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Dominik On Jameis: "It's A Shame"
Yes, America's Quarterback, Jameis Winston, was skewered by Tampa Bay Times columnist Tom Jones this week, step 1 for a pathetic nationwide assault on Jameis' character for unintentionally delivering a sexist message to elementary school students while volunteering to help them.
(Next week, it's rumored that Jones will go after the Rays organization for airing erectile dysfunction ads in games promoted to children.)
If you haven't noticed, Jameis' rough sentence during a roughly 40-minute, warm-hearted motivational speech resulted in a cavalcade of hate thrown his way from all kinds of media.
It was a big topic on BSPN, and former Bucs rockstar general manager Mark Dominik, now a BSPN TV analyst, weighed.
In the video below, you can watch Dominik stand tall for Jameis, talking about the work he's seen Jameis do in Tampa and how what happened to Jameis in the media "is a shame."
(Note: Dominik says the Bucs were unaware Jameis was going to the elementary school. In fact, Buccaneers.com was there and reporting.)
105 Responses to "Dominik On Jameis: "It's A Shame""
941BUC Says:
The media is still going after Jameis?why don't they go after Big Ben for the crap Antonio Brown does,or Peyton Manning for when Aqib Talib screwed up.let Jameis be Jameis.we have a leader in the bay now and the fans won't stand for disgusting criticism.what's next?BREAKING NEWS!Jameis WINSTON slammed for promoting cigatretes with his Las name!!
#WEAPONS FOR WINSTON
Feel bad for him. Mixed up words. Simple as that
duthsty rhothdes Says:
941 spot on Tom Jones is a#fakenews punk….and to hear those cuckholds on BSPN bloviate from 1000 miles away is a joke… GO BUCS GO JAMEIS AND GO GATORS BEAT UK
Avejoe Says:
Sorry Joe, but that was a very intentional message that reflects what he really feels. God help any fool that ever tries to tell my daughters to take a back seat and stay silent. The fact that Joe is not outraged by this, only goes to show that he cares more about football than basic human decency. What a sad pathetic display of a human being.
Sorry Joe, but that was a very intentional message that reflects what he really feels. God help any fool that ever tries to tell my daughters to take a back seat and stay silent. The fact that Joe is not outraged by this, only goes to show that he cares more about football than basic human decency. What a sad pathetic display of a human being. Time for the Bucs to put him back on a leash
Lpao22 Says:
Feel bad for Jameis. He takes his day off to go and do this and try to encourage fifth graders and This Is what he gets? I guarantee we would have heard nothing about this otherwise. Mainstream media just pushing their agenda. #fakenews. Thank you mainstream media, you failed again.
Encourage 5th graders? What part of tell girls to sit down and shut up was encouraging? And this is not fake news. He actually did this, so own it and stfu. When will society quit making excuses for brainless athletes. That's what is truly sad.
i will agree the bucs qb has been 1st class since he has been here but … play the video of him in the cafe at school and hear him screaming nasty and vulgar remarks to a female. I think he deserves the benefit but it takes time.
Gambelero Says:
If I was James, I'd say "Blank ya'll! I'm not doing anymore of this community outreach stuff."
Jameis not James (the person who invented autocorrect should end up in a special circle of Dante's bad place along with the guys who invented speed bumps, ties and male purses)
cover deuce Says:
This is a bit of a tempest in a teapot. What he said was inarguably sexist – I've listened to the recording several times. All anyone seems to want to comment on is the '"gentle, polite," portion of the remark, nobody seems to remember he also said "silent." If anyone told my daughter that she had to be "silent," I would surely have something to say about that. Now, indelicate remarks aside, Jameis also didn't do himself any favors with his apology either, in which he apologized for the words but not necessarily the sentiment. I agree that the rush of the Tom Joneses of the world to condemn him is probably more sizzle than steak, but I don't understand why the Joes are so eager to give him a free pass on this either.
Joe wrote extensively on this subject and didn't give Jameis a "pass" like you suggest.–Joe
Like it or not, his past mistakes and baggage makes people pay extra close attention to his attitudes regarding the fairer sex. You know it, I know it, and he should definitely be aware of it, or be made aware of it if he isn't. From what I've seen Jameis embraces being a role model which is to be commended – but that fact alone does not make him immune to criticism for saying stupid, sexist things.
Maxx Says:
Wow, with ALL the IMMENSELY positive things he has said & shown since becoming a professional, it's really disheartening (yet, no surprise really) that the media (BSPN especially) has leapt at the thought of Jameis being human and making a very rash choice of words that taken totally out of context, is ridiculous. Next "news" story please.
All true fans LOVE Jameis for who he is, what he is and for what the future holds for him and true Bucs fans. Gotta love the guy! Hell, my wife knows nothing of Bucs football really and has Jameis on her Instagram page and she tells me daily that he appears to be the sweetest kid around. STOP LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT ISN'T THERE PEOPLE and give him a huge pass.
Jameis is surely shaking his head at the minority of people still holding a grudge over nonsense from the WAY past.
Oh, and AVEJOE…seriously buddy? Lighten up.
BKNYfootballhead Says:
Still a bunch idiots making this political. Sheesh!
And "fake news" ? Jameis is quoted, there's nothing fake about that. There's a big difference between (this story) sensationalism and fake news, but ignorance takes front to a bunch of bruised feelings.
I hate to see Jameis skewered as much as the next Bucs fan, but he made his own bed and he's man enough to pull through it. Stay strong Jameis
@Lpao22:
Evo Says:
It's obvious some people here still have an agenda against him. People like avejoe don't care about the context of words. Listen to what he said. 2 mins before that. He had the entire class saying they can be anything they want to be. And instead of singling out one boy that wasn't paying attention he asked all the boys as a group to stand up.
I bet money if he would've singled out the one kid nor paying attention avejoe would'be demonize Jameis for picking on one kid either way Jameis was in a no-win situation there he should have just let the kid B
gotbbucs Says:
It's pretty simple, don't say or do stupid sh!t and they won't have any ammunition to use against you. Like I said before, Jameis needs to take a lesson from the elite QB's of today, stay out of the limelight and win football games.
He did a good thing. Let's not over look that because of a poor choice of words in an otherwise we'll spoken well intended speech.
Poor Glennon Says:
Face the facts people. He's our QB but he has questionable character. If it was big Ben. You all would be calling him a d-bag.
Blake_bucsfan Says:
Another media smear campaign. Jameis has done nothing but be a great guy in his tenure with the bucs. And these "media" scumbags decide to isolate one moment of a 40 minute speech that was largely very positive.
Let me try my best to put it in Trump tweet speech.
Jameis is a very good guy. The best. Media is being very unfair!
Very Unfortunate. #FakeNews
I voted for Bernie.
Another media smear campaign. Jameis has done nothing but be a great guy in his tenure with the bucs. And these "media" doo-doo heads decide to isolate one moment of a 40 minute speech that was largely very positive.
Wow.. I guess I hurt some feelings.. this is not even a story. Did you even watch the real speech?? He was encouraging both female and male students there throughout it. Could he have used a better word to replace silent? Sure, but his intentions were not to state that females are a lesser Person than males. If that's what you see out of that then you are just falling into what the media has created. It is fake news not because he didn't say what he said. It's fake news because the media has manipulated the words and has created a false narrative to fit their agenda. Most journalism is dead. Minus josbucsfan, of course lol
Mort Says:
He didn't mix up any words and wasn't quoted out of context. He said something he didn't fully think through that was very sexist and I'm absolutely certain that wasn't the intent but was definitely what he said. It was still a screw up and should be reported as such. Media isn't at fault here guys. It's Jameis.
Poor Glennon. You are completely oblivious, and you have your head in the sand if you think that anything he's done in his time in the Bucs suggests that he has character concerns.
Jameis was the victim of a media smear campaign, after being the victim of false allegations of a Harlot. The lunch room incident? He was just meme-ing with his friends. The Crab-legs incident? It is widely believed that local Publix's tend to help out struggling college athletes. And FSU was on a massive win-streak so they were showing him love, and some tattle tale ruined it. Throw that it in with the BB gun incident, and it all boiled down to immaturity.
And Jameis has been nothing but the consummate pro for us. And this foul attempt by the media to shame him for poor word choice is disgusting.
23 yr old kid.. Not a professional speaker. Going off Script if he had one at all. Sports writers are not the Social Morality Police. Although they think they are. They have to manufacture news. Which is what this is.. Manufactured news. PG you're an idiot.. "Questionable Character" who are you? Thats you're opinion. not facts. You have no idea the true nature of someones character. And if you actually listen to it you'd probably understand what he was trying to convey. But the comprehension level of most people now is so poor because they can't read more than 120 characters at once and doesn't included emoji's.
Tired of this crap.. He's a 23 yr old kid. Not a professional Motivational speaker. Move on. Manufactured news because Sports writers and Sports outlets need other things to report on rather than splashing Scores on a screen. They are sports writers/reporters for a reason… and it was quite obvious what he meant. That Girls aren't supposed to be loud mouthed obnoxious @ssholes like boys are. Is that clear enough?
Most, this was a 40 minute speech, not a 10 second blurb. It's not fair to cherry pick one word out of a 40 minute speech and use that to conclude this was sexist.
All of that immaturity not coming from a super star athlete would land people in jail or expelled. Like I said, society needs to quit giving free passes to athletes.
Again. There's nothing fake about the article written, saying otherwise is riduculous. For naysayers, provide evidence of the "fake" in it. There is none. You'll find sensationalism, but you won't find anything needing correction or retraction.
@ avejoe
What's the "pass"? Winston didn't do anything illegal. Sorry he hurt your feelings, but he's not going to receive punishment for saying something silly.
"Land in jail" ? You're grasping big time
It's a fake premise because the cherry picked one 45 second quote out of a 40 minute speech. And as many have pointed out, it was largely out of context.
If you were to watch the actual moment that the fake news media is trying to construe a largely harmless message, as this horrible sexist comment meant tear down the young girls he was talking to.
It sucks. And its total bs.
You just destroyed your message by using the tools of the pathological liar.
I worked in a TV newsroom for more than a decade. The people I worked with were as motivated, honest, and hard working as any cop, fireman, teacher..take your pick…just leave out politicians and definitely leave out rich kids who inherited all their wealth from daddy…blew it then found an accountant to recoup ONE BILLION of it from we the taxpayers.
Fake news? Alternate facts. WTF is wrong with this country. One man is REPEATEDLY caught in demonstrable lies…pictures show how many were at his inaugural…history shows the % of electoral college votes each of the Presidents received. When someone clearly says up is down and 1 is 10 and 2+2=7 it's not FAKE NEWS to ACCURATELY report the freaking FACTS.
As for #3….this is much ado about nothing. The story was never that big and we are just helping blow it totally out of proportion. We all know where #3's heart is…he's fine and will be fine this is much ado about nothing…both in terms of #3 and the response to the story. It's no big effing deal!!!
@Stpete, It was joke brother. Jesus. I was only memeing.
And Stpete, I've seen you talk about the massive drop-off in the quality of modern day journalism before.
I am not a trump supporter. Like I said I was on the Bernie train.
I just think the way he words his tweets are hilarious. And ripe for satire.
@ Lpao22
Clearly you're the one with "hurt feelings". You can't decide a story is "fake news" because it doesn't seem fair to you.
"Maybe in today's political climate some want to rationalize that we're being too touchy, too uptight. So go to our website. Watch the video. Decide for yourself. But what we cannot know is how the children in that room took Winston's message."
Wake up a smell the bacon you "fake news" betas
Nothing "fake" is being pushed here. Toughen and wisen up people
Last, the real issue here might be Jameis pushing "god" in a public school. It's a slippery slope
LakeLandBuc Says:
Is this still news? Lol…only in America
BkNy you feel the way you do. But what is suspect to me. Is that I've yet to see one of these pusillanimous quims reference what actually occurred in that moment of the speech.
He was going through his quote " rules of life. " And he had come to number 3. " I can do anything I put my mind to. " A message being sent to every boy and girl in the crowd. He noticed a lot of the young men in the group were maybe a little disinterested. So He decided to attempt to rouse the crowd, and gain there attention by having them stand up, speak up, and say " I can do anything I put my mind to. "
Keep in mind that a lot of these young men do not have fathers at home, and they don't have a strong presence in their lives to help mold them, and guide them, and to tell them that they truly can go as far as their dedication and hard take them.
Simply substitute be "silent", or delete it from the sentence, and this is a non story. Just a poor choice of words taken out of context.
So what the media are doing is only pointing out what could be construed as a negative message, when in reality it wasn't.
*dedication and Hardwork*
PanthersSuck! Says:
Shame on the lowlife IDIOT that made this into a story! He also said they should be polite and gentle. Should I not tell young that they should open doors for ladies? What is wrong with people? How about saying "Thank you Jamies for being a good role model and putting yourself out there for these kids"?
stopthemadness Says:
Avejoe you sound like a SJW. Did your snowflake ears melt a little when your heard Jameis' quote?
TBTeddy Says:
@Ben he yelled out a popular joke that at the time. F**k her in the Pu$$y was basically a meme by that time. Just a young jock being funny regular we cant have double standards for pro athletes. Have you ever been to a sports bar?
USFBUC Says:
Guys this is not sexist he was making fun of the boys for being quiet and soft spoken. I know the really weak people here will be enraged but it's the same as saying to your friend that he throws like a girl, dunks a basketball like a girl, etc.
Blake, read the article again.
That info you say isn't being spoke of is in the article itself. He even "quotes" Jameis speaking of it.
I feel like a crumby sportswriter wrote a sensational story for the reader's to form their own objective opinion of a factual quote from the Bay areas most famous athlete. There's nothing fake about it.
Bro, Obviously I'm not talking about Joe. Joe isn't the one making a big stink about it.
Way to go rock star.
The kid was just trying to get the males in the class to pay attention to his very good message.
Like there is some danger the girls hearing that they should be silent and gentle was going to have the slightest effect.
Its very clear what this is all about, media payback against Jameis for the false narrative about more rapes in college and whatnot, and anger they didn't send him up the river for those super flimsy allegations that were made that the police and prosecution did not believe – for very good reason.
This exposes the media for their idiocy than anything about Jameis Winston, who has been a perfect gentleman and great spokesman for the Bucs since drafted. Much to the chagrin of many just itching for him to fail.
d-roca Says:
Avejoe.
You raise your girls not the athletes. People in all walks of life are getting free passes too. Just not in the news. You hear his whole speech or just commenting on fhe few words reported? Dont let jameis raise ur kids if u dont want. Thats ur right. Personally all he is to me is the qb of my favorite team. N id take him over the other 31. Go jameis go bucs
Mike Johnson Says:
We all know what Jameis was trying to say. The man was telling the little boys to be strong. HE in no way meant to dehumanize women. Thats whats become of society. WE all gotta be politically correct. That why I'm a Registered Independent.And besides, the great Kahuna in the sky made women smarter anyways to compensate for our…thinking with the wrong head a lot. And if You..are sexually attracted to women who have bulging biceps, walk and talk like men? Then hell, you might as well..date men..Just sayin.
Tampabaybucfan Says:
I may take some heat on this….but it's simply my opinion……Jameis is still very young, unsophisticated, and has some difficulty communicating his thoughts at times.
I would predict this won't be the last time he stumbles with the wrong words. The good news is that his heart and his actions are in the right place. His entire body of work will get him off the hook.
@ USFBUC
I see more pu $$ywillows with hurt feelings thinking it wasn't a sexist comment. Yes, it was absolutely a sexist comment, but it's up for debate the intent. I'd like to think most can see it as unintentional like myself, but you can better believe it offended somebody present. That's a fact, not fake.
It's sad people can't be objective to both sides and take it for themselves to decide which the article leaves the reader.
@ Blake
I'm not talking about Joe either, I'm talking about the article Jones wrote.
@ TBBF
No kidding. Jameis speaks bama country bump, plain and simple. It doesn't mean he lacks intelligence, just communication skills. He could use an assist to craft his message better, and that'll come with more experience. Most people know he's a straight up good dude, but people can rightfully hold him to his words and past mistakes, he owns them.
Buc1987 Says:
Again… be more like Sapp.
Just don't give pep talks and help others out.
TBBF
Exactly!!! He's a football player not a philosopher. But we can all see from his actions and his heart he is a good KID.
It's not his fault…as I said yesterday it's our own fault as society for being such celebrity whores. Being great at a sport, or acting, or singing and dancing has NOTHING to do with being a great well educated thinker. They are not mutually exclusive but they are not found in combination very frequently.
If we pay THAT much attention to ANY celebrity we're going to hear some strange stuff.
At least #3 is not flat out ignorant. How about Kyrie Irving…a kid supposedly smart enough to get into Duke…yeah they hold those high standards for hoop players right? He claimed he won't be fooled by "fake news"…he knows the world is flat. Just freaking amazing…the world is flat…a fellow NBA player backed up Irving by saying he's entitled to his opinion. The world has gone freaking crazy with "alternate facts".
As the man once said….yes you are entitled to your OPINION but not your own FACTS. The world is demonstrably NOT FLAT…anyone who holds that opinion is at best totally uneducated and ignorant…at worst…a MORON!!!
@ Mike Johnson
To each their own. That last sentence is ignorance. Genetics aren't the only measure of attraction or love, nor is gender attraction decided by appearance. Jacked dudes like jacked woman, I see it at my gym all the time. F@t @ $$e$ tend to like f@t @ $$e$, I see it everywhere in America.
Defense Rules Says:
@Lpao22 … "It's not fair to cherry pick one word out of a 40 minute speech and use that to conclude this was sexist." Fair? Seriously? Cherry-picking is a way of life in today's reporting, and maybe always has been for all I know. Why do you think politicians say pretty close to nothing when asked questions? Yup, it's the easiest thing in the world for a reporter (or anyone else) to grab onto 1 or 2 words or phrases and use them out of context. Fairness went out the window a long time ago when it comes to reporting what public figures do and say. Jameis got caught up in a poor choice of words and reporter (?) Tom Jones saw his opening to capitalize on it. I applaud Jameis to taking his valuable time to talk with those youngsters and I hope that he continues to do that. I'm sure that he's learned a valuable lesson from all this. Just as sure that Tom Jones most likely won't be getting much in the way of interviews from Bucs players in the future.
Hahahhahahahahahahaha
Heck yeah Stpete, Kyrie Killed me with that crap! Did you see Stefon Diggs tweets? They're incredibly snarky and super hilarious.
http://thebiglead.com/2017/02/18/stefon-diggs-apparently-shares-kyrie-irvings-flat-earth-beliefs/
"But we can all see from his actions and his heart he is a good KID."
StPete…who's "we"? As in you and me? Yes we can. Not so with everyone though, and bs like this doesn't help. He said he's still going to try to help others. He's young so I guess he has to take his lumps. I myself even outside the box found nothing wrong what-so-ever with what he said. Cause I can hear what his intentions were. Not so with everyone though.
They hear how they want to hear. It's all utter NONSENSE to me!
What are you wearing? Brad from State Farm…
@ Brooklyn New York – not sexist, I guarantee you that you have said plenty that the weak would call some form of insert ism.
I'll give you an example of when I was in high school. I was a junior camp counselor because I thought it would be cool to help little kids. I actually got written up for calling them little kids because the woman in charge was one of these SJW. In her small mind calling an eight year old little guy made them feel less. At the end of the summer the kids loved me and couldn't stand her because she was a nazi. You know that she actually tried to get me a volunteer, who wasn't paid, fired for calling them little kids. These are the type of people who complain about little things like this.
If Jameis had said all my girls need to know their role and stay at home raising children and making cakes then sure let's chastise him but in this case this shouldn't have even made the news.
Exactly buc1987, Blake,
It's not worth debating with these people. They hear what they want to hear and scour the news every day for something new to take out of context and blow out of proportion to what fits their agenda. They want to make everyone villains that says Remotely anything that isn't politically correct. We should take it upon ourselves to take the highroad and enjoy this beautiful Saturday afternoon.
Cheers fellas!!
February 25th, 2017 at 1:01 pm
"It's not worth debating with these people"
Why isn't it? Nobody should buy that line of thinking. Debate is what brings us together.
BKNY….that's why. Once again…
Do you think you could change my mind?
You better believe people hold me to my words. I cough, sneeze, pi $$, and $(-)!T Rated R professionally.
GOD NO! You're admittingly embedded in a line of thinking on the furthest side of spectrum.
Yet, discussion and debate allows others to formulate opinion.
@Brooklyn this is a great example of my point here although I disagree with it. People are tired of everything thing they do or say being analyzed. That's why you have people like lpao22 coming to the conclusion that debate isn't worth it anymore. In the scheme of things Winston's actions are meaningless and the people upset over it are the weak who latch on to the first thing they can to bash another person.
Bingo. Which is weak thought one in the same. It's bigotry
Seriously, Joe
I can't use the word big OT???
Kevinthepainterimagine Says:
Avejoe you are a frieking morron. Watch the video read the full deal. Its was taken out of context. Dummies like you are willing to blow uo something so small and.make it more than waht it is….yet when you are presented with all the good he has done and effort he puts into the community you crawl back into your libtard shells. Shut up
I agree with what he said! Women's lib has wrecked this country men should be men and women should be women taking care of their families and their children and their husbands and their household. Nobody wants to do their job men don't want to be men and women don't want to be women and everyone gets a freaking trophy
The "tired of hearing" crowd are swimming in big otry. They are too weak to debate with the PC crowd who are more willing to voice your complaints. It's a double-edged sword and both have that steel so far up their a $$e$ the handles been lost.
Jerrydix Says:
America's quarterback. Not in reality. America's quarterback hahahahahahahahahahaha.
What he said wasn't sexist because he did not intend it to be sexist. And I already know what you are thinking, "but other people's perception is their reality". This line of thinking though doesn't take into account twisted realities that some have. Just because I say the sky is red doesn't make it a fact. My twisted perception may make the sky red in my mind but the sky is in fact blue. As far as I know we have no other instances we can refer to in order to back up a claim that Winston is sexist. Additionally, when we look at the overall message and even that brief part of the message we can see that he had a positive message he was trying to get across. Seeing the positive does require people to take off their everything is xxxx-ist/ism glasses though.
BKNY…prolly cause the "tired of hearing it" crowd has already heard enough nonsense for the past 16 or so years. Most people are set in their opinions and beliefs. I get your point though. Debate is healthy, but to me it depends on the topic, the subject, or the particular person your dealing with. Stubborn people can be fun though so I hear ya. I have to be in the right mood though with a few in me most of the time. I like to read all viewpoints most of the time, but usually I form my own opinion and back up the other posters that are similar to mine.
Brooklyn – I'm not sure that your statement is true. There are plenty of people who are tired of debating that are not bigots. My wife loved to debate with people, she would spend time reading up on issues and make her argument, then wait for the counter to post her response. She has stopped because the extreme left now default to you're a bigot any time their position is questioned and they cannot argue against the facts.
Mike Evans GOAT Says:
Just saw on sports illustrated that Albert brier from mmqb and some woman all hyped up on women's right said that JW3 shouldn't be a franchise QB and that he doesn't respect women. I just cancelled my SI subscription.
Khoge Says:
Tom Jones is a tool. Enough said. Go bucs
Brooklyn – I was enjoying this debate until that comment. Your position of people swimming in bigotry is not conducive to debate. I will not debate anyone who makes all inclusive statements about any other group because of their personally held beliefs, race, religion, sex, etc. It is one thing to say another commenter's position is weak but to call that person a bigot because they don't want to debate is wrong. Beyond being wrong it is impossible for you to know if one is or is not a bigot in this scenario.
cmurda Says:
Ignore the media. Jameis is just the Donald Trump of the NFL. If Trup does something that is unequivocally positive, then the story is ignored and unreported. However, if Trump does or says anything that can be construed negatively, the media which we all know is extremely liberal will crucify the man. The same goes for Jameis even though he's given the media no reason to hate on him. It's sad and pathetic but you can thank the evil media machine for pushing their own agenda.
Dang joe you just delete my post like that? There was no swearing or anything. Idk what the problem was
ME GOAT – I think the site had an issue or Joe stopped all comments.
Well the post was about Albert brier from mmqb and him along with another woman from Sports illustrated saying that JW3 shouldn't be considered a franchise QB because of his out of context comment. I have just cancelled my SI subscription
Comment deleted again WTF JO
My mama always said, "Don't say anything bad about anyone." That said, Tom Jones is the worst sportswriter this town has ever had. I have argued with him many times on the air, before he was fired from WDAE. He is condescending and usually wrong. Bizarre was seeing him and Rick Stroud LAUGH over and over about a college kid hit on his bicyle. Jones paused and said "Wait, we shouldn't be laughing for we don't know how badly he's hurt." Then they both started laughing again. He wrote hit piece after hit piece about Jameis before and soon after he was drafted, and stopped abruptly. I'd bet the Bucs or his own employer warned him. Jones seems to have a man-crush on Joe Buck that makes me puke. He writes about Joe from to time, when franky, no one cares. Remember guys like Tom McEwen? Man, we miss that guy. Now we have Jones and Stroud and Auman and Fennelly. Awful. TGFJBF. Thank God for Joes Bucs Fan (another thing that Jones doesn't like).
Sports illustrated and Albert brier of MMQB said that JW3 shouldn't be a franchise QB because of what he said out of context
Tom Jones NEVER went to One Buc Palace yet constantly wrote crappy negative articles on our Bucs. One day Stroud told him on the air he needed to get out and start talking to people. This was after he wrote an article suggesting Greg Schinao rigged the team captain vote against Josh Freeman, and then accused Schiano of lying about it. With no proof, no clue what was going on with Josh. Jones seems like the type that sits behind his computer and judges people. One telling thing about him was Stroud (who I also don't care for) asked on him air why he didn't go to the dinner honoring Ronde Barber. Ronde Freaking Barber folks! Jones replied he had better things to do. What? He said he said at home alone (his family was out) and made a giant steak for himself and ate it. That folks, kind of sums up Tom Jones. Jameis deserves better stuff than he's gotten from Jones and TBT. TGFJBF.
Tnew Says:
I feel really stupid. The entire time I thought this was a Rick Stroud piece. Tom Jones is not a journalist. btw. I love the way espn reported this in that piece. Defending him is a big step forward and displays the progress that he has made with his image.
Avejoe…he did not tell girls to sit down and shut up. Guys like you that make stuff up are worse than the guys who say the occasional dumb thing. I will say Jameis was wrong to say females should be "silent" and polite and all that…but the worst he did was stereotype. Are you a pubic figure who has every moved watched by the media? Yes or no, have you ever said something that didn't come out the right way when you were 23 years old? 15? 18? 30? 35? 50? Chill out dude.
James Walker Says:
No good deed goes unpunished.
BigHogHaynes Says:
This will only be used as fuel for the fire! As we continue to Build A Wall!! But not in Mexico…dumb ass!
K-mac Says:
First off lets remember jamies is still a kid and hes doing all this good like i hate how any little wrong thing a guy says gets blown up. he was just trying to get the boys to be loud and generally speaking boys are louder then women boys are more rugged then woman. girls are princesses there not loud and dumb like us boys
I support building a wall…. in front of JW3.
Tom Jones is a hack, is this really news to anyone?
Fire the glazers Says:
Mark dominik is an idiot… he's also a push over. Lost a ton of respect for him at a fund raiser while he was still our GM. None of the former players attending seemed to respect him along with Tampa media. I don't take any stock in his "opinion" and nor should anyone else.
BKNY..Good for you. You can have those bodybuilding types. You probably love men too!! I'm from the real south. We love fine, good looking PHAT women. Who know how to be..women. I'm just proud my folk taught me…the real bible and what it is to be a real man. And my(blood) sisters to be..real women
BuccaneEric75 Says:
ESPN sticking up for Winston? It's about damn time!
Papa578 Says:
You know, when I looked at Jameis' conduct since being drafted, I see someone that I am proud of as he plays and represents the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He gives it his all on the field. He shows up early to work and then leaves late to go home, NOT clubbing! He is a young man who could easily get drawn in to the "club scene" but had chosen not to.
He has been a model citizen. No trouble with the law or women since his draft. He is heavily involved in community events while representing the Buccaneers. I for one am proud of him. He came in to the league with baggage and has handled it well. Ok, so he misspoke or, his upbringing lead him to his statement that doesn't fit today's narrative. I believe in this young mans heart. I do not believe he intended to offend anyone. He could be anywhere in the world right now and he chose to be working with our youth, trying to be a positive role model they so desperately need. Jameis deserves a mulligan on this deal and he deserves our respect as buc fans. Way back in1978, I worked off duty at Tampa Sadium on a rainy Sunday and I got to know Mr. Selmon and Richard "Batman" Wood. I fell in love with those guys and through them, the entire organization.
To all true Buc fans, support our quarterback. No matter the bumps in the road, he loves his team, the community and us fans. We will win with Jameis and we will be proud of him. Is he perfect?..no. Are we?.. no. We are all just working thru this a day at a time. Lets cut him some slack and be thankful that he is leading our Bucs.
Artemis Rand Says:
February 26th, 2017 at 5:41 am
You want to know what is SAD ?
That idiot GM we had and what he did to the Bucs.
Now THAT was depressing!
Let me put it to you this way fellow Bucs fans:
I would value the opinion of Tom Jones the singer before I would this hack so-called writer….
Wausa Says:
Chris Baker and Tom Jones of the Times both continue to promote a racist slant
Bobby A. Says:
Avajoe, Jameis was not saying that women should "shut up and take a back seat". He was suggesting they be "soft-spoken and ladylike" (as opposed to "loud and obnoxious"); which they absolutely should. You, as a father, should get this. He made a poor word choice; that's all. What society REALLY needs to do is stop being judgmental, and try to understand someone's true intentions rather than continuing to crucify them based on past transgressions. People like you are part of the REAL problem.
Bucs Fan Since '76 Says:
Perhaps the stupidest non-controversy ever reported as a controversy. Good freaking grief. Our society has really grown weak, as exemplified by Tom "time to pay Josh whatever he wants" Jones.
JGA Says:
All you SJW's need to get over yourselves. I realize you don't have any real perspective of the world as it is today, but this article is another shining example of you twisting the intent to support your own narrative.
America is fed up with this never ending barrage of PC and you saw the result of it last November. The famous saying " No good deed goes unpunished," should be your mantra.
Oh, and both my daughters saw the entire video and just shook their heads at all the backlash against that young man. They are both in college and understand the difference between intent and context.


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It is quite surprising how many deals there are where, as a defender, you should endeavor to count declarer's hand.
It is quite surprising how many deals there are where, as a defender, you should endeavor to count declarer's hand. If you count you find good defenses and get good results. If you don't count, you make costly blunders, and there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.
When Barbosa was East against Far East, 6 was doubled by South rather than North.
Calvo led the K and declarer laid down the A-K. The slam he thought was likely to depend on the club finesse. However when Borin now led the 5, Calvo rose with the A and played a club. Curtains!!!
South should count declarer's winners: six hearts, the A, and at most four diamond tricks!
At Barbosa's table the interesting point is that declarer did not give South a chance to make a reliable a calculation.. On ruffing the spade opening Barbosa led a diamond straight away.
It is hard to see what Kuo, South, could gain by 'ducking' as he did. But at any rate Kuo could plead that he did not know absolutely definitely and beyond any shadow of a doubt that he could beat the slam! by rising with the ace and returning either a spade, a heart or a diamond.


CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University will culminate the 15-month celebration of its 150th anniversary with a daylong symposium on how artificial intelligence and robotics may change society, jobs and the economy.
"The Promise and the Peril of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics," takes place on Oct. 23 at the LaSells Stewart Center and the CH2M Hill Alumni Center. Registration is open for the free, daylong symposium, which will attract industry, higher education faculty and leaders, policy makers and is open to the public.
National experts and Oregon State faculty will discuss the benefits, risks, ethics and uncertainties of artificial intelligence and robotics. They will talk about the potential for artificial intelligence and robotics to transform agriculture, health care, natural resource management, transportation, arts and entertainment as well as consider impacts on jobs, the economy, laws and privacy.
An innovation fair that showcases AI and robotics will be held during the symposium.
The symposium will consist of a series of panel discussions and a keynote presentation by Jacob Ward, a science and technology correspondent for CNN and Al Jazeera. He previously served as editor-in-chief of Popular Science magazine and recently completed "Hacking Your Mind," a four-hour series on the science and implication of bias. It is slated to air on PBS in 2019.
Oregon State University, a leader in these technologies, is well-positioned to host the symposium. The university's graduate robotics program, housed in the College of Engineering, was ranked best in the western United States and fourth in the nation, according to rankings by Grad School Hub. In addition, in 2017, the college established CoRIS to advance the theory and design of robotics and artificial intelligence.
Although the symposium is free, registration is required. Lunch and evening reception is included for all registered attendees. The symposium will take place at the LaSells Stewart Center and CH2M HILL Alumni Center on Oregon State's Corvallis campus.


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Combination chemotherapy versus single-agent therapy as first and second-line treatments in metastatic breast cancer: A prospective randomized trial
Author: Joensuu, H et al
Last Reviewed: November 1, 2001
Reviewers: Kenneth Blank, MD
Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology Vol. 16, No. 12, p. 3720 1998
The treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer is challenging, with the roles of chemotherapy, endocrine therapy and radiation therapy evolving. The benefit of chemotherapy is based on retrospective reviews comparing patients who received chemotherapy versus historical controls. There has never been a prospective trial demonstrating a survival advantage to chemotherapy in the setting of metastatic breast cancer and for ethical reasons, it is unlikely such a trial will ever occur. The next logical question concerns which chemotherapuetic agents to use and whether one agent is as effective as combination chemotherapy (two or more agents). To answer this question, several randomized prospective trials have been performed which on the balance have failed to demonstrate a survival benefit to combination chemotherapy over single-agent therapy. A report from Helsinki University published in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology adds important data to this issue. This report examined quality of life as well as survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving either single agent or combination chemotherapy.
Three hundred and three patients were enrolled in this perspective study. All patients were females with pathologically proven invasive breast cancer and either histologic or clinical evidence of metastatic breast cancer. Women were excluded if they were older than seventy-one, if they had received anthracycline chemotherapy (eg. Doxorubicin/Adriamycin) already, or if they were taking simultaneous endocrine therapy. Patients were randomized to either combination chemotherapy or single agent chemotherapy. Women assigned to the single agent arm received weekly epirubicin while those assigned to the combination chemotherapy arm received three chemotherapy agents every twenty-two days. The drug regimen in the combination arm consisted of cyclophosphamide, epirubicin and 5-flourouracil (CEF).
The design of this study was unique in that patients who failed epirubicin were continued on a second-line single agent medication and patients who failed CEF chemotherapy were salvaged with two more agents. Specifically, patients failing epirubicin were placed on monthly mitomycin, while those failing CEF were dosed with mitomycin and vinblastine once per month.
Patient accrual began in July 1991 and ended April 1996. Three hundred and three patients were enrolled, 150 of whom were randomized to receive CEF chemotherapy and 153 to epirubicin. Nine patients were considered ineligible based mostly on age or prior treatments. The two arms were well balanced with respect to a host of clinical and pathologic variables including age, performance status, estrogen receptor status, histology and time from diagnosis to detection of distant metastases. Quality of life was measured by the Rotterdam Symptom checklist. This tool measures 30 items that assesses for daily activities and psychological and physical distress.
No significant difference in survival or time to progression was found between the two study arms. The median survival time on the combination arm and on the single agent arm were 18 and 16 months, respectively. Time to progression was 10 months in the combination arm versus 8 months in the single agent arm. Toxicity was greater in patients receiving multiple agents. Total hair loss occurred in 80% of patients on CEF, while the majority of patients on single agent therapy had no or slight hair loss. Severe nausea was significantly more common in CEF patients, as was severe anemia. These toxicities led to a difference in quality of life. There was no difference in psychological distress between the two arms; however, women receiving single agents had less physical distress, and less days of incapacity. When asked to rate the therapy as easy or difficult, more patients on the combination arm reported the therapy to be difficult.
This is the first modern study comparing monotherapy to multi-agent chemotherapy as both the first and second-line regimen in patients with metastatic breast cancer. The finding of similar survival and disease free progression in both arms may partly be explained by dose reductions in the combination arm made necessary by toxicity. For example, patients receiving epirubicin as a single agent dosed at 20mg/m2 weekly had no dose reductions compared to nearly half the patients in the combination chemotherapy arm who had dose reductions while receiving epirubicin every twenty-two days at 60mg/m2. In summary single agent epirubicin followed by single agent mitomycin offered similar survival and provided better quality of life compared to a multi-agent regimen.
Cancer As A Chronic Disease
by Bob Riter
The Action League of Insurance Agents
by Rodney Warner, JD
Bladder Cancer Treatment (PDQ®) (Health professionals) Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment (PDQ®) (Health professionals) Ovarian Epithelial, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®) (Health professionals) Gastric Cancer Treatment (PDQ®) (Health professionals) Breast Cancer Treatment (Adult) (PDQ®) (Health professionals)

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Week of November 4th - November 8th - 2G Is A Great Place To Be!
Math: Mathematicians began chapter 4 this week, focusing on adding and subtracting using our base 10 blocks. We also learned to play the game, "Biggest and Smallest"...a bit hit! In this game, students roll dice and create the biggest and smallest numbers they can with the numbers that were rolled. The last step is to add the biggest and smallest numbers together.
Science: In science, we learned about Queen Anna Banana and her royal fruit group. We learned about many different fruits and how their good vitamins help our bodies heal.
Literacy: In Literacy, we have been practicing our roles for our upcoming community meeting on the 15th. Community meeting is a kids only event, but we can't wait to tell you all about it! Students have chosen to read the book, "Olivia Talks Turkey" to our audience. 2Gers were assigned pages to read aloud in small groups. Ask your wonderful reader about the special turkey sound we get to make during our read aloud!


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Veľké Kapušany ( Nagykapos) jsou město v Košickém kraji na východním Slovensku,.

Poloha
Město se nachází ve Východoslovenské nížině, 5 km od ukrajinských hranic a zhruba 30 km od okresního města Michalovců. Jižně od města protéká řeka Latorica. Do území města zasahuje Chráněná krajinná oblast Latorica.

Historie
První písemná zmínka o městě je z roku 1211. Jméno pochází z maďarského kapu (brána). Konaly se zde sněmy delegátů Užské župy; pro ten účel zde Drugethové nechali postavit budvou zvanou pretórium. Do roku 1918 bylo město součástí Uherska. V roce 1938 zde žilo 2 555 obyvatel. V letech 1938 až 1944 město bylo (kvůli první vídeňské arbitráži) součástí Maďarska.

Pamětihodnosti
 Reformovaný kostel, barokně-klasicistní stavba z roku 1787
 Kostel sv. Šimona a Judy, jednolodní klasicistní stavba z roku 1807
 Městské muzeum

Doprava
Od roku 1909 do města vede železnice, postavená sem z Užhorodu (dnes Ukrajina). Teprve po první světové válce byla vybudována železniční trať Bánovce nad Ondavou – Veľké Kapušany. Provoz na ní byl zahájen 20. října 1921. Provoz na úseku z Užhorodu skončil po jeho přerušení hranicí se Sovětským svazem (1945). Na trati z Bánovců byla osobní doprava zastavena v roce 2012 pro malou vytíženost spojů, v roce 2018 však byla obnovena. Kromě této trati městem prochází také širokorozchodná trať z Ukrajiny do Hanisky pri Košiciach, dostavěná v roce 1966, jež má pohraniční stanici v nedalekých Maťovských Vojkovcích.

Obyvatelstvo
Podle sčítání lidu v roce 2001 zde žilo 57 % Maďarů, 36 % Slováků a 4,3 % Romů. K římskokatolické církvi se hlásilo 49,5 % obyvatel a k řeckokatolické 12,3 %. Bez vyznání bylo 4,6 % obyvatel.

Osobnosti
 Sándor Albert (* 1943), slovenský politik maďarské národnosti
 Julianna Henrietta Berkovits (1888–1961), matka maďarského válečného fotografa Roberta Capy
 Ladislav Blum (1911–1994), český operní zpěvák a synagogální zpěvák, působící v Jeruzalémské synagoze v Praze
 János Erdélyi (1814–1868), maďarský básník, spisovatel, filozof a etnograf
 Géza Herczegh (1928–2010), maďarský soudce Mezinárodního soudního dvora v Haagu, tchán maďarského prezidenta Jánose Ádera
 Jozef Kiss, (1944–2013), novinář, historik a politolog maďarské národnosti
 István Léko (* 1963), český novinář, šéfredaktor Lidových novin
 Tünde Bartha (*1976), manažerka, ředitelka Úřadu vlády České republiky v letech 2018-2021

Odkazy

Reference

Související články
 Seznam slovenských měst

Externí odkazy

Města na Slovensku
Obce v okrese Michalovce
Města v regionu Dolní Zemplín
Maďarské komunity na Slovensku

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Differences in enzymic properties of five recombinant xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana
An Maris, Nomchit Kaewthai, Jens M. Eklof, Janice G. Miller, Harry Brumer, Stephen C. Fry, Jean-Pierre Verbelen, Kris Vissenberg
Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolases (XTHs) are cell wall enzymes that are able to graft xyloglucan chains to oligosaccharides or to other available xyloglucan chains and/or to hydrolyse xyloglucan chains. As they are involved in the modification of the load-bearing cell-wall components, they are believed to be very important in the regulation of growth and development. Given the large number (33) of XTH genes in Arabidopsis and the overlapping expression patterns, specific enzymic properties may be expected. Five predominantly root-expressed Arabidopsis thaliana XTHs belonging to subgroup I/II were analysed here. These represent two sets of closely related genes: AtXTH12 and 13 on the one hand (trichoblast-enriched) and AtXTH17, 18, and 19 on the other (expressed in nearly all cell types in the root). They were all recombinantly produced in the yeast Pichia pastoris and partially purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation before they were subsequently all subjected to a series of identical in vitro tests. The kinetic properties of purified AtXTH13 were investigated in greater detail to rule out interference with the assays by contaminating yeast proteins. All five proteins were found to exhibit only the endotransglucosylase (XET; EC 2.4.1.207) activity towards xyloglucan and non-detectable endohydrolytic (XEH; EC 3.2.1.151) activity. Their endotransglucosylase activity was preferentially directed towards xyloglucan and, in some cases, water-soluble cellulose acetate, rather than to mixed-linkage beta-glucan. Isoforms differed in optimum pH (5.0-7.5), in temperature dependence and in acceptor substrate preferences.
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Taika, estd. 1991 by designer Poonam Bhagat, means "magic" in Finnish.
It has been our constant endeavor, since then, to live up to our name.
Stringent quality control and emphasis on colors and styling have helped us create a "niche" market for ourselves over the years and we have been fortunate enough to sustain it, and grow from strength to strength.
The look is that of understated elegance. Indian as well as Indo-Western ensembles that do not cry out loud but, softly and surely make their statement, by enhancing the individuality of the wearer instead of drowning it.
Fabrics used are natural and hand-woven. India is a veritable treasure trove of textiles, so why not dip in and pullout the best? Tawny tussars, shimmering brocades, khadi Silks, Crisp cottons, gossamer Chanderis, Diaphonous organzas, drapey crepe de chines and georgettes are used to create outfits that are, not only dictated by the fashion trends, but are also in consonance with the forms they adorn.
Embroideries are, either minimal or, discreet. Machine and hand embroideries are often combined to produce an old antique look. We also do our own printing and use blocks that are exclusively designed by us. Garments are often hand painted or dyed using the "Shiboori" technique of stitching the pattern onto the fabric, dyeing it and then unraveling the thread. Stitching details and surface textures like tucking, pleating, hemming, anchor thread stitching, dori lines etc are liberally used to give the fabric a relief that is uncommon.
Colors are vibrant but not jarring. The palette changes from season to season Mints, leaf greens, limes, lemons, peaches, watermelons, cucumbers and such, dominate spring fading into whites and ivories, over summer, and then bouncing back to brighter hues of the same delectable tones... and then as the leaves turn russet and the wind nips at your ears, we transform into deep rich tones of burgundy, indigo, emerald, claret red, midnight blue and passionate plum and purple.
Taika sells from its own outlet in Delhi and from more than a dozen up-market boutiques in India. Such as Kali and Zenon in Kolkatta, Evoluzione and 7W in Chennai, Ffolio in Bangalore, Elahe and Oorja and Origins in Hyderabad.
It also has a presence in the U.K. Apart from this; exhibitions in the U.S., U.K., Hong Kong and Zambia have been very successful. lt is currently exporting Silk Jackets to Italy and fusion wear to Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.


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Hi everyone. Just dropping in to change my profile picture and say hi! Would someone please tell me why when I try to change my picture it takes try, after try, after try to get it to take? I've tried logging out, not logging out. Clicking the browser off, not clicking the browser off. I'm all ears...or eyes!!!
William, I'm sorry if I misled you. I was figuring out the layout when the phone rang. I thought I had finished so I posted it. Glad you followed Margaret's way! Now I'm not even sure what I did but I'm glad we all got 129 !!
merry chrismas and happy holidays to all of you, havent been around, my mother was in the hosp, shes ok now but i was running around for a few days. they thought she might have had a panic attack, because it was my dads b day after passing away last thanksgiving so we think that brought on heart palpitations and all, shaking and chest pains. but all is calm now relaxing at home, she got out late christmas eve ,around 6: 30 at night. anyway, i hope you all had a nice holiday.
Glad to hear that, William! Yes, obviously Susan is doing something a bit differently. I got 130 when I tried it her way. Both roads seem to lead to Rome though.
Well Margaret, I tried it your way and got 129. Thank you. Sorry Susan, I don't know what I was doing wrong.
I have the J on top of the K , so I have to play the J over before I get to the K . Susan's obviously doing something differently. Hope you get it, William.


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Sheesh, another rainy and chilly day here in New York. I was saving Pennsylvania Station (AKA, Penn Station and Madison Square Garden) for later, but it was always a rainy day type of thing. Today was rainy so I took the subway to Penn Station.
When you first get of the subway from Brooklyn, just go down the first set of steps, to the back, and you will run right into Tracks. It used to be a real dive of a bar not that long ago. And, as you can imagine, I stopped in a few times. They closed it for a couple of years and now it is a pretty nice plac.
They had at least eight televisions and nice overhead lights with green shades.
Either this was a very nice bar, because it was the first one and I wasn't in the bag yet, or I, after some of them I went to yesterday, anything halfway decent looked nice.
Ah, another Fridays. After my experience with the one in Brooklyn I thought I would never go to another. But not all Fridays are the same. The one in Penn Station does manage to have a bit of the dive about it. It was, of course, packed, but it has a really diverse and interesting clientele. All and all, if you are going to go to a Fridays, go to this one.
Ha! Ha! A place called Kabooz's (sounds like more than one caboose, the last car in a train) in a train station. So Clever. But, it was a nice bar. I think this was once an Itallian restaurant and bar and the head guy was someone that used to work at Cappucine's. Things do change fast.
Anyway, it was a very nice place. A couple of televisions showing CNN and sports, always a good combination. There was a little enclave in the front with a small settee and a couple of tables for drinks. Considering this is Penn Station, this is class.
They had a nice long bar that was separated from the eating area with a partition. They had nice pictures and posters on the wall. My favorite was from a production named "Hail Canada" with The Rockettes and The Music Hall Ballet Company. Poster may make you rethink about whether or not you would mount a mountie.
This is a great place to have a drink while you are waiting for a train because you can see the train postings from the bar, depending upon how many drinks you have had.
Another place that is better in Penn Station than its chain-name would have you believe. Order a martini there and get it in a glass you can't sit down other than in the little bucket of ice they serve it to you in (check that sentence for grammatical errors, please).
I had a Dewars and soda there. Didn't see the martini until after I had ordered, thank goodness.
This is a new place, replacing an old place. I don't remember the name of the old place, but we used to go there a lot after Knicks and Liberty games at Madison Square Garden. This place is right across the street so I have emerged from Penn Station. The rain has also stopped.
The place was just about empty, compared to every place in Penn Station. Just two other people in there when I arrived and only me when I left.
Looks like they replaced the bar stools and maybe either put in new sparkly mosaics behind the bar and around, or, they cleaned what was there, or, they just brightened the place up a bit.
It was nice enough and they did have a good nut selection on the bar.
I was going to go home after I hit my 75th bar, but, then as I was leaving Local West, I saw this place above the street. I don't know why I have never gone there before, but it was a very nice place. It was an Irish pub that you might expect to find in Ireland. Not your typical Irish bar, but a real Irish pub.
The bartender was Irish, the waitstaff was Irish, half of the customers were Irish (the kitchen-help and cooks, of course, were either Puerto Rican or Mexican).
At any rate, if you get a chance stop into this place. Nicely carved woodwork, stained-glass windows, just a really nice place.
I had a Tir Na No Stout, their house blend, obviously, and it was pretty good. Tasted a bit like Guiness but with a bit more of a coffee and toffee flavor.
One over my goal, so feeling a bit pleased with myself, as well as a bit mellow. A big 76 trombones and the parade is down to 924 bars to go.
I hit up the old neighborhood again today. Took the subway to 14th and then headed East on the North side of the street. I passed a few places that were closed so I will have to hit them another day.
Interesting place on 14th between 1st and 2nd. The first thing I noticed were the three dogs running around the place. Two of them left with a customer but the third one must have lived there.
The place had a nice long bar but it was a bit sticky. There was a comfortable looking back room with a couple of tables. There was also a side enclave that had a sofa and a couple of easy chairs with two reading lamps and a tapestry featuring a few deer in a snowy wooded setting. In the front was another small enclave with a couple of small settees by a window.
There were a lot of unlit candles at one end of the bar so I imagine the place is quite festive at night when they are all lit.
Down the street, this is a typical Irish bar that has been around a long time. I have been in there many times because a friend of mine has an apartment just down the block. Always a decent crowd in here but not a whole lot to distinguish it. Six televisions all tuned to CNN.
At the corner I headed uptown and this place was on the northwest corner of 1st Avenue and 18th Street. It was a new smelling place and, in fact, it turned out the place was new. Had 6 televisions above the bar, a couple of nice big ones that were turned off. The ones that were on were showing pool, the world's strongest man competition and OTB.
There was a nice little eating area in the back and a small outside area with a couple of tables where you could duck out for a smoke if you wanted.
The overall look was a bit too blond for a place that didn't have ferns and the crowd seemed much older than the place should have, like they drifted in from somewhere else or were here and they built the place around them.
This place was up a block and was a nice place with a large beer selection. The bar area was seperated from a line of tables against the windows where you could eat. There was a downstairs with dart boards and a pool table.
I passed up the house beer, M.T. Armstrong's lager for a Samuel Adam's Chocalate Bock. It was a good decision as the beer was excellent.
Now this was indeed a seedy bar on 23rd and 1st, and one not to linger in, at least if you were me. The place smelled vaguely of urine and the guy next to me was nodding off at the bar. Next to him was a guy who was talking loudly to no one in particular about who knows what. The guy on the other side of me was pleasant enough for being half in the bag. He was complaining about the weather because he had to go to his outdoor construction job soon. I certainly hope it didn't involve heavy machinery.
I dumped down a Dewars and soda and headed out.
On 23rd Street and 2nd Avenue, this was a nice bar with a pool table, darts, video games, the usual.
This place was a block over and down, on 2nd Avenue and 20th Street. Just two people in there besides me, and one looked to be nodding off. The other guy was smoking furiously and telling the bartender how he had to quit. Fat chance of that, seeing as how it is illegal to smoke in bars in New York now and he couldn't even make it to the door to light up. This was another kind of small and typical Irish bar that abounds in New York.
My final stop on 2nd Avenue and 18th Street. Not really a bar as much as a pizza place but they did have what looked to be a bar in front with some stools so in I went.
I had a glass of Chianti (it was served in a water glass) and called it a day.
Slip slidding my way to a thousand with only 930 left to go.
It is a bit chilly today and quite damp. I have put in a few good days so I thought I would take it easy today and just do a short stroll around my neighborhood. Tomorrow it is supposed to get up to almost 70 so I will plan on a longer day back in Manhattan.
About a block away on Willoughby between Jay and Lawrence, this is a nice Irish bar with quite a lunch crowd. I wonder what the place is like at night. Just two televisons that I could see and they were both tuned to news.
Just around the corner on Lawrence was this place, and I would say it was an Irish bar, except I was the only white guy in the place. Guess it was more of a Black Irish bar. Pleasant enough bartender, but they had Maury on the television and the crowd, such that it was, was way too into it. The topic was women who were accusing men of fathering their babies and then the DNA results to establish paternity were presented. Whew, what a concept.
A fellow that I used to drink with at a Chinese restuarant that had a bar in the back that has since closed came in so I chatted with him for awhile about the "old days."
Just 938 bars to go.
Another cold day that actually saw a wee bit of snow later on in the afternoon. I headed back again to my old stomping grounds, this time the Union Square area, but ended up going a bit further astray on the way home.
This place once upon a time long ago was a real coffee shop. It is on the corner of Union Park West and 16th Street. When Union Square moved from being a real drug dealers paradise (it was totally fenced off and patrolled by mounted cops for two years) to an upscale haven the Coffee Shop went with the trend. The place has a nice bar up front with a glassed in area behind it with tables. Most people in there were eating (it was about noon) but there were a few having drinks like me. There is also a neat downstairs lounge area that comes alive at night.
When you first walk in there is a large curvey bar/counter where you can either order food, coffee or a drink.
I had a draft Yuengling Lager to get my day started on the right foot.
Across the street from the Coffee Shop Bar and still on Union Park West This place used to be a real brew-pub and made their beer on the premises. They expanded to three locations and now their beer is made off-site and the brewing equipment is for show only. The quality of the beer has, in my opinion, slipped a bit. Needless to say the owners do not agree.
The decor in this place is kind of rural midwestern (check out the murals above the bar).
I had a Smiling Pumpkin Ale and it tasted a bit funky to me. Just my opinion, but I have drunk a lot of beer in my day. Suffice it to say I would not order it a second time.
Right next door to Heartland and kind of a large, Asian style place. A bit austere and loud. They have a decent menu and their soups are especially good.
I had a hot saki.
This place was around the corner and down a bit on 17th Street. There was a small bar in the front and booths in the back. More of a lunch place than anything else. No bartender so I had to flag down a waitress to get a drink. She seemed a bit put-off by it. Probably won't be going back here again unless I want a sandwich or something.
I was heading down 17th toward 6th to catch a subway back home and passed this place. It is fairly small with a small bar in front. It smelled good and their was an open kitchen just to the right of the bar. Italian food on the menu. The wait staff, mostly Asian, was very pleasant. The kitchen staff looked to be all Italian. Interesting pictures above the bar.
I had a 2001 Salviano Turla (a red wine) that was very good.
I got on the subway intending to go home but fate stepped in and dealt me an opportunistic hand. The subway stopped at Houston (pronounced HOW STUN) and I needed to change trains to continue on home to Brooklyn. I decided to pop above ground to see what was going on in this neighborhood during this time of day (way early by most standards).
A very nice French restaurant with a very small, 4 stool, bar in front. A little kitchen in full view and about 8 tables that I could see. There might have been more somewhere else, but out of my sight.
I had a 2001 Cafe de Rhone (a red wine).
This place, the only other place open on either side of the street without going more than a block from the subway, really wasn't that lil'. It was actually quite large.
I had an espresso and sambuca.
Well, beating the dead horse, I now have 941 bars left to hit.
Today I thought I would take a trip up memory lane, and in my case that meant 3rd Avenue. At one time I lived on 22nd Street between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue and worked on 17th and Park Avenue South. I also spent a bit of time in the Gramercy Park Hotel. About ten months, in fact. So anyway, today I took the subway to 14th street and began my journey.
This is an old haunt of mine on the corner of 3rd Avenue and 20th Street. We used to have some fun company parties here in the old days. This is a nice bar, suitably dark for 11:15 A.M. and, best of all open. A pool table in the back and 4 nice televisions above the bar that were all showing, for some reason, a fashion show. There were another 6 televisions strewn around the place that began to click on one by one while I was there, and they mostly featured sports.
Lots of blue and white Chirstmas tree lights and lots of white, somethings that looked like trees with no leaves. All and all though it was kind of pretty.
I had a Bloody Mary.
Across the street and back a bit was another Irish bar that had the same type of white tree-like things and was also strung up with the same kind of lights. Also a Christmas tree in the front window that was in the process of being dismantled.
No tables or booths in this place but stools and chairs along the walls which had little shelves so you had a place to put down your drink.
They had a total of 9 televisions that I could count and 2 pool tables in the back.
They had 16 draft taps but a few duplicates. The standard Irish bar beers on draft but Tetley's English Ale was a nice departure.
Now this was kind of close to home. In fact it is only half a block from where I used to live. You have to see this place to believe it this time of year. The Christmas decorations look like something you should have to pay to see, if you could even find a place. It truly is like being inside a story-book.
This time of year in addition to their usual German fare they have goose on the menu and it is fabulous. I may end up going back before the end of the month, when they change the decor and the menu, just to have it.
I had a Dab Dark Dortmunder and toddled on down the road.
This place, on 3rd between 22nd and 23rd, back when I lived in the neighborhood, was once Molly Malone. New owner's but the place has pretty much remained the same. A sawdust on the floor Irish bar with the best Irish coffee and hamburger in the city, as far as I am concerned at least. As a plus The Pogues popped up on their sound system while I was there. If you don't know who The Pogues are I would suggest that they may be the best Irish rock-band ever.
Anyway, I had a Guiness and headed out.
Just across 23rd at 307 3rd Avenue is this good sized Italian restaurant that specializes in pizzas. It is fairly fancy with a shiny wood bar with a brass rail. The two round brass beer stations had plastic replicas of the Venus de Milo on top and a few more of them were on the shelves behind the bar. There were mirrors behing the shelves and opposite the bar the wall had mirrors that looked like wooden framed windows. That wall is brick but the walls in the rest of the place are wood paneling.
Back across the street from Molly's was the Bull's Head Tavern and it had finally opened up.
Another fairly large place with a couple of pool tables and a dartboard. They had some interesting, somewhat religious, paintings on the wall and 3 televisons that I saw and a bowling and a golf machine.
I would have stayed longer but interviews for staff were being conducted and the person that was conducting the interviews had, for me at least, a very unpleasant voice. Something off-putting about conducting interviews within earshot of the customers, both for the customer and, I would think, for the person being interviewed. The bartender, however, was a very pleasant person.
I had a draft Boddington's Pub Ale.
"Plug Uglies, hot bartenders, titillating personalities, shuffleboard, pool table, free spankings. Ask for Elizibeth, she is so charming you will stay all day."
Well, that about sums it up except that I couldn't stay all day, places to go.
There are a few of these around town and this is another one. Most notable thing about this place is that it used to be the Old Forge back in the day when I used to hang out in the neighborhood and have a drink or two. Very nice bartender though who, when he heard about my quest, bought me a free one.
The quote from the bartender was "Mumbles - where the elite meet to drink! From young to old, laid-back to bold - the spirits are always first class."
This place is on 15th and, as long as I was heading back this way to the subway, I had to stop in. For some reason it wasn't open when I walked down the stret earlier. It is your typical Irish pub and, by this time, I wasn't really able to notice anything that would differentiate it from any other Irish bar I have been in. Might have something to do with the number of drinks I had in me. It is a friendly local bar.
Another bar on 15th that you could almost miss if you didn't know it was there. Kind of looks like a basement rec-room, if your basement had a pool table and a bar in it. Kind of dingy, but hey, it was open this time around. I believe this used to be a Polish-American club of some type and, if I am not mistaken, it still operates upstairs.
Just down the block on 15th, a bit of a dark place that wasn't quite open yet so I just downed a quick one and left. I used to go to this place once in awhile long ago and it was a dark place then, but it did have a little open area in the back that was nice when the weather was warm. They also had a pool table back there, but I didn't actually look this time around.
I was just going to go to six bars today but because so many memories came bubbling to the fore I just decided to go with the flow and almost doubled that. I am glad that I did, but I do not expect there will be many days like this.
Well this makes 51 bars down and 949 to go. I feel like I have passed a milestone of sorts and am begining to think that I am making real progress. I cannot afford to let down, however, so I will be back in the neighborhood again tomorrow.
Today it was sunny. A welcome change from yesterday's rain. Still cold but not that bad and I didn't go very far. I took my wife to brunch and we stopped at one other bar for a grand total of two today. But that is what I had planned upon.
This is a very nice French restaurant, but not overly fancy. It is on Atlantic Avenue, not far from where I live. Before brunch I had a glass of Montes Cabernet Sauvignon at the bar so I would not compromise upon my drink at a bar philosophy. The bartender was very pleasant and lived in the neighborhood. She seemed interested in my journey so I passed along this blog address.
I had an oxtail terraine appetizer and steak tartare for brunch. My wife had a lamb shank. All the food was excellent and we have most of the lamb shank in the refrigerator so I can have it for lunch tomorrow.
Just a couple of blocks away on Atlantic, towards Hank's Saloon, is this nice bar and restaurant. I sat at the bar and had a Maker's Mark Manhattan and my wife had a cup of tea and a slice of their chocolate-marble cheese-cake. Various critics claim this cheese cake is even better than Junior's, a Brooklyn institution. I can't say for certain, I would need a side by side comparison to be sure. But damn, I will have to say this was one good piece of cheese cake.
The Manhattan was pleasant and the atmosphere was as well, but I don't think I would make this a regular haunt as far as a bar to drink at goes.
Well, I did my nut for the day and have now hit 40 bars. A nice round number leaving me with a mere 960 to go. I think I will just veg out on the sofa and watch the Vikings/Packers game this afternoon. Being from Minneapolis, Minnesota I will naturally root for the Vikings, even though I think Randy Moss is one of the biggest buffoons in the game, his talent not-withstanding. But, he is oh-so-cute with those big diamond earrings. Maybe Randy hasn't figured out that there is no "I" in team, but he has sure figured out that if you drop a couple of letters and rearrange what is left you can get a "me" out of it.


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Jason Momoa Opens Up About Being in Debt After 'Game of Thrones': 'We Were Starving'
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It's hard to imagine Jason Momoa down on his luck. The leading man is built like a classical statue, the star of a comic book movie franchise and one half of the most beautiful couple on the planet. But according to a recent interview with InStyle, Momoa went through an incredibly rough patch just a few short years ago.
To hear Momoa tell it, his big break starring as Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones wasn't much of a break at all. (Spoilers: Do not read if you haven't seen the series and plan to.) After his character was killed in the very first season, the show went on to be a worldwide sensation without him. Meanwhile, Momoa was struggling to take care of kids and pay a mortgage.
"I mean, we were starving after Game of Thrones," he told InStyle. "I couldn't get work. It's very challenging when you have babies and you're completely in debt."
Momoa muddled through. He was no stranger to dry spells. His first role was on a Baywatch series and he found that the role wasn't exactly a great one for his CV. He said he couldn't even land an agent for years after that series ended.
His fortunes turned around permanently when he got the role of Aquaman, which turned into lucrative (and ongoing) work in the DC Universe for him. Since then he's also landed roles on major blockbusters like Dune and the Apple TV+ series See. Momoa said he still can't believe his luck.
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Rebidding for Mohmand Dam contract to escalate its cost, Vawda tells Senate
Web Desk On Jan 23, 2019
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda has said that the contract of Mohmand Dam has been awarded as per the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules and the rebidding will only escalate the cost of the project, Radio Pakistan reported on Wednesday.
Addressing on the floor of the Senate, the minister ruled out any nepotism in awarding the Mohmand Dam construction contract.
Vawda said an amount of over eight hundred and forty eight million rupees have been released in the 1st quarter of 2018-19 for the construction of various small and medium dams in Balochistan, while the demand for second quarter amounting to over one thousand eight million rupees has been recommended by the ministry of water resources.
"The Planning, Development and Reform division is looking into the matter for authorization of the funds," the minister said.
Expressing his views on the award of dam's construction contract to Descon,on January 14, in the session of the National Assembly,Vawda said that the narrative presented by Sharif before the house about a 'single-bidding', was falsified.
Read More: Shehbaz demands formation of parliamentary committee on Mohmand dam contract issue
"When bids are invited through advertisements, they can't be called 'single-bidding'", he said.
"For single-bidding, an approval from the Prime Minister and the [federal] cabinet is required", he added.


Corporate executives have been following the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations closely. The TPP is a groundbreaking mega trade agreement among 12 nations (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam, Canada, United States, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Brunei Darussalam). In October, Indonesia indicated that it too would join the TPP, which covers approximately 40% of global economic output.
The TPP eliminates more than 18,000 tariff lines and introduces trade rules in innovative and emerging areas such as state-owned entities, e-commerce and information flows. Following several years of negotiations, the TPP governments finally announced the conclusion of the negotiations in October 2015.
Yet executives have found themselves in regulatory limbo. First, details of the TPP deal were not available during negotiations. The concluded text was released only recently, forcing the market to examine its consequences following years of misinformation and inconsistent versions.
"Generally, companies need to figure out what the TPP says that is relevant to their business and how it may shape it, to which countries it applies, to which products it applies, how it applies, and when," says Dan Harris, a lawyer specializing in international trade. "The odds are pretty high that, if it passes, it will pass in a form very similar to what we are seeing now," Harris adds.
Second, the TPP agreement needs to be ratified by each TPP member country, which raises serious political challenges. For example, the United States is in presidential election mode, and both the Democrats and Republicans use anti-TPP rhetoric as a political tool. Elections in other TPP member countries have led to new leadership that might change key trade policies.
"Businesses make decisions in a world of economic, business and legal uncertainty every day," says Harris. "This is not really any different. The big uncertainty is whether it will pass at all." Any uncertainty as to how countries will ratify the TPP may delay corporate decisions to expand into markets or industries where specific new tariff eliminations play a big role. The impact on companies from TPP countries with already-existing bilateral trade treaties would be limited. But the TPP chapter that allows companies to sue governments directly for violation of investment protection, if passed, would change the way companies decide on their litigation strategy.


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Visa requirements vary greatly from country-to-country. The fees and regulations will also vary.
Depending on the visa needed, a student will have to apply either online or at the country's conulate. Students will have the support of the CLU Study Abroad Center and Partner-Affiliate programs to assist them with the Visa application process.
Study Abroad! Your visa can take anywhere from a few days to a couple months to be returned to you. Make sure that you DO NOT plan to travel internationally during this period sinece the consualte will have your passport and you will be unable to travel without it. Bon voyage!
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