baseball right now is to pay for premium defense and Ruiz is certainly a defensive stud… lock him up for three years and what seems to be an average salary and keep him happy.
I'm really happy to hear about Aumont and Romero… although, I'd feel much better if Romero wasn't still dealing with this injury. It seems like this thing has been nagging forever… not sure what to think about that.
The Natinals always seem to be inching in the right direction but never seem to put anything together… they make futile attempts to sign legitimate ballplayers but always seem to come up on the short end of the stick and so they wind up with a lot of role players… I mean, their lineup looks like this…
1. N. Morgan,
2. C. Guzman,
3. R. Zimmerman,
4. A. Dunn,
5. J. Willingham,
6. I. Rodriguez
7. E. Dukes,
8. A. Kennedy
Does that lineup really scare you? Their #2 starter is John Lannan…
We're good enough with or without Cliff Lee to win now… we're better off with Roy that we were without him. We will be better in the future because we traded Lee. Trading Lee allowed us to lock up a few players for the forseeable future and hopefully increases our chances of keeping this group of players in Philly. Let it go.
Wang seems like a good signing but how many wins above whoever he replaces will he give the Nats? I'm thinking one or two.. especially since he'll only be able to pitch half a season or so…
75 wins for the Nats is a lot… cause teams gotta lose.. .and if the Nats aren't losing, then who is?? I just hope they lose less than 100, that's a more reasonable expectation.
Aren't there enough wangs in Washington already?
I may be the only one who feels this way, but I actually find Aumont to be a more intriguing prospect than Drabek in some respects. While Drabek is closer to the Majors and more of a finished product, Aumont is a bit rawer but with more potential career paths(as a starter or closer). Both guys have sky high potential, but Aumont is certainly a guy that is under-rated by too may people who write him off as "junk" or something like that. Aumont has the potential to be just as amazing as a guy like Drabek, and i'm tired of people claiming he sucks or that the Phillies could have got more for Lee. We get 3 VERY LEGIT prospects, who all have the chance to help us a lot sooner than any of the guys we would have drafted for letting Lee walk. So please, everyone needs to shut up and let us watch how the prospects develop before writing them off as junk.
WFC- you are probably the only one who feels this way.
Drabek is the better prospect… at one point (maybe as recently as the start of 2009), Aumont was probably the considered the better prospect but that was mainly because of Drabek's health concerns. Since then, Aumont has been the one with health concerns and Drabek's stuff has emerged as some of the best in the minor leagues. Aumont, in my opinion, needs to work on his innings/conditioning (which might also require a mechanical tune-up)… he has a good fastball and the frame to be a real workhorse. The "stuff" will come… but he has to be dependable. At 6'7″, 220 lbs, he needs to be a starter… Drabek, on the other hand, is a pedigree and his stuff is electric already. His mechanics have been fixed… but the elbow concerns won't go away. Aumont is 2 years younger than Drabek… hopefully they exercised proper due diligence examining the hip. All in all, Drabek is further along with world class stuff. Aumont has a world class frame and should develop the stuff… here's a vid of Aumont on the mound.
Their lineup isn't the scariest in baseball … but its better than a lot of NL teams
They remind me of last year's Orioles .. going into the season you knew they would score, but you knew they would be outscored … losing a lot of 8-6 games, etc..
Nationals will put runs on the board and get some wins, anything over 70 would be a GREAT season for them.. i just dont see them approaching .500% with that pitching staff
I'm so tired of hearing about Lee … the negative, the positive, the what-ifs, and could have's.. the should have's.. and I would have's
I am officially tired of Cliff Lee, and can't wait to see the guys on our team go out pitch, and for our fans to be 100% behind guys like Cole Hamels and Joe Blanton …. guys who brought us our first CHAMPIONSHIP in many of our lifetimes. Something that i will never forget!!!
Drabek ain't exactly Cy Young . . . he's a good prospect, probably billed a little higher because of his dad
People want him to be good . . .
I wish we still had him because he looks like he could be a very good top-to-middle of the rotation starter .. . but King Phillippe has a chance to be that too
Chuck P: The #7 guy in that lineup is very scary. Whether it be assault, battery, rape, or various paternity suits hes not exactly one of those fun character guys you hear about on good teams. And I think everyone is still afraid of John Lannan and his hand breaking velocity
Who's Lee??
Drabek's stuff is filthy… that's why I like him. I don't want him to be good because of his dad but if he has his dad's mental makeup than he has the potential to be good. How much does that matter? I don't know. You are right when you say that Phillippe has a chance to be that good, too… but he's two years younger and further away. The key point is that we did not get peanuts for Lee. It seemed like a quick decision but maybe there's more to this Aumont kid than we all thought.
The Original Chuck P:
I agree that as it currently stands, Drabek is the better prospect…BUT I feel that Aumont certainly has the potential to be nearly as good if not just as good. What really upsets me is when people claim the 3 prospects we got from the Mariners are junk, when all 3 of them are loaded with tons of potential. The only thing that upset me about either trade is losing Kyle Drabek. Could you imagine a Phillies farm system that had both Drabek AND Aumont? That would be some absolutely devastating potential right there.
Ed R… at first glance, I thought that you were being serious. Dukes batted .250 with 8 HR last year… he stole 3 bases and was caught 10 times. .965 fielding percentage… career .771 OPS in three seasons. Overrated ballplayer and a terrible person, to boot… but I guess he's scary when you consider his rap sheet.
WFC… I agree with you 100%. That was the final point that I made (they're far from "junk"). If Rube felt like he needed to replenish the farm, I think that he did a solid job of that. Could he have done better, maybe… but he got the deal done. If they could have kept Drabek, we all would have been happy… as it stands, we've got Aumont and he has great potential.
That's what some of us were trying to say all along….that the Lee deal was not only necessary….but NOT a snap, reckless decision. No way did we get "junk" in return.
I, too, would have LOVED to have seen Drabek here…I was bummed, to say the least, to learn that he was included in the trade… BUT I got over it quickly knowing what we got….and how much BETTER our team is in the long-run.
I got over it quickly, as I looked at it as: we got Roy Halladay.. while keeping Domonic Brown
Brown, who will now be very closely watched as a possible/probable successor to Jayson Werth (which makes me angry, but its a business, and so i understand)
Just looked at some of those Youtube videos of Aumont…he's got some nasty stuff..
Lee is a stud… and I was very pissed to see him go unexpectedly, but hopefully the deal will work out as Amaro and Co. have planned and at least one of those three prospects we got will contribute in the major leagues in the future. Actually, it could all work out VERY WELL if Lee has a "down" year after throwing so many innings last season and postseason (somewhat likely I'd say…)
I wonder if romero will ever be what he was in 2008. Minus whatever he was taking that got him suspended. I am not holding my breath. I would love to see him be good but I am not counting on it.
Will we ever stop the chirping about the lee trade? The GM cant deal 8 of his top ten farm hands in 6 months. He needs to replenish that some. Its his job and livelyhood to make this team competetive every year. Was a good deal coupled with the Halladay deal. I know they arent related I am saying getting prospects after trading some makes sense to me.
The Nationals offense was pretty good last year, but it was the pitching that let them down. They are probably not gonna be a 75 win team, but they're definitely not gonna be terrible as they were last year.
Heard on Mad Dog radio last night – over/under for wins from Vegas:
Nats – 65 1/2 (I'd take over)
Sea – 79-1/2 (Over also)
Mets – 89-1/2 (seems very high with all the ? – take under)
Phils – 89-12 (take over)
Atl – 82-1/2 (depends on whether JJ is injured,pick-em right now for me)
There were a few other interesting ones, but I don't remember them all. Have to lookup the lines later today. Vegas is surprisingly optimisitc on the Mets. I know Vegas has a lot more resources than I do, and their earnings depend on getting it right, but I still don't see it. I think they'll be lucky to get 82 wins, put the over/under at 80-1/2.
So basically, Vegas thinks that the Mets and Phils are dead even. Interesting. The guys in Vegas are pretty sharp. Johan must be healthy. I just don't see it though.
The Dipsy
I'm surprised by the Seattle prediction. 79 is low….with all the changes they've made.
I don't think the line indicates the Mets an the Phillies are dead even. I think the Mets number is high because a gazillion Mets fans would skew the over if the number was realistic. It's all about getting even money on both sides of the number.
I dont think Seattle is that good. .. still lacks offense
I like the Rangers, and the Angels still out there, and I kinda think they'll all be packed tightly, all around .500
and whoever is the healthiest wins the AL WEST
I wouldn't touch the NATIONALS at 65 . .
I would go UNDER METS
Mets are still a nasty team.. they have talented pitchers who had down years last year (or are they just not good pitchers?) .. but they still have Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Jason Bay . .Chris Coste . . I dont think they'll win 90 games, but they should be at-or-over 81
Apparently even Vegas has a New York bias!
No matter how many awful moves the Mets make, they are still favorites to win the division?
I'll go out on a limb and predict (I really hate predictions) that Seattle will win the AL West….in SPITE of Cliff Lee…but , yeah, you're probably right…84-85 wins tops. They're hardly a juggernaut.
Nationals 63-99
Mets 79-83
Marlins 84-78
Braves 87-75
Phillies 95-67
(What an idiot…I just realized I put the NL standings in REVERSE order!!)
the more I think about it … No chance the Mets are under .500
We are really, really, really thinking low on them . . . they have All-Stars at numerous positions
I expect the Mets to finish at .500 or over, but anything more than that…
So then the real drama in the NL East is who finishes SECOND…Mets Braves and Marlins could all be bunched within a few games of each other…low to mid-80's in wins.
I guess after last year…and the two collapses down the stretch the previous two years…it's easy to get lulled into the thinking that the Mets really suck..
When in reality they DO have potential to wins games and be a pain in the ass.
The Mets have potential, but their pitching rotation is awful besides Santana. Unless they do incredible offensively, it's hard to imagine them winning the division.
I still think the Marlins suck . . .
Josh Johnson is the Cole Hamels of 2009 . . the increased innings, and financial security will throw him for a loop this season
the rest of their guys are always injured (Sanchez).. or remind me of Brett Myers, where they are just as likely to walk 10, as they are to Strikeout 10 (Ricky Nolasco)
I think the Braves are VERY good. . . and I think the Mets will in fact be a pain all year long
The Mets right now remind me of the Phils in early 2000s – talent, but so many ifs. If Beltran, and more importantly, Reyes are healthy, Bay flourishes at the plate and plays adequte D, Wright gets some confidence back at the plate, Perez, Pelfry, et al pitch decent (not CY Young like, but Blanton like, which is a tall task for a group that can't find the plate), Castillo gets his legsback, they find an mlb catcher, Murphy/Tatis play decent defense, get on base, Francouer hits the whole year like it is April,…., they could battle for the division. They need an awful lot to break right, though. It seems like the Braves and Marlins only need a few things to improve (Braves need a healthy Chipper, Marlins need a pen and defensive improvement) to be in the picture. I think the Mets, Braves, and Marlins will flip flop through the year, but will probably finish per Chuck's rank above.
Beyond Santana, the Mets have an awful starting rotation. They have a revolving collection of chuckleheads at 1B, C, and 2B. There's no guarantee that Beltran will ever play another game or that Reyes will remain healthy. David Wright is fresh off one of the most amazing power outages (at least one that can't be tied to injury or PEDs) in recent memory. I'll refrain from pronouncing that Francoeur is over his 2008 tailspin solely on the basis of two good months in 2009. Let's be realistic, the Braves and Marlins are both better than the New York Mets.
Johan Santana is nasty..
John Maine has a career 4.22 ERA .. 28 years old
Mike Pelfrey has a career 4.58 ERA (thanks to last year's 5.03) .. but in 2008 he had an ERA 3.72 … so which pitcher is he? The way he's dominated the Phillies bats in the past, I think he's legit. And he just turned 26 so he's yet to enter his prime
Jon Neise is 23, really unproven, but has potential
that's 4 pretty legit guys that are all capable of winning 12-15 games .. obviously more for Santana
But with every team, staying healthy will be key for them . . . I dont think they make the playoffs, but I think that they are far from TERRIBLE like they were last year
The Mets are a fourth place team.
Vegas makes odds on trying to get people to bet it is nto a reflection of how good a team is. Teams like the mets and cowboys and yankees always take more action than they deserve so you can actually make money betting against them.
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It is now just around the corner…
On their official webpage, Phillies.com, the Phillies have announced, via video, that their equiptment truck is now on its way to Clearwater. It means that pitchers and catchers will soon be reporting for the start of Spring Training.
I can't wait!!! GO PHILS!!!
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The longer and harder you look at something, the more grotesque it's going to get. Which is why you should never examine private parts or innocent TV shows too closely. Unfortunately, we did both.
Here are six more classic kids' shows that are actually set in terrifying universes.
6Doug: Where Mentally Insane Children Are Left to Suffer
Doug chronicles the trials of a sixth-grade boy as he moves to a new town and attempts to fit in. To cope with his daily anxieties about schoolwork and bullies, Doug frequently escapes into his imagination. Good for him! Too bad it keeps almost killing him, and nobody cares.
The Nightmare:
First off, Doug is not just escaping into harmless daydreams. He is a full-blown schizophrenic suffering from vivid hallucinations and delusions. He physically acts out his fantasies, often incorporating objects from the real world. For example, when Doug thinks he's dancing with his favorite band, he's really dancing with himself.
And when he thinks he's in prison, he's really next to a bike rack.
"This raises troubling questions about all the sodomy."
We know what you're saying. "What are you talking about, Cracked? It's just a kid with an active imagination! Didn't you ever crawl into a cardboard box and pretend you were Solid Snake? It's not hurting anyone!"
Well, actually, it's hurting Doug. In one episode, he starts "daydreaming" while sitting in the middle of goddamned traffic:
He'll have plenty of time to dream once he's in a coma.
In another, he blanks out while behind the wheel of a soapbox racer flying down a hill, only waking up when he smashes the fuck into another car:
You know, he should probably just start wearing a helmet at all times.
In yet another episode, Doug convinces himself that he's actually Durango Doug, an expert horseman, and chooses to ride an untamed colt way above his riding ability. He nearly dies after he smashes into a tree.
See? What'd we say about the helmet?
And the worst part? Nobody thinks this is a problem.
Doug repeatedly hallucinates in front of friends and family, and they just laugh it off. For example, in the episode "Doug's Secret Admirer," Doug's sister finds him talking to his alter ego Smash Adams in the bathroom mirror. Thinking nothing of it, she kicks him out of the bathroom so she can take a shower.
He takes his sense of reality shaken and stirred.
Either Doug's world is filled with the most oblivious, self-absorbed people on the planet or there just simply is no medical care for children in his universe. The latter case would explain the rampant disease that is apparently causing everyone's skin discolorations.
Will someone please give Skeeter the Heimlich before he asphyxiates?
5DuckTales: A World Economy Revolves Around a Magic Coin
Quick! What's the first thing you think of when you hear "Scrooge McDuck"? It's probably an image of a cartoon duck diving into a pool of gold coins. In the same way that Donald Duck is defined by untethered rage, Scrooge McDuck is nothing but a ball of greed. Getting, keeping and counting his money are his top three priorities, with Huey, Dewey and Louie running a distant fourth through sixth.
Now, the fact that Scrooge loves money isn't in itself so terrible. But do you know how he got it?
The Nightmare:
Scrooge McDuck has an amulet that attracts wealth like a money magnet in the form of a magic dime he acquired as a boy (duckling?). The minute the dime is out of Scrooge's possession, as in the episode "Dime Enough for Luck," he starts losing money fast. And when someone succeeds in stealing the dime, as in "Duck to the Future," that person becomes rich and powerful instead of Scrooge.
They also gain the ability to do this without landing in a wheelchair.
So it's great for Scrooge, or whoever else has the dime, but sucks for anyone else trying to make their way in the world honestly -- all are subject to the economic whims of McDuck's all-powerful dime. For every miraculous trade he makes in the stock market, someone else is losing money. If you've poured your life savings into a startup business, you'd better hope that McDuck invests in you instead of your competitor, because whoever he invests in is going to succeed, even if they're selling burgers that are 50 percent human hair. If McDuck shorts your car company's stock, your shit is about to be subjected to a long string of crippling bankruptcies and layoffs.
And considering how rich Scrooge is, his impact on the world is staggering. Scrooge's accountant, Fenton, actually tells us how much money Scrooge has in the episode "Liquid Assets." It's more than $947 trillion. That's roughly 13 times the planet's gross domestic product.
Even after Scrooge passes away, his nephews will just take control of his dime and continue its tyranny as the world's ultimate puppet master, the entire cycle of human endeavor and aspiration nothing but a cruel charade until all but the McDuck family wind up as emaciated corpses in a pauper's grave (A woo ooh!).


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Shaffer was introduced to members of the City Council on May 25 by Water Superintendent Cesario Vela.
Shaffer moved to Texas from Winnemucca, Nev., in 2004 and found a home.
"I've never been out of the state since," he said.
After finishing high school in northern Illinois, Shaffer spent a year and a half at ITT Tech in Evansville, Ind., studying mechanics.
That was what he was doing when an accident changed his career.
"A stroke of luck got me into this business," he said, holding up his left hand to show off a stiff finger.
Shaffer actually lost the finger in an accident but doctors sewed it back on. Today the finger does not work too well.
Fortunately, he found a job driving a truck for the City of Portland, and that was where he met Vela.
"Mr. Vela pushed us to get our licenses," Shaffer said. And he took that advice.
Today, Shaffer has a Class B license in wastewater treatment and a Class C license in water distribution.
Shaffer was in Port Lavaca when he saw that Beeville needed a wastewater superintendent, and he applied for the job.
The new city employee said he doesn't mind making the long drive from Port Lavaca to Beeville and back each day.
Shaffer said the first item on his list of projects is to get the wastewater treatment facilities up to the level that will please the state inspectors.
"First and foremost, I want to get the plant back up to where it's supposed to be," Shaffer said.
That means making some repairs is the top priority.
As far as meeting the capacity requirements, Shaffer said the Moore Street plant is at 55 percent of capacity and the plant at the Chase Field Industrial and Airport Complex is at 60 percent.
The city is required by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to have an expansion plan ready by the time it reaches 75 percent of capacity.
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Dodgers are off today. They got swept by the hated Giants at home. It was sad being at Dodger Stadium and watching this. Dodgers never led in any of the three games.
So what are some Dodgers doing tonight?
The Eighth Annual Dodgers Dream Foundation Bowling Extravaganza is taking place tonight, Thursday, august 23, 2012 at Lucky Strike Lanes L.A. LIVE . James Loney has been hosting the event for the last few years. Here is more information from the Dodgers website:
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Takayasu arteritis is a rare disorder characterized by the progressive inflammation of one or more of the larger arteries leading from the heart. The main artery of the heart (aorta) and the pulmonary (lung) artery, among others, may be affected. When this disorder causes progressive inflammation of many arteries, it is known as polyarteritis. One of the consequences of polyarteritis is the reduction of blood flow to any of several organs and/or arms and legs. Arteries in the head and arms may be affected, and this can result in the loss of the major pulse points in the body. Some people with Takayasu arteritis have irregular narrowing of portions of the large arteries (segmental stenosis) and abnormal backward flow of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle of the heart (aortic regurgitation). Other patients may have symptoms of ballooning and weakening (aneurysm) of the wall of a major vessel.
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Biking to Germantown
Have you read this article from the Commercial Appeal? Pretty exciting stuff. It looks like the connection between the Greenline and Germantown is completed. The 1.25 mile section has apparently been unofficially open now for a couple of weeks. This means that one could bike from Tillman to Germantown on bike paths without interruption. Here's a map of where the newly completed segment lies.
You can the connection between Shady Grove Rd. and the Poplar Estates neighborhood on the map, bottom center. I'm not sure if that's exactly where the path lies, but it would appear to be.
I haven't had the chance to go exploring out east in some time. Anyone else ridden this new segment?


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August 14, 2013 —
An unusually long Honesdale borough council meeting on August 12 was dominated by citizen input and timely addressing of vacancies in the police department and borough council.
Police Chief Joseph LoBasso resigned, effective July 31, to accept the newly-created position of security director at Wayne Highlands School District. His departure leaves at least two, and possibly three, vacancies on the Honesdale police force.
Identifying himself as a 25-year veteran of the Honesdale police department, Sergeant Donald Bishop addressed the council during the citizen input segment of the meeting, requesting that the council hire a working chief to fill the vacancy created by LoBasso's departure. Bishop explained that a working chief performs all the regular duties of a police officer, in addition
to the administrative tasks required of the police chief.
Noting that the borough's police department currently has the same staffing level it had in 1990 and that the number of reported incidents has roughly doubled since then, Bishop requested that the council hire three new full-time officers immediately. To do less, he maintained, would place in jeopardy the safety of both citizens and officers.
Sergeant Ron Kominski, who routinely acted as LoBasso's back-up when the former chief was unavailable, has been named officer in charge until a new chief is hired. Borough Council President F. J. Monaghan announced that there are currently nine candidates for police chief. He urged the council to act quickly on filling that vacancy, selecting August 28 as the date for a special council meeting with the express purpose of conducting candidate interviews.
The council turned its attention to filling the vacancy left by Councilman Mike Slish, who resigned on July 17, after citing the need to devote more time to his career and growing family than his council duties would permit. The youngest member of the council, Slish served as Parks & Recreation Committee chair, and was a member of the Finance Committee as well. He was proactive in making top-quality recreation facilities available to special needs children, and will continue to work with the Leaps and Bounds group toward achieving that goal.
Monaghan read the resumes of the two candidates for Slish's vacancy: Barbara Conklin and Samuel B. Mikulak. Noting that both candidates were worthy of the vacant council seat, council vice president James Brennan advised that Barbara Conklin had not met the residency requirement and was therefore ineligible for a council seat at this time, but that in future she would certainly be a viable candidate.
With the endorsement of Mayor Ed Langendoerfer and several council members, Mikulak, who was present at the meeting, was informed that he had been appointed to fill Slish's term, which is up for vote in the November 2013 general election. Mikulak was sworn in on the spot by Langendoerfer and assumed Slish's vacant spot at the council table, voting on the remainder of items brought before the council that night. A long-time borough resident, Mikulak has served as a Honesdale volunteer fireman for over 30 years.