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What a weekend
For three days, the eyes of the baseball world were focused on Chavez Ravine. (I'd say the entire sports world but a little footy contest in South Africa may have drawn some attention as well).
Sure there was Halladay vs. the Jays. Santana vs. the Twins. The North Side vs. the South Side. The battle of the Lone Star State. Even the Red Sox vs. the Giants. But one series stood above the rest this weekend as the World of Dodgertown took on Yankees Universe in a marquee matchup that felt like Opening Day…in October…for three games in a row!
First things first, we lost the series. There's nothing to say that will change that and nothing can erase the pain of Sunday's defeat. Our fellow blogger, Alyssa Milano, said it best as she tweeted, "#Yankees, breaking hearts since the early 1900's."
The good news? This was not October. In fact, these games meant less in the standings than the three to come in San Francisco. So if I may, I'd like to take a quick step back to remember the last 72 hours before the next series is upon us. They were pretty special.
From the moment the teams began BP on Friday afternoon, it was easy to see that there was something different about the weekend ahead. It was made easy by the traveling band of media that accompany the Yankees from town to town. It was wall-to-wall press on the field as Joe Torre, in his first appearance AGAINST the Yankees since he departed the Bronx, greeted his former players. From Derek Jeter to current Yankees Manager, Joe Girardi, every hand-shake and hug was documented.
In case you missed the ads – we've been running them since February – there was also a Rivalry being Renewed at Dodger Stadium and a few men who help define the term were also on hand including Tommy, Garvey, Cey, Russell & pinstriper named Reggie. They all exchanged pleasantries as well, including a feisty 'discussion' between Lasorda and Jackson on the air during Saturday's telecast (all done in jest). One thing was certain, Tommy bleeds Dodger blue.
Opening Night (as it could easily have been dubbed) was kick-started by a rocking National Anthem performance by members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which was immediately followed by a standing-ovation-inducing first pitch by Lakers Center, and World Champion, Pau Gasol. If that wasn't enough to get the engines started, the Dodgers went up 1-0 in the first inning…of course they would fail to score again. However, despite falling 2-1 in the opener, Vicente Padilla gave the fans plenty of moments to cheer.The tight score gave game one the drama the series deserved and the renewal was underway.
Game two of the series was the first of two to be broadcast across the country and included its own pre-game, made for TV – rather HBO – moments as E, Turtle, Johnny Drama and Vinny Chase threw out the first pitch. The Entourage boys got their fair share of applause, but the ovations would come even more often during the game with the Dodgers loading the bases three times, knocking AJ Burnett out of the game early, and earning a much needed victory despite falling behind 3-0 before an out was recorded.
The series finale had it all. First of all, it was on ESPN with Joe Morgan, Jon Miller and a familiar face, Orel Hershiser, calling the game. Second, the stars of Hollywood came out in droves to experience the rubber match of the rivalry for themselves. There was Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore. Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. Alyssa Milano and Jack. Jake T. Austin and Zac Efron. And those were just the famous faces found by DodgerVision! The celebrities added an air of importance to the game and the Dodgers youngest star took his cue as Clayton Kershaw masterfully shut down the Yankees without allowing a walk for the first time in his career. Of course the drama continued late into the night in a heart-breaking sequence of Broxton, Cano, Mariano, and scene.
As we look ahead to the Giants and D-Backs, followed by the final homestand of the first half, this series will eventually fade in our memories – especially since we ended up on the losing end. However, from the rally towels to the Yankees rally, Dodger fans were treated to a 3-part drama that is typically reserved for the fall. The title, "Christmas in July" is a phrase often used to describe an event that brings about unexpected excitement. I think if we take a step back, we'll realize that we all just experienced "The World Series in June". At least in my own estimation. I hope to see you all at the sequel this October.
– Josh Lukin
117 Comments
What this whole debacle reinforces for me is that, amid all the talk of Dodgers' tradition and our legacy (particularly against the Yanks), is that this is no longer the Dodgers franchise talked about among the elite of baseball.
Our owners have made a laughingstock out of this team with their ugly divorce and the whole Shpunt story. They've continued where FOX left off in making this organization completely empty and superficial. "The Dodger Way" of playing baseball is dead. This is no longer the Dodgers of Snider, Cey, Garvey, Scioscia, Alston, and Lasorda. That era is dead and buried.
Dodger baseball can now be attributed to unfulfilled potential, lack of passion/hustle, bad attitudes, primadonnas, and idiot baseball.
We deserve better.
Damn straight, we fans deserve better.
I attended last night's game and while I think you all have said just about everything that can be said by very loyal Dodger fans, I have add my "two cents". NSB, I commend you for your comments about the "This Is My Town" billboards and more to the point, the constant showing of these messages on the video board. I don't really care if those celebrities are Dodger fans or not. Heck, I don't even know who half those celebrities are or why they are celebrities but that is another story. The point here is this organization isn't about celebrities, it is about you and me and every other fan, celebrity or not, who cares about the team, buys the tickets, food and other junk, or who never attend a game but listen to or watch the broadcasts every game. It is about the Joe Pierre's who up until last year never saw a game at Dodger Stadium and who will forever support the Dodgers win or lose. So Josh, please pass the word along to the video producers to back off from the slides of celebrities and concentrate more on giving me useful information about the players.
As for the game itself, I felt the frustration but what bothered me most was the cheering from the Yankee fans. I was not surprised by how many Yankee fans attended these games. The mini game plan certainly was not a deterrent for anyone who wanted to see these games. We bought tickets on Stub Hub (I did not get any of these games in the ticket partnership to which I belong) and I suspect many other fans did as well. There are always a lot of fans from the opposition but not like this. Except for A-Rods blast, Yankee fans were pretty quiet until Broxton's meltdown. I am not used to hearing so much cheering for an Ethier strikeout. Not good.
Now let me get to how I felt when the game finally ended. First, I had that feeling the Dodgers would lose as soon as the Yankees tied the game. I usually don't have such feelings and I still had hope. But no confidence. I also came away not terribly angry at the players but at the situation; the reality that the Dodger organization clearly is not ready to compete at the highest levels. Remember we said in order to be the best you had to beat the best? Hasn't worked out yet the way we want. As it became clear Broxton did not have it, I was asked why the Dodgers had no one warming up; why did Torre stay with Broxton? My response was simple: Broxton is the best we have and it was his game at that point. Was this another Torre mistake? I will let others pass judgment on that but who else was there? Clearly Joe has no confidence in anyone besides Kuo, who at best is an every other day one inning specialty guy, and Belisario.
It also pains me to agree that getting a big name front line pitcher is probably not enough. In spite of all Ethier's game winning hits, this team still does not seem to know how to win or overcome adversity. I certainly hope the players are not pointing fingers at each other. Clearly they are frustrated but it is not umpire's calls that are costing this team victories. The scary thought, however, is that the players are playing to the best of their ability.
There is still time to turn this thing around. Most of us felt the team won with smoke and mirrors last season and it seems that has passed on to the Padres. Baseball is a game for optomists. It was a horrible loss last night but not because it was to the Yankees but because the Dodgers lost another game in the standings. At least the Dodgers have done well against teams in the Western Division. The time to rebound is tonight's game.
When I say the fans deserve a winner…since 1988 (the Dodgers last World Series appearance) only five clubs have failed to make it to the World Series: Washington Nationals/Expos, Brewers, Cubs, Pirates……..and our beloved Dodgers. Sick.
Sick when you consider the Dodgers appeared in multiple World Series from the 1940?s through the 1980?s. Sick when you consider the team did not even win a playoff game after the 1988 championship until 2004. Sick when you consider the team had two managers from 1954 to 1996 and how many since then, and one owner pretty much the same time and two since. Sick when you consider all the rookies of the year. Sick when you consider the organization was among the best run and most respected sports franchises and certainly in baseball. Sick when you consider the Dodgers pretty much invented the farm system and were pioneers in developing Latin American talent. Sick when you consider the team spent a lot of time this past weekend reminiscing the 1981 World Series victory over the Yankees while Yankee fans probably said, ?well, good for you but what have you done lately?? Sick when you consider the great publicity the organization gets from how much money Frank and Jamie are spending on attorneys and energy vibe guys while the manager begs for pitching. In fact, I am getting sick of talking about it and I am supposed to be the voice of reason.
Just like lots of us Dodger fans made it to Boston, lots of Yankee fans were in attendance.
For all three games I saw different Yankee fans in my section. Some people sold their tickets as it was an opportunity to make money and bought extras to sell. Some could not make it to the game so they sold them.
I had an extra pair that I had bought for Saturday and offered first to Dodger fans and then to Yankee fans at face value. I mentioned here first and other blogs I visit. I sold them face value at work.
I know someone that made enough profit to buy two All-Star tickets. I heard different reasons for selling them, mainly to make some money.
To each his own. I don't blame them for trying to make a profit. I kept my two tickets and went to all three games with my brother.
I too don't recognize some of those celebrities in the "This is My town" billboard so I could care less for them.
Josh Lukin, Josh Rawitch and all front office,
We don't care celebrities that mostly went to see the Yankees, bleacher sections and mimicks like that.
What we care about is a compettive team on the field!
OH! also let me tell you about a family of five that said after Friday game that they were not coming back. He must have sold his tickets to Saturday and Sunday. His wife is in a wheelchair and she always goes with her wheelchair in back of the seats in aisle one. they told her she could not do that and my friend said he was not coming back. I have seen Todd and his family for as long as I had my seats there which is five years. It be ashamed that we will lose them. We know extra beer sections get setup in back of the seats
Also what about that "Rent a Man" guy that comes to Dodger Stadium? he advertises WEstsiderentals. Google him if you want to know about him. He has this big cape with his advertising but my little handmade bag that says "Hilda is Here" was not permitted. I know that when I told you about Josh, you said "it must have been bigger than the alooted size of bags" but all that saw me know that is WAY under the size allowed.
That guy "Rent a Man" (his t-shirt says that) blocks fans view when he goes by the rail to do his so called dancing. You should hear the language he uses in the parking lot with his song parity as he continues to dance in the parking lot. My friend Jennine complained about him and the guard said "there is nothing we can do" Jennine did not know about his singing and dancing in the parking lot and I would guess neither does security.
Ok, end of rant. Got to go out for birthday dinner.
Yea lbirken…… What happened to that voice of reason? LOL!!! Once again, I love reading your two cents worth 🙂
Messagebear being Messagebear – Love it!!!
From the previous thread….. Enchanted – I agree with Kahli. That list is horrendous!
Lurch – fabulous post and welcome to ITD!!!!
Great news. Supercross is headed to Dodger Stadium for the first time…on Jan. 22. Must mean Frank is trying bankroll cash for pitching help, huh?
Lurch ~ I'd like to join Nellyjune and welcome you to ITD. Hope you come by and visit often.
To help our pitching woes, the Dodgers have signed Jack Taschner 🙂
Oh boy, UCLA getting no hit so far. Enjoy the rest of the evening and keep the faith.
It's a good thing Dodger Stadium experienced "The World Series in June", because at this rate, we're probably not making the World Series in October.
When I said I was over last night's game, I meant it. This isn't October, and that NY team was the same as any t-bALl playing chuckleheads we could come across (namely because of the fact that they all beat us senseless, save Detroit).
THIS Dodger fan will not accept this as a substitue for a World Series. We should've already been to the show, but Frank won't give Joe Torre the one thing he wanted since signing with the Dodgers.
In essence, above all, FRANK McCOURT HAS EMBARRASSED JOE TORRE IN FRONT OF HIS OLD TEAM, HIS NEW TEAM, AND THE ENTIRE BASEBALL LOVING WORLD. NOT TO MENTION ALL THE LIFELONG DODGER FANS IN THE BASEBALL LOVING WORLD.
I felt bad for Joe when he put Broxton in. Who else is there to count on at that point? I'd "go to war with Broxton" any day of the season myself. (Joe might've overused him at an attempt to make sure he saved face in front of Steinbrenner's team, but that's a different commenting post entirely).
Longtime fans, season ticket owners and 30 Helens agree: FRANK McCOURT DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE DODGERS. Only money, money, money, money, money, money, and…. am I forgetting something, oh, yes: BLEEDING HIS RECESSIONED FANS DRY FOR EVERY RED CENT THEY HAVE.
At least Rupert Murdoch had a driven goal that pertained to the team on the field: He wanted to destroy the Braves.
Frank McCourt's drive:
Frank McCourt fancies himself the Walrus AND the Carpenter, and all he sees in us is an endless field of 3 million oysters he has to finesse enough so he can grab the pearls.
I will ALWAYS love the Dodgers, through and through true blue, but I HATE what Frank McCourt has done to our team.
Lurch I also welcome you!
Emma — Happy Birthday.
Josh — It seems as if the ownership has lost or are losing control of things. They continue to push the "My Town" thing with people who don't really call Dodgertown their town. It's all for publicity.
I love Entourage but those guys are throwing out the 1st pitch so they can get some free advertising because their series started up again on Sunday (Love the show by the way!).
Maybe they should start pushing the everyday fan. The Birks/Emmas/CP's, etc.. that go, as opposed to celebs that are just there for promotion.
Each day I'm becoming more embarrassed about our ownership and how they are running this team.
I find it really funny that Birk makes a comment on the last thread about the team being for the fans and not the celebs and the lead to this thread goes on to list all the celebs that were there.
Again embarrassing. It seems as if every decision made by the upper management has been very bad.
I think that all this stuff with the ownership is really affecting the team. As mentioned above I'm sure they hear and see what we do and roll their eyes. IE Torre askinbg for pitching and not getting any, the energy guy from Boston, the stuff on youtube with the McCourts, etc…
I know Josh can't be brutally real or straight on here all the time, but it would be nice not to hear the spin.
Yes the fact is this was "not October" but we won't sniff October if the ownership doesn't change it's approach soon.
Hi everyone.
"The World Series in June", as Josh called it, and it felt like it but the Dodgers played like it was September.
Well that was yesterday and this is today and Bills is back against a guy who could be related to me, since he bears my mother's maiden name.
O.K. it's time for the Dodgers to defend their crown.
No pitching? Ned sez "No Problem!"
Result: (to the Mighty Mouse tune) HERE SCOTT TASCHNER COMES TO SAVE THE DAY….
ANOTHER ex-Giant.
LOL, North!
Good evening everyone. I missed Friday and Saturday's games as I was up in the beautiful Angeles National Forest, and unfortunately made it back for yesterday's meltdown. I almost got sick to my stomach watching it. I see we did DFA Haegar, which I think was probably met with some happiness, and is understood. Let's hope we can start beating up on our division and get back to first place. I just hope we will make moves to STRENGTHEN our team before the trade deadline. Let's go Dodgers!!!
Good inning by Billingsly. He seems to be settling into a rhythm.
Wow Haren need to get out of Arizona there bullpen strike again.
Alright ETHIER..
The Dodgers are alive, nice goin' MANNY.
Well, Brox managed to wrest a loss from the jaws of victory last night. Totally disappointing, frustrating, and unaccetable.. What a freakin' p*ss!!! I don't care if you threw 19 pitches the night before!!! Christ, you had a 4 run lead!!! If our closer can't get it done on consecutive nights, we're screwed gang!!!! Sorry, but I had to get that off my chest. Thanks for letting me vent!!!!
The Rockies are winning 6-0
That helps.
Look like Eckstein broke up Jimenez no hitter.
That fact that Troncoso is warming up in the bullpen doesn't really set well with me. This is going to be a very long series because it seems we are so short on pitching right now. When the Gnat announcers tell you the keys to the game are to get to the Dodgers bullpen, it's not a good thing, and they just happen to be right about that this year.
So much for Jimenez to lower his ERA just gave up 4 runs.
Let's see what the Giants have to offer after Barry Zito.
Interesting point Nelly. I'm curious if we get to the ninth with a lead, I wonder who would close. My guess is Kuo.
Garrett Sweeney, that AB was actually quite pathetic…
Good to see that JoJo realized that Billz was toast!!! Nice outing, but nothing left in the tank. Unfortunately, as Dad pointed out, our vaunted bullpen, ain't all that vaunted. Weaver, however, has been a bright spot. Good choice!!!!
Here it goes once again!
Well, I guess I spoke too soon!!! Just give me a popsicle after you bend me over!!!!
Well, I'll be damned, we finally got out of a pickle!
Wow!! Now that's a popsicle!!!! C'mon offense, now I want an ice cream sandwich!!!!
:))) LOL!!! Good Evening Jhall!!! I see we are in a chipper mood just like the rest of us.
A 936 DP keeps the game tied, WOW.
The Panda looks more like a mouse. Great line from Vin, the one constant that keeps the hope alive.
What the hell happen I had to flip the channel when I seen 1st and 3rd with no out and miss it? Ethier thrown Sandoval out for the dp and Rowand didn't score.
:))) Nelly!!! I'm trying!!!
Weaver has an uncanny knack for getting out of miserable messes.
Yes I'm done with work for the night and can now spread my rays of hope and sunshine to all within earshot of my posts. 🙂
I see Johnson is doing his best Kemp impersonation. One hit and 3 Ks.
I love when you spread it, BPB1 🙂
It's about time a Dodger hit a big home run. Good job, Casey.
Alright Blake! Fear the Beard!
WooHoo Casey!!!! Beav, at least your spreading doesn't cripple our ownership and team!!! LOL!!!!!
Now remember kids, we're leading, we didn't win yet.
Yeah Blake
Gosh another lead off hit dp now Torres
Thick or thin Tru, I try to spread it evenly – there's always plenty to go around!!
LOL Brooklyn!!! Good point!!!
Damn I was lagging and calls that dp
Wally my brother! What say ye tonight?
Yeah, OBF, thanks for keeping order but some of us take our excitement one moment at a time.
Hi'Ya Beav!!! I say we put this baby to bed!!!
So do I sense Kemp for 2 1/2 months of Lee coming?
Sure wish they'd get rid of Martin. Shirley someone would want him.
BEARD POWERRRRRSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! What a beautiful AB baby!!! Just freakin BEAUTIFUL!!!!
No worries, we just SHUT THE CROWD UP here at AT&T Park baby!!!
In Beard We Trust!!! Casey went from saving the tie-game with a splendid defensive play to potentially winning the game with that 8-pitch long ball! Okay, time to focus on relief pitching…
And we're out of that inning! LOL, unfaithful Giant fans leaving in masses comparable to a Dodger Stadium traffic-fearing mass exodus!!!
FYI, Kuo warmed up n ready to come in and attempt to nail down his 2nd Save opp… none of that Broxton 50 pitch 9th inning crap.
LOL Beav!! I'd unload Martin for Lee in a heartbeat!!! As long as we can negotiate an extension!!!! I'm not quite ready to give up on Kemp yet.
Don't call me Shirley.
We don't need Lee…we just signed Taschner 🙂
Thank you Birk 🙂
It's time for status Kuo
I haven't seen MOTA look that good in a while.
I hope Kuo throw 3 pitches so he can be used on back to back night but won't happen.
You're right Trumom, what am I thinking!!!?
I am not ready to give up on Kemp either. I am disappointed in his performance but you just have to assume his best years are still to come. Besides, there is no good alternative to replace him.
0/25 with 12 k's against lefty handed batter
Not saying I want Kemp traded for Lee mind you, just seems like they're setting him up for something. And of course with Ned involved, it'll be stupid.
The bane of a relief pitcher: a walk.
Why do we always have to endure these pitching meltdowns. Don't they realize what this does to the fans.
…especially when I have to watch them with Giants fans in the room.
I know what you're all thinking… if we onlly had Taschner the game would be over.
Hong Shi says…..
Kuo says: ????????????????
Well, that quieted the crowd :)))) Thank you Dodgers!!! Can you do this again tomorrow please???
Nothing easy for this team, that's for sure.
BPB1, not quite exactly what I was thinking.
Way too close but, it's a much better outcome.
Don't know how you do that Beav, but I hope it means, Fu-Q with an egg roll!!!!
Like pulling teeth to get a win! My nerves…………..
Free Matt Kemp. He's no more confused, befuddled, and inept than J. Martin is right now. One thing's for certain–if the Dodgers are to make the playoffs, they'll need Matt Kemp to do the heavy lifting, not Reed Johnson. Seems the Dodgers play this broken record every year.
Well it does now Wally!!!
No matter how, a win is a win, not to mention picking up a game in the standings. The boys sure do know how to keep our attention. That's it for me tonight.
These submission errors are getting really, really old.
lbirken – they keep our attention and our nails nice and short.
I know Andre hasn't been hitting so great lately, but he did have a Sac Fly to tie the game tonight, and without his arm, (once for using it and once for them not taking an extra base because of it) was a big difference in the game tonight. Andre helping getting Panda out was huge. It was more an issue with their base running, but it was nice to see us capitalize on someone else's mistake this time. Lately, we have been the victims of those plays.
Agreed Nelly – sat tonight in Lower Box just past the Dodger Bulpen between First base and Dre's spot in RF and witnessed all of those Dre plays up close. Well everyone of those defensive plays was nice except for the line drive single that somehow froze Ethier up then landed right in front of him…
Dre's arm is really starting to make a difference in keeping runners from coming home AND keeping most first base coaches from sending their runners to second. Not quite a Raul Mondesi type of an arm cannon but respectful arm nonetheless…
… now if only Dre's bat could heat up over the next 2 weeks to get him ready to start the All-Star Game in Anaheim!
Looks like Kemp is getting a wake-up call.
Good Morning ITD'rs
Last night's game came close but with a happy ending for the Dodgers.
KEMP will be back…he has the J-MARTIN-2009 syndrome. But thank God, KEMP is curable.
BPP…LOL so those that say "Yo Ching-Gon Foo-Ki Yu"
(it is spanglish and it translates I'm BAD *** F-You)
NELLY great seat. I will be going at the end of July to catch a game in Frisco….but I doubt if I get great seats…LOL
Hope everyone is having a great day!
RED PEN — GIBBIE instead of NELLY (but at heart I know NELLY was at the game last night and of course near Dre')
NELLY sounds like a fun weekend! Yeah I caught my mistake. I just read NELLY next too the message..LOL. I'm excited about going to a different stadium. I've only been to Dodger's & Angel's and they are similar. Oh yeah I've been to the Padres Stadium too, not for a game. I really like that one. I was checking out AT&T park yesterday while watching the game and it looks beautiful. I did notice how it goes around. Well I hope your son really enjoys the tour of Acadamy. And I hope you are enjoying the cooler weather. OMG 104 is just too hot. We have not had that type of weather here YET. We usually do but somehow we've been LUCKY. Well have fun at the game TONIGHT! GOOOOO DODGERS!
Gibbie – are you going to the game tonight? I know exactly where you were sitting. The last time we were at AT&T Park we were in the same area. I agree……….that ball should have been caught by Andre.
Rosie ~ I wasn't at the game last night. We are going to the city today and going to the game tonight. My son, Michael, is looking into going to the Art Academy (which has a D2 baseball team), and he has a tour today. He and my hubby are doing that,and the rest of us are enjoying the cooler weather (it was a 104 here yesterday) and some Union Square shopping and lunch. As for the game, we are spread out all over the place. The one good thing about AT&T Park is that you can literally walk all the way around the stadium. At Dodger Stadium you can't get to left or right field bleachers without having a ticket for that section. So,Michael and his friends are sitting in the left center bleacher section between Matt and Manny……..the rowdy Giant fan section (I think they will be behind that Yahoo sign out in left center). Matt and Mariya are sitting in the similar section where Gibbie was sitting………..it should be a little less stressful for Dodger fans there. Hubby, my cousin, and I (and Collie too) are sitting in the Arcade section (brick wall in right field), behind Andre of course 🙂 It really is a pretty neat ballpark. It is just too bad the Giants play there.
After the game, we are going to stop in San Jose for the night and then head to Monterey/Carmel the next day. This was all last minute planning for the most part. We got scheduled for this tour and all the other stuff kind of fell into place.
So who's the closer tonight? If Brox gets another day off and Kuo can't pitch back-to-back games, who does that leave – Tronco?
Ely better go the distance.
Anyone notice Ned's next savior of the rotation Huggy Bear Vargas got shelled in Albuquerque? Can Ned pick 'em or what?
Submission Error! This is getting old…things should just post in order regardless of time zone!
Good morning ITD!
So I got my birthday win!
Have a great time at the game. Hopefully our Blue will come thru again!
I'll be making a return to trip to AT&T park in July so maybe I"ll see you there.
My friend Linda has leftover tickets for the group get together from the Bigbluewrecking crew forum on Saturday July 10th. She purchased 30 tickets but some have backed out. Is Photo Day against the Cubs. Tix in the Reserved up above the press box. Section 6, rows P, R, and S. 10 seats per row. The tickets are $20 each. Let me know if anyone is interested. I am trying to help her so she wont get stuck with some tix.
Makes you wonder Bear. What does it say about Trashner when even the 26-50 Pittsburgh Pirates don't want him?
ERA over 6. Ex-Giant. Will play for peanuts.
That stench was sure to draw Ned and Frank like flies to cow schidt.
EMMA well hope I get to see you in Frisco! We wanted to attend the Photo Day game but I will e-mail you if we decide to go. I still have your e-mail.
Vargas probably rusty no one really can't pitch well in a hitter park in the minor can they? I think Torre would let him pitch into the 8th innings at least his PC is low and didn't Ely had 2 games while he pitch over 100+ by the 6th?
It mean the Pirates want to go younger.
btw bpb1 did you used a translate for that Kuo say?
Sorry Shad, Pittsburgh dumping Trashner just to get younger doesn't hold water:
D.J. Carrasco 1-2 4.12 Age 33
Brendan Donnelly 3-1 5.79 Age 39 (in 6 more days)
Octavio Dotel 2-1 4.85 Age 36
Javier Lopez 1-1 2.86 Age 33 (in 13 days)
Cold hard facts are, he sucks and is just the kind of useless "find" Ned would make. If he was that valuable, why didn't anyone else give him a sniff? My guess its because they know garbage when they smell it.
Vargas could pitch in Yellowstone Park and still get knocked around. I guess he's a known commodity to Ned since he already stepped in that pile before.
Let's put it this way, I'd much rather Vargas be pitching against us than for us.
What's the point of all this? Welcome to Dodger baseball in the McCourt era.
Wow Utley and Polanco now on the DL. Wow Phillies are going to go downnow with those 2 out.
Zumaya that terrible. He could probably be a good closer for the Tigers but he out for the season.
Trashner at Dodger Stadium 12 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 7.0 5 1 1 0 7 7 1.29 1.71 .200
I guess Ned seen this and he did dominate us this year in a Pirates uniform. If we can't hit him join us. It wouldn't matter anyway his chance to be call up is slim.
No Matt in lineup once again. Hurt? or is Joe mad at him?
I have no problem with Kemp sitting…as long as Martin sits, as well. FREE MATT KEMP!
Russell isn't sitting tonight. He's batting 2nd.
Tb4 ~ I think Joe is sending Kemp a message. I love Matt and think he has a world of talent, but I feel sometimes he doesn't hustle as hard as he could. I think he needs to work at the mental part of the game more. I've always felt that the truly great players do not succeed on pure talent alone, desire and work ethic play an important part.
Truebluewill ~ I think you are right and Joe is sending Matt a message. You're useless to us right now and I'm going to show you who's boss.
Time to make Cain 0-8 vs us.
Good afternoon ITD boys and girls!
Can?t stay long, but I?ve gotta say a few things. I know a number of you have been saying it, and I wholeheartedly agree, but I?ve gotta say that the Dodgers? ownership and how they are running the organization is embarrassing, to say the least. Go ahead, insert whatever adjective seems appropriate. I?ve been feeling for a while that I, personally, don?t seem to have the same energy level that I did before when it comes to the Dodgers and their games and such. I?ve been saying that it?s due to the large number of physical issues I?ve been having lately; and it very well may be that. But I go back to Sunday?s game where JB had his meltdown. Was I stunned at what transpired in that game? YES. Did it want me to jump thru the TV and strangle JB? YES. But what I felt shortly after that was a strange feeling of calm. Yes, I said calm. While I was upset at what I just witnessed (so glad that I didn?t pay to see that game in person), there was one theme that was going through my head.
Okay, maybe not just ONE theme. My thought process went something like this: JB had a meltdown. Why didn?t Torre put Troncoso in the game? He was warming up and it wasn?t a save situation? But in the end, I understand why he put JB in that situation; considering who was coming up in the batting order. And even if Troncoso went into the game, I still believe the same thing would?ve happened. Troncoso, in all likelihood, would?ve had his usual meltdown; JB would?ve come into the game and probably still would?ve melted down as he did. Then I just surmised that Torre didn?t want to go to Troncoso because he really didn?t have any confidence in Troncoso?s ability (or inability) to get those key outs from those that were coming up in the lineup. Then I started thinking about how Torre has been saying since DAY 1 what he wanted: PITCHING. I don?t think that Torre got the pitching he?s been asking for, do you think so? Did Ned or Frank or whoever is making decisions up there (um, can you tell me who signs everyone?s paychecks?) get Torre the pitching he?s been asking FROM DAY 1? The answer is NO.
No, I don?t believe that the current Dodger ownership is interested in putting a quality ball club on the field. I believe that they ARE interested in keeping up appearances, pandering to the Hollywood types. Notice, I didn?t say the Hollywood elite; who are some these ?celebrities?? They DEFINITELY have forgotten us common folk. The common fan is NOT who the Dodgers are catering too. I wonder how many of those on the ?My Town? ads are REALLY Dodger fans? Not many, I would guess.
And this sickens me. I?ve loved the Dodgers FOREVER. I always have and I always will. But I?ve seen such changes with this organization (and not for the better) over the years. It sickens me because I?ve let the current LA Dodgers ownership get to me to where I see that as a HUGE DISTRACTION from me just enjoying watching the Dodgers. Again, there may be more personal issues to this distraction I feel, but I know that the current ownership isn?t helping matters much.
Please, to anyone in the Dodger organization that will listen, please do. I wouldn?t mind the Hollywood pandering so much if the ownership was TRULY committed to fielding a quality ball club and didn?t just pay lip service in saying that they?re committed ? SHOW IT IN THEIR ACTIONS!!!
Oh, and sorry for the LONG POST?
Oh, and going to the last thread (I think), but my vote is a NO CONFIDENCE vote?


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Sunday, November 29, 2020
What the Palestinian national reconciliation should mean
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi
- October 23, 2017
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It is painful and unfortunate that the Palestinian division has continued for more than ten years.
What is more unfortunate is that the length of the division period and the failure of reconciliation attempts have meant that the current reconciliation efforts have been preoccupied with axioms and their details.
These include matters such as the unity government assuming power and responsibilities, the mechanisms of operating the border crossings, when and how the measures taken as a result of the division would be annulled, and when the Gazans will enjoy more hours of electricity, instead of concentrating on the strategic objectives to end division and achieve reconciliation.
Among the most important of these objectives is the necessity of building a consensus on a unified national strategy to confront the Israeli attack that aims at liquidating the Palestinian cause.
This should be done through activating the factors that assist in changing the balance of power in favour of the Palestinian people. These include: the mechanisms of consensus on forms of struggle and their timing; the way that fateful political decisions are taken; the essence of the Palestinian people's national programme after all that Palestine has witnessed during the last 24 years since signing the Oslo Agreement; and guaranteeing the participation of all the Palestinian factions in joint struggle instead of infighting.
Perhaps some of the most important strategic issues are the agreement on a mechanism of organising Palestine's internal structure, whether on the level of the broader framework of a national liberation movement that is still struggling for freedom, independence, return of refugees and putting an end to the racial apartheid regime, or on the level of administering the lives of the people through whatever is available of the desired authority or state constituents.
This means that all the forces join the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) so as their governing bodies form the framework of the unified national leadership, setting the election dates and mechanisms in order that the Palestinian people regain their democratic right to choose their representatives and guarantee the recovery of the principle of separation of powers: the executive, legislative and judicial powers. This is impossible to achieve without a strong and effective legislative council.
One of the most important strategic issues that requires consensus is how to manage Palestinian resources with the aim of supporting the survival and steadfastness of the Palestinian people on their homeland and creating an economy of resistance in the fullest sense.
This means combating poverty and unemployment, assigning the youth with a developmental sector that opens up opportunities that relate to their competencies, enhancing the capabilities of steadfastness in the face of settlement colonialism, the discrimination wall and apartheid.
This also includes challenging the situation imposed by the occupation in Jerusalem, Hebron and what's called the "C" areas and backing the Gaza Sector's steadfastness in the face of the blockade, with the aim of removing it.
Besides the conditions of sincerity of intentions and the acceptance of the partnership principle – meaning the abandonment of one party or one group monopolising power over any place – what the reconciliation needs in order to succeed is the ability to manage the reconciliation operation in a way that concentrates on perceiving the external challenges and the outer sphere and engaging with them.
This should also replace the biggest preoccupation, which is the internal conflict and competition, whether the competition is in the liberation movement's leadership or administering what remains of the authority's constituent parts.
It is clear that moving from one pattern of rule to another is not easy, but it is the only way to guarantee that we avoid repeating what has happened previously.
It is true that the National Reconciliation Agreement signed in Cairo 2011 includes many details that do not need to be renegotiated. It is basically a mistake to negotiate it once again. It is also true that Egypt has put its weight behind making the reconciliation operation succeed.
But translating this into an actual and comprehensive achievement requires elevating the entire operation to a strategic level that concentrates on confronting the challenges facing the Palestinian people.
If the political pluralism and diversity of Palestine is an element of power that has been transformed into an element of weakness during times of division, the reconciliation means the acceptance of democracy as a principle.
This is an extremely easy matter in independent countries. However, it is much more difficult when it involves a country living under occupation and subjected to endless external interventions, few of which are well intentioned, and many of which bear dangerous and harmful intentions toward the Palestinian people's interests.
Perhaps the complicatedness of the Palestinian situation results from the fact that the reconciliation negotiations are conducted concerning two overlapping processes simultaneously due to historical circumstances: leading the operation and the liberation movement against the occupation; and administering a limited but existent authority that affects the people's daily lives.
Whenever this authority approaches performing its supposed role, which is to serve the national struggle and not the other way round, it faces growing dangers.
I won't engage in detailing the positive factors that make the opportunity of reconciliation this time bigger than on previous occasions, the most important of which is the opinion of the Palestinian people, which can't be ignored.
I think it is inappropriate to continue adopting a pessimistic outlook, which has become chronic among some people. Rather, the moral duty, national responsibility and caring for the future of the Palestinian people requires that those involved in the reconcilitation process put past fears and pains aside and deal with all issues from one basic point of departure, which is the strategic challenge facing the Palestinian people and its cause.
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I realize that it's been awhile since my last post. Life has been crazy and sadly I haven't had as much time to sew or photograph my projects. Our computer has also contributed to my headaches lately. I have spent way too many hours on the phone with tech support halfway around the world and their last recommendation was to completely wipe my computer's hard drive and reinstall windows and everything else. Argh!!! I dread doing that and will procrastinate as long as my computer will hold out. Surprisingly, Mr. Dashing is looking forward to doing this (to improve his video game activities perhaps?) and jokingly calls this the "nuclear" option. Sorry but I have way too many files and I am not ready to go "nuclear" anytime soon.
On a more topical note – I owe a belated thanks to the lovely Emily from Calico Stretch (many apologies Emily- so ashamed that this is so late). She nominated me for the bloggy award One Lovely Blog/Very Inspiring Blog.
I am truly inspired by Emily's blog. I admire her tenacity in her fitting challenges – particularly trouser fitting. I'm not sure I would have the patience to fit trousers by myself. I did take a jeans fitting class with Jennifer Stern back in February. She personally helped fit me and we went through at least three muslins. I hope to blog more about the details next month. Below are pictures of progress thus far. What do you think of the fit? I think I need to tweak the fit but I am happy with the progress I have made.
On another belated thank you, I would also like to thank Amity from Lolita Patterns for sending me a cool Fuchsia package a few months ago (Yikes! only seemed like yesterday). I won the Lolita Patterns giveaway back in February and am looking forward to making a pencil skirt with the pink-dyed houndstooth fabric. Lolita Patterns is one of the many cool indie pattern companies that have launched this year.
Lastly, I was happy to be featured today on PatternReview. I am more of a lurker than an active reviewer on PatternReview. I hope to post more reviews when I have some time (heh heh- easier said than done). That said, I have participated in a few of the PR events (most recently, the still yet to be blogged about PatternReview San Francisco). What a lovely community of people from all walks of life. I like the friendly, helpful vibe on PR and seem to visit that site more than any other sewing site. Thanks PR for featuring me!


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Brock Matthews' once promising life is unraveling. His coffee company. His marriage.
So when he discovers his vivid dreams---where he encounters his younger self---might let him change his past mistakes, he jumps at the chance. The results are astonishing, but also disturbing.
Because getting what Brock wants most in the world will force him to give up the one thing he doesn't know how to let go . . . and his greatest fear is that it's already too late.
My review:
I have been a big fan of James Rubart's books ever since reading his first novel, Rooms. His books are always different, and offer a great read and make you think. I have never been disappointed, but I was dubious about this one. The cover isn't one that grabbed me, and the plot sounded a bit bizarre; but he is a favorite author of mine and I was going to read it for that reason if no other.
I was pleasantly surprised. The plot was definitely different: a man meeting his younger self in his dreams and managing to change the past through these meetings. It made for a fascinating read that I didn't want to put down because I wanted to see what would happen next and how the book would end. It has a lot of twists and turns and you don't know what is going to happen next. There is a lot of bouncing back and forth between dreams and awake and from one timeline to another, but it is done in a way that is easy to keep up with.
The book is an excellent read, but it also carries a great message. The theme I saw throughout the book was the theme of surrender to God. Complete and utter surrender. And it brought it out in a way I had never seen before. I have always gotten the idea of surrendering my life and future to God, but the book emphasizes the need to surrender our past, our regrets, and what we'd do differently if we could. Most of us probably don't realize how much we are held back by regrets and our past. There is more to be gained from the book, but I'll leave it at that so I don't give any spoilers away; but this is a book that can change your life if you let it.
Christian fiction gets a bad wrap from some, and there is some that isn't worth reading and some that is just fluff, but this is a book that sets the standard high for Christian fiction. It is definitely worth reading.
About the author:
James L. Rubart is a professional marketer and speaker. He is the author of the best-seller Rooms and award-winning Soul's Gate, the book that precedes Memory's Door in the Well Spring series. Rubart and his wife have two sons and live in the Pacific Northwest.
About the author:
James L. Rubart is a professional marketer and speaker. He is the author of the best-seller Rooms and award-winning Soul's Gate, the book that precedes Memory's Door in the Well Spring series. Rubart and his wife have two sons and live in the Pacific Northwest.
The Five Times I Met Myself is available from Thomas Nelson Publishing.
Thanks to Litfuse Publicity for the review copy.


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LONDON (Reuters) - London's Olympic Games is not threatened by a major security contractor's failure to find enough staff, ministers and the head of the city's organising committee said on Sunday, seeking to quell a political storm ahead of athletes' arrival.
Three days ago, the government announced it would draft in 3,500 extra troops as cover after contractor G4S admitted it was unlikely to train the guards it had promised under its 284 billion pound contract in time.
The news, two weeks before the start of the Games on July 27, prompted concerns over the safety of athletes and spectators, and raised fears that those trying to get into venues would face long queues to get through security.
"(Security) has not been compromised," Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London Olympic organising committee (LOCOG), told BBC radio.
"This is not about numbers. This is simply about the mix. We will have a safe and secure Games. Would I prefer not to be dealing with this two weeks out? The answer of course is yes."
Safety has been at the top of organisers' list of concerns ever since four young British Islamists killed 52 people in suicide bomb attacks in the capital the day after London was awarded the games in 2005. Last month Jonathan Evans, the head of the MI5 domestic intelligence agency, warned that the Games presented an attractive target.
While senior officials say there is nothing to indicate any attack is being planned, holes in the security apparatus have been highlighted before thousands of athletes and officials start arriving on Monday.
The Observer newspaper on Sunday cited an unnamed senior border official as saying that suspects on government watch lists were being allowed into Britain without proper checks because inexperienced recruits were being used to man borders.
John Vine, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders, has warned that staff who have only basic training and ask fewer questions have been drafted in to deal with huge queues at passport control at Heathrow airport.
But a Border Force spokesman said Vine's inspection had shown staff were fully aware of the checks they needed to make.
"All contingency staff deployed to the border are fully trained and supported by experienced Border Force officers at all times," he said.
The security operation, the biggest ever conducted in Britain in peacetime, is now in full swing, involving all sections of the armed forces from special services to the navy's biggest warship HMS Ocean which is docked in the River Thames.
Restrictions on the airspace over London and much of south-east England were brought in on Saturday, with Royal Air Force fighter jets on standby to shoot down any rogue aircraft should it be deemed necessary.
But the issue of the venue guards has dominated the headlines in the British media all week, another headache for a coalition government struggling with a raft of public relations disasters and a moribund economy.
Critics want to know why the government and organisers only realised there would be a shortfall so close to the start of the Games, with G4S chief executive Nick Buckles saying they had realised just over a week ago.
In total, about 23,000 guards are due to be on duty, providing airport-style checks to search and screen spectators, handle queue management and protect the perimeters.
G4S was supposed to provide 10,400 of these and train up more than 6,000 students and volunteers. But so far just 4,000 are ready with another 9,000 in the pipeline.
The military will make up the shortfall, deploying 17,000 troops compared to the 9,500 now engaged in Afghanistan. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday the government could not rule out calling up even more soldiers.
"People should put their minds at rest. We will not compromise at anything to make sure it's a safe Olympics," Hunt told BBC TV.
However, he defended G4S, saying he thought it was normal some contractors on a large-scale project would not be able to deliver what they promised and that G4S had been "honourable".
G4S shares have plunged this week, bringing into question CEO Buckles' position, already threatened by a botched multi-billion pound takeover of Danish cleaning firm ISS.
Londoners also worry that a creaking transport network will struggle to cope. Some one million visitors are expected for the Games in a city whose rail and metro network is already full to the brim during morning and evening rush hours.
The first dedicated lane for the "Games family" opens on Monday on the M4 motorway running from Heathrow Airport to London, only days after the road had to be closed because of cracks in a viaduct. Problems at passport control at Heathrow are also likely to persist.
"Over the next few weeks, we're going to have the busiest period in Heathrow's history, and the tube and the buses will also be busy," Hunt said.
"I don't think we want to pretend that it's not going to take a bit longer to get around the centre of London when we host the biggest sporting event on the planet."
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EUGENE, Ore. -- Oregon has hired Kelly Graves of Gonzaga as the new Ducks women's head basketball coach.
Graves has led Gonzaga to the NCAA tournament for the past six seasons, and the Bulldogs advanced to the Elite Eight in 2011. The team was a No. 6 seed this past season, the highest seeding in school history, before losing to James Madison in the opening game and finishing at 29-5.
Graves has gone 317-176 overall in 14 seasons at Gonzaga, leading the team to an unprecedented 10 consecutive West Coast Conference championships.
''I needed a new challenge,'' Graves said at a news conference Tuesday. ''This is something, professionally, that I was looking for. There's only one position in this conference I would have left for, and it was Oregon.''
A 51-year-old Utah native, Graves replaces Paul Westhead, whose contract was not renewed. Westhead's record was 65-90 and 27-64 in the Pac-12 during five seasons with the Ducks.
Oregon has had just one winning season in the past seven years and was 16-16 this past season. The Ducks haven't been to the NCAA tournament since 2005.
''Kelly Graves is one of the best coaches in women's basketball and we are thrilled to have him lead our program,'' Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens said. ''Beyond what his teams have accomplished on the court, Kelly is a dynamic personality who will engage and energize our fan base.''
Graves, who was head coach at St. Mary's before joining Gonzaga, signed a six-year deal with the Ducks.
He has previous ties to the state: He was once an assistant for the Portland Pilots. His wife is from Portland and two of his three children were born in Oregon.
''We appreciate the tremendous success that was achieved during Kelly Graves' tenure at Gonzaga and wish him well at Oregon,'' Bulldogs athletic director Mike Roth said in a statement. ''We will work hard to identify the very best candidate to build on what we have today.''


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GPIO 34-38 SD1 for Wifi
GPIO 42 GPCLK1 for Ethernet 25MHz output
GPIO 43 GPCLK2 for Wifi 32kHz output
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jrschueler wrote: I struggled with the DT but finally managed to get the WLAN up and running
Hey, thanks for those informations, i will try to use ur solution. I just have a few questions. I have the CM1 with intergrated memory, i want to connect it to the internet via wifi and connect mouse and keyboard with bluethoot. What software do i need to install and can you give some instructions how its done. Its my first time doining it. Btw im using eagle so if u coule send me the footprints that would be awsome. Im not sure if the pinout is the same but ill check it.InsertTitle wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2017 8:15 pmHere's some good news for you I ended up looking into this for my own project and I came across the ESP-WROOM-32.
I've managed to fabricate the package/footprint part on Eagle if you're using eagle then I'll happily supply it for you to use.
Below is the schematic I did for mine.
You can power it using 3.3V or via a 5V to 3.3V convertor which is the design on the right hand side.
Connect CTS to GPIO39 & RTS to GPIO38 these are your data flow control pins should you wish to tell the device that you'd like to send/receive data from the pi/esp32
Connect RXD0 to GPIO15 & TXD0 to GPIO14 this is your UART Serial which connects directly into the CM3 as there is no need for a UART to USB Convertor atleast for my project I didn't need to use it and it simplifies the build down alot. However you're welcome to use one. The chip that is used for converting to USB is CP2102-QFN-P28. I've also made a footprint/package for this on eagle as well.
Does somebody succeed in getting the wilc1000 driver works ?yaheath wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2017 7:24 pmI can tell you one to avoid (at least for now). I've been trying to get an ATWILC1000 module working, but the driver support isn't there yet. There's a wilc1000 driver in drivers/staging but I wasn't able to get it to work (though it's being actively updated in the staging-next git repo). There's also an out-of-tree version published by Atmel but it doesn't build in 4.4 or 4.9.
I'll probably kick that one to the curb and look for something else.
One possibility is a USB based Wifi adapter. Since I plan on having a USB hub chip on my carrier board anyway I'll add a type-A jack and plug in one of the off-the-shelf tiny USB Wifi dongles.
Hello,jrschueler wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:23 pmJBDynamics: Were you successful at implementing the TiWi-BLE chip with the CM3 running 4.14.71 kernel?
I am doing the same, I used the in-tree kernel drivers which supplied WLCORE, WLCORE_SDIO and WL12XX. I applied all other tools from WL18XX build scripts. I struggled with the DT but finally managed to get he WLAN up and running. However, I cannot get the WLAN_EN pin to be toggled by ifconig wlan0 UP/DOWN. My device tree voltage regulator (wlan_en_regulator) is working fine and mapped correctly. As a workaround, I currently have the voltage regulator set to "always-on" which brings up wlan0 at boot. I also tried "regulator-boot-on", which it is initialized but is quickly disabled, then nothing. My SDIO node includes the vmmc-supply = <&wlan_en_reg>; but seems to be doing nothing.
I am guessing this is a driver related issue, as the voltage regulator works independently and every other part of the WL1271 is working. Just they are not talking to each other. I wanted to know if you had a similar issue or if anybody else could help. I tried compiling the wlcore/wl12xx drivers manually from the ti WL18XX build scripts but ran into errors with the newer 4.14.71 kernel. Any advice is appreciated
Hi,mayanksonu11 wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 9:32 amHello Everyone!! Can you please tell me whether I can use ESP32 in any way to get the wifi connectivity to the whole OS but not just the script (in case you want me to suggest AT commands). I have also gone through adding the peripherals in Device tree overlays but it seems working with that too requires hardware driver. And I could not find any driver of ESP32 on the web. So kindly let me know whether working with ESP32 will be feasible or not.
Hi cusna.cusna wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 6:14 pmHello everyone, I would like to start a project with a CM3 + adding a Wi-Fi and BT module.
Alone I can not and I would be willing to pay those who help me. I was thinking of using the LBEH5HY1MW of the Murata where it uses the CYW43455 which is lost to the Raspberry Pi 3 B +, but I could also change and use another one.
Someone is willing to help me?
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WASHINGTON — The federal panel that sets sentencing policy announced Thursday that it plans in the coming year to consider changes to sentencing guidelines for some white-collar crimes.
The U.S. Sentencing Commission, which earlier this year reduced guideline ranges for drug crimes, unanimously approved its latest set of priorities. The top priority will be continuing to work with Congress on reducing the scope and severity of mandatory minimum penalties, but another goal will be evaluating the fairness of sentences for economic crimes like fraud, the commission said.
The panel had been reviewing data for several years, but plans to hear more from judges, victims and others to decide "whether there are ways the economic crime guidelines could work better," the commission's chairwoman, Patti Saris, a federal judge in Massachusetts, said in a statement.
Defense lawyers who long have sought the changes say a window to act opened once the sentencing commission cut sentencing guidelines for drug crimes, clearing a major priority from its agenda.
It's unclear what action the commission ultimately will take, especially given the public outrage at fraudsters who stole their clients' life savings and lingering anger over the damage inflicted by the 2008 financial crisis. But the discussion about tweaking sentences for economic crimes comes as some federal judges have chosen to ignore the existing guidelines in some cases and as the Justice Department, which has said it welcomes a review, looks for ways to cut costs in an overpopulated federal prison system.
Sentencing guidelines are advisory rather than mandatory, but judges still rely heavily on them for consistency's sake. Advocates arguing that white-collar sentencing guidelines are "mixed up and crazy" could weaken support for keeping them in place, said Ohio State University law professor Douglas Berman, a sentencing law expert.
The commission's action to soften drug-crime guidelines is a signal that the time is ripe, defense lawyers say. The commission this year agreed to reduce guideline ranges across drug types and then apply that change retroactively to the current inmate population, a move that could permit tens of thousands of drug-dealing felons to seek an early release. The commission says no inmate would be freed early under the change unless a judge determined that the release would not jeopardize public safety.
Just as drug sentences historically have been determined by the amount of drugs involved, white-collar punishments typically are defined by the total financial loss caused by the crime. Advocates hope the commission's decision to lower sentencing guideline ranges for drug crimes, effectively de-emphasizing the significance of drug quantity, paves the way for a new sentencing scheme that removes some of the weight attached to economic loss.
A 2013 proposal from an American Bar Association task force would do exactly that, encouraging judges to place less emphasis on how much money was lost and more on a defendant's culpability. Under the proposal, judges would more scrupulously weigh less-quantifiable factors, including motive, the scheme's duration and sophistication, and whether the defendant actually financially benefited or merely intended to.
The current structure, lawyers say, means bit players in a large fraud risk getting socked with harsh sentences despite playing a minimal role.
"It's real easy to talk about 10, 15, 20 years, but when you realize just how much time you're talking about … it's too much," said Washington defense lawyer Barry Boss, an ABA task force member.
No one is talking about leniency for imprisoned financier Bernie Madoff, who's serving a 150-year sentence for bilking thousands of people of nearly $20 billion, or fallen corporate titans whose greed drove their companies into the ground. But defense lawyers are calling for a sentencing structure that takes into account the broad continuum of economic crime and that better differentiates between, for example, a thief who steals a dollar each from a million people versus $1 million from one person.
Any ambitious proposal will encounter obstacles.
It's virtually impossible to muster the same public sympathy for white-collar criminals as for crack-cocaine defendants sentenced under old guidelines now seen as excessively harsh, which took a disproportionate toll on racial minorities. The drug-sentencing overhaul also was promoted as fiscally prudent, because drug offenders account for roughly half the federal prison population. Tea party conservatives and liberal groups united behind the change.
In comparison, the clamor for changing white-collar guidelines has been muted. The Justice Department, already criticized for its paucity of criminal prosecutions arising from the financial crisis, has said it's open to a review but has not championed dramatic change.
"I don't think there's a political will for really cutting back or retooling the guidelines," said Columbia University law professor Daniel Richman.
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BARCELONA, Spain & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Almirall (ALM:MC) and Invida Holdings Private Limited, a member of the Menarini Group, are pleased to announce that Almirall has granted Invida commercial rights for Aclidinium in Australia and New Zealand for the treatment of COPD. Financial details of the agreement have not been disclosed. The agreement includes both Aclidinium monotherapy and its combination with Formoterol.
Invida, as a leading pharmaceutical commercialization company in Asia-Pacific, is committed to bringing innovative drugs and pharmaceutical research to doctors and patients in the region. Invida will be responsible for marketing the novel compound in Australia and New Zealand, both to primary and specialty care physicians.
This agreement further strengthens Almirall and Invida's existing partnership in the area of dermatology within the Australian market.
Eduardo Sanchiz, Chief Executive Officer of Almirall, stated "In partnership with Invida, we will be able to offer this novel therapy in Australia and New Zealand for COPD, a disease increasing in prevalence that causes mortality and poor quality of life. With this new agreement Aclidinium, via partners or Almirall's own salesforce, now has access to over 80% of the COPD world market including the US, Japan, Korea and Europe."
John A. Graham, Chief Executive Officer of Invida, comments that "This deal strengthens Invida's partnership with Almirall as well as its position as a leading pharmaceutical company in Asia Pacific. Aclidinium expands Invida's current product offerings into the respiratory field, which taps into our already established expertise in dermatology, consumer products and primary and speciality care."
Aclidinium, a new therapeutic option from Almirall's respiratory R&D, was recently approved in the US and Europe where it is already available in Denmark and Germany. This paves the way for the subsequent introduction of Almirall's combination products for COPD, currently in late stage development.
About Aclidinium and the Genuair® inhaler
Aclidinium bromide is a novel, long-acting inhaled muscarinic antagonist -sometimes referred to as an anticholinergic-, which has a long residence time at M3 receptors and a shorter residence time at M2 receptors, and which is designed to be rapidly broken down in plasma, leading to high topical efficacy but low propensity for systemic anticholinergic effects. When given by inhalation, Aclidinium leads to bronchodilation by inhibiting airway smooth muscle contraction. Aclidinium bromide is rapidly hydrolyzed in human plasma to two major inactive metabolites.
Aclidinium bromide was administered to patients in clinical trials using a novel, state-of-the-art, user-friendly multidose dry powder inhaler (MDPI), Genuair®. This inhaler was designed with a "click and colour" feedback system which, through a 'coloured control window' and an audible click, indicates that the patient has inhaled the dose correctly. It also incorporates significant safety features such as a visible dose indicator, an anti-double-dosing mechanism and an end-of-dose lock-out system to prevent use of an empty inhaler.
Aclidinium is being developed worldwide and has been recently approved in the USA by the FDA where it will be marketed by Forest Laboratories and marketed under the name of Tudorza™ Pressair™. In Europe, it will be marketed by Almirall under the trade name Eklira® Genuair® and by Menarini under the name Bretaris® Genuair®. In Japan the product is in development in partnership with Kyorin and with Daewoong in Korea. Almirall holds the rights for the rest of the world.
Eklira® Genuair® and Bretaris® Genuair® are trademarks owned by Almirall, S.A.
About Almirall
Almirall is an international pharmaceutical company based on innovation and committed to health. Headquartered in Barcelona, it researches, develops, manufactures and commercialises its own R&D and licensed drugs with the aim of improving people's health and wellbeing. Almirall focuses its research resources on respiratory, gastrointestinal, dermatology and pain. Almirall's medicines are currently present in over 70 countries while it has direct presence in Europe, Mexico and Canada through 13 affiliates.
For further information please visit: www.almirall.com.
About Invida
Invida, a fully owned member of the Menarini Group, improves the lives of patients in Asia-Pacific by commercializing differentiated pharmaceutical and OTC brands. This is done through proven brand marketing and sales know-how, strong expertise across a number of key therapeutic categories and deep experience in all major Asia-Pacific markets. Comprehensive functional capabilities provide rapid market access delivered by a passionate team of sales and marketing professionals.
With over 3,300 employees in 13 markets in Asia Pacific, Invida operates across the commercial value chain from regulatory approval and product launch to lifecycle management. Partnering is an integral component of Invida's business model. We collaborate closely through long-term relationships with selected partners in developing effective strategies and putting our extensive experience behind maximizing the potential of the assets entrusted to us.
For further information please visit: www.invida.com
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January 9, 2013
Event: Supernova 2013E in IC 2532 = PSN J10000552-3414013
Discovered by: Stuart Parker (Canterbury, New Zealand)
Discovery Date: 2013 Jan. 4.58 UT
Discovery Magnitude: red mag 14.8 on a 30-s unfiltered CCD image taken with a 30-cm Astro-Tech AT12RC Ritchey-Chretien astrograph (+ ST10 camera) at his Parkdale Observatory in the course of the Backyard Observatory Supernova Search (BOSS)
June 28, 2012: IAU Central Bureau Electronic Telegram 3155 (Daniel W. E. Green, ed.) announces the discovery (reported by A. Klotz on behalf of the TAROT collaboration) of a supernova in ESO 139-G28 on 2012 June 24.27 UT at R magnitude 14.6 +/- 0.1, using public images of the 0.25-m TAROT robotic telescope at La Silla, Chile.
January 27, 2012: The symbiotic variable RT Cru has brightened in hard x-rays. Dr. Jeno Sokoloski, Columbia University, has requested AAVSO assistance in monitoring RT Cru both now and in the future to see if it is doing anything unusual in the optical. The Swift/BAT hard X-ray light curve shows RT Cru has apparently been gradually brightening over the past few years.
December 15, 2011: IAU CBAT Central Bureau Electronic Telegram 2943 (Daniel W. E. Green, Ed.) announces the discovery of an apparent supernova in NGC 4984 by Koichi Itagaki, Yamagata, Japan, at unfiltered CCD magnitude 12.7 on 2011 Dec. 9.856 UT.
Coordinates: R.A. = 13 08 58.39 Decl. = -15 31 04.1 (2000.0)
SN 2011iy is 16.6" east and 6.1" south of the nucleus of NGC 4984.


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Get those expectations down no matter what, and you have a spring-loaded situation. Don't rein them in, and you have a debacle of the first order.
Many people were mystified by how a big-capitalization stock like General Electric (GE) could bounce, given the lack of top-line or bottom-line growth. Earnings per share were flat. Revenue was down a tad. How can that be a buy, yet the stock is off to the races. How can that be?
Pretty simple: The company's stock trades on expectations, not earnings, it trades on orders, not sales, and you had great news on both fronts. General Electric saw orders up an outstanding 19%, including a 22% surge in growth markets as well as an outstanding 17% increase in Europe. The margins -- what's made on sales -- were also up very nicely: The 120-basis-point margin expansion was breathtaking for the analysts who cover this stock. Aviation, power and water, locomotives, even oil and gas, which had execution issues, were terrific.
But the really good news was the absence of bad news in the GE Capital business. We had become conditioned to expect that the biggest earnings driver at General Electric was cats-and-dogs mix of real estate, banking and credit cards that was GE Capital. Here's a division that was originally meant to finance the sales of big capital goods, not unlike what Caterpillar (CAT) has for its big equipment sales. But over time, GE Capital became the principal source of earnings. In fact, the divisions that made actual things took a back seat to the company's finance division.
That was terrific when finance was a terrific global way to make money. It turned horrendous when the world went south and we learned that General Electric was a huge subprime lender globally as well as a large banker and real estate owner in Europe. When things got bad, General Electric tried mightily to maintain its dividend and put up a face that it was, truly, an industrial that had stumbled, and not a finance company that had invested in terrible pieces of paper to make its earnings and needed the help of the federal government to finance its commercial paper.
As the economy turned down and the prospects of a quick recovery went out the window, General Electric slashed its dividend and became a company that was much rumored to be needing a bailout. The stigma stuck with General Electric, and that is why it has not traded as well as many of the other industrials. In fact, it traded more like Citigroup (C) with a hard goods arm.
Now General Electric is putting that curious legacy behind it. The company is shrinking the capital business to where it will, once again, be an adjunct to real businesses or aerospace, power and water, appliances, locomotives, healthcare and oil and gas.
Also gone are the days when the earnings, when the company had them, seemed based on taking advantage of the tax code. That's something every company has a right to do, but you can't expect the earnings to be appreciated the way actual sales would. We don't want clever tax avoidance from a company. We want growth.
Finally, General Electric had set the bar low through a series of endless disappointments, with some division or another reporting sluggish growth and Europe providing a terrific reason to sell. That's done, too. Now there's accelerating growth and a belief that the November meeting about GE Capital will be about a further reduction of that division's mental drag on the institution and perhaps more disposals shrinking it even further. Then in December, CEO Jeff Immelt will hold an analyst meeting. Last year, that meeting was truly terrible, because Immelt showed an uncharacteristic weariness about the company's prospects.
That sure no longer seems to be the case. And that is how General Electric can be re-rated by Wall Street from a so-so financial to a potential industrial turnaround.
The re-rerating can be a double-edged sword, as we can see from the disastrous quarter from Stanley Black & Decker (SWK). Here's a company that, unlike General Electric, had let expectations get well ahead of the story. If General Electric seemed bad on the surface, Stanley Black & Decker looked terrific until you realized that the gain had to do with a tax change. Stanley Black & Decker turned out to be a bungling of immense proportions, because the company had failed to telegraph how poorly it was going.
The chief culprit? The security division, notably Niscayah, which it bought for a billion dollars a couple of years ago. On the call, the company was abject about not doing enough due diligence before the acquisition, because it was a competitive situation where Stanley had to move fast.
It moved too fast, and it turns out the quality of earnings and the management team were far weaker than thought. This plus the weakness in government business -- hmm, didn't know the company, known for its hand tools, had that much government business -- led to drastic estimate cuts and a huge fall in the stock, as analysts and investors were shocked.
You could tell that most people were in the stock not for the security division but for the do-it-yourself tools, which were very strong. People had been owning the stock because Home Depot (HD) had spotlighted tools as a strength, but the rest of the business was so weak that it didn't matter. Plus, the company gave you no real hope of any improvement anytime soon. For some it sounded as though a write-off of the acquisition could be in the offing, although that wasn't quite evident from the call.
Unlike General Electric, which had continually made excuses or cited weakness in the environment ahead of the quarter, Stanley Black & Decker had led people to believe that things were at least somewhat better than expected, and the stock had been one of the best performers in the home-related group.
Turns out it wasn't home-related at all. The parallels to the old General Electric are eerie. People had deserted General Electric for several years because it had become what many thought was a second-rate finance company with a first-rate industrial business. Stanley Black & Decker was a first-rate hand tool company with a small, thought-to-be-irrelevant security business.
Now that GE is back to being the General Electric corporation, it can trade much higher, perhaps as high a $30, as it takes money from other industrials that are doing better but have less leverage. Meanwhile, Stanley Black & Decker will do nothing unless an activist storms the gate, urging a breakup of the company.
Stranger things have happened. I don't think that Stanley Black & Decker would be as bad as it was last week, an $89 to $74 pummeling, if somehow it had signaled that all was not well. But the same thing goes for General Electric, where many were prepared for still one more downbeat report from Immelt and company. Instead, we have ample hope for an even better fourth quarter and a terrific 2014, something that will be spelled out at the November finance meeting and the annual December meeting. General Electric has become a go-to, and Stanley Black & Decker has become a must-avoid, in just one 24-hour period.


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Why go?
Along with an atmospheric old town, a small but lively nightlife scene and a wide selection of restaurants serving fresh seafood, Faro boasts miles of unspoiled lagoons, islands and beaches.
Local hotspot
The cobbled streets of the old town are peaceful to explore by day and the best place to go for an evening meal or drink and a vibrant atmosphere at night.
You probably didn't know
Portuguese Water Dogs originate from Faro. One, called Bo, now lives in the White House with President Barack Obama and his family.
Suggested reading and viewing
Read The Portuguese: The Land and Its People (Marion Kaplan, 1991); watch The Right Juice (2014), an independent film directed by Kristjan Knigge which made some waves on the festival circuit.
Things to do in Faro and Algarve
Ria Formosa
It's easy to walk past the slightly uninspiring Hotel Faro building but venture inside and up to the roof and you'll find Ria Formosa Restaurant. Its fourth floor position delivers great views of both Faro old town and the water and it also has a terrace bar that is the perfect spot for sipping a cocktail and watching the sunset.
Aqui del Rei
Enjoy live Fado music and authentic Portuguese and Angolan dishes, including a very good fish stew, at this cosy, casual eatery Aqui del Rei. Make sure you get there early to bag an outside table.
Faz Gostos
Faro's most upmarket restaurant, Faz Gostos, is run by Duval Pestana, who is rapidly becoming a Portuguese celebrity chef. Be prepared to be wowed by his use of traditional ingredients in surprising new ways.
Praça at the Vale do Lobo resort
For casual, child-friendly dining, choose from the various restaurants and bars at the beachside Praça at the Vale do Lobo resort, a 15-minute drive from Faro. In the summer there's live music at night and you can choose between a range of restaurants including Chinese, Mexican, pizza and a really good steakhouse.
Bar Columbus
Bar Columbus is Faro's premiere cocktail bar and is open until 4am, attracting a hip crowd of locals and tourists. The bar, housed in a 600-year-old building, is every bit as interesting as the crowd that hangs out there. Make sure you go with the flow as people spill out into the square outside.
Taberna da Sé
Lively traditional taverna Taberna da Sé is located in the old town with some outside tables that are very inviting on a hot night.
O Castelo
With great views over the Ria Formosa lagoon, bar-cum-club O Castelo hosts a variety of dance nights and attracts a young party crowd.
Dux is a late starter so don't bother turning up before midnight. Things get lively after 2am with a mix of students and young tourists doing their thing on the dance floor.
Rua Conselheiro Bivar and Rua Infante Dom Henrique
Rua Conselheiro Bivar and Rua Infante Dom Henrique frame the centre of the nightlife area in the old town of Faro and are home to a wide selection of bars and clubs, particularly on Thursday's student nights.
Vila Adentro
Browse small grocery store Vila Adentro for regional specialties ranging from olive oil to almonds, jams, cakes and home-made confectionary and then have a coffee or lunch in the restaurant, which features pretty traditionally tiled walls.
Flea market
Grab a bargain every first and third Sunday of the month at Faro's flea market, which takes place from 7.30am – 2pm in the Estadio Algarve car park. It's about 8km north of Faro but served by train.
Rui Garrafeira
Rui Garrafeira is one of Faro's best wine shops and worth a stop for wines, ports and Amarguinha, a local almond-based aperitif.
The old town of Faro
Lose yourself in the winding cobbled lanes of Faro's atmospheric old town. Set within the city's Medieval walls, it's home to bars, shops and peaceful, shady squares.
Ria Formosa National Park
Ria Formosa National Park, a vast and beautiful marine park complete with deserted islands and long sandy beaches, is a great day out. Take a boat trip or hire a kayak and explore.
The Archaeological Museum
The atmospheric Archaeological Museum is housed in a 16th century convent. English language guides are available to explain the exhibits, a highlight of which is a 3m long Roman mosaic with a portrait of Neptune at its heart.
The Milreu Ruins
In Roman times, the Milreu Ruins were a luxurious manor, and today you can still see the farm buildings, a temple and the baths complex, complete with several original rooms and well-preserved mosaics.
Events to look out for:
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- Festa da Ria Formosa (late July - early August)
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This week the voters in the state of Maine will go to the polls to decide on a gay marriage referendum that is widely considered a test case for the rest of the nation. This vote is so important that Californians who successfully organized in support of Proposition 8, and thus outlawed gay marriage there, have moved wast. Groups dedicated to the defeat of gay marriage have set up camp in Maine to deny consenting adults the right to legally wed.
This is a national scandal, but it moves the issue to the forefront again and gives the African-American community a chance to reaffirm its support for equal rights by supporting gay marriage. Black communities have a long, sad history of homophobia which has led many black people to oppose same-sex marriage, sometimes on religious or moral grounds. But after having served as the moral conscience of the nation during the long struggle for justice and equal rights in the last century, black Americans cannot be absent from, or take the wrong side in, this latest struggle for basic human rights.
This summer, the national office of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) called to task one of its own, Rev. Eric P. Lee, president of the organization's Los Angeles chapter, for opposing California's Proposition 8, which constitutionally established that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California") Lee's support of love and marriage should have been applauded by the venerable civil rights organization. SCLC's unwillingness to surge forward in support of gay marriage was backward. Instead, the SCLC chose to make its stand on the wrong side of this debate and on the wrong side of history.
The danger here is that old-school organizations like SCLC risk extinction if they continue to embrace these regressive policies. Standing in the way of gay marriage today is as vicious and ugly as George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door in 1963. Maybe even more so.
In her powerful discourse on the black female experience, When and Where I Enter, writer Paula Giddings documents the legions of newly freed couples who, during Reconstruction, circled the Freedmen's Bureaus in long lines to obtain a certificate of marriage from the state. What a wonderful way to celebrate Emancipation?
I am certain great scholarship equal to Giddings' important work will document the determined, similar efforts of gay and lesbian couples to legally wed.
When my friend, a beautiful brother, came out of the closet to me several years ago, he said he thought he would still marry a woman and father children one day. "So, you're bisexual then?" I asked. "No," he answered. He said he was just "doing what he was doing" while he was young and single. It took years for him to be able to exclusively date men, come out fully, self-identify as a gay man, and reject the false image of hetero-normative marriage that for so long had compelled him to deny his basic self and, foolishly, think he would be able to live as a straight man. Before our conversation, he had been in a few relationships with women that had lasted for years. Though he was finally able to name and claim his sexual orientation, think of all that time everyone lost because he was silenced into the closet by too many of us in the black community.
At the start of the 20th century, writer Nella Larsen began to hint at the psychological damage done by "passing for straight" in her novels Quicksand and Passing. Now, at the start of the 21st century, we need to probe deeper, into our own souls, into our own communities, into our own truths.
The most issue isn't whether people should have to right to experience and express homosexual love; but rather whether they deserve to be victims of violent hate as a result The answer is no. What people deserve, whoever they are, is equal protection and privacy. They deserve that simply because they exist.
Eisa Nefertari Ulen is the author of Crystelle Mourning and lives with her husband and son in Brooklyn.


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PeopleBrowsr vs. Twitter Legal Battle Returns to San Francisco Court
PeopleBrowsr won a small victory in its ongoing litigation with Twitter on Wednesday, winning a decision to keep the case inside the state of California at the San Francisco Superior Court.
It's a long, complicated history between the two technology companies, but here's the gist: PeopleBrowsr relies on access to Twitter's "firehose" of raw data — the millions of tweets flowing through Twitter's pipes on a moment-by-moment basis — to provide data analysis to PeopleBrowsr's client base. Twitter decided to terminate the long-standing relationship with PeopleBrowsr last year, and planned to shut off direct access to the company.
To fight that, PeopleBrowsr took Twitter to state court, alleging anticompetitive actions. Twitter argued that this should be a federal court issue and tried to parlay the fight over to a higher court of opinion. If successful, that could have invalidated PeopleBrowsr's temporary restraining order — which was filed in a California state court — essentially terminating PeopleBrowsr's access to Twitter's fire hose.
"Twitter's inconsistent representations to the State and Federal Courts reinforce our case," said PeopleBrowsr CEO Jodee Rich in a statement. "Last week, they said this was a contracts issue. This week, it's an antitrust issue," said Rich.
So Wednesday's development essentially means that Twitter's strategy didn't work. The case will continue on in San Francisco's Superior Court.
"We believe this case is without merit and will vigorously defend ourselves against it," a Twitter spokesperson told AllThingsD.


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[22:46:46] also dont forget to kick ash out
[22:47:43] *** IanW shrugs
[22:48:15] I wouldnt kick Ash out. I'd have him play a lot more cricket somewhere, but he's too good a cricketer to kick to the curb
[22:48:38] don't forget he's the best leggie in the side, either, and that this gives you another change-bowling option
[22:48:40] kick out of test I meant. he can stay arond for ODI for the time being
[22:48:51] blah : no, I think he's more valuable in Tests
[22:49:22] the other point is that it's no longer about him. If he can get over that, then he can just go out there and enjoy his cricket
[22:50:22] IDK he never seemed very impressive to me. Captain or no captaincy. He always seems to fight with himself to figure out what he should do.
[22:51:36] feels like a "bhooja" much like bashar was in his end days.
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