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Jerry Manuel got the telephone call from White Sox General Manager Ron Schueler on a Monday in November. He was asked if he wanted to be considered for the team's managerial opening, with the option to interview that Thursday or Friday.
Manuel had been preparing a lifetime for this chance, but he nevertheless put it off until Friday. He wanted time to fully prepare.
On that Tuesday, Manuel organized his thoughts and spent time at his desk, preparing outlines to show how he would run a baseball team. On Wednesday, the born-again Christian began to prepare his soul.
"Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were days of fasting and prayer," Manuel said last week.
He appeared truly to be a man at peace during a three-hour conversation in the family room of his comfortable house, at times actually curling up on his couch.
At the Dec. 4 news conference to announce Manuel's hiring as the White Sox's 36th manager, Schueler recalled that "the room lit up" when Manuel walked into his hotel suite for the initial interview. Manuel believes that first impression was the result of answered prayers.
"It is my belief that was spiritual," Manuel said. "When I went in there, I had a plan. God gave me a plan."
Manuel, 43, a career .150 hitter in the major leagues who spent the last seven years as a coach for Felipe Alou with the Montreal Expos and Jim Leyland with the Florida Marlins, returns to the only organization ever to give him a pink slip. He was fired from a scouting job in the winter of 1985-86 by then-Sox GM Ken Harrelson.
Manuel wanted this job in the worst way. But he didn't want it just for the usual reasons of ambition, money or ego. He wanted it because he believes he has been prepared thoroughly to succeed. And by winning in a market as large as Chicago's, with a franchise that hasn't been to a World Series since 1959, he plans to be a positive role model for his fellow Christians and African-Americans.
There is both order and serenity in the two-story house on a sandy road on the western outskirts of West Palm Beach, Fla., where the Manuels have lived for a decade. It is decorated with antiques and collectibles, with the most prominent baseball item a poster commemorating the old Negro leagues. There are computers for the children to do their schoolwork and a swimming pool and two basketball goals outside among the tall pines. The only disturbance is a telephone that seems perpetually ringing.
Yet Renette Manuel confidently declares the couple officially in the market for a home in Chicago. In doing this, she would seem to overlook the average shelf life of recent Sox managers Jim Fregosi, Jeff Torborg, Gene Lamont and Terry Bevington. She believes it will be different for her husband.
Both Manuels are interested to hear about DuPage County, yet Renette has her heart set on something closer to Comiskey Park. She hasn't yet explored farther south than 35th Street, but a recent newspaper article about the revitalization of Kenwood intrigued her.
"We came here because of a job," she said. "Neither of us had family here. There has been a lot of growth in our family here, but the season here has ended. It's time to move on. I look forward with great anticipation to making the move to Chicago."
She expects to make a difference in the lives of many people she has yet to meet.
"The word of God says God has a plan for you," Renette said. "I know we had to be qualified for this, I know (Jerry) had to be good at what he does. But there's a responsibility there. We are ready for that responsibility."
More than any other word, that's the one that pops up the most during a long conversation with Jerry Manuel. He uses it to describe his marriage, his religion and his management philosophies.
In professional sports, where backup players sometimes can earn more than their bosses, many coaches and managers tiptoe around the tough stuff. But Manuel wants it to be known upfront that he will place demands on all of his players, including batting champ Frank Thomas and Albert Belle.
"Commitment means changes, and sometimes change is uncomfortable," Manuel said. "If you're going to be committed to winning a world championship, you have to be willing to change, because (the current White Sox players) haven't won one."
Manuel believes in a team concept of baseball, with an emphasis on fielders who turn double plays, hitters who put the ball in play and runners who take the extra base. Among the messages he will preach this spring: for Ray Durham to take more pitches and stop swinging for the fences, for Mike Cameron to cut down on his strikeouts and for the lumbering Thomas to be more aggressive going from first to third.
"I'll tell guys I'm not here to challenge you; I'm here to change you," Manuel said. "Challenge is a mind thing. Change is from the heart. If you can get it in your heart, you can change."
Manuel's willingness to demand change goes against the "I'm OK/You're OK" flow of society. Many coaches are uncomfortable suggesting players at the top tier of their sports should consider major alterations to the approach or techniques that have brought them some success in the past.
"Not me," Manuel said. "I'm here to change them. I'm here to change their hearts to the commitment it takes to win a championship, and it's going to be uncomfortable for a while."
Tough year; great year
Manuel's own comfort zone was shattered one cold day last April. He was at Wrigley Field with the Marlins, preparing to play the Cubs in their home opener. He received word that his 72-year-old father, Lorenzo, had suffered a massive stroke at his home in Sacramento.
So would begin the most eventful--and bittersweet--year of Manuel's life. In a period of 40 days, he won a World Series, lost a father, was rejected as a managerial candidate in one place and hired as a manager in another. There's no question which of these events he felt the most deeply.
"I still grieve today about my dad," Manuel said. "I had never felt the sting of death to someone close to me before. But that's where my faith comes in. I know that God wouldn't put more on me than I can handle. I knew I would be able to move on, to progress."
Lorenzo Manuel was an able man. He not only built the family's home in the southeast Georgia town of Cecil, but if the legend is correct, he engineered the county's first indoor plumbing. He and Mildred had seven children, with Jerry the fifth oldest.
Jerry came along too late to see it for himself, but he loves to listen to older relatives tell stories about his father's ability as a pitcher.
"He played against some Negro league teams when they barnstormed through the South," Manuel said. "Those games were a big thing then. They would play on a Sunday afternoon, and everybody in town came. He was known to be quite a pitcher. He could put the ball anywhere you wanted him to put it."
To support his family, Lorenzo Manuel was a cook in the Air Force. He gradually worked his way across the United States, moving to a base in Amarillo, Texas, then another in Sacramento. That's where Jerry met Renette. He was a three-sport athlete--rejecting scholarship offers from Notre Dame and other football powers after being picked by the Detroit Tigers in the 1972 baseball draft--and she was a cheerleader.
"I thought he was kind of cocky, actually," Renette said. "He was very popular. But I realized later, as I watched him, that he wasn't cocky, he is just a confident person. He carried himself with an unusual air of confidence."
Manuel was also unusually interested in matters of the spirit. He says his father, a deacon in his church in Georgia, instilled in him "the genesis" of his Christian beliefs. But Manuel spent years searching for a religion that would fit him as naturally as one of his well-oiled infielder's gloves.
Manuel studied the Nation of Islam as a Black Muslim. He practiced Hinduism as a devotee of Mahatma Gandhi. He still watches the movie "Gandhi" at least once a year and counts Gandhi alongside Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King as among the most powerful influences on his life. Yet he kept searching.
"I believe (organized) religion can be bondage," Manuel said. "It is not freedom in religion, it is bondage. That was not what I was looking for. What I was looking for was a relationship."
Manuel says he didn't find the peace he was pursuing until 1984, when he accepted Christ as his savior. Renette had gone through her own born-again experience three years earlier. They attend the same non-denominational church and share the same Christian lifestyle.
"We know where we get our strength from, and we know who to point each other to," Renette said. "God is as much a part of our life as we are."
Renette credits the shared belief in God for the couple's marriage having survived for almost 25 years. They have raised four children while enduring the chaotic lifestyle that comes with professional baseball.
The oldest, Angela, is a fifth-year sprinter at Oral Roberts University and is married to Montreal Expos outfielder Rondell White. The youngest, Natalie, is a 6th grader with a love for soccer. In between the bookend girls are two boys--Jerry Jr., a Florida A&M junior who plays baseball, and Anthony, a 10th grader.
The Manuels have lived in only three houses but have had "a lot of addresses," Renette said. The six-year stint in Montreal coaching for Alou has been the longest stop of Manuel's career.
"I don't tell anybody it's easy," Renette said. "We're fighters, and we're committed. We have values, guidelines, that we don't compromise."
After clinging to a diminished life through the summer, Lorenzo Manuel died Oct. 29 (Jerry's mother, Mildred, suffered a heart attack last week but is expected to recover). That was three days after the Marlins won the World Series.
In one of their last conversations, Manuel told his father he had been asked to interview for a job as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays' first manager. He also passed along a rumor that he was under consideration by the White Sox.
"He kind of put his hands together and moved his thumbs a little bit," Manuel said. "That was all he could move. I felt then that he knew that was where I wanted to be, in Chicago."
Manuel didn't believe he was a serious candidate with the Devil Rays. Nevertheless, he impressed General Manager Chuck LaMar enough in his initial interview that he was one of five finalists asked back for a second meeting. He traveled directly from his father's funeral to the Tampa airport, where he met with owner Vince Naimoli, LaMar and others on the Devil Rays' search committee.
"Jerry Manuel could not have been more impressive in the interview process," LaMar said. "There's an air of class and dignity surrounding Jerry that is hard to put into words. When you're around him, the more you're around him, the more you know he's going to treat people in a professional yet very fair way. . . . With Jerry, the players and staff will know what they're going to get day in and day out."
Manuel knew that whichever candidate was hired would have to throw himself immediately into the process of helping put together and promote the new American League team. The expansion draft was less than a week away.
"I told (Renette) I didn't know if I was mentally ready to do that," Manuel said. "At that time, I was very drained. I was empty, but at the same time I felt very good about what went on in the interview."
Manuel hadn't been home long before he got a call from LaMar. He told him that the Devil Rays had decided to hire Florida pitching coach Larry Rothschild.
"It was almost a relief," Manuel said. "I was sad in a way that I didn't get it, but on the other hand I was relieved. I was praying and hoping the White Sox would give me an interview. After I didn't get the Tampa job, Jim Leyland called, Felipe called. They both said it took them six, seven, eight interviews (to get hired). I knew it would not take me that long if somebody considered me a candidate, because I was ready."
Major impact
Like Tommy Lasorda, Sparky Anderson and Tony La Russa before him, Manuel hopes to have an impact as a manager that eluded him as a player.
When he was drafted in 1972, Manuel was rated a hotter property than catcher Gary Carter, then-infielder Chet Lemon, second baseman Willie Randolph and pitchers Dennis Eckersley, Dennis Leonard and John Candelaria--all of whom were drafted with subsequent picks. Yet 14 professional seasons yielded only 127 at-bats in 96 major-league games with the Tigers, Expos and San Diego Padres.
"When I was in Triple A, I was a good defensive player and clutch hitter," Manuel said. "I was always able to drive in big runs. When I went to the big leagues, I wasn't a good hitter at all. It didn't matter that I was for some reason blessed with the ability to hit when the game is on the line. When you get to the big-league level, a guy with my ability, they have a guy to pinch-hit for you."
Manuel reached Triple-A Evansville in his third minor-league season. But he would spend parts of the next six seasons playing there, helping a team managed by Leyland win the American Association title in 1979. He was passed on the way to a long career at Tiger Stadium by second baseman Lou Whitaker, who came in the 1975 draft, and shortstop Alan Trammell, who followed a year later.
"Those guys were extraordinary players," Manuel said. "I was a guy who was hoping to get a chance. But I loved to play baseball and I liked Evansville."
Manuel started the 1981 season with the Expos but hurt his left knee on May 1, blocking Mike Scioscia off the bag on a hard slide into second base. He would be out until September but earned a spot on manager Jim Fanning's postseason roster.
Despite his lack of playing time throughout the season, it was Manuel--and not teammates Andre Dawson, Gary Carter, Larry Parrish or Warren Cromartie--who called a team meeting before the strike-created divisional series against Philadelphia.
"Manager Dallas Green had come out with a statement that the Montreal Expos would choke," Manuel said. "I said, `That guy's not going to come here and tell us we're going to choke, not when we're playing in our back yard.' "
Manuel scored a bull's-eye.
"He's an intense competitor," said former Expos teammate Wallace Johnson, whom Manuel hired to be his third-base coach. "If you have a guy you don't expect to be real vocal, and all of a sudden he becomes vocal, that catches your attention. It caught on with the everyday players and became a real us-against-them approach."
Montreal won that series three games to two but missed a trip to the World Series by the narrowest of margins. Los Angeles won the deciding game of the National League Championship Series 2-1 on Rick Monday's two-out home run in the ninth inning.
Shining moment
Sixteen years later, Manuel finally made it to the World Series. He was standing next to Leyland when Edgar Renteria singled off Cleveland's Charles Nagy in the 11th inning of Game 7, giving the Marlins a 3-2 victory in a game in which they had trailed until the ninth.
As Leyland's bench coach, Manuel proposed some of the moves that would lead Florida to its emotional world championship.
"I don't think a lot of people realize what a bench coach's job is," Leyland said. "Some (managers) do it differently, but I feel very comfortable having other people suggest changes. Jerry is a very quick, very bright guy. I think the people in Chicago are going to love him."
During a three-day break before the World Series, Leyland approached Manuel with what he called "a very critical mission." He wanted him to talk to left-fielder Moises Alou about his approach. Alou had contributed to the Marlins' difficulty in scoring runs against San Francisco and Atlanta, batting .138 with no home runs in his first nine postseason games.
Manuel, who was familiar with Alou from Montreal, essentially told his former manager's son to get serious. Alou responded with a three-run homer off Orel Hershiser in Florida's 7-4 victory in Game 1, added two doubles in a 6-1 loss in Game 2 and a too-little, too-late homer in a 10-3 loss in Game 4.
With the series tied two games apiece, Alou looked bad in his first two at-bats against Hershiser in Game 5, which Cleveland led 4-2. After Hershiser struck out Alou flailing at off-the-plate junk, Manuel walked down the bench, looked his project in the eye and told him he would have to "be a hitter" to beat Hershiser.
In Alou's next at-bat, with two on and two out, he took a curveball in the dirt for ball one. He looked directly into the dugout at Manuel, nodded his head, then worked the count to 2-1. He drove a long home run to left field, putting the Marlins ahead.
Three days later, Alou was 0 for 3 when he came to bat against Jose Mesa in the ninth inning of Game 7. He singled to left field to start the game-tying rally. Call this Manuel's mission possible.
"He helped all the guys all along," Leyland said. "Jerry was close to Moises in Montreal. He knew what made Moises go, more than the rest of us. He felt very comfortable with him."
Manuel worked to build relationships with all of the Florida players, including high-maintenance right-fielder Gary Sheffield. He had done the same during his brief tenure as a minor-league manager.
Manuel succeeded in both seasons he ran Montreal farm teams, leading Double-A Jacksonville to an 84-60 record in 1990 and getting Triple-A Indianapolis off to a 28-22 start before being promoted to join Tom Runnells' staff when Expos manager Buck Rodgers was fired two months into the '91 season.
"He did a good job for us," said Florida GM Dave Dombrowski, who came to the Marlins from the Expos. "He showed leadership capability. He had some good players on his team, but he had a great way of communicating with them, getting through to them. He had a good balance of teaching but retaining the posture of an authority figure, which is necessary for the job."
Manuel's two teams included future major-leaguers Wil Cordero, Bret Barberie, Archi Cianfrocco, Matt Stairs, Brian Barnes, Jeff Fassero, Mel Rojas and Kent Bottenfield. His pitching staff at Jacksonville led the Southern League with a 3.17 earned-run average and was the only team in the league (and one of only two at any level of pro ball that season) to have five pitchers with at least five saves apiece.
Bottenfield, now a reliever with the Cubs, says he and other players who have come into contact with Manuel have long believed he would succeed as a manager in the big leagues.
"Jerry's a manager who not only cares about the players on the field but just as much off the field," Bottenfield said. "He treats his team like a family. I can't say that enough. He's not in it just for himself. That tends to be pretty rare in this business."
Manuel believed he was ready to manage in the major leagues after leaving Indianapolis. But he now says it was God's plan to "plant" him alongside Felipe Alou and Leyland. Those teams combined for a .553 winning percentage (501-405) that likely would have been higher had Montreal not lost Larry Walker, Marquis Grissom, Ken Hill, John Wetteland and others to free agency or financially motivated trades.
Manuel knows he will face another unique set of circumstances in Chicago. After beefing up for an unsuccessful run at an AL Central title, the Sox could open this year with a payroll that is $20 million lower than the $54.3 million investment they had in salaries on Opening Day last year.
Manuel sees no reason why the management style that was reinforced by the years working alongside the compassionate Alou and the hard-driving Leyland won't work on the South Side of Chicago. The personal touch, he has found, is always welcome.
"I've never had to push my team through the wall," Manuel said. "I want my team to run through the wall without having to be pushed."


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HP Executive Chairman Ray Lane
The former Oracle and Booz Allen executive came to the HP board in September 2010 with former HP CEO Leo Apotheker. In fact, Lane initially was a big supporter of Apotheker's drive to increase HP's enterprise software footprint with a game-changing acquisition. Lane, however, played a key role in ousting Apotheker, hiring Meg Whitman and giving himself a higher-level post, moving from nonexecutive chairman to executive chairman. Corporate governance experts have cringed at Lane's move to executive chairman. "You look for an independent chair," James Post, a professor at Boston University School of Management, told MarketWatch last year. Lane's total compensation is listed as $10.6 million in the HP proxy.


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Section is comprised of par. 24 of section 4 of act Dec. 23, 1913. For classification to this title of other pars. of section 4, see Codification note set out under section 301 of this title.
Section 203(a) of act Aug. 23, 1935, changed name of Federal Reserve Board to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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Kyle Stanley looks to rebound after collapse last year at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Clemson's Kyle Stanley returns to the site of last year's epic collapse in front of his parents when he blew a seven-shot lead to begin the final round with a triple-bogey at the final hole when his approach spun back off the green and into the water.
The then second-year pro in search of his first PGA Tour victory was left teary-eyed as Brandt Snedeker caught him and eventually won the Farmers Insurance Open on the second hole of sudden death. Stanley would go on to make a miraculous comeback of his own the very next week to claim his first win at the Phoenix Open.
"I have really positive thoughts about it," Stanley told attending media Wednesday. "I think it was really good for me. It made me tough and I played some great golf. I think, if anything, it was an eye-opener for me to kind of know if I get things going I can win.
"I'm pretty emotional and (the loss) was just hard to take. I had my parents here and it was a dream to win out here. I'm glad I did it in Phoenix, but yeah, it was pretty difficult."
Stanley is paired the opening two rounds with world No. 27 Hunter Mahan and world No. 37 Bill Haas, a Greenville resident who has both a strong personal and family history in the event. Bill finished tied for fourth here last year and tied for ninth in 2011 as he looks to join his winning father, Jay, the 1978 champion and 1988 runner-up (by one to Steve Pate).
Greenville native/Clemson product Lucas Glover played his first competitive event last week since Aug. 19 and finished tied for 47th at the Humana Challenge. Glover missed four consecutive cuts and then withdrew from his final event last season in Greensboro, N.C., with pain in his right knee. He originally injured it prior to the season-opening event in Hawaii and underwent surgery for a torn meniscus in early September.
Simpsonville resident Justin Bolli won last year's Web.com Tour Championship to push his earnings to more than $300,000 and earned a return trip to the PGA Tour. He missed his first two cuts this season in his first starts on the big tour since 2010.
Among the featured opening trios are six-time winner Tiger Woods with Nick Watney and Rickie Fowler while three-time winner Phil Mickelson will play with Bubba Watson and Snedeker.
Boiling Springs resident/Wofford product William McGirt is taking the week off after becoming a first-time father with wife, Sarah, to a son on Jan. 2. He finished tied for 56th at last week's Humana Challenge after entering the weekend in the top 10. Dorman/Clemson product D.J. Trahan was an alternate this week.


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Eldora Mountain Resort suffered a power outage Saturday morning that resulted in some skiers and snowboarders being stranded at the base of one lift in frigid temperatures.
The resort, located in Nederland, lost power early Saturday morning, according to Eldora spokesman Rob Linde.
"Our feed from Xcel Energy was out so we were operating on our own generator power for about half of the day," Linde said.
The outage impacted some lifts, Linde said, including the Corona lift, which he estimated lost auxiliary power for about 20 minutes around mid morning.
As the power came on and went off again, resort employees got everyone off the lift but did not allow other people to board at the bottom, Linde said.
This caused a backup Linde estimated at 75 people. They were given to option of hiking to another lift, or being towed out in small groups by a crew of snowmobiles.
Boulder resident Mark Riegel was among the skiers who was stuck at the bottom of the Corona lift Saturday, and he disputed Linde's version of events, especially that the lift was only disabled for 20 minutes.
"We sat there and waited for 20 minutes before everyone was told they should either hike out or have snowmobiles slowly come and get people," said Riegel, 32, who estimated as many as 100 resort visitors were stranded.
Noting that it was about 15 degrees at Eldora around 10:15 a.m., Riegel said he and many others chose to hike out instead of waiting. He said it took him about an hour to get to the lodge in his uncomfortable ski boots, leaving him too tired and sore to continue skiing.
"I started at 9:30 a.m. and basically got two runs in," he said. "At 10 a.m., the lifts failed."
Riegel said he has a four-day pass to Eldora and was among several skiers that asked to be credited for a free ski day. Instead, he said, resorts staff members offered him a coupon for a free soft drink.
"It seems from my knowledge that if their equipment failure causes you distress, it's pretty standard business practice that they are going to credit your ski day back at least," he said.
Linde said that while some vouchers were issued to skiers on Saturday, the resort did not give one to everyone who dealt with the issues at the Corona lift.
"Our policy with stuff like that is we don't issue full-day refunds for a 20 minute closure," he said. "It's really, really unfortunate when we get power interruptions from Xcel like we did."
Xcel spokeswoman Michelle Aguayo confirmed that a wire servicing Eldora went down at 7:16 a.m. due to weather, but said that line was operational again by 10:26 a.m.
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If play didn't improve commissioner Roger Goodell threatened to expunge the Pro Bowl.
The motivated players didn't want to be known as the group to lead to the game's cancellation and take away an honor for future participants.
Scoring was still aplenty, although effort was shown throughout in the NFC's 62-35 victory over the AFC.
The past two years the game was played as if it was a bad walkthrough.
The NFC's 62 points was a new Pro Bowl single-game mark, set last season by the AFC, who tallied 59 points.
Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph, a late entrant for Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez, was named the game's MVP with a touchdown and 122 yards receiving on five receptions.
Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt went out for a pass as a wide receiver and retiring Green Bay Packers center Jeff Saturday lined up on the AFC side for one play to snap to his longtime teammate Peyton Manning.
Saturday, who entered the league as a non-drafted free agent, played for the Colts from 1999-2011 before joining Green Bay. In addition to making six Pro Bowls, Saturday was a first-team All-Pro twice and second-team All-Pro two times.
In the year of the rookie quarterback, the Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson and the Indianapolis Colts' Andrew Luck were among 30 players making their debut in the Pro Bowl, which was the 43rd meeting between the AFC and NFC All- Stars. The NFC took a 22-21 lead in the all-time series.
Wilson tossed three touchdown passes and accumulated 98 yards through the air on 8-of-10 passing. Luck threw two scores to go with an interception and led the AFC in passing yards with 205 on 12-of-19 efficiency.
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who is one of the favorites for the MVP Award and was nine yards shy of Eric Dickerson's all-time rushing mark, carried the ball just five times for 13 yards.
New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz set a Pro-Bowl record with 10 receptions for 96 yards and a score.
The Cincinnati Bengals' A.J. Green hauled in three scores and caught seven balls for 119 yards.
Another frontrunner for the MVP Award, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, completed 6-of-12 passes for 43 yards and a touchdown.
After Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson returned an interception 42 yards for a score to put the AFC on top, 14-10, early in the second quarter, the NFC countered with 28 unanswered points that bridged the second and third frames to seize control.
Cruz caught a 9-yard touchdown and Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch plunged in from a yard out before Rudolph caught a 3-yard score with six ticks left in the second as the NFC went into the locker room with a 31-14 advantage.
Wilson hit Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Doug Martin for a 28-yard touchdown on the NFC's first touch of the third to make it 38-14.
The margin reached its apex at 55-21 on the second play of the fourth when Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh nailed a 26-yard field goal.
This marked the fourth consecutive year in which the Pro Bowl was held one week prior to the Super Bowl, thereby removing members of the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens, who will meet in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on Feb. 3.
The NFC was hit particularly hard by the absence of San Francisco players since a conference-high nine 49ers were picked to play in Hawaii, marking nearly 21 percent of the conference's 43-man roster. That list included projected starters Joe Staley and Mike Iupati on the offensive line and Justin Smith, Aldon Smith, Patrick Willis, Dashon Goldson and Donte Whitner from San Francisco's imposing defense. Running back Frank Gore and linebacker NaVorro Bowman also needed to be replaced.
Over in the AFC, six Ravens were tabbed for the contest: veteran safety Ed Reed and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata from Dean Pees' defense, running back Ray Rice, his lead blocker Vonta Leach and guard Marshal Yanda from the offense, along with return specialist Jacoby Jones.
Overall 16 players declined invitations, citing injury -- eight from both sides, including all three NFC quarterbacks -- the Packers' Aaron Rodgers, the Atlanta Falcons' Matt Ryan and Washington Redskins rookie Robert Griffin III.
Game Notes
The game does remain a success as a television vehicle, with last year's encounter being watched by an average of 12.5 million viewers, making it the most-watched All-Star game in American sports for the third consecutive year ... Each player on the winning NFC team receives $50,000, while each on the AFC squad ended up with $25,000 ... This was the 33nd time in the past 34 years in which the Pro Bowl will be held at Aloha Stadium, with the 2010 edition having taken place at Miami's Sun Life Stadium.


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Windows Azure SQL Reporting was the new name of the reporting services component (which was formerly known as SQL Azure Reporting Services) that went live June 12, 2012.
However today, October 31, 2013, notification went out to current Windows Azure SQL Reporting customers that the service will be discontinued in 12 months (October 31, 2014). Customers were directed to migrate their report instances to SQL Server Reporting Services running on Windows Azure Virtual Machines.
SQL Server Reporting Services running on Windows Azure Virtual Machines will provide customers with full native mode feature set, broader data access, and the ability to shut down VMs when not in use for greater flexibility in controlling costs. Current customers will continue to maintain full functionality in their current SQL Reporting deployment for 12 months, while new customers will be directed to use VMs with SSRS for their Azure reporting instances.
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OKANOGAN — Free dental care, including mouth guards for sixth- through 12th-graders, will be offered Feb. 6-8 to children from 1-18 years old.
"Smile Day" is a cooperative effort of dental clinics at Family Health Centers and Indian Health Service.
Fluoride, cleaning and other procedures will be offered.
Family Health Centers Dental Clinics will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 7-8 at 101 N. Sixth Ave., Brewster; 626 S. Second Ave., Okanogan, and 1321 Main St., Oroville.
Indian Health Service's clinics will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 6 at 29 Nespelem/San Poil St., Nespelem, and Feb. 7 at 617 Benton St., Omak.
Harnack named Student of the Month
RIVERSIDE – Part-time Tunk Valley resident Olivia "Livy" Harnack was named Student of the Month last week for the Suttons Bay, Mich., School District.
The 11-year-old Harnack is a sixth-grader at Suttons Bay Elementary School, where she is in an accelerated educational track taking seventh-grade mathematics and reading classes.
She is the daughter of Roger Harnack of Tunk Valley and Gretchen Harnack of Suttons Bay.
—The Chronicle
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CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (AP) — Bill Hawley of Washougal started the field session of his class on water crossings at the Columbia Cascades Trail Skills College with an introduction of the tools and a safety chat.
Hawley picked up a six-tined rake, of sorts, called a "McLeod."
Rule No. 1: Put the McLeod a safe distance away from when not using it.
"That's six sucking chest wounds if you fall upon it," Hawley explained to the 15 volunteers about to repair a wet area on Gorge trail No. 400 near Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
The trail school in late April here was a joint effort between the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Crest Trail Association, Washington Trails Association and backcountry horsemen's groups in both Washington and Oregon.
There were more than 200 attendees.
Sponsored by outdoor retailer REI, the three-day event taught skills including building rock walls, first-aid, deconstructing unwanted trails and Hawley's offering on water crossings.
"Water runs down the landscape and it not only sheets across the surface it also sort of percs through," said Hawley, a retired construction manager. "When we create a trail or road or any structure, we use it, and we compact it. That makes a dam for all the water that would typically run through the landscape. The water tends to come out on the surface. When we have water on the trail on this side of the state we have mud."
There are many methods to get the water through the trail.
Hawley said as minimal a structure as possible is best. Rocks and logs generally are used.
"You use what's available that you don't have to move too far," he said.
Culverts and plastic piping are a last resort.
"We try to get it as naturally self-draining as possible," said Bruce Dungey of the Forest Service.
When culverts are used, the crossing is designed so hikers won't see the metal, Dungey said.
"Wilderness or not, we still don't want to see culverts on the trail," he added.
Many of the participants at the trail skills college already do trail maintenance.
Hawley, an associate regional representative for the Pacific Crest Trail Association, is the PCTA's Caretaker for the Crest trail between the Bridge of the Gods and Carpenters Lake, a distance of about seven miles.
He's also Caretaker of the 9 miles from Crest Camp on Gifford Pinchot National Forest road No. 60 to Junction Lake in the heart of Indian Heaven Wilderness.
Chris Sanderson of Portland is the PCTA's Caretaker from Carpenter Lake to Three Corner Rock, a distance of about eight miles.
Sanderson, 43, has completed the triple crown of long-distance hiking. He walked the Appalachian Trail in 2000, the Pacific Crest Trail in 2003 and the Continental Divide Trail in 2009.
"I'm here to learn more," Sanderson said. "I'm not an expert. I maintain an eight-mile section and this makes me a better volunteer. This is the next step in my experience with the trail."
Bob Arkes, 74, also of Portland, is Caretaker of a 13-mile stretch of the Crest trail in the Mount Adams Wilderness from Williams Mine trailhead on road No. 23 north of Trout Lake to the crossing of Riley Creek.
Arkes maintains a high-elevation stretch of the PCT, with a snowfree season only from mid- to late July until October. Still, he and his volunteers work five to six days annually.
When the Mount Hood chapter of the PCTA took on responsibility for the southern Washington end of the Crest trail, Arkes scouted the Mount Adams section and got attached to it.
It has been suggested he extend his caretakership all the way north to the Pacific Crest Trail crossing with Gifford Pinchot road No. 5603 near Potato Hills.
"I'm 74," said Arkes, recipient of a hip replacement last week. "That would be too many miles."


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In honor of the upcoming 40th anniversary of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (YR40), We Love Soaps will be posting a "Classic Photo of the Day" for the rest of the month. Today's photo is of Sally McGuire and Snapper Foster, played by Lee Crawford and William Gray Espy. The triangle of Snapper/Chris/Sally was one of the most famous in Y&R history. Snapper and Sally eventually had a son together, Chuckie.
Crawford said the first line in the very first Y&R episode: "Kind of a drag, huh? Stuck in a place like Genoa City ... God, I feel so restless."


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I know SinC is equal to Sin(63.4).
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Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp has expressed his pride after the Gunners announced they would be erecting a statue in his honour.
The former Dutch international was a fans' favourite at the club, scoring 120 goals in 11 successful years in which he won three Premier League titles and four FA Cups. The statue of Bergkamp will stand outside the Emirates Stadium alongside those of Herbert Chapman, Tony Adams and Thierry Henry. Bergkamp told Arsenal's official website of his joy at the news.
"First of all, I am honoured that this is going to happen," he said. "It makes me very proud. Everyone knows that I love Arsenal and that I had a fantastic time at the club."
He added: "For me and my family it was an important period in our lives. Next to that the people were great, the team was amazing and we had a lot of success over the years."
The statue is still in construction and is planned to be unveiled at the start of next season. Bergkamp currently resides in the Netherlands, where he is assistant coach at Ajax, but he stated that he would be present at the Emirates for the big reveal.
"I will do everything I can to be there when it will be unveiled," he said. "It will definitely be a special moment for me which I don't want to miss."
Bergkamp was signed by former Gunners boss Bruce Rioch for £7.5m from Inter Milan in 1995 and the Dutchman's decade in north London marked one of the club's most successful eras. Bergkamp was part of the 'Invicibles' side that completed an undefeated Premier League season in 2003/04 and, according to Arsenal.com, his goal against Newcastle in 2002 is the greatest in the club's history.
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LEWISBURG, Pa. — The economics department at Bucknell University will show the documentary "I.O.U.S.A." on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. in the Forum of the Elaine Langone Center.
A student panel with Bucknell seniors Courtney Doak and Gregg Marmaro and junior Alexander Ufier will lead a discussion after the film is shown. The private viewing is open only to members of the Bucknell campus community or by invitation.
Rapidly growing national debt
Directed by Patrick Creadon, "I.O.U.S.A." examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens.
Creadon, who directed the award-winning documentary "Wordplay," interweaves archival footage and economic data to paint a vivid and alarming profile of America's current economic situation. His interviewees include Warren Buffet, Alan Greenspan, Paul O'Neill, Robert Rubin and Paul Volcker.
Solutions proposed
The ultimate power of "I.O.U.S.A." is that the film moves beyond doomsday rhetoric to proffer potential financial scenarios and propose solutions about how we can recreate a fiscally sound nation for future generations.
"I.O.U.S.A." is an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival. For more information, visit http://www.iousathemovie.com
"We're pleased to share this film on the problems posed for us all, especially the current generation of students, by the expanding national debt," said Greg Krohn, associate professor of economics at Bucknell.
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American Judge Rules Sherlock Holmes Is Now Public Domain
Already considered public domain in his home country of England, Sherlock Holmes and his associated characters have been ruled public domain in America this past Friday by a federal judge.
Editor Leslie Klinger filed a civil complaint in February after his publisher, Pegasus Books, refused to publish the collection In the Company of Sherlock Holmes after receiving a notice from Conan Doyle Estate Ltd. saying they planned to prevent the book from being sold through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and similar retailers unless they received a new licensing fee. Klinger had paid a $5,000 licensing fee when he published a previous Holmes collection, but the Conan Doyle Estate felt they were due a new fee for the new work.
Ruling on the complaint this past week, Chief Judge Ruben Castillo of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, said that all works, characters, and locations associated with the Sherlock Holmes stories published before 1923 are now in public domain, allowing anyone to use the material without seeking permission. Judge Castillo rejected the estate's "novel legal argument" that the characters should remain under copyright as they were still changing and not entirely completed until Arthur Conan Doyle published his final Holmes work in 1927. However, Castillo upheld the time limitations on public domain, saying that all characters and plot points that debuted after 1923, such as Watson's second wife and athletic career, are still recognized under American copyright.
The lawyer for the Conan Doyle Estate, Benjamin W. Allison, said that the estate will be looking into the possibility of an appeal, but assured that this ruling would not have any impact of current licensing agreements.
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Flashback News: Divinyls Lead Singer Chrissy Amphlett, Dead at 53[VIDEO]
Chrissy Amphlett, lead singer of the Australian rock band Divinyls who scored a 1991 Billboard top-ten hit with "I Touch Myself," has died at age 53.
Multiple sources are reporting that Amphlett died of complications from breast cancer and multiple sclerosis.
Among those paying tribute to Amphlett is fellow Aussie Russell Crowe, who tweeted, "Dear Chrissie, The last time I saw you was in the Botanic Gardens, loving life and reciting verse. That's how I'll remember you, your boy, R." Crowe and Amphlett starred on stage together early in Crowe's career in a 1988 Australian production of Blood Brothers.
Divinyls was formed in 1980 and remained together until 1997, releasing five studio albums. The sexually-charged single "I Touch Myself" was off the band's 1991 self-titled fourth studio album and remains their biggest hit, topping the charts in Australia and peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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"Philosophically, I am very different from normal politicians, and normal consultants found that very hard to deal with..."He's different! He's not normal!
You squares just don't get him. He's out there on the edge, doing... Reaganomics!
"Philosophically, I am very different from normal politicians, and normal consultants found that very hard to deal with..."He's different! He's not normal!
I don't believe Ron let Nancy call the shots the way Callista seems to.
So is Newt saying he's unable to hire a staff who is compatible with reaganomics, or disloyal, or unable to follow his leadership?
Newt can't possibly miss that as President, he needs to be able to lead people. He needs to convince them to do what he wants them to do.
If they are bailing on him already, that's a sign he's not a great leader.
Regardless, he's a smart guy and he is an enhancement to the debates. He never had a shot at winning nomination, so of course his staff will leave for a leader that inspires them for something greater than Newt talking.
Understanding that your relevance has evaporated is the first step toward the peaceful autumn years of your life.
"We have big ideas. I just think that's part of how you campaign. You talk to the American people about big things."
The deficit is a pretty big thing. Newt should talk to Paul Ryan about it; he seems to have some big ideas.
I think Newt was unelectable under any circumstance. Under the current circumstances, he's crumbled toast.
And that doesn't bother me at all. Were he running unopposed or against a resurgent Jimmy Carter, I'd rather throw my vote away on Pogo or Snoopy.
WV: blestemi So I'm profane... sue me.
Couldn't agree more.
The sooner Newt goes away and finds a hobby, the better. He's so past tense.
I get that Gingrich is playing the part of Captain Edward Smith in this particular drama.
Newt's going nowhere.
But if there's an example out there ... Newt couldn't stand moving out of the speaker's office into a smaller space. While Nancy Pelosi opted to do otherwise.
So, maybe, there is a difference between republicans and democraps? Who knew?
Voodoo scares people.
Just how awful is Callista?
The Atlanta Press: "You're Newt Gingrich. You used to be Speaker of the House. You used to be big."
Newt Ginrich: "I am big. It's the politics that got small."
LOL, Paddy O.
Glub glub. As the Gingrich ship goes down he is evoking the name of his "god" Ronnie Reagan. Pitiful.
You know, everyone says he is so smart, he may be smart but he is living in his own dream world. I hope he doesn't blame this on "loving America too much."
Get out Newt, get out now while you still have some semblance of a reputation for your commentaries on Fox.
Vicki from Pasadena
No, he's just out.
Newt shoulda listened to this guy.
Look around the 1:30 mark.
"If I had to choose Reaganomics or 13 staffers quitting, I think for the average working American, Reaganomics was a much better deal,"
What in the world does that mean?
Paddy O's perfect analogy inspired me to find the clip. "I am big. It's the pictures that got small."
I can sum up Newt's candidacy and its chances of success in one word:
Nancy Reagan was attacked non-stop for running Reagan. Hillary was the unelected President. Even Jimmah Cahta's ol girl Rosalyn was hacked for attending cabinet meetings, with a notepad no less.
The newtcular meltdown we are witnessing is not about the wife, not even a little bit. Not about "this" wife anyway.
Newt's an intellect looking for a soul, or even the semblance of human empathy in his personality might suffice. The high handed behavior on the left hand, in juxiposition to the low handed treatment of his ex-wife on the right hand was impossible to swallow. He never did the self serving mia culpa like Clinton, so not forgiven.
He's allowed to write some good books and give his opinion...he's not allowed to resume an active leadership role. Hard to keep track of the rules in this game.
And how's that working out for you Newt?
I think this statement from Gingrich deserves an Althouse: Just. Shut. The. Fuck. Up.
I like it when Ann talks dirty!
Newt, here is a song for you.
You huckleberry douchebag.
I agree. Brave Paddy O!
BravO. BravO.
Okay, maybe Paddy O is brave too.
Newt, here is another one.
Apparently Newt is still getting laid.
Reaganomics? What, is Newt running to become the 41st President? Could somebody remind him that George HR Bush already won the 1988 Presidential race?
Has he had a stroke recently or something?
Newt is a great speaker and knows his stuff, but I am a big believer in "character counts". Newt isn't as bad as John Edwards, not even close. But still, I can't help but of Newt and his wives and see someone who would self-destruct.
Newtie is a cutie with words and has a nice guy schtick. But Newt is not a nice guy!
Bravo Paddy O!
Talking about Newt, I hear it does not matter if you have a small dick if you take your girlfriends to Tiffany's.
Everyone says Newt is smart, but just citing 'REAGAN' is practically the cheapest argument a Republican could make today.
Especially one that waffled on Ryan's budget.
It's not bold or insightful to claim the mantle of Reagan in the Republican party today. You might as well say you are Washintonian or patriotic.
Newt's rhetoric is at a lower level than Cain or Palin or RINOs like Romney, so what use do we have for him?
But we can't see beyond the curtain, so what's really interesting is that his own staff doesn't follow his leadership. That's a big red flag warning.
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| Talking about Newt, I hear it does not matter if you have a small dick if you take your girlfriends to Tiffany's.
That's incomplete. Merely 'taking' doesn't suffice. Purchase(s) completes the theorem.
Quit trying to live off of Reagan's name. Establish your own identity.
Newt is clearly a different brand of politician.
Most would-be Presidential candidates hire staffers that share their candidate's viewpoints, particularly on big issues like fiscal policy. Not our Mr. Gingrich; he apparently was willing to take on supporters who didn't support him.
Maybe that's why they quit on him.
Not defending Newt but I think the incompetence of this administration proves anyone can be elected.
Gingrich looks at what Palin is doing and thinks 'What does she have that I don't have'?..
Aside from the obvious (Palin is way more physically pleasing to look at) Gingrich believes his brain can do for him what Palin's physical appeal does for her.
Its a hard sell but maybe he is that confident in himself.
Speaking of GOP twits...it looks like she quit...again.
WASHINGTON – Amid diminishing media interest, Sarah Palin has quit her high-profile bus tour halfway through and returned to Alaska with her family.
Corn Cob - Terrific argument for Newt, but I think little Georgie already took a good shot at proving your point.
Now it's President Obama's fault.
Anything to denigrate the President...right?
I like Gingrich, and was somewhat sorry to see him leave the House. After he left, the Republicans lost their way, falling into being as bad at the money grubbing and rent seeking as any Democrat. Hastor and DeLay were the wrong sort of leaders to make the Republicans a permanent majority.
But, he is the one of the last Republicans I would vote for for President. His brain is more trouble than it is worth, and he has the managerial expertise of, say, an Obama.
There's that word again. Denigrate.
Jeremy, are you a bigot?
By the way, which one in the picture is you?
Rumpletweezer - Calling Corn Cob out for denigrating the President...is somehow a form of bigotry?
Do you own a dictionary?
*I'm the one on the right.
"He's different! He's not normal!"
Hmmm, where have I heard that before?
Winger: Hup… fair? Who cares about fair? The world isn't fair. Truth isn't fair. Is it fair that you were born like this? No!
They're not expecting somebody like you in there, Newt. They're expecting one of these mugs. You're different. You're weird. You're a mutant. You're a killer. You're a trained killer. You're a lean, mean, fighting machine!
Newt: I'll do it!!!
Jeremy, are you a bigot?
No, but he sounds like a homophobe judging by his demands to know why someone would know anything about engorged penises like some puritanical elder ready to sew scarlet letter G on someone.
Bruce Hayden - "I like Gingrich, and was somewhat sorry to see him leave the House."
"leave the house??"
You mean after being overwhelmingly reprimanded, sanctioned and forced to fork over $300,000...right?
Scotty - Oh, are you still upset about that teabagger thingie?
You and the rest of the nitwits who are so far to the right you can hardly stand up straight...come up with a term, thinking it's a perfect way to smear the Democrats...only to realize, too late...that it can also mean something entirely different.
Next time you idiots try to be witty or cute...think about it first.
I was never upset about to begin with and I'm not sure why you would think I was.
To the matter of wit, I've got more comedic talent in my engorged penis than you do in your whole body. Oh, you do provide laughs, but only ironically and you're usually not in on it.
This is 2011. We can't even safely guess what the hot issue will be in 2012, yet we invoke Reagan's ghost as the cure-all for our woes. Reagan was right for 1980 and 1984. Why stop at Reagan? Why are Republicans invoking Lincoln's ghost?
I think the problem conservatives have with relevance is their refusal to come to grips with the fact that the boat has left the dock. We are in post-modern, post-Christian America. We aren't going back.
Unfortunately, we remember what America used to be like. We can see it, taste it, smell it, yell back at it, see our heroes waving from shore, but we can't make the leap back to the dock. Longing for Reagan isn't going to fix our problems.
I'm not sure Reagan could fix our problems any more. Could he survive and thrive in the current political climate? Not sure. He took tons of abuse, but that was 30 years ago, and things have changed.
If Republicans take back the White House, I will be very curious to see how, as it will be a monumental chore to overcome a hostile MSM, and extremely polarized political arena with little interest in facts, and several game-changing issues.
We need Calvin Coolidge. The last President to actually pay down some of the debt.
Gingrich is a pompous buffoon..the Ted Kennedy of Republicans.
Scotty - Well, I have to admit it; I do find you and the rest of the teabaggers here very funny.
I just wish you would back off on the whining and bitching.
Maybe if you write her an nice letter, the Princess will let you rise on her new bus. (I'm assuming she;ll get to keep it.)
I do find you and the rest of the teabaggers here very funny.
Finally. A rational explanation for your bellicose carpet-bombing of threads hereabouts.
We need Calvin Coolidge. The last President to actually pay down some of the debt.
Keep cool with Cal.
Scotty - I like that; "carpet-bombing of threads."
If not for me, posting disagreement and counter opinions, this would be one drab blog site.
The Queen and her loyal sidekick, Needy, provide the chum, the pack gobbles it up, and regurgitates each others right wing slant on everything and anything.
If not for me, posting disagreement and counter opinions, this would be one drab blog site.
Examples of your personal hubris are too numerous to get in to, but please take some comfort in the knowledge that many, many threads get along just fine without you. Try arguing in good faith without constant name-calling and hate and it might even be fun. You seem to lack the capacity.
Newt's glory days were pre-speaker, as a bomb-thrower for the Republican minority, leading up to the 1994 contract with America. Otherwise he's not been all that functional. Politically tone-deaf in too many ways, and way too much baggage for anything else.
Welcome back, Jeremy. If Palin does quit, we will need someone to take out our anger on. These are interesting times. Did you hear about the Bill Daily/Valerie Jarrett encounter down at the Obama White House?
Gingrich used to be a blowhard. Now he is an insufferable blowhard.
A quality Gingrich shares with Jeremy. Hey dude, when you're thread jacking, how do you keep the keyboard from getting gummed up?
Scotty - "many, many threads get along just fine without you."
I never said the threads/site wouldn't get along without me (or others who from time to time offer up contrary opinions), but in general, 90% of the comments you find here and on other far right sites are nothing more than one commenter after another agreeing or piling on.
This particular site has become much, much more conservative and far right than it was...probably because so many here just can't stand to think that Obama could be elected...and of course, because The Queen has realized she gets more bang for her buck by pouring right wing horse shit on the flames.
And of course, she makes it plain that Rush Limbaugh and Matt Drudge are two of her favorites.
What does that tell you?
tradional bagger - "If Palin does quit"
She DID quit.
As Governor and now as a cross-country bus tour guide.
Scotty - Newt is a liar, something I am not.
I may make periodic mistakes, but there's not much that I say here that I can't back up. Almost everything you and many of the others post here is nothing more than bitching and whining about anything with which you disagree.
And of course, you were apparently sound asleep during the previous administration's eight years, along with a Republican majority six of those years...and evidently are unaware of the fact that the current recession began in December of 2007...way before Obama took office.
The glue that holds you and the other teabaggers here together is a hatred of your own President, and of course, that hidden little factor that relates to racism.
You just can't stand thinking a black man can do the job.
She DID quit.
As Governor and now as a cross-country bus tour guide.
She had a colossal task overcoming the characterization the MSM tagged her with, but retiring the bus tour just handed her critics a huge trump card that will be played over and over, if she ever does run for President. A blunder like this makes me think her days of holding political office are over. Her days of rattling the cages of the monkeys in the MSM are long from over. She will make headlines long after she's dead.
The trouble with Newt's statement is one ain't like the other.
You can't compare Reaganomics with Calista, or his staff choices.
And, you can add that to another reason Newt doesn't have a chance to win. Not everybody remembers that he was Speaker. But everybody remembers test questions that were an embarrassment to see put to paper.
Just what we don't need is a president who tells you to bring your #2 pencil to a presidential speech. People would say they miss the teleprompter.
huh, looks like Jeremy is wrong once again. IN other news, the sun is scheduled to rise in the East tomorrow morning.
"Imagine our surprise when reading media reports today that the "One Nation Tour" has been cancelled. Why didn't anyone tell me? Oh, wait, that's because it hasn't been cancelled. (Good ol' media... you never cease to amaze!)
As I said myself at the end of the east coast leg of the tour, the summer is long, and I'm looking forward to hitting the open road again. The coming weeks are tight because civic duty calls (like most everyone else, even former governors get called up for jury duty) and I look forward to doing my part just like every other Alaskan."
Jury duty...right.
You said this,
I may make periodic mistakes, but there's not much that I say here that I can't back up.
...which was good and all, but then you followed it up with this,
You just can't stand thinking a black man can do the job.
...which you can't back up by one iota. It's just as valid for me to say that you can't stand thinking he's doing a poor job because he's black.
"...You just can't stand thinking a black man can do the job..."
This one obviously can't.
Scotty - You say I can't back up my statement that the teabaggers here can't stand to see a black man doing the job?
Well, let's have one of your teabagger friends help me out on that:
Hoosier Daddy said...
"This one obviously can't."
See how easy it was?
Corn Cob - Just another uneducated racist prick.
I don't know why you don't see the difference unless you simply unwilling. "This one" is a specific reference to a specific person. Nothing racist about it and you yourself were the one that pointed out President Obama's race. All Hoosier did was point out his opinion that the current president can't do his job very well. "This one" even leaves the door open for other black presidents to a better job by HD's estimation.
If he would have said "blacks can't be good presidents" I'd agree with you. Hell, I thought you guys were supposed to be the "nuance" types.


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Diehl Defence said the test was conducted recently in South Africa and that its IRIS-T SL successfully homed in on its target.
"In this test against a drone carried out within the context of a so-called validation trials campaign, the entire target -- radar, fire control, weapon computer, data link functional chain ... was tested for the first time." The German company said.
"The aerodynamic shroud designed to reduce air drag separated from the missile at a distance from the target pre-calculated by the guidance computer, (and) based on the radar target data continuously transmitted via data link, the seeker was slaved to the target, acquired it and homed in on it."
Diehl said all test objectives were achieved.
The IRIS-T SL is a surface-launched missile and is based on the IRIS-T air-to-air guided missile used by German and other air forces.


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Skip to comments.Newest Wenzel Strategies/Citizens United Poll: OHIO Romney 49%, Obama 46%
Posted on 11/01/2012 3:36:40 PM PDT by drewh
NOVEMBER 1, 2012-The latest Wenzel Strategies survey of Ohio voters shows Republican Mitt Romney leading Democrat Barack Obama, 49% to 46%. The race is also razor-thin in Wisconsin, where Obama leads by a 49% to 47% margin. See the story here.
Here is the topline report for the Ohio survey. CU-Ohio Statewide Poll Topline Report 11-1-2012
Here is the Polling Memorandum for the Ohio survey. CU-Ohio Statewide Survey Polling Memorandum 11-1-2012
Here is the topline report for the Wisconsin survey. CU-Wisconsin Statewide Poll Topline Summary 11-1-2012
Here is the Polling Memorandum for the Wisconsin survey. CU-Wisconsin Statewide Survey Polling Memorandum 11-1-2012
Only 5 more days of this socialist nightmare called Obama then after 5 days the nightmare is over!
Seems like new polls are coming out of the woodwork lately. I'm thinking about issuing my own poll this weekend. Calling it GnL Poll Strategies.
Mandel 50
Brown 45
OHIO Romney 49%, Obama 46%
Why does RCP post democratic pollster results and incorporate them into their averages but not republican?
In my opinion, it's most likely because Real Clear Politics is democrat leaning and they have an agenda.
So, by my count four of the last six polls have had Romney winning OH; and before that two of three had him tied. I think it's safe now to say the dials have moved to come into line with reality that some of us were preaching two months ago.
The pollsters are coming into line with reality so they won't have egg on their faces next Tuesday evening.
Yea, even old Zogby has it tied now.
From John Nolte via Breitbart...
Once again, pollsters can claim they aren't weighting Party ID to benefit Obama, but if their LV screen is loosened, it has the exact same effect, because more Democrats make it into the LV pool of voters. The best example of this arrived yesterday with three Quinnipiac polls that showed Obama winning in Ohio, Virginia, and Florida.
In the wave election of 2008, Democrats enjoyed turnout advantages of D+5 in OH; D+6 in VA; and D+3 in Florida. Yesterday's much publicized Quinnipiac polls predicted Obama's turnout advantage in those states would actually increase this year: VA: D+8 — FL: D+7 — OH: D+8.
But if Quinnipiac doesn't weight for Party ID, where did that result come from?
Those three Quinnipiac polls are really RV polls. Normally, when looking for the more accurate LV pool of voters, most pollsters tighten the screen to qualify as a LV with the kinds of questions that screen out somewhere between 20 to 30% of RVs. Quite incredibly, Quinnipiac only screened out 4% of RVs. If you release a poll where 96% of RVs make it through the LV screen, you are releasing a RV poll — which of course includes more Democrats and favors Obama.
Quinnipiac is just one example of another reason we're seeing most state and some national polls claiming Obama has a small but persistent lead thanks to a D+5 to D+8 turn out advantage.
RCP is a Chicago based outfit...
Woo hoo! Go, OIHO, Go!
Great info provided by you throughout the race. Voter ID "rigging" notwithstanding, I have and continue to be heartened by Obama's perpetual inability to break 48% in almost every independent battleground poll. Even the rigged polls have to stretch a mile to hit 50.
Yep, Democrats probably panicking more than we know.
It would be great to see Romney winning a lot more states than he needs.
Lol. I may be the only one who caught on to your post.
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Hi there.
I never received my copy of LXF issue #166.
(I seem to remember there was some problems with the floods and bad weather at the time).
If I chose to replace this issue via the myfavouritemagazines website
Does anyone know if will be a free of charge replacement ?
TIA for any help


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On the ground in Za'atari: children of the Syrian conflict
Australian aid worker Stephen McDonald travelled to Jordan to visit the Za'atari refugee camp. In a piece for the ABC, the head of Humanitarian Emergencies with Save the Children writes about his experiences with children at the refugee camp and the challenges aid workers are facing.
Less than 24 hours after arriving in Jordan, I found myself in a car on my way to Za'atari, one of the largest refugee camps in the world and home to more than 120,000 people, all forced from their homes during the devastating conflict in Syria.
Approaching the camp, the landscape is what first struck me. Utterly barren - it makes central Australia look like a lush, green paradise - the effect was amplified by the glaring reflection of the sun beating down on the white tents.
Once inside the gates, we were met with a mass of people, making their way through the tents, streets, informal markets and shops that have sprung up. Right away, the emotion was palpable: an overriding sense of despair and frustration.
Families I soon spoke to expressed their frustration and despair in equal measure: at not being able to go home, at their inability to work and earn an income, at having their food given to them once every two weeks - and growing to rely on these hand-outs instead of being able to support themselves and their children.
Speaking to family after family, the picture that emerged was both terrifying and infuriating. Terrifying because I have children of my own and can barely fathom how I would care for and protect them if put in this challenging situation, and infuriating because as an aid worker, I knew from over a decade of experience there was so much more we could do to support these children if we had the funds to do it.
Without adequate funding, aid agencies like Save the Children are having to make difficult choices as to which activities to prioritise - we know more is needed, and we know what is at stake.
Children tell stories of trauma and terror
Parents are deeply worried about their children, how to better support them and help them overcome the traumatic experiences they have gone through, well beyond what any child should ever be exposed to.
Speaking to the children, their need for support to recover from their experiences quickly became obvious.
One girl, 13-year-old Farah, told me about how her father, a pharmacist, was shot in the leg by a sniper one day on his way to work.
He was unable to work and the family's struggle was quickly compounded when he was kidnapped. He was only released after the family paid over the remaining cash they had saved to survive.
Soon after, Farah's uncle and cousin were shot and killed, forcing the newly destitute family to gather what they could and flee for their lives.
The journey Farah described to me is not one she will likely forget: the constant fear of being hit by shelling or snipers, and the pain and humiliation at every checkpoint, where Farah and her family were forced to part with more and more of their belongings to cover the bribes that would enable them to cross.
By the time they made it to Jordan, they had nothing left apart from the clothes on their backs.
The stories vary from one child to the next, but one feature remains constant: terror. Some told me about how they saw their family members shot in front of them, others about how relatives went out to buy food - they had to bribe their way out without getting shot - and then would come home only to have their food later stolen.
While some children have been living in Za'atari for over a year, others continue to arrive on a daily basis. All need support in overcoming their experiences, and this is where Save the Children comes in.
With help from the Australian public which has donated to our Syria appeal, Save the Children is running Child Friendly Spaces, providing a safe place for children to go to where they can play, learn, make new friends, and have a trusted adult to turn to when they feel ready to talk.
Our trained aid workers know how to recognise signs of distress in children, and run specialised activities to help them begin to recover from what they have been through, all the while providing a sense of safety and structure the children grow to trust.
But we know there is much more to do.
Camps may become informal recruitment grounds
As I made my way across the camp, a large gathering of young men at one end of the site caught my eye.
Numbering about 200, they looked as though they were waiting for something - as it turns out, for the arrival of a bus to take them back to Syria.
I was told that some were leaving to join the fight, while others were going back to check on family, homes, shops or fields - they could no longer wait in the camp for their situation to improve. I was told that this now happens every day.
Whilst we have only heard about this anecdotally, I was told adolescent boys are being encouraged by armed groups to return to Syria and join the fighting. From accounts on the ground, what we're seeing is a risk of these camps potentially turning into an informal recruitment ground for boys.
While some in the camp were forthcoming about this recruitment, families I spoke to were more reluctant to share information on their children's involvement.
The families I met with at Za'atari still have relatives in Syria, and no-one wants anything they say to increase the chances of a family member being killed - the reports arriving of more friends and family being killed are already all too regular.
One can easily understand a parent's reluctance to share information that could in any way link their child's name to an activity by any one of the armed groups waging war inside Syria, regardless of which side of the conflict.
Youth programs give boys a reason to stay
To provide positive alternatives and keep children safe, Save the Children has started up youth programs to keep young people engaged and active in camp life, decreasing the chances they will be tempted to leave their family behind and return to Syria to participate in the fighting.
One man I met, a Syrian champion wrestler, volunteers his time and skills with Save the Children to prevent exactly this.
Training with the boys and helping them work out their frustrations in a safe environment, wrestler "Captain Yousef" helps build their skills and self-confidence while keeping them engaged.
With funding in part from the Australian public, I saw for myself the difference our programs are making as these boys find more reasons to stay than leave - but the job is far from done.
Additional funding means we can scale up and work with more children, keeping them safe as the conflict continues unabated.


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British Airways has named Los Angeles as the first destination to be serviced by the airline's first A380 Airbus starting in mid-October, the airline announced Tuesday.
The double-decker plane will operate as one of three daily flights between London and Los Angeles starting Oct. 15. The airline's largest passenger plane will accommodate 469 fliers and feature 14 first-class seats and 97 business class seats (53 upstairs and 44 downstairs). The airline is scheduled to receive its first superjumbo jet in July.
The airline isn't saying exactly when the inaugural flight to Los Angeles would be, but round-trip tickets are on sale. Until March 13, promotional rates are available for $830 for economy, $1,380 for premium economy and $3,800 for business class (prices include taxes and fees). (To make sure you're on the A380, check the aircraft when you make a reservation.)
The special rate is good for travel from Oct. 15 to March 2014 with some blackout dates. The airline also will launch A380 service on London-Hong Kong routes starting Nov. 15, and seats are on sale for that service as well.


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My current GPA 2.97 at Michigan State (James Madison, if that means anything to you), and assuming I get in the range of 160-165 on LSAT I was planning on applying to American, UF, FSU, Miami, and a couple other backup schools.I'm pretty sure my no. 1 is UF but they do not take ED, but American does and is very tempting to use it to get a better chance at getting in? What do other people recommend doing?
Does being a double major (Political Theory & Constitutional Democracy (James Madison) and History). Do anything?


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Newton Police
• Justin L. Maher, 35, of Newton was cited with unsafe backing after backing out of a driveway at 10:45 a.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Sixth Avenue East and striking a parked vehicle owned by Jerald W. Nelson of Newton. No one was injured. Damage was estimated at $700 to Nelson's vehicle and $100 to Maher's vehicle.
• Dillon R. Morton, 19, of Newton was charged with driving while license suspended and Katie L. Lincoln, 18, of Elkhart with allowing an unauthorized person to drive after authorities stopped them at 4:28 a.m. Sunday in Union Cemetery. Both were released to appear in court at later dates.
Jasper County
Sheriff's Office
• Dawn M. Goode, 41, of Des Moines was cited with operation without registration after authorities initiated a traffic stop at 6:43 p.m. Tuesday at Highway 14 North and North 23rd Avenue West.
• April A. Wilcox, 33, of Newton was arrested at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday after authorities initiated a traffic stop in the 500 block of North 19th Avenue East and determined she did not have a valid driver's license. Wilcox was charged with driving while license suspended and cited with no insurance and operating without registration.
A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. It is the policy of the Newton Daily News to release the names of individuals charged with a crime who are 15 and older.


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Following every Baltimore Ravens game this season, Ryan Chell and I will take to the airwaves Tuesdays on "The Reality Check" on AM1570 WNST.net with a segment known as "The Five Plays That Determined The Game."
It's a simple concept. We'll select five plays from each game that determined the outcome. These five plays will best represent why the Ravens won or lost each game.
This will be our final analysis of the previous game before switching gears towards the next game on the schedule.
Here are the five plays that determined the Ravens' 29-26 win over the Minnesota Vikings Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium…
(Note: not all pictures are always of actual play)
Glenn Clark's Plays…
5. Matt Elam recovers Toby Gerhart fumble forced by James Ihedigbo at Vikings' 25 (1st quarter)
4. Jacoby Jones returns Blair Walsh kickoff for 77 yard TD (4th quarter)
Should have been even bigger.
3. Dennis Pitta 1 yard TD catch from Joe Flacco on 4th & goal (4th quarter)
God it's good to have him back.
2. Marlon Brown 35 yard catch from Joe Flacco (4th quarter)
As Marlon told us Monday, this might have actually been the biggest play of the game.
1. Marlon Brown 9 yard TD catch from Joe Flacco (4th quarter)
I wanted to out-think it, but I simply couldn't.
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SACRAMENTO — Here's an idea for a new gun control law: How about immediately seizing the personal arsenal of a fired cop?
Dishonorably discharged soldiers, after all, aren't allowed to own firearms. Why should dishonored cops?
Like booted officer Christopher Jordan Dorner, who allegedly went on a vengeful killing rampage four years after being fired from the Los Angeles Police Department.
Maybe, at least, Dorner should have been required to undergo psychological testing upon being sacked to determine whether he was mentally fit to own weapons.
True, there may be a constitutional problem with that idea. He's still a citizen, presumably with a 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms. That doubtless would be the argument of gun-rights groups.


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People in the Illawarra struggling with a mental illness are more likely to be overweight, inactive and use drugs and alcohol, health experts say.
But diet and exercise programs can significantly improve an otherwise poor prognosis, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District nurse educator Alex Gagan said.
She has joined forces with the University of Wollongong to devise a program of exercise and dietary sessions at Shellharbour Hospital's Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit.
Ms Gagan said the program, now on trial, aimed to bridge the gap between mental health consumers and the rest of the population.
People with a mental illness were more likely to be overweight, physically inactive, have a poor diet, low motivation and use more alcohol and other drugs, including tobacco, with 70 per cent being smokers, Ms Gagan said.
"Common antipsychotic medications can cause weight gain, elevated blood glucose, and high cholesterol and blood pressure.
"Obesity is a key risk factor for heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Mental health consumers have high rates of diabetes and metabolic syndrome [a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors], with heart disease the leading cause of death."
Ms Gagan said there were "very few services available specifically for this group to manage their poor physical health".
"Many mental health consumers face considerable challenges in accessing exercise and healthy lifestyle-based programs and this project will be an important starting point to bridge that gap," she said.
The National Mental Health Commission's report card on mental health found people with a severe mental illness had their life expectancy reduced by 25 years on average due to the increased likelihood of heart-related conditions, diabetes and obesity.
UOW associate lecturer in exercise physiology Angela Douglas said the Shellharbour project aimed to improve the wellbeing of mental health in-patients during their stay in the rehabilitation unit.
"It also offers them the knowledge, strategies and support to maintain their physical health after discharge."
Patients can volunteer for the first 20-week program, to start in March next year.
Pictured: Exercise physiology student Natalie Thoumine, UOW lecturer Angela Douglas and (back) nurse Nerissa Hartley at the Shellharbour Hospital Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit. Photo: SYLVIA LIBER


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Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
Everything that happens before Death is what counts.
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
In the last two weeks, three more compensation free agents have changed teams. Ryan Klesko (Type B) went from the Padres to Giants, Jeff Suppan (Type A) from the Cardinals to Brewers and Barry Zito (Type A) from the Athletics to the Giants. Zito got $126 million over seven years, and I'll reiterate what I've said before: I'd rather have Daisuke Matsuzaka for six years and $103 million.
Below is the updated draft order for 2007. The supplemental first round currently stands at a whopping 32 picks, and it could swell to 38 if the remaining compensation free agents all change addresses.
First-Round Picks
1. Devil Rays
2. Royals
3. Cubs
4. Pirates
5. Orioles
6. Nationals
7. Brewers
8. Rockies
9. Diamondbacks
10. Giants
11. Mariners
12. Marlins
13. Indians
14. Braves
15. Reds
16. Blue Jays (Frank Catalanotto, A, to Tex)
17. Rangers (Carlos Lee, A, to Hou)
18. Cardinals
19. Phillies
20. Dodgers (Julio Lugo, A, to Bos)
21. Blue Jays
22. Giants (Jason Schmidt, A, to LAD)
23. Padres
24. Rangers (Gary Matthews Jr., A, to LAA)
25. White Sox
26. Athletics
27. Tigers
28. Twins
29. Giants (Moises Alou, A, to NYM)
30. Yankees
Supplemental First-Round Picks
31. Cubs (Juan Pierre, B, to LAD)
32. Nationals (Alfonso Soriano, A, to ChC)
33. Diamondbacks (Craig Counsell, B, to Mil)
34. Giants (Alou)
35. Mariners (Gil Meche, B, to KC)
36. Braves (Danys Baez, A, to Bal)
37. Reds (Rich Aurilia, A, to SF)
38. Rangers (Lee)
39. Cardinals (Jeff Suppan, A, to Mil)
40. Phillies (David Dellucci, A, to Cle)
41. Red Sox (Alex Gonzalez, B, to Cin)
42. Blue Jays (Justin Speier, A, to LAA)
43. Dodgers (Lugo)
44. Padres (Woody Williams, A, to Hou)
45. Angels (Adam Kennedy, B, to StL)
46. Athletics (Barry Zito, A, to SF)
47. Tigers (Jamie Walker, B, to Bal)
48. Mets (Roberto Hernandez, A, to Cle)
49. Nationals (Jose Guillen, B, to Sea)
50. Diamondbacks (Miguel Batista, B, to Sea)
51. Giants (Schmidt)
52. Rangers (Matthews)
53. Blue Jays (Catalanotto)
54. Padres (Dave Roberts, A, to SF)
55. Athletics (Frank Thomas, B, to Tor)
56. Mets (Chad Bradford, A, to Bal)
57. Giants (Mike Stanton, B, to Cin)
58. Rangers (Mark DeRosa, B, to ChC)
59. Blue Jays (Ted Lilly, B, to ChC)
60. Padres (Alan Embree, B, to Oak)
61. Padres (Ryan Klesko, B, to SF)
62. Diamondbacks (have yet to sign 2006 first-rounder Max Scherzer)
Second-Round Changes
65. Nationals (Soriano to ChC)
67. Braves (Baez to Bal)
69. Cardinals (Suppan to Mil)
72. Athletics (Zito to SF)
75. Mets (Hernandez to Cle)
79. Padres (Williams to Hou)
86. Blue Jays (Speier to LAA)
Third-Round Changes
97. Mets (Bradford to Bal)
102. Reds (Aurilia to SF)
105. Phillies (Dellucci to Cle)
Fourth-Round Changes
132. Padres (Roberts to SF)
Remaining Compensation Free Agents
Bos: Keith Foulke (B).
Cin: Scott Schoeneweis (B).
NYY: Ron Villone (B).
StL: Mark Mulder (B).
SD: Chan Ho Park (B), David Wells (B).
This is the problem with the draft comp. The Giants sign several A free agents and still get 6 picks in the top 60. They sign the Reds A free agents and the Reds have to wait for the Giants to pick 4 times before the Reds receive the sandwhich for it and then another 3 picks by the Giants before they get there suppose to be 1st round comp pick.
All I care about is they draft Pitchers! Unless its an obvious shy away by other teams because of $$$ concerns on a phenomenal positional talent. Pitching more pitching and extra gravy with pitching! Simple reason is that pitching can get you any other talent in a trade.
2006 Redzone mock Draftee's- 1(st) Daniel Bard(redsox), 1(st sup)( Jordan Walden (Angels), 2(nd) rd.- Zach Britton(Orioles), 3(rd) Blair Erickson(Cardinals), 3(rd) Tim Norton( Yankees),(cuz its a Tim Hortons thing
Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.
So can good hitting topcat. Pitching can also flame out 10 times faster than hitting. Injuries hardly ever ruin a hitting career....injuries quite often can ruin a pitching career.
2006 Redzone mock Draftee's- 1(st) Daniel Bard(redsox), 1(st sup)( Jordan Walden (Angels), 2(nd) rd.- Zach Britton(Orioles), 3(rd) Blair Erickson(Cardinals), 3(rd) Tim Norton( Yankees),(cuz its a Tim Hortons thing
Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.
Topcat, the problem is with the baseball draft, it is such a crapshoot that at least in my opinion, you have to take the best guy available.
I think hitting is easier to find than pitching in the FA market, and cheaper. So I'd rather be rich in pitching than hitting.
Think Meche vs Aurilia.
Or look at it this way...right now, the A's might get one of the top hitting prospects in baseball for Joe Blanton, he of the 2006 4.82 ERA. So if you bring up some young pitching prospects and they don't do that well, you can always trade them for a top minor league OF.
Who might the A's get for Joe Blanton thats a top hitting prospect?
Here's what I'd do and why:
Draft the best available college guy with the position player getting the nod when its a toss up between pitcher and position guy...
The Reds are basically just getting A ball in order with a dramatic void existing between the majors and A ball with the exception of Homer and Votto (who has a lot left to prove his one good year notwithstanding). They've adopted a small market payroll philosophy so they basically have to build from within on the young and cheap or trade for need with the bites at the free agent apple kept to a minimum. The quickest way to both get in house talent flowing and rebuild the farm is through drafting college guys both because they are more experienced and because they have less risk than HS/Latin youngsters (because you can better evaluate what your getting through a bigger sample size against tougher competition). All things being equal, the position guy gets the nod because there is less chance of injury causing the position guy to flame out as Doug said.....
So by minimizing risk, there's a greater chance of getting the farm pipeline humming...
BTW, Omar trades Milledge for Blanton only if he's desperate and a bit drunk...
Also, the development of bona fide position playing prospects, even if theyre blocked, means you have more trade bait to address needs on the roster. The key is to develop as many true prospects as you can. Simply going from drafting 2 guys a year that will make a major league roster to 3 guys a year would be a huge thing over the course of five years. That would be a clear competitive advantage for a small market team and it could all start with better risk management during the draft.
I wouldnt call him a top hitting prospect.... When I think of those guys, Bruce, Young, Gordon, Tulowitzki, Wood, Butler and Braun come to mind. Milledge hasnt hit more than 8 HR in a minor league season since A Ball
1) Someone wrote that PECOTA projects him to be pretty solid over the next 5 years. I know there's a lot of PECOTA fans out here, so take that for whatever it's worth.
2) Bruce (age 19) Low A: 444 ABs, 16 HR, .291/.355/.516
Milledge (age 19) Low A: 261 ABs, 13 HR, .337/.399/.579
3) Milledge (age 20) AA: 193 ABs, 4 HR, .337/.392/.487
Bruce: ?
Milledge had a pretty impressive Low A campaign at age 19. More impressive than Bruce and showing more power. Also looked pretty good after his promotion to AA at age 20. Bruce's age 20 season is yet to be seen.
When I referred to Milledge as a top "bat", I meant top position player vs pitching prospect. But he still looks pretty good as a hitter. Calling Bruce a top "bat" might be a little aggressive but he's on his way. This season will be big for him.
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