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|Pre-service training will probably be the most intense period of your Peace Corps service, as you will need to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to successfully serve as a Volunteer in just 10 weeks. While the training period will be extremely busy, it should also be a time of excitement, discovery, and self-fulfillment. The effort and challenges of adapting to a new culture will draw on your reserves of patience and humor but will be handsomely rewarded with a sense of belonging among new friends.
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Training is an essential part of Peace Corps service. Our goal is to provide you with the information you need to live and work effectively in the Kyrgyz Republic. You will receive training and orientation in language, cross-cultural communication, area studies, health and personal safety and security, and technical skills relevant to your specific assignment. The skills you learn will serve as a foundation upon which you will build your experience as a Volunteer in the Kyrgyz Republic. You will study either Kyrgyz or Russian, based on the language used most at your future site.
For your first two days in-country, you will stay at a training facility in Bishkek, after which you will move to the permanent training site located approximately half an hour outside of the capital. Once there, you will live with a host family in a rural village or small town with a few other trainees. While you and your fellow trainees will meet as a group, you will also have a chance to experience Kyrgyz customs on your own with your host family and on technical field trips. These experiences will help bring to life the topics covered in training and will give you the chance to practice your new language skills and directly observe and participate in Kyrgyz culture.
At the beginning of training, the staff will outline the goals and competencies you will need to reach before becoming a Volunteer and the criteria that will be used to assess your progress. Evaluation of your performance during training is a continual process that is based on a dialogue between you and the programming and training staff. The training staff will assist you in achieving the goals by providing you with feedback throughout the training process. After successfully completing training, you will be sworn in as a Volunteer and make final preparations for departure to your assigned site.
Technical Training
Technical training prepares you to work in the Kyrgyz Republic by building on the skills you already have and helping you develop new skills in a manner appropriate to the needs of the country. The Peace Corps staff, with the assistance of Kyrgyz experts and current Volunteers, will conduct the training program. Training places great emphasis on learning how to transfer the skills you have to the community in which you will serve as a Volunteer.
Technical training will include sessions on the general economic and political environment in the Kyrgyz Republic and strategies for working within such a framework. You will review the goals and objectives of your project and meet with the Kyrgyz agencies and organizations that invited the Peace Corps to assist them. You will be supported and evaluated throughout the training to build the confidence and skills you need to undertake your project activities and be a productive member of your community. In addition to regular classroom sessions, you will be given assignments to work on with your community, school or organization. These activities will help you acquire many of the skills and experiences necessary to be an effective Volunteer.
Language Training
As a Peace Corps Volunteer, you will find that language skills are the key to personal and professional satisfaction during your service. These skills are critical to your job performance, they help you integrate into your community, and they can ease your personal adaptation to the new surroundings. The initial period of language study will incorporate a community-based approach. In addition to classroom time, you will be given assignments to work on outside of the classroom and with your host family. The goal is to get you to a point of basic social communication skills so that you can practice and develop language skills further on your own. Prior to your swearing in as a Volunteer, you will work on strategies to continue language studies during your two years of service.
Although the prospect of learning a new language may seem daunting, Volunteers before you have been successful and many have learned to speak Kyrgyz or Russian fluently. Prior to leaving the United States, you will need to log onto My Toolkit on the Peace Corps website to download MP3s and corresponding language lesson manuals of both Kyrgyz and Russian to familiarize yourself with the sounds of the languages and give you a head start on some of the basics. Becoming familiar with the Cyrillic alphabet prior to your arrival can also help minimize some of the culture shock when you first step off the airplane.
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As part of pre-service training, you will live with a Kyrgyz host family. This experience is designed to give you firsthand experience with the local culture and an opportunity for regular language practice, easing your transition to life at your site. Families have gone through an orientation conducted by Peace Corps staff to explain the purpose of pre-service training and to assist them in helping you adapt to living in the Kyrgyz Republic. Many Volunteers form strong and lasting friendships with their initial host families.
Cross-cultural and community development training will help you improve your communication skills and understand your role as a facilitator of development. You will be exposed to topics such as community mobilization, conflict resolution, gender and development, and non-formal and adult education strategies. You will also learn about Kyrgyz politics, history, and arts. The Kyrgyz people take great pride in their poets, writers, artists, and composers, so awareness of their cultural achievements is an important aspect of adapting to life in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Health Training
During pre-service training, you will be given basic medical training and information. You will be expected to practice preventive healthcare and to take responsibility for your own health by adhering to all medical policies. Trainees are required to attend all sessions. The topics include preventive healthcare measures and minor and major medical issues that you might encounter while in the Kyrgyz Republic. Nutrition, mental health, alcohol-related issues, safety and security, and how to avoid HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are also covered.
Safety Training
Safety and security training will be provided throughout your Volunteer service and will be integrated into language, cross-cultural, health, and other training components. During safety training sessions, you will learn how to adopt a lifestyle that reduces your risks at home, at work, and during your travels. You will also learn appropriate, effective strategies for coping with unwanted attention and safety issues, and your individual responsibility for promoting safety throughout your service. You will be expected to follow Peace Corps policies as well as country-specific safety and security policies and procedures throughout your service, and to report any safety and security issues to the relevant Peace Corps staff. You also will be trained to fulfill certain responsibilities that are part of Peace Corps/Kyrgyz Republic's emergency action plan.
Additional Trainings During Volunteer Service
In its commitment to institutionalize quality training, the Peace Corps provides Volunteers with continual opportunities to examine their commitment to Peace Corps service while increasing their technical and cross-cultural skills. During service, there are usually two training events:
- In-service training: Provides an opportunity for Volunteers to upgrade their technical, language, and project development skills while sharing their experiences and reaffirming their commitment after having served for three to six months. This will also be a time to revisit pre-service training competencies, measure your progress, and reinforce competencies.
- Close-of-service conference: Prepares Volunteers for the future after Peace Corps service and reviews their respective projects and personal experiences. The number, length, and design of these trainings are adapted to country-specific needs and conditions. The key to the training system is that training events are integrated and interrelated, from the pre-departure orientation through the end of your service, and are planned, implemented, and evaluated cooperatively by the training staff, Peace Corps staff, and Volunteers.


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Davis back in Amarillo
Amarillo is back to defend its Lone Star Football League championship, and Bellaire graduate Nate Davis will once again be at the helm.
The Venom make their 2013 debut tonight inside the Amarillo Civic Center with Davis triggering the offense against the New Mexico Stars. Kickoff is set for 7:05.
Amarillo captured the inaugural LSFL "Texas Shoot-Out" title last July with a 62-40 triumph over the Rio Grande Valley Magic inside San Angelo's Foster Communications Center. Davis went 19-for-38 with seven touchdown passes in that game. He also scored on a 2-yard scamper.
Davis, who was drafted in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft after a record-setting, 3-yr. career at Ball State University, played in 10 games with the Venom last summer. He completed 176 of 308 passes for 2,409 yards and a staggering 53 TD strikes.
Amarillo was struggling at 2-3 until Davis entered the lineup. He went 8-2 as the Venom starting quarterback. He finished first in the league in passing yards per game at 301.1 and total offense with a 306.8 norm. He was involved in 329 plays.
With Davis running the show, Amarillo led the LSFL with 58.9 points a game and first downs with 235.
The LSFL is down to five teams this season. In addition to Amarillo and New Mexico, other teams include the Abilene Bombers, Laredo Rattlesnakes and San Angelo Bandits.
Only four players, including Davis, are back for another season with Amarillo, and 13 of the 23 team members have no prior indoor football experience.
New Mexico got off to a good start with a 60-42 victory over debuting San Angelo last weekend.
Quarterback KJ Black, who played collegiately at Prarie View A&M, passed for 306 yards and six touchdowns.
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Honoring García Lorca's Genius: A Bout Over a $22 Million Archive
An arts center first conceived in 2004 sits empty in Granada, Spain, while Federico García Lorca's family members fight for control.
July 11, 2016, Monday
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The coming week on the dance calendar in New York looks ahead to casting ballets and opening a season, and looks back at some historical connections.
January 20, 2016, Wednesday
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The Spanish poet's controversial work has been made into an opera, commissioned by Gerard Mortier, at the Teatro Real in Madrid.
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At a massive military march in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 15, it was noted a number of times that the female soldiers actually seemed to march straighter and cleaner than the male columns. Their shrill shout to attention always caused you to focus on them, regardless of what you were doing at the time.
BEIJING – After more than a week in Pyongyang to cover what ended up being North Korea's failed missile launch, the NBC News team that was covering the story – Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, producer Ed Flanagan and cameraman David Lom – have left the reclusive country.
But they still had some photos to share from the various patriotic events they were taken to by their North Korean minders as part of the foreign press corps.
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The rows and rows of soldiers in the bleachers at a mass meeting of soldiers from North Korea's armed services in Pyongyang on April 14 was a spectacle that showed off North Korea's military might and unity behind its new leader, Kim Jong-un.
From the unveiling of massive 50-foot-tall statues of former leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Il-Jong to a large military parade, to regular North Koreans snapping family photos, see some of the team's photos of North Korean pageantry below.
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We saw this little girl being fussed over by her father before a family photo next to a monument on Reunification Street in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 16. The girl later erupted into laughter when cameraman David Lom stuck the videocamera in her face.
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'Festooned with medals' was how NBC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel described the military officers at the massive military rally in Pyongyang o April 14.
Click here to see another view of the military parade in Pyongyang on April 15 - what it looked like from outer space. It was so big that columns of soldiers could be seen from a satellite photo.
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At 50 feet tall and made of bronze, the two statues of North Korea's former leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-il were colossal. Bathed in the dusk light when they were unveiled in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 13, 2012, they were quite simply a sight to see.
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When the last military vehicle finished rolling by during the massive military parade in Pyongyang on April 15, adoring civilians pushed through to the edge of the square, cheering for new leader Kim Jong-Un and waving flower wreathes.
Ed Flanagan/ NBC News
To our surprise and pleasure, when we arrived at the banks of the Taedong River in Pyongyang for the start of the fireworks display planned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il-Sung on April 15 we found thousands of civilians waiting for the event to start. It was a rare chance for NBC's David Lom to get shots of North Koreans from outside a bus window.
See more striking pictures from North Korea in PhotoBlog.
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Perfect apartment, perfect location
Size53 m²
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Accommodation summary
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The apartment is well located, it is close to all areas of interest places, good restaurants, and many tourist hot spots as well the best public transport possibilities. The most important public transport lines are really close to the apartment (in 100-150m), the tram No 4-6 (day and nights too) and the underground (Metro No 3, blue line at Corvin station). Besides of these important lines, some other busses ist there.
We offer a big wonderfull apartment (53sqm, 4m high ceiling) with fully-equipped kitchen, cosy king-size double bed, computer with highspeed internet, WLAN (60Mb download flatrate) and a beautifull bathroom.
The bedroom has a big double bed (180x200cm), cosy and very good for the sleeping (not too hard and also not too soft), music equipments (CD player, good amplifier, Bose speakers) connected to the computer where you can also find some more music or you can play your own. The kitchen has a dishwasher too.
This is a non-smoker apartment and no pets please.
House rules
The fresh towels are also included (big and small pieces), please make it sure that upon leaving, you don't pack it together with your own things. The towels shouldn't be used outside of the apartment.
The smoking is not allowed in the apartment, there is a small corridor at 2 meters from the apartment where you already can have a cigarette but in this case please care about not to disturb the neighbours there.
No pets please.
The music equipments can be used for your own amusements but a party is already not allowed in the apartment.
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Reviews of this property
We have a great holidays . Host is a very friendly and attentive. Apartment is clean, comfortable , well equipped . The location is perfect . We are very thankful to our host .
Lovely apartment with a perfect location and best service!
The apartment was everything I could ask for for a six-week stay in Budapest - big, clean and right in the city centre. All kitchen and bath items were conveniently included and the apartment itself regularly cleaned. The host was friendly and always helpful. Thank you for this welcoming service and for letting me stay in your home!
The apartment was spacious and the equipment was complete. The location was perfect: a quiet street close to shops, restaurants, tram and metro.
Het appartement was ruim en de uitrusting was compleet. De ligging was perfect: een rustige straat in de buurt van winkels, restaurants, tram en metro.
The location is top. Even with only 1 transfer from airport to reach and 2 min walk from the metro. Apartment was clean and cozy. Near the center and danube. Would so go there again!
De lokatie is top. Ook vanaf vliegveld met maar 1 overstap te bereiken en 2 min lopen vanaf de metro. Appartement is schoon en gezellig. Vlakbij het centrum en donau. Zou er zo weer heen gaan!
It 'a beautiful apartment near the center with all the comforts that can be used. The kitchen is new and well equipped. The bathroom is very nice and spacious. Another positive aspect is the level of cleanliness. The landlord is unobtrusive but very helpful.
E' un appartamento bellissimo vicino al centro con tutti i confort che possono servire. La cucina è nuova e ben equipaggiata. Il bagno è molto bello e spazioso. Un altro aspetto positivo è il livello di pulizia. L'oste è discreto ma molto disponibile.
Wij hebben genoten van Boedapest en zeker in het appartement .
Alles tip-top en prima locatie midden in de stad met genoeg uitgangsmogelijkheden, winkels ,eetgelegenheden en dichtbij metro .
Werden gastvrij ontvangen door de ouders van de host en deze waren zeer hulpvaardig .
Al met al een DIKKE 10 .
et bien , je suis content de mon choix : super propre tant la cuisine que la salle de bain , et l'appartement est style vieille hongrie .Si vous aimez le contemporain , s'abstenir !
bon emplacement .je ne mets pas 10 à cause du bruit des ambulance la nuit mais pour aussi qu'il reste de la place la prochaine fois
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A vehicle with three people inside fell through the ice Saturday afternoon while out on Lake Onalaska. The SUV went through about one mile north of the La Crosse Airport.
Rescue crews tell News 8 that all three people were able to crawl out of the back of the vehicle without ever getting wet. The lake was only a few feet deep where the vehicle went through the ice.
"It looks to us that there's possibly a pressure ridge where the ice buckled up, formed an air space underneath it, became very weak and that's where the vehicle went through," said Kevin Kappauf, with the La Crosse Area Dive Unit.
"If you look further south, there's actually open water. You gotta be really careful," he added.
There was a fishing tournament going on today on Lake Onalaska but it's not clear whether those involved where part of the tournament.
While it's not illegal to drive your car on the ice, emergency responders say doing so comes with many risks.
"Certainly there are a lot of risks when you decide to drive a vehicle on the ice. With the types of rivers and lakes that we have in this area, they are very unpredictable," said Chief Nate Melby, with the Campbell Fire Department.
"You have to be very careful when you decide when you go out onto the ice and we certainly don't recommend people do that," said Melby, explaining the danger of driving a vehicle on the ice.
The vehicle's owner is now responsible for figuring out how to get it out of the water and paying for the removal.


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On this day (July 29) in 1932, two U.S. Army infantry regiments supported by six tanks and some 700 Washingtom, D.C., police officers forcibly completed the job, ordered by President Herbert Hoover, of removing the so-called Bonus Expeditionary Force.
The marchers had come to Washington to demand immediate payment of promised bonuses, from its "Hooverville" camp located on a swampy, muddy area called the Anacostia Flats in Washington, D.C.
The army commander, in what has ever since been called, by many, a "shameful" abuse of governmental power against its own citizens (many of whom were World War I veterans) was Army Chief of Staff Gen. Douglas MacArthur (aided by, among others, future World War II generals Maj. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Maj. George S. Patton).
MacArthur carried out his orders to disperse the Bonus Army with efficiency and, some would later claim, unnecessary force and even brutality. The two-day Bonus March confrontation started July 28, 1932, when U.S. Attorney General William D. Mitchell ordered the removal from all government property of the some 17,000 veterans and the 26,000 other marchers (many of whom were wives, family members, and friends of the protesting veterans).
In the ensuing July 28 fracas, police shot and mortally wounded two veterans (Chicago resident William Huska and Californian Eric Carlson). On hearing of the July 28 shootings, President Hoover ordered MacArthur to clear and completely destroy the veterans' Anacostia campsite. In the July 29 military confrontation, 55 veterans were injured, 135 were arrested, and the rest were forcibly removed.
What had prompted these veterans and their supporters to march to Washington? In 1924, Congress passed a bill granting bonuses to WWI veterans, which was vetoed by President Calvin Coolidge, who declared in his veto message that "patriotism ... bought and paid for is not patriotism."
Congress promptly overrode this veto, and enacted the Adjusted Compensation Act, which awarded veterans bonuses in the form of certificates that could be redeemed after 1945.
By 1932, many veterans, like millions of Americans, were greatly depressed, unemployed, financially destitute, and even hungry. Throughout the late 1920s, veteran groups (including The American Legion and The Veterans of Foreign Wars) petitioned Congress to immediately redeem the bonus certificates.
Unwilling during the first years of the Great Depression (1929-1933) to spend the millions of dollars that would be needed to accommodate the growing demand for immediate payment of bonuses, Hoover – and, after 1932, President Franklin D. Roosevelt – refused to acquiesce to the veterans' demand.
Growing veteran discontent led almost inevitably to the Bonus March of 1932. Ever since the summer of 1932, there has been some support for, but also widespread condemnation, of the U.S. government's reaction to the Bonus March.
MacArthur, in justification of his use of force, later declared that the Bonus marchers were "a bad-looking mob animated by the spirit of revolution."
On the other hand, popular humorist Will Rogers praised the marchers as the "best behaved of any 15,000 hungry men assembled anywhere in the world."
Even Eisenhower – who somewhat unwillingly participated, as an aide to MacArthur, in the two-day confrontation – claimed later that he had, at the time, strongly advised MacArthur against taking any role, as Army Chief of Staff, in the forcible removal of American servicemen from their "Hooverville" encampment.
Of interest, despite his apparent misgivings, Eisenhower was ordered to write the Army's Incident Report of the military action against the Bonus marchers. The official report endorsed MacArthur's and the Army's conduct throughout the two-day skirmish.
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Philadelphia Phillies (57-70) vs. Diamondbacks (65-61)
Cole Hamels (5-13, 3.61) vs. Wade Miley (9-8, 3.56)
Time: 7:05, Citizens Bank Park
Weather: Mid-70s, partly cloudy
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Tonight, the Phillies have a chance to do something they haven't done in nearly a month's time–win three games in a row.
On the bump for the Phils will be the red hot Cole Hamels, who has dazzled since the All Star Break, posting a 2.30 ERA over 43 IP. That mark gives him the 11th best ERA in the NL since the second half started.
One of the pitchers ahead of Hamels in ERA since the All Star break is the man he'll be facing tonight–Wade Miley. Miley ranks 10th in the NL in post-All Star ERA, posting a 2.25 mark.
Hamels lost to the D-Backs when he faced them earlier this year, though he only allowed two runs over six innings. In that game, he uncharacteristically walked five batters. For his career, he's gone 4-2 against Arizona with a 3.42 ERA.
Miley has not faced the Phils this year, though he did shut them down for six innings in his lone career start against them.
Lineup: Young 3B, Frandsen 1B, Utley 2B, Brown LF, Ruiz C, Ruf RF, Mayberry CF, McDonald SS, Hamels P
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Seems like red hot is a little overstating Hamels work over recent weeks. I'm not quibbling with complimenting his results, guess it depends on how you use the language.
Truthfully, as we rolled through June, well, not we…only rolling Cole was doing was getting rolled over,which is an exaggeration, but he wasn't making no all-star team….I wondrered how he'd have pitched if he pitched in the all-star game. He had his own reasons for a less than stellar first half, but I figured with a good team behind him, he'd pitch well. We'll never know.
This should be a good, competitive game tonight. Should be a decent series.
I could see the Phils getting swept, but don't think it'll happen. I could see them winning 2, but don't expect it. If they do, it's a nice stretch to end the homestand and see what they do in Sandberg's first road games. My guess is they come up short 2 out of 3.
The guy who ran a blog from a bygone era used to intro each series with 3 questions. If I were to apply that theme to this matchup, it'd look like this…
1/ What does Ethan Martin have in store for an encore performance?
2/ How will Jimmy bounce back after being given a "night off for the 2nd time in 5 days after better work at the plate the last 2-3 games. Course I keep forgetting that each of the last 5 years, Jimmy was done all 48 times he mired his streaky behind in a slump. Not that he's had a good year/
3/ Which manager has a more intense weekend?
Being as this is retro night, it's right and proper to take a look at an ex-Phillie, who, with the magic of time, makes you wonder whatever happened to him.
Ender Incarte.
Buried again after actually making the Phils roster on OD, sponsored by terrific speed, and capable defense. The Phils eventually returned him to the Dbacks where he's had a pretty nice AA year, including 41 steals. Might still have a decent career including at least some big league time.
The Cool One has now dropped his ERA to 3.59. Full run below what it was when he pitched poorly against Milwaukee the end of May. Pretty sure, anyway.
7 innings per and 2 earned runs per game with the number of starts projected at the time gets him to 3.33.
Jim Merritt, he ain't.
When the basis of tonight's unis came out in I guess it was when the Vet opened, '71, the P wasn't exactly greeted warmly. General concensus was they looked like softball unis. Funny how now, allthese years later, that style of uni is much better received. All I know is I see the P, and softball or not, I see a lot of guys who gave me memories forever, and that was good enough for me for identification purposes.
I wouldn't describe this as worrisome exavtly, but Cole's a lille up in the zone so far. Beaucoup fly balls, noit in line with his groundball frequency of late.
22 pitches through 2 is an absolute buy though. That part, keep it going, for sure.
Maybe the most impressive thing about Goldschmiudt is as you glance through his stats, his splits are reasonably eve, He basically keeps on keepin on, not exactly piling it on in a given circumstance.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the fingers are suddenly crossed.
Any player can lose one in the lights, or twilight, even though I bet some went a career and never did, so we can pretty much look past Dom's snafu. But he's not having an acceptable defensive stretch of late. Matter of fact, on the whole, certainly arm strength aside, he's spent the last couple weeks validating Keith Law's claim earlier this year (maybe spring) that he' still "well below average" defensively. I thought that was a real overstatement, but we're looking to see better play than recently. And the thought was Ruf could be an adventure in right.
How bout that. Chooch gets the hitters count and continues hitting. and we are squared.
I'll be interested to see where, if he uses Rollins at all he uses him after passing on him as a pinch hitter letting McDonald hit with 2 outs to end the inning with them loaded. Maybe a little early to get down to 1 shortstop.
least they got the deuce, started by Fransden (2).
He's still young, 21, but I see where Jonathan Singleton hasn't exactly bounced back from his suspension. Prorated 160 K's, and he's walked enough to get his OBP up in the .330's, but he's not having a very powerful year at Ok City. I assume his future is still bright.
Unfortunately, there've been stretches where you would love seeing Heath Bell come in, but he's pitched pretty well of late. Or hitters have been of a cooperative spirit. He's been used in various situations.
Wellllll….we are left to wonder how Roger Bernadina would have fared against Bell.
Sometimes Ryno seems really into the lefty-righty thing.
But not there.
The 1 game that sticks out on the OOT scoreboard is the O's hosting the A's. Slump ridden of late, the O's are not capitalizing on the hot Yanks loss of a Kuroda start after sweeping Toronto by losing to the A;s 7-6, T7.
It's the way they are lsing. Six runs on 4 hits. Chris Davis and Adam Jones can't get it done themselves.
Pitching well of late, or not, ESPECIALLY after Asche leds off with a hit, I can't see the Phils NOT scoring here.
When a guy breaks an oh fer, I wonder what the batting average is on the first at bat after the snap slump hit. Like maybe Fransden goes with a 2nd straight hit here.
It's not 1.000, he calculated.
That must raise Zona's survival chances a lot of percentage, Utley or not.
3-2, foul, ball 4, game
first time a hitter's ever been up in that situation and didn't hit a foul ball. Ironically, a pitch that close, you often TRY to foul it off. Tough pitch to take results in a GW rbi. On the road to 2 of 3 for a good finish to the home stand. Now if they can just get it done.
Between 'em, Utley and Mike Sweeney have 1 heartbeat. But Utley is one cool assed mofer.
Takes a lot to get that boy going.
Winner winner
Chicken dinner
Never in doubt
Mets lead down to 1
I am thinking wild card!
Heath Bell and Dice K are my heros!!!
Players playing hard..how refreshing!!
G7, I couldn't watch and only followed on gameday — just curious, what do you mean, who is playing hard who hadn't been previously?
Schmenk…just referring to the recent fight back in this team,,don't remember too many in the first 100 games..
I think I finally figured this thing out. We might be seeing in Ryne Sanberg what we would have seen had Bobby Wine ever been given a chance to manage the Phils. What a nice thought to put a wrap on another night of baseball. I would hope RAJ has positive memories of Wino. A Mauch disciple, who I'd like to think wouldn't have overmanaged, Not quite comparable to Ryno as a player. We go from The Plays of Wine and Rojas, to The Thoughts about Wino and Ryno.
and fade to black.
Schenkman there was an overall team malaise with this team.
This year and some would say the year before and possibly the year before.
You are one of my favorite posters.
You entertain me and I get your point of view and respect it.
But sometimes you go over board on the positive like I go over board on the negative.
To similar levels.
Is just enjoying the ride.
Mets up one game.
It doesn't take a lot to please the fans.
I hope Phillies management is learning that winning games pleases fans more than keeping beloved players in town just because some fans have their jersey and are emotionally attached to a player. Even if it means a weaker team.
Yes, Andrew, I've heard it said in the past week — I was just wondering about specific examples. I am often suspicious of statements about "playing hard", "hustle", "enthusiasm", etc., for two reasons:
1) The main reason the Phillies won tonight was the pitching. If the 4th run in the 9th turned a 6-3 deficit to a 6-4 loss, I wonder if it would still feel like they played hard.
2) We often confuse playing hard with hitting well. Or not even hitting well, but having the good fortune of a weak grounder being just out of reach or a blooper falling in for a key hit.
Intangibles come into play.
Things like a general malaise that you cant put your finger on.
Its the old school scouts who see it in a player but not in another.
The numbers don't always say whats going on.
I will never think the Braves can win a title with McCann catching and Uggla at 2nd.
The numbers may prove me wrong.
The braves may win the WS this year. Then I would be wrong.
I don't think you can win titles with certain things in play.
I point to Carlos Ruizs minus WAR in 2008.
I don't care what the numbers say.
He was as important to that team as anyone.
I think what G7 means is they are winning games in the ninth. The team post Charlie seems to be a little better at winning with the same guys = playing harder.This may all go away but for right now I understand what G7's point is.
"Charlie's team" won plenty of games in the 9th.
Since the All Star break? Charlie's team had a stretch of 17 days with 2 wins.
No. Not since the AS Break. Certainly that's all "fresh" in our minds. But that stretch of terrible games shouldn't define Charlie as a bad manager. I mean, how do you explain the stretch right before the AS Break where they went on that run, won all those series against good teams and climbed back into the race?
Also… all these walk-offs this week…while nice….doesn't mean that Ryne Sandberg is suddenly some sort of genius. I will argue that they very well could have won those games in that fashion if Charlie was still at the helm.
I could also argue that Charlie had quit on this team, and the players had as well..Charlie always seemed to need really good players in order to succeed..there are other ways to win games if you actually manage the game and the players.
You DO need really good players in order to succeed. Right now…the Phillies are a bad team. But even bad teams have games or stretches of games where they play well. And in the case of this recent mini good stretch they caught a few breaks as well. Instead of winning 5 of their last 6 they very easily could have LOST 5 of 6.
Upon further review…
That was a cool last at bat last night for Chase. The normal predecessor for a hitter stepping up is they'll avoid an out about 33 out of 100 times. But a player of Ut's ilk? In that situation, confidence wise, maybe he's gonna get the job done more like 5, hell, maybe 6 times out of 10. Do I hear 7?
So did Kirk Gibson do the right thing yanking Bell for lefty de la Rosa?? Put it this way. You'll take Utley over Heath Bell all day long. And as for Joe Thatcher, a lefty pen deadline buy, he's had 11 of the last 19 lefties he faced get on base. And the Dbacks are like 3-13 at the Bank since '07, Altered roster or not, horror houses have a way of sucking you into long term leases. It's so easy to view it from the other side, where the Phils have lost countless games in exact similar circumstances, and so many wrong people get blamed. Maybe Asche and Jimmy Offense are underpublicized heroes for setting the stage for the destined loser getting sucked back in, although that avoids a lot of contributors toward getting there.
I believe I have the Saturday night lineup straight. I mean, I triple checked it, so it must be true.
I guess it's "Consolidate Your Offense Night" at the old ballpark. Get your runs between 2 and 7.
Check it out.
8. Casper Wells (R) RF
9. Ethan Martin (R) P
1. Roger Bernadina (L) CF
Ruth, Lou and Muusel. Bull, Mike and Richie Hebnah. Foster, Bench, Perez.
I guess it's as good as many a 3some that's suited up.
Are you freaking kidding me, Ryno? You handed this to the ump with a straight face? These guys are hitting a collective .155 for the year. Half of what Mr. Montgomery hails as a fine trade percentage!
This is the worst inning I've seen pitched since Jim Kaat's past hgis prime days with the Phils at the Vet.
This is TERRIBLE. 32 pitches and counting, and only 2 zip. Deeeeeep counts all over the place.
You said it, Ken. This is an atrocious inning for young Martin. Starting to think he might be better suited as a reliever after tonight's display.
Please tell me how you came to that conclusion. Seriously, I'd really like to know.
Just based on his lack if ability to set pace, and the way he fails to adjust to the line-up after the first time through. I'd love to see him become a solid starter, but initially he is showing the signs that relief might be better suited to him, as he posses good stuff and throws hard. Just pure speculation in the end though. : )
The way I figure it is this. While he's 24, which isn't exactly young, he's still developing. He's got a real good curve, and throws hard. So the potential is there. But he's got to improve his command. I don't see much of anything with his current demonstrated ability that makes him anything more than an adventure in the pen like we've seen so much of.
Another year in the minors, make a judgement then. Maybe his future is as a reliever, but even that's off an improvement.
And a nice hand for Martin who throws his first complete game in the majors.
And in time for dinner reservations, no less as he does it in 1 inning.
44pitches, 22 strikes, and the problem of 8-9-1 is eliminated early.
As we go to the 12th, the official scorer has said that if the game goes 14, Martin loses his perfect game.
Martin might retire by the time this sucker ends.
In a game of pain, that Bell curve getting Mayberry was thee pain of the night. Tying run would have come up, but a Mayberry freeze just leaves you in head shaking mode.
Especially after Chooch's hit, but now they have come back from 5 zip to get the tying run up.
It is just unbelievable. Darin Ruf. Just unbelievable.
How bout these Fightin Phils!!
Schmenk, You believe in the RUFFER yet? You didn't when the talk was he should be a platoon with Howard versus lefties.
Forget the platoon..should be the everyday 1st baseman with Stanton in RF.. Lol
Pretty ironic they go 9-9-1 in the 9th after that reaction to the lineup. And with Bernadina already whacking one.
Another shutdown 9th for Paps. Wonder who Ryno will use tied late on the road next week. As if we don't know, but this club is just full of surprises.
I can't get over that Ruf rip. There's more reason to believe Bernidina slams another than to think Ruf would go deep. Veteran pitcher, knows the guy has power, and yet, kaboom. Heath Bell is just incredible.
Glad he squared. Just thyninking a bunt for a hit might be the play.
This place is SUCH a house of horros for the Bax.
I cannot believe they're pitching to Chase at all.
You absolutely take the chance of walking Mayberry with 'em loaded. I actually think they tried to get Chase to bite. What a waste of time.
Tomorrow is so meaningless at this point, but this extra innings leans nice to Arizona with the pens lining up. First, Bell's not going 3 in a row, huge advantage, them. Paps (I don't thinbk) will pitch), I don't think BJ will, they gotta get a good start by Cloyd, especially against Corbin.
So in a way, the Phils are kinda playing for the series right here.
But I wouldn't assume they'll lose tomorrow. I was, but what do I look, stupid?
You can hit and run with Prado, if they choose to. Very dependable hgitter.
Helluva job by Jake. Does about as well as a guy can V Goldschmidt, and you couldn't ask for more tailor made stuff than how he induced Prado into the DP.
Ruf hits this inning.
He couldn't possibly do it again.
I think it's safe to saw Wells is big time pressing, anxious to fit in after SO much bouncing arouynd. And it's a shame because it'd be nice to see him contribute, to fit in, and it's not like he's got massive ability to offset that extra difficulty. Tough situation to be in.
Geez, if they use Cloyd, could Doc pitch here? That'd be interesting. Well, I hope it would be.
I THINK, he said hesitantly, Gibby's making a mistake here going after Utley. I'd have taken my chances with Josh against Mayberry.
Not an easy decision.
Tell ya what. If you think Doc glared at Charlie when he came out to the mound to check on him, you ain't seen nothing yet if they do ask him how he feels about tomorrow.
But maybe they have another backup idea.
No way I'd pitch to Prado
I thibk this is the Phils first extra inning game since before the break V the White Sox. Sure feels like it's been quite a while.
Cloyd's down to about 60 pitches left before we see who this year's Willie Valdez is. They may be short an ourfielder tomorrow, too depending on what's up with Brown.


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First of all, I'm a Jew. (Now there's a grabby start, eh? Probably cut into sales of my book in France, but what the heck.) The thing is, there are certain subjects in life where it's a good idea to say what you are before giving your opinion. Maybe it's a factor, and maybe it's not, and maybe it won't be necessary in 1,000 years, but it still helps in the present as a qualifier, disclaimer, badge, shield, whatever.
Like it or not, one's background affects the way we receive his opinions on a given issue. Whether you're hawkish or dovish on war, it helps your credibility if you've ever been in one. (Since my own uniformed service ended with the Cub Scouts, I try to avoid sentiments like, "I say we drop the big one.")
Let's say there's a bill in Congress to give every American under 5-feet tall $100 million. (Don't kid yourself, it's not that far-fetched.) This may or may not be a good idea, but if someone writes a column saying he supports it, and that, yes, the short folk should definitely get the money, it adds at least some perspective to have a note afterward saying, "The writer is 4-feet-11 in height." Therefore, saying you're a Jew is probably the right way to start a discussion about Christmas (or a date with Claudia Schiffer).
Second of all, I use the word "Jew" intentionally. I always use it. I never say Jewish, I say Jew. Being Jewish is easy for me, because it's about responsibility and ritual, and knowledge and morals and worship. Being a Jew is hard, because no one means it as a compliment. So I embrace it. Like other religions, being Jewish is done in private, with others who are the same as you, or alone in prayer. Being a Jew, though, is what I am in the world, and if you're one, too, I hope it doesn't come as a giant shock to hear that that's almost all anyone who looks at you will ever see.
Even if you've never said a prayer and have no beliefs, no matter how hard you try to please others and be invisible, even if you wear sandwich boards that say "Not me!" or "No Jew here!" and become a Buddhist, a Hindu, a Calvinist, a Rosicrucian or a Wiccan, you're a Jew, so you might as well start loving it. Try getting off the train at Auschwitz 60 years ago and telling the guy pointing to the room where you drop your shoes and get naked that there's been a terrible mistake, because you're not religious.
Maybe you're thinking, "Don't pull that concentration camp stuff anymore, it's ancient history." OK, maybe you're right. Try being a door-to-door salesman in Fallouja, then, and saying to everyone, "Oh, you don't understand, I'm a secular Jew and really don't follow the whole thing. Thank you, I'll be glad to come in. I mean, we go to temple on Yom Kippur -- everyone does, you know how it is -- but just for a little while, and most of the time I'll have a cup of coffee and a cigarette as soon as we get home.
OK, OK, I'm kneeling, take it easy. Anyway, the most Jewish thing I ever do is the Sunday Times crossword puzzle. Or try to, heh-heh. I had an uncle who used to do it in ink. Say, those sure are some weird banners you've got up there. Can I go now?"
And maybe you're thinking, "Don't pull that Fallouja crap, either. The only reason they'd do that is because we've invaded their country and ruined all their kite flying." Okay, maybe you're right again. Try it in Egypt, then, or Saudi Arabia. Or Yemen. Or Turkey. Or Chechnya.
Try it in Paris.
No, if you're Jewish, you either know you're a Jew, or you're an idiot, and if you're an idiot, don't worry, I've been one, too, lots of times. We all have. Perhaps, though, now would be a good time to stop, since the world's not going to change anytime soon.
Of course, you may be a resident of that rarest of wards in this asylum, the incurables, the ones who say, "The only reason any of it is happening is because of Israel." Then I can't help you. Your soul is so torn and in such frightened denial you wouldn't know your head's been cut off even after the video of it has won for Best Newcomer at the Al Jazeera Emmys.
Speaking of which, "I'm a Jew, and my parents are Jews" is the last thing they made Daniel Pearl say. And when they first snatched him and called their bosses to ask what to do, they didn't say, "We have a reporter," or "We have an American," or "We have a capitalist from the Wall Street Journal." They said, "We have a Jew." If that's still not enough, you might as well go all the way, like one of us, and become the attorney for Hamas.
Which, hooray, finally brings us around to ... one more word about Jews. (I know, for a chapter on Christmas there hasn't been an awful lot of it so far. Hold onto your yarmulkes, I'll get to it.)
Actually, this next point brings us right to Dec. 25, because Christmas, you know (unless you've all forgotten, which is increasingly possible), doesn't celebrate the birth of Santa, but the birth of Jesus, and Jesus was a Jew.
That may sound like overstating the obvious, but it's not. You might say, yeah, we all know that, let's move on, but think about it. Jesus wasn't a Christian, that all came after. He was born, lived and died a Jew, a rabbi, in fact, and it's worth taking a good look at it: Jesus was a Jew, his parents were Jews, everyone he grew up with and knew was a Jew, the disciples were Jews: St. Paul, who built the church; St. Peter; James; Mark; Thomas; Mary Magdalene; the guys crucified next to him on Calvary were Jews; everyone sitting on the grass listening to the Sermon on the Mount; and the first 10,000 Christians.
John the Baptist wasn't a Baptist, he was a Jew who baptized.
They were all Jews, and that's a lot for such a small people. In fact, so far as I know, the first non-Jews Jesus ever ran into were the ones with the whips and the nails.
By the way, most people don't know that tens of thousands of other Jews were also crucified in the same way, and in the same period, by the same sweethearts, the Romans, although Jesus was the only one who rose and grew to be worshipped by millions, unless you count Miramax.
We may not know what color Jesus' eyes were, but it's a cinch that Joseph and Mary looked a lot more like Elliot Gould and Lainie Kazan than Brad Pitt and Ann Heche. Anyway, we're finally on to Christmas.
After one more point. (Come on, don't be mad.)
Here's the thing. Every ethnic group, tribe, people, and race has its bragging rights, but I think the Jews have had a vastly disproportionate effect on the world over the centuries to their numbers. For goodness' sake, if you list just three, Jesus Christ, Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud, I can't imagine any other trillion people added together who have so shaken up heaven and earth, can you? Now, is that just a coincidence?
You put us down anywhere in the world, and one generation later you've got the best hospitals, furniture stores, schools, libraries, delis and 97 percent of anything funny that's ever been written.
Be honest, if you needed an emergency heart operation in 10 minutes, and you had to choose your surgeon right there, right then, that second, and the list they handed you had only six names, and you were in a strange place and didn't know any of them, and the six names were: Dr. Bush, Dr. Kennedy, Dr. Giuliani, Dr. Arafat, Dr. Sharpton or Dr. Lieberman.... Which one would you pick?
Yes, yes, I know, it's a terrible question. I feel awful and don't know how I'll ever get over it.
All people are obviously exactly the same, and I'm certain each one of them is a magnificent doctor, but... which one would you pick? Hell, Bin Laden would probably pick Lieberman, and you know it. I wish he wouldn't, but he probably would. The cherry on top is that Dr. Lieberman would enthusiastically use all of his talents to cure him, which follows my long-held theory that every Jew is just smart enough to be his own worst enemy.
Are Jews over-represented in all sorts of important fields? You're damn right we're over-represented in all sorts of important fields, but isn't that an amazing thing? You might have thought over the years folks would look at the Jews and say, "These people are incredible and astonishing. Let's be more like them." The actual response has been, uh, slightly different, more along the lines of "These people are too good at everything they do. Let's kill them."
It's another of life's ironies that the England in which William Shakespeare created Shylock had very few models for The Bard to go on; zero, actually, those of the Hebrew persuasion having been invited to leave Her Britannic Majesty's realm just a hair before Elizabethan times, in 1290. (They weren't asked back till the Restoration by Cromwell, who looked around and realized no one in England had had a decent argument for 400 years. My opinion of Shylock, by the way, is that he was a candle lit by Shakespeare in the darkness.)
I'm a short-run pessimist and a long-run optimist, and I believe deeply that one day, for all peoples, the lion will lay down with the lamb. When that will occur is anyone's guess, maybe even God's. (That'd be a kick in the head, wouldn't it? You get to heaven and God says, "Me? I was waiting for you.") The odds for universal brotherhood hitting the charts in the next short while are not good, but whether it's the long run or the long, long run, we'll just have to wait and see. It will probably come somewhere between the United States winning a World Cup and the sun burning out, both of which are going to take millions of years, anyway.
In the meantime, I think Americans have made astonishing progress embracing tolerance of all people, and often adopt many aspects of varied cultures into the melting pot, so much so that sometimes it gets a little silly. A few years back a national fast-food chain added a snappy little item to their breakfast menu: ham and cheese on a bagel. I still don't know whether that's a giant leap forward, or the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life.
Anyway, come on, folks, lighten up on the Jews. Any group that survives thousands of years of attempt after attempt to destroy them and can still consistently pop out people from Pushkin to The Three Stooges should be given a pass or two, and maybe even allowed to have their own country the size of a book of matches in the middle of a football field.
And now, if no one has any further interruptions, I'd like to talk about Christmas. The issue, as you know, is what we should call it. "The Holidays" has become a popular dodge, which is interesting considering the word "holidays" comes from a contraction of "Holy Days," which is the one thing the people who insist on using it don't want to acknowledge in the first place. And you've all heard the eye-rolling contortions like Winter Solstice Break.
I guess I'm in the group that shrugs and says, "What in the world is so wrong about your dry cleaner, and (gasp!) the evening news, and even (double gasp and grabbing of chest!) your senator saying "Merry Christmas?" I don't get it, I swear I don't. Ninety percent of the country is actively or inactively or nominally Christian, but they all celebrate Christmas. Does that make America a Christian country? Not officially, maybe, and it never has been, but doesn't it kind of make it one unofficially? The main thing is... who cares? I don't. In fact, it's fine with me. Look, folks, in case you didn't know, or went to public schools after 1970, the United States was started by Christians, thought up by Christians and grown by Christians, and I can't speak for you, but I'm glad they did.
Personally, I like being The Other, the guy on the outside of the whole thing, because every time I get too assimilated and start thinking I'm Alistair Cooke, Christmas comes along to remind me I'm probably closer to Sam Cooke. This keeps me honest, and I love the dissonance. As a kid I adored "The Nutcracker Suite," and I finally saw one onstage a few Christmases ago. It was dandy, but as Tchaikovsky's gorgeous music unfolded, all I could think of was what my ancestral Russian brethren had been doing on the night it premiered. Probably not dressing for the ballet, I'm guessing. As the wonderful comic Richard Morris used to say, "My grandfather had a very rare job for a Jew in Russia at the time. He was a liaison between the soldiers' horses and the ground."
Forget calling America Christian for a minute. Forget Christmas, or Snow Time Pagan Fest or The Thing With The Gifts, or whatever you don't want to call it. How many people have to do a thing, or be a thing, or support a thing, or celebrate a thing, before we say they are the thing? Look: Men like to make love to women, right? Not every single man on earth likes to make love to women, but I think it's still fair to say... Men like to make love to women. Yes? No? Kind of? Move on to the multiple choice?
I don't mind being silly, in fact I spend a lot of my life trying to do it, but sometimes we all get a little too silly and need to look at it. One of these days (soon, probably) a major American city is going to have a black mayor, a black police chief, a black fire chief, a black school superintendent, a black city attorney, and a 100 percent black city council at the same time, but if they all came out in favor of something like vouchers, someone will call them racist (and probably someone white). Now, with everyone who runs the city being black, does that make it a black city? Of course not, it's just a city in America.
But some of my black friends call Atlanta a black city, because it has a large black population. (I've worked there at least 50 times, and the only characteristic I've come away with is that their late-night drinking population is huge. Or so I'm told.) Can my friends call it black? Why not? Is it an American city? Sure. Wait, though: What if 2 percent or 6 percent or 10 percent of the people who live there aren't American? Does calling it American offend them? If it's over a certain percentage of noncitizens, should we stop calling it American? Can the noncitizens call it something else if they want? Brussels, maybe? If so, there ought to be another set of stationery with the city seal. This may not reflect every group, though, so why not 10, or 50?
In other words: How dumb are we prepared to be?
By the way, I've been saying "African American" instead of "black" for a long time, but the last two paragraphs just used it too often, and I had to go back to "black." I mean, "African American" has seven syllables. Trust me, if you reread the last half page and replace them all, you'll see what I mean.
I don't need anyone's help knowing what I am, or how to tell my kids what they are. When they asked, "Do we have Santa?" I said no, that's for all our Christian friends who celebrate Christmas.
When they asked if we could put up some lights, too, I said no, Jews don't do that, it's for our Christian friends. Same with a tree. And it provides me the chance to point out that we Jews are only a tiny group in the world, and not everyone is thrilled about us still hanging around popping out Marx Brothers, but that America, Christian America, with all its mistakes and sins of the past (just as we all have) has not only given us the best place in the world to live and grow, but was instrumental in creating Israel and helping it survive.
That no matter what bones I have to pick with Christendom over the last 2,000 years, and there are a few big ones, it wasn't Christian Germany that murdered so many, it was the explicitly, exuberantly, required-to-formally-and-publically-leave-Christianity-and-turn-your-back-on-it-or-you-couldn't-get-ahead Nazis who did; and that the biggest friend Israel has in the world today, by a huge margin, is Christian America.
So far, calling the winter break Christmas vacation, as I do, and watching "It's A Wonderful Life," as we do, and calling the spring break Easter vacation, as I do, and watching "Easter Parade," as we do, doesn't seem to have hurt their baseball games. And believe me, in observance, ritual, schooling, intensity and outlook, it would be difficult to be much more Jewish than we are. (Actually, we only watched "Easter Parade" once, and were bored stiff by it. Truth to tell, it's not one of my favorites, but I figured it was kind of a classic. You know, Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, and the colors and the costumes and the dancing. "On the avenue... Fifth Avenue..." OK, I hate it, too.)
By the way, I don't give them big, fire-hose blasts of this stuff. One of America's blessings is that we can allow our children to be innocent about evil in the world, and to just open their Hot Wheels toys and watch Daddy grumble while trying to put them together. And they're definitely too young to need to know that there's a group of folks in the world, a very, very big group, and a very, very motivated group, who would slaughter every Jew -- and every American, and every Christian -- in an instant, if they could, and dance all day afterward. And that that group, whatever else they may be, sure doesn't celebrate Christmas. No, plenty of time to tell them that in the future.
So Merry Christmas to all the Christians of America and the world, this year and forever. As far as I and my family are concerned, you may say it all you want, wherever you want, whenever you want. In fact, I hope you will. In fact, I insist you do. And to the folks who get all red in the face over that and want to pass laws that forbid it, OK, do what you've got to do, and Happy Hannu-Kwanz-Mas to you, too.
For myself, I believe this year I'm going to try to find a bar with an old jukebox and that great Bing Crosby "White Christmas" on it.
"White Christmas," by the way, in case you didn't know, was one of thousands of hit songs written by a guy born in Russia named Isaac Baline, who moved here as a boy and changed his name to Irving Berlin, and was, in addition to many other things, a Jew. Of course.
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Iranians released by Syrian rebels arrive at a hotel in Damascus on Wednesday. The 48 were released by Syrian rebels in exchange for the more than 2,000 civilian prisoners held by the Syrian government.
Syrian rebels freed 48 Iranian hostages on Wednesday in exchange for the release of more than 2,000 civilian prisoners held by the Syrian government, according to the head of a Turkish aid agency that helped broker the deal.
The Syrian rebel al-Baraa brigade seized the Iranians in early August and initially threatened to kill them, saying they were members of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sent to fight for Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The Islamic Republic, one of Assad's closest allies, denied this, saying they were Shiite Muslim pilgrims visiting shrines. Iran asked Turkey and Qatar to use their connections with Syrian insurgents to help secure their release.
"The 48 Iranians have been released and are being taken to Damascus, accompanied by Iranian and Syrian officials," Bulent Yildirim, head of humanitarian aid agency IHH, told Reuters by telephone from Damascus.
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The group arrived at the Sheraton hotel in central Damascus looking tired but in good health, a witness said. The men were accompanied by the Iranian ambassador to Syria and arrived in six small buses.
Yildirim said the release of 2,130 civilian prisoners, most of them Syrian but also including Turks and other foreign citizens, had begun in return. Two state-run Iranian television channels also reported that 48 Iranians had been freed in a swap.
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SPRINGFIELD – Leaders of the Illinois Board of Higher Education praised the fiscal 2007 budget announced today by Governor Rod Blagojevich.
Statement by Chairman James L. Kaplan:
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"The budget proposed by Governor Blagojevich makes college affordability a top priority through increases slated for the need-based Monetary Award Program, additional funds for the Illinois Incentive for Access program, and the tuition tax credit. It also allocates needed funds for salary competitiveness for faculty and staff. In addition, the budget calls for $3 million for the Student Success Grant at community colleges, restoring vital special services for students who enter college with educational disadvantages. Budget increases aimed at alleviating the statewide nursing shortage and promoting training and retention of forensic scientists are welcome initiatives targeted toward vital state needs.
"The higher education community is grateful to Governor Blagojevich for this far-sighted budget proposal, and pledges its support for passage in the General Assembly."
Statement by Executive Director Judy Erwin:
"Governor Blagojevich has proposed a budget that is innovative in addressing both ongoing and emerging higher education needs for the citizens of Illinois. The budget provides support for the high priorities of the Board of Higher Education as well as colleges and universities throughout the state, including affordability, competitiveness, student access and success, and increased efficiency. It is appropriate to examine the possible sale of the loan assets and transaction services of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, as other states have done, and the pledges contained in the budget to maintain employment and student services after any such sale are reassuring. The higher education community is grateful to Governor Blagojevich for his support of higher education in the fiscal 2007 budget."


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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Israel's Withdrawl from Ghajar Part of the Creation of the Jewish State?
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Ghajar is a village in the Golan Heights, an area conquered and annexed by Israel from Syria after the Six Day War. The village was so close to the Lebanese border that the construction of a few houses caused the village to spread into Lebanese territory.
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The village is populated by ethnic Arabs of the Alawi faith, an offshoot of Shia Islam that believes Muhammad's cousin Ali was an incarnation of God. However, these villagers willing accepted Israeli citizenship. They hoped that joining a stable, pluralistic democratic state would be better than staying in a no-functioning, pluralistic thugocracy (Lebanon) or joining a stable police state (Syria).
Sadly, because of geopolitics they will pay for their belief. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Israel will withdraw from Ghajar. While this has been a possibility for a while, Israel gave up on any negotiating with Lebanon about the protection of the villagers. Who will take over the village? The closest military power: Hezbollah. Twelever Shia Hezbollah sees these Alawites as political traitors and heretics. Most likely many Ghajaris will flee to Israel out of fear of Hezbollah.
Some are wondering why is Israel doing this. I propose that it is part of an overall trend in Israel to reestablish the idea of the Jewish state. Recently Israel announced plans to immigrants take an oath which states Israel is a Jewish state. Previously, Israel abandoned settlements and occupation of the Gaza Strip because holding would eventually force Israel to absorb over a million Muslim Arabs. While Ghajar might give territory to Israel it would not advance the cause of a Jewish state.
The Lebanese will view a withdrawal as a victory and Israel will view it as one as well. The only ones to lose are the ones who care the most: the two-thousand villagers of Ghajar.
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After the 2000 Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon, the Lebanese claimed that the Israelis hadn't completely withdrawn because they still occupied a little disputed tract called the Shebaa Farms. For the first time in decades, the UN sided with Israel in this dispute, saying the Shebaa Farms were not part of Lebanon but part of the Golan Heights, which is a separate dispute between Israel and Syria. If Israel is going to use the UN's verdict to make its case on the Shebaa Farms issue, I suppose they have to abide by whatever else the UN says about the position of the Lebanon border, including the division of Ghajar, which is right next to Shebaa. The UN has been complaining about Israel's "occupation" of Ghajar. While it's true that elements of the current right-wing government of Israel have been trying to emphasize the Jewishness of Israel, I don't think that's what this is about. Netanyahu has never accepted the argument, promoted by some far-right Israeli politicians, that the Arab Triangle, with more than 100,000 people, should be made part of a Palestinian state -- an idea fiercely rejected by most of the area's inhabitants.
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Thanks for the comment. Isn't Ghajar not part of the Shebaa farms complex? It seems odd that Israel would go with the UN in this case when there are so many other issues.
However, thanks indeed for your comments and reminding me that the government is a coalition with multiple speaking mouths (one statement/policy does not necessarily apply to all).
- Catholicgauze said...
Disregard that whole "Ghajar outside of Sheeba farms" bit. I realize now what you are saying. Thanks again!


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Oldies from the Islands Part 2
The response to last weeks oldies show was so positive, I've decided to do another. This week the most recently recorded song we will play will be from 1979, Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai, from Aunty Edith Kanakaole. The oldest will be from the late '1920s featuring Bennie Nawahi. We will also hear songs from the Waimea Music Festival, recorded in 1974 and many, many more. This will be another fun show, tune in at 2 p.m. this Sunday September 29th .A hui hou!


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Heat plant conflict cools off with city's promise
MONTPELIER After negotiations that representatives of both the city and state acknowledged were challenging, the city has agreed to contribute $408,000 toward the $3.3 million projected cost overrun for the $20 million wood chip heating plant that will serve both the state office complex and downtown Montpelier.
The good news is that there is no immediate budget impact to the city moving forwards, said City Manager William Fraser. It was somewhat frustrating, but in the end we reached a fair way of dealing with the problem. Anything can happen with a construction project.
The state had sought more than $600,000 toward the cost overrun. The city refused to pay, arguing that it was the states responsibility to budget, design, construct and operate the plant, with the city being responsible solely for the distribution system.
The $408,000 the city finally agreed to contribute represents the cost of the thermal conversion unit, known as the city room.
The money to pay the bill will be generated in two ways. Should there be leftover money in the budget at the end of the project, the city will pay at least 50 percent of the surplus toward the bill. Any remaining unpaid balance will come out of revenues generated by future profits from the plant.
The project ran into problems after initial estimates for its cost shot up after the state budget process. It has been lauded as an example of how federal, state and local governments can work together to both promote clean energy and reduce heating costs.
One of the things that I am learning is that each project that we undertake has never been done before, said state Buildings and General Services Commissioner Michael Obuchowski. You can bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies, but each one has its own shape and form. These construction projects each have their own shape and form.
At issue, said Obuchowski, is how and when the Legislature is given figures for a projects cost. These projects go through several stages, and we want to be able to give the Legislature figures that they can rely on but not necessarily take to the bank.
To lessen the kind of sticker shock engendered by the kind of overruns being seen in the wood chip plant project, Obuchowski suggested that perhaps investing earlier in cost analysis up front might help develop better numbers during the planning stage. As a project develops we need to identify a place along the continuum where we give the Legislature a number, and maybe thats later in the process.
Among the items that contributed to the wood chip plant overruns were the $408,000 for the heat conversion room, $550,000 for using the present heating building instead of replacing it, and $316,000 for anchors to prevent the heating facility from floating in the event of a flood.
The city will begin construction of the distribution system April 17, and Obuchowski said the state intends to begin in early June. Plans for the plant to be up and running by Oct. 1 have already been set aside, with acknowledgment that it will be later in the fall before the plant comes fully on line.
Were ready to go, and were hoping the state is going to be standing right next to us, said Fraser. This is an important partnership between the city and state.
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"People we were talking to that night didn't share much information," said Investigator Adam Levine.
The incident happened at what Levine called a "large graduation party outside Tuleta."
He said deputies received the first call at 2:57 a.m. from an address on West King Lane.
Levine said deputies were told that several small fights had broken out during the party.
The investigator said neither victim suffered life-threatening injuries. One of them, a 23-year-old male, was transported to a Corpus Christi hospital, but he was released after treatment and after doctors determined that his injuries were not as serious as originally thought.
The other victim, a 19-year-old man, was treated at Christus Spohn Hospital Beeville and released.
Levine said he planned to interview some of those who were at the party to see if they can offer any additional information.
He asked that anyone who might be able to identify an assailant in the stabbings call him at the Bee County Sheriff's Office at 362-3221.
He said witnesses may choose to remain anonymous by providing information to the Coastal Bend Crime Stoppers. Witnesses who report to that organization may always remain anonymous. Often, if the information provides leads to an arrest, the witness may qualify for a reward of up to $1,000.
The Crime Stoppers organization may be reached by telephone at (877) 362-0206 or by email at coastalbendcrimestoppers.com.


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First Skyrim competition winner announcedposted by Dark0ne Site NewsSo here we are, the first Wednesday of our Facebook page competition. Over the past 24 hours almost 1,000 more users have liked our Facebook page, and we've had double the number of people join our Steam community, so great stuff! In fact, just for added incentive and to increase your chances of winning, if we get 10,000 likes on Facebook before the 9th of November (the last Wednesday before Skyrim's launch) I'll do a double-draw that day, so two people can win. And not to leave out the Steam group, if 2,500 people join our Steam community before the same date, I'll do a double draw for the Steam group on that Wednesday too!
But on to our first competition winner, a Steam gift of Skyrim goes to Mike Crouch. Mike, you'll need to PM me on the forums here with a link to your Facebook page (you can get the link from the top-right hand corner of Facebook when you're logged in) so I can verify your identity, and also provide me with your steam account name or email address so I can get the gift over to you. You have until 11.11.11 to claim your prize!
If on the off chance there's more than one Mike Crouch who likes us on Facebook I've got a link to the account that has been picked stored for verification.
Congratulations Mike, and thank you to everyone who has liked us so far! The next draw will be on Wednesday the 26th of October.


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11 NCAA Div. III individual championships
PELLA—The Central College men's and women's track and field squads scored 11 wins at Central Invitational Thursday afternoon. The women's squad won the team title while the men finished second.
The Dutch women accumulated 155 points to take first in the 10-team field. Central's men scored 134 points in the 10-team field while Northwestern College won the meet with 151 points.
"We had a great start to the outdoor season today," said coach Joe Dunham. "It was a very well-rounded effort."
Phipps sweeps middle distance events—Freshman Elin Phipps (Boone) won a pair of events Thursday, easily taking the 1,500 meters in 4 minutes, 50.11 seconds before a close victory in the 800 meters (2:21.82).
"Elin had a really nice double," said coach Joe Dunham. "She's been working hard and really got after it today."
Felicia Coleman (senior, Houston, Texas, J. Frank Dobie HS) won the 100 meters in 12.24 seconds and ran the third leg on the first-place 4x100-meter relay (49.81) along with Lis Gerst (junior, Sperry, Mediapolis HS), Katie Sunderman (freshman, Pella) and McKenna Zimmerman (sophomore, Urbandale). Sunderman also won the 200 meters (26.72). Gabi Wilson (freshman, Clive, Des Moines Christian HS) crossed the line first in the 5,000 meters (19:11.57).
"Katie looked really good in the 200," said Dunham. "She beat her personal best from high school in her first meet with us."
Dutch men dominate hurdles—A pair of Central freshmen swept the hurdle events, with Dan Roemerman (Iowa City, City HS) winning the 110-meter hurdles (15.38) and Drake Hickok (Cedar Rapids, Washington HS) taking the 400-meter hurdles (56.5).
"Dan and Drake looked good today," said coach Joe Dunham. "They're running like upperclassmen already."
Ben Schornack (senior, Urbandale) won the 1,500 meters (4:05.11) while Drew Jackson (sophomore, Johnston) was first in the 5,000 meters (15.26.4).
"Ben doesn't necessarily focus on the 1,500 meters," said Dunham. "But you couldn't tell from the race today."
Off the track, Josh Fleming (senior, Caseyville, Ill., Collinsville HS) scored a big personal best in the hammer throw with a toss of 164 feet, seven inches.
"Josh had a great personal best in the hammer," said coach Joe Dunham. "I'm sure he gained a lot of confidence after that."
Dunham also cited his coaching staff.
"I give a lot of credit to our coaches for getting the athletes ready for the meet," said Dunham. "Most of the athletes haven't competed in several weeks and we haven't had great weather, so it was nice to see such quality marks."
A partial Dutch squad will compete at the Washington University (Mo.) Invitational in St. Louis Friday and Saturday. The decathlon is slated for noon with the heptathlon starting at 1 p.m. Running events will begin at 5:45 p.m.
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On Prep Sports: Fall sports season is much anticipated in Mid-Ohio Valley
It's been a long summer.
While summer vacations typically bring smiles to the faces of high school students and teachers, it is kind of a dead period for high school sports fans such as myself.
From the time that prep baseball, softball and track ends to the time that football and the other fall sports begin, not a whole lot goes on.
Sure you'll have legion baseball, as well as several youth camps and clinics, but nothing that really stacks up to the entertainment that high school athletics offers, specifically the fall season.
Football is what it is – entire towns will pack their local stadium each Friday night to root on the boys of fall.
But, to me, it's what happens between Friday nights that separates the fall season from winter and spring.
There is always something going on during the fall season, whether it be soccer, volleyball, golf, cross country, tennis, etc.
It offers a certain type of variety that other seasons don't – in the winter, it's more or less basketball every night, with a little wrestling and swimming mixed in, while the spring is something on the diamond every night, with track or rowing mixed in.
While I enjoy the sports that the winter and spring seasons offer, it can get a little repetitive.
On Mondays through Thursdays during the fall, it's something different almost every night, leading up to the Friday main event on the gridiron.
Another great thing about the fall season is, well, how often do sporting events get postponed due to whether during the fall?
It happens, but not nearly as frequently as it does during the other seasons. Snow in the winter and rain during the spring can really throw things out of whack, especially for a sports writer.
For the most part, whether you're on the pitch, a volleyball court, a football field or golf course, you can pretty much take it to the bank that there is going to be some action every day during the fall.
Baseball has always been my favorite sport, to play, to watch and to cover, but it is completely frustrating to show up at the field expecting to see some good competition and having it delayed or canceled due to a little lightning or rain.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with putting safety first, and short of building a dome over every field in the Mid-Ohio Valley, there isn't much that can be done to change it. However, it's still a major inconvenience, and that is why I prefer the fall season.
Many fall sports team are beginning to practice and hold tryouts, which means the season is right around the corner and the dead period is about over.
I, for one, welcome it with open arms.
Jordan Holland is a sports writer for The Marietta Times. He can be reached at (740) 376-5449 or at email@example.com.