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The month of June has become an unofficial month of the Bible here in the Archdiocesan Catechetical Office. Our annual New York Catholic Bible Summit takes place on the third Saturday in June. Last Saturday, the Catechetical Office and our co-sponsor, the American Bible Society, brought to Manhattan some of this country's and the world's most distinguishes scholars of Sacred Scripture. Our thanks to all who gave presentations and to all who attended. Be sure to mark your calendar and make plans to attend next year's Bible Summit on June 20, 2015.
This coming Sunday, our New York Catholic Bible School will present certificates of basic or advanced Scripture study to 50 men and women, who have taken part in this rigorous program for either two years or four years. It is the hope of the Catechetical Office that these graduates will bring their knowledge and love of Scripture back to their parishes and share it.
As we turn to summer, a huge debt of gratitude is owed to the parish directors and coordinators of religious education who oversee more 9,500 catechists (mostly volunteers), who hand on the faith with devotion and excellence to more than 95,000 youngsters in our archdiocese. These men and women are true heroes and heroines.
Many of these wonderful men and women will not be taking the summer off. Some of them will be running programs such as vacation Bible schools for the children, many of whom don't get to go on expensive trips. Many of those whose programs are closed for the summer are planning ahead for the fall, taking courses in theology, spirituality and methodology through the Catechetical Office, and in so many other ways continuing the ministry.
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As the calendar turns to December, the Penn State football season and tumultuous past year in our rearview mirror, the Nittany Nation finds itself in uncharted territory.
Thanks to the NCAA sanctions, of course, there is no bowl game, the first of four seasons the Nittany Lions are ineligible for a postseason appearance. That in itself is unique considering in 46 seasons since 1966, Penn State has been out of the bowl picture just eight times.
Also unique is the fact that much of the late-season conversation - and concern - has centered around the status of Bill O'Brien and whether he might bolt from State College after just one season.
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O'Brien laid that to rest this week, saying he plans to be here, causing PSU fans to let out a sigh/gust of relief.
After enjoying the stability of the Joe Paterno era, Penn State never had to worry about its coach being courted. Paterno didn't want to go anywhere and, at least until the late 1990s, that suited everyone just fine. In fact, rarely did any assistants leave, either.
In the face of incredible adversity, O'Brien did an outstanding job, and being voted the Big Ten's coach of the year, deservedly, for an 8-4 record that included an 8-2 finish has only raised his profile.
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If a year ago he was somewhat of an unknown commodity in the shadow of Bill Belichick, O'Brien - in part because of how he managed the mess he inherited - is now one of the more attractive candidates in the country for any job, college or pro.
Look at his resume: Ivy League education. College experience in the ACC and now the Big Ten. NFL offensive whiz. Quarterback developer. Chance taker. Players run through a wall for him. Communicator. Master of the tight end. Able to follow a legend. Media savvy (unless he's emotional in the postgame).
With veterans returning at every position but quarterback, it's likely O'Brien will continue to be an attractive candidate, especially to NFL owners with deep pockets so Penn State should get used to the idea that speculation will keep surrounding its new star coach.
Another foreign concept to Penn State is the idea that it needs new ways to market its program.
It used to be that PSU only needed to open its doors to attract a full house. That is definitely not the case anymore as the average attendance - despite nice weather all season, excluding last week's chilly day against Wisconsin - dipped to 96,730.
That's the lowest since before the north end zone expansion (2001) and marked a fifth-straight year of declining attendance.
Almost never before has Penn State's fan support been an issue, but it's clearly becoming one. Whether it's a continued reaction to the STEP program, further fallout from firing Paterno, the ridiculous price of, unless you're pre-registered, $40 to park - which discourages a spontaneous trip - or an aging fan base, it needs addressed.
Nittany Lion Club dues are being lowered next year for more than 10,000 seats as part of the STEP program, and that's a start, but that could also create more visible holes in other parts of the stadium. Such as the 50-yard-lines, or at least their upper levels.
From this view, Penn State needs to consider establishing a younger fan base.
Maybe a $20 kid's 12-and-under ticket, when accompanied by an adult, can be considered for vacant portions of the north upper deck rather than making a family, in a challenging economy, pay $55 for a 4-year-old.
And with 45,000 students on campus, not to mention another 35,000 at branch campuses, now would be a good time to expand the student section from its base of 21,000, even if it means less revenue.
After all, isn't that what the university is trying to stand for - family values?
While Penn State is re-evaluating its marketing approach, it also may want to visit the hotels in State College - its partners - and suggest they remove the hankerchiefs from their faces in jamming two-night minimums at exorbitant prices down the fans' throats?
All of the above have contributed to where we are today, attendance-wise, and where Penn State may be headed.
Beaver Stadium has always been a very special place to watch college football, one of the greatest venues in sports. It now has a new coach, who has delivered a welcome brand of offense and, while combating difficult sanctions, needs all the support he can get.
And for the first time ever, there are 12,000-plus seats to fill.
Uncharted territory, indeed.
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At present it is estimated that only about 15 out of 100 women with breast cancer treated with chemotherapy achieve any benefit. Current cancer treatments have limited efficacy, are toxic, and are typically quite costly.
The monoclonal antibody-based drug cetuximab, which is used to treat colorectal cancer, for example, costs about $12,000 for a four-week treatment. The goal of personalized medicine is to identify novel therapies that more effectively target a well-defined population of tumor cells and to pinpoint the patients in whom these treatments will be more likely to produce positive outcomes, thereby improving efficacy, limiting toxicity, and reducing treatment costs. Although no one drug is likely to stop cancer, the hope is that combinations of compounds that target multiple sites in a relevant biochemical pathway or signaling cascade will be efficacious.
Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology and urology at the University of Michigan Medical School, chaired a plenary session on the complexity of the cancer genome at the American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR) annual meeting held recently in Washington, D.C.
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Fresh out of Newcastle University with a degree in English and history of art, Princess Eugenie, 22, is going to join sister Beatrice, 23, who is doing her financial services exams, in the working world.
Fifth and sixth in line to the throne, the princesses now intend to work part-time in the so-called "family firm" – the business of handling royal responsibilities.
After getting her degree this week, Eugenie said: "Newcastle University has given me such an incredible three years. I have had a wonderful time ... learning and having a fantastic experience."
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Her publicist, Kristen Foster, confirmed the singer's death Saturday only hours before Houston was due to perform at music mogul Clive Davis's annual pre-Grammy party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
"I can confirm that Whitney Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. We received a call at 3:43 p.m. from hotel security and Beverly Hills fire and police responded minutes later," Beverly Hills Police Lieutenant Mark Rosen tells PEOPLE.
"Someone in her entourage found her unresponsive in her room ... It's unclear who notified hotel staff because she has quite an entourage here at the hotel. We attempted to resuscitate her, to no avail."
As to whether there was any evidence of drugs or foul play, Rosen responded: "At this time, there's no obvious evidence of foul play or cause of death."
Earlier this week, the six-time Grammy winner, whose record sales in the United States alone totaled 55 million, was spotted having a night out on the town in L.A. at "Kelly Price & Friends Unplugged: For The Love Of R&B Grammy Party" at Tru Hollywood.
With Houston was her 18-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, who was the product of Houston's troubled marriage to soul crooner Bobby Brown. The two wed in 1992, and the following year Brown was charged with domestic abuse. After several rocky years together, the couple divorced in 2007.
The Glory DaysBorn in Newark, N.J., the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston, the cousin of '60s pop diva Dionne Warwick (and the late Dee Dee Warwick) and the goddaughter of Aretha Franklin first started singing in the church as a child. In her teens, Whitney sang backup for Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson and others, in addition to modeling.
Around the same time, she joined her mother singing in New York City nightclubs, which helped her catch the ear of Clive Davis. Houston's debut album, Whitney Houston, was produced by Davis and released in 1985, selling millions of copies. Among the hits off of it were "Saving All My Love for You," "How Will I Know," ''You Give Good Love" and "The Greatest Love of All."
Two years later, songs like "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go," both topped the charts, and by 1992 she rose to the ranks of Hollywood stardom opposite Kevin Costner in the runaway hit The Bodyguard.
Her StrugglesBut Houston's considerable talent was often overshadowed by her struggles with addiction and her widely chronicled marriage to her bad-boy husband.
In 2010, Houston opened up about the darker side of her life, admitting to Oprah Winfrey that by the time she was working with Denzel Washington on The Preacher's Wife in 1996, drugs were a routine part of her life. She went to rehab twice before getting clean, she told Winfrey.
In May 2011, her rep said Houston was once again receiving help for drug and alcohol abuse.
The status of her health in recent weeks had been open to discussion, though she appeared to be on a comeback trail as far as the movies were concerned. After a more than 15-year hiatus from the big screen, Houston recently filmed Sparkle, due to arrive in theaters Aug. 10, with Jordin Sparks.
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Hundreds of West Virginia University students went on what can only be described as a rampage Saturday night, after the WVU football team beat Texas.
At least 40 fires were set in the streets of Morgantown. That was bad enough, but what happened when a crowd estimated at more than 1,000 gathered in the city's downtown area was worse. Police called to control the crowd found themselves targets, as bottles, rocks and other objects were thrown at them. Several officers were hurt, though none was injured seriously, thank heaven.
By Sunday, Morgantown Mayor Jim Manilla was so furious he was calling for the city to collect a new $20 fee from each of the about 30,000 students at WVU's main campus. The money is needed to hire more public safety officers, Manilla said.
Clearly, some WVU students have decided out-of-control thuggery is acceptable. If it continued, serious property damage and injuries are inevitable.
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Cubs Agree to Terms with #1 Pick
The Cubs have agreed to terms with their 2009 #1 draft pick, Cal junior CF Brett Jackson.
A 20-year old left-handed hitter (he turns 21 in August), Jackson was a pre-season All-American and was named to the 2009 All-PAC 10 team. He hit 321/407/564 with 8 HR & 41 RBI, 17 doubles, six triples, 11 SB (5 CS), and 29/61 BB/K in 253 PA overall, but only 236/320/445 in PAC-10 conference play.
Once he passes his physical, I would expect Jackson to be assigned to Boise, although he might spend a week at Fitch Park first, depending on what kind of baseball shape he's in (Cal's season ended several weeks ago).
I have seen Jackson play in college, and while he is a good defensive outfielder with plus-speed, he really needs to work on his hitting (too many swings & misses). He reminds me of Cliff Andersen and Drew Rundle, two other left-handed hitting "athletic" outfielders in the Cubs system who also have struggled to make contact.
While there is no question that Jackson has lots of potential, right now I would describe him as a bit overrated. I actually like Arizona State CF (and Northbrook native) Jason Kipnis better than Jackson. (Kipnis was named PAC-10 Player of the Year and was selected by Cleveland in the 2nd round). While Jackson might be the better "athlete," Kipnis is just a better all-around baseball player, in my opinion.
Jackson made his mark with the scouts while playing in the Cape Cod League ("wood bat" collegiate league) last summer, where he was rated the #8 prospect despite hitting only .238.
The Cubs have now signed 18 of their 50 selections in this month's Rule 4 Draft (First-Year Player Draft), including four of their Top 10 picks. Besides Jackson, the Cubs have also signed 5th round pick SS Wes Darvill (Langley, BC), 8th round pick RHP Robert Whitenack (SUNY - Old Westbury), and 10th round pick 3B Charles Thomas (Edward Waters College). Whitenack (who throws the Burt Hooton-like "knuckle-curve") is assigned to Boise and Thomas is assigned to the AZL Cubs at Fitch Park, while the 17-year old Darvill is presently touring in the U. S. and Cuba with the Canadian Junior National team, after-which he will report to Fitch Park.
2nd round pick 2B D. J. LeMahieu is currently playing for LSU in the College World Series (deciding game is tonight), so if the Cubs can sign him quickly once the CWS is over, he would probably go directly to Boise. Cubs GM Jim Hendry has been attending the CWS in Omaha, where his good friend Pat Mainieri is the head coach for LSU (Mainieri was the long-time Notre Dame head baseball coach prior to moving down to Baton Rouge).
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Cubs flush $1.2 million down the toilet... a recurring theme this year.
In good news, USA just beat Spain to advance to the Confederations cup final where they will probably have a rematch versus Brazil. Hopefully the referee will be honest enough to let the US play with 11 men this time.
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Free article over at BP about the 1st round signings:
On Jackson "slot bonus of around $975,000 is assumed."
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I concur. If they're absolutely determined to take these high upside guys, grab high school kids who want too much money. It's better to fill the system with Theriots and Barneys than Colvins and Jacksons. I said at the time I would have preferred LaPorta to Vitters, though Vitters still probably has the higher upside. College guys who slug like that and strikeout so little, tend to make impact in the majors.
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I don't agree or disagree with that. Here's my thoughts, which were expressed pre-draft as well.
First, I would say Kipnis v. Jackson and Wieters v. Vitters are two very different scenarios. While I know you weren't comparing the scenarios directly, in Wieters, you had a consensus top pick that the Cubs, and others, probably passed for monetary reasons. Kipnis, on the other hand, was a borderline talent. To be honest, he reminds me of Trevor Crowe.
I was not a fan of Brett JAckson, but I didn't hate the pick. Personally, there were a number of guys that I preferred to Jackson (some HS positional guys, several arms), although I preferred Jackson over Kipnis and Pollock by quite a bit. Ideally, we'd have a bangup system, with a mix of high ceiling and high floor talents, allowing us flexibility in the draft. We don't.
For me, a good organization drafts based upon their organization. That means, it looks at the types of talent that are in the system, the positional needs, and so forth. I'm not apt to shy away from a certain type of pick because of past failure in the development of that type of player. There's obviously been a transition of minor league personnel. Certainly, with some mainstays, there has been a certain imprint, but with small changes, like hiring Riggins, we've seen a slight shift in both how we develop our pitchers, and our ability to develop them, it seems.
I was actually trying to avoid draft conversation because I know a lot of people hated that Jackson pick, whereas I was ambivalent to it. That said, I've been frequenting Indians boards of late and hearing the dissect the failures of the Shapiro era, and seeing this discussion, made me want to comment. Over on Let's Go Tribe, they note several reasons for failures in the Shapiro era. First, it's important to note that, if you leave the results aside, most people like Shapiro's offseasons/personnel moves, but however you slice it, they've struggled. So, they were analyzing why, and they noted the mono-culture and stringent drafting limitations.
Bringing it back to the Cubs, I found their discussion rather intriguing as it relates to the Cubs system. The Cubs system has been filled with cup of tea guys, and we had a bunch of cup of tea guys this past year. The system has, in recent years, lacked high upside guys, big time talent.
First, for all the talk about how the Pollock's/Kipnis' fit the advanced mold of college bats that have succeeded, there is a failure to acknowledge how, for every Ellsbury, there's a Trevor Crowe. There's a presumption of lower risk, which certainly has some validity, but that doesn't remove the risk that does exist. I see Kipnis as Crow in that, we see a guy that is very advanced, and is thus able to overshadow his limitations. I see Kipnis in that some mold - I think Pollock is a bit toolsier, so there's a better shot. But this type of talent can be found. There's a reason a guy like Theriot wasn't drafted high. It is still the exception when a guy with the offensive profile of a Kipnis or Pollock succeeds without plus tools, and even then, that is no guarantee of success.
Tying these strands together is this general point - as our system stands now, I can live with an "upside" pick like Brett Jackson. As noted, didn't love the pick, but I think the strand to draw away from, say, the Indians, struggles is that they limited themselves in some respect due to a variety of factors, but partly tied to their drafting philosophy. You need a diverse range of abilities and talents. Fielding a system of Theriot's, Barney's and so forth means that you'll have to spend big on the FA market to fill holes when they develop. With how teams are increasingly being smarter in protecting top young talent, the best way to acquire the impact talent is still through the draft or foreign markets. You need to take some gambles on occasion and hope to develop them. I think of how, say, the A's, have slightly transitioned their drafting within the past 5 years or so. Even an organization like the Red Sox have taken the occasional gambles (Jason Place comes to mind). Point is, I think you have to draft being aware of your system, and the Cubs system was sorely lacking in high impact talent, and while I didn't love the Jackson pick, I think, from a drafting and organizational perspective, the pick was okay.
This isn't a defense of the Wilken era. Overall, I think the system is headed in the right direction, as there's some upside slowly seeping in throughout, from the draft and from international signings. I liked the 2008 draft, was alright with 2007. At first glance on 2009, I'm fairly lukewarm on it. I'll excuse the first draft due to the lack of picks. Furthermore, I also recognize the, "This was a Wilken pick, and my points may not hold in respect to what the Cubs might've actually pondered", but no one really knows.
There's probably a lot more that can be said, and I'm sure a ton of people will disagree with me.
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I like high upside picks but there's a limit. Jackson's upside isn't that high and the strikeouts are a MAJOR red flag - what are the chances a guy has such contact issues with an aluminum bat but will make better contact as he uses a wood bat full time and faces better pitching in the minors? And he's not going to succeed in pro ball unless he can improve his contact rates.
Tanner Scheppers was a high upside pick, there were a few HS guys who also had nice upsides and probably are more likely to reach it than Jackson.
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If Scheppers arm problems are that serious, then I am glad we passed. Only time will tell, but post-draft, seems like there are some real concerns.
Again, there were guys I preferred more at that spot. I simply didn't hate the Jackson pick and thought it was okay, particularly when compared to, what I perceive, to be mediocre talents like Kipnis and Pollock. That's just me, though. Thing is, leaving aside my own perception of Kipnis and Pollock, when comparing these three OF's, my point is, I'm fine with this gamble because a smart organization has to have a diverse blend of abilities within the system. Look, I preferred the Wheeler over Jackson, so I certainly didn't love Jackson, but I think in the broad spectrum of things, I'm okay with his pick relative to where our organization stands at this moment. If we build up our high upside talent, then sure, I'd probably quite dislike this pick as an unnecessary gamble.
I only posted because of my tracking the Indians fans discussions, and in the broad spectrum, I'm glad that there's some gambling, there's some diversity of skills and abilities within the system and within the focus of what the front office is looking for. We just signed a slap hitting leadoff speedster from Taiwan. We've added a nice blend of lefty and righty arms. There's still areas to work on, obviously. Whether or not it's the right gamble, clearly people have set opinions on that, and for fairly justifiable reasons at that. I'm looking towards the ability to build not only a strong system, but a strong organization, and to that extent, the purpose needs to be finding not only assets to fill in, but value. To that extent, I'm okay with the Jackson pick.
In discussing pure upside on Jackson for a moment, which is separate from that conversation, I don't see how it's not that high. Quick bat through the zone, plus tools across the board. Whether or not he reaches that upside is certainly fair, and it's partly why I'm very lukewarm on the draft, but I would think his pure upside is as high as almost anyone in this draft.
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I looked for someone who had comparable K to BB ratios in the Pac 10 to Jackson who succeeded in the majors, I couldn't find anyone (looked at like 5 years of the draft). There may have been someone, but I would put the odds on him being a successful major leaguer around 2%. You need to get better than that from a 31st overall pick. That's pretty simple. Odds are there are 100 guys drafted after him who are going to do better than he will. I would have signed for $5K, and that money would have been better spent than the cash they flushed and will continue to flush down the toilet on this guy.
LF Soriano, SS Theriot, DH Lee, 1B Hoffpauir, RF Bradley, 3B Fox, CF Fukudome, C Soto, 2B Fontenot.
Re: Lineups...
I like it. Defense is for sissies and we have all of the best bats in the lineup.
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AZ Phil, I know this is unrelated to Brett Jackson (though I too agree with your reasoning behind not liking the pick), but I was wondering if you knew how Dae-Eun Rhee was doing in his rehab down in Mesa. Thank you very much.
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Well, that's disappointing to hear.
Thank you.
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Phil -
It seems as though Jay Jackson is really flying under the radar this year. In case no one is paying attention, he has only given up 6 earned runs in his past 8 starts! This kid was drafted a year ago and is currently carving up AA ball. How soon could this guy help the Cubs and do you see him as a front line starter or bullpen arm?
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Personally, I think he's got TOR ability. Now, having that ability doesn't mean it'll happen, but here's hoping. I think he's the clearly the most exciting thing in our system right now, and the gap between Vitters and him might not be as great as people think (in terms of "value"). After a slow start, he's really dominated at AA, and all the signs seem positive. Worst case scenario seems like a late inning pen arm, with his two plus pitches, but he's got 4 quality options, no big mechanical issues, quality velocity, and he has the performance, including improving his walk rate this year. I'd rather the Cubs not rush him, meaning at best, a cup of AAA tea late this year, and to start 2010 in AAA. That's my preference.
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According to ESPN Reed Johnson 15 day dl for back.
(When did he hurt that?)
Farney back with the team.
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Cubs have had runners on all game long, and they're down 1-0.
Gettin' old.
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here's the Reed Johnson/Ryan Freel link...
also has this ARam update:
Ramirez is getting closer. Out since May 9 with a dislocated left shoulder, the third baseman had a good workout Wednesday at Comerica Park. He'll take Thursday off, then start taking batting practice Friday in Chicago. Once Ramirez passes that test, he'll be ready for a Minor League rehab assignment.
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down 4-3 bottom of 8th. I can' t stand Heilman. Nice relief job walking in a run with the bases loaded. Rob can you photoshop a blood splattered pic of Heilman with a knife in his neck for us?
we'll see a real closer in the 9th with Fernando Rodney...against DLee, Hoffpauir and Bradley.
at least the Mets are clobbering the Cardinals.
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add Marmol on the photoshop request
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If it's so important to keep the game close and you're willing to use Marmol to accomplish that... why was Heilmann pitching?
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because harden couldn't pitch 7 innings, and piniella can't think outside the box he has constructed for himself? i.e. marmol = 8th or nothing.
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back to .500
and back to 0-24 RISP performance on the road
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Tough choice on the biggest disppointment (vs. career norm or expectation) so far in 2009:
If half of these guys are performing up to expectations, teh Cubs woudl be winning this piece of crap division.
Amazing to have so many guys underperformng for so long.
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A couple here still believe there will be meaningful activity at the deadline.
I have said all along ot ain't gonna happen due to the ownership bullshit.
We are stuck with underperforming players, + the return of the fragile A-Ram.
The worst in the NL with RISP. Hendry's baby has gone from first to wurst!
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I agree. The only way the Cubs will make a decent change is going to be via a dollar for dollar thing. Crane Kenney did say on Sports Central last week that a deal like DeRosa's would be in scope (about $2-3 million for the rest of a deal that expires this season), but the pickins are slim for guys like that. Well, except for DeRosa that is. Hey maybe he could be to the Cubs what Carl Everett was to the Sox...send him out, bring him back.
And yet, they remain a single game back in the loss column with games in hand on both St. L and the Brewers.
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Hendry's baby has gone...
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life at the AAAA level...
Matt Murton, OF, Rockies (Triple-A Colorado Springs)
Sunday's stats: 2-for-4, 2B, HR (9), 2 R, 3 RBI, K
Murton has certainly been around the block. A supplemental first-round pick by the Red Sox in 2003, he was traded to the Cubs as part of the complicated Nomar deal in 2004, then held down a big league job for awhile before he stopped hitting. He was more of a throw-in than anything else in last year's Rich Harden trade, and then the A's flipped him to Colorado in February for utility man prospect Corey Wimberly. Now 27, it's hard to project stardom, or even a starting role for him, but he is the hottest hitter in the minors, going 7-for-12 over the weekend with a double, four home runs and 11 RBIs to raise his Triple-A averages to .414/.470/.707.
from Kevin Goldstein, baseball prospectus
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When did Murton stop hitting?
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He decided to tinker with his swing in the 2007 to 2008 off-season which produced a season in which he hit just 2 HR's in 317 PCL at bats.
LSU wins...
Lehemeiu 2/4 with a BB and a run scored out of the leadoff spot....
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He was pretty big balls the whole CWS. Let's get him signed!
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Not sure if it's been discussed, but Cubs add another from Asia, signing Chen Ping-Chieh. Here's the article from taiwanbaseball
Based on that report, sounds like a leadoff type OF. Anyhow, kid's young. I imagine he'll head to Australia first.
Ramirez Update...
Ramirez admits the pain remains profound, and it could cause him to require regular rest through the second half of the season.
''It's sore still, but it's going to be there for a while,'' Ramirez told the Sun-Times. ''I don't know. I've never played like that before. When I got hurt in 2000 [dislocating the same shoulder on Aug. 28], I didn't play the rest of the year, so I don't know how I'm going to react. Once I start playing, then I'll know.''
rigorous workout before the game, will take tomorrow off and live batting practice on Friday...
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Thanks! Poor Sean Williams.
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Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.
Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.
Yeah -- seeing the weather -- I hope KB and Rizz are inside, wrapped in blankets and drinking hot chocolate.


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In fact, things are going so well that the two already live together – temporarily, at least.
"I've been living in Vegas for about a month. My house is under construction right now in L.A., so I very well could be here until it's done," McCarthy, 37, told PEOPLE at Saturday's Midsummer Night's Dream party at Las Vegas's Palms Casino Resort. "It's been awesome here."
While McCarthy didn't offer any details about Toohey, her rep confirmed to PEOPLE that they were indeed an item.
Still, the two haven't been exactly shy about their romance, having been spotted on several dates in Las Vegas. They also shared kisses Saturday as McCarthy hosted the Midsummer Night's Dream bash.
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Pimm's No. 1 (Found at Test Kitchen: Red Medicine)
1. RADISHES - coco-butter, lime, dried soy
2. cured AMBERJACK - lime leaf, french melon, nuoc cham, bird chili, mint
3. green PAPAYA - crispy taro, rau ram, fried shallots, peanuts
4. TOMATOES - marinated in an infustion of their vines, silky tofu, crunchy tofu, herbs
5. saigon tartine - PORK belly, pâté, coriander, carrot pickle, green chili
6. caramelized CHICKEN dumplings - lemongrass, scallion, bibb lettuce
7. bay SCALLOPS - pomelo, young ginger, tamarind syrup, puffed tapioca, charred friseé
8. baby CARROTS - fermented black bean, star anise, coconut, tarragon
9. BRUSSELS sprouts - caramelized shallots, fish sauce, prawn crackers
10. BEEF bavette - bacon X.O., Chinese eggplant, Chinese celery, lime, palm sugar, sesame
11. PEACHES - crème de cassis, raspberry, condensed milk, tonic water sorbet
12. COCONUT bavarois - coffee ice cream, thai basil, peanut croquant, chicory
In the end, there were definitely some hits and misses during our meal. The saddest part was the fact not many of us were full from the family style dinner that we were served. Though I feasted on grapes at home post dinner, I strongly feel that the portions of the meal should be slightly bigger. Yes, my fellow diners and I could put away a good amount of food, but in the end the dinner felt like we were served 12 hors d'oeuvres. Vietnamese food should have more flavors, and I felt some dishes were quite lacking in that department. I know Jordan Kahn will be one of the biggest name that's going to hit Los Angeles in the coming months, but my first impression of him is lukewarm at best.
The Test Kitchen is a fantastic idea and many chefs will be showing off their talents in the coming weeks. The cocktail menu was also fantastic and Julian Cox of Rivera will be making some delicious along the way to match with the menu. Although I am definitely interested in trying other chefs in the Test Kitchen series, my first visit did leave me quite disappointed.
Although I'm not a fan of giving a mediocre review to a restaurant, as a paying customer, I felt it's only right to give my honest two cents from my experience. While it wasn't a failure, there's definitely dishes that needs to be worked on.
Test Kitchen
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Geen Day you rock
Geen Day you rock
please come to Mexico
please come to Mexico
when are you coming to mexico
when are you coming to mexico? Please come we want you here, we really miss you, we need you
Do you have a youtube account
Do you have a youtube account im sick of all of the fucking fakers if you do what is it
When are you coming to MA
When are you coming to MA,United States
Do you guys still play haha
Do you guys still play haha you're dead and platypus(i hate you)?
Why are people so obsed with
Why are people so obsed with you guys? A ll you are are people that play music nothing more nothing less.
what r mike and tre's middle
what r mike and tre's middle name
I would like to know if there
I would like to know if there is some Spanish person on this website. I would like to speak with you, guys!! :)
me :D well I´m from Mexico
me :D well I´m from Mexico
XD No te preocupes!! No
XD No te preocupes!! No importa que seas de México, encantada de conocerte y besos desde España!! :)
i didnt find any spanish
i didnt find any spanish speakers too but,,,,here i am
I´m a spanish speaker :D
I´m a spanish speaker :D
XD ¡Qué bien! Eres uno/a de
XD ¡Qué bien! Eres uno/a de los pocos españoles que conozco por aquí :) ¿Tocas el bajo? A mí me encantaría aprender. Aquí en España hay mogollón de fans de Green Day pero muy pocos tienen una cuenta aquí. Bueno, encantada de haberte conocido, y gracias por responder!! ;)
Hey guys!! I just wanna tell
Hey guys!! I just wanna tell you that you are the best band ever, i love you so much. I love Billie Joe, he's so Fuckin' sexy!!! I really would like you to come to Venezuela, all my friends love you too guys . So why the fuck don't you come to latin America, it would be the greatest thing that can happen to me. I love you guys you're so special to me.
Dear Green Day,my name is
Dear Green Day,my name is Celina, you guys have been my favorite band since 2009, it's been a dream of my to see you guys in concert.I got tickets to see you guys for the Cleveland,then the show got canceled I was crying when I found out the show got canceled! Please,come back to Cleveland! It would be the greatest day of my life!
Hello Green Day! I am so
Hello Green Day! I am so proud to be in their official website. It is a pleasure to communicate with you, but I'm an idiot ha ha ha. Just wanted to tell you that all the problems were repaired and that I love him very much Billie Joe, it's beautiful. Well, anyway, thanks for reading my comment. A greeting idiot ..
Green Day please come to
Green Day please come to dubai in the UAE! your fan base hear is huge tickets will sell out please PLEASE
Green Day has been my
Green Day has been my favorite band for four years now, and for four years I have been trying to get to a concert. I feel that the Midwest has been especially neglected! (I did have tickets for the now cancelled Green Bay show.) I am upset that Green Day is touring Europe before touring most of the Unites States and I can only hope that they will make a stop at the Michigan/Wisconsin/Minnesota area soon!
pleasee come to buenos aires
pleasee come to buenos aires i
Please come to Land down
Please come to Land down Under (Australia of Course). Im probaly to young to enter im only 13 but i would love to see a real bloddy band in australia not this shit like One Direction or Justin Beiber. I love you guys xd :)
Please, Please come to Norway
Please, Please come to Norway, Haugesund or Stavanger or Bergen!!!!! Just because you'r concert is in Oslo I'm not allowed, ans I don't have enough money to travel alone.... and because I'm 15.... But I just wanna say--> I Love you guys!!! <3
hello! I have 13 years old
hello! I have 13 years old and I would love you to come to Barcelona to give a concert! I can't go to see you in Bilbao, so I ask that the next time you come to Spain, don't forget Barcelona! I'm sure you have many fans here that are waiting for you. Then i could realize one of my dreams, which is to see you play live! Best wishes and good luck on your tour! :)
please come to georgia! my
please come to georgia! my twitter: @natakvavila :))
This is such a horribly hard
This is such a horribly hard thing to write and post, I just never got my chance to at least scream "Thank you!" to my favorite band when you were in Brooklyn on 4/7. (How do I even word this BS?) Bluntly, I guess: I was attacked, raped, and robbed by two guys who then threw the rest of my purse into the East River before the concert.. I cannot say how ecstatic I was that Billie Joe is recovered, the band's doing great, and that I'd be going. I waited til that day to celebrate my 3/28 bday. With my father dying of cancer and tons of recent heart aches, it was something I held on to like a miracle, to know I'd be able to release my spirit for a couple of hours and have the memories of singing along with the guys that created music that has helped get me through so..fucking..much. I'v been so brain and heartsick, just totally devastated, today's the first of being able to force some normalcy(?), but am still a complete space cadet. I haven't been able to listen to any music since, and I'm usually unrelentingly obnoxious with my constant necessity for it. Grocery store music made me feel like puking and my eyes well up (talking about a F.U.N song and 80's shit!) I know I'm lucky that I didn't end up stabbed and in the East River or some shit , but damn, it feels like an arm is rammed down my throat and I'm walking through a thick ass marsh. I wouldn't even let the EMT's touch me. I was so traumatized, I just kept saying "I gotta go to Green Day". That's pretty much all I could get out. They almost took me against my will for emotional disturbance..I'm so sorry I couldn't make it and for having to put this depressing, yet cathartic, crap on your site. I hope with all my heart that maybe somehow, someday, I'll get another chance to see you .. As cheesy as it sounds, I could never thank you guys enough for what you do, for all the countless times you've made me smile, pulled me up, put an unbelievable beat in my head, made me think, and let me know I'm not the only one that feels a certain way..'Awesome as Fuck' is fucking right!!! And I know "It's not over til you're underground", right? With all my love and gratitude, always, Anna
When the f*ck are you guys
When the f*ck are you guys gonna reschedule your Houston, TX show!!! Been waiting for over 10 years to see you guys play live and BJ I love you for life but you gotta come back and see us down here you f*cker!
Thank you ;)
Hi guys. Wonder what you might think of my kids' songs...Winston (9) did the drums, lyrics/vocals and bass and wants to be a drummer, like Tré, and was stoked to learn bass and guitar when he saw Billie Joe writing songs on all the instruments on Quarto! His brother, Spencer (12) does the guitar on these songs.
I know you guys probably get
I know you guys probably get a lot of requests. But this one is different and I hope someone can pass this along to the band.
I'll be attending Tuesday's concert in Berkley with a very special woman. Her name is Joyce Rusinak.
Joyce has been battling ALS for some years now and is completely paralyzed and confined to a wheel chair. She can only communicate by using a special computer that scans her retina and from that her thoughts are made into speech.
Every time I see Joyce, JR to family & friends, I am blown away by her courage and determination to not let this horrid disease kill her spirit. Music and wine are her two greatest joys. She'll be damned if this disease will stop that! JR still enjoys wine (either by having her nurse dribble some on her tongue or via a feeding tube) and tries to make it to shows when her favorite bands are in town.
Green Day is one of her all time favorites and it would be awesome if the boys dedicated a song to her. Meeting them would be a dream .
You have no idea what this would mean to her.
Thank you,
Ana Martinez Weber
Green Day Idiot Club ID: lovegreenday
(503) 475-9434
Davis, the kid from the
Davis, the kid from the Patriot Center show, forgot to ask for his guitar to be signed. Any way to make that happen next time y'all come around?
The lads of Green Day
The lads of Green Day performed an amazing show in Toronto Ontario, Canada the other night. I can't wait untill the next time they come to town. Please guys sooner, rather then later. It was a fantastic evening. Bringing the young lad on stage during Longview. Fantastic!!! You guys sounded great, a very enjoyable evening. Top notch entertainment value. Please come back to Toronto really soon. Cheers!! Untill next time


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quote: it is quite curious how well it falls in line with the solar cycle.
quote: Correlation does not prove causation, and all of that...
quote: The correlation with Cosmic Radiation and cloud formation, the sun spot correlations
quote: They will ignore any evidence because they want the money .
quote: But all of that is not needed. Al Gore, et al, all say we are 0.4 degrees hotter than we should be.


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Yes, I enjoy the classics now and then. From ACDC to Twisted Sister and even Beastie Boyz now and then. What do you like?
I like everything from 50's Motown ( Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Shangri Las, the Four Seasons) 60's rock ( the Beach Boys, The Mama's and The Papa's, The Doors) 70's rock and metal ( Boston, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Aerosmith) 80's new wave, hair metal and heavy metal (Devo, A Flock Of Seagulls, Ratt,Metallica, Megadeath) 90's alternative, industrial, metal and rock ( Stabbing Westward, NIN, Gravity Kills, Prodigy, Stone Temple Pilots) and plenty of new stuff since 2000, not to mention soundtracks ( Phantom of the Opera, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ghost in the Shell, Macross) I like my music so much, I have over 5000 mp3's on my computer ( my My Music folder is almost 30 gigs) and my stereo has 3 carousels for a total of 1100 cd's. 92% of the teenage population would be dead if Ambercrombie and Fitch or Hollister said it was uncool to breathe.
wow, that's definitly a collection to have. All I have is a small 1 gb sansa mp3 player with lot's of random stuff. Do you happen to have any records by chance? that would be pretty cool "I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but at least I ain't a spoon!"
Yes I do. I also have a decent collection of 8 track tapes as well. 92% of the teenage population would be dead if Ambercrombie and Fitch or Hollister said it was uncool to breathe.
"I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but at least I ain't a spoon!"
That is one collection to be proud of, i listen to mostly Metal/Rock stuff liuke guns n' roses, Metallica, Dragonforce, Galneryus, beatles, Black tide, and even B'z "Don't doubt the darkness, it can be your enemy as well as your friend."
Time and space have nothing to do with music yet according to the time and space i'm in i am allowed to listen to some of my favourite oldies cause i've got younger rivals who think that some are crap......The path to conquest leaves nothing else to be desired!!!!
-Gun's N Roses-The B-52's Rock Lobster song-Dead or Alive-Alice in Chains Grave of fireflies song-1987's Madonna songsThat's all i can think of. Too many to list!!
I like Black Sabith, AC-DC and Matalica! ROCK ON!!!!!!!
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There's my first strike against co-sleeping. I just peeked at it in the mirror and my eye is all pink and throbbing. I am only hoping it doesn't turn black & blue... Ouchy!
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And It's Really Shiny!
There's my first strike against co-sleeping. I just peeked at it in the mirror and my eye is all pink and throbbing. I am only hoping it doesn't turn black & blue... Ouchy!
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Ouch! ICE!ReplyDelete
Wow, usually you get a heel in the back or chest, but your eye? yikes!
Hope it doesn't turn into a pretty shiner for you!
Oops,I can' figure out how, but I used my wrong google sign in! It's early...ReplyDelete
Ouch! Bubbie use to do that....when he was an infant. I remember the pain. He'd do it to my lip. I hope it gets better... Maybe ice?!ReplyDelete
Ouch! Both of my kids were good at throwing their head back into my lower lip.ReplyDelete
If it bruises, use makeup to match the other eye. Tell people you were going for the "smoky eye" look like Carmindy does on What Not To Wear. :-)
OUCH, Steph! I hope it gets feeling better soon!ReplyDelete
That sounds painful! We tend to have flying feet in our bed lately too.ReplyDelete
Hopefully you don't have a shiner!
Ouch! I bet that hurt. I've gotten a bloody lip from son before.ReplyDelete
Ouch! I hope you don't end up with a shiner!ReplyDelete
Yikes that sounds painful! You're having such a good attitude about it!ReplyDelete
Hope you get a nap in today!
Yes, pink and shiny is better than black and blue...ReplyDelete
I guess it could be worse, like getting Pink eye...ReplyDelete
OH NO, you poor thing. Maybe you'll match your new iPod??ReplyDelete
I hope you feel better soon.
Sounds like you need ice for the eye and a bed for Wildman Gray..ReplyDelete
Yeah...that sometimes happens in my bed too. Wild boys flailing all around and mama usually gets hit! Poor thing! Well, now you can't say that you didn't get anything for Mother's DAy. LOL!ReplyDelete
We had to start making Monte sleep in his own bed eventually because he was such a wild sleeper I wasn't sleeping. Only getting beat up!!! Hunter was a great co-sleeper (still is when dad is gone) and so is Carter.ReplyDelete
Ooh, that can't feel good! Be sure to ice, ice, ice, if you get a chance!ReplyDelete
Hope your eye gets better soon!!
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Yeah, I got a kick to the jugular last night...a few times actually. That's no good. And yours sounds even worse. It will be a great war story if it shows up in your mother's day pictures.ReplyDelete
OUCH! How about this....ReplyDelete
I was getting the boys' lunch ready and when I closed the pantry door I knocked my head. It was like a scene from the Three Stooges!!! What is wrong with me???
Happy Mother's Day, indeed! Hopefully it doesn't get all swollen. My hubby accidentally kung fooed me a few months ago in his sleep. At least he claims it was accidental. :-)ReplyDelete
Owwweeeee!! I love it when my daughter goes horizontal in my bed and I end up sleeping at the other end of my bed because I've basically been kicked out.ReplyDelete
we need a picture of this one.ReplyDelete
Ouch, sorry about that one.ReplyDelete
I got hit in the eye in the middle of the night once too, but mine wasn't from a wiggly kid. It was from a wiggly hubby.
ouch that sounds so painful. Are you ok?ReplyDelete
Oh, gee, what moms go through! Hope you don't bruise or go blind or something!ReplyDelete
Case in point for not co-sleeping for us! The peanut is all over the place when she's sleeping. It's actually quite comical, but not while you are sleeping next to her!ReplyDelete


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MIFFLINTOWN - Alicia Anstine Seigler, the current Register of Wills, Recorder of Deeds, and Clerk of Orphans' Court of Juniata County, has announced her candidacy for re-election.
Seigler, of Port Royal, graduated from Juniata High School in 2000 and Shippensburg University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree in social work. She has worked for Juniata County for the past eight years and is currently serving her fourth year as Register and Recorder.
"I have truly enjoyed serving the citizens of Juniata County during my first term. During my time in office I have worked hard to implement a new software program to better serve the people of Juniata County. I am committed to preserving and protecting the records in the Register and Recorder's office with the intention of continuing to improve the availability of records," Seigler said.
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"I have a great staff that does a wonderful job of helping to run a friendly and efficient office. If re-elected, I look forward to continuing to serve the people of Juniata County," she added.
In addition to her experience as Register and Recorder, Seigler serves as president of the Juniata County Republican Women's Council, secretary of the Juniata County Republican Committee, a member of the PA Recorder of Deeds Association, a member of the PA Register and Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court Association, a member of the Advisory Board for Juniata County Children and Youth Social Services Agency, and a member of the Mifflin Chapter Order of the Eastern Star No. 260.
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LOCKPORT – A 30-year veteran of the Hartland Volunteer Fire Company, expelled for allegedly spreading a false rumor of sexual misconduct by another firefighter, was reinstated last week by court order. But State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. advised Capt. Leigh "Billy" Ames that he might be better off leaving the fire company.
Kloch ruled that the fire company's executive board and president Bernie Berger violated the department's bylaws by giving Ames the boot without providing him written notice of the charges seven days in advance of the expulsion vote.
According to his lawsuit, a fellow fireman told Ames in late September that a member of the company had been sexually molesting female junior firefighters.
Ames passed the word to Berger, who said he would investigate the matter.
Berger's affidavit said the accused firefighter presented a document signed by the girl he was supposed to have abused – and her father – declaring that nothing untoward had happened.
Berger and another Hartland member called a meeting with all the junior firefighters and their advisers, and all said that no sexual activities had occurred.
On Oct. 2, according to Berger's affidavit, he met with Ames and got him to give up the name of the firefighter whom Ames said was the source of his information about the purported sexual misconduct.
That firefighter, called on the carpet by Berger and the executive board Oct. 4, denied being the source of Ames' information. Ames' lawsuit, filed by attorney Steven M. Cohen, said the tipster allegedly warned Ames at the start that, if he was outed as the source, he would "deny, deny, deny."
According to the Berger affidavit, the board then voted 4-2 to expel Ames, a decision ratified by a 14-5 vote of the full company.
The lack of written notice of the charges was a denial of Ames' due process rights, Kloch ruled.
But he asked Ames, "What kind of social relationships are you going to have in this fire company?" "I'm unsure right now," Ames answered.
"You might want to move on," Kloch suggested. "This is personal advice, not legal advice."
Anna C. O'Neil, attorney for the fire company, argued that another reason for expelling Ames was his alleged lack of attendance at bingo games.
The judge questioned that.
"He's not in good standing because he didn't work bingo? Really?" the judge said.
"It's an important part of the bylaws," O'Neil said.
"I suppose I'm going to see this again, so everybody better work bingo," the judge warned O'Neil.
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Could this be the same coin that Lt. Dixon carried with him and was found
during the Hunley Excavation on May 25th, 2001
|Half Eagle 1838 - 1861
|Liberty Head 1839 - 1861
|Diameter: 22.5 millimeters
|Fineness: .900
|Weight: 129 grains
|Designer: Christian Gobrecht
|Edge: Reeded
|Coiner: John R. Bolton
The 1860-D half eagle is similar in rarity to the 1855-D half eagle. Softness in the strike on the head of Liberty (obverse) and the eagle's neck and legs (reverse) are fairly common. The rims are round and have a beveled appearance. Many specimens have surfaces that are heavily abraded, especially on the obverse. Original, uncleaned specimens have very pleasing coloration that ranges from medium green-gold to rich orange-gold and luster that is frosty and above average in quality. There are some very attractive coins of this date that have superb eye appeal. Roughly 185 specimens survive with less than 9% being Mint State.


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mechanisms of quality improvement, the value of publicly reporting quality
information is largely undemonstrated and public reporting may have unintended
and negative consequences on health care. These unintended consequences include
causing physicians to avoid sick patients in an attempt to improve their quality
ranking, encouraging physicians to achieve "target rates" for
health care interventions even when it may be inappropriate among some patients,
and discounting patient preferences and clinical judgment. Public reporting
of quality information promotes a spirit of openness that may be valuable
for enhancing trust of the health professions, but its ability to improve
health remains undemonstrated, and public reporting may inadvertently reduce,
rather than improve, quality. Given these limitations, it may be necessary
to reassess the role of public quality reporting in quality improvement.
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quote: That is really crappy of them to do. It will be interesting to see how Tony Squash and the other Mac zealots spin this behaviour.
quote: What do you think about Apple's decision to put Siri into the new device, remove Siri from the app store and disable Siri for those that currently use it on older devices so the only way to use it is by buying a new iphone.
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Rory Chapman/Special to the Herald
Durango is known for a lot of things, but a hot nightlife is, unfortunately, not one of them. However, one of Main Avenue�s newest additions, Cocktails & Creations, is not only seeking to give locals something new to do on a Saturday night, but also show out-of-towners a good time.
With paint flying, wine flowing and the music blasting, you�d never know you were attending a painting class. And yet, for nearly three hours on Saturday night, Katie Nichols taught a full class of beginners how to paint an aspen grove at the height of sunset. Cocktails & Creations is almost like an aerobics class for would-be artists. The instructors break down each subject into basic, easy-to-follow steps that literally make you see the forest for the trees.
Opening a little more than a month ago, Cocktails & Creations is the brainchild of Durango Colorado Vacations owner Lorie Naylor.
�I had done a class like this in Denver and had so much fun,� Naylor said.
The concept may be new to the Southwest, but in many metropolitan areas, these party-painting classes are becoming the latest night-out trend.
�I think this appeals not only to couples, but to people just looking for something different to do in Durango,� Naylor said. �We have lots of paintings that are area-focused. (Visitors) can go home with a piece of Durango, opposed to a T-shirt or a key chain.�
Fortunately for Naylor, the idea of painting on demand hasn�t turned away any prospective customers. And it shouldn�t. The atmosphere is immediately welcoming. Students and teachers, complete strangers until now, chit-chat freely while complimenting each other�s work throughout the class. Cocktails & Creations has the remarkable ability to break down the normal inhibitions surrounding creative work and allow students to paint completely unconcerned with the outcome.
Or maybe that�s just the wine talking. Cocktails & Creations offers a growing selection of wine and beer at the custom-made bar.
�We�re definitely not listening to classical music and shushing each other,� Nichols said. �We want people to come in here and not feel awkward. If you want to sing and dance while you paint, that�s the way to do it.�
�You can have beer or wine, (but) you can actually do something rather than just sitting in a bar,� first time student Meghan Wells said. �You can actually do something artistic and take something home from it.�
From bike art and pop-art cats to flowing rivers and flowers, Cocktails & Creations� four instructors offer a range of subject matter.
�I like being able to show people something they didn�t know they could do,� Nichols said.
Such was the case for local student John Velasquez, who, though he hadn�t painted since high school, discovered he not only enjoys it, but is actually very good at it. Velasquez eventually became known as the �ringer� of Saturday night�s group.
In the end, however, no one cared whether or not his or her aspen grove could hold up to a C�zanne � it was the experience that counted.
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Jessica whispered, "Are you still there?" Kristin whispered back into the darkness, "I'm here. Sleep now sweetheart."
Kristin sat by the door of the room of the abused girl for hours so she'd feel safe, even though there was a night guard. The abused girl knew Kristin would not allow harm to come to her.
The next night, a tiny might of a girl took the opportunity while Kristin was breaking up a fight with two other girls to grab a belt, sneak into the bathroom, attach the belt around her neck and onto the hook on the back of the door. Kristin ran to the screams of the girl's best friend and then slid under the small space under the stall and ripped the belt from the already blue girl's neck.
Falling into a heap, the girl and Kristin wept together as the girl landed into Kristin's lap. Kristin spent her 24th birthday in the emergency room with the sweet child comforting her and making her promise to never do that again.
The next week, Kristin found herself underneath a bed trying to coax a traumatized girl out. She stayed for hours talking to her throughout the night, comforting her. Other girls begged Kristin to have nighttime prayers with them for it was only then that they slept without nightmares.
As she left for graduate school, she felt as if she betrayed the girls at that facility only to find herself at another one in Virginia. The 3-year-old AIDS child nestled in her neck daily and she was seriously considering adopting the wee one. He had been left on a door step,. He felt safe with her. So did everyone.
There's a "safe haven" when you are with someone so very close to God. It's inexplainable, but "Oh, so sweet." She drove a "dually van" and laughed at her prissy self headed up the "hollers" and the ghettos of Virginia to pick up clients for their therapy sessions. A program was designed for "broken ones" trying to keep them out of detention centers like the one she worked at in West Virginia where a 15-year-old boy picked her up and threw her and her 6-foot, 5-inch bodyguard came to her rescue right before the teen's fist hit her face. She was proud she landed on her feet. If you knew her, you know she rarely did that.
Although she was bruised, bitten and battered, she loved the residents anyway. She took pictures of her wounds and sent them to me laughing. I deleted them instantly as I couldn't bare the sight of my girl in pain. The children adored her and apologized when their rage came upon her, and she loved them unconditionally. She soon became the "training model" for the agency and they even videotaped her working to show new employees.
When she was offered a management position earlier in the year, she did not even hesitant nor ask about compensation. She simply declined, and stated, "that would take me away from the kids."
When Kristin was a baby, I took her into the ghettos of Chattanooga on my hip and worked amongst the kids there after I was widowed. When we moved to West Virginia, she and I took a van route into the "hollers" to pick up bus kids for church on Sunday. We visited the kids all day on Saturdays, bought slushies, had picnics, and made memories working with the "broken ones." She stated over and over this past year how those experiences prepared her for what she was doing with her life for God. However, the student became the teacher as I watched in amazement at my fearless daughter trudging, loving, embracing and tirelessly caring for the broken ones. As most know, before her death, she was preparing to work with human trafficking and going to Thailand in December to pull girls out of that lifestyle, offering them Christ, and a hope for a better and brighter future.
Kristin is gone, but her legacy can live on as we go throughout the day to day grind, looking, noticing, caring, loving and taking the time for the broken ones. Getting involved in lives and investing our lives in the lives of others will bring us peace we've never had before. "Losing our lives for the lives of others" forgetting about the "what's in it for me" mentality, and trudging along, caring for broken ones in our own families and beyond brings a peace and allows God to do through us what I've heard referred to as being " Jesus with skin on."
Kristin's life was one of personal pain that most know nothing about. Without going into detail, she knew what it was to watch abuse, feel helpless, experience abuse, fight for the underdog, and to be an outcast in a place where she should have been enveloped in love and compassion. Her words right before she went to heaven about these events to me: "If I'd never been abused, I would've never felt these kids' pain. If we'd never been an outcast, how could we had known what an outcast felt like?" She was writing a letter of forgiveness to someone who had abused her the week she died. She had no bitterness, she had dealt with that as a teen. She allowed those things that seemed to be against her to be for the furtherance of her way. She allowed God to take the pain, and give her beauty. She was my kid, but honestly, I've never been around anyone who radiated such beauty, love, joy, compassion, and love for her Savior and people as Kristin. I want to be like her when I grow up. May her life not have been in vain, but let us now "love the broken ones" as she did: one person at a time.
The Talley trio came out with a song that depicts her life, and should inspire ours to love the broken ones.
(Kimberly Morgan, is co-founder with husband, Jamie, of "Kristin's Hope," a ministry to aid the broken ones. Also, a counselor at Cornerstone Christian Counseling Center, reopening soon across from the railroad depot in the Bialek office building.)


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Former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Naaman Roosevelt has been invited for a tryout today with the New England Patriots, a source close to Roosevelt told The Buffalo News.
The St. Joe's and University at Buffalo product was one of the final cuts from the Bills following training camp, and has since been working out at the Northtown Center at Amherst.
Roosevelt, who turns 25 on Christmas Eve, went undrafted out of UB in 2010 and was immediately signed by the Bills as a free agent.
In two seasons with the club, Roosevelt had 25 receptions for 396 yards and one touchdown, a 60-yarder in a loss last season to the New York Giants.
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Prep Time 5 minutes |
Cook Time 20 minutes
1 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 cup leeks, washed well, chopped, use both white and green parts
3 cups wateror vegetable broth
3/4 tsp dried dill
1/2 tsp turmeric, optional
1/2 tsp Eden Sea Salt, or to taste
10 ounces frozen spinach, chopped
1 cup Edensoy Extra Originalor Edensoy Unsweetened
1 dash freshly grated nutmegor ground nutmeg
In a soup pot, heat the oil over medium heat and cook the leeks, stirring frequently, until they become limp, about 3 minutes. Add the water or broth, dill, turmeric (if using), salt and bring to a boil. Add the spinach, cover, and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes. Break up the block of spinach with a fork and stir well. Cover and continue cooking until the spinach and leeks are tender, about 5 more minutes. Lower heat and stir in soymilk. Continue cooking until good and hot, but do not boil as the soymilk may curdle. Just before serving, season with a little nutmeg.
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