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Catching Up
We've hit the 150 mark and I'm assuming Transmission isn't doing one of his surveys this time around to see how we feel about the rest of the season. The Cubs will be eliminated from the NL Central race tonight with a Cardinal win and Cubs loss. The death magic number for the Cubs in the Wild Card is 5. Here's what you may have missed over the last few days.
- The team is 3-0 since Milton's suspension which is more likely coincidence than anything else, although WIttenmyer and Sullivan sure want you to think otherwise.
- According to Muskat, the resolution to the suspension and potential union grievance should be taken care of in the next few days.
- I haven't been able to watch the last two games, but it appears Tyler Colvin is making a good first impression including robbing a home run from everyone's least favorite Brewer. He's 2/6 with 2 BB's at the plate.
- Angel Guzman is done for the year with a strained shoulder.
- Derrek Lee set some sort of milestone with four straight months of 20 RBI's or more, and a career high in RBI's.
- Jeff Samardzija gets his second start of the season tonight for Ted Lilly, whose shoulder is acting up again.
That's all the news that's fit to print.
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What does any of this have to do with Milton Bradley?
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If there's another "Ask Paul Sullivan" column this year, we should bombard his mailbox questioning his professionalism, which of course, he wouldn't have the sack to answer directly or at all.
Does Samaninja have a chance to win today?
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I would put Samarjdizka's chance for a win at 4%. He may pitch tolerably well, but he would have to go five innings which is unlikely. The Cubs would have to score enough runs after doing so the previous two games, which is unlikely, and then the bullpen would have to hold the lead, which is unlikely.
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Young players at a crossroads according to Crasnick
Mentions Hermida, possible Cubs connection.
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At the risk of turning this into a Bradley thread - what about Bradley for Dontrelle Willis?
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LOL, but he's an African American, he'll get booed. But seriously, equally shitty players, would help clubhouse chemistry, really nice guy from what I have heard/seen. Maybe he can turn it around? I could deal with that.
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You're right, I hadn't thought of that. I am sure whoever replaces the devil will get a standing ovation his first appearance at Wrigley.
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Trade him for Ordonez. He's lighter skin then Zambrano and Bradley so he shouldn't get booed as much.
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Bradley playing for Florida Marlin's management... interesting.
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Detroit - who allegedly likes him. He came over in the Cabrera trade.
Oh, unless you meant for Hermidia? Don't think that would happen.
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Just noticed the Lou Reed-lyric signature. I like it.
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Derek Lee is having the second best year of his career, even with the slow start.
The Crasnick article is very interesting. As much as we can complain about a dropoff in performance from our guys, the Brewers can complain about a dropoff from Hardy and some other guys. Some of the guys on Crasnick's list will have big years down the road. The problem is, you have a hard time figuring out who and when, and thus would have a hard time figuring out how much to pay for taking the risk. I would be very skeptical about the Cubs trying to take on Young, Hermida or Upton unless the price was cheap.
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Dontrelle Willis is a good guy but gained weight due to a drinking problem. With the added weight, his delivery suffered mightily. He hasn't been able to adjust, plus he has some kind of anxiety disorder. While he might fit in well with some of the more disturbed fans, I don't think he's due right now for a rebirth. Unless of course, the Ned Flanders/Cards sign him.
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Eric Byrnes and his one year/$10M contract plus $10M
plus he doubles as an XM talk show host
the trading bad contracts game might be fun...score additional points if the player involved is post-steroidal, drinky, fat, red assed, blind, psychotic or has leprosy.
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i still don't see how trading away a guy who can hit for players that can barely play would work for the cubs.
milton's attitude is his barrier...not his ability to get on base, play the OF well, and hit with a bit of pop.
we subtract a guy who can hit and take on someone who can barely pitch or barely hit...i don't see the point.
trade him + money for kids...call it a day. fill the vacated role with someone who's not a "project."
i don't see a "win" in replacing a guy with skills for someone who's got issues playing the game to pacify the fact hendry screwed up and lou can't manage someone he's getting paid 4 million bucks to manage.
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Clubhouse. Cancer.
It's real.
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bringing in someone who can't play well doesn't seem like proper chemo.
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Saying that a hitter who has never driven in 80 runs in a year has "pop" doesn't seem right either.
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if milton bradley surprises you when he hits doubles/homers i dunno what to say.
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Yeah..those 12 HR and 17 doubles were pretty surprising...
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So was a .200 BA with RISP.
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if milton bradley surprises you when he hits doubles/homers i dunno what to say.
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When Fukudoem outslugs you, you ain't got pop.
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Sully ponders to suspend or not-suspend...and considers KC as a low key landing place
Here is a little ditty from the Bard, I'll direct to Mr Sullivan's attention:
To be, or not to be (suspended), that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of ($30M in) outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them....
It's been four days since the Cubs sent Bradley home, and they still have not filed the paperwork to the Commissioner's office regarding Bradley's suspension.
General manager Jim Hendry said Tuesday the issue would be resolved soon, but declined to elaborate. According to one high-level baseball source, the Cubs don't have to file any petition at all, saving themselves of the headache of the Players Union filing a grievance.
The Florida Marlins did this in 2005 with pitcher A.J. Burnett, who was in his final days with the organization because of his impending free agency.
After a loss to Atlanta on Sept. 27, Burnett blasted the Marlins organization, saying: "We played scared. We managed scared. We coached scared. I'm sick of it, man. It's depressing around here. A 3-0 ballgame, I give up one run and leave guys on base, it's like they expect us to mess up. And when we do, they chew us out. There is no positive, nothing around here for anybody."
Florida general manager Larry Beinfest sent Burnett home for the final six games of the season, but they continued to pay him. The Marlins just wanted Burnett out of their hair, and since it was the Florida Marlins, no one paid much attention. When it's Milton Bradley, everyone pays attention.
...The Cubs don't have to file any paperwork if they intend on paying Bradley, just as the Marlins did with Burnett. It would not officially be a suspension, but would serve the same purpose. Despite a statement by Bradley's mom to the Sun-Times that he would be open to returning, there is no chance the Cubs will let that happen.
And there can be no grievance filed by the union if there is no official suspension, so Bradley can not fight it.
After Bradley's celebrated problems in Oakland, the A's tried to trade him to Kansas City in '06 for reliever Leo Nunez. But Bradley claimed he was injured, and the deal was nixed before the paperwork was official. Still, Kansas City appears to be a potential dumping ground for Bradley again, since the Royals upper management still likes his game and believe he can thrive in their low-key environment.
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I like how, at the end of his blog post, Sullivan says:
Texas is still the best option because of Bradley's relationship with manager Ron Washington, though the sale of the Rangers to Dennis Gilbert could nix that idea.
If Sullivan did a little checking, he'd find out that, although Dennis Gilbert (a former agent and current employee of the White Sox) is interested in purchasing the team, he is not considered by MLB to be a serious bidder. As such, I don't think he'll have much to say about any personnel moves made by the Rangers.
Sullivan seems willing to write anything that comes into his mind, the facts be damned.
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ron washington can manage milton...wow, he must make $10 million a year or something. neat.
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Kansas City, hmmm, Milton has already tried to charge into their press box once for what their announcers said about him.
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I had forgotten about this. I was thinking that Bradley was on his best behavior in Texas.
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"I had forgotten about this. I was thinking that Bradley was on his best behavior in Texas."
Perhaps that was his best behavior....
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That's all the news that's fit to print.
Not hardly. Who could forget that the Chicago sports media reached an all-time low (not easy for them) by interviewing Milton Bradley's mother and then trying to call it "news"?
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here is Sun-Times, Chris DeLuca's writeup on the interviews with Bradley's mom...it includes something about Jonathan Brandmeier doing a radio interview she claims that was just supposed to be a phone interview.
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Not to mention Beyonce had the best video...
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cubs vs lefty...per Wittenmeyer
Theriot, Colvin (CF), DLee, ARam, Fox (LF), Baker, Johnson (RF), Soto and Shark
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Where's Bradley?
Our clutch-hitting, switch-hitting misunderstood $30 million investment, a huge series against the Brewers and he's not even in the damn lineup?
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screw that...where's scales?
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Finally, the outfield I have been waiting all year for.
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Rosenthal reports MB to apologize tomorrow...
The Cubs have reached a temporary resolution with suspended outfielder Milton Bradley. The final resolution only will come if they trade Bradley this offseason.
Bradley will be paid during his suspension for the final two weeks of the season, major-league sources say, and the Major League Baseball Players Association will not file a grievance on his behalf.
The Cubs also will not place Bradley on the disabled list, and the outfielder plans to issue an apology to the team Wednesday.
...The Cubs will attempt to trade Bradley, sources say, preferably exchanging his contract for another of similar value. Club officials, working through an ownership transition, do not know whether they can pay a significant portion of the $21 million on the final two years of Bradley's contract to facilitate a deal.
Bradley ideally will land in a smaller market with less fan and media scrutiny and a less volatile manager than Lou Piniella.
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"Dear Cubs and fans:
I'm sorry, but you can all go fuck yourselves.
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That just tickled me.
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"The Cubs will attempt to trade Bradley, sources say, preferably exchanging his contract for another of similar value. Club officials, working through an ownership transition, do not know whether they can pay a significant portion of the $21 million on the final two years of Bradley's contract to facilitate a deal."
jesus f'n christ.
what are multi-million dollar managers for if they can't handle crap like this? hendry screwed up, lou can't handle it, and now we get to see if the club can find a reclaimation project from some other club because they can't afford to give loot and trade him for a desirable package.
so we're gonna get rid of a .370 ob% hitter with pop to take on someone who most likely can't even come close to that upside because of a babysitter (lou) who can't babysit. this guy gets the big bucks for what now?
multi-million dollar superstar managers are such wastes of f'n money...
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"multi-million dollar superstar managers are such wastes of f'n money..."
Really? Do tell. Oh, wait. You have.
Why do you keep blaming Lou for Bradley's problems? If Lou's such a problem, why aren't there 24 other guys who act the way Bradley does? I certainly don't condone Lou calling him a piece of shit, but come on...that wasn't an out-of-the-blue reaction to a one-time Bradley misstep.
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bradley's problem?
this is the cubs problem. a manager's #1 job is to manage the people and their attitudes in the clubhouse. the clubhouse isn't all Cal Ripkens...you got many different kinds of people. failure to manage this leads to "cancer." there's not a single player-leader in that clubhouse. not dlee, not aram, not Z, not dumpster...not anyone, it seems.
hendry and lou brought bradley on board. lou has shown no ability to manage him through-out this season. lou "you're a piece of shit" pinella's decision to just "leave him alone" was a bunch of shit.
lou's a guy you show up for and play...he's not a guy who's gonna hold your hand and walk you through things while giving you support. guess what, milton needs that. that's no mystery to anyone...or shouldn't be.
i'm a lot more upset about the news that the money is going to be very tight and the team is now looking for a clunker contract to trade off for their attitude problem they signed themselves up for.
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Effing unbelievable Crunch!
This is Bradley's 7th team in 11 seasons. Yeah...but it's all Lou's fault. Ok. Please let me know what color the sky is in your world.
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Crunch -- I know you don't like high priced managers and you think Lou did a crappy job with Bradley, but in all fairness, he's not the first manager to have problems with Bradley. I can't remember the chrononlogy or exact facts (and I'm too lazy to look it up), but wasn't Bradley basically kicked out of LA (Dodgers), Cleveland, Oakland, and now Chicago? Not a great track record.
I've been critical of some of the moves Piniella has made this year, but his track record is pretty stout. It's hard to get down on a guy like Piniella who has had success in the past (including the past two years with the Cubs), when the guy he failed to control couldn't be controlled by other managers either.
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then why get him?
if the guy is worth his 3-4m and his word, then put some f'n work into your job.
you know pinella rarely comes in the clubhouse? that's his "style"...you see him on the field and when he's calling you into his office.
i cannot believe they signed themselves up for a dose of milton and decided to see if it would work just letting it run it's course.
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Crunch -- You and I had a very similar conversation a few years ago regarding Dusty. At the time, I was critical of him for not motivating his players and holding them accountable. As I recall, you disagreed saying that the manager's job is to fill out the line up card and he's not in a position to motivate millionaire professional athletes. It appears that our roles have been reversed on Piniella. Let me explain why my position has changed in this case.
Contrary to what Neal might think, the difference between Piniella and Dusty in my mind is not just their skin color. I don't care about that. What I care about is what the person has done in the past, particularly in a Cubs uniform.
Piniella has a track record as a winner. Even in Tampa Bay, the team's record improved under him (although I wasn't crazy about the way he left the team). He won a ring with Cincinnati, set a record for wins in a season with Seattle, and took the Cubs to back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time since the early 1900's. He's built up some bank with me.
So when Bradley does the type of things he has done this year, I have to believe that Piniella got involved initially and only later determined that the best thing to do with Bradley was to give him his space. Obviously, I don't know what went on behind closed doors, but I do know that Piniella worked with Bradley on his hitting when Gerald Perry couldn't get the results they all wanted. So on some level, Piniella was involved with Bradley.
My point is that Piniella has had success with his other teams and his other players, including his other players with the Cubs. He's proven that he can control his locker room and lead his players. Unfortunately, in Bradley, he ran up against a guy that many managers, regardless of how much they are paid, have not been able to handle. And for that, I blame Bradley much more for this fiasco than Piniella.
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motivating players?
we're on our 2nd player being traded away because of lockerroom stuff in milton and barrett.
holding people accountable? that's something i don't care about. milton bradley isn't/wasn't/shouldn't expect to act like cal ripken jr or anything similar...unless earl weaver is similar.
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Crunch -- I think you may have missed my point (or I did a poor job of making it). When we were discussing Dusty previously, I was upset with him because he did such a poor job of motivating the team and he didn't hold anyone accountable. You said, IIRC, that it wasn't the manager's job to motivate high priced athletes. Now, you seem to be holding Piniella to a different standard than the one you held Dusty to. I explained why I look at Piniella differently than Dusty, but I'm not sure why you do. At the moment, it just seems like a double standard. Am I misreading it?
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i don't know what you mean by "motivate" evidently.
was this about winter conditioning or something? or people sitting on the bench rather than being up on the rail?
either way, milton's problem wasn't motivation in my eye...and if you want to tie it into dusty then where i see a comparison point is how dustbag treated every player differently in order to get what he needed to across to them. like that "spacey" stuff he talked to prior about that wood had no idea what the reporter was talking about when questioned about it...cuz wood gets different kind of treatment cuz wood is hardnose...
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Crunch -- I see a similarity to things we've discussed in the past re: Dusty, but I'm beginning to see that it isn't an apples-to-apples comparison.
I guess the only thing I can say is that I blame Bradley for Bradley's actions. Could Lou have done more? Yeah, maybe. I'm not sure what their relationship was like at the beginning and how it changed over time, if it changed at all. But hindsight being 20-20, he probably could have done more.
I just see a guy in Bradley that is apparently so unstable that no one can control him or pacify him. He's had issues everywhere he has gone (or almost everywhere), so it is hard for me to pin any of the blame on anyone but Bradley. To blamne anyone else (including Lou) for Bradley's actions is to assume it is possible to control/pacify Bradley. History would suggest that it isn't possible.
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Rosenthal says:
1) The Cubs will pay Bradley during his suspension
2) The MLBPA will not file a grievance
3) Bradley will issue an apology for his remarks
-edit- Oops...Sorry for the 3/44. I even refreshed my browser before I posted, but the new comments did not show. Oh well...
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Dear Cubs Fans
Dear Jim Hendry
Dear Media Reporters
Dear Teammates
I apologize, want a do-over, another chance
I really want to play for the Cubs
My mom made me write this.
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Yes, Bradley's problem. He's clearly got issues. So Lou seems to be doing a decent job over the last few seasons, and his career, managing his clubhouse. (Maybe the fight with Dibble is a notable exception.)
My point is that Bradley brought this on himself with his actions. You seem to be excusing him because of your disdain for Lou's style and the fact that he makes $4 million a year and social experience and Soriano shouldn't lead off.
If I'm not reading you properly, my fault. But you seem more upset with Lou than with Bradley, and that just seems off to me.
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i'm not excusing bradley for anything.
you know what you have there. leaving it alone and letting it do what it wants isn't what you do. letting the clubhouse rot isn't what you do.
this is a 140 million team and if a single 10 million player can screw it...what is the 3-4m manager doing anyway?
bradley is a big f'n baby who needs his hand held and constant positive feedback. either give it to him, get someone who's gonna do it, or don't get involved with the guy to begin with.
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Bradley exhibited me-first tendencies from day one and didn't really try to ingratiate himself to his teammates.
Is that Lou's fault, too?
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for not doing anything about it...yes.
he's a...manager. you find a way to get it done or have everyone know how the baby should be dealt with.
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"Milton, change your attitude."
"OK, Skip."
Is that how it would've gone?
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you ever been in charge of people?
you expect everyone to follow your command the 1st time or talk to everyone the same way expecting a singular outcome?
it's a bit more complex than even words...much less those words.
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Yes, I have been in charge of people.
I was attempting a joke on the subject of Bradley taking heed of Lou's attempt to manage him.
Thanks for the leadership tip, though.
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no problem...and don't be so snarky or i'll send Z over to knock out people in your organization you'll have to trade away after their asskickings.
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Z's good with the social experience.
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I didn't like the damn signing from the beginning. I said last January I felt this team became weaker during the off season. But, despite myself around March... April I decided I was going to be a Milton Bradley fan and give him a chance anyways.
F MB and all his excuses. Same shit, different year.
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I have no clue how anyone can blame Lou for this.
He was given a child to manage, he can't change Milton, no one can. It was an impossible situation from the start.
You can't let Milton go rogue in the clubhouse and do nothing about it. There are team rules and standards of behavior that everyone need to follow including Milton Bradley. He isn't special, he deserves no special treatment, he isn't above the rest of the team.
At what point is Milton held accountable? Why is it on Lou to change who Milton is if Milton is unwilling to change? Its a really idiotic stance to blame Lou for Miltons whole life.
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I can pretty much get on board with this. Had Hendry not screwed up, Bradley would have never been on the team. If Bradley hadn't acted like a jackass, we wouldn't be talking about his suspension. I'm not sure what Piniella did wrong, but it seems like he could have handled the situation better.
In the end, I'm big into personal responsibility. I don't blame anything that Bradley did on anyone but Bradley. Whether Bradley's bad behavior was handled correctly or not is another issue.
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I think Lou is a pretty good psychologist but he just has trouble with people who can't hit and can't pitch.
The Cubs thought they were getting a big bat, and they would have to put up with the antics. Over time, they got the antics but the bat was missing. You have to play your expensive mistakes, so it just kept getting worse, until it finally had to end.
I thought it was important when the Cubs fired Bradley's old Oakland buddy and enabler, Perry--the only people who speak highly of Bradley (Perry, Macha, Washington) are old A's people, because it's an OBP shop--and gave the job of assessing Bradley's problems from the left side to Von Joshua. Joshua dissected Bradley's swing and said: "You can't hit like that." So now they have to take a highly uncoachable veteran player and make his swing over. Joshua tried. Next, you'll recall, Lou tried. And then they stopped trying. No more trying.
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We all know Lou is old school and probably not that adaptable at this stage. OK. But what we don't know is exactly what their interactions have been. There could've been effort on Lou's part; maybe there wasn't.
Given Bradley's attitude and seeming lack of interest in melding in well with his teammates, I'm inclined to pin more of it on him.
But overall, yeah, bad fit no matter how you slice it.
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If Bradley apologizes, then I think Hendry should apologize for the shit he took in the GM's position this off-season.
What's fair is fair.
Hendry, however, is only accountable when the team does well.
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Bradley and Hendry have both been large piles of turd this year. Neither exempts the other.
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Again going to disagree with you Crunch. To integrate with the team there needs to be moves on both sides in order for it be a success. The manager just can't demand it and expect it to happen.
We read the comments from the other players and they all reached out to Bradley at some point or another and Bradley basically shunned them. He had no real relationship with anyone on the team and thats on Bradley and Bradley alone.
You can't help someone unless they begin to help themselves. Its much like a drug addict or an alcholoic. And I don't think Bradley is ready to admit he is the problem.
Yes the Cubs knew his past, yes they said they talked to people that knew him, they should have known what they were getting into. But that doesn't excuse Bradley at all. We accepted him to not do what he did in his past, not continue it. It was on Bradley to not be the most insufferable teammate ever, not Lou or anyone else.
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if hendry/lou weren't prepared for this they shouldn't have gotten involved.
this isn't about all milton not pulling his weight. he's a baby. he's not the people who decided to adopt this baby, though.
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I agree crunch. THe Cubs should have never got involved.
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Muskat tweet...
Milton Bradley issued apology, saying he regrets the way he handled things in first season with cubs
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oh cool, everything's fine now. awesome.
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Glad to see an apology is in the works. My guess is MB and his agent both know damn well he probably won't be able to suit up as a Cub at Wrigley field ever again unless you want to see mass ugliness. So an apology, even if insincere, is his only hope of building up some "tradability".
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Reed Johnson is back in the lineup tonight, but I don't know anything else.
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No word on what kind of shape his goatee is in?
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re your sig: "the glory days of Ed Lynch"????!
Sorry. I know u must be kidding. But, Ed Lynch was one of the worst GM's in Cubs history.
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Ed Lynch was a human vacuum cleaner.
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I've read some details about MB and I think he just doesn't have the capability to be happy.
His story is not an easy, American rags to riches life.
He never really got credit for who he is, or what he could have accomplished.
I can back this up.
Abe Lincoln lost, like what 8 elections or something?
Hang in there, Milt!!!
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Lincoln's OPS was inflated by his high BABIP.
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doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
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.


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PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jonathan Dwyer has consecutive 100-yard games, and has inspired comparisons to Jerome Bettis.
Of course, Dwyer is about 12,000 yards from really validating those comparisons, but there's definitely a resemblance. They're both bruising runners who have an ability to bounce away from initial contact and use their surprisingly nimble feet in the open field. Bettis wasn't a speed burner, and neither is Dwyer.
But that slam-first style takes a toll on a defense over the course of the game. Dwyer has run with an opportunity created when injuries forced Rashard Mendenhall and Isaac Redman from the lineup.
There's been speculation about what happens to Dwyer when Mendenhall and Redman return, but that's not really a major issue. Given the way injuries pile up in the NFL, along with the short shelf life at the running back position, there will be work for Dwyer.
The Steelers are a work in progress at a lot of positions, including running back. The team needs productive players, and that's what Dwyer has been for the last two games. As badly as the running game stalled early in the season, there will be carries for Dwyer as long as he shows he can turn those chances into yards.
Fashion statement
Why were the Steelers wearing those silly throwback uniforms on Sunday?
It was to honor their past, of course. But mostly it was to sell merchandise. The Steelers sell a lot of jerseys every year. So once people have the basic home and road models, what's next on their shopping list?
It's alternates, of course. Over the past several years, the Steelers' throwback was the early 1960s look. Those sold well, but they leveled off after a point, too.
So the answer is to introduce a new one. Merchandising is a huge part of sports and a major source of revenue for the leagues.
The Pirates and Penguins have had great success with throwback or alternate looks, so the Steelers are jumping on that lucrative bandwagon. It's not as easy for the Steelers, since the team's basic uniform has changed only slightly in the last 40 years.
But there's no argument that the stripes they wore on Sunday are substantially different.
Bad calls
Yes, I'm the guy who said Jim Leyland wouldn't return. I also picked the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series.
It doesn't take replay to show both calls were 100 percent incorrect.
Leyland agreed on Tuesday to come back for at least one more season with the Tigers. When you have Justin Verlander at the top of the rotation with Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder in the middle of the lineup, it's hard to walk away.
Leyland will take one more shot at winning that second World Series, with a secondary goal of improving his Hall of Fame credentials.
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A blue boy is a cops or any other law inforcement officers.
Man Dave Tezzy that party was bagging for show, until them blue boys showed up.
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depending on the location it could be a crip(crab) (its mostly a crip) or a sureno(scrap) or somebody in a gang/clique that bangs blue
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There are many ways to control your pain. You're making a good start by learning about osteoarthritis and its treatments. Knowing more about this condition helps you work with your doctor to find answers to problems. Keeping a positive outlook can help you manage pain from day to day. And making time each day to relax and enjoy yourself may help you control osteoarthritis pain, instead of letting it control you. Try these methods to help you cope with, and even reduce, your pain.
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Relaxing may help relieve muscle aches that result from joint pain. To relax, try these techniques:
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Meditate by focusing your mind on one word, object, or idea.
Getting plenty of sleep can help reduce pain and let you function better. If pain is making it hard for you to sleep, ask your doctor about ways to control pain and ensure a good night's sleep. Cutting back on caffeine and alcohol can help you sleep better. So can going to bed and getting up at about the same time every day.
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Seneca County Park District had questions, and respondents to a recent survey from the district's strategic planning task force had loads of answers.
Among responses about activities people would like to see in the parks were hunting, fishing, picnicking and hiking, which already are offered.
"Some people are not aware that these are currently available," the task force announced this week. "Along this same line of awareness of park activities, several people mentioned not being aware of park activities and/or where the parks are located."
Respondents offered suggestions for improvements the committee said the board should consider.
"Although there were numerous suggestions for the SCPD to offer more motorized and sport-related activities that we are not currently offering, most of these activities are outside of our mission," the task force stated.
After considering the results, the report stated greater awareness and growth in participation is a need.
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Based on survey results, committee members have created the three top questions to be answered by the park board:
How do we address long-term sustainability by building awareness and making use of a variety of marketing strategies?
How can we create an infrastructure that will sustain the parks into the future?
How can the park district work with other people and groups? And with whom?
Board members plan to present the task force findings during an upcoming business leaders meeting and at a Regional Planning Commission meeting.
"A comprehensive marketing and communications plan seems to be a top priority based on the data collected," the summary reported. "This would result in more participation, more volunteers and generation of more resources, all of which would build a structure for the long-term sustainability of the parks."
Also suggested were collaborations that would make use of local expertise in nature programming, especially for adults. The summary also mentioned a possible collaboration with agencies involved with the recently-completed Seneca County Health Assessment because two of its four goals were to address weight control and mental health for adults and youth.
Some highlights from the 260 surveys collected included:
Forty-two percent of responders were ages 40-60 and 31 percent were 60-70.
The top three parks visited are Garlo, Steyer and Tiffin University nature preserves.
Hiking/walking is the most popular activity, selected by 83 percent of those responding, followed by bird watching at 25 percent. Other activities mentioned were picnicking, bicycling, fishing, canoeing, volunteering, park programs, nature appreciation, special events and photography.
The top three responses for "what they like most" were: protect and preserve the natural areas; well-maintained; trails are well-marked and well-maintained.
The top three responses for what people like the least were: not easy to find/convenient; do not offer many activities; not accessible for physically challenged.
Regarding the number of parks, 59 percent said there are the right amount and 17 percent said there are too few.
The most prevalent reasons for not visiting the parks were: hunting is not allowed (even though it is allowed in specific areas); did not know they existed; and do not know the activities offered.
When asked whether they would use the parks more if they were more informed of park activities, 48 percent said they would, 29 percent said no and 23 percent said maybe.
When asked to list other activities they would use if they were available, 40 percent said fishing, 30 percent said picnicking and 30 percent said hiking (all those activities already are available).
Regarding whether they support or oppose development/maintenance of nature preserves and county parks, 38 percent said they strongly support, 14 percent said they mildly support, 24 percent said they are neutral, 10 percent said they mildly oppose and 14 percent said they strongly oppose.
19 percent said they would like to receive more information about the park district.
In an overview of the face-to-face interviews, committee member Cathy Nagle-Ervin said the average age of respondents was 61 and most were male.
"They were people of influence in the community," she said. "Mayors, commissioners, school administrators, township trustees. We went out and actually interviewed these people to get some more input."
She reviewed the information in graph form.
"Sadly, not a lot of people used Seneca County parks," she said. "Only 14 percent used them once a week."
While in the parks, they were hiking, walking dogs and bird watching.
Interviewees said the most important issues related to parks would be getting kids outside and involved with nature and health issues, with more people being overweight.
When asked about the vision for Seneca County overall, the group said community pride, a good lifestyle and getting involved with the community were important.
And they said the park district could increase its role in that vision by providing more educational outdoor activities for young people and using more marketing and social media avenues to increase public involvement.
"When asked about the park district's image in the community, they weren't really sure who we are or what we did," Nagle-Ervin said.


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Well the rain may have put a damper on the world series baseball game, but it has done wonders for the steelhead fishing. Fish have been caught everyday this week. Mike Hilf from Steelhead trips guide service said there are so many fish that they were swimming right up between their legs as they were in the creek. Many anglers have been catching 25 or more fish. All the main holes are the hot spots, and today should prove to be outstanding as well with no rain last night or so far today. They are calling for rain this late afternoon but by then we could probably use some to keep the creeks flowing good. The top baits being reported are egg sacs, skein and jigs with grubs. There hasn't been anyone out on the lake but the perch fishing is still doing pretty good in Presque Isle Bay area. Keep the bait flying and the steelhead jumping.
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Update: The forecast shows a chance of storms for the next five days. Check it here.
Previous report (Thursday, 5:30 p.m.)
The National Weather Service says a strong thunderstorm is moving eastward into Harris County from Liberty County this evening.
Risks associated with this storm include:
- Wind gusts up to 30 mph
- Torrential rainfall
- Frequent lightning strikes
Here's a view of the storm system from Friendswood:
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Academic Standards | Merit Based Scholarships | Scholarships | Other Financial Aid | Stafford Loan | PLUS Loan | Student Employment | Budgets | Determination of Need | Satisfactory Progress | Receiving Financial Aid Funds | Timetable for Review | Reinstatement | Notification | Appeal Process | Withdrawal | Institutional Refund Policy | Miscellaneous Information
Westminster maintains a significant program of merit-based and need-based financial aid to support new and continuing students, and the college makes vigorous efforts every year to expand this broad-based program of financial aid to provide the maximum in options to students who are serious about their college educations.
The college is totally committed to the philosophy that every qualified student shall have access to a college education, regardless of personal financial circumstances. The college makes every effort to determine each student's personal needs and abilities and to create an individually tailored financial aid package which is appropriate to the student's own special case.
Merit-based aid is available to students who have excelled in their studies or extracurricular activities.
Need-based aid is available and awarded to students whose family contribution is judged to be less than Westminster's total cost, thus demonstrating a need for assistance. These funds are awarded in the form of grants, loans, and employment. In addition, government-subsidized loans may be available to students who do not qualify for other need-based aid, but who still lack the financial resources to pay for their education in full.
Merit-based and need-based financial aid are administered on different criteria; consequently, application procedures and deadlines differ.
All Westminster scholarship and grant funds require a student to maintain good academic standing and satisfactory progress as outlined in the Academic Catalog. The student's academic standing and progress will be measured at the end of each May Term and will be used to determine whether the student is eligible for institutional funds in the next academic year. Both the May and Summer semesters may be used by a student to regain institutional fund eligibility. In general, this requires students to maintain a 2.0 GPA and to have successfully completed 70% of the semester credit hour for which they have been enrolled at Westminster College.
Eligibility for restricted and endowed scholarship funds are excluded from this policy and will be determined by the individual donor agreements for each scholarship.
This policy is effective with the Fall 2010 semester for all degree-seeking undergraduate students. Appeals for previous semesters where students received reduced scholarship amounts based on the prior institutional fund renewal policy will not be considered. A student may still receive institutional funds for up to a total of 8 semesters.
To receive merit-based aid, a student must be enrolled full time (at least 12 semester credit hours), except where otherwise specified by the individual award.
Merit-based aid is available at the college as a tuition award. Scholarships are awarded to recognize academic achievement. Consequently, these scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit and do not have to be repaid.
Some scholarships are established to recognize special groups such as non-traditional students, senior women, part-time students, and others. Although specific criteria vary, scholarship applicants are generally required to maintain good academic standing as outlined in the college's Academic Standing policy on page 92. Scholarship awards are made for the academic year only (Fall and Spring semesters). The total award will be divided equally between Fall and Spring semesters.
All admitted applicants will be considered for most merit-based scholarships automatically upon submission of the admissions application. Awards are made on a rolling basis until funds are expended. For Fall semester, to be considered for the full range and amount of merit-based academic scholarships, freshmen applicants should submit the application before March 1. Please contact our office for information regarding additional departmental and athletic or talent based awards which are set annually and subject to change.
To be considered for need-based financial aid, students must file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form as soon as possible. For Fall semester, the FAFSA form may be filed as soon after January 1 as possible. In order to qualify for the full range of programs available, your FAFSA must be processed by April 15. The FAFSA is available online at www.fafsa.ed.gov or from the Westminster College Office of Financial Aid. The FAFSA code for Westminster College is 003681.
A list of annually-funded scholarships is available in the Office of Financial Aid. Scholarship funds are provided by individuals and/or organizations to support qualified students on a year-to-year basis only.
In addition to annually-funded scholarships, the college maintains a General Scholarship Fund that consists of a series of financial gifts made to Westminster by individuals and families who support the college. The General Scholarship Fund is used to support the Institutional Scholarships awarded each year. Listed below are the individuals, families, and corporations who are now supporting the College's General Scholarship Fund: Albert J. Alt Memorial Scholarship, George Bailey Memorial Scholarship, Victor Blumberg Memorial Scholarship, Bess W. Fisher Scholarship, Margaret Freece Scholarship, Fuller Reading Scholarship, Mr. and Mrs. G.T. Hansen Scholarship, Edith Wade and Frederick J. Hart Scholarship, Thomas F. Hawk Scholarship, Alfred Hendrickson Scholarship, Hoag Scholarship, Rosa Bird Marimon Scholarship, Mountain Fuel Supply Company Scholarship, Morris B. Rosenblatt Memorial Scholarship, Samuel Rosenfeld Memorial Scholarship Fund, Mr. and Mrs. L.S. Skaggs Scholarship, Bradley and Elizabeth Skinner Memorial Scholarship, Charles L. Wheeler Memorial Scholarship, Westminster College Memorial Scholarship Fund, and Henry T. and Helen I. Zeider Scholarship.
The college also maintains a series of special scholarships funded by a variety of organizations that prefer to select the recipients for the awards each year. In most cases, these special scholarships have their own application forms, which are available through the Office of Financial Aid.
Air Force ROTC Scholarship—Available on a competitive basis for 2, 2½, 3, 3½, or 4 years. Provides partial to full tuition, reimbursement for textbooks, and a monthly allowance.
Army ROTC Scholarship—Available on a competitive basis for 2 to 4 years. Provides full tuition, reimbursement for textbooks, and a monthly allowance.
Navy ROTC Scholarship—Available on a competitive basis for 2 to 4 years. Provides full tuition, reimbursement for textbooks, and a monthly allowance.
United Presbyterian Scholarship—Awarded to members of the Presbyterian Church. Students must have a minimum 2.0 GPA.
Church loans based on availability of funds may be obtained through churches maintaining an affiliation with the college (Presbyterian, United Church of Christ). In most cases, these loans are restricted to members of the respective denominations.
Information on these loans may be obtained from the appropriate minister or from the Office of
Financial Aid.
The college also maintains a loan fund from which amounts of money may be borrowed under
emergency conditions for short periods of time to meet school-related expenses (based on availability of funds).
The individuals and organizations now supporting this special loan fund:
Christ Student Loan Fund, Dora E. Cunningham Memorial Loan Fund, Clara Dell Forde
Student Loan Fund, George T. Hansen, Sr. Loan Fund, T.K. Irvine Loan Fund, Coletha Kimberling Jones Student Loan Fund, Harvey T. and Ina West Kurzhak Memorial Loan Fund, Masonic
Foundation Loan Fund, Michael Short-Term Loan Fund, Joseph D. Miller Loan Fund, George D. Ryall Loan Fund, Orrin Sterns Loan Fund, and Wasatch Presbyterian Church Women's
Association Loan Fund.
Degree-seeking undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply for Federal Stafford Student Loan funds.
First-year undergraduate students may borrow up to $5,500 per academic year. Second-year undergraduate students may borrow up to $6,500 per academic year. Undergraduates past the second year may borrow up to $7,500 per academic year to a total aggregate maximum of $31,000 for all undergraduate education.
Applicants must apply for need-based financial aid using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The Office of Financial Aid will then determine the amount of a loan that the student may qualify for and certify the student's loan according to the amounts accepted on the student's Financial Aid Award Notice.
This loan is available to parents of dependent undergraduate students, and to graduate students. The parents (or graduate students) must have no adverse credit history. Parents may borrow up to the cost of education (budget costs minus any financial aid received) and must use the loan funds solely to pay educational costs. The PLUS is a fixed interest rate loan (for loans disbursed after June 30, 2006) that is currently capped at 9%, and parents make monthly principal and interest payments beginning at the time the loan is disbursed. The loan may be obtained through a participating lender (banks, credit unions, and savings and loan associations). For further information concerning this program, contact the Financial Aid Office.
The Federal work-study program makes awards based on financial need. Students are given the opportunity to work part-time, on-campus, while attending school. They can work full-time during the summer and other vacation periods. Under this program, the college pays a portion of the student wages and the government pays the remainder.
Students with Federal work study eligibility have the opportunity to select from a listing of job openings on campus for interviews and hiring. Students are paid every two weeks for work performed until they have earned the total amount of their Federal work study award for the academic year. There are also positions available for summer work.
Student budgets vary depending upon whether the students are dependent or independent, where they live, and the number of credit hours for which they enroll. Sample budgets are shown below and are based on tuition figures for the 2012–2013 academic year.
(undergraduate, full-time 12–16 hours enrollment each semester, student lives at home with his/her parents, 9-month duration)
Tuition and Fees $29,500 (2013–2014 year)
Books and Supplies 1,000
Room and Board 2,200
Transportation 1,320
Personal Expenses 2,208
(undergraduate, full-time 12–16 hours enrollment each semester, student lives in on-campus housing, 9-month duration)
Tuition and Fees $29,500
Books and Supplies 1,000
Room and Board 8,208
Transportation 1,100
Personal Expenses 2,304
(undergraduate, full-time 12–16 hours enrollment each semester, 9-month duration)
Tuition and Fees $29,500
Books and Supplies 1,000
Room and Board 6,700
Transportation 1,320
Personal Expenses 2,758
To determine the financial need of a student, calculate College Costs (Student Budget) and apply Family Contribution against them. If the Family Contribution is less than the College Costs, financial need is established. The Family Contribution is determined by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), including information about income, assets, and non-taxable income.
Students must maintain satisfactory progress in their academic studies in order to receive Title IV (Federal) student financial aid funds and institutionally funded financial aid. Title IV (Federal) student financial aid includes the following programs:
Federal Pell Grant
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
Federal Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
Federal Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (SMART)
Federal Work Study (FWS)
Federal Perkins Loan
Federal Stafford Loan
Federal PLUS Loan
Federal TEACH Grant
Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) Program
The Financial Aid Office will utilize the College's Academic Standing Policy. In addition, full-time and part-time (undergraduate and graduate) students must complete at least 70 percent of the semester credit hours for which they enrolled to be making satisfactory progress. Any class that appears on the academic transcript as "graded" will be counted toward total credit hours enrolled.
Transcript grades include the following:
|Above Average
|No Credit
|Withdrawn failing
|Unofficial withdrawal
|Audit [no credit]
Additionally, once a student attains sophomore or second-year status, (28 earned hours and above), the student must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0.
If satisfactory progress requirements are not met, the student will be determined ineligible to receive Title IV student financial aid funds.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Program will be reviewed for compliance with the Satisfactory Progress Policy using grade equivalencies. Grades of "EX" (Exceeds Project Standards) are regarded as equivalent to "A" level work; grades of "M" (Meets Project Standards) are regarded as equivalent to "B" or "C" level work; grades of "DN" (Does Not Meet Project Standards) are regarded as equivalent to "D" or "F" level work. Grades of "EX" and "M" will be counted as credit hours completed while grades of "DN" will not be counted as credit hours completed.
Students' records will be reviewed at the end of each academic year to determine whether they are in compliance with the Satisfactory Progress Policy. The academic year ends with May Term and will include any period of time during the academic year the student was enrolled. Students who have grade changes that affect academic progress after it has been reviewed are responsible for notifying the Financial Aid Office so that their progress may be re-reviewed for compliance. Grade changes, including incomplete grade updates, affecting student eligibility for financial aid must be on file with the Registrar's Office prior to the first date of classes in the next semester of enrollment in order for the student's record to be re-reviewed for satisfactory progress in that semester.
Grade Reports Special Note
The following will not be counted as credit hours completed:
F Failure I Incomplete
W Withdrawn NC No Credit
UW Unofficial withdrawal X Repeat
WF Withdrawn Failing T Temporary
Undergraduate students are eligible to receive financial aid funds for a maximum of twelve (12) semesters while in full-time status, with each summer counted as one-half semester. Part-time students' eligibility will be extended proportionately. Students pursuing a second undergraduate degree are eligible for four (4) additional semesters after receiving the first bachelor's degree.
After becoming ineligible for student financial aid funds, a student can be considered for receipt of financial aid only when the completion percentage and grade point average requirements have been met.
The Financial Aid Office will notify by letter any student receiving financial assistance who does not meet the satisfactory progress requirement and has been determined to be ineligible for financial aid. The notice will be addressed to the student's most current local address on file at the college. It is the student's responsibility to inform the Registrar's Office of a correct mailing address at all times.
Any student who has been determined to be ineligible for financial aid has the right to appeal. The following appeal process will be utilized:
Federal regulations govern the return of Title IV (federal) financial aid funds that have been disbursed for a student who completely withdraws from college during a term, payment period, or period of enrollment. The Title IV programs included under these regulations are: Federal Pell Grants, Academic Competitiveness Grants, National SMART Grants, TEACH Grants, Stafford Loans, PLUS Loans, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG), and Federal Perkins Loans. The regulations operate under the principle that a student "earns" his/her financial aid based on the period of time he/she remained enrolled.
During the first 60% of the enrollment period, a student "earns" Title IV federal financial aid funds in direct proportion to the length of time he/she remains enrolled (that is, the percentage of time during the enrollment period that the student remained enrolled is the percentage of disbursable aid for that period that the student earned). A student who withdraws from college beyond the 60% point has "earned" all Title IV federal financial aid for the period.
Unearned Title IV funds, other than Federal Work-Study earnings, must be returned to the federal financial aid programs. Unearned aid is the amount of disbursed Title IV aid that exceeds the amount of Title IV aid earned under the formula.
The responsibility to repay unearned Title IV aid is shared by the institution and the student in proportion to the aid each is assumed to possess.
The institution's share is the lesser of:
The student's share is the difference between the total unearned amount and the institution's share.
When withdrawing, a student should keep in mind that the requirements for Title IV program funds are separate from the college policy on institutional funds. A student withdrawing from the college during a term in which he or she is receiving a college-funded scholarship or grant will forfeit the scholarship or grant. Students withdrawing after the end of the college's refund period are liable for all of their college charges even when their financial aid is decreased.
Students considering withdrawal should call or visit the Financial Aid Office to determine the specific implications. Official withdrawal notification should be provided to the Registrar's Office.
In addition, students who do not successfully complete any coursework during a semester will be reviewed to determine whether or not they may have unofficially withdrawn during the course of the semester. If the Financial Aid Office cannot document a student's attendance through 60% or more of the semester, a student is considered to have unofficially withdrawn and the student's federal financial aid will be subject to the Return of Title IV Aid calculation described above. A student found to have unofficially withdrawn will have the calculation performed using the 50% point in the semester unless a last date of attendance can be documented.
Additional information, worksheets, and examples of return-of-federal-funds calculations can be obtained from the Financial Aid Office.
Institutional refunds are determined on the date that add/drop or withdrawal forms are completed and processed in the Registrar's Office. Refer to the appropriate class schedule for the specific refund schedule for each semester. All institutional charges (tuition, fees, and room and board) are refunded based on the refund schedule.
Notification of Award—Students submitting applications and other supporting documentation are notified by mail whether they will receive aid.
Changes in Financial Status—Students are responsible for reporting any change in family financial resources from extra income, gifts, or outside aid. If the additions reduce the financial need, the award will be reduced. Failure to report additional resources may result in total cancellation of all financial aid. If resources decrease, students may request additional funds.
The college makes every effort to assist its students in securing the financial aid they need to be successful in their studies and career goals, if funds are available.
Employer Reimbursement—Students receiving reimbursement from their employers who apply for need-based financial aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) are required to notify the Financial Aid Office and submit documentation of the amounts to be received.
Withdrawal from College—If a student receiving merit-based aid should withdraw from the college or be suspended before the end of the semester, the student's financial aid award is canceled and all unpaid tuition resulting from the cancellation of the merit-based aid for that semester is due and must be paid immediately.
Incoming students are encouraged to apply for financial aid at the time they apply for admission to the college. Continuing students are reminded to reapply for financial aid each academic year. Financial Aid awards are made on a first-come, first-served basis until all funds are depleted; therefore, it is in each student's best interest to submit application materials as soon as possible after January 1. Regulations and policies for many of the Federal Financial Aid Programs change periodically. For additional information about any type of financial aid, contact the Office of Financial Aid.


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Growing Conscious 1.0April 30, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Manoa Campus, The Free Garden (behind the Art Building)
Are you stressed out? Bored? Looking for a place to impact on campus? Interested in plants, nature, sustainability, or food?
Come join us in a therapeutic horticulture experience to promote "a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community."
This type of community might be just what you've been looking for. Hope to see you there.
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|The Wellness Center - Fitness Class Schedule
Maui Campus, Pilina Bldg., Wellness Center
|29th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity
Manoa Campus, Hawaii Convention Center
|Thinking about Law School?
Manoa Campus, Campus Center, 2nd Floor
|Sex Signals
Manoa Campus, Kuykendall 101
|Linguistics Seminar
Manoa Campus, St. John Auditiorium (St. John, Room 011)
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|Microbiology Final Oral
Manoa Campus, Webster 112
|Physics Final Oral
Manoa Campus, Watanabe, Rm. 417A
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|Electronics Technology and Information Technology Open House
Hawaii Campus, Building 391, Room 6
|Maui Xplorers Symposium
Manoa Campus, Campus Center Executive Dining Room
|UH Symphony Orchestra - Finale concert
Pearl City Cultural Center
|BIG LOVE Theatre Auditions for Fall Semester 2013
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Men's Basketball to Hold Alumni Day March 1
Former Ball State men's basketball team members, coaches, donors and their guests are invited to attend Alumni Day in conjunction with the Cardinals' home game against Central Michigan on Saturday, March 1.
The game tips off at Worthen Arena at 2 p.m. Alumni should arrive at 12:30 to pick up game tickets and receive complimentary entrance into the Cardinal Club room. Alumni in attendance will be recognized during the game.
A postgame social gathering will follow at Johnny Carino's (1101 W. McGalliard Rd.)
Come visit with first-year head coach James Whitford and reconnect with fellow teammates and friends.
Players from all eras are asked to contact their teammates and plan to gather for the events.
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Honoring the Forgotten
By Brendan McLean, NAMI Communications Coordinator
Across the country, thousands of unmarked graves and remains of individuals from psychiatric hospitals stand forgotten. It's estimated that more than 100,000 of these unmarked graves exist across the United States.
In Georgia, 25,000 nameless graves were discovered, buried under leaves and trash with only numbers identifying each of the rusted headstones. Many of those numbers are improperly recorded and have no confirmation can be made of who is buried there. In Oregon, 5,000 canisters of cremains were found on storage shelves. 600 cremains were found in cardboard boxes in Hawaii. These are just a few of the horrific examples of individuals who died in psychiatric hospitals and whose deaths were not properly recorded.
Tales like these have inspired people around the country to work together to restore these cemeteries, and restore dignity to the individuals who were turned into outcasts, died and were forgotten.
In 2009, The Gardens at Saint Elizabeths: A National Memorial of Recovered Dignity was dedicated in Washington, D.C. to honor those individuals who lost their lives. The memorial will be built on the grounds of Saint Elizabeth's Hospital because of its history of moral treatment promoted by mental health reformer Dorothea Dix. Visitors to the memorial will walk through gardens, past reflecting pools and a Weeping Wall.
The Gardens at Saint Elizabeths will feature markers representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, listing the state hospitals where patients are buried, and will be maintained and operated by individuals living with mental illness.
To help raise funds to build the memorial a traveling exhibit has been created to explain the story of the Gardens at Saint Elizabeths. Included in the traveling exhibit are the exhibit DVD, brochures and bookmarks and a collection of seeds, including forget-me-nots, which people can plant in their own recovery gardens.
"We hope that every consumer can visit the Washington, D.C. memorial and come away inspired and empowered to work for a full life in the community for their peers," says Sue Bergeson, senior vice president of consumer affairs for OptumHealth Public Sector, who is supporting the traveling exhibit.
Also included the Gardens of Saint Elizabeths website is a restoration guide to begin to learn how to successfully restore a cemetery in your own community. With the continued growth of the prominence of national memorial and increased efforts in restoring forgotten cemeteries around the country, hopefully a voice will be raised for those who had none.


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"Jake flipped out," a Nightcrawler source tells PEOPLE. "His character was looking into a mirror during the scene and punched the mirror in anger and broke it, cutting himself so bad he had to be taken to a hospital."
And while a source close to Gyllenhaal, 32, confirms the actor received stitches in the emergency room, the source says the reason for the incident was nothing more than a moment in character during an intense scene after an 18-hour day.
"The scene was emotionally charged and his character was talking into a mirror and he got so into it, he banged his hands against the mirror and it broke and cut him," the source close to Gyllenhaal says. "It was all the scene and not because he was mad about anything else."
Another source says the traditionally buff star has also been "intensely focused" on losing approximately 20 lbs. for his role as a crime-scene reporter in the upcoming drama.
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5 Things That Have to Happen Before You Fix Your Crappy Life
January seems to be the worst time of year for realizing how screwed up your life is. Everyone is talking about resolutions. You're recovering from all the money you spent on the holidays. Taxes are coming up. It's the month your parole gets repeatedly denied. It's the month that says, "Here's a shitload of enormous problems. Oh, yeah, and here's a grocery list of crap you need to change about yourself, because the rest of the year you are an overindulgent, self-destructive child."
Big change -- the type you have to make in order to pull yourself out of a turd landslide -- is different. It's scary and requires a hundred times more work than just regular living. Digging yourself out of a hole isn't about survival ... it's about pulling ahead. In doing that, there are some basics that, in my experience, have to happen. Or at the very least, they make the shoveling a whole lot less brutal. For instance ...
#5. You Have to Hit a Breaking Point
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Some of you just read that title and screamed directly into your monitor, "No shit! I've had so many breaking points in the last few years, my life has turned into a movie about undercover cop surfers! I hate you!" It seems obvious to the point of being insulting, doesn't it? Trust me, it's not. I've seen, more often than not, people (including myself) who get so used to a shitty situation, they simply surrender to it. "That's just life being a dick to me once again. Guess I'll take off my pants and get this over with."
We consider our breaking point to be that moment when we get super pissed off about the catastrophe and snap like an overstretched cock ring. What we tend to overlook is that frustration isn't an action ... it's a reaction. And while that reaction is totally necessary and justified, it's not a breaking point any more than shitting rainbows when things are going well is.
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My God, they've snapped. Exterminate them.
Going a step further, most people will follow up their "this is bullshit" moment with a declaration that they're finished living that way. Although it's still not the breaking point, it's a very, very good start. It doesn't matter what the situation is -- bad relationship, addiction, financial buttfuck -- without that decision to improve it, you're going to stay exactly where you are, or worse.
I stayed in this rut for 30 years before I finally realized that the breaking point isn't real until you combine it with action. Not the decision to act, but full-on "get off your chair right now and put your ass into motion" action. No, I'm not talking about twerking, unless your breaking point is realizing that you don't twerk nearly enough to live a happy, productive life. In which case, you're my kind of people.
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"Yeah, what y'all know about sprinkler twerkin'? STREET!"
So you get mad, you make a plan to change your situation, you get up and start enacting that plan, and three weeks later, you're right back where you started. What happened? Has karma just doomed you to a life of suck? Why even bother putting in all this work if you're never gaining ground? Well ...
#4. You Have to Accept That the Process Is Slooooooow
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Here's some quick math for you: I just said that it took 30 years for me to have my legitimate breaking point. I am 39 years old. I've only been in a good place financially and emotionally for about four years. What happened to the other five?
The intimidating truth is that big changes like this take time. Sometimes, as in my case, it takes years. If get-rich-quick schemes worked, if breaking up or fixing a relationship was easy, if ending addiction just required willpower and a decision to quit, nobody would have problems ever again. We'd all be rich and grinding genitals with virtual deities. It's insanely hard, and it takes time.
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You might want to start a hobby to help pass the time.
That's why you have to start now. It's why that breaking point doesn't mean anything until there's action ... because without that action, it's just you bitching about your problems. The sooner you start building your monster truck of life, the sooner you can start ramping and running over shit with it. Nobody is going to drive one up to your door and hand you the keys.
It becomes a huge trap to many people, because it feels like you're doing 10 times the work for zero change in status. You're working extra hours, but you're still broke at the end of the month. You've worked your ass off to mend a fractured relationship, but you still fight all the time. No matter how many times you do the Han Solo dance, you can't get your hips to swing effeminately enough.
There are so many positive changes that take place under the radar that you won't really notice them until you look back on it from a safe distance. "I'm making $500 extra per month. Where the hell is it going?" Oh, that's right, you started actually stocking your refrigerator with real food. You filled up your tank instead of pumping $3 worth of gas. You paid back all the mafia bosses you owed money to instead of letting them take a finger like you usually do.
#3. You Have to Be Willing to Change Yourself
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By far the biggest excuse I've heard (and used) to avoid escaping a shithole is "I don't want to change who I am," or the variation, "I don't want to become something I'm not." I'm not going to pussyfoot around with this -- that's a dumb, bullshit reason built totally by a general fear of change. If you don't get over that right now, you might as well resign yourself to your current life forever. It's not just a hurdle. It's a flush row of skyscraper-size dicks between you and your goal.
It's the hardest thing to accept, let alone put into action, because I don't think a lot of people realize that their personality is in a constant state of evolution. When they imagine themselves in the future, their success is packaged as a soulless movie villain who forgot how to enjoy life, their "true self" having been lost to years of work and sacrifice. You start to wonder if your dream of having surgically implanted Wolverine claws is even worth it.
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"Just give him Freddy Krueger claws. He won't know the difference."
It is dumb. Crazy dumb. Goddamn, motherfucking, shit-throwing, cock-punching dumb. "Staying true to yourself" does not mean "never changing anything about yourself." It means allowing your mind to grow and improve, like it was designed to do. It means keeping the good parts of yourself intact and weeding out the bad shit that holds you back.
This is not an unfortunate truth. It is an extremely fortunate one, because it means that you don't have to be an emotional hoarder, saving back every scrap of experience and all the bad habits you've picked up because "that's just another part of what makes me who I am." Bullshit. The bad stuff is what's preventing you from achieving what you're capable of becoming. If "being yourself" ever comes with a cost, such as living in poverty or fear or misery, it's time to re-examine and redefine what actually makes you who you are.
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It was 10 years ago that Roy Horn of the celebrated duo Siegfried and Roy stood on the Las Vegas stage. Suddenly, he was no longer standing.
Instead, he was being hauled off the stage in the mouth of a white tiger named Montecore.
While many assumed at the time that his death was a foregone conclusion, especially considering he went "code blue" three times that night and 25 percent of skull had to be removed, Horn lived to tell his story.
But how is he doing a decade after that horrific accident?
"The news about my death has been greatly exaggerated," he joked to the Las Vegas Weekly in a rare interview. "I feel I am a very good-looking corpse."
The 69-year-old former headliner admits that he is a "little bit handicapped," but he still lives a fairly normal life.
"I can do a lot of things," he said. "I can walk, I can go swimming, I can go to the gym, I can go shopping." There's nothing he can't do, he said.
And one thing he won't do is call that incident the evening of Oct. 3, 2003, anything other than an accident.
Horn claims he passed out on stage that evening and Montecore picked him up by the neck and carted him off stage to be attended to.
"But we need to rectify – he never attacked me," says Horn. "If a tiger attacks you, you are finished." In fact, he still calls Montecore "my brother."
These days, Horn still relies on Siegfried Fischbacher for many day-to-day things, but he gets along fairly well for a man who stared death in the face. He also spends most of his time relaxing at a sprawling 100-acre animal kingdom in Vegas that the duo created 25 years ago.
"I'm very grateful, every day, for every breath I'm taking," he conceded to writer John Katsilometes. "That is my message to anyone who has had a stroke or a heart attack. Keep moving. Make progress. Pull yourself together, because you can do it."
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Gambling addiction on the rise even as state fosters more
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If it's not one thing, it's another. Our society is increasingly plagued with all sorts of addictions, whether alcohol, drugs (legal and illegal), pornography, tobacco, food, video games, etc., e....
Sure is--perhaps through another tax cut! "Most people who love money don't have it"---really now!
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Evidently, gambling addiction is a "good", thing, if it's for the kids. ... after all, doesn't all this bad, gambling money go to schools?
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ALBANY – Canada's top official based in New York met at the State Capitol with senior Cuomo administration officials and legislators Tuesday to try to resolve the bitter dispute that has been raging for months at the Peace Bridge.
Consul General John F. Prato spent part of the day in Albany, a day before Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was due to travel to Buffalo in what has been floated to be a sales pitch for his plan to permit taxpayer-funded campaigns in New York.
Despite the meeting, the State Legislature was continuing to move a bill to dissolve the Peace Bridge Authority, the binational panel that runs the span between Fort Erie, Ont., and Buffalo. The measure sailed through the Assembly Rules Committee, the last stop before it hits the full floor for a vote as early as this week.
The legislation has raised the concerns of Canadian officials, as well as a leading Buffalo-area business group and Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y. The fear is that the bill will halt various projects, including a plan negotiated by Washington and Ottawa to improve the flow of truck traffic coming into the United States on the congested span.
The Cuomo administration did not signal any improvement in relations as a result of the meetings. An administration official said Prato met with Cuomo advisers "making his case to slow down" the advancing legislation. "He was unsuccessful."
Prato met briefly with Assemblyman Sean M. Ryan, D-Buffalo, sponsor of legislation to end the 80-year life span of the binational authority. He has said that the panel has outlived its usefulness and that the bridge should be controlled by separate entities that manage each half of the bridge in Canada and the United States.
"I'm very happy to hear officials of the Canadian government are involved in this issue," Ryan said after the meeting in reference to much of the talks that have been between the Cuomo administration and Canadian representatives of the Peace Bridge Authority.
"We appreciate Mr. Prato coming to Albany to hear everyone's concerns. It's clear we all share similar goals, including the pre-clearance of trucks," Ryan said of a pilot program due to begin in six months or so to have cargo truck traffic pre-inspected on the Canadian side as a way to reduce congestion on the span coming into the smaller Buffalo plaza area.
Besides Cuomo officials and Ryan, Prato met with Robert F. Mujica Jr., top adviser to Senate Republican Conference Leader Dean G. Skelos, of Long Island.
The Cuomo administration and the Peace Bridge Authority's Canadian officials have been fighting over how to proceed with improvements to the New York side, including enlarging the plaza and opening a new duty-free shop. Canadian officials have said New York has failed to fully share the details of the plans, while New York officials have accused Canadians of blocking needed infrastructure improvements to improve the flow of traffic and reduce pollution from trucks in Buffalo. "We're trying to get Mr. Prato to understand Western New York's concerns of the appearance and functionality of the New York plaza," Ryan said. He said he was encouraged that Prato said the dispute will not affect broader issues, such as trade between New York and Canada.
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ALBANY – A Democrat from Brooklyn who was elected to the State Senate last week broke ranks with his own party on Tuesday evening and will caucus with Senate Republicans come January – putting the GOP one vote away from retaining its majority in the 63-member chamber.
Simcha Felder, who represents a largely Orthodox Jewish section of Brooklyn, said he will be able to "best serve'' his right-leaning constituents by joining with the Republicans.
The party break by Felder means the Democrats, based only on unofficial results from last week, hold a narrow 32-31 lead over Republicans to control the Senate. But there are two Senate elections where results are not yet final and it could take weeks of counting thousands of paper ballots before winners are known.
The GOP not hopeful in one of those unresolved contests, but both sides are spinning wildly about their chances in a new seat created along the Mohawk and Hudson rivers from Montgomery to Ulster counties.
If the GOP wins that race – and the Republican candidate is behind by just 139 votes with at least 8,000 absentee ballots to be counted – the Republicans will retain outright control by a 32-31 margin. Counting of those votes can't begin until next week.
But if the GOP loses that race between two Albany-area residents, it will need at least one or more members from a group of breakaway Democrats to help create some sort of coalition-type power-sharing deal to keep the Republicans at least partly in control of the Senate. Those independent members – one each from Staten Island, the Bronx, Rockland and Madison counties – have yet to definitively state if they will rejoin their Democratic colleagues or help the GOP control the Senate if it comes to that.
The group's leader, Sen. Jeff Klein, said Monday that his four-member caucus will remain a permanent separate group no matter how the leadership issue is resolved. The group was not commenting Tuesday night.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Long Island Republican, met with Felder Tuesday to broker the party-jumping deal, though Felder had already indicated before Election Day he might join with the Republicans. Skelos said the GOP's policy priorities better match with the needs of the incoming senator from Brooklyn. It is uncertain what committee assignments or committee chairmanships Felder might get for jumping ship from his Democratic colleagues.
Mike Murphy, a Senate Democratic spokesman, said voters sent a "clear message'' that they want Democrats to control the Senate. He said Democrats are still "confident'' they will be in the majority come January.
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Michelle Gartner's letter urging a "No" vote on Measure J last week demonstrates a serious misunderstanding by her of what Measure J is about. I would urge her, and all Sun readers, to learn the facts about Measure J, and then join the many others who support the bond measure that will provide important facilities for all members of our community.
Measure J is a general obligation bond that will raise $8.5M for construction of two great facilities - an Aquatics Center and a Performing Arts Center (PAC). The TDRPD will add an additional $7M in reserves saved from construction of the new Community Center.
It is the best time to build these facilities because they are essentially "on sale" with interest rates and construction costs at extremely low levels. If we don't build these badly needed facilities now, we won't be able to afford them once the economy eventually recovers. Moreover, these projects will annually infuse over $2M into our local economy, not to mention the many jobs that they will create, both during construction, and later in their management.
Ms. Gartner's letter suggests that the TDRPD won't be able to attract ticket buyers to events at the PAC. But, it is not the TDRPD that will be producing the events; rather, those events will be produced by local arts, dance and drama organizations, and by producers of musical and theater events. Their efforts will lead to people buying tickets. TDRPD will merely own and rent the facility.
VenueTech Management Group, an independent theater consultant, carefully evaluated the PAC project on two occasions and made conservative projections about the PAC's annual income and expenses. TDRPD has sufficient financial resources, from several independent sources, with which to meet all net costs of operation.
Learn more at TruckeeFirst.org. Vote Yes on Measure J.
Bob French, Truckee
Co-chair, Truckee First