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GLOUCESTERSHIRE were always fighting an uphill battle to qualify for the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals after being deducted two points for a poor pitch at the Cheltenham Festival last year and their hopes were finally ended at the same venue following a five-run defeat to Surrey.
In truth the final result sounds closer than it was as Gloucestershire left themselves with too much to do at the end and a final over in which Jack Taylor hit 18 took them to 152-7 in reply to Surrey's 157-8 on a pitch that heavily assisted the spinners.
A capacity crowd turned out on a glorious day at the College Ground, many of which would've been excited to see Kevin Pietersen, and although he showed glimpses of his undoubted quality he has failed to justify claims for an international recall since being exiled by England and only made 17.
He was almost run out without even facing a ball after a mix-up with Tillakaratne Dilshan but, with no television replay available, was given the benefit of the doubt by the square leg umpire in an eventful start, which had seen Jason Roy smash a four and a six off the first three balls before being caught behind off David Payne for 11 off the last ball of the first over.
Pietersen and destructive Sri Lanka star Dilshan (36) put on a blistering 50-run stand in just 25 balls before Will Gidman enhanced his reputation by taking the two prized scalps, bowling both of them as he completed his four overs straight away to finish with 2-23.
That sparked a dramatic collapse from Surrey, who lost seven wickets for 56 runs in 11.4 overs with Jack Taylor (2-20), Benny Howell (2-22) and Chris Dent (1-11) all profiting as Gloucestershire took the pace off the ball to good effect.
However, the visitors finished strongly when the fast bowlers returned, Payne going for 21 in the penultimate over, with South African international Robin Peterson making an unbeaten on 23 and Jade Dernbach 25.
Gloucestershire made a poor start to their reply as Alex Gidman (0) and Chris Dent (2) both fell cheaply to Matthew Dunn but Michael Klinger and Ian Cockbain batted sensibly for a 51-run partnership.
Left-arm spinner Zafari Ansari (3-27) took two wickets in two balls in the 11th over, Cockbain (18) and Will Gidman (0) perishing, and had Klinger caught on the boundary in the next over for 45 to reduce them to 73-5.
A powerful display of hitting by Benny Howell, with three sixes coming off two overs, brought Gloucestershire back in contention before he was caught behind off the returning Dunn (3-37) for 29 off just 14 balls and when Adam Rouse (8) fell to the spin of Peterson, Hamish Marshall (27*) and Jack Taylor (19*) were left with too much to do.
Surrey's win means they have qualified for the last eight and Gloucestershire face another side to have secured their progress when South Group leaders Essex visit Cheltenham on Sunday.


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Rays show signs of strength, potential after rocky April
KANSAS CITY -- The Rays went 12-14 in April, their first losing April since 2009 (9-14).
"Kind of mediocre," answered Rays manager Joe Maddon when asked to describe the team's first month. "That was a mediocre month. We're definitely capable of doing more. I actually feel kind of fortunate that we're in the position we're in."
Despite their losing mark, the Rays did manage to do some interesting things during the first month of the season.
James Loney set a club record (minimum of 50 at-bats) with his .373 batting average. The Rays first baseman topped Evan Longoria's mark of .369 from April of 2009.
Matt Moore set club records for wins and ERA in April. He tied the club wins record for a month (David Price, June 2012 and Scott Kazmir, May 2008) and finished second for the overall monthly record behind Jeff Niemann (1.06 ERA, July 2011).
The Rays committed 10 errors with a .989 fielding percentage, both the second-best April marks in club history behind 1999 (nine errors, .990).
"For us, I don't know, man, it's not like we're playing terrible baseball or really sloppy," Matt Joyce said. "We just need to improve upon some of the smaller things in the game."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Speaking out for the first time about his former fiancée's suicide, actor and writer-producer Dean Cain tells PEOPLE that Mindy McCready was deeply troubled even 15 years ago, but it was her manipulations and lies – not substance abuse – that sank their future together back then.
"I'm saddened to hear of her passing, but I'm not surprised," says Cain, 46, whose starring role in TV's Lois & Clark ended just as he and McCready began their relationship in 1997.
They lived together and were engaged, but things imploded after a year. Cain struggled to remember any joy to their relationship: "I can't paint too pretty a picture. She would start arguments, start drama. Things weren't allowed to be good."
Though drugs and alcohol would later send McCready to rehab, Cain said neither was a factor in their relationship – or its demise.
"She was never abusive or addictive with me, but red flags were everywhere," he says. "I saw all the bad signs and told her to get out." At the end, he says he fled his own home for a hotel to escape her. "Everything she did was a manipulation of sorts. She would just get combative."
In the decade and a half that followed, Cain, who fathered a son with a subsequent girlfriend and is single today, severed all ties with McCready.
"When I did speak to her, truth didn't come out," he says. "She was kind of poisonous and not somebody I was going to have in my life anymore – or anywhere around my son."
Now, says Cain, he feels for the two boys McCready left behind.
"My first thought was of the poor kids. To think about the legacy those boys have been left, it's just tragic. ... All her troubles were self-inflicted. She had everything. She was a tremendous talent but everything about it was a waste."


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After racing off the pace in third around the clubhouse turn,
Last Gunfighter moved up along the backstretch to engage Arlo in second,
racing one length behind the leader
through an opening half-mile in 49.07 seconds. Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr.
began to scrub Last Gunfighter in the run into the stretch, but the colt
fell back to third after Isn't He Perfect offered a bid along the
Racing outside his rivals, Last Gunfighter commenced a final
surge in midstretch and poked his head in front with 40 yards to travel
en route to a half-length victory
over Isn't He Perfect. It was an additional half-length back to Arlo in
Last Gunfighter, a 4-year-old John D. Gunther homebred, ran 1
1/16 miles over the inner track in 1:43.54 and returned $4 for a $2 win
wager as the even-money favorite.
"At the three-eighths pole, I started asking my horse and he was
a little lazy," said Ortiz. "[Brown's assistant] told me [about that]
which was good. I started moving
on him, and he switched leads and came back to me. Speed is very good
today, so I was trying to put him close and stay there. You can't be too
far out. It was a strong finish."
The Evening Attire was the second stakes win for Last
Gunfighter, who captured the Raymond Earl overnight stakes on December 9
on Aqueduct's main track. His winning
streak also includes an optional claiming score on the main track in
November and a maiden victory in October at
"He was waiting for the other horses a little bit coming down
the stretch, but he kicked it in," said Cherie DeVaux, assistant to
Brown. "It wasn't as easy as last time,
that's for sure, but there were some decent horses in there and they
hung in there. We're proud of him."
Before being transferred to Brown, Last Gunfighter was winless in four starts in
Louisiana and Arkansas.
Overall, he is 4-2-2 in eight starts, with the $45,000 winner's share
of the Evening Attire purse lifting his earnings to $205,405.
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Rockies trim roster, send Pomeranz to Triple-A
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Left-hander Drew Pomeranz lost his chance at making the Opening Day roster when the Rockies signed veteran righty Jon Garland on Sunday. Pomeranz was sent to Minor League camp and will begin the regular season at Triple-A Colorado Springs.
Last season, Pomeranz, 24, was thrust into the rotation for 22 big league starts and went 2-9 with a 4.93 ERA in the Majors. He went 4-4 with a 2.51 ERA in nine starts during a demotion to Colorado Springs.
Pomeranz was 2-2 with a 5.50 ERA in five appearances (four starts) this spring, and appeared to be more consistent in his pitching motion. Last season, Pomeranz lost his motion early in the season and spent much of the year trying to get it back.
"I'm ready for whatever," Pomeranz said. "This year it's a lot easier to make adjustments than it was last year. I'm not worried about my mechanics much. I'm worried about making pitches."
The Rockies also sent right-handers Bobby Cassevah and Jeff Manship and infielder Matt McBride to Minor League camp. The team also released veteran right-hander Miguel Batista.
The Rockies are down to 32 players, including six non-roster invitees, and must be at 25 when the season opens on April 1.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Finally Fridaily! 2Aug2013
Good morning elizabeth! Thursday: 10 miles 1:35:47 - 9:34 avg. pace - easy + strides & short hill sprints A.M. / 6 miles 57:50 - 9:38 avg. pace - easy P.M. Easy miles yesterday, more of the same today. Make it a great day!
Morning all!
Grey and dreary and stupid humid again. :-)
I'm heading into work early. We're moving offices on Monday, and there's still a lot of packing to do.
I have 5 miles after work, meeting up with my Sis#2 for those. :-)
Moth, I don't know how you do it - your workouts are something else!
Hi all to follow, I'll be back later,
Hi eliz and moth
Hi gang,
Can't believe it is friday all ready. I've been running and running around with lots of stuff between home and school prep. Did get a few runs in this week and out this morning for the usual 5. Beautiful starry sky! We are still enjoying great weather here, no complaints at all! dd2 is trying to acclimate back to usa, spending time with her and the precious dgd while her mom dd1 has appts. They are coming over today. dh and I celebrating anniversary today, well the camping last weekend was our anniversary gift. Not much else going on, just enjoying the end of summer break.
Have a good one all!
Good morning,
8.55 at 8:05 pace in the rain this morning. Since it will be too wet to cut grass after work, I may go out again for a shorter run this evening.
Liney--Happy anniversary!
Elizabeth--I hate any type of moving. Good luck with it and enjoy the five later.
Moth--Have a good one and enjoy the run later.
5 @ 11:27. Amazing humidity and 2 deer fly bites. Not the most pleasant run, but better than no run at all.
I'mmin Suanbo (Central Korea kind of) now but did get over to KS at 7:30 this morning and got in 2.72 miles on the TM in 25:10 (9:15/mile) plus a 35 minutes abs and thighs weight workout afterwards. Good workout.
As I said, now in Suanbo and enjoyed part of the afternoon with DD and DN (dear nephew) in the swimming pool...great times! Huge Korean BBQ tonight with a gorgeous sunset this evening - Life is good!
Have a good day and weekend Masters....I won't be running this weekend but will be back at it once I return to Seoul early next week! :-)
11.0 this morning on the trail. Last night DW and I met DD2 &SIL2 for dinner before we saw the Lion King in Cleveland. We didn't get home until after midnight, so it was a short night which made the run a little harder than it should have been. At least, that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.
Pudov, all BBQ is good, but I do have a fondness for the Korean style. You are correct, life is good.
tatoophatman, yeah, I had a few deer flies too. They are worse than mosquito's and we have a bumper crop of those this year. I've resorted to using bug spray before I head out to the trails. And you are correct about any run being better than no run. Good 5 for you this a.m.
marco, nice run in the rain this morning.
Liney, happy anniversary! Pdgd and dd2 all at the same time, very nice. Good 5 today.
Good runs today Masters.
I did a nice 3/4 open water swim then 8 so so miles.
Mysol: Sounds like you have a plan! You want a nice spring marathon my home course Quintiles Wrightsville Beach! Glad your body is doing well in the Nimbus. Nice 8.5
Upsman: I read a workout like that the other day, sounds like a good predictor.
Moth A: Nice double
E: Morning, have a good run with sis#2
Liney: Nice work! Happy Anniversary! Mine is on the 13th.
Marco: Nice 8.55
Tattooed: Nice 5
Gregory: Nice work
Illinidave: Nice 11.
Good morning elizabeth! Thursday: 10 miles 1:35:47 - 9:34 avg. pace - easy + strides & short hill sprints A.M. / 6 miles 57:50 - 9:38 avg. pace - easy P.M. Easy miles yesterday, more of the same today. Make it a great day!
10 miles 1:33:58 - 9:24 avg. pace - easy A.M. /
Hi all. 6.1 this morning (8:36). Weather continues to be great; 80F high with low humidity. Party this weekend for dd#1 (graduated) and dd#3 (16th bday). Lots and lots to do.
Liz - enjoy the 5 tonight with sis.
Moth - you continue with nice doubles.
Liney - Happy Anniversary.We hit 25 years in September. Nice 5. Sounds like you are very busy....and loving it.
Marco - nice pace. I am hoping to cut my grass tonight. It rained last night so I am hoping it dries out by tonight. I will spray the deck with silicon to keep the grass from building up.
tattooed - nice 5 and definitely better than 0. Yeah, those deer flies can hurt. There was a discussion here a while back on deer flies vs. horse flies.
Pudov - BBQ sounds great. Way to get the 2.72 in.
Dave - nice distance on little sleep. Sounds like you had a really nice evening.
BOS - good distance after that swim.
Shout out to George.
Good afternoon! 6 miles EZ, 9:04 pace. First run with my new garmin210.
Have a great day!
Hi gang. XT yesterday. Did a favorite Crossfit workout with jump rope, sit-ups, and push-ups and finished up with some weighted walking lunges and farmers walk.
Tomorrow I have a shadow run of a local FA event back in NC named the Medoc Meltdown. Just found out that the first four hours will be in body armor.
Pudov: Hope you enjoy the time.
tat: Nice 5er
BOSN: The swimming still amazes me.
Hey Masters,
Crisis at work has kept me hopping, but still making time to run during lunch. 6 mile road run Thursday (7:09 avg) sandwiched between two 5 mile runs on the treadmill Wednesday (6:38 avg) and today (6:19 avg).
Wed Fri
7:05 6:46
6:42 6:19
6:38 6:16
6:32 6:11
6:12 6:04
eliz - hope you had a good five with sister.
moth - nice work as usual.
liney - happy anniversary.
marco - nice looking 8.55.
pudov - hope you're enjoying your break. Liked seeing your progress as laid out in the monthly mileage thread.
dave - tough to get up for a run after a late night out.
bosn - nice swim / run combo.
mysol - congrats on you upcoming 25. We hit 30 in September.
N8 - hope you survive the run tomorrow.
Good Evening Masters,
SRD today and using the roller to hit some tough spots. Yesterday a slow 5.1. We will see what tomorrow morning brings in the form of a run.
BOSNPM - nice track workout a couple days ago and you followed it up with a run with DW yesterday. Nice swim and eight mile run - solid week for you.
DAW - good to see you post. Nice work on your monthly increase from your injury. Fast work on the TM today - well done.
mysol - sorry to hear about your plans for Hartford. Tough to get the miles in at times with work and family. Hope your able to post and show your runs at times. Sweet 6 miler - enjoy the family time and vacation.
illinidave - short night, but still a double digit run - nice work on the 11. Good work on the 13.2 the other day as well.
Pudov - enjoy the family and rest from running.
Liney - Happy Anniversary!!!
Be Well.....
Good morning elizabeth! Thursday: 10 miles 1:35:47 - 9:34 avg. pace - easy + strides & short hill sprints A.M. / 6 miles 57:50 - 9:38 avg. pace - easy P.M. Easy miles yesterday, more of the same today. Make it a great day!
10 miles 1:33:58 - 9:24 avg. pace - easy A.M. /
6 miles 59:10 - 9:52 avg. pace - easy P.M.


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Crockpot Pulled Pork
As an aside, Happy 250th Post to Me!
I rubbed the meat 2 days prior to cooking it and it cooked on low in the crockpot for about 10 hours. When we took it out to pull apart, it was very tender and flavorful. We were tempted to eat it then, but we stuck to the recipe and added the BBQ sauce and threw it back in for another 45 minutes or so.
Pulled Pork – from The Way The Cookie Crumbles – originally from Cooks Illustrated – serves 6
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
1-2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons ground cumin
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon dried oregano
4 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons table salt
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 tablespoon ground white pepper – I used black pepper
1 (6-8 pound) bone-in pork shoulder
½ teaspoon liquid smoke (optional) – I omitted
2 cups barbecue sauce
Mix all spice rub ingredients in small bowl.
Massage spice rub into meat (I recommend doing this on a jelly roll pan or large cookie sheet with sides). Wrap tightly in double layer of plastic wrap; refrigerate for at least 3 hours. For stronger flavor, the roast can be refrigerated for up to 3 days. (I refrigerated ours for 2 days).
Unwrap roast and place it in slow cooker liner. Add liquid smoke, if using, and 1/4 cup water. Turn slow cooker to low and cook for 8-10 hours, until meat is fork-tender.
Transfer roast to cutting board (again, I used a large cookie sheet with sides. This helped to contain the mess); discard liquid in liner. Pull by tearing meat into thin shreds with two forks or your fingers. Discard fat.
Place shredded meat back in slow cooker liner; toss with 1 cup barbecue sauce, and heat on low for 30-60 minutes, until hot. Serve with additional barbecue sauce.
33 Responses to "Crockpot Pulled Pork"
I don't really like pork, but you make it looks so good! 🙂
Happy 250th post. <3
Thanks Taylor! This really is an amazing pulled pork recipe if you are ever in the mood for pork.
I really need a crock pot – this looks great and I am bookmarking it for when I do get one, my husband loves pulled pork sandwiches.
This looks awesome! I love making pulled pork in the crockpot 🙂
This looks great! I have been in search of a good pulled pork recipe.
Happy 250th post!
I love all the spices you used on the pork – it looks so tender and yummy! Congrats on 250 posts!
Hey Jen, this is Ashley (formerly) from Performance in Evendale! I found your blog through some others and I love it …. we tried this recipe last night and it. was. amazing. Thank you! Your kitchen is going to be gorgeous, can't wait to see the final pictures.
Hi! I made your recipe last night for my extended family. They RAVED about it! I posted a link back to this post. Thanks again!
Hey Ashley! I always get a kick out of when people I know in real life find my blog. We LOVE this recipe.
Well, 6 months later, I come upon your recipe through Google and it is amazing!! I served this up to some dinner guests and we all loved it!! It IS the best pulled pork recipe and I thank you for leaving it here for me to find!
We tried this recipe over the weekend (with a couple of minor tweaks) and it came out great!
Thanks for posting.
This is our new favorite pulled pork recipe! Thanks for posting it!
About how many did this serve?
Joshua and Stacie – the recipe says it serves 6, but I'd say it serves more like 8.
thanks for the recipe. I've been searching for a good one.
This was a great recipe! It was my first pork roast, and it was so easy. My 7 lb roast was fork tender in 8 hours.
Started this the other day and had it in the crockpot all day today. So delicious. Very satisfied husband. Thanks for posting this!
Love this recipe. Have used it many times and it always gets rave reviews. Making it again this weekend.
What Barbeque sauce did you prefer. There are so many different flavors out there these days?
Only complaint from people when I made this was…"Why didn't you make more??!?!" Love Love Love this recipe!
Thanks for publishing!
This recipe is awesome!!! I have only made pulled pork a few times but was never a huge fan as I found them to be too BBQ sauce flavored! I saw this recipe on pinterest and decided to try it tonight for dinner! OMG it is FANTBULOUS!!!!!! I love the rb idea and honestly I could have done without the BBQ sauce as the drippings and sauce in the pot was amazing with the pork on its own! I did add the bq sauce however and was still quite impressed! This recipe had changed my whole opinion of pulled pork! Kudos on a great spice rub blend!!!
This is the easiest and I'm sure tastiest recipe I've ever found. I just rubbed all the spices on the pork and it's marinating in the fridge right now…. I will cook it tomorrow morning I'm very excited about serving this to my family. I'll come back and post how it was!
I tried this tonight and OMG it was delicious! That rub really makes it. I couldn't let it sit in the fridge for days but it was still amazing. I will definitely be making this again.
Hi. I am making this as we speak for tomorrow. My only concern the spices seem a little over powering. When I opened the crockpot to check on it it seemed very spicey. Is that what you experience?
This is one of the best crockpot pork recipes ever! I use Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce or make my own secret barbecue sauce. Either way it is the best. We also use the rub when my husband cooks a shoulder on the grill. Great find – thanks!
Sounds delish! What brand and flavor bbq sauce did you use, exactly?


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Not 100% sold its really him yet, but Mark does follow him.....
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
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I'm not on Twitter or I was going to ask him if he remembers me from Junior High. We once tied in a free throw shooting contest and we had to have a shoot off.(he beat my by one) LOL
It's him, pretty sure Chad Ford was tweeting about it during the Duke/Kansas game


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AN exciting match for spectators was a frustrating one for the Blues as they slipped to defeat following a convincing win against Westbury the previous weekend.
Bridport started the game at a frenetic pace with good drives and quick distribution.
However, they soon realised that it was more than just the wind against them with some hard tackles and a string of attacks from the impressive Warminster loose forwards.
Warminster's first credible attack saw them dominate possession deep in Bridport's 22, but the home side responded well to the pressure with strong scrummaging led by the front row.
A quickly-taken advantage temporarily relieved some of the pressure but Warminster hit back with relentless drives towards the Bridport try line.
Something had to give and, after registering the opening try, the successful conversion made it 7-0 to the visitors on 30 min- utes.
Bridport hit back through a consistently strong scrum, effective interplay and a good line- out. However, in the closing minutes of the first half, a penalty against the Blues saw Warmin-ster go 10-0 up.
Half-time allowed the Blues to regain their initial momentum and the home team started the second half confidently. A well-taken line-out by Andrew Livingston saw the Blues capitalise on their possession with an attack into the Warminster half.
A penalty saw them get their first score on the board.
Increased pressure and poor discipline allowed Bridport to kick another penalty to close the gap to four points.
Then a break from Tom Wilkins and impressive interplay from the forwards saw Bridport advance to the Warminster line.
Mark Gough seized the opportunity to score and Bridport now held an 11-10 lead going into the closing stages.
But Warminster began to regain their impetus and relentless attacks from their loose forwards ended with a try.
Bridport did take a losing bonus point but they will feel they could have had a lot more from the game.
The next match for the Blues is at home to Wimborne Seconds on February 8.


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The Tampa Bay Lightning needs four points to clinch a playoff spot. The team can either gain the points on its own with two victories or in combination with points lost by the Hurricanes, who are in ninth place and fighting for the eighth and final playoff spot.
That means the Lightning can clinch tonight. All it has to do is beat the Senators in regulation, overtime or a shootout and Carolina has to lose in regulation to the Capitals.
"It would be a big night for us," coach Guy Boucher said. "Gigantic for the fans, too."
It also would erase the memory of the Lightning's last three games at the St. Pete Times Forum; three bad losses to the Hurricanes, Islanders and Senators.
"Our last three games here we didn't have our work ethic," Boucher said. "People have been coming to the rink because of our relentlessness, not because of our skill, and it wasn't there the last three games."
"It's what you trade individual stuff for," center Steven Stamkos said of making the playoffs. Once you get there anything can happen as we've seen the last couple of years. That's the thing I'm excited about. It's something I've never experienced and that's what my main focus is."
And how about this from right wing Adam Hall:
"There's no doubting in this locker room that we have what it takes. We believe we have what it takes to go all the way to the finals and win the Stanley Cup. That's what we've preached all year."
Other stuff from the morning skate: As expected, Dwayne Roloson gets the start in net. ... Stamkos, Vinny Lecavalier and Marty St. Louis, each of whom had Monday off, were on the ice for the optional skate. ... Stamkos, whose six-game streak without a goal tied his longest of the season and who has just three goals in his past 21 games, said he does not care if he reaches 50 goals. He has seven games to get seven goals. "No, that's not something that's on my mind right now," he said. "I'm just focused on getting my game ready for this last push to the playoffs and get where I'm comfortable and confident, and whatever happens production-wise happens. I feel like the last couple of games I've played a solid two-way game, so (50 goals) is not something I'm focused on right now. ... Boucher said he believes Stamkos is trying to be too fine with his shot, trying to pick too many corners. Stamkos said that is a fair assessment. Boucher also said he believes Stamkos is on the cusp of breaking out. He claims Stamkos had nine scoring chances Saturday against the Hurricanes, and he's lost count of how many posts Stamkos has hit during his slump. "I told him the post can't exist any more," Boucher said. "It's enough now. It just becomes a song now, 'beep, beep, beep.' It's enough." ... Wing Ryan Malone, who will miss his 21st game tonight with a mid-body injury now believed to be a groin, sounds as if he is on track to play Thursday against the Penguins, which could be a playoff preview, by the way. ... Interesting follow-up today by Boucher about giving players more rest. As we read in the paper today, the coach said he will be cutting back on practices and giving players more time away from the ice. He called it his "mistake" that when Tampa Bay was home for almost all the month of February, he tried to make up some of the practice time lost during a travel-heavy first half of the season. "That was probably a little mistake we made in February," Boucher said. "The entire year we gave a lot of rest to the players because we're a hard-grinding team and all the games we won we pushed so hard. We came into February, because we missed so many practices during the year we wanted to catch up. We were home for the entire month and that kind of threw us off a little bit in terms of the rest ratio. We caught up enough in practices, but as you see, catching up in practices doesn't necessarily mean wins. So, we've gone back to resting some guys." ... Give goaltender Mike Smith credit for the way he has handled a different and difficult role as a backup with sporadic playing time. "It is different," he said, "but I'm not really worried about it. I'm more worried when I do get a chance to play I play up to my capabilities." He added, "practices are important for a guy like me. You have to be sharp in practice and not take any days off. It's time to go to work when you get here in the morning, and be ready to go when you get a chance to play." ... Simon Gagne has six goals and 10 points in his past six games. The left wing said he has just stayed the course, but Boucher said he sees something more. "He's physically involved. If you look at the last game, I have about 20 clips of him finishing checks or winning a battle and forcing himself with the puck or without the puck at their net. That's the biggest difference."


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4 p.m. 18A04-1202-CT-70. Indiana Supreme Court courtroom. Danielle Helms sued her doctor, a nurse practitioner, an emergency physicians group, a clinic, and a hospital for malpractice related to treatment she received during her pregnancy. A federal court found the doctor and clinic were federal employees and the federal tort claims limitation period had run. The trial court determined that decision was res judicata as to Helms's negligence claims related to the clinic or the doctor's work there. It also found the hospital was not vicariously liable for acts by the clinic or its employees, or for acts the doctor performed at the clinic. It found the hospital might be vicariously liable for acts of the doctor and the nurse practitioner at the hospital, and it dismissed the clinic with prejudice.
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Q. At what point would a service member's attempts to keep tabs on an ex-spouse qualify as stalking?
A. Stalking is one of the newest articles under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, created in 2006, so I can understand why there is confusion over what actions would trigger the offense.
Conduct would constitute stalking if the service member "wrongfully engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear death or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to himself or herself or a member of his or her immediate family."
To be a stalker, the service member must or should know that the conduct would instill this fear in a specific person. The inducement of fear in the person is the final element of this offense.
The Manual for Courts-Martial provides some guidance on what is meant by the "course of conduct" that results in a stalking offense. Repetition is important here. A stalker could repeatedly make himself or herself visible or physically close to a specific person, or a stalker may repeatedly make verbal, written or implied threats.
Fear is a major factor when it comes to stalking charges. A 2013 Army Court of Criminal Appeals case, U.S. v. Danewood L. Kirkpatrick, illustrated this point.
The case involved an Army private who was convicted at general court-martial of willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer, violating a lawful order, stalking, and housebreaking.
The private had been in an on-and-off romantic relationship with another service member who later accused him of raping her. He was later acquitted of rape and aggravated sexual contact charges.
The subsequent stalking charge stemmed from an incident when the private entered the female service member's home without her consent. Although the woman claimed she was scared of the private at certain times during his visit, she insisted he spend the night in her bed.
The court found the private's conduct did not qualify as stalking because there was no repetition. The charge was based mainly on the single visit to the woman's home.
Although he subsequently sent her text messages, none of them qualified as a threat under the UCMJ.
Additionally, the court said due to the "tumultuous nature of the off-and-on relationship," it was unclear whether the private knew or should have known his conduct would instill fear. And the court doubted that his conduct induced fear in her, given that she asked him to spend the night, that she later allowed him to care for her child, and that she never notified the police or her superiors about his visit.
Service members charged with stalking should contact a military law attorney. Depending on the circumstances, a lawyer could show the service member had no way of knowing his or her contact would frighten a specific person.


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In two and a half years of smoking cigars I've come across many different situations, but none quite as good as this. I was recently enjoying my Montecruz on a very fine Saturday afternoon, one of those days with no heavy wind, which in turn means a great burn.
I refer to that great old saying: I saw her across a crowded room, or in this case, a field. I happened to be walking across an open field in search of shade when, all of a sudden, from behind me came a beautiful Mexican woman with long, beautiful black hair, a great smile--absolutely gorgeous. Before I had the chance to speak she said, "Your cigar smells great. Is that a Romeo y Julieta?" With shock on my face I replied, "No, It's a Montecruz." We both laughed.
As we walked, our conversation soon drifted to how she recalled her grandfather smoking Cuban cigars every time he visited this country. She also remembered her parents telling her stories about when Castro took control of Cuba, and the great sadness her parents endured. The land they loved, lost, and the once wealthy being left with nothing. About her grandparents having to come to America and stay with relatives and start a new life.
By the end of the story, two hours had passed, and it was time to eat. The food was great, and the spirits were better. Finally, she had got up enough courage to ask me if I had another cigar. Naturally I did. Nothing could be more beautiful than watching a beautiful woman puffing on a Partagas 150. Her cigar manner was outstanding. After the picnic was over we went to her place to enjoy some real Colombian coffee. With another cigar from--get this--her humidor. She even owned a copy of Cigar Aficionado. What a woman! I think I'm in love. Thank God for cigars. Wish me luck!
Aaron C. Shinault
Salinas, California
Dear Marvin,
I'm not a rich man. Sometimes I'm lucky if I have two quarters to rub together. Smoking a good cigar is a luxury for me. I love imported cigars, and I have found a wonderful variety in my price range, not more than $2.50 or $3. I keep them in a plastic container with a piece of cedar and a small humidifier that I bought at a tobacco shop. I reward myself with one cigar a day, usually at day's end. I find that it relieves the stress that has been building up. I'm a professional truck driver, and having to put up with weather, roads, deadlines, and bad road manners can cause the stress.
Friday, May 9, 1997, will be a day I will remember for the rest of my life. I had just finished my last pickup in El Paso, Texas, a load headed for Brigham City, Utah. It was a beautiful, sunny day. I had just crossed the Texas-New Mexico border on I-10 heading west. I saw a minivan on the eastbound side hit a guard rail at a high rate of speed. The van immediately went airborne, somersaulting end over end. The driver was thrown from the van. I pulled my truck off to the shoulder and ran across the interstate to help in any way I could. By the time I arrived at the scene of the accident, there were several people standing over the unconscious driver. The victim was a man who appeared to be in his late sixties or early seventies. He had severe head trauma, with blood flowing heavily from his ears, mouth and back of his head. To my horror I saw one of the bystanders nudge him with his foot as if he were a dead animal, saying, "This one's had it!" I dropped to my knees and felt for a pulse. The man was not breathing, but I did feel a faint pulse in his wrist. Just then another man checked on the inside of the victim's upper thigh. He also found a pulse.
A nurse on the way home from her hospital shift arrived on the scene. She asked if anyone knew CPR. I told her I did. At first she was a little hesitant to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. There was so much blood she didn't know if she could do it. I encouraged her by saying we could do it! She agreed. She asked the others around to find her a plastic bag, then she tore a hole in it and placed the bag with the hole over the victim's mouth. I began the chest compressions, one, two, three, four five, and she would breathe in. Nothing happened. His chest did not rise. We had to turn his head to clear the airway, so I carefully cupped the man's head in my hands to feel if the bones of his lower head and upper neck were broken. His neck was broken. We had to turn his whole body. I carefully placed my arm under his frail body and on the count of three, while she held his head straight, I turned his torso. The blood quickly ran out of his mouth. We rolled him on his back and started again. This time we saw his chest rise slightly when she blew in.
It seemed like everything was going in slow motion, but it was actually only a few seconds. We applied CPR for about 20 minutes, stopping from time to time to clear the blood from his mouth and throat. The fire department and paramedics finally arrived. They didn't think he was alive, but the paramedic also found the pulse. Within minutes they had his heart stabilized enough to stop manual chest compression. He still could not breathe on his own. I will be surprised if the man survives! The trauma to his head was very severe. All I know is that the 30 minutes that the nurse and I had with him we were able to keep his heart and lungs going. He was airlifted to a hospital in El Paso. I never knew his name, or even if he made it. As a matter of fact, I didn't even get the nurse's name. Thank God she was there still in uniform, looking like an angel. We just high-fived each other when the helicopter took off. She went her way and I went mine.
I climbed back into the truck feeling every emotion from excitement to sorrow. That evening, 300 miles down the road, I stopped and pulled into a scenic overlook on a mountain pass. I took out my plastic humidor, found my last Fuente that I was saving. I lit it, climbed down out of the cab of the truck, and sat down on a large rock overlooking the valley below. Looking up at the stars I said a prayer. It was a good and a bad day. I smoked my cigar for him! I saved the paper ring off of the cigar, and I'll keep it forever!
Douglas A. Narigon
Hurricane, Utah
Dear Marvin,
Once in a blue moon I smoked cigars and really didn't care about the brand or type of flavor. I just smoked them for the sheer fun of it. All I know is that tobacco has been a big part of my life and my native culture, since we offer them to the spirits with our prayers and ceremonies.
Late last summer while on the set filming the movie, Copland, I had a sudden urge to smoke a cigar. Brad Anderson, who does Sly Stallone's wardrobe styling, was around and I approached him and said, "Brad, I feel like a cigar. I'd like to buy one from you." I didn't know the proper etiquette of asking somebody for a cigar. Anyway, he said no, just let me know when you're ready.
Soon, he asked me if I was ready. Yeah, I said. He drew out his leather-fingered case and started explaining the cigar we were about to indulge in and the ritual that goes with it. This is why I like cigars; the meaning behind every detailed act shows reverence for one's self and to the people who took care of the tobacco seeds to the finished creations of art. It is a thanksgiving.
I believe it was the lunar eclipse that gave birth to the genesis of a passion within me. Like a seed, my interest in cigars grew and now I am enjoying the potpourri of flavors that are offered. I knew that it was just a matter of time before I would claim that I am indeed a cigar aficionado.
Renzo Spirit
Buffalo, New York
Dear Marvin,
While I was on patrol one Saturday morning, experimenting with an Hoyo De Monterrey that I received for Christmas from my brother, a notification came over the radio that a bank was robbed northeast of my location. The dispatcher, via a motor vehicle inquiry, found a pretty good match to the vehicle used in the crime registered to an address southwest of my location. I parked my patrol car in the middle of a fairly large roadway, which I figured the bank robber might use to get home, smoking my cigar and watching traffic. Sure enough, about 40 minutes later, I spotted the car that fit the description perfectly. I was in the middle of a nice draw when I saw him; we made eye contact and I was certain that was the guy. I threw the cigar down and made a U-turn to go after him. He pulled right over--I did not even have my overhead lights on yet--and he was caught. We recovered $11,000 in cash, and at least one other bank robbery was solved after the robber admitted his wrongdoings to the detectives.
Needless to say, the cigar unfortunately went out in the car. I called my brother from the precinct and thanked him for the lucky cigar. The next time I smoke an Hoyo De Monterrey on patrol in my police cruiser, I will be alert and ready for the next bank robbery notification.
Robert S. Coffman
Suffolk County, New York
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Dear Marvin,
I wanted to tell you about a night I will not soon forget. After moving to Fort Collins, Colorado, I found a place where I could do the two things I love to do: talk to new people and enjoy a good cigar, with the best Martinis in Fort Collins at Erott's, a retro-type 1920s-style bar that makes you feel at home. As I was relaxing with a great Ashton Panetela and a twin Gibson Martini, two gentlemen sat down next to me. As I looked over I noticed something very familiar about one of them. It was Tom Jones.
I am 27 years old, and while I was growing up, Mother would melt to hear the music of many of the greats like Elvis and Tom Jones. So for me it was a treat to sit next to someone whom I listened to when I was a kid. My first reaction was to ask for his autograph, knowing how much my mother would love it. She went blind about 10 years ago, but she can still describe people and places with better detail than I. Instead, I amazed myself by letting him just sit and enjoy his cigar. A few minutes later he started talking to me. We talked for a couple of hours like old friends. It's great how a good cigar and a good Martini can bring two different generations together.
Jon Graham
Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Marvin,
I enjoyed your story on James Woods, and I have to tell you that I became a cigar smoker partly because of him.
It was the summer of 1982, in Rome. I was an extra in Sergio Leone's epic, Once Upon a Time in America. Robert DeNiro and James Woods were the main stars. During the last week of June, I rode out to the movie set on the outskirts of Rome each day, ready for a day of shooting. But despite my initial expectations, being an extra in a movie wasn't too glamorous. Squeezed into a tuxedo that felt like a suit of cardboard, I was boiling hot. For much of my 12-hour day I stood around waiting, until interminable preparations were done and cameras were ready to roll.
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Fredi encouraged by Beachy's rehab start at Triple-A
NEW YORK -- Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez was encouraged by the reports he received after Brandon Beachy officially began his Minor League rehab assignment for Triple-A Gwinnett during Friday night's 3-2 win over Toledo.
Beachy totaled 70 pitches while limiting the Mud Hens to two hits and two runs in four innings. He was charged with a wild pitch that scored a run in the second inning and surrendered a fourth-inning leadoff home run.
This was the first time Beachy faced another team since undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right elbow last year. He completed two innings in an extended spring training game last week and was forced to complete three innings in an indoor simulated setting when Gwinett's game was rained out last Sunday.
"His command was a little spotty, but that was the first time he's faced outside competition," Gonzalez said. "He was fine. He's progressing well and we'll just keep him going."
Beachy is aiming to rejoin Atlanta's rotation at some point during the middle of June. He will make his next rehab start on Wednesday.
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The August 11, 2006, issue of Science features a brief article (PDF; subscription required) on "Public Acceptance of Evolution," written by Jon D. Miller of Michigan State University, Eugenie C. Scott of NCSE, and Shinji Okamoto of Kobe University. Reviewing the past twenty years of polling in the United States, Miller, Scott, and Okamoto observe, "After 20 years of public debate, the percentage of U.S.
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For some years there has been an amusing little parlour game called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
The premise is that the 54-year-old Philadelphia-born actor has been so ubiquitous (64 films since 1978) that it will only ever take a maximum six links in the chain from any other actor to return to Kevin Bacon.
So, for example, you start with Robert De Niro and say: "Who starred in Midnight Run?" which had Billiy Smith as Best Boy, who also worked on Lake Placid, which starred Oliver Platt, who worked on Frost/Nixon. Within two shakes of a lamb's tail it's Kevin Bacon time – if butchers will forgive me the mixed meat metaphor.
There is a significant flavour of Six Degrees to the impending UEFA Champions League last-16 contest between two regal European clubs – Manchester United FC and Real Madrid CF. The links between Madrid, Manchester, Sir Alex Ferguson, José Mourinho and this trophy are repetitive, attractive and firm parts of the tie's magical fabric.
Sir Alex owes something of his utter devotion to football to having been at the historic European Champion Clubs' Cup final between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt at Hampden Park in 1960. It took place in his native city, and Glasgow felt like the centre of the world as Ferenc Puskás, Alfredo Di Stéfano and Erwin Stein (nine goals between them) ran riot – young Ferguson, there with brother Martin, was hooked.
We are also within touching distance of the exact 30th anniversary of Ferguson's Aberdeen FC defeating Madrid, under the tutelage of Di Stéfano in his managerial era, in the European Cup Winners' Cup final on 11 May 1983.
Without that quite immense feat it is a reasonable argument that Sir Alex might never have been offered the Old Trafford job. While his determination to nudge Liverpool from the winners' podium (or words to that effect) was a central motor of his early years at United, it is of course a drive to win the 'Cup With The Big Ears' which inspires everyone associated with that club.
Madrid were perhaps United's most thorny opponents in 1968 when Sir Matt Busby followed Celtic FC's triumph the previous year to make the Red Devils England's first European champions.
One-nil, thanks to George Best, and 3-3 were the semi-final scorelines. But the tales from both sets of players about how epic their knockout contest was still echo down the generations and will hover over the Santiago Bernabéu and Old Trafford in the coming weeks.
Then, if you want to skip forward in time a little, which match is partly responsible for the rise and rise of José Mourinho, one of only three men – with Ottmar Hitzfeld and Ernst Happel – to lift the European Cup with two different clubs?
Whether or not it is apocryphal, the story goes that Roman Abramovich was a guest at the epic Manchester United 4-3 Real Madrid UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg at Old Trafford on 23 April 2003.
The Russian, like everyone else privileged enough to observe Ronaldo's sensational hat-trick that night, was totally enthralled and seduced. He was sold on the game just as the young Ferguson had been 42 years before at Hampden, when the same white shirts swamped Eintracht like confetti covers the heroes of a tickertape parade on New York's Lower Broadway.
Within a few months he was Chelsea FC owner, the next summer Mourinho – fresh from winning the 2004 trophy following his FC Porto side's shock elimination of United, one of several remarkable jousts with Sir Alex's teams – was hired and then he eventually emerged at Madrid.
Of course no one should forget that the Merengues also went to Old Trafford and beat Sir Alex's United 3-2 some 13 years ago at a time when, rather like the present, they had slipped way behind the Liga leaders (then RC Deportivo La Coruña). Yet that season of 1999/2000 brought a change of coach from John Toshack to Vicente Del Bosque, and in due course a thrilling victory in the Paris UEFA Champions League final.
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AUSTIN, Texas — State officials who in March feared a repeat of 2008's near-record boating fatality numbers now say a quiet July 4 holiday weekend could put Texas on track for the lowest number of boating deaths in years.
In an effort to make Texas waterways safer, Texas Game Wardens will be adding boats and officers to water safety patrols on busy lakes near the state's major urban areas this weekend.
In 2008, 61 boaters died in Texas, tying the 10-year high (2002). By July 3 last year, the grim count was already at 36 fatalities, with four multiple-fatality accidents. In the same time period this year, 20 boaters have died in Texas with only two multiple-fatality accidents.
"We certainly don't want people to become complacent on the water," said Texas Game Warden Maj. Alfonso Campos, chief of marine enforcement for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "Even one boating fatality is too many, because in almost every instance it could have been prevented. Still, things are looking better this year."
Campos attributed the drop in deaths to stepped-up enforcement of boating safety laws on the water and increased public awareness.
Game wardens also participated in Operation Dry Water last weekend, a coordinated, national weekend of alcohol detection and enforcement aimed at reducing the number of alcohol-related deaths and fostering a stronger and more visible deterrent to alcohol use on the water. The operation netted 16 arrests of drunk boaters.
A "no refusal" weekend on Lake Conroe over the Memorial Day holiday weekend resulted in eight Boating While Intoxicated arrests and more than 100 citations there. No serious accidents and no deaths were reported for the weekend. Another county-wide BWI/DWI enforcement effort is slated for Montgomery County this weekend.
No refusal" weekends employ on-site judges, search warrants and blood draws to gather evidence from individuals suspected of Boating While Intoxicated or Driving While Intoxicated and involve roving, mobile DWI/BWI intoxilyzer units.
Over the July 4 holiday, officials hope to replicate the Lake Conroe results with no refusal weekends in Denton, Tarrant, Grayson, McLennan and Johnson Counties. In the North Texas region that includes Lakes Possum Kingdom, Texoma, Waco, and the entire DFW Metroplex, TPWD law enforcement officers from around the state will join local game wardens for water safety patrols.
The July 4, 2008, holiday weekend saw 20 injuries due to boating accidents, but no fatalities. Campos said that following a few common-sense rules can lower the number of injuries and keep the number of boating deaths over the weekend at zero this year.
"Wear a life jacket. It's required for children under the age of 13 and for operators of personal watercraft (PWCs), but it's a really good idea for anyone," he said. "We also encourage anyone who is using alcohol on the water to designate a sober driver for the boat and for a safe ride home."
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Indiana, meanwhile, is closer to sleeper territory than anyone else in the vicinity, inconsistent as the Pacers remain. Their 17-16 record as of Friday morning doesn't look bad at all when you consider that they've played 19 road games and 10 back-to-backs already, but Jermaine O'Neal sounded less than optimistic when he shared this pearl Thursday night:
"We've had a lot of games this year where we've controlled the game all the way up until the fourth and then lose our damn mind. Why? ... We get up 10 points and we just go ballistic. Sit down and get some tape. Every time we hit a 10-point margin, we go ballistic. I can't understand it for the life of me."
Jamaal Tinsley's decision-making, I'd say, has something to do with it, but I'd still put the O'Neal-Al Harrington-Danny Granger Pacers, with Rick Carlisle at the controls, ahead of the field.
"That's what's pissing me off," Jermaine O'Neal steamed. "We just need to play consistent basketball and we got the East."
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"If I can't take this team to another level, then I truthfully believe that we should go our separate ways at the end of the season."
Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal, clearly frustrated by the Pacers' up-and-down play in a 17-16 start, went on to reveal that he badly wants to stay a Pacer, telling Reggie Miller recently that he doesn't want to leave until he wins the championship that eluded Miller's Pacers, but O'Neal also disclosed that he has an agreement with management to "talk at the end of the season" and determine if a change is best for both parties.
O'Neal, on this scorecard, looks like the least of Indiana's problems, playing the best defense of his life. Inconsistent play at the point, as referenced in Box 1, remains the Pacers' foremost trouble spot. Yet O'Neal acknowledges that he's "going to take the blame" for any struggles and "rightfully so."


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CoPA's 7th Annual Midwest Juried Photo Exhibition
December 6, 2013 – January 17, 2014
Opening Reception: Friday, December 6th from 5 – 9pm with a gallery talk and award presentations by Karen Irvine at 7pm
Closing Reception: Winter Gallery Night, Friday, January 17th from 5 – 9pm
This exhibition is an annual opportunity for Coalition of Photographic Arts members as well as photographers in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa to exhibit their work. This year's juror is Karen Irvine, Curator and Associate Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) at Columbia College, Chicago. She has organized over forty exhibitions of contemporary photography at the MoCP and other institutions and written essays for numerous artist monographs and magazines. Irvine is a part-time instructor of photography at Columbia College Chicago. She received an MFA in photography from FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic, and an MA in art history from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prizes include: 1st Place: $300, 2nd Place: $200, 3rd Place: $100, and a few Honorable Mentions.
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LOS ANGELES -- Healed from his left shoulder injury and excited to play in the lineup after two games off, an admittedly jittery Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki stepped into the pregame batting cage Wednesday and launched a homer to left field, an opposite-way shot to right and another to left for good measure.
Tulowitzki was in the lineup Wednesday night for the deciding game of a set of three against the Dodgers. On Sunday, he sustained a strained rotator cuff of the non-throwing shoulder on a slide into home plate on which he made contact with D-backs catcher Miguel Montero. Tulowitzki and the training staff, wary of a past that has seen Tulowitzki worsen injuries by playing through them, decided on two days off.
"I haven't played a game since this happened, so I can't really simulate some of the swings I'm going to take in the game," Tulowitzki said before the game. "All signs point to I'm going to be fine, but I don't know. I'm anxious to get out there, and I'm a bit nervous. I'll try to be myself."
Any lingering nerves did not appear to bother Tulowitzki once the game began, though, as he doubled in two runs with bases loaded in his first at-bat.
Manager Walt Weiss said before the game: "It was the best-case scenario. After he got hurt in Arizona, just a few days off and he's back out there tonight. It's good to be able to write him in the lineup. He was feeling pretty good yesterday, but it was the right thing to do, give him one more day."
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- BSO Case Number: DR13-06-1998
- PIO Number: 13-7-29
- Date: June 12, 2013
- Time: 3:30 a.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 404 S. Powerline Rd., Deerfield Beach
- Jurisdiction: Deerfield Beach
- Stop N Save Food Store, 404 S. Powerline Rd., Deerfield Beach
- Century News & Tobacco, 1818 W Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield Beach
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A meticulous marauder takes his time pilfering convenience stores in search of cash and hundreds of lottery tickets.
The unidentified burglar methodically gathered almost 1,500 scratch-off lottery tickets, valued at almost $6,600, into neat piles in the early hours on June 12, 2013, in the Stop N Save Food Store in Deerfield Beach. The masked robber was captured on surveillance video during the robbery where he also managed to take $200 from the cash register and the store's laptop computer.
The burglar is believed to be working with an accomplice. He seemed to pause at several points during the burglary as if he were communicating with a lookout. The serial prowler is believed to be involved in four break-ins in northern Broward County and several more in the Boca Raton area.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact BSO Detective Dimos Charoudis at 954-422-5829 or Broward Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or www.browardcrimestoppers.org.
- INVESTIGATORS: BSO Det. Dimos Charoudis, D10/CID
- THIS REPORT BY: Gina Carter/PIO 7/29/13 1350
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Ruth Ann Mest (nee Diliplane) of Mantua, Ohio passed away on November 26, 2012 under hospice care. She was born December 4, 1937 in Reading, PA to Charles and Annie (nee Gift) Diliplane.
She graduated from Boyertown High School in 1955 and married Russell B. Mest, Jr. They moved to Stow, Ohio where she became a mother to four sons. She was active in scouting, Sarah Circle at Trinity Lutheran Church and the Emblem Club of Kent Elks. She worked for Montgomery Ward, then became a florist, retiring from Giant Eagle in Stow.
Survivors are Russell Mest, Jr, her husband of 57 years; sons, Ronald (Melissa) of Mantua, OH, Rodney (Bill) of Houston, TX, Richard (Tracy) of Stow, OH and Robert (Traci) of Bloomington, IN; grandchildren, Josh Mest of Kent, OH, Mathew, Rachel and Michael of Bloomington, IN, Jeff and Joe Whitacre of Stow, OH; brother, Chuck (Linda) Diliplane of Austin, TX; sister, Lucille (Leroy) Gehris of Gilbertsville, PA. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Roxanne.
A memorial service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 600 South Water Street, Kent, OH 44240 on Monday, December 3, 2012 at 4:30 PM, officiated by The Reverend Elizabeth Hazelton. A time of fellowship will immediately follow the service. She will be laid to rest at Oley Cemetery in PA. In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to ChristTrinity Lutheran Church.
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He's way better than Bush or Obama.Now, if we can just hold on, Romney and his crew will fix it all.Look Democrats, America's history is filled with fair and equal opportunities.Republicans set the African slaves and their descendants free, and didn't even have to spend a dime. That's true economic sense.We paid the American Indian for his property with lush green lands and casinos.No one can say we haven't provided the best of America for those born into wealth. Heck, we gave them 79 percent of all of America's goodies.Dang those 40-odd percent. Now, they want fair health care.Republicans are so right. Abortion should be illegal. So should enhancement medications for the aged. Birth control pills should be outlawed; it's a form of restrictive production. Who do those women think they are? We gave them the vote.Parents should take the responsibility for their babies' birth defects. America has branched out to all people of the world to provide cheap production. Jobs exist in America. People have to understand. A job is a job. College graduates and poor alike, have equal opportunities for job advancement in America.It's a dog-eat-dog world out in America. After years of filled with happy memories, it is past time to dine greedily out of the dish of prosperity.Vote Republican, if you dare! Our Constitution cannot work if we let everyone gain independence.Donna WillisInstitute Squirrel babies will die because of DNR actionEditor:I cannot believe the DNR allowed squirrel hunting season to start early. These mother squirrels have young babies who they are feeding. A lot of young squirrel babies will starve to death if their mother is killed. Why not start squirrel-hunting season in October or November?Why be in such a rush to kill these poor, innocent creatures?Devonda DavisBelle God bless America's police officersEditor:I was born and raised in South Charleston. I moved to Darlington, S.C., in 1960, and I've been taking the Gazette-Mail for a while. I read that the state of West Virginia has lost two law enforcement officers, Cpl. Marshall Lee Bailey and Trooper Eric Workman.My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of these men who died in the line of duty. I have two sons who are law enforcement officers in Darlington County.Law enforcement is not an easy job and you don't get paid enough for the risk you have to take.God bless the officers in your state and throughout the nation for what you do.Johnny B. August Darlington, S.C. Bush not at RNC over fiscal policy, war crimesEditor:Why? Why at their National Convention in Tampa did the Republicans not have George W. Bush, who, from 2001 into 2008, they hailed as president of the United States and "Leader of the Free World"? Two reasons leap to mind.First, George W. Bush entered the White House with a handsome federal surplus worked out by bipartisan efforts of Democratic President Bill Clinton and Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich (one of history's top odd-couples). President Bush proceeded to waste this surplus and run up most of our current massive debt by slashing income taxes and borrowing from China and others the enormous sums of money needed to invade and conquer Iraq on the false claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Of course, all the gigantic money needs of our government continued over his eight years in the Oval Office and the interest on the borrowed money still grows.Second, most of the top Nazis convicted at the 1946 Nuremburg War Crimes Trials were found guilty of "planning aggressive war." On that legal principle, George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other Bush cohorts are widely regarded internationally as war criminals for conquering Iraq.No wonder the Republicans did not have George W. Bush at Tampa, beyond being in a brief video with his father. By contrast, when the Democrats met in Charlotte, their two-term President Bill Clinton addressed the convention and was wildly acclaimed.Thomas C. DamewoodCharleston World needs more than carbon-burning industryEditor:John Felmy's view, speaking for the American Petroleum Institute, expressed in Paul Nyden's Oct. 2 article, "Oil and gas producer criticizes tax, environmental policies," is classic near-sightedness. The objective of a corporation is to make money. The objective of a person's life is, by and large, to live well.Felmy looks at life as an economist, ignoring the multitude of other "goods" that the wise person wants. Avoiding toxic materials, leaving resources for one's offspring, both on a personal and social scale, and avoiding loss of an esthetic and reusable environment are basic goals of a good life. Wealth is great, but leaving these things behind doesn't lead to the good life.The problem is a lot larger than the carbon-burning industries suppose. They have been successful in turning whole geologic formations into components of the atmosphere. That is a big part of the problem. More of the same is not the answer, as Felmy seems to suggest. The world needs something different.S. Thomas BondJane Lew Roving patrols better than DUI checkpointsEditor:Maybe it's time for West Virginians to rethink checkpoints. Sobriety checkpoints -- like the one that occurred recently in Charleston -- often fail to make any drunken driving arrests, despite law enforcement officers stopping hundreds of vehicles (CPD to conduct sobriety, child-safety seat checkpoint).A 2009 University of Maryland study found that checkpoints don't have "any impact on public perceptions, driver behaviors or alcohol-related crashes, police citations for impaired driving and public perceptions of alcohol-impaired driving risk."Local police should employ roving -- or saturation -- patrols in which officers patrol the roadways for dangerous drivers. State Supreme Court cases from Pennsylvania and New Hampshire revealed that roving patrols caught 10 times more drunken drivers than checkpoints.According to the FBI, "It is proven that saturation efforts will bring more DUI arrests than sobriety checkpoints."Patrols also stop distracted, speeding, aggressive and drowsy drivers because officers can catch them in the act.Sarah Longwell, managing director, American Beverage InstituteWashington, D.C. Hydraulic fracturing no environmental threatEditor:Anti-hydraulic fracturing activists congregated in Doddridge County to challenge the safety and environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing. The fact is: Hydraulic fracturing has been used safely for more than 60 years.Recent advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have unlocked unprecedented amounts of natural gas. So abundant is natural gas on this continent that there's enough to supply America's electricity needs for the next 575 years at current usage, according to the Institute for Energy Research's North American Energy Inventory. Production of these vast resources is expected to support as many as 6,000 direct jobs for West Virginians by 2014.The discredited film "Gasland" and flawed EPA groundwater studies -- recanted by EPA administrator Lisa Jackson herself -- have resulted in some confusion among the public. Far from an environmental threat, cleaner-burning natural gas was a major contributor to a drop in U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's June energy report.Anxiety evoked by new technology is nothing new. Yet West Virginians should not allow unsubstantiated fear to reverse the train of progress.Tom Pyle, president, Institute for Energy ResearchWashington, D.C. 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