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Sniper: Ghost Warrior has PS3 gamers in its sights this week, while the Plants and Zombies continue their battle on Nintendo DS and The First Templar fuses ancient history and co-operative action on Xbox 360
Title: Plants Vs Zombies
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Action/Strategy
Price: £24.99
A rip-roaring success on pretty much every other system it's appeared on, now you can zap zombies on the go on the DS! For the uninitiated, you must defend your abode against a zombie onslaught, using a crazy collection of garden goodies to bat back the seemingly endless waves of enemies. From frozen peas to super-hot jalapenos, the mix of weaponry is brilliant and it brings a deep tactical element to gameplay, particularly as the different skills of the zombies ramps up after the early levels. There are also a host of mini-games, a Versus mode, and the create-your-own Zombatar feature, all of which provides probably the most powerful, portable way to play this award-winning game.
Title: The First Templar
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Price: £44.99
Where Ezio and the Assassin's Creed Brotherhood amassed huge acclaim in Renaissance Rome, here The First Templar flings action gamers with a historical hankering full-length into 13th century Europe. The game follows the story of a French Templar and his companion, a noble lady who has been proclaimed a heretic, as you struggle to uncover the mysteries behind the Templar Order and discover the secret of the Holy Grail. Featuring authentic historical locations, The First Templar provides gamers with an immersive RPG-action experience that places strong emphasis not only on character skills development but also co-operative gameplay, really flourishing when pals get into the game world together to complete the wide variety of missions on offer.
Title: Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Price: £39.99
The title of this game should be enough to explain what's expected of you here. Find a vantage point, set your sights and pick off the enemies with ultimate precision. And when this is what you're actually doing during this all-action military adventure, you'll have an absolute blast. However, when you're in the 'run-and-gun' or stealth passages of play that break up the more testing target practice, Ghost Warrior falls a little flat, particularly against the obvious Call Of Duty comparisons that will be made. It looks perfectly good, and the level of detail when sniping - from controlling your breathing to the wide range of hi-tech super-sights - shows that this level of love and attention will reap rewards in game development. It's just a shame that the rest of it didn't benefit from quite the same polish.
Title: Gears
Platform: iPhone
Genre: Action
Price: £0.59
Ah, the top-down tilting genre has been served well on iPhone, from traditional Labyrinth titles to Super Monkey Ball. Gears feels reminiscent of the latter, as you guide your golden ball through a host of beautifully designed levels, which show off some of the best 3D graphics you'll have seen on Apple's handset. The odd sci-fi storyline provides a slightly out-there narrative to keep you interested, but it's the pursuit of perfection on each level - collecting every token and smashing your best posted times - that will keep you coming back for more. The game physics work really well, and present an unforgiving yet rewarding challenge; just don't get distracted by those gorgeous graphics!
Title: Percepto
Platform: iPhone
Genre: Puzzle
Price: £1.19
At first glance, Percepto looks like one of those basic airplane safety instruction cards and, with your main aim to get your stick-man quickly to the nearest exit, the comparisons continue. However, tap the iPhone's touch-screen to switch from 2D to 3D and you'll quickly discover that Percepto's basic graphical looks are backed up by a fiendish flurry of puzzles that bend the laws of physics and perspective. As always, a gentle tutorial start quickly escalates into a series of full blown brain benders, with transporter cubes, staircases and traditional blocking obstacles all presenting a hypnotic gaming experience that challenges gamers' speed of thought, touch-screen dexterity and tactical planning. Perfect for the iPhone platform, Percepto is a prime example of portable puzzling.
Following the worrying revelations around the PlayStation Network breach of security over the Easter period, Sony has now revealed the steps it will be taking to restore the online gaming service back to its original state - including increased security measures.
A number of key features such as online multiplayer, account management, chat and PlayStation Home are due to be back in business early this month, while a statement from Sony on May 1 explained that close working with external security firms has led to the implementation of significant security measures that will not only provide consumers with greater protection of their personal information but also enhance the network's ability to detect any future software intrusions or unusual activity patterns.
In the charts this week, the brilliant Portal 2 held onto top spot for another week, with Mortal Kombat also standing firm at two. In a quiet week for new entries, Just Dance 2 was the only title to re-enter the top 10, climbing five places from 15 to 10.
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Never heard this before but Mac was a good fighter with a hell of a punch, I think the footage I've seen of them sparring shown Liston beating him around the ring though.
Even though Liston had a very solid chin it's possible with Mac's punch, doubt it though.
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The story had enough credence to be reported at the time. Obviously we'll never know for sure if it happened, though Liston was well long in the tooth by then and was KO'd for real by Leotis Martin a while later, so it's possible.
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Ashley Thompson and Brad Schroth, both of Bowling Green, announce their engagement.
The bride-to-be, the daughter of Traci Wilson and Scott Thompson, both of Fostoria, is a 2005 graduate of Fostoria High School. She is pursuing a degree in nursing at Owens Community College and is employed at Promedica Health Systems.
The future groom is the son of Bob and Tina Schroth of Fostoria and is a 2005 graduate of Fostoria High School. He received a bachelor's degree in management information systems from Bowling Green State University. He works as an information technology analyst at Owens-Illinois.
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LaTeX for the Slightly Timid
I admit it. LaTeX was not my first choice for a text formatter. I was pressured into using LaTeX by my (then) fiancé, and the fact that at the end of the semester, all the IBM PCs and the Macs were being used 24 hours a day, while the Unix terminals were almost totally free. Also, I had to reboot from Linux into DOS every time I wanted to use one of my favorite word processing programs on my fiancé's computer, which was no fun. So, armed with a topology assignment I wanted to type, I started to learn LaTeX.
Even after the first week or so of using LaTeX, it was not my favorite program. It wasn't a word processor or an editor—it was something new to me. I didn't see the italics or the underlining or my math equations on the screen as I entered or edited my papers. After a while, though, I got used to the rules, and my papers looked so beautiful that I fell in love with LaTeX. I am not a LaTeX or TeX (LaTeX is based on TeX) guru—it is all I can do to remember how to start a document. But the freedom and power of LaTeX make it well worth the initial time investment to learn it, and if you are doing ordinary everyday writing, LaTeX is not terribly difficult to use.
There are a few major differences between LaTeX and your favorite word processor. It is not WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) or WYSLRN (what you see looks really neat—bold is bold, italic is italic, but new lines and page breaks aren't necessarily where they will be when the document is printed). With LaTeX, what you see is what LaTeX sees, and you type in the exact commands that you want LaTeX to use. This means that WYSLRU (what you see looks really ugly) while you are entering your text. [There are so-called front ends to LaTeX that are almost WYSIWYG. Linux Journal will probably contain articles on those in later issues, because they can make it much easier for you to use LaTeX—ED] However, because what you see is exactly what LaTeX sees, if something in your document output doesn't look right, you can perhaps find it and fix it more easily than you could with a word processor.
Another difference is that when it comes to formatting decisions, LaTeX will handle the details if you handle the general idea. For example, if you want your footnotes labeled with letters instead of numbers, or the numbering of footnotes to begin at 1 on every page, or some other labeling scheme, you need only instruct LaTeX once at the beginning of your document. If you change your mind, you don't need to change all your footnotes—just change the instructions at the beginning, and LaTeX will handle the rest.
The last difference is that there is no standard user interface for LaTeX; you can use whatever text editor you want. I use Emacs, but any Emacs clone, or vi or another editor which uses plain text, will work. Because you can use any editor, starting an article or paper is a little more complex than in a word processor. You need to tell LaTeX the type of document you are creating, normally a "book", "article", "report", or "letter". Any book on LaTeX will explain the specific differences between the document types; their names should give a good idea of what they are for.
Having told LaTeX which type of document you are doing, it figures out the page formatting and the special options needed throughout the document. I will use the "letter" document style to demonstrate the basics of typing documents in LaTeX, as well as the power of LaTeX to make documents easy to format and beautiful.
To begin any document, after starting your editor you need to place a preamble at the start of the file, of the form:
A few things need to be noted about this preamble. First, the backslash. LaTeX uses the backslash before most commands, so you should get familiar with its location on your keyboard. The brackets contain options that change something less drastic than the document style. For instance, you can change the type size from 10 point to 11 or 12 point, set the entire document in two columns, or use other more advanced options. The braces hold the name of the document type: usually article or letter. The braces and their contents are required.
Since we are writing a letter, we will start out with:
All documents need \begin{document} at the beginning (preceded, of course, by the documentstyle command and, often, by other more advanced commands) and end{document} at the end.
Letters are unique among the styles. You may want to write several letters in the same file, reusing the same return address and signature. LaTeX allows you to do this by stating the address and signature before the \begin{document} statement. Then, each letter is begun with \begin{letter} and ended with end{letter}. After all your letters, put end{document} to end the document.
The format of the address and signature commands are similar and something you will become very familiar with in LaTeX. Type the command, followed by the argument (for these commands, your address and your name and title) in braces:
address{Linux Journal\\P.O. Box 85867\\ Seattle, WA 98145—1867} signature{Kim Johnson\\Chief Bottle Washer}
Notice the double backslashes; these are added to force a new line—simply pressing return will not work, as I explain later.
Now, begin your first letter:
\begin{document} \begin{letter}{Aunt Jane\\ St. Mary Mead\\England}
The argument in the second set of braces is the address of the recipient of the letter. Note the recurring double backslashes and the tendency to put arguments in braces to set them apart. You may want to add an end{letter} at this point and then type the rest of the letter between the \begin and end—it saves a lot of time debugging later.
The other options are mostly self-explanatory from the example letter.
opening{Dearest Aunt Jane,} This is a very short letter. closing{With love,} cc{Hercule Poirot\\Tuppence} encl ps{P.S. This is a postscript.} end{letter} end{document}
Your name is added underneath the closing of the letter from the signature command that was used before the \begin{letter}, as shown in Figure 1.
It would be possible to arrange this letter on the page "by hand" on most word processors, and even on LaTeX, but the point is LaTeX does the formatting and you do the writing. The other document styles do not format quite so aggressively, but they do allow you to add your title and dedications without having to worry about getting everything centered and on the correct page.
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Why Va. Republican Lt. Governor Candidate Doesn't Believe In Evolution: Monkeys Can't Talk
"It is amazing the length to which people will go to prove what is so palpably false."
The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Virginia, E. W. Jackson, wrote in his book Ten Commandments to an Extraordinary Life that he doesn't believe in evolution because animals don't have the ability to write or talk. Jackson wrote the book in 2008 in his capacity as minister before his failed bid for Republicans nomination for Senate in the 2012 or his current race.
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Scientist have made much of the fact that chimpanzees have been trained to use sign language. They take this as proof that primates are our ancestors because they, like us, have "language capacity." It is amazing the length to which people will go to prove what is so palpably false. The ability to make sounds which serve to communicate the simplest to most complex ideas is an astounding thing, almost supernatural in itself. Equally remarkable is the ability to reduce those sounds to written symbols universally understood and capable of conveying the ideas that those sounds represent. To suggest that all this is an accident of evolution belies the intellectual power language represents. Those are gifts given to mankind by God who created us. He gave those gifts to no other creature. There is an unfathomable gulf between humans and all other creatures because creation was designed that way. No amount of time or theorizing will ever bridge that gulf. Only mankind was made to represent the divinity and genius of God himself.
Jackson, responding to past controversial comments on gays, said last month, "I say the things that I say because I'm a Christian, not because I hate anybody, but because I have religious values that matter to me." Jackson made the comment to reporters at a campaign stop in Fredericksburg, according to the Washington Post.
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Bachelor Pad
17 of Bachelor Nation's Most Notorious Villains
Originally posted 06/06/2016 02:10PM
All's fair in love and reality TV, right?
While there's no doubt that many of our favorite contestants on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette over the years would probably agree with that phrase, there are quite a few seem to have taken it a little too literally. They plotted, schemed, lied and betrayed – and they made for some pretty amazing television in the process.
And, if we were really lucky, they then ended up on one of the spin-off shows, Bachelor in Paradise (currently airing Sundays and Mondays on ABC) and Bachelor Pad (which celebrates its fifth anniversary this weekend). In the spirit of free-flowing roses, champagne and drama, let's take a look back at all of the contestants that we loved to hate over the years – and a few we just plain hated.
Bachelor Baby! Son on the Way for Michael Stagliano and Wife Emily
Originally posted 05/24/2016 12:05PM
The Bachelor Pad 2 winner is expecting a son in early November, he tells PEOPLE exclusively
Sofia Vergara's Split, Emma Watson's Graduation & More Weekend News
Originally posted 05/26/2014 04:20PM
It's been a very Kimye weekend here at PEOPLE, so you'll be forgiven for missing out on the other celebrity news that had us buzzing.
Michael Stagliano, Bachelor Pad 2 Winner, Is Married
Originally posted 05/25/2014 09:40AM
Another member of the Bachelor family is officially off the market.
Gia Allemand: Friends and Family Say Goodbye at the Reality Star's Funeral
Originally posted 08/22/2013 03:30PM
Gia Allemand was laid to rest Thursday morning in Manhattan.
On a side street in the Chelsea neighborhood, a group of close friends and family began to gather in the rain outside the Trinity Grace Church, preparing to say goodbye to the beloved Bachelor contestant, who died in a suicide earlier this month.
Waiting photographers snapped pictures as a car pulled up to the curb outside, which was lined with floral bouquets. The sight of a large sign that read "Gia" in flowers prompted some mourners to break down in tears.
Allemand's boyfriend, basketball player Ryan Anderson, was one of the last to arrive. He entered the church with Allemand's family, remaining stony-faced as pallbearers carried the coffin inside. Once inside, he sat in the front row, as did Allemand's mother, Donna Micheletti.
Gia Allemand's Boyfriend Told Her: 'I Don't Love You Anymore'
Originally posted 08/21/2013 06:30PM
Hours before she hanged herself Aug. 12 with a vacuum cleaner cord, Gia Allemand argued with boyfriend Ryan Anderson over her suspicions he'd been unfaithful, according to a police report.
As Anderson dropped Allemand off at her New Orleans apartment, she told him that she still loved him; he replied, "I don't love you anymore," according to Anderson's statement to police.
Two hours later, Anderson – summoned to Allemand's apartment by her concerned mother – found Allemand hanging, according to the police report obtained by E! and TMZ.
Gia Allemand Passed Bachelor's Vetting Process, Had Access to On-Set Therapist
Originally posted 08/17/2013 09:20AM
Being a contestant on The Bachelor means being wooed by a handsome man on extravagant dates in exotic locations, a televised pursuit of everlasting love that brings joy – but also for many, very public heartbreak.
Gia Allemand, who vied for Jake Pavelka's affection on season 14 of the show, "was fully capable of handling it," says former Bachelor and Bachelor Pad contestant Michelle Money, who saw Allemand on August 5 in New York. "It's so sad to think looking at her in New York, I thought she was okay. But now I look back and think, wow, is there something I could have done or said?"
Gia Allemand's Apparent Suicide: How Boyfriend Ryan Anderson Fought to Save Her Life
Originally posted 08/16/2013 12:50PM
Engineer Mike Simpson was heading down to the pool in his New Orleans apartment complex on Monday when he heard a loud, high-pitched bellowing from the hall.
"I thought I heard someone calling for help, so I sprinted down there," Simpson tells PEOPLE. "I pushed the door open and saw a guy bear-hugging someone to his chest."
NBA player Ryan Anderson had just arrived back at his girlfriend Gia Allemand's apartment and found her hanging from a metal staircase by the door.
Gia Allemand's Mother, Donna Micheletti, Issues Statement About Daughter's Death
Originally posted 08/16/2013 10:30AM
Donna Micheletti, mother of Gia Allemand, issued an official statement Friday morning to set the record straight about theories and remarks that have come out about her late daughter.
Released through a media representative, Micheletti's statement said, "The family and close friends of Gia Allemand have not spoken to the media to date, nor have they posted comments or insight on Twitter. There are numerous statements and theories in the media regarding Gia's death and her life that refer to sources close to Gia or friends of hers."
Gia Allemand's Most Memorable TV Moments
Originally posted 08/15/2013 12:15PM
Evident by the outpouring of heartbreaking Tweets from past and present members of The Bachelor franchise, season 14's Gia Allemand, 29, was a beloved contestant.
Remembered for her long, brown locks, carefree personality and fit physique, the third finalist in Jake Pavelka's season died of an apparent suicide on Wednesday after being hospitalized in critical condition on Monday night, following a "serious emergency medical event," ABC said.
While Allemand's death is a tragedy, her life can be remembered in notable TV clips during her time in the reality TV spotlight. Here are five of the New Yorker's most memorable on-camera moments:
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
REVIEW: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Originally posted 05/18/2008 02:20PM
The magic is still there, only you have to work a little harder to make yourself believe this time.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the fourth chapter in the saga of the whip-wielding archaeologist-adventurer, is full of thrills, spills, chills and plenty of amusingly lame jokes. While the flick is easy to like, it never quite knocks you silly with delight the way 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark did.
Acknowledging that time has passed and its hero has aged, the movie is set in 1957 – 19 years after the last Jones film ended – at the height of the Cold War and the McCarthy era. Jones, we're told, spent World War II working for the O.S.S. (the precursor to the C.I.A.) and earned himself a chestful of medals. The plot, as complex as ever, involves Russians as bad guys and sets Jones (Harrison Ford) on the trail of an ancient crystal skull that's linked to a legend about Spanish conquistadors, hidden treasure, and supernatural powers.
Report: Indiana Jones to Bow at Cannes Film Festival
Originally posted 02/29/2008 12:55PM
Harrison Ford had better send his tux from the Oscars to the cleaners. The star of the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – the first Indy adventure in 19 years – is going to the Cannes Film Festival.
Despite initial rumors that the movie would open this year's annual rite of spring in the South of France – to run from May 14-25 – the movie, which also stars Shia LaBeouf and original Raiders of the Lost Ark costar Karen Allen, is due to be screened out-of-competition in Cannes, as a special festival centerpiece, on May 18, reports Variety.
The movie opens in the rest of the world on May 22.
So far, no comment confirming the booking has come from Paramount Pictures or filmmakers George Lucas or Steven Spielberg, reports Britain's Guardian newspaper.
– Stephen M. Silverman
Suspect Arrested in Indiana Jones Theft
Originally posted 10/04/2007 01:00PM
The Los Angeles County sherriff's department has arrested a man for selling stolen goods from Steven Spielberg's production office.
NEWS BRIEFS: Grammy Ratings Jump
Originally posted 02/10/2004 4:18PM
BOOSTED: For all the outcry over Janet Jackson's flashed flesh at the Super Bowl, people aren't turning off their televisions. The 46th annual Grammy Awards, which for the first time in history was broadcast using a tape delay, proved to be the most-watched Grammy telecast since 2001 and was up 6 percent from last year's awards, reports Reuters. More than 26 million viewers tuned in for the CBS telecast from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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COLUMBIA -- Workers repairing an underground steam pipe at the University of South Carolina found human bone fragments where a Civil War hospital once treated injured soldiers.
The State newspaper reported that Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Monday that the fragments are probably from the Civil War.
Watts said the find is being investigated initially as a crime scene.
The coroner's office and the State Law Enforcement Division are excavating the steam pipe trench and examining the soil.
The coroner has an anthropologist working on the case. Watts said the bones could be amputated body parts.
The fragments were found behind DeSaussure College, the second-oldest building on campus. It was completed in 1809.


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Cubs Minor League Report: 4/14/16
Iowa was the only victorious Cubs affiliate on Thursday, as Tennessee, Myrtle Beach and South Bend were all on the losing side for a variety of reasons. Here are some highlights from yesterday's minor-league Cubs action.
Iowa Cubs (3-5)
Pacific Coast League (Triple-A)
Fourth Place (-2.0 games back)
Iowa defeated New Orleans, 4-2, to claim the four-game set, three games to one.
- LF Javier Baez (.267) went 2 for 4 with a run scored and a stolen base in his fourth rehab appearance. He finished his stint 4 for 15 with a solo homer, three runs scored and a stolen base in his four games.
- 1B Dan Vogelbach (.407) collected his third multi-hit game, going 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI (6).
- CF Albert Almora (.286) and SS Kristopher Negron (.400) each added two hits.
- RHP Brandon Gomes (2 IP, 2 BB, 4 SO) collected his first win, tossing two scoreless frames.
Tennessee Smokies (3-5)
Southern League (Double-A)
T-Third Place (-1.5)
Tennessee surrendered five unanswered runs, falling 5-3 at Birmingham.
- RHP Brad Markey (1.80 ERA) surrendered two earned runs in five innings of work, striking out one in the no-decision.
- LF Mark Zagunis (.316) went 1 for 3 with two runs scored and a walk.
- 1B David Freitas (.444) went 1 for 4 with two RBI (2).
- 3B Jeimer Candelario recorded the Smokies' lone extra-base hit with a double.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans (3-5)
Carolina League (High-A)
T-Third Place (-2.0)
The Pelicans committed three errors in a 3-2 setback at Carolina.
- DH Jason Vosler (.240) went 2 for 4 with a double (2), a triple (1), a run scored and an RBI (3).
- RF Jeffrey Baez (.280) finished 2 for 4 with a double (2), an RBI (1) and a stolen base (5).
- 3B David Bote (.308) reached three times, going 1 for 2 with two walks.
- RHP Daury Torrez (1.1 IP, 2 SO) struck out two in 1.1 perfect innings of relief.
South Bend Cubs (4-3)
Midwest League (Single-A)
Fourth Place (-1.5)
South Bend allowed eight runs in the first two innings, dropping a 10-2 decision at Fort Wayne.
- CF Donnie Dewees (.464) recorded his fifth straight multi-hit game, going 2 for 3 with two triples (4), two runs scored and a walk. He has batted .550 (11-for-20) in the last five games.
- C Tyler Alamo (.455) added a multi-hit effort, going 2 for 3. He has hit safely in all three games he has played in.
- RHP Scott Effross (3 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 SO) allowed one run in three innings of relief.
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Iowa gave up a pair of runs in the sixth inning to let a lead slip away, and Daytona dropped another game Tuesday. Tennessee and Kane County were both off. Here are the highlights from yesterday's minor league action:
Iowa Cubs (33-29)
T-1st Place (–)
Fresno tallied two runs in the sixth inning to beat the visiting Iowa Cubs, 3-2.
- 2B Arismendy Alcantara (.278) recorded his second-straight multihit game, going 2-for-5 with two runs scored and his ninth triple of the campaign.
- CF Matt Szczur (.234) and RF Casper Wells (.217) each recorded two hits apiece.
- RHP Marcos Mateo (5.02) tossed a scoreless eighth inning of relief.
Daytona Cubs (25-38)
5th Place (-18.5)
Daytona lost its fourth-straight game, falling at Dunedin, 11-4.
- C Chadd Krist (.214) went 1-for-3 with a third-inning, solo home run.
- DH Rock Shoulders (.204) and SS Marco Hernandez (.284) each recorded two hits apiece.
- RHP Zack Godley (5.74) struck out three and allowed an unearned run in two innings of relief.
Cubs Minor League Recap: 6/2/14
Daytona snapped its losing streak Monday, but Iowa, Tennessee and Kane County were all on the losing side of the ledger. Here are the highlights of yesterday's minor league action:
Iowa Cubs (29-26)
2nd Place (-1.0)
Iowa dropped the third game in a four-game set to host Nashville, 4-1, to fall into second place.
- The I-Cubs offense recorded six singles, including two apiece from 1B Chris Valaika (.297) and RHP Dallas Beeler, whose second and third hits of the season raised his average to .500 (3-for-6).
- Beeler suffered his second loss in a row despite tossing his third quality start in a row, and fourth of the year. He has a 2.05 ERA (6 ER/26.1 IP) on the road and a 12.96 ERA (12 ER/8.1 IP) at home.
Tennessee Smokies (26-31)
2nd Place (-12.5)
Tennessee lost its eighth-straight game, falling to visiting Birmingham, 10-5.
- DH Kris Bryant (.351) earned Southern League Hitter of the Week honors for the week of May 26-June 1, hitting .478 (11-23) over that span with seven runs, two doubles, five homers, seven RBI and nine walks. Bryant leads the league with a .351 average, 18 home runs, 49 RBI, 49 runs, 72 hits and 141 total bases. He also leads the Southern League in OBP (.455), slugging (.688) and OPS (1.143).
- Bryant celebrated the honor with his 20th multihit game (in 56 games), going 2-for-4 with a run and a walk.
- Other Smokies hitters with multiple hits included C Charles Cutler (2-for-5, R), 1B Dustin Geiger (2-for-4, R, 2 RBI) and 3B Anthony Giansanti (3-for-4, R, 2B, RBI).
- CF Rubi Silva (.235) ripped a double in the ninth to knock in his 26th run, second on the team.
Daytona Cubs (21-34)
5th Place (-17.5)
Daytona snapped its five-game losing skid, beating host St. Lucie, 3-1.
- LHP Nathan Dorris picked up the win, giving up one earned run over 6.2 innings.
- LF Zeke DeVoss (.206), PH-RF Pin-Chieh Chen (.279) and C Chadd Krist (.217) each had two singles.
- 1B Dan Vogelbach (.261) doubled to lead off the third, notching Daytona's lone extra-base hit.
- In relief of Dorris' first quality start, RHP Zach Cates (2.08) threw 1.1 scoreless frames for the hold (1), and RHP Michael Jensen (3.24) spun a scoreless ninth for the save (1).
Kane County Cougars (38-20)
1st Place (+6.5)
The Peoria Chiefs put up three in the fifth and two in the seventh to beat the visiting Cougars, 5-3.
- CF Jacob Hannemann (.234) went 3-for-5 with a double (5), two RBI (20) and his 17th stolen base.
- Three other Cougars doubled: 1B Ben Carhart (.291, 14 2B), RF Yasiel Balaguert (.241, 9 2B) and 2B Danny Lockhart (.261, 11 2B).
- RHP Duane Underwood did not allow a hit until the fourth inning, and has not surrendered more than two earned runs in any of his last six starts.
Cubs Minor League Recap: 5/18/14
Iowa mounted an exciting comeback victory to remain in a tie for first place, but Tennessee, Daytona and Kane County all lost Sunday. Here are some highlights from yesterday's minor league Cubs action.
Iowa Cubs (22-18)
T-1st Place (–)
The I-Cubs trailed 8-5 entering the eighth, but scored four runs on two homers in the frame, highlighted by a two-out, three-run shot by 2B Arismendy Alcantara. Iowa defeated visiting Round Rock, 9-8.
- LHP Tsuyoshi Wada allowed a season-high six earned runs. After allowing just two earned runs over his first five starts for a 0.57 ERA, he has surrendered 10 runs in his last three games, inflating his ERA to 2.10.
- Alcantara (.272) went 1-for-5 with the home run and a game-high four RBI (21).
- 3B Christian Villanueva (.235) went 2-for-4 with a double (13) and an eighth-inning solo home run.
- RHP Marcus Hatley (2.95) earned his first win of the season. RHP Blake Parker got the save (8).
Tennessee Smokies (23-20)
2nd Place (-6.5)
Tennessee lost its fourth-straight game, falling at Mississippi, 4-2.
- Smokies hitters managed just five singles, three of which came in a two-run fourth inning. RF Rubi Silva (.264, 25 RBI) and CF Jae-Hoon Ha (.212, 13 RBI) each recorded an RBI in the frame.
- RHP Lendy Castillo (3.86) worked a scoreless ninth inning. He's allowed just one hit over his last four relief appearances (4.0 IP).
Daytona Cubs (14-25)
5th Place (-15.5)
Daytona managed just five hits in a 10-1 loss at Fort Myers.
- CF Albert Almora (.275) recorded two of Daytona's five hits, both singles.
- SS Marco Hernandez (.295) hit his fourth double of the year in the second inning, knocking in his 14th run.
- RHP Starling Peralta (2.93) tossed four scoreless innings of relief while fanning three and allowing just one hit.
Kane County Cougars (28-15)
1st Place (+2.5)
Visiting Quad Cities pounded out 17 hits in a 10-3 victory over Kane County.
- 1B Jacob Rogers (.243) went 2-for-4 with a run, a double (13), a homer (3) and two RBI (15).
- C Ben Carhart (.250) went 3-for-4 with two runs. He also recorded a pickoff from behind the plate.
- RF Yasiel Balaguert (.241) went 1-for-4 with his eighth double and his 24th RBI.
- River Bandits DH Brian Holberton (.350) hit for the fifth minor league cycle of 2014, going 5-for-5 with five RBI.
Cubs Minor League Recap: 4/21/14
Iowa, Tennessee and Daytona all racked up big wins, while Kane County continued its small losing streak Monday. Here are some highlights from yesterday's minor league action:
Iowa Cubs (9-9)
T-2nd Place (-1.5)
Six scoreless innings from RHP Kyle Hendricks helped Iowa beat Round Rock at home, 5-1.
- Hendricks completed his third consecutive quality start, going six innings, giving up two hits, walking two and fanning six to pick up his third win of the season.
- RHP Yoanner Negrin (1.86) earned his first hold with a 1-2-3 seventh, and RHP Brian Schlitter (3.60) earned his third save, allowing a run over two innings.
- CF Matt Szczur (.246) went 3-for-4 with a run, a triple (1), one RBI (8) and a stolen base (5).
- 2B Arismendy Alcantara (.262) went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and his first homer of the year.
Tennessee Smokies (9-9)
T-2nd Place (-2.0)
The Smokies scored a season-high 10 runs in Birmingham to beat the Barons, 10-5.
- RHP Dae-Eun Rhee gave up two earned runs over five innings, striking out four and walking five to earn the win.
- RF Rubi Silva (.206) notched his second straight, multi-RBI game, going 2-for-5 with a first-inning home run and a game-high three RBI (6).
- CF Jae-Hoon Ha (.172) was 3-for-5 with three runs, a double and a solo homer, his first of the year.
- LF John Andreoli (.234) went 2-for-6 with two runs, a triple (1), one RBI (5) and a stolen base (8).
Daytona Cubs (4-13)
5th Place (-10.0)
Daytona battled Clearwater in a contest that featured five runs for each side in the first four innings, followed by six scoreless frames. The Cubs scored in the top of the 11th inning to win, 6-5.
- RHP Jake Arrieta made his fourth rehab start, and first with Daytona. Arrieta fanned seven hitters while allowing three home runs in 5.2 innings of work. He went 1-1 with a 0.73 ERA (1 ER/12.1 IP) in three starts with Tennessee.
- RHP Jose Rosario (1-2, 5.19) took over in the seventh and threw four scoreless frames for the win.
- RHP Arodys Vizcaino (1.50) earned his first save with a perfect 11th inning of work.
- C Chadd Krist (3-for-5) doubled in the 11th to put two runners in scoring position.
- DH Dan Vogelbach (0-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB) scored on a wild pitch in the 11th to put the Cubs ahead.
- 3B Jeimer Candelario (.214) went 2-for-4 with a run, two doubles (3) and two RBI (5).
Kane County Cougars (11-6)
1st Place (+0.5)
Kane County lost its third straight game, falling to visiting Clearwater, 5-3.
- RHP Josh Davis (1.69) allowed two runs on two hits in the ninth to suffer the loss, his first.
- RF Yasiel Balaguert (.328) went 1-for-4 with two RBI. His 14 RBI are tied for second in the league.
- 1B Jacob Rogers (1-for-4) knocked in his 11th runner of the year, tied for 12th in the league.
Cubs Minor League Recap: 4/13/14
Iowa, Tennessee and Kane County all racked up victories Sunday, while a big inning was too much to overcome for High-A Daytona. Here are some highlights from yesterday's action:
Iowa Cubs (6-5)
2nd Place (-2.0)
Iowa climbed over the .500 mark for the first time this season with a 6-3 victory at Memphis.
- CF Matt Szczur (.256) went 1-for-4 with a seventh-inning, two-run homer.
- C Luis Flores (.400) recorded Iowa's lone multihit game, going 2-for-3 with two runs and a walk.
- RHP Eduardo Figueroa made his first start following time at extended Spring Training and allowed one run in two innings before reaching his pitch limit.
- RHP Alberto Cabrera (1-0, 1.42) tossed three scoreless innings of relief to earn his first win of the year.
- RHP Marcos Mateo (1.80) recorded the final out of the game to convert his first save.
Tennessee Smokies (5-5)
T-3rd Place (-2.0)
Tennessee used a six-run second-inning to defeat visiting Chattanooga, 8-2.
- RHP Matt Loosen (1-1) picked up the win, giving up two earned runs in five innings of work and striking out five.
- CF Zeke DeVoss (.194) went 1-for-4 with a second-inning, two-run homer.
- 2B Stephen Bruno (.235) followed DeVoss's blast with a solo home run, his first of the year.
- SS Wes Darvill (.200) went a perfect 3-for-3 with a run, a double (1) and a game-high three RBI (4).
- 3B Kris Bryant (.276) reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with two runs, two walks and one stolen base (2).
- RHP Armando Rivero (2.84) struck out three hitters in two scoreless innings of relief.
Daytona Cubs (2-8)
5th Place (-6.0)
Host Tampa scored four runs in the fifth inning to defeat Daytona, 7-3.
- DH Bijan Rademacher (.435) went 2-for-4 with a double (2) and team-high two RBI (2).
- 2B Tim Saunders (.212) batted leadoff and went 2-for-5 with a run, a double (2) and one RBI (4).
- LHP Andrew McKirahan (0.00) worked 2.1 scoreless innings of relief and fanned three.
Kane County Cougars (7-3)
T-1st Place (–)
Kane County swept its three-game set against visiting Lake County with a rain-shortened 6-1 victory.
- RHP Duane Underwood pitched 3.0 innings, giving up one earned run and striking out five in the no-decision.
- RF Yasiel Balaguert (.381) went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a double (4).
- DH Daniel Canela (.208) and 2B Daniel Lockhart (.158) both went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
- RHP Justin Amlung (2-0, 0.00) struck out five hitters in four scoreless innings of relief to earn his second win of the campaign.
Cubs Minor League Notebook: 4/10/14
Iowa wrapped up their series with a win, and Kane County also pulled off a victory Thursday. The bats were quiet in losses for the Smokies and D-Cubs. Here are the highlights from yesterday's action:
Iowa Cubs (4-4)
T-2nd Place (-2.0)
Iowa defeated Nashville 5-1, and won three of four games in the series.
- RHP Kyle Hendricks picked up the win, going 7.0 innings, giving up one earned run on five hits and a walk while striking out five.
- SS Javier Baez (.154) went 1-for-4 with a sixth-inning, two-run homer.
- 1B Chris Valaika (.263) went 2-for-4 with a double (2) and two RBI (3).
- CF Matt Szczur (.233) and 2B Arismendy Alcantara (.280) recorded two hits apiece.
- RHPs Neil Ramirez (10.80) and Blake Parker (0.00) both tossed a scoreless inning of relief.
Tennessee Smokies (2-5)
T-4th Place (-4.0)
Chattanooga scored a run in the ninth inning to beat the Smokies 1-0.
- RHP Jake Arrieta made his second start with the Smokies as part of a major league rehab assignment, tossing 3.2 scoreless innings while fanning four. Arrieta threw 66 pitches (44 strikes), and has allowed just three hits while striking out seven in two starts (6.2 IP).
- 1B Dustin Geiger (.280) reached base twice, going 1-for-3 with a walk.
- RHP Dae-Eun Rhee (0-1, 3.12) suffered the loss despite allowing just one run in 4.0 innings of relief.
Daytona Cubs (1-6)
T-5th Place (-5.0)
Dunedin tallied 18 hits en route to sweeping the three-game set in Daytona, beating the Cubs 12-2.
- LF Bijan Rademacher (.455) recorded three of Daytona's seven hits, going 3-for-3 with a run scored and a walk.
- DH Tim Saunders (.211) went 1-for-4 with his third RBI of the season.
- RF Oliver Zapata (.273) went 1-for-3 with a run scored, a walk and one RBI (1).
Kane County Cougars (4-3)
T-2nd Place (-1.0)
Kane County pulled into a second place tie with a 7-5 victory over visiting Fort Wayne.
- RHP Tyler Skulina picked up the win, pitching 5.2 innings and striking out six.
- 2B Daniel Lockhart (.167) and SS Carlos Penalver (.259) combined to go 4-for-10 with five runs scored.
- RF Yasiel Balaguert (.300) went 1-for-4 with a walk and a game-high three RBI (7).
- RHP Justin Amlung (0.00) tossed 2.1 scoreless innings of relief to record his first hold of the year.
- RHP Tyler Bremer (0.00) worked the ninth inning to convert his first save of the campaign.
Cubs Minor League Recap: 4/7/14
Christian Villanueva powered Triple-A Iowa to victory, but both Tennessee and Daytona lost one-run games Monday night. Kane County had the day off and resumes action Tuesday. Here are some highlights from yesterday's action.
Iowa Cubs (2-3)
4th Place (1.5 Games Back)
3B Christian Villanueva supported a strong start by LHP Tsuyoshi Wada with a go-ahead, three-run home run with two outs in the sixth inning to lift Iowa over visiting Nashville, 4-1.
- RF Brett Jackson (.143) notched his first two hits of the season, including a fifth-inning triple, finishing 2-for-2 with a run scored, a walk and a stolen base.
- LHP Wada earned his first win in his debut with the I-Cubs. His eight punchouts have him tied for fifth place in the Pacific Coast League this season.
- RHP Blake Parker (0.00) earned the save, striking out two in a scoreless ninth. His 42 career saves are tops in the organization.
Tennessee Smokies (1-4)
5th Place (3 Games Back)
Tennessee fell at Pensacola, dropping a 3-2 decision and finishing the five-game series with a 1-4 record.
- RHP Matt Loosen went five innings, giving up three earned runs, walking three and striking out two in the loss.
- 1B Dustin Geiger (.278) went 2-for-4 with his second solo home run in as many days.
- SS Jeudy Valdez (.375) went 2-for-3 including an eighth-inning double that drove in his first run of the season.
- RHP Ryan Searle (2.08), LHP Hunter Cervenka (0.00), and RHP Tony Zych (9.00) combined for five strikeouts over three perfect innings of relief.
Daytona Cubs (1-3)
T-4th Place (2 Games Back)
Daytona surrendered an early three-run lead at home vs. Brevard County, losing 5-4 and committing three errors.
- LHP Rob Zastryzny gave up four runs in four innings, striking out six and walking two in a no-decision.
- LF Rock Shoulders (.200) went 2-for-4 with a run scored, a double, two RBI and two strikeouts.
- 3B Jeimer Candelario (.286) added two hits, going 2-for-4 with a run scored, a triple and one RBI.
- RHP Yao-Lin Wang (0-1, 0.00) suffered the loss on an unearned run that scored on a fielding error by SS Marco Hernandez in the top of the fifth inning.


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Roger Goodell has a sense of humor. No, really. He does.
David Cornwell has proof.
Years ago, before Roger Goodell became the most powerful man in sports, before he became the most hated man in New Orleans, Goodell was just another young NFL executive out to have some fun at a conference.
Goodell and a colleague posted a stack of filled out room service forms on the hotel room door of Jim Steeg, then the NFL's director of special events, including the Super Bowl. Steeg woke up to 20 hot breakfast orders at 6:30 a.m.
"Roger was trying hard not to say anything, he was just giggling," recalled Cornwell, who was Goodell's accomplice and now is his sometimes adversary as an attorney representing players and coaches. "But once Jim figured it out he just blew up at us and we both left the room just laughing.
"So, he's human, and I think he has allowed those experiences to influence who he is as a commissioner."
These days there are few public moments of humor for Goodell, especially when the topic is the New Orleans Saints. But it's a topic that can't be avoided this week as the city hosts its record-tying 10th Super Bowl. Mayor Mitch Landrieu, and Saints owners Tom and Gayle Benson, have asked the local populace to "be nice" to the commissioner and the NFL this week.
The X-rated floats featuring Goodell in the Krewe de Vieux parade two weeks ago certainly weren't nice as the bawdy group took their ribald sense of humor to a new level.
All the anger comes from the draconian punishments Goodell handed the Saints last March after the league determined the team was running a bounty program from 2009-11 under the leadership of defensive coordinator Gregg Williams.
Coach Sean Payton took the biggest hit, as he was suspended for the entire season. With Payton gone, and assistant head coach Joe Vitt and General Manager Mickey Loomis also serving suspensions, the team lurched to a 0-4 start, fought back to .500 and then slumped to a 7-9 record, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2008. The fans almost universally have blamed the commissioner for the lost season.
Goodell made more fans angry Monday when he told a questioner on reddit.com that he was not going to give a second-round pick in this year's draft back to the Saints. It was taken away as part of the team's penalties.
Goodell hasn't had to deal with regular New Orleanians so far this week as he hasn't made a public appearance. He attended a private dinner Wednesday at the Windsor Court - Landrieu tweeted out a photo of the pair smiling - and is expected to attend the Bensons' party in City Park on Thursday evening. He will hold his annual Super Bowl press conference Friday morning, but even that is a credentialed event.
Goodell, through an NFL spokesman, declined to comment for this story but during a brief encounter before a playoff game in Denver the commissioner said he wasn't worried about his safety in New Orleans.
"The fans are loyal to their team; that's what we expect," he said. "They're great fans. No, I'm not troubled about that at all."
But it's not just New Orleanians who have an issue with Goodell, who has been commissioner since 2006. According to a recent USA Today survey, 61 percent of NFL players are dissatisfied with the job he is doing.
But Goodell's 32 bosses, the team owners, appear to be happy with his performance. They gave him a 10-year contract extension in 2012, just a few months after he led the negotiations on a 10-year Collective Bargaining Agreement with the players union that most view as being strongly beneficial to ownership.
"I think if you were to poll the NFL owners the vast majority of them would agree that business has been good," New York Giants owner John Mara said. "He has done a very good job of protecting the brand and overseeing the growth of the sport and protecting the integrity of the game."
That Goodell certainly has. TV ratings are soaring, most stadiums are filled, and he has secured unprecedented long-term labor deals with the players and officials.
But some NFL players have grown tired of Goodell's stern manner. The word dictatorial has been thrown around.
"Can I do a better job than Roger? I don't know," said Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita, who was suspended by Goodell in the bounty scandal before being cleared. "He's in a tough spot, too, and I'm sympathetic to that. But with some of the things that have happened, especially here in New Orleans, there is a more responsible way of doing things, a more measured approach by talking with people who may have been involved and actually listening to them. There is a smarter way to do things."
Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed, whose team is playing in Super Bowl 2013 on Sunday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, is one player who has certainly grown impatient with Goodell.
Reed, who has amassed $105,000 in fines this season, received a one-game suspension from the league for a helmet-to-helmet hit though it was eventually overturned.
"I really don't know what to say about our commissioner," Reed said Thursday. "It's probably more him and his staff that come up with the things we are being fined for. It's not just Mr. Goodell. I think he needs more help in the fining process, not just have do-boys who want to please you."
Reed shrugged his shoulders when asked his opinion on Goodell's performance.
"I guess it's just been alright," he said. "It's like in school, I just try to stay away from the principal's office as much as possible. But, obviously, they found me.
"The way they found me is ridiculous, honestly. We were just talking about how much guys have been fined this year and I think I top the charts. It's just bad how the game has been policed this year and the process we've been through from the lockout with us, the lockout with the referees. It was all a joke."
But those close to Goodell, including his immediate predecessor, Paul Tagliabue, say the commissioner has simply done what is necessary to protect the league's image while also making player safety a priority. Player safety has certainly become more of a priority with the league enmeshed in a bitter legal battle with about 4,000 former NFL players who are suing the league claiming that it shirked its duty to protect players and rebuked compelling research while promoting violent hits.
"Certainly, players don't like to get fined, they don't like to get suspended so they are going to react when that happens," Mara said. "He has had to make some very difficult decisions and they are very public decisions and players have been very vociferous in opposition to some of the things he has done, but he has done them for one reason and that's to protect the integrity of the game and to make the league safer."
Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis, who famously bear-hugged the commissioner before his team's wild-card playoff game, and veteran center Matt Birk said Thursday they think Goodell is doing a credible job.
"I'm very close to Mr. Goodell," Lewis said. "Whatever he needs, whatever I need, it's a simple phone call. I think what he is trying to do and the direction he is trying to take us is the right way. Most important he is really installing back into his players, he's asking for advice on how this should be done or that should be done. I just think he is doing an awesome job."
Birk, a 15-year veteran who has played under the reign of Tagliabue and Goodell, said he doesn't believe the commissioner has been too heavy-handed.
"Everything he has done I agree with," Birk said. "I think that is the way it should be. From a player's standpoint it's a privilege and honor to play in this league.
"I think he has done a great job but if most of the players felt that way then he probably wouldn't be doing his job because he doesn't work for the players I think he is a man of integrity, character and I think that is the way he conducts the business."
Tagliabue said if Goodell just continues on his current path, which is being principled, consistent and keeping what is best for the league at the forefront, all will be fine.
"He's been around long enough to know that when you do the right things in the best interests of the league, at some point some team or teams are going to say our ox was gored. We were being treated unfairly," Tagliabue said. "By the same token, whether you're the hero or evil, you do what's right and you have to understand that A.) you're going to anger some people; and B.) this, too, shall pass."
The players have no option but to deal with Goodell. In 2011 they signed off on a 10-year CBA, giving Goodell clear authority on player discipline.
Cornwell says the players are stuck and they have the leadership of the NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith to blame.
Smith did not respond to interview requests.
"Players should have more of problem with themselves and their leadership if they find the commissioner's performance unacceptable to 61 percent of the players because this is the era of partnership," said Cornwell, who was up for the NFLPA executive director's job in 2009 and last year was named executive director of the NFL coaches association. "I don't think it is appropriate to conclude in the instances where the commissioner is doing his job results in the partisanship, Capitol Hill-type polarization.
"One thing, the guy is is accessible. I think it is a bad fact that players have this view of him. They say players carry the primary burden to set it straight."
Perhaps lost amid all the vitriol from Saints fans during their team's disappointing season, all the "Do Not Serve" signs posted in restaurants, all the mocking T-shirts and paper-mache floats, is the vital role Goodell played in keeping the Saints in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina when San Antonio was ready to pounce and the Dome was a wreck.
But the fact that the team stayed and ultimately gave the city its first Super Bowl championship in 2010 seems of little regard to Saints fans. The overwhelming belief is Goodell robbed New Orleans of being able to make history by being the first team to play in a Super Bowl in its home stadium.
In addition to the sanctions handed to the team and its officials, Goodell also suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma, defensive end Will Smith, Fujita and former defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove while saying as many as 22-27 players were involved in the bounty program.
"We are all accountable and responsible for player health and safety and the integrity of the game," Goodell said at the time. "We will not tolerate conduct or a culture that undermines those priorities. No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised."
"A combination of elements made this matter particularly unusual and egregious," Goodell continued. "When there is targeting of players for injury and cash rewards over a three-year period, the involvement of the coaching staff, and three years of denials and willful disrespect of the rules, a strong and lasting message must be sent that such conduct is totally unacceptable and has no place in the game."
The matter dragged on through an appeals process in the fall and seemed destined to spill into 2013 until Goodell turned the matter over to Tagliabue, who agreed with Goodell's findings but ultimately vacated the suspensions of the four players. U.S. District Judge Helen "Ginger" Berrigan tossed out Vilma's defamation lawsuit against Goodell once Tagliabue eliminated the players' penalties.
Tagliabue said there was significant evidence that a bounty system had been in place but he thought the right thing to do was punish the team and its coaches and not the players.
The fact that the players were somewhat vindicated prompted the normally diplomatic Drew Brees to blast the commissioner last month, saying, "the league office and Commissioner Goodell have very little to no credibility."
Mara disagrees. He said Goodell has done a superb job and believes the evidence shows the commissioner got it right when it comes to the bounty scandal.
"Obviously, it didn't sit well with the people in New Orleans and I understand that but you just can't have that in your sport," Mara said. "He made a very difficult decision and has taken a lot of abuse for it, but I don't think he would change a thing about it."
Cornwell, who represented Vitt in the bounty case, wouldn't go that far. He believes Goodell and his investigators got a lot wrong in the bounty investigation, but he still believes in the commissioner.
"My feeling about the bounty case, since 1987, this is the most poorly handled administrative or disciplinary matter in the National Football League," Cornwell said. "That doesn't mean I've lost faith in Roger. That means I pick up the phone and talk to Roger.
"I think they got it wrong in the bounty case, but that does not mean I think Roger is ineffective. I think Roger is effective and we will learn that from the manner in which the bounty case was handled in the next disciplinary matter."
Goodell's handling of the bounty case was indicative of the way he has handled disciplinary issues. After he does his investigation and weighs the facts as he knows them, he moves swiftly and with authority.
"Has he been heavy-handed? I would say, yeah, he has," said Ken Crippen, executive director of the Professional Football Research Association, who has more than 20 years of experience as a football historian. "But I think in some of the cases he really needed to be because things were getting out of control and in some instances people were habitual offenders on things. The only way you are really going to stop that is to really bring the hammer down on some people.
"In some cases he had to be heavy-handed and in some cases he has gone overboard. But it's something he feels he needs to do in order to make sure things don't get any worse."
Cornwell, who has also gone against Goodell and the league on behalf of players in numerous cases, finds it amusing to hear players call Goodell heavy-handed.
Cornwell says the players gave up that fight when they decided to sign the CBA in 2011.
"The negative reaction that players currently have toward the commissioner is in essence the product of being ill-informed and poorly led," Cornwell said. "If they did not want the commissioner to have this power they had all the authority: We are not agreeing to this collective bargaining agreement under these circumstances.'
"If it wasn't important enough to miss some games during the lockout then it can't be so important now. They had plenty of time to challenge it. But not only did they not challenge it but they gave this power for 10 years. That's like giving somebody a stick in a fight and when they hit you with it complaining that they hit you too hard."
While the league has always had contentious issues to deal with, it does seem that Goodell's stresses have been more confrontational.
Yet he has seemed to move through the choppy waters with authority and conviction, even when it has meant upsetting some of his 32 bosses.
"He knows that I have disagreed with certain decisions but that is between him and me," Mara said. "You are never going to be in agreement with someone in his position 100 percent of the time. That's just the way it is.
"But I know every decision he makes, he does so with trying to look at precedent, trying to look at what's fair, trying to look at what's done in similar situations and then he makes his decision. We are not going to always agree with his decisions but I agree with the vast majority of it. I always know that his intentions are good and he makes every decision with the utmost integrity."
Saints owner Tom Benson certainly didn't agree with Goodell in the bounty case, but he has gotten beyond it and says the people of New Orleans should too.
"Taking up for the commissioner a little bit, this thing sort of hurt him a bit personally for whatever reason," Benson said last week. "Things were going nice and smooth and then this hit him over the head a little bit. And when it did, he overreacted.
"But it is behind us now. We need to move on. We are not going to let that worry us. Our big goal now is to produce a world champion as we move forward. It's very important that we work together with the NFL. We don't like what happened. But let's move on. No use fighting anymore."
Mara said Goodell is simply doing what he was hired to do.
"We saw somebody who would be smart enough and tough enough and principled enough to handle the sometimes very challenging business that the NFL commissioner has to deal with," Mara said. "And we got exactly what we expected."
Staff writers Jeff Duncan and Nakia Hogan contributed reporting to this story.


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Mr. de Raad joined UNV in 1998 as Deputy Executive Coordinator and was appointed Executive Coordinator, a.i., in November 2003.
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Recent years are marked by continued dynamic growth, an evolution of the culture of partnership and networking, and a strategic decision to reinforce the added value of volunteerism in all UNV operations, building on the momentum created by the International Year of Volunteers (IYV) 2001 for which UNV was the focal point.
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Author: Knight of Gold
Date: Nov 30, 03 at 9:02pm (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
What can I say, that I got some freetime and nuthing to do and thats why Im posting here uh?? I´m a Seiken Densetsu, Dragon Warior, Final Fantasy and absolute RPG lover
Author: blue lightning
Date: Dec 9, 03 at 11:06pm (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
hey there. i guess im going to play the resident n00b (only had the game a week, kinda hard to xplain...)around here, huh? xpect to hear (or is that see?) me postin messages regarding probs to the game and generally whingeing. Apart from that, hello all and i look foward to recieving help, abuse, etc from all of you guys and gals.
Author: Transcendent
Date: Dec 10, 03 at 12:17am (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
Welcome to the forum! Feel free to ask as many questions as you want, we don't bite...
Author: Timu
Date: Dec 13, 03 at 11:29pm (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
Wow, I return once more and again find not a recognizable face in the crowd. Ah well, for those of you who do not know me, as is probably the case with the majority of you, I am Timu and I am an old school tactician...heh...this was my favorite forum a while ago...but I sort have abandoned it by becoming busy with school and such. Ah well, I hope that since I am back I can contribute to it once more. Later all.
Author: bigmax51
Date: Dec 13, 03 at 11:49pm (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
Well if I'll be a chocobo's uncle. Welcome back Timu! I remember you from back in the day(even though it's only been a year and a half). Glad to see you came back.
Author: Iscariot
Date: Dec 14, 03 at 12:20am (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
Awesome seeing you again... this isn't going to be like last time where you returned for one day, is it?
Author: Timu
Date: Dec 14, 03 at 11:31pm (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
I sure hope not. Currently, however, I am involved in a few RPs over in the RP forum...so while I around on Neo, I might as well stop over here and contribute. This is the best game ever made, after all. Heh, later.
Author: lady_lede
Date: Dec 18, 03 at 1:46am (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
Im baaaaaaaaaaack!!! Hi there all you lovely new people! Im Lede and ill be here to help you whenever you have a problem!!
Author: sunnyshine
Date: Dec 19, 03 at 12:30pm (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
uh hi, i'm sunnyshine. Some of you mite have seen me round some of the other rpg forums. well i just started playing the game, i'm up to chapter 3 at the moment, and i'm loving it
Author: lady_lede
Date: Dec 19, 03 at 6:51pm (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
Welcome to the forum Sunnyshine hope you enjoy it here!!!
Author: BlackShadowX_FierceD
Date: Dec 20, 03 at 3:53am (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
I....never posted here?!?!?!? AHHHHHHHHHH 'dies'
Oops eh heh heh... sorry about that.... got a little TOO excited. Excuse me while I return to my old self.
Busts a superman and runs into a phone booth. Unfortunatly, he returns naked.
Uh oh.....
Does it again, and this time is wearing a clown suit.
Ahh screw it!!!
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Shadow Replication Techinque). 20 of him appear, still wearing the wack clown suit.
Screw this!!
Transforms into his true form, Yami Marik.
Sorry about that you guys....had a little..trouble there...if ya know what I mean. hehe
Anyway, Good day everyone, my name is Rashad, but please call me Kenji or Marik. I can't believe I never posted in the intro to one of my favorite games' forum. Tsk tsk how silly of me. Please forgive me. Hey there DS and Lede
Glad to find you both here and hey there everyone else, who I wish to make an acquaintence. Down to the formalities. FFT is cool. I know quite a bit about it and have beaten it 5-6 times. I have found most of the secret stuff and can be a great help to everyone here. See you all around!
Vanishing in a puff of smoke, a huge THUD is heard. Everyone looks toward the door and see Kenji eating paint.
I was....just leaving!! Hurry and dash!
This message was edited by BlackShadowX_FierceD on Dec 19 2003.
Author: Night Fencer
Date: Dec 20, 03 at 6:08am (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
And it's great to see you back,
This message was edited by Night Fencer on Dec 27 2003.
Author: BlackShadowX_FierceD
Date: Dec 21, 03 at 6:23pm (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
Hey there Fencer guy
Glad I'm not alone here...I was beginning to get lonely. I like to be welcomed
Author: Lakerfan08
Date: Dec 28, 03 at 12:02am (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
well i am not very far since well my big brother broke the disk because he tought it was(you people are not going to believe this) stupid! anyways im playing it again since my brother recently bought me a new one so ill be dropping in now and then...
Author: Iscariot
Date: Dec 28, 03 at 1:28am (PST)
Subject: re: Welcome to the forum!
Welcome here,
. Your brother may have been on something at the time, but it's a good thing he bought you a new copy; this isn't exactly the easiest game to find in stores nowadays. Hope to see you here quite a bit! Have fun.
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Maybe you think of music only as a form of entertainment. Recent scientific studies and research prove that music can be much more valuable than just entertainment.
Princeton University's College Entrance Exam Board (2001) in a profile of SAT Program Test Takers found that students in music appreciation scored 63 points higher on verbal and 44 points higher on math than students with no arts participation. In a study by Phi Delta Kappa (1944) called ''The Case for Music in the Schools,'' a study of 7,500 university students revealed that music majors scored the highest reading scores among all majors including English, biology, chemistry and math. The study also found that music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school.
In ''Neurological Research,'' March 15, 1999, it was reported that students who were exposed to music-based lessons scored a full 100 percent higher on fractions tests than those who learned in the conventional manner. Their research also found that a study of 237 second-grade children involved with both piano keyboard training and innovative math software scored 27 percent higher on proportional math and fractions tests than students only using the math software.
In 1999 Catterall, Chaplean and Iwanaga published in ''Involvement in the Arts and Human Development'' (1999) that the U. S. Department of Education data showed that students who report consistently higher levels of involvement in instrumental music during the middle and high school years show ''significantly higher levels of mathematics proficiency by grade 12.'' Catteral, et.al. also found that students of lower socioeconomic status gain as much or more from arts instruction than those of higher socioeconomic status.
It was reported by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IAEEA) Test in 1988 that the schools that produced the highest academic achievement in the United States are spending 20 percent to 30 percent of the day on arts, with special emphasis on music.
It is no wonder then that Dee Dickenson in ''Music and the Mind'' (1993) published that the foremost technical designers and engineers in Silicon Valley are almost all practicing musicians.
There is more. The U.S. Senate in H. Cor. Res. 266 (June 13, 2000) resolved that students who participate in school music have the lowest level of current and lifelong use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs among any group in our society.
Based on the evolving studies and experiments, Americans are beginning to appreciate the academic and character building that music has to offer in children of all ages.
This is reflected in a 2003 Gallup Poll on ''American Attitudes Toward Music'' in which 78 percent of Americans surveyed believe that teenagers who play an instrument are less likely to have disciplinary problems. Ninety-five percent of Americans in the 2003 Gallup Poll believe music is a key component in a child's well-rounded education; and three quarters of those surveyed feel that schools should mandate music education. The 2003 Gallup Poll also revealed that 54 percent of American households reported having at least one musical instrument player, the highest figure since the study began in 1978.
But wait, music is not just educational and entertaining. It is now being discovered that music is therapeutic. A Finnish study showed that stroke victims that had a stroke of the middle cerebral artery in the left or right side of the brain and listened to music every day or used audio books while others did not listen to music showed that those who listened to music showed a 60 percent improvement in verbal memory compared to 18 percent using only audio books. Music therapy is now being advocated by some in the medical field to help cure illnesses, diseases involving medical and mental disorders, as well as a help to alleviate pain and increase mental well-being.
Some educators and parents may want to rethink subject and time priorities for children and consider music as a necessity to sharpen children's brains; to increase verbal and cognitive skills; boost proficiency in test scores and curb delinquency.
Likewise, families and people in the medical field may want to aid patients' well-being in the use of music therapy for stroke victims, cerebral palsy, and Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
Every year the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra sponsors a free concert for the city and county school children followed later by a family concert inviting children, parents, and educators to an evening of classical music with a large orchestra and full range of instruments. During intermission, children are invited to a ''petting zoo'' where they can mingle among 50 or more musicians and stroke an instrument that they think they would especially like or hear a musician demonstrate.
The Warren Philharmonic Orchestra will continue its mission to convince educators and parents to make music and art a prominent educational tool in the development of every child. It also will continue encouraging people in the community to attend concerts that can not only entertain but also contribute to their well-being.
The economic downturn has surely curtailed funds from patrons requiring cuts in musicians' salaries, and the elimination of one season concert. Yet, the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra's board and staff are determined to retain this fabulous orchestra as an educational, cultural and historic jewel in the Community.
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Why is the downtown revitalization project worthy of the Amarillo community's support?
Downtown is the center of our city, our headquarters for business and enterprise as well as culture, education and social affairs. It needs to shine as the rest of our city shines.
But that hasn't been the case. It has been in a stage of transition for at least the past 20 to 25 years. It has gone from the headquarters location of seven New York Stock Exchange companies - Mesa Petroleum, Diamond Shamrock, Southwestern Public Service, Southwestern Investment Company, Pioneer Natural Gas, Atmos Energy, Cross Continent Auto Retailers - to none. The result has been a huge drop in office use and the number of people in the downtown area every day. This has been compounded by the "work at home" trend.
The result is that downtown population and activity has shrunk dramatically. As the old saying goes, "You are either growing or you are dying." Now, we know downtown is not going to die, but a big part of it doesn't look or feel good.
In our effort to remake downtown, it's clear that what worked in the past is not working in the present and won't work in the future. The focus now must be on accommodating people's desire not to just work downtown but to live in the downtown area so they can walk to work and to nice restaurants and have fun. It will require converting former office properties as well as building new properties that accommodate this new living experience.
To add to the desired atmosphere, amenities like a nice hotel to support expansion of conventions at the Civic Center and programs at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts also will be needed.
These are the centerpieces of a downtown revitalization program identified by the consultants and the downtown committee. What will it take to get the job done?
It will take everyone getting on board and accepting their leadership role, in both work and spirit. This includes community leaders, TIRZ appointees and especially the leaders within the framework of each of the primary partners: the city, Potter County, Amarillo College and the Panhandle Groundwater District.
This is the only way to create an inviting atmosphere for prospective investors. They will not invest the time and expense required to formulate a deal in a climate of controversy and internal conflict. There always will be more inviting opportunities elsewhere.
Second, financial incentives to prospective investors. More attractive, less expensive opportunities reside in other parts of our city, primarily in southwest Amarillo. Downtown land, including assemblage cost, is usually significantly more expensive compared to suburbs. Most projects also will require utility relocations, which are costly.
Consequently, the Tax Incentive Reinvestment Zone has been established to help offset these disadvantages.
However, none of the TIRZ incentive funds will come from taxes applied to the current tax base in this zone, which is approximately $140 million. These tax receipts will continue to go to respective taxing entities based on their tax rate. Only the taxes from the growth in this tax base will go into the TIRZ fund.
In other words, only the taxes from the creation of additional taxable values above $140 million will go into the incentive fund. Hopefully, most of this growth in the tax base will result from effectively utilizing these incentive funds to generate substantial investments in the downtown area.
The revitalization effort's four partners, named above, are the only taxing entities in the downtown revitalization zone eligible to participate. Their individual interest is equal to their respective levels of taxation to one another: the city, 26.9 percent; Potter County, 56.7 percent; Amarillo College, 15.2 percent; and the Panhandle Groundwater District, 1.2 percent.
This is as it should be. It's fair, it makes sense and is the way partnerships work.
But, perhaps a better way to look at the effect of the TIRZ is to determine the percentage of each taxing entity's tax base: the city, 1.81 percent; Potter County, 2.8 percent; Amarillo College, 1.79 percent; and the Panhandle Groundwater District, 3.16 percent.
These small percentages of the total tax base simply mean that this effort will have little impact on any of their future budgets. This will be the case even if the response to the incentive program by investors is especially positive, resulting in $100 million to $300 million of additional tax base being created.
Now to the key point. Each entity is a partner in the revitalization project regardless of its participation in the TIRZ incentive program. Suppose one partner chooses not to participate. This partner takes any resulting increase in tax receipts now. No deferral like the other partners. More important, this partner contributes zero to the incentive fund.
Now to the critical consideration: the response of the other three partners to a non-participating partner. Would you enter into a partnership where you put up seed capital and deferred your share of the income for years while your partner contributed no capital and took his income from the outset?
Because of the low tax rates of the four partners, it has been clear from the Downtown Revitalization Committee's and consultants' earliest consideration that adequate incentive funds only can be generated through full participation of all partners.
Otherwise, the project will have to wait for another day.
Former Amarillo Mayor Glen Parkey is chairman of the Downtown Revitalization Committee's Incentive Committee.
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The proposed volume will examine the rhetoric in works by W.E.B. Du Bois. This particular research, the rhetorical strategies used in his works, will be the first of its kind featured in a collection of essays devoted exclusively to his works and his motives in general. W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the greatest rhetoricians of all time but rarely examined in regards to his propaganda in his essays, novels, etc., All chapters featured in this highly anticipated anthology will be cutting edge, for many of his approaches continue to be applied but often unnoticed in the 21st century.
Our proposed edited volume will be structured by theme and also in chronological, according to W.E.B. DuBois's works.
We encourage interested contributors to forward a 300-500 word abstract, along with a brief curriculum vita, to Dr. Monique Leslie Akassi at email@example.com by June 1, 2012. Successful authors will be notified by July 1, 2012. Completed essays must be received by September 15, 2012.