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|Wednesday's Morning Mashup: Curt Schilling accepts ESPN punishment after inflammatory tweet about Muslims
|08.26.15 at 7:50 am ET
Welcome to Wednesday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MLB: Red Sox at White Sox, 8:10 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-FM)
MLB: Astros at Yankees, 1:05 p.m. (MLB Network)
MLB: Twins at Rays, 7:10 p.m. (MLB Network)
MLB: Cubs at Giants, 10L15 p.m. (ESPN)
WNBA: Sparks at Fever, 7 p.m. (NBA TV)
Soccer: UEFA Champions, Manchester United at Club Brugge, 2:30 p.m. (FS1)
— Curt Schilling was removed from ESPN's coverage of the Little League World Series on Tuesday after he retweeted an inflammatory comment about Muslims, and the former Red Sox pitcher — scheduled to join the Dennis & Callahan show at 9:05 a.m. — said he understands it. [UPDATE: Schilling postponed his D&C appearance, indicating he hopes to talk later in the week.]
The tweet featured a graphic with a photo of Adolf Hitler saluting. The text read: IT'S SAID ONLY 5-10% OF MUSLIMS ARE EXTREMISTS. IN 1940, ONLY 7% OF GERMANS WERE NAZIS. HOW'D THAT GO?
Above the graphic was a line that read: The math is staggering when you get to true #'s.
ESPN yanked Schilling and released a statement that read: "Curt's tweet was completely unacceptable and in now way represents our company's perspective. We made that point very strongly to Curt and have removed him from his current Little League assignment pending further consideration."
Schilling removed the graphic and followed with a tweet acknowledging a lapse in judgment, writing: I understand and accept my suspension. 100% my fault. Bad choices have bad consequences and this was a bad decision in every way on my part.
— Michael Vick has gone from one Patriots rival to another, landing with the Steelers after playing for the Jets last season.
The 35-year-old signed a one-year deal Tuesday night to back up Ben Roethlisberger — or serve as a third-stringer behind third-year pro Landry Jones.
|Michael Vick out, Geno Smith back as starting quarterback for Jets
|11.26.14 at 11:39 am ET
Michael Vick's time as starting quarterback of the Jets appears to be over.
The veteran started New York's last three games, but the team announced Wednesday that Geno Smith will get the start at quarterback against the Dolphins on Monday night.
Vick won just one of three games at the helm, most recently losing to the Bills, 38-3, on Monday night. He completed 7-of-19 passes for 76 yards and threw one interception in the blowout. By the third quarter Vick was on the bench in favor of Smith. Vick hurt his wrist and ankle during the game, but reports indicate it was his performance that led to his removal.
Smith's last start came back on Oct. 26 when he threw three first-quarter interceptions on consecutive possessions and was subsequently benched for Vick. In 24 career starts in the NFL, the second-year quarterback has turned the ball over 37 times.
A season after winning eight games, Smith has only one victory as a starter this year, which came in Week 1 against the one-win Raiders.
Coach Rex Ryan said Tuesday that he liked what he saw from Smith when he entered Monday's game.
"He was under duress as well," Ryan said of Smith. "But I thought he came in and showed some poise. I thought at times he did some good things."
|Monday's Morning Mashup: Rex Ryan takes blame after Jets' latest embarrassment
|10.06.14 at 8:04 am ET
Welcome to Monday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MLB playoffs: Nationals at Giants, 5 p.m. (MLB Network)
MLB playoffs: Dodgers at Cardinals, 9 p.m. (FS1)
NFL: Seahawks at Washington, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
NBA preseason: 76ers at Celtics, 7:30 p.m. (CSNNE)
— While the Patriots appear to have righted their ship with Sunday's rout of the Bengals, things are only getting worse for the Jets. In New York's 31-0 loss to the Chargers, Geno Smith was yanked in favor of Michael Vick, but neither quarterback could find the end zone.
Coach Rex Ryan attempted to deflect the blame after his team fell to 1-4.
"First off, I apologize to our fans — those that are left," Ryan said. "This is on one person and that's it. It's certainly not on a quarterback and one individual that way. It's on me. Clearly got outcoached. I thought we had a good plan going in and obviously that wasn't the case."
Added Ryan: "Even if we had Joe Namath, it wouldn't have made a difference."
MASHUP POLL: WIll Jets coach Rex Ryan last the season?
- No, this team is being embarrassed and is desperate for a change (73%, 374 Votes)
- Yes, he's earned enough respect to not get fired midseason (27%, 138 Votes)
Total Voters: 512
Smith, who reportedly missed a team meeting Saturday night because he and a few teammates were at a movie and got confused by the three-hour time change between New York and San Diego, completed 4-of-12 passes for 27 yards and had a 7.6 passer rating when he was pulled at halftime for Vick (9-of-20 for 47 yards).
Smith acknowledged that it was "a pathetic show on my part. I didn't help at any point during the game, so I'm going to look myself in the mirror."
However, Ryan said he still plans to start Smith next Sunday when the Jets host the Broncos, despite the frustrating loss.
"I've never been in a spot like that," Ryan said. "We're scratching, we're clawing, anything we can do, but it seems like — at this stage — like too great a challenge, but I know it's not."
— Multiple reports out of San Francisco indicate Jim Harbaugh will not return to the 49ers after this season, with the relationship between the fiery, opinionated coach and the front office getting worse.
Fox Sports' Jay Glazer said Harbaugh's style has "worn thin" with the organization, adding: "I don't see any way Jim Harbaugh comes back next year as the head coach of the 49ers, even if they hoist the Lombardi [Trophy]."
Team owner Jed York attempted to downplay the rumors Sunday, tweeting: Jim is my coach. We're trying to win a SB not a personality or popularity contest. Any more questions?
Jim is my coach. We are trying to win a SB, not a personality or popularity contest. Any more questions?
' Jed York (@JedYork) October 5, 2014
— Five days after his second arrest for DUI, Michael Phelps announced that he will enter a six-week program to help him "better understand myself." Although he will not swim competitively at least through mid-November, Phelps did not indicate any desire to give up his comeback bid.
"The past few days have been extremely difficult," Phelps said in a statement. "I recognize that this is not my first lapse in judgment, and I am extremely disappointed with myself. I'm going to take some time away to attend a program that will provide the help I need to better understand myself."
Added Phelps: "Swimming is a major part of my life, but right now I need to focus my attention on me as an individual, and do the necessary work to learn from this experience and make better decisions in the future."
Phelps retired from swimming after the 2012 London Olympics with 18 gold medals. He is bidding to compete in the 2016 Rio Games and appeared on track to get back to form.
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On Oct. 6, 1906, which Red Sox player homered in his final at-bat, as he committed suicide before the following season, shortly after he was named manager?
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Tonight was just kind of our night. A lot of things went in our favor. We made a few things happen and that was good. We just have to really give all the credit to the players for the way they played. They're resilient, they're tough and they worked hard this week and they played hard tonight. I'm proud of them for that." — Patriots coach Bill Belichick, after Sunday's 43-17 victory over the Bengals
STAT OF THE DAY: 6 — Quarterbacks in NFL history with 50,000 passing yards, as Tom Brady became the latest during Sunday's victory over the Bengals
'NET RESULTS (mobile users, check the website to see the videos): During the Royals' series-clinching victory over the Angels, Kansas City center fielder Lorenzo Cain makes two impressive catches in the fifth inning.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Chick Stahl
SOOTHING SOUNDS: Kevin Cronin, lead singer of REO Speedwagon, was born on this day in 1951.
|Friday's Morning Mashup: Michael Vick supports Roger Goodell, says commissioner 'doing a great job'
|09.19.14 at 8:22 am ET
Welcome to Friday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MLB: Red Sox at Orioles, 7:05 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-FM)
MLB: Dodgers at Cubs, 2:20 p.m. (WGN)
MLB: Tigers at Royals, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
MLB: Rangers at Angels, 10 p.m. (MLB Network)
College football: UConn at South Florida, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Soccer: Rapids at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
— Roger Goodell has had a target on his back since his mishandling of the Ray Rice situation, but at least one player has his back.
Michael Vick, who was suspended indefinitely by the commissioner in 2007 for his role in running a dogfighting ring but paid his penalty and returned to the NFL in 2009, offered his support for the embattled Goodell.
"I think he's doing a great job,' the Jets backup quarterback said after Thursday's practice. "I think some situations are more complicated than others. You're not going to get it right all the time the first time. These situations that [have arisen] are situations that we never dealt with before. I feel from a PR standpoint, just from a situational standpoint, it's kind of new to everybody."
MASHUP POLL: Should Roger Goodell be disciplined for his poor leadership?
- Yes, he should be fired as it's clear he's not the right person for the job (45%, 46 Votes)
- No, he owned up to his mistake and should not be punished (36%, 37 Votes)
- Yes, he should be suspended but not fired, as overall he's done a good job (19%, 20 Votes)
Total Voters: 103
With a number of NFL players facing domestic abuse issues, Goodell is taking heat for not getting ahead of the situation and being harder on offenders.
"Nobody's perfect," Vick said. "Nobody can make the correct decisions right then and there on the spot when faced with all forms of adversity. So, you've got to give the man a chance. You've got to give him a chance. You've got to give everybody a chance to get it right. And you see that the other teams that are dealing with it now are making the right decisions based on what's happened in weeks prior. So you've got to give people a chance, man. You're not going to get it right on the first time."
Vick said he's looking forward to the league putting this controversy in the past. Of course, that will require the players to behave themselves, which has been a problem of late.
"It's a lot of issues that are taking place. In due time, they'll all be cleaned up," Vick said. "It's kind of hard right now. Hopefully, everything will resume [to] normal the next couple months. We just can't continue to keep feeding into it. Every day there's a new story that's being written about and being talked about. We don't seem to let it go. It'll be all handled. . . . That's what we have lawyers for. That's what you have the commissioner for. You've got to let it die down. Other than that, [if] you keep talking about it, it's going to continue to be an issue."
— Ron Washington, who abruptly resigned as manager of the Rangers two weeks ago, made his first public statement since the move and offered some insight into what was behind it.
"I made a mistake and I'm embarrassed more than I've ever been in my life," Washington said in a 3 1/2-minute statement. "I was not true to my wife, after 42 years. I broke our trust. I'm here today to own that mistake and to apologize to her, and to those I disappointed, and those who have trusted in me, and I let them down."
|Wednesday's Morning Mashup: Michael Vick says Jets QB Geno Smith 'going to to be great'
|08.06.14 at 8:14 am ET
Welcome to Wednesday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MLB: Red Sox at Cardinals, 8:15 p.m. (NESN, ESPN; WEEI-FM)
Little League Baseball: Midwest Regional semifinal, 11 a.m. (ESPN2)
Little League Baseball: Southeast Regional semifinal, 1 p.m. (ESPN2)
Little League Baseball: Midwest Regional semifinal, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
Little League Baseball: Southeast Regional semifinal, 5 p.m. (ESPN2)
Little League Baseball: Southwest Regional semifinal, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Soccer: MLS All-Stars vs. Bayern Munich, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
— Today in Jets blustering news, Michael Vick predicts big things from fellow quarterback Geno Smith, who is heading into his second NFL season.
"He's going to be great," Vick said after Tuesday's practice in Cortland, New York. "He's going to be 10 times better than where he was last year, and I'm looking forward to it."
Coach Rex Ryan sounds like he's ready to see some of that promise come to fruition, especially after the offense failed to score in last weekend's intrasquad scrimmage.
"I want to see some production," said Ryan, whose team opens the preseason Thursday against the Colts. "I think we'll see it. I know [Smith] will have the command. Let's have the production, too."
MASHUP POLL: How many wins will the Jets have this season?
- 8 (36%, 57 Votes)
- 7 (29%, 47 Votes)
- 9 (15%, 24 Votes)
- 6 (9%, 14 Votes)
- 5 or less (8%, 12 Votes)
- 10 (3%, 4 Votes)
- 12 or more (1%, 1 Votes)
- 11 (1%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 160
For his part, Smith said he's matured since last season.
"Physically, I'm bigger and stronger," Smith said. "The mental side of it, I'm not thinking as much, not swimming as much. I have a better grasp of the offense. … Ultimately, it's about proving it on the field, going out there Thursday night and being sharp and having a good showing."
— Johnny Manziel showed some positive signs during his one day with the Browns starters Monday, and on Tuesday he returned to second string behind former Patriots backup Brian Hoyer on the depth chart.
Both players had good practices Tuesday, and coach Mike Pettine has not announced who will start in Saturday's preseason opener against the Lions in Detroit.
"I thought there was some good competition out there," Browns coach Pettine said. "I was glad that the guys responded the way they did."
Added Pettine: "Where you see where Hoyer's ahead is his ability to throw a ball before a guy breaks open, but we certainly see Johnny making strides in that direction."
— College of Charleston basketball coach Doug Wojcik is the latest to be punished for allegedly verbally abusing players, as he was fired by school president Glenn McConnell.
Wojcik's lawyer, however, says the charges against the coach are false and the school is trying to find a way to avoid having to pay him the $1.2 million he is owed for the final three years of his five-year contract he signed after being hired from Tulsa.
"Today's action by the College of Charleston will not bring closure to the College, the basketball program, or the student-athletes and their families," attorney Scott Tompsett said in a statement.
The school produced a 50-page report after conducting interviews with Wojcik, assistant coaches, athletic department staffers and current and former players. The investigation found that it was likely many players believe Wojcik's behavior toward them is "generally insulting and degrading." He allegedly used name-calling such as "dumb," "idiot" and "stupid," made negative comments about players' parents and upbringing, and directed at least one homophobic slur, and likely more, at a player.
Wojcik, 50, guided the Cougars to a 14-18 record last season, their first in the Colonial Athletic Conference. The team reached the Southern Conference tournament final in his first season there.
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On Aug. 6, 2001, which Red Sox player lined into a triple play in the fourth inning of a game against the Rangers at Fenway Park, but then atoned with a grand slam in his next at-bat to rally his team to a 10-7 victory?
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "He is not a doctor. He is a drug dealer." — Mark R. Trouville, chief of the Miami Drug Enforcement Administration office, on former Biogenesis owner Tony Bosch, who was arrested Tuesday
STAT OF THE DAY: 41 — Games this season in which the Red Sox have scored two or fewer runs, following Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Cardinals
'NET RESULTS (mobile users, check the website to see the videos): Indians baserunner David Murphy is thrown out at third base when he sees a ball that was thrown out of the Reds bullpen and thinks it's the game ball.
Yankees second baseman Brendan Ryan deflects a line drive with his glove and then catches it with his bare hand for an out against the Tigers.
The Muppets visit Citi Field to cheer on the Mets, and Kermit and Miss Piggy are caught on the Kiss Cam.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Scott Hatteberg
SOOTHING SOUNDS: Randy DeBarge was born on this day in 1958. Here he is starting off as the lead singer in this performance with his siblings in the group DeBarge.
|NFL roundup: Saints reportedly will release WR Lance Moore
|03.07.14 at 1:40 pm ET
Just a few hours after Lance Moore tweeted an apparent farewell to fans, a source has told ESPN's Adam Schefter that the Saints will release the wide receiver.
Thank you New Orleans for an amazing nine years. Who Dat Nation, the best on earth!!!
' Lance Moore (@LanceMoore16) March 7, 2014
Moore, who has two years left on his contract, was set to make $3.8 million between his salary and bonuses this season. That total included a $500,000 roster bonus that was due to him this month. The team will save between $2.5 million and $3.8 million against this year's cap space.
Due to their decision to put the franchise tag on tight end Jimmy Graham and restricted free agent tender on safety Rafael Bush, the Saints are pushing against the cap. They can create space by releasing more players before free agency begins on Tuesday and by reframing the contracts of other players.
Moore, who had spent the most time with the Saints of anyone on the team's roster and was named the team's Man of the Year in 2012, ranks in the top-five receivers in Saints history in receptions with 346 and touchdown catches with 38 to go along with his 4,281 yards.
— With his team in the hunt for a veteran quarterback, Vikings running back and 2012 NFL MVP Adrian Peterson tweeted his opinion on who should fill the void Wednesday night.
@MikeVick would intently make the vikings a playoff team!
' Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) March 6, 2014
Michael Vick is coming off a season when he played in just six games for the Eagles after he suffered a hamstring injury and lost his job to Nick Foles. Since 2006, the 34-year-old Vick has not started in more than 13 games in a season and, according to ESPN.com, is not a great fit for Minnesota's new offensive coordinator Norv Turner.
|NFL roundup: Dolphins OL Richie Incognito, Jaguars WR Justin Blackmon suspended; Eagles QB Nick Foles ties record
|11.04.13 at 12:11 pm ET
The Dolphins suspended Richie Incognito indefinitely on Sunday for his alleged harassment of Miami offensive lineman Jonathan Martin, who left the team early last week for emotional reasons.
Incognito's suspension, for conduct detrimental to the team, ame three days after the Dolphins' 22-20 overtime win over the Bengals. During that time, specifics of the bullying of Martin became apparent.
EPSN's Adam Schefter revealed that a message left on Martin's phone by Incognito served as the main piece of evidence for his suspension. Incognito also reportedly asked Martin to fund a trip to Las Vegas with teammates. Martin did not go, but he paid $15,000 toward the trip. A lunchroom incident reportedly set off Martin and led to his absence.
Miami selected Martin in the second round of the 2012 draft. The left tackle started all 16 games last season and the team's first seven games this year.
Incognito joined the Dolphins in 2010, and is a member of Miami's six-player leadership council. Controversy has followed Incognito in his nine-year NFL career. Last year, a Sporting News player poll had Incognito as the second-dirtiest player in the NFL. In 2009, Incognito and then-Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo got into a verbal confrontation on the sideline, and St. Louis waived him a few days later. He missed the entire 2004 college season at Nebraska for off-field issues.
'¢ Apparently, Justin Blackmon did not learn his lesson.
Just one month after serving a four-game suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy, Blackmon was suspended again on Sunday, this time for at least the duration of season. He's eligible to file for reinstatement prior to the start of next season.
|NFL roundup: Eagles QB Michael Vick, Redskins QB Robert Griffin III injured; Lions WR Calvin Johnson nearly sets record
|10.28.13 at 11:44 am ET
Michael Vick found himself in a position that's becoming increasingly familiar midway through the Eagles' loss to the Giants on Sunday: seated on the bench with an injury.
Vick exited in the second quarter of the 15-7 loss with a hamstring injury.
After the game, Vick explained that he felt a 'pop' in his left hamstring, which he originally injured in Philadelphia's first matchup with the Giants in Week 5. That injury forced him to miss Week 6 and 7.
It's unclear exactly when the aggravation occurred, although Vick looked hampered from the opening drive.
Backup quarterback Matt Barkley entered the game with 2:24 remaining and Philadelphia trailing 12-0. Vick left throwing the ball 6-for-9 for 30 yards and one interception, which came on the team's first drive.
Vick started Sunday in place of the injured Nick Foles, who had replaced Vick the last two weeks. In six games, Vick has thrown for 1,215 yards, a 54.6 completion percentage, five touchdowns and three interceptions, and run for 308 yards on 34 attempts.
'¢ After tearing his right ACL last season, Robert Griffin III appears to have dodged a bullet, as he said after Sunday's game that the left knee injury that forced him out of the Redskins' 45-21 loss to the Broncos is not serious.
With less than five minutes left in the game, Griffin was driven to the ground by defensive tackle Terrance Knighton while attempting a pass, and Knighton landed on Griffin's knee.
|Tuesday's Morning Mashup: Jets fan who hit female Patriots fan ID'd as ex-con who killed man
|10.22.13 at 8:07 am ET
Welcome to Tuesday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
NHL: Predators at Wild, 8 p.m. (NBCSN)
NBA preseason: Wizards at Pistons, 7:30 p.m. (NBA TV)
NBA preseason: Jazz at Lakers, 10:30 p.m. (NBA TV)
College football: Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas State, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
Soccer: UEFA Champions, Barcelona at AC Milan, 2:30 p.m. (FS1)
'¢ The Jets fan who was caught on videotape punching a female Patriots fan in the face was identified as an ex-con from New York named Kurt Paschke.
The New York Daily News reported that Paschke, 38, served three years in prison in the 1990s for fatally stabbing another man in 1992 outside a pizza parlor. Both Paschke and the victim were 17 at the time.
An unidentified relative of stabbing victim Henri Ferrer told the paper that Paschke's father is a Long Island-area policeman.
"He's dangerous and he thinks he's untouchable because he's the son of a police officer," the relative said. "He got away with murder."
Added Ferrer's father: "Anybody else would probably get arrested for that fight [at the Jets game]. As far as I'm concerned, he should spend quite a few years in jail. That's what he deserves."
In the video that made the rounds on the Internet Monday, Paschke is seen punching a woman the Daily News identified as Boston-area resident Jaclyn Nugent.
Paschke's mother claims her son, who has Jets season tickets, was protecting her during the fight at MetLife Stadium. She blamed the Patriots fans for antagonizing them throughout the game and starting the brawl.
"He's the victim, really," Colleen Paschke said. "He was just concerned for his mother and himself."
'¢ A Forbes magazine poll of 1,100 people 13 and older determined that Eagles quarterback Michael Vick remains the most disliked NFL player, while Patriots QB Tom Brady checks in at No. 8.
Vick, who was released from prison four years ago after serving 19 months for his role in a dog-fighting ring, was named by 53 percent of respondents to finish 5 percentage points ahead of Chargers rookie linebacker Manti Te'o, the Heisman Trophy runner-up from Notre Dame who was involved in a bizarre story involving a fictitious girlfriend. Next on the list is oft-penalized Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh at 43 percent.
The rest of the top 10 consists of Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger (40 percent), injured Jets QB Mark Sanchez (40), Bears QB Jay Cutler (33), Cowboys QB Tony Romo (32), Brady (25), Cardinals QB Carson Palmer (24) and Lions running back Reggie Bush (22).
'¢ New 76ers coach Brett Brown said Monday that he doubts first-round draft pick Nerlens Noel will play at all this season. Noel, who hails from Everett, tore his ACL during his lone season at Kentucky. Four months later, he was drafted sixth overall by Philadelphia, which apparently is willing to be patient.
"I doubt, everybody doubts that he's going to play this year," Brown said. "We don't want to waste this year. I think from a skill perspective, it's an opportunity for us to break down his shot, really work on his free throws and start a little bit from ground zero."
Noel's agent, Andy Miller, insisted Noel's plans are undetermined for this season.
"There have been no decisions made at this time," Miller said. "He has been doing his rehab vigorously."
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On Oct. 22, 1975, the Red Sox lost Game 7 of the 1975 World Series to the Reds, 4-3 [Editor's note: corrected score]. Which rookie pitcher surrendered the game-winning run in the top of the ninth?
|NFL roundup: Josh Freeman to Vikings; Matt Schaub benched by Texans
|10.07.13 at 2:11 pm ET
Josh Freeman finally received the fresh start he desired.
After a disappointing 7-9 record last year, and an 0-4 start to this season, Freeman is out of Tampa Bay, as the Vikings agreed to sign the free agent quarterback to a one-year, $3 million contract Sunday night.
Freeman narrowed his list of teams to Minnesota, Buffalo and San Francisco, according to CBSSports.com, but ultimately chose Minnesota.
The Buccaneers released Freeman, who was in the middle of his fifth season with the team, on Thursday, a week after benching him for rookie Mike Glennon.
Turmoil between Freeman, and the organization, and particularly coach Greg Schiano, set in early this season.
The Freeman-Schiano feud began when Freeman, a team captain for three straight years, was not voted one in 2013. Rumors swirled that Schiano rigged the vote so that Freeman would not be captain, a rumor that Schiano vehemently denied. Then, one day after Freeman was declared inactive for Tampa Bay's Week 4 loss against the Cardinals, ESPN reported that Freeman entered the NFL's drug program as a Stage 1 participant.
Off-field issues aside, Freeman's fledgling play on the field played a large role in his demise with the Bucs.
In three starts this season, Freeman completed just 45.7 percent of his passes, for 571 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions. In his previous four years as Tampa Bay's starting quarterback, Freeman never reached the playoffs and posted a 24-33 record.
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Teammates happy to see Stubbs end skid
Teammates happy to see Stubbs end skid
Until that hit, Stubbs was in a 0-for-32 stretch. That was the longest skid by a Reds position player since Willy Taveras was 0-for-32 in 2009. Dennis Menke in 1973 was the last Reds hitter to reach 0-for-33 and Bobby Adams in 1954 was the last non-pitcher from Cincinnati to reach 0-for-34.
"All the guys are pulling for him big time," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "You hate to see anybody struggle like that. He hit a bullet down to the third baseman earlier. We started seeing some positive signs and then he hit that ball to right-center. What a relief for him and for us too."
Stubbs, who was back in the second spot of the Reds lineup Saturday, came in batting .214 and 4-for-39 (.103) in 12 games since returning from a stint on the disabled list with a strained left oblique.

subset: commoncrawl


text: I will not be blogging anything of my own today considering I am working on my dissertation. However, I did not want to leave you without any food for thought for today. HERE is a link to a post by Chris Brady on his reasoning for not using the term "myth" in his series on Genesis 1-2. I feel like I have been linking to Chris's posts a lot here lately, but the series on Genesis has just been so good. And, it has sparked a lot of dialogue with John Hobbins, Daniel McClellan, and now Alan Lenzi among others. The recent dialogue has really brought out some important issues of how scholars should speak with general audiences. When speaking or writing for a general audience, should scholars use the word "myth" and try to make sure that people understand that term properly (i.e. it doesn't necessarily mean that something is false)? Or, should they jettison the term because of misunderstandings that people have about it? I have tended to use the term, but to try to make sure that people I am speaking or writing for understand it properly; however, I can understand the opposing view.


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3M, in partnership with Discovery Education, has launched the 2016 Young Scientist Challenge.
Now in its 18th year, the contest calls for students in grades 5-8 to submit a short video demonstrating an innovation that could provide a solution to an everyday problem. A panel of judges will select 10 finalists who will then be paired with a 3M scientist to create an invention that solves the problem they identified.
The 10 finalists will receive US$1,000 and a three-day trip to 3M's Innovation Center in St. Paul, MN. The winning student will receive $25,000 along with the opportunity to attend the taping of a Discovery Network TV show.
To learn more about the Young Scientist Challenge, click here.


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Whee for our perfect catch that goes just right with the fish & chips at a promotional price of additional RM 7.99 – with mushroom soup & drinks ( Coke / Sprite ) . Not watery at all – and quite good to start off your meal before the chips come frying !
Fish lovers , savour this much ! 😀 Tasty deep fried fish that doesn't have the fishy taste and the fish meat is slices after slices . Tastes damn good with the sauce & not forgetting the fries !
See the fish meat slice after another ? Still missing the fragrance and the texture with sweet tomato ketchup to merge with the taste !!!!!
And did we mention almost everyone ordered the same dish ?! Guess the chef just cooks 'em in bulk for all the orders !
The little history about Manhattan Fish Market , else we won't be here sitting in this today !
Nice restaurant and the staff speak quite good english , so don't worry about the communications barrier !
Waves to my bill . Quite ok lah , compared to SG for sure . But one thing is that the ice lemon tea doesn't taste like one – no flavour and the taste isn't there – its tooooo watery !!!!!!
And sorry if i didn't manage to convince you to get yourself onto one because 1. i'm not a food blogger and 2. I'm not paid for this post to convince you . But picture does tell a thousand word , so head down yourself while promotion ends on 8 APRIL 2011 at RM 6.99 ONLY for its Fish & Chips Dine-in only !
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With numbers, size, speed outlook looks bright for 2011 Warriors
WILLMAR -- After a 2-7 campaign in 2010, the Ridgewater College football program has rebounded with what looks like one of its finest teams in a decade.
The roster is nearly 70 strong; there's size, speed, experience, and best of all, the coaches will tell you, "a great attitude and willingness to work to be better football players."
So far, it's just a promising reality show in the making. Today the Warriors go live for the first time against someone other than teammates.
Kickoff is at 11 a.m. today at St. Cloud State against the Itasca Vikings, part of the two-day MCAC Kickoff Classic.
"This is a committed, mature and coachable bunch," said head coach Rob Baumgarn, a former Warrior from Montevideo beginning his sixth season at the helm. "These guys have checked their ego at the door and are working to be better football players. It's so refreshing for us coaches."
Baumgarn admits he's optimistic. Nineteen sophomores are the anchor.
The offensive line is huge but the quarterbacking is all first year.
"We'll rely on the defense to keep us in games (early in the season)," said Baumgarn. "The big thing is to just cut down on turnovers. That killed us last season."
Line: Cody Collins and Chad Anderson, out of Yellow Medicine East, are each 6-foot 4 and scale 300 pounds. The same is said for backup Alex Butler. Bryant Helgeson (Dawson), also competing for time, is also 6-4, but a slim 235 pounds by comparison.
The guards are Steven Galloway (5-10, 270) and David Marvel (6-0, 255), both out of Plant High School in Tampa, Fla. Michael Schultz (6-2, 275) comes out of Chatfield High School. Hank Roth out of New London-Spicer can spell at both center and guard. Tabor Elliot can also go at both spots. Dylan Salisbury (6-3, 275) also is available.
Starting tight end Anton Bedeaux out of Robbinsdale Cooper is back. At 6-4, 250 pounds he's an inviting target over the middle and a powerful blocker. D.J. Schrupp (6-4, 270) backs up and will come in for the double tight set on short yardage.
Running backs: Davontay Stevens (169 carries, 656 yards, 3.88 yards-per-carry) returns after an All-MCAC freshman season. He's slimmed down providing the Jacksonville, Fla., product a "burst of speed" he didn't show last year. "And he's also a great blocker," adds Baumgarn.
There's a wealth of talent looking for snaps behind Stevens: Fabian Forest, Earl Youman, Batemly Exil, Tremaine Scott and Gabe Kromah. Exil was at Ellsworth, Iowa, CC.
Fullbacks: Nathanial Swoyer will be starting on the same field where he was a starting linebacker for the Cardinals the past three falls. He also ran short-yardage fullback which prepared him for his role as a Warrior. Baumgarn describes him as a smart, physical player who adapts easily to any offensive set. Tyrell Martin can play tailback or fullback; Jon Solum, from Paynesville, is also a prospect here.
Quarterback: A luxury for the Willmar-based team -- four deep, all freshmen. Trevor Nystrom "throws a great ball" and has been pegged as starting QB from the start. Multi-faceted Cody Jaeger, who will do the punting, is pushing Nystrom. He throws well on the run, but the former Benson Brave needs time to adjust to speed of the college game. Sam Graham, 6-4, 200 pounds, has good size but needs time to "polish his skills." Andrew Geiger has a future, but he's limited by coming out of a running offense at Sleepy Eye Public.
Wide receiver: This is a blitz-happy league so the QB must be able to take advantage of gaps in the defense left by a charging safety or linebacker. The receiving corps is deep, tall and can run after the catch. Using his speed and cuts, Keante Johnson (44 catches, 522 yards, 3 touchdowns) posted the best stats in the state last year. Elijah Lee, the tall Iowan is back. He can use his height (6-4) and reach to bring in looping passes to the end zone. Jake Bothun (28-367-2) is a tough sure-handed slot back from Dawson-Boyd.
The list of prospects here is long: Treyvon Smith, Adam Eyton, Barrett Blake, Austin Ashburn and Ty Flizen, plus Booker Thurmond, who is coming back from a lacerated hand sustained in the preseason.
With so much depth at both running back and wide receiver it seems likely someone will emerge over a nine-game schedule as a prime backup with star potential.
Tackles: Henry Hankerson is a 6-2, 290-pound freshman out of Palm Beach, Fla. And Dominic Williams weighs in at 275 pounds on a 6-1 frame. "Tough and big yet they can move," says Baumgarn. There's depth and ability here that Ridgewater hasn't had in many seasons, if ever. Competition for playing time has been intense. Looking to rotate in is Tyler Tabatt out of Sartell, Connor Doyle from Hopkins, Estimhile Wadensky, also out of Plant HS in Tampa, and Taurean Mulkey from Jacksonville.
Defensive ends: Rob Diane (DEE-ahn-ee) is back and prime all-state material. Baumgarn calls him the most dynamic defensive end he's had. He compares his rush to that of Craig Gardner, the sack master out of BOLD two years ago, but Diane is stronger against the rush. Tyler Minkel is slated for the other end. He's out of BOLD and spent 2010 at NDSU where he redshirted. He's had some knee problems early but is expected to be ready. Back-ups are 6-8 Johnnie Miller, 6-7 Dominic Williams and 6-5 Brandon Doering.
Linebackers: Ridgewater deploys three linebackers. Rodney Lamar gets to the ball quickly and wraps up. He switched schools after the head coaching change at Rochester and had a friend up here. Jon Cross led the division with 91 tackles last fall. Harry Cardor, from New Roads, La., returns. Opponents may find it very hard to squeeze out yards against Ridgewater's front seven. There's good depth, too, with Josh Boyda, Brad Portner and Rob Revermann, out of NLS. Melvin Kromah is a sophomore that will help here and elsewhere.
Secondary: The defensive backfield also overflows with savvy players, many worthy of a starting role. Brandon Krona, 5-8, 170 out of Washburn, is the leader in the secondary. He's physical and fast. He's also the team leader, without question, said Baumgarn. Jamie Fields, also out of Washburn, is in his second year. Elijah Swen could start here, too, or at safety. He's a returnee and the also the returning place-kicker. There are 14 prospects for four spots in the secondary. Time will sort out the backups and part-time players. All will likely see action on special teams. Daryl Thomas is a top returning talent at both linebacker and safety. Andrico Rolle will also see time at safety. Baumgarn, the offensive coordinator, credits defensive coordinator Jim Mitteness and assistants Ken Heitzman and Luke Haugen with an outstanding job in shaping the 2011 defense.
Special teams: Jaeger will punt with Thomas the backup, Swen kicks extra points, field goals and kickoffs. Keante Johnson returns kickoffs and punts with Cory Smith, Treyvon Smith and Swen also returning punts and kickoffs. Look for Johnson to break a kickoff or punt early in the season.
Itasca outlook
The Vikings won last year, but finished no better than Ridgewater -- each 1-3 in their division and 2-7 overall.
Coach Dan Mell lists two returning starters on each side of the ball. This is the first of four inter-divisional games to start the season. Each win is worth a point while Southern Division wins count as two points. Ridgewater's home opener is next Saturday, hosting Mesabi Range at 2 p.m.
The game will be played on the turf at Huskies Stadium overlooking the Mississippi River on the St. Cloud State University campus.
Two MCAC games were played Friday and four today. The Warriors-Vikings tilt will be followed by Mesabi Range-Fergus Falls, Vermilion-Minnesota West and Fond du Lac-Central Lakes.
Rochester defeated Central Lakes in the state championship game last November. The top two teams in each division advance to the MCAC semifinal-round.


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Created by Edo Kriegsmann, the Automatic LED Stair Lighting is the first in a series of DIY interactive furniture tutorials that will be posted on YouTube. What I like about this particular project is that the lights automatically go on as soon as you put pressure on a step.
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March 6, 2012
NOTE: The effective date has been changed to May 20.
Thank you for the input regarding the May service proposal for Links 3, 13, 37, 45, 46W, 55, 56, 125 and PickUpLine 621.
If the LYNX Board of Directors pass the proposal it will become effective May 20.
Effective May 20
- Link 3 – Lake Margaret (Orange County) – Travel time between Lake Margret Drive/Conway Road and Dixie Belle Drive/Gatlin Avenue will be reduced by four minutes. Travel time between Dixie Belle Drive/Gatlin Avenue and Curry Ford Road/Chickasaw Trail will be increased by four minutes.
- Link 13 – University of Central Florida (UCF) (Orange County) – Routing realignment between Colonial Drive and Bennett Road. Link 13 will no longer enter the Orlando Central Business Park via Woodcock Road/Lawton Road. The Link will remain on Maguire Road.
- Link 15 – Curry Ford Road/Valencia College East (Orange County) –All trips to LYNX Central Station (LCS) will depart Valencia College (VC) East 15 minutes earlier.
- Link 21 – Carver Shores (Orange County) – Travel time towards LCS between Sand Lake Commons and Turkey Lake Road/Hollywood Way will be reduced by five minutes. Travel time between the Washington Shores SuperStop and LCS will be increased by five minutes.
- Link 36 – Lake Richmond (Orange County) – Travel time on the last three evening trips towards LCS between Prince Hall Boulevard/Bruton Boulevard and the Orange County Corrections Facility have been reduced by two minutes.
- Link 37 – Pine Hills/Florida Mall (Orange County) – To improve connectivity with Link 301 one northbound trip departing from VC West will be added at 4:30 a.m.
- Link 41– SR 436 (Orange County/Seminole Country) – Northbound travel time from Dixie Belle Drive/Gatlin Avenue to Semoran Boulevard/Curry Ford Road will be reduced by five minutes. Travel time from Semoran Boulevard/Curry Ford Road to Semoran Boulevard /Colonial Drive will be increased by five minutes. Additionally, buses will lay over at Dixie Belle Boulevard/Gatlin Avenue instead of Orlando International Airport.
- Link 46W – West State Road 46/Seminole Towne Center (Seminole County) –Three early morning trips operating southbound from Central Florida Regional Hospital will be added at 5:14, 5:45 and 6:15 a.m.
- Link 55 – West U.S. 192/Four Corners (Osceola County) – Major schedule adjustment. Service will operate every 40 minutes 5:30 a.m.-11:29 a.m. and 7-8:30 p.m. Service will operate every 30 minutes 11:30 a.m.-6:59 p.m.
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- Link 104 – East Colonial (Orange County) – Additional time has been added to each trip. The route will now depart from LCS Bay T and at :15 and :45.
- Link 125 – Silver Star Road Crosstown (Orange County) – Route realignment near Florida Hospital. Routing from LYNX Central Station (LCS) will change from East Rollins Street/Alden Road/Princeton Street to East Rollins Street/Orange Avenue/Princeton Street. Routing to LCS will be consistent with the outbound routing. This change will facilitate transfers between Links 102 and 125.
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Movie time! It's been a while since I recommended a movie, probably because I haven't had time to watch much. But alas...I have a movie recommendation and it's a good one because it's actually adapted from a book. Holla! Also, I should shout out to Laggies which is another great indie flick with a superb romance. But...it's time for the ultimate recommendation today: Love, Rosie.
5 Reasons Why You Should Watch
Love, Rosie
Based on the 2004 novel Where Rainbows End by Ceclia Ahern, Love, Rosie tells the story of childhood best friends Rosie and Alex. They literally are soulmates but just can't seem to have the right luck to make it work. It's more of a saga, stretching from their childhood days to college and to adulthood. Think of it like the movie One Day but kinda better.
5. FRIENDS TO LOVERS. Hello my favorite kind of romance ever! I love when the best friends have soulmate connection and Rosie and Alex have just that.
4. SAM CLAFLIN. He is sexiness all the way. And watching him grow from a teenager (he seriously looked like a teen) to an adult was kind of heart-wrenching. Plus, this...
3. LILY COLLINS. I know there are some intense Lily Collins fans. Honestly, I never understood it. I am here to tell you -- I get it. I finally get it. I LOVE her. She was breath and life in this movie. So fantastic. And her comedic timing is on point.
2. SOOOO MANY EMOTIONS. I haven't read the book, so it was all really surprsing. Yes, this isn't the most original rom com ever. BUT I can forgive it for the brilliant acting and the believable romance. Because when the main duo have chemistry it beats out 99% of all other rom coms. Which brings me to...
1. THE CHEMISTRY. Was perfect. From the moment Alex and Rosie looked at one another, I believed it. It's hard to think that Lily Collins "supposedly" dated Jamie Campbell Bower in real life and has ZERO chemistry in The City of Bones, but for Love, Rosie she had 100% chemistry with Sam Claflin and as far as I know, they've never been together. I would re-watch this movie just for this pair. It was beautiful and painful and perfect.
If I've convinced you, then watch the trailer below and see for yourself.


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By Radio.com Staff
Cage the Elephant have announced their fourth studio album, Tell Me I'm Pretty, which will be released on December 18th.
The album was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, and recorded at his Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville.
Related: Interview: Cage The Elephant Already Working On New Music
"With this record, we wanted to be more transparent," said singer Matt Shultz in a prepared statement. "We wanted to capture the sentiment of each song, and whatever emotional response it provoked, to be really honest to that."
The majority of the songs on the album were recorded in one take in an effort to capture the band's live energy.
The LP will be the band's follow up to 2013's Melophobia, which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Alternative Album.


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Quitting Smoking: Coping With Cravings and Withdrawal
What is an Actionset?
It's not easy to quit smoking. The nicotine in cigarettes is addicting. Your body craves it because it makes you feel good.
So when you try to stop smoking, you go through nicotine withdrawal. You feel awful, and you may worry about gaining weight. You get cranky and anxious. It can be hard to sleep.
You're not the only one. Most people feel bad when they try to quit. The hardest part is not reaching for a smoke to feel better. Use the tips in this Actionset to help you cope. The information also applies if you use chew or snuff.
Talk with your doctor
Your doctor can prescribe medicines that can get you through withdrawal. Together, you can plan the best way to use nicotine replacement products. This may be varenicline (Chantix) and the nicotine patch. Or it may be the nicotine patch plus gum for those times you need something more.
If you have questions about this information, print it out and take it with you when you visit your doctor. You may want to mark areas or make notes in the margins where you have questions.
Nicotine withdrawal can make you grouchy, angry, stressed, and anxious. You may feel hungrier than you did when you were smoking. You may have trouble concentrating, feel restless, and have problems sleeping. You may also feel depressed and crave cigarettes.
The symptoms are worst during the first week or so and may last a few weeks. For some people, the first month can be hard.
Test Your Knowledge
When you try to quit smoking, you crave cigarettes. You may feel sad and depressed. Or you may feel grouchy and angry or have trouble concentrating and dealing with stress.
The symptoms of nicotine withdrawal are your body's way of begging for more nicotine.
When you smoke for a long time, your brain learns to depend on nicotine to help you do things. It helps you concentrate, control your anger and hunger, and relax, for example. In fact, nerve cells in your brain have changed. They are different from those of nonsmokers.
When you stop smoking, your brain has to relearn how to do the things nicotine helped you do. Until it does, you may have trouble concentrating and controlling your anger. You may be hungrier and more stressed than when you smoked.
Test Your Knowledge
Cigarette cravings and withdrawal symptoms are your body's way of begging for more nicotine. Smoking a cigarette might make you feel better for a short time, but your body would continue to crave more nicotine.
Get counseling or other support
Don't try to do it alone. Your doctor can help you learn about medicines or about how to use nicotine replacement therapy. And a support group can keep you on track and motivated. People who use telephone, group, or one-on-one counseling are more likely to stop smoking. Counselors can help you with practical ideas to avoid common mistakes and help you succeed.
Reduce stress
Many people smoke because nicotine helps them relax. Without the nicotine, they feel uptight and grouchy. But there are better ways to cope with these feelings, and they help you resist cigarette cravings. Try these ideas:
These ideas can help you relax. But it's also good to figure out the cause of your stress. Then, learn how to change the way you react to it.
Be more active
Physical activity may help reduce your nicotine cravings and relieve some withdrawal symptoms. It doesn't have to be intense activity. Mild exercise is fine.1 Being more active also may help you reduce stress and keep your weight down.
When you have the urge to smoke, do something active instead. Walk around the block. Head to the gym. Do some gardening or housework. Take the dog for a walk. Play with the kids.
Get plenty of rest
If you have trouble sleeping, try these tips:
Eat healthy foods
Quitting smoking increases your appetite. To avoid gaining weight, keep in mind that the secret to weight control is eating healthy food and being more active.
For more on eating and smoking, see Quitting Smoking: Dealing With Weight Gain.
Reduce demands on your time and energy
Quitting smoking can be harder if you have a lot of work or family demands.
Get counseling or other support
Don't try to do it alone.
Use a stop-smoking medicine
Medicines can help you deal with nicotine withdrawal and cigarette cravings. Most medicines also help prevent weight gain. Research shows that they more than double your chances of quitting for good.2
For more on using medicine, see Quitting Smoking: Should I Use Medicine?
Read how others manage
Many people try to quit smoking many times before they can stop for good.
Research shows that you'll be more successful if you get help. Here's how a few people finally managed to quit.
It took Michael seven tries to quit smoking.
"It's awful. My craving for cigarettes was very, very strong," he says. "You just become so frustrated. You feel all this pent-up energy and don't know how to relieve it.
"And you could just go to the corner store and buy a pack and end the misery. ... That's what I would end up doing."
He finally managed to quit by using nicotine patches. He's been smoke-free for nearly 4 years.
Eric had his first cigarette when he was 12. By age 23, he was tearing through a pack and a half a day.
He tried quitting "cold turkey." He tried nicotine gum. Neither worked for him. So he tried nicotine patches.
The patches made him feel sick for a few days. The first week without cigarettes felt like torture, because his cravings were so strong. But when he started using gum along with the patch, the cravings became bearable. In 5 weeks, he had managed to stop smoking.
Test Your Knowledge
A lot of smokers light up when they're stressed. They say that a cigarette helps them relax. But taking a brisk walk or doing some other physical activity is a much healthier way to deal with stress.
You've learned how to deal with the side effects of nicotine withdrawal. Quitting smoking is tough, so if you feel yourself slipping, be sure to ask for help.
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97.1 is reporting that Dontrelle is not pitching tonight due to illness, Brad Thomas makes the start instead.
Read the post game wrap-up: Wins in unexpected places
The Tigers have dropped 4 straight series openers. They've dropped the first two games of each of their last two series. The Tigers will turn to Dontrelle Willis to draw this Rangers series even.
Willis was quite good his last time out allowing just 4 hits and 2 walks in a 6 inning loss to the Angels. Willis faced the Rangers once last year in what was one of the more memorable games of the season. Willis pitched into the 7th inning and only gave up a hit and 2 walks while fanning 5.
The Tigers were set to face Rangers starter Scott Feldman last night before he was scratched due to a lingering illness. That means I get to copy and paste last night's stuff.
Scott Feldman went 7 innings in his first 2 starts, but didn't make it out of the 3rd in his latest outing against the Yankees. He faced the Tigers once last year and Detroit got to him for 6 runs in 2.1 innings. Granderson did the bulk of the damage hitting homers in each of the first 2 innings.
Detroit Tigers at Texas Rangers – April 24, 2010 – MLB.com Preview
97.1 is reporting that Dontrelle is not pitching tonight due to illness, Brad Thomas makes the start instead.
Naturally since he is sick the entire interwebs is re-heating with Willis bash party. I mean never mind that we are almost 20 games in to the season and in 2010 Dontrelle Willis has less walk and a lower ERA than JUSTIN VERLANDER!
I'm not saying D-Train is going to sweep the Cy Young voting this year, but it's obvious that for right now he is pitching a lot better then pretty much everyone expected, and I'd rather see him on the mound than Brad Thomas.
oh dear, brad thomas…….
Couldnt they bring up Galarraga…I dont know the last day he pitched but I heard he has some life to his pitching. Well again…Well at least against minor leaguers. I hope I'm wrong but this sounds disasterious…
I am guessing this was pretty last minute and there was no time to bring anybody up. Plus, Willis might be ready to go in the next few days. Therefore you do not have to mess with the roster, but who knows?
If they bring somebody up, somebody else has to either go down or on the DL.
Willis saw Boesch was batting fifth and decided to get food poisoning. He may be a head case, but he isn't stupid.
There goes Thomas' no-hitter.
and the shutout.
Well the good news is: the Rangers hit about 50 rockets that inning but we're only down 2-0.
Even Nate The Great gave up 2 runs in the 1st inning.
Can Dontrelle Willis make it to his third May with the Tigers and still have only one win? Stay tuned!
Let's think long range here…Cabrera will probably be on the All-Star team this season. And he could very well take part in the Home Run Derby. And we may have identified somebody good to serve up some hittable stuff…so there's that…
I can't believe you would bunt against Thomas!!!
man, this is getting ugly. Thomas isn't fooling anybody and there's nothing Jimmuh can do. Take one for the team, Brad.
Everything is properly aligned in the universe again tonight…..the Tigers are behind early in the game.
i hate brad thomas so much
lol at that fist pump, huge accomplishment for mr thomas right there
Just saw Bonine up throwing and I'm a little surprised he didn't get the start seeing as how he's actually started a game at the major league level in the last 4 years.
Apparently the Rangers struggle against lefties, but they hadn't faced Brad Thomas yet.
Bonine is up in the pen ….. he sure is getting a lot of innings.
If Jackson keeps striking out trying to hit ….might as well try bunting!
hey, look, a ball game! Please put Bonine in, Jimmuh, we can still win this one!
johnny bee good.
Rangers announcers going on and on about Inge as if he is Paul Bunyan. Did you know he can hit a golf ball 400 yards? Did you know he can long toss accurately from 300 feet? Did you know he has a career OPS of .700, frighteningly low for a starting AL third baseman?
Ok, I added the last one.
I never would have guessed…
He also sleeps standing up with his eyes open and pilots the team plane…
wowwy. that was pretty cool.
Epic fail for Rangers Defense. Errors like that are inexcusable. Go Tigers!
The Tigers have sure played in some ugly games so far this year.
Ummm…OK…works for me.
Is this the game where the fload gates open for the Tigers?
Feldman lookss freaking terrible. How is this guy their #1 starter?
Feldman will always be the bizarro world Kramer to me.
Migs is the best….another league leading RBI!
This is why they play the games. I'm sure this would be a 12-2 Rangers win via a computer mock-up, but now looking like, uh, a 13-11 Tigers win.
Migs can motor on the base paths too……is he God or what!
We scored 8 runs so far. I'm not happy at about this at all. I want to see some home runs. Doubles just aren't cutting it for me anymore. LOL.
No kidding! You'd think somebody could at least hit for the cycle! What a bunch of losers!
Any updates on Adam Everett? I didn't see what happened. Did it look bad?
Mild strain. Day to day.
Wow. What a catch by Jackson. That makes up for the poor play he made earlier.
Very nice job by Bonine. He allowed just 2 baserunners and got 9 ground ball outs.
When Jackson has made some of his more impressive catches this year, people have asked "would Curtis have made that play." It's hard to say not knowing how they were positioned. I think it's safe to say Curtis doesn't make that play.
No complaints whatsoever about Jackson's defense. He's better than Granderson in that regard, and it might by by a large margin.
I do wish AJ would cut down on the Ks with runners on base, but he should get better as he gains experience.
That was a high-lite reel catch by Action Jackson……he has a lot of up-side potential for the future……and will be better than Granderson……looks like an excellent exchange with the Yanks by DD!
Zoom Zoom is lights out AGAIN tonight!
Zoom baby Zoom.
He is pretty unbelievable right now. Just unhittable, really, most guys just have no chance.
We even up the series with the worst pitcher on our team starting for us. What a pleasant surprise.


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No Politics in Beijing?
It is night in Beijing. Men walk up to a line. Some shake their heads left and right to loosen up. Others roll shoulders and shake arms. They all settle and crouch at the line. The gun sounds. The men race. Just over twenty seconds later two British men have finished second and third. Later when they receive their medals, they raise their hands as a political statement. Wait, that won't happen.
Remember Tommie Smith, John Carlos, and the Mexico City Olympics? O.K. neither do I. I was not born yet. Still the image and the impact of the event stuck around long enough that I knew about it growing up. And the image of their stance on the medal podium is still powerful.
According to the Daily Mail "British Olympic chiefs are to force athletes to sign a contract promising not to speak out about China's appalling human rights record – or face being banned from travelling to Beijing." The Mail also reports that a British football team was ordered to give the Nazi salute in 1938. Last as of the Mail's article of February 10 the British Olympic Association stated that "any athlete who refuses to sign the agreements will not be allowed to travel to Beijing." The BOA seems to have backed off the position and claims it will not gag the athletes.
So maybe the British and Australians (who also are asking their athletes to make no political comments) just want to get along with everyone and Canada, the United States, the Netherlands and Belgium are willing to allow speech. But, before folks in the U.S. and elsewhere jump in and proclaim superiority, remember that at least in the United States, much of the country shunned Messrs. Smith and Carlos after their moment of speech.
The Olympics seek to be non-political. And perhaps athletes should not use the venue for their political speech. Then again so little today is viewed as unconnected and anyone in the spotlight seems to be a voice for something maybe that apolitical ideal is not so real. The film Chariots of Fire has a key moment when Eric Liddle (born in China by the way) one of the runners refuses to run on the Sabbath. The position caused an uproar in the film although he apparently knew of the problem and trained for the 400m earlier. In other words, when one has a moment, a moment when the world is watching, and believes in something would a piece of paper stop one from saying what must be said? Who knows? Maybe that same sense of duty would make the words stick in one's throat. Maybe the best way to show up the host county is to demonstrate excellence and win. But excellence takes many forms. One could win and still wish to make an excellent, decent, maybe even respectful comment that shows the world something is wrong but without vitriol. A raised fist may do just that.
Whatever mode of expression is best, demanding that someone sign a piece of paper to give up one's speech runs contrary to the excellence the Olympics seeks to foster and ask of athletes and perhaps by extension of us all.


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Neva Marie Wilson "Nan", 86, of Wellington, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007, at the Elms Nursing Home following a short illness.
She was born January 30, 1921 in Spencer. She worked as a clerk for Sparkle Market for 14 years, retiring in 1984.
She and her late husband were members of a snowmobile club and Neva was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Free Will Baptist Church.
She enjoyed bowling, snowmobiling, ballroom dancing and spending time with family and grandchildren.
She is survived by her daughter, Sandra (Glenn) Mason; granddaughter, Sheri (Steven) Sams; great-grandson, Kevin Sams; great-granddaughter, Casey (Chris) Jenkins; and sisters, Carol Rolfe and Betty Brown, all of Wellington.
She was preceded in death by her father, Charles C. Moore; mother, Esther M. Bryant; first husband, Henry "Blondie" Haendiges; second husband, James Smedley; third husband, Royal "Sarge" Wilson; son, Richard W. Smedley; brothers, Lee Moore and Carl Moore; sisters, Nada Bradstock, Marge Cutright and Wanda Coffman.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, October 11, 2007, at T.G.Cowling Funeral Home, 218 Herrick Ave. East, Wellington, where funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, October 12, 2007. The Rev. Tom Keller, Faith Christian Church will officiate. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery, Wellington.


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No snoozing — SLEEPWALK WITH ME is here!
Comedian Mike Birbiglia turned a kind of serious problem — chronic sleepwalking — into one helluva funny story, about relationships, marriage and stand-up comedy. SLEEPWALK WITH ME won the Best of Next! Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Check out the trailer:


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Standardization of terminology for the variant A(H3N2) virus recently infecting humans
This page was updated please see update from 30 January 2014
Joint announcement of FAO, OIE and WHO
23 December 2011
FAO, OIE and WHO continue working closely together to address influenza issues related to public health and animal health.
Since July 2011, twelve human cases of infection with a variant influenza A(H3N2) virus have been detected in the United States. To date, no report has been received from elsewhere in the world. This virus has different virological characteristics from current circulating seasonal influenza viruses in humans, and has a new gene constellation: 7 genes from the triple reassortant A(H3N2) viruses known to have been circulating in pigs in the North America and the M gene from an A(H1N1)pdm09 virus, a seasonal virus currently circulating in humans.
In order to improve communications and avoid confusion, FAO, OIE and WHO have established a working group of experts to standardize the terminology for variant influenza viruses. The joint recommendation for the above mentioned A(H3N2) virus is: A(H3N2)v , where "v" stands for "variant".
An example of use of the terminology:
- Sporadic human cases of infection with a variant influenza A(H3N2) virus A(H3N2)v have been reported in the USA. The A(H3N2)v virus is different from seasonal viruses currently circulating in humans.
For more information, please contact FAO at firstname.lastname@example.com, OIE at email@example.com and WHO at email@example.com.


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On this page are two letters
written by Daniel Lorenzo Nash in 1933, when he was 90 years
old. They were submitted by
Lory Merriman
whose husband is a distant cousin of Daniel Nash. She
received these letters (copies) from his grandmother, Amelia
Jane Bechtold. Daniel Nash was descended from both Frances
Cooke, signer of the Mayflower Compact and Jacob Nash,
Minute Man of the Revolutionary War.
The first letter describes Daniel's family moving
to Michigan and what it was like to settle here. It
then tells of his life as an adult.
The second letter describes his time in the service
of the Union Army.
I was born at Troy, Geauga County, Ohio, November 30,
1843, the son of Alden J. Nash and Olive Poole Nash.
My parents lived in the Hotel which my father had built some
years before. He was proprietor of the Hotel and Post
Master as well. In those days envelopes were unknown
and letters were written and brought to the office.
The Post Master would fold the letter into compact form and
seal it with sealing wax.
In 1852, my father sold his property and removed his
family to the wilderness of Michigan, with an old-time
covered wagon, and a one-horse buggy for my mother and Aunt
Clarissa Waterman. We crossed Lake Erie from Cleveland
to Detroit and soon were on the way to our new Wonderland, a
new part of an unknown new world, a new life.
On we went, over logs, mud, rough roads, day after
day, with my precious loving sisters huddled close to my
sides for fear of being bounced over the sides of the
wagon-nowhere else to sleep, only in my arms. [These
would have been his sisters Eleanor Louisa b. 1847 and Mary
Elisabeth b.1849]. The days were long and each day
longer, it seemed; but wishing and knowing each day brought
us one day nearer the haven of rest and a home built in the
vast forest without an end, we pushed on.
The end came at last on November 2, and my long,
vigilant care and my tired arms found relief. We were
all happy and full of joy that the end had been reached.
But what a contrast it was - from the old Ohio homeland to a
log house in the deep woods of Michigan! It was like waking
from a dream.
My father had had a previous chance to purchase a 160
acres of heavy timbered farm with a double house and some
four or five acres cleared; and turned the horses, wagon,
and buggy in for payment. The man was to haul the
household goods, shipped by rail to Battle Creek, 60 miles
Our chosen future home was located at Bowne, Kent
County, Michigan where kindred and friends had come a year
or so before. Every house was built of logs, but homes
of happiness and love. The new town was established
four years before our arrival and the township was divided
into three school districts, two miles by six. The
first frame school house was built in my father's district,
a mile and a half away.
It was a footpath to a certain extent, through woods,
ever after to all my brothers and sisters in those pioneer
days. It was before shoes, cloaks, and overcoats came
into use. Cowhide shoes and boots were the only kind
to be had, and shawls and home-made clothing that mother
The winter meant hard work, to chop ten or fifteen
acres of heavy timber ready to burn - log and fence during
during the summer and fall season. Time rolled along
and hard labor kept apace. But what was the difference
as long as we were happy and full of contentment - plenty of
wild duck in the forest, deer , turkey, and smaller game in
But when the clash of war came, what a change
over our Country! The call for soldiers was heard by the
young. "Believe it or not," school scholars from the
ages of ten to eighteen left school in the North.
About a million left home and school, up to my age, near
eighteen. Government rolls tell the story. It
was hard to bid school mates, friends, and home folks good
With other school mates I enlisted in September 1861,
in the Second Michigan Cavalry, placed in the hospital at
Shiloh, then carried aboard a Hospital vessel, and then to
Cincinnati, Ohio. The sick and wounded were placed in
Hospitals and those who were able to be sent home were soon
on their way.
In time I arrived at the old log cabin to get the
loving care of loved ones, and it was a change much needed.
When cold weather came I regained my health. Through
the winter I assisted with the chores until March, when I
was taken with pneumonia. I was confined to bed.
I lost much flesh and my people and friends believed that I
had tuberculosis. I could see they were convinced that
my life was short.
However I kept a brave courage and told them all that
I must live to see the cruel war brought to an end.
With a poor, fleshless body I clung to life and my cough and
lung trouble lessened slowly and surely. I began to
gain strength, and to the amazement of all, including the
Physician, I rallied. I did a good winter's work.
In March, 1864, with two of my former school mates, I
enlisted the second time and with seven hundred other
recruits, was sent to the Army of the Potomac. We
arrived just at the closing of the Battle of the Wilderness
and were soon active service to the end of the War.
When the Armies had the Grand Review at the Capital,
Washington D.C. we were assigned to do duty at once, in all
parts of Washington and the District of Columbia. All
war material had to be sold at auction. We had to be
ready to repulse any attempt of the rescue of President
Lincoln's assassin. We were kept on duty until August
when we were in for our final discharge and muster out at
We were free once again and the old log house and
friends again had a blessed Reunion of happy hearts.
But there was sadness as well as joy for many homes had lost
a dear one. Tears and sighs were in many, many homes.
In June 1868, I married Mary E. Johnson, a
sister-in-law of my two oldest sisters, a triple - mixture
of fifteen children born thereafter.
I was advised by my Physician to change from hard farm
labor and take life with more ease. I moved to Ionia,
Michigan, and rented a hotel. Four years of that was enough.
My wife's health was failing and I sought a quiet life for
her. I accepted a position as Deputy Sheriff in a
prison a mile from the city. Mine was a busy, active
criminal duty from the start, day and night.
In 1883, my wife passed away, leaving a daughter of
fifteen and a son of nine. [Hattie Elda b. 1868 and Robert
Clyde b. 1873] My good mother, now a widow, came and kept
the home fires burning.
I was offered a position as keeper of the prison on
the hill, as it was called. Of the forty-two new officers
chosen by the warden, I am the last one living now. [This
was written when the author was ninety years old]. The
duties were much harder outside of the prison duty.
Bad convicts were plotting and scheming to make a get-away.
Quite often they succeeded and officers had a hunt for days
and nights.
My life was threatened for my vigilence and close
watching, which came easy for I had learned criminal tactics
to a finish before. I was threatened with
assassination when a gang of fifteen plotted to get away.
The attempt was made in my shop. Being a good
swordsman, I met the attack of a heavy club of one of my
convicts, one of the leaders of the fifteen.
Though seriously hurt, I fought a good fight and won
with the help of some of my convicts. By the time the
alarm was sounded and officers were rushing to my aid, the
mutiny was quelled. The convict was placed in solitary
confinement for twenty-seven days, and when his time was
ended, I had him arrested and sent to [another] prison.
When he was released from there he returned with threats of
my life. The State took a hand and gave him Three
Hundred Dollars to get out of the State.
In the mean time, one of the gang had served his time
and came to Illinois and was soon behind bars in Joliet.
My bad man came to Joliet to lend his aid for a get-away,
and he too was soon behind bars. When he was released
from Joliet, he comitted his second murder and is now
serving a life sentence. So I think I am safe.
The Flu flew into the prison, and convicts and
officers were served alike. I, too, went to bed.
Our keeper passed away with it, and I had to take a three
month's vacation to recover my health; but it failed me and
I resigned and retired.
I soon came to Illinois where my sister lived, and my
daughter came to set herself in a dress shop. So my
son and I had to follow to be together again. I am
still taking life easy and with the smile of contentment and
a love that encircles my loved ones far and near.
Without malice and with a spirit of loving kindness, I
have let wordly cares pass out. In my old age my Book
of Memories is full of great events too numerous to tell.
I am taking life as happily as a weary one can.
Daniel Lorenzo Nash.
"I enlisted September 16, 1861 in Company D. Second
Michigan Cavalry, at Grand Rapids, Michigan. After
horses had been bought for the twelve companies, the
Regiment entrained for Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri.
Here we went into training under Col. Gordon Granger, a
Captain of the regular Army.
In February, 1862, we left for the seat of War under
General Pope an army of some 40,000, and soon confronted the
Confederates at New Madrid, Missouri, which was taken, and
Island No. 10 with some 7000 prisoners.
From there we were ordered to Fort Pillow, but could
not land on account of high water. We turned back to
reinforce General Grant at Shilo, Tenn., but arrived too
late to take part in the battle. Just at its close
Col. Granger was promoted to Brigade Commander.
Capt. Philip H. Sheridan, a Captain of the Regular
Army, was chosen by the Michigan War Governor, who had come
to pay a visit to the several Michigan Regiments. The
second had gained one of the best Colonels who ever
commanded a regiment, one who always said, "Follow me".
Sheridan had no horse at the time and asked the loan
of a horse to ride until he could get one sent from the
North. Capt. Campbell of Port Huron said, "I have a
horse that I am too timid to ride, too high strung for a
person of my age, past sixty". The horse and Sheridan
just suited each other. I knew of the horse in
Michigan. It was owned by a man
that lived near my home.
When the Regiment was at Rienzi, Mississippi, Capt.
Campbell presented the horse as a gift. The horse was
given the name of Rienzi after the town, where the
presentation took place. He became a noted and famous
horse. Rienzi is mounted and in New York at the
present time.
At Shilo I was placed in the Hospital, then carried to
a Hospital Boat and with wounded and sick taken to
Cincinnati, Ohio. From there I was sent home. As
I was unable to get any strength, the Government discharged
me. The next winter I was taken with pneumonia and
drifted into tuberculosis trouble as my people and the
Doctor thought.
I told them I wanted to see the War come to an end,
and this strong determination was for my good. I was
reduced to a skeleton and in bed all summer. To all
appearances my people had given me up. When fall and
cool weather came, I surprised my friends as well as myself
and rapidly regained flesh and health.
In March 1864, I re-enlisted with schoolmates and was
sent to the Eastern Army and joined the Army just as the
battle of the Wilderness closed. I was in time for the
great battles that were fought that summer. We went on
to Richmond and Petersburg.
As history tells us, the Army of the Potomac lost,
between May fifth and October first, 80,000 men. This
was evidenced by the hard summer's battles in Virginia and a
long trail of graves along the way.
At North Anna one of my school mates was sent to the
Hospital; the other pal kept with me, side by side, until
the third of July, when he received a mortal wound and lived
only some thirty hours. I was left alone. I had
a deep affection for them during school days as well as in
the Army. With the constant firing night and day, it
seemed that I would soon follow them.
The battles were frequent. On August 19th our
Army corps was sent to the left to capture the Waldon
Railroad. It was the third attempt. I received
my hit which put me in the Hospital for the rest of the
year. I returned to my Regiment in front of
On March 20th, General Lee planned and fought his last
attack at Fort Steadman to make his escape through our
lines. He captured the Fort and a half mile of our
trenches early in the dark hours of the morning. From
four o'clock in the morning it was hard to hand. We
lost one of our Brigade regiments and the tents and ten of
my Company.
At ten o'clock the line and Fort were retaken.
The loss in our Regiment was about fifty. All the
battle was in plain view from day light until the end at ten
o'clock. In closing the battle our Lieutenant with
fifteen of us fixed bayonets and charged down the trench
full of them, killed two and captured 371 prisoners.
While we were fighting before light, I was standing
beside my Colonel on the trench. The rebels came down
the trench, saying not to shoot as they were Union men.
It was so dark in the trench that we could not tell until
one ran against the Colonel and ordered him to surrender or
die. I had my gun ready to fire and I shot and killed
That was as far as they attempted to advance, but they
had my Company's tents to loot and made ten prisoners who
had not got out, sleepy heads. The Colonel claimed I
saved his life then and wrote me after the War. He
offered me many chances of promotion, but I refused, to the
wonder of the boys. The stripes I had were enough.
I would have done the same thing for any of the boys.
I felt nearer and dearer to the boys as a Corporal, as I
wished to be, for there are many that take a dislike to all
This was our last battle and we could see that the men
in grey had lost their old-time bravery. They did not
feel disposed to charge at all. What a contrast to the
Battle of Cold Harbor. Lee's men were hungry.
General Sheridan had cleaned out the great source of
supplies in the Valley where Early and Wheeler had been kept
by Lee to keep and protect this important base of good
As I think of these old heroes, I remember the lines,:
'There is a time, we know not when,
A place, we know not where,
That marks the destinies of men,
For bravery, or for War.'
General Lee could forsee that the War was near the
end. He was in the last ditch. It was in a
spirit of desperation that he planned to cut our lines and
make his escape to join Johnson some sixty miles away.
He tried out in our Division. With no chance that the
Army of the James, across the River, could give any aid, and
after his defeat at Fort
Steadman, he had to make a hasty retreat and surrender.
When I looked into his face, I had pity and sympathy.
He was not enthusiastic over having the War, like other
Southerners with hot heads and traitorous hearts.
I have written elsewhere of the closing of the War."
Daniel Lorenzo Nash.


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Thursday, July 22, 1999 Published at 13:24 GMT 14:24 UK
UK Politics
Brown 'determined to end child poverty'
The new credit guarantees working families Ł200 a week
Chancellor Gordon Brown has used a major speech to set out his plans to reduce child poverty by getting more people into work.
The minimum wage and the Working Families Tax Credit were making work pay for those who had previously been better off on benefits, he said.
The government has committed itself to ending child poverty within 20 years. In a speech to regional newspaper editors, Mr Brown explained how it hoped to achieve this.
"The reason that this issue of unemployment poses a massive challenge is that it is now the primary cause of poverty," he said.
"Twenty years ago, pensioners made up the largest section of those in poverty, today it is those living in workless, working age households."
Rather than increasing benefits, the chancellor said the "best form of welfare is work" and ensuring jobs on offer paid enough to take people out of social security.
"In the new tax system working families will be guaranteed a minimum income, and by step-by-step integration of tax and in-work benefits, this minimum income will be paid through targeted tax cuts and tax credits.
"In future no-one in work should have to go to the benefits office to receive a living income."
All families with one member in employment would be guaranteed a weekly income of Ł200 from October under the Working Families Tax Credit, Mr Brown said.
A major publicity campaign would be run throughout September to raise awareness about these changes.
"Child poverty is unacceptable and these measures show our determination that every child in our country is able to fulfil his or her potential," the chancellor said.
'Shameless propaganda' - Tories
Mr Brown also attacked the Conservatives for opposing the Ł12m government publicity campaign to explain the new system.
"This difference between us and the Conservatives will mark a central dividing line at the next election - Labour delivering for working families and the Conservatives who would support the few over the many."
In their attack on the publicity campaign, the Tories have accused the government of using public money for "shameless party political propaganda".
As well as national television, press and poster advertising the government is issuing 5.5 million leaflets and 1.25 million fact sheets setting out eligibility details.
The campaign will be supported by regional conferences in the autumn where Treasury ministers will explain how the new system works.
At the same time the Labour Party will be running its own campaign, financed by party funds, to distribute ready-reckoners to households so people can calculate what they are entitled to.
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2012 barely off the ground, and we already have a Bash a Nurse Day (Every hospital ward to have hourly rounds by nurses, Cameron says, 7 January). My first visit of the day and I catch sight of the Daily Mail headline: "In a damning indictment of care on our wards, an order from Cameron – Nurses have to be told: talk to patients". The vast majority of nurses talk with (not to) their patients ... they listen. And when they are given the time and resources, they are brilliant listeners. Cameron stuck a knife through the heart of ever nurse who cares passionately about their profession and the patients in their care.
When I read such poisonous headlines, I think of the nurse who comforted me last year when I went to see my darling, tiny, one-month-old and very sick niece, Rose, in paediatric intensive care on a ventilator. I think of my friend Lesley who worked tirelessly over Christmas administering chemotherapy and TLC to haematology inpatients (cancer doesn't take a day off, Mr Cameron). My community nursing colleagues who called out "It's only the nurse" when they opened the door of the diabetic patient, at 8am on Christmas Day morning (while members of the government called out "Santa's been" to their children). The nurse on the dementia unit having the same conversation for the hundredth time, with patience, care and compassion. The nurse covering a 10-day stretch on an acute medical ward, where all the patients have norovirus, and three members of staff have gone off sick ... and by the time she gets home, she has nothing more to give her other half and two kids.
In nursing, no matter how tired and exhausted you are, you have to dig so deep inside yourself. It's like treading the boards on a daily basis, hoping that no one will shout "encore" at the end of the shift. So I think I speak for most nurses when I say, give us a break, Mr Cameron.
Louise Carter
Droitwich, Worcestershire
• The CQC welcomes the prime minister's initiative to involve patients and the public more in certain aspects of hospital services. His proposals build on work we have already been doing, such as involving people who use services in inspections. We too want to see a world in which patients and carers can become champions of standards, know what good care should look like, and greatly increase the numbers of eyes and ears on the ground helping to hold services to account. We support the promotion of a culture where the user feels empowered to challenge poor care if they see it.
We look forward to being able to use this work to inform our regulatory judgments about whether hospitals are meeting standards. It will be helpful to be able to draw on the experiences of these patient groups and add it to the detailed work of CQC's inspectors, who are backed up by legal powers.
CQC already takes the views of patients and the public into account in its inspection of hospitals and social care. People with experience of services can accompany our inspectors in our regular programme of inspections. Our Dignity and Nutrition inspections, mentioned by Mr Cameron, involved people who have used hospital services and nurses. Our current programme of inspections of services for people with learning disabilities involve people with personal experience of those services and professional experts, as will the special reviews of home care services we recently announced.
Cynthia Bower
Chief executive, Care Quality Commission
• I retired last month after working 47 years as a registered nurse, most recently on a busy cardiology ward with many elderly patients. I loved the work, but my colleagues and I were frustrated that we could not always give good care, in spite of working 13-hour shifts, often without a break, and giving many hours of unpaid overtime. While welcoming David Cameron highlighting the problem, this cannot be solved by cutting trained nursing jobs. Much essential nursing care is done by health care assistants, who are valuable members of the team, but are often employed without any basic training. Checking patients hourly is what we all wish to do, but with the hours of support staff being cut and ever-increasing demands on the service, we are not supporting the next generation of nurses or giving the sick and elderly the care a civilised society should.
Vivien Gardner
St Mary Cray, Kent
• I am writing to express my disappointment at the totally out-of-touch comment made by Mr Cameron. It is both insulting and inappropriate. I have been a registered nurse for the past 17 years and have worked in various acute settings. A suggestion such as this would only come from someone who is not a nurse, or indeed has never worked in a hospital. There are just not enough nurses to give adequate standards of care
For this reason, in 2005, I left the NHS to work in New Zealand, which also has a public health service. I worked in a busy hospital in the capital and was surprised to discover that the wards were staffed entirely by registered nurses. The standards of care were excellent and nurses felt supported. Each nurse looked after four or five patients per shift and was responsible for all their care, from washing and feeding to medication. Reducing numbers of qualified nurses is not effective in my experience. Cameron's suggestion of an hourly round would simply be another paper exercise resulting in no real change to standards of care.
The simple fact is that the nurse-patient ratio needs to be increased. This would prevent the basic care being missed. It is a sad fact that Britain is losing a lot of its own nurses and doctors overseas, where work conditions are safer and more rewarding and you can actually do the job you were trained to do.
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The Lakers were basically run off the court in Denver Monday night, inspiring critics to blame the team's age for its miserable performance. But that isn't news to anyone who's been paying attention, Fred Roggin says in the Feb. 25, 2013, edition of Roggin's Rants.
Published at 6:16 PM PST on Feb 26, 2013 | Updated at 6:22 PM PST on Feb 26, 2013


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Lee Ji-Hyun born December 12, 1986, is a South Korean idol, singer, actress and a member of K-pop girl group T-ara.
T-ara Qri was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her birth name is Lee Ji-hyun. She has studied at Juyeob High School, and then attended Myungji University, enrolling in the Dept. of Theatre and Visual Arts, the same class as fellow group member, Boram. She was a model before her debut.
T-ara Qri was the last of the 3 new members to be added to the group after 2 former members Jiae and Jiwon quit the group in Mid 2009. It was later mentioned on TvN's Taxi Show that she was introduced to the CEO of Core Contents Media by her original company.


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Hilary Duff has been approached to play a role in the upcoming Beverly Hills, 90210 spinoff on the CW network, a source close to the project tells PEOPLE.
The singer-actress has been given a script to read the role of Annie, the principal's daughter at Beverly Hills High.
Duff, 20, is currently appearing in the indie film War, Inc. with John Cusack, which is premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
E! Online first reported the news.
If Duff ends up taking the role on 90210, she would join Dustin Milligan and Nip/Tuck's AnnaLynne McCord, who have already joined the growing cast. –Elaine AradillasEric Gray/Buzz Foto