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Roanoke, VA - One of the regions in our area hardest hit by Sandy was the Roanoke Valley. But even there, emergency management will tell you it could have been much, much worse.
That area dealt with 50 mph wind gusts that kept coming into Tuesday morning and that caused some trouble.
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Resident Becky Blankenship got an early notice.
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|May 22, 2012, 10:31 AM
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Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
The Rule of Law was the primary goal of the founders. Power vested in a mechanical construct can achieve that. Without rights, government becomes a complex tool that can operate in harmony with natural law, if it is constructed so that its function ensures the rights of individuals. It's like a machine, with no benevolence or malevolence.
Giving rights to the federal government allows it to rule by those rights. Rule of Law is exchanged for Rule by Decree. Whether it is by divine right of a king, or the tyranny of the majority, rule by decree degenerates to totalitarianism. Patchworking rights into government, the best you could hope for is building a man-like creature rather than a machine.
The answer my friend is not a balance of power between government and the people, but a separation of the genesis of their powers. Rights, as a generator of power, must reside solely with the people. The government gets only the power it needs to carry out its function, through the conduit of consent of the governed.
The difference between Europe and America is that Europe never abandoned Rule by Decree. They've always traded one form of decree for another. Governance of the people is done by government, whereas in America, the governance of many things are left as powers of the people.
imo... Democratization of our government has led to it acting as if it had rights. Mary Shelley would be proud.
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|May 22, 2012, 10:34 AM
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Bluetrain, roadblocks are common, often they announce the weekends in advertisements saying XYZ will be setting up sobriety checkpoints. 4th of July, Memorial day, etc. I know an intersection where it happens every few months or so Saturday mornings. They are far from uncommon....do you drive? Ridiculous.
Try Lawrenceville Georgia after 10pm as well for common weekly checkpoints.
I think I'm good for about 2/3 a year for the last 15 years.
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|May 22, 2012, 11:25 AM
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I do know of one place where the police used to hang out by the side of the road where the traffic always slowed down. They'd check (I assume) registration tags and inspection stickers. But they're not there anymore because the road has been changed--and now there's nowhere to pull over if you have a flat, either. But the expression "speed trap" has been around as long as "coffin nail." In other words, it hasn't changed but that's only with regards to driving.
Oh, Animal! I don't think I agree with all that you say, as far as I understand it. Governments have powers. That's what they operate with. The original conflict they, the founding fathers, struggled with, I think, was over how much power the federal government should have. Under the confederation, it didn't have enough. It basically had to operate at the whim of state governments, in a manner of speaking. I'm really not so sure the individual rights of man (no women and only some men) was operating at a practical level yet.
None of this came out of a void or was handed to someone by the Lady in the Lake. European government evolved and in time, a new branch grew, which is American government, all through the Americas. They all had European roots to be sure but they turned out differently. You would probably say that all the American revolutions north and south, except in Canada, where there was none, had their inspirations from ours.
At one time even kings and emporers were elected, although voting was somewhat restricted. Voting is still restricted in places. The divine right of kings is an idea that only came to be at around the time my own ancestors came to Virginia. Things have never been exactly static. But I think the rule of law was assumed. Even kings have to obey the law and rare was the king who crowned himself. Napoleon comes to mind.
If I may paraphrase another cynic, the difference between one place and another is that in one place the government tells the corporations what to do. But here, the corporations tell the government what to do.
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|May 22, 2012, 11:48 AM
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Not so long ago here it was normal to get stopped every day or. Falling to stop could and get some people shot.
|May 22, 2012, 12:12 PM
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A few people say that here in America you can't be stopped and asked for driving papers without proboble cause. Yet it happens commonly at checkpoints.
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|May 22, 2012, 12:21 PM
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Bluetrain, I look at the Declaration of Independence as the beginning of America, The Articles of Confederation as it's first attempt to put the ideals of the Declaration into practice, and the Constitution as the second.
And no, the ideals didn't come out of a vacuum. They came from malcontent philosophers in Europe during the early Age of Enlightenment. They largely failed at home, but their "moral science" was sound. America merely had a few engineers able to put the science into practice.
Divine right of kings (even the divinity of kings) is referenced in many ancient texts. It's pretty much as old as history itself.
It shouldn't matter who tells the government what to do, because the government should have no power to enforce the will of any entity over the rights of another. The government can only do that, through it having a right to choose one as superior to the other. This should go for any special interest group or individual, not just corporations.
The ideal is pretty, then again I find machinery to be beautiful sometimes. What I find ugliest is good intentions put into practice at the expense of others. The idea of a benevolent government, never leads to anything but ugliness, imo.
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|May 22, 2012, 12:35 PM
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Unless mistaken, the current opinion hinges on utility and the use of the road granted as a privilege granted by the state, rather than an immunity guaranteed by the Constitution.
I'm sure someone will correct me presently ...
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|May 22, 2012, 01:12 PM
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Well, Mr Animal, any time in any form of government, democracy included, not everyone is going to have their way and some will be very upset at that. It comes with the territory but is still the root cause of many problems.
Personally, I think America started in 1607. Spain thinks it started earlier in the New World, but in the present boundaries of the country, just about the same time, only further west. Massachusetts thinks it started later. Then there's the Indian point of view.
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|May 22, 2012, 02:18 PM
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Rights are not subject to governments goodwill, they are absolutes that exist even if a government refuses to recognize them, they are inherent and natural and have existed from the beginning.
As a nation we seem to allow a ever greater encroachments on our rights as society seeks security over freedom... One day the constitution will have to recognize rights in new ways to meet the demands of technology.
Road checks may be legal but by the same token technology can be used to avoid many road blocks. I think the court errored in ruling them to be constitutional but that ship has sailed.
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|May 22, 2012, 02:27 PM
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They exist separate from the government. The day they are seen as guidelines or normal laws is the day you lose 'em.
|May 22, 2012, 03:32 PM
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To the OP:
Regarding an earlier post...
Any officer stopping someone without reasonable suspicion is conducting a "community contact"--right up until the part where the person asks, "Am I free to leave?"
If the officer can not articulate a reasonable suspicion that the law is being broken, they had BETTER let that citizen walk--or face charges that start at unlawful detention and get worse from there.
Most police officers (myself included) hold inviolate the rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights of our Constitution, including and most especially the Second Amendment.
Are you going to be over here a bit?
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|May 22, 2012, 04:06 PM
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It may depend on where you drive. I've been driving, (in Texas for the most part, but in other states, as well), both legally and illegally, since I was about thirteen years old (and that's now becoming a long, long, time).
I've never seen one of those. Not at all.
I think visitors from other places are often surprised, even shocked, at how limited police authority is in this country.
I, like many others, cooperate with the police because we have come to expect professionalism and good intentions from the vast majority of officers but, we are quick to attempt to assert our rights when we believe they are being threatened.
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|May 22, 2012, 06:34 PM
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I really like having a police force weaker than many other countries.
Gosh have we forgotten about simple abuse of power?
Remember that cop last year who thought it was hilarious to point his assault rifle at open carriers and put them on the ground just to give them a hard time? Even posted about it on facebook? Most cops are good guys but few bad ones can make life really hard for a lot of people needlessly. Making it legal to stop anyone for any reason to check their papers is pointless and another step closer to a police state. Have someone like Kwayne Johnson as your mayor and then decide if you really want to live in an area with a powerful police force.
So, no thanks Sweden and Europe can keep all of that even if it means no nifty chain saws.
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|May 22, 2012, 06:58 PM
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DUI checkpoints have been deemed constitutional (unfortunately), but they are the exception to the rule. Even at DUI checkpoints, you aren't obligated to answer any questions, and they usually do not ask for ID or insurance unless probable cause develops during the 'interview', should you participate.
|May 22, 2012, 07:09 PM
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Border patrol has at least a few checkpoints set up in TX. It was usually a quick, "Are you a US citizen?" "Have a good day."
That said, as a guy from the Midwest, it was very weird the first couple times! I had never seen that before.
|May 22, 2012, 07:27 PM
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If we give up Constitutional rights without resistance those who do not want to recognize those rights will just continue to encroach on them. MANY, MANY men and women have fought to preserve who we are and our way of life.
Don't surrender those rights and way of life to be PC or for convenience sake.
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14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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|May 23, 2012, 04:56 AM
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Random vehicle stops to check for such things are not valid under Delaware v Prouse. Beyond this case that does not allow random stops, there have been a few cases supporting "traffic checks" whether it be a DWI/DUI checkpoint, or license check point. State v. Sanders, "However, an investigative stop at a traffic check point is constitutional, without regard to any such suspicion, if law enforcement officers systematically stop all oncoming traffic." State v. Barnes, "roadblock at highway patrol checking station was permissible under the Fourth Amendment where the troopers detainedevery automobile that passed through the checkpoint." To read the current statute you can search for NCGS § 20-16.3A Checking stations and roadblocks.
Now with that out of the way.
Going back to the OP's concern of a person identifying theirself to law enforcement.
It is important for a person to know whether or not it is consentual encounter, or they are detained. The officer does not, at least here have to disclose that, except for the fact that a person must feel free to leave at all times, and if they ask, "am I free to leave?" it is best to answer yes if it is a consentual encounter.
Keep in mind that at times a consentual encounter is sometimes converted in to a detention. Also, keep in mind to, that while you may "think you know" why the officer is speaking with you, or detaining you, it may be something totally different. Dont get wrapped up in "oh its because I am carrying a gun..."
|May 23, 2012, 05:36 AM
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The funny thing in this thread is that just about all of the incidents mentioned involve law enforcement from the city or county, which is the closest and lowest level of government in this country in most places. But I suppose it is true that all politics is local. It's just hard to make the connection between the abuse of power, if any, by the federal government and what the local policeman does.
The exception mentioned was the Border Patrol and this is a clear example of the federal government actually doing something to enforce laws that everyone on the right wants done but when they actually do it, it seems to be an inconvenience to people.
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|May 23, 2012, 11:23 AM
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Mr Bluetrain, People talk about their experiences. In the vast majority of contact with police happens with local police agencies. … just a numbers game. It's also kinda hard to distinguish federal power from local enforcement when the locals have federal mandates trickled down to them, and are getting grants with federal strings attached.
The laws you're referencing that people on the right want enforced: those same people want the laws enforced in a way that interferes the least with the rights of innocent people. The easiest methods of doing that are opposed by the left … rock … hard place … politics makes more work for the cops, more inconvenience for the public, and costs more. …SOP … and the mods will close the thread if much more is said about politics .. this one's kinda on the edge anyway.
If you ask if you're free to leave and they say "no" … I think they should be required to give a reason.
The last time I was pulled over (year or 2 ago), spent about 20 minutes on the side of the road while he was in the cop car doing his thing, then he told me my brake lights didn't work Well, about 2 minutes later a blown fuse was replaced by a spare, I had thanked the cop for stopping me, he also told me that there had been computer trouble that slowed down the ID check. This was a great stop for many reasons, IMO. The cop also decided to not give me a ticket, which was also nice, but I wouldn't have objected if he had.
This was in the work truck, only guns in it were nailguns.
On the other hand, I had one about a year before that where the cop called for backup and went through a mess that took well over a half hour, closer to an hour. Around here, if they call for backup, you are going to get a ticket no matter what. What triggered the mess was when he asked if there were any weapons in the car. I replied ,"there's a pistol in the glove box." This stop, no computer troubles. The wait was for the second cop car and them looking over EVERYTHING. The cops were rude. The ticket was for a marker light on the rear panel … there are multiple bulbs in the marker lights on the car, and there were good bulbs on both sides of the burnt one. A lot of car designs have less than half the number of bulbs that this one does. At no time did he tell me what he pulled me over for, until after he handed me the ticket
Seemed like a case of a slow day, might as well check me out since he had an excuse. I've got no problem with that … but … getting attitude and the fine tooth comb treatment for legally having a pistol in the car, not cool. … raised a stink about it and the ticket was thrown out, but still …
Another similar incident, same car, same gun, and a seatbelt …that's a whole 'nuther story … the seatbelt comes out of the seat instead of down from the roof, and my shirt happened to be the same color of the belt, so cop thought I wasn't wearing it … Never take the seatbelt off to get to your wallet until the cop asks you to do it. Trying to save you and him a little time by having your license ready can get you a ticket. I don't blame the cop for the seatbelt ticket, he couldn't see it, and I took it off too soon.
I really believe that truthfully answering the question about "weapons in the car" brought the second cop car and the same treatment as the marker light incident. Also in the second incident, I didn't know what I was stopped for until handed the ticket. Maybe the "treatment" is my fault too … for answering truthfully?
All you can do is gripe about this stuff. No way to prove anything, and all I would want is the policy changed, or cop corrected. You can bet that if it was "policy", I wasn't the only one griping, too Maybe griping did some good, because a buddy got stopped recently with a gun in the car, and didn't get the second car and the treatment.
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|May 23, 2012, 12:41 PM
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Doesn't anyone remember the 1960's in America?
The Miranda decision and many other civil rights decisions were necessary changes to our laws,,,
Before that time there really wasn't much protection against random detainment, search, and arrest.
In most cases it wasn't necessary but in many places that behavior was rampant.
Dallas Texas in the late 60's was a nightmare of police abuse of authority.
I was stopped there and my car was literally torn apart while three officers looked for marijuana,,,
I had long hair and was listening to "hippie music" so that was probable cause.
I lived in Europe (Germany, The Netherlands, & Greece) for several years in the early 70's,,,
It always seemed to me that the police were military organizations and assumed military authority over their citizens.
Perhaps it's just that never having any other model to judge by,,,
The citizenry had simply taken this as a matter of course situation.
I however grew up in rural America where the local PD did not "rule" the population,,,
They served the population by enforcing the laws the citizens put in place,,,
The citizenry simply did not put up with a pushy policeman.
I believe it's simply the difference between a hive mindset and a personal mindset,,,
America was founded on personal liberty and the European governments were not.
Perhaps that's one reason we have so much trouble deciding on anything.
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|May 23, 2012, 02:37 PM
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Well, America was founded for several reasons but personal freedom wasn't so high on the list. Some people came here so they could make up laws that weren't allowed in the old country. Frankly, it was justs the opposite of religious freedom. Others came here to get rich because they didn't inherit anything back home. That's as good a reason as any. Others came because they didn't want to say at home and fight wars. And some came simply because there was a bad year with the potato crop.
The police in Europe and the U.K. are not the military, although the military will take more of a role in policing functions than they do here. Ironically, our police actually seem to be more militarized. In any case, the police have what is called "police power." The police in some places, in other countries, have very little effective power. That's called "anarchy."
I remember the 1960s. Remember when cities were burning down? Remember the cry for law and order that became a political issue? I'd say that anything the police are today is partly because of the experiences the country went through in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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|May 23, 2012, 05:32 PM
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BT, you are mistaking the european immigration to the "new world" with the founding of America which was when we beat the snot out of the british and FOUNDED a new nation complete with limitations of government that hadn't yet been seen when this land was under control of the king who tried to keep the immigrant serfs in check... The slaughter of serfs for refusing to turn in their arms was a spark in the powder keg...
|May 23, 2012, 05:38 PM
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Might as well add the '20s and ;30s to that and add that public outcry for security trumped freedom. Fear of civil unrest promotes tyranny.
Personal freedom wasn't high on the list? …The simplest way to put it :
A cynic might say they're empty words, penned only for lending moral credence to a war, and to garner support from the masses. Another cynic might say the masses prevented them from being fully implemented then, and take us further away from them every year.
Americans once waged a war against (arguably)the most powerful nation on Earth, and did it without much of a central government. There were times that troops fought with no pay or were paid out of the pockets of individuals. To some men, pledging their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor had very real meaning.
Show me the spirit of revolution based in personal liberty anywhere in Europe. The spirit of revolution does rear it's head every now and then, but it's almost always based in a group … nationalistic, religious, etc. Collective vs. individual rights is the key difference. The sovereignty of the individual does not necessarily result in anarchy. Order can arise from chaos if you believe quantum mechanics, and out of many, can come one. e pluribus unum.
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Sort of makes you think they should perhaps be doing that border protecting stuff somewhere near the border, ya know? The checkpoint I hit was easily 100 miles away from the border. IMHO there's no excuse for that. If they're running checkpoints 100 miles inside the U.S. to look for illegals, to me that's a blatant admission that the Border Patrol and Immigration people aren't doing their job.
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MENTONE –The Redlands Tea Party Patriots scheduled a stacked lineup of speakers for its monthly meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the Mill Creek Cattle Co. banquet hall, including Rep. Gary Miller, R-Rancho Cucamonga.
Before the meeting, a representative of Miller, whose 31st Congressional District includes Redlands, said Miller planned to talk about education and jobs.
"The number one issue for us right now is jobs in the local economy, so the majority of the speech will focus on that issue," said Chris Marsh, district director. "After that, he is going to try and touch on education – fulfilling promises to our future leaders. "
Marsh compared the nation's unemployment rate, which is below 8 percent, to the Inland Empire's unemployment rate, which exceeds 10 percent.
Other scheduled speakers were state Sen. Mike Morrell, R-Rancho Cucamonga, and Ontario Mayor Paul Leon, the Republican candidate for state senator in the 32nd District, said John Berry, communications director for the Redlands Tea Party Patriots.
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Title: Panic
Author: Jeff Abbott
Release Date: June 8th 2006
Pages: 408
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Things are going well for 24 year-old Evan Casher: his career as a documentary filmmaker is booming and his relationship with his new girlfriend, Carrie, couldn't be better. After an urgent phone call from his mother, he makes an unexpected trip home to Austin. Then the unthinkable happens. He arrives to find his mother brutally murdered, and narrowly escapes an attempt on his own life.
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HARRISON, N.Y. — With spanking new jerseys on their backs and a slew of TV cameras detailing their every move, Greeley coach Dave Fernandes expected a little more juice from his team on Wednesday at Harrison.
But he wasn't about to argue with the bottom line, as Greeley (4-3) overcame a rough first-half shooting performance to secure a 54-49 league win over the Huskies.
"We couldn't make a shot," said Quakers coach Dave Fernandes, who saw his team go 5-for-23 from the field in the first half. "But don't take anything away from Harrison. I thought their game plan was really good. At the end, we played tough and did what we had to do to win the game."
Translated: Teddy Graves and Harrison Brown took over.
Greeley's dynamic junior duo combined for 20 second-half points to help the Quakers surmount a narrow 20-18 halftime deficit.
"They are starting to play together a little bit better," Fernandes said. "They are our one-two punch."
Graves, a powerful presence down on the blocks, grabbed eight boards and scored eight of his season-high 12 points during the third quarter. The 6-1, 175-pound small forward dazzled the crowd with a handful of acrobatic moves around the rim, giving the previously dormant Quakers a much-needed jolt of adrenaline. Overall, Greeley outscored Harrison 17-11 in the third to grab a 35-31 lead heading into the fourth.
Brown, who picked up a pair of first-quarter fouls, was relegated to the bench for much of the first half. He then picked up another foul at the onset of the third.
"I kept (Brown) on the bench the whole first half," Fernandes said. "I didn't want to take a chance. And then he picked up the third foul right away and I told him don't play, don't foul and just let (Harrison) have it, but that takes away from what he is."
Rest-assured, Brown found a perfect balance in the second half. He came out of the locker room with a vengeance, using his spider-like 6-4 frame to terrorize Harrison on both ends of the court. Brown tallied 10 of his 14 points in the second half, showcasing unrivaled burst in transition and supreme body control around the basket. He also pulled down a team-high 11 rebounds.
Of course, it wasn't all about Brown and Graves. Teammates Brett Klein (14 points, 3 rebounds) and Justin Ciero (12 points, 1 rebound) also played big roles. Klein kept the Quakers afloat during the woeful start, scoring seven of Greeley's 18 first-half points. Ciero, a star quarterback on the gridiron, played the role closer, burying nine fourth-quarter points to help stave off upset-minded Harrison.
Sophomore sensation Coby Lefkowitz led the Huskies with a team-high 14 points and added four rebounds. He banked in a long straightaway 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter to make it a manageable four-point game heading into the fourth. Lefkowitz scored 12 second-half points to make things interesting down the stretch. Teammate Brian Lauro, an imposing senior center, also made his presence felt, pulling down a game-high 13 rebounds to go with 12 points.
Lefkowitz and Lauro combined for 13 of Harrison's 18 fourth-quarter points, however, it wasn't enough to match a Greeley squad that found its touch over the final two quarters. The Quakers shot 59 percent (16-for-27) from the field in the second half, bypassing low-percentage 3-pointers for transition buckets and hard-fought putbacks. After going 1-for-7 from behind the arc in the first half, Greeley attempted just three 3-pointers after the break.
"Our shot was not working, so you have to go to the rim," Fernandes said. "You just can't keep shooting from the outside and not look inside. As you saw in the second half, Teddy and Harrison got a lot more touches. Teddy made a couple of big-time reverse layups that got us going and got us that little spacing."
Looking ahead toward the rest of the season, Fernandes likes what he sees.
"We are only going to get better," he said. "Every game we get a little bit better. Now, we are into the league. This was our first league game and I'm excited for that."
GAME NOTES: Greeley will host Section 1 Class AA foe Fox Lane in its next game on Friday at 7 p.m. Harrison has some time off and will hit the court again on Jan. 10 against visiting Port Chester.
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Harrison Brown: 14 points, 11 rebounds
Brett Klein: 14 points, 3 rebounds
Teddy Graves: 12 points, 8 rebounds
Justin Ciero: 12 points, 1 rebound
Josh Rosen: 3 rebounds
Connor Domershick: 1 point, 2 rebounds
Jeremy Kesselhaut: 1 rebound
Cole Benack: 1, point, 2 rebounds
Coby Lefkowitz: 14 points, 4 rebounds
Brian Lauro: 12 points, 13 rebounds
Michael Goldman: 7 points, 7 rebounds
Cory Calcagni: 5 points, 2 rebounds
Jack McCarthy: 4 points, 7 rebounds
Nick Pipitone: 4 points
Timmy Broderick: 3 points, 1 rebound
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Contrary to the song title, Georgia-raised songstress Joanna Smith is not 'Gettin' Married.' In fact, she even admits in a recent interview with us that she's not planning on getting married anytime soon. "I betrothed to my career," she happily says.
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"We were discussing when we were going to get back together to write again," Smith explains to Taste of Country about working with songwriting pals Jeffrey Steele and Tom Hambridge. "They kept throwing out dates, and every date they threw out I couldn't make it because I had to go home and go to another wedding, or a baby shower, or something like that."
"I just was like, 'What. Is. Up. This is just ridiculous. All my girlfriends are gettin' married.' Jeff [Steele], who is just the songwriting pro, was like, 'Stop right there. That's our song.'"
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Not a day passes without Mr Ralph and his family mourning the loss of Abby, 9, in a crash caused by a reckless driver 10 years ago.
The family had no choice but to turn off Abby's life support when it became clear she would never recover.
"We had to tell our daughter, Lauren, that Abby was not coming back ... my wife Alison collapsed sobbing," Mr Ralph said.
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Abby, her sister and mother were involved in a crash at O'Halloran Hill in January 2003.
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THE fascinating world of ancient Egypt is waiting to be discovered at Bolton Museum.
Bolton's collection houses about 12,000 objects from more than 65 sites in Egypt and is arguably one of the most important in a British local authority museum.
The collection includes everything from mummies, coffins, tomb reliefs and jewellery.
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The collection is thanks to Annie Barlow, daughter of one of the most successful mill companies, Barlow and Jones, founded by James Barlow of Edgworth, became interested in Ancient Egypt and supported the Egypt Exploration Society, a group set up to promote interest in the monuments of Egypt.
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Can You Hear What You See?: The Rev. Bill Thomas Jr. discusses the topic, 5 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Little White Chapel Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1711 N. Avon St., Burbank. 818-848-8611. www.littlewhitechapel.org
Not the Obvious Choice: The Rev. Joey McDonald discusses the topic based on Samuel 16:1-13, 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. North Hollywood First United Methodist Church, 4832 Tujunga Ave. 818-763-8231. www.nohofumc.com
Weaving the Family Fabric — Beyond Weddings: The Rev. Steve Petty explains the message, based on Ruth 1:1-5, 15-18, 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday. Northridge United Methodist Church, 9650 Reseda Blvd., Northridge. 818-886-1555. www.northridgeumc.org
My Faith Journey: Intern minister America Rojas discusses the topic, 10 a.m. Sunday. Knollwood United Methodist Church, 12121 Balboa Blvd., Granada Hills. 818-360-8111. www.knollwoodchurch.com
Energy Sunday — Ways of Living the Good Life: The message will be discussed, 10 a.m. Sunday. Kirk o' the Valley Presbyterian Church, 19620 Vanowen St., Reseda. 818-345-2535. www.kirkval.org
Explaining Easter — Tell Me About the Cross: The Rev. Gordon Marchant delivers the message based on John 19:16-27, 10:15 a.m. Sunday. First United Methodist Church of Reseda, 18120 Saticoy St. 818-344-7135. www.resedachurch.org
A Roman Catholic Sister's Reflections on Vatican II, Pope Francis and the Journey Toward Justice: Guest speaker Sr. Diane Donoghue discusses the topic, 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, 7304 Jordan Ave., Canoga Park. 818-887-6101. www.emersonuuc.org
A Gospel with Feet: The Rev. Tera Little and worship associate Garry Klepser lead the service, 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society, 9550 Haskell Ave., North Hills. 818-894-9251.
Buddhist Meditation — Overcoming Anger, Irritation and Frustration: Meditation teacher Vanessa Mathison discusses "Insight and Acceptance," 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday. Class includes two guided meditations, lecture and discussion. Fee $10. Shoseian Whispering Pine Teahouse in Brand Park, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale. www.meditateinla.org
Angeles Chorale concert: 4 p.m. Sunday. Northridge United Methodist Church, 9650 Reseda Blvd., Northridge. 818-886-1555.
Buddhist Meditation — Overcoming Anger, Irritation and Frustration: Meditation teacher Keli Vaughan discusses "Insight and Acceptance," 7-8 p.m. Monday. Class includes two guided meditations, lecture and discussion. Fee $10. M Street Coffee, 13251 Moorpark St., Sherman Oaks. www.meditateinla.org
Tuesday Table Talk at Bethel Christian Reformed Church: Screening and discussion of "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" (2013), 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. Pot luck, 6:30 p.m. 10725 Penrose St., Sun Valley. 818-767-4488.
Journey to Jerusalem: Self-guided prayer walk, in the church and garden, recalling Jesus' life before his entry into Jerusalem, 5-6 and 7-8 p.m. Wednesday. Northridge United Methodist Church, 9650 Reseda Blvd., Northridge. 818-886-1555.
Lenten Season — Faith Traditions: The study session focuses on African American faith traditions and spirituality presented by the Rev. Alma Johnson-Hawkins, president of Los Angeles Valley College, 7 p.m. Wednesday. Knollwood United Methodist Church, 12121 Balboa Blvd., Granada Hills. 818-360-8111. www.knollwoodchurch.com
Evening Testimony meeting at 43rd Church of Christ, Scientist: Readings from the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy's "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," 7:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 6117 Shoup Ave., Woodland Hills. 818-347-4418. www.christiansciencewoodlandhills.com
Lenten service at Christ the King Lutheran Church: Prayer, 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Soup and salad supper, 5:30 p.m. 17400 Vanowen St., Van Nuys. 818-342-0302. www.lutheransonline.com/ctklutheran
Lenten worship service at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church: 7:15-7:45 p.m. Thursday. Fellowship with a light dinner, 6 p.m. 9440 Balboa Blvd., Northridge. 818-886-1324. www.princeofpeace-northridge.org
Yes, You Can Change the World: Aman Motwane, author of "The Power of Wisdom" and "When You Change How You See the World, Your Whole World Changes," discusses the topic, 7 p.m. April 4. Tickets $15. Center for Spiritual Living-Westlake Village, 880 Hampshire Blvd. 805-446-0097. www.cslwestlake.org
Choral Festival — Streams in the Desert, Quenching the Parched Soul: City of Angels Community Choirs and the University Catholic Center Choir at UCLA host the concert with adult and children's choirs from churches, community choirs and schools, 7:30 p.m. April 4. Donation. Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles. www.coacc.net
Second Night Passover Seder at Temple Judea: 5-7:30 p.m. April 15. Admission $60; $35 ages 12 and under. Reservations required. 5429 Lindley Ave., Tarzana. 818-758-3800. www.templejudea.com
Second Night Passover at Shomrei Torah Synagogue: 6:15-8:15 p.m. April 15. Admission $54; $34 ages 3-13. Reservations required. 7353 Valley Circle Blvd., West Hills. 818-854-7650. www.stsonline.org
Passover Seder with the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Adat Chaverim: Cantor Jonathan Friedmann leads the Seder, 3 p.m. April 19. Admission is bringing a Seder food item. Reservation at firstname.lastname@example.com. Seder will be held at a location in Marina del Rey. 888-552-4552.
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On a roll!
Really?.... Rachel , Trebs secretary is here...
Ooops sorry Treb, she was CPR is also not provided .
Did you say duty ? Bathroom please.....
How big's your bladder? Sheesh...
Oooh, where is she...?
It's not my bladder
15 minutes folks... Rachel has a new job and Treb ... well..... Lets just say, his secretary may be free for awhile .
Oh, crap spoke to soon.... Rachel found her
Not my fault you're slow...
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Since I am late to the party, I brought my own dish:
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Hey Treb, you push the secretary in the pool? Just wondering why she's wet...
So... are we as a group, acknowledging that now ?
I actually brought my admin assistant this time :
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According to a video posted over at the Heritage Foundation, CEO Andy Puzder of CKE Restaurants testified, "with franchisees in the United States we employ about 70,000 people." [13:50] What's truly fascinating about this is that "the ACA [Affordable Care Act] will increase our health care costs approximately $18 million per year ... That's a 150 percent increase from the $12 million we spent on health care last year." [17:06]
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Kenworthy Keeps Overall Title at AFP Worlds
With a near-flawless first run, Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, CO) won the AFP World Championship slopestyle event at Whistler Blackcomb Monday after taking second place in the big air comp on Sunday.
The results earned him the AFP Overall World title for the third year in a row. Nick Goepper (Lawrenceburg, IN) took the men's AFP Slopestyle World title after finishing second in Monday's competition.
In the women's slopestyle, 14-year-old Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, MT) took the win, beating a field of seasoned competitors.
Also on Monday, both David Wise (Reno, NV) and Maddie Bowman (South Lake Tahoe, CA) were officially awarded their career first AFP Halfpipe World titles, men's and women's respectively.
"This is such a great ending to my year, I worked hard all season and it's nice to have this cherry on top," said Bowman. "It's rewarding to get first after coming in second last year, and this feels like some really good momentum. I'm looking forward to some down time this spring and getting back to it this summer."
"I don't pay too much attention to the rankings, but this is a great ending to my season," said Wise. "As always it's such a stacked field of competition and to be on top is an honor. Because we all work so hard, this could really go to anybody and I am grateful to end on such a high note."
The AFP World Championships marked the end of the 2012-13 season and the final event for U.S. Freeskiing.
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Jonny Wilkinson claims he will be fit for first England Test against Australia
Jonny Wilkinson has played down concerns over his fitness and insists he will be ready for Englandâs first Test against Australia in Perth a week on Saturday.
The 31-year-old fly-half suffered bruising below his rib cage in Toulonâs Amlin Challenge Cup final defeat against Cardiff Blues on May 23rd and has yet to resume training.
Wilkinson will miss Englandâs opening tour fixture against the Australian Barbarians on Tuesday but reckons there is no danger of him being ruled out of the trip.
âInjury-wise Iâm fine. I took a knock in the back in our last game of the season,â said Wilkinson, who arrived in Perth with the rest of the 44-man England squad yesterday.
âI have already had a week [without contact work] and Iâm being held back by the physios rather than anything else at the moment I want to get out there but they are telling me to take a few more days.â
Wilkinson admitted after the injury problems that have ravaged his career, since his drop goal secured Englandâs 2003 triumph in Sydney, the prospect of playing in a fourth World Cup is a major motivation.
âA World Cup, regardless of how many more you have to play, is enough to focus on and if you get the chance is a big, big thing,â he added.
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A reader yesterday took issue with the Times' obit Abe Rosenthal, saying it covered up some less nice parts of his story:
"The NYT obit of Abe Rosenthal is not masterful. It is an incomplete hagiography that ignores Rosenthal's well-chronicled homo-hating bigotry. If someone was a notorious racist, it's in their obit. If they were a notorious gay-hater, it almost never is.
"Rosenthal would not allow the use of the word 'gay' in the paper, lamely calling it a political term or saying that to most people it meant 'happy.' The NYT was preposterously slow to cover AIDS during Rosenthal's tenure, and it was widely believed that was because of Rosenthal's homophobia. The NYT '[set] the tone for [AIDS] noncoverage nationally,' Randy Shilts wrote in And the Band Played On.
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"Many other journalists are quite certain that they weren't hired by Rosenthal's Times because they were out.
"It's fine to honor an ex-editor with a front-page obit, but not when it serves to cover up Rosenthal's record."
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|Great climb with a solid crack. You can get 2 knuckles in most of this crack all the way up. Great first or second trad lead.
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Dec 9, 2010
Owen Darrow wrote: "Great climb with a solid crack. You can get 2 knuckles in most of this crack all the way up. Great first or second trad lead."
In the interest of climbers looking for their first trad leads, this is a dangerous choice. For one thing, I feel that it's almost as difficult as the bolted 5.9 just to the left. Furthermore, I had to fiddle to get less-than-bombproof pro through the first 15 feet or so: My first piece was a 0.5 Tri-cam cammed in a shallow slot at about 10 feet; a semi-blind, shallow placement of a green Camalot at about 12 feet; and an endwise Stopper at about 15 feet. The first hand jam and easy cam placement was found at about 20 feet. If you blindly trust gear placements that are really incapable of stopping a leader fall, then you may think protection is easy.
The thin crack on the second pitch was of similar difficulty and required placing tiny and small Camalots, plus a couple wires. For decades, I've been leading 5.10 trad routes around North America and have enjoyed many old-school sandbags. However, sandbagging novice leaders is NOT in the interest of the climbing community.


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HMRC had earlier warned advisers some funds could be ineligible to be held within stocks & shares ISAs after the retail distribution review (RDR) comes in.
It had warned, "government securities funds or certain corporate bond funds or funds that guarantee a return to investors" could be ineligible.
Funds for inclusion in the stocks & shares ISAs would have to meet a "5% test", requiring funds to provide no guarantee or agreement investors will receive 95% or more of their purchase price within five years.
The test also states "the nature of the investments held by the fund must not significantly limit the risk to the investor's capital to 5% loss or less within 5 years".
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I described Elvis Perkins as "part Andrew Bird, part Arcade Fire, part Rufus Wainwright, part Leonard Cohen, part Dylan, and all good", but this catchall fails to account for his periodic spurts of beer-hall charm.
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Elvis Perkins brought beer-hall rhythms to the Bell House in Brooklyn Saturday night, thanks to his band In Dearland.
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August 6, 2012 5:00 am
You think you have what it takes to be a major-league manager? In that case, Russell has several assignments for you.
We know. You could totally do it better than the pros. You'd have brought in a reliever for Pedro. You prove it most nights on your PlayStation. I bet you once played a whole season in MLB: The Show and went 102-60...or at least 35-15 in a shortened season.
January 31, 2012 8:00 am
Why the next big step for baseball teams might not be learning something new, but making better use of the information they already have.
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"[Statistical analysis] helps but doesn't tell the whole story of the game. There is a lot of gut feeling you got to make. If you have a stat and see a flashing number and you see that this guy is doing very good against this other guy, you can use that in a game during a key situation. Yes. But we cannot just depend on stats alone. You got to depend on many other things… I don't like to become a fantasy manager. The goal for a good manager is to have players who are able to manage themselves on the field."—Unsuccessful Cubs managerial candidate Sandy Alomar Jr., November 2011
March 3, 2011 9:00 am
How often do teams' Opening Day starters live up to their top billing?
"He deserves it. He earned it. He should have made the All-Star team last year. Right now, I think Mike Pelfrey should be the No. 1 guy on this staff."—Terry Collins
The quote above is a variation on a theme repeated exactly thirty times per preseason. At some point before 25-man rosters are finalized and the games start to mean something, each manager makes a show of anointing his team's Opening Day starter. The names change—in most cases, they're more impressive than Pelfrey's—but the platitudes stay the same.
March 2, 2011 11:45 am
Anticipation is part of spring training, but picking a bullpen is an everyday task worth waiting on.
October 20, 1993: It was the end of the top of the eighth, and Jim Fregosi was looking at the smoldering wreck of a winnable ballgame.
David West had already given Fregosi's buggy eyes cause to pop from their sockets in the sixth, when the big lefty had narrowed a five-run lead over the Blue Jays to three. Getting the lead back up to 14-9 with six outs to go seemed to set things right—surely even the ramshackle Phillies' pen couldn't blow this, could they? Hold the lead, tie the World Series, with Curt Schilling slotted for Game Five, and it would be anybody's series to win. But after watching Larry Andersen put three men aboard and surrender a run, Fregosi knew that one-for-one outs to runs tradeoff wasn't going to fly without upsetting this particular applecart.
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February 10, 2011 1:53 am
Baseball's trio of dugout noobs have followed very different paths to their skippering slots, but what does the future hold?
Yesterday's column and my comments about the increasing importance of staff management are my cue to touch on what we do know about the three genuinely new skippers. The first of them is an ex-pitcher with no managerial experience, but someone who will be coming to the job with plenty of management experience.
Blue Jays: John Farrell
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February 9, 2011 7:42 am
They're anything but 12 angry men, but is their arrival significant or just proof of MLB's commitment to recycling?
"When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries." —Al Lopez
December's Viking funeral–by–press conference at the Winter Meetings gave Bobby Cox, Joe Torre, Cito Gaston, and Lou Piniella the opportunity to collectively say sayonara, with Bud Selig himself acting as the officiant. Maybe Cox had heard about the torches getting lit, but he missed out on its symbolic passing to a purportedly new generation of managers.*
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November 22, 2010 9:00 am
Taking a look at the Hall of Fame candidacies of the Yankees' odd couple, Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner.
The pairing is straight out of the classic Miller Light TV commercial, the most famous Odd Couple of their era in baseball, a poor street tough from a broken home and a child of privilege and wealth, united by their volatility and their indomitable will to win but unable to coexist in each other's company long enough to share the fruits of victory more than once. Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner share space on the new Expansion Era Hall of Fame ballot to be voted upon at the upcoming Winter Meetings, and it's no stretch to suggest that both men, now deceased, could join the ranks of the Cooperstown immortals together.
October 28, 2010 8:00 am
Few pitching coaches ever get the opportunity to become major-league skippers.
The Blue Jays unquestionably chose wisely when they named Jay Jaffe GM, but the jury remains out on their signing of Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell to a three-year managerial contract. That's not to say that Farrell doesn't seem qualified; on the contrary, the newly minted manager's resume makes for an impressive read. Farrell spent all or part of eight seasons pitching in the majors—giving him the apparently all-important cultural acclimation to major-league clubhouses that other first-time managers have lacked—before serving as the Indians' player development director for five years, an experience which, at least in theory, should have imparted the rapport with rookies and appreciation for the bigger picture that some field generals lack.
More recently, he returned to the dugout, earning his first—but, his new employers hope, not his last—World Series ring in his inaugural season as Boston's pitching coach. In three subsequent seasons spent in that capacity, he presided over the development of Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz, which made him an attractive candidate to oversee Toronto's talented young rotation. In addition to his work experience, Farrell is well regarded on a personal level throughout the game, and considered media-savvy (a quality that should serve him well in the, um, bustling Canadian baseball media market), which earned him some serious buzz as a managerial candidate well before the Blue Jays' extended hiring process got underway.
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October 26, 2010 8:00 am
It's a series that will feature superb pitching staffs, and one team will come away with a long-awaited title.
In baseball as in literature, archetypes tend to be formulaic, proof that fiction falls short of reality when it comes to the power to describe any one thing in shorthand. The need, indeed one of the great benefits of the human mind is to identify patterns, and to peg things that fall within those patterns, or to re-evaluate the pattern as a whole to create some new rubric, some new way of explaining things. Take our current post-season slate: instead of a much-anticipated rematch between the Evil Empire and the Phillies' a-bornin' senior-circuit dynasty, last week we got the pleasure of witnessing imperial ambitions utterly overthrown in both leagues.
October 15, 2010 8:00 am
A series that will feature spectacular pitching may come down to the tiniest advantages to decide the winner.
So, let's see, for an initial checklist for maximum LCS entertainment potential, is there anything missing? Record-wise, the two best teams in National League? Check, even if we allow for the fact that the Giants weren't one of the top two teams in Clay Davenport's adjusted standings. The two best rotations in baseball? Check. Heck, it even features two of the three best defensive units in the league (via PADE), with only the already-vanquished Reds separating the Giants and Phillies. And the offenses are... well, OK, this whole clash of the titans thing only goes so far, because they're not both among the best in the league. The Phillies are, tying for third in the league in team-level True Average, but the Giants finished back in ninth place, even with Brian Sabean's ticky-tack trades to accrue incremental improvements.
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October 5, 2010 8:00 am
It's red-on-red violence between two founding franchises, but who'll wind up dead?
Back in the '70s, the Phillies and the Reds were half of a quartet of clubs that basically owned the National League. Dial up National League post-season action, and you'd get the Reds or the Dodgers from the old NL West, and the Pirates or the Phillies from the old NL East. That foursome won nine pennants and 18 of the 20 playoff slots from 1970-79; get picky and run from 1971-80, and it's still niine of 10 and 17 of 20. Yet for all that, this will be just the second time two of the league's founding franchises get to square off. You have to be a fan of a certain age or owe a bit to Joe Posnanski to have much memory of the 1976 NLCS, which was the Big Red Machine's stepping stone to its second (and last) pennant—they had to go through crushing the Phillies first, sweeping three in the best-of-five, with the third game decided in Cincinnati after an exchange of blown saves.
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September 29, 2010 8:00 am
Selecting the four starters for the nine possible playoff teams is easier in some instances than others.
Last Friday, I brought up the Reds' rotation situation as they gear up for their first post-season series since 1995. We can't peg everyone's rotations perfectly just yet, of course, because there are still a few issues to resolve—which two teams from among the Braves, Giants, and Padres will join the Reds and Phillies in next week's action, for example, set against the much less exciting proposition over who is going to win home-field advantage in the AL.
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I have both lupus and fm. I was diagnosied with fm in 96. i find i just reswt when i have to and take one day at a time. take care of yourself and know people do care
best to you
I am a graduate of the University of Texas and have been diagnoised with lupus-s.l.e. and several arthrithis.I still am active in the church in chior and special education. I also help children learn to sing. I am 49 and single with 3 grandchildren.