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Invitación a la Noche de Museos en la Casa Dorada de Tarija

Mike Figueroa, director de la Casa de la Cultura, ha invitado a la población de Tarija a participar en la Noche de Museos en la Casa Dorada el 18 de mayo. Este evento se realiza en conjunto con la Universidad Juan Misael Saracho y la Alcaldía. En esta ocasión, se presentará un trabajo de investigación sobre el aporte de Moisés Navajas y Esperanza Morales a Tarija. También habrá una exposición…

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#alcaldía #ballet libertad #Casa de la Cultura #Casa Dorada #Esperanza Morales #exposición pictórica #Mike Figueroa #Moisés Navajas #Noche de Museos #orquesta Vivaldi. #Tarija #Universidad Juan Misael Saracho

[iamidentical]

The Beach Boys in concert, 1973

L-R: Ed Carter, Bobby Figueroa, Dennis Wilson, Ricky Fataar, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Carli Muñoz, Mike Love

#beach boys #60s music #70s music #ed carter #bobby figueroa #dennis wilson #ricky fataar #al jardine #carl wilson #carli muñoz #mike love

[neverlostmycrown]

Evanescence - Evanescence (Ev3) Deluxe Edition, 2011 - Digital Booklet

(hq via archive.org)

Amy would like to thank: I want to thank everyone at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, for letting us use your amazing place to create, and for making us feel like part of the family. Special thanks to John and Martina McBride (for running such an awesome studio, and for the BBQ!) Nathan Yarborough - the best and sweetest assistant engineer anywhere, and all the interns who gave me rides home. Also, thank you to all our friends at S.I.RNash- you’ve been such an important part of this record. From writing and pre-production to rehearsing and performing, it all happened in the big room at the end of the hall! Thank you for being so good to us. Big love to Nick Raskulinecz, the man with the plan. Thank you for believing in me, for pushing me, for making me stronger, for cracking me up, and knowing when to say HELL YEAH!! Thank you Paul Figueroa: Engineer extraordinaire, master chef, bowling champion! Thank you Terry, Tim, Will and Troy for having my back, for bringing rad, inventive ideas to the table, and most of all, for making it LOUD! Thank you so much David Campbell, Dave Eggar and all of the string players. Thank you Chris Vrenna, you rule! Thank you Will B. Hunt for the inspiration, the good times, and the very special music we made together. Thank you to John Nicholson, one of my new favorite people! Also thank you to Phyllis Sparks and Mike Simmons. Thank you Dave Fortman, for your advice, support, and friendship throughout my career. Thank you Diana Meltzer for discovering me and always supporting me! Thank you Josh, for supporting and encouraging me to be brave and remember love, above all. Thank you Mom, Dad, Carrie, Lori, and Robby for being my biggest fans and always supporting me, making me feel safe when life gets hard, and taking me to Disney World no matter how old I get! Love to all of my wonderful family- I am so blessed. Gotta give a shout out to my girl, Beth! Thanks for being someone I can always count on. I can’t wait to laugh around the world with you once more! Thank you Zach and Stacy Williams, for your friendship and your inspiration. Thank you Eddie “Muscles” Mapp (for being awesome). Thank you everyone at Wind-up records for working so hard for us and putting out this album. Thank you Andy Lurie for all your hard work and support. Thank you Chrissy Igoe and the rest of 110 Management. Thank you Gary Haber and Patty Wicker for everything you do for me! Thank you Ken Ewing, Sheryl Rowling and Steve Baron. A very special thank you to our fans, for listening to our music, for letting it take a place in your hearts, for sharing your lives with us, for making all of this possible.

#evanescence #amy lee #ev3 era #evanescence era #self titled #evanescence 2011 #digital booklet #official booklet #text #ilovethis #old times #memories

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Beast Wars Source Book

Written by Simon Furman and Ben Yee

Art by Robby Musso, Marcelo Matere, Don Figueroa, Nick Roche, Guido Guidi, Dan Khanna, Liam Shalloo, Josh Burcham, Zac Atkinson, Frank Milkovich, Simon Williams, Matt Frank

Colors by Zac Atkinson Josh Burcham, Andrew Elder, Guido Guidi, Kieran Oats, Rob Ruffolo

Edits by Dan Taylor

Design by Mike Heisler and Neil Uyetake

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[doctorwhoisadhd]

so i went through a bunch of stuff and. players that are still eligible for Falling:

two replicas (uncle plasma ii and uncle plasma ix)

one receiver (sixpack dogwalker)

two out of the three peanuts (peanutiel duffy and peanut bong)

parker macmillan, who ended s24 on the tigers

five other prehistory players (abbott wright, ronan vargas, rosales darkness, james nolan, and agan espinoza), only one of whom (agan) is formerly dead

two debted players (niq nyong'o, who was necromanced, and silvaire roadhouse, who was not)

several players with weird circumstances of creation — wyatt mason x, baby pitchems of the mills, evelton mcblase ii, and bontgomery mullock (evelton mcblase and montgomery bullock are also eligible)

a bunch of former wyatt masons, including baldwin breadwinner and aly leaf

other miscellaneous players: sutton bishop, winnie hess, beck whitney, polkadot patterson, neerie mccloud, dunlap figueroa, kelvin drumsolo, thomas dracaena

players that are NOT eligible to Fall (as far as we know):

peanut holloway (incinerated during s24)

castillo turner (ended s24 on the dallas cows)

anyone redacted during s24 (mike townsend, christian combs, bees taswell, oliver mueller, ziwa mueller, herring winfield)

anyone in the vault, including jaylen hotdogfingers, tillman henderson, don mitchell, collins melon (all vaulted during the semi-centennial), and glabe moon (vaulted via blessing in the s23 election)

#blaseball #ari opinion hour #hmmmmmm

[goalhofer]

2023 Philadelphia Phillies Roster

Pitchers

#22 Michael Lorenzen (Fullerton, California)*

#25 Matt Strahm (West Fargo, North Dakota)*

#27 Aaron Nola (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

#30 Gregory Soto (Bajos De Haina, Dominican Republic)*

#31 Craig Kimbrel (Huntsville, Alabama)*

#43 Yunior Marte (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)*

#45 Zach Wheeler (Dallas, Georgia)

#46 José Alvarado (Maracaibo, Venezuela)

#54 Dylan Covey (Pasadena, California)*

#55 Ranger Suárez (Pies De Cuesta, Venezuela)

#58 Seranthony Domínguez (Esperanza, Dominican Republic)

#61 Christopher Sánchez (La Romana, Dominican Republic)

#68 Jeff Hoffman (Colonie, New York)*

#99 Taijuan Walker (Yucaipa, California)*

Catchers

#10 J.T. Realmuto (Del City, Oklahoma)

#21 Garrett Stubbs (Del Mar, California)

Infielders

#5 Bryson Stott (Clark County, Nevada)

#7 Trea Turner (Lake Worth Beach, Florida)

#17 Rhys Hoskins (Sacramento County, California)

#28 Alec Bohm (Omaha, Nebraska)

#29 Rodolfo Castro (El Llano, Dominican Republic)*

#33 Edmundo Sosa (Ciudad Panama, Panama)

Outfielders

#3 Bryce Harper (Las Vegas, Nevada)

#8 Nick Castellanos (Plantation, Florida)

#12 Kyle Schwarber (Middletown, Ohio)

#16 Brandon Marsh (Buford, Georgia)

#18 Johan Rojas (San Francisco De Macorís, Dominican Republic)**

#19 Cristian Pache (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)*

#44 Andrew Cave (Hampton, Virginia)*

Coaches

Manager Rob Thomson (St. Clair Township, Ontario)

Bench coach Mike Calitri (Canton, Massachusetts)

Hitting coach Kevin Long (Phoenix, Arizona)

Assistant hitting coach Jason Camilli (Peoria, Arizona)

Pitching coach Caleb Cotham (Mt. Juliet, Tennessee)

Assistant pitching coach Brian Kaplan (St. Joseph County, Indiana)

Bullpen coach David Lundquist; Jr. (Carson City, Nevada)

Bullpen catcher Brad Flanders (Frisco, Texas)

Bullpen catcher Hector Rabago (Riverside, California)

1B coach Francisco Figueroa (Miami, Florida)

3B coach Dusty Wathan (Blue Springs, Missouri)

Infield coach Bobby Dickerson (Laurel, Mississippi)

#Sports #Baseball #MLB #Philadelphia Phillies #Celebrities #Louisiana #Dominican Republic #Venezuela #Georgia #New York #North Dakota #Alabama #Oklahoma #Nebraska #Panama #Nevada #Florida #Virginia #Ohio #Arizona #Texas #Indiana #Canada #Ontario #Massachusetts #Tennessee #Mississippi #Missouri

[tal-vez-o-quizas]

Some takeaways from Stranger Things 4 with a member of the cast:

The actor that played Argyle 2.0 in ST4EP8 was in a podcast from 99porciento on YouTube 3 months ago and he described his experience on set. His name is Andres Figueroa. I will be paraphrasing some things he talked about. He's from Venezuela so the entire thing is in Spanish but I translated some things I considered were cool to share.

On set, Charlie Heaton invited him to eat with the cast so he joined everyone. Charlie smokes a lot (which, duh, there are so many pictures of him smoking) so they spoke a bit during smoke breaks. They played Mario Tennis and the trailer was huge. He said he spoke some Spanish with Millie, who was born in Spain (and was singing a lot of Selena, lol). He has kept contact with Eduardo Franco, who’s parents are Mexican so he has a very neutral accent when he speaks Spanish. He added that Eduardo has a very “stoner” attitude but he doesn’t drink or smoke at all; apparently Eduardo quit all that like 5 years ago.

In one of the takes they did when he was leaving Surfer's Boy Pizza, he actually put the joint (which is not a real joint, it’s a prop) on his lips, which the directors really liked but they couldn’t keep it because they said Netflix will had their asses, lol. The Duffers told him that they loved his audition and were really nice.

So, even if the rating bumped up from TV-14 to TV-MA for Stranger Things 4 (correct me if I'm wrong please), being more bloody, gory, with some sexual and drug references, they still had to hold back on some things. Now, I wonder if they'll go the extra mile on ST5 and increase these references.

Argyle originally had a whole speech trying to convince him to leave so they can use the Surfer’s Boy Pizza kitchen in the script, but they cut it because it may have not aligned with the final product.

This tell us that there must have been many scenes like this, were they cut stuff so it could fit their idea of what they wanted the show to be like (which reminds me of EP9 being initially like 2hr30 something minutes but then they cut like 10 minutes at the end?). It's not farfetched to think this must have happened a few times (like when we saw the bloopers and the first heart-to-heart with Will and Mike on EP4 seemed like it had more dialogue).

Everyone was really nice. He was nervous because he's a fan of the show but it turned out all right. The person he interacted the least with was Noah Schnapp, who was 16 when filming ST4. He said he was laying down on the sofa, scrolling through TikTok the entire time and the rest of the cast were asking him if he was going to play with them (everyone was playing Simon Says or something) but Noah kept using his phone, haha. He added that there have been some issues with Noah from production because sometimes they kept him longer than he had to on set (Noah, being 16 at the time, had to legally film for like 12 hours everyday or something, no more than that, as opposed to people older than 18) and some other things he’s not allowed to elaborate on, lol. I guess those issues are over once Stranger Things begins filming!

The podcast is actually fun and entertaining, so if you speak Spanish, go ahead and watch it. I wanted to share this for a while but I'm really lazy but got inspired today. Hope you enjoy!

#my post #argyle 2.0 #stranger things #st cast #noah schnapp #charlie heaton #eduardo franco #argyle #andres figueroa #st podcast #my translation #it's all paraphrasing #i was not going to quote everything that they all said lol #Youtube

[superlinguo]

Tips for LingComm series

The LingComm website has a new series of posts, featuring tips for starting lingcomm/scicomm writing, events, podcasts and video as well as a post on tips for funding.

These tips were distilled from discussion panels of lingcomm experts at LingComm21 in April 2021. I’ve shared a summary of one interesting tip from each of the posts below.

6 tips for lingcomm writing

Featuring advice and insights from Dan McIntyre (Babel), Marco Neves (Certas Palavras) and Mignon Fogarty (Grammar Girl).

One key tip:

Assume that some readers will approach language from a prescriptive angle

7 tips for lingcomm events

Featuring advice and insights from Emily Gref (Planet Word) and Liz McCullough (Pacific Science Center).

One key tip:

Prioritize interaction over information

5 tips for lingcomm podcasting

Featuring advice and insights from Daniel Midgley (Because Language) Helen Zaltzman (The Allusionist) and Megan Figueroa (Vocal Fries).

One key tip:

It’s okay not to know everything

6 tips for lingcomm videos

Featuring advice and insights from Mike Mena (The Social Life of Language), Moti Lieberman (The Ling Space) and Rachel Alatalo (Complexly).

One key tip:

Be accessible, but don’t be condescending

6 tips for lingcomm funding

Featuring advice and insights from Grant Barrett (A Way With Words), Laura Wagner (Language Sciences Research Lab at COSI) and Martha Tsutsui Billins (Field Notes).

One key tip:

Make sure your success doesn't outpace your resources.

To read all six of the Tips for LingComm series, and to stay up to date with LingComm events, opportunities and resources, visit the News section of the LingComm website.

#linguistics #lingcomm #scicomm #advice #tips

[transformers-mosaic]

Transformers: Mosaic #158 - "That'll Do"

Originally posted on May 16th, 2008

Story - Mike Priest Art - Stephen Yee Colours, Letters - Andrew Griffith Edits - Josh van Reyk

deviantART | Seibertron | TFW2005 | BotTalk

wada sez: In this prequel to The Gathering, Razorbeast, Spittor and Magmatron appear in their Cybertronian bodies as designed by Don Figueroa—Spittor's notably went on to inspire Animated Spittor. On BotTalk, Priest said: “Razorbeast is one of my favorite characters now thanks to his portrayal in IDW's BW comics, and I wanted to capture that nervous, insecure side of him that disappears as soon as it's time to get professional and put on a poker face. And for all his worrying about being caught, Magmatron barely even gives him a second glance. [...] I knew I wanted to write a Razorbeast piece. I ALMOST was gonna do a story about Razorbeast returning to Cybertron post-Beast Machines and title it "Pig in the City", but him dying in Ascending kinda kiboshed that...” The title, “That’ll Do”, references the famous quote “That’ll do, pig, that’ll do,” from the end of Babe.

#transformers #transformers mosaic #maccadam #Beast Wars #Razorbeast #Spittor #Magmatron #Mike Priest #Stephen Yee #Andrew Griffith #Josh van Reyk #official creator

[thisfunktional]

Vocalist Mike Tirelli, Guitarist Mickey Lyxx talk about Holy Mother’s RISE album by Thisfunktional Jesus Figueroa, @Thisfunktional of ThisFunktional.com, talks with vocalist Mike Tirelli and guitarist Mickey Lyxx about Holy Mother’s RISE album, out June 7. They chatted about making RISE, Lyxx bringing a new aspect to the band, and building on Holy Mother’s style. A career that spans from the 1990’s until the present day, HOLY MOTHER has delivered some of the most blistering American, fist-pumping music of their genre and pulls no punches with its heaviest and most powerful release to date. Holy Mother’s RISE album, out June 7 ——————————————————— Anchor podcasts: anchor.fm/ThisFunktional anchor.fm/while-we-were-gaming anchor.fm/LatinX-Talks Gaming channels: twitch.com/ThisFunktional facebook.com/gaming/thisfunktionalgaming Tipping Page: streamelements.com/thisfunktional/tip paypal.me/ThisFunktionalBlog Like, Follow, Subscribe to ThisFunktional: Thisfunktional.com @thisfunktional instagram.com/thisfunktional facebook.com/thisfunktional YouTube.com/thisfunktional thisfunktional.tumblr.com via YouTube. Watch, share, like, and subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qACfPFOfJVI

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FYI

Hundreds of San Diego Unified staff won’t be laid off after all

The vast majority of San Diego Unified educators who were issued layoff notices earlier this year will remain employed after the school district’s latest review of its vacant positions and revenue.

Staff members and students rallied against the district’s decision to issue preliminary layoff notices to about 250 employees and eliminate 484 positions as officials projected budget shortfalls in the coming years. Impacted staff included both certificated positions such as teachers, and classified employees, such as bus drivers and food service workers.

But after taking a look at teacher vacancies opened up by retirements and resignations and reanalyzing “revenue trends,” officials said they determined they could retain most staff whose jobs were on the line just two months ago.

The district said in its announcement Thursday afternoon that it was rescinding all but nine of the educator layoff notices “in partnership” with the teachers union. An agreement was signed earlier this week.

“Despite a significant deficit, I am proud that through data-driven planning that prioritized children’s needs, we have developed a fiscally sound budget with limited impacts on our tremendous educators,” board President Shana Hazan said in a statement.

It wasn’t immediately clear how the decision will impact next year’s budget.

“We’re in the process of completing a disclosure and we will have updated numbers in June,” Mike Murad, the district’s public information coordinator, told inewsource.

San Diego Unified, California’s second-largest school district, projected a $93 million deficit next year and a $164 million shortfall during the 2025-26 year. The district has an operating budget of more than $1 billion, with 95% of its unrestricted budget spent on employee salaries and benefits.

The San Diego Education Association, a union representing more than 6,000 of the district’s employees, suggested in March that instead of letting go of employees the district should dip into its reserves and make cuts elsewhere, such as “bloated” budgets for books and supplies.

School districts in California are required to have a reserve for economic uncertainties. San Diego Unified officials were warned earlier this year that its reserves were lower than other large school districts in the state.

The teachers union said on Facebook that 101 of the 108 layoff notices impacting educators were rescinded. It credited rallies and community organizing for changing the district’s decision.

About 60 classified employees are still set to be laid off, the Union-Tribune reported.

Districts across the state are grappling with budget problems caused by enrollment declines, the loss of COVID-19 funding and the state’s own financial troubles. inewsource found that each of the county’s 10 largest districts is facing a deficit next year, with half of them issuing layoff notices and more eliminating job positions. *Reposted article from inewsource.com by Andrea Figueroa Briseño on May 17, 2024

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Comienza "Abril en Tarija" con más de 80 actividades culturales

El director de la Casa de la Cultura, Mike Figueroa, ha anunciado que este 1 de abril dará inicio la agenda cultural “Abril en Tarija”, con una variada programación de más de 80 actividades. Destacando la reapertura del teatro de la Casa de la Cultura con la presentación de la biografía musicalizada de Nilo Soruco. Además, se presentarán artistas como Los de Sama, Manuel Monrroy “El Papirrí”, una…

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BMI Celebrates Gospel Music Superstars Tamela & David Mann At The 2023 BMI Trailblazers Of Gospel Music Awards

Gospel music superstars Tamela & David Mann and Dr. Bobby Jones were celebrated today at the 2023 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards held at Flourish in Atlanta, GA. The awards show paid tribute to the best in the Gospel music community and honored BMI’s Gospel Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Publisher of the Year and the top 25 Gospel songs of the previous year.  BMI’s President & CEO, Mike O’Neill and Vice President, Creative, Atlanta, Catherine Brewton hosted the event. The inspirational luncheon began with a celebration of music and joyful worship with Jonathan McReynolds, Chandler Moore and Kirk Franklin performing a medley of three of BMI’s award-winning songs, “Grace,” “Jireh” and “Kingdom,” before moving to the event’s main honorees and award-winners. As a Trailblazer of Gospel Music honoree, Dr. Bobby Jones was saluted for his legendary career, mentorship of the next generation and his tireless contributions to the genre.  The tribute performances honoring Jones’ legacy kicked off with The Company singing “What a Friend,” followed by a beautiful rendition of “Bring it to Jesus” featuring Beverly Crawford. Tamela and David Mann were celebrated as BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music for their exceptional success in the genre and beyond, both as stellar songwriters, artists and actors. The musical tributes to The Manns kicked-off with Zacardi Cortez and Anaysha Figueroa-Cooper giving a moving performance of “Now Behold the Lamb,” followed by Lisa Knowles-Smith who gave a powerful rendition of “Take Me to the King.” After accepting the honor and thanking those who have helped the husband-and-wife team along the way, Tamela Mann surprised the audience with an explosive performance of her mega-hit, “Change Me,” which spent 23 weeks at number one on Billboard’s Hot Gospel Chart. Throughout the event, BMI saluted the Top 25 most-performed Gospel songs of the previous year, leading up to the coveted BMI Gospel Song of the Year, which went to “Believe For It” written by CeCe Winans and Mitch Wong (APRA). The song spent 12 weeks at the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot Gospel Chart and garnered multiple accolades including two GMA Dove Awards and a GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. BMI’s Gospel Songwriter of the Year was a tie between Dante Bowe and Jonathan McReynolds for each writing two of the most performed Gospel songs of the previous year. Bowe was honored for “Joyful” and “Promises” and McReynolds for “Brighter” and “Grace.” BMI’s Gospel Publisher of the Year went to Be Essential Songs for having award-winning songs “Brighter,” “Jireh,” “Promises” and “Something Has to Break,” among its repertoire. During the ceremony, the late legendary soul singer/songwriter Otis Redding was honored with four BMI Million-Air Awards, a distinction that recognizes songwriters whose works have achieved the rare feat of surpassing one million broadcast performances on radio. Originally written and recorded by Otis Redding in the 1960’s, the songs were “Sweet Soul Music” (4 million performances), “Hard to Handle” (7 million performances), “Respect” (7 million performances) and BMI’s Song of the Year in 1968, the incomparable “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” (12 million performances).  Attending the ceremony were members of Redding’s family, including his wife Zelma and their daughter Karla Redding-Andrews, who accepted the honors on behalf of her father and the Otis Redding Foundation. Additional performances included a special tribute to the late singer/producer/choir director Kevin Lemons, who was known for his work with Donald Lawrence and the Company, and his own dynamic group known as Kevin Lemons and Higher Calling.  Members of Higher Calling hit the stage for a soul-stirring performance of “Perfect Peace” accompanied by Donald Lawrence and The Company. Other award-winning songs performed throughout the evening included “Just Like God” by Evvie McKinney, “Great” by Kelontae Gavin and “Wonderful is Your Name” by Melvin Crispell. Read the full article

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Predacon Guiledart Beast Wars Source Book

Written by Simon Furman and Ben Yee

Art by Robby Musso, Marcelo Matere, Don Figueroa, Nick Roche, Guido Guidi, Dan Khanna, Liam Shalloo, Josh Burcham, Zac Atkinson, Frank Milkovich, Simon Williams, Matt Frank

Colors by Zac Atkinson Josh Burcham, Andrew Elder, Guido Guidi, Kieran Oats, Rob Ruffolo

Edits by Dan Taylor

Design by Mike Heisler and Neil Uyetake

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[theultimatefan]

Higashioka, Showalter, Nimmo, Sörenstam to be honored at 43rd Annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner Feb. 7

The 43rd annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner will benefit AHRC New York City Foundation on Tuesday night, February 7th at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers (23rd Street at West Side Highway) in New York City, and the honorees have been announced today: New York Yankees catcher and ’21 Roberto Clemente Award nominee Kyle Higashioka; New York Mets centerfielder Brandon Nimmo; New York Mets manager and four-time Manager of the Year Buck Showalter; and LPGA champion & World Golf Hall of Famer Annika Sörenstam will all receive Thurman Munson Awards in the “Class of 2023.”

The “Thurmans” are presented to individuals for on-field excellence, community outreach, and betterment of their sport. The AHRC NYC benefit has helped to keep the memory of the legendary Yankees catcher and captain Thurman Munson alive since his untimely passing 43 years ago, while raising more than $19 million for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to lead richer, more productive lives.

Thurman's widow Diana Munson is an honorary chair who has supported AHRC NYC and its fund-raising efforts through the Thurman Munson Awards for four decades, and will be in attendance.

For media inquiries contact John Cirillo/Cirillo World by email at [email protected] or text 914-260-7436.

For tickets call 212-249-6188 or email [email protected]. Tickets may be purchased online at www.ahrcnycfoundation.org/munson2023

The co-Masters of Ceremonies will be FOX 5 lead sports anchor and Sports Extra host Tina Cervasio and Michael Kay, the Voice of the Yankees on YES Network and host of the Michael Kay Show on ESPN NY Radio.

Special guests for the evening will include previous Thurman Award honorees: Radio Hall of Famer and WFAN Yankees analyst Suzyn Waldman (previous Media Hero recipient), Football Giants Super Bowl champions Harry Carson, Chris Canty and Karl Nelson; as well as Thurman's teammate and two-time Yankees World Series Champion Roy White, Giants Super Bowl champ Howard Cross, YES Network personality Nancy Newman, former women’s featherweight boxing champion Heather Hardy, popular New York Radio/TV personality Sweeny Murti, WFAN Radio golf and tennis reporter Ann Liguori, and former Mets pitcher Nelson Figueroa with others to be announced.

The list of previous Thurman Munson Award recipients reads like a “Who’s Who” of sports stars for the ages including: Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe, Yogi Berra, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, Joe Torre, Bernie Williams, Tom Seaver, Mike Piazza, Gary Carter, David Wright, Willis Reed, Patrick Ewing, Julius Erving, Jim Brown, Harry Carson, Aly Raisman, Nancy Lieberman, Theresa Weatherspoon, and Mark Messier, just to name a few.

Kyle Higashioka was a seventh-round selection by the Yankees in the 2008 MLB Draft. After battling a series of injuries early in his minor league career, Kyle made his major league debut for the Yankees in 2018 when Gary Sánchez was sidelined. After starting his major league career 0-for-22, the longest hitless streak to start a Yankee career of any position player ever, he had his first major league hit, a home run, on July 1 against the Boston Red Sox. His next two hits, on July 3 and July 4 against the Atlanta Braves, were also circuit blasts, making him the ninth MLB player since 1920 to have three home runs as his first three hits. On September 16, 2020, Higashioka hit three home runs in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays to became the 24th Yankee to hit three HR in a game. On May 19, 2021, Higashioka caught Corey Kluber's no-hitter against the Texas Rangers, the first Yankees to catch a no-hitter since Joe Girardi caught David Cone's perfect game in 1999.

Higashioka was the Yankees 2021 nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award which embodies representing the game of baseball through extraordinary character and community involvement, both on and off the field. In 2006, MLB opened its first Urban Youth Academy in Compton, CA. Among the athletes who attended the inaugural camp was Higashioka. He grew up roughly 25 miles away in Huntington Beach, looking for any and every opportunity to achieve his goal of playing professional baseball. He never forgot the impact the MLB Youth Academy had on him and the trajectory of his career. He spent numerous offseasons volunteering his time to support the social reach of the program. The academy focuses on Inner City youth, and assists after-school programs, preparing kids for any type of life, whether it's professional baseball or getting in the workforce. Kyle has embraced the causes of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which ensures complete post-secondary educational support and additional educational opportunities for eligible surviving children of fallen Special Operations Personnel and children of all Medal of Honor Recipients; and provides immediate financial assistance to severely wounded, ill, and injured Special Operations Personnel.

Four-time Manager of the Year Buck Showalter, in his first season at the helm of the Mets last season, led the team to a 101-win campaign en route to the best skipper trophy. During a 30-year managerial career, Showalter has amassed 1,652 victories managing the Yankees, Diamondbacks, Rangers, Orioles, and Mets. Like Thurman, Showalter was drafted by the Bronx Bombers, and is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame. (Thurman led the Chatham A's to their first league title with a .420 batting average, while Showalter, playing for the Hyannis Mets, won the league batting title with a .434 average). Showalter was an All-American and set the Mississippi State record for batting average in a season by hitting .459 during the 1977 season.

Showalter participated in the Amazin’ Mets Foundation’s second annual Homeruns & Highballs fundraiser last July, the team’s largest fundraising event of the season. AMF is committed to providing needed services and opportunities to children, families and underserved groups in neighborhoods and communities to inspire change and make a lasting impact on and off the field. On the 21st anniversary of 9/11, Showalter and the team paid tribute to the first responders during the game against the Marlins. While managing Baltimore, Buck supported the LUNGevity Foundation, a charity inspired by the Orioles late public relations director Monica Pence Barlow.

The homegrown smiling, starting centerfielder Brandon Nimmo was a first round pick by New York in the 2011 MLB draft, and made his big league debut for the Mets in 2016. The seven-year veteran enjoyed his finest season last year, recording 159 hits, 30 doubles, and 64 RBI with 580 at bats in 151 games, all career highs. His 16 home runs fell one short of equaling his lifetime best of 17 circuit blasts. During the off season, the Cheyanne, Wyoming native signed a nine-year contract with the Mets. Nimmo played for Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic in 2017.

During the off season, Nimmo dressed as an elf at the Mets annual holiday party. Last season, Nimmo held a special sandlot baseball game for local Little Leaguers at Flushing’s Hinton Park on July 8 with two dozen Little Leaguers taking part. Following a pre-game pep talk, Nimmo spent much of the game pitching to the kids, playing the outfield, and giving players fist bumps when they made a good play. Nimmo has also taken part in the fundraiser Call of Duty: Warzone Charity Royale to support veterans with teammate Pete Alonso. Nimmo was named the Mets recipient of the 2022 Heart and Hustle Award, awarded to players who demonstrate a passion for the game of baseball and best embodies the values, spirit and traditions of the game, by the MLB Players Alumni Association.

Annika Sörenstam is the most celebrated and winningest female professional golfer in history as a three-time Women’s U.S. Open champion, three-time PGA champion and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. In 2003, she achieved a career Grand Slam, winning at least once in her career each of the four tournaments recognized as major championships. She tops the LPGA’s all-time money list with earnings in excess of $22 million. In all, the native of Sweden has captured 72 official LPGA tournaments and has been named Player of the Year a record eight times.

Annika created the ANNIKA Foundation (www.annikafoundation.org) to provide opportunities in women’s golf at the junior, collegiate and professional levels while teaching young people the importance of living a healthy, active lifestyle through fitness and nutrition. It annually conducts six major golf events for aspiring junior girls throughout the world. And with the support of the Haskins Commission, the Foundation created the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel, which is given annually to the best collegiate female golfer. Since 2014, the Foundation has also annually hosted the ANNIKA Intercollegiate presented by 3M, a college tournament featuring 12 top Division I schools. Each year, the Foundation also conducts several “Share My Passion” grass roots clinics designed to introduce kids to the game.

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2024 Philadelphia Phillies Roster

Pitchers

#22 Spencer Turnbull (Madison, Mississippi)

#25 Matt Strahm (West Fargo, North Dakota)

#27 Aaron Nola (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

#30 Gregory Soto (Bajos De Haina, Dominican Republic)

#39 Michael Rucker (Auburn, Washington)*

#43 Yunior Marte (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

#45 Zach Wheeler (Dallas, Georgia)

#46 José Alvarado (Maracaibo, Venezuela)

#50 Richard Kerkering (Venice, Florida)

#51 Ricardo Pinto (Guacara, Venezuela)*

#54 Dylan Covey (Pasadena, California)

#55 Ranger Suárez (Pies De Cuesta, Venezuela)

#56 Luis Ortiz (Sanger, California)

#57 Nick Nelson (Panama City, Florida)

#58 Seranthony Domínguez (Esperanza, Dominican Republic)

#61 Cristopher Sánchez (La Romana, Dominican Republic)

#68 Jeff Hoffman (Colonie, New York)

#99 Taijuan Walker (Yucaipa, California)

Catchers

#10 J.T. Realmuto (Del City, Oklahoma)

#13 Rafael Marchan (San Cristóbal, Venezuela)

#21 Garrett Stubbs (Del Marr, California)

Infielders

#3 Bryce Harper (Las Vegas, Nevada)

#5 Bryson Stott (Clark County, Nevada)

#7 Trea Turner (Lake Worth Beach, Florida)

#9 Whit Merrifield (Mocksville, North Carolina)*

#28 Alec Bohm (Omaha, Nebraska)

#33 Edmundo Sosa (Ciudad Panama, Panama)

Outfielders

#8 Nick Castellanos (Plantation, Florida)

#12 Kyle Schwarber (Middletown, Ohio)

#16 Brandon Marsh (Buford, Georgia)

#18 Johan Rojas (San Francisco De Macorís, Dominican Republic)

#19 Cristian Pache (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

Coaches

Manager Rob Thomson (St. Clair Township, Ontario)

Bench coach Mike Calitri (Canton, Massachusetts)

Hitting coach Kevin Long (Phoenix, Arizona)

Assistant hitting coach Rafael Peña (Santo Domingo, Dom Rep)

Assistant hitting coach Dustin Lind (Ravalli County, Montana)

Pitching coach Caleb Cotham (Mt. Juliet, Tennessee)

Assistant pitching coach Brian Kaplan (Jupiter, Florida)

Bullpen coach Cesar Ramos (Pico Rivera, California)

Bullpen catcher Brad Flanders (Frisco, Texas)

Bullpen catcher Hector Rabago (Riverside, California)

1B coach Francisco Figueroa (Miami-Dade County, Florida)

3B coach Dusty Wathan (Blue Springs, Missouri)

Infield coach Bobby Dickerson (Laurel, Mississippi)

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