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Robert Koeneke said he bought the iPad as a Christmas gift for his wife, who opened it while he was sleeping and ran in to tell him what she found.
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|Effective measures needed to eradicate ill-treatment and torture in Georgia
4/12/2012 – "The Georgian authorities should address long-standing concerns
about ill-treatment of prisoners and other detained persons by public officials
and take effective steps to repair the system of accountability. Constant
vigilance is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the absolute prohibition
of torture. I intend to focus on these issues in my dialogue with the
authorities, including during my next visit to Georgia" said the Council of
Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, on today's publication of
letter addressed to the Prime Minister of Georgia, Mr Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Acknowledging that several swift measures have been taken in response to the prison abuse scandal and noting the Georgian authorities' pledge that such human rights violations would no longer be tolerated, the Commissioner stresses that it is now necessary to carry out effective investigations to identify and punish those responsible for ill-treatment of persons deprived of their liberty.
"Besides the direct perpetrators of these abuses, those officials who ordered or were informed of the abuse should be held accountable. Suitable penalties, commensurate to the gravity of the offences, should follow, but justice must not be selective. The investigation and judicial processes must comply with human rights standards so as to preserve the integrity and credibility of the institutions responsible for upholding the law."
The Commissioner also underlines that it is crucial to ensure that victims, witnesses and their families be protected, including against retaliation from those officials who were implicated in the cases concerned, and be provided with adequate legal remedies, as well as medical and psycho-social assistance.
Finally, Commissioner Muižnieks stresses that the phenomenon of ill-treatment in prisons should not be viewed in isolation from the penitentiary system and criminal justice policy in general. "Georgia has the highest rate of imprisonment in Europe, which stems partly from the stringent policy of "zero tolerance" of petty crime and the disproportionately lengthy sentences imposed. A more humane and human rights oriented criminal justice policy should be adopted and the resort to detention on remand and imprisonment reduced".
The reply of the Prime Minister of Georgia is available here.
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Mortal Kombat co-creator, Ed Boon, has tweeted that a surprise is incoming from his NetherRealm Studios. He quickly rephrases it that an "unexpected surprise" is coming from NetherRealm Studios. But what is it?
Boon says it's not:
In the mean time, don't hate, speculate. What do you think it is? My vote goes to Mortal Kombat Vita.
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we have come up with some options for the first book as well as the name of the book club. if you wanna join in, by all means, DO! send me an email (kate
those who have joined up so far are as follows:
me - the clean plate club
jessica - mango missives
jacque - daisy lane cakes
arika - my yummy life
natashya - living in the kitchen with puppies
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melody - trap door
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1. BOOK CLUB NAMES that are far better than "foodie book club:"
:: Words To Cook By
:: Words To Eat by
:: The Culinary Words
:: Eating Our Words
:: Food For Thought
2. choices for the FIRST BOOK TO READ (this was hard! i said i would whittle the list down to 5, but i couldn't do it! this was the best i could do! but that's good. there's a lot of great books out there for us to devour:
Consuming Passions:A Food Obsessed Life by Michael Lee West
Food in History by Reay Tannahill
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute by Michael Ruhlman
My Life in France by Julia Child
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by Steve Dublanica
Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love by Lara Vapnyar
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food
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Mercer's Executive Forum, presented by BB&T, will feature Frank Luntz, the most quoted pollster in America, on Nov. 4 in Atlanta and Macon. He will give lunch presentation at the Capital City Club at 12:30 p.m. and a dinner presentation at 6:30 p.m. in the Presidents Dining Room of the University Center.
More media outlets have turned to Dr. Luntz for focus groups and consulting than to any other political pollster, making him one of the most honored political and communication professionals in America today. In addition to having worked with ABC News, NBC News, PBS, the BBC, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report and The Wall Street Journal, Dr. Luntz has written and supervised more than 400 surveys for political and corporate clients around the world.
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, in history and political science, and was named a Thouron Fellow. Dr. Luntz earned his doctorate in politics at the age of 25 from Oxford University. He spoke for 24 straight hours as part of the Oxford Union Society's Guinness Book of World Records debate. In the spring of 1993, Dr. Luntz was named a Fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics, the second-youngest individual ever to receive this honor.
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Date: February 13, 2013
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HERITAGE HARBOUR — Giancarlo Facciolla has a new plan for business; it's been keeping the semi-retired Heritage Harbour resident pushing full-steam ahead.
This weekend, Facciolla will introduce Heritage Harbour and the surrounding community to his new concept — a community specific, remodeling- and home- services-focused home show.
The event will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Stoneybrook Golf Club, 8000 Stone Harbour Loop, Bradenton.
"The main thing I'm trying to do is to bring the home show to the community," Facciolla said. "Big shows are nice, but (here) the contractors are going to be clearly defined to service the need of the community. Unlike traditional home shows, there will be no duplication (of services represented)."
Facciolla said the bulk of vendors represented — a painter, landscaper, home-security company, termite and pest control, custom-window design and others — are ones he's dealt with personally through his concierge company, GF Management Services.
He included a hurricane shutter-installation company because of requests from Heritage Harbour residents for that service. Nearly every vendor at the show will be related to home remodeling or maintenance services, although there will be a few service-based vendors, including a chiropractor and a certified public accountant.
"I want to offer a tangible service that adds to property values (for homeowners)," Facciolla said. "We want to service that curb appeal first.
"(We want to) promote (businesses) within a community," he said. "I'm trying, hopefully, to come up with something unique."
The customized setting, he said, will give event-goers more one-on-one time with contractors.
There also will be hourly raffles, and contractors will be offering specials on services, Facciolla said.
Facciolla said he sees the Heritage Harbour home show, for which residents from a two-and-a-half-mile radius were invited, as the first of many community-specific home shows in the East County area. Property-management companies from more than 10 East County communities have been invited to attend, and their reaction will help determine which neighborhoods are targeted for future shows.
"I'm eager to see the community's reaction," Facciolla said.
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10:51am Friday 31st January 2014 in Letters to the Editor
IN response to "Council tackle Landlords" (Saturday January 18, 2014).
Welcome news indeed. Here are two of my personal experiences.
1) My landlord kept my full deposit of more than £700 even though the property was in a much better shape than when I first moved in. The previous tenant didn't get her deposit back either.
2) My daughter and four other girls rented a house while at BH Uni. By the time they left, the property was not damaged (I am a witness of that) and yet, the landlord kept money back from each girls deposit which amounted to about £1,000 (not a bad revenue).
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12:05pm Fri 31 Jan 14
alyce says...
12:41pm Fri 31 Jan 14
BoscVegas says...
1:48pm Fri 31 Jan 14
we-shall-see says...
BoscVegas wrote:That may be fine for those who work and pay their own rent - but anyone who gets their rent paid by DHSS would be classed as making themselves homeless if they with-hold the rent and the landlord makes a claim on the council/DHSS. This will then result in that person getting no further rent help for their next property, quite apart from either a bad reference or none at all from the previous landlord.
Its a dick move but if I don't trust the landlord,I tend to withhold the last months rent until we have agreed how much of my deposit I'm getting back.
I know this because I worked for a short time in a rental business through a local job agency and several very bad landlords did exactly that - knowing the problems i would cause to their former tenant.
In other words, despite any legislation etc, these landlords have people over a barrel in all directions - and they know it. They are not in the business for any other reason than to get rich. They do not rent properties out for the human aspect or to help our burgeoning housing problem. I would say from my experience they are almost ALL without exception, people of a sub-human kind who care nothing about people, but all about the money they can rake from them.
1:49pm Fri 31 Jan 14
we-shall-see says...
10:48pm Fri 31 Jan 14
pete woodley says...
alyce wrote:Tell us more so public are warned.
Legalized theft pure and simple and estate agents are of the same ilk, especially the one on the Ashley Road/ Victoria Road junction charging £200 in cash only for referencing!!
7:39am Sat 1 Feb 14
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4:51pm Sun 2 Feb 14
misplacedspaniard says...
They are going to make millions of young people homeless in the future because of their greed. There should be a law that stated when a landlord sells their property some of the capital from that property is used as a deposit to help their tenants get into the property ladder. These scoundrels are lording it up on someone else's money to find their pension.
A lot of them are proper rude to their tenants. Like the scumbag in Alderney West.
4:10pm Wed 5 Feb 14
David Hayes says...
Check how many actually do? Not many!!!
Only use an letting agency which is either accredited or belongs to a professional body which gives you more peace of mind,
10:19pm Sat 8 Feb 14
pete woodley says...
David Hayes wrote:Are you not a letting agent mr hayes.Why do you not state that clearly.
I think the £200 is reference to Carter Shaw. To be fair to them, they do advertise that fact on their website which allows any prospective tenant to either choose to use them or not. The Advertising Standard Agency state that ALL agents should publish their fees on adverts!!
Check how many actually do? Not many!!!
Only use an letting agency which is either accredited or belongs to a professional body which gives you more peace of mind,
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The No. 2 seed men's tennis team was upset, 4-3, by No. 7 seed Campbell in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Sun Championship Thursday at the John Drew Tennis Center. In an epic three set duel, freshman Peter Wietrak (Bensalem, Pa.) fell to Ryan Mills at No. 4 singles, 6-7, 7-5, 6-4 to clinch the victory for the seventh-seeded Camels.
JU took the doubles point with victories by junior Ben Birkmann (Bremen, Germany) and junior Christoph Mueller (Waldsassen, Germany) at No. 1 doubles (8-6) and sophomore Martin Hehensteiger (Schechen, Germany) and freshman Neil Sehgal (Cincinatti, Ohio) at No. 2 doubles (8-2).
The Dolphins took the first two singles matches with Hehensteiger winning, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 singles and Birkmann triumphing, 7-6, 6-0 at No. 2 singles, but Campbell battled back to capture the next four matches, including Mills' three-set win.
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2. BIRKMANN,Ben (JU) def. WILPOTTE,Florent (CAM) 7-6, 6-0
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4. MILLS, Ryan (CAM) def. WIETRAK,Peter (JU) 6-7, 7-5, 6-4
5. TOLTSAN, Zorick (CAM) def. Rojas, Andres (JU) 6-4, 7-5
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2. HEHENSTEIGER,Martin/SEHGAL,Neil (JU) def. WILPOTTE,Florent/TOLTSAN, Zorick (CAM) 8-2
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The CMU professor accused of having child pornography has submitted his resignation.
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OXFORD, Ohio - There is widespread outrage on the Miami University campus over a flyer about rape.
The flyer, titled "Top Ten Ways to Get Away With Rape," provides directions on how to get away with the crime. It was found in a boy's bathroom in McBride Hall on campus a week ago.
Kate Van Fossen, Vice President of Women Against Violence and Sexual Assault on campus, also known as WAVES, is disgusted by it.
"Even if it was a joke, it's disturbing to me that the thoughts are crossing someone's mind," she said. "He came up with 'If you're afraid the girl will identify you, slit her throat.'"
There were several other ideas on the flyer for example, putting a drug in a woman's drink, wear protection and practice makes perfect.
After hearing about the flyer last week, Van Fossen knew she had to do something.
"What I did was I put it on Facebook, it generated over 115 shares, and I even put it on Tumblr where people kept talking and re-blogging about it," she said.
On Monday, the university issued a statement, saying posting the flyer and the message it sent are reprehensible.
Van Fossen said she felt the message was sent out a week too late.
However, university officials are defending how they have handled it.
"We already reported it to the police, they had already begun their investigation, we had already set up our educational programs and the response with the counseling center," Vice President for Student Affairs Barb Jones said.
Miami University said the flyer was taken down immediately. Jones said officials then held a mandatory meeting with all the men who live in McBride Hall.
At this time, the university is working to find out who posted the flyer.
Several students said they are shocked by it.
"I was really appalled by it," freshman Trevor Parke said.
"It just sort of tarnishes our reputation," junior Grace Eichler said.
Van Fossen said her fight doesn't stop here. She is working with the university to get a vacant sexual assault counseling position filled.
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The government produces billions of coins and currency notes each year. Coins are made by the U.S. Mint and issued by the Treasury Department. Currency notes are made by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and issued by the Federal Reserve System (Fed). The Fed buys coins from the Mint at face value but pays the Bureau only the costs of printing currency. Coins on the books of the Fed are assets that are issued by the Mint, and notes are liabilities of the Federal Reserve Banks. In recent years congressional hearings have highlighted the confusion over differences in the budgetary and accounting treatment of coins and currency. In addition, the Treasury Inspector General and others have reported problems with Mint and Bureau operations. GAO was asked to review (1) how the costs and earnings from coins and currency are budgeted and accounted for and (2) whether any operational problems at the Mint and Bureau need further action.
The earnings from issuing both coins and currency reduce government borrowing costs; however, how these earnings are budgeted and accounted for differs. Production costs of coins and currency are generally treated the same in the budget and accounting statements. The difference between the face value of coins and the costs of minting them results in earnings, called seigniorage, which is shown in the budget as a reduction in needed borrowing for the government, after the deficit or surplus for the year is calculated. The budgetary impact of seigniorage is interest avoided from the borrowing it displaces and is not visible because it is neither quantified nor shown in the budget. The government also generates earnings by issuing currency, but it is handled differently. The difference between the face value of currency issued and its production cost goes to the Fed. The Fed buys collateral, usually Treasury securities, to back up the currency issued. The interest collected on those Treasury securities is used to pay for Fed costs, and the remainder is returned to Treasury. The budgetary impact of issuing currency comes from the interest returned by the Fed, which is shown as a budgetary receipt and counted in the calculation of the deficit or surplus. Production costs of both coins and currency are shown as costs of operations in Treasury's financial statements. According to the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, seigniorage should be shown as a source of financing in Treasury's statement of changes in net position, whereas interest returned by the Fed for currency is shown as revenue in Treasury's statement of custodial activity. Treasury has not been reporting seigniorage this way but made the correction beginning with its fiscal year 2003 financial statements. Both the Mint and the Bureau have had operational problems in recent years in contracting and acquiring property and equipment. The Mint has also had problems with forecasting demand, monitoring costs, and reporting to Congress. The Mint and Bureau have generally taken or started to take actions to address the problems. The Mint has clarified its first quarterly report for 2004 to include more information on how retained funds will be used. However, the Mint is still not explicitly stating whether the retained amounts are in excess of the estimated operating costs for the following year and, if so, it is not explaining how the retained earnings will be used, as required by law.
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Recommendation: To comply with the purpose of the reporting requirement of the Public Enterprise Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury should ensure that the Director of the Mint identifies whether amounts are being retained in excess of the estimated operating costs of the following year and, if so, explains how they will be used in reports to Congress each year.
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Opening day for the 26th annual Salem Fair ended a bit early Wednesday.
Mother nature slammed the fair Wednesday - with driving rain, wind and lightning.
Around 9:30 fair officials announced the event would wrap up early for the evening. But the show is set to go on as scheduled Thursday.
Salem Fair organizers say they hope the rain won't have too much of an impact on tonight's opening night. The fair opens for its annual 12-day run later today, and it is Fox 21/27 Night at the fair.
Fair organizers say you can expect a lot of things. They just hope a washout isn't one of them.
As of this morning, they say they still plan to open at 4 this afternoon, but they're keeping a close eye on the weather situation.
If Mother Nature does cooperate this evening, fans of the fair have a lot to look forward to.
We're talking 14 acres of carnival space on the midway: more than 40 rides, including the brand new Vertigo, which swings riders around 80 feet in the air, and more than 30 food vendors, including one that's going to be serving up fried gummy bears this year.
There's also a petting zoo, and nearly a dozen different shows and performances you can see, including Kachunga and the Alligator and a hypnotist.
All you pay for is the rides, the food, and the games. It doesn't cost anything to get into the fair, and all of the shows are free.
Fair organizers say they're hoping to see between 250,000 and 300,000 people out at the Salem Civic Center over the next 12 days.
"It's very dependent upon rain," says Carey Harveycutter, director of civic facilities at Salem Civic Center. "We've said many times in the fair industry, fair weather makes for a very good fair manager. But if you have rain, you deal with it and you go forward."
During the week, the fair will run from 4-11 p.m., and from noon-11 p.m. on weekends.
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Robert Wayne Glaser, 77, rural Danvers, IL, died at 1:40 p.m., Monday – April 1, 2013 at Hopedale Nursing Home, Hopedale.;His funeral will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Zion Lutheran Church Danvers, with Rev. Bruce LaKamp officiating. Private family burial will follow at West Union Cemetery, Danvers. Visitation will be 4 – 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 3, 2013 and 10 – 11 a.m., Thursday, April 4, 2013 at the church.;Memorials may be directed to Hopedale Medical Complex building fund, Good Shepherd Lutheran Youth Group or Danvers Peace Meals. Otto-Argo-Calvert Memorial Home, Danvers is in charge of arrangements.;Mr. Glaser was born July 5, 1958 in Deer Creek, IL, a son of Walter and Mary (Lay) Glaser. He married Carol Nash on January 12, 1958 in Washington, IL.;She survives along with their children, Curtis (Peg) Glaser, Danvers, Phyllis (Mike) Bango, Carlyle, IL, Phillip Glaser, Bloomington, IL and Barb (Phil) Weihmeir, Lexington, IL, grandchildren, Mollie (Matt) Thomas, Lexington, IL, Carrie Glaser (fiancé Jake Schwoerer, Danvers, IL, Reid Glaser, Danvers, IL, Tyler Bango and Abbie Bango, both of Carlyle, IL Brian, Steve, and Nate Weihmeir, all of Hopedale, IL, two brothers, Walter (Madeleine) Glaser, Green Valley, AZ and Harlan (Alice) Glaser, Belleview, MO.;He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Frederick, two sisters, Carolyn and Leah Glaser and an infant son, Michael.


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We spent 5 nights at the cottage and thoroughly enjoyed the property. What a great setting! The creek was a little low for fishing, but just right for exploring. My (almost) 17 year old son had a great time heading up to the waterfalls and fishing in the pools. Our lab mix headed straight over the rocks and into the middle of the creek for a drink and to lie down - she loved it. The deck got plenty of use, sitting and listening to the water was a daily past time. The kitchen is great, we made several meals at the house. We got takeout from the Fernwood up the street as well as had dinner there one night. The place is very "rustic" but charming AND the food is spectacular. I highly recomend making time to visit the restaurant. If you're looking to fish, head to Colgate Lake. It's in East Jewett, pretty easy to find (head toward Hunter) and oh so picturesque. Very quiet and serene. All in all we had a great vacation, thank you to Bob and Babs.
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Ok, so Carlos went out and got either microfracture surgery or just got his knee scoped and cleaned up. We're not sure at this point as far as I can tell, but how about a little bit on what a microfracture is and what microfracture surgery entails?
So the first point of clarification is that a microfracture isn't actually a fracture in the true sense (i.e. a broken bone). It's actually a surgical technique to repair cartilage (flexible connective tissue found between joints).
The basic idea of the surgery is that the surgeon creates microfractures, which in turn help the athlete heal. Weird, right? Well, the mechanism behind it is that you hurt the body so the body takes care of itself. Almost like a vaccine where you give a little of something bad for a lot of good produced by the body itself (in the case of vaccines the 'good' would be antibodies). When a player has a chronic injury that has progressed slowly through time, the body often does not respond to this injury. However, if you have an acute injury, this often leads to the body kicking into action. In the case of microfracture surgery, you inflict an acute injury so the body can heal itself. The exact details are murky, but there are many types of cells that play a roll in the healing. In the most basic sense, these are stem cells that can come in and form into new cartilage.
How the surgery is actually done is through an arthroscope (a small camera on the end of a long instrument). See the image below. This means there is no huge scalpel cutting but rather a few small "ports" made around the knee to get the camera in and the instruments needed. This cuts recovery time and still allows the surgeon to do what needs to be done. Once into the knee, the surgeon basically starts creating tiny fractures with his instruments. As soon as those fractures are there you get the release of all the body's systems to help them heal. One can imagine that if your body is old and doesn't have many stem cells (simplification), then this surgery might not work so well and could actually result in just more injury. But the hope in Beltran's case would be that his body can respond adequately and form new cartilage. There are other options for this type of surgery out there (e.g. how about just putting the stem cells directly into the knee, or rebuilding the cartilage itself without the help of the body), but those discussions are for another time.
Does it work? Well, studies have been out there, including Outcomes of microfracture for traumatic chondral defects of the knee: Average 11-year follow-up by Dr. Steadman (who actually invented the procedure, so bias?). He found that Over the 7- to 17-year follow-up period (average, 11.3 years), patients 45 years and younger who underwent the microfracture procedure for full-thickness chondral defects, without associated meniscus or ligament pathology, showed statistically significant improvement in function and indicated that they had less pain. How does that translate to performance on the field? I couldn't find any studies on that.
And as for recovery, Wikipedia actually had a nice blurb on this:
Microfracture surgery itself is relatively minor. It is an outpatient procedure and causes only small discomfort. The harder part is the restrictions that are placed on the patient during the post-operative recovery period. This can be a major challenge for many patients. For optimal re-growth of joint surface, the patients need to be very patient and also extremely cooperative. They usually need to be on crutches for four to six weeks (sometimes longer). Sometimes a brace is needed. This all depends on the size and/or location of the joint surface defect that is being repaired or regenerated. The patients are encouraged to spend approximately 6-8 hours a day on a Continuous Passive Motion machine that helps with optimal re-growth of joint surface. Patients usually feel pretty good and think they can avoid these critically important steps, and even start running and jumping (or playing sports) before the internal aspects of the knee, and the joint surface, are ready.
So how does this all relate to Carlos, if he even had this surgery? Well, he'll be out for a while at least and we can only hope that his stem cells kick into gear and help him heal.


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The Royals and human beings named Davis just don't mix. They are like oil and water, Frenchy and walks, or the Chiefs and playoff wins. The two should never hang out together. Ever again. Ever.
This whole debacle started in December of 1989. You remember, back when the Royals were still relevant in Major League Baseball. Back before late night comedians used them as a perpetual baseball punchline. Back when the fans weren't twice as knowledgeable and three times as quick to recognize the obvious as the front office.
December 11th, 1989: The Royals had just finished the season 92-70 (more than enough to qualify for the postseason in today's baseball). Had they played in the East, they would have won the division and been in the ALCS. But, as luck would have it, they played in the same division as the juggernaut Oakland Athletics, who were at the peak of their glory. They finished an MLB best 99-63 and left the Royals out in the cold after an excellent season by any standard.
It appeared that the Royals had found their new closer that year in the person of 27 year-old Jeff Montgomery. He had appeared in 63 games, saving 18 of them. His ERA was a staggering 1.37 and he had struck out 94 batters in 92 innings. But the team clearly wasn't convinced he was the guy, and the big name free agent was too tempting to pass up. Enter Davis #1.
Mark Davis had just won the Cy Young Award as a closer for the San Diego Padres. He had back-to-back stellar seasons (2.01 ERA, 28 saves in 1988; 1.85 ERA, 44 saves in 1989). He was in the prime of his career at 28 years old. So the Royals did what they felt they needed to do and signed him to a massive 3 year, $9+ million contract. In today's dollars, that would be closer to $16 million. It was the equivalent of the team standing up at the table and pushing it all in. And it couldn't have gone worse.
Mark pitched in 95 games for the Royals over 3 seasons. He saved a total of 7 games. His Royals ERA was an atrocious 5.31. He went 9-13.
Four days earlier that same December, the Royals had sent the first signal about how serious they were about beating the A's when they signed another free agent pitcher. One who had been part of their target's starting rotation for the past two years. Enter Davis #2.
Storm Davis had won 16 games in 1988 for Athletics. He followed that up by winning 19 in 1989. His ERA was middling, and he didn't strike out a lot of batters, but he was a WINNER!!!! So the Royals signed him to $1.1 million contract. Over 2 season with the Royals, Storm Davis went 10-19 with a 4.85 ERA. The 1990 and 1991 editions of the Kansas City Royals both finished 6th out of 7 teams in the West, and the franchise has never been the same since.
Fast forward to 2007. The freshly-minted GM of the team, Dayton Moore, makes a trade right at the deadline to start the wheels of "the Process" in motion. The pitcher was young and showed promising signs. He was a 4th round draft pick of the Atlanta Braves, and the Braves ALWAYS got it right when it came to pitchers. His numbers were bad in Atlanta, but there was still hope in that arm. Enter Davis #3. With an extra E to reinforce the Error in our ways.
Hiram "Kyle" Davi(e)s went 29-44 with a 5.34 ERA over his seemingly eternal 5 seasons with the Royals.
And finally, our latest dalliance with the cursed name, just this offseason ago.. Our now desperate GMDM feels he must vindicate the process immediately. He trades for a solid pitcher, James Shields. But he gives up who could be the organization's most coveted prospect in a decade. And, there is a bonus addition in the trade - one who turns out to be quite the poison pill. Enter Davis #4.
Wade Davis is 6-10, with a 5.67 ERA this season with the Royals.
By my calculations, here are the combined statistics of the four Davi(e)s pitchers in Royals history:
- 54 wins, 86 losses
- 9 saves
- 3 complete games
- 1 shutout
- 5.27 ERA over 1050.1 innings
Please, let a Davis never darken the tunnel of Kauffman stadium again.
"Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Davis rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Storm, Mark, Hiram and Wade."


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That whole 'having less than 11 men' thing is really coming back to bite Chelsea. They were the slightly better side in the first half, but with a man advantage, Manchester City are taking Chelsea apart and the Community Shield is as good as won. Yaya Toure equalized early in the half, and his team has followed up that strike with goals by Carlos Tevez and Samir Nasri. With just under 30 minutes to play, City leads Chelsea 3-1.
Tevez's goal was an absolute stunner, hit into the top corner from 20 yards out. Samir Nasri laid the ball off for him and he surged into the center of the pitch, then blasted past Petr Cech.
Six minutes later, in the 65th minute, Nasri all but ended the game with a comfortable one-touch finish from close range. Aleksandar Kolarov provided the cross and Nasri got himself into a brilliant position before he poked the ball home.
At this point, City might conserve their energy and let off the gas a bit. They're probably best served keeping possession now that they have a two-goal lead against 10 men with under a half hour remaining in the match.
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When I say Garrad is "one of the better QBs in the league" I mean he is just that a top 16 QB.
Is DG an elite QB.. NO but does he fall into the bottom half of starting QBs in the league NO.
Making him "one of the better QBs in the league".. NOTE I NEVER SAID BEST... I said Better. I know I would rather have DG than about 16 other starters in the league. So bag on DG all you want he isn't solely responsible for the teams failings.. In some cases with his big size, he has been able to do things other QBs can't or won't do. Ever think if not for the times he has turned the game around on a QB sneak or other play.. we wouldn't even be in the fight in Dec the last few years..? How many loses were caused by a complete failure of the special teams or defense... I can guarantee that number is has high as any you can put purely on DG's shoulders.
I admit I hate the mediocre seasons and December let downs too.. But can you imagine if we had the records of Browns, Rams, or Lions the last few years?
It goes back to the parity of the league.. the NFL maybe a QB driven league, but its still a TEAM Sport.
VERY FEW QBS are in the elite category. Elite Qbs are so good that make average WRs look elite, are hard to defend so it opens thier running game. Defenses don't blitz as much so O-lines look better than they are. They can score at will so a bad defense can be band aided over. That said, Marino proved having an ELITE QB and a terrible Defense doesn't win you superbowls or playoff games. Same can be said for Dan Fouts, Jim Kelly, etc..
Then there are those teams with an ELITE QB and good WR Corps, Oline, defense and special teams. It's the team around them picking it up and putting on thier back with great defense and special teams play. You find they are the teams that win Super Bowls and are consistantly in the playoffs. Like your Tom Bradys..
In the middle are the QBs like DG not elite, but good, yet don't have solid core around them, or a terrible defense that makes them have to put up 30 points a game to match the inept defense. Etc.. When the TEAM plays at the best of thier game they can manage the game and look like a god, and when the team has a bad day he looks like a goat.
These are the teams that can be either 6-10 or 10-6 depending on injuries, special team play, etc.. These teams often make it to the Superbowl or playoffs. With or without an Elite QB (Doug Williams and the Redskins come to mind). Like it or not that's what the Jags are.
So, we need to keep our expectations in check, we are not an ELITE team. But we are WORKING ON IT.. We need a lot more pieces than a QB to become Elite. In the upcoming draft we desperately need a shut down corner, some safeties, a brusier RB to back up MJD, O-line help in the center and guard position AND a QB. Using Gene's BAP strategy, he will look at what we have on the team, whats on the board and who the BAP player is for us.
Would it be great to draft an ELITE QB.. OF COURSE.. BUT Rarely does one KNOW a player will be that player in the draft. A LOT of first round draft picks have been busts.
For every Peyton Manning, Phillip Rivers, John Elway there is a Heath Shuler, Ryan Leaf, JaMarcus Russell, etc.... on the other hand you occasionally get a Tom Brady or Dan Marino in the other rounds. That comes from scouting.. and I trust Gene that if he doesn't get a QB next year in the first round.. but has a QB on the board in the 2nd or 3rd round it will be a quality player that will fit this team and could be the next Matt Ryan. We just have to trust Gene.
NONE of us can say who we should get, NONE of us can say any QB on the draft board would be any better than DG next year. If we could we would be NFL scouts, and personnel guys. Last I checked no one here has been hired by a NFL team to evaluate talent. That's Genes' job..


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TULSA -- The 66ers lose to the Bakersfield Jam 108-102 Tuesday evening despite Dwight Buycks scoring a game-high 30 points on 11-17 shooting.
Former ORU forward Marcus Lewis failed to post a double-double (19 pts, 9 reb.) It is a rarity considering Lewis has posted 31 double-double's in 46 games this season.
It is the last regular season home game for the 66ers and quite possibly the last for the 2011-12 campaign.
Tulsa is 3 games behind Texas for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference with just 4 games remaining.
The 66ers play two games at Rio Grande Valley Friday & Saturday before wrapping up the regular season with a pair of games at Maine the following weekend (April 6th/7th.)
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The Transformation of Emmy Rossum
(This article originally appeared in Malibu Magazine, Winter Issue 2012, Vol. 10, Issue 1)
It may seem from the outside that Emmy Rossum has led a charmed life. The 25 year-old actress and singer has been performing on major platforms since her first audition singing "Happy Birthday" for the Metropolitan Opera's Children's Chorus at the age of 7. She has since worked alongside several icons of our time, including Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Clint Eastwood and Andrew Lloyd Webber, who personally invited her to audition for the role of "Christine" in the 2004 film-adaptation of "Phantom of the Opera." Rossum's performance as the Phantom's musical obsession, played by Gerard Butler, garnered her several awards, including a Golden Globe nod.
As glamorous as it all may seem, what is missing from this fairytale is the hard work, long hours and dedication involved in being able to sustain the pressure required to compete in such storied venues. Everyone can sing "Happy Birthday," but not in twelve different keys as was required on that first audition. Above everything else, it is the work that is most important to Rossum, the stuff behind the scenes that never makes headlines to support the magic on stage and screen. "I guess what they saw in me as a 7 year-old was a raw ability to carry a tune and an eagerness to work," Rossum says of her first audition. "My MET chorus director, the great Elena Doria, really taught me to sing and instilled in me a work ethic and a care and a willingness to work without fatiguing. If you love what you are doing and appreciate the music it doesn't feel like work. It is a gift."
The children's chorus gave her a unique community in which to express herself, countering the uniformed standardization of her all-girls school. For the next five years she regularly practiced and performed in twenty different operas, including Carmen, La Bohème, Turandot, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, singing complicated, exacting verses in 6 different languages. "People are generally amazed at that experience, and I guess it was bizarre but it didn't feel that way," Rossum says. "There was lots of professionalism involved but we were also kids that pranked each other, ran around and got into trouble. We got to wear hats and wigs and all kinds of makeup. Everyday was Halloween for us."
Young though Rossum may be, she doesn't play the ingénue. Her experiences have given her too much strength and independence to succumb to any level of naivety. She grew up the only child of a single mother in New York City. The stage instilled a foundation for excellence. And competition. When she outgrew the children's costumes she naturally gravitated toward acting, believing she would perform elsewhere in the interim until she could return to the opera with a mature voice. She enrolled in acting classes and began working in television, appearing in episodes of "Law and Order" and "As the World Turns." Film roles soon followed, and her performance in the critically acclaimed "Mystic River" directed by Clint Eastwood propelled her to new levels of public awareness.
Though the thrill of live performance was incomparable, Rossum discovered the scope of television and film proved too alluring to leave. She continued in film, taking roles in Poseidon, Dragonball Evolution and Dare. During this time she also wrote songs for her first album titled Inside Out, released through Geffen records, and toured for special guest shows in 2009 with the "Traveling Circus and Medicine Show," featuring the Counting Crows and Michael Franti and Spearhead. That same year she joined the cast of Showtime's Shameless, starring Bill Macy, for the pilot episode that soon became a hit. Rossum plays Fiona, the eldest daughter to Macy's character Frank Gallagher, a drunk father of six living in poverty in Chicago.
Rossum just wrapped the second season of Shameless when we spoke right before the Thanksgiving holidays. She was getting ready to prepare pumpkin pie, cornbread and chutney to bring to a potluck feast planned with her cast and crewmates. Cooking is something Rossum does to relax. "It is somewhat cathartic," she says. "It's a creative outlet that doesn't have too much at stake in terms of the outcome. And it is always delicious. Plus, I find that no matter how I decorate other rooms people always make their way into the kitchen."
What did it feel like being on stage at such a young age?
It was an amazing experience. There were costumes and horses and donkeys on stage. At that time it wasn't about making money or being famous like it is for so many people these days. It was about creating something beautiful. I am so fortunate to have been introduced to this in such a pure way.
How did that experience impact your life at that time and for the future?
There was lots of competition involved at a young age. We would have to audition for solos for James Levine – and sometimes you got the solo in Tosca or whatever and sometimes you didn't. When you didn't get it you were so bummed. So while it was fun it also instilled in us the opportunity to achieve goals and perfect very complicated work. There was always lots of intricate word play involved and we had to pronounce everything correctly. There was a joy in perfecting the material for the directors who had interpreted the material in terms of how they believed Puccini, for instance, would have wanted it sung.
It also instilled in me the communal experience and enjoyment of entertainment, particularly with live performance, which is so special because it is so fleeting. Unless it is recorded it is gone. I truly appreciate my work and am fortunate to be good at what I love doing.
How did your career move toward acting? Was there an experience that solidified your decision?
I never thought as a child, ok, now I am going to be an actor. I loved singing and I was very comfortable being on stage. It naturally led to acting because I wasn't worried about the consequences at stake. I got through all of that a younger age. Ultimately the stage helped me get over that.
What made you decide to continue along the acting path?
I kept enjoying it and I kept being challenged all the time and kept getting better in my work. So until I don't feel this way anymore I will keep on doing what I love to do. There are so many factors that come into play that continue this momentum. I was lucky to be able to audition and get the role. For me at that time I was not making a lifetime decision at age 13, even though in a sense I was without realizing it. I wouldn't do anything differently even if I could.
The one thing that I have learned is that anytime I didn't trust my gut instinct I was burned or I burned someone. I didn't have any family guidance or experience in this industry so there were so many different voices guiding me toward various directions about what to do or not to do. My instinct toward material is what moves me to make decisions.
You seem to move seamlessly between singing and acting. Did Phantom make you want to do more of both or did it create a divide?
I don't have any game plan for the future. I just go and figure out along the way what happens next. I am planning a film in January and am looking forward to working on my next album, so I am tinkering with music, too. My last record was a reflection of who I was for the first twenty years of my life and now I am taking baby steps toward another album for these last few years.
I just try and go with where the opportunity and my instincts take me. As an actor you never really are in the driver's seat. We have to be very reactive to material. I can't just say that for my next role I'd really love to play this ball-busting vixen or a girl from the 16th century if these characters haven't been written. As actors we have to be ok in a constant state of unemployment. That is, until you are employed again.
Do you feel more in control with your music since you are writing lyrics?
Music is pure and honest in terms of reflecting where I am at the moment from these last three years. I have experienced a lot personally since my last record. I draw upon all of that for my next work.
It is like therapy?
Yes, but less self-indulgent. And edited in retrospect.
What has shaped you in these last three years the most?
I am living on the west coast. I have had various break-ups and make-ups in relationships. I have a cat and two dogs. I am gluten-free. I met my dad for the first time. Working on "Shameless" with Bill Macy has been an incredible experience. I guess he inspired me to want to seek out my father and get some answers.
Did you get them?
Yes, I got them.
What has prepared you for your role as Fiona?
Everything. She is given enormous responsibility because of her situation at a young age and she takes it upon herself. I did that, too. For a while I was the provider for my family in my teen years. I feel a kinship for the pressure that Fiona faces. Plus, I love children and I love family. The cast is incredible. We all have a great bond now and we all worry about each other. I worry about Bill and Joan – I want them to be home at a reasonable hour to spend time with their families.
Do you feel as if you had a void in your life? You seem to have been fortunate enough to choose various families along the way that fulfilled certain aspects of your life.
Life is such a communal experience but also very individual, as well. Of course, I had a void, but I didn't feel sorry for myself. It made me strong and I am able to get by with less because of it.
Tell me about your charitable work? Why is it important to you to become involved?
My friends say I am empathetic to a fault. My mom always taught me how lucky I am. If I have $5 in my pocket it means I have $5 to give someone else who needs it because at home I have a roof over my head and food inside. Give to those who are less fortunate. My godmother suffered breast cancer so I worked with the Susan G. Komen foundation, as well as others. I am in a unique position with my job that I have a voice and I have people who listen when I say what I feel about something. I want to appreciate that opportunity and not take it for granted.
You starred in this captivating interactive social media film called Inside shown on the Facebook and Youtube where you play a woman trapped in a room lost to your location trying to get out. How did you decide to do this?
We shot the film in 3-days. There was no preparation at all. I have always wanted to work with director DJ Caruso and it all just came together. It was this great challenge that I was up for. It was a very fluid experience. The internet is such a new place but it is the future of entertainment. People want it in their homes. In 5 or 10 years web shows will be the norm.
What has been the biggest surprise thus far in your career?
That I am still here. It is so easy to get mixed up in the wrong crowd and involved in the wrong things and I have had great people around me for guidance. I have also never lost sight of the most important thing and that is the work. And enjoying the work. I have also learned through primary examples how important it is to be kind to everyone. It is very humbling to work with Bill Macy and Joan Cusack who are kind and considerate to everyone on set. They are always prepared. They always know everyone's name on set, cast and crew. I hope to one day be these examples for younger actors, as well.
Written by Sonja Magdevski
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très bonne! I feel a fire for french – Oui! Such an engaging interview… thank you!