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DRSol :: News Archive :: Danilo Medina highlights his plan
The Dominican Sun
"Daily Dominican Republic News in English Since 2004"
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Danilo Medina highlights his plan
Story Text & Photos © 2012 by DR1
Apr 25 2012 21:59PM
- In a televised presentation hosted by the Corripio media group on TeleAntillas (Channel 2) and TeleSistema (Channel 11), PLD presidential candidate Danilo Medina pledged that his government would introduce a code of ethics and morality in public administration and any government official who public rumor or the press accuses of corruption would be publicly questioned by a government council and would be replaced if they fail to give convincing answers. Danilo Medina said, "I want to be an ethical and moral President and my government officials to be so too," he said when interviewed for the Vote 2012 TV series. As reported in Hoy`s coverage of the program, Medina said that he would strengthen the Department for Prosecution of Administrative Corruption, and would foster the independence of the Prosecutor General Office. He also said he would respect the single treasury account and would ensure that the governmental procurement law is followed. He said he would seek to overcome the culture of dishonesty that exists in the DR where `government official` is synonymous with corrupt person. He said that in countries with greater transparency, family and society reject corrupt government officials. Medina also spoke of goals for quality education with universal coverage through high school. He said his government would work to implement eight-hour school days and that they aimed to increase the average years in school from seven as at present to 12. He said his goal would be to reduce the number of school dropouts and would make 4% of GDP for public education and 0. 5% of the GDP available for research. He said he would seek better ties between the labor market and job training to reduce youth unemployment and promised jobs for single women. In the health sector, he promised health insurance for all, with quality and reasonable prices. He also announced a fund for catastrophic sicknesses and that he would add 1. 4 million citizens to the social security system, including informal workers. He said that to realize his plan for government, he would carry out integrated fiscal reform to focus on eliminating wasteful spending. He favored increasing the tax base with reasonable rates so that more funds are available for development projects. He favored the signing of a new precautionary agreement with the IMF that did not contemplate disbursements of resources. He offered the creation of a bank for the poor and another for women to provide loans to people who currently don`t have access to formal banking. In regards to citizen safety, the PLD candidate said he would improve the quality of life of police agents to prevent them from resorting to crime to supplement their income. He announced the construction of the Santiago-San Juan highway, the Monte Grande dam and said he would stimulate farming in the south. He also said that he would invite all to be part of a national united government. He said he had not promised government posts to anyone. "I want to direct my orchestra. . . anyone who is out of tune may leave. " He said. Medina also announced he would create a fund to provide loans at fixed rates to farmers. He said the measure seeks to increase food for local consumers and increase exports. For the industrial sector he promised the creation of a Development and Export Bank. He announced a 1,000-1,500-megawatt increase in electricity generation in four years, utilizing coal and natural gas. "We are committed to maintaining economic stability and growth," he said, as reported in El Dia. His main rival, Hipolito Mejia will be on TV live tonight on Channel 2 and Channel 11 from 8-10pm. Read original at
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At the art museum I look over and Gray is in a stranger's arms. She was lifting him up because he really wanted to see!
And I laughed, and said thank you and was so glad he is that-kid, for far too many reasons to write out here.
The GRAM (Grand Rapids Art Museum) is free during Artprize, btw. If you can get there (or any art place near you with your kids), do it.

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Travis: "Man, you sure ate a lot of Raisin Bran for breakfast this morning!" Adam: "Yeah, and at 5:00 this afternoon I had to drop off a load of Yetters!"
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Combs named to state Board of Education
January 18, 2013
CHARLESTON — Berkeley County resident Tina H. Combs has been appointed to the state Board of Education by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. The appointment was announced Friday....
Congrats to a great person and leader. If anyone can clean up the BOE it is Tina.
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Amazing woman who will represent the Panhandle well! They are so lucky to have her on board!!
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PHILIPPI - The Barbour County Commission on Friday appointed an interim sheriff to replace John Hawkins following his sudden resignation Thursday after pleading guilty to a mail fraud indictment in federal court.
Sgt. Philip G. Ferguson was appointed for a period of up to 30 days to serve as the interim sheriff until the Barbour County Democratic Executive Committee submits three proposed Democratic replacements to the Commission by March 7.
Commissioner Jedd Schola told The Inter-Mountain that Ferguson was selected by the Commission because he is the senior officer of the Barbour County Sheriff's Department.
County Commission President Tim McDaniel told The Inter-Mountain Thursday night that, until an officer was appointed, Chief Deputy Brett Carpenter would be in charge.
The Commission met Friday afternoon in special session at the Barbour County Courthouse to promptly appoint an emergency replacement for Hawkins, as required by law.
"We cannot do our deposits," Schola said just moments before Friday's late-afternoon meeting began.
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May 7, 2012
Brittany Mae Keene alleges that on this date Barbour County Sheriff John Hawkins sent her a text message containing a "veiled threat to have her indicted."
May 11, 2012
Keene files a domestic violence
protection order petition in Randolph County against Hawkins.
May 30, 2012
Keene is arrested on one felony count of receiving stolen property and two misdemeanor counts of transferring stolen property after being named in a sealed indictment.
May 31, 2012
Keene enters a not-guilty plea to charges in the indictment.
June 5, 2012
Keene withdrew her request for the order for protection.
June 9, 2012
Keene claims in a story published in The Inter-Mountain that her arrest was intended to keep her silent. Keene said she filed the petition for protection because Hawkins allegedly threatened to have her indicted and also threatened her with death if she spoke publicly about what she said was a non-consensual sexual relationship between them.
June 12, 2012
Barbour County Prosecuting Attorney Leckta Poling and Circuit Judge Alan D. Moats recuse themselves from Keene's felony case after The Inter-Mountain article is published.
June 15, 2012
Hawkins takes to social media to deny allegations made by Keene.
July 7, 2012
Poling shares via The Inter-Mountain that the FBI was alerted months earlier about Keene's allegations against Hawkins.
July 18, 2012
Keene's bond is modified. The court rules she had to check in with Community Corrections three days a week and be randomly drug tested one of those days each week.
July 25, 2012
Keene's attorney files a motion to dismiss the charges against Keene claiming "outrageous government misconduct."
Aug. 17, 2012
The indictment against Keene is dismissed in Barbour County Circuit Court.
No new indictments have been handed down against Keene.
April 9, 2013
Hawkins files a false insurance claim describing an accident, saying he was distracted and was driving too fast off of Jerusalem Run Road and drove off the road and struck a tree.
July 18, 2013
Keene files a federal civil lawsuit against Hawkins claiming he sexually assaulted her and then threatened to kill her if she told anyone. The suit names Barbour County as a co-defendant.
July 22, 2013
News of the lawsuit breaks, and Hawkins and his family again use social media to respond.
July 24, 2013
Keene's attorneys claim they have obtained incriminating text messages, emails and Facebook messages to back up their claims.
Aug. 1, 2013
Hawkins is sued in Barbour County Circuit Court for a statement he posted on his Facebook page.
Aug. 8, 2013
Hawkins formally denies charges that he sexually assaulted Keene.
Oct. 15, 2013
Hawkins and Prosecuting Attorney Leckta Poling each respond to audit findings during a Barbour County Commission meeting.
The Barbour County audit reports for the 2010-2011 and the 2011-2012 fiscal years showed the sheriff's department's concealed weapons fund was used to purchase alcohol, flowers and gift cards for departmental staff and deputies.
Dec. 9, 2013
Barbour County Commissioner Phil Hart questions during a public meeting whether Hawkins is neglecting his duties in relation to property estates and settlements.
Feb. 11, 2014
A federal judge grants, in part, the Barbour County Commission's motion to dismiss charges brought against it in a federal civil lawsuit that names the commission and Sheriff John Hawkins as codefendants.
Feb. 20, 2014
Hawkins pleads guilty to one felony count of mail fraud before U.S. Magistrate John S. Kaull in the Elkins office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
"We really can't do anything without the sheriff because he's the treasurer of the county."
Commissioners also accepted the resignation of Hawkins during the special meeting. According to the meeting minutes, Hawkins' resignation was effective at 5 p.m. Thursday.
The Inter-Mountain requested a copy of the resignation letter, but Schola said the letter was determined to be "privileged information" by Hawkins' legal counsel, Harry Smith. Schola said the resignation letter was only one sentence long, and he would consult the Commission's lawyer, Keith Gamble of the Morgantown law firm Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, about The Inter-Mountain's request for a copy. The newspaper has prepared a Freedom of Information request to the country Friday requesting a copy of the document.
Schola later said he was advised by the Commission's lawyer against providing a copy of the letter.
Prosecuting Attorney Leckta Poling, who also attended the special meeting, requested that a financial audit be completed as quickly as possible, according to the meeting minutes. Commissioners then informed Poling that they already had contacted the West Virginia State Auditor's office. An auditor is scheduled to arrive at the Barbour County Courthouse Monday to begin financial checks in the wake of Hawkins' exit.
Hawkins pleaded guilty to one felony count of mail fraud Thursday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate John S. Kaull in the Elkins office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
As part of the plea agreement, Hawkins, 47, agreed to immediately resign as sheriff of Barbour County and relinquish his West Virginia Law Certification. Hawkins also agreed not to serve in any law enforcement capacity in the future.
The plea stemmed from an incident in which Hawkins staged a motor vehicle accident, ultimately filing a false insurance claim with the assistance of one of his law enforcement officers, whose name has not been released.
Hawkins has been released pending sentencing. A presentence investigation is being conducted. The sentencing date has not yet been set.
According to an order setting the conditions of Hawkins' release - obtained through the online Public Access to Court Electronic Records System - Hawkins cannot violate any federal, state or local laws while on release; must advise the court, pretrial service office or supervising officer before changing his residence or telephone number; and cannot leave the Northern District of West Virginia prior to his sentencing hearing.


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That weak feeling you get in your arms and hands after a long day of heavy lifting, usually making it hard to clench your fist or use your hands in any competent way.
I can barely hold all these limes, I've got serious noodle arms!
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A nickname for New York Giants' quarterback stemming from his poor form and tendency to throw interceptions.
Did you watch the Giant game this Sunday? Yea did you see those picks noodle arm threw?
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A nickname given to the Predators QB because of his quirky side arm throwing motion and inability to throw past 20 yards with any "zip" on the ball
"Why do the Predators always do hitch routes?"
"Because Noodle arm can't throw the damn ball that Far! Did you see the 2 picks he just threw?"
"Because Noodle arm can't throw the damn ball that Far! Did you see the 2 picks he just threw?"
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The world's favorite friendly royal will join three teams of wounded veterans as they race to the South Pole with the aid of the Walking With The Wounded charity, of which Harry is patron.
"The aim remains the same," Harry, 28, told reporters at the launch of the South Pole Allied Challenge in London. "To enable our wounded servicemen and women to do what they do better than anyone else I know. To meet a challenge head on and inspire others to do the same."
The event will start in December and see veterans from the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia ski across 208 miles of the coldest, most inhospitable terrain on the planet for up to 20 hours a day.
Each will wear specially modified survival equipment catering to a range of mental and physical disabilities suffered during combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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This is shorthand for "chord order" when describing the chords and their position in a song. Cause why stutter your way through two iterations of the sound "ord"?
The chorder for More Than This by the 10,000 Maniacs is pretty simple: the main part just loops F#, B, G#m and C#.
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Most quarterbacks don't like to be called a game manager. It's insulting and insinuates that the only thing the guy can do is take the snap, hand the ball off and let everyone else win the game.
An example most commonly used is Trent Dilfer on the Baltimore Ravens' defense-oriented Super Bowl championship team in 2000.
No one who's watched the Penn State football team this season would describe Christian Hackenberg as merely a game manager, so it was unusual to hear him describe himself that way Tuesday.
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second in the Big Ten in passing yards per game with 238.
"Really, for me, this year my focus has been to be a game manager," the freshman quarterback said on a teleconference.
Hackenberg has thrown for 2,616 yards, 16 TDs and 10 interceptions this season, and he's second in the Big Ten averaging 238 yards passing per game. Those are hardly game manager stats.
In Hackenberg's mind, being a game manager is his way of saying he needs to be aware of everything that's around him, read the situation correctly and make sure the PSU offense gets into the right play. He does all of that at the line of scrimmage in Bill O'Brien's complex offensive system.
"Especially in this offense you can do so much at the line of scrimmage," Hackenberg said. "You have to understand not only the passing game, but the running game. You have to understand protections. I think with the greater understanding I have of that, it helps put the team in those type of situations where we can be successful.
"That's one thing I really focused on, and I've looked at is what the team needs to expect out of me is understanding those types of things and getting us into those right places. So that's sort of how I refer to it as a game manager."
Hackenberg enters the final game of his freshman season Saturday against a very good Wisconsin team that's favored by 24 points. With a loss, the Nittany Lions would end up 6-6, but Hackenberg's play this year and expected development the next three years is what provides hope that PSU can compete even better in the future.
The biggest thing he's picked up this year is to learn from his mistakes and not repeat them. Still, given the pressure he's been under as a high-profile recruit immediately thrown into a starting role, he hasn't made anywhere near as many mistakes as some might have expected.
"I think he's done a good job," O'Brien said. "I think that we could all do a better job in certain areas, and I'm sure he has some plays he wishes he could have back. But we don't get those plays back. I think overall, when you look at being 18 years old and coming in here and playing pretty much every snap of every game, I think he's gotten better and better at doing that."
Hackenberg's first game was in an NFL stadium - the Meadowlands against Syracuse - and he's also had to play at the Horseshoe in Columbus. Saturday brings a trip to Camp Randall Stadium, another one of the tougher places to play in college football.
By now, though, Hackenberg has seen pretty much everything he's going to see, so going to Wisconsin shouldn't be as nerve-wracking as the first big road game at Ohio State.
"It was tough for me, I think, just trying to understand the bigness of the stage I was stepping into," he said of his freshman season. "But I think each week guys like [center] Ty Howle and the seniors were really good guys for me to talk to. They've all been through it.
"Each week I was just trying to get better mentally up top and just trying to stay in as good shape as I could physically to continue to make plays for the team and help the team out. That's been my goal. Just managing the games and help the team win to put us in situations where we can be successful."
Hackenberg mentioned that one college quarterback he likes to watch is Alabama's A.J. McCarron, who is a Heisman Trophy contender this year even though some critics believe he's really a game manager for a talented Crimson Tide offense.
"I think that he runs a similar type of offense, and he does a lot of the same things at the line of scrimmage," Hackenberg said. "He does well with managing the football game, and I think that was something that I was focusing on this year."
Injury update
Cornerback Adrian Amos has a sprained foot, but O'Brien said he "seems to be moving around better and better every day."
The Lions will need Amos on Saturday as Wisconsin has one of the Big Ten's top receivers in Jared Abbrederis (61 catches for 916 yards).
Running back Bill Belton, who missed last week's game against Nebraska with a shoulder injury and strep throat, is expected to return at Wisconsin.
Zach Zwinak was "banged around pretty good" carrying the ball 35 times for 149 yards against Nebraska, but O'Brien said he "looks to be OK."
Third-string running back Von Walker suffered a concussion two weeks ago against Purdue but should be ready this week.
Bouncing back
The Lions suffered a tough, physical loss in their final home game and now have to go on a long road trip as heavy underdogs, during a holiday week, no less.
That doesn't mean they won't be geared up for the Badgers.
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Saturday, May 17, 2008
MassResistance claims Youth Pride turned violent
The propaganda piece called "Youngsters attend Boston homosexual pride event" says the crowd started screaming at MassResistance, blocked their cameras and assaulted them (although they don't give specifics).
"They claimed that by our taking pictures and by putting them on our Web site that we were hurting the kids because their parents didn't know that they were there and they would be 'outed,'" Camenker tells OneNewsNow.
Reporter Scott Kearnan explored the unsavory MassResistance tactic in a piece I edited for EDGE Boston here.
Kearnan writes that MassResistance has gone so far as to take photographs of attending youth, many of whom may not be out to all friends and family members and post them on the MassResistance Web site.
"They harass them, take pictures and put them on their Web site," says one Youth Pride organizer. "They don't seem to respect anybody, but I would think there would at least be a higher respect for youth."
My thoughts? It upsets me that MassResistance goes after the youngsters who already have to deal with coming to terms with their orientation, coming out to their parents and harassment at school.
If you must, go after the adults who are able to engage in debate and leave the kids alone.
Click here for the article in EDGE Boston.
5 comments:
- Steve said...
How about we go after the real problem - the organizers and enablers for such an event that will transport under-aged children to an environment that encourages behaviour that their parents would not approve of, without the parents' knowledge or consent?
Leave the kids alone?!?! Not if we love them. How about we let the parents do the parenting, instead of the state and worse?
- Sam Baltrusis said...
Thanks for your input.
While I completely disagree with your "gays are recruiting teens" mentality, I do respect your right to comment.
Well, I'm sure that both the NAMBLA (North American Man Boy Love Association) members and their under age lovers don't want the pictures "outing them", which could lead to more than the embarrassment of parents finding out, but to the possibility of investigation and possible prosecution of pedophile activity which they most certainly try to keep secret from the kids' parents. Age of consent laws are to protect minors. Until they reach that age their parents or guardians have that responsibility. Something that should not be thwarted by those with interests that conflict with that responsibility, and in many cases flaunt the very law itself.
- Sam Baltrusis said...
Thanks Jim for your Anita Bryant-esque commentary. Although, I'm confused why you're comparing Youth Pride to NAMBLA.
Thank you for posting the truth of the matter. Mass Resistance should really find a more productive hobby and stop harassing youth. =) Have a nice day. -J


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A stupid or silly person. A knuckle headed and childish person. Usually accompanied by the need for instant gratification.
"Ted bought a new car instead of paying for his kids child support, because Ted is a noodle head."
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Term of endearment for knuckleheaded children.
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Penn State athletic director Dave Joyner has been heavily criticized during his tenure for a number of different things, most notably his role on the Board of Trustees that fired Joe Paterno in 2011.
Joyner is retiring Aug. 1, the university announced this past week, and Friday he spoke at length with the Mirror's Cory Giger about numerous topics concerning his controversial time as AD. The following Q&A is from Giger's radio show, "Sports Central," that airs on several local ESPN Radio affiliates.
Q: Why did you want the job of athletic director back when it became available under the most difficult circumstances in 2011?
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Outgoing Penn State athletic director Dave Joyner, a former Board of Trustees member, said he lost friends when the BOT fired football coach Joe Paterno.
A: I wanted the job because I was asked to take it and Penn State was in a crisis, and it was out of the sense of duty to my university.
Q: Did you have any conversations with new PSU President Eric Barron about remaining as athletic director?
A: No, we talked about what might be best for both myself and the school, and mutually we thought this was a good way to go. It was the right time for me, I think. I felt like my mission was to establish a beachhead, if you will, and we've got a foundation and I felt comfortable that I think Penn State's on solid footing, not just athletically. I think it's not a bad time at all to do this.
Q: How much impact did you personally have on the Bill O'Brien hire, and then on the James Franklin hire?
A: Both the same. (At) Penn State, I'm called the hiring executive. I was also the chairman of the search committees. Sometimes the chairman of the search committee is not necessarily the hiring executive. ... It's my job to make the recommendation and then to make the choice.
Now, whether that choice ends up falling over or that choice ends up being a home run, that's my responsibility to take that, and I take counsel. We had a great search committee in both cases. The searches were done, I thought, extremely well, and I had great input from our folks on the search committee. But ultimately, it's my decision to make in both instances.
Q: There have been indications that you and O'Brien had a strained relationship at the end of his tenure? Is that true, and can you discuss the working relationship you had with Bill?
A: In my end, I didn't feel that we had a strained relationship at all. I don't know what Bill feels, and on the surface in talking, things were very copacetic. I don't know if there was something else going on that I was not aware of, but I can tell you I think Bill is a tremendous person. Bill and I were very cordial, and I've talked to him several times after he left.
Q: You were a member of the Board of Trustees when it decided to fire Joe Paterno, and many Penn State fans remain so angry about that decision that they refuse to give you much or any credit for your work as AD. What would you like to say to those fans?
A: They're certainly entitled to their opinion about what happened back in November of that year. Each and every human being has to do what they think is the correct thing.
I admire Joe as a coach. I was in his first recruiting class. He taught me many great things. Great coach. And I've said it, I think probably the greatest football coach that's ever coached.
But having said that, it was a very, very hard decision. And people may not agree with it at all but I felt at the time that I had an obligation to do what I thought was right. I lost friends over it. I lost very close friends. But having said that, that's what I felt I had to do.
Then moving forward, though you can think what you want about that, but I would just say to people judge me on my record.
Q: Aside from the Paterno decision, some of your most vocal critics claim you should not have been made the AD since you were on the Board of Trustees and they say it was an inherent conflict of interest. How would address that criticism?
A: It was all done within university policy at the time. There was no violation of policy. I did not remain on the Board. I suspended my Board membership immediately. So however it's perceived, it was done in a time of crisis.
They've said, well, Dave's just trying to get a good job. That's complete hogwash. This was (a time when) the place was burning to the ground, athletics was in dire straits from a management and leadership standpoint, and Dr. (Rodney) Erickson asked me if I would do this.
People don't know my background, and nobody talks about it. I don't think anybody ever reports of my 20-plus years' experience and administrative roles within the U.S. Olympic committee. People don't realize that's part of my background. Maybe they don't want to talk about it because it's not convenient. But I've had a lot of administrative experience at very high level, Olympic-level sport.
That was part of the reason, I'm sure, Dr. Erickson was interested if I would do this. I did it because of a sense of obligation to the university. The whole Board was aware and was in support of it.
Q: In the book "Fourth and Long" by John Bacon, you're not painted in a favorable light. How do you feel about how the book characterized you in certain ways and situations?
A: That book's chock full of untruths. I never talked to John Bacon. He never, to my knowledge, he says he attempted to call me, I don't have any record of that anywhere at the university or any of my personal contacts. There just isn't a record of that, number one. Number two, the characterizations, like I said, are untrue. And so it is what it is, and I'll leave it at that.
Q: Another major issue for some is that you reportedly had a failed business venture, and the critics claim that in part made you unqualified to run a multi-million athletic department. How do you respond to that issue?
A: Number one, I didn't have a failed business venture. I'll explain that in a second. First of all, they never talk about the tremendously successful business ventures I've had in orthopedic practices, which are highly multi-million dollar businesses. They don't talk about Joyner Sports Medicine Institute, which was wildly successful and made a massive return for investors, which was sold to NovaCare in 1998.
I was a participant in several small start-up companies, one of which I departed in my role as chairman and CEO because I didn't agree with the management decisions that were going on at the time. And 21 months later that company went bankrupt. I was still a participant as an investor, but I had no management responsibility, no control over the corporation. And then it went bad. So you can take from that what you want.
I've never been personally bankrupt, I have a superb credit rating. You can't even be employed as an executive at Penn State until you go through a background check and a credit check. That's the truth, and I'll leave it at that.
Q: Some close to O'Brien have indicated he wasn't happy about having to do a lot of the PR damage control and felt that he didn't get a lot of help from other leaders at the university. How active were you behind the scenes doing things or talking to people that may not be public knowledge?
A: Tremendously active. That was our main focus. And what people don't understand is that Bill's base is football. I've said to people when you're in the cage with a bear, you don't poke the bear, all right. When you're standing outside the cage, you can poke the bear all you want. So we had an obligation to the NCAA based on what happened.
There was a tremendous effort that began immediately to comply with, whether people agree with the consent decree or whether they don't, that's not my choice. It's not my choice to question that. My choice as the leader of the athletic department and probably the most important thing we had to do over the last two years was to comply with that consent decree. And it doesn't matter, like I said, if you agree with it or not. Because the surest way to sink the ship is to not pay attention to that. The best way we could help Penn State was by being superb at adhering to that consent decree, and that started immediately.
All the behind the scenes things are not apparent at all, nobody will ever know. The effort that was going on underneath to comply, that's a very, very important piece of what's going on. Sen. (George) Mitchell said that because of the way we adhered to that consent decree and the athletics integrity agreement, he made that recommendation last year (to reduce sanctions). And he said that he could - he didn't say he would - he said publicly that if we continue to progress as we have that he could make similar recommendations this year. Maybe he won't, and that's the way it is. But it's our job to adhere to that, and that's a ton of work for us.
Q: What was your relationship like with the football players, in particular Michael Mauti and the 2012 team that had to deal first-hand with the scandal fallout?
A: I always thought my relationship with Michael Mauti and everybody was very good. There was the thing that Bacon talks about in the book about the team meeting we had with the players who were very on edge because of all the stuff going on; I'm sure it was very scary. I won't go into detail about issues that went on in that meeting, but I can tell you the characterization wasn't accurate.
There was some player disrespect to me the athletic director sitting in the room. Mauti wasn't part of that, but he was sitting in the room. After the meeting, I'll tell you this, this is the truth no matter what's said in the book, Michael Mauti walked up to me, looked me in the eye and shook my hand and said, 'I want to apologize for what just happened in there, and I'm very sorry.' And ever since then, I've thought I always had a good relationship with Michael. I'm very respectful of Michael Mauti and what he's done and what he meant to this university.
Q: One last vocal group of critics contend your management style can come across as condescending or arrogant. That can be tough for anyone to hear about themselves, so do you think there's validity to those complaints?
A: Nope. How's that? I don't know who they're talking to, but maybe they can talk to my staff and people I work with every single day. I'm not going to toot my horn one way or the other.
I'll tell you, you have to be a strong leader, but my leadership style is very collaborative. I'm not afraid to make decisions, but I want to hear what my folks have to say, what they think. I want to hear what my coaches say and what they think. ... I'm not afraid to listen to what anybody says, whether I agree with it or not. But then it's up to me to make tough decisions perhaps.
It's my job to treat people nicely. My background is a physician, and that's another strength for this job as I see it is dealing with people and your bedside manner, and I take great pride in that in the way I approach people.
Q: There is an ongoing legal issue, so what if anything can you speak to with regards to the situation regarding the removal of men's fencing coach Emmanuil Kaidanov?
A: That's a personnel matter and a legal matter, so I really can't talk about it.
Q: What are you most proud of during your tenure as AD?
A: I guess I'm most proud that, whatever small part I may or may not have had, I'm proud that I think Penn State is on a stable footing. I think that whoever my successor is, I'm happy - but I'm not taking credit for it; our coaches and our student-athletes primarily and then our staff and the university that's important to us - I'm very proud of them that they're in a place where they are.
We had probably our best academic year ever. We've had 20 conference championships the last two years, most ever. I'm very, very proud of the people that caused this to happen. If I played a small part in helping to keep the structure there so that they could be successful, then that's great.
Q: What, if anything, do you wish you would have handled differently?
A: Everything. (Laughs.) I wake up every morning seeking perfection. I truly believe that the relentless pursuit of perfection, understanding you're never going to get there, is the true key to excellence. So I wish I would have done everything better - I'll comment on a couple things - but I wish I could have worked faster, I wish I could have worked longer, I wish I could have solved things quicker, I wish I could have made everybody happy. But you can't do that.
But I think two big things that might be of interest are I wish that I could have found a way to - and maybe it was impossible - but I wish I could have found a way to help heal some of the gap, the chasm that exists with people that are so very upset about what happened with Joe in other parts of the community. I think that may be very difficult. I don't know exactly how to get it done. But I wish I could have had more effect on that. Maybe that was impossible from where I had come into this role.
I think the other thing I hope for is that I tried to have a good relationship with the media, and I wish I could have done maybe a better job with you guys. Sometimes I couldn't do things because I couldn't talk about a lot of things and I had to be kind of reclusive off and on. I generally like talking to the media, but there's just no way to address certain things, so that may have prevented the ideal relationship coming out, particularly early on.


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Newborn jaundice
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Newborn jaundice is when a baby has a high level of bilirubin in the blood. Bilirubin is a yellow substance that the body creates when it replaces old red blood cells. The liver helps break down the substance so it can be removed from the body in the stool.
High levels of bilirubin make your baby's skin and whites of the eyes look yellow. This is called jaundice.
Alternative Names
Jaundice of the newborn; Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia; Bili lights - jaundice
It is normal for a baby's bilirubin level to be a bit higher after birth.
When the baby is growing in the mother's womb, the placenta removes bilirubin from the baby's body. The placenta is the organ that grows during pregnancy to feed the baby. After birth, the baby's liver starts doing this job. It may take some time for the baby's liver to be able to do this efficiently.
Most newborns have some yellowing of the skin, or jaundice. This is called "physiological jaundice." It is often most noticeable when the baby is 2 - 4 days old. Most of the time it does not cause problems and goes away within 2 weeks.
Two types of jaundice may occur in newborns who are breastfed. Both types are most often harmless.
- Breastfeeding jaundice is seen in breastfed babies during the first week of life. It is more likely to occur when babies do not nurse well or the mother's milk is slow to come in.
- Breast milk jaundice may appear in some healthy, breastfed babies after day 7 of life. It is likely to peak during weeks 2 and 3 but may last at low levels for a month or more. The problem may be due to how substances in the breast milk affect the breakdown of bilirubin in the liver. Breast milk jaundice is different than breastfeeding jaundice.
Severe newborn jaundice may occur if your baby has a condition that increases the number of red blood cells that need to be replaced in the body, such as:
- Abnormal blood cell shapes
- Blood type mismatch between the mother and baby
- Bleeding underneath the scalp (cephalohematoma) caused by a difficult delivery
- Higher levels of red blood cells, which is more common in small-for-gestational-age babies and some twins
- Infection
- Lack (deficiency) of certain important proteins, called enzymes
Things that make it harder for the baby's body to remove bilirubin may also lead to more severe jaundice, including:
- Certain medicines
- Infections present at birth, such as rubella, syphilis, and others
- Diseases that affect the liver or biliary tract, such as cystic fibrosis or hepatitis
- Low oxygen level (hypoxia)
- Infections (such as sepsis)
- Many different genetic or inherited disorders
Babies who are born too early (premature) are more likely to develop jaundice than full-term babies.
Jaundice causes a yellow color of the skin. The color sometimes begins on the face and then moves down to the chest, belly area, legs, and soles of the feet.
Sometimes, infants with a lot of jaundice may be very tired and feed poorly.
Exams and Tests
Doctors, nurses, and family members will watch for signs of jaundice at the hospital and after the newborn goes home.
Any infant who appears jaundiced should have bilirubin levels measured right away. This can be done with a blood test.
Many hospitals check total bilirubin levels on all babies at about 24 hours of age. Hospitals use probes that can estimate the bilirubin level just by touching the skin. High readings need to be confirmed with blood tests.
Tests that will likely be done include:
- Complete blood count
- Coomb's test
- Reticulocyte count
Further testing may be needed for babies who need treatment or whose total bilirubin levels are rising more quickly than expected.
Treatment is not needed most of the time.
When treatment is needed, the type will depend on:
- The baby's bilirubin level
- How fast the level has been rising
- Whether the baby was born early (babies born early are more likely to be treated at lower bilirubin levels)
- How old the baby is
A baby will need treatment if the bilirubin level is too high or is rising too quickly.
A baby with jaundice needs to be kept well hydrated with breast milk or formula.
- Feed the baby often (up to 12 times a day) to encourage frequent bowel movements. These help remove bilirubin through the stools.
- Ask your doctor before giving your newborn extra formula.
Some newborns need to be treated before they leave the hospital. Others may need to go back to the hospital when they are a few days old. Treatment in the hospital usually lasts 1 to 2 days.
Sometimes special blue lights are used on infants whose levels are very high. These lights work by helping to break down bilirubin in the skin. This is called phototherapy.
- The infant is placed under artificial light in a warm, enclosed bed to maintain a constant temperature.
- The baby will wear only a diaper and special eye shades to protect the eyes.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that breastfeeding be continued through phototherapy, if possible.
- Rarely, the baby may have an intravenous (IV) line to deliver fluids.
If the bilirubin level is not too high or is not rising quickly, you can do phototherapy at home with a fiberoptic blanket, which has tiny bright lights in it. You may also use a bed that shines light up from the mattress.
- You must keep the light therapy on your child's skin and feed your child every 2 to 3 hours (10 to 12 times a day).
- A nurse will come to your home to teach you how to use the blanket or bed, and to check on your child.
- The nurse will return daily to check your child's weight, feedings, skin, and bilirubin levels.
- You will be asked to count the number of wet and dirty diapers.
In the most severe cases of jaundice, an exchange transfusion is required. In this procedure, the baby's blood is replaced with fresh blood. Giving babies with very bad jaundice intravenous immunoglobulin may also be effective at reducing bilirubin levels.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Newborn jaundice is not harmful most of the time. For most babies, jaundice will get better without treatment within 1 to 2 weeks.
Very high levels of bilirubin can damage the brain. This is called kernicterus. However, the condition is almost always diagnosed before levels become high enough to cause this damage.
For babies who need treatment, the treatment is very often effective.
Possible Complications
Rare, but serious complications from high bilirubin levels include:
- Cerebral palsy
- Deafness
- Kernicterus -- brain damage from very high bilirubin levels
When to Contact a Medical Professional
All babies should be seen by a health care provider in the first 5 days of life to check for jaundice.
- Infants who spend less than 24 hours in a hospital should be seen by age 72 hours.
- Infants who are sent home between 24 and 48 hours should be seen again by age 96 hours.
- Infants who are sent home between 48 and 72 hours should be seen again by age 120 hours.
Jaundice is an emergency if the baby has a fever, has become listless, or is not feeding well. Jaundice may be dangerous in high-risk newborns.
Jaundice is generally NOT dangerous in babies who were born full term and who do not have other medical problems. Call the infant's health care provider if:
- Jaundice is severe (the skin is bright yellow)
- Jaundice continues to increase after the newborn visit, lasts longer than 2 weeks, or other symptoms develop
- The feet, especially the soles, are yellow
In newborns, some degree of jaundice is normal and probably not preventable. The risk of serious jaundice can often be reduced by feeding babies at least 8 to 12 times a day for the first several days and by carefully identifying infants at highest risk.
All pregnant women should be tested for blood type and unusual antibodies. If the mother is Rh negative, follow-up testing on the infant's cord is recommended. This may also be done if the mother's blood type is O+, but it is not needed if careful monitoring takes place.
Careful monitoring of all babies during the first 5 days of life can prevent most complications of jaundice. This includes:
- Considering a baby's risk for jaundice
- Checking bilirubin level in the first day or so
- Scheduling at least one follow-up visit the first week of life for babies sent home from the hospital in 72 hours
Buescher JJ, Bland H. Care of the newborn. In: Rakel RE, ed. Textbook of Family Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 22.
Watchko JF. Neonatal indirect hyperbilrubinemia and kernicterus. In: Gleason CA, Devaskar SU. Avery's Diseases of the Newborn. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 79.
Maheshwari A, Carlo WA. Digestive system disorders. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 96.


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SHENANDOAH JUNCTION - On senior day for the Jefferson Cougars, Catalino Leon led the way.
A goal and an assist for Leon in the second half against the Buckhannon-Upshur Bucs Saturday at Jefferson High School prepared the way for a 3-0 shutout.
"At the end of the season, we wanted to bring the ball up and score after tying so many games," Leon said. "We started out slow, but we heated up. We did everything better in the second half."
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Jefferson's Brett Stuart, right, dribbles during the Cougars' game with Buckhannon-Upshur Saturday.
"This is a good win for us because this team is in our region," Cougars coach Matt Slacker said. "We were able to find the back of the net a few times and hold their key threats in check and not give up too many opportunities."
Brett Stuart broke the ice for Jefferson in the 15th minute.
Austin Ogden brought the ball up the left sideline before finding Stuart on a cross to center the ball up. Stuart then broke away, placing a shot between Bucs keeper Cam Blake's legs for the match's opening goal.
The breeze blew throughout the game, and the Bucs attempted to keep the ball down and control it.
"We wanted to spread out, keep the ball on the ground and attack," Buckhannon-Upshur coach Mike Donato said. "We did that and got chances and corners, but Jefferson adjusted and outplayed us the rest of the game."
Jefferson's adjustment came in the second half when it scored two more goals.
"We did a decent job marking (Leon), but we made miscues," Donato said. " We accounted for him well, but we made a mistake in the box on one and were out of position on the other."
In the 52nd minute, Leon crossed a ball in from the left side and found Jack Barrat, who placed a header into the corner of the net to give Jefferson a 2-0 lead.
Leon put in the finishing shot on an Austin Doughty cross to Dylan Donlon with 10:23 to play to cap off the scoring.
The Buckhannon-Upshur attack was stalled out by Matt Saghy, who finished the match with 10 saves and the back line of Jefferson.
"Our defense played well," Slacker said. "Whether it was Don Boucher, Sam Wight, Pelle Tracey or Hunter Koppenhaver rotating in, we couldn't have gotten the shutout without those guys on defense."


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Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
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With Jeff Samardzija (last name = 29 Scrabble points) in a Major League uniform for the first time and the Brewers so close you can smell the Miller High Life and cannibal sandwiches on their breaths, the Cubs go for a second win in a row against the Fightin' Fish.
Kosuke Fukudome returns to the starting lineup, as does Mike Fontenot, who has gone 14-for-41 (.341) with four homers and a 1260 OPS since the first of July.
Ryan Dempster, who was beaten at home for the first time this year when he lost to the Giants on the Sunday before the All-Star break, comes off a sterling outing at Houston, in which he threw eight shutout innings while fanning seven, walking one, and allowing just six hits.
Josh Johnson makes his third start of the year for Florida as he recovers from elbow surgery this past March. The six-foot-seven-inch righthander throws a mid-90's fastball, a slider and change-up, though often not where he means to throw them. (In 185 Major League innings pitched dating back to '05, Johnson has allowed nearly 4.5 walks for every 9 IP.)
Just thought of this: on Monday, the Cubs faced six-foot-ten-inch Randy Johnson of Arizona. Today they get 6-7 Josh Johnson of the Marlins. That means this week alone, the Cubs have encountered more than 13 feet of Johnson.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
That means this week alone, the Cubs have encountered more than 13 feet of Johnson.
I thought Edmonds was healthy and I thought Fukudome was suppose to stay in the 2 spot? Although I guess if Edmonds is sitting, Lou likes that lefty in the 5 spot.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
What ever happened to the notion of resting Lee every once in awhile? Seems like, if there is anyone who might be due for a rest, it is him...
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
I'm sure he'll get one soon enough, he was having a very good July until that last road trip and still has an .850 OPS for the month. Plus he had 4 days off recently. Maybe Ramirez is who you're thinking of...
117 OPS over the last 7 days and 630 in July
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Lee has gone 5-29, 1 BB, 6 K since the all-star break. He is slumping, and has played in 101 games already. He might benefit from a day off. Ramirez, too, but he hasn't played nearly as much as Lee. I am just remembering how Lou said that he would make sure that Lee sits every once in awhile... He pretty much hasn't sat at all...
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Seriously... he just sat for four days.
I am not sure why he needs a rest. Sometimes you just need to let your players, especially your stars, play through slumps.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
They have this thing called the All-Star break.
I don't have a Scrabble board in front of me, but I am pretty sure it's impossible to spell Samardzija (which you wouldn't be allowed to use in Scrabble anyway) without scoring more than 29 points.
Carry on.
Re: Samardzija's scrabble value
according to that it's 29, but I haven't played scrabble in ages, but I'm sure that's what Cubnut used.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Well... not only would you not be able to use a proper name, it would nearly impossible to spell Samardzija being that you only get 7 letters, and you would need 3 letters to be set up on the board already.
If you had sam, or mar, already on the board you may be able to do it, but beyond that, it would get really tough.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
We (my wife and I) are Scrabble hardcores and the way we play, the Official Scrabble Word List is the final ruling and I'm pretty sure Samardjiza isn't in it. Of course, being 10 letters you'd have to build on, like 'mar' or something. And either one of us would probably challenge that word, btw.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
My wife had an epic game, once. 416, she had two 'bingos' (when you use all your tiles, you get a 50pt bonus). She also snuck the word 'ovid' in, she even defined it: "relating to the ovary". Sounded real to me. In retrospect I should have thought of "ovarian".
Ah yes, we're a real exciting bunch of folk here in northeastern Indiana.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Would one day off really make a difference?
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
When players are scuffling a little bit, it is pretty common to sit them down for a day and give them a mental break from the frustration, let them take a deep breath and relax. I am not only talking about sitting him down for just one day. I am also talking about Lou's supposed commitment to giving Lee a breather every once in awhile. The Cubs have played ONE game without him this season.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
That Dempster -- always, with the impressions.
Today's "Carlos Marmol" is spot on.
Six walks for Demp, none for Johnson? Let's get that fixed.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
"The six-foot-seven-inch righthander throws a mid-90's fastball, a slider and change-up, though often not where he means to throw them."
Through 4.5 innings"
Dempster - 6 walks
Johnson - 0
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
And just I finish typing that, Johnson walks The riot.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Oops, sorry about that Billybucks. You snuck your post in ahead of mine.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Man, Reed Johnson sure looks red-hot at the plate. It's a pretty stark contrast from so many of the Cubs at this point...
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Talk about trial by fire for Jeff. Let's hope he brought his A game with him to Chicago today.
Shark Attack!
I guess this kills that speculation about him starting over the weekend...
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
That was 99 mph... and Hanley hit it...
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
The kid was in a tough situation, but got out of it fairly well; that pick - off throw almost reached the stands, BTW.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
"Sometimes you just gotta tip your hat."
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
the scoreboard radar in Des Moines always clocked Samarzija @ 90-92 [once I saw a 94]; even allowing for the extra 2-3 mph the scouts @ the ballpark said their guns usually registered, JS must have some serious adrenalin pumping for the Wrigley debut if these readings so far are accurate...
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Yeah, I'll bet he did. The readings did taper off a little in the 2nd inning he pitched...
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Homerun Howry. A nickname AND a description.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
I have an idea.
Have Howry pitch the first inning instead of the 8th or 9th.
That way, at least we have a chance to catch up.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Hey Lou-
News flash -- Howry sucks. His 5+ ERA may hav tipped you off, or the fact that virtaully every hitter scorches the ball when he throws it.
Ths is also the 4th day in the last 5 he has pitched.
What the hell?
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Howry is Howrrible.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Just going by the Yahoo! feed -- was there a batter that didn't hit he ball hard in the 9th inning? Howry's good-but-not-great fastball isn't getting it done any more.
Man, the bullpen is a mess.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Ya, I agree, bullpen is a serious mess. It was masked for a while by the dominance of Wood/Marmol, but they've regressed. Gaudin isnt very good right now, and Howry hasn't been good in a long while.
After that, we're pretty much ho hum. Its really hurting us.
This very easily may be our last day in sole possession of first place :(
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Gaudin isnt very good right now
He had one bad outing. Since when is one bad outing "not very good."
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
10 hits + 5 walks = 2 runs. Sheesh.
Had runners on 2nd and 3rd and 2 outs in the 6th, 7th and 8th, but Ward, Fukky and Soriano couldn't come through. One hit from any of those 3 probably wins the game.
Very frustrating loss.
Howry is quickly becoming a joke. He has been scored on in 6 of his last 10 appearances. Good luck with that next ocntract, Bob.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Anybody see the play where Soriano got throuwn out at the plate? Was he running OK?
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
seemed to be running fine, should have never been sent
hard hit ball to left that Willingham had before Soriano was even at 3b. Any decent throw was going to nail him by plenty...
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
our team now looks like a wild card team
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Wow... serious doom and gloom around here. The Cubs lost a game to the Marlins today. It's not like they just got swept by the Mariners...
I do think that Lou needs to back off from using Howry in nearly every ballgame, though... I wonder when he'll get that message...
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
What's your contingency plan for the late innings, then? I'm sure Lou's all ears, too. There's just not a right answer right now.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
My point is just that Howry does not appear to be a good option. There are several other pitchers that have been more effective than him recently. Cotts, Gaudin, Marmol (though I know he has been used a lot, too). You're right that there isn't a "right" answer, but I really don't think he should be leaning on Howry, with the 5+ ERA like this. This was his 3rd-straight game... You do that with players that are hot, not ones with a 6.97 ERA this month...
On the Cincinnati news tonight, they reported Cub fans were "all over" the Dayton police about the Castillo charges/arrest due to Castillo's impending call up to the bigs.
Uh...which Cub fans are those?? And "impending call up?" Seems everybody I've read on the internets is unanimously denouncing his monumental idiot status.
I'm going to have to call shenanigans on the Channel 9 propaganda machine.
Re: Castillo
impending call-up for a kid in Lo-A ball? okay....
Re: Castillo
I heard we were going to call him up Monday because his beanball is so good we were going to let him use it on Braun and Fielder. In all seriousness, anyone who is sticking up for him is a moron.
Re: Castillo
Wow, don't they realize that player don't get called up from that deep in the minors? Not even close... It even rare for player to get called up from AA, let alone Low-A ball...
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
The problem with Lou is that he either overuses guys (Marmol/Howry) to the point of ineffectiveness or lets them rot on the bench (Wuertz/Lieber). I'm not a huge Michael Wuertz fan but in his defense I don't know how a guy is supposed to stay sharp when he only pitches once every two weeks.
Not real impressed with the way Lou handles his pitching staff.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
That's just a supposition. You don't know that that Howry and Marmol are struggling due to workload.. You're just assuming. It could be a million things, the most likely of which is Howry isn't as young as he used to be and he doesn't throw 95 anymore. Marmol doesn't trust his stuff right now. He can't control his slider and his fastball's getting worked.
Please explain to me why it's the workload. I do agree that it's silly to have guys down there that never pitch, but that's not relevant to why Bob Howry can't get anybody out.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Well, with Marmol it's probably a bit of both. His struggles started after a pretty heavy work load and then it's not out of the question that some struggles led to mental struggles which led to more pitching struggles.
With Howry, I doubt it's work load but it is reasonable to say a manager who has staked part of his reputation on only playing guys who produce should be not playing guys who aren't producing and Howry is one of those guys. He's only had good month in May (which was admittedly amazing with a 1.76 ERA). Other then that, his best was a 4.50 ERA in June and that's nothing to write home about.
Relievers are very unreliable and you can't just keep using one because he used to be good. More often then not, teams do better by riding the hot hand or the young, up and comer who goes on a tear for one year. We have Gaudin, Cotts, Wood (when he comes back) and Marmol. That's a pretty good base there and better then a lot of teams. Marmol has always been wild and will always be wild but his WHIP is still lower then last year and he is still the best choice to close out games with Wood out.
Saying Lou over-relies on certain bullpen arms is a completely valid argument. Bullpen usage is probably his biggest weakness and he needs to realize quickly that Howry is a 6th-7th inning guy and a mop-up guy. We have other arms and they need a chance. Heck, Wuertz has better numbers then Howry at this point.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
marmol just threw 59 pitches over 2 days (21 followed by 38).
for some reason he was actually up warming up for a little while...or tossing for some reason.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
I don't disagree. But blaming his struggles on the workload alone makes no sense. Yes, he's worked a lot. I've always thought that he, in particular, had the arm to handle it. Maybe that's not the case, but he's still not showing signs of fatigue (dead/tired arm) in his delivery.
At the same time, he's thrown all of 120 career relief innings. A sudden regression should not necessarily be blamed on the amount that he worked. Perhaps it's partially because we're talking about a guy who's relieved for only a season and a half. Perhaps it's because we're talking about a guy who isn't use to making mistakes and is now making them. Perhaps we're talking about a guy who hasn't yet fought severe wildness in this role. Perhaps we're simply talking about regression. Perhaps we're talking about guys finally learning to make him throw them a fastball for a strike. You can't hit his slider, whether it's in the strike zone or not. Guys would take called thirds on his slider all the time. It's not a strike right now.
It could be one of many things, or a combination of all. Blaming it strictly on the amount of innings he's thrown is silly. Say he threw 20 or 25 innings in April/May instead of 35, is his ERA a full 5 runs lower in the last two months? I think that's incredibly unlikely. I mean, am I the only one who thinks that sounds absurd?
EDIT: Also, if he's tired after 50 innings, then he's in the wrong business. Yes, the last couple of days have been a LOT of work for him, but working 3 out of 4 days shouldn't cause him to tire over this timeframe. Over the course of 162 games, yes. Over the course of 70 or 80 games (when he started to fail), no. That's not right. Either he's got the weakest arm in the NL or something else is wrong.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
With all due respect, that makes no sense. Being overworked just means that you're not giving your body time to recover. You can become overworked in 3 days. Go to the gym and do your max bench press for 3 days in a row. See if you can do the same weight on day 3 that you did on day one. You won't be able to, because your body hasn't recovered.
The same thing applies to all endeavors in sports. Runners, football players, tennis players, everyone needs time to recover, and if you play too much of anything over a given time frame, you won't be as effective.
Back to Marmol, BP was commenting in May that he had a workload that was unheard of in today's game. He's not exactly Livan Hernandez when it comes to the amount of effort he expends either. Yes it's possible that his troulbes have nothing to do with overwork. He leads the Majors in relief pitches thrown. I don't know how much sports you have played, but when you get tired you tend to lose your coordination. Loss of coordination in for a pitcher is going to result in a loss of control, which is what we've seen from Marmol. It's not the league adjusting to him, He's throwing the same two pitches he's thrown since he became a reliever.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Some. I have played some sports. I know about recovery time. In fact, I very specifically know about the recovery time of pitchers. Three in a row is part of it. Four out of five in a week is part of it. Comes with the territory. After a season and a half in this role, I can guarantee you that his arm is conditioned for that. Maybe not for that workload over the course of a full season, but certainly for over 2 or 3 months. If we were having this discussion at the end of August about why he was beginning to have some trouble, I'd agree it was fatigue. But, I don't buy it right now.
If Carlos Marmol loses effectiveness after throwing 30 innings in two months, then there's an entirely different problem here. Yes, he's thrown a lot of pitches. Yes, he's made a lot of appearances. But, it's fucking July dude. He started sucking at the end of May. THE END OF MAY. He's not tired at the end of May. His arm isn't out of gas at the end of May. That's just not possible for a big league reliever unless he makes 45 appearances in the two months. He appeared in 29 of 51 games that this team played in April and May. Approximately half. A little more than that, but but basically half. He didn't throw 3 out of every four over that time span. Sure, he threw 3 in a row occasionally, and made 1+ inning appearances occasionally, but he still worked in roughly half. That is NOT enough to wear out a reliever. It just isn't, Neal. I'm sorry. Not over that timespan. I've lived it and I've seen it.
Mariano Rivera has thrown 70 or more innings every year since 2001 (save an '04 injury). Jonathan Broxton throws 70+ every year. He threw 82 last year. He's on pace to throw over 70 again. K-Rod has averaged 75 innings for the last 5 seasons. 80+ twice. 80 innings is a high workload. But it happens. The dependable relievers in this game are counted on for 80 innings. That's an inning every other day. Which is what Marmol has more or less done (give or take four or five innings) through 60% of this season. 55 innings in 103 games. He's on pace for more than that, but I don't think Lou ever planned on throwing him 90 innings.
Lou has said he planned on resting him down the stretch, but now he's got a different problem. He's got to get him right. He has to get his confidence back, and the only way to do that is to work him more. He has to pitch. An interesting paradox.
To conclude, I have a problem with your weightlifting analogy. If I go bench press 3 days in a row, I get tired. If I went right now, today, not having benched in several months, day 3 would be a failure. In fact, day 2 might even be a failure.
Unless, of course, if I've conditioned myself to bench press everyday for the last 6 or 7 years. Then I bet I can do essentially the same bench on day 3 than I've done on day 1. Maybe a rep or 2 less, and if I give myself a day off on the 4th day, I'm right back in it on the 5th day. That's a more accurate analogy.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
You also said when you lose coordination, you lose control. That's correct. But, that's not the only thing you lose. I went over this a few days ago, but as you said yesterday, you've only recently returned. Wildness is not the only symptom of tired/dead arm. Wildness is also not the tell-tale symptom of tired arm. In fact, wildness is a symptom of several things.
If you have a tired arm, you lose velocity, which Marmol has not. He was still throwing 96 on Thursday. You change your arm angle. He hasn't done that yet, either. With most pitchers, you talk about shoulder fatigue when they get tired. With Marmol's mechanics, I wouldn't be surprised if we'd be talking about elbow pain, as well. In that case, you lose any kind of ability to throw a breaking ball like he does. The slider is still very sharp, he just can't control it.
It's not a very tactful analogy, but I compare the symptoms of tired arm to the symptoms of having a heart attack. If you get a headache, you just don't feel well. Like having some wildness. Could be one of a bunch of things. If you change your arm angle, maybe you start feeling a little lightheaded. You start having trouble breathing. It's still a problem there that probably needs to be checked out, but it doesn't mean you're having a heart attack. Now, if your breaking ball goes flat and you've lost 5 or 6 mph, call 911. That's the left arm hurting and the chest pain. You've got trouble.
It wouldn't surprise me if they put Marmol on the DL when Wood comes back and called it "tired arm". But that's not the problem right now.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
We'll have to agree to disagree.
At the start of the season he was throwing 98. At the peak of his down cycle he was throwing 95. All athletes aren't the same, what one guy can do doesn't necessarily apply to everyone. Have you ever heard of a guy with a 'rubber arm'? Marmol is what 5'10 and throws 98 MPH's. How many people have you ever met or seen like that? You can't just generalize because some guy you knew could throw in a game 4 times a week for 3 months.
I ran a lot of track, and I was slow. But when the sprinters put had to join the distance guys for their endurance workouts, I could beat a guy who played wide reciever for TN in the 200. Was I more fit than him? No, but my body was less dependant on fast twitch muscles and could more quickly recover. You can't just make blanket assumptions and think they apply to everyone, particuarly a freak of nature like Marmol.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
That's fair enough.
But, please keep in mind that because we agree to disagree on this particular issue doesn't necessarily mean that one of us is right and one of us is wrong.
I've seen dead arm. I've had dead arm. I don't think that's it. But it could always be. If so, he's throwing the best breaking ball I've ever seen for a guy with a tired arm.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Overwork is not the same as dead arm. You're the first person in 120 years of MLB baseball to intimate it is.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Nevermind. I retracted this comment.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Sorry, but I don't get your point. The best pitchers pitch the most innings. If Lou called up Wuertz and put him in there in a tie game in the seventh inning and he sucked, and Lou said, "Well, he sucks, but I don't want him to get rusty due to too much inactivity, so I put him out there anyway," then that would be really ridiculous.
Obviously, Howry has been terrible this year – this is the most HRs he's allowed in a season since 2002– but Lou using him obviously tells you what he thinks of his alternatives. Howry has great control, so Lou gives him more leeway.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
I agree that I would want to use my best pitchers in the most critical situations.
All I'm saying is that there have been opportunities late in ballgames where Wuertz/Lieber could have been used. Especially ballgames in which the Cubs had comfortable leads.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Actually Joe Torre said almost that exact same thing about one of his relievers once. If the guy's job is to get out two left handers, or to only give up one run in the 8th to bridge to the closer, that's his job. Every manager would love to have a bullpen full of vintage Jesse Oroscos and Bruce Sutters, but they have to play the hand their dealt.
Wuertz's stuff comes and goes. If you don't think Pinhead misused Wuertz this year, then you're probably new to closely observing Cubs baseball. It's proven without a shred of a doubt that Wuertz, when he is on, is a bonafide late inning option. If Pinhead can't get him to perform that way (most likely because he was used too infrequently as Pinhead burned out Marmol and counted on Howry), that's Pinhead's short coming.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
"...but they've regressed..."
Wood hasn't regressed, he's on the DL, for Chrissakes. Step away from that ledge...or else take some Vicodin.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Pretty ugly loss for sure. I blame the offense not Howry in particular. Howry has been struggling. Samardzija impressed but I doubt he will be on the team all that long. Fukudome and Soriano could have put the Cubs up in the 7th and 8th. Ward striking out wasn't pretty either.
Offense is just bad right now. Maybe Houston will help us out tonight. Unlikely but stuff happens.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
I agree. Lee, Ramirez and Fukudome went a combined 1-for-12. They just had a bad game.
The Cubs have still scored more runs than Milwaukee and have allowed fewer, and Milwaukee can't continue to go 22-10 in one-run games.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
If Lou isnt going to use Eyre, Jimbo should trade him. I mean if teams are willing to give up a good player for Ohman I imagine he could get a solid prospect for him. There was 2 good points in that game to use Eyre:
7th- to intentionally walk Cantu. At this point you force Gonzalez to pick his poison: Jacobs V. Eyre or Helms V. Howry or Gaudin
9th- Have him start the inning. If he does I wonder if Gonzalez even uses Hermadia their if he has to face a lefty.
Remember Thom Brenneman
and his ridiculous rant on the Cubs and Soto?
I'm watching the Rockies/Reds and he goes off on Tulowitzki for not living up to his contract he just signed. Awesome stuff...
Nady and Marte to the Yankees for atleast 2 minor league pitcher
Phil Coke and Ross Ohlendorf.
Here are their milb.com profiles:
Both are 26, Coke is a southpaw and Ohlendorf is a righty who was the centerpiece of Unit trade but has struggled since becoming a Yank farmhand. This is a very bad return for the Buccos unless the guys who havent been named yet are the centerpieces of the deal.
Re: Nady and Marte to the Yankees
BP link says Ohlendorf, Coke, Jose Tabata and George Kontos.
I think Tabata is the only one worth a damn.
Re: Nady and Marte to the Yankees
Kontos has a good arm, but has struggled with command and he was NYY 25th best prospect going into the year. I could see him being viewed as equal to a 1st round sandwich pick. Tabata is a player with a 1st round grade so those two for Marte is an ok to good deal as they matched the talent they could get in compensation for him bolting as a free agent. However including Nady and only getting a pair of 26 year old journeyman type back is where it gets a bit stupid for PIT when you look at all the buzz Nady got in trade rumors.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
The Cubs are like a bun without a hotdog. We lost because the middle of the order wasn't there. 2HR, a double, 9 hits sandwiched around a 1/12 performance and all we get is 2 runs.
This has been going on too long now. Theriot who usually is in front of them has been on base more than 37 times this month (.422 OBP) but only scored 9 runs. He scored 19 in April, 17 in May.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
I think we really need to mix up this lineup.
I mean D lee 6th kinda mix up.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
The Cubs are like a bun without a hotdog.
I like it!
Today Dempster was mustard, Howry was chopped onions. Shark relish?
'98 Cubs, Sammy was the hotdog?
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
I thought Jim Edmonds was a hot dog.
A little help from your friends?
Houston doing it's best to keep the Cubs in sole possession of 1st:
3-1 after 8 innings.
Re: A little help from your friends?
Thanks, Houston.
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
Astros 3, Brewers 1 final.
Mets help too
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
I just heard from a friend that Chad Fox is stretching on the field at Wrigley. Can anyone confirm this and whether he is going to be placed on the roster today?
Re: Game 103 Thread / Marlins @ Cubs (2 of 4)
He might be getting ready to throw on a side session to see if he's ready to start a rehab assignment. There's no way they'd activate him cold...
Recent comments
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.


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Designed by VCBO Architecture, a firm that emphasized efficient, environmentally appropriate, and elegant design, the Meldrum Science Center will be a showcase for environmental stewardship.
Not only is environmental stewardship socially responsible - it is also educational. The building's "green" features allow students and the community to see, touch, and monitor sustainable resource use in action. Click the categories on the left to learn more about specific building design features.


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Woman, 25, killed in Orange County crash
Pickup truck struck several trees
A 25-year-old Orlando woman was found dead at the scene of a crash in Orange County on Thursday morning.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred between 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. and was discovered about eight hours later.
The pickup truck traveled off the road near Wewahootee Road and Bunkhouse Road and sideswiped several trees, then struck a tree head on, according to FHP.
Officials are waiting to notify family before identifying the driver.
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