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Maryland Department of Labor Prepared for Impact of Potential Federal Shutdown
BALTIMORE, MD (April 8, 2011) Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) Secretary Alexander M. Sanchez announced plans today to handle unemployment insurance claims of Federal employees if they are furloughed due to a shutdown of the Federal government. The Division of Unemployment Insurance, led by Assistant Secretary Julie Ellen Squire, administers the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) program.
While I hold out hope that the Congress and the Administration can find a compromise that allows the Federal government to provide important services for Americans, continue progress toward economic recovery and build on recent job growth, Ive directed my department to prepare for the impact of a Federal shutdown, said Secretary Sanchez. More than a quarter million Marylanders are employed by the Federal government and many will be eligible for temporary unemployment insurance benefits. DLLR is prepared to assist and guide all Marylanders through the claims process.
Federal employees may file for unemployment insurance benefits during a temporary layoff. To meet the expected increased demand for services, the Division of Unemployment will provide specific information for Federal employees who work in Maryland on their home page.
If the U.S. Congress cannot reach a budget compromise and the Federal government is shut down for any period, the Division will launch a Web application early next week to accept claims from Federal employees who work in Maryland. Maryland residents who work for the Federal government in other jurisdictions notably the District of Columbia or Virginia must file claims in those jurisdictions. While the DLLR Division of Unemployment Insurance cannot accept claims from Marylanders who work in other jurisdictions, the Divisions website will provide Marylanders with information to navigate the claims process. In addition, the Division will extend call center hours to answer Marylanders questions and help furloughed Federal workers submit claims.
Any number of the 262,000 Marylanders employed by the U.S. Government may be impacted by the potential shutdown. DLLR will continue to provide Marylanders with uninterrupted services, including unemployment insurance benefits, skills training, financial regulation and consumer protections.
In an email to DLLR employees sent Thursday morning, Sec. Sanchez wrote, A Federal shutdown will not affect [DLLRs] day-to-operations. However, the [potential] temporary unemployment of thousands of Federally-employed Marylanders will certainly increase our workload. I appreciate efforts that will go above and beyond normal operations for what may be a difficult, but hopefully brief, period of time. I remain optimistic that an agreement can be worked out before a Federal shutdown becomes necessary.


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The latest scuffle over online privacy is brewing up in Georgia. An aggressive new law is set to take effect today which will force sex offenders to hand over their internet passwords, screen names, and e-mail addresses to the government for monitoring purposes. Several other states also have efforts that track sex offender's email and screen names. However, Georgia, which has 16,000 registered offenders, will be the first state to demand the sex offenders' passwords as well.
A similar law in Utah was already struck down by a federal judge, who ruled that it violated the privacy rights of an offender who challenged it. However, that ruling was rather narrow as it applied to an offender tried on a military conviction who had never been in Utah's court or prison system.
Critics of the Georgian law say that it not only violates the privacy rights of offenders, but it also places undue stress on the already tight-for-cash Georgian law enforcement. Sara Totonchi of the Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights states, "There's certainly a privacy concern. This essentially will give law enforcement the ability to read e-mails between family members, between employers."
State Sen. Cecil Staton (R.) who wrote the bill argues that it is necessary to strip the rights of some citizens to protect the rights to life and liberty of others, particularly children. He states that the benefits of the bill, which will allow law enforcement to detect stalking by predators sooner "outweighs a lot of the rights of these individuals."
He states, "We limit where they can live, we make their information available on the Internet. To some degree, we do invade their privacy. But the feeling is, they have forfeited, to some degree, some privacy rights."
Most states do compromise sex offenders' privacy to some extent by making their addresses available online in registries. However, Georgia and Utah are the only states to propose legislation to take offenders passwords, according to civil rights researchers. Others argue the bill isn't tough enough. While the bill threatens violators with a possible return to prison, some believe this won't deter many.
Says State Sen. Staton, "My hunch is, where there's a will, there's a way. If people are intent on violating this law, there are many different ways. What's important is we have given law enforcement a tool."
One critical issue at stake with the Georgian law is lack of specificity. While the law is clearly meant to target offenders seeking to exploit children, it does not differentiate by crime. Thus those found guilty of underage consensual sex, public indecency, or other sex crimes will likely be forced to turn over their passwords as well, bringing into question whether the law is targeting who it intends to.
quote: Granted, I still did bad things, but I'm smart enough to understand "I do this, I get whacked, and I don't wanna get whacked" so many times the knowledge of the consequence stopped me from doing things.
quote: You molest, you should die.
quote: Certain things deserve no rehabilitation, which brings me to your next point, which assumes that anybody (or many for that matter) who does these types of things is retarded or have brain malfunctions at the least. This is a convenient defense for these people. They, like me, have sinful urges that may be difficult to control. As an example, I believe I may have at least a partial addiction to the internet. I know and understand this, but I am perfectly capable of controlling the urge to spend all day online IF I CHOOSE TO.
quote: When it comes down to it, like most serious criminals, it is a brain dysfunction like any other. Sociopathy, schizophrenia, sexual "deviance", clearly these things stem from brain issues. Many criminals in fact fit into one of those categories and some others. It isn't something they control, it is merely an impulse from the brain caused by a dysfunction.
quote: Gzus I have had enough of your heavyhanded bullcrap in every topic that doesn't even interest you. You post to hear yourself talk.
quote: Brain dysfunction? You must be talking about yourself. Seriously, you can't honestly believe that nobody is responsible for their own actions. That anyone can do anything and just use the " he was crazy " or " temporary insanity " defense ? Are you that thick !?
quote: I don't know why I bother with you. I have noticed a pattern. You jump into subjects you know nothing about and pick whatever angle that gets you the most press. But come on, defending child mollesters ? A new low.
quote: Do you honestly think that the brain is not responsible for all decisions you make?
quote: I didn't realize acknowledging someone has a problem is defending them.
quote: Molesters of children who are convicted, and are obviously guilty (either by self admission or a ridiculous amount of irrefutable evidence) should be swiftly and brutally executed.
quote: Get real people. These are the worst kind of scum on the planet.
quote: Shows how liberal and gutless our society is when a comment like this gets downrated.
quote: Worse than mass murderers? Tortuous dictators that enslave entire societies? You have quite the warped world view my friend.
quote: Our justice system is meant to clean people up...
quote: Granted if they repeat offend then they are beyond our current scope of rehabilitation, so death would be the only logical choice as I stated previously.
quote: Move to one of the fabulous Middle Eastern countries, I'm sure they would go right along with you. Of course they will change the term rape to be OK as long as you are a man following some indoctrinated drivel, but you seem like the kind of fellow that is OK with that. By their standards, everyone is "liberal", you will feel right at home.
quote: Molesting a child is no different than raping an adult, it is merely rape, which is assault at best.

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I've been thinking and I wanted to find out but what is your opinion when it comes down to the manga and anime of a series? I prefer mostly the manga but I always like to see the scenes from the manga come to like(still mostly read the manga though). So over all I prefer manga, what is your prefernce?
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Naruto shippuden is one I will prefer as a manga instead of a series
Bleach I like in both forms
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Manga. after all Sometimes it tell it all
i like them bouth but manga tell's it a little better then anime.
You go to anime for the action
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HOLLIDAYSBURG - Despite falling and fracturing his clavicle - collarbone - Bob Kerns wasn't about to miss the April 12 meeting of the Phoenix Volunteer Fire Company.
Three days later, he was at the Allied Volunteer Firemen's Association of Blair County meeting taking the minutes.
A week later he was gone. Robert E. Kerns, 72, longtime Hollidaysburg fire marshal and former Phoenix fire chief, died Monday at Altoona Regional.
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"Up until the end, his mind was sharp as a knife," said Phoenix president, chaplain and safety officer David Zeek, who had known Kerns since the mid-1960s when Zeek joined the fire company. "He broke me into the fire service. He was the man I fought my very first fire with."
When it came to fire service, Kerns was at the top of the list, Mayor Joseph Dodson said. "He was a mainstay as far as the fire company, fire marshal and first responders."
"He was always there to lend that helping hand," Dodson said. "Bob had his place in the burg, and his heart was in the burg. He was a big part of Hollidaysburg."
Kerns wanted to make the Phoenix Volunteer Fire Company the best it could be, said David Patterson, former fire company president.
"He was always interested in seeing that the men and women had the best training they could have. Bob was never interested in getting any accolades for himself; he always wanted the men underneath him to get their picture in the paper," David Patterson said. "He will be remembered as somebody who put Hollidaysburg first, to make the town a better place to live."
Kerns was very well known in the fire service community, said retired Altoona Fire Chief Reynold D. Santone Jr., who had known Kerns for more than 40 years.
"Anytime you would go to a state convention, people would recognize him. Bob Kerns was known throughout the state in fire service," Santone said. "When you lose a guy like Bob Kerns, you can't replace him. Bob Kerns was a very special person."
Others referred to Kerns as a very dedicated man.
"He was dedicated to his job and the people of Hollidaysburg. Hollidaysburg and its people were his extended family," said Ann Andrews, who served as borough secretary for 38 years.
"He was very dedicated to the fire company and community. He was a good faithful and hard worker for everything he got involved in," said Joseph Patterson, senior vice commander of American Legion Fort Fetter Post 516, Hollidaysburg, where Kerns had served as club steward. "I think he was just dedicated to the betterment of Hollidaysburg."
Kerns also was well known as owner of the Blue and White Snack Bar with his wife, Nancy, and for his role in the Hollidaysburg Alumni Band. He also helped form the fire company band years ago.
"He was a good drummer. We played together years ago in the fire company band," said J. Terry Wilt, also a member of the alumni band. "He was just a nice fellow, I have nice memories of him.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Plank, Stitt & Stevens Funeral Home, 421 Montgomery St., Hollidaysburg, where a fireman's service will be held at 6:30 p.m. and 9 until the 10 a.m. funeral service on Friday at First United Methodist Church, Hollidaysburg. The Revs. Dennis Derr and Dr. D.L. Brinton Shafer will officiate with interment at Alto-Reste Park Cemetery.
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2012: All-Conference Academic Team...started all 48 games at first base for the Hatters...batted .264 with one home run and 11 RBI...three doubles...recorded .995 fielding percentage, third highest in Stetson single season history...hit first career home run in Feb. 11 win over South Dakota...went six for seven with two RBI in Feb. 18 doubleheader sweep of Bethune-Cookman...two hits and two RBI in March 1 win over Mount St. Mary's...three multi-hit games against A-Sun opponents.
2011: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team...Conference Scholar...appeared in 31 games with 29 starts at first base...two base hits and one RBI...only two errors in 239 chances for a .992 fielding percentage.
2010: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team...appeared in 31 games, making 25 starts at first base...batted .184 with three doubles...went two for three with a double in March 9 win over Austin Peay that served as Head Coach Frank Griffin's 700th career victory...shortly after the season, was named to NCAA Division I National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
2009: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team...appeared in 37 games, making 28 starts at third base, catcher and designated player...batted .221 with two doubles and four RBI...one of six Hatters to draw 10 walks...first career base hit was an RBI single vs. Texas State (Feb. 7)...two hits vs. Albany (Feb. 15) and vs. Hartford (March 15).
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Cubs vs. Dodgers—Stacking Up the Stats
How the Cubs and their NLDS opponents stacked up in a variety of statistical categories. (Team's National League rankings appear in parens; "DER" refers to Defensive Efficiency Ratio and "RZR" refers to Revised Zone Rating. Throughout, * means stats are through Saturday, 9/27. )
|855 (1st)
|700 (13th)
|184 (5th)
|137 (13th)
|.355 (1st)
|.333 (6th)
|.445 (1st)
|.400 (13th)
|800 (1st)
|733 (11th)
|668 (2nd)
|645 (1st)
|3.87 (2nd)
|3.68 (1st)
|2.30 (3rd)
|2.51 (2nd)
|711 (2nd)
|OPS vs.
|691 (1st)
|66% (4th)
|65% (5th)
|.706 (1st)
|.693 (9th)
|.832 (6th)
|.825 (12th)
Here's another interesting set of numbers—the performance of the Dodgers offense before and after the acqusition of Manny Ramirez:
Baseball may not be a one-man game, but Ramirez, .489 OBP/.743 SLG/1232 OPS in 53 games for the Dodgers, is obviously one man who made a significant difference for his new team. The two Dodgers who have had the most plate appearances batting right in front of Manny, Jeff Kent and Andre Ethier, have been particular beneficiaries.
|Jeff Kent
|Andre Ethier
Funny thing is, both Kent and Ethier were able to punish the Cubs even without Ramirez this year. In 23 AB's, Ethier hit .348 with a .423 OBP vs. the Cubs, and Kent, in 19 AB, hit 2 HR, with a .421 OBP and an OPS of 1211.
Starting Pitching -- Studs
Here is my concern. Look at what Sabathia and Santana did over the weekend. Dominating, complete game performances on short rest. That's what you need this time of year, particularly in the playoffs, and we don't have a starter who can do that. Our rotation overall may be the best in the NL, but that helps in the 162 game schedule. In some ways, the question over the course of the season is not how good your 1 and 2 are, but how bad your 3, 4, and 5 are. But in the playoffs, the question is how good your 1 and 2 are. And ours are good, not great.
If we can hit our way through the playoffs that will make the difference, but we will see some good pitching.
Dodgers in 5.
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I'd say your assessment is pretty much spot on as far as the starters/course of the whole season as opposed to a 5 game set. But it's not as if the Dodgers have the CC/Johan type #1. Personally with the cubs lineup against Lowe/Billingsly/Kuroda/Maddux/Whoever they run out their in the 3rd game, i'm not too worried for this series. Cubs in 4, count it.
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Has anyone seen the playoff roster? I cant find it on cubs.com or in the tribune...My hope is that howry is left off so he can practice a new grip for his fastball so it atleast moves.
Re: Cubs vs. Dodgers—Stacking Up the Stats
Cubs in 4
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a party in LA sounds good to me
Playoff Roster...
I don't think the Playoff roster has been announced. Or else you'd see many Howry posts.
Arguably, the 2nd half moves of Manny, CC, and Harden helped catapult their new teams into the Playoffs.
Without the addition of Manny or Sebathia, neither Dodgers or Brewers would have made it.
So, indeed, in these cases, one man DID make the difference.
Can Sebathia just pitch every other day?
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If CC could pitch every other day, he would. Being a Tribe fan also, he was a gamer and as seen in MIL, he'll take the ball everyday if the manager would allow him.
here's the question, i know its looking forward, but who would you rather see the cubs face in round 2? CC and Mil, or Johan and NYM? I'd vote for neither if I could, because i can see both of those being a very very tough series to win. Perhaps i'd rather see the Brewers seeing how familiar the teams are with one another. And Wrigley Field North will be rocking
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While your hypothetical question is interesting...it is moot, the Mets are not in the playoffs and the question should be: Who would you rather face, the upstart Brewers or the Phillies with that mashing lineup and Cole Hamels?
While the acquisitions of Manny and CC propelled their teams to the playoffs, Johan was unable to pulloff the same result with the Mets...Maybe they should have held him back until the second half instead of pitching him the entire season.
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wow, mental lapse there. must be these damn high school kids yelling while i'm trying to write...Well, i'd rather see the Brew Crew than Hamels and the Phils..
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Absolutely. Hamels has been death for the Cubs this year, and while CC has also been pretty good against us, the Cubs have managed hold back the Brewers offense in those games. Plus, who pitches after Sabathia? What are the Brewers chances of winning playoff games not started by CC? I think the Cubs' deep rotation could potentially make a bigger difference in games against the Brewers than any other team in the post season. The Phil's rotation isn't amazing after Hamels, but their offense could make the Cubs rotation not look so "deep," especially if they can get to the bullpen.
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here is a bit from Muskrat's late last-night entry:
"Whether DeRosa is ready will not affect the final decisions on the playoff roster, which will be announced Tuesday. Piniella was to meet then to set it with general manager Jim Hendry and assistant general manager Randy Bush."
Also, DeRosa is claiming "he'll be fine" for Wednesday's start...
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In Sun Times today Wittenmeyer believed that Dero would be playing second for first round, meaning more RF time for Fuku and I assume the wild tea cup ride of Micah Hoffpower.
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That wouldn't bother me if Dome could at least raise his OBP during the Playoffs to something reasonable.
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Slugging and OBP go together. Look at the league leaders in walks, slugging, OBP. A lot of power, a lot of meat on the hoof. Fukudome will have to hit to raise his OBP.
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An overlooked factor in the Pre- and Post-Manny Dodgers, and their offensive improvement, is that around that time they stopped playing offensive sinkholes like Andrew Jones, Pierre, and Nomar. Benching Andrew Jones alone had to be worth many runs. He would have been released in ST if not for the financial commitment.
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I'm trying not to be doom and gloom here. I am concerned with D(ouble play)Lee's hitting propensities, particularly with Derek Lowe on the mound. I thought hitters made in-game adjustments to pitchers?
I just hope this team can get itself back up if they find themselves behind the 8-ball (a'la 2004 RedSox).
This post season is not going to be a cakewalk. If we beat the Dodgers, I'm not so sure we can beat the Phillies when we not only have to deal with Cole Hamels, but Jamie Moyer(!?), who shut us down. Jamie Moyer is not supposed to be tough but he is to us. Their offense is downright scary too.
I'm not on the ledge, but somebody talk me out of this.
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If you're not on the ledge what are we supposed to talk you out of? What you're saying doesn't sound like doom and gloom. It IS doom and gloom. Here's a little bit of balance:
The other teams fear the Cubs even more than we fear them.
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That's a good point on D-Lee, but I worry alot more about the bullpen. If we lose this series, I predict it will be in the 6th and 7th innings. Wood and Marmol are good, but beyond that as you all know, we have been struggling. Meanwhile, the Dodgers have Saito and Broxton late, plus Kuo, Wade, Park, Bemiel....lots of RH/LH solid guys, with some strikeout guys, for those middle innings. We definitely need someone to step up in this space, be it Samardzija, Marshall, or someone else. Gaudin's back problems really hurt us, because he was pitching well until then, and providing that solid middle relief.
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Kuo out, FWIW.
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the grass is always greener...
Saito's still dealing with a bum elbow, If you ask a Dodgers fan, Beimel and Broxton are the only bullpen guys that would be considered solid this year.
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BTW, are we going to have Chip Caray on the TBS telecasts? I might have to mute the entire post season.
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Worse. Dick Stockton, Ron Darling, and Tony Gwynn.
Is it Normal?
to charge a good $30 in bullshit fees for 2 tickets to a major league baseball game?
F U Frank McCourt.
And I still have to add an extra $15 each day for parking.
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Yup, I about screamed when I saw how much fees were being added to the tix. Although some of that is ticket master.
FYI, I have tickets in the all you can eat pavilion on Sunday too. Would have prefered to buy my own food in cheaper seats.
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I'd say gouging customers is pretty normal behavior for a crook.
Frank McCourt was born, to Malachy & Angela McCourt, in Brooklyn. Unable to find work in the depths of the Depression, the McCourts returned to their native Ireland in 1934, where they sank deeper into poverty.
McCourt's father, an alcoholic, was often without work, and drank up what little money he earned. When McCourt was 11, his father abandoned the family leaving Frank's mother to raise four children. After quitting school at age 13, Frank alternated between odd jobs and petty crime .... --- wikipedia
So, he just graduated from petty juvenile crime to bigtime bring the country to its knees kiss your 401k goodbye "legal" crime, i.e. Real Estate Investment..
Where's it going?---
me, I'm gonna riot if they run out of food in the RF pavilion.
Re: Is it Normal Or Is it Nomar?
That's a different Frank McCourt.
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Gonna burn the place down to ashes?
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Interesting, because at the very top of the Frank McCourt Wikipedia entry that you quote from and don't link to, it says this:
This article is about the author and memoirist. For the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and real estate developer, see Frank McCourt (executive).
You may want to look at this entry.
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"baseball" frank was the parking lot baron of boston...which shows with his new "parking plan" he implemented in LA.
"the plan"...aka, "the disaster"...aka, just shut up and deal with it...
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although it still sucks donkey balls to drive there and try to get out, it is better than 3-5 years ago. Not $15 worth better, but slightly better...
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That's exactly why I don't go to more games. I can't stand the driving and parking situation. If a regular season game is boring, I have no problems leaving in the 7th to beat traffic. For the playoffs, I'll just plan on hanging out for an hour tor two afterwards and not even think about trying to get out of the lot.
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You just need to know the secret parking spot.
Re: Is it Normal Or Is it Nomar?
you going to both games?
I forgot the Dodgers switched radio networks this year, so my sure thing contact no longer works for the Dodgers.
Know Your Audience
Musician fired for playing "GO Cubs Go" at TGI Fridays.......at Miller Park.
Balls as big as church bells.
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Stockton was terrible last year, why do we always get the "B" team in these rounds? He didn't even correctly recognize many of the players last year - enough.
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quite simple really...as long as the Red Sox or Yankees are in the playoffs, they will have the #1 team, because they attract the most watchers.
This year will be an interesting test to see how well the Cubs do in the ratings. Last year, the ratings were weak for the Cubs in the playoffs...but I'm sure that was largely due to the 10PM EST start time for the two games in AZ.
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Hard to imagine too many other reasons that the Cubs wouldn't get viewers; it seems clear to me that the Cubs are one of the most popular teams in the nation, probably number three behind the Red Sox and Yankees.
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I would tend to think so too...but the key being they do fall behind the Sox and Yanks.
I would think ratings for a Dodgers/Cubs game would be huge (2nd and 3rd largest TV markets)...but maybe not because of no east coast presence.
I'd have to think Fox is dreaming for a Cubs/Red Sox series....and puking about the prospect of a Brewers/Rays series.
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I don't know. A Cubs vs. Rays series would allow them to play up all the feel-good vibes they want having a team that hasn't been a World Series Champion in 100 years and, well, the Rays. But maybe those narratives they create to attract viewers aren't very effective. I don't study this stuff.
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I'm sure Fox would be happy with Cubs versus anyone in the WS (probably happy with any combination of Cubs, Dodgers, Phils)...but no question in my mind that Cubs vs Red Sox would get higher ratings than Cubs vs Rays.
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Sox 6th inning:
5 Runs, 1 H, 3 Walks, 3 Wild Pitches.
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you can shove it up your ass...YES! Mercy.
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Umm... that was the Sox on offense.
Sergio Mitre
Yovanni Gallardo going Game 1 for the Brewers.
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released... S.Mitre from the marlins.
doh...someone will give him a minor league contract.
Lohse agrees to $41 million, 4-year deal
Holy shit, what is Dempster going to get?
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The Cards give Kyle Lohse a four-year contract. As a Cubs fan, I'm tickled. Now they're stuck with Lohse, who had a career year in '08, through 2012. Didn't they realize that Lohse was trolling for work during spring training? And didn't they give Pineiro a long-term deal last year?
As long as they have Pujols, they'll win 85 games or so, but by signing Pineiro and Lohse, we won't have to worry about them winning 100 games anytime soon.
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I had a dream last night that Dempster went 8 innings, one run, unearned. Word.
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that sounds good to me,ramirez is the player who has
to show up aramis was 0 for the playoffs in 2007.
I totally agree. He sucked balls with an 0-fer in last years' "Playoff".
If he wants to be "The Man", this is the big SHOW.
How do we score against Derek Lowe? This team has done very poorly against him in the last couple of years.
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I have a hard time faulting A-Ram too much for not hitting in the three games the Cubs played last October. Pretty small sample size. Who DID hit that series?
Derek Lowe does worry me, though. I'm hoping the Cubs patience will help them squeak out a few runs and they'll somehow avoid grounding into too many double plays. I'm also hoping Dempster can shut down the Dodger's offense.
Re: Ramirez
"Who DID hit that series?"
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To answer my own question like a jerk:
Soto went 1 for 6 with a home run and two of the Cubs 4 total RBI.
Lee was 4-12, all singles, plus a walk. DeRo went 3-9 (singles) with two walks.
After those two the next highest averages were Theriot, Kendall, and Murton with .250.
Jacque Jones and Geovany Soto accounted for the only Cubs extra bases (a Soto homer and a Jones double).
They did manage 13 walks in three games, which isn't terrible, but the power and the averages were not there.
The pitching was less than amazing, but not as bad as the hitting. No wonder I've forgotten most of that series.
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It finally dawned on me that game times aren't pacific time and that I'll miss half of Wednesday's game and all of Thursday's because of class. Fuck. Also, I don't have TBS so I'll have to watch the games on a shitty feed from China on the internet. This might be good luck for the Cubs, though.
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Slingbox on your laptop from someone with TBS while in class...all the kids are doing it now a days...
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I don't know anyone with slingbox.
Plus, there's 4 of us in the class. Someone might notice.
Good idea, though. I'd love to do that. Hell, I'd love to just watch the game after class.
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Don't do it!
I teach college - with 4, you are sunk.
If the prof., and students were all Cub fans, its another story...
I have Sox, Red Sox, and Cubs fans in my classes. Oh - and a Braves fan, too...
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It's an intensive course, so I can't really check out for a day anyway. Just sucks, though. I can't really plan my life around the possibility of the Cubs in the playoffs/WS...who'd have thought?
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speaking of small sample size
fontenot has had good luck vs.
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carol slezik in suntimes today
so its been a hundred years since the
cubs have been to the world series have you
huh dont they proof read these things
she should be sent to the wood shed.
how emberrasing to cub fans everywhere.
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That's the first line of the article.
Still she's an idiot.
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Speaking of proofreading, how about some complete sentences? Punctuation? Spell-check? No offense, but you brought it up.
Any news?
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j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
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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.
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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.
Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.
Yeah -- seeing the weather -- I hope KB and Rizz are inside, wrapped in blankets and drinking hot chocolate.


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Hollywood's finest and most familiar faces – from Jessica Chastain to Jessica Biel – have flocked to the South of France for the Cannes Film Festival. (Did we mention Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emma Watson, too?)
But the true stars of the festival have yet to show up.
Meet the ginger-colored cats who steal scenes from Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and Justin Timberlake in the Coen brothers' latest film, Inside Llewyn Davis. (Fun fact: It took six felines to fill the role of the cat who follows Isaac around 1961 New York in the film.)
Not surprisingly, the four-legged stars were quite the divas. "The trainer pointed out that dogs want to please you, but cats only want to please themselves," Joel Coen told reporters at the festival. "They are not easy to train or guide onscreen. It was a bit of a pain in the ass, but it was all right."
Added Isaac of the felines' movie star-like behavior: "One freaked out and scratched me in the face. That's what happens when you tie a cat to you and run into the subway."
It's a level of breakout stardom the festival hasn't seen since Uggie, the canine star of 2011's The Artist. And that star status has clearly gone to these cats' whiskered little heads.
"They had a large rider of requests," joked Timberlake, "a specific type of cat food."
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I think the biggest issue is that the floor has increased so much. My guess from your comments are that you don't understanding why their needs to be a rollback because revenues have obviously increased dramatically, that's why the cap has gone up, what's the problem? Well, revenues have gone up signficantly, but those revenues are being generated by the rich teams. The current system simply caused the rich teams to get richer (i.e. profits have increased because player salaries have gone down). The poorer teams are really struggling now to afford paying our salaries to get to the floor.
I fundamentally do not understand why we need a salary rollback when the cap itself has almost doubled over 8 seasons. It went from $39.0 million to $70.2 million. Heck, the salary FLOOR is significantly higher now than the Cap was in 2005-06...so how does it make any sense that we need to roll back player salaries?
I'm not sure what the best solution is though as rolling salaries back and reducing the % that players will get to 50% of league revenues let's say will help a bit, but at league revenues grow (because of the rich teams bringing in all the revenues, the poorer teams are still going to struggle as the floor keeps riding up.
I think it would be tough to not raise the floor as you would then lose competitiveness as some teams would be spending WAY MORE than others (as it used to be). I think the only logical solution is to add in some form of revenue sharing (I think they already have something, but it needs to be more signficant). Some will argue that rich teams shoudln't have to support poor teams, but the counter to that is that the teams are earning money off the league, not simply their own operations, therefore, those league revenues should be shared in some way.


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20th Century Fox has secured the rights to remake Guys and Dolls, the 1955 film adaptation that starred Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando, and executives hope to cast Tatum and Gordon-Levitt, both 32, in the lead roles, Deadline reports.
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Gordon-Levitt isn't afraid to challenge Tatum's moves. When Gordon-Levitt hosted Saturday Night Live last September, his opening monologue took on Tatum's clothing-optional routine in Magic Mike.
They were in sync at the Oscars. Both actors were part of the Seth MacFarlane-hosted 2013 Academy Awards where Tatum paired up with Charlize Theron for a little bit of ballroom dancing, while Gordon-Levitt sang and danced alongside MacFarlane and Daniel Radcliffe.
They know that on the big screen, dancing is the way to a woman's heart. Tatum first made audiences swoon when he romanced his now-wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum in 2006's Step Up with his rhythmic arsenal. In 500 Days of Summer, Gordon-Levitt danced with an ensemble through a park to Hall & Oates's "You Make My Dreams Come True" after romancing Zooey Deschanel.