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It's a pirate's life for me! This toy is perfect for every child who loves pirates! Your baby can cuddle up with the soft and oh so cuddly Pirate Puppy Blanky. The soft blanky with embroidered design and satin underside will be your child's favorite naptime buddy! Your child will sail off to sleep with their Pirate Puppy!
This all-time favorite is now a cuddly, huggable large plush toy that is sure to wiggle its way into your heart. Little ones can pretend to follow The Very Hungry Caterpillar as it grows from egg, to cocoon to a beautiful butterfly. The popular book behind this new 11-inch soft toy also teaches the days of the week, counting, and more. inspired by Eric Carle's classic tale The Very Hungry Caterpillar Length: 11.00" Recommended Ages: 0 months & up
Kids Preferred Disney Mickey Mouse Plush Everyone's favorite timeless character is cuter and softer than ever. Mickey is 12 inches tall and just waiting for a squeeze or hug. He also includes jingle sounds and crinkles in his ears. Product Dimensions (inches): 4 (L) x 4 (W) x 12 (H) Age: All agesRecommended Ages:0 - 5
Elmer the Patchwork Elephant has been a nursery favorite since the first book was published in 1989. Now a modern classic, Elmer is known to millions. Elmer is not like the rest of the elephants in the jungle - he is always joking and making the other elephants laugh - oh - and he's a MULTI-COLORED PATCHWORK elephant too! Author David McKee, through Elmer, subtly indicates that it's OK to be different! This 8-inch soft, squishy and loveable plush toy features embroidered name and is a bright colorful addition to any child's collection of favorite book characters!Recommended Ages: 0 months & up
Kids Preferred pat the bunny Large Plush First Published in 1940, pat the bunny has sold over six million copies and is one of the best-selling children's books of all time. Kids Preferred brings this loveable character to life for your little loved one. Let you child pat the bunny too, with this 12-inch soft, squeezable plush.Recommended Ages: 0 months & up
Kids Preferred Guess How Much I Love You Soft Book Kids Preferred Guess How Much I Love You Soft Book is designed and inspired by the popular kid's bestseller- Guess How Much I Love You. The spine of the book can be used as a teether and has a hanging heart shaped teether attached to it. It plays I Love You message and makes kissing sound when you open the book for reading that's real fun. Why You'll Love It: The soft book keeps kids entertained with a spine teether and kissing sounds. Age: Newborn and up Features Inspired by the bestselling book Guess How Much I Love You Brightly colored teether spine with hanging teether heart Features kissing sound and I Love You Message 7 inch Plush Book
Introducing the Spot Collection from Kids Preferred! Based on the well-known interactive LIFT THE FLAP book series by Eric Hill, "Where's Spot?" was first published in 1980 and over 40 million Spot books are in print and read by children all over the world. Recommended Ages: 0 months & up
Elmer Color Me Elmer: Now your child can create their own patchwork elephant with the Color Me Elmer. Includes Color me Elmer plush and 4 washable makers. Elmer the Patchwork Elephant has been a nursery favorite since the first book was published in 1989. Now a modern classic, Elmer is known to millions. Elmer is not like the rest of the elephants in the jungle, he is always joking and making the other elephants laugh oh, and he's a MULTI-COLORED PATCHWORK elephant too! In David McKee's vibrant, color story, Elmer discovers that his elephant friends don'tlaugh at him because he is different, they laugh because he's the most happy-go-lucky and ever-so appealing, loveable elephant in the world! Author David McKee, through Elmer, subtly indicates that it's OK to be different!Features include: -Inspired by David McKee's infamous classic book Elmer the Patchwork Elephant -Color Me Elmer stand 10 inches tall!-Kids can create their own patchwork elephant-Includes Color me Elmer plush and 4 washable makers-Color, wash, and color again!Recommended Ages:3 – 5
Topsy Turvy Dolls are reversible dolls that flip upside down to reveal characters in contracting outfits. Winner of Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice and Toy Tips Trusted Award. Topsy Turvy Dolls are 10"-12" tall. Recommended Ages: 2 years & up
Topsy Turvy Dolls are reversible dolls that flip upside down to reveal characters in contracting outfits. Winner of Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice and Toy Tips Trusted Award. Topsy Turvy Dolls are 10"-12" tall.Features include: -Story character on top and bottom-Detailed outfits in bright colors and varied textures-Embroidered facial features-Velboa hair-Storytime funRecommended Ages:2 – 8
My Quotable Kid Journal My Quotable Kid -- Outrageous, poignant, or bitingly witty—the things our children say always offer an unexpected glimpse into a world that is all their own. Filled with roomy pages for jotting down conversations or overheard saying, this handsome keepsake journal also features a bound-in photo window for adding a unique, personal touch. Whether parents prefer safely stowing precious insights for future generations or sharing priceless quips with family and friends, My Quotable Kid will become a lasting record of a child's most memorable quotes.
Random House City KidThe ultimate guide for New York City moms, with the best kid activities, savvy advice, and family-friendly resources. City Baby has been the essential go-to guide for New York City parents from pregnancy to preschool for more than ten years. City Kid follows suit with indispensable advice and resources for raising a tot, ages 4 through 12, in the Big Apple. Alison Lowenstein, a native New Yorker, author, and mom fills us in on all of the best resources for urban parents. City Kid New York covers diverse and essential kid topics such as after-school activities; fun family dining and entertainment options throughout the five boroughs; local weekend excursions for families; tips on throwing birthday parties for all ages; and where to get the best toys, clothes, books, and more in the shopping capital of the world. From fishing through the Go Fish program in Battery Park to performing stand-up at Gotham Comedy Club, the city is not just for adults anymore. Also included are community service projects for kids, DIY tips for setting up kid bedrooms in those tiny New York apartments, and kid-centric tours of museums, sports arenas, and gardens. City Kid New York breaks down all the city has to offer by subject, and features a City Kid Yellow Pages of excellent web resources and helpful organizations to prepare your child for all the big city has to offer.
A new kid moves to town under mysterious circumstances, and all his teachers know about him is that he's a handful, acting out at every chance he gets. But with guidance from the baseball coach and a spot on the team, the new kid starts to fit in and find his place.Book Details:Format: HardcoverPublication Date: 3/4/2014Pages: 320Reading Level: Age 8 and Up
Mike Wolfe's love for pickingbegan early in life. He started with old bikes, cigar boxes, and other items people called junk.Now, he knows exactly how much fun hunting for these potential treasures can be. In Kid Pickers, Mike shares his picking passion with his (huge) kid audience by offering tips on collecting, sorting through flea markets, asking about family heirlooms, and more. To Mike, picking is a way of learning about yourself, your family, your community, and the history surrounding us all. It's also a great way to recycle!Book Details:Format: HardcoverPublication Date: 4/16/2013Pages: 128Reading Level: Age 7 and Up
From the illustrator of the Melvin Beederman, SUPERHERO series comes a story about a masked hero and his trusty steed. Together they save Halloween from ruthless toilet paper–tossing mummies and pumpkin-sucking vampires.No siree, Halloween won’t be canceled anytime soon, not while the Halloween Kid’s around. With a rootin’ tootin’ Halloween monster–shootin’ text and retro-modern illustrations, The Halloween Kid will lasso in readers both young and old. Because who doesn’t love a hero who defends the right to trick or treat? Yee-Ha-lloween!Book Details:Format: HardcoverPublication Date: 8/3/2010Pages: 40Reading Level: Age 3 and Up
This dramatic and moving story set in the days of the Negro Leagues illustrates the true meanings of friendship, prejudice, and heroism. Charlie Nebraska wants two things he can't get: to make the local Wildcats baseball team and to have life to return to the way it was before his father died two years earlier in the Korean War. Then Charlie meets Luther Peale, a former Negro Baseball League player who agrees to coach Charlie's fledgling neighborhood baseball team for a game against the Wildcats. But many of Charlie's white neighbors are suspicious of Luther, and when Charlie inadvertently reveals a secret of Luther's, violence erupts in the town and both Luther and Charlie are drawn into serious danger. Praise for STUMPTOWN KID: "Readers will enjoy this winning mix of sports, suspense, and heroism, and delight in the baseball wit and wisdom." --School Library Journal - Honorable mention, 2005 Gustavus Myers Award - 2006 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People - 2005-6 Pennsylvania Young Adult Top Forty List - Kansas State Reading Circle 2005 Recommended Reading ListBook Details:Format: PaperbackPublication Date: 4/30/2007Pages: 224Reading Level: Age 10 and Up
THE TIGERS ARE IN TROUBLE.Baseball season is underway, and Coach Skelly has just quit. When Scott and his teammates can't find an adult to coach the team, it looks as if the Tigers' season might be over before it really begins.But then the players have an idea: what if one of them became coach? They learn about leadership and discover unique and unrecognized talents among their own friends. Woven into the story are real-life tales of player-managers in Major League Baseball.Book Details:Format: PaperbackPublication Date: 8/1/2009Pages: 112Reading Level: Age 8 and Up
Lennie is addicted to television. Even reruns are more exciting than real life, and Lennie likes to pretend he's the one experiencing the drama. But Lennie's daydreams lead him into a real situation that could cost him his life?and suddenly he's in trouble more terrifying and dangerous than anything he's ever seen on TV. Byars infuses the story with her special magic. Lennie is a likable, funny, moving, and always entertaining character.Publishers Weekly Book Details:Format: PaperbackPublication Date: 1/1/1998Pages: 128Reading Level: Age 8 and Up
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Finishing college finally gave me a chance to catch up on all the things I’d been neglecting over the previous year, to read purely for pleasure, to take a well-earned holiday and make a return to writing! Me and Maurice resumed our previous practice of setting aside time for songwriting, finishing a handful of songs by the end of the summer.
With our new album still a while away from release, we decided to do a rough live recording ofour new song We Need Never Leave This City Again, a satirical musing on modern society’s relationship with technology and consumerism. Maurice, like the multi-talented man he is, overlaid drums, bass and multiple guitars over the initial recording.
Then we decided to make a little video for it, travelling by tram and train, tracing a days commute through our beautiful city. Luckily we had the ever helpful Jack Breslin on hand to help us edit it. Here it is, anyway. Not polished, but new and very enjoyable to make! Hope you enjoy 🙂


Myself and Taylor Larned have been organizing an event called WALLPOWDERS at Kissy World Gallery in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. WALLPOWDERS will feature bands 'litl dreadful' and 'bloomme' as well as showcase work from:
Myself, Madison Jane Brotherton, Sky Cubacub, Valentin Miro-Quesada, Taylor Larned, Matthew Landry, Kaycee Conaway, Isabelle McGuire, Brad Roloff, Molly Hewitt, Drew Hanks, Riley Lynch, Lillie West and others.
I will be debuting my new zine (R.I.P. [American Casualties of the Iraq War] ) at WALLPOWDERS. The show opens Saturday April 19th at 8 PM. For more info on WALLPOWDERS check here.


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I admit that I’m behind in this series - just finishing the second season - but I have to say that Matt LeBlanc has come a long way from Friends and it’s good to see that he’s in a great comedy like Episodes.
The series is about a TV series that was adapted from two people from London, Sean and Beverly Lincoln. In the first season, Matt, who plays himself, has already ruined the marriage of the Lincoln’s yet wants to make up for it by buying each of them a Mercedes. Of course, they argue about accepting the car, which makes that scene as hilarious as others in the show.
John Panklow plays Merc Lapidus, the producer of the show who has problems due to the fact that the show has bad ratings. He’s a foul mouth executive who seems just like Ari if you watched the series Entourage with Jeremy Piven. Not a pleasant character by any means but since this is on cable TV, they can get away with his constant cursing since it can’t be done on Network TV.
In the meantime, Matt is having an affair with his wife, who is blind, while Merc is having an affair with his assistant. When Sean and Beverly find out about Matt’s affair, they yell at him and Matt’s reply is ‘I miss this.”
Being that this show is on Showtime, the writers have the advantage of being outrageous and pushing the comedy to unlimited means, such as Matt having an affair with his stalker. Not sure that other actors or actresses would appreciate the humor considering the stories in the media regarding stalkers.
Of course, everything seems to be coming to a head during the finale. Will Sean and Beverly get back together. Will Merc find out his wife is having an affair with Matt. Will the show make it to another season?
I really enjoy Episodes and have to say that it’s worth five stars.

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By: Sam De Nike
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Earlier this year I visited the Philippines for a month. It is arguably my favorite country I have ever gotten the opportunity to travel to and somewhere I desperately hope to return to soon. Here are my top 5 reasons why you need to visit today!
1. The people – On most trips, a huge part of your experience is the people that you meet and the interactions that you have. The Filipino people are genuinely kind-hearted and welcoming people, regardless of what you might read about online or hear about on the TV (And I just wanted to let you know that I never felt unsafe once during my time in the Philippines). Filipinos always seem to have a smile on their face and be ready to help you. Here is something I bet you didn’t know about the Philippines too, almost everyone speaks English! This makes it extremely easy to travel the country and truly engage with the local people. I made friends with local Filipino people that I still talk to regularly today!
2. Nature – The Philippines truly has it all if you are someone who enjoys spending time outdoors in nature. In my short one month stay I found myself cliff jumping off waterfalls, swimming with whale sharks, visiting “The Chocolate Hills” of Bohol, snapping photos of the world’s smallest primates, exploring underground rivers, lounging on pristine beaches, island hopping otherworldly geological formations, scuba diving with sunken battleships, and surfing. The craziest part about that list is that it is only the tip of the iceberg of what you can do in the Philippines! With 7,107 different Islands, the Philippines truly has endless opportunities for you to explore.
3. The diving – The diving in the Philippines is some of the best and most diverse in the world, as you might expect from a nation that is comprised of over 7000 islands. Depending on where you choose to submerge yourself you may find yourself spotting whale sharks, pristine coral, sea turtles, manta rays, WW2 battleships and more! I personally got my PADI Open Water certification on the island of Coron, which is famous for being home to some of the best wreck diving in the world. If you find yourself in Coron I highly recommend having your advanced open water certification because then you can actually explore the insides of the ships!
4. The food – Filipino food is not often mentioned when talking about the best Asian cuisine, but it should be. Like the country as a whole, the food of the Philippines is rather unknown to most, but that is simply unfortunate for the pallets of the rest of the world. Some of my personal favorites that I recommend trying are; Adobo, Sisig, Lechon, Lumpia, and Halo-halo. Wherever you go you are sure to find lots of little local bakeries as well that sell delicious and cheap pastries. And lastly, make sure you try lots of different locally grown fruit and Cebu dried mango!
5. The prices – This one I write with a somewhat conflicted heart. Yes, you can find yourself living a life of luxury for relatively cheap, but that is only because the Philippines is still an underdeveloped nation. As a tourist, I find it great that I can stay in a resort like hostel with a private beach for under $15 a night or that I can eat a delicious meal for $2-3, but as a citizen of the world it sometimes hurts me to see the disparity of wealth that still exists today. Hopefully as tourism grows in the Philippines the country continues to develop in a positive direction, but for now, you should take advantage of the cheap prices and visit today!
For more photos and more in-depth written pieces about my time in the Philippines check out my blog @ www.sneadlerstravels.com

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Mary Mendenhall Hobbs (August 30, 1852 – July 20, 1930), was an American Quaker advocate for women's education, temperance, and suffrage, based in North Carolina. Her campaigning to improve women's education supported the founding of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1891.
Early life and education
Mary Mendenhall was born near Jamestown, North Carolina, one of the five daughters of Nereus and Oriana Wilson Mendenhall. Her family had a long history as Quaker educators; her father was a physician who was principal at New Garden Friends School in Greensboro, North Carolina. Mary completed her formal education at Miss Howland's School on Lake Cayuga in Union Springs, New York.
Mary Mendenhall taught for a few years between school and marriage. She married a childhood friend, Quaker educator Lewis Lyndon Hobbs (1849–1932), in 1880. They had five children together. While raising her children, she remained active in the Quaker community, raising money and advocating for girls' education. Her husband became president of Guilford College in 1888, and she was busy as the president's wife and hostess of campus events, until his retirement from that position in 1915.
Mary Mendenhall Hobbs was active in the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She assisted in editing the state chapter's newsletter, The Anchor, and was state superintendent of the organization's "Department of Hygiene and Heredity." She also lectured and wrote in favor of women's suffrage.
In 1921, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recognized Hobbs' service with an honorary Doctor of Letters degree, "in recognition of her attainments as a scholar and a writer." She was the second woman to be so honored, the first being Cornelia Phillips Spencer.
Death and legacy
She died in 1930, aged 77 years. Her papers are archived as part of the Friends Historical Collection at Guilford College, with further family papers in the Southern Historical Collection in Chapel Hill. There is a Mary Mendenhall Hobbs Residence Hall at Guilford College. Her first-hand descriptions of a girlhood in the South during and after the American Civil War, originally published in 1923 as Civil War and Reconstruction through the Eyes of Mary Mendenhall Hobbs, were reissued in 2012 by the North Carolina Friends Historical Society.

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POSTED: Friday, February 22, 2013 - 9:48am
UPDATED: Friday, February 22, 2013 - 3:46pm
EL PASO — A jury found Tyrone Head not-guilty on two counts of felony murder in the deaths of two Fort Bliss soldiers.
After hearing the verdict, Head collapsed onto the table, overcome with emotion and presumably relief.
Head's mother and family members traveled from Kansas City for the trial. They too were overcome with relieve and cried out praising the Lord.
Family members of the two victims, Damien Bailey and Preston Brown also walked out of the courtroom crying out in disbelief.
In January, 2012, Head got into a fight with Craig Graham outside of Fussion Night Club, which is now closed.
During the fight, Head got a gun from a friend's car and fired into the air ten times.
Graham fired back and the bullets from Graham's gun were the ones that killed Bailey and Brown.
State prosecutors tried to argue that Head was guilty of felony murder because by firing his gun first, he set the series of deadly events into motion.
Head's attorney, Patrick Lara, said the state could not prove Head was a murderer.
"There were several points that we had. It was just that we felt that altogether as a totality, the evidence just did not add up to a guilty verdict, based on felony murder which is what the state charged him with," said Lara.
Graham is charged with capital murder in the two deaths and is expected to stand trial in April.
Head spent ten months in the El Paso County Jail and is expected to be released late Thursday night or Friday morning.
Head is technically still in the U.S. Army and will report to Fort Bliss to determine what happens next.
NewsChannel 9 contacted Fort Bliss officials who said they should have more information on Friday.

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Back ground checks should be mandatory. Waiting period, I'm not sure because I purchase and sell at gun shows as well as on-line. On-line purchases require a licensed gun dealer for everything but black powder in Ohio so a back ground takes place for hand guns and rifles. Doing away with gun shows would be a major issue with me. There's not much from the liberal side that I can agree with anymore.


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Australia may not have a thriving technology epicentre like Silicon Valley, but if it is willing to take a little more risk, it may not be too far off.
A frenzy of investor activity surrounds the initial public offering of online job-outsourcing company Freelancer.com, which debuts on the Australian stock exchange on Friday. The global company issued shares to 619 institutional and retail investors in the float, which will value Freelancer.com at $218 million, or a multiple of 463 times its forecast calendar 2013 revenues.
The listing comes just a week after the successful US listing of social-media giant Twitter and also at a time when global sharemarkets are going gangbusters. But the Australian tech story could be also holding itself back, at least where it all begins – at the start-up phase.
Unlike the United States, Australia has a lack of venture capital investors and the skills of talented tech-heads have a tendency of being lured offshore for golden opportunities.
One company fighting the lure of Silicon Valley money is Australian social web technology and analytics company Digivizer, which lists Telstra and Australia Post as its clients, but is in the process of finding the right investor balance to expand its business offering to the local man in the street.
The company’s co-founder and chief executive
“I have seen businesses that give up equity and head over too early to the US, but then had difficulty managing their growth," said Ms LoRusso.
“There is a skills shortage and funding shortage holding back tech entrepreneurs in Australia, which forces them to accept the money more easily available in the US. You can have a great idea but the ability to nurture that through its growth stage is very limited, largely because of that funding gap of $1 million to $10 million and a skills shortage. So picking the time to expand is critical."
Global success from Sydney
Ms Lo Russo admires local software developer Atlassian, which has indicated that if it lists in the future, it will only do so in the US and not Australia. “Atlassian have proven that Australian intellectual property can be a global success even from their headquarters in Sydney," said Ms Lo Russo.
While Australia has a much smaller tech sector than the US with a fraction of the thousands of companies listed on the tech heavy NASDAQ, the local scene is building across online classifieds, social media marketing and software development.
“The tech sector is by nature highly speculative and requires solid amounts of venture capital. This is not something the Australian market is good at providing. The small scale nature of many tech startups also limits the number of institutional investors that are likely to get behind even a good prospect, because of the [at least initial] small scale," said Urbis chief economist Nicki Hutley.
There has been a number of listed companies perform very well over the past six months.
By comparison the Australian share market is up 15-plus per cent this year, while the local tech sector is up 25 per cent over the same period – underpinned by the confidence of central bank stimulus and ultra-low interest rates.
“Why are they doing well? It comes back to a business model that has a technology which is commercially scalable," said Wilson Asset Management chairman and portfolio manager Geoff Wilson, who is taking a stake in Freelancer.com.
Tech companies doing well in Australia tend to be online classified type companies, social media players and software developers. Nigel Lamb, director of online social marketing company New Media, said lead generation in the social media sector is also “going ballistic at the moment" as companies are finally realising how much cheaper it is to take on a global market place without the need for traditional media and marketing.
As for Freelancer.com, Mr Wilson said the reason he is “excited" about the tech company is because the current valuation doesn’t reflect the scalability of the business.
Other institutional investors also keen to back Freelancer.com include
“We like software and internet companies. We tend to look at many below $100 million market capitalisation," he said.
“We really look for something with recurrent earnings that is already making profits."
Indeed Hopkins counts Iress market technology and Altium as standouts in the local software space. Iress is now one of the largest financial planning software providers in the United Kingdom after acquiring Avelo FS Holdings in August.
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Advanced Problems in Organic Chemistry for JEE by M.S. Chouhan | Latest Edition
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Advanced Problems in Organic Chemistry for JEE" by M.S. Chouhan 17th edition 2023-24 is a popular book among JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) aspirants for the preparation of organic chemistry. The book covers a wide range of advanced level problems with a focus on the JEE syllabus.
The book is divided into chapters that cover various topics of organic chemistry, such as Stereochemistry, Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Aromatic Compounds, Haloalkanes and Haloarenes, Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers, Carbonyl Compounds, Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives, Amines, and Biomolecules.
Each chapter contains a large number of problems that are designed to challenge students and help them develop problem-solving skills. The problems are arranged in a graded manner, starting from simple to complex. The book also includes previous year JEE questions to give students an idea of the type of questions that can be asked in the exam.
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Miss Universe pageant isn’t just about beauty and glamour. It is also a platform to advocate various causes that are relevant to today’s society.
Last Friday, some of this year’s contestants made an appearance in a toy drive for the benefit of Toys for Tots – a charitable program that collects and distributes new toys to children who are less fortunate during the holidays.
A Canadian based entertainment company and circus producer, Cirque du Soleil, partnered with Toys for Tots and offered complimentary tickets to its latest production VOLTA by hosting the toy drive at Atlantic Station.
Here are some photos of the contestants from the event:
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LA Dodgers 7, Colorado 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 6, 2019
Where: Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
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Justin Turner had three hits and scored two runs, A.J. Pollock had two RBIs, Alex Verdugo homered and added an RBI triple, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Colorado Rockies 7-2 Saturday night in Denver.
Dodgers starter Walker Buehler (1-0) allowed three hits, two walks and one run in five innings. He struck out four.
Kenley Jansen gave up one hit in 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn his fourth save of the season for the Dodgers, who have won seven straight over the Rockies.
Colorado's David Dahl had a solo homer and an RBI single among his three hits.
Rockies starter Jon Gray (0-2) allowed eight hits, two walks and five runs with four strikeouts in six-plus innings.
The Dodgers took the lead for good in the top of the fourth. Turner was hit by a pitch, took third on Cody Bellinger's double and scored on Pollock's single to center. Max Muncy's sacrifice fly made it 2-0.
Dahl hit his second homer of the a season, a blast to the second deck in right with two outs in the bottom of the fourth, to cut Colorado's deficit to 2-1.
The Dodgers scored twice in the sixth. Turner singled and scored on Bellinger's triple. Pollock hit a sacrifice fly to left.
Verdugo led off the top of the seventh with his second homer of the season, and the Dodgers led 5-1.
DJ Johnson replaced Gray to get the next two outs, and Mike Dunn got the final out of the seventh for the Rockies.
Pedro Baez replaced Walker and tossed a perfect sixth.
After Baez was replaced by a pinch hitter, Yimi Garcia took over and pitched a perfect bottom of the seventh.
Seunghwan Oh took over for Colorado in the top of the eighth and pitched around Turner's single.
Josh Fuentes batted for Oh to lead off the bottom of the eighth and singled in his major league debut.
Caleb Ferguson replaced Garcia and walked Charlie Blackmon. Dylan Floro took over from Ferguson and got a flyout to center from Trevor Story and an infield fly from Nolan Arenado before Dahl hit an RBI single.
Jansen replaced Floro and struck out Ian Desmond to end the inning.
The Dodgers scored twice against Harrison Musgrave in the top of the ninth. Muncy singled, Verdugo tripled and Austin Barnes hit a sacrifice fly.
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After several years of back-and-forth litigation and a full two hours of in-person arguments before the New Jersey Supreme Court yesterday, the fate of the state’s $72 billion public-employee pension system now depends largely on how the justices interpret just one phrase from a nearly two-decades-old law.
Do the words “benefits program” as written into a piece of state legislation from 1997 that toughened up protections for public workers’ pensions cover both their pension benefits and regular cost-of-living increases? Or does the phrase apply only to the base pension benefits?
A lot is riding on the definition that the justices will arrive at given that the state pension system is already underfunded by roughly $40 billion. If they side with a group of retired public workers who believe the 1997 protections apply to both pension benefits and the cost-of-living increases, another $13 billion would be tacked on to the pension system’s unfunded liability, according to one recent estimate.
The case is also the latest test for a state Supreme Court that Gov. Chris Christie has worked hard to nudge more to the right since taking office in early 2010. And all eyes will be trained on how the court’s lone independent will rule in the case as Christie and Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) remain locked in a heated feud over the political makeup of the high court.
Less than a year ago, lawyers for the Christie administration went before the Supreme Court for oral arguments in another major pension case. They took the unprecedented position that a main element of a signature pension-reform law enacted by Christie in 2011, a section that called on the state to make increased contributions into the pension system, was unconstitutional.
But yesterday, the Christie administration lawyers launched a full-throated defense of another section of the law known as Chapter 78, saying language that suspended the cost-of-living increases for retirees is fully legal. Their defense came in the wake of a 2014 state appellate court ruling that sided with a group of retired workers who believe the cost-of-living increases cannot be suspended based on “non-forfeitable rights” established by the 1997 law.
During oral arguments before the Supreme Court yesterday, assistant state Attorney General Jean Reilly said the state interprets the 1997 language to mean retirees only have an unbreakable right to their base pension, not the cost-of-living increases. If the lawmakers wanted the protections to extend to cost-of-living increases, they would have clearly said that in the law, she said.
“We believe that this interpretation is the definitive one,” she told the justices, adding the cost-of-living increases are “separate and distinct.”
But Charles Ouslander, a retired state employee who is one of the plaintiffs in the case, noted the lawmakers wrote in an exception for health benefits for retirees. If they wanted to also include an exception for the cost-of-living increases, they would have written that in as well, he argued.
“By excluding healthcare, you’ve also included everything else under that broad phrase ‘benefits program,’” Ouslander said.
His comments came in response to a question asked by Justice Anne Patterson, a Republican nominee of Christie’s. It was one of several hard questions that Patterson posed to Ouslander and other attorneys for the retired workers and their unions.
Meanwhile, it was Justice Barry Albin, a Democrat nominated by former Democratic Gov. Jim McGreevey, who seemed to press Reilly the most.
Wouldn’t workers across the state read the statute about their unbreakable “benefits program” and think it meant that both their pensions and the cost-of-living increases were non-forfeitable, Albin asked.
“How do you think normal people read this?,” he said during one of the more noteworthy exchanges
But all eyes will be on how Justice Jaynee LaVecchia, an independent nominee of former Republican Gov. Christie Whitman, will view the arguments made by both the state’s attorneys and the retired employees yesterday.
That’s because the makeup of the high court right now is split between Patterson and two other Republicans, and Albin and another Democrat. There is also a vacancy that’s being filled by Appellate Division Judge Catherine Cuff, who is also a Democrat.
Christie has argued that long-held state tradition permits the governor to seat a court that has as many as four justices from his party. But Sweeney has blocked confirmation hearings for any additional Republican nominees from Christie, saying LaVecchia, though she is registered as an independent, should be considered a Republican for the purposes of determining the court’s partisan balance.
Last year, in the case involving the schedule of state pension contributions that were spelled out in Chapter 78, it was LaVecchia who LaVecchia who wrote the majority opinion in favor of the Christie administration. The ruling determined that only New Jersey voters could commit the state to such long-term obligations.
Several weeks later, the high court agreed to hear oral arguments in the case involving the cost-of-living increases, which had reached the appellate court after the state prevailed in Superior Court.
It appears the Supreme Court again has enough votes to side with the Christie administration, but if it instead rules in favor of the retired workers their decision would throw the pension system, which funds the retirements of an estimated 773,000 current and retired workers, into deeper fiscal distress.
An analysis earlier this year by Moody’s Investors Service, a major Wall Street credit rating agency, determined the pension system’s unfunded liability would go up by another $13 billion if the state loses the cost-of-living increases case.
“The heightened burden, combined with an increase in benefit costs, would hurt New Jersey’s pension fund cash flows and funded status and the state’s ability to reach structural budget balance,” Moody’s said in its analysis.

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The Denver region has an unprecedented opportunity to lead the country in shaping a more sustainable, livable and affordable metropolis. The public elected to invest over $6 billion into one of the largest rapid transit systems in the country, including 122 miles of light rail and 18 miles of bus rapid transit (1). The return on this investment will be measured not just by how many riders the system attracts, but by the social and economic backgrounds of those riders. Public transit cannot become luxury good only available to those who can afford to live near it. We need to demand smart and aggressive public policy to ensure housing around transit stations remains affordable to a wide range of people. Otherwise, we will continue to compound the inequities that stifle the social mobility of so many of our citizens.
Denver city planners and politicians have coalesced around a vision for transit-oriented development (TOD) around the hundreds of new FasTracks stations (2). By coordinating transportation and land use policy, TOD is a viable and promising alternative to automobile-oriented, inefficient suburban sprawl. TOD policy can shape the form of communities through planning efforts, zoning changes, and public financing mechanisms that all seek to incentivize dense housing and shared retail amenities close to the station (3). By enabling more people to live close to the station, and providing access to other daily needs nearby, TOD makes riding transit more attractive and economical. The benefits go beyond higher ridership, however. TOD can alleviate congestion, reduce air pollution, enhance transit operations, and improve physical health by encouraging walking and biking (4).
The appeal of TOD is not lost on real estate developers. Their profit-maximizing motives, if unregulated by public policy, will result in transit-oriented housing being within the economic prospects of only the affluent. Both demand-side and supply-side pressures that make it probable that housing around transit will be very expensive (5). First, the high demand for TOD has already driven investors to buy up land near future stations. Many of these developers break up the land into smaller plots to roll up higher overall profits, which makes it more difficult to build dense housing. Land prices are rising as speculation about future returns increases. High land prices means that developers will have to build high-priced housing that can generate profitable returns.
Many outdated and unnecessary public policies and financial practices inhibit the supply of high density, transit-oriented housing. Zoning policy often does not support this type of housing around station areas, so rezoning or lengthy permitting processes add to developer costs. High parking requirements are designed for an automobile-dependent environment, so they need to be lowered or eliminated to reflect the reality that transit-oriented housing attracts families with fewer or no cars. One structured parking space can cost over $20,000, so high parking requirements are extremely prohibitive costs for developers (6). Also, developers, whether public or private, don’t have the capacity to buy land at a lower price and hold it until a station is built.
There are two critical reasons why we should care that housing near transit remain affordable to most people. First, housing and transportation costs can easily displace other crucial family needs. Housing and transportation are the two highest line items in every family budget. And they are usually fixed for a significant period of time, as they are tied to long-term decisions about where to work and live. If housing and transportation costs rise too high, families have to cut back on the things they desperately need to be healthy and thriving, like education, healthcare and quality food. Second, these two costs are inextricably linked. Due to high population growth and a robust economy, housing near core job centers is often too expensive for many families, so they “drive to affordability” by living in distant suburbs. Unfortunately, the consequential increase in transportation costs from driving further or owning more cars often negates savings on housing. The inverse scenario occurs for those who choose to stay close to the city where housing costs are more expensive. Affordable TOD housing is the only solution that addresses both the transportation and housing sides of this equation.
To make affordable TOD housing a reality, we must demand three public policy efforts. First, a TOD Acquisition Fund should be established to provide the financing necessary for developers to purchase and hold land at prices that enable affordable housing (7). Commercial banks will not engage in these long-term loan agreements that are needed to reserve land around future station areas. Low-interest, long-term public loans should be made available to developers who agree to build affordable housing once the station is nearing operation. Second, RTD should directly engage in joint development with private investors under the powers vested in transit operators by the Federal Transit Administration (8). There are significant, quantifiable benefits to developing housing near transit. RTD needs to recognize that buying and holding land for future mixed-income housing is in the best interest of the public and their transit operations. Lastly, city planners need to completely overhaul the planning, zoning and permitting structures of TOD areas to incentivize dense, affordable, mixed-use housing in station areas. Every planning tool should be employed to make this type of development easier and less costly.
The opportunity to fundamentally alter a regional metropolis into a more equitable and sustainable form does not come often. Denver has embraced a vision of a transit-oriented future that remedies some of the immense public problems associated with excessive driving. But the land around our new transit stations is scarce. It is imperative we do not let this valuable resource go to waste by allowing only the highest earners to cash in on the benefits of living near transit. Every Denver citizen contributes to FasTracks through sales taxes, so every Denver citizen should have the opportunity to fully utilize the system. We can only call this public investment a success if everyone gets a share of the public benefits.
1. RTD (2013)
2. Denver Regional Council of Governments (2013)
3. Cervero, et al (2002) p. 45
4. Cervero, et al (2002) p. 28
5. Belzer, et al (2007) p. 25
6. Belzer, et al (2007) p. 26
7. Belzer, et al (2007) p. 27
8. Pollack and Prater (2013) p. 16
Belzer D. et al (2007). The Case for Mixed-Income Transit-Oriented Development in the Denver Region. Center for Transit-Oriented Development. February 2007.
Cervero, R., Ferrell, C., & Murphy, S. (2002). Transit-oriented development and joint development in the United States: A literature review. TCRP Research Results Digest, (52).
Denver Regional Council of Governments (2013). Transit-Oriented Development. Available at: http://tod.drcog.org/
Pollack and Prater (2013). Filling the Financing Gap for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development: Lessons from Atlanta, Denver, the San Francisco Bay Area and the Twin Cities. Enterprise Community Partners and Living Cities Initiative. April 2013.
Regional Transportation District (RTD) (2013). What is FasTracks? Available at: http://www.rtd-fastracks.com/main_26