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Founded in 1850 as Defiance Female Seminary. Became known as Defiance College in 1903. Affiliated with the United Church of Christ.
Northwest corner of Ohio at the confluence of the Auglaize and Maumee Rivers; one hour from Lima and Toledo, Ohio, and Ft. Wayne, Indiana; two hours from Detroit, Michigan; two-and-a-half hours from Columbus and four hours from Chicago, Illinois. The city of Defiance has 17,000 residents. The Defiance Chamber of Commerce and Defiance Development and Visitors Bureau provide more information about the city of Defiance, Ohio.
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The majority of admitted freshmen maintain at least a B average in high school course work, present above average ACT or SAT results, and complete a comprehensive high school academic program.
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The student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1. Average class size is 15 students.
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The Hawaii State Department of Health released evaluation data Wednesday from its nationally recognized Rethink Your Drink campaign, a teen-focused campaign that ran statewide earlier this year urging teens to switch from sugary drinks like soda and sports drinks to water and other healthier beverages.
Due to the campaign's overwhelming success, DOH is re-launching and will run it through February 2014, with the goal of reaching 100 percent of Hawaii teens. This campaign is part of a comprehensive set of interventions being implemented by the state to address Hawaii's obesity epidemic.
"Reducing the amount of empty calories that our children and teens consume through sugary drinks is critical to the Abercrombie Administration's efforts to curb obesity in our state. Rethink Your Drink has had a significant impact on behavior change among our teens," said Health Director Loretta Fuddy. "This type of public education is essential to improving health and wellness, as it gives teens the information they need to make healthy choices in their everyday lives."
A survey of more than 600 teenagers demonstrated that the campaign reached 54 percent of teenagers throughout Hawaii, and 60 percent of teens who saw the ads reported drinking less sugary drinks as a result of seeing them.
The survey also shed light on the amount of sugary drinks being consumed: nearly half (46 percent) of Hawaii teens drink beverages containing sugar on a daily basis, averaging 8.6 sugary drinks per week -- showing teens consume more than any other age group. This amounts to about 1300 extra calories each week that have no nutritional value, representing a substantial caloric contribution to teens' diet. Three out of five teens reported purchasing sugary drinks for themselves during the past week, meaning that teens are making their own decisions with regards to beverage consumption. Currently, one in four high school students and one in two adults in Hawaii are overweight or obese.
Director Fuddy added, "Empowering our keiki in the fight against obesity is essential -- they know how to engage their peers. We are happy to have had the thoughts and opinions of youth lead this campaign. To see the influence of their participation within their institution has been amazing. My hope is that this movement spreads to impact teens throughout Hawaii."
Hawaii's Rethink Your Drink campaign was recognized by the National Public Health Information Coalition, winning two Gold Awards and one Silver Award for Excellence in Health Communications. The campaign re-launch will consist of public service announcements on television and print ads displayed in malls throughout the state. In addition, movie theater ads will feature student-produced public service announcements from the 2012 Olelo Youth XChange video competition.
Reducing the consumption of sugary drinks is a nationally recommended strategy for decreasing obesity.
Click here to see more information about Hawaii's teens and sugary drinks.

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- 1/4 cup ketchup
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- 1/4 cup sweet relish
- 8 large slices rye bread with caraway seeds
- 1 pound sauerkraut, drained
- 16 slices swiss cheese
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Shires Byway will tie into local marketing effortsBy Patrick McArdle
STAFF WRITER | September 06,2013BENNINGTON With the signs for the Shires of Vermont Scenic Byway in place, the committee behind the project is moving to the next step, the creation of information kiosks located across Bennington County which will allow local businesses to promote themselves at an affordable cost.
The byway runs north to south, primarily along Route 7A, from Manchester through Bennington and ending in Pownal.
Informational panels will be put up outside in the Northshire where the byway meets the Stone Valley Byway in Manchester and in the Southshire near the juncture with the Molly Stark Byway in Bennington. The Manchester panel will be by the Northshire Bookstore and the Bennington panel will be at the Four Corners.
The Shires byway gets its name, in part, from a long-standing marketing effort to promote Bennington County using the term, The Shires of Vermont. Because Bennington County has two county seats, Manchester in the north and Bennington in the south, it is divided into two shires within its county borders.
The final piece of the Shires byway project will place 50 different informational kiosks throughout the county, 30 of them being wire brochure racks but another 20 of them having brochures as well as interpretive information.
Jonah Spivak, co-chairman of the volunteer Shires byway committee, said that information will include highlights of the byway, a map of the byway and location-specific information for each site.
The idea is this: When visitors come to our area and go into a high-traffic location or a business or a welcome center, theyll see one of these information kiosks and it will give them information about the region as a whole but also site-specific information about where theyre standing. (It will be) something interesting that happened where they are, whether its about the Batten Kill, its about Orvis or something about Manchester, he said.
But the key component, according to Spivak, will be the local brochures. Spivak said he had a personal gripe with the brochure racks hes seen in Bennington County that advertise for historic sites, attractions or businesses outside of the area.
After weve done all this work and marketing and spent all this time and effort as a community and a region to bring people to our region, (visitors) look at these brochure racks and its like were telling them to go away. Thats what it feels like, he said.
The cost for including a brochure in some of the existing racks is probably too expensive for a local business, said Spivak, who owns a local business in Bennington. While the cost for the proposed information kiosks hasnt been finalized, Spivak said he hopes it will be as low as $99 a month for those who make a yearlong commitment.
The primary goal of having a Shires informational network out there is that local businesses will be able to afford to be represented in those racks, he said.
Spivak is now recruiting around Bennington County for the 50 sites that will serve as homes for the kiosks. He hopes the kiosks will be ready and in place by the spring.
Preferential placement will be given to local businesses although Spivak said he didnt believe that other customers in the general area would be turned away if there are available spaces.
Those interested in hosting a kiosk or being part of the program can contact Spivak at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Chicken breast halves 2 (5-ounce)
Lemon juice ¼ cup
Olive oil 2 tablespoons
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Parsley, chopped (or 2 teaspoons dried) 2 tablespoons
Salt ¼ teaspoon
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A clerk at a Clovis video store was robbed at gunpoint Thursday night of an undisclosed amount of money, according to police records.
Police received a call just before 10:30 p.m. from Hollywood Video at 4017 North Prince St. that a man wearing a ski mask had entered the store and demanded money, records show. The clerk said the man had a handgun under his jacket, and ran out of the store after he was given the money, according to reports.
Clovis' Capt. Patrick Whitney said the case is under investigation, and at this point there is no indication of a connection with a robbery that occurred Wednesday night at a Clovis hotel.
The suspect involved in Thursday's robbery is described as a black male approximately 6 feet tall, weighing about 250 pounds, last seen wearing a green jacket and blue jeans.
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Skip to comments.Knights Templar 'Heirs' Sue Pope For Billions
Posted on 09/07/2008 6:51:34 AM PDT by Gamecock
A group of people claiming to be the heirs of the legendary Knights Templar are suing Pope Benedict XVI, seeking more than $150 billion for assets seized by the Catholic Church seven centuries ago.
They also want to restore the order's good name. Founded in 1119, the Knights Templar was a secretive order of Christian warriors who protected pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem during the Crusades. They fell out of favor years later, and members were accused of denying Christ, worshipping the devil and practicing sodomy. Many Templars were tortured and burned at the stake.
In 1307, Pope Clement V accused the order of heresy and officially dissolved it.
Fiona Govan, who wrote about the lawsuit for London's Daily Telegraph, tells host Andrea Seabrook the order is believed to have gone underground and continued to practice, but that there is no firm, historical evidence to support it.
Last fall, the Vatican published secret documents about the trial of the Templars in a book called Processus Contra Templarios, Latin for "Trial Against the Templars." The volume included a parchment apparently showing that, contrary to historic belief, Clement had absolved the order of heresy.
Now, a group called the Association of the Sovereign Order of the Temple of Christ has filed suit in a Spanish court, asking for an apology from the pope and recognition that land and property worth about $150 billion today was seized from the Templars.
The Vatican will never reimburse the group, Govan says, because its members cannot prove that they are descendants of the Knights Templar.
She calls the claim "ludicrous" and says Spanish papers have suggested the issue is something for psychiatrists to decide rather than historians.
Some people need to visit hurricane stricken areas.
Why don't they sue the king of France?
[CATHOLIC/ KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CAUCUS] Knights Templar heirs in legal battle with the Pope
The Telegraph ^ | 8/3/2008 | Fiona Govan
Posted on Monday, August 04, 2008 4:20:36 PM by markomalley
Old News....
This should be quite a trial when they bring in the eye witnesses.
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"Last fall, the Vatican published secret documents about the trial of the Templars in a book called Processus Contra Templarios, Latin for "Trial Against the Templars." The volume included a parchment apparently showing that, contrary to historic belief, Clement had absolved the order of heresy."
I am not sure why this is considered such a surprise. Anyway, Vatican historian Barbara Frale, published a massive book on this based on the newly discovered trial records. The original book, published a year or two ago by the Vatican, was a steep $800 and appeared as a large folio with an exact facsimile of the manuscript. Frale is, however, coming out with an affordable book called, The Templars: The Secret History Revealed, in January, 2009. The Foreward is written by Umberto Eco who has long been a debunker of silly Templar/Mason myths. You can pre-order it at Amazon.com already for under $17.
Not only have historians long known that the Templars were most likely innocent, but even novelists (most recently Buttigieg) have used that idea in their novels.
Searched for it and it didn't come up, otherwise I wouldn't have posted it.
Friday 13th 1307, Pope Clement V accused the order of heresy and officially dissolved it and the king of France didn't have to repay the Templars.
Gamecock's source is an NPR story, whereas markomalley's was a Telegraph UK story. Different headline, different authors, different text.
And if anyone seriously believes that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale.
Oh goody, another Tom Hanks movie
Can I sue the Romans for enslaving my ancestors?
A great writer. If you have read his books, you realize that Dan Brown is a very poor rip off of Eco. What is even better, is that while many of his books deal with conspiracies, he makes fun of them in the books. So at the end, you realize the characters just fooled themselves.
Hey, they're my ancestors, too.
I think first we have to pay the Romans reparations for kicking their little Latin heinies at the Battle of the Teutoburger Wald. ;-)
700 gold denarii per man, at 7% interest compounded annually for 2000 years, is ...
I believe calling someone a liar qualifies as a personal attack.
How much?
John Edwards might be available.
But the Romans often used simple interest after Julius Cesar, so that won't be so bad. Though 749 gold denarii would be quite a sum nowadays. Guess we will have to call it a wash.
Although, it has often been thought that some of my family had Roman blood, so I might owe reparations to myself...
Different rules for different folks is all I've been able to figure out. Either that, or 'making it personal' is a defined term of art, the nuances of which I've never been quite able to grasp.
Just like slavery, find a slave and we'll talk reparations, but if this is an offense going back over 900 years, I think no one involved is left alive.
These new "Knights Templar" don't even use the proper name. The Knights Templar were named after Solomon's Temple. Whoops.
Bible says forbidden fruit, not apple. Judges would throw your case out.
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Workers deserve a voiceJuly 06,2013
Workers deserve a voice
Community members should support the Hunger Mountain Coop workers who labor daily to provide us a clean and pleasant place to buy healthy food. Those of us who shop there surely want a contract bargaining process and results that are consistent with the values inherent in that atmosphere. Healthy workers need the dignity and respect they would feel when given full-time jobs with hours and pay they can rely on.
Paying a lawyer hundreds of dollars an hour while offering workers pay raises of 2 cents to 3 cents which is less of an increase than cost of living calls for is not respectful or sustainable. Nor is having over half of your workforce as part-time and substitute workers (who have no reliable hours or wages).
All the workers need health care coverage that isnt too expensive to actually use. Jobs should be full time. Hunger Mountain Coop can afford this more humane and sustainable path.
We should all encourage the management to be respectful, to sit back down at the bargaining table, to listen to the workers, and to bargain a contract that provides a healthy, respectful environment for the workers. Put people first.
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Courtesy photo Randy Vaughn, a former Clovis band member was inducted into the Texas Bandmasters hall of fame.
Randy Vaughn, retired band director at Klein High School, was installed July 26, in the Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame in ceremonies held in conjunction with the annual Convention of the Texas Bandmasters Association meeting in San Antonio.
Vaughn began his music career with the Gattis Junior High Band under the direction of Harold Van Winkle in Clovis. At CHS, his band director was Norvil Howell. Vaughn learned the value of hard work and discipline under Howell. During his Clovis years, he studied private flute lessons with Ted Raven. Vaughn is a 1963 graduate of CHS and a 1968 graduate of then West Texas State University, with a bachelor of music education.
After graduating from WTSU, Vaughn taught in Hereford, Texas, from 1969 until 1982. It was in Hereford that he met and married his wife, Cindy.
After leaving Hereford, Vaughn went to the Houston area where he became the head director at Klein High School. Vaughn's bands have been recognized statewide and nationally for their musical excellence.
Vaughn believes growing up in Clovis, with its strong music education program and the wonderful leadership provided by band director Norvil Howell, helped him with the success he has had as a music educator. He would also like to thank his parents, Amos and Rosa Vaughn, for their love and support growing up in Clovis. Amos passed away in 2001, and Rosa still lives here in Clovis.
The Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame is sponsored by the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Mu, an International Bandmasters Fraternity. To be eligible for consideration, a band director must have produced and maintained an outstanding and consistent band program in the Texas public schools as well as having enjoyed a long and successful career.


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Living with Positivity: an Interview with Dr. Barbara Fredrickson
Have you ever wondered why the world seems more expansive and open when you're in a good mood, and why your circumstances seem so narrow when you're feeling down? How can you nurture the good feelings so they last longer and have more powerful effects on your life?
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According to reports, the team released the forward along with Vander Blue, Mac Koshwal and Khalif Wyatt on Thursday.
White, who struggles with anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic attacks and fear of flying, came to the 76ers on July 5 in a trade with the Houston Rockets. He was selected in the first round of the NBA Draft by the Rockets in 2012.
The decision to release White was considered somewhat of a surprise. Despite his inconsistent play during the preseason, he was expected to make the roster. The 22-year-old played in five exhibition games for the 76ers and averaged 5.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.4 turnovers.
"(Shout out) to the Sixers," White posted on Twitter. "Good luck to my boys, great guys. Be well."
With the Rockets, he never appeared in an NBA game but played in 16 games for Rio Grande in the NBA Developmental League anad averaged 11.4 points and 5.7 rebounds. He refused assignments to the Vipers on two occasions, clashing with the team over his health issues.
In an interview with USA Today last week, White said he wasn't stressing about making the 76ers' roster.
"Not as much as you would think, probably," White told the newspaper. "I have real-life anxieties, like three children, so I think about them most of the day. And then I think about business, so it's appropriately important. And especially with things like that -- I've been coached by doctors, counselors, to keep things that are out of your control out of your mind. Actively force yourself to try and not harp on things that aren't in your control.
"The only thing that I can control is coming out and playing, and whether I make the roster is obviously out of my control, once the game is over."
The 76ers, who are responsible for White's $1.7 million salary this season, must release one more player by Monday to reach the roster limit for the start of the regular season.


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MONTPELIER Susan Donegan, commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation, announced the department will conduct a confidential survey of Vermonters, with questions pertaining to health insurance practices.
The survey, known as the Vermont Household Health Insurance Survey, will begin in early August and is expected to be completed in November with preliminary results available early next year.
Representatives from a survey company based out of Portland, Maine, called Market Decisions, will conduct the study, making random calls to Vermonters asking about health insurance needs, frequency of visits to the doctor, and what does and does not influence their decision to seek health care.
In a news release, Donegan said that she wants to make sure Vermonters know what to expect if they receive a call. According to the release, callers will ask only for first names, which will be confidential. Callers will never ask for more personal information such as Social Security numbers, or bank and credit information.
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|William B. Caruth, Jr. Memorial Jazz Festival & Concert, May 4 at BSC (w/photo)
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Couldve gone in one of the division threads... but thanks for the reinsurance..
Seems like we have an easier schedule than the celtics or sixers. The celtics should lose 2 out of their next 4 games (one being vs miami) and the sixers are as inconsistent as we are.
Also, you saw it here first!
Couldve gone in one of the division threads... but thanks for the reinsurance..
I hate them, but the Celtics are on a tear the last few weeks..can't recall the last game they lost
Well the 76ers actually lost to the Wizards.. Weird.
So Boston's in 4th spot and we're 3 1/2 back on them. We might have to get comfy with the 8th seed.
I think we can catch Sixers for 7th seed. Winning division? I don't think so. Boston is playing really well while we also have some tough matchups ahead.
Id rather take my chances vs the Bulls and stay the 8th seed
Whomever wins the division most likely won't have home court, so really it's not that important imo.
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Locals take it off for charity in 'The Full Monty'By Elizabeth Hewitt
Arts Correspondent | February 13,2013Albert J. Marro / Staff Photo
Rehearsing "The Full Monty (musical)" are, from left, Frank Wright, Jesse Clayton, Scott Santamore and Chuck Battle,as Judi Tompkins cheers on the strip show. Missing from pictire are James Lorentz and Bob Tompkins.When it comes to performing a striptease act, what do six laid-off steel mill workers in Buffalo have on the Chippendales dancers?
Chippendales dancers never go the full monty.
This Friday and Saturday, the brave men of Buffalo prepare to bare it all on at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland in
'Cause Productions performance of "The Full Monty."
"It's a great story with a great heart," said director and producer Saskia Hagen Groom. "I find it an extremely timely story line."
"The Full Monty" musical is based on the 1997 British film by the same name about unemployed men in a working class English town who try to reverse their fortunes with a bold scheme. The story's vast appeal led to the American musical adaptation, with a book by Terrence McNally and music and lyrics by David Yazbek. The show received a slew of Tony nominations after debuting on Broadway in 2000.
Here in Rutland, Hagen Groom began a tradition six years ago when she produced the "Vagina Monologues," with all proceeds going to charity. Every February since then, 'Cause Productions has put on a benefit show, part of
Hagen Groom's mission to connect business with the arts. Proceeds from "The Full Monty" will benefit the Rutland County Women's Network and Shelter.
The blue-collar men of "The Full Monty," left unemployed by the closing of steel mills in Buffalo, are facing hard times. After seeing how much women were willing to pay to see a Chippendales act, two down-on-their-luck friends crack a plan to earn some fast cash themselves.
They rope in their former colleagues, who question whether they'd be able to attract much of an audience. But, ringleader Jerry declares, they'll take it one step further than the Chippendale dancers and strip all the way.
As they rehearse together for the big show, the characters help each other through their personal struggles with their insecurities and fears.
Hagen Groom selected "The Full Monty" in part for its adult humor and pop-rock score, but also because of how it addresses more serious social and economic themes. Peppered in among the light and witty numbers — like the innuendo-laden "Big Black Man" or the darkly funny "Big Ass Rock" about suicide — are more poignant moments.
One of Hagen Groom's favorite songs, "You Rule My World," is about love.
"They're realizing that, job or no job, money or no money, looks or no looks, love conquers all," Hagen Groom said.
"It's a quality musical that has some silly stuff in it, but has a lot of relevant themes," said James Lorentz, who plays Jerry, the mastermind behind the scheme. Characters grapple with unemployment, homosexuality, father's rights and more.
"It's about Buffalo, but it could be about any Smalltown, U.S.A. with a bad economy and people out of work," Lorentz said.
Meanwhile, the six guys confront a practical hurdle in preparing for their first every striptease: the ability, or lack thereof, to dance. It was a struggle some of the cast members could identify with.
"I have the coordination of a pencil," Lorentz laughed.
Leif Erickson, a regular on the Paramount stage, stayed behind the scenes this time as choreographer. He adapted Jerry Mitchell's iconic choreography from the Broadway production to the cast, whose dancing experience ranged from seasoned musical theater veteran to none.
The musical "is realistic for those who may not have that dance background," Erickson said, noting that through much of the story, the men are learning to dance. In the song "Michael Jordan's Ball," the six aspiring strippers try to improve their choreography.
The men's moves are put to the test in the finale, "Let It Go," when the novice dancers are on stage, confronted with whether they will or won't make good on their promise to bare it all.
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new tape is wack imo
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Ha I know how taste works. I'm just curious what people's favorite projects of his are.
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his highlight release.
fucked with the first hexual sealings too, and his mixes are usually dope
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?!?! ..whaat Geech!??!!
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For me, the most exciting release this year was an 11minute (actual) beat tape. That may speak as much about the attention span of this listener as much as anything else, but Knxwledge was able to capture more feeling in those eleven 1 minute tracks than some producers could find within a years' worth of output.
Every Knxwledge track I've heard doesn't lend itself to over analysis. Each tune simply alludes to a mood in the manner of the most successful hiphop instrumentals. In Knx.'s case he tends to most often express the personal and sad side of beats, definitely the territory this tape largely occupies. The emotion comes through a real affinity with and mastery of his source material, rather than just another producer sampling soul records. It's much more than that. I'm sure there'll be a rap album soon, there really needs to be. His tracks with Blu (both official & upcoming) have found as an apt mc/producer combination as I can think of. A voice that truly fits the backdrops in a way not reached by every aspiring soundcloud rapper claiming Knx.'s instrumentals for their own self promotion.
When I chatted to Knx. in 2010 he openly told me he'll never make 7 minute beats and is unlikely to work on any track for over half an hour. Move onto the next. Therefore in the time I take to write this it's conceivable he'll make another EP. Or three. The lack of vowels and the absence of the spacebar in his song titles say more than any Internet blog could attempt to decipher. There is a fluidity about the stream of consciousness song titles and selection of beats though that feels at once effortless and deliberate. It's amusing if also a bit sad to see producers even biting his typos.
Buttrkotch is the ideal length of tape, with the short tracks demanding repeat listens so you've listened to the album two or three times while barely noticing. Wintrshun & toffbroshn are current standouts, though I'm aware after listening to a lot of his music that could change in the next five or ten minutes. That simply reflects his ease in communicating transient emotions within very fleeting timeframes.
It's also simply more satisfying to flip the tape than to have the tracks lost in a sea of Knxwledge tracks in your itunes library. The beautiful transparent blue cassette is a reminder this is a DIY bedroom project recorded straight to tape and sounds perfect on that format. The old school portrait (literally) of a young Knx. for the cover echoes an innocent nostalgia inherent in the music. Visually and sonically this album/ep/beat tape just feels right.
To any fan of modern instrumental music in general, it makes perfect sense to marry the consistent brilliance of Knx.'s soulful offbeat sketches with the L.A. tape label Leaving Records. Both the artist and label reflect the same sensibilities; to drop projects steeped in straight lo-fi cassette raw beats that are equally conceived like art pieces. It is both this direction and openness I believe to have established Leaving as the most innovative L.A. label within this beat movement, although Matthew David would be the first to state they are by no means a strictly beats only label. Their deal with Stones Throw to distribute their projects on vinyl is really great news as it will bring many underexposed/overlooked artists like Dakim to a worldwide audience.
When chatting to the photographer B+ years ago on the elusive qualities that elevate Madlib & Dilla to seemingly unreachable heights in this beatmaking world he put it concisely- there is an emotional reach in their work simply beyond almost every other producer. It has become clear with each near-monthly bandcamp release Knx. is drawing from a similarly endless well and extracting the goods everytime. With his own instrumental voice that's becoming more defined with each release.
It doesn't matter that he is constantly mining familiar territory of jazz & soul records for his material, or that there are far too many albums/eps to digest at the time of release. Aside from the need to be a truly self-sufficient independent artist, it's quite clear he simply doesn't have a choice in this. If Knxwledge can continue to collaborate with such finely curated labels as Leaving, it's reassuring there will be at least some physical releases to document the progress of one of the most prolific and important artists of his generation. Even if that reflects merely a few percent of what he's creating.
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Knxwledge is that dude.
Don't sleep on dude's live sets either.
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Knxwledge is that dude.
They key is to not think of it as an album or EP situation. They're beats he makes when messing around and releases. Cop the WHOLE catalogue and throw it all on shuffle while reading or riding the subway. Good money.
Don't sleep on dude's live sets either.
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Rutland City Police are looking a man involved in a burglary on Library Avenue this morning.
Police said around 10:30 a.m. a Library Avenue homeowner came home to find a person "ransacking" his residence. The homeowner demanded to know who the intruder was and the individual responded with a name that police believe to be a fake identification.
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RBC Capital Markets bankers join boutique
A series of London-based RBC Capital Markets bankers have quit the firm to join a debt advisory boutique established last year by a former colleague.
Geoff Knight, head of corporate debt capital markets in Europe at RBC, became the latest to swap the Canadian investment bank for Centrus Advisors at the end of January.
He is the latest of four bankers in six months to join the boutique, which was established by former RBC debt banker Phil Jenkins in May last year.
Stephanie Paillat, a structured finance banker at RBC, left the bank at the end of September last year, according to the FSA Register. She joined Centrus Advisors in January, according to the register.
Richard Dodson, an infrastructure finance banker at RBC, and Matthew Houseley, a project finance banker, left the bank in June last year, according to the FSA Register. They joined Centrus in October last year, according to the register.
Other former RBC bankers at Centrus include Charlie Arbuthnot, a veteran who left RBC in 2008 and had previously worked at Hambros Bank and SG Warburg, and John Shinton, who had led RBC's UK housing finance team until 2006.
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Anyone getting that feeling? I have been bf for almost 8weeks now and I have still continued to fight with this thrush for the last month or so so I think that has something to do with it. But I am just soooo tired of always bf but wouldnt want to feed him formula. Any suggestions on how to make it not feel like such a chore?
Right now I feel like all I do is feed him and then he goes back to bed. Maybe a growth spurt? I'll also mention that he does have a cold and had been a little bit more attached to me than normal.


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Making 1st team All State are seniors Malorie Nesloney, pitcher and Hannah Carmichael, second base.
Malorie and Hannah are also named to the Academic All-State Team.
Named to the TSWA All-State 2nd team is Toni Martinez, utility/designated player.
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Environmental advocates are recasting their global warming proposals as economic recovery packages that will create green jobs.Environmental advocates are already adjusting to the new political realities, recasting their global warming proposals as economic recovery packages that will create green jobs. "When we address the threat of unchecked global warming by investing in clean energy technologies and reducing our dependence on foreign oil, we also have a recipe for economic recovery," noted Sen. Barbara Boxer, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
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Home List of Titles Radio emission evolution, polarimetry and multifrequency single pulse analysis of the radio magnetar PSRJ1622-4950
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- Here we report on observations of the radio magnetar PSRJ1622-4950 at frequencies from 1.4 to 17 GHz. We show that although its flux density is varying up to a factor of ~10 within a few days, it has on average decreased by a factor of 2 over the last 700 days. At the same time, timing analysis indicates a trend of decreasing spin-down rate over our entire data set, again of about a factor of 2 over 700 days, but also an erratic variability in the spin-down rate within this time span. Integrated pulse profiles are often close to 100percent linearly polarized, but large variations in both the profile shape and fractional polarization are regularly observed. Furthermore, the behaviour of the position angle of the linear polarization is very complex - offsets in both the absolute position angle and the phase of the position angle sweep are often seen and the occasional presence of orthogonal mode jumps further complicates the picture. However, model fitting indicates that the magnetic and rotation axes are close to aligned. Finally, a single pulse analysis has been carried out at four observing frequencies, demonstrating that the wide pulse profile is built up of narrow spikes of emission, with widths that scale inversely with observing frequency. All three of the known radio magnetars seem to have similar characteristics, with highly polarized emission, time-variable flux density and pulse profiles, and with spectral indices close to zero.
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- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
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- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 422, no. 3 (May 2012), pp. 2489-2500
- Publication year
- 2012
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Magnetars; PSRJ1622-4950; Pulsars; Stars
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- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- 0035-8711
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- Copyright © 2012 The Authors. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society copyright © 2012 RAS.
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The Phillies have contacted Derek Lowe and AJ Burnett, according to a source. The Phils have long been rumored to be in touch with Burnett, so these names are no surprise. Both would command multi-year deals woth at least $8M-$10M per year.
No movement yet on the Jamie Moyer front. He does, however, appear to want more than one year.
I'm not high on Burnett considering his injury history and troublesome demeanor — for that price. Lowe is older and doesn't rub me too wonderfully, despite his potential to be a shutdown No. 2 for the Phils. But compared to Moyer, they're more attractive options. I'm betting Moyer wants two years and $7M per year, at the least. Why not add a year and a few million to grab Lowe instead?
Still, these aren't truly attractive options.
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I like both Burnett and Lowe as pitchers and, technically speaking, groundball expert Lowe should be a good fit for Citizens Bank Park. That said, he's a bit of a scoundrel – cheated on his wife – and I have a hard time rooting for him. I don't know what you're referring to re: Burnett's demeanor… personally, I wouldn't mind throwing him a 3-4 year deal worth $27 – $38 million.
i want moyer back and sign aj
"I'm betting Moyer wants two years and $7M per year, at the least. Why not add a year and a few million to grab Lowe instead?"
At this point it looks like it's gonna be Moyer OR another SP. So why not add a few million and a year and get Lowe? He's solid, durable, and the not-so-risky option… exactly what we need if we do decide to replace our Moyer –he was solid and durable in 08, but it'd still be kinda risky to rely so heavily on him all next season.
Of course, if Lowe is gonna ask for 5 years like Burnett, then forget it.
8-10 Million???? Tim, I have been reading reports in upwards of 13 MIllion to around 15 million.
8- 10 millions is a steal for each of those guys
I would go…
Lowe 3/38-40 million
Burnett 5/65-70 million
I am more keen on Lowe though
Sorry for so many posts in a row, but is this Myers last Year?
If the Angels are able to sign Sabathia, the Yankees are going to pay top $$$ for these two. If we could land either guy for only 8-10 mil on a 4 year deal, do it immediately. I wouldn't go 2 years 7 mil for Moyer.
Lowe for 3-4 years would be the way to go. You don't know what kind of Burnett you will get and let's not forget that Moyer is 46 years old. He ain't Satchel Paige.
Whatever we want to pay Lowe, the Mets will offer him more.. and more…and more..
No way that with the high demand for pitching that either Lowe or Burnett signs somewhere for less than $10 M per season, and I'd be willing to bet they get $12+, even heading towards $15 M.. because the teams that are in need will outbid each other Phillies, Mets, Dodgers, Angels, RedSox, Yankees… We're not going to be the highest bidder out of those teams
Took a long break from posting because all is well in Phillie-land for the most part.
Carlos Silva's deal was reset by Ryan Dempster's 4 year contract at 12mm per year. If Ryan Dempster gets 12mm per year at what most people would call even market value (forgetting that hes only had 2 good years as a starter), AND if Jamie Moyer wants 7mm per year. AND if santana and sabathia are looking at 20-22 mm per year. Therefore, Burnet and Lowe fall into the 14-18mm per year range. There is absolutely no way that Scott Boras will allow Derek Lowe to go for anything less than 14mm per year for 4 years.
If youre looking for 8-10 mm per year. then you should give Jon Garland a call…
Also…5 years 75-80 for aj burnett has bad contract written all over it after 3 years of the deal.
Derek Lowe is a good fit for the ballpark and the team with his winning mentality. I think Lowe and Moyer are similar to eachother because their stuff isn't overpowering it's just consistent for about 3 times through the lineup but if when a team gets to that 3rd time around they start seeing the ball better and we all saw what can happen with that. A la Chase Utley and Pat Burrell taking him deep in Game 1 of the NLCS. But I'd still take either Moyer or Lowe before Burnett his arm problems are always a problem and the only time he's healthy is when he's up for a contract.
Value at an age is key…I have long wanted a consideration of LOWE as our number 2 guy. He is a sinker-baller who would work well in the 16+ starts at home…second at his age, the benefits of being a Sinker-baller are not limited as it is with a blazer…I see no other pitcher who could add as much value to our roster…we need to improve on our rotation. Myers is still an inigma…Moyer is the lefty version of Lowe…it would allow for us to invest in youth for the 5th spot and be willing to grow with the youngster
I'd much rather have Sheets than Burnett…
8m – 10m for Burnett and Lowe? Tim, babe, put the bong down. Those guys are going for 14m apiece. I would still give Lowe 3/45. If we have to choke on the last year, so be it. We are an elite team now. Not that this is the most important thing in the world, but if Lowe's starts to suck in 2011, we know he can pitch in the pen. Oh….wait a minute…he cheated on his wife???? Forget it, then. WHO CARES??? Oh, and Geoff, Scott Boras is also that whatshisname's Cardinals pitcher that used to pitch for us who had a good year this year after signing what was basically a "make good" contract. How did that work out for him?
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No one should give Jon Garland a call, he's terrible.
I agree that we'll get outbid for Lowe and Burnett and will be forced to give Moyer two years.
insert "agent for that whathisname pitcher". Sorry.
I heard on WIP that Moyer may want 3 years. This is probably stoking the Phils interest in these two along with trying to just see what they want. Again, the Phils are WSC! Players will want to play here now so we should kick the tires on these guys. You have to think if the Phils are serious about one of these guys, their salary will be very close to Burrell's and then we sign Ibanez for about 7-9M for two years. That should work in our budget.
Just make sure they give Sheets a physical first. I'd take him in a heartbeat if healthy.
Yeah Lohse did sign a team friendly deal, but he was kinda garbage up until he got traded to the phillies.
burnett is a bad contract to get on your hands, and so is sheets. i dont want garland either i just throught id mention that hes not even going to be that cheap…i really dont see the problem in choosing lowe over moyer. its worth it i think as it would allow competition for the 5th spot between happ, carracso, and kendrick as well ash stabilize the 1-4 sports with quality pitching. like him or not, blanton came on strong in the postseason too. hes primed for a decent-good season.
(sheets) you mean if he can STAY healthy…
anyways, ibanez does NOT fit this team, he is a left-handed hitter. they NEED right-handed power still
Lowe seems like a perfect fit for this team. It's worth it to see what he wants, but since Boras is his agent, he'll get at least 16 mil a year.
Geoff, I agree on Ibanez, he's a lefty and since the Phillies will have Dobbs, Stairs and Jenkins on the bench, that makes us a little too one-sided.
The Phils have no shot a Lowe or Burnett, their just getting in the mix incase one unexpectedbly falls to them, with the Angels offering big money to Sabathia it becomes more unlikely the Phils can land one of those two. Remember if Burnett doesn't go to the Yankees or Orioles the offer to go back to the Blue Jays will still be far more than we'd offer and better suitors for Lowe look to already have narrowed his choices. The buzz around is years on the deal is the theme of this off-season not per year average salary.
Sheets is the only viable front-line pitcher we'd have a shot at because of his massive drop in value.
I say resign Moyer and get Lowe then trade Myers and a prospect or 2 for a right handed power bat. I'd even be down for swapping Eaton's contract for that guy on the Royals(having a brain far and am forgetting his name) or another bad contracted right handed left fielder. Maybe Byrnes from the D-Backs is a possibility too. Get someone to fill Burrell's void or resign Burrell.
I'd also be down for grabbing PEnny for cheap.
Id hold onto Myers for the last year of his contract and try to resign him if he shows that he has got it figured out. Hes only 27/28. If he has a good year you can sign him to a 3-4 year extension. Signing Derek Lowe would be expensive but your 1-2-3 would be very strong.
Quality pitching is just so hard to find and so expensive that even the yankees try to maximize years and value with what they have before looking elsewhere.
I don't want Burnett, but Lowe may be a good fit — a sinker baller in Citizens Bank Park may be very successful.
I hear that the Astros are shopping TY WIGGINTON? Wouldn't he be a good replacement for Burrell — right handed hitter with power (24 homers last year) who has a higher batting average that Burrell and can play third base?
Also, I would like to see Moyer back. I just like the guy and he's like having a second pitching coach.
I'd like to sign Lowe the most, but I think either of the 3 would be fine with me.
Although Moyer has pitched great for us, it is definitely a risk to give a 46 year old guy multiple years. He would be the cheapest option,
which may make him the most plausible.
Burnett would be nice. He's a strikeout pitcher, and he looked dominant at times with the Marlins and Blue Jays. He's the youngest, and therefore has the most upside of the three. Injuries have been a problem with Burnett, and he also has been known to be inconsistent.
Lowe just makes the most sense to pitch here. He's a sinker-ball pitcher in a home-run hitter's ballpark. He is a rock solid number 2 pitcher, and was great the second half of last season and the playoffs.
Either way you look at it, the Phillies have to land another starter, and either of these 3 are viable options.
Moyer 2 years 7 m.
Sheets 2 years 20 m. Club option for 3rd and 4th year. at 13 m.
We arent getting Lowe and I dont think any of us really want AJ.
You can buy a little lower on Sheets b/c of his arm history.
All of this is a moot point because none of us know what is actually being offered to these guys.
Aw well hell, if its the amount of years they want…no problem. I have no problem with giving Lowe a 5/35 contract. He deserves it. I can see where these guys might want some security 🙂
It seems as though there are only a few big free agent pitchers and Burnett has sure headlined along with CC. I would rather see him end back in the AL East so the Brewers wouldn't have a chance of facing him.
No way the Phils should give Moyer a 3-year guarantee. Give him 2 yrs with either a vesting option based on peformance targets or a team option for the third year. Obviously Lowe would be a nice fit, but he figures to be too expensive (I would not give him any more than $13-15MM per year and the market is likely to go higher than that).
I would really like to see the Phils make a push to sign Sheets and sign him ASAP before the rest of the top-shelf starters sign. Obviously, we'd want to see his medical records, but if we can get Sheets for $10-11MM per, we're signing a guy who has #1 stuff at a bargain-basement price. To me, injuries are less of a concern with Sheets than Burnett, especially over a long-term deal. I am mystified that it seems likely AJ will get a top-dollar five year deal.
Just to be different Im going to go out on a limb here. Seattle gives Moyer what he wants and he goes there. And Ill bet the Phillies actually do get Lowe and go cheap with the LF and with the extra bullpen arms they pick up. and im ok with that actually. you DO have to replace burrells offense BUT you can find a bargain somewhere or trade for somebody whos still in arbitration (Atkins) who can play LF and but up decent power numbers. The rest of the offseason they can spend trying to sign cole hamels and shane victorino to long-term contracts, and yes, those are the top two guys you MUST have long term.
shane victorino was so clutch in the postseason i can see them working out something with him too.
lowe is perfect for this city and this ballpark and this team. hed fit right in here. expensive, yes, but hes given 200 innings a year forever and has stayed healthy. definitely a model of consistency.
Big ticket FA pitching rarely works out in the long term guys.. keep that in mind. I'm perfectly okay (and prefer) that they find a way to keep Moyer as a #4 and then let the battle for #5 go to the young guys.
We want to build from within, overpaying for Burnett or Lowe isn't the answer.
No its not but you forget…we have cole hamels…all you need is some stability from one of lowe burnett moyer, and i feel that lowe provides the most stability from a rotation spot over 3 or more years. Burnett is a horrible idea i think we can all agree on that. he has "yankees free agent bust" written all over him.
I would NEVER sign Ben Sheets. A hang-nail sidelines this guy for a month. He is going to get about 13-15 million a year, and that is far too much for a guy who never finishes a year.
Geoff –
I see your viewpoint, but wouldn't the money be better spent locking up Victorino / and maybe Myers long term?
At the end of the day, you can get 12 wins out of Moyer for $7M, or 16 wins out of Lowe for $12-15M. Wouldn't the extra $5M-8M be better spent elsewhere? Tack on the fact that Moyer is a good clubhouse guy and really helps Hamels because we have a non-existant pitching coach and I think the decision has to be Moyer.
This is nuts starting pitcher like lowe 13 -18 million, its crazy hurt pitchers like sheets or burnett same thing. I STILL HATE BORAS. I have always thought the phillies are cheap but I don't blame them if they pass.Where I do blame them is in the draft. Spend the money like boston does if you hit on one pitcher you have him under control for six years at minimal money I Know we can't spend on salary like boston. But in the draft we can spend more to have a better farm system.
But with moyer the only legitimate contract to give him is a one year deal for 7mm with a continuous mutual option for 5mm.
you can compensate for overpaying for lowe by getting a value/bargain outfielder with some pop. the rest of it goes to a cheap reliever or two and contract extensions…youre spending some more money but hey its worth it.
i mean otherwidse youre going to sing some low-end garbage like garland for 3 years 30 mm which is what hell get. thats a rip….or maybe even odalis perez or something. who wants that?
the other solution is to trade for one….
Is Jamie really asking for 3 years? Seriously? Is he on crack?
I may have missed this, but this is simple (so it seems):
Offer Jamie 1 year with a 1 year option @ 5 million with incentives, and go after Burnett. I am not big on Lowe.
I read that the talks with Moyer are only going slow because they are having problems catching up with each other.
I am also for trying to dump Eaton is any deal we can find someone. Although, I do not know who else would eat that contract unless we will a Red Sox/Manny deal….
Okay My trade next week at the meeting . Ryan zimmerman for Donald ,happ, , Felix we paid half his salary .
Mike –
Farm system is getting better, we've got some legit MLB guys in the pipeline. The key is not signing these type "A" free agents who really aren't difference makers. A great way to waste money AND burn a first round pick.
Matt it still isn't getting the attention it needs. In this years upcoming draft a pitcher named Gibson out of missouri will be picked in the first round top ten we let go to college . wouldn't spend to sign him next year watch for workman who we tried to low ball. and he went to texas. azrick a top pitcher for dodgers another one . joe saunders we let go and he is now a top starter for angels. my point is we must go into the draft and go after top talent not easy signs like salvery, a hurt pitcher from a program were the coach is know for ruining pitchers. we spent nothing in the international free agent market. my god even oakland spent four million on a prospect.I would rather take ten million and try to draft top pitching talent who you control for years . then paid lowe or burnett 18 million a year its crazy.
I am against any deal with Feliz. He may not be good with the bat, but he does come up in some clutch situations AND he is a great third baseman. I think we need him for defense. I am for signing Moyer and Burnett.
Zimmerman is a better allround third baseman, He is a 285 hitter allstar fielding stud playing on a bad team.
Wait a second. Where are we getting Zimmerman's name from? That guy is a beast Donald, Happ, and Feliz for him? Do it, baby.
Zimmerman to Philly's not happening, he's the cornerstone of their not sending him to a division rival when their trying to become a legitimate force unless their getting future stars in return. Their fans would abandon the team if they traded Zimmerman for anything less than bluechips, he means a little more to the Nats than Young did to the Rays which is the only comparison I can think of off the top of my head.
Zimmerman's not going to be traded. It would be like us trading Utley. Even if it would make the Nationals better to trade Zimmerman and add in starters at a few different positions, how could they sell trading the face of their franchise to the 6 Nationals fans in existence?
Speaking of Delmon Young, wouldn't he be an attractive option to play in our outfield? I don't know what Minnesota would want for him, but it would be a nice fit. He's a good young contact hitter, who legitimately hit 20 homers in this ballpark. Plus he is decent defensively and stole 14 bases last year.
NJ just saying I would try for him. He is a proven player where donald isn't. second washington would come out with a two major league ready players in donald and happ plus a good prospect if we could swing it.
Maybe somewhere down the line he'll be available but if this kind of deal was possible Baldelli would have been a Phillie long ago. The only reason Zimmerman would be available is for payroll and the Nats would dictate the terms especially if they were sending him in division. They'd have to relocate again if they made that kind of deal, he's to them what Braun is to the Brewers.
Yeah plus I heard they are going to try to be more competitve and spend some more on freeagents. but its nice to dream. knowing that we have a couple of years before howard leaves. Wouldn't it be nice if the phillies owners went out and spent some real money on a starter like burnett or lowe to follow Hamels and put donald at third and get a good leftfielder like bradley. our payroll would be high this year but next we let myers walk at 12 million and jenkins and eaton at 16 total that's 28 million plus felix 3 million so its a one year hit in my opinion. its would be a great thanksgiving present.
The nats could be competitive next season if they could sure up their first base and outfield situations. Their starters were pretty good last year, and their bullpen has been good for a number of years, they just couldn't score runs. If the Nats go out and get teixeira, and stop trying to hit lastings milledge at cleanup, they could compete next season. I am not saying they can win the division, but adding tex in would make zimmerman a better hitter, and they already have guzman, so that would make the first half of their lineup a formidable group.
Phils should sign Lowe, if they can get him for 14-16 mil a year. And they should make a trade for a corner outfielder.
I still think the Nats could overtake the Braves and Marlins if they trade right this off-season. Braves MAY surprise me, but unless they add on their pitching staff – regardless of their Hall of Fame status (if they sign Maddux) is getting older. No offense against any of them, they may surprise me. The Marlins keep making one-sided trades – and not in their benefit… Therefore, I do not see anyone leaving the Nats for the Phillies unless they take something big from us. Just my opinion though… I still think it will be the Mets and us battling it out. I do hope we can take the Mets. I am hoping they sign K-Rod, who may not be the best relief choice on the market.
How can Fuentes want lidges type money, he isn't a proven top reliever.
There is no way that the Phils should go with Moyer, except as a last option for this year. They need to be more aggressive, and go out and get a top of the rotation starter like Lowe or Burnett ( but they will both sign for no less 4yrs./60 mill. The other option is to explore Jake Peavy ,he will be expensive,but we can't allow a division rival to get him and him kill us for years to come. If the Phils can do nothing else but land a big starter and a big bat for left or third then I'll be happy. Jermaine Dye, Ryan Zimmerman, (never happen) Chone Figgins as the exactly the type of hitter that the Phils need a legit #2
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