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1. Inorder to replace fix or install your new HP G72 laptop fan and heatsink, you will need to open up your laptop. You can do this by removing the screws from the bottom of the laptop.
2. Once the screws have been removed from the bottom of your laptop, you can now remove the keyboard and plastic bezels from your HP G72 laptop.
3. You will see your HP G72 Fan and Heat Skin exposed.
4. Use a screw drivers and remove the screws from you HP G72 HeatSin Fan.
5. Before reinstalling the new HP G72 Fan onto your laptop, you can clean the HP G72 Fan. To clean your Fan and Heatsink, use a can of air and blow out any dirk from your HP G72 Fan. You can also use a paint brush to clean out the dirt from the hard to get areas. Somtimes cleaning your HP G72 laptop fan will actually repair it. Dirt can cause the HP G72 Laptop Fan to make noise and even stop spinning properly.


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The 20th Istanbul Jazz Festival kicks off R&B and soul music, Alicia Keys. At the second night of the festival, Wednesday, 3 July, the festival spreads throughout the city with two glamorous concerts. On the one hand, the Paris-based jazz vocalist, Dee Dee Bridgewater meets with master jazz pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis at 21.00 at the Imperial Garden of Yıldız Palace; on the other hand, one of the premiere pianists in Cuba Ernán López-Nussa, drummer Ruy Lňpez-Nussa and his sons, pianist and composer Harold Lopez-Nussa, Ruy Lopez-Nussa, and Felipe Cabrera are on stage at 22.00 at Feriye Restaurant, Ortaköy.
Other highlights include British jazz, singer, pianist and songwriter Anthony Strong, jazz pianist Uraz Kıvaner and his quintet share the stage with trumpeter Marco Tamburini at Salon İKSV, Stefano Bollani , Hamilton de Holanda, Melody Gardot, Matthias Eick, Roos Jonker, Bruut!, Salvatore Bonafede Trio, Tin Men and The Telephone.

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Earth : Asia : Southeast Asia : Thailand : Isaan : Sisaket
Si Saket (ศรีสะเกษ) is a town in Isaan, Thailand.
With a long history, the area around Si Saket has had a strong culture and a prosperous economy since the Khmer era over one thousand years ago. Moreover, many ethnic tribes settled here such as the Suay, Lao, Khmer, and Yer. Si Saket became a town in 1759 during the Ayuthaya period. In the reign of King Rama V, or around a century ago, the town moved to its present location.
With plenty of Khmer ruins, Si Saket is an interesting destination to visit. It is also the gateway to the world famous Preah Vihear ruins, a cliff-top Khmer sanctuary, most of which is just across the border in Cambodia. However, it can can be visited without requiring a Cambodian visa. The province grows a wide variety of fruits, such as rambutan and durian. These are typically available at the beginning of rainy season around May. Much of the local population are near-subsistence farmers earning an average of about 100 baht or $3 per day.
Get in
By car
From Bangkok, use Hwy 1 (Payolyothin Rd), then Hwy 2 (Mitraphap Rd) from Saraburi. Near Korat (Nakhon Ratchsima) take Hwy 24 (Chock Chai-Det Udom) to reach Si Saket. This route is 571 km.
By bus
Buses and air-conditioned coaches leave the Northeastern Bus Terminal (Mor Chit 2)in Bangkok for Si Saket daily. The journey takes 8 hours. For more information, call 0-2936-2852-66 and Si Saket Bus Terminal at 0-4561-2500 or visit http:/www.transport.co.th
Buses from Roi Et go via Yasothon and cost 120 baht.
The terminal itself is within the city, and is about 1 to 1.5 km from the railway station. To get to there, exit the terminal onto the main road and turn left. Walk along to the end of the road, where there is a road at right angles which backs onto the railway line. Turn right and walk to Khukhan Rd, turn left and cross the line, then turn left again. The station is a couple of hundred metres distant.
To get around, there are only motorbike taxis.
By train
Ordinary, rapid, and express trains regularly leave Bangkok and Bang Sue Station for Sisaket. The route is 515 kilometres. For more information, call State Railway of Thailand at 1690, 0-2220-4334, 02220-4444, and Sisaket Railway Station at 0-4561-1525 or visit www.railway.co.th
For getting around in Sisaket City, tricycles are readily available. Moreover, there are buses from downtown Si Saket (Amphoe Muang) to other towns (Amphoe) as well as provinces nearby.
To get from here to the bus terminal, see the reverse directions in "Bus" above.
By plane
The nearest airport is at Ubon Ratchathani (UBP) which is served by Air Asia and Thai Airways.
Get around
There are neither meter-taxis nor tuk-tuks, but you can hire a motorbike-taxi or take a samlor (three-wheeled bicycle-taxi).
Si Saket is in the heart of Isan. You will find excellent Isan food anywhere in the area. There are quite a few good restaurants in Si Saket. But maybe the best offer in town is the lively evening market adjacent to the railroad on the south side of the train station. There you will find a wide variety of cooked, baked and BBQ-ed food for a very reasonable price. The evening market opens at 17:00 and closes at 21:00.
In the main part of the city, there are a couple of decent restaurants close to the railway line on Khukhan Rd (heading north in the direction of the station), and on the road parallel to the railway which leads off this road (to the right facing the railway line). Everything is in Thai though,and little English is spoken.
There are a few places you can go to in the evening/nightlife, one of the most famous being Sugars on Lak Muang Rd. Then you could go off to the Nona disco on Kuang Heng Rd, and last but not least to the I-Bar at the Prompiman Hotel on Lak Muang Rd, not far from the train station. In the I-Bar you can meet the trendy young locals and listen to live music. Dress properly, no beachwear, or you will be refused at the door.
1102-05 Khukhan Rd, 045 614006.
To get here from the bus terminal, turn left onto the main road as you exit the terminal and walk until you see a road at right angles opposite. Walk along this road about 200M, then turn left into Khukhan Rd. The hotel is about another 500 metres further on your right. From the train station, turn right as you exit the station, then right again across the railway line at the first road you come to. This is Khukhan Rd. The hotel is about two blocks along on your left. There is a sign in English out front.
Hotel is a little dated, but is well run and clean. Has about 10 floors. Credit cards accepted. There is an internet terminal near the desk and you pay to use it.
Double is B550, and this includes your choice of Thai or Western breakfast.
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Attorneys delivered closing arguments in Juneau Superior Court Monday in the trial of a Juneau man accused of selling heroin and attacking a witness against him.
Jose Perez, 36, is being tried on one count of misconduct involving a controlled substance and two counts of interference with official proceedings.
Attorneys on each side accused the other of offering up red herrings. Defense attorney Kevin Higgins said the prosecution's use of his client's Dominican Republic passport to prove he was in a location where drugs and weapons were found was a distraction technique, as the state could have used other evidence to prove he was there.
Higgins attacked the credibility of many of the prosecution's witnesses in his closing remarks.
"We have addicts, we have thieves, and we have hustlers," he said. "Because they didn't hesitate to act in their dealings they got busted. Now they find themselves making deals, trying to undo everything they did and the state wants you to trust them."
Higgins also emphasized the prosecution's burden to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
"In your important affairs a defendant is never to be convicted on mere suspicion or conjecture," Higgins said. "The state doesn't want you to be distracted by red herrings and neither do I."
He also emphasized what, in his view, was a reliance by the prosecution on circumstantial evidence. He used a fable of a warrior named Wolfen who, returning home from battle, found his dog covered in blood, with teeth bared, and his wife and child nowhere to be found. The warrior, assuming the dog had killed the wife and child, killed it, only to later discover the wife and child unharmed, and that the blood came from two larger dogs that had tried to attack his family.
"So it is true direct and circumstantial evidence are both admissible," Higgins said. "And they are both are to be considered by you. And the instruction is true that neither is to be given more weight. But Wolfen acted on circumstantial evidence."
Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Angie Kemp cautioned jurors not to read too much in to Higgins' attacks on the character of certain prosecution witnesses. She acknowledged the informants are drug dealers and have a motive for what they are doing.
"By all accounts they have something to lose," Kemp said. "The only thing they have to give is their source. It takes a dealer to catch a dealer, you move up the chain."
Kemp said evidence of Perez' guilt was when he "whupped" an informant in jail.
"Isn't that evidence of his guilt?" Kemp asked. "There is a code in Lemon Creek. You don't rat, you don't snitch and if you do you get whupped. It certainly had the effect of scaring the dealer."
Jurors are expected to return a verdict today.
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I hope you won't think badly of me, but there is a microwave in my new house.
I had never wanted a microwave oven. I remember one Christmas when my parents, my husband's parents, and my husband's grandmother all tried to give me a microwave. I said "no." I don't think that I was scared of microwaves, though I did stay away from them when I was pregnant. Nothing scientific on my part, just superstition or over cautiousness.
I learned to cook the old fashioned way, and I'm comfortable with it. What's the point of boiling water in a microwave, when I could be chopping vegetables while water comes to a boil on the stove. Besides I would miss the whistle of the tea kettle. The only time I wished for a microwave was when I didn't plan ahead for dinner, and I thought how nice it would be to thaw something out quickly.
However I pack my husband's lunch every morning before he goes to work. He warms the food up in the microwave at the office, and he's used to it. When we were planning the new house he said, you can arrange the kitchen any way you want, but I would like to have a microwave. So, we got one.
It has an automatic defrost function on it, which I tried once. What with all of the timing and stirring and restarting, I decided it was easier to thaw ground beef or turkey on the stove the way I always have.
However, I do use it for sweet potatoes. There were uncountable times at the old house where I would be 15 minutes away from dinner a meal and realize I had lots of sweet potatoes, but no time to cook them. It's nice to wrap a sweet potato in a paper towel, push one button, set the table, and pull out a perfectly cooked vegetable.
The interesting thing is that sweet potatoes cooked in the oven and sweet potatoes cooked in the microwave don't taste the same. Oven baked sweet potatoes are sweet and gooey, almost like pudding. Sometimes they are so moist that they are messy. Oven baked sweet potatoes remind me more of the texture of a baked Irish potato. They are drier and fluffier. They do not taste quite as sweet, but they are delicious mixed with ghee.
The funny thing is that both are good, and I can't quite make up my mind which I like better. It's sort of like adding a new beneficial vegetable to the list.
I'm going to read the recipe book that came with the microwave oven. I'm sure as time goes on, I'll use it more. However I don't want to get in such a hurried mindset that I impatiently think of cooking in seconds rather than enjoying the process of minutes and quarter hours.
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Talk about bad news. In the Jan. 9 issue of The Mercury, 43 families are on the streets sheriffed from their homes, Social Security payroll tax from 4.2 to 6.2 percent. Middle class folks, my CPA confirmed this — real unemployment 14.4 percent overall. No wonder in Byron York's column, he states the economy never comes first for Obama. Guess what folks, it doesn't come last either.
Whoever refuses in the USA an American because he is an American and gives a job to an immigrant should be found guilty of treason. It should be the other way around. If you give it to an American instead of an immigrant, then you deserve a lot of tribute. Let's get things straightened out in this country and if the employers don't support the Americans, they're guilty of treason.
In the major cities in this country all of them for the most part are Democratic-led cities. Their policies have created a never ending cycle of government dependents, violence, drugs, illiteracy and out-of-wedlock births.
I believe that Diana West who wrote the column that Hillary Clinton doesn't deserve anymore admiration should write one more paragraph publicly and that would be Hillary's resignation.
I see a number of dog owners are calling in disgusted with the negligence of other dog owners who do not clean up after their dogs, do not bring their dogs in if they're outside disturbing and barking. I would like to see printed the numbers we need to contact in each township when we have such problems with our animals. Nobody seems to know who to contact with these problems.
This is for Totally Disgusted. Parents are not doing their job. Some are but the majority aren't. They expect the teachers to do it all and that's not fair to them.
To Jim Fitch, I applaud you. Children go out for breakfast, they eat waffles, milk and bacon. What's the difference? That is great.
I want to thank Obama for cutting Medicare which means that patients who need testing have to come back every other day or so for a test because you cannot have more than one test a day. So they inconvenienced the senior citizens. I would like to say to Obama to keep your hands off Medicare and stop cutting it and keep your hands off Social Security because you're not doing the senior citizens a favor; you're just making it harder for them.
Please explain to your readers why people are so against baby-killing abortions but need assault weapons with 100-round clips.
This goes out to the sound off about renters paying their fair share of taxes. I've got news for you. You own the house, you're making a profit, you pay the taxes. Double dipping for the homeowner to pay the taxes and then the renter. The homeowner wants to own a home to rent it out to make a profit then that's his responsibility. But I will say taxes are way too high, rent's too high, everything is too high except our salaries.
This is in response to the person who says people are losing pictures on their TV because signals are coming from satellites and atmospheric conditions. That's not the case. Today's digital signals are like the fiscal cliff. Instead you have a digital cliff. When the signal gets too weak, the receiver will no longer pick up the signal and you'll lose the signal. So just an update.
The responsible property owners in the borough of Pottstown have been treated unfairly over the years. I once enjoyed living in Pottstown but not only do we have drug problems, there such a control problem. We have had trees destroying our sidewalks and sewers and yet the borough will fight the removal of our trees. No concern for our safety or what it's costing us. We've done a survey and found that the homes without these trees don't have these problems.
Not many things are free anymore but we still accept all appliances free of charge at our free drop off site. Call 610-323-3170 for directions.
How can the president possibly say that we do not have a spending problem when every homeowner in America must balance their budget or they will no longer have a home and they need no education to know that much. I have never seen such an arrogant irresponsible administration in my 82 years. May God have mercy on us as we follow the Roman Empire in decline.
Hey Jim Fitch, forget the grandchildren. I'm 80 and your breakfast sounds wonderful to me. Let me know where you live and what time to come. I'll be there.


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CHARLOTTE – Head coach Ron Rivera trusted coordinator Mike Shula and the offense to call two fourth-and-one plays on the Panthers' first possession against Minnesota, and that faith was rewarded.
"Our guys have a really good mentality, and that's what you want," Shula said. "You want them to have belief and confidence and a little swagger that it doesn't matter how long it is, they are going to pick it up."
Carolina converted both fourth downs and never looked back, taking a 7-0 lead courtesy of wide receiver
"I think we averaged eight or nine yards on just throwing it to the backs underneath against some of that soft zone," Shula said. "It's inviting to want to throw the ball down the field when you have guys like
The Panthers ultimately created that big play when Newton connected with wide receiver
The success of that explosive play and the success of the offense in general hinged on the offensive line's ability to keep Minnesota's disruptive front away from Newton, and the Vikings finished with just one sack.
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"Jordan is having a really good year," Shula said. "We tried to mix our protections -- just like a lot of other teams have -- because they are really good up front, especially at home. Obviously, it starts with Jordan, because he is the guy that's got to compete with (Allen) every play.
"But it was a total offensive effort, with guys helping out with a chip, sometimes we lined up Greg Olsen to help him out, just to try to change things up."
DEFENSE ROLLING: Another week, another impressive outing for the Carolina defense in a 35-10 victory.
"What you are seeing with our defense is a different guy steps up just about every week," defensive coordinator Sean McDermott said. "We are playing great team defense. The players are prepared, and they are putting in the work during the week to get themselves into position to be successful."
"Any time in the run game you can hold Adrian Peterson to what we were able to yesterday, you are doing something right," McDermott said. "That speaks to the toughness of the defense.
"The secondary did a great job of putting a net (on potential big runs) and giving us a chance to line up again. You don't see that all the time with Adrian."
McDermott is now looking forward to putting together another solid defensive performance for the home crowd as the Panthers host the St. Louis Rams at Bank of America Stadium this Sunday.
"I think the players are starting to take a lot of pride in what goes on in this building," McDermott said. "When you can win at home that gives you a chance to get into the playoffs. Just being around the players, I know that there's a sense of pride in playing out here in front of our fans."


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Steven Gerrard says he is excited about playing alongside Jack Wilshere, as England prepare for the resumption of their World Cup qualifying campaign with a friendly against Brazil on Wednesday.
The pair have only spent 13 minutes on the pitch together during the tenure of manager Roy Hodgson, largely due to an injury lay-off that kept Wilshere out of action for 17 months.
However, Wilshere is now fit and firing for Arsenal, and with Gerrard having been named England's player of the year for 2012 on Sunday, they could be handed an opportunity to establish an understanding against the Brazilians.
Wilshere was just eight years old when Gerrard made his England debut, in 2000, and already appears destined for an international career that could one day see him surpass the Liverpool midfielder's current tally of 100 caps.
"He's a great talent. From playing against him, what I've seen in training, and playing alongside him, he's a one-off," says Gerrard.
"He's a lot better than your average Premier League midfielder."
Gerrard, though, says that for all the 21-year-old's undoubted ability, it would be unwise to expect too much from him, too soon.
"I think it's vital we don't put too much pressure and expectation on him," he said. "One man can't be expected to carry a whole nation on his own. He needs help from the others.
"My only advice would be to keep his feet on the ground and enjoy it."
Wilshere made his debut, aged 18, as an 82nd-minute replacement for Gerrard in a 2-1 friendly win over Hungary in August 2010.
Their collaborations at international level since have been scarce, and Hodgson admits he is keen to see Wilshere in an England shirt more often.
"I'm anxious to play down expectations, but you can't deny that he's an exceptional talent," he said.
"It might be naive, but with that level of player, it's up to the other players to profit from the work these players do and the quality of pass they give them."
Central midfield is one area where Hodgson is blessed with several options, and for all his eagerness to pair Gerrard with Wilshere, he knows he has plenty of strength in depth in the middle of the pitch.
"I'm excited to see them, but don't forget Frank Lampard and Michael Carrick," said the former Liverpool manager.
"Tom Cleverley is an exceptional footballer as well. We can hold our heads up and compete with the best in that area of the field.
"We've just got to keep them all fit for the (World Cup) qualifiers and if we do that, I know I've got a headache coming up."
Gerrard says he welcomes the competition for places, but the captain had a warning for anyone hoping to take his berth in the team.
"It's not just Jack Wilshere who wants my shirt," said the 32-year-old.
"I'm sure Carrick and (Scott) Parker, and all the lads in the under-21s, want this shirt, and I'm prepared to fight anyone who wants it."
Hodgson also had words of advice for Wilshere's Arsenal team-mate Theo Walcott, who has repeatedly voiced a desire to play as a central striker this season.
"I've spoken to Theo but I think it's important for him that he realises today that you can be a forward in a number of positions," said the England manager.
"He needs to make sure that wherever he's asked to play for Arsenal or England -- and he won't be asked to play at right-back, or in goal -- he shows that he can go past players and has an eye for goal.
"I know he's no way near as hung up about whether he starts on the right, the left or in the centre (as the media suggests). He just wants to be the forward that Arsenal and England count on."
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JUNEAU (AP) — School officials in Petersburg want clarification on a decades-old law their attorney reads as leaving districts responsible for the cost of school entrance physicals, an interpretation that could have financial implications for school districts statewide.
The issue was raised by parents, prompting Petersburg school officials to seek an attorney's opinion. "He said, Yep, they're right," superintendent Robert Thomason said.
School officials believe they must follow the law but they also contend the law needs to be updated, he said. The original law dates to territorial days, 1953, and included a provision allowing for reimbursement by the state, up to $2.50 per student.
The law was updated in 1966, he said, and states that districts "shall provide for and require a physical examination of every child attending school in the district;" the only current reimbursement language refers to additional physical exams the state health department may require districts to provide.
Thomason said there are no committee records or minutes available to explain the rationale behind the change.
"If the legislature had wished to relieve school districts of the obligation to provide for the physical examinations it would likely have changed the language at that time," he wrote in a legislative history of the law. "It did not."
A state Department of Law spokeswoman was not aware of any attorney general's opinions on the issue and said the agency had not been directly involved in the issue.
The Petersburg school district has requested help from local legislators and drafted a resolution for consideration at next month's Association of Alaska School Boards' gathering, urging a change in the law to make clear that districts aren't required to bear the cost of the exams. The district also has asked the state health department for permission to have the school nurse provide the physicals at no cost to families. The law allows for exams to be done by a nurse if authorized by the state health commissioner or "if the services of a physician or chiropractor cannot be obtained."
"We don't want to be put in the position of knowingly not following the law that's on the books," Thomason said.
School officials have heard the physicals can cost $125 to $200 per student, for examinations that include vision, hearing, skin and temperature, he said. Petersburg typically has incoming classes of 20 to 40 students, he said.
He was not aware of any district that currently pays for school entrance physicals, including his own.
The physicals in question are separate from those required to play sports, and the law requiring entrance physicals is generally interpreted as exams due when a child enters school in Alaska for the first time, said Mary Bell, a school health nurse consultant within the state Division of Public Health.
No regulations were written to accompany the law and there is no statewide standard for what must be done during the exam, resulting in varying policies from district to district, she said by email.
She said some districts have the school nurse assess students in situations such as when there's no exam on file from the children's doctors but those assessments are meant more as a stopgap measure until the child can get a more thorough exam from a doctor.
In Alaska's largest school district, in Anchorage, the board has interpreted the law as allowing for nurses to perform the screening without the need for a waiver, said the district's director of nursing and health services, Nancy Edtl.
Board policy requires all new students to get a physical from a doctor, physician's assistant or advanced nurse practitioner. If exams are not submitted by a certain point, the school nurse will do the screening. The policy calls for school nurses to do health screenings — including tests for vision, hearing and tuberculosis and a review of immunizations — for students who transfer in.
The Anchorage School District had 4,000 kindergarten students this year, district spokeswoman Heidi Embley said by email.
Edtl said most parents get the physicals done on their own, and that is preferred, because it is more in-depth than what a school nurse can provide. She said physicals comprise a small piece of the workload for school nurses in the district.
The Petersburg Pilot first reported on the new questions raised about the exams.
Rep. Beth Kerttula, D-Juneau, said she plans to dig into the legislative history and work toward a reasonable solutions for districts and students. Kerttula is one of the legislators to whom the Petersburg district reached out. She commended Thomason for being upfront about the issue and pursuing clear answers.


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It's kind of hard to say a team that won 97 games in the regular season, has a former MVP in its lineup and is fronted by a starting pitcher who won 19 games is flying under the radar, but that's exactly what the Cincinnati Reds have been doing.
Cincinnati, though, could very well be the first team to advance to a league championship series, as it takes a commanding 2-0 divisional series lead over San Francisco back home to Great American Ball Park after dominating the first two games in their best-of-five set.
"You're not comfortable at all until it's over," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "We've been there before. It's hard to take the last breath out of anything, and that is their last breath and they're trying to get a hole, win Game 3, then Game 4, and it's back to even so we're trying to stop it from getting back to even, you know, any kind of momentum."
Widely ignored by the national media for most of the season, the Reds finished one game back of the Washington Nationals for the best record in all of baseball. Yet the list of people who had the Reds winning this series, let alone representing the National League at the World Series, were few and far between.
But all Baker's team does is win, and this weekend they sent a giant message to the NL, that they just might be the team to beat this October.
After Brandon Phillips' home run set the tone in their Game 1 win over the Giants, the Reds got a terrific pitching performance from Bronson Arroyo on Sunday in a 9-0 rout.
Arroyo spun seven innings of one-hit ball, struck out four and walked just one to earn his first career postseason victory and put the Reds on the cusp of their first NLCS since 1995.
"It's amazing to go out there deep in the ballgame, get an opportunity to kind of do what you do in your craft and have it work out the way it did," Arroyo said.
Heading into this series with San Francisco, the Reds, amazingly, were looked at as underdogs, based in part due to the Giants' postseason experience from their 2010 run to a World Series title. People may have forgotten the Reds also were in the postseason that year, and although their stay was short-lived, many of the players on that team are still on the team now.
"Back then when we got swept by the Phillies, we were playing one of the best teams we'd ever seen in modern baseball from pitching staffs to speed to hitting, to everything," Baker said. "There are a couple of things that happened in those games where we lost the ball in the lights, a couple of other plays and that's all they needed to get ... to sweep us. We're just older -- we're all older, younger -- some of 'em are younger, but experience helps."
That 2010 San Francisco run also created the myth that the Giants still possess some of the best starting pitching in baseball. In reality, though, the Reds staff was statistically better this season and had maybe the best pitcher in the NL this season in Johnny Cueto.
Cueto, who was 19-9 in the regular season with a 2.78 ERA, started Game 1 of this series on Saturday, but had to exit with a back injury after recording just one out.
"When I was throwing, long toss, nothing happened, everything was feeling well," Cueto said. "As I went to the bullpen, I was warming up and everything went perfect. It was only on the last two throws when I felt a sharp pain on my right side. Then I was getting ready to go back to the dugout, I just went and talked to the head trainer and told him about ... he put some heat on it and we communicated to Bryan (Price) what happened."
Cueto flew ahead to Cincinnati ahead of the team on Sunday and there was some speculation that he could start Game 3. Baker, though, seemed pretty adamant that Homer Bailey would still get that assignment, but has yet to name a Game 4 starter.
"You can't take a chance with Johnny, and we have to see exactly ... we can't have him go out there again and have something else happen to him and come up short again," Baker said. "When he goes back out there, we will make sure to the best of your knowledge that he's OK."
Regardless of who may or may not have picked them to be in this position, the Reds find themselves in pretty good shape.
Since Division Series play began in 1995, the team going up 2-0 has advanced 38 of 42 times, or 90 percent of the time. Only four teams have come back from that deficit, the most recent being the 2003 Boston Red Sox vs. the Oakland A's. The others are the 2001 New York Yankees vs. Oakland, the 1999 Red Sox vs. Cleveland and the 1995 Seattle Mariners vs. the Yankees.
None of them, though, had to win three consecutive road games to do it. And it has never happened in the NL.


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Gainey Ranch Golf Club Raises More Than $110,000 for The Yarnell Community and The Granite Mountain Hotshots
In an emotional day and night, ClubCorp's Gainey Ranch Country Club in Scottsdale honored the lone Granite Mountain Hotshot survivor, Brendan McDonough, and raised more than $110,000 for the families of the Yarnell 19 who lost their lives fighting a fire. After the golf tournament, McDonough in turn thanked the community for their support, saying while we can't bring his brothers back, we can do our best to honor them and take care of their families.
McDonough was met with a standing ovation at the reception of the Yarnell Fire Golf Fundraiser on August 2nd. He told the crowd of his first meeting with Gainey Ranch General Manager, Jim Murphy. "I was in a cafe in Yarnell, and I was on my way to a funeral, I sat down and ate breakfast by myself, and he recognized me and told me he wanted to help."
Raising over $110,000, with donations still continuing to climb, players paid anywhere from $100 to $1,000 to play a nine-hole round, with the money going to the Arizona 100 Club to benefit the families of the fallen firefighters. An additional Fill-The-Boot-Campaign contributed to the overall funds raised, and will also be distributed to the Community of Yarnell. McDonough said donations are desperately needed for the wives and children of his fellow hotshots left behind. "There's a lot of children, unborn children, it's going to help a lot."
Gainey Ranch GM Murphy concluded with, "You see how many hugs they're giving him, the ovations they're giving him? He's a huge part of what we're doing today. We just want to show Brendan that we won't forget his brothers, which is exactly what he asked for."
Local TV station KPHO was at the event and ran this story on their newscast: Lone Hotshot Survivor: We can remember them in an amazing way


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PEPPERELL -- The Finance Committee voted Wednesday night to recommend 10 of the 13 fall Town Meeting warrant articles, including an article added to the warrant during a simultaneous special Board of Selectmen meeting.
The new article seeks to appropriate $5,820 for staffing for the Town Treasurer's Office.
The board deferred voting on recommendations for three of the articles until Thursday pending input from necessary personnel.
After input from Town Administrator John Moak, the board also postponed voting on the recommendation for a brush chipper for the Highway Department. The department's current practice for brush removal is to manually remove limbs from the road, haul them offsite to the department barn, stockpile them and contract the chipping.
According to a statement provided by the department to the Finance Committee, "The cost of running a typical brush operation costs approximately $12,000 a year."
Utilizing their own chipper, according to the statement, would reduce the annual cost by about $4,000. The cost of purchasing a used chipper would run between $25,000 and $30,000.
To figure total savings, the Finance Committee was looking for the projected longevity of a used chipper.
"What's missing here is the lifetime of equipment," said member Holly Seiferth. "How long do we think this thing will last?"
Moak said the savings was not merely financial; it was also about streamlining the work of the Highway Department employees.
He said that with the way the brush removal operates, employees have to make several trips to remove brush from a single site.
By cutting out the excess work, it would free up the employees for other necessary tasks.
"They're going back to the same town area four or five times a day to complete the brush work," he said. "It's so labor intensive, it's incredible."
The committee is waiting for input from Ken Kalinowski, Public Works director, on equipment longevity before offering a recommendation.
They also deferred discussions of recommending the appropriation of funds for cleaning the carpets at Town Hall.
They are waiting for estimates on replacing the carpet.They are also waiting for input from Masy Systems owners John and Laurie Masiello about the company's proposed tax-increment financing agreement before recommending it to the town.
Town Meeting is scheduled for Oct. 29.


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Tencent has made a strategic minority investment in Epic and had already a preexisting relationship with Epic as a licensee of its Unreal Engine, the most popular 3D gaming engine on the market. The deal is expected to close within one month. Terms were not disclosed.
The investment follows Tencent's $400 million investment in Riot Games last year, a U.S.-based online game company.


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"Union Pacific's robust management succession planning process is designed to ensure we have highly qualified and talented people prepared for leadership roles," said Jack Koraleski, Union Pacific president and chief executive officer. "Our board of directors recognizes Diane's ability to establish customer relationships, build strong teams and develop talent. Those strengths, combined with her finance and strategic planning background, make her an excellent choice to guide the company's strategic direction, while ensuring we have the best qualified workforce to achieve our business goals."
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June 2, 2005
Tom Cruise is an actor.
13 comments:
- Dave said...
Well, it's obvious why Hollywood is fretting.
Despite conservatives' concerns, Hollywood itself has always been a pretty conservative place. Hollywood, more than most places, is well aware of the power of appearance. Beauty is not, contrary to the saying, only skin deep. One's appearance and demeanor informs a lot about how others view you. Tom Cruise has developed himself into a safe, mainstream star, who Hollywood can safely sell to middle America.
When he exhibits bizarre behavior, such as that on Oprah, or his professions of devotion to cults, Hollywood producers are worried: he's becoming less "safe" and "bankable" a star. Think of it this way: what if Will Smith decided to return to rapping, and instead of making a harmless song about, say, summertime in Philly, adopted some of the more hard-edged tones of urban hip-hop?
Hollywood execs would be sweating bullets. Hollywood's business is built upon the explicit, but oddly unstated, premise that mainstream movie stars need to be largely uncontroversial.
(Most people, even most self-described conservatives, do not adopt a hostile stance toward Hollywood's political leanings because most people are uninterested in that aspect of Hollywood. Hollywood is a bogeyman only to conservative activists.)
It seems quite clear why people are worried about Cruise's bizarre behavior: they have committed too much money to the guy for him to contradict people's expectations of him. Appearance is everything.
- price said...
Tom Cruise always been one of the biggest phonies in existence. It's just refreshing to see that people aren't really buying it anymore. The Scientology and contractual romances aren't helping things, and are making him seem as fame-warped as Michael Jackson. In my mind though, he's been irredeemable ever since he began suing people for implications about his sexuality, and codifying this homophobia in his various lawsuits. It's basically the kind of thing that gay teenagers really need to hear from their heroes. In conclusion, you're right... what were people expecting? I for one am glad people are finally catching on.
- Bruce Hayden said...
Price points out Cruise's falsity. Last weekend, pointed out to my daughter (almost 14), that she was as tall, if not taller, than he already. Her response was that he looked taller on the screen.
I don't know if any of you caught it last week, but there was a great interview with (Not) Tom Cruise on HuffintonToast. It had to do apparently with his relationship with Mel Gibson.
The Scientology stuff was brought up (repeatedly - that is one very weird religion), his height (booster shoes and seat in Top Gun), his homophobia, etc. Great stuff.
- StrangerInTheseParts said...
Could it be that Mr. Cruise is reacting to Mel Gibson's success with the Passion?
After all, like Mel, Tom has his own stalwart (and somewhat hidden) faith, plus a Hollywood sized ego and Hollywood sized insecurities. Has Mr. Gibson's double-whammy of unmasking his religious zealotry and making a bundle at the same time worked itself into Mr. Cruise's competitive mind as a kind of dare, a kind of challenge?
Not a Grand Unified Theory of Tom, I grant you, but a little kindling for the fire.
- Stranger
- Mom Underground said...
I doubt Tom Cruise is competing with Mel Gibson in the sense mentioned above, but if he is, he's more myopic and self-centered than I thought. Gibson's particular brand of Catholicism isn't too beyond the pale for most Americans' comfort levels. Scientology, however, is another story. No medication for religious reasons? We have a society that hates the idea of being barred from medical procedures and medications. Throw religion into the mix and eeeewwwwww.
- Murky Thoughts said...
The fact that Tom Cruise is an actor is merely incidental to what's concerning here, which is that he's a much adored charismatic who is promoting a religious cult.
- J. Blair said...
Penelope got off the crazy train just in time!!
- StrangerInTheseParts said...
Anne -
Will you bite if we shift the operative word from 'competition' to envy? Tom has to be looking at Mel's success with the Passion and drooling. Gibson showed his true religious colors - he dared to show a passionate and somewhat controviersial "brand of Catholicism" - and in doing so he alienated A LOT of people in the public and within the Hollywood machine, and he risked his stardom. But it paid huge dividends - in cash, and in adulation amongst the faithful.
A story like that has to appeal to a True Believer like Tom - to whom his beliefs about medication and aliens are not in the least bit "Ewwww". To him they are enlightened beliefs that the stultified masses just can't quite see yet. If only someone could show them the Light!
I can hear him and Travolta and the rest of the inner sanctum sitting around and pumping each other up Jerry Maguire style: "Why can't we show our true colors? Why shouldn't we expect to find lots of people out there waiting for us to share our passionate and controversial beliefs? When are we gonna do something REALLY IMPORTANT with our fame? Our time has come!"
Perhaps it is a mark of his LACK of myopia that he is slowly ramping up his 'coming out' as a die-hard Scientologist. If he was totally a fool he'd be dumping his own money into a production of "The Passion of L. Ron." and expecting people to buy tickets. Instead, he's out there working the talk shows, softening up the target, testing the repsonse.
For the record, I'm neither a fan of Tom Cruise, scientology, the Passion, or orthodox faith of any kind. What interests me is the way these things appear - to my eye - to be part and parcel with the zeitgeist lately - which has something to do with People of (usually orthodox)Faith coming out into the mainstream culture without apology for their beliefs (a la President Bush) and finding a much larger audience than anyone in the mainstream used to think existed for this stuff. Tom's just looking to get in on the action.
- Mom Underground said...
I like that line of thinking better. Next Task: Convert Catholic Katie Holmes. After that: THE WORLD!!!!!
Does this mean the pharmaceutical lobby isn't as powerful as it's made out to be?
- lindsey said...
Regarding the Passion of L Ron, ick.
- Brent said...
The real story . . . .
Tom fired his former PR rep, the mighty Pat Kingsley, and replaced her with his sister. Does anyone believe that the recent spate of stories critical of both Tom AND his sister have just appeared without the deep connections and knowing help of his former Colonel Parkerite Kingsley? Even Time Magazine is giving this story a full page - Please!
Tom is no different than before; he has simply made an enemy that can expose the sort of things that she, Godmother Kingsley, had previously kept so closed from the public, aided by her willing minions in the entertainment press ("someday I will ask of you a favor"). The next reality show should be "Ultra-Famous Celebrity Manager" - guaranteed to be more frightening (and more realistic)than "the Sopranos."
- Ann Althouse said...
Brent: Interesting. Do you have direct information about this?
- Brent said...
Wow, did I pick the wrong time to go on vacation: I write my first-ever blog comment, on one of my two favorite blogs, and then leave on a technology-free week - only to return and find that Ann herself has asked me a question! Just wanted to say that it is an honor to be directly addressed by you, Ann.
To the subject at hand: "Do you have direct knowledge of this?" . . . yes and no.
As regards Tom Cruise and his regular behavior, yes, I do. Without divulging much time-consuming detail, let me simply say that Tom is not acting differently now in the public eye (Oprah, Leno, the Scientology-related publicity junkets/interviews, etc.)than he has acted for many years, well hidden from the public eye. That would be the job of his publicist/agent/manager, to protect the private Tom and promote the desired public Tom image at all times. In this he is certainly no different than any other celebrity with a manger.
In regards to Pat Kingsley behind it all: no, I do not have direct knowledge I'm afraid - only the word on the street.
By the way, relating to our subject, "Cheat Seeking Missiles" today has an interesting story regarding Tom's cover on last month's Reader's Digest. http://cheatseekingmissiles.blogspot.com/


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Iowa club chosen over The Concession to host 2017 LPGA event.
The Concession Golf Club has lost the battle to host the 2017 Solheim Cup.
The news — coming on the heels of Southwest Florida being awarded the World Rowing Championship for that same year — means the region will not see the 100,000 potential spectators for the LPGA event, or something akin to the $24 million economic boost enjoyed by Parker, Colo., the most recent Solheim host.
"This is certainly disappointing news," Concession spokeswoman Pat Norton said.
The winner selected by the Ladies Professional Golf Association for 2017: the Des Moines Golf and Country Club in Iowa, the Des Moines Register and major national news outlets reported Friday.
The LPGA opted for a central location with more predictable weather rather than Southwest Florida, with its humid summer and early fall — and the potential threat of hurricanes.
The Concession's bid package addressed hurricane season, which also had been a major worry among the governing hierarchy that weighed Southwest Florida's id for the rowing championship.
The Solheim Cup bid package suggested moving the date of the tournament into the fall, to avoid the uncertainty of weather issues that come with Florida in August.
"It was hot and humid in Colorado this year during the Solheim Cup," said Virginia Haley, president of Visit Sarasota County, the county's tourism agency. "In Chunju, South Korea, it was hotter there than any day in Sarasota, too. August is just August."
Chunju hosted the 2013 World Rowing Championships in early September, and Haley and a core of business, government and tourism representatives traveled there for the championship site announcement.
"The big PGA events that come through the state are called the 'Florida Swing,' and it's usually in February or March," said Jerry Moore, president of Pope Golf, a Sarasota-based golf course course management company.
The very first Solheim Cup was won by the U.S. team at the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando in 1990. But that tournament ran Nov. 16-18.
The Solheim Cup would have represented the largest tournament held in Concession history, but golf experts said there shouldn't be too much read into the LPGA's choice.
"I don't think the decision reflects on the quality of The Concession club at all. The issue is more about the time of year," said Jerry Moore, president of Pope Golf, a Sarasota-based golf course course management company. "When you think about a tournament as big as Solheim, they are going to want to be where the weather is nearly perfect."
The Concession, east of Lakewood Ranch, made its debut in 2006 and was named "Best New Private Course" by Golf Digest that year.
Three years later, the publication described the course as one of America's 100 greatest greens.
In 2015, The Concession will host the NCAA Men & Women's National Championships, the biggest event there to date.
"I would imagine that The Concession will continue to look for events of this caliber," Moore said. "The course was designed with events like this in mind and in the right season, they have an excellent shot to land them."
Iowa announcement
LPGA officials have scheduled a news conference for Monday at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club, one of only two competitors for the hosting rights.
LPGA spokesman Kraig Kann said he could not comment on the details of the press conference. Kann had confirmed earlier this summer that The Concession was one of the top three finalists earlier this summer.
Officials with the Des Moines Golf and Country Club also said Friday that they would not comment before the conference.
The announcement for the 2017 Solheim Cup venue was expected to come after the 2013 event in Parker, Colo., held Aug. 13-18.
The Des Moines Golf and Country Club has hosted a number of professional level golf events — far more than The Concession — including the 1999 USGA Senior Open, 1992 U.S. Senior Challenge and U.S. Open qualifying events in 1994 and 2009.
Most recently, the course hosted the 2004 Iowa PGA Section Championship and the 2008 Iowa Open.
The Concession was among 20 different communities and venues that showed an interest in hosting the 2017 Solheim, a list that was eventually whittled down to three finalists, Kann said.
The Solheim, much like the World Rowing Championships, takes years of planning. Once the announcement is made, the course and surrounding community will begin preparations.
The Solheim Cup — it is often referred to as LPGA's equivalent of the Ryder Cup — is held in the U.S. every other year.
It is scheduled to be held in Germany in 2015.


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BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer
The Detroit Lions knew nothing about success in Washington. Through 21 trips to the nation's capital, they owned an 0-fer.
Until Sunday.
The Lions (2-1) ended a 21-game road losing streak against the Redskins, the second longest in NFL history. Detroit's last win away from home in the series came in 1935 against the Boston Redskins, two years before the franchise's move to Washington.
This one came as Matthew Stafford completed 25 of 42 passes for 385 yards with two touchdowns in a 27-20 triumph. Calvin Johnson and Nate Burleson both had 100 yards receiving for Detroit.
"You never know how the cookie's going to crumble, and it feels good that it crumbled our way this time," Detroit cornerback Rashean Mathis said. "I wasn't a part of the past, but I am part of the future, so it feels good to give the fans something to feel good about, and we can demolish a record, our streak, that was going on for years and years and years."
Another losing string was snapped by the Titans. Tennessee had fallen nine straight times to San Diego before Jake Locker connected with rookie Justin Hunter on a 34-yard touchdown pass with 15 seconds left for a 20-17 win.
The last time the Titans beat the Chargers was 1992 when the team was still in Houston.
"We needed a win like this," said Tennessee coach Mike Munchak, who was with the franchise when it was the Oilers and last beat San Diego.
Also Sunday, it was Indianapolis 27, San Francisco 7; Seattle 45, Jacksonville 27; Miami 27, Atlanta 23; Cincinnati 34, Green Bay 30; Baltimore 30, Houston 9; New Orleans 31, Arizona 7; Cleveland 31, Minnesota 27; New England 23, Tampa Bay 3; Chicago 40, Pittsburgh 23; Carolina 38, the New York Giants 0; Dallas 31, St. Louis 7; and the New York Jets 27, Buffalo 20.
On Monday night, Denver (2-0) hosts Oakland (1-1).
Week 3 began when Kansas City defeated Philadelphia 26-16 on Thursday night.
Lions 27, Redskins 20
Robert Griffin III and the defending NFC East champion Redskins fell to 0-3. Griffin completed 32 of 50 passes for 326 yards and had his fourth interception of the season, one shy of his 2012 total. The Redskins scored an offensive touchdown for the first time this season.
But they couldn't do what every previous Washington team had done against Detroit.
"The food isn't going to taste that good tonight," said cornerback DeAngelo Hall, who had a 17-yard TD on an interception. "Still trying to wrap my head around what we can do to get better."
Titans 20, Chargers 17
At Nashville, Locker ended the slide by completing seven passes to six receivers for 94 yards on the winning drive. He finished with 299 yards passing and ran for 68 yards. The Titans (2-1) outgained San Diego 452-277 yards, with Nate Washington catching eight passes for 131 yards. Chris Johnson ran 19 times for 90 yards.
San Diego (1-2) led most of the game despite having four starters out because of injuries and losing a fifth to an injured foot in the first half.
Colts 27, 49ers 7
At San Francisco, Andrew Luck beat college coach Jim Harbaugh. Trent Richardson scored a 1-yard touchdown on his first carry in his Colts debut after being acquired on Wednesday from the Browns. He was drafted two spots behind Luck at No. 3 last year.
Ahmad Bradshaw added a 1-yard TD run in the final minutes, and Adam Vinatieri kicked two field goals for Indianapolis (2-1).
It was Colin Kaepernick's first home loss at Candlestick Park as a starter. San Francisco (1-2) struggled to establish a passing game with tight end Vernon Davis sidelined by a hamstring injury.
Linebacker Aldon Smith will miss Thursday night's game at St. Louis and perhaps sit out longer, according to 49ers CEO Jed York. Smith, who played Sunday, will seek treatment following his arrest Friday for suspicion of driving under the influence and marijuana possession. After the loss, Smith apologized and acknowledged he will get help, but didn't field questions.
Seahawks 45, Jaguars 17
At Seattle, Russell Wilson matched his career high with four touchdown passes, two each to Sidney Rice and Zach Miller. The Seahawks improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2006, beginning a stretch of four straight games against the AFC South. Seattle came in as a 19-point favorite and never gave Jacksonville (0-3) a chance.
The Seahawks forced Jacksonville into three turnovers. They sacked Chad Henne four times, and Maurice Jones-Drew, playing with an injured ankle, was limited to 43 yards on 19 carries.
Dolphins 27, Falcons 23
Ryan Tannehill's 1-yard touchdown pass to rookie Dion Sims with 38 seconds left lifted the host Dolphins (3-0). The score capped a 13-play, 75-yard drive after Atlanta's Matt Bryant missed a 35-yard field-goal attempt with 4:46 left. Jimmy Wilson intercepted Matt Ryan to seal the victory.
Miami fell behind 10-0 and 20-10 and trailed much of the game. The injury-plagued Falcons, who were one play from the Super Bowl last season, fell to 1-2. Atlanta lost despite advantages of 24-16 in first downs, 377-285 in yards and 5-0 in sacks.
Bengals 34, Packers 30
At Cincinnati, Terence Newman returned a fumble 58 yards for a touchdown with 3:47 left in a game of wild momentum swings set up by nonstop turnovers.
Each team gave it away four times. Each team returned a fumble for a touchdown; M.D. Jennings ran one back for Green Bay (1-2). The Bengals (2-1) blew a 14-point lead, and the Packers let a 16-point lead get away in the second half.
The Bengals' defense made the difference as Aaron Rodgers was 26 of 43 for 244 yards with a touchdown, but was sacked four times and threw two interceptions.
Ravens 30, Texans 9
At Baltimore, Daryl Smith had a 37-yard interception return for a TD, Tandon Doss took a punt 82 yards for another score, and the Ravens (2-1) won despite playing without Ray Rice for the first time since 2008. The three-time Pro Bowl running back was replaced by Bernard Pierce, who ran for 65 yards and a touchdown.
Houston (2-1) played much of the second half without star wide receiver Andre Johnson, who had a bruised shin.
Saints 31, Cardinals 7
At New Orleans, Drew Brees passed for three scores and ran for another. He had two TD strikes to tight end Jimmy Graham and the other to Robert Meachem.
Brees was intercepted once by New Orleans native and former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu.
The Saints (3-0) hadn't opened a season with three straight victories since 2009, when they won the franchise's only Super Bowl. They produced four sacks and two interceptions of Carson Palmer.
Arizona (1-2) had no answer for the 6-foot-7 Graham, who caught nine passes for 134 yards.
Browns 31, Vikings 27
At Minneapolis, tight end Jordan Cameron caught three touchdown passes, including the go-ahead grab with 51 seconds left. Third-stringer Brian Hoyer threw for three scores for the Browns (1-2), the latest team to torch Minnesota's depleted secondary. He overcame three interceptions to throw for 321 yards, going 30 for 54. Josh Gordon had 10 catches for 146 yards and a touchdown in his season debut.
After trading young star running back Trent Richardson and elevating Hoyer for his second career start, the Browns looked finished. But they held Adrian Peterson to 88 yards and one score on 25 rushes, used a fake punt and a fake field goal in the first half to build their lead over the Vikings (0-3).
Patriots 23, Buccaneers 3
Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes to Kenbrell Thompkins to lead host New England (3-0), which has yielded only 34 points this season. The Patriots held Doug Martin, who rushed for 144 yards a week earlier, to 88 yards on 20 carries.
Thompkins, an undrafted free agent, scored on plays of 16 and 5 yards.
Josh Freeman threw an interception to former Bucs cornerback Aqib Talib as the Bucs fell to 0-3.
Bears 40, Steelers 23
At Pittsburgh, Chicago's defense forced five turnovers and scored twice. Major Wright returned an interception 38 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter, and Julius Peppers picked up Ben Roethlisberger's fumble and raced 42 yards for a score in the fourth quarter for the Bears (3-0).
Roethlisberger completed 26 of 41 passes for 406 yards, and threw two touchdowns to Antonio Brown, but the Steelers fell to 0-3 for the first time since 1986.
Panthers 38, Giants 0
At Charlotte, Cam Newton threw three touchdown passes and ran for another, and Carolina sacked Eli Manning seven times. It was as Tom Coughlin's worst defeat as coach of the Giants (0-3), and the largest margin of victory for Carolina (1-2).
Newton had 223 yards passing and threw two touchdown passes to Brandon LaFell and one to Ted Ginn Jr. He ran for 45 yards and his first TD of the season.
Cowboys 31, Rams 7
DeMarco Murray ran for 175 yards and a touchdown two years after torching St. Louis with a franchise record as a rookie, and Tony Romo threw for three scores. Murray had his first 100-yard game in more than a year.
The Cowboys (2-1) sacked Sam Bradford four times in the first half and had six overall after St. Louis (1-2) hadn't allowed a sack in four games, dating to last season.
DeMarcus Ware had two sacks and broke Harvey Martin's 30-year-old franchise record of 114.
Jets 27, Bills 20
Geno Smith threw two touchdown passes, including a go-ahead 69-yarder to Santonio Holmes in the fourth quarter in a sloppy game.
The Jets (2-1) overcame a team-record 20 penalties for 168 yards.
Smith slightly outplayed EJ Manuel in a matchup of the first two quarterbacks selected in the NFL draft in April. Bilal Powell ran for a career-high 149 yards for the Jets.
Buffalo is 1-2.
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Don't walk, HIT IT!
Looked like strike 3.
Ball four. Bases loaded with two outs. Be great to end this one by blowing it totally wide open. Come on, DatDude! .750 with bases loaded.
corky gets closer to home.
there's nothing like bowling a 300 game! 13 now and retired.
Ricky henderson has a higher OBP than C. patterson and he's retired. C. Trent 6-14-2008
Lol....getting breaks!
Tough play? Out by 8 steps... Thom
Pitch #113
going into this road trip I'd have been happy at 6-5 & not horrified by 5-6 --- that Giants series to start sure changed my expectations --- needlessly it now seems
The older I get - the better I was
and yes - I hate the Cardinals (Reds fan since 1958)
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The older I get - the better I was
and yes - I hate the Cardinals (Reds fan since 1958)
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pfim wrote:hey guiner, paul mara was just an example
We don't need more Americans like Paul Mara! They'll never be superstars!
I was waiting for somebody to cherry pick that low hanging fruit. I thought the comment about him not being selected to the US Olympic team was a clue.
Whatever team drafts Erik Johnson would be ecstatic if he turns out like Brian Leetch or Chris Chelios. Whatever team drafts Phil Kessel would be ecstatic if he turns out like Pat LaFontaine or Joey Mullen. They are products of the NTDP which was designed to develop elite American players. The entire reason the NTDP was started was because we were not developing enough elite players as evidenced by our poor JR teams in the mid 90s. We are now seeing this program bear fruit as evidenced by our U18 and U20 teams in the past few years as well as the numerous Americans populating the upper rounds of the NHL draft lately. Anybody that followed USA Hockey would know this, but of course we are talking about Sabu, so the ignorance is not unexpected.
The Pens need to continue building their young core. Adding vets by sacrificing assets like the #1 or #2 pick makes no sense. The Pens could sign Chara as an UFA and still not be a playoff caliber team. Once the young core is ready to contend for a playoff spot in 2 or 3 years it would be time to add some vets with proven leadership and significant PLAYOFF experience. Mara is almost as much as a playoff virgin as most of the Pens.


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WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 44 counties in Iowa as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by a recent drought.
Tama County along with Marshall, Poweshiek and Jasper in central Iowa are among those listed.
In addition, counties including Benton, Black Hawk and Grundy which are contiguous also are named as qualified for aid.
"Our hearts go out to those Iowa and ranchers affected by recent natural disasters," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "President Obama and I are committed to ensuring that agriculture remains a bright spot in our nation's economy by sustaining the successes of America's farmers, ranchers, and rural communities through these difficult times. We're also telling Iowa that USDA stands with you and your communities when severe weather and natural disasters threaten to disrupt your livelihood."
All counties listed were designated natural disaster areas on Dec. 11, 2013, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability. FSA has a variety of programs, in addition to the EM loan program, to help eligible farmers recover from adversity.
Additional programs available to assist farmers and ranchers include the Emergency Conservation Program, Federal Crop Insurance, and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. Interested farmers may contact their local USDA Service Centers for further information on eligibility requirements and application procedures for these and other programs. Additional information is also available online at disaster.fsa.usda.gov.
Secretary Vilsack also reminds producers that Congress has not funded the five disaster assistance programs authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill. These are SURE; the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP); the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP); the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP); and the Tree Assistance Program (TAP). Production losses due to disasters occurring after Sept. 30, 2011, are not eligible for disaster program coverage.


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2003 Men's Soccer
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By Ben Risinger, SID
September 17, 2003
The Bluffton College men's soccer team (2-4) beat Cincinnati Bible on Tuesday evening, 3-1. Robert Rohrer posted eight shots on the day with two goals to lead the Beavers. Bluffton's other goal was scored by O'Shea Bowens.
Cincinnati Bible came out in the contest scoring the first goal of the game with 34:08 left in the first half to take the lead 1-0. Bluffton then answered back ten minutes later when Rohrer picked up his first goal. Late in the first half with only two minutes, Bowens scored the second BC goal. Late in the game with only left to play, Rohrer posted his second goal of the day to make the final score, 3-1.
Diego Rodriguez picked up two assists on the contest for Bluffton.
Bluffton will host Lake Erie this Saturday at home for a start.


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Pancake Breakfast to Benefit Officer Sprague Scholarship Fund
On Saturday, March 22, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. there is a pancake breakfast at Applebees to benefit the Officer William Jason Sprague Scholarship Fund. Tickets are 5.00 dollars each and can be purchased at the door. Donations will be accepted.


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The Enchantress of Florence: Salman Rushdie in conversation with Jeffrey Eugenides
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Drawing on more than seven years of research, Salman Rushdie's new novel, The Enchantress of Florence, is the story of a woman who attempts to command her own destiny in a man's world. It brings together two cities that barely know each other the hedonistic Mughal capital, in which the brilliant emperor Akbar the Great wrestles daily with questions of belief, desire, and the treachery of his sons, and the equally sensual city of Florence, where Niccolò Machiavelli takes a starring role.
The story opens with a young European traveler who calls himself 'Mogor dell'Amore,' the Mughal of Love. He arrives at the court of the Emperor Akbar, lord of the great Mughal Empire, with a tale that captivates the imperial capital, a story about a mysterious woman, a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery, and her impossible journey to the far off city of Florence.
With storytelling that mixes political intrigue and high drama, romance and magic, Jeffrey Eugenides and Salman Rushdie discuss the ways in which the novel is a reflection on war and politics, gender and society, fantasy and rumor, individuality and public life, and how the brutal past still influences our present world.
Salman Rushdie is the author of many novels including Shalimar the Clown, Grimus, Midnight's Children, Shame, The Satanic Verses, and The Ground Beneath Her Feet, and one collection of short stories, East, West. He has also published works of non-fiction including The Jaguar Smile and Imaginary Homelands.
Jeffrey Eugenides is the author of the novels The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, which received the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. His latest book, My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro, was published in January 2008. Jeffrey Eugenides is a Professor of Creative Writing at the Center for the Creative and Performing Arts at Princeton University.


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Why Nebraska left the Big XII
Intersting Post on one of the Big Red Blogs concerning why they left the Big XII. My friends that are Nebraska fans are pumped to be part of the Big Ten, and forwarded me this as an explanation of why Nebraska Nation overwelmingly approves of this move. It also explains why Texas is probably never going to be a good fit for the Big Ten.
Why Nebraska Left: Everything You Need To Know
On Wednesday, June 9, 2010 Nebraska became the catalyst of what will turn out to be, one of the most historically monumental decisions in college athletics. The first, and most critical domino has gone horizontal, and those that lie in front of it are about to fall at wildfire pace.
One has to wonder, why now? And why Nebraska? Why would Tom Osborne, a conservative former coach and politician upend the boat? What about tradition? Fear of change? The deciding factor for Nebraska to leave the Big 12 came entirely from within. Osborne knew, way back in '93, that merging the Big 8 with the four Texas schools from the Southwest Conference would result in a rocky, abusive marriage and inevitable divorce. We were warned. He knew.
And he knows now.
When examined closely, there were many components that went into Nebraska's decision, most of which were entirely out of its control. Enter, Big 12 Commissioner and Village Idiot, Dan Beebe. Dan has (had) a simple job. Keep the Big 12 thriving and each member happy. To Bebee, this job description transcribed to keep the Big 12 stagnant and Texas happy and was content in becoming Texas Athletic Director Deloss Dodds' conference mouthpiece/string puppet. Just keep Texas happy. Nebraska ahead 12-10 with 0:00 on the clock in the Big 12 Championship? Not a problem. Ol' Beebs can add a second. (Aside: Funny how that karmic hammer swings back at you. I think Alabama just scored again.)
He also fell behind in the times when it came to forward-thinking ventures like a conference television network, but it was acceptable for Texas to explore their own "Longhorn Television Network." And Texas, who has turned out to be the powerful, yet pea-brained oaf in all of this, resorted once again to arrogance and dismissed the 11 other members of the Big 12 as mere minions.
Make no mistake, Nebraska football is a national brand. The elite of the elite. In the same fraternity as Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Oklahoma. 3rd all-time in wins. Where the rest of the Big 12 were content to be pimped out by Texas and roll over like starving hookers, Nebraska had far more self respect. A conventional, yet notable moment where this was ever-prevalent, was the 11-1 conference vote to keep the Big 12 Championship game in Texas for the foreseeable future. Osborne, not to be pushed around or degraded, was the lone opposing vote. No one else in the Big 12 North bothered to sign up (isn't that ironic now to see KU and KSU begging NU to stay and save them?)
Missouri, who has played a significant, somewhat noble, yet moronic role in all of this, became discontented with the revenue sharing policy of the Big 12. A fair gripe, yes, but the equivalent of Obamacare in college football. Whining for more money/handouts when you've accomplished, well, nothing, will only get you so far. And it definitely will not earn you any respect.
The Big 10, sensing an uprising in the Big 12, quickly realized that their desire to expand could come to fruition, with or without holdout Notre Dame. While Missouri governor Jay Nixon was flapping his gums about "deserving" a Big 10 invite, Tom Osborne waited patiently with a much better poker hand. Adding Missouri, without Nebraska, adds little to the Big 10. A bandwagon, ill-behaved fan base along with a bed-wetting sense of entitlement is not an ingredient for conference cohesiveness. Nebraska is the real gem. A rich history of Heisman Trophies, national championships, and conference championships? There's a program that's earned their respect. Sign them up.
Beebe then mustered up a solution so insanely idiotic, you have to wonder if there were paint chips in his morning coffee. Give Nebraska an ultimatum. Yup, poke the angry dog even more. Pledge your loyalty to the Big 12 within one week - or else. Or else what? You'll kick them out, leading to the demise of the Big 12 anyway? And where is Texas' ultimatum? Good move, moron. If I were Osborne, I'm not sure I could've contained my laughter in that room at that very second. And felt I'm sure, immense disappointment knowing that the abuse couldn't be tolerated any longer. Thank you, Texas. Thank you, Beebe. As much as it pains to leave the beloved traditions and bitter rivalries of Colorado and Oklahoma, you've left us no choice but to go - to a much better place.
Osborne didn't need a week. He acted quickly and precisely, playing his hand with dignified grace. Nebraska wanted out and the Big 10 knew it. The dissolution of a broken marriage and the beginning of an ideal one. And $15,000,000 extra per year in television revenue? Sure, that doesn't hurt either.
Inevitably, this will cause casualties. Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, and Baylor may be left without a pot to piss in. In Missouri's case, a strong wind has soaked them in it. Millions of dollars in lost revenue and no conference. Nothing to play for. But Kansas has one of the most elite basketball programs in the nation? Not anymore. Bill Self just hit the employment ads, and hard. And Missouri? Blame your governor and you're dumbfounded sense of entitlement. In the end, it's sort of difficult to feel that sorry for them. Just remember, "11-1." You all sided with Texas on so many issues. You can beg them for mercy now. Leave Nebraska out of it. When the going was tough you sided with the dim wits from the south.
Looking forward, the landscape of college football looks quite different because of a few unintelligent, arrogant miscreants who thought they could ignore, bully, and laugh at Nebraska and Tom Osborne. The result? Utter chaos. The Big 12? Dead. Dan Bebee? Unemployed. Texas-run conference and Longhorn Network? Bye-bye. I can't help but imagine Osborne in his comfy office chair tilted back with a smile on his face.
Who's laughing now?
... but the contrition is a nice touch.
100% true with everything. Texas is the drama queen of college football. One of the final straws was with the championship game to be moved completely to Dallas instead of the every other year switch between there and at Arrowhead Stadium. The hate towards Texas here is incredible!
Great piece, what are the chances NEB-OKL is kept as a bigtime ooc game? I know the rivalry died off a lil when the big 12 formed and they stopped playing every year, but it's hard to imagine it could be done for good.
If the Big Ten stays at eight conference games why not work out a rotation with Colorado/Oklahoma. They could sandwich in between two cupcakes at the beginning of the year.
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Good post, thanks.
Listening to a local sports radio call-in show. It amazes me how many people think the Big12 gave Nebraska and Colorado the boot. When really they saw an opportunity to get out of the BigTexas conference.
Also, the BCS commisioner mentioned that the NCAA is thinking about dropping the 12 team minimum to warrant a CCG.
From what I have read, I think the Pac Ten narrowly missed a disastrous move. If they had taken on Teaxs and the four Texas sycophants, it would have driven a similar rift into the Pac Ten.
But I am not sure the Pac 10 has learned that lesson. When the B12 collapses, I have a feeling the Pac 10 will be the first conference on the phone to Austin. I only hope the Big 10 is not the second conference. TX is not worth the drama they are going to cause wherever they go.
Eh, I'm not all that impressed by this piece. First, it's obviously a very biased UNL fan, so everything was seen thru rose-colored glasses. Second, it was written before the denoument where Beebe actually came out a hero. Third, it has nothing remotely insider about it -- it's just an outside observer ascribing intent to very public information. Fourth, he's not even right about the money -- UNL is not getting much additional dinero out of this for some time. Fifth, he COMPLETELY ignored the academic angle to all of this, which undoubtedly was a driving force for the UNL Board of Regents (or trustees or whatever they have) and faculty (although I have yet to hear what input the faculty had at UNL on this decision).
Clearly an important piece of the story would be the post-PSU expansion in 1991. I've seen rumors that UNL was calling the BT to join at that time. So there's got to be some historical roots too to the transaction this year. The fact that Osborne was the coach back then, and now is the AD, seems to be logically relevant to the story of how this came to be.
In other words, anyone could have written this, and it's obviously not the full story.
But instead of rehashing obvious stuff, I ask a more interesting question: With the BigXII(minus 2) still intact, does UNL now regret the move to the BigTen(+2)? I would doubt it but I've never seen that addressed by anyone.
I appreciate that this isn't a "behind-the-scenes" explanation, but I think the post had a lot of value.
Nebraska was a founding member of the Big 6/7/8/12 and, although there was some talk of leaving it earlier, it was wildly unpopular. Something changed the perception of an entire state's worth of football fans to the point where they were thrilled to leave the Big 12. Even with improved money and academics, I don't think Osborne and the NU regents make the same decision without that dramatic shift in popular opinion.
Texas was that thing that shifted popular opinion in Nebraska, and this gives an explanation of why. Yes, this was written by a disgruntled NU fan, but the reason that this move is so popular there is that it was a disgruntled fan base, for the reasons given here (I'm comfortable saying that based on conversations with family members from both sides of my extended family who are in Nebraska and are actively engaged with the fan bases there).
To answer your question, the Big 12-2 is still intact, and Nebraska is thrilled to not a part of it anymore. In fact, I would argue that the way in which the Big 12 remained intact (ceding even more revenue to Texas) would only emphasize how happy Nebraska fans are to be gone.
My mom texted me a bumper sticker she saw in Omaha yesterday: "Honk if you won't miss Texas."
I guess if you work in the amount to be dismantled Big "12" offices...or in the Texas Athletic Department. I mean, the rest of the teams got bent over and treated like 2nd class citizens. Which, I guess is better than becoming 3rd class citizens in the MWC, but not quite my definition of heroic.
I know this is a Big Red blog, but this is one sided piece of garbage. Just cause Nebraska is joining the Big 10, we don't have to post the filth from its fans. Why Nebraska Left: Everything You Need to Know? My mistake is thinking that this was going to be fair, balanced, or informative. Why don't we start posting stories from MSU blogs or Al Qaeda?
this is all very interesting stuff, no matter how accurate it is or how slanted the perspective. The bottom line is this: we now have another big-time national-brand program in the big ten, and the big XII has lost them forever. Speculating as to how it all went down is fun and interesting, but nobody, probably not even Tom Osbourne himself, can tell you all the reasons why it happened.
..but I love the post. The original writer from Nebraska is a lot like most of us; he cares very deeply about "his" team, and is writing from a biased POV. But the piece is informative, and I find the writer to be very funny. I know it isn't a large body of work, but for a thousand words or so, some Nebraska fan found a way to be Dan Jenkins funny.
I'm pretty sure he won't be writing Dead Solid Perfect or Semi-Tough anytime soon, but that piece was one of the better fan posts I have read.
"Where the rest of the Big 12 were content to be pimped out by Texas and roll over like starving hookers".
Consider me unimpressed. It was interesting to see how vociferously one allegedly representative fan was ready to get away from the big xii. I raised an eyebrow when he blamed the conference for giving Texas an extra second. I think we here can all attest that such things can happen in the Big~Ten too. In fact it is possible - not saying it's going to happen but possible - that such Nebraksa fans will become just as fed up with Ohio State and Michigan in five or ten years, when BTN is showing The Game a thousand times in the last weeks of the season and the Huskers have become just another Midwest also-ran in the Big Ten Bigger Two.
This marriage is more about academics and shared visions and collecting all the football supremecy of the region in one place, then making a crap ton of money. Once BTN's market research dept realizes scarlet gets more ratings than red, fans like this guy who don't see this as more than an athletic league will get just as ticked at the Big~Ten as Neb got with the BigTexasXII.
Ill probably get shit for asking this.... but, how do you vote?
Then little up/down arrows will magically appear on the right side.
just dont criticize our renowned World Cup coverage
Pretty much sounds like getting away from TX was the #1 priority, and not because they did not want to play TX but becauseTX had no problem stepping on everyone whenever they wanted something.
I just can't imagine the cfb season w/o this game. Much like UM plays ND and TX and OU met each year when they were in different conferences, I think NU scheduling OU would be much more than the continuation of a great rivalry. I think it would really add to the Big X's prestige. Just the voice of one fan, but I'd hate to see this great rivalry halted due to conference affiliation.
Remember, the UMich versus the scum from south bend, numerically, is not that big of a rivalry. They did not play each other for several decades until restarting in hte late 70's.
OU versus NU is better matched with UM versus OSU not the others. When those two played in everything, but basketball, the conference championship was usually on the line -- especially football.
If OU and NU are smart, they will restore this as an annual game. The only reason it fell off the "every year" schedule is because OU and NU were stuck in different B12 divisions. Now that it no longer will be a conference game, that problem has been eliminated. In fact, with the loss of NU, CO and the B12 championship game, TX and OU should be looking to upgrade their non-conference schedules a little. This is a perfect non-conference game for both OU and NU to play every year (similar to UofM v ND).
This piece gives some insight,. Not much, but some...
I agree,But they did it for mostly tv time and To possibly have better bowl bids.


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I think you need to shut this down as quickly as possible. "I don't really care to discuss it. Now, about those right-handed wing nuts we need to use for the left-handed widgets..."The evil part of me (of maybe not so evil) would say something along the lines of "I bill by the hour, I'm sure you don't want to sit here and have a conversation about my surgery on your dime. Let's get back to the topic at hand." I think that might be a bit harsh, but maybe not.
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The US likely doesn't need an introduction to the Droid RAZR line from Verizon, as we've seen Big Red push the handsets to no end and have seen multiple devices from the Droid RAZR family come out this year. Now we have two new entries into the club, and they're both the best in their class. The new devices would be the Droid RAZR HD and Droid RAZR MAXX HD.
Virtually identical, the MAXX, as you'd expect, is rocking a larger battery. Both handsets have powerful innards, but are these the go-to Droid handsets? Read on to find out!


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A recently discovered class of active galactic nuclei, TeV luminous blazars, constitute a small fraction of the power output of black holes. Nevertheless, there are suggestions that unlike the UV and X-ray luminosity of quasars, the very-high energy gamma-ray emission from the TeV blazars can be thermalized on cosmological scales with order unity efficiency, resulting in a potentially dramatic heating of the low-density intergalactic medium. The way in which this occurs, however, imparts a variety of peculiar properties to this novel heating source, resulting in a number of robust cosmological consequences. I will discuss the process by which TeV blazars heat the Universe, the strange properties that this heating has, and the variety of signatures that it has left behind, many of which have already been observed!


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PHILADELPHIA — Sometimes Ryan Howard wonders if there is any open lawn available to him at Citizens Bank Park.
The defensive shifts against him and many players get more intricate every day. Sunday afternoon, Howard laced a line drive to the wall in right field that was caught. In the sixth inning he hit a long fly ball to left that was tracked down. Earlier in the series he had ripped pitches up the middle and to right field that were flagged down by fielders playing well away from where they classically are stationed.
However, in the bottom of the ninth Sunday, Howard finally found a place to drop his first hit and the game's final hit.
The veteran first baseman had his second walk-off heroics of the homestand when he dropped a liner with topspin just inside the right-field foul line for a game-winning single as the Phillies charged back from a five-run deficit to beat the Mets, 7-6.
It has been a fruitful homestand for Howard, with two home runs and nine RBIs in six games, including a walk-off grand slam Thursday against the Astros. While he is hitting a modest .259 (7-for-27) this week, Howard has pushed his RBI total to 72, third-most in the National League.
In truth, his contact Sunday spoke of a guy who deserved more than a 1-for-5 line in the boxscore. But shifts happen.
"I had some great contact today, but what do you do?" he said. (Curtis) Granderson is playing against the scoreboard in right field. I hit a ball to the warning track there. Then I go to the left-field warning track. So I feel good with these swings. I'm just missing. I'm just barely missing balls."
He got the right amount of contact against Jenrry Mejia, who threw Howard a 3-2 offspeed pitch after intentionally walking Chase Utley (single, triple, homer, three RBIs), a decision made once Jimmy Rollins stole second base.
The intentional walks to Utley in order to face Howard have increased this season, and Howard understands it. That doesn't mean he likes it.
"My confidence has always been there ... It was pretty much to be expected,," Howard said. "Chase had three hits in the game, three RBIs, with the winning run in scoring position. I don't have any hits. Who are you going to face? Are you going to face the guy with three hits or the guy with no hits?
"You're only as good as you're next at bat. I forgot about everything else that happened previously in the game and just wanted to try to win that at bat."
Howard still might be auditioning for a role with a contender. He easily cruised through waivers earlier this month and with a productive stretch might convince an American League team to take a measured risk by acquiring him if the Phillies offer heavy salary assistance to the two remaining years of his contract.
Howard becoming productive enough to entice a team is a big "if." Another peril is surviving the walk-off celebrations. Teammates tackled him to the ground hard between first and second base Sunday. He might need to install some airbags for safety reasons if this keeps up.
"It was a little violent today," Howard said. "But you know what, I'll take it."
Utley was a big reason the Phillies (53-65) had any shot. His solo home run in the first inning was their only hit against Mets starter Zach Wheeler until sixth when he singled to left-center. Grady Sizemore worked a two-out walk and Domonic Brown delivered a two-run double to make it a 6-3 game and make up for a poor effort on a Travis d'Arnaud single in the third that allowed two runs to score in that frame.
Utley got the Phillies within a run in the seventh with a two-run triple. In the ninth, Cody Asche led off with a double and scored on Marlon Byrd's pinch-single, setting up Howard to put the finishing touches on the comeback.
"Ryan has been driving in runs for a long time," Utley said. "He has a knack for driving in big runs. I want him up there any time there are runners on base."


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Photo Exhibition: President Hugo Chavez – Promoter of the Multi-polar World, Until Mar. 12 2014 @ the Kenya Cultural Centre
The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Republic of Kenya presents a photographic exhibition "President Hugo Chávez Frías: Promoter of the Multipolar World".
The event will be co-hosted between the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Kenya Cultural Centre. The exhibition is Curated by The Little Art Gallery.
The photographic exhibition will open to the public and run from Wednesday 06th March 2014 to Wednesday 12th March 2014.