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Jennings expected to play despite hamstring
Rays center fielder passes test in Monday's tiebreaker win over Rangers
By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
CLEVELAND -- Rays center fielder Desmond Jennings, who has been dealing with tightness in his left hamstring, is expected to be in the lineup for Wednesday night's American League Wild Card Game against the Indians at 8 p.m. ET on TBS.
Jennings made his return in Monday's 5-2 win against the Rangers in Game 163 after behind held out of the lineup for eight straight days. He went 1-for-3 with a walk before being replaced for defensive purposes in the seventh.
Jennings tested his hamstring on the first pitch of the game, as he hit a broken-bat line drive down the left-field line but was easily thrown out by Craig Gentry as he tried to stretch the hit into a double.
But Rays manager Joe Maddon still liked what he saw from Jennings, and said he anticipates him playing again on Wednesday.
"Desmond is doing really well," Maddon said on Tuesday. "You saw him play last night. The first ball down the line, I don't even know if under normal circumstances it would've been closer, but Gentry made a nice play on it. Overall, I'd say he's about 85 percent. He swung the bat really well last night so he should be fine for tomorrow night."
The Rays, however, did not officially announce their postseason roster, as it's expected to be released at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
Maddon comfortable with well-rested bullpen
CLEVELAND -- An extra benefit of David Price throwing a complete game in the Rays' 5-2 win over the Rangers on Monday was it gave the bullpen an extra day of rest heading into Wednesday night's American League Wild Card Game against the Indians at 8 p.m. ET on TBS.
Rays manager Joe Maddon said it's a nice feeling not having to worry about overtaxing any of his bullpen arms in a must-win game against the Indians, as his relievers all had a full two days' rest.
"The one thing as a manager you do more than anything on a daily basis is worry about your bullpen," Maddon said. "When I wake up in the morning, I think about the bullpen. When I'm riding my bike, I think about the bullpen. Because that's really the group that's going to get you to the end of the year and win it."
Maddon said the bullpen has been a strength for the Rays this season, as his relievers combined for a solid 3.59 ERA. He also pointed to five relievers he can count on when the team is ahead or tied, labeling them as "even or ahead guys."
There's closer Fernando Rodney (3.38 ERA in 66 2/3 innings), setup man Joel Peralta (3.41 ERA in 71 1/3 innings), right-hander Jamey Wright (3.09 ERA in 70 innings), left-hander Jake McGee (4.03 ERA in 62 2/3 innings) and left-hander Alex Torres (1.71 ERA in 58 innings).
"I have a lot of faith in all these guys," Maddon said. "You talk about Fernando and the wonderful job he always does. And Joel Peralta might be the most unsung relief pitcher in both leagues if you really break down his numbers. Jake McGee what he can do to both sides of the plate. Jamey Wright making it to the playoffs for the very first time, we couldn't have done it without him. And look what Alex Torres has done. So it's five solid even or ahead guys."
Kiermaier makes whirlwind tour to MLB debut
CLEVELAND -- It was quite the whirlwind for Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier.
Kiermaier went from relaxing at his apartment in Port Charlotte, Fla., on Sunday to being called up from Triple-A Durham as an extra outfielder for Monday's Game 163 against the Rangers in Arlington.
He was rewarded by making his Major League debut in the ninth inning as a defensive replacement in Tampa Bay's 5-2 win to advance to Wednesday night's American League Wild Card Game against the Indians at 8 p.m. ET on TBS.
It was a rare occurrence, as he became the first player to make his Major League debut in a single-game tiebreaker. He also became just the second player to make a debut in his club's 163rd game or later, joining the Yankees' Elvio Jimenez, who played in his first big league game in New York's 164th game of the 1964 season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
"There's not a whole lot of guys who made their debut in a Game 163 so to be able to do that, it was just a crazy day," Kiermaier said. "I really can't thank these guys enough for bringing me up here to be a part of this. It's so much fun. We'll see what happens the rest of the way."
Kiermaier isn't likely to be added to Tampa Bay's postseason roster, but he impressed the organization with his play in the Minor Leagues, especially defensively. The 23-year-old also hit a combined .295/.362/.431 with 42 extra-base hits and 21 stolen bases in 136 games between Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham.
He said he was told before Monday's game he'd likely see action with center fielder Desmond Jennings dealing with a tight left hamstring so it helped him calm his nerves when he finally saw action.
"I knew it was my role so I expected to come in at some point," Kiermaier said. "But to come in up three in the ninth was good because I wasn't that nervous. The pressure was all on them. With the way Price was throwing, I wasn't surprised nothing was hit my way. But it was a great MLB debut with those circumstances coming in for the ninth in Game 163."
Worth noting
• The Rays will be playing their third game in a different city in a four-day span when they take on the Indians at Progressive Field in the American League Wild Card Game on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on TBS. If the Rays win, they'll head to Boston for Games 1 and 2 of the AL Division Series on Friday and Saturday. If they advance to the ALDS, they'll have played in five cities on a road trip dating to Sept. 23.
• The Rays drew seven walks in Game 163 against the Rangers to finish the regular season with the most walks in the Majors with 589, passing the Reds. The Rays have drawn the most walks in baseball dating to 2007.
• Evan Longoria went 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs in Monday's 5-2 win over the Rangers in Game 163, and passed Cardinals legend Stan Musial for the most homers all-time in his team's final game of the season with seven homers in five career games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I love your colors!
love your quilt and zigzag borders.
Shades of Fall!
Shades of Fall!
WTG Kay! I kept experimenting with my borders in EQ5 and one of the 15 or so versions of my borders was just like yours. Lovely fabrics!
Mineral Wells, West Virginia
Thanks Mary789, Susie, Nana, Viki, and Sue for your comments!!
It never ceases to amaze me how different these quilts are while still being the 'same'. I love them all. It is going to be so very hard to pick a single favorite!
A huge THANK YOU to Sandy for being our guide for this mystery quilt. It was my first but certainly won't be my last. I can hardly wait until fall for the next one but, then again, I do have a huge list of other projects to get busy on between now and then. LOL
Also a great big THANKS to everyone one else who participated; the sewers & those who just cheered the rest of us on. It's been a blast to see what you all have come up with and I've learned so much from all of you.
Hugs to all !!!
Well I finally finished the top. It is a bit strange for me to post a picture of only the quilt top with the quilt not yet finished. I don't usually take a picture until I have completed it entirely.
I have to say that doing a Mystery Quilt was fun and I by making it scrappy I had to give up some control on the arrangement of fabrics, so all in all it was a wonderful experience. Now to decide on quilting design and get this thing finished.
So many beautiful quilts all from the same pattern, haven't seen one yet that I didn't like!
My quilt top is not done in time for viewer's choice but I thought I should at least post a picture in progress. I have the center completed but no border yet. Here's the quilt with the border I'm considering. The border will require 640 2 1/2" squares, that could take a while to cut let alone sew!
Oops, it cut off part of the photo, if you click on the photo you can see the rest of the border.
Ok, it's time to make up your mind. Which is your favorite? And if you haven't posted your picture in Group you still have this week to get it posted.
Here's a reminder on how to vote for your favorite.
Southwest Florida
Congratulations to everybody who has entered their quilts into the viewer's choice section and who posted their photos here. They are all absolutely gorgeous and picking just one is going to be difficult.
My top has been done for a while now and I had hoped to get a photo up, but unfortunately I'm having trouble with my camera so doesn't look like that's gonna happen any time soon. The only person who might be able to figure out how to get it working right is my husband, who won't be home from work until Monday morning. Will try to at least get a picture up on this thread some time next week.
Have really enjoyed this one and look forward to doing fall's mystery with you.
Love the hugs and kisses
I don't think I can get mine done in time, but I love all the finished ones that you've posted. Every time I see a new one I think "that's my favorite" Then the next one comes up and that's my fav.
Congratulations everyone and a big thank you to Sandy for another fun MQ. Can't wait til the next
quilty hugs
don't vote yet!!! us people out west still have 2 more hours to get ours done. I know I will be done by then
Karen, I did square up all the blocks after finishing each step. To me, it seems easier to join the blocks together when they are the same size. I think the points also match up better.
Karen, I did square up all the blocks after finishing each step. To me, it seems easier to join the blocks together when they are the same size. I think the points also match up better.
Thanks, Mary789--I agree that it's actually easier sewing blocks together when the blocks are the same size and points match better!!
I didn't do any sewing today--spent a lot of time cutting off the corners!! Then, I discovered that I will have to do a lot of re-ironing when I make the second part of step 3 and the "X" blocks, so that the seams will lock. (I had ironed all those corners toward the corners!)
Again, I love all the completed quilts and quilt tops everyone has shared!! Beautiful and gorgeous every one of them!!
Next mystery I hope to work along with everyone and the clues, rather than after, like this time!!
And thank you, Sandy, as our moderator!! Great job!!
Karen, aka yayaquilts
Southern California
I really like that blue border, too. It really pops out those squares! Beautiful!
Mary 789, That purple inner border is very pretty with the rest of the quilt! Very nice work!

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''thats not Drake thats for sure'' LOLLLLLLLLL
I have no clue who this Walle guy is and neither did Matt, i dont think his on-air comments were slightful, maybe in Walle's eyes because he had a history with Drake but i dont think it was right of him to bumrush Matt at the booth and show how big his boner was (figuratively speaking). He shoudlve at least waited either during the end of a quarter or after the game to clear things out.
But then again, cant expect class from a rapper....ooooooohhhhh maybe he'll tweet me to shut my mouth too
either way, if nobody knew him before, people will know him now, and he should thank Matt for it.
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Matt Devlin and Walle, what an odd couple! It could be fodder for a reality TV show. Matt and Walle party together, etc.....
i dont get it...
he spells it WALE, but it's pronounced WALLY?
do they not sell hooked on phonics in DC?
fuck whale!! i bet ghetto concept sold more records....wale must feel real hard now after clownin like that with the dork known as devlin! real gangsta!!
This is perhaps the greatest moment in Raptors broadcasting history. Has a, ahem, "celebrity", ever gone into the crowd to find the broadcast crew for an NBA team before? I don't know who this Whale guy is but this whole thing was awesome.
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I used to bump this back in the day (last year)
I'm a fan of wale's music. So I might be a little biased, but they are both in the wrong here. Devlin for being ignorant, and talking about something he has no clue about, and wale for overreacting.
Wale was better IMO before he signed with MMG.
The ladies love this song, at least the whores that I know.
What bothered me was the amount of time they spent talking about Wale while a game was going on... They sounded like idiots... I don't wanna hear those 2 gab like school girls... call the game...
I only like this one song by Wale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8YxSzXnZ40 pretty girls, but otherwise not a big fan...
didn't DMX say start some beef with him and drake like 2 weeks ago? yeah on twitter lol DMX got banned from twitter for tweeting this:
RT @IAmDMX: All female rappers of today are trash Nicki Minaj, Wale, Honey Cocaine, Drake all of them hahaha
Raptors fan since day 1.
How many people on this site alone have now heard of him and or heard his music for the first time?
"They're going to have to rename the whole conference after us: Toronto Raptors 2014-2015 Northern Conference Champions" ~ ezzbee Dec. 2014
"I guess I got a little carried away there" ~ ezzbee Apr. 2015
"We only have one rule on this team. What is that rule? E.L.E. That's right's, E.L.E, and what does E.L.E. stand for? EVERYBODY LOVE EVERYBODY. Right there up on the wall, because this isn't just a basketball team, this is a lifestyle. ~ Jackie Moon
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Oh funnly enough I asked about this beetle it's ment to beetle that goes searching for crcuses to feed on and often picks up mites so I'd reccomend not to touch it!!!
As it can clearly be seen that the three last segments of the antenna is orange (and that it's body- - esp the pronotum - is not obviously yellowish-haired), I wont hesitate to call this a Nicrophorus investigator.
I agree! Nicrophorus Investigator.


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I got you all, schedule to be updated soon!
I got you all, schedule to be updated soon!
56 out of 82 games already picked, wow, that goes fast. I see folks can't wait to see the Knicks balling.
1/17 v DET in London, I will probably attend the game (my first Knicks game EVER), so it deserves a UK special edition GT. If rady can get us press credentials this GT will make you jeez your pants and begging for more.
yo give me T.O. on the 13th of February and Lakers on Christmas!!!!
All set schedule is updated, thanks Crazy for filling in for me!
I am going to step up my game this year. I did one or two game threads in the past. This year I'm stepping up to the starting lineup. I'm looking at game on Holidays and on the weekends. As well as the Christmas game and the game closest to valentines day I want:
Sun 02 vs Phoenix 12:00pm
Sat 08 @ Chicago 8:00pm
Sat 15 vs Cleveland 7:30pm
Tue 01 vs Portland 7:30pm
Sat 05 @ Orlando 7:00pm
Sat 26 @ Philadelphia 7:00pm
Sun 24 vs Philadelphia 7:00pm
Sat 09 vs Utah 7:30pm
Sun 07 @ Oklahoma City 1:00pm
All set! 13 games still available, we've never had so many games threads booked before the season to even start!
Can I get the game @Charlotte on December 5? It's the earliest one available.
besides all these Knicks games i wana see Heat@ Spurs with both full rosters .


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Penny welcomes advice from Smoltz
New additions already working well together in Boston
Brad Penny is making the most of having future Hall of Famer John Smoltz on the same pitching staff with their new team, the Red Sox.
"It's awesome," Penny told the Boston Herald. "You're talking about a Hall of Fame pitcher taking time out of his day to come help me. He's a great teammate with a lot to offer. I think everyone should be asking him questions. This is my 10th year, and I've still got a lot to learn. Who better to learn it from than John Smoltz?"
Smoltz and Penny have focused on Penny's split-fingered fastball. Penny believes the pitch could be a more effective weapon and wants Smoltz's advice.
"The splitty is going to be the pitch that comes last and that's what I wanted to have him look at," Penny said. "It's good enough to get by, but I want it to be better. He's thrown the splitty for a while now, so if you're going to listen to anyone, it's John Smoltz."
Mather, Schumaker getting looks in infield: Skip Schumaker and Joe Mather are working out at second and third, respectively, as the Cardinals try to fill infield holes.
Mather is being considered as a fill-in until Troy Glaus returns to the active roster, which is expected sometime in May.
"... We kind of look at each other and go, 'Well, we were a little farther apart than this last year,'" Mather told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "I think [Schumaker] is having a good time. He's working his butt off. I think moving to second is a little tougher than going to third."
Trevor Hoffman thanks fans in San Diego: Trevor Hoffman took out a full-page ad in Sunday's San Diego Union-Tribune to say thank you for all the support he received during his career there, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Hoffman began his message by saying, "As I sat down and put pen to paper thinking about the best way to express my gratitude to the many people who have had a profound effect on my time here in San Diego, a recurring theme kept coming up: just say THANKS!!"
Conor Jackson wants breakout season: Conor Jackson wants to have a breakout year.
"I hope so. I don't feel like I've had my big year yet," Jackson, who hit a career-high .300 last season with 31 doubles, 12 home runs and 75 RBIs in 2008, told the Arizona Republic.
Brandon Webb sees foundation thrive: Brandon Webb's K Foundation, which has a mission to improve the lives of critically ill children throughout Arizona by providing daily support and life-changing experiences, has raised nearly $350,000 since its inception in 2004. The money has been used to assist more than 150,000 children.
"That's one of the things I am most proud of in my career," Webb told the Arizona Republic. "We go into the hospitals, put up some lockers and fill them with computer games, toys and other things that keep their minds off why they are really there."
Putz makes noise in live BP: It sounds like J.J. Putz is getting off to a good start with the Mets.
"I heard about Putz," manager Jerry Manuel told Newsday. "I didn't see him throw. I heard about it. I heard the mitt way over there. I was on field whatever, and he was way over there. I said, 'Who was that?' And they said, 'Putz.' I think I was in the stadium when he was sounding off."
Michael Young gets a turn to hit cleanup: Michael Young batted cleanup in an intrasquad game, but he'll be in the No. 2 slot when the regular season rolls around.
"That's my intention," manager Ron Washington told the Dallas Morning News. "[Third base coach] Dave Anderson has him hitting cleanup. I don't plan on doing that. I'm not putting anything into where these guys are batting right now."
Isringhausen has positive bullpen session: Jason Isringhausen threw approximately 35 pitches for the Rays and appeared to be recovered from September surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon in his elbow.
"After so many years of doing it, you're kind of used to people behind there watching," Isringhausen told the Tampa Tribune. "The first few were a little hectic, but after that it started feeling normal again."
Posada comfortable after throwing session: Jorge Posada made close to 100 throws this past weekend, including some at a distance of 220 feet and another 10 or so from home to second base.
After the throwing session, Posada said his shoulder felt fine.
"I feel good today," Posada told the New York Daily News on Monday. "There's no pain, so every day I'm able to bounce back from all that throwing, I'm progressing. We still haven't even started games yet, so I'm really happy with it."
Posada said he expects to be completely ready for Opening Day and be behind the plate.
Wellemeyer plans to add to last year's success: In 2008, Todd Wellemeyer won 13 games, posted a 3.71 ERA and had a team-high 134 strikeouts in 32 starts for the Cardinals. He also chalked up a career-high 191 2/3 innings and thinks he has even more to offer this year at age 30.
"A lot of things I've done have been late-blooming," Wellemeyer told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Physically, a late bloomer; baseball, a late bloomer. This might have something to do with I'm just coming into myself right now. ... And, I think I'm capable of being a lot better than I was last year."
Crede gets plaudits from Buehrle: Mark Buehrle will miss having Joe Crede at third base this season.
"One of the greatest third basemen of all time, if you ask me," Buehrle told the Chicago Sun-Times. "What he did -- when he wasn't over there, there were balls he got to that you expect to be caught, and you turn around and they weren't caught."
Meche hopes for another Opening Day start: Gil Meche would like to be the Royals' Opening Day starter again.
"When I got here [in 2007]," Meche told the Kansas City Star, "I said, `It really doesn't matter to me if I'm the ace or the fifth guy. We're all going to pitch.' The way I look at pitching is as a starter, whenever you go out and pitch, you have to feel you're the ace of the team. That's just the mind-set you should have when you pitch."
But he wants to have the ball to start the season, right?
"Yeah, I do," he said. "It's been fun the last two years."
Erstad catches bad hop on cheekbone: Darin Erstad has a small fracture on his right cheekbone after getting hit by a ball. Astros general manager Ed Wade said Erstad is not expected to miss any significant playing time.
Erstad suffered the injury when he missed a sinking line drive while fielding balls off a machine on Sunday. Erstad didn't see the trainer on Sunday and took part in drills Monday, but after experiencing swelling after blowing his nose, he had the injury checked out.
"A ball kicked funny off the grass and caught me in the cheek bone," he told the Houston Chronicle. "I guess it's precautionary more than anything. ... It was just a line drive and I went to catch it. Well, I missed it."
Vernon Wells sidelined with injury: Vernon Wells strained his left hamstring while doing baserunning drills and is expected to be out two to four weeks.
"At least it doesn't hurt as much as it did last time," Wells told the Toronto Globe and Mail. "It's frustrating, to do all the stuff I did in the offseason and then have this happen. They said it might be scar tissue, that no matter what you do to stay in shape once you've had an injury like this, there's a greater chance of something more severe happening, like having it pop."
Outman out to secure fifth starting spot: Josh Outman comes to Spring Training hoping to become the A's fifth starter.
"I want my command to settle in right away," Outman told the San Francisco Chronicle. "[Manager] Bob Geren said what they're looking for the pitchers to do is throw strikes, and that's what I want to do."
Batista agreeable to increasing his pace: New Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu wants his pitchers to work quickly. Miguel Batista is on board with speeding up the tempo of the game.
"The longer you take to throw the ball, the more slack there is in the game," Batista told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "Your teammates get back on their heels, nobody's ready for the play because you're taking too long. But when everything is flowing, it's easy. When things are going right, don't give [the hitters] time to recover. Keep them down."
Garret Anderson brings plenty of hits to Braves: The Braves finally added the hitter they were looking for this season when they agreed to terms with veteran Garret Anderson.
"You look at the number of hits he's accumulated over his career," Casey Kotchman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution of his former Angels teammate Anderson, who has 2,368 hits. "That puts him in pretty good company among hitters. You have over 2,300 hits, you know what you're doing."
Ausmus able to play close to home with Dodgers: Brad Ausmus thought about retiring after the 2008 season, but decided he would play if either the Dodgers or Padres were interested in him.
A resident of DelMar, Calif., Ausmus wanted to play close to home. The Dodgers eventually showed interest and signed the 40-year-old Ausmus to be their back-up catcher.
"I felt like I would like to play again," Ausmus told the Los Angeles Daily News. "But I wasn't going to travel thousands of miles away from home just to extend my ... career. I also didn't want to be one of those guys who retired and then didn't retire. I didn't want to close the door on anything. So I kind of limited my options."
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Nine-run second returns Giants to first place
Uribe rouses offense with two homers, six RBIs in frame
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- If the Giants aren't one of baseball's most dangerous teams, they rank among the weirdest. Only the Giants, it seems, can remain offensively challenged for several games at a time, then interrupt that stretch with a vigorous hitting performance that's as confounding as it is welcome. On Thursday night, San Francisco again channeled the 1927 Yankees, with Juan Uribe portraying Babe Ruth. Uribe tucked two home runs, including a grand slam, and six RBIs into a nine-run second inning that awakened the Giants' sleepy offense and propelled them to a 13-0 pasting of the Chicago Cubs. The Giants' rout left them with the same record (86-67) as National League Wild Card leader Atlanta and allowed them to leapfrog the Padres, who fell, 3-1, to the Dodgers, for first place in the West standings. San Francisco leads San Diego by a half-game. "We came out with the right approach today," said catcher Buster Posey, who was among the Giants heeding the exhortations manager Bruce Bochy delivered during a pregame hitters meeting. "There was a little bit more fire in everybody. Hopefully, that's something we can continue for the next nine games. If we give this [pitching] staff some run support, we're going to be pretty tough." The Giants captured the series, two games to one. That gave them ample momentum entering Friday night's opener of a critical three-game series at Colorado, which began Thursday trailing San Diego by three games. After their Coors Field visit, the Giants will return home to face Arizona and San Diego during the season's climactic final week. San Francisco's sudden rush of offense threatened to obscure its 16th shutout of the season. But every Giants pitching achievement is significant, because it's also likely to be historic. Madison Bumgarner (6-6) struck out nine in seven innings as the Giants extended their streak of allowing three runs or fewer to 17 games, most in the live-ball era (since 1920). According to the Elias Sports Bureau, no team has sustained that long of a stretch in a single season since the 1917 Chicago White Sox held opponents to three runs or fewer in 20 consecutive games. "It's a credit to the [pitching] staff," Bochy said. "We've had some frustrating losses in those games, but they've done all they can to help us win." Bochy also did what he could by lecturing the hitters. They were batting .215 in September, had scored one run or fewer four times in five games, endured four shutouts in 10 games and had mustered two runs or fewer nine times in 13 games. San Francisco responded by matching its most lopsided victory of the season and tying a season high with 19 hits. Bochy divulged the meeting's basic agenda. "The gist of it was, 'We're better than this and it's going to take everybody being focused. Trust the guy behind you,'" he said. That's precisely how the game developed for the Giants. They scored only once in the first inning despite loading the bases with nobody out -- "That can get you down a little bit," Bochy said -- but they executed capably. Mike Fontenot singled to open the game and sped to third on Freddy Sanchez's hit-and-run single before scoring. "He kind of set the tone," Posey said of Fontenot, who replaced slumping Pablo Sandoval at third base and went 2-for-6. Then came the big second inning against Chicago's Ryan Dempster (14-11), who pitched 14 scoreless innings while winning each of his previous two appearances. Dempster hit Jose Guillen with a pitch to open the inning. "He didn't look comfortable to me from the get-go," Cubs manager Mike Quade said of Dempster. Uribe then belted an 0-2 pitch onto Waveland Avenue. Uribe insisted that he was swinging defensively. "I had two strikes on me. I was just looking for contact," he said. After the Giants widened the difference to 6-0 on RBI singles by Sanchez and Posey and a wild pitch, Uribe batted again with two outs. Facing reliever Thomas Diamond, Uribe drove a 2-1 delivery into the left-field seats for his fifth career grand slam and ninth multi-homer game. Uribe remained understated, even in the wake of his grand slam. "I wasn't thinking about trying to do too much," he said. It was San Francisco's highest-scoring inning since a 10-run uprising against Pittsburgh in the fourth on Sept. 7, 2008. The last Giants player to homer twice in one inning was Bengie Molina, who victimized the Mets in the fifth on May 7, 2007, at AT&T Park. Those facts unleashed a torrent of trivia: Uribe became the first Giants player to drive in six runs in an inning since Jim Ray Hart also had six in the fifth inning at Atlanta on July 8, 1970. The last Giants player to homer twice in an inning, with one being a grand slam, was Willie McCovey, who did so on June 27, 1977, in the sixth inning at Cincinnati. Nobody had amassed six RBIs in an inning at Wrigley Field since Andre Dawson accomplished the feat on Sept. 24, 1985, as a member of the Montreal Expos. The last Major Leaguer to collect as many RBIs in an inning was the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, who piled up seven in the sixth inning at Tampa Bay last Oct. 4. Some of those names are legendary. All are memorable. Then again, most Giants believe that Uribe, who ranks second on the team with 22 home runs and 83 RBIs, is also quite special. "I love watching him hit," Fontenot said. "I feel like every time he swings, you don't know how far the ball's going to go."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Wright on: Knuckler's strong relief powers Sox
SEATTLE -- Ryan Dempster allowed seven runs over just 3 1/3 frames, but knuckleballer Steven Wright scattered only three hits over 5 2/3 scoreless innings and Daniel Nava hit a go-ahead RBI single in the 10th inning as the Red Sox beat the Mariners, 8-7, on Thursday afternoon.
"That's my goal every time, is just to keep going until they tell me I'm done, and today I was able to do that," said Wright, who picked up his first big league victory. "Next to getting called up, it's definitely up there. First win is exciting."Full Game Coverage
SEATTLE -- Ryan Dempster allowed seven runs over just 3 1/3 frames, but knuckleballer Steven Wright scattered only three hits over 5 2/3 scoreless innings and Daniel Nava hit a go-ahead RBI single in the 10th inning as the Red Sox beat the Mariners, 8-7, on Thursday afternoon.
"That's my goal every time, is just to keep going until they tell me I'm done, and today I was able to do that," said Wright, who picked up his first big league victory. "Next to getting called up, it's definitely up there. First win is exciting."Full Game Coverage
Nava's soft grounder up the middle in the 10th inning off Tom Wilhelmsen scored pinch-runner Jackie Bradley Jr. from second for the winning run. It was the first hit in six at-bats for Nava, who came to the plate after Wilhelmsen intentionally walked Jacoby Ellsbury.
"He's got a really good fastball, and on the alternate side, he's got a really slow curveball," Nava said. "I was just trying to get on top of something and just go back up the middle."
Seattle got a runner on base in each inning pitched by Wright, but time and again, he left them stranded with his deadly knuckleball.
"They have a couple guys in the lineup that I think fit a knuckleballer well -- some swings that have a little length in them. ... But there was no guarantee that who we brought in would be any different," said manager John Farrell. "And the fact that he kept putting up zeroes, we rode him as long as they could."
Wright credited having Ryan Lavarnway behind the plate.
"I threw to him a lot back down in Pawtucket and he saw when I maybe got a little more antsy and he was able to calm me down," said Wright, who lowered his ERA from 12.27 to 4.82. "It's very comforting for me, especially coming back to the big leagues."
Entering the game, Dempster had posted a 3.33 ERA in his previous eight starts, lasting at least six innings in all but one of them. Thursday's outing was Dempster's shortest since May 23.
With the win, the Red Sox took the series three games to one. Their Major League-leading 19 series wins are one fewer than their total series victories last season. To win the series, Boston twice had to come back from early 5-1 deficits.
"I think, fortunately and unfortunately, we were down early, but that allows plenty of innings to get back and more opportunities to do so," Nava said. "That's how it goes sometimes."
Ellsbury hit his eighth career leadoff home run to welcome Erasmo Ramirez, who was recalled from Triple-A on Thursday, back to the big leagues.
Seattle's Kyle Seager answered with a home run of his own in the second to knot the game. A two-out error by third baseman Brock Holt put runners on the corners, and leadoff hitter Brad Miller hit a double to put Seattle ahead. A single from Endy Chavez brought in two more.
David Ortiz entered the game on a tear against the Mariners, having gone 8-for-10 to that point in the series, with three doubles and two home runs. The slugger's run ended on Thursday, going 0-for-3. Still, Ortiz scored a pair of runs after walking twice to get on base.
The Mariners made it 5-1 in the third on Michael Saunders' single to score Justin Smoak, who got on base with a walk and was advanced by a hit batter.
With two on and two outs in the fourth, Holt, Jose Iglesias and Ellsbury hit a string of singles to cut Seattle's lead to 5-4. Ortiz drew a walk to start the inning and took second when Mike Carp was hit by a pitch.
Seattle responded with a hit parade of its own, sandwiching four singles around a strikeout of Raul Ibanez to score two, extending its lead to 7-4 in the fourth. But that was all they would get, as Wright shut the Mariners down to earn his first Major League win.
"A knuckleballer isn't something you see every day," Seager said. "He was real effective and throwing it for strikes. It's a pretty unpredictable pitch and hard to time it up. He definitely throws it harder than some guys I'd faced in the past."
Boston tied the game in the fifth, knocking Ramirez from the game and nearly batting around. Dustin Pedroia led things off with a single and was advanced when Ortiz recorded his second walk. Jonny Gomes loaded the bases with a single and Carp hit a sacrifice fly to pull within two. Holt made it a one-run game with a single, and Iglesias tied it up with a single.
"The way they grind through at-bats, they've got two of the greatest examples in the game in Pedroia and Ortiz," Seattle manager Eric Wedge said. "They're MVPs and All-Stars and have been doing it for years. They take it to another level. And Ellsbury is about as hot as anybody can be. And all those other guys, they watch that day-in and day-out, too."
Koji Uehara picked up the save for Boston with a clean inning just an hour after it was announced that he would not be the final American League representative in the All-Star Game.
As the Red Sox packed for their final leg of a 10-game West Coast road trip, Wright was amazed at the Sox's grit.
"It was fun to watch these guys battle each and every inning, and being able to come out with a win is huge," said Wright.
Jacob Thorpe is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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Skip to comments.Al, We Hardly Know Ye (Barf/Eric Alterman Alert!) (Algore Hypnotizes Chickens)
Posted on 02/17/2004 3:24:15 PM PST by NYC GOP Chick
stop the presses by Eric Alterman
[from the March 1, 2004 issue]
The evolution of the character invented by the media to play the role "Al Gore" will one day make a remarkable doctoral dissertation. The most doctrinaire postmodernist would have a hard time keeping up with the myriad literary inventions, textual subversions and convenient fictions necessary to sustain the ever-changing narrative. One day Gore is an uptight, hypercautious "serial exaggerator." Later, when it turns out that it was the media--most egregiously, the Washington Post's Ceci Connolly--who spread false stories about Gore that were picked up and trumpeted on cable TV and talk-radio, he is recast as a radical wild man, sporting a frightening beard and spouting dangerous left-wing nostrums.
In a New York Times story titled "An Endorsement From Gore Became a Dubious Prize," Elisabeth Bumiller gives us the newest version, asking, "Is an endorsement from Al Gore the kiss of political death?" She cites observations made by Bob Dole on Larry King Live along with an anonymous "friend" of Gore. The story line is now set in stone: The Dean endorsement proved the final dot in the ideological rebranding of Al Gore from centrist Democrat to left-wing Democrat. You can almost hear the tongues clucking at Ben and Sally's.
I've got a bias here. I never liked Gore when I was beating up Naderites who thought it'd be fun to throw the election to George W. Bush. I had heard he could be charming in private--funny, self-effacing and intellectually inquisitive--but I never knew anyone who claimed to have personally seen this. And the fact that the only one outside his immediate family who seemed passionate about his presidential candidacy was Marty Peretz didn't help.
But in the past year I've watched Gore, freed from the burden of office-holding, finally finding the authentic voice that appeared to elude him for much of his political career. It began with his brave and early denunciations of the Bush Administration's war-planning, picked up steam with his attacks on its deceptions that enabled the war effort and manifested itself again with a recent speech on its AWOL attitude on global warming. Gore summed it all up over the weekend of February 5-7 in a speech at a New School University conference on "Uses and Misuses of Fear" in our political system, sponsored by the journal Social Research, and at a rally of Tennessee Democrats in Nashville, where he was joined by Wes Clark and John Edwards. He gave roughly the same speech to the rednecks and the pointy-heads.
At the New School conference, I was amazed at Gore's courage in calling the President to task for his (undeniable) manipulation of Americans' fear of terrorism and also at Gore's willingness to apply the same unflinching analysis to Bush's economic policies, environmental policies and abuse of civil liberties. And he didn't stop there. Gore took the further step to ask, systemically, just what was allowing these egregious abuses of power and trust to take place: "How could our precious nation have become so uncharacteristically vulnerable to such an effective use of fear to manipulate our politics?" His response:
What happened? For one thing there's been a dramatic change in the nature of what the philosopher Jürgen Habermas has described as the structure of the public forum--the way our political discourse takes place. It no longer operates as it once did. It is simply no longer as accessible to the vigorous and free exchange of ideas from individuals in the way those ideas were freely and vigorously exchanged during the period of our founding.
Leaving aside the question of whether any nominee for President of the United States has ever before seen fit to quote a Frankfurt School philosopher, these are brave words for any mainstream politician. With nothing to gain and much to lose should he want to continue his career in public life someday, Gore is taking on the entire media structure that makes it so difficult for his increasingly complex critique of the Administration's policies to be heard. It's not only their fault for lying to us; it's everybody's fault for letting them get away with it.
Gore's presentation was impressive on many levels. He had clearly read a number of the papers to be given later at the conference and spoke perceptively about the physiological effects of fear on the cognitive processes and the ease with which these can be manipulated by advertisers and politicians alike. He admitted his own (relative) ignorance about many of the topics about which he had been reading but still managed to weave them into a coherent critique not only of how awful the Bush Administration is but how attenuated the muscles of our democratic body politic have grown, allowing Bush to get away with so much.
It is hardly any wonder that mainstream media mavens would react negatively to Gore's newfound self-confidence coupled with his uncompromised criticism of their willful self-delusion about the current Administration, the war and so much else. Even New School president (and Gore's former Senate colleague) Bob Kerrey didn't seem to get it, when he tried, after Gore's talk, to equate Democrats' manipulation of Republican untrustworthiness on Medicare and Social Security with Bush & Co.'s deliberate use of deception to fool Americans into an unnecessary, counterproductive war.
At the post-speech dinner, Gore took questions and demonstrated that self-effacing charm and penetrating intelligence I had heard about, admitting that he'd try to "bullshit" his way through the "essay question" I asked him and later demonstrating the technique he developed during his teenage years for hypnotizing chickens. His combination of brains and bravery--even in the face of his grave miscalculation regarding Dean--when viewed against the smug, shallow self-satisfaction of the media bigfeet who mock him, redounds enormously to Gore's benefit. When you compare him to the current occupant of the Oval Office and consider the nefarious manner by which he got there, it is more than enough to inspire despair about the state of our country, its unhappy immediate past and its profoundly frightening future.
He should try looking at the 8 years he spent manipulating our politics so that we didn't see that the Clinton response to terrorism was ineffective, ill conceived and out of proportion to the risk. Perhaps a more communicative and serious administration would have not have left the nation so painfully vulnerable.
Or Alphagore's former boss choking his chicken...into the Oval Office sink! Ewww!
Damn! And I just ate too. Thanks a whole helluva lot for that visual.
I've never even heard of that, and I know a few farmers.
Yeah, chickens can be hypnotized. Takes about 5 minutes to learn how.
Very few farmers spend time hypnotizing chickens, because after they're in a trance, they still no speaka da English.
Therefore, regressing them back to an egg isn't too feasible, and post-hypnotic suggestions to lay a whole bunch of eggs a day are lost on them.
Alterman and the elitist dem leadership are no great communicators. As a result, they will lose because they will never influence the majority of voters.
VP evades but can't elude student's question
The Cincinnati Enquirer
School, of course, is for learning things. Like how to hypnotize a chicken.
The usual subject of language arts in Sharon McCreary's fourth, fifth and sixth grade class at Sands Montessori School took a back seat briefly Thursday to a somewhat reluctant lecture from the vice president of the United States on how to make a chicken sleepy, veeerry sleepy.
Al Gore stopped in Ms. McCreary's classroom as part of a quick tour of the school's crumbling physical structure.
After looking at the peeling paint on the windows, Mr. Gore chatted with students.
Just as Mr. Gore was about to leave, 11-year-old Hessam Akhlaghpour of Clifton piped up to tell the vice president he had heard him talking on CBS' 60 Minutes about how people in his native Tennessee would hypnotize chickens for amusement.
Tell us how to do it, Hessam said. Mr. Gore laughed and started backing toward the door.
No, really, tell us how to do it, Hessam insisted, like a mini-Mike Wallace.
So the vice president, after warning the kids not to try this at home, told them: Hold a chicken's head on the ground. Take a finger or a stick and draw circles around the chicken's head.
He'll try to follow the stick and, in no time, he'll go "cluck, cluck' and he's out, Mr. Gore said.
Hessam said he was satisfied with the explanation.
I was just curious, he said.
He'll try to follow the stick and, in no time, he'll go "cluck, cluck' and he's out, Mr. Gore said.
Essentially, Algore just gave away the secret for duping the easily led into voting for the 'rats.
...there's been a dramatic change in the nature of what the philosopher Jürgen Habermas has described as the structure of the public forum--the way our political discourse takes place.Wow, I guess masturbation really ain't all it's cracked up to be... He really didn't need to explain it.
I think that algore did more than his share of chicken chokin' too. Maybe after he hypnotised *it*.
I think you're confusing him with his former master! Although I bet Algore fancies himself something of a master debator...
Oval office sink = Monica = recepticle. Ain't love grand?
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Teenage mums on the decrease in Cambridgeshire says report
PUBLISHED: 16:11 04 March 2014 | UPDATED: 16:11 04 March 2014
Cambridgeshire has seen a drop in teenage pregnancies, according to a new report.
he news ties in with a national trend of a dip to the lowest ever number of young women in England falling pregnant under the age of 18.
The rate for Cambridgeshire is the lowest in the region when compared with other county council areas.
Chief officers at Cambridgeshire County Council have welcomed the report from Public Health England and are committed to lowering the rate further.
Val Thomas, Consultant in Public Health at Cambridgeshire County Council, said: "Teenage pregnancy and parenthood involves complex factors including poverty, low educational attainment, mental health and aspiration. We will be continuing to work with a range of partners to ensure we target the most vulnerable in our communities to ensure that this improvement is maintained."
County Councillor Tony Orgee, Cambridgeshire County Council's Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, added, "Helping young people understand the importance of contraception and what parenthood entails is something Cambridgeshire County Council is committed to. We want to make sure where possible that all our young people have opportunities to fulfil their potential."
According to the report, Cambridgeshire had 181 pregnancies for this age group during 2012 or around 17 per 1000 people.
In 2011, the rate was 238 or around 22 per 1000 people. The number per thousand in England was just below 28.
There are a range of initiatives tackling teenage pregnancy in the county involving different organisations working within communities.
These include supporting young people to understand the implications of pregnancy, providing services to help them avoid becoming pregnant and helping young parents to take responsibility for caring for their children.


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Space shuttle Endeavour's postponed journey from Florida's Space Coast to Southern California began early Wednesday when the future museum piece left Kennedy Space Center on the back of a modified Boeing 747.
Hundreds of spectators gathered early Wednesday at the space center to watch the final ferry flight of the shuttle, which will make a homecoming when it arrives Friday in Southern California and a stop near Houston. Astronauts and space center workers lined the Kennedy Space Center runway to wave farewell to shuttle -- its final destination is the California Science Center -- and flight crew when it departed on the back of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at 4:22 a.m. PT
"I am feeling a tremendous amount of pride,'' said astronaut Kay Hire, who flew aboard Endeavour two years ago.
More spectators watched from beaches along Florida's Space Coast as the shuttle carrier soared above en route to flyovers of Cape Canaveral and Patrick Air Force Base. The carrier aircraft touched down at Ellington Field southeast of Houston at about 8:40 a.m.
It will depart Houston Thursday morning destined for Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The shuttle will overnight at Edwards before flyovers of San Francisco and Sacramento.
The carrier will head south toward LAX, making several flyovers along the flight path. Arrival at LAX is scheduled for between 11 a.m. and noon Friday.
Weather conditions forced project managers to postpone the original start of the flight from Monday to Tuesday. That flight date was scrubbed after thunderstorms prompted another postponement.
Managers conducted another weather briefing Tuesday morning and gave the go-ahead for Wednesday's departure.
Once it arrives at LAX, the shuttle will be prepared at a United Airlines hangar for its 12-mile trip on surface streets to the Science Center. The two-day journey on surface streets to the Science Center is expected to begin Oct. 12.
Look Up, LA! Endeavour Flyover Spots Released | Gigapan: Inside the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
The cross-country flight marks a return home for Endeavour, which was built at Rockwell International Space Systems in Palmdale as a replacement for Challenger. The shuttle was part of 25 missions into space, spending 299 days in orbit and circling the Earth 4,671 times, traveling nearly 122.9 million miles, according to NASA.
The Florida-to-California journey marks the final flight for a space shuttle. Atlantis will remain at Kennedy for display. Discovery is already at the Smithsonian Institution, parked at a hangar in Virginia since April.
NASA retired Endeavour in July 2011.


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Cain stays locked in with four hits against Rays
ST. PETERSBURG -- Lorenzo Cain has settled into the Royals' leadoff spot quite nicely.
Cain had another big game on Tuesday night, with four hits, including a triple, a walk and two runs scored in a 4-3 loss to the Rays.
Put in the No. 1 spot after Nori Aoki was injured, Cain has a .344 (21-for-61) average there since June 22.
"Just another spot for me. Just trying to do what I can to get on base, no matter where I'm at," Cain said.
This was the seventh four-hit game of Cain's career. After an 0-for-9 start to this trip at Minnesota, he's hit in all five games at Cleveland and Tampa Bay.
"Real hot," manager Ned Yost said. "He's been swinging the bat pretty well."
Well, yeah. In his streak, Cain is 10-for-22 (.455) with two doubles, a triple, four runs, two RBIs and four stolen bases. That's boosted his team-high overall average to .322.
"I've been swinging the bat well. Just staying in my approach, middle and the other way, and the hits have been falling for me," he said.
Cain's fourth hit started a ninth-inning rally that produced two runs but fell short.
"We kept fighting to the end," he said.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - For the past year, Dawn Brancheau has mostly been known only for the tragic accident at SeaWorld Orlando in which she was dragged under water and killed by a killer whale.
Her family on Monday tried to change that, telling the CBS "Early Show" what they remember most about Brancheau.
"For a year, we've heard about the events. We're here today to tell you about our Dawn. She was the most inspirational, loving, joyous person you could have ever met," said Diane Gross, Brancheau's sister.
It's the first time since Brancheau's death in February 2010 that the family has publicly discussed their loss.
"I'm bad, yeah. It's been a tough year, but things are getting better," said Marion Loverde, Brancheau's mother.
The family also showed pictures of Brancheau, who was constantly smiling.
"She was very involved in her friends lives, our lives, in a way that this is a very difficult loss for us," said Thomas Loverde, Brancheau's brother.
Brancheau's family was also asked about the fact that Tilikum, the whale that killed Brancheau, is again performing in SeaWorld's shows.
"She loved and cared for Tillikum the best that she could, and we want that for Tillikum also," said Darlyne Klages, Brancheau's sister. "So that's up to SeaWorld what to do, so if that's what's best for Tillikum, that's what we would want also."
"We're certainly not safety experts, and we really do leave that up to SeaWorld (or) whoever is handling this," said Deborah Frogameni, Brancheau's sister. "We know that's important to SeaWorld also. We're pretty confident that they're going to take that into consideration -- and obviously trainer safety is important -- but they're not going to do anything to put their trainers in peril."
The family said they will also dedicate an educational complex to Brancheau at SeaWorld later this month.
"April 16th would be Dawn's birthday, so we're hosting a 5k run family walk at Seaworld in Orlando. Benefits and portions of the proceeds will go to the Central Florida's Children's home," Thomas Loverde said. "Following that, there will be a dedication of the existing education facility and it will now be the Dawn Brancheau Educational Complex, so we're really proud that her name will remain at that facility since it was such an important part of her life."
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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Last spring I started a thread about improving a riding skill as a goal for the year.
I worked on "spacing", and I think I am better at it now.
This year I want to work on setting up the right line prior to the entry of a turn.
Did you accomplish your riding improvement goal of last year?
What are you going to work on this year?


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The Morning Ledger: Companies Hit the Brakes on Investment
Fiscal cliff fears are causing companies to hit the brakes on investment. Spending on equipment and software stalled in Q3 for the first time since early 2009. And the WSJ's Sudeep Reddy and Scott Thurm report that half of the 40 biggest publicly traded corporate spenders are planning to curb capex this year or next. Fluor CEO David Seaton says if uncertainty isn't removed, "people will sit on their war chests of cash and return it to shareholders. You'll have a retarded growth trajectory."


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Francona talks leadership, family, history in Q&A
New Indians manager excited for his first regular season at the helm in Cleveland
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
Terry Francona spent a year away from a manager's chair, but in October, he became the 42nd manager in the history of the Cleveland Indians. After helping to guide the Red Sox to two World Series titles, Francona hopes to help the Tribe reach the postseason again. Francona sat down with MLB.com on a recent spring morning to talk about the preseason and the season ahead.
MLB.com: You've said since you took the job that you knew right away you made the right decision. Now that you've been back in uniform, and reunited with general manager Chris Antonetti and president Mark Shapiro for an entire offseason and Spring Training, how much has that feeling been reinforced?
W: Masterson L: Dickey SV: Perez
Francona: You know what? You know how sometimes you build things up in your mind and there's no way it can be that good? This has been better. Being realistic, nobody knows what our record is going to be. If we struggle, I think two things. One, going through it with these people that I really care and respect will be helpful. Two, we'll figure it out. That's kind of a good feeling.
MLB.com: What has been your overall impression of this team after watching them day in and day out this spring, both in the clubhouse and on the field?
Francona: They're very cooperative, which is always appreciated. I feel like we've gotten a lot of work done and we haven't had to do a lot of prodding. Some of that is from Brad Mills running the camp really well. He's organized. That helps me a ton, too. The more the coaches know their stuff, the more I can be myself. It allows me to go out and do some things. A lot of that is because Millsy and Sandy [Alomar] are good at what they do. That has allowed me to relax a little bit.
MLB.com: Along those lines, it seems clear that you have been pleased with how this new coaching staff has come together?
Francona: I'm happy with our staff. We spent a lot of time trying to put together a really good staff, because I believe you've got to have coaches who can coach. I think we did a good job.
MLB.com: Last year, some of the veteran guys viewed as possible leaders were injured throughout the year, leaving a lot of the young guys forced into leadership roles before they were maybe ready for that. From what you've seen this spring, do you see the makings of some clubhouse leaders who can help this team better weather the storms that arise throughout a regular season?
Francona: Yeah. Michael Brantley and I talked about that. He said, "I was kind of forced into that role." He was kind of saying that he wasn't sure if he belonged doing that yet. We have guys in there now that should care about each other enough to want to do the right thing, and there are some personalities in there that, yeah, will definitely be able to do that. You can name a lot of names that are leader-type guys, which is good. And the younger guys will definitely be better for that experience.
MLB.com: Your brand of leadership seems to be a blend of being one of the guys, but knowing when and how to be their boss. How do you strike that balance?
Francona: As long as they're doing what they're supposed to do, there are no issues. I don't ever want to pretend that I don't like those guys. I do. I enjoy them. At the same time, they know they have a job to do. So as long as they do it, there are no issues. And if they don't, I'll tell them. It's really not that tough.
MLB.com: So, as long as they do their job right, you don't mind dressing in a baby costume for a Harlem Shake video?
Francona: [Laughing] When they're doing their best, there's no reason to not to have fun. I want them to enjoy doing the right thing. That's basically the whole idea.
MLB.com: A lot of that goes back to the fact that you grew up in baseball clubhouses and around the game. Beyond just being in that environment as a kid, what lessons did you learn along the way from your dad, Tito?
Francona: Baseball was probably a little different back then. It was more stern, especially with leadership. I just know I was fortunate, because my dad always made it fun to play. I didn't ever feel like I had to play. When he'd stop hitting balls to me, I'd be like, "Come on, dad. Give me a couple more." Like in high school, I never wanted practice to be over. That's just how I felt about the game. It's probably why I'm so lucky I'm doing this job, because this is all I ever wanted to do.
MLB.com: The fact that your dad played for the Indians, that wasn't why you took this job, but it adds a nice feel-good element to the story. How much fun has he been having since you came here, and what's it been like to see that from your perspective?
Francona: He was out here in Arizona for a week, and people were coming up to him. He did a thing with the season-ticket holders and sponsors. I think it means a lot to him. It gives him a little renewed energy. I know he'll watch every game and he's into it, which I'm glad. He'll be at the home opener, which is pretty cool. It's neat. The other night during a game, I look over and he's sitting 10 feet away from me. That's a cool feeling. It's really good.
MLB.com: You know this team's history -- how long it's been since it won a World Series. I'm not saying all the bad fortune will be reversed in one year, it's a process, but if this year's club does make the postseason, what will have been the key to the season?
Francona: Pitching. It always is. Over the course of a long year, if you don't pitch, you get exposed. Even when you win, sometimes it's hard. That's a hard way to win. When you're pitching and you're holding your opponent down, your team looks crisp. Even when you lose, 3-2, you feel like you always have a chance. That's a good way to play.
MLB.com: Justin Masterson and Ubaldo Jimenez are important in that regard. What have you seen this spring that gives you optimism about their chances of rebounding from last year's struggles?
Francona: With Masty, I've said it a lot, I'm betting on the person. I think Ubaldo got overwhelmed last year -- everything just snowballed on him. He's got a clean slate, so hopefully he takes that and uses that to his advantage. I think there's good reason to be optimistic. That's the best way I can put it.
MLB.com: Are you excited about the kind of offense you guys might have this year? There is a lot of speed in that lineup that could put pressure on the opposition, and the potential for more power.
Francona: There are still some things we need to clean up. I don't mind running, but we can't be out. Those are things you can drive home in the last week of Spring Training. But I think every manager you'd talk to, you'd love to have that kind of offense. It's just, if you don't have the guys who can do it, it doesn't make sense. It's a fun way to play.
MLB.com: Due to the World Baseball Classic, you got to see some of Cleveland's young prospects more than you might in a normal spring. Guys like Francisco Lindor, Tyler Naquin, Ronny Rodriguez and Tony Wolters got into some games. Was that fun for you to see them in big league games?
Francona: It's probably way more fun than people realize. Those are fun days for us. They need to go play, but it's fun to see them. You put a name with a face with a scouting report, and you get to see their personality. It's just fun. It's just enjoyable.
MLB.com: When you were hired, you said it was your job to get the most out of whatever cast of players you were given. Is this Opening Day roster -- after what Antonetti did this offseason -- better than you anticipated it being when you came to Cleveland?
Francona: Yes. I thought Chris had an incredible winter. I'm biased, but I think if you're not biased, you'd be hard-pressed to say, "This guy didn't have a great winter." I'm privy to seeing how hard they work at doing stuff, but we got better. We infused more talent in the organization and it's not just for the now. That's what I think is such a hard balance. You're trying to get better, but you want to get better for the future and for the present. That's where it gets difficult, and that's where I thought he aced it.
MLB.com: In Boston, you helped the Red Sox end an 86-year World Series drought, and you saw how the fans there reacted. You spent time with Cleveland fans this offseason and talked to them, have you thought about what it'd be like to help end the Indians' 64-year championship drought?
Francona: I hope so. That's the idea. That's why we're here -- to win. I don't sit around thinking about it a lot, because as a manager, if you start doing that, you miss the process. And I can't allow that to happen. But someday, when we accomplish our goal, it's going to be really special.
MLB.com: And if the team does accomplish that goal, will we be writing about your lucky scooter?
Francona: [Laughing] No, and there will be no books.
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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The British Army may never go to war again. Not because it is under-resourced and over-stretched but because, as of today, it may no longer be able to afford casualties. That, at any rate, is one thought prompted by the Supreme Court's extraordinary – to my mind – ruling that dead soldiers' families can sue the ministry of Defence for damages.
According to the Supreme Court justices, the MoD may have been negligent in its "duty of care" and, consequently, the families may sue the government for failing, apparently, to safeguard the human rights of soldiers killed in Iraq (and, presumably, elsewhere).
The court dismissed the MoD's suggestion there might sensibly be "battlefield immunity". I cannot for the life of me understand why. (The whole judgement can be read here.)
Soldiering is a dangerous business. That was once thought a point so obvious it did not need to be made. Wars generally involve death. Fewer deaths, mind you, these days than in the past – suggesting, if you must couch these things in these terms, that the MoD does a better job of protecting its employees' "human rights" than ever before – but, ye gods, it is not possible to eliminate risk from warfare. People will die. That's rather the point.
According to one widow, however:
"We want combat immunity thrown out of the rulebook, so instead of soldiers having to sue the Ministry of Defence, the equipment and the training will be in place to stop things like this happening again."
Really? That's simply impossible. Equipment and training can never be perfect. Risk cannot be avoided. Mistakes happen. Deaths are unavoidable. But in the view of the mother of one dead soldier this verdict means:
"They can no longer treat soldiers as sub-human with no rights,"
You need to be pretty iron-hearted not to feel some sympathy for the relatives of soldiers killed in action but the whining notion soldiers at war should be protected by some kind of military health and safety code is, in the end, utterly preposterous.
As for a "duty of care", a reasonable person might conclude that the vast expense of military training and equipment demonstrates that this is something the MoD takes extremely seriously. It is not in the business, these days, of throwing soldiers into the fray under-equipped and under-trained. Indeed, you can make a decent case that the army these days is too cautious, too risk-averse, too mindful of the cost of boys going home in body bags and that this hampers its operational effectiveness. At the very least, however, this also demonstrates the MoD's awareness that soldiers are precious, expensive and not to be wasted.
No-one is forced to join the British army. No-one can sensibly say they aren't warned about the risks of military life. It is part of the bargain you make and there is something unseemly, even grasping, about these attempts to suggest otherwise.
Sometimes equipment will prove inadequate. That's the problem with war; the enemy are allowed to fight too. Pretending – as this ruling appears to do – that war is just another job subject to the usual kinds of employment laws and responsibilities is, on the face of it, an absurdity.
Just as well, obviously, that these attitudes did not apply in the past when casualty rates were many times higher than they are in modern conflicts. I can't imagine the families of many of those killed during the Second World War would be altogether impressed with the attitudes on parade at the Supreme Court today.
What next? Suing some subaltern because he made a battlefield decision that, even if operationally sound and successful (not that this should matter), unavoidably led to the deaths of troops under his command? Madness.
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Should doctors tell their patients when death is imminent? Would the news make a difference?
A while ago, my dad had bad stomach pain. He called the doctor, and the doctor said, "Oh just take some antacids." He took antacids for about a week, but the pain didn't go away. The doctor went "down periscope" and discovered that my dad had a rare form of stomach cancer, and it was bad. He underwent surgery and then did chemo (which you all know how pleasant of an experience that is). While this was going on, I asked the doctor if he could explain to me what was likely to happen next based on what he found. He said he'd give him about five years. I thought, "OK, he's 61. Five years is great."
He was dead in six weeks.
As it seems, a huge percentage of doctors don't want to eliminate hope or upset anybody, so they exaggerate. It makes it difficult for everyone involved for a couple of reasons. First, the person who's dying may want to sort of tidy up his or her life by remedying some relationships or putting some business things in order. In addition, caregivers need to plan their lives too, especially since they put all their focus and energy into taking care of the ill person.
In my dad's case, the cancer had metastasized to his brain and it took very little time for him to die. It was stunning. He had led such a healthy life except for several gin and tonics every night. Otherwise, he ate nauseatingly healthy food. You'd open up the refrigerator at my house and you'd say, "Is there nothing here to eat? This is all way too healthy." I did try – although it was pretty grim – to have a conversation with him about what his wishes were before he passed, but he wasn't up for talking about it. It's because of this that I think it's really important to know the truth about your loved one's quality of life – How is the disease going to progress? What are you going to need to do? What are you going to feel like? – before it's too late.
I realize that some people want to know the truth and some don't, but that's exactly why a doctor should ask and not just soften the news. Hope is nice, but "hope for the best to prepare for the worst" is probably smarter. Of course doctors don't know when the end is going to come exactly (they're not soothsayers), but they know enough from their experience, generally speaking, to be able to say, "Don't plan past Thursday," or "Don't plan past next year." And yes, there are always exceptions every now and then (i.e. the doctor says that the person is going to die sooner than later, and it happens later), but usually they can make a good guess.
The doctor should also ask if he or she should tell the patient's family. Getting permission to tell the family is very important because when doctors withhold information, it becomes more difficult for the family to chart the patient's course in life. And moreover, if the doctor withholds information from the family, they're going to just go look it up on the Internet. I think a human being should be the source of that information.
Sometimes people don't want to talk about death with their physician, or certain decisions need to be made without their input. When the doctor tells it like it is, it allows family members to decide what they want to do and not do. They can decide if they want aggressive treatment that might prolong life, or choose to stop treatment, which could result in a faster but perhaps more comfortable death. These decisions are part of the new focus on health care which is allowing people to die with some dignity, and leaves families feeling at least somewhat competent in the time of crisis because they know what's being asked of them.
In addition, families should discuss whether or not they want to know the truth if one of them gets in that position. Generally speaking, the family wants to know a little bit more than the terminally ill person. Personally, I want to know the calendar day and time. I'm big on clarity (I have already had all of these discussions with my son so he knows exactly what I do and do not want). However, a lot of people feel negatively about that because they believe it eliminates hope. But either way, my recommendation is that your family should sit down and discuss plans in case someone needs treatment. People freak out about discussing this because they don't want to even think about it, but you should (even with your more mature children in their mid-to-upper teens). Sit and calmly talk about what all the possibilities are and your wishes for each scenario (i.e. "If my brain is no longer connected to reality, I don't want to be here"). You can even leave the option open to have life prolonging treatment for when the time comes.
Remember that everybody else stays behind and has to deal with things after you're gone, so providing clarity about what you want helps everybody deal with feelings of guilt, fear, and anxiety later.
A woman called me a while back whose 92-year-old mother was alert and perky, but she was on perpetual dialysis. She wanted to get off it, call in hospice, and call it a day. Of course her daughter was upset. She was not only losing her mom, but her kids were also going to have to experience death. However, I told her that she had to respect her mother's wishes. I said that hospice is an incredibly moving experience and takes care of everybody in the family, not just the person leaving, and that her mom had decided she had lived a good life and didn't want to be spending her time watching her blood being recycled. She just wanted to go out peacefully, and her daughter needed to honor that.


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Nats bring aboard Whitesell, Bruntlett
Team gives pair Minors deals, Spring Training invitations
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
Whitesell returns to his original organization. He was drafted by the Expos in the sixth round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft.
The left-handed-hitting Whitesell, 27, posted a .346 on-base percentage in 46 games with the D-backs last year and was 23-for-115 (.200) with two home runs and 15 RBIs in 53 career games with Arizona.
Whitesell has hit 113 home runs and posted .394 on-base and .492 slugging percentages in seven Minor League seasons.
Bruntlett, 31, joins Washington after playing the past two seasons with the Phillies. Bruntlett is a .231 hitter with 11 home runs and 72 RBIs in 512 career games in seven seasons with Philadelphia (2008-09) and the Astros (2003-07). Bruntlett can play all four infield positions and all three outfield spots.
Bruntlett is best known for turning an unassisted triple play in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Mets at Citi Field on Aug. 23.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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You've seen them in magazines, on ketchup bottles, even on T-shirts—those square bar codes with black shapes on a white background. They're called QR codes (or quick response codes) and when used creatively, they can help you grow your practice.
QR codes are similar to barcodes used by retailers to track inventory and price products. They are two-dimensional matrix barcodes that can hold 14 types of data, such as web links, text messages, and phone numbers. QR codes can be read by an iPhone, Android, or any other camera-enabled smartphone, opening the phone's web browser and taking the user to a specific content on the web. They can also be designed to activate a number of smartphone functions such as email or instant messaging.
Physicians can generate their own QR codes, print them on business cards, on advertisements, or on almost any object that patients might see. Once patients scan the code with their smartphone, they can be taken anywhere…from your practice web site to a YouTube video.
QR codes can be generated for free by visiting a QR code-generating web sites. QR code reading apps can be downloaded for free to any smartphone with a camera.
QR code use is rapidly expanding. According to a recent study, 14 million mobile users scanned a QR code or barcode in June 2011. How many of those 14 million users are looking for a physician? Here are some ways you can use QR codes.
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By Allan Muir
Pretty much everyone who saw Lars Eller lying face down in a pool of his own blood on Thursday night was horrified by the results of Eric Gryba's devastating open ice hit. But there weren't many, outside of Montreal loyalists who looked at that collision and thought it was the sort of play that needed to be eliminated from the NHL.
Apparently that number swelled by at least one today as the Ottawa defender was handed a two-game suspension by Brendan Shanahan for what he called an "illegal check to the head of Eller."
No doubt this was a tough call for the NHL's chief disciplinarian. Arguably the toughest he'd faced all season. Despite the injury suffered by Eller, there was no black or white in this incident. Watch the replay a dozen times and you won't see incontrovertible proof of Eller's head being the primary point of contact - -or of an innocent hit gone awry -- unless that's exactly what you're looking to see.
But Shanahan's position doesn't really allow him to equivocate here. He sees Gryba missing a chance to deliver "enough of a full body check" and "targeting the head." And if that's what he sees, well, then he's obliged to hand down the suspension to discourage similar hits in the future.
Shanahan also directly addressed those of us who point to the culpability of Canadiens defenseman Raphael Diaz in the incident.
"A hockey player bears some responsibility to be aware of an impending check," Shanahan said. But "the pass Eller receives just before the hit is completely irrelevant to whether or not" this is a good hit.
That makes sense, at least in terms of how he has to address the situation. Diaz's teammates may want to pop him for exposing Eller to the hit with that suicide pass, but the lead-up isn't what Shanahan is charged with addressing.
Personally, l don't see a bad play here. If anything, I see a defender executing exactly as he should when faced with an attacker steaming his way in possession of the puck. Diaz made a split second decision that led to Eller being knocked senseless.
Brutal? Sure, but this is a contact sport. Hard hits and injuries are part of the program. Barring an obvious targeting of his head, I think Eller's vulnerability was on him.


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Expert to address how e-discovery competence can enhance career opportunities
Baron_Jason For the second installment of the ICAIR E-Discovery Project Speaker Series, UF Law students will have the opportunity to learn how becoming competent in e-discovery can enhance their career opportunities, from private practice to government work.
Jason R. Baron, of counsel with the Information Governance and E-Discovery Group at Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP, Washington, D.C., will present "Enhancing Your Career Options: What Does it Mean to be Technologically Competent in E-Discovery?" Monday, Jan. 27, 1-2 p.m. in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Students are also invited to attend a free lunch catered by Moe's, featuring an informal discussion with Baron in the Faculty Dining Room before the lecture, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Students are welcome to attend both the lunch and lecture, but can choose to attend one or the other.
In addition to discussing the benefits of maximizing e-discovery skills, Baron will discuss his long career in government service, including his experiences in e-discovery as director of litigation at the National Archives and Records Administration, managing such projects as the government's document production in cases involving White House emails, including tobacco litigation. He will also address his recent transition to private practice.
More information about Baron can be found on the Drinker Biddle website.
The ICAIR E-Discovery Project Speakers Series brings distinguished e-discovery professionals to the University of Florida campus speak on the latest trends in e-discovery and to meet with UF law students to discuss e-discovery career paths.


text: Who is "we"? To some, we *are* still under old testament law. To others, the old and new testament isn't even applicable. There a many in between. On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:01 AM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > Tithing is old testament law. We are not under the law we are under Grace. > > The New Testament believer is required to give not Tithe. > > Tithing was put in place to support the Levites who were the priests and > had no land. > > If someone tells you you must tithe, ask them for the scripture that says > so. > > ------------------------ > > Keith Smith > > --- On Mon, 6/10/13, Joshua Marsh <joshua at themarshians.com> wrote: > > From: Joshua Marsh <joshua at themarshians.com> > Subject: Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing? > To: "Provo Linux Users Group" <plug at plug.org> > Date: Monday, June 10, 2013, 10:38 PM > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Nicholas Leippe <nick at leippe.com> wrote: > > > > > > http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/13/13262285-mormon-church-earns-7-billion-a-year-from-tithing-analysis-indicates?lite > > > > If on average, as estimated, they take in $7 billion/year, and have spent > > in *total* since 1985 only $1.4 billion on charity relief, or $52 > > million/year, that's less than 1% spending on charity. That equates to > the > > least efficient charity organization on the planet. Good charities can > > achieve efficiencies of over 80%, a few even in the high 90%s. I'm not > > arguing that the LDS church is primarily a charity, obviously it is > > not--the numbers prove that. But with it's proclaimed "lay clergy" (not > > entirely true--but a drop in the bucket--at least we hope), you'd hope a > > lot more of that $7 billion/year could wind up back in the communities > from > > whence it originated. > > > > > I guess I can't speak for every ward of the church, but from my experience > these number are highly inaccurate. These estimates were a little bit like > doing a survey in Provo, Utah and concluding that Romney would be the next > president. The purpose of tithing is to support the goals of the church. > The $50m/yr figure you are quoting is related to fast offerings. They are > two funds that serve completely different purposes. If you lump them > together, it looks bad, but so does thinking Romney would win off of a poll > taken in Provo. > > > > > My opinion of JS is from well documented historical facts--from the > > church's own archives--which are sufficient to demonstrate to any > > reasonable, logical mind that he made a lot of stuff up and behaved > himself > > very appallingly even to current LDS standards. But you believe as you > like > > of course--it's your choice and I stand by your right to do so. > > > > > You are using a lot of absolutes in this statement that I'm not convinced > you can back up. Nonetheless, the same could be said about just about > anyone with whom we look back upon with tinted glasses. I've been reading > about Abraham Lincoln and several of our founding fathers and many of the > things I read blow my mind. I have to step back and look at it in the right > frame of reference to make sense of it. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ >


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Movie theater looks to Kickstarter
The money is needed to finance an equipment conversion to allow the theater to show movies produced digitally, compared to those produced through traditional film-based movie stock. New projectors, new screens and a new sound system will be needed going forward, as filmmakers and distributors convert to the new format. By the end of this year, no more movies will be available in the older film-based version, said Shelly Gibson, the owner of Village Picture Shows.
"If we don't get the new digital projectors, we have to close; we can't get our product," she said. It's a problem facing most if not all small community movie theaters around the country, she added.
In an attempt to raise the needed money, which the theater cannot finance internally, Gibson has turned to a fund-raising format that has become increasingly popular for small scale enterprises that may be shut out of other sources of capital. "Kickstarter" is a Web site launched in 2009 that connects entrepreneurs or small businesses with potential donors who are willing and able to support ideas or causes with donations, usually in return for a comparably valued good or service. Often referred to as "crowd sourcing," the mechanism can help direct many donors to support something they perceive of value, without the expectation of a financial return on their investment.
The Village Picture Show's Kickstarter campaign launched on Tuesday, Jan. 15, and will run for 60 days, or until March 15. If by that time, the money raised falls short of the $175,000 goal, then the money will be returned and the theater will close shortly afterwards, probably around April 1, Gibson said.
She has owned the theater for about 10 years and for much of that time - especially for the past few years - has run it on a break-even basis, she said.
She first heard about Kickstarter from a customer about six months ago, she said.
"I started researching it, and looking at all the options," she said. "I didn't like the option the (film) distributors put forth to me (converting to digital equipment or closing), and I thought this would be the best way to do it."
In a relatively small market like Manchester, getting popular, well-advertised, first-run movies to show hasn't been a simple matter. The cost of shipping heavy containers of film stock is expensive, and the fees Gibson and the movie theater have been able to send to film distributors for what is in effect the rental of a movie are often small, she said.
If the campaign is successful, however, and the theater remains open, the new digital era offers some bright possibilities, and would not simply be a case of postponing the day when the business would have to close anyway, she said.
When all the film distributors would have to ship is mainly a small package with a storage disk containing the digital files, the opportunities for showing more first-run movies will increase. Those shipping costs will then plummet, and the equipment will also allow for the option of streaming other video of special events and performances, she said.
Despite the advent of movies streamed over the Internet, and services like Netflix and Redbox making it easy for consumers to watch movies at home, Gibson believes there is still plenty of life left in the traditional movie theater business.
"I've had far too many customers come up to me and say 'this is far too vital to be able to go to a movie,'" she said. "I don't think the movie theater is going to die and I think the digital equipment is going to open up more opportunities for us."
The Village Picture Shows employs about 6 people, a mixture of full and part-time jobs, she said.
When word began spreading about the theater's predicament and the likelihood it would close if the needed funds were unavailable, a group of area businesses began exploring ways to help.
Seth Bongartz, the executive director of Hildene, said that losing the only local movie theater would be an unfortunate blow to the community just at a time when things seemed to be on a upswing following the successful construction of the Roundabout and an expanded and improved Park House at the Rec Park.
The theater, while technically a private, for-profit business, has been run largely as a "community service" by Gibson, and merited support from the community, he said.
"This is something that if we didn't have it we'd be working hard to get it," he said. "It's important to the community because when people come here, it's one of the amenities people expect."
Beyond that economic point, movies provide an important venue for a social, or shared community experience, as opposed to simply watching a show from home, he said.
Frank Hanes, a co-owner of the Inn at Manchester, said he would be taking five percent of the revenue from his room reservations and donating those sums towards the Kickstarter campaign for the next two months. Having a viable movie theater in town was an attraction for many of his guests, he said.
"All it took was one phone call from Seth and I said, 'this is a no-brainer,'" he said, adding he hoped to spread the word via his inn's social media outreach.
The Wilburton Inn is also planning to host an "Oscar's Party" on Feb. 24, and are hoping the use that opportunity to raise about $1,000 to benefit the Kickstarter campaign, said innkeeper Georgette Levis.
The inn held the event last year and she thought it would be a good way to try to help this year, she said.
"It seemed like a natural fit," she said.
The Chamber of Commerce will also be trying to get the word out among its members as well as serving as a place for those who would rather drop off checks than make digital payments. The money collected will then be funneled into the Kickstarter campaign, said Berta Maginniss, the chamber's executive director.
"There is a lot of interest in making sure this doesn't go away - it's important to both visitor's and permanent residents alike," she said. "Once there's widespread knowledge, I think there will be a lot of folks who want to help."
It's an all-or-nothing program - if the Kickstarter mechanism doesn't yield up the $175,000 needed for the digital conversion, the theater will close. If, on the other hand, it raises more than the minimum amount, the money above and beyond the $175,000 will go into more upgrades for the facility, Gibson said.
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As fall approaches, the fishing action can be both rewarding and a bit frustrating as the fish are constantly on the move as they chase the bait fish from main lake areas into creeks and coves. Just because you had a great day in a particular area yesterday, does not mean you will have success in the same area on your next trip. Schools of baitfish will dictate where the fish are on a daily basis and finding them is the key to a successful trip.
Fall fishing is great for largemouth bass, Kentucky bass, whites, stripers, and hybrids depending on which body of water you are fishing.
Through the years I have enjoyed catching top-water fish in the fall more than anytime of the year, especially when there are multiple types of fish involved.
Our favorite body of water (Lake Dardanelle) fishes differently than many other lakes in the state during the fall, as the water rarely gets clear and schooling fish on top is not as common as on other lakes.
Lake Dardanelle and the Arkansas River are good year-around when conditions are right, but there are a few fall hotspots that produce better than others.
Shoal Bay Recreation Area has always been one of my favorites, as it has a big shallow bay with all kinds of structure leading into two major creek arms along with several small creeks or ditches that run into it as well.
These types of areas are tremendous in the fall as schools of fish chase shad into the backs of the creeks and coves. Spinner-baits, rattle traps, and top-water baits are the best as you can cover lots of area and catch lots of fish.
Another productive area with similar features is the Piney Bay Recreation Area, which has major creeks as well as smaller tributaries and a world of structure such as stumps, lily pads and water willows.
Essentially any area on Lake Dardanelle with creeks and tributaries of any kind are where you will find fish as the water cools down. Main lake grass will once again be hot just as it was in the spring and if there is any current, grass on the main river will be an active spot as well.
Lake Nimrod has had another productive year and is another good fall fishing lake locally. Your old favorite the "buzz-bait" can be an angler's best friend this time of year. Nimrod has plenty of cover, structure and backwater as well as some new grassy areas thanks to a drawdown a few years back.
One of my personal fall favorites is Brewer Lake just north and east of Morrilton. Several area anglers have spent a lot of time on Brewer this summer, but fall is without doubt one of the lakes best times.
Schooling fish and a great top-water bite are the main attractions as well as a good crappie population as well. If you have never fished this little lake, trust me, it will be well worth the trip.
For those of you who like to head to the big water, both Lake Ouachita and Greers Ferry provide some of the best fall fishing activity in the state.
Ouachita is a great place to go camping for a few days and get in a little hunting as well as some great fishing.
As for me, besides Lake Dardanelle, Greers Ferry would have to be one of my all-time favorites for fall fishing. On a slightly calm morning just stop your boat in the middle of nowhere and take a pair of binoculars and once you see the water go to churning in an area, head out full steam ahead!
If that doesn't work, look for areas with several boats scattered out in close proximity and chances are they are waiting for schools of bass to start a feeding frenzy.
Wherever you're headed this fall, good luck, and remember as the water cools the fishing gets hot.
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