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Torre Needs to Go
The All Star break came and went. With its passing brings hope for a lot of teams that they can make it to the post season. My Yanks are no different. Right after the All Star game itself, Jeter was quoted as saying that he believes the Yanks can catch the Sox before season's end. Coming from Jeter, I'd believe anything. Unfortunately for Jeter and the rest of the Yanks, he has two things going against him: he has a leper playing to his right that fields balls hit to him like they are wrapped in poo and has emptied his tank in April and June, and he has a manager that is begging to be fired at the helm. Sorry Jeter, the Yanks' shipping is going down faster than any of the strippers in the harem of the guy that plays to your right.
I despise #13 and have game 7 of the World Series marked on my caldendars at home and at work (even in my Outlook) as the glorious day when that clown can opt out of his deal. The Eric Duncan Era needs to begin tonight. Him leaving will make me happy beyond belief. However, Torre is a different story.
It pains me to want Torre out. Unfortunately, his time passed during Game 7 of the '01 Series. His managing since then has not been worthy of a AAA job. With Torre at the helm, there is no way this team can make it to the post season and win. No way. Look at yesterday's game against the Rays as recent proof. Moose struggled early, but scraped to keep them in the game. The Yanks need to win damn near every game at this point, but rather than approaching every game like that (like Jeter does), Torre turns the ball over the Ron Villone, Luis Vizcaino and Kyle Farnsworth. What?!?!?!? Villone has no business even being on this team, and are there two better players than Vizcaino and Farnsworth to be the poster boys for how much of a disappointment this team has been? Villone of course sucked it, Vizcaino was surprisingly good, and Farnsworth, of course, was his typical terrible self. Has there been any inning this year (or even since he has been a Yankee) that he has not given up either a walk or a hit (or lots of both)?!?!? I can't think of any. This is the same clown who showed up his manager and his teammates when he was pulled for being terrible. How is he even still on the team?!?!?!
Torre continues to make moves that put the Yanks in positions to lose. Granted, I know Torre can't make Damon and Myers lose their vaginas and stop being a Red Sox homerspies. Or be Abreu's therapist to make his mental boo-boo's go away when he comes to the plate (could there be a worse walk year performance in the history of sport-probably guarantees that the Yanks will give him $15 mil per year for 10 years next year though). But, he can still make moves to put them in better positions to win. Whay not send runners? Why not manufacture runs? What the hell was that line-up you pout out for the Saturday game against the Rays?!?!?! Why not TELL your pitchers to pitch inside. When Sheffield and Lofton come up again against the Yanks, the Yanks pitchers should not have to be told to throw up and in. However, they won't because Torre has created a culture of losing where sallyness is accepted. The Yanks have become the Cubs and "Wait 'Til Next Year" is probably posted in the Yanks clubhouse somewhere. Disgusting.
Torre needs to go. Yanks need to install Girardi or Larry Bowa as manager and give Paulie O whatever he wants to be bench coach. Seriously. Do you think Abreu would come back to the dugout after one of his typical at bats knowing that Paulie O would be waiting for him? No way. Cashman needs to give Joe an endless supply of green tea, a new pillow to rest his head during games and send him on his way. If not, the Yanks might as well start making Fall tee times now.
Roger Clemens Update
For all the haters in the media, you can now eat a full serving of shut the hell up. Since Clemens joined the Yankees he has used his "family escape clause" exactly zero times. All of the media members and yankee haters proclaimed how Clemens was a bad teamate because he was not going to be with the team and how could the Yankees let a player do this and blah blah blah. Well now we see what Clemens plans on doing with that contract clause…..he plans on being a great teammate. The Yanks need him now and he knows it, the Yanks young pitchers need him around and he knows it and the clubhouse needs his passion and fire and he knows it so he is focused on helping the Yanks win. Media members, Clemens haters and Kyle Farnsworth….Go suck it!!!
Flash Flash
MLB & NBA Picks
Been a while since I made some picks. Here are my results to date:
Let's see if I can get my MLB record up where it needs to be. Unfortunately, I only like three lines for tomorrow's (Friday's) action.
- Braves @ Rockies. Two of the games young guns square of in this one. James for the Braves. Francis for the Rockies. I like Francis a lot. I don't think he is even close to hitting his potential. Even in that park. He is a slight underdog at home (Braves are -108, Rockies -102). He shouldn't be. I'm taking the Rockies -102.
- Rays vs. A's. Rays' current streak is a little misleading. They are coming off an absolute beatdown of the Yanks, but that is somewhat deceptive. The Yanks are terrible and play with no heart on a consistent basis and they have the worse manager in baseball. A win against them isn't that impressive, even for the Rays. However, things like that, especially for a young team, can build momentum fast. Real fast. They will be without Baldelli (possibly), but the A's have been decimated by injuries. Harden. Swisher. They are all banged-up. They still play with fire though and never quit. Hats off to Bob Geren. That said, I think the Rays take this one. I think they ride the Yanks series and keep pressing. I like the line, too. Shields MOWED in his last start. I'm taking the Rays +140.
- Red Sox @ Yanks. Couldn't let this one go. Espeically given the two starters: AP for the Yanks, Nomo II for the Sox. Between Sockgate, Schilling's vagina, Nomo II's overratedness, the Yanks being soft and having the worse manager in baseball, there is always so many sideshow debacles to this series that even if you don't like either team, it is impossible not to check it out. The thing about last weekend's beatdown is that the Yanks were in every game. They should have taken two out of three. I think they right the ship tomorrow night. I think they get to Nomo II early and often. I like AP as a stopper. I don't think the Yanks will lose 7 in a row (despite Torre). I'm taking the Yanks -122.
- Bulls @ Heat. The Heat have looked terrible in this series. The Bulls have been playing like a team possessed. I think they hate the Heat and are looking to crush them. Despite that, the Heat are favorites at home. Vegas must be thinking that Riley can motivate them and right the ship. I think he will enough so to win, but not cover. I think this game will be close. I'm taking the Bulls +5.5.
- Raptors @ Nets. This has been a great series. Love watching Kidd run the floor and Bosh just be Bosh. Bosh is probably my favorite player the the league right now. HUGE fan. Wish he didn't play in Toronto though. This will be another good game. I like the Nets to cover at home though. I'm taking the Nets -4.5.
- Warriors @ Mavs. Can someone pull Stephen Jackson aside and shake the sh*t out of him? Please! I think he was jealous that Baron got tossed, so he acted a fool just so he wouldn't be left out. That team makes no sense. Nellie looks like he is going to explode in every interview. Everytime. Even when they win. Baron went off the reservation in a game his team still had a legit chance of winning. Nellie should bench him to start the game. No need for that prima donna crap. I think the Mavs figured out that they actually need to start playing. I think they CRUSH the Warriors. It will be ugly. This line is a joke and a mistake. I'm taking the Mavs -4.5.
Those are my picks. Good luck.
MLB, NBA & UFC Picks
Took some bad beats yesterday. Bullpen let me down in the Pirates-Dodgers, and Grienke was terrible. Split in the NBA and went 2-1 in UFC. How about the BEATDOWN Cro Crop caught last night?!?!?!?! One of the best kncokouts I've ever seen. I think Gonzaga-Couture will be a GREAT fight. Couture will have his hands full. OSU Syndrome written all over it. With yesterday's debacle, my record is as follows:
Ouch. Yesterday hurt. Need to make up for it today. Here it goes:
- Wiz @ Cavs. Not really much analysis in this one. Wiz are without Arenas and Butler. Easy win for the Cavs. I like the Cavs -11.
- Lakers @ Suns. Suns want to make a statement in this one. Kobe does play extrememly well against them though. He always rises to the competition. I just think the Suns have too much fire power. I'm taking the Suns -11.
- Nuggets @ Spurs. I've picked the Spurs a few times recently, eventhough they seldom cover. I'm not doing it this time. I think the Spurs win, but they will pull their starters to save them for the post season. Nuggets have enough to cover. I'm taking the Nuggets +8.5.
- Warriors @ Mavs. This game will be a beatdown. Warriors are thanful to be in the playoffs. Mavs are rested and ready. Mavs win this easy. The spread should be higher. I'm taking the Mavs -9.5.
- Braves @ Mets. Smoltz vs. Glavine. Need I say more? GREAT match-up of two future Hall of Famers. Can't wait to see this one. Both guys will be amped to face each other. I just like Smoltz better in this one. I also think it will be low scoring. I'm taking the Braves +115. I'm also taking the under @ 8.5.
- Pirates @ Dodgers. See if I can get this one right-haha. I like Gorzelanny a lot. He'll out pitch Tomko (and hoepfully get some Pen help). I'm taking the Pirates +125.
- White Sox @ Tigers. Sox are playing REALLY well right now. I think they sweep. I'm taking the White Sox +140.
- Yanks @ Red Sox. Nomo II finally gets his first taste of the rivalry. Teams have shown that if you are patient, you can get to him. He is a much different pitcher with runners on base. Eventhough th Yanks are starting a rookie, have the worse manager in baseball and have played like a AAA team in this series, I don't think thye get swept. Yanks are huge underdogs in this. I'm taking the Yanks +165.
Those are my picks. Good luck.
Yankees versus Red Sox – Let's Get Ready to Rumble….kind of,
Well baseball fans, it is that time of year again. Yankees versus Red Sox, the cream of the crop of the AL East, two of the best teams in baseball, all the big names….Arod, Jeter, Pettite, Rivera, Giambi vs. Beckett, Schilling, Dice-K, Papi, Manny…basically it is a baseball fan's dream. So how do we look at this weekend? The pressure is entirely on the Red Sox, 100%. Why do you ask? It is simple:
Pettite vs. Schilling – Red Sox are favored
Karstens vs. Beckett – it is really no contest, Red Sox are favored
Wright vs. Dice – K – Yeah you guessed it, Red Sox are favored
All of the pressure is on the Red Sox. This is not Pettite, Mussina and Wang rolling in, even Pavano would be a step up over Karstens and Wright. No, it is Andy P and Schilling and then Yank's minor leaguers versus arguably the Red Sox two best pitchers. If I am a Red Sox fan, which I am not, I would be disappointed at anything but a 3-0 sweep. The Sox get to roll out their 1,2,3..their top of the rotaion guys and those guys expect to win and the fans expect them to win. So why is the pressure off of the Yanks, because if they do get swept they can simply say they are banged up and had to throw minor league pitchers at the Red Sox. They have an out.
Schilling and Beckett know what this series is all about but Dice-K has no idea. Dice-K has one Fenway start and he was completely outpitched by King Felix. The Yankees batting order will be like nothing Dice-K has ever seen. The one stat I blogged about earlier in the week is key to the Dice-K start. Dice-K's OBP when pitching from the stretch is 90 pints higher than from the windup. This stat is not based on this year but spans his entire career. I think the Yanks hitters will take a lot of pitches and will frustrate Dice-K. The Yanks also have speed at the top of the lineup, which is something Dice-K has not seen yet as well. This could be a long start for him and I am predicting that this will be the worst start of his short MLB career.
The Arod debate. Arod is on fire and does not need any more attention. Yankee fans still do not trust Arod and this series will either keep Arod hitting on the war path or will humble him a bit. The entire world knows Arod crumbles in big spots and the Yanks inexperienced starters are going to need all the offensive help they can get. This series will be big for Arod because everybody will want to know if he can remain hot or if he crumbles under the pressure like he has in Fenway in the past and especially the playoffs. A hot April does not predict a hot October and Arod still has a lot to prove.
I am willing to live blog the Dice-K Sunday start if peple request it. Check out my live blog of his first Fenway start to see what I can do. I hope this is a good series and a competitive one.
Flash Flash
State of the Yankees
We are nearly though the first two weeks of the season. Very happy to see MLB celebrate Jackie Robinson Day today. Very classy and it should be done every year. Only disappointing part of the celebration was that I wish EVERY player wore #42. I like that a few players from each team wore Jackie's jersey, but it would have been a great sign of solidarity if everyone wore his uniform as tribute.
As you probably know, Flash and I are HUGE Yankees fans. Neither of us live in NY, but we make the pilgrimage to the Stadium every year for opening day. The Yankees are pretty much all we think about, and we obsess over the team like crazy. Throughout the season, from time-to-time I will write a State of the Yankees post to cover various topics concerning the greatest sports franchise ever assembled. So, here goes my first shot:
Starting Pitching
Not sure I've ever seen a collection of sallies this large and this well paid. Leading the charge of my angst is, of course, Carla Pavano. Is there a worse athlete?!?!?! Ever?!?!? His latest stint on the DL began today with Carla mysteriously injuring his forearm. How does he get away with this?!?!?!? He looked great in his last start-probably his best pitching performance since he shat on the Yankees in the 2003 Series. So, he must have injured the said forearm doing something else that wasn't related to his last start….I can only imagine what that was and it fits his sorry MO. Here is my first plea to Cashman: PLEASE CUT HIM NOW!! Pretty please! We are better off bringing up a new starter from the minors every fifth day than to let Pavano take the mound again. Remember, this is the same guy who missed a start because his girlfriend was sick. Nothing against his girlfriend (I hope she was OK), but c'mon!!!!!!!
Speaking of his girlfriend, as an aside I'd like to give herprops for doing what we want to do-kick him to the curb. For those of you who don't know her, her name is Gia Allemand and she booted Carla right at the beginning of the season. Of course, she is an aspiring model and has her own website. Check her out at www.giaallemand.com. A little warning, the site is horrendous and if you visit, turn the volume on your computer off. There is cheesey, 70's porn theme music that relentlessly plays over and over again. Again, terrible site, but she deserves our respect.
Also, take a look at this article from the NY Post: www.nypost.com/seven/03302007/news/nationalnews/pavano_gal_pal_drops_bomber_nationalnews_richard_johnson_and_david_k__li.htm
This could be the funniest thing I have ever read. Especially her quote of "I was the one that trained him and got him there all year," she told Steppin' Out's Chaunce Hayden. She trained him?!?!?!?!?!??! Please tell me that is true!!! Please!!!! Would help explain many things about Carla. Back to the Yanks….
Unfortunately for the Yankees, Carla is not the only clown on their pitching staff. Wang has yet to make a start. Joining him on the DL (and Carla, too) is Mike Mussina. He walked off the mound in his last start because of a bum hammy. He'll probably be out until the all-star break. I do like Moose a lot. However, now hat he is on the DL, too, I wonder if Carla will now be giving him grief for "not wanting to be a part of the team," "or not proving to his teammates that he wants to pitch"? If you remember, Moose publicly blasted Carla before camp started about his stints on the DL for seemingly minor injuries. I guess that doesn't apply to everyone. Nice showing, Moose.
Kei Igawa…I don't even need to write more. He needs to be gone immediately. I rip on Red Sox fans I know for spending too much money on Nomo II, but the Yankees signing of Igawa (almost $26 mil total) may be worse. Cashman jumped the shark with that signing and I can only imagine he did so as a knee jerk response to losing out on Nomo II. No other explanation. I've seen him pitch a few times. Joe Kerrigan throws better warm-up in the Pen.
The state of the current pitching situation leads me to conclude one thing: the Philip Hughes Era needs to begin today. Call him up to fill one of the three DL spots they have. Give him a spot and shot to try it out. He is young and cocky. His confidence is not going to be ruined if he gets roughed-up. He is tough. In fact, guarantee his spot and let the the four clowns mentionedin this post compete for the job whenever they decide it would be good to earn their checks. After-all, Torre guaranteed a spot to Mientkewicz (I don't care if that is spelled wrong-he is terrible) and that turned out super (I think through today's game, he wasn't hitting his weight). Why not do it for someone with talent?
#13 (still not calling him by name) has started the season with a flourish. Absolutely killing the ball. However, I've seen enough of him in clutch situations to know that the other shoe could drop at anytime. For now, I will compliment him and say that he has looked DAMN good at the plate and in the field (notwithstanding the bonehead play on opening day). He has popped out a lot with the bases loaded. he is still leaving a lot of runners on. However, it is a great start so far. Hopefully he keeps it up.
Giambi has started slow, but recently he has been hitting the ball hard. He had a good series in Oakland. Hopefully he will capitalize on that momentum. Jeter is Jeter (except for his glove). With the exception of Vlad Guerrero, there is no other hitter in MLB that I'd rather see at bat than Bobby Abreu. He pummels pitchers. Absolutely eats them up. His ABs earlier in the week against Ponson were priceless. The ESPN announcers calling that game even commented that after Ponson faced Abreu, he was sweating so much they thought he was going to pass out. Plus, his swing is a thing of beauty. Posada is starting off well. So is Cano and Melky is finally starting to show that last year was no fluke.
Bottom-line is the offense is looking good. Hoping it will be even better once warmer weather sets in.
The defense has been atrocious. This is not a good defensive team, but no one thought they would be this bad. Leading the way, very surprisingly so, is Jeter. He is already halfway to his error total for the entire 2006 season. Very unlike him. Hopefully it is a fluke and he puts it together. I think he will. This team has a good offense, but not good enough to overcome the errors on a consistent basis to win games. Definitely not enough to win the Series. They need to improve.
Has been the best part of the club. Bruneytime is legit and will unseat Proctor and Farnsworth as Torre's main set-up man for Mo. With the exception of Mo's blown save today, the pen has been phenomenal. Very happy with their performance to date.
Overall Grade: I know it is only the first two weeks, but I will give a grade for each State of the Yankees post. For the first two weeks, I'll give them a B-.Their offense has been good, their pen has been amazing, but both are heavily outweighed by the piss poor defense and the sallies on the starting staff (with the exception of AP). They need to get better in both areas if they hope to compete for a long October run. This team should be much better, but they are underachieving big-time.
So that's my first shot. I'll keep them coming.
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The next presenter for our free, monthly series – the VIA Pioneers Speakers Series – is Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, an international leader in positive psychology and strengths-based work. His presentation, "Advanced Issues in VIA Strengths," will be tomorrow (Wednesday, December 7th) at noon (Eastern/New York time). This will continue along the core focus area of "counseling/coaching," which will be the focus for these first four months. As many of you know, Robert is a true pioneer of this VIA work, conducting some of the initial cross-cultural research that helped to establish the VIA Classification; I've pasted Robert's bio below.
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Dr. Biswas-Diener is widely known as the "Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology" because his research on happiness has taken him to such far-flung places as Greenland, India, Kenya and Israel. Dr. Biswas-Diener is a leading authority on strengths, culture, courage, and happiness. He has published dozens of scholarly articles and multiple books including the forthcoming The Courage Quotient. He is best known for his pioneering work in the application of positive psychology. Dr. Biswas-Diener is the foremost authority on positive psychology coaching and has consulted with a wide range of international organizations on performance management and leadership development. He is managing director of Positive Acorn (www.positiveacorn.com) and a part-time instructor at Portland State University (www.pdx.edu).


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Welcome to Flashback Friday: Tales From The Log, a final-season tribute to Shea Stadium as viewed primarily through the prism of what I have seen there for myself, namely 385 regular-season and 13 postseason games to date. The Log records the numbers. The Tales tell the stories.
7/2/75 W Chicago 1-0 Matlack 2 3-1 W 7-2
When it comes to baseball, I may as well have been raised by wolves. My human family didn't have much to do with my development in this realm.
Oh, that's just the romantic version. No wolves were involved in the raising of this fan. More accurately, I brought myself up on baseball. I sat on my own knee and told myself stories of the old days, namely whatever I divined from books, magazines and Ralph Kiner. Mom and Dad and Big Sis, they facilitated at times and didn't throw up cumbersome roadblocks, but they were not proactive in the process of my becoming a baseball fan, let alone a Mets fan. I didn't expect them to be, because, when I started this at the age of six, I had no proof that families liked baseball as a unit.
My role model in baseball fandom was Charlie Brown. Did you ever see Charlie Brown's parents? No, he was out organizing all the kids who didn't have much use for him into what appeared to be pretty complex sandlot games. Then he came home and went moony over Joe Shlabotnik.
Charlie Brown raised himself on baseball as far as I could tell. So I tried the same trick. No way I could round up seventeen other kids for actual playing ball, but in terms of cultivating lifelong fanhood, I'd say I did a helluva job bringing myself up. I had to be a mother, a father and an older sibling to the boy. Like I said, my family offered benign support; no worse than benign neglect. If I wanted to be the oddball in the house, that was my business.
Once, though, I sucked everybody into this thing of mine. I don't remember why anymore. Maybe it was an elementary school graduation present. If it was, it was a good one. It was a trip to Shea Stadium on a Wednesday night, a couple of weeks after sixth grade ended, the four of us…the four Princes. It was like what I was beginning to suspect normal families did: four people related to one another piling into a large American-made sedan and driving from their home in the suburbs to the nearest multipurpose stadium to watch the local team.
Worked for me.
Dad parked our 1970 Chrysler Newport in the lot across Roosevelt Avenue. We sat in decent Loge seats on the first base side. And the Mets beat the Cubs which was of surpassing importance to me, incidental, I'm certain, to everybody else.
This is what I recall:
• In the middle of the game, I heard what sounded like terrible thunder. It was actually behind-the-scenes Sheananigans — operations in action. Gates closing, dumpsters dragging, something like that. I sat in Loge last night, probably for the last time ever, and heard the same noises. It's still thunderous.
• We were behind a large bloc of large men, all out on a firehouse expedition. Every one of these men had huge guts. They liked their Schaefer and they liked their hot dogs and they were upset with the member of their party tasked with fetching the franks because not nearly enough mustard had been secured for their picky palates. So one of them got up and returned moments later with the entire mustard dispenser. Big damn thing. Nobody else on the first base side of Loge would be dressing their dogs, but our heroes were roaring with laughter at the ingenuity of the move. My mother observed this blend of bonding and hijinks with the look of a lady who had stepped in bubble gum.
• I was told I would be receiving a brand new Mets cap to enjoy for the balance of the summer of 1975 at game's end. As we approached a concession stand en route to the parking lot, by the subway entrance across Roosevelt, I asked if I could have two caps: the Mets model and a red-billed, blue-domed lid bearing the stylish T of the Texas Rangers. I was briefly enamored of the Texas Rangers when I was 12 and couldn't believe their caps were for sale right there in Flushing, so far from Arlington. I was informed by my mother that I was being greedy and now I would get no cap: no Mets, no Rangers, no nothing. The mustard-stealing firemen apparently tested her goodwill beyond its boundaries. I've carried no grudge about the rescindment of the cap or the impugning of my character for 33 years and have not brought it up with scant prompting since.
• We got back to the car and discovered someone had broken off the antenna from the Newport.
The next time the four of us went to Shea Stadium together never occurred. There would be games with my sister until I was old enough to take matters into my own hands, and games with my parents when they picked up the baseball bug from their son, but no complete nuclear family outings out Shea way ever again. I continued to raise myself on baseball in upstairs solitude.
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The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
Obama's first chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, resigned last year to run for Chicago mayor. The colorful and hard-edged Emanuel was replaced by interim chief of staff Pete Rouse, a low-key, behind the scenes troubleshooter who prefers to operate out of the spotlight.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Blog posting written by Chloe Wilson, Television-Radio '14, FLEFF Intern, Ashland, Massachusetts.
This isn't your typical "wheel of fortune."
One of the major events of FLEFF's programming is the performance of Carmina Burana - a cantata that consists of medieval poetry (written in Latin) set to music composed in the later 1930s. If you haven't heard it, I definitely recommend listening to it - it's a moving set of pieces (you've probably heard parts of it before) that are powerful and beautiful to listen to.
As somebody who has a background in classical music, I always enjoy getting the chance to explore new pieces of music. When I sat down to listen to Carmina Burana, I was surprised with how familiar I already was with some of the music. "O Fortuna!" is probably the most recognizable piece from the cantata.
I loved all of the music, but what I find most interesting about Carmina Burana is the symbolism behind the piece. Carmina Burana is about the Wheel of Fortune - a medieval, philosophical concept that shows the cycle of life as a wheel. At one moment, a person may be at the top. At another, a person may be at the bottom.
This is reflected prominently in the music with how the melodies and volumes change throughout Carmina Burana. I found the cantata to be easy to listen to because of this, and it's a piece that definitely consumes your attention.
You can listen to the full cantata here, and I definitely recommend doing so.
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The Katherine Anne Porter Literacy Center and the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University will present readings and book signings from nationally-recognized author and editor Elissa Schappell.
Schappell will speak and sign copies of her book at the Wittliff Collections, located on the seventh floor of Alkek Library on the Texas State campus Feb. 23 at 3:30 p.m. She will give a second reading the following day at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, located at 508 Center St. in Kyle at 7:30 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.
Schappell is a co-founder and editor-at-large of Tin House Magazine, as well as the author of the novel Use Me, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award. She is also a co-editor with Jenny Offill of the anthologies The Friend Who Got Away and Money Changes Everything. She is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review. Her essays, articles, and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies such as The Bitch in the House, The KGB Bar Reader and The Mrs. Dalloway Reader. She teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Queens University in Charlotte, N.C. and at Brooklyn College in New York.
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"The Good Wife" is done for the season, and we're facing a long summer without "Mad Men," thanks to a protracted contract dispute that has delayed new episodes until March.
But at least there are some guys of a very different sort to help fill the smart, adult drama void.
"Men of a Certain Age," the winning TNT show about a trio of longtime friends grappling with the onset of 50, returns Wednesday night to begin a six-installment mini-season that promises more major angst. The show, 22 episodes in, is aging very well – unlike the pals, played by Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher.
"Men," a critical favorite, if not a ratings powerhouse, recent notched a Peabody Award. The citation praised the program as "comical, poignant and harrowing, sometimes all at once." We'll agree – and add "oddly compelling" to the list.
The premise, on its face, wouldn't seem to cry out for must-see viewing. Romano's Joe is a divorced dad wrestling a gambling addiction and harboring an unlikely dream of becoming a pro golfer on the senior tour. Bakula's Terry is a formerly happy-go-lucky Peter Pan of a ladies man coming to grips with the end of his acting career and the withering of his boyish charm. Braugher's Owen is a married, devoted dad battling diabetes and the expectations of domineering father who overachieved in sports and business.
The understated brilliance of the show, created by Romano and "Everybody Loves Raymond" alum Mike Royce, rests in finding the human drama – and humor – in the seemingly ordinary. Even at 50, men have growing pains, even if they're not always spoken about, on TV or otherwise
The last episode, broadcast in January, may have been the best yet – a guys' confessional that employed laughs to stave off potential melodrama. Joe gives voice to the gambling demons and OCD-like tendencies that have all-but paralyzed him. Terry realizes he's in love – with an age-appropriate woman, to boot. Owen reveals the car dealership his father turned over to him is a mess – and knows the responsibility to turn it around rests on his slumped shoulders.
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"Men of a Certain Age" might not be a commercial for growing older gracefully. But it's an unvarnished ad for quality adult drama found in unexpected places.
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Raw Tomato Basil Soup
It's still too hot to cook much, so I'm on a blended soup kick.
While I like traditional cooked tomato soup as much as the next person, I think this raw tomato basil soup is even better, especially when you can make it with seasonal organic tomatoes. It's a bit like a gazpacho, but with a paired down list of ingredients. It's also easier to make than most gazpacho recipes.
I grow a very large variety of heirloom tomatoes in my garden, so I like to mix different colored tomatoes in this soup. A combination of red and yellow tomatoes yields a soup that looks remarkably similar to a cream-based one.
Basil and tomatoes get along fabulously, both in the garden and in recipes, so I grow lots of basil, too.
Where I live (in New York), basil is an annual. If you live in a warm climate, it might be a perennial (lucky you!). Growing basil is easy to do as it's very simple to start from seed- I have lemon basil, Thai basil, purple basil and more in my garden; for this recipe, you just need standard Italian sweet basil.
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Yield: 1-2 servings
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Total Time: 5 minutes
*4 fresh tomatoes, preferably organic heirloom varieties, cut into quarters
*1 tablespoon bottled sun-dried tomatoes in oil (or 3 sun-dried tomatoes, soaked in warm water to hydrate for 15-20 minutes, and then drained plus 2 tsp. olive oil)
*1 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves
*1/4 tsp. Himalayan or sea salt to taste
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In Fields Corner, some drivers don't think red lights apply to them
Vivian Gerard's security camera caught a pedestrian getting mowed down at the intersection of Dorchester Avenue and Adams Street in Fields Corner about 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
The gentleman with the backpack is crossing Dorchester Ave as all traffic lights are red, and the ped light turns "green" as he is about halfway into his street crossing. A car is speeding thru the intersection sending him over the car hood, and then onto the ground. The driver did stay on the scene. The hit pedestrian was taken by ambulance shortly after. At the time of the posting of this video the victim's condition is unknown.
Gerard is fed up with the situation at the intersection and wonders when it will see some enforcement and more permanent changes to reduce the odds of a crash like this:
Flanked by 3 high schools, a myriad of businesses and a nearby Red Line stop, this is Fields Corner's busiest intersection for motor vehicles and pedestrians alike. More often than not, there are cars still moving thru the intersection well after all the traffic lights have turned red and the ped light has turned green. Some of it as to do with people driving thru the red light –occasionally at a high rate of speed. In other cases, vehicles may go thru a green light but find themselves stopped in the middle of this wide intersection by someone taking a left turn for instance. Once the traffic in front of them clears up, they keep on driving thru the intersection even though all the ped lights are green and all traffic lights are red. This condition occurs at most light cycles during busy hour.
Not to excuse to the driver
Not to excuse to the driver at all, but based on that video, the sun was totally glaring in the driver's eyes.
That was what I noticed too
There's a saying that you hear sometimes in cycling and motorcycling circles that "your shadow points to the people that can't see you" which is a good thing to keep in mind when the sun is low.
So you're excusing the driver
So you're excusing the driver.
No, but
glare is a problem when driving.
if the driver was not able to
if the driver was not able to see where she was driving, shouldn't she have stopped her car, or at the very least showed waaaaaaaay down?
They were likely going less than 20mph there...
Not saying whether that's fast or not, but it's not like they were speeding
At 11:30 am
that's not much of an excuse. Perhaps people use sunglasses or a visor?
Never an excuse
Due to a medical issue, I had some trouble handling glare.
Know what I did? I stopped driving at times that it would be an issue.
Well, most people who drive probably do not have
a medical issue that they can't handle glare.
Depending wear the sun is hitting your vision,
visors may not work.
Then pull over
There are several types of skills for dealing with sun glare.
But if you can't see, you pull over. The sun will move in a couple of minutes.
If you can't see where you
If you can't see where you are piloting your 4000lb metal box, you should slow the hell down.
Well then
They just shouldn't try to cross dangerous streets using a crosswalk with a red light.
How could she possibly see him or the light? Just not used to the light.
Can we make more excuses for these drivers?
Pedestrian Light??
On top of the sun glare, looks like the pedestrian had the do not cross red light. Video doesn't show proof of green light for the driver. At least he stopped and waited.
Hope person is okay.
Pedestrian light
the pedestrian light was red at the time the pedestrian started crossing, but at the time he was hit the light was white.
The point being
The driver might not have gone through a light that was red, or if it was red it might have just turned red. The driver might have been trying to stretch a yellow.
If the jeep hit the pedestrian, we would probably not be seeing this video, since it would be a simple case of a guy jaywalking. The jeep did a sudden stop, before the walk sign was lit.
I jaywalk all the time. I take all sorts of risks. If someday my risks end up with me in the hospital, I'll probably admit that I did something I shouldn't have. On the other hand, I've had walk signs and had to scurry because a driver wasn't paying attention. This was not necessarily the case.
The driver ran the light
Flat out.
At 30 mph, the stopping distance plus thinking distance is 120 feet. At 30 mph, 3 seconds is 132 feet. The speed limit at that location is 30 mph or less.
So look, the ped light turns walk -- meaning the motor vehicle light is red -- before the guy gets hit. That means that the car either (a) was speeding, (b) didn't come to a safe stop when the light turned yellow despite being able to do so, or (c) both.
The only conclusion is if the driver was obeying traffic signs and signals, that car would have stopped at the light.
The driver might have been
The driver might have been trying to stretch a yellow.
That's also illegal.
But what about crossing against the signal
I've looked at the video several times now, but when you look at the still above, the pedestrian is halfway across the street and the signal still shows the red hand of Ulster.
So what?
The walk light was on when he was hit, and the driver had a red light. End of story. You can try to cast blame on the pedestrian as much as you want, but the video clearly shows that the driver is 100% at fault.
Not exactly the driver seems
Not exactly the driver seems to have been taking the right from Adam's street and not running a red light
I want to dispute this but I
I want to dispute this but I honestly can't see the pedestrian signal either way. Could someone describe where it is in the screen?
The pedestrian signal
Is directly above the middle of the white car parked or standing on the other side of the street. You can see it turn from orange to white just as the pedestrian reaches the middle of the street.
Ok so when white walk sign
Ok so when white walk sign came on, Dot ave would have a red light. Did this car come from Adams Street southbound? So either the driver ran a red light or turned right onto Dot Ave. Then he would have to yield to pedestrians. If remember it right though this intersection doesn't alternate walks signs with Adams and Dot. If you push the button and wait , it will eventually go all way red and the walk signs come on.
The Jeep Yielded
It's my understanding that once the Jeep yielded right of way to the pedestrian, and the pedestrian entered the cross walk all other cars approaching that cross walk must yield as well.
That sounds like proper legal thinkin'
There's no room for that in here. In here, we're assassinating the character of a pedestrian we've never met, based on a video of him being mowed down by a driver clearly running a red light. Can't you read?
Something is very wrong with
Something is very wrong with you if you are arguing " its the pedestrian's fault". This is why we can't have the nice things, like civilization, that other cities have in Boston.
Boston drivers from all
Boston drivers from all neigborhoods and suburbs think red lights dont apply, and the police cant be bothered to do anything like say ticket those drivers. The whole state freaked out when one person for the first time in 80 years was killed by a shark and a wide range of solutions were proposed. Drivers kills pedestrians all the time in MA and nothing is done.
The pedestrian even looked
The pedestrian even looked both ways before crossing the street!
And yet somehow...
the pedestrian didn't notice, or at least didn't heed, the Don't Walk signal when he started across the street. The signal turned to Walk when ped was about halfway through the intersection (at 0:12 of the video).
And, oh, by the way, there's a bicyclist chugging through the red light at 0:15.
If you want to be sticklers about cars, then be sticklers about bikes and pedestrians, too.
Hogwash. Cars weigh orders of
Hogwash. Cars weigh orders of magnitude more than pedestrians or cyclists. Cars travel orders of magnitude faster than pedestrians or cyclists. Momentum is the product of mass and speed; they work together. Cars are way, way more dangerous and have way more killing power; with that, they have greater responsibility to be safe. If a car hits someone, the person dies. If a pedestrian hits another pedestrian, a "sorry" is exchanged. Walking is inherently safe. Biking is inherently safe. They only reason all of our means of transportation are dangerous is because of the introduction of multi-ton vehicles traveling at high speed through our neighborhoods.
Clueless criminal car drivers
Clueless criminal car drivers have no interest in things like "science" "common sense" or "personal responsibility". They are criminals themselves so they make up excuses for their fellow criminal drivers.
Yes, you're exactly right.
Yes, you're exactly right. We drivers are a fucking cartel bitch, and you just put yourself on our radar! Jackass.
Curious omissions there
You didn't say anything about the car that rolled over the bike box and didn't stop on the line or the car partially parked in the crosswalk?
Do you see anyone on this thread saying don't ticket jaywalking or scofflaw cyclists? Do understand where the overwhelming majority of traffic violence comes from? Good god you car apologists are insufferable.
Also cute phrase, chugging through the red light, yeah that cyclist is a real menace there.
Heed this:
Don't call me a car apologist, you insufferable twat. I've ridden >1000 miles this year (nothing great obv, but not bad for 71 yrs old), promoted the Minuteman in dozens of ways, served on my town's bike committee, and might even suit up for the Jingle Ride in a week. I'm no car apologist.
But I do get my knickers in a bunch when I see my fellow cyclists cruising through red lights or not stopping for pedestrians in a crosswalk. No way we're going to fix the dumb laws (Stop signs, e.g.) until we riders as a group are seen as obeying the sensible ones.
You're a garbage advocate talking like that
This idea that every single one of us has to be seen obeying the law before we get respect on the road, better laws and better infrastructure is complete horseshit. Thats not how you legislate safety and is a hallmark phrase for car apologists.
Fantastic, you get your knickers in a bunch when you see cyclists run reds, if thats the worst outcome I think society will be just fine. Thanks for your work on the Minuteman and town bike committee, doesn't absolve your garbage opinions.
Those are the same standards
Those are the same standards you're applying to drivers though. One driver does something stupid and you and Kinopio are all like "all drivers are criminals" yadda yadda yadda....
No, actually, thousands of
No, actually, thousands of drivers do stupid things every day -- we all see them -- and dozens of people are killed in Massachusetts every *month* as a result.
You still haven't disputed my
You still haven't disputed my point.
Nah Scratchie did because its a stupid point you made
Aside from the 100 or so Americans that will die on roads today, its pretty clear to anyone that cars represent a far great risk to damaging private and public property compared to cars. Its basic physics.
Its the reason why motorists need to be adults that are licensed, have registration, regular inspections, up to date insurance and bikes in contrast don't because friggin children, adults and the elderly all ride them without killing 100 people a day or crashing through store fronts.
♫ Turalura Lipschitz ♫
Yoooooo're a piece of shit
It's so nice when the cadence matches.
The text of the story says
The text of the story says that the pedestrian light is green. I don't understand that exactly. Commenters seem to be interpreting it both ways.
1. So did the pedestrian have a walk signal?
2. was Dot ave light green or red?
Glare is not any kind of reasonable excuse, if you can't see then stop and pull over.
Road design and crash
Road design and crash interpretation are biased towards automobiles. The intersection should be designed in way that prevents cyclists and pedestrians from putting themselves at risk. The speed limit is 25. How could this driver have been observing the speed limit it if they couldn't stop in time? they didn't even brake until after they hit the pedestrian.
Automate traffic enforcement
Sorry but the status quo of relying on the police to do anything or motorists obeying the laws isn't working. There is no push or incentive on either group that'll make our streets safer, time for traffic cameras, road diets, raised intersections and tech options like speed governors and tracking so we can find motorists that in inevitably leave the scene of a crash.
Good luck getting that passed though, the car lobby will fight this tooth and nail because freedom or liberty or whatever.
Car lobby has nothing to do with it
Basic MA constitutional right to face your accuser.
You want this? Rewrite the constitution to make an exception for traffic offences.
You need to read up on
You need to read up on constitutional law because the right to face an accuser only applies in a criminal trial, and tickets like this are civil offenses. Ample case law on this point.
Yeah screw it lets change it
Your right to face your accuser, great, awesome, its a way to weasel out of meaningful measures to curb traffic violence. Once again, the car lobby will be there to fight this.
I dunno how the laws and such work in Europe but strict liability laws, as in you are at fault in a motor vehicle crash when hitting a vulnerable road user, needs to be explored.
Of course, you can just run over your future accuser and they can't appear in court.
Never Mind The Bollards
As a way to prevent red light running, pedestrian injuries and deaths, and box blocking... Pop up bollards that seal off intersections on light changes.
Unfortunately we know how maintaining infrastructure goes around here... so they would be as useful as that escalator that always breaks down at Star Market in Packard's Corner.
I walk most everywhere, and
I walk most everywhere, and look both ways *four* times (due to my lack in faith of drivers) and cross where I'm supposed to, and I nearly get hit or buzzed by a car weekly at minimum. Sit at Bremen St Park in East Boston at the crosswalk and observe every second driver texting and doing California rolling stops at the busy crosswalks (and flip out when pedestrians have the gall to walk *in between* the two crosswalks at the main gate--how about you don't drive through the intersection until it's clear?). I've had to literally jump out of the way of an older driver turning left into a crosswalk by Santarpio's when I had a walk signal recently. If I were blind or staring at my phone (which would have been my right in that situation) I would have been gravely injured or killed.
If traffic enforcement cared more about keeping people safe in traffic, we'd be a lot better off. But they can't collect $50 from every pedestrian kept safe, so they just make traffic enforcement a revenue arm of the city. Though any common sense measures in major cities will face stiff headwinds from auto and fossil fuel lobbyists, and astroturfed backlash against any changes by the one person, one car crowd.
edit - clarity
so let's make traffic enforcement just a revenue arm of the city.
Very bad idea. That quickly turns into hypershortened yellow lights and massive corruption to shield friends of cops and politicians while extracting immense sums from people who did nothing wrong.
See also: Chicago
"Who did nothing wrong"
Yeah sorry no, if the cameras catch you breaking the speed limit, running a red, failing to stop, thats on you. Yellow lights are shortened? Slow down. Take some responsibility FFS.
The only way it seems to get motorists to care about traffic laws and safety is to hit them in the wallet.
Valid point about corruption, I dunno make the process more transparent, innovate, do something at least.
Did nothing wrong
Plenty of examples in other states where the driver enters on a green that flips immediately red just to "catch" people "running the red".
Except they are already in the intersection when the light goes direct to red.
That doesn't actually happen.
There's a thing called a yellow light.
It does actually happen when there is $$$ involved
My niece in Chicago bought a dash cam because of this shit - and beat three "red light" tickets because the light clearly jumped from green to red with barely a split-second yellow while she was traversing the intersection. These sorts of sketchy practices have nothing to do with safety - they were done just to enhance revenue.
Before we advocate for automated policing and for making traffic control a revenue department, it would be a very good idea to check out how this approach has played out in other places.
It might also be a good idea to check out whether traffic fatalities are lower in those places.
A solution isn't a solution if it doesn't actually solve anything. While I strongly believe that the cult of internal combustion has gone way, way too far and that anyone who does such things as this should be retested at the very least, I also believe in evidence-based actions.
I disagree with your thesis,
but am actually 100% in favor of your plan of execution: if you're caught by a red light camera, it's up to you to prove you weren't in the intersection illegally when the camera caught you breaking the law. Dashboard cams for all, as it becomes incumbent on everyone to prove that they weren't operating their 4000-weapon-of-blunt-force negligently.
If you enter an intersection on a green light ...
You aren't breaking the law (so long as you had room to clear the intersection).
That was the problem - the lights were rigged.
It's a civil problem.
I am not saying that it is ok to fine driver's fraudulantly, but does it saves lives? If it slows down traffic then that's what we should do.
I'm so old I remember when
I'm so old I remember when bringing up Chigago was racist.
Chicago comment
I think the previous poster was referring to how the City of Chicago got caught shortening yellow lights which resulted in an additional $8M in fines. One source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-red-light-camera-yellow-light-101...
And near to Fields Corner, I see people blow through the light heading north/south on Adams St at the intersection for Centre Street every single day. I've called and emailed C-11 several times. Nothing has changed in four years. It actually feels like it is getting worse with the rise in popularity of Waze and more people drive into the city instead of taking the T because, well, you know... it doesn't really work.
You know what? This is terrible
But I'm still ok with it. Shaving off hundredths of a second means nothing in stopping a car any quicker but if word spreads and suddenly motorists are scared of a $100 ticket, good.
I'll take the $8 million, gotta get drivers to pay their fair share somehow and you know they won't vote for a gas tax increase.
And how are bikers contributing to funding the upkeep of roads (other than the taxes everyone, regardless of whether they use roads or not, pays)?
Well you kinda answered your question there
Carefully worded of course, you acknowledge that everyone pays taxes, regardless of whether they use the roads or not. What you carefully omitted was that what motorists currently pay doesn't cover the true cost of driving and up keeping the infrastructure they use.
And if you want to go with the idea that what you pay is proportional to usage, be careful. While you could argue that cyclists represent 1% of road users, the bike infrastructure provided for us certainly doesn't.
Also there is the whole externalities thing that motorists again don't pay anyhting for, like impacts on healthcare needs. And theres that whole bit about cars doing far greater damage to roads than a little bicycle.
So yeah we pay more than enough for what we get.
I wasn't saying I agreed with
I wasn't saying I agreed with that, it's just how things ended up.
I'm not sure how you'd
I'm not sure how you'd prevent an accident like this from happening.
The pedestrian waited, and looked both ways a few times before crossing. Other than glancing into the lane he was entering, or not having a hood cinched around his head to obscure his vision. (But then again, what about a blind pedestrian?)
This isn't an excuse, but in the video it appears the sun is shinning directly into the driver's direction of travel, and the pedestrian is walking from a shadowed area. Either way, the driver blew through the red light – and who knows, this could be a cell phone/distracted driver situation as well.
Perhaps this driver should not be operating a motor vehicle?
automobile drivers are supposed to slow down in densely
populated areas, and it seems as if the driver in question here failed to do just that.
Ya think?
Perhaps this driver should not be operating a motor vehicle?
Ya think?
Perhaps this driver should not be operating a motor vehicle?
Perhaps when a driver hits a pedestrian (or otherwise demonstrates that they are incapable of safely operating a motor vehicle), it should be grounds for an immediate driver's license forfeiture until the driver can prove that they are fit to be operating a motor vehicle or other heavy machinery on a public way?
Make the punishment for such
Make the punishment for such an action a real consequence. If screwing up like this actually prevented you from driving for years, maybe people would take the operation of their 4000lb boxes a little more seriously.
driver definitely at fault
but if you look closely the do not walk sign is in effect until the exact moment he steps out of the sun and into the path of car. THE DRIVER SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIM AND ITS THE DRIVERS FAULT but that guy was halfway across the street before the light changed.
i hope that guy is ok.
Agree with you about everything. Also, there is a person with a dolly and two boxes who is also waiting to cross. I think he saw the car coming and waited, but that may have been one more distracting factor to the driver....is that guy with the boxes going to cross in front of me?
So the driver was trying to
So the driver was trying to figure out what the dolly guy was going to do before he ran the red light?
The car had a red light
That's ALL we need to know here. FULL STOP.
You must never actually walk around here - Mayuhhhh Mahhhhhteeee has decided to SHORTEN ALL THE WALK LIGHTS. If you aren't walking as soon as the light turns, you will not make it across.
Did the car have a red light?
I've been getting way to invested in this.
The distance on between the stop line on the southbound side of Dorchester Avenue to the crosswalk is not short because Adams Street meets Dot Ave at an angle. We do know that the pedestrian was in the middle of the road when the walk sign came on.
If I really wanted to be Encyclopedia Brown, I'd go to the intersection and press the walk sign. When the lights turn red, I'd check on a stopwatch to see how long the light is red before the walk sign is illuminated. Then I'd try to figure out how far a car going 25 MPH would go in that time period. This could be a timing issue, or the car could have run the red light.
As for putting red light cameras at this intersection (were it allowed), there could be an unintended downside. If drivers wanted to beat the light, knowing that they could get a ticket if they didn't, there would be more of a motivation amongst some to push down the pedal on the right rather than the one on the left. In this case, the pedestrian would have had much worse damage done to him.
And to be clear, this is all speculative.
It doesn't actually matter
It doesn't actually matter whether the driver had a red light. What matters is whether he had a yellow light. Given the timing of the while walk light (which we can see), the driver clearly had a yellow light before he entered the intersection. Thus, the law requires him to stop.
That's not necessarily true.
The point at which the driver entered the intersection is over 200 feet away. At 25 mph, it would take almost 6 seconds from the far stop line to the crosswalk. At 20 mph the travel time would be over 7 seconds. At the standard minimum yellow timing of 3 seconds, it's very possible the light hadn't turned yellow, or had turned yellow within a second or so of the driver entering the intersection (i.e. not enough time to react and stop safely).
If the car was going 25 miles
If the car was going 25 miles per hour, why couldn't they stop in time for an obstacle?
You make a great point
Either 25 MPH is too fast for Boston drivers to be able to safely avoid hitting pedestrians who have walk signals, or this guy broke a traffic law. Which was it, o apologists for the accused?
The claim that "the driver clearly had a yellow light before he entered the intersection" is not borne out by anything on the video. We only know that the walk sign illuminated as the pedestrian was crossing the center yellow line. If there was another angle that showed car and light, we would have proof, be we don't have that.
To be clear, when I first saw the video, I thought it was a case of the driver running the light in the most blatant of ways. Now, I have doubts (obviously.)
Walk signal is white
Car had a red light.
The signal just turned white
Again, no proof.
The car was turning right
The car was turning right from Adams southbound to dorchester ave southbond. If he had a red light or a green light, the driver is obligated to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk.
I feel like I'm a Kennedy conspiracy theorist watching the Zapruder film. The film doesn't show the whole intersection, but the car is a bit to the right. Now, as an outsider, I have to ask if the walk sign comes on when Adams Street has the green light or if it is pedestrian activated.
I'm spending too much time on this.
I feel like I'm a Kennedy conspiracy theorist watching the Zapruder film.
Maybe you should see a therapist for this incessant arguing about and against nothing ad nauseum.
Or maybe you and Ms. OMG THAT'S TERRIBLE BLAME MILLENIALS should just get a room, and we can use the resulting eternal spin as a source of energy.
But we're not even arguing this time.
Of course, I'm still trying to figure out the last argument, but that's another story.
you are right
no one is arguing with you, mr sea lion.
not relevant.
If this driver came from Adam's Street southbound turning right onto Dorchester Ave (most likely) then when you turn, you are required to yield pedestrians in the crosswalk. That yield cannot be over ridden except perhaps by green arrow right (which this intersection doesn't have). If the driver came from Dot Ave southbound they ran a red light. If they were following the speed limit and paying attention they should have been able to stop for an obstacle. It doesn't seem that the driver hit his breaks until the person was the hood.
Agreed about the driver being at fault...
But I watched the video twice. The pedestrian who was hit was already halfway across the street when the pedestrian signal changed from orange (don't walk) to white (walk).
Another point here: Because Dot Ave and Adams St meet at an oblique angle at Fields Corner, the distance between the stop line on Dot Ave on the north side of the intersection and the crosswalk on the south side of the intersection is a bit over 210 feet. The citywide speed limit of 25 mph equates to about 37 feet per second. Therefore it takes almost 6 seconds for a vehicle obeying the speed limit to pass through the intersection, and it would take longer for a vehicle traveling under the speed limit.
Given that the customary duration of a yellow light is approximately three seconds, and even assuming that BTD has built in some delay between when the traffic signal for Dot Ave turns red and the walk signal comes on, it's very possible that the car entered the intersection legally (i.e. within a second or so of the light turning yellow) and yet had not cleared the intersection by the time the pedestrian signal changed to "walk."
As others have pointed out as well, the shadows also might indicate poor visibility of the pedestrian to the driver; the car hits the pedestrian pretty much at the exact moment the pedestrian steps out of the shadow of the adjacent building. Also, this time of year, the sun is low enough even at midday to cause glare.
BUT... as a driver it's still your responsibility to avoid hitting people in the road if at all possible. Without knowing the exact timing of the traffic signal, though, it's entirely conceivable that the driver didn't actually run the light.
even assuming that BTD has
even assuming that BTD has built in some delay between when the traffic signal for Dot Ave turns red and the walk signal comes on
you probably don't actually walk anywhere, but that's standard across the entire city. people BLUGH BLUH HIS DON'T WALK WAS LIT are failing to realize there's a good three seconds between when the lights for cars goes red and when the white for pedestrians starts. the car blew an OBVIOUS and CHANGED red.
Not to hijack the thread but.....
Honest question for people.
How often do you just run a red light because you simply didn't know it was there or were day dreaming (not just running it because no one was coming, or you knew you could "beat the light" and avoid a crash).
It happens to me like once every two years maybe? I'm guessing that is what happened here. That car was going way to fast for a glare problem. I'm thinking the driver just didn't even see the light due to inattention, unfamiliarity of the area, etc. I am also up for any punishment for this driver.
On another separate note, and I don't want to victim blame, but how do people keep their head down and not even look both ways, even if they have a go light for pedestrians? If I cross this road, I always keep my head on a swivel (I know I shouldn't have to) in case something like this happens. Why isn't this instinctual for all humans?
Sorry, but I'm not buying your bullcrap here. This person ran a light AND HIT SOMEONE.
Stop making excuses for bad drivers.
Um, dude?
The guy swivels his head multiple times.
The driver was not looking, paying attention, or obeying speed restrictions.
I never run a red light
I never run a red light because I don't drive. That is the best way to not assault someone with a 4000 pound weapon. It is easy to never drive in Boston. Many thousands of people do it. Get people out of cars and onto sidewalks, bikes, trains, buses etc and you will have less criminal drivers killing and injuring people. Improve public transit and bike infrastructure, throw criminal drivers in jail and make drivers actually pay for the roads(raise gas tax and tolls and charge for parking permits)
You know what I've never done?
I've never punched you in the face, because I've never met you.
As to the actual question at hand, I have confused reds for greens, and greens for reds, a few times, for reasons I cannot fathom even at the time.
One of the worst things drivers do accidentally is to run stop signs that have been installed on roads they have driven several times. I did that on Milton Street in Cedar Grove the first time I drove down it after they put the stop signs up and somehow the third time, but not the second time. To be fair, I don't drive down the road that much, but enough to be familiar with it. It's the classic concept of familiarity being a bad thing.
Oh, and Kino, I did accidentally punch a guy at Back Bay Station while running for a train. I tripped at the bottom of the stairs and somehow lead with my hand. Thankfully, I was on my third apology before he realized what had happened. Also, I have no upper body strength, so he might not have felt it too much.
This reads like a North
This reads like a North Korean press release. I'm curious what your Venn diagram for "drivers" vs. "criminal drivers" would look like. A circle?
weird flex, but ok
I've never gotten a mustard stain on my shirt because I don't eat hot dogs.
If I found myself running red lights that regularly I'd probably turn in my license and just start taking Ubers everywhere. Doesn't that freak you out at all? What if there was a pedestrian or some other vulnerable road user that was crossing at that point?
Full disclosure, run lights from time to time on my bike
I didn't used to always do that, was a militant strictly-to-the-rules-rider no matter what. I thgouth set a good example and maybe we'll be blessed with other riders doing the same and respect from motorists and new city bike infra. But I just don't care anymore, many of the roads on my commute aren't very safe, new bike infra is at a snails pace, sometimes running a red actually gets me ahead of traffic to make safer turn ahead because again, infra sucks around here and motorists still drive recklessly.
Now of course I'm not just blowing through lights, there is a deliberate and focused effort to run them without getting tagged or hitting a pedestrian. Call it "ethical law breaking", I think Waquoit said that before regarding jaywalking. However, if I'm driving a car I don't accidentally run a red, you made a point about people day dreaming and all that, which is terrifying.
But in general, I just stopped caring because its not like the police are gonna ticket me or anyone else on the road for that matter and like I said, I'm running lights in a way not putting myself or others at risk so screw it. I just don't care anymore, whats the point?
Walking across the street, yup I look both ways and its way too often that I almost have to wave/stutter step to get them to commit to stopping, even when they see me.
if you're making a right turn on a Red light that doesn't have a
"NO TURN ON RED" sign at that particular intersection, that's one thing. If there's a "NO TURN ON RED" sign, however, that's a different story. You are violating the law in this latter case, and if you get busted and ticketed when and if you're caught, well--it'll serve you right.
Well considering police don't do traffic enforcement around here
I should be fine.
Another diversion
It was my belief that when Right on Red became law in Massachusetts, the legislature (or someone) was still pretty much against it, so they insisted that just about every light got a No Right on Red sign. I grew up in NY state (upstate) and only the lights where it was REALLY unsafe to go on red got those signs. MA still has way too many places with that sign, which makes people lose faith in the validity of the sign and just go. (I might be one of them.)
It's true that when the law
It's true that when the law was rolled out, almost every intersection got a sign.
However, it doesn't follow by any kind of logic that if there were fewer signs, Massholes would respect them more.
I remember reading a column
I remember reading a column just after that law passed, I don't remember who it was, but he basically said the state spent millions of dollars putting those signs up at every intersection when what they really should have done is put up a few "Turn on Red" signs at the couple of intersections they deemed ok to do so for a few hundred bucks. Too funny. Not much has changed in MA politics unfortunately.
They initially did that.
FEDERAL DOT said "nonstandard. no. You already have too may special exemptions. can't do that"
So they put them up everywhere and federal DOT said NOPE - only where necessary - not everywhere.
Get the story straight, please.
Seriously? My google-fu is failing me; do you have a cite for that? Not doubting the claim at all, just looking for verification... it would explain a lot.
Partially correct
My dad was scoffing at the "right turn permitted on red" signs when he visited me in college. They were supposed to be gone as of 1980 or so, but there were still a lot of them around.
The national standard was a default right turn on red permitted, with "no right turn" signs where justified, but MA was the final holdout for permitting these turns. The feds forced the issue.
Some Massachusetts communities hung on to the nonstandard signs for a long time, and the Fed did make MA replace them to match the national standards.
What is odd about MA is that most communities do not have traffic engineers, or at least did not have them in the 1980s. Consequently, selectmen and city councilors decided these things - which is why the "no turn on red" signs went up everywhere - even though the federal standard was that they were intended to be sparse.
Here's some more info: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1979/12/4/right-on-red-comes-to-bosto...
Massachusetts is the last state to implement the law. The federal government pushed the law through to make a uniform motor vehicle code, and the government threatened to withhold the state's national energy funds if the state did not pass the bill.
that is victim blaming and absolving the criminal
Prefacing blaming the victim by claiming you aren't doesn't negate it.
So your general feeling is:
Pedestrians - you should be constantly looking back and forth constantly or its your fault
Drivers - Cant be expected to be paying attention all the time
You are up for any punishment even though you claim to do it multiple times a year? So 30 day license revocation for running a red light work for you? Year for drunk driving sound good. Driver shouldnt have to hit someone to be punished.
Seriously stfu
First I said I did it probably once every two years, and if I really think about it, it might be less than that. And yea, I do keep my head on a fucking swivel because there are people like this out there. And yea, I'm all for 60 day revocation for running a red light and 5 years for an OUIl
the dude did look both ways.
the dude did look both ways. you can't tell from this angle if his head is actually down or not - especially with the hood, which unfortunately probably cut down on his peripheral vision. but, you know, with the weather being frigid you have to make compromises. almost got hit the other day by a car swinging a hard right onto a side road I was crossing (no lights, he was coming off a major road into a residential) and didn't see him with my winter gear on.
maybe instead of victim blaming we should put more responsibility on the person inside the climate controlled box to wait an extra two seconds while we peasants scurry around in the cold.
Are you kidding me?
This pedestrian had zero idea a car was coming. Zero. Unless he has some sort of pain fetish, this guy walked with his head down. I would never do that, it's really that simple.
You know what is really simple?
You are making excuses for the driver "oh just zoned out! everyone does!" and then blaming the victim for being violently impacted by the bad driver operating their vehicle in an illegal manner.
You are the one who needs to STFU. Normal people don't act like this - are you morally bankrupt or just brainwashed/damaged from years of testalying practice?
Or is that you running down that pedestrian while running a red light?
They are not excuses.
I'm all for a harsher punishment for this guy that even you probably want. What do you think the reason was why this driver did that? Because he was an evil person who hates pedestrians? I don't give a fuck why the driver hit the pedestrian. But he did it for a reason right? Glare, inattention, medical issue, negligence, recklessness, who cares? Those are all excuses as to why the driver hit the pedestrian and yes, when I cross any street in Boston I always look both ways, reglarless if I have a walk signal, cars are stopped or whatever. I tell my kids the same thing.
Just because your uncle invented the crosswalk, doesn't mean I have to keep my head down while crossing them.
They are not excuses.
I'm all for a harsher punishment for this guy that even you probably want. What do you think the reason was why this driver did that? Because he was an evil person who hates pedestrians? I don't give a fuck why the driver hit the pedestrian. But he did it for a reason right? Glare, inattention, medical issue, negligence, recklessness, who cares? Those are all excuses as to why the driver hit the pedestrian and yes, when I cross any street in Boston I always look both ways, reglarless if I have a walk signal, cars are stopped or whatever. I tell my kids the same thing.
Just because your uncle invented the crosswalk, doesn't mean I have to keep my head down while crossing them.
its not easy being a driver but
pedx went from shade to sun and sun was blinding driver...but he should have stopped if light was red...this happens alot i remember in norwood a young person lost their lives about 15 years ago on a sunny morning..
Cover up
There have been a couple more pedestrians run down in Southie but no publicity about them. The City has been quiet about them because they don't want the public to think the pathetic actions taken after the young boy was killed on L Street is not working.


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