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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the first Obamacare enrollment period comes to a close, U.S. insurers are already anticipating the need to raise prices for 2015 and fear that it will put them at the center of the political blame game over President Barack Obama's healthcare law.
The Obama administration declared victory on Tuesday over signing up more than 7 million people for this year, overcoming technology failures that stymied enrollment in the program's early weeks and Republican efforts to discredit it in the eyes of consumers.
But insurers have already said that the first group of new enrollees under Obamacare, as the law is widely known, represent a higher rate of older and costlier members than hoped. To keep their health plans from losing money in the coming years, many expect monthly premium rates to rise by double-digit percentages in some parts of the country.
That could set the stage for a public outcry ahead of congressional elections this year, giving ammunition to Republicans and creating new friction with the White House that could endure into the 2016 presidential election.
"I do think that it's likely premium rate shocks are coming. I think they begin to make themselves at least partially known in 2015 and fully known in 2016," said Chet Burrell, chief executive officer of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. "That will be different in different parts of the country. I don't think it will be uniformly the same."
"Do the premiums need to rise, just to cover the cost, to such a level that it creates both political heat, regulatory heat, finger-pointing, accusation?" Burrell said at the Reuters Health Summit in Washington on Tuesday. "If that happened, then the environment becomes very difficult and it doesn't in a sense matter that you worked out all the details. You're at each others' throats because it just costs so much."
CareFirst, which sells Obamacare plans in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, expects to have signed up 140,000 people for this year. Burrell said about half of the sign-ups were people over the age of 45.
David Cordani, CEO of insurer Cigna, said his company has raised the issue of potential rate increases with the Obama administration and has suggestions for changes to the program that could help mitigate sharp spikes, including providing new lower-cost options to consumers and giving them a greater choice over which health benefits are covered.
He described the discussion as part of an ongoing, carefully crafted dialogue with the White House that has been built in recent years.
"There's a risk of finger pointing," Cordani said. "If rock-throwing transpires, the party that will probably lose in the equation is the individual. That will be a failure. To me, that's a failure of leadership of all the parties involved: states, insurers, the administration. And we're trying to proactively engage in that conversation now."
Cigna, which is selling Obamacare plans in five states and is considering whether to expand that further in 2015, has said it won't make money on the business this year. It expects to have signed up as many as 100,000 new members under the program for this year.
Cordani said on Tuesday he didn't expect "a big positive return" financially in 2015.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said that the proportion of old and young customers in the exchanges will not keep the exchanges from working well or trouble insurers.
"We already know that breakdown is sufficient to ensure that the marketplaces will effectively function, that issuers will feel comfortable with the demographics," he said.
Some policy experts question whether insurers would really be wise to raise prices dramatically next year as they try to build a new market and gain share.
"You want to establish a client base. You want to attract good risks," said Henry Aaron, an economist at the left-leaning Brookings Institution, referring to healthier consumers. "You don't do that by charging very high premiums. If I were in the insurance business, and I got a little bit of deterioration in my pool, I'm not sure I would respond to it next year."
Some states are confident that their Obamacare markets will be robust enough to prevent sharp rate rises. In California, which embraced the law early on and has the single largest insurance exchange in the country, more than 1.2 million people signed up for coverage this year.
The head of the state's insurance exchange said he expects insurers to factor in that strong enrollment as they calculate rates for 2015.
"They are going to look at enrollment and I think that bodes well for having certainly single-digit (rate increases) and, I hope, as low rates as possible," Covered California Director Peter Lee said.
But U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, a prominent Republican critic of Obamacare, said the skew of enrollment towards older consumers who are more likely to be sick is one of the program's fundamental flaws and proof it should be changed or even repealed.
While he said insurers may have no choice but to raise prices to prevent major losses, he opposes provisions in the law that provides funding to the industry in the next few years to offset such risks.
"I think what they should be more concerned about is that once the exchanges fail and once this happens, that the argument that might come from the administration would be 'well, the reason this is happening is the greedy insurance companies want to make more money' as opposed to these companies are simply pricing out what it is they are getting," Rubio told the Reuters Health Summit.
"I would say to you that many of these companies were willing participants in all of this. Many of them supported the law, thinking it was going to force more customers in their direction. It's not turning out the way they planned," he added. "I'm not sure that taxpayers should be involved in paying for it."
The average monthly insurance premium in 2014 for an individual is $328 nationwide, according to government data. But the figures varied widely by state, and within states. More than 80 percent of people signing up for Obamacare this year were also eligible for government subsidies, in the form of tax credits and cost-sharing assistance, to offset their monthly costs.
At the same time, several million Americans who were already insured under the individual market faced the cancellation of their policies this year, creating a political firestorm for Obama, who had promised that consumers who liked their existing plans could keep them.
Many of them found the new Obamacare health plans, which require insurers to cover more benefits, were more expensive than their old policies. The administration has allowed insurers to extend those policies for up to three years.
Reporting by Caroline Humer and David Morgan; Editing by Michele Gershberg and Jim Loney


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Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
On-line version ISSN 2219-0635
Print version ISSN 0030-2465
Onderstepoort j. vet. res. vol.82 n.1 Pretoria 2015
Determination of oxytetracycline residues in cattle meat marketed in the Kilosa district, Tanzania
Zuhura I. KimeraI; Robinson H. MdegelaII; Consolatha J.N. MhaikiIII; Esron D. KarimuriboII; Faith MabikiIV; Hezron E. NongaII; James MwesongoIV
IDepartment of Fisheries Development, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, Tanzania
IIDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
IIIDepartment of Soil Science, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
IVDepartment of Physical Science, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Oxytetracycline is used to treat various diseases in cattle. However, its use may be associated with unacceptable residue levels in food. Oxytetracycline residues in tissues from indigenous cattle were determined in a cross-sectional study conducted in the Kilosa district, Tanzania, between November 2012 and April 2013. A total of 60 tissue samples, including muscle, liver and kidney, were collected from slaughterhouses and butchers and analysed for oxytetracycline using high-performance liquid chromatography. Oxytetracycline residues were found in 71.1% of the samples, of which 68.3% were above acceptable regulatory levels. The mean concentration of oxytetracycline across tissues was 3401.1 μg/kg ± 879.3 μg/kg; concentrations in muscle, liver and kidney were 2604.1 μg/kg ± 703.7 μg/kg, 3434.4 μg/kg ± 606.4 μg/kg and 3533.1 μg/kg ± 803.6 μg/kg, respectively. High levels of oxytetracycline residue in meat from indigenous cattle may pose a health threat to consumers in Kilosa. The findings possibly reflect a general lack of implementation of recommended withdrawal periods, ignorance about drug use and lack of extension services. Strict regulation of the use of antimicrobial drugs in the livestock industry and associated testing of animal-derived food sources prior to marketing are required.
In Tanzania, livestock farming generally follows traditional practices whereby pastoralists and agro-pastoralists rear mostly local breeds for meat and milk production (Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development 2010). Livestock farming faces several constraints, including diseases, poor genetic potential of animals, poor management and nutrition, and drought (Mellau, Nonga & Karimuribo 2010). Owing to limited extension services and poor animal health delivery systems, farmers buy veterinary drugs from veterinary shops and treat their livestock themselves. However, when drugs are administered by non-professionals, correct dosages and withdrawal periods are unlikely to be observed, which poses a potential hazard to human health (Barton 2000). The possible effects include toxic or allergic reactions, development of bacterial resistance and disturbance of normal intestinal microflora composition (Abbasi et al. 2011; Pena et al. 2005; Uekane, Neto & Gomes 2011).
The use of antimicrobial agents in food-producing animals has become a notable public health concern, especially in developing countries where such drugs are administered indiscriminately (Bedada & Zewde 2012; Muriuki et al. 2001; Olatoye & Basiru 2013). The increased use of antimicrobials in animal production is due to their being applied both therapeutically and prophylactically; some are also routinely added to animal feeds at sub-therapeutic levels for growth promotion (Bedada & Zewde 2012; Nonga et al. 2010).
Oxytetracycline is one of the most commonly used antibiotics in livestock production in Tanzania and other African countries (Katakweba et al. 2012; Olufemi & Agboola 2009). Apart from being a broad-spectrum antibiotic, oxytetracycline is also cheap, readily available from veterinary shops and accessed easily, without restrictions, by farmers (Nonga et al. 2009; Olatoye & Basiru 2013). Katakweba et al. (2012) reported that a number of drugs, such as oxytetracycline, are used abusively to treat and protect cattle against various diseases. Moreover, informal vendors are often seen selling oxytetracycline and other tetracycline-based drugs at informal markets and along the road, without any prescription being required or restrictions imposed (Bedada & Zewde 2012; Karimuribo et al. 2013).
To protect humans from harmful effects of veterinary drug residues in animal-derived food sources, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have set standards for maximum residue limits in foods. These limits apply to the parent drug or chemical and its metabolites that may accumulate and be deposited or stored within the cells, tissues or organs following administration of the compound. The acceptable maximum residue limits for tetracycline-based compounds, including chlortetracycline and oxytetracycline, are set at 200 μg/kg, 600 μg/kg and 1200 μg/kg for cattle-derived muscle, liver and kidney, respectively.
Withdrawal periods of 5-20 days are recommended before slaughter, depending on the species and the nature of the food products (Blanchflower et al. 1997). However, regulatory bodies in Tanzania have not yet set withdrawal periods for veterinary drugs and farmers rely only on the directions given in the package insert. This information is always written in English, a language the majority of Tanzanian farmers do not understand. Therefore, farmers rarely comply with the recommendations and usage is also not monitored by the responsible regulatory authorities. Consequently, veterinary drug residues are likely to be present in food of animal origin. This study sought to investigate the presence of excessive concentrations of oxytetracycline residues in cattle meat marketed in the Kilosa district, Tanzania.
Materials and methods
Sample collection
This study was conducted in the Kilosa district (5°55'-7°53'S, 36°30'-37°30'E), which is located approximately 300 km west of Dar es Salaam in east central Tanzania. The district is divided into three zones, namely Kilosa, Gairo and Mikumi, and spans a land area of 19 056 km2. The human population of the district is documented as 438 1 75 (National Bureau of Statistics 2012).
Samples were obtained from cattle slaughtered at the Kilosa, Gairo and Mikumi slaughter slabs and at the Parakuyo and Chakwale livestock markets. Records obtained during sampling indicated that the animals originated from ten different villages across the district.
Animals were selected for sampling using simple random sampling techniques. Information such as the name of the owner or supplier, the village of origin, any pathological lesions at the time of sampling and inspection status prior to slaughter was collected before sampling. Three samples (muscle, liver and kidney) of 100 g - 200 g each were obtained from each of 20 animals, yielding 60 tissue samples in total. All samples were collected in separate polythene bags and transported on ice to the analytical laboratory at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine). The samples were stored in a freezer at -20 °C for approximately 1 week and thawed at room temperature for eight hours before analysis.
Sample analysis
High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to analyse the samples. All the reagents and chemicals were of HPLC or analytical grade. Reagents included oxytetracycline standard (Sigma, St Louis), oxalic acid dihydrate, citric acid monohydrate and disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (Na2EDTA) (Techno Pharmachem, India), anhydrous disodium hydrogen phosphate (Carlo Ebra, Milan), methanol, acetonitrile and HPLC water (Carlo Ebra, Milan). Whatman membranes, microsyringe membrane filters (Chromafil CA 20/25s), nylon membranes (P/N 0235-0301) and Cronus C-18 solid-phase extraction cartridges (200 mg/3 mL, Labhut) were used for the chromatography steps.
Each tissue sample (5 g) was homogenised three times in a Mcllvaine buffer-EDTA solution (20 mL, 20 mL and 10 mL) and collected in a 50-mL polypropylene centrifuge tube. The mixture was then centrifuged at 4000 g for 10 min and the supernatant was filtered through a single Whatman filter, pre-moistened with 2 mL Mcllvaine buffer-EDTA solution, into a 250-mL sidearm flask. The solid-phase extraction was conducted by conditioning the extraction cartridge with 20 mL methanol followed by 20 mL HPLC-grade water. The final sample extract was applied to an 18-carbon cartridge, which was subsequently washed with 20 mL HPLC-grade water. Oxytetracycline was eluted with 6 mL methanolic oxalic acid solution into a 10-mL volumetric flask, which was then filled with water to volume.
Muscle, liver and kidney sample extracts were analysed for oxytetracycline residues according to AOAC Official Method 995.09 (AOAC International 2000), with some modifications. The HPLC instrument (Shimadzu 20AD) was fitted with an autosampler (SIL-20 AHT) and a UV detector at 350 nm was used for analysis. A reversed-phase 18-carbon column (150 mm x 4.60 mm; particle size, 5 μπι; Supelco) was used at 25 °C for separation. The sample injection volume was 1 μL at a flow rate of 0.8 mL/min. A low-pressure gradient system, consisting of water and methanol, acetonitrile and aqueous oxalic acid (10:30:60) as the mobile phase, was applied for a retention time of 15 min. To determine residues in the samples, they were analysed concurrently with the oxtetracycline standard solutions (0.05 μg/mL, 0.1 μg/mL, 0.25 μg/mL, 0.5 μg/mL and 1.0 μg/mL). The extract from each sample was injected in duplicate to obtain an average peak height of positive samples. Samples were considered positive for oxytetracycline residue if their retention time and peak corresponded to that of the reference standards. The retention time of the reference standard was 4.3 min.
Oxytetracycline residues in tissue sample extracts were quantified against the aforementioned concentrations of the oxytetracycline reference standards. The standards were analysed in duplicate and the peak areas appropriate to specific standard concentrations were measured. These were used to calculate the residue concentrations in sample extracts.
Control samples
As it was not possible to obtain cattle that had not been treated with oxytetracycline or other veterinary drugs prior to slaughter, three oxytetracycline-free guinea pigs (all of the same age, sex and weight) raised at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, were used as controls. One guinea pig served as negative control, whereas the other two were injected with 20% oxytetracycline (Laprovet, Indre-et-Loire) at10 mg/kg body weight and 20 mg/kg body weight, respectively. After 24 h the three control animals were placed in a gas chamber (61.4% CO2, 20.3% O2 and 18.29% N2) for 5 min before being humanely killed. Muscle, liver and kidney tissue samples (5 g each) were subjected separately to the extraction, clean-up and elution procedures as described for the test samples derived from cattle. Two samples of each of the three tissue types were taken from each of the control animals. The control samples were run through the HPLC column under similar conditions to the oxytetracycline standard solutions. A blank sample eluted from the solid-phase extraction cartridge was included to check for the analytical column efficiency during extraction.
Operational conditions of the HPLC instrument were tested to ensure the robustness of the method. These checks included varying the percentage of solvents in the mobile phase (methanol: 10% - 30%; acetonitrile: 10% - 30%; oxalic acid: 50% - 70%), the column temperature (from 25 °C to 40 °C) and the flow rate (from 0.6 mL/min to 1 mL/min). The pH of the buffer was changed from 2.0 to 7.0. Stability of the sample and standard solutions at room temperature was also tested.
Data analysis
The data were analysed using Epi Info (version 7) (Centre for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA). The Chi-square statistic and confidence intervals were used to compare proportions; a probability of P < 0.5 was considered statistically significant. Descriptive statistics were used to compute means, standard deviations and range. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare differences in means of continuous variables.
Ethical considerations
Permission for this study was granted by the Executive Directors of the Kilosa District Council and ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Ethical Committee of the Sokoine University of Agriculture. The university issued a research permit letter on behalf of the Tanzanian Commission for Science and Technology.
Control samples
The non-spiked samples from the control animals peaked at a different time from that of the analytical standards, whereas both oxytetracycline-spiked samples peaked at 4.3 min as expected. The higher concentration of oxytetracycline was associated with a higher peak. The peak for extracted oxytetracycline was also detected at 4.3 min and was of similar height to the spiked control sample. Between 79% and 83% oxytetracycline was recovered from the samples. The limit of detection and the limit of quantification were 1.936 mg/kg and 6.7 mg/kg, respectively. The correlation coefficients associated with the linear regression for the analytical oxytetracycline standard (Figure 1) and test samples (Figure 2) were R2= 0.92 and R2= 0.94, respectively. (The linear regression equation is shown in Figure 2). For quantification purposes, the best-fit line was expected to be 99%, but based on the local environment, nature of the equipment and the laboratory used, the obtained fits were considered adequate.
Of the 20 animals sampled, 17 (85%) tested positive for oxytetracycline residues. Moreover, 68.3% of the positive tissue samples contained oxytetracycline residues above the acceptable levels for muscle, liver and kidney (Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization 2014). The mean concentration of oxytetracycline residues across all tissues was 3401.1 μg/kg ± 879.3 μg/kg. For the respective tissue types, the mean concentrations were 2604.1 μg/kg ± 703.7 μg/kg for muscle, 3434.4 μg/kg ± 606.4 μg/kg for liver and 3533.1 μg/kg ± 803.6 μg/kg for kidney tissue. Oxytetracycline concentrations were higher than the acceptable levels in all tissue types sampled from animals from the Kilosa and Mikumi zones (Table 1). Lower concentrations of oxytetracycline were found in samples collected from cattle slaughtered in the Gairo zone (Table 1).
The purpose of this study was to determine the presence of oxytetracycline residues in beef from indigenous cattle in the Kilosa district, Tanzania. The results showed a high residual presence of oxytetracycline (71.1%), with a notable number of positive samples being above the acceptable maximum residue levels recommended for meat by the WHO and FAO. The finding can probably be attributed to widespread use of oxytetracycline for treatment and prevention of cattle diseases and is possibly exacerbated by failure to observe withdrawal periods (Karimuribo et al. 2013). Higher levels of oxytetracycline residue were found in liver and kidney tissue than in muscle, which can be attributed to their being organs of metabolism and excretion and therefore they are at greater risk of exposure to residues (Olatoye & Ehinmowo 2010). After administration, oxytetracycline enters all tissues and body fluids, but higher concentrations are found in the kidney, liver, bile, lungs and bones (Aiello & Moses 2010). Oxytetracycline is excreted mainly via urine and bile, which explains the high concentrations of residue observed in kidney and liver tissues in this study. As liver and kidney are considered luscious offal from cattle and are popular amongst most meat consumers in Tanzania, the detection of high levels of oxytetracycline residues in these tissues is of importance to public health.
The proportions of oxytetracycline-positive samples found in this study were higher than reported in other studies (Olufemi & Agboola 2009), although Bedada and Zewde (2012) reported a comparable proportion of oxytetracycline-positive muscle tissue samples (71.3%; n = 384) from cattle in Ethiopia. However, in a study analysing muscle tissue from cattle in the Morogoro and Dodoma municipalities, Tanzania, only 41.2% of samples tested positive for oxytetracycline residues (Mmbando 2004). Oxytetracycline residues in muscle tissue were reported in 45.6% and 54.4% of samples in studies from Kenya (Muriuki et al. 2001) and Nigeria (Olufemi & Agboola 2009), respectively, which are both relatively low compared to levels seen in the current study. This difference may be due to different sample types, laboratory methods and possible variation in oxytetracycline use depending on the animal management system of the locality.
Nisha (2008) reported that indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat pyrexia, inflammation, wounds and viral diseases is associated with high levels of residues in edible tissues of food-producing animals. The high incidence of oxytetracycline residues observed in the current study probably reflects cattle being sold for slaughter whilst under a therapeutic or prophylactic regimen of oxytetracycline or animals being slaughtered before the end of the withdrawal period (5-7 days when the antibiotic has been administered at a dose of 10 mg/kg for 7 days [Aiello & Moses 2010]). It is also of concern that these levels of oxytetracycline were found in tissue from indigenous cattle, because more than 98% of the cattle population in Tanzania (approximately 21 million) are indigenous breeds and the main source of meat consumed in Tanzania (National Bureau of Statistics 2012). In addition, there is no official monitoring programme and consumer response towards the dangers posed by drug residues is passive. Thus, there is a risk of sustained consumer exposure to antibiotic residues and the associated effects on human health.
The high levels of antibiotic residues found may be due to insufficient knowledge about drug use and the lack of extension services. Livestock keepers in Kilosa are mostly Maasai, Mang'ati or Sukuma, who are known pastoralists in Tanzania, and livestock extension officers' access to these farmers is problematic. There are few livestock field officers available and the majority are found in the vicinity of town centres such as Gairo. In the Kilosa and Mikumi zones, no veterinary services were offered because of the areas' remoteness and poor infrastructure. The higher oxytetracycline residue levels found in samples from villages in the latter zones may be due to the lack of veterinary services, including extension services. The role of livestock extension officers is to advise farmers on proper animal management systems and disease control programmes, including vaccination. Our findings support the conclusion of Muriuki et al. (2001) that variation in residue levels -even from the same district - reflects the variation in animal husbandry practices as used by different livestock keepers and in different areas.
Easy access to antibiotics such as oxytetracycline, together with a lack of awareness, insufficient extension activities and inadequate usage guidelines from manufacturers, may lead to misuse and overuse of the drug and possibly failure to observe withdrawal periods. These actions may contribute to the presence of high levels of antibiotic residues in meat (Nisha 2008).
The lack of farmers' awareness of the possible side-effects of antimicrobials and other drugs in humans also has to be considered (Karimuribo et al. 2013). Administration of drugs to food-producing animals requires consideration not only of effects on the animal but also of effects in humans who consume food from these animals. The high levels of antibiotic residues found in this study suggest that the public consuming animal products originating from the Kilosa district may have been exposed to antimicrobial residues. Our results, together with those of Mmbando (2004) and Nonga et al. (2009) about antibiotic residues in broiler chickens, suggest that some communities are exposed to small doses of antimicrobials from various animal food sources. This practice may contribute to the development of microbial resistance.
The findings of our study may be indicative of the inappropriate use and management of veterinary drugs by livestock keepers in the Kilosa district specifically, but also more generally in Tanzania. We therefore recommend stricter regulation of the use of veterinary drugs in the livestock industry as well as the inspection of livestock products prior to marketing. Furthermore, livestock keepers need to be educated on the importance of adhering to the recommended drug withdrawal periods and possible human health effects associated with presence of veterinary drug residues in food of animal origin. Veterinarians and livestock officers should also promote alternative management options aimed at good animal husbandry and disease control measures.
The authors acknowledge financial support from the project Enhancing Pro-poor Innovations in Natural Resources and Agriculture Value Chains (EPINAV). We appreciate the support and cooperation from the livestock keepers and field officers in the study area. Technical support rendered by M. Mugusi and J. Fitwangile is acknowledged.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.
Authors' contributions
Z.I.K. (Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development) developed the research proposal, collected data, performed the laboratory analyses, analysed the data and drafted the manuscript. R.H.M. (Sokoine University of Agriculture) and F.M. (Sokoine University of Agriculture) planned the study, supervised data collection and analysis and interpretation of results, and proofread the manuscript before submission. C.J.N.M. (Sokoine University of Agriculture) and J.M. (Sokoine University of Agriculture) contributed to standardising the methods and performed laboratory analyses. E.D.K. (Sokoine University of Agriculture) and H.E.N. (Sokoine University of Agriculture) supervised all aspects of the study.
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Do I care that the apple watch
- Is a precise timekeeper? No, I have a beautiful classic, hand crafted Tissot
- Is a 'comprehensive' fitness device? No. I'm not interpreted in spending time counting and tracking health related things
- works seamlessly with my iPhone. No. Both my phones work fine in my back pocket.
Apple hasn't successfully 'sold' their watch to me. But it could offer value. I'm disappointed they haven't bothered to point out that value…. I'll wait and see what the dedicated fan boys say after paying their premium to own it first
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|A nice change from the usual, sandwich those scrambled eggs between flour tortillas along with some cheese and ham or bacon, and you have a great breakfast quesadilla.
Breakfast QuesadillaI don't know why but I had a taste for a quesadilla this morning. If I would have had some bacon or even some sausage, I sure woulda tossed some of that in, but I settled for a slice of deli ham and that was mighty fine indeed! Serve with a side of fruit - I had a banana - and a bit of chunky salsa and a dab of sour cream or Greek yogurt on the side for dipping and this will feed two, or one very hungry adult. One half of it was plenty filling for me.
Here's how to make one.
To start, soft scramble some eggs in butter in a non-stick skillet over medium heat. You want the eggs to be slightly wet because they'll continue to cook in the tortilla and you don't want them to be dried out and overcooked. Remove the eggs from the skillet and set them aside.
Wipe out the pan and melt the other half of the butter over medium heat.
Lay one tortilla in the skillet.
Tear one slice of the American cheese and scatter it about.
Top with a slice of deli ham or turkey, cooked sausage or cooked crumbled bacon. These are also really good with leftover cooked shrimp or crabmeat.
Scatter the scrambled eggs on top of the ham.
And tear the second slice of cheese and scatter that about on top of the eggs.
Top with the second tortilla and turn the heat up to medium high. Cook until the botttom is crispy and golden brown; turn and brown the other side.
Remove to a cutting board and let rest for a moment.
Slice in half and then in quarters and serve with a side of salsa for dipping.
Recipe: Breakfast Quesadilla©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 5 min |Cook time: 10 min | Yield: About 1 to 2 servings
- 3 eggs
- 1 to 2 tablespoon of butter
- Splash of half and half
- 2 flour tortillas
- 2 slices of cheese, or any kind of shredded cheese
- 1 slice of deli ham or turkey, or cooked sausage or crumbled bacon
Beat eggs with a splash of half and half. Scramble with a bit of butter in a skillet over medium heat to a soft, wet consistency. Remove, add a bit of additional butter on top of egg, and set aside; wipe out pan.
Add more butter to the skillet and melt over medium heat. Once melted, add the first flour tortilla. Tear one slice of the cheese or add shredded cheese and scatter on top of the tortilla. Add the slice of ham, turkey, cooked sausage or cooked, crumbled bacon and the scrambled eggs. Top with remaining cheese and the second tortilla.
Turn the heat up to medium high and cook until the bottom tortilla is golden brown and crisp. Using a wide spatula or egg turner, carefully turn the tortilla over and cook on the other side until golden brown.
Remove to a cutting board and let rest for just a minute. Slice in half and then in quarters. Serve with a side of chunky salsa and unsweetened Greek yogurt and some fruit.
Cook's Notes: Add sauteed onions and peppers, either sweet or hot for a little extra kick.
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Disclaimer: What follows is an article entirely about fringes. It features no political bent or biting satirical commentary, it does not address issues of technology, economy or environment, and it will not teach you anything. Except how ruddy hard it is having a fringe.
You may think the topic is irrelevant to you, because you do not have a fringe. But look around you! Look at your spouse or offspring, your colleague, the angry person next to you in Tesco. You're never more than three feet away from a fringe, and each day some 86% of people are affected by fringes, either directly or indirectly. Fringes are all around us.
Having a fringe is, and I am not exaggerating here, almost exactly like having a child. From the moment it enters your life it becomes a constant source of nagging worry - the taming, the training, the tears. Praying it will head in right direction, but knowing it will choose its own path irrespective of your wishes. When you can't see it, you convince yourself it's probably misbehaving, and on the rare occasion that it does exactly what you want it to, there's never anyone around to applaud.
Quite honestly, given my time again, I don't think I'd have one at all.
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They always start off as such a good idea, too. "FRAME YOUR FACE," scream the magazines, and we obediently bedeck our forehead with little hair curtains like a Victorian four poster bed. We imagine we'll peer out winsomely from beneath it like Penelope Tree, or Wednesday Adams, and that it will fall endearingly into our eyes when we're feeling coy.
What we forget, in those crucial minutes in the salon chair, is that we're not in a book or a Woody Allen film, and we never peer winsomely at anything, and that at the slightest bit of rain or humidity our hair turns from a conventional, downward-facing mass of proteins into an extravagant, curling, topiary structure, the likes of which even the most delicate features can't set off. We forget all this. Thus is the deceitful power of the fringe.
Fringes refuse to work with weather. Rain = forehead spaghetti. Wind = Duran Duran bouffant. Heat = HIYA, sweat farm. They exist at their best inside a complete vacuum (which indeed is where I believe most of Zooey Deschanel's filming must take place). Likewise they don't like to cooperate with the rest of the hair, preferring to perch separately on the front of an up-do like a stroppy child at a party.
I have had my current fringe for seven years. Unlike many fringes, it was not the product of an over-zealous hairdresser - I actually cut it in myself, in a fit of teenage scissor stupidity. This means that in the subsequent years, every time I've cursed my fringe (we're talking hourly), I've had no one to blame but myself.
As a result, it's been a sadly abusive relationship. I've hacked it, bleached it, pinned it, moussed it, sprayed it and battered it into submission with straighteners. I've been known to pull out whole clumps as punishment for flicking at an odd angle. And now, I'm ending things once and for all. I'm growing it out.
As 'research' for this column, I asked my boyfriend what his views on my fringe were.
"That bit that goes across your forehead?" he asked.
"I like it."
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This is what UBS and other investment banks need to do - they are canning permanent staff to appease the stock market while still paying very high rates for contractors. Some contractors who have been there years are having their high rates renewed, not even re-negotiated, while permie staff next to them are being made redundant.
Well done Siemens. Next, we need the government not to renew HSMP visas.


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***This is an unbiased, hands-on independent user's review of the Cummins ISX 565 (2002 Emissions) EGR engine used in a U.S. car haul application transporting new & used vehicles over-the-road. Placed in service May 2007, this review is my own personal experience from day one with the Cummins ISX EGR engine. This particular engine is pre-2007 emissions…before the advent of the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) engines. As noted in the title, this is an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) engine…this review addresses the ISX EGR engine with the turbo-side EGR valve design as opposed to the later design which moved the valve and it's troublesome internal parts to the cooler side of the engine.***
Having just loaded my initial load on the new Cummins ISX 565 powered '07 Peterbilt 379, I was working on a rendezvous with the baby brother in the Hagerstown, Maryland area to "test" the new engine on some rather hilly terrain on I-68 in western Maryland and West Virginia on my way back toward my Ol' Kentucky Home . My brother operates a well-maintained 379 Pete with a 600 CAT mated to an AutoShift transmission. He has been in the biz, along with the most of the family, since before he could drive. CAT engines are his preference and he swears by the AutoShift transmissions…but this author just can't seem to make that leap. Old School hard headed ??? Maybe. I just like my Fuller 18 speed. "Double Trouble's" CAT is mainly stock…no Pittsburgh Power, BullyDog, or PDI tunes…as of this first test run back in 2007. Since then, he's added a beautiful custom manifold and turbo to his freshly overhauled 600 CAT and it's really brought the yellow engine to life. But that's another story. This is about the red engine.
We meet up at the I-81/I-70 interchange and head west on I-70 to access the I-68 highway westbound. We are both loaded similarly with a mixture of cars & SUV's destined to a familiar dealership in Kentucky. This route will take us across some pretty good pulls as we work on getting the cars to the market. Double Trouble is curious about the Cummins ISX power and obviously I am as well. This is not my first Cummins engine. Not by a long shot. Matter of fact, my first truck…a 1966 single-axle Dodge D900…had a NH185 Cummins thumping under those flop-out fenders. I remember misrepresenting my poor lil truck's powerplant and calling it a "220 Cummins"…knowing full well the tag on the engine revealed my dishonesty. Alas, I have grown older & somewhat wiser resulting in my repentance from my youthful truth-strectching discourses where today, I just call it like it is. Later on in my car haul career, I will be intimately familiar with 350 Cummins, Big Cam models all the way up to Big Cam 4 with Step Timing Control (STC) and "low-flow" cooling, and N14 models. My family owned and operated everything in between in the Cummins offerings over the years in car haul, up to and including KTA600's. So I'm not unfamiliar with the Chessie diesel engines and their history. But…this is my first ISX model. My last Big Cam 4 did me in with the Cummins brand for many years as I went over to the CAT crowd after falling in love with the 3406B model in an '88 model 379 long hood. But, more recent developments in the EPA-over-regulated world we live in today, made for another adjustment to my available options for engine power in subsequent trucks & equipment. I dabbled in the Detroit line from 6-71 series (the infamous snail-paced, screamin' bumblebee "238" Detroit that was very popular with the car haul companies back in the day), 8V-71 "318's" and on up to the 92 series. I owned & drove both 6V-92 models as well as an "Double-O" V-8 version of the 8V-92 series…a 445 advertised horsepower owner-operator edition. I also owned & operated the series "60" Detroit Diesel engine in a 1998 model 379 Pete. Every engine has it's quirks and characteristics. Spending time with them…driving and operating them in all kinds of terrain, weather and seasons…is the only way to offer really solid, reliable reviews on the engine. Dynos and testing in a controlled environment has it's place, to be sure, but when the rubber meets the road, and the driver's butt hits the upholstery…this is where it really matters. One manufacturer can advertise in leading trucking industry publications with full page glossy cover ads that their 600 hp engine is the "King Of The Hill"…but when an assortment of their own distributor truck engine shops cannot make the engine operate correctly and every make and model out there is leaving the "King Of The Hill" in the dust pulling up out of Indio, California coming east…that ad is as misleading and untruthful as I was in trying to hide the true horsepower rating of my first little truck's powerplant. My own personal integrity was the only thing at stake in my youthful transgression…but when an engine manufacturer spreads manure that deep to grab more market for their stockholders, it cost a lot of people a lot of money to learn the lesson. Let's get on with the impending "Race To The Top" to borrow an Obama education-related program phrase.
As we approach the first good pull after entering I-68, my CB lights up with Double Trouble advising me to "get in it". I am hesitant to give it everything since it's a new engine but it does have some miles on it since I had to move it around the southeast and various shops preparing the rack and picking up new trailer, etc. It's not like it's right off the line in Columbus, Indiana…or Mexico ? About half way up the "rest area" hill, I close the gap between the 600 CAT and the ISX 565. Steadily advancing, the Cummins overtakes and passes the brother's 600 CAT. I pick up my radio mic and accuse him of sandbaggin' and he replies that he's all out. This same scenario plays out on all the rest of the hard pulls across I-68 (and there are several if you know the highway). I'm still reserving my elation celebrations because I think Double Trouble may be playing with me. He swears to this day that he was not and that he was all out. So, the initial impression of pulling power on the ISX 565 Cummins EGR engine vs the '05 model 600 CAT (both engines completely stock) is:
1. That Cummins has twisted the horsepower ratings to satisfy some EPA-related regulations or
2. The Kingly Crown was prematurely awarded to an undeserving yellow motor or
3. The CAT's driver was playing with the Cummins driver or
4. The Cummins driver is a better driver
I, personally, would attribute all four of the above but little brother might argue that point. Maybe he won't read this. 🙂
About this first driving impression of the Cummins ISX 565 in hilly terrain, I have to note the Cummins InteBrake (engine braking) is really far above anything I have used previously. What goes up must come down and there are some pretty good downgrades on I-68 too. I have driven this truck now for some 340K miles and the engine braking is as good as it gets, IMO. Again, comparing CAT to Cummins…I have not encountered a descent that I cannot ease down sans foot brake at posted truck speed limits, regardless of load weight thus far. My CAT experience with B-models and a new C16 I bought in 2000…engine braking was very inadequate as compared to this ISX InteBrake. The Cummins ISX rates a big plus in this category…a very important category for several obvious reasons. At 340K miles, my drive axle brake linings are still knee-deep. But even more important than the cost savings on brake re-line intervals, are the safety aspect and the overall comfort that comes with the peace of mind of knowing that the InteBrake has got your back with heavy loads.
OK…back to the real world of driving and operating the Cummins ISX 565. My racing days are well over. I think I found a few blue hairs mixed in with my well-worn grey coif when I looked in the mirror this morning. I'm all about squeezing all the fuel mileage I can out of a gallon of the Petro Stopping Centers #2 ULSD. I might get in a hurry when it comes to supper time and the belly's grumbling but I'm Laid Back Larry when chauffeuring the Petey Cruiser down the road. You may even find yourself muttering things under your breath if you should find yourself behind me on a 2 lane road. I try to keep with posted speed limits and I find lately, I have to watch or I'll find myself under the limit. Retirement in south Florida, driving in the left lane of I-95 with my left turn indicator stuck on as I rocket down through Fort Lauderdale at 45 mph…my future it seems.
With my attention turned to fuel mileage rather than racing, let me share some factual information for your comparison. Let me qualify the following statistics before I post them. Many of you that are not exclusively in the car haul biz with dedicated "stinger-steered, full-sized" auto transporters may find the following mpg values very low. If you owned and operated this type of equipment for any amount of time, you will understand why the numbers will seem extremely low when compared to other type of trucking operations. I hear mpg figures from folks claiming to get almost 10 mpg with "freight" trucks…box trailers, etc. I cannot speak to that. But I can speak to the car haul business and the horrible aerodynamics inherently designed into the combination units. Loaded or empty…one can liken driving a car haul stinger unit to pulling a trio of large parachutes down the highway. If there is a niche in trucking that produces even worse mpg values, I do not know what it is. I've heard cattle racks have similar problems…I don't know and cannot speculate. I can speak with authority about this particular car haul application and I can do it having operated virtually every kind of engine make and model from the smallest to the largest on-highway engines over the past 40 years or so. This is an actual, unbiased review and I have no reason to skew any of this information. I would only be kidding myself. Facts are facts and here they are:
Year 2007: Annual Average: 4.887 mpg
2nd Quarter: 13431 miles 2792.00 gallons 4.81 mpg
3rd Quarter: 27498 miles 5567.47 gallons 4.94 mpg
4th Quarter: 31006 miles 6316.85 gallons 4.91 mpg
Year 2008: Annual Average: 5.065 mpg
1st Quarter: 20550 miles 4279.43 gallons 4.80 mpg
2nd Quarter: 18762 miles 3592.71 gallons 5.22 mpg
3rd Quarter: 27587 miles 5305.60 gallons 5.20 mpg
4th Quarter: 22766 miles 4515.53 gallons 5.04 mpg
Year 2009: Annual Average: 4.878 mpg
1st Quarter: 19861 miles 4040.59 gallons 4.92 mpg
2nd Quarter: 18063 miles 3584.37 gallons 5.04 mpg
3rd Quarter: 20703 miles 4204.29 gallons 4.92 mpg
4th Quarter: 18259 miles 3946.16 gallons 4.63 mpg
Year 2010: Annual Average: 4.608 mpg
1st Quarter: 14952 miles 3383.17 gallons 4.42 mpg
2nd Quarter: 20386 miles 4458.26 gallons 4.57 mpg
3rd Quarter: 14792 miles 3057.14 gallons 4.84 mpg
4th Quarter: 14674 miles 3187.16 gallons 4.60 mpg
Year 2011: 2 Quarter Average: 4.84 mpg
1st Quarter: 14842 miles 3270.63 gallons 4.54 mpg
2nd Quarter: 12616 miles 2453.56 gallons 5.14 mpg
This is an overall mileage figure of 4.855 mpg since the truck was placed into operation in May 2007.
Things to consider about these figures:
1. I do NOT like to idle my truck.
Mainly I have this perception that it's not good for the life of the engine. No person that knows me would classify me as a tree-hugger and I personally believe the world would be a much better place to inhabit if Al Gore and his man-bear-pig mouth had never opened. But sometimes the planets align and in this instance, my no-idle policy for my own equipment might make Mr. Gore grin but it is not because of his rantings. I feel it's better for my bottom line if I don't idle the truck anymore than necessary. That being said…PTO operation.
2. I operate a PTO-driven car carrier with a multitude of hydraulic cylinders and valves to operate during each load-unload sequence.
There is a LOT of PTO time logged on the truck's Road Relay engine monitoring device. That fuel is primarily wasted away from the mpg figures. Some accounts say 1 gallon per hour when idling. I do NOT idle during PTO time…I adjust the throttle up to a suggested 1000 to 1100 rpm for power take-off operation. Probably more fuel being used at higher rpm's, wouldn't you think? In extreme hot or cold weather, I will throttle the engine to access heat or air conditioning when needed. (Please allow me to go off on a Dennis Miller-esque rant on the no-idling laws produced by a bunch of bureaucrats that have zero clue about trucking. I really believe they (the lawmakers and enforcers) do not care anything about the human life inside that truck/sleeper during these extreme climate time. But if you had a pet inside that truck and it was made uncomfortable to the point of heat exhaustion, I am positively certain someone would bring charges against the driver that did something so neglectful. Go ahead and turn your head, Mr. Bureaucrat and you as well, Mrs. Enforcement…it's the truth. And dare I say…if you were the one placed in the single digit winter in Strowbridge, Massachusetts waiting overnight for a load the following morning…I am betting that you too would get that heat blowing across your goose-bumped buttocks when the time came. Oh..you've installed an APU…auxiliary power unit? You did, huh? After a minimum of $10,000.00 USD and about 6 months use, it gives you nothing but tortuous headaches and high repair bills. That is until the APU company goes belly-up because of all the warranty cases outstanding and the owners decide to cut and run just exactly like the 5th-amendment-pleading corporate heads of the most recent scandal involving "greenness" in the Solandra solar panel joke where half-a-billion taxpayer dollars were thrown to the windmills. The only good that I can see that may very well come of all this is the rallying cries are being heard now for the turning out of the EPA's fluorescent energy-saving light bulbs and locking the doors…start over time, I've heard in the past week. And don't look down your nose at me or folks like me…you are no more of a conservationist than I. I love the outdoors and am a crusader for keeping the earth as it was intended. But not at the expense of the human race. Hypocrites buzzing around the world in private jets, stopping long enough to preach about how I should not leave a carbon footprint by idling my truck for a few minutes to get a little heat. Hard to say what has happened to this world today…nothing describes the supposedly educated self-righteous attitudes of today better than an old George Carlin quip…telling of some PETA idiots stepping over a half dozen homeless humans lying in their own urine in the street just to spit on a woman wearing a fur coat. Rant temporarily suspended…continue with review.)
3. As mentioned earlier, the aerodynamics of a car carrier are the absolute worst.
By design, today's car carriers are no better aerodynamically than the very first "stackable, articulating deck" carriers in the beginning. Laws have changed over the years allowing larger combinations but this only worsens the problem for fuel efficiency. My particular carrier combination being used currently is at 45500 pounds empty weight. So we are somewhat loaded even when empty by many comparisons. The many upright tubes and cross braces produce multiple wind dragging surfaces whether loaded or empty. And in today's economy, one cannot run a carrier empty. Back in the day, I remember working at Dixie Auto Transport in Jacksonville, Florida. You picked your outbound load to a dealer mostly in the southeast U>S. and expected to "rattle" home, which meant to come home empty. The rates were such that an owner/operator could do that…back then. Back haul? What's that? Times change. Detroit melts. The south rises again. Plants from Nissan, Toyota, Kia, Hyundai, Volkswagen and BMW spring out of the fertile southern ground. Ends are tied together and the battles begin. Company after company folds and goes out of business while the drivers migrate once again to their latest roosting spot…same job – just a different color truck usually. You cannot operate this costly equipment on a one-way haul today.
4. These figures were mostly taken from operations in some of the most mountainous terrain in the eastern U.S.
Undoubtedly, I could squeeze out another full mile to the gallon if I operated exclusively in a state like Florida. Maybe even more but that is yet to be determined. I have kept a close eye on some of the southern runs into and out of Florida and how my fill-ups went. I find it hard to gauge accurately tank-to-tank fill-ups. I believe longer spans such as the ones produced above will bring the most reliable reports. Fuel mileages are obviously better in flatter ground and my averages trend upward during the 2nd and 3rd quarters.
I'll just add this to the fuel mileage part of this review…this truck/engine combination has produced better than average mpg figures than any of my previous truck/trailer combinations. Consistently better mileage thus far. Better than the older high-5th wheel combinations with lighter, shorter trailers; better than any other stinger combination with 3 and 4-car headracks and full-sized high-side stinger trailers; better than the one lonely Boydstun "quick loader" I owned with a CAT engine. That may come as a surprise when you are saying that ain't so great mileage…and I agree with you…but if you know car haul, you understand that working a combination like this, operating in some of the worst mpg-robbing terrain on the east coast day in and day out, bumping 5 mpg ain't so bad.
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Influential dramatist and director Harold Pinter has died at 78 after a long battle with cancer.
The London-born Pinter, who came from a modest Jewish family, began writing poetry and fiction at a young age, turning to drama in the mid-50s. After being championed by a number of critics, he became a pioneering member of the so-called "Angry Young Men," who revolutionized British drama with a combination of absurdism and politically-charged realism. In plays like "The Birthday Party," "The Homecoming" and nearly thirty others - in addition to numerous film scripts - Pinter's name became synonymous with acerbic dialogue, quiet menace and his signature pregnant pauses. Pinter was also an outspoken liberal who battled censorship as a young artist and in later years was vocally critical of U.S. foreign policy. He is survived by his second wife, the writer Lady Antonia Fraser. [New York Times]


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Britain's favourite clever clogs Stephen Fry makes a brave return to the stage alongside a genuine genius, Mark Rylance, in this starrier revival of the all-male 'Twelfth Night' first seen at Shakespeare's Globe in 2002. The critics won't sharpen their knives on Fry: last time he ventured out in a West End play 17 years ago he went AWOL, fleeing to Belgium after a negative review.
Clumsily skipping around in baggy Elizabethan breeches, he's as intelligent, erudite, wry and affable a presence as you' d expect. Which is what makes him so colossally miscast as Malvolio, a pompous, puritan hate-figure with pervy fantasies and bizarre wardrobe choices.
Rylance, in dead white makeup and big black skirts, is weirdly wonderful as the lovelorn countess Olivia. He skims around the stage like an Elizabethan geisha on castors, doing elaborate six-point turns in an attempt to escape grim reality – represented by Fry's Malvolio, whose deluded seduction attempt resembles a spaniel humping a sofa. Paul Chahidi also goes down a treat as Olivia's lady-in-waiting, bringing a filthy sense of humour to a less-than-LOL production.
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Shakespeare's melancholy comedy about the pains of love, the death of youth, and the dolorous joy of booze is one of his finest. But this production, with its too amiable hate-figure and almost all the characters on the wrong side of 50, skews it too far in the direction of comfortable panto. Rylance's performance and Claire van Kampen's lovely musical settings are the only elements which touch your heart.
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Well thought out post. My only comment is that ownership has remained the same today as during those periods when decisions made crippled the franchise or their chances of winning. Until ownership changes I suspect there is going to be a portion of the fan base (how many I don't know) that will not 'forgive and forget...' and I'm certainly not going to tell them they are wrong for doing so.
Many Sox fans hold the team to be one of the most important and special parts of their lives, they personally felt betrayed over collusion, the threat to move to Florida, SportsVision, the 94 labor impasse and the White Flag Trade.
For better or worse Sox fans have long memories and of course the way to make them forget about those things is win...easier said than done though.
"Nellie Fox, that little son of a gun, was always on base and was a great hit-and-run man. He sprayed hits all over."
Yogi Berra in the New York Sunday News (July 12, 1970)
Attendance records:
09 : 3-2.
10 : 2-3.
11: 0-1.
12: 2-1.
14: 2-3.
15: 3-3.
16: 1-0.
Bill Veeck was no saint in my book, he traded away a bunch of future all-stars after the 59 season, gave us the ugliest uniforms ever and Disco Demolition night. I will give him credit for saving the Sox from moving to Seattle
Batting in the second position for the White Sox, number 2, the second baseman Nelson Fox.
In fact, when I first came here, Lip despised JR with a passion. I don't see quite the hatred anymore. I think he has acknowledged both the good and bad things during his tenure. Which, in a 30+ year tenure, there are going to be positives and negatives.
I don't even think the team is ran the same way as it was when the regime took over. I don't see JR on TV anymore except for the occasional interview. I've seen Einhorn on TV twice since the strike. Once was during the World Series parade. The other was an interview he did with NFL Films that had nothing to do with the White Sox.
To me, the Sox have using a similar model in the past ten or so years. This is what needs to be focused on. We have seen the model they current have can give you some success, but not long term success. How to fix it? Well, luckily, it's not my job to do so.
Nellie... wasn't calling them out or JDM, I thought he had a good post... simply saying that I think there is a portion of the fan base that will not forget nor forgive the events that happened as long as they are alive.
I think to act like that doesn't exist is being unrealistic.
In fact... JR has done a lot of good things for this franchise, it's also a fact that regardless of when it happened, be it ten days, 10 years or 30 years ago, he's also done some things that have caused irreparable harm to the franchise. That's a matter of the historical record not one man's opinion.
When the time comes it will be interesting to see how he is portrayed in the media and what happens to the franchise moving forward.
JDM is also correct in that my personal feelings towards JR have changed. Winning a World Series does that, finally spending money to try to bring a winner does that.
One other historical point, the Veeck - Marvin Davis (Denver) connection never really got off the ground. I think that was Bill just putting that out to see what might happen.
It was basically Seattle period (in 75) or selling to DeBartolo (80) who was going to keep the franchise in Chicago. New Orleans was never really an option due to facilities. I stood on the floor of the uncompleted Superdome in 74 and was told about the possibility for baseball but if you thought the Kingdome was a dreary place to play, you never saw the Superdome in a baseball configuration.
In my opinion some of the Sox moving talk in the 70's was overblown.
And the record also shows that Allan "Bud" Selig was the owner most trying to screw over the Sox and their fans in that time period...not Veeck, Davis, DeBartolo or anybody else.
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Nell. You're right Bill Veeck was no saint but there was one quality he did have, he got along with most people, especially the news media. I was at the press conference in the Bards Room at the Old Comiskey Park when Veeck announced that Don Kessinger was going to be the new manager of the White Sox. You could see how much the newspaper writers were in awe of Veeck. Frankly it mystefied me as to what they saw in him. I thought his second ownership of the White Sox was a flop. I couldn't believe it when he was voted into the BB HOF.
"Call your sons! Call your daughters! Call your friends! Call your neighbors! Mark Buehrle has a perfect game going into the ninth!"
Bill would take a ruler to the newspaper and if he felt the Sox weren't getting fair coverage, he'd call the publisher that is a fact according to Roland.
Veeck also tried to warn baseball years before the Messersmith decision that what they were doing was unconstitutional and eventually would not stand up in court and that they needed to modify some things while they still had the "whip hand"...he (like in many cases Charley Finley) was ignored.
Time showed Bill was absolutely correct.
My thoughts on Bill agree with Rich Lindberg. He was a fraud. But he was "our" fraud and the only person who stepped up when this team had bags packed for Seattle. That excuses a multitude of his sins in my book.
Heard from Ed Sherman today. He also has thoughts on the Sox attendance issues and has allowed me to re-post his comments. He said he'd get them to me later in the day.
He also said that he's told Brooks about some of them already.
I like the current ownership. At least they listen to the fans and make changes.
(1) Renovating the Upper Deck
(2) Always trying for players to help in a pennant push
(3) Building Bacardi at the Park
A few things the Sox could change...
(1) Limiting Upper Deck ticket holders to the Upper Deck. I've been to many ballparks and the Sox are the only team I know that does this. Of course..if you buy a ticket for the Upper Deck..you should not be able to sit in the lower deck. However..there is no reason you should not be able to access the concourse of the Lower Deck. To me..this would be like shutting off the streets of the Gold Coast to anyone who does not live there. If you don't live in the Gold Coast..you have no right to enter one of the homes there..but you certainly have the right to see the neighborhood. That is how a lot of fans feel about the Upper Deck policy. The haves and have nots. Same thing goes for the private parties on the fan deck. I bought a friend to his first Sox game..we were not allowed to enter Fundamentals or the Fan Deck (private party). He asks me "maybe they should put signs for areas we can go to?". It left a potential newcomer to Sox future Sox games with a bad taste in his mouth. How much money did the Sox make with closing off the fan deck for a private party..but how many fans may not go back because they were restricted to yet another area of the ballpark?
One of the nice advantages the Cell always had over Wrigley was the spaciousness and the fact you could wander around the park and see different areas. That's what I always loved most about going to Sox games. Even Cubs fans used to tell me this. However..each year..it seems another area that was open to all fans has now been closed off for a small group. I can say it has decreased the amount of games I attend each year. Why are the Sox removing an advantage they once had over Wrigley?
Ed Sherman weighs in on the Sox attendance issues:
"Regarding attendance. The Sox simply have not been an exciting team to watch. They hit a solo homer every now and then, but it is a momentary blip. Again, that stat: 67 games where they score three runs or less. That's not exciting baseball.
Who was their last high-average hitter at the top of the order? Who was their last guy to contend for the batting crown?
And who was their last true superstar player?
With the exception of Konerko in 2010, who still flew way under the radar, the Sox haven't had a superstar since Frank Thomas and even that lasted only a few years before he turned off the fans. It would be nice to get a Mike Trout in here one of these days.
Only one playoff appearance since 2005. Only 1 playoff victory. That says it all. Forget about the Cubs. It's all about that ballpark. You need to win consistently to attract fans. The Sox haven't done that. Even when they contended this year, I don't think fans felt they could pull it off.
And one more thing regarding attendance, the traffic, especially during the week, is killing them. I live in the Northern burbs, and it could take 90 minutes-2 hours to get to the Cell. The traffic is too much. As a result, I mainly go to the games on the weekends. Other North Side Sox fans (yes, we exist) have the same lament. I've told Brooks Boyer that is a major problem. Not sure the Sox can do anything about that."
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