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A hazardous materials team responded to the county's Hazardous Materials Management Facility in east Boulder on Saturday afternoon to aid in the removal of what police say were containers filled with potential explosives.
At approximately 2 p.m. Saturday police were dispatched to the facility, 1901 63rd St., on reports of suspicious containers that had been dropped off there, according to Boulder police Sgt. Pat Wyton.
Upon investigation, the containers, which appear to be from some time in the 1970s, were deemed to be filled with dangerous explosive materials likely meant for use during mine blasting, Wyton said.
Explosives are among the types of waste not accepted by the county's hazardous materials facility for disposal, according to the Boulder County website.
A handful of the center's employees where temporarily evacuated while a Boulder Hazmat team loaded the containers into a trailer and transported them to another location where they will be stored until they can be properly disposed of, Wyton said.
It is not clear who brought the containers to the facility, according to Wyton.
He said while such a situation is certainly concerning, it's not entirely unheard of.
"It's not really that uncommon that people will find things in old homes or basements that might be hazardous materials or old mining things," he said.


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ATLANTA — Finding a knockoff version of the fur you want under the Christmas tree would ordinarily be a disappointment.
Not this year.
Faux is the new black this season for holiday gifts. But this isn't the "pleather" of the 1980s — that cheap, plastic-looking material made popular by Michael Jackson during his "Thriller" days.
A $198 fuzzy brown coat at Banana Republic has a prominently placed tag that reads "faux fur." Dresses with "vegan leather" accents are flying off virtual shelves at shopbop.com. And at luxury retailer Barney's, a Marni faux leather three-quarter sleeve jacket sells for $1,900.
Faux is gaining popularity in part because there have been advances in technology enabling designers to make better-looking fakes. In a still-shaky economy that has made Americans more frugal, faux also can be seen as a good way to be trendy without breaking the bank. And a movement toward socially conscious shopping makes some people feel better about faux purchases.
It helps that some A-listers have given faux their seal of approval. Models have been seen on the runway wearing faux leather pieces in shows for big-name designers like Tom Ford and Rag & Bone. And actresses Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson have strutted on the red carpet in faux leather and fur.
While it's difficult to pin down overall sales for faux goods, retailers say they are benefiting from their growing popularity. Banana Republic's $69.50 faux-fur neckwarmer and faux-fur leopard vests have been best sellers. Target says faux fur home goods like pillows and throws are performing "exceptionally well." And Macy's says new techniques used with faux leather, like scalloping and quilted stitching, have given tops and jackets "new relevance."
"It used to be that 'faux' meant less expensive and quality less than desirable, but not any longer," said Josh Saterman, vice president and fashion director for millennials at Macy's. "Faux is a part of our next evolution to our fashion 'must-haves.'"
Andrew Dent, who is a vice president at global materials consultancy Material Connexion, says that the trend is being fueled by the fact that faux fur and leather are nearly indistinguishable from the real thing nowadays. He said that's because designers are replacing older plastic like PVC with improved polyurethane that is more leather-like to the touch. They're also tapering synthetic fibers to make faux fur seem more luxe and softer.
The improved quality is what spurred Brandon Vidal, 28, to buy two faux fur blankets as Christmas presents this year for his mother and a roommate. "They feel great," said Vidal, who lives in Calgary. "They're warm and cozy and it is freezing up here in Canada."
In addition to better technology, a growing social consciousness about buying fabric that doesn't involve cruelty to animals has made faux fashion more acceptable. "The fact that this is the season's big trend has to do with a social movement toward greater acceptability of faux versus real," said Alison Levy, senior manager at consulting firm Kurt Salmon. "It's seen as the right and responsible choice as opposed to cheaper value choice."
That message certainly struck a chord with Kristin Birkey's 7-year-old son after he asked for a real leather jacket for Christmas.
"I explained to him what had to be done to make a leather jacket and he nearly started crying," said Birkey, 26, a marketing professional in Kokomo, Ind.
Birkey happened to be wearing a faux leather jacket at the time. So her son asked for one like that instead.
But for others, buying faux is a matter of simple mathematics. A $69.50 faux fur neckwarmer is much cheaper than a designer version with real fur, which can run as much as $1,000. And real leather jackets can be hundreds or thousands of dollars, while department-store faux versions rarely top $100. Kristen Clerkin, 23, from Whitney Point, N.Y., is hoping to get faux pearls for Christmas this year because she thinks they're classic and classy, not to mention more affordable than real ones.
"Even though they're faux, they look real, and they're bigger than you can get if they were real," she said. "Plus, they're a lot cheaper."

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I'm not surprised to find strong opposition even at this early stage.
just don't see why it's worth the effort.
I think because it takes us from being alienated, isolated blips in an automatic, mechanical, yet purposeless universe to opening the door to a re-Enlightened Cosmos of deep subjective inclusiveness and participation, authentic identities, lives that matter and matter that lives, beauty and shared experience down to the fabric of the universe instead of behaviorist instrumentalism driving irrelevant simulations of the same. It makes us human beings at home in the universe instead of undead meat robots reproducing.
Why is changing science necessary?
Science may be a simulation of reality, but no more so then our own senses are. We can never directly perceive the world--it's always filtered and processed through various organs and our very fallible brain. In many ways, science helps us correct those errors and know more of the world than we would otherwise be capable of.
If you still find science is somehow not filling a need, what in particular that is keeping you from being happy and content with the world exactly as it appears to be?
^^^ I disagree. The purpose of science is to get the most accurate understanding of reality that is possible. Scientists shouldn't care if the insight is deep or not.
It makes us human beings at home in the universe instead of undead meat robots reproducing.
Whether we turn out to be undead meat robots reproducing, or beauty and shared experience at home in the fabric of the univese, does it make a difference? I still enjoy life, and I feel the same about myself and others either way.For that matter, why can't we be both?
I'm thinking no. The blueberry looks blue because when your retina looks at it and imitates the sense of the experience, blue is how the human optic nerve and visual cortex imitates it, and the visual cortex is you. The subjective states and external behaviors of the tissues, cells, molecules, and atoms of the brain are you.
Immediacracy, I'd definitely look up some book on the physics of light. Many of your questions could be answered there, and better than I'd dare to off the top of my head (can't speak of others of course).Take Feynman, Gribbin, or Zeilinger. Those are the ones I read and no doubt there are many more books out there.
You may also be interested in quantum information theory. It does appear that information can in fact be transmitted faster than the speed of light; it's just that we haven't figured out how (if at all) read the information). Afaik Zeilinger's the go-to-guy there.
That's why I like my theory. The information isn't transmitted, it arises spontaneously out of a shared subjective experience.
Check this out. On Sunday there was a movie on tv with some dialogue about Nikola Tesla which caused me to read some more about him online. We were leaving for the afternoon so I left a page about him open in my browser to finish when we returned. When we came back that night, our house had been struck by lightning. I'm on a laptop at a hotel right now because it's too hot to sleep in our house with the a/c blown up. If it hadn't been for our friend accidentally buying tickets for the wrong day, we would possibly have been napping in the bed as the windows and wall sockets exploded. Coincidences are funny, no?
You may "like" your theory, but...I pointed out over in this post http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/forums/index.php?topic=14281.msg334657#msg334657 how your "theory" is either inconsistent with observed conservation laws or it requires: extensive superluminal communication,a brand new undetected energy source,a completely new mechanism to explain why the speed of light is what it is,and particles that can make calculations.That is just scratching the surface of things that would have to be true for your view to have any merit. The current QM model is shockingly simple by comparison.
Considering there is absolutely zero evidence for any of this, you have absolutely no observations that support your view, this does not predict anything new, and existing models work a lot better, It's safe to reject your idea as just another of many thousands a crackpot theories.
It needs more than fit the facts nicely to be called a theory.
Yeah, but what does that have to do with light and information?
If this is not making more sense to you, let me know how you are interpreting what I'm saying and give me a chance to try to make it clearer. Try to be more patient. Just because it's not a formal theory ready for publication doesn't mean it's not a worthwhile thought experiment. I've never said that this idea is 'the way nature must work'. I'm only wondering if this is the way that nature might work, and if not, why not?
The way I'm thinking of it, no new energy source would be required, and communications would function not as a superliminal existential mechanism but as an interior, essential recognition.
As for explaining why the speed of light is what it is, --snip-- The math should be the same.
My idea is that when matter is separated from itself by only a vacuum, excitement at...
The actual behaviors observed are occurring at both points A and B (and other unobstructed points occupied by matter) but not in the empty space in between the points (D). You put something in between A and B something made of matter, and the presence of that matter M may have a particular effect on the behavior of A and B as well as on itself and any observer (O) which is made of matter.
Just because it's not a formal theory ready for publication doesn't mean it's not a worthwhile thought experiment.
I'm only wondering if this is the way that nature might work, and if not, why not?
They don't have to produce anything to communicate, the communication arises out of the void which separates them, just as electronegativity attracts electrons through a lack of electrons.
I think that if you approached it from the perspective of seeing how the idea can work rather than seeing how it can't work, you might be surprised at how simple the idea is and how it must, by definition, support all established observations.
it's just that it seems to act very much like one or the other (or, in fact, both simultanously), enough to allow for very precise descriptions.
I want in comment here and say, first, that my comment about you not sharing your drugs was meant to be humorous because your musings are, you must admit, a radical departure from current accepted theory.
Second, never forget that ultimately your theory will have to make testable predictions about reality, and not only that, but predictions that deviate from current theory so the difference can be observed.
Third, it would have to pass verification, that is it would have to make correct predictions. Fourth, it will have to pass peer-review, and that process will likely be brutal and rigorous, as it should be.
Finally, radical departures from any current theory usually draw criticism but they can pass the bar. A certain theory about curved spacetime proved that.
All of the theory I'm aware seems fraught with ambiguity and unsettled science.
Current theory fails to predict order, life, or consciousness in the cosmos.
Someone give me a bar, and let's see if the idea can pass it.
Then explain how energy is conserved in a manner consistent with observation. If you can't understand something as simple as that, why should anyone care what you think?
The math isn't the same. If there is an "essential recognition" it always takes a certain amount of time to happen based on c and the distance. Exactly what you would expect from a propagating wave, but unexplained in your model.
Your model is particularly strange in that it requires superluminal communication between the sense particle and certain other particles, but it never happens between the sense particle and the original event.
The matter must be there at the precise time you would expect the photon to propagate from the source to that point. Without propegation of a photon, there must be some form of communication, or the sense particle must have a mechanism to determine which of countless billions of particles was in the precise spot to affect the reaction at each point in time for what may be billions of years in the past.
It's not worthwhile because it explains less than QM, introduces more problems, solves nothing, and has no basis in observation.
I explained that. You just don't understand high school physics.
Stupid example.
Like all forces, the electromagnetic force requires energy, but your communication apparently doesn't.
Also, this mysterious undetectable energy that arises out of the void does not change the fact that you model requires a particle at one point tohave information about an event at another point faster than the anything could travel between them at light speed.
I think if you had a clue about what you were talking about, you would recognize it for the crackpot idea it is.
Why do ignorant people who don't understand the most basic concepts of current science seem to think theyshould be taken seriously when they propose throwing it out? All though history, we find that the real innovatorsactually understood the current state of their field better than their contemporaries.
your profound ignorance your theory predicts nothing new and testable. Your theory failed. You didn't understand it.
It solves the appearance of order, life, and consciousness in the Cosmos.
That's the thing. I know exactly what you're talking about. It could be a crackpot idea, but so far nobody has been able to come up with a compelling reason why I should believe that yet.
Quote from: Immediacracy on July 24, 2010, 07:41:07 PMIt solves the appearance of order, life, and consciousness in the Cosmos.In what way, exactly?
In what way, exactly?
No evidence. Just making sense to anybody doesn't cut it in any way, shape, or form.
Did you not see my footnote at the top of the thread?


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What a holiday weekend … new East Stadium with unveiled life-sized Bob Devaney statue… biggest crowd in Memorial Stadium history …first public tours of Pinnacle Bank Arena's stunning interior. Up next? Friday night's official dedication ceremony of the brand spanking new Devaney Center. Where else will you see a trifecta like that in less than a week? As a large advertising sign near the stadium says – "There Is No Place" and no need to finish the sentence because we all know the punch line. So in honor of that, please consider this N-Sider a positively charged Husker Weekend Rewind, structurally segmented to condense news that Husker fans enjoy most.
Bo Pelini's Press Conference: Bo went straight from his postgame radio show to the film room and stayed there until the wee hours Sunday morning because he would not have been able to sleep anyway. Here are 10 quick-hitters for those who prefer to accentuate the positive: 1) Bo said he learned a lot from the film and thinks his players will, too; 2) Bo says the 37-34 escape from Wyoming will serve as a wake-up call for the 2013 season; 3) He also thinks his team will move forward and benefit in all aspects from its first-game experience; 4) Bo's great expectations for this team have not changed; 5) Taylor Martinez has a bruised left shoulder, but he's fine; 6) Bo likes how some young players reacted to the pressure of a game situation and feels a lot of those positives "got masked" because of certain things that didn't happen; 7) Bo said he and his staff accept blame for restricting the aggressiveness of Vincent Valentine and likes the future upside of the redshirt freshman nose tackle; 8) Bo sees more "real positives" in the early learning curve for linebackers David Santos and Josh Banderas; 9) He says freshman linebacker Nate Gerry "is going to be a really good football player" and redshirt freshman Sam Foltz "is going to be a really good punter for a number of years for us."; and 10) Pelini said he watched film last week showing former Husker and now Tampa Bay linebacker starter Lavonte David having "two or three clean shots" on Wyoming quarterback Brett Smith two years ago and David "didn't get him down one time." Such a comment is incredibly relevant when you consider that David's 20 tackles for loss in 2012 are the second most on record for a rookie since the NFL began tracking the statistic in 2000.
John Cook's Press Conference: Cook has a multiplicity of converging thoughts before the curtain officially goes up Friday night at the Devaney Center, the new home of Nebraska volleyball, wrestling and men's and women's gymnastics. This will be the 13th straight season and the 182nd consecutive home sellout match for a Husker volleyball team with 11 new players. That's 11, like in football, collectively searching for definitive roles in terms of playing time and chemistry, not to mention their own individual and team identity. Since the Final Four remains an annual goal for a Cook-coached team, young or old, we have four important news items from Monday's volleyball press conference: 1) Cook indicated he will tweak the Huskers' 6-2 offense to match setters Kelly Hunter and Mary Pollmiller with certain hitters in the rotation; 2) Adjustments also are designed to help returning sophomore middle blocker starter Meghan Haggerty increase her productivity and give her confidence a simultaneous boost; 3) Cook believes outside hitter Kadie Rolfzen will play this weekend for the first time since injuring a shoulder during the summer; and 4) The Huskers have been in their new Devaney Center digs for a week now, and their head coach could not be happier. "I've gone to volleyball heaven," Cook said, citing three courts to call his own without having to share them. "I feel like I'm an NBA coach. I've got everything right there … (even) ice baths when practice is over. It's awesome."
We end this weekend rewind with two "feel good" moments related to Nebraska football. The first is a footnote that happened last Tuesday night when former Husker receiver Ricky Simmons shared his story of being released from prison and restoring his life in the community. He credited the support he received from Tom Osborne, who sat in the back of Lincoln's St. Mark's Methodist Church with his wife, Nancy, and nearly 200 others. Last Christmas Day's N-Sider explained the Power of Redemption that Simmons experienced. In the midst of such intense focus on Game Day Saturdays, this story is a much bigger wake-up call than the Nebraska-Wyoming game. "I've been clean going on five years now," said Simmons, a licensed substance abuse counselor and owner of Simmons & Associates, which specializes in motivational speaking.
The second "feel good" moment came from Madison, Wis., and a pleasantly surprised Barry Alvarez, who gives his full-fledged support to a statue that was unveiled last Friday of Bob Devaney. A former All-Big Eight linebacker, Alvarez played for Devaney on a Husker team that led the nation in total defense, and he was as thrilled as anyone when he learned that Nebraska Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst had commissioned the statue and had it placed in the new East Stadium Plaza. "Bob was way ahead of his time in so many different ways," Wisconsin's athletic director said of his former head football coach and longtime mentor. "Bob shortened practice to two hours max, and back in the early '60s, some coaches would spend two hours on extra point practice alone if the team missed a PAT the week before. Bob had us scrimmage all spring and practice was very physical, but we did not scrimmage in the fall. Bob coached you, he taught you and he motivated you. That statue was a great move by Shawn."
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Graduate student Mike Moverman and junior Shaun Thompson made an immediate impact for the Blue Devils Saturday, Sept. 28, as the duo debuted for Duke's men's cross country team at the Panorama Farms Invitational in Charlottesville, Va. The tandem placed fifth and seventh respectively, and led the Blue Devils (104) to a fourth-place team finish behind meet champions North Carolina (58). Eastern Kentucky (76) and Virginia (101) placed second and third, respectively. After defeating Auburn (106), Liberty (141), Virginia Tech (197), William & Mary (205), California (226), High Point (239), George Mason (294), Ole Miss (337) and UNC-Greensboro (371), Duke improved to 16-5 on the season and 3-2 in ACC competition.
Duke's men's cross country head coach Norm Ogilvie was ecstatic with the performance of his top-three performers, Moverman, Thompson and Atkinson.
"We're super happy with our top-three guys," Ogilvie said. "They ran outstanding. Late in the race, we had three guys in the top ten. The times were fantastic. Breaking 24-minutes on this course is really something. Considering that for Mike and Shaun, this was their first race of the year, it was fantastic."
Moverman, Duke's school-record holder in the indoor 5,000-meters, showed no signs of rust in his debut, improving his 8,000-meter personal best of 23:58.0 by almost two seconds, crossing the line at Panorama Farms in 23:56.8. Thompson also produced a personal best effort in his opening meet, rallying with 400m remaining in the race to cross the line in 23:57.1. Thompson's finishing time bested his previous personal record by over four seconds.
Senior Brian Atkinson remained consistent in his second meet of the season, recording a time of 24:08.1, nearly identical to his finishing time at the Furman XC Classic two weeks earlier. The Melbourne Beach, Fla., native moved to the front of the field early in the race and maintained an honest pace before placing 14th overall and third for the Blue Devils.
The debut performance of Moverman left the Easton, Mass., native satisfied with his result, but what he saw from his teammates was even more exciting.
"I was pretty happy with my performance, especially for the first meet of the season, but I was even more happy to see Shaun and Brian running so well," Moverman said. I was really excited for Brian's race, even though he didn't finish where he wanted to be, he ran really aggressive. He was in second place late in the race, so I thought that was really good. Brian was keeping the pace honest, and at one point I thought he was going to get second in the race. He was running really well."
The five-man average of 24:16 marked the fastest five-man average by the Blue Devils on the Panorama Farms course. Seven of Duke's runners covered the course in under 25 minutes, as well. In addition to Moverman, Thompson and Atkinson, Ogilvie also saw positives from a number of other members of the team.
"We also had a personal-record race from Lucas Talavan-Becker, our fourth man, and Christian Britto ran really well, too. Rooney had a strong race, too, so quite a few good things happened."
Senior Lucas Talavan-Becker contributed for Duke with a 36th-place finish, in a time of 24:35.3. A product of South San Francisco, Calif., Talavan-Becker improved on his time from last season's meet at the Panorama Farms by over a minute.
Sophomore William Rooney rounded out the scoring for the Blue Devils, finishing 43rd overall and crossing the line in a time of 24:44.0. Senior Christian Britto teamed with Rooney throughout the race to finish 44th, in a time of 24:46.2.
Sophomore Blake Udland competed at the Panorama Farms for the first time in his college career, recording a time of 24:59.9 and placing 55th overall, whileJunior Phil Fairleigh, Duke's second finisher at the Furman XC Classic two weeks earlier, placed 59th, in a time of 25:06.7
Stephen Shine, the only freshman to make the trip for the Blue Devils, competed in just his second 8,000m race of his collegiate career, clocking a time of 25:31.5 and finishing 74th.
Duke travels to Charlotte, N.C., in two weeks to compete in the Royals Challenge Friday, Oct. 11.
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2. Eastern Kentucky 76
3. Virginia 101
4. Duke 104
5. Auburn 106
6. Liberty 141
7. Virginia Tech 197
8. William & Mary 205
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LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- An insidious, microscopic protein that has been found in the brain tissue of professional football players after death may now be detectable in living people by scanning their brains.
Researchers say they found tau protein in the brains of five living retired National Football League players with varying levels of cognitive and emotional problems.
"It's definite, we found it, it's there," said Dr. Julian Bailes, co-director of the NorthShore Neurological Institute in Evanston, Illinois, and co-author of a new study that identified the tau. "It was there consistently and in all the right places."
Using a scan called positron emission tomography, or PET -- typically used to measure nascent Alzheimer's disease -- researchers injected the players with a radioactive marker that travels through the body, crosses the blood-brain barrier and latches on to tau.
Then, the NFL retirees had their brains scanned.
"We found (the tau) in their brains, it lit up," said Dr. Gary Small, professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and lead author of the study, published Tuesday in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
What was startling, said Small, was the specific pattern of the tau they found: "It was identical to what's seen in a condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, that has only been diagnosed at autopsy."
CTE is the disease that most likely played a role in the deaths of former NFL players like Dave Duerson, Ray Easterling, Shane Dronett, and Junior Seau.
What has stymied researchers for years is that tau can only be uncovered after death. Finding it in living players is considered by many researchers to be the "holy grail" of concussion research, according to Bailes.
"After a while it gets old and not so fulfilling to take the brain out when (an athlete) is dead," said Bailes, a neurosurgeon and director of the Brain Injury Research Institute, which focuses on the study of traumatic brain injuries and their prevention. "At that point there is no solution, no answer."
The research provides the beginnings of an answer, according to Bailes and Small. But the study is tiny, and poses looming questions.
"This is a very exciting but preliminary study," said Robert Stern, co-founder of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at the Boston University School of Medicine. "The researchers did what so many of us have been wanting to do for the last couple of years.
"The problem is that the type of PET scan they used is really not specific to what we're looking at with chronic traumatic encephalopathy."
The marker used in the PET scan -- the one that binds to tau -- is called FDDNP. The problem with using that marker, said Stern, is that it is not specific enough. It binds not just to tau, but also to another protein called beta amyloid, which is commonly seen in Alzheimer's disease patients.
"In CTE, only tau is found in abundance," said Stern, an Alzheimer's expert. "What researchers saw was parts of the brain lighting up and showing abnormal findings. ... But we don't know if what is lighting up is tau alone, or beta amyloid, or both."
It's the location of the protein that is important, Small said. In Alzheimer's disease, tau is typically found in the outer part of the brain, called the cortex.
"It's different from Alzheimer's," said Small, director of the UCLA Longevity Center, adding that he found tau in deeper structures of the brain.
"The patterns of the scans are identical to what's seen at autopsy in other people (with CTE)," like Seau, Duerson and Easterling, he said. "And we know at autopsy it's primarily tau."
When tau lodges into those deep brain structures -- for example, the amygdala, which is associated with rage and other emotions, or the hippocampus, a seat of memory -- it causes major disruptions to those areas.
That disruption may be related to depression, memory problems and suicidal behavior common in cases of CTE studied thus far -- not just in retired NFL players, but in athletes in other sports and members of the military.
The hope among the study's authors is that a diagnostic brain scan might one day detect burgeoning CTE in all sorts of people who suffer concussions.
But the current study is drawing some skepticism, doubts that likely will not ebb until future research examines a larger study group.
"Sometimes I wish (study authors) would hang on and wait until they have a more meaningful sample size," said Kevin Guskiewicz, a concussion expert and director of the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "I think that then people would be less skeptical of the findings."
Still, Guzkiewicz is encouraged by the study results.
"Unfortunately we tend to identify these (CTE) cases when they're already on the slippery slope toward dementia and it's too late to do anything," said Guskiewicz. "I'm all for trying to build on studies like this."
Building on the research -- expanding the study population -- is what Small and Bailes are working on now. In the meantime, they are optimistic about their findings.
"Right now, the (FDDNP) PET scan is the only method that we know of that can measure tau protein in living people," said Small. "It's not the perfect holy grail ... but for now it seems to be showing us what we're looking for."


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News..Exclusives..Relationships..Everything You Need To Know & YES The Word of God
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
EXCLUSIVE: Pastor Adeoye Set to Wed Sunmbo Ajaba
76 comments:
Wow! Breaking news... Ghen ghenReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 20:07
Omo! Na real wow! And Ghen Ghen. Sumbo ended her relationship with tubaba. Tubaba will tell you he did not dumb her. She knew what she wanted, and asked tubaba and since he could not meet her half way she walk out of the relationship. That is why she could walk with Annie with all simle . Bless you. Congrat to sumbo and Annie.Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 22:43
Ur grammar ehn! Kai! Neway thanx 4 d extra yan *big smile*Delete
Peero na u remain.....hope u take a cue especially with that ur acidic temperDelete
Congrats Sumbo....u da best
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 17:16
I hope she really moves on. It's the Tuface wedding to Annie effect.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 05:49
What even makes you tink it's the effect of anything? Na wah!Delete
na to show 2face nowDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 17:27
This is interesting!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 17:29
Ladun u too much!!!! Keep it up. Breaking news toh badtReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 17:30
Dats wat I call moving on...ReplyDelete
- Laduns biggest fan08 January, 2013 17:33
Sings in D'Banj's voice "suddenly!" Congrats and I know she's a loyal follower of this blog.ReplyDelete
Yeah I heard it here firstReplyDelete
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- Anonymous08 January, 2013 17:48
I have been expecting this since reading through that lady's FB profile.I hope they both fing happiness in their union.GOD IS A REWARDER OF THEM THAT DILIGIENTLY SERVE HIM.ReplyDelete
Hmmm. Now I understand why they were so cordial on twitter. Sunmbo has found her happiness too. Congrats to all involvedReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 17:51
Ladun, wow!r really stepping up this yearReplyDelete
Nice, she's moved on with her life... God makes a way for evry1 afterall!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 17:51
Don't we all love how men sharply move on quickly & marry when their wives die? Abi were they eyeing each other before she died. Anyway congrats and Pastor don hammer. He will share Tubaba's pay off with you now. Next will be for Pero to do the same.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:36
U should read well before commenting... The pastor's wife died a year ago and u call that sharply? Abeg park well jorDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:56
You open your brains. One year is sharply. Pray it doesn't happen to you.Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 20:25
A year ago is sharply. Very sharply too. Kilode.Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 20:52
Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:36 is a stupid man. blind bat.Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 20:54
Too sharply sef. Just over a year. These men are terrible. A woman dares not try it. Most widows don't even remarry.Delete
God please preserve my life so I can take care of the children you gave me
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 22:06
2nd anon here, ekabo baby mama of 2. kmt.Delete
- Anonymous10 January, 2013 11:06
One year is too sharp , abeg ...... Anything less than 3 years is way too soon to be remarryingDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:26
That is what is called moving on and Annie should watch out for Pero.ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:30
Sis Sumbo, soon to be a PASTORs wife.. Thank God, Indeed, ol things r passed away. Congrats to herReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 22:03
I'm really happy for her....I'm also happy to know cuz I'm expecting a child soon and I'm not a bit interested in the father of my child(he thinks I am tho. As I have made him understand times without number dat he is just a sperm donor). I'm happy that she actually found someone and I hope it's cuz she believes its going to work not for the sake of marrying...Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:59
No wonder she's been rolling on the floor, leading praise worship on the church. Very soon now, she will become Pastor tooReplyDelete
I hope she's not using Pastor as rebound because Tuface got married.Replies
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:57
of course it is. The pastor consoled her when she was crying that Tuface proposed to Annie. Wishing her the best.Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 20:24
Awon aiye! Sigh!Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:12
Both of u r fools! Talking rubbish!Delete
- Mama somtee09 January, 2013 13:25
If some of you people were God Kai ! There would be no forgiveness of sin , no repentance with you guys ooooooooooooooo.she could have gotten it right with her maker , let's rejoice with her after all she would have gone for a baba with ten wives .Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:00
Wetin she wan born for pastor when she don born everything for Tubaba finish?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 22:25
Beta be careful wiv wat u say to others....how r u so sure u urself go born pikin? Beta face ur own and pray dat God will give u children. Either u marry or not, the ultimate in life is having kids! So beta pray to God datu will not be the end of ur own generation rather than counting stories of how someone has born finish for one man!Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:02
No wonder she's been rolling on the floor, leading praise worship on the church. Very soon now, she will become Pastor tooReplyDelete
I hope she's not using Pastor as rebound because Tuface got married.Replies
Exactly, my point, she no born again period!!! she just change temporarily as soon as she hear say her pastor wife die, she stop dey go club and so on, as soon as she get married to the man now she go tell the pastor to shot up and listen to her lead...Delete
I know say na flesh dey push the pastor, may be he think say he fit use 2face popularity become popular too. na war o when pastors dey use the dirty story and path of an unbeliever to get publicity??? GOD HAVE MERCY!!!
Pastors are human so he is free to get married asap after his wife death or would u prefer him to be sleeping around? Body no be firewood.ReplyDelete
Congrats to them jor!Replies
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:58
Pray it doesn't happen to you. Who talked about sex? can't he restrain himself.Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 20:56
Oyefunke i don't think you know the meaning of ASAP. He can marry her once he buries his wife right? Is that how you hooked your man? Desperate people.Delete
- Dolabomi08 January, 2013 22:27
Sis Oyefunke, na wa for u o. I'm sure ur husband Wale waited some years after his wife's death(Lord bless her soul) before he married you. He dint marry you ASAP. Are u now saying he didn't hold body all d while after her death. This ur post get as he be o. Oga danu.Delete
- happyhausabunny08 January, 2013 23:42
I think a year is too soon. That said, I attended a remembrance ceremony of family that lost his wife, and the head pastor of FWC said, she'll advice any1 to get married 6months to a year...something about needing a companion and loneliness.Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:27
Dolabomi, thanks for telling us Oyefunke's story. All I can say is to Funke "No wondeeeeer". She benefited from "Men's sharply moving on".Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:18
Good for her. The girl done move on and all those annie over yan for twitter go reduce small. She is even more good looking than annie sef. Congrat ma dear. E no easy.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 16:03
More good looking, says who?Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:42
she seems good, i wonder y she fell into dat mess in d ist place.. Congrats to her, buh dat "one of tuface's baby mama"description. is one she has to liv witReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:59
Pastor's wife will have to not wear tight camel toe trousers like this anymore. How old is the Pastor, he looks young? What killed his wife? Good luck.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 20:00
Saw her @ GETARENA on SundayReplyDelete
HMMMMMM she is hot asin hot.
i can see y 2face got confused.
anyways i wish her all the best
Am so happy for her.I pray that they both find happiness 2geda.she rily gats to move on after 2baba's drama, at least she nids som1 to care 2 her kids.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 20:17
Hian!!! See wetin 2face don cos... So she's stuck wiv that alias or what? Na wa o... I wish her all the best. May God bless their union.ReplyDelete
lesson to NIGERIAN women….be patient…very very patient in choosing your partner or who you will have babies with in order to avoid unnecessary heartache,kissing unnecessary frogs before you meet the prince GOD has ordained for you…i pray the man treats the auxiliary kid like his own being a pastorReplyDelete
congrats to them thoughReplies
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 20:58
How a woman can have 2 kids(Sumbo) for a wandering man is beyond me. Let alone, 3(Pero)
- FakaFiki08 January, 2013 23:14
Buroda mi Lukumanuu, oro ologbon. My prince charming, my God ordained husband where ary thou oya appear by fire in Jesus name'in my MFM prayer modeDelete
LOOOL AMEN OOODelete
- Mama somtee09 January, 2013 23:13
Luca ----- kudos my brother , you always make sense . Nothing do you .Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 20:39
All of u criticising the pastor should just chill. Marriage vows is 'till DEATH do us part', atink??? Death did him and his late wife part, so whether he remarried a day after her funeral, or 10years later, he has committed no sin. I am really happy for Sunmbo and Pastor. Congratulations.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 21:30
Abi your mama die and your papa marry the day after them bury am?Delete
- truthurts08 January, 2013 21:50
People don't undertand the Dynamics of Tubaba's choice to "settle for" Annie.ReplyDelete
Yes they have been together since tubaba's african queen days but it wasn't a full-term relationship it was an on-again,off-again relationship because of annie's heavy involvement in Runz!!!
After tubaba broke up with annie sometime in 2004 he started dating Pero who became a common face in his base @comfort suite annie on the other hand began dating sauce kids manager who at the time was living at festac extension and who's father was the notorious womanizer 'balog'.
Anyway Tubaba was dating pero at the same time Sumbo and also series of flings. He ws heavily 'involved with' Sumbo, infact it was common knowledge he was going to marry her but she broke up with him because she became born again and because of Peros drama with her shitload of insecurities.
Pero is not as bad as the media portrays anyway she just couldn't control her emotions. Anyway to end my epistle it is only logical tubaba ended up with1 of his babymama's and that was between Annie and Pero,coupled with the fact that Tubaba's mom actually likes Annie a whole lot!
Sumbos dignified silence in all of this is highly commendable I must say. #1 love world.Replies
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 22:08
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 22:10
My friend sharp there! Pero, Pero, she chased Tu Face herself. She went looking for him after hearing his music. She forced her way into his life! She thought she could get away with just having kids and Tu Face would be forced to marry her. I really dont feel sorry for her because she such a rude girl and very arrogant. You cant compare her to her other siblings.Delete
Well Sumbo i really hope you have made the right choice and not just being desperate to marry.
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 23:54
lol Aunty Sumbo@ truthhurts, u r highly welcome, Thanks 4 giving ur part of d story. I understand d need to exonerate urself. Buh u knw try, d ist wz a mistake.. D 2nd preg nko. U were equaly digging then buh glory b to God sha, u r born again as u said..(ope na serious born again o) God blessDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:18
Abeg shutup ur stupid mouth ! Talking nonsense!Delete
Na lie! sunmbo her self said 2face got angry am when she queried him of not saying he loves her back the interview is all over the place on d internet now where you get your long lie story?Delete
Hummm Ladun you are on top!!! How come you know?ReplyDelete
Anyway, good move if there's no ulterior motive... let bygones be bygones!
Congrats to the future wife and her hubby!
Jaleaso(anon 19:11)u r very stupid 4ur statmnt.don't u hv regards 4d dead?ReplyDelete
Na wa oh. Thats life oh. So the Pastor has moved on sharp sharp after one year of his wife's death? Okay o. Wish them the bestReplyDelete
- www.thebanquethall.blogspot.com09 January, 2013 05:19
I wish her the best....ReplyDelete
Pls visit www.thebanquethall.blogspot.com for to get the word of God for today. Start this yr with the God.
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:03
thank God! happy for her. all things are working for Annie, e remain PeruReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:10
well im still happy for Sumbo God has settled her, hope she is really really born again. as for pero or peru she is d biggest losser.ReplyDeleteReplies
she is not! Only to get what she wants,when people born again for marriage or job or something it is never permanent, once the mind is settled, they forget their promise and become proud. we are all human abi. I pitty the pastor,more so the pastor pikin go be second class citizen for sunbo hand because na 2face pikin dey give her popularity for her business no be pastor's, also, if she dey take 1 million from 2face every month and pastor dey give am 100,000 tell me who she go respect?Delete
Congrats SumboReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 11:19
congratulations to them.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 13:57
@ TRUTH HURTS..... Thanks for telling us the real truth on this annie girl and also thanks Ladun for posting it as you dont like to normally post anything 'negatice' about your friend annie.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 20:54
My dear why gullible? what are the basis for you to conclude on WHAT that chap has said? or may be cos he goes by the name "TRUTH HURTS"?Delete
- Anonymous10 January, 2013 08:28
- Anonymous10 January, 2013 08:29
- Anonymous22 January, 2013 17:31


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October 22, 2008
Schilling Blogs About Manny (Again...)
Most Red Sox fans have moved on. Indeed, most of us had moved on by August 3 or so. Yet Schilling, whose disdain for many national and Boston sportswriters is well-known, has more in common with these knights of the keyboard than he would probably care to admit. What can be gained by bashing Manny every few weeks?
Around 2 PM on Wednesday, Schilling posted an answer of sorts to the question "Could the Red Sox have gone deeper into the post-season with Manny?" to his blog. It was entitled "Just To Be Clear" and could be found here -- until he went back and deleted it later in the afternoon.
However, once you post something to the internet, it's impossible to pull it back. Evan at Fire Brand had the complete post in his RSS feed and posted sections of it at his blog. I found the entire post at Sawx Heads.
Schilling wants to be perceived as a "straight-shooter" who (like it or not) calls 'em like he sees 'em. He clearly worked for awhile on this 2,499-word post and I cannot imagine him not weighing the pros and cons of posting it before hitting the "publish" button. So why won't he stand behind these words?
Screen shots below -- text in the first comment.
32 comments:
- redsock said...
Just to be clear..
No one wants to hear less about the ending of the season and the whys than fans that love the Sox. While I am officially no longer a member of this organization I have read and keep reading the "What if" stories as they relate to Manny and the team and the playoffs.
Enough has been said by anyone, and everyone, involved that it makes peoples ears bleed but it still appears a huge important piece to the puzzle is being missed.
First off anyone saying
Jason Bay is a nice player, but he's not Manny
is just not a very smart baseball person. Putting up the numbers he did in Pittsburgh has been vastly downplayed in my opinion. Yes his last year was less than stellar but in the Major Leagues that happens. Bottom line is this guy is a 30/100 above average on base guy who plays his ass off in the field and runs the bases hard and right. Is he Manny? Hell no, who is? Who has ever been? But he's far more than a 'nice player'. Nice players are guys that play 140 games, hit 275 and drive in some runs, and are good guys. This guy is a very good, very good player. Not only that but he proved the October limelight is not something that will make him wilt. Oh and he had a hell of a nice run the last few months in a market that couldn't be more opposite than Pittsburgh.
That's beside the initial point though. People are going to say, and have been saying, what if Manny had stayed? What if Manny had done what he did in LA, in Boston? If TJ Siemers can crawl out of Manny's butt long enough he'd objectively look at what happened and know he's at the front of the 'I'm going to look like an ass at some point' line and wake up. I've made enough horses ass comments to know to at least be aware now, when I am headed down that path....
It was NEVER a question of Manny's ability, ever. Hell I am not sure anyone had more run ins with him, as a teammate, than I did, but I'll never say anything other than this guy studied and practiced the art of hitting, and executed, as well as anyone I've ever seen.
No, that wasn't the issue, and no one argues that. What was the issue, and this is my opinion only, became very clear to anyone in or around the team at this point. The issue was not whether he would play 'hard' every day. He ALWAYS hit, but the game is so much more than swinging
the bat it's laughable. No, the issue was whether he would actually PLAY. I don't mean play hard, play tough, play lazy, no, PLAY.
He had in the past taken days off. Hell most guys do. He certainly had his own way of doing it and it was never ever with thought to anyone but himself but for the most part I always took it with the "Manny knows his body better than anyone". We all knew there were times it was just 'He didn't feel like playing today" and by 'playing' that meant anything. Pinch hitting, pinch running, anything. His days off for the most part were totally off. That's not common, not at all. You played that day, or series of days, with a 24 man roster, that was never a thing you doubted or that came unexpected after awhile. As a pitcher that is and always will be a factor in being a leader in the clubhouse. A starting pitcher has very little idea what these guys do to their bodies every day. But what I do know is I played 23 years of professional baseball and have played with guys that ran the spectrum. The guy who said "I'm good" while trying to catch with a broken collarbone, and the guy who literally HAD to feel 100% to take BP. So for a pitcher to question a position player, well in certain contexts that just didn't happen, but you also knew your teammates and you got to see 'behind the curtain' when that 'hurt' guy took 5 days off and spent less than 10 minutes in the training room. A direct opposite to the guy who took one day off, made sure the manager knew he could Pinch Hit if needed, and spent the game running back and forth from the bench to the training room getting interval treatment as he could.
No, by saying PLAY I mean exactly that. The issue got to the point where everyone finally took him at his word, there was no choice. A guy refusing to get on a team plane, having to be literally coaxed on, by people with pride and people that love the game, because meeting the obligations of a 20 million dollar contract were not even close to enough to get him going???? If he did not get traded he was going to need "time off" to rest his injured knee, and it got to the point where he made it clear time off could mean the rest of the season. Few guys will admit to it and that's cool, I get that, but no one, if in the right situation, would ever deny that was anything but true.
So it's not 'what could have been', we knew what was to be, and what was to be was that if he did not get a contract extension he was going to take a seat, and in taking that seat he didn't give a rats ass what anyone thought, including the 24 guys that wore the same uniform. So the 'what could have been' in the post season is not the question. The question is would there have been a post season if he had stayed, and that's a question, and a gamble, that I think everyone felt they knew the answer too and in the end a gamble no one was willing to take, and rightly so.
People continue to try and assign logic to the thoughts and decisions made when we all knew so many illogical things were said and done that logic was far from a factor in 99% of the things happening at the end. I don't think Scott Boras told many to 'tank it', Manny's a grown man and any decisions or actions he made are all on him.
It is demeaning and disrespectful to the guys that did respect their teammates, the game and the fans by busting their asses through broken down hips, sore arms, strained abs and whatever, to grind it out for each other and the fans, their love of the game and anything else you can think of, the organization, to hear people question the hows and whys of this whole thing. That was why I said 'he flipped you all off' because if you heard ANYTHING he said after he left, he did.
Ya, remember this guy was at the forefront of bringing the first world championship to Boston in 2004 (but please also throw a cheer or three Foulkies way, that guy was the man in October of 04), remember this guy, along with David, made the most fearsome middle of the order of our lifetimes, remember when he was at the plate you better not THINK of not being able to watch what he might do. This guy, when he hit, changed games BEFORE he came to the plate.
But the thing that killed me in the end was this; he never gave a rats ass about any of us that suited up with him, not one iota. He was, and he said repeatedly, about going to the highest bidder and getting as much money as he possibly could, period. If that meant pissing on us in the interim, so be it.
Hey! That's cool, that's 100% your prerogative. But please don't crap all over the guy, or guys that spent years as your 'teammates' covering your ass by saying "Aww that's just Manny being Manny" and the hundreds of thousands of other things we needed to say to stop the stories from being more than they could. Please don't piss all over the Manager and GM who pretty much swallowed every ounce of pride they possessed because they knew that it was 'win above all else' here to the fans and owners. Manny had a cult following because Manny could hit and act goofy, period. Hey that's cool, that's what some fans love an that's fine, but that's it.
Manny left because Manny wanted to get Manny the largest possible contract Manny could. That happens and that's fine. But the Sox got a player that's going to help them get back to October next year out of a situation they could have been left with a player not playing, and a patch work of guys filling in for the rest of the year.
That doesn't mean, to me anyway, that the question should be "How much farther would we have gotten" but rather "Would we have gotten there?"
Why on earth would ANY situation be as good as it's ever been? Why would things be so fun and nice and happy and exciting AFTER you lose a first ballot HALL OF FAME PLAYER? Is the rest of the baseball world that much smarter than a guy widely recognized as one of, if not the, best GMs in the game? Is a guy widely recognized as one of the best managers, and on top of that best human beings, in the game that dumb? Couldn't it be that the opposite is true?
Don't ask how far they could have gone. Let it be what it is. That team went from 7 runs down and 7 outs to the end of a season that had more turmoil and injuries than the Dallas Cowboys, to tying run on base in the 8th inning of game 7. One game from the World Series.
Is that good enough? Ask the players, they'll all tell you hell no because it's now different here. They now, and rightly so, expect to win the World Series every year. Anything short of that is disappointing and you can scream all you want but it's realistic, and earned. Ya it's not the Yankees of the late '90s, but it's getting there. This group has earned a place of respect in baseball that's been earned and the onus is on them to maintain that level of expectation through performance, on and off the field. But for me, personally, the far cooler piece is that the composition of players on the team now, and the organization, is now setup to be held to a far higher standard personally and professionally, and with that comes good things. The fans deserve that, the game deserves that.
Joe Maddon benches his star young player twice and his team reaches the World Series. Hell Scioscia has to pretty much kick a star offensive player off his team during the playoffs, it might even have cost them a shot at getting to the World Series in 04. I'm ok with saying it because while you can scream all you want about things I've said in the past, I've never intentionally disrespected the game, or my teammates, never. I've said dumb things and done a few real stupid ones, never was anything said or done with the intent to disrespect either, anyone telling you otherwise is a liar.
I promise Tito, Jim Fregosi, maybe even Bob Brenly and Frank Robinson will tell you I was a pain in the butt at times because I talked too much though the GMs might say it a little more adamantly. But there isn't a coach or GM I ever played for that will tell you I didn't bust my ass every day I had the ball in my hand or that I was ever unprepared for the job at hand, or that I ever played the game with anything but respect. I am not a Hall of Famer, I've known that since suiting up with one. I played with guys that don't and will never like me, hell that happens. But I cared about every teammate I ever had and I cared what my teammates thought of me when it was my day, and I cared what the guys in the other dugout thought of me when they had to compete against me. Beyond that what people 'knew' of me was/is far less than anyone ever will beyond my friends and family.
The Sox are poised to be a force in baseball for the next decade. The Left Fielder is a perennial All Star, the staff is littered with aces, the bullpen is anchored by a guy that will end the decade as the games most dominant closer, the first and second baseman should finish 1-2 in the MVP race (not sure what order), the team has a HUGE pool of young, homegrown, talent in the majors, and on the way, the manager, though bald with an enormous nose, is as good a manager as anyone in the game and manages people better than anyone I've been around, he cares, deeply, about his players and hsi staff and that matters to them all, the coaching staff has 2 future managers at least, one future GM, the fans got their 4th ALCS in 6 years. It's a new time, a new team and the future is awesome. Remember the 2008 Red Sox as a team that persevered thorugh a lot more than 90% of the teams in the game and battled their asses off to within 2 runs of a World Series while authoring the greatest comeback ever for a team faced with elimination. Remember them for the 3rd baseman that played through what could only be described as a broken hip, an Ace that gutted out a game that will be horribly under appreciated forever, in a must win. Remember 2008 as the year Jon Lester, a cancer survivor, turned into one of the premier pitchers in the game, not the league, the game. Remember them as the team who's closer extended a record post season scoreless streak even farther, remember them for their 2nd baseman, a five foot nothing guy who can fricking rake (though he knows he can't hit me) a gold glove first baseman who cemented his place as a premier all around stud (though bald and a mullion). Those are the things to remember this team by, those are the things that matter.
No more 'what could have beens', they are good enough now to take responsibility for what is, and what will be, and there isn't a player on this team that will shun accountability or responsibility for their actions or their teams. That's a pretty cool thing.
- October 22, 2008 at 10:25 PM
- phil said...
Curt campaigned for Bush in 2004. He's got zero credibility as a judge of character or organizational competence.
- October 22, 2008 at 10:30 PM
- L-girl said...
Phil says it all right there.
Well, maybe not all. One could also say Schilling is petty, small-minded, arrogant, vindictive... and so much more.
- October 22, 2008 at 10:33 PM
- redsock said...
Curt campaigned for Bush in 2004. He's got zero credibility as a judge of character or organizational competence.
And he loves McCain: "I will vote for him, and for her, of that there is no doubt"
- October 22, 2008 at 10:38 PM
- redsock said...
Most of you should not read that post of his, at least not without a barf bag.
- October 22, 2008 at 10:39 PM
- redsock said...
Me again!
I'd rather not get off topic right away with politics. Thanks.
I said I wanted the Rays to complete their amazing year by winning the WS. Well, it took me two innings of actual play to realize that I want the Effing Rays to lose! (though I don't care about the Phillies winning ...)
- October 22, 2008 at 10:43 PM
- truth said...
You've got to love the arrogance and complete lack of self-awareness of Curt. A guy who collected millions for the last two years for NOT PLAYING bitching about a guy who PLAYED and brought us another World Series while Curt was home playing Halo and clipping his toenails.
I use the all caps because Curtsie did.
- October 22, 2008 at 11:03 PM
- ish said...
Especially with Grand "I Will Fucking Rip Your Heart Out" Balfour.
- October 22, 2008 at 11:04 PM
- phil said...
Well the bars here in Providence are showing the WS1 game. People are openly rooting for the phils, though not wholeheartedly.
- October 22, 2008 at 11:17 PM
- fmb said...
With all due respect, I think this goes beyond "fair use". His participation at Sosh and his blogging were a boon to sox fans, you should IMHO respect his decision to pull his post.
- October 22, 2008 at 11:38 PM
- 9casey said...
I have said in the past we will never know what when on with Manny till one of those guys who shared the clubhouse with him talked about it.
Why he removed the post . I don't know, maybe he will explain.
I am sure someone else someday from this team will speak more about Manny, and his quirky somtimes selfish ways......But until then we only have Curt..
What his political beliefs are , I see as non-issue, the way on here when they are brought up people argue and sometimes feelings maybe hurt, but in the end we all share the same the passion, The Boston Red Sox...
- October 22, 2008 at 11:44 PM
- Amy said...
I saw Schilling's post yesterday morning and was blown away. After I read it, I told Harvey about it and said, "Boy, is he buying himself a lawsuit for libel or what?"
Perhaps his lawyer suggested the same thing to him. I didn't realize that it had been pulled, but it sure sounds like he got some legal advice. Of course, once it's out there, it's too late in the Internet era to pull it back.
I hope Manny sues him. It may be that everything Curt says is true, but if I were Manny, I'd want the chance to defend my reputation.
- October 23, 2008 at 7:42 AM
- Fenway West said...
During the ALCS I was on the live blog at WEEI and Curt joined the chat in the middle of game 7. One of the things he wrote is how happy he will be that people will stop talking about Manny soon...pretty strange that he brings it back up if he wants people to stop talking about it. Curt being Curt.
- October 23, 2008 at 8:54 AM
- Jack said...
I've made enough horses ass comments to know to at least be aware now, when I am headed down that path....
And despite that awareness, entirely unable to stop himself from making them anyway.
- October 23, 2008 at 9:04 AM
- L-girl said...
During the ALCS I was on the live blog at WEEI and Curt joined the chat in the middle of game 7. One of the things he wrote is how happy he will be that people will stop talking about Manny soon...pretty strange that he brings it back up if he wants people to stop talking about it. Curt being Curt.
Ha! Good point. Typical hypocrisy from a blowhard.
- October 23, 2008 at 9:49 AM
- L-girl said...
What his political beliefs are , I see as non-issue,
Phil brought up a valid point, as for many of us, Curt's politics speak to his lack of credibility, and frankly, his lack of intelligence.
- October 23, 2008 at 9:51 AM
- Joe Grav said...
Schilling is a blowhard.
Fire is hot.
Man lands on moon
- October 23, 2008 at 3:21 PM
- Zenslinger said...
He goes off the edge at times in this post. He also says some things of value about how to remember the 2008 Sox.
He sort of has a 15-year-old mentality, not to mention style of writing.
I agree that bringing it all up again is pretty worthless, and to say that Manny never "gave a rats [sic] ass" about any of his teammates is crap.
- October 23, 2008 at 5:08 PM
- redsock said...
I am bothered by his ignorance of grammar, punctuation and spelling. And his inability to coherently express himself undercuts his argument. (I don't even want to discuss his use of the phrase "ya".) You may find all of this unfair.
And what is he so busy with that he can't read this screed over for clarity before posting? Did Obama come out in favour of "second drafts" or "editing" and this is his idea of a political protest?
- October 23, 2008 at 5:52 PM
- phil said...
And he loves McCain: "I will vote for him, and for her, of that there is no doubt"
Schilling was born in Alaska.
- October 23, 2008 at 6:40 PM
- 9casey said...
truth said...
You've got to love the arrogance and complete lack of self-awareness of Curt. A guy who collected millions for the last two years for NOT PLAYING bitching about a guy who PLAYED and brought us another World Series while Curt was home playing Halo and clipping his toenails.
Is this comment serious , did you not watch the postseason in 2007.....
- October 23, 2008 at 7:23 PM
- L-girl said...
Schilling was born in Alaska.
This is true, but lots of people born in Alaska will not be voting for McCain/Palin.
- October 23, 2008 at 7:32 PM
- phil said...
And a lot of them were born in Anchorage like Schilling. Just saying.
- October 23, 2008 at 8:08 PM
- Lord Lynch said...
I write my own stuff elsewhere on the blogosphere, and one of my main gripes is the sheer boring old cliche-ridden platitudes that come out of sports people's mouths (and probably mine). I'm riled to distraction when I get the ra-ra rubbish, or ridiculous excuses out of MEDIA TRAINING GUIDE - CHAPTER 1 (over here, in England, we get the same media-trained players blaming anyone but themselves, and losing managers blaming referees).
In Curt Schilling we had a player that went beyond that. I don't know him, but it seems people want it both ways. We (well at least I do) want the player who tells us what he thinks about things (and Curt lapses into the ra-ra world as well, which is annoying) but when he says something we don't like, he gets called a blowhard etc. etc. He is pretty much always interesting in what he says. And in a free world, he has a right to say it. I'm sad he pulled the post, to be honest, more than anything else.
I'm more positive in my attitude to this piece and blog. For once we have a sportsman telling it how he sees it in a non-platitudinal way. I relish it. I'd like to see more of it. However, in an age where the media treat its audience like spoon-fed children, pitching coverage at the lowest possible denominator, and at the same time brewing a frenzy out of any minor incident, this isn't seen as possible by many. I actually appluad Curt for trying. If he's an arse in what he says, at least, judging by reactions, its interesting "arse".
I always caveat my comments with the "I'm in England so I don't see or hear everything" get-out. I have also watched media narratives intently, and the clear message I get from blogs, other Sox sources and ESPN etc. is that Manny dogged it out of Boston, quit on his team, and then raised it to another level in LA once free - as if this is what he could have done if he'd tried in Boston. From London that looks exactly like the way it was. You folks are closer, and you may know more and can prove it wasn't. That's the high-level picture and given the need for controversy, who in the media cares if it is true
Look, from here, it looks like, ignoring the jibes, the comments etc., that Manny did jack it in in the last knockings, and once in LA, despite the poorer pitching etc., he turned up the heat. This site defended Manny, and I felt once gone maybe the past should remain where it was. Life's too short, I like Jason Bay a lot as a player and no-one can fault his contribution, and that is a nice place to let it lie.
But in a world where people are increasingly constrained in what they can say for fear of the consequences, I'm glad someone feels able to speak out, especially someone closer to it all than you or I.
I think the politics stuff is a red herring - I don't care how Schilling (or any of you) votes. I come on here to discuss Sox stuff because this is a really good site to do so, easily my favourite. I don't feel agreeing with the blogger's politics is a pre-requisite to post. So I don't see bringing up Bush / McCain in the context of Curt is relevant for a discussion on Manny. Sorry people.
Still, it beats being dull, which life with the Red Sox rarely is.
- October 24, 2008 at 7:31 AM
- 9casey said...
Lord Lynch said...
Sorry people.
You should never have to aplogize , for sharing your thoughts. Well said Lord...I am with you on the politics.. some say he followed Bush so he has no judge of character, thats the most ridiculous inane arguement I have ever seen, so more than half of the voting public, has no right to judge character because they made a choice, whether it was bad or not.......
Some people have always had a thing against Curt, and always loved Manny, Manny never spoke , Curt always did, maybe some want their athletes just to shut up. or just not disagree in how they feel.. Who knows...I don't get it. The hate for Curt that is..
- October 24, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- L-girl said...
You should never have to aplogize , for sharing your thoughts.
He doesn't have to - and he didn't. To me it seems clear that Lord said "sorry people" in the sense of "sorry, you're wrong".
some say he followed Bush so he has no judge of character, thats the most ridiculous inane arguement I have ever seen, so more than half of the voting public, has no right to judge character because they made a choice, whether it was bad or not.......
No one said Curt had "no right" to say or do anything.
Phil wrote:
Curt campaigned for Bush in 2004. He's got zero credibility as a judge of character or organizational competence.
No right and no credibility are two completely different things.
- October 24, 2008 at 9:57 AM
- 9casey said...
L-girl said...
Phil wrote:
Curt campaigned for Bush in 2004. He's got zero credibility as a judge of character or organizational competence.
No right and no credibility are two completely different things.
Allright then to say someone has zero credibility because they voted for Bush is inane and ridiculous..
- October 24, 2008 at 5:50 PM
- redsock said...
Allright then to say someone has zero credibility because they voted for Bush is inane and ridiculous..
We will have to agree to disagree.
- October 24, 2008 at 5:57 PM
- ish said...
It's still exciting to see the drama slowly build at Fenway on the night of Lester's no-hitter, out after out after out. It really makes you appreciate more what you watched happen live.
It's so tempting to add my opinion to the current discussion. Sports. Sports. Sports.
- October 24, 2008 at 9:35 PM
- L-girl said...
Allright then to say someone has zero credibility because they voted for Bush is inane and ridiculous..
It is? I think it's a perfectly logical and valid statement.
(And we're talking voting for Bush twice and now voting for McCain. No excuses there.)
- October 25, 2008 at 8:22 AM
- 9casey said...
L-girl said...
Allright then to say someone has zero credibility because they voted for Bush is inane and ridiculous..
It is? I think it's a perfectly logical and valid statement.
OK , then like I said half the population has zero credibility, at least the ones who took the time to vote....Thank God we don't just purely judge people on the way they vote in America, we would have civil war that lasts an entirinty, whew!
- October 25, 2008 at 8:59 AM
- L-girl said...
OK , then like I said half the population has zero credibility,
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Bullied Gay Oregon Student, 15, Hangs Himself
Family members of a gay teen in La Grande, Ore., who tried to hang himself at an elementary school playground, say he was the victim of severe anti-gay bullying, local ABC affiliate KOMO reports.
Jadin Bell, 15, attempted suicide by climbing on a playground structure and hanging himself. A witness tried to rescue the sophomore high school student. He was rushed to the hospital and put on life support. But last weekend, doctors said they saw little brain activity and Bell was removed from life support. He is not expected to live.
Bell's family say that the La Grande High School student was the victim of bullying, both in person and online.
"He was different, and they tend to pick on the different ones," Bud Hill, a family spokesperson who said he was Bell's uncle told the news station. "If someone was down and out he would walk into a room and say a couple quick words and everybody would just forget about their problems and smile. He just had a gift."
Hill said he plans on starting an organization in Bell's honor to fight local bullying.
The harassment became so intense that, the TV stations reports, Bell had asked his parents to homeschool him. Nevertheless, he found the courage to continue to attend the high school.
The La Grande, Ore., school district claims it was in the process of investigating Bell's accusations of bullying when the teen hanged himself. The superintendent described the students and faculty as devastated by the incident and has asked a mental health agency to look at how schools deal with similar issues.
The La Grande Observer reported that nearly 200 people, including family, friends and classmates, attended a vigil for Bell, who had a passion for cheerleading, last week. "We are overwhelmed. We are very thankful for all of the support," Hill told the newspaper.
"Jadin is one of the best people I have ever met. He makes everyone around him feel good all the time," Frankie Benitez, a junior at the high school, said. "Jadin always remembers people no matter what," he continued. "If I felt bad, I would hang out with him and he would say something small like, 'I love your sweater.' He notices things you didn't think anyone notices."
"He is amazingly sensitive. If he saw a wounded butterfly, he wanted to heal it,'' said Jody Bullock, one of Bell's closest friends. "He is an amazing young man who is smart and very social."
The (Portland) Oregonian reported that Bell was openly gay to his classmates. One of his teachers, Kevin Cahill, told the paper that Bell had many friends and was often seen walking down the hallway laughing.
The paper also noted Bell's appearance. The teen had dyed-green hair, unusual in conservative eastern Oregon, which differs markedly from the better-known city of Portland in its politics and social mores. Even so, the climate in La Grande is purportedly relatively relaxed; it is difficult by Eastern Oregon University.
"Being 15 and gay in northeast Oregon is not optimum," Cahill told the Oregonian. "You are going to develop calluses, or find other ways to cope."


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Mason Plumlee scored 19 points and freshmen Amile Jefferson and Rasheed Sulaimon combined for 25 points to lead Duke to a 69-45 exhibition win over Winston-Salem State Thursday evening at Cameron Indoor Stadium.DURHAM, N.C. – Senior forward
Plumlee also reached double figures in the rebound column while registering 7-for-7 shooting from the field. Jefferson tallied 13 points, five boards and a block, and fellow rookie Sulaimon went 4-for-8 from the floor in the first half on his way to a 12-point output.
Sophomore guard Quinn Cook scored four of the Blue Devils' first six points of the contest, including a layup off a Plumlee steal in the early minutes. Freshman Alex Murphy took a turnover by the Rams the other way for a dunk, and Cook added a wide open trey a short while later, keying a 13-2 run by the squad.
Strong play at both ends of the floor helped Duke widen its lead to 27-10 with five minutes remaining in the half. Plumlee and senior forward Ryan Kelly each notched a pair of blocks, and the Blue Devils held Winston-Salem State to just one field goal over the final 10 minutes of the period to send Duke into the locker room at halftime with a 36-13 advantage.
Plumlee led all players at the break with 11 points on 5-for-5 shooting from the field. The senior forward also grabbed six boards over the first 12 minutes of action, and Sulaimon added eight points and an assist. The Blue Devils shot 42.1 percent (16-of-38) from the floor and went 3-for-5 at the free throw line in the opening half.
A tip-in by Plumlee three minutes into the second period pushed Duke's lead to 42-17. Winston-Salem State's Justin Glover hit a three-pointer with 13:45 remaining and Joe Thompson added a layup on the next possession to pull the Rams within 21, but that was the closest the visiting squad would come to closing the deficit during the second half.
Jefferson reached double-digit scoring midway through the period, converting a three-point play after Sulaimon found him under the basket for a layup. The Blue Devils also continued to play aggressively on defense, forcing six more turnovers by the Rams.
Sulaimon drove through the lane for wide-open look with 6:58 to go, and junior guard Seth Curry sank a layup less than a minute later to give Duke its largest lead of the night at 61-32. Curry came off the bench to contribute four points, two steals and an assist after sitting out the season-opening Blue-White game and the Blue Devils' first exhibition contest against Western Washington.
Cook finished with nine points, while Kelly added five points, eight rebounds and two blocks. Junior Josh Hairston and Murphy grabbed six and five boards, respectively, and junior Tyler Thornton went 4-for-4 at the charity stripe to end the night with four points.
As a team, Duke shot 39.1 percent from the floor and went 18-for-24 at the free throw line.
Wykevin Bazemore paced the Rams with 11 points and a game-high 17 rebounds, while Glover finished with nine points and eight boards. Thompson added five points and two steals for Winston-Salem State.
The Blue Devils open their regular season on Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. when they host Georgia State in Cameron. That game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
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CLIFTON SPRINGS � State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli's audit of the village of Clifton Springs stated that the village policies and procedures in place are adequate, but there's still room to improve.
Mayor William Hunter said that village officials were overall "very pleased" with the audit, pointing out that nothing "flagrant" was reported.
"They were very pleased with our operations," the mayor said. "They have to have a reason for being, of course, so they have to make a few comments,"�he added, regarding the audit summary released Aug. 22 by the comptroller's office.
The summary stated, "The board does not complete an adequate, documented annual audit of the village justice's and clerk-treasurer's records."
Hunter explained that was the result of confusion regarding the village's audit procedure.
"We do an audit every month and they didn't understand that," Hunter said.
The state audit went on to state that "although the board regularly discusses plans for future equipment purchases, a formal long-term financial plan has not been developed."
"That's not true, and we explained that to them at the time," Hunter said. He said there is a replacement list in regard to separate funds set aside for those trucks.
"They kept saying that these items aren't anything of importance, but they just wanted to make us aware that they are out there and they are not concerned about the way we handle them," the mayor said. "We didn't have anything flagrant."
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Thank you all so much for weighing in on the photos! I loved your responses and you manged to both totally crack me up and really help with the decision.
It was pretty clear that Option A – I'm a Lawyer made everyone, understandably, mistrust me. Option B got several good votes and Option C – scruffy but responsible and perhaps a bit dimwitted seemed the most appropriate.
However, the general sense I got (and I was feeling that way too – hence the post) was that all of them were a bit too somber for the tone of the blog. I don't know why I was sooooo serious the day. I swear I really am capable of more than one facial expression.
So, I think I'm going to hold off until I get a happy David photo that I like.
Option A did, however land me an audition yesterday. I don't talk much about auditions because they are usually not very interesting but sometimes there is a fun benefit.
This one happened to be on the CBS Studio Lot which has a long history beginning with the Keystone Cops. Tons of shows were filmed there: Wild Wild West, Gunsmoke, Mary Tyler Moore, Gilligans Island etc etc.
The cool thing about studio lots is that they use every nook and cranny. Every building is a potential set and every set is a potential office. CBS has several backlot "streets" that you'd recognize and my audition took place in this "house"Anybody recognize it?
It's the My Three Son's house!
Behind the facade it's just a kind of dull, generic office complex but just walking up to and through the door was totally fun.
The audition went fine (actor code speak for "I didn't get it") but I'm such a geek for this stuff I just love being there!
OK this post was actually supposed to be about other things so tune in next time for new projects, a guest post from my talented niece, and the status on my nutso holiday schedule.
But before I go: To my eastern or easternish readers I'm sending all good thoughts that the promised Monster Storm turns out to be a lot of hype and not a lot of storm.


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OTTAWA – Doctors should stop ordering yearly Pap tests for most women, and routine screening for cervical cancer in younger women should be abandoned altogether, a federal task force is recommending.
For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has released an updated guideline for cervical cancer screening that recommends starting screening when women are older, and screening them less often in order to avoid the harms of excessive testing.
Published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the new guideline recommends that women aged 25 to 69 without symptoms of cervical cancer who are, or who have ever been, sexually active, be screened once every three years with a Pap test, which detects abnormal cells in the cervix.
The 1994 guideline recommended screening every three years, but only after two consecutive negative Pap test results.
The old guideline also recommended Pap smears for women once they turn 18 or become sexually active.
But the task force says it could find no benefit to outweigh the potential harms of screening women under 25.
Nearly half — 42 per cent — of women aged 18 to 19 have reported being screened at least once within the previous three years, the authors write in the CMAJ. But the incidence of cervical cancer in women less than 20 is low (0.2 cases per 100,000) and no deaths from cervical cancer were reported among Canadian women under 20 between 2002 and 2006.
Neither could the task force find any data to support the argument that screening younger women helps prevent deaths from cervical cancer when they're older. The risk of cervical cancer increases after age 25, and peaks in a woman's 50s.
Younger women are more likely to have abnormal Pap results. A substantial proportion will have "false positive" results, leading to unnecessary and invasive treatments for abnormalities that would never progress to cancer — procedures that can cause pain, bleeding and irreversible damage to the cervix that can jeopardize a woman's chances of carrying a future pregnancy.
Over the past 50 years, deaths due to cervical cancer have fallen dramatically, the panel writes. Today, a woman's risk of dying from the disease is 0.2 per cent.
"It is likely that much of the change seen in the incidence of cervical cancer in Canada is due to screening, but early and frequent (often annual) cervical screening is unnecessary: other countries have achieved similar outcomes with less frequent testing and starting screening at older ages," the panel reports.
"The American have said very specifically, no woman should have annual Pap testing," said Dr. James Dickinson, a member of the task force and chair of the guideline-working group.
"Cervical cancer was, and still is a horrible disease to get. It spreads right through the whole of a woman's pelvis and causes horrible problems with bowel and bladder. It can be a truly horrible disease," said Dickinson, a professor of family medicine and community health sciences at the University of Calgary.
Without Pap testing, the disease would affect 1.5 per cent of women. "This is the most successful screening test that we have available," Dickinson said. "It really can reduce the disease by more than 80 per cent, 90 per cent, and that's fantastic."
Expert advisory bodies have for several years been recommending doctors do away with annual Pap testing and instead screen every three years. "It's just that (doctors) and women have got into this habit of annual Pap smears, and we'd like to get them out of that habit," he said.
"The evidence says that three years is enough to get the benefits."
Some women do need more frequent screening, including those who have HIV or are immune suppressed.
Overall, for younger women, "We said look, this disease is almost non-existent in women under the age of 20, so we really should not do it for women under 20," Dickinson said. "Even for women between 20 and 25, it's extremely rare."
"The test doesn't work very well for the sorts of cancers that seem to develop between the age of 20 and 24," he added.
"On balance, we say that under (the age of) 25, it's not worth doing."
For women aged 25 to 29, the panel recommends screening every three years. But they've assigned it a "weak" recommendation, because of their concerns about the rate of false-positives and the harms of over-treatment. "Although most women would want to follow the recommended course of action, many would not." Women in this age group should discuss the potential risks and benefits with their doctor, they said.
Over the age of 30, the risks of cervical cancer are substantially higher, Dickinson said. "Between 30 and 69, we strongly advise screening" every three years, he said.
Screening can stop in women at age 70 and older after three successive negative Pap test results in the last 10 years, according to the new guideline.
The Canadian Cancer Society currently recommends women have regular Pap tests starting by age 21 if they're sexually active.
In light of the new guideline, the organization says it will consult with cervical cancer screening experts across the country to determine "whether this is something we should consider changing," said Gillian Bromfield, director of cancer control policy. She said most provincial and territorial cancer agencies recommend screening starting at age 21.
"There's some controversy around whether we really have enough information to make this call," she said. "We don't have enough evidence to conclude whether we've got a really strong benefit in these younger women … or if we have no benefit at all."
Bromfield said women should continue to be screened even if they're no longer sexually active. Women who have been vaccinated with the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine also need to be screened because the shots do not protect against all forms of the virus.
In 2012, an estimated 1,350 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed in Canada, with about 400 deaths.
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