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Cyberrisk: What Lessons Have We Learned?
Cyberattacks at various enterprises have put cybersecurity and the steps companies can take to prevent and mitigate the damage front and center. Kiran Mantha and Irfan Saif, both principals in Deloitte & Touche LLP's Cyber Risk Services practice, discuss how organizations and boards can broaden their approaches to cybersecurity. Mr. Mantha also is the retail sector leader for Cyber Risk Services, while Mr. Saif leads the technology, media and telecommunications sector for the practice.
Q: How can companies prepare for a cyberattack and control the damage if one occurs?
Kiran Mantha: Foremost, companies of all sizes should understand that they could be the target of a cyberattack. They need to think in terms of the impact on their brand and reputation if something were to happen—and the impact on their customers' buying patterns, potential litigation that could follow, etc.
From a crisis management perspective, assuming a breach, there are three fundamental actions to take—what we call the 3Cs: contain, communicate and collaborate. Contain means digging deep to understand what is happening and limiting or containing the incident. That also means trying to preserve the integrity of the crime scene if someone has hacked into your systems, while not letting anything else, such as malware, start penetrating the organization. Communicate entails engaging corporate communications and the general counsel. That is essential, but equally important, organizations should have a strategy for engaging stakeholders, including consumers, employees, business partners, vendors and the media. There should be consistency on what to say about an event and what not to say. Collaborate refers to knowing when to involve law enforcement, tapping into specialists in cyberrisk, forensics and privacy law, and understanding what might be the downstream impacts.
Irfan Saif: If attacked, a company should work to minimize disruption to the organization and accelerate its ability to respond. To do that effectively, organizations should view a cyberattack as a broad business and risk issue, not just one of security, IT or operations. Any organization with sensitive data should make protecting it the responsibility of everyone in that organization, and that should extend to third parties such as contractors or outsourcing providers. From employee and executive education to communication protocols to implementation of cyberrisk protection measures, such efforts should be aimed at improving cyberrisk through enhanced security, vigilance and resilience, and a focus on containing damage and preventing serious losses rather than holding onto an impractical expectation of a zero-loss world.
Q: What should retailers and companies in other sectors be doing to strengthen monitoring for cyberthreats?
Irfan Saif: There's a three-point approach to cybersecurity that all companies should consider: secure, vigilant and resilient. Secure is about establishing risk-prioritized controls to protect against known and emerging threats, while complying with standards and regulations. Vigilant is about establishing situational risk and threat awareness across the environment to detect violations and anomalies, and resilient is about establishing the ability to handle critical incidents, quickly returning to normal operations and repairing damage to the business.
The efficacy of monitoring depends on the scenario involved, but it should not be viewed in isolation from other parts of a cyberrisk management program. For example, when considering a company with an effective cyberrisk program as being secure, vigilant and resilient, monitoring would be part of vigilance. On the other hand, in the event of a theft that involves an illegitimate use of a legitimate channel of information access, monitoring may not pick that up, even with leading-edge procedures and systems.
Kiran Mantha: While a lot of businesses have some level of monitoring, the question is, are they monitoring the appropriate things so they can correlate what's happening in one part of the organization with what is happening elsewhere? For example, is suspicious activity on an online business and networks compared to what's happening on point-of-sale systems, and vice versa? The challenge is connecting the observations and analyses from a multitude of data points and interpreting them appropriately. That is where I think many retailers, as well as other sectors, continue to struggle.
Another challenge is finding a balance between taking a compliance-centric approach to cyberrisk management and going beyond complying with industry standards. Cyberrisk management requires not just checking a box or passing a test. It requires understanding where the organization's prized assets are and how criminals can come at them. It also requires understanding how an organization can secure those assets, monitor for cyberthreats and, if a breach were to occur, recover from it as quickly as possible.
Q: Why is it so difficult to defend systems from cyberattacks?
Irfan Saif: That's one reason why the framework I mentioned earlier spreads defense across two separate stages: keeping the organization secure by establishing risk-based controls and then following that with vigilance, involving threat awareness and having systems in place to detect violations. In addition, these are complex environments, and no matter how well you secure the information, there are legitimate mechanisms that need to be able to access the data. One way such a system can be compromised is by someone injecting malicious software that can intercept and exfiltrate data, something that is often very difficult to detect.
Also, there are many regulatory requirements that both retailers and the payment card industry have to comply with. Those requirements may not be evolving rapidly enough in order to keep pace with the efforts of cybercriminals who tend to be very sophisticated, well funded and well organized. In addition, a cyberrisk program that is too heavily skewed toward a compliance-based approach versus a risk-based approach will tend to focus protective measures only on the requirements set forth by contracts and regulations. A better approach involves taking the measures that are viewed as appropriate to mitigate the risk or accepting the risk, as not all risk necessarily needs to or can be feasibly mitigated.
Kiran Mantha: Another challenge is the human factor role in data security breaches, which cannot be overstated. An employee or other user can unintentionally access a website or open an email, and those simple actions can lead to a virus or malware getting into the organization's environment. Although the human factor may not necessarily have a role in a data security breach, education to develop employees' awareness of cyberrisk is important, such as knowing which links to avoid clicking on and websites to avoid.
Q: Should companies have a communications channel with law enforcement?
Irfan Saif: Yes, and there is certainly more interaction today between companies, particularly larger ones, and agencies such as the Secret Service, the Department of Justice and the FBI, and these agencies often provide briefings on what they are seeing. It is important that organizations and their boards establish relationships with law enforcement organizations so they have a broader ecosystem of information-sharing and establish a regular cadence to get briefed, not just engage when something bad happens
Kiran Mantha: In the retail sector, for example, risk tends to roll up to the CFO, particularly in larger organizations. In some organizations, security and risk issues are delegated to IT and the chief information officer, who then might delegate responsibility to the director or VP of security. So the onus of building relationships with law enforcement and other agencies can fall to the mid-tier of an organization rather than the top level. Smaller and midsize retailers might want to consider moving the accountability for cybersecurity from mid-management to senior management in order to foster a stronger dialogue with law enforcement and gain greater attention and resources for cyber-related issues.
Q: What should boards of directors have in place to be effective at overseeing cyberrisk?
Irfan Saif: Boards should formalize responsibility for cyberrisk by having a director who understands cyberrisk, or at least technology. Ideally, they should go further by establishing a cybercommittee or subcommittee, or a cyberchair. If the business relies heavily on technology, chances are cyberthreats are a critical risk, and so it's important to have someone on the board who is savvy about cybersecurity. It's no different than having a financial expert on the board.
Kiran Mantha: Boards also should understand their organization's risk appetite, which includes its strategy for taking risk as well as defending against it, and the funding and resources to do both. A starting point is commissioning a cyberthreat and readiness study to determine how critical assets are being secured and whether the organization is being vigilant enough. Once management and the board understand how resilient the organization is they can start identifying what actions might be needed, so they are prepared if a cyberattack occurs.
An organization may outsource operations and monitoring functions, but it cannot outsource risk. Ultimately, the organization owns the risk and that is something executives need to understand to make the business as secure, vigilant and resilient as possible.
Related Resources
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The Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theater, located at 66-85 73rd Place off Metropolitan Avenue, opened September 20 in a ceremony attended by artists and dancers, as well as State Senator Joe Addabbo and Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, who helped fund the venture.
The sleek studio includes several dance spaces, with track lighting and floor-to-ceiling mirrors, a gallery space for visual art, and offices. The theater also has an outdoor space that Salvatore LaRussa, the company's founder, said would serve as a venue for live entertainment.
LaRussa, who was born in Ridgewood and now lives in Middle Village, said the theater's dance program, which offers a variety of dance classes in different styles, has already signed up over 20 people.
"More keeping on coming every single day," he said.
Individual classes cost $13; a monthly membership goes for $46.80, according to Jana Naylor, the theater's program director.
LaRussa said he hopes the theater will stimulate the arts in a neighborhood not known for dance or music.
"There's no arts here so hopefully we're going to fill that void," LaRussa said. He said instead of opening the theater in Manhattan, he purposefully looked to establish a vibrant cultural venue in Middle Village.
"I came back. I did the Broadway thing, the modern thing," said LaRussa. "Now I collected all my friends from Manhattan, Williamsburg and brought them here."
Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, the executive director of the Queens Council on the Arts, said LaRussa has the vision to pull his plan off.
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November 6, 2013
Festival of the Masters
I know Disney wants us to be in the Holiday spirit, with the Christmas Creep starting tonight with the Jingle Cruise, Mickey's Christmas Party & the Osborne Lights all returning today, but I'm happier about a DIFFERENT tradition returning today at Downtown Disney -- but you have to act fast to see it.
Today marked the first day of the 38th Annual Festival of the Masters at Downtown Disney. It runs through Sunday.
For those who don't know, it is one of the most prestigious art shows in Florida -- drawing more than 300 artists showcasing painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media and more. If that sounds too highbrow, it really isn't.
Disney being Disney there is also live entertainment, plus crafts for the younger ones.
They can also help build a giant LEGO sculpture and a LEGO mural.
Children are also allowed to try their hands at chalk art. Near where extremely talented chalk artists are working on the pavement.
Also back this year -- the popular Disney Artist Village featuring folks who work for the mouse interpreting some of the cartoon creations.
New this year, "Mixers and Masters" features specialty drinks like the Pinkberry Martini from Wolfgang Puck Café, Blue Nile from Rainforest Café and Huckleberry Lemonade at Splitsville. There are also "Art of Mixology" demonstrations. Many of the restaurants also sell sidewalk snacks and pass out samples (the chicken crunch at Planet Hollywood is especially yummy)
It's one of my favorite events of the year, but be warned: If you haven't been to Downtown Disney in a while parking has, ummm changed.
This map minimizes the changes visually, but pretty much the entire parking lot from Planet Hollywood to Cirque du Soliel is gone. It's being replaced with a parking garage for the new Disney Springs development.
You can still park at the Marketplace and behind Cirque. There are also overflow lots with shuttles at the nearby Team Disney and SunTrust bank buildings.
You can also valet park at Entrance 4 near Cirque, but it costs $15 plus tip.
The Festival runs from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m on Saturday & 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday.
Here's a link to the Festival of the Masters website to learn more and
Here's a link to my most recent Theme World blog entries.
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Blessed, Merry Christmas!
I Hope you get all that your heart desires, and you spend the time with loving family or friends. If you have your health, that is the greatest gift that a person could have, so treasure that.
I am feeling about the same, my legs are a tiny bit better, and I'm on anti-biotics again, so the swelling and other bad symptoms won't get awful like a few weeks ago.
I am enjoying the Holiday with friends, and of course Kittehkins!
She wanted to have her kitten pals wish you greetings of the season too.
The best Christmas gifts to me have been all your wonderful words of encouragement, prayers, and great gift donation to my PayPal Medical Fund. Your beautiful and generous gifts have made all the difference in allowing me to have a better time this holiday season, and I could get some nice, nutritious food without worrying about maxing out my credit cards further trying to pay for it. I will never forget the kindness and selfless giving you have done for me. I know God will bless you for helping me.
I also had a wonderful time last week when My beautiful friend, Opus, flew across the country to visit me. She lifted my spirits SO much, and we had the most awesome time (if not short) visiting and hanging out. She was so helpful and thoughtful and sweet to me, I will never forget her genorsity and goodness. She truly is an angel on earth.
You can read all about her visit RIGHT HERE! I hope she can make it back again soon.
Well, have a cozy evening, everyone, and here's my favorite classic tale of Christmas time, it always brings a smile, and we need more smiles and happiness in the world.
Have A Merry Christmas, my sweet friends, and God Bless Us, Everyone!
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Gene Simmons is ready to set "Castle" fans' tongues wagging.
The legendary KISS bassist is making an appearance (sans demon makeup) on ABC's will-they-won't-they murder mystery series playing – what else? – himself ("I get to practice every day," he deadpans) when Castle and Beckett head to Hollywood and encounter the rocker in his Beverly Hills backyard.
So which version of "Gene Simmons" will he be portraying, exactly? "The asshole," he tells PopcornBiz. "No, not really –although that was the name of my solo record a few years back. I'm sort of like Popeye: I am what I am and that's all that I am. Even when I try to be serious or myself, people laugh at me, but that's my cross to bear."
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As a fan of the show, Simmons says he was eager to enter Castle's world. "I often watch 'Castle,'" he says. "I like the repartee, I like the sexual tension. Behind our backs, I know that Castle is getting busy and I really like the tone of the show. It's got this light but serious thing to it. The scary bad guys are scary bad guys, and then the relationship between Stana and Nathan can get hot. Not since 'Moonlighting,' actually, have I seen a show like this, so I was actually quite honored to be asked to appear."
While Simmons has specialized in playing Gene Simmons on TV and in films, he's also dabbled in acting over the years (remember "Runaway," '80s kids?) and he'd be happy to get back into a character – if only he can find the time.
"I'd love to do that, but it really just has to do with when the planets align and I have time to stick my head up and grab some air," he says. "We have the KISS juggernaut, which is making a new album and we'll be doing 20 shows this summer only, after a two-and-a-half-year world tour. We have 'Gene Simmons: Family Jewels', now the longest running reality show of them all in season seven. Just a whole host of activities that take up the time of day. So I literally had to tear myself away from being in the studio with the guys, recording, because I wanted to do 'Castle'. I'm blessed and lucky to only do the stuff that I like. So when something like 'Castle' raises its beautiful head, I certainly want to get in there."
A longtime comic book fan – and comic book character, with KISS's late '70s appearances in Marvel's "Howard the Duck" and their own special, printed with ink mixed with the bandmembers' blood – Simmons remembers trying to turn a longtime favorite into a household name: writer/artist Mike Grell's creator-owned "Jon Sable, Freelance."
"I actually was Jon Sable for a while," Simmons recalls of the short-lived 80s TV adaptation. "We did the pilot, myself and Rene Russo. I was Sable and Renee, in what I think was her first bit, was my sidekick. Literally I just didn't have the time to get off the tour and do a TV series. I think the series 'Sable' finally did wind up on ABC for – I don't know – four to six episodes, but without me." Later he tried to launch the property as a big-budget motion picture. "I got the rights back and developed it for about four years. We had Pierce Brosnan and there was a script by [Steven] De Souza, who wrote 'Die Hard', and like 90% of all movies it never got made. But it would still make a great film: 'The hunter in the concrete jungle.' It's the right idea."
These days, he admits, those KISS tours a little different than the early days, but he proudly claims the band's enduring influence on modern musical concert performances. "You have to live up to the legend," he says. "Everybody talks about the KISS live show and that nobody touches it. So when you go to see everybody from [Paul] McCartney to [Lady] Gaga and you see pyrotechnics or light trusses that move or stage shows with video screens and all of that, it doesn't come from The Archies. It only comes from one place. When you see wrestlers wrestling with pyro over their heads and big flashing lights and fog on stage, that comes from one place and if you ask Vince McMahon, that's what he'll tell you: 'I wanted wrestling and KISS.' That's why even some of the wrestlers wore makeup."
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I had some ambivalence about the small venue tour Sufjan went on last fall — the music's Liberace-like indulgence, the way his band consciously abandoned structure but then, perhaps, overshot that effort and abandoned good taste. Philosophically it was intriguing; the music that resulted felt a bit forced. It meandered where, before, it was compulsively engaging.
I'm only a few listens into his new release, an EP titled All Delighted People, but it excites me on a number of levels. I like way he released it: an intentionally desultory approach wherein it just kind of popped up on a wonky, semi-established internet site with a rough hewn but charming cover, the kind of image an ambitious teenage kid might cut & paste on the cover of a mix tape or CD. (Sidenote: Do people still make mixtapes?)
I like the weird heft of it — a 60 minute EP! — and the through-line it maintains from Sufjan's recent public statements to the musical execution of the recording. In a long interview with Paste Magazine, he had expressed a lack of faith in established musical formats (via Pitchfork). i.e.
Most importantly I like the music in and of itself. He's tamped down the "too much jazz" of last year's tour, but maintains the loose intensity of the music he played and an emotional register which is even more idiosyncratic than the songs he's released in the past. On the website for his label Asthmatic Kitty he calls it "a dramatic homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui, and Paul Simon's 'Sounds of Silence,'" though it feels as much like a jazz/classical/noise version of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks.
It's loose, it's messy, it's redolent of the 1970s and it has soul. It sounds like a good way to spend a Sunday morning.
PS – The morning after writing this post, while actually listening to it on a Sunday morning, the influence of church music also came to the fore: the ecstasies and intimacies and oh-so-human breakdowns; the gender-neutral chorus wherein the vocal registers of the singers remains ambiguously castrati-like; the final resolution of the songs which sets a certain tone: one of hard-earned uplift and hard-won peace.
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Winter Meetings Recap from a team travel perspective
What Do Traveling Secretaries Do At The Winter Meetings?
If you did not know, the Winter Meetings are not just about trades, free agents, GMs, team meetings, and news conferences. There is actually a whole lot more from medical meetings with physicians and trainers, job seekers/interviews, a huge baseball goods trade show, club publicity meetings, and also a host of activities for the traveling secretaries. In essence, everything that is baseball happens here. For my counterparts and I, it's meeting-after-meeting and reception-after-reception.
Here is a brief look at our agenda:
Sunday night – All-Traveling Secretaries dinner hosted by MLB
Monday morning/afternoon – Marriott Luncheon and Traveling Secretary of the Year Presentation
Monday afternoon – All-Traveling Secretaries Meeting
Monday pre-dinner – Enterprise Rental Car Reception
Monday pre-dinner – Four Seasons Reception
Monday evening – Ritz-Carlton Reception
Tuesday morning/afternoon – Traveling Secretaries Trade Show (Air charter providers, hotels, bus companies, rental car companies, travel agents, etc.)
Tuesday pre-dinner – Parc 55/Westin San Francisco Reception
Tuesday pre-dinner – Hilton Reception
Tuesday dinner – Dodgers Minor League Affiliates Reception
Tuesday evening – Starwood Worldwide Reception
Coupled with that, the traveling secretaries are the point people for our own staff's travel and hotel accomodations. In truth, it was a little more complicated here in Indianapolis due to the cold weather and snow.
On Wednesday, I spent virtually the entire day in my hotel room working. I had missed some time in the office recently and I tried to play catch-up with all of my work. In a few hours, I will be boarding a plane back to Los Angeles while keeping tabs on our staff's travel out of Indianapolis back to Los Angeles, Phoenix, Newark, Baltimore, Tampa, and San Diego.
Traveling secretaries meet a lot of people during these meetings and we collect a lot of business cards. It's a chance for us to say thank you to those vendors who have helped us over the years and also an opportunity to make new contacts to help our respective teams. The meetings are enjoyable yet hectic and I look forward to them every year.
Sidebar: Ellen Harrigan is our Winter Meetings MVP because she keeps all of our team events and meetings organized/on-time — she is a huge help to all of us and did a great job of putting together our minor league affiliates reception on Tuesday night. She is our Director of Baseball Administration and has spent time with Baltimore and Toronto with over 20+ years of baseball experience.
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Frank…say something…ANYTHING.
Man, talk about tying to change the subject. Pathetic.
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
Josh ~ I'm glad to see you were busier than Ned!
Scott – It sounds like you had a busy, but fun week. Thanks for the update on your role in this week's events.
Josh – I know we have been a handful lately, but like all things, it will pass (hopefully). However, it might pass faster if Frank sells the team 🙂
Hello gang!!! LOL Trumom!!! Call me cranky and cold in Ohio!!! Nothing warm about the Dodger Hot Stove!!!! I enjoyed and agree with all your earlier comments from the last thread!! Thanks!!! I just wish Frank and Furter(Ned) had Bears kahoona's!!!!
I have to apologize, I called you Josh and you are Scott. Anyway, I am glad to see you were very busy, Scott.
Just call me Cranky from the Central Valley!
Gang, let's not take our frustrations out on Josh and the other Dodger personnel posting the new threads. They are not the problem. Besides, I enjoy reading about how the organization goes about its business on a day to day basis. What a job it must be to get players, staff and equipmkent from one place to another, dealing with hotels, buses, drivers and such. Keep these stories coming!
lbirken ~ I, for one, am not taking my frustrations out on Josh or the rest of the staff…..Josh did say he reads what we have to say and passes it along to the higher-ups. So, I am hoping it is true and Frank and Ned understand exactly how we feel.
I also appreciate the new threads and the information passed along to us.
With all the world turmoil, TigerGate, and Frank and Jamie(Dodger turmoil), I find myself becoming somewhat detached and disillusioned with the situations that we adults create. It's Christmas, and I just hope that less fortunate KIDS all over the world have enough to eat and some presents on Christmas Day!!! It's about the kids!! I still remember and love the memories of Christmas when I was a youngster. That is when it is truely magical!!! Thanks Mom and Dad!!! Donate or buy a toy for the various organizations that are pursuing that goal.
Excellent point, Jhall. And, thanks for reminding all of us 🙂
Me, too, Jhall.
Thanks Trumom!!! It just breaks my heart to see/think about little kids with no food and presents on Christmas or throughout the year for that matter!!!
I truely believe that if we take care of the little kids(food, education, and love), the world will be a better place down the road!!!
I am sure Frank and friends know exactly how we feel. Perhaps the pressure will work to get him to sell but right now he really can't since ownership still has not been decided. Once that issue is resolved, we will see what happens.
jhall, you have the right idea.
Want/hunger, ignorance, and desperation/hatred, breeds violence and turmoil!!!
Thanks lbirken, from your comments, I believe you do also!!!
If I may get on my soapbox for a moment and put our toy store in perspective. Yes, I love Dodgereric's thinking when he calls this our toystore………………..very fitting and I love it so much. Anyhow, this past Tuesday morning, I was listening to the morning news and heard a story about a man being shot at a local Foster's Freeze (It's in Atwater, which is about 10 minutes north of Merced). A guy got out of his car walked up to him and shot him. I thought………..great another gang thing. Then after school that day, one of my dear friends on campus was asking if I had seen my fellow male 1st grade teacher colleague, and I told her he had been home sick. Well, come to find out one of his students was the nephew of the man who was shot. So, my friend proceeded to tell me it was some sort of gang initiation, and that the student's uncle was at the wrong place at a very wrong time. I guess this boy spent a great deal of time with his uncle and he can't do that any longer.
So, I love this team, I love these players, and I just can't help it. Yes, I am mad that our owners are both idiots and our GM even more of one at times, but I am going to stick with this team through it all. It may require a paperbag at times, but I really do love the toystore because the toys in it are so much fun!!!
Now, I need to figure out how I am going to walk out to my car in the pouring rain in my pajamas so I can get home. It was Polar Express Day here at school, and it requires you wear pajamas, drink hot chocolate and graham crackers and bring your favorite stuffed animal (my stuffed animals are already). The life of a first grade teacher definitely has it's fun moments. However, my student teacher is gone, and now I have to teach myself. Like I told Dodgereric earlier today, may the Dodger brainwashing begin :)))
I will come back again once I get home and dried off, but until then, take care if I don't see you later on tonight. This is such a great forum…….. ITD is awesome!!!!
Great post, Nellyjune. Sounds like you had a great day. And, like you, I also love our Toy Store.
Well said Nelly!! ITD is great because of Josh, Scott, and the good people we are fortunate to have on this board.
I think most of the people here would let a motorist over if they put on their turn signal, not speed up and cut them off!!!
Wow, some story, Nelly. Kind of makes what kind of deal Randy Wolf can get or who might be the 5th starter not terribly important in the grand scheme of things. Thank goodness for our health and the fact we have this big toy box called sports to help us get through. And I am glad I don't have to buy the batteries for it. Well, now that I said that I guess I actually do help buy the batteries when I buy tickets.
Signal, yes….no signal, they are dead meat! lol
LMTO Trumom!!! I'm with you!!! It amazes me that they don't seem to put turn signals on Beamers and Lexus's!!!
What really makes me the angriest is when a lane is closed, everybody knows traffic will be merging into one lane, and yet, some yahoos always speed by you and cut in right at the last second.
Yep Tru!!! People do really stupid and aggrevating things on the highway!!! I love when the truckers take both lanes to stop them. However, I've seen them go into the berm or median to get around that. It just makes me wonder what in the hell' they are thinking. Or not thinking!!!!
LOL…..so true!
Well, we definately need some Dodger news as we are reduced to talking about peoples road habits and experiences!!! I'm OK with discussing mundane things like that when there is no relevent Dodger news. I enjoy interacting with you all and getting perspectives from different parts of the country. I know some people don't especially like it as they think we should only discuss baseball on a baseball blog!!! To them I say, expand your horizons!!! On that note, I'm kind of looking forward to seeing what DeWitt can do at 2nd given a real shot!!!
I'd like to see what DeWitt could do for a full season, Jhall. I just have a feeling, we will get a washed up second baseman and, poor Blake won't get the chance.
Hell', if we don't talk about traffic, road rage, and turn signals, what will we do!! Bash Frank, Jamie, Ned, and Juan Pierre. LOL!!! That seems to also aggrevate our baseball purists as well!!!
trublu4ever, I had that very same thing happen to me yesterday with a guy trying to squeez by on the right as the lane merged and almost had it happen again today. Geez! What is the rush?
I am all for DeWitt getting a shot but it is up to him to stay there. He is the type of player fans like to see and get behind. He may never be a superstar but he would be a fan favorite because of the way he approaches the game. Have a great evening, everyone and stay safe.
Unfortunate but true, Tru!!! They will waste enough money chasing pipe dreams in the outfield and 2nd base, to actually get a decent pitcher, which is our biggest need!!!
For the record, I don't want Halliday!! I don't want to give up the farm for a 32 year old pitcher. The best we get is one or two good years and then pay thru the nose for his twilight!!! Think Kevin Brown. I don't want to pay Halliday 18-20M a year when he is 36-38 and for what he did when he was in his prime. That is what most long term contracts to star pitchers end up being when they reach their mid to late 30's.
Jhall – great post up above about the kids and Christmas. I have the priveledge to be around those kids everyday and see how life is through their eyes. As rough around the edges as some of them try to be, there is something about this time of the year where their innocence shows through.
As for the drivers, there is nothing scarier than driving with learning how to drive teenagers – LOL!!! (jk)
As for the Dodgers, I am still concerned why we are signing outfielders, even if they are for minor league contracts. That shouldn't even be an issue of concern at this point.
Fortunately, the money situation may eliminate that!!! Gotta stick with Billz and the kids. I'm good with that!!!
Thanks Nelly!! It really is magical.
The brother of the former pitching coach for the Blue Jays, Brad Arnsburg, works with my husband, and he says that Brad is now the Astros pitching coach. Houston is his where Brad his family is. At one time, Halliday wouldn't pitch for anybody but him. Now that Arnsberg is not in Toronto anymore, it remains to be seen where Halliday will end up. I don't think he will be a Dodger. I don't think we need to spend the money on him (not that we have the money). I really would like to see Billz and Kersh kick some butt this year.
I don't think you have to worry about us getting Halliday, Jhall. He is not in our price range.
I thought it would be so, but the Andre, Matt and Manny Action Figure giveaways are for kids only 😦 I still have May 18th off though 🙂
Hi ya everybody,
I just got home from seeing the play "Juan and John" and I enjoyed it immensely.
Roger Guenveur Smith, creator, does a fantastic one man performance of 1965 Los Angeles, the world at that time, his own life, John Roseboro and Juan Marichal.
I won't say much more because I want you all to enjoy it the way I did.
I recommend everyone to see it, Giant fans and especially Dodger fans of all ages. If you can get out of bed you can not miss this play.
I tell you one thing, he'll need a bigger auditorium when he comes home to LA.
That's great Oldbrooklynfan!!!!! I am so glad you enjoyed it!!!!
Nellyjune ~ that really sucks….kids get all the good stuff! I'm sure they will sell some in the Team Store.
I'm so glad you had a good time, Oldbrooklynfan. I was waiting to see what you thought.
"The Dodgers have signed pitcher Josh Towers to a minor league deal, according to the Associated Press. Towers, who turns 33 in February, put up a 2.74 ERA in 19 appearances (18 starts) with the Triple A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees in 2009. He started 2009 in the Nationals' system, but was released after just one appearance with Triple A Syracuse. The Yankees called up Towers twice during the season, but he appeared in just two September games in mop-up duty. He is a low walk, low strikeout pitcher, averaging 1.5 walks and 4.8 walks per nine innings in his major league career."
So is Towers the new Estes, Vargas, or Milton? Keep 'em coming, Ned.
Yes it does Tru!!!! What if you are a kid at heart, which most of us are?
Who are these people? I rather take a chance on McDonald, Elbert, etc. At least they should have some upside to them.
Thanks for the information, Kahli. I'm sure that signing will put us over the top!
Nellyjune ~ maybe we can adopt two kids for the day, just for the bobblehead…lol
Yea we could, but the percentage is too high for them to become Ethieraholics. Then we would be going home with nothing.
oops – I was on the wrong thread a minute ago.
Well, this sounds an awful like ITD talk……………………
I'm getting an uneasy feeling about this lack of activity. To let Wolf walk is poop. Can the team really be that short of cash?
I found this a very interesting comment from one of the posters over on truebluela:
"I?ve always thought ? and even more so now ? that Selig wanted and guided the sale of the Dodgers to the McCourts because he didn?t want a deep pocketed owner in the second biggest market bidding up player salaries."
Hmmmmmmmmmm, indeed!
Useless trivia:
Everyday 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born and 140,000 people die.
Once again, we are not the only ones thinking these things.
1. Where are the Dodgers?
Despite claims from general manager Ned Colletti and other front office personnel that the team's ownership situation — owners Frank and Jamie McCourt are going through a divorce — won't affect the payroll, the evidence says otherwise thus far. Los Angeles didn't make any noise at the winter meetings and still has gaping holes in its rotation and at second base.
Making the financial situation worse, L.A. figures to hand out big raises in arbitration to the likes of outfielders Andre Either and Matt Kemp, catcher Russell Martin, first baseman James Loney, starting pitcher Chad Billingsley, closer Jonathan Broxton and setup man George Sherrill. The $20 million the team owes left fielder Manny Ramirez also doesn't help much.
When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
Good afternoon everyone………….
I sure would like to hear some good news concerning this ballclub. Other than the normal spins we get. I would like to say that my negativity lately is just from bad PR and in no way a reflection of the boys on the field.
Well here to a good day!!!
Here's to a good day…………..Josh that was not directed at you either…..We do appreciate the job you do.
Dang can't get the whole spelling of team in there.
I'm trying my best to remain positive and not let my feelings of our owners and GM reflect how I feel about the players. However, it's hard, as a whole, to remain positive when everyone in the baseball world feels the same way we do about our owners especially.
However, we can hope the players entering arbitration are given the respect they deserve and hopefully they are paid accordingly. That would definitely be a positive to see some good numbers come from the front office on what our arbitration candidates will be making this upcoming 2010 season.
Is Martin sucking going to help us I don't think he would get a raise?
Sherrill have to be kept after giving away Bell and Johnson and those fool didn't even protect the dad son and lost them in the rule 5 draft to the Giants. I still think we should've had traded for him in the first place.
Shad – is that you?
Then again………………………maybe it's enchanted :))
I'm positive today……..
You got the name right the first time lol
Just when you think it can't get any weirder, Jaime's driver/lover is giving Dodger jackets to a Taiwanese politician:
Well it couldn't be enchanted since he's name didn't change today,
I seen that Eric, makes me wonder if they were trying to give Frank a little nudge of of the cliff……in all do respect, that would get my blood flowing…..did in a way
Shad – you would be surprised at what enchanted is capable of doing. Anyhow, I thought it was you, but there is always that chance that somebody else decided to change their name considering our owners right now 🙂
Dodgereric!!!! Scary isn't it? I saw that this morning. Nothing like getting Frank's attention, don't ya think? Are you relaxing? :)))
Off of
Somewhat. There's nothing more I can do for the time being. I have some molding on order, but it won't get here until Thursday. I'm tempted to do the drywalling myself, which isn't that hard. But I know from experience that I don't have the ability to do the knockdown work. Wish you were here, D4!
I will send you some tips Eric….It is pretty simple
Well, I am glad that you are relaxing somewhat. It's better than not at all. Maybe Dodger4ife can talk you through it somehow 🙂
You are positive it's been raining nonstop since last night? LOL!!!!!
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Brail, or morse code???
it's not brail 🙂 He must be chewing out the ownership in Morse Code or some other encrypted code 🙂
I need an attitude adjustment, rain, shine or sleet of snow….Theres only one way to go and that is Dodger Blue Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1….I don't like the other options.
That was a delayed post, I think they may have broken the code………..LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Jhall is needed. He seems to be our ITD foreign language expert who may be able to translate.
Wow this is impressive a volleyball team won 100 matches in a rows.
Penn State women's volleyball team (36-0) won its 100th consecutive match, beating California 25-18, 25-17, 25-22 in the NCAA Gainesville Regional Final.
The win gives head coach Russ Rose 999 match victories in his career, according to Penn State's athletic Web site.
Penn State senior Megan Hodge was named the region's Most Outstanding Player. Hodge led the team with 14 kills on .429 hitting, according to Penn State's athletic Web site.
The Nittany Lions advances to the national semifinals for the third straight season. They will face either Hawaii or Michigan on Thursday in Tampa.
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Our Neddy Frozen
Our owner tite…
The rest is garbled sir, but I think there might be an iceberg right ahead…
So, what he means Enchanted is that we are screwed?
An article on Blake DeWitt. I would like to see them give him a real chance. Look what the chance did for Andre.
(play this in the background as you read this post.)
… and so it was told as the winter meetings drew to a close, twas not Ned's failings as a GM, but Frank's hubris in thinking that nothing on this earth could sink the Dodger Blue…
… had only someone seen the signs of distress, perhaps they could've reached the franchise in time, but alas BS (that's Bud Selig) thought it only a lark…
… and as the great franchise slowly slipped beneath the waves of overleverage and community property, we are left but to wonder what could have been…
…someday, somewhere in a greater place than L.A., the spirit that once was the great franchise will be resurrected under different names, different places, but always Dodgers…
The music added so much more drama to your post Enchanted. Simply marvelous!!!!!
The decibals were to high…. I could'nt hear the music, I watched the show though….Got the message as well.
Enchanted – I think your last line speaks volumes to what is ahead if some major changes aren't made when it comes to our current financial state.
I really do like Blake DeWitt a lot. I'd like to see both he and Repko on the team, for their attitude alone. As for DeWitt's defense, it'll be really tough matching the famous gold glove hands of Kent and Belliard…but he'll try!!??!??!?!?!?!?!
MLBRumors does'nt have anything on the tenders for the Dodgers, kind of late isn't it???
No big names yet, but the Isotopes retained two of their pitchers.
We are 15 minutes from a deadline in which 9 players are affected and not a word yet. Something is just not too comforting here.
Well, if we are going by ITD time, the deadline has passed 🙂
I couldn't find any news at all, Nellyjune. I'm getting worried. What else is new? lol
All I found was the same old stuff about Halliday (and, yes, the Phillies are interested) and Lackey.
Cust was not asked back by the A's and a few other teams let players go but, no news about our Dodgers.
And, poor Holliday was only offered around $18 M per and apparently Boras thinks that is a slap in the face!
Okay People – where are the contracts?
As far as I'm aware, there's nothing to worry about regarding our 9 players. Assuming all the correct procedures have been followed, they've been tendered their contracts by the D's and those who are arbitration eligible can go that route if they're not satisfied with management's offer….I've read through most of the recent postings regarding the ownership issue. Like most all of you, I would like to see the Dodgers sold to an individual or individuals whose primary focus is putting a team on the field that is capable of winning the WS every year. It is truly pathetic and sad to see a major market team being run (and I use that term loosely) like the Royals and the Pirates. But I'm realistic. The team will not likely be sold tomorrow, next week, next month, or maybe next year. The legal issues surrounding the McCourt's divorce will have to play out in the courts before anything will happen on that issue. So I've prepared myself for a long, uncomfortable bumpy ride….glad to see that DeWitt is finally going to get his chance to win an everyday position. Management did him a big disservice by jerking him back and forth between Albuquerque and LA last year….we're actually only a couple of good quality starters away from having a good chance of going to the next level. Our offense, defense, and bullpen are solid. I just wish I had more confidence in Ned's ability to get what we need. But I keep hoping. At this point, I've got nothing better to believe in.
Seesky – thanks for the explanation, and you are right, all we have is hope right now 🙂
No specific amounts, but the contracts have been tendered.
Uh, oh…….receiving no contract from the Yankees, Wang is a FA……since he pitched for Joe, the injury plagued pitcher may be a perfect fit in LA! LMAO! Or, maybe I should cry! lol
Nellyjune ~ I am hoping it was a legitimate amount offered…not just a token to say take it or leave it.
Colletti's interview on the homepage is better when you play this in the background:
"Its tough to find someone who can make a hit for the money we have to spend." "That DeWitt, he moves like he's got on a pair of cement shoes, but we know what he's gonna bring to the party so to speak." "We have faith in our younger guys and then they turn around and stab us in the back."
"I coulds been a contenda"
Oops, wrong movie.
"I've read ? how there are plenty of issues going on with the team right now. It's not my job to speculate on these things. But if these things are hurting the club, it's unfortunate because it's a historic ballclub."
?LHP Randy Wolf, after signing with the Brewers, telling the L.A. Times how the pending divorce between Dodgers owners Frank and Jamie McCourt is affecting the team.
LOL!!!! Well, if Randy is thinking that way, how do you think the players that are staying feel?
Microsoft Word doesn't like Morse Code. Let's see if Notepad does… http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html
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LMAO North!!! (I think it was the Western Screwnion that did it.)
In short……we are screwed!
LMAO!!!!! We have had so many different languages here on ITD, and now, we have Morse Code to add to the mix. Only on ITD would this be possible. Fabulous Northstateblues, and the same goes for you Enchanted for the interpretation 🙂
LMAO!!!!Love the Morse Code posts, nsb, and thanks to Enchanted for the translation. Sort of like Morse haiku. All I can add to the Morse messages is "Burma Shave".
Colletti has, however, indicated that the club is interested in signing several rehabbing pitchers, as it did a year ago with Eric Milton.
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That's an absolutely shocking revalation Scott – Ned dumpster diving.
Can't say we didn't know this was coming.
Cust? For Godssake a PH should at leat be able to make contact. Might as well call Sweeney back to active duty. What's wrong with resigning Monkeywitz?
Wang and Redding almost certainly will be signed. They can go right on the list with Kuroda as a fragile pitcher that can't go a full season.
You put crap in, you get crap out. Something Ned and Frank just don't get… or maybe they do and just don't care.
…………just wonderful – blah!!!!
Sorry to shatter kahli's dreams of Ned standing pat.
Good Morning All……..
I am not excited about the words… rehabbing, innings eater and workhorse, pertaining to the same person.
These "new options" are hardly new nor do they look like they will be of much help. I really have no real desire to see JP leave, but moving him for a pitcher may be our best hope.
I am quoting one of the commenters on the front page…………….
Ned's Goals: Construct a rotation of 5 number 4 starters.
That about sums it up.
Ned reminds me of Charlie Brown shopping for Christmas trees.
Lacky takes physical with Boston…….
Halladay and his agent are in Philadelphia, Halladay might take a physical sometime this week
Indications that Cliff Lee will be traded, although he states he will give no discounts to sign an extension
* Lackey
In related news, the LAPD is reporting that a man pulled from a dumpster over the weekend has been identified as Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti.
If I know Ned, I'm sure we'll probably end up with a sore Wang here in the next few weeks.
Don't lose hope though – maybe we can balance it out by picking up a randy Johnson.
Send a memo to Ned…
while the Phillies are close to landing Holliday and the red sox close to signing lackey what are we doing?..and wwhere suppose to be competing with the phillies next year?…will be lucky if we compete with the giants. Don't blame Ned for this, Mccourt is the real **** in this whole situation. Where the f*ck is he anyway?….hear the crickets
LOL!!!! That's good Scott 🙂
i just love being part of the large market LA fan base and reading about how colletti is excited about the oncoming thrifty non-tenders. i wish selig would step in and do something already. there's just something about dropping 20 bucks on 2 dodger dogs, peanuts, and a coke and seeing that our upper management has moldy spaghetti and fishbones in it's hair while dumpster diving for somebody to fill out the rotation.
nothing against dewitt, but this team shouldn't be in a financial situation to hope that a guy who has a .717 OPS and limited major league experience to step in and fill the void. i'm sure he's a gamer and has a great attitude, but what it comes down to is how well you perform on the field. it's a pleasure to watch him play, though. thank god we'll have jamey carroll to hold the fort down. -_-
then again, maybe it's for the better the dodgers are financially handcuffed. it'll save ned from spending 100 mil on lackey only to realize his shoulder resembles a pile of mashed potatoes.
happy holidays, everybody.
scott, Ned standing pat is still a dream of mine! His dumpster diving was to be expected…it's the McCourt way. In keeping with my dream, I just hope Ned makes 1) NO DUMB TRADES and 2) NO DUMB FA SIGNINGS. A dumb signing would be akin to JP and Schmidt. Signing a useless PVL for minimum wage to pique our curiosity is, as I say, business as usual for this keen ownership group. It takes the focus off the divorce and increased stadium prices…kind of like the way a root canal takes the focus off the shattered knee cap for a while.
Khali, at least there is no chance of blowing a lot of money on FA's that are no good. Dodgers prices are too high for dumpster diving though. We get high prices, 2nd place if we're lucky, and PR lies. Oh, and don't forget MANNYWOOD!!
ok, so maybe it's my undying love for the Dodgers that is making me believe this, but am I crazy to think that the list of free agents out there just really isnt that impressive? It seems like most these guys are coming off injuries or are a couple years past their prime. What happens when those players pull an andruw jones and totally crap out on their new team, that team will be finacially handcuffed with a non-productive player. If the phillies get halladay but trade lee then they are really just trading an ace for an ace and losing some prospects as well, so go ahead cause that might cripple them for the next few years seeing as how they already let some go to get lee in the first place. So maybe standing by and watching these other teams dump money into aging players is the best option right now, we have a core of young talent that will keep us in the running then maybe at the trade deadline we can steal a few from teams alredy out of it. Tell me if i'm wrong please, but i'm just trying to survive the winter any way I can.
it's official…this just in our owner ir broke and lied to us all
It is oddicial according the ESPN……Halliday is a Phillie; Lee, for now goes to Mariners and Lackey is a Red Sox.
* sorry official
Bluesplash, not sure if there is a right or wrong way to do things. There are no sure things when it comes to signing players and as I have said before, being a GM means being an optomist and a bit of a gambler. Having thick skin helps as well. In theory, your assessment might be correct. The reality is somewhat different. Teams have different objectives. Clearly, all major league teams want to put people in the seats. We assume they all want to win as well and while I am sure they do, clearly a large number of MLB teams have no real expectations of winning anything. However, they may be willing to take a chance on a player that can get them to the next level and entice fans to buy tickets. Other organizations have money to risk on the higher priced free agents and might even do so to keep a player from signing with a rival in the division. Some of these organizations might be willing to overpay or give a player a longer term deal than might seem reasonable.
So the Dodgers may very well be doing the smart thing by not making certain trades or signing high priced free agents to long term deals. The problem is how do the Dodgers respond if their competitors are willing and/or able to do so? By signing bargain basement or marginal players? I think what angers many Dodger fans is the impression that the Dodgers do not have the resources to take some calculated risks and make deals that have a reasonable chance of taking the organization to the next step. The fans see other teams making moves that at least look as if that team has improved. Anyway, I tend to agree with you that it is a huge risk to offer a 32 year old pitcher anything more than a two year deal but obviously some teams are willing to take the chance.
Ned can pull trash out of alot of dumpsters, paying them peanuts for one year. Hoping to find one needle in a hatstack. Lackey, Lee and Halladay require more than 1 year contracts…..It sucks, that as we have stated before as a large market team this is the case. What will suck even more is that if we are'nt in position to make a good run at the play offs instead of attaining help in the way of an ace… we will be giveing help to someone that has one. Ned said last year it was up to the kids to produce. I see no reason to believe that isn't status quo again this year.
I don't really care if they don't sign the "big name" free agents. Ned and his team have shown that they can't judge talent anyway, so why bother.
What I do find beyond objectionable is that this organization can't even afford to offer Type A FAs arbitration in order to receive the extra draft picks and restock the farm system (which they've depleted because they can't afford a prorated season salary for guys like Blake) not because they're afraid of having to resign the player, but because they can't pay the draftees.
This organization is screwed from the top down period. And no wishing or waiting or hoping is going to fix it, save Frank selling the franchise. Get ready to become the new Cubs.
I'm not trying to be negative, or bring everyone down….I just remember how the kids felt after the all star break and near the trade deadline last season. Our finances are in worse shape now.
The good news is we still have a fighting chance, all the younsters are still in place and as long as they believe in their ability and play to the potential they posess, things will be looking good on the field. Heck Vinny is coming back, have to admire his heart and dedication to the blue. 60 years is a long time, let alone 61 or 62……Gotta Keep on Believing, like it or not…..
Dodger4life, that is what is so great about the game of baseball and the fact that spring training brings that chance to believe even when things don't look so good. Anything can happen.
I agree lbirken, however if Commisioner Gordon, MLB, or the McCourts decided to sell the team now and put the money in a trust until the divorce was settled things would be alot more upbeat for everyone who still believes in the magic that this storied franchise brings to the game and the world in general. the divorce proceedings would take a backseat to the franchise in general. Anyhow, I Believe In Our Blue!!!
Don't really know what to make of this….Other than Sell the Team……well that was my best case scenerio…..
The fact that almost all of us want Frank to sell isn't in doubt. Another particularly cold hard fact is that if Frank sells, he will only do so if he's forced to by events, the divorce chiefly among them. As far as I know, that's not even close to being resolved. Maybe waiting or hoping won't fix things but, since we have no control over events, that's about all we can do. Either that or patronize a different toy store.
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Joy To The World
Three Dog Night
Joy To The Blue
Jamie and Frank are sad clogs
Tearing through our history
Never believed a single word they said
But their team it just happen was mine
And our boys gave us some mighty fine times
Joy to the Blue
All believers of blue now
Joy to the boys in the Dodger blue cleats
Joy to you and me
If I were the king of the world
Tell you what I?d do
I?d throw away, Frank and Jamie and their parking fees
Turn it all over to Sweet Lou
Sing it now
Joy to the blue
All believers of blue now
Joy to the boys in the Dodger blue cleats
Joy to you and me
You know we loved the O?Malley?s
Loved the way the team was run
They were high life flyer?s and rainbow rider?s
They were straight shootin? son -of-a -gun?s
I said a straight shootin? son-of- a-guns
Joy to the blue
All believers of blue now
Joy to the boys in the Dodger blue cleats
Joy to you and me
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All believers of blue now
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Joy to you and me
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Joy to you and me
Joy to the blue
All believers of blue now
Joy to the boys in the Dodger blue cleats
Joy to you and me
I wanna tell you
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Not all that impressed with the Phils side of the trade, which is all that concerns me as a Dodger fan. They gave up more prospects…just to swap aces. Lee was "only" 4-0 in the post season (2-0 in the World Series) and just about unhittable. Yankees, Rocks and Dodgers can attest to that. Plus, he's two years younger than Halladay. Whatever. I'd take either one. But Frank and Ned would rather have a dinged Wang or some other reclamation project. But of course, it's business as usual in Dodgertown. No truth to the rumor Frank and Jamie are leveraged to the freaking hilt and incapable of increasing payroll.
I wonder if the deal will still go through if the Phillies can't sign Halliday to an extension. If they can't, they'd be no worse off if they just held onto Lee for the year. With the Red Sox apparently about to sign Lackey, it sure is disgusting and frustrating to watch our management scrounging around the junkyard for spare parts while watching our supposed big market equals driving off the lot with brand new wheels.
Jerimiah was a bullfrong………………………
It's one of those "Name That Tune" songs that it only takes the first note to know what the song is.
Fantastic Dodger4life!!!!!
oops – red pen "bullfrog"
I dont' really understand the Halladay trade either. It really didn't benefit them too much. Lee was phenomenal for them, and they gave him up only to upgrade maybe a tad. It would have been different if they would have had Halladay, Lee and Hamels. Now, that would be a lethal three starters if they stay healthy. However, what they did is just trade an ace for an ace. No big deal there.
Good night everyone………and it's been a while but God Bless
ESPN talking heads explained the deal…to a point. Lee was looking for Sabathia numbers…5 years, a zillion dollars. Halladay WANTED the Phils (lives near their Florida Spring Training site, etc., etc.) and was willing to do a very affordable, "home-town discount" 3-year extension for $60 million. Came down to $$$. Can you imagine that, Halladay choosing the Phils? Why wouldn't Halladay want to be a Dodger? Stable franchise…charming, bright owners…unlimited budget…………………………….
Dodgers just traded Pierre to Whitesox, but had to pick up about half of his salary – which makes not offering Wolf arbitration that much more confusing.
Love the infamous players-to-be named later. I'm glad for Juan and happier for the Dodgers. I think it will be a good move for us.
There went 3/4 of my songwriting…
LOL, Enchanted! I'm sure you will have plenty to fill your void.
American League pitchers are smiling knowing that the Whitesox are going to be using a designated slapper.


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Finished the Sept 12, 2010 Tour de Tahoe
This was a ride that I've had on the schedule for most of the year – and one I've very much been looking forward to. The Tour de Tahoe – presented by Bike the West – is a clockwise loop around Lake Tahoe, covering over 70 miles of road and (depending on who's data you look at) either 2,100, 3,700 or 6,000 feet of climbing. I managed to bang it out with 4:42:15 of actual pedaling time (plus 32 minutes of time spent munching at rest stops) for a total elapsed time of about 5 hours and 15 minutes from start to finish.


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June 1, 1951 - December 2, 2012
Youngsville, NY
Linda J. Dirie, 61, of Youngsville, NY, a homemaker and care giver and lifetime resident, died Sunday, December 2, 2012 at Roscoe Rehab & Nursing Center, Roscoe, NY after a long illness.
Linda was the daughter of Betty Kehrley Jacobs Kohler and the late Howard Jacobs. She was born June 1, 1951 in Liberty, NY. She was married to Clyde Dirie.
Linda was a member of United Reformed Church of Youngsville and longtime Youngsville correspondent for the Sullivan County Democrat.
A Family Statement: "She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt."
Survivors include her husband of 39 years, Clyde Dirie, at home; her son, Matthew Dirie and his wife, Amanda of Jeffersonville, NY; her daughter, Andrea Roemer of Fosterdale, NY; her mother, Betty Kehrley Jacobs Kohler and her husband, Walter, of Youngsville, NY; two sisters: Debra McGibbon and her husband, Sherwood of Youngsville, NY, and Cindy Snedeker and her husband, Bruce of Kenoza Lake, NY; three grandchildren: Cheyanne, Landon and James; four nieces and nephews: Amber, Jonathan, Kevin and Brandy. She was predeceased by a son, Mark Dirie.
Friends may call Wednesday, December 5 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home, Jeffersonville, NY. Services will be held Thursday, December 6 at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Virginia Bossley will officiate. Burial will be in Youngsville Presbyterian Cemetery, Youngsville, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made to United Reformed Church of Youngsville or the Jeffersonville Presbyterian Church.
Arrangements are by Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home, Inc. 845-482-4280.


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NEAs Response to the Bush Administration's FY 2005 Budget Request
I. Funding for Critical Programs
The Administration's proposal falls short in a number of areas, failing to provide the resources necessary to ensure great public schools for every child. For the Department of Education, the Administration proposes only a 3 percent increase, which would be the smallest percentage increase (as well as the smallest dollar increase) in the last nine years.
The request does include increases for select programs, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Title I, and literacy. However, the IDEA and Title I increases fall short of promised levels, and all increased program funding appears to come at the expense of other important programs. The request also does include some positive initiatives, including extension/expansion of the educator tax deduction and an increase in funding for school modernization bonds.
Overall, "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act programs would only receive a 1.8 percent increase, not even sufficient to cover inflation, resulting in fewer services to students.
Title I
NEA Priority: Keep the commitment to fully fund Title I at the authorized level of $20.5 billion for FY05.
Rationale: Almost 27,000 schools did not make adequate yearly progress under the achievement and accountability provisions of NCLB, with over 6,000 already designated as "needing improvement." These schools must show improvement quickly, but must do so under what are in many cases severe budget cutbacks. Most activities that schools will put in place to improve student achievement, such as after-school or summer school programs, enhanced and expanded professional development for teachers, or smaller class sizes, all require additional resources.
Administration Proposal: The Administration proposes an increase of $1 billion, bringing total funding to $13.342 billion. Although this represents an increase of 8 percent over current funding, it falls far short (by $7.158 billion) of the $20.5 billion level authorized in "No Child Left Behind." Compared to the amount needed to fully serve all eligible low-income children, some 4.6 million children will be left behind.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
NEA Priority: Provide mandatory annual increases in accordance with the Hagel-Harkin (S.939) proposal, to bridge the current funding gap, and reach full funding.
Rationale: Though strides have been made to increase funding for IDEA, funding levels remain far from the promised 40 percent of the costs of providing services to students. Because of the limited funding available, schools are often unable to provide the full spectrum of critical special education services mandated under IDEA. The lack of sufficient funding to meet the needs of students with disabilities also places considerable strain on the entire school budget, as administrators are forced to increase tax revenue or cut other critical programs to provide mandated IDEA services.
Administration Proposal: The Administration proposes an increase of $1 billion, bringing total funding to $11.068 billion. This amount falls $5.8 billion below the amount necessary to stay on track toward full funding under the Hagel-Harkin plan. At the Administration's proposed rate of increase, it would take 30 years to reach full funding.
Pell Grants
NEA Priority: Support an increase of at least $500 in the Pell Grant maximum for FY05, bringing the maximum to $4,550.
Rationale: Access to postsecondary education opportunities allows individuals to succeed in jobs with career potential and upward mobility. Census data consistently show that those with higher educational attainment have higher median earnings. Expanding postsecondary education opportunities also helps ensure the well-educated workforce our nation needs to compete in the 21st century. As public universities and community colleges, which have long been seen as the "affordable" option, have to raise their tuition to make up for severe state budget cutbacks, the ability for low-income individuals to pay for college becomes an even greater challenge.
Administration Proposal: The Administration proposes no increase in the Pell Grant maximum award over the current (FY04) level of $4,050. This would be the second consecutive year of a freeze for the maximum award.
Teacher Quality
NEA Priority: Increase funding for Teacher Quality State Grants by $1 billion.
Rationale: Ensuring a qualified teacher in every classroom is critical to maximizing student achievement. Schools facing new teacher quality mandates need increased resources to help all teachers meet new "highly qualified" requirements. Additional funding is also needed to hire teachers to reduce class size, enhance and expand ongoing professional development, and establish high-quality mentoring programs for new teachers.
Administration's Proposal: The Administration proposes freezing funding for Teacher Quality State Grants.
Head Start
NEA Priority: Provide increased funding to move toward serving all eligible children in need of Head Start services; Reject block grants.
Rationale: Despite its importance in helping children start school ready to learn, Head Start remains significantly underfunded. As a result, it only serves approximately 60 percent of eligible children.
Block grants would undermine the program's current high standards for student performance and staff qualifications that have been key to the success of Head Start. Turning Head Start over to the states, even in a limited pilot program, is a bad idea as states have no federal monitoring and few have real accountability systems in place. Furthermore, the added layer of bureaucracy will drain already scarce resources from early education programs.
Administration Proposal: The Administration proposes a cost-of-living increase of $169 million, bringing total funding to $6.9 billion. This level will not allow any increase in the number of children served. The Administration also proposes $45 million to support a nine-state block grant program.
Child Care Development Block Grant/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (CCDGB/TANF)
NEA Priority: Ensure sufficient resources to provide quality child care options for working families.
Rationale: Low-income families are concentrated at the bottom of the labor pool, often in part-time or temporary positions, and are among the first fired during economic crises. Quality early childhood education is essential to future success in school. Low-income parents struggling to achieve independence should be assured that their children are safe and are receiving the necessary skills for later success.
Administration's Proposal: The Administration proposes freezing funding for both CCDBG and TANF. In the best-case scenario, 300,000 children would lose child care at this funding level.
NEA Priority: Provide funding to address the adolescent reading and graduation rate crisis.
Rationale: There is no federal program to address the needs of older students who lack the reading skills necessary to meet graduation requirements in most states. Eight million students in grades 4-12 currently read below basic levels.
Administration Proposal: The Administration proposes $100 million targeted to address adolescent literacy. However, the Administration also proposes to eliminate or cut programs such as dropout prevention and career and technical education that have proven track records of helping adolescents stay in school.
Teacher Tax Deduction
NEA Priority: Increase the above-the-line deduction for educators' classroom supply expenses to $400, expand it to cover professional development expenses, and make it permanent.
Rationale: Educators are spending more of their own funds each year to supply their classrooms, including purchasing essential items such as pencils, glue, scissors, and facial tissues. In 2002, Congress enacted a two-year $250 tax deduction for educators' out-of-pocket classroom supply expenses as part of the economic stimulus package. The deduction expired at the end of 2003.
President's Proposal: The Administration's request includes the NEA-supported proposal to extend the deduction, increase it from $250 to $400, and expand it to cover professional development expenses.
Qualified Zone Academy Bonds
NEA Priority: Extend authority to issue QZABs.
Rationale: America's public schools are in desperate need of repair and renovation. Yet, many school systems lack the fiscal capacity to finance needed repairs. The QZAB program encourages the development of innovative school programs through public/private partnerships.
Administration Proposal: The Administration proposes to extend QZAB authority for two years.
II. Program Eliminations
Administration Proposal: The Administration proposes eliminating 38 critical education programs, totaling $1.41 billion.
General NEA Comments: NEA supports providing additional resources for students, educators, schools and postsecondary institutions to meet the increasing demands of skyrocketing enrollments and the goals of improving educational achievement at all levels. NEA also supports protecting and enhancing programs with proven track records of helping students achieve academic success. Proposed program eliminations in school reform, education technology, education research, dropout prevention, smaller learning communities, career and technical education, school counseling and others counter the potentially positive impact of the President's proposed increases and new initiatives. Creating new programs or increasing existing ones at the expense of others does not represent the commitment needed for education.
III. Public Policy
The Administration's budget request proposes using the budget process to make a number of troubling public policy changes. NEA has strong concerns about several of these proposals. The Administration proposal also fails to address other important policy concerns, such as the elimination of Social Security Offsets.
NEA Priority: Protect public schools and the students they serve by rejecting efforts to divert scarce dollars to private schools.
Rationale: Research clearly demonstrates that vouchers do little to improve student achievement. Rather than experimenting with programs already found to make no real difference in student achievement, we should focus on ensuring that all students have the tools for success — including smaller class sizes, more parental involvement, up-to-date materials and high teacher quality.
Administration Proposal: The Administration proposes a $50 million national voucher program as well as an additional $14 million for vouchers for the District of Columbia.
Abstinence-only Education
NEA Priority: Protect students' right to information and educators' freedom of speech by rejecting restrictions on federal sex education dollars.
Rationale: All students should have access to important health and sexuality information through appropriately established sex education programs in order to protect themselves and make informed decisions. Public schools should be permitted to address the educational needs of all students and should not be restrained by restrictions on free speech.
Administration Proposal: The Administration proposes $50 million for Abstinence Education State Grants, as well as a $112 million increase for Community-Based Abstinence Education (from $74 million in FY04 to $186 million in FY05). These grants provide support to public and private entities for the development and implementation of abstinence education programs for adolescents ages 12 through 18. Programs funded through this program must promote abstinence-only education and must agree not to provide a participating adolescent any other information regarding sexual conduct in the same setting.
Budget Enforcement Mechanisms
NEA Priority: Oppose shifts in the constitutional balance of power that would impact determinations of federal spending.
Rationale: Current constitutional protections ensure an open process with opportunity for debate from all sides. Limiting this debate or placing other restrictions on the budget process would severely curtail the input of congressional officials elected by their constituents to provide just such input.
Administration Proposal: The Administration proposes a series of changes to the federal budget processes, including:
- Line Item Veto, which would give the executive branch legislative power over spending;
- Automatic Continuing Resolutions, which would wrest control from Congress about when and how to pass appropriations legislation;
- Sequestration, which would trigger sequestration of discretionary or direct spending "as appropriate" in instances where increased spending for mandatory programs is not offset by an equal amount of spending cuts; and
- Joint Budget Resolution, which would replace concurrent budget resolutions, require agreement of the President, and assume the force of law, thereby eliminating Congress' discretion in creating and executing budget resolutions.
Social Security Offsets
NEA Priority: Repeal the unfair Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP).
Rationale: The GPO and WEP unfairly reduce the retirement benefits of public employees who have dedicated their lives to serving their communities and their country. The resulting loss of income jeopardizes the retirement security of those who have chosen public service — often at considerable financial sacrifice — and even forces some into poverty.
Administration Proposal: The Administration proposal does not address remedying the unfair offsets. However, the Administration does propose increased employer reporting requirements aimed at identifying additional individuals who should be subject to the offsets.


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I've written about how Captain America and I met before. But now it's the next in my Series of Fortunate Events. Which will last as long as I write them. Which means this could very well be the last installment. Sad.
Picking up where we left off (see Event #1), I met Captain America at a movie night. He offered me Pepsi (a fact which proves he had a lot to learn about me). He and his roommates were set to give me a ride back to campus, since they were in on-campus apartments and I was in the dorms. On the way I realized I'd left my keys in my dorm room. It was now after midnight, and the dorm system was locked up nice and tight. I went to their apartment to call my new roommate. My new roommate who wasn't home yet. So I waited at their apartment until she came in an hour or so later. Or several hours. I don't know.
Can I stop for a minute here? Just to say: Thank you, Jesus. Thanks for putting me in the middle of a group of people whose idea of a wild night was ordering a bread bowl at Perkins and walking around the park *after it closed at 10 pm* (oooooo) and not in the middle of a mess of drunken hockey players where this story might not be such a highlight of my life. Because, frankly, the chances of the drunken soiree were probably a whole lot better. And I'd run off to college up for whatever. That is to say, unopposed to the drunken hockey party.
We all sat around and talked forever. Laughed. Listened to music. When I finally got a hold of my roommate to let me in, Captain America offered to walk me back to my dorm. The next day I called him to get help finding my classes. I think we were dating a week later.
All because I went to a bike camp in 8th grade, and then lost my keys as a brand new college freshman.
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NEW YORK, NY- October 10, 2013 - Baruch College was ranked among the Top 70 Colleges by Forbes Magazine for five-year return on investment of full-time MBA Programs. Its Total Five-year MBA Gain (five year compensation after graduation, minus the sum of tuition, fees, forgone compensation) has Baruch College ranked #66.
Forbes ranks full-time MBA programs every two years based on return on investment. This year Forbes found that having an MBA degree still pays off, but the average payback period for the Class of 2008 was 3.7 years versus 2.7 years a decade ago. Forbes' eighth biennial ranking of business schools is based solely on the return on investment achieved by the graduates from the class of 2008. In their methodology, Forbes surveyed 17,000 alumni at 100 schools regarding their pre- and post-M.B.A. compensation, career choice and location.
Baruch College was recently recognized in other rankings for access, affordability and quality.
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- According to PayScale's list of "Annual ROI," Baruch College delivers the highest annual ROI for in-state students (10.6%) and out-of-state students (9.8%) of all public colleges and universities. In PayScale's annual "College Education ROI Rankings" report, Baruch College ranks in the top 10%, at #108 out of the 1,060 public and private U.S. colleges and universities evaluated in the report.
- Baruch College is ranked #21 among the "Top 100 Obama Scorecard Colleges," a list created by Affordable Colleges (AC) Online. With a total score of 78.72 and a low student loan default rate of 3.2%, Baruch College ranks in the Top 25.
About Baruch College:
Baruch College is a senior college in the City University of New York (CUNY) with a total enrollment of more than 17,000 students, who represent 160 countries and speak more than 100 languages. Ranked among the top 15% of U.S. colleges and the No. 4 public regional university, Baruch College is regularly recognized as among the most ethnically diverse colleges in the country. As a public institution with a tradition of academic excellence, Baruch College offers accessibility and opportunity for students from every corner of New York City and from around the world. For more about Baruch College, go to http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/.
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