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Live Blog Tonight
I am going to attempt to live blog tonight's game, probably starting around the 3rd inning (since I'm in LA and will still be at work at 5pm when the game starts). Stick with me tonight for up-to-the-minute coverage – don't touch that mouse!
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Looking forward to it. We need some RUNS!!!

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Jefferson County Taxes Expected To Rise
Billed as one of the toughest budget years in a decade, Jefferson County is unveiling a 2014 recommended spending plan that calls for a slight increase in taxes.
According to budget documents released Monday morning, the county will spend $1.8 million dollars less in 2014, but the $242 million plan will rely more on property owners.
The tax levy is projected to increase by 3.39 percent. Spread that over the tax base, and the tax increase for property owners is 1.97 percent.
County administrator Robert Hagemann says creating the new budget was "extremely challenging." Hagemann was interviewed live on 7 News This Morning. Click on his picture below to hear the full interview.
Because of the increase, a $100,000 home that pays $643 in county taxes this year will pay $656 under this proposed budget, or $13 more.
According to budget documents, that same $100,000 home owner would have paid $1,045 in county taxes 10 years ago.
Jefferson County relies heavily on sales tax to make up the revenue side of the budget.
County administrator Robert Hagemann tells the board in his budget summary that 2013's sales tax is not likely to come in as projected.
He says he expects it to fall short, a problem that will likely roll into 2014. He says other revenue streams have slowed down, too.
Hagemann said one of the challenges was trimming the $14 million in budget requests from county department heads.
"I'm not necessarily a real popular guy at the moment," he said, noting that many of the requests were "good programs" or represented expenditures that made sense, but "there's only so much money in the budget and we had to trim accordingly."
The county workforce will drop by 16 positions, mainly through attrition and not layoffs. There are currently 827 county employees.
Two deputy positions won't be filled in the sheriff's department.
However, under the plan, the sheriff's department will no longer provide security at the Watertown International Airport. Security will be provided by the Probation Department.
Undersheriff Paul Trudeau says the cuts will likely mean cutting some community services like the DARE program to "keep enough deputies on the road."
DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education and is a program aimed at preventing kids from using drugs.
Trudeau was also live Monday on 7 News This Morning. Click on the picture below for his full interview.
Hagemann says the county will budget more money -- about $1 million -- to out-board inmates the county jail doesn't have room for.
In 2013, it's projected out-boarding inmates will cost the county $1.5 million, the highest amount ever.
Hagemann says because of the steady increase in out-boarding costs over the last several years, it makes sense to look at adding on to the jail.
Trudeau calls it "very good news" that county officials seem willing to at least consider a jail expansion, something some lawmakers have resisted for many years.


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The reports out of Clearwater today regarding Roy Halladay were worrisome at best and troublesome at worst – Halladay threw 82 pitches, staying in the high 80s according to Chris Branch, with limited control (2 BB, 1 HBP) and "plenty of hard hit balls". Halladay's struggles are well documented but there is reason for optimism: Rich Dubee believes Halladay will be ready with two more Spring starts (including today) and Doc himself told Jayson Stark he is optimistic about the season.
But what if he's not?
Five miles up the road from Clearwater, the Blue Jays suddenly have rotation full of capable pitchers. The stable of arms includes high-end talent like Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, and the reigning NL Cy Young R.A. Dickey, with younger promising arms like Brandon Morrow and former All-Star Ricky Romero rounding out the back end. The acquisition of Johnson, Buehrle, and Dickey leaves the Jays with a great rotation, but also with a disgruntled 29-year old who is now seemingly out of a job and slated to start the year in Triple-A. Last week, CBS's Scott Miller reported J.A. Happ was unhappy in Toronto with his situation.
Is a return for Happ a viable option for the Phillies if Halladay is not ready for Opening Day?
Let's start at the beginning: is it financially possible for Happ to come to the Phillies? The long and short answers are yes – Happ will make $3.7 million in 2013. The real question is: is the best use of seemingly limited resources? Over his career, Happ's 4.19 ERA compares favorably to John Lannan's 4.01 ERA and possess a better WHIP, a lower H/9 IP, and a better K/BB rate. Happ was worth about two wins last season across time with the Astros and Blue Jays, about the same as Kendrick and Lannan are expected to provide. In short, it is financially possible and Happ's production would be worth acquiring.
The next question is: do the Phillies have the pieces to acquire Happ? The answer to this is a resounding yes. While the Phillies don't have the farm that other clubs do, let's take a look at Happ's historical comparables at age 29. His number one comparable? Mark Redman, who happened to coincidentally be traded right at this same point in his career. Redman was traded for Michael Neu and Bill Murphy, two organizational filler relievers who were good enough to play in the Majors but struggled in two seasons each to stick in their mid-late 20s. The Phillies have a lot of these type arms.
So, if they can afford Happ and they have the pieces to acquire him, what's the hold up? Well, Halladay is Halladay and he's going to want to play through this. And if you trade for Happ and Halladay is ready? Well, you now have a $3.4 million long reliever. Ouch. Adam Morgan has had a strong Spring and the Phillies have Tyler Cloyd, Jonathan Pettibone, and Ethan Martin, not to mention Aaron Cook's steady performance. Those five players will cost either the rookie minimum or, in Cook's case, the veteran minimum. The younger players could benefit from the opportunity to play at the big league level and Cook can keep the Phillies in most games.
Should the Phillies make the call to the Jays to see if they are willing to deal Happ? Absolutely – they should do their due diligence. Happ isn't cheap and isn't the best pitcher, but he may be the best pitcher available and may be able to be had a reasonable price. It is unlikely that they would make a deal but Happ could fit the bill if they needed a starter and preferred to go the veteran route.
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Pass on the part of do the Phils have the piece(s) to acquire Happ, and also the econoics.
I can think of worse suggestions. A return to his most successful stop might offer a degree of rejuvination and at least offer some degree of quality.
I'm mildly disppointed in Doc today, but I had limited expectations off the virus. If we don't see improvement by next Thursday's start, it's time to quasi semi worry. Far as I know, he's been working on his usual repetoire, and can't locate the vutter. When his fulkl concentration is on getting hitters out with what does work, and pitches poorly, then I'm in full worry mode. The velo is of secondary concern, the location/command is a bitch.
Better Happ than Lohse. And I wouldn't mind seeing Cook get plastered today since I find it hard to believe he'd be a plus against real competition. But pitching with a 5-0 lead sure makes it easier to relax..
I'm with you on the Lohse deal. I think when the dust settles, the success he has been experiencing is delsional at best.
It's spelled deslional when in the same sentence as Lohse. You know the rules, i before e, except after c, s before h, except when in or around Lohse.
Other than that, that was a really excellent messge.
It would be hilarious if they somehow got him or Drabek back.
If Halladay's not going to cut it, I don't see the point in going after anybody because their season would most likely be sunk. And why in the world would they waste even a fringe prospect to gain another fifth starter? Nobody needs two of those.
I don't know your definition of "cutting it" is. If you mean the Roy of 2010/2011, I think it's safe to say that those days are gone forever. He basically said as much after the game today. He's in the process of re-inventing himself as his skills diminish. He even evoked the name of our old friend Jamie Moyer.
My word choice is basically just a reiteration of the premise of Ian's article: "what if Halladay isn't ready opening day," and it's implied message that if not, he may never be ready.
If he does perform reasonably, maybe 12-14 wins and a 3.75 ERA, there'd be little reason to even consider Happ, and I doubt that the article would have been written. No one, I'm sure, expects Halladay to suddenly become 3 years younger, but it's quite possible that he'll be injured, ineffective, lose too much velocity/location, or any combination of those, and thus won't "cut it," not even even winning 7-8 games.
No. Happ sucks and if this tea has any minor league depth it's in 3-4 starters. Cloyd and Pettibone can give you a reasonable facsimile of what you'd get from JA without giving up anything to get them or having to pay them upwards of 3 million bucks.
Anyway, as George said, picking up a #4 type pitcher to replace what they were hoping to get from a moderately healthy Halladay doesn't make much sense since their chances of competing will basically be shot anyway.
Happ may suck, but unless Doc starts showing signs of his old self (or new self) I'm ready to bring back Dallas Green as a starter. A bit late in the preseason to find a legitimate replacement for a Roy Halladay – or even a John Lannan for that matter.
I agree completely. I don't think this would be the answer for many reasons. I keep thinking back to 2008 and our rotation going into that season. Wouldn't a rotation minus Roy Halladay but including a now seasoned Cole Hamels (who I think is poised to win a Cy Young) and Cliff Lee…still be better than what we had going into that year?
Diminished Roy Halladay v Diminished Jaime Moyer
2013 Cole Hamels v 2008 Cole Hamels
Cliff Lee v Brett Myers
2013 Kyle Kendrick v 2008 Kyle Kendrick
John Lannan v Adam Eaton/Joe Blanton
Overall Chuck I'd say definitely yes. But the trouble as I see it, is that Moyer took a couple of seasons in Seattle to re-invent himself. (2004,05) Doc and the Phils don't have the luxury of that kind of time.
Yes, this rotation will likely be better than the rotation of 2008, provided Doc isn't completely horrible, but the 2013 offense is going to be nowhere near as potent as the offense of 2008, so that's a little concerning.
Also, every time you hear a Jamie Moyer comparison for a guy whose velocity is declining…be very, very skeptical. There have been tens of thousands of pitchers in baseball history. There's been one Jamie Moyer. And he was left-handed. Perilously few pitchers have ever been able to get so much out of so little, and to expect that someone else, who has never had to pitch that way, can do at the drop of a hat is, I think, maybe a little misguided.
For every Jamie Moyer you have the thousands of other pitchers who have lost their velocity and have ended up being poor pitchers, losing their roles, or retiring after a few bad seasons. When Steve Carlton lost his velocity he didn't turn into Jamie Moyer, he turned into an awful version of Steve Carlton.
Wouldn't a rotation minus Roy Halladay but including a now seasoned Cole Hamels (who I think is poised to win a Cy Young) and Cliff Lee…still be better than what we had going into that year?"
You could certainly argue the '13 rotation is superior, and even forgetting an offense that isn't as strong this time, maybe the biggest difference between '08 and '13 is the competition. Ciourse you have a 2nd wild card now, but both the Braves and Nats, to memory, are better than what was faced in '08. The Cubs were a terrific regular season club, but the several clubs that figure to contend for the two card seem to make this a more competitive situation that REQUIRES the starting rotation be better. Not to mention how excellent Madson, and especially Lidge were that year.
I agree, Lefty.
Halladay can't reinvent himself much faster than Moyer did the same.
Plus, I still contend that there's more wrong with Halladay than just his velocity. He's also had location problems as well – which is not the Doc we know.
The sweating, the fatigue, the sicknesses – and I'm talking about last season.
Losing 10 pounds from a brief virus?
I suppose it happens, but that's considerable, even for a big guy.
If the team was more forthright in general about medical issues with players, maybe I wouldn't be worrying as much but I fear that there are underlying physical issues that we don't know about – and perhaps Doc and the team don't know either.
kb, My memory is about as long as my……….nose, so I looked it up. In 08, looks like the Mets were 16 games over .500 and the Marlins 7 over, while the Braves were 18 under and the Nats were off the charts bad.
I completely agree the competition is better, the Mets were the only threat – there are two legit competitors now.
ericL where have you been man? I've been wondering if your opinion of Michael Young's defense has changed. He looks like he has worked hard to be better to me.
You are absolutely correct that there are not many Moyer, Livan, Hoyt type of pitchers. I was only pointing to Doc's comments yesterday that he has to change his game some due to lowered velocity.
The Internet is a big place…I got lost in it elsewhere for a bit.
I'm not sold on MY's defense. I don't put much stock in spring training performances, so while he's looked okay to this point, I think the preponderance of the evidence we have over the last 5 years says that he's no good in the field. IMO playing a few good innings over 20+ spring games doesn't make me think he's reinvented himself as a good fielder. I hope he has turned over a new defensive leaf, but i remain unconvinced. we'll see.
I appreciate your comments on this board, they are smart and I get a kick out of your stuff, witty and fun.
That said, I have to disagree with you this time. I'm speculating of course, but I really just think Father time has caught up with Doc as it does with all pro pitchers. It happens at different ages, but it always happens. And once it's gone, it's gone.
As far as losing 10 lbs. from a virus, I used to lose on average, 5 pounds for every start back in High school. (didn't make my college team) And that was healthy. I don't think it's that unusual that he lost ten while pitching sick.
The team has not been forthright about some injuries, I can't deny that. But these are prideful guys that don't want management making excuses for them. I think that's what happened with Utley, I think he didn't want the FO to say much. And maybe the same for Doc as well.
But is our offense as good? Nope
Offense will be better this year.
Better Han 2008? Not likely.
No, better than last year, really can't compare to 2008..HR numbers are down across the league..current staff is better than 2008 even without Halladay..of course Lidge was perfect in 2008, hard to top that.
I'm sold on Michael Young's defense. Its not going to be good. There is a reason he was taken off of 3B in the first place and its just not because Beltre is a better felder. There was a reason they Rangers went out and got Beltre. When the season rounds out you could see the corners being manned by Delmon Young, Dom Brown, Ryan Howard, and Michael Young. And Ryan is probably in the top two of those four at fielding his position, which is scary. Personally, I like a platoon of Nix/Mayberry a whole lot better than Young. That said, get him healthy and hopefully trade him. At 975K some teams would probably consider him a bargain.
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Why Happ? We have Lannan. They're the same guy.
The Dipsy
For all the optimism surrounding our offense this spring (Brown, Howard, Revere, et al doing their parts), Halladay's disappointing performance is like dropping an ice cold bucket on our playoff hopes. Bottom line is that unless the offense incredibly overperforms, we won't be winning 86-90 games with a diminished Halladay. Cliff and Cole simply won't be enough.
Kendrick and Lannan could win 10 games each..
Kendrick and Lannan could each win 10 games..
Halladay will be OK. My reasons:
1) He was touching 90 yesterday after being sick and losing ten pounds while still trying to build arm strength;
2) In the event that his velocity IS gone, he has enough pitches (curve, cutter, change, split) where he can mix in his fastball without relying on it to set everything else up. He just has to make the adjustment that many other great pitchers have done and learn to pitch a "backwards" a little more when they lose 5 miles off of ther fastball. 14-8, 3.38. Is that OK for a no. 3 starter on a pennant winning team?
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Dipsy, 3.38 is very unrealistic at this point. He was a strike thrower, not a nibbler. No matter what pitch he threw, or more specifically his famous sinker, he always challenged hitters and threw strikes. I'll be glad if he can keep it the ERA somewhere near 4.
Once it's gone, it's gone, especially if (as he keeps claiming) he has no injury, then it's just father time. He can work on mixing it up, but even for the guys that can reinvent themselves, it still takes a while to make the adjustment.
It makes little sense to get Happ at this point. If Halladay is truly done then the Phils have very little chance to make the playoffs. Happ is not that much better than Cook et al and he will not give you Halladay performance. Without that performance Phils are not likely to do well. Keep the money and above all keep the prospects!


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Barre Town: Part of huge surplus will ease taxes
BARRE TOWN School board members here struggled this week to decide what to do with a near seven-figure surplus.
Armed with an audit that indicates the towns pre-K-through-8 school district ended the fiscal year in June with a $925,000 fund balance, board members had to determine how much of that money to put toward the $10.46 million budget they will ask voters to approve in March.
The proposed budget, which reflects just over $300,000 in new spending, a 2.9 percent increase, was unanimously adopted by the five-member board Wednesday night.
That proved to be the easy part, as board members and school administrators agreed the spending plan was both educationally sound and responsive to taxpayers in what Chairwoman Brenda Buzzell characterized as challenging economic times.
This is a good, solid budget, Buzzell said. We arent asking for more money than we really need.
Board member Brent Tewksbury, Superintendent John Bacon and Principal Tim Crowley took turns agreeing.
Tewksbury, chairman of the boards finance committee, said the spending request underwent a line-by-line review that was unprecedented in his four-year tenure.
Weve looked at it literally with a fine-tooth comb, he said, prompting a groan-inducing reply from Bacon.
We got all the lice out of this budget, Bacon said. Theres nothing lousy about it.
Tewksbury said the spending increase could be traced to negotiated pay raises, the rising cost of health insurance and the continued expansion of a preschool program that is expected to generate offsetting revenue.
According to Crowley, three paraeducators who were included in the budget for the current year were cut, as was an existing half-time teaching position. However, he said, student-teacher ratios at the school will still fall within the class size policy approved by the board, there will be no interruption in the schools behavior intervention program, and building maintenance will remain a priority.
Board members soon turned their attention to a surplus that swelled from $285,000 to $925,000, according to the latest audit.
Board members were told that unspent stimulus funds, unanticipated grants and solid fiscal management fueled the fund balance, which Business Manager Mark Lyons expects will shrink to around $655,000 by June 30 based on the districts financial performance so far this fiscal year.
Lyons stressed that was an estimate and warned against using all or even most of the audited fund balance to blunt the tax increase required to pay for the proposed budget.
One option, Lyons said, would be to use some of the surplus as revenue for the budget and ask voters to place the rest in a tax stabilization fund that could be used in future years.
Bacon argued against that idea, which he said could be problematic from a financial management perspective regardless of the outcome.
If voters rejected the concept of a tax stabilization fund, Bacon said, the board would be bound to use the entire surplus to reduce taxes this year virtually assuring a huge increase the following year. If voters approved the stabilization fund, he said, it would deprive the board of some flexibility heading into an already uncertain year given the yet-to-be-settled debate over federal spending cuts.
Although school administrators are bracing for a reduction in federal funding from $385,000 to $350,000 deeper cuts could prove problematic.
If the fiscal cliff really goes wild, we may not have that $350,000 in grant money and you may want to dip into some of your fund balance to pay for certain things that weve paid for with grant money in the past, he said.
Board members expressed concern over the perceived absence of a cushion in this years budget request, while suggesting a substantial portion of the fund balance be used as a form of property tax relief.
That isnt a new concept. The current years budget contemplates using nearly $325,000 in surplus funds as revenue.
Crowley said matching that amount might make sense and, if Lyons estimates are accurate, should put the board in a position to do the same a year from now.
We give (the surplus) back in a balanced, sensible way, he said.
Though a $500,000 option was briefly on the table, board members agreed that $327,500 50 percent of the anticipated year-end surplus would be appropriate. The board reserved the right to increase the amount to be used when Lyons has a better handle this spring on where they can expect to end the year.
Although there is still some guesswork involved, the boards adoption of a budget and decision on the surplus put Lyons in a position to project an increase of roughly 7 cents in the local education tax rate.
Most of that increase about 5.2 cents is tied the newly approved budget for Barre Town Middle and Elementary School. The balance 1.7 cents would be required to cover the towns share of operating Spaulding High School.
The projected tax rate assumes a 4 cent increase in the statewide property tax rate and would be steeper if not for an uptick in the towns common level of appraisal.
The common level of appraisal, or CLA, is a calculation the state uses to equalize property values among communities for school funding purposes. If the state believes a municipalitys valuation of its property isnt current, it raises the tax rate a corresponding percentage.
In Barre Town, that formula is working in reverse for the third straight year, because the towns CLA recently climbed from 85.84 to 86.43 percent of fair market value.
Although the board approved a budget of $10.46 million, the number that will appear on the Town Meeting Day ballot will be just over $10.8 million. That figure includes $350,000 in anticipated grant money. The board will again ask voters to appropriate $25,000 toward future repairs to the school roof.
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Simon J. WaltersJuly 10,2013
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CHELSEA Simon James Walters, 25, died on Sunday, July 7, 2013, at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vt., from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Tunbridge, Vt.
He was born on Oct. 29, 1987, in Morrisville, Vt., the son of Andrew M. and Penelope J. (Coburn) Walters. He attended school in Brattleboro, Vt., and graduated from the Austine School for the Deaf in 2006. He worked at Sanfords Dairy Farm in Chelsea and Chappelles Potatoes in Williamstown, Vt., before working the last two years at Progressive Plastic in Williamstown.
Simon enjoyed riding snowmobiles, motorcycles and four-wheelers. He liked going to mud bog rallies, working on cars, shooting guns, playing with his nieces and nephews, and playing video games.
He is survived by his mother, Penelope, and his stepfather, Jeffrey Roux, of West Topsham, Vt.; his father, Andrew M. Walters, of Chelsea, Vt.; a brother, Steven Walters, of Tunbridge, Vt.; two sisters, Renada Walters, of Orange, Vt., and Brittany Walters, of Barre, Vt.; his grandparents Donald and Marion Coburn, of Chelsea, Vt.; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his grandparents Andrew and Elsma Walters.
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"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before."
- - James T. Kirk, opening narration to Star Trek: The Original Series.
A five-year mission of deep space exploration into uncharted space was a type of assignment given to Starfleet starships in the 23rd century.
One of the greatest chapters in Starfleet history was the five-year mission of the USS Enterprise from 2265-2270 under Captain James T. Kirk. (VOY: "Q2")
In 2269, Captain Kirk said to Odona that the USS Enterprise carried on board enough food to feed a crew of 430 for five years. (TOS: "The Mark of Gideon")
In the alternate reality, nearly a year after stardate 2259.55, the USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain Kirk, began the first five-year mission of deep space exploration into uncharted space that had ever been attempted by any starship. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
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The 2265-2270 five-year mission of the USS Enterprise mission was chronicled in Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Animated Series, based on the opening narration to those series. The Star Trek Encyclopedia and Star Trek Chronology have conjectured that Captain Robert April had one five-year mission and Captain Christopher Pike had two five-year missions with the Enterprise before Kirk assumed command. These sources also state that Kirk had a second five-year mission after Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Until 2259 in the alternate reality seen in Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness, a five-year mission of deep space exploration was unprecedented. Because the alternate reality was a divergent timeline that split from the original universe in 2233, there presumably had not been any official five-year missions prior to, at least, that year in the prime reality.
No references have been made to five-year missions after the 23rd century. Instead, the opening narration of Star Trek: The Next Generation refers to the Enterprise's "continuing mission". However, in 2363, the USS Olympia embarked on a similary-named eight-year mission. In an interview in the DS9 Season 3 DVD, Ira Steven Behr said that the USS Defiant was "on a five-year mission to kick ass."
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Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've been on the boards - my LO is 4 months old and we've gotten nursing down great! I love the special bond I feel with him when I nurse him, but as I'm going back to work, I've begun trying to get him to take a bottle... and failing miserably.
Any tips?
When he was younger he had no problem taking a bottle, and I didn't push it much since I really wanted to make sure he got the hang of nursing. I feel like we've tried everything. different nipples, different bottles, different positions, etc. It gets to the point where he starts screaming sometimes just from seeing the bottle come near him!
We've gotten some luck of getting him to eat a little right when he wakes up with freshly pumped breastmilk, but even that's rare.
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LOS ANGELES — There's no room for the baby Jesus, the manger or the wise men this Christmas in a Santa Monica park following a judge's ruling Monday against churches that tried to keep a 60-year Nativity tradition alive after atheists stole the show with anti-God messages.
U.S. District Judge Audrey B. Collins rejected a motion from the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee to allow the religious display this season while their lawsuit plays out against the city.
Collins said the city was within its constitutional right to eliminate the exemption that had allowed the Nativity at the oceanfront Palisades Park because the change affected all comers – from Christians to Jews to atheists – and provided other avenues for public religious speech.
The coalition of churches that had put on the life-sized, 14-booth Nativity display for decades argued the city banned it rather than referee a religious dispute that began three years ago when atheists first set up their anti-God message alongside the Christmas diorama.
The judge, however, said Santa Monica proved that it banned the displays not to squash religious speech but because they were becoming a drain on city resources, destroying the turf and obstructing ocean views. Churches can set up unattended displays at 12 other parks in the city with a permit and can leaflet, carol and otherwise present the Christmas story in Palisades Park when it is open, she said.
"I think all of the evidence that is admissible about the aesthetic impacts and administrative burden shows that this was a very reasonable alternative for the city to go this way – and it had nothing to do with content," she said during a hearing in federal court in Los Angeles.
I'm here to make the emotional appeal. Not a legal one.
This whole Grinch-stench began by a non-resident of the area, Damon Vix, in 2009. Then in 2011:
The 14 scenes depicting Jesus Christ's birth have long been a popular attraction among area residents and tourists to the southern California city.
This year, however, atheists have taken over most of the two-block stretch, nearly shutting out and angering a group of churches who contend the atheists have organized against the Christians and gamed a city lottery process allocating the holiday exhibit space.
In response, a leader of the atheist group says he's just looking for evenhanded treatment to present his beliefs in a public space — and goes so far as to say that the city shouldn't even be allowing any religious or even atheist expression in the park.
That's why he and his group have put nothing on half of the park exhibit spaces that they've secured from the city this year.
The atheists are declaring the politically left-leaning seaside town of Santa Monica as their latest battleground in a national movement to assert their rights.
"I'm part of a growing movement in America of atheists standing up for their rights. It's a very exciting time for us that we're having more of an impact in our society," said Damon Vix, the organizer of the atheist group.
In 2011, Vix recruited 10 others to inundate the city with applications for tongue-in-cheek displays such as an homage to the "Pastafarian religion," which would include an artistic representation of the great Flying Spaghetti Monster.
The secular coalition won 18 of 21 spaces. Two others went to the traditional Christmas displays and one to a Hanukkah display.
The atheists used half their spaces, displaying signs such as one that showed pictures of Poseidon, Jesus, Santa Claus and the devil and said: "37 million Americans know myths when they see them. What myths do you see?"
Most of the signs were vandalized and in the en
suing uproar, the city effectively ended a tradition that began in 1953 and earned Santa Monica one of its nicknames, the City of the Christmas Story.
What's next? The changing of the name "Santa Monica" to something more palatable to secularists?
The purpose of the atheist displays is to mock religion; not to celebrate their own non-beliefs. It's crapping on a religion during a time when that religion is celebrating a tradition of honoring the birth of the Savior, Jesus Christ.
It'd be like atheists having a national day devoted to their….um…nonbelief; and instead of those who are religious simply respecting or not participating, wish to crash the party and be recognized; to narcissistically express themselves on someone else's birthday.
All this does is impoverishes our American culture of tradition and heritage.
The intolerance of secular militant extremists for any public displays of religious expression and the reworking of our nation's history, which from its inception has mixed government with religious art, is just sad.
How does religious expression and religious celebration by others harm me, personally? How does a Nativity scene harm me whether it's on public or private land?
I think the Christmas tradition enriches America, in all its religious AND secular expressions. It is history.
Growing up a non-Christian, I still embraced the beauty and joys of the Christmas Season. It's my favorite time of the year. I might not have been raised to believe in Jesus Christ; but it didn't harm or damage me to be exposed to Christianity and to participate in such things as Christmas card and gift exchanges; and Santa Claus…
Whatever happened to being respectful of the beliefs of others, anyway?
You don't have to be Christian to be a part of the celebratory nature of Christmas.
My dad grew up Catholic but is a staunch atheist. My mom is Buddhist. Yet every Christmas my life was enriched because we celebrated the season of joy, peace, and goodwill toward all men. We gave out and received Christmas (not holiday) cards; we exchanged Christmas (not holiday) presents. In school I sang Christmas (not winter) carols and was not told by my atheist dad that I should be offended. I watched Christmas specials- some of my favorites having strong religious themes in them like the Little Drummer Boy claymation or a Charlie Brown Christmas where Linus cites from the Bible.
I feel as though my life was enriched, not impoverished by these experiences. And I never felt excluded or unwelcomed as a non-Christian; nor did I feel threatened or coerced to convert.
Christmas is still a national holiday. It is interwoven into the very fabric of American heritage and tradition. How do you extract the religion out of it without damaging the entire tapestry of American culture?
As SouthernRoots put it a year ago:
Athiests are free to practice their "non-religion", but they should do it in the privacy of their own homes. It would also be nice if they would stop forcing their beliefs down everyone's throats
Vix, who doesn't even reside in Santa Monica, and those like him have garlic in their souls and are merely being a Grinch about this, not knowing just how much damage they are doing to American society by eradicating decades of tradition. And there are three words that best describe them: "Stink, stank, stunk."


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Wash. man donates $1 million to UW-Stout
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The University of Wisconsin-Stout has received a $1 million donation to help boost its undergraduate program in property management.
The Menomonie-based school announced the gift Wednesday from Dean Weidner. He founded Weidner Apartment Homes, a property management firm in Kirkland, Wash.
Weidner said he first became aware of UW-Stout's program when his company recruited some graduates. He said the students had outstanding qualifications, and he wanted to help develop the program further.
School officials said the money will be used to buy equipment and technology for the new Weidner Center. It will also be used to fund seven scholarships each year worth a total of $10,000.
The program includes classes in finance, accounting and rental law.
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Mark Fidrych
Overshadowed by the tragic death last week of Nick Adenhart at the hands of a drunk driver, and the passing on Monday of the beloved Harry Kalas, was the death of Mark Fidrych.
Fidrych also died on Monday, at the age of 54. His death was apparently an accident – he was found by a family friend underneath a dump truck that he appeared to have been working on.
Fidrych was one of baseball's true characters, known for talking to the baseball while on the mound, and for grooming the mound to his liking from his hands and knees.
He was named the AL Rookie of the Year in 1976, with a 19-9 record and a league-leading 2.34 ERA.
Rest in peace, Mark Fidrych.
Paint It Black
Whoever was in charge of painting the outfield wall at the new Citi Field in New York must have been listening to too much of the Rolling Stones. Whereas most ballparks have either green or blue outfield walls, Citi Field's walls look a bit, well, ominous.
According to an Inquirer columnist, the wall color was being discussed on New York's WFAN-AM, and supposedly the proper name of the color is "soot". Hmm. Considering the source, one can never be 100% sure of the veracity of this information. However, if that is truly the correct name for the color, it seems like perfect grist for smart-alecky comments. I'll start to think of some.
Howard's Mouth
Also in today's Inquirer, a report that in addition to dropping weight and working on his defense, Ryan Howard is attempting to improve his game by wearing a high-tech mouthguard that is alleged to improve athletic performance.
It is supposed to be similar to the one worn by Manny Ramirez, which we saw way too much of outside of his mouth during the playoffs last fall. (Hey Manny, it only works if you wear it inside your mouth!)
Made by Bite Tech, Inc., the theory behind it is that it prevents the wearer from clenching their jaw and creating pressure within the temporomandibular joint, thereby restricting the flow of blood to the head and brain.
Is the benefit physiological, or psychological? Who knows – either way, it's all in their heads.
They're not cheap, either. Though no prices are listed on the website, the Pure Power Mouthguard (Manny's brand) costs around $2,000.
Well, considering Howard got that nice big contract, I guess he can afford it.
But please, Ryan, keep it IN your mouth, OK?
(Citi Field photo from www.metspolice.com; mouthguard from www.ppmmouthguard.com)
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2k for a mouth piece so you don;t bite down? Maybe that is how he lost the weight too :O) Crazy! Hey, you going to the game Friday or the tribute on Sat.? I just got a tix for Friday :O)
Maybe I need one of those mouth pieces if it helps with dieting. Mark's death was so sad. Since he lived in Massachusetts we got early news and it was hard to take.
I have a mouth guard that looks just like the photo. (I grind my teeth at night – and when the Yankees are losing:) But it sure didn't cost that much! They're cheap!
Darn, so maybe if I got to Target and pick up an $8 mouthpiece I too can have better performance! Probably stop grinding my teeth too like Jane.
That is clearly why I was never the best player on my field hockey team. I didn't have a $2000 mouthguard. I get it now. Darn. Think of all my missed opportunities.
There were far too many deaths this week in baseball. Hopefully Ryan Howard and Manny Ramirez's mouth guards work better than mine. I grind my teeth so badly, I destroy my mouth guard.
Jenn – Enjoy Friday's game! Wish I could be there too!
Julia – a dieting mouthguard, hmm, I could use one of those too. Or maybe I should just resist buying the snack food in the first place.
Jane – I hope the Yanks' early season woes aren't wreaking havoc on your teeth!
Tom – wonder if they help blogging performance too? Maybe we should all get one!
Melissa – yep, I could have used one while playing softball in high school. Hit great during warm-ups, sucked during the game. I bet I was clenching my jaw!
Emily – freaky how they seem to come in threes, isn't it? Glad to have you back blogging!
The first two games at Citi Field have been very interesting. I can't wait for the series finale tonight…Jake Peavy's pitching!
I can play 'Paint it Black' on Guitar Hero pretty well. And that mouthguard looks like my retainer.
Why would any pay 2k for a mouth guard? I can think of much better things to spend 2k on! I agree, Sue, keep it in their mouth….
Thanks for the reminder of Fidrych's death. I recently posted a little about both Adenhart and Kalas, but should have mentioned Fidrych as well; certainly another big loss for baseball in this wild week.


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UBS rejigs strategy to find the right mix
UBS was one of the first capital markets banks to feel the full weight of the financial crisis.
Its warehouse of mortgage-backed securities forced write-offs sufficient to bring about a government bailout in October 2008, together with a complete change of management. Subsequently, the government imposed draconian, "never-again" capital requirements that forced the bank to examine its aggressive global banking business model that achieved, after several large acquisitions, a prestigious sixth-ranked market share based on aggregated capital market originations and advisory assignments.
The UBS share price dropped nearly 80% from the beginning of the crisis in early 2007 until late 2009, about the same as Deutsche Bank's and Barclays', but much more than Credit Suisse's.
Under new leadership since 2011, UBS made a major strategic change. It would sharply reduce its investment banking activities and their associated risk-weighted assets, concentrate on strengthening its core wealth management businesses and promise to pay out at least 50% of profits once it had shored up its balance sheet to achieve a fully applied Basel III Tier 1 ratio of 13%.
It was betting that this fundamental change would be appreciated by the stock market once it saw that it was starting to work.
Rankings fall
It did not help its place in the rankings. In 2013, UBS's investment banking global market share fell to 12th, the first time it was out of the top 10 in more than 20 years. Its total originations (bookrunning assignments for global new issues of syndicated loans, bonds, and equities and merger and acquisition advisory assignments) fell to almost half its 2009 level, to $348 billion, less than half the originations in 2013 of its smaller rival Credit Suisse. It was the only bank in the top 10 in 2009 to have reduced total originations since.
Risk-weighted assets at UBS fell to $250 billion, or 22% of its (smaller) $1.1 trillion balance sheet. Nonetheless, its investment banking division reported pre-tax operating profits of $2.8 billion (after excluding a $1.9 billion charge for litigation expenses related to prior activities), representing a return on attributed equity of 30.6%.
Profits from its wealth management businesses (which account for 65% of total UBS operating income) increased by 17% in 2013, aided by $60 billion of net new money inflows. With $2.7 trillion of assets under management, UBS is the world's largest private bank.
UBS's fully applied Basel III Tier 1 ratio of 12.8% was the highest among all capital markets banks (and just below its 13% target) and its 4.7% leverage ratio well exceeded the 3.7% average for its European peers.
Working out
The strategic change (together with its associated austerity) seems to be paying off. In 2013, with profits before litigation charges up by 44% to $4.7 billion, the bank encouraged expectations of sizeable increases in dividends as it neared the trigger point of its promised 50% payout rate – 2013 dividends increased by 67%.
In the past year, UBS's stock price rose 30%, more than any of its European peers – Credit Suisse shares were up 15%, Deutsche Bank's were up 5% and Barclays' were basically flat.
UBS trades now at 1.47 times book value, compared with its European peer group average of 0.85 times, although it still has a long way to go to match its 2007 stock price.
By continuing to de-emphasise investment banking – to a point where it is no longer dangerous and could trade at 2 to 3 times book value (Lazard Frères trades at 9.5-times book value!) – and investing further in its asset management business, UBS should be able to be regarded more as a leading private banking asset manager (with multiples of book value in the 2x range, similar to BlackRock (1.9x) and Julius Baer (2x)) than as a capital-intensive investment bank.
At 2-times book value, UBS's stock price would rise by a third. If the strategic move were fully accepted by the market, UBS's stock could rise much more.
Ahead of the crowd
Only two of UBS's capital markets peers have undertaken major strategic changes – both Citigroup and Morgan Stanley were changed by the former's sale of its Shearson Lehman brokerage business to the latter.
For Citigroup, the move was a reluctant but necessary effort to shrink the bank that is still happening. For Morgan Stanley, the conversion into the world's largest retail brokerage firm has been a difficult and lengthy transition, but neither Citigroup nor Morgan Stanley has given up market share to make these changes: Citigroup remained in third place and Morgan Stanley in seventh for 2013.
But the stock market does not appear to value global investment banking market share very much (JP Morgan, the leader, trades at 1.09x book value, Citigroup at 0.74x and Morgan Stanley at 0.91x).
Perhaps, being a market leader does not mean as much as it did before the financial crisis. In 2006 the top 10 firms accounted for 94% of all transactions (the top five claimed 57%) – in 2013, the top 10 accounted for 71% and the top five, 44%.
Six years after the crisis that dumped an ocean of regulatory change and reputation damage on to the capital markets industry, the principal banks involved are little changed.
Only UBS has announced a move radical enough to distance itself from the capital markets business, to save its crown jewel and restore shareholder value, and the stock market has begun to buy into it. There is plenty of room and still time for others to make similar strategic changes.
--Roy C Smith is a finance professor at NYU Stern School of Business
-- This article was first published in the print edition of Financial News dated March 3, 2014


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Did you get a little piece of plastic in your stocking this Christmas?
Business experts say Americans gave a record amount of gift cards this Christmas. According to the National Retail Foundation the average person in the U.S. gave $145.61 in gift cards this year. Nearly $25 billion was likely spent this year on the plastic shopping sprees.
I've received more and more gift cards every year and I admit I do like them and I try to actually buy a gift with them. Either clothes that I need or the item I've felt just a little too guilty to purchase outright. I don't see a big problem with giving and receiving them.
My wife on the other hand hasn't been able to stand the thought. She's one of those old-fashioned sorts who believes a person should put some thought into a gift. She's never going to knit someone a scarf for Christmas but she's always wanted to make it personal.
That all changed this year.
Usually the Christmas shopping in our house is divided along the gender and parent line. She buys for the girls and I buy for the guys and we've each been responsible for our own parents.
This year I told her the guys were all getting gift cards and for a few days she was pretty peeved at me. Then she decided the girls would get a small gift along with a gift card.
If this shopping card scheme has cracked my wife's sensibilities then you know its time has arrived. I'm guessing she won't have any problem using the cards she received either.
I thought that a shopping card is something that a person can't exchange. It's like cash used to be, the perfect size, the perfect color and always works right.
But apparently there is an option out there for those of you who are really hard to please.
That's right, if you got a gift card to say, Red Lobster and you hate seafood you can actually trade that card online for a Sears card at a website called plasticjungle.com. The site takes a margin of the card to do the transaction and then resells the card to a lobster lover.
With the new credit card regulations enacted this fall, people who mislay a shopping card can rest easy. The card has to remain active for a minimum of five years now.
I guess it still makes the cash registers ring and, speaking from experience, it does take the stress of shopping out of the holidays. I do miss all the wrapped packages under the tree but what the heck, the stores are open today and I have a shopping card burning a hole in my pocket.
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To put it plainly, the free ride for consumers who have been dodging sales taxes by buying over the Internet may be about to reach an overdue end.
The Marketplace Fairness Act would have online retailers collect an estimated $22 billion to $24 billion in sales taxes that currently go unpaid.
Many states require online shoppers to fork over the sales tax voluntarily, and, of course, few people volunteer to pay taxes. Under the Fairness Act, retailers would collect and forward sales taxes to the states.
The notion of forcing Internet retailers to collect sales tax for online purchases has sparked bitter debate.
Those in favor of the bill talk about how it will help retailers whose bricks-and-mortar outlets have become merely showrooms for shoppers to check out the goods and then buy online to avoid paying sales tax.
Those opposed to the legislation claim it would hurt small businesses by turning them into tax collectors and forcing them to purchase the necessary software. However, the legislation exempts Internet retailers with less than $1 million in sales, which would protect small operators. EBay is fighting the legislation because it says it would burden many of its clients, who are barely over the $1 million limit.
Other opponents say the government shouldn't be imposing new taxes. But the sales taxes have been in effect for years; the legislation just closes the loophole that required sales taxes to be collected only if the retailer had a physical presence in the state.
As expected, Walmart, the National Governors Associa-tion, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and a coalition of Democrats and Republicans are all in favor of the legislation. Even Amazon -- once a prime beneficiary of the loophole -- is a staunch supporter, likely because it already collects taxes for many states and closing the loophole might make it harder for a new Internet retailer to start up.
Collecting Internet sales tax has been a controversial and complicated issue for decades. Back in the days of the dial-up Internet connection, online sales weren't seen as much of a threat. With the sales tax exemption, a new industry began to thrive, benefiting all consumers. Now, though, that advantage is no longer needed.
In 2008 New York enacted a measure that required many large Internet retailers to collect sales tax on purchases shipped to the state.
Retailers complied without much trouble, and advancing technology will make it easier for Internet retailers in all states to comply with the law.
Closing the sales tax loophole will level the playing field for the stores that pay taxes and provide jobs in our communities. Collecting sales taxes for online purchases is just the latest change for the continually evolving Internet.
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RP Martin broker shot at Essex train station
A broker at RP Martin was shot in the leg at a train station in Essex this morning.
The broker is Robin Clark, who works in euro derivatives at RP Martin, according to the company.
A British Transport Police spokesman confirmed that a 44-year-old man from Essex arrived at Shenfield rail station in a car shortly before 6am.
As he got out of the vehicle he was approached by an unknown man wearing a balaclava and received a single gunshot to the leg.
Clark was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. His injuries are serious but are not believed to be life-threatening.
Detective Superintendent Gary Richardson, who is leading the investigation, said: "At this stage we believe the victim of this assault was deliberately targeted. We do not believe this incident was gang-related… enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances, including the motive behind the attack."
An RP Martin spokesperson said, "We are aware of this morning's incident and are giving Robin all the support we can."
Clark recently joined RP Martin from BGC Partners, where he was an executive director. He could not be immediately reached for comment.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Sunday Synopsis: 2011 September 18th: OMG iIt's Been Nearly A Month!
Life and family stuff came in overwhelming gusts and flurries, so not much writing occurred. However, for the most part I have continued to transcribe J.P.'s diary. In fact, when my life is in chaos, sitting here with my dual screens and becoming lost in the day to day Springdale happenings of 150 years ago is comforting and strangely relaxing. For seven or so years, J.P. wrote faithfully in his diary. Then one day it stopped--- for almost a year. Important things happened that year. Mary's folks, William G. and Elizabeth Burns apparently came to visit and stayed. Also, it seems that Billy moved out of the family home, at least for a while. And there seemed to be changes in J.P.'s political sphere --- and all I can do is to keep transcribing and hope for clues to what happened during that year. But, no, he had a couple of more lapses in his diary keeping. I guess, life and family stuff came in in overwhelming gusts and flurries for J.P., as well as his great-great-granddaughter.
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What you write about transcribing may give me the inspiration to actually get some of my transcription done. I hadn't given it much thought, but I do need "comforting and relaxing" activities to be interspersed with some of the research and housework. Who knows, perhaps it will make me more productive!ReplyDelete
Greta, I find it just odd what gives me comfort and relaxation --- but transcribing the diary certainly does it for me. Thanks for reading.ReplyDelete
Life does tend to get in the way doesn't it but I find FH is always therapeutic as you plainly do too. It's great that you are making this transcription a priority in your FH.ReplyDelete
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Police arrested Tittleman Fauatea, 25, shortly after he allegedly killed Asa Yamashita, 43, at the Ewa Town Center Friday afternoon.
Within a span of five minutes Fauatea bought a foot-long kitchen knife at the Longs store at the shopping center, walked off without his change and then repeatedly stabbed Yamashita, according to court documents.
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A fundraising dinner is being hosted at the new center May 25 from 4 to 6 p.m. featuring chicken divan, rice, salad and dessert for $10. Call Susan at 223-6954 to reserve a spot.
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man!!!! this obito flashback filler stuff is starting to get phuckin boring ..... stmo
The way he tried walking when the other half of his body is not healed yet.... T____________________________________________T
So he saved Kakashi and Rin at some point?
I think that's how he will see Rin die because Kakashi didn't protect her... just a possibility.
Can't wait for next chapter! D
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Question: why when Obito says "prove to me that you are better" do both Zetsu say "we are watching you"? Maybe they dont trust obito, OR they are saying that madara trusted them and made them watch him and make everything go according to plan AKA kill rin and twist obito. Opinions?
Also why did they let him out? They werent supposed to do that, or were they when kakashi and rin get "attacked"? Also where is madara? He was in the corner but he isnt there anymore, doesnt he die when he gets detached from the statue?
Also on a separate note, doesnt naruto remind you of obito? Same stubborness, love triangle, haircut, love for comrades, childishness and immaturity and blurting out? I think there are a lot of paralells much like in the sannin. Getting very interesting, also who is black zetsu? Theories anyone?
I think why they mean is simply... "We are baby sitting you!" so some how they would have to be better than Obito in some respects. It could be trust or some other things. My question is... What color are these two guys?? Cause Obito asked them "Where is the other white guy?" so there are 3 Zetsu at this point of the story. What happened to them???
Maybe Obito ends up killing Rin himself by some mistake. I doubt she'll recognize him in that zetsu body (they think he's dead anyway), maybe she attacks and he defends himself, accidentally killing her. That would explain why he changed, why he thinks this reality is so bad, and why he doesn't seem to really hold it against Kakashi. He did it himself.
this is how i think its going to go down, obito will rush to were rin/kakashi are, and they will be overwhelmed by a big group of ninjas or something like that, rin will sacrifice herself for kakashi and tell him to run and save himeslf because its already to late for her, obito will arrive right after rin dies or something and see kakashi running away and he will go insane and blame kakashi for rins death, that is when he will go back to madara and want to help him, madara will say something to obito like " if you help me realize my vision of Infinite Tsukuyomi you can make that world anyway you want.. even bring "her" back to life. and that is what will change obitos mind and make him want to be madaras pupil,
just a idea, dont get upset if you dont agree
Kishi cant wait to see where sasuke and Oro are going ..... Just got 1 question for you kishi why madara didnt use the susanoo perfect form when he and hashi fight?
The 3rd white Zetsu and another are attacking Kakashi and Rin, but don't necessarily expect to harm them -- just absorb their chakra. Kakashi and Rin are long gone before Obito gets to where the battle occured. By this time, Zetsu is impersonating Kakashi and Rin and causing the Rin-Zetsu to die while the Kakashi-Zetsu runs away angering Obito starting him down his current path. Zetsu was really milking Obito for information during the training so he could be manipulated. We will later find out that the real Rin is still alive, but Kakashi has kept her in hiding or changed her identity after the Zetsu attack in order to keep his promise to Obito.
Similar to what some other people are saying, Obito's Zetsu suit manipulates him and affects his mind driving him further down the evil path. Meanwhile, Rin has dropped off the grid and even Kakashi doesn't know where she is. All the while, special high-level sage training has allowed her to have the ability to know things, kind of like Naruto's sage mode, but more focused. The scroll that Suigetsu found revealed her existence and that Orochimaru was involved in hiding and training her, which is why Sasuke needed to revive him to find "the one who knows everything".
After meeting up with Sasuke they all show up on the battlefield. Rin's sudden presence confuses and distracts Obito who is then mortally wounded by Kakashi (who is also gravely injured). The combination of Naruto's TnJ and the truth of Rin's survival cause Obito to pull a Darth Vader on Madara before he dies. Madara retaliates, but Rin tries to defend Obito. Team Minato is reunited as they die together on the battlefield. However, Madara is severely weakened allowing Naruto and the Konoha 11 to overcome him in an epic battle before he regenerates.
Sasuke, because he's Sasuke, decides he still wants revenge for some obscure reason and assumes control of the Gedou Mazou statue during the confusion of the battle and uses it to occupy the allied shinobi force. Sasuke wages a devastating 1-on-1 battle with Naruto who uses his recently upgraded TnJ on Sasuke followed by intense flashback action. The fight ends with a typical Naruto-biju-dama / Sasuke-susano'o-infused-chidori clash.
... kind of a longshot, but Rin being alive would be a pretty unexpected twist.
Why did I have a 'Black suit Spiderman' feeling when he put that Zetsu suit on
this chapter is awesome
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Why did I have a 'Black suit Spiderman' feeling when he put that Zetsu suit on
i too have the same thought
:confused:Somebody wrote on here that the mask with swirls is his first mask. The story seems to be leaning towards that but I remember with the fight with minato he had a totally different mask and around the time when itachi met him during the slaugter he had a different mask then too as well.
I don't know if this has been posted but I think the spiraly zetsu sometimes appear as "Tobi". In 358 page 9 you will see Tobi burying mines for Deidara.
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I don't know if this has been posted but I think the spiraly zetsu sometimes appear as "Tobi". In 358 page 9 you will see Tobi burying mines for Deidara.
Notice how he smashes through the ground? Zetsu doesn't do this (as far as I'm aware).
Though it's not a bad thought that it could happen in places, we know he could, he did it for Kisame very well.
I say he, I should probably say it :/
Kakashi earning a hero title
Rin dying
Obito getting his MS
But i think the way Rin dies is that Obito saves her with his life, then rin uses the revive medical technique to bring obito back to life and thats why Kakashi couldnt save her. and how Obito gets his MS since he was personally invovled.
So Obito becomes Tobi in the next chapter??
Did obito then color the white mask orange?wonder why sasuke killed white zetsu and what happened to the black one then?if zetsu was formed out of hashi's cells, would that make him a "konoha shinobi"? There's just too much flashbacks its mind-numbing!
All I want to say is it's a mask.
People are underestimating how much the story can be warped. It's Kishi's idea, it will be formed as such. Week by week. Sure there is a general outline but he can fiddle with the pieces of the puzzle until he wants to make it complete.
kishi should release two mangas next week.you know to speed up this obito flashback
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ELIDA — Tom Sullivan hit a three-run homer and Austin Shrock had a grand slam in Elida's 10-run third, and the Tigers went on to beat the Texico junior varsity 16-6 on Thursday.
Elida is now 3-9 for the season, but the Tigers are a perfect 3-0 at home. The game was called after 4 1/2 innings because of the 10-run rule.
Sullivan and Thomas West were both 3-for-4 for Elida, while Trenton Chenault hit a pair of run-scoring singles. Chenault pitched the first two innings and Sullivan worked the final three.
Zias lose to St. Ed's in tennis — At Edmond, Okla., St. Edward's, ranked 23rd in NCAA Division II women's tennis, posted a 5-1 victory over Eastern New Mexico University on Thursday in the 12th annual Broncho Invitational, hosted by Central Oklahoma.
The Zias have two more duels on tap both today and Saturday in the event. Duels end when one team reaches five wins.
Despite the loss, ENMU tennis coach Christine Blaeser said her team played pretty well against a tough opponent.
"I think the girls surprised themselves, especially in doubles," Blaeser said. "The scores aren't indicative of how well we played. (The Zias) showed themselves they're not that far behind a team like St. Edward's."
ENMU faces Incarnate Word and Drury today in matches set for 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. (MDT), respectively. They then play Rockhurst and Missouri Southern in the same time slots on Saturday.
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No. 1 — Alyssia Palacios (SEU) def. Elyse Jacques 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 — match not completed; No. 3 — Bruna Olivira (SEU) def. Ivy Moquino 6-2, 6-1; No. 4 — match not completed; No. 5 — match not completed; No. 6 — Cassidy Bancks (ENMU) wins by default.
No. 1 — Palacios-Bruna Tasso de Oliveira (SEU) def. Jacques-Erica Kelly 8-3; No. 2 — Andrea Adamson-Sophia Adamson (SEU) def. Kristin Van Wettering-Bancks 8-3; No. 3 — Nicole Williams-Allison Paris (SEU) def. Moquino-Ashley Toye 8-1.


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Rivas has to be a 4 star. He started all 4 years. He was such a massive upgrade over Brabbs and our constant fake field goals that he automatically qualifies for a 4th star.
Here's a little exert from WolverineBlog, "Garrett Rivas, K, 2003-2006 — Rivas wasn't exactly spectacular, and didn't have the world's strongest leg, but Michigan fans used to seeing the likes of Phillip Brabbs and Troy Neinberg trying to split the uprights had little to complain about during his four years as the team's placekicker. He set the Michigan career scoring record with 354 points, and sits second all time with a 78% field goal percentage. As a senior, he converted 17 of 20 field goal attempts, was a Lou Groza Award semifinalist, and was named first-team All-Big Ten by the coaches and the media. For a team that had been searching for consistent kicking since, well, the guy at the top of this list, Rivas was invaluable."
Richard should be an N/A. He didn't under perform, he wisely choose baseball over football because Henne was standing in his way.
I would also say that player that get injured should get an N/A. Otherwise every team in the country will under perform their rivals average.
My last comment is that players transfer and blow up on another team should have their performance reflected in the McBean rating. Players usually leave because someone better is in front of them and they don't want to wait or want to go to a school closer to home, not because the couching staff ran them off the team. The upside though is that if transfers are counted against players then Alabama must have some terrible McBean ratings.