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Honesdale shelter beckons the homeless
January 30, 2013 —
HONESDALE, PA — As cold as it was last week (on several nights the temperature fell to minus numbers), Rev. Edward Erb of Grace Episcopal Church worries about the homeless people he knows who spend their days—and sometimes nights—living on the streets and in the public places of Honesdale, or surviving by depending on the kindness of strangers.
On the coldest of winter nights, when the temperature or wind chill drops to zero and these vulnerable people need a warm, safe place to sleep, Grace Church opens the doors of its parish house as a shelter at 7 p.m. Volunteers put out a hot meal—usually soup, made by some member of the church's congregation or some other generous home cook from the community.
"Food, and other things we need, just show up on our doorstep," Fr. Erb remarked. On Wednesday, two local businesses each drop off a cardboard box brimming with loaves of bread. These will be double wrapped and frozen for consumption another day.
The menu this night is chicken-vegetable soup, bread and butter, and some cupcakes contributed by the church's cub scout troop. There's always hot tea or coffee. In the morning, before being encouraged to leave by 7 a.m., overnight guests will be served breakfast.
Meals are served at a big square table at one end of the large parish hall. At the other end of the room, several cots are set up, waiting for occupants. Off to the side, there's a TV with two comfortable chairs parked in front of it.
Fr. Erb and the night's two volunteers wait for their guests to arrive. Tonight only one fellow comes and he does not spend the night.
John, as we'll call him, a man of 77 years, arrives for a hot meal and some company. He shares his story of how he once had one of Wayne County's coldest winter jobs—harvesting ice on a large lake as the winter winds whipped across the frozen surface. When he's ready to go, Fr. Erb sends him off with a container of soup, a loaf of bread and a pie for John's disabled wife, who's waiting at home for him.
Fr. Erb concedes that when it gets this cold he wonders where the homeless he knows are sleeping. "Maybe they're huddled in the foundation of an old building or inside a dilapidated old barn," he says. But why does he think they don't come to Grace Church for the night? "Often it's a matter of pride, or of embarrassment," he says. "Or maybe they think that because we're a church we're going to preach to them, or try to convert them. But that's not what we're about."
In Wayne County, PA, call:
Rev. Edward Erb 570/241-2685
Any of the county's social services agencies by calling the courthouse at 570/253-5970
Wayne County Trehab 570/253-8941
Catholic Social Services 570/253-1777
Wayne Memorial Hospital 570/253-8100
Your local police department or 911
In Pike County, PA, call
Pike County Human Development, Christine Kerstetter, director 570/296-3434
In Sullivan County, NY, call
Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless 845/794-2604
Sullivan County Family Services 845/292-0100
Sullivan County Community Services 845/292-8770
Sullivan County Veterans Services Agency 845/807-0233
Sullivan County Rehabilitation Support Services 845/791-4010 or 4151
Sullivan County BOCES 845/295-4000
Catskill Regional Medical Center
Your local police department or 911
Or, for homeless persons with addiction problems, call 845/794-8080


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Chicken Enchiladas
- Prep Time: 45 min
- Cook Time: 35 min
- Ready Time: 90 min
- Yield: 5 to 6 servings
- 2 tablespoons Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 2 tablespoons Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 1 to 2 tablespoons chili powder, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 (14 oz.) can chicken broth
- 1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 3/4 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese, divided
- 3/4 cup Monterey Jack cheese, divided
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 (4 oz.) can diced green chiles
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 12 (6-inch) corn tortillas or 10 fajita-sized tortillas
- Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- Sour cream, sliced green onions, chopped cilantro
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oil in large saucepan. Stir in flour and chili powder. Cook 1 minute. Add cumin, chicken broth, tomato sauce, salt and garlic powder. Bring to boil and simmer 10 minutes.
- COMBINE chicken, green onions, 1/2 cup Cheddar, 1/2 cup Monterey Jack, sour cream, chiles and cilantro. Stir in 1/2 cup Enchilada Sauce, stirring until well blended. Season with salt and pepper.
- HEAT 1/2-inch oil over medium heat in large pan. Fry tortillas, one at a time, until soft (10 seconds per side). Drain on paper towels.
- HEAT oven to 350°F. Spray a 13 x 9-inch baking dish with no-stick cooking spray. Spread a small amount of Enchilada Sauce over the bottom of dish. Spread 3 tablespoons of the chicken mixture in each tortilla and roll up. Place enchiladas, seam side down, side by side in prepared dish. Pour remaining sauce over. Top with remaining cheeses.
- BAKE 15 to 20 minutes or until sauce bubbles. Garnish with sour cream, sliced green onions and chopped cilantro.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (2 enchiladas), Calories 530 (Calories from Fat 230), Total Fat 26g (Saturated Fat 11g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 95mg, Sodium 1400mg, Total Carbohydrate 42g (Dietary Fiber 4g, Sugars 3g), Protein 32g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 25%, Vitamin C 30%, Calcium 30%, Iron 15%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Jake and I were hiking at our favorite park. The mushrooms are everywhere this year. I will only harvest two types because I can only identify two types with any certainty – True Morels, which are not common here, and Oyster Mushrooms, which are very common. That's it. Nothing else – definitely not those very pretty and very deadly white mushrooms.
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Celtics beat Knicks in first matchup of the seasonAP Photo
Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce attempts to dribble past New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony during the second half of Mondays game at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Celtics won 102-96.
NEW YORK Paul Pierce scored 23 points, and the Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 102-96 on Monday night in a heated first meeting of the season between the Atlantic Division rivals.
Kevin Garnett added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics, who even without the suspended Rajon Rondo won their third straight and finally are playing like the team that has ruled the division for the last half-decade.
The Knicks want that title now, but Carmelo Anthony and his teammates were reminded how tough the Celtics can make it.
Anthony had 20 points but shot 6 of 26 while battling his temper, Garnett and foul trouble. J.R. Smith led the Knicks with 24 points.
Rondo was suspended Monday for making contact with a referee in a game against Atlanta on Saturday and failure to cooperate with an NBA investigation. Without the NBAs assist leader, the Celtics relied on the kind of defense that has been absent too often this season.
They allowed 78 points per game in their last two wins, then held the Knicks to 40 in the second half Monday.
Pierce, who was also in foul trouble in the tightly and sometimes inconsistently called game, put it away with a jumper with 45 seconds to go, blowing a kiss toward the crowd he loves to torment after putting the Celtics up by six.
Anthony had averaged 34.4 points in his last 10 games and had a pair of 40-point performances last week, but his jumper was off from the start Monday as the Knicks had their two-game winning streak snapped.
Boston led by four when Anthony and Garnett became extra physical with each other on a Boston possession that ended with a turnover with 9:03 remaining. Anthony followed him all the way to midcourt as they jawed at each other following the play, leading to technical fouls on both players.
The trash talk didnt just stay on the court or between players. Pierce tried to throw the ball in from the sideline shortly after, only to have Spike Lee standing and yelling in his ear the whole time.
Jason Kidds 3-pointer tied it at 86, but Pierce dunked and Avery Bradley made a jumper for a four-point lead with 5:32 to play. The Knicks got it to one before Pierces jumper with 3 ½ minutes to play, and the Knicks never got that close again.
The Celtics have won the last five Atlantic Division titles, starting with their NBA championship season of 2007-08. But while coach Doc Rivers often says he never talks to the players about winning the division, Knicks coach Mike Woodson has made it a priority since becoming interim coach last March.
They couldnt catch Boston last season but had opened a 4 ½-game lead over Brooklyn and were seven games up on the third-place Celtics entering Mondays play.
Our goal is bigger and so are the Knicks, Im sure, but maybe thats part of their goal and thats their first step, Rivers said of the division title. But our goal is always bigger than that.
Theyve only recently begun to play like that could attain it.
Rondo had his second triple-double of the season Saturday to rally the Celtics to an 89-81 victory in Atlanta, but his actions during the game kept him from the arena Monday. Bradley, recently back from shoulder surgery, helped the Celtics overcome his absence.
Anthony and Pierce both picked up two fouls in the first 4 ½ minutes, Pierce getting a technical as well on his way to the bench. The early fouls, and some extra intensity, kept either team from getting in much of a flow, though New York did build a 10-point lead that Boston wiped out on its way to a 22-21 lead after a period in which they combined to make 13 of 35 shots.
The Knicks had the lead back to nine in the second, but Pierce scored 15 points in the period as Boston got within 56-53 at the break.
Boston scored seven straight late in the third quarter to open a six-point lead, held the Knicks to 6-of-17 shooting in the period and led 76-72 headed to the fourth, when the fireworks started.
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Behavioral Errors Hurt Your Returns
by Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman is a senior scholar at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the 2002 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. His book "Thinking, Fast and Slow" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) was published last fall. I spoke with him recently about the impact of behavioral errors on investment performance.
—Charles Rotblut, CFA
Charles Rotblut (CR): You opined as we sat down that individual investors should use index funds instead of picking their own stocks. Could you explain why?
Daniel Kahneman (DK): Well, there is research for that. The research I have in mind was done by my former student, Terry Odean, who is now a professor of finance at the University of California–Berkeley. He did a study of the decisions of individual investors who sell a stock and buy a stock, which means that they are not selling it for liquidity; they're selling it because they believe the stock they sell is inferior to the stock they buy. There is no other reason.
Now, when you wait a year, and you look at the value, on average, of the stock that individual investors sell and the stock they buy, then you get a difference of 3.5%, roughly, almost 4%. So that means every action the individual investor takes has negative expected value. On average, they lose, and the more ideas they have, the more they lose. Women do better than men because they churn their accounts less. The real enemies of good returns are churning and lack of diversification. Individual investors fall for both of those. So that would be my advice: Avoid churning and avoid making decisions, because individual investors are really, by and large, not equipped to make the decisions.
CR: Is there a particular behavioral error that you have seen, in terms of what errors investors make or what is causing them to make errors?
DK: Sure. But it's not an error that you can fix. They sell the wrong stock, and they buy the wrong stock. People tend to sell their winners and hang on to their losers. That is, they sell stocks that have done better than the price they bought them at. Now, this is a really bad idea, and it's a bad idea because, by and large, there is short-term momentum in the market. Because there are large tax consequences, other things being equal, you should sell losers. But the tendency to stick with your losers and sell your winners is a very big deal. So that's one thing.
Then, people buy the wrong stock. They tend to buy stocks when there is news, good news or bad news. And we know that institutions do better than investors because they do not respond in the same way to news. This is other work that Terry Odean and Brad Barber, a professor at the University of California–Davis, have done.
So, by and large, it's unequivocal: If you're an individual investor, you're likely to lose when you buy and likely to lose when you sell. We also know that individual investors who follow funds tend to buy into a fund when it's been doing well and tend to sell it when it's low. So you can have a fund that is doing very well, but of course it fluctuates, and the average investor in that fund loses money. And there's no contradiction, because the average investor buys at the wrong time and sells at the wrong time. It's not something people should do.
CR: Do you think investors just want to be part of a herd, or is it that they're overconfident?
DK: It's mostly overconfidence. People think they can pick stocks, but in fact they can't. They have a subjective feeling of confidence and certainty that is not justified by anything, and that's what drives them to do it.
Investors also misremember their outcomes and misattribute their outcomes. So, in a rising market, individual investors tend to feel that they're geniuses because the results are good. They blame the market when things collapse, but they take credit when things go well. This bias tends to make them overconfident and hyperactive.
CR: Do you think it's hindsight bias? I know you wrote about that in your book, "Thinking, Fast and Slow." Do you think they're overestimating how well they've done in the past?
DK: Yes, there clearly is a selective memory of successes and failures so that, in addition to all the other biases, people get the wrong idea about how good they are. And they tend to exaggerate how well they are doing.
CR: I know you've also talked about overconfidence on the part of CEOs. Do you perceive that as also being a risk?
DK: Well, it's very clear that highly optimistic CEOs take more risks. Interestingly enough, there is evidence, which I think I cite in the book, that when a CEO who is highly optimistic takes over, the stock market responds negatively. So there is enough knowledge in the stock market to evaluate the fact that optimistic CEOs tend to take risks.
CR: In your book, you said that overconfidence also plays a role in mergers, correct? That mergers don't tend to be profitable.
DK: Yes. By and large, mergers are not profitable on average. I think the dominant theory of that is still a theory by Richard Roll, from the University of California–Los Angeles. It's an old theory known as "the hubris hypothesis." You see the other company doing badly, you think that they are very poorly managed, and you are confident that you can manage their company better than they can. Well, it turns out that, on average, that isn't really the case.
CR: Maybe the core of all these errors is that people think they're better than average?
DK: Yes. Of course, people do think they're better than average in many domains. Overconfidence has many sources. It keeps us cheerful, so it's a very good thing. Optimists are healthier than pessimists, and they have a better time. But, in the financial domain, I would say, the individual investor has no business being there. And should they have to take professional advice, I would say that they should not take advice from optimists.
CR: So find an adviser who's more of a pessimist?
DK: No, a realist! You know, having a CEO who is an optimist has certain benefits, because their enthusiasm is catchy. But having a financial adviser who is an optimist is completely useless.
CR: In your book, you talked about System 1 and System 2. Could you explain what those are?
DK: System 1 is intuitive thinking, which is most of what we do, I think. And System 2 is self-critical, reflective, deliberate thinking. And we feel we do a lot of that. But, in fact, much of what System 2 does is explain and rationalize and apologize for the choices and beliefs of System 1.
CR: And when people start panicking when the market takes a big drop, that's System 1 taking over?
DK: Well, System 2 could also, not panic, but decide that if things are going badly, it's time to get out. But, certainly there is an emotional component.
And beyond a certain point, when the world becomes highly uncertain, we tend to act as other people do. Herding tendencies are likely to be enhanced in periods of crisis, and that is going to cause a great deal of volatility.
CR: Besides indexing, what can people do to avoid making errors? Or, even if they are indexing…
DK: The real problem that most people have—which wouldn't apply to your individual investors—is that they just don't save enough. So that's a problem. Individual investors are people who are saving. I would say not saving is the biggest problem.
And the errors that individual investors make are, for example, ignoring fees. It looks as if the fees account for so little of the variance. But fees are a sure thing, and they certainly erode your earnings over time.
CR: In terms of how investors evaluate their performance when they're working with an adviser: I think you wrote about how people blame the leader in charge.
DK: Hindsight is very pernicious. So whenever something goes wrong, it is very likely you're going to blame your adviser.
Hindsight and regret are something that financial advisers must anticipate. They're really noxious, because hindsight and regret cause people to make mistakes—to overreact when things are going badly, and so on.
Orlan Gaeddert from CA posted over 4 years ago:
"Thinking, Fast and Slow" is a splendid book, very readable. Seems to me, however,that Kahneman has a quite superficial understanding of investing and investors. In any event, I found no grist there for my mill. As always, caveat emptor!
Paul Hopler from VA posted over 4 years ago:
There are other reasons for selling one stock and buying another. We are constantly reminded to re-balance, assure a good mix of sectors, obtain some foreign, mix of large and small companies, growth and value companies, sell a stock that has a low "rating" and assure a stock is not too prevalent. In most cases we sell a stock we really like and buy an inferior one to improve asset allocation as the author suggest. This reduces the accusation of poor choices.
Tim Burland from WI posted over 4 years ago:
The advice to invest in index funds rather than individual stocks seems like a reasonable approach to avoiding behavioral investing errors, but it may not be the best advice to achieve the other key target, minimizing costs. Let's say the average annual expense for mutual funds is 1%, and for index funds 0.2%; and a stock transaction is $8 ($16 round-trip buy-sell). Consider the holding period for mutual funds and index funds to be indefinite, and then consider three types of stock investor: (i) AAII Model Portfolio, currently with 27 stocks; (ii) A typical investor as cited in the related Steven Sears article holding 27 stocks for an average 3.27-year holding period (turnover ratio 30.58%); and (iii) An investor who holds 27 stocks for the five-year average typical of a market cycle (20% turnover ratio). For a $200,000 portfolio (perhaps the smallest you'd want for holding all 27 stocks in the AAII portfolio), five-year ongoing costs would then be:
Mutual Funds $10,000 (yikes...)
Index Funds $ 2,000 (much better)
27 Individual Stocks (including $20 for Kahneman's book):
Annual turnover 35.8% $ 681
Annual turnover 20.0% $ 452
AAII Model portfolio $ 948 (116 $8 transactions 2007-2011)
Investors with smaller portfolios will not show the same advantage for stock investments and may prefer index funds over mutual funds or stocks. But, as a portfolio gets larger, individual stocks gain a bigger edge over index funds on costs. Stock portfolios should thus do better than index funds if you can just let your System 2 do the thinking, and individual stocks give you other advantages such as better control over timing of realizing gains & losses, etc.
John Portwood from LA posted over 4 years ago:
Kahneman has an important message in his book for investors. It is that simple screening methods or checklists often deliver results that are superior to unguided human judgement.
Charles Strout from NY posted over 4 years ago:
I am huge fan of Professor Kahneman and the work he has done over the last 30 years. He has incredible insights into psychology and how it impacts investor behavior. I only suggest that he may be a bit too overconfident in his conclusion that all individual investors should index. Rather, I think that individual investors should take his research seriously and develop systems to guard against the biases that he elucidates. It would seem that his research could lead to opportunities as well as pitfalls.
Scott Sneddon from CA posted over 4 years ago:
The problem I have with this is the broad statement of the average investor will x, therefore all investors should do y.
There is a huge gap between the guy sitting next to me at work who has his money automatically going into some funds - he doesn't even know which funds - and someone who has taken the time to really understand the market and quite possibly might be very good at buying and selling stocks. The point of "average" is that it covers up the extremes, and you may very well have some great stock traders and others who aren't very good, and then you get your average.
So...who does this apply to? Who are these "average" people that the research was done on and what was their engagement level in investing and trading?
I really need the answer to that question to know if his research is useful.
The "average" person should not plan to be a pro football player, pro musician, or pro trader. But, there ARE pro football players, pro musicians, pro traders, and all the other "things that people can't do" but ARE actually able to do.
I'm not surprised by his conclusions at all, because most people I know just aren't that interested in following the markets closely enough to become good at picking stocks, but most people DO have retirement plans with stocks in them, so the result would seem to be really that most people aren't great at things they aren't very interested in (and don't know much about).
It would be interesting to see this research done on a subset of individual investors who "should" be able to pick good stocks and see if the thesis still plays out.
Out of my three portfolios, my highly-regarded index fund is by far the worst-performing and I will not be putting any more money into it. I'll add to the stock picks in my individual portfolio that are doing much better. Wait - I'm supposed to sell the ones that are doing good, right?;)
If this is true: "And we know that institutions do better than investors because they do not respond in the same way to news" then who is it that causes a stock to plummet 20% in minutes during after-hours trading? Individual investors are doing that? I doubt it.
There are some very good points made in the article, but I think they apply more to the general public than to the "individual investor," whatever that means. So be aware of these pitfalls, but don't waste your money on index funds...
Kermit Prather from FL posted over 4 years ago:
Suggesting people buy an index fund instead of stock isn't the answer either. Yes, index funds are "safer" but like anything else when to buy and when to sell is very important. But you make it sounds like it's a no brainer.
The answer is proper education in how to pick stocks, index or any other investment. The stock market is the only thing I know where people will put thousands of dollars at risk without doing a single thing of educating themselves.
As one who does investment education, I am constantly getting people who say I don't want to spend all that time to learn how to do it. I just want to know where to put my money. I tell them in that case put it in your pillowcase, it's a lot safer.
Donald W Giffin from Missouri posted over 4 years ago:
I subscribe to nine report letters with various perspectives and I religiously read them. I am a full time invester.
I own about 70 stocks which I select on the basis of inherent value. I f a stock comes to my attention that is better than one I own, and a short term loss is not in the picture, I switch. I sell when I don't understand why losses occur in a particular stock or when I do understand and think the market is not very smart. I focus only on my own portfolio and make all my own decisions.
The article seems geared to rookie investers. Neverthe- less, the warnings seem valuable.
David Vornholt from HI posted over 4 years ago:
His comment about all of us not saving enough is well taken. But he does seem to be 'overconfident' in his own opinions and has a bias to the research he directs. This article also says that self education is futile. Anti AAII.
Robert Nichols from CA posted about 1 year ago:
As an individual investor, I am pleased to see the experts advising broad diversification and index funds. Such investments result in the purchase and sale of stocks without consideration of the merits of the business the stock represents. These transactions tend to move stocks out of line with the true value of the business, which provides an additional advantage to the careful individual investor.


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Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the nation's highest office. He succeeded from the Vice Presidency on the death of President Zachary Taylor, becoming the second U.S. President to gain the office in this manner.
- An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.
- Speech (13 September 1844), Buffalo, New York, quoted in the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser (14 September 1844). Fillmore had lost the Whig nomination for governor of New York. The newspaper summary was: "He entreated them to enter the contest with zeal and enthusiasm; but as they valued the sacredness of their cause, and the stability of their principles, to resort to no unfair means: that an honorable defeat was better than a dishonorable victory."
- God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the constitution, till we can get rid of it without destroying the last hope of free government in the world.
- Regarding enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act (1850), as quoted in Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President (1959), by Robert J. Rayback, p. 252 and p. 271.
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- Third annual message to Congress (6 December 1852).
- In less than ten years her Government was changed from a republic to an empire, and finally, after shedding rivers of blood, foreign powers restored her exiled dynasty and exhausted Europe sought peace and repose in the unquestioned ascendency of monarchical principles. Let us learn wisdom from her example. Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom. Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our Revolution. They existed before. They were planted in the free charters of self-government under which the English colonies grew up, and our Revolution only freed us from the dominion of a foreign power whose government was at variance with those institutions.
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In a barnburner at Target Field, the Phillies lost yet again. They move to 2-9 in June with an 11-7 loss to the Twins.
-It's really a coin flip anymore as to what Kyle Kendrick you'll get. On Tuesday, it was bad Kendrick. Giving up five runs over the first two innings is just about the worst thing you can do while trying to protect this Phillies offense.
-His final line: four innings, eight hits, six runs, two walks, two strikeouts. That's just not going to get it done, but really, what choice do the Phillies have but to ride the Kendrick Coaster.
-This young Phillies bullpen is shaky. Joe Savery, B.J. Rosenberg, Jake Diekman, and Chad Qualls all tried to keep it close and could not. All told, the pen wasn't very mighty, allowing five runs runs on nine hits in four innings of work. As Todd Zolecki pointed out in a tweet during the seventh, the offense hasn't been the issue – it's clearly the arms.
Offense isn't the problem as tonight shows. Since April 22, Phillies rank 6th in baseball in runs per game (4.74), but 24th in ERA (4.36).
— Todd Zolecki (@ToddZolecki) June 13, 2012
-The Twins putting up 11 runs on 17 hits tells you all you need to know, really.
-The Phillies offense actually had a respectable day at the dish. They were just let down by the pitching.
-Let's start at the top, where Jimmy Rollins had himself an evening. J-Roll finished 4-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs. The Phillies need him to be that table setter. His performance was one of the positives.
-Jim Thome had another solid night, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Too bad there's no DH in the NL…
-The bottom third of the Phillies order was excellent. Carlos Ruiz, Mike Fontenot, and Michael Martinez combined to go 7-for-13 on the night.
-Hunter Pence had yet another costly error in right field. As the Phillies were attempting to continue their comeback in the fifth inning, down 6-4, he let a single by Ryan Doumit get by him. Doumit would go to third base and score one batter later on a single by Trevor Plouffe. Jamey Carroll then slapped a double down the left field line two batters later that would score Plouffe (who actually never touched third). That would prove costly as the Phillies fell short in their second comeback bid in the later innings.
-Speaking of D, Placido Polanco will likely be back tomorrow, which should solidify things on the diamond a bit. Although, props to Mike Fontenot for having a decent night with the glove.
-And how about the play by the young fan that cost the Phillies in the seventh? Unlucky break that cost the Phillies a run when Fontenot was robbed by a Phillies fan in the front row along the third base line.
-Things you wouldn't hear a Phillies fan say any time in the last five years: "I can't wait for the NBA Finals to start." Many had to be saying that. I know I did after the first two innings.
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ladies and gentlement herrrrrres kendrick! ( now hum to yourself the music intro to elvis entering the room!) cool huh! makes it all worthwhile watching this so so pitcher. and people rag on lee! go figure. all lee does once in awhile is cough up a lead. kendrick on the other hand, or blanton take your pick. don't cough it up they just puke and make the game unraechable! and the defense marches on! 9 1/2 games out and counting! Go phils! no i mean go phils. i'm officially ready man, do it rube blow it up. trade whoever you have to, and give me something to watch that resembles a major league ballclub.
Tomorrow the Phils will be 10 games out for the first time since Oct 2006.
Unemployment was 4.4 percent
The departed was just released and has was $2.20
Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins were perenial MVP candidates.
The good old days.
lol AFW! sure seems like a long time ago doesn't it ? hey i think i even had a little more hair thennn???????? naaah
lol Hunter Pence you pile of dog manure.
Just FYI, y'all:
Singleton: 1B, Age 20, Texas (AA)
Santana: OF, Age 19, California (A+)
Yeah, great trade Rube. And if I ever hear a Pence fan complain about Domonic Brown's defense they go directly to jail and skip two seasons. They do not pass go. They do not collect $200.
That said, let me also say–to prevent any thinking I'm not giving blame where it's due–I know that the problem tonight was in large part the pitching, but the difference between Pence being a pile of maggot infested dog dung and guys like Savery and Rosenberg having a rough night is that Savery and Rosenberg aren't star players who are expected to carry the team. Hell, Kendrick (who, make no mistake, is terribad and shouldn't have been offered abitration, much less the $7.5 million dollar contract they gave him this spring) wasn't even supposed to be in the rotation. The bullpen youngsters are guys with little experience in the bigs and, along with Kendrick, been forced into roles they're not ready or equipped for due to injuries, so I cut them a little slack.
You can't really compare those players. Not until they are in the bigs. I have seen a lot of players tear it up and play well in the minors and then fall flat on their face in the bigs. I am sure if Pence was in the minors he would be well above those numbers. You have no idea how those guys are going to be.
He didn't show their stats to compare them to Pence, but to show what kind of prospects the Phillies gave up.
And you're right that there is no guarantee that even a very good prospect will amount to much. But he also showed their ages, because players typically continue developing until 26 or 27, and it's important that they're among the youngest in their league, and still among the best hitters in those leagues. Singleton is one of only 3 20 year olds in the Texas League, Santana one of only 2 19 year olds in the California League..
The problem I have with Pences fielding is a big one. Thats alot more than just his fielding.
In the good old days. ( 5-7 years ago) when a player came to the Phillies they got better.
And when players left they got worse.
Either the manager or the clubhouse atomosphere or whatever it was it made Victorino or Werth or other journeyman type of players better in Philly.
It seems to me it is the opposite now. I think that Charlie shuld have taken Pence out immediately following the play. Or sit him tomorrow. Or do something to piss off the players.
I just dont see it happening.
Theres an overall malaise thats been here for awhile. Last year Halladay Lee and Hamels camouflaged it.
I want to see a fight in the dugout. I want to hear the old man ( or anyone) trashed the clubhouse.
I want this to not be acceptable. I want to see angry players and managers with chips on thier shoulders. Instead of the smiling happy faces Charlie is so good at fostering.
Sounds like you want the Quizno's commercial version of the Phillies.
The issue isn't that they're too comfortable. It's that they're pressing.
Its that they're old and have no consistency in their lineup EVER. Phillies won't be above .500 this year with or without Utley, Howard, and Doc.
Uhhh, Rob…. they already have been above .500 this year.
Being old wouldn't matter if there were old and good, like they were last year.
As for consistency, I don't know if you mean changing the lineup from day to day, or scoring lots of runs one day and not much the next.
If you mean changing the lineup, I don't know why that's surprising — they have people out with injuries, and players who can hit only righties or only lefties, and Manuel is trying to put the best team on the field each day to win that game. You can certainly disagree with some of those lineup decisions, but I certainly don't fault him for changing up the lineup.
If you mean inconsistent scoring, that's really not the case. If you look at their game-to-game scoring, and compare that to other teams, they're no more inconsistent than other teams. And in fact they've been one of the MOST consistent teams since late April.
To top it all off Chase Utley was booed tonight in Clearwater.
Offense improved?
We are forgeting gentleman that our best hitter has been our DH ….
We are a NL team… Zolecki offense is not good.
We need to make hard decisions and give this team direction.
Sell what can be sold if it comes at a good rate: get a starting 3b cut salary get prospects.
Call up D Brown: let him play everyday no bench. Its time we started treating this guy like a top rookie and stop second guessing him — give the guy some confidence and a new challenge.
And challenge for the wildcard with what is left: hopefully at least a SOUND team not like we have now. NO TIME FOR INDECISIVENESS: we are horrible.
He didn't say it's improved. He said it's been one of the best for over a month and a half now (despite all the issues with injuries, men on 3rd, etc.).
Eric L said all that really needs to be said about Pence's Timmy Lupus fielding. Its a joke really. He's that bad. Maybe trading Pence and moving Brown into CF and Shane back to RF would be a good move. Brown would actually have the luxury of learning the position on the job.
Isn't in funny how we all thought that Pence was gonna be a super player? I wanted Beltran, only for the reason that we would have to give up less. But Pence doesn't have the sense of a goat.
The Dipsy
Phils are in free fall mode fellas. 9.5 out and fading fast. I think Charlie may get fired soon if this keeps up.
Maybe it its time for Sandberg to take the helm?
I don't think there's any chance that Charlie Manuel gets fired when your #3 and #4 hitters are on the DL to start the season, your #1 starter is out for 8 weeks and your #2 starter spent time on the DL as well. Throw in injuries along the way to your 3rd baseman and your young second baseman and I'm not really sure how all of that is the manager's fault.
I'm not saying it's his fault (although i don't agree with a lot of the decisions that have been made), but you have to shake things up and you can't fire the players. Yes, they've been decimated with injuries, but 5 games under .500 with a $175 million dollar payroll is just unacceptable. If this were the Yankees of the 70's, Steinbrenner would have already fired and re-hired Billy Martin! Lol.
a $175 million dollar payroll with $60M of that currently on the DL…and I'm only talking about 3 players there. That doesn't count for another $25M with Cliff Lee's DL stint, Polanco being injured, Galvis (who makes nothing) now out indefinitely, etc. Aside from maybe benching Hunter Pence for his sh!tty outfield play (and you really can't do that with the lineup the way it is) I'm not sure what else you want the manager to do.
Pence is a nice player, but not a star. Some of us knew that when the trade was made… It was a terrible overpay by the Phillies and it will come back and haunt us big time in the near future. What upsets me the most is the reason why RAJ made that trade (buying high) when we were in 1st place and virtually guaranteed to make the playoffs. Simply inexcusable.
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The Dipsy
I was embarrassed to be at the game. Fire Manuel? Why? Do you think the kids in the pen would throw better? Really a terrible game. They are not having fun and they don't believe.
But I understand why they don't.
if Baseball was like Golf, the Phillies would be doing great right now, with the low score in 9 of their last 10 !!!
….Rumor has it that Charlie is eating out more and more and has become extremely flatulent in the dugout. That has detracted from the needed concentration of the ballplayers and thus has affected their attentiveness to the game. He has been gulping Beano, but it has not worked. Now he is chugging Activia. This may be the underlying reason why people say he stinks as a manager.
Nationals up 2-0 with Strasburg on the mound.
Guy named Tyler Moore just knocked 2 in.
It will indeed be 10 games by tonights first pitch.
Charlie should be fired because they better try to win it this year. Because the future is not good. Unless this collection of fossils can get what Clemens and Bonds got in 1998. And that just doesnt happen anymore.
Bart maybe you have a daughter who could marry Tyler Moore and mess his game up.
Just a little FYI for the boys here at PN.
The Nationals have lost Zimmermann and Werth and Morse for large portions of the year. But somehow overcome.
The Nationals have a total team pay roll of 81 million. So if you take out the injured players from the Philllies bloated 176 million dollar pay roll it is still higher.
There is no excuse for being 10 games out on june 13th because of injuries. Especialy when our team is old. Old people get hurt. Ive fallen and I cant get up.
You've fallen?? Then stay down and stop bothering the sh!t out of us all the time…
How many times does a manager actually deserve to get fired? Not very often, but it comes with the job. He can't hit, pitch, or play defense. He writes his lineup card and sits back and watches for the most part. But someone has to take the fall when a team plays poorly. And they have played poorly. When you reach the upper stratosphere in payroll and expectations, there's lots more pressure. If it were 1990 with 15,000 people lumbering into the Vet to watch Bruce Ruffin, probably not so much. But this team is a mess…piles of errors, bad baserunning, misplayed fly balls, poor situational hitting, etc. I really hope they pull out of it and run off 5 or 6 in a row again. But at some point if this continues, the hammer has to fall.
Charlie doesn't know how to manage a team like this. Jim Leyland, Gene Mauch, Billy Martin. They squeeze more out of less. Charlie can't do that. Charlie is the guy at the keg working the tap. He's there to make sure all the three run homer guys are safe. warm, and comfy. But they're not here anymore. He's an "atmosphere" guy, not an "x and o" guy. But eff it. Firing him won't do much so you might as well keep him. He's a cool enough guy.
The Dipsy
I am really not trying to give up on 2012. As bad as it is this year think about next year when they are all a year older. Its dumb to think there wont be as many if not more injuries next year as they are all a year older. And Hamels will be gone.
If they got a Kirk Gibson type and realed off some wins I think its still possible this year.
The following years it becomes more impossible.
For that reason Id like to see a new manager.
Although agree Charlie is cool and of all the players/coaches on this team of the last 6 years he is the only guy Id put a statue of out in front of the park.
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RANGE: Widespread over North America
HABITAT: Open woodlands, orchards and park-like settings
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Sexes are similar with mostly greenish -brown plumage with a obvious crest and a black mask and a yellow band at the end of their tail. They are called "waxwings" because of the waxy red tips on their secondary feathers.
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You know you want this to be canon
definitely wouldn't mind it but personally i think natsu and lisanna are freaking adorable
I normally don't like pairings in shounen manga/animes but those two
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Yup I like them! However, I like Erza and Jellal more due to a just how much they've been through together, and how they love each other but have to constantly be apart. Helps that Erza is my favorite
But back on topic: NaLu is kawai!
I am I am
Ever since the part where Lucy jumped from that building and Natsu caught her I've been shipping these two
should i watch fairy tale?
I don't like Fairy Tale, but this pairing is really cute
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should i watch fairy tale?
Yes it is enjoyable in my opinion!
I only saw like two episodes of Fairy Tail but I was already saying "aww, those two would be cute together" lol
Das tr00 luv
I don't really care about the whole Natsu and Lucy thing. I just hate the fact that after Lisanna came back nothing interesting even occurred -_- like wow Lisanna's back moving on
Meeeeee! I love this couple!
Natsu and Lucy make a great couple
Been a NaLu fan from the start :y
Originally Posted by Nimmy
I am I am
Ever since the part where Lucy jumped from that building and Natsu caught her I've been shipping these two
Have to agree there but the whole story of lisanna was also just like long lost true love that may never be.
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Sources (jmfs-src*.zip) are also in the folder for those who want to build themselves. (download link above) Unzip the ISO and burn it on CD Connect a Tivo disk and a new large disk to a computer. SATA or USB - does not matter, it will work either way, but SATA is faster. Boot that computer from the CD burned in step #2. The guide will be started automatically, follow the prompts. If you are upgrading from stock drive, you will need to do: Copy, Expand, Supersize - in that order. If you are supersizing an already expanded drive, just do Supersize. If you ever find yourself in a shell (command prompt) you can: Restart the guide by "/root/guide.sh" command Shutdown the system by any of: pressing Ctrl-D "exit" command, "logout" command "poweroff" command Reboot the system by any of: pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del "reboot" command During the guided process there is a log file created "/root/log.log". If you experience any problems or errors please check that file for any extended error information. It would like to ask for assistance, please copy the log file somewhere, where you can access it later (e.g. mount an external USB drive or existing partitions and copy it there). USAGE ADVANCEDYou are in the root shell, no need to "sudo" anything. You need to know your disk names. The source Tivo disk and the targer where you want to copy or the one you want to expand. To find harddrive names in the system: run "fdisk -l" and make note of the device names and capacities (for ex. "Disk /dev/sda: 2000.3 GB"). run "hdparm -i <device>" (for ex. "hdparm -i /dev/sda") which will output the disk model (e.g. "/dev/sda: Model=WDC WD20EVDS-63T3B0") All disks are made read-only on boot, so if you are planning to copy and/or expand, make your target drive writable by "chmod u+w <target drive path>" (e.g. "chmod u+w /dev/sda"). There are scripts included to run tools separately, outside of the guided prompt: mfsadd.sh Expects 1 parameter - target drive for expansion (e.g. "/dev/sda"). Drive must already contain copy of the original Tivo disk. diskCopy.sh A "shortcut" for "ddrescue", expects two parameters: source disk and target disk or file name (e.g. "/dev/sda /dev/sdb" or "/dev/sda /mnt/sdb1/tivo.img"). mfslayout.sh Prints the layout of a Tivo disk. Usefull for testing/making sure the disk is OK. Expects 1 parameter - Tivo drive name (e.g. "/dev/sda"). jmfs.sh Base script to run a class from jmfs package. All arguments are passed to executed class. BUILDING You need Apache ANT 1.7.1 or above and JDK 1.6 or above. The ANT build script is included with sources. The targets are: build (default) only compiles the sources. clean deletes all built files, so all sources will be recompiled package compiles and creates packages - jar, bin.zip and src.zip for distribution.


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OverviewStarRC™ Custom is the advanced parasitic extraction solution architected for next-generation custom digital, analog/mixed-signal (AMS) and memory IC designs and IP characterization. A key component of the Synopsys Galaxy™ Implementation Platform, it is built on Synopsys' gold standard extraction engines including the brand new Rapid3D fast field solver technology. StarRC Custom expands Synopsys' custom design portfolio consisting of leading products such as Galaxy Custom Designer® mixed-signal implementation solution, IC Validator physical verification solution, and CustomSim™ and HSPICE® circuit simulation solutions.
StarRC Custom SolutionThe convergence of computing, consumer, mobile and wireless multimedia applications necessitates integrating complex custom digital and analog functions in today's advanced system-on-chip (SoC) designs. However, the widespread use of custom IP is creating increased design and analysis bottlenecks for the design teams. Increasing transistor counts, process variation and the emergence of new parasitic effects at advanced technologies are exacerbating the accuracy and performance concerns associated with high-sensitivity custom designs. IC designers need a comprehensive parasitic extraction solution to address the exceptional challenges of critical custom circuits in their designs.
StarRC Custom addresses the needs of the next-generation custom IC designers by offering unified gold standard extraction engines, including the ScanBand™ pattern-matching technology and the new Rapid3D fast field solver technology, into a single solution. The combination of the two technologies enables StarRC Custom to deliver high performance with tuned accuracy to meet the stringent demands of the custom designs. In addition, StarRC Custom's comprehensive offering including the seamless integration with Galaxy Custom Designer and optimized links with CustomSim simulator, enable increased designer productivity in implementation and simulation analysis resulting in overall faster time-to-tapeout (see Figure 1).
Figure 1: StarRC Custom is a key component of Galaxy Implementation Platform and Synopsys' custom design portfolio
Unified Gold Standard Extraction TechnologiesFor timing-sensitive circuits, such as critical nets, memory, AMS/RF, highspeed digital and other custom IP, accuracy is a non-negotiable design criterion. Designers generally require higher accuracy for such critical IP and circuits compared to the rest of the design but without severely impacting the overall turnaround time. In the StarRC Custom product, Synopsys' gold standard pattern-matching and 3D extraction technologies have been unified into a single solution (see Figure 2). The trusted sub-femto Farad accuracy of ScanBand technology is the foundation of the StarRC Custom solution providing the signoff accuracy and performance. The 3D field solver extraction technology brings more flexibility to the solution, especially for circuits where higher accuracy 3D self and coupling capacitance extraction is needed. The combination of the two technologies allows StarRC Custom to easily tune the extraction for targeted accuracy and productivity, as needed by the designers.
Figure 2: The unified gold standard extraction in StarRC Custom delivers high accuracy and performance for custom IC designs
Rapid3D ExtractionBuilding on the Raphael NXT engine, the brand new Rapid3D technology incorporates the latest advancements in field solver algorithms to deliver 20x faster 3D extraction with 6x higher capacity while providing the same gold standard accuracy. It accounts for all 3D effects associated with the complex geometries of interconnect structures at sub-45-nm nodes for silicon accurate extraction that is tightly correlated with Synopsys' Raphael™, the reference field solver used by the major foundries.
Rapid3D's modern architecture also includes multicore technology that demonstrates the performance scalability of up to an additional 54x speed-up on 64 processor cores. This allows designers to apply 3D extraction to a wide range of custom designs consisting of 10s to 100s of thousands of nets. In addition, the multicore technology supports efficient multithreading that maximizes the throughput on memory-constrained compute resources.
The Rapid3D technology is embedded as a standard feature in StarRC Custom, providing users proven reliability, most advanced process modeling and standard interfaces to achieve the targeted silicon-accuracy and productivity. The seamless integration allows the Rapid3D technology to be used for high accuracy extraction to drive multiple custom implementation and analysis applications, such as standard cell characterization with Liberty NCX, custom layout with Galaxy Custom Designer, circuit simulation with CustomSim and HSPICE and signal integrity signoff with NanoTime.
Figure 3: Rapid3D offers 20x faster 3D extraction on single core and additionally near linear multicore scalability delivering up to 54x speed-up on 64-cores
Figure 4: StarRC Custom's advanced parasitic modeling provides signoff accuracy
Advanced Parasitic ModelingIncreasing process variation and new parasitic effects introduced at each new generation of process technology are significantly increasing design challenges, particularly for highsensitivity custom designs. Advanced process technologies are elevating a variety of physical effects once considered secondary to primary factors affecting circuit behavior, thus increasing the need for accurate modeling to mitigate the chances of silicon failure and lower yields. StarRC Custom delivers a high-accuracy solution for advanced nodes by modeling complex physical effects in smaller geometries and by accounting for every capacitive interaction in custom circuits.
At smaller process geometries, device parasitics have an increased impact on circuit behavior, especially in the case of transistor-level custom circuits. For example, gate-to-contact capacitance can have an amplified impact on device performance due to the Miller effect. Device parasitics are becoming "context-specific" at advanced nodes, that is, they are becoming more sensitive to the layout environment requiring higher levels of accuracy in extraction. StarRC Custom accurately models and extracts the device-level effects such as contact etch effect, gate-to-contact and gate-to-diffusion fringe capacitances for increased signoff accuracy (see Figure 4a, 4b).
Figure 5: StarRC Custom's highly optimized links with CustomSim offer increased simulation performance
Figure 6: StarRC Custom integration with Galaxy Custom Designer enables productive cross-probing and simulation debugging
CustomSim Circuit Simulator IntegrationPost-layout simulation runtimes are increasing 2-4x with every new process generation. More accurate and efficient parasitic extraction is needed to accelerate simulation and meet tapeout schedules. StarRC Custom offers seamless integration with Synopsys' industry-leading CustomSim circuit simulator and a wide range of innovative features to boost simulation performance and capacity while preserving signoff accuracy. StarRC Custom's exclusive interface with CustomSim includes selective device parasitic extraction, active node (critical net) extraction, post-layout acceleration with isomorphic hierarchical back-annotation and optimized power network extraction (TARGET_PWRA) for faster in-design rail analysis (see Figure 5). The integration between the two tools enables over 10x simulation performance speedup for custom IC and memory designs.
Custom AMS Design Platform IntegrationStarRC Custom is integrated with Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer mixed-signal implementation system and with Cadence's Virtuoso Analog Design Environment (ADE) for custom AMS and custom digital designs. StarRC Custom and Galaxy Custom Designer offer users the unique benefits of an OpenAccess interface combined with the ease-of-use of the familiar Synopsys implementation environment using a common data flow. StarRC Custom provides full probing capabilities to probe parasitics within the parasitic view or within the matching schematic view (see Figure 6). The parasitic prober allows users to interactively observe point-to-point resistance, total net capacitance, net-to-net coupling capacitance and cross-probing between schematic and parasitic views. It also provides the ability to output probed parasitics to an ASCII report file, and to annotate parasitic view total capacitance values to an associated schematic view.
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Predictions from Pittsburgh
Well technically I am not in Pittsburgh but rather in Morgantown, West Virginia. I've had many arguments with buddies because I say that Morgantown is a suburb of Pittsburgh. Considering it is an hour away and the citizens here are big Pittsburgh professional sports team fans. But in my eyes the Pittsburgh metropolitan area is encompassed by Morgantown. Actually come to think of it, Youngstown, OH, my summer home too is a Pittsburgh suburb. The tri-city area which I call my home is considered "Pittsburgh" in my eyes.
You see how close the states are? Plus Pittsburgh is the heart of it all. From Morgantown to Youngstown it is only a two hour drive. Pittsburgh is the halfway meeting point between the two cities and a great meeting point at that.
Now back to what really matters here, the NLCS and ALCS.
Tonight it gets going. LA vs Philly.
Here at WVU there are many students from Eastern, PA, big Phillies fans at that. The Fever is catching and turning Morgantown into the City of Brotherly Cheesesteaks. It really upsets me. I don't like seeing the other MLB team in Pennsylvania getting all the pub. Not that the Pirates deserve any, it just gets under my skin that my team has never been here in quite some time. Nothing would please me more than to see the Dodgers pick apart the Phillies.
He is 21 years old, a few months older than me but yet he is being called upon to notch a victory for the Dodgers. People are saying that Clayton Kershaw may be too young to make theimpact the Dodgers expect. I disagree. Kershaw has been lights out all season and his age is not a factor. 21 year olds are tough people and in the prime of their lives. Experience will not play a factor becuase talent will ultimately prevail.
The Philies have a high potent offense lead by Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez. I said before that experience really shouldn't be a factor but these Philies have been here before and will be hungry for a repeat.
They are equally matched on the opposing side with the Dodgers.
Matt Kemp, James Loney and Andre Either make up the best lineup in my opinion. Supporting actors Rafeal Furcal, Casey Blake and Manny Ramirez add to the balanced aggressive attack.
These two teams are rather carbon copies of each other and it will be great to watch.
I give the nod to the Dodgers in six games. With decent pitching on either sides of the squads the offense will be the key. I see LA breaking out and scoring more runs.
The ALCS tells the same story.
Everyone in New York is smiling along with you Alex. He is breaking out here in the playoffs and showing power when it needs to be there. He along with Tex, Jet and Godzilla may actually see their way to the trophy for the first time in quite some time. The Evil Empire has been in a drought and this year they have shown that the wait has paid off. The team is better this year with an improved pitching staff. The threesome of C.C. A.J. and Andy-the Yankees have a full team, something we haven't seen since the days of Boomer Wells and Bern baby Bern Williams.
Torii Hunter says don't count me out yet.
Hunter wants this playoff series more than anybody. He is a vocal leader and his passion for the game is unmatched. The entire Anaheim club wants to win in honor of #34, Nick Adenhart. The team ahs come together since the very beginning to honor their fallen rookie. Nothing will prove more fitting than an Angels World Series. They manhandles the Red Sox and are ready for the Yanks.
This series too is evenly matched. It'll be tight all the way and I'd say at least two games will go to extra innings. In seven games the Yankees will be propelled back into the limelight to face the Dodgers in the World Series.
In Aaron Boone type fashion I can see a walkoff in game 7 by a New York player.
This postseason looks to shape up to be one that will forever go down in history. There are familiar faces and new stars to be made. What will 2009 bring to the baseball world? We'll have to wait and see.
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Matt, if this comes out anything close to what your predicting we are in for some awesome baseball! : ) I can't wait.
I am hoping the NL goes just the way you brought it up.
And I think the dodgers pitching can overtake the Philly bats in those 6 games, but I would not be afraid to even say seven games by the Boys in Blue.
But I really think the AL is going to also stay on the West coast.
I think the Angels have the bats to match-up with New York, and the weather in the first two games tends to work in the L A favor. If someone did do something "magical in this series in pinstripes…………look for Nick Swisher.
For some reason I think he is the team MVP in disguise because he has done so much under the radar for the Yankees this season.
Still in 6 games in Yankee Stadium the team in red and white might walk-off with the champagne.
Great predicitons……..It is going to be fun!
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Hey Matt,
So as I read this, I was video chatting with my friend who lives in Pittsburgh, and I asked him about Morganstown and he considers it part of Pittsburgh.
Anyway, I love the faith that teams put in the babies (as I like to call them). Clay Buchholz and Daniel Bard did a fine job for the Red Sox.
Both series are very evenly matched and should go to the end. All the possible World Series right now will be primed to finally go longer than 4 or 5 games.
I'm watching Dodgers-Phillies right now and the Dodgers are down in the 8th. I hope they come back with an Andre Ethier HR! As for Yanks-Angels, I agree that it'll be a very competitive series. I sure hope you're right about that walkoff in Game 7!
I live in the midwest and didn't know that Morgantown is that close to Pittsburgh. As for the playoffs, I watched game 1 of the NLCS last night and the Phils look tough and Lidge got the save. I hope the Yankees/Angles game doesn't get rained out tonight. I plan on staying home and watching it.
Great blog! Keep up the good work.
Good post you have here. You're right, this postseason will come down as one of the best no matter who wins it.
Matthew Tang
My dream was for the Dodgers to make it to postseason. Here they are. The rest is icing on the cake.
Great entry.
I am rooting for the Angles and Phillies. But what if C.C faced off against Cliff Lee in the WS….
What happens when you don't want any of the four teams to win? IF I had to choose one? I'd go for the Dodgers -I have always respected Joe Torre.
Matt – congrats! The latest Leader's list came out – with a twist – it covers the whole regular season (from 4/4-10/4) and you are #31!


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After the market close on Wednesday, Tesla said it will issue up to 3.1 million new shares and $450 million in convertible notes, in a capital raise that's been speculated amid a sharp run up in the automaker's stock.
Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive and cofounder, is committing to buy $100 million in Tesla stock.
Musk will purchase $45 million of Tesla's stock in the share offering and an additional $55 million in shares directly from the company in a private placement, according to a press release.
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This was Riojas' fourth year on the UIL science team. He won district titles all three years prior to this year but did not qualify to compete in state.
"It started the day I was a freshman because my ultimate goal has been to have one of my own banners in the auditorium with my name on it," Riojas said.
But he came back packing a punch his senior year to score a 76 on the chemistry portion for first place and sixth place overall once his scores in physics and biology were factored in. He also was named valedictorian of his graduating class.
"I knew I really wanted it, so I had to change how I was studying," Riojas said. "For me, it was to set a schedule of studying science two hours every day. It has been a hectic year."
Riojas won district titles in science overall and had the top scores in chemistry and physics. At regionals he was top in science overall with top scores in chemistry and physics.
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The Reveal:
You do not want to skip dessert here, that is for certain. This coming from the girl who sampled the entire "Sweet Endings" ($7 each) menu.
Above is a half eaten Chocolate and cocoa nib terrine with Vietnamese coffee sauce. I guess that's the name of the game when you're sharing family style. Certain desserts were passed from the opposite end of the 20 person table, which didn't make for lovely photos, but in the end, it's the taste that counts.