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Updated 12:21 p.m. ET on Monday, April 15
Note: UFA means unrestricted free agent; RFA means restricted free agent; EFA means exclusive-rights free agent; FFA means franchise free agent.
Dallas Cowboys
UFA: CB Michael Coe (6), OL Derrick Dockery (10), S Eric Frampton (6), CB Mike Jenkins (5), RB Felix Jones (5), P Brian Moorman (12), WR Kevin Ogletree (4), S Charlie Peprah (7), LB Brady Poppinga (7).
RFA: S Danny McCray (3).
Key arrivals: Ex-Lions LB Justin Durant, March 27 (two years); ex-Steelers DB Will Allen, March 27.
Key departures: DE Kenyon Coleman, April 2 (to Saints); LB Victor Butler, March 28 (to Saints); Released WR Anthony Armstrong, March 27; TE John Phillips, March 13 (signed with Chargers); Released LB Dan Connor, March 11; Released S Gerald Sensabaugh, March 4.
Key re-signings: WR Anthony Armstrong, April 3; LB Ernie Sims, March 18 (one year); Franchised OLB Anthong Spencer, March 8 (one year $9.619 million); OL Phil Costa, March 2 (two years); OL L.P. Ladouceur, Feb. 28 (five years).
New York Giants
UFA: WR Ramses Barden (4), TE Travis Beckum (4), DT Rocky Bernard (11), CB Bruce Johnson (4), OL Sean Locklear (9), RB Kregg Lumpkin (4), CB Justin Tryon (5), PK Lawrence Tynes (9), CB Brian Witherspoon (4).
RFA: RB Andre Brown (3), WR Victor Cruz (3), TE Bear Pascoe (3).
Key arrivals: Ex-Eagles DT Mike Patterson, April 3; Ex-Panthers WR Louis Murphy, March 20; Ex-Panthers LB Dan Connor, March 17 (one year); Ex-Raiders TE Brandon Myers, March 16 (one year); Signed Ex-Bengals PK Josh Brown, March 13; Signed CB Aaron Ross, March 12; Signed ex-Eagles DT Cullen Jenkins, March 10 (three years, $8 million).
Key departures: WR Domenik Hixon, April 3 (to Panthers); LB Chase Blackburn, April 2 (to Panthers); S Kenny Phillips, March 14 (signed with Eagles); TE Martellus Bennett, March 12 (signed with Bears); Released RB Ahmad Bradshaw, DT Chris Canty, Feb. 6; Released LB Michael Boley, Feb. 5.
Key re-signings: S Stevie Brown, March 19 (one year, $2.023 million); OG Kevin Boothe, March 25 (one year); QB David Carr, March 19; LB Keith Rivers, March 14 (one year); RB Ryan Torain, March 12; OT Will Beatty, Feb. 27 (five years, $38.75 million), DT Shaun Rogers, Feb. 7.
Philadelphia Eagles
UFA: LB Akeem Jordan (6), DOL Jake Scott (9).
Key arrivals: Acquired LB Emmanuel Acho from Browns, April 11; Acquired DE Clifton Geathers from the Colts, March 28; Ex-Texans P Donnie Jones, March 25; Acquired WR Arrelious Benn from the Eagles, March 15; Ex-Texans LB Connor Barwin, March 14 (six years, $36 million); Ex-Giants S Kenny Phillips, March 14 (one year); Ex-Ravens CB Cary Williams, March 14 (three years, $17 million with $10.5 million guaranteed); Signed ex-Patriots S Patrick Chung, March 12 (two years), ex-Rams CB Bradley Fletcher, March 12 (two years, $5.25 million), ex-49ers NT Isaac Sopoaga, March 12 (three years, $12 million), ex-Panthers LB Jason Phillips (two years); ex-Texans FB James Casey, March 12 (three years, $14.5 million). QB Dennis Dixon, Feb. 14 (two years).
Key departures: Traded RB Dion Lewis to Browns, April 11; Traded FB Stanley Havili to the Colts, March 28; CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, March 13 (signed with Broncos); OT King Dunlap, March 12 (signed with Chargers); Released CB Nnamdi Asomugha, March 12; Released OT Demetress Bell, Feb. 6.
Key re-signings: Re-signed OL Jon Dorenbos (four years), S Colt Anderson (one year), March 11.
Washington Redskins
UFA: DT Kentwan Balmer (5), OL Jordan Black (8), OL Jammal Brown (8), TE Chris Cooley (9), CB Cedric Griffin (7), S Tanard Jackson (5), S Madieu Williams (9), DE Chris Wilson (5).
RFA: WR Brandon Banks (3).
Key arrivals: QB Pat White, April 3; Ex-Eagles LB Daryl Tapp, March 28; Ex-Buccaneers CB E.J. Biggers, March 21; Ex-Buccaneers OT Jeremy Trueblood, March 14; Signed ex-Patriots NT Ron Brace, Feb. 14.
Key departures: LB Lorenzo Alexander, March 13 (signed with Cardinals); Released CB DeAngelo Hall, March 11.
Key re-signings: DT Chris Baker, April 10; CB DeAngelo Hall, April 4 (one year, $1.25 million); QB Rex Grossman, April 3; TE Fred Davis, March 29 (one year, $2.5 million); LB Bryan Kehl, March 15; DE Kedric Golston, March 13; Re-signed P Sav Rocca, March 12; Re-signed LS Nick Sundberg, March 10 (four years); Re-signed TE Logan Paulsen (three years), RB Darrel Young (three years, $6.2 million), OLB Ron Jackson (one year), OG Kory Lichtensteiger (five years), March 9.
Chicago Bears
UFAs: RB Kahlil Bell (4), DE Israel Idonije (10), PK Olindo Mare (15), S Troy Nolan (4), DT Amobi Okoye (6), LB Brian Urlacher (13).
Key arrivals: Ex-Bills DE Kyle Moore, April 9; Ex-Lions DT Andre Fluellen, April 9; Ex-Colts S Tom Zbikowski, April 1 (one year, $715,000); Ex-Jets OG Matt Slauson, March 29 (one year); Ex-Panthers LB James Anderson, March 24 (one year); Ex-Broncos LB D.J. Williams, March 27 (one year, $900,000); Ex-Chiefs TE Steve Maneri, March 22; Ex-Saints DE Turk McBride, March 20; Signed ex-Saints OT Jermon Bushrod (five years, $35.965 million with $17.715 million guaranteed); Signed ex-Giants TE Martellus Bennett, March 12 (four years, $20 million).
Key departures: OG Chris Spencer, April 5 (to Titans); OG Lance Louis, March 27 (to Dolphins); QB Jason Campbell, March 26 (to Browns); CB D.J. Moore, March 19 (to Panthers); LB Nick Roach, March 15 (to Raiders); LB Geno Hayes, March 13 (signed with Jaguars); Released TE Kellen Davis, TE Matt Spaeth March 13; Released WR Johnny Knox, Feb. 12.
Key re-signings: QB Josh McCown, April 2; CB Kelvin Hayden, March 27 (one year); OT Jonathan Scott, March 25; CB Zack Bowman, March 15 (one year); DT Nate Collins, March 15; Franchised DT Henry Melton, March 8 (one year, $8.45 million).
Detroit Lions
UFA: DT Andre Fluellen (4), PK Jason Hanson (21), P Nick Harris (12), RB Jerome Harrison (7), TE Will Heller (10), DE Lawrence Jackson (5), CB Jacob Lacey (4), CB Patrick Lee (5), WR Stefan Logan (4), OL Don Muhlbach (9), RB Kevin Smith (5), DT Corey Williams (9).
RFA: OL Jason Fox (3), DE Willie Young (3).
Key arrivals: Ex-49ers PK David Akers, April 9; Ex-Jaguars DT C.J. Mosley, April 3 (two years); Ex-Texans S Glover Quin, March 13 (five years); Ex-Dolphins RB Reggie Bush (four years, $16 million); Ex-Seahawks DT Jason Jones, March 13 (three years, $9.5 million with a $2.5 million signign bonus).
Key departures: Released WR Brian Robiskie, April 8; LB Justin Durant, March 27 (to Cowboys); DE Cliff Avril, March 13 (signed with Seahawks); OT Gosder Cherilus, March 12 (signed with Colts); Released OG Stephen Peterman, DE Kyle Vanden Bosch, Feb. 5; Released WR Titus Young, Feb. 4.
Key re-signings: OG Dylan Gandy, March 15; S Louis Delmas, March 15 (two years); CB Chris Houston, March 13 (five years); Amari Spievey (one year), Kassim Osgood, March 12 (one year); LB DeAndre Levy, March 6 (three years); OL Corey Hilliard, March 1 (two years).
Green Bay Packers
UFA: RB Cedric Benson (8), RB Ryan Grant (6).
RFA: LB Rob Francois (3), CB Sam Shields (3).
Key arrivals: Ex-Rams TE Matthew Mulligan, April 9 (one year).
Key departures: LB Frank Zombo, April 4 (to Chiefs); TE Tom Crabtree, March 16 (to Buccaneers); WR Greg Jennings, March 15 (to Vikings); LB Erik Walden, March 12 (signed with Colts); Released C Jeff Saturday, Feb. 18; CB Charles Woodson, Feb. 15; WR Donald Driver, Jan. 31 (retired).
Key re-signings: OL Evan Dietrich-Smith, April 12; LB Brad Jones, March 21.
Minnesota Vikings
UFAs: WR Devin Aromashodu (5), OL Joe Berger (8), S Jamarca Sanford (4).
RFAs: OL Troy Kropog (3).
Key arrivals: Ex-Colts OL Seth Olsen, March 19; Ex-Packers WR Greg Jennings, March 15 (five years, $45 million with $18 million guaranteed); Ex-Chiefs QB Matt Cassel, March 14 (one year, $4 million).
Key departures: OG Geoff Schwartz, March 15 (signed with Chiefs); LB Jasper Brinkley, March 14 (signed with Cardinals); Released CB Antoine Winfield, March 12; Traded WR Percy Harvin to the Seahawks, March 11.
Key re-signings: CB A.J. Jefferson, April 12; LB Marvin Mitchell, April 1; Re-signed LB Erin Henderson, March 12 (two years); Re-signed FB Jerome Felton (three years, $7.5 million), WR Jerome Simpson, (one year), OT Phil Loadholt, March 12.
Atlanta Falcons
UFA: RB Mike Cox (5), S Chris Hope (11), QB Luke McCown (9), LB Mike Peterson (14), DT Vance Walker (4).
RFA: TE Michael Palmer (3).
Key arrivals: Ex-Giants DE Osi Umenyiora, March 27 (two years); Ex-Rams RB Steven Jackson, March 14 (three years, $12 million).
Key departures: Released OT Tyson Clabo, April 4; CB Brent Grimes, April 1 (to Dolphins); CB Chris Owens, Macrh 22 (to Browns); OL Will Svitek, March 17 (to Patriots); LB Lawrence Sidbury, March 12 (signed with Colts); C Todd McClure, March 12 (retired).
Key re-signings: OT Sam Baker, March 12 (six years); Re-signed TE Tony Gonzalez, March 12 (one year); Re-signed OG Garrett Reynolds (two years), SS William Moore, March 9 (five years, $30 million); RB Antone Smith, March 5 (two years).
Carolina Panthers
UFA: DE Antwan Applewhite (5), DT Dwan Edwards (9), S Sherrod Martin (4).
RFA: DT Andrew Neblett (3), S Nate Ness (3).
Key arrivals: Ex-Giants WR Domenik Hixon, April 3 (one year); Ex-Giants LB Chase Blackburn, April 2 (two years); Ex-49ers WR Ted Ginn, March 22; Ex-Raiders S Mike Mitchell, March 21; Ex-Bears CB D.J. Moore, March 19 (one year); Ex-Lions CB Drayton Florence, March 13 (one year); Signed DT Colin Cole, Feb. 8.
Key departures: OL Mike Pollack, April 12 (to Bengals); WR Louis Murphy, March 19 (to Giants); LB Jason Phillips, March 12 (signed with Eagles); Released LB James Anderson, March 12. Released CB Chris Gamble, March 8.
Key re-signings: CB Captain Munnerlyn, March 20 (one year, $1 million); QB Derek Anderson, March 15 (one year); Re-signed TE Ben Hartsock, March 12; Re-signed LB Jordan Senn, March 11.
New Orleans Saints
UFA: DT Sedrick Ellis (5), WR Devery Henderson (9), CB Elbert Mack (5), OL William Robinson (4), LB Scott Shanle (10).
RFA: RB Chris Ivory (3).
Key arrivals: Ex-Jets OT Jason Smith, April 12; Ex-Broncos S Jim Leonhard, April 8; Ex-Cowboys DE Kenyon Coleman, April 2; Ex-Cowboys LB Victor Butler, March 28 (two years); Ex-Browns TE Benjamin Watson, March 18 (three years); Ex-Steelers CB Keenan Lewis, March 14 (five years, $26.3 million with $10.5 million guaranteed).
Key departures: DE Turk McBride, March 21 (to Bears); LB Jonathan Casillas, March 13 (signed with Buccaneers); OT Jermon Bushrod, March 12 (signed with Bears); QB Chase Daniel, March 12 (signed with Chiefs); Released TE David Thomas, CB Johnny Patrick, Feb. 19.
Key re-signings: OL Brian De La Puente, April 9; WR Courtney Roby, March 20; LB Ramon Humber, March 18 (one year); LS Justin Drescher, March 13 (four years); Re-signed LB Junior Galette, March 9 (three years).
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
UFA: S Ronde Barber (16), TE Dallas Clark (10), CB Brandon McDonald (6), WR Roscoe Parrish (8), WR Sammie Stroughter (4).
RFA: DE Daneil Te'o-Nesheim (3).
Key arrivals: Ex-Giants WR Steve Smith, April 2 (one year, $715,000); DE George Selvie, April 2; Ex-Dolphins PK Nate Kaeding, April 2; Ex-Bengals RB Brian Leonard, April 1 (one year); Ex-Eagles DT Derek Landri, March 30 (two years, $3.25 million); Ex-Packers TE Tom Crabtree, March 16; Ex-Saints LB Jonathan Casillas, March 13 (one year, $3 million); Ex-49ers S Dashon Goldson, March 13 (five years, $41.25 million with $22 million guaranteed); Signed ex-Eagles P Chas Henry (Feb. 13).
Key departures: Released QB Dan Orlovsky, RB Danny Ware, April 4; CB E.J. Biggers, March 20 (to Redskins); DT Roy Miller, March 15 (to Jaguars); DE Michael Bennett, March 14 (to Seahawks); OT Jeremy Trueblood, March 14 (signed with Redskins).
Key re-signings: QB Dan Orlovsky, April 10 (one year, $905,000); OT Demar Dotson, March 28 (four years); LB Jacob Cutrera, March 20; LS Andrew Economos, March 20; Re-signed RB LeGarrette Blount, March 9 (one year, $1.25 million).
Arizona Cardinals
UFA: CB Michael Adams (5), OL D'Anthony Batiste (6), DE Nick Eason (10), DE Vonnie Holliday (15), LB Paris Lenon (11), OL Pat McQuistan (7), S James Sanders (8), RB LaRod Stephens-Howling (4).
Key arrivals: Ex-Bears OL Chilo Richal, April 10; Ex-Dolphins DB Bryan McCann, April 4; Acquired QB Carson Palmer from the Raiders, April 2; Ex-Dolphins S Jonathon Amaya, March 27; Ex-Raiders DE Matt Shaughnessy, March 16 (one year, $1 million); Ex-Chargers CB Antoine Cason, March 15 (one year); Ex-Vikings LB Jasper Brinkley, March 14 (two years); Ex-Jets SS Yeremiah Bell, March 13; Ex-Colts QB Drew Stanton, March 13 (three years); Ex-Colts CB Jerraud Powers; Ex-Redskins LB Lorenzo Alexander, March 13 (three years); Ex-Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall, March 13 (one year).
Key departures: Released QB John Skelton, April 1; OG Rich Ohrnberger, March 22 (to Chargers); Released QB Kevin Kolb, March 15; Released S Kerry Rhodes, March 13; LB Quentin Groves, March 13 (signed with Browns); CB Greg Toler, March 12 (signed with Colts); Released RB Beanie Wells, March 11; Released WR Early Doucet, March 9; Released SS Adrian Wilson, March 8.
Key re-signings: QB Brian Hoyer, March 20; Re-signed S Rashad Johnson, March 11 (three years).
St. Louis Rams
UFA: QB Kellen Clemens (7), LB Mario Haggan (10), DE Trevor Laws (5), LB Rocky McIntosh (7), OL Barry Richardson (5), OL Chris Williams (4).
RFA: LB Justin Cole (3), S Darian Stewart (3).
Key arrivals: Ex-Dolphins OLT Jake Long, March 17 (four years, $36 million); Signed ex-Titans TE Jared Cook, March 12 (five years, $35.1 million with $19 million guaranteed).
Key departures: WR Steve Smith, April 3 (signed with Buccaneers); DB Craig Dahl, March 16 (signed with 49ers); WR Brandon Gibson, March 15 (to Dolphins); RB Steven Jackson, March 14 (signed with Falcons); WR Danny Amendola, March 13 (signed with Patriots); CB Bradley Fletcher, March 12 (signed with Eagles); Released S Quintin Mikell, March 10; Released OT Wayne Hunter, March 6.
Key re-signings: Re-signed DT Jermelle Cudjo, March 12 (two years, $1.8 million); Re-signed DE William Hayes, March 12 (three years).
San Francisco 49ers
UFA: OL Leonard Davis (12), LB Tavares Gooden (5), LB Larry Grant (4), LB Clark Haggans (13), RB Brandon Jacobs (8), WR Randy Moss (14).
RFA: CB Tramaine Brock (3).
Key arrivals: Ex-Raiders CB Nnamdi Asomugha, April 2 (one year, $1.35 million with $1.65 million available in incentives); Acquired QB Colt McCoy from the Browns, April 2; Ex-Dolphins WR Marlon Moore, March 20; Ex-Browns PK Phil Dawson, March 19; Ex-Rams DB Craig Dahl, March 16 (three years, $5 million); Ex-Bengals LB Dan Skuta, March 14; Ex-Chiefs DT Glenn Dorsey, March 13; Acquired WR Anquan Boldin from the Ravens for a sixth-round pick, March 11.
Key departures: WR Ted Ginn, March 22 (to Panthers); DT Ricky Jean-Francois, March 14 (to Colts); S Dashon Goldson, March 13 (signed with Buccaneers); DT Isaako Sopoaga, March 12 (signed with Eagles); TE Delanie Walker, March 12 (signed with Titans); Traded QB Alex Smith to Chiefs, Feb. 27.
Key re-signings: CB Darcel McBath, March 21.
Seattle Seahawks
UFA: PK Steven Hauschka (4), LB Leroy Hill (8), TE Cameron Morrah (4), OL Frank Omiyale (8), CB Marcus Trufant (10).
Key arrivals: Ex-Chiefs QB Brady Quinn, April 12 (one year, $780,000); WR Brett Swain, April 9; QB Josh Portis, April 4 (two years); Ex-Dolphins DT Tony McDaniel, March 28 (one year); Ex-Buccaneers DE Michael Bennett, March 14 (one year, $5 million); Ex-Lions DE Cliff Avril, March 13 (two years, $15 million) Acquired WR Percy Harvin (six years, $67 million with $14.5 million fully guaranteed, $11 million for injury) from the Vikings, March 11.
Key departures: DT Alan Branch, April 2 (signed with Bills); Traded QB Matt Flynn to Raiders, April 1; Released WR Ben Obomanu, March 17; DL Jason Jones, March 13 (signed with Lions); Released KR Leon Washington, March 11.
Key re-signings: S Chris Maragos, April 12; LS Clint Gresham, March 26.


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Robert King Is the Bulletproof Ghost of Conflict Reporting
By Robert King
September 30, 2012: Fighters with the jihadist Tawhid brigade in the midst of a battle with Syrian Army troops inside Aleppo's hotly contested al-Arkoub neighborhood.
VICE reached out to photographer and videographer Robert King in an attempt to arrive at the twisted core of the matter in Syria. Robert is a man with a heart of gold, a preternatural gut, and balls of pure lonsdaleite (an ultra-rare mineral 58 percent harder than diamond). For more than two decades he has documented the most volatile places in the world at their most violent times, including Iraq, Albania, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and many others. We won't get into all he's done and where he's been here because the following reportage he sent us speaks for itself.
August 28, 2012: A man holds up his Koran in front of an FSA flag at a protest after Friday prayers in Aleppo.
I became interested in the conflict in Syria for the same reason I've always wanted to cover anything—it seemed to be underreported. There weren't very many news organizations willing to commit resources needed to inform their readers about the situation on a continuous basis, so I took it upon myself to do so.
I genuinely believed in the Syrian people's call for more than just demonstrations, especially once it was made apparent that Assad's regime was using helicopters, jets, detainment, and torture to squash the rebellion. During a stint in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2005, I was kidnapped by a brigade of Sunni fighters. I managed to escape, but I was wary of going back to the region—especially to a country where a violent battle had erupted between rebel forces and government troops. Still, I knew I had to go, and before I left my home in Memphis I established connections with relief and aid groups working inside Syria.
My initial contacts directed me toward other people who, once I was inside, would hopefully point me in the direction of activists who could smuggle me in via a city near the Syrian border. When I felt confident that I had ensured my safe passage as much as I could, I began to move into Syria very cautiously.
For about $1,000 round trip, I was able to take a back door into the country and was guaranteed—as much as a smuggler can guarantee—safe passage for ten days inside the governorate of Idlib. They took me to a town called Binnish, where they told me they could find me a place to stay for about $100 a night.
The first round wasn't a very easy go. At that point, late March through April, there were still very few publications willing to assign long excursions into Syria. I also quickly discovered that the activists I was embedded with were in the habit of staying up and drinking Pepsi till the wee hours of the morning and then sleeping in until 3 PM.
The reality was that Binnish was pretty dead. There wasn't much fighting or anything else going on, and it was difficult to get my guides to take me to the places I wanted to go. Looking back, hiring these people was probably not the wisest investment. Around Easter weekend, toward the end of my three-week trip, a horrific massacre broke out about ten miles away in Taftanaz. Dozens of people were slaughtered. And I was one of the only Western journalists there.
After the onslaught, there were fears that the fighting would spread to Binnish. The Free Syrian Army rebels who had tried to contain the attack in Taftanaz left about two hours after they arrived because they had run out of ammunition. It quickly became apparent that they were incapable of protecting or enforcing anything.
April 5, 2012: During a ceasefire, the Syrian Army allowed local villagers to collect and identify their dead following a massacre in Taftanaz.
My guides began running out of patience, specifically with my requests to transport me to potentially dangerous places I wanted to cover in the region. They totally flipped out when I informed them that Human Rights Watch had said they would pay for me to document the aftermath of the recent massacre, so two days later I returned to Turkey and holed up in Antakya for a bit. I began calling contacts in Lebanon to see whether they could get me into the city of al-Qusayr, where, it seemed to me, most of the intense fighting in Syria was taking place at the time.
I had now been working in and around Syria for a month without much to show for it, at least anything that had been published. I was very frustrated. When I had reached out to Time they said a story about Syria had already run the week before. Newsweek was going to run one of my images from a massacre, but a senior editor pulled the story without explanation.
I had these photos of the mass killings in Taftanaz, as far as I know the only ones that were offered to American publications, and no one wanted them. I was pissed off, upset with the industry and what it had become. I kept thinking, You can't do this anymore. It's not worth it. But I went to al-Qusayr anyway and ended up staying for two months.
I was determined to remain in al-Qusayr until more of my photos were published. But I was also shooting video, and on my birthday the BBC bought 30 seconds of my footage. Then Al Jazeera reporters arrived in the region, and finally I thought things might be rolling along—maybe even snowballing. Meanwhile I was witnessing the most horrendous civilian casualties, some of the worst I've ever seen. Sometimes I'd see ten children a day wounded from indiscriminate shelling and other attacks.
By the time I arrived in al-Qusayr, it was under siege, surrounded by the Syrian Army, which had taken two positions inside the city—the state hospital and the mayor's building. Snipers were perched in both locations, while the highway was locked down, with convoys of additional troops heading into the city. Surveillance aircraft and drones scanned the area frequently, and it was bombarded with mortars and other heavy artillery on a daily basis. About 200 FSA troops held down their positions, but they were clearly outnumbered and outgunned. Adding to the severity of the situation, most of the people from the city of Homs—which was also occupied by Syrian Army troops—had fled to nearby al-Qusayr or into the surrounding countryside.
June 8, 2012: Wounded children are treated inside a makeshift field hospital in al-Qusayr. The volunteer doctors and nurses in these hospitals face torture and death if they are captured by the regime and work under harsh conditions with few supplies, the majority of which must be smuggled from Lebanon. Despite these odds, the doctors are able to treat more than 100 patients per day.
Overall, I think the majority of the American media was ignoring the situation—especially after the UN's peace plan fell apart. Anderson Cooper has been an exception. He is probably one of the only people on television who has been willing to cover it on a regular basis. I think reporters have shied away from it because the issues are very complex, it could make the US and other Western governments look bad in an election year, and journalists like Paul Conroy (who compared what had happened in Homs to Srebrenica or Rwanda) have been wounded while reporting. News agencies were scared that it was too high a risk to send reporters into the area. It wasn't like Egypt or Libya or other places fighting erupted during the Arab Spring, where you could just fly in and do whatever the hell you wanted. If you didn't have any real contacts before getting in, it was prohibitively expensive because you'd have to sit around in a hotel and try to establish in 30 days or less what should be three or four months' worth of preparations. The story required a lot more homework than most.
My appearance on Anderson Cooper 360 in June got me more work, and other outlets started covering the uprising. Something clicked, and higher-up editors and producers said to their staffs, "Hey, what the fuck are you doing on Syria, and why aren't you using this guy's pictures?"
October 3, 2012: A young boy killed during a rocket attack on civilians is carried through the streets of Aleppo by his weeping father.
I had gotten some attention for covering a field hospital in al-Qusayr that was supposedly strictly for civilians, but in the chaos of the situation everyone who made it there got some sort of treatment. The Syrian Army had taken the main hospital in the city, so this group of doctors began using a little bombed-out house. One of them, a gastroenterologist trained in Russia who spoke a bit of English, explained the situation to me. The other guy operating had worked as a veterinarian before the uprising, and the rest of the staff was made up of volunteers. Power was supplied by a generator, and their position was known by the Syrian Army, who continued to attack the hospital, which is unquestionably a war crime. In my experience, the Syrian Army considered everyone in the small agricultural village to be an enemy combatant.
FSA members started to dig out bunkers and bomb shelters. One rebel media-center staffer I met had dug his own grave in a cemetery reserved for martyrs. And this was when the UN was still trying to broker a ceasefire. So there weren't as many jets in the air as there are now, but helicopters, snipers, and other large munitions were still constantly assailing townspeople. It was never-ending.
Topics: robert king, Foreign Correspondents, The Syria Issue, assad, FSA

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Soaring with 'Angels'
Veteran actress Katie MacNichol leads Pasadena Playhouse revival of Noel Coward classic 'Fallen Angels'
By Carl Kozlowski , Jana J. Monji 02/07/2013
Katie MacNichol, now starring in Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels" at the Pasadena Playhouse, says Shakespeare — not the movie and TV industries — lured her from her New York home and led her to Southern California.
Up until seven years ago, "The bulk of my acting career was in New York," says the Maine native, who now lives in South Pasadena with her husband, actor Bruce Turk, 50, their 9-year-old daughter, Cecelia, and son Alexander, 7. After graduating from NYU, MacNichol said she began pounding the pavement looking for work.
"I waited tables and worked a billion jobs, starting and quitting, getting an opportunity and thinking that it's the beginning of my career, and then two months later, going back to that job with my tail between my legs asking, 'Can I pick up a few shifts?'" MacNichol recalls. "New York is such a theater town. I trained for the stage, and that's what I love. I was based in New York, but I worked all over the country.
"New York is more of a hub for theater auditions than Los Angeles," she continues. "Ten months out of the year, I was out of New York, but I always had an apartment in New York."
MacNichol is perhaps best known to TV audiences for her roles on a 2005 "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" episode called "Beast," in which she played a murderer, and the legal drama "The Practice," which aired from 1997 to 2004 on ABC. In a 2002 three-episode story on that show, she played the lawyer of a man who believed he was Hannibal Lecter.
Her husband, Turk, is also a veteran character actor, most widely seen on the former CBS series "Numb3rs" and "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit."
Despite those TV appearances, however, it was a six-month contract with the San Diego Old Globe Theatre for Shakespeare that convinced her to move to Southern California. By this time, she and Turk were married. In all, MacNichol has done four seasons at the Old Globe; her husband has done six.
While Shakespeare might have attracted MacNichol to Southern California, it was the sophisticated humor of Noel Coward that brought her to the Pasadena Playhouse.
In "Fallen Angels," directed by Art Manke, MacNichol plays a married woman named Jane, who has settled down after a wild youth. However, her respectability and her relationship with her best friend are threatened when a former lover sends her a note asking to see her.
Despite its farcical nature, "Fallen Angels" actually is of great importance to the Playhouse, offering another in a series of strong examples that the venerable institution has rebounded from earlier financial woes. Playhouse Artistic Director Sheldon Epps recently told the Weekly he had hoped to stage "Fallen Angels" for several years, and that it was actually on the Playhouse schedule when the theater temporarily closed due to bankruptcy proceedings a few years back.
Epps also believes the comedy provides a vital contrast to other upcoming plays, making the current season "tremendously eclectic."
"In addition to being incredibly clever and witty, Coward's plays also touch on some pretty deep human emotions," Epps wrote in an email response to queries. "Jealousy, envy and love of course. [Coward] is often accused of being facile, but I think that this is only because people don't look below the surface to the 'heart of Coward' that always drove his writing. And I think that just about any time is the right time for a play that is about romantic entanglements and girls behaving badly!"
Neither of MacNichol's parents were actors, although both of her siblings are in the arts. Her brother, John, is a photographer/filmmaker and her sister, Susan, is a dancer.
Her father was a criminal defense attorney and served as a judge, performing on a different kind of stage. Her mother taught college-level business law and office management.
"I grew up hearing about the stories of all his cases," MacNichol recalls of her dad. "During one Christmas break, I watched him for a week. A month later, I booked a job as a lawyer on 'The Practice.' That was my first big TV thing." n
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As a result of reading the article "The Delaware Highlands Conservancy and the Eagle Institute team up" in the December 13 to 19 issue of The River Reporter, I was forced to do some file checking. I took issue with the article statement, "This is a direct result of the work of The Eagle Institute..."
While I compliment what Lori McKean and The Eagle Institute are doing and the hard work that Barbara Yeaman has done with the formation of the Delaware Highlands Conservancy, which has been a monumental asset to the river corridor, I do not believe that either was involved until the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) acquired the lands in the Mongaup-Rio corridor.
In 1974, I presented an article "Bald Eagle Christmas Count Data" in The Kingbird, the quarterly publication of the Federation of New York State Bird Clubs, Inc., now known as the NYS Ornithological Association. In that article, I documented Sullivan County's rich eagle resource and went on to claim "that Sullivan County supports the greatest concentration of wintering Bald Eagles in New York State if not the entire inland Northeast."
As President of Sullivan County Audubon Society and as Professor of Biology at Orange County Community College, I tried to interest National Audubon to take a more active role in protecting this area. They were not interested. In later years, I tried the National Wildlife Federation and they were not interested. It had to wait for a specific threat.
In 1987, the Clove Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Orange and Rockland Utilities, proposed a housing project of 46 to 161 housing units on 816 acres in the Mongaup-Rio corridor. This did draw the attention of many bird organizations, progressive Forestburgh leaders, the media and conservationists in general.
The NYS DEC was represented in part by its endangered species specialist, Peter Nye. During 1976 to 1978, Peter had earned his master's degree while working for the DEC. He had selected for his Master's thesis "the ecology of a population of wintering bald eagles in southeastern New York, aka the Rio-Mongaup-Swinging Bridge area."
The political NYS DEC was negotiating with Clove Development Corp., but in the end negotiated the purchase of and easements on much of the holdings around the reservoirs. A terrific move on behalf of all citizens.
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I have been breastfeeding at home and pumping for bottle feeding when he is in daycare. I pump about 10-16oz per session 5 times a day (6am, 10am, 2pm, 6pm, and 10 or 11pm). I've tried cutting back on pumping, but I get so engorged and it gets so painful.
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iPad gets stuck in car's bumper
Device left on top of another car flew into woman's vehicle
Talk about a tough tablet. An Atlanta woman drove around all day with a fully-functioning iPad stuck in her car's bumper.
Alexa Crisa told WSB-TV she was driving at about 40 mph when the device, accidentally left on top of another car that was turning out of a local Target store, flew into her vehicle.
She hit the brakes, but continued on her way to run more errands because she didn't think she had hit anything.
Crisa's dad spotted the iPad when she returned home, asking her why she had a tablet computer sticking out of her front bumper.
"I'm not even sure how I missed it, other than I don't check my bumper for random dislodged electronics," Crisa told ABC News.
Her dad used a hammer to pry out the device, which still worked well enough for an app to flash the owner's name and phone number on the screen.
The owner got a new iPad through his Apple warranty plan, and has offered to pay for a new bumper, according to the New York Daily News.
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Commander Bruce Maddox was a 24th century Starfleet cyberneticist. He worked in the Cybernetics Division of the Daystrom Institute and, in 2365, was the Associate Chair of Robotics. He worked in the institute's Cybernetics Division. He was the only person to object to Data's entry into Starfleet Academy in 2341 on the grounds that, as an android, Data did not qualify as a sentient being.
In 2365, Maddox earned Admiral Nakamura's support on a proposal to disassemble and reverse-engineer Lieutenant Commander Data for research. Having studied the works of Doctor Noonian Soong, Maddox believed the untested procedure would provide him with the final knowledge required to allow for mass production of Soong-type androids. After presenting his proposal to Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William T. Riker and Data, Data studied Maddox' proposal and found it to be flawed in its ability to preserve the nuances of his positronic brain, prompting Maddox to assert his authority and order Data to submit by transferring him from USS Enterprise-D to Maddox' command aboard Starbase 173.
Data refused and resigned from Starfleet, but Maddox challenged his right to do so, claiming that Data was property, not a sentient lifeform, a position initially supported by Captain Phillipa Louvois of the Judge Advocate General's office. Captain Picard challenged this position, stating that Data is arguably a sentient being as defined by most of Maddox' own criteria. Furthermore, Data currently represented an entire race and duplicating him for the purposes of forced labor constituted slavery. Louvois agreed with Picard's standpoint and ruled that Data was a sentient being with full rights under Federation law. Data nonetheless encouraged Maddox to continue his research. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man")
When Data's program was infiltrated after an Iconian software transmission his systems went down. Geordi La Forge mentioned that an expert such as Maddox, or somebody similar could help. (TNG: "Contagion")
Despite the troubles inherent in their earlier relationship, Data held no ill will against Maddox, and corresponded regularly with him, keeping detailed records of all inter-personal activities. (TNG: "Data's Day")
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In Articles of the Federation, Maddox, now a captain, argues before Federation President Nan Bacco and the Federation Judiciary Council that B-4 should not be disassembled. He was successful in his arguments against Doctor Lars Patek, and B-4 remained in the custody of Maddox and the Daystrom Institute.
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Google to expand Wi-Fi signal in Council Bluffs
Google will invest an additional $50,000 into its public wireless Internet service to cover more of Council Bluffs.
Google announced the plan to expand its Wi-Fi network near its data center in Council Bluffs on Tuesday.
Google's existing Wi-Fi network already provides high-speed Internet connections across downtown Council Bluffs, the Mid-America Center and the city's recreational complex. That network was built with a $154,462 Google grant.
The expansion in 2013 will provide Wi-Fi service to the interior of Council Bluffs City Hall and the new River's Edge Park.
Chris Russell, who runs Google's data center in Council Bluffs, says the company is happy to provide Internet access to the surrounding community.
Council Bluffs Mayor Tom Hanafan says Google has been a great corporate partner.
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The Local Spin: Labor Day reels in the beatsAugust 28,2013By Ali Flewelling
Arts Correspondent
With a long weekend upon us you have every reason to celebrate this week. Local music is here to help you make the best of your holiday weekend and area venues welcome you with arms wide open as some of our favorite musicians will be on hand to wind down the final days of summer. You can start off on the right foot Thursday afternoon and continue listening through late Sunday: There are some great tunes to be heard!
Thursday afternoon Woodchucks' Revenge will perform at the Manchester Farmers' Market beginning at 3 p.m. The farmers' market is located at Adams Park on Route 7A in downtown Manchester Center.
Aaron Audet will be at Taps Tavern in Poultney Thursday. Aaron is a music teacher by day and rocker by night; join him at 7 p.m.
Local favorite Joey Leone will be at Ramuntos in Bridgewater Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Steve Audsley takes the stage Thursday at Frank's Tavern in Ludlow for acoustic night at 9 p.m.
In addition Thursday evening, area musicians will have the opportunity to share their talents at the Clear River Tavern on Route 100 in Pittsfield. Shon Powell will be hosting an open mic night at 9 p.m.
Friday night, The Thunder Road Band will provide live entertainment for this year's Killington Motorcycle Classic. The group will perform on Center Street in Rutland at 7 p.m.
Panton Flats will wrap up the Summer Music Series at Jackson Gore in Ludlow Friday night at 6 p.m. The group has been performing together since 2009 and their high-energy performance is a great way to end the summer season at Okemo.
Tupelo Music Hall presents Vermont Songwriter's Night on Friday at 8 p.m. Local artists Bow Thayer, Joey Leone, Rick Redington and Tony Lee Thomas will be on hand to cover each other's material. The venue is located at 188 South Main St. in White River Junction. Admission is $15.
On Saturday, Damian and Stephen Marley will perform with special guests Easy Star All-Stars and Redman at the Champlain Valley Fair in Essex Junction. Reggae lovers will not want to miss these legendary artists as they take the stage at 5 p.m. Tickets range from $27 to $58.50 and can be purchased by visiting flynntix.org.
Also on Saturday, Cardial Noose will be at 3D's in Rutland for a 9:30 p.m. show. This music friendly spot is really making it a point to promote local artists, so I commend them.
Duane Carleton and The Backwoods Messiahs will be tearing up The Foundry at Summit Pond Saturday night at 8 p.m.
Duane is something else on his own, but with his band behind him, he really is unstoppable.
Labor Day weekend also brings some great festivals to the area.
The ninth annual Plymouth Folk and Blues Festival will take place at the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth Notch on Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday's performers include Lizanne Knott, Craig Bickardt and Danielle Miraglia. On Sunday, Chelsea Berry, John Gillette & Sarah Mittlefehldt and Jarrod Dickenson will perform.
On Sunday, The New World Festival commences at noon on Main Street in Randolph. This all day event will run late into the evening and feature a slew of Celtic and French-American music. A variety of artists will perform throughout the day, to include; Alba's Edge, Brinytide, Dominique Dodge, Elixir, Genticorum, John Roberts and Tony Barrand, Les Poules à Colin,
Long Time Courting, Mango Jam, Mariel Vandersteel Trio, Midnight Capers and No Strings Marionettes will entertain attendees. Tickets can be purchased ranging from $5 to $39 by visiting newworldfestival.com.
As always, please continue to submit your performance dates and times to email@example.com.
Have a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend filled with music!
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Man faces decades in jail for BB gun assaultBy Brent Curtis
staff writer | March 19,2014A Rutland man faces up to 35 years in jail for an alleged assault and robbery with a BB gun.
Roosevelt M. Norris, 44, pleaded innocent Tuesday to felony charges of assault and robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a weapon.
When Norris public defender Nelson Floyd argued that setting bail at $75,000 was too high for an offense involving a BB gun, Judge Theresa DiMauro said she disagreed.
Its still capable of causing serious bodily injury if shot in the eye, the judge said.
According to an affidavit filed by Rutland City Police Detective Samson Delpha, Norris wouldnt have had to be much of a marksman to hit such a vulnerable target.
During the alleged assault on Monday afternoon, Norris allegedly pressed the muzzle into 32-year-old Robert Gradys eye while threatening to shoot him in the eye and the ear.
Grady told police that he was at his 21 Church St. apartment sometime after 5 p.m. Monday when Norris, who Grady said he knows by the names B and Maserati, knocked on his door.
He said he answered his door to find Norris pointing a gun at him that looked like a Glock handgun. Grady said Norris shot him with pellets while charging him. Grady told police he fell to the ground, and Norris got on top of him, striking him in the head and ribs with the butt of the gun.
While on top of Grady, Norris allegedly demanded to know Where is the (expletive) phone?
Grady said he was in fear for his life when he handed over his cell phone, a credit card and a jewelry box in the apartment.
Police say Grady was taken to Rutland Regional Medical Center where it took five staples to close a wound to his head.
Norris left the apartment but was arrested soon after in Castleton at the Trak Inn. Police say he was found with a carbon dioxide-powered BB gun along with Gradys phone, the credit card and a jewelry box.
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We still have major reservations about the city's proposed $15.3 million bond issue to drill a deep well into the Jasper aquifer.
First, it bothers us that the water board directors were not consulted by the council members and city staff in making this huge decision involving, of all things, water.
Second, the enormous cost could prevent Beeville from funding future repairs to the George P. Morrill I Water Treatment Plant at Swinney Switch or improvements to the city's water distribution system.
We need at least a two-pronged approach and never again should rely on just one source, either ground wells or lake water.
Third, although the city's recently hired engineer said the Jasper aquifer could produce 2 million to 3.5 million gallons of water a day, others have doubts and, besides, that option alone would still not meet Beeville's current or future needs. At best, it would be a supplement. Also, there could be costly consequences.
That water would have to be pumped through a reverse osmosis filtering device to reduce the 1,500 parts per million of suspended solids to make the water acceptable under the standards set by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Then the city would have to find a way to dispose of the effluent, or briny water – either by pumping it down a deep injection well, trucking it to a disposal site, selling it to oil companies for fracking purposes or dumping it down Poesta Creek from the wastewater treatment plant – probably not an appealing option for property owners on ranches along State Highway 202.
Perhaps, the city manager is correct in saying the BDA's Chase Field well is not the answer. She says it doesn't produce enough water to meet the city's needs and more wells would need to be drilled in different parts of the Goliad aquifer. However, the Goliad sands produce better quality water and are not as deep; therefore, not as expensive to drill wells or to purchase water from landowners, several experts claim.
The city would be wise to postpone holding this election in May. Why can't the City Council, BDA and water board get together and resolve this matter? Perhaps a compromise could be reached for the good of the entire community.
We encourage citizens with concerns or questions to attend the first of a series of town hall meetings on the project scheduled for Thursday, March 28, at 6 p.m. at the Community Center.
After all, this is Beeville's future we're considering.


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Warner explained to the council that he wanted to study some parts of the contract shortly after Chamber board member Tom Beasley made a presentation concerning the proposed agreement.
Beasley introduced Keith Arnold, a former executive director for the Corpus Christi Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Beasley said Arnold was interested in taking the reins of the chamber as its executive director. The attorney explained that the chamber board had prepared a $280,000 budget and that the organization would like to negotiate a new agreement with the city for the use of HOT funds to promote tourism in Bee County.
Warner has told the council in the past that state law requires that HOT funds be used to "put heads in beds" in local hotels and motels.
The previous agreement between the city and the chamber resulted in the city pulling its HOT funds agreement with the council because some of that money reportedly had been used to pay salaries at the chamber.
Warner said he had questions about the proposed agreement after Beasley said that about $30,000 of the HOT funds it was requesting would be used to supplement a $50,000 budgeted item for the salary of an executive director.
Beasley said Arnold was imminently qualified for the director's position.
Beasley called the budget presented to the CofC board "generic" because the organization had no staff to prepare a proper spending plan.
"We would like to get Keith on board and prepare a more appropriate budget," the attorney told the council.
Beasley said he had studied the HOT funds contracts of other chambers of commerce, and they were similar. Only the agreements he had looked at involved larger communities.
Councilman George P. "Trace" Morrill, also an attorney, asked Warner if it would be possible for the council to approve a commitment for the chamber so it could go ahead with its plan to hire Arnold. Then a formal contract could be worked out later.
But Warner said he would rather work out a final agreement for the council to consider before any action could be taken.
Beasley then said he would like to have Arnold on board at the chamber during any contract discussions.
Mayor David Carabajal recommended that the council might want to call a special meeting next week.
But Warner said he thought he could write a counterproposal for Beasley, and then the two of them could sit down and come up with an agreement that would satisfy both parties.
Interim City Manager Marvin Townsend said he also had seen some items in the agreement that he wanted to "clean up."
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Morrill then made a motion to authorize Warner and Townsend to finalize an agreement with Beasley and present it to the council at its next meeting.
Councilwoman Libby Spires seconded the motion, and it passed without opposition.
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Those wards currently are represented by Councilman Santiago "Jimbo" Martinez, Mayor David Carabajal and Councilman John Fulghum.
The filing deadline for the election is at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28.
— Modify an agreement with Texstar Midstream Utility for an easement across Veterans Memorial Park for a pipeline.
Townsend said the work is essentially complete.
— Approve ordinances calling for the establishment of new fees for city services, the rezoning of property within the Lacks, Knight and Radcliff Tract within the city from first one-family business district to a secondary and highway business district, the installation of a crosswalk in the 1100 block of West Stamper Street and for addressing fees for water drilling permits within the city.
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If we had spam, we could have spam and eggs, if we had eggs. But wait... All we need is the eggs now.
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Some languages are endagered because they are banned.
Many, many, Native American languages were banned by Christian Missionary Schools on reservations and in native villages as the 'savages' were 'saved', leading thus to their dying out._________________________
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#184611 - 05/02/09 07:28 PM Astronomy [Re: LukeJavan8]
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I love astronomy, and I understand from another poster to this
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Well, there's things we cannot say in words, so we have images. There are things we cannot say with images, that's why we have words. And there are things we can say in neither images nor words, that's why we have music.
But I'm sure the first thing I'm gonna see when I will die is this Whale Galaxy : link Cause I have no words for the beauty of it.
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That is beautiful! But they provided a humpback whale image link, and it's really not like a humpback; it resembles almost perfectly a Minke: Minke whale I have seen Minkes, but not much of them, as they are shy and not prone to breaching often. Humpbacks are fascinating and beautiful. I have been as close as about 10 feet from one as it dove shallowly underneath the boat, its "wings" spread out wide. So huge and mighty, yet so gentle... :0)
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Wooh! Never saw that one before, what a streamlined snout. I went after minke: allegedly this:
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All-Star Game 2009 – The Curse Continues
The curse continues for the National League as they lost their 12th consecutive All-Star Game tonight against the American League. And poor Charlie Manuel became the first Phillies manager in history to lose the All-Star game :O( Phils now hold a record of 6-1. No worries Charlie…just bring us another Championship and all will be forgotten :O)
The first inning did not exactly kick the game off right for the National League as Tim Lincecum struggled and allowed one earned run. An unearned run also scored in the inning after an error. Yes folks, as Albert Pujols booted a ball at first base, an angel lost its wings…and the American League took a 2-0 lead. It's ok though…we still love Albert :O)
The NL battled back and scored 3 in the 2nd inning thanks to hits by David Wright, Shane Victorino (yeah!) and Yadier Molina. After that, offense all around was fairly quiet until the 8th inning. Curtis Granderson tripled, Victor Martinez was given the intentional walk and then Adam Jones hit a sac fly to score Granderson and give the AL a 4-3 lead. The NL got their shot in the bottom half of the inning; Ryan Howard was sent in to pinch hit with 2 outs and 2 on in the 8th and he went down on strikes to end the threat. Ugh. The ever-adorable Mariano Rivera closed out the game for the AL in the 9th and so, the curse goes on.
As for the rest of the Phillies, Chase Utley went hitless, but had several stellar defensive plays. Victorino ended up 1 for2 with a run scored; Jayson Werth struck out after a great at-bat against Jonathan Papelbon and later, made an amazing running catch in centerfield; and Raul Ibanez went 0 for 2, but looked thrilled anyway just to be playing. It was his first All-Star appearance in his 14th major league season at 37 years of age. Congrats to Raul for finally getting there!
As for the broadcast, FOX was annoying as usual. I think I heard more about Taco Bell and Domino's Pizza than I did about the game. And while it was nice to hear the President Obama in the broadcast booth, was it really necessary to see him? Don't get me wrong; I love Obama and all that, but I already know what he looks like. I'd have been just as happy to hear him speak while the game was showed in its entirety on the TV screen, instead of the annoying flashes back and forth from individual pitches to a visual of Obama in the booth.
Pedro – Say It Ain't So!
Much to the dismay of Phillies fans everywhere, Pedro Martinez passed his physical and has been signed by the Phillies. Pedro will get 1 million plus another possible 1.5 million in incentives. He will need about 3 weeks of rehab and minor league work to be ready. The good news is that the price is cheap; however, we are all familiar with the saying "you get what you pay for." If Martinez has some magic left in that arm, then this deal will turn out to be a real bargain; if not, at least they did not overpay.
Personally, I worry more about the clubhouse chemistry being disrupted than anything else. Martinez is notorious for his sandpaper-like personality and penchant for creating controversy. If he does not pitch well, no biggie. It was a small investment. But if he wreaks havoc on the peaceful and serene Phillies-vibe, then the deal will not have been worth the risk. We shall see how it goes…
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So no baseball tomorrow…except for the Double-A All-Star Game in Trenton, NJ. I will be risking life and limb as I venture into Trenton, the dregs of Jersey, but will be attending the game anyway. ;O) Four Phillies prospects will be in the game, with Michael Taylor participating in the Home Run Derby. I will return (I hope) with photos and all body parts still in place. Wish me luck :O)
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Well FOX's coverage of the All Star Game isn't that great, at least that's all I'll say. Ryan Howard strikes out, when he had the best chance to win it over the AL. We'll have to wait another year.
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Chase Utley can play. Man. Wow. Does he do that for the Phillies all the time? You gotta be proud of your boys tonight, despite having to put up with FOX coverage.
Come though…bottom of the 9th, your team is ahead…who else do you want pitching than Rivera?
Chase Utley can play. Man. Wow. Does he do that for the Phillies all the time? You gotta be proud of your boys tonight, despite having to put up with FOX coverage.
Come though…bottom of the 9th, your team is ahead…who else do you want pitching than Rivera?
Albert Pujols did not have the All-Star Game that everyone built him up for – he didn't win the HR Derby and he didn't do so well in the ASG itself. I think fans, at times, have unrealistic expectations of the players and it is hard to them to "perform on demand".
I was sorry that Ibanez did not have more success in his first game. He is one of the good guys out there. I was happy to see him healthy enough to play in the game, but it would have been nice if he could have run the bases a little bit.
The Florida State League plays tonight.
I think your Clearwater Threshers are hosting the Brevard County Manatees.
This is the perfect day, or maybe tomorrow to write a blog about the expectations or hopes for the second half.
I know I am leaning that direction for the posting tonight for Thursday.
Worst thing is we have a little over 70-ish game left before we start the playoffs all over again………..weeeeeeeeeeee!
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Manuel was just wrong playing Werth over Pence. I had no problem with him taking him to the game, but he sure didn't deserve to play as much as he did.
Personally, I don't think his at bat was "great" as you put it!!!!!!!!
I sort of (almost) feel bad for the NL. Dont take this in a bad way though..but I really like winning all the time.


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that's the first step to become a winning franchise. Thought over
Its hard to weigh rumors from Steven A Smith from Mills
Supposedly met with Steve Mills and discussed the Knicks head coaching job which he said he wouldn't be interested in. Doesn't surprise me about him NOT wanting the head coaching job since he has never taken on a rebuilding effort like the Knicks.
But how about as a GM for the Knicks as rumors have Dolan offering him some kind of front office position. He's never been a GM but his winning track record as a coach and NBA experience has to be invaluable. PJ has said he's ready to come back to work in the NBA and he'll probably have a lot of offers both to coach and for front office positions and the Knicks wouldn't be the most attractive team for him to join but I think he's just what you need as a first step in turning around the Knicks. I just hope he doesn't speak to Larry Brown about coming here.
A nice thought ....................
Phil Jackson .. the NBA #1 contender headcoach as the Knicks GM
that's the first step to become a winning franchise. Thought over
Its hard to weigh rumors from Steven A Smith from Mills
Too old. If we got Phil 10 years ago, that would be great, but he has no interest in risking his legacy at this stage for us. It will be Larry Brown all over again, except in the Front Office.
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Not sure why you made the thread title seem so definitive, even if Phil Jackson is reportedly leaning towards taking the job. I've heard that this hiring would be the Knicks bringing in Jackson as a "very expensive consultant". Yeah, that sounds like something we'd do. Too bad we can't just hire competent head coaches and GMs, we need to maximize the internal conflict by having high profile consultants. Let's see if this actually happens as certainly as the most recent news implies that it will happen.
I hope it is a permanent position with full control, rather than a overpaid consultant.
We need a firm plan and vision, with decisive leadership.
Why would a HOF like Jackson take a consultant job no matter how much it pays, he's the most in demand coach in the game and I think he'll be a great GM.
I think this is a great hire if PJ has the energy to do this job, there is a concern about his age but PJ says he wants back in the game so I assume he's healthy, well rested and raring to go. Mills wasn't the guy to be the GM and he knows it, he'll hire someone to run the Knicks even if it isn't PJ. A bonus in hiring PJ is you get to keep Melo in NY, I see him opting in if PJ is hired.
Phil's got the name, experience and two hands full of championship rings to give Dolan confidence to step out of the way. He's never done the job before, but I think he's smart enough to know to salvage the cap space of 2015. If Melo leaves we need to keep this 2015 cap space to recruit new talent. I would not sacrifice this to appease Melo to stay.
I think Phil would be a major improvement....lets hope he does it
If Jackson were in fact hired as President of Basketball Operations and actually had full control, I am not sure he would want to build a team around Melo and a likely five year $130M contract ending when Melo is 36 years old. In fact, I believe it would reduce the chance that Melo is with us next year.
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The ball could also bounce either way with Dolan (headlines), "Jackson hired to build around Carmelo Anthony" or "Jackson hired as Knicks president of basketball operations"???
I want Phil Jackson to make all the Knicks signing/trades/decision-making this offseason.
with melo or without melo
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The Knicks hope to re-sign Carmelo Anthony this summer. But if he were to leave all that extra money on the table to go to the Bulls or another team, it could be a blessing in disguise for the Knicks, according to a former NBA general manager.
"I really think if Carmelo left them, he may be doing them a favor," said the former general manager, who has no ties to the Knicks. "They probably don't see it that way. But in the long run, it's probably doing them a favor."
The logic is that it would give the Knicks a chance to rebuild. They'll have a boatload of cap space in the summer of 2015 when Amar'e Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler and Andrea Bargnani are scheduled to come off the books and Rajon Rondo, Kevin Love and LaMarcus Aldridge could hit the open market and a first-round draft pick.
The likely result would be another lean season in 2014-15, but the source who has rebuilt teams before thinks it could turn around quickly. "New York is the greatest city in the world and the Garden is the best place to play basketball," he said. "Guys want to go to play in New York. It's going to hurt for a little bit. But if you have cap space, it's not going to be that hard to get a good player to come to New York."
The Knicks have gone this route before. They endured some rough years when they were clearing the money they used to sign Stoudemire and collecting the assets to acquire Anthony.
If they choose that path for one year, the ex-GM said their "splash" this offseason could be trying to hire Phil Jackson to run the basketball department, or signing a high-profile
coach such as Billy Donovan or John Calipari.
But Anthony might take the money and re-sign with the hope that the Knicks can become a contender quickly. If so, the former executive said the Knicks shouldn't take back big contracts in any trades unless they're part of a package for a proven star. Otherwise, they should sign players to one-year deals or acquire players on an expiring pact so they don't hurt their flexibility for 2015.
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