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I really wanted to say Hamilton, but he's just too far away and without much power, his ceiling is hard to estimate.
Yonder Alonso
Junior Arias
Brad Boxberger
Jonathan Correa
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I really wanted to say Hamilton, but he's just too far away and without much power, his ceiling is hard to estimate.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
BTW, I was going to go with Yonder #3 when we started, as I really like his professional approach at the plate leading me to believe he'll be an impact bat perhaps as soon as next year. But Yorman's oozing with talent in all areas, and that's just too much for me to pass up. Especially when he's already producing at levels where college players start off.
For what they're worth, my nominations for the next guys to appear on the ballot:
Ronald Torreyes
Jacob Johnson
Ryan LaMarre
Neftali Soto
Over a hundred votes here; not bad. I don't believe we've had many prospect polls go over 100.
Yorman won by three votes. Everyone fine with moving on? Or do you wanna do a one day run-off between Yorman and Alonso?
I voted Yorman at #3 and think it fits, so the results are ok with me!
Personally, I don't see the need for runoffs unless it's a tie or you have reason to believe that the winning margin was accounted for by somebody's acknowledged mistake in posting his vote. But I'm a Yorman guy, so that's a convenient answer.
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As an Alonso guy, I don't mind just moving forward either. At the end of the day, Yorman got more votes, even if it was close.
My vote is to late to count in this poll but I like David Sappelt at the number two and Mesoraco at number three.
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Yorman over Alonso? A little surprising.
Time for the 4th best prospect vote?
"Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."
On to the next one.
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OAKLAND -- Giants outfielder Angel Pagan is heading to Arizona to aid in his recovery from a lower back strain.
Manager Bruce Bochy said both Pagan and the Giants' brass believed a trip to Arizona would prove beneficial, as it'd allow the leadoff hitter to get one-on-one treatment and "clear his head."
The plan is for Pagan to rest Tuesday and then resume baseball activities Wednesday, so Bochy said the Giants would have a better idea of where Pagan stands come Wednesday.
Bochy hopes for Pagan to return "soon after the All-Star break," but said he does not expect Pagan back for the first post-break game.
Elsewhere along the injury front, Marco Scutaro (lower back strain) was scheduled to play seven innings at Triple-A Fresno on Monday night.
"He says he thinks he's ready, but he needs playing time," Bochy said. "I've seen guys go down there, they feel good, they play a game or two and they think they're ready, but he needs at-bats. He's missed so much time. He's got to play nine innings."
The plan is to stretch Scutaro out in the next few days and then the Giants will have a clearer picture of where he stands.
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In looking at the current state of team-building in the NBA, it is clear that the idea for most teams is to follow the path taken by the Rockets without ending up like the Mavericks.
Houston built up enough cap flexibility and tangible assets to reel in two superstars (James Harden and Dwight Howard). Dallas, meanwhile, created flexibility but was so utterly devoid of assets that the Mavs have turned over the roster with leftovers in consecutive offseasons.
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Against that backdrop, Hawks general manager Danny Ferry has emerged as a guy envied by his peers. Since getting the job in Atlanta in June of last year, Ferry has unloaded three players (Josh Smith, Joe Johnson and Marvin Williams) whose contracts had been choking the team's flexibility and gave the Hawks some semblance of youth with the drafting of big man Lucas Noguiera and point guard Dennis Schroeder this year—last season, the only player under 25 to average more than 15.0 minutes was point guard Jeff Teague.
"We're well-positioned for many reasons," Ferry told Sporting News in a phone interview. "We have good players who will work hard and will be very competitive this year. We have salary-cap flexibility this year, with some space, but also space going forward. We have all our draft choices going forward as well. We have the opportunity to be competitive, but to continue to build on what we're doing."
The Hawks, as they stand, will be competitive, and with good health, will be a playoff team in the East. In place of Smith, who signed with the Pistons, the Hawks brought in Paul Millsap, a more traditional power forward, as well as Elton Brand, who can play power forward or center alongside Millsap. Atlanta matched Milwaukee's offer sheet for Teague, brought back shooter Kyle Korver and added versatile forward DeMarre Carroll.
They're good enough to avoid the kind of turnover the Mavs have had to make. But the important thing here is that Ferry can still swing for the fences, whether that opportunity presents itself through a trade at the deadline in February—when the Hawks will have very tradable contracts like that of Millsap (two years, $19 million), Brand (one year, $4 million) or even Horford (three years, $36 million)—or in free agency next summer, when the Hawks will have $11 million in cap space. With youth and picks available, too, the Hawks are set up much as the Rockets were at this point a year ago, before they got James Harden, who paved the way to Howard.
This summer, for example, the Hawks were in a position to sign both Chris Paul and Howard. It was a longshot all the way, but had Howard and Paul truly been intent on joining forces, Atlanta was the only team that could have made it happen without requiring help from other franchises. Predictably, Paul stayed with the Clippers and Howard then lost interest in the Hawks, but at least Atlanta was in the arena. The hope is that if they're in the arena enough times, and have enough desirable assets on hand, the Hawks can become Rockets East.
In the meantime, Atlanta will be a team worth watching. With Johnson and now Smith gone, expect to see new coach Mike Budenholzer—finally pried from his seat next to Gregg Popovich as top assistant with the Spurs—speed up the tempo and take advantage of the versatility that a frontcourt of Millsap and Horford can bring. Horford could especially shine, after averaging career highs of 17.4 points and 10.2 rebounds.
It's been said that Horford would be better off playing more power forward than center, but Ferry doesn't think that matters much.
"Al is just a basketball player," he said. "He can be a center, he can be a power forward as well. … Our team evolved last year. Losing Joe, it is hard to lose a great player, but he was a high-possession-rate guy here. So everyone was put in a position of, we had to play through them a little more than we've had to in the past.
"Again, I think that will continue for Al this year. But we'll play a different way. The players will have to adapt to how Bud wants us to play offensively. We're going to play fast, good spacing, ball movement, those will be keys. Al will succeed and thrive in the system."
And there is guard Louis Williams, who averaged 14.1 points off the bench for the Hawks before tearing his ACL last January. Ferry said he is not prepared to put a timeline on Williams' return, but it is expected that Williams will be back at some point, probably before the New Year. While Williams could conceivably start at shooting guard, chances are Budenholzer—coming from Popovich's school of thinking—will want him to remain as sixth man.
"That's to be determined," Ferry said about Williams starting. "I could see him being that—you know, Bud is used to Ginobili. Bud is not from the school that your five best players have to be your starters."
All in all, it gives the Hawks a very good balance. They're a team that, on paper, should not experience a very big drop-off from last year. But when it comes time for Ferry to pick up the phone and gauge the trade and free-agent markets, the Hawks will be in a much better position to make a franchise-changing blockbuster move.
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A jury found Johnson guilty of first-degree murder on Nov. 27 following a trial in the San Bernardino Superior Court. But a week later that same jury ruled that the defendant was insane when he stabbed Lawrence Kester of Fontana.
On May 7, 2010, Johnson boarded an Omnitrans bus near Riverside Avenue and Base Line in Rialto and walked to the back. A few minutes later, he came up front started stabbing the driver, authorities said.
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MALVERN Rugby Club take on fellow Midlands One West mid-table battlers Stoke-on-Trent tomorrow (2.15pm) unsure of the challenge their visitors will provide.
The Spring Lane side pushed them all the way in Staffordshire in September during a 31-16 defeat, even after having prop James Hynes red-carded in the opening 10 minutes.
Despite being down to 14 men, Malvern led until the final 20 minutes of the clash when Stoke's numerical advantage told, which suggests they could overpower them on home soil this weekend.
However, Stoke, who are just two places above Malvern in eighth position, pulled off a massive shock last weekend by thrashing runaway league-leaders Lichfield 35-6 to inflict the table-toppers' first defeat in 15 outings this term.
Malvern spokesman Peter Woods admits the Spring Lane club do not know what to expect, but remains confident as long as their game-plan is adhered to.
He said: "Lichfield didn't have a weakened side out, so it just seems they weren't quite up for it and Stoke played them off the park, which is hard to understand.
"Stoke are a good, solid side and they put in a great effort to beat Lichfield, but they have won a few and lost a few this season, so who knows?
"If we can keep the ball tight and play to our strengths in the forwards, we can be quite good, but the game will be decided by the backs.
"The Spring Lane pitch will be very muddy and it was unplayable last weekend, but a lot of work has been done on it and we should be OK."
For Malvern, Hynes is unavailable and, with fellow props Pete Sharp and John Davies on the long-term injured list, the hosts have problems up front.
Phil Snare will continue to deputise in the front row, while player-coach Alan Keylock is missing with a broken bone in his foot.
Fly-half Adam Dixon sits out with a shoulder problem, but Tom Longley takes over in the number 10 shirt to link up at half-back with another returnee in James Southall.
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DWI: Michael Marchese, 61, of 1000 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, was sentenced Tuesday by Ulster County Judge Donald A. Williams to one year in the Ulster County Jail for felony drunken driving. Marchese was arrested for drunken driving on April 10, 2012, and pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 19.
DWI: Lisa Peplow, 38, of 100 Pancake Hollow Road, Highland, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony drunken driving and was sentenced by Williams to interim probation. Peplow was arrested May 15, 2012, and was charged with felony aggravated drunken driving under Leandra's Law, as well as three misdemeanors: drunken driving, aggravated drunken driving, and endangering the welfare of a child, and three traffic infractions. Police said Peplow's had a 3-year-old child in her vehicle at the time of her arrest.
Grand larceny: Andrea Napolitano, 32, of Queens, pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony grand larceny and was sentenced by Williams to interim probation. Napolitano was arrested on July 13 and charged with felony grand larceny for accepting $5,382 in unemployment insurance that she was not entitled to in 2009 while living in the city of Kingston.
DWI: Jorge Mazariego, 29, of Malden, pleaded guilty to felony drunken driving Wednesday in Ulster County Court. Mazariego was arrested on July 31 near the Thruway toll booths at the Kingston exit and was charged with drunken driving under Leandra's law because he had his 8-year-old daughter in the vehicle. Police said they found Mazariego's blood alcohol content was 0.32 percent, four times the legal limit. He is scheduled to be sentenced April 4 by Ulster County Judge Donald A. Williams.
Drugs: Fatima Mandiville, 26, of 8 Hickory St., Ellenville, pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminal possession of a controlled substance. Mandiville was among 21 individuals arrested in a Nov. 21 drug sweep in the village of Ellenville and town of Wawarsing. She is scheduled to be sentenced by Williams on April. 4.


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Pueblo, Colorado played host to the most recent Midwest LRM-sanctioned event, presented by ODB productions and Robert Espinoza. In true Colorado fashion, the weather that welcomed our arrival into Denver's International Airport was stormy and cold, but by the time we had made the two-hour drive south to Pueblo, the weather embraced us with puffy clouds and sunshine. We hit the fairgrounds early the next morning, not surprised to see people lined up well before the 10:00 a.m. start time, eager to see the Midwest's finest go head-to-head. They would not be disappointed either, as the Pueblo Fairgrounds housed over 600 car entries!
On one side of the main hall, Rollerz Only Car Club had lined up over 50 cars in a single row, for all the spectators to enjoy. Other clubs that also brought their "A-game" included Imperials, Nothing Else Matters, Majesty, New Mexico Lifestyle, Just Casual, Estilo, East Side Customs, Superior, Street Dreams, Sweet Dreams, Most Hated, and South Side. This show would be the last chance for many of the participants to qualify for the Las Vegas Super Show, so the competitive atmosphere was tense with anticipation, especially for the participants in the long-awaited hop contest. Around noon, the announcer invited the spectators to head towards the back of the fairgrounds, where this showdown was set to take place.
The hop competition began with the Single Pump category, in which hop veteran Shorty from Houston, TX took first place with his '86 Mazda truck, which soared to the 104-inch mark. In the Double Pump category, Epie Martinez took home the trophy with his '64 Impala, hitting a peak of 81 inches. In the Radical Hop Competition, Shorty again took the top prize with a 98 inch plateau, reached by his '92 Ranger. Then in the Street Dance Shorty proved why he's one of the best in the business, again taking top honors as his '86 Blazer, "El Mero Mero," danced all over the hop pit. Lolo took home first place in the Radical Dance with his Cutlass "El Travieso," pushing it to the breaking point, literally. The Cutty gave it all it had, until two of the rims bent out of shape, and one of the hydraulic lines popped. After the hop competition, a local bike stunt teamed showed off their skills by doing tricks on their motorcycles.
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The company behind rejected plans for a new superstore in Shipley is appealing the decision.
DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd had jointly applied with GMI Developments to build a supermarket, cafe, petrol station, business units and rail maintenance depot on Otley Road, but the plans were turned down in December.
The Otley Road site is home to the Crossley Evans recycling company, which would have to move to make way for the development.
Before the plans were refused, DB Schenker served notice on Crossley Evans saying it wanted the firm to move out by April.
But the recycling firm fought against the threat to its home of 100 years, with a public campaign galvanizing support and by revealing details of its own £6 million renewable fuel plan which could create 200 jobs on the site.
A DB Schenker spokesman said it could not comment on what would now happen regarding Crossley Evan's tenancy because it "was considering appealing the decision".
GMI managing director Chris Gilman said: "We can confirm we are lodging an appeal against our refusal in the next two weeks."
Meanwhile, Crossley Evans boss Matthew Evans said he is continuing to work with Bradford Council tweaking the planning application he lodged in December for a biomass diversity plant.
"We're pushing on with trying to get plans in place for our recycling," he said.
Mr Evans said the company would also be pressing on with its desire to buy the site from DB Schenker and Network Rail.
"There's still the potential for them to appeal. Obviously there's an expense to them in doing that," he said.
"It's something we're prepared for if they do decide that."
GMI's plans were turned down at a special two-day meeting in December when three rival Shipley supermarket schemes were discussed.
Councillors went against recommendations to favour GMI's plans for a store on Otley Road, citing an increase in traffic, the loss of the Crossley Evans recycling plant and a railway link, displacement of jobs and concerns about water, electricity and sewerage.
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'Big Rich Texas' star Leslie Birkland found house shopping in Dallas easy — with some high-end help, of course
By Rich Lopez
Being blonde and beautiful never hurts — especially in Dallas. Blonde, beautiful and rich is even better. Leslie Birkland dealt with some hefty drama in the just-finished season of Big Rich Texas, but maybe the biggest drama was finding a new home in the area to partake in Dallas society, men and the pageant scene. Birkland calls Big D home, for now, and becoming a denizen wasn't so difficult.
"My house was pretty easy to find and prices are just right now," Birkland says. "I kept hearing Dallas hadn't been hit really in the [economic] crisis."
She was a bit overwhelmed upon coming to the city to join her cousin (and castmate) Connie and to oversee her goddaughter Kalyn's pageant career.
Thinking the idea was to settle in Dallas proper, she found that wasn't reasonable to live a certain lifestyle and be comfortable. She found she didn't have to live in Highland Park.
"Everyone was so willing and a lot of Realtors were coming out of the woodwork quickly to help out," she says. "But it was Connie's husband John that pointed me elsewhere to look."
For anyone looking to buy another home, she says once you've done it, you know how to negotiate what you need and it goes far easier the second time. Although she won't divulge exactly where she lives, she describes it as about 45 minutes northwest of Dallas. As for the house — well let's just say she's kept up with the Joneses just fine, if not blowing them out of the water.
"It's about the same 6,000 square feet as my house in Washington with eight bedrooms and three kitchens," she says. "It's pretty grand! It's so elegant and beautiful with these big columns. That's new to me. And sometimes when you want a bit more land, you have to go out to where it's spread out. I love it."
But Birkland's celebrity going to be an issue with the neighborhood? She says no. As the cameras are rolling for Big Rich Texas, the Style Network has stayed out of sight of the neighbors or respected their privacy as well. In turn, Birkland says the people around her seem not to care all that much about the little piece of TV reality happening right next door.
"They see what's going on and they may ask, but it's no thing for them," she laughs.
For the average person, that amount of square feet seems like a daunting task to move in to. But rich folks do it differently. Birkland has no projects for the house per se. Updating a room with paint or doling pieces of furniture among eight rooms isn't necessary. Higher end homes with specific interiors come as an entire package. Basically, this is not a fixer-upper.
"Yeah, I'm not doing anything," she chuckles. "With homes like these, there are furnishings specifically designed for the house, so there's nothing I'm doing in that regard."
As for getting used to Dallas, Birkland is dealing with learning a new city, navigating high society and handling some real-life drama all in front of a camera. Before she moved here, she researched maps, but found it difficult to gauge distance from the heart of the city. Initially, she leased a house just a couple of miles from her cousin in Highland Park.
"People would ask me where I lived and I didn't know," she says. "Then I'd just say Highland Park, but where I was wasn't Highland Park and that was a whole thing!"
She takes it all with a sense of humor. Especially since she's been labeled the cougar of the show. Romancing the likes of Anthony Dorsett Jr. (son of the former Dallas Cowboy) and a young golf pro known only as A.J., she's definitely a connoisseur of the younger man, but for her cougar-dom, she seems to roll her eyes at her cougar-dom.
"I do like men that are younger. but I didn't realize I was a cougar," she says. "It's funny, but definitely not icky. There's a line not to cross. I never want to be old enough to be their mother. I already have three sons! But the men I date are just about 10 years younger. If it was 15 or 20 years difference, then I could see that."
The next season hasn't started filming yet and Birkland is just fine with that right now. She has enough on her plate to keep her busy supporting her lavish lifestyle, whether it's business or fun.
"Through my property investments and CDs, I have a comfortable lifestyle," she says. "Plus, I'm very conservative with money and do some modeling on the side. As for being here, well, it's only been six months and I'm not used to the roads, but I'm learning the neighborhoods and getting familiar with them." DH
For more about the show, visit MyStyle.com/BigRichTexas
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition October 7, 2011.


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Column: Does President Bush Really Want an Independent Investigation of 9-11?News at Home
Oh my. At the eleventh hour Iraqi diplomats threw a wrench into United Nations negotiations over the wording of inspection terms while insisting they're in "100 percent accordance" with that global body's determination to find out what in hell is going on in Baghdad. Every Earthling of passable intelligence knew this would happen, of course, and it just goes to show you, said a U.S. spokesman, "once again the Iraqis want to delay and deceive."
True, delay and deceit are standard tools of the diplomatic trade, and thus, thankfully, far from authentic casus belli. Nevertheless Bush II has added their mealy-mouthed deployment by Iraq as yet another specific and reasonable reason to dispatch the Marines with the latest in guns blazing. Sadly, according to U.S. military officials they'll be blazing away with inadequate protection from Saddam's biological cookery, but best to skip over that for now.
None of this is extraordinary. Everyone expected Iraq to play duplicitous games;
everyone expected the Bush administration to capitalize on them; and everyone
absolutely knows that whatever transpires diplomatically, hundreds, maybe thousands
of young Americans and even more innocent Iraqis--children, women, the aged--are
about to die. Aside from habitual hawks, those of politically ambitious persuasions,
and dropouts from Elementary Logic, no one is quite clear why these deaths are
imperative. But off we'll march behind the exact thinking of George W. and invertebrate
Senate Democrats. As columnist Maureen Dowd so eloquently framed our leaders'
rationality, "Tom Daschle, Dianne Feinstein and other doubters came around
to the view that Iraq is an urgent threat after the C.I.A. director,
George Tenet, sent Congress a memo
stating that Iraq is not an urgent
threat." Unsettling? Yes. Extraordinary for Washington? No.
Also unextraordinary was that which occurred the very day before Iraq leveled its "delay and deception" at the ever-truthful world community. The loudest opponent of those scandalous tactics leveled its own delay and deception in investigating the rampant intelligence bumbling that preceded the slaughterous event now cynically used as a pretext for more slaughter. On the heels of a delicately reached bipartisan congressional agreement on the terms of an investigative commission, the White House--whose cooperation seemed assured--shut it down with "fresh objections." Oh my. And at the eleventh hour, no less.
Who ever could have imagined such betrayal coming from an ethically depraved band of former corporate cutthroats? Certainly not the chief dope of the congressionally bewildered, Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman. He was "surprised" at the administration's underhandedness and openly pondered, "[Does the White House] really want to allow this commission to be created?" It's chumps like Lieberman who entice one to enter the swampland sales profession.
In most open societies, any equivalent display of such swaggering deceit would be scorned and condemned en masse: that sort of behavior is, theoretically, confined to the Saddam Husseins of the world. But not in W's happy little democracy. Rather, it is mostly left to family members of 9/11 victims to directly, straightforwardly express disgust. Despite administration officials' laughable posturing that they really, really want an independent investigation (which is to say, outside inspection), "They're doing everything they can to kill it," said Stephen Push, husband of an airliner-assault victim.
Mr. Push wasn't merely "disappointed," as Senator Lieberman so unctuously said he felt at the White House's flagrant delay and deception. He was supremely, justifiably, and pointedly livid. "We've been talking to the White House for months. They keep saying, 'We just have this one little thing to fix.' So we fix that, and they come up with three other things." It might be they're too busy pointing out it's "the Iraqis [who] want to delay and deceive." Other families in a prepared statement similarly bewailed that W's gang talks a good game "while apparently doing everything in its power to prevent the commission from being established."
Their frustration is heartbreaking--and the story warranted all of about 12-hours serious news coverage, barely a half-life cycle. The otherwise staggering duplicity of W and his imperial henchmen has become that routine, that little noticed or noticeable, that dismissive. Ho-hum duplicity, yes, but their reasons for a Just War are on the level--honestly.
This whole sorry mess of contemporary history someday will elevate to historic profundity Representative Pete Stark's recent words of caveat emptor over W's bill-of-goods militarism: "The bottom line is I don't trust this president and his advisors."
© Copyright 2002 P. M. Carpenter
Mr. Carpenter's column is published weekly by History News Network and buzzflash.com.
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Al Czervikjr - 10/17/2002
I am reminded of an interview of Ralph Nader that I saw a number of months ago. After allowing Mr. Nader to complain for some time about the policies of the Bush administration in the aftermath of 9/11, the interviewer asked him what he would have done differently. His only response was that 9/11 would not have happened if he had been elected because one of his first actions as president would have been to reinforce the cockpit doors of airplanes. Amazing...no plan, even with the benefit of hindsight.
Alec Lloyd - 10/17/2002
G. Parks, do explain to us what measures you have in mind.
The arrest of the 19 highjackers? Wouldn't that be "racial profiling?" I'd bet my word processor that G. Parks would be carrying a sign denouncing this radical infringement of civil liberties should the Bush administration have taken that step.
What would you charge them with, carrying box cutters? I assume we would have to try them in open, civilian court where all of our intelligence capabilities would be exposed to the world. Just as in the 1993 WTC bombing, where Bin Laden learned we could listen in on satellite phone conversations. That little tidbit played no small part in allowing al-Qaeda to keep a lower profile.
Once again we have the same irrational carping on the left: they have no plan, only sarcasm and hate. President Bush should have stopped 9/11, but any measure he could have taken would have elicited charges of "despotism!" "dictatorship!" and "illegitimate government!"
One reason I have cut down on my writing on this page is that the opposition is unworthy of my attention. There are simply no credible arguments, no alternative plan. Whatever the Bush adminsitration is doing must by defninition be short-sighted, belligerent, motivated by greed, etc. but no alternative is ever broached.
Admit it, Mr. Carpenter and company: you have no plan. You are utterly lost, pinned between reflexive hatred of Republicans and loathing of the military. Sanctions are starving Iraqis, so they're bad, but something must be done to contain Iraq, only it can't involve the military. Coups and assassinations are only acceptable if perpetrated by non-Americans (Castro=good, Pinochet=bad) so we are left with more meaningless UN resolutions. All the while the world turns, the tyrants arm and we do nothing.
The only real plan of action offered is massive shipments of danegeld to our enemies in the hope that they don't keep up their attacks and raise their tribute. The subtext is that the West is guilty and that snipers, bombers and terrorists are our just desserts for the crime of being born in an affluent secular society. Best to make out our wills and die with repentance in our hearts.
Christopher Hitchens is on to something. Other prominent leftists have recognized the idealogical vacuum that prevails in the anti-war crowd. After months of flogging the issue, there's little left to say.
Chris Messner - 10/16/2002
But the democrats couldn't push for such an investigation, knowing that, besides showing the faults of the Bush administration, it would inevitably lead to the 8 year failure of Mr. "international", Bill Clinton, and his short-sited weak responses to terrorism, and his administration's changes to intelligence. And we couldn't allow the real root causes to be reached, better we allow half-truths and ninvestigated recriminations then show Bill to have been an idiot.
Come on people, you want to reform the government then push for term limits and eliminate career politicians on both sides; that's the only way we can end the bribery, the corruption, the leaks of confidential info to get back at each other, and the undue influence of lobbying groups.
G. Parks - 10/15/2002
Of course, the Bush apologists can't imagine that there were/are measures available to prevent/warn about terrorist threats that don't require gross violations of legal rights and that don't involve idiotic color-coded states of "alerts".
Al Czervikjr - 10/15/2002
>>If the Senate Democrats had simple political courage, human decency, or an understanding of the electorate they long ago would have launched a thorough public investigation of this pseudo-administration's failure to take any measures pre-9/11 to prevent the attacks about which it had so much advance warning.
Of course, had the Bush administration taken any measures pre-9/11 to prevent potential terrorist attacks, the G. Parks' of the world would have been the very first to scream about Ashcroft et al's needless assault on civil liberties and Bush's use of purported terrorist threats for political gain.
A nice game...if terrorists attack, its Bush's fault. If terrorist's don't attack, then Bush is cynically overstating the threat for political purposes...head's I win, tails you lose.
G. Parks - 10/15/2002
The Democrats in Congress (with at most a handful of exceptions)clearly are intimidated by the poll numbers for Bush and by the universal support for this pseudo-administration by the mainstream media (all of which are owned by a small number of huge corporations). Their willingness to allow Bush to violate the Constitution, national laws, international laws and treaties makes them complicit in his indefensible policies. Obviously, they don't realize or don't care that their cynical cooperation and/or silence only perpetuates Bush's popularity.
If the Senate Democrats had simple political courage, human decency, or an understanding of the electorate they long ago would have launched a thorough public investigation of this pseudo-administration's failure to take any measures pre-9/11 to prevent the attacks about which it had so much advance warning. Bush would have been begging for a more private commission investigation. Their failure to meet the obligations of their offices now seems likely to cost them control of one or both houses of Congress.
Pierre S. Troublion - 10/14/2002
Mr. Carpenter has, again, illuminated the unsightly and hypocritical underside of the George W. Bush Administration.
If Saddam Hussein really had nothing to hide, he would have let weapons inspectors do their jobs properly years ago. (Sanctions would have been lifted, he'd be about ready for his next war by now, but America might well have begun to stop denying the consequences of its monumentally wasteful addiction to oil, and possibly even taken action to reverse decades of taxpayer subsidizing of such waste, and thereby reduced a foreign trade based on weapons exchanged for SUV fuel).
If Bush & Buddies were not engaged in massive scapegoating, smokescreening and stonewalling, they would have set up a full impartial panel of inquiry on September 12, 2001. (They would have earned the respect of a country and world otherwise mistrustful of them and Democrats might have tried to compete with candor and vision instead of fawning spinelessness).
The reality, unfortunately, is one of denial, deception and evasion. In Baghdad, very obviously. And in Washington, very regrettably.
Pierre S. Troublion
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Yes, the C. Crane item code is #CWFB. They are type CR2025 batteries.
No. C Crane is taking this under consideration for the next generation of the CC WiFi Internet Radio.
Many hotels and airports are now adding on a user license agreement you must accept in order to access their WiFi networks. The radio has no way of displaying these webpages or accepting such agreements so it will not work in these situations.
No, the radio uses non-volatile memory.
No, but you can get the same stream to play on the WiFi Internet Radio, though you must have the most recent firmware upgrade for this to work. After upgrading your firmware you will be able to create a "My Stuff" folder on your radio that contains a list of audio streams selected by you. In order to add streams to your "My Stuff" folder, you must set up an account through the Reciva Web site.
Before trying to add your own stream to your Reciva account, we recommend searching for the radio station in Reciva's listing of over 17,000 available stations.
Once your account is created and you are logged in, click on the MY ACCOUNT tab at the top of the Reciva web site and log in.
Next click MY RADIOS and enter the electronic serial number and register key from your radios menu.
The stream should play if it is in a compatible format.
As long as your WiFi Internet Radio is on the same wireless network as your computer, there are two ways to use your WiFi Internet Radio to play audio files stored on your computer: File Sharing and Universal Plug & Play (UPnP).
To Share a Folder Using Simple File Sharing:
Note: You may need to configure your PC's firewall settings for media file sharing to work.
The next way to use the WiFi Internet Radio to access audio files on your computer is through Universal Plug & Play or UPnP.
Use the Add-A-Station tool available at the manufacturer's Web site.
"My Stations" provides you a menu listing of your favorite stations chosen from the list available at Reciva.com. "My Streams" is a folder you can use to store the URLs of audio streams you find online that are not already included in the list of stations available through Reciva.com. While you can add stations and streams to your Reciva.com account online, in order to access these folders through your CC WiFi Radio you have to have the most recent firmware upgrade. After you have upgraded your firmware, your CC WiFi Radio will have two folders called "My Stations" and "My Streams".
Yes, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com. For the subject of the email insert the station name. In the body of the email insert just the URL. After sending the email the stream tester performs the test and replies to you with the result.
To play music from the RealMusic web site on your CC WiFi Radio, you will need premium account with Real Networks. If you don't already have a premium account, you can get one by visiting www.reciva.com, logging into your account, and clicking on the premium tab. From the premium page, mouse over the RealMusic logo and then click on the "here" link that will take you to a RealMusic registration page.
After you have registered with RealMusic and have a username and password, return to your Reciva account at www.reciva.com. Next, choose the premium tab on the top of the home page. Under RealMusic click on Click here and enter in your Real Networks User Name and Password. After following these steps, you will be able to play audio from Real Networks over your WiFi Internet Radio. Note: If you have just set up your RealMusic account, you may have to turn your radio off and on in order to receive the RealMusic radio stations.
The CC WiFi Radio works with the Reciva radio database and can play radio streams encoded with the Real Audio format.
Yes, but you may need to sign up for the premium account. Live 365 offers a limited amount of free stations available to the CC WiFi Internet Radio.
No, due to licensing rules major league baseball games are typically not permitted to be broadcast on a radio stations internet stream. If a person has paid for a subscription to MLB Gameday Audio with MLB.com and owns a WiFi radio capable of playing flash embedded streams it should be possible to listen to major league baseball.
To listen to iHeartRadio stations on your current CC WiFi Internet Radio:
Note: If you do not see these features you will need to unplug the power to the radio for 60 seconds and then plug it back in then follow the steps listed above.
To listen to CBS Radio.com stations on your current CC WiFi Internet Radio:
Note: If you do not see these features you will need to unplug the power to the radio for 60 seconds and then plug it back in then follow the steps listed above.
Performing a Factory Reset on your radio should clear up this issue.
The radio has gotten a bit confused in switching between the two connections. There are two possible solutions for this (pick only one of them):
1. After the radio is powered on and booted up, connect the Ethernet cable. Select CONFIGURE, then NETWORK CONFIG, then WIRED/WIRELESS, then finally select AUTO or WIRED ONLY.
2. Perform a factory reset on the radio. After the radio is powered on and booted up, it will show Scan for networks. At this point plug in the Ethernet cable and it will connect to your wired router automatically.
There are two typos in the middle of page 14 of the CC WiFi Radio manual. They incorrectly refer to stored presets instead of recalling presets. This information should read:
B. Using the Remote Control to Recall Presets 1-9.
Briefly press and release the preset button assigned to the station
you want.
C. Using the Remote Control to Recall Presets 10-99.
Briefly press the RECALL button, then the --/- button, and then
enter your desired preset number 10-99.
Constant buffering or a loss of the audio stream usually means that your wireless network is not working properly. Strong interference from a neighbor's WiFi signal, a microwave oven, electronics, or a cordless phone can sometimes distort the connection between your wireless router and the WiFi Internet Radio causing a deficit of consistent signal. In this case the radio will need to buffer in order to catch up to the playable stream. Another less likely cause for buffering takes place when the Internet radio station is unreliable or has gaps in the audio stream. Make sure your WiFi antenna or router is up off the ground and not obstructed by physical objects.
Another tip is to try a reliable station, like BBC Radio 1 for a few hours to see if it has the same problems with buffering. If the radio works well on BBC Radio 1 then the problem is not with the WiFi Internet Radio or reception between it and the router but lies with the station. Reciva copies one of the stations streaming URL addresses and uses it for their database. When too many people are using the same URL then it gets overloaded and causes buffering on the radio. Reciva may be able to add an alternative stream to be used. Contact Reciva with station problems by email using firstname.lastname@example.com.
It could be one of two reasons:
If the CC WiFi radio cannot to connect to a station right away then it will default to buzzer mode ensuring that the alarm still sounds at the set time. Some online radio stations buffer more at certain hours, when their demand is at its highest. During those times, locking on the signal can take a bit longer.
Unplug the radio from power momentarily to restart the radio. Once it is restarted, try getting the key again. It usually will work normally after the power cycle.
We have found that, sometimes, the CC WiFi Radio does not "see" the network on the initial scan. When this happens, you may have to press BACK to try scanning again. The second scan usually finds your WiFi network. Another option is to unplug the power cord momentarily from the back of the radio, then plug it in again, and try to scan for your wireless network again after the radio restarts.
If rescanning or restarting your CC WiFi Radio does not help find your wireless network you may have to check your router's wireless settings and verify that broadcast of ESSID is enabled. You may also want to try changing the wireless broadcast channel on your router to channel 1. For instructions on how to change these settings in your router please consult the documentation that came with your hardware.
Poor sound can on the CC WiFi could be due to several factors more of them involving the quality of the feed coming to your radio. If other radio stations sound fine, check the bit rate of the station that sounds poor. A low bit rate will give you lower sound quality. Bit rates are determined by the radio stations themselves, and cannot be adjusted through the radio. In order to improve the sound quality you may have to connect the CC WiFi to an external speaker with more tuning options.
The remote sensor is located just under the radio's dial and to the right. The sensor will receive a signal from the remote as long as the remote is within a 30 degree angled beam from the sensor. The remote will also need to be pointed at the radio sensor since it is IR and not RF. The operational range on the remote is about 20 feet. There is approximately a 1 second delay between a button press and a command taking effect.
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Time is running out for UCLA junior Joshua Smith to fulfill the lofty expectations that came with him when he arrived on campus two seasons ago.
The 6-10, 300-plus pound big man made the conference all-freshman team two years ago, averaging 10.9 points and 6.3 rebounds. But his weight—and his energy—have held him back and his numbers dropped slightly his sophomore season to 9.9 and 4.9.
His minutes dipped from 22 to 17 as well—a combination of conditioning and foul trouble issues.
"I'd be out of position and reaching and getting to the ball too late," Smith told the Los Angeles Times. "The next think I know, I've got four fouls and I'm heading to the bench."
With a highly rated recruiting class on campus, UCLA coach Ben Howland plans to push the ball up the court more this season because he has the personnel to do so. That sort of tempo might not be a good thing for Smith, according to the newspaper.
"I think Josh is getting better," Howland said. "But he still has a lot of work to do to get himself in good enough condition to really help us the way we expect."
Smith is working on it.
He watched film of past UCLA centers and noticed something—their effort. He's also making the effort to eat better and shed some extra pounds. The Times reported that Smith arrived at UCLA at 25 percent body fat and has that number down to 17 percent currently with a goal of 10 percent.
"We're behind Josh 100 percent because we know he's working hard and he wants to be good," Bruins guard Tyler Lamb told the Times. "So we continue to push him, to give him constructive criticism."
Last season, Smith started nine of UCLA's 32 games. He shot a team-best 57.4 percent from the field, but led the team with 101 fouls and four disqualifications. With his size and touch around the basket, he has the makings of a future NBA player—if he can get improve on those two areas: effort and energy.
"It's weird that it finally started getting in my head now," he told the Times. "I'm like, 'OK, maybe I shouldn't eat this.' Or, 'Maybe I should go to the gym tonight and not just lounge around.' "
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ASHBURN, Va.—Maybe it's best to start with the car. It explains Washington Redskins running back Alfred Morris, his thought process and what matters to him. So we'll start there.
The NFL's third-leading rusher drives a 1991 Mazda 626 that he purchased as a senior at Florida Atlantic. He was a future late-round pick and he knew it. Waiting to buy something snazzier with bonus money wasn't an option.
Now that he has the money, Morris isn't about to trade in his wheels for something that fits in better in an NFL players' parking lot. The car serves as a reminder. Perhaps also a symbol of his status, a sixth-round pick just trying to win a job.
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"When you work hard for something and finally get it, it means much more to you so you cherish it," Morris said. "That has sentimental value to me and I don't ever plan on getting rid of it. ... I earned that car, that's why I appreciate it and cherish it."
Then there's his language. It reveals yet another side, one that has helped his NFL journey—and one that reveals his humility. It's a little thing. When on Twitter, it's common to see the expression LMAO. Which, if you didn't know, stands for Laughing My Ass Off. When Morris finds something funny, he changes it too this: LMBO, or Laughing My Butt Off.
"I try my best not to use profanity," he said. "It's a personal choice."
It's all part of the Alfred Morris story, one that is playing quite well in Washington these days. While fellow rookie Robert Griffin III—you may have heard of him—has revived this franchise, there's no doubt he's had help from Morris.
Through eight games, Morris' 717 rushing yards trails only Marshawn Lynch and Adrian Peterson, who is first with 775 yards.
Because Morris is a sixth-round pick, he invites comparisons to another guy who once played for coach Mike Shanahan after being drafted in the same round: former Denver great Terrell Davis.
Even the Redskins won't shy away from putting both in the same sentence.
There's an assumption that Davis was faster, but that's not the case. Morris ran a 4.68 in the 40-yard dash at the Scouting Combine. Davis' time at the 1995 Combine was 4.72 seconds. That speed, plus playing for a bad team at FAU and a lack of production in the passing game, caused Morris to tumble in the draft. The scouting reports suggested he lacked elusiveness.
Mike Shanahan noticed enough to draft him.
"You could definitely see some big-time skill running the football. You're never really sure until they come out how they're going to be," Shanahan said.
The scouting reports have now changed.
"[Morris] can put his foot in the ground and accelerate out of it and actually run faster out of the cut than he did going into it," Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan said. "For a lot of those fast guys, it's like playing on ice sometimes because it takes them a while to stop and then re-situate their hips and then get going again. Al is very similar to Terrell Davis in that way."
Meanwhile, Mike Shanahan recently said Morris reminded him of another one of his backs. He didn't say who. It was assumed.
"He's got a big-time future," Shanahan said.
All of it is heady stuff for Morris.
"Just like [Coach Shanahan] saw something in Terrell Davis and drafted him in the late rounds, he saw the same thing in me," Morris said. "It's an honor [for them] to think of me in the same thought as Terrell Davis. I'm definitely going to continue to work hard each and every day so maybe one day I can be as great as Terrell Davis."
Morris compensates for his speed with brains, vision and quick feet. During a 24-17 loss over Atlanta, for example, Morris said he noticed that linebacker Sean Weatherspoon wasn't aggressive coming upfield and instead tried to get wide. So on an outside zone to the right, Morris set him up accordingly. He pressed the outside enough to widen Weatherspoon, then cut back inside en route to 29 yards.
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"Once you got him pressed outside he would run and take off," Morris said. "All you do is plant your foot and get downhill and by that time the offensive lineman has him."
"He's physical, man," Redskins fullback Darrel Young said. "He's downhill."
Morris' patience and quick feet were exhibited in a 39-yard touchdown run against Tampa Bay. Morris pressed the hole to the right, causing the backside linebackers to drift inside. That enabled blockers to seal them off so when he cut back all he had to do was break an arm tackle from corner Eric Wright on his way to the end zone.
Morris knows he can't cut to the hole too soon, even if he sees it opening.
"You'll get no gain or a couple yards, but if you press it just long enough to get them out of the way you'll get a bigger run," Morris said.
He no doubt benefits from the zone-read action, thanks to Griffin. There have been numerous times when Morris gets the ball, but linebackers or ends are out of position as they eye Griffin.
"It helps a lot," Morris said. "It takes pressure off the run game they don't know who will get the ball so they can't key on one person."
But Griffin benefits from having Morris, a legitimate run threat. Defenses can't just key on Griffin because they now know Morris can hurt them. So they must honor the zone read fakes, whether it helps Griffin run or, more likely, hit an open target downfield—over the head of where the linebacker is supposed to be.
"He is a big, strong, North and South runner, one-cut guy," Falcons coach Mike Smith said of Morris before their Week 5 matchup. "He's hard to tackle. I've been impressed with his speed when he gets to the second level. He's got enough size when he gets there that he's going to create some issues for the defensive backs."
That's why the Redskins are optimistic that Morris is off to a feel-good career.
"He can make the first person miss, which a lot of people can't do," Mike Shanahan said. "He's extremely tough. He's very smart—no nonsense type mindset that he's going to go out there and try to prove himself every week. He's just a pleasure to be around. He's one of those type of guys that you love to cheer for because he's all business."
There's one more part to the Morris tale. The home run swat he performs is a tribute to a traveling baseball team he befriended this summer while living in a hotel. He played with them in the pool and told them he'd mimic a home run swing if he scored.
Griffin, too, has an engaging personality. But Morris is the everyman, an underdog who never quite had it easy.
"I could have gave up a long time ago," Morris said. "I could have gave up so many different times, but I didn't. I'm glad I kept pushing and fighting through to get to this point."
So are the Redskins.
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Drabek, Hutchison on schedule in recovery
ST. PETERSBURG -- Right-handers Kyle Drabek and Drew Hutchison remain on schedule in their recovery from Tommy John surgery.
Both pitchers are throwing bullpens and expect to begin facing live hitters in approximately three weeks. The side sessions have taken place without incident and they're currently using all of their pitches.
This marks the second time Drabek is attempting to return from an elbow injury. He previously underwent Tommy John surgery when he was a prospect in the Phillies system, and while that's not exactly encouraging news, it does give him a base of knowledge from which to work.
"With the Phillies the first time I had it, I was actually home for a while just relaxing and letting it somewhat heal," Drabek said. "Here, we were ready to go, cast off, stretching and I think it's helped out a bunch.
"I haven't had a setback yet with my arm, so I'm excited about that."
The Blue Jays have said they don't want either pitcher to return until a full calendar year has gone by since the surgeries. Drabek went under the knife in mid-June, while Hutchison underwent the same procedure in early August.
The recovery time is purposely slow to let the arm gradually build up endurance and limit the possibility of a setback. It can be a frustrating process, but one that each pitcher knows he has to go through on the road back to the Major Leagues.
"You always want to do more, but you know you have to follow the process and do what they tell you to do, because that's what's in your best interest," Hutchison said. "I feel good, which is good, but you also realize that it's the process and you need to follow the process."
Hutchison and Drabek have spent the spring rehabbing alongside left-hander Luis Perez, who also underwent Tommy John surgery last year. Perez had the surgery performed in late July, but appears to be recovering faster than his counterparts.
Part of that is because Perez is a reliever and doesn't need to build up the same type of endurance, but it's another encouraging sign for the Blue Jays' brass.
"Right now, me and Hutch are pretty much on the same schedule," Drabek said. "Luis's on a little different one because he's ahead. So we all stretch together, [practice fielding] together, all that stuff. As far it goes, I throw with Hutch every day. Same day, same bullpen, so it works out nice."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.