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Joran Van der Sloot: More Conflicting Reports
By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 02:39:36 PM EST
Tags: Joran Van der Sloot (all tags)
Update 6/7/10, 10:30 pm: Peru news reports say Joran has confessed, details here.
I'm still following the confusing reports from Peru on Joran Van der Sloot. My Spanish is getting better by the day because the Google and other online translators are pretty awful, and I've found that by reading the Spanish, I get a more accurate sense, even accounting for the words I don't know. Also, their pronouns are often wrong and in the wrong place making it hard to figure out who they are talking about. It's clearer to me reading the Spanish.
That said, while I can understand most of the written Spanish, I'm not able to translate it into English, so especially when pressed for time (like now) I may move to summaries, with links to the Spanish. From what I gather today: [More..]
La Repbulica (Google Translation here): The police now think robbery was the motive, they are checking her bank accounts for transfers (although other articles speculate it was her refusal to do a transfer that caused her murder.)
They are in possession of and checking both their cell phones as to numbers called to and from the phones. They may take Joran back to the hotel to retrace his steps and they continue to interview the hotel employees. It's also reported Stephany's wallet and credit cards were found with her body. (If her credit cards were there, doesn't that refute a robbery motive?) There are still conflicting reports on whether her jewelry was found, if she wore any.
Reports remain confusing as to poker player Elton Garcia. I'd say his story doesn't add up but there are so many inconsistencies, it may just be his statements are being incorrectly reported. E.g., if they weren't friends, why did they make plans 3 days in advance to meet at a certain restaurant for dinner? Why was he so concerned about Joran not showing that he feared he and Stephany had been kidnapped, and why was he so worried he asked the casino manager to call the hotel or check the casino videos? If he was staying at the same hotel as Joran, why didn't he ask himself? And how did he already know Stephany was missing?
Another curios note: Joran's number was stored in his phone. (One report says he told police he did that unintentionally when he received a call from Joran, who got his number from another poker player.)
Reports vary about the last night. Some have Elton, Joran and Stephany playing poker together at an open table from 3:20 am, when she arrived at the casino alone, until 5:00 a.m. when Joran and Stephanie left together, with Stephanie driving them to the hotel -- to those saying Elton just saw Stephany and Joran playing at an open table.
As mentioned, it's been reported by multiple publications Elton was staying at the same hotel as Joran. His story makes more sense if he wasn't staying at the same hotel. Maybe those reports are wrong. And if not, what time did he get back to the hotel that morning?
Some reports have Elton saying he played poker with Stephany four times in May. Some say he played with Stephany and Joran. Other reports have him saying he never met Joran, just knew him by sight. (But they were meeting for dinner?)
He refused to tell police Stephany had won $5,000. the night she disappeared, only that she had won $2,000. from him earlier in the month.
It sounds to me like Stephany knew both Elton and Joran and they had played together before and played together that night. But again, it's hard to tell from the conflicting reports.
The bigger question, given the speculation of robbery as a motive, is did Joran lose, and ask Stephany to drive him back to his hotel so he could get her the money? Or Did Stephany lose and Joran asked her to make a bank transfer to pay him, using a computer back at his room? And doesn't the casino have videotapes of all the tables? Wouldn't the tapes show who won and who lost?
Back to news: the ex-Director of NPI (which seems to be the equivalent of our Bureau of Prisons) says Joran will not be going to Miguel Castro Castro prison (as the Peruvian press reported yesterday.) (Google translation here.)He says Miguel Castro Castro is not secure enough to protect him. He believes Joran is likely to go to another maximum security prison in Piedras Gordas.
If Joran does go to Miguel Castro Castro, I hope he doesn't try to escape. There are a lot of land mines around the prison, courtesy of the old Peruvian government. Last month, the U.S. agreed to give Peru almost $3 million to remove some that are still there.
He's being closely guarded to make sure he doesn't attempt suicide. (Apparently, he hit his head against the wall of an elevator and they are taking that as a suicide attempt. I doubt it. No way would he be in an elevator alone and I doubt you kill yourself that way. Maybe it's a story to cover up that someone else bashed his head into the wall of an elevator?)
A Peruvian lawyer, Rosa Luisa Camargo, has been appointed for him, but the Republica reports he now wants a Dutch lawyer. The opposite was reported yesterday.
I haven't checked the wires in an hour or so and they change fast. Maybe some of these questions have been answered. What doesn't add up to you about the reports?
Our prior coverage with more links is assembled here.
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Cnn update (5.00 / 1) (#6)
by kasey9 on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 03:28:30 PM EST
CNN (Jane Velez mitchell) update is also stating that there were two pepsi bottles ..one pepsi (not completely empty) & the other a Diet pepsi totally (empty) five cigarette butts, the room was a mess sheets off bed and mattress moved and she was laying in her black top and red panties with Jorans beige shirt draped over her...her knees folded up to her chest and her arms wide spead across- one on each side of her body. blood coming from her nose only - according to the report. Bruising (from decomposition, I would assume) also stating her earrings were on & watch. Says the window that the coroner is giving of time of death is between 48 - 72 hours....prior to the time she was found...what a wide window....???
Do we know how long until the results of autopsy?
They also recognize & state that the video clips have been edited!!!!
Yeah, the ME said that to (none / 0) (#9)
by gyrfalcon on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 03:33:59 PM EST
Greta's team and I forgot to mention it, that the mattress was I think they said "pulled away from the corner," which is why he said the blunt force trauma to her head could have come from the bedframe if she'd been shoved violently.
then again (none / 0) (#14)
by Jeralyn on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 03:41:36 PM EST
maybe he told her the money he owed her was under the mattress and she hit her head while trying to move it away to look under it. Or maybe when he went for coffee, she started searching on her own and tried to move the mattress and hit her head, and when he returned, she was dead, he panicked and fled. I think anything is still possible at this point.
I think the "if she'd been shoved violently" comes from media speculation from the ME's comment she could have hit her head on the bedframe.
Actually (none / 0) (#20)
Fuhrman specifically said the ME said there would not have been enough force, in the ME's opinion, to damage her head that badly on the bedframe just from falling herself.
"Shoved violently" is my phrase in this case. But I don't think you can physically smash your skull and break your neck by losing your balance when you're shoving a mattress. You'd at least have to be standing up, suddenly lose your footing somehow, and come crashing down hard from height.
What the ME said (none / 0) (#27)
From Fuhrman's report to Greta:
"And as far as the weapon, the ME made some interesting speculations. He opined that the kind of box frame to the bed, a European-style bed where the mattress sits on top -- the mattress was askew in the corner. It was away, as if the victim right where she laid below that corner, possibly that corner of that hardwood frame could have been what she collided with on the back of her head. But he opined this, that the force, if it was her that fell or tripped, would not be sufficient to cause the massive damage to her head. She would have to have been driven into that bed frame by some other force, that being another human."
Yes, CNN Jean Casarez states the same (none / 0) (#16)
Jean Casarez is now reporting live from the police report obtained through a leaked report to a meida station...the mattress is being reported as being pulled away from the wall...her arms are being reported as wide open and legs poulled up to her chest...they say it does not indicate a defense motion as her arms were spread wide not clenched up...
reports coming out she (none / 0) (#10)
wasn't drugged and had insufficient alcohol to mean much. No sexual intercourse found (forcible or otherwise.) They've ruled out sex as a motive.
The photos I've seen show the bedspread on and the mattress slightly askew. Also, she was wearing jeans and the M.E. said she was fully clothed.
Her father is the one who said her jewelry was and money were missing. He's been wrong about a lot of things (not to blame him, but still, he's not been accurate.)
Jeralyn- (none / 0) (#23)
Thank you so much for the updates!!
I cannot believe how many inaccuracies are out there...it just simply looks like they had him at guilty as soon as they found out his name...(As her brother stated he lloked his name up on the internet)....
Are they actually saying what the motive is...not rape...not robbery...perhaps it was accidental...has any one at all, considered that theory...?
Which I think proves (none / 0) (#26)
by jbindc on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 04:07:45 PM EST
We need to wait for the trial and see what is presented then. As the Chief of Police said - this is still an ongoing investigation, so I think taking the word of any one press source is a bit premature. Maybe we can filter some out, but we won't know the whole story until we are able to see the whole video and hear the witnesses in the entirety.
*Jean Casarez live in Lima is reporting (none / 0) (#17)
I'd like a plausible theory (5.00 / 1) (#7)
on why she has her head down the whole time in the surveillance video.
I also found it quite striking that Joran goes first down the corridor and also into the room. That's an especially odd thing for a European man to do. I can't quite make sense of it. He's smirking and confident, she's trailing behind with her shoulders slumped and her head down. It's as if she had to go with him for some reason but wasn't happy about it, and he was.
Any body language experts out there?
If she was going to the hotel against her (5.00 / 1) (#32)
by oculus on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 04:18:20 PM EST
will, wouldn't she be in front of him as they walked away from registration desk?
Indeed (none / 0) (#57)
That's what puzzles me. He's supremely confident she will follow him, yet she's not even pretending to be happy about going with him.
I really don't know what to make of it, which is why I'm asking.
That part seems to indicate to me (none / 0) (#61)
by ruffian on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 08:47:03 PM EST
a situation where they may have been on their way to someplace else but had to stop back at his room to get something or do something first. Or at least that was what she (and maybe he) thought. They have the look of two people running an errand together, not as someone bringing a guest to his room.
I agree all this (none / 0) (#78)
by JamesTX on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 10:30:09 PM EST
is odd and catches attention. One explanation is they are just tired. They have been up all night partying and gambling. She may just be in a near stupor -- "dragging", so to speak. But you make some good points when coupled with the fact that she drove them there in her car, and he shows no sign of being concerned about keeping track of her. Theoretically they just met 1 or 2 hours earlier. It would seem there would be more formality and attention to each other. They look like my wife and I going home after a long day shopping at WalMart.
The other thing is that she is supposedly a fully out lesbian. Of course, it is hard to make any generalizations or predictions about what that means and what to expect in her behavior, any more than making predictions based on heterosexuality. In fact, that isn't why I think this is not sexual. I think this was not a sexual rendezvous for other reasons. As Jeralyn noted, I think they were going to the room to get high or to do some other kind of business, up to and including just to sleep. He just doesn't show the typical signs of having that on his mind. He would be paying more attention to her physically.
There is absolutely none of the chivalrous courtesies so common in European men as stated. That stuff is almost habitual and unavoidable behavior for those of us over 50, but not so habitual for younger men. After all, the behavior became unpopular with the feminist movement, and I have to consciously stop myself now from opening doors for women because I have been sneered at and snapped at for doing it quite a bit. I don't like to be sneered at like I am Jethro Clampitt, because I'm not. Of course, for me, it is just something my parents taught me to do -- it has no symbolism whatsoever. It doesn't mean I want anything from the woman or that I think the woman is weak. In fact, I fully see women as stronger in all aspects now than men, and especially stronger than me! It is just a habit as deeply ingrained in my motor behavior as walking. For younger men, though, they have been taught not to do it.
I also see something in his mannerism in the slow-motion footage of him collecting the key from the front desk. There is something in the way he held it high and waived it. I'm not sure what that is about. It could be he was simply emphasizing to the clerk with body language that he had taken the key. It could also be an exaggerated expression of fatigue and relief that they were finally off the street.
I think we may be reading way too much into a picture of two exhausted people going to a hotel room. On the other hand, it is curious.
Good thoughts (none / 0) (#83)
And you're so right they look like an old married couple coming home after a tedious day (except for that smirk of his, though)
But a couple of points. There's no reason to think Joran necessarily knew she was an out lesbian. And frankly, there are those men who are so full of themselves that they would consider that a fun challenge, not a bar to expecting sex.
Secondly, although it's not factual evidence, it was certainly widely reported during the Holloway hoo-had that he generally was in the habit of treating women, at least the young U.S. tourists, pretty crudely. He made a habit of trolling the casino there whenever a group of U.S. teenagers came in for a post-graduation fling.
Also, there's a fairly well-known (apparently) Peruvian singer who found himself seated next to Joran at the poker tables during the course of the evening, and he said he was shocked at the crude way he spoke to his male companion of women and his desire to go get some action. Guy's name is Roberto Blades. He was on the Van Susteren program this evening, and he turns up in a lot of Spanish-language papers telling his story, but I've only tried to do the auto translate on a couple of them.
Lastly, American men have indeed gotten beaten up by a lot of women for overdoing the door-opening, chair-pulling, "chivalrous" behavior, but I don't know that that's the case either in the Netherlands or in Aruba. I tend to think it would be less so.
"I think we may be reading way too much into a picture of two exhausted people going to a hotel room. On the other hand, it is curious."
Agree with you entirely on that!
Well, (none / 0) (#33)
it WAS his room He would've had to unlock the door.
Maybe he just isn't a gentleman?
Clearly! (none / 0) (#58)
But I have <ahem> gone with a male personage to his hotel room once or twice in my life and I have never not had the man step back to let me go in ahead of him after unlocking the door. Never. Not in a business situation, not in a non-business situation.
It's just odd, especially because European men are usually far, far more courteous about this kind of thing than American men tend to be.
I've always wondered about that though (none / 0) (#63)
In some situations isn't it more gentlemanly for the man to go in first and make sure the coast is clear?
Well, I've never (none / 0) (#86)
had a situation where a man did that in a hotel room unless he had a roommate...
Going into an unknown public space-- say, an unfamilar pub in a strange town that looks OK from the outside but you can't see through the windows-- would maybe do that. But not a private space like a hotel room.
In any case, they'd peer around through the door or even go in but then turn and invite the woman to come in with a nod that the coast is clear. Here he doesn't quite let the door slam in her face, but he shows no concern about her at all.
As James says, making too much of this for its value, it's just curious.
Her head down possibly (none / 0) (#48)
by Untold Story on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 07:15:37 PM EST
because she didn't want anyone to recognize her?
because it was 5:30 a.m. and she was very tired?
because she was somewhat ashamed as a South American girl to be trotting after someone to a hotel room?
because she has lost all her money and was worried about what to tell her father?
because that is the way she always walks?
All possible (none / 0) (#59)
If she'd lost all her money, though, when did that happen? Casino video apparently shows her winning a pot just before she and Joran left, no?
Dr Laura Guess blog (none / 0) (#94)
by purplebutterfly21 on Sun Jun 13, 2010 at 08:00:33 AM EST
for interpretation of body language of tapes.
According to CNN (5.00 / 3) (#19)
As of 20 hours ago:
A hotel worker is also seen in the video speaking to van der Sloot as he is leaving the hotel, Peru Interior Ministry spokesman Carlos Gonzalo said. When investigators questioned the worker, he told them that van der Sloot told him "don't bother my girl," according to Gonzalo.
Van der Sloot indicated to the hotel worker that he would be returning to the room, Gonzalo said.
Surveillance video from a casino -- also recorded on May 30 -- shows Flores and van der Sloot playing cards at the same table, he said. The woman won about 5,000 soles (about $1,755), though it was not found in the room or the victim's car, Gonzalo said.
Flores' body was badly beaten and investigators believe a tennis racquet in the room was used in the killing, Gonzalo said.
He said "they found bloodied clothes with" van der Sloot and that investigators are testing them, as well as the tennis racquet, for DNA.
The hotel workers became suspicious after no one else left the room, and eventually a foul smell came from it, Gonzalo said. It wasn't immediately clear how much time lapsed between the conversation on video and workers noticing the smell.
So the surevillance video shows her with the 5000 soles ($1755) winnings as of May 30 - not winning from Elton Garcia.
Not good for the detained suspect. (none / 0) (#30)
Bloodied clothes with him upon arrest. Wondered what was in that gym bag. But, didn't he turn himself in?
Depends on which report you read (none / 0) (#31)
I've read he turned himself in and said he didn't kill her and other reports where they say that's not what happened.
Given the inaccuracies (none / 0) (#74)
rampant in reports coming from all these sources, everything is obviously subject to having been embellished a bit if not outright fabricated. All this started out with Joran hanging a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door, a non-fact clearly demonstrated in video that subsequently appeared.
There is money for the media, and for anyone who talks to them, in sensationalizing to imply Joran's guilt. The story the public wants to hear and is willing to pay for is anything that emphasizes how outrageous it is that he was free to begin with. One comment I read was that "women are safer tonight." That's the only attitude we can expect from the media. As I said, he has become a bigger-than-life symbol of three major issues which automatically raise anger to the level of incoherent babbling -- (1) crime going unpunished, (2) violence against women, and (3) white male privilege. The confluence of those three sentiments will kill anybody. He hasn't got a chance in the media. Those issues sell, and they sell big. Nobody wants hear any evidence to the contrary, nor will they even recognize it when they see it. The facts for the vast majority of the world right now are exactly what somebody said to me today -- "he killed again."
Right now, the "bloody clothing" report has about as much credibility as the "Do Not Disturb" sign story. If it is true at all, there is an incredibly wide range of facts which could masquerade under that vague statement. Of course, what the true believer imagines when they hear that is blood soaked garments out of the movie psycho. I sincerely doubt that to be the case. If nothing else, he would have discarded anything that obvious. "Bloody clothing" could be anything from something that resulted from him cutting himself shaving (his sideburns disappeared in this somewhere) to soiled clothing that simply was assumed to be blood. After all, there is evidence he was into some red hair dye during that 24 hour period. I'm not figuring in any "bloody clothing" into my speculations until that report is made a little more specific.
Exactly so (none / 0) (#88)
From bits and pieces I've heard from the good reporters on the ground on CNNHeadline and Fox, "bloody clothing" is indeed an exaggerration. IOW, he wasn't carrying around blood-soaked clothes, but items with small suspicious spots on them that are being tested.
To be fair, a lot of the bad reporting on this initially came from Peru, and possibly some of it is the same bad translation we've had trouble with here.
Of course, the sensationalists in the media here are happy to seize on the most gruesome reports without worrying about whether they're true, or even likely, or not.
But the bad reporting has come primarily from Peru media, and U.S. has just happily repeated it.
Elton Garcia was there too (none / 0) (#51)
I don't know who she won money from or if she won money. As I said, there are conflicting reports. Why don't you research him?
It is my understanding (none / 0) (#1)
that she didn't win $5000. She won approximately $1755 - it was 5000 (whatever units) in Peruvian money. That was shown on the videotapes and no money was found with her body - hence the robbery angle.
that's the money Elton said (none / 0) (#5)
she won earlier in May. See my earlier posts with links to the actual news articles.
I agree its not clear if she won any money from Joran that night or vice versa.
With respect to the credit cards (none / 0) (#2)
by nyjets on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 02:58:29 PM EST
Also, people may not bother stealing credit cards because in the long run they are not worth it. Using a stolen credit card can be very easily check and be used to link a potential suspect. Given a choice, some thiefs may steal cash but ignore the credit cards as not worth it (unless they have a way of using the cards without being caught).
But could it be (none / 0) (#3)
by Lacy on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 03:13:50 PM EST
as simple as having that camera fixed on the door and its showing just the two of them going in and no one but Juron coming out?
Not without (none / 0) (#4)
proof she died within that time frame and not without showing continuous camera coverage between the time they entered the room and the time her body was found showing no one else entered. They are showing selected snippets that serve their theory.
CNN on site in peru (none / 0) (#13)
Cnn - reporting from a LEAKED police report - Jean Casarez Agrees that the videos we are seeing of them entering the hotel room have been edited...to cordinate their theory that Joran is Guilty...He needs a good lawyer, he would not be the first human being that has been framed or in fact found guilty of a crime in which he or she didn't commit.
The bigger question, (none / 0) (#8)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 03:31:03 PM EST
The bigger question, given the speculation of robbery as a motive, is did Joran lose, and ask Stephany to drive him back to his hotel so he could get her the money?
I may be wrong, but generally I don't think you will find people to gamble with you unless you have the money you are betting in hand...
I would have thought that too (none / 0) (#11)
isn't casino poker played with pre-paid chips? Don't you just bring your chips to the window if you win? I guess people could make side bets though.
Maybe, however (5.00 / 1) (#39)
I think it would be pretty hard to find someone who would take your side bets unless you had the cash or chips in hand.
Jeralyn, thanks for (none / 0) (#12)
struggling with the news reports out of Peru. They're at least a little closer to the action there, but I still think we have to wait for reliable U.S. investigative type reporters and producers to filter out as much of the noise as possible.
In particular, I'm hoping somebody can get into that room soon so we know whether it has another door or not.
Seems to me that short of a giant Peruvian law enforcement conspiracy, if there'd been another person going in and out of that hall door, we'd have heard about it by now, but it would be good to get explicit confirmation.
there's no other door (none / 0) (#15)
that came from a faulty google translation. It's a high rise. And the employee said she went back to the room, not that she went through a back door. See my last post on that with the addition.
Gotcha. Thanks. (none / 0) (#21)
according to this hotel guide (none / 0) (#22)
by ding7777 on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 04:00:08 PM EST
Hotel Tac Sac has both an exterior and an interior room entrance
that's an interent guide not the (none / 0) (#25)
hotel site and the hotel site makes no reference to other doors. And if you read the article with her quote, you'll see she said she went back to the room.
In U.S. hotels/motels (none / 0) (#60)
anyway, that language means they have some rooms with interior, some with exterior, not that rooms have both. It's especially pointed out by lower-priced hotels, like Motel 6, because although some people want the convenience of the outside door, others (like me!) would rather have a buffer from the outside world. This was a hotel apparently in that general class.
309 (none / 0) (#95)
the room is on the third floor.
Is anyone surprised CNN has (none / 0) (#18)
reporters in Peru to follow this story? Do other national U.S. media have reporters in Peru also?
Also, kdog, will you shed some light on the paying off gambling debts?
yes Fox has reporters there too (none / 0) (#24)
including Phil Keating (and of course its own Mark Furhman)
Do you have an opinion why Fuhrman is (none / 0) (#28)
(if he is) considered to be credible now but wasn't in the OJ trial?
FWIW (none / 0) (#62)
Other than by F. Lee Bailey, Fuhman's competence as a detective hasn't ever been in question that I know of. He was known as a meticulous professional detective. From what I've seen of him on Greta's show back when she was doing crime stories more and used him now and then, he's very good at getting precise info both from crime scenes and local law enforcement and frequently ends up knocking down the speculation and rumors that surround any high-profile case.
Yes Cnn (none / 0) (#29)
Reporting Live for CNN is Jean Casarez, in fron tof Lima Police Station
No (none / 0) (#35)
This is sexy stuff. Stuff always happens in the summer, it seems. We had Michael Jackson's death last summer. Summer 2008 was the election. Natalee Holloway in the summer of 2005. Chandra Levy's disappearance in the summer of 2001.
These people LIVE for this kind of stuff.
Honestly, it is a fascinating (none / 0) (#64)
case, as was the Chandra Levy case. If you like detective and mystery novels, as I do, having something this complex play out in real time is catnip. Personally, I'd far rather a good murder mystery than Sandra Bullock's marital woes or Gary Coleman's ex-wife's perfidy or lack thereof.
Yes, I was thinking that too earlier (5.00 / 1) (#65)
I read a good mystery novel in a weekend - this is like being forced to only read a few pages at a time, the way the information dribbles out.
Yup (none / 0) (#75)
by nycstray on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 09:37:26 PM EST
what makes this interesting along with the good mystery aspect {no disrespect intended towards all involved!} is the real time conversations here as to the various bit of info etc.
What I'm wondering now, IF he did both NH and Steph, why was one so f'ing neat and the other so damn sloppy? Nothing really adds up on that front to me. I didn't follow the NH disappearance/murder?, so I'm just eating up the current catnip . . . .
Yes, they are disimilar, but (5.00 / 1) (#79)
if Joran committed both the difference would be that he had his father and the Police Captain(?) to clean up the NH mess
If, as seems likely (none / 0) (#87)
Natalee died on an isolated, empty beach in the wee hours with no witnesses, either accidently or by his hand somehow, there's no "mess" to clean up other than the body.
There's been a great deal of speculation as to what happened to her body, whether it was hauled out to sea in a small boat and dumped or temporarily buried and then dumped in a marsh with the help of Daddy or various other scenarios. The Aruban authorities are reportedly getting serious now about more thoroughly investigating a couple of likely places they gave short shrift to five years ago.
Much, much different in a hotel room, where there's really not much of anything you can do, other than turn the TV on, tell the staff you'll be back and not to go in, and beat it out of town.
If -- IF -- he is responsible for the death of both of these girls, I don't think in either case it was intentional in the sense of premeditated. It was either a sudden violent rage at being denied something, or rough treatment, or in Natalee's case possibly purely accidental from too much alcohol and maybe drugs.
You gotta... (none / 0) (#40)
by kdog on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 05:35:45 PM EST
pay up front for your chips to play in a casino...the only debt you could incur to another player is a straight up loan or personal side bet of some sort...both almost unheard of unless you know the person.
News channels use freelancers in (none / 0) (#44)
by Joan in VA on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 06:12:44 PM EST
foreign countries. They rarely send reporters from the US.
Also, CNN isn't covering this story-Headline News is. CNN has barely mentioned this story. HLN(which was once CNN2) covers crime stories and Hollywood stuff. Both owned by Time-Warner but very different branding for each.
I meant as far as on-air coverage. Doh! (none / 0) (#45)
Yes, CNN Headline (none / 0) (#66)
CNN proper has a Latin American affairs editor down there who rarely gets airtime, but he's contributing bits and pieces, as well. He doesn't seem very happy about it, either!
Also Fox has at least one producer and occasional crime coverage contributor Mark Fuhrman there.
Re earlier reference to possible (none / 0) (#34)
post mortem bruising: -link
It is possible, but seems to stem from application of pressure to the dead body, i.e., body doesn't just bruise after death.
body swells (none / 0) (#52)
gases ooze and it changes considerably. The condition of the body 3 days later may be different in important respects from how it was at death. Particularly without freezing or embalming it.
Blood alcohol post mortem: (none / 0) (#36)
thoughts (none / 0) (#37)
by pac on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 04:57:24 PM EST
Well, do the hotels rooms have connecting doors to other rooms which are sometimes opened when people rent rent two rooms or sometimes locked?
Was it ever determined if there is a backdoor?
If there are is not a connecting door and not a backdoor then whoever comes and goes should be seen on video, if the video camera is untampered and working properly. If a video camera is turned off at some point is that obvious, such as the clock affected?
The other man, Garcia, supposedly asked someone to check Joran's room. That appeared a little too worried for someone who didn't know him well. Joran could have been in someone else's room or with a girl or whatever or just forgotten about dinner. At the same time, facts and reporting are too hard to sort for accuracy, as the NY lawyer, Tacopina indicated.
I read a report stating that Stephany was found with a head injury with blood coming from her ear, nose and one side of her head., possibly hit the bed frame. The article stated the stabbing reports were untrue. Since reading that article I have read more about stabbing but unsure if those reports are repeats from earlier misinformed sources?
There are also varied reports about finding or not finding any blood stained clothes. Some articles claim Joran had blood stained clothes in his bag which are being evaluated. Others claim no blood stained clothes. So, if you have time to hang out somewhere and dye your hair do you not lose the blood stain clothes along the way too? I suspect there are more reporting errors but ? nothing surprised me anymore.
Also, odd the FBI sting operation, extortion, and no one bothers to determine where Joran is headed after Aruba reported he was leaving the country with the money he was given? Just one of many confusing facts but ??????
Somewhere I read that Joran had a hotel room in Chile, possibly a place he was staying more long term? but unsure. If that information is correct than he wasn't exactly heading for a border but had a reason to travel in that direction. With normal circumstances it would be feasible to think he was going there for some reason with an intention to return to Peru. Regardless, given the much publicized previous case it is difficult not to expect the worst.
The more I read comment sections it is obvious that I am not alone in questioning many of the circumstances to be sure Joran is the actual lone suspect, which he is reportedly considered, but the dyed hair? More and more notice of the mention of the dyed hair in comment sections. Odd that the more serious aspects are often fairly considered but many are unable to understand the dyed hair. Although it is unknown or unreported where Joran was during the journey to Chile, it would be interesting to know where he dyed his hair along the way. Regardless what happened in Aruba, each case must be evaluated, guilt factor, independently. Having seen earlier pictures of Joran with dyed hair it is obvious this is not the first time he has that color but? how to explain unless he stopped for a hair make over along the way. Who knows? The fact is many are uninformed that he had the color before but even knowing that the hair color change is proving to be a first impression factor that prevents further scrutiny of other factors. Just read comment sections and notice that people assume he dyed his hair and headed for the border. Does anyone know how to explain the hair change during the trip or are things just as they appear?
The Dutch lawyer claims Joran was in the process of turning himself in and possibly there are e mails to confirm.
My thought after reading the various confessions Juron was giving was he appeared to be either emotionally distraught due to the Holloway experience and wanted to explain or he was needing help of some kind. Then there was the reporter who tricked Juron into believing they were good friends but taped him saying Natalee died while making out... and then exposed his confession to the world basically. Was this a good thing to chance if dealing with a person who could be having emotional problems, whether a result of what happened in the Holloway case, media circus, or other? Why not just show the tape to police and determine if there is a case rather than share with the public information obtained which doesn't end useful in the end? Keep in mind the people tampering with Joran's mind and feelings believed him to be a criminal. Bottom line, could Joran have been run over the edge? by the very people who believed he could be dangerous? Maybe he wasn't dangerous and run over the edge as a result of an accident or was dangerous and run over the edge. Either way, somewhere in the past handling and even with so much visibility, another tragic situation.
It is reported that Joran made the call after his father died and asked for money in return for information. Possibly Juron wanted money for information if he felt he needed to leave the area as a result. Otherwise, it is difficult to imagine he just called and demanded money. Is there more to this story? If not, then why more action?
Regardless whether Natalee was an accident panic case or more, Juron appears guilty in Peru. Regardless that Juron appears guilty in Peru it is important to examine every aspect to be sure.
no back door (none / 0) (#53)
see my comment above and my earlier posts. The employee said she went back to the room, not she went through a back door. Google translation was off.
Hmmm.... (none / 0) (#38)
The other man, Garcia, supposedly asked someone to check Joran's room. That appeared a little too worried for someone who didn't know him well
If that's true, it may not be as strange as it seems. Remember - Van der Sloot is internationally famous (infamous) because of the Natalee Holloway story. If this story is true, maybe Garcia realized who Joran was and was very concerned for the girl.
he'd been playing with both (none / 0) (#54)
of them before. He was meeting Joran for dinner. He had Joran's number in his cell phone. Maybe you should read some more about the reports of what he told police. There are many of them, with inconsistencies.
Question - Video of Joran with 2 cups coffee ? (none / 0) (#41)
Why are they not airing the video that was being reported at by several news stations that Joran at 8:50 am left hotel room and brought back two cups of coffee and breakfast bread?
Has any one found footage of that hotel video?
Haven't seen it (none / 0) (#42)
But so what? It may show evidence that she was alive, but then again, anyone with an IQ over 50 who watches any TV would know that if there is a security camera, you could fake an alibi by getting two cups of coffee.
Video will show change of shirt (none / 0) (#92)
by kasey9 on Tue Jun 08, 2010 at 08:24:02 AM EST
The video will show whether he has changed his shirt or stiull wearing shirt from night before...
they haven't shown it (none / 0) (#55)
so we don't know what he was wearing when he left to get coffee. They must have it. Maybe it shows him already with his new shirt on. But that would blow their theory.
Why does that blow the (none / 0) (#67)
theory? Seems to me it would more likely confirm it. If he killed her, or she died accidentally while he was there, seems much more likely to have happened in between their entrance to the room and his first exit to go for coffee than after he brought back coffee and before he left for good, which was a very short timeframe.
What if..... (none / 0) (#43)
by BarnBabe on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 06:09:45 PM EST
He went for the coffee and came back to the room and found her looking for money and he lost it? But then, the arms are spread out, hmmmm. Not in defense mode. You can tell that there is not any romance in the air as there is no hand holding or any body contact. Like two robots. Not even friendly chatter. When he went into the hotel room he barely held the door open for her. We have all stayed in hotels and know that the beds are sitting on a base that does not allow losing things under the bed. But, they do move and slide from the top and he might have hidden his 'stuff' under the bed and she was looking.
I really do not understand the immediate trip to Chile. I mean, they had hardly any sleep. He was riding around in a cab. He had time to snip and dye his hair. Did he mention to his acquaintance that he was leaving in the morning?Yes, the friend could have lied but if he is not on the video tape going into the apt, how big a lie? The video camera can not be selective on who it photographs and although we have not seen days of it anywhere, would Peru frame this man and erase evidence of someone else?
His Mother stood up for him last time but she says she has not seen him since the Father's funeral and I have not seen where she is hopping a plane for Peru. There are just so many possibilities. Where is Columbo when we need him. Just one more thing.....Heh
Accident seems less likely (none / 0) (#46)
by waldenpond on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 06:25:13 PM EST
Yes, it seems purposeful. The theory that she was pushed and 'accidently' hit her head seems less likely with the info that she had a small cut on her elbow, an injury to a finger and scratches on her chin.
Yes, but not pre-mediated (5.00 / 1) (#50)
If he 'lost' it, there might have been a tennis racket, etc. I have seen people just lose it and not be able to control the temper. Thus, abusive spouses and shaken babies. And with his history, he just ran for it.
That's my guess (none / 0) (#68)
The guy does seem to have a temper. He's twice thrown things at TV people after doing interviews, etc.
Relevant in Peru (none / 0) (#69)
Is pre-meditation relevant in Peru? I know a sentence is different for murder v robbery/murder, but I hadn't heard there was a difference sentence for pre-meditation.
So right you are. (5.00 / 1) (#80)
I have no clue what their laws are there. But, at least for discussion, if in USA, there is a difference. Why buy mystery books when we have a live mystery going on right now. Heh.
In California, murder is in the first (none / 0) (#81)
degree if the prosecution proves premeditation and all the other elements) beyond a reasonable doubt. W/o premeditation, must be 2nd degree murder or less. link
Oh, there was clearly a big struggle (none / 0) (#89)
with someone. She wasn't just inspecting her nail polish and keeled over and hit her head. ME's report on the condition of her body makes that very clear.
Nothing is as it seems (none / 0) (#47)
This story does not make one ounce of sense from any aspect.
Sending $15,000 to someone you feel killed your own daughter is totally irresponsible.
Why didn't Beth Holloway get the FBI involved from the beginning of the case so they could apprehend Van der Sloot when he received the money?
Peru needs to leave emotion at the door and get facts and be obligated to let the world know facts rather than these silly stories that continually contradict each other.
The ME said Stephany did not have a broken neck. She died of blunt force trauma to the head. This is nonsense about a bat or a racket.
We have to put the Aruba case away for the time being as it seems to be distorting ever getting true facts in this case. Everyone wants to be America's hero, it is obvious. Justice must prevail in all cases and decided by facts.
I believe this victim's father has his own agenda to follow as he is famous and does not want his name and his family's name tarnished in any way.
God help this young man. He is in terrible trouble at this time and probably will not live to ever see a trial. My opinion is they are trying to set up suicide early, so his death won't be too much of a shock to the world.
Facts (5.00 / 1) (#49)
The ME report is out. It diagrams a broken neck along with bruised left cheek, scratched chin, blunt trauma torso, bruise inside of elbow, red knees and bruised feet.
It wasn't a 'silly story' but the language barrier that translated tennis 'bat' as baseball bat.
You state that Peru needs to leave emotion at the door then come up with a suicide conspiracy theory. good grief.
Peru has a long history (none / 0) (#56)
of blaming inmate deaths on other inmates when they were murders committed by guards. I posted a link to the fact-finding report on it. It was in the 90's and supposedly things have changed, but there are still abuses that go on.
From the U.S. State Department report in March, 2010:
Prison guards and fellow inmates reportedly abused prisoners. There were deaths of inmates in prisons, most attributed to fellow inmates, but some were due to negligence by guards. Guards received little or no training or supervision. Corruption was a serious problem, and some guards cooperated with criminal bosses who oversaw the smuggling of guns and drugs into prisons.
Wow (none / 0) (#70)
You might want to read up on this before you excoriate others for getting the facts wrong.
Just for starters, the Holloways DID get the FBI involved, the FBI are the ones who carried out the "sting" and they DID tape him accepting the money. For reasons only the FBI can explain, if they ever do, they decided not to arrest him at that point.
Secondly, she most certainly did have a broken neck as per police report of the initial examination of the body by said ME. What the ME said is that that's not what killed her, the head injury killed her.
There was a tennis racket left in the room. Whether it has anything to do with what happened to her is yet unknown. I'm betting it didn't.
But I guess you've worked out your own narrative, so facts be d**ned.
Even bigger question? (none / 0) (#71)
by ricobravo on Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 09:10:48 PM EST
Maybe they played the ultimate poker game winner takes all. Hence, the last hand was a deadly poker game. Losser dies and the winner takes all the money, freaks out and runs to Chile.
Hmm maybe her last wish was a cup of coffee...
The facts remained to be seen.. Someone reported earlier that if he is found guilty Joran will face the "law of the donkey". What exactly is that?
Another odd detail (none / 0) (#72)
Jean Casarez on CNN Headline says what prompted the discovery of the body was that a woman called from the casino asking to speak to Joran at 11:00 PM local Tuesday night.
When nobody picked up the phone in the room, that apparently reminded the hotel manager that Joran hadn't paid for the last few nights. The door was locked, nobody answered, but the TV was blaring. He or the maid or whoever got a key and unlocked the door and found Stephany Flores dead.
So who was the woman?
My odd detail (none / 0) (#73)
Is the clothing...
Apparently the perpetrator leaves the shirt Joran was wearing (when he entered the room) draped over Stephanie.
Then clothing with blood on it is found in his belongings.
I don't get why he would (none / 0) (#76)
cart bloody clothes with him (is this a "fact"?). He had plenty of time and geography to ditch anything that might incriminate him (if he did it).
He may have let her borrow his shirt.
They may have gone back to chill in the room for a few hours (she could have been pretty much over the night and tired so that's why she's just following in the video) and he casually let her use his shirt if she was chilly or needed some cover since she came in with no luggage and it was his room. She could have been just crashing there at his invitation with an understanding she would leave later in the day after resting up. Not that uncommon . . .
Not fact until DNA (none / 0) (#77)
The blood could be his from some minor accident. You get the dramatist saying 'drenched in blood' but I did not hear any description of the blood from the police.
It wasn't a matter of being chilled though borrowing a shirt wouldn't seem odd. The description was that it was laid over her after death. It didn't say if this shirt had blood either. Like I said.... the clothing issue is unclear and I imagine it won't be clear until DNA has been completed.
She wasn't wearing the shirt (none / 0) (#91)
it had clearly been draped over her as she lay on the floor.
Which is also passing strange. Why do that?
tipped off (none / 0) (#82)
Oh, and there continue to be reports indicating Juran a serial killer. Unless there is more determined to fit that description, the serial killer label is probably an indicator of either an investigation or media out of control.
So first Juran is about date rape then next time stealing. Wouldn't you think killing people there would be a pattern? Having different motives doesn't establish a pattern.
Considering the many females I have seen pictured with Juran it is hard to understand why he didn't do anything to the others if there is a pattern. Most likely all of them didn't agree to sex.
Maybe Juran was tipped off about the fbi and the dyed hair had more to do with being on the run for other reasons?
Breaking: Reports from Peru (none / 0) (#90)
that Joran has confessed and provided a motive, details here.
Entering the room... (none / 0) (#96)
by mellyrel on Wed Jun 23, 2010 at 03:55:36 AM EST
I think the reason why he opens the door and goes straight in is because he is 'lending' her the room overnight while he goes to Chile for the tournament. If he was taking her there for sex, he would have been more affectionate, and maybe let her in first. but he had the key so it makes sense he would go in first.Still you would think he would look around to acknowledge her if they were a couple that night. I think he was leading the way because the had an agreement that he would let her stay there on the 31st so he could play poker in Chile, that would explain why he took his things with him-rather than leave them with a friend of Elton's. Maybe Elton tranferred money to his poker account so he could play in Chile?


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PL Video Game Tournament Round 1: All-Star Baseball vs. MLB 2K
By Myles Nelson December 5, 2019 1 Share on Facebook Tweet it
As a 25-year-old, certain things I used to remember like calculus and molecular structure are forcibly pushed out of my mind in favor of things like Vine videos and Simpsons quotes. Trips to the amusement park have been lost to time, but embarrassing high school moments can appear with vivid detail for simply no reason at all. It's in this vein that I remember MLB 2K5, "the other baseball game" which has been lost to time. See, back then, we had choice. If you wanted to play a baseball video game, your choice of console did not matter. MVP Baseball was good! MLB 2K5 was good! You bought the game and you didn't have to download or pay for anything else before you could start playing. Exclusivity deals were being drafted, but pen hadn't been put to paper. It was a simpler time.
Now a rapidly aging adult, I look back at those games with rose-colored glasses. Much like NFL 2K5, the games represented a cheap alternative (I think it was $20 off the shelf) with slick presentation powered by ESPN that just "felt" cool as a kid. It would have been great to see how the game and competition with MVP Baseball could have advanced had exclusive contracts not constrained the sports video game market just a few years later.
-Mike Guzman
MLB 2K5 (2005)
Gameplay: MLB 2K5 was the "first" edition of the series, powered by ESPN and published by 2K Sports after the series' run with SEGA came to an end a year prior, and I'll be blunt: The gameplay is inferior to MVP Baseball. Seriously, just ignore the animations. Every fielder runs like an anime character, and every throw looks like Philip Rivers shot-putting the football.
*Stephen A. Smith voice*
BUT:
It's 2005, and animations had yet to take off since developers were working with consoles that came out around late 2000. Simply put, 2K5 is a more fun game to play.
It doesn't look as pretty from an animations standpoint, but the graphics overall are comparable and the attention to detail is phenomenal. Stadiums look spectacular, and the ESPN graphics made each game feel bigger than it was. This transferred off the screen when playing against friends and having each big moment and Web Gem replayed for the entire basement to see.
The game covered almost every inch of the screen with info before the ball was in play, and unlike earlier MLB games, baserunners were always visible within a moving picture-in-picture screen. It also featured five different pitching meters, allowing everyone to dial in their favorite preference and becoming as dominant on the mound as possible. This also prevented the screen-looking issues that took a degree of realism away from similar games of the era.
Where 2K5 set itself apart is the features, whether it is the arcade style of play that had no reason being as much fun as it was or the ability to play from the runner's POV in certain modes. The game also featured both confidence meters and hot and cold zones, which were fairly balanced and not overpowering.
In addition to exhibition games, 2K5 also featured the traditional Franchise Mode, Home Run Derby, GM Career Mode, and online play.
Replayability: There are a few things that make 2K5 incredibly replayable, but the No. 1 thing that set it apart (especially as a kid) was the abundance of cheat codes. It really took the fun and replayability from Backyard Baseball and slapped a fantastic visual product with an MLB license on top of it.
Everything, from the gameplay (playing in a hurricane), to the scoring (strikeouts at two strikes), to the graphics (playing as bobbleheads) was customizable.
Additionally, In Your Face mode took card game elements and applied them to baseball, which created a strategy-based style of play that we hadn't seen before. For example, if you hit a home run or met another similar objective, you could lock your opponent's ability to use a specific skill such as power swing.
Last of all, the game's SkyBox (where cheat codes are entered) is also where you can unlock old stadiums, uniforms, and teams (albeit with generic rosters) as well as play mini-games. The mini-games had no reason to be as fun and time-wasting as they were.
Graphics: This part of the review is two-fold. As mentioned, the fielding animations are robotic, and each player has the same movements despite an improvement in facial details and overall appearance. The stadiums look great, and the shadows were ahead of their time. The crowds are not as dull as they were in previous 2K games, but we can't expect those details to have been done as well in 2005 compared to what we have today.
What the game lacks in "on-field" graphics and animations it more than makes up for in presentation and style. By borrowing so much from ESPN and specifically Baseball Tonight, the game is a perfect nostalgia trip and honestly may have set the standard for sports video games.
Sound: Much like the presentation as a whole, 2K5's commentary team of Jon Miller and Joe Morgan set the standard for sports video games. Coupled with an active crowd and plenty of heckling, the audio presentation reaches the same super-high bar set by the game's video layout.
Even in the pause menus, Miller and Morgan continue their conversation like other broadcasters who need to fill time during a baseball broadcast. Karl Ravech also appears to read off important stats and info, perfectly complementing the presentation and helping foster a unique baseball experience.
Shoutout to Kofie Yeboah for making the video that inspired me to nominate 2K5 for this video game tournament. It really doesn't get enough respect, and the 2K games of that era were all outstanding.
The K-Zone is great, but its counterpart being named the Slam Zone was an interesting choice. It was a fine feature with a laughable name. The game had an arcade and a traditional mode to make everybody happy, so I don't get the frustration that gameplay was too outlandish. It was different and a direct competitor to a more traditional sports game. I have no problem with the game's arcade modes at all.
I really do think this game represents the end of an era for a number of reasons. After the next-gen consoles came out, games got more expensive (both with a $60 standard price point and the introduction of DLC everywhere) and licensing agreements became more valuable. As such, this is pretty much the last baseball game with MLB Players to feature ridiculous cheat codes and gameplay quirks.
Gameplay: There is a lot that All-Star Baseball gets right with its gameplay. First off, there are a lot of options for how you want to play the game. If you like to keep things simple, you can set it up so all you have to do is time your swing properly; no more mechanics required. If you want to get complex, you can have multiple ways to adjust your bat, between changing where you want to aim your swing as well as changing your launch angle and whether you are trying to pull the pitch or not. On top of that, the game makes it very clear the advantage or disadvantage you get from your player's ratings, as the "contact zone" where a batter can make good contact with the pitch differs wildly from batter to batter, and even changes based on the handedness of the pitcher. Derek Jeter had a huge contact zone against left-handed pitchers for example, whereas getting a hit with the pitcher was always nearly impossible. Pitching was pretty standard for the time, with a variety of pitches to choose from and then being able to select where you want the pitch to go. It didn't really push the envelope here the way other games of this time did, but it got the job done. Fielding was kind of weird, as this edition of the game gave you a broadcast view when fielding, which always made finding the ball take a second longer than it should, but you could change this feature back to the normal view if you like (which I did after my first game played). Hitting is clearly where this game made its mark, but the rest of the gameplay was adequate at worst.
Replayability: This game absolutely shines here, and that's because it is one of the only games that has had a full-fledged expansion mode. You picked your city, your team name, your stadium, and hand-picked your team via expansion draft. And these are tough. With my first pick, I had narrowed down the available pool of players to two standouts: 31-year-old outfielder Hideki Matsui or 27-year-old starting pitcher Javier Vazquez. Matsui was the better player, but Vazquez wasn't far behind, and he was four years younger. I decided to anchor my rotation with Vazquez, but since they were both on the Yankees, I couldn't also pick Matsui and had to settle for a worse offense because of it. My expansion team went 67-95 in our first season, but it was so much fun to try to build a team from the bottom up. While most games had at least some sort of fantasy draft in their franchise modes, no game had an expansion mode, and that makes All-Star Baseball a true standout here.
But that's not the only really cool feature that this game had. There was also a mode called This Week in Baseball, which might be the second-coolest feature of all the games in this quarter of the bracket, behind the aforementioned expansion mode. This Week in Baseball put you in the shoes of real life scenarios from that season, and it was up to you to either recreate an amazing feat, or change the course of history. In one iteration of the franchise, you had the opportunity to reverse what happened in that fateful Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS, the infamous Steve Bartman game. In another scenario, you entered the shoes of Derek Lowe during his no-hitter against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and had to finish out his no-hitter while he was clearly fatigued. It was such a cool opportunity to be a part of big MLB moments, and since a lot of these scenarios were pretty difficult, it wasn't something you could just breeze through in an afternoon.
Graphics: You know, graphics at this time were still pretty choppy, but the animations in this game actually looked fairly smooth and the player models were above average for the time. They all look terrible now, but given what I've seen from other franchises, this was one of the better looking games as far as the players go. All-Star Baseball also tried to make the game feel more like a real broadcast, and while it succeeded in some areas, it was clear that it didn't truly succeed here. You'd see the exact same replay angle more than a dozen times in a single game, making it old and repetitive fast. The menus also were dull and lifeless, making it kind of a drag to move through, which I especially felt during my expansion-mode run. As excited as I was to put together this team of misfits, the menus did their best to curb my enthusiasm.
Sound: I honestly don't have too much to say here. The commentary is informative but unenthusiastic and forgettable. The music is pleasant but lacks recognizable songs and doesn't have any real power behind it. The sounds are just kind of there.
Miscellaneous: I was seriously impressed by how much bonus content there was in this game. There's like 100+ legend players to unlock, a bunch of bonus teams, and an additional 44 stadiums as well, ranging from classic stadiums to spring training stadiums to just unreal stadiums. Kydd Memorial Park had some impressive archways out in left field and some ridiculous-looking and brightly colored apparatus out behind center field. Little touches like that really went a long way to make this game feel really fleshed out and fun.
There's a trivia mode! Some of the questions were pretty easy and others were actually really difficult, so it was a fun way to pass the time. Definitely a cool bonus feature to fire up every once in a while.
-Myles Nelson
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Myles Nelson
Why We Love Baseball manager, Myles started playing fantasy baseball as a middle-schooler in 2004 and hasn't stopped since. Now he just wants to share his love of baseball and why baseball is fun with everyone.
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EXPANSION MODE! Every game needs it. I don't understand why MLB The Show hasn't done it. It's the only thing I would play.

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A comprehensive tour of Provence - land of sunshine and colour, with luminous landscapes and a delightful climate. After a panoramic tour of Avignon, we stop at the famous site of Le Pont du Gard (built in the year 1 AD) and a visit of Les Baux de Provence. You will continue to St Remy and after a view at the Roman monuments, you will have free time to visit a traditional provencal market and you will have time for lunch (own expense). You will then travel on to see the most beautiful villages of Provence with a stop at Roussillon, with its amazing cliffs and after a stop in the picturesque village of Gordes, you will visit the Lavender Museum and see the lavender fields (blooming period is from July to August). Then it is on to L'Isle sur la Sorgue, a village famous for antique shops.
Transportation by minibus, commentary by a driver-guide, stop at le Pont du Gard, at St Remy, Roussillon, Gordes, guided visit of Les Baux de Provence, entrance and guided visit to the Lavender Museum.
Please note that free time for lunch on your own is in a provencal market in Gordes on Tuesdays, in Saint Remy de Provence on Wednesdays, in Bonnieux on Friday and L'Isle sur la Sorgue on Sunday. The order of visits will then change accordingly. No market will be visited during winter, from November till March. A driver-guide in a minibus undertakes this tour. The Lavender Museum is closed in January. Please note that this tour is sold as a combination of two tours. Therefore, there might be some waiting time involved to pick up and drop off clients before the afternoon portion of the tour continues.


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How to Watch Netflix in Mexico: With or Without Using a VPN
With your Netflix subscription you have access to 100s of thousands of titles in various different languages. However, there is one hang-up– Netflix still controls which movies and TV shows you can watch based on which country you are currently in.
In my case, I wanted to watch the office when I was traveling to Mexico on vacation. Yeah, I know I suck at vacationing and I was watching TV when the beach was a few hundred meters away…
Anyways, I was trying the watch Netflix in Mexico, and I could get the movies that I wanted for the life of me.
That's when I discovered the wonderful world of VPNS…
By simply logging into a VPN like NordVPN or ExpressVPN (There are literally tons out there), I can tell Netflix that I am located somewhere else while I am still physically living it up on the beach in Mexico.
Can I Watch Netflix in Mexico Without a VPN?
Is this Process Foolproof?
Best VPN Options for Watching Netflix in Mexico
Short answer: Yes. You can watch a lot of Netflix titles in Mexico. However, the availability of certain titles is extremely limited in some countries and you very well may have a hard time finding what you want to watch while in a different country.
Not necessarily. Netflix doesn't really want you doing this and even though VPNs are a perfectly legitimate way to protect your privacy, Netflix tends to block VPN services every once in a while. That being said, with a good VPN service I haven't had too many issues. Sometimes you just need to refresh the entry point for the VPN.
I've tried just about every VPN service under the sun and this is the list of the best options that I've been able to test to watch Netflix in other countries. Keep in mind I've tested most of these in various locations across the globe, but not necessarily every single one in every possible country out there. That being said, here is your list!
NordVPN is probably the most well-known VPN service out there. Well-known for being able to unblock Netflix (and it freed up The Office for me!!) and perfect for maintaining top-level speeds even while streaming.
NordVPN is also one of the top rated when it comes to privacy. So if that's high on your priority list you may have found your match.
ExpressVPN is another very similar to NordVPN that I have tried. I loved the experience and I've used it frequently since. IT wasn't as effective in South American countries, but Mexico worked fine for me. Express VPN is known for unblocking content in European countries.
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Lessertia es un género de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Linyphiidae. Se encuentra en la zona holártica.

Lista de especies
Según The World Spider Catalog 12.0:
 Lessertia barbara (Simon, 1884)
 Lessertia dentichelis (Simon, 1884)

Referencias

Erigoninae

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New Orleans had spent decades preparing for inevitable submersion by the storm surge of a class-five hurricane. Civil defense officials conceded they had ten thousand body bags on hand to deal with the worst-case scenario. But no one seemed to have bothered to devise a plan to evacuate the city's poorest or most infirm residents. The day before the hurricane hit the Gulf Coast, New Orlean's daily, the Times-Picayune, ran an alarming story about the "large group...mostly concentrated in poorer neighborhoods" who wanted to evacuate but couldn't.
This was about Hurricane Ivan. It would seem a year later that lessons were not learned.
News reports today say that 475 buses have been mustered to move the warehoused refugees from the Superdome to the Houston Astrodome, effectively making them someone else's problem. One hates to second guess overwhelmed officials, but one must also wonder why 475 buses could not have been mustered last Saturday before the storm. This is just one of the many questions that will be asked over the coming weeks and months.
Is HUD locking the poor out of New Orleans?


Looking forward to the year ahead is one thing, but if we are to have a balanced perspective on the changes in health reform, we must also learn from the year gone by. The year 2017 has been a year of uncertainties and opportunities. The election of Donald Trump ushered in a new era for the US healthcare industry, which has spent years adapting to the erstwhile U.S. President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA). Despite the potential policy changes in Washington D.C., the painstaking and challenging work of shifting to value-based care continues.
likely increase costs for older, sicker people and take away coverage from people living in poverty.
Under the AHCA, people with pre-existing conditions might no longer be protected financially. It would have far less impact on people who get insurance from their employers.
In an attempt to ease the training wheels off value-based payment, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), passed various rules to the payment models. Much to the discontent of the physicians, these changes came in an unpredictable fashion. The new proposed rule for MACRA is still a mystery to many in the same way that the old rule was. The changes in 340B Drug Pricing Program, Home Health Model, and many others have shown a clear intent to modify the existing value-based model, but their effectiveness will have to stand the test of time.
CMS published a proposed rule this year announcing that they would drop three bundled payment models and an incentive payment model. With the proposed rule, CMS plans to eliminate three models, the Episode Payment Models (EPM), as well as the Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) incentive payment model and scale back the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. These models were mandatory for hospitals in certain areas and were designed as compulsory payment models to measure the impact of improving care coordination through bundling complex cardiac and orthopedic care.
In 2017, CMS exempted providers who billed Medicare less than or equal to $30,000 a year or had less than or equal to 100 Medicare part B patients a year. This year, considering the difficulties small practices had while participating in MIPS, CMS brought up the threshold to $90,000 Medicare Part B revenue or less than 200 patients a year- hence reducing the number of eligible providers to 622,000 for 2018.
The CHRONIC (Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care) Care Act was passed with bipartisan support in the Senate as a means to better treat Medicare recipients with chronic conditions at a lower cost. The legislation will improve disease management, lower Medicare costs and streamline care coordination services —all of that without adding to the deficit— in a country where more than two-thirds of current Medicare beneficiaries have multiple chronic conditions, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and stroke.
It extends the Independence at Home Model of Care.
It would extend the demonstration's expiration date by two years—until September 30, 2019.
It would increase the cap on the total number of participating beneficiaries from 10,000 to 15,000, and give practices three years to receive a shared savings payment.
Currently practices are to be terminated if they do not receive such an incentive payment in 2 consecutive years.
It will expand supplemental benefits to meet the needs of chronically ill Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees. This would allow an MA plan to offer a wider array of supplemental benefits to chronically ill enrollees beginning in 2020.
Obama's departure from the U.S. administration last year has left the Affordable Care Act (ACA), his signature policy initiative, in deep peril. Health spending was projected to grow 5.4% in 2017 related to faster growth in Medicare and private health insurance spending.
Health expenditures are now projected to grow at an average rate of 5.9% for 2018-19, the fastest of the sub-periods examined, as projected spending growth in Medicare and Medicaid accelerates. However, in comparison to 2015 the growth of expenditure in healthcare 2016 was 4.3%. Notably, the healthcare expenditure growth slowed down to an annual figure of $3.3 trillion.
This year, the healthcare system has proved that it's time to prepare for emerging technologies as they are constantly changing and improving the care process. Remote patient health monitoring and reducing the cost of hospital visits have the potential to reduce healthcare costs considerably. IoT technology in healthcare has shown immense scope in the healthcare industry in 2017 in the way of decreasing downtime of medical equipment and offering consistent and accurate use.
Also, IoT devices feature to enable patient's health monitoring system remotely using new wireless technologies and to get emergency notifications about the patient's health problems. The influx of data from the internet connected devices is a worthy source for healthcare management systems for providing better care and reducing healthcare inefficiencies.
7.) MSSP showed promise with an overall savings of $652 million.
The 2016 MSSP results showed Accountable care organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) in the said year generated a total of $652 million in gross savings, according to CMS. The CMS data showed that an estimated 134—or about 31 percent—of the 432 ACOs that participated in MSSP for the program's fifth performance year generated shared savings, while 294 generated neither savings nor losses, and four generated losses.
Overall, CMS data show about 77 percent—or 330—of the 428 MSSP ACOs subject to pay-for-performance measures for the 2016 reporting period achieved an average quality score of 94%. The remaining 98 MSSP ACOs, which were in pay-for-reporting status, earned quality scores of 100.
The term "high-deductible health plan," or HDHP, is specific to plans that not only have high deductibles but also conform to other established federal guidelines. So with an HDHP, a person seeking healthcare has to pay out-of-pocket for everything other than preventive care until he or she hits their deductible. After that, the insurance will pay benefits based on the plan's coinsurance level.
HDHPs follow specific guidelines regarding allowable deductibles and out-of-pocket costs. Though these are adjusted annually by the Internal Revenue Service, there were no changes from 2016 to 2017. For 2017, HDHPs must have deductibles of at least $1,300 for an individual, and $2,600 for a family. Moreover, the total out-of-pocket exposure on an HDHP in 2017 cannot exceed $6,550 for an individual, and $13,100 for a family. It is important to note that these values are lower than the total out-of-pocket allowed on non-HDHPs under the ACA.
The 340B Drug Pricing Program celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2017. The program is the result of the Federal government's efforts to gently put the brakes on prescription drug prices wherein pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid, agreed to provide outpatient drugs to eligible healthcare organizations and covered entities that cater to uninsured and low-income patients at significantly reduced prices.
The latest on the 340B Drug Pricing Program is the announcement by CMS to finalized a rule that reduces by nearly 30%, or $1.6 billion Medicare payments to certain public and nonprofit hospitals for outpatient drugs purchased under the program. The money would instead be redistributed to hospitals – including for-profit facilities that don't care for many low-income patients.
Earlier this year, a new bipartisan bill (H.R.4392) was introduced after several Senators' call to prevention, that would block the rule from implementation what is due to go into effect from 1st January.
For 25 years, the 340B program has been critical for hospitals in expanding access to life-saving prescription drugs and providing comprehensive health care to low-income patients and other vulnerable populations in the country. The bipartisan effort to prevent CMS from reducing Medicare Part B payments for some 340B hospitals protect will serve to protect patient care and keep the costs of prescription drugs under control, at least for the low-income Americans.
2017 saw healthcare becoming a target of numerous cyber attacks. Security breaches in healthcare became a common occurrence with patient data being stolen from various health systems. The bigger threat, however, is that, the fear of legal costs and responsibilities might lead some organizations to under-report incidents or pay ransom to hackers, which could increase the threat. In reality, reputation and trust of a given healthcare organization depends on their understanding the true extent and gravity of the threats and taking sufficient measures to guard against it. Ensuring HIPAA compliance throughout the healthcare space would mean safety of millions of patient records which were hacked in 2017.
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I don't own any diamonds. In fact, only a few pieces of jewelry in my collection are ones I'd consider valuable. I've got a decent pile of faux gems, jewels, and diamonds, but I hope one day, I can treat myself to a beautiful (genuine), sparkling stone.
But, when I drool over the sparklies under the glass, I realize I don't know a thing about purchasing a diamond — What's a good one? What cut should I get? How much clarity is good clarity? So many questions.
The 4 Cs — To understand diamond quality, you've got to understand the 4 Cs: Color, Clarity, Cut, and Carat. Color refers to the hue of the diamond, the less color the better. Clarity is about the size and placement of internal blemishes. "Flawless" refers to a diamond that has zero blemishes. The cut is about the workmanship, not the literal shape. Is there sparkle and fire based on the way the diamond was cut? Carat is about the weight, the more the carats the bigger the diamond.
The Jeweler — Pick someone that's going to answer all of your questions; someone that's smart, knows what they're talking about, and is going to give you the right price for what you're buying. A REAL jeweler will be accredited by either the the GIA Graduate Gemologist (GG) or Accredited Jewelry Professional (AJP) diploma programs.
Get More Info — You can request a "Diamond Grading Report," which is basically an unbiased, scientific lab report on the diamond you purchased. It will have any information about the diamond that can't be seen by the jeweler. It is also recommended you get the diamond appraised and insured.
Spot a Fake — Business Insider offered 5 ways to spot a fake diamond, and one of them is really simple: breathe hot air onto the stone, a fake diamond will fog up for a short period of time, whereas a real diamond would not because it doesn't retain heat.
There's a TON of information out there on buying diamonds, so I'm sure I'll have to do a part two. Got any tips? Feel free to share 'em!


Christ is the Fire of the fire, the Flame of the flame, the Astral Signature of fire.
Upon the cross of the martyr of Calvary, the mystery of Christ is defined in one word, consisting of four letters: INRI - Ignis, Natura, Renovatur Integra - Fire Renews Nature Unceasingly.
The Advent of Christ into the heart of the human being transforms us radically.
Christ is the Solar Logos, the Perfect Multiple Unity. Christ is life which beats throughout the entire universe. Christ is what is, what always has been, and what shall always be.
Much has been said about the Cosmic Drama; without a question, this drama is made up of four Gospels.
We have been told that the Cosmic Drama was brought to Earth by the Elohim. The great Lord of Atlantis acted out that drama in flesh and bone.
The great Kabir Jesus also had to play out the same drama publicly in the Holy Land.
Even if Christ were to be born a thousand times in Bethlehem, it would serve no purpose if he were not born within our hearts as well.
Although he died and was resurrected on the third day among the dead, this serves no purpose if he does not die and resurrect within our hearts as well.
To attempt to discover the nature and essence of fire is to try to discover God whose real presence has always been revealed secretly as an igneous aspect.
The burning bush (Exodus 3:2) and the fire at Sinai immediately after the issuances of the Decalogue (Exodus 19:18) are both manifestations in which God appeared to Moses.
Saint John describes the Master of the universe (Revelation 4: 3, 5) as one who had the appearance of jasper and sardine stone, the color of a flame, seated on an incandescent and shining Throne.
"For our God is a consuming fire," writes Saint Paul in his Epistle to the Hebrews 12:29.
The Intimate Christ, the Heavenly Fire, must be born within us and, indeed, He is born when we have advanced sufficiently in the psychological work.
As long as the Intimate Christ has not been born within us, the dissolution of the causes of the ego would not be possible.
The Living and Philosophical Fire, the Intimate Christ, is the Fire of the Fire, the Purest of the Pure.
Fire envelopes and bathes us totally; it comes to us through the air, through water, and through the earth itself. These are its preservers and its diverse vehicles.
The Heavenly Fire must crystallize within us. It is the Intimate Christ, our profound innermost Savior.
The Intimate Lord must take charge of our psyche, the five cylinders of the organic machine, all of our mental, emotional, motor, instinctual, and sexual processes.


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de Clermont-Sancerre (1380 -  à Ardres) est le  dauphin d'Auvergne (1399-1426), comte de Sancerre (1419-1426) et seigneur de Sagonne (1419-1426),

Biographie
 est le fils du dauphin  et de la comtesse Marguerite de Sancerre.

En 1423,  permet au roi  d'installer au château de Sagonne une garnison royale ainsi qu'à Sancerre et Vailly. Dans les chroniques à la date du , sous ses ordres combat Jean de Brosse (1375-1433), futur maréchal de France, qui est à la tête de cent hommes d'armes. Le  il est nommé  Gouverneur du Dauphiné. Il est tué en Conseil du roi, le , sous les yeux de .

En 1409,  épouse en premières noces Jeanne de La Tour d'Auvergne (morte avant 1416), fille de , seigneur de La Tour d'Auvergne et de Marie, comtesse d'Auvergne. De cette union, nait une fille unique,  (1412-1436), mariée à .

Le  « quatre jours avant sa mort » à Issoudun, il épouse en secondes noces Marguerite de Chauvigny, morte le , fille de  de Chauvigny, seigneur de Châteauroux, Déols, vicomte de Brosse et d'Antoinette Damas de Couzan.

Notes et références

Source
 L'art de vérifier les dates des faits historiques, des chartes, des chroniques et autres anciens monuments, depuis la naissance de Notre-Seigneur. Volum 10, París 1818-1819

Dauphin d'Auvergne
Comte de Sancerre
Comte du Moyen Âge
Gouverneur du Dauphiné
Noble du Moyen Âge
Naissance en 1380
Décès en juillet 1426


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La geoterapia es considerada una pseudoterapia y se refiere a los supuestos efectos terapéuticos presentes en la tierra y que pueden ser aprovechados en beneficio de nuestra salud.

El uso de la arcilla medicinal en la medicina popular se remonta a tiempos prehistóricos. El primer uso registrado de arcilla medicinal se remonta a la antigua Mesopotamia. Se utiliza una amplia variedad de arcillas con fines medicinales, principalmente para aplicaciones externas, como los baños de arcilla en los balnearios. Entre las arcillas más utilizadas se encuentran el caolín, la bentonita, la montmorillonita y la tierra de batán.

La geoterapia, o el uso de tierras como remedio terapéutico, ha sido practicada de las más diversas formas: desde la aplicación de pasta de arcilla sobre la piel (tratamiento utilizado actualmente cada vez con mayor frecuencia) hasta la ingesta de diversas clases de tierras. Esta última técnica tiene una eficacia relativa, puesto que existen suelos contaminados de manera natural, por lo que puede ser peligroso ingerir tierras de origen desconocido o poco contrastado. De todos modos, no hay que olvidar que muchos niños pequeños que tienen la costumbre de ingerir tierra (hábito conocido como "pica") sufran de intoxicación por metal de plomo o padezcan una anemia de difícil tratamiento.

Historia

Mesopotamia y Egipto antiguo
El primer uso registrado de arcilla medicinal se encuentra en tablillas de Mesopotamia, hacia el año 2500 a. C.

Los antiguos egipcios usaban también arcilla. El Papiro Ebers, un importante texto médico del antiguo Egipto describe el uso de ocre para varias dolencias. Los médicos de los faraones utilizaban arcilla como antiinflamatorio y antiséptico. Se usó como conservante para hacer momias.

Tiempos clásicos
En la Antigüedad Clásica se usaba la arcilla extraída en la isla de Lemnos, Su uso continuó hasta el siglo XIX, ya que aún  figuraba en una importante farmacopea en 1848.

Plinio el Joven escribió: Si se frota debajo de los ojos, modera el dolor y el lagrimeo de los mismos, e impide el flujo de los conductos lagrimales. En casos de hemorragia debe administrarse con vinagre. Se usa contra dolencias del bazo y riñones, menstruación copiosa, también contra venenos y heridas causadas por serpientes.La arcilla se moldeaba en tabletas o pequeñas tortas, y luego se estampaban sellos distintivos en ellas, lo que dio origen a su nombre terra sigillata , en latín, "tierra sellada". Dioscórides también comentó sobre el uso de terra sigillata.

Galeno registró numerosos casos de usos internos y externos de esta arcilla en su tratado sobre la arcillaterapia.Galeno... usó como uno de sus medios para curar heridas, heridas supurantes e inflamaciones terra sigillata, una arcilla roja medicinal comprimida en tortas redondas y estampada con la imagen de la diosa Diana. Esta arcilla, procedente de la isla de Lemnos, era conocida en todo el mundo clásico. La arcilla fue recetada por el obstetra, ginecólogo y pediatra griego Sorano de Éfeso, quien practicó la medicina hacia los años 100-140 d.C.

Usos

Enfermedades de la piel

Muchos tipos de afecciones de la piel han sido tratados mediante la aplicación de arcilla medicinal. La montmorillonita ha demostrado su eficacia en esta área.  También se ha utilizado como ingrediente base para la ingeniería de tejidos.  La arcilla se usa en muchos remedios dermatológicos de venta libre.

Cataplasmas de arcilla
La arcilla también posee una gran capacidad para conducir el calor, lo que la hace útil en cataplasmas que se colocan sobre la parte afectada. Las cataplasmas de arcilla pueden ser frías o calientes, según la necesidad del paciente: si la afección hace que la piel esté caliente y congestionada, el apósito de arcilla será frío; sin embargo cuando se trata de aportar calor a un órgano poco tonificado, lo mejor será aplicar un apósito caliente.

Las cataplasmas de arcilla no son sino una mezcla de arcilla y agua en forma de masa pastosa, que debe colocarse sobre la piel formando una capa fina. Su aplicación sobre una superficie de la piel caliente (un absceso, un traumatismo, etc.) provoca que el agua de la masa se evapore, y en este proceso de evaporación se consume el calor del cuerpo, quedando la piel fresca y relajada. Por sus virtudes refrescantes, el enfriamiento de la zona afecta al secarse la pasta de arcilla alivia el dolor de los esguinces (esguince) y torceduras.

Tan pronto como se seque la capa de arcilla que ha sido aplicada sobre una piel caliente, debe cambiarse por otra nueva par que el efecto beneficioso continúe.

Esta propiedad fue utilizada en la antigüedad para determinar el lugar más apropiado, por donde el médico debía cortar la piel al tratar de desbridar un absceso: la fina capa de arcilla se secaba antes por la parte de la piel que está más caliente y ello indicaba el lugar más activo de la infección y, por tanto, la zona por donde debía cortar y abrir el absceso.

Los baños de arcilla
Muchos balnearios recomiendan actualmente los baños de arcilla. Utilizan una arcilla muy fina, diluida en mucha agua, de forma que no queda como una pasta espesa, sino como una mezcla semilíquida e la que es posible sumergir todo el cuerpo, dejando la cabeza afuera; muchas veces no es necesario sumergir todo el cuerpo, sino sólo la parte afectada por la enfermedad (artritis, reuma, enfermedades de la piel, dolor después de una fractura o un esguince, etc.).

Los baños de arcilla están indicados en muchas dolencias, pero lo son especialmente en las que afectan a las articulaciones, como es el caso de la artritis reumatoide, el reuma, la gota, etc. También se usan para tratar abscesos, forúnculos, llagas y úlceras.

Referencias

Terapias complementarias
Medicina tradicional


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Having a big bestest friend is a good thing. Dis is Maddie Jones and she has been my bestest friend ever since I come home wid momma when I was just eight weeks old. She taught me lots of things and plays just right with me. I am glad you gots a good friend too.
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I'm bringing home my cardigan, Nadia, at the end of this month! The time just can't pass quick enough. I'm planning on training her to be a therapy dog, and I'm just so excited about it!
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Booker is my 10 month Cardi. We are currently having a major barking problem. I have tried all of the standard tricks (teach him to speak, check it out, shake cans, water sprays) and nothing is working. We live in an apartment so it is vital that I get this under control. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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When Raju is released from prison after serving two years for forgery, he goes to the temple located on the Sarayu River in his hometown of Malgudi. He thinks prison is not too bad a place, and he is wondering what to do next with his life. Then a villager named Velan shows up and, taking Raju for a holy wise man or guru, consults with him about his sister, who refuses to marry as the family wishes. Well aware that he is not a guru, Raju is evasive, but Velan brings his sister anyway, and after their meeting she conforms to her family's wishes. So begins Raju's life as a holy man.
He recalls his boyhood in a poor family; his father, who kept a very small shop; and his mother, who often complained of their life. Meanwhile, Velan returns with others from his village after work. No matter what Raju says, or even if he says nothing at all, they bring him food and beg him for words of wisdom. They feel the need for a spiritual adviser, so they make one out of a very unlikely prospect.
Raju then reflects on his father's small stall at the railroad station and on how he built up the business himself after his father's death. His memories are interrupted periodically when other villagers come to seek his advice. Almost by accident, Raju finds himself appointing an old man to run a school at the temple for the village children. This increases his fame, and Raju begins to bask in the light of his own glory.
Later, Raju recalls, he became known as Railway Raju, and people began to ask for him when their trains stopped at Malgudi. Before long, he had become a guide, even though he knew relatively little about the historic and scenic sites in the area. He simply learned from what he heard others say. He called on old Gaffur, who had a car, to act as chauffeur, and soon he was prospering.
One day he met a beautiful traditional dancer named Rosie—an odd name for an Indian—and when he took her to see a cobra and watched her do a snake dance he was charmed himself. Rosie's husband was a cold, distant art historian named Marco, and it was obvious to Raju that she had married him only for social status and financial security. Marco refused to allow Rosie to dance, and he ignored her for his scholarly research. Raju remembers the day he became romantically involved with her.
Back at the temple, Raju is growing a long beard, and people are referring to him as "swami." He is just beginning to enjoy the advantages of the position when a great drought hits the region. As the drought worsens, disease spreads and the villagers resort to violence against shopkeepers and one another. A feeble-minded villager misinterprets Raju and tells the others that the swami would undertake a fast in order to bring rain. When Velan turns to Raju as a "saint" who can bring rainfall, Raju feels obliged to tell him his life story. He wants Velan and the others to see that he is just an ordinary man, perhaps even a worse sinner than most.
Indifferent to his wife, Marco had accepted Raju and, apparently unaware of their love affair, kept on paying Raju for his services as a guide. When he discovered the truth, Marco deserted Rosie, and she had nowhere to go but to the modest home of Raju and his mother. Raju's mother was scandalized, but she liked Rosie and endured the disgraceful situation as long as she could. Then Raju discovered that his business had been ruined while he was carrying on with Rosie, and his creditors took him to court. Finally, his stern, patriarchal uncle appeared to reprimand Raju and to take his mother back.
After several months, Raju decided to encourage Rosie to dance professionally, and he gave her the poetical name Nalini. She was a great success, and both of them became very wealthy. From the first, Raju, who acted as her business manager, showed that he was extravagant and unable to deal with economic realities. Ironically, Rosie had a master's degree in economics, but she had devoted her life to her art. Marco sent Raju a copy of his book, but Raju concealed the fact from Rosie. When she read about the book in the newspapers, she was angry, but Raju avoided a confrontation over the matter.
One day a registered letter arrived for Rosie, requiring her signature for a box of jewels. Fearing that Rosie, who had gotten increasingly bored and dissatisfied with their relationship, would return to her husband, Raju forged her name. When he was caught, he was ruined financially and sent to prison. Rosie had to continue dancing to pay his court costs, and by the time he was released, she had settled down elsewhere. Raju spent his two-year prison term in relative ease, tending the superintendent's vegetable garden, and emerged feeling no resentment.
As he ends his story, a rooster crows and Raju assumes he has convinced Velan that he is neither a saint nor a true swami, but this does not prove to be the case. Raju considers leaving town, but he feels compelled to go on with his fast. It is the first time he has done something in which he has no personal profit or interest. Much weakened by his abstinence from food, Raju has himself carried to the nearly dry river. On the twelfth day of the fast, he dies, proclaiming in his last words that he can feel the water rising up his legs from rains high in the mountains.
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What is the a character sketch of Rosie in The Guide?
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