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"It is our job to always support operations in the short, medium and long-term and we always have a close cooperation with our F-16 partnership countries, in particular Norway and the Netherlands," Anders Paaskesen of the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation told AFP.
Denmark was one of the first countries to offer air assets for the international air campaign to protect Libyan civilians from Moamer Kadhafi's forces.
Its fighter jets have been participating in the mission since March 20. Denmark has six F-16 jets stationed at the Signonella base of the Italian island of Sicily, four of which are operational at any given time.
Since operations began, the Danish jets have carried out 274 sorties and dropped 494 precision bombs, Inge Borggaard of the Air Force Tactical Command told AFP.
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Gates said the alliance does have the capacity to maintain the U.N.-backed effort to protect Libyan civilians from attacks by the forces of leader Muammar Gaddafi.
"I think they'll be able to sustain it, but the question is just how much more painful it becomes if other countries that have the capabilities, that have the capacity, don't step up," he told a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
"Those who are bearing the brunt of the strike burden are increasingly pressed," he added, calling it a "manifestation of a lack of investment in defence over many years."
Gates, attending his last NATO meeting before retiring, made his remarks a day after holding discussions with his 27 NATO counterparts and naming countries he thought could do more.
Officials familiar with the discussions said he named Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands as countries that should consider doing strike missions. He also named Germany and Poland as countries that are doing nothing but had capabilities they could contribute to the mission, the officials said.
Gates told the news conference that he had only named "big countries that have the actual military capacity" to contribute to the Libya mission.
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A few more pics from vacation
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
I've been home from vacation for a week and I'm just beginning to get back into some sort of routine. For starters, the morning after we got home my laptop messed up after my virus protection ran an update. It was a few days before Jeremy (my son) got it fixed for me. (Thank goodness my child is an IT person.) Now I can try to catch up on some of my blogging!
After we got off the San Juan River, we stay a couple of days in Mexican Hat, Utah so the guys could see Monument Valley and some things in that area. Then we headed to Moab, Utah where we had rented a beautiful condo for eight nights. The views from our patio were amazing with the Moab Rim to the west and the La Sal Mountains to the east. It was a great place to spend the evenings after a day full of activity.
We also did a 10 mile paddle in our kayaks on the Colorado River from Moab. It wasn't nearly as exciting as the San Juan since the section is mostly flat water, but the scenery was beautiful and I actually enjoyed the easy paddle.
We visited Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Canyon Rims, visited some museums and did some back country hikes. On the way home, we drove through the Colorado Rockies and made a couple stops to walk around and take in the scenery there. Overall it was an amazing trip and we all had a great time. I'm adding some pics from the remainder of our vacation.
Monument Valley
Mike and Cliff acting silly at Bluff Fort. They are best friends and Mike is like my adopted son. Love them both so much and they kept me laughing on the entire trip.
At Goosenecks State Park near Mexican Hat, Utah (overlooking the San Juan River)
The condo where we stayed in Moab, Utah
The Moab Rim from the patio of our condo.
Cliff at one of three dinosaur museums we visited. He has loved dinosaurs since he was two years old and can't resist stopping anytime he sees anything related to them.
Paddling on the Colorado River
On the Colorado River just after we launched. My BIL took a picture of me taking a picture of him. LOL
Along the Colorado River near sunset
View from the La Sal Mountains
My sister with Mike and Cliff at Arches National Park
Landscape Arch at Arches National Park
Picture of the moon from our patio
Lots of fun and great memories. I'm so blessed to have these boys in my life who actually want mom along. We're all ready to get back out there as soon as possible.
Hope you are all having a great week!
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Many of the pictures give me goosebumps. Seeing the grandeur of the scenery makes you pause to think about your own significance.
Sounds like a wonderful trip!
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Welcome back! Love your pictures...I want the condo! So nice you have your son and "adopted" son and you enjoy each others company! Glad you had a great!
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Amazing, Beautiful, Wonderful are only a few adjectives to describe these photos. Thank you for sharing them with us. So glad you were able to make this trip and have such special times with your family.
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I always enjoy your pictures and these are amazing. I love all of the colors in the rocks in that part of the country. My daughter was at BYU for a year and we drove her out & picked her up so got to see some of that area. The Wasatch & Rockies are a lot different than the Appalachians - all beautiful in their own way. Thanks so much for sharing these gorgeous pictures! Glad you had a chance to take this wonderful trip & spend time with your family.
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Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing all of these great memories that you made with us!
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Such beautiful pics, Cindy! That looks like it would have been a great time!
I'm glad you are back and getting settled in!
I hope you have a super Wednesday, my friend!
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Wow such a wonderful time!! I love the views from Moab although it's been a long time since I've been there. I think it was in 2000 and time just goes so fast! All your views are so great and I love the colors. The condo looks like a great place to relax. So glad you had such a great time!
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Beautiful pictures!! Looks like you had a great time!
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Welcome Back! Such amazing country we live in!! Thanks for sharing and glad you had such a great time!!
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The view from your patio is amazing. Too cool! Funny that you mentioned your sons (more or less) too. I was thin king how great that you are such good friends. Great shots. Thanks so much for sharing.
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It seems pointless to say that the Twins are a better team than 11-34. Memorial Day is approaching, and the Twins are playing .244 ball, which isn't even a good batting average.

Not a good batting average, but the Twins' team batting average is, as Baseball Reference has it early this morning, .233.

Baseball Reference's team pages display photos of the squad's top dozen players in order of their WAR (Wins Above Replacement). The Twins page this morning is fairly amusing in a dour way. Jorge Polanco, who sits during his time on the big club and is now in Triple A, is by WAR the sixth best player on this team. Robbie Grossman, who showed up while I was in California, is already eighth.

Of the 12, five (Tyler Duffey, Polanco, Brandon Kintzler, Pat Dean and Juan Centeno) opened the season at Rochester, and a sixth (Grossman) was signed about a week ago as a minor league free agent.

And Ervin Santana, who didn't make it out of the fourth inning last night, is second. My guess is that when the system has everything updated and recalculated, E. Santana will drop a few notches. Not far enough to catch D. Santana, of course.Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-49825976977387796872016-05-24T06:12:00.004-05:002016-05-24T06:12:40.482-05:00I'm backMy vacation from the Twins, and your vacation from me, is OVAH. (Pardon the Hawk Harrelson imitation there.)

I listened to most of Monday's game while ferrying my mother from the Twins Cities airport to her home in Willmar and then myself home to Mankato, and it appears nothing much has changed since Wednesday except a couple of faces and names. Other than hitting, fielding, pitching and baserunning, the Twins have no problems.

The presence of Robbie Grossman on the roster, much less in the lineup, suggests that the front office has been reduced to throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. Giving him playing time is marginally better than the earlier notion of giving at-bats to David Murphy because Grossman is considerably younger, but still ... there is no upside to him. Grossman is not going to be a regular on a quality team. Not now, not four years from now, not ever.

Of course, my recent track record on Twins "insights" isn't particularly good. I expressed doubt before I left for California about the notion of Pat Dean starting against the Blue Jays; that game was the only one the Twins won. I urged the use of Byung Ho Park in a better RBI spot;the Twins did so almost immediately, and he hasn't driven in a run since.

And the Twins are 11-33, still playing .250 ball and reducing Cory and Danny to spending an inning discussing the intricacies of the station break. Incredible.

Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-63144124131357347282016-05-21T09:30:00.002-05:002016-05-21T09:56:05.147-05:00An evening with the Cubs at Giants

Jason Hayward makes a spectacular catch off Denard
Span in the first inning. (AP photo)

It was a study in contrasts from a distance. In front of me Friday evening at AT&T Park in San Francisco were a pair of first-place teams, one of of them threatening to be historically good; also in front of me on the scoreboard was the score from Target Field, where the Twins are threatening to be historically bad.

By the time Jake Arrieta took the mound, the Twins, playing two time zones earlier, were behind 7-1. By the time the top of the second inning ended in San Francisco, the Cubs led 5-0. Ultimately the Twins lost by less to the Toronto Blue Jays (8-3) than the Giants did to the Cubs (8-1), but the Giants looked, at least in the field, more competent than the Twins have for much the season.

I intend to write about the San Francisco park for the Monday print column. As for Friday's game:

Jake Peavy was in trouble from practically his first pitch. He entered the game with an ERA above 7 and didn't help it with five earned runs in 1.6 innings -- and one of those five outs was the result of a Cubs baserunning blunder.

Jason Hayward injured himself on a fabulous diving catch on the warning track in right-center field. No word on the severity of the injury. It reminded me of a catch I once saw Byron Buxton make, and it further reminded me that while I understand why the Twins sent Buxton down and why he remains down, the Twins really need to improve their outfield defense if the pitching is going to get better.

Arrieta was, in some ways, as close to ineffective as he's been all year, but he only allowed one run in seven innings. The Giants bunched three of their four hits off him together in the third to score a run, and they hit a few other balls well, but Arrieta pitched like the Cy Young winner he is.Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-19911650068893554512016-05-18T01:10:00.000-05:002016-05-18T01:10:04.434-05:00Notes, quotes and commentI wrote it, and the Twins did it ...

The Monday print column suggested that the Twins move Byung Ho Park closer in the lineup to Joe Mauer. And on Monday and Tuesday night, Park hit cleanup, with just two batters separating the two.

Not that it's helped Park's RBI totals. For one thing, Mauer's in a slump. so he's not perched on base when Park comes up. (Mauer did homer Tuesday, and that's good, but it didn't add any RBI chances for Park). For another thing, Park continues to make outs when men on.. He had opportunities Monday and Tuesday to drive men home and failed.

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Jose Berrios was optioned out Tuesday morning, with Taylor Rogers recalled. Presumably that was done to get a fresh arm up for long relief duties, since Pat Dean went 5.1 innings on Monday. He wouldn't be available for a few days even if the Twins weren't planning on using him to start on Saturday against Toronto.

As I opined Tuesday, that doesn't seem like a particularly good matchup for Dean. I'm glad I'll be out of state on that one.

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Two more bad losses for the Twins in this Detroit series. There was a lot of angst (particularly from Bert Blyleven in the FSN broadcast) about Phil Hughes' early departure and the bullpen implosion, but it has to be noted: The Twins got two runs against Mike Pelfrey. Two. He entered the game with a 5.80 ERA, and the Twins hitters did almost nothing against him.

Twins' record: 10-28.

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Programming note: I'm headed to California for a few days to visit family. I may post at some point between today and next week, and I may not. I make no promises.Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-66766316428473393752016-05-17T03:36:00.002-05:002016-05-17T03:36:52.483-05:00Contemplating Jose Berrios

Jose Berrios leaves the game Monday after just two outs.
He was charged with seven runs in one of the shortest starts
in Twins history.

Maybe Monday night will finally put the grumblers to rest.

Last August the Twins bypassed Jose Berrios to fill a rotation hole. Instead of finding a way to put the prospect on the 40-man roster and bring in to the majors, they brought up Tyler Duffey and, for one start, returned Trevor May to the rotation. In September they again opted not to push Berrios up to the bigs. And all offseason and into this year, there have been voices insisting that Berrios could have gotten the Twins into the playoffs.

Monday, I think, we saw why the Twins decided against using him in the majors last year. Berrios is undeniably talented, and undeniably still raw. On Monday in Detroit he threw 39 pitches to get just two outs. He walked four, allowed a homer and a long double and threw just 18 strikes. It's not as if the home plate umpire, Doug Eddings, was calling a tight strike zone, either -- none of the other five pitchers the two teams used walked a man.

Berrios' rotation spot comes up again Saturday against Toronto, and the Blue Jays have a lineup that is rather similar to Detroit's: right-handed, experienced and powerful. There is a genuine sense that not only is Berrios not ready to be the rotation savior but that the Twins dare not expose him to the Jays.

If not Berrios, who? Kyle Gibson isn't coming off the disabled list this month. Pat Dean did a fine job of eating innings Monday, but he's left-handed and, well, on Monday he allowed 10 hits to the 24 men he faced. I don't think he's any better a match against the Blue Jays than Berrios is,

But more important that the matchup against Toronto this weekend is Berrios' development. The 22-year-old had to have his confidence dented Monday night. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but the Twins cannot afford to have his confidence smashed. In the next few days the Twins need to take Berrios' emotional temperature and determine if he's better off back in the minors with the need for improved command of his stuff freshly emphasized.

Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-34024548453640809452016-05-16T01:53:00.000-05:002016-05-16T01:53:04.007-05:00More on Mauer as a leadoff hitterA tangent I left out of Monday's print column about the Twins batting order:

Last week, when Paul Molitor unveiled his first lineup with Joe Mauer hitting leadoff, Fox Sports North studio analyst Tim Laudner hastened to assure the public that this has nothing to do with sabermetrics.

Laudner says a lot of silly things, few of them sillier than that. Of course Mauer as a leadoff hitter is sabermetrically inspired. He gets on base and he is neither fast nor a base stealer. You can probably count on the fingers of one hand the managers in the pre-Bill James era who would put such a hitter leadoff.

It's a old-school staple of long-standing: You lead off with a speedster, and you follow him with a guy who is adept at bunting and the hit-and-run. That was sensible in the deadball era, but it hung on for decades after it stopped making sense.

In the days of Johnny Evers and Joe Tinker, those moves were practically automatic; if the first batter of an inning reached base, the next at-bat would feature a steal, a bunt or a hit-and-run. Nobody bunts in the first inning nowadays, and seldom in the first seven (not counting pitchers). You might see one true hit-and-run play in a month (not counting putting the runner in motion on a 3-2 count). So why design a lineup to maximize the opportunity to use plays you're not going to use? Because that's the way Frank Chance did it? Nonsense.

It remains remarkable how many broadcasters and writers seem threatened by this kind of change. It would be understandable if Dan Gladden was; he spent his career hitting leadoff, and I doubt that would be the case in today's game, because his on-base percentages were mediocre. He was the traditional speed merchant hitting leadoff. But Laudner ... man, this evolution in the game wouldn't have affected his playing status at all.

But it certainly isn't going away. Did you notice who Terry Francona is using as the leadoff hitter for Cleveland? Carlos Santana, who is probably slower than Mauer and nowhere near as adept a baserunner (speed and savvy being two different things). Getting on base creates runs; making outs does not. That's not just "sabermetric." It's logical.

Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-20003651094644786052016-05-15T09:18:00.000-05:002016-05-15T09:18:41.162-05:00Pic of the Week

Max Scherzer's 20-strikeout game in graphic form.

Pretty impressive game Wednesday by Max Scherzer against his old team, the Detroit Tigers. He struck out 20, as you probably know; as you probably also know, that ties the major league record for a nine-inning game.

That's impressive enough. But here's what gets me: He threw 119 pitches, and 96 of them were strikes.

For the Tigers, it might as well have been 96 Tears.
Edward Thomahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-82720599293893327082016-05-14T02:19:00.000-05:002016-05-14T02:19:01.340-05:00Notes, quotes and comment IIOn Friday morning I noted Baseball America's Mock Draft 2.0. Later on Friday, BA issued Mock Draft 3.0.

The high school pitcher they had had the Twins taking at No. 14 in the previous mock in this one goes five picks earlier to the Chicago White Sox. This time they have the Twins taking right-hander Dakota Hudson of Mississippi State.

They also link the Twins to Zach Burdi, brother of Nick Burdi, a bullpen prospect of note currently on the disabled list with Class AA Chattanooga. Like his elder brother, Zach is the closer for the University of Louisville. The idea of two Burdis in the bushes is intriguing, but No. 14 overall is a bit high for a reliever. Of course, the Twins have drafted a lot of college relievers and moved them to starting.

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The Twins have trailed in all but one game this year. Incredible.
— Derek Wetmore (@DerekWetmore) May 14, 2016

Yeah, it is. Twins now 8-26.

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Byung Ho Park, whose Baseball Reference page is sponsored by yours truly, hit a pair of homers Friday in Cleveland. That's nine on the season for Park Bang, and if you want to play the on-pace game, he's on pace for roughly 45 homers. And about 75 RBIs, because eight of those homers have been solo shots.

Which, especially since this game was in Cleveland, reminds me of Brook Jacoby, third baseman for the 1987 Indians. He hit .300 that year with 32 homers and just 69 RBIs, Why so few ribbies? Because he spent the year hitting behind Joe Carter (.304 on-base percentage with 32 homers) and Cory Snyder (.272 OPB with 33 homers.) Only five of Jacoby's homers that year came with men on base.

Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-79142698343281564582016-05-13T06:34:00.001-05:002016-05-13T06:34:11.811-05:00Notes, quotes and commentThe Twins had an off day Thursday to contemplate their 8-25 record. Let's look at something -- somethings -- else, because almost anything is more appealing.

* Casey Fien, who was claimed by the Dodgers on waivers by the Twins and optioned to their Triple A affiliate in Salt Lake City, has now been waived by the Dodgers. This time he went unclaimed. So he's not only in the minors, but he's off the 40-man roster.

* Baseball America's mock draft 2.0 -- the Twins pick 14th, just above the mid-point of the first round -- has the Twins picking a high school pitcher. The specific name in the mock draft is Matt Manning of Sacramento, but BA links the Twins to a few other prep pitchers.

The baseball draft is always an exercise in patience, and drafting high school pitchers is particularly so. If that's the route the Twins go, it will be a long wait for this selection to make an impact in the majors.

After reading "The Arm," the Jeff Passan book about Tommy John surgery, I'm not enthused by the notion of spending high picks on pitchers, on the basis that anybody who shows enough velocity to be a first round pick already has a damaged arm. But ... there are a lot of ways for first round picks to go sideways or collapse on teams, and somebody has to pitch.

* Public Policy Polling did a survey on sports fandom. According to PPP:

42 percent consider themselves fans of major league baseball, second to the NFL;

Almost two-thirds (65 percent) would prefer to do away with the designated hitter;

A slim majority want Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens in the Hall of Fame.

I personally agree with the latter two points, but I also notice that the poll says more fans side with the players in labor disputes than with the owners, and I really doubt that's the case.

Edward Thomahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-61367405809553627272016-05-12T06:58:00.000-05:002016-05-12T06:58:33.465-05:00Dick Bremer DiseaseIt occurred to me Wednesday afternoon that there is probably no more difficult job in Minnesota sports right now than broadcasting Twins games.

Unlike the newspaper writers, the broadcasters are under team control. Part of the job is to hype and shill and sell tickets. And it is not easy to talk with enthusiasm this month about the 2016 Twins, especially when, unlike the rest of us, they have to sit there and actually watch all of it.

So it was with sour amusement that I listened to Dick Bremer and Roy Smalley cling to the notion that 2015 represented the "real" Twins. The 2015 Twins had one extraordinary month (May) and played below .500 in every other month. That was enough to keep them in the playoff chase until the final weekend.

We all share, to one degree or another, the tendency to believe that a certain player's best short-term performance is his true level of ability. Bremer has vocalized that tendency so often over the years that I started calling it "Dick Bremer Disease." Torii Hunter reached the All Star break in 2002 with his batting average above .300, and Bremer spent a couple years talking about Hunter as a .300 hitter. He recently referred to Kurt Suzuki as "an All-Star" in the context of him being part of a challenging part of the lineup facing an opposing reliever. For Bremer, presumably, Suzuki's April-July in 2014 was the "real" Suzuki, and the rest of his career the aberration.

This was, I think, the first case of Dick Bremer Disease applied to the entire team. But, as I say, he's expected to speak well of this bunch. How to do that and maintain any credibility is his problem.Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-16965864043439156042016-05-11T05:15:00.001-05:002016-05-11T05:15:20.259-05:008-24This pretty much sums up the Twins' first 32 games: Even when they catch a remarkably fluky break, it does them no good.

Two on, two out in the ninth inning Tuesday, and Adam Jones of Baltimore smashes a line drive at Oswaldo Arcia in left field. Arcia steps back, then comes in, then dives and misses the ball, which bounces in front of him and scoots past -- only to meet Arcia's flailing left foot, which deflects the ball directly to center fielder Danny Santana, who holds Jones to a single.

That ball gets by Arcia, it's a triple at least, perhaps an inside-the-park homer. If the kicked ball isn't directly to Santana, it's at least an extra base for Jones, and maybe more. But it was more than enough to bring home two runs, break the tie and ultimately give the Orioles the win and the Twins yet another loss.

It's not hard to find a bit of fault-finding in the post-game comment of beleaguered closer Kevin Jepsen before he catches himself pointing fingers and accepts the blame:

Jepsen: "Off the bat I thought (Arcia) he had a shot at it (but) it hung up. I got to get that third out. That's just the bottom line."
— Brian Murphy (@murphPPress) May 11, 2016

Not that it does Jepsen any good, but yeah, I too thought Arcia should have made that play. But he's Oswaldo Arcia, and he is not a good defensive outfielder. He's in the lineup for his bat, and on Tuesday his fielding hurt more than his hitting helped.

Tuesday's outcome takes the Twins record down to 8-24, a .250 winning percentage. That also happens to be the winning percentage of the 1962 Mets, a team of legendary ineptitude whose failings have become the stuff of comic lore. Arcia's kick would have fit in with the stories of Marv Throneberry and Hot Rod Kanehl. It's not so funny when you're living it, though. Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-56186554074499904132016-05-10T03:36:00.001-05:002016-05-11T05:15:36.284-05:00A minor leaguer hangs 'em upAlex Swim apparently has decided he can find something else to do with his life.

Unless you pay attention to the Twins farm system, his is not a familiar name. He is -- or was before he walked away from the Fort Myers Miracle (High A) -- a left-handed hitting catcher-outfielder who spent some time in major league camp this spring and was the first receiver shipped out.

I noticed Swim a couple years ago when I visited the Cedar Rapids Kernels late in the Midwest League season. Jake Mauer had the Kernels surging in the second half, and Swim was getting the bulk of the right field playing time and spraying line drives. Swim hit .311 for the Kernels, albeit with minimal power.

He moved up to Fort Myers last year and hit .311 again, again getting much of his playing time in right field with Mitch Garver the regular catcher. Again, not much power.

This year he was repeating the Florida State League, again getting some right field time and again behind a more-highly drafted catcher, this time Brian Navaretto. Only this year. instead of hitting .311, he was hitting .204.

Ft. Myers catcher Alex Swim was an invite to big league camp. Today, Swim (hitting .204/.235/.231 so far) decided to retire from baseball.
— Seth Stohs (@SethTweets) May 10, 2016

It's a rational decision. Swim is 25, which is old for the FSL. He's behind a lot of catchers -- and what's more, behind a lot of catchers in an organization that regards its catching depth as a problem. Even if the .204 is an aberration, he is merely a singles hitter. He isn't making it to the major leagues.

But he had that taste for a few weeks in major league camp, and it couldn't have been an easy decision to give up, even if it was a case of quit before getting released. Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-63934457588302005982016-05-09T04:45:00.001-05:002016-05-13T21:38:20.667-05:00Catching up on the roster shuffleI took a rather skeptical view in the Monday print column of the effectiveness of the Twins roster shuffle. To catch up on what's happened:

LHP Tommy Milone, waived, went unclaimed and was assigned to Rochester.

RHP Casey Fien, waived, was claimed by the Los Angeles Dodgers and remains in the majors.

C John Ryan Murphy was optioned to Rochester.

SS Eduardo Escobar went on the disabled list.

LHP Ryan O'Rourke was designated for assignment and remains in limbo.

RHP J.R. Graham was designated for assignment and remains in limbo.

RHP Ervin Santana was activated from the disabled list.

OF Darin Mastroianni was added to the 40-man roster and to the 25-man roster.

C Juan Centeno was added to the 40-man roster and to the 25-man roster.

LHP Pat Dean was called up.

RHP Brandon Kintzler was added to the 40-man roster and to the 25-man roster.

That adds up to six of the 25 roster spots, or 24 percent of the roster turned over between the end of Wednesday's game and the beginning of Saturday's. But it only involves one lineup regular (the freshly injured Escobar) and one rotation slot (Santana).

I am, obviously surprised that Milone passed through waivers and Fien did not. I was pretty certain that somebody would think Milone can help their rotation. As I said in the linked column, I'm not pleased with the selection of Kintzler over a higher-profile bullpen arm. (In Thursday's post I mentioned Nick Burdi as a possibility, but he went on the disabled list at Chattanooga with what is being described as a bone bruise on his upper arm.) And while I probably shouldn't make another prediction after getting Milone and Fien wrong, I expect both Graham and O'Rourke to clear waivers and remain in the organization.

And as for the catcher swap-out, I can only note sourly that the third White Sox run on Sunday was set up when Tyler Duffey struck out a White Sox hitter with a curve in the dirt and it got away from Centeno. That makes 21 wild pitches for the team already. Tim Laudner, on the FSN postgame, made the same point about wild pitches that I have -- they're often partly the catcher's fault, and he clearly was not impressed with Centeno's inability to corral that pitch.

Edward Thomahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-84468942745047476032016-05-08T05:45:00.005-05:002016-05-08T05:45:55.288-05:00Pic of the Week

Oakland outfielder Billy Burns had company in
centerfield last week.

This photo reminds me of the day in 1983 when Dave Winfield, playing centerfield for the Yankees in Toronto (pre-Skydome), hit a seagull with a throw during between-innings warmups and killed the bird. Winfield was arrested after the game for cruelty to animals or some such charge, which was later dropped.

Yankees manager Billy Martin: "First time he's hit the cutoff man all year."Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-6195706873234547962016-05-07T05:30:00.001-05:002016-05-07T05:32:08.279-05:00Roster revamp, part 1 (and HBPs)

The only action Brian Dozier (hamstring) saw Friday
was during the bench-clearing late in the game after Chicago's
Jose Abreu (79) was hit by a pitch.

Friday's roster shuffle wasn't exactly what I was anticipating. Tommy Milone and Casey Fien may have been waived, but the waiver period had not expired as of Friday (that will be this afternoon), so they were still on the roster.

Not on the roster because they were "designated for assignment," a move that does immediately take them off the 40- and 25-man rosters, were J.R. Graham and Ryan O'Rourke, a pair of marginal relievers. Catcher John Ryan Murphy, as expected, was optioned out.

Ervin Santana was activated from the disabled list -- he starts today -- and the Twins selected the contracts of outfielder Darin Mastroianni and catcher Juan Centeno,

So three out and three in on Friday, and presumably three out and three in today, as shortstop Eduardo Escobar got hurt in Friday's game and is apparently headed to the disabled list. Jorge Polanco was pulled from the Rochester game and presumably will take Escobar's roster spot. He might even play a bit this time up.

I'm not sure who will replace Milone and Fien on the roster when their waiver period closes, although J.T. Chargois is a pretty good guess for one slot. Considering the suddenly dilapidated state of the Angels rotation in particular, I can't imagine Milone clearing waivers (two of the Angels starters went on the DL Friday with elbow miseries; one will have Tommy John and the other might). Fien is another matter. I suspect the Twins will retain him in Rochester. (For that matter, I wouldn't be surprised if O'Rourke got claimed by another team; I don't Graham will be leaving the organization.) We'll see soon how all this shakes out.

But other than Chargois and the return of their opening day starter, this (likely) shuffle of six roster slots probably doesn't help the now 8-21 team much. Losing the starting shortstop certainly won't improve things.

You compare the records of Murphy and Centeno, and there's no reason to think Centeno is going to be an upgrade. Even with Murphy's 3-for-40 2016 added in, he's a .242 hitter in 302 career at-bats and turns 25 next week. Centeno is 26 and a .164 hitter in 66 career at-bats. It's an understandable move in the short-term, but Murphy is still the better bet to be an impact catcher.

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Speaking of impacts, the Twins and White Sox engaged in a bit of hit-me, hit-you foolishness Friday. The White Sox plunked Byung Ho Park, and Trevor May responded by putting his fastball in Jose Abreu's ribs. That cleared the dugouts, but the only ejection was of the Chicago manager. Then the Sox hit Kurt Suzuki, who simply went to first base without the Abreu histrionics.

I don't know that the Sox were throwing at Park, although it's possible that somebody took offense to the big guy's swings. But certainly May was retaliating, and just as certainly Sukuki got hit in retaliation for that. Foolishness, as I said, but ... the Twins were getting blown out again, they were headed for 8-21, there were two dead men walking in the bullpen. This is a frustrated and embarrassed team right now, and frustrated and embarrassed people will do foolish things. The Sox don't have that excuse for their foolishness.Edward Thomahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-7876783656365955792016-05-06T05:18:00.000-05:002016-05-06T05:18:05.476-05:00The 16 percent factorThis is baseball math: 8-20 -- the Twins' won-lost record -- and 16-4 -- the score of Wednesday night's debacle --add up to 16 percent -- the apparent amount of roster churn to be announced today.

The Pioneer Press' Mike Bernardino with the first word on Twitter:

Breaking: #MNTwins place Tommy Milone, Casey Fien on waivers, per 2 sources w/direct knowledge. https://t.co/SUQr4q9jDE
— Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) May 5, 2016

In the coming hours came word that catcher Juan Centeno and outfielder Darin Mastroianni are to meet the Twins in Chicago today. While the waiving of Milone and Fien opens a pair of 40-man roster spots for those two, the Twins are not likely to replace two pitchers on the active roster with two position players.

Presumably John Ryan Murphy and his .077 batting average (40 at bats) and Eddie Rosario and his .188 batting average are headed to Rochester. I say presumably because the Twins as of the early morning today had made no announcements.

The Twitter speculation last night about pitcher recalls was about J.T. Chargois and various non-roster arms. I suspect that one of the pitchers added today will be Ervin Santana off the disabled list. If Centeno and Mastroianni are added to the 40, there's no available slot for somebody like Buddy Boshers or Nick Burdi. Chargois is on the 40, so his call-up would work. If that's the pitcher turnover -- Milone and Fien out, Santana and Chargois in -- J.R. Graham gets a reprieve that I'm not sure he deserves.

I assume Milone is more likely to be claimed on waivers than Fien. He's left-handed and a starter, and in that context his $5 million salary is more palatable than Fien's $2,28 million (those are full-season numbers, the actual amount for a claiming team would be less).

I'm surprised the Twins pulled the plug on Milone, but I am hardly upset. It signals a commitment to Tyler Duffey and Jose Berrios in the rotation, which is a plus. Somebody from the veterans pile had to go to make room. And when Kyle Gibson returns, whenever that is, another change will be needed, but that's a move for later.Edward Thomahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-58231558848822467602016-05-05T05:56:00.001-05:002016-05-05T07:49:10.827-05:00One of those gamesIt takes a lot to get me to tune out of a Twins game. but Wednesday's was an easy one for me to abandon. And since I paid almost no attention to it, I shall not comment on it.

Every team, even good ones, has games like that, but bad teams have them more often, and at 8-20 it's becoming increasingly likely that this is simply a bad team.Edward Thomahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-75813959058534853642016-05-04T05:55:00.001-05:002016-05-04T05:55:45.718-05:00That was quick

Alex Meyer reaches for the return throw from Kurt Suzuki
as George Springer scores on Meyer's third-inning wild pitch.

For the second year in a row, Alex Meyer made two appearances, showed a lack of command of his imposing stuff, and was returned to Triple A.

Coming up, to all appearances on a strictly temporary basis, is J.R. Graham. Graham isn't doing all that well at Rochester -- ERA 10.80 in 8.1 innings -- but Ervin Santana is expected to come off the disabled list Friday. Graham will be an extra bullpen arm in the next two days.

As for Meyer -- if he, Tyler Duffey and Jose Berrios were indeed dueling to stay in the rotation, I'd say it was a pretty easy call. Meyer, in his first major league start, got through two innings unscathed Tuesday but could not get through the third. He threw 64 pitches and only 34 for strikes. He struck out three, yes, but he also walked three, yielded a home run and threw a wild pitch. He returns to Rochester with a 12.27 ERA.

To be sure, in a way this callup was virtually designed for Meyer to fail. He's notably tall for a pitcher and, as is relatively common for a tall pitcher, has problems maintaining his mechanics. He was pitching in rotation in Rochester and was brought to the majors on his start day to serve as bullpen backup after the 16-inning disaster in Washington, then sat for days. He finally relieved on nine days rest, which in a purely what's-best-for-Alex-Meyer sense was about as poor a usage as one could imagine,

He's not going to thrive on sporadic use. That said, the Greg McMichael rule says: If you get outs, they'll find a role for you. That concept works in reverse, too; to get a role, you have to get outs first, Meyer hasn't pitched well enough to give Paul Molitor reason to want to give him regular work.

Meanwhile: Tommy Milone, in his first bullpen outing of the year, also gave up three runs, also yielded a homer, also threw a wild pitch. It was not a particularly effective bid to return to the rotation. So we can expect a rotation of Phil Hughes, Santana, Ricky Nolasco, Duffey and Berrios at least until Kyle Gibson returns, and there doesn't appear to be a timeline for Gibson.

Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-6092437724911710022016-05-03T05:21:00.001-05:002016-05-03T05:21:20.726-05:00Berrios, Layne and Murphy

Paul Molitor gets between catcher John Ryan Murphy
and home plate umpire Jerry Layne after Murphy was
ejected for arguing balls and strikes.

The presumption is that Jose (or J.O.) Berrios is in a pitch-off with Alex Meyer and Tyler Duffey, with one of those three going back to Rochester when Ervin Santana comes off the disabled list.

Berrios showed the talent Monday night. The box score line isn't all that impressive -- five walks in 5.1 innings -- but home plate umpire Jerry Layne was not very good.

What's more, I'll bet he knows he had a bad day on balls and strikes, and knew it even before reviewing the daily electronic review of his calls.

The pitch that led to the ejection of catcher John Ryan Murphy -- my guess is that Layne got fooled by the reaction of Jose Altuve, who moved away from the Berrios breaking ball like it was a rattler about to strike. Berrios threw a slightly worse version of the same pitch after the rhubarb, Altuve moved away again, and Layne this time called strike three.

JRM got away in an earlier at-bat with turning around to talk to Layne, and turned his head after the Altuve pitch. The broadcasters suggested Layne was baiting Murphy, but I think Layne was relatively patient with him -- again, because Layne knew he was not doing well. Consider Dallas Kuechel, last year's Cy Young winner, who walked four men in the crucial fourth inning; Layne wasn't squeezing only the rookie.

Meyer goes tonight. His reputation for uncertain command precedes him, and he may need a better umpiring job than Layne provided on Monday. It's a good guess that Murphy will be catching again, based on the apparent back issues Kurt Suzuki caught with after the ejection.Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-32163978710301916172016-05-02T02:36:00.002-05:002016-05-02T10:37:00.231-05:00More sloppy ball

Detroit third baseman Mike Aviles is waiting for Miguel
Sano to slide into the final out of Sunday's game.

The box score suggests the Twins played a clean, mistake free game Sunday, The box score is wrong.

The Monday print column focused on the wild pitches as a slice of the sloppy baseball the Twins played in April.

May didn't start any better, even if there were no official wild pitches. (A pitch did elude Kurt Suzuki, but the runner was going and it was ruled a stolen base, not a wild pitch.) The Tigers scored the go-ahead run when shortstop Eduardo Escobar dropped a relay throw, and Miguel Sano ended the game by getting thrown out at third base. Not a smart play by Sano at all.

Even if the Twins had won that eminently winnable game, it still would have been a poor homestand. The loss merely made that homestand worse.

Edward Thomahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-30736868440691442772016-05-01T01:48:00.000-05:002016-05-01T01:48:07.422-05:00Pic of the Week

Tanner Roark of the Washington Nationals
fires a pitch against the Twins.

Tanner Roark had himself a pretty impressive outing against the Twins on Aug. 23 -- 15 strikeouts in 7 innings.

This is a pretty impressive photo, too, with his pitch obscuring his face. Even though, strictly speaking, it's a pic from the previous week, I liked it enough to let it have this slot.Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-71557320638277436862016-04-30T06:10:00.001-05:002016-04-30T06:10:11.074-05:00Contemplating Alex MeyerThe Twins returned Friday from Thursday's offday with a reshuffled rotation. Tommy Milone got bounced to the bullpen, and Alex Meyer is to start Tuesday.

Then Meyer pitched in relief Friday and didn't fare well -- one inning, five hits, two runs, a walk and a wild pitch. Inasmuch as he hadn't worked in nine days, that was probably to be expected. The Tuesday start is still his.

The Twins will close out April with two members of the starting rotation that opened the season still standing -- Phil Hughes and Ricky Nolasco. It sounds like Ervin Santana will return late next week (he's to test his back with a bullpen session today), and that Kyle Gibson won't be ready to return when eligible to come off the disabled list..

The odds are that one of the three additions to the rotation -- J.O. Barrios, Tyler Duffey and Meyer -- is likely to get moved back to Rochester if/when Santana returns. That is based on the notion that there are no bullpen changes, and that notion may be misplaced.

The Twins had Meyer starting in Rochester, and he did well in in 17.1 innings -- 19 strikeouts, just two walks, 1.04 ERA -- but that probably only sharpens the debate over whether the big guy is better suited to the bullpen or the rotation. Paul Molitor was in the bullpen camp when Meyer was sent down in March. Where Mollie will be if Meyer shines on Tuesday, who knows?

So it's Duffey today, Nolasco Sunday, Barrios Monday, Meyer Tuesday, Hughes Wednesday, an off day Thursday and ... well, maybe Santana on Friday, and get ready to shuffle. One of the younger guys will be dislodged when Santana returns, another when Gibson does. It would be nice if they pitch well enough to make Molitor squirm when they go back to Rochester, but I'm not counting on it.Edward Thomahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-48628272546204340702016-04-29T00:30:00.000-05:002016-04-29T07:57:27.343-05:00Notes, quotes and commentJohn Ryan Murphy hasn't played since his disastrous game Sunday, but I thought I'd throw this statistical tidbit into the mix:

Murphy's catcher ERA -- the team ERA when he's behind the plate -- is 2.71. Kurt Suzuki's catcher ERA is 4.67.

There's a lot of noise in that stat, and not a lot of innings. But if that persists over time, it will suggest that he's doing something right behind the plate -- something that isn't real obvious.

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Walter Johnson might be the best pitcher in MLB history. Is Doc Hamann the worst ever? https://t.co/p8gt2uk8mT Good case for it.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) April 27, 2016

So I looked at the Doc Hamann page on Baseball Reference. Turns out he was from New Ulm. Another NUN -- New Ulm Native, as we used to call Terry Steinbach back in the day in the Free Press newsroom, because it was our practice to slip the local identifier into game stories in front of his name. ("New Ulm native Terry Steinbach doubled in two runs in the seventh inning ...)

And as Buster Olney suggests, Hamann wasn't very good: one game with the Cleveland Indians in 1922, in which he got no outs, walked three men, allowed three hits, hit a batter, threw a wild pitch and allowed six runs for an ERA of infinity. Which still makes him a better pitcher than me.

The BR page contains a link to a short bio of Hamann.

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Former Twin Chris Colabello tested positive for a steroid and has been suspended 80 games. Colabello says he didn't knowingly take a banned substance, and I'd like to believe him on that, but it ultimately doesn't matter.

Colabello was an easy guy to root for even when I doubted that the Twins had a use for him, and I'm sorry to see him get derailed like this.

Meanwhile, Reynoldo Rodriguez, a Triple A player for the Twins -- I saw him play in a spring training game in Fort Myers in early March -- got nailed as well. Eight games for him too. Last year he was the MVP for the Rochester Red Wings. This year, it's safe to say, not so much.

Addendum: Between the time I wrote the above and the time I got up, MLB announced that Dee Gordon, Miami's All-Star second baseman, had been suspended 80 games for PED use. The 1 a.m. hour Eastern time is an odd time to issue suspensions, but I don't run the commissioner's office.

Gordon, of course, is the brother of Twins shortstop prospect Nick Gordon (and son of former pitcher Tom "Flash" Gordon). Let's avoid the guilt-by-association thing here. I mean, one Thoma boy votes Republican, another votes Democratic and neither has any influence on the third.

Edward Thomahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-69845623439919657222016-04-28T05:55:00.002-05:002016-04-28T05:55:08.591-05:00Selling shares of a pitcher

Take a guess on what
Tyler Duffey's career
earnings will be.

The Twins' Tyler Duffey is one of five pre-arbitration MLB players who has sold a percentage of his future earnings to a company called Fantex, which in turn intends to sell securities to investors.

In Duffey's case, he's to get $2.23 million now in exchange for 10 percent of his "future on- and off-field cash flows." Of the six baseball players named in the linked Associated Press story, Duffey is getting the smallest amount. Jonathan Schoop, Baltimore second baseman, is the highest; he will get $4.91 million for 10 percent of his future earnings.

Fantex also announced deals with one NFL player and four golfers and is still devising the securities it intends to market to investors. I am probably not their target market, and I'm not particularly eager to buy player futures with my retirement savings.

I am, however, intrigued by the decision of these athletes to sell a substantial portion of their future for cash upfront. My reading of the story is that these deals have yet to kick in, so presumably Duffey has neither received his payment nor started to give up 10 percent of his salary. But essentially Fantex and Duffey are wagering on whether he tops $22.3 million in career earnings. If Duffey turns into Boof Bonser, he gets $2.23 million and Fantex gets, presumably, less than $200,000; if Duffey matches Ricky Nolasco's career earnings (counting what Nolasco is to get during his current contract), Fantex gets 10 percent of some $85 million, which is a pretty nice profit.

Duffey is hedging against a possible career-altering injury, which is a reasonable choice. That is why some players will sign multi-year deals that buy out their arbitration years and/or a year or more of free agency; these deals are often seen as team-friendly because they limit the player's upside, but they also guarantee life-altering money. (At $40,000 a year, it would take 55 years to earn $2.23 million.)

Duffey now, presumably, has the freedom to turn down such an offer from the Twins, should the Twins be inclined to make such an offer.

Edward Thomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-73021953816140453612016-04-27T05:52:00.002-05:002016-04-27T05:52:11.386-05:00Shuffling the rotation

Jose Berrios was
the Twins' second
draft pick in the draft
that landed Byron
Buxton.

The Twins put not one but two starting pitchers -- Ervin Santana and Kyle Gibson, the men who held the No. 1 and No. 2 rotation slots to open the season -- on the disabled list Tuesday.

And so it is that today Jose Barrios is to make his much-awaited major league debut, weather permitting.

This is a good time to remember why the Twins are loathe to discard veteran starters. Pitchers get hurt. Jeff Passan, in "The Arm" -- a book I discussed in the Monday print column -- says half of major league pitchers go on the disabled list each year. It's still April, and the Twins now have three key members of their staff on the DL (the third being Glen Perkins).

So Tyler Duffey and Berrios, left off the rotation at the start of April, will be in the rotation when May begins. And had the Twins discarded Ricky Nolasco -- an unlikely move, but one that would have satisfied many fans -- at the end of spring training, they would today be reaching deeper into their farm system for an arm.

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Berrios ... I have seen him pitch three times in person. The most extensive outing was in 2013, late in the season for Cedar Rapids in the low A Midwest League. That was Berrios's least-impressive stat line in the minors, and he was so-so in that outing.

The second time was his one-inning start in the 2014 Futures Game in Target Field (so at least he's been on this mound before). Impressive, but just three batters. And the third was his spring training debut this spring in Fort Myers, when he was reportedly nervous and obviously wild.

I have no real idea of what to expect from him in his debut. He's a better pitcher today than when I saw in Iowa three summers ago, certainly. The talent is there. How much the excitement of making his major league debut will affect his work is probably the single biggest variable.

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Also called up Tuesday was infielder Jorge Polanco, who gives the Twins a third position player on the bench. He probably won't play much, but his presence provides a bit more balance to the roster.Edward Thomahttp://email@example.com


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My mother in law was moved from the house in Coventry, into a smaller place next door to sister in law.in Newcastle. She was always classed as being"in her own home". Her daughter being next door neighbour was useful, because if they lived in the same house, it is assumed family can look after her. As it was, her daughter had a watching brief ,making sure the team of carers worked well, leaving her time to work, and argue with the social workers. The hallucinations are important, and I go through this with a lot of wives and husbands who feel guilty popping out for 10 minutes to pick up a few things. I see relatives being totally ground down by the 24/7 relentless caring.
Talking to someone who is not there is a hallucination.
Hallucinations means it is a mental health issue.
Therefore she needs nursing care, not social care.
Nursing care is free on the NHS.
I could archie, but having been at the sharp end for 30 years, it probably better go on the rant thread.
I could save the NHS billions, and divert it to real causes, but its very radical and not very PC, and it involves not being the World health service.
Best of luck, Verdun.
We had a lot of help from the Alzheimers society.
If she has been diagnosed as Alzheimers, she is entitled to full council tax rebate.
Also if the council try to charge for helpers, you need NHS (free) care.
Mother in Law had a team of round the clock carers paid for by the NHS because she hallucinated and was not safe on her own. This is not a social issue (which is chargeable) but a mental health issue, therefore is free on the NHS.
Someone asked me if I felt guilty about how much it cost the NHS. No, I figure that as she and her husband had paid taxes all their working lives, she was entitled to the care. It seems to be OK for drug addicts to have hot and cold running social workers, when most have never worked a day in their lives, because its "a mental health issue" Personally I think that sticking a needle in your arm with a recreational drug is a lifestyle issue, and more attention and care should be paid to the elderly.
We have a wood mouse and a bank vole living under the back doorstep. Not a natural partnership.
They nip out and find bird seed the green finches chuck out of the hanging feeders. They dont cause any trouble.
The bird food is in hoppers in the kitchen, because they chewed through the plastic containers in the garage.
If they come in the house they will get traps. I live and let live outside.
Do it natures way. Scatter them where you want them and water in. My foxgloves are just starting to drop seed , so you should be OK
I agree with pansyface on that one.
Off to work again, just about caught up with backlog. Boss has been texting instructions from Rhodes. On Monday, it's all his again, and I get to catch up with garden. I'm only just keeping up with watering garden and feeding Aussie lodger.
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Boston has 15 wins and five ties in its last 20 contest at home against the Lightning since a 3-0 loss on April 9, 1994, and has won in Tampa twice this season to extend its winning streak in the series to three games.
Boston defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Thursday, and is now trying to win back-to-back contests for the first time since Dec. 1-3.
After Ottawa tied the score at 2-2 in the third period Thursday, Boston's Brad Boyes scored a power-play goal with 4:50 remaining and Travis Green added an empty net goal with 11.9 seconds left to lift the Bruins.
"Earlier in the year, our mind-set when losing a third period lead was to hang our heads," Boyes said. "But now the mind-set is there and it has been for the last month."
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The Lightning, meanwhile, failed to extend their winning streak to three games with a 3-1 loss at Buffalo on Thursday. Tampa Bay had just three shots on goal in the first period and six in the third, and the offense has scored five goals in the last four games.
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The Lightning have not scored a power-play goal in five games.
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It has been 15 year since the power has gone off.
And all you see is people walking and riding horses.
I call Bull Shit on that one.
What about steam power?
What about bikes?
The writers on the show better get their act together or I'm sure people will stop watching.
From what i gathered going by this show..
Not to contradict you, but bikes are not all that effective offroad, through grass, woods, ect.. Not everyone is a world class mountain biking athlete. Just sayin
Horses are just a natural solution.
Another poster, in another thread, went on about the lack of concrete roads ect..
I think they would have broken up some of it to use for walls, fortifications, weapons (try launching concrete chucks) ect.. They serve no purpose as roads really anymore, and just reflect heat and cause higher temps.
Where would they use steam power? Trains?
The tracks are blocked and they have no heavy equipment to move them.
Why is the power not back on after 15yrs?
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Flights from Perm to Prague
Travelling from Perm to Prague advices and facts
- The distance between Perm and Prague is 1747 miles (or 2812 kilometers).
- The shortest flight time is 5h 38m
- When you fly from Perm to Prague, don't forget about the time difference. The time in Prague is -3:00 from the Perm time. The current time in Prague is 20:40 and 23:40 in Perm. Check this again shortly before your flight.
- The currency exchange rate between Perm (PEE) and Prague (PRG) is 1 RUB = 0.363 CZK.


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The historical Belgian city of Bruges is hosting a festival on Turkish culture.
The inauguration of the "Turkish Festival" at Castle Tudor of Bruges has brought together numerous Turkish and Belgian officials as well as residents of Bruges and the Turkish community living in the region.
Speaking at the opening of the festival, Jean-Marie Bogaert from Bruges Municipality's Tourism Council said Turkey was not only a tourism heaven, but it also had a rich history.
Bogaert said Turkish-Belgian relations should be improved in a way that would contribute to the cultural and economic wealth of both countries.
Delivering a speech, Aegean city of Izmir's Deputy Governor Haluk Tuncsu noted that good relations were established between Izmir and Bruges thanks to the festival.
Expressing his will to improve these ties, Tuncsu said his city should be introduced to Belgians in a more effective way.
After speeches, a photography exhibition on the "40th anniversary of the Turkish migration" was inaugurated at Castle Tudor. Several documentaries on Turkey were screened during a reception held afterwards.
Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country.
The historic city centre is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO.
Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as the Dutch capital of Amsterdam, Bruges is sometimes referred to as "The Venice of the North".
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