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I'm not saying that America is universally beloved around the world. Heck, America isn't universally beloved even in America. There are leftists here, there and everywhere, who despise our nation. They think we're gun-happy. And, frankly, I am happy about the guns. The fact that we had them and were willing to use them, brought down Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and, God willing, will do the same to Islamic fascism.
The fact of the matter is that when Democrats absolutely gloat about all the countries that are anti-American, the ones that come immediately to my mind are such bastions of freedom and liberty as China, Syria, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, Yemen and the Sudan. Sometimes, I would suggest, you can better judge a nation by its enemies than by its friends. But it appears that Obama, Biden and a host of other left-wingers, are kept up nights by the knowledge that Yemen doesn't like us.
What keeps me up nights is that Barack Obama, who's convinced he could iron out our differences with despots and Islamic butchers if he could just sit down with them and flash his pearly whites, might wind up in the Oval Office. This is a guy, after all, who not only thinks we have 57 states, but that John Kennedy brought about a successful conclusion to the Cuban missile crisis by hashing things out over a cup of tea with Nikita Khrushchev.
What appeasers fail to understand is that once you sit down as equals with those who wish to slice your throat, your head is already halfway off your neck.
If I had the opportunity to chat with Barack Obama, I'd tell him a story about me and my cousin Rodney. When I was a kid, I used to dread family get-togethers because I knew that if Rodney showed up, I would be in for an afternoon of non-stop Indian burns, noogies and being wrestled into submission. My entire miserable day would be spent saying "Uncle!" to my cousin.
One day, even though Rodney was bigger and stronger than I was, I decided that enough was enough. The moment he started in, I punched him right in the nose. Even I was shocked when it started to bleed, but I must confess I was pretty happy when the tears welled up in Rodney's eyes and he ran off to tell his parents.
Is it just possible that Barack Obama has never had to learn how to deal with a real life bully? If that's the case, I sure don't want him getting on-the-job training at America's expense.
Just as a side note, Rodney never again tried to pick on me. In fact, the next time I saw him was when his parents, as a peace offering, I suppose, invited me to join the three of them for a game of miniature golf. On that occasion, I made my cousin bleed again when I whacked him in the skull with my golf club. But I swear that was an accident, and I felt awful about it. Still, just in case Rodney had been harboring any thoughts of revenge, I'm pretty sure I knocked them clear out of his head.


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Joint Task Force-Bravo helps provide 1,400 Hondurans with medical care
August 25, 2014
By Capt. Steven Stubbs, Joint Task Force-Bravo Public Affairs
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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras (Aug. 22, 2014) -- Joint Task Force-Bravo helped provide medical care to more than 1,400 Hondurans and performed 11 surgeries during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise and Mobile Surgical Team engagement, Aug. 11-15.
The expeditionary Medical Readiness Training Exercise, known as an MEDRETE, team convoyed to the communities of San Juan del Sitio and Correderos, while the Mobile Surgical Team, or MST, group convoyed to the Santa Barbara Hospital to perform the surgeries.
"The communities of San Juan del Sitio and Correderos are greatly under-served medically," said Maj. Daniel Gardner, mission commander and pharmacist with the JTF-Bravo Medical Element. "Some residents received timely and effective treatment for acute conditions that potentially could have produced long-term problems. Examples include antibiotics for acute infections, respiratory treatments, and dental extractions."
The JTF-Bravo team, the Honduran Ministry of Health and the Honduran military worked together to provide preventative medical information, anti-parasitic treatment, much-needed dental services, and a range of primary care services, including treating and controlling a head lice outbreak in San Juan del Sitio.
An unusual case presented to the MEDRETE team required the removal of a bullet located in a man's chest, which had been there for two years.
"The bullet was left over from an incident in 2012, and had worked its way up just under the skin," Gardner said. "The procedure was straightforward and performed under field conditions by a physician assistant and medic."
U.S. Army and Honduran surgeons performed open cholecystectomy, hernia and appendectomy surgeries to include an emergency appendectomy. The operations provided to the under-serviced and impoverished community didn't cost them anything, while the surgical team also helped shrink the surgery waiting list, provided materials necessary to perform some procedures and helped local medical professionals repair medical facilities and equipment.
"These surgeries were provided to the patients at no cost, which helped those who did not have the money to pay," said Maj. Karen Santiago, MST mission commander and medical element chief nurse. "The Santa Barbara Hospital had a 50-patient backlog that was reduced to 39, and they could not perform the hernia surgeries because they didn't have any (surgical) mesh, so we provided it."
Both medical teams commended the Honduran Ministry of Health and military personnel for a job well done, even in the toughest of conditions.
"I was impressed by the high quality performance and professionalism of Joint Task Force-Bravo, Honduran Ministry of Health, and military personnel," added Gardner. "But I was also awed by the profound lack of healthcare resources available in these remote communities, and the ability of the Ministry of Health personnel to stretch those limited resources."
Joint Task Force-Bravo has been conducting medical readiness training exercises since October 1993. They have treated more than 349,000 medical patients, 69,000 dental patients and 14,400 surgical patients throughout Central America.

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2 thoughts on "Metrohouse – $599k – South Austin"
Ben, you must be privy to inside information. The "Listing Info" link jumps you to the MetroHouse site where, as has been the case for years now, no pricing is provided. Which address is in the image, and is the property in MLS?


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Check out all the details on 2015 MTV Movie Awards host Amy Schumer, the jokes she has lined up and her top 10 best Instagram photos.
Check out all the details on how to watch the 2015 MTV Movie Awards online via live stream and the network's app.
What time are the 2015 MTV Movie Awards and where can you vote?
The most awesome moments from the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
Ellie Goulding always gives a great performance. Check out her best pics from the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
Did Vin Diesel and the late Paul Walker win the award for "Best On-Screen Duo" at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards?
Rihanna and Eminem gave an awesome performance at the MTV Movie Awards and we've got all the photos to prove it.
Ellie Goulding and Zedd paid tribute to the movie "Divergent" in a wonderful performance at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
Check out the never-before-seen clip from "X-Men: Days of Future Past" that was shown at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards tonight.
Mark Wahlberg received the Generation Award at tonight's 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
Zac pretended to be embarrassed but then owned up to his killer abs. Nice tan, Zac.
The MTV Movie Awards took time out to pay homage to the late Paul Walker, with "Fast & Furious" co-star Jordana Brewster introducing the tribute.
Twenty One Pilots gave a scary, yet fantastic MTV Movie Awards performance tonight. Check out all the ski masks in the photos from their set.
Eminem and Rihanna performed their hit single "The Monster" for the first time tonight at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
Channing Tatum was this year's recipient of the Trailblazer Award at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.


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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Isis Pharmaceuticals created Regulus Therapeutics, a joint venture focused on miRNA therapeutics. Regulus will combine related technologies, know-how, and intellectual property (IP) from both companies.
"The emerging biology of microRNAs points to a completely new understanding of cellular mechanisms for regulation of gene expression," said David Baltimore, Ph.D., of California Institute of Technology, Nobel laureate, who will be the chair of the new company's scientific advisory board. "I believe that microRNAs represent previously unexplored disease targets where pharmacological approaches could lead to the emergence of novel therapies for many human disorders."
Both Isis and Alnylam will grant Regulus exclusive licenses to their IP for miRNA therapeutic applications as well as certain early fundamental patents in the miRNA field. Alnylam will make an initial investment of $10 million to balance venture ownership. Thereafter, Isis and Alnylam will share funding.
"We are excited to embark on this venture, which represents an opportunity to invest in a focused expansion of our ongoing microRNA research efforts through Regulus' application of our antisense technology platform to create microRNA therapeutics," comments Stanley Crooke, M.D., Ph.D., chairman and CEO of Isis.
Regulus will be operated as an independent company with its own board of directors and management team. Alnylam and Isis retain rights to develop and commercialize miRNA therapeutic products that Regulus decides not to develop itself or with a partner.
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Too many times these days, mentions of youth sports in the news are accompanied by details of disgusting sexual perversion, parental misconduct, or other heinous issues often stemming from the imbalance of authority between adult and child, coach and player. Whatever happened to the halcyon days of yore, when kids were innocent, fun-loving scamps playing carefree games on glorious American summer evenings?
(Lovable scamps … or dangerous insurgents?)
Recently, though, our nation's youth baseball players started to fight back*. Fed up with getting liquored up and felt up by their coaches, the kids are rising up against the oppression and exploitation of their adult masters. Don't believe us? Check out this first documented example of the youth athlete revolution, dangerously smuggled to the Twitters via the heroic 'Duk of BIG LEAGUE STEW.
It started innocently enough - a coach-pitch baseball game on a warm spring evening. We don't know where, or when exactly. It does not matter. There was no indication that things would go horrifically wrong. But then, in the blink of an eye, it happened:
REVENGE! With one swing of the bat, the children's revolution began in earnest. Only days ago, we tried to warn the nation of the weaponry potential of "bats on steroids," but at least one unfortunate coach didn't listen. Where will you go when the angry rugrats of America come for you?
*We may be overreacting here - sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes a line drive's just a line drive. In the interests of public safety, we prefer to err on the side of caution; beware the rampaging Little League revolution!


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Sox Seek Sweep After Late-Inning Magic Sinks Mariners
Sunday, August 23, 2015
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Today's News
This Afternoon's Game
White Sox vs. Mariners at Safeco Field, Seattle (3:10 p.m. CT, CSN) as the Sox go for the three-game sweep in the finale of the seven-game road trip. Probable Starters: LHP John Danks (6-10, 4.61) for the Sox, RHP Taijuan Walker (8-7, 4.60) for the M's.
Last Night's Highlights
A two-run rally in the ninth tied the score at 3-3 and a three-run surge put the game out of reach in the 10th as the White Sox won their third game in a row, 6-3, with the chance to sweep the Mariners this afternoon and finish the seven-game road trip with a winning record.
The Sox entered the ninth down 3-1. Avi Garcia singled, J.B. Shuck, pinch-hitting for Trayce Thompson, walked. Alexei Ramirez singled, scoring Garcia with Shuck moving to second. Carlos Sanchez's sac bunt moved Shuck to third and Ramirez to second and Shuck scored the tying run as pinch-hitter Adam LaRoche grounded out.
Sox reliever Nate Jones escaped danger in the bottom of the ninth after walking the leadoff batter. But after a sac bunt, he struck out No. 2 hitter Kyle Seager and major-league home run leader Nelson Cruz to end the inning with the potential winning run at second.
In the 10th, the Sox scored their three runs on a walk, passed ball and forceout after a Tyler Saladino walk, Jose Abreu double and an intentional walk to Melky Cabrera loaded the bases with no outs.
Rookie Trayce Thompson (pictured above) cranked his second homer in the second inning to give the White Sox an early 1-0 lead (clink on link below) and he also singled, raising his batting average to .474. Carlos Rodon followed his first career complete game last Monday with another quality start–allowing three runs, six hits along with eight strikeouts in seven innings–after shutting out the Mariners for the first five frames.
Jones earned his first win of the season and closer David Robertson set down the Mariners 1-2-3 in the 10th for his 25th save. The Sox are now 11-3 in extra-inning games.
Quote of the Day
Carlos Sanchez (pictured above) on his significant improvement at the plate, which has included a career-high four RBI on Friday night and a 10th-inning RBI, a perfectly executed ninth-inning sacrifice bunt and his 20th double last night.
"It's all about confidence. If you work hard every day, you can see the results sooner or later. My goal every day is it doesn't matter if I go 0-4 because the next day I know I can do somethng good not just for me but for the team."
A Dominican No-No for a Trio of White Sox Pitchers
Tomorrow's Schedule
White Sox vs. Red Sox at U.S. Cellular Field (7:10 p.m. CT, CSN) in the opener of a three-game series and seven-game homestand that continues with four against the Mariners. Probable Starters: RHP Jeff Samardzija (8-9, 4.64) for the Sox, RHP Joe Kelly (6-6, 5.37) for Boston.
"Sox Serve Week" Also Begins Tomorrow
Photo of the Day
Thompson and Sanchez, major contributors to last night's win, are shown here before the game with Seattle mascot Mariner Moose in a rather unconventional pre-game activity.
Sox Victory By The Numbers: Sale 14 Ks, Offense 11 Runs, 16 Hits
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Today's News
Tonight's Game
White Sox vs. Mariners at Safeco Field, Seattle (8:10 CT, WGN) in the middle game of the three-game series. Probable Starters: LHP Carlos Rodon (5-5, 4.42) for the Sox, LHP Vidal Nuno (0-1, 3.67) for the M's.
Rodon makes his 21st appearance and 18th start of the season. He is 1-1 with a 1.20 ERA over his last two starts. He recorded his first career complete game in his last start on August 17 at the Angels, allowing two runs on five hits over a career-high eight innings in a losing effort. He won his previous start on August 11 at home vs. the Angels, allowing four hits with a career-high 11 strikeouts over seven scoreless innings. The 11 strikeouts were the most by a Sox rookie since Jason Bere fanned 12 in 1993 vs. the Angels.
Last Night's Highlights
Chris Sale got the best of King Felix Hernandez and took over the major-league lead in strikeouts while the offense exploded for 11 runs and 16 hits as the White Sox won their second in a row on their West Coast trip with an 11-4 victory over the Mariners.
Sale, who had a one-hitter through six, notched his 12th win of the season–allowing just three runs on four hits with a whopping 14 strikeouts in seven innings. It gives him 222, the most in baseball. It was the 30th time in his career (109 starts) that he struck out 10 or more and the 18th game where he fanned 12-plus, both franchise records. In his last two starts (14 innings) Sale has struck out 29 batters, having fanned 15 Cubs the start prior.
Every Sox starting position player recorded at least one base hit. Leading the hit parade were Tyler Saladino with three and Adam Eaton, Avi Garcia, Alexei Ramirez, Carlos Sanchez and Tyler Flowers with two each. Sanchez collected a career-high four RBI, Flowers three, Saladino two and Eaton and Jose Abreu one apiece. Jose has now driven in 27 runs in 29 games.
Here's Sale's brilliant performance and Sanchez's two-out, two-run double off of King Felix in the sixth:
Quote of the Day
@CSNHayes on last night's game: "The White Sox had six two-out hits, all from the sixth inning on with five accounting for runs."
Sox Note of Note
Daniel Webb (back) began his rehab assignment last night at Class AAA Charlotte and earned the win with a perfect inning in the Knights' 7-2 victory over Indianapolis.
Tomorrow's Schedule
White Sox vs. Mariners at Safeco Field (3:10 p.m. CT, CSN) in the finale of the three-game series and seven-game road trip. Probable Starters: LHP John Danks (6-10, 4.61) for the Sox, RHP Taijuan Walker (8-7, 4.60) for Seattle.
2005 Flashback
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Sox' championship season…
In Game 121 on August 2 at U.S. Cellular Field, the first-place White Sox slammed four home runs off of future Hall-of-Famer Randy Johnson in a six-run fourth inning to defeat the Yankees, 6-2, and halt a seven-game losing streak. Tadahito Iguchi (No. 12), Aaron Rowand (11) and Paul Konerko (32) all belted solo homers and Chris Widger (4) launched a three-run shot. Jose Contreras earned his eighth victory as the Sox won their 75th game of the season.
Photo of the Day
The Sox offense is "picking up," scoring 19 runs in the last two days with wins over the Angels and Mariners.
Sox Unleash "Swing and Miss" Chris vs. Mariners and King Felix
Friday, August 21, 2015
Today's News
Tonight's Game
White Sox vs. Mariners at Safeco Field, Seattle (9:10 p.m. CT, CSN) in the opener of a three-game series. Probable Starters: LHP Chris Sale (11-7, 3.32) for the Sox, RHP Felix Hernandez (14-7, 3.65) for the M's.
Sale will be making his 24th start of the season, 12th on the road and first vs. Seattle. He is 3-0 with a 2.41 ERA and 40 strikeouts in six career games (four starts) vs the Mariners with two complete games.
Chris is 2-0 with a 1.26 ERA over his last two starts. He struck out 15 batters last Sunday vs. the Cubs for the second time in his career, joining Hall-of-Famer Ed Walsh (twice) as the only Sox hurlers and Jake Peavy and Max Scherzer as the only active pitchers to accomplish the feat.
Sale is on pace to record a franchise-record 286 strikeouts, which would be the most in the major leagues since 2002 when Arizona's Randy Johnson (334) and Curt Schilling (316) both eclipsed 300. Chris' average of 11.90 strikeouts per nine innings would be the highest in club history.
The Sox' four-time All-Star, who leads the American League and ranks second in the major leagues with 208 strikeouts, has joined Walsh (1910-12) as the only pitchers in White Sox history to fan 200-plus in three consecutive seasons. And he is attempting to join Walsh (1908, 1911) as the only Sox pitchers to lead the majors in strikeouts.
Sale recorded 10-plus strikeouts in eight straight starts from May 23-June 30, tying Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez for the longest streak in baseball history.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Sale became the fifth left-hander in big-league history to record at least five strikeouts with one or no hits allowed, joining Johnson (four), Clayton Kershaw, Jon Lester and Warren Spahn (one each).
In his career, Sale has struck out 10 or more batters 28 times in 108 starts (25.9 percent) and 12 or more 17 times, both franchise records. His 17 games with 12-plus strikeouts all have come since 2012, nine more than any other pitcher during that span.
Last Night's Highlights
Jose Abreu's two-run double capped a five-run fifth inning, Adam LaRoche belted a two-run homer and Jose Quintana delivered another quality start as the White Sox left Anaheim on a high note with an 8-2 victory over the Angels…Abreu, who drove in three runs on the night, has 26 RBI in his last 28 games…LaRoche's home run was his 11th of the season and and he added a single to go 2-4…Q tossed six innings, allowing just two runs for his seventh win, and Nate Jones, Jake Petricka and Dan Jennings each pitched a scoreless, hitless inning of relief…Adam Eaton and Tyler Saladino each had two-hit games with an RBI and Carlos Sanchez singled in a run in the big fifth…Geovany Soto collected a single and a double.
Enjoy the Sox' five-run fifth, LaRoche's homer and Q's strong performance:
Shark Bite
Jeff Samardzija righted his own personal ship on Wednesday night despite the Sox' 1-0 loss to the Angels. Shark allowed just one run in seven innings of work and recorded seven strikeouts. What was the difference from his previous couple of outings? Jeff explains via Scott Merkin of whitesox.com.
"I had my splitter (on Wednesday night) which has been the biggest issue for me in the past. The last two games, it has been there for me…For me, it's about calming down and working my way through situations instead of pressing and trying to do too much. It usually means your front side flies open and the ball stays over the plate. I thought that was the biggest difference. I stayed under control and kept pitches down in the zone. I feel like my stuff has been exactly the same."
Quotes of the Day
Get to know the White Sox' 2015 No. 1 draft pick Carson Fulmer (pictured above with Hall-of-Famer Jim Palmer), who is now pitching for the Class A Winston-Salem Dash. Carson participated in a Q&A yesterday with Dash fans on Twitter. Here are some of his answers:
Q: Do you prefer striking out a batter looking or swinging?
A: "Looking. You threw something that he wasn't looking for, which is the ultimate feeling."
Q: What emotions ran through your mind when you were assigned to pitch in your first professional game with the White Sox?
A: "I've been waiting my whole life to play professional baseball. I'm just glad to have the opportunity."
Q: What is your favorite baseball memory?
A: "Being part of Vanderbilt's first national championship."
Q: What was your favorite team growing up?
A: "I really didn't have one. I just loved baseball. My favorite player was Nolan Ryan."
Q: If you were a pancake in a stack of pancakes which would you be and why?
A: "The very bottom one because, regardless of what happens, I will be the most supportive pancake in the stack."
Q: Do you enjoy playing with the Dash? What has the experience been like?
A: "Of course. They emphasize "team" here, which is a big part of what I stand for."
Q: What's the biggest difference in the atmospheres of college ball and minor league ball?
A: "Getting mentally and physically prepared. Instead of four games a week, it's seven. But I'm enjoying every second of it."
A Very Special "Throwback Thursday"
The White Sox will honor a special era in team history by wearing the collared, blue and white V-neck jerseys first worn during the 1976 season when the team takes on the Mariners at 7:10 p.m. CT on Thursday, August 27 at U.S. Cellular Field. (original uniform specs above courtesy of @toddradom).
The '76 Sox introduced one of baseball's most innovative team looks–pull-over jerseys worn pajama style outside the trousers with accompanying navy shorts. It was the first and only time a baseball team has worn shorts in a major-league game. While the team will not sport the shorts on "Throwback Thursday," they will wear the collared jerseys untucked with pants.
The Sox wore the jerseys from 1976-81, including three games with shorts. Among those who wore the collared jerseys in 1976 included Hall-of-Famer Goose Gossage and All-Stars Chet Lemon and Carlos May. Others who wore the uniform in later years were Hall-of-Famer Carlton Fisk, Sox great Harold Baines and current radio broadcasters Steve Stone and Ed Farmer.
Baines: "It was the most comfortable–not the prettiest–uniform I ever wore. No belt, length of pants didn't matter; you just had to put on your socks to be ready. I'm just glad I didn't have to wear the shorts."
Stone: "These particular jerseys represent one of the most exciting years that the White Sox have had, which was the very offensive minded "South Side Hitmen of 1977. The jerseys bring back memories of many runs scored."
Farmer: "This uniform was the ugliest I have worn, but it also was the most comfortable I have ever worn."
In addition to the throwback uniforms, fans will see retro elements throughout the ballpark, including signage, video highlights and photos from the era the uniforms were worn. Fans can share their favorite moments by using the hashtag #SoxTBT.
Tomorrow's Schedule
White Sox vs Mariners at Safeco Field (9:10 p.m. CT, CSN) in the middle game of the three-game series. Probable Starters: LHP Carlos Rodon (5-5, 4.42) for the Sox, LHP Vidal Nuno (0-1, 3.67) for Seattle.
Photos of the Day
Even Mr. White Sox Minnie Minoso suited up in the "Throwback Thursday" uniform as a coach from 1976-78 and 1980 and as a DH for a total of 10 at bats in '76 and '80. For the record, Minnie collected a single in 1976 off of Angels pitcher Sid Monge in this uniform. He was in his early 50s.
Tuesday Roundup: Rodon's First Complete Game, A Super Sale Stat and Sox Cap Confusion
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Today's News
Tonight's Game
White Sox vs. Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim (9:05 p.m. CT, CSN) in the second game of the four-game series. Probable Starters: LHP John Danks (6-9, 4.58) for the Sox, RHP Garrett Richards (11-9, 3.55) for LA.
Last Night's Highlights
Carlos Rodon tossed a gem of a game, allowing just two runs (a pair of solo homers), four hits, three walks and five strikeouts in eight innings of work as the White Sox lost a tough 2-1 decision to the Angels. He is the first Sox rookie to throw a complete game since Zach Stewart in 2011 at Minnesota and the first rookie left-hander since Wilson Alvarez in 1991 vs. Cleveland…Avi Garcia singled and doubled as the DH and starting rightfielder Trayce Thompson singled and walked.
Quote of the Day
Robin on Rodon's performance:
"This was probably his best stuff…After the first homer, how he reacted to it and responded was great. You're kind of seeing him mature a bit…It's a tough front part of that lineup to go through, and he did a pretty good job."
MLB Stat of the Day
Chris Sale has fanned 32.8% of the batters he has faced in 2015.
California Dreamin'
Carlos Sanchez takes the opportunity to focus on his game plan during BP in Anaheim last night.
Tomorrow's Schedule
White Sox vs. Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim (9:05 p.m. CT, CSN) in the third game of the four-game series. Probable Starters: RHP Jeff Samardzija (8-8, 4.78) for the Sox, RHP Jered Weaver (4-9, 4.60) for LA.
Photos of the Day
In the 1989 film "Field of Dreams," one of finest baseball movies of all-time, many baseball fans were distracted by the fact that the Sox' outstanding outfielder Shoeless Joe Jackson, a left-handed hitter from the South (top photo below) was portrayed by right-handed hitting Ray Liotta from New Jersey (second photo).
The latest film to take liberties with the facts is the recently released movie, "Straight Outta Compton," which has been a huge hit so far at the box office. But observant White Sox fans will tell you that there is a flaw.
In the opening scene of the film, which is set in 1986, actor/rapper Easy-E is wearing the current Sox cap that didn't surface until 1990 (third photo). For the sake of accuracy, the actor should have been wearing the cap in the bottom photo that the Sox wore from 1982- 86 and have been wearing occasionally the past couple of years as part of an alternate throwback uniform.
Masterpiece Theatre
Monday, August 17, 2015
Straight. Filth. #whiff
Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 16, 2015
Today's News
Yesterday's Highlights
Jose Abreu (No. 22), Alexei Ramirez (8) and Melky Cabrera (8) each launched a solo homer to give the White Sox all the offense they needed. But it was Chris Sale who stole the show with a brilliant one-hit, 15-strikeout performance in front of a sellout home crowd of 39,475 as the Sox halted the Cubs' winning streak at nine with a 3-1 victory. In the process, the Good Guys, who now lead the all-time North-South battle 54-49, retained the Crosstown Cup by virtue of tying the series at 3-3 and having won three of four games a year ago.
Enjoy Sale's dominance and the Abreu, Ramirez and Cabrera home runs:
Tale of the Tape
A recap of Sale Sunday:
–Withstanding the oppressive heat which got as high as 97 degrees, Sale tossed seven innings, allowing just one hit, a pair of walks and one hit batter along with tying his career-high of 15 strikeouts in earning his 11th win of the season. His no-hit bid ended after 5.1 innings.
–The Sox ace was one shy of Jack Harshman's single-game club strikeout record set in 1954 against the Red Sox. His previous 15-strikeout effort came against Tampa Bay in 2012, where ironically current Cubs skipper Joe Maddon was also the manager.
–Sale joins former Sox hurler Jake Peavy and Max Scherzer as the only active pitchers to strike out 15-plus batters twice in their careers.
–The four-time All-Star now has 29 double-digit strikeout efforts and 11 this season, extending his franchise records in both categories. It was also his 17th game of 12 or more strikeouts, which extends his club mark.
–Sale now has 200-plus Ks for the third consecutive season. He is the first White Sox pitcher to accomplish that feat since Hall of Famer Ed Walsh from 1910-12.
–The Sox' All-Star lefty struck out the side in the first, fourth and seventh innings. He fanned Kris Bryant and Miguel Montero three times each and every Cubs hitter but Jonathan Herrera struck out at least once.
–Sale now owns a 3-0 record with a 1.20 ERA in four interleague starts this season.
—Nate Jones came on in the eighth inning and picked up where Sale left off, setting down the Cubs 1-2-3 while striking out the side.
–Of the 34 batters encountered by Sox pitching (Sale, Jones and David Robertson who came on in the ninth to earn his 24th save),18 were strikeouts.
–Those 18 strikeouts by Sox pitching set a team record for a nine-inning game. It also ties the Cubs' franchise record for most strikeouts by an offense in a nine-inning contest.
–The White Sox came within two of the major-league mark for most strikeouts in a nine-inning game.
Sale Quotes of the Day
–Robin on Chris' outing: "He was darn near unhittable."
–The Cubs' Anthony Rizzo on Sale: "He's violent. He's good, really good. He's fun to face since he's the best…He's the best in the biz, so yeah, hat's off to him. He made us look silly."
–Abreu on Sale: "We have to thank God because he's with us."
—@CSNHayes: Jose Abreu asked a clubhouse attendant to get Chris Sale's autograph on a ball. Abreu said it's for his son.
–Chris on yesterday's experience: "This was probably the best atmosphere I've ever pitched in…People in the K Zone are going crazy for me. It's a fun, fun time."
Tonight's Game
White Sox vs. Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim (9:05 p.m. CT, WGN) in the opener of a four-game series and seven-game road trip that continues with three in Seattle. Probable Starters: LHP Carlos Rodon (5-4, 4.61) for the Sox, LHP Andrew Heaney (5-1, 2.53) for LA.
Rodon makes his 20th appearance and 17th start of the season. He won his last start on August 11 against these same Angels, allowing four hits with a career-high 11 strikeouts over seven scoreless innings. It represented the most Ks by a Sox rookie since Jason Bere fanned 12 in 1993 against, you guessed it, the Angels.
Carlos is the fourth rookie in Sox history to record 10 or more strikeouts at least twice in one season, joining Bere (twice in '93), Gary Peters (twice in '93) and Jack Harshman (three times in 1954).
Too Good Not to Pass Along
@scottmerkin: Saladino said when he was younger, he thought the coolest thing would be to be No. 1 on ESPN Top Plays. He hit that goal last night (posted yesterday, referring to Tyler Saladino's spectacular defense Saturday night).
Roster Move
Before yesterday's game, the White Sox reinstated J.B. Shuck from the disabled list and designated Emilio Bonifacio for assignment.
Tomorrow's Schedule
White Sox vs. Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim (9:05 p.m. CT, CSN) in the second game of the four-game series. Probable Starters: LHP John Danks (6-9, 4.58) for the Sox, RHP Garrett Richards (11-9, 3.55) for LA.
Photo of the Day
The Cup stays on the South Side.
Sox Counting on Sale in Crosstown Cup Finale
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Today's News
This Afternoon's Game
White Sox vs. Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field (1:10 p.m. CT, WGN) in the finale of the three-game series, six-game homestand and six-game interleague series for the Crosstown Cup. Probable Starters: LHP Chris Sale (10-7, 3.47) for the Sox, RHP Dan Haren (8-7, 3.55) for the North Siders.
Sale will make his 23rd start of the season, 12th at home and second vs. the Cubs. He is 1-0 with a 1.00 ERA lifetime vs. his crosstown opponents. He earned the win on July 11 at Wrigley Field.
Chris earned the victory in his last start on August 10 vs. the Angels, allowing two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts over 7.1 IP. He is tied for the American League lead and is third in MLB with 193 strikeouts.
Sale is on pace to record a franchise-record 277 strikeouts, which would be the highest total in baseball since Arizona's Randy Johnson struck out 290 in 2004. His average of 11.55 strikeouts per nine innings would be the highest in club history.
Last Night's Highlights
Carlos Sanchez (groundout), Alexei Ramirez (double) and Jose Abreu (single) each recorded an RBI and Jose Quintana had a quality start, allowing just three runs in six innings, in the Sox' 6-3 loss…Tyler Saladino's stunning defense at third base was responsible for all three Cub outs in the top of the second inning–two of which were back-to-back and extraordinary (see photo above and click on links below):
Quote of the Day
Robin on Saladino's defense:
"He can play anywhere, Tyler has proven that. You put him anywhere on the field and he can play. That stuff doesn't surprise us right now."
Anderson Red-Hot
Top Sox prospect and former No. 1 draft choice Tim Anderson (pictured above) went 1-3 last night for Class AA Birmingham and is now 13-22 (.591) in his last six games.
Anderson, who is only 21, leads the Southern League in runs scored (68), hits (140), stolen bases (45) and ranks among the leaders in total bases (2nd, 189) and average (3rd, .317).
Fulmer Perfect
Carson Fulmer, this year's No. 1 draft pick, tossed three perfect innings with two strikeouts last night for the Class A Winston-Salem Dash vs. Salem.
Tomorrow's Schedule
White Sox vs. Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim (9:05 p.m. CT, WGN) in the opener of a four-game series and seven-game road trip that continues in Seattle. Probable Starters: LHP Carlos Rodon (5-4, 4.61) for the Sox, LHP Andrew Heaney (5-1, 2.53) for LA.
Photo of the Day
In addition to getting ready for his start tomorrow night in Anaheim, Rodon spent some time yesterday helping out the White Sox Volunteer Corps at the Elliott Donnelley Youth Center.
Sox Roundup: Q Looks to Even Series, Minnie Honored and Guess Who's Helping No. 1 Draft Pick Carson Fulmer?
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Today's News
Tonight's Game
White Sox vs. Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field (6:10 p.m. CT, CSN) in the middle game of the three-game series. Probable Starters: LHP Jose Quintana (6-9, 3.59) for the Sox, RHP Jake Arrieta (13-6, 2.38) for the Cubs.
Q is scheduled to make his 24th start of the season, 11th at home and second vs. the Cubs. He owns a 2.48 ERA during interleague play since 2012, which ranks him in the Top 10 among American League pitchers.
Yesterday's Highlights
Adam Eaton smashed a two-run homer (see photo above and click on top link below), Avi Garcia doubled in two runs (click on middle link and top photo below) and Geovany Soto drove in another (click on bottom link) in the Sox' 6-5 loss to the Cubs…Eaton, Tyler Saladino and Carlos Sanchez each had two-hit games and Melky Cabrera collected a hit and scored a run (see bottom photo below)…Zach Duke pitched two perfect innings (7th and 8th) with three strikeouts in relief of Jeff Samardzija and Zach Putnam tossed a scoreless ninth.
Quote of the Day
Here are a few memories of Minnie Minoso as the White Sox honored "Mr. White Sox" yesterday by having each player wear his No. 9 on a 1950s era uniform. The Sox also paid tribute to Sox pitching great Billy Pierce, who passed away on July 31. The club is wearing a No. 19 patch on their uniforms in his honor.
@ChuckGarfien: Minnie Minoso trivia: His nickname for Adam Eaton was "tiny."
Gordon Beckham (via @jjstankevitz): "I just always remember Minnie coming in and having a great attitude and being extremely positive no matter what we were doing on the field. He just came in with a smile, a lot of energy and would always say if we had a winning streak, that he's worn the same clothes for as long as we've had the winning streak–except, he did wash his underwear, he said. It seemed like all the time, he'd come in and just say how are you, how are you doing, and I'd go, 'Minnie how are you doing' and he'd go, 'I'm here.' And he would always say that, that was his thing. 'I'm here,' meaning like, he's alive, he's living and it was a good day. Special guy."
Robin Ventura (via Brian Sandalow, Sun-Times: "I think Minnie, historically of what he meant to the franchise is one thing, and I think that's an important thing. But a lot of these guys knew him. When he was around, he was here pretty much daily. And I think the guy is more important for who we know. I know people understand his significance as far as when he came in the league and how important he was to the White Sox. But I think for these guys, it's special to them because he was a part of the family and he was in here a lot. A real special guy, very upbeat and energetic to come in and talk to guys."
Alexei Ramirez (via Sandalow): "It's always going to be hard because Minnie was so special for us, for everybody here in the White Sox organization. It's always going to be hard when you walk through the clubhouse and you can sometimes be reminded of some of the jokes that he made. It's going to be hard, but that's life."
Jose Abreu (via Colleen Kane, Trib): "He was one of the greatest of all time for Cuba and for this team, and it's going to be an honor (to wear No. 9). We're going to try to represent in a good way this jersey and his name today. When I came to the U.S. and had the opportunity to meet him it was a special moment because all the background that my father told me about him…He was a great person, he was outstanding with me and it's an honor when you're able to be around a person as good as him."
Here's Minoso's widow Sharon in top photo throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before yesterday's game with Minnie's sons looking on…And Alexei looking good in his '50s garb.
Roster Move
The White Sox sent infielder Leury Garcia to Class AAA Charlotte and reinstated Emilio Bonifacio from the 15-day DL. Bonifacio saw action last night as a pinch-runner.
Fulmer's Mentor
Carson Fulmer, the White Sox' No. 1 choice and eighth overall pick in the 2015 June draft, is now pitching for the Sox' High-Class A affiliate in Winston-Salem (pictured below).
The promising Fulmer, a Vanderbilt product, has a fellow Commodore and star major league hurler giving him a helping hand. Click on the link below and discover who it is.
Tomorrow's Schedule
White Sox vs. Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field (1:0 p.m. CT, WGN) in the finale of the three-game series, six-game homestand and six game interleague series for the Crosstown Cup. Probable Starters: LHP Chris Sale (10-7, 3.47) for the Sox, RHP Dan Haren (8-7, 3.55) for the Cubs.
Photo of the Day
Giving new meaning to the term, "Starting Nine."
Sweep Complete, Crosstown Showdown Starts Friday
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Today's News
Last Night's Highlights: Sox Walk-Off With Third Straight Win
Avi Garcia doubled home Jose Abreu with one out in the bottom of the 13th inning for the walk-off winner and the White Sox completed the three-game sweep over the Angels, 3-2 (click on top link below)…Matt Albers, the seventh Sox pitcher, improved his record to 2-0, tossing two scoreless innings…Starter John Danks was brilliant, allowing just one run and five hits in 7.1 innings (click on middle link)…Gordon Beckham's sac fly scored Trayce Thompson in the fifth inning and Alexei Ramirez's double drove home Tyler Saladino in the sixth…In the 10th inning, Leury Garcia came on as a defensive replacement in centerfield and saved a couple of potential runs, perhaps the game itself, with a spectacular running catch (click on bottom link).
Friday Afternoon Game
After today's off-day, it'll be the White Sox vs. Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field (3:10 p.m. CT, WGN) in the first of a three-game weekend series with the Crosstown Cup at stake. The Sox won two of three from the North Siders at Wrigley Field July 10-12. Probable Starters: RHP and former Cub Jeff Samardzija (8-7, 4.62) for the Sox, RHP Kyle Hendricks (6-5, 3.73) for the Cubs.
The White Sox lead the all-time series, 54-47, and are 24-14 over the last 38 games.
For Those Attending the Sox-Cubs Series
Quote of the Day
Thompson (pictured below), now a bonfide major-leaguer, is still being referred to as "Klay's brother," especially since Klay's Golden State Warriors just won the NBA title. It's proven to be no problem for Trayce, however, who knocked out two more hits last night and has hit safely in four of his five games (via Scott Merkin, whitesox.com):
"I do my own thing, but people are going to refer to me as that until I make an All-Star team or until I win a championship. It is what it is. It doesn't bother me.
Sox Notes of Note
The White Sox collected their seventh walk-off win of the season, are 22-21 in one-run games and 10-3 in extra innings…The Sox are now 14-4 against the American League West…A. Garcia had his second walk-off hit and fourth game-ending play of the season…Tyler Flowers is batting .280 over his last eight games…Ramirez stole his team-leading 15th base of the season…Saladino has reached base safely in 16 of his last 18 games…Sox relievers are 2-1 with a 1.27 ERA over the last seven games…Nate Jones has made three consecutive scoreless appearances.
Saturday Schedule
White Sox vs. Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field (6:10 p.m. CT, CSN) in the middle game of the three-game series. Probable Starters: LHP Jose Quintana (6-9, 3.59) for the Sox, RHP Jake Arrieta (13-6, 2.38) for the Cubs.
Sunday Game
White Sox vs. Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field (1:10 p.m. CT, WGN) in the finale of the three-game series, six-game homestand and six-game interleague series for the Crosstown Cup. Probable Starters: LHP Chris Sale (10-7, 3.47) for the Sox, RHP Dan Haren (8-7, 3.55) for the Cubs.
Star Power
The casts of the NBC hits "Chicago P.D." and "Chicago Fire" were at the ballpark last night as part of Police and Fire Night. That's Taylor Kinney of "Fire" below in the Sox road uni and maroon cap, Monica Raymund of "Fire" in the home jersey taking the SoxCellfie and Sophia Bush of "P.D" in the striped dress. Off to the left side of the photo in the throwback Sox jersey is Eamonn Walker of "Fire." Just in case you're not aware, Kinney is Lady Gaga's significant other.
2005 Flashback
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Sox' championship season…
In Game 113 on August 10 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, the first-place White Sox defeated the Yanks by the same score of 2-1 for the second straight day, this time in 10 innings. With the score tied 1-1 in the top of the 10th, Juan Uribe tripled off of future Hall-of-Famer Mariano Rivera and scored the eventual game winner on a Scott Podsednik fielder's choice. Freddy Garcia pitched eight strong innings, allowing just the one run. He was relieved in the ninth by Neal Cotts, who earned his fourth win against no losses, and Dustin Hermanson retired the New Yorkers in the 10th for his 30th save. It was victory No. 74 for the Sox.
Are the Sox Adding a Third Catcher?
Or is that Jose Abreu just having some fun? I think you know the answer.
How do I work this thing? http://t.co/CT2804PPqn—
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Photo of the Day
The White Sox were part of history on Tuesday. For the first time in MLB history, all 15 home teams won on the same day. Before Tuesday, the closest the home teams have come was 12 wins more than a century ago, on May 23, 1914, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Before MLB expanded to 30 teams in 1998, opening up the opportunity for a 15-game schedule, there were 16 teams throughout most of baseball history–so the majority of that time eight games a day was routine. In 1914, there were four Federal League games along with the eight American and National League games.
Rookie Mojo
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Today's News
Tonight's Game
White Sox vs. Angels at U.S. Cellular Field (7:10 p.m. CT, CSN) as the Sox go for the sweep of the three-game series. Probable Starters: LHP John Danks (6-9, 4.79) for us, LHP Andrew Heaney (5-1, 2.45) for LA.
Last Night's Highlights
In the 3-0 shutout of the Angels, rookie starter Carlos Rodon delivered seven scoreless innings, allowing only four hits while striking out a career-high 11, and fellow rookie Trayce Thompson belted his first major-league home run, a solo shot, in the fifth inning. Thompson predictably got the silent treatment as he reached the dugout after his long blast (see bottom photo above and second link below).
Birthday boy Melky Cabrera doubled in a pair in the fourth inning and David Robertson came on in the ninth and registered his 23rd save.
In addition to Rodon's career-high strikeout total, which included his 100th K, his seven innings of work also was his career best as he improved his record to 5-4 with his ninth quality start. The last White Sox rookie to have 10 or more strikeouts in a game was last night's pitching opponent, Hector Santiago, who did it for the Sox in 2012…Rodon also became the fourth Sox rookie pitcher to collect multiple 10-plus strikeout games, the last being Jason Bere in 1993 (twice). The others were Gary Peters and Jack Harshman (three times).
In order, here are Rodon's masterful performance, Thompson's homer and Melky's double.
Klay Couldn't Be Prouder
@KCJHoop: Warriors' star Klay Thompson called seeing brother Trayce make his major league debut with the White Sox "one of the best days of my life."
And last night's homer just made him happier.
Quote of the Day
Robin on Avi Garcia (via Daryl Van Schouwen, Sun-Times):
"Sometimes we forget how young he is. He's been around a while, but he's still young and going through it and he's still learning. You see the talent he has and the potential that's there when he hits something hard…It hasn't happened right away. Everyone has their level of doing it and when they do and when they make some change and when they want to make changes…you have to believe in what the changes are. Everybody goes through that a little differently. I think for him it's starting to click and there's some clarity on how you're going to do it, how he's going to go about it, how guys are pitching him. I think it should be a fun thing to watch for him."
Offensive Boost
Heading into last night's game and dating back to July 23, the White Sox led the majors in batting average (.293), slugging percentage (.502), OPS (.849), extra-base hits (76), doubles (44) and were second in runs per game (.589), on-base percentage (.347) and home runs (T28).
Chris Sale Featured in Rolling Stone
FanGraphs: Adam Eaton's Power Surge
Sox Notes of Note
Emilio Bonifacio, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list on July 29 with a left oblique strain, has been sent on an injury rehab assignment to Class AAA Charlotte…Sox outfield prospect Jacob May, playing for the Class AA Birmngham Barons, homered in the eighth inning of last night's Southern League game vs. Pensacola to complete the cycle.
No. 19 Added to Sox Jersey
The White Sox have added a No. 19 patch to their uniforms (along with the No. 9 honoring Minnie Minoso) as a tribute to pitching legend Billy Pierce, who passed away on July 31.
Tomorrow's Schedule
Off Day. On Friday, it'll be the White Sox vs. the Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field (3:10 p.m. CT, WGN). Probable Starters: RHP Jeff Samardzija (8-7, 4.62) for the Sox, RHP Kyle Hendricks (6-5, 3.73) for the Cubs.
2005 Flashback
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Sox' championship season…
In Game 112 on August 9 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, the first-place White Sox defeated the Yankees, 2-1, for their 73rd win of the season. Jose Contreras tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing just three hits, and Dustin Hermanson recorded his 29th save. Solo homers by Paul Konerko (No. 28) and Tadahito Iguchi (10) provided all the offense the Sox needed.
Photo/Video of the Day
Die-hard White Sox fans, friends for a half-century, get the surprise of their lives.
Back on Track
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Today's News
Tonight's Game
White Sox vs. Angels at U.S. Cellular Field (7:10 p.m. CT, CSN) in the middle game of the three-game series. Probable Starters: LHP Carlos Rodon (4-4, 5.00) for the Sox, former Sox LHP Hector Santiago (7-5, 2.78) for LA.
Last Night's Highlights
Avi Garcia smashed a solo homer (No. 10) over the left field wall in the fourth inning and clubbed a three-run opposite field shot (11) in the sixth (click on top link below) as the White Sox got back on the winning side of the ledger with a 8-2 victory over the Angels in the series opener…In the third inning, Tyler Flowers hit a long blast over the 400-foot sign in centerfield (8) to give the Good Guys a 2-0 lead (click on second link)…Chris Sale returned to his All-Star form, winning his 10th game of the season by allowing just two runs and five hits while striking out seven in 7.1 innings of work (click on third link)…Nate Jones came on in relief of Sale and pitched 1.2 innings of scoreless ball…Melky Cabrera, Adam Eaton and Alexei Ramirez each collected a pair of hits and an RBI while Jose Abreu knocked out two hits with two runs scored…And check out yet another web gem by Alexei (click on bottom link).
Quote of the Day
@ESPNStatsInfo: Mike Trout drew a 13-pitch walk against Sale in the 4th inning. It was the longest career plate appearance for both.
Sox Notes of Note
The White Sox are 12-5 against the American League West in 2015, Sale is 3-0 with a 0.89 ERA against the AL West this season…Chris also is 4-0 with a 1.64 ERA against the Angels lifetime…The Sox are hitting .408 with 25 runs scored in the first inning over the last 16 games…Avi has homered four times in his last six…Melky is batting .408 with 12 doubles in his last 18 …Eaton is batting .377 with eight RBI over his last 18 contests…Abreu is hitting .344 over his last 17.
Managers Rank Sale No. 1 in American League
Baseball America polled MLB managers and compiled a list of the best players in baseball. Sale was named the best pitcher in the American League over the Astros' Dallas Keuchel and the Rays' Chris Archer. The managers also determined that Chris had the second-best changeup behind the Mariners' Felix Hernandez and the third best slider (behind Archer and the Indians' Corey Kluber).
Comiskey Park Brick to be Added to Tribune Tower
Get to Know Sox Prospect Jacob May of the Birmingham Barons
Tomorrow's Schedule
White Sox vs. Angels at U.S. Cellular Field (7:10 p.m. CT, CSN) in the finale of the three-game series. Probable Starters: LHP John Danks (6-9, 4.79) for the Sox, LHP Andrew Heaney (5-1, 2.45) for LA.
Photo of the Day
Last Saturday, the White Sox participated in the Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic–the largest and oldest African-American parade and celebration in the United States. As a tribute to Sox great Minnie Minoso, Minnie's son Charlie Minoso served as the grand marshal. Here are Charlie and his mom Sharon, Minnie's widow, standing in front of the Sox float.


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AN HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS CRACKDOWN on tax avoidance and evasion has brought in an additional £23.9bn to the public purse.
The haul marks HMRC's highest since records began, which it said is a result of its investigations.
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The figure is almost £1bn higher than the target set by George Osborne in the Autumn Statement in December.
HMRC credited "increased activity" on unpaid tax for the figure.
Of the total amount it had raised, more than £8bn came from large business, £1bn from criminals and £2.7bn from tackling avoidance schemes in courts.
The current tax gap - the difference between estimated tax due and that collected - stands at 7%.
In total, HMRC has said it expects to secure £100bn between May 2010 and March 2015 as a result of its investigations into unpaid tax.
"HMRC will pursue those seeking to avoid their responsibilities and will collect the taxes that are due," said exchequer secretary to Treasury minister David Gauke.
"The government is determined to tackle the minority that seek to avoid paying the taxes they owe," he added.
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John Howard Yoder's history as an abuser clouds his legacy.
John Howard Yoder's history as an abuser clouds his legacy.
Pope Francis met for three hours with the heads of all Vatican departments on Tuesday, Sept. 10, signaling his desire to introduce more collaboration and transparency in the traditionally secretive and top-heavy governance style of the Catholic Church.
About 30 people attended, including the heads of the Vatican's eight congregations and 12 councils, as well as top officials from the church's tribunals and from the administration of Vatican state.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's outgoing secretary of state, also participated, in one of his last official engagements before his successor, Archbishop Pietro Parolin, takes over on Oct. 15.
In the green hills of County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, the world's leading developed nations agreed on Tuesday to make individuals and companies pay the taxes that they owe. With the release this morning of the Lough Erne Declaration the G8 countries plan to implement greater tax collection internationally through fairer tax policies, greater financial transparency, and open trade.
The G8 plans to clamp down on tax-evaders and require shell companies — often used to take advantage of tax loopholes or to invest money anonymously —to identify their effective owners or primary beneficiaries. Developing countries, reported CNN, lose more in tax avoidance than they receive in aid. With the protocols agreed to today, indebted poor countries will be given access to the global information they need to collect the taxes they are owed.
Some anti-poverty campaigners describe the G8 deal as a historic achievement.
Under Christian ethics, drone warfare is neither just nor moral.
A prayer for the new pope to fulfill, in fresh ways, the promise of Vatican II.
Your neighbor is every man woman and child who touched the supply chain used to make your cell phone, used to make the clothes you wear, the computers you type on and the cars you drive.
Your neighbors are all of God's children. The theological reality that people of faith try to live out is that our neighbor is not defined by geographical proximity. Our neighbor is the person in need.
Sometimes, caring for our neighbor means a change of plans. Sometimes, caring for our neighbor means we have to slow down a little bit. Sometimes, caring for our neighbor might even cost us money.
There are people who haven't wanted to get involved in the mess by the side of the road. They walk by it and say that it's somebody elses responsibility. My job, they say, is at the end of the road at Jericho. I'm just being faithful to my shareholders by maximizing profit. My job is just getting the products people want into the hands of those that want them. I can't be worried about those who get left by the side of the road of my supply chain. If I stop to help clean up the mess along the way it might cost time and money.
photo © 2009 Ted Major | more info (via: Wylio)Here's a little round up of links from around the Web you may have missed this week:
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As Christians concerned about poverty, it is time to turn our full attention to the injustices of an "offshore tax system" that enables corporations and the wealthy to dodge taxes and impoverish countries around the world.
As members of Congress in the United States debate deep and painful budget cuts, people of faith should raise our voices against an unfair system that enables profitable U.S. corporations to dodge taxes, depleting an estimated $100 billion from the U.S. Treasury each year. Instead of cutting $1 trillion over the next decade from programs that assist the poor and ensure greater opportunity, we should eliminate these destructive tax gimmicks.
Recent reports show that aggressive tax dodgers such as General Electric, Boeing, and Pfizer, avoid billions in taxes a year. They use accounting gymnastics to pretend they are making profits in offshore subsidiaries incorporated in low- or no-tax countries like the Cayman Islands, thereby reducing their tax obligations in the United States. This system is unfair to domestic businesses that have to compete on an un-level playing field.
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Keithos Sep 18, 2009 6:18 AM
in response to Kel SolaarI had this problem on an earlier installation of Snow Leopard as well (earlier this week). I turned on my MacBook Pro and all of a sudden the computer was up and running but with no menu bar at the top of the screen... The icons on the upper right-hand side were there (very hard to see against the wallpaper) but the menu bar was missing... and the Finder icon in the Dock did not have a little light underneath it. I tried clicking on the Finder icon to launch Finder and that's when I got that error.
I've since then formatted my MacBook Pro because I thought that was a really serious issue and I couldn't have Finder messing up on me like that. Well I just went through and re-installed everything... took an entire day. This morning I successfully installed iLife 09. I rebooted, ran Software Update and successfully installed 6 updates (all iLife 09 related).
I rebooted again, and then bam the menu bar is missing again. No Apple logo on the top left-hand corner so I launched Safari (so the menu bar would appear) and then did an Apple-Restart.
Really annoying here Apple... Snow Leopard has had so many quirks already.
Does anyone know if the above-mentioned will corrupt or "harm" my computer in any way? I don't really want to sit here all day and reinstall everything but if things are corrupt, etc I'd rather get this fixed sooner rather than later.
Sp0k Sep 18, 2009 11:06 AM
in response to KeithosI already reported this to the list. So I went through the same spiel like you and only things that I did not install was 1.6.1 update. So I am running 1.6.0 w/o any issues so far.
Sylense Sep 20, 2009 4:37 AM
in response to Kel SolaarI just experienced this problem for the 2nd time tonite. This time, I noted two things:
1.) I clicked on my MobileMe iDisk earlier
2.) I put my laptop to sleep and then woke it up
The common thread seems to be mounted disks.
Keithos Sep 20, 2009 8:42 AM
in response to SylenseSylense,
I never do either of those things, so those aren't common causes.
Also I've experienced this problem straight from a cold start...
Heejong Sep 21, 2009 7:46 PM
in response to Kel SolaarSame issue here. I'm using 10.6.1 and mid 2009 Macbook Pro. The finder has suddenly frozen two times in the last week. Of course, It can't be reopened. Hard reboot would be the only solution. I have no external hard drives. It just happens randomly.
Fizwidget Sep 22, 2009 6:25 AM
in response to Kel SolaarThe same problem happened to me today. I was browsing some files on my USB drive, and the beachball of death appeared. I waited several minutes, then tried to relaunch Finder. I got the error message "The application Finder can't be opened. -10810".
After trying this several more times, I initiated a shutdown. It got stuck on the pale blue screen with the spinning icon, so I held the power button and forced the shutdown.
What a mess! Hopefully Apple will fix this annoying problems soon.
I'm running 10.6.1 by the way.
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quaker120 Sep 22, 2009 6:35 AM
in response to Kel SolaarMe, too. I get it when trying to access samba shares after the machine has woken up from sleep. Tried manually unmounting volumes, etc. Nothing works & have to reboot. Very annoying.
Osolemio Sep 23, 2009 6:42 AM
in response to Kel SolaarSame here! Plugged in a laptop via Firewire a few times, copying stalled and then relaunching the Finder caused the error.
abril05 Sep 23, 2009 8:35 AM
in response to KeithosHi, first of all I'm sorry for my English (I'm from Spain), it's the first time I write in a english forum.
I've spent all this morning looking for this problem. I have exactly the same problem as you (the missing bar menu).
I haven't re-installed anything since this problem appeared, and neither clicked on the Finder icon, so that the problem "The application Finder.app can't be opened" doesn't ocurred to me, simply I don't realize this.
The problem with the "missing bar menu" appeared when I modified my preferences settings in order to change my desktop wallpaper in every start up. I've tried with several options like "every day",...etc. But always the same problem. The bar appeared when I made right-click on the desktop to change preference settings again, or simply changing desktop with spaces.
This morning I removed the mark from the option "translucent bar", restart my computer and the menu bar appeared apparently without problem. And another thing, when the computer starts the finder tries to load a wallpaper (it can be seen just a split second) but immediately loads another one...
Does anyone else have this problem?
What could be the solution?
Thank you very much
Rafael Figueroa Sep 23, 2009 2:52 PM
in response to abril05This just happened to me as I turned on my external USB drive. The Finder had an hysterical attack, threw up its proverbial hands in the air and gave the infamous "The application Finder.app can't be opened. -10810" ultimatum.
This little stunt ended up causing directory damage on the drive (Disk Utility fixed it up.)
abril05: it sounds like your drive may have some issues. Disk Utility may be able to fix them up (it usually does for me.) Welcome to the board.
Arthur Sorkin Sep 24, 2009 9:10 PM
in response to Kel SolaarI had the finder die and got that message. I had terminal running and ps -ax showed the finder app
still had a process, so I did "kill -HUP pid" where pid was the process number, and the Finder restarted.
aladdin Sep 25, 2009 3:07 AM
in response to Arthur SorkinHi all, I do have this fatal *Finder crash* multiple times a day But not only the Finder seems very unstable to me, also Quicktime crashes regularly, Safari, ARD and Keychain problems are frequent and of course many *driver issues* have been detected here.
I'm working as a System Administrator and actually I only took over 4 of all our Macs, 3 Mac Pro and one iMac. The most problems are reported from the Mac Pros, but that's not objective as the iMac is not being used the same way in production. The problems also are not the same everywhere: one has more QT issues, the other one completely messed up the Keychain and Safari, ARD is not stable all over the place, but the Finder crashing seems to be present on the them all...
The kill-process trick did not work here until now; the desktop cannot even be accessed anymore and connecting with ssh did not resolve the problem; my only solution is to pull the plug!
By the way, all these Macs have been running very stable under Leopard! Two of them have been updated and the third Mac Pro (the one with the Safari and Keychain problems) has been reinstalled from scratch! I also believe that it's not an operator/administrator problem as I successfully support our Mac Farm for 10 years now and think I have a very good knowledge of the product.
*My opinion:* _keep away from Snow Leopard in production until a stable release will be available!_
I think Apple had to release SL early for competition reason while the product was not yet ready. I seriouly think about downgrading the 3 Mac Pro's back to Leopard next week...
alleksu Sep 25, 2009 7:34 AM
in response to Kel SolaarI also have had the same basic issue several times now.
In my situation:
MacBook Pro running 10.6.1
No external drives or mounted network drives
(Only 2 USB devices plugged in: keyboard + mouse; wired ethernet, airport off)
The trigger may have been dragging an item to the trash.
Screen shot of the error: http://tinyurl.com/yenmfot
I gradually lost the ability to do anything on the system. At first I couldn't open Finder windows or alt-tab, which means I was basically limited to the windows I already had open. I tried to get to Terminal, but all my keystrokes were going to my Firefox process. I could select things from the menubar, but there wasn't any result to doing so. Left with only Firefox I couldn't guess of a way of fixing anything.
Luckily (?) I have remote access on and could determine my IP address, so I could ssh into my laptop from another machine. I saw that Finder wasn't running, so I tried to launch it, but the command line gave me the same error:
open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app
LSOpenURLWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app
I tried a kill -HUP of the Dock followed by an open, but that didn't accomplish anything. Not being too familiar with OSX I looked for other processes to try restarting and decided windowserver sounded like a good one. Poor choice; it basically instantly logged my account out, which isn't much better than just holding down the power button since it killed my open processes. Next time I'll try something else.
Hirendra Hindocha Sep 25, 2009 11:21 AM
in response to Kel SolaarI had a similar problem post Snow Leopard installation. When I logged into my account, I could only get the applications that were in my login items. No Dock, No Finder. But another account on the laptop did not have any issues.
I could not open Finder from the terminal either and I finally solved the problem by moving everything out of ~/Library and restarting.
Once I did that everything worked fine.
WilsonLaidlaw Sep 25, 2009 11:35 AM
in response to Hirendra HindochaI have spoken twice to Applecare. They either don't seem to know this 10810 issue exists or are in denial. Their only suggestion is a clean re-install - pathetic. I have already done a re-install with no improvement. Like others, I am sure it is related to external hard discs not waking properly, having gone through syslogs in detail. There is an Apple support thread suggesting that you buy!!!!!!! a shareware program called Cache Cleaner. I have done this - I would like my money back it is no **** use at all. It would be nice if just for once Apple would acknowledge the existence of an issue and let us know they are working on it for the next upgrade.