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  1. Well, in 2018/19 Gaunce was better than Schaller, but not so much this year. To be able to say that and not get laughed out of the forum, means this team is on the way up and to the play offs.
  2. Good rich owners can invest more into scouting and player development, plus having a good farm organization. I don't know if Toronto does well by their minor league organizations or not, I'm just mentioning that rich owners can help, if they know what their doing.
  3. Just move the cursor to the address at the top of the page, press copy, then open this thread and press paste and that should do it.
  4. Should mention, I had Aaron, down at Sound Hounds, install a new moving coil cartridge for me. A Charisma l-103, which is a great improvement on my previous Denon l-103 cartridge. Seriously better, as in wow, I've never heard those lyrics before, in an album I've listened to for close to 40 years.
  5. I looked for the Weinstein/me too thread for a bit, but could not find it. So I'll just put this here: Thumbs up to Maddow for not letting this drop, even though it involves her network, and her bosses' jobs. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/rachel-maddow-confronts-her-nbc-news-bosses-live-on-the-air/ar-AAJuOOa?ocid=spartandhp " This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the timing of NBC Universal’s release of the results of an investigation of Matt Lauer’s behavior with colleagues. The results were released several months after NBC fired Mr. Lauer, not seven months. The MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow publicly confronted the leadership of her own network on Friday night, declaring live on air that she and other NBC News employees had deep concerns about whether the organization had stymied Ronan Farrow’s reporting on the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. In a prime-time monologue, Ms. Maddow questioned why NBC News executives had not invited an independent investigation of the Weinstein episode or the workplace behavior of Matt Lauer, the former “Today” show anchor who was fired in 2017 after a colleague accused him of sexual misconduct. Sponsored Video Sponsored by Dairy Farmers Of Canada “I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs in this company since I’ve been here,” Ms. Maddow said. “It would be impossible for me to overstate the amount of consternation inside the building around this issue.” Ms. Maddow also revealed that NBCUniversal, the network’s parent company, had agreed to release NBC News employees from contractual clauses that could prevent them from speaking openly about sexual harassment they may have experienced at the network. Ms. Maddow interviewed Mr. Farrow on her show — itself a surprise booking considering her bosses have been at war with him since the publication of his new book, “Catch and Kill,” in which he asserts that NBC executives blocked his reporting on Mr. Weinstein’s brutal treatment of women. Rich McHugh, Mr. Farrow’s producer at NBC, said in an interview with The New York Times last year that their reporting efforts were blocked. He made that claim again in a detailed first-person article published by Vanity Fair two weeks ago. NBC News has strenuously denied any suggestion that it got in the way of Mr. Farrow’s investigation of the accusations against Mr. Weinstein, saying that his work was not fit for broadcast at the time he left the network in August 2017. Mr. Farrow later published his findings in articles for The New Yorker, the first of which was published in October 2017. The magazine ended up sharing a Pulitzer Prize in the public service category with The New York Times thanks to Mr. Farrow’s articles. NBC has maintained that his published work was substantially different from what he had when he was still at the network. Mr. Farrow has been on a major publicity tour for his book, making appearances on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on CBS, “The View” on ABC, and Fox News, among other venues. Until his Friday appearance on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” he had not appeared on an NBC-owned property to promote “Catch and Kill.” Ms. Maddow — whose program is MSNBC’s No. 1 ratings draw — represents the biggest name in the NBC family to express misgivings over the network’s handling of Mr. Farrow’s reporting. Her on-air statements on Friday were likely to increase pressure on the NBC News leadership team, including the chairman, Andrew Lack, and the news division president, Noah Oppenheim, who have faced scrutiny from the press and inside network headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. “The allegations about the behavior of Harvey Weinstein and Matt Lauer are gut-wrenching,” Ms. Maddow said on Friday night. “But accusations that people in positions of authority in this building may have been complicit in some way in shielding those guys from accountability — those accusations are very, very hard to stomach.” Additionally, Ms. Maddow expressed misgivings over what executives knew about Mr. Lauer’s behavior before his firing in November 2017. In May 2018, several months after NBC fired Mr. Lauer, NBC Universal released the findings of an investigation that absolved top news executives. “We found no evidence indicating that any NBC News or ‘Today’ show leadership, News H.R. or others in positions of authority in the News Division received any complaints about Lauer’s workplace behavior prior to Nov. 27, 2017,” the report said. But the report also created a backlash, because it was overseen by NBC Universal’s chief counsel, Kimberley D. Harris. Other media organizations that have faced accusations of workplace misconduct in recent years, including Fox News, CBS and NPR, hired outside law firms to conduct investigations. Mr. Farrow, in “Catch and Kill,” reported that NBC had issued secret settlements to other women who had complained about Mr. Lauer, a charge executives have vehemently denied. “As far as we can tell, there has never been an independent investigation of that,” Ms. Maddow said. “So until there is an independent investigation — if there’s ever going to be one — that remains NBC’s word versus Ronan Farrow’s reporting and assertions.” In a statement that Ms. Maddow read on air, NBCUniversal, the network’s parent company, said it would release former NBC News employees from any “perceived obligation” to stay silent about sexual harassment at the network. The statement referred to any nondisclosure or nondisparagement clause in employees’ exit agreements, which, Mr. Farrow has argued, had unfairly prevented women from describing their experiences. Mr. Farrow told Ms. Maddow that “NBCUniversal executives deserve praise” for the move, which he called “significant.” Ms. Maddow is the second MSNBC prime-time host to express support for Mr. Farrow. Last week, Chris Hayes praised Mr. Farrow’s reporting on his MSNBC show, calling his work “the kind of journalism that you want to do as a journalist, that everyone who works in this business should want to facilitate.” “One thing is indisputable,” Mr. Hayes said on air. “Ronan Farrow walked out of NBC News while working on the Weinstein story and, within two months, published an incredible article at The New Yorker that not only won a Pulitzer, but helped trigger a massive social and cultural reckoning that continues to this day.” Mr. Farrow also appeared on Ms. Maddow’s show in October 2017, shortly after The New Yorker published his first article on Mr. Weinstein. That appearance helped spark a firestorm over why the story wound up in The New Yorker instead of on NBC’s airwaves — a question that persists two years later. In the 2017 interview, after Ms. Maddow pressed Mr. Farrow on why he had not reported his story for NBC, Mr. Farrow said: “I walked into the door at The New Yorker with an explosively reportable piece that should have been public earlier, and immediately, obviously, The New Yorker recognized that. It is not accurate to say that it was not reportable. In fact, there were multiple determinations that it was reportable at NBC.” In “Catch and Kill,” Mr. Farrow details the outraged reaction from Mr. Oppenheim and the MSNBC president, Phil Griffin, after the show ended. “The moment she was off air, Maddow got her call,” Mr. Farrow wrote. “She paced up and down the set, phone pressed to her ear, Griffin’s raised voice audible even at a distance.” Mr. Farrow said Mr. Oppenheim shouted at him and asked him to sign a statement that “conceded the story had passed a legal and standards review but said it also failed to meet ‘our standards.’” Mr. Farrow wrote that he would not sign such a statement but promised that he would “avoid answering further questions like Maddow’s.” On Friday night, Mr. Farrow, seated opposite Ms. Maddow at her studio desk, praised the anchor for her willingness to once again broach the issue in a public forum. “People speaking truth to power about their own bosses, about their own institutions, is a really important part of how we can have an honest conversation about this,” he said, as Ms. Maddow looked on."
  6. Just back from the big city, Victoria, and picked up a 3lp set of JJ Cale, and a double lp of Kurt Vile. I recommend both artists.
  7. It isn't even a good argument let alone a fair one. The argument/topic is not binary, it does not fall into an all or nothing category. Even grade eight students can understand that.
  8. Oh look, yet another of those posters: "How can she complain about dirty air if she is still breathing it? What a hypocrite." Stuff that wouldn't get past my grade eight debating club.
  9. I've got a kick out of his posts for quite some time, as no matter how over the top, there is always someone that thinks he is serious. The guy has been over doing his replies for quite some time; why would I take any of these type of posts seriously, despite what he says now.?
  10. Ronaldoescobar has been deliberately over hyping the news for about 2 years on threads like this. That said, he still gets out done by the true believers.
  11. don't know about Wilson, but I think you are correct with Ferland. Thought Ferland had a very good game, even without a scrap.
  12. It would not have been a "good fight" at all. Wilson was gassed and trying to leave the ice, while Ferland was fresh and ready. I am a bit surprised they did not meet later when both guys could go at it.
  13. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/news/head-trainer-nikki-huffman-leaving-blue-jays-opening-up-key-medical-role/ar-AAJl0Pm?ocid=spartandhp TORONTO – Head athletic trainer Nikki Huffman is leaving the Toronto Blue Jays to start her own business, the most significant of several changes made to the club’s high-performance department since the season’s end, according to multiple industry sources. Huffman, the second woman to ever serve as head athletic trainer by a team in one of North America’s four major sports leagues, spent two seasons in the role after joining the club in December 2015 as its first ever physical therapist and rehab co-ordinator. Her absence creates an opening in a key medical position for the team, and the Blue Jays are expected to look both internally and externally for a replacement. Assistant athletic trainers Voon Chong and Jose Ministral remain with the team and are likely to be involved in the process. Among other changes, assistant physical therapist Scott Peters was promoted to medical research co-ordinator, where his responsibilities will include helping with risk assessments in player acquisitions and the draft. Mental performance head Ben Freakley, who split time between the Blue Jays’ clubhouse and the team’s facility in Dunedin, Fla., last season, will work out of the complex next season, with the newly hired Jimmy VanOstrand to be embedded with the team as a mental skills coach. VanOstrand, a Richmond, B.C., native who was a key part of the Canadian national teams at the 2008 Olympics, 2011 Pan American Games and 2013 World Baseball Classic, and played eight years in the Houston Astros’ and Washington Nationals’ systems, comes over from the Seattle Mariners, where he spent three seasons as a peak performance/mental skills coach. The 35-year-old, who in 2018 completed a psychology masters from California Southern University, brings a player’s perspective into a role where building trust is pivotal. Huffman first joined the Blue Jays after the 2015 season, following her work at Duke University helping Marcus Stroman recover from the anterior-cruciate ligament he tore in his left knee during spring training. On Dec. 22, 2017, she was promoted to head athletic trainer after George Poulis left for the Atlanta Braves following 15 years as head trainer and three more as an assistant with the Blue Jays. A former basketball and lacrosse player at Averett University, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in athletic training, Huffman has a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. She also completed a post-professional sports residency and Division I sports fellowship at Duke.
  14. He was ill towards the end of training camp. I never heard with what. allegedly lost a lot of weight.
  15. Was down in Victoria for a few days, went to Ditch records and bought 2 new lps. J.J. Cale "Collected' a three lp set on 180gram vinyl Kurt Vile "Bottle It In" a two lp album Listening to Cale and thinking "Damn Clapton and Knopfler really took from this guy's sound." The Vile album is solid all the way through
  16. He is outstanding in Split. With the right scripts, he should win some Oscars over the rest of his career
  17. Loved the shots of the Cougar, used to have 2 of them over the years.
  18. Care to back this statement up with some kind of proof?
  19. There is no problem for a team, until it costs them money or prestige. All about the money. Who gives a hoot about ethics? not most teams in most sports.
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