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July 3, 2006
Annika Sorenstam and Pat Hurst:
After a dramatic finish to the U.S. Women's Open (Michelle Wie tied for 3rd), these two will compete in an 18-hole playoff today to decide the Open title.
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Two Words For You:
"The fans are stupid."
That's effectively the argument of the critics and cranks who don't like the results of the All-Star Game fan balloting.
What a delightful sentiment to mark the anniversary of the birth of the American democracy.
Dominated by New York and Boston?
That's not baseball; that's the institutional advantage the Northeast corridor enjoys in lots of industries.
I don't agree with 9 of 16 All-Star position starters being from New York or Boston, but I respect the collective voice of the fans to make it that way.
(Besides, you have to look on the positive side: A few weeks ago, it was 11 of 16; Jason Varitek and Johnny Damon were both appropriately bounced.)
Small-market teams have no chance?
Tell that to Pittsburgh. The team harnessed local enthusiasm as All-Star host plus the power of the Internet to get Jason Bay in the starting lineup.
(Plus: Freddy Sanchez was MLB's leading write-in vote-getter; I hope that factored into manager Phil Garner's thinking when he used one of his discretionary picks to put Sanchez on the roster.)
There's a corrective measure:
Fans pick only the starters; players and the All-Star manager are responsible for the rest. You can't blame fans for Mark Redman; that's MLB's every-team-must-be-represented rule.
Most important, don't diminish the fans' role. Is it a popularity contest? Sometimes it is, but sometimes it isn't. Alfonso Soriano was reviled this spring.
But everyone should respect the collective judgment of the people. On the whole, it's a lot smarter than any cabal of so-called "experts" or baseball executives.
That's not my argument: Go back and read the Declaration of Independence for the original philosophical model for fan voting.
That's worked out OK.
"Final Vote"
Speaking of democracy,
there's one chance left for fans to be heard: MLB's "Final Vote" campaign to let fans revoke snubs and name the final All-Star in each league. How All-American is it?
Despite being the most dynamic pitcher in the AL,
Francisco Liriano
has pitched "only" 81 innings, which seems to be the factor that's kept him off the All-Star roster and on the "Final Vote" ballot.
The only reason Mark Redman made the AL roster is because of the every-team-must-have-a-player rule. (5 straight wins doesn't outweigh that 5-plus ERA.) Tigers rookie (and "Final Vote" nominee) Justin Verlander is more deserving, and everyone knows it.
The, uh, American Way!
How many people will vote in "Final Vote" but won't vote in their local November midterm election? On the flip side, will A.J. Pierzynski benefit from Chicago's old "vote early, vote often" mind-set?
Plus: Runoff mania!
Every year, the 72-hour "Final Vote" surge has increasingly shown the power of online grassroots movements. Which force will lead the "netroots" charge this year?
Here's the campaign I'll be lobbying Quickie readers to follow:
Line up (online) for Liriano!
Here's your truth:
Liriano is 1st in the AL in ERA and Batting Average Against; 2nd in WHIP and Winning Percentage and 6th in K's (despite pitching anywhere from 25-30 fewer innings than the players ahead of him).
And here's your justice:
I wouldn't just vote for him in the "Final Vote"; I would make him the AL
Ironically, he was snubbed on the day he most demonstrated his thrilling dominance this season; he struck out a career-high 12 on Sunday, making his snub all the more ludicrous.
(This reminds me of 2003, when then-rookie phenom Dontrelle Willis, with an 8-1 record and 1.98 ERA, was left off the NL All-Star Roster, which
knew was ridiculous. MLB took over and named him to the NL team. Even if Liriano loses the "Final Vote," MLB can correct it.)
But let's not let it come to that. Spend your July 4 eating hot dogs and watching fireworks, but also let your voice be heard in a display of American democracy in action:
(Final) Vote Liriano!
More Star Snubs
Curt Schilling was snubbed
Once from the All-Star roster decision, but then again from the "Final Vote" ballot. What gives?
(Theory: Schilling was left off the "Final Vote" ballot because he would have been
obvious of a runaway winner in a 5-way online runoff.)
Andre Agassi: Even in a loss, he's the star of Wimbledon
John McEnroe: Wants to set up a training center in his name
New York Mets: Get franchise-best 6 players as All-Stars
David Beckham: Quits as England's captain after WC loss
Americans at Wimby: Except Agassi, U.S. players disappoint
Pedro Martinez: Will miss his start tonight (due to a sore hip)
AL Intrigue:
Ozzie Guillen was unrepentant in using his manager's discretion to take Mark Buehrle and Bobby Jenks (over Liriano and Verlander?!). There's no question: Ozzie is unashamed to promote his guys -- and maybe settle a few grudges.
It's hard to begrudge the reigning champ manager's discretion; Joe Torre did it for years. (Of course, it's Ozzie, so the haters will gripe.)
NL Anti-Snub:
Phil Garner should be commended for using one of his discretionary picks to take Pittsburgh 3B Freddy Sanchez, who led all write-in candidates and surely will be an All-Star crowd favorite.
Meanwhile, there's no question:
Travis Hafner absolutely should have been on the AL roster. He is Top 5 in the AL in HR, Runs, RBI, BB, SLG, OBP and OPS (1st.)
Was Hafner kept off the reserve list in the "Final Vote" ballot because he is a DH in a game in an NL park?
But there's an easy solution to Hafner's snub: Move Vernon Wells into injured Manny Ramirez's starting OF spot; put Hafner in Wells' reserve spot. (Hafner's pinch-hit grand slam Saturday might help sway Ozzie's decision.)
Presuming Ozzie Guillen gets over his anti-Indians bias and makes that move, that frees up your "Final" vote for the spectacular Liriano, who I predict will be in a fight with Verlander; AL-leading Detroit got a measly 2 All-Stars.
Big Ben to Bulls?
The Pistons will be better
than the Bulls next year, but after that, I'd bet on Chicago eclipsing Detroit, with or without Ben Wallace.
The offers are roughly the same (DET: 4Y/$50M, CHI: 4Y/$52M), so if Big Ben's determining factor is on-court success, this sums up his choice:
Try to squeeze out one more title with Detroit before decline begins? (Even '07 is no lock, given this year's fizzling finish.)
join the rising Bulls (in the process
them vault the Pistons) and be on the East's hot contender from 2008-10?
It's rare for a 32-year-old like Wallace to enjoy "upside" again, but the Bulls have it, and he should think hard about joining them for the ride.
(Update: Wallace's reaction to Detroit's offer isn't a good sign for the Pistons: "It was disappointing. It was not at all what I expected.")
More NBA Free Agency
Hornets sign Peja:
Is 5Y/$64M too much to pay? Not if one of the NBA's best 3-point shooters can be paired with one of the NBA's best point guards.
(And the Hornets are about to sign versatile guard Bobby Jackson, too? Is it me, or are the Bugs positioned to become a lock playoff team?)
Lakers sign Radmanovic:
Vlad is sort of "Peja Lite." But was he really won over by the idea he'd get
shots in an offense run through Kobe?
Clippers sign Tim Thomas:
Apparently, L.A.'s slogan is, "If you can't beat 'em, sign 'em." Thomas' stellar playoffs for the Suns (who defeated the Clips in the West semis) won over L.A.
(And the Clippers re-signed '05-06 revelation Sam Cassel for 2Y/$13M, which should keep them among the Top 5 in the West next season.)
Nene stays with Nuggets:
Gets married Saturday in Rio (but Brazil loses in the World Cup), then goes on his honeymoon Sunday, interrupted to sign a 6Y/$60M extension with Denver. So how was
Carmelo: Max Domino?
Presumably, Carmelo signing a 5Y/$80M "max" contract with the Nuggets will pave the way for LeBron and Wade to sign similar deals with their teams. Why would either delay?
Cubs Fan Riot
Here's my theory:
Cubs fans didn't riot because the crosstown rival White Sox stole a win Saturday at Wrigley Field.
Or even because loathed nemesis A.J. Pierzynski had dealt the
coup de grace,
with a 2-out, 2-run, 9th-inning home run.
No, it was a
coup disgrace:
Finally so fed up with the team's awful season, the fans' resorted to chucking stuff on the field.
"Fire Dusty" has joined "Fire Millen" and "Fire Isiah" in the Triple Crown of sports executive executions that fans would like to see.
(Speaking of "fire," GM Jim Hendry denies that the team is planning a fire sale of talent like Prior, Wood and Ramirez. Talk to me on July 30.)
World Cup Wrap
France upsets Brazil:
Continuing with the ongoing comparisons between these World Cup squads and college basketball teams, Brazil losing is like UConn losing to George Mason in March:
No squad in the field has a bigger collection of stars or talent, but they were outmatched by a lesser-skilled group playing as a team.
Given the expectations (for both teams), this loss was far more embarrassing for Brazil than losing to France in the Cup final in 1998.
Meanwhile, England's Wayne Rooney
had his "Christian Laettner-Aminu Timberlake" moment, stomping on Ricardo Carvalho's crown jewels, then being baited by Portugal's Cristian Ronaldo into a shove -- and an ejection.
What a typically disappointing way for England to bow out of a World Cup.
Of the remaining four teams
(Portugal-France and Germany-Italy), I feel that the uncommitted should root for Portugal, the only one of the four that has never won a World Cup.
Tour de Lance
For years,
cycling snobs griped that the only reason the unwashed masses of U.S. fans followed the Tour de France (if they did at all) was for Lance Armstrong's dominance.
Now those purists might be wishing for the good ole days of U.S.-fan front-running, because the reason to follow it now is pure scandal: "Tour de Farce."
If there were ever a time that cycling enthusiasts should be hoping for the sport to stay
off the casual fan's radar, it's during the worst moment in the sport's history.
Too late.
(And yet, there's still hope for this sport: U.S rider George Hincapie, who was in Lance's shadow last year on the Discovery Channel team, has emerged from the weekend wearing the yellow jersey. More U.S. dominance!)
"NFL Head Coach"
I have no problems admitting
that I'm terrible at "Madden" -- probably, a combination of being too old and too uncoordinated.
But I'm really enjoying EA's "NFL Head Coach," the first-ever "strategy" football game that replicates the experience of the administrator, rather than the player.
I had to interview for a head coaching job, and ironically, I had a much better chance of getting one as a minority head coach (the virtual "identity" I chose) than in real life. I got five offers. (So much for realism.)
Meanwhile, one of my new assistant coaches wanted a raise. I scoffed and lowballed. I hope this doesn't come back to bite me later this season when my "trust" points with him decline.
Between hiring a staff, running the draft process, managing my owner's expectations and -- oh, right -- developing a plan for my team's actual games each week, I finally felt like I found a video game that challenges my mind as much as the other kinds challenge my limited dexterity.
National League:
Dominated by the AL during interleague play, collectively going 98-154. And yet the All-Star Game, rather than that stat, will determine World Series home-field advantage.
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Lo Duca? East Coast bias
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Would dominate fan vote
Oh, and as for my NL "Final Vote" pick? How about "Anyone but Nomar"?
The car crash at that Indiana speedboat race, which injured 11 people, sounds absolutely horrifying. Hope everyone recovers well.
Who else finds Bobby Cremins' landing back in college basketball a little strange: College of Charleston? Isn't he a bigger name than that?
NBA Trade: Trading big for small is usually an NBA no-no, but if the Raptors want to be "Suns East," getting T.J. Ford from the Bucks (for Villanueva) is a start.
At least one indication that the NHL is on solid financial footing is that $400 million has already been distributed to free agents this summer.
The Nats won't be big players in free agency, but they're not scared of big numbers, giving a 16-year-old SS from the DR a $1.4 million signing bonus.
Looking for a great movie to see on your holiday day off? I'd highly recommend "Wordplay," a film about competitive crossword-puzzle solving.
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Chelsea Clinton inspires Philadelphia students
October 22, 2015
By Khalil Williams, Inquirer Staff Writer
No, Bill Clinton is not her grandfather. Yes, she thinks Hillary Clinton would be a great president. Those were just a few of the questions Chelsea Clinton entertained as she spoke Tuesday to an enthusiastic audience of middle schoolers at AMY Northwest Middle School on Ridge Avenue. Clinton, 35, is, of course, the famous daughter of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former president and a candidate to be the next president, respectively. She was in the Philadelphia area, with more appearances later in the day, as part of a 20-city tour to promote her book, It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going.
Chelsea Clinton Roughing It In Ky.
June 29, 1996
By L. Boasberg, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER This article contains information from the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and USA Today
You were looking for upbeat news? How about that teenage girl who, along with 70 or so other volunteers, has been working with a church group to repair poor people's homes in eastern Kentucky? The group is called the Appalachian Services Project Inc., and the 16-year-old girl, who's been eating in a high school cafeteria and sacking out in a sleeping bag in a classroom, is Chelsea Clinton. Chelsea is one of 7,000 volunteers working for the nonprofit group this year on 300 homes in 16 counties in West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky, according to its executive director, Joe Schlatter.
Sideshow: Chelsea Clinton speaks up
May 30, 2013
By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
Chelsea Clinton is embracing public service on a global scale. Bill and Hillary Clinton 's 33-year-old daughter, who completed a master of public health degree at Columbia University in 2010, spoke to the media at a women's conference Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She told the Associated Press she plans to work with the Clinton Foundation on projects "related to health . . . around the world. " Chelsea recently visited Myanmar as part of an initiative to provide water purification packets to areas with unsafe water supplies.
Chelsea Clinton Plans To Visit Africa
February 16, 1997
Chelsea Clinton will spend spring break touring sub-Saharan Africa with her mother. The White House said Thursday that Hillary Rodham Clinton would begin a two-week visit of South Africa and as many as six other nations March 15. It added that she was asked to make the trip to showcase a variety of projects in Africa underwritten by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Peace Corps and other government agencies. LAST CALL British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber will sell his 18,000-bottle wine collection at a May 21 auction in London.
Tattle: Chelsea Clinton lands NBC gig
November 15, 2011
By Howard Gensler
THE FOLKS AT OCCUPY WALL ST. have it all wrong. If you want to get your job-creation message across on the news, you don't need to camp outside in the cold; you need your daddy to be president. For the second time in a year, NBC has hired the daughter of a former commander in chief to bring . . . we dunno, something . . . to its news division. First the "Today" show brought on Jenna Bush . Now "NBC Nightly News" and Brian Williams ' "Rock Center" have hired Chelsea Clinton . Chelsea will report stories for the feel-good "Making a Difference" series.
Chelsea Clinton: The Right Kid For The White House
November 18, 1992
by Samantha Meinetz Shapiro, From the New York Times
I am feeling a little post-election smugness because I endorsed Clinton early on. When I say Clinton, I mean it in the loosest way. Actually, I mean Chelsea, and her father only in the sense that if he raised her he's got something good going on there. It doesn't matter whom I endorsed, of course, because I'm too young to vote. Because of this minor hindrance, it's dubious that any president will directly champion my interests or even understand what they are. Politicians' ideas of youth are limited to an amorphous rhetorical device, a first cousin of "the future," if you will.
Chelsea Clinton Decides West Is The Best For College
May 1, 1997
By Annette John-Hall, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
In the end, a day before today's enrollment deadline, Chelsea Clinton picked Stanford - 40 miles from San Francisco, 40 miles from Santa Cruz and just about as far away from her parents as she could get. Clinton, 17, a senior at the exclusive Sidwell Friends School in Washington, ended months of speculation over where she would attend college by choosing the prestigious Bay Area university. An aspiring doctor who was one of 15,000 students to qualify as a National Merit scholar, she will study premed at Stanford.
Chelsea Clinton & Tara Reid: Party pals
November 16, 2005
HOWARD GENSLER firstname.lastname@example.com Daily News wire services and Wireless Flash contributed to this report
WHEN TATTLE first heard about former first daughter Chelsea Clinton and Hollywood party princess Tara Reid being gal pals, we thought it was funny. According to radaronline.com, Chelsea's mom, Hillary, didn't see the humor. Chelsea and Tara (an Eagles fan, at least until Monday night) reportedly met in Europe over the summer and became tight after Chelsea broke up with longtime boyfriend Ian Klaus. "It's almost like Chelsea dumped Ian for Tara," says a Radar source. "All of a sudden Tara was staying at Chelsea's in New York, and they were going out to Bungalow 8 and Nobu every night.
Chelsea Clinton May Take A Step With The Bolshoi
January 14, 1994
By W. Speers, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER This story contains information from Associated Press, Reuters, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, the Washington Post and USA Today
Chelsea Clinton reportedly will take a dancing turn with the Bolshoi Ballet this weekend after joining her dad in Moscow today. Sources say a chance to join the famed company at a practice session has been an ambition of the first daughter, an aspiring dancer who performed last month in a Washington production of The Nutcracker. All of this depends, of course, on whether she actually accompanies her mother on the flight to Russia. The White House, not inclined to respond to Chelsea queries, would not say if the teenager will go, but it's known that she wants to and this week she concluded final exams at Sidwell Friends School.
Chelsea Clinton Is All Shook Up Over Her Breakup
November 26, 1998
By W. Speers This report contains material from the Associated Press, Reuters, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times and Daily Mirror
Chelsea Clinton split about a week ago with her first serious boyfriend, Matthew Pierce, their relationship a victim of her father's sex scandal, yesterday's New York Post reported. The paper quoted a source as saying that the first daughter "was devastated" by the Monica Lewinsky mess last summer "and she leaned on Matt heavily when they came back [to Stanford U.] this term. All of a sudden he had to be like this knight in shining armor for her. The pressure was too much. " The Post added that Clinton, 18, earlier this week visited the campus medical center short of breath and complaining of being stressed out over the ending of a long-term relationship.
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What Fuels Hillary?
February 24, 2016
THE New York Times reported last week that Hillary Clinton's top fundraisers and strategists had an emergency meeting to discuss ways to retool her campaign - with the challenge from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders stronger than expected and under-30 voters avoiding the former secretary of state like an album of 1970s "dad rock. " What struck me about the Times piece was not so much the "who" or the "what" as the "where. " The confab took place in the New York office of Clinton donor and Wall Street investor Marc Lasry.
In the Nation
December 22, 2015
TEXAS No indictments in Sandra Bland's death A grand jury will not indict anyone in connection with the death of Sandra Bland, who was found hanged in a Texas jail cell in July. Five months after her death drew national protests, one of special prosecutors for the case, Darrell Jordan, told the Washington Post that the grand jury decided not to indict anyone, including staff at the Waller County Jail, where Bland was held, in connection with her death. The grand jury will reconvene in early January to "take up remaining issues," Jordan said.
Chelsea Clinton inspires Philadelphia students
October 22, 2015
By Khalil Williams, Inquirer Staff Writer
No, Bill Clinton is not her grandfather. Yes, she thinks Hillary Clinton would be a great president. Those were just a few of the questions Chelsea Clinton entertained as she spoke Tuesday to an enthusiastic audience of middle schoolers at AMY Northwest Middle School on Ridge Avenue. Clinton, 35, is, of course, the famous daughter of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former president and a candidate to be the next president, respectively. She was in the Philadelphia area, with more appearances later in the day, as part of a 20-city tour to promote her book, It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going.
Close your ears, Gottfried's coming to town
October 21, 2015
By Jenny DeHuff
Along with dead-baby jokes and shaggy-dog stories, no one can spin the classic, tasteless tale of "The Aristocrats" like Gilbert Gottfried . If he has the crowd in half as many stitches as the audience he regaled with the latter at a Hugh Hefner roast back in 2001, it'll be a nonstop riot when Gottfried appears at Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom St.) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I interviewed Gottfried recently and asked the comedian, actor and voice artist what we can expect.
Sideshow: New medium and audience for Springsteen
August 31, 2014
By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
The Boss pens kids' book His medium has been song verse, but Bruce Springsteen has always been a master storyteller. So it makes sense he would write a book. What's surprising is that it's a story for kids. The New York Times reports that Simon & Schuster on Nov. 4 will release the Boss' first children's book, Outlaw Pete . Based on the song of the same name from Springsteen's '09 LP Working on a Dream and intended for kids of all ages, it's about a little boy bank robber who repents his criminal ways.
Boyle's congressional ground game bests Margolies' air war
May 22, 2014
BY CHRIS BRENNAN, Daily News Staff Writer firstname.lastname@example.com, 215-854-5973
THINK OF the 13th Congressional District like a football field to understand how state Rep. Brendan Boyle used his ground game yesterday to defeat former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Margolies' air war. Boyle won the Democratic primary election by exploiting the field operation he built with his brother, state Rep. Kevin Boyle, in the 172nd District next door. Several competitive races in Northeast Philly, boosting voter turnout there, helped as well. Boyle was leading Margolies by a margin of 4-to-1 in Philadelphia last night, while she led him by 2- to-1 in Montgomery County.
Hillary Clinton to headline NYC fund-raiser for Margolies
May 8, 2014
By Allison Steele, Inquirer Staff Writer
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline a fund-raiser for Marjorie Margolies next week in New York City, Margolies' campaign spokesman said Tuesday, providing a potential boost in the final days of her campaign. Margolies, one of four Democrats seeking Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz's 13th District seat in Northeast Philadelphia and southern Montgomery County, is the mother-in-law of Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton appeared at a Philadelphia fund-raiser for Margolies last month, but Hillary Clinton has until now avoided public involvement in the campaign.
A generic Tattle headline so as not to offend anyone
April 22, 2014
By Howard Gensler
EITHER CELEBS were on their best behavior Easter weekend or the folks who chronicle the celebs' worst behavior were in church or with their families. Perfect timing for Tattle to address last week's love and hate. And to do so, we'll drop the third-person persona we adopted long before Stephen Colbert made himself a character. I've written a few thousand of these columns over the past decade-plus and it always amazes me what gets people in a lather. Picking on drunk Mel Gibson when he had his infamous run-in with the law brought forth a very special brand of anti-Semitism.
Margolies seems to be losing fund-raising race
April 20, 2014
By Jessica Parks, Inquirer Staff Writer
It turns out a visit from Bill Clinton isn't the only thing Marjorie Margolies needs to complete her political comeback. More money would help, too - a lot more. Campaign finance reports released this week show that Margolies, widely viewed as the front-runner to reclaim the congressional seat she lost two decades ago, was limping into the final stretch. While most of her 13th District rivals boasted hundreds of thousands of dollars stored up by early March, Margolies had barely $5,000 left to spend on her campaign before the May 20 primary, according to reports she filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Doctors group that donates to 'career politicians' runs radio ads decrying 'career politicians'
April 18, 2014
By Chris Brennan
DR. VALERIE ARKOOSH , the least-known of the four Democrats seeking the city/suburban 13th District Congressional seat in the May 20 Democratic primary election, is preparing to air campaign commercials and is already getting help from medical colleagues. A political-action committee for the American Society of Anesthesiologists reported spending $210,390 last week to air radio ads for Arkoosh. The ads seek to capitalize on Arkoosh's status as the only nonpolitician in the race.
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LUBBOCK - The Amarillo Rattlers started their Central Hockey League exhibition season in good form Sunday, defeating the Lubbock Cotton Kings 5-4.
David Rattray scored twice for Amarillo, and Kaku Sato, Mario Domoulin and Jeff Johnston also scored.
Amarillo scored twice in the first period. Sato converted a power-play opportunity off an assist from Ales Dvorak and Erik Olsen with 3:06 elapsed. Domoulin added another power-play goal off an assist from Ryan Shannon and Thomas Rysz with 11:46 gone.
The teams combined for six second-period goals. Lubbock got goals from Barry McKinlay, Peter Cava and Richard Kazda, who scored also in the third period.
Rattray scored 1:05 into the second period off an assist from Raphael Protopapas and Ryan Shannon. Rattray struck again with 4:24 elapsed off an assist from Jason Desloover and Rodger Lewis. Johnston's power-play goal came with 17:13 gone in the period as Derrick Shaw and Ryan Shannon assisted. Amarillo led 5-3 after two periods.
Amarillo's goalies were Ken Shepard and Jason Wright. Shepard played just less than 33 minutes, turning back 18 of 20 shots. Wright played just more than 27 minutes, turning away nine of 11.
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Objective: The aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical value of cold knife conization (CKC) as a conservative management in patients with microinvasive cervical squamous cell cancer (SCC).
Methods: This retrospective study enrolled 108 women with diagnosis of microinvasive cervical SCC (stage IA1) by pathology between 2009 to 2012 at Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University. Eighty-three patients underwent further hysterectomy.
Results: Of the 83 patients (76.9%) who underwent further hysterectomy, 48 patients (57.8%) underwent extrafascial hysterectomy, 30 patients (36.1%) underwent extensive hysterectomy, and 5 patients (6.1%) underwent radical hysterectomy. A total of 19 patients underwent pelvic lymph node dissection without any lymph node metastasis, and a total of 5 patients (4.6%) had lymph vascular space invasion without any positive pelvic lymph node dissection. Of the 83 patients who underwent further hysterectomy and were followed up for 1 year, 18 patients with positive resection margins indicating cervical residual lesions (CIN1-3) have greater likelihood than 65 patients with clear resection margins, but there were no significant differences (P = 0.917); of the 25 patients who underwent CKC as final therapy and were followed up for 1 year, 2 patients with positive resection margins had the second CKC surgery, 1 was diagnosed with CIN1, and the other was diagnosed with cervicitis by pathology; 23 patients had clear resection margins, 2 patients underwent the second CKC 3 months after the first CKC because of the abnormal Thinprep Cytologic Test (TCT) result, and they were both diagnosed with microinvasive cervical SCC (stage IA1) by pathology with clear resection margins. No one enrolled in this study presented metastasis and progression within 1 year of follow-up.
Conclusions: These findings provide the clinical evidences for the possibility of fertility-sparing treatments, especially CKC as conservative treatment for microinvasive cervical SCC. Appropriate further treatments (the second CKC) and follow-up are recommended for patients who strongly desire fertility sparing.
The World Health Organization ranks cervical cancer as the second most common cause of death in women worldwide. Because of better screening methods, the conditions of an increasing number of patients of reproductive age are diagnosed with early-stage microinvasive cervical cancer, and there is a strong trend to delay childbearing. It is beneficial for these women to establish confidence in the fertility-sparing treatment and to improve their quality of life. Fertility-sparing treatments have been hot topics in the gynecologic oncology field.
Cervical cancer is often treated with hysterectomy for routine operation. The traditional operation has obvious shortcomings. In 1987, Dargent proposed radical trachelectomy (RT)21, which has now become the fertility-sparing treatment in microinvasive cervical cancer clinical stage IA2 to IB1 and stage IA1 with lymph vascular space invasion (LVSI). However, the operation has a certain degree of difficulty and complexity, it can only be carried out in a certain range, and the pathology inspection requirements are high; there are high risks of infertility, miscarriage, and preterm birth.1 Cervical cold knife conization (CKC) is the conventional operation used for the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2–3 (CIN2-3). Considering that most patients are diagnosed with microinvasive cervical squamous cell cancer (SCC) at asymptomatic that originates from CIN, the purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility and curative effects of CKC for microinvasive cervical SCC (clinical stage IA1).
The patients enrolled in this retrospective study were examined in the outpatient clinic of the Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, between June 2009 and July 2012. The study was approved by the hospital ethics committee, and informed consents on all procedures were obtained from all patients before examination. All the patients enrolled underwent routine cervical cancer screening. The conditions of all the patients were diagnosed with microinvasive cervical SCC clinical stage IA1 (invasion depth <3 mm, width ≤7 mm) by pathology. All patients were followed up 1 year after the surgery. Exclusion criteria were as follows: cervical lesions and transvaginal operation history, previous chemotherapy, and radiation history. Individual profiles were set up for enrolled patients. Profiles included general conditions (age, menarche, sex age, childbearing, family cancer history, smoking history, menopause, human papillomavirus [HPV] infection), TCT (Thinprep Cytologic Test) screening results, colposcopy, pathological diagnosis, and clinicopathological characteristics (final therapy, LVSI, pelvic lymph node dissection [PLND], cell grade, and resection margin status after CKC).
TCT screening carried out using a ThinPrep 2000 Processor (USA), an automated slide preparation unit that performs liquid-based cytology tests. The slide was examined by specialists with at least 10 years of experience. The cervical cytological diagnostic criteria were adopted from The Bethesda System 2001.2 High-grade atypical squamous cells, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, and SCC were regarded as the abnormal TCT results, which were needed in performing further colposcopy and cervical biopsy. Patients with atypical squamous cells (ASCUS) underwent a second TCT screening 8 weeks later; TCT was recommended 6 to 12 month if the second result was cervicitis. Colposcopy and cervical biopsy were performed if the second TCT confirmed ASCUS, high-grade atypical squamous cells, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, or SCC.
Colposcopy was performed by 2 attending physicians using a Leica MZ6 stereomicroscope (Leica Camera AG, Barnack, Germany). The physicians had at least 5 years of experience with colposcopy examination, performing 500 procedures each year. A standard colposcopy protocol was adopted in the current study, including the acetic acid test and Lugol's iodine experiment.3 The classification and initial diagnosis of abnormal colposcopy were described according to 2003 International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy terminology.
Cervical biopsies were analyzed by 2 consultant pathologists, and 5% of the total number of slides were reviewed and double-checked every 3 to 6 months. The WHO Classification of Tumors Pathology and Genetic Tumors of the Breast and Female Genital Organs was used for pathological diagnosis.4 All the biopsies were carried out in suspected cervical lesions.
Using spinal anesthesia or intravenous anesthesia at lithotomy position, the cervix was exposed and 1/200000 10 mL epinephrine was injected at 3 and 9 points of the cervix to prevent bleeding. The cervical surface was coated with iodine. Observing the iodine stain on the location and scope, circular cone resection was made with cold knife on the cervical surface 0.5 cm outside the area with no iodine coloring (cone height, 2.5–3.0 cm). Cervical suture was subsequently performed for hemostasis.
In this study, 83 patients underwent further hysterectomy, including extrafascial hysterectomy (EFH), extensive hysterectomy (EH), and radical hysterectomy (RH), concrete steps to see gynecology and obstetrics operation.5
All specimens were send to pathology diagnosis if a cone biopsy was performed preoperatively (usually 4–6 weeks before surgery), and if a tumor was found on the hysterectomy specimen, the maximum depth of invasion was defined as the sum of the depth of invasion found on hysterectomy specimen and the depth of invasion found on cone biopsy. If CKC was performed as the final therapy, the maximum depth of invasion found on cone bioscopy was defined as the sum of the depth. Cervical cancer clinical stage was assigned according to the criteria set by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.6 Squamous cell cancer cases were graded using a modified Broders7 system (1–3 numerical) grades (grade 1 [G1] indicates well; grade 2 [G2], moderately; grade 3 [G3], poorly differentiated).
A database was established by EpiData software; SPSS 13.0 software was used to perform statistical analysis. Continuous data were expressed as mean (SD). Count data were expressed as percentage (%). The Fisher exact test, t test, or the χ2 was used appropriately in the statistical analysis. P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
A total of 108 patients were enrolled finally; CKC were performed in all the patients. Of the total 108 patients, 83 patients (76.9%) underwent further hysterectomy. The mean age of women who underwent CKC as final therapy was obviously younger than the age of women who underwent hysterectomy (P = 0.000). There were no significant differences of other conditions between the 2 groups (Table 1).
Of the 108 patients, 104 patients were graded G1 (96.3%), and 4 cases were graded G2 (3.7%), but no one was graded G3. Of the 83 patients who underwent further hysterectomy, 48 cases (57.8%) underwent EFH, 30 cases (36.1%) underwent EH, and 5 cases (6.1%) underwent RH. A total of 19 patients underwent PLND; there were 357 lymph node dissections without any lymph node metastasis. A total of 5 patients (4.6%) had LVSI without 1 positive PLND, and all of them underwent further hysterectomy (Table 2).
Of the 83 patients who performed further hysterectomy and were followed up 1 year after the operation, 18 patients with positive resection margins indicating cervical residual lesions (CIN1-3) have greater likelihood than 65 patients with clear resection margins, the former was 77.8% (14/18) and the latter was 33.8% (22/65), respectively, but there were no statistic differences (Table 3); Of 18 patients with positive resection margins, LVSI was present in 1 patient with a diagnosis of CIN1 by pathology after further hysterectomy; Of 65 patients with negative resection margins, LVSI was present in 4 patients of whom 2 cases were diagnosed with cervicitis, one was diagnosed with CIN1, and the other one was diagnosed with stage IA1 microinvasive cervical SCC by pathology after further hysterectomy. All pathology showed clear resection margins after hysterectomy. No one presented with metastasis and progression within 1 year of followed-up.
Of the 25 patients who performed CKC as final therapy and were followed up for 1 year, 2 patients with positive resection margins had the second CKC surgery, one was diagnosed with CIN1, and the other one was diagnosed with cervicitis by pathology; 23 had clear resection margins, 2 patients underwent the second CKC 3 months after the first CKC because of the abnormal TCT result, and they were both diagnosed with stage IA1 microinvasive cervical SCC by pathology with clear resection margins. No one presented metastasis and progression within 1 year of follow-up.
Microinvasive cervical SCC refers to the occurrence of early interstitial microinvasive SCC through the basement membrane on cervix (microinvasive width ≤0.7 cm and depth <0.3 cm). Most scholars believe that the incidence is related with early marriage, childbearing, fertility, cervical erosion, frequency of sexual intercourse, sex hormone imbalance, social economic status, and mental factors. In recent years, the link between microinvasive cervical SCC and HPV infection is well established,8 especially HPV16; 18 infections play an important role in microinvasive cervical SCC. Sexually active young women have the high rate of HPV infection, the infection peak is at the age of 18 to 28 years. With the popularization of cervical cancer screening, more young women with microinvasive cervical SCC are diagnosed at an early stage and treated immediately. Fertility-sparing treatments for cervical cancer operation can satisfy the majority of patients' desire.
Microinvasive cervical SCC treatments included operation, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and comprehensive treatment. Operation treatment with hysterectomy is still the main treatment for early-stage cervical cancer.9 Aged women who have given birth were recommended with hysterectomy to prevent the recurrence and metastasis of the cancer, and patients with positive LVSI and positive resection margins after CKC who are afraid of progression are also recommended with hysterectomy. Over the past few decades, the fertility-sparing operation of microinvasive cervical SCC has been a hot topic issue in gynecology, varied from cervical CKC to RT with PLND. The various operation selections depend on the various diagnosis standards and were determined by pathological interstitial microinvasive depth and width, LVSI, and tumor size.10 Microinvasive cervical SCC patients who underwent hysterectomy may cause bladder, rectum, and ureteral injury. In addition, hysterectomy weakens the lubrication of cervical secretions, destroys vaginal structural integrity, and causes vaginal shortening, which may be resulted in uncomfortable, painful sexual intercourse, thus affecting the quality of women's life.11 After hysterectomy, patients with infertility have anxiety and fear, or even severe mental disorders. Of course, there are also some specific problems related to RT such as deep dyspareunia, excessive vaginal discharge, and recurrent candidiasis; these problems seem to be related to the cervical cerclage. Cervical stenosis is not an uncommon problem and may require dilation under anesthesia. It also has been reported that only 63% of all pregnancies after RT resulted in a more or less normal term delivery, usually by cesarean section,12 so there are many reasons to avoid an RT if there is a safe alternative. Cold knife conization causes less injury and bleeding compared with hysterectomy and RT; the data for pregnancy results and operation complications after CKC for early-stage microinvasive cervical cancer show better results than RT, which is important to preserve fertility.13 Patients who had CKC have better quality of life and sex than patients who had hysterectomy and RT as treatment of microinvasive cervical SCC.14
It has been reported that important prognostic factors with early-stage cervical SCC are tumor volume, LVSI, and PLND. Most patients with clinical stage IA1 have small tumor, negative PLND, and negative LVSI. There were reports that the lymph nodes metastasis were found 1.5% to 4.2% in microinvasive cervical SCC stage IA1,15 and others reported that the incidence of lymph nodes metastasis in patients with microinvasive cancer (stage IA1) was 0.1% to 0.8%. Lymph vascular space invasion represents the most controversial issue at presents; the difficulties in assessing LVSI have been expressed in several publications and reflected in a wide range of incidences reported from 0.9% to 10.2%,15 but there were no obvious correlations between LVSI and PLND. Because the risk of recurrence was lower than 1%, the low incidence of LVSI and PLND in stage IA1 cervical cancer could be cured 100% by CKC. Our study showed that 19 patients underwent PLND without 1 positive, and the incidence of positive LVSI was 4.6% (5/108); there was no significant correlation between positive PLND and positive LVSI, which were consistent with those reported previously. As long as it fulfilled the requirements of fertility sparing, CKC could be the preferred surgery under close follow-up, and hysterectomy and PLND may not be required.14,16 The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) clinical practice guidelines on early-stage cervical SCC treatment recommendations were as following: the patients without lymph node invasion who have fertility requirements or were not suitable for hysterectomy should undergo fertility-sparing surgery (including CKC); and patients who have no fertility requirements could undergo hysterectomy.17 We found that some young and nulliparous patients who had stage IA1 microinvasive cervical SCC with clear resection margins after CKC considered CKC operation as the final therapy. However, with more desire about the preservation of fertility and increasing childbearing age, aged females who have given birth should get more attention from obstetrics and gynecology doctors to consider fertility-sparing treatment.
Positive resection margins after CKC have been reported,18 which were generally considered to be a risk factor for cervical microinvasive SCC recurrence or persistence, but for subsequent treatment methods, the conclusions were not consistent. The most conservative treatment is close follow-up with TCT, high-risk HPV monitoring, and regular colposcopy.19 The treatments for positive resection margins after CKC vary from merely follow-up to RH with PLND because the various operation types bring patients and physicians difficulty in choosing. Conservative treatment may increase disease recurrence or persistence, and large operation may bring patients unnecessary trauma and complications. Ghaem-Maghami et al20 performed a meta-analysis in patients who underwent CKC from 1966 to 2007 around the world among the 66 results; they indicated that the cervical lesion recurrence risk in positive resection margins after CKC was 5.47 times more than the clear resection margins; the recurrence risk of the lesion advanced than CIN2 was 6.09. The positive resection margins indicate residual lesion possibility up to 38.3% in patients with early-stage cervical cancer.18 Another report showed that a handful of patients with CIN would progress after treatment; therefore, some experts did not suggest using complete clear resection for the final therapy.20 A positive resection margin after CKC was not a hysterectomy operation indication. We found that of the 108 patients diagnosed with cervical microinvasive SCC by pathology after CKC, 83 patients (76.9%) underwent further hysterectomy, and the CIN1 to CIN3 residual lesion rate 77.8% (14/18) in positive resection margins after CKC group was higher than 33.8% (22/65) in the clear resection margins after CKC group, but there were no significant differences (P = 0.917). In addition, there were no obvious correlations among resection margins, PLND, and LVSI. Taking into account, both positive resection margins and clear resection margins after CKC may cause the cervical residual lesion, especially the CIN lesion. Because of the low incidence of positive LVSI and positive PLND in stage IA1 microinvasive cervical SCC, the patients with stage IA1 microinvasive cervical SCC who are eager to preserve fertility can be recommended close surveillance and follow-up with colposcopy after CKC. If necessary, we suggest a second CKC for further fertility-sparing treatment. Because of the short-time follow-up, we will conduct further long-time follow-up.
Microinvasive cervical squamous cell cancer; Cervical cold conization; Clinical value
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Muslims Suspecting NYPD Spying to Boycott Mayor Bloomberg's Interfaith Breakfast
The leaders wrote Bloomberg about spying and civil rights.
Several Muslim leaders who suspect that the NYPD has spied upon and attempted to infiltrate Muslim neighborhoods have rejected invitations to Bloomberg's annual year-end interfaith breakfast. The Associated Press has reported that imams and activists wrote Bloomberg to express their concern over his response to the AP's own series of stories detailing the NYPD's intelligence-gathering methods and collaboration with the CIA. "We seek your clear, unambiguous, public support for the rights and privacy of all New Yorkers, including Muslims; and a condemnation of all policies that profile and target communities and community groups solely based on their religion or the color of their skin."


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All Rise...
Cirque du Soleil wouldn't accept Judge Clark Douglas despite his impressive ability to touch his own toes.
Editor's Note
Our reviews of Cirque Du Soleil: Anniversary Collection (published February 8th, 2006), Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo (published April 24th, 2006), Cirque Du Soleil: Fire Within (published January 18th, 2005), Cirque Du Soleil: La Nouba (published January 18th, 2005), Cirque Du Soleil: Midnight Sun (published March 21st, 2006), Cirque du Soleil: Solstrom: The Complete Series (published September 21st, 2005), and Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo (Blu-Ray) (published September 23rd, 2008) are also available.
The Charge
The adventure of a lifetime.
The Case
Note: This disc contains both a 3-D and 2-D presentation of the film. Only the 2-D presentation is being covered in this review.
A confession: prior to receiving this disc to review, I had never actually seen a Cirque du Soleil show either in person or on television. Of course I had seen little snippets here and there ("Oh look, people in colorful costumes doing acrobatics," I would think) and had heard countless references to the group in various areas of pop culture. Even so, watching the 2000 IMAX film Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man was the first time I actually had the opportunity to get an idea of what the wildly popular "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment" group was all about. Journey of Man can be a bit eyeroll-inducing thematically, but the wonder of the physical performances on display more than compensates for that.
The film uses the journey of human life as a framework within which it can incorporate acts from previous popular shows. Our story begins at birth, represented by a group of synchronized swimmers clad in bright pink doing all sorts of lovely acrobatics underwater. Precisely how this is supposed to symbolize birth is a little vague (I fear the prominent combination of pinkness and wetness is meant to be taken at face value; especially given the moment at the end in which a child pops out of the water and arrives on dry land), but it's an attractive sequence nonetheless.
We continue into early childhood, in which a young boy is accompanied by two squeaking clowns which represent the child's instincts. This leads us into a very charming sequence in which acrobats in sequined yellow costumes swing from the trees with seemingly effortless grace. It's a bit simpler than some of the other acts that appear in the film, but there's a serenity to it I find very appealing. A little more puzzling is a sequence of adolescence, in which the boy travels the Grand Canyon and watches a muscular fellow spin some sort of hollow square figure made of pipes above his head. Puberty, man.
Next up is the discovery of love; a spellbinding sequence featuring a man and a woman (caked from head to toe in gray mud) engaging in some incredibly difficult slow-motion acrobatics atop a giant floating lily pad. It's meant to be hypnotic and it achieves that effect impressively. The final acrobatic sequence takes place in a mansion, as a lonely, middle-aged version of the man watches a group of performers enter his home and engage in an elaborate show. Somehow this culminates in the man learning some important life lessons, moving into old age, regaining his clown instincts and engaging in a massive group hug with children of every ethnicity. Okay, then.
The narration provided by Ian McKellan doesn't do much to help the matter, as even McKellan's rich tones are incapable of masking the cornball nature of the "journey of life" saga being offered here. I'm not saying such things shouldn't be done; I'm just saying that this little show isn't exactly The Tree of Life. Heck, it isn't even as insightful as The Lion King. Still, the acrobatic performances are the selling point, and they deliver well enough to merit a recommendation.
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man arrives on Blu-ray sporting a very handsome 1080p/1.78:1 transfer. The film is nothing if not a visual treat, and fortunately those splendid visuals are presented with terrific clarity throughout. The Grand Canyon sequence does look a shade muddled at times, but that may be due to the manner in which it was shot. This is a sharp-looking feast for the eyes overall. Audio is a little more problematic, as the filmmakers made the unusual decision to give the music and the narration a very "live" feel—the recording echoes a bit and lacks the precision a studio recording would have had. I'm not sure of the reasoning behind this, but it's a bit distracting. That peculiar decision aside, the disc sounds superb. I can imagine some even preferring the airy quality of the music, as it might enhance the feeling that one is actually witnessing a live show. The track is vigorous and immersive; fully enveloping the viewer in a cacophony of lush melodies. There's essentially no sound design; just music and narration. There are no extras on the disc, though you do have the option of watching the film in either 2-D or 3-D.
The Verdict
Not guilty.
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