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I feel like you're some 3rd string scrub that never gets the chance to play because he's playing with top notch kids in wando, and just sits online and talks too much smack.
I feel like you're some 3rd string scrub that never gets the chance to play because he's playing with top notch kids in wando, and just sits online and talks too much smack.
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As a former player of a few years back, it is hard for me to disagree with Wando's ablitiy to retain and rebuild talent. It is much similar to long running campaign of quality Greenville players. I just believe that the loss of so much Senior talent really has a lasting affect. Look at the Fort Mill program of last year, they had a tough time after lossing a strong senior class. I believe this year will be an interesting shake up for South Carolina lacrosse because of the movement of Fort Mill from the lower stater to upper state, furthering the unbalanced playoff system of this state. On that note, I know most teams are beginning their fall ball and I wish them the best. I cant wait to see who winds up playing in April. It should be a good show.
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The thread is "South Carolina Lax 2013", not just south of the border of nc and barely north of GA.
Maybe it's because i live in the heart of mediocre lacrosse, but does it not concern the rest of sc that's rising as legitimate lacrosse programs that could compete nationwide, that the majority of sc is enapt vs two very regional pockets?
Let's be serious, when you look nationwide at state's with premiere high school lacrosse, sc's pretty low on the list.
For those rising lacrosse programs with athletes that have the talent to play with the best at the next level, it's a burden playing high school lacrosse in sc. If you can't do 7 backflips before you land on your feet, and have your parents spend 10k on camps/summer ball from your freshmen year, good luck trying to get a 10 minute phone call from any team in the acc.
I'm not ripping sc lacrosse, just what's up with top schools like greenville, fort mill, and especially wando disregarding the midlands as if we're not on the same soil?
Truth, if you take the midlands all-region team against 2012 Wando, the game's still Wando by about 5. That's definitely not to say that the midlands don't have any good lacrosse players, alot of which belong among the group of top players mentioned in this thread.
There's talent in the midlands, it might not stack up as quick as single schools in the upstate or lower state but i think there's enough to be recgonized in a thread labeled S. Carolina 2013.
In order for the lax powerhouses in sc to grow even stronger, and to make our state more recruitable, could the 2 regional lax pockets not be a bit more supportive in helping the rest of the state get closer to their level?
I needed to rant, rv's program's just getting weaker and i'm too competitive to keep checking on a thread where nobody cares about it. Look at us to improve from 0-12 last year lol, and I'll look foward to seeing my name on this thread multiple times over the next 2 years.
Wandotrain, step off your high. Wando is solid, but would wrecked by plenty of South Eastern teams. Also, if youre going to talk a team up, try to make it a little less obvious that you play for them.
Everyone that still posts around here is either CRGOD or a total moron
The entire state sucks
Everyone that still posts around here is either CRGOD or a total moron
Wandotrain, none of your players even match up to Jake Bertka from Riverside highschool, Tucker Dodson does not match up physically, or in Lacrosse IQ.
Anthony Quiles, Thomas Olsen, Chris Reese, these are all big shots on the upstate that would take Tucker's athleticism and crush it.
Riverside/Mann/Fort Mill/Greenvilles defense could run train on Wando after they went weak in depth of middies. you may have decent attackmen, but then again, your hardest competition in the low state is hilton head.
Follow up to the upstate, harder competition, and faster play.
year after year, this is how it plays out in the upstate:
Riverside- Athletic Defense, strong Midfield, and quick and agile attackmen, beat you out by their athleticism.
Greenville- Plays on Plays that will churn alot of teams around and give you a punch you weren't expecting.
Mann- great finishers, fast transitions.
Hillcrest- Has two great middies in the Baca brothers. explosive and good shots
mauldin- Sorta fell of last season, but has alot of potential with strong attackmen
Fort Mill- New addition to upstate, Very strong attack, and of course Mitch Russel commit to Duke, but Trevor Wylie is an exceptional player. Watchout for him this season.
Honestly i wish Wando would follow the lead of other prominent teams in the southeast and would play out of state competition. Theres no way of telling how good they actually are when your scope of comparison is limited to sakerlina
Everyone that still posts around here is either CRGOD or a total moron
I cant wait for Wando to get tossed around this season, then you'll see how the rest of the state has grown in competition.
Nobody talks about the midland because they have never done anything since the early days of SC lax. The best teams are the two private schools and they are the only ones with good coaches. Additionally, the "all-Star" team from the midlands would get smoked by an all star team from the Upstate of Charleston. Its a fact.
Wando is legit and my pick to win it all again this year. The Upstate will be a bloodbath in the playoffs and I don't know if whoever does emerge will be healthy enough to survive the state championship.
I hate how this thread is just hating on midlands lacrosse and just restating how wando, greenville, mann and fort mill are good teams....... I mean WE GET IT! Upperstate teams are going to be good, just don't look for them to dominate as much as they did last year.
Wando will have weak D unit, unless their coach is able to mold young talent, 2 returning varsity d-poles i believe. A. Mag returns Coby Percy on D and another D-pole who ran lsm last year. Bishop England will have a weak Defense but a very strong goalie
Thomas Trouche Academic Magnet?
Wandos Keep might be better then Logan was
It all depends on which keep we're talking about. Rumors fly as to whether they're starting Pearson or staley each have their weak and strong points in different areas
everyone seems to forget that Spring Valley played a super close game vs the "powerhouse" Fort Mill last year... Stop trashing the midlands. We're a step behind because we lack quality club and youth programs. Last year Spring Valley proved that the midlands is growing up in the SC Lax world. This is coming from a Blythewood player with an intense hate for everything green and yellow. With that being said...
The Midlands is about to shock a lot of people this year.
Spring Valley has almost an entire team returning.
Blythewood has lots of talent returning and just acquired Kirk Thurston (Maryland All American and Indoor Professional)
Returning Heathwood and Hammond powers
Lexington, Dutch Fork starting new programs
Don't be surprised when you see us wreaking havoc on your high thrones down in the low country and up in the higher grounds. We're sick of hearing you're talk and it's time for us to take back our turf.
Magnet Returns 8 starters and 5 of there 6 middies.
That being said, I truly hope that midlands players and coaches step up their game. It would be nice to have a dozen or more programs mentioned in State Championship talks each year. good luck.
Spring Valley won't be anything dominating this year, they lost pretty much their entire starting lineup last year including 2 of the best goalies in the midlands to graduation.Originally Posted by bwoodgoalie
They're going to be an entirely new team, led by entirely different people. If they have success, I'd look foward to next year.
Lexington and DF are gonna take a while to develop, I doubt they'll be anything special.
On the other hand I hate saying this but if anyone in the Midlands has a REALLY good shot at April.... it's Blythewood.
I'll give them 2 losses from RV (lol) and some close games with upper state/lower state powerhouses.
I think some teams in the midlands are improving and that's a great thing for lax and the state. We don't play SV this year but do play you, Flora, and White Knoll. Looking forward to March 16th! Actually, I'm looking forward to the start of practice!
Does anyone know what to expect from Lexington's new program? Good, Bad, Mediocre?
Clay Armstrong?... That's a joke, right?
Tom's a ginger so he's irrelevant, and good luck getting anything out of Cameron.
Yall's defense is weak, but yall's offense is pretty scary just cause Michael Carson's a monster playing from at x.
And hell yeah yall's defense is big, you stole A-train from RV! lmao
Hey watch it bub ^ Who u callin irrelevant
yeah Cameron is really disappointing me actually... he has a bit of natural talent but doesn't put any work in... thinks he's good enough that he doesn't need the conditioning and stuff and it really gets on my nerves. anyways... yeah Michael is a beast but so is Toby so he'll add some stability to the right side of our attack... I may end up playing left wing just because I might have the upper hand on Cameron. We'll see. Our middies are super deep too.
Was white knoll* I go to Lexington. (;
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Not going to give too much away but solid defense and attack.. Attack is all returning players from the knoll including me. Defense is all fresh players from out of the state. Just because we're a first year team doesn't mean anything. We've got the tallent in all the right places.
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Played at a clemson nike camp with an attackman from wando, kid was good.
Please stop posting things like this. Its inappropriate, mean hearted and takes away from the true meaning of the game of lacrosse. You may not know or not care about the background of lacrosse but I'll educate you either way.
I apologize ahead of time for any innaccuracies. If I make one please correct me: The original game was called "baggataway" which translates into english as "little brother of war". Games were played to settle tribal disputes or as a way for young indian warriors to prove themselves as men as well as a spiritual ceremony also known as a "medicine game" to help an ailing member of a tribe. These medicine games still continue on to this day.
You can read a little bit about it here: http://www.peace4turtleisland.org/pa...crossewise.htm
The term "lacrosse" originates from europeans who came to America during its infancy seeing the indians playing the game for the first time. They thought that the wooden sticks resembled the Papal Staff (staff carried by the pope) and it was called "La Crosse" or simply put, the stick. There is a book that is out there titled "American Indian Lacrosse: little brother of war" by Thomas Vennum. Its a great book and has taught me quite a bit not only about lacrosse' history but also about how to honor the game.
I have a copy that I'd like to share with you should you like to read it as sadly I won't be taking it with me on my deployment to Afghanistan in Feb 2013....although I will be taking my lacrosse stick, gotta get that wall ball in.
If your interested please let me know and I'll mail it down to you. My email is
email@example.com I would ask one favor though, please take care of it and return it to me when I get back.
Lastly, and this goes for everyone on this post/thread/forum, worrying about who is this, who ranks what, who will win state, how bad lacrosse is in a part of the state...its all trivial stuff. I know everyone wants to win state and everyone has an opinion that matters and everyone disagrees with that opinion and everyone thinks everyone else is an idiot. If you truly want to leave your mark and a legacy that will remain for years. Help coach the youth teams. Lacrosse can and will take off if we can get it going at the youth levels but we are in dire need of coaches and passionate people like Wandotrain can help. He may be a bit rough around the edges but I'm sure if given the chance he could be a great youth coach. You shoudl all try to pass along what knowledge you have to that 9/10/11 year old and you'll come to understand how petty things aren't really that important. You'll be respected by the kids you coach and those kids parents for teaching their son/daughter to play lacrosse. Having pride in ones self and having a strong sense of accomplishment and being able to point to a kid and say "I taught that kid to play lacrosse" is better than any high or any drunken stupor you'll ever have. I'm old, I played college lacrosse, I've coached for just over 15 years from the youth level up to the college level and the youth level is so much more rewarding as a coach. I would encourage ALL of you to try it.
If glory and recognition for your achievements is what you then I wish you well but if you truly want to honor the game, honor your opponent and honor yourself then you only have to choose to make that decision to do so.
To everyone; Coaches/players/parents/fans I wish you all a happy holidays and a fun and exciting lacrosse season. I'll be thinking of you guys over in the sandbox.
And Wandotrain, I'm serious about the book. Just ask.
Be safe.
~Coach Honey
when a midlands team beat a top 4 powerhouse...
Wando, Fort Mill, Riverside, Greenville...
then i will be impressed. until then, every team haas grown, good job, but don't take your bragging right early.
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In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
State Rep. Alicia Reece, a Democrat, is not happy with what she sees as another attempt at voter suppression. Reece claims a new billboard, which reads "Voter Fraud is a Felony," is meant to intimidate voters — particularly voters in low-income and black neighborhoods. The company hosting the billboards says there are 30 billboards like it in Greater Cincinnati and the sponsor of the billboards, who chose to remain anonymous, did not ask to target any specific demographic.
The second presidential debate is tonight at 9 p.m. All eyes are on President Barack Obama to deliver a better performance than he did in the last debate against Mitt Romney. The media was quick to jump on the post-debate bounce in polls Romney experienced a mere week after the debate, but political scientists say debates typically don't have much political significance in the long term. Still, the debate will be a good opportunity for Obama and Romney to flesh out their positions and show their abilities to reach out to the public. The full schedule of the remaining debates can be found here. The agreed-upon rules to the debates were leaked yesterday. One notable rule says the candidates may not ask each other any direct questions during any of the debates. Both the Romney and Obama campaigns made a fuss about tonight's debate moderator possibly asking follow-up questions.
But the debate isn't the only important presidential test
this week. While in Youngstown, Paul Ryan, Republican vice presidential
nominee, tried to show he can pass the dish washing test, but little did
he know that savvy media outlets were ready to call him out on his
dishonesty. Brian Antal, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De
Paul Society, said Ryan was only at the group's soup kitchen for the
picture and didn't do much work. The visit apparently angered Antal, who
said his charity group is supposed to be nonpartisan.
Ohio is still weighing options regarding a Medicaid expansion. Critics of the expansion are worried the expansion would cost the state too much money. However, previous research shows Medicaid expansions can actually save states money by lowering the amount of uncompensated care. Medicaid expansions in other states also notably improved lives.
One analyst says Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble will see stronger growth in the future.
A controversial ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court is sparking some local debate. The ruling said juveniles are not entitled to an attorney during police interrogations preceding a charge or initial appearance at juvenile court. Under state law, juveniles are allowed to have attorneys during "proceedings," and the Ohio Supreme Court interpreted "proceedings" to mean "court proceedings."
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced 6,665 new entities filed to do business in Ohio in September. The number is up from September 2011, when 6,143 new entities filed to do business; but it's down from August 2012, when 7,341 entities asked to do business in Ohio. The numbers show a steady economic recovery.
The Ohio Turnpike may get a few changes soon. A new Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) study shows a few options for Gov. John Kasich's administration: lease the turnpike, give it over to ODOT or leave it alone. If the turnpike is leased or handed over to ODOT, tolls will likely rise to keep up with inflation and two maintenance facilities will shut down. However, the revenue generated could be used for new transportation projects — a goal for the Kasich administration. Kasich is set to make his decision in about a month.
In other Ohio Turnpike news, Turnpike Director Rick Hodges announced turnpike tow truck companies will soon be paid less but allowed to charge customers more.
Scientists want to measure human consciousness. The technology could gauge whether vegetative patients retain any awareness.
A Cincinnati-area state representative is decrying billboards throughout Ohio whose aim, she says, is voter intimidation.
Democratic Rep. Alicia Reece held a news conference Monday morning in front of a billboard that read, "Voter Fraud is a Felony!"
The billboards were paid for "by a private family foundation," but Reece claims in a news release that the sponsors are essentially anonymous and the billboards are being strategically placed in low-income and black neighborhoods.
"We are asking the Outdoor Advertising Association of Ohio to work with the anonymous sponsors of the billboards to have them removed immediately," Reece wrote in a statement.
"It's obvious that the billboards are designed to intimidate voters and leave some wondering if merely voting is now a crime."
Mike Norton with Norton Outdoor Advertising — the company on whose billboards the ads appear — said there are 30 such signs in the Greater Cincinnati area.
He said the sponsor didn't ask for any demographic targeting and the ads are appearing in all neighborhoods wherever there was open space.
Norton said the sponsor wished to remain anonymous and he isn't at liberty to give out its name.
As for the anonymity of the ads sponsor, "Our company's stand on political advertising is we do our very best to make sure it's accurate and it's not an attack ad," Norton said. "This seemed to fall well within the bounds of reason on both of those benchmarks."
The billboards are not illegal, and they are considered Constitutionally protected speech.
The Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University Law School issued a policy paper finding that cases of fraud by individual voters are extremely rare.
The center found that in the 2004 presidential election saw a voter fraud rate of 0.00004 percent.
Cincinnati isn't the only city to see such billboards. They have also made appearances in Cleveland and Columbus, as well as southeast Wisconsin.
According to the Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland, the billboards there are owned by Clear Channel Outdoor. A company spokesman told the newspaper that Clear Channel's policy is usually to identify who sponsors a political ad, but in this case a salesperson made a mistake.
In the first of three debates for Ohio's seat in the U.S.
Senate, Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Josh
Mandel agreed on little and clashed on a lot. Each candidate mostly focused on the opposing candidate's record, but the debate today did move to substantial differences in policy at some
The debate started with opening statements from a noticeably feisty Brown, who criticized Mandel for calling his vote for the auto bailout "un-American." On the other side of the aisle, Mandel began his opening statement with a joke about shaving before he turns 36. The joke was the last time either of the men spoke with a light heart.
The candidates blasted each other mostly for their records. Mandel touted Ohio's and the nation's higher unemployment rate since Brown took office in 2006, energy prices and the U.S. debt. He also said the Senate had not passed a budget in three years, although Congress has actually passed budget resolutions in that time.
Brown fired back with claims Mandel had filled the state treasurer's office with cronies. He also criticized Mandel for running for four different political offices in seven years. In his closing statement, Brown said Mandel is "too concerned about running for his next job" to be trusted.
On substance, Brown and Mandel criticized just about everything about each other. Brown claimed Mandel signed away his "right to think" by agreeing to lobbyist Grover Norquist's pledge to not raise taxes while in office. He said the pledge makes it so if Mandel does take office, he'll never be able to close tax loopholes for big corporations.
Mandel defended the pledge by saying, "I'm proud to stand
for lower taxes in our state and lower taxes in our country." He added, "I will
do everything I can to advocate for lower taxes across the board for the middle
class and job creators as well."
The term "job creators" is typically used in politics to reference wealthy Americans, who Republicans claim create jobs through the theory of trickle-down economics. The economic theory states that wealthy Americans will hire more lower-class Americans if they have more money and freedom, essentially creating a trickle-down effect on wealth from the rich to the poor. Although Republicans still tout the theory, some economists, including Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, say the financial crisis of 2008 and the deregulation that led to it prove trickle-down economics do not work.
The candidates also debated their positions on the auto bailout. Mandel said he would not have voted for the auto bailout if he was in the Senate in 2009. In his defense, he cited the experience of Delphi workers, who lost part of their pensions as part of the deal auto companies made with workers after the federal bailout. Mandel then said, "I'm not a bailout senator. He's the bailout senator."
Brown responded by saying, "These are real jobs and real people." He then cited examples of people helped by the growing auto industry. Brown's arguments are backed by economic data, which has repeatedly credited the growing auto industry for the nation's growing economy. In the first quarter of 2012, the auto industry was credited for half of the nation's economic growth.
When he was asked about higher education, Brown established the key difference between the candidates in terms of economic policy. Brown said his policies in favor of government investment in higher education are about supporting the middle class to create growth that starts in the middle and spreads out, while Mandel supports tax cuts that emphasize a trickle-down approach. Mandel did not deny the claims, and instead blamed Brown's policies for the high unemployment rate and debt issues.
The men continued to show similar contrasts on the budget, taxes and economy throughout the entire debate, but there seemed to be some common ground regarding energy independence. When the topic came to hydraulic fracturing — or "fracking" — Brown said becoming energy independent would have to involve all possible energy sources. In substance, Mandel agreed, although he also praised fracking regulations recently passed by the Ohio legislature and Gov. John Kasich.
As far as energy issues go, the agreement stopped there. When Brown was asked about President Barack Obama's alleged "war on coal," Brown said there was no war on coal and claimed there are more coal jobs and coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago. Mandel disagreed and claimed there is a war on coal. He added if Obama is the general in the war on coal, Brown is Obama's "lieutenant." Brown previously supported federal regulations on mercury that some in the coal industry, including the Ohio Coal Association, claim will force coal-fired power plants to shut down. The regulations go into effect in 2015.
On abortion, Mandel proudly claimed he was pro-life, while Brown said, "Unlike Josh Mandel, I trust Ohio women to make their own health care decisions." Brown also criticized Mandel for not establishing exceptions for rape, incest and the health of the mother in his anti-abortion stance.
Many more issues, from term limits to Middle Eastern culture, were covered in the debate. The candidates drew sharp contrasts in all these areas with Brown typically holding the liberal position and Mandel typically holding the conservative position. But despite the feisty language and deep policy contrasts, when the debate ended, the candidates smiled, shook hands and patted each other on the back. They will meet again in Columbus on Thursday and Cincinnati on Oct. 25.
In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
The first of three debates for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat is
today. Incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Josh
Mandel will meet for the first time to prove who has the better vision
for the state. Democrats have repeatedly criticized Mandel for
dishonesty and dodging questions. Republicans have criticized Brown for
supporting President Barack Obama's policies, including the auto bailout
and Obamacare. A more substantive analysis of the candidates'
differences can be found here. In aggregate polling, Brown currently
leads by five points. The debate will be at 12:30 p.m. on C-SPAN.
Paul Ryan, the Republican candidate for vice president, will be in Cincinnati today. Ryan's event will take place at Lunken Airport at noon. Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, was in Lebanon Saturday. With the second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Romney tomorrow, both campaigns are turning up the events in Ohio, a state that is widely considered a must-win for both candidates. According to aggregate polling, Obama still holds Ohio by 2.2 points despite a nationwide post-debate bounce in the polls for Romney.
Bicyclists rejoiced Saturday as McMillan Street was converted back into a two-way street. William Howard Taft Road will undergo a similar transition Oct. 20. The conversion of both roads came thanks to the approval of Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, who pushed the motion in order to revitalize the business sector in the neighborhood.
The rest of Ohio's school report card data will be released Wednesday. The report card data grades schools to see how school districts are doing in a variety of categories. The release for the data was initially delayed due to an ongoing investigation by the state auditor that's looking into accusations of attendance reporting fraud at some school districts. Previously, the state auditor released preliminary findings criticizing some school districts and the Ohio Department of Education for some findings regarding attendance fraud.
A new report found Cincinnati still has a lot of work to do. The city ranked No. 10 out of 12 similar cities. Cincinnati excelled in job creation and housing opportunities, but it did poorly in categories regarding migration and age.
Bob Taft, former Republican governor of Ohio, is going green. The Ohio Environmental Council is rewarding Taft for standing up for the environment during his gubernatorial term.
Ohio's stricter laws for exotic animals convinced one pet owner to move her two tigers to Indiana.
Some guy broke the sound barrier with his body yesterday.
In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
The vice presidential debate between Democratic Vice President Joe Biden and Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan took place last night. The general consensus among pundits is the debate was a draw, with perhaps Biden edging out ahead. Regardless of who won, political scientists say debates have little-to-no electoral impact in the long term, especially vice presidential debates.
Mitt Romney made a bit of a flub yesterday. He told The Columbus Dispatch, "We don't have a setting across this country where if you don't have insurance, we just say to you, 'Tough luck, you're going to die when you have your heart attack.'" However, that's not completely accurate. Research shows the uninsured are a lot more likely to die from a heart attack, mostly because they get substantially less preventive health care.
PolitiFact Ohio says Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is wrong about Issue 2. Specifically, Husted said if a member of the independent commission was bribed, the member could not be kicked out of office. PolitiFact says the claim is false because methods for removing unelected officials from office exist outside of the redistricting amendment. If Issue 2 passed, redistricting would be handled by an independent citizens commission. Currently, elected officials redraw district boundaries, but they often use the process for political advantage. The Republican majority redrew the First Congressional District, which includes Cincinnati, to include Warren County, giving Republicans an advantage by giving them more rural voters that are more likely to vote for them.
But Husted did have some good news yesterday. A federal appeals court judge upheld a decision requiring election officials to count provisional ballots that were brought about due to poll worker mistakes. Husted didn't much care for that part of the ruling. However, the judge also said a legal signature must be required on every provisional ballot, overturning that part of the previous decision. A very small win, but Husted seemed happy in a statement: "I am extremely pleased that the Court of Appeals agreed with me that we must have a valid, legal signature on all provisional ballots."
The mayor and Cincinnati Public Schools announced a new joint effort that won a $40,000 grant yesterday. The effort will go to 50 tutors, who will help 100 students meet the state's new Third Grade Reading Guarantee.
However, a loophole in the Third Grade Reading Guarantee may allow third-graders to skip tests to move onto the fourth grade.
Out of 12 similar regions, Cincinnati ranks No. 10 on 15 indicators including jobs, cost of living and population. Cincinnati did fairly well in terms of just jobs, though; the city was No. 6 in that category. The ranks come from Vision 2015 and Agenda 360.
With the support of Gov. John Kasich, Ohio is trying to do more with university research. The theme of the push is to build stronger links between universities and the private sector to boost stronger, entrepreneurial research.
Josh Mandel, state treasurer and Ohio's Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, is in trouble again for not answering questions. A testy exchange on live radio started when Ron Ponder, the host, asked Mandel about potential cronyism in the treasurer's office, and Mandel replied by implying Ponder is with the Brown campaign. Ponder got so fed up he eventually ended the exchange by saying, "Hang up on this dude, man."
Does eating more chocolate earn a nation more Nobel prizes? Science says no. I say yes.
On National Coming Out Day, Cincinnati's only openly gay city councilman told CityBeat that equality for America's Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgendered people would take a hit under a President Mitt Romney.
"On day one (of his presidency) he (Romney) could hurt gay families by reinstating Don't Ask, Don't Tell and hurt security for our country," Seelbach said. "We need as many people serving as possible."
Councilman Chris Seelbach spoke to CityBeat as he waited to vote early outside of the Hamilton County Board of Elections.
Proponents of the measure that prevented openly gay service members from serving in the military have said repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell would damage the country's combat-readiness.
A study published by the Williams Institute at University of California Los Angeles Law School in September found that there has been no overall negative impact on military readiness, unit cohesion, recruitment, retention or morale.
Seelbach said there would be a stark contrast for LGBT people under President Barack Obama and his GOP rival. He pointed to the Obama administration's refusal to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court; his vocal approval of same-sex marriage; anti-discrimination measures signed by the president that, among other things, give same-sex partners the right to visit their loved ones in the hospital and make medical decisions.
He said the next president would also likely have the opportunity to appoint new justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court will likely decide the fate of California's Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage.
"If you care about equality, you've got to vote," Seelbach said. "The easiest way to vote is to vote early."
The Obama campaign in Ohio plans to release a new online ad touting the president's accomplishments for LGBT people.
The ad, made available to CityBeat, features Zach Wahls, a gay-rights activist born to a lesbian couple via artificial insemination. Wahls is known for his testimony before the Iowa House Judiciary Committee against a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in that state.
In the ad, Wahls touts the president's accomplishments and exhorts Ohioans to reelect Obama.
"We want to make sure that we're all doing everything we can this fall to get out, register voters, canvass, knock on doors, get our family members and friends out to the polls so that we can re-elect the best president this country has ever seen on LGBT rights," Wahls said.
In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
The vice presidential debate is tonight. The debate will be between Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan. After the last debate, some pundits are saying Biden needs to win this one to slow down the Romney-Ryan momentum. But keep in mind political scientists say debates have little to no electoral impact in the long term, so it's possible most of the post-debate polling in favor of Mitt Romney could indicate a temporary bounce. The debate is at 9 p.m. and will be aired on all the big networks. The full schedule of presidential debates can be found here.
Romney might campaign in Lebanon, Ohio this weekend. Ohio is considered a must-win for the Republican presidential candidate. Even with a post-debate bounce, Romney still looks to be the underdog in Ohio. The latest poll from NBC, Wall Street Journal and Marist shows Romney down six points to Obama among likely voters in the state with a margin of error of 3.1. The poll does show the race tightening from the eight-point gap measured on Oct. 3, but it's apparently not enough. By itself, the poll could be considered an outlier and too optimistic for Obama, but it actually echoes the latest CNN poll and aggregate polling taken after the debate. In aggregate polling, Romney is down 1.6 points in Ohio after the NBC/WSJ/Marist poll. Before the latest poll, he was down 0.8 points.
A new poll shows a slim majority of Ohioans now support same-sex marriage. The poll found 52 percent of Ohioans support it, while 37 percent want it to stay illegal. The poll gives a shot of optimism to Freedom to Marry Ohio, an amendment that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. Supporters say the amendment could be on the Ohio ballot as soon as November 2013.
State Auditor Dave Yost wants to put the attendance fraud investigation in context. When talking with Gongwer yesterday, Yost explained that the potential data rigging going could have cost schools additional funding for at-risk students: "I suspect we probably have schools in Ohio that ought to be getting that extra money for those extra services to help those schools that are most at risk, and that money is not flowing because the data is not accurate."
Will county budget cuts hurt public safety? As the county
commissioners try to sort out the budget without raising taxes, Hamilton County's sheriff
department could see some cuts, according to Commissioner Greg Hartmann. He insists the cuts will not hurt public safety, however.
An Oct. 1 analysis by left-leaning Policy Matters Ohio found the casino tax will not be enough to make up for cuts in state aid. Even in cities hosting casinos, the extra tax revenue will only cover about half of cuts.
Only a few weeks remain in Hamilton County's free electronics recycling program.
A Nuns on the Bus tour is encouraging voters to support politicians that provide for the poor. The tour will avoid being partisan and mentioning candidates' names, but the general vibe of the tour implies support for Democratic candidates.
Josh Mandel, Ohio's Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, has gotten another rating from PolitiFact Ohio. This one is "Mostly False" for Mandel's claim that opponent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown has missed more than 350 votes in the Senate. Brown has only missed 21 out of 1,779 votes since he joined the Senate, and he hasn't missed any votes this year. The Mandel campaign claims the ad was keeping track of Brown's entire public career, but 83 of the votes Brown missed in that time period were in 2000, when Brown was in a car accident in which he broke his ribs and vertebrae.
The NBC/WSJ/Marist poll also had some bad news for Mandel. He was found to be down 11 points to Brown among likely voters. Mandel is now down 4.2 points in aggregate polling.
The right-leaning Tax Foundation ranked Ohio No. 39 for business tax climate. The conservative research group gave Ohio good marks for unemployment insurance and the corporate tax rate, but it criticized the state for its individual income tax and property tax. New York, New Jersey and California were at the bottom of the overall rankings, and Wyoming, South Dakota and Nevada were at the top.
Jobless claims fell to 339,000 — the lowest in four and a half years. Coupled with last week's employment numbers, the news indicates that an economic recovery is truly underway. However, jobless claims are very volatile, so it's uncertain whether the drop will stick.
Science has found some stars die in style.
"In democracy, the role of government is to represent all of us and show us how we work together," said Sister Simone Campbell, a Catholic nun and executive director of Catholic lobbying group NETWORK.
"So that when some politicians want to tell us that there is no role for government, that government is only there to let individuals take care of their individualistic selves, I want to say, 'that's not democracy. That's not our Constitution, and that's not our faith.'"
The "Nuns on the Bus" tour started Wednesday in Cincinnati and will travel through Dayton, Lima, Columbus, Toledo, Fremont, Cleveland, Youngstown, Akron, Athens and Marietta before ending back in Cincinnati on Oct. 15.
The trip features Catholic nuns from across Ohio who will be urging Ohio voters to examine what the Bible says about caring for the poor. Dominican Sister of Hope Monica McGloin said voters should choose the candidate who would best embody those teachings.
McGloin said the tour would not support any political party or candidate.
"We certainly don't want to be partisan, because that's not what we're about," she said. "The fact is, neither candidate is talking about the poor."
While the bus tour kickoff was nonpartisan – speakers avoided mentioning either candidate by name – a number of attendees had their jackets or cars adorned with buttons or bumper stickers supporting president Barack Obama.
McGloin said she had a list of things she'd like to see from the next president: access to health care for all Americans, more jobs, a focus on education and programs that help people meet their basic needs, like housing.
This isn't the first bus tour for Campbell, who planned on heading to work in Washington, D.C. after the first Cincinnati stop. She organized the original nine-state "Nuns on the Bus" tour over the summer. The earlier tour was in protest over the budget proposed by Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, himself a Catholic. Ryan's budget would gut many social programs relied on by the poor.


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As the Feb. 24 Daytona 500 approaches, the pressure mounts for many NASCAR drivers and crew chiefs.
The pressure to win NASCAR's biggest race. The pressure to get off to a good start.
Pressure to win races. Pressure to make the Chase. And pressure to win the Sprint Cup championship.
For some, that pressure is more intense than for others. Some drivers and crew chiefs are in the final year of their contracts and need to produce to retain their jobs or to enhance their chances of landing with another team.
Some may be secure in their contract status, but need to step up to prove that they can be competitive and contend in their current situation.
Some already are on the hot seat and must produce quickly to improve their lot. For others, their seat is getting warm and only quick success will cool things off.
Here's a look at 15 drivers and crew chiefs that are on the hot seat entering 2013.
NASCAR 2013: Drivers, crew chiefs on the hot seatnascar January 16, 2013 2:15pm EST January 16, 2013 1:00pm EST As the Daytona 500 approaches, the pressure mounts for some of NASCAR's top drivers and crew chiefs. For many, the 2013 season is critical, their future is on the line and they start the year on the hot seat.
As the Feb. 24 Daytona 500 approaches, the pressure mounts for many NASCAR drivers and crew chiefs.
2 Ryan Newman
Newman signed just a one-year deal to stay at Stewart-Haas Racing this year, and he hasn't exactly shined in four years with the organization.
Though he has three wins there — one in each of the past three seasons — he has been inconsistent and missed the Chase twice. He missed the playoffs last season and finished just ninth and 10th in the standings in his two Chase appearances for SHR.
He will be reunited with former Penske crew chief Matt Borland this season and the duo needs to produce.
With Danica Patrick in the fold and Kevin Harvick expected to join the organization in 2014, there may not be room for Newman to return unless he has a big season.
3 Jeff Burton
Burton's contract at RCR may or may not be up at the end of this year — depending on whom you talk to — but the veteran driver clearly is on the decline.
After making the Chase four times in five years from 2006-10, he has had two of his worst seasons the last two years, finishing 20th and 19th in the standings. He hasn't won a race in more than four years.
Burton, 45, is in the twilight of his career and is desperate to win and become a factor again. If he has another disappointing season, it could be his last year with RCR. And at 45, landing another competitive ride might be a longshot.
4 Danica Patrick
Patrick has a multiyear contract and solid sponsorship backing, so she likely is in no danger of losing her ride at Stewart-Haas Racing.
However, she is under intense pressure to prove that she belongs in the Sprint Cup Series.
Patrick produced lackluster results in her first full season in the Nationwide Series last year and struggled in 10 Cup races. Her performance raised plenty of questions about whether she can be competitive in stock cars.
Her first full Cup season at Stewart-Haas is crucial. If she struggles and wrecks a bunch of cars, the team might start looking to get out of her contract and for other options.
And that could be a blow to Patrick's career and NASCAR aspirations.
Though she is not on the hot seat from a contractual perspective, the seat is already warm as she begins her first full Cup season.
5 Kurt Busch
After the worst season of his career last year, Busch landed with Furniture Row Racing, a single-car team that is expected to give him a better chance than the Phoenix Racing team he drove for last year.
Talent is not the issue with Busch, who has 24 career wins and won the 2004 Chase. Many believe that he can put the small Furniture Row team on his back and carry it to a win or two.
The question is whether Busch can ever land another ride with an elite, contending team. And that will depend not on his on-track performance, but how he behaves off it.
Busch has been in hot water much of his career for his well-documented tantrums and for how he treats his teammates, the media and others. Once again, Busch must not only produce on the track but repair his damaged reputation and prove that he can be professional and a model citizen.
If he does, he could wind up with a contending team like RCR. If not, he will continue floundering with mid-pack teams.
6 Steve Addington
When Tony Stewart surprisingly released crew chief Darian Grubb shortly after they won the 2011 Chase, Addington was Stewart's choice to replace Grubb as crew chief.
Addington had 16 career victories with Kurt and Kyle Busch, including eight with Kyle in 2008 at Joe Gibbs Racing.
Addington was expected to keep Stewart near the top of the standings and build on the momentum from Stewart's championship season.
They got off to a good start and won three races together, but Stewart was wildly inconsistent, had a rough summer stretch and stumbled badly in the Chase, finishing ninth in the final standings.
Not exactly what Stewart was looking for after making the questionable move to release Grubb.
Addington must make sure that Stewart's No. 14 is back in title contention or Stewart, who co-owns the team, won't be a happy camper.
7 Dave Rogers
Rogers took over Kyle Busch's team at Joe Gibbs Racing when Steve Addington was released near the end of the 2009 season.
Addington was released because Busch performed poorly in the Chase in 2008 and then missed it in 2009. Under Rogers, not much has changed. Busch finished eighth and 12th, respectively, in the Chase in 2010 and 2011, and then missed it entirely last year.
Busch's victory total has also declined — after 12 wins in 2008-09, he won three races in 2010, four in 2011 and just one last season.
Busch suffered three engine failures and a variety of other problems in missing the Chase last year and called it the worst season of his career.
The ultra-talented Busch is expected to announce a contract extension with Gibbs soon, so he's not going anywhere. And while he seems to be happy with Rogers, the organization might consider a change if their performance does not improve in 2013.
8 Alan Gustafson
When Rick Hendrick shook up his driver-crew chief lineup after the 2010 season, one of the reasons was to improve the performance of four-time champion Jeff Gordon, who had gone winless in 2010 and had won just one race over the past three seasons.
Gustafson, who had led Mark Martin to five wins in 2009, seemed like a perfect match for Gordon. And the duo has won races, winning three in 2011 and two last year.
But Gordon continues to be plagued by mistakes, mechanical problems and bad luck. As a result he finished eighth in the Chase in 2011 and barely made it last year before slipping to 10th in the final standings. A broken throttle, which led to a wreck in the first Chase race, sapped his momentum and doomed his title hopes last year.
If Gordon and Gustafson don't step up and have a big season this year, Hendrick may have to rethink his driver-crew chief pairings again.
9 Jason Ratcliff
After a stellar Nationwide Series career with Joe Gibbs Racing, Ratcliff was promoted to Sprint Cup last season to work with Joey Logano.
Though Logano scored his second career Cup victory, he failed to make the Chase for the fourth straight year and was replaced by Matt Kenseth.
Ratcliff now gets to work with the 2003 Cup champion and a driver who has 24 career victories, including three last season with Roush Fenway Racing.
Ratcliff should seem like the luckiest crew chief in the garage, replacing a young, still-developing Logano with a seasoned champion.
He is, but now it is up to him to make sure that Kenseth continues to win races and remains a championship contender.
Kenseth has not fared well with new and young crew chiefs. Most of his success at Roush came with longtime crew chief Robbie Reiser and veteran Jimmy Fennig.
If Kenseth stumbles in his first year with Gibbs, Ratcliff likely will have to take the blame.
10 Paul Menard
Menard's contract with Richard Childress Racing is up after this season and there are already rumblings about him possibly taking his family-owned sponsorship to another team.
But Menard has done very little at RCR. He won the 2011 Brickyard 400 on fuel mileage, but that is his only career victory and his 16th-place finish in the final standings last year was a career high. In six full seasons, he has never made the Chase and finished in the top 20 in points just twice.
Menard likely needs to win again and challenge for a spot in the Chase to remain at RCR or enhance his chances of getting a shot with another elite team. If he struggles again, he might just shop his sponsorship to the highest bidder.
11 Jamie McMurray
McMurray's up-and-down career is the perfect example of the mess that is Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.
Three years ago, McMurray emerged as one of the sport's biggest stars, winning three races, including the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400.
In 2011, EGR went in the tank, with McMurray plummeting to 27th in the standings in what team owner Chip Ganassi called a "pathetic" performance by his organization.
McMurray, who went winless and finished 21st last year, quietly signed a contract extension, but that may not mean much if the organization continues to struggle.
EGR has made major changes to the organization in the past two years and nothing has worked. If its "pathetic" performance continues, the drivers might be the next big changes.
12 Juan Pablo Montoya
Like McMurray, Montoya has been a victim of EGR's startling decline. He made the Chase in 2009 and won a race in 2010. Since then, he has gone winless and finished 21st and 22nd in the standings.
Montoya, who has a long history with Ganassi, signed a new contract in 2011 and will be in the second year of that deal this year. Big things were expected when he left Formula One to move to NASCAR, but he has just two Cup wins and has underachieved.
If EGR's struggles continues, even Montoya might be vulnerable, especially with top prospect and phenom Kyle Larson signed with Ganassi as a development driver.
13 Marcos Ambrose
Ambrose signed a one-year deal to stay with Richard Petty Motorsports, where he has shown promise the past two years.
The colorful Australian has won the road-course race at Watkins Glen two years in a row, but has yet to win an oval-track race and has never made the Chase. After finishing 18th in the standings last year, he needs to improve his performance on ovals and show that he can contend for a spot in the Chase.
With just a one-year deal, Ambrose's future is uncertain. Whether he could land a better ride is questionable, and he might decide to go back to Australia, where he is a racing legend and could no doubt find a lucrative opportunity.
14 Aric Almirola
Like Ambrose, Almirola signed just a one-year deal to stay at RPM, an organization that team owner Richard Petty admits is barely surviving.
There were questions about whether RPM would re-sign Almirola, but after a strong finish with crew chief Todd Parrott, he earned another chance.
Last year was only Almirola's first full season in the Cup series and he finished a respectable 20th in points. He needs more seasoning and experience. Whether he will get it with RPM or somewhere else is the question.
15 Bobby Labonte
Poor Labonte. He is a class act and one of the sport's most widely respected and most popular drivers. Yet the 2000 champion's career has been in decline since 2003.
After two disappointing seasons with Joe Gibbs Racing in 2004-05, Labonte decided to leave the elite organization and he has not been the same since.
For the past seven years, Labonte has bounced from one uncompetitive team to another, failing to win a race and never finishing better than 18th in the standings.
He had his best season in awhile last year, scoring two top-10s and finishing 23rd for JTG Daugherty Racing. He will return to the team this season.
At 48, Labonte's best days are behind him and he's just hanging on for now. If he could have a good season with JTG, he might experience a slight resurgence and hang on for a few more years.
But if it doesn't work out, Labonte may be facing the end of the road.
16 Sam Hornish
Hornish had a solid season in the Nationwide Series last year, scoring 22 top-10s and finishing fourth in the final standings. But it was in Nationwide, and he was supposed to be a Sprint Cup star by now.
The former IndyCar champion has struggled in his Cup opportunities with Penske Racing and wound up racing mostly in the Nationwide Series the past two years. He did get a 20-race Cup run in place of the suspended AJ Allmendinger last year, but while he was somewhat respectable, he scored just one top-10 finish.
The former open-wheel star has just one NASCAR victory — a Nationwide win in 2011 — in his five years in NASCAR. He needs to win races and contend for the Nationwide championship this year to get his career back on track and have a chance to stay in NASCAR.


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Tuesday lineup: Greinke vs. Red Sox, T-Shirts (photo)
Billy Butler clubbed two more doubles last night, giving him 49 on the year as the Royals rallied for a 12-9 win. Tonight is T-Shirt Tuesday for the first 20,000 fans (here's the T-Shirt).
Zack Greinke will take the mound looking for win number 15. Greinke has 224 strikeouts, 20 shy of Dennis Leonard's record.
Greinke, Royals vs. Red Sox, T-Shirts, Billy in search of his 50th double – it's a great night for baseball at "The K", so come on out!
Here's your Kansas City lineup:
(DeJesus – LF)
(Maier – CF)
(Butler – 1B)
(Jacobs – DH)
(Callaspo -2B)
(Teahen – RF)
(Olivo – C)
(Gordon – 3B)
(Betancourt – SS)
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Former title challenger Chad Mendes (11-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) will serve as the welcome wagon for the debut of former lightweight Cody McKenzie (13-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) in the featherweight division.
UFC officials today announced that verbal agreements are in place for the 145-pound fight.
It'll be part of July's already-stacked UFC 148 lineup on Independence Day weekend.
UFC 148 takes place July 7 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view, and FX and Facebook are expected to carry the prelims. With an already-announced main card, Mendes vs. McKenzie likely will be part of the prelims.
Mendes fights for the first time since losing a title fight to featherweight champion Jose Aldo at UFC 142. Prior to the first-round knockout, Mendes won his first 11 professional fights, including four in the WEC and two in the UFC.
The former NCAA Division I wrestling national runner-up now meets fan favorite McKenzie, who snapped a two-fight losing skid and likely saved his job with a first-round submission victory over Marcus LeVesseur earlier this week at UFC on FUEL TV 3. "The Ultimate Fighter 12" cast member used a guillotine choke for his 11th such victory in 13 career wins.
The latest UFC 148 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
- Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title)
- Urijah Faber vs. TBA (for interim bantamweight title)
- Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
- Rich Franklin vs. Cung Le
- Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia
- Renan Barao vs. Ivan Menjivar
- Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie
- Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Gleison Tibau
- Riki Fukuda vs. Constantinos Philippou
- Fabricio Camoes vs. Melvin Guillard
- John Alessio vs. Shane Roller
For the latest on UFC 148, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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Mark Block Embarrasses the Cain Campaign with Disastrous Lie
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As if Herman Cain needed any more negative publicity, his own campaign director was caught literally fabricating a story line in a PR scramble against the bombardment of harassment allegations. While I have stated on numerous occasions that I feel there is sufficient evidence to support Cain's innocence, the only way to come to that conclusion would be through the truth. The media is the chief architect of inventing news stories, everyone already knows that. There's no reason for us to do it, there's enough actual fact out there to acquit Cain and distance him from the allegations brought forth by the four accusers. Read more of this post


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(Le Mars) -- We look at the sheriff's race between incumbant Mike Van Otterloo and challenger Jay King. Both men have long careers in law enforcement. Van Otterloo has been in law enforcement for 34 years, first as a Le Mars Police officer and the last 22 years serving as the sheriff for Plymouth County. King has been involved with law enforcement in Plymouth County for 34 years, 10 as the Remsen police department and the last 24 with the Le Mars Police Department. King explains why he is seeking the position of sheriff.
Van Otterloo, says he is seeking re-election because he enjoys the job.
Van Otterloo says he believes a noted acheivement during his tenure was the construction of the law enforcement center.
Meanwhile, King says Plymouth County needs to be more pro-active and not re-active to crimes committed within the county.
Both candidates believe a county-wide law enforcement program where the sheriff's deputies patrol the small towns is not cost efficient. However, both believe the sheriff's office needs to work with the smaller town law enforcement agencies.
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TV trouble lingers for Padres into opening day
Games available only on Cox and DirecTV in San Diego market
For more than a decade, Padres games were broadcast only on cable in San Diego County, meaning that about one-third of TV households locally couldn't watch the games at home.
Cable's monopoly ended last year when the Padres signed a new 20-year TV rights deal with Fox Sports — a move cheered by fans with satellite and telephone company TV service.
But on opening day, fewer local TV households will be able to watch the first pitch this year than last year.
Fox Sports is embroiled in a bitter fight with Time Warner Cable — which has about 210,000 local subscriber households — over fees for carrying the Padres. AT&T's U-Verse and Dish Network also haven't inked deals yet to carry the games.
To date, only Cox Communications and DirecTV have signed up with Fox Sports for the new network, called Fox Sports San Diego. But that leaves at least 42 percent of San Diego County TV households unable to watch the Padres — at least for now, according to subscriber estimates from industry research firm SNL Kagan MediaCensus.
How long beyond opening day will the feud last between Fox Sports and Time Warner Cable?
It's hard to predict the timing, but analysts say it's hard to foresee the fight dragging on all season.
"It certainly puts pressure on distributors if they're not carrying the hometown Major League Baseball team," said Lee Burke, chief executive of the media and sports consulting firm LHB Sports, Entertainment & Media. "That's why these type of deals do eventually get done."
The stakes are high for both Fox Sports and Time Warner, as well as the other TV providers who have not signed on with Fox Sports for the Padres.
Fox Sports needs pay TV providers to sign up to make its TV rights pact with the Padres pay off. The network is expected to pay the Padres as much as $40 million this season — significantly more than the $15 million the ballclub received last year from Cox Communications' Channel 4 San Diego.
(The Padres got about a 20 percent ownership stake in the new network, which would contribute to the $40 million payout.)
For Time Warner Cable, which has a history of balking at ever escalating programming fees, the danger lies in its customers switching to competitors — although many have multiyear contracts which would make switching in midstream difficult.
Still, DirecTV has already run advertisements in San Diego touting the fact that it offers Padres games.
"The Padres may even come out with a website that says switch to DirecTV if you want your Padres content," said Adam Swanson, an analyst with SNL Kagan. "These types of things have happened in markets like New York."
The dispute highlights the growing dilemma for pay TV providers over the skyrocketing costs of regional sports networks.
Sports are popular programming that many viewers demand and tend to watch live, say analysts.
"It is essentially DVR proof," said Swanson. "You have live eyeballs watching this content. And advertisers know that. With a lot of the rest of cable, you have to factor in how many people are going to record it and skip through the commercials."
On the other hand, the rising costs are more difficult to pass on to subscribers when pay TV providers are under pressure from cord cutting — where customers drop their TV subscription and instead watch shows on the Internet.
"There is no doubt the cost of sports programming — and in particular regional sport programming — is the single fastest growing cost component in the pay TV business," said Mark Kersey, an industry analysts with Kersey Research Strategies. "So we are seeing a lot of stalemates in these negotiations."


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First post. Went to Wyoming Sept. 2011. First non-guided antelope hunt ever. Three of us "Iowans" had 2 points, paid for special draw, and drew 63 after much research. Hunted first 3 days of season. mid Sept.
Do not take this wrong - we had a great time, we all got buck antelope (small to medium), learned a lot, no regrets....but just have some questions - things just did not seem to add up to expectations based on Eastmans MRS info. We are having pow-wow soon to make future plans and need some guidance.
3 basic questions. Where were all the hunters? Where were all the antelope? Were there really some big bucks there? With 500 tags as I recall and 1st day of season, we expected to work for place to camp and compete for antelope. We were the only hunters camping on public land for miles around, period. We hunted large central area with many miles of public land and no danger of straying on private. In fact, we never saw another group camping anywhere, except on private. Great, but does not make sense. All those tags have to get used, were they mostly on the 15% of unit in private land? Or do they hunt later in season? We heard exactly 4 shots opening day, saw 3 rigs drive through on a main two-track. That was it for 3 days. We loved the solitude, absolutely, but seemed oddly silent.
We were just not seeing bucks of any size, and not many numbers at all. Maybe saw 4-6 bucks per day. Arrived 2 days ahead to scout, worked hard daylight to dark, spotted, stalked, crawled - but I will tell you we had to work hard for three small to mediocre bucks and were glad to get them. We saw one large buck on private land. I will admit there were more antelope on the 15% private land, and some bigger bucks. Were the bucks on the public land, and we did not know how to hunt them? Hey, we were rookies I admit. Just seeking some insight.
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I am using Windows 8 Pro x64 with Zimbra 7.2.2.
I also have domain and mailbox on it.
When I'm trying to add this account to Zimbra, it says, that there is self-signed certificate, and it will be not trusted.
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Has anyone here installed a Sky Commander on an AT Voyager mount? How well does it work? Easy or Hard? What all is needed in terms of hardware? Thanks.
Sky Commander on AT Voyager Mount
Started by John Miele , Apr 09 2009 05:55 PM
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JMI offers a kit to install encoders for use with their DSC sytem (which I think is Argo Navis based) - but I would imagine the encoders would work with a Sky Commander computer.


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Today's software architects must do so much more than just build, deliver and manage...they must innovate. Increasingly, IT is charged with enabling business and seizing new opportunities to create unique, competitive advantages for the business through a more responsive and cost-effective delivery of IT services.
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Laurie LaRusso, MS, ELS
Pancreatic cancer is the growth of cancer cells in the pancreas. The pancreas is a long, flattened pear-shaped organ in the abdomen. It makes digestive enzymes and hormones including insulin.
Cancer occurs when cells in the body divide without control or order. If cells keep dividing uncontrollably, a mass of tissue forms. This is called a growth or tumor. The term cancer refers to malignant tumors. They can invade nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body.
The cause is unknown. Research shows that certain risk factors are associated with the disease.
Factors that increase your risk of developing pancreatic cancer include:
Pancreatic cancer does not cause symptoms in its early stages. The cancer may grow for some time before it causes symptoms. When symptoms do appear, they may be very vague. In many cases, the cancer has spread outside the pancreas by the time it is discovered.
Symptoms will vary depending on the location and size of the tumor. Symptoms include:
These symptoms may also be caused by other, less serious health conditions. Anyone experiencing these symptoms should see a doctor.
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam may be done. The doctor may order blood and urine tests, as well as check for hidden blood in bowel movements.
Test may include:
Once cancer of the pancreas is found, staging tests are performed. These test help to find out if the cancer has spread and, if so, to what extent. Treatments for pancreatic cancer depend on the stage of the cancer.
Treatments include:
Removal of the cancerous tumor and nearby tissue may be done. Nearby lymph nodes may also need to be removed. In pancreatic cancer, surgery may also be performed to relieve symptoms. Surgeries include:
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to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation may be:
is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. It may be given in many forms including pill, injection, and via a catheter. The drugs enter the bloodstream. They travel through the body killing mostly cancer cells. Some healthy cells are killed as well.
The use of medications or substances made by the body. They can increase or restore the body's natural defenses against cancer. It is also called biologic response modifier (BRM) therapy.
Most times, pancreatic cancer is discovered at an advanced stage. Surgery may not be appropriate in this case. If surgery cannot be done, then chemotherapy and radiation are offered together to prolong survival.
Surgery would be appropriate in only 25% of patients with this disease in the early stage. In these cases, the patient would benefit from surgery. After surgery, follow-up chemotherapy and radiation therapy have been found to prolong survival in some cases.
If you think you are at risk for pancreatic cancer, talk to your doctor about ways to reduce your risk, such as:
American Cancer Society
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
BC Cancer Agency
Canadian Cancer Society
All about pancreatic cancer. American Cancer Society website. Available at:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=dt=34. Accessed July 24, 2009.
Carson-DeWitt R. Reducing your risk of pancreatic cancer. EBSCO Health Library website. Available at:
http://www.ebscohost.com/healthLibrary/. Updated September 2009. Accessed April 9, 2010.
Pancreatic cancer. National Cancer Institute website. Available at:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/pancreatic. Accessed July 24, 2009.
9/23/2008 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance
http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what.php: Boffetta P, Hecht S, Gray N, Gupta P, Straif K. Smokeless tobacco and cancer.
Lancet Oncol.
7/21/2009 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance
http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what.php: Li D, Morris JS, Liu J, et al. Body mass index and risk, age of onset, and survival in patients with pancreatic cancer.
3/5/2010 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance
http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what.php: Tramacere I, Scotti L, Jenab M, et al. Alcohol drinking and pancreatic cancer risk: a meta-analysis of the dose-risk relation.
Int J Cancer.
Last reviewed September 2013 by Mohei Abouzied, MD
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