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CHICAGO — Jake Arrieta is refusing to take the final weeks of another lost season for the Chicago Cubs for granted.
To Arrieta, September represents an opportunity to prove he deserves to stay in the Cubs' starting rotation next year. Outings like Sunday's against the Philadelphia Phillies will go a long way in pleading his case.
Arrieta allowed three hits and one run while pitching into the seventh inning to lead the Cubs to a 7-1 win over the Phillies.
Acquired from the Baltimore Orioles on July 2, he has been inconsistent in his four starts since joining the rotation Aug. 16, but Arrieta (2-1) started strong by retiring eight of the first nine Phillies.
"There's going to be times where struggles come into play, but it's about minimizing those struggles," Arrieta said. "That's the point I'm at in my career where I need to be able to get over the hump of compounding difficult starts."
Although walks and lack of command have doomed Arrieta at times, he worked around three walks with only two Phillies advancing beyond second base in his 6 2/3 innings.
"Walks are going to happen but for me if I can do as good of a job as I can establishing strike one, the walks will be down," Arrieta said. "That's the most important thing to establish strike one and get ahead."
Three Cubs relievers combined for 2 1/3 shutout innings. The victory gave the Cubs their first consecutive home wins since a stretch of three straight July 6-9.
"Hopefully we can stay on a roll here and do some damage at home," manager Dale Sveum said.
The Cubs came through against Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick (10-12), scoring five runs on eight hits in six innings off the right-hander.
Ryan Sweeney, activated from the 60-day disabled list Sunday, delivered in his first at-bat since breaking a left rib when he crashed into the center field wall June 29 in Seattle. Sweeney's single to center scored Darwin Barney from second to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Kendrick snared Donnie Murphy's liner to strand runners on the corners to end the inning.
"To get that first hit back under the belt was huge," Sweeney said. "We put together some big hits today."
Anthony Rizzo's double off the right field wall — just out of reach of a leaping Darin Ruf — scored Starlin Castro from first, extending the Cubs' lead in the third.
Ruf got a run back in the fourth, hitting a solo homer off Arrieta to cut the Phillies' deficit to 2-1. The Phillies have lost 21 of their last 23 games when scoring three runs or less.
"A lot of our guys didn't have too much of a history with him," Phillies interim manager Ryne Sandberg said of Arrieta. "First time through the lineup, he was pretty sharp. That trend continued. Guys had a tough time making adjustments."
The Cubs then broke the game open in the bottom half, starting the inning with three consecutive hits, including back-to-back doubles by Brian Bogusevic and Welington Castillo. Castillo's double to left-center field drove in two runs. Arrieta hit a fly ball to right and Castillo advanced to third.
Kendrick struggled with his command, missing in the strike zone and then hitting Castro with one out to put runners on the corners.
Ruf delivered an on-target throw home on Barney's sacrifice fly to right field, but Phillies catcher Erik Kratz couldn't hold onto the ball when he went to tag Castillo, giving the Cubs another run and a 5-1 lead.
Pinch-hitter Luis Valbuena, who was activated from the 15-day DL before the game, drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth against Phillies reliever J.C. Ramirez and Castro added a sacrifice fly.
• NOTES: With two spots open after the Phillies made two trades Saturday, INF/OF Cesar Hernandez and Michael Martinez were recalled from Triple-A Lehigh before Sunday's game. Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said more players could be called up in the coming days with the expanded roster. ... Amaro explained the Michael Young trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers went down pretty quickly after getting a phone call from Dodgers GM Ned Colletti on Friday. He thought the deal might be dead around 11:20 a.m. EDT but it was revived when both teams were able to finally agree on compensation. ... Phillies slugger Ryan Howard (left knee surgery) remains doubtful to return this season, though he continues to make progress, and he might see some game action in the Arizona Fall League, Amaro said. ... The Cubs activated Sweeney from the 60-day DL and Valbuena from the 15-day DL and recalled RHP Alberto Cabrera from Triple-A Iowa before Sunday's game. To make room for Sweeney on the 40-man roster, the Cubs designated RHP Eduardo Sanchez for assignment.


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Men's basketball: Pirates add Cook, Amos to roster
The 2014-2015 Peninsula College men's basketball team just keeps getting better and better.
Head coach Mitch Freeman recently signed two more players in Jonah Cook and Dimitri Amos.
Cook, a 6-foot 9-inch post from Anacortes, adds some height to the 2014-2015 Pirate roster. He played for LaConner High School where he averaged a little less than 10 points per game. He graduated in 2012 and attended Skagit Valley College last year, but did not play basketball.
"Jonah gives us immediate size and strength inside," Freeman said. "He has a great touch with range to the three-point line. We are excited that Jonah will be joining our Pirate basketball family."
Also signing was Amos, a 6-foot 6-inch wing from Agassi Prep High School in North Las Vegas, Nev. Amos graduated in 2011 and attended Mayville State University his freshman year.
"Dimitri is a versatile inside-outside player who will be tough for the opposing team to guard," Freeman said. "He is an exceptional rebounder and can score in multiple ways around the basket. We are excited that Dimitri also will be joining our Pirate basketball family."
Earlier this summer, Freeman signed Deonte Dixon, a 6-foot 2-inch guard from Bremerton; Malik Mayeux, a 6-foot 7-inch forward from Tacoma; Jeremiah Hobbs, a 6-5 forward from Seattle Academy; Ryley Callaghan, a 6-foot 1-inch point guard from Port Orchard; and Kareem Babbs, a 6-foot 3-inch guard/forward from Tacoma.
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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Nov 22, 2012 09:00 AMTV Network - NBC
This is it, this is THE parade. This is the one featured in films like "Miracle on 34th Street," this is the one that heads past Central Park, through Times Square, and finishes with spectacular performances outside Macy's in Herald Square. This is the one with the huge floats, the one with the balloons of your favorite characters, and the one with Santa at the end. Watch, enjoy, smell that turducken cooking, and think back to when you were young and the holiday season held that special magic.
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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Nov 27, 2014TV Network - NBC
Oh sure, we saw candy canes out at various unnamed stories two weeks before Halloween, but this is the day, officially (according to us), that the holiday season begins. That is why (as we understand things) Santa is at the end of the parade -- he is ushering in the holiday season. NBC is airing the event live on the east coast at 9am and then tape delayed across the country. They will even reair the parade this very afternoon.
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Nov 28, 2013TV Network - NBC
Every year--every single year--for we simply don't know how long (although presumably some research as to what number parade this is would tell us, but it's Thanksgiving and we're on vacation), Thanksgiving truly gets started with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. This event has been featured in movies, on other television shows, and is a tradition (forgive us for sounding like an advertisement) like no other. Expect floats and balloons old and new, and we're relatively certain that someone from the North Pole will be present at the tail end of the event to kickoff the holiday season.


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How does it come that a bunch of new Italian bands sound like RHAPSODY (who are known as RHAPSODY OF FIRE now)? FLASHBACK OF ANGER are also belonging into this group, but they're playing their music with way less bombast like the guys around Luca Turilli. The songs at their second EP "Off With My Heart" are way more progressive with a very dominant keyboard. Who already owns their first EP "Panta Rei", may be pleased, because their concept album "Splinters Of Life" is now accomplished with those three new songs.
The songs "Time Can Answer", "Off With My Heart" and "Splinters Of Life" were played all in all in a very balladesque way, but there are enough Power Metal parts available, where you can bang your head properly. This progressive touch encourages indeed the variety, but in my opinion these calm parts are way too long winded. For a track with a length of almost eight minutes it sounds too protracted!
The vocal performance of Alessio Gori is above any doubt. From time to time it might let you think of MANOWAR's Eric Adams, when he performs "Nessun Dorma". The production of this demo has been crafted very well, but it doesn't reach for the premier league yet.
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Cosart excited for Minute Maid Park debut
Getting a chance to finally make his Major League debut against Tampa Bay 10 days ago was certainly a big moment in the life of Astros right-hander Jarred Cosart, but Tuesday's game at Minute Maid Park against the A's figures to be right up there, too.
Cosart, who grew up in the Houston area and cheered for the Astros, will make his first home start Tuesday when he faces Oakland in front of what should be a sizable cheering section for him. Cosart said he's leaving 75 tickets for family, but plenty of friends are buying their own. The A's are 10-0 against the Astros this year.
"It's been a crazy week, and to top it off making my first home start, it's going to be something I'll never forget," he said. "I'll have to put the nerves aside and try to do too much. Just go out there and try to pitch like I know I'm capable of."
In his Major League debut on July 12, Cosart threw eight scoreless innings and held the Rays to two hits in a 2-1 win over David Price, the reigning Cy Young Award winner. It was arguably the greatest debut by an Astros starting pitcher.
"I kind of set myself up with the debut in Tampa, but the biggest thing is to go out there and give my team a chance to win and try and get a quality start and keep us in the game," Cosart said. "I know there will probably be more nerves at home than there was on the road. I've grown up here my whole life and I'll have tons of people in the stands."
He added: "I couldn't have asked for any better way to come out of the gate. They were one of the hottest teams in baseball. … To go out there and have an outing like I did, it was a very special time. Like I said before, that's in the past and now I have to focus on the A's, who are on fire. I know the Astros haven't beaten them this year and that will be another challenge."
When asked what he learned about pitching in the Major Leagues in his first start in Tampa, Cosart said getting ahead with a first-pitch strike is key.
"I got behind to a couple of hitters and they hit the ball a lot harder when they were behind in the count," he said. "It starts with fastball command, whether you throw 95 or 88. If you can command the fastball, you'll have a lot better day. I have to throw a lot better offspeed pitches for strikes. In the Minor Leagues, you can get by with the fastball and I don't think that's possible in the big leagues. They'll start timing it up, whether it's 88 or 100. I think the biggest thing is being able to mix up pitches, change eye levels. It starts, especially for me, with fastball command."
Cosart has eyed this moment from the time the Astros acquired him and three other prospects from the Phillies in exchange for Hunter Pence two years ago.
"It's been a grind for me," Cosart said. "I've had injuries earlier in my career that I couldn't control. I've been blessed I haven't had any major surgeries, but getting there is a feat in itself. I want to say [in the big leagues] and I don't want to be another guy. I don't want to go up and down and I know in order to do that, I'm going to have to pitch.
"I want to go up there and do what I did the first start, attacking the zone, change speeds and get my team back in the dugout as quickly as possible. I want to establish myself as hopefully a No. 1 starter. I want to be somebody when they put the ball in our hands every fifth day, you have a shot to not only win the game, but to dominate the game. That's what I want to do throughout my career and hopefully I finish the year strong and establish myself for next year in Spring Training."
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So excited to watch Jarred get his first start at home tonight! Hoping the momentum from his start in TB, 10 days ago, carries over and that he's great again today.
What an exciting day for a kid that grew up here!


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It's been a banner season so far for Moncton and area minor hockey teams, with clubs from the region winning AAA minor hockey titles at the peewee, bantam and major midget levels.
The secret? Well, there is no secret.
"There are 22 arenas in and around Moncton," says Danny Flynn. "The kids are getting some pile of ice (time). That and good coaching."
Figuring out how to develop an athlete is not akin to splitting an atom - one requires lots of practice and bright coaching. And it's why the best Newfoundland and Labrador can ever hope to accomplish is to develop a scattered pro here and there.
Let's see, in St. John's the number of rinks total - let me check here - oh yes, eight. Two of those include Mile One and the wee St. Bon's Forum.
It's another challenge facing hockey players in the region, but to its credit, Newfoundland's done all right, challenging P.E.I., New Brunswick and maybe even Saskatchewan for producing the greatest number of NHLers - per capita - than any other province.
"No question," said Flynn, "the talent is here. Always has been. Look at our team - James Melindy (of the Goulds) is poised to become an NHL draft pick, Kris Hodge (of C.B.S.) will play for us next year, Scottie Trask was our assistant captain and a real character player for us last season.
"It's just the geographical challenge that surrounds Newfoundland. With the travel, it's tougher for chief scouts to get here so the best chance for kids are the tournaments like Atlantic championships, midget tournaments in Gatineau, Que. and Moncton, the POE camps.
"Sure there are scouts in each province - we have Scott Gordon here - but ultimately it's the chief scout who makes the call and the geographic and economic challenges getting to Newfoundland do make a difference."
Flynn is coach of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Moncton Wildcats, where he's won a couple of league championships. He won a Memorial Cup with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, been involved with Hockey Canada programs, coached Canadian college hockey and even spent a year as an assistant coach with the New York Islanders.
Flynn scouted for the Los Angeles Kings and is in St. John's, taking in the Atlantic major midget championship at Jack Byrne Arena.
He knows a bit about Newfoundland, having played for the Grand Falls Cataracts in the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League back in the day, winning a pair of Herders for Joe Byrne. In fact, Flynn worked for Byrne, cutting his teeth in the Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association office until he landed an executive director's job in Nova Scotia.
So Flynn knows a bit about hockey, and player development. Critical to Newfoundland, he said, is maintaining the provincial major midget league.
There have been rumblings the league might not be around next season (Tri-Pen dropped out at season's end, leaving the two St. John's teams, Central and Western). Part of the reason is outside St. John's, more emphasis - for whatever reason - is placed on high school hockey.
Splitting powerhouse St. John's into two teams has also helped, Flynn said.
"Does it make for the best team at the Atlantics?" he asks. "No. But for the betterment of the league and overall player development, it's good to balance two St. John's teams."
Flynn now says the next step for Newfoundland and Labrador is a provincial AAA bantam circuit for 13- and 14-year-olds. There are only four major midget teams in New Brunswick, he said, but 12 AAA bantam teams.
"I know there are scheduling and economic challenges, but the midget league needs a feeder system."
In the meantime, Flynn and other junior and pro hockey people will beat the bushes for hockey players, hoping to find maybe another Ted Stephens, the Whitehorse, Yukon kid who just finished his fourth season in Moncton, registering 108 points in 171 career major junior games.
"If you have talent," Flynn says, "you will find a way. But it helps if you are in the right development program."
Entering last night's game in Vancouver, Michael Ryder was one point away from matching his single-season high 63 points he tallied with the Montreal Canadiens in 2003-04. That's the highest number of points a Newfoundlander has scored in one NHL season. Teddy Purcell is close behind with 60 points ... Big Hockey Canada meeting in Toronto this weekend where a proposal to restructure the organization will be outlined. Currently, the various branch presidents - 13 in all - are, for all intents and purposes, the bosses of the organization, with president Bob Nicholson answering to the chairman of the board, which is an elected position. Under a new system, power will be taken away from the branch presidents and a management board will be appointed. If that happens, Newfoundland will never again see a Don Johnson, Brian Wakelin or Wayne Russell rise to the ranks of Canadian hockey president ... After the Montreal debacle, who will ever hire Pierre Gauthier - who takes micro-managing to a new level - again? Don't be at all surprised if Tampa Bay assistant GM Julien BriseBois does not get the Habs' GM job very soon ... Forget about Mark Nichols rejoining Brad Gushue now that Gushue has a spot open on his curling team ... Newfoundland's got a good thing going with its senior hockey league, hugely popular in centres like Clarenville and Grand Falls-Windsor. So why is it we keep hearing grumblings about teams - wink-wink, nudge-nudge - bending the rules a bit when it comes to paying players? If hockey hopes to have this league last, it might want to consider bringing in an independent, outside administrator to keep an eye on things. A hound watching the foxes, as it were ...
Robin Short is The Telegram's Sports Editor. He can be reached by email firstname.lastname@example.com


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WOODBURY -- The Woodbury Merchants and Professionals Association will hold a general membership meeting this week.
The meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, will be held on the second floor of the Friendship Fire Company, next to city hall on Delaware Street.
The association has been busy promoting many events around Woodbury, including cruise nights, a Taste of Woodbury, the Santa Parade, candlelight shopping and the annual car show.
The group is also hoping to reach out to area businesses and merchants by bringing events to other parts of the city besides the downtown, with the ultimate goal of making Woodbury a destination location.
Local business owners and professionals are encouraged to attend Thursday's meeting. City police and construction office officials will also be in attendance to field questions and address any concerns.


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Tees with Tongue Tied Type
Ken will tell me that it's lettering and not type, but I couldn't resist the alliteration. Besides, I didn't want to put our readers off with "Self Licking Lettering" right off the bat so here it is in the body copy. Back to the post: Our friend Mark Borden at FastCompany magazine somehow convinced his senior editors that the House Industries typographic, lettering and cultural business empire warranted a fair amount of ink in their Masters of Design issue. As we blogged before, FastCompany commissioned us to create tasteful and professional lettering treatment for the opening spread of the article. Using the business acumen we absorbed by reading about FastCompany's design masters, we decided that it would be a great idea to create a line of T-shirts just in time for the next issue to hit the newsstand. So, for any of you FastCompany readers out there who just came across this blistering rapture of luscious lettering and you have a few extra Alex Hamiltons floating around in your pocket, here are the shirts.
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It says here that the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team is better than we think.
This is the kind of endorsement generally applied to used cars, blind dates and unfamiliar vegetables.
What we have here, then, is kale and a PT Cruiser.
If being better than we think means this team is not as good as it could be, as much can be said about any basketball team that does not include LeBron James. Is it good enough? Does it matter?
Long ago the issue of American supremacy in basketball was settled in Barcelona with the Dream Team, and if the goal is to create another team that could beat that one, you might as well try to kiss your own elbow.
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Shooting Gallery is pleased to present Toy Box\, a solo show by Robert Xavier Burden. Join us for the opening reception Saturday\, May 11\, from 7-11pm. The exhibit will be open to the public for viewing through June 1st\, 2013.\n
Toy Box will consist of 16 oil paintings both on canvas and on panel\, all of which place childhood icons into compositions of reverence and majesty. Backdrops that appear like ecclesiastical stained glass or elaborately woven rugs from afar reveal something different at cl oser view\; characters once only at home in comics and cartoons are crossin g over into the realms of oil portraits with the help of Burden's imaginati ve eye and deft detailing.\n
But Burde n isn't simply a nostalgia merchant\; his work deliberately re-imbues child hood icons with the magic they once possessed. Though Burden's larger-than- life size representations of what are commonly mass-produced action figures naturally opens a dialogue on commodity fetishism\, Burden's pieces ultima tely affect the viewer on a more visceral than conceptual level\, with an h onest evocation of the wonderment that children see radiating from their fa vorite toys.\n
From the artist:\n
In 2006 I began a series of large-scale oil paintings based upon the sm all action figures that I played with as a boy. I remember these figures as being magnificent. They represented power\, beauty\, good and evil\, and t hey captured every aspect of my imagination. As a young adult\, these toys are wonderfully nostalgic\, but they're no longer amazing to me. The patter ns that adorn many of the canvases are often taken from fabric\, rug or wal lpaper patterns from my childhood home. The original toy is often framed in a shadowbox attached to the painting\, acting as a modern reliquary for th ese figurines. The ineffability of what can turn a cheap yet coveted piece of plastic into an almost talismanic object was the original inspiration fo r this work. I am also motivated by the amorphous line that is drawn betwee n imagination and reality\, childhood wonder and adult practicality. There is an obvious irony in spending hundreds of hours to create a single painti ng that glorifies a cheap\, mass-produced toy. And while that irony could r eflect issues of commodity fetishism\, consumer addiction\, Peter Pan Syndr ome or even shallow idolatry\, I want these paintings to represent somethin g positive in my life. There is nothing profound about commenting on the mi nor tragedy of losing one's innocence\, or the struggle to maintain one's i dealism. I just want to renew my faded sense of awe.\n
Robert Xavier Burden lives and works in San Francisco and has exhibited extensively throughout N orth America. He has received honors such as the Irene Pijoan Memorial Pain ting Award from the San Francisco Art Institute\, and the Murphy and Cadoga n Fellowship Award from the San Francisco Foundation.DTEND:20130601 DTSTAMP:20161028T091801 DTSTART:20130511 GEO:37.7862859;-122.4177545 LOCATION:Shooting Gallery\,886 Geary Street \nSan Francisco\, CA 94109 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Toy Box\, Robert Burden UID:273210 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:20130511T230000 DTSTAMP:20161028T091801 DTSTART:20130511T190000 GEO:37.7862859;-122.4177545 LOCATION:Shooting Gallery\,886 Geary Street \nSan Francisco\, CA 94109 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Toy Box\, Robert Burden UID:273211 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR


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Folk singer Michelle Shocked has a released a new album of songs that are audible only to dogs.
That's right, dogs.
According to Billboard, the album consists of silent songs named for executives in the digital music world. The album, called "Inaudible Women," includes 11 tracks.
In an interview, Shocked said the high-pitched frequencies can be heard by dogs.
"I decided that I was going to make a high album — in fact, the highest album ever made, just so that my friends Spot and Rex can hear it, not audible to human ears," she told Billboard while sitting next to two dogs. "And to raise money for my fall tour."


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Norris ties to stop the Astros' 3-game skid
The Astros will try to snap a three-game losing streak in the middle game of a three-game against the Marlins at 6:10 p.m. CT Saturday at Marlins Ballpark. Bud Norris will start against the Astros' former NL Central nemesis Carlos Zambrano, who is 16-8 with a 2.72 ERA in 34 games (32 starts) against the Astros.
While Norris and Zambrano have only faced each other once in their careers, 1B Carlos Lee has seen Zambrano 75 times in his career and is hitting .358 (24-for-67) against the right-hander with five home runs and a .427 on-base percentage.
Here are some other tidbits:
- Astros starters have posted a 3.57 ERA in the first seven games this season, recording four quality starts. Their starters rank seventh in the NL in ERA, while the staff as a whole ranks sixth (3.38 ERA).
- The Astros have outscored their opponents 32-30 this season. The team's .258 batting average is third in the Majors, while their .328 on-base percentage ranks fourth.
- J.D. Martinez (.385) is the only Astros player to hit safely in all seven games this season (tied for the longest streak in the Majors). Chris Johnson (.346) has hit safely in his last six games, and Jordan Schafer has reached base safely via hit or walk in all seven games this season (.406 OBP).
Astros' lineup Saturday vs. Giants
The Astros can clinch the season series against the Giants with a win on either Saturday or Sunday. They'll send Brett Myers to the mound, with the right-hander trying to snap a personal seven-game losing streak. Here is the Astros' lineup:
2B Jose Altuve
CF Jason Bourgeois
LF J.D. Martinez
1B Carlos Lee
RF Jason Michaels
3B Jimmy Paredes
SS Clint Barmes
C Humberto Quintero
RHP Brett Myers
Astros lineup Saturday vs. Brewers
Here is the Astros lineup for Saturday's game against the Brewers at Minute Maid Park, where Brett Myers (3-11, 4.65 ERA) faces Chris Narveson (7-6, 4.39 ERA). Myers is trying to snap a personal five-game losing streak.
CF Jason Bourgeois
2B Jose Altuve
LF J.D. Martinez
1B Carlos Lee
RF Jason Michaels
3B Jimmy Paredes
SS Clint Barmes
C Humberto Quintero
RHP Brett Myers
A night of heroes at Minute Maid Park
The Astros' 5-3 win over the Padres was truly a team win in every sense. Nelson Figueroa had a good start, the bullpen came through nicely and Carlos Lee and Hunter Pence had terrific diving catches.
Then was the bottom of the seventh, when the Astros rallied for a pair runs and got a pinch-hit RBI single by Joe Inglett, with Matt Downs going hard into second base earlier in the inning to break up a potential double play.
"You need things like that," manager Brad Mills said. "You have great plays and timely hitting and guys hustling on the bases and beating plays and diving in the outfield. Things of that nature are huge. This team is capable of doing that, and they really did a good job tonight."
The Astros can win their first series of the season and even their 10-game homestand at 5-5 if they can win Sunday's finale.
Here are some postgame notes from Saturday's game:
- Saturday was the Astros' first win this season while hitting a home run. They had come into the game 0-5 in games in which they had at least one home run.
- RHP Nelson Figueroa did not factor into the decision after pitching 6 2/3 innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits and two walks. He tossed a season-high 111 pitches, the fourth-highest pitch count for an Astros starter this season.
- RHP Mark Melancon tossed one-third of a scoreless inning, stranding two inherited runners en route to the win. He has now tossed eight innings over nine appearances this season without allowing an earned run. By stranding two runners, Melancon has stranded all seven of his inherited runners this season and since being acquired by the Astros, Melancon has inherited 14 runners without allowing any of them to score.
- CF Michael Bourn has now reached base safely in 12 straight games and in 13 of his 14 games this season. Since last season, Bourn has reached base safely in 51 of his last 53 games.
- Bourn collected his seventh steal of the season and has now stolen 15 consecutive bases without being caught (dating back to Sept. 4, 2010).
- 3B Chris Johnson connected for his first home run of the season tonight, a two-run shot in the fourth inning. The homer snapped an 0-for-10 streak and an 81-at-bat homerless streak. Johnson went 22 games between home runs.
- RF Hunter Pence collected his ninth RBI of the season at Minute Maid Park and his 11th overall in 2011. Entering the game, Pence ranked tied for sixth in the Majors in RBIs at home
- LF Carlos Lee went 1-for-4 and has now hit safely in his last four games and in seven of his last eight.


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MUSKEGON -- The up-and-down fortunes of the Muskegon County Airport took a big dip today, when airport officials said Midwest Airlines will be canceling all service here Sept. 8.
The move comes about three months after Midwest Connect, which offers two daily flights between Muskegon and Milwaukee, delighted local officials by starting daily jet service.
The service cancellation means the local airport will only be served by Northwest Airlines, with three daily flights between Muskegon and Detroit, for the foreseeable future.
Northwest is the airport's most popular carrier, but does not offer jet service out of Muskegon.
The service cancellation is not the result of poor ticket sales in Muskegon, according to Marty Piette, manager of the Muskegon County Airport. The Muskegon/Milwaukee connection had been steady in recent years, and the jet was selling about 70 to 80 percent of its available seats, he said.
Midwest was forced to cut flights to many small and medium-sized airports due to overall financial troubles, Piette said. The skyrocketing price of fuel probably had a lot to do with the massive service cuts, he said.
Midwest Airlines is eliminating service to three airports: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Ft. Myers, Fla.; and San Diego.
The airline will also discontinue service to seven other airports currently served by its Midwest Connect regional jet service: Baltimore; Hartford, Conn.; Louisville, Ky.; Raleigh/Durham, N.C.; St. Louis; San Antonio; and Wausau/Stevens Point, Wis.


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Pumas assistant to coach South Kitsap boys soccer
Professional soccer only reached Kitsap County a year ago.
But an extension of it already has reached South Kitsap.
Athletic director Ed Santos announced Tuesday that James Ritchie has been hired as the school's boys soccer coach.
Ritchie, 28, an assistant coach and director of youth development for the Kitsap Pumas, was among three finalists who interviewed for the position.
"He had so much enthusiasm about working with kids," said Santos, adding that Ritchie's knowledge of the sport also stood out.
Ritchie replaces Michael Krug, who resigned after one season to focus on his Westsound FC club soccer coaching duties. Krug guided the Wolves to a 15-3-1 record and their first state championship last spring.
A native of Scotland — he grew up in Glasgow — Ritchie has played soccer throughout his life. Despite only being 5 foot 9, he was a goalkeeper, and continued to coach club after his playing career ended on Bainbridge Island.
One of his pupils was the daughter of Pumas executive director Ben Pecora, who recommended him to owner Robin Waite. Ritchie joined the team as an assistant coach last year and plans to continue in that role even though Kitsap's season begins during the spring. He said he is not concerned about being overloaded with both roles.
"I love soccer," said Ritchie, adding that he prefers a quick tempo. "It's the best game in the world. I'm the happiest when I'm out on the field."
Last year, Santos had to receive permission from the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association to allow Krug to coach because of his club duties. But he said Ritchie's hiring is different because his work with youths is through clinics.
Santos planned to meet with Ritchie on Thursday to review rules and regulations, which he said is standard for any coaching hire.
From his experience working with youths, Ritchie said he is familiar with sophomore midfielder Diego Aceves-de la Cruz, whom he referred to as an "outstanding prospect."
The Wolves graduated several of their top players off the championship team, including forward Justin Moore, who now is at Western Washington University, but Ritchie said that did not deter him for taking the position.
"It's a great opportunity to coach a very good team," he said.
Ritchie said he hopes to add a Pumas player to his coaching staff, but he declined to identify the athlete before it becomes official. Beyond that, Ritchie looks forward to the March 15 opener at North Kitsap.
"I can't wait to get the boys on the field," he said. "I just hope the boys will continue to be great ambassador for the high school."
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HOLYOKE - The specific act of ironing a suit probably is absent from the generally accepted message of Martin Luther King Jr., but let Joanne Castillo explain.
"The people who come to us, our goal is clothing them and making them feel confident about what they're doing. Because if they're confident, they can get a job and get out of poverty," Castillo, program co-coordinator of Holyoke Career Closet, said Monday.
Volunteers ironed and put on hangers hundreds of sport coats, dress pants, shirts, skirts, blouses, dresses and other clothing as a day of service in honor of the King holiday at Career Closet, which provides poor people with neat attire to help them on job interviews.
A total of 21 volunteers from the New England Farm Workers Council and the AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) service program commemorated King by helping at three facilities run by Providence Ministries for the Needy.
From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., volunteers helped at Career Closet, which is at Holyoke Community College on Homestead Ave.; Kate's Kitchen at 51 Hamilton St.; and Mother Mary's Thrift Store, 364 High St.
"Martin Luther King Day, we come out serving in the community and Providence Ministries serves the poorest of the poor, so that's why we're here today," said Ana West, VISTA program director with the New England Farm Workers Council, 225 High St.
Castillo, 20, shares coordinating duties at Career Closet with Virginia Constant. The duties are Castillo's service project for the year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Originally from California, her car still bears a license plate from Nova Scotia, one of the places she recently lived, along with Washington, D.C., where she learned of the Career Closet opportunity, she said.
People often donate clothing stuffed in garbage bags, and the five volunteers removed, folded, ironed and hung hundreds of pieces of clothing, she said.
"It's nice to have the volunteers come in and help us get organized because the more organized we are, the better we can help people," Castillo said.
At Kate's Kitchen, volunteer Amneris Moreno cleaned and organized refrigerators, tossed damaged food and helped serve the daily meal of roast chicken, mashed potatoes, carrots, apples and bananas.
"Being here today has helped me open my eyes. I would like to do more for my community," said Moreno, 28.
Her job with AmeriCorps VISTA includes working with the Board of Health, local stores and others to instill the message about the importance of eating well, a topic she is studying at HCC, she said.
Kate's Kitchen serves 125 to 200 meals a day and provided 54,000 meals in 2013, said Christine Burns, Providence Ministries director of development.
At Mother Mary's Thrift Store, volunteers helped organize the clothing, furniture, small appliances and other items that are donated and then sold at low prices to help Providence Ministries programs here, she said.
King led the civil rights movement from the mid-1950's until his assassination April 4, 1968. He was 39. In his 1963 book "Why We Can't Wait," King referred to the doctrine of using nonviolent actions to force changes to improve people's lives as "the sword that heals," and healing actions take place daily at Career Closet, Kate's Kitchen and Mother Mary's Thrift Store, Burns said.
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Apparently, March Madness has begun.
In White Plains, New York, Khalil Edney grabbed a loose ball and made a 55-footer as time expired to give New Rochelle a 61-60 victory over rival Mt. Vernon in the New York Section 1 Class AA high school final on Sunday.
"I was just praying for it to go in," Edney told MSGVarsity.com. "That's one of them last-second things you throw up, and it goes in."
Duke guard Seth Curry tweeted "Wow!" to go along with a YouTube link for Edney's heave, and New Rochelle alum Ray Rice of the Baltimore Ravens also offered his congratulations online, according to The Associated Press.
The sequence started when Edney's inbounds pass was broken up and a Mount Vernon player tried to run out the clock by flipping the ball in the air. Edney then brought it in and let a desperation toss fly for the win.
The shot was initially waved off, but the referees eventually reversed the call.
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Peek'n Peak in western New York is offering reduced-rate lift tickets through the end of the season. A full-day lift ticket is now $35 (down from the regular-season $54 weekend rate); lift tickets for ages 6-11 are $25. Rental rates are also reduced: $23 for skis, $28 for snowboard.
A spring-season lift ticket comes with a two-hour pass to
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The New Jersey Joint Legislative Commission on Ethical Standards dismissed, by a 5-1 vote, a complaint brought in September against 33rd District Sen. Brian Stack, a Union City Democrat, according to an audio recording of the panel's (Dec. 13) Tuesday session.
There were six out of eight members of the "honesty" board who decided to listen to the complaint before the 2011 Legislature's term ran out. Stack was accused of improperly using his state legislative aide, Mark Albiez, as a spokesman for Union City, where the senator is also mayor. In other words, state funds were supposedly being illegally used for city purposes.
The other part of the complaint was that Albiez was allowed to use a city office -- but the panel dropped the issue because of a "lack of jurisdiction," which I guess means it's the city's problem.
Joseph Blaettler, a private investigator and former police superior in Union City, brought the complaint against the senator. The state joint commission's legal office investigated the matter, and the members relied on the counsel's findings.
Upon learning of the dismissal, Blaettler said he was not surprised.
"When is the last time the state ethics panel ever found anyone in violation?" he said. Probably as often as any Hudson County or Jersey City ethics panel did.
What the lawmakers say they learned is that Albiez is not paid by the city but receives a salary as a legislative aide to Stack, $30,000, and Assemblyman Ruben Ramos, $45,000. Both legislators are in the 33rd District. Commission members said the two salaries for a legislative aide who works in one district is not an unusual practice.
The assumption by the commission majority is that Albiez is in a City Hall office out of convenience, since both Stack and Ramos also have constituent offices and "Albiez is all over the place." They said the aide was addressing overlapping constituencies.
Posturing was the key Stanislavski method used by these public officials. They often pointed out that their review involves understanding the issue of dual-office holding, which is permitted by law in Stack's case, as he is among a handful of lawmakers who were grandfathered into a law that supposedly ended the double-dipping practice. In other words, if Stack is allowed to work for two constituencies, why wouldn't that right trickle down to Albiez?
Commission member Judge Neil H. Schuster, who retired in 2008 from Superior Court, said it seems that everything is being done appropriately but he has a problem with "appearance" and suggests they make a recommendation to the Legislature to look at the situation. I'm sure the echoes of his voice faded away in the chamber, ending that thought.
One commissioner responded: "Appearance to whom? The constituents don't care -- they just want to be helped ... appearance comes in when it's egregious, but it doesn't come close to being egregious ..."
It was not hard to tell where former Republican Sen. Peter A. Inverso stood on the issue. "It strikes me that Mr. Albiez is performing personal services for Mayor Stack," said Inverso, whose approach to the issue has only been equaled by Mark Anthony's speech to the Roman masses after the murder of Julius Caesar. Inverso came not to praise Stack and often voiced his opinion that the senator's actions had the appearance of impropriety. But Inverso's use of the phrase "personal services" was a problem for one commission member, who said Albiez was not "washing the senator's car."
You had a sense of how the vote would go when Chairman Alan Rosenthal commended the senator for his efforts to serve his constituents -- and saving money to boot.
The complainant, Blaettler, has become Stack's antagonist over the past few years.
It was the private investigator who provided videotapes to various TV and cable news programs that have been made public and embarrassed the Union City administration. One video shows Stack's ex-wife, Katia, the director of a local municipal daycare center, making use of a city vehicle for personal use. The revelation ended with her paying the city for the gas she used.
Police Chief Charles Everett resigned his $248,000 a year post after a Blaettler video appeared on cable TV showing the chief exercising at a gym instead of working at a moonlighting security detail job at a local school.
The ethics panel seems to have a habit of looking at Stack complaints around election time.
In 2007, when the senator was a major rebel in the Hudson County Democratic Party's civil war, the joint panel decided to review circumstances surrounding a $100,000 grant Stack obtained that upgraded a city park next to the daycare center where his ex-wife is director.
Look for more ethics complaints against Stack about late 2012 or early 2013 when he is expected to run for re-election.
-- I know everyone is shopping rather than reading these few notes, so let me immediately express the obvious on my favorite subject:
The Jersey City political machine of Mayor Jerramiah Healy is broken, kaput.
They are unsuccessfully trying to jump-start the engine but keep flooding it with delusions about stealing the 2013 city election.
The City Hall gang that likes to blame their mistakes on the Bossa Nova or whatever, keeps reading the tea leaves or interpreting polling that always gives the mayor a great deal more negatives than positives. Any study they make has Downtown Councilman Steven Fulop way ahead.
They have no one on the bench to pitch hit as a leader or even to draft. Any thoughts of bringing in any recently retired judges or soon to be replaced prosecutor would be too late, too little.
This is a machine?
-- Making matters even more (dire, silly, cartoonish, sorry, or use whatever word you want) is the recent news about an FBI visit to Heights Councilman Bill Gaughan and Council President Peter Brennan.
According to the Star-Ledger, there's this Bergen County insurance broker, Joseph Bigica of Franklin Lakes has been a target of recent inquiries in connection to his work for the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners. Let's just say the sewerage authority ended its extensive insurance dealings with Bigica who has been the subject of federal sniffing.
It just so happens that a Bigica insurance firm was awarded a three-year, no-bid contract to provide health care and prescription coverage in Jersey City.
Gaughan admitted that there was a meet with federal investigators and it had nothing to do with whether he intends to attend the Super Bowl again with ex-assemblyman, now lobbyist, Rudy Garcia. I would think that the feds did not ask about municipal procedures in handing out city no-bid contracts, something that could easily be done by phone or mail.
I also do not expect the Heights councilman to seek re-election.
Unless something intervenes, I'm certain that Gaughan would like to remain in his cushy post as chief of staff to Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise. It's what city elected officials do when they leave municipal government -- pick up a county pay check.
-- Add to the fall of the Jersey City administration the freezing relationship between Bayonne and North Bergen, and you have the continuing rigor mortis of the Hudson County Democratic Organization, or HCDeadO as we know it.
If you haven't heard, the falling out stems from Assemblyman Jason O'Donnell's decision to remain loyal and back Assemblyman Joe Cryan's bid for a return to a leadership position after the Democrats ousted Cryan as majority leader. The problem was that Sen. Nick Sacco, also mayor of North Bergen, was trying to do the same for Assemblyman Vincent Prieto of Secaucus.
I guess the proper etiquette would have been for O'Donnell to inform Sacco, defacto head of all county Democrats outside of the 33rd District, of his intentions.
Now O'Donnell can only wonder how long Sacco will stay mad at him and at HCDeadO Chairman and Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith, who I guess should have had a leash on the assemblyman. How long? My guess would be about the time the pyramids crumble.
-- The destructive level of dysfunction among Hudson Democrats is why
you can expect U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez to name someone in his statewide
re-election campaign to specifically operate in his home county. It isn't like Menendez did not make his own mistakes ("I endorse Sal Vega.").
-- I paid a visit to the holiday party held Thursday evening by Mike Novak's firm, American Environmental Solutions, at the W Hotel in Hoboken. Curious about the politicos who would appear, I was rewarded by spotting the likes of Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner, Assemblyman Ruben Ramos of Hoboken, and Freeholder Anthony "Stick" Romano.
There were a few other personalities, including "JC
Official #3" Carl Czaplicki, better known as the Jersey City head of
Housing, Economic Development and Commerce, and county official and HCDeadO
election campaign samurai Craig Guy. I didn't quite get what you said Carl. As a matter of fact, I don't think anyone in the place did.
Craig wanted to know if I was there because I thought it was a Healy affair. I knew the Jersey City mayor would not be present because the W doesn't offer karaoke.
-- I was surprised to see that Turner was alone - usually he's Pancho to West New York Mayor Dr. Felix Roque's Cisco Kid. And he denies receiving a bright red Ferrari from Formula One promoters. I envision the mayor and Roque taking turns at the wheel before hiding the race car in a Weehawken garage. I'm kidding of course but folks at the hotel bar were starting to believe me.
One interesting thing about the grand prix that is scheduled for 2013 on the North Hudson waterfront is that there is already an illegal cottage industry of people selling unapproved souvenirs of the race on the Internet.
-- Now that Michele Massey has been tabbed to fill the Jersey City Ward F vacancy, created when Councilwoman Viola Richardson won an at-large seat, look for everyone to line up to unseat Massey in November's special election. King Drive shopping center property manager Ryan Strother has already announced his intention to run. Look for others to the same. I'm counting on businessman and now activist Bruce Alston, the Rev. Ronnie Calvin Clark, and another reverend, Tyrone Ballon, to toss their hats and collars into the Ward F ring.
-- There's a feeling among members of the Hudson County Board of Freeholders that they would like to see Jersey City's Bill O'Dea return as the board's chairman. Things ran pretty smoothly for the freeholders with O'Dea at the helm this year.
The problem is that there has been an understanding that the chairmanship would rotate among its members. There is a new leader every year. In 2012, as fate would have it, the freeholder slated to take the chair is Jersey City's Eliu Rivera.
Rivera, 67, has missed almost every meeting since sometime in June when he was hospitalized after, as the story goes, he was accidentally exposed to a chemical (insect bomb?) aerosol that left him
incapacitated, needing an oxygen bottle to help him breathe.
Rivera has let it be known that he wants to serve as chairman but the request was probably a rasping whisper.
Even though he was medically missing, Rivera ran unopposed in November and was returned to office. The freeholder reorganization meeting next month should be dramatic.
-- Are there enough people out there to fill 25 slots on a Power List?
-- It is hard to believe that there are only eight days of shopping left before Christmas. I'm undecided about whether there should be a column for Christmas Eve (or is that Holiday Eve?). How much coal can I hand out? We'll see.


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The Diet of Worms
Okay, if you're not into 16th century topical religious references, let's just move right along to the contents of this newsphoto. You're seeing mopani worms, served at a restaurant in South Africa. Our story says they're an acquired taste. Ya think? Mopani worms are displayed on a dish at a restaurant in Johannesburg, September 14, 2006. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Yuck! Undercooked corn!
I had some mopani worms. saw them at the buffet, dried in a bowl. I ate five and they tasted like raw peanuts. I went back to my table bragging that I ate some and they told me those were the ones that hadn't been cooked.
I returned to the buffet and ate some more cooked worms. they were bitter. a little lemon butter would have helped. I liked the raw ones better.


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Brookwood Forest Elementary
Brookwood Forest Elementary School celebrated 2012 Forest Fling with the theme Kickin' It at Forest Fling.
Forest Fling is an annual field game and fun day where students play games at games booths, jump on inflatables and try out a climbing wall.
There were also booths for face painting, temporary tattoos, colored hair spray, popcorn, snow cones and frozen Doodles desserts.
This year there was also the "Fake a Break" booth where students received bandages for imaginary injuries.
Students also got a chance to try out their golf swing and play soccer.
Amy Sanders was the chair of the Forest Fling PTO Committee.
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Harry Redknapp has challenged his Tottenham squad to get five wins to seal a return to the glory nights of Europe.
Earlier this season, that would not have been a challenge so much as an expectation. Once upon a time, Tottenham went on a run of 11 games unbeaten (as Spurs fans were no doubt reminiscing during the past five weeks).
They were the side least battered during the brutal festive period, and they were the league's only hope to break Manchester's monopoly on the Top 2 positions. Most importantly, there was a 10-point gap between them and fourth.
Then came March.
After Arsenal's desperate comeback against—and subsequent obliteration of—Tottenham in the final game of February, Spurs went through the entirety of March without a win. The collapse saw Tottenham's once-assured position of third usurped by the red half of North London, and their chances of Champions League football seemed jeopardized.
Things did not look good.
But, after Sunday's (rather comfortable) win against Premier League overachievers Swansea, Tottenham ended their five-game, league-winless slump. Before that, they dismantled Bolton in the FA Cup. It is not yet time to declare a Tottenham comeback, but it is a welcome return to form for a team that has had its confidence shattered and mettle tested.
Elsewhere in the capital city, Arsenal lost to QPR in another example of a London derby's proclivity to defy every notion of logic, talent and table position, and they have the good fortune to follow that up with a meeting with a desperate (read: motivated) Manchester City.
So, all is not lost. Tottenham can reclaim third with positive results this weekend, and their remaining schedule is relatively easy—as long as the Tottenham players focus.
With Chelsea still vying for Champions League victory, it's plausible(ish) that only the Top 3 will be invited to Europe next season. If not, their hunt for fourth will be even stronger.
Five wins? Challenge accepted, Mr. Redknapp. Here's what needs to happen.


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No, I did not forget that there were two NFC East teams on the field in the regular-season opener Wednesday night. It's just that the Dallas Cowboys deserved the attention in the immediate aftermath and overnight, and I wanted to spend some time mulling over what I wanted to say about a New York Giants performance for which "disappointing" is the most flattering adjective.
You certainly don't want to overreact to the first game, especially with a team like the Giants that has proven its ability to overcome just about anything. But the fact is, they didn't look good, and it's perfectly acceptable to wonder why. For me, the problem was that their reliable stars didn't deliver in the reliable way in which they need them to. Eli Manning was just a little bit off with some throws. Victor Cruz dropped three passes. Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora couldn't get to the quarterback. Those are players and elements on which the Giants rely in order to succeed, and when they can't rely on those players and elements to be great, that's when their weaknesses really stand out.
The secondary is shredded by injury, yes, but if the pass rush up front is doing its job, you're not going to notice that as much. The offensive line still struggles to open holes for the running backs, yes, but if Manning is making those breathtaking, Super Bowl-caliber throws (and if Cruz is catching them), you're not going to notice that as much. The depth issues at defensive tackle seemed to have an effect late in the game. The Giants are a very good team with flaws, just like all of the other very good teams in the league. They've succeeded because they've been able to cover their flaws with outstanding quality at what they consider to be the key positions -- quarterback, wide receiver and pass-rushing defensive end.
So yes, the problems the Giants had in the opener feel familiar to Giants fans, and not in a way that's going to make them feel all warm and fuzzy while they wait 10 days to see their team in another game. There are questions that don't, currently, have answers. Can rookie David Wilson be the answer in the run game, or is he going to be fumble-prone and force them to keep him on the sideline? Is Corey Webster going to have another year like the one he had in 2011, or was Wednesday's poor performance a sign of regression? Is Hakeem Nicks playing hurt? Does Manning have a wide enough variety of reliable targets?
The point is that these are usually (and need to be) ancillary issues for the Giants, and they only show up and cost them games when Manning and Nicks and Cruz and Tuck and Umenyiora are less than great. With all of the issues in the secondary and in the running game and on the offensive line, they still only lost by a touchdown and were a third-down stop away from getting the ball back in Manning's hands at the two-minute warning. Better play from their reliables would have made the other stuff seem much smaller than it does this morning. That's how it worked last year, early and late, when the Giants were winning games.
Last year, with with exception of the two Redskins games for some reason, Manning always found open options when he dropped back to pass. Give him options, and he picks you apart. Cover his receivers, or shut down one side of the field and limit his options, and that slows him down a bit. The Cowboys accomplished this Wednesday. Other teams will find ways to do it, too. It's Manning's job to make his own adjustments and produce anyway.
Last year, if Jason Pierre-Paul was getting the attention on the left side of the offensive line, that meant Tuck and/or Umenyiora would fight through on the right side for a sack or at least some pressure. On Wednesday they did not. They said after the game they were being held all night and the holds weren't being called, but that's an ages-old lament, sung exclusively by losers. The Giants' pass-rushers need to overcome such things, and they surely know it.
Last year, Cruz didn't drop balls, and Webster didn't get beaten on "go" routes and Nicks got separation from defenders and... well, you get it. Wednesday didn't look like the Giants at their best, and the reason was that their best players didn't play the way they needed them to play. That's fixable, and once it's fixed, I imagine Giants fans will feel better about things than they do today.


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LAS VEGAS - New Orleans Hornets guard Marcus Thornton scored 23 points but it wasn't enough to prevent a 77-76 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Friday night in their opening game of the Las Vegas Summer League.
With a chance to win the game at the buzzer, point guard Darren Collison missed a 3-pointer.
Despite having only two practices, rookies Craig Brackins and Quincy Pondexter started Friday night.
After leaving Las Vegas on Thursday to be with his wife for the birth of their son, Hornets Coach Monty Williams made it back in time for the game.
Collison just missed an open jumper at the top of the key. He has made 3-of-8 shots from the field but has seven assists. The Warriors have regained the lead 67-65 with 7:15 remaining. Brackins just missed a layup and has not scored in the second half. He needs to drive to the basket more from the baseline, but it is his first professional game. Pondexter has continued to attack, even though he is not shooting at a high percentage. Pondexter has done a good job drawing fouls.
Thornton is attacking the basket on drives and is the best player on the floor. He ended the quarter with a team-high 15 points on 6-of-13 shooting. Pondexter has 10 points but has made only 2-of-5 shots from the field. He is 5-of-8 from the free-throw line. Not a big crowd tonight at UNLV's Cox Pavilion, but it's the final game of the night. The Hornets are running a lot of halfcourt sets with plenty of movement. New Orleans did not defend well during the quarter as the Warriors rallied to cut the deficit to 59-56 after trailing by seven.
The Hornets dominated the quarter, which led to a 45-38 halftime lead. They outscored the Warriors 27-18. Early in the quarter, the Hornets had some problems cutting off drive penetrations, but they quickly adjusted. With 5:06 remaining, they led 31-27. Pondexter effectively provided help defense, knowing when to switch off and continue to defend when the shooter does not have the ball. Coach Mike Malone is alternating frequently, which is not a surprise for summer league. Golden State's summer league head coach is Stephen Silas - a former Hornets assistant coach. Brackins showed range on his jumper. With Collison ballhandling, the Hornets controlled the tempo. Thornton scored twice on fastbreak layups during a five-minute span. Brackins made 3-of-6 shots for seven points but Pondexter missed three of four attempts. Thornton led the Hornets with 11 points. Collison made 3-of-6 shots for six points and six assists.
The Hornets were led in the first half by backup center Sean Sonderleiter with nine points on 4-of-5 shooting. Sonderleiter is trying to earn an invitation to training camp this fall. The Warriors took a 20-18 lead in the first quarter before the Hornets made their run.


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Sahib Singh (81) of the under-12 Summerside Spartans flag football team seems to have learned quickly, to the delight of his teammates, as he outpaces Charlottetown Privateers Jacky Jia and Bodie Dixon during the first match of the new league, played at Eric Johnston Field in Summerside.
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Charlottetown Privateers player Kylie Henderson seems alone among the opposition Summerside Spartans during the inaugural under-12 flag football league game played at Eric Johnston Field in Summerside.
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While Arman Singh, of the Summerside Spartans, evades Joey Bradley, of the Charlottetown Privateers in the first under-12 game of the new flag football league, Souris Wildcats and Stratford Broncos coaches on the next field teach their new under-10 players the formalites of scrimmage lineup.
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SUMMERSIDE – Excited young players sometimes needed guidance on the scrimmage line, but that was the whole idea backing new under-12 and under-10 divisions of flag football play in P.E.I., which began last weekend in Summerside.
Football P.E.I. intends the new leagues to get kids into football at a younger age, developing them through flag football to feed into tackle football programs already in place, but fun and exercise seem to be a major focus for the coaches and players.
"It's a fun game, kids get to play as a team, and it's a totally different skill set than hockey and soccer so it is something different for the kids," described Summerside Spartans coach John Turner as he organized his U-12 team for their first game.
"It's much safer: it's a non-contact sport, it's about grabbing the flag," he emphasized, though he had no trouble interesting some of his atom-level tackle football players from last fall to be on the team.
David Henderson plays on the men's tackle program with the Maritime Football League Charlottetown Privateers and coaches the U-12 flag football team of the same name. He also seemed to have little trouble rounding up players, including his 12-year-old daughter who doesn't play any other sports.
"She likes to play catch with us in the front yard and expressed an interest in playing; I didn't really have to pressure her at all," he said, noting that she has also watched him play tackle football so the interest is her own.
He recognizes the benefits from the amount of exercise, fun, and life skills to be practiced such as teamwork and camaraderie; the experiences of winning, losing and doing so with grace; as well as simply playing and getting the exercise. But it is league play, and he is coaching for a lot of the same development skills in drills and practice routines.
It's much safer: it's a non-contact sport, it's about grabbing the flag. John Turner - coach of new under-12 Summerside Spartan flag football team
On another field, Souris and Stratford under-10s made that approach make sense, as their coaches were on the scrimmage line reminding players of the formalities of play as their youthful attentions were focused on getting the ball.
The Privateers' coach knows there will be some growing pains, but expects to see some good athletes play some excellent football and is willing to simply let the end results play out.
The teams in the new divisions also include the Souris Wildcats, Stratford Broncos, and Cornwall Timberwolves. Other than the initial Saturday contests played at Eric Johnston Field, games will be hosted on Sundays in each community, to provide the opportunity to widely promote the sport.
For those interested in helping out, there will be a flag football Learn to Coach course on Saturday, May 17, at 10 a.m. at West Royalty School. It will run from 10 a.m. to noon. The course will help new coaches, parents, and volunteers learn to run some introductory flag football and coaching initiatives. A minimum of five coaches is needed to run the course. Football P.E.I. will handle the cost of the course, and contact is email@example.com to register.
Football P.E.I. will also be hosting the 2014 flag football nationals on July 24-27 in Charlottetown.


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So it all started when I came across a cheap ticket, which I had been casually looking for while in between work, right after midnight. While I knew that I had Calgary on my mind for the holidays, I had also wanted to spend some time in Seattle for New Year's, and while I remained undecided, ticket prices fluctuated by the minute. Having looked for tickets on again, off again, I simply decided to get out of Victoria and purchase a ticket for same day travel: I had some 8 hours to pack, sleep, and get the hell out of my apartment. Oh yes, did I mention it was shortly after midnight that I got my $69 each way tickets between Vancouver (YVR) and Calgary (YYC)? Gotta love these days of almost non-existent advance purchase days, especially when faced with the lowest ever fare on this segment! Having quickly packed, planned out the land/sea transportation and slept for just 3 hours, it was time to get the show on the road.
Called for a cab and hauled my suitcase downstairs, heading for the transit bus stop. See, to fly out of YVR, I have to catch a cab, a bus, a ferry, a bus, and another bus (!). Nothing new for, as my trips always seem to involve some crazy routings. And this time, I was running late, with the late arrival of my cabbie. To make it a little more hairy, buddy decides to take me elsewhere, and would not follow my directions to the stop I had wanted. Kept my cool however, and hopped on the bus with room for my huge suitcase. The bus was the milk run from downtown Victoria to the ferry terminal, and at last count, I had fallen asleep and awoken about 4 times. Got to the ferry just in time for boarding, and opted to keep my suitcase with me as opposed to checking it in, since I knew I had to make a dash for the next bus – many other foot passengers, and what this means is if you have a large suitcase and there is no room to store it on the bus, you may be SOL. Ferry ride did not disappoint, it was boring as hell. First in line to get off, I made my run to the bus and got comfortably seated, and the last connection was not bad either. Approaching YVR, I recalled the days I would spend spotting east of the north runway. The sight of large aircraft had me smiling too…
Finally at YVR, decided to checkin as soon as I got there, as I did not want to haul my luggage around with me – I had about 2 hours to kill. Having checked in from home, all I really needed was to print out my boarding pass at the machine, and have my bag tagged. On a serious note here, AC allows you to checkin from home, and if you are unable to print your boarding pass, you can simply print it out when you get to the airport. Can anyone read between the lines here? I could really print 5 copies of my boarding pass at home so that my relatives could see me off at the gate. And if I forgot to print one off for cousin Joe, no problem, I can still print one more at the airport! Anyhoo, as my luck would have it, I was faced with yet another strict agent when dropping my bag off, and she had me weigh it. Nothing new, it was overweight. I swear I can never bring this bag to be below the limits, ever! And I had only packed it about 2/3 of capacity. Experience has taught me to always have an empty shopping bag laying flat on top. So, like a Nigerian going home for the holidays (a daily sight at any KLM counter), I opened my bag right in front of the crowd and offloaded the 4 lbs of stuff that would make the agent happier. Bag in hand, strolled around the building that I once considered my home airport. Took a peek at the airport's development model, which is quite impressive. Grabbed lunch at the international terminal, and headed back to the AC domestic terminal (was surprised at DL's redeye flight to ATL scheduled for some time after 2200). Once past security, headed straight to the gate at the pit. The area I call the pit is actually the far end of the AC domestic terminal, which is active at all times and where all Dash-8 flights share a single gate and waiting areas don't seem to be assigned to a single flight. While other parts of the airport have been upgraded, the pit is still run down, with old seats, dirty washrooms, dimmer lighting, and old-school gate signs that still employ letter cards. On a busy travel day, like the current holiday season, finding a seat close to your gate can be tough, and given the lack of open space, people tend to line up for their aircraft throughout the seating area. The proximity of gates is quite nice however if you are connecting to another domestic flight, since chances are, the other gate is just 2 doors down. I sat close to the gate of the last late-afternoon flight out to Toronto to see some action, as they can be fun to watch, and saw some poor standby souls trying to get on a full flight. There were five of them, and not one was able to get on, and were told to try their luck for the last flight out later on in the evening.
Date: December 19, 2005
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It was finally time to board for my flight. When I checked in online earlier in the day, I had ensured that I was seated on the left side of the plane, since I was disappointed a while back about the amount of legroom forward of the mid-cabin lavatory. My seat on this flight was just two seats behind the exit row (the exit row, which is the first Econ row on this aircraft, is a bulkhead with limited seating – note to self, never request that seat on a 321). I took a peek at the gate agent's screen when she scanned me in, and noted that 78 people had checked in for this flight (sorry, don't have total # of seats on aircraft). Upon taking my seat, I noticed that there were at most 3 pax in Business class. Flight departed on time, and up we went straight into the very low clouds. Thanks to the current season, it gets dark way too early to see anything from the air. Given the short amount of sleep I had the previous night, I was knocked out until I heard the final announcement that we were about to land at YYC. A smooth landing later, we were at our gate on time, and deplaned shortly thereafter. At the baggage carousel, we had to wait quite a while before started making its rounds, and my humungous bag took its sweet time to arrive. I was however out of there after about a half hour.
Calgary is a great city, growing exponentially thanks to the oil that the province produces. There's quite a lot of construction going on, and yuppies are seen all around town. This trip was one of many to Calgary, and I have to say that I enjoyed it most. It is the longest trip I made to the city, and got to explore and enjoy it. Did the touristy thing on a previous trip, going all the way to Banff. This time however, it was simply R&R. Christmas was great, and so was New Year's. Went to the Saddledome to watch the Calgary Flames get burned by Nashville. I have to say that hockey becomes even more enjoyable once you have attended a game – same cannot be said about baseball however, as the one and only game I attended did not make sense at all, and I vowed never to attempt watching. I got to do some spotting at YYC a few days before the end of my trip, which, other than the sight of CRJs and an ERJ in UA's new colours, nothing was exciting. The rate at which aircraft were moving was not that exciting either.
Date: January 4, 2006
Flight: AC205
Aircraft: A321
Seat: 13A
This break was not going to go on forever, and now that the holidays were over, it was time to head back to Victoria. Packing involved adding a second bag to accommodate my Boxing Day finds, and alleviated the suspense and pressure of not being able to put an overweight bag through. The flight was scheduled for an 815 departure, but upon checking in online, found out that it was delayed to 840. Got dropped off at the airport at 730, and proceeded to counter #2, the baggage drop off (if anyone is not familiar with things at AC, it seems that the majority of passenger use the kiosks to checkin, and sometimes, you will only find one human-powered checkin counter. You then proceed to #2 to have an agent tag your bag (and possibly weigh your bag), then drop your bag off at #3. The agent at the baggage drop off was laid back, like the one I had encountered on my last trip, and I proceeded to dropping my bags off (note: no weighing involved). I then headed straight for security. During my last trip, I got burned by standing on the left-most queue, which took some 25 minutes to get through. This time, I went through the middle, and was only in line for about 5 minutes. The left queue was backed up to the door, as if the line never moved from my last trip! I headed to the gate area to lounge on one of the many leather armchairs. The flight was further delayed to 850, although boarding announcements came on at 805. Once on board, we waited quite a while before pushback. I was now one seat closer to the exit row. A cool set of crew was on board, with one very cheerful oriental female flight attendant, and a male attendant that seemed to have awoken just before the pax got on board, with a burly beard and uncombed hair. He reminded me of hippies I see in Victoria, with unkempt hair. Finally after pushback, we passed by the Westjet hangar that only had one B732 with its tail painted over, unlike my last trip where I saw as many as 5 aircraft including a B738. Upon entering the active runway, I was also able to see what now seems to be the BAe graveyard, all aircraft having their logos and tails painted over. We departed without further delay and enjoyed some great views of the eastern most part of the Rockies. It was cloudy below some 15 minutes into the flight and choppy at times. I dosed off for a bit and awoke as we were approaching YVR. Having broken the clouds, we flew over the northern part of Greater Vancouver, and enjoyed some great views of the west side of Vancouver, UBC and of course, YVR. We headed out towards the Pacific and banked left for final approach to the North runway. As we approached, we flew over what seemed to be a tanker boat, which was quite the sight from above. Landing was very smooth at 915, and we taxied by the international terminal passing a parked Skyservice A319, two UA 737s, China Airlines' B744 and an AC763 in Star colours parked at the domestic terminal. It is still quite early for much action at YVR, as the big ones are set to arrive post 10AM from Asia. As soon as the seatbelt light came off, got up and headed to the door. Business class only had 3 or 4 passengers. I ran out of the aircraft to the baggage claim area, so that I could pick them up and head to the coach service to Victoria, which had a bus departing at 940. With two checked bags, I did not want to take the transit service as it would just be too tiring, and I need to get home as quickly as possible to attend classes at the Uni. The coach bus from the airport to the airport to the ferry reeked of urine, and am glad we transferred to another one upon arrival. I am now on the ferry heading out to Victoria, it's 1121, with ETA at home being around 1345.


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The plant, expected to be operating by late 2016, not only brings more jobs to North Dakota, but it will also utilize the state's supply of natural gas to create the anhydrous ammonia, which is used as an agriculture fertilizer. The plant, located roughly 10 miles east of Jamestown, will be capable of producing 2,000 tons of anhydrous ammonia daily, and will provide product for retailers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana and Canada. North Dakota farmers use roughly 350,000 tons of anhydrous each year.
The plant will be beneficial to the state in a number of ways. It will provide jobs, both during the construction phase and after the plant is operational. It will also be a major buyer of North Dakota's natural gas, which continues to be produced at record levels. It will also provide farmers in North Dakota and surrounding states a reliable supply of anhydrous ammonia. The decision to build the plant also continues the record burst of construction work going on around the state.
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FLINT, MI – The 80th Sugar Bowl was Flint native Dionte Savage's coming out party.
With two starters missing from Oklahoma's offensive line, Savage made his first career start as a Sooner and helped OU upset third-ranked Alabama 45-31 on Thursday night at New Orleans' Superdome.
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5.8 yards per play.
"It was one of the best feelings in the world almost like a dream," Savage said of the Sugar Bowl experience.
Oklahoma was a 16-point underdog entering the game. Savage, a 2010 Carman-Ainsworth High School grad, started at left guard despite playing moderately this season. He suited up for 11 of OU's 12 games prior to the Sugar Bowl but fulfilled a key role for the team when he was needed the most.
"It's hard to say right now but really proud of him," Sooners offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh said of Savage's play to NewsOK.com. "He kind of got down when he wasn't playing and just kept fighting and battling and against a D-line like this — obviously they're one of the best defenses in the country. That's no lie, so really proud of what he was able to do."
Savage signed with OU after an All-American season at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Ariz. He is a 6-foot-5, 339-pound junior that picked OU over Baylor, Fresno State, California, Syracuse, Kansas, Texas Tech and West Virginia.