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When I first learned of the United States� use of drone warfare, I thought it a good thing: saves lives of U.S. troops and seems to be precise. However, when I heard reports of targeted insurgents being killed on the sixth, 12th or 15th drone attack, I was shocked that there were no reports about who was killed in the first five and other, unreported attacks, and I began to research drone warfare. What I found saddened and outraged me.
One good source of research material was the book Drone Warfare by Medea Benjamin, a human-rights activist of 30 years.
Many human-rights groups and church communities are questioning the moral, legal and human-rights issues associated with drone warfare. Activists include the ACLU, lawyers, scientists and military personnel, including a �pilot without a cockpit.� Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich said that drone strikes raise the risk of innocent civilians or individuals who have, �� no relationship to attacks on the U.S. ... being killed.� Kucinich is calling on members of Congress �...to demand transparency and accountability for our U.S. drone program abroad� and that �Congress be provided with information on the CIA and Joint Special Operations Command use of �signature� strikes.�
This activism is fueled by reports as the one from the U.K. Bureau of Investigation. From 2004 to 2011, �� between 2,372 and 2,997 individuals were killed. Of those, between 391 and 780 were civilians, 175 of them children.�
After the use of drone warfare was initiated after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, a Wall Street Journal editorial said: �Never before in the history of warfare have we been able to distinguish as well between combatants and civilians as we can with drones.�
The Los Angeles Times has a different view: �The Khan family never heard it. They had been sleeping for an hour when a Hellfire missile pierced their mud hut. Black smoke and dust choked the villagers as they dug through the rubble. Four-year-old Zeerak�s legs were severed. His sister Maria, 3, was badly scorched. Both were dead. When their cousin, Irfan, 16, saw them, he gently curled them into his arms, squeezed the rumpled bodies to his chest, kissed their faces and slid into a stupor.�
In his book, The Predator, drone pilot Matt Martin expressed his anguish when he ended up killing civilians.
He planned to blow up a group of supposed rebels who were standing around a truck. �Suddenly, two kids on a bicycle appeared on the screen, a boy, about 10, and a younger boy on the handlebars. They were laughing, talking and riding alongside the truck.� Panicking, Martin wanted to stop the missile, but it was too late, the sensor operator had already released it. �When the screens cleared, I saw the bicycle blown 20 feet away. One of the tires was still spinning. The bodies of the two boys lay bent and broken among the bodies of the insurgents.�
Every time a drone strike kills civilians, women and children, more and more nonmilitary men join the insurgents. Drone strikes actually promote civilians to join the Taliban out of anger and sorrow for deaths of the innocent people.
Martin wrote that sitting at a computer staring at the screen for hours raises paranoia and suspicion in drone pilots, and they sometimes �wish for action� just to have something to do.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is not uncommon in drone pilots. The CIA�s answer to this is to consider replacing the human drone pilots with robots. Benjamin says, �autonomous weapons won�t suffer from PTSD. And that�s why � ethical or not � the military will most likely be expanding its dependency on machines that do not possess the troublesome emotions and consciences of its human pilots.�
In 2012, The New York Times filed a bid in federal court to force the U.S. government to disclose more information about its targeted killing of people it believes have ties to terrorism, including American citizens.
U.S. District Court Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan ruled that the Obama administration did not violate the law by refusing the Times� request for the legal justifications for targeted killings. MSN News reported that McMahon seemed to be reluctant to rule as she did, noting that disclosure could help the public understand the vast and ever-growing exercise the United States has been engaged in for over a decade, at great cost of lives, treasure, and (to some) personal liberty.
The New York Times is planning to appeal McMahon�s decision.
Drone warfare is good for business, if the business is Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Atomics or other aerospace industry. According to Benjamin, the Pentagon currently has a $5 billion budget for building drones. This is at a time when we have not yet recovered from, �The worst recession since the Great Depression.� American people have lost jobs, homes, and many struggle just for the bare necessities. One analyst who monitors the aerospace industry said drone research and manufacture is expected to total $94 billion from now to 2020. Some of America�s brightest scientists are not working on curing cancer, better energy sources, climate change or fighting hunger, they are busy creating more and more powerful weapons.
We should heed the words of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who more than half a century ago said, �Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. Is there no other way the world may live?�
At 1 p.m. Feb. 17, there will be a viewing of the film �Remote Control War� at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive. The film was aired on PBS in 2011 and is distributed by PBS. There will be a discussion after the one-hour film, and the public is invited.
Susana Jones has been a peace and human-rights activist for 35 years. She is active in Durango with the Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Committee. Reach her at email@example.com.


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I-Cubs Get Thumped by River Cats
Nate Spears and Brad Snyder smacked home runs, but it wasn't enough, as the Sacramento River Cats (the Oakland A's AAA affiliate) scratched out a 10-5 victory over the Iowa Cubs this afternnon at the Papago Park Sports Complex in Phoenix.
Spears missed several games after being hit on the hand with a pitch last Saturday, but he returned to the scene of the crime (and the lineup) with a bang today, hitting the first pitch of the game over the RF fence.
The first three I-Cubs pitchers struggled, as Randy Wells and Dumas Garcia had difficulty throwing strikes, while Ken Kadokura was just plain awful (five runs on eight hits--including three doubles and a triple, in just two innings of work), but Justin Berg and Jeff Stevens retired the last six batters they faced, Berg with an easy 1-2-3 nine-pitch 7th (eight strikes and only one ball, resulting in a 6-3, Ks, and P-3), and then Jeff Stevens struck out the side in the 8th.
In Iowa Cubs roster news, hard-throwing 26-year old RHP Rocky Roquet (who has been terrible since reporting to the Iowa Cubs) has been traded to the Oakland A's for a PTBNL (Roquet was an NRI to big league camp), LHP Edward Campusano (another NRI to big league camp who got sentt back to Iowa) has been released (couldn't throw strikes, never really recovered from April 2007 TJS), and OF Richie Robnett (acquired from OAK in the Michael Wuertz trade, and then outrighted off the 40-man roster last week) and IF-OF Matt Camp have been demoted to AA Tennessee. So the Iowa Cubs roster presently stands at 33 (16 pitchers, four catchers, eight infielders, and five outfielders), with nine cuts left to make by the end of the week (the AA and AAA regular season roster limits are 24, not 25).
Here is today's abridged box score (Iowa Cubs players only). Randy Wells batted twice (including once after he had already been replaced on the mound) because he is being prepped as a rotation starter for Iowa, and the Cubs wanted him to get a couple of ABs in addition to extending his pitch count up past 50 (he was used as a one-inning reliever in Cactus League games before he was optioned to Iowa from big league camp).
1. Nate Spears, DH #1: 1-3 (HR, 6-3, 4-3, BB - 1 R, 1 RBI)
2. So Taguchi, RF: 0-4 (F-8, F-9, 5-3, 4-6-3 DP)
3. Esteban German, 3B: 1-3 (1B, 5-3, BB, 6-3 - 1 R)
4a. Randy Wells, P-DH #2: 0-1 (3-U SH, F-8)
4b. SKIPPED
5. Jake Fox, 1B: 0-2 (Kc, HBP, BB, F-8 - 1 R)
6. Brad Snyder, CF: 1-3 (4-3, 3-U, BB, HR, 1 R, 1 RBI)
7. Jason Dubois, LF: 2-4 (1-3, 2B, Ks, 2B - 1 R)
8. Mark Johnson, C: 2-3 (1B, F-8, BB, 2B - 2 RBI)
9. Andres Blanco, SS: 0-4 (P-4, 6-3, 4-3, Kc -1 RBI)
10. Luis Rivas, 2B: 0-3 (6-3, 5-3, L-8)
1. Randy Wells - 2.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 1 WP, 51 pitches (26 strikes), 6/1 GO/FO
2. Ken Kadokura - 2.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R (6 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 43 pitches (27 strikes), 3/1 GO/FO
3. Dumas Garcia - 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 46 pitches (22 strikes) , 1/4 GO/FO
4. Justin Berg - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, nine pitches (eight strikes), 1/1 GO/FO
5. Jeff Stevens - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 17 pitches (10 strikes)
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Arizona Phil -
Thanks for the great updates. How does Brad Snyder look in CF? I figure Fuld will get the majority of the CF AB's, but if Snyder can play all over the outfield, then I like the Iowa team carrying four outfielders (Fuld, Snyder, Dubois, and Deeds). If Snyder isn't great in CF, then I see the Cubs needing a 5th outfielder like a Taguchi (or I thought Matt Camp could be the backup CF'er, but he was just sent down).
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not official, but looking that way.
Gallagher didn't make the A's rotation...
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my favorite part of that article...
"Management believes Veal, a Rule 5 pick, is closer to being major-league ready than Meek was at this time last year."
vs. Cubs 08
4ip 1h 7bb 2k 4er in 3 games...
13ip 11h 12bb 7k 10er overall...
setting the bar a little high there huh management?
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Phil, is Mark Reed still with the I-Cubs? Thanks.
Christina Kahrl (Baseball Prospectus) published this a couple days ago in an article entitled Bargains and Boondoggles....
Special overpriced scrub award: Because you can make mistakes on the bottom of the roster as easily as you can on the top, let's bring up AARON MILES of the Cubs, or perhaps more properly GM JIM HENDRY for giving Miles a two-year, $4.9 million contract. His projected value of his production in 2009 is $550,000, barely above league-minimum, and is projected to drop to $425,000 in 2010. Flushing $4 million over two years is small potatoes, but one of the things we expected in terms of changing free market behavior is that we anticipated that mediocre players would have a hard time while teams (wisely) pay a premium to top-end talent. That's still generally true, but every once in a while you still see bad deals like this.
... just Jim being Jim.
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Question: Isn't Chad Gaudin's $2mil salary now guaranteed, since he wasn't waived yesterday?
Just checking, because one option put out there was cutting Gaudin and saving most of his salary. Obviously the Cubs feel that he is in their plans, or tradeable at that price tag.
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Cubs vs Yankees Friday in New York
7:05 ET, televised
ESPN's guide to New Yankee Stadium
46-54 degrees, 70% chance of rain predicted
Lou may wish he was back in Arizona.
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Who is the jackass that buy's $53,200.00 season tickets to the Yankees?
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Probably the same jackasses who pay hundreds of dollars for single CBOE tickets at Wrigley. Or the same jackass who pays thousands of dollars for Cubs season tickets.
FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
Nate Silver (BP) says the Cubs defense isn't going to be what it was last year....2nd best FRAA (measures the runs saved or lost relative to the MLB average) in NL. Notable reasons given include the loss of Mark DeRosa who was above average at nearly every position he played.
Cubs (2008 FRAA: +58 | 2009 Projection: +6)
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
From +58 to +6 in a year? Silver is out of his head or displaying his Cub hatred again. I'm not sure I buy that DeRosa was that great defensively, and even if he was, I don't know that Fontenot is much (if any) worse. Edmonds was good, I suppose, but Fuku/ReedJ should be as nearly as good, and Bradley will be solid in RF when he's out there. Even accounting for the fact that players are a year older, and that some of them probably had career years defensively, it doesn't explain a 52 point FRAA drop. Just ridiculous.
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it does explain it if the stat is stupid and too variable by it's very definition.
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It is not ridiculous if the stats show that it is unlikely that the players will repeat those years.
Look... it is all predictions based on the historical data. It isn't Nate Silver's opinion.
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I'd like to see the article myself, not sure where SIlver is getting his Ramirez and Soriano information from...Ramirez was back to his below average self last year by FRAA and Soriano has been average to well-above average ever since he moved to LF by their numbers. Fukduome should be an upgrade defensively to Edmonds although the drop to Bradley in RF should wash that out. Fontento vs. DeRosa...I'd probably take DeRosa but Fontenot looks to be improving.
Looks all about the same to me....
Re:Bradley will be solid in RF when he's out there
I agree with you! But Silver doesn't think Bradley is up to the job. He also thinks the good defense we got from Soriano and Ramirez last year was a fluke.
FWIW St.Louis is also projected to drop about 50 points down to FRAA minus land.
Re:Bradley will be solid in RF when he's out there
Understandable. Bradley has really been dogging it this spring.
I know, I know, I'm just 'shooting the messenger' at this point, but I get cranky when people tell me the Cubs aren't going to win everything.
I've been largely skeptical of predictions ever since everyone thought the Cubs would finish 3rd or 4th in 2007. *flips big middle finger to all those people*
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
More DeRosa silliness. Contrary to rumor, DeRosa didn't cover right field and second and third bases at the same time.
I know he has a strong arm, but DeRosa had zero outfield assists last year. In what way, then, was he an above-average outfielder? I remember him being wall-shy, like nearly all converted infielders.
DeRosa is really a third baseman, so he got traded to a team that needed a third baseman. He couldn't play third for the Cubs, so they had to move him around. A good player can usually find a team and a position and stay there. Let's hope DeRosa has landed in a place where he doesn't have to perpetuate the myth of the "super sub."
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I know he has a strong arm, but DeRosa had zero outfield assists last year. In what way, then, was he an above-average outfielder?
Yea... I heard that OF defense is only about throwing the ball.
This, of course, coming from the same guy who thinks that dealing with fly balls in the infield is the same as dealing with fly balls in the outfield.
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
Draw your own conclusions from the fact that Theriot was inept in the outfield.
To me, if a guy can't catch a fly ball in the outfield, he's probably not who you want running out from the shortstop position to catch a ball over his shoulder in short left center. It's not his strength, in any event.
No one has seen Soriano play first, but I can picture him dropping pop-ups and missing throws.
Conversely, the fact that Hoffpauir seems to be a slick fielder at first suggests that he's not as bad an outfielder as has been alleged. My guess is that he could be decent with practice.
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Draw your own conclusions from the fact that Theriot was inept in the outfield.
Okay... but one of them sure will not be that dealing with balls in the air is the same in the outfield and infield. Have you ever played baseball before?
Conversely, the fact that Hoffpauir seems to be a slick fielder at first suggests that he's not as bad an outfielder as has been alleged. My guess is that he could be decent with practice.
HUH!?!? Because he is good at first he would be good in the outfield?
You have to be kidding me.
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mental retardation. neat.
i guess fontenot can't field...wait, he can...better than dero.
i guess bradley can't field...wait, he can...better than dero in RF...
i guess the new guys...wait, fuck...everyone else is the same except a fuku/gaith CF which both are competent and then some.
i guess the added D edge from d.ward and r.cedeno will be missed...wait...
brb, making a pretty dress out of wasted paper from printed out spreadsheets.
the kicker is nate silver knows better...but BP doesn't "sell" that logic.
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i guess fontenot can't field...wait, he can...better than dero.
Huh? He can field better than DeRosa? Not so sure about that...
i guess bradley can't field...wait, he can...better than dero in RF...
Umm... Bradley isn't replacing DeRosa in right, he is replacing Fukudome. Or, actually, he is really replacing Edmonds.
the kicker is nate silver knows better...but BP doesn't "sell" that logic.
Knows better? He is using stats to make a prediction. Sometimes those predictions are wrong. Often they are right.
I am really not sure why people are getting so upset. His point wasn't only that DeRosa would be missed, but also that ARam and Soriano had pretty good defensive years last year (according to BP's defensive stats), but they are inconsistent and are unlikely to reproduce their defensive production. DLee is getting worse, not better, defensively.
I would say that the Cubs are, at best, the same at 1b, 3b, LF, C, SS. They are probably worse at CF and RF. And there is a good chance that they are worse at 1b, 3b, and LF.
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"Huh? He can field better than DeRosa? Not so sure about that..."
it's one thing fonte can do well. his footwork is great. dero had good footwork and was good on popups, but that's about all i'd give him, personally. he didn't murder 2nd, he was good...but i'd take fontenot over dero at 2nd in a fielding clinic. it's not like one is a slam dunk over the other or something.
and bradley is a new starter...the starter he's replacing is also staying a starter and he should have no issue in CF.
and yes, nate silver DOES know better. FRAA is not something you'd place a prediction around, especially as a team aggregate, imo. It makes UZR look classy.
i have no idea how you put RF as worse with bradley in RF...he's a superior arm to fuku if nothing else. he can definitely cover more ground than dero out in RF.
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i have no idea how you put RF as worse with bradley in RF...he's a superior arm to fuku if nothing else. he can definitely cover more ground than dero out in RF.
Are you serious? You seriously think that Bradley is as good, or better, thank Fukudome in Right Field?
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
Props to Dave for getting Huh? and Ummm... in the same post.
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is there a link to this btw? Don't see it on BP.....
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well shiite, I don't like paying ESPN money for their garbage. But yeah, if he said that he the defense from Soriano and Ramirez using FRAA was a fluke as navigator said, I'd like to know what numbers he's looking at...
Ramirez's career year on defense was 2007 and Soriano has been average to well-above average in LF.
Also - and I can't answer this - but how does FRAA measure intimidation? Because at some point teams are going to just stop running on Soriano's arm and his assists will look like he's having a bad year and bring everything down with it.
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
He didn't give the actual numbers for individual players.
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okay...but did he actually say that Soriano and Ramirez defense in 2008 was a fluke or something like that by FRAA? Just don't make sense...
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
The stregnth of Sori's defense is based entirely on his arm, without which he would be Burrell-bad in left field. So I'm not sure how arm strength can be a fluke.
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he ain't nowhere near Burrell bad, just cause he doesn't look pretty doing it all the time, he still has speed to make up for being an outfielder for only 3 years.
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Let's just say I hold my breath on every fly ball.
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
Here is what he said:
2009 projection: +6
They had a great year in the field, trailing on the Rays with a +58 FRAA. The problem is that it had all the makings of a fluke, as this is a veteran club with streaky defensive players such as Alfonso Soriano and Aramis Ramirez. The Cubs also traded Mark DeRosa, who was a defensive asset at virtually every position he played, and are now counting on Milton Bradley in rightfield, even though he spent last season mostly as the Rangers DH. Overall, Chicago's defense should still be solid, just not he asset it was last year.
Later... in the same magazine, Tim Kurjian wrote:
Aramis Ramirez anchors one of the NL's better defensive clubs. Chicago's lone possible concern is the centerfield platoon of converted corner outfielders Johnson and Fukudome- although Fooky was huge in right.
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Aramis is the defensive anchor? oh dear...
streaky I can buy, but don't see the big fall-off to be honest that they're predicting, unless Theriot becomes a bigger liability than the average that he seems to have shown so far...
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Yeah, see this is where shit just doesn't compute. I can buy Silver's analysis if he's projecting, say, a +30 FRAA, half of what it was last year. I may not agree with it, but that's a defensible analysis of what that number would be. The problem is either 1) there's a huge drop in the stats that isn't explained well in the analysis or (more likely in my opinion) 2) Silver has some general ideas on the Cubs' D this year or needs to fill space at least and thus fudges the numbers around to make his point. Unless we can see the formula for FRAA (which, I might be mistaken, but I believe BP won't give out), there's just no reason to put much stock in this as "stat-based" material. It's an opinion, and one from a guy who's gotten a bad rap as a Cub hater in the past.
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I don't necessarily disagree with you, but again, I am pretty sure that Silver and crew use stats and not opinions. Typically with these kinds of projections they use player specific historical data, along with things like age, to project what a player, and in turn team, will do in the future.
I don't think that the FRAA formula is messed up in this situation. If anything, it would be the projection formula.
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
Nate Silver is a Cub fan, says he reads TCR every once-in-awhile (probably not at all since his election site went nuclear).
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
Yeah, Cub hater probably was less than accurate. How about self-loathing Cub fan pessimist?
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
So it IS that Nate Silver? I wondered...
Saw him on the Maddow show... cool.
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
FRAA is a shit stat that becomes messy smeared shit when you blanket apply it to teams that change lineups yearly.
now go give BP your money so they can go buy travis hafner rookie cards.
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
It's amazing how good the infield can throw when D. Lee is at first base.
Re: FRAA -Fielding Runs Above Average metric and the Cubs
If you accept the BP metrics (which at least generally align with defensive efficiency)
It should be about a wash at 2nd with Fontenaught and Miles replacing Fontenaught, DeRosa and Cedeno - maybe a slight drop.
Johnson and Edmonds were 9 runs below average, which Fukudome/Gahtright and Johnson should be able to better in center.
In right will give a little back with Bradley over Fukudome/DeRosa.
At catcher will lose a smidge with Hill instead of White.
At pitcher we'll lose a little with Marquis gone.
But still the defense should be solidly above average.
An outfield of Soriano/Gathright/Fukudome ought to not let too many balls drop.
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i know you started with a proper disclaimer so don't take this one personally...the qualifier is in place...
what those shit D stats don't tell is what we've seen out of K.Hill this spring...the guy's arm accuracy has become pretty damn deadly an arm and leg over what he was before his finger-fusing. i dunno what caused it...probably him working extra f'n hard on it in order to prove it.
...and if johnson/edmonds are 9 runs below average on D i'd like to see the 90 or so ichiro's out there.
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AZ Phil,
I'm hoping you will post the Iowa, Tenn, Daytona, and Peoria rosters early next week? Any major surprises, yet?
Sullivan also says Rockies are interested in Gaudin
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Thanks for the thoughtful response. I look forward to the start of the season for each of these minor league teams. Keep posting these great reports - I learn more about our minor leaguers from you than anywhere else!
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Thanks AZ Phil! If the Cubs intend to trade Gaudin, I wonder what his trade value is. At $2 mil it must be positive, since otherwise why would they have paid him.
Probably not high though, as his recent work has been troubling, though before that he was certainly a serviceable #5, or long man in pen.
Question for ARIZONA PHIL
Have you seen JOHN GAUB LHP this spring? I'm wondering what the plans are for him.
According to Cub scout Stan Zielinski he's already got an average to plus major league fastball (89-95 MPH) and has a chance his slider will develop into major league quality as well. The Cubs thought about drafting him in 2006 but wound up taking Taylor Parker instead. At any rate Gaub was the guy Wilken liked even more than Stevens in the DeRosa trade.
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I played with Gaub in a summer league in South St. Paul for a summer and a half. He's had some shoulder trouble that limited his use while he played for us, and if I remember correctly led him to lose some time playing for the Gophers.
Re: Question for ARIZONA PHIL
I'm involved with a semi-pro summer league myself SJS. You're right, of course, about the problems. But, from all reports Gaub has been healthy the last year and a half.
Re: Question for ARIZONA PHIL
If he's healthy, then he'll fit in as a guy out of the pen.
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Director of player personnel Oneri Fleita has a track record of making changes right up to the last day of spring training, so with a few more days left before they break camp, i'm sure there is a lot of discussion on these rosters still going on.
Minor Leage releases
"There were some personal issues," Fleita said of Acosta. "We had reached a point where mutually we thought it was time to go in a different direction and try to start new somewhere else. He's a nice young man who is still young obviously. These are tough decisions to make, but sometimes you reach a point that it's best that both go in a different direction, and we certainly wish him well.
Acosta btw was immediately picked up by the Royals.
article also mentions that Latham was indeed released...and Gian Guzman(19 years old) has been converted from SS to pitcher.
Fleita says Vitters has had a nice spring. Articles says he should start in Peoria, although possibly Daytona.
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Thanks for the update on Latham.
Fleita seems to run a tight ship.
Mike Lamb?
Cubs might have some interest on a minor league deal....
Lou says he's not sure what he'll do versus lefties at 2b quite yet, at least not in the first game vs. Wandy Rodriguez.
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How about Chad Gaudin for Jeff Baker?
Reed Johnson's blog
Now, you see everybody dress up nice. Font got his new outfit from "Gap for Kids" and Theriot's suit is from "Men's Wearhouse." When you see those things, you know it's time to go. Guys are excited and ready to get out of here. The new luggage tags are good, Otis yelling at everybody is another good sign. Like I said before, guys are excited and they want it to count. This trip will help us regain our focus. You have those Opening Day jitters and hopefully we get them out of the way and roll into Houston and start playing good baseball.
Johnson seems to like David Patton as well..
Lineup for today from Muskat....
LF Alfonso Soriano, RF Joey Gathright, CF Kosuke Fukudome, 1B Micah Hoffpauir, 2B Mike Fontenot, 3B Bobby Scales, SS Andres Blanco, C Koyie Hill, P Ryan Dempster.
The Cubs are taking several extra players to New York for the two-game series, including Justin Berg, Doug Deeds, Bobby Scales, Mark Johnson, and So Taguchi.
Cubs offering some discount tickets and new promotions
A whole lot of MLB teams are panicking over ticket sales -- not the Cubs though, but they are offering a few Commissioner's discount deals listed on this page
Re: Cubs offering some discount tickets and new promotions
The Cubs NEED a little panic with their ticket sales. Their buying up a bunch of tickets and 'legalized scalping' racket is complete and utter bullshit. I live in Ft. Wayne, so anymore I just go see the Cubs in Cincy, it's not that much further. Usually I find a couple stray tickets for Wrigley throughout the year anyways... people who can't go or whatever.
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So true. I'm in FTW also and took my son to Wrigley for his first time last summer. I hadn't been there since pre-2003 and it was a big pain in the ass as well as expensive. We've been to Cincy to see the Cubs and it was much easier and cheaper. I got the whole family of 4 into Cincy for about 25% of what I paid on STubHub for two tickets to Wrigley.
Early Start today I guess..
Cubs up 7-1 in the 2nd...
Soriano leadoff HR, K. Hill bases-loaded triple...
Dempster with another hit, .429 spring average.
Re: Early Start today I guess..
maybe I should take his comments about Jason Motte more seriously
Re: Early Start today I guess..
jason motte has a really nice pitch.
one day he might get a 2nd one.
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Going back to our discussion about the lone female reader who has since abandoned TCR (Jessica, I believe) from a few days ago (and forgive me if this is Scott-Eyre-is-broke / 3/44):
I think I accidentally discovered her whereabouts.
In the comments thread, someone posted a picture of Greg Maddux. In response, a commenter with the handle, "J-No" (with a Chicago Blackhawks avatar), replied, "Is it getting warm in here?"
Now I love Maddog as much as the next Cubs fan, but that has to be her, right? Considering the dude looks like a pedophile, I can't imagine that many blog commenters have a crush on him.
In conclusion, I've now reached the end of the internet.
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Am I really going to get the scoop on this? Bears got Cutler, acc. to ESPN.
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holy fuck
[edit] immaculate conception!
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Not that I thought Kyle Orton was the answer at QB, but the Bears just overpaid for another guy that will be the source of constant aggravation for many years to come. He will win them some games, but when it counts, he will cost them dearly. As someone from Denver, I have seen his act up close. And giving up two first rounders and Orton for him was WAAAYYYY too much.
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Considering the Bears' draft choices, I'm happy for them to trade picks away for a real live QB.
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Maybe two in a lifetime events can happen this year, a good Bears QB and something else!!!!!!!
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In some ways it's a good thing - Angelo and Lovie just bet their jobs on a guy who's probably going to fail.
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well that was unexpected, they also signed Orlando Pace. Add Torry Holt to the mix and we're on to something...
Kudos to the Bears for finally getting a real QB...hopefully Ron Turner doesn't kill him.
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If he doesn't work out, they can just make it known that they're looking to trade.
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Love the pessimism.
This guy threw for 4k yards last year, he's young and big all three things a bears QB has not been or done in 50 years.
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The Bears make a bold move. Right.
April Fools Day was yesterday. Not fallin' for it.
Next thing you'll try to sell me is that Blago got indicted.
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just for the record, 2 blagos were indicted. what else are brothers for?
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Maybe STOPPING you from doing stuff that will get you indicted?
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nothing succeeds like excess.
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Dude, I was kidding. The Bears got him because of just such a happening.
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Rob hates Cutler too...
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I am not a fan of Jay Cutler.
If the QB is the leadership position (and I think it is), Cutler is NOT the guy I want leading my team. He clearly seems to lack maturity as evidenced by his continual whining to the media, to the ways he's handled relationships with people, the way he's publicly called out some of his teammates, to the general division he seems to create around him.
The guy has skills, but he's not a guy I'd ever want to go into battle with because I just don't believe in him and I just wouldn't trust him.
(I live in Philly and this is true, to a lesser degree, about our QB.)
I am not a Bears fan (I'm not from Chicago-- being a Cubs fan is a product of childhood loyalty created by growing up on Harry Caray on WGN), so I don't lament this move. But I feel for you guys, because I think Cutler is a guy that will disappoint you.
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"I live in Philly"
That should disqualify you there.
McNabb only lead you to what 4 NFC championship games?
Keep booing Santa.
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I don't that the argument is as simple as you're making it.
(No offense, but the booing Santa comment is old)
And to qualify my statement, I've only lived in Philly for two years so I don't want to pretend that I'm an expert on Philadelphia sports teams.
What I will say is that people in Philly gripe about McNabb for the same reasons I predict Chicago people will gripe about Cutler-- they are both really talented athletes who seem to sincerely (and unfortunately) care more about themselves than their team and their larger responsibilities.
McNabb has QB-ed at least 2 NFC Championship teams (I don't think it's 4, but I could be wrong), but I really didn't observe that the leadership came from him. It came from players like Brian Dawkins who, ironically, is now in Denver (which everyone in Philly is still steaming over).
The best way I can boil it down is that McNabb has the ability to win games, but he doesn't always have the desire. And I want my QB to ALWAYS want it, not just when he feels like it, and not just when he's pissed off because he got benched (which is what happened this year).
Pretty much everyone in Philadelphia just wants McNabb to shut it, suit up, and focus his energies on winning instead of all of the other distractions he seems to create around his own personal needs.
I expect everyone in Denver felt the same way about Cutler, and I'd expect that to carry over to Chicago unless Cutler goes through some kind of purposeful rite-of-passage.
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McNabb made 4 NFC championships, won one....all fans hate their QB's that aren't named Brady, Montana or Elway (and maybe Peyton Manning).
and I don't think anyone in Denver really hated Cutler until he threw this hissy fit in the offseason.
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No one in this town hates Peyton Manning. That dude could hate Jeff Samardzija and everybody would just look the other way.
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"all fans hate their QB's that aren't named Brady"
Brady Quinn? You know he and Samninja are old buddies...
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If you're not a Bear fan, then you probably don't recognize how shitty our QB's have been for a long long time. I'm not looking for a buddy. I want a QB who's not a piece of shit on the field. He can hate puppies and talk shit about Samardzija all he wants after the game. I'd have been more than happy to have had McNabb...well, maybe not 2009 McNabb but a few years ago maybe.
Also, Cutler is, what, 25? Still got some maturing to do.
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I'm confused by this. Sounds to me like you actually want Rob G as your quarterback.
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I can tell you that Rob G. is all about winning...
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Talking shit about Samardzija is the ultimate evil...I was just using that as an example of the douchiness I'm willing to accept from a QB.
I'm also not refuting your opinions. Cutler may be a problem...personally I'd still mark a lot of it up to his youth. All I'm getting at is that our standards for QB have been set pretty low so someone of his talent is certainly a cause for excitement for (some of) us.
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Thank you, Joe. Same for Bradley hit 30 HRs, and 100 RBIS do what you want.
"What I will say is that people in Philly gripe about McNabb for the same reasons I predict Chicago people will gripe about Cutler-- they are both really talented athletes"
And you must not be much of a Chicago fan because I defy you to name one talented Cubs, Bears or Bulls player that Chicago griped about.
This city reward mediocrity as much as greatness.
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As I mentioned, I actually am NOT a big Chicago sports fan (no offense). I've followed the Cubs faithfully since 1984, but never really got into the Bears or Bulls (except for when MJ was playing and, of course, that's when EVERYONE I know was a Bulls fan).
Because of this and because I don't live in Chicago (although I like the city), I don't fully know the city's dynamic towards its athletes. You guys certainly have a better understanding of that than I do and I won't argue with that. I just thought comparing Cutler to McNabb seemed fair, though I could be wrong on this one. I'm just one dude talkin'.
I guess what I'm questioning are the distinctions between ability and leadership, and how much these distinctions play themselves out on the field.
For example-- does T.O. destroy teams, or not? (I am not posturing, I am only asking)
Seems like these questions have come up a lot when we start talking about Sammy Sosa.
By the way-- I'm new around here, so go easy on me.
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Please except my apologies.
Just excited about what could easily be the biggest trade in Chicago history.
Welcome aboard and being a cubs a fan like us you should know about mediocrocy.
Congrats also as being apart of my first ipod post!
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I am STOKED that I made it into your first Ipod post. That fucking rules.
And the more I think about it, the more I wish I hadn't thrown a wet blanket on the Cutler trade. He certainly is a step-up, talent-wise, than Orton, Grossman, Miller, etc. I actually hope the dude works out great for the Bears because the more better players there are, the more the entire sport gets elevated (this same idea causes me frustrations in the converse).
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Plenty of people hated Sosa even pre-cork/pre-walkout. I wasn't one of them, but you'd hear it all the time sitting in the stands.
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To corroborate, I didn't 'hate' Sammy, but I never liked him. I actually appreciate him more now that he's been destroyed by the Cubs.
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"Also, Cutler is, what, 25? Still got some maturing to do."
Thank you.
I'm not a Bear's fan...my team from IN hasn't had a quarterback problem in years...but reading this thread I couldn't believe nobody was emphasizing this point
What is he a 3 year NFL player? That's just a guess, but it's certainly not long. NFL quarterback is probably the hardest position in professional sports to succeed at at a young age. The Colts were 32-32 in Manning's first 4 years...
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I don't believe that anybody's saying Cutler has production difficulties so much as being so self-centered as to be a problem. Some Jets D players were talking about not wanting Cutler because he was such a prick during their game last year. Also it seem to recall a number of Chargers talking about being especially amped to get the Broncos for the last game of the year, specifically because of comments Cutler had made. And finally it seems clear to me that he whined his way out of Denver because he got his feelings hurt for being a potential trading chip.
Not production, attitude.
Having said that, he's 25 or 26 and just been through a series of incidents that maybe didn't go so well. As a Bears fan, I hope he takes the fresh start, keeps some of the cocky, and tones down some of the over-the-top stuff. Seems to me Zambrano is about the same age and not as clowny as he was 2 or 3 years ago.
It's a bold move by the Bears management, the first one I can recall. A good risk, as I see it...the D is getting older, the window may be closing, the division is there for the taking, maybe turn things around enought to get other guys more interested in coming here as free agents.
Last thing is, in the next 2-3 years, if Kyle Orton improves at all it will be because he's with better talent. He sure as hell wasn't taking this Bears team past a first-round playoff loss. I'll bet the $20 internets bucks he doesn't get the Broncos any farther either. Cutler may be a strikeout and he may be a home run. Orton is either going to be a single, or a routine groundout.
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Not that I was cognizant back in those days, but I remember everyone saying Elway was the same immature QB because he wouldn't sign with Indianapolis.
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I will gladly take an egotistical ass who can get the ball to Devin Hester when he is 10 yeards behind the defense, or who can move around and avoid a sack and make a play.
Bears QB has been like Cubs 3B before A-Ram arrived.
Cutler makes Hester, Olsen and Forte better. Much better.
Gaudin still sucks...
2 IP, 3 ER...10.91 ERA in Arizona, if Hendry could get Neifi Perez for him I'd be impressed.
Dempster 4 IP, 7 K, 0 BB, 3 ER
Marmol 1 IP, 1 ER, 2 K
Fox 1 IP, 0 ER
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and soriano hits his 5th homer of the spring to go with his 5 doubles, 0 sb, and 3 cs...
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What's a 'double'?
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the most common misspelling of dooble.
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Ah. Thought that might be it, but wasn't sure. So it's like 'prolly' and 'supposably'.
MLB.Com weighs in with their predictions for the NL Central
Matthew Leach says the NL Central is a muddle and up for grabs and that the Cubs probably made moves this winter that weakened them....
then he says they have the best lineup and the best rotation and picks them to finish first.
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I think you can argue the Cubs are weaker...for the regular season. They traded/let go of full season depth (Wood, Marquis, DeRosa) for hoped-for playoff production (Bradley). I think they will be weaker during the regular season (win fewer games) and still win the division.
Rockies are now paying attention
The final piece of the puzzle remains a reliever. More than ever, it's unlikely to be the Cubs' Chad Guadin. The Rockies have liked him in the past, but according to a team source, their pursuit has cooled based on the right-hander's performance late last season and this spring.
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Orton = good leader, couldn't throw the deep ball for shit. Bring on Cutler.
Recent comments
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.


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5 Basic Rights You Won't Believe We Still Have to Fight For
#2. The Right to Lie
Rick Duncan was a war hero. After returning home to Colorado, wounded from a tour in Iraq, Rick made the rounds at local veterans groups and spoke out in support of returning veterans who were having a hard time readjusting to civilian life.
But Rick Duncan was also something else. Rick Duncan was Richard Strandlof, and that guy was just a shiftless drifter without so much as a day of military service to his name. His military-hero act caught the attention of the FBI, and he was eventually arrested and charged with violating the Stolen Valor Act, a 2006 law that makes lying illegal.
Which, in turn, makes professional wrestling an organized crime syndicate.
Specifically, it makes lying about being a military hero a crime. Richard Strandlof totally did that. But here's the thing, that's all he did. All of this lying wasn't a scheme to milk the government for veteran's benefits or land a sweet job with the DoD. Nope, he just did it to meet a few prominent politicians.
That's exactly the defense that Strandlof is going with. Telling a lie, his lawyers argue, isn't necessarily a crime. In a shocking development when it comes to lawsuits against the government, Strandlof actually won! Score one for free speech!
Except the prosecutors are appealing, so don't get too comfortable in your ability to lie without ramification. There's still plenty of time for the Supreme Court to make throwing on a pair of camouflage pants and telling kids you work with G.I. Joe a punishable offense.
"If I'm lying, where'd I get this beret?"
Once that happens, your right to lie about pretty much anything is on the line.
Suddenly, excluding the "Technical College" part of that degree from "Northwestern" that you list on your resume just got a whole lot riskier.
#1. The Right to Eat and Drink
Everybody's gotta eat. There's no getting around it. If you don't get some food in your stomach at some point, eventually, you're going to die. And if you don't have a soda the size of Delaware with that food, you might as well not be living.
Except New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn't so much agree with that last part, so he's trying to pass a new law that would limit soda sizes in NYC restaurants to no more than 16 ounces. He's selling the restriction as a move designed to benefit public health, citing several studies that tie smaller plate sizes to eating less food. How in the holy hell we ended up needing a study conducted to tell us that smaller plates equal less food is a discussion for another time.
The point is, Michael Bloomberg is trying to take away your right to drink more than 16 ounces of sugary delicious in one sitting. Well, he has actually explained that diners are more than welcome to order more than 16 ounces of soda at once, they just have to use more than one cup. In other words, Michael Bloomberg is a condescending dick.
But he claims his smoking ban from a few years ago has led to New Yorkers having a life expectancy that's three years longer than the average American, and that banning barrel-sized sodas will only widen that gap.
"Approximately this wide."
So cheer up, New Yorkers, Bloomberg is just trying to give you a few extra years to bitch about how the city was so much better when everyone was too fat and out of shape from drinking gallon jugs of Mountain Dew and chain-smoking cigarettes in bars to outrun all the armed robbers who used to roam the streets back before that Giulani asshole cracked down on crime.
Nice tits, dude.
The war on America's right to eat shit that's bad for us isn't confined to Big Gulps and NYC, though. Federal agents recently raided a Venice, California, food co-op as part of a massive operation involving five different government agencies. So what were they looking for? Meth? Guns? Liam Neeson's daughter?
Nope, they were there for unpasteurized goat milk. According to the government, unpasteurized milk can cause all sorts of health problems. This is an argument I could totally get behind if drinking unpasteurized milk was strongly linked to some kind of infectious disease that would bring about the zombie apocalypse should it ever be released on mankind. And I only meant that last sentence as a joke until I learned that one of the bacteria unpasteurized milk can carry is E. coli. Everyone knows E. coli is like top five on the list of bacteria most likely to someday turn us into a society of extras from a George Romero movie.
To make matters even worse, after learning about the E. coli thing, I stumbled upon this story about cafeteria workers in Pennsylvania who had to fight their school district for the right to eat food that had passed its expiration date and could therefore not be sold to children or given to homeless shelters. "Nonsense!" the cafeteria workers cried. And they won, so now they get to eat all the expired food their hopefully steel-lined stomachs can handle. Great, right?
Wrong. Because then I read a story that's literally titled "'Zombie Apocalypse' Could Get a Boost From Spoiled Food," and even though the story never mentions zombies or even bothers to explain the meaning behind that sensational headline, I'm still pretty sure we should all stop eating or the zombies will get us.
So, I guess the feds aren't wasting everyone's time and money after all.
Adam hosts a podcast called Unpopular Opinion that you should check out right here. You should also be his friend on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.
For more from Adam, check out 7 Hilariously Failed Attempts at Politically Correct Toys and 5 Retarded Health Campaigns That Backfired (Hilariously).


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Borden Junior/Senior High School Principal Lisa Nale has signed a contract agreement with West Clark Schools and is expected to return to work following a 90-day suspension which will expire Oct. 6.
The only thing standing in the way is a special board meeting Thursday (Sept. 2) at 1 p.m.
West Clark Superintendent Monty Schneider said there were some changes in the wording of the contract and he want the board to see it one more time before it is official.
Should the board accept the contract, it will end a saga that began back in June when Nale was pulled over for suspicion of Operating While Intoxicated.
She later pled guilty to a charge of reckless driving.
The board decided not to terminate Nale, but did make a contract amendment with nine stipulations, some of which Nale and others in the community thought were unfair.
Nale didn't signed the contract and the two sides seemed far from an agreement, but at a special board meeting held Aug. 26, the board agreed to lighten the stipulations and make the language in the contract clearer.
The new stipulations include a 90-day suspension dating back to the day after Nale's arrest, June 25.
A zero tolerance policy through the remainder of Nale's contract, which is set to expire on June 30, 2011.
Nale must also submit to random, drug tests and she isn't allowed to be in bars and undergo a counseling assesment.
Schneider said after the board's Aug. 12 meeting that they went through so much trouble because of the asset they feel Nale brings to the school.
"If she wasn't a great principal, we wouldn't even be talking about this," he said.
Big Blue Country Sports Bar & Grill, located at 426 Baxter Ave., Louisville, is hosting alarge pep rally/street party, Big Blue Invasion 2, on Friday, September 3 (5 p.m. – 1 a.m.),for University of Kentucky Alumni/fans. The rally, featuring two live bands, is staged inanticipation of UK's annual rivalry game vs. University of Louisville (September 4).The event, endorsed by the UK Alumni Association, will be held outside in the rear parkinglot of Big Blue Country. There will be food and drinks available for purchase from Big BlueCountry and The Kentucky Cattlemen's Association.Jeff Ashley, Greater Louisville Chapter of the UK Alumni Association President stated,"Louisville is loaded with UK fans and this event should give them an opportunity to showtheir colors and their strength in numbers in Louisville."The pep rally will begin at 8:30 p.m. and includes UK pep music/cheers, giveaways(including tickets to UK-UL football game), and introductions to former UK players.Therewill be an event cover charge of $3.00. A portion of the proceeds from the event will bedonated to the UK Alumni Association Scholarship Endowment Fund.


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Sir Malcolm Campbell drove his aircraft-engined Blue Bird to a record speed of 301.337 mph in 1935. The wealthy British ex-Grand Prix racer and diamond merchant was the first human to experience the bright side of 300 mph.
Upon his return from the colonies, he was honored with a fete hosted by none other than His Royal Highness George V (the king of England) at a posh private club in Chelsea. Today that location is a sprawling complex of restaurants and stores, the British version of an in-town strip mall.; It's the perfect place to enjoy lunch while the fleet of Lamborghini convertibles screams past, where you can also witness remnants of Sir Campbell's life and times.; The men's club is now a private reception room used only on special occasions. The adjoining foyer proudly displays a 1/10th or so scale model of his 300-mph racer, a lovely framed portrait of the man, and a copy of the combination invitation, program, and menu for the celebration of the speed record coming home to England. Just down the Kings Road street from the Blue Bird restaurant lies Sloane Square, the gathering site of the elite Sloane's Rangers–Lady Diana's former partners in late night crime.; The serious traveler and speed nut will surely want to add the Blue Bird to the destination list for any London visit.
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Following rumors of proposed budget cuts to middle school sports programs in Barbour County, concerned parents and community members have banded together to take a proactive approach to the situation. Nearly 100 residents attended a meeting Thursday at the Belington Fire Department to discuss ways to fund middle school sports should funding be cut from the board of education budget.
Although no discussion about cutting athletics between Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph Super and members of the board of education has been made public, residents claim they have heard rumors that the middle school sports program may be on the chopping block. Rather than wait for the hammer to fall, parents and community members are looking for ways to financially support children who want to participate in middle school sports.
A group including Lori Wetzel, Courtney Whited, Dion Wagoner, Buffie Brewer and Tammy Austin helped organize and lead the meeting.
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Concerned Barbour County parents and community members gather Thursday evening at the Belington Fire Department to brainstorm ideas for funding teams should the Barbour County Board of Education eliminate middle school sports. A delegation will present the group's ideas to the Barbour Board of Education and keep parents up to date on the status of budget cuts.
"The purpose of our gathering is to find ways to fund middle schools sports," Wetzel said. "This cut has not been proposed yet. Dr. Super said he will not confirm nor deny the possibility since it violates personnel issues to speak about it now.
"Dr. Super wanted me to say he appreciates the comments and phone calls he has received regarding this issue," Wetzel told the group. "He said everything has been positive and everyone wants to be a part of the solution, not the problem."
Wagoner told the group they tried to validate the facts.
"Belington and Philippi Middle School coaches (collectively) each are funded approximately $13,000 and Kasson coaches receive $7,000," Wagoner said. "We need to come up with ideas to raise $33,000."
The group said they intend to present ideas during Monday's board of education meeting.
Many attendees agreed that the middle school is the time students are most vulnerable, and sports is important to keep kids on the right track.
"The board realizes the benefits of sports at this age," Wagoner said. "They just cannot afford to pay for it. Other counties in this situation have adopted a 'pay to play' program for middle school sports."
"I hope everyone is aware that the board of education let us know they needed money by running the bond and the levy (during November's election)," Eddie Poling said. "I love the 'pay to play' idea. We have a very strong church community in our county and they would most likely help those who would not be able to pay."
Kelly Thomason agreed with Poling.
"Youth sports has a small sign-up fee," Thomason said. "It's a great start."
Whited said she received an idea from a friend on Facebook.
"He suggested we set up an alumni fund where folks could donate back to their middle school to help keep the programs going," Whited said.
Missy Kaiser, who is also a Barbour County coach, said the "pay to play" idea had advantages.
"My fear is this is a low socioeconomic area and that will keep lots of kids from going out for sports," Kaiser said. "I love the idea of the alumni giving as well. I am afraid if we start paying for sports, soon we will pay for music and band and many other things."
Poling reminded the group that when levies do not pass, this is the direction where counties head.
Wetzel said she discussed this with Dr. Super.
"I asked him if we have to support middle school sports, if the board would revisit the issue every three years," Wetzel said. "Dr. Super said he would want to revisit the issue every year."
Wetzel also asked if there was anyone who would step forward who had grant writing experience to try and help obtain funds from that avenue.
Poling thanked the group for putting the meeting together. Other questions were asked about how to stay informed and how to keep in touch with the board of education.
"The board of education meets the second and fourth Mondays at 6 p.m. at the board office," Wetzel said. "In order to speak, you must be on the agenda or sign in 15 minutes before the meeting begins. Only one person from the delegation may speak, but I encourage as many people who want to attend the meetings.
"We are all just trying to be a unified effort," Wetzel said. "If we all come together, we can do it."
Group members said they will create a Facebook page with updates to keep everyone in the loop. They asked for solid commitment from the group, and promised to have the Facebook page available in the next few days.
The group plans to present their ideas for funding for middle school sports at the Barbour County Board of Education meeting Monday.
"The budget cuts are not on the agenda for that night," Wetzel said. "But we want the board to know we are concerned and want to keep sports for our middle school children."


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A Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientist, along with
his team, recently used radiocarbon dating to trace
carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere from the deep
ocean at the end of the last ice age.
dating employs the use of radioisotope carbon-14 to figure out the
age of ancient and prehistoric carbonaceous materials. This process
can be used on materials as old as 62,000 years old.
Guilderson, a scientist at the LLNL's Center for Accelerator Mass
Spectrometry and an author of the study, found that an increase
in atmospheric CO2 concentrations corresponded with a
decreased amount of carbon-14 relative to carbon-12 in the
suggests that there was a release of very 'old' or low 14/12CO2 from
the deep ocean to the atmosphere during the end of the last ice age,"
said Guilderson. He noted that CO2 release may increase the rate at
which ice melts after an ice age.
circulation regulates radiocarbon in the atmosphere, and in turn,
this regulates the sequestration of carbon
dioxide in the deep ocean by atmosphere-ocean carbon
exchange. Around 110,000 to 10,000 years ago when the last ice age
occurred, lower atmospheric carbon dioxide levels coincided with
increased atmospheric radiocarbon concentrations, which have been
"credited to great storage of CO2 in a poorly ventilated abyssal
ocean." The circulation of the ocean was drastically different
back then, and Guilderson admits that he and his team do not fully
understand the manner in which carbon was stored in deep ocean at
that time.
team dated two sediment cores from the subtropic South Pacific near
New Zealand and the sub-Antarctic to be approximately 13,000 and
19,000 years old. Guilderson was able to determine when the large CO2
release occurred using the carbon-14 in the cores. Also, he was able
to determine the ocean pathway by which it escaped.
this case, the absence of a signal is telling us something
important," said Guilderson. "Deeper waters substantially
depleted in carbon-14 were drawn to the upper layers and this is the
main source of the CO2 during deglaciation. Data suggests that the
upwelling of this water occurred in the Southern Ocean, near
Antarctica. In our cores off New Zealand, which lie in the path of
waters which 'turn over' in the Southern Ocean, we don't find
anomalously low carbon-14/12 ratios.
implies that either water which upwelled in the Southern Ocean, after
16,500 years ago, had a vigorous exchange with the atmosphere,
allowing its 14C-clock to be reset, or the circulation was
significantly different than what the current paradigm is. If the
paradigm is wrong, then during the glacial and deglaciation, the
North Pacific is much more important than we give it credit for."
carbon dioxide release sped up the melting, but when asked about
CO2's contribution to
warming today, Guilderson said this release of CO2 from the
last ice age "is not relevant." But he did mention that he
has used radiocarbon dating on CO2 in the atmosphere today, and that
isotopic signature shows that use of fossil fuels is what is causing
global warming.
study was published in the August 26 edition of Nature.
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quote: remember this is a country where half the population thinks Jesus is coming back sometime in the next 50 years to smite the sinners and carry the righteous white folk off to heaven.
quote: The poor should consider themselves lucky to get the trickle-down slops we toss their way. Isn't the fact they're not rich proof that they're inferior?
quote: in order to implement socialist global governance and spread wealth to poor countries
quote: You couldn't invent stuff like this.
quote: There may be intelligent rebuttals to the AGW hypothesis, but claiming it's a global socialist conspiracy to give away money to poor 3rd-world countries isn't it.
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quote: when the "solution" to every problem that the left encounters starts with the word "Tax" or "Control" - then I have no interest in believing whatever they claim the problem to be.
quote: Its a tax and control scheme - being pushed by those who are in control
quote: Now, if it was TRULY an emergency based on facts, then people would be inclined to do things on their own.
quote: The problem is - that people aren't buying the doomsday hysteria after the scientists are caught lying and pushing knowingly false extremist positions on purpose, the politicians are caught in corrupt profiteering schemes, and that the unions stand to benefit from government contracts for the "green" agenda.
quote: rest assured it will all come clear to you eventually.
quote: common sense to you is believing in global warming
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One of the best lessons I ever learned was that it was OK to fail. It is OK to make mistakes. Failure has a wonderful way of teaching you lessons, sometimes very painful lessons, that you can use the next time you tackle a problem. You may not learn the lesson the first time, or the second, or fifth time, but eventually each failure will teach you something you can use later.
How did I learn this? By recognizing one crucial thing – no one starts off being the best at something. All the greats of anything did it through hard work, something you can read about in Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and his 10,000 hours idea (that to truly master something you need to spend 10,000 hours on it).
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The 2013 Macworld/iWorld Expo has ended, and I'm just getting over how cool some of the best new products at Macworld really were. These items are all brand new, must-have gear that made their debut at this year's Macworld/iWorld in San Francisco. If your significant other is a Mac lover, then brother would your other love to receive some of these dynamite Mac products for Valentine's Day.
These are not official Mac products and they are not produced by Apple. These are killer apps and crazy-cool accessories that savvy startups have invented to make your iPhone or iPad make more magic, whether at work or at play.
Macworld has already named the Macworld 2013 Best of Show winners, but a few show-floor standouts really deserve some additional honorable mention. Each of these is a brand new product that takes your iOS device to another level for music, photography, or productivity.
There were two different sets of wireless Bluetooth speakers that blew Macworlders away with maximum volume of practicality or high-fashion outrageousness.
In the "OMG, how practical and handy!" category, the Urchin portable Bluetooth speakers (seen in the photo above) from the audio labs of Boom Movement are amazingly lightweight with amazingly heavy volume. Shockproof and waterproof, these wireless speakers come with accessories for you to strap the Urchin to your belt loop or backpack, mount it on your car dashboard, or suction cup it to the wall of your shower.
The Urchin also connects to your smartphone to work in speaker phone mode -- so you can suction cup it to your shower walls, then conduct those early morning conference calls while you're still in the shower. (You're welcome!) The Urchin comes with your choice of any color of removable silicone skin seen in the photo above.
If you want your wireless speakers to bring bling in addition to tunes, Fydelity Stereobags showed off their high-fashion fanny packs, backpacks, handbags, shoulder bags and cooler bags that have built-in speakers to boom tracks from your iPod or iPhone. If you are even slightly considering wearable wireless MP3 speakers, Fydelity Stereobags from Scratch Tracks are amazingly affordable and available in your sweetie's favorite color.
Maybe you're more of an earbud person instead. Square Jellyfish debuted a magnificent smartphone stand that doubles as an earbud case. It keeps your earbuds untangled and findable, and works as a stand for both the iPhone and the iPad Mini. Square Jellyfish also had a smartphone tripod mount and a pocket tripod with a swivel ball head for all your smartphone photography and "Skype while folding laundry" needs.
You say an "earbud holder" is a needless accessory? With respect, how much time do you waste finagling with your earbud cords? When you have a Square Jellyfish earbud holder and smartphone stand, the answer to that question is "None." All Square Jellyfish products received my personal "Dude, that is so super useful and totally affordable" seal of approval.
The most impressive new app I saw at Macworld/iWorld is more for work than play, but it is useful as heck. The Prizmo app by Creaceed allows you to take a picture of any text on a sign or document, then fully transcribes those words into a searchable, exportable text file (or PDF). Prizmo will even speak the text out loud, Siri-style. People in the business call this "optical character recognition," but I call it "effing amazing." Prizmo can even correct page curvature and lens distortion and allows you to share your transcribed text instantly via Dropbox, Google Drive, or other sharing platforms.
These products are all brand new and all available for purchase right now or in the near future. Just be ready to answer the question "Whoa, where did you get that?" on a very regular basis.
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Each week, the Moultrie News and Mount Pleasant Recreation Department will feature one local lacrosse athlete participating in the department. Kate Kuisel, 12, plays midfield for the Yellow Jackets.
Question: Who is your favorite lacrosse player?
Answer: My favorite lacrosse player has to be my brother, John Kuisel.
Q: If you could visit any city or country, where would you go?
A: I've always wanted to visit Australia and go scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef.
Q: What is the best moment in your athletic career?
A: My best moment was in 2010, when I achieved first in the region for cross country.
Q: What is your favorite Mount Pleasant restaurant?
A: My favorite Mount Pleasant restaurant has to be Jack's Cosmic Dogs. They have the best hot dogs and a great atmosphere.
Q: If you could be anyone for a day, who would you be?
A: It would be amazing to be Misty May Treanor, the Olympic beach volleyball player.
Q: What is the best advice you have gotten from a coach?
A: The best advice I've gotten was to "hold your stick, be with your stick and sleep with your stick."
Q: What do you look forward to the most about being an adult?
A: I really look forward to being more independent and being able to get Starbucks whenever I want.
Q: What do you think is the most difficult and most fun position to play in lacrosse?
A: I think center is the most difficult but, it's also the most exciting.
Q: What is your favorite movie and television show?
A: My favorite TV show is a 60's spy show called "Get Smart," and I think the best movie out there is "Remember the Titans."
Q: If you could have dinner with any three people, who would you choose?
A: Can it be five people? Because it would be with the five members of "One Direction."
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Q&A: Buying Your Own Health Insurance
Video: Louise Radnofsky on the costs of insurance in the new exchanges.
People have lots of questions today about what will happen to the amount they pay for insurance this fall, when the federal health-care law's insurance marketplaces open, selling individual policies subject to the new requirements of the law. And we have answers.
Who will use the insurance exchanges?
The exchanges are aimed at the 20% of people who don't have insurance through their employer, the federal Medicare insurance program for the elderly, or Medicaid, the federal-state health program for low-income Americans. Some of those people already buy insurance on their own, and others are uninsured. If you currently get health coverage through an employer, Medicare or Medicaid, the rollout of these exchanges won't directly affect you.
What are the plans like?
The law requires many plans to have fuller benefits than they did before, because they have to include things like emergency services, maternity coverage, prescription drugs and preventive care. They also have to cover at least 60% of medical costs, on average. Higher tiers of coverage will also be sold.
How much will these plans cost?
The least-expensive plan available to a 40-year-old nonsmoker in Richmond, Va. will be $193, based on filings of proposed premiums submitted by carriers. The most expensive plan submitted now for that same person, which covers more costs, includes pediatric dental benefits, and could also have a wider network of providers, is $488. (Related: "Health-Insurance Costs Set for a Jolt.")
What about the rest of the country?
In Ohio, carriers whose filings are available are proposing monthly premiums starting at $211 for a 40-year-old nonsmoker living in Columbus for a plan that covers 60% of costs. In Atlanta, Georgia, the least-expensive bid for such a plan is $212. In Olympia, Wash., a carrier has proposed charging $220 and in Hartford, Conn. early filings show such a plan could start at $242. In a few places, lower-cost options may be available. In Washington, D.C., the cheapest premium for a 40-year-old nonsmoker's plan covering 60% of costs is $166, and in Nashville, Tenn., a plan is set to be available for $149 a month. (For more about California, see here.)
Is that more?
Insurance is changing — and so is its price-tag. Some of the most low-cost options won't be available anymore because of requirements under the law. Supporters of the law say the new products have better consumer protections and so are more valuable. At the same time, the way individuals pay for insurance is changing too. The law requires insurers to treat all consumers of the same age, in the same area, equally. They can't ask about medical history or charge different prices. The only other factor on which their risk is rated is whether they smoke. As a result, healthy people who are currently offered attractive rates might find that they can't get the same deals they're used to. Sick people who currently can't get insurance at all or find that the premiums they are offered go up after a medical questionnaire might find they pay less.
What about subsidies?
The law says that people are eligible for tax subsidies toward the cost of premiums if they have incomes up to four times the federal poverty level — anywhere up to $45,960 for a single person and $94,200 a year for a family of four. But the value of those subsidies is determined based on the cost of insurance premiums in any given area, and when we ran the numbers for Virginia, we found that an individual would start to get a $0 subsidy after their income exceeded $33,150. Some of this will vary by state, and of course, family plans cost more and subsidies are also more generous.
How long are the prices you're talking about going to stay that way?
Supporters of the law say that when people are able to really compare insurance policies that are more uniform — and the price they see is the price they can get, regardless of their medical history — insurers will be forced to compete with each other more closely and rates will go down over time. Skeptics are worried that if not enough healthy people are willing to buy insurance at the rate of around $200 a month, they could choose to go without coverage and pay a relatively small penalty instead, and insurers would have to raise premiums to take into account that they were covering mostly sicker people.


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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The Palmetto Christian Academy boys basketball team was heavily favored against visiting South Aiken Baptist, this past Friday night.
The Eagles took another step toward being a great SCISA 2A team by winning big when they were supposed to and not playing down to the level of competition. Palmetto Christian won 66-20 in a game that was never in doubt.
Gabe Hogan scored 20 points, despite playing less than half the game. He was the beneficiary of playing atop the Eagles 1-3-1 pressure zone defense.
Palmetto Christian's zone made South Aiken's ballhandlers pick up their dribble 30 feet from the basket and try to pass around the long arms of the 6-foot-4-inch Hogan and another Eagle guard. The result was intercepted passes and assists to Hogan, who finished well on the fast breaks.
"We haven't had a half-court set yet," coach Brian Stanley told his bench with the Eagles leading 12-2.
Hogan scored on six of Palmetto Christian's first nine possessions. "When Gabe comes out fired up, intensity wise – engaged is a key word for him – that's the type of game he can have," Stanley said afterward.
Palmetto Christian (10-6, 5-0 Region 2) led 51-15 at halftime. "I was glad that we came out with effort and intensity and did what we needed to do," Stanley said.
The Eagles have now played every region opponent once and begin their second go-round Tuesday night at Thomas Sumter Academy. That game was completed after the Moultrie News went to press.
Dorchester Academy appears to be the toughest conference foe for Palmetto Christian. One week after Thomas Sumter, the Eagles will travel to Dorchester to try to stay atop the standings.
Even with a blowout win and an undefeated region record, Stanley said there is room for improvement: "to continue to communicate. The thing about a 1-3-1, if four guys give you max effort and one doesn't, it's going to have a huge weak link."
All 12 Eagle players scored. Whenever a team averages more than one point per possession, it shows high offensive efficiency. Palmetto Christian's average was 1.17 points per possession. South Aiken had a 0.36 mark.
Joe Siegwald added 10 points, and J.T. Waters had four points, five assists and a steal. "J.T. is such a competitor," Stanley said. "The football field carries over to here. He wants to be great. He legitimately hates messing up."
Girls win big
When Palmetto Christian Academy girls basketball standout Corey Caulder has a big game, that's usually indicative of the entire Eagles' effort.
Friday night, Caulder had 20 points, 10 rebounds, five steals, four assists and two blocks in just over one half's playing time of turnover-free minutes. Palmetto Christian won 66-19 over visiting South Aiken Baptist.
Coach Miranda Stanley said the Eagles have been emphasizing rebounding, and if the 5-foot-8-inch sophomore can reach double figures in rebounding, Palmetto Christian is well on its way to accomplishing its goals. Seven different Eagles scored five or more points in the rout.
With its starters out for the majority of the second half, Palmetto Christian was able to give extended time to role players, which could benefit the team as the long season wears on.
Even though the Eagles scored more points in the first quarter (25) than South Aiken scored all game, Stanley still found the experience valuable.
"You learn are your players going to play," she said. "And, for the girls that don't always get in, you're always teaching."
Julia Strout had an all-around game of six points, seven rebounds, four assists and two blocks. Annie Pascutti and Lizzie Wilson added eight points apiece.
"You have to come to every game prepared," she added. I tell my girls every game, 'It doesn't matter who we play; we;re always playing a championship game.'"
Palmetto Christian scored at an impressive rate of 1.06 points per possession. South Aiken, by contrast, managed a 0.31 average. The Eagles improved to 12-5 overall and 5-0 in region action.
Throughout the high school basketball season, the Moultrie News will feature different games of the week. Stay up to date with all East Cooper hoops by visiting our sports page at www.MoultrieNews.com/sports.
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