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Former Vice President Dick Cheney apparently has a selective memory when it comes to Sept. 11. If that's not the case, he must be trying to out-Orwell George Orwell himself. In his classic dystopian novel "1984," Orwell's protagonist Winston Smith lives in a world where war is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength.
In Cheney's world, being caught unawares on Sept. 11, 2001, is insignificant in comparison to being "ready" on subsequent anniversaries.
As members of the US House prepare to hear testimony on the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Cheney does not seem concerned with past mistakes he and former President George W. Bush made, only those made last year by President Barack Obama and his State Department, then headed by Hillary Clinton.
In an exclusive interview with the UK-based Daily Mail, obtained at a Georgetown party celebrating the release of Donald Rumsfeld's new book, Cheney shared his thoughts on Benghazi.
"They should have been ready before anything ever happened," Cheney said. "When we were there, on our watch, we were always ready on 9/11, on the anniversary."
Pay special attention to that last part, "on the anniversary."
Had the Bush administration not let its guard down in the months preceding Sept. 11, 2001, there would be no awful "anniversary" for which to be ready. This is not to insinuate the Bush White House was somehow responsible for the attacks -- not at all. But it is to say Team Bush acted very irresponsibly in the months leading up to that infamous Sept. 11 some 12 years ago.
Bush spent a month on vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, just prior to the 2001 attacks. During that lengthy respite, on Aug. 6, 2001, the president and his inner circle received a briefing paper from the CIA with the straightforward headline, "Bin Laden determined to strike in U.S."
While Bush-Cheney apologists have sought to defend the duo by saying that was more of a historical overview than fresh intelligence, documents not yet made public show this was not the case. Vanity Fair contributing editor and bestselling author Kurt Eichenwald, writing in the Sept. 10, 2012, New York Times, had this to say about the daily intelligence briefings Bush received prior to Aug. 6:
While those documents are still not public, I have read excerpts from many of them, along with other recently declassified records, and come to an inescapable conclusion: the administration's reaction to what Mr. Bush was told in the weeks before that infamous briefing reflected significantly more negligence than has been disclosed. In other words, the Aug. 6 document, for all of the controversy it provoked, is not nearly as shocking as the briefs that came before it.
Eichenwald goes on to write that Bush received direct warnings on multiple occasions about al-Qaida's determination to strike in the United States beginning in the spring of 2001. Yet he and Cheney and the rest of the national security team were unprepared when terrorists struck.
This column is not meant to defend the Obama administration's handling of Benghazi. Four people, including US ambassador Chris Stevens, lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2012, at least in part because the administration did not take precautionary action prior to the anniversary in spite of being told by Stevens and others they needed to do so.
The House hearings ought to help get to the bottom of what happened that day in 2012, but unlike Bush and Cheney when they discussed Sept. 11, 2001, with the 9/11 Commission in an unrecorded, closed-door session without a stenographer present, witnesses will presumably be under oath Wednesday when they give testimony to Rep. Darrel Issa's House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Cameras will be filming, and scribes will have pens and laptops in tow. The whole world will be watching.
Perhaps after the hearings on Sept. 11, 2012, conclude, the House, Senate and American media should follow Eichenwald's lead and take a closer look at the warning signs that were missed in 2001. If the mistakes and a potential cover-up in 2012 are important, then that surely that holds true for 2001 as well. After all, as George Santayana famously told us, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck is remaining coy about reports that Sherri Shepherd and Whoopi Goldberg will be announced as her new co-hosts on The View – but she did give a ringing endorsement of Whoopi.
"I loved working with Whoopi Goldberg," the pregnant Hasselbeck told PEOPLE at Super Saturday in Watermill, N.Y., during a fundraiser for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund over the weekend.
"She is soulful, has a world of experience to bring to the table, and I don't sense any sort of political agenda," she added. "She is so funny, but at the same time, she is one of the most thoughtful people that I've met."
The comments seem to be in direct contrast to Hasselbeck's feelings about Rosie O'Donnell, with whom she famously clashed on political issues before O'Donnell abruptly left the show.
Meanwhile, bump clearly visible, Hasselbeck herself will likely take
maternity leave from the show in a matter of months. "The pregnancy is going
well," she said. "Today, with the heat, I'm sweating. But this is the first
time I've actually felt pregnant. I feel really great. I pay less attention
to the pregnancy the second time around, because I have a daughter, I'm busy
with another child."
Asked if Barbara Walters is also a fan of Goldberg, Hasslebeck told
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Whoopi? She's an amazing person."
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West Indies' Fidel Edwards appeals successfully for the catch behind of India's Virat Kohli to dismiss him for 15 runs. (AP Photo)
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The deadline for the franchise tag has now come and gone — it was Monday at 4 p.m. — and the Patriots have decided not to use the tag for the second straight year.
The #Patriots have announced that there will be no transactions today.
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Four players received the franchise tag, while two others were hit with the transition tag. The following players were tagged:
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Jets kicker Nick Folk ($3.56 million)
Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo ($11.455 million)
Saints tight end Jimmy Graham ($7.035 million)
Panthers defensive lineman Greg Hardy ($13.116 million)
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Steelers outside linebacker Jason Worilds ($9.754 million)
Browns offensive lineman Alex Mack ($10.039 million),
For the Patriots and their free agents, the next step in the process is the negotiating window from March 8-11. That's the opportunity for teams to begin discussions with players who will become free agents later in the month. While dialogue can take place, a contract cannot be executed with a new club until 4 p.m. on March 11.
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The shouts begin in earnest as the thoroughbreds round the last turn.
It is a rainy, chilly Sunday in December -- the last race day of the year at Portland Meadows -- and it's hard to find an open table in the grandstand. The roomy new bar area has been packed solid for an hour, filled with seasoned horseplayers and curious newbies alike. There are packs of guys in fedoras. Families with young children skirt beer-drinking old men on the way to the concession stand.
Right now, it seems, all of them are yelling.
Out on the muddy slop of the track, long-shot Sendipity has recovered from a slow start. The 9-year-old mare is making a play in the final moments of the day's fifth race, and the thronging spectators -- sensing either windfall or defeat -- gesticulate and cheer and curse.
It's for these sounds Portland Meadows has risked its existence.
For the first time in years, the season that ended Dec. 9 saw a sizable influx of new blood at the Delta Park horse track, which opened for racing in September of 1946. Portland Meadows had grown accustomed to drawing big crowds only for high-profile events such as Kentucky Derby day, but full stands were a regular occurrence this past summer. Gone were the days of an empty grandstand on race day.
That was no accident.PORTLAND OFFICER: It began as a request from a 9-1-1 dispatcher that's about as low-key as it gets. A welfare check means a cop swings by a scene to make sure everyone's OK. Last year, police answered more than 18,000 such calls in Portland.
Most were forgettable. Except for one.
Like all people, cops discuss politics, sports and current events when they gather. Eventually, though, their conversations turn to the job and the mysterious world-within-a-world where they work. Stories full of humor, drama and even absurdity spill out.
But given time, the mood changes and they talk about their ghosts.
"You start this job and everything's exciting," said Matt Nilsen, a 41-year-old assigned to the East Precinct. During a typical year, Nilsen, whose father was a cop, handles about 400 calls. During his 18-year career, that adds up to roughly 7,200 calls.
"Nothing fazes you at first," he said, sitting up against a table where officers fill out reports at the end of the shift. "In time, something changes. You learn you have to compartmentalize."
Cops try to forget. But often they can't.IMPRISIONED NIKKEI: Ed Tamiyasu doesn't remember spending his first two years in a crowded barracks, but the experience has marked the ensuing years of his life.
Tamiyasu, now 71, was a toddler when his family left Idaho's Minidoka Relocation Center, where they and 13,000 other Americans of Japanese descent had been held as enemies of the state during World War II.
Their home in Burns had been looted and the Tamiyasus' truck farm had been liquidated, so the family moved to Portland, where his parents found work as hotel managers.
The story of their imprisonment -- and those of hundreds of Japanese American Portlanders who left the city in rail cars bound for detainment camps in Idaho, California, Wyoming and Colorado -- are well known. But their postwar struggles to re-create a home life haven't gotten the same attention.
Historians have recorded postwar accounts from Holocaust survivors and World War II veterans, but recollections from imprisoned Nikkei -- a term for Americans of Japanese descent -- have been left out. A new exhibit at the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center is among several recent efforts to give them a voice before their stories die along with members of their generation.
CHURCH LECTURE SERIES: No sooner had three Sikhs set foot in the century-old sanctuary of St. James Lutheran Church in downtown Portland Sunday, than they were besieged with polite questions.
Are you Hindus?
How old is Sikhism?
Five hundred years.
Are you any relation to Islam?
No; Sikhism is an independent faith.
As the visitors tried to get their bearings, members of their would-be audience couldn't wait to get a few answers.
"I know very little about their faith and practice," says Louise Kohut, nodding toward the Sikhs. The Portland woman has been attending St. James since Thanksgiving and stayed after service Sunday for the lecture. "I believe we're all God's children," she adds.
St. James, a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has sponsored the "Let the Light Shine" lecture series for more than 20 years, offering people the chance to learn about timely ideas and religious traditions. The topic this year is Sikhism.
GRESHAM-FAIRVIEW TRAIL: The city of Gresham needs the public's help to win a $550,000 grant that could help complete the Gresham-Fairview Trail, a north-south bike and pedestrian corridor that will link to other major paths.
The city is competing with other jurisdictions for state-administered money to help cover $670,000 in design and engineering costs to finish a trail that so far has been more than a decade in the making.
"Gresham staff and elected officials can advocate for this project, but support voiced by Gresham residents and others within the region is ultimately what matters," said Katherine Kelly, the city of Gresham's transportation planning manager.
"There are several projects competing for funding, and if this project does not receive strong support within the region, the funds will be allocated for other projects, and we will miss our opportunity to complete this critical link in our bike and pedestrian system."
The trail has community backing, said Carol Rulla, president of the Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations.
JAMES BEARD PLAY: American cooking pioneer and Portland native James Beard believed that it was important for food to taste good and make people happy. If it didn't accomplish either, it would be better to toss a dish out and start all over.
He might have opted to do just that with the undercooked one-man play "I Love to Eat," which opened Friday at Portland Center Stage. The short yet tedious one-act comedy never fully captures Beard's passion for food, leaving the larger-than-life personality more of a melancholy caricature.
Most of the problem rests with playwright James Still's unfocused script, which never establishes a storytelling goal. Instead, it serves up random cooking anecdotes, musings on the etymology of words, numerous one-sided telephone conversations, and asides about the loneliness of being a half-closeted gay man in a less-open era. A couple of moments stop the play cold: an unfunny, drawn-out scene acted against a hand puppet; and a bit of back-and-forth with a stagehand and members of the audience that underscores the story's lack of substance.
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A clean sweep of those four games would ensure another title but Bill Self's Jayhawks must stick to a rather simple blueprint to get it done.


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In her second day on the stand in MacNeill's first-degree murder trial, Willis, 37, whose affair began with him in November 2006 after they met online, calmly admitted to sending suggestive photos of herself to MacNeill, 57, the day after his wife's funeral.
"That's me lying down on a pillow … and me on a mirror exposing my back," Willis said coyly, occasionally smiling, when asked to describe two photos she'd sent. She also stated that, in early July 2007, MacNeill proposed in a restaurant in Wyoming and gave her a 4.5-carat engagement ring worth about $7,000.
Asked by a Utah County prosecutor whether they were serious about getting married, she replied, "I believe so."
A Sinister Marriage DateIn August 2008, MacNeill applied for a military ID for Willis as part of their identity theft scheme to mask her bad credit for which both were convicted in 2009, authorities previously stated.
Although they never officially married, Willis testified, MacNeill listed a fictitious marriage date – April 14, 2007 – on the military ID application. Asked the significance of that date, Willis matter-of-factly stated it was the date of MacNeill's wife's funeral.
Hostile Witness?Before Willis took the stand Tuesday, prosecutors argued her testimony last week showed she was "hostile" and was siding with MacNeill.
"She's out to protect him as much as she can," Prosecutor Sam Pead told the judge, in asking the court permission to ask her leading questions, to which the court agreed.
"Based on their prior relationship, I agree [Willis's] testimony is aligned with the defense," Judge Derek Pullan stated.
Later, under direct questioning, Willis admitted to knowing about MacNeill's wife's planned facelift surgery – the procedure which prosecutors say allowed MacNeill a chance to overmedicate his wife with post-operation drugs before he allegedly drowned her – but denied knowing any other details about her death.
MacNeill's defense attorney Susanne Gustin hinted to the jury that MacNeill never admitted to Willis about an alleged murder plot and reminded them that Willis made a plea deal to testify truthfully in exchange for avoiding more jail time.
In the coming days, a second mistress, Anna Osborne, is expected to testify about MacNeill's alleged confessions of having murdered other people.
The trial is expected to last until mid-November. If convicted of murder, MacNeill could face life in prison.


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Office supplies giant Staples, No. 13 in the Internet Retailer Mobile Commerce Top 300, last year redesigned its app for iPhone and Android. It did so because it thinks ahead as far as possible in the fast-evolving world of mobile commerce. It knew its app had to have the latest features and functions to appease smartphone-owning consumers, who generally have high expectations of anything mobile.
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LINCOLN PARK — The borough has passed a 2010 budget that calls for a 4.5 percent municipal tax hike and one-day furloughs for its police, public works and clerical employees.
The voluntary furloughs will likely be staggered throughout the year at the discretion of the borough's department heads, Mayor David Runfeldt said. Disruptions in public services are not expected, he said.
"We were able to balance out the budget with that," he said of the furloughs. "Everybody buckled down and worked together."
The borough approved a spending plan last week that will increase a local tax bill's municipal portion by almost $122 annually for a home assessed at $364,730.
According to the mayor, the furloughs helped Lincoln Park avoid layoffs. Had no concessions been made, he said, the borough would have had to lay off at least four workers from its two unions, the Police Benevolent Association and the United Service Workers Union.
There are 23 employees with the PBA and 29 with the United Service Workers. Representatives for each union could not be immediately reached for comment.
Lincoln Park plans to spend about $568,000 less than it did in 2009, Runfeldt said, but a reduction in state aid of more than $225,000 had borough officials scrambling to trim the budget even more.
The furloughs will save $15,250 the borough next year, said Kerry Geisler, Lincoln Park's chief financial officer.
Lincoln Park will begin work soon on the 2011 budget, which Runfeldt expects will be even tighter than the one just approved. And that budget could require more concessions from the unions, he said.
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Don't let bladder issues control your life
If you're occasionally unable to control your bladder, you might have urinary incontinence. "Many women choose to stay at home because they fear having an accident," says Steven Bernstein, MD, a urologist and bladder care specialist at the Fairview Center for Bladder Control.
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Over the Thanksgiving holiday, at my Grandpa's request, my family and I decided to go with him to see "The Life of Pi." Although his movie choices have been questionable in the past, we decided to give him another chance and give this movie a try.
"The Life of Pi" is the story of a zookeeper's son, Piscine Molitor Pate, Pi for short. The movie follows Pi's life in flashbacks before and after a shipwreck leaves him stranded on a lifeboat with an orangutan, a hyena, a zebra and a Bengal tiger, who in a mix-up received the name "Richard Parker."
"The Life of Pi" is rated PG for emotional thematic content throughout, and some scary action sequences and peril. Although the rating seems to be just words, I advise you to read it carefully, for this movie does contain some violent scenes involving animals that may be disturbing for younger children.
The film is directed by Ang Lee, who has created some breathtaking nature scenes. Complete with extremely realistic animals and vibrant colors, viewers can get lost in his world, and really feel as if they are there with Pi. By the time the flashbacks end, you forget they are even flashbacks.
At the beginning of the movie, the main character tells an author he will be telling him a story that will make him believe in God. Because of this statement, viewers are waiting for that moment when they will sit back in their chairs and say "Wow!" However, that moment never comes.
Instead, I walked away confused, wondering what the main purpose of the movie was. After sleeping on it and talking about it more with the people I went to see it with, I feel more intrigued by it. I would actually like to see it again, and hopefully this time I will be able to find more meaning behind it.
It looks like it falls under the category of another questionable pick by Papa!
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LAWRENCE — Kevin Baggett figured his Rider men's basketball team would face a motivated Manhattan squad looking to avenge the Broncs' nine-point win earlier this month and a Jaspers squad dead-set on reversing their early season bad fortunes.
What the first-year head coach didn't expect to have to factor into his game plan was that his squad would have a problem differentiating between a zone and a man defense.
"Their zone caused us to struggle," Baggett conceded. "We looked at it as if it was some foreign object. I'm lost for words because when I played and I saw a zone, my eyes lit up because I knew I was going to be able to attack it and shoot it. But this group here, we panicked. It looked like a foreign object to us."
Manhattan made the most out of the Broncs' confusion, opening up an early lead and never relinquishing it in rolling to a 62-51 win tonight at Alumni Gym.
Manhattan shot a scorching 7-of-11 from downtown and Rider struggled from long distance, converting just six of 22 attempts from beyond the arc.
"We were making the extra passes," Manhattan sophomore forward Ryan McCoy, a Montgomery graduate who matched his career-high with eight points, said of the Jaspers' success from long range. "We were really unselfish. We'd pass up a good shot so someone else could get a great shot. It was just really unselfish play."
Down by as many as 10 points, 22-12, midway through the first half, Rider closed out the half with a 14-7 run to pull within a possession, 29-26, at the half.
"I thought that since we were only down three at half that we'd figured out some things and we'd come out with a little more momentum," Baggett said. "The first four points (of the second half) went their way. We started the game with a turnover, we started the half with a turnover. When you do those things it certainly doesn't give you momentum."
But Manhattan converted four of their first five 3-point attempts to open the second half – with McCoy knocking down consecutive treys from each corner – to open up a 15 point lead that proved to be too sizeable for Rider to overcome.
"It's a product of a lot of breakdowns in our press," Baggett said of allowing Manhattan repeated open looks from beyond the arc. "We're supposed to keep the ball out of the middle and that, obviously, did not happen today. Once they got the ball in the middle, they were able to face up and find the open guys like we should be doing. They were able to find Shane Richards (19 points), who, if you leave him open, is going to make them. He's a good shooter; that's what he's out there for and he did a good job today."
Jonathan Thompson led Rider with 20 points on 7 of 9 shooting and Anthony Miles added 10 points for Rider, which, after losing consecutive games, will look to avoid the tailspin it endured when it lost five straight from Dec. 9 to Jan. 4.
"I don't know because it scares the hell out of me to be able to fall back into it," Baggett said of the prospect of another losing streak.
"We have to go in the locker room and look guys in the eyes and see how much they want it. They have to figure it out, too.
"We don't always have the answers as coaches. It comes from the players, too. They have to step up and this group will. I know Manhattan was coming in desperate and they played like it."


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SAN ANTONIO (AP) Chris Bosh scored 23 points, including a game-winning 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds remaining, and the Miami Heat beat the San Antonio Spurs 88-86 on Sunday night with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and sitting out due to injuries. Ray Allen had 14 points, Norris Cole added 13 and Mike Miller 12 for Miami (58-15), which swept the season series with San Antonio (55-18). By earning the head-to-head tiebreaker with San Antonio, the Heat essentially have a four-game cushion with nine remaining for the league's best record and home-court advantage throughout the NBA playoffs.
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Biocentric preservationists, first led by John Muir, advocate saving natural areas for their
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global concerns
When testing a new drug to treat arthritis what method should be used to avoid bias in the data?
double-blind experiments
Of the following statements and questions, which is the best example of deductive reasoning?
If all insects have six legs, then butterflies have six legs.
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Physicians Foundation Provides $700,000 In Grant Funding For Physicians Impacted By Hurricane Sandy
The Physicians Foundation, a nonprofit organization that seeks to advance the work of practicing physicians and help facilitate the delivery of healthcare to patients, is providing $700,000 to assist doctors in New York and New Jersey with their rebuilding efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. The Medical Society of the State of New York and the Medical Society of New Jersey will each receive a $350,000 grant to be distributed to physicians with the most critical need.
"Our goal is to give physicians the resources and support they need to reestablish healthcare delivery in affected areas," said Dr. Alan Plummer, Physicians Foundation board member and chair of the Grants committee. "We feel a responsibility to help physicians in New York and New Jersey who were impacted by Hurricane Sandy rebuild their practices, so they can focus on caring for their patients and providing the best quality medical care available."
The fund was created to alleviate losses to healthcare delivery caused by the storm and mitigate the deterioration of healthcare infrastructure that is essential to New York and New Jersey communities. The grant can be used many ways including relocating or rehabilitating the physicians' medical offices, replacing equipment, rebuilding patient records and payment of temporary operating expenses.
"The impact of Hurricane Sandy is unprecedented in New Jersey and many of our physicians are struggling to rebuild," said Larry Downs, CEO and General Counsel of the Medical Society of New Jersey. "This generous grant will greatly assist doctors hardest hit by the storm so they can continue to meet the healthcare needs of their community."
"Doctors are among the first to respond when a disaster strikes," said Philip Schuh, CPA, Executive Vice President of the Medical Society of the State of New York. "This money will be of great assistance to those who were on the front lines during the storm and we are grateful for this substantial grant provided by the Foundation."
About The Physicians Foundation
The Physicians Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to advance the work of practicing physicians and help facilitate the delivery of healthcare to patients. It pursues its mission through a variety of activities including grantmaking, research, white papers and policy studies. Since 2005, The Foundation has awarded numerous multi-year grants totaling more than $28 million. In addition, The Foundation focuses on the following core areas: physician leadership, physician practice trends, physician shortage issues, and the impact of healthcare reform on physicians and patients. As the healthcare system in America continues to evolve, The Physicians Foundation is steadfast in its determination to strengthen the physician-patient relationship and assist physicians in sustaining their medical practices in today's practice environment. For more information, visit www.PhysiciansFoundation.org.


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AT BIRTH the patent ductus arteriosus has fulfilled its function and should obliterate itself. Various reasons have been presented for its failure to close, but none have been convincing. Why so few ducti remain permanently open seems a more reasonable question. Why should a large endothelium-lined tube between vessels carrying different intraluminal pressures close? Until further evidence is gained all we can do is lamely ascribe the tendency toward spontaneous closure to the fundamental characteristic of the tissue.
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England 287-6
New Zealand 253 all out
England win by 34 runs
New Zealand win the series 2-1
England plundered 76 runs from their last four overs to annul New Zealand's chances of a clean sweep at Trent Bridge in the final one-day international of their three-match series.
A spirited chase for 288 proved a step too far for a New Zealand side aiming for their first clean sweep against a higher-ranked one-day team since the 3-0 drubbing of Australia in 2006-07.
Further history beckoned. New Zealand had won all the games in an ODI series against England only once; in the home series of 1982-83.
"If you strip it right back, we were excellent for 90 per cent of it, but those runs at the end and losing four for 20-odd in the middle order let us down," New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said.
Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler snuffed out most hope. He incited a revival reminiscent of his T20 form earlier in the year at Auckland and Hamilton.
When he came to the wicket at the end of the 46th over ,he obliterated the New Zealand death bowling taking 47 runs off 16 balls with a bat seeming to consist of a 100 per cent sweet spot.
Crouching right in front of his stumps, he was brutal hitting straight, either past the bowler or behind the wicket.
"On ground like this with a player as destructive as Buttler there is no room for error. Any time a batsmen faces 16 balls and wins a man-of-the match you know he's had a reasonable influence on the game," McCullum said.
England captain Alastair Cook marvelled at his wicketkeeper-batsman's reverse sweeping compared to his own more orthodox play.
"I think I played a reverse sweep off a seamer in a one-day game once," Cook reminisced. "You'd have to find it but it is in the footage somewhere. But I'm not sure I can play a slower ball by adjusting, and still [reverse] hitting it over third man."
Buttler combined with Eoin Morgan for a sixth-wicket partnership of 62 off 22 balls. Morgan finished with 49 off 40. Ian Bell anchored the innings with 82, threading the ball effortlessly through stacked offside fields.
At 211-5, New Zealand had England contained on an excellent batting wicket.
New Zealand's best bowler was Mitchell McClenaghan. His overall figures of 3-54 blew out courtesy of his last two overs which went for 31. His final over required 10 balls to compensate for two wides and two no-balls.
Until then, McClenaghan's three spells had resulted in 3-23. In the early spells he continued to fulfil his designated role as captain Brendon McCullum's aggressive weapon hunting for wickets.
Tim Southee returned from his one-match break but bowled erratically (0-65 from nine overs) and misfielded too often. He wasn't alone. The New Zealand fielding swayed from sublime - including two Martin Guptill run outs - to sloppy with misfielding and spilt catches.
With a series won, New Zealand could at least reflect on a batting revival from Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor who will be the subject of much opposition video analysis heading into the Champions Trophy.
Taylor's 71 was his third consecutive ODI half-century and underlined the batting leadership he offers the team. Eventually he was forced to hole out to cow-corner through an alley-oop catch to Tim Bresnan - Steve Finn threw the ball in-field as he toppled over the boundary.
Guptill's contribution was simple. He averaged 330 after being dismissed for the
first time in the series.
The New Zealanders will acknowledge their one-day death bowling needs work and the middle order batting still feels brittle when pressure is applied.
Their innings threatened to unravel at 122-6 in the 25th over but a 53-run, 61-ball seventh-wicket stand between Taylor and Nathan McCullum was reassuring. It gave pep to what was always going to be a tricky chase after England's late batting nous.
Until Taylor anchored the innings, New Zealand suffered from England's problem in the previous two matches where no one could build on a solid start.
Luke Ronchi (22), Martin Guptill (38) and Kane Williamson (19) got starts.
England benefitted from the return of Finn and Stuart Broad to the attack but the spearhead proved to be off-spinner James Tredwell, who filled in for Graeme Swann.
Judging by his ability to attack the stumps and limit width for the New Zealand batsmen he could be a threat on slower wickets in the Champions Trophy. He took the three key wickets of Martin Guptill (bowled between bat and pad), Brendon McCullum (caught behind cutting too close) and Taylor. He finished with figures of three for 51 from nine overs.
For some the match highlight came in the break between innings.
Set the challenge of bowling and hitting three stumps, then two stumps, and finally a single stump in successive balls, Chris Newell held his nerve to complete the task and win 50,000 pounds.
A captivated crowd roared more than at any stage in the match itself.
Yorkshireman Newell said he hadn't played properly for 20 years but felt there was a bit of Fred Trueman lurking in his action.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Take me out to the ball game...
9 comments:
- Ronda Laveen said...
Unless you stay in the game you don't have a chance. Not one single chance. Or, a double chance. Or a chance for a triple or a homer. And in the economics of today, just keeping your business alive to try another day, is as good as getting ahead used to be. I love baseball. And basketball. Football? Not so much.
- March 30, 2009 at 12:47 AM
- Mrsupole said...
I think it says a lot about both teams staying in the game. Either team could have quit playing due to the rain, but they did not give up. The team that won probably felt relief that they won, but at the same time they probably felt bad at how they won. And the team that lost probably felt bad, but at the same time, relief the game was over. Now both teams can move on. Tomorrow is another day. The great thing is that after a few more games, they will forget all about this one. Life goes on. Most of us have a great ability to recover from loss and go from there on to other things. Faith is what gives us this ability. Though faith means different things to different people, it is still faith in something that lets us do this.
Faith in winning the next game keeps the team members coming back to play again. Faith in changing our situation keeps us alive. We should always have faith.
God bless.
- March 30, 2009 at 1:35 AM
- Baino said...
Brian you have to be in it to win it. I love baseball but it's not big in this country. We used to go and watch the Sydney Blues on warm summer nights . .fantastic . .especially for kids . .Adam would get his bat signed by people he didn't even know! When I finally get to the US, it's so on the cards. Clare saw the Nicks play in NY and loved the atmosphere more than the game. As for faith . .I wish I had more or even some! (Love your son's name)
- March 30, 2009 at 3:29 AM
- Daniel said...
Thanks for the reminder. I shall try to keep my head up today.
- March 30, 2009 at 4:13 AM
- Rob said...
Go Flames!
- March 30, 2009 at 5:07 AM
- Dot-Com said...
Sounds like you had a good time! Only ever watched one baseball game - ever. Not a sport we know here :-)
- March 30, 2009 at 12:33 PM
- Marianna said...
Ah sports...concentration, goals, effort, team work.
I guess 'you got to lose to know how to win' (and I am quoting Aerosmith here) but 'dream on' lol
Yes...like life itself lol
Have a great week
- March 30, 2009 at 1:19 PM
- Cinnamon said...
Yup learning to lose and then still staying in the game (of life) is what it's all about :)
Did that make any sense?????
- March 30, 2009 at 2:02 PM
- jake (to the) holla said...
ohhhh LU... my mind needs to fully wrap itself around the fact that i'll be there in the fall haha
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The first Pennsylvania Farm Show was held in 1917, a few years after adult education began at what is now Pennsylvania College of Technology. In January, as the college begins a celebration that will last throughout its 2014 centennial year, those two homegrown successes will again converge in Harrisburg.
Representatives of Penn College's admissions office will be available from Jan. 4 through 11 at a booth in the Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, 2300 N. Cameron St., and visitors will have an opportunity to more deeply explore the college's six academic schools on a cyclical schedule throughout the week.
"The Pennsylvania Farm Show is an exciting opportunity for Penn College to showcase our 100-plus majors to an audience that appreciates associate and bachelor's degrees that offer hands-on experience with industry-focused faculty," said Dennis L. Correll, associate dean for admissions and financial aid. "We are able to demonstrate that our degrees are 'degrees that work' with over 94-percent placement rates at graduation."
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At left, Chef Paul Mach, assistant professor of hospitality management and culinary arts at Pennsylvania College of Technology, and Victoria L. Zablocky, a culinary arts and systems major from Jersey Shore, prepare food at the 2013 Pennsylvania Farm Show.
On Jan. 4, Farm Show patrons can talk with School of Construction & Design Technologies representatives about exciting career opportunities in the construction industry and build souvenir wooden toolboxes.
Also that day, Penn College students - joined by Chef Michael J. Ditchfield, instructor of hospitality management/culinary arts, at 11 a.m. and Chef Paul E. Mach, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts, at 5 p.m. - will demonstrate their considerable techniques on the PA Preferred Culinary Connection stage.
The culinary majors will again be showcased during more live demonstrations with Mach at 11 a.m. and with Ditchfield at 3 p.m. Jan. 5, and will compete in the Student Cooking Challenge at 4 p.m.
The students will be on hand to help all the Culinary Connections chefs prepare and present their demonstrations Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The lineup includes Food Network chef Nadia G. and Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion chef Barry Crumlich, joined by First Lady Susan Corbett.
Also on Jan. 5, the college's School of Transportation and Natural Resources Technologies will offer demonstrations and hands-on activities throughout the day for those interested in the automotive industry, restoration of vintage vehicles and collision repair. Automotive faculty will discuss fuel-cell technology and demonstrate model fuel-cell-powered vehicles, and visitors can learn the art of pinstriping.
The School of Business & Hospitality will take its turn at the college's booth on Jan. 6, as students enrolled in culinary and baking and pastry arts will display their food-preparation and decorating skills. Students and Mach will return to the PA Preferred Culinary Connection on-stage kitchen for another demonstration at 5 p.m.
The "great outdoors" side of careers within the School of Transportation and Natural Resources Technologies will be highlighted on Jan. 7. Farm Show visitors can view a mockup of a hydroculture system and see the crops being grown in the Schneebeli Earth Science Center's hydroponic lab. Faculty and staff will be on hand to discuss horticulture and forestry majors, as well as offerings in diesel, heavy construction equipment and on-site power generation.
The School of Health Sciences takes its turn on Jan. 8, providing a hands-on look at why Penn College graduates are in high demand. From 9 a.m. to noon, guests can meet surgical technology faculty and - through a simulated appendectomy or laparotomy - experience the skills needed to perform in the operating room.
From noon to 5 p.m. that day, visitors can learn about improving patient care and increasing efficiency across the health care system with a degree in health information.
An interactive quiz on medical terminology will help spotlight a major that combines health care education with technology training to prepare students for one of the fastest-growing occupations in the country.
On Jan. 9, those visiting the School of Industrial, Computing and Engineering Technologies display can learn how to design everyday household items with computer aided drafting software.
The School of Sciences, Humanities and Visual Communications will share information on its various majors throughout Jan. 10. Guests at the college's booth that day can learn hands-on ceramics skills, exploring how potters create the bowls, cups and plates that we use each day.
On Jan. 11, the School of Industrial, Computing and Engineering Technologies will return to introduce visitors to the world of welding through a virtual training module that provides a realistic welding experience through both visual and audio feedback.
For more detailed information about Penn College's 2014 Pennsylvania Farm Show participation, visit www.farm show.state.pa.us/.


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Scarface, "Remember Those Days" [Behind-the-Story of XXL's July/August Feature]
Breaking Down Scarface's Catalog:
So at first he played me a few records from his new album Rooted that's coming out later this year. The records were great. Like he's keeping it real close to him, he's not really letting people hear it. Then we started going into The Untouchable and right in the middle we would talk about a particular song, and he'd be like, "Yo, play that, play that." And he would break into the rhyme. He was really on point. So when I'd read certain lyrics, he would make sure that I knew what the right lyrics were. 'Face is definitely a lot sharper than people realize.
I went through the tracks I knew he would have stories behind. For example, I had "Mary Jane" from The Untouchable record. I listened to it and the funny thing is I never noticed until I listened to it—I'm like, "Hold up, this is that Ashanti joint that goes, 'baby, baby, baby.'" So I knew I had a story right there 'cause I need to ask him about that sample that they used for Ashanti to the extent that Ashanti's ad-libs were the same as Scarface, even in the beginning. Like "I don't remember feeling like this," she took that from 'Face, too. I ended up having a story about how Mary J wanted that record and they never cleared it, but they cleared it for Irv Gotti. I went through all the singles, so I knew there would be a story behind that as far as the label. For example, The Fix, they only came out with one video officially, "My Block." And I remember them saying they'd come out with "Someday" and it never came out. Obviously, now it's the age of the Internet, so "Someday" ended up on YouTube and he gave me the whole story behind that and how J Prince was like, "Yo, you don't want to put that out. That's not your brand, that's not you."
Artists, I think—it's funny to me when I hear artists talk about how they don't like talking about their old stuff, 'cause I find a lot of artists love doing it especially when the writer is knowledgeable. They can pick up on the fact that you're a fan and can appreciate that. So [Scarface] wasn't really hesitant at all—and we talked about the new stuff also.
"The only muthufucka that might be able to fuck with my catalog is maybe Prince. Everybody else is trash."
That was random. I can't take credit for that quote 'cause he was starting to say that The Untouchable was basically about him taking his craft seriously and then he just went off like, "I'm the greatest of all time." And the funny thing about that is at first when he said it I was looking at him like, "Okay…" And out of nowhere he's like, "Prince might be able to get me." And I'm like, "Hold up, you're talking all genres?' And he was said, "Yes!"
One thing that we did do—and I don't remember how it came about—but we started talking about Michael [Jackson]. I think it was back in June, so we started talking about the fact that Michael Jackson has been gone for almost three years. So we started listening to old Michael Jackson joints, and by the third joint he was like, "Shit, Mike got me, too." [Laughs.] That was dope.
Calling Out All Artists:
The ill thing that didn't make the piece—another thing that he did while we were talking is how he'd get on the phone. So we started talking about Beanie Sigel, and he starts telling me about records that he never put out from The Fix. He's like, "I got a record with Clark Kent," and out of nowhere he calls Clark Kent and puts him on speaker phone so I can hear, and he's like, "Yo, you still got that record we did?" Clark Kent then goes, "I got to check, I got to check." And then they start talking about Beanie. Both of them are like, "Yo, is he in jail?" "Nah, I don't know. Try him." And [Scarface] calls Beanie right after, he never picked up. And out of the blue, he got a call from 2 Chainz. I don't even know if I'm supposed to say that, but he got a call from 2 Chainz about trying to get 'Face on his album. And that night, 'Face was like, "He's been asking me for that verse for a minute, I got to do it tonight."
One thing he was talking about Tupac and MC Breed. I remember he was showing me his phone and how he never deleted [MC Breed's] number after he died. And we're talking about a guy that died long before iPhones. You know, 'Face got an iPhone, so that means he had to transfer his shit and he kept that number.


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After what seems like an age I've finally completed Yoshi's Island - I started playing it in December! The joys of parenthood and not having any game time. I have to say that overall I was fairly disappointed, I didn't enjoy the game half as much as I did the original Super Mario World which still remains one of my favourite games. There were some fun moments in the game, but I do wonder if my experience was clouded by playing the game on an emulator on my phone (an Xperia Play) - I have a full gamepad etc. but there were a few moments of slowdown, caused by the lack of a Super FX chip I assume.
I think my next SNES game will be Secret of Mana, although I'll have a look again and see what other classics I haven't played yet. Currently I'm playing the Android version of Another World, another game which I didn't get to play at the time.
I'm still going with Zelda: Skyward Sword, although I'm now on the penultimate boss fight - I was halfway through it once before but had to go out and couldn't save it which was quite annoying. Once I'm done with Zelda I might play through the campaign for Modern Warfare 3, which I've had for half a year now without opening!


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I goofed around this winter and let my hair (what I have left of it) and beard (pretty scraggly at best) (both totally gray) grow to lengths they haven't been in decades, perhaps all my life.
As the weather began to warm up, I began to tire of my hirsute appearance.
But, before I trimmed both beard and hair for the upcoming spring, I decided to have a little photo fun with friends and family. First, I got my hair frizzy with static electricity and "froze" it into place with some of lo' Nevah's hair spray, fluffed up my beard as best it would, and had ol' Nevah take a picture of me with the "maddest" look on my face that I could muster up.
The result? I looked like a complete deranged, madman in the photo. Then I sent it to my kids and grandkids with the caption: "Grandma burnt the toast — AGAIN!" Then I sent it to a select group of my close friends with the caption: "The government is gonna do WHAT to the 2nd Amendment?"
I figger when that photo ends up in the eyes of Big Brother, I can expect a visit soon or at the very least add a few computer bytes to my NSA digital file (I'm assuming it's capturing my e-mails like everyone else's).
The next day I trimmed my beard close and got a nice haircut. So, I look as close to normal now as I ever will ... and I'm ready for spring.
Speaking of spring, last Saturday the temperature got into the mid-70s, and my friend ol' Mocephus and I got stir crazy and decided to go fishing, even though the ice had barely melted from the Flint Hills ponds.
Imagine our surprise, when the foot-long bass were biting like crazy on plastic curly-tailed lures and we ended up with 42 bass on our stringer. Then, we did a natural resource conservation thing and restocked a friend's pond that had suffered a bass, channel catfish, bluegill, and crappie kill during last summer and left the pond with only an abundance of green sunfish. The carefree life of those sunfish abruptly ended, I'll bet.
Here's my response to items in the news recently: Topic: Wasted food. I read that an immense percentage of the world's food is wasted — either in storage, aging itself from grocery stores, or thrown into the garbage uneaten from the plates of the world's overfed folks.
Here's a suggestion that's too simple to ever work. I think the world's advanced nations should make an effort to recycle uneaten food into pet or poultry food. I've never seen anything that a dog or a chicken won't eat raw, so if all that waste food, bones and all, were collected, ground up, cooked and pelleted, we'd recycle our waste food to good purpose. Plus, it would create some new jobs — probably even for some new government food inspectors.
Russia's illegal takeover of Crimea by simply marching it's troops into that part of Ukraine and declaring it's theirs: My thought: The world has lost much of the collective wisdom it gained about despots during World War II and that "dialoging" with them never works. Vladimir Putin certainly lost his chance to be a world leader for peace and has revealed himself as a dangerous despot that the world better keep in check.
Talking about peace, I wonder how much better off the world would be if all the money spent on arms and armies (in the last century and this one) could have been put to peaceful uses. I have no idea about the correct answer, but I'd bet every person in the world would have a livable home, clean water, sanitation services, modern utilities and transportation, a good education, and plenty to eat. It all stems from the powerful wanting dominion over the powerless.
However, since we will never have a utopian world, I figger I'm lucky to live in a powerful nation — even though it seems to be getting less powerful by the day.
The disappearance of the Malaysian jetliner: My thought: We may never know what really happened, but you can bet I'll never intentionally fly on a Third World airline.
The Keystone Pipeline: My thought: It should be built if the oil companies agree to use the energy produced in the U.S. and Canada. Furthermore, we might consider the wisdom of running a huge parallel water pipeline to bring flood water from the north country and use it to help recharge the rapidly declining Oglala Aquifer. Sound farfetched? So did going to the moon.
Black holes in outer space: I read in the National Geographic magazine about new findings and theories about black holes in space with such unimaginable gravitational pull that light can't escape them. I read that theoretical physicists believe all the mass and matter in the entire universe was once pulled together into a infinitely condensed piece of solid material no larger than the period at the end of this sentence — and that it exploded in the "Big Bang" and created our universe. My thought: I always figgered the black hole of politics was the most vacuous in the universe.
I'll close with a wise quote from Albert Einstein about the universe: He said, "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Have a good 'un. ❖


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Lewis Takes Over Top Spot from Thompson at Navistar LPGA Classic
Stacy Lewis has supplanted Lexi Thompson atop the leaderboard in the Navistar LPGA Classic. The $1.3 million event began Thursday on the Senator Course at Capitol Hill, a part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, in Prattville, Ala.
Lewis carded a seven-birdie 65 Saturday to reach 15-under 201, two shots ahead of Angela Stanford (68) and three clear of Lizette Salas (70). South Koreans Haeji Kang (67) and Mi Jung Hur (72) share fourth at 205, while another stroke back are Australian Sarah Jane Smith (68), Korean Hee Young Park (72) and Thompson (74).
"I knew going into today I needed to make birdies, just the way the scores had been all day," said Lewis. "I wasn't happy with the way I played the back nine yesterday. Putts weren't going in. They were going to the edge and not going in, so I worked on some basics yesterday."
After starting with a 63 and 69 to lead each of the first two rounds of the 72-hole tournament, Thompson - the defending champion - struggled in the third round. The 17-year-old from Coral Springs, Fla., went out with a bogey and eight pars to make the turn in 1-over 36, then on the home half posted two birdies, a bogey and a double-bogey on the par-4 12th.
"I just struggled a little bit," Thompson told reporters. "I'm definitely not out of it. I shot 63 the first day, so if I have a round like that, I can be in contention. I'm just going to go out and free-swing and try to make birdies. Hopefully, a few more putts drop."
Tied for sixth at 207 are Spain's Beatriz Recari (66), Korean So Yeon Ryu (69) and Americans Nicole Castrale (70), Vicky Hurst (70), Jennifer Johnson (71), Sydnee Michaels (72) and Dori Carter (73).
Five players - including Natalie Gulbis (72) - are tied for 16th at 208.
No. 1-ranked Yani Tseng carded her second straight 70 to get a share of 33rd at 5-under 211. Michelle Wie missed Friday's cut of 143 after posting a 71 and 73.
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Sure, we won. Sure, bounces and penalties and circumstances help the lesser playing team win a hockey game some nights.
But, I'll be damned if the rank and file Pens fans in the bar and the ones that streamed in coming from the game all had a voice of domination and Pens solid play etc etc etc. I sipped my beer silently and thought; christ all mighty, we better play more solid hockey in the next few games or we'll be watching the red and white hoist the hardware again. Three fans in the slot by Zetterberg and Franzen away from being a 5-2 hockey game; I saw it.
Then today, I visit this forum to see what the faithful Wingnuts are saying and I see threads about Cooke and Orpik and dirty play etc etc etc and I sipped my coffee and silently thought "When Krommie does it the Pens fans say the same thing".
It is all about perspective. Hockey fans have zero perspective and fine honed in homer feelings. And I love them. Sit in a bar and listen during the next game; you'll hear the worst hockey color commentary from the gin soaked louts to the right and left.
I love hockey fans.
I read twitterings of Bettman's hands on the game and his orchestrating a ratings series and I laugh. I wonder why he didn't give the Pens game 1 to make it real interesting. I wonder how he moves the post to deflect shots when he needs it too. I wonder how he knows that the 4 or 5 power plays he allowed the refs to call in each game would be enough to keep his master plan on track.
I love hockey fans. I do.
Heres to a great game 4, 5 and hopefully 6 or 7. I'll love every comment, off-based ranting diatribe, sickening me-focused screed and every bashing, tongue lashing and intra-hockey-fan-forum fight.
And my sphincter will buckle everytime I see a huge mule in the crease untouched and a sharp shooter in red left open at the point while my team in black stand dizzily watching. I'll sip my beer and wonder why in God's name someone doesn't d-up the point man and chuck the crease squatter.
I love hockey fans. I love hockey. I do.
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On Thursday, Hostess told workers to cross the picket lines and get back to work, or the company will go out of business Friday. More than 120 bakers at the Sacramento plant have been on strike since last week. Read full story.
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Hope it doesn't spoil your holiday season to hear that the man who gave us A Christmas Carol and a string of other classics was secretive, complicated and capable of insensitivity. This multilayered three-hour profile reveals a Charles Dickens who built a bedroom wall between himself and the wife he'd grown sick of.
Except for writer-narrator Peter Ackroyd, a novelist and Dickens biographer, this unconventional documentary dispenses with the usual on-camera experts. Instead we have a talented cast of actors—including Anton Lesser as Dickens, Miriam Margolyes as his abandoned wife, Catherine, and Natasha Little as his mistress Ellen Ternan—speaking to an unseen interviewer. The characters come alive, and their emotional wounds seem fresh. But you may grow uneasy with Ackroyd's intense interest in Dickens's extramarital activities. It's as if he were a gumshoe hired by Mrs. D. to get the goods.


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The question has lingered over the Washington Capitals for weeks, and with two games remaining before the playoffs, Coach Bruce Boudreau still hasnt named which goaltender will start Game 1 of the quarterfinals.
I havent discussed anything with anybody, Boudreau said.
Im still evaluating.
Nothing has been etched in stone.
The prevailing sentiment around the league is that Boudreau hasnt committed to either José Theodore or Semyon Varlamov because he believes that its possible, if not likely, the Capitals could need both in their quest for the franchises first Stanley Cup.
While thats not the conventional approach, its not unprecedented in recent NHL history, either.
Three of the past four champions, in fact, started the playoffs with one goaltender and switched to another en route to the Cup.
Goaltending-by-committee is also consistent with Boudreaus longstanding philosophy of riding the hot netminder and the pattern he has established over the past two months.
Neither Theodore nor Varlamov have received more than two consecutive starts since Varlamov returned from groin muscle and knee injuries in mid-February.
I took out Roberto Luongo in [the American Hockey League playoffs] when he wasnt getting the job done, said Boudreau, who coached Luongo in the New York Islanders organization.
This is right after he just won a series single-handedly.
While statistics suggest the job should belong to Theodore, who is 19-0-3 in his last 22 decisions compared with Varlamovs 3-3-3 record since coming off injured reserve, the fact that Boudreau hasnt come out and named him the starter has raised eyebrows, particularly because the coach replaced Theodore one game into last years playoff run with an untested Varlamov.
The last couple of months Ive been pretty consistent, Theodore said.
So theres not much more I can do.
Kevin Weekes, a former NHL goalie who now works as an analyst for NHL Network, said that even if Boudreau has made up his mind, by not announcing it publicly, hes creating an unnecessary controversy.
I like Bruce Boudreau, hes done a great job turning that franchise around, Weekes said.
But its creating an unnecessary controversy that doesnt need to be there because, whichever way they go, they are operating from a position of strength.
That could be interesting. Can anyone remember the last time a team rotated goaltenders through the playoffs? It seems pretty unconventional.


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The NFL playoffs is the perfect showcase for the underrated player.
Unfortunately, the underrated players on bad teams continue to not see the publicity they deserve. But instead of lamenting their fates we'll examine the talent across the league that has a chance to take things up a notch this winter.
The underrated players who could potentially guide teams on a Super Bowl run aren't necessarily players invisible to the casual fan. A few of the following 10 players have already started breaking out this season. Those that qualify just have both the talent and opportunity to rapidly raise their current profile.
Since the playoffs still must wait on the final two weeks of the regular season, I left out fringe squads that could as easily make or miss the postseason. Sorry to those teams and fanbases, but this article would become so very dated by including guys who might not even advance to the playoffs. I chose from the eight playoffs locks and near-locks: Denver Broncos, New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers and Carolina Panthers.
Patriots DE Chandler Jones: Jones closes out his second regular season as the Patriots' best pass rusher but not exactly the dominant force this team has needed near the edge. The defensive end ranks fourth in sacks with 11.5 but is really New England's only threat to consistently bring down the quarterback. When he's not dominating opposing offensive tackles this defense is in trouble. Jones has been heating up over the past five games recording 14 of his 31 quarterback hurries on the season while impressing even more against the run game.
Colts CB Vontae Davis: Davis can be so filthy good sometimes and then a week later just terrible. When it comes to cornerbacks who could make it shutdown run in the playoffs, the proven upside CBs come to mind. We saw Davis shutdown Demaryius Thomas when Indy ruined Denver's perfect season. He stifled Andre Johnson in Week 15, limiting him to two catches for nine yards on five targets into Davis' coverage. If Davis strings together four games at this level and Darius Butler plays to his potential Indy would have the best cornerback tandem in the postseason. In a pass-happy NFL, this is crucial.
Broncos RB Montee Ball: Ball has made his share of follies at the pro level, be it fumbles or drops on swing routes and screens. Just some silly bad-concentration plays. But the talent is there and is why Peyton Manning keeps going back to him. Knowshon Moreno shined in the middle portions of the season and now Ball has caught up to him in snap count. The fresher rookie back should eat even more into Moreno's carry total, after averaging more than 11 carries and 5 yards per carry from weeks 12-14.
Chiefs QB Alex Smith: It feels weird to call Alex Smith overrated considering he's been extremely overrated for most of his career. Afraid to take many chances with the Niners and for the first half of this season with the Chiefs, it seemed fair to assume Smith's conservative approach would limit KC in the long run. Well, the 2005 No. 1 overall pick has cut loose since the start of November and reminded everyone that, oh yeah, Andy Reid is quarterback wizard. Andy Reid actually injected huge value into A.J. Feeley and Kevin Kolb. Smith has looked like a whole new quarterback since the bye week at the start of November, recording three of his four biggest passing games and his three highest quarterback ratings.
Seahawks CB Byron Maxwell: The indefinite suspension of Brandon Browner left a major question into the Seahawks secondary, which shifts to sub-packages very little. It's not often you find a 6-4 corner who can run with NFL receivers. Pete Carroll instantly inflated Maxwell's snap totals in that CB2 role and the instant returns are encouraging. The 2011 sixth-rounder had never played more than half the team's defensive snaps until Week 10, and now has taken every defensive snap over the past couple weeks. In Week 15, Victor Cruz could not haul in any of the three passes to him in Maxwell's coverage. Meanwhile, Richard Sherman's locking down another hapless receiver.
Panthers OLB Thomas Davis: Luke Kuechly became the household name last year but Thomas Davis has earned more recognition in 2013. Kuechly struggled in the Panthers primetime showdowns with New England and New Orleans, constantly trailing the opposing target yet Davis has been the one blanketing or throttling them before reaching the markers. Where's his Defensive Player of the Year consideration? Like Kuechly, Davis was a mid-first round draft selection. However, this was in the way-back before injury plagued nears buried his name from the public conscience. Now he truly represents the Carolina defense's swarming mentality. Davis currently ranks third among 4-3 outside linebackers in Pro Football Focus' coverage grade.
49ers CB Tramaine Brock: On a healthy 359 coverage snaps, Brock has quietly ranked in the top 10 cornerbacks for lowest passer rating into his coverage. Starting cornerback Tarell Brown's injury has allowed Brock to start the past four games. However, even when Brown gets back to 100 percent Vic Fangio's defense should feature a heavy dose of Brock as before. Brock greased the slopes to Matt Schaub's benching with a pick-six back in Week 5, whatever role in the Niners secondary he fills this postseason, could also ball-hawk his way to ending a team's season this winter.
Saints WR Kenny Stills: Stills got on Drew Brees' good side by hauling a miraculous catch in the end zone that pulled New Orleans ahead in New England late back in Week 6. That trust carried through in the following weeks and Stills racked up 129 yards and two touchdowns in the very next game. Stills' numbers may have fizzled out in recent contests with Robert Meachem getting back into the fold but no one on the team can touch his vertical threat. Sean Payton must know this, and I can imagine Stills ripping the top off opposing defenses again this postseason. Out of the top 10 receivers in yards per catch, Stills has by far the largest percentage of targets caught at 70.7 percent.


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Maybe not that far but if memory serves, when you take the US oath you must renounce your former country's citizenship. I am not sure Canada recognizes this renunciation. Some countries, like Poland IIRC, don't recognize it and require a person to travel to that country under the original passport.
Holland will still be Canadian, too, with dual citizenship
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I'm surprised at everyone jumping on Resistance considering how nearly every review site panned the hell out of it.
Yeah, but as some people noted, some people just have money to spend. That and not everyone cares about reviews. $10 isn't too bad to take a chance on a game you might enjoy.
An example I can think of is the game Bladestorm. It got fairly mediocre scores from sites I read from and I played the hell out of that game. Put in more than 80 hours. An experience I could have missed if I just listened to reviews.
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