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A month deeper into the year, the water-supply outlook for Colorado keeps getting better.
Snowpack on Feb. 1 in the South Platte River Basin — which covers northeast Colorado, the most ag-productive area of the state — was 126 percent of historic average. That's an improvement from just a month ago, when snowpack was right at about normal, sitting at 99 percent of historic average, according to figures released Thursday by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Additionally, reservoir levels were above normal on Feb. 1, according to the report. Collective water levels in the South Platte Basin were at 111 percent of historic average, also an uptick from Jan. 1, when reservoirs were at 105 percent of average.
Across the board, it's major improvement from this time of the year in 2012 and 2013, when drought was plaguing the entire state.
There's a long way to go before the irrigation season begins, but water providers and users in northeast Colorado can't help but be a little optimistic. A healthy water supply is vital for Colorado's large agriculture industry that, according to the Colorado Division of Water Resources, uses about 85 percent of the state's water.
And it's especially critical for Weld, Morgan, Logan and Yuma counties — the top four ag-producing counties in Colorado, all of which are in the northeast part of the state.
The recent NRCS report also showed that water supplies are in good shape on the northwest side of the state, which has an impact on northeast Colorado's massive ag economy. The Colorado River Basin — which flows in the opposite direction of Weld, Morgan, Logan and Yuma counties, but still supplies a large chunk of the region's water needs through transmountain tunnels that cross the Continental Divide — had similar numbers to those of the South Platte Basin.
Snowpack for the Colorado Basin was 116 percent of average on Feb. 1, while reservoir levels were 98 percent of average.
Many have stressed that with reservoirs already full in northern Colorado, the snowpack in the mountains should make a more direct path downhill in the spring, possibly allowing farmers to get an early start on irrigating.
There's also optimism that cities will be more willing to lease some of their extra water to farmers and ranchers this year, if the water situation still looks good down the road. In 2013, most cities leased little or no water at all to ag users, because cities had to refill their reservoirs, which had been depleted during the 2012-13 drought.
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After 2014's snowfall in Colorado started off strong in the early weeks of January, the faucet seemed to have turned off during the latter half of January — until a couple storms finally moved through the state during the very last week of the month. In just one 24-hour period, from Jan. 30 to 31, the historic-snowpack average percentage jumped by 9 percentage points.
"This storm system benefited the entire state, but was especially needed in the southwest basins and the Upper Rio Grande basin," said Phyllis Ann Philipps, state conservationist with the NRCS. "These areas had received very little snow since early in December and the recent moisture was a welcome change."
While the snow received in the southwest and Upper Rio Grande was beneficial, it was not quite enough to boost the snowpacks in these regions back to normal. Those basins are the only basins in the state that reported below normal snowpacks on Feb. 1 — 82 percent of average for the Upper Rio Grande, and 79 percent of average for the San Juan basins.
Elsewhere in southern Colorado, the Feb. 1 snowpack was 100 percent of average in Arkansas Basin that covers southeast Colorado, another ag-productive part of the state. Those normal snowpack levels are quite welcome in southeast Colorado, which has been battling drought in recent years, and, because of that, reservoirs were only filled up to about 55 percent of average as of Feb. 1. ❖


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Vice President Joe Biden says continued investment in infrastructure is a big win not just for local communities, but the entire nation.
Biden spoke Monday during a visit to the port in Charleston, S.C., along with Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.
The two visited a port terminal in nearby Mount Pleasant and spoke with longshoremen before speaking to a crowd of about 300 on the docks.
Charleston is working on a harbor deepening project expected to cost more than $300 million. Biden says he didn't want to short circuit the study but said he knows what the results will be — that the harbor should be deepened.
Later, Biden traveled to Savannah, Ga., to visit the port there. The ports of Charleston and Savannah are in keen competition. Both are pursuing projects to deepen their harbor shipping channels to handle a new generation of larger containerships.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently announced that all field studies for the Charleston deepening project, expected to cost more than $300 million, are complete.
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ALBANY – The state's regulatory oversight of power companies needs to be bolstered to give the government an easier path to rescind the ability of poor performing utilities to operate in New York State, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed Monday.
In the aftermath of long power outages downstate following Superstorm Sandy, Cuomo, with few specifics, said he will propose legislation to end what he says has been a system "skewed in favor of the utility companies."
The broadside by Cuomo against the utility companies came after the governor heard from members of a special state panel – which has unique legal powers, including the ability to issue subpoenas – looking into the response by utility companies after Sandy hit downstate. The panel, among other things, recommended privatizing the Long Island Power Authority, a state-run agency that has come under heavy criticism following widespread and long power outages after the superstorm hit Long Island.
But Cuomo signaled a desire to use the problems seen during Sandy as leverage with lawmakers in the upcoming session to give the state's Public Service Commission more regulatory power over energy companies.
"You have an ineffective regulatory structure in this state. The utility companies are very powerful and I think the system has been skewed in favor of the utility companies," Cuomo said. He added, "We want to have a situation where we truly regulate them and, to truly regulate them, I believe you have to be able to terminate the relationship. Otherwise, you have no ultimate sanction."
Cuomo said the PSC is "not an effective regulator" and has limited powers. But insiders note the agency, a state entity, has enormous powers if its leaders choose to invoke them.
Chief among them, according to people who know the agency, is the ability to deny utility company rate increase requests.
. Cuomo did not get into details of his ideas, so it is uncertain what would happen if a power company is "decertified" to operate in New York. How power would continue to flow over the state's grid system – whose power lines are owned by the utilities – is just one of the unanswered questions about Cuomo's idea.
The state's utility companies, some of which are still subject to an investigation by the special panel, did not respond to Cuomo's remarks. .
But the governor got some initial backing from State Sen. George D. Maziarz, the Newfane Republican who heads the State Senate Energy Committee.
"In a very cautious way, I'd almost agree with him," said Maziarz, noting he was hearing of Cuomo's remarks for the first time from a reporter Monday evening.
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First, the No. 2 Auburn Tigers came back from a 24-point deficit to pull off the win over the No. 11 Alabama Crimson Tide during this year's Iron Bowl.
Then, the No. 21 Arizona Wildcats gave the No. 1 Oregon Ducks a scare as the 'Cats led 19-14 going into the half. But the Ducks rallied for an amazing 48-29 victory.
And during the final game on Friday night, the No. 19 Nevada Wolf Pack stunned the No. 4 Boise State Broncos by pulling off the upset in overtime.
All three teams atop the Big Ten added victories today, but in the SEC, the No. 5 LSU Tigers fell to the No. 12 Arkansas Razorbacks.
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A word used to draw attention towards an attractive person. Is often used when an individual who has spotted talent wishes to alert his/her companions.
Usually said with the same intonation as 'banter'.
Antonyms: Anti-natter.
Usually said with the same intonation as 'banter'.
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Negative chatter, lots of it.
That guy would not stop nattering about his old girlfiend when they broke up.
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Of the 50 or so people who attended a somber candlelight vigil for Alyssa Byrne Thursday, no one knew her. But each was affected by the 19-year-old Petaluma resident who went missing following the final night of the SnowGlobe Music Festival and was found dead several days later.
Many shivered through a crisp Thursday sunset in hopes of showing support for Byrne's family. Some said they hoped to help prevent a similar incident in the future.
Of all the people in attendance Thursday, it is likely none was more affected by Byrne's death than Antonio Diaz, one of the South Tahoe Public Utility District workers who found the aspiring paramedic's body.
Diaz attended the memorial with his wife, Coral, and said he came to the vigil in hopes of feeling closer to Byrne's spirit. He also said he hoped the memorial would help Byrne's family, and himself, find some sense of closure.
Diaz recalled driving with a co-worker on the morning of Jan. 4 and catching a glimpse of something in the snow on the south side of Pioneer Trail. Even before making a U-turn, he said he had a feeling it was the missing girl from the news reports.
Byrne was on her back, her arms bent in front of her, Diaz said. She had no gloves on and was missing one boot. She appeared to be sleeping, but was frozen, Diaz said. Footprints in the area showed she had made three loops up the hill before returning to the area she was found. Diaz said it appeared as if Byrne had walked up the hill in order to get a better perspective on her whereabouts.
After the grim discovery, Diaz said he wanted to hold Byrne, but knew he needed to leave the body where it was for authorities, who arrived about 10 minutes after 911 was called.
"You feel helpless, like you want to pick her up," Diaz said.
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Statutory Regulation of Insider Trading in Impersonal Markets
Dennis S. Karjala
Arizona State University College of Law
Duke Law Journal, Vol. 1982, No. 4, p. 627, 1982
Insider trading occurs when certain persons, through their position in a corporation or their relationship to it, acquire material, nonpublic information that relates to the value of the corporation's securities and trade on it in order to profit when the information is eventually disclosed. Although the regulation of insider trading in impersonal markets has received considerable attention, few courts or commentators have realized that the goals of a system that regulates insider trading necessarily differ depending on whether the corporation in question has a legitimate business reason for keeping the material information secret.
Careful consideration of the possible goals of insider trading regulation shows that certain goals are either irrelevant or impossible to achieve if the corporation has a legitimate reason for nondisclosure. This article discusses the various goals that must be considered in developing a regulatory scheme, evaluates the legitimacy and feasibility of each goal, both when the corporation has a good reason for nondisclosure and when it does not, and considers the two most widely advocated schemes of private enforcement to determine which is more rationally related to these goals and will most efficiently effect them.
In most circumstances, compensation is either impossible to achieve or conflicts with other, more important goals. The sole private claim against the insider for damages should lie in the corporation, whether or not the corporation had a legitimate reason for nondisclosure at the time of the illegal trading. This specific conclusion may remain open to debate, but the analysis of the goals of insider trading regulation in varying circumstances clarifies the issues around which the debate should revolve.
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Jackson Sets Pace Among Cubs 2009 Draft Picks
The Deadline for signing players selected in this past June's Rule 4 Draft ("1st-Year Player Draft") has passed, and the Cubs ended up signing 31 of their 50 picks (including their top 12 picks, and 14 of their top 15), although two of the players they signed (17th round pick RHP B. J. Dail and 23rd round pick OF Jeffrey Pruitt) had their contracts voided last month and are now free-agents.
The Cubs also signed two Non-Drafted Free-Agents (NDFA), but one (LHP Daley Cox) has already been released.
There is no deadline for signing college seniors who have exhausted their eligibilty, but the Cubs signed all of the college seniors they drafted this year.
Of the 29 '09 draftees (plus one NDFA) signed by the Cubs who are still in the organization, 1st round pick CF Brett Jackson (Cal) has had the most-impressive pro debut, hitting 328/427/480 with 6 HR & 34 RBI and 13 SB (2 CS) in 50 games at three stops (AZL Cubs, Boise, and Peoria). 2nd round pick INF D. J. LeMahieu (LSU) has also performed very well, hitting 322/370/391 (combined) at AZL Cubs and Peoria (although where he will ultimately end up defensively is yet TBD), and 4th round pick LHP Chris Rusin (Kentucky) has had a nice debut (2.67 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP with a 8/24 BB/K in 27 IP combined at AZL Cubs and Boise).
A couple of JC guys are flying under the radar and could be steals. 32nd round pick RHP Trey McNutt (Shelton State CC) has an array of quality stuff and looks like he could start or relieve, and 38th round pick Bobby Wagner (a Canadian kid who played JC ball at Panola, TX) is a power-hitting lefty-swinger with a definite HR stroke who was drafted as a 3B, but was moved to LF at Fitch Park.
Jackson, LeMahieu, and Rusin appear to be the most advanced of the 2009 draft picks, and I would think that (barring injury) all three will likely open the 2010 season at Daytona.
NOTE: click on player's name for current minor league stats
1. Brett Jackson, OF (Cal) - at PEORIA
2. D. J. LeMahieu, INF (LSU) - at PEORIA
3. Austin Kirk, LHP (Owasso HS - Owasso, OK) - at AZL Cubs
4. Chris Rusin, LHP (Kentucky) - at BOISE
5. Wes Darvill, SS (Langley, BC) - at AZL Cubs
6. Brooks Raley, LHP (Texas A&M) - at AZL Cubs
7. Blair Springfield, IF-OF (MacArthur HS – Decatur, IL) - at AZL Cubs
8. Robert Whitenack, RHP (SUNY – Old Westbury) - at BOISE
9. Richard Jones, C (The Citadel) - at BOISE
10. Charles Thomas, 3B-1B (Edward Waters College) - at AZL Cubs
11. John Mincone, LHP (Suffolk CC – West) - AZL Cubs 60-day DL
12. Runey Davis, OF (Howard JC) - at BOISE
14. Danny Keefe, RHP (U. of Tampa) - at BOISE
15. Cody Shields, OF (Auburn U. – Montgomery) - AZL Cubs 60-day DL (TJS)
18. Matt Williams, C (Duke) - at BOISE
19. Sergio Burruel, C-1B (Trevor Browne HS - Phoenix, AZ) - at AZL Cubs
21. Greg Rohan, 1B-3B (Kent State) - at BOISE
22. D. J. Fitzgerald, INF (Dyersburg State CC) - at BOISE
25. Justin Bour, 1B (George Mason) - at BOISE
26. Steve Grife, RHP (Mercyhurst College) - at AZL Cubs
27. Corey Martin, RHP (Western Carolina) - at BOISE
28. Jordan Petraitis, 3B (Miami U. of Ohio) - at AZL Cubs
29. Tim Clubb, RHP (Missouri State) - at AZL Cubs
32. Trey McNutt, RHP (Shelton State CC) - at BOISE
36. Brandon May, IF-OF (Alabama) - at AZL Cubs
38. Bobby Wagner, OF (Panola JC) - at BOISE
39. Nick Struck, RHP (Mt. Hood JC) - NOT ASSIGNED YET
41. Jake Schmidt, RHP (Concordia U. – St. Paul) - at AZL Cubs
46. Glenn Cook, OF (U. of Miami) - at AZL Cubs
2009 Non-Drafted Free-Agents (NDFA) SIGNED:
Daley Cox, LHP (Santa Fe CC) - HAS BEEN RELEASED
Jesse Ginley, RHP (St. Petersburg CC) - at AZL Cubs
17. B. J. Dail, RHP (Mt. Olive College)
23. Jeffrey Pruitt, OF (Cal State – Northridge)
THE 19 WHO GOT AWAY (deadline was August 17th):
13. Chad Taylor, SS-RHP (Jefferson HS – Tampa, FL) - signed NLI with U. of South Florida
16. Keenyn Walker, OF (Judge Memorial Catholic HS – Salt Lake City) - signed NLI with Central Arizona JC
20. Eric Erickson, LHP (U. of Miami) - JR (rehabbing from TJS)
24. Gerardo Esquivel, RHP (De La Salle Institute – Chicago, IL) - signed NLI with Kansas State
30. Daniel Sheppard, C (Downers Grove North HS – Downers Grove, IL) - signed NLI with U. of Iowa
31. Andrew Clark, 1B (U. of Louisville) - JR
33. John Lambert, LHP (NC State) - JR
34. Rett Varner, RHP-OF (UT – Arlington) - JR
35. Kevin David, C (Oklahoma State) - draft eligible SOPH
37. Peter Mooney, SS (Palm Beach CC) - JC FRESH
40. Eric Whaley, RHP (Cardinal Gibbons HS – Ft. Lauderdale, FL) - signed NLI with LSU
42. Trey Ford, SS (Chaparral HS – Scottsdale, AZ) - signed NLI with Chandler-Gilbert CC
43. Colin Kaepernick, RHP (U. of Nevada) - JR
44. Frank DeJiulio, RHP (Daytona State CC) - JC FRESH
45. Addison Dunn, RHP (Warren Area HS – Warren, PA) – signed NLI with Kent State
47. Joey Jocketty, 3B (Ladue Horton Watkins HS – St. Louis, MO) - will attend Mami U. of Ohio
48. John Nasshan, RHP (Niles West HS – Skokie, IL) - signed NLI with Bradley U.
49. Christian Segar, OF (McQuaid Jesuit HS – Brighton, NY) - signed NLI with Bradley U.
50. Zach Cleveland, RHP (Central Arizona JC) - JC SOPH (will transfer to U. of New Mexico)
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We should have spent an extra $10 million an signed all those players.
I mentioned before I am really happy about getting Raley. Obviously he's a real coup for the scouting department since almost everyone figured he'd be asking for crazy money go forgo his last two years after tailing off at the end of the season. Have you gotten to see him yet, AZ Phil? Any talk of him doing things other than being a starting pitcher?
What about Glen Cook, hitting some BP bombs and looking foolish against real pitching?
Also, any idea how if the Cubs signed the number of guys they wanted to sign? How does a team figure out the number of players they want to bring in, or do they just bring in the guys they think have a chance and let things sort themselves out?
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Not sure if you are mocking my previous thoughts on the subject, but I think that could be $10 million well spent, depending on the draft strategy.
Look at the Pirates this year -- other than their 1st round pick, they took lots of good prospects who fell for signability reasons or other issues. The Pirates spent some extra money and had a great draft.
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john lambert was signed...and cut.
great arm, but he's too busy partying to get on with his life. what a f'n waste.
some people never learn...even if he is still a kid.
Crane Kenney will stay
Chicago Cubs chairman Crane Kenney has an agreement in place with Tom Ricketts to stay in his current capacity as the team is being sold by Tribune Co. to the Ricketts family, according to ESPN 1000.
The agreement is for multiple years, a source close to Kenney told the radio station.
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expedited court date to Aug. 31st for bankruptcy to move the sale along...
Can the Cubs use bankruptcy court to shed Soriano's contract?
And why stop there?
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"Can the Cubs use bankruptcy court to shed Soriano's contract?"
It might be theoretically possible but there are numerous practical reasons why it would not even be attempted. Consider first that the run through bankruptcy court has been characterized as a device to expedite the sale of the Cubs to the Ricketts family. If the Cubs were to try get the bankruptcy court to shed their obligations on players' contracts, the entire process would get bogged down in very messy litigation with the players' union over the entire matter and we wouldn't see the sale get completed any time in the foreseeable future. I'd gladly wager in advance that such a maneuver would never even be attempted.
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I would imagine that the players union might agree to this if it were an all-or nothing scenario. Make all the Cubs players FA's by voiding all thier contracts. The Soriano, Bradley and Zambrano would get screwed but guys like Theriot, Marmol, and Soto would be quite happy.
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bone chips for Johan, surgery and out for season...could have been worse I suppose
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Thanks. Also thanks for taking the time to link all those players' milb.com page.
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Soriano late scratch due to knee.
Jake the snake in left.
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Z off the DL, Caridad down...I assume Gorzelanny to the pen?
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That would make sense, though he certainly hasn't done anything to justify losing his job, other than not making $8+ million or being a RoY candidate.
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Wells will pass his inning total from last year during the 4th inning Thursday vs. Washington. Maybe him give 2-3 more starts after that, then shut him down. Gorz should probably get the job back by default, despite my earlier claim that Sanardzija should get an extended audition. Obviously if there's anything wrong with Z, Lilly or Dempster, you can shut them down as well. At this point, it's not only about winning next year, but also about doing it with this group of guys, Harden withstanding.
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any thoughts on who the september call ups will be? i wonder what will happen with berg, stevens, caridad, atkins, scales, samardzija (guys who have contributed throughout the season), and if someone like chris robinson, who's had a great year, will get the nod.
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I assume a third catcher is coming up, but maybe they'll use Fox if absolutely necessary.
I would guess scales, blanco, hoffpauir, stevens, caridad, berg, patton and atkins are all real possibilities....reed johnson should be ready by then as well, keeping fuld on the team.
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McNutt's the kid that runs it in the mid-90's right? How's his secondary development looking?
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Hooray Z hit a homer!!!
Well you can't have everything.
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This was a real critical game for this team.
I'm a little disappointed in the results.
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true, we might lose out on the division by 10 games now instead of 9.
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There has never been a team in the hisory of sports, including pairs figure skating, that had fewer balls than this Cub team.
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I'm sure if we looked at that statement objectively we'd find a previous Cubs team that could challenge that statement.
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I'm really not sure I could despise the two Aarons any more than I do now. At least we have hate to play with for the remainder of the season. Jim Hendry==FAIL.
Why not turn Zambrano into an outfielder and be done with it already? God knows he sure as hell doesn't pitch like a $90 million ballplayer, maybe he can hit like one. What a joke.
I wonder if the Cubs put Soriano on waivers, would anyone even bother to claim him? If they did, would they be willing to ante up even HALF the $$ on his remaining contract? Truly awful.
101 years and counting. I'm spent with this year's slugs.
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They're veterans. They'll figure it out.
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GM's were laughing at the Sox for taking Rios, you can sure as hell bet no one is going to take Soriano at this point. The Red Sox put Manny on waivers during the offseason for two years in a row and had no takers, it was only as his contract approached expiration that teams began to get interested.
I am not going to get over excited and declare a pitcher who entered the game with a 103 and 65 record and a 3.47 career ERA 'a joke' but I do think it's time to consider him for an expanded role on the team, like backup first basemen.
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Just to clarify, I don't mean Zambrano is a joke, I mean his contract. He's paid to be in the same league as Santana and Halladay, and he has never risen to that level of performance. If Zambrano was paid the same as Lilly for example, then things would be different.
But of course, it's not OUR money as they say........
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pinella says soriano probally to get mri he did not say
if it was for the knee or the head.
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The MRI is for Hendry's head. Ricketts wants to establish if there's really anything there before he brings Alderson (or whoever) in to run the show and replace this current steaming pile of horse dung running the Cubs.
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Cutler and Forte looked really good the other night.
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I know nothing about this sports writer but...
"but placing Carlos Marmol in the glory role was a no-brainer way back in March. Non-moves like this make me think that Lou Piniella really isn't invested anymore."
he seems like kind of a bad writer especially when he says he isn't giving up on them.
Very silly. Obviously he's not a stats guy and doesn't see the RISP and record against good teams.
Fuck Michael Barrett. He's still killing us.
Bradley can't shut up
"It's hard to be comfortable when you don't get a hit, you get booed every time," Bradley said. "When I go home and look in the mirror, I like what I see. My family's there, and I have people I can talk to who are supportive in spite of everything and all the adversity and hatred you face on a daily basis. I'll be all right. I always have."
This should go over well...
General manager Jim Hendry said he was not aware of the report. Kenney last year signed Hendry to a contract extension through 2012. The extension was run by each of the ownership groups that were in contention to buy the Cubs, including the Ricketts family.
In other words, Hendry is likely going nowhere.
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In other words, Ricketts will spend the next several years spending money on redoing the stadium before they address the team.
I mean how do you improve on a $ 150 million team?
AFL is gonna be fun
Besides Cashner and Vitters, this year's top 2 picks are gonna be there, Strasburg and Ackley...and I'm sure others.
Is there room on AZ Phil's couch for me to crash?
Team Leader: Soriano
He said he was told earlier in the season that going on the disabled list for two weeks might clear up the problem.
''I said, 'I don't want to take two weeks; I want to play,''' he said.
so that worked out well
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from the same article...
Hendry said he isn't fazed about public calls for a housecleaning (because I have a contract through 2012, thanks Crane!!!).
''I don't really think much about it, to be honest with you,'' he
said. ''We've done a lot of good things the last couple years. We're
having a bad year. I just try to go to work every day and do the best I
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Dear Mr. Ricketts-
Good luck with your recent investment. You purchased a deterioratng ballpark and a team that the fan base can't stand (the players don't seem to like the fans, either), and most of the players are signed to long-term, expensive contracts.
Also, all of your players seem to have had their testicles removed, and curl up into a fetal position at the first sign of pressure.
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Phil - can you answer a hypothetical?
Suppose Castro was put on the 40 man roster today and brought up to the ML club for the rest of this season. Next spring he does not make the big league roster and remains at Iowa for the entire 2010 season.
Does either 2009 or 2010 count as one of his three option years?
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Friday's games will be in Washington, Chicago, Arlington, and Cleveland or Boston. Someone's game is starting laaaaaaaate - 50-50 chance it's the CDT Cubs.
Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
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...


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Knives a danger
In response to the March 17 column "TSA makes right call on knives" by David H. Schanzer, I would like to state an opposing opinion.
As a retired international airline captain with over 31 years of service, I would say that Mr. Schanzer is speaking like a typical bureaucrat landlocked in an office of statistics behind a computer screen, but not recognizing the operational threat to flight crews.
Delta Airlines CEO Richard Anderson supports the ban on pocketknives. Why? Because he has listened intently to the concerns of his flight crews and he understands the limitations and weaknesses to a flight crew's airborne threat countermeasures.
I suggest Mr. Schanzer spend some time interviewing flight crews for their input or perhaps ask Mr. Anderson if he could sit in on a Delta Airlines security class.
Tom Valenzia
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Weapons permit
I read a March 4 letter to the editor and was dismayed. Concealed weapons permit holders just want to be able to walk into a place without having to take off their guns. S.C. Section 16-23-465 states, in short, if a person is found guilty of carrying a firearm into a place of business where alcohol, beer or wine are consumed, he must be fined two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years or both.
For restaurant/bar owners, sign requirements are found in S.C. Section 23-31-235.
So why would a permit holder risk all this just for a drink in a restaurant/bar with a gun?
Robert Scargill III
MSgt. U.S. Air Force (Retired)
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Baffling choice
Let's be perfectly clear on this: Sequestration means an end to school children's tours of the White House, but has absolutely no effect on the $250 million giveaway to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
It is reassuring to know my tax dollars are going to the right places.
Will this insanity never end?
Earl Thacker
Greymarsh Road
Mount Pleasant
Minimum wage
A recent letter writer is opposed to raising the minimum wage. I admire his work ethic and his love for our country. However, I must respectfully point out that he has omitted an important component. He states that if we raise the minimum wage, businesses must then adjust their prices to reflect the increased costs, thereby negating wage gains made by workers.
The fact is that we have less buying power for our dollar today than we have had at any time since the late 1980s. A raise in wages would merely keep workers from falling further behind.
Profit margins rise with every increase in prices. Over the last 20 years, the compensations of CEOs, in turn, have skyrocketed. Five percent of our nation's households now control 72 percent of our nation's wealth. This is where those price increases are going, to the detriment of hourly workers. This skewed concentration of wealth is unprecedented in the history of our country. Think about 95 percent of our households toiling for 28 percent of our wealth.
Raising the minimum wage makes more sense than allowing the middle class to continue falling down the economic ladder. The middle class represents our biggest demanders of goods and services. Families with a few extra dollars will spur an increase in demand for those goods and services, a demand that is now stagnant.
A robust middle class equals a robust economy, and raising the minimum wage to nine dollars an hour, while not the complete solution, is a good start.
Bobbie Rose
Bennett Street
Road bills
Both House Bill 3476 and a similar bill, S. 209 have been introduced involving the S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank.
These bills would require the Department of Transportation in South Carolina to put monies into existing infrastructure instead of for unnecessary new projects.
Changes will involve monies for resurfacing, bike lanes, new signal lights, road and curb cuts, bridges, highways, transit projects, life quality welfare and mass transit.
Sandra Grauer
Colony Drive
Drug companies
Congress is looking to cut Medicare benefits to seniors and the disabled but will not take a simple step that its own budget office says could save $137.4 billion by 2022.
It would mean offending an industry that has spent $4.4 billion lobbying Congress and federal agencies since 1998.
The pharmaceutical industry has paid $451 million in campaign contributions and PAC money to make sure your congressmen will not overturn a 2003 rule that allows drug companies to charge far more for Medicare drugs than what the government pays to supply drugs to the Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicaid. Medicare is forbidden from negotiating with drug companies for the lowest prices for seniors.
So rather than cut off the money flowing into their own pockets, your congressmen and senators — Democrats and Republicans — want you to pay. In the business world this would be called bribery, kickbacks and payoffs.
This isn't breaking news. The TV news media know but rarely mention it. Maybe the billions spent on the incessant TV drug commercials have something to do with it.
Do I sound angry? I am.
Randy Beckett
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Wellesley Circle
Mount Pleasant
Aid to Egypt
In his recent column in The Post and Courier, Charles Krauthammer endorsed (with some reservations) the commitment by Secretary of State John Kerry for the U.S. to continue to give financial aid to Egypt, despite President Morsi's historic intolerant attitude toward Christians and Jews and his current repressive Islamist-based regime.
We should not give financial aid to our enemies, says Krauthammer, but Egypt is not an enemy yet. He points out that our interest is to see a "non-Islamist, non-repressive, non-sectarian Egypt" and that the Morsi regime may not stay in power.
No one wants to see more American "boots on the ground" in the Middle East. But it is clear that we have an overriding interest in seeing that one after another Middle Eastern country does not fall into the hands of radical Islamists.
With the threat of Islamist Iran going nuclear, plus the threat of the Syrian Assad regime falling into the hands of an Islamist-based opposition, and with the current regimes in both countries giving support to anti-Israel Hezbollah in Lebanon, there is much to be concerned about.
Of equal concern is that in pursuing our best interests in Syria, the good choices are few and the bad choices many. However, similar to what Krauthammer suggests for Egypt, we should not walk away from Syria. For humanitarian reasons we should strive to stop the killing of Syrian citizens.
For our own security we must pursue a non-radicalized Syria which would break up the interconnectedness of Iran with Syria and Syria with Hezbollah.
Watroo Point
Daniel Island
Enter atheists
Blame it on Roman incompetence. If the Romans, the most powerful military and political empire of its time, could have kept one homeless Jewish carpenter in his tomb and not let his scared followers pull off what has to be the greatest conspiracy of all human history, we wouldn't need all these well-educated and well-read atheist fellows coming to town to help show us "Bible-belt" folks the error of our ways.
And what's more, the bumbling Romans couldn't even stop the carpenter's closest friends from becoming preachers and missionaries in all of their areas of control and even in their capital. Darned old Romans.
Randy Hilyer
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COLUMBUS - Getting to the state wrestling tournament is a huge accomplishment. Placing at state is something special.
For four area wrestlers that got to climb the podium, it was an unforgettable experience.
Buckeye Central's Shawn Kissell (285) and Upper Sandusky's Alex Kenner (152) each picked up sixth place finishes in Division III while a pair of 132-pounders, Carey's Brayden Leist in Division III and Columbian's Derik Kopp in Division II took home eighth place finishes.
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No matter where they finished, placing at state made all the years of hard work worth it.
"It had its ups and downs. It's definitely something, I wish I would've came before, but I'm glad I got to experience it my senior year," Kissell said.
"It was an amazing experience," Leist added. "I just used what God gave me and just put it through to my fullest potential. Eighth place is great. Can't be disappointed in anything.
"I knew there was going to be a lot of good people down here so I wasn't too worried about the outcome. I just wrestled through as hard as I could."
Kissell and Kenner each began Saturday in the consolation semifinals, but each dropped a pair to land in sixth place. Kissell dropped a 4-2 match to Ben Sexton of Sugarcreek Garaway, then fell to Joe Newsome of Tuscarawas Valley 6-1 in the fifth place match.
Kenner fell to Jordan Marshall of Troy Christian 10-4, then lost 13-6 to Bluffton's Zach Wilson.
Buckeye Central coach Chris Smith said there's nothing to be disappointed about with his wrestler finishing his career with a sixth-place state finish.
"I think we finished strong. Not disappointed with how we finished," he said. "Could've won the last one, but can't make mistakes down here and we made one. But I'm happy with it overall. Hopefully this will get more interest in wrestling and we can start putting this program back to where we want it to be."
Kissell is just the second Buckeye Central wrestler to place at state. Kissell and his coach are hoping this spurs growth in the program.
"Hopefully it puts the eye on the sport a little bit," Smith said. "Hopefully we can get a little more involvement. Hopefully the kids we do have see what work it takes and what is capable. We're hoping this isn't our one and only trip for Buckeye."
"I hope that inspires guys that come out and hopefully it builds the program up again," Kissell added.
Leist lost his match for seventh place, 11-1, to Dakota Mays of Nelsonville-York. Kopp also lost a match for seventh place, a controversial 3-2 decision to Andy Dobben of Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy.
The match was plagued with stoppages and questionable stalling calls on both wrestlers.
"Coming down here as a senior and placing is a good thing, but I would love to hear what the official has to say on the ruling on that because all that kid's were off of supposedly penalty points," Columbian coach Chad Long said. "I just don't get, I don't understand how you can have state officials down here that don't have a clue on the rules and interpretations of what actually happened in the match. It's a shame we have officials like that down here because I felt Kopp wrestled pretty solid and to lose because of an official, for him to determine a kids match is totally wrong."
Kopp, a senior, leaves the mat as Columbian's all-time wins leader and according to Long, set a great example to the next generation of Columbian wrestlers.
"He has the most wins in the career of Tiffin Columbian, over 150 wins," Long said. "He set the plateau for all these kids getting ready to come through the program that's been looking up to him. He's been a great figure in the wrestling room. He works hard, his hard work paid dividends for him this year and it has his entire career."
Likewise, Leist leaves Carey as the school's leader in career wins with 137. With his eighth-place finish this year, coming on the heels of Cory Larick's sixth place finish a year ago, Leist hopes the example is set for those coming up through the program.
"It shows that a lot of hard work and putting everything through as hard as you can will get you down here, will get you a place," he said.


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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
When Carroll Duncan was sworn in as the Dorchester County Councilwoman for District 5 this month, she became the first woman in more than two decades to sit on council.
Gender wasn't uppermost in her mind when she decided to run; it wasn't actually something she considered at all, she said.
Now that she's arrived and started to work, though, she thinks she can bring a different perspective to council's work.
"I feel like I can bring that voice to the table," she said.
It feels almost quaint to interview someone about "being a woman" in politics, especially local politics; after all, Dorchester County has a female treasurer; clerk of court; register of deeds; several judges, both elected and appointed; and not one but two female legislators.
And yet.
There is but one female state senator in all of South Carolina. No women at the federal level.
And then there's those 25 years without a woman on county council.
For Duncan, though, the progression to county council is almost natural. She was raised on politics, she said.
"I've stood out in front of the A&P handing out bumper stickers for ten cents an hour when I was that high," she said, gesturing about waist-high.
Her father was a state legislator in Florida, where she grew up. Here in South Carolina, in between raising a family and changing careers from respiratory therapist to teacher at Pinewood Prep to antiques store proprietor, Duncan got involved in politics and rose to become chairwoman of the county Republican Party.
When longtime Councilman Richard Rosebrock started talking about retiring, he talked to Duncan about running for his seat.
She thought about it and talked to her family, and her husband said he would support whatever she wanted to do.
The council that Duncan joins is a far cry from the council that first accepted women in the early 1980s.
Duncan is a huge football fan, so she's more than ready to talk with the guys about the game. At her first meeting, though, she found (in addition to the nonstop digs at rival teams) that the men were discussing recipes.
The councilmen have been very helpful, she said, and welcoming. There's an easy camaraderie, as well as a shared vision for making Dorchester County a wonderful place to live and work, she said.
Shirley Lang's experience was a bit different.
"I hate to say it, but it was a good ol' boys time," she said. "It was very different to be the only woman."
Lang was the first woman on County Council.
She got there, as did the second woman on council, by gubernatorial appointment, to replace men removed because of personal or political skullduggery.
Lang was appointed after Councilman Wilbur Sweat was removed while under indictment for conspiracy, along with his brother Richard Sweat and a local doctor, for using county equipment for personal gain.
Wilbur Sweat pleaded guilty in 1980 to a State Ethics Act violation, for using county personnel and property to work on his yard, but the conspiracy charge petered out.
The state tried unsuccessfully to get the case moved out of Dorchester County, claiming residents were so inured to such misdeeds they didn't see them as a crime.
Lang won a special election for the seat, but four years later, she said, she knew she didn't have a chance of winning. Her supporters urged her to run, though, so she did, and lost in the primary to Richard Sweat.
"I knew I would, because I bumped too many heads," she said.
Still, she enjoyed the experience and learned a lot, she said.
"I learned how to work with people and not cause any anguish …. How to say something without getting people aggravated," she said. "It's not as easy as everybody thinks it is."
Lang said she's mystified why more women haven't stepped forward for local office. She expected more women would follow after she served, especially with the opportunities women have today.
Lang's appointment to council was quickly followed by the appointment of Joan Owen, a woman who had helped organize the Dorchester County Association of Retarded Citizens.
Owen replaced Wally Wall, who was suspended in 1981 while awaiting charges of shooting a man in his estranged wife's apartment.
Prosecutors didn't get far with that case, either. The jury believed Wall's defense, that he grabbed a gun from a kitchen drawer after the man pulled a knife, and the gun went off after his wife pushed him, and Wall quickly resumed service on council.
Lang and Owen were Democrats, as was most of Dorchester County at the time.
In fact, a 1982 article in The Journal Scene about the election of party officials noted, "Time was when local GOP members huddled together to ward off loneliness, but now, according to one member of the party, 'There are enough of us to support competition.'"
That year saw the election of Sharon Chellis as vice chairwoman of the county party.
Before Chellis made it to council, though, Sandra Willis, one of The Journal Scene's "outstanding women" in 1981 and a vice chairwoman of the Dorchester Human Development Board, the predecessor to Dorchester Seniors, Inc., ran as a Republican and defeated Wall.
Willis resigned in February 1986, along with Councilman Don Handelsman, after a curious incident at the Human Development Board's office.
They were charged with second-degree burglary for breaking into the office at night, but the charges were dropped in exchange for their resignations, according to then Sheriff Carl Knight.
Handelsman said he was questioning the way the board handled its money. Council ordered an audit after his resignation, but the audit cleared the board of mishandling funds.
With Willis out of office, there was an opening in District 5 again, and Chellis ran in the special election.
For Chellis, her minority status as a Republican was more significant than minority status as a woman.
"The vote every time was 5-2," she said. "It was nice to have at least one ally."
Chellis said she enjoyed working on zoning issues, a plan for Highway 61 and awarding a sanitation contract.
"It was pretty hard times in the eighties. Money was scarce," she said.
Her background as a history teacher gave her a unique perspective and, as it turned out, her time on county council gave her insight that would help her in her next role, as chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Arthur Ravenel.
She left council in 1988 to take that job, which entailed traveling throughout the First District, to every city, town and hamlet, to find out the needs of the district.
The scarcity of women isn't something limited to South Carolina or local politics, Chellis pointed out. President Barack Obama has been criticized for the shortage of female appointees in his second term.
Once Chellis left, council again became the province of men.
There must be something about that District 5 seat, however, occupied as it was by Owen, Willis and Chellis – and now Duncan.
Duncan didn't get there without controversy, either. She became one of the central figures in the Mike Rose-Sean Bennett battle for the state Senate, a case that dragged through the summer before the courts determined Bennett had filed correctly and was legitimately a candidate for office.
Now, though, Duncan has jumped right in to her council duties. She's been meeting with every department and getting stacks of background information on current issues.
She's been impressed by the quality of the county staff and especially Administrator Jason Ward, whom she describes as a walking encyclopedia of knowledge.
"My biggest challenge is going to be time management," she said, in terms of finding a balance between family time and council demands.
She said she'll listen to her constituents without preconceived notions and hear what they have to say.
One of her first tasks is to make appointments to boards and commissions. She's talking to those who were appointed by her predecessor, Richard Rosebrock, and has also posted an application on the county website to open up the process to anyone interested in serving.
"I know I have huge shoes to fill, but (Rosebrock) has been such a wonderful mentor," she said.
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