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This morning I wrestled with myself …
My emotional side found the rain delay and game suspension to be exactly the event that occurs against Philadelphia. The 1977 rain that played its part in finishing the Phils against the Dodgers. The Fog Bowl. Etc. Etc.
I thought, "That's it. This is the moment we look at for years. We had a 3-1 lead, the rain came, it slowed everything down, we lost."
I thought that the Rays now had momentum, seemed chipper and carefree about the whole charade. And Joe Maddon spoke to the media, while Charlie Manuel refused. Phils players in the locker room cursed Bud Selig. They're unfocused, I thought. This sucks.
Then my pragmatic side stepped in, and told me that's utter nonsense. They'll be focused when they have to play, I thought. And this team is not 1977, or the Fog Bowl Eagles, or whatever. We've seen all season that this team gets the job done when they need to.
The Phillies have been in hairy situations before, and while this situation seems the most absurd of them all, it won't deter the team from doing its deed.
Here's what we know, for sure: The Phillies and Rays are tied in the bottom of the sixth. Cole Hamels is out of the game (though I don't know how much longer he would've had anyway). The Phils need to score one run in the next 12 outs, while preventing the Rays from scoring one run in their next nine.
We also know the Phillies bullpen has been tremendous all season and postseason. And we can expect a combination of Chad Durbin/Scott Eyre/JC Romero/Ryan Madson/Brad Lidge to get the final outs.
We also know the Rays have Grant Balfour pitching, but can bring in anyone, including David Price. But we know the Phils have hit the Rays bullpen so far, including Price.
Look, things may seem bleak and confusing now. That's nature. That's how we're conditioned to act. But when it gets down to it, the Phils are at the advantage. They have more chances to hit. They have the home field. They can shake off the pressure and play their game as well as possible. So what that Hamels is out? One man does not a 25-man roster make. And if any team has proved it this season, it's the Phillies.
Let the Rays have their 9=8 philosophy. I got one for us: 3=W. For the next three full innings, play the best damn baseball you can, and you will win. And then we can celebrate the world championship. And I know we will.
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Tim, I mean this in the most manly way possible:
I love you, man!
Hey, bravo, Tim. Bravo.
Great posting…it nicely sums it all up. I feel better already. It's not this team that I worry about, it's the crazy circumstances that we have to face as a sports town be it super hot goalies in tournament time, cheating signal stealing Football dynasties, Pea soup thick Lake Michigan fog, Joe Carter and now THIS little fit from Mother Nature….
But I agree, if there is a team that can man up over it, it would be these guys.
Tim, this is why your blog is great.
I have absolute faith that the Phillies will win the rest of this game. There's no doubt in my mind.
I just feel it is beyond ridiculous that they went out for the sixth inning in the first place. They allowed Tampa to tie the game without giving the Phillies the same opportunity in the bottom of the inning.
If Selig was going to put it in a perpetual rain-delay, then why start the 6th at all?
MLB was rooting for the Rays just so they could delay the game. As long as the Phils were winning they were going to keep playing. I'm worried about david price pitching 4 or 5 innings (he'll be on 4 days rest).
Are they even going to get the game in tonight in Philly? How's the weather?
Weather.com say's there'll be rain this all day today.
If it gets rained out today and god forbid this series goes to a game 7, we would then have Hamels starting on a full 4 days rest Saturday night right?
Nice post.
The Phils have an extra 3 outs to get one more run than the Rays.
It's not a lost cause at all.
However, that was very frustrating last night.
Wouldn't surprise me if we see only Madson and Lidge. Maybe Romero if there's a lefty up in the eighth.
Everybody should be available to pitch except for Hamels. 9 outs is all we need. No saving Myers for game 6, we need to go for the jugular now. We've shown we can manufacture runs. The Rays had to sleep in Delaware last night, hopefully badly. It will happen tonight.
Everyone just needs to take a collective hugh breath and just realize that this game and series WILL be won HERE!!!!
Btw…….Tim………Can YOU run for President?
I think you might be right. If the game rains out today, and is finished tomorrow, I guess it's possible Hamels could pitch a game 7 on 4 days rest. Not sure if Charlie would do that though.
You know what? I really hope we don't play today. I'm way too upset right now to see this game. I bet our players could use the day off to channel their energies and go out full force tomorrow.
I took off work today. It's funny that I would have dragged myself in if they won, even if they lost. I just feel completely deflated today. Lets hope that remainder of the game gets postponed until Wednesday because if the players are feeling a quarter of what I am, they'll need today to simmer down.
Paul/NEPA…..I was think the same thing about Hamels in a potential Game 7. How many pitches did he have last night? I think it was relatively low. But……seriously……it's NOT gonna go 7………NOT even 6. We win it HERE!!
I would have taken a win or a loss better than I'm taking this! This is absolutely horrible!
When it was 2-1 I was definitely thinking to myself that 2 runs is not going to win this game. So in my opinion the game is exactly where it should be. They have an extra 3 outs on the Rays. If anything that at least means someone's gonna get 2 ABs. We all know the game wasn't going to be shortened no matter what. So the Phillies find themselves in a situation they've been in a lot this year. Close game late and one of the best bullpens in baseball. AND they can still get Hamels the win. Go Phillies!!!
Chuck, it doesn't matter how many pitches he had last night. He would be on full rest.
Yeah, I hope it's tomorrow. I need some sleep tonight anyway as I'm sure the players do. Weather looks real bad. Just talked to a buddy who said it's snowing in Willow Grove. Jesus!!
NEPA…if he pitches Friday it's short rest. The only way it would be full is if Game 7 was played on Sat.
Current weather.com forecast – at 8pm ET tonight – 50% chance of showers – 41 degrees – feels like 31 degrees – wind from WNW @ 25 mph.
Would Bud Selig dare to move on to games 6 and 7 in Tampa Bay and play the rest of this game 5 if necessary in Philadelphia on Saturday?
Hamels was around 71 pitches last night
Agreed. I am not ready to watch this game tonight. Let the weather settle down and play it Wednesday, or even Thursday if you have to. Make the Rays hang out in the North as long as possible and get Hamels rested in case we need him. Haha, I also think there's a part of me that just doesn't want this season to end. It's been quite a ride.
It's been snowing pretty steadily for about 3 hours up here in Chalfont, just north of Willow Grove. Another incentive to win this thing at home, Bud Selig handing that trophy over, when they announce him at CBP, he is going to get killed! 9 outs and 1 run fromt the title! GO PHILS!
Has MLB come out and said that game 7 would be on Saturday?
Yea Chuck, that's what we were talking about. If today is rained out and we play the remainder of game 5 tomorrow, then we're assuming Game 6 and 7 would be Friday and Saturday.
Ben….think about this too. If the game were to to resume in the top 6th with a 2-1 lead, who's to say the Rays wouldn't score MORE than one run. Cole did a GREAT job only allowing one run in that inning…..basically w/o his change up either!!
NEPA….Iwas under the impression that there would be no day off…meaning that Wed we finish this game……Game 6 Thurs and Game 7 Fri. Have you heard differently?
Reasons for my theory is that Saturday's forecast is pretty good and Bud is good for doing the unpredictable.
There is no guarantee that Saturday would be game 7 – it could be Friday. So I think we all need to root for the rain and hope that everything is pushed back to get Hamels a start in game 7 – IF NEEDED
Joe….No way that scenario happens…….Even Selig isn't THAT stupid (at least I hope not)
I don't see them playing tonight. I really hope they don't. If we're delayed till Wednesday, Hamels will/should be available for a game 7. He only threw 75 pitches last night.
If this game was going into a never ending delay it should have been stopped long before it was. IMHO it wasn't ever going to be stopped if either team had a lead.
Chuck ~ MLB has not come out with a definite schedule. Here is a link discussing it.
No, I thought that they always gave a day off for traveling. I really don't know how these type of things are handled.
"MLB rooting for the Rays" what a joke! The fix was in, both Buck and McCarver saw the strikes Kazmir threw called balls, Hamels just has to get close and it's a strike. The Mo Mo is gone for the Sillies. Look at history Bird fans, any Florida team ever to make the post season has won it all. Pack your bags for Game 7 it's a lock!
Enough with the lets hope Hamels is available for Game 7 talk! Let's win at home whenever the hell they decide to play again, we have to win a 3 and half inning game where we get the extra at bat….
Oh my….the idiot trolls are back
The term "Murphy's Law" must have been coined by a Philly sports fan.
I'm glad someone out there is positive. I just have this sinking "Bartman" feeling in my gut.
The right thing to do is to go ahead and plan the last 3 games out so that the fans, caoches, and players can lay out their plan. To keep dragging their feet and holding out hoping to play tonight is as stupid as playing last night.
Go ahead and plan for Game 5 on Wed, Game 6 on Fri and Game 7 on Saturday. I think that is the smart thing to do, but as we know……that doesnt always happen. Whatever Fox wants Fox gets.
98Rays, I've been watching the game's on TV and on the MSN feed. I'd agree with you about the strike zone, but I have yet to see it adjusted for any batter or any pitch. How could you say that Burrell or Howard's zone is the same as Vic's or Rollins? A pitch at Vic's knees (strike) would be below Burrell's (ball).
Did anyone else feel physically ill last night? I'm sure most.
To be honest, I actually didn't feel the game at all. I was at a new bar, kinda weird, and the noise was drowning things out, and I didn't feel completely up to snuff. And when the rain started I began to doubt things. Just wasn't a good thing.
I'll actually contend that the BEST THING may be that this game stopped at 2-2.
I was feeling it in the early innings. We were up 2-0, Cole was cruisin'. Then the rain started coming down harder and from there it just got progressively worse.
Ah, no wonder this happened-the jinxtress Sarah Palin is just up the road in Hershey, Pa.
Oh man, I wasn't feeling this game at all yesterday, Tim. The rain also gave doubts though I also tried to imagine Brett Myers rolling in the mud celebrating… I think we all got too ahead of ourselves.
And I agree with Gavin: go ahead and set this game for Wednesday night. I think that part of what's killing us right now is that everything is up in the air. The players, the fans, the manager all need to know what's gonna happen with this Series NOW.
Absolutely Tim……Hamels got out of the 6th only giving up one run in those conditions……pretty remarkable!!
Georgie……oh yeah….there's a major election next Tues. Maybe the Rays can adopt cute little Sarah as their good luck charm……she can be a…….."Baseball Mom."
I think the thing that made it so tough last night was the fact that we still had the lead with 2 outs, nobody on. All of a sudden, single – stolen base – RBI single – Tie Game. It wouldn't have been so bad but the Phils had no immediate chance at a rebuttal. Now we have to wait a day or 2 for our chance to get back at them, all while having this bad taste in our mouths.
I agree Tim.
Once the rain started I began to get nervous. It was probably a good thing that the game stopped when it was. (However… the game probably should have never started to begin with)
The delay can easily derail any momentum that the Rays may have gotten last night.
Thats exactly what I'm talking about Chuck. Hamels really stepped up his game again and got out of that inning. He easily could have imploded in that situation with the conditions. Phillies just need to come out and put the pressure on.
In the end, I don't care when the game is played. Today or tomorrow. Just as long as the Phils win.
whenever this thing starts the phils bullpen will dominate and someone (i say that because everyone has contributed at some point) will get the clutch hit and win us a WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP!
Chuck, I lost my connection to PN after the game was called, and couldn't get back on, so I went to bed (sleep didn't come easy though). Catching up on posts this am, I saw SJMike was having chest pains! Holy Christ, I hope he's ok.
I am still completely ill from last night. The key word here is FRUSTRATION. Luckily I was home with the wife and not at the game or I wouldve been LIVID. Selig is a joke, MLB rules are a joke (changing last minute). Should parking be free tonight for people driving to the game? Also, seriously Rays fans, if the tables were turned, how would YOU feel? This is all about FOX. Did anyone notice the wind blowing last night? It kind of reminded me of Joe Buck.
Also, how many people are actually going to go back to the game tonight (or whenever)? This will not be a full stadium if they again.
This is just another black eye on the debacle known as Philadelphia Sports History.
ugh, so we shall wait until Wednesday pretty much
the stadium WILL BE FULL!
Last night was a perfect example of all that's wrong with Bud Selig. It's not that he is trying to be unfair, but that he is constitutionally incapable of being forthright.
Game 5 was played in bad conditions for too long, and it was then suspended after Tampa Bay managed to pull out a questionable run in circumstances in which baseball should never have been played. The appearance is that MLB waited for a tie – understandable given that the rules call for Philly to win if it was suspended after five with a lead. It looked fishy – and then it got worse.
Enter stammering Bud, MLB's answer to Verbal Kint, to flub around talking about the rules and to claim to have made decisions earlier which even the players on the field knew nothing about. Bud looked bad, and with him baseball looked bad, and it is inevitable that conspiracy theories will now shroud this world series forever.
It didn't have to be this way; all MLB needs is a credible leader.
I'm not saying that Selig is utter slime. I'm not saying he's trying to make the Rays win, or the Phillies loose, or Fox Sports rich. It's just that he follows the Sneakybastard® philosophy of leadership. Make all decisions behind closed doors, only give out information when pressed, and act guilty. The result is that everyone thinks you're a sneaky bastard and mistrusts everything you do. I'm not saying that Selig is a sneaky bastard. Perhaps he is a good husband and father, gives lots of money to orphans and stray cats, and helps old ladies across the street. Perhaps. But he has perfected the Sneakybastard® approach.
Here are the scenarios I find possible:
1. Bud decided before game three that no game would go less than nine innings, but he kept it to himself because technically its against the rules. Coming into game five he had this in the back of his mind, but still was vague about it. As conditions deteriorated and Philly held a lead, he thought to himself, "Oh no, nobody knows the plan. If I suspend this, It'll look like I don't know what I'm doing." So he waited for a tie, decided to pull the trigger, and he looks like a sneaky bastard.
2. Bud never said a word to anybody about suspending games, but he knew in the back of his mind that it wouldn't be fair to let it end on a called game. So as the conditions deteriorated he thought "We can't call this. If Philly has to start over tomorrow night and looses those two runs everybody will blame me!" So they kept playing. Then, after the top of the fifth, he thought, "Oh no, if we stop now Tampa looses and everybody will blame me!" They kept playing. Then the game got tied and he saw his chance. Suspend the game! Then somebody said, "Uh, Bud, you gotta do a press conference now." So he lied, unconvincingly, and he looks like a sneaky bastard.
That's the essence of the Sneakybastard® approach. No matter what happens, you look worse than you actually deserve.
How would an actual leader have handled this?
1. Best option: when Saturday looked so bad he would have called together both teams and said, "Look, we don't want called games deciding this, so lets all agree to a suspension policy. Then go to the network, the teams, everybody, and lay it all out. Problem solved."
2. Next best option: when game five looked so shaky, tell Fox Sports, "Sorry, we're playing this tomorrow night. We just don't have a policy in place to fix this if the game starts and has to be stopped, so we're putting it off." Problem solved.
3. Not so great, but still OK option: Around about the fourth inning when conditions obviously get bad, call for a rain delay. Assuming by now you've realized the need to clean things up a little, send your underlings to both clubhouses and explain what's about to happen to everybody. Then call the network, get on TV, and announce a suspended game. Say, "This isn't in the rulebook, but it's clearly fair and its what we're doing." Problem isn't solved at this point – Hamels is done and Tampa is down two to nothing saying, "Shouldn't tonight be wiped off the books?" But it's better than what we have.
4. Not an option at all to a real leader: Act like a sneaky bastard.
Georgie….SJ was out of control. I hope he got some sleep. It was pretty crazy in here at 1:30 AM. I should have been in bed but got sucked into the conversation. Thank God for this site!!
Brew- very nicely said. More and more people in positions of power seem to be adopting the "Sneakybastard" approach.
Does everyone else feel like this game has been handed to the Rays?
Cole is elinimated from the game despite a low pitch-count and the Rays can re-group after Kazmir's bad outing. I'm not questioning to stop, but mid-inning with the Rays having just scored sends out alarm bells of bias to make the game fair… Sorry but the Phils worked for the upper hand and the Rays are being given a get out of jail card and another one saying advance to go in one.
Yeah, guys, I'm ok.
Trying to catch up and read up on everybody's comments. I did get to sleep. I guess the massive headache from last night got me tired enough.
Woke up, when and got my flu shot with my dad and we talked calmly about how ridiculous it was last night.
Let's be honest, as bad as I want a full CBP, how many people are going to come back for 3 inning game?
Glad you're still with us SJ…..
If an umpire was in the 07 series he can't be in the 08? WTF?? No wonder the calls in this series have sucked. I love the banter here, you guys are feeling it in your gut, been there before to many times. You gotta hate Tampa bay teams, Lightning, Bucs and now the Devil Rays. Too funny, I hope your boy Hamels can pitch game 7 so you get to see him rocked. The Dream season from last to 1st will not end tonight in the city of Brotherly Abuse. The Rays are best when backed against the wall. Back to the ugly Fruit Dome for the final two and another championship for Tampa Bay!
No way that ballpark isn't packed. Even if people can't come back they give (or sell) their tix to others. I'm not even remotely worried abou that possibility.
Hope we finish this tonight…I dont know about you guys but I go into deep depresion every winter till opening day..but this year we'll have a Series win to keep us happy over the winter.
Chuck, I was like SJ in 1980, I watched the games with my mom and dad, and as soon as the Phils would start to lose, my dad would run upstairs and we would have to turn the tv down to the point we couldn't even hear it, and my dad would yell down the steps-"I can still hear that damned game, turn it down!".
Our family never had intact portable radios either. My dad used to listen to the games in his hammock, and I can't tell you how many times I saw him drop kick the radio across the lawn. He'd go over, pick it up, dust it off, try to fix the dangling antenna, and go back to his hammock. Oh, the many fond memories I have of our beloved Phillies.
What does the 98 mean in your name Rays?……..98 times you've been a freaking ass**** in the past hour? The only thing we're feeling in our gut is shutting people like you up. What, are you Maddon's little spokesboy?
Also, these newfound Rays fans are all Mets fans, just to shed light on that…
Anyways, there isnt going to be a game 7. There isnt even going to be a game 6. When they restart this game the phillies are going to grab the lead in the bottom of the 6th or 7th off of David Price. Maybe just a solo HR or soemthing. Then, the bullpen will shut the door and theyll win.
Good article by Jayson Stark, as usual.
He lets Selig have it.
If the weather forecast is scary enough before ANY postseason game to give the commissioner, in his own words, "significant trepidation" about playing, let's not start it. OK?
It's that simple. What happened to the Phillies on Monday should never happen to any team in this situation. And Bud Selig knows it.
And here's what he also knows: The Phillies had better go on to win this World Series. Because if they don't, the always-magnanimous residents of Philadelphia aren't going to blame Charlie Manuel, the next three losing pitchers or good old Mother Nature.
They're going to blame him, Bud Selig.
So if the commish has always wanted to, say, tour Independence Hall, there may be no better time than the last Tuesday in October.'
Priceless, Georgie……absolutely priceless. Keep those stories coming people…..it's what'as gonna get us through this. We WILL prevail!!
98Rays, did you know there was baseball in Tampa for 10 years?
I hope your right Geoff becuase the World and his dog are now rooting for the Rays to come back and Selig has proved once again he's a toothless commisioner who won't stand up on anything.
Selig really reminds me of Charlton Heston as the NFL commisioner in Any Given Sunday, he really is starting to seem like a pompous old man who can't tell his left from right unless someone makes the decision for him. He inspires so little confidence in the future of MLB under him.
its snowing here at Rutgers, so when are they going to announce that the game will be pushed back till tomorrow?
Tim, your posts are so great.
I was at the game last night. What an outrage. Bud Selig should be fired immediately. This game shoulda started 2 hours early or have been postponed. Everyone knew the weather was going to hit at 9 oclock. Now Hamels can't pitch and might not go 5-0 unless the Phillies come out swinging in the bottom of the 6th. It sucked having to sit through that freezing cold rain during the game. I can only imagine what the players were going through. I spent a lot of money on beer at the game, and now I have to spend more. I'm sure the owners of the Phillies are loving this. More parking, more concessions. This is bullshit. They better sign CC or Lowe or someone from the money they're making form this debacle. I don't think the game will resume until Thursday, and at least we know Hamels can pitch game 7 if need be. Hopefully they just seal the deal when the game resumes for the home crowd.
I'm not nominating myself because, well, I have a job and probably won't care about any of this is the Phillies' win this game but, if there is someone a bit more ambitious out there that would prepare a form letter and list the email addresses for advertisers in yesterday's game, I think I speak for many that we would love to tell them about the negative association we now have between their product and the terrible product MLB put out there last night.
To be honest, Direct TV and that stupid National Lampoon commercial will always be associated with one of the sloppiest World Series' I've ever seen. Not just the rain but the blown calls, chaotic strike zones, etc. I'd love to let all of these businesses know how the consumer feels about their product being tied in with this bullsh*t series. I'm sure this is something that not only Phillies fans but Rays fans and fans of baseball in general can get behind. I'm glued to this series because it's my team but if this was any other two teams I would practically refuse to acknowledge that this World Series counted.
Mutley…all I have to say is:
Saaaaaaaaaaaaavvvvvvvvveeeeeed byyyyyyyyyyyyy zeeeeeeeerooooooooo
Saved by zero saved by zero
I sincerely hope this just becomes a "blip" as people call it and nothing more then comedic fodder for the highlight DVD with a Phillies win.
is it snowing where you are, SJ Mike?
Thank you Phil! Now I get to have THAT in my head all day!
haha it's been in my head the whole month of October. Damn them!
You know what? I have absolutely no idea what that stupid jingle even advertises! So much for market impact.
Keith, no. I'm in Gloucester County. It is frigid outside and still raining, but no snow. The temperature says 41.
But you know that feeling or smell you get when it does snow in the winter? It does have that sense to it.
I feel the same way Brewtown. I don't get it. At least come up with something intelligent like the freecreditreport.com people. Those jingles are genius.
Still snowing here in Chalfont, PA and started to stick, almost an inch on the ground… Is hell freezing over? PHILS ARE GOING TO BE CHAMPS!!!
oo I live in Gloucester County too, but I'm in college at Rutgers-New Brunswick, which is like half North Jersey half South Jersey.
Very good Josh the O's fan! Was at your team's last game at Old Memorial you lost. Yes 98 was the 1st year we had baseball, and no I am not a Mets fan, don't have them here in Tampa, just Yanks and Sox fans. And yes I have been here since 98 sitting with the 3000 Devil Rays fans and the 10000 Boston and NY fans in August when everyone else had started talking football. And yes I have been to games in the late 80's at the Vet, at the Spectrum ( a few Jerry shows as well) and I have seen your passion and abuse first hand. Putting all the B.S. aside, you all know in your heart of hearts who has the better team here and there not from the NL. You would have finished 4th at best in the AL East this year! I have felt your pain for 10 long years I don't want to call it a "curse" or anything like that but the tide has changed and the Tampa Bay Rays will be World Series Champs in 08!
supposedly MLB is drafting a letter to reschedule the game for a later date (and not tonight).
I realllllllyyyyyy hope they don't play tonight. It could be ugly.
1. Rain (or light rain) with a lot of wind.
2. If for any reason we lose today, the series will probably continue tomorrow in Tampa Bay, as scheduled –with no travel day. Losing today would mean playing TOMORROW in TAMPA. The whole thing would make it even more unfair on the Phillies and, once again, give the Rays an edge.
On the other hand, if they schedule the game for Wednesday:
1. Cold but no rain. Playable.
2. Because they would HAVE to change the schedule for the Tropicana Fielda games anyway, there would be a good possibilty that they DO give a travel day (Thurs) before Games 6 and 7 (Friday and Saturday).
Since BUD SELIG AND MLB screwed up our night (especially Hamels' night) yesterday, I think that the least they could do is let us play on Wednesday, give us the day off today and on Thursday, leaving the possibility for Hamels to pitch on Game 7 on normal rest if it comes to that.
So does Taguchi pinch hit for Hamels to start the bottom of the 6th?
word is the game is already called off for tonight and scheduled for weds…press release coming soon…
brian, i think you need to eat another one
I think you gotta eat one tonight. I mean besides your arteries and general good health, what could it hurt????
It looks like to be on the safe side, Brian, you need to eat one tonight, and tomorrow night…and if the game doesn't get held until Thursday, then Thursday night too.
If your going to go to Steve's to get them, pick me up one and I'll meet you at your cousin's house!
Brian, a cheesesteak a day will make the Devil Rays pay.
Did I mention today that I love Brett Myers? Or at least the unkown pitcher who said he wouldn't let Bud Selig supervise one of his bowel movements. HAHAHA! Let's gather up the snow outside and pelt Bud just like santa, which we have heard about everyday for a month…
Just got 4 tickets to game 6! $225 face, sweet!
I'm hearing they're canning it for tonight and they're gonna try for tomorrow….any truth to that?
apparently they're going to release a press release at 2pm announcing the new schedule
Do the fans have to pay for parking again at CNB and surrounding lots? MLB should reimburse them if they do.
I heard that you would be allowed to re-enter the lot if you have the pass or reciept from last night
Rays win? Only if they can play in the snow….
Wilson, hopefully. Some people are saying that but I need to see the official press release. Selig said yesterday that this game will be continued only under "decent" conditions –tonight looks windy, chilly, and rainy. Play this on Wednesday, give all players enough time to mentally reset themselves and LETS WIN THIS!!!!!!!!
Well written Tim. Excellent transition from hopeless to hopeful, and I couldn't agree with you more
If I have my cup from the beer I drank there will they refill it for me? They should since I had to get drunk twice because Selig is a moron. If the people can park for free again then we should get drunk for free. haha
Hey, with the people talking like the stadium won't be full, if for any reason there is someone on here who has a ticket that they won't be able to use, I will drive up from DC and pick it up from you to go to the game. email is firstname.lastname@example.com, I think there are plenty of people who would be able to use a ticket…don't let it go to waste.
Think of it this way, Phillies get a good lead 2+ runs or so on the Rays it should be all hands on deck (P's) to close it out. With only 3 innings and 9 outs that is more than possible. This series would be far from over with two very good Rays pitchers starting in games 6 and 7 if it gets that far. This is the game they need to sieze and end the season. And they get 3 more outs than the Rays, with the heart of the Rays lineup already done in the top 6th, with decent pitching you can likely not see that part of the lineup again until 9th.
This is to 98 Rays your an ass you know you wouldnt come to philly and say this. The game should have been called by rule it should be over but the MLB feels sorry for your dumb asses in Tampa so they let the game go until they tied it. You didnt see Maddon saying oh this is to bad to play only when they tied it then he says something he's a little girl. Its just prolonging your agony hahaha
mminfla: It could have been 12 to 2 and they wouldn't have called the game, it's the World Series you dope. As bad the groundskeepers in Philly blew this, MLB would never call a winner without finishing the game. Why dont you go out and assult someone after you lose tonight.


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For most Americans, the effect of the Cold War was that any illusions that being separated from Europe by an ocean provided safety was shattered. The United States had chosen to end World War II in the Pacific by use of two atomic bombs. At the same time atomic energy was being harnesses for use in weapons, both the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) were developing rocket-propelled systems that could carry these weapons for long distances. This arms race dominated not only both governments but Americans as well, who were encouraged to build bomb shelters, and store food and water. Children were taught to hide under their school desks in event of a nuclear attack, but most children realized that a school desk could not protect them from an atomic bomb. While people often decried the kind of expense it took to maintain and constantly upgrade our military readiness, most Americans believed that only by maintaining nuclear superiority could we avoid a war that might well kill major chunks of both country's populations (White, 2000). This fear of nuclear war persists to this day. We saw pictures of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, and now we see potentially unstable governments, such as North Korea, claiming nuclear capability, and we know that it is possible now to build a portable atomic bomb, something fairly easily used by terrorists.
The world heard the term 'cold war' for the first time in 1947, used to describe the rapidly crumbling ability of the United States and the U.S.S.R. To see themselves as allies (Roberts, 2000).
The term 'cold war' first came into currency in 1947. It was used to denote a sharp and unexpected deterioration in postwar relations between the Soviet Union and the United States (Roberts, 2000). The alliance between these two countries began to decay shortly before the end of World War II. At various conferences (Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam), the United States, Great Britain and the U.S.S.R. made plans to work together to maintain the peace that would come with the end of the war (Roberts, 2000). However, it soon became apparent that ideological differences between the U.S. And the U.S.S.R. would make such a continued alliance difficult (Roberts, 2000).
Some historians blame the U.S.S.R. For the breakdown, pointing to Stalin's deep suspicion and resulting repression within his country and desire to expand his sphere of influence (White, 2000). The Soviets, in turned, pointed to what they considered American economic imperialism. They also felt that Americans had been in some ways untrustworthy toward the end of World War II (White, 2000). Later, some scholars blamed neither and both at the same time, citing misperceptions of each other (White, 2000). Another contributing factor was that both the U.S.S.R. And the United States had taken rigid ideological stances, and neither felt they could afford any flexibility (White, 2000). Parts of each view probably contain valid points.
Many in the United States believed that the Soviets' actions after World War II amounted to empire-building. Officials in the United States believed that the U.S.S.R. wanted to export their communism to the countries surrounding them. Meanwhile the United States viewed any spread of communism as a threat to democracy. One of the agreements between the three major powers at the end of World War II was that the Eastern European countries would be allowed to use popular elections to form their governments, but believed that Stalin intended to prevent that from happening (White, 2000). The Soviets' stated desire to create a "sphere of influence was not acceptable to post-war United States.
Popular political thought at the time emphasized the necessity of containing Soviet expansion at the same time the United States was hoping to establish pro-American, democratic and capitalist governments wherever possible themselves (White, 2000). In addition, the U.S.S.R. viewed our use of atomic bombs to end the war with Japan not as a way to prevent the loss of more American soldiers' lives but as a way to warn the U.S.S.R. Of our superior might. They saw it as an intimidation tactic (White, 2000). The more the U.S.S.R. bristled at what they viewed as American successes, the more suspicious American politicians became, and soon the two countries were locked into a pattern of deteriorating relationships and escalating development of war materiel. Moscow became more determined to exert its influence over Eastern Europe, which America and its allies viewed as unacceptably aggressive (Roberts, 2000). Eventually, the American government would put forth a variety of models of possible crises with the U.S.S.R., and each model included the use of nuclear weapons at some point (Nash, 1994).
In 1947, the U.S.S.R. still held out some hope that the U.S. And they might work out some kind of accommodation when Winston Churchill made a now-famous speech, where he stated,
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in the Soviet sphere and all are subject ... not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and increasing measure of control from Moscow." (Roberts, 2000).
By itself this was not too alarming, as Churchill no longer had any official role in British government. However, President Truman was on the stage with him that day, and his presence strongly implied American agreement with Churchill's sentiments. The U.S.S.R. interpreted this speech as Western policy (Roberts, 2000). In addition, in July of 1947, at a meeting among the major powers, the British, French and Americans agreed that all Europe need to be involved in the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe, including Eastern Europe. The U.S.S.R. saw this as intolerable interference in their sphere of influence (Roberts, 2000).
In April of 1949, the formation of formal alliances began with the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (Roberts, 2000). In August of 1949, the U.S.S.R. tested its first atomic bomb. The lines had been drawn, and neither side would back away. America, convinced that the U.S.S.R. wanted to dominate not only its own defined sphere of influence but other countries, including the United States as well, began to worry about how many "card-carrying Communists" lived within U.S. borders. This was followed by a concern about "fellow travelers," Communist sympathizers who might not have formally joined the Communist Party.
In the early 1950's, Senator Joseph McCarthy became quite concerned -- some would say obsessed, even -- with ferreting out Communists in all branches of the government but also in influential business such as the film industry. He dragged people in front of his senate subcommittee and forced them to name others they believed might be Communist. While McCarthy was eventually censured and his committee disbanded, because of the Cold War, concerns about communism persisted. It affected the Civil Rights movement and even the women's liberation movement, because many believed that leaders of that movement had been influenced by Communists (Schrecker, 2994).
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Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
August 6, 2013
Terrence Richardson, Appellanv.John E. Wetzel, and Debra K. Sauers
Submitted: June 21, 2013
BEFORE: HONORABLE BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER, Judge HONORABLE PATRICIA A. McCULLOUGH, Judge HONORABLE ANNE E. COVEY, Judge
PATRICIA A. McCULLOUGH, Judge
Terrence Richardson (Richardson) appeals, pro se, from the September 28, 2012 order of the Court of Common Pleas of the Thirty-Seventh Judicial District, Forest County Branch (trial court), which sustained the preliminary objections of John E. Wetzel, Secretary of the Department of Corrections (DOC), and Debra K. Sauers, Superintendent at the State Correctional Institution at Forest (collectively "the DOC Defendants"), and dismissed Richardson's complaint with prejudice. We affirm.
On December 19, 2011, Richardson instituted this civil rights action against the DOC Defendants by filing a complaint and motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). After the trial court granted Richardson IFP status, Richardson filed an amended complaint and then a seconded amended complaint.
In his seconded amended complaint, Richardson averred the following. Shortly after Richardson saw a television news story concerning unclaimed money that the federal government has for citizens, he mailed correspondence to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on December 20, 2010, seeking information about any unclaimed property or tax credits that the IRS may have that belong to him. By letter dated February 2, 2011, the IRS informed Richardson that it issued him a check for $6, 157.00 on September 3, 2010, and that if he has not received the check, he should complete and sign the enclosed Form 3911. On February 10, 2011, Richardson sent the IRS a completed Form 3911. (Second Amended Complaint, ¶¶ 7-10.) Also entitled "Taxpayer Statement Regarding Refund, " a Form 3911 is used to trace refund checks, and the form requires the taxpayer to fill out information concerning whether he or she received and signed the refund check and whether the refund check was lost, cancelled, or destroyed.[1]
Approximately six months later, in August 2011, Richardson wrote to H&R Block in an attempt to obtain assistance with his interaction with the IRS. On August 24, 2011, the DOC Defendants directed that misconduct charges be instituted against Richardson for possession of contraband and unauthorized use of the mail because Richardson was in the process of filing a fraudulent tax return with the IRS. On August 30, 2011, Richardson was found guilty of the misconduct charges and received a sanction of 45 days in the restrictive housing unit. During the misconduct hearing, Richardson was handcuffed pursuant to DOC policy, and a correctional officer held documentary evidence that Richardson sought to present as evidence, namely the February 2, 2011 letter from the IRS, but was prohibited from doing so. According to Richardson, he "never violated any written PA-DOC policy, or any law, with respect to his communications with the IRS." (Second Amended Complaint, ¶ 22.) Based upon these averments, Richardson asserted that the misconduct charges were fabricated, and he alleged that the DOC Defendants retaliated against him for exercising his rights to free speech under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, U.S. C . amend. I, and 37 Pa. Code. §93.2. (Second Amended ONST [2] Complaint, ¶¶ 11-25.)
On August 20, 2012, the DOC Defendants filed preliminary objections to the second amended complaint. In these objections, the DOC Defendants argued that the complaint should be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted (demurrer). As part of the preliminary objections, the DOC Defendants attached documents concerning the misconduct charges and their disposition. These documents reflect that Richardson was found guilty of misconduct by a hearing examiner on the ground that Richardson had been incarcerated and unable to work since 2005, and, therefore, his attempt to file a tax refund claim with H&R Block for the 2009 year constituted unauthorized use of the mail to file a fraudulent tax claim. Richardson then filed administrative appeals, and ultimately the misconduct charges were affirmed at the level of final review. During the hearing and the appeal process, Richardson maintained his innocence by claiming that he corresponded with H&R Block to obtain an unclaimed tax refund. The hearing examiner and the administrative tribunals rejected this contention "as very unrealistic." (The DOC Defendants' Preliminary Objections, Exhibits A, D, H.)[3]
By order dated October 3, 2012, the trial court sustained the DOC Defendants' preliminary objections and dismissed the second amended complaint with prejudice. In so doing, the trial court concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction on the basis that Richardson's complaint essentially requested the court to review the DOC's prison misconduct proceedings, which, barring exceptional circumstances, are not subject to judicial review. The trial court further concluded that the second amended complaint failed to state a claim as a matter of law on the ground that the DOC found that Richardson attempted to use mail services to file a fraudulent tax return and, therefore, the DOC Defendants did not violate Richardson's First Amendment rights. (Trial court op. at 4-5.)
On appeal, Richardson asserts that the trial court erred in dismissing his complaint because the prison misconduct charges were "fabricated" and were used as a "vehicle … to retaliate against [him] for engaging in his protected communications with the IRS." (Richardson's brief at 13.)
"[T]he question presented in a demurrer is whether, on the facts averred, the law indicates with certainty that no recovery is possible. In reviewing a lower court's decision to grant a demurrer, our Court's standard of review is de novo." Stilp v. General Assembly, 601 Pa. 429, 435, 974 A.2d 491, 494 (2009) (citations omitted).
In reviewing preliminary objections, "[a]ll well-pled facts in the complaint, and reasonable inferences arising from those facts, are accepted as true. However, unwarranted inferences, conclusions of law, argumentative allegations or expressions of opinion need not be accepted." Wilson v. Marrow, 917 A.2d 357, 361 n.3 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2007) (citation omitted). Further, Pennsylvania is a fact-pleading jurisdiction; consequently, a pleading must not only apprise the opposing party of the asserted claim, "it must also formulate the issues by summarizing those facts essential to support the claim." Sevin v. Kelshaw, 611 A.2d 1232, 1235 (Pa. Super. 1992).
"[T]he First Amendment to the United States Constitution has long been interpreted by the courts as including a general right to communicate by mail." Bussinger v. Department of Corrections, 29 A.3d 79, 84 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2011). In Yount v. Department of Corrections, 600 Pa. 418, 426-29, 966 A.2d 1115, 1120-21 (2009), our Supreme Court held that to prevail on a First Amendment retaliation claim, the complainant must state sufficient facts to show that: (1) he engaged in constitutionally protected conduct; (2) the retaliation against that conduct resulted in adverse action; (3) the protected conduct was a substantial and motivating factor for the retaliation; and (4) the retaliatory action did not further a legitimate penological goal. Id.
In addition, this Court has cautioned that:
[a] claim of retaliation is insufficiently pled where the prisoner merely alleges that he was charged and found guilty of misconduct. Otherwise, under the guise of claiming retaliation, we would turn a case filed in our original jurisdiction into a thinly disguised impermissible appeal of the decision on the misconduct conviction.
Brown v. Blaine, 833 A.2d 1166, 1171 n.11 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2003) (citing Edmunson v. Horn, 694 A.2d 1179 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1997)).
For purposes of this appeal, this Court need not decide whether the facts averred in Richardson's complaint satisfy the first three prongs of the Yount test. We conclude that the alleged facts are insufficient to meet the fourth prong because they fail to demonstrate that the retaliatory action - the misconduct charges and the 45 days Richardson spent in the restrictive housing unit - did not further a legitimate penological goal.
In Yount, our Supreme Court noted that the final element for a First Amendment retaliation claim places the burden of proof on the complainant to affirmatively disprove a legitimate penological goal. Id. at 426-29, 966 A.2d at 1120-21. According to the court, the reason for this requirement stems from the "potential for abuse" inherent in retaliation claims and also a policy of judicial deference to the prison officials' "legitimate interest in the effective management of a detention facility." Id.
At least in the First Amendment context, our Court has yet to issue a published opinion applying the Yount test. However, in a recent, unpublished memorandum opinion, Cruz v. Department of Corrections, (Pa. Cmwlth, No. 52 C.D. 2012, filed December 6, 2012), this Court considered whether an inmate pled a viable First Amendment retaliation claim in his complaint. In Cruz, the inmate alleged that on July 7, 2007, he filed an informal grievance with the superintendent of the correctional institution, complaining that the correctional officers and other members of the security office harassed him and his female visitor. On July 25, 2007, the officers conducted an investigative search of the inmate's cell and confiscated juice and ice cream tickets. A few hours later, the inmate was charged with misconduct for possession of contraband, namely marijuana residue that was found in an ashtray. The hearing examiner found the inmate guilty of the misconduct, sanctioned him to 60 days of disciplinary confinement, and the inmate served his detention. On administrative appeal, the review committee vacated the hearing examiner's determination, remanded to the hearing examiner for another hearing, and the hearing examiner later dismissed the misconduct without prejudice because he mistakenly believed that a piece of glass from the testing vials was the end or butt of a cigarette. The inmate filed a civil rights complaint asserting the above facts and a First Amendment retaliation claim, which the trial court dismissed for failing to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
On appeal, a unanimous panel of this Court affirmed. We concluded that the facts averred in the inmate's complaint were insufficient to demonstrate that the retaliatory action did not further a legitimate penological goal. Specifically, we stated:
[The inmate] argues on appeal that the illegal act of fabricating misconduct reports does not further a legitimate penological goal. This argument relies on the premise that the DOC Defendants purposefully falsified [the inmate's] misconduct charge. However, [the inmate] has not pled facts sufficient to show that his misconduct charges were, in fact, falsified. Accordingly, the trial court did not err in determining that [the inmate] failed to state a cause of action for retaliation.
Id., slip op. at 12.
We conclude that our reasoning in Cruz applies in the instant case. Although Richardson asserts that the misconduct charges were fabricated, his complaint does not contain any factual averments that could sustain the inference that the DOC Defendants purposely falsified his misconduct charges because he was communicating with the IRS.
For instance, consistent with our standard of review, we accept as true Richardson's allegation that he was unable to officially submit the February 2, 2011 letter from the IRS into evidence before the hearing examiner. However, the attachments to the DOC Defendants' preliminary objections confirm that the hearing examiner and the administrative appeal tribunals were aware of and considered the contents of the letter, but nonetheless found Richardson's assertion of innocence not credible.[4] See Brown, 833 A.2d at 1171 n.11 (stating that a complainant must allege more than the fact that he was charged and found guilty of misconduct in order to state a retaliation claim under the First Amendment). In any event, the February 2, 2011 letter from the IRS, standing alone, does not prove that Richardson engaged H&R Block for an innocuous reason, much less demonstrate that the misconduct charges were pre-textual and retaliatory in nature, having no rational basis in fact or law.
Moreover, the only other relevant averment in the complaint regarding the DOC Defendants' penological goal is Richardson's statement that he "never violated any written PA-DOC policy or any law." (Second Amended Complaint, ¶ 22.) However, this statement is not a well-pleaded fact; rather, it is a conclusion of law that need not be accepted as true for purposes of preliminary objections. Marrow, 917 A.2d at 361. Therefore, in the absence of sufficient factual averments to establish that the misconduct charges were fabricated and that Richardson's restrictive housing confinement did not further a legitimate penological goal, we conclude that the trial court did not err in dismissing Richardson's complaint with prejudice.
Accordingly, we affirm.
AND NOW, this 6th day of August, 2013, the September 28, 2012 order of the Court of Common Pleas of the Thirty-Seventh Judicial District, Forest County Branch, is affirmed.
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Close a purchase order with partial shipment
I have some stupid suppliers who i can not change becasue of their prices and stock levels. Problem is when i gave order for 100 pcs of x and 200 pcs of y and if they have 76 pcs x and 0 pcs y in their stock at that time, they are only sending 76pcs of x. Then they forgot to send left of X and y which they did not sent. So I need to open new purchase order for 24 pcs x and 200 pcs y again. So old orders which are partially shipped keep open. It became impossible to track purchase orders.
my question is if i can close a purchase order with partial shipment, i mean if supplier has not enough stock or only partial of goods are purchased?
Please edit the titel: Close a purchase order with partial shipment
DONE so can you help
Sorry, its better to say Edit not Close. See Answer...
At Warehouse --> Receive/Deliver By Orders --> Incoming Shipments "Cancel Transfer". If you have take entrys for received products and you have quantity differences cancel the Back Order Transfer. At Purchase Orders now you can edit the Quantity, print and send it with a comment to your supplier.
If you "Cancel Transfer" at Incoming Shipments before take Receives, you can set the PO back to draft. Edit the quantity and have an Email button.
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Me and my college friends visited this place as a getaway from school and other stresses. To get there, you'd be riding on a private boat or ride on the public pump boats from the...
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Me and my college friends visited this place as a getaway from school and other stresses. To get there, you'd be riding on a private boat or ride on the public pump boats from the main land. As we arrived there we were ecstatic. Roaming around the island, we were surprised that we were visited by two aggressive monkeys. Baffled...
To the organisators:
How about a website??? Or only a fanpage on facebook with ALL neccesary Informations??
- difficult to find any contact# 2 get any informations (nice photos r not enough)
- inform the ppl there is a minimum of passengers for a trip and dont try to make money with them 2 pay a whole boat (1375 php...
The government run beach resort lacks cleaning and services...
Water is nice and also clean , But ruined by a Dirty Beach Area....
A beautiful island with pure white sand, I was able to take a round tour with my friends. Amazing to find out that the center of the island is really a forest and the back portion is a sanctuary. A quite place to think of things, relax, far from the crowded city. I recommend you to go there early in...
The beach is nice but there were many trash on the beach and floating in the sea. There were also a lot of plastic trash under the ocean when we were snorkeling. Very dissapointing. It was way better when we were there 6 years ago. There were many flies on the cottages. The shower room and toilet was very dirty,...
Nice beach but full of trash because tourists just throw their trash anywhere. Shower rooms and rest rooms are also dirty. With the high number of guests, they don't even have enough shower rooms.
However, snorkeling is nice. There are lots of fish because part of the island is a sanctuary.
I mean why is ther nobody cleaning the area? The island is run by the Local Govt Unit yet allow me to say, it is not properly maintained. Pardon, thats my vain brother on the picture. Tsk tsk tsk...
We were a group of 12 but me and a friend had to go earlier to secure a room because they only have 2 and we were told it was 1st come 1st serve because it was summer and there were too many people. We took the 9 pm ferry trip from cebu to hilongos (350 pesos tourist). This was...
Three words to describe it, corals, marinel life and great sand. A unique paradise which is so much natural. Beach do have some rocks and quite not kid friendly but it's a small letdown. Definitely a great experience
The family was searching for somewhere to go one long weekend, and we decided on Canigao out of whim. It was my second visit but a first for everyone else and they were awed by the beauty of the place. White sand beaches with calm waters of a very relaxing blue hue. Azure skied to match plus a cooperative weather...
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Faults in CTV building known 20 years ago
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Twenty years ago a group of engineers realised the Canterbury Television building did not meet construction standards.
And yesterday, their boss voiced his surprise to the Canterbury earthquakes royal commission at just how non-compliant the building was.
Holmes Consulting Group (HCG) was employed to examine the CTV building for a potential buyer in 1990.
Engineer John Hare found the connections between the building's floors and key support wall were not strong enough.
He picked up the fault "fairly quickly", he said, and quoted his 1990 report to the Canterbury earthquakes royal commission:
"The building would effectively separate from the shear walls well before the shear walls themselves reached their full design strength".
Hare's then boss, Grant Wilkinson, told the commission he shared the concerns, but was surprised the young engineer had found any fault at all.
"This particular building was brand new, so we were going into [the pre-purchase inspection] expecting that it should comply."
Hare advised the company that designed the building, Alan Reay Consultants (ARCL), of his concerns and drew up draft strengthening plans that costed the "potentially expensive remedial work" at $14,000.
Soon after this the potential buyer, Canterbury Regional Council, pulled out and HCG was ordered to stop work.
ARCL continued with the remedial work itself, but only installed ties to strengthen the floor-wall connections on the top three levels. Hare's draft recommended ties on all five levels above the ground floor.
"The [ARCL] remedial detail . . . differed in several ways," he said.
"I would not have agreed to the ARC remedial detail had I been consulted about it at the time."
Hare told the commission he had discussed the installation of ties with ARCL engineer Geoff Banks after HCG's involvement had ended.
Banks raised the possibility of not needing ties on five levels, Hare said, but he would have been "reluctant to agree" to that.
"I would have said that the absence of a tie meant that a tie should have been put in there, so I would have been reluctant to agree to any transfer of load.
"It would have been just as easy in my view to put a tie in."
Later calculations, done by ARCL in October 1991 when they did the remedial work, appeared to have been for this purpose, Hare said.
"It [appears they] were carried out by [ARCL] to check whether loads . . . can be transferred to [other walls]."
However, Hare agreed with Banks' counsel Helen Smith's contention that his views on ARCL's work were clouded by hindsight:
"It's difficult when giving your evidence to devoid yourself from the 22 years of knowledge and experience that we all now have in design, isn't it?" Smith asked.
"I agree with that," Hare replied.
It was hard to compare the two designs 22 years later, Hare said, as his own was just a draft and ARCL's was more detailed.
"I was asked to comment [on ARCL's remedial work] by the commission and have done so," he said.
ARCL engineer Geoff Banks and principal Alan Reay will give evidence at the commission today.
The inquest into the CTV building deaths will resume at the end of October.
Coroner Gordon Matenga will conduct the inquest into the deaths of all who died in the CTV building, with the emphasis on six victims who initially survived the collapse but could not be rescued.
The hearing will resume in Christchurch on October 29 and run for two weeks, then reconvene for a final week at the beginning of December.
Last year the inquest looked at the circumstances surrounding all the deaths. The hearing was adjourned in September, pending further investigation, but no finding has yet been released.
"The inquest will focus on the circumstances around the six tragic deaths of those who were known to have been alive for a period of time after the building collapsed but were unable to be rescued," Matenga said.
"It will not look at any of the matters currently subject to the royal commission of inquiry into the collapse of the building."
A meeting will be held on September 7 to allow survivors and families of victims to informally discuss the inquest. Counsel assisting the coroner will attend to answer questions and explain the process.
Letters advising of the meeting were sent last week.
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What's the Word? Level 51-60 Answers and Solutions
- App name: What's the Word? - Let's Guess Pics
- Developer: Guess What
- Genre: Word
- Release: Feb 24, 2013
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