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Obama's First 100 Days: What He's Done So Far
With one of their own in the White House, Democrats in Congress are moving to give domestic government agencies 8 percent more money, on average, to spend this year atop the whopping $787 billion in economic stimulus funds.
Just a day before President Barack Obama gives Congress a blueprint for the upcoming 2010 budget year, the House is taking up a massive $410 billion spending bill wrapping together the budgets for a dozen Cabinet departments through next September.
The big increases—including a 21 percent boost for a popular program that feeds infants and poor women and a 10 percent hike for Section 8 housing vouchers for the poor—represent a clear win for Democrats who spent most of the past decade battling with President George W. Bush over money for domestic programs.
And Taxpayers for Common Sense, a budget watchdog group, counted 8,570 pet projects totaling $7.7 billion inserted into the bill by lawmakers.
And Obama called on Congress to pass strong financial sector regulation and oversight to prevent future crises and restore "accountability, transparency and trust in our financial markets."
Obama also officially nominated former Washington state governor Gary Locke to be his Commerce secretary. He is expected to be confirmed.
Keep track of what Obama has been doing since taking office:
Day 36: Obama's Speech & A New Commerce Secretary (Feb. 24)
- Obama will tell Americans in his first major speech that "we will rebuild, we will recover" from the worst economic crisis in decades. What is required now is for this country to pull together, confront boldly the challenges we face and take responsibility for our future once more," Obama will tell a joint session of Congress according to advance excerpts of his speech. (Full Story)
- Former Washington state governor Gary Locke will be announced as the nominee for the Secretary of U.S. Commerce on Wednesday, according to a White House official. (Full Story)
- Obama sought to strike a delicate balance between hope and reality on Tuesday to reassure Americans mired in economic crisis that they would survive a "day of reckoning." (Full Story)
Day 35: Obama's Economic Summit (Feb. 23)
- Calling for fiscal restraint even while federal spending soars, President Obama pledged to dramatically slash the annual budget deficit and announced $15 billion in Medicaid money to states from his $787 billion economic stimulus package.
- Obama summoned allies, adversaries and outside experts to a White House summit to address the nation's future financial health one week after signing into law the gargantuan stimulus measure designed to stop the country's economic free fall and, ultimately, reverse the recession now months into its second year. By Obama's own account, the new law will add to this fiscal year's deficit, which the administration projects will be $1.5 trillion.
- Gary Locke, a former governor of Washington state, is the "likely nominee'' for U.S. commerce secretary. Locke, a Democrat, is the third nominee for the post. The first two, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Republican Senator Judd Gregg, withdrew their names from contention. (Full Story)
Day 34: Obama to Set Big Goals in First Budget (Feb. 22)
- Obama's budget this week will set out big goals: to rescue the economy from freefall, expand U.S. health care coverage and move within a few years to slash huge deficits. The budget, due out on Thursday, will indicate Obama's timeline for achieving many of the domestic priorities he pushed during the campaign. (Full Story)
Day 33: Obama Begins Tax Cuts (Feb. 21)
- Obama ordered the Treasury to implement tax cuts for 95 percent of Americans, fulfilling a campaign pledge he hopes will help jolt the economy out of recession. Obama will allow tax breaks given to wealthier Americans under his predecessor, George W. Bush, to expire in 2010 as scheduled rather than eliminate them sooner, an administration official said Saturday. (Full Story)
Day 32: Obama's Adviser: Crisis May be Worse than Depression (Feb. 20)
- The global economy may be deteriorating even faster than it did during the Great Depression, said Paul Volcker, a top adviser to Obama. Volcker noted that industrial production around the world was declining even more rapidly than in the United States, which is itself under severe strain. (Full Story)
- The White House is trying to help people who have been "victims of the unforeseen circumstance" with their mortgages, Jared Bernstein, chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden, told CNBC. (Full Story)
Day 30: Obama Unveils $275 Billion Housing Plan (Feb. 18)
- Obama unveiled his much-anticipated plan to fight the housing crisis, pledging up to $275 billion to help stem a wave of foreclosures sweeping the country. (Full Story)
- Obama's decision to act as his own "car czar" means that in the next few months he faces decisions no American president has made since the invention of the automobile. The most urgent among them: whether two of America's three surviving domestic carmakers should be forced into bankruptcy, how many more concessions should be extracted from unions that helped propel him into the Oval Office and, perhaps, even what kind of cars will be produced in the United States. (Full Story)
Day 29: Stimulus Signed into Law (Feb. 17)
- Obama signed a $787 billion economic stimulus bill into law as global markets plunged on fears that the recession would deepen despite government action in many countries. (Full Story)
- Financially strapped General Motors and Chrysler raced to finish restructuring plans that must be submitted to the Obama administration by the end of the day as part of efforts to keep America's biggest carmakers afloat. (Full Story)
- Obama's plan to reduce the flood of home foreclosures will include a mix of government inducements and new pressure on lenders to reduce monthly payments for borrowers at risk of losing their houses, according to people knowledgeable about the administration's thinking. (Full Story)
- Obama will release his first budget proposal on Feb. 26. The administration will release an outline of the budget for the 2010 fiscal year. A more detailed version will be released later in the year. (Full Story)
Day 28: White House Wants Changes in Exec. Pay Rules (Feb. 16)
- Facing a stricter approach to limiting executive bonuses than it had favored, the Obama administration wants to revise that part of the stimulus package even after it becomes law, said White House officials. (Full Story)
Day 26: Your Weekly Address (Feb. 14)
- In the weekly address, Obama celebrates the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act while keeping his eyes on the tough road ahead. (Watch the video here)
Day 25: House Approves Stimulus Package (Feb. 13)
- The U.S. House of Representatives approved a $787 billion package of spending and tax cuts aimed at rescuing the struggling economy. (Full Story)
- Larry Summers, a top economics adviser to Obama says the $790 billion stimulus plan set for a final congressional vote will help, but that it isn't a "silver bullet" to cure the problem. He called the bill "complex" and said getting it through Congress is a credit to the president's leadership. (Full Story)
Day 24: Key Stimulus Dispute Settled...Sen. Gregg Withdraws (Feb. 12)
- Congressional leaders are ironing out the final details of the $789 billion economic stimulus legislation at the heart ofObama's recovery plan, resolving a dispute over school construction as they pushed toward a vote in the House. (Full Story)
- The Obama administration is hammering out a program to subsidize mortgages in a new front to fight the credit crisis, sources familiar with the plan told Reuters Thursday, firing financial markets. In a major break from existing aid programs, the plan under consideration would seek to help homeowners before they fall into arrears on their loans. Current programs only assist borrowers that are already delinquent. (Full Story)
Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire abruptly withdrew his nomination as commerce secretary, citing "irresolvable conflicts" with Obama's handling of the economic stimulus and 2010 census. (Full Story)
Day 23: Stimulus Pact Reached (Feb. 11)
- Congressional negotiators reached agreement on a $789 billion package of spending and tax cuts, handing a big victory to Obama in his effort to pull the economy out of a tailspin. But in a possible last-minute snag, negotiators delayed a meeting to vote on the compromise so lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives could be briefed. (Full Story)
- The Treasury Department will soon release documents providing information about the lending activities of the biggest 20 financial firms receiving government aid under the TARP plan. The first so-called "TARP intermediation snapshot" documents will be released Feb. 17 and on a monthly basis thereafter, according to Treasury spokesman Isaac Baker. (Full Story)
- Lawmakers urged Geithner to provide more details on how much taxpayer money the Obama administration's bank rescue plan ultimately will cost. Geithner declined to speculate on the likelihood the administration will ask for more funds beyond the roughly $350 billion remaining in the original $700 bailout program, but he told the Senate Budget Committee that further requests are possible. (Full Story)
Day 22: A New Bank Bailout Plan (Feb. 10)
- The US Treasury Department unveiled a revamped financial rescue plan to cleanse up to $500 billion in spoiled assets from banks' books and support $1 trillion in new lending through an expanded Federal Reserve program. (Full Story)
- A compromise stimulus package to revive the U.S. economy now hinges on negotiations between Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The Senate and House have passed competing bills calling for $838 billion and $819 billion respectively in new spending and tax cuts. (Full Story)
- The Treasury's latest financial-rescue plan is expected to use a variety of methods to take bad assets off of banks' books, including encouraging private firms to buy up the toxic debt, sources told CNBC. (Full Story)
- The Obama administration's financial-rescue plan will contain a number of measures meant to ease the credit crunch, including a public-private initiative to take bad assets off of banks' balance sheets, mortgage loan and foreclosure relief and a new consumer lending initiative, according to the government's summary of the plan. (Full Story)
Day 21: Stimulus Bill Passes Crucial Senate Test (Feb. 9)
- An $838 billion economic stimulus bill backed by the White House survived a key test vote in the Senate despite strong Republican opposition, and Democratic leaders vowed to deliver legislation for Obama's signature within a few days. (Full Story)
- The comprehensive financial plan to be announced Tuesday by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will include an expanded loan facility that will purchase newly issued and newly rated Commercial mortgage-backed securities and private-label mortgage-backed securities, all AAA rated, CNBC has learned. (Full Story)
- The Obama administration pushed back the announcement of a keenly awaited bank rescue plan until Tuesday as it pressed lawmakers to settle their differences over a huge economic stimulus package. (Full Story)
- Obama insisted that only government can jolt the economy out of deep recession and offered an olive branch to longtime foe Iran, scrapping years of past U.S. policies. (Full Story)
Day 20: Stimulus Package This Week? (Feb. 8)
- Top aides to Obama urged Democratic and Republican lawmakers to set aside political differences and give anticipated final approval this week to a massive economic stimulus package this week. (Full Story)
- Geithner has postponed his bank bailout plan announcement to Tuesday to allow Congress to focus on economic stimulus legislation, the Treasury Department said. (Full Story)
Day 19: Obama Demands Speed on Stimulus (Feb. 7)
- In the weekly address, Obama commends the progress the Senate has made on moving the recovery plan forward, and urged its completion. (Watch the video here)
- Obama pounded Republicans for policies that fueled the U.S. economic crisis, while welcoming a Senate deal on his stimulus bill that ideologically split lawmakers hope to finish by mid-month. Obama said quick action on the package was imperative to avoid catastrophe and praised the group of moderate senators from both political parties for coming up with a compromise. Senate Democrats agreed late Friday to trim spending proposals and support tax cuts in a roughly $800 billion bill. (Full Story)
Day 18: Strengthening the Economic Stimulus Plan (Feb. 6)
- Obama named an advisory panel led by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to help guide his efforts to rescue the economy and rebuild the shattered U.S. financial system. (Full Story)
- Geithner will announce on Monday a "comprehensive plan" to stabilize the financial system. In a news conference, Geithner will laid out a "strategy to strengthen our economy by getting credit flowing again to families and businesses." The plan will include an aid package for the banking industry, according to a well-informed source. (Full Story)
- The Obama administration is talking with automakers and their suppliers about the U.S. Treasury rescue program for the industry but has made no decision to expand aid to the auto industry. The suppliers have presented three options to U.S. officials that taken together would add up to some $25 billion in assistance. (Full Story)
- Obama plans to participate in town hall-style meetings next week in two cities that have struggled amid the crumbling economy. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama plans to visit Elkhart, Ind., on Monday to tell residents what his $900 billion stimulus plan would mean for them. (Full Story)
Day 17: Stimulus Bill Debate Continues (Feb. 5)
- Obama urged action on a $900 billion stimulus bill before Congress to stave off "catastrophe", as a surge in the number of new jobless benefit claims pointed to an economy in deep recession. (Full Story)
- The US Senate neared a vote on a huge economic rescue package of tax cuts and new spending sought by Obama, with moderate senators saying the final bill should be around $800 billion.(Full Story)
- The Obama administration has decided on a new package of aid measures for the financial services industry, including a bad bank component, and is expected to announce it next Monday, according to a source familiar with the planning.(Full Story)
- Geithner will convene his first meeting as Chairman of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, but the expanded gathering also will include top banking regulators and White House economic adviser Larry Summers.(Full Story)
Day 16: Obama Imposes New Pay Rule (Feb. 4)
- Obama imposed tough new rules to rein in corporate pay, capping executive compensation at $500,000 a year for companies receiving taxpayer funds and limiting lavish severance packages paid to top officials. (Full Story)
- Republicans tried to push back against the ballooning size of Obama's stimulus plan, even as he warned that the financial crisis will turn into "a catastrophe" if the bill isn't passed quickly. Obama summoned centrist senators to the White House to discuss a plan to cut more than $50 billion in spending from the measure, which breached the $900 billion barrier in the Senate. (Full Story)
- An ex-aide to Commerce Secretary nominee Judd Gregg is under investigation for allegedly taking baseball and hockey tickets from a lobbyist in exchange for legislative favors. This comes at a particularly bad time for Obama's administration, a day after he had to defend his selection process because two high-profile nominees withdrew due to tax problems. (Full Story)
Day 15: Withdrawals, Withdrawals... But the Show Goes On (Feb. 3)
- Former Senator Tom Daschle has withdrawn his name for Secretary of Health and Human Services. The action comes after Daschle admitted failure to pay past taxes. "Now we must move forward," Obama said in a written statement accepting Daschle's request to be taken out of consideration. (Full Story)
- Obama's choice to oversee budget and spending reform, Nancy Killefer, also withdrew her nomination Tuesday because of tax reasons, according to a letter released by the White House. (Full Story)
- A group of Republican senators offered a $445 billion alternative plan to boosting the ailing economy, about half of which would be in the form of tax cuts. The stimulus package would include cutting payroll and income taxes for a year, as well as lowering the 35 percent corporate tax rate to 25 percent and offering home buyers a tax credit worth $15,000 or 10 percent of the purchase price, whichever is less. (Full Story)
- The Obama administration is still struggling with the details of a bad bank concept that is expected to be part of a package of industry and consumer measures to be unveiled next week, according to a source familiar with the situation.(Full Story)
- New U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said he would prosecute Wall Street crime but was not planning any "witch hunts" despite mounting outrage among Americans over corporate excess. "We're not going to go out on any witch hunts," Holder told reporters. (Full Story)
Day 14: Obama Targets CEO Pay (Feb. 2)
- The Obama administration indicated that it will not unveil new measures to aid the financial services industry this week, but will instead move on the issue of Wall Street bonuses and executive compensation. (Full Story)
- Fighting to save his Cabinet nomination, Tom Daschle pleaded his case in a closed meeting with former Senate colleagues after publicly apologizing for failing to pay more than $120,000 in taxes. Obama said he was "absolutely" sticking with his nominee for health secretary, and a key senator added an important endorsement. (Full Story)
Day 13: Obama's Bill 'Wastes a Ton of Money': Sen. Kyl (Feb. 1)
- The U.S. Senate's No. 2 Republican warned his party's support for Obama's economic stimulus bill was eroding and "major structural changes" were needed to win Republican support. "You have to start from scratch and reconstruct this," said Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona. He said the proposed bill, with a price approaching $900 billion, "wastes a ton of money." (Full Story)
- Discussions between the Obama administration and financial industry representatives continued for a third day with the focus moving to new terms on lending, transparency and executive compensation for companies receiving financial aid, according to a source familiar with the situation. (Full Story)


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The Philadelphia Inquirer first reported Saturday that the young man known as "Victim 5," who took the stand at Sandusky's criminal trial and sentencing last year, settled for several million dollars.
Attorney Tom Kline confirmed the deal to The Associated Press on Saturday, but would not specify the dollar amount. He said the parties signed off on the agreement Friday.
Kline said his 25-year-old client was relieved and expected to receive the money within a month. The man identified himself for his testimony, but AP generally does not identify people who are victims of sex crimes.
The paper reported the deal is the first of 26 settlements expected soon among 31 young men who have pressed claims over Sandusky's actions and the school's response.
Kline told the AP that as part of the agreement, his client assigned his claim to Penn State, effectively giving the university a better chance to recover the money from other parties, such as The Second Mile, a charity for at-risk youth that Sandusky founded.
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Skeptic Vs Believers?
Posted 27 November 2009 - 08:26 AM
i fully believe in ghosts based on personal experience,i cant prove it so expect no grand response in telling these experiences.they happened to me,so i believe ghosts exist.simple enough.without proof i might lean completely the other way.as far as being skeptical of other things.i am.almost all other things.even some that pertain to ghosts:orbs,dousing rods,ouji boards,evp, photograph anamolies, etc.that is not to say i DONT believe them,i just have doubts and would like to see first hand how it works.too many times with ouji boards i have thought what was going to be said next.i am no psychic so theres no way i was picking up on what was being thought by the "ghost" and i could swear i wasnt moving the cursor,but maybe i was maybe subconsciously i wanted it to say what it said.in some cases there were claims of a 16 year old female ghost who followed around and had a crush on me since i was 14.sure that makes a guy feel awesome haha.but is it real?i can say that it came up when the board was used without me touching it.and on more than 5 occasions with different people each time none of whom heard any stoey of this ghost crush girl. does that mean its real?i dont know.it could be and its insanely coincidental but i dont know,cant say its true.i cant say also that all these people subconsciously made it say the same things name:leah.age:16.hause of death:poisoned. by who?:M-A-M-A after being asked that it would go on for minutes M-A-M-A-M-A-M-A-M-A-M-A regardless of who was "working" the board.that would be enough to convince some people,not me.im a hard sell.it did make me think but its unexplainable.goes in my i dont know file(which is huge)
so i believe in ghosts.but with lots of self evaluation i just might be a skeptic who has seen something beyond their own ability to doubt.interesting.
all that said i'll take the believer title none the less.just makes for more interesting conversation i've learned haha
Posted 30 November 2009 - 01:16 PM
I was never happy with the term "Skeptic" in the first place. Almost everyone at one time or another says "I'm normally a pretty skeptical person but..", or something similar. No one says, "Hey, I'm about as gullible as can be imagined and I'd believe that Wal-Mart was a non-profit charity if you told me enough times."
I suspect that what people mean to imply is that they are critical thinkers and examine evidence carefully before accepting it as part of my reality. Some people are anxious for something weird or strange to come along. Some people are pretty willing to accept what other's say as fact. They have trouble conceiving of trickery or lies, and often find it easy to accept the evidence of other people's eyes. You know that's a pretty special kind of person and I love 'em for it.
What "Skeptic" has come to mean in our context here is "Doubter". These people have trouble accepting anything new or differient. Usually, they are unwilling to accept the accuracy of their own senses when it doesn't correspond with their beliefs. I have to wonder how they come to believe anything ever.
Personally, I have my own conviction when it comes to the strange. Consider: A man sees his dog stand on it's hind legs. He looks away, looks back, and the dog is still standing! He watches and the dog is actually walking on it's hind legs. He becomes very excited and yells to his wife, "Honey, come quick, you're never going to believe this!" He's hoping and praying that the dog won't fall over before his wife sees. Sure enough though she shows up and the dog is still walking around. Both are amazed. They get their camera, take pictures. Fifteen minutes later the dog is still up, and the man goes back to the ballgame. Twenty minutes later his wife thinks, "My, have to think about shoes I guess." and goes back to her book.
The only thing that makes something unbelievable is it's rarity.
And, in parting from you now,
This much let me avow---
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream:
Yet if hope has flown away In a night,
Or in a day, In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
Posted 01 December 2009 - 07:51 AM
Posted 01 December 2009 - 02:23 PM
How sweet would that be; it would be like an imaginary friend, but with benefits. I guess that's possible.
At least my flesh and blood wife is into the ghostly subjects I enjoy. And it's easier to see her naked.
Posted 02 December 2009 - 04:42 AM
fatman you a crazy man.
also growing up i read marvel comics so the girls in there were my imaginary friends with benefits haha
Posted 03 December 2009 - 09:15 AM
Living and afterlife benefits. You're the luckiest man. What a threesome that would be.
Tommy, nothing is sacred to me. I look at everything with a sense of humor, even the paranormal. I've had ideas for spoof ghost hunting shorts and Big Foot shorts (that one being a little dirty). However, I'm still a believer. As I have said, I've had my experiences. I do know not everyone is a believer or a hardcore skeptic. So I take all of it in stride. I take at face value everything I have heard, seen, read or experienced; if you said this happened, then it happened to you regardless of what others say, but take what others say into consideration. If it helps explain, it's all good; if not, then keep searching for answers or accept the experience as a possible ghostly experience.
Now to get serious, how does one break up with a ghost girlfriend: "You are just not sincere; I can see right through you!"
I'm trying.
Posted 03 December 2009 - 05:42 PM
Posted 04 December 2009 - 05:44 PM
Those ouija boards are bad medicine. Just in case there is something in them, don't invite trouble.
And, in parting from you now,
This much let me avow---
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream:
Yet if hope has flown away In a night,
Or in a day, In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
Posted 04 December 2009 - 06:40 PM
Posted 17 December 2009 - 04:36 PM
Getting the attention of something in the unseen world is not especially hard. It can be horribly hard to make them leave you alone. Everyone loves a ghost story except those who are in it.
And, in parting from you now,
This much let me avow---
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream:
Yet if hope has flown away In a night,
Or in a day, In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
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GlendaRS, on May 23 2010, 03:42 PM, said:
Do to the iffy quality of the evidence that's the appropriate position to have. So at this time you are skeptic.
Posted 24 May 2010 - 06:43 AM
GlendaRS, on May 23 2010, 03:42 PM, said:
Just having an event happen makes you neither. It's how you deal with it that clasifies you. The cynic will take a stand that it didn't happen or will reject it without attempting to define it. The believer will claim it was paranormal, likely embellishing the evidence, and rejecting any attempt by anyone to explain it as natural.
The skeptic will take the evidence, rationalize what can be explained, accepting any reasonable or logical explanation.before jumping to the paranormal. And even at that point the skeptic is open to new data and willing to change his mind if the new data warrants it.
From your post, I would consider you a skeptic. as am I
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The first bullpen report of the year is always league-dependent, so read this with a grain of salt. Some of the top-chaps will be and should be rostered in most normal scoring leagues, while some are strictly reserved for Holds only leagues. For those of you with the ever trending upward Saves+Holds leagues (NSVH), (a trend I have tried for a few years that seems to work) the process isn't really a groundbreaking formula where you need a calculator watch and/or an abacus to figure out.
Please, blog, may I have some more?James Russell
You wrote a letter to your leaguemates, but before you sent it to them, you asked me to proofread it but not share it. Too bad, here it is, "Yo, what's up, snitches?! I have six closers and am sticking it to the rest of the league in their whole bum, then acting that out like Knight from MTV's The Challenge. I don't need no one! All I need is Huston Street, Kevin Gregg, Ernesto Frieri, Joaquin Benoit, Brad Ziegler and this chair, I need this chair. I got saves for days! Open up your 'kitten-playing-with-motherf**king-yarn' calendar and mark September 28th down for the day when you concede the championship to me. Use your rainbow-colored pencil. Is it okay to use that word? Any the hoo! Rather than recount all of that SAGNOF g'dness, let me take this time to instead ask you if you watched the most recent Top Chef Masters. I'm lonely and looking for friends." Solid letter, I probably wouldn't put single quote marks around kitten-playing-with-motherf**king-yarn but it's fine to send it off as is. The only other problem is you might also lose more than half of your closers in less than a week. This is also the last week when you and your opponents can gain major saves if you're hurting in that category. On July 31st there could be as many as 10 new closers. At no point from now until October do you have a chance for this much turn over. Guys that could move into the closer role in under a week includes, but is not limited to: Luke Gregerson, Blake Parker, Ryan Webb, James Russell, Antonio Bastardo, Carter Capps, Dale Thayer, John Axford (still even with Henderson taking over the job), Jose Cisnero, Pedro Strop and Antonio Alfonseca, because he has six fingers on each hand and you can't ever count him out, at least not without removing your pants and a shoe. Granted, guys like Huston Street or Tom Wilhelmsen or Glen Perkins might be traded and stay in the closer role on their new team, but that means someone else would lose their job. Or maybe Huston Street will go to the Yankees and become the 8th inning man and Robertson moves to the 7th. Or maybe Jonathan Papelbon goes to the Tigers and Benoit owners have to call the Ben-wambulance. A lot could happen in the next few days or nothing, but I'd absolutely stash as many middle relievers as I could right now. Anyway, here's some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
Please, blog, may I have some more?So down goes a top ten guy in an off week where I talk about set-up guys. Jason Grilli is beset with a forearm strain and up steps the league leader in Holds, Mark Melancon. Melancon has been spooktacular this year, and if wasn't owned prior to the injury then your league is hot garbage. Sorry, but truth is truth. So the pecking order in the 'Burgh now reads like this, which really isn't devoid of good RP this year. I see Tony Watson and Justin Wilson splitting the left-handed set-up duties and Bryan Morris and Vin Mazzaro to continue their RH dominance. If given the opportunity, Victor Black could be brilliant, so keep an eye on him. Not one guy is going to run away and garner the hold chances that Melancon has gotten to date this year so it is going to be a mish-mosh of hold chances. Also factor in that the Pirates are in some trade rumors for some end game help and the rosterability of all these guys is tough to call until we know how long Grilli is under the weather. Enjoy the week to come.
Please, blog, may I have some more?So team success helps everything, from team building exercises to a secret program that siphons money into a bank account at fractions of a penny at a time. Whatever works, works, but at the end of the day the stats are what matters. Take for example the Texas Rangers' bullpen. The trio of Neal Cotts, Tanner Scheppers and Jason Frasor are getting it done minus the flair. They have combined for 17 Holds in the last 30 days and are tied for the AL lead in Holds with 50. Earlier in the year, I was asked the best strategy for NSVH, and I said the best way is to grab a top 10 closer and 2 middle relievers from the same team. This is why this theory makes all the sense. Take a resurgent Cotts, who has dominated batters to a BAA of .187. "It's Murda." Thanks Ja Rule, for having nothing else to do. Throw in Scheppers and as of late a rejuvenated Frasor and you have a nice drunk punch of goodness for a Holds factory. Holds are a streaky stat, take a look at Mark Melancon, he is still leading MLB in holds only because he had 14 thru the first 30 days. The leader since then? Hmmm I betcha I just mentioned him above… Tanner Scheppers with 8. Enjoy the week to come.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Well, last week I said the Boston situation would go swimmingly, results so far have been 2 drowning victims and an all-Asian rescue team. First, Andrew Bailey went down with triceps injury, then Joel Hanrahan said, "anything you can do I can do better," and has a forearm strain. Now, I'm no doctor, I pretend to play one at 2 AM and it's last call, different story, but you get my point, but isn't it only one arm, not fore? So to the rescue in their tight red water panties are the best combo since Chico found the man, Koji and Junichi. The eighth and ninth innings for all games on NESN now will be in full anime, and Rem-Dog will be eaten. I fully expect Tazawa to be the focal point of save situations until either Bailey or Hanrahan return. He was closing for a tick last year at Pawtucket, which is like me fishing and saying I'm Gordon's fisherman. The numbers this year are pretty outstanding (18 K's in 14 In) so he has momentum, his only flaw is he is a fly ball pitcher and that tends to bite ya in the oshiri…sometimes. Stay tuned to see what else I see/saw or foresee coming up in the world of conclusionary pitchers and the gents that set them up.
Please, blog, may I have some more?The week was going swimmingly, with inflatable swim muscles, I may add, then Kevin Gregg showed up and said "Oh, I thought everyone wore these glasses now." I don't trust Kevin for 2 reasons, closers come and closers go (Kyuji is coming back) so add that into your closer entree like a good splash of adobo. The second reason is he has two first names, I'm sorry, it's a phobia of mine ever since I went to school with a kid named Ferris Ferris. No I didn't stutter, that's a true story. Next we move to Boston, where Joe-L is returning from the DL; John Farrell has said what is typical, we will see what happens. My 2 cents is that Bailey keeps it until he falters or Hanrahan whines enough to make a stink. If I could call Joel, this is how the convo would go. Sup Joel. Who is this? Then I would hang up and not answer when he star 69′s me. I do that cause I don't like people messin' around on my phone. Lastly this week, I have moved Jim Johnson, minus his cult following, into the top tier. He has shown me enough to warrant a bump up. The games he pitches in are showing the confidence that Buck has in him, like a great illegitimate dad would in his Maury Povich type son. The bump over Papelbon is based purely on stats and accumulation right now, Paps just isn't seeing the chances that some other closers are seeing and that inevitably hurts my feelings and his stats/value. Enjoy the week as if you were listening to the soundtrack from Rocky 4, what could get better than that.? If you said that talking robot Pauly got, then we are on the same page my friend.
Please, blog, may I have some more?So we come to another week of debauchery known as bullpendom. Yeah, I like to make up words, Dr. Seuss did it and he is considered a genius, me will settle for 700 on my SAT's and just scraping by. What can I say – I'm a settler minus the funny hat and the flashy yet obnoxious buckle on my shoes. The Red Sox seem to be leading the pack of news this week with Joel Hanrahan being pipped by Andrew Bailey. It's going to be a non-fluid situation when Joe-L returns as I see him setting up and waiting for Bailey to go on the rocks. It's not a bad thing to have if you're in Boston, 2 closers that have the ability to close out games with some sort of success, for fantasy it sucks worse then burning your toaster strudel cause it gets stuck in the toaster. Best part is there is still some of that glaze that you can just free base as a non-essential part of your daily vitamin allowance. Lots more in this week's episode of bullpen report so keep on reading and click that red button, or gray button for our color impaired people.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Carlos Ruiz set to return from his suspension next week for testing positive for the ADHD drug, Adderall. He had this to say, "I look forward to getting back on the field–Hey, you ever wax your legs? I don't mean remove the hair, I mean step into one of those vats of wax they have at carnivals that people put their hands in. It's really cool! I have a rainbow wax leg! Like I was saying, I foolishly took a drug that is meant for people with ADHD– You think the Fonz can pound the wall to make my iPhone turn on? I dropped it into the toilet. You know, I wish butterflies and cows had babies cause I like butter on my steak. Ruth's Chris does it right! Adderall is a very serious drug, and it should not be abused– When's The Voice on? Monday? Is it Monday yet? Now? Now? Now?" So, Ruiz was wrong for taking Adderall as he obviously isn't afflicted with ADHD. Last year in 114 games, he hit 16 homers and .325 with 4 steals. As of right now, he's owned in less than 5% of leagues. If you're struggling at catcher, it's worth taking a flyer on him now. Anyway, here's some more players to buy or sell this week in fantasy baseball:
Please, blog, may I have some more?I wish I was a mathematician or at least had one of those rad looking calculator watches. For now I will remain myself and take random, yet seasoned guesses at this thing that we covet so much, the save. It's the only position that every person garnering save capability is owned in every league no matter how big or small, which makes it fun. They say all the fun is the chase, I guess that's why I am bored with so many people tied up in my Gam-Gam's basement. Digression, segue, punctuation. The Royals, or for better reference, Greg Holland, has figured out his mojo, while all of us hoping for a heated up Kelvin to pounce are reduced to wait for a Holland-days off. I am glad that Holland has shown what we all thought he could be, albeit for one glorious day. Two in a row is a winning streak, so said Lou Brown. So onto the rankings of closers and some of their 'cuffs. This week's random weird but true factoid, the Phillies are 13 games into the season and do not have a hold by any pitcher on their team. Put that in your cheese steak and smoke it
Please, blog, may I have some more?Much like the more ballyhooed Closer Report, the alternate week Bullpen Report covers everything that those dudes who get quality starts don't. It's starting again, in case you haven't noticed, and no, I am not talking about those unfortunate flare-ups that you cover with medicated ointment, bullpens are in flux. So you get a little of the saves, some of the holds, and some of me just ranting. Ugh, the situation for closers is an ugly ever-changing conundrum. This week's cluster F belongs to the St. Louis Cardinals. Mitchell Boggs goes all Chernobyl on your weekly ERA and just falls apart. Have no fear as Trevor Rosenthal didn't look much better. Boggs is still the guy you want here, Motte isn't coming through that door anytime soon and no one else has the label as go to guy in the bullpen yet. So sit tight and just enjoy this closer-coaster with no seat belt. Here's what I got this week, some sleeper Holds guys with improving, yet slightly arousing situations, and some other run downs on teams' closer situations.
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Great New York Weekend Hotel
Visited in November for a weekend package which included parking, breakfast and a bottle of wine. The location of the hotel is excellent (midtown), near everything and the subway. The rooms are nice and the service was great. The public areas of the hotel are also very nice.
The hotel makes for a nice weekend get away. The only downside was the breakfast which was rather ordinary. With the weekend special you could order any breakfast item on the menu. The "American Breakfast", which is two small eggs, overcooked cold bacon, a few potatos and coffee (bitter) was $27.00!!! It was worth $3.99 (if that).
We loved The Palace
The service from the moment we drove up to the crowded front door was attentive and friendly. "George" at the front door took care of the car and baggage. Everything else for the next 24 hours made us feel wonderful. Room was spacious and clean. We will be back.
Palace is my New York favorite
I travel to New York frequently, and always request a room on a high floor, facing St. Patrick's Cathedral. The room, service and small but wonderful spa are what keep bringing me back! I have enjoyed dinner at the lovely and very expensive Le Cirque 2000 only once, but it was a great experience. I love the quiet, elegant ambience of the Palace, and you can't beat the location!
Wonderful experience
Just spent the weekend at the New York Palace. Can not say anything negative. This was the nicest hotel I have stayed in. Excellent service, clean beyond clean, walking distance to Grand Central and all attractions such as Radio City. The staff was so friendly it felt like I had been there before. Would go back in a minute.
New York Palace Worth Every Penny!
I expected the New York Palace to be a nice hotel; however, I was wonderfully surprised at just how nice and beautiful it was! Every hotel employee was courteous and helpful...the rooms large and beautifully decorated. The view from our room on the 24th floor was excellent. It overlooked St. Patrick's Cathedral. Beautiful! The hotel's quiet location can't be beat. One block from Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall. Across the street from Saks Fifth Avenue and St. Patrick's Cathedral. Steps from restaurants and shopping. Walking distance to Times Square and Broadway shows. I highly recommend this property to anyone who wants an above average place to stay in NYC!
My wife and I won an overnight at the NY Palace and dinner at LeCirque (in the hotel lobby) and it was absolute nirvana. The staff was incredibly friendly, the room was beautiful -- it was spectacular! We'd go again in a minute.
spent New Year in this Hotel. Over-rated, beds uncomfortable, staff unfriendly and unhelpful. Not worth the money!!
Great place to stay. Large rooms. Great location. Expensive.
Too uppity...
For a many starred hotel, save your money. Pretenious staff..., cleaning details omitted in the rooms.
NY Palace is a bungalow
Needing a good night's sleep? Then AVOID the New York Palace. The beds are horrible and very small (how do you find a double bed that small?) Rooms are nice size but the tempature is a constant battle.
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I have a 60 year old drop leaf mahogany table and 4 chairs. Inherited from my parents who smoked all their lives. When they died, my brother took it to his musty house. Now I have it. The weather has turned humid and this thing stinks! I've tried cleaning it with Murphy's Oil Soap. Nope, still stinks. I want to paint, refinish or sell it. Can you help with suggestions?
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Mineral spirits is a great wood cleaner but it's also very flammable so you might want to try this first.If this is the typical older table it may have a shellac finish on it (kind of shiny and may have some flaking spots or lighter spots where hot or water things sat). If it is, that is a really easy finish to remove. You just need some rubbing alcohol (the stuff you get in the drug store). You can test it by using a cotton ball or q-tip with some alcohol on it and rubbing for a bit. If it's shellac it will start to dissolve leaving the original stain intact (alcohol is the base for shellac so adding the alcohol makes it liquid again which is why it's easy to wipe it all away).Then you can add any protective finish you like (although most antique types would appreciate you just putting new shellac back on it to keep it authentic. That too is very easy as shellac is really fast and inexpensive. It's also very forgiving because mistakes can be removed with the rubbing alcohol. Done properly, it's shellac, sand with very fine steel wool, shellac, etc. until you have a nice finish. French polish finish is several coats done like this.).I think once you get whatever old finish is off, you should find the smoke smell gone. Note, most furniture is not finished on the undersides and that could be where the smoke/musty smell is lingering versus it being all on top. You may just be able to seal that in by applying a finish to those surfaces.If you want to, before you get into any finish removal, try cleaning the table (undersides in particular probably) first with some ammonia (mixed with some water & open some windows because the stuff is pretty stinky... it's cheap cheap and usually in the grocery store right beside the bleaches). Ammonia cuts smoke residue better than anything and a good cleaning with that may be all you need to do. The Murphy's soap (or just about any other soap) won't remove that residue the way ammonia will. Warning, some woods like oak will darken if ammonia is left on so it cleaning small areas at a time vs spraying it all over and then wiping it off. They actually use an ammonia steam bath set up to fake antiques or when they want to darken some woods.
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