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As the pundits and politicos dissect the campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who went from being untouchable front-runner to second-place finisher, there will be plenty of explanations.
She underestimated the fundraising prowess of Sen. Barack Obama, she bet too much on Clinton administration loyalties, and she failed to prepare for a long race.
But the arc of Clinton's campaign can also be traced in her rise and fall on the simple scale of truthfulness.
When we launched PolitiFact last summer, Clinton was on top of the world. Leading in polls, potent in fundraising, she seemed to be unbeatable. Back then, she stood alone among all the candidates, Republican and Democratic, for her disciplined adherence to the facts. When PolitiFact checked her claims, we found she was nearly always right.
But instead of gliding through a string of victories, Clinton suffered early election losses that turned her well-funded, well-organized campaign operation into a scramble to stay in the game. By late February, Obama had inched ahead and the Clinton campaign began its "kitchen sink" strategy of throwing everything at the front-runner.
The facts got lost in the fight.
The turning point for Clinton's record — and quite possibly for her entire campaign — came in March when she claimed she had ducked sniper fire in Bosnia. At the time, Clinton was straining to distinguish her record from that of Obama, a relative neophyte, by showing that she knew what it was like to come under fire. Literally.
PolitiFact and many other news organizations pointed out that her arrival in Bosnia was more smiles than snipers. Archived news video showed Clinton accepting a poem from a schoolgirl. No one was ducking and running. Clinton earned our lowest rating, Pants on Fire.
About the same time, she exaggerated her influence in bringing peace to Northern Ireland (we gave her a Half True) and how much she helped refugees from Kosovo (Barely True). Suddenly her grades were slipping.
Clinton continued to get sloppier with her facts. She mischaracterized Obama's health plan, distorted an energy bill he supported and she opposed, and exaggerated his remarks about attacking terrorists in Pakistan. She misled voters about how much they would save from a gas tax holiday (she used a number for a family of four but made it sound like a per-person figure) and she made inaccurate historical comparisons to this year's nomination schedule.
Her mistakes were compounded in separate blunders by Bill Clinton. He said his wife's Bosnia error, for example, was a momentary, late-night slip of the tongue. But we found she had made the sniper fire claim at least twice, including in a speech that began at 9 a.m.
The accuracy problems took a toll. In a Washington Post/ABC News poll in mid April — about one month after the Bosnia mistake — Clinton was viewed as "honest and trustworthy" by 39 percent, down from 52 in May 2006. In that April poll, 58 percent said she was not honest and trustworthy.
In December, when voters were asked in a Post/ABC poll which candidate they considered more honest and trustworthy, Clinton led Obama, 35 percent to 27 percent. After the Bosnia mistake, the results flipped. Obama led Clinton, 53 percent to 30 percent.
Of course, PolitiFact has caught Obama in plenty of mistakes, too. In fact, he has earned more False and Pants on Fire ratings (13) than Clinton (9). But, like other candidates, Obama's mistakes have come pretty consistently throughout the campaign, while Clinton had a strong record for accuracy until March and then a spotty one after that.
Clinton's fall from presumed nominee to also-ran is likely to be debated for years to come. But there's no question that her decline in poll numbers was matched by (or caused by) her drop in truthfulness. It might be worth reminding other politicians: If you're going to throw the kitchen sink, make sure you've got your facts right.
Bill Adair, the Times Washington bureau chief, is the editor of PolitiFact. He can be reached at email@example.com or (202) 463-0575.
Clinton vs. the Truth-0-Meter: The needle falls
The statement: "I remember landing under sniper fire."
Date and location: March 17 in Washington
The statement: "I actually started criticizing the war in Iraq before (Obama) did."
Date and location: April 5
in Eugene, Ore.
The statement: "If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70."
Date and location: May 4
in Indianapolis
The statement: It doesn't make sense "historically" to drop out because the 1968 race was still competitive when "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."
Date and location: May 23 in Sioux Falls, S.D.


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The difference between a good offensive showing and a bad one for a football team is often the performance of the quarterback, and Westmont quarterback Trevor Flint was better than good last week to lead the Warriors to a 46-22 win over Leigh.
Flint takes the snaps and throws the passes for the Warriors, and he completed 13 of 24 tosses for 172 yards and three touchdowns with a long pass of 48 yards in the win over the Longhorns on the Westmont field.
With the win, the Warriors improved to 2-3 in the Santa Teresa Division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League and to 3-5 overall. With a shot at a .500 season and a winning year in the Santa Teresa circuit firmly in their sights, the Warriors hit the road this week to visit winless Mt. Pleasant on Nov. 2, 7 p.m. The Cardinals are coming off of a 56-14 loss to Branham.
With a win this week, Westmont would have a shot at a 5-5 season mark and a 4-3 league mark heading into the season finale at Branham on Nov. 9. The Bruins posted their first win of the year against Mt. Pleasant last week. They take a 1-4 league record and 1-7 season mark up against Live Oak this week.
Flint sparked Westmont to the key win over Leigh last week, but he wasn't the only weapon for the Warriors. Mark Derobertis and Tommy Ly each ran the ball like trains.
Derobertis had 17 carries for 190 yards, averaging more than 10 yards per carry. Ly had 16 touches for 120 yards.
Keanu Phillips chipped in with four touches for 17 yards and also caught two passes for 58 yards. C.J. Rodriguez had five receptions for 51 yards, Zach Primeaux, three for 38, and Kyle Burch, four for 22.
The Warriors took an early lead, scoring twice in the first quarter. Ly found the end zone first on an 11-yard run, but the kick failed. Westmont scored again when Derobertis ran it in from four yards out and the pass failed.
Leading 12-7 after the first quarter, Westmont went on a tear, scoring 20 points in the second and allowing only seven. Primeaux caught a 22-yard pass from Flint for a score, then Ly ran in for his second touchdown from six yards out. Phillips kicked the extra point after Ly's score, then scored a touchdown on a 48-yard pass from Flint, again kicking the extra point.
Burch scored in the third quarter on an 8-yard pass from Flint with Phillips on the kick before Zac Lytle scored the last touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 2-yard run with Phillips kicking the extra point.
Sam Saidian led the defense for the Warriors with 10 tackles, while Nick Meyer followed close behind with eight. Lytle and Garrett Runyon each had seven and Richie Gutierrez had six.
Rickie Arellano, C.J. Rodriguez and Andrei Simpson each had five stops in the win. Michael Nadew added four and Jakob Good three. Joseph Cundiff, Ryan Saul, Brandon Dougan, Burch, Josh Branch, Erik Rubio, Alex Bocaletti, Chase Roberts and Michael Dugan were also in on tackles.
Runyon, Good and Meyer each added a sack, while Simpson and Dugan each had an interception.
West Valley Division
Prospect lost a 37-29 decision to San Jose last week.
The Panthers almost upset the undefeated Bulldogs. San Jose pulled ahead 30-14 at the end of the first half, but the Panthers allowed only one more score, while scoring twice, but it wasn't enough.
Angel Guillen threw for 353 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the loss. The first score for the Panthers was on a 1-yard run by Guillen, but the two-point conversion attempt failed. The next score was a 4-yard run from Deven Brown. Then Brown caught a pass from Guillen for a successful two-pointer.
Christian Nielsen scored the third touchdown for the Panthers on a 23-yard pass from Guillen, with Samir Mesic kicking the extra point. Daniel Newson then scored on a 53-yard pass from Guillen and caught the pass for the successful two-point conversion.
Guillen finished the night hitting on 29 of 50 passes for the 353 yards and two TDs. His favorite target was Newson, who grabbed nine tosses for 131 yards. Kevin Moon had seven receptions for 67 yards, Nielsen five for 58, Tajhel Johnson two for 48, Justin Elmensdorp two for 23, Deonte Keyes two for 16, Brown one for seven and Enrique Medrano one for three.
Raiden Sainz led the ground game with 23 yards on just two carries and Guillen picked up 22 yards on five tries.
Medrano was the defensive leader with 10 tackles and Daniel Nitzan and Isaiah De Sa had eight apiece.
Sainz supported with seven tackles, Nielsen had four and Joseph Canas three. Moon, Simon Hegaard, Johnson, Keyes, Brandon Chavez, Justin Song, Diego Posada, Jesse Stone and Robell Yosief were also in on stops.
De Sa, Sainz and Canas each sacked the San Jose quarterback, Keyes picked off a pass and Nitzan and Sainz each recovered fumbles.
The loss dropped the Panthers to 2-3 in the West Valley Division and to 2-6 overall.
The Panthers are on the road this week to visit Evergreen Valley on Nov. 2, 7 p.m. The Cougars are currently 3-2 in league and 4-4 overall and are coming off a 61-6 win over Yerba Buena.
The Del Mar football team struggled last week, falling to Overfelt 33-0 in a West Valley Division game. The Dons dropped to 0-5 in league and are scheduled to face San Jose on Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of the Bulldogs.

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Tiger Woods finished with a disappointing final round of 71 on Sunday at the AT&T National in Pennsylvania, leaving him at +4 for the tournament and 46th place overall. The tournament marked the first time in eleven years that Woods finished a PGA event without breaking par in a single round. Woods was reportedly quite pleased with the way he struck the ball throughout the tournament and was quoted as saying "I just need to get my putter organized a little better and really work on my putter over there." Of course "over there" is a reference to St. Andrews Golf Course, home to this years British Open and Tigers next test. Woods has won the last two British Opens held at St. Andrews in rather comfortable fashion, something that may provide him with much needed boost in confidence.
It seems strange to say that Tiger Woods, arguably the best golfer of all time, would need a "boost in confidence" but his hiatus from the game sparked by his highly publicized marital troubles has obviously affected his play. I don't think that anyone questioned the fact that he would be rusty but I like many others expected him to bounce back to his old ways sooner then later. He was in contention at this years U.S. Open but fell apart on Sunday, which was very uncharacteristic for Tiger at a major championship. This weekend he struggled to even make the cut on Friday. Tiger is currently taking part in an Irish charity tournament to tune up his game for the rapidly approaching British Open. Is St. Andrews just what Tiger needs to get back to his winning ways? I for one will be watching when the British Open begins play next Thursday.
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Delmarva Beach forecast this Friday through Sunday
Due to the impending storm, Ocean City is now under a Phase 1 Evacuation Plan meaning the following:
- Anyone traveling to Ocean City is asked to delay their visit until the situation improves.
- Mobile Home Residents and Residents of known flood prone areas should prepare secure your homes and prepare to evacuate.
-Secure or move all watercraft.
- All persons are asked to tune into their Government Access Channel for further detailed information or advisories.
If you were thinking about heading to the beach this weekend you should rethink those plans as Irene will make for nasty and potentially dangerous conditions. Be sure to monitor the latest updates from the National Hurricane Center as the exact track could still change.
Friday, August 26th
Partly Sunny, Showers & T-Storms Possible (40%) Highs: Mid 80s
A stalled frontal boundary will keep conditions a bit unsetteld Friday producing partly sunny skies with a fair chance of showers and storms developing mainly during the afternoon hours. Unfortunitly this may vary well be the best beach day we have all weekend.
Saturday, August 27th
Scattered Showers & Storms, Some Heavy, Turning Windy Highs: Around 80
Scattered showers and rain will move in associated with Irene. Showers and storms may be heavy at times and will be accompanied by winds that will be increasing throughout the day becoming strong out of the east at 25-30 mph. Dangerous rip currents and rough seas will also be present. Tropical storm force conditions will be possible Saturday night.
Sunday, August 28th
Sunday expect areas of rain and storms that will be heavy at times and confined mainly to the morning hours. Tropical storm force conditions to perhaps hurricane force conditions will be possible. Beach erosion, rip tides, and dangerous seas will also be possible.
Hurricane or Tropical Storm Conditions Possible Highs: Around 80


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I figured I would follow my Left 4 Dead review with a bit about Resident Evil 5, more zombies yay!
I got the demo off of Xbox Live of course and played for quite a while to get screenshots, videos and impressions of the game as it stands now. Sure it's only a demo, but it seems something to get a bit excited about as this is the new Resident Evil game after all. Here's hoping that Capcom got back to it's roots with this latest installment of the series. Fans didn't seem too happy with the last couple versions of the game, hopefully Capcom listened and is bringing us a new game that will fulfill our wants and needs and thirst for undead blood.
The Resident Evil franchise has been wildly successful since it's first introduction many years ago, fans wait with baited breath for the next installment of the series so they can continue on to learn more about the world of RE. The Resident Evil series has spawned movies and many games, for good reason, it's a subject that us gamers can really get into, killing zombies, who doesn't like that right? With likeable characters and almost plausible themes going on, the RE series is one of horror and fascination for many generations of gamers. I remember playing the first RE and jumping out of my seat more than a few times, even though I knew it was coming, you just couldn't help but get startled by some of the things in the game.
The first thing you'll notice when you start the demo is the warning that's given that the game is only a trial and you may run into bugs essentially:
The biohazard threat has not ended: Just when it seemed that the menace of Resident Evil had been destroyed, along comes a new terror to send shivers down player's spines. Chris Redfield, returning Resident Evil hero, has followed the path of the evil literally around the globe. After joining a new organization, Chris heads to Africa where the latest bioterrorism threat is literally transforming the people and animals of the city into mindless, maddened creatures. He is joined by a new partner, Sheva Alomar, who lends her strength, intelligence and sharp-shooting skills to the mission. In order to survive, Chris and Sheva must work together to take on the challenges of discovering the truth behind this evil plot. Utilizing a revolutionary new co-op mode of gameplay, players will be able to assume control of either Chris or Sheva and experience Resident Evil in new ways. In Resident Evil 5, Capcom will have players fearing the daylight as much as they have feared shadow in previous games. Promising to revolutionize the series by delivering an unbelievable level of detail, realism and control, Resident Evil 5 is certain to bring new fans to the series. New technology developed specifically for the game, as well as incredible changes to both the gameplay and world of Resident Evil will make this a must-have game for gamers across the globe.
* Chris Redfield, protagonist of the original Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Code Veronica, returns. Lighting effects provide a new level of suspense in both harsh light and deepest shadow.
* Chris is joined by new character Sheva Alomar, an African special agent tasked with investigating the epidemic 2 player co-op online gameplay means that players are not alone in their fight against the horror lurking around every corner.
* New enemies bring new challenges: speed and intelligence make adversaries as dangerous singly as they are in groups.
* An arsenal of weapons at the player's command to keep the evil at bay, including knives, pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles and more.
* True high definition gaming on multiple game platforms, using an advanced version of Capcom's proprietary game engine, MT Framework, which powered the next-gen, million-plus hit titles Devil May Cry 4, Lost Planet and Dead Rising.
Release Date: March 13, 2009
The Resident Evil 5 demo includes two stages:
Public Assembly where you make your way through the streets to come into a building where you see a public assembly going on. Watching further you see what looks like a leader of the Zombies, and then a man being decapitated by a grisly executioner.
Only to then be spotted after the execution and have the zombies sent to get you, let the fun begin!
Here's a video starting from the beginning of the game, main menu and into the Public Assembly mission:
The second campaign is called Shanty Town, and as the name suggests, it's a run down, dilapidated shack town with ruined building, and littered streets, it all resembles a war zone really, or the aftermath of one.
Here's the Shanty Town Video:
One of the interesting things of the game is that teamwork is required to get things done, and there are parts where you can assist jump your partner to other areas where they can assist you, or you have to assist them in killing the infected. In one part you hoist Sheva up onto a roof where she shoots the zombies on the ground to clear the way for you. In the next part you assist Sheva across to another building, then you've got to take up your Sniper Rifle and assist here by killing the zombies in her path so she can get to the bottom and open the door for you so you can proceed.
While you're playing the game you can help your partner and your partner can help you out of tight spots like if you're being attacked, you have the option to fight or call for help. It works both ways though, your partner can call you for help as well if they're being attacked. This also works for pickups, when you find something you can keep it for yourself or tell your partner to pick it up for themselves, and at times the MPC player will just grab things greedily as well and not share with you. The NPC character though will help you out as need be by healing you with the things they picked up, so they do share in a way.
As for graphics, they're very nicely done, RE5 looks very nice even in standard definition on the Xbox360. The Zombies or infected people look very real and gruesome, and again they look very good. The overall atmosphere first reminded me of FarCry2 really, the setting is in Africa after all, and it really feels almost like a FarCry2 with zombies, but of course in third person.
In the demo you've got a pistol, shotgun, and sniper rifle as your main weapons, depending which level, with a large knife that can be used for close quarters combat. I did find a few grenades floating around, and medicinal herbs as well to help heal you or your partner. There are things in the area that can be destroyed to find ammo or health, but they're not really easily identifiable, I didn't even realize you could do it until Seva did it in front of me and found some stuff.
One of my complaints would have to be the shooting or aiming system, your character moves so slowly that you end up getting hit quite a bit and dying fairly quickly. There is an option to adjust this speed, but even at the fastest setting it's not really adequate to keep up with the zombies that are attacking you.
The second complaint would have to be part of the whole shooting and aiming system, there isn't a regular fire as you might find it other games, what I mean is that there is only precision mode to use for shooting, and this is, as I mentioned, very slow. It would be nice if there was a sort of blind fire mode, or even like an auto targeting mode that didn't require precision mode to fire at the enemies. Most games have the two modes of firing, and I don't understand why it's not here, I'm accustomed to this type of gaming, and it can get frustrating very quickly having to slowly take aim for every single shot fired, not to mention the zombies are much faster than you when you are in this precision mode. It was just very easy to get overwhelmed by the zombies while trying to shoot them, they just move too fast, especially when there's many of them in the room with you.
And the controls overall just feell sluggish really, it's like there's a delay from the time I move till the time the character moves on screen.
This is a trial, demo etc, so things might be improved upon before the final release but I doubt it highly that it will change that much. One can only hope….
Overall it seems to be a decent game, but the control system will take much getting accustomed too and I can see being quite annoyed and aggravated during the initial period of play.
I look forward to the full game though, anything with zombies or 'infected' is something that I will have to spend some time with…
Here's a few more screenshots to end this with:


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Review of Existing Patient Categorization Tools
First, the investigators determined whether any standard requirements or guidance related to patient risk categorization tools exist at a State or national level. A review of the literature revealed some efforts on behalf of State and national associations for home care and hospice agencies to provide guidance on the development of emergency plans and use of an abbreviated patient assessment tool. HHAs participating in Medicare/Medicaid programs are subject to Federal and State regulations and must undertake disaster planning; however, those regulations do not specify the content of plans, and personal care agencies do not appear to have such plans in place (5).
Several examples of patient risk categorization tools were obtained and reviewed. The first documented patient classification system was introduced in 2001 by Barbara Citarella (E-mail correspondence. August 24, 2009.)
In a 2005 letter to home care and hospice agencies, the New York State Department of Health mandated that emergency plans be revised to incorporate a patient risk classification system (6). The sample classification system proposed in the letter is a three-level system, structured as follows:
Another classification system, developed by a State home care association in 2007 and based on Citarella's earlier version, uses a similar approach to the three-level system described above, and offers examples of patient types for each category (7):
In 2008, a four-level system was suggested by the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) in the report "Emergency Preparedness Packet for Home Health Agencies" (8). The first three levels are similar to those proposed by the New York State Department of Health; a fourth level suggested by NAHC, "Lowest Priority," includes patients for whom visits may be postponed 72 hours or more with little or no adverse effects, patients who have a willing and able caregiver available, or patients who are independent in most activities of daily living (ADLs).
All of these categorization tools are intended for patients who receive care from home health and hospice agencies. The general community-dwelling population also includes many individuals who do not routinely receive services from those agencies but who have the potential to destabilize rapidly during an emergency and require medical care. Other service providers, such as adult day care programs, medical equipment suppliers, or Meals on Wheels programs, may have routine contact with such at-risk individuals. The investigators found no patient classification tools that could apply to community-dwelling patients who receive care or services from these other type of providers, with the exception of one triage tool that was used after Hurricane Katrina to assess vulnerable older adults residing in shelters (9). This tool was used to rate elderly individuals who had no accompanying family members in terms of their ability to access medical and social services at the shelter and from County government. Called SWiFT, for Seniors Without Families Team, the tool consists of 13 questions in three categories (medical/mental health, financial, and social) and places an individual into one of three levels of "assistance required." "Level 1" indicates the need for immediate medical placement/care for older adults who have cognitive deficits and ADL deficits; "Level 2" indicates the need for help with housing and/or income support; and "Level 3" designates a need for assistance in locating family or friends, or other disaster-related problems. Individuals classified as "Level 1" might be at risk of hospitalization if their medical needs are not quickly addressed. The triage tool classifies individuals as "Level 1 (Health/Mental Health Priority)" based on their answers to questions about:
The developers of the triage tool noted that it could be useful in disaster preparations as a uniform description of level of need and as general guidelines for the type(s) of assistance needed.
The investigators were unable to locate any research studies that evaluated the usefulness or accuracy of patient assessment tools for emergency planning. Given the limited information available on the types and uses of patient classification tools, and their ability to identify those most at risk for hospitalization if community health services are interrupted, the investigators sought additional information from home care agencies and State home care associations about their plans for triaging patients during an MCE.
The investigators solicited guidance from members of the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) regarding those States that would most likely demonstrate a range of activities related to emergency planning, and perhaps development and implementation of standardized patient classification tools. TEP members suggested that States with both rural and urban areas that are prone to a variety of natural disasters be represented. TEP members also suggested including some specific States known to have either offered guidance to HHAs or to have been entirely silent on this issue to represent the extremes of the continuum. Based on this criteria, the following six States were selected: Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon, New York, and Texas. TEP panelists advised that the use of patient assessment tools is at the discretion of each HHA, and different tools could be used by different HHAs within the same State. To examine the range of patient categorization tools, the investigators obtained examples from several HHAs in each of the six States.
Contact was first attempted with the State home care association, to request referral to HHAs that might be willing to share their patient categorization tools. Some of the State associations were able to suggest knowledgeable individuals at HHAs—usually nursing directors—and these individuals were contacted; other State associations could not provide referrals. For these latter States, the investigators used the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' "Home Health Compare" Web site to identify several HHAs in each State. The investigators also contacted other community service providers (e.g., medical equipment suppliers, Meals on Wheels programs, adult day care programs) in one Massachusetts community to understand whether these other types of providers might use a similar patient risk categorization tool for their clients.
Calls were placed to a total of 57 home health/hospice agencies in six States and 22 other types of service providers in Massachusetts.
Of the 57 home health/hospice agencies contacted, 21 were interviewed by telephone. Table 1 summarizes the number of HHAs contacted, by State.
Source: Abt Associates; 6/2009.
Contact with other providers (medical suppliers, oxygen companies, Meals on Wheels programs, adult day care programs, and substance abuse clinics) in Massachusetts was attempted, but yielded limited results, as few were willing to discuss this issue with investigators. One oxygen supplier, two substance abuse clinics, and one Meals on Wheels program were interviewed.
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Pine Tree powerlifters among area contingent at state championships
Jack Stallard
March 14, 2013 at 11 p.m.
Derrick Hennigan calls Pine Tree senior powerlifters Alex Jehlen and Megan Wood "program builders." If all goes well this weekend, Jehlen and Wood - along with Lady Pirate teammates Francely Lopez and Breanna Ingram - might need a different title.
State champ.
Jehlen, Wood, Lopez and Ingram - along with alternate Lexi Schepleng - are in Corpus Christi to compete in the Texas High School Women's Powerlifting Association State Championship Meet. They'll be joined by a host of other East Texas lifters. The Class 3A and 4A lifters compete today, while the 1A, 2A and 5A lifters compete on Saturday.
"Megan and Alex helped get this program started," Hennifan said. "They helped recruit some of the other girls."
Jehlen, who lifts in the 123-pound division, earned outstanding lifter honors at the regional meet and set regional records in the squat (325 pounds) bench press (170 pounds) and total (815 pounds).
Ingram (105-pound division) won the regional title with a 605 total pounds. Lopez (114-pound division) was second and Wood (114-pound division) was third.
Schepleng finished third in the 198-pound division.
Pine Tree finished third at the regional meet, held at Wills Point High School.
Other East Texas lifters who advanced to the state meet include:
Division I
114 pounds: Chassidy Sims, Lindale; 123 pounds: Nicole Borger, Lindale; 132 pounds: Paxton Venable, Texas High; 148 pounds: KeeAna Ward, Lindale; 220-plus: Jeniqua Edwards, Lindale
Division II
97 pounds: Rebekah Bratcher, Canton; Marci Whittington, Canton; Jade Buckley, Rusk; 105 pounds: Kelsey Green, Bullard; Sydney Stewart, Canton; Meghan Phillips, Wills point; Justice Storey, Canton; 114 pounds: Shelbi Jeanes, Canton; Crystal Garcia, Rains; Destinee Welch, Bullard; 123 pounds: Kenzee Sanders, Canton; Beatriz Colunga, Rains; Kadeia Jefferson, Rusk; Kara Ott, Canton; Bri Alexander, Paris; Kadijah Cooper, Center; 132 pounds: Taylor Spiller, Bullard; 148 pounds: Talor Parker, Rains; Norma Cunigan, Wills Point; Kennedy Key, Bullard; 165 pounds: Stephanie Brown, Wills Point; Chakera Ingram, Cengter; Kylie Bridges, Brownsboro; Lyndsey Pate, Rains; Julie Frisby, Bullard; 181 pounds: Kylie Delaney, Rusk; Riley Clifton, Rains; 198 pounds: Jacey Williams, Canton; Holly Cunigan, Wills Point; 220 pounds: Emma Adkins, Wills Point; Ashlyn Reece, Huntington; Ladricka Wright, Canton; Kayla Levingston, Liberty-Eylau; Hailey Stanford, Rusk; 220-plus: Ali Lombas, Rains; Pricilla Wallace, Chapel Hill; Rebecca Roberts, Van.
Division III
97 pounds: Alyssa Matthews, White Oak; 114 pounds: Shelby Luce, Cayuga; Chick Johnson, New Boston; Kenzie Martin, Winnsboro; 123 pounds: Heather Wooden, Palestine Westwood; 132 pounds: Olivia Worsham, Joaquin; Adrienna Branch, New Diana; 148 pounds: Tachrissa Boyd, Daingerfield; Meghan Bowling, White Oak; Tara Ellis, Hughes Springs; Ashley Brown, Mount Vernon; Abigail Ramirez, Winnsboro; 165 pounds: Madison Rice, New Boston; 181 pounds: Jessica Garrett, Prairiland; 198 pounds: Kristin Dean, Troup; Erica Wesley, New Diana; 220 pounds: Ciera Tillis, Palestine Westwood; Kaitlyn Martin, Hughes Springs; Kierra Butler, Palestine Westwood; Tyeesha Dawkins, Palestine Westwood; 220-plus: Raven Paul, Frankston; Nicole Phillips, Daingerfield.
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Don't put off having kids for too long – that's the message constantly being drummed into us these days.
Not only can your age have a huge impact on your ability to conceive, but if you do manage to get pregnant in your late thirties or forties, there are more things that can go wrong and you could be putting your child's health at risk.
Or so we've been told.
Yes, it's true that fertility does decline rather rapidly after the age of 35 and that there are greater risks associated with being pregnant and giving birth. These include increased chances of:
• Miscarriage and premature birth
• Pregnancy complications due to conditions such as diabetes or high blood pressure, which are more common the older you are
• Having a baby with a genetic anomaly like Down's syndrome
But the good news is babies born to older mums aren't likely to be less healthy later in life than those whose mums gave birth in their twenties or early thirties, according to new research. In fact, if you're over 35 when you have a child, your baby may be less prone to health problems than those born to mums aged under 24.
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, who studied 18,000 babies and their mums, say it is not the age of the mother that affects the health of their grown-up kids, but her education and the number of years she spends with her child.
The better educated a mum is, the more healthy their child tends to be – possibly because they have a better understanding of nutrition and other factors involved in good health, and because they're more aware of early signs of health problems, so they can seek help sooner rather than later.
Researchers also uncovered that how many years a mother spends with her child can affect a baby's wellbeing, because of the psychological effects from losing your mum early.
While being under 30 dramatically increases your chance of being able to conceive, the earlier in life you have children, the more likely it is that those kids will have a range of health issues. These include a higher number of undiagnosed conditions, dying earlier and being obese as adults.
Investigations also showed that children born to mothers aged between 20 and 24 suffer from five percent more diseases than those whose mums were between 25 and 34 when they had them. And children born to mothers aged 14 to 19 are 15% more likely to have illnesses later in life.
Meanwhile, a British study has come to the conclusion that not only are babies born to mums over 40 healthier than those whose mums are younger, they can also be more intelligent.
Researchers from the UK's Institute of Child Health, University College London and Birkbeck College in London compared 1100 children born to 40-plus mums with 38,000 kids born to younger women.
They found the offspring of older women:
• Have fewer accidents
• Are less likely to need hospital care
• Have a broader vocabulary
• Receive higher scores in IQ tests
One of the researchers, Dr Alastair Sutcliffe, said the children of older women were perhaps less likely to have accidents because their mums were less inclined to let them take risks. The fact they were not as able to run after their kids might make a difference, but they were also probably more adept at spotting and avoiding potentially risky situations in the first place.
Some research shows children with older mums have greater academic success than other kids. Dr Sutcliffe says there is a link between older mums and "better outcomes". "Older mothers appear to have good parenting skills, they may be less impulsive, more calm and have more life experience... The research suggests that when the enormous difficulties of pregnancy and birth are over, they can make better mothers."
Researchers have found that kids with older mums have fewer accidents and are less likely to need hospital care.
• Emma Thompson had her first child, Gaia, at 40
• Susan Sarandon was 46 when she had her son Miles
• Cherie Blair had her fourth child, Leo, at 45
• Halle Berry was 41 when she had her daughter Nahla
• Nicole Kidman had her daughter Sunday Rose at 41
• Holly Hunter had her first babies, twin boys, at 47


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It's appreciably more difficult for Washington politicians to amaze Americans who paid any attention at all to what has been transpiring in Washington. And that number is growing. But the Democrats are giving it their best shot.
Read this just out from Politico, explaining that the Senate's committee process simply must be suspended to jam through Obama's energy/cap-and-tax Power Grab, because it is so expansive that it would invoke the jurisdiction of six Senate committees. These include the tax-writing Finance Committee, because cap-and-trade and the new gas tax (styled by some cheerleaders who think you're stupid as a "carbon-linked fee").
So, again, Harry Reid is going to write a couple of thousand pages — and try to buy off the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with revenues taken from you — in closed-door, back room deals. The ability to do so is one reason the bill in its House version grew to 1,400 pages, bigger and bigger with each closed-door deal. There are so many ways to design this takeover and the wealth transfers and lost freedoms involved, and to hide and target the hurt.
If that sounds like the health care takeover, it should. It's the same thing. As the perpetrators admit to Politico. So possibly C-SPAN might ask to be involved. Surely the White House can come up with a better response than last time.
I've mentioned that "Power Grab: How Obama's Green Policies Will Steal Your Freedom and Bankrupt America" was just published this week, right? That's the only reason I can say something nice about these people and their tricks. They prove me right. So cause problems by reading what they don't want you to know.
For example, although the popular discussion in Washington is now trending toward the likelihood of a European-style Value Added Tax (VAT), this is being rhetorically cushioned with the explanation that it is the only politically viable or even foreseeable way to raise the revenue that Obama's Leviathan State requires. That's untrue.
Team Obama is hiding its cap-and-tax cram-down behind closed doors because, as documents I obtained under the Freedom of Information Act — drafted within days of Obama's victory in preparation for just such a moment — reveal, the bureaucrats believe they can plunder an equivalent of the entire corporate income tax haul per year from cap-and-trade, designed the way Obama has called for it.
That is $400 billion per year. That's several percentage points of GDP. That's the biggest tax increase in American history in constant dollars, by far. All of which I detail in Power Grab.
Meanwhile, as Reid et al. plot to continue the hijacking of democracy, EPA is conducting a video contest soliciting public video entries that support growing the regulatory state, on the odd argument that regulations already touch almost every aspect of your life. Oh. Then surely more is better.
And responding by providing the requested video advocacy is just the sort of helpful grassroots activity that community organizing is all about. And probably just what the "stimulus" bill had in mind when it dedicated millions in wealth transfers to the same groups. As I also detail in Power Grab. You are taking my hard-earned money to pay people to speak out in favor of you taking more of my hard-earned money. I hate to be so Bob Dole but, where's the outrage?
As you'll see in Politico, the Democrats'/Lindsey Graham's argument distilled is that such an enormous undertaking would overwhelm the poor dears, so Harry Reid and whomever he brings back into the room with him need to hammer the couple of thousand pages out. It's for everyone's own good.
I remind you, that's their defense.
Maybe, instead, these perils are ones that our Founders would have read as indicating that you either a) do this with particular attention to the Constitution's clear presumption of transparent and accountable policymaking, or b) you don't do it at all.
So, we see here proof that they really are that radical. And they're scared that their opportunity to "organize society" is short-lived and is creating a backlash, such that they'd better cram as much down now as they can.
This isn't news. But this latest Power Grab is. So far the Republicans have raised eyebrows but not their voices. Will they shut down the Senate in protest, or at least to stall this and draw attention to the sleaze being employed to no media opprobrium — all of the proper people know that this is a very fashionable issue, so long as the windmills are placed out there next to the unwashed.
Will you let them get away with it? Or, as I hopefully note at the end of my book, will you have something to tell your kids and grandkids that you did in this war?


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can somebody please send me the framework-res.apk from Stock KitKat?
I want to make a custom rom for the Desire 500 and need some of the Icons of KitKat.
You can find this file here: system\framework\
It would be really nice if somebody could send me this file, i could not find it on the Internet


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Foolproof Art Studio for iPhone
By Studio Mee
This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices.
Create art with your personal touch from any photo – in seconds. The smartest oil painting app for both beginners and pros.
Featured by Apple under New and Noteworthy in 125 countries!
- Simple: paint FAST for a nice oily blur, paint SLOWLY for better detail, regardless of brush size.
- Brush strokes are recorded, so you can replay the whole session at any time.
- Export replays as regular movie files (iPhone 4 or later).
- Save sessions for later reuse.
- Undo at any time. Or even better, just paint over!
- Enjoy the dynamic paint sounds following your slightest brush twist.
Apple: "Keep your fingers clean and your palette creative with Foolproof Art Studio for iPhone."
148apps: "I can see Foolproof Art Studio being a real must have photography app."
PhotoCruncher: "Anyone can operate this ship and feel like a seasoned Captain at the helm."
Appstraction: "Foolproof is a fresh break from the mould."
Check out the trailer: http://youtu.be/yxx87L4e7Wo?hd=1 (90 seconds)
When painting is fun, results are better!
What's New in Version 1.85
- Compatible with iOS 8
- 64 bit code
- No black background in saved results
- Auto paint stoppable at any point, keeping strokes up to that point
- Faster session loading by disabling iCloud session sync by default. Re-enable under settings menu.
- No disappearing sliders in palette window
- Better handling of images in shared iCloud photo streams
- Images are saved in a separate photo album
- Browse friends' photos turned off because of recent Facebook API changes disabling this
- Triple tap for lens (instead of double tap)
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it does the job perfectly
- $1.99
- Category: Photo & Video
- Updated: Nov 15, 2014
- Version: 1.85
- Size: 21.8 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Studio Mee
- © 2013 Studio Mee
Compatibility: Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.


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Broadway Vanilla Bedroom Doors
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Hope for zebra crossing
9:30am Wednesday 2nd January 2013
9:30am Wednesday 2nd January 2013
OXFORD: A transport boss is expected to approve a long called-for zebra crossing in Weirs Lane, South Oxford, tomorrow.
Oxfordshire County Council deputy leader Rodney Rose will be asked to authorise to crossing by the junction with Canning Crescent.
A council report says there is "widespread local support" for the plan, which has been requested for two decades.
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Nexen, a mid-tier Canadian energy company, operates in western Canada, the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, Africa and the Middle East, with its biggest reserves in the Canadian oil sands. It produced an average of 213,000 barrels of oil a day in the second quarter of this year. Acquisitions must be deemed a "net benefit" under the Investment Canada Act. Concerns have been raised by lawmakers about a takeover by a state-owned Chinese firm but the deal has garnered support from the premier of Alberta where Nexen is based. Analysts say it will likely be approved because more than 70% of Nexen's assets are outside Canada. Political scientist Wenran Jiang said the challenge for Ottawa will be to show consistency in how it applies the Investment Canada Act's key net benefit test to foreign deals. "They will have to appear that they use the same set of rules to evaluate, rather than using different tailor-made rules," said the senior fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Paradis has extended the review of the CNOOC-Nexen deal until mid-November. The reviews can be extended by further 30-day increments, with the buyer's consent. While some foreign takeovers are approved in Canada, the Conservative government rejected Anglo-Australian BHP Billiton's ( BHP) hostile takeover bid for Potash Corp. ( POT) in 2010 and the sale of Vancouver-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates' space-technology division to an American company in 2008. In the case of Potash Corp., the local Saskatchewan provincial government was against the foreign takeover of a company that controls 25% of the world's supply of potash. A federal election also loomed at the time. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government has allowed Chinese companies to take stakes in energy companies and has made trade with China a top priority in recent years. However, Harper has said the Nexen-CNOOC deal "raises a range of difficult policy questions." At a news conference in Senegal last week, Harper said there's a national security angle that factors into Canada's relationship with China, calling it important but complex. Jiang said the perception of Chinese firms compared with other state-owned counterparts is unfair in many ways.
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T. Elon Dancy II has been awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor of higher education at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
T. Elon Dancy II has been awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor of higher education at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
Dancy holds joint appointments in African & African American Studies, Women & Gender Studies, and the OU Center for Social Justice. He joined the OU faculty following faculty appointments at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Prior to becoming a professor, Dancy held various administrative posts in both university advancement and health-care settings.
Dancy�s research broadly relates to the identity development of college students, particularly related to issues of race, gender, and culture. More specifically, he studies African American males in K-20 educational settings. With more than 50 publications to his credit, he is the author/editor of four books, including �The Brother Code: Manhood and Masculinity among African American Males in College� and �Educating African American Males: The Challenges of Context and the Possibilities for Practice�.
Dancy�s research on African American male identity, college student access and success, and campus diversity has appeared in some of the most prominent educational research journals in the field. He has given more than 50 peer-reviewed papers at scholarly and professional conferences. This year, Dancy was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to support his work on males of color and achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In addition, he is senior editor of the College Student Affairs Journal, an international peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to college student affairs administration.
This year, he won faculty of the year honors from both the OU Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education and the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. He has received research awards from the Association for the Study of Higher Education-Council on Ethnic Participation, the American Educational Research Association, and the Louisiana State University College of Education. He was twice named an Emerging Education Policy Scholar from both the Thomas B. Fordham and American Enterprise Institutes.
Dancy received his bachelor of science with honors in psychology from UAPB and his master of health administration from UALR. He received a doctorate with distinction in higher education from Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge with a cognate in sociology. Dancy is the son of Gwendolyn and Theodis Dancy of Pine Bluff.


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Just three months after resigning as head of NBC Sports and Olympics, Dick Ebersol is returning to the network as a special adviser, The New York Times reported today (Wednesday), citing several senior NBC executives. How his role will be different from what it was when he was officially running the unit was not spelled out, but the Times article observed that he will be working with two men who were once his underlings and who owe him their positions, Mark Lazarus, the current head of NBC Sports, and Jim Bell, executive producer of the Olympics. The Times noted that Ebersol had resigned following a conflict with Comcast, which now controls NBC. How (or if) that conflict has been resolved was not disclosed.


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Jalen Rose named ambassador for Retired Players Association
Former NBA guard Jalen Rose has been named the ambassador and spokesman for the National Basketball Retired Players Association.
Rose, who is currently an analyst for ESPN's NBA coverage, played 13 seasons in the NBA before retiring in 2007. He had career average of 14.3 points, 3.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game.
He told NBA.com's Steve Aschburner his goal is to create a better transition into retirement for players and continue to build the relationship between current and former players.
"It's a family," Rose told NBA.com last week in a phone interview. "I really don't see a disconnect between the two. Now there's always going to be the mentality that, the older you get, the longer the walk looks.
"But for the most part, I think there's a healthy respect in the current players for the retired players and what they've done. Hopefully we can create some awareness, some planning, a decision-making mechanism from top to bottom – whether it's social, emotional or financial – so you're prepared for that next step."
Rose will be the first person to fill the newly created ambassador role for the NBRPA.
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Stumbled across this on Sittin' On A Backyard Fence, Jill Kittenbiscuits' blog.
There are other equally nutty takes on Citizen Kane. I recommend you pay Kittenbiscuits a visit.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
That's Typing Tuesday # 22: The Cane From Citizen Kane
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- Jill (Kittenbiscuits) said...
Hey, thanks so much for featuring my post here. Really appreciate it.
So glad I found your blog. Really enjoy it! Look forward to future discussions.
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Judging from your blog, I think we have very similar tastes in movies. Happy to call attention to it.
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Subject: General Tech | July 19, 2007 - 11:36 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Novel tried holding a Hack Week, and Ars Technica spoke with Novell's chief open-source
strategy officer, Nat Friedmam about it. It involves Novel employees temporarily abandoning their current projects in favour of a free form week of writing open source software. Letting a bunch of programmers creativity loose was intended not only as stress relief, but also a chance to let the programmers work on projects that they would otherwise have difficulty justifying to their bosses.
We've also just posted the 8th PC Perspective podcast, with a lot of news on processors, prizes, price cuts and Ponds!
"During Novell Hack Week, hundreds of skilled developers employed by Novell at various facilities around the world
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instructions, and executive decisions, Novell's best and brightest created impressive new software and added
innovative improvements to existing programs. In order to facilitate collaboration with the broader open-source
software community, Novell sought to make Hack Week as transparent and inclusive as possible. Developers used
Novell's OpenSUSE Idea Pool wiki to share their ideas with community and solicit feedback."
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UWSoD Student Inna Piskorska In Jamaica
After going to Haiti last year to provide dental care, UWSoD student Inna Piskorska could have rested on her laurels; after all, not many perform that kind of humanitarian work while still in school. Instead, she started planning a second, larger outing.
This time, the diminutive Ukranian immigrant set her sights on Jamaica, organizing a group of 24 that included second, third and fourth year UW students, recent graduates, and additional volunteers willing to devote part of their summer break to providing free dentistry to the people of Jamaica. The program is run by Great Shape, Inc., and matches volunteers with areas in need on the island. Piskorska's group worked in three different clinics in Negril, on the western-most tip of the island.
Throughout the country, the need is great —with only 35 dentists in a population of 2.8 million people, dentistry is for the wealthy — the remaining 80-90 percent of the population depend on public health system clinics staffed by dental nurses, with indirect supervision by a dentist. As a result, fewer than 10 percent of children and 1 percent of adults get to see an actual dentist.
The economics of a smile
Tourism is a driving force on the island, and without a knockout smile, residents aren't likely to be hired into the industry. While in Haiti, there was no time for restorative work, it was important in Jamaica— but still a little tricky. "Without x-rays, restorations involved some guesswork," said Piskorska, "We could never be sure we were going to be able to save the tooth until we got underway. Thankfully, we usually could." She and the other volunteers performed a mix of extractions, anterior restorations and sealants, doing their part to help those with severe anterior decay get their smiles back — and just maybe, a place in the tourism market.
A common language
Communication with Jamaicans was vastly simpler because most speak and understand English well, even though they have a distinct dialect. By adding a few common local phrases into their conversations, the volunteers were able to get to the root of the problem even faster: Wa a gwaan? (What's going on?), jook (injection), cocaine-anesthetic (lidocaine), heavy (numb), and shaky (loose tooth), soon became part of their lexicon. Piskorska says, "Even with regional language differences, we were able to have conversations with patients without an interpreter, and talk about things like soccer UFA finals, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber. I would let kids listen to my iPod during my procedures to help them relax."
With the language barrier largely absent, the volunteers were also able to teach caries prevention, and provide patients with information about oral hygiene and risk factors, in the hope that they could help to eliminate or decrease decay.
Making relaxation part of the equation
Unlike Haiti, where Piskorska and the other volunteers lived in dorm-style housing provided by the local missionaries, the Jamaican crew lived on the beach in resort housing provided by the Sandals Resort Foundation, a sponsor of the program. Piskorska blogged "After a hard day in the clinic, we spend time together on the beach, playing water or beach volleyball, swimming, relaxing, and interacting with local people. It's a rejuvenating time for everyone, and it helps us prepare for the next day." But while the digs were much more comfortable than in Haiti, Piskorska and her fellow humanitarians still provided hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars in free dentistry to the people of the Caribbean island.
Our hats are off to Piskorska for organizing the successful venture, and to all those who gave so selflessly of their free time. Additionally, Piskorska would like to thank the supervising dentists for their support and sharing their knowledge: Dr. Sherwin Shinn, Dr. Ron Guttu and Dr. Jeffrey Dow; and the sponsors who donated supplies that helped make the trip possible: Patterson Dental Supply, Inc., Burkhart Dental Supply, Densply, Dr. Sakuma, Colgate, Hu-Friedy, Danville, and Garrison!
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Overthinking It
What Happens When Starters Get Sick
Earlier this year, 28-year-old pitcher Paul Phillips of the Atlantic League Somerset Patriots was scheduled to start a game against the Camden Riversharks. Phillips, who was drafted by the Blue Jays in 2005 and bounced around Toronto's and Tampa Bay's systems until last season, entered that game with a league-leading 1.76 ERA. Phillips was Somerset's ace, if the Atlantic League has aces. But Phillips wasn't feeling well.
He pitched anyway. And predictably, he pitched poorly. He lasted three innings and threw 93 pitches, allowing four walks and five runs. When asked to comment on his subpar start, Phillips said:
A couple months before that Phillips start, I was scheduled to attend a BP book tour event at the Politics & Prose Bookstore in DC. BP book tour events are a lot of fun, at P&P in particular, and I wanted to be there. Unlike Phillips, I didn't have to do anything more strenuous than stay upright. But like Phillips, I woke up with a bit of a stomach bug. And after a few brief and disastrous forays from my bed, I scratched myself from the book event. When asked to comment, I said something that sounded like
and didn't move for the rest of the day.
Think back to the last time you were sick. Really sick, not just the sniffles. Your main concern was where the closest bathroom was, or how long until you could lie down, or whether your next sudden motion would be the one that made you lose your last meal. Now imagine that while you were wondering all of those things, you also had to stand on a field in front of thousands of people and face major-league hitters who were feeling just fine.
Of all the impressive things baseball players do—and they do a lot of impressive things—starting while sick might be one of the most impressive. It is not, however, the most dramatic. You can't imagine Ken Burns chronicling Chris Perez throwing up on the mound (twice!) or Chan Ho Park discussing his diarrhea the way you can, say, Kirk Gibson hobbling around the bases or Curt Schilling starting with a bloody sock. Playing through pain is heroic. Playing through a virus that won't last that long is either unnoticeable, or funny, or so gross that you can't watch it without feeling sick yourself. But going purely by degree of difficulty, injuries and illnesses probably aren't all that different. I'm going to disagree with Paul Phillips. A stomach bug seems like an excellent excuse for not throwing strikes.
Anything Atlantic League pitchers can do, major-league pitchers can do better. So it's not surprising that a number of major-league pitchers have pulled a Paul Phillips this season. In fact, we've had a flurry of sick starts in the last few weeks. What follows probably isn't an exhaustive list, and it obviously doesn't include any pitchers who kept quiet about their illness.* But it's enough to give us some idea of what we should expect when a pitcher plays baseball despite being at death's door. (Note: after an agonizing review process, I decided not to include a Yu Darvish start from May with a tenuous link to a stomach virus. And for the purposes of this article, I wasn't interested in position players. Position players get sick too, but sick starters are the stars.)
*Although, really, if you make a start when you're sick, why wouldn't you say something? Either you have an excuse for pitching poorly, or you look even more like a boss for pitching well. And either way, you get points for competitiveness.
August 8th, Rangers vs. Red Sox
Manager statement about sickness: "He's under the weather a little bit, but he still went out there and left it all on the mound. He gave us everything he had. He took the ball and battled."
August 6th, Phillies vs. Braves
Manager statement about sickness: "Once he said he wanted to go, and he said he felt good enough to go, I was going to let him try."
*"See Earl" is what Worley actually said. Most newspaper transcriptions replaced "see Earl" with "[vomit]". I like Worley's way better.
July 31st, Orioles vs. Yankees
Game story description of sickness: "flu-like symptoms," "lethargic," "weak," "sick for days"
Manager statement about sickness: "He obviously wasn't feeling very good. He was pretty weak."
July 29th, Rays vs. Angels
Game story description of sickness: "nauseous"
Manager statement about sickness: "He was chalkier than a Des Moines winter. You could see that his face was a little bit red. It's not easy when you're ill to go out in that kind of heat and keep your wits about you."
After the game, Joel Peralta said, "Getting sick and pitching like he did, that says a lot." In addition to being badass, sick starts are worth plenty of clubhouse points. If you throw up on the mound, compliments from teammates flow as freely as IV fluids.
In his next start, Hellickson—who presumably had made a full recovery—faced the Orioles, a far weaker offensive team than the Angels. He lasted four innings, giving up four runs and four walks.
July 15th, Red Sox vs. Rays
May 25th-June 5th, Rangers vs. Blue Jays, Mariners, and Athletics
Game story description of sickness: "lingering stomach virus"
Manager statement about sickness: "He looked like a ghost last night."
May 25th, Twins vs. Tigers
Game story description of sickness: Very vague—nothing more specific than "Swarzak felt sick." However, IV fluids were involved.
Manager statement about sickness: "We needed a pitcher, we put him in there, and we took our shot. He didn't have his mojo going."
May 13th, Mets vs. Marlins
Manager statement about sickness: "Niese is a little sick."
April 5th, Dodgers vs. Padres
Manager statement about sickness: "When he's throwing fastballs at 88, 89, you know he's not feeling good."
Kershaw's teammates were impressed by his Opening Day effort. A.J. Ellis probably spoke for most of them when he said, "I didn't expect him to start the game at all." What they didn't realize is that any pitcher will go to great lengths to pitch against the Padres. Unless you're on life support, you always make your starts in Petco Park.
Game stories described Kershaw as "slumped over on the dugout steps" before the game and "lying down in the tunnel" after the game. Slumping and lying down are activities that any sick person can do. It's the "getting up long enough to shut out a major-league team for three innings" that most people have trouble with.
So, what can we conclude from our survey of sick starters, if anything? Well, if they're really sick, they'll probably throw less hard, and they'll probably pitch poorly (unless they're Jeremy Hellickson, in which case the more often they throw up, the better they'll be). It's the trainers' and manager's job to decide whether a pitcher is so ill that he might harm himself further, or that the team would be better served by starting someone on short rest, burning the bullpen, or making a roster move. In some of the cases above, I suspect the sick starter's team would have had a better chance to win if the manager had made one of those three choices, though on a couple of occasions, the team lucked out and won anyway.
Regardless of whether those starters should have been starting, though, the fact remains that they did. And that's another thing that separates most of us from the people who make the major leagues. It's not just that we lack the physical tools to do what they do when they're healthy. It's also that we lack the willpower to do what they do when they aren't. When you or I would call in sick, watch re-runs, and plead for pity, sick starters pick themselves up and pitch to Albert Pujols. Pujols won't take pity, and he'll probably make them pay, but we can still honor their sacrifice. So the next time you celebrate the bloody sock, spare a thought for the upset stomach.
Ben Lindbergh is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @benlindbergh
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I posted this on another article, but I really want to find out so I'm posting it again haha.
Aug 10, 2012 08:53 AM
I'm not a good lip reader, but does it seem to anybody else that the far right shot of Derek Holland looks like it came straight from Sam Miller's F-word article earlier this year?
Aug 10, 2012 09:50 AM
This would have been a better sentence: "Probably pretty predictably, Paul Phillips pitched pretty poorly." Oh yeah, alliteration.
Aug 10, 2012 10:14 AM
Odd. I throw up when Chris Perez pitches, too.
Aug 10, 2012 10:50 AM
I'm surprised by the number of pro atheletes that seem to have "stomach virus."
Aug 10, 2012 11:23 AM
I think sometimes a "stomach virus" is really a bad hangover. So maybe being away from home makes it more likely to be visiting the hotel bar and other watering holes.
Aug 10, 2012 12:58 PM
Travel in general makes you more vulnerable. All that time on airplanes and in hotel rooms laden with bacteria from other people from all over. Couple that with the effects of jet lag on the immune system and it's no surprise that a population that travels nonstop for six months gets more viruses than the general population.
Aug 12, 2012 13:27 PM
I just added a Josh Beckett sick start from July that I forgot to include earlier.
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By Samuel Oyadongha
Yenagoa—The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, has said the stringent tax regime by the various tiers of government on private schools in the country was negatively affecting the fortunes of the sector.
Rising from its maiden South South Education Summit in Yenagoa, the group pleaded with the authorities to grant waiver or reduce the taxes slammed on its members and also establish an Education Bank for its members.
In a communiqué by the President, NAPPS Bayelsa State, Mrs. Victoria Odubo and Chief Diekieve Ikiogha, Chairman, Central Planning Committee of the 1st South South Education Summit, the group explained that the establishment of the Education Bank by the Federal Government will make it easier for its members to obtain loan from banks.


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By MELINDA WILLIAMS
He sold out his last performance in Pulaski and tickets are expected to fly off the shelf again as international award-winning Elvis tribute artist Ryan Pelton returns to the Pulaski Theatre Dec. 14.
Pelton was supposed to perform at the theatre in September, but a call from Hollywood required the show to be pushed forward to December.
Judy Ison, executive director of the Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley, explained that Pelton has been in California for months shooting the movie, "The Identical," which is about Elvis' faith. She said Pelton will have more details to share about the movie while he is in Pulaski.
According to the movie's website, theidenticalmovie.com, the film stars Ashley Judd and is supposed to be released next fall.
Pelton will take the stage at the Pulaski Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 for a reserved seating performance, co-sponsored by the Fine Arts Center and Friends of the Pulaski Theatre. Tickets are $20 in advance and $22 at the door.
In keeping with the holidays, Ison said Pelton's show will include some of the Christmas songs Elvis was known for performing over the years.
Ison asks the community to, "Please help us welcome Ryan back for another sold out performance."
Pelton first performed in Pulaski in 2009 as part of the Jackson Park Concert Series. His show sold out when he returned in February 2011 for a Valentine's Day show at the theatre.
Pelton has performed all over the world, entertaining audiences in the tens-of-thousands with his unique show that covers all eras of Elvis Presley's career – from the raw-edge 50s to the powerful Las Vegas years of the 70s.
Throughout his career, he has had the opportunity to work beside many original musicians and vocalists that performed with Elvis Presley himself, including The Jordanaires, The Imperials, The Sweet Inspirations, D.J. Fontana, Charlie Hodge, Jerry Scheff and Millie Kirkham.
He performed a duet of "If I Can Dream" with Celine Dion on American Idol and played the role of Elvis in the movie "Hound Dog." He tours worldwide with his show, American Icon.
Joe Moscheo of the Imperials called Pelton, "The best (Elvis tribute artist) in Vegas since the Man himself."
Mike Powers of WGHL Wiggle 100 in Troy, Pa. said, "For those of us who knew and loved Elvis, it's like falling in love again. For those who wanted to know what Elvis was like, you'll meet him when you see Ryan Pelton."
Tickets are available at the Fine Arts Center, Pulaski; Martins Pharmacy, Pulaski; Pulaski County Visitors Center in Dublin, and Barry's Music in Radford. The Fine Arts Center, 21 W. Main St., offers purchases on most major credit cards.
For more information on the show, call the Fine Arts Center at 980-7363. For more information on Ryan Pelton, visit his website HYPERLINK "http://ryanpelton.com/" \n _blankryanpelton.com.
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Day of surgery was very smooth with attentive nurses. I was out for 2 hours roughly and apart from a thirst I did not suffer any ill effects from the general. I had been prescribed pain meds and anti nausea but i have not used them.. The sensation is of a tightness where the sutures are and sunburn on the lower lids upper cheek. I was given sinecch arnica to take and a cream called Elta for the lasered area. I was also prescribed an anti viral tablet and cream and an anti bacterial tablet.
Posting this now as this is my third attempt. I am on day 5, Will follow up.