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This post will be brief, because there isn't much to say. Mike Pelfrey shut down the Phillies over seven innings, allowing three singles in the Mets 3-0 finale winner. The big righty did walk five while striking out five, however, the Phillies offense couldn't do it. They couldn't cross home plate.
It has now been 27 consecutive innings without touching the dish for the Phils, and 46 of the last 47 innings. If not for three meaningless runs in the ninth inning on Sunday against Boston, it would be five straight shutouts. Whatever the case may be, this is a lesson in futility the Phillies are teaching.
Cole Hamels was outstanding tonight, throwing the gem that needed to be thrown. The offense couldn't back him up, again leaving runner after runner stranded on the sacks. Three double-plays in three consecutive innings plus five men left on base is haunting. Hamels was the lone bright spot but his performance will be pushed under the rug, unfortunately, because of the Phils futility with the sticks.
Tomorrow, a three-game set begins with the Marlins. Runs should be scored. But will it happen?
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New York 25 23 .521 2.0
Know what that means? It means 25 wins, 23 losses, .521 win percentage, 2 Games behind the #1 Leading Philadelphia Phillies.
Two games behind is still behind. There is no prize for second place.
seriously phillies fans have nothing to say at this point..lets just leave it at that..I'm a mets fan, i'm not going to sit here and brag but this series but please phillies fans…there is nothing to be said
Hey Greg you know what 0 runs in 4 games means? Your offense sucks!
Remember when the Mets got close in 2007? And 2008? And 2009? Yeah. Until you don't suck, you suck.
Hey, am I crazy or did the Phillies not score 3 games in a row?
How could this happen to such a classy city? Say it ain't so Chase…
27 Innings… 27 F*in Innings!
HAHA! you guys suck so much you lost to the Mets! While you guys keep getting shut out and losing to teams like the METS, the Nationals are gonna sneak in and win the division! Can't wait to watch the Marlins shut you guys out! Guess you can't score runs when you can't steal signs!
What a terrible series. Talk about an embarrassment. At least Hamels was good. I have to day though that I will be more than happy to endure these last 4 shutouts if/when the Flyers get 4 wins to end the season. That trade is more than fair, even with shutouts to the Mets..
Mets haven't won since 86. Why r are u bragging. Just shut up until u win.
not saying you dodnt deserve credit for your years of being better than us or your world championships….but please dont turn into yankee fans with the "you havent won since 86" nonsense. i love this rivalry and think it is better than yankees redsox….dont be stupid about it
and the Phillies won 2 years ago…not last year…so u can pipe down too sport. You just got killed in 3 games…..make it 5 in a row. No Mets fan is bragging here…we know better than this….but show a little class will ya?……oh wait its Philly……nevermind.
I like how NYM fans are talking about class while they are going out of there way to a Phillies fan page and talking smack. Go to your Metsnation.com and brag about it there with your own kind.
Mets win and the Phillies lose! Enuf said. Yea Phillies fans it hurts does it not? Hey Phillies fans it hurts does it not? Sure it does but that is the way it is these days with your team.
It's amazing how Met loving douches post on this site, it's just really pathetic.
Yea, the Mets kicked our ass and swept us, it's baseball, it happens.
We'll meet again this year, and our offense will be clicking, and we'll tattoo your pitching staff just like we did Pelf and Santana in the series in Philly, congratulations on your sweep though Mets fans, now if you could only win a game on the road….
And can we please stop with the stealing signs bullshit? Seriously, I guess we were stealing signs in the last two World Series too.
Baseball like any fan knows is largley mental.The Phillies didn't have any confidence @ the plate this past week. And it's getting the better of them.Nothings being generated and it shows on their faces and bodies. They are anxious @ the plate.When you are batting and you think your gonna strike-out, chances are your gonna strike-out.But change that thought process to "I'm gonna get a hit", and your most likley gonna put some lumber on that ball…Go FLYERS GO PHILLIES!
Looks like good ol chollie needs to get with NASA to see what has to do to get the satelites in space, so he could steal signs again. I bet you that was what the meeting was about the other night. LET'S GO METS
The yankees complained to MLB during the world series that the phillies were stealing signs. The dodgers did the same. so did the mets. The phillies got CAUGHT stealing signs in colorado. I guess now they stopped because of all the heat they have been getting. And now that they stopped, they cant seem to score runs. Sucks for the phillies. Maybe now they can learn how to hit without stealing signs like the other 29 teams in baseball.
Hey Charlie……who's crying now?…..oh wait its your lame ass front running fans……who all of a sudden are all Flyers fans now…….lol cracks me up.
I have never posted anything on a mets site so stop coming here. You have not shown you can finish a season. Your going on the road now so here comes the loses. Before the yankee series u were crying. I'm more worried about the braves.
Lol ok……nobodys crying here but you dude…..and I can post wherever I want and will continue to because now I know it bothers you. lol……
Why would anyone tell philly fans to have some class ! This is the same town that threw snowballs at santa and laughed and cheered when they thought ervin was paralyzed!! Philly was always the armpity of the world and always will be !!!!!!!!
Trading barbs and talking smack is part of what it means to be a fan. Coming here to post is no different than sending bus-loads of Philly fans in Phillies regalia to Citi Field to make a ton of noise and act obnoxious.
Just like those people hoped to have someone complain about them, coming here and seeing weepy cries, "Waaaaahh… go away. We don't like it when you post here." is its own reward.
That said, the Phillies are NOTORIOUSLY a Second Half team. Y'all are rightfully frustrated but just take this stuff on the chin and wait till July-Sept… then October (and November… ugh). You'll have plenty to cheer (and jeer at others!) about. You can't end the smack talk by letting the smack-talker know it bugs you.
Good God, some of you Phils fans really need to stop whining. If the Phils had swept the Mets with three shut outs, the Mets blogs would be filled with Phils fan's and their trash talk. This isn't a one-way signal. So, please, just stfu, stop crying, and take your medicine. The Phils were horrible this week. It happens. Expect the trash talk to come along with lousy play. God knows the Mets fans have had to endure enough of it over the last few years. 🙂 Welcome to baseball fan communities on the Internet. Ignore the idiots and focus on your team. /end of my .02
You have to love how intense people are being. Yeah, it sucks for the Phillies, but it's not the end of the world. There's still a lot of baseball to be played. Relax.
Each inning that I watch the Phillies bat, I kind of throw up in my mouth a little.
Predictable NY…..here come the Mets fans out of their holes.
Congrats on your 2010 playoff birth
Very suitable Jeltz award. This has been just horrible to read about. (Luckily, I live in western Canada so I'm not able to watch this pitiful display of hitting/baserunning/coaching) But they WILL be back with a vengeance shortly…..history has shown us that. You can't keep this offense down for very long. I'm predicting a 10-or-more-run game in this series vs the fish.
Bob, no sane Met fan is saying they are better than the Phillies. The Mets caught the Phils at a good time from our perspective because we know how potent that line-up is. But the reality of the situation is most of league is filled with mediocrity aside from the Phils and Cards and the Wild Card may be had with 87 wins. Who is to say the Mets cant be part of that mix ? After last season, we are allowed to feel good about ourselves.
Since the Mets are the only other team in the division with anything near a fanbase, I prefer when they are competitive. I just wish it wasn't against us. This was the most brutal series I can remember, and its not like we were facing Maddox/Smoltz/Glavine in their prime. Pelfrey is solid but not spectacular, Takahashi-san hides mediocre stuff with a funky delivery, and Dickey is a career AAA pitcher making the most of his opportunity. The rain delay didn't help – more time to sit around and overanalyze current struggles. At least Cole pitched well.
It will be nice to face some fastballs. Losing streak ends tonight.
lmao i love how phillies fans are just looking at the past saying OH YEAH AT LEAST WE MADE IT TO WORLD SERIES…who knows maybe you were stealing signs in the last 2 world series? hmm i mean a lot of people are complaining about it and its funny how when someone catches you…all of a sudden you guys start doing terrible and getting SWEPT 3 GAMES IN A ROW TO THE METS….HAHAHAHAHA THAT IS JUST HILARIOUS….please this is a feat that just should not happen especially to a 1st place team who made 2 world series appearances in and row and are talking about how they are going to win the division no problem…its not about winning the world series…or who won past world series, its the fact that you guys got SWEPT without scoring 1 RUN to a team you felt you were completely superior over HAHAHAHA that is amazing…PHILLIES PHANS CANNOT TALK AT ALL
We suck! We suck so bad, might as well call us hoover. The Mets will win the division and they deserve it. Us philly phans are just frontrunning losers anyway..I should change my screen name to Flyers Fan now and forget about the Philithies.
That's all well and good…..you are allowed to have faith in your team. Unforunately I think you are the 1st rationale Mets fans to come in here on this thread. The rest is hahahaha, blah blah Phillies suck, you steal signs, blah, blah.
I figured the Mets were better than 70 wins. No i didnt expect to be shutout 3 teams by the Mets and they absoultely rose up THIS series. But lets see what happens when the limelight is on in September, if they can make it there. Because we all know the next 3 game losing streak will be some Mets fans calling for Manuel's head again.
You might when to check the series after the accusations of sign stealing.
They lit up the Brewers and put 12 on the Pirates.
And yes despite this we feel our team is better than the Mets. Let's see the Mets prove this wrong when it counts.
I have no problem with fun trash talking but you guys take it to far with your posts. My buddy is more of a die hard met fan then any of you. He goes to all games at home and he travels to see 25 to 30 games on the road. He called me up last night and gave me some trash. Then he said you guys are still the best team in NL and will be back in the world series. atleast he gets it. i just find it funny listening to wfan in ny after we beat the mets in philly. the fans were crying on the radio. then after each lose. the mets will go back to there old ways. i predict the phillies to score alot of runs in florida. you know we will break out. the good news is as bad as we played we are still in first. we still have the best second baseman in the game.
I think the next ONE GAME losing streak, you're guaranteed to hear Mets fans calling for Jerry's head. The 5 game winning streak just distracted people from that for a bit. IMO. he's not a bad manager… not great… somewhere in the middle. Personally, I feel Cholly is about the same. The talent, ability and passion of the Phillies players usually makes up for the manager's mediocrity.
The Mets have shown flashes of that this year… more so since Jerry sloughed the dead weight (aka Perez) from the rotation… and though I had high hopes for John Maine, even more since he was placed on the DL (from which I hope he returns better than ever). With all the jumbling and swapping, even Mets fans can't be sure just who our team is. We are not tesame team everyone predicted would be .500 in 2010… MAYBE we're better than that. So those flashes, rightfully, get us excited. We hope that is where we're headed… and we dare to get optimistic… which, in turn, brings out some smack talk.
Trust me, you'd hate it f there was no smack talk. If you wanted to be so irrelevant that no one cared to smack talk with you, you don't have to go far. Just start rooting for the Pirates.
great ballplayin!
Whens utley gonna clean that dirt under his lip?
haha, thats funny.
The phils still have 10000 losses!
They look lifeless… they're definitely in a funk. It would be nice if the whole team wasn't in a funk but it is what it is and we have to roll with it. Did you see the last time they were shut out in three consecutive games? 1983… we went to the World Series that year. I'm not in all out panic mode… I am as frustrated as anyone (I stayed up and took the pain along with everyone else) but we're STILL in first.
Wow – who could have expected this from a lineup like ours?
Regardless, lets not forget the error on Poly which plated 2 unattainable runs late in the game.
Cole looked terrific and was tagged with a loss. Let's move on.
BTW – what do you think Cholly's team meeting sounded like? Let alone the players only meeting –
I think Cholly should do what might have been deemed unthinkable at the start of the season – what do you think about bringing up someone like a Domonic Brown, just as a catalyst. See what happens. Could the situation get any worse? And of course I would replace Ibanez to start with. Even though 2 of Shanes singles were the weakest groundballs I have ever witnessed in my life, they certainly were better than anything Ibanez (what was that extremely lame SB attempt?) or Werth (3 strikeouts) did last night.
Cube… that was a great post. It's a shame you prefaced it by making yourself look like an idiot. I'm not sure why you had to use a vulgar handle but first impressions are everything, my man. We have a few Mets fans that are on here regularly…
Jerry and Cholly are probably on the same level when it comes to strategy but Cholly has done a much better job of earning the respect of his players. They would never throw him under the bus and I'm not so sure that the same could be said for the Mets players (and Jerry Manuel). Cholly never singles players out and doesn't ask for much; timeliness and hustle. The players would run through a wall for Cholly…
metsfan0909 you have to look no further than the other idiots posting junk on PHILLIESnation.com like "Hey Greg you know what 0 runs in 4 games means? Your offense sucks!" and "the Phillies won 2 years ago…not last year…so u can pipe down too sport. You just got killed in 3 games…..make it 5 in a row. No Mets fan is bragging here…we know better than this….but show a little class will ya?……oh wait its Philly……nevermind." forgetting that this is PHILLIESnation.com. Why are there Mets fans coming here spouting hatred? The VERY FIRST post on here is "HAHAHAHA". Uh classless. So the first post is by a Mets fan, and says that you are talking about Phillies fans DEFENDING the PHILLIES on PHILLIES nation? Get a life, get a job, and go to a Mets website. FYI in case you forgot it, you say the Phillies didnt win last year. Tell me when did the Phillies Lose? the WORLD SERIES. That means the Phillies WON the NATIONAL LEAGUE. Beyond that this is pathetic. the Phillies were 11 games above .500. I have no doubt the Phillies will fall out of first by next weekend. Hopefully they get it bac though.
What goes down will come up. But it sure is painful to wait.
I am not going to start freaking out just yet…..I'm frustrated, annoyed, perplexed….but not freaking. This group of players has done this for years now, one guy starts with the hitting slump, it becomes contagious, and before you know it, no one can hit the ball, dp's galore, it's routine now. Also, Jimmy's not in the lineup, and for anyone who still thinks he's not the catalyst, the guy who lights the fire under their a$$es, this REALLY BAD slump should enlighten you.
Baseball is a long season, this Phillies team knows that, and as long as they remain in first or close to it, they know they will play balls to the wall in the second half, it's their "MO".
Btw, Chase looks like he's still sick or something….has he been checked for mono, or is he injured? I'm always thinking he looks ill though, so it's probably nothing.
I said yesterday why I dont like Reyes. I think he is one of the most talented players in the league. Jerry should of been fired just by putting him in the 3rd hole. This is a man that is great at getting on base and making things happen. Like Jroll. They both can change a game in a heartbeat. I also love Wright. Would take him on my team in a flash. I think the the ballpark is a problem for him and the shot he took last season is in his head. Or even the home derby which I hate for players. I can do without all the crap reyes does in the dugout. This is a very very long season. The Phillies will put up some big numbers very soon. The good news is we are still in first. Last year Lidge and Madson were blowing saves every other day. My Met buddy said you still will win. He was right and says the same thing this season. Howard will get hot at some point.
Swept by the Mets with three straight shutouts. Ugh, this is like Stephen Hawking beating you at arm wrestling.
i just want to say………sucks that you can't win without CHEATING!
haha, good one Mike D!
Geez by talking to these Mets fans you would think this was a series in late September to clinch the division. I guess it must feel good for them though since we have absolutely dominated them the past couple years. Anyway Phils are still in first. The offense is gonna come back as soon as we get J-Roll back. The Mets are gonna finish in third place at best. So go ahead mets fans…enjoy this sweep….just know that come october the Phillies will be the ones competeing for another world championship and the mets will be playing golf.
and the offense started struggling when rollins went down again not when the stuff about stealing signs came out…dumbass mets fan
I'm no front-runner. Ever since I was 6 (in 1997), I watched the Phils and the Flyers and the Phils SUCKED. But right now, I'm not going to stop being as much of a Phils enthusiast bc the Flyers are in the cup and the Phils can't score. I'll still watch every game of the Phils I can. Don't worry Mets, we're not going anywhere and neither are you. Baseball is all about streaky playing and I forsee the Mets going on some BAD losing streaks just like they did last year
so phillyjoe, rollins went down in april. by your logic, the philly offense has been down since then, yet they still are in first place? now when the sign stealing issue comes about, the offense starts to really decline. seems like you're the dumbass fan
Mets will rise……Phils will star…. Oh my god, I just sharted
@ Roger, I think phillyjoe means when Rollins went out *again*. Really, the "sign-stealing" thing is a red herring. Rollins out – that's the timing of the slump, but we were doing pretty well without him at the beginning of the season, who knows how he's psycologically affecting the team now. It's just been a snowball effect since the Sox loss, and probably the guys seem so disheartened *because* they know they can do so much better. But I am scared, haven't seen them play this cruddy for years. This core has a great collective spark. Where did it go? Once we can put at least one run on the board maybe they'll feel the jinx is off. Honestly, I can't keep up with their facial hair changes!
thanks phils girl, yeah that is what i meant considering thats what i wrote…again dumbass mets fan
and i assure you the sign steal bullcrap has nothing to do with it…
Is is possible that Jimmy Rollins is not actually injured; rather, he has been kidnapped by the Looney Tunes to play in an epic baseball game against a pack of aliens who stole the talent from the rest of the Phillies offense?
sounds reasonable
10 THOUSAND LOSSES..lets go mets
I do love met fans, they are silly little people. You have to feel sorry for them. No title since 86. Two back to back epic chokes. Watching the Phillies win it all then go back the next year. To have Jerry M. and Omar running your team. YIKES. In another month we will have another big lead on them. So I guess we should feel a little sorry. Hey If it wasnt for Bill B. back in 86 being paid to let one go through the legs they would still be crying. LOL
The Muts could have a 20 game lead with 21 games to play and they would still CHOKE! Losers & crybabies! LMAO!
I not even close to giving up on this team, but watching this offense right now is incredibly frustrating. It's all right though, I think they'll bounce back soon. One positive thing though was the way Hamels pitched. Looks like he is almost back to his 08 form.
BTW, for those people who are saying stealing signs had anything to do with it, after the Colorado series, they went on to win 5 out of their 7 games.
@ Brian Sr.
Good post man, that's the point I was trying to make, but you made it sound much better lol.
Wow! Check out tonight's line-up! Could be 4 straight shutouts…..
Yes, the Phils have lost 10,000 games. They've had well over a hundred years to lose them. I wonder how many losses the Mets will have after one hundred years.
And as for sign stealing, there's not a team around, INCLUDING THE METS that doesn't try it all the time. Many hitters don't even want to be told what pitch is coming; it's just a last minute distraction, like someone coughing when a golfer's just taken his backswing.
I feel sorry for any fan who has to gloat over a meager three-game sweep. It's pathetically defensive.
Don't ask me why, but I got a pheeling that tonight's gonna be a good night.
Meh… my name is what it is. Personally, I thought it was funny. Until I see someone chastising insulting blanket statements about Mets fans, I lump all claims of "classless" in the same bucket… which happens to be my toilet.
I could change it. How's Uri Tinshitz sound?
I joke about the team and cities. Never about the fans…. other than in defense and then I keep it to the individual (I'm looking at you, Jeff…. and the guy that puked on the little girl… though I suspect they are one in the same).
BTW, just to ensure this is indeed about baseball, no matter what happened in the last few days, I am very confident that the Phillies are making it to the playoffs this year. I'd say they're going to the WS and I wouldn't be surprised if they do… but you know how the playoffs go. Someone could get hot…. someone else could get cold… anything could happen.
Look's like they might not be able to get the game in tonight. Here's the weather: http://tinyurl.com/3y5nso4
oh no
Hey Phils fans…..your not making the World Series again……..sorry its just reality. Hasnt happened 3 years in a row for an NL team in 60 years…and thats when there were like 8 teams in the NL..so good luck with that. You idiots think its your rightful place to be there this year because you were there for the last 2 and the season is just a formality…..well it doesnt work like that…sorry.
yeah your right just because it hasnt happened recently means there is no shot of it happening at all….the fact is that we are still the best team in the national league…we just are going through a rough patch right now, not saying we are a lock for the pennant but come october, phils will be in the playoffs competing for another world series and the mets will be playing golf…again
No Shot
Mark, you are ignorant. Nothing is impossible.
well even if they dont win the pennant we are still going to be in the playoffs while the mets watch
First, Nicky, I feel sorry for you having to be such an idiot. 2nd, Matt, thank you, every once in a while I can get through my hatred and disdain for certain low class fans and come up with a sound and reasonable argument. 3rd Mark, honestly, it will be VERY difficult to go back to the World Series, and MAYBE the Phillies will lose, but let me ask you this…Would you rather see your team win 3 (maybe 4) NL East pennants in a row, 2 NL pennants in a row, 1 WS, and then lose in the NLDS or NLCS after winning 2 straight NL pennants, or would you rather watch your team lose before making the WS, then BLOW a 7 game lead one year (2007), a 4 game lead the year after (2008 FYI Phillies won the World Series), and finish in 4th place in 2009 (FYI the Phillies wan the NL). Maybe its just me, but I would rather watch my team give a little ray of hope to a mediocre team that is 1 (count that again) ONE game over .500 just to see them finish in 3rd place, then to see my team go on a 7 game losing streak in September when the Division is decided. DUH. Oh and to "overtenthousandlosses". Hmm, you are apparently not very bright. I suggest you do research if you are a Mets fan trying to say the current Phillies suck because the organization has that many losses. Maybe its just me, but what the team did in 1886, or 1986 means NOTHING. But since you want bring up losses. Tell me which team has had more wins this DECADE? Which team has had more losses this DECADE? Which team has finished in LAST place in the division this DECADE? Which team has won the division more times this DECADE? FYI, Phillies have more wins, less losses and more times winning the division this DECADE then the Mets. DUH. Next Question. Which team has a better winning % since 1969? The Phillies have a better winning % then 1969! Hmm. did you know that if the Mets were around as long as the Phillies they would have MORE losses than the Phillies if that held true. Wierd. Oh and I do agree with one thing Mark. The Mets have "no Shot" at winning the division. Take meds people. Some of you obviously need them.


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Stephen Gostkowski missed a 42-yard field goal with one second to play and the visiting Cardinals held off a wild comeback bid by the Patriots.
Arizona led most of the game and appeared headed for the victory until running back Ryan Williams fumbled on a third down play with just over a minute left. New England moved the ball down the field to set up a potential game-winning field goal by Gostkowski, but the veteran kicker missed the attempt badly to the right.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: New England lost TE Aaron Hernandez to an ankle injury early and its offense looked out of sync the rest of the way. X-rays on Hernandez were negative and he was diagnosed with a high ankle sprain. ... Kolb started at QB for the Cardinals in place of John Skelton (ankle). ... Patriots RB Stevan Ridley rushed for 71 yards on 18 carries. The second-year running back rushed for a career-high 125 yards in New England's opener, equaling the number of 100-yard performances the Patriots had all of last year.
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Tiger Tiger, Burning bright
In 2004 George Bush won re-election, I left for (what was supposed to be) 2 years in Africa and the Tigers had just completed a valiant attempt at setting a new record for baseball futility. Now, here we are 4 years later and GWB is on his way out (Yes We Can!), the government is sending me back overseas and the Tigers have one of the fearsome lineups in baseball. What happened?
It's pretty simple, actually. Dave Dombrowski took over at GM at the end of 2002, a few guys came of age in that tragic 2003 season (for instance, Jeremy Bonderman) and owner Mike Illitch sprang for some veterans who could pull the team together. Finally, in 2005, Dombrowski tipped Jim Leyland as his new manager and here we are.
Anyone who follows baseball knows that the Tigers had a monster offseason, picking up a shortstop (Renteria), another outfielder in Jacque Jones and the big move which netted former Marlins Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera. Even my friends who are Red Sox fans admit they're a little worried when they look at that lineup.
However, the one thing I've learned is not to count my chickens before they hatch. Yeah, this looks like the team to beat this year but Leyland has his work cut out for him in trying to put this jigsaw puzzle together. Would Willis accept being a #3 starter? Where does Cabrera bat in the lineup? Will former starters like Brandon Inge find a way to contribute? How will Renteria handle the switch back to the AL while Guillen switches from Short to First? Can Zumaya get healthy? And, most importantly, how am I going to score tickets to a game when I have no idea where the government will be sending me and when it's going to happen? I guess the answer to all of these questions is, "Just wait and see." Luckily, when you're a fan of a team that averaged a hundred losses a season between 2001 and 2005, patience is a virtue you have in spades.
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Roger Clemens is a big *****.
Too many chefs spoil the broth. We've been seeing this in the Bronx for going on 7 years now. Yeah, good luck with that, Al. Take your own advice and don't get your hopes up.
Hey, you don't have to tell me. I'm as worried as the next guy. But Leyland is a manager's manager and if anyone can pull these disparate parts together, it's him. And despite the offseason moves, the Tigers are still a far cry from the Evil Empire that is the Yankees. I mean, I don't see anyone that has signed on for quarter billion dollars, do you?
this sounds like an AL version of the NL Chicago Cubs song. Must be all that cold air up north


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Theirs only one person to blame for the "no ball movement" and thats Mike woodson.
It's the coaches duty to demand more ball movement, he's not standing on the side observing the game for nothing.
Thats not why we lost against Brooklyn though... Felton single handedly lost us that game.... 3 -19. FGM-AT


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Mr. Silvas was born April 16, 1935, in Refugio County to Encarnacion and Refugia Fierova Silvas.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Estella Silvas; two sisters, Theresa Naraja and Margaret Perez; and a brother, Nick Silvas.
Survivors include five daughters, Janie Barraza (Nick) of Refugio, Delma Valdez and Rachel Andrade, both of Woodsboro, Sylvia Tristan of Hardin and Nilda Andrade of Aransas Pass; a son, Lloyd Silvas of Refugio; three sisters, Tina Avila of Waller, Lola Kelly and Rita Mascorro, both of Victoria; four brothers, Jesse Silvas of Louisiana, Raymond Silvas and Manuel Silvas, both of Refugio, and Claude Silvas of Waller; 18 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
A rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Moore Funeral Home Chapel.
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Capitol Beat: Better baby bonding and scratch tickets for energyJanuary 28,2013
Expectant moms and dads could be in line for some unexpected time off if a bill introduced in Montpelier last week grows any legs.
Dismayed by the tribulations of new parents with limited financial means, Sen. Ann Cummings wants to make it a little easier to bond with baby. To that end, shes offering legislation that would require employers to provide new moms and dads with 15 weeks paid parental leave.
As the bill states in its preamble, Dramatic social and economic trends have brought about a significant increase in the number of families in which both parents work.
Time to bond with new children stabilizes society by allowing parents time to care for a new child, form strong emotional bonds with the new child, and establish a secure system of child care, the bill says. Providing time to bond with new children assures that working people have a real, rather than an illusory, right to care for and bond with their children.
Cummings said shes too familiar with stories of women going back to work just a couple weeks after giving birth, often because they lack the financial resources to take advantage of the 12 weeks of unpaid parental leave guaranteed by federal law.
Cummings said that means new families not only suffer interruptions to already chaotic nursing and sleeping schedules, but also have to add childcare expenses to the household budget.
According to the bills findings, one-quarter of people living in poverty saw their financial deterioration coincide with the birth of a new child.
There are some real societal costs to pay when we dont allow new parents to be new parents, and a very short-term investment in a new family, I would argue, is going to be well worth the cost, said Cummings, a Washington County Democrat.
Bill Driscoll, vice president of Associated Industries of Vermont, says his group doesnt object to longer paid parental leave. But he said its part of a compensation package that should be negotiated by workers and employers, not imposed on them by the state.
Cummings bill envisions paying for the program with a Paid Parental Leave Fund, financed by a payroll tax on employees. She said shes open to other options.
Driscoll said that even though its targeted at workers, the funding mechanism could have an adverse impact on the balance sheets of businesses.
Commissioner of Labor Annie Noonan said she has yet to review the bill or discuss it with the governors office. Cummings introduced an almost identical bill four years ago, but says sometimes these things take time.
You just keep putting it in, she says. Sometimes it takes time for an idea to catch on.
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A coalition of energy and environmental groups says its happy with Peter Shumlins plan to fund weatherization and renewable-energy subsidies. For now.
Shumlin Thursday outlined a budget proposal that included $12 million to weatherize Vermont homes and $5 million for the Clean Energy Development Fund. He said he wants to support the new investments by imposing a 10 percent tax on the sales of the break open lottery tickets a sort of unregulated cousin of the scratch-off tickets found in local convenience stores.
These investments are a critical step towards addressing the enormous opportunity we have to save Vermonters money, slash global warming pollution, and create jobs by moving towards efficiency and renewable energy, the groups said in a release.
But Shumlins budget address notably did not include any of the financing recommendations in a recently released report from the Thermal Efficiency Taskforce. The report, which said Vermont will need to raise $276 million over the next seven years to meet the goal of weatherizing 80,000 homes by 2020, called for an excise tax on heating oil and tax credits for people who fund their own home weatherization projects.
Shumlins appropriation wont come close to putting the state on pace to meet that goal. And the coalition gently, softly and politely seemed to indicate that the governor ought to consider a more robust funding source in the future.
While ultimate success will require additional resources, this proposal sets clear direction that Vermont is committed to helping families and businesses save money and energy, and to tackling the issue of climate change, the group said.
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She was born Nov. 1, 1946 in Goliad.
Survivors are son, Addis Ray Roberts (Shelia) of Corpus Christi; daughter, Tanasha Marie Roberts; sisters, Mary Louise Taliaferro of Corpus Christi, Addis Marie Boomer of Sumerset, N.J., Debbie McCray of San Antonio, Jo Ann Matthews of Corpus Christi, and Joan Glenn of Austin; and brother, Howard Brent Roberts of Victoria.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Novella Roberts; father, Addis Lee Roberts; sister, Betty Jean Anderson; and brothers, Hamp A. Roberts, James Glenn Roberts, and Noel Roberts.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 12 at 11 a.m. at Grace Funeral Home Chapel in Goliad, 214 N. Market St. with Rev. Anthony Franklin officiating.
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A high school student in Kazakhstan takes cheating to the extreme with a 35-foot-long cheat sheet filled with more than 25,000 answers.
Examiners discovered the sheet wrapped around the student's body after they noticed him fiddling around in his clothing before the start of a university entrance exam, the Austrian Times reported.
Under his shirt they found a chain of computer print-outs containing potential answers to the exam's five topics of math, history, Russian, Kazhak and another subject of the student's choice, according to the Times.
"If he'd put half as much effort into studying as he did into cheating he would have sailed through the exam with a distinction," education authority spokesman Bolatzhan Uskenbayev said. "It's a pity too see all that work come to nothing but he cheated, and that's not allowed."


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EASTERN Ohio residents and road crews are hopeful that the snowy conditions, which began around midnight and continued during the early morning hours, were "the last hurrah" for Old Man Winter.
It's less than two weeks for the official arrival of spring, and many people tired of ice, snow and the sometimes dreary days of winter might appreciate a comment by Robin Williams – "Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party.'"
The road crews working to combat weather conditions during the night and school officials as well as parents tired of delays and cancellations undoubtedly are ready for spring.
Road crews were kept busy today in Belmont County as Mother Nature dumped some inclement weather on the Ohio Valley, causing area highways to be slippery in spots. Schools officials announced they were on a two-hour delay because of weather conditions. Later, some of the schools canceled classes for the day.
Belmont County was the only area county in a state of a Level 1 snow emergency this morning. That means that the "roadways are hazardous with blowing and drifting snow. Roads may also be icy. Motorists are urged to drive very cautiously."
Slick roads, some with slush, also resulted in warnings in some other counties for drivers to be cautious.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol in St. Clairsville responded to seven accidents during the early hours. A dispatcher said there were no injuries in any of the accidents which happened all over the county.
The Ohio Department of Transportation, Morristown, had crews on the road since midnight. A spokesperson said trucks were loaded with salt and grit which will be spread on the roads to combat icy conditions.
The Belmont County Engineering Department, Roscoe Road garage, said crews were called out at 4 a.m. A spokesperson urged motorists to drive carefully because some roads may be slippery in spots.
Dispatchers in Martins Ferry and St. Clairsville said there were no problems in either community because of weather conditions.
Jim Wells, transportation administrator for ODOT in Monroe County, said state roads in that county had some slush but will improve as the day progresses.
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Mora Hostel is located in the beautiful city of Mendoza, one of the eight wine capitals in the world, also has the beautiful sunset over the mountains. In this city there is the Cordillera de los Andes, where it is Mount Aconcagua is the highest 6.959mts America and around the southern hemisphere.
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Run by an Argentinean family, we offer you an authentic and personal welcome to our city. We pride ourselves on our expertise wine tours to local bodegas and our weekly complementary wine-tasting classes. Here you can rest, relax and enjoy a free glass of wine each night.
Being located in the center of the city allows for easy exploration and access to night life.
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Our facilities include free Wi-Fi throughout the hostel as well as two guest computers. Our guests also enjoy a free glass of Argentina's famous Malbec wine every night.
Rates include our full breakfast, featuring pancakes, pastries, eggs, fruit, cereal, jam, butter, dulce de leche, tea, coffee, hot chocolate and hot water.
Interested in Argentine culture? We hold free weekly classes on the art of Mate tea, wine tasting of Argentina's delicious wines, basic Spanish lessons and empanada classes!
You can use our washing machine for free and there's also free towels upon request.
Our other amenities include a fully equipped kitchen (accessible 24hrs a day), hot water, cable TV in our living room, luggage storage and individual lockers, an English and international book exchange, international phone calls and an outdoor patio with hammocks and lounge chairs.
Our English-speaking staff can facilitate in-house sale of wine, beer and soft drinks. There are security cameras and double doors to ensure safety throughout our hostel.
We offer many tours and excursions such as sunset horseback riding, a variety of trekking excursions, rafting on Rio Mendoza, trips to thermal baths and hot spring parks, exhilarating skydiving, paragliding, biking and city tours, zip-lining, rock climbing and nightly activities, such as pub crawls.
And of course we have Bodega tours at some of Mendoza's finest wineries. We're located near the city's beautiful wine country! We offer private transportation on full- and half-day tours to the wineries. We visit a variety of wineries, so you can come with us more than once. It's a day full of fun, food and, most importantly, delicious wine!
For having a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year we have a champagne happy hour at 6pm—bring your festive spirit! Don't forget to get the Christmas table set up – we've got an all-you-can-eat asado (BBQ)...then there's a toast and a kiss under the mistletoe at midnight. Once we're ready, we'll head out and go party!!
We are excited to have you in our hostel. Please feel free to let us know if we can be of any help. Our friendly staff are here to assist you and welcome you to the beautiful city of Mendoza!
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- Breakfast Not Included
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- Linen Included
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- No Curfew
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- Reception (limited hours)
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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Check-in: 12 noon.
Check-out: 10am.
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Jennifer Livingston, WKBT News 8 This Morning Anchor, was so shocked by the cruelty of a letter she received from a viewer, Kenneth W. Krause, about her weight that she took to the air to respond.
Jennifer says she tried to laugh off a viewer's letter, which read in part, "Surely you don't consider yourself a suitable example for this community's young people, girls in particular. Obesity is one of the worst choices a person can make and one of the most dangerous habits to maintain."
But after her husband, Mike Thompson, WKBT 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Anchor, posted the letter on his Facebook page and received an overwhelming response supporting Jennifer, she addressed the issue on the air.
In a frank editorial, she acknowledged that she is overweight, but she knows that from looking in the mirror, not because she received a letter to bringing it to her attention -- and pointed out her character is made up of a lot more than the numbers she sees on the scale. She also encouraged the community to rise above people who bully others and teach their children "to be kind, not critical, and we need to do that by example."
Krause responded to Jennifer's video with this statement, "Given this country's present epidemic of obesity and the many truly horrible diseases related thereto, and considering Jennifer Livingston's fortuitous position in the community, I hope she will finally take advantage of a rare and golden opportunity to influence the health and psychological well-being of Coulee Region children by transforming herself for all of her viewers to see over the next year, and, to that end, I would be absolutely pleased to offer Jennifer any advice or support she would be willing to accept."


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Question: Tell us about your plans for the new facility in Windsor. How many new jobs do you expect it will create, and what will be happening there?
A: Right now we're just under 400 people here in Fort Collins, and that's at the seven facilities we have here now, and this one will be our eighth. We really don't know how many jobs we will create yet because we'll have several people moving down there, but you know I would guess by 2014 it will be between 50 and 75 at least.
TOLMAR develops drugs and makes drugs. We don't sell them. So the place in Windsor will be a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. And what TOLMAR also does, which is very different than most pharmaceutical companies, most of the medicines we make are for topical disease or for cancer. Two very different spectrums of disease. We also have products for skin cancer. We make creams, gels, ointments, liquids and injectables. There are two cancer injectable products that will be made in Windsor, and the rest will be topical prescription medicines for diseases like acne, psoriases and a precursor to skin cancer.
Our cancer drug is sold to urologists and oncology clinics. Our biggest drugs are for prostate cancer. And then all of our dermatology products are for dermatologists. Fifteen to 16 percent of all prescription topical medicines are made here in Fort Collins. Most people don't know that because we don't have a brand, and no one has ever heard of TOLMAR because again, we're just an R&D and manufacturing company.
Q: You announced the new Windsor facility last summer, but have said not to expect any real production there until 2014. Why is getting the new facility up and running taking so long?
A: It takes a long time to get a pharmaceutical company online. We started construction in Windsor in June and we'll be really lucky to have that facility producing products by the end of 2014. All facilities are inspected by the Food and Drug Administration around a product submission. So if you hear someone say that a facility is FDA-approved, that's not true. A drug is approved to be made in a facility by the FDA. So if you have 10 drugs in a facility, all 10 have to be cleared by the FDA. Just because you have a facility that the FDA has inspected doesn't mean you can make whatever you want to in there. It's product-specific. In the facility in Windsor, we'll have at least 20 products, and each one of those products has to be cleared by the FDA in that plant. For the FDA to even inspect it, you have to make the product, you have to put the product on stability, which is making sure it holds its labeled potency, and it's tested at four different temperature and humidity settings for six months. Then you have to submit that data to the FDA and then that triggers their review. Once you file that data with the FDA, it's about 18 months to approval. So the first two phases of the construction of that facility will be completed by July or August of this year, and when I say completed, that's when we'll make those batches, in July/August, and from that time point about 18 months. We hope it's much faster, but we don't know.
Q: As an employer in the bioscience industry that serves pharmaceutical companies, what are your concerns regarding the future of health care in our country?
A: I don't really have any. I think the healthcare reforms are really to provide expanded medical coverage. If you really look at the Obamacare program it's going to expand medical coverage and prescriptions, and again the market is always going to be open to new medicines. TOLMAR is a unique company in that we make new drugs and we also make generic drugs. So we're on both ends of the spectrum. We develop new products and we also develop generic products. The good side of the generics side is that you get many prescriptions, but the price is usually lower. So the patient usually has access to the medication and the company has a lot of volume. And then on the new side, if you come out with a new drug that improves health, there's always going to be a market for that.
Q: What is the biggest challenge in your field right now, and how are you trying to overcome it?
A: The biggest challenge is the substantial investment before you can market a product. Like I said, in this Windsor facility, it could be two years after we've started construction before we can actually use it. We've decided to make the investment, and because we're a private company we have private funding sources. But that's always a challenge for a company. You can come up with a great idea, but a lot of consumers don't understand what it takes to get a new product approved. A new product will easily take eight to 10 years and easily take a $100 million to get to market. And that's excluding facilities. That's just clinical costs and product development costs. In a generic drug, it takes about three years and costs between $5 million and $7 million to get it to market. So you invest that $5 million to $7 million for three years before you see a penny. So that's always the balance, especially with a company of our size, is that you have to invest. We balance our risk between the generic and the new drugs.
Q: What current projects/innovations are you most excited about? What can we expect from your company in the next five years?
A: We will launch at least a dozen new products in the dermatology space with generic and new drugs. We'll be close to having at least three, if not five, injectable products approved. And we'll be making a substantial investment in research and development, to the tune of $50 million to $60 million dollars a year.
Q: According to CBSA, one of the reasons TOLMAR received its company of the year award was because of your company's community engagement. In what ways is TOLMAR engaged in Northern Colorado, and how has its location benefited the community?
A: At a very basic level, we give everybody at least one day off for community service, outside of their vacation and sick days. We want them to spend at least one day a year as a volunteer for whatever organization they want to. And if you think about that, with over 400 people, that's a lot. We also try to carve out monies to give to local charities. We've always done that. It's tough though because we are in a stage of rapid growth, so last year only 40 percent of people took their day. But we want everyone to. We've always supported Respite Care and the local Boy Scouts. We make a lot of donations to those kinds of organizations. United Way we are a big supporter of. We also do a drive for the Larimer County Food Bank. We've placed in the top two or three in the last three or four years. And then every year we do a big drive for the Salvation Army.
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Hello from Barbour County! I hope that everyone had a good Thanksgiving and a successful deer hunt.
Let's not forget to be thankful every day of the year.
Just think… this is the last day of November. Just one more month, and 2013 will be gone.
On Sunday a fundraiser will benefit the Philippi Fire Department. For $9.11, you can get the breakfast or lunch buffet at the Medallion Restaurant. This price includes a drink and tax, and 100 percent goes to the fire department. Philippi firemen will be waiting on tables. This is the third year for this event. Come out to eat and support your local fire department!
On Friday at 7 p.m., the annual Christmas parade will be presented in downtown Philippi. The theme is "A Civil War Christmas."
Also on Friday from 4-9 p.m., and on Dec 7, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., a Christmas craft show will be offered in the basement of the Philippi City Building.
On Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m., the Belington Christmas parade will kick off. Santa will be in attendance and the annual tree lighting ceremony will take place.
Just a reminder that Santa is still in need of some elves to wave at the children at the North Pole in Belington. If you would like to be a helper, just come to the City Park Thursdays through Sundays at either 5:30 p.m. or 7:45 p.m.
Philippi Public Library would like to thank the library's team and sponsors who participated in the Run For It 5K at Davis this year. The team raised a total of $11,321 and the participation was very much appreciated.
The library will be having a Food for Fines week from Dec. 9-14. If you have fines for damaged or late books, you can bring in food for the food pantry, and the fines will be forgiven.
Knit Whits will meet at Philippi Library on Dec. 10 from 6-8 p.m. This is a fun time to get together and do crafts and sewing.
On Dec 11 at 5:30 p.m., a flashlight candy cane hunt will be offered in the basement of the City Building in Philippi. This is free for children up to the age of 12. This will be followed by crafts, a snack and a story.
Looking ahead to Dec. 14, the Belington Police Department will hold their second annual Shop With A Cop basketball game. This will be played at the Philip Barbour gym at 6 p.m. and will include all Barbour County law enforcement and fire departments. The goal is to raise enough money to be able to take at least one child shopping from each of the schools in Barbour County from grades K-12.
Now that colder weather is here to stay for a while, some people will have a fire in their fireplace. Please be sure that you enjoy that fire, and that it doesn't turn into a nightmare. Have your chimney checked and cleaned before using it, and be sure to stay safe.
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Note: Lest you think that SBM is becoming "turtles all the way down," let me apologize for the duplication and explain that I had already written this right before I read Mark Crislip's Turtle Agony article on Friday. My focus is different, and turtles were only a small part of my article, so I decided to leave the turtles in. If you prefer to avoid a turtle overdose, you can just skip the Turtlepuncture section and go on to the Motion Style Acupuncture section. They are clearly labeled for your convenience.
The "science" of acupuncture trudges ever onward without really getting anywhere. New developments include a report of turtlepuncture and a study about treating low back pain with a new kind of "motion style" acupuncture using passive or active movement while the needles are in place. I found the first amusing and the second unconvincing.
A group of Ridley sea turtles were rescued after being stranded during a cold spell that left them hypothermic and unable to function. In addition to the usual rescue and rehabilitation efforts, two of the turtles, Dexter and Fletcher Moon, were treated with acupuncture. It was intended to "decrease inflammation and swelling on their front flippers, restore a full range of motion on those limbs and help the animals regain their appetites." It allegedly worked: their appetite and the use of their limbs improved. But without any controlled observations, this is only an anecdotal report and means very little. They might have recovered just as well without the treatment, for all we know.


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#97060 - 02/27/03 09:30 AM fun word list
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When I was looking for origin of "scalawag" I found a long list of words, with definitions,
of words whose origin is unknown. It would be stinky to hoard them, so:
#97061 - 02/28/03 04:14 AM Re: fun word list
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Surprising list. It includes quite common words such as 'cub' and 'scoundrel'. I checked on one word however, 'schooner', and although most sources said the origin was unknown, I did turn up the following from Webster:
The fist schooner ever constructed is said to have between built in Gloucester, Massachusetts, about theyar 1713, by a Captain Andrew Robinson, and to have received its name from the following trivial circumstance: When the vessel went off the stocks into the water, a bystander cried out,O, how she scoons!" Robinson replied, A scooner let her be;" and, from that time, vessels thus masted and rigged have gone by this name. The word scoon is popularly used in some parts of New England to denote the act of making stones skip along the surface of water. The Scottish scon means the same thing. Both words are probably allied to the Icel. skunda, skynda, to make haste, hurry, AS. scunian to avoid, shun, Prov. E. scun. In the New England records, the word appears to have been originally written scooner. Babson, in his History of Gloucester," gives the following extract from a letter written in that place Sept. 25, 1721, by Dr. Moses Prince, brother of the Rev. Thomas Prince, the annalist of New England: This gentleman (Captain Robinson) was first contriver of schooners, and built the first of that sort about eight years since."
So, perhaps a bit of digging would bring up possibilities for at least some of the other words.
In the process of hunting about I came across this Canadian site relating to the Stone of Scone that may be of interest.
#97062 - 02/28/03 04:59 AM Re: fun word list
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Loc: lower upstate New York
I've had the misfortune of eating (American-made) scones that tasted like stones.
#97063 - 02/28/03 05:31 AM Re: fun word list
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Posts: 1692
Loc: UK
I know what you mean - we get them here too! Then there's something called a 'dropped scone'...maybe its what's left of a very hot scone that has burnt your fingers?
There is a never ending disagreement in these Isles about whether 'scone' should be pronounced as 'skonn' or 'skone'. What's the American view on that?
The Scone in Stone of Scone, by the way, is pronounced 'skoon'.
#97064 - 02/28/03 05:37 AM Re: fun word list
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I've heard scone pronounced only to rhyme with stone.
And I've had ones like stones, as mentioned above, and some good ones, too. But they tend to be too large for my appetite.
Cool story about the schooner and the scoon--skipping stones and all that. "How she scoons!" I sure hope I have the opportunity to use that one day--what a lovely phrase!
#97065 - 02/28/03 06:44 AM Re: scones
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I seem to remember scone being pronounced scawn by relatives during my youth. That would have been in an authentic Clydeside accent. Couldn't say about other parts of Scotland. Among normal USns, scone to rhyme with groan would be the most common.
Parbly there's a thang that y'all wouldn't understand. A scone edible by the Sassenach would be a bit wimpy for the Scottish taste.
#97066 - 02/28/03 09:01 AM Re: fun word list
Carpal Tunnel
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Dear dxb: Almost a year ago I posted inquiry about pronunciation of "Scone of Stone".
I had read that UK teenagers say "scun" for the edible. Does that apply to the "thrun stun"?
#97067 - 02/28/03 09:36 AM Re: fun word list
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"Scone of Stone"
I like it. Not channeling Rhuby, are you, Dr Bill?
#97068 - 02/28/03 10:08 AM Re: fun word list
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Dear Faldage: I've had some hard scones. jmh was going to check the pronunciation for
me, but never did.
#97069 - 03/03/03 07:35 AM Re: fun word list
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Posts: 1692
Loc: UK
I had read that UK teenagers say "scun" for the edible.
I dont know about this suggestion, Dr Bill. It's certainly new to me. Most UK teenagers probably dont eat scones - they have a rather old fashioned image! It is possible that somewhere in the British Isles the word is pronounced scun in the local dialect but I havent found anyone that has heard it pronounced that way. The word is Scottish, but the Scots and people from the north of England that I have asked would say, approximately, skonn, not skunn and not 'skawn'.
There is a word, scunner- it has had the distinction of being a wwftd and I can do no better than to quote from that august source:
"scunner - [Scot, v] to be in a state of disgusted irritation."
So, there is no connection between scone and scunner.
As a by-product of this enquiry:
The Stone of Scone (pronounced Skoon) is named after a location close to Perth in Scotland and, as you know, has no connection with scones to eat! The mound at Scone where the Scottish kings were crowned has had many different names one of which was Boot Hill which came from an ancient tradition whereby emissaries swore fealty to their king by wearing the earth of their own lands in their foot-bindings or boots.
So not all Boot Hills were to be found in the wild, wild west!
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12 years in prison for abuse of girls, 6 and 8
Despite telling a judge that he had learned his lesson during two months of local incarceration, a Marietta Township man convicted of sexually abusing two children will be spending another 12 years in prison.
Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Ed Lane handed down the sentence Friday to 48-year-old Wilburn E. Bever, of 378 Morris Loop Road.
Bever was arrested in June after two young relatives came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct beginning in late 2011.
The oldest girl, who was 8 at the time of abuse, described a "strange" scenario involving chocolate syrup, said Washington County Prosecutor Kevin Rings.
"We thought this is going to be difficult for a jury to believe. Then his computer is seized and in an email conversation the defendant describes exactly the same thing," he said.
Bever admitted to inappropriate contact with the girls, the younger of whom was 6 at the time of the abuse, and seemed to be almost bragging about the incident described by the older girl, said Rings.
In addition, the man corresponding with Bever offered him advice on how to groom the girls for sexual intercourse if Bever would provide him photos of the encounters, he said.
The email correspondent has not been identified, said Rings.
Bever was initially charged with a first-degree felony charge of rape for the incident with the older girl. Though his actions could technically meet the definition of rape, no sexual intercourse occurred, said Rings.
Bever pleaded guilty in January to a second-degree felony count of sexual battery against the older girl and a third-degree felony count of gross sexual imposition against the younger.
Bever pleaded again Friday, this time for mercy.
"I regret allowing outside people to affect my decisions. Believe me when I say after eight weeks behind bars I have learned my lesson," said Bever.
Bever referred to his ailing parents-his father blind and his mother fighting cancer-and said that he is the only one around to take care of them.
His parents, seated in the courtroom, silently wept throughout the sentencing.
"I temporarily lost my senses, my judgment, and made some mistakes. I'm begging you for mercy and compassion," said Bever to Lane.
Neither Bever nor his attorney, Dennis Sipe, had specific sentencing requests.
Rings requested that whatever sentences Lane ordered be served consecutively because the offenses involved two separate victims and were therefore not allied.
"I ask for consecutive sentences that would assure these children are adults before he gets out," said Rings.
Lane sentenced Bever consecutively, ordering the maximum five years on the third-degree felony and seven years on the second-degree felony, for a total of 12 years. It was one year shy of the maximum penalty.
In addition, Bever will be required to register as a tier three sex offender with a child victim and will be required to report every 90 days for the rest of his life, said Lane.


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Chapter Four: Children's Nutrients................................26
Kids' Health Physician-Recommended Diet, Exercise, and Supplement Plan
Across America, pediatricians are seeing an alarming increase in lifestyle-related illnesses in children—some of which were until recently seen only in adults. Obesity, diabetes, attention-deficit disorder, and other problems are interfering with children's well-being and enjoyment of life. Many of these diseases can be traced back to inadequate exercise, poor nutrition, and environmental toxins. Luckily, all those factors can be changed. With this simple and straightforward plan of diet, lifestyle, and supplements, parents can turn their children's health around and give them the foundation they need to grow into healthy adults.
Published by: Active Interest Media, Inc.
I recommend this to all parents of young children. This was an informative read about recommended daily intakes of vitamins and minerals. If you like my review check out my page by clicking my name in blue above to see reviews of all the products I have purchased from iHerb!
this book opened my eyes on problem behaviors of my children, I had a sugar-experiment and was impressed the results
Informative Booklet About Kids Health!
Posted by BeckySue on Mar 17, 2015
Great information in this booklet! Very Helpful for parents.
OK book
Posted by Reviewer1363836 on Aug 03, 2013
OK book
Very simple to understand!
Posted by Reviewer3284958 on Jul 11, 2013
Good reminders and vitamin suggestion.
Posted by eathealthy on Jun 29, 2013
I recommend this to all parents of young children. This was an informative read about recommended daily intakes of vitamins and minerals. If you like my review check out my page by clicking my name in blue above to see reviews of all the products I have purchased from iHerb!
Posted by 5582226948148283464 on May 24, 2013
Good as justification to family and friends who think nothing of feeding junk food to your kid.