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Lortab 5
Lortab 5 Side Effects Center
Medical Editor: John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP
Lortab 5/500 (hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen) is a combination of an opiate (narcotic) pain reliever and a non-narcotic pain reliever used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Common side effects of Lortab 5/500 include:
- drowsiness,
- nausea,
- vomiting,
- upset stomach,
- constipation,
- unclear thinking,
- anxiety,
- dizziness,
- headache,
- mood changes,
- blurred vision,
- ringing in your ears, or
- dry mouth.
Tell your doctor if you have serious side effects of Lortab 5/500 including:
- shallow breathing,
- slow heartbeat,
- lightheadedness,
- fainting,
- confusion,
- fear,
- unusual thoughts or behavior,
- seizures (convulsions),
- problems with urination,
- upper stomach pain,
- itching,
- loss of appetite,
- dark urine,
- clay-colored stools, or
- jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes).
The usual adult dosage of Lortab 5/500 is one or two tablets every four to six hours as needed for pain. The total daily dosage for adults should not exceed 8 tablets. Lortab 5/500 may interact with other narcotic pain medications, sedatives, tranquilizers, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, other medicines that can make you sleepy or slow your breathing, antidepressants, MAO inhibitors, atropine, benztropine, dimenhydrinate, glycopyrrolate, mepenzolate, methscopolamine, scopolamine, bladder or urinary medications, bronchodilators, or irritable bowel medications. Tell your doctor all medications and supplements you use. This medication should be used only when clearly needed during pregnancy. Lortab is not recommended for use for long periods or in high doses near the expected delivery date because of the potential for harm to an unborn baby. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor. Based on information from related drugs, this drug may pass into breast milk. Due to the potential risk to the infant, consult your doctor before breastfeeding. Narcotic pain relievers have the potential to become habit-forming and to work less effectively when taken over long periods of time.
Our Lortab 5/500 (hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen) Side Effects Drug Center provides a comprehensive view of available drug information on the potential side effects when taking this medication.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
What is Patient Information in Detail?
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Lortab 5 in Detail - Patient Information: Side Effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
- shallow breathing, slow heartbeat;
- feeling light-headed, fainting;
- confusion, fear, unusual thoughts or behavior;
- seizure (convulsions);
- problems with urination; or
- nausea, upper stomach pain, itching, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes).
Less serious side effects may include:
- anxiety, dizziness, drowsiness;
- mild nausea, vomiting, upset stomach, constipation;
- headache, mood changes;
- blurred vision;
- ringing in your ears; or
- dry mouth.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Read the entire detailed patient monograph for Lortab 5 (Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen Tablets)
What is Prescribing information?
The FDA package insert formatted in easy-to-find categories for health professionals and clinicians.
Lortab 5 FDA Prescribing Information: Side Effects
(Adverse Reactions)
The most frequently reported adverse reactions are light-headedness, dizziness, sedation, nausea and vomiting. These effects seem to be more prominent in ambulatory than in non-ambulatory patients, and some of these adverse reactions may be alleviated if the patient lies down.
Other adverse reactions include:
Central Nervous System: Drowsiness, mental clouding, lethargy, impairment of mental and physical performance, anxiety, fear, dysphoria, psychic dependence, mood changes.
Gastrointestinal System: Prolonged administration of Lortab 5 (hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets) /500 tablets may produce constipation.
Genitourinary System: Ureteral spasm, spasm of vesical sphincters and urinary retention have been reported with opiates.
Respiratory Depression: Hydrocodone bitartrate may produce dose-related respiratory depression by acting directly on the brain stem respiratory centers (see OVERDOSAGE).
Special Senses: Cases of hearing impairment or permanent loss have been reported predominantly in patients with chronic overdose.
Dermatological: Skin rash, pruritus.
The following adverse drug events may be borne in mind as potential effects of acetaminophen: allergic reactions, rash, thrombocytopenia, agranulocytosis.
Potential effects of high dosage are listed in the OVERDOSAGE section.
Controlled Substance: Lortab 5 (hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets) /500 tablets (Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen Tablets, USP, 5 mg/500 mg) are classified as a Schedule III controlled substance.
Abuse and Dependence: Psychic dependence, physical dependence, and tolerance may develop upon repeated administration of narcotics; therefore, this product should be prescribed and administered with caution. However, psychic dependence is unlikely to develop when hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets are used for a short time for the treatment of pain.
Physical dependence, the condition in which continued administration of the drug is required to prevent the appearance of a withdrawal syndrome, assumes clinically significant proportions only after several weeks of continued narcotic use, although some mild degree of physical dependence may develop after a few days of narcotic therapy. Tolerance, in which increasingly large doses are required in order to produce the same degree of analgesia, is manifested initially by a shortened duration of analgesic effect, and subsequently by decreases in the intensity of analgesia. The rate of development of tolerance varies among patients.
Read the entire FDA prescribing information for Lortab 5 (Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen Tablets)
Lortab 5 FDA Prescribing Information
Additional Lortab 5 Information
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Vehicle: '79 Suzuki LJ 80 Owner: Warren Hutchings, Moruya, Australia Tires: Skinny retread Wheels: Stock Lift: 111/42-inch add-a-leaf Drivetrain: Stock Performance Mods: New cabby kit Other Doodads: 1,350cc 4K Toyota engine Worst Legal Violation: Driving around with original 800cc engine Best Mod: 4K conversion Worst Mod: None
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Vehicle: '46 CJ2A Owner: Scott Ross, Camino, CA Tires: 33x12.50-15 Cooper Mud T/A Wheels: 15x8 Enkei Lift: Spring-over/rear outboard, reverse shackle front, Rancho springs, RS 9000 shocks, Con-Ferr shackles Drivetrain: Dana 30 front, Dana 44 rear, 4.56 gears, ARB lockers, 225 V-6, T-19 tranny, 18 transfer case with overdrive Performance Mods: HEI ignition, K&N air filter, Holley two-barrel carb Other Doodads: 8,000-pound Ramsey winch, Optima battery, onboard air compressor, full cage Worst Legal Violation: None Best Mod: All of them Worst Mod: None
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Vehicle: '99 Dodge Ram 1500 Owner: James E. Foster, Arlington, TX Tires: 33x12.50-15 BFG M-T Wheels: 15x10 American Racing Baja Lift: 3-inch Rancho with 1-ton coils and 511/42-inch blocks Drivetrain: 5.9L V-8, auto trans, stock axles Performance Mods: Dual Flowmaster exhaust Other Doodads: Zeon fender flares, Weston nerf bars, tinted windows, Rhino bedliner Worst Legal Violation: None Best Mod: Lift Worst Mod: None
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Vehicle: '89 Chevy Crew Cab Owner: Phil Mistretta, St. Rose, LA Tires: 44-inch Ground Hawg Wheels: Eaton Lift: 11 inches total Drivetrain: 454 TBI engine, four-speed, Dana 70 rear, Dana 60 front, 4.10 gears, lockers Performance Mods: Dual exhaust Other Doodads: 8,000-pound Warn winch Worst Legal Violation: Headlights too high Best Mod: Lockers and winch Worst Mod: Cut fenders

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[quote user="Ntegrase96"]Every year I have to remind Cowboys fans that Jerry didn't run Jimmy out of town-- and I'm sure I've said it here before as well.
Jimmy left.
I'll have to take your word on that one man. According to my friend (who to be fair hates Jerry) Jimmy and Jerry's problems were personal. I have no idea, honestly I wasn't paying that close attention when everything went down so I'll tip my hat to the guy with the superior knowledge of the situation.
My friend would argue that Jimmy basically carried around "the rich guy" and nudged him in the right direction behind the scene. IDK if it's true. He may have an account on one of the Cowboy forums. I'll ask him you may have talked to him already about it since it seems to me that this subject gets brought up a lot.And to add to that, Jimmy was a good coach here in Dallas because he and Jones teamed up together to put together one of the best football teams ever.
If it were all Jimmy's doing, he would have done well with the Dolphins as well.
Like I said I didn't honestly pay that much attention to everything when it was going down a decade and a half plus ago, so I'll tip my hat to your knowledge. But if nothing else I can say with a degree of certainity that the percption is that without Jimmy, and the team that he (at least helped) build Jerry and his little world aren't anywhere near as good.
Or to put it another way Jimmy was a could filter for Jerry.


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I need an explaination from the league on that horrific jennings non reversal.* The Osi hit was a terrible call obviously but that was an opinion on the field.* The Jennings play was reviewed and was clearly, without any argument a fumble.

This play is the reason the league has instant replay.* How on earth could this poor excuse for a referee not make the right call?
[/quote]I would like one as well. I felt sick to my stomach when they scored on that drive.


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Aeroplane - Without Lies (Black Van Remix)
Yum yum gimme some. That's the phrase I have repeatedly going through my head after each and every spin of Aeroplane's Without Lies. The smooth and sultry disco tinged track features vocals from Sky Ferreira, and is one of the standout cuts from the formerly Italian/Belgian duo's debut, We Can't Fly. And while Vito has since flown solo, never the mind, because the good tunes keep a'comin'...kind of like with this new single (due out November 15) and it's subsequently stellar package.
Said single gift comes presented with the original, radio edit, instrumental, Black Van and Breakbot remixes, and whilst the latter is still only available to hear in radio rip and/or preview form (and still remains the most salivated over and longed for), it's my distinct pleasure to dose you with the other fix that's just as fine and ever as titillating.
Black Van, show us what you're working with.
Full mix, beasts. Buck a rip.
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First and foremost he is the most diabolical hater alive. Most well known for his short stint in a dvda porno refered to as "Count Spankcula Attack of the Cheerleaders Vol. 5." The master of the Australian Death grip. Most well known for his ties to Pablo Escubar through a short time as his flow for prostitutes and heroin, both were always sold in a package deal by Bogart. Graduated Magna Cum Loudly from University of World of Warcraft (RIT) Proff. Potato Head
Bogitos -- Wrestlers Alligators and fucks big booty bitches. The originator of the Bangkok Boom Boom cocktail (when cocaine and gunpowder is inhaled of of a Thai hooker's titties or anus). He likes his coffee like he likes his x girlfriends- ground up and in the freezer
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I hope they get a different mayor... It would be sad if he gets re-elected
If those morons put Ray Nagin back in the Mayor's Office then we need to pull what's left of the levees down and let that stinking city get washed away once and for all. I'm anxious to see just how "chocolate" his city will be come Monday morning.
I hope they get a different mayor... It would be sad if he gets re-elected
Well, unfortunately, he will be in the run off - they said 73% of the vote has been counted so far, and Nagin actually has the most votes. Sad...
Looks like he's going to get his "Chocolate" city after all...Truely sad indeed.Originally Posted by Shipwreck
Hot Sauce...?Originally Posted by HighVelocity
Looks like it's gonna be chocolate town
"We as black people, its time, its time for us to come together. Its time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans and I dont care what people are saying uptown or wherever they are, this city will be chocolate at the end of the day." - Mayor Ray NaginOriginally Posted by Shipwreck
He is in a runoff now with Mitch Landrineau. All of the guys that ran agains Mitch said they will now put their support for Landrineau for the runoff election. I predict everyone that didnt vote for Nagin will vote for him and Landrineau will win the spot.
However not much is going to change. He is after all the brother of Mary Landrineau and that is a family that is crooked as crooked can get. Plus if he is anything like his sister, he is just as dumb as Nagin and is a bumbling moron.
Just further proof that you get the kind of government leadership you deserve. N.O. has always been corrupt and probably always will be. After the problems brought on by Nagin's inept handling of the Katrina floods, they re-elect him, they get exactly what they deserve!
Now if all those freeloaders will just go home! Plenty of jobs rebuilding their own city but illegal aleins have got to do it which just adds to all our problems.


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Thurlow crowned Miss Brainerd United States
Jackie Thurlow of Nisswa was crowned Miss Brainerd United States on Saturday, June 29, at Tornstrom Auditorium at the Washington Educational Services Building in Brainerd.
She is the daughter of Mimi and the late Scott "Mike" Thurlow. Her sisters are Maggie and Lizzy Thurlow.
Thurlow also was named Miss Congeniality.
Hannah Northburg was crowned 2013 Junior Teen and Malyk Edwards was runnerup. Rebecca Scheures was crowned 2013 Teen, with Sara Stockard as runnerup.
This was the first-ever Miss Brainerd United States Pageant. The three queens will compete at the 2014 Miss Minnesota United States Pageant in February at the Landmark Center in St Paul.
Mary Petersen of Nisswa, former Miss Brainerd and now Miss Minnesota United States, will compete in the 2013 Miss United States Pageant in Washington, D.C. See her story on page 2 in this week's Lake Country Echo.


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Tsenka is working on a large French lithic collection from the open-air site of Solutré (Burgundy region, eastern France). This collection and many others were brought from France in the 1920s by Henry Field, former Assistant Curator of the Anthropology Department. The study of the Solutrean collection today is significant because it comes from the eponymomous site of the Solutrean culture (20,000-16,000 BC). This site was the focus of one of the first Paleolithic excavations in France in 1886, and it has been re-excavated many times up until 1998. The Field Museum's Solutrean collection was excavated in 1895-6 by Adrien Arcelin. It contains more than 2,500 lithic artifacts from four different cultures: the Magdalenian, Solutrean, Gravettian, and Aurignacian (from youngest to oldest). All these Upper Paleolithic cultures are associated with anatomically modern humans. Most of the collection, however, can be linked to the Solutrean phase. More than 150 leaf-shaped points, characteristic tools of the Solutrean, will be studied using techno-typological and economical analysis. The collection from Solutré contains end-scrapers, burins, other Upper Paleolithic tools, and many flakes resulting from the production of bifacial leaf points and blades.
The study of the Solutrean collections is important for two additional reasons: to discuss the hypothesis regarding the gradual development of the Solutrean from the Aurignacian (Laville et al. 1980), and to debate the "Solutrean hypothesis," according to which the Solutrean people brought their lithic technology to North America by crossing the Atlantic Ocean (Bradley and Stanford 2004; Straus et al. 2005; Wikipedia 2012).
References Cited:
Bradley, B., and D. Stanford. 2004. "The North Atlantic Ice-Edge Corridor: A Possible Paleolithic Route to the New World." World Archaeology 36(4):457-478.
Laville, H., J.-Ph. Rigaud, and J. Sackett. 1980. Rock Shelters of the Perigord: Geological Stratigraphy and Archeological Succession. New York: Academic Press, Inc.
Straus, L.G., J.D. Meltzer, and T. Goebel. 2005. "Ice Age Atlantis? Exploring the Solutrean-Clovis 'Connection.'" World Archaeology 37(4):507-532.
Wikipedia. 2012. "Solutrean Hypothesis." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solutrean_theory. Accessed February 10, 2012.


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Man sentenced for DWI wreck that killed 19-year-old
HOLLY RIDGE, ONSLOW COUNTY - A man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for a drunk-driving wreck that killed a 19-year-old woman in Onslow County.
Jacob Beitz, 31, of Hampstead in Pender County, also pleaded guilty to DWI and two assault charges Monday morning. He was sentenced to between 12-and-a-half and 15 years in prison for the murder and assault charges, and will then serve two years for DWI.
According to investigators, Beitz rear-ended a Nissan Altima on Highway 17 outside Holly Ridge in November 2011. Killed in that wreck was Jacinta Fisher, a 19-year-old college student from Onslow County who was sitting in the backseat.
Also in the backseat were two children: a 6-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, police said. At last check, they were recovering from their injuries.
Fisher's mother, Tawanda Thompson, was driving that car when the wreck happened. She was not injured in the crash. On Friday, Thompson shared memories of her daughter.
"She was a special child," Thompson said. "She was a nice child. She was loving, and she was a people person."
Thompson added that she forgave Beitz for the wreck.
"We have to forgive, and not to drink and drive because you can make some mistakes that you can't change," Thompson said.
Investigators said Beitz was driving between 80 and 90 mph when he hit the Altima. Moments later, he also hit an SUV, according to police. Beitz tried to leave the scene and had to be tasered, investigators said.
At the time, Beitz had a pending DWI charge in Pender County and was driving on a revoked license.
Fisher was studying dentistry at Winston Salem State University, according to her family. She was a 2010 graduate of White Oak High School.
An alleged impaired driver is facing more charges Monday after causing a a wreck that killed a teenager, police said.
Jacinta Fisher, 19, was in the back seat of a Nissan Altima when Jacob Beitz rear-ended the Altima Saturday night, police said.
Fisher, of Maysville, died Sunday morning at a hospital. She was a 2010 graduate of White Oak High School.
The wreck happened on Highway 17 south in Holly Ridge at approximately 5:30 p.m. Fisher's mother, Tawanda Thompson, 42, was driving the Altima. Clementine Dudley, Fisher's grandmother, was in the front passenger seat.
"We were just going around and around," Dudley said of the moments after the impact.
Two children, a 6-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, were in the back seat with Fisher. They were injured as well, but are recovering, police said. Only the three in the back seat of the Altima were injured.
"I was just saying, 'Lord, help my children, Lord help my children," Dudley said.
Fisher was attending Winston Salem State University, studying dentistry, Dudley said.
Fisher had asked to go to Wilmington to shop Saturday; that's where the family was going, Dudley said.
"We were... tending our own business, and [the driver] hit us like a ton of bricks," Dudley said.
"[Jacinta] is in the Lord's hands now."
Investigators said that the Altima was going about 45 miles per hour when it was hit. Beitz was driving between 80 and 90 mph when he hit the Altima, and moments later hit an SUV, police said. Police said Beitz tried to leave after police arrived, Holly Ridge Police said. Officers had to use a taser on him. Beitz has a pending DWI charge in Pender County and was driving on a revoked license.
In regards to Saturday's wreck, Beitz is now charged with felony death by motor vehicle, voluntary manslaughter, DWI, careless and reckless driving, aggressive driving, driving with an open intoxicant, and driving while license revoked, and assault with a deadly weapon, among other charges.
Beitz was in court on Monday, and is due back in front of a judge on Dec. 19.


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There was some trouble in space over the weekend. On Thursday, May 9, flakes of frozen ammonia were seen drifting from the International Space Station (ISS). The team onboard immediately prepared for a spacewalk to look into the issue. Two days later, on Saturday, two astronauts stepped outside the ISS to investigate the leak. The chief suspect was an old ammonia pump.
Thomas Marshburn and Christopher Cassidy conducted the search, but did not discover any visible damage. "All the pipes look shiny clean, no crud," Cassidy reported as he used a mirror to peer into tight, deep openings. Even so, the astronauts removed the old pump and replaced it with a new one.
Keeping It Cool
Ammonia is used on the ISS to cool the spacecraft's electronic equipment. NASA said this leak did not pose a safety threat to the six space station residents. But problems with the cooling system could threaten experiments and equipment.
It is still not clear why exactly the leak erupted. NASA speculates that a microscopic piece of space matter struck the space station, leaving a tiny crack in the ammonia pump. Another possibility is that there was simply a leaky seal in the pipe. Either way, "there's nothing to lose by putting in a fresh pump and pressing ahead with additional detective work," said Mission Control.
Studies in Space
The ISS was launched into orbit in 1998. Since 2000, a rotating crew of astronauts and scientists has continuously occupied it. While in orbit, the international team of astronauts performs scientific research and collects data about conditions in the Milky Way and beyond. Many of their experiments focus on humans' ability to live and work in space over long periods of time.
While these astronauts have performed some amazing tasks, NASA has never before staged a spacewalk so quickly. Marshburn has been on the space station since December, and Cassidy is a new arrival to the ISS. While the leaky pump mystery continues to puzzle the ISS team, they are hopeful further investigations will provide answers. "This type of event is what the years of training were for," space station commander Chris Hadfield said in a tweet Friday. "A happy, busy crew, working hard, loving life in space."


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No one is playing just yet I dont believe, but just a reminder that Homer Bailey is pitching today for the Lookouts and you can listen online at www.Lookouts.com . The game starts at 2:00, game should be available ot listen to online around 1:45.
No one is playing just yet I dont believe, but just a reminder that Homer Bailey is pitching today for the Lookouts and you can listen online at www.Lookouts.com . The game starts at 2:00, game should be available ot listen to online around 1:45.
Ok, Game is about to start. I will do PBP for the game as long as I can. I will do pitch by pitch for Homer, and just at bat by at bat when the Lookouts are hitting.
Hmm, Homer is not pitching today. He was scheduled to go today....
Let the theories begin. He's on his way to Cincy!
I have been listening for the most part and havent heard a mention of why Bailey isnt pitching today. Tim Evearitt of the Chattanoogan said in yesterdays game article that Homer was supposed to pitch today....it has been 5 days (he last pitched 8/1), so something is strange.
Just throwing it out there.....
It appears Eddie G could be headed to the DL. Maybe we are calling him up and are going to use him as a reliever? If he only pitches 1 or 2 innings the control of his brekaing ball becomes less important.
Again that rumor has to substance. Just thinking out loud.
Well i turned the game off. No Votto and no Bailey means No listening to it for me. Hope nothing is up with Homer.
Would anybody have a link to something that says Homer's out?
That would help me, at least.
I don't think he was pulled. Being that it is Augest, extra days off become more likely.
He wasnt in the starting line up Matt. Box score is available on milb.com.
According to the percieved 5 man rotation, it was his day to pitch today. Tim Evearitt also pegged him as todays starter in yesterdays game coverage in his news article in the chattanoogan.
Any word on this?
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Didn't Chattanooga have a rainout a few days ago? Maybe they just bumped everyone back a day instead of skipping someone's start.
Edit: Never mind, I just saw where they played two yesterday, so they should have been on rotation.
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The Lookouts let another position player pitch today in a 10-3 game.
Jeff Bannon: 1 Inning, 2 Hits, 2 Runs (both unearned), 2 Walks, 0 Strikeouts
They have the guy on a strict IP for the season schedule. My guess is that they are just trying too shave some innings off him now so he can finish up strong.
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Bailey has pitched 112.1 innings so far, so I guess that could be it. Has he ever pitched this many innings before, including in high school?
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At 594 feet long, Tahitian Princess carries only 670 cruise-goers between the tropical islands of the South Pacific, including the celebrated shores of French Polynesia and Hawaii. This Explorer-class ship offers all of the luxuries, amenities, and services of today's mega-liners--without the crowds. While onboard, passengers enjoy Personal Choice cruising options and features.
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Kira is abducted by a cult that worships the Pah-wraiths and is led by their "Master" - Dukat.
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Ezri Dax, Julian Bashir and Odo are sitting in Quark's ordering drinks. Quark comments that Odo doesn't drink and wonders why he ordered Bajoran springwine. Odo explains that he ordered it for Kira who will be joining them after she finishes attending services at the temple. When Kira arrives the group briefly discusses religion and the concepts of faith and forgiveness.
Later, Kira is visited in her quarters by Vedek Fala, one of Kira's teachers from during the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor, and she greets him warmly. The two catch up on old times and Fala presents Kira with a gift. The gift turns out to be a homing transponder to transport her to the abandoned outpost Empok Nor.
There she finds a Cult of the Pah-wraiths who have chosen Dukat as their leader. Dukat is referred to as Master by the other residents of the community. He attempts to convince Kira to believe in the Pah-wraiths, telling her that they speak to him, and "opened his heart." She blatantly refuses to believe him, but he keeps her on the station anyway, still convinced she can be changed.
On Deep Space Nine, the crew has become aware of Kira's disappearance. Chief O'Brien has been able to establish how she was abducted, but tells Captain Sisko there is no way to find out where she went. Odo is also unable to establish who Kira met with in her quarters before she disappearance, as her visitor left the station immediately after on a regular transport to Bajor, meaning the crew are left at a dead end.
She also has an argument with Fala and he admits that he joined the cult years earlier because he had lost faith in the Prophets and Kira is shaken by her friend's admission. Fala then shows her the community they have built to show her she has nothing to fear. She meets a young pregnant woman named Mika, the first to get permission to have a baby with her husband, Benyan. Fala explains that it is part of their covenant with Dukat to take vows of abstinence. Kira is skeptical.
At a prayer meeting, as everyone else closes their eyes and chants, Kira grabs a weapon from another member of the cult and tries to kill Dukat. However, several cult members shield Dukat from danger while one knocks her unconscious. Kira awakes to find Dukat taking care of her. She is outraged at his faux concern, since looking at the bruise on her back gave him an opportunity to undress her, and after another argument wherein she accuses Dukat of using his follower's religious devotion to build another empire complete with subjects who are devoted to him on the station, she is determined to expose his fraud. Dukat has had a meal prepared for Kira and Kira briefly considers trying to kill him with the cutlery on the meal tray. But, Dukat points out that even if Kira could kill him; there is no way she can escape and Kira would only make a martyr out of him. She cannot believe his followers are willing and that he is as changed as he sounds.
Mika soon goes into labor, but when her child is born, it is half-Cardassian. Dukat excitedly declares that the Pah-wraiths have sent them a sign and leads the assembled group in prayers of thanks. Mika's face shows she clearly doesn't believe this "miracle." Kira doesn't believe either, of course, but the rest of the congregation accept Dukat's explanation.
Kira immediately confronts Fala with this turn of events. Fala defends Dukat's words, arguing that a miracle is a possibility that cannot be ruled out. Kira on the other hand knows Fala too well to believe that he would accept this without question. When Kira pushes him hard enough, he admits to suspect her version of the truth, but he asserts that he has faith in his beliefs and that he wants to follow where his faith leads him. Her further conversations with Benyan make it obvious that Benyan has serious doubts about Dukat's version of events.
Dukat and Mika meet in secret to discuss the situation and Dukat asks her why she didn't tell him her child was his. Dukat apologizes to Mika and it is revealed that the two had sex during a prayer session. After he gets her forgiveness and learns of her husband's disbelief, he traps her in the airlock they were speaking in and flushes the air out, refusing to make eye contact with her as she goes unconscious. Kira and Fala who are looking for Mika to ask her about the "miracle," save her just in time. Mika is taken to sickbay and treated for her injuries. Dukat claims it was an accident, and everyone believes him -- except Benyan. When Kira loudly objects, Dukat sends her to her quarters.
Dukat prays alone in his quarters and asks for guidance. Later, at a sudden prayer meeting, Dukat then makes a great announcement: the pah-wraiths have asked everyone to shed their corporeal existences. To accomplish this, he says that everyone, including him, will commit suicide.
Dukat visits Kira and informs her that he has contacted Deep Space Nine; they will send a ship within a day. Kira does not believe he will die with them. He reassures her that all of their deaths will be painless, thanks to Promazine, a pill used by the Obsidian Order operatives to commit suicide in event of capture and the bodies become dust in hours and so he does not fear it. He will be with the pah-wraiths, and that is his salvation.
As the ceremony begins, Kira manages to escape from her cell. She rushes into the hall, and knocks down Dukat as he holds his tablet, knocking over a pedestal containing dozens. He starts searching in vain for his particular tablet as she is restrained.
When Fala hands Dukat another tablet, he cannot accept it. Kira realizes Dukat's original pill was a fake and he never intended to kill himself. When she calls him on his duplicity, and the crowd becomes restless, Dukat protests that he alone must live to show others the light of the pah-wraith. None believe him, and, order falls apart; Benyan finally realizes the truth of his child's birth and turns on Dukat. As he loses control, Dukat shouts to them that the covenant is broken, transports out.
Fala, despite all this, ingests his tablet. Kira holds her friend as he dies and wants to know why he did it, his only answer is "faith."
The USS Defiant arrives and picks up Kira and the other cult members. Kira tells Odo about Fala's last words, not knowing he had lost his faith or still believed in the pah-wraiths. Also, she admits that while she originally believed that Dukat was only pretending to believe in the pah-wraiths to get the Bajorans to follow him, she is now convinced he does truly believe in them, despite his continued despotic patterns and that everything he did was in their service. Odo also notes the possibility that Dukat really did receive the suicide order from the pah-wraiths. Either way, he is far more dangerous now than ever...
Memorable quotes Edit
"Faith has to come first."
"That's too bad. I have a feeling it must be very comforting to believe in something more powerful than yourself."
- - Kira and Odo
"I've always found that when people try to convince others of their beliefs it's because they're really just trying to convince themselves."
- - Kira
"Your hair, you changed it."
"Your ear, you pierced it."
"Aha... A symbol of the covenant I've made with my new family."
"Your new family... Well, it makes sense these people would choose you as their leader, they worship evil."
- - Dukat and Kira
"I have been touched by the hand of a god. I'm a changed man. Oh, I admit that when I first allowed myself to become a vessel for the Pah-wraith, it was purely out of self-serving reasons. All I wanted was to help it enter the wormhole so it could force the Prophets out. It was nothing more than a way to exact vengeance on Sisko. But I had no idea of the effect it would have on me. It was only inside of me for a very short time, but it opened my heart."
"Would that be before or after you killed Jadzia?"
"That was most unfortunate, but it couldn't be helped. The Celestial Temple itself was at stake, and she was in the way."
- - Dukat and Kira
"The Master told us you wouldn't approve of our beliefs. He said we should be patient with you."
"Don't go out of your way."
- - Benyan and Kira
"You believe the Prophets are the true gods of Bajor. I believe the Pah-wraiths are. Let's just leave it at that."
"I'd be happy to. There's just one problem: we can't both be right."
- - Fala and Kira
"That was a long time ago, before he felt the kiss of the Pah-Wraiths."
"That was some kiss."
- - Fala and Kira; Kira said the same thing in "Image in the Sand" about her and Odo's first kiss
"Then it's done. Our covenant... is broken! None of you will ever know the love of the Pah-wraiths - none of you!"
- - Dukat when his cult turns on him
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Story and scriptEdit
- This episode came about because the writers felt that since the six-episode arc and "Waltz" they had allowed the character of Dukat to slip too much into the background. As René Echevarria explains, "He's a wonderful character and well-liked by the audience, but he'd become a very peripheral villain after the six-episode arc at the beginning of Season 6. We'd done two shows with him after that ("Waltz" and "Tears of the Prophets"), but now he had no role to play." "Covenant" was created primarily so that Dukat could reclaim the role of Deep Space Nine's primary villain. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- As well as simply 'reintroducing' Dukat as a villain, the writers also saw this episode as playing an extremely important role in setting up the conflict between Dukat and Sisko which would act as the dénouement of the entire series. As Echevarria says, ""Covenant" brought him back into our story. Somehow it seemed like it was going to help us put him in conflict with Sisko. But we didn't really know much more than that: Pah-wraith versus Prophet, Dukat versus Sisko." Similarly, Ira Steven Behr states, "I always knew that the ultimate challenge would be Dukat, and not the War." Bradley Thompson concurs with this view; "It gave us a chance to ask ourselves, 'What is Dukat's madness and how is it manifesting itself now?' We could touch base with him and show that he's really getting hooked into these Pah-wraiths. And that would help us set up the end of the series." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- In this sense then, "Covenant" acts as a sequel of sorts to "Tears of the Prophets" insofar as it demonstrates that Dukat's relationship with the Pah-wraiths is alive and well, and is not something that he is dabbling in merely for his own good; he has come to genuinely believe in the power of the Pah-wraiths, and this belief is what would form his primary raison d'être in the ten-episode arc which closes the series. Indeed, in relation to just how devout Dukat has become, Echevarria explains, "I came up with the idea of having him pray alone. He's not performing for anybody. In his own twisted, self-aggrandizing way, he genuinely would prefer to send these people to their makers with their faith intact than to allow it all to fall apart." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion) Dukat has become a true believer, something which would have great repercussions in future episodes.
- The basic story of this episode came from David Weddle, who had been an investigative reporter and had written about cults for the LA Weekly and San Jose Mercury News. According to Weddle, "I've always been fascinated with cults. I'm interested in that hunger to find something to believe in that's bigger than the viewable reality. The desire to find heaven on earth often ends up leading people down a very twisted, paranoid road. Fundamental Human longing can be twisted by a cult leader, because he can never deliver on his promises of bringing about a golden utopia. Then he has to come up with reason why, and it's always that there's a conspiracy out there, that something or someone is conspiring against the group. That's when paranoia gradually overshadows the whole thing. Vedek Fala is a good example of a typical follower. He's someone who desperately wants to believe. When you study cults, you find a lot of people who were brought up in traditional religions and who had a strong faith when they were young. But they became disillusioned with that faith when they saw hypocrisy. They cast aside the faith they were brought up with, but they still have the need. The hunger is still there. At the end, when Dukat turns out to be a total charlatan, Fala can't handle it. He would rather die still trying to grip the illusion than go on living." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- This episode represents the final stage in the complex relationship between Kira and Dukat. In "The Maquis, Part II", Kira's attitude towards Dukat is shown to be changing slightly as her previously held antipathy towards him begins to soften. In "Civil Defense", Dukat is revealed as being sexually attracted to Kira. "Indiscretion" and "Return to Grace" see them forced to team up and fight alongside one another, much to Kira's irritation and Dukat's delight, "In Purgatory's Shadow" then sees Dukat blame Kira for his daughter's friendship with Garak. In "A Time to Stand", Dukat's attraction to Kira is very much to the fore, and is seemingly taking on something of a deranged quality. In "Sons and Daughters" then, Dukat briefly wins Kira over due to their shared love of his daughter, but Kira quickly realizes what she's doing and she ends their relationship completely. In "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night", Dukat reveals that he and Kira's mother were lovers. This tangled relationship led director John Kretchmer to state that "Kira and Dukat are locked together like two cats in a bag." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion) This recalls Dukat's comment in "Return to Grace" that their lives are "deeply intertwined". When Kira points out that he takes great pleasure from this fact, he tells her, "Why Major, it gives me reason to live."
- In the original script, Dukat was the leader of a group of aliens. However, this was changed because the Cult of the Pah-wraiths had already been established when the Bajoran wormhole was closed in "Tears of the Prophets", and again in "Image in the Sand", when a member of the cult attempted to murder Sisko. As well as that, the writers felt the message of the episode would be more poignant to both Kira and the audience if Dukat's followers were Bajoran. Additionally, given Dukat's prior dealings with the Pah-wraiths and his love-hate relationship with the Bajoran people, this made sense.
- The first shot of Dukat was purposefully designed by director John Kretchmer and cinematographer Kris Krosskove to give the effect of a halo above Dukat's head. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Initially, the producers wanted the baby to be fairly visible during Dukat's proclamation of a miracle, but the problem was that there are very strict rules as to how much prosthetic makeup can be used on an infant, and how long an infant can be on-set. As such, the producers decided to go with an animatronic baby, and they hired the people who made the Chucky doll for the 1988 Tom Holland film Child's Play. However, according to B.C. Cameron, "It looked like Chucky with a Bajoran nose. His eyes were blinking and he was really spooky looking." Ira Behr says that the first shoot of the scene where Dukat holds the baby up for the gathered crowd produced the biggest laugh ever seen in dailies; "This animatronic baby was moving its head, and Marc was holding it up for the camera, playing the scene for all it's worth, even though it looked ludicrous. It looked as if he were proclaiming to the world, 'Take a look! This is a phony baby! You can get one at Toys "R" Us! Thirty-five dollars and ninety-five cents!' We were howling with laughter and crying in frustration at the same time. The day will live in infamy." Needless to say, the scene was reshot sans animatronic baby. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Specifically, the episode was inspired by the Heaven's Gate cult led by Marshall Applewhite. The cult was inspired by the Comet Hale–Bopp, and in March of 1997, Applewhite and thirty-eight other members (including the brother of Nichelle Nichols) committed suicide, believing they were aliens and that their bodies would be transported to a space ship traveling behind the comet. The group has an official website, which is still accessible today. [1]
- This episode contains numerous references to previous episodes: Kira mentions Dukat's murder of Jadzia in the Season 6 finale "Tears of the Prophets" and the attempted assassination of Sisko on Earth by a member of the Cult of the Pah-wraiths in the Season 7 opener "Image in the Sand"; Empok Nor was first introduced in the fifth season episode of the same name, and was also seen in the sixth season episode "The Magnificent Ferengi"; Dukat mentions Kosst Amojan, the Pah-wraith he released and allowed to possess him in "Tears of the Prophets"; Dukat also mentions his desire for vengeance on Sisko, something which he vowed in the episode "Waltz"; Kira's mother and her affair with Dukat, as seen in the episode "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" is referred to; the Prophets' destruction of the Dominion fleet in the sixth season episode "Sacrifice of Angels" is mentioned by Fala.
- Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode.
Video and DVD releases Edit
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.5, 7 June 1999
- As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection
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Starring Edit
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- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Nicole de Boer as Ezri Dax
- Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf
- Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
- Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir
- Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Nerys
Guest stars Edit
- Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat
- Norman Parker as Fala
- Jason Leland Adams as Benyan
- Maureen Flannigan as Mika
- Miriam Flynn as Midwife
- Mark Piatelli as Brin
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella
- Frank Diresta as a Bajoran Pah-wraith follower
- David B. Levinson as Broik
- Dan McGee as an Human operations lieutenant
- James Minor as a Human security officer
- Lauren Moore as a Bajoran Pah-wraith follower
- Tom Morga as a Bajoran Pah-wraith follower
- Mark Newsom as a Bajoran Pah-wraith follower
- Sandra Rascon as a Bajoran Pah-wraith follower
- Chuck Shanks as an Human operations lieutenant
- James Lee Stanley as a Bajoran security deputy
- William Steinfeld as a Bajoran Pah-wraith follower
- Michael Wajacs as a Bajoran Pah-wraith follower
- Unknown performers as
Stunt doubles Edit
- Leslie Hoffman as stunt double for Maureen Flannigan
- Denise Lynne Roberts as stunt double for Nana Visitor
- Laurence Rosenthal as stunt double for Marc Alaimo
References Edit
Bajor; Bajoran assassin; Bajorans; Bajoran Ancient Texts; Bajoran earring; Bajoran cargo shuttle; Bajoran transport; Bajoran wormhole; Cardassia; Cardassians; Celestial Temple; Cult of the Pah-wraiths; Dax, Jadzia; Defiant, USS; Dominion; ear; Emissary of the Prophets; Empok Nor; fusion generator; god; homing transponder; hydroponics; Kira Meru; Klingon religion; master; murder; Obsidian Order; Occupation of Bajor; orb; Pah-wraith; piercing; promazine; Promenade; Prophets; Quark's; ranjen; replicator; Romulan ale; sermon; springwine; Sto-vo-kor; Telna; tachyon energy; Til'amin froth; tea; transporter; tricorder; University of Bajor; vedek; vow of abstinence; welder
External links Edit
- "Covenant" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- "Covenant" at Wikipedia
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain believes that Southampton are well equipped for success this season.
Arsenal's next opponents have earned two consecutive promotions en route to the top flight, with Oxlade-Chamberlain himself playing a big part in their rise from League One during 2010/11.
Although firmly a Gunner now, the 19-year-old still has plenty of admiration for the work Nigel Adkins and his team have carried out at St Mary's.
"I didn't ever doubt they'd have a really successful season the year I left," Oxlade-Chamberlain told the Official Matchday Programme.
"They have a lot of very good players there like Adam Lallana, Morgan Schneiderlin, Jose Fonte and Rickie Lambert, so I always know they'd do well and am really happy about what happened.
"I wasn't at all surprised to see them go straight back up, because they've got a really tight group down there, a good team spirit with everyone singing from the same hymn sheet, a good management team and a good chairman. Everything's in place for them."
More than 12 months since his high-profile move to Emirates Stadium, Oxlade-Chamberlain feels increasingly at ease with his status as an important first-team player - and explains that heightened confidence is allowing him to display his talent.
"I think it's not so much that you can feel yourself improving, it's more that you feel more comfortable and confident and have more trust in your own ability," he said. "That comes with time and experience.
"I think I've settled down a lot more, I feel confident in myself and around my team-mates, and that helps the rest come through."
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This hotel is home to a restaurant and a bar/lounge. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with room service, or get a quick energy boost at the coffee shop/café. Start each morning with cooked-to-order breakfast, available for a fee from 6:30 AM to 10 AM.
The Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery's 167 rooms are air-conditioned and provide minibars, free local calls, and ceiling fans. 32-inch flat-screen TVs come with satellite channels, and guests can stay connected with free WiFi. Bathrooms have hair dryers and free toiletries. Safes, ironing boards, and desks are also available.
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Rooms are air conditioned and feature hardwood floors, brick walls, and comfortable beds. Extra touches include wireless Internet access, in-rooms safes, room service (limited hours) and unlimited local and long-distance phone calls.
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[quote user="Kase-1"]They didnt need those 2 phantom calls (holding the stick on Cally, and covering the puck on McDonoguh)
I missed the entire play where they called holding the stick...
But that call of covering the puck was BS. there was no evidence of that! I guess assumptions are how they operate in the NHL lol.
Whatever, Lundqvist was a beast on the penalty shot, and the result of the game is what mattered. So that was good.
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They have crazy pressure on Rapistberger, and lead 20-3 right now.Running game looks good and A. Smith seems to be doing enough to get it done. When the Giants don't make it, I cheer for San Fran (grew up in the 80's, had to respect what they did in those years)
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The Church Basement Ladies are back
"Church Basement Ladies 2: A Second Helping" is about a lot more than three women who cook for church events. It's also about the joy and conflict of the lives of the three women behind the scenes.
On July 5, Pequot Lakes Community Theater (PLCT) debuts the production at the Chalberg Theater at Central Lakes College in Brainerd.
The humorous musical affectionately plays off the stereotypes of Midwestern churches and functions. The success of the series could be due to the connection the characters make with the audience.
Charlie and Sue Johnson perform two of the musical's leading roles: Pastor Gunderson and Mrs. Snustad, respectively. They played the same roles when Pequot Lakes Community Theater performed the first play in the series two years ago.
"It's so identifiable," Charlie said. "Everyone knows a church basement lady." He added that Pastor is a character identifiable to any religion.
While "A Second Helping" carries on the theme of humor from the original, Charlie and Sue said the sequel brings depth to the characters the audience already knows.
"Come ready to laugh," Sue said, adding, "You might cry, too. This one is also funny, but much more tender, with more plot."
Charlie called the sequel "more human" than the original. He was careful not to divulge any spoilers of the play. Both said there's no need to see the original before seeing the sequel- it stands alone.
The three leading ladies of the church's basement are Mrs. Snustad, Mrs. Elroy Engelson (Karin), played by Kate Davis, and Mrs. Gilmer Gilmerson (Mavis), played by Janice Bear. Karin's daughter, Beverly Signe Engelson-Hauge also returns to the sequel, played by Dana Gjovik. Pastor Gunderson is always nearby.
Karin is the most fashionable of the ladies as well as the best cook in the kitchen. She appears to be happy, but had she been born in another time her life might have turned out differently. Signe, in her early 20s, is a newlywed. After graduating from the "U," she left home a year ago to move to "the cities" with her new husband, Harry. She grew up in the church basement kitchen and has a great deal of affection for the women of the basement.
Mrs. Snustad (Vivian) is in her late 60's. Her husband died early in their marriage. She is the matriarch of the kitchen and holds very tightly to tradition with both hands. Mrs. Gilmer Gilmerson (Mavis) is an able-bodied farm wife. Mavis is good natured and tries to dispel tension by telling a good joke. She knows the lineage of every family in town and is always willing to pitch in and fix someone's tractor, peel a potato or scrub the lutefisk pot. She believes hard work is good for the soul. The ladies have a great deal of respect for Pastor E. L. Gunderson and tolerate his wife. Pastor Gunderson has been the Pastor at this church for some time and has a wife "half his age."
This time around, the year is 1969 and the world is changing. As folks protest the Vietnam War and women are demanding equal pay for equal work, in their small rural Minnesota community, the ladies of the Lutheran church basement kitchen are dealing with changes of their own. From the elderly matriarch to the young mom-to-be, these women find strength in each other as they deal with the joys and upheavals from below the House of God.
PLCT was forced to move the production to the Chalberg due to construction at their usual location, the Pequot Lakes High School. But Charlie says it's well worth the drive from Pequot Lakes.
"It's worth the drive from a lot further than that," he said.
"Church Basement Ladies 2: A Second Helping" will be performed July 5-7 and 9-13. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., except the Sunday, July 7, show, which is a 2 p.m. matinee. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors (age 60 and older), and $8 for youth (ages 18 and younger).
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text: Secretly wish Eli would get hurt so that we can get another QB a shot at running the team? I don't want him to get a life threatening injury, but I would like for him to sit out a season. I have never been an Eli fan and I appreciate what he did to get a Superbowl win for us. I honestly think he is, who he will be! Also I think once another QB come and show real QB skills everyone else would feel the same as I do.


text: Our chances of getting to the super bowl are great now that we dont have to play the Giants. Not talking smack by any means but I think if we had to play you guys again we would get beat. The 49ers dont scare me half as much as you do or really anyone else in the playoffs. You guys think you would beat us if you got in? Anyways I hope the Giants do well again or better next year. You guys are a classy team.


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Real or fake? It's hard to tell anymore
February 24, 2013
WASHINGTON — A Democratic president clashes with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill as a polarized nation debates taxes and guns, illegal immigration and gay rights, and, perpetually, the size of government. Question: Fictional Hollywood or real Washington? Answer: Both.
For seven years, from 1999 to 2006, the NBC drama "The West Wing" showed America the inner workings of President Josiah Bartlet's made-up White House. Re-watching its episodes today, it's difficult to ignore the parallels between the fiction of then and the reality of today. Since the show ended, the line between the authentic and the packaged in Washington seems to have grown increasingly fuzzy, not just in our politics but now, also, in governing itself.
Exhibit A: the gun debate
Shortly after the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shootings, Obama put on his nation's comforter hat and quickly made a public show of tapping Vice President Joe Biden to come up with a White House proposal for addressing a recent spate of fatal mass shootings. The vice president predictably convened representatives from every group with a stake in the issue.
And Democrats and Republicans — and their respective special interest allies — dug in. The left pushed limits on guns, the right resisted, and Washington insiders started murmuring about the unlikelihood that a comprehensive measure would ever reach Obama's desk.
Precisely as expected.
Exhibit B: Fiscal crisis
Fiscal crises also have been going according to script. Every few months, the country faces a looming fiscal deadline — tax cuts are set to expire, or the nation's debt limit needs to be raised, or automatic spending cuts are to take effect.
Act 1 has both Democrats and Republicans calling for compromise and talking of grand bargains. Act 2 finds them digging in on their opposite ideological positions of taxes, spending and government's size, beholden to their bases. Act 3 ends up being both sides leaving the negotiating table and posturing publicly for maximum exposure. Act 4, the finale, is a furious behind-the-scenes wrangling by a select few that results in a narrow-scope late-night deal reached just before the deadline passes.
In "Shutdown" — a 2003 episode of the show created by unabashed liberal Aaron Sorkin — Bartlet refuses to compromise with the Republican House speaker over budget cuts the GOP is demanding as a fiscal crisis looms, and declares, "I am the president of the United States, and I will leave the government shut down until we come to an equitable agreement."
Will we hear similar from Obama next month if — as expected — House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, demands significant spending cuts as a part of legislation to fund federal agencies beyond March 27 and avert a government shutdown? Maybe so.
Exhibit C: Gay rights
On gay rights, two moments — one fake, one real — are striking in their similarities.
In "The West Wing" episode "20 Hours in L.A.," which aired first in 2000, Bartlet is running for re-election when he dresses down a Hollywood producer demanding he publicly advocate for more gay rights. Bartlet thunders, "Right now, right this second, the worst thing that could possibly happen to gay rights in this country is for me to put that thing on the debating table, which happens the minute I open my mouth!"
Fast forward to the real 2012. Obama was seeking a second term when he announced he supported gay marriage, bowing to pressure from gays — including many in Hollywood — and disclosing his stance far earlier than planned after Biden pre-empted him. Obama said then: "I didn't want to nationalize the issue. There's a tendency when I weigh in to think suddenly it becomes political and it becomes polarized."
These days, a level of governing uninfluenced by stereotypes sounds as refreshing as it does impossible.
That is, unless our leaders start putting what's right for the country over what's expected by their most vocal backers, and unless we, the general public, stop holding them hostage with fantastical notions of how they should behave.
We're talking about a fundamental shift. And that won't happen overnight.
But the potential payoff is huge. If the pressure to adhere to the script ebbs, that clears the way for more real problem-solving. Not to mention the ability to look at shows like "The West Wing" and say, with confidence: This is entertaining, but it's nothing like the real thing.
Liz Sidoti is the national politics editor for The Associated Press. Follow her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/lsidoti
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[quote user="mjg407"][quote user="giantyankee1976"]i was hoping that fewell would role a similiar gameplan to what he called at the Pats...
Alex Smith is garbage, straight fugazi.
but you wouldn't know that given the way fewell called his game
For some reason, our D kicks the crap out of the good QBs and makes the average ones look like Peyton.
Happy Belated Veterans Day and yeah Fewell over-compensates to stop Gore and had apparently no answer for pressuring Smith and creating turnovers.
I hate that about the way this defense plays.
They play differently as supposed to killer-instinct ever game.
That will cost them every time.


text: This morning was g-day, had two plastic garbage cans with those stretch bunji cord locks sitting at end of drive way, this morning there were no cans. Upon investigation I found them across the dirt road in the bushes with a lot of weeds and golden rod knocked down level. Paper and refuse spilled down the new path where the bags were dragged. Immediately "Houston we have a problem" entered my mind. It is raining but now the new fence is up and electrified. strange how an event can change your priorities,lucked out this time and don't want them in my hives.