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The power grabs and Machiavellian maneuverings of Kevin Spacey's Francis Underwood in House of Cards have always had a vaguely Shakespearean quality to them, a quality that looks as though it will be dialed up to 11 for the second season. There's all of the usual trappings we've come to expect from the Emmy award winning show: sex, lies, deceit...Chris Matthews. And now it looks as though we can throw in some blow back from Frank's more murderous dalliances. But as Underwood says, "for those climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no mercy." Looks like our modern day Macbeths may be getting in too deep, thanks to the blood on their hands this season. Perhaps the Underwoods should have paid better attention in high-school English—things didn't exactly come up roses for the Macbeths. Then again, watch 10 minutes of C-Span and try not to feel the urge to kill something.
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Friday, October 05, 2012
Media contact: Bob Wattendorf, 850-528-1060
Catching a trophy largemouth bass is the dream of anyone who fishes for this valuable game fish, which is the most-sought species in North America. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) new TrophyCatch Program (TrophyCatchFlorida.com), launched Monday, will increase opportunities for anglers fishing in Florida to fulfill that dream, while rewarding them for helping make other anglers' dreams come true by letting their trophy swim for another lucky angler to catch.
Gov. Rick Scott understands the importance of recreational fishing to Florida, which annually generates more than $8 billion in economic impact and supports more than 75,000 jobs. In Florida, freshwater bass alone annually provide anglers more than 14 million days of healthy outdoor recreation and generate approximately $1.25 billion in economic impact (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2006). The FWC's management programs are designed to provide enjoyment for even more anglers and thus increase tourism and economic benefits. TrophyCatch will help accomplish that and document progress.
"TrophyCatch is an innovative program to reward anglers for being great resource stewards by legally catching and releasing trophy largemouth bass," Scott said.
TrophyCatch includes three tiers to encourage reporting and live-releasing bass heavier than 8 pounds that are caught in Florida waters. Bass 8 to 9.9 pounds (Lunker Club), or those 10 to 12.9 pounds (Trophy Club) that are caught, documented and released can be reported online at TrophyCatchFlorida.com anytime of the year. All that is required to qualify for great prizes are photos of the entire fish on a scale with the weight visible, and one of the fish on a tape measurer, showing the length.
Bass that are heavier than 13 pounds and are caught between Oct 1. and April 30 each year must be certified by FWC staff to verify their weight and take genetic samples. Certified catches that are released or provided to FWC for research will be entered into the Hall of Fame Club, making the angler eligible for great prizes. The World Fishing Network is partnering with the FWC to promote and manage the trophy bass website.
"TrophyCatch will enable biologists to manage lakes and rivers better by providing valuable incentives to anglers for reporting and releasing their catches of trophy bass," said Tom Champeau, director of the FWC's Division of Freshwater Fisheries Management. The information will be used to evaluate and improve management strategies that produce more and larger bass.
Numerous industry sponsors are providing prizes to encourage conservation of these valuable fish. Phoenix Boats is offering a boat and trailer to a randomly selected angler who registers for the program. Anglers who legally catch, photo-document and attest to releasing trophy bass in Florida are eligible for prizes. Bass Pro Shops and Dick's Sporting Goods are providing gift cards, Rapala Lures is providing coupons to redeem on their website, and Bass King Clothing is giving away custom fishing gear. Other sponsors such as Pro Line Custom Rods, US Reels and GlenLau.com are providing extra incentives for Hall of Fame anglers, who also receive a free fiberglass replica of their catch produced by New Wave Taxidermy.
The biggest bass of the year will earn a Super Bowl-like ring, from the American Outdoors Fund, for the angler who catches it. If it is caught in Osceola County, the Kissimmee Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) will award the lucky angler $10,000. In addition, if the angler is on a guided fishing trip, the guide will receive $2,500 from the CVB.
"It is important for anglers to read and understand all the rules and details about rewards, which may change during the year, since they are provided by various sponsors," said Champeau (see TrophyCatchFlorida.com).
The governor isn't alone in touting TrophyCatch. For decades, millions of anglers have learned how to fish from the true legends in the sport: Bill Dance, Jimmy Houston and Roland Martin. These icons of the fishing world have combined forces to continue their dedication to conservation and angler education. "Th3Legends" announced this week that they officially endorse TrophyCatch.
"Florida produces a lot of trophy bass, and TrophyCatch will provide biologists with critical data while offering attractive incentives for anglers to properly handle and release their catch," said Martin.
Houston praised this conservation effort as "a great partnership with industry to protect our fisheries and promote fishing."
"Catching a trophy-size largemouth bass is the dream of anyone who fishes, and TrophyCatch will help anglers fishing in Florida to fulfill that dream," added Dance.
For more information, call KP Clements, the FWC's TrophyCatch coordinator, at 352-409-8815 or email her at email@example.com.
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Free Picks: Service Plays for Tuesday, August 6
Free Picks: Service Plays for Tuesday, August 6
Tampa Bay at Arizona
The Rays look to build on their 10-2 record in their last 12 interleague games as a favorite. Tampa Bay is the pick (-125) according to Dunkel, which has the Rays favored by 1 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Tampa Bay (-125)
Game 951-952: Atlanta at Washington (7:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Atlanta (Teheran) 15.870; Washington (Gonzalez) 16.383
Dunkel Line: Washington by 1/2; 6
Vegas Line: Washington (-125); 7
Dunkel Pick: Washington (-125); Under
Game 953-954: Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia (7:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Cubs (Jackson) 14.107; Philadelphia (Kendrick) 13.612
Dunkel Line: Chicago Cubs by 1; 9
Vegas Line: Philadelphia (-120); 8
Dunkel Pick: Chicago Cubs (+100); Over
Game 955-956: Miami at Pittsburgh (7:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Miami (Alvarez) 15.723; Pittsburgh (Locke) 17.293
Dunkel Line: Pittsburgh by 1 1/2; 6
Vegas Line: Pittsburgh (-185); 7
Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (-185); Under
Game 957-958: Colorado at NY Mets (7:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Colorado (Chatwood) 14.457; NY Mets (Mejia) 13.824
Dunkel Line: Colorado by 1/2; 8
Vegas Line: NY Mets (-110); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Colorado (-110); Over
Game 959-960: LA Dodgers at St. Louis (8:15 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: LA Dodgers (Kershaw) 17.585; St. Louis (Kelly) 16.161
Dunkel Line: LA Dodgers by 1 1/2; 6
Vegas Line: LA Dodgers (-155); 7
Dunkel Pick: LA Dodgers (-155); Under
Game 961-962: Milwaukee at San Francisco (10:15 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Milwaukee (Peralta) 15.074; San Francisco (Cain) 14.547
Dunkel Line: Milwaukee by 1/2; 8
Vegas Line: San Francisco (-175); 7
Dunkel Pick: Milwaukee (+155); Over
Game 963-964: Detroit at Cleveland (7:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Detroit (Verlander) 17.543; Cleveland (Masterson) 16.612
Dunkel Line: Detroit by 1; 7
Vegas Line: Cleveland (-115); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Detroit (-105); Under
Game 965-966: Boston at Houston (8:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Boston (Wright) 15.995; Houston (Lyles) 14.446
Dunkel Line: Boston by 1 1/2; 10
Vegas Line: Boston (-180); 9
Dunkel Pick: Boston (-180); Over
Game 967-968: Minnesota at Kansas City (8:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Minnesota (Albers) 14.413; Kansas City (Shields) 17.083
Dunkel Line: Kansas City by 2 1/2; 9
Vegas Line: Kansas City (-200); 8
Dunkel Pick: Kansas City (-200); Over
Game 969-970: NY Yankees at Chicago White Sox (8:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: NY Yankees (Kuroda) 15.570; White Sox (Sale) 14.690
Dunkel Line: NY Yankees by 1; 6
Vegas Line: Chicago White Sox (-125); 7
Dunkel Pick: NY Yankees (+105); Under
Game 971-972: Texas at LA Angels (10:05 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Texas (Darvish) 15.936; LA Angels (Richards) 14.596
Dunkel Line: Texas by 1 1/2; 8
Vegas Line: Texas (-145); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Texas (-145); Over
Game 973-974: Toronto at Seattle (10:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Toronto (Johnson) 14.888; Seattle (Hernandez) 14.570
Dunkel Line: Toronto by 1/2; 7
Vegas Line: Seattle (-185); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Toronto (+165); Under
Game 975-976: Oakland at Cincinnati (7:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Oakland (Straily) 14.181; Cincinnati (Latos) 15.615
Dunkel Line: Cincinnati by 1 1/2; 9
Vegas Line: Cincinnati (-145); 8
Dunkel Pick: Cincinnati (-145); Over
Game 977-978: Tampa Bay at Arizona (9:40 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Tampa Bay (Hellickson) 15.714; Arizona (Miley) 14.336
Dunkel Line: Tampa Bay by 1 1/2; 7
Vegas Line: Tampa Bay (-125); 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Tampa Bay (-125); Under
Game 979-980: Baltimore at San Diego (10:10 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Baltimore (Norris) 15.013; San Diego (Volquez) 14.660
Dunkel Line: Baltimore by 1/2; 8
Vegas Line: Baltimore (-125); 7 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Baltimore (-125); Over
Seattle at Phoenix
The Storm look to build on their 8-1 ATS record in their last 9 games in Phoenix. Seattle is the pick (+9 1/2) according to Dunkel, which has the Mercury favored by only 1. Dunkel Pick: Seattle (+9 1/2)
Game 651-652: Washington at New York (11:00 a.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Washington 111.047; New York 107.510
Dunkel Line & Total: Washington by 3 1/2; 144
Vegas Line & Total: New York by 3 1/2; 148 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Washington (+3 1/2); Under
Game 653-654: Los Angeles at Connecticut (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Los Angeles 114.146; Connecticut 107.637
Dunkel Line & Total: Los Angeles by 6 1/2; 159
Vegas Line & Total: Los Angeles by 4; 153 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Los Angeles (-4); Over
Game 655-656: Minnesota at San Antonio (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Minnesota 120.164; San Antonio 107.483
Dunkel Line & Total: Minnesota by 12 1/2; 149
Vegas Line & Total: Minnesota by 10; 153
Dunkel Pick: Minnesota (-10); Under
Game 657-658: Indiana at Chicago (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Indiana 114.059; Chicago 115.279
Dunkel Line & Total: Chicago by 1; 150
Vegas Line & Total: Chicago by 6; 145 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Indiana (+6); Over
Game 659-660: Seattle at Phoenix (10:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Seattle 109.806; Phoenix 110.470
Dunkel Line & Total: Phoenix by 1; 162
Vegas Line & Total: Phoenix by 9 1/2; 156
Dunkel Pick: Seattle (+9 1/2); Over
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Tuesday, August 6
Marc Lawrence
Los Angeles Dodgers at St Louis Cardinals
Prediction: Los Angeles Dodgers
When the road-hot Dodgers send Clayton Kershaw up against the Cardinals in Game Two of this four game set at Busch Stadium, L.A. will do so knowing Kershaw is in staggering KW form with 32 strikeouts and only 1 walk his last four starts. Kershaw is also 4-0 with a 1.58 ERA in his last four away team starts during August. With that, look for the Cardinals to fall to 0-3 in Joe Kelly's career team starts in this series here tonight. We recommend a 1-unit play on the Dodgers.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Tuesday, August 6
Jimmy Boyd
Los Angeles Angels +135
There is no reason the Angels should be such a heavy underdog at home with Garrett Richards getting the start. The Angels have started to turn things around at the plate this season, and they have a .289 batting average over their past seven games. They have scored 5.9 runs per game during that time. With offensive production like that, Richards should have no problem getting the run support he needs to pick up another win for the Angels today. In his three home starts this season Richards has a 2.66 ERA and the Angels are a perfect 3-0.
The Rangers have a .250 batting average on the road this year and I expect Richards to give them a lot of problems. The Rangers are 0-4 in Darvish's last four starts as a road favorite. They are up against an Angels team that is a perfect 4-0 in Richards' last four starts after scoring two runs or less in their previous game. I like the Angels to pick up an easy win today and get a little revenge from the road series against Texas back in July.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Tuesday, August 6
Ray Monohan
Colorado Rockies -105
Both of these teams are playing miserably right now but only one has a chance to get into a race of some kind - Colorado. The Mets have dropped 3 of 4 to the Rockies this season but now it is their turn to try and even things out at home, but oddly they are a better team away from Citi Field.
The Mets have a few young studs in the rotation and Jennry Mejia is trying to prove he belongs in that group. He has been both lucky (6.5 runs of support) and good (2.08 ERA) so far but things should normalize beginning tonight against a good Rockies lineup and a pitcher who has been consistent all season long in Tyler Chatwood.
Even without CarGo the Rox have way more punch.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Tuesday, August 6
Alex Smart
Philadelphia Phillies -120
These two combatants the Cubs and Phillies are both in a funk and are both looking at this series as a means to break out of their downward spirals and gain some positive momentum. There is not alot of positives attached to these teams current status. But when looking at lineups, at least on paper, the Phillies are arguably the superior team.
Jackson the Cubs starter today despite of pitching fairly well of late is just 1-4 with a 4.45 ERA in five starts versus Philadelphia His 28-year-old pitching opponent from the Phillies Kendrick is 0-1 vs the Cubbies but has been hard on their batting order as is evident by him garnering a stingy 1.69 ERA in four games (three starts) .Phillies are 5-1 in Kendricks last 6 starts during game 1 of a series.
I'm backing what I believe to be the lesser of two evils in this tilt.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Tuesday, August 6
Brad Diamond
Orioles vs. Padres
Play: Over 7½
The Orioles are crushing the baseball this season, but have been so-so in their starting rotation. Recently, at the trade deadline they went out secured the services of former Houston right-hand starter Bud Norris. The problem with Norris is the long-ball. He has surrendered six homers in his last four starts. Over the last 23 innings Norris has allowed 18 earned runs. Without question Norris is going through a transition with his new club, while trying to regain a more effective pitch location. Norris' opposition on the mound RHP Edwin Volquez (8-8, 5.56) too, has been inconsistent allowing 20 runs in the last 27 innings of work. In the most recent six meeting out on the coast these two have gone OVER in 5/6. Further, the Birds have flown OVER in 22/29 games in interleague games when facing a losing unit. In closing, San Diego is gone OVER in 6/8 when challenging a club with a winning road mark.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Tuesday, August 6
Freddy Wills
New York Yankees +110
There is a ton of value on the pinstripes today. The A-Rod saga is all but over and now the Yankees healthy line up can get back to basics. Hiroki Kuroda is on his second start on 5 days rest and he's making his 11th of the year. All 10 of his previous starts on 5 days rest have been quality outings where he posts an overall 1.36 ERA. He's just fresher than the White Sox Chris Sale who is making his 4th start on 4 days rest. Sale is not used to pitching at this point in the season with this many pitches under his belt and he's backed by a bullpen that is significantly weaker than the Yankees bullpen. Yankees have a big advantage there as they are ranked 8th overall vs. White Sox bullpen that is ranked 24th and is 13-27. Yankees bullpen is even better on the road and they should take game 2 of this series.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Tuesday, August 6
Doug Upstone
Kansas City Royals -178
For Tuesday, Play Against road underdogs like Minnesota with a money line of +175 to +250, who are scoring 4.2 or less runs a game, against a quality AL starting pitcher with an ERA of 3.50 or lower, with an on-base percentage of .300 or worse over their last 15 games. Since 2009, this baseball system is an incredible 45-5, 90 percent.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Tuesday, August 6
Art Aronson
Yankees vs. White Sox
Play: Under 7
Hiroki Kuroda (10-6, 2.38 ERA) gets the call for the visitors; Kuroda went seven scoreless frames in a 3-0 victory over the Dodgers on Wednesday, scattering five hits with one walk while striking out eight. It was in fact the fourth time in his last five starts that Kuroda has held his opposition scoreless, giving up just two earned runs over his last 33 innings of work. Kuroda brings his very respectable 2.90 ERA road record into Chicago to throw opposite Chris Sale (6-11, 2.92 ERA) who is coming off his worst outing of the year vs. the Tribe on Thursday, getting shelled for five runs off ten hits over just five frames of work. Sale though would not walk anyone and racked up six strikeouts. Sale, like the rest of his rotation, has frequently been the victim of poor run support but has a big opportunity to return to form tonight and improve upon his sparkling 2.28 ERA home record. I don't think there is any need to overanalyze this one; with these two confirmed studs battling it out on Tuesday night, all signs definitely point to runs being at a premium. Consider a second look at the "under" in this matchup.
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Rob Vinciletti
A's vs. Reds
Play: Over 8
This game fits a solid totals system that plays to the over for home teams like The Reds that are off a home loss and scored 4 or less runs and had 4 or less hits and are taking on an opponent off a home loss by 2 or more runs and scored 2 or less runs on 5+ hits. The Reds have posted overs in 9 of the last 13 with rest. Both teams average 4.6 runs at home and away. Oakland starter Straily has gone over in 6 of 9 road starts and has a 5.06 era over his last 3 starts. M. Latos for the Reds has allowed a 10 runs in his last 3 home starts in 16 innings. Look for this game to go over the total tonight.
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Jim Feist
Toronto at Seattle
Pick: Over
The over is 15-7 in the Mariners last 22 home games and a strong Toronto offense is in town, one ranked 6th in baseball in runs scored, 5th in slugging. They'd better score runs because Josh Johnson (1-8, 6.60 ERA) is on the mound and struggling, 0-3 with a 16.20 ERA his last three starts. The over is 19-6-1 in the Blue Jays last 26 road games vs. a team with a losing record and 6-1 over the total in Johnson's last 7 starts with 4 days of rest. When these teams meet the over is 13-6 in the last 19 meetings and 5-2 over the total in the last 7 meetings in Seattle.
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Brian Blessing
New York at Chicago
Pick: Under
Kuroda has been pitching lights out of late and the way the Yankees have been hitting he has to come up big to get a win. Sale got hit hard in his last start but should be able to successfully maneuver his way through the Yanks lineup. Runs will be at a premium Tuesday night in Chicago and the under is the way to go.
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Jesse Schule
Oakland Athletics at Cincinnati Reds
Pick: Cincinnati Reds
The Reds had the day off Monday, after losing 2-of-3 at home to the Cardinals over the weekend. They host Oakland tonight, in the first of a two game set at Great American Ballpark, where they have a record of 33-19. Mat Latos will toe the slab for the home team, and he's been very sharp in his home park all year. Latos (10-3, 3.38 ERA) allowed a pair of runs on six hits over six innings in a 4-2 loss to the Padres in San Diego his last time out. He pitched well enough to win, but unfortunately he didn't get enough runs to work with on the road, something that hasn't been a problem at home. Latos is 6-1 with a 3.54 ERA in nine starts at Great American Ballpark this season. He'll face an Oakland team that has lost 4-of-5, and has failed to score a run in two of those losses. Dan Straily will get the call for Oakland, and he's coming off three straight losses. Straily (6-5, 4.41 ERA) has cooled off considerably since going 3-0 in his previous seven appearances. He allowed five runs on six hits over just 4 2/3 innings in a 5-0 loss to Toronto his last time out. Prior to that he was tagged for five runs on seven hits over 4 1/3 innings in an 8-3 loss to the Angels. It won't get any easier for Straily in Cincy today, and another rough outing is likely for the 24 year old.
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Bruce Marshall
Miami Marlins at Pittsburgh Pirates
Pick: Miami Marlins
Not many teams have been able to match the Pirates' pitching staff and their MLB-best 3.07 ERA this season, but since the All-Star break, the Marlins are more than keeping pace, posting a 2.51 ERA vs. the Bucs' 3.10. And the last time Miami's Henderson Alvarez faced Pittsburgh's Jeff Locke, it was advantage Marlins in a 2-0 win on July 26. In fact, Alvarez has pitched splendidly over his last three starts, reflected in his microscopic 0.69 ERA that span. As for Locke, though a revelation this season for Clint Hurdle's Pirates, note that he is off one of his worst starts, allowing four runs in just four IP last Wednesday vs. the Cardinals. Acknowledge Miami's offensive shortcomings, but the recent form of Alvarez gives the Fish a fighting chance at the big price tonight at PNC Park.
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Will Rogers
Baltimore vs. San Diego
Pick: Baltimore
Baltimore needs to start winning some games. They are currently third in the race for the final Wild Card spot in the American League, trailing both Texas and Cleveland. The Orioles start up a three-game series tonight in San Diego and will have their new acquisition, Bud Norris, on the mound.
Here are my keys to the game:
1. Norris - Going back to his first start as an Oriole, Norris couldn't have asked for a pair of better opponents to start his Baltimore tenure. He got to face his old team, Houston, in his debut for his new club last Thursday and not surprisingly was effective, throwing six strong innings while allowing just two runs. Now he gets to face a San Diego team that he's been effective against in the past, going back to when the Astros were a member of the National League. Norris is 2-1 with a 3.13 ERA in four career starts vs. the Padres, shutting them out twice.
2. No Cabrera - While Alex Rodriguez obviously grabbed the majority of the headlines with the Biogenisis scandal suspensions, San Diego also lost its best player, Everth Cabrera for the next 50 games. Cabrera is a .283 hitter and leads them in runs scored. He also ranks second in the National League with 37 steals. Not surprisingly, the Padres are only 5-12 without him in the lineup this season.
3. X-Factor - Padres starter Edinson Volquez averages 4.3 walks per nine innings, which ranks among the worst averages in baseball. He issued five free passes in 6 1/3 innings his last start.
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Bryan Power
Toronto vs. Seattle
Pick: Seattle
Once upon a time, Felix Hernandez vs. Josh Johnson would be a dream pitching matchup. But only King Felix has been holding up his end of the bargain in 2013 and as a result, I have no problem laying the juice with Seattle tonight at home. Toronto won last night's series opener 3-1, but I can't see them winning again. Johnson has lost six straight starts and has a 0-7 TSR his last seven trips to the mound. Over his last three starts, his ERA is a beyond atrocious 16.20. He has allowed seven runs in three of his previous four outings. Last time out, he gave up seven runs on 10 hits in a 8-2 loss at the Angels. His road ERA for the season is 9.00 (1.853 WHIP). Compare those numbers to those of Hernandez, who checks in w/ a 0.82 ERA and 0.818 WHIP his last three starts. Though his team start record is (somehow) only 1-2 during that span, King Felix has not lost a decision since May 25th, going 6-0 in 12 starts. He is the ERA leader in the American League and hasn't allowed more than two earned runs in any of his last seven starts. Clearly, the pitching matchup is decidedly in the Mariners favor tonight.
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Sean Murphy
Dodgers vs. Cardinals
Pick: Cardinals
This may not appear to be an ideal spot to fade one of the hottest teams in baseball, as the Dodgers send their ace, Clayton Kershaw, to the hill. However, a deeper look indicates that the price is more than fair to support the underdog Cardinals on Tuesday night.
L.A. took the opener of this series in somewhat surprise fashion as Zack Greinke outdueled Adam Wainwright in a 3-2 victory.
Let's not lose sight of the fact that the Cardinals are still a terrific home team at 32-18 this season. While they were slumping last week, that's not the case now, as they've gone 3-2 over their last five games, plating a whopping 41 runs in those three victories.
As I mentioned, L.A. will hand the ball to Clayton Kershaw on Tuesday. He was the pitcher of the month in July, and for good reason. However, he's by no means invincible, as the Dodgers have gone just a modest 13-10 in his 23 starts so far this season. That includes a loss to the same Cardinals he'll face tonight, suffered back in late May in L.A. In fact, the Cards are 2-0 in their last two games against Kershaw, roughing him up for 14 hits and 12 earned runs in 12 2/3 innings.
Joe Kelly will counter for St. Louis. He's been pitching very well lately, but he's been doing it well beneath most bettors' radar. Since joining the rotation a week-and-a-half ago, he's made two starts, tossing 12 1/3 shutout innings of 10-hit ball. The Dodgers did get the better of Kelly in his two starts against them last year, but it's not as if they crushed the right-hander, scoring only five earned runs in 11 innings.
While the Cardinals continue to soldier on without one of their best players, Yadier Molina, the Dodgers are also playing without a key cog in Hanley Ramirez, who is expected to miss his second straight game on Tuesday due to a shoulder injury. I feel these are two very evenly matched clubs, and while Clayton Kershaw offers the Cardinals a daunting task, I believe they'll be up for the challenge.
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Chicago +106 over PHILADELPHIA
The Phillies have dropped five in a row and 14 of their past 15 games. Philadelphia's lone win over that span came against Barry Zito. They've had a difficult schedule over that stretch (Atlanta, San Fran, Detroit, St. Louis and the Mets) but 14 losses in 15 games takes a negative toll. The Phillies were in striking distance before the All-Star break but have fallen 17 games back of first place Atlanta after being swept by the Braves this past weekend. Team morale can't be high coming into this series. Kyle Kendrick was having a fine year but his recent struggles should not be ignored. Over his last five starts covering 26 frames, Kendrick has just 12 K's against seven walks. He also has an alarming 30% line-drive rate over that span along with a 7.36 xERA. Kendrick's skills lack the wow factor. His hot streak earlier in the year coincided with a favorable 25% hit rate and 81% strand rate. Those rates have since normalized and the result is a thin margin for error. Kendrick may offer up some value as a pooch but as the chalk pitching for a demoralized group, he offers none.
Edwin Jackson delivered in July on the profit potential we forecasted out of him over the last six weeks. Jackson posted a 1.83 ERA and 0.87 WHIP in 34 IP during July. The recipe was elite command and the third-highest groundball rate (60%) in the NL. Jackson has a history of strong finishes. He has an outstanding and almost scary 12% line-drive rate over his past 46 innings. He has walked just six batters over his past 34 frames. Jackson's 4.65 ERA is a complete mirage. Up until late June, Jackson's 38%/61% hit%/strand% split was the perfect storm of bad luck but he has reversed his fortunes and the results are an exceptional hidden skill set. Jackson has a great chance to thrive again here against a Philadelphia squad that is last in the majors with a .212 batting average over its past 15 games.
N.Y. METS +100 over Colorado
The Rockies have just 21 road wins in 56 attempts this season. That is the 4th worst mark in MLB, ahead of only the Marlins, Brewers, Astros and White Sox. Over its past six road games, Colorado has scored 12 runs and overall it has dropped six of its last seven on the road. Tyler Chatwood is 7-4 with an impressive 3.15 ERA and while there are definite improvements in his profile, that include a 1.1 mph increase in his fastball to 93.6 mph, 3.5% jump in his swinging strike rate and an elite groundball rate, there are also warning signs that tell us to beware. First, Chatwood's 3.15 ERA has been greatly aided by an unsustainable 80% strand rate. His 1.39 WHIP is not even at an acceptable level. Batters have hit .279 against him and when you combine everything together, that being a high strand rate, a high BAA and a high WHIP, it does not correlate to a low ERA. Chatwood has struck out four batters or fewer in nine of his past 10 starts and when he faced the Mets back on June 27, he whiffed just two batters in six frames. Let someone else purchase Chatwood's ERA and W/L record while we step in and sell high.
Jenrry Mejia had TJS in May 2011 and battled forearm tendinitis this spring. He was shut down until mid-May and has been on a strengthening program since. Mejia was one of the most impressive starters in any MLB spring camp a few years ago. Mejia was at one time a top prospect, who may finally be ready to break through and provide the Mets will quality results. His raw ability is undeniable, as he has a mid-90s fastball with movement. In two starts back with the Mets, Mejia has 11 K's in 13 innings while issuing just one walk. He also has an elite 63% groundball rate and an xERA of just 2.62. The Rockies offense ranks 27th in MLB on the road and most of these Rockies have never seen him. Four current Rockies have faced Mejia and they are a combined 0-7 in those AB's. There is great profit potential in Mejia's arm and there is no doubt that he and the Mets are wrongly priced here.
Minnesota +168 over KANSAS CITY
James Shields is having another James Shields season. A model of consistency for years, Shields is once again posting relevant numbers that include a 3.08 ERA and 128 K's in 155 innings. However, in 23 starts, Shields' is just 6-7, meaning the Royals struggle to win when he takes the hill. There are also plenty of warning signs in his recent profile that suggest an implosion is forthcoming. Shields' has pitched 205 innings or more in six straight years and he's well on his way to another 200+ innings season. Last year he threw 228 frames and in '12 he pitched 249 innings. Over his last five starts covering 32 frames, Shields has walked 12 and struck out 21. Whenever you see a declining K rate and increasing walk rate it's a sure sign of fatigue. Over that recent five game stretch, Shields' WHIP has sky-rocketed to 1.44 and his xERA over that span was 5.26. James Shields is a huge risk spotting a tag like the one offered here.
If you're a regular reader of this section then you were warned plenty of times about the poor skills of Scott Diamond. We've been suggesting for months that he won't last the year in the Twins rotation and sure enough, that pigeon, as they say, has come home to roost. Scott Diamond is now in the minors where he belongs and that has opened up the door for Andrew Albers. Albers' first professional season was in 2008 with the Padres, where he started just five games before suffering an injury that would lead to Tommy John surgery. As a result, he missed all of 2009. After playing independent ball in 2010, the Twins signed Albers to a minor-league contract and the lefty now gets his chance to crack the Twins rotation. Albers is the prototypical Minnesota control and finesse pitcher. He has put up impressive numbers this year during his first Triple-A season and over his last four starts (28.1 IP) Albers has given up just four earned runs with 25/4 K/BB while throwing a complete game on July 26. He can eat up innings and pitch efficiently deep into games. Albers throws strikes with precision command and induces weak contact and lots of groundball outs. He also gets a surprising number of strikeouts considering the lack of overpowering stuff. His best pitch is an 87-91 mph sinker followed by a decent slider and improving change-up. Albers has to rely on pitch mix and pinpoint control to keep hitters off balance but he has learned to do it very effectively. At age 27, Albers has paid his dues. He has great potential because of his precision control with all of his off-speed stuff. Ask any major-league hitter if they would rather face a guy with a straight 98 MPH fastball or a guy with different speeds to all corners of the plate and you would get the same answer 100% of the time. Albers brings that deception along with pin-point command. At Triple-AAA Rochester this season, Albers struck out 116 batters while walking just 32 over 133 frames. He has a great chance to do well in his debut and at this price, he's worth a wager.
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Yes, I am playing the Cubs again. How scary is that? Well, maybe not so much when we look at the facts. The Cubs have played pretty damn good away from home this year. In fact they're one of 3 teams with more wins on the road than at home. And they have won their last 3 in this situation! The Phillies have lost a Billion Games lately. I think 13 of 14. Kyle Kendrick has been Lit Up like a Christmas Tree just about everytime he goes to the Hill lately. Listen to this. 15 Runs allowed over his last 3 games comprising 13.2 innings. 26 Runs allowed over his last 6 games in 31 Innings. OUCH! Jackson on the other hand had a terrific July and is getting the job done on limited pitches. That's important for this guy who after high pitch count games is not nearly effective. His last 5 games? 94, 94, 93, 91, 96. He should be Ready to go doncha think? The last 10 games Philly is commanding a .185 BA and verses right handed throwers scoring 2.3 RPG. What is up with this team? It must be something bad because I'm playing the Cubs! And oh by the way, we do know about the Philly Fans right? It's just not easy being on this team right now for sure.
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This will be Albers' Major League debut. The 27-year-old Canadian was recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Saturday to replace Scott Diamond in the Twins' rotation. He was 11-5 with a 2.86 ERA in 22 starts at Rochester this year. James Shields is 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA in his last 3 starts. The Royals crushed the Twins, 13-0, in last nights' series opener to push their record to five games above the .500 mark.
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The phenomenon, which happens each summer as the Earth's orbit takes it through debris scattered by the tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle, had been due to reach its peak in the early hours of Thursday.
But skygazers in the south of England were left disappointed as clouds gathered.
''There are different times of the year when you can see meteor showers but August is normally the best time because that's when the skies are clearest,'' said a spokesman for the National Trust, who published a guide to the top sites to witness the event.
''Rural areas and wide open spaces are the best. It's just unfortunate that the southern part of Britain seems to have been shrouded in cloud.''
Matt Dobson, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather arm of the Press Association, said skygazers in northern England and Scotland may have had a clearer view.
''There's a north-south split from North Wales, to Birmingham and then to East Anglia,'' he said.
''South of that there's a lot of cloud around and very little chance of seeing any clear spells. There's a much better chance of seeing it in the north.''
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The group held a ''meteor star party'' that included thousands of guests from all over the world, with live ''tweeting'' images of the Perseids.
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LOST: It bolted out of the gate like a schlocky B movie thriller, but Lost grows more tempting and twisted with every passing week. Overshadowed by Desperate Housewives, Lost nevertheless boasts better writing and a sprawling cast of delicately wrought characters, each with his or her own veiled backstory. The island on which they are all trapped exudes its own supernatural mythology, something that makes sense considering that co-executive producer David Fury is a refugee from the Buffyverse.
'HO FOR HBO: Last December I excoriated HBO for its two half-baked new series, K Street and Carnivàle. Perhaps they just needed to remind themselves what it felt like to release some stinkers, because this year the network returned with two new instant classics: Deadwood, the most scabrous and intelligent western to hit the small screen, and the affable ensemble comedy Entourage, full of witty riffs on Hollywood decadence. That's on top of HBO's usual cornucopia, including more exquisitely subtle narratives from The Wire, another genius run of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and the most devastating season yet of The Sopranos, with its stark termination of Adriana and the ongoing moral corrosion of Carmela.
WONDERFALLS: The one that got away. Only four episodes into its run, Fox canned this sparkling series about a sarcastic underachiever (played to sardonic perfection by Caroline Dhavernas) who works in a Niagara Falls gift shop. One thing sets her apart: The kitschy tourist trinkets speak to her, instructing her to perform random acts of kindness for people she'd rather scorn. Still, we'll finally get a chance to see the full first series when Fox releases it on video early next year.
VERONICA MARS: Although it pales a bit next to the vivid memory of Wonderfalls, Veronica Mars is a sharp teen noir in the making. Veronica's life collapsed when her best friend was murdered and her sheriff dad botched the investigation. Now she plays girl sleuth, worming her way through the social hierarchies of her California high school. Tinged with class resentment and nostalgia for Veronica's lost innocence, this series pulses with promise.
ENGLISH CRUELTY: The Brits really know how to make a viewer squirm. English comedian Julia Davis took the art of excruciating entertainment one step beyond The Office with Nighty Night. Broadcast by a newly emboldened Oxygen, this six-part series let loose a sociopathic hairdresser with a heart of stone who spends her days humiliating her cancer-sufferer husband and torturing her timid neighbors. BBC America's Peep Show (soon to be remade by Fox) is slightly more subtle than Nighty Night but it's just as hilariously disorienting to climb inside the alternately vile and pathetic minds of two oddball roommates who thinkand dounthinkable things.
CHAPELLE'S SHOW: This Comedy Central series claims a spot somewhere between Chris Rock's stand-up act and Ben Stiller's short-lived sketch show. With his roguish grin and self-deprecating manner, Chappelle swoops over racial humor so gently that you may not even realize you've been stung. My fave skit: a draft pick for ethnically ambiguous celebs in which the Jews snag Lenny Kravitz, while the blacks decisively claim Tiger Woodsa mixed blessing, since Tiger gains fried chicken but loses all his endorsements.
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On Tuesday, the California State Senate Government Organization Committee was unable to pass Senator Tony Strickland's bill that would have suspended the salaries of specific state boards and commissioners. According Senator Strickland's office, SB 685 targeted those who sit on certain state boards and commissions approximately one or two times per month, yet make over $100,000 per year.
Strickland says that the bill would have reduced the payment to a $100 per-meeting allowance, similar to other state boards like the Little Hoover Commission and the State Allocation Board. His office had estimated that the bill's passage would have resulted in a savings for the state of $7,177,442 every year.
The bill failed on a 5-5 vote.
"These board members and commissioners make more than two-and-a-half teachers, firefighters, and police officers who show up to work every day. It is irresponsible for our government to be handing out massive paychecks to board members and commissioners while teachers are being laid off and government employees are being furloughed," said Strickland.
California is facing another set of budget shortfalls, which could vary in size depending on whether or not California voters pass a series of propositions in a special election on May 19th
Strickland continued, "It's irresponsible to raise taxes on hard working Californians and to tell them that state spending has already been cut to the bone, when we are handing out $100,000 salaries to boards and commissioners who meet once or twice a month. This should be the first thing on the chopping block."
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Director Ava DuVernay's Selma is a riveting and powerful depiction of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights struggle. This compelling film reveals the scope of King's radical vision, the fierce opposition he faced and the conflicting currents that only this savvy movement politician had to navigate. It should sweep the Academy Awards.
The greatest testament to the film's power is the controversy it has spawned. Defenders of Lyndon Johnson, several prominent historians and even King's longtime ally Andrew Young have objected to its depiction of the president as being at odds rather than a co-conspirator with King.
The debate over the film eerily replays a telling chapter of the primary race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in 2008. In the run-up to the South Carolina presidential primary, in which nearly half the voters would be African American, Clinton—trying to draw a contrast between her experience and Obama's eloquence—argued that "Dr. King's dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964... It took a president to get it done." Naturally, this raised hackles throughout the African American community, leading Clinton to charge that the Obama campaign was "deliberately distorting this."
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The conflicting perspectives reflect very different angles of vision. Dr. King and the courageous citizens who were putting their lives on the line in non-violent demonstrations were demanding action at the federal level. President Johnson and his predecessor John F. Kennedy, however sympathetic, were worried about sustaining a Democratic coalition still anchored by powerful Southern senators. Both felt pressured by the demonstrators. This wasn't a love fest. Attorney General Robert Kennedy authorized J. Edgar Hoover's FBI's wiretaps of King, which continued during Johnson's administration.
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Perhaps, as Justice Scalia told a Swiss university audience earlier this month, it is indeed "very facile" for Americans to declare that "torture is terrible." The justice posited to his listeners a classic ticking-time-bomb scenario—this one involving "a person that you know for sure knows the location of a nuclear bomb that has been planted in Los Angeles and will kill millions of people"—and asked, "You think it's clear that you cannot use extreme measures to get that information out of that person?" Now, I didn't see that episode of 24, but I have read my Bill of Rights, and I'm far more inclined to align myself here with James Madison than with Jack Bauer—or with Antonin Scalia.
Psychopaths, sadists, and Scalia notwithstanding, no one really asks the asinine question, "Is torture terrible?" because it's already been answered. Torture, George Washington told his troops in 1775, brings "shame, disgrace, and ruin" to the country; earlier this month, Sen. John McCain called the CIA's enhanced interrogation tactics "shameful and unnecessary" and decried their employment. The UN expressly banned torture in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and twice underlined the position in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (adopted in 1966) and Convention Against Torture (adopted in 1984). Common Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions (1949) prohibits "violence of life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture," as well as "outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment." Finally, torture is illegal in the United States under federal law.
In our constitution, the Eighth Amendment is brilliant in its brevity: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." (Torture is also implicated in the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments.) Notably, the Bill of Rights omits from its proscriptions countless offenses that a wayward state might commit against humanity, but cruel and unusual punishment is not one of those omissions; along with unlawful search and seizure, torture has been out of bounds since Day One. Still, Justice Scalia has found a chink in the Amendment's protective armor.
Scalia's is a truly frightening piece of rhetoric, an interpretation of the Eighth Amendment so narrow as to render it nearly irrelevant. As Judge Sol Wachtler, Chief Judge on the New York Court of Appeals between 1985 and 1993, wrote in December in response to Justice Scalia's comments, "By saying the torture is not 'punishment' if inflicted for a good reason, Scalia redefines the word torture, a component of which is punishment of the most horrendous sort."
Scalia implies that the emphasis of the Eighth Amendment is on "punishment," not "cruel and unusual." Scalia envisions a simple timeline between crime, apprehension, and punishment, seeming to think that the state can do anything it wants to a prisoner, detainee, enemy combatant, whatever—so long as it does not constitute officially meted-out punishment, which to Scalia means one thing: sentencing. In other words, torturing someone in the service of coercion, interrogation, or investigation is fine, right up to when a court assigns culpability and adjudicates consequences, at which point torture instantly becomes punishment and becomes impermissible.
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This callousness to universal principles of human dignity and to the founding principles of the Republic must be challenged. When government's license to behave inappropriately, immorally, or illegally hinges on the malleable definition of the word "punishment"—and on the technical identification of when conduct is and is not punishment—then we're in trouble. As Judge Wachtler notes, punishment is a component of torture, whether the torturer admits to it or not: when we torture for any reason, we punish. Would Justice Scalia construct constitutionality at a black site by condescending to a water-boarded detainee that he is merely undergoing interrogation and not, in fact, being punished?
It is a travesty that we must countenance a Supreme Court justice who holds such contempt for both domestic and international law—and for human dignity and decency as well. There is no justice in torture, and we cannot tolerate a justice who is for torture.
Read Next: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Obama's new Cuba policy
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President Obama's decision to normalize relations with Cuba is a decision to recognize reality. For fifty years, the United States has pursued a policy that has failed. The embargo hurt the Cuban people it claimed to help and bolstered the regime that it intended to undermine. The effort to isolate Cuba has been increasingly isolating the United States both in the hemisphere and across the world. And as the president concluded, "I do not believe we can keep doing the same thing for over five decades and expect a different result." To believe that would be, as Albert Einstein taught us, the very definition of insanity.
The best evidence that this change was long overdue was provided by the hysterical and incoherent reactions of its opponents. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), a potential presidential contender, embraced the initiative, making an indisputable comment about the embargo: "If the goal is regime change, it sure doesn't seem to be working." Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) replied that Paul "has no idea what he's talking about."
Rubio argued that the United States gets nothing in return for normalization: no free elections in Cuba, no free press, no democratic progress of any sort. But while we don't know what the product of the new opening will be, we do know that the half-century of the embargo hasn't produced free elections or a free press in Cuba either. By making Cuba David against Goliath, the US embargo provides the regime a rationale for its internal crackdowns while elevating its stature across the hemisphere and the developing world. Normalizing relations with Cuba enables the United States to advocate for individual liberty, without being seen as a bully trying to club a small neighbor into submission.
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Katrina vanden Heuvel bid farewell to The Colbert Report along with an eclectic chorus of some of Stephen's favorite guests: Jon Stewart, Randy Newman, Willie Nelson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jeff Daniels, Keith Olbermann, Samantha Power, Katie Couric, Matt Taibbi, Charlie Rose, Big Bird… We wish him all the best!
We'll meet again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day.
Keep smiling through,
Just like you always do,
Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds, far away.
So will you please say hello,
To the folks that I know,
Tell them I won't be long, (i wont be long)
They'll be happy to know that as you saw me go
I was singing this song.
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When a grand jury decided not to indict a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, Brooklyn resident Jon Robinson declined to join the public protests. Two weeks later, when a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict the New York police officer who was filmed choking Eric Garner to death, Robinson marched through the night, though he remained uncertain of what the protests would accomplish. "I've got this rage and hunger for change," he told a reporter. "But I also don't know how you really cause change when you've got a system so broken."
That sense of despair is understandable, given the recent spate of incidents in which black lives have been stolen without any justification or justice. But there are signs that the passion in the streets, which was on display this past weekend as tens of thousands of protesters marched through New York, the District and other cities across the country, could translate into meaningful policy changes. Last week, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to give his office the power to investigate and prosecute cases in which police officers kill unarmed citizens, a possible model for national reform that could help restore the public's trust. As Schneiderman wrote in a letter to the governor, "A common thread in many of these cases is the belief of the victim's family and others that the investigation of the death, and the decision whether to prosecute, have been improperly and unfairly influenced by the close working relationship between the county District Attorney and the police officers he or she works with and depends on every day."
Indeed, we are now seeing a crisis of confidence in our justice system, which has left black communities in particular fearing that police can torment them with impunity. "This type of independent oversight is a critical first step in making sure officers who brutalize or kill Black New Yorkers are held accountable," the civil rights group ColorofChange.org said in a statement praising Schneiderman's request. "The relationship between police and district attorneys is far too close and AG Schneiderman's request would go a long way to avoid the systemic corruption, cronyism, and failed justice that often results when local prosecutors investigate police abuse involving Black victims."
Read the full text of Katrina's column here.
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As I write, New York City is witnessing its fifth day of demonstrations after a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer in the Eric Garner killing. Those demonstrations followed on the protests across the country over the police shootings of Akai Gurley, a 28-year-old father of two who was slain while walking with his girlfriend in Brooklyn, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy shot by a rookie Cleveland police officer while playing with a toy gun, and, most famously, the Ferguson, Missouri, police killing of Michael Brown. Conservatives joined liberals in denouncing the grand jury's outrageous decision in the Garner case. Demonstrations have spread across the country as people of all races have taken up Garner's plea: "I can't breathe."
President Obama met with some of the demonstrators in the White House, where 20-year-old Rasheen Aldridge Jr., director of Young Activists United St Louis, said they made it clear "that we are in crisis." He added, "It is a crisis when a black American can get locked up for traffic fines, but police officers are rarely prosecuted for killing unarmed children." The president, as another attendee later reported, "cautioned us against demanding too big and stressed gradualism. He counseled us that the wheels of progress turn sluggishly." The Justice Department has launched special investigations into the killings of Brown and Garner. The president has announced that he will push for putting cameras on police and has convened a Task Force on 21st Century Policing with instructions to report back in 90 days.
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The deaths of Garner, Brown and others at the hands of police are not the only cause sparking mass protests. The day after the Garner demonstrations started, low-wage workers walked off their jobs in more than 190 cities, demanding a living wage and the right to organize. They, too, chanted, "I can't breathe." Workers from fast food-restaurants such as McDonald's were joined by those from low-wage retail and convenience stores and airline service jobs. In Washington, federal contract workers joined the march, calling on the president to issue procurement regulations that would reward good employers that pay a living wage with benefits and allow workers to organize and bargain collectively.
Read the full text of Katrina's column here.
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In May, HBO comedian John Oliver opened his segment on net neutrality by saying, "The cable companies have figured out the great truth of America: If you want to do something evil, put it inside something boring." He then delivered an incisive thirteen-minute monologue that was anything but boring, drawing more than 7 million views on YouTube. Indeed, as Oliver demonstrated so effectively, while net neutrality may seem like a dull subject, protecting it is essential to not only the future of the Internet but also the future of our democracy.
Net neutrality is, simply put, the fundamental principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. There are very few level playing fields in American life, but in a nation plagued by inequality, the Internet has remained open, free and fair—a powerful equalizing force that has allowed good ideas to flourish whether they came from a corporate board room or a college dorm room. This equality of opportunity is at the core of net neutrality. And it is under relentless attack by major telecommunications companies seeking yet another advantage to tighten their grip on the market.
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This year, for example, Verizon challenged the regulations governing net neutrality in court—and won. In response, the FCC proposed an approach that would allow Internet service providers such as Comcast to charge websites a fee to deliver their content at higher speeds. The new rules would essentially create a two-tiered Internet—a "fast lane" for the rich, and a slow lane for everyone else.
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Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations, recently cautioned Americans against intervention fatigue: "I think there is too much of 'Oh, look, this is what intervention has wrought'…. one has to be careful about overdrawing lessons." Say what? Given the calamities wrought in Iraq, Libya and now Ukraine, one would think that a fundamental rethinking and learning of lessons is long overdue. The United States needs a sober look at the actual costs of supposed good intentions divorced from realism.
Power's comments come as Ukraine marks the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the Maidan Square demonstrations in Kiev, surely an occasion for rethinking and changing course. One year after the United States and Europe celebrated the February coup that ousted the corrupt but constitutionally elected president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, liberal and neoconservative interventionists have much to answer for. Crimea has been annexed by Russia. More than 4,000 people have lost their lives in the civil war in Ukraine, with more than 9,000 wounded and nearly a million displaced. This month, the Kiev government acknowledged the de facto partition of Ukraine by announcing it was ending all funding for government services and social benefits including pensions and freezing all bank accounts in the eastern districts that are in revolt. The Ukrainian economy is near collapse with nowhere near the billions needed to rebuild it at hand. How Kiev or the cut-off eastern regions will provide heating and electricity to their beleaguered people as winter approaches remains to be seen.
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The European Union and the United States have imposed sanctions on Russia, with threats of more to come. Many observers have rightly suggested that we are witnessing the beginnings of a new Cold War. US and NATO forces are being dispatched to buck up the purportedly nervous Baltic nations, now part of NATO's security guarantee. Meanwhile, the sanctions have added to Europe's economic woes. Vladimir Putin's popularity has soared within Russia, even as the nation's economy has suffered. European unity has begun to fray, with several countries worried about the effect of sanctions on their own economies, and officials questioning the sanctions' effectiveness.
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There isn't much room for optimism among progressives these days. The president's avenues to legislative achievement in his final two years are narrow and seem mostly to lead to the right — toward a corporate tax reform in one instance, and a NAFTA-style trade deal with the Asia-Pacific region in another.
But in these dark days, there is, as we are already witnessing, reason for hope — in the form of a landmark climate change deal with China last week and an expected executive action on deportations very soon. And today, increasingly, there are signs that the United States could make greater strides on criminal justice reform than at any time in a generation or more.
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From a moral standpoint, the need to reform the justice system is clear. During the past four decades, the U.S. prison population has quadrupled even as the crime rate has dropped. We have some 2.4 million people behind bars, far more than any other country, costing about $80 billion a year to maintain. Worse yet, as result of racial disparities in sentencing, more than half of U.S. prisoners are minorities. These staggering statistics stem from the failure of the "war on drugs," the true impact of which can only be measured in destroyed lives and devastated communities, especially among the most marginalized segments of society.
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Is corporate CEO pay really out of control? Well, consider Fleecing Uncle Sam, a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies and the Center for Effective Government. Of the 100 highest-paid CEOs in the US, the study finds, twenty-nine of them received more compensation than their companies paid in federal income tax.
Take American Airlines, for example. CEO W. Douglas Parker took home $17.7 million in total compensation in 2013, while his company received a $22 million tax refund. It makes you wonder. After all, American didn't have a lot of income on which to pay taxes—the company's pre-tax income in 2013 was negative $2 billion—so is AA sending us a message that tax avoidance, and not air transport, is their real business? Parker certainly piloted his company to be more success at the former than he did the latter.
Scott Klinger, Director of Revenue and Spending Policies at the Center for Effective Government, co-authored of the report. "Our corporate tax system is so broken," he says, "that large, profitable firms can get away without paying their fair share and instead funnel massive funds into the pockets of top executives."
But the heavyweight champion of corporate tax refunds is JPMorgan Chase, which earned more than $17 billion in 2013 in pre-tax income. Their tax "payment" took the form of a $1.3 billion refund. How did this happen? How can this all be above-board tax avoidance, not unlawful tax evasion? When it comes to avoiding taxes, American corporations have a veritable salad bar of helpful (and legal) techniques, including inversions and tax havens. But perhaps most galling are "extenders," subsidies and tax-breaks handed to them by Congress. Every year or two, with little or no debate, Congress votes to extend fifty-five of these tax breaks, with 80 percent of them benefitting corporations.
"Rather than handing out more perks through the 'tax extenders,' Congress should focus on cracking down on tax havens, eliminating wasteful corporate subsidies, and closing loopholes that encourage excessive CEO pay," says Sarah Anderson, IPS Global Economy director and another report co-author.
And then there's Boeing. CEO W. James McNerney Jr. took home $23.3 million last year—well deserved, if the standard was wrapping Uncle Sam around his finger. Boeing received a tax refund of $82 million in 2013, while at the same time winning $20 billion in government contracts. Between 2008 and 2012, the company received $603 million in research-and-development subsidies. This largesse is outrageous, perhaps only ending when Boeing and its corporate brethren pay so little in taxes that Uncle Sam doesn't have enough cash to allot their customary refunds, subsidies, and contracts.
When the federal government pays, we all pay. This is, of course, a government of the people, and these are our elected officials; when Congress engages in such epic bootlicking, we all get stuck with the bad taste in our mouth.
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We're also stuck with the opportunity costs. The study reports that if seven giant corporations—Boeing, Chevron, Citigroup, Ford, General Motors, JPMorgan Chase and Verizon—had paid the statutory corporate tax rate of 35 percent, they would have owed $25.9 billion. Instead, the seven companies received a combined $1.9 billion in tax refunds, a difference of $27.8 billion. What might have been? What could we do with that lost tax income? How about running the VA for two entire months, the study asks. Or resurfacing 22,240 miles of four-lane roads. Or Universal pre-K for every four-year-old in the country. Three hundred and seventy-seven thousand more public school teachers. The list goes on and on.
Congress can fix this. A handful reform bills have been introduced, including Sen. Carl Levin's (D-MI) Cut Unjustified Tax (CUT) Loopholes Act, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Jan Schakowsky's Corporate Tax Fairness Act, as well as several bills to stop corporate inversions. As the report says, "The American people increasingly understand that what's good for General Motors and its CEO is not necessarily best for them." We need to convince Congress that it's not best for them either.
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• understanding and taking advantage of emerging opportunities associated with climate variability and change.
The research on decision support should have five substantive foci:
• understanding information needs;
• characterizing and understanding climate risk and uncertainty;
• understanding and improving processes related to decision support; including decision support processes and networks and methods for structuring decisions;
• developing and disseminating decision support products; and
• assessing decision support "experiments".
In contrast, operational-level decision support should be the responsibility of boundary organizations throughout the public and private sectors that serve constituencies affected by global change. These services should be provided by the organizations best positioned for the role. These sometimes lie within the USGCRP. For example, NOAA could appropriately provide climate-related decision support to its constituencies in the coastal management community, USDA to farmers and foresters, and DOI to managers of public lands. In many cases, however, the most appropriate service providers are not part of the USGCRP. The general principle is that decision support should come from scientifically informed organizations that are easily linked to target audiences.
The USGCRP should provide mechanisms to link research to the appropriate boundary organizations. Box 6 suggests some criteria that the USGCRP could use in working with boundary organizations, to identify the contexts in which decision support efforts will be most feasible and effective.
Criteria for Assessing the Value of Decision Support
Goal 2 of the Strategic Plan indicates that USGCRP will have responsibility for guiding its member agencies to produce scientific knowledge that is credible, while working with users of that knowledge to assure that it is also salient and legitimate. What makes knowledge salient in a decision making context is that it be relevant and timely. Such salience is often in tension with scientific credibility, earned by careful testing, peer review, and publication in the open literature. The challenge is to reconcile these tensions in a way that honors the values of both users and researchers. We present below some examples of factors that the USGCRP should consider in managing the difficult balancing act of setting priorities for decision support. These lists are drawn from other contexts (e.g., global assessment processes, foundation grant-making processes) that are not entirely analogous to the USGCRP, but nonetheless seem quite relevant (Packard Foundation, 2010; Clark et al, 2006, 2010).
Whether a decision situation is ripe:
• Are there openings for rethinking, in which decision makers are seeking new information?


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"Give (Saints coach) Mike Haupt talent, and he'll win," Nichols said. "And Mike has two really talented players (Brynton Lemar and Trey Kell).
"Throw in Cathedral Catholic and Mission Hills, and I think San Diego County is really up this season.
"There are maybe seven or eight Division I scholarship players. That's huge."
San Diego's top players include N'diaye, who has committed to Oregon State, and Rooks, who has committed to Cal.
La Costa Canyon's Jeff Van Dyke has committed to Pepperdine. Lemar has committed to UC Davis.
"San Diego has two 7-footers who are committed to Pac-12 schools and a 6-foot-10 junior (Evan Fitzner of Francis Parker), who is really, really good," Torrey Pines coach John Olive said. "Fitzner will be very heavily recruited because he's a big man who can shoot, run the floor and slash to the basket.
"And the underclassmen in the county are very good."
Two freshmen — Brandon Cyrus of Torrey Pines and TJ Leaf of Foothills Christian — caught Burlison's eye.
"Cyrus is very good, and with coaching will get better," Burlison said.
"Leaf (a 6-8 freshman) is so skilled. And he plays better against the better players. He stands out. He's an exceptional rebounder, jumps well and moves like a guard."
Burlison called Lemar "one of the best pure point guards on the West Coast."
But can San Diego hold its own against the state powers at playoff time?
"I don't think so, but you don't necessarily measure the strength of a section by the playoffs," Burlison said. "San Diego has some great wins in the tournament season, has some really, really good players — players who are worth going to see play.
"Overall, I think the San Diego Section is up. It has more good teams than ever but just doesn't have that one or two really great teams."
SoCal showcase
What: San Diego vs. Los Angeles Hoops Challenge, featuring seven boys basketball teams ranked in the San Diego Section Top 10.
When: Saturday.
Where: Lincoln High.
No. 10 Torrey Pines (9-4) vs. Compton Centennial (7-7), 11:30 a.m.
No. 6 El Camino (12-2) vs. Oaks Christian (7-8), 1 p.m.
No. 4 Army-Navy (12-3) vs. Long Beach Jordan (8-12), 2:30 p.m.
No. 7 Mission Hills (13-2) vs. Los Angeles Price (15-3), 4 p.m.
No. 3 St. Augustine (8-2) vs. Woodland Hills Taft (7-7), 5:30 p.m.
No. 8 Lincoln (6-5) vs. Woodland Hills El Camino Real (13-2), 7 p.m.
No. 2 Hoover (14-3) vs. Compton (9-5), 8:30 p.m.
Tournament season headlines
San Diego's top teams have made some noise against teams outside the county:
• Top-ranked Cathedral Catholic (13-2) beat Tesoro (14-3) and Pasadena (9-4). Cathedral's losses are to Santa Maria St. Joseph (11-4) and Etiwanda (10-2, ranked No. 7 in the state). The Dons are No. 18.
• No. 2 Hoover (14-3) has beaten Burbank (9-6), Lexington (10-6, No. 14 in South Carolina), Canyon Country Canyon (10-6) and Arizona teams Gilbert (11-5, No. 5 in the state), Desert Vista (9-8) and Red Mountain (13-6, No. 18 in Arizona).


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