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After the Oakland A's were the announced winner to the bidding rights for 29-year-old Japanese pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma , Joe Christensen reported that the Twins had actually submitted a bid for the starter as well:
"The Twins made a bid to sign Japanese starting pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma, General Manager Bill Smith said today, but according to FoxSports.com, the winning bid went to Oakland."
This is now the Twins' second attempt to extract a pitcher from the Japanese leagues. A year ago, the team tried unsuccessfully to sign Colby Lewis to a two-year deal after Lewis tore through the Far East competition. Lewis ultimately decided to sign with the team that drafted him, the Texas Rangers, and helped lead the team into their first World Series appearance in franchise history.
Had Lewis opted to sign with Minnesota over Texas, this signing would have proven to be quite fruitful for the Twins. In spite of a 12-13 record, Lewis threw 201 innings while posting a 196/65 K/BB ratio and a 3.93 xFIP. Furthermore, Lewis would have been locked down through the 2011 season ($3 million) and a reasonable option for a third year ($3.25 million in 2012), negating the need to haggle over the status of Carl Pavano or pursuing other free agent options.
Iwakuma, like Lewis, has a lot of traits that the Twins covet that plays to their current strengths. For those that witnessed his performance in the World Baseball Classic, viewers were subjected to a pitcher that threw a fastball/sinker just 32% of the time in his outings according to Josh Kalk's scouting report. Instead, he relied heavily on a splitter/slider combination. This pace is questionable for a major league pitcher (the least amount of fastballs thrown was by Toronto's Shaun Marcum who threw it 45% of the time), but this method incited tons of groundouts for Iwakuma. From the video here, you can see that Iwakuma has excellent downward motion in his movement, living at the bottom of the zone. With a potentially strong infield defense in 2011 (assuming that J.J. Hardy is retained), a groundball-oriented pitcher would be preferable.
What is interesting about this revelation is that the Twins may have had to bid upwards of $10 million or more to the Rakuten Golden Eagles to simply obtain the rights to negotiate with Iwakuma's agent. It probably would have cost another $10 million in order to sign him to a contract. This means the organization figures to have up to $15 million available for the 2011 season – an amount they would have been willing to dedicate to one player.
As noted above, Iwakuma possesses numerous qualities that the team values and like Lewis last season, the Twins may have wound up with a great part for a reduced price than if they were attempting to purchase it on the free agent market. Considering that after Cliff Lee, the free market is a mish-mash of hodge-podge. Even Jorge De La Rosa, by most accounts the second-best free agent starter, figures to have some warts as he has yet to make an entire season's worth of starts and is expecting a four-year deal. As good as Carl Pavano's been, he's turning 35 in January and may want to start discussing a multi-year deal. Clearly, the Twins tried to solve the problem without having to break the bank or trade off prized prospects.


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One could argue that without Kominsky-Crumb's groundbreaking autobiographical comics, Hannah Horvath wouldn't exist.Sue Carter, Toronto Star
The early work of the pioneering feminist cartoonist plus her acclaimed new story "Dream House"
Aline Kominsky-Crumb immediately made her mark in the Bay Area's underground comix scene with unabashedly raw, dirty, unfiltered comics chronicling the thoughts and desires of a woman coming of age in the 60's. Kominsky-Crumb didn't worry about self-flattery. In fact, her darkest secrets and deepest insecurities were all the more fodder for groundbreaking stories. Her exaggerated comix alter-ego, Bunch, is self-destructive and grotesque but crackles with the self-deprecating humor and honesty of a cartoonist confident in the story she wants to tell.
Collecting comics from the 1970s through today, Love That Bunch is shockingly prescient while still being an authentic story of its era. Kominsky-Crumb was ahead of her time in juxtaposing the contradictory nature of female sexuality with a proud, complicated feminism. Most importantly, she does so without apology.
Kominsky-Crumb traces her steps from a Beatles loving fangirl, East Village groupie, an adult grappling with her childhood, an 80s housewife and mother, to a new 30-page story Dream House that looks back on her childhood, 40 years later. One of the most famous and idiosyncratic cartoonists of our times, Love That Bunch will be Kominsky-Crumb's only solo-authored book in print. Originally published as a book in 1990, this new expanded edition follows Kominsky-Crumb to the present, including an afterword penned by noted comics scholar Hillary Chute.
Praise for Love That Bunch
Aline Kominsky-Crumb confronts the crazy, ever-shifting expectations of how women are supposed to be — and blows them to smithereens.Rebecca Stoner, The Village Voice
[Aline Kominsky-Crumb] pioneered how women are represented in art, and her comics aren't afraid of exposing her anxieties, desires, and personal trauma for all the world to see.Oliver Sava, The A.V. Club
Love That Bunch is a bitter, poignant, satisfying epic of how one Jewish woman survived her Jewish 20th-century family. If I had a daughter, I would make her read it.Rachel Shteir, Tablet
Love That Bunch, a compilation of works from the 1970s through the 2010s, reads like a blueprint of contemporary women's comedy… It's a form of fearless authenticity that's now practically commonplace.Brandon Yu, San Francisco Magazine
Shamelessly candid… Kominsky-Crumb has brought an uncompromising honesty and fearlessness to the comics form.Leela Corman, Publishers Weekly
Raucous and raunchy... This is a perfect book to give to any woman, of any age, in your life.Nylon's Best Comics of 2018
Love That Bunch immortalizes lifelong troublemaker Aline Kominsky-Crumb... the value of Kominsky-Crumb's style is precisely that it confounds the expectations of highbrow critics.Etelka Lehoczky, NPR
[There is a] pioneering quality of Ms. Kominsky-Crumb's own work — nakedly self-revealing and self-obsessed years ahead of the rest of the culture... her messy self-examinations seem even more relevant today.Gal Beckerman, New York Times
Borrowing unapologetically from life, Kominsky-Crumb draws with a line that is unmistakably her own.Jo Livingstone, The New Republic
Loud women. Harsh parents. Bouts of self-loathing. Lust and irrepressible humor. This is the raw, autobiographical material of Aline Kominsky-Crumb's comics, which are decidedly provocative and, to some, uncomfortably familiar.Maya Mirsky, J Weekly
Today the significance of Kominsky-Crumb's oeuvre — not only to emerging comics artists but also to writers and comedians well outside the comics industry — cannot be overstated… Almost 50 years into her career, Kominsky-Crumb is an underground hero whose enduring influence isn't quite so underground.Priscilla Frank, Huffington Post

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The rehab worker who told cops Lindsay Lohan assaulted her says she got fired for blabbing about the incident.
Dawn Holland told Radaronline she got $10,000 to tell Radar rival TMZ about the episode, which she said happened when the "Mean Girls" star sneaked back into the Betty Ford Center after curfew. Holland said she was calling the police because she believed Lohan had been drinking and had refused a Breathalyzer test.
"Betty Ford Center terminated me, and I'm now going full force," Holland said. "[It was] due to breach of patient confidentiality because I did an interview with TMZ."
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Betty Ford Clinic spokesman Russ Patrick confirmed that the amployee had been "terminated by the Betty Ford Center" for violating "strict confidentiality guidelines and laws by publicly identifying patients in a media interview and by disclosing a privileged document."
Lohan was not charged, but police are still investigating the incident, which came just days before the troubled star's court-ordered rehab stint ended.
"The victim desired prosecution," Sgt. Joe Borja of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department told the People magazine Tuesday. "The incident is being investigated as a misdemeanor."
Sgt. Borja told People no arrest was made because the incident didn't occur in front of an officer.
Lohan's lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, told The Associated Press that Lohan was the one who called 911 and that the actress would wait for cops to complete their investigation before commenting further, she said.
But Lohan's father, Michael, wasted no time Tuesday in hitting back at any suggestion his daughter may have been in the wrong.
"She had it in for Lindsay the whole time," he said in an interview with E! News, referring to the Betty Ford employee.
"As soon as Lindsay walked in the door the woman grabbed Lindsay by the arm, and not the other two girls [she was with], and said, 'You are going to take a urine test,'" Lohan said. "Lindsay just brushed her off. That is what she told me: 'Dad, I just brushed her off.' "
Lindsay Lohan has been at the Rancho Mirage facility since Sept. 28. She was sent there by a Beverly Hills judge after she violated probation for a DUI and tested positive for alcohol. She is scheduled to remain at the Ford Center until at least Jan. 3.
Lohan, who also starred in "The Parent Trap" and "Freaky Friday," was first busted May 26, 2007, when she drove a Mercedes-Benz into a hedge along Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.Two months later, she was arrested again in Santa Monica on suspicion of DUI and possession of cocaine.
She agreed to plead no contest and was sentenced to a day in jail and three years' probation. That term was extended by a year for not completing alcohol-education classes on schedule.
In July, she missing a required probation hearing before Beverly Hills Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel, saying her passport was stolen while she was at the Cannes Film Festival, and the judge sentenced her to 90 days in jail. She spent 13 days behind bars before being released again. As part of her sentence, she was ordered to spend 90 days in an inpatient addiction treatment program.


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Boehner Tells House GOP that Talks with Obama Stall
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker John Boehner is telling fellow Republicans that talks with President Barack Obama over ending the partial government shutdown and preventing a federal default have stalled.
Rep. Greg Walden says Boehner told House Republicans at the Capitol this morning that the president isn't negotiating with them adding, "The Senate needs to hold tough."
The closed-door Republican session in a basement meeting room came as the shutdown began its 12th day. Today also marks just five days from the date administration officials have warned the government will deplete its ability to borrow money and risk a first-time federal default that could jolt the world economy.
Across the Capitol, senators plan to vote today on a Democratic measure to lift the government's borrowing cap through the end of next year. Republicans are expected to reject it, though.
At the same time, a bipartisan group of senators, closely watched by Senate leaders, is polishing a plan aimed at reaching a compromise with that includes the president.


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Wednesday, July 29
THE GOLF BUG BIT MY DAD in Evansville, Indiana. He was in his early 30s and played a city track called Fendrich Golf Course, which was built circa 1950. My father has now been playing golf for 50 years, a single-digit handicapper for much of it.
I mention Fendrich because I paid a visit to Evansville today for the first time in nearly 20 years. I showed my daughters where I grew up. They were good sports about it, mostly.
Along the way, I caught a glimpse of Fendrich, just off Diamond Avenue near the intersection of U.S. 41. It's nothing special, a flat par-70 layout that was pretty bare and full of hardpan back in the 1960s.
By the way, I have no idea who J.H. Fendrich was. I just remember my dad coming home from Fendrich excited about golf and looking forward to his next round. His enthusiasm for the game ignited the interest of his youngest son (me), who took up golf a few years later in the California desert.
−The Armchair Golfer
2 comments:
- Marci Diehl said...
here's to all the regular guys who play whatever course they can -- public, semi-private, no-name private clubs -- and love just being there. The league players, the weekend my-wife-allowed-me-out-for-four-hours guys, the young & broke guys ragging their buddies... Your daughters will understand later when they're grown.
- Golf Management said...
My father was instrumental in my love for the game over the years. I firmly beleive golf is the best vehicle there is for sharing quality time with anyone. this time spent with one's father or mother; priceless.
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REHOBOTH — Eighth-grader Chad Mello was a starting left fielder for Beckwith Middle School and a top-of-the-order hitter.
This athlete's life took a nasty twist on April 7 when a freak accident on the baseball field caused life-threatening injuries, internal bleeding and several trips to the hospital.
Chad, 14, is now recovering and plans on playing sports again. His uptempo attitude throughout this harrowing ordeal and his resiliency helped him become the recipient of Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District's first-ever Unsung Hero award.
Chad and his family were honored at the School Committee meeting last week. Chad received an engraved plaque and his mom received a beach towel because of her love of the beach.
His mom, Missy Mello, also received gift cards.
New Superintendent Anthony Azar said he would like to periodically honor students within the district. He said he hopes future Unsung Hero award recipients do not have to experience the same ordeal as Chad.
"It is not an award you want kids to strive for," Azar said. "It was a recognition of what this kid has gone through since April."
Azar added that the high school's machine shop engraved the plaque, making it a true community effort.
Chad's mom Missy Mello explained that the family and school system nearly lost Chad on April 7.
Chad dove for a line drive in left field and collided with a teammate.
There were no external signs of injury, but Chad did not quite feel right after the game, which was the season opener.
He was brought to Hasbro Children's Hospital, where it was discovered that his pancreas was torn in half. Emergency surgery was performed on Chad and half his pancreas was removed.
After that surgery, a see-saw battle ensued. Chad was in and out of the hospital for weeks, a lung collapsed and he experienced an allergic reaction to morphine.
"It was awful," Mello said.
He lost 14 pounds during the first hospital trip alone.
Mello said Chad is finally eating again and will make a full recovery. In fact, he will also be able to play contact sports again.
Mello said doctors credit his recovery to his good physical shape. He is 6 feet tall and a power hitter.
Chad's great attitude might have also had an impact on his recovery, she said.
"It could have been a lot worse," Mello said, adding that he drew inspiration from a friend with leukemia. "It could have been me (with leukemia). That is how I think about it."
Mello said she is very grateful the school recognized her son.
"We felt really appreciated that someone noticed all that we have been through and appreciate everything everyone has done for us, especially Dr. Azar for noticing that and awarding him," Mello said.
School Committee Chairwoman Eliza Couture noted that the recognition was well-deserved.
"He is a pretty remarkable young man," Couture said.


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MarketGauge provides the best value in software tools and training for the individual who is serious about succeeding as a day trader, swing trader, or active investor. Our products and services are uniquely applicable to traders seeking success in all markets conditions.
We are releasing a new online training product for traders. We need a visually exciting header of its name for a sales landing page and for the purchaser's Member Area.
The new product is called (and the header should read) The Opening Range Success Formula by MarketGauge. This new product is designed to teach traders how to improve their trading using a strategy based on what happens right after the market opens. The product consists of an online course in the opening range strategy plus an ongoing subscription to coaching and stock selection software tools.
MarketGauge creates and sells online courses and stock market scanning tools for part-time and full-time day, swing and position traders, as well as for active investors.
The new product you are creating a header for will be purchased by traders who are existing MarketGauge customers as well as by traders who have not purchased from us before.
Header should be 120 px high by 900 px long and read:
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The "by MarketGauge" part should modify the main header "The Opening Range Success Formula" and be smaller than it. (No quotes anywhere, obviously). "MarketGauge" should closely resemble the font of our logo where the word is in all caps. See logo at http://www.openingrange.com/opening…ainfo.aspx
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To see the row of blue tabs in the Member Area that your design must work with, please take a look at a header we rejected as being uninteresting and uninspiring. Go to http://www.openingrange.com/opening…ainfo.aspx
You will also see there our company logo...color elements of which (the red and green) could be used sparingly as accents in your design.
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Before they took the court and won bronze, they gathered in the locker room one final time. Each player on the U.S. women's volleyball took a turn to speak.
Jordan Larson told her teammates she loved them and would fight for every one of them.
Alisha Glass made sure they all knew there was nowhere she'd rather be now than right here in Rio.
Captain Christa Dietzen? She didn't need an Olympic medal. She already understood what this tight-knit team was all about, and she also knew it sure would be nice to wear one home as she heads into retirement and prepares to start a family. They thanked one another for the time and effort over four hard years.
Beach star Kerri Walsh Jennings sent a note of her own: Go get a bronze. Just as Walsh Jennings and April Ross did.
"I'm just really proud to be a part of this program," Larson said. "It's come a long way. I'm just really happy because there are a lot of good people who deserve this. A lot of people just gave their hearts and soul to this."
Player-turned-coach Karch Kiraly, the only person to win Olympic volleyball gold as a beach and indoor player, addressed each woman. He spoke of his admiration and acknowledged those players back home who didn't make the cut.
Just by stepping on the court Saturday, Foluke Akinradewo showed how this squad stuck together. She returned from an injury to her left leg that forced her out early in the semifinal loss to Serbia. The star middle blocker took charge as the top-ranked Americans bounced back two days later to beat the Netherlands 25-23, 25-27, 25-22, 25-19.
After Kim Hill's ace on match point, the U.S. women fell into an embrace. Kiraly hugged his coaches and brought the women into a huddle for one last cheer.
"In a way, selfishly, I wanted a gold medal to almost prove the way this culture is, or the way the culture has grown and the foundation that we've built, almost to prove it right — that the way we did it was right," Dietzen said. "A medal's not going to prove that. A medal doesn't define this team. It will never define this team."
Reserve setter Courtney Thompson, the Americans' inspirational motivator, joined Dietzen in announcing immediately after the match that her volleyball days are done. Then they joked about meeting for a crack-of-dawn spin class later in the week.
"I have a whole new respect for everyone that wins a bronze medal," Thompson said. "It's not easy, 48 hours later."
This group leaves the Olympics again without the big prize. The last three games went this way: Beijing 2008, silver; London 2012, silver; and Rio de Janeiro 2016, bronze.
"Our team dealt with some real pain and heartache, heartbreak, a couple of days ago," said Kiraly, who thanked Walsh Jennings for her gesture. "I'm incredibly proud of how within hours they were preparing, carrying that heartbreak, but preparing to be good and to finish strong. I also never had any understanding of how good a bronze medal could feel, and it feels incredible right now. We're so happy to finish this tournament on this note."
The Netherlands shined, playing in its first Olympics since the 1996 Atlanta Games. The Dutch pushed the U.S. to five sets in pool play on Aug. 8 and put women's volleyball on the map at home with a gutsy, never-give-up style.
Now, the Americans are left to try again in Tokyo 2020 for the program's first gold, with certain new leaders emerging to guide that run: Hill, Kelsey Robinson, Kayla Banwarth.
Thompson and Carli Lloyd wrapped themselves together with an American flag. Banwarth lifted the Stars and Stripes above her head.
These women will look to build on this even if it wasn't the result they planned for all along. Still, it was far better than departing South America empty-handed.
"There's been a lot of tears the past couple days," Hill said. "And not just tears of sadness before this match, tears of gratitude and just joy at this experience these past four years, in this tournament and being with this group of people, this special group. It's been such an amazing ride."
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Dust off those party clothes and dig out that crazy hat. It's the time of year when folks in our part of Virginia get together to celebrate in the fresh air and sunshine.
If you're looking to socialize and depressurize, you're in luck. Festivals devoted to wine, beer, jazz, New Orleans music, art, Greek food, strawberries, maritime heritage, pirates and patriotism will be unfolding not too far from your front door.
Cause for celebration? We've got dozens of them.
Here's your guide to spring and early summer festivals across Hampton Roads.
When: Sunday, April 28, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Where: 28th Bay and Hammock Lane, East Beach, Norfolk
Details: It's the 5th Annual East Beach Art, Jazz and Wine Festival on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. The art show features more than 50 artists with original local and regional art for sale including pottery, painting, photography, jewelry, hand-blown glass, hand-turned wood and drawings. The festival also includes live music. As part of the fun, adults can also enjoy a wine and beer tasting festival.
Admission: Tickets for the tasting are $20 per person and can be purchased on site.
Information: eastbeachnorfolk.com
When: Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: Newport News Park, Newport News
Details: Children ages 2-12 can enjoy more than 100 free hands-on activities, costumed characters and free children's rides. Food vendors will be on site. Attendance at this event can be as large as 10,000, organizers say.
Admission: Activities and admission is free, but a $5-per-car parking fee will be charged.
Information: Nngov.com/parks-and-recreation
When: Saturday, May 4, noon-5 p.m.
Where: The Mariners' Museum, Newport News
Details: The Mariners' Craft Beer Festival is a follow-up to The Mariners' fall Battle of the Beers. The event features two to three selections from 11 local, regional and national craft beer breweries. Breweries represented include Heavy Seas, O'Conners, Alewerks, Bold Rock, Starr Hill, Goose Island, St. George, Legend, New Belgium, Smart Mouth and Devil's Backbone. Live music will be provided by the Esoteric Ramblers and Speakeasy. Also, Devil's Backbone will hold the Hampton Roads launch of its Striped Bass Ale, and craft brewers will conduct question and answer sessions.
Admission: Tickets are $30, $35 at the door, and include up to 20 tastings, a souvenir glass and admission to the museum for the day.
Information: http://www.marinersmuseum.org/beerfest
When: Saturday, May 4, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Where: Yorktown waterfront, The Watermen's Museum, 309 Water Street, Yorktown.
Details: Join the swashbuckling excitement for a day of pirate-related events for the whole family. The festival includes a mock trial, a pirate assault on the beach, folk music and cannon blasts.
Admission: Free
Information: www.watermens.org, 757-887-2641
When: Saturday, May 4, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg
Details: Event includes a silent auction, reception featuring Virginia wines, a live auction of lots of world-class wines, and ending with a televised viewing of the Kentucky Derby. Proceeds benefit the museum programs.
Admission: Tickets $100 and up. Limited to 300 guests.
Information: 757-221-2717 or http://www.wm.edu/muscarelle/wineauction
When: Saturday-Sunday, May 4-5, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where: Town Point Park, Norfolk
Details: Norfolk Festevents brings 25 of the best wineries from across Virginia to Town Point Park for two days of sampling and socializing. The event has been expanded to two days for 2013.
Admission: Saturday tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the gate; Sunday tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the gate. Non-tasting tickets are $20 on Saturday and $15 on Sunday.
When: Saturday, May 11, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Where: Buckroe Beach Park, Hampton
Details: This third edition of the all-day reggae music festival will include performances by Jahworks, United Souls Band, Session Rockers, Antero, Tonahope, Destined Nation and Machet. Food and art vendors will be offering their wares at this family-friendly festival.
Admission: Free
Details: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Buckroe-Beach-Reggae-Fest/159775274047930(757), 277-3966
When: Thursday-Sunday, May 16-19. 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday; noon to 7 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Grounds of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 7220 Granby St., Norfolk.
Details: The annual event includes food and wine, entertainment, arts and crafts, a cooking school, and a drive-through. The festival will be serving Greek salad, fried calamari, shish kabob, moussaka, chicken lathoregano, spanakopita, pastitsio, stuffed grape leaves, and Greek-style French fries. Greek pastries and breads also will be available, including galaktoboureko and loukoumades.
Information: 757-640-0500 or http://www.norfolkgreekfestival.com
When: Thursday-Sunday, May 16-19. 6-10 p.m. Thursday; 5-10 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday; noon-7 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Chesapeake City Park, Chesapeake
Details: Carnival rides by Amusements of America; concerts by the Wailers, the Romantics and Montgomery Gentry; a barbecue cook-off; and Saturday night fireworks are part of the fun. Food vendors, arts and crafts and children's activities will also be featured.
Admission: General admission is $3. On-site parking is $5.
Information: Chesapeakejubilee.org
When: Saturday, May 18, noon to 5 p.m.
Where: Neptune's Park, 31st Street along the Virginia Beach Oceanfront
Details: The event will feature wines from France, Chile, New Zealand, Italy, Australia, Germany, Spain and Argentina. Also returning this year is Chatham Vineyards from Virginia's Eastern Shore with its Steel Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc varieties of King Neptune's Private Reserve label. Gourmet food samplings and other specialty products for sale plus music by Lewis McGehee and Rock Star Parking.
Admission: $30 in advance, $35 at the gate.
Information: 757-498-0215 or http://www.NeptuneFestival.com
When: Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Stockley Gardens, Norfolk, between Redgate Avenue and West Olney Road
Details: All day Saturday and Sunday, about 150 artists exhibit a wide variety of media, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, photography and others. In addition, there are children's activities, live musical entertainment and food vendors from across the region. It all happens outdoors at Stockley Gardens park in Norfolk's Ghent neighborhood.
Admission: Free
Information: hope-house.org
When: Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19, 2-6 p.m.
Where: Town Point Park, Norfolk
Details: A full day of beer, friends and fun along the Norfolk waterfront. Folks who attend will sample beers from around the world. More than 125 taps will be featured as well as live music and food. The festival is presented in partnership with the Virginia Arts Festival.
Admission: Tasting tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of. Admission for non-tasters is $15. To reserve tables, call 757-282-2822 by Monday, May 13.
Information: http://www.vafest.org
When: Sunday, May 19, 7 p.m.
Where: Hampton Roads Convention Center, 1610 Coliseum Drive, Hampton
Details: This year's theme is "Vegas Style — What happens at Bartender's Ball stays at Bartender's Ball 2013." Heavy hors d'oeuvres, open bar and live entertainment by The DeLoreans. The ball started in 1991, took a six-year hiatus and returned in 2011. Over the years, the Hampton Roads Charitable Fund has donated more than $500,000 to many local and national charities.
Admission: $75
Information: http://www.bartendersballhr.com
When: Thursday, May 23, 7-10 p.m.
Where: Virginia Aquarium, 717 General Booth Blvd., Virginia Beach.
Details: This annual event highlights fresh, regionally-sourced, sustainable samplings from more than 15 restaurant partners. Local beer and wines will be featured. Guests can learn about regional efforts focused on restoration, sustainability and environmental stewardship at educational booths provided by participants such as Buy Fresh Buy Local Hampton Roads, Lynnhaven River NOW, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and Virginia Marine Products Board.
Tickets: $40 aquarium members, $45 non-members, online or at the door.
Information: 757-385-0262 or http://www.virginiaaquarium.com
When: Saturday-Sunday, May 25-26, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Pungo community of Virginia Beach, 1776 Princess Anne Road
Details: Taste strawberries prepared 50 different ways, enjoy entertainment on three stages and see a parade on Saturday. Also featured: a carnival, livestock show, arts and crafts. No pets allowed. Organizers expect a crowd of up to 120,000.
Admission: Free, but a $5-per-day parking charge will be collected.
Information: 757-721-6001 or Pungostrawberryfestival.info
When: Thursday-Sunday, May 30-June 2. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 60 Traverse Road, Newport News
Details: Authentic Greek food, a large arts, craft and jewelry marketplace, pastries, and Greek music and dance make this one of the largest and most popular ethnic celebrations in the region.
Admission: Free
Information: 596-6151 or Newportnewsgreekfestival.org
When: Friday-Sunday, May 31-June 2. 6-9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday
Where: Hampton History Museum, 120 Old Hampton Lane, Hampton
Details: A weekend of steampunk-related art and music. The Friday opening ceremony will feature music from Uglyography and The Framers as well as dance from Wicked Hips Bellydance.
Admission: Exhibit admission is free, but Friday's opening event requires a $5 admission.
Details: www.hamptonhistorymuseum.org, 727-1610
When: Friday-Sunday, May 31-June 2. 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Downtown Hampton
Details: Pillage and plunder your way through the seaport of Hampton when the 14th Annual Hampton Blackbeard Pirate Festival returns for another year of swashbuckling fun. The festival celebrates Hampton's maritime heritage by commemorating the demise of Captain Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard the Pirate. As many as 50,000 people are expected to visit Hampton to enjoy pirate re-enactors, children's activities, Caribbean food, craft vendors, live music and fireworks over the Hampton River on Saturday night.
Admission: Free, but tickets are required for the Grand Pirates Ball on Friday night. Those are $35 in advance and $40 at the door.
Information: http://www.hampton.gov/parks/blackbeard, 757-727-1102
When: Friday-Sunday, May 31-June 2. Gates open, 11 a.m. Friday-Sunday for air shows. Gates open 5 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday for concerts.
Where: Virginia Beach oceanfront
Details: Air shows from noon to 3 p.m. daily at the center stage at 15th Street as an AV-8B Harrier II gives a tactical demonstration and parachute teams, aerobatic experts, and the Geico Skytypers entertain. Concerts by Little Big Town and Hunter Hayes at 7 p.m. Friday, May 31; Darius Rucker and Justin Moore at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 1; and Steel Pulse at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 2. Musical performances will take place at 5th Street.
Admission: General admission is free but VIP tickets are on sale.
Information: http://www.patrioticfestival.com
When: Saturday, June 1, noon-5 p.m.
Where: King-Lincoln Park, 600 Jefferson Ave., Newport News.
Details: Music, free children's activities and community exhibits will contribute to a fun day in the park. Food vendors will be on hand.
Admission: Free.
Information: www.nngov.com/parks-and-recreation/festivals.
When: Thursday-Sunday, June 6-9. noon-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Town Point Park, downtown Norfolk
Details: For four days, the downtown Norfolk waterfront transforms into a playground for people of all ages. Harborfest includes tall ships and the Parade of Sail, the largest fireworks show on the East Coast, local, regional and national entertainment, family fun, water activities and much more. Musical headliners include O.A.R., Eddie Money and Rusted Root.
Admission: Free
Information: Festevents.org
When: Saturday, June 8, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Where: Lee Hall Mansion, 163 Yorktown Road, Newport News
Details: This annual festival on the mansion grounds features Virginia's best wineries, food, live music and craft vendors. Built between 1851 and 1859, Lee Hall Mansion is one of the last remaining antebellum homes on the Virginia Peninsula.
Admission: $20 in advance, $25 at the gate, $10 non-tasting tickets.
Information: 757-888-3371 or http://www.leehall.org
When: Thursday-Sunday, June 13-16. Noon-8 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Virginia Beach oceanfront
Details: Arrayed along the Virginia Beach boardwalk between 20th and 32nd streets, this show typically draws more than 200,000 people, organizers say. The event will feature 270 artist booths as well as live entertainment, food and beverages vendors and family activities.
Admission: Free
When: Thursday-Sunday, June 13-16. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Sunday.
Where: Watermen's Museum, Yorktown
Details: Join the Watermen's Museum and the U.S. Coast Guard in remembering the taking of the U.S. revenue cutter Surveyor by British forces during the War of 1812. Ship tours, living history demonstrations, food and entertainment.
Admission: Free
Information: http://www.watermens.org or 757-887-2641
When: Thursday-Sunday, June 20-23. 7-10 p.m. Thursday; noon-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday; noon-6 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Town Point Park, downtown Norfolk
Details: Norfolk's annual "second line" with New Orleans' spirit and culture takes place along the Norfolk waterfront. The festival seeks to recreate the best of Louisiana. Two stages featuring national recording artists provide musical entertainment for the weekend. Performers include North Mississippi Allstars, Terrance Simien, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas and the Rebirth Brass Band. Arts and crafts and authentic food will also be part of the fun.
Admission: Thursday and early Friday admission is free, but Friday night through Sunday requires paid admission. A three-day ticket is $20. Single day admission is $10.
When: Friday-Sunday, June 28-30. 7:30 p.m. Friday; 7 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Hampton Coliseum
Details: Friday's show features Gladys Knight and The O'Jays, KEM and Leela James. Saturday's edition will include Heads of State featuring Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant as well as Fantasia, George Benson and local favorites Forte Jazz Band featuring Brian Pinner. On Sunday, the festival concludes with sets from Jill Scott, and the trio of Tyrese, Ginuwine and Tank as well as a jazzy supergroup made up of Bob James, David Sanborn, Steve Gadd and James Genus. Hometown performer Karla Crump will round out that bill.
Admission: $58.50 per seat, per day from the Coliseum box office and Ticketmaster.
Information: http://www.hamptonjazzfestival.com or 838-4203
When: Friday, July 12, 5-9 p.m.
Where: Town Point Park, downtown Norfolk
Details: The Summer BrewFest, sponsored by AT&T, will help folks end the work week with an extended happy hour and live music performed by Major and the Monbacks. Sample a variety of summer beers from local, regional, national and international brewers.
Admission: Free, but beer sampling tickets will be on sale.
When: Friday-Sunday, July 19-21. 5-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 1-6 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Town Point Park, downtown Norfolk
Details: A third day has been added to this annual musical celebration. Friday's edition will feature Kirk Whalum, Norman Brown and Rick Braun. Saturday's headliners are Jonathan Butler, Sheila E and Elan Trotman. On Sunday, the event will present The Jae Sinnett Trio and Stanley Jordan. Scope is the rain site for the festival.
Admission: A three-day general admission ticket is $49. Three-day reserved seating is $69. Individual day general admission tickets are $28 for Friday and Saturday, $20 for Sunday.
When: Friday-Sunday, July 26-28. 6-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 4-8 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Town Point Park, downtown Norfolk
Details: Virginia Stage Company presents performances of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" featuring large-scale puppetry created by VSC with Donovan Zimmerman, co-founder of the Paperhand Puppet Intervention, and music composed by Jake Hull.
Admission: General Admission, $10 adults, $5 children 12 and under; Gallery Bleacher Seats, $12 adults, $7 children 12 and under; reserved box seating, $20 adults, $15 children 12 and under.


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Michelle Williams delivers the essence of Marilyn Monroe in this romantic reminiscence of the time the actress made The Prince and the Showgirl with Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) in 1956. It's based on the story of a young assistant (Eddie Redmayne) who escorted Marilyn Monroe around and fell for her, and while it seems idealized, it glitters.
Starring: Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne
Rating: Three and a half stars out of five
First love, someone says in the winning (if unlikely) reminiscence My Week With Marilyn, is a sweet despair. That's true, whether the object of one's affections is the girl next door or Marilyn Monroe.
It's both in this slight and likable fable -- based on a true story, or so it says -- that is set in London in 1956, as Marilyn is about to make the film The Prince and the Showgirl with Sir Laurence Olivier. It will turn out to be a clash of cultures: the Hollywood sex goddess and the Shakespearean stage icon never meshed, and they made a mediocre movie in the end. However, a young third assistant director (showbiz slang for "gofer") was around to escort Miss Monroe, fall in love with her, and conveniently overhear just about every confession made by the principals who felt they were being "devoured" by her (Monroe's new husband, Arthur Miller), worried that they were "dead behind these eyes" (Olivier) or were just looking for someone who would love her "like a regular girl" (guess who).
The result is a combination of romantic comedy, backstage gossip and, at the centre, a wonderfully detailed performance by Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe. Padded into something that only approaches the blond voluptuousness of the real thing, Williams captures her in the shy smiles and bewildered breakdowns that comprise her interaction with the outside world. Breathy, vulnerable, self-absorbed, lost, manipulative, childish and irresistible, she is a child who is being crushed by someone named "Marilyn Monroe."
Marilyn takes over the movie, but she starts as a bit player in the drama of Colin Clark (a likable turn by Eddie Redmayne), a young Oxford graduate seeking to make his way in the world. He ends up "running away with the circus," and joining the production company of Olivier (Kenneth Branagh), who is just about to direct and co-star in a light comedy with the American bombshell who had the reputation for being impossible.
Marilyn proves to be just that, impossible, as she arrives on the set with her personal coach Paula Strasberg (who, in Zoe Wanamaker's purposely irksome performance, was the biggest yenta in all of Method acting), and then hiding in her dressing room, afraid that she can't discover the "truth" in her character. She finds sympathy among some members of the troupe -- Dame Sybil Thorndike (the commanding Judi Dench) is grace itself -- but Olivier is soon at his wit's end. "Trying to teach Marilyn to act," he says at one point, "is like teaching Urdu to a badger."
The line trips easily off the tongue for Branagh, who looks little like Olivier, but manages to capture enough of his essence: one believes in the way he slides into Shakespearean quotation at moments of high stress ("Farewell to the tranquil mind. Farewell content") because Branagh himself seems like he would do much the same. It's a performance that is calibrated, like Olivier's in The Prince and the Showgirl, to play off against the curvaceous eroticism of his co-star.
Clark, who died in 2002, wrote two memoirs: the first was about the months making the movie and the second told about the special week that he spent with the star. In My Week With Marilyn, he develops a crush on a pretty wardrobe girl (Emma Watson), but soon abandons her for the glittery charms of Marilyn, who seizes upon him when Miller (Dougray Scott, hammering on the one note of "tortured writer") flees to New York City so he can write. Colin and Marilyn become close, and although we see how Marilyn can seduce and cast aside various amenable men with what Olivier calls her "little-girl-lost" routine, he is smitten. He is 23 years old, and Marilyn is not only the most famous woman in the world, she is the consensus choice as sexiest.
This framing story of a young man's crush on an unattainable celebrity -- unattainable not because she is so distant, but because she is so available -- seems flimsy in the presence of so much star power. As in real life, Marilyn Monroe extracts all the air from the room, and director Simon Curtis surrenders to her luminescence. This is a showcase performance and Williams gets it all: the walk, the voice, the soft eyes, the whole candle-in-the-wind thing. She doesn't look entirely like Marilyn Monroe, but she is so persuasive that you end up, as so many did, falling in love with the image.
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Skip to comments.Full Transcript of NBC Dateline report on Juanita Broaddrick (plus fax to Hillary asking for help)
Posted on 01/28/2008 4:51:35 PM PST by doug from upland
NOTE: if any of you have a few moments, please send a message to Hillary asking her to help solve the crime. Before the election, millions of young airhead women need to know about the real record of Bill and Hillary.
Full Transcript of NBC Dateline report on Juanita Broaddrick
She became known as Jane Doe Number 5. Her story was well known to independent counsel Ken Starr, to House impeachment managers, to Washington insiders and Capitol Hill reporters. A month ago, she gave an interview to NBC News correspondent Lisa Myers. Since then NBC News has been carefully investigating this story combing through state records, court documents and newspapers, cross-checking dates and events, talking to more than 80 people, and repeatedly requesting information from the White House.
LAST WEEK, as NBC News continued its investigation, Jane Doe Number 5 went public with her extraordinary allegation that she was sexually assaulted by Bill Clinton 21 years ago. To some this is an old and unprovable accusation that should never have been circulated to begin with. To others its a story that must be told. Is she to be believed? Or is Jane Doe Number 5 the latest weapon in a relentless political war against Bill Clinton?
Juanita Broaddrick: Its important to me to tell what happened. I dont know how people are going to take this. I dont know what theyre going to think after all these years and months why Ive come forward.
Jane Doe Number 5 is 56-year-old Juanita Broaddrick, a successful businesswoman who has been the subject of intense political and media speculation. Rumors about Broaddricks story have been floating around Arkansas and Washington for years, known to both Clinton haters and supporters.
Broaddrick was pulled into the Paula Jones case, she met with investigators for the House Judiciary Committee and was interviewed by Ken Starrs investigators. And though what she told Starr remains sealed it was seen by 40 members of Congress before the impeachment vote in the House. Later House Republican Whip Tom Delay publicly urged senators to find out what Jane Doe Number 5 had to say before deciding the fate of the president.
As the whispers about her grew, Broaddrick found herself hounded by the media and she says she was the subject of gossip and half truths on the Internet and in the tabloids.
Juanita Broaddrick: All these stories are floating around. Different stories of what really happened, of what people think happened and I was tired of everybody putting their own spin on it.
The Broaddrick story became public last week, and since then her story has appeared in print, on radio and TV.
But much of what you may have read or heard is incomplete. While NBC News was investigating this story and seeking comment from the White House, our work became the subject of much speculation.
Tonight, youll see what we were able to learn and youll hear from Juanita Broaddrick herself a woman who remained silent for two decades and who admits she has lied under oath about this story in the past but now says she wants to tell the truth.
Juanita Broaddricks story begins in 1978 she was a registered nurse who had started her own nursing home in Van Buren, Arkansas.
Bill Clinton was the state attorney general who was running for governor:
Juanita Broaddrick: I thought he was just something that was gonna be really good for Arkansas. Thought he was a very charismatic man, that had bright ideas for our state I just really liked him.
Broaddrick, whose married name at the time was Juanita Hickey, says she was so impressed with Clinton she volunteered to hand out bumper stickers and signs her first and only political campaign. Broaddrick says she met Clinton for the first time when he made a campaign stop at her nursing home in the spring of 1978.
Juanita Broaddrick: While he was there visiting, he said If youre ever in the, ah you know, Little Rock area, please drop by our campaign office, and he said be sure to call me when you come in and call down to the campaign office.
Broaddrick says not long after that conversation she did go to Little Rock for a nursing home meeting held at the Camelot Hotel now the Doubletree. She says she checked into the hotel and the next morning called Clinton campaign headquarters. She says she was told Clinton was at his apartment and to call him there.
Juanita Broaddrick: I did call and ask him if he was gonna be at the headquarters that day and he said no he didnt plan to be there. He says, Clinton said, Why dont I just meet you for coffee in the Camelot coffee shop?
But Broaddrick says Clinton called later she thinks it was around 9 in the morning and asked if they could meet in her hotel room because there were reporters in the coffee shop.
Lisa Myers: Did you think his interest in you at the time was personal or professional?
Juanita Broaddrick: I thought it was professional, completely.
Myers: So you thought this was going to be a business meeting?
Broaddrick: Yes I did, I really did.
Myers: Did you have qualms at all about him coming to the room?
Broaddrick: I was a little bit uneasy. But, I felt, ah, a real friendship toward this man and I didnt really feel any, um any danger in him coming to my room. I sort of ushered us over to the coffee I had coffee sitting on a little table over there by the window and it was a real pretty window view that looked down at the river. And he came around me and sort of put his arm over my shoulder to point to this little building and he said he was real interested if he became governor to restore that little building and then all of a sudden, he turned me around and started kissing me. And that was a real shock.
Myers: What did you do?
Broaddrick: I first pushed him away and just told him No, please dont do that, and I forget, its been 21 years, Lisa, and I forget exactly what he was saying. It seems like he was making statements that would relate to Did you not know why I was coming up here? and I told him at the time, I said, Im married, and I have other things going on in my life, and this is something that Im not interested in.
Myers: Had you, that morning, or any other time, given him any reason to believe you might be receptive?
Broaddrick: No. None. None whatsoever.
Myers: Then what happens?
Broaddrick: Then he tries to kiss me again. And the second time he tries to kiss me he starts biting my lip (she cries). Just a minute... He starts to, um, bite on my top lip and I tried to pull away from him. (crying) And then he forces me down on the bed. And I just was very frightened, and I tried to get away from him and I told him No, that I didnt want this to happen (crying) but he wouldnt listen to me.
Myers: Did you resist, did you tell him to stop?
Broaddrick: Yes, I told him Please dont. He was such a different person at that moment, he was just a vicious awful person.
Myers: You said there was a point at which you stopped resisting?
Broaddrick: Yeah.
Myers: Why?
Broaddrick: It was a real panicky, panicky situation. I was even to the point where I was getting very noisy, you know, yelling to Please stop. And thats when he pressed down on my right shoulder and he would bite my lip.
Broaddrick also says the waist of her skirt and her pantyhose were torn.
Juanita Broaddrick: When everything was over with, he got up and straightened himself, and I was crying at the moment and he walks to the door, and calmly puts on his sunglasses. And before he goes out the door he says You better get some ice on that. And he turned and went out the door.
Myers: On your lip?
Broaddrick: Yeah.
Broaddrick estimates Clinton was in her room less than 30 minutes.
Myers: Is there any way at all that Bill Clinton could have thought that this was consensual?
Broaddrick: No. Not with what I told him, and with how I tried to push him away. It was not consensual.
Myers: Youre saying that Bill Clinton sexually assaulted you, that he raped you.
Broaddrick: Yes.
Myers: And there is no doubt in your mind that thats what happened?
Broaddrick: No doubt whatsoever.
While the president and his lawyer declined to be interviewed on camera, through his lawyer the president did issue a statement saying any allegation he assaulted Broaddrick is absolutely false and when asked about it Wednesday the president said he had nothing to add to that statement.
Its important to note and Broaddrick concedes that aside from her, there are no witnesses and as far as we know, no one saw Clinton enter or leave Broaddricks room, or even the hotel. She took no photos, kept no evidence and the hotel has no records to confirm that she stayed there. However, Broaddrick does have a friend who backs up her story.
Norma Kelsey did not want to be interviewed on camera. However she told us she did accompany Broaddrick on that business trip to Little Rock they even shared a hotel room. Norma says when she left that morning Broaddrick told her she was planning to see Clinton. But Norma says when she called around lunchtime, Broaddrick was upset and crying so she returned to the room.
Juanita Broaddrick: Well, I was very emotional within an hour or so after it happened and then by the time Norma got back my whole top lip was turned out, was very swollen and very ugly looking.
Norma also says that Broaddricks lip and mouth were badly swollen, that her pantyhose had been ripped off and she says Broaddrick told her she had been sexually assaulted by Clinton.
Myers: Did you feel any internal injuries?
Broaddrick: Of course. I felt, I felt, just the whole thing you can imagine of being violated. I felt, of course there was pain.
Myers: Did you consider going to a doctor?
Broaddrick: No. Not at all. I just wanted to get home. I just, ah, I wanted it to all go away. I wanted to just walk outta there and forget that it had never happened, because I felt very responsible that I had allowed him to come to my room.
Broaddrick says she decided to leave the hotel immediately without going to the nursing home meeting. She says after Norma helped ice her lip, the two of them left Little Rock and drove more than two hours back to Van Buren.
Juanita Broaddrick: We were still in shock, Lisa, over what had happened It was like this is a horrible thing and Im gonna wake up in a minute and this is not going to be true.
Norma told us on the drive back, Broaddrick was very, very upset and in shock and says Broaddrick blamed herself for letting Clinton in her room. And Broaddrick says she never considered going to the police especially since Clinton was the Arkansas attorney general at the time.
Myers: The question everyone is going to ask is Juanita, why didnt you report this 21 years ago?
Broaddrick: I didnt think anyone would believe me in the world.
If Juanita Broaddrick ever wanted to press charges against Bill Clinton, its too late. The statute of limitations in Arkansas is six years.
If something did happen in that hotel room, who else knew about it? NBC News spent four weeks trying to confirm as many details as possible.
Lisa Myers: Did you tell your husband when you got home?
Juanita Broaddrick: No, my husband never knew.
Juanita Broaddrick says that at the time of the alleged sexual assault her marriage was on the rocks. She says she never told her husband, Gary Hickey, about the alleged incident and told him the swollen lip was the result of an accident. Hickey tells NBC News he doesnt recall either the injury or her explanation. At the time, she was having an affair with the man who would become her second husband David Broaddrick to whom shes been married 18 years. She says she saw David and told him what happened soon after she returned home.
Myers: Did she have any visible injuries?
David Broaddrick: Yes. She, uh, her top lip was black.
Myers: As best you can remember, what did she tell you?
David Broaddrick: Uh, like I said, I dont remember the words but that she had been raped by Bill Clinton.
Myers: Other than her lip, did she have any injuries?
David Broaddrick: Just mentally she was in bad shape.
Juanita Broaddrick also says her affair with David made her even more reluctant to report the incident:
Juanita Broaddrick: I dont think I would have been real honorable back then in the 70s to have been married and having this affair. I just didnt think anyone would have believed me.
So who else did Broaddrick talk to?
Three of her friends tell NBC News she told them about the alleged incident at the time: Susan Lewis...
Susan Lewis: It was very traumatic for her.
Louise Ma...
Myers: Did you urge her to report it?
Louise Ma: No.
Myers: Why not?
Louise Ma: Because women were made victims at the time. And you know what the courts were like in that time period. It was always the womans fault.
And Jean Darden, the sister of Norma Kelsey, the woman who says she saw Juanita at the hotel. Both admit they have a serious reason not to like Bill Clinton in 1981 as governor, Clinton commuted the life sentence of their fathers killer, making him eligible for parole.
The stories her friends tell from 20 years ago are consistent and Broaddrick herself says she recalls many details. For instance, the outfit she was wearing, the hotel room furnishings, and the time of year spring. However, there is one important thing she does not remember when the alleged incident happened: not the date, not even the month.
Lisa Myers: Some people would say, how can you not remember the specific date of an event as traumatic as this?
Juanita Broaddrick: I really dont have an answer for that except to say I remember the approximate time of year. I probably should remember the date, although its something I wanted to forget.
So NBC News tried to figure out the date of the alleged assault.
Broaddrick gave us access to all the business and personal records she says she could find. We also checked public records, nursing home records and convention schedules.
And indeed there was a nursing home meeting at the Camelot Hotel in Little Rock on April 25, 1978. Further, state records show Broaddrick got credit for a nursing home seminar that was held that day, April 25.
So was Bill Clinton even in Little Rock on April 25, 1978? Despite our repeated requests, the White House would not answer that question and declined to release any information about his schedule.
So we checked 45 Arkansas newspapers and talked to a dozen former Clinton staffers. We found no evidence that Clinton had any public appearances on the morning in question. Articles in Arkansas newspapers suggest he was in Little Rock that day.
And remember the little building Broaddrick says Clinton pointed to just before the alleged assault in the hotel room? We checked that too, and in fact the Pulaski County jail was visible from rooms facing the river. It has since been demolished.
But what happened after the alleged assault? It turns out, just three weeks later Broaddrick actually attended a Clinton fundraiser with her first husband.
Myers: Some people would wonder why you would go to a fundraiser for someone who you say sexually assaulted you. Couldnt you have said you were sick or gotten out of it?
Broaddrick: I think I was still in denial that time exactly what had happened to me. I still felt very guilty at that time that it was my fault. By letting him come to the room I had given him the wrong idea and just shut up and accept your punishment and dont ever do it again.
Broaddrick also told us Clinton called her a half dozen times at the nursing home. She says he got through once and asked her when she was coming back to Little Rock. Her response, she says, Im not.
Then in 1979, a year after the alleged assault, Broaddrick was named by Clinton to a non-paying position on a state advisory board.
Myers: Did you have reservations about accepting any appointment by Governor Clinton?
Broaddrick: Yes, but I had more or less said to the association that I would do this before I knew it was a governor appointing job. When I agreed to do it I had no idea it was an appointment.
Over the years, Broaddrick said she had business dealings with the governors office but not Clinton personally. In 1984, she received a letter signed by Clinton after her nursing home was named one of the states best facilities. At the bottom, there is a handwritten note that says, I admire you very much. A routine political thank you? She interprets it as a thank you for her silence.
In 1990, Clinton honored one of the patients at the nursing home, but Broaddrick says she wasnt there, and didnt learn of the visit until after the fact.
Broaddrick says she had no face-to-face contact with Clinton until 1991, when she attended a meeting in Little Rock with two friends. They all say it was a nursing home meeting but none can remember the date, nor do they have any records so we cant confirm it. Broaddrick does remember that she was suddenly called out of the meeting, and, she says, to her surprise, there was Bill Clinton in the hallway. One friend says she saw them talking:
Broaddrick: And he immediately began this profuse apology, saying, Juanita, Im so sorry for what I did. Im not the man that I used to be, can you ever forgive me? What can I do to make this up to you? And Im standing there in absolute shock. And I told him to go to hell, and I walked off.
But Broaddrick remained silent when she learned soon after that Clinton was making a bid for the Oval Office.
Myers: Here the man is running for president, doesnt the country have a right to know this?
Broaddrick: Yes, and thats what I got to thinking about David and I talked about it. We talked about it, and I cried about it. It brought up a lot of hurt, and a lot of things that Id buried years ago. And then we just decided it wouldnt be in our best interest to do it. So we decided not to.
In fact, Clintons political opponents say she rebuffed their efforts to get her to come forward before the 1992 election. After she turned them down, one of the men suggested she had been paid off.
Myers: Did you receive any payoff to stay silent?
Broaddrick: Oh goodness, no. I mean how could anyone be bribed or paid-off for, for something that, to not say anything about something that horrible?
Myers: Did Bill Clinton or anyone near him ever threaten you, try to intimidate you, do anything to keep you silent?
Broaddrick: No.
Myers: This has been strictly your choice.
Broaddrick: Yes.
Broaddrick says she was determined to keep the incident quiet.
But in 1997, her hand was forced when she was subpoenaed by Paula Jones lawyers.
She filed an affidavit in that case under oath as Jane Doe 5 denying any unwelcome sexual advances by Clinton. She said These allegations are untrue, and there is no truth to the rumors.
Broaddrick: I didnt want to be forced to testify about one of the most horrific events in my life. I didnt want to go through it again.
She later told the same story, denying the assault, in a sworn deposition in the Jones case.
Myers: Last March another woman comes forward, Kathleen Willey, accuses the president of unwanted sexual advances why didnt you come forward?
Broaddrick: Well Lisa, I would get up in the morning and I would think: its the thing to do. Then by nighttime I would think that could bring no good whatsoever to my life. And Im sorry for these women. Im sorry for what they went through, but I just wasnt brave enough to do it. Theres nothing else to say.
But she changed her mind and changed her story, when Independent Counsel Ken Starrs office approached her last April investigating wrong-doing in the Jones case.
Broaddrick says she feared lying to a federal grand jury, and once Starr granted her immunity from prosecution for perjury she agreed to come forward with details of her allegations against Clinton.
But Starr did not pursue the allegations further because he was investigating obstruction of justice charges against the president. Broaddrick never alleged any obstruction said the president neverurged her to lie so Starr didnt pursue the allegations any further.
Finally, after months of contact with us, Broadderick decided to speak to NBC News, on Jan. 20, in the middle of the Senate impeachment trial.
Myers: Then why now Juanita?
Broaddrick: (Very emotional) I just couldnt hold it in any longer. I didnt want [my] granddaughters and nieces, when theyre 21 years old to turn to me and say, Why didnt you tell what this man did to you? We repeatedly asked the White House what it knew about Juanita Broaddrick about her character or possible motivation. We got no response.
We checked with local and federal law enforcement officials, who told us shes a solid citizen with no criminal record and that they take her allegations very seriously.
Broaddrick knows that some people have suggested her injuries 21 years ago were inflicted not by Clinton, but by her first husband, Gary Hickey.
Divorce papers obtained by NBC News show that one year after the alleged assault by Clinton, Juanita and Hickey had an altercation. She says Hickey struck her in the mouth. He told NBC News it was an accident. Broaddrick says that is the only time her husband hit her, and there are no records of any earlier incident.
Could Broaddrick have a financial motive is she hoping to cash in? She says she and her husband are financially comfortable, have turned down any offer to tell her story for money, and have no plans for anything else.
Myers: No book deal?
Broaddrick: No book deal.
Myers: No lawsuit?
Broaddrick: Absolutely not. I dont want to sue Bill Clinton and I do not want to write a book.
Finally, did Broaddrick have any other motivation for going public now with her allegations? Were politics behind the decision? Broaddricks personal attorney is a Republican state senator in Arkansas, but he says he did not know she decided to go public until she talked to NBC. Broaddrick says she is not registered with any political party and the Broadrricks say they have donated money to both Republican and Democratic candidates.
Myers: What is the purpose? Do you want to destroy the president?
Broaddrick: No, I dont want to do anything. I do not have an agenda. I want to put all these rumors to rest. I buried this a long time ago, Lisa, and the only thing Im trying to do now is clear up all these stories.
But after all this time, how does Juanita Broaddrick feel about Bill Clinton?
Broaddrick: I couldnt say it on the air. My hatred for him is overwhelming.
Overwhelming enough to invent a story, to distort a memory, all to destroy a presidency? Absolutely not, she says.
Myers: Twenty years after it happened, having never reported it to authorities, after signing an affidavit denying anything ever happened, now you come forward. You understand how skeptical people may be?
Broaddrick: Certainly I can. But I was also afraid what would happen to me if I came forward. I was afraid that I would be destroyed like so many of the other women have been.
Myers: Do you understand the enormity of what youre saying? To him and to you?
Broaddrick: Yes I do. Its been a long hard uphill battle to make these statements. But I feel like I have to. I feel like I have to make these statements now.
So now there is a face, a voice, a name for Jane Doe Number 5. Her story just the rumor of it has influenced politics and journalism, opened up her own life to public scrutiny and cast yet another shadow over the president, who denies the charge.
In the end, the questions remain: Was it sexual assault? Could it have been consensual sex? Did anything happen at all? We may never know and that may be the unsatisfying ending to the story of Jane Doe Number 5.
What wont end is the debate over whether Juanita Broaddricks story is true whether it has any political relevance, and whether the media, including NBC News, should have reported it.
--Transcript courtesy of NBC News
CONTACTING HILLARY - http://clinton.senate.gov/contact/
Juanita is a truth teller . What kind of woman would enable a monster like WJ Clinton ? Certainly not one possessing the moral compass to lead this great land .
I had actually forgotten that she actually claimed to have been RAPED, and not just 'assaulted', like Kathleen Willey.
Thanks, Doug...
Reference bump!
Man, I hope Obama beats her so we don't have to hear about the Clintons for the next year...or 8.
Only another monster could rationalize WJ Clinton.
I remember that interview. NBC ran NO promotion of the interview, which was aired opposite the Golden Globe Awards.
Drive-By Media balance.
I searched Google video to see if anyone had put a copy of it up, does anyone know if there is a copy of the video anywhere on the internet.
quote from Cokie Roberts to Sam Donaldson
"Sam, someone did "come clean." Her name is Juanita Broaddrick. Pretend for a moment that Juanita is a Democrat (which she is) and she was raped by the REPUBLICAN attorney general, instead of a DEMOCRAT attorney general. Would that make the issue take on more clarity, more importance for you?"
Thanks Doug for posting this.
And to think the Clinton's have the nerve to try and run again- her time this time..
Nuts to them..Time for Americans to give them the boot- G.I. size- that they so richly deserve..
BIG DONOR AND TRAFFICKER OF WOMEN, NG LAP SENG - http://youtube.com/watch?v=jx1JDiXtwsQ
lets see 10 faxes times XXXX FReepers = ???
I think that is what efax does. You can also send a message through congress.org — http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=10902
Doug, you got some elephant balls there my man.
File under: Be careful what you wish......
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