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Police investigating death of West Housatonic Street man as possible suicide
PITTSFIELD -- Authorities are investigating the death of a 49-year-old man whose body was discovered late Thursday night outside of the 47 West Housatonic St. apartment where he lived.
Authorities continue to investigate and haven't ruled out the possibility of suicide. According to Pittsfield Police Detective Capt. Patrick F. Barry, there was "evidence indicative of suicide" found at the scene.
According to the Berkshire District Attorney's Office, a neighbor discovered the body of David Oliveras just before midnight Thursday. Oliveras was pronounced dead at the scene. The residence is a rooming house.
District Attorney David F. Capeless said the circumstances suggest no foul play was involved, but investigators were "considering all possibilities, and are actively working to determine exactly what happened to Mr. Oliveras."
Friday morning, Pittsfield Police detectives could be seen at the multi-family apartment house continuing to investigate the circumstances of the man's death.
Blood was discovered in Oliveras' room, which led police to secure the scene and obtain a search warrant. The room remains secured by police while they continue the investigation, according to Barry.
Police believe Oliveras took a bus to Springfield on Thursday and returned the same day by cab. Anyone who may have had contact with Oliveras on Thursday is asked to call the Pittsfield police at (413) 448-9700.
An autopsy is scheduled for Saturday at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Boston.
The lead investigator in the case is Detective Timothy J. Koenig, who is being assisted by Detective Nick DeSantis, with assistance from the Massachusetts State Police Crime Scene Services Section.
Keonig and DeSantis will be present for the autopsy.
Oliveras had a history of mental illness, according to sources.
If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us. We also welcome letters to the editor for publication; you can do that by filling out our letters form and submitting it to the newsroom.


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urcoolcarrie wrote:mammadawg wrote:I'm so excited! I'm planning on going to the midnight showing, again Friday night with my teen, and then the following week when I'm in San Diego with friends - lol - and even my mom.
Even if you can't go to the midnight showing because of school, at least you'll get to go with your friends, right? I hope this small town does something fun with it - I'm SO wishing I could be in Utah right now for that Twilight Prom!
psh! school the next day is NOT stopping me!! i'll probably fall asleep in class, and for once, this straight A student DOES NOT CARE. Twilight prom is MUCH more important.
LOL - me, too! I don't even care if I have to get up early to drop off kids at school and jump on an 8:30am conference call, 3-year old in tow. A friend of mine wanted me to WAIT until the next week so we could watch it together. I told her I'd watch it again with her - but as much as I love her, I wasn't going to be able to wait until then. hee-hee - I still feel like 53 more days is forever!

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NORTHFIELD, Minn. – After stumbling early in its first match of the day, the Carleton College volleyball team responded with a convincing three-set sweep in their second match to finish with a 1-1 record on day one of the St. Olaf/Carleton Invitational. The Knights dropped a four-set match to defending UMAC runner-up St. Scholastica to open up the day before defeating Bethany Lutheran in the nightcap.
In the win against Bethany Lutheran, the Knights (1-1) jumped out to an early lead in the first set and had to fight off a late Viking charge before earning a 25-23 win. After the two teams traded points early in the second set, the Knights used a 11-4 scoring run late in the game to earn a 25-14 win. Carleton went on to close the match out with a 25-16 win in the final set to secure the team's first victory of the season.
"It's exciting to finally get the season under way but we were a bit slow getting things started today in our first match," said Carleton head coach Hedi Jaynes. "I loved how we regrouped and improved our intensity in the second match and hit and served much better. I look forward to playing in our own gym tomorrow!"
Lexi Papke (So./Strum, Wis./Regis) and Claire Willeck (Jr./Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie) paced the offensive attack with seven kills each against Bethany Lutheran, while Rachel Johnson (Sr./Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury) and Karen Halls (Jr./Edina, Minn./Edina) chipped in six apiece.
Alicia Flatt (Jr./Walnut Creek, Calif./Carondelet) totaled 16 assists, while teammate Caroline Duke (Fy./Evanston, Ill./Evanston) added 12 assists, five kills and three blocks. Libero Camille Benson (So./Savage, Minn./Burnsville) collected 25 digs.
After dropping the first set by a score of 25-18 versus St. Scholastica, the Knights responded with a 25-21 win in the second set. Carleton was unable to carry the momentum any further in the match however, as they dropped the final two games 25-14, 25-18 to the Saints.
Halls, Willeck and Duke led the offensive attack with seven kills each in the match, while Johnson and Sami Kemper (Sr./Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake) added four kills each. Flatt handed out 16 assists in the match, while Benson claimed a game-high 31 digs.
On Saturday, the Knights open play versus Martin Luther College at 2 p.m. followed immediately with a 4p.m. contest against Crown College. Day two of the St. Olaf/Carleton Invitational will mark the Knights first appearance of the season on campus, as all matches will be played at West Gymnasium.


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I'm not sure I said elegant code so much as I said "proof of concept".
I didn't get quite that far, but that was my plan. It works (er, segfaults) by grabbing the opcodes to the inlinable sub, then splicing them in to the calling sub.
The drawback, as I explained to Ovid, is that the worst overhead appears to be entering and leaving scope, not the actual function call.


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Open Dorms - January 12, 2013 - Calendar - Cedarville University
Open Dorms
January 12, 2013 from 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
"Residence Life invites students to host friends in their residence hall rooms to "hang out', play games, etc. During these hours male students are permitted in female residence hall rooms and female students are permitted in male residence hall rooms."
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We are excited to be a newly recognized student organization at the Boca FAU campus! As you can see from the photos [see below], we have been busy already with planting in the community garden at Pearl City, volunteering at the Swank Farm luncheon event, and spreading Slow Food's message on campus. We are currently planning a cook-off featuring grass fed beef burgers the night of Earth Day, followed by a movie screening of Fresh on the resident lawn for FAU students. We look forward to working closely with Slow Food Glades to Coast in our mission to reunite people with real food, old tradition, and great company!


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Defensive coordinator Willy Robinson had been let go by the Razorbacks. John L. Smith left for Weber State. So with Arkansas in the market for two defensive assistants, the program's director of high school operations figured he might be in line for a promotion.
"I was hoping that it was going to be my opportunity to get out there," Peoples said.
"Luckily for me, coach Petrino gave me that opportunity and now I'm going to do everything I can not to disappoint coach Petrino and the Razorback Nation."
New Arkansas coordinators Paul Haynes and Paul Petrino have received most of the attention the past few weeks, settling into their new roles with the Razorbacks in preparation for the Cotton Bowl. Peoples is the third, stepping back into a coaching position after working in another capacity on Petrino's staff the past two seasons.
Peoples left Arkansas State after a nine-year tenure as defensive line coach, joining the Razorbacks in the administrative role.
It was a calculated move, one Peoples was confident would result in a coaching job whenever the Razorbacks had an opening on staff. So he is elated it has happened.
"I want to be back on the field," Peoples said about the job. "I've enjoyed my time here and I feel like I learned a bunch from coach Petrino. It was a great situation. But I was anxious to get back on the field."
Peoples is now in charge of a defensive tackle position that is loaded with depth.
Byran Jones, D.D. Jones, Robert Thomas, Alfred Davis and Zach Stadther are among the big men Peoples has been placed in charge of for the bowl game and beyond. His history is proof the Razorbacks are in good hands, though, considering Peoples tutored 11 All-Sun Belt Conference winners in nine years with the Red Wolves. Three of his defensive linemen also spent time in the NFL.
"He's a great coach," D.D. Jones said. "He knows what he's talking about, and we're just trying to do good for him. He's trying to make us the best players we can be, and we're trying to make him the best coach he can be.
"It's all working out pretty good so far."
Peoples addition to the staff also means Arkansas has one more Carroll College product working as an assistant coach.
Offensive coordinator Paul Petrino, receivers coach Kris Cinkovich and offensive line coach Chris Klenakis are the others. So is Arkansas strength and conditioning coach Jason Veltkamp.
But Petrino said Peoples is much more than just another Carroll College alum. He described Peoples as an "expert" in defensive line play earlier this month, something Allen agreed with last week.
"When I coached the tackles, I had a chance to talk to Kevin about how he had coached the defensive line in the past," Allen said. "He's not doing things a whole lot differently, but he's got a fresh approach, a different way to teach technique. And I can see the defensive linemen being excited about him coaching them, and his personality and his energy ... I talk to those guys after practice, and they're excited."
Allen said Peoples is going to make Arkansas' defense better. Haynes said the coach has already been a valuable addition.
"His knowledge of the front and everything is helping me out," Haynes said. "Him and (defensive ends coach Steve) Caldwell. ... His experience and his background so much being on the other side of how they attack things is only going to help us on defense."
Peoples believes he's back on the field much more knowledgeable as a coach, too, after stepping back for two seasons and working in a different capacity.
While he did have other responsibilities, Peoples spent time with Petrino and former offensive coordinator Garrick McGee to "really learn a different perspective and a different side of the ball." It helped.
There's no doubt the SEC is different than the Sun Belt, but Peoples said producing "NFL-type" linemen remains his goal.
"The difference here is the depth," Peoples said. "We have more depth here than obviously we had at those positions (at Arkansas State). But we need NFL guys and we need them from top to bottom. That's what we're trying to recruit, and that's what we need to win with in this league."
Peoples is eager for the opportunity, beginning with the Cotton Bowl, to help the Razorbacks reach those goals.
He waited two years to get back on the field, after all. So now that he's Arkansas' defensive tackles coach, Peoples said he's determined to produce for the Razorbacks.
"I'm going to try to bring energy ... a lot of energy," Peoples said. "I want to make sure we're fundamentally sound. And we feel like if we can be fundamentally sound then we've got a chance to be successful because we've got talented players here."


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Raid terror family don't feel safe
The wife of a university lecturer who suffered "extreme" facial injuries at the hands of an armed gang during a violent burglary has said the couple's four daughters no longer feel safe in their own home.
Samantha MacArthur, 50, told the Daily Mail she has no idea why her family were targeted in the attack that nearly cost her husband Paul Kohler an eye.
Mr Kohler, 55, who is head of law at the School of Oriental and African Studies, needed reconstructive surgery after the gang of four burst into the house in Wimbledon, south-west London, and demanded money.
Police released a picture of Mr Kohler's shocking injuries and two men have been charged over the incident, while two more remain at large.
Ms MacArthur said: "I heard Paul answer the door and shout something like, 'What?' and then I heard him shout, 'Sam, help, help'. I raced on to the landing but as I did so, two men came up the stairs with their faces covered. I don't remember screaming, although (daughter) Eloise says I did.
"I can't get the picture of him after the attack out of my head. He was all covered in blood. Paul has been immensely brave but of course he's shaken up and shocked by what's happened.
"It has made the house feel less safe for my children. I am determined to make it feel safe again, but at the moment our daughters don't feel safe here and to me that's unforgiveable."
Detectives yesterday released new CCTV images of a suspect fleeing the scene in a hope to catch the two remaining suspects.
The footage, which was taken about a minute after the attack in Wimbledon, depicts a panicked man fleeing through Wimbledon Theatre car park. He can be seen removing surgical gloves but was not picked up on CCTV after this.
Officers were called to the property in Kings Road at 10pm on Monday following reports that a burglary was taking place.
Police said officers were on the scene within minutes and arrested two suspects in their late 20s but two others made off on foot - with one of them being caught on CCTV.
It is not known which direction the fourth man headed in. Both remain at large and are believed to be aged about 20 to 30, and of Eastern European heritage.
Mr Kohler opened the front door to four balaclava-clad men who entered his home, assaulted him and repeatedly shouted: "Where's the money?"
Ms MacArthur was threatened by two men who attempted to tape her down to a chair.
Their daughter Eloise and her boyfriend Ger, both in their early 20s and who were upstairs at the time, managed to call 999 for help from a locked room.
Mr Kohler is in a south London hospital receiving treatment for multiple facial injuries and bruising to his body and limbs. He is undergoing surgery and treatment for a fractured eye socket.
A number of personal items stolen in the burglary are believed to have been recovered after being discarded and a large kitchen knife was found close to the scene, police said.
Officers are also keen to speak to anyone who saw a silver Volkswagen two-door cabriolet-style car which was believed to have been used by the suspects.
Detective inspector Dan O'Sullivan of Merton burglary squad said: "This new piece of CCTV is crucial in the identification of one of the outstanding suspects, and we are calling on anyone who recognises this man to come forward.
"It is my firm belief that this man and his other outstanding associate, would have been stained with blood spatter from the violent attack inside the house. Both were also wearing white surgical gloves when they fled. Whilst they attempted a quick exit, I'm sure that members of the public would have seen them.
"The victim currently remains in hospital and is awaiting surgery to an extreme eye injury which has led to the fracture of his socket. The level of violence used is unprecedented for this borough and we believe that the motive for this horrendous crime is purely for financial gain, and the attackers thought there was cash within the property."
Anyone with information is urged to call the incident room on 020 8649 3159 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
Two men have appeared in court charged with aggravated burglary and grievous bodily harm and been remanded in custody until another court appearance later this month.


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SALT LAKE CITY — Jerry Sloan's Hall of Fame regime ended Thursday, and Ty Corbin's head coaching career started Friday.
Saturday for the Utah Jazz could be described as the beginning of the healing process.
"We are going through some adjustments. It's a different situation for everybody," Corbin said prior to conducting his first practice as head coach. "But we've got to get on the same page and understand that the seasons go on, the game's gonna go on."
Added Corbin: "We're expected to win, so we've got to get past all of this emotional stuff."
That might be easier said than done.
"It's just a tough situation everybody's in right now. It's unfortunate," Jazz point guard Deron Williams said. "We've just got to try to fight out of it and win some games."
And do some significant damage control — on multiple levels, for the team and for Williams, who's been linked through reports and rumors of playing a large role in Sloan taking an unexpectedly early exit from his coaching career.
"I don't like being in the spotlight," Williams said, "and this put a lot of attention on me and I don't like it."
Williams admitted dealing with that has taken a toll. A Jazz player hasn't dealt with this type of outside scrutiny and speculation since Carlos Boozer participated in his foot-in-mouth free-agency folly a couple of years ago.
"I'm a little drained. I can't lie," Williams said. "God does everything for a reason."
Corbin reconfirmed his support for the team's leader and two-time All-Star.
"Deron's a fighter," the new Jazz coach said. "I've always respected the fact if he struggled in the game, the next night he'd come out, he'd play well."
Corbin believes Williams will fight through this adversity, too.
"I think he's fine. I think he's disappointed like all of us are that we lost the game (Friday against Phoenix)," Corbin said. "There's a lot more responsibility on his part because some people are saying he was the reason that coach left. He'll respond to it. We'll support him in any way. He's talented enough to play his way through it."
One significant thing that might help is that Corbin and Williams have an open line of communication — something the sixth-year star didn't feel he had with his veteran coach.
"I've always had a good relationship with coach (Corbin)," Williams said. "I've always felt a little bit more comfortable going to him, so hopefully we can continue to do that."
Williams also hopes the Jazz will continue to play more like they did in the first half Friday than they did in their 27-point dud of a second half.
"We can get better," he said. "We know we have it in us. We've just got to find it and be consistent with it."
Added starting power forward Paul Millsap: "We've just got to get our swagger back and hopefully things will work out for us."
In his 10 years, backup guard Earl Watson has been through midseason coaching changes, but he calls this one a "tough situation" because of the respect level for Sloan. Watson believes the fact that the Jazz replaced him in-house with a guy they also respect will help make a smoother transition.
"We want to win. We all want to win," Watson said. "We all are comfortable with Ty, and that's a part of us emotionally moving on from coach (Sloan). Every person has their own timetable."
Utah got an early emotional boost as it tried to get Corbin a win in his debut Friday. But after jumping out to a 15-point lead — and leading 56-44 at halftime — the Jazz settled back into the same problematic mode that has plagued them on and off throughout this roller-coaster ride of a season.
The result — a 95-83 loss to the Phoenix Suns — was similar to the recent slew of setbacks suffered during Sloan's final weeks as the bench boss.
"Whatever you run, if you don't play with energy and excitement and understanding, it's not going to work," Corbin said, "and we didn't have any of those in the fourth quarter."
Williams admitted that he was disappointed how the year has turned out so far.
"I never thought we'd be at this spot in the season," he said, fully aware the Jazz are now 31-25 after a 15-5 start. "I thought we had a chance to be better and improve on last season, and it's continued to go downhill."
Williams puts a large portion of that blame on his shoulders.
"I always put pressure on myself to perform, night in, night out," Williams said. "I think the team expects that out of me as well. I haven't been upholding my end of the bargain, so I need to do that."
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MINNEAPOLIS — The FBI says it believes "a terror attack was disrupted" when authorities raided a western Minnesota mobile home.
The FBI arrested 24-year-old Buford Rogers on Friday, after a search of his home in Montevideo turned up Molotov cocktails, suspected pipe bombs and firearms.
The FBI said in a Monday statement that it believes "the lives of several local residents were potentially saved" by the search and arrest. The agency says a terror plot was discovered through analysis of intelligence gathered by local, state and federal authorities.
The statement doesn't offer further details about the extent or manner of the alleged plot.
Rogers is in federal custody and is charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. It's not clear if he has an attorney.


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Do you plan for the season...any season? Lori Nordstrom, M.Photog.Cr., CPP, ABI, does with great results, and she's going to share her strategies for cashing in on the holiday seasons (and planning for the year) via tomorrow's PPA webinar: "Cash In This Christmas" (July 24, 2:00pm Eastern).
Plan on learning both top-level ideas and specific how-to's as she shares details about her Thanksgiving promotion (called "I'm Thankful") and other holiday promos. She'll also discuss how to create different seasonal products and promotions that bring in both high-end clients AND the clients you usually wouldn't reach.
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I'd hardly call that video 'unsafe', a few suggestive comments and even the digital boobs were pixelated.
The one question it does raise though is if the game has also been sanitized to this level?
Headline says it all. Video shows it all... Duke Nukem Forever will be released on 10 June, 2011. Honest. ®
I'd hardly call that video 'unsafe', a few suggestive comments and even the digital boobs were pixelated.
The one question it does raise though is if the game has also been sanitized to this level?
Probably going to be disappointed but should still be good for a laugh.
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Now if someone can explain to me why the hell does does it show an ad for shedstore.co.uk...
That is an entertaining quirk of the Google matching algorithm (to say the least).
Any chance their catchphrase is "Got wood?"
animated corpses - no matter HOW big their breasticles are - are NOT going to get me aroused.
Uncanny valley anybody?
Man, about 15/16 years back I used to have to load a 3DFX Voodoo Card patch on the original Tomb Raider to see uncovered boobies like that!
Enough of the tartfest, as an avid FPS lover I want to see more gun gore opposed to bump mapped nipples...
There are a few good FPS already... But if they want to compete in the titillating business, the competition is overwhelming.
But you will buy it anyway.
A game crammed with humour that could only appeal to 13 yr olds that has an adult only rating.
I also find that it's the most mediocre and truly god awful games that rely on this sort of nonsense in a desperate bid to attract media attention and increase sales. Quality games sell themselves without this sort of media circus.
It has boobies, hyuk hyuk!
Yeah, right.
did it really say "please wash your hands after playing" ?!
... this year or next... or next... or next?
lets face it, very few parents are going to get this game, and it is quite likely terrible BUT everyone of us who played Duke way back will have that voice in the back of their heads saying "go on...just one game.. you know you want to"
and i bet the vast majorty will give in to that, and 3 hours later youve discovered you've already finished it and have spent the last 2 hours "exploring" the game, then the wife finds out about it and its banished to the top shelf in your wardrobe until your 13 year old kid goes looking in your bedroom for porn one day and stumbles across it, and life goes on.
It will flash bright with initial sales and end up in the bargin bin not long after.
Just simply that. Why?


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Motorola Droid coming to Best Buy on 24 October?
0. phoneArena posted on 22 Oct 2009, 08:02
Pictures of internal documents reveal that a handset with pretty much the same specs like the Motorola Droid is to be released on 24 October by BestBuy…
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. rjt185 (Posts: 257; Member since: 11 Jun 2009)
At $599.99 my New Every Two discount that kicks-in October 29th won't even scratch the taxes & fees for this puppy. **FAIL**
10. hmcougar09 (Posts: 137; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
Too bad they won't price it that much, you FAIL!
12. rjt185 (Posts: 257; Member since: 11 Jun 2009)
Woah dude, chill pill, embrace them.
15. MR521 (Posts: 47; Member since: 12 Jun 2009)
im sure thats only if u want it without contract. Notice that there is no 2 yr. contract price?
3. jdfrye04 (Posts: 1; Member since: 22 Oct 2009)
As a former Best Buy Mobile employee I would like to you know that the in-stock date doesn't mean we will necessarily have the product by that date. Plus the product still has a code name in the system so that really doesn't mean anything unfortunately.
4. Sethdras (Posts: 61; Member since: 22 Jul 2009)
$599.99? thats way too high even for the newest best thing, i mean the iphone was cheaper!
5. musthavdroid (Posts: 67; Member since: 21 Oct 2009)
its outraguise man
7. bono30 (Posts: 2; Member since: 30 Aug 2009)
Are you serious people, that is not the price for the phone on contract. That is what the full retail price is if you don't buy it on contract. It will probably be around 199. I believe the iphone for full retail price is more expensive too.
9. ssjassassin (Posts: 108; Member since: 31 Aug 2009)
I was happy to see that one person chose to think before they speak. Bono30, thanks for restoring the small amount of faith in humanity that I felt i was loosing.
14. shimmyx20 (Posts: 280; Member since: 03 Mar 2009)
It looks like it will definitely be worth the wait. The Imagio is a great phone, but you'll be happy you waited for the Droid.
25. Kiltlifter (Posts: 742; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
no not necessarily... what are you looking for in a phone? Do you have an exchange activesync server and do you plan on viewing, editinga nd creating microsoft office documents on your phone? Do you have an Live/Hotmail/MSN account? if you do get the imagio! But If you want a phone that has an awesome internet browser, easily customized, and syncs perfectly with your gmail account, get the Droid!
8. rehnhart (Posts: 103; Member since: 27 Mar 2009)
So, is the $599 price for non-contract? If so, thats about average and I will probably do that since I can't upgrade until June 2010.
11. mulda71 (Posts: 42; Member since: 25 Jun 2009)
read the f'ing article people.
19. narley (Posts: 357; Member since: 14 May 2009)
HA HA HA awesome... all this debate and its right in the article. kudos.
16. C_H (Posts: 23; Member since: 06 Oct 2009)
It'll be out in a couple weeks, wait it out for the Droid
18. jet4life (Posts: 3; Member since: 22 Oct 2009)
I have tried the Imagio. It is WinMo junk. Slow, slow slow......
20. JC_Agga (Posts: 36; Member since: 24 Aug 2009)
musthavedroid, you are annoying. you ask that questoni everywhere i go that has to do with droid. seriously, get a life.
22. musthavdroid (Posts: 67; Member since: 21 Oct 2009)
(((((some advice plz))))) . should i wait for the droid or upgrade to the imagio now???
17. jet4life (Posts: 3; Member since: 22 Oct 2009)
This speculation is garbage. Yesterday at 3 of the Best Buy stores in Houston TX all of the verizon phones had been pulled. The rep stated " we no longer carry verizon phones or offer their wireless services". Not one, not two, but 3 best buy stores!!!! What gives PhoneArena??
21. musthavdroid (Posts: 67; Member since: 21 Oct 2009)
its a conspearacy i tell ya
23. VZWfangirl (Posts: 71; Member since: 25 Jul 2009)
Congratulations, the majority of you on here cannot read. Does $599 even sound like a price on contract?


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Rays' fans celebrate at rally
Thousands turn out to rejoice in team's World Series season
By Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com
And the subsequent Halloween treat couldn't have been any better.
Sidney, a Chicago native who adopted the Rays as her team when she relocated 11 years ago, joined a few thousand fans at the Rays Rally in downtown St. Petersburg's Straub Park.
The rally -- which kicked off a 4 p.m. ET -- was devised as a way for the Tampa Bay area to commemorate the Rays' amazing season.
In the franchise's first trip to the postseason, the Rays captured the American League Championship.
"I don't think these guys should be discouraged in any way," Sidney said of the Rays' World Series loss to the Phillies. "They achieved such incredible success, and it was absolutely an amazing ride."
Although typically the team who loses the World Series doesn't get the party, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker couldn't imagine the Rays season ending without one.
"It really needed to be done," Baker said. "There was so much demand in the community. They didn't win the World Series but they won the AL. And we want to celebrate that and thank them."
Baker was on hand in full Rays garb on Friday and was joined on stage by Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio, who addressed and fired up the already-enthused crowd.
There may have been a World Series parade in Philadelphia on Friday, but the crowd assembled in St. Petersburg greeted a quartet of Rays players -- James Shields, Ben Zobrist, Carlos Pena and Grant Balfour -- with affection that was second to none.
Following a highlight reel of the season shown on a screen onstage, each player was introduced and joined team president Matt Silverman and manager Joe Maddon in thanking the community for its support.
"It's really been a remarkable season," Maddon said to the cowbell-clacking Rays legion. "And we could not have done it without you folks. And you have to believe that, and understand that."
And if Maddon's words weren't enough to spin the crowd into frenzy, Pena's upbeat message was plenty.
The Rays first baseman joked of the "breaking news" he heard on CNN Friday morning: that the Rays postseason opponents were suffering from SDDC.
"That's Sleep Disorder Due to Cowbells," Pena said, causing a flurry of noise-makers and shouts of approval.
"We made our mark on the Major Leagues this season," Pena said, gesturing toward his teammates. "But the fans from Tampa Bay have also made a mark. You're on the map."
And Ray fans have every intention of keeping it that way.
"It was a great year and there's lots to be excited about," said Cary Strukel. The famed fan known as "The Cowbell Kid," Strukel proudly held up one side of a custom-made blue and white banner reading, "Rays Republic -- It's Only the Beginning."
"Look out world, here we come!," Sidney said, as she ran down the long list of expected Rays returnees in 2009. "Obviously our goal was to win the World Series. But, now it's a dream we get to keep dreaming."
And a promise Maddon and the Rays look forward to honoring.
"Hopefully, we can celebrate every Halloween out here," Maddon said.
And as the Rays skipper, players and fans alike, joined in singing "Take Me out to the Ball Game," the scene on Friday night was a magical one. And it had little to do with the calendar reading Oct. 31.
"The Only Real Holiday is Rays' Day," read one sign.
And judging from Friday's events, the Tampa Bay area is starting to believe it.
Brittany Ghiroli is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Cobb throws first bullpen session since concussion
By Bill Chastain and Sam Strong / MLB.com
ST. PETERSBURG -- Alex Cobb continues to make progress in his return from the concussion he sustained on June 15 when Kansas City's Eric Hosmer hit a line drive off the right side of his head.
On Friday, Cobb threw his first bullpen session off of a mound.
"Bullpen went great," Cobb said. "Felt like I did before I got injured. Surprising, because usually you feel a little awkward on the mound when you haven't been out there for a while. It's the most activity we've done since I've [been back]. Getting on the mound is obviously a step in the right direction."
Cobb acknowledged that he doesn't think he's "extremely close" to his return, but he added: "We're moving a lot faster than we expected."
He pointed out that the initial prognosis for his recovery called for him to be playing catch by July 5. Instead, he was throwing off a mound.
"That's kind of a good sign about how things are going," Cobb said. "What we're doing right now is keeping my physical condition up to par with game activities and building up to that right now. So once the other conditions go away, I'll be able to jump back in. It's hard to say when those things are going to go away.
"We're doing a lot of different things to try and get it rolling in the right direction, and we're on the right path. I just can't say a certain date or week or anything along those lines. But the progress is going quickly. It's a great feeling to be out here and one step closer to being back out here in games."
The "other conditions" Cobb spoke of deal with the vertigo he has been suffering.
"In the next couple of weeks, according to what the doctors say, I should see a drastic improvement from where we are right now," Cobb said.
When asked about his next step, Cobb said the plan he's following is like a rehab assignment.
"A bullpen here, a bullpen in maybe two days, then again, see where we're at," Cobb said. "And then kind of just stay on a path to where I'm getting ready for a game. Getting ready to step back on to a game field.
"And get ready to the best we can physically and then once mentally I'm back to normal in my head, I'll be able to jump back out there."
Cobb has passed the first set of concussion tests administered to him, and he anticipates more on the horizon.
"All I hear is that it's very difficult to get cleared," Cobb said. "We haven't finished that process because I'm not ready. But once I am ready to finish with my process of getting physically ready, I shouldn't have a problem passing those."
Cobb, who arguably was the team's most consistent pitcher prior to his injury, managed to find a silver lining within his difficult situation.
"It could be a positive thing," Cobb said. "I could be really fresh when I come back and in better shape, so it could be a really good thing."
In the long run, having David Price miss some time and Cobb missing time, might prove to be a good thing for the Rays.
"As the season progresses, August and September, we could have two fresh arms in Alex and David," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "And that's going to be a good thing."
Longoria returns to third; Zobrist gets breather
ST. PETERBURG -- Rays third baseman Evan Longoria returned to the lineup at third base on Friday for the first time since the plantar fasciitis in his right foot flared up and forced him out of the third inning of a June 28 loss to the Tigers.
Longoria took three full days off and served as the Rays' designated hitter during the final three games of their series win against the Astros. Prior to the time off, Longoria was the only Rays player to start in each of the season's first 80 games.
Longoria walked in the eighth inning on Thursday and was removed for pinch-runner Sam Fuld. Manager Joe Maddon jokingly suggested the move fueled Longoria's return.
"He did not want to come out of that game," Maddon said. "He said he was feeling pretty good during the game yesterday. We finally got word that he felt he wanted to play third base. That helps against the righty because it gives Luke Scott a chance to get back in the lineup. I like that, too."
Maddon, however, said he doesn't expect Longoria to retake his hot-corner post on an everyday basis.
Longoria's return was coupled with another abnormal lineup move on Friday: Second baseman Ben Zobrist's name was missing from the lineup card for the first time since June 1.
Zobrist has just one hit in the last five games and has seen his batting average dip 13 points in July.
"He's been grinding it out very harshly, and I want him to back off a little," Maddon said. "He overworks all the time. He's struggling a bit at the plate, so he has taken many more swings. I would rather he take many less swings."
Of Zobrist's 19 at-bats against the Astros, 10 ended in flyouts.
"Sometimes that is an indication of being a little tired," Maddon said. "That was one big fly ball that whole time in Houston. We have to get him back on a line. Permitting him to regroup a little bit is important. After that, hopefully we can convince him not to swing so much. The point of diminishing returns does set in with guys who just want to swing away. It's not always the right way to go."
Longoria could play in All-Star Game if selected
ST. PETERSBURG -- Despite Rays third baseman Evan Longoria's recent struggle with plantar fasciitis in his right foot, manager Joe Maddon would have no qualms about his third baseman playing in the All-Star Game, if selected.
At last count, Longoria ranked fourth in All-Star voting among American League third basemen, behind Detroit's Miguel Cabrera, Baltimore's Manny Machado and Texas' Adrian Beltre.
"If his foot is good over the next 10 days, please play," Maddon said. "If it needs a rest, we'll say he needs a rest at that point but right now, I would say he'll be able to play. If they want his bat, that wouldn't be a bad thing."
Maddon would feel reassured if Longoria were to attend because Tampa Bay's head athletic trainer Ron Porterfield is one of two trainers on American League All-Star manager Jim Leyland's staff.
Maddon also said he expects pitcher Matt Moore, closer Fernando Rodney, shortstop Yunel Escobar and first baseman James Loney to receive All-Star consideration. Results will be revealed Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET on FOX.
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. Sam Strong is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This 'N That for November 22
Back from Florida … I have a friend who works at Kennedy Space Center. She invited us out for a "Family Day" event. NASA and contractor employees may bring on base friends and relatives to visit sites normally off-limits, such as the Orbiter Processing Facility and Vehicle Assembly Building. An estimated 40,000 people attended.
If you're ever out that way, I also recommend the Cocoa Beach Kayaking tour of the lagoons and canals around Cocoa Beach and Merritt Island. The "Space Coast" is known mostly for the space program, but it also happens to be the largest wildlife refuge in the continental U.S.
Anyway, back to baseball … Lots of anecdotal stuff in the last week.
|Mike Butcher began his coaching career with the Angels in 2000 as the pitching coach for Rookie-A Butte.
Mike Butcher returned to the Angels organization as the parent club's pitching coach, replacing Bud Black who was hired as the Padres' new manager. "Butch" was the roving pitching instructor from 2003 through 2005. Joe Maddon took Butcher with him to Tampa Bay as his pitching coach.
I interviewed Butch when we were both visiting Triple-A Salt Lake in May 2005. Click Here to listen to the interview. If you listen carefully, in the background you can hear equipment blown about as a windstorm hit Franklin Covey Field. That night's game was postponed as a nasty thunderstorm blew through. We were both taking dust in our faces while recording, so kudos to Butch for hanging on through the interview.
Black announced his Padres coaching staff yesterday. Bobby Meacham, the Angels' manager for High-A Rancho Cucamonga in 2003-2004, will be the Padres' first base coach. Meacham was the third base coach for the Marlins this year.
The Angels signed right-handed free-agent reliever Justin Speier yesterday. Largely overlooked so far is that Speier is a lefty killer. In 2006, his AVG/OBP/SLG against righties were .264/.340/.411 but against lefties were .183/.256/.352. For those into WHIP (which totally ignores opponents' power, so I don't think it's as valuable a number as the statheads revere), his WHIP against righties was 1.55 but only 0.97 against lefties.
Mike Scarr of MLB.com wrote of Speier:
Speier throws a fastball and a slider but credits his split-finger pitch for his success against lefties.
"I'm a baseball historian and a baseball fan. I know that a north and south pitch gets lefties out," Speier said. "My split-finger pitch is my top to bottom pitch and keeps hitters off my fastball."
For years, the Angels had no front-line left-handed reliever. Certain fans and media pundits bashed Bill Stoneman and Mike Scioscia, insisting the Angels needed a left-handed reliever. Angels management simply pointed out that Francisco Rodriguez, Scot Shields and Brendan Donnelly all had excellent numbers against lefties, and that premium southpaws are very expensive on the pitching market, so it's more cost-effective to go with someone who gets the job done at a cheaper price.
But the Angels finally gave in to convention and traded infield prospect Alexi Casilla last December to Minnesota for veteran left-handed reliever J.C. Romero. While Romero was a total bust for the Angels in 2006, Casilla rocketed through the Twins system, finishing the year with the parent club as a September callup. Alexi was part of the Rookie-A Provo team that won the 2004 Pioneer League pennant, and spent most of 2005 at Low-A Cedar Rapids. Earlier this month, the Twins named him their Minor League Player of the Year.
So much for convention.
Romero was released, and by signing Speier the Angels have gone back to what works.
Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reports that the Angels are the leading contender to sign free-agent outfielder Gary Matthews, Jr. His AVG/OBP/SLG in 2006 of .313/.371/.495 with Texas are probably career-year numbers unlikely to be repeated, but his spectacular defense will be a significant upgrade over Chone Figgins. He'd be the best defensive center fielder the Angels have had since Darin Erstad was healthy. The Angels will probably have to overpay to sign him in a thin market, but that's supply-and-demand for ya.
By no means does signing Matthews exclude that "big bat" trade some want. But signing Matthews would move the Angels closer to a profile similar to their 2002 championship year, when they had a healthy Erstad in CF. If you compare Matthews' career AVG/OBP/SLG (.263/.336/.419) to Erstad's (.286/.341/.416), the Angels are basically signing a healthy Erstad. Matthews is 32 and just two months younger than Erstad, who's a free agent (although he could be offered a minor league contract and spring training invite), and Matthews is a switch-hitter whereas Erstad is strictly a leftie.
Even if the Angels don't make the "big trade" if Casey Kotchman and Dallas McPherson come back healthy in 2007 then I think it's a really strong team on paper.


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Salazar pushed back to keep starters on schedule
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
TORONTO -- Before this season started, the Indians informed Danny Salazar that there might be times he is given extra days of rest in order to keep other starters on their regular schedules. Such a situation came up this week for the three-game series in Toronto.
With a team off-day on Monday, Cleveland pushed Salazar's start to Thursday, giving the 24-year-old right-hander seven days of rest between outings. By doing that, the Indians were able to keep Justin Masterson (Tuesday's starter) and Corey Kluber (Wednesday) on a normal five-day schedule.
"I've got some extra days to work on things that I need to work on," Salazar said on Tuesday. "I think that's fine. They told me that sometimes, if we have a day off like that, especially with Masterson, they might move me. It doesn't bother me."
This will mark the fourth time this season -- half of Salazar's starts -- that he will pitch with more than the typical four days of rest. It will be the third time that the righty takes the mound with at least six days off between starts.
Salazar has shown improvement of late, going 1-0 with a 3.44 ERA in his past three starts, in which he has 21 strikeouts, five walks and a .669 opponents' OPS in 18 1/3 innings. In his first four starts of the season, Salazar went 0-3 with a 7.85 ERA, posting 23 strikeouts, 10 walks and a 1.036 opponents' OPS in 18 1/3 innings. He has thrown 63 percent strikes in his past three outings, compared to 59 percent in those first four turns.
The Indians were conservative with Salazar's innings last season and the club eased him into things throughout this past Spring Training as well. Salazar does not feel the extra days off are due to his workload, but simply a way to keep some of the more veteran starters on their typical five-day program.
"I don't think it's so much that," Salazar said of Cleveland's history of protecting his innings. "They just want to get the other guys in line."
Rzepczynski back in Toronto with fond memories
TORONTO -- The last time Marc Rzepczynski was in Toronto, he was packing his bags for St. Louis. The Blue Jays traded the left-hander to the Cardinals midway through the 2011 season, which was Rzepczynski's first year working as a reliever.
Three years later, Rzepczynski is back north of the border as a member of the Indians' bullpen. The lefty will always have a soft spot for Toronto.
"This is my first time back," Rzepczynski said on Tuesday. "I'm just trying to remember where everything's at. I'm remembering good places to go and getting familiarized with the city again. I loved playing here. They gave me the opportunity to be in the big leagues, starting and relieving. My career has continued and, if I wasn't turned into a reliever, who knows where I'd be now?
"I was pretty fortunate, pretty lucky to be with the guys that I played with. I loved the city at the time. Unfortunately, we didn't always have the best teams, but the guys were always great. They always treated me well."
The Blue Jays selected Rzepczynski in the fifth round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft and promoted him to help the rotation during the 2009 campaign. The left-hander worked as a starter for part of two seasons for Toronto, but transitioned to a relief role in '11. After posting a 2.97 ERA in 43 games for the Jays that season, Toronto dealt him to St. Louis as part of an eight-player swap on July 27.
That trade allowed Rzepczynski to be a part of the Cardinals' World Series triumph over the Rangers in 2011. St. Louis, in turn, traded the lefty to the Indians at the July 31 Trade Deadline last summer. He posted a 0.89 ERA in 27 games for Cleveland in '13 and currently has a 2.63 ERA through 19 appearances for the Tribe this season.
"It's definitely fun to be back in town," Rzepczynski said. "Everybody asks, 'Would you ever play here again if you had the opportunity?' Yeah, I love the city of Toronto. It's great. I will always remember where I was when I got drafted, when I got to the big leagues, when I got the call.
"They gave the opportunity at 23 [years old]. It was unfortunate, all the injuries they had in 2009, but they gave me the chance and, six years later, I'm still pitching."
Kipnis making progress in rehab for oblique
TORONTO -- Indians All-Star second baseman Jason Kipnis continues to inch closer to returning to the field.
On Tuesday, Cleveland manager Terry Francona said that Kipnis -- on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right oblique -- recently resumed hitting off a tee. The second baseman is still working through a gradual rehab schedule, but the Indians are pleased with the strides he is making behind the scenes.
"He's doing really well," Francona said prior to Tuesday's game against the Blue Jays. "He's hitting off a tee and stuff. They're starting to try to line up a program to return to play. He's still a little ways from that, but he's making good progress."
On April 29, Kipnis was injured on a swing in a fourth-inning at-bat against the Angels. The second baseman promptly exited and Cleveland placed him on the 15-day DL on May 2. The Indians initially projected that Kipnis would need between three to five weeks to recover prior to being activated.
That timeframe consists of the period between May 20-June 3, though the Indians have been careful not to say specifically when Kipnis might rejoin the team. Francona did say on Tuesday that Kipnis will need to take part in a Minor League rehab assignment before coming off the DL.
Through 27 games this season, Kipnis has hit .234 with three home runs, six doubles, four stolen bases, 12 RBIs, 17 walks and 12 runs scored. On April 4, Cleveland inked Kipnis to a six-year contract extension worth $52.5 million.
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"Right now, Ax is struggling a little bit, but he's going to come back being John Axford. He's going to come back and take over that spot. Obviously for now, hopefully the four of us can kind of pick him up while he's getting his things back in order. We're just going to try to fill in until he's back."
--Indians righty Bryan Shaw, one of four relievers handling the closing duties while Axford works through command issues
Smoke signals
• Francona believes there has been a lot of gray area this season when it comes to enforcing Major League Baseball's new guidelines for home-plate collisions. Francona believes it is good that MLB is looking to better define the rules involving the positioning of catchers and baserunners on plays at the plate.
"They're trying, I know. I don't think it's easy," Francona said. "I don't think it's been enforced to everybody's satisfaction. The reasoning behind it is good. You don't want to see catchers get concussions or get hit -- I understand that. But, when you put a rule into effect, you've got to enforce it. I don't think it has been."
• Entering this three-game series, the Indians were tied with the Braves and Tigers for the fewest home runs (24) allowed as a pitching staff. Cleveland might be tested by the Blue Jays' offense, which headed into Tuesday's game ranked first in the American League and second in the Majors with 52 home runs.
• On Tuesday, the Indians named low Class A Lake County right-hander Adam Plutko the organization's Minor League player of the week for May 5-11. On May 6, the 22-year-old Plutko (selected in the 11th round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft) struck out 13 and yielded only three hits in eight shutout innings against Bowling Green.
• Catcher George Kottaras, who was designated for assignment by the Indians on Wednesday, cleared waivers and has accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A Columbus. On May 4, Kottaras became the first player in Indians history to hit a home run in his first two career plate appearances with the ballclub.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Cowboys' worst draft classes under Jerry Jones: Why 2006 was a bad year
Counting down the worst classes
Editor's note: Last year, we ran a special series leading up to the NFL Draft looking back at the five best and five worst draft classes the Dallas Cowboys have had under Jerry Jones' ownership. We're revisiting that series now with...
Worst class No. 5: Class of 2006
From top to bottom, this group was an abject disappointment. Less than seven years after they were picked, only one player - Jason Hatcher - remains on the roster. The group combined to make just 51 starts for the Cowboys, and Hatcher has more than half of them.
Yet the progression of Hatcher from reserve to solid contributor hasn't been a compelling enough story to make people forget about the failure of Carpenter - the frontman in this sad-sack group.
During four dreadful seasons in Dallas, the former first-round pick was inserted into the starting lineup only three times and earned a reputation for being soft. Eventually, the linebacker was traded in May 2010 for another stiff, offensive lineman Alex Barron.
And by the time that deal was finalized, this class already stunk to high heaven. Receiver Skyler Green became the highest draft pick to be cut out of training camp since 1997, rejoined the team, then switched positions and was released again. Fasano was nothing more than a bit player before he was traded to Miami only days before the Cowboys selected his replacement, Martellus Bennett, in April 2008. And Montavious Stanley never appeared in a regular-season game for the Cowboys, who watched as he, Fasano, Carpenter and Pat McQuistan performed better with other teams than they did with their original one.
It wasn't until Hatcher started 10 games in 2011 that the Cowboys redeemed some decent value from one of the players they drafted that year.
But Hatcher, the last man standing from the Class of 2006, will never do enough to save this group from being labeled a bust.
Round; Pk; Name; Position; School
Round 1; 18; Bobby Carpenter; LB; Ohio State
Round 2; 53; Anthony Fasano; TE; Notre Dame
Round 3; 92; Jason Hatcher; DE; Grambling State
Round 4; 125; Skyler Green; WR; LSU
Round 5; 138; Pat Watkins; S; Florida State
Round 6; 182; Montavious Stanley; DT; Louisville
Round 7; 211; Pat McQuistan; OT; Weber State
Round 7; 224; E.J. Whitley; C; Texas Tech


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Ramp Delays: I Got Educated
In last week's blog, I asked for some inside airline information on what passengers should reasonably expect with regard to DOT's three-hour ramp stranding rule. And brother did I get it, via e-mail from pilots not wanting to post in the blog's forum response. I also heard from pilots and crews with direct knowledge of the incident that resulted in a $900,000 fine against American Eagle for keeping passengers trapped in an airplane for more than three hours.
Bottom line: The inside view seems to be that the three-hour rule, however misconceived and ill-applied, doesn't necessarily put airlines into impossible situations and, at least in the case of the Eagle fine, could have been avoided. But thanks to several missteps by the airline, it wasn't.
The crew that contacted me said some things went right and some things went wrong, but in the end, there was no clear reason why the incident couldn't have been avoided. They gave their ops people high marks for keeping all of the crews fully informed and up to date as the situation with too many airplanes and too few gates unfolded. They were credited with moving the airplanes quickly into gates as they reached the 2.5-hour mark. It could have been a lot worse.
And the ops guys kept at it, eventually gaining permission to use at least seven gates that were open the entire time, while passengers in 15 airplanes and their crews stewed in place. Those open gates eventually allowed the crews to offload their passengers and ultimately resolved the situation.
What went wrong is more troubling. Although the crew that contacted us said dispatch was fully aware of the developing mess on the ground, it continued to release airplanes into O'Hare. Had dispatch merely ground stopped those airplanes for awhile, the situation would have been far less chaotic and might have been avoided entirely. To me, this doesn't sound like an airline put into an impossible situation by an unreasonable rule. It sounds more like a rigid dispatch system that was slow, unwilling or unable to respond to the dynamic situation and only made it worse.
The pilots said the most inexcusable aspect of the Eagle incident was that no contingency plan was in place to handle the inevitability of gate congestion at O'Hare and other airports. Eagle crews were told, for example, that it wasn't possible to deplane passengers via airstairs in the alleys, yet two other airlines�Skywest and others operating under United airlines�do this routinely. Why didn't managers arrange this sort of contingency ahead of time, as other airlines have? And why weren't arrangements to use the empty gates in an emergency made ahead of the fact? Further, Eagle and American may or may not have had enough gate agents to handle the flights, but because of scheduling and manning policies, flights that had an available gate still had to wait until a gate agent could be found. They've since corrected that manning policy.
Personally, I remain ambivalent about the three-hour rule. I'm not sure if it's a good idea or not. But it's bogus to say that in the era of non-regulated cheaper fares, this is what you should expect as a passenger. That's just a lazy excuse for bad customer service and inept management and it blames the customer. With planning and aforethought, trapping passenger in airplanes can probably be avoided except in extreme circumstances caused by unforeseen weather and I think it's fair to consider this in adjudicating fines.
A certain level of occasional chaos is inevitable, but there's no reason airlines shouldn't have in place contingencies to remove passengers trapped on ramps for as much as seven hours. Airport management should be expected to assist. After all, that's why they are there. It's equally bogus for airports to lay these problems off entirely on the airlines.


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Keynoting at the Yellow Pages Association Convention in San Diego today, RH Donnelley CEO Dave Swanson acknowledged "the worst local media environment this country has seen since the Great Depression." But YPA's outgoing chairman also noted that "the will to live in our industry is very strong."
"We're moving from sellers of advertising products to partners in advertiser growth," he said. "We're learning how to price value more accurately across a wide range of geo-verticals."
Swanson warned that solutions are "not just about innovation." He noted a recent conversation with an RHD salesperson who complained: "'We've spent so much time learning to build effective digital profiles, we've forgotten how to build print profiles.' We cannot forget the basics," said Swanson.
Swanson's comments were followed by Incoming Chair Chris Cummings, CEO of Marquette Group – the first time, incidentally, that YPA has been chaired by a CMR. Cummings' ascension is especially noteworthy given the ongoing merger talks between the YPA and The Association of Directory Marketers, a CMR organization.
"I like our space," said Cummings. "We know what ads work. More importantly, the advertiser knows." Cummings added that Yellow Pages have made tremendous strides in recent years to provide accurate accountability for their advertising via call measurement and other means – something that newspapers and other local media generally lack.


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: O Sorry dad please don't use pinapple style on me.. (Speaking of which that should be CE that'd be soo sick)
Sasuke takes a frim stance on the surface of the water, he pictures great suiton users before him creating large beams of water from their hands and mouths. he then forms a few hands signs, helping him flow his chakra. Then the says"WHAT WOULD IRONMAN DO!" then focuses all the gathered chakra into his hands and causes a blast of water to be released from it


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I found these bugs on a walk on the Broads. I can't identify the larger one 15mm long ? and wondered if the other one is a different species or just imature. John
I'm not too hot on bugs, but could it be a final instar Coreus marginatus or Dock Bug.
It's definitely the Dock Bug, Coreus marginatus.
Compare this photo. Both of them are nymphs. Different stages of their development can be seen on this page.
(So, it is still the Coreus marginatus week... Are you ready for the WCSBs, Lewis, when do we get the first?)
Thanks everyone. I've just moved to Suffolk and I keep finding insects I've never seen and dragonflys are almost too common to notice, Entomologists heaven! John


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Milwaukee will stick with Marcum in rotation
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
MILWAUKEE -- Right-hander Shaun Marcum, struggling in September for the second straight season, will remain in the rotation, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said Sunday. "As far as I'm concerned right now, yes," Roenicke said. "We haven't even talked otherwise." Marcum has pitched into the sixth inning once in five starts since he returned from a two-month stint on the disabled list with elbow and shoulder discomfort. He cited circumstances in explaining Friday's four-inning stint; the Mets scored their three fourth-inning runs on a squeeze bunt and two well-placed run-scoring hits that just eluded Brewers defenders, and the club removed Marcum in favor of a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the inning and were rewarded with five runs and the lead. "I feel great," Marcum said after the team's 9-6 win. "Today was probably the best I've felt [since] prior to the injury. The ball was coming out really well today." But Marcum is 0-1 with a 5.70 ERA and a .323 opponents' batting average since coming off the DL. Roenicke noted a drop in velocity over the first four starts, though he was encouraged by an uptick on Saturday. Marcum's pace has also been uncharacteristically slow, Roenicke said, leading the manager to believe, "There's a lot of thinking going on." "He's not pitching like we hoped he would, like he hoped he would," Roenicke said. "I know what he's like when he's right. The encouraging thing yesterday -- his velocity was back. I was hoping that that, along with command, that he would get by and give us those innings he usually does. And his command wasn't good." Last year, after opening September with a seven-inning gem against the Astros, Marcum went 1-3 with a 6.66 ERA in his final four regular season starts, then went 0-3 with a 14.90 ERA in three postseason games. Asked whether Marcum's elbow was OK, Roenicke said, "I don't know if it's elbow or shoulder, but as far as I know, he's fine." The Brewers also have no plans to remove rookie right-hander Mike Fiers, Roenicke said. Club officials have been monitoring Fiers' innings.
Crew's top prospects fill instructional program
MILWAUKEE -- For two prime Brewers prospects, the baseball season is just getting started.Among the high-profile players working in the team's fall instructional program are outfielder Victor Roache, a first-round Draft pick in June when he was still recovering from an injury, and shortstop Orlando Arcia, who fractured an ankle sliding into second base in an extended Spring Training game. Both have been cleared for games and will play extensively when the instructional league schedule begins Tuesday. "They need game time," farm director Reid Nichols said. Brewers officials have seen Arcia, who played for the club's Dominican Summer League affiliate in 2011, but have yet to really get their hands on Roache, a power hitter who belted 30 home runs for Georgia Southern University in 2011 but suffered a major left arm injury diving for a ball in the outfield in February. He had six screws and a metal plate installed to repair a broken bone, and two pins to fix a dislocated wrist. "We're anxious to see him because he's been given the full clearance, and I know he's excited," amateur scouting director Bruce Seid said. "I know he's been champing at the bit for a while to get out there, and he's been great about doing every single thing that ask of him. To this point, every evaluation from our medical staff has been right on." Nichols runs the Brewers' fall program at Maryvale Baseball Park with assistant player development director Tony Diggs and a slew of roving Minor League coordinators, including field and catching coordinator Charlie Greene. Ned Yost IV, the son of the former Brewers manager who is now a coach at advanced Class A Brevard County, will manage the team. Thirty-eight players were on the initial roster, including the Brewers' first nine selections from the 2012 First-Year Player Draft -- from top pick Clint Coulter through seventh-rounder David Otterman, a left-handed pitcher. Coulter will work extensively with Greene on catching fundamentals. The Brewers remain committed to developing him at that position, Nichols said. "He came a long way this year," he said. "To ask a high school guy who played 14 games to step into a pro program and handle college pitchers is a tall order for him. He's really improved. He's going to be a good player." The instructional league will mark a return to action for supplemental first-round pick Mitch Haniger, who missed much of the season with a knee injury but is close to being cleared to play. Also on the roster are 2011 second-round pick Jorge Lopez, a right-hander, and international acquisition Raul Mondesi Jr., an outfielder who played at rookie-level Helena in 2012. "We prepare them ahead of time that, you're coming here to work," Nichols said. "So what we do is we give them one day that's a full work day, then the next that's a game day. So when they know it's their day to work, they can leave everything out there, don't save anything for the game." Work begins as early as 7:30 a.m. for some players, and the games are six days a week in the early afternoon, from Tuesday against the Padres through Oct. 4-5 against a team from Mexico. There is also an advanced instructional league, in which the Brewers and Mariners share a club. It features more advanced prospects like pitchers Drew Gagnon and David Goforth, who stay ready in case the Brewers need a replacement for the Arizona Fall League. If that's not enough baseball, there is another instructional league in the Dominican Republic that runs into December. The Brewers may ask Roache and Arcia to head south to continue playing catch-up.
Hart doubtful for Tuesday return to Brewers
MILWAUKEE -- An unsuccessful baserunning session on Sunday morning cast serious doubt on outfielder Corey Hart's hope of returning to the Brewers' starting lineup by Tuesday in Pittsburgh.Hart missed a sixth consecutive start on Sunday with a left foot injury. He has a partial tear of the plantar fascia, the connective tissue that runs across the bottom of the foot. "I'm definitely aiming for Tuesday, I just wish it would have felt better today than it did," Hart said. "It's a little frustrating. Today was the first day I tried to run the bases, and it didn't go as planned." Running in a straight line was fine, but the trouble came when Hart ran along the arc along the outer edge of the infield dirt. Travis Ishikawa started in Hart's place again on Sunday and "has been awesome" while filling in, Hart said. He pondering whether to force a return to the lineup or whether the team is better with Ishikawa and Taylor Green splitting first-base duty. "It's tough, because I want to play," Hart said. "I've played through a lot of injuries, but it's one of those things where if I'm on first, I'm not going to be able to score on a double. If I'm on second, it's going to be iffy to score on anything. Is it worth it to these guys? I feel like I wouldn't be able to do everything I need to do." The last resort, Hart said, is an anti-inflammatory injection. The club's medical officials on Sunday were mulling the pros and cons of that step. The Brewers miss Hart in the lineup, where he has provided protection all season for cleanup hitter Aramis Ramirez. Manager Ron Roenicke has tried a number of different permutations with Hart out, and started Ishikawa in the five-hole on Sunday. Asked about the possibility Hart might not be able to play the rest of this season, Roenicke said, "That's always a possibility." "I think we're still going to shoot for Tuesday, but I don't know that that's probably a possibility," Roenicke said. "I don't know. In two days, I don't know." Roenicke added: "Maybe we'll be surprised. Maybe he'll come out Tuesday and be OK."
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Protected areas are important havens for biodiversity and vital to preserving some of Europe's most threatened species, according to 'Protected areas in Europe – an overview', which looks at the status of national parks, nature reserves, biosphere reserves and other protected areas, including the EU's Natura 2000 network. These areas can place very different limits on human activity. For example, some allow building, fishing and industry, while others are closed to most human intervention.
"Europe has a far-reaching network of protected areas which can provide refuge to some of the most threatened species," EEA Executive Director Jacqueline McGlade said. "However, despite a huge growth in protected areas in recent years, many of Europe's species still face an uncertain future. Europe as a whole has seen more habitat fragmentation than any other continent. So we need to work harder to conserve species in the wider countryside."
The EU has a target for 10 % of its seas to be designated as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), although this aim has not yet been achieved. Habitats further out at sea are particularly under-represented in Europe's protected areas, the report notes.
Protected areas in Europe cover a huge variety of natural environments, across eleven distinct biogeographic regions, from the Arctic polar deserts and the boreal forests in the North to the arid or dense mattoral shrubland in the south. Vast tracts of steppe in Eastern Europe contrast with extensive heathlands in the West.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and also the Habitats Directive. The Habitats Directive led to the Natura 2000 network of protected areas, which has been a major driver in creating and maintaining key areas for biodiversity.
The EU aims to halt the loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services in the EU by 2020, and also work to slow biodiversity loss at the global level. Protected areas are important for meeting this target because they can provide a better environment for wildlife, which is increasingly under pressure in many parts of Europe.
The European landscape is increasingly fragmented by roads, railways and towns, blocking migration and dividing species into unsustainably small populations. Between 1990 and 2006, the area of Europe covered by artificial surfaces increased by around 8 %. Most dams prevent migratory fish species from reaching many inland river basins.
Agriculture has also intensified in many parts of Europe, leading to increased pollution from nitrates and other substances in some regions. This affects many species of plants and animals which are dependent on low-intensity farming.
Other environmental changes come from climate change, invasive alien species, overfishing and pollution. All these pressures can have a cumulative effect, in the worst cases pushing species and ecosystems into irreversible decline.
The earliest motives for protecting an area were probably to safeguard its spiritual significance or its importance as a hunting ground. What were once viewed as islands of wilderness are now increasingly perceived as parts of wider networks, involving and benefiting local communities. However, the intrinsic value of preserving nature is still a major motivating factor for setting up protected areas.
There are many other benefits of protected areas alongside protecting biodiversity. The report cites many positive side-effects, including economic benefits – for example, Natura 2000 sites receive between 1.2 and 2.2 billion visitor days every year, generating additional income of €50-85 billion.
Protected areas can also provide health benefits, education opportunities, clean water and air, and tourism. Marine Protected Areas can also increase the yields of nearby fisheries. A recent study by the European Commission estimated that the benefits of the Natura 2000 network to be 3-7 times the cost of setting it up.]]>
Professor Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA), said: "Landscapes change constantly but in recent decades humans have often shaped them with little thought to the cumulative impacts and at a pace that is unprecedented."
"For the first time, this report presents the extent of landscape fragmentation across an entire continent using a scientifically sound method. It reveals the most relevant driving forces behind fragmentation, demonstrating that varying factors are relevant in different parts of Europe. The picture it paints is worrying."
The brown hare in Switzerland is an example of a species which has been pushed to the brink of extinction by landscape fragmentation in combination with other human impacts such as intensive agriculture. The animals' movement has been blocked by roads, so they find it more difficult to escape bad weather, and they are often killed by vehicles.
Extinction of the Swiss brown hare may be impossible to avoid as the 'point of no-return' may have been crossed. Indeed, animal populations often react slowly to changes in their habitat, so the current decline may be due to changes that occurred several decades ago, with further decline in animal populations across Europe to come as a result of more recent increases in landscape fragmentation.
However, it is not all bad news - the report also presents some positive stories. For example, badgers in the Netherlands were in decline for many years, until a 'defragmentation policy' was established in 1984, encouraging developers to build 'badger pipes' to allow easier and safer movement of these shy animals. The Dutch badger population has since increased slightly.
Although the situation is critical, there are several proactive policies for more effective protection of remaining unfragmented areas, and wildlife corridors which could successfully reverse the trend of growing fragmentation. Developers should build more tunnels, passages and bridges to allow animals to move more freely, the report says. In addition, planners should aim to upgrade old roads instead of building new roads, and 'bundle' new infrastructure, for example by building bypasses close to settlements or constructing road and rail routes next to each other.
Where the volume of traffic has fallen, roads should be reduced in size or dismantled completely. Most importantly, cumulative effects need to be considered more effectively in the future, based on the precautionary principle, to avoid repeating mistakes of the past. The problem of landscape fragmentation is also considered by the recently-adopted European Union Strategy on Biodiversity and Ecosystems, where green infrastructure features prominently.


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Smh @ Super Lintendo having to pay for the whole knicks team when they went out to eat
Smh @ Super Lintendo having to pay for the whole knicks team when they went out to eat
amare better sit b4 he blows another knee out
Ok all you Jerome Jordan haters... pay attention!
Real Talk
Its about time they bench Stoudemadonna...smh here comes Douglas
Jeffries looking for his double double!!!
desde la cuna del chango
Toney Douglas The Horrrrorrrr!!!
still no Tazman... not even being the Chemist gets him sone garbage time!!!
desde la cuna del chango
Its pretty sad seeing TD be the last man off the bench.
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Let me see if I can make it simpler for you.
Amare has the ability to run pick n roll all day in his skill set.
But he can't run it by himself. You have to rely on the person you're (Lin) setting the pick for to get you the ball or make any number of other decisions off the pick, which is why chemistry is also a factor.
The players are interdependent and thus rely on repetition, chemistry, timing n feel. Just because a one player can do something it doesn't mean he can execute in two man game w another player when you have to have an almost innate understanding of what you want to do against NBA level defenders to execute it proficiently.
Pick and roll chem takes time and isn't dependent on whether one of the players involved can run it beautifully or not, as in the case with your comment where you inaccurately state that Amare can't execute it just because you see Lin and Chandler being able to. Amare can execute it but he ALSO needs to have a feel with Lin to have their two man game get on the level Lin has with Chandler right now. So simple.
Jamrock was open but Toney can't pass.
I dont know why but I'm dying to see some Balkman minutes.... i miss his dunks


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Hi all,
I have an alphanumeric array "31A16XB 5B4A3D 3P2RX".I want the solution of this array in a way i am going to mention.
The numbers are multiplied by 26 and the next alphabet's position(0-25) is added to it.
for example,
For 31A =31*26 +(position of A that is 0)=806
and for 16X=16*26+(position of X that is 23)=439
and for B=(only position of B that is 2)=1
Continue in this way i need 806,439 and 1 etc. in an array as a final output.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, September 12, 2013, 2:28 PM
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Eshoo pledges 'no' vote on Syria Strike
Original post made on Sep 12, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, September 12, 2013, 2:28 PM
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 12, 2013 at 3:10 pm
Wouldn't a better headline be "Eshoo eschews a strike on Syria"? You guys missed a golden opportunity.
a resident of Palo Alto Hills
on Sep 12, 2013 at 7:50 pm
President Obama had already withdrawn his request for Congressional approval BEFORE Rep. Eshoo took her independent stance - oh, yeah, along with Rep. Lofgren.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Sep 12, 2013 at 9:21 pm
We obviously learned from The Decider how much a horrifically bad decision costs us.
5,000 dead and trillions attacking a country that didn't attack us.
Worst American foreign policy decision since Vietnam.
No war.
Obama has handled this masterfully thus far. Used American military might as a threat, and then used diplomacy to save American money and lives.
a resident of Stanford
on Sep 13, 2013 at 1:18 am
"Obama has handled this masterfully thus far. Used American military might as a threat, and then used diplomacy to save American money and lives."
Uh...the core principle of the United Nations Charter bars the threat or use of force which is an illegal act. I believed it was Putin who used diplomacy.
a resident of Community Center
on Sep 13, 2013 at 2:30 am
These days people can believe in anything... but the truth is that the engine is burning oil and the smoke are all over the Networks and the Mediterranean Sea. Too masterful!
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Sep 13, 2013 at 11:41 am
"The Decider" listens to Dave Ross. :)
I feel sick every time I see the people dying of the gas...but, we really shouldn't start another war.
a resident of Downtown North
on Sep 13, 2013 at 12:02 pm
"I feel sick every time I see the people dying of the gas"
Ever seen people riddled with bullets? Torn apart by explosives? Starved to death? Tragic, all.
Sending troops or bombing a bunker (which then kills a russian "adviser", which then leads to...) doesn't solve anything. Look at Iraq today - complete and utter DISASTER. Car bombing, suicide bombings, sectarian violence, a failed nation. How is Bush not a war criminal for causing that, for an unprovoked invasion of a country and causing all that misery?
From the BBC, today: "At least 30 people have been killed and 25 wounded in a bomb attack on a Sunni mosque on the outskirts of the central Iraqi city of Baquba, officials say."
That's what life is like in Iraq everyday. We just choose to ignore what we have done.
Is that Shi'a bomb any better than chemical weapons? Sure, make the case, but you're cutting an awfully fine line.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 13, 2013 at 1:04 pm
While we're at it, neither Israel nor Egypt are parties to the chemical weapons ban. As they are, by a huge margin, the largest recipients of US aid, it's time we tell them both to sign up and get inspected or lose US aid. There are only seven countries in the world that are not parties to this ban: North Korea, Israel, Syria, Myanmar, South Sudan, Egypt and Angola. How embarrassing.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 13, 2013 at 3:18 pm
I remember, back in the day, the saying "never again", regarding Hitler and his gassing of his own citizens. Those days are clearly over. FDR felt a moral responsibility to attack Hitler, even though Hitler did not attack the USA...Japan did that. Eshoo, has her finger in the wind of public opinion, unlike FDR. History will judge her accordingly.
a resident of Downtown North
on Sep 13, 2013 at 3:51 pm
Sam has so many factual errors.
"FDR felt a moral responsibility to attack Hitler, even though Hitler did not attack the USA...Japan did that"
FDR did not attack Germany, moral responsibility or no. Germany DECLARED WAR on the US following Pearl. At 3:30pm 11 Dec 1941 the German charge d'affaires in Washington handed American Secretary of State Cordell Hull the declaration of war. Sam's entire premise is flawed by factual error.
"Eshoo, has her finger in the wind of public opinion, unlike FDR" Again, given your factual errors about FDR, you therefore have a fallacious statement. Moreover, there is strong opinion about more war in the mid-east, as we are still recovering form the disastrous Bush decisions. What's wrong with our elected officials honoring the majority of American's wishes and avoiding senseless war?
"History will judge her accordingly." Indeed. And it will judge her actions as correct, as we learned from Iraq.
a resident of Community Center
on Sep 13, 2013 at 4:01 pm
Sam-- you must be about 90 years old if you remember what FDR did " back in the day"
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 13, 2013 at 4:11 pm
> Germany DECLARED WAR on the US following Pearl.
FDR set him up for that, by allowing a leaked war plan (Rainbow) to be published in the Chicago newspaper of record. Hitler always wanted to make a deal with the USA, not go to war with us. FDR and Churchill were tickled pink that Japan caused Hitler to declare war. FDR, in fact, shipped war resources from the Pacific to the Atlantic, because he had a moral disgust for Hitler. Both FDR and Churchill were real war foxes, and they were driven by both existential and moral values.
John Kerry described Saddam Hussein as a moral equivalent of Hitler, and he was. GWB went after him, and defeated him, and killed him. Obama pulled away, instead of leaving a sufficient residual force to enforce the many gains that GWB made (like Korea). It is a shame on Obama.
Probably time for you get up on your history, Gar. History will not be kind to you.
a resident of Community Center
on Sep 13, 2013 at 4:17 pm
Nice spin by Sam.
Naturally Sam cannot resist bashing Obama-- which was his aim all along. While rewriting history, Sam forgets that bush sr. Passed on the chance to get rid of Hussein. And, oh, BTW, Sam, bush did not " kill" Hussein. But do not let the facts get in your way.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 13, 2013 at 4:19 pm
"Hitler always wanted to make a deal with the USA, not go to war with us" What a crock.
Enjoy rewriting history quite a bit, don't you?
"The bombing of Pearl Harbor surprised even Germany. Although Hitler had made an oral agreement with his Axis partner Japan that Germany would join a war against the United States, he was uncertain as to how the war would be engaged. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor answered that question. On December 8, Japanese Ambassador Oshima went to German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop to nail the Germans down on a formal declaration of war against America. Von Ribbentrop stalled for time; he knew that Germany was under no obligation to do this under the terms of the Tripartite Pact, which promised help if Japan was attacked, but not if Japan was the aggressor. Von Ribbentrop feared that the addition of another antagonist, the United States, would overwhelm the German war effort.
But Hitler thought otherwise. He was convinced that the United States would soon beat him to the punch and declare war on Germany." So Hitler overrode Ribbentrop and declared war.
Americans know what a disaster Iraq was. Keep trying to peddle your fiction about how Bush made the correct decision - he most certainly did not, and everyone knows it. That's why the GOP conventions since Bush have tried to hide him. Even the GOP knows Bush was an unmitigated disaster.
They're the ones sending him painting supplies just to keep him occupied.
Next you'll be back on your "Reagan needs a national monument" riff.
a resident of Stanford
on Sep 13, 2013 at 4:24 pm
Thank you, Rep. Eshoo for pledging to vote "no." The U.S. should be focusing on problems at home, not on other countries' wars civil wars.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 13, 2013 at 4:30 pm
>But Hitler thought otherwise. He was convinced that the United States would soon beat him to the punch and declare war on Germany." So Hitler overrode Ribbentrop and declared war.
Correct, because FDR had probably leaked the Rainbow war plan to make sure that Hitler got the point. Hitler took the bait. The main point is that FDR wanted to go to war against Hitler, out of moral disgust. Eshoo will never be in his moral class.
a resident of Community Center
on Sep 13, 2013 at 4:48 pm
Sam-- you had better quit while ahead-- when confronted with your " errors". You provide new fantasy explanations. What is even more amusing is you having to praise a democrat (FDR) in order to bash current democrats. Spin on, Sam.
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 13, 2013 at 9:15 pm
We got this far (negotiations to get rid of Assad's poison gas and other "chemical" weapons) by making a credible threat of using force. Without that threat, Putin would never have agreed to broker talks on removing those weapons from Syria. We're still in negotiations, which will go nowhere if the threat loses credibility.
Eschewing even the possibility of use of force (regardless of the outcome of these negotiations), Eshoo significantly diminishes our bargaining position with Syria and Russia.
Thank you, Eshoo, for undermining Obama.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 14, 2013 at 10:42 am
Comparing any of this to Hitler and WWII is absolutely absurd. There are zero countries in the Midde East that could hope to defeat any of the major powers though Israel with its nukes and missiles could do, by far, the most harm. Hitler is constantly rolled out to create paranoia and fear to get the US to attack yet another country that is not a threat to us.


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LAKE FOREST, Ill.—After missing virtually all of the offseason program and preseason with a knee injury, Brian Urlacher said late last week that the "preaseason just ended for me." However, there continues to be concerns about his ability to cover ground like he has in the past in the Bears' cover 2 scheme.
After four games, it's unlikely he'll regain of a lot of the speed he had before knee surgery—at least this season.
Against Dallas on Monday night, Urlacher usually got back into the deep middle of the zone but had trouble getting to the hash marks to stop backs flaring out, and sometimes lacked the raw speed to come back inside for the tight end on short routes.
The good news for the Bears is they may not need Urlacher to be the athletic phenom he had been in their cover 2. The Cowboys game showed further proof of the line's ability to get upfield and rush the passer while cornerbacks Charles Tillman and Tim Jennings and nickel back D.J. Moore have all become more aggressive this season in their coverage.
Certainly, Urlacher is no liability to the team. He flashed enough quickness in the running game to come up for plays in the backfield on occasion. And with so many athletes capable of making plays, someone is needed to provide field general skills and keep everyone in their lanes in the cover 2. It's just a different role than what Urlacher has been used to, but a necessary one and one that many veteran players must take on late in their careers.
A real test for Urlacher's physical condition comes Sunday against Jacksonville and Maurice Jones-Drew because the Jaguars are unlikely to give up on the ground game the way Indianapolis, Green Bay, St. Louis and Dallas did.
FORTE TO PLAY: Running back Matt Forte should be available Sunday at Jacksonville despite aggravating his injured ankle slightly. However, with a short work week, it's likely coaches will hold him out of much—if not all—of the team portion of practice.