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Planned Steroids Hearing Sparks Criticism, Interest
The House Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed seven current and former Major League Baseball players for a hearing next Thursday about steroids.
The list: retired Bash Brothers Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire; and active players Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, Jason Giambi, Frank Thomas and Curt Schilling, the only pitcher on the list. (Barry Bonds got himself excluded by approaching recent interviews in a manner unattractive to the congressional committee, according to the Washington Post.) MLB plans to fight the subpoenas in court, claiming that the hearing will interfere with an ongoing steroid investigation in California.
Depending on which morning paper you read today, you'll learn either that this is worthless grandstanding or worthwhile grandstanding.
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News of the hearing struck unpleasant historical undertones for Mike Lupica, who writes in the New York Daily News: "If you think that this starts to look a little bit like McCarthyism now, with the government asking some of these big baseball people to come in and maybe be dumb enough to incriminate themselves over performance-enhancing dope, you're right about that."
In the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Jim Reeves focuses on the absence of Bonds, which reminds him of "a heavenly gathering of great sports writers with no Jim Murray." Mr. Reeves adds, "Letting some headline-craving politico stage a mock witch hunt while failing to issue a subpoena to Bonds makes this look like nothing but a farce."
John Romano isn't naive about Congress's motives, but he's intrigued about what might come out of the hearings. "If you tell me there are members of Congress who would use this issue as a way to grandstand, I might agree," Mr. Romano writes in the St. Petersburg Times. "But if you tell me Mark McGwire is going to be on C-Span answering steroid questions under oath, I will turn up the volume." In his view, the core reason this matters to fans is not a need to retroactively punish players and expunge their names from the record books, but to know the truth: "In the most basic sense, baseball is hiding the truth. It does not want you to know how widespread steroids were in the 1990s. It does not want to admit that you may have been deceived by some of the game's most popular figures."
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Ray Ratto piles on America's pastime: "Baseball officials have either lied, turned a blind eye, or deflected blame on this subject since it was first suggested as a problem 17 years ago." As for moral purity in the nation's capital, Mr. Ratto is ever-acerbic: "Now we are willing to allow that these hearings might have a bit of the dog-and-pony-show feel to them, because, well, it's Washington, and it's politics and it's the television age. You couldn't swing the Washington Monument and hit someone with a noble motive. ... But the measure of how much baseball has shamed itself with its deliberate, dishonest and utterly cynical blind eye to the chem labs operating beneath its noses is that it doesn't get to tell Congress anything about dogs, ponies or shows."
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Rick Ankiel, the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who mysteriously lost his ability to hit the strike zone at age 21, is seeking a new act in the outfield. (A similar move by the suddenly errant-throwing second baseman Chuck Knoblauch didn't work out.) Even in Mr. Ankiel's famously forgiving baseball town, local columnists are split on whether he deserves another shot.
"Rick Ankiel, welcome down from the high wire," St. Louis Post-Dispatch Online Jeff Gordon writes. "Let's see you have some fun playing baseball again." Mr. Gordon notes that Mr. Ankiel has hitting talent, and hopes the converted outfielder will become "a blue-chip outfield prospect" for the Cards.
But Post-Dispatch columnist Bernie Miklasz is tired of giving Mr. Ankiel second chances, more than four years after his arm troubles first surfaced. "Why is a team with World Series aspirations having a fantasy camp for one player? The Cardinals don't owe Ankiel a thing."
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The San Antonio Spurs almost beat the Phoenix Suns last night despite missing Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili. The game included a bizarre scene in which future Suns owner Robert Sarver "screamed at Spurs coach Gregg Popovich to put his headline players in the game," Dan Bickley writes in the Arizona Republic, adding, "alas, if this were a night where it felt like the losers won and the winners lost, it isn't far from the truth. Only a 44-point performance from Amare Stoudemire saved the hosts from serious embarrassment, and one can only imagine the fallout if the Suns had dropped a game handed to them on a platter." After last night's silliness, the two clubs are tied with the league's best record.
Before the game, ESPN.com's Eric Neel spotlighted a Sun and a Spur who he calls freaks, in the most flattering way: Mr. Ginobili and Phoenix's Shawn Marion "are the X-Men. They're superheroes on teams with superstars."
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In a nice gesture, Malik Rose writes a letter of appreciation to San Antonio and its fans after being traded to the New York Knicks two weeks ago.
"The people of San Antonio are some of the nicest and most caring people on the face of the Earth," Mr. Rose writes in the San Antonio Express-News. "And that is why I want to thank all of you. ... I'm sure you guys know I never wanted to leave, but rest assured, I'll be back after the season. San Antonio will still be my home. My new restaurant will still open later this month and I'll continue to run the business, just from farther away. And to show my thanks for all of your support, if you bring this story into either restaurant, I'll buy you an Italian ice."
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Another year, another futile European season for Arsenal. Bayern Munich held Gunners to one goal when the needed two, and advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals. "With time leaking away, and his team largely unresponsive to the urgency of their situation, Arsene Wenger beat the Champions' League hoarding in front of his dug-out in a passionate exhortation," Sam Wallace writes in the Independent. "It looked like the actions of a man who felt that it could be time to re-engineer a team that first astounded us this year with their excellence and then, in equal measure, with their decline."
The day before, Arsenal's London rival Chelsea advanced with a thrilling, 4-2 win over Barcelona. Chelsea ran up a 3-0 lead in the first 19 minutes. Barca responded with two first-half goals, enough to see them through to the quarters. A tension-filled second half followed, with Chelsea breaking through to score the deciding goal. (Champions League round of 16 matchups are decided by the aggregate score of a two-game, home-and-away series.)
"What began with ill-feeling, because Jose Mourinho the Chelsea coach used the news media to spread his insinuations that Barcelona had colluded with the referee to win the first contest, 2-1, became an incredible expression of soccer's human striving, its failings and it lust for victory," writes Rob Hughes in the International Herald Tribune. Mr. Hughes will always remember where he watched the match, at Paris's Hotel de Ville, just like Carl won't easily forget the Lake Malawi beachfront setting where he watched Ronaldo's Champions League hat-trick against Manchester United in 2003.
What separates the two London clubs? "Whereas Chelsea's players grow in the floodlights, Arsenal's struggle to match their reputations," Richard Williams writes in the Guardian. "What Wenger's team lack, in this environment, cannot be measured in talent but in confidence and, ultimately, resolve."
Uefa.com rounds up newspapers' coverage of other European matches this week.
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On ESPN.com, Greg Garber profiles Bode Miller, the American skier leading World Cup standings. Mr. Miller parties on the circuit and skirts U.S. Ski rules, then either wins races or fails to finish them. "If Miller can curb his cowboy enthusiasm while holding onto his edge, his fans should see him win it all," Mr. Garber writes.
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Glenn Davis, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1946 as an Army back, died yesterday at age 80. "Glenn Davis played football like he lived his life: strong, confident, fearless," Justin Rodriguez writes in the Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y. "They called him Mr. Outside -- running wide, finding open space, leaving dust and tacklers in his wake at Michie Stadium."
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In the early months of last season, shortly after the Red Sox signed Adrian Gonzalez to a long-term deal that locked him up through 2018 and Clay Buchholz to a deal that could keep him in Boston through 2017, a team official took stock of the fact that the team had a defined core locked up for the long term.
Gonzalez, Dustin Pedroia, Marco Scutaro, Kevin Youkilis, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Carl Crawford and Jarrod Saltamacchia all were either signed to multi-year deals or wouldn't become eligible for free agency until after at least 2012. With Daniel Bard representing a natural successor to Jonathan Papelbon, and with a rotation filled with pitchers under long-term deals (Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Clay Buchholz, John Lackey, Daisuke Matsuzaka) that would run through at least 2012, it seemed as if the Sox had set up their roster to contend for years to come.
And so, the official was asked, what to make of all of the long-term deals and the fact that the roster had been largely set not just for 2011 but beyond?
"If we are as a team as we thought we'd be, it's very helpful. And if we stink," the official mused, "it's extra bad."
Back then, it was a laughing matter. After all, the Sox' contract commitments seemed to represent an asset. The team owned the best record in the American League, and seemed ready to steamroll its way to the postseason.
And then last September happened, and now the first four months of 2012 have happened, and the Red Sox -- after losing, 5-3, to the Rangers on Wednesday, their fifth loss in six games -- are 49-50 in 2012 and 56-70 (.444) dating to the final month of last season.
The Red Sox aren't just on the outer fringes of contention this year, clinging to what are becoming dwindling hopes of leapfrogging roughly half of the American League over the season's final two months to make the playoffs. They also find themselves in a bit of a box for the long-term, with most of their positions and starting rotation spots already accounted for not just this year but into 2013 and in many cases beyond.
As such, barring a startling improvement in the team's play down the stretch this year, the Sox may find themselves confronting a dramatic roster overhaul this offseason.
In all likelihood, now is not the time for the Sox to confront the hard realities of their long-term roster inflexibility -- though it is worth noting that the team already did so to some degree in peeling Kevin Youkilis (who had an option for 2013) off the roster and committing to Will Middlebrooks. Whereas Youkilis had a big league-ready replacement whom the Sox hoped could give them roughly equivalent production, the same cannot be said for the other positions occupied by players on long-term deals.
The Sox don't have ready mid-year replacements in the minor leagues for players like Gonzalez or Pedroia or their starting pitchers. As such, it's nearly impossible to envision the team strip-mining its roster at the trade deadline that is now just five days away.
But at a certain point, if the Sox miss the playoffs for a third straight year, then the team will have to figure out a reconfiguration strategy. Especially if the season continues to proceed in fits and starts and to reveal a team that is no better than mediocre, the Sox may feel compelled to change its long-term mix during the offseason, even if it means selling low on some players, and particularly members of the pitching staff, at a time when potential trade partners will have greater financial flexibility than they currently possess.
There is a widespread sense that the organization is underachieving. It exists among players and it exists among team officials. And if that underachievement nets a third straight October without baseball, then it becomes nearly impossible to continue to commit to the same core that keeps falling short, which is why there's the potential for this coming offseason to feature some wild addition-by-subtraction trade scenarios.
More immediately, where does that leave the Sox with the distance to the trade deadline soon to be measured in hours rather than days?
At this point, given the fact that this postseason appears increasingly to be a longshot scenario, it's difficult to justify parting with prospects who can help for the long haul in order to make a run at this season. The Sox more likely need to resign themselves to the idea that their hopes for this year rest on players like Adrian Gonzalez and Jon Lester and Josh Beckett and Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury finding ways to perform at elite levels. If that doesn't happen, then no single player acquired from elsewhere is capable of jumpstarting the team.
And while the team can't simply give up on this season, it can embrace the idea that players on the roster who now qualify as rentals -- those with expiring contracts who become free agents at the end of the year -- are moveable pieces.
Both catcher Kelly Shoppach and starter Aaron Cook, for instance, are performing at high levels on their one-year contracts. In all likelihood, neither player factors into the organization's plans beyond this year.
That being the case, the team would do well to sell relatively high on both, given that they would address positions of scarcity on the trade market, and the Sox have ready replacements available. Ryan Lavarnway's minor league apprenticeship has accomplished just about everything for which the Sox could have hoped. Meanwhile, the team needs to see if Franklin Morales can become a potential long-term solution as a starting pitcher.
Unlike Cook, he's under control for two more years beyond this one. And the glimpses of potential dominance that he offered were too compelling not to continue the experiment. At a time when teams are paying handsomely for the limited starting pitching on the market, one would imagine that there would be a respectable market for Cook, who has been consistently very good, with a 3.50 ERA despite having just three strikeouts in 36 innings, thanks to the rediscovery of his turbo sinker.
The Sox have to at least listen on Cody Ross given that he is signed only through this year, though the dropoff from him to anyone else as an everyday right fielder would make it difficult to suggest that the team wasn't giving up on contention if he was traded.
Still, the Sox find themselves at a position where the value of improving their long-term fortunes is sneaking ahead of the potentially quixotic undertaking of trying to get better this year. The team has some big league players whose biggest value to the club may well be as a trade chip in order to improve the shape of the organization beyond 2012.
It's a hard decision but one that can offer significant payoff, as the Sox demonstrated back in 1997. Then, the team took expendable players like Heathcliff Slocumb and Mike Stanley and turned them into franchise-changing chips. Slocumb went to the Mariners for Jason Varitek and Derek Lowe.
That sort of insane return is unlikely ever to be repeated, but the point remains: The Sox improved their foundation significantly by moving a player whose value (if one can call it that) resided almost entirely in the short term.
The Stanley deal might be a more realistic model for how the Sox can take a short-term asset and turn it into something valuable. The team traded Stanley to the Yankees that August for Jim Mecir and right-hander Tony Armas Jr. Armas ended up being flipped that offseason to the Expos as the second component of a package that netted Pedro Martinez.
The Red Sox are now in a position where they must be constantly mindful not just of a 2012 season that is slipping away but also of the long haul. There is a way for the team to get better (or at least not discernibly worse) in the short-term while improving its shape and direction going forward.
That's probably not the vision that Red Sox President/CEO Larry Lucchino harbored when he talked about the importance of being "bold" at the trade deadline, but it's the sort of approach that can get a Sox team that is now three seasons deep in disappointment to start setting itself back on the right direction.
Greg and Chris talk more offseason happenings with the Pats and their plans. They talk about some of the free agents toward the bottom of the list with Stevan Ridley and Dan Connolly. Price thinks that Connolly could end up back with the Pats and Ridley elsewhere (Cowboys?), but Greg thinks they both could be back. They also chat about the departure of VInce Wilfork and what he meant to the organization, the re-signing of McCourty and more.
The very first airing of the offseason edition of NFL Sunday gets underway with Greg and Chris delving into the free agency period and how the Pats made out. Of course they lost Revis to the Jets, but what else went on? Greg isn't over the loss of Revis yet and the guys discuss what went into that whole ordeal. Price is looking forward to the additions of Chandler and Cadet. They also get a call from Mike Petraglia and get his thoughts on the Pats offseason moves.
We talk to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News about his column today which basically accuses the Patriots of sour grapes for asking the league to enforce their own rules against tampering.
Brow Buff's Sam Packard and Ben Kichen break down Marcus Smart's unfortunate ball tap, debate leadership in the Celtics locker room, and rehash the great Kevin Love to Boston rumors.
Flannery joins Mut to break down the Isaiah Thomas trade to Boston and what it means for the Celtics this season and in the future. Paul also chats with Mut about the other deals that happened at the NBA's trading deadline
We talk to Chris Mannix from SI to break down the C's acquisition of Isaiah Thomas and the crazy trade deadline in the rest of the NBA.
Mut, Tomase, and Bradford kick things off talking about Shane Victorino taking offense to people reading into some comments he made about trading for Cole Hamels. They also discuss Blake Swihart and how soon he could be up if Christian Vazquez starts the season on the DL.
Joe Kelly joined the Hot Stove show where he talked about being ready for his next spring training start after a biceps ailment forced him out of his last outing, he talks about his NCAA brackets and how teammate Wade Miley has a perfect bracket still.
Mut, Bradford, and Tomase kick off this weeks show by talking to Red Sox pitcher Joe Kelly about his biceps recovery, getting ready for the season and his NCAA brackets. They then talk about the Red Sox depth at closer with Koji Uehara questionable for the start of the season.
Jack Edwards of NESN joins Dale, Michael and Jerry. With 9 games left the Bruins don't have much if any margin of error, and Jack knows it.
DJ, Joe and Pete talk more playoff scenarios in hour 2 and if the Bruins can get in, they'll be a very dangerous team... to the point where DJ thinks teams would much rather face the Senators and are doing their best to oust the Bruins from the equation. It's become apparent now more than ever that Chiarelli probably needed to pull the trigger on a deal for a defenseman at the trade deadline. Also. Bruce Garrioch from the Ottawa Sun joins the boys to discuss the Hamburglar and the Senators and Bruins being neck-and-neck for a playoff spot.
With the Senators hot on the tail of the Bruins for a spot in the playoffs, Bruce Garrioch from the Ottawa Sun calls into Sunday Skate. He talks about "the Hamburglar" craze sweeping through the league as goalie Andrew Hammond has really stepped up for Ottawa. They discuss playoff chances, the fans' reaction in Ottawa and more.
The latest edition of the highly rated segment.
The great Lisa Scherber joined us to discuss today's trip to Fort Myers with 46 Jimmy Fund patients.
D&C's favorite author joined the show to discuss his new book.
We hear more audio from Christian's day between the pipes. He did his best to try and intimidate the small children shooting on him.
After Christian gave away his children's dog, we find out that Lola eventually found a better home.
During the recess of the Aaron Hernandez murder trial, Ted Daniel describes the first half of Shayana Jenkins testimony.
Dale, Michael and Jerry Thornton discuss David Ortiz's self-penned piece which took on such topics as steroids, the media, his contract and more. And we get into a back and forth about the fan perception of him in Boston, and why he can be so polarizing at times, even with the on-field track record he has.
Dale, Michael and Jerry Thornton discuss some of the testimony from Aaron Hernandez' fiancee, and try and judge how her words might change the outcome of this case.
Dale and Michael talk Bruins after they managed to snatch defeat from the claws of victory and blow a late game lead to the Anaheim Ducks. With the playoffs still in question, the Bruins need more efforts like that, and more luck.
Chris Price joins Mut to talk about how Revis will heat up the Jets-Pats rivalry next season
Mut opens his show talking about the New York Jets filing tampering charges on the Patriots
Mikey, Mut, and Lucy are talking about all things New England sports, the Red Sox spring training, more Darrelle Revis and Jets talk, and some Bruins mixed in.
Mike Mulloy joins Chris in the studio to talk Raw and Wrestlemania.
Brow Buff's Sam Packard and Ben Kichen break down Marcus Smart's unfortunate ball tap, debate leadership in the Celtics locker room, and rehash the great Kevin Love to Boston rumors.
WEEI's Scott McLaughlin and College Hockey News' Adam Wodon preview this year's NCAA regionals and take a look at the chances for each of the Boston-area teams in the field. They also discuss BU's Jack Eichel, Harvard's Jimmy Vesey and the Hobey Baker Award.
Ben Volin joined the show live from the owners meetings in Phoenix.More from this show
Joe Benigno of WFAN joined us with his thoughts on the tampering charges.More from this show
The guys opened the show discussing the latest tampering charges.More from this show
The guys opened the show by discussing the rumored profanity laced tirade by Bill Belichick.More from this show
The guys discussed Darrelle Revis' comments on his contract offer from the Patriots.More from this show


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New York Central Railroad Educational Documentary from 1948 that gives an overview of railroad signals and related safe working infrastructure used by trains, as well as the ongoing improvements to the signalling systems due to technological advances.
The film was released as part of the NYC's "Running the Railroad" series, and features many examples of different signalling systems in use by the New York Central Railroad, as well as lots of scenes of passenger and freight trains. .
December 27, 2014
The Railroad Signal – New York Central Railroad Educational Documentary 1948
December 20, 2014
"The Freight Yard" – New York Central Railroad
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New York Central Railroad (NYC) publicity film from the late 1940's, part of their "Running the Railroad" series. Archival footage shows freight yards of all types, along with steam and diesel locomotives.
The New York Central Railroad (NYC), known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the Northeastern United States. Headquartered in New York, the railroad served most of the Northeast, including extensive trackage in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Massachusetts, plus additional trackage in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St.Louis in the midwest along with the intermediate cities of Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Detroit. The NYC's Grand Central Terminal in New York City is one of its best known landmarks.
July 22, 2014
The Erie Canal and the canal boom it created
Last week, Chris Edwards posted a short article at the Cato@Liberty blog, discussing the long history of government malinvestment in infrastructure projects:
Most politicians are optimistic about the government's ability to intervene and solve problems. That's one reason why they run for office. Neocons, for example, have excessive faith that foreign intervention can fix the world, while liberals embrace the misguided idea that subsidies and regulations can boost the economy.
The Erie Canal was a misleading outlier: it was a major infrastructure project that actually succeeded in turning a profit, and it set off a string of copycat government initiatives … most of which quickly turned into expensive mistakes for state governments:
Chapter 3 of the book [Uncle Sam Can't Count by Burton and Anita Folsom]looks at the orgy of state government canal building from the 1820s to the 1840s. Here is the basic story:
- New York State funds construction of the Erie Canal, which opens in 1825.
- The Erie Canal is a big success, which spurs canal fever across the nation and encourages other state governments to hand out subsidies. Government canal schemes are launched in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Maryland, and Illinois. There is particular excitement about subsidized "internal improvements" among Whig politicians, including Abraham Lincoln.
- However, politicians overestimate the demand for canals in their states and underestimate the costs and difficulty of construction. They do not recognize that the Erie Canal is uniquely practical and economic as it traverses relatively flat land and connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic.
- Some of the state-sponsored canals are huge boondoggles and are abandoned. And other than the Erie Canal, all of the state canals sustain heavy losses, including other subsidized canals in New York.
- After the failures, numerous states privatize their infrastructure and change their constitutions to prevent politicians from wasting further money on such schemes.
December 3, 2013
Syracuse airport pods – civil liberty violations or crony capitalist profit centres?
Wendy McElroy thinks that the outrage over the new exit pods at Syracuse Hancock International Airport is misdirected:
There is yet another reason not to fly into or within the US. "Nazi-style detention pods" — that's what opponents of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have called the new "exit pods" being tested at the Syracuse (NY) airport. But the pods are not primarily a rape of civil rights. Their import is equally ominous but more subtle. Their main purpose seems to be profit rather than the flexing of arbitrary power, although the two are closely related.
A major change is occurring in one aspect of airport security. The change? The TSA will no longer be monitoring exit lanes at one-third of American airports; the TSA withdrawal is likely to extend to all airports over time. Exit lanes are the means by which passengers who have completed their travel leave the airport terminal. TSA agents had been policing the lanes to prevent passengers from walking the 'wrong' way and re-entering the terminal. Now that task is left to airport security because, as TSA deputy administrator John Halinski explains, "We firmly believe that exit-lane monitoring is not a screening function, but rather an issue of access control." Apparently, Halinski believes the 'S' in TSA stands for "Screening" because "Security" definitely includes access control.
The economics of the pod construction make sense only in two contexts. First, the airport wants to avoid or divest itself of unionized employees; unions have been a source of conflict in all areas of airport and airline operations. Second, crony capitalism. This is the faux capitalism by which profits do not result from productivity but from political connections, which often include bribes or kickbacks. The Syracuse Hancock International Airport official "sneak preview" of the security overhaul listed 17 local firms that will profit richly from the construction. Who do the firms know? With what financial incentives did they 'purchase' their contracts?
February 6, 2013
Why does every infrastructure project cost more?
In his nominally NFL-related column, Gregg Easterbrook usually manages to insert interesting topics that are not in the least related to football:
Where Is the Bridge to Nowhere When You Really Need It? Another reason unprecedented increase in the national debt is not resulting in newly built infrastructure to help the economy grow is that government projects keep taking longer and costing more. Two years ago on Reuters, your columnist opined, "A combination of top-heavy bureaucracy, union rules, cost-plus profits and graft have made recent federally funded construction projects insanely expensive and slow. When the funding comes from borrowing by Washington, then businesses, unions and local petty officials have a self-interest in running up the cost while dragging their feet."
That column ended by noting the slow pace and cost overruns in plans to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge on the Hudson River north of New York City.
Now two years have passed, and guess what's happened to the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project? It's no closer to beginning. New York Magazine reports that $88 million has been spent just to study a bridge replacement — not for architecture drawings, just study. The original Tappan Zee Bridge, completed in 1955, cost $675 million in today's dollars and required three years to complete. New York State officials are saying the replacement will cost at least $3 billion and take five years to build. New York Magazine warns the price is lowballing for an expected cost much higher.
New York is demanding that the federal government fund most of the new bridge. Borrowed funny-money would be used; contractors and unions would have every incentive to drag their feet, running up the bill, while corrupt politicians would want the project to last as long as possible, so there was more funny-money to steal.
Meanwhile the existing Tappan Zee Bridge continues to crumble and nothing's being done. At the current snail's pace, a new bridge is many years away. What if the existing bridge collapses? Politicians will claim they were never warned, just as they claimed they were never warned before storm surge from Hurricane Sandy smashed up lower Manhattan, Long Island and Hoboken, N.J. Running up the national debt is bad enough; not building what the country needs is even worse. But politicians observe that behaving recklessly, then blaming others, is what advances their careers. Barack Obama acted recklessly with the nation's finances, and was re-elected. Chris Christie did nothing to prepare New Jersey's low-lying city from storm surge, then blamed others, and made the cover of Time magazine. Where is the political leader who will place acting responsibly ahead of self-promotion?
November 22, 2012
Even in a disaster area, the bureaucrats stick to their role
I had to double-check the URL here to make sure this wasn't a parody news item from The Onion:
Bobby Eustace, an 11-year veteran with the city's fire department tells FoxNews.com that on Sunday he and his fellow firefighters from Ladder 27 in the Bronx were issued a notice of violation for not maintaining restaurant standards in a tent set up in Breezy Point, Queens, to feed victims and first responders.
"It's just a little ridiculous. The inspector came up and asked if we were wearing hairnets. I told him, 'We have helmets. This is a disaster area,'" Eustace told FoxNews.com. "Then he asked if we had gloves and thermometers [for food]. I said, "Yeah, we have rectal and oral. Which one do you want?' He wasn't amused."
Eustace says that the Health Department worker then checked off a list of violations at the relief tent, including not having an HVAC system and fire extinguisher.
"He told us that he might come back to see if we fixed the violations. But what can we do? We are just going to keep going until a professional catering company can help take over," Eustace said, adding that firefighters across the city together have been contributing about $800 a day out of their own pockets to feeding victims in areas hit hard by Sandy.
June 17, 2012
"For the weekend, I'll have to be a turncoat"
For some obscure reason (hint: because they didn't win) American re-enactors are much less fond of War of 1812 re-enactments than Canadians:
When the first big battle of the War of 1812 is re-enacted this fall, the U.S. 1st Artillery regiment will mount an ear-splitting barrage. The Yanks will point their cannons at British redcoats across the Niagara River in Canada. They will wear blue. They will curse King George.
Unlike 200 years ago, they will all be Canadians.
Many Americans aren't that into the War of 1812 — not like Canadians, anyway — so the latter often play the former in re-enactments along the international border here.
"For the weekend, I'll have to be a turncoat," says John Sek, 60, an English-born Canadian who will play a U.S. Army gunnery captain in the Battle of Queenston Heights. "There isn't the same interest in the war on your side."
To grossly generalize: Canadians, whose forebears helped repulse several U.S. invasions in 1812, regard the war that began 200 years ago Monday as a crucible of national identity. For them, its bicentennial is a big deal.
February 26, 2012
VisitBritain's spelling problem
A bit of an embarrassment for Britain's national tourism agency:
Tourists attempting to follow VisitBritain's tip to travel to the Welsh region of the "Breacon Beacons" may find themselves rather lost when entering the destination into their satnav.
The misspelling of the Brecon Beacons was spotted by an eagle-eyed tourist on a New York subway advertisement, which was accompanied with a picturesque photograph capturing the countryside of Llandovery, a market town in Carmarthenshire.
The promotional image, which also currently appears in the advertising spaces in front of passenger seats in New York taxis, was promptly posted on Facebook.
February 5, 2012
Your Super Bowl TV watching schedule
Scott Stinson charts exactly what will happen over the long, long, long, long, long, long, long hours of the pre-game show leading up to kickoff sometime in the next 48 hours:
Planning to watch the Super Bowl? A little leery about the six-and-a-half-hour pre-game show? Fear not, we can provide you with an approximate guide for what you will see. Read this, then spend time with your family instead. Win-win! (All times approximate, by which we mean made up.)
12:00 p.m. NBC's broadcast is coming to you live from Indianapolis, which means we begin with Bob Costas trying to: (a) argue that Indianapolis is a great place and that the game is somehow more meaningful for being there; and (b) keep a straight face
12:32 p.m. First shot of Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski walking on his injured ankle. Will he play? Will he be effective? Fortunately, we have six hours to listen to people come up with ever more inventive ways to say "maybe."
12:45 p.m. Costas gives an earnest speech about Indianapolis, home of the iconic Colts franchise. Not mentioned: Most of the iconic stuff happened in Baltimore, before the owner snuck the team out of town in the dead of night. In Indy, the history of the franchise's fortunes can be summed up as "crappycrappycrappyPeytonManningcrappy."
1:02 p.m. Time to soak in some of the exciting moments from the official "tailgate" party, which is in fact nowhere near a parking lot. Musical act falls under the category of "Popular Enough Once That Some People in Audience Have Heard of Them, But Not So Popular That We Would Want Them on TV For Long." So, Fleetwood Mac, Alabama or 3 Doors Down.
1:04 p.m. The real question here is whether the performance rivals that of the tailgate party a few years back, when Journey appeared and caused America to collectively wonder when Steve Perry turned into a Fillipino guy with long hair.
Update: For those of you who only watch the Super Bowl for the ads (and I know there are lots of you), Reuters has most of the "big" ads collated into one post for your convenience. This is especially useful for those of us north of the 49th parallel, where many of the ads will be overlaid with the same crappy commercials we've seen all year. I'm not normally a fan of "there ought to be a law" solutions, but I'd be less than upset if CRTC regulations prohibited showing the same commercial 6-8 times per hour. (If nothing else, that level of repetition probably irritates potential customers more than it attracts them.)
Update, 6 February: It looks like the Reuters collection in the first update was intended to emphasize the lamest of the ads. There's another collection in the National Post with more. (I don't follow hockey, but I did think the Budweiser hockey ad was well done, even if they just stole the idea from an improv group.)
January 9, 2012
Wrapping "the maple syrup of truth in the waffle of propaganda"
The Economist casts a jaundiced eye at Canada's plans to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812:
Canada and the United States started the new year by firing cannons at each other across the Niagara river, which separates the province of Ontario from the state of New York, leaving a whiff of gunpowder and politicking in the air. The guns at Fort George on the Canadian side and Old Fort Niagara on the American shore were replicas of those from the 1812 war between the two countries, and were loaded with blanks.
They fired the first salvo in what Canada's government plans as a noisy 200th anniversary celebration of a largely forgotten war in which British redcoats, colonial militia and Indian allies stopped an American invasion (which Thomas Jefferson mistakenly predicted was "a mere matter of marching") of what was then a sparsely populated string of colonies. "The heroic efforts of those who fought for our country in the War of 1812 tell the story of the Canada we know today: an independent and free country with a constitutional monarchy and its own distinct parliamentary system," says James Moore, the minister of Canadian Heritage.
That wraps the maple syrup of truth in the waffle of propaganda. Although Canada did not become a self-governing country until 1867, the 1812 war did help to forge a common identity among disparate colonists, many of whom were Americans who had come north out of loyalty to the Crown or in search of cheap land. But the Indians did more to foil the American invasion than the Canadian militia, and the British reneged on a promise to reward them with land, according to Alan Taylor, a historian of the war. The Canadian side won mainly because the Americans were poorly led, supplied and organised. Both sides plundered and murdered civilians.
November 1, 2011
Long Island Rail Road: "The scandal isn't what's illegal — but what's legal"
Nicole Gelinas points out that the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) pension scam is only part of the problem:
Last week, the feds indicted 11 Long Island Rail Road retirees and their alleged associates in a "massive fraud scheme" to steal a billion dollars through fake disability claims. But the bigger outrage is that for decades the LIRR has held state taxpayers and riders hostage — thanks to outdated Washington labor laws.
The first inkling of the scandal came in 2008, when a press report noted that nearly every LIRR worker retired early, getting an MTA pension and a federal benefit. Looking into the anomaly, federal prosecutors unearthed evidence that at least two doctors and other "facilitators" had for years signed off on fake injuries and ailments so that workers could take their pensions.
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The state's fear of an LIRR strike helps drive up the railroad's costs. Last year, the Empire Center reported, the average LIRR worker pulled in $84,850 — not including benefits.
That's more than anywhere at the MTA except headquarters — and 23 percent more than subway and bus workers make. Seven of the top 10 people who made more in overtime than they did in regular wages hailed from the LIRR — including one conductor who tripled his $75,390 salary. Plus, workers pay nothing for health benefits.
October 21, 2011
Incentives matter, police edition
Jonathan Blanks explains that the incentives provided to police officers clearly do influence their behaviour:
Last week, former undercover police officer Stephen Anderson told the New York State Supreme Court that planting drugs on innocent people was so common that it didn't even register emotionally to him. The story is starting to get traction in the media as an egregious example of police corruption, but it's notable only because of the admission to the practice in open court. Each year, there are hundreds of cases in which police officers are caught stealing, using, selling, or planting drugs or pocketing the proceeds from drug busts. Despite the obligatory PR protestations that any given instance of corruption is an isolated case, the systemic, legal, social, and economic incentives in every law enforcement agency in America combine to make police corruption virtually inevitable. And with no other category of crimes are these incentives stronger than with drug crimes.
Anderson testified that drugs would be seized from suspects at a given bust, divided, and then used again as evidence against other people on site (or at a time later) who had nothing to do with the initial arrest. This was, in part, due to established drug arrest quotas the officers needed to meet. As public servants, police departments face the same budgetary pressures as any other government entity and thus their officers are required to meet certain benchmarks set by the powers that be. Added to the normal budgetary justification, however, many police officers are in the position to confiscate cash and property that can be sold at auction thanks to civil asset forfeiture laws. Many departments across the country keep a percentage or the entirety of forfeiture proceeds, so pressure to maintain a certain level of drug arrests is something straight out of Public Choice: 101.
New study shows Tasers often misused by police
Robert Farago lists some of the findings from a recent New York Civil Liberties Union study on the use and mis-use of TASERs:
- Nearly 60 percent of reported Taser incidents did not meet expert-recommended criteria that limit the weapon's use to situations where officers can document active aggression or a risk of physical injury.
- Fifteen percent of incident reports indicated clearly inappropriate Taser use, such as officers shocking people who were already handcuffed or restrained.
- Only 15 percent of documented Taser incidents involved people who were armed or who were thought to be armed, belying the myth that Tasers are most frequently used as an alternative to deadly force.
- More than one-third of Taser incidents involved multiple or prolonged shocks, which experts link to an increased risk of injury and death.
- More than a quarter of Taser incidents involved shocks directly to subjects' chest area, despite explicit warnings by the weapon's manufacturer that targeting the chest can cause cardiac arrest.
- In 75 percent of incidents, no verbal warnings were reported, despite expert recommendations that verbal warnings precede Taser firings.
- 40 percent of the Taser incidents analyzed involved at-risk subjects, such as children, the elderly, the visibly infirm and individuals who are seriously intoxicated or mentally ill.
October 4, 2011
New York wants to rework the First Amendment "not as a right, but as a privilege"
Some New York senators think you've got too much freedom of speech, and they think the world would be a much nicer place if you didn't have as much:
. . . some state Senators in NY are trying a new line of attack: going directly after the First Amendment and suggesting that current interpretations are way too broad, and it's not really meant to protect any sort of free speech right. In fact, it sounds as though they're trying to redefine the right to free speech into a privilege that can be taken away. Seriously:
Proponents of a more refined First Amendment argue that this freedom should be treated not as a right but as a privilege — a special entitlement granted by the state on a conditional basis that can be revoked if it is ever abused or maltreated.
Yes, that totally flips the First Amendment on its head. It is not a "more refined First Amendment." It's the anti-First Amendment. It suggests, by its very nature, that the government possesses the right to grant the "privilege" of free speech to citizens… and thus the right to revoke it. That's an astonishingly dangerous path, and one that should not be taken seriously. Of course, given their right to speak freely, state senators Jeff Klein, Diane Savino, David Carlucci and David Valesky have every right to put forth that argument — but similarly, it allows others to point out their rather scary beliefs.
March 8, 2011
Helicopter footage of 9/11 just released
The Guardian explains:
Previously unseen footage of the 9/11 attacks, filmed from a police helicopter hovering above the burning World Trade Centre, has emerged almost a decade after the terrorist atrocity.
The New York Police Department air and sea rescue helicopter was dispatched to the scene of the attack to see whether any survivors could be rescued from the rooftops.
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The video is part of a cache of information about the attack handed over by city agencies to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the federal agency that investigated the collapse.
It was released by NIST on 3 March under a Freedom of Information Act request, but it remains unclear who published the footage online.


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Posted: 11/24/2008 - Super sophomore holds the conference record for interception return yardage.
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Updated: 11/24/2008 - Click on the video link inside the story to hear Pearl's comments. Tennessee is getting ready to head to Orlando to take part in the prestigious Old Spice Classic later this week.
Updated: 11/24/2008 - Vols move up to spots to #12; Lady Vols drop to ninth, their lowest ranking since January 3, 2005.
Updated: 11/24/2008 - Vols return to practice field Sunday night for Fulmer's final week as Tennessee head coach
Updated: 11/23/2008 - Brewer, Gray pace Tennessee with 16 points apiece; Baugh pitches in with a double-double.
Posted: 11/23/2008 - Tennessee hadn't loss a game since December 16, 2007.
Posted: 11/23/2008 - Alabama, Florida goes 1-2 in the Associated Press; Oklahoma gets #2 nod in the coaches' poll.
Posted: 11/22/2008 - B.J. Pelkey scores the game winner for Knoxville in the extra session.
Updated: 11/22/2008 - Tennessee trailed 61-53 with 6 minutes to play, before rallying to get the road win.
Updated: 11/22/2008 - Tennessee improves to 3-0 with its third win over an in-state opponent in as many tries.
Updated: 11/23/2008 - Tennessee improves to 4-7 on the season, 2-5 in the SEC.
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The new recommendations by the Dietary Guidelines Recommendation Committee FINALLY concurs that cholesterol in foods does NOT influence blood cholesterol. The result…foods like eggs are now not only safe to eat but healthy for you!
The problem… they foolishly warn about the consumption of saturated fats and high cholesterol when no documented cause and effect relationship exists. In fact saturated fats have been linked to INCREASING GOOD CHOLESTEROL (HDL). This graphic represents the contradictions in their recommendations.
Confused? Simple answer- don't fear dietary cholesterol or saturated fats from organic meat, dairy or foods such as coconut oil.
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Chocolate and Hearts, A Healthy Relationship
Here is an article I wrote for Washington Family Magazine, Feb 2015 on the Superfood: Chocolate. You can see the article in the magazine on the link above or read it here:
Valentines Day is synonymous with chocolate. Each February, more people buy loved ones chocolate than any other gift. The heart shaped boxes symbolize our love and affection, and they also represent the heart healthy benefits chocolate can provide!
But before you go running out and purchasing a warehouse bag of chocolate kisses, there are distinct differences in chocolate variety. All chocolate is not created equal, nor is it all healthy for you.
Unfortunately, the processing and mass production of chocolate has altered its nutrition, thus rendering it void of nutrients and cacao (the super food and healthy part of chocolate). Today's cocoa is highly processed, and contains large amounts of sugar, hydrogenated oils, inflammatory fats and artificial flavoring.
The cacao, not the cocoa is what gives chocolate the title of "superfood". Chocolates that have higher percentages of cacao are less processed and healthier for you. Dark chocolates (the darker the better) are rich in cacao, which is abundant in antioxidants and flavonoids. These nutrients are proven to be anti-inflammatory which can improve overall health.
When purchasing chocolates, check the label organic cacao, since it is free of pesticides, fertilizers and harmful toxins. Another rule of thumb is to aim for a minimum of 70% cacao and don't forget to read ingredients to limit added sugars!
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- Decreases cardiovascular disease by 30%
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In addition to cardiovascular benefits, studies have shown that chocolate is also a mild aphrodisiac. While not quite as strong as oysters, chocolate does contain two chemicals that increase sexual desires and arousal: tryptophan and phenylethlamine. Tryptophan helps to increase serotonin production, which is a chemical in the brain that plays a role in arousal, whereas the brain releases phenylethlamine when one is falling in love or there are feelings of attraction. Most studies show the effects to be mild but without question still a fitting gift this Valentines Day! This Valentines Day share that box of dark chocolates with your loved one. It will keep your heart happy and healthy!Image: Lattes and Leggings
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Deciding which type of luxury sheets to purchase is easier when you have the facts. Sateen sheets feel soft when new and have sheen to them, while Egyptian cotton sheets soften over time with use. Both are made from cotton and have much to offer, making the choice one of budget and personal taste.
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For years, the title "King of Cotton" has gone to Egyptian cotton, and Egyptian cotton sheet sets are, consequently, known for being of the finest quality. It used to be that the only places to buy Egyptian cotton sheet sets were high-end boutiques, and Egyptian cotton sheets sets often carried hefty price-tags. While lustrous, durable Egyptian cotton bedding and Egyptian cotton sheet sets are still more expensive than bedding and sheets made from less distinguished cotton, they are far less expensive than they used to be, and if you want luxury and durability, the price may be well worth it. Keep reading to find out a few interesting and useful facts about Egyptian cotton sheet sets and Egyptian cotton bedding that may help make your purchase easier.
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Out of all the bedding made, quilts may be the most diverse. Quilts are produced in all kinds of colors, patterns, sizes, styles and types. If you're looking for a quilt but don't know where to start, take a look at the popular types of quilts below to learn more about this beautiful kind of bedding. Amish quilts: These beautiful quilts reflect the Amish way of living and feature solid colors, deep hues, geometric patterns and very little embellishment. Amish quilts contain the highest quality of construction and stitching, and, sometimes, the wonderful stitch patterns (scrolls, feathers) contrast with the simple backgrounds of their quilts. Applique quilts: These quilts use a French needlework technique where fabric pieces are sewn onto another piece of material to create a design. Applique is used extensively in the quilting process and is not to be confused with patchwork. Patchwork pieces are joined together; applique is sewn on top of the whole piece. Baltimore album quilts: Baltimore album quilts came from Maryland in the early 1800s. Each block in the design of these quilts is appliqued differently, often in ornate floral patterns. Bangladeshi quilts: These quilts are made with layers of Saree cloth. Saree cloth is silk cloth used by women of India to wrap and fold around the body as a garment. The cloth is usually 40 to 60 inches wide by 6 yards long. These quilts are used as bedding or as decorative pieces. Bargello quilts: Bargello quilts are created with offset squares in an up-and-down geometric "V" pattern. The small squares of different fabrics and the colorful designs make these quilts true works of art. Hawaiian quilts: Hawaiian quilts are not pieced, and they usually showcase a large, symmetrical applique in the center of the quilt. Most often the background is white or another solid color. Patchwork quilts: Patchwork quilts are constructed of many small pieces of fabric which are put together in an improvised or irregular pattern. This is a well-known quilt style, and examples of historical patchwork quilts are found in many museums. Ralli quilts: Ralli quilts, sometimes known as rilli quilts, are traditional quilts made in India or Pakistan. There is an abundance of embroidery as well as applique on the patchwork patterns. Star quilts: Star quilts are created with a large star shape, or several star shapes, dominating the pattern. Wedding ring quilts: Wedding ring quilts are crafted in a design of interlocking rings. This pattern goes far back in history: in the fourth century it was used to decorate drinking cups in Rome. Wedding ring quilts are highly popular and make wonderful wedding gifts. If you're looking for a gift to please an engaged couple, you can't go wrong with a wedding quilt. Bedding always makes a significant gift for the bride and groom, and a quilt with coordinating Egyptian cotton sheets can be even better. View All Quilts Back to Guides Directory View All Quilts
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Your sheets can have a distinct impact on the way you sleep. Satin sheets offer a silky feel and can help keep you cool, while traditional cotton sheets are highly durable and come in a variety of prints. If you're stuck debating which type of sheets to buy, look no further. This guide will help break it down by looking at the pros and cons of satin sheets vs. cotton sheets.
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Cotton comes from the same plant family as the hibiscus, and it provides the material for the majority of bedding in production today. From 100 percent cotton sheets to fabric blends that include silk, polyester, and even bamboo fibers, cotton provides soft, durable bedding in a wide range of quality and price. Here's what you need to know while you shop.
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There are all kinds of ways to add comfort to a bed, but few do the job like Egyptian cotton bedding. Thanks to the climate conditions of Egypt, Egyptian cotton has extra long staples that allow for the creation of ultra soft, luxurious bedding. Egyptian cotton is used to make an enormous assortment of bedding products, so no matter what element of your bed you want to add comfort to, it's possible with this terrific type of fabric. If you're interested in finding out more, take a look at the article below to learn the top 5 Egyptian cotton bedding products.
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Cotton sheets are the natural choice for those who want a low-maintenance, breathable fabric that wicks away moisture from the skin. Natural cotton sheets are less prone to staining than cotton-synthetic blends and release dirt easily in the wash. While all 100-percent cotton sheets offer similar benefits, some simply feel better against the skin and may have a longer life in your linen closet. Take a look below to learn how to buy cotton sheets.
Sheet Materials
The shape of sheets varies little; a sheet is always a large rectangle or square. However, sheet materials vary widely. Sheet materials like cotton and flannel are widely known, but there are probably some fabrics you don't think of as being material for sheets. Keep reading to find out more about the different kinds of materials that sheets are made from.
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Getting engaged and planning a wedding will be one of the most memorable experiences in your life. Whether you are choosing an engagement ring for your girlfriend, selecting a ring for yourself or picking diamond engagement jewelry out together as a couple, you'll encounter many ring styles in the process. In addition to choosing between yellow gold, white gold and platinum bands, you will also have to select the diamond shape, ring setting and accent stones of your choice. Take a look our favorite diamond engagement rings to help you find the right one for popping the question.
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Our current water supply and outlook is good despite the low snowpack in the Cedar and South Fork Tolt watersheds.
Last week, 1.58 inches and 2.05 inches of precipitation were recorded in our Cedar and South Fork Tolt River watersheds, respectively. With unseasonably warm temperatures and precipitation falling as rain, snowpack in our mountain watersheds is well below the long term average for this time of the year. We are carefully watching how the snowpack builds throughout the remaining part of the snow season which typically peaks around the first week of April. In the meanwhile we are holding water levels in our reservoirs above normal levels while staying within winter season flood management levels. We are planning early spring reservoir refill strategies looking ahead.
Chester Morse Lake at the Overflow Dike is at elevation 1558.8 feet, about 2.6 feet higher than last week, and about 6.7 feet above its long term average (based on the years 1989 to 2005). Masonry Pool Reservoir at Masonry Dam is at elevation 1558.7 feet, about 2.6 feet higher than last week, and about 10.6 feet above its long term average. The South Fork Tolt Reservoir at the South Fork Tolt Dam is at elevation 1760.1 feet, about 1.1 feet higher than last week, and about 3.3 feet above its long term average. Water releases from reservoir storage are actively being managed for water supply, fish habitat, hydropower and flood management objectives for both the Cedar and South Fork Tolt Rivers.
Water consumption for the previous seven days averaged approximately 103 mgd. That is more than the 100 mgd consumed during the same period last year, and less than the average of 116 mgd used during the same period over the years 1999-2008.
Juvenile sockeye salmon are emerging from their redds and migrating to Lake Washington on a nightly basis. Juvenile Chinook salmon have begun to emerge from their redds to migrate to the river margins to rear, although many will also move to Lake Washington for rearing. Redd surveys in the Cedar River below Landsburg indicate that steelhead and trout have not yet begun to spawn. Young coho, steelhead and trout that emerged in 2014, are rearing in the Cedar at this time.
Tolt summer-run steelhead move into the upper reaches of the South Fork Tolt River during the summer and fall where they wait to spawn during the following winter and spring. At this time, early spawning steelhead in the population have begun to construct redds. These early redds will start to produce emerging fry in late April. Adult summer steelhead will continue to spawn into the month of April. Young steelhead and coho that emerged in 2014 are currently rearing in the South Fork Tolt. Juvenile Chinook salmon in the mainstem Tolt River (below the forks) have begun to emerge from their redds and will be rearing in the mainstem into the month of July.
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Saguaro Group Hikes Desert Foothills Land Trust's Jewel of the Creek - Jan 2014
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JAN 3 (SAT) 08:00 NEW YEAR'S Breakfast Meeting: at the Grotto Café,6501 Cave Creek Rd. in Cave Creek. Bev Full, Chapter Outings Chair, will talk about some of the great outings we have scheduled. We will depart from there at 09:00 for a " C " difficulty hike up Black Mountain. Leader: Bev Full, contact:firstname.lastname@example.com, 480-221-2554
JAN 25-27 (SUN-TUES) CANOE OR KAYAK 20 FROM HOOVER DAM TO WILLOW BEACH IN THE BLACK CANYON OF THE COLORADO RIVER. Camping at Lake Meade and at Arizona Hot Springs. It is rated as a "D". Cost is $150 which includes rentals, shuttles, meals at camp, and campground fees. Leader: Bev Full, firstname.lastname@example.com, 480-221-2554
JAN 29 (Thurs) 7:00-9:00 PM Saguaro Group's Quarterly General Meeting with Dr. Gary Beverly presenting his program on water issues in Arizona, Location: Black Mountain Phoenix Police Station Meeting Room, 33355 N. Cave Creek Rd. Contact: Bev Full, firstname.lastname@example.com
FEB 7 (SAT) 8:00 AM Breakfast Meeting at the GROTTO café, 6501 E. Cave Creek Rd. in Cave Creek. Speaker to be determined. Depart from the Grotto via carpool for a hike at the Wallace Lone Mountain Preserve rated as a " C " level of difficulty. Limited to 20 and limited parking. Reservations for the hike are required. Contact: Bev Full, email@example.com, 480-221-2554
FEB 16 (MON) Vulture Peak Hike (Wickenburg). Four miles with 1000 ft. of climb, so a difficulty rating of "C". Contact: Pete Weinelt firstname.lastname@example.com
FEB 18 SAGUARO / N MARICOPA COUNTY EXCOM MEETING & POTLUCK at the home of Joe and Dianne Leis. Any interested members are welcome. Contact: Dianne, firstname.lastname@example.com
FEB 21 (SAT) 8 a.m. - noon Verde River Winter Clean-up Help us clean-up the area around Needle Rock on the lower Verde River. The area is home to bald eagles and great blue herons and is a popular swimming and fishing hole just 14 miles from Scottsdale. Carpooling will be available from North Phoenix and Cave Creek. Tools and refreshments will be provided. Join us as we help to clean-up one of Arizona's largest perennial rivers. Contact: Doug Murphy, email@example.com, 602 329-3690,
FEB 22-25 (Sun-Tues) Canoe or Kayak the Lower Colorado River. Canoe 40 miles from Walter's Camp to Fishers Landing through the Imperial Wildlife Preserve and camping in Picacho State Park. "D" $150 cost includes rental, shuttle, meals in camp and camp fee. Leader: Bev Full, email@example.com 480-221-2554
MAR 7 (SAT) 8:00 AM Breakfast Meeting: GROTTO café, 6501 E. Cave Creek Rd. in Cave Creek . Speaker to be determined. Depart from the Grotto at 09:00 AM to hike the Metate Trail at Spur Cross Ranch " * Easy ". Hike through a magnificent saguaro forest. There is a $3 park registration fee that can be paid at the park's entry gate. Contact: Bev Full, firstname.lastname@example.com, 480-221-2554
MAR 14, 2015 (SAT) 8:00 A.M. To Noon, Spur Cross Ranch needs a hand!
Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area (the newest of Maricopa County's Regional Parks) needs some help restoring trails damaged in last Fall's rains and removing old barbed wire fencing. The park is home to archeological sites, Sonoran desert and riparian areas along Cave Creek. Carpooling from North Phoenix to Cave Creek will be available along with refreshments. Contact: Doug Murphy, firstname.lastname@example.com, 602-329-3690
MAR 29-31 (SUN-TUES) ORGAN PIPE NATIONAL MONUMENT Camping, wildflower viewing, multiple "C" hikes. Carpool 2 1/2 hours from Phoenix area to Organ PipeCactus National Monument on Sunday to camp Sunday and Monday. Meals will be provided and prepared at the campground by the leaders and will
include 2 dinners, 2 lunches, and 2 breakfasts. Fee to be determined [$35 or less]. Contact Pete Weinelt at firstname.lastname@example.com, 623-388-2209, or Bev Full at email@example.com, 480-221-2554.
APR 5-7 (Sat-Mon) CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, CA: Join a 3-day, 3-island, live-aboard tour of the Channel Islands. Hike windswept trails bordered with wildflowers. Marvel at pristine waters teeming with schools of fish, and playful sea lions. Use your binoculars to spot sea and land birds and an occasional whale. Cruise departs from Santa Barbara, CA harbor. The cost is $615 which includes an assigned bunk, all meals, snacks, beverages and the services of a ranger/naturalist who will travel with us to help lead hikes and evening programs. We can assist in arranging a car pool from the Phoenix area. Note: This outing repeats May 3-5. To reserve please send a $100 check made out to Sierra Club to Bev Full, 6528 E. Brilliant Sky Dr., Scottsdale AZ 85266.
For more information contact Bev Full: 480-221-2554 or e mail email@example.com
* Outings are rated for degree of difficulty and risk by the leader. As a guideline, outings are classified as follows: "A" More than 16 miles or more than 3,000 feet elevation change. "B" 8 to 16 miles and between 1,500- 3,000 feet elevation change "C" 3 to 8 miles, 500 to 1,500 feet. "D" Less than 3 miles and 500 feet.
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