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Are you heading to the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic in Ann Arbor on New Year's Day? Laura Berarducci from Visit Ann Arbor brings us a few know-before-you-go tips for enjoying the event.
Ann Arbor is no stranger to thousands of sports fans converging at the corner of Stadium and Main Street to cheer as their team battles within The Big House. However, New Year's Day will bring a host of different fans — and a sea of red and white will be welcome in Wolverine territory as the Detroit Red Wings face off against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic®.
Many are anticipating that the game will set a new world record for attendance at a hockey game. The previous record was set in 2010 between University of Michigan and Michigan State University at Michigan Stadium. There are also hopes of breaking the Big House attendance record of 115,109 set this year during the night game against Notre Dame.
For those coming to town, here are three key things you may want to know about Ann Arbor and the event to help make your visit as enjoyable as possible.
#1: More than Just Hockey
Coming to town early or staying an extra night? Perhaps you are accompanying a hockey fan to town but aren't going to the game. Regardless, Ann Arbor has plenty to do leading up to, during, and after the game. A number of businesses are extending their hours and remaining open on New Year's Day. Check back often as the list is updated weekly. Go to VisitAnnArbor.org for more information about the vibrant, walkable downtown area and a full listing of dining, shopping, and attractions.
The NHL is working closely with the City of Detroit and The Detroit Red Wings to offer an array of events in Detroit to help commemorate the occasion. However, those not heading east for New Year's Eve should join the "The Puck Drops Here" street party taking place along Main Street in Downtown Ann Arbor from 8 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. Headlining the event is Michelle Chamuel, runner-up on NBC's 'The Voice' last season. The grand finale will be the midnight countdown as we lower a 10-foot puck lit with 6,000 LED lights designed and fabricated by local artists. More information is available at VisitAnnArbor.org.
#3: Game Day Specifics
109,901 fans in a city with a population around 114,000? Even with a majority of the University of Michigan students heading home for the holidays, knowing how to get in and around the city is going to make the experience much smoother. Complete details including an area map, road closures, and fan guide are available at nhl.com/winterclassic.
Buses and Shuttles: The NHL is coordinating a school bus shuttle system from designated areas to the stadium from 9am-noon and then again after the game. On game day, Winter Classic Shuttle wristbands can be purchased at participating hotels and from attendants at designated parking lots. Click here for a complete list of routes and more information.
- Parking: Check the Shuttle Routes to take advantage of the Park & Ride lots that will be operating on New Year's Day. You may also park in any of the Downtown Ann Arbor parking garages for the set special event price of $5. Pioneer High School will be open for anyone tailgating before the game, but the golf courses will be closed. More parking details are available here.
- The Big House: In order to ensure you make it into the game you must observe the strict no bag policy. This includes all bags, backpacks, purses, camera and binocular cases, etc. Click here for a complete list of prohibited items.
Laura Berarducci is the Director of Marketing for the Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and has been an Ann Arbor resident for more than 30 years. She attended both record-setting games mentioned above and plans to keep her own record intact by cheering on the Detroit Red Wings at the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic. It will be the only time she wears red in the Big House. For more information about Ann Arbor and the New Year's Events, check out www.VisitAnnArbor.org.


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- Kenelly, Patrick John ('Pat') (1900-1981), Australian Labor Party official and politician, was born on 3 June 1900 at Northcote, Melbourne, fifth child of Irish-born parents John Kennelly, warder, and his wife Mary, nee O'Dea. Educated at St Joseph's School, Northcote, and St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, Pat set his life's course from an early age: at 15 he joined the Australian Labor Party. When he commenced work he joined the Federated Clerks' Union of Australia and by 19 he was secretary of the Northcote branch of the ALP, where he began a lifelong association with John Cain. While working at the Yallourn open-cut mine in 1925 he coached the local football team, foreshadowing an enduring association with Australian Rules football, which included the Port Melbourne and Richmond clubs. In 1926 Kennelly began full-time political work as a clerk in the ALP office, becoming organising secretary in 1930. His skills as a 'machine' man were honed in the office as Labor squabbled and split during the Depression.
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Notable former Peace Corps Volunteers in Communications
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Ron Arias, senior editor for People magazine and author of The Road to Tamazunchale (Peru 1963-64) His Peace Corps experience helped Arias cover stories in developing countries across the Americas and Africa. Arias is an author and a senior editor for People magazine.
David Briscoe, chief correspondent of World Desk for Associated Press (Philippines 1966-70)
Dan Carney, reporter for Business Week (Benin 1983-85)
Karen DeWitt, producer, abcnews.com (Ethiopia 1966-68)
Thomas Dine, President, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Philippines 1962-64)
Judy Dugan, assistant editorial page editor for the Los Angeles Times (Philippines 1966-68)
Josh Friedman, correspondent for Newsday (Costa Rica 1964-66)
Kathleen Ingley, reporter for the Arizona Republic (Senegal 1972-75)
Al Kamen, writes In the Loop column in the Washington Post (Dominican Republic 1967-69)
Robert Laird, op-ed page editor for N.Y. Daily News (Somalia 1962-63)
Michael Maidenberg, Pulitzer prize-winning publisher and vice president and chief program officer of the Knight Foundation (India 1964-66)
Chris Matthews, host of NBC's Hardball (Swaziland 1968-70) Chris Matthews is a national columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and host of NBC's Hardball.
Jim Morrill, reporter for the Charlotte Observer (Togo 1973-76)
Bruce Nussbaum, editorial page editor for Business Week (Philippines 1966-69)
Henry Muller, editorial director for Time, Inc. (Ethiopia 1968-69)
Maureen Orth, special correspondent for Vanity Fair (Colombia 1964-66)
Ann O'Hanlon, reporter for the Washington Post (Ecuador 1986-88)
Michelle Press, managing editor for Scientific American (Malawi 1962-64)
Howard Seftel, restaurant critic for the Arizona Republic (Senegal 1972-75)
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Changes in the 401(k) landscape have resulted in employee participation rates remaining high and leading to more diversification. Aon Hewitt reached these conclusions after analyzing more than 3.6 million employees eligible for defined-contribution retirement plans.
Participation rates in defined-contribution plans, such as 401(k) plans, remain at an all-time high of 76%. Plans that automatically enroll employees have an 83% participation rate—18 percentage points higher than plans without an automatic enrollment feature. Participation rates rose for workers in the 20 to 29 age bracket, but declined for those over the age of 30 who earn less than $60,000 per year.
The downside to automatic enrollment is that employees often do not increase their contribution amounts after enrollment. The average savings rate among workers subject to automatic enrollment is just 6.7%, half a percentage point below the average contribution rate for all workers (7.2%). Furthermore, 39% of automatic enrollees saved an amount below the threshold for maximizing their employer's matching contributions, versus 25% for all other workers.
The average participant's total plan balance was $74,380, but the median plan balance was $23,370. (The median number is more telling because it shows that half of all participants have a balance below $23,370. The number excludes savings outside of the 401(k) plan, such as rollover IRAs.)
More workers are using premixed portfolios, such as target date funds. The average allocation to premixed portfolios is now at 38%, up 13 percentage points over the past two years. The heaviest users are younger and lower-tenured employees. (Some plans have target date funds designated as the default allocation option.) The next two most popular asset classes are large U.S equity and GIC (guaranteed investment contract)/stable value at 13% each.
Only 15% of participants initiated a trade last year. This compares to 20% in 2008 and prior years. Even when those investors who exclusively invest in pre-made portfolios are excluded, trading activity is still low, at just 18% of all participants.
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Reports from ESPN New York indicate that the Yankees have begun to explore ways to void third baseman Alex Rodriguez's contract in the wake of his connection to a "wellness clinic" in Miami, which reportedly supplied athletes with PEDs, including human growth hormone (HGH) and other substances banned by MLB. Rodriguez's name appears in the records of Anthony Bosch, the nutritionist who ran the wellness clinic, sixteen times, including direct links between A-Rod and HGH. The Yankees see this is a possible route of escape from the last five years and $114 million of his contract.
If that happens, however unlikely it may be, the Phillies should call immediately.
Don't get me wrong: there is no precedent for teams being able to void contracts for using, buying, or being connected with PEDs. But the evidence of A-Rod's connection is pretty damning early and the Yankees plan to pursue options of voiding his contract based on everything from visiting a non-team approved doctor and the fact that he may have broken the law by purchasing banned substances. ESPN cites a source that reports that the Yankees are exploring "20 different things" to get him out of town.
Should A-Rod become available, his .272/.353/.430, 18 HR and 13 SBs would be welcomed at the hot corner at a reasonable price, even with Michael Young on the roster. Young has been described by General Manager Ruben Amaro as someone who can fill in at first as recently as January 22 and Young may have some versatility up the middle.
A-Rod has played a near neutral third base defensively for the Yankees, a vast improvement over Young and his 2.2 fWAR provided nearly $10 million in value last year in a down year. In the unlikely event that A-Rod is released, would he accept a two-year, $10 million deal to come to the Phillies?
Can A-Rod still play at a high level? Debatable: he obviously is not what he once was. His defensive value has remained steady while his speed numbers have declined, as expected. He has struggled to see the field as much as he used to but he did play over 80 games at third the last two seasons while getting days from the field off as a DH, playing 137, 99, and 122 total games the last three seasons. His hip injury is concerning to the point where Ken Rosenthal has suggested he could choose to collect the final five years of his contract by having a doctor essentially say that he is no longer fit to play. He is facing a possible second surgery in the last four years and, this time, would be unable to use performance enhancers to supplement his recovery.
But imagine this scenario: the Phillies are fighting for their lives at the All-Star break. The Yankees have been able to void their contract with A-Rod and he has fully recovered from his second hip surgery by June, as estimated. And Young at third base isn't setting the world on fire. Do you make the call to A-Rod?
More importantly: as a fan, would you want that? Would you want a solid veteran Top-10 third baseman who is among the greatest of all time who can still contribute to a baseball team on your team knowing he has sidestepped the rules?
Since A-Rod's steroid mea culpa with Peter Gammons in 2009, Rodriguez has maintained a storyline that he only took steroids from 2001 through 2003 in response to the pressure of being the highest paid player in Major League history. Now? A-Rod has hired a lawyer to defend him from the new allegations that that was not the only period he took them.
As a fan, there would be trust issues involved. A-Rod's story on the surface has changed from him never taking steroids, to him taking steroids only for a short period until a 2003 epiphany, to now being accused of being in connection with a nefarious and infamous "wellness clinic" in Miami. Rodriguez, in his 2009 interview with Gammons, suggested that he took steroids in part because it was part of the culture. Are we naive enough to believe that it is still not part of the culture, particularly in light of the NFL's Ray Lewis being accused taking a compounded form of deer antlers and the realization that the NFL doesn't have HGH testing? And if we are naive enough to believe that it is not in the game, like the sports writers who cheered Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa but now hold them out of the Hall of Fame, would that affect how you felt about the Phillies if they would pursue A-Rod?
In terms of play on the field, A-Rod is not the best player in the game any longer or even the best third baseman in the American League. But he is absolutely worth exploring should he be available for a contract of no longer than two years, $4-5 million a year.
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I haven't read enough into this situation – but if MLB doesn't have positive test results (because they don't actually test for it) … How can they prove anything?
Yes it's a banned substance – but not one that they test for ?? The whole situation is just odd
well, I think Ian's premise is IF his contravct's voided, leaping to IF it happens. You're welcome for the obvious :-).
But I remember someone who shall remain nameless to protect my well protected rep as mentally incompetent expressing that the Phils should check things out before the hip deal was announced. I laughed pretty hard at myself last night when I thought back to that. Geez, imagine if they had acquired him for even a fraction of what Mike Young will get, now that he's sure to miss half a year.
But this isn't about leading into agreeing with exploring him even though that was my thinking at the time. Of course, we don't know, and not to follow redneck lines and convict early, but what a putz this guy is. I just can't help but feel like he's guilty, and I won't produce the long list of items where he has quite clearly shown to be an absolute moron.
At a minimum, he can't play for months anyhow, and I'd say if Mike Young is playing decently, even if Asche looks like he might need another year of experience, forget it. Decently is gray, since time is on our side to decide.
You know, they signed some degree of mental reclamation project in D Young, they maybe skipped Melky I'd assume at least in part because of his mental status, here we are talking from a distance about signing Alex, but they skipped the one guy who unequivocally would have made a difference in Josh (this of course avoids the all important financial aspect), but this'd be a sorry guy to wear a Phils uniform.
Just my amatuer guess, but I don't think the Yanks are lucky enough to get out from the deal anyway. Unless Alex admits to it, since there's no positive test, there's no proff of crime. But he sure seems so incredibly stupid.
The answer is in the ESPN article: "Baseball can suspend Rodriguez… without a positive test…. [K]nown as a non-analytic positive, the league will need documentary evidence… that would convince an independent arbitrator."
so how does MLB suspending him lead to termination of the contract? And maybe they have the power to suspend him, but on what grounds? Maybe I should read the article, which would be made easy if you'd care to link it.
Ian provided a link to the article, Ken.
He did, and I finally read it after thinking yesterday it was gonne be wasteful speculation, and this paragraph stood out to me…
"According to a source, the fact that the Yankees continued to honor Rodriguez's 10-year, $275 million contract extension after his public admissions of PED use in 2009 might further weaken their case to void the contract."
I think that's good thinking. Sure, as the piece goes on to say, the time the Moron admitted to using was with a different club, but if they couldn't/didn't void it then, they lose the angle of failure to live up to the morals expected as a player. Fact is, he was a player then.
Who knows, and considering the personality of the discussion, who cares.
Just guessing here, but if MLB can suspend Rodriguez based on documentary evidence alone, then I suppose they could start that suspension after he returns from his medical rehab. If that were to happen, Alex would likely be unavailable through a third of the 2014 season.
More importantly, how valuable to a team (Yankees, Phillies or otherwise) is a hobbled, aging athlete whose accomplishments may have been exaggerated by performance enhancing drugs?
I don't want A-Rod here at all. He's a classy guy if you consider "asshole" a class of guy. I don't care if Michael Young isn't as good of a player – at least he has a "good guy" image. A-Rod asking girls for their numbers in the middle of a baseball game is just A-Rod in a nutshell. He's just not that interested in baseball anymore and I don't want that kind of attitude on the team.
As for Ian's scenario, why would you need A-Rod with Galvis & Frandsen on the active roster and Hernandez, Martinez, Bentacourt, and other utility IFs in AAA? We have insurance at 3B and Asche could be ready to fill in as early as August.
While it is worth exploring if Ian's scenario plays out, I don't think the Phillies should sign A-Rod.
Extremely hypothetical – slow news day?
Not worth thinking about cause he can't play and they can't get out of the contract.
No. His hips are shot. He can't turn on pitches anymore or use us lower half to get power into his swing. His bat speed is gone. Oh yeah and he's on PED's.
If they signed him, I'd just become a full blown A's fan until Rube was fired. Not even half way kidding.
The full Miami New Times article is very intriguing… and although there's no fire, there's a whole lot of smoke. Hand written notes, spreadsheets, ex-employees, ex-patients, ex-investors… a lot of people vouching that this was going on.
Gio Gonzalez was named five times, as well as his father. His father admitted to meeting with Anthony Bosch because he, "needed to lose weight." I'm sorry but that's too close of a connection for me (in this day and age).
If Gio Gonzalez is found guilty and suspended, it will have a GIGANTIC impact on the NL East race. I'd hate to see any team reach the post season because of it, but then again, it's possible that a Gio on steroids may have helped the Nats win unfairly last year.
I wish the whole performance enhancement thing would just go away so we'd have more clarity concerning who's actually better, but it won't. Even the current policies don't seem to have done much good.
To Publius… saying that what he took from the shady anti-aging clinic was legal is a very slippery slope. I don't know what Aminorip is but it sounds like a one-up substance; something that provides testosterone-like effects… which is why baseball needs to impose an approved list and not a banned substances list… which is why baseball needs to impose a rule against players obtaining/being prescibed/taking substances from outside sources (like shady anti-aging clinics). Gio's on the list… his dad has admitted to meeting the doctor but denies Gio ever met him. Sounds hella' fishy to me.
I want it to go away too but it's obviously not. Baseball is still behind the curve – just beginning to test in-season for HGH this year. That's a joke… but the biggest gripe I have in all of this is the trainers, who are supposed to be professionals. You don't get that close to players and not know what's going on.
Hypothetical question… let's say Aminorip is a wonder-drug that provides steroid-like results without the harmful side effects. We would be talking about legally inflated numbers… broken records, better play all around… but fake, none the less. How would you feel about that? With technological and medical advancements, that could be possible. Are we banning steroids because they're harmful and illegal or because they inflate numbers? I think that's an important distinction to make because it helps you draw the arbitrary line of approval (since everyone seems to be ok with protein and B12 injections).
The substances Gio Gonzalez is linked to in the report are legal in the MLB. It's essentially protein powder. Unless other documentation comes out, he's in the clear.
Maybe you didn't notice the "if" in my comment. I'm accusing nobody, not even A-Rod, until more comes out. This entire post is speculation, and so was my above comment. You shouldn't be making iron clad claims until all the facts are in.
I almost hope that these reports are a load of hooey, because then there'd be no reason whatsoever for the Phils to consider an aging, declining player with bad hips who may not even be able to play now; he'd still be with the Yanks. Screw his WAR, his slash line, his supposed great numbers last year, when he also had injury issues. When you're done, you're done, and A-Rod gives every indication of being fresh from the oven.
Two things, quotes if I may;
1.) Ain't nobody got time for that.
2.) Go home, you're drunk.
Never going to happen.
I don't see any reason whatsoever to even explore signing a 37 year old injured (and it's been chronic hip problems, not a one-time thing), declining player with a history of being a turd, who would only play a couple of months, if at all. The front office and medical staff, have more important things to do with their time.
This team signed Raul Ibanez as a 37 year old. To a 3 year contract.
That's a COMPLETELY different situation.
True. Ibanez was paid ~$11m AAV for his services. In this instance, A-Rod would be significantly cheaper than that.
Significantly cheaper and significantly much more of a problem…in addition to being pretty much washed up.
A-Rod had a 112 OPS+ last year. That's hardly "washed up" If you want washed up, go look at Michael Young
Idiot. But I guess if the roster is big enough for one over-weight anti semitic outfielder… why not add the most morally bankrupt cheater this side of Barry Bonds. I can't tell if this article is a send up to elicit comments… if it was… I bit. But so does this article (bites, that is)
The entire A-Rod story is just one big circus. I don't see why any organization would want any part of it.
Because I don't think I could root for that guy even if he was on my team.
Just curious Dave, did you happen to root for Brett Myers back in 2008, while the Phils were in the midst of their WFC run?
Because if there are things worse than injecting yourself with some proteins, publicly beating your wife on the streets of Boston is probably on that list.
Ahahahahahahah..that was funny reading the header for the column. Must be a slow news day. Sorry, can't take this seriously.
A-Rod with or without the PED does have tremendous talent. The problem is do the Phils want the baggage, attitude, circus media and distractions that he brings.
Well this offseason they traded for a guy who twice demanded a trade from his former team, and then signed a noted anti-Semite. I don't think "baggage" is an issue with this team.
Alex Rodriguez has spent too much of his career believing he would always be bigger than the game he played
He never cared about Seattle, Texas, or the Yankees
It would be a disgrace to see him play at the same position many of us grew up watching Mike Schmidt play
Let him go DH in Houston or throw him down to the Mets
Interesting. How do you know he never cared about any of those teams he played for? If these allegations are true it seems to me that he's a guy who is doing everything he possibly can to make himself better for his employer really does care about the team. After he signed his huge extension he could have just sat back, not done anything, gotten fat like Delmon Young or Yuni Betancourt, and collected his guaranteed paycheck. But he did nothing of the sort…if the allegations are true he's done everything he possibly could to improve his game, or to at least keep it from deteriorating. That, to me, signals a guy who wants to win, not a guy who doesn't care about the fortunes of the team he's on.
This is a city that has embraced a guy who killed dogs for sport and a guy who publicly assaulted his wife, and a team that has employed all sorts of miscreants, from guys who drunkenly get into fights with police officers to guys who miss portions of the season because they've been out drunk driving and slamming into a tree, to a guy who assaulted someone while engaging in an anti-Semitic rant, to A GUY WHO TRIED TO HACK MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO DEATH ON HIS FARM IN VENEZUELA WITH A DAMN MACHETE AND THEN LIGHT THEM ON FIRE!
So, if the worst thing A-Rod did was hit on a couple girls in the stands and take some hormones while playing a passable 3B and hitting .272/.353/.430, that's A-OK with me, and a lot better than what lots of
Mel Gibson played for the Yankees? I didn't know that. 🙂
Those are all Phillies actually, so Mel must have been a Phillie.
Shoot — all Philadelphia athletes.
"….other Philadelphian athletes have done."
(That was the ending to the response there. I got a little trigger happy with the "Submit Comment" button, it seems)
And I don't think Mel is a very good ballplayer. I base this on how poorly he taught his son, Joaquin Phoenix, how to swing a bat in the movie "Signs." What an ugly hack he had.
As you can probably tell from the tenor of my comments above, if the Yankees can void A-Rod's contract (they won't), and you can sign him for a relatively reasonable salary (you can't), then I'd love to see A-Rod on the Phils. He's still a very good hitter as far as third basemen go, and is a decent fielder at third, attributes neither of which Michael Young possesses.
I believe the last time we saw A-Rod he was flailing his way throught the ALDS and ALCS until he eventually road the pine while M. Young at least managed a 2 for 4 in the ALWC. Just saying….
A single series isn't predictive of future performance. Even if it were, A-Rod still has the much better career postseason stats (.833 OPS vs. ,655).
I would find it very strange that anyone who defends the Delmon Young signing would knock Ian's suggestion.
There are a number of differences between D.Young and A. Rod. Although they both have behavior issues, Young has not so far been linked to PEDs. Young is healing from an injury, and should be available soon; Rodriguez is injured and may have difficulty ever playing again. Young is only 27, entering his prime physically, and could concievably improve; Rodriguez is 37 and likely headed downhill. Young can be dumped for a pittance; Rodriguez, if signed, would most likely cast about $5M if he has to be released.
I'm not going to defend the Young signing, but I can easily see why others could find it somewhat reasonable, yet still find a Rodriguez signing a bad idea.
Earlier,, yesterday, I was going to make a comment kind of like this. I really don't give one rat's a$$ about A-Rod's OPS+ last year. He's quickly on his way down and $5M is too much money to risk spending.
Chuck, the Phillies are spending more than $5 million dollars on their current third baseman who also "on his way down" and is currently nowhere near as good as A-Rod is, so unless you really dislike the Mike Young acquisition, it seems you'd be taking opposing views on two similar players.
From an organizational standpoint, I'm not sure it's a good idea to completely eschew players who can give you above-average production on a cheap, short-term deal.
EricL, at this point, both players are declining, and I don't think there's that huge of a difference. And Michael Young, last time I looked, didn't have a hip injury that will take at least until June to heal, and from which he may never be the same. There are other reasons besides health, like attitude and PED use where they differ. All those reasons, at least to me, make the Young signing far more tolerable.
It's amazing to me… The same people that have been b!tching like crazy that the Phillies keep signing or trading for older players that are past their prime are some of the same ones that are now advocating A-Rod coming here.
First of all, whether you like the Michael Young signing or not (and I understand the argument both ways)….the fact is that he's now ours…at MORE than $5M per season. We also have Frandsen and Galvis as subs. Why on God's green earth do the Phillies need to go out and spend another $5M on Alex Rodriguez???
Secondly, the Delmon Young "baggage" aside (not condoning it)….do we really need a guy with baggage such as A-Rod's?? PEDs. Attitude. Flirting with and asking out women DURING games.
I've been bitching about the Phillies signing bad players, not old ones.
I don't think Chuck was aiming his comment at you specifically. Maybe you have only griped about signing bad players, but a lot of others have been complaining about them signing old ones.
Unless I overlooked someone or Chuck A. is also following other blogs' comment sections, the only three people on here that are advocating for ARod – in this extremely unlikely scenario – are Publius, EricL and me. I have not seen either Publius or EricL "bitch like crazy" about the Phils signing older players although I admittedly have not read every comment.
Publius and EricL,
Have either of you "bitched like crazy" that the Phillies keep signing older players?
Maybe you're memory isn't as long as mine. People have been griping about the Phils adding old guys for ages. Polanco was too old, Rollins should not have been extended, etc. You can look back only a short time to see the complaints about the team's aging lineup and Amaro's supposed failure to address it. Maybe I shouldn't bring that up in this thread, but I think it's relevant. I probably should have made my point more clearly and included some reference to last year, and also to some complaints voiced earlier this off-season when Amaro was rumored to be considering trading for Soriano and actually trading for Michael Young (Young isn't that bad, he just had a bad season. Most complaints as I saw them were that he was too old to have a better one). But I figured that many fans would be well-versed enough in this site's comments to realize what I was talking about.
I don't disagree that many people griped about the Phillies signing old players. I am just saying that they are not the SAME people (as Chuck claimed in amazement) who are on this thread promoting the team signing ARod in this hypothetical situation.
To the best of my knowledge I've only complained about the type of old players that the Phillies are signing (guys who are bad at baseball now). I've also complained about the signing of young players who aren't good at what they're being asked to do (Delmon Young is only 28).
But my criticism has never been solely about the age of a player. We would do well to remember that a 39 year old left-fielder put up one of the best offensive seasons in the history of the sport, with a .609 (!!) on-base percentage and an .812 (!!!) slugging percentage. (He also hit .276/.480/.565 when he was 42, right before he was blacklisted by baseball)
I guess we should just forget that the 39 year old leftfielder was taking Deca-Durabolin, HGH, Clomid, Modafinil, Winstrol, Norbolethone, Insulin, Andriol, and Trenbolone? To use Bonds as an example of an athlete's aging process is just inane.
People were saying that A-Rod was no good because he was taking performance enhancing substances and he's old. Seems to me a Bonds comparison is certainly germane under such circumstances.
Ultimately I don't care why a player is performing at an older age, I just care whether he does or not.
If A-Rod is signed and turns out to be as bad as I truly believe he will be, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts the same people advocating his signing will be saying "He's too old now."
Of course, I've never been known for having any faith in people. Every person I've ever met tends to rationalize, make excuses, and disavow his previous utterances in order to keep his backsides well covered. That includes myself.
Right George, and if the Delmon Young signing and/or the Michael Young trade goes bad, I'm sure those that defended those moves will come on here and admit they were wrong, just like they did after defending the Danys Baez and Chad Qualls signings and the Moyer and Ibanez overpays. Oh wait, never mind, in looking back at the comments, the defenders continued (and still continue) to defend those moves, even after they went horribly bad.
So some are still defending the Baez and Qualls moves? That's just proving my point: people covering their butts by rationalizing. I was being nasty about those A-Rod advocates suddenly switching sides because I'm a little tired of a thread concerning a player who has about a quadrillion in one chance of being a Phillie. I shouldn't have said what I said, and I apologize for that.
I'm usually the kind who says "let's wait and see what he's got," but sometimes I feel a proposal is just so bad I sometimes will voice my opinion in an overly vociferous manner.
hk – the fact that only 3 people on here are in favor of such a scenario HAS to tell you something, huh? It's either that you 3 think that you're somehow smarter than the rest of us or that the rest of us might actually have some common sense.
Again….think about my comment/question above….if we now have M Young in the fold and Frandsen and Galvis as subs….why would we even entertain bringing in A-Rod ??…. ESPECIALLY with everything that surrounds him???
You're missing the point. The point is that you were amazed that the SAME people who supported signing ARod also criticized the Phillies for signing older players. I was just pointing out that that was untrue and that the people – and you should include Ian among them – who were for signing ARod in this hypothetical scenario were not opposed to the Phillies signing old players…we were all just opposed to them signing bad players.
Obviously, I wouldn't do anything until MLB determines whether or not ARod is going to be suspended for the PED's issue. However, once that's known, if the suspension is going to occur concurrently with ARod's recovery from surgery, we can estimate that ARod will miss half the season. If so, I would predict that there's a 50/50 chance that ARod will produce more WAR in 2013 than Michael Young. Therefore, I feel that it would be worth the money to have him as an option for the second half of the season. The best case scenario would be that Howard reverts to his 2010-2011 form and that Michael Young reverts to his 2011 form, in which case RAJ would have to decide whether to try to trade ARod when he's healthy or ask Charlie to find him AB's. On the other hand, if one of the worst cases plays out (i.e. Howard gets injured or Michael Young proves that 2012 was the start of his decline phase), having ARod to plug in over the second half would probably prove better than most other options. I don't understand why a team that's shown a willingness to squander dollars on bad players with bad character would not take a chance on spending dollars on a still good player with bad character.
you hit it on the nose chuck. people bitch and complain about the ave. age of the phils and their signing of old players. i'm a big NO on A-hole! i completely understand the phils signing of young. that he can most definately give us what frandsen gave them and possibly more all season. that's # 1 #2 would be asche waiting in the wings. young is a one year deal. and by signing him he not only will be ok at third but it makes our bench deeper and more versatile with gavis and frandsen on it. i would have been ok if fransden had the job till asche was ready, but i'm good with young. he's a gamer, and has character of the highest degree. he's the kind of guy you want playing as a roll model for the younger players on the team. not A-hole
Here's a list of teams with their odds to win the 2013 World Series from Bovada. The first number is the price at the end of October, the second number is as of February 1.
Detroit Tigers 6/1 9/1
New York Yankees 15/2 14/1
San Francisco Giants 10/1 12/1
Los Angeles Angels 12/1 9/1
Texas Rangers 12/1 14/1
Washington Nationals 12/1 8/1
Cincinnati Reds 14/1 14/1
Phillies 14/1 18/1
St. Louis Cardinals 14/1 22/1
Atlanta Braves 16/1 12/1
Los Angeles Dodgers 16/1 8/1
Oakland Athletics 20/1 30/1
Tampa Bay Rays 20/1 25/1
Boston Red Sox 22/1 28/1
Arizona Diamondbacks 25/1 50/1
Baltimore Orioles 25/1 40/1
Milwaukee Brewers 25/1 35/1
Chicago White Sox 28/1 40/1
Pittsburgh Pirates 30/1 50/1
Toronto Blue Jays 30/1 7/1
Miami Marlins 40/1 100/1
New York Mets 40/1 100/1
Seattle Mariners 40/1 75/1
San Diego Padres 60/1 75/1
Minnesota Twins 66/1 100/1
Chicago Cubs 75/1 100/1
Cleveland Indians 75/1 75/1
Colorado Rockies 75/1 100/1
Kansas City Royals 75/1 50/1
Houston Astros 150/1 200/1
Thanks for that Ken. At the beginning of the off-season, the Phils were tied for the 7th lowest odds (and larger favorites than the Braves) in MLB and now they're 11th (and behind the Braves).
Yes, and last year in the pre-season, where did those same oddsmakers put the Athletics?
Odds, schmodds.
and that's the facts george. where did the A's come from? that's the trouble with the odds makers. they're just odd.


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Beef Stew with Herbed Potato Dumplings
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 120 min
- Ready Time: 150 min
- Yield: 8 servings
- 7 tablespoons Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1 1/2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 2 (14 oz.) cans reduced sodium beef broth, divided
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 (16 oz.) package frozen vegetables for stew
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup Hungry Jack® Instant Mashed Potato Flakes
- 1/2 cup Hungry Jack® Complete Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix (Just Add Water)
- 1 tablespoon minced green onion
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
Preparation Directions
- COMBINE 3 tablespoons flour and seasoned salt in large resealable plastic bag. Add beef cubes. Seal and toss to coat.
- HEAT oil in 6-quart Dutch oven on medium-high heat. Add beef cubes and cook until well browned on all sides. Add 2 1/2 cups beef broth, garlic and bay leaf. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cover; reduce heat to low and simmer 1 hour.
- STIR in frozen vegetables. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cover; reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Whisk together remaining beef broth and remaining flour in small bowl. Add to stew, stirring until gravy thickens.
- To prepare dumpling batter: WHISK eggs and water in medium bowl. Stir in potato flakes until moistened. Add pancake mix, green onion, parsley and garlic salt; mix well.
- DROP batter by tablespoonfuls onto simmering stew. Cover and simmer over low heat 13 to 16 minutes or until dumplings are cooked through.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1/8), Calories 260 (Calories from Fat 70), Total Fat 8g (Saturated Fat 1.5g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 85mg, Sodium 550mg, Total Carbohydrate 22g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 4g), Protein 25g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 45%, Vitamin C 10%, Calcium 6%, Iron 15%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
* Ensure all recipe ingredients are gluten free by referencing the ingredient labels, as products may vary. If uncertain, contact the ingredient manufacturer.


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Star Wars Trilogy Hitting Blu-ray September 27th According to Amazon
We managed to catch the trailer for the upcoming release of the Star Wars saga on Blu-ray out at CES. During the presentation, which was put on by Panasonic, they marched out an Amazon exec to announce that pre-orders were going live, but there was still no release date to be had. Now, the online retail giant has updated their pre-release page with the following text: "This title will be released on September 27, 2011."
While there haven't been any official press releases (that we know of) on the subject, Amazon seems pretty sure that they'll be sending out those beautiful Blu discs in September. Frankly, it seems like kind of a long time to wait, especially for those who have already pre-ordered. But, when you have waited this long, what's another couple months?
Until then, we can all go back to wondering when the Lord of the Rings extended editions will make their way into our Blu-ray players. Rumor has it they're coming in 2011, which could make for one heck of a nerd-off should the dates be too close to each other.


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"Thanks for producing the best show on the radio (Catholic or otherwise)! My husband and I finally joined the Radio Club and look forward to supporting y'all quarterly from now on."
~ Adalee
"Meg, I have borne a long time with thy husband; I have reasoned and argued with him in these points of religion, and still given to him my poor fatherly counsel, but I perceive none of all this able to call him home; and therefore, Meg, I will no longer dispute with him, but will clean give him over and get me to God and pray for him."
~ Sir Thomas More, Knight, Lord Chancellor of England, author and martyr; to his daughter Meg, regarding her husband, William Roper. To these prayers Roper attributed his return to the Faith; thereafter he was an ardent Catholic.


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For Immediate Release
July 17, 2009
Illinois State Board of Education announces emergency meeting for July 21, 2009.
Springfield, Ill. – State Board of Education Chairman Jesse H. Ruiz hereby calls an emergency meeting under the Open Meetings Act for 10 a.m. July 21, 2009. The purpose of the meeting is to act upon the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget.
This State Board of Education meeting will be accessible to persons with disabilities. Persons planning to attend who need special accommodations should contact the Board office no later than the date prior to the meeting. Contact the Superintendent's office at the State Board of Education, Phone: 217-782-2221; TTY/TDD: 217-782-1900; Fax: 217-785-3972.
This meeting will be audio cast on the Internet at: www.isbe.net
WHO: Illinois State Board of Education
WHAT: Emergency Meeting
WHEN: 10 a.m., July 21, 2009
WHERE: ISBE Board Room, 4th Floor, 100 N. First Street, Springfield, IL
- Roll Call
B. Public Participation
C. FY 10 State Board of Education Budget
D. Adjourn


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William C. LamoreyMay 22,2013
William C. Lamorey
William C. Lamorey
BARRE TOWN Our dad, William Curtis Lamorey, known to many by his nickname, Curt, passed away at the age of 99, peacefully at the Vermont Respite House in Williston early Sunday morning, May 19, 2013; family were present at his passing. Dad had before been at his home on East Hill in Barre until May 10.
Dad was born Jan. 6, 1914, in Barre, the son of Alfred and Norah. He attended Lincoln School and Spaulding High School in Barre, graduating in 1931; a popular guy, the class yearbook makes for interesting reading. He then attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1935. The making of Dad was his junior year spent in France at the Sorbonne we are fortunate to have a massive scrapbook of his time there in pre-war Europe. He completed his studies with a masters from Columbia University in 1940.
Dads career developed from his abilities as a linguist. From the multitude of anecdotes he would regale us with, we understand he spent time in Africa with the OSS, the free-French forces and the oil industry. He officially joined Texaco in 1942 and served in several parts of West Africa. Later he started their business in Casablanca, Morocco, where in 1947 he met his wife, our mother, a fine lady from la belle France. Our early years were spent there until Dads first posting to the United Kingdom in 1955-6. Then a couple of years around New York until Dads posting back to the U.K. in 1958. A Vermonter and fiercely independent, Dad hated the New York office scene if he told us once he told us a hundred times, overseas the boss was a couple of weeks away, the time it took for the mail to go back and forth. Based in London, Dad handled marine sales, visiting ship owners in many parts of the world and, very often, speaking their language rather than English. Dad would take time off (weeks) when he could to improve his language skills, for example attending the Goethe Institut and the Instituto Mangold. He formed close and lasting friendships with many in his international sales team in several countries.
Retirement from the oil industry brought Dad back to Vermont where he built his dream home on East Hill. But that wasnt the end of his career. He then joined the Economic Development Agency, using his international business experience to bring business to Vermont.
Dad loved to read and would read in English, French, Spanish and German, reading in French as often as he would in English. He loved travel, good food and good wine; he was spoiled by our mother, a wonderful French cook. He also loved gardening, which he had started in the U.K.; back in Vermont, he kept a vegetable garden well into his 90s.
He is survived by his two children, son Dan and his wife, Irene, and daughter Laura and her life partner, Graham; five grandchildren, Karen and her husband, Scot, Helen, Mark and his wife, Jessica, Kristi and her husband, Lionel, and Danielle; and seven great-grandchildren, Max, Julia, Greta, Matthew, Zachary, Penelope and Ramsay; also a sister-in-law, Ethel; and nieces and nephews. He led an epic life and was surrounded by love. We will all miss him greatly.
As with Mom last year, the people at Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice were exceptional in caring for Dad at home before his move to the Vermont Respite House.
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Beef pollutes more than pork, poultry, study saysBy SETH BORENSTEIN
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Cows graze in Rock County, Neb. Compared to the other animal proteins, beef produces five times more heat-trapping gases connected to global warming per calorie, puts out six times as much nitrogen for water pollution, takes 11 times more water for irrigation and uses 28 times the land, according to the study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.WASHINGTON Raising beef for the American dinner table does far more damage to the environment than producing pork, poultry, eggs or dairy, a new study says.
Compared with the other animal proteins, beef produces five times more heat-trapping gases per calorie, puts out six times as much water-polluting nitrogen, takes 11 times more water for irrigation and uses 28 times the land, according to the study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Cows are not efficient at converting feed to protein for human consumption, said lead author Gidon Eshel, an environmental physics professor at Bard College in New York.
Eshel used U.S. government figures to calculate air and water emissions and how much water and land were used in the lifetime production of beef, pork, poultry, dairy and eggs.
While other studies have looked at the issue, this is one of the most comprehensive pieces of research quantifying and comparing the U.S. environmental costs of different meats and other animal protein.
The beef industry called the study a gross oversimplification of the complex systems that make up the beef value chain.
Kim Stackhouse, sustainability director at the National Cattlemens Beef Association, said that the industry has improved its environmental sustainability in recent years and that the U.S. produces beef with the lowest greenhouse gas emissions of any country.
In the study, pork, poultry, dairy and eggs all had comparable environmental footprints, so close there were no statistically significant differences among them, Eshel said. But cows were off-the-chart different. The study did not look at plants or fish raised for human consumption.
Cows burp major amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that is dozens of times more potent than carbon dioxide. Their digestive system makes them produce considerably more methane than pigs, chickens or turkeys do, Eshel said. The manure used to grow feed for cows also releases methane, as does their own bodily waste.
Because they are bigger and take longer to put on weight for meat, cows eat more food over their lifetimes than other animals raised for protein.
Nitrogen, from fertilizer runoff, can harm rivers, lakes and bays, causing oxygen-depleted dead zones. The use of irrigation water is a major issue out West when there are droughts, like the current one in California. So much land used for farming changes the biodiversity of a location, Eshel said.
It really looks like beef is a lot worse environmentally than these other meats, said Ken Caldeira, an environmental scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Caldeira wasnt part of this study, but has a separate study of beefs greenhouse gas footprint around the world, published this month in the journal Climatic Change.
Eshel calculates that the average American who switches from beef to pork would reduce the equivalent of 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide a year, which is about nine days worth of the nations per capita greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA calculates that it is the same as the emissions from 61 gallons of gas or what comes out of the smokestack from burning 580 pounds of coal.
Caldeira said his calculations found that eating a pound of beef causes more greenhouse warming than burning a gallon of gasoline.
Even though pigs have the reputation for being dirty, the data shows that they come out pretty clean when compared to cows, Eshel said.MORE IN National / World BusinessNEW YORK Its not just the musical Hairspray that will air live on NBC tonight. Full StoryOXON HILL, Md. Far from the Las Vegas Strip, MGM Resorts International opens its $1. Full Story
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A former Wisconsin Democratic Party has been convicted of first-offense drunken driving, even though it was his third arrest for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Graeme Zielinski of Milwaukee pleaded no contest to a first-offense OWI this past week in Jefferson County Circuit Court.
He was originally charged with third-offense OWI because of previous drunken driving convictions in Virginia in 1999 and in 1992 in Burlington, Wis., just after his 18th birthday.
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Carnwath sheds fresh light on Diamond board pay struggle
Fresh details of last year's boardroom struggle at Barclays over chief executive Bob Diamond's 2011 bonus emerged yesterday, after the former chairman of its pay committee said she was alone in calling for him to receive a "zero" reward.
Alison Carnwath, the former head of Barclays' remuneration committee, told the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards that the British bank had demanded "too much patience from their shareholders and were insufficiently sensitive to the political and economic environment and the hostile attitude to banks generally".
She said: "All of that suggested to me [Bob Diamond] should have been willing to accept a zero bonus for that year."
In April last year, the board "unanimously" recommended that Diamond receive a £2.7m bonus for 2011. The awarding of the bonus became extremely contentious in the so-called Shareholder Spring, with almost 27% of Barclays shareholders voting against the bank's 2011 remuneration report. Carnwath became a figurehead for shareholder unrest with almost 21% of investors voting against her reelection at the group's annual meeting. In July, she resigned from the Barclays board.
Marcus Agius, the former chairman of Barclays who later resigned in the wake of the Libor scandal last year, was quoted in the Daily Telegraph to have said last year that all remuneration decisions "were unanimously supported" by each of the non-executive directors. However, Carnwath said yesterday there was a board meeting where she was not able to attend, where "The chairman was extremely fair in putting forward my point of view, though nevertheless my point of view did not prevail".
Carnwath said that she had opposed the award when discussions surrounding it first took place in January and February of last year.
She said that she was "amazed" at Agius's recommendation when he had recommended the award of Diamond's bonus. She said. "I thought it was the wrong recommendation."
She added: "I think it's fair to say that some people were sympathetic towards my point of view but generally tended to go with the chairman, so that's how matters were left."
Carnwath added that "a lot of people felt that Diamond, quote 'needed to have this bonus'". She said: "[They felt] that it was important to him, that he was a vital part and that he needed recognition in this sort of way."
Sir John Sunderland, who is now chairman of Barclays remuneration committee and had been a non-executive director at the time of Diamond's bonus award, agreed at a later hearing of the Banking Standards Commission yesterday that there had been a "vigorous exchange of views and different ideas" over pay.
He said: "Everyone except Ms Carnwath supported the decision to award a bonus to Mr Diamond" but later said that Carnworth "in the end was part of that unanimous decision".
Sunderland declined to accept that it had been a mistake to pay the former chief executive a bonus for 2011.Asked by commission chairman Andrew Tyrie whether he felt it had been a "profound mistake" to award Diamond a bonus, Sunderland said: "No I do not."
He added: "With hindsight; would it have been better if it had been less, possibly; by what quantum, difficult to say."
"I did not say then and I will not say now that he should not have received a bonus. I would not have recommend a nil bonus for Mr Diamond."
Carnwath, in her earlier hearing, said she believed Diamond "thought he found loyalty in people around him by paying them very well; in my view more than he needed to".
She said that pay in the banking industry had reached "obscene levels" in some instances. She added: "Over years in financial services, a sense of entitlement has emerged among many [to be paid large bonuses]."
John Thornton, chairman of the remuneration committee at HSBC, also appeared at the Banking Commission hearing alongside Sunderland. He told the panel that he was paid $1.5m for 3.5 days a week per year working for HSBC as a non-executive director and chairman of its remuneration committee.
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EXPOSED: Anderson Cooper, John Travolta And Other Stars On Grindr
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of closet doors swinging wide open—with Anderson Cooper and Frank Ocean officially declaring their homo ways, and other notables like John Travolta and even (blech!) Rick Santorum becoming the subject of gay rumors.
Here at the Queerty offices, we spent grueling hours searching through Grindr, reloading again and again until we found the profiles belonging to these boldface fellas.
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@JD: QT is NOT a news site. It is an entertainment site. If you want a news site go to MSNBC or CNN. I found some of these remotely funny, especially the Tom Cruise one.
I must admit, the Tom Cruise one was pretty funny. He does keep harping on about those stunts, doesn't he.
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Hah, Travolta DEFINITELY would not be using current pics .
Frank Ocean on grindr. Howl.. Of course this is a fairy tale. BGCLive.com, maybe.
HI, It's these types of articles that add to the stereotypes of the caddy-ness of the gay culture. Yes, it's "silly" but this site can be so much better. Can you please hire people who are clever and smart writers with ideas that are actually entertaining to read? I am an active reader and really think this site deserves a better product.
This is hilarious! The Anderson Cooper one seems spot on!
Wow, if u call this "entertainment" I feel sorry for y'all. When I read the headline, I cringed. As w/ the Funnie or Die baby Video, ur editorial staff has a TERRIBLE SENSE of humor and poor taste. If this continues, I'm going to have to cancel any subscrption and maybe even write to the advertisers "who" support this crap.
@Daez: LOL PMSNBC?! The channel that INTENTIONALLY edits news to create a new narrative? Or the "Big Brother is watching you" eyeball channel? I don't trust any of them for news.
Please spare me your small-minded, US-celebrity-obsessed twaddle. Jesus, you make me ashamed! PLEASE remove my name from anything you've tarnished with your cyber-touch!
This is sooo stupid.
Can't we just forget about Tom Cruise? As far as the gay community goes, he's a has-been who never was and didn't want to be. I won't like him any better if he ever "comes out." His homophobia is poisonous.
Queerty, I have been waiting patiently for you to post an article that has some substance. My patience is waning. There are a lot of us out and proud Queer folk who actually, have a mind, and care about things, important issues, especially in these times. Is this how we are to be portrayed as a bunch of mindless idiots who are more interested in the lives of friggin' celebrities than real people? I don't give a damn about the sexuality of anyone, least of all those in the tabloids. Please, rather than spending time on such empty useless topics, is there any chance that at least one or two of you have some depth, and cater to those of us who would appreciate it? That way, at least we would have a balance between both serious and fluff. I too am on the brink of cancelling my subscription.
Thank you , Philip and the others….what a lame, idiotic article this was!
SPAM here we come!
The fact that there are so many flaming comments about reporting real issues makes me laugh. Isn't it nice to enjoy the freedom to read whatever you want to? A bit of lighthearted fun in the midst of so many real issues is exactly what entertainment zines aim to create, no? I'd wager that the onset of cattiness here is just because of the disappointment you lot felt when you read that the profiles are fake. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the article for what it is… Otherwise, there are tons of hard hitting stories and issue discussions on other sites. You have a choice. :)
It seems some of you are taking umbrage with the editors of this site for having articles like this one. Lets lighten up and enjoy a littl.e fluff!. Therefore, I would like to add a little superficiality to this subject by abeting this matter in asking for more celebs to come 'out' and not hide behind a plethora of 'swinging' door 'beards!' Especially the ones who like to be coy about their sexuality. MY theory is that they are not so much afraid of losing their fan base as they are afraid of losing their image of appealing to both sexes! Thus they have their cake and 'eat' it to! (Just say'en).


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There is a lot of pressure to celebrate New Year's Eve.
When I lived in New York City, I went to parties and made it to Times Square to see the ball drop. It was cold and my toes were frozen by the time I left. I'm not even sure I technically had fun, but with all the noise and confetti, it sure seemed like it.
New Year's Eve was always full of great memories. In fact, my best New Year's was the first one with my husband. We had only recently met, both of us visiting mutual friends in England, and celebrated all together on London Bridge. It was romantic and unique and will remain one of my most precious memories.
Five children and several military moves later our New Year's Eve is now different. Four of my five children were born in November and December. This means that I am usually recovering from a C-section (all my children were born Caesarean) and caring for a newborn. Not exactly a recipe for dancing.
After the birth of our first child, I didn't feel comfortable leaving the baby and was exhausted by my new role as mom, so we stayed in. That wasn't the first time we realized that our lives had completely changed and we were "parents," but it was one of the most striking. The one night of the year when having fun is mandatory, when all our single friends were trying to decide which party to go to, we were at home learning to take care of a newborn.
That New Year's Eve, I went to bed at 8:30 p.m. and didn't wake up until it was time to feed the baby again, oblivious to the biggest celebration of the year. My husband shot video of himself counting down to New Year's with the sleeping baby. Then he came to bed.
After the birth of my second child, I was also too tired – not to mention the logistics of arranging baby sitters. The same happened with all of our other children. We were too tired, and it was too complicated, to go out. Once or twice we got together with neighbors who had little children, and had a good time. Slowly, our lives as parents became the most important part of our celebrations. New Year's Eve was no exception. We are look forward to celebrating it with our children, as they grow older.
My husband's videotaping himself has actually become a tradition, much like me not waking up at all for a midnight toast. This year I toasted with my mom and dad at 5 p.m. – midnight in Italy – which is close enough.
I don't feel pressure to have fun on New Year's Eve anymore. Every day is New Year's with little kids, and kissing them good night is all of the celebration I need.
That is, as my husband often reminds me, until they go to college.