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Palmer will bid for Padres role
Matt Palmer is moving south again.
One of the best guys and teammates ever to pull on an Angels uniform, Palmer is San Diego bound, having signed a Minor League deal with Buddy Black's Padres. Anyone who has spent two minutes with Palmer is pulling for him to crack Black's staff in any of a number of roles he can perform.
After starting his career in San Francisco, Palmer came to the Angels in 2009, unheralded and hardly noticed, and became a valued member of a great team. Palmer went 11-2 with a 3.93 ERA, winning his first six starts as an emergency replacement at a time when the Angels were treading water. They went on to win 97 games with Palmer moving back and forth from the rotation to the bullpen, always happy to do whatever Mike Scioscia needed.
The past two seasons haven't been as kind to the man from Missouri, injuries keeping him down, but it wouldn't be surprising to see him putting hitters away at PETCO Park this season.
If it works out, it could not happen to a better guy.
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Reaching out to new candidates
As promised, the Angels are doing their due diligence in identifying their next general manager.
Kim Ng, former assistant GM of the Dodgers currently employed by MLB in international operations, is the latest to draw the interest of owner Arte Moreno's management team, according to ESPN, which also reports that Rangers assistant GM Thad Levine has caught the Angels' eye as a candidate.
Ng has extensive front office experience. In addition to her nine seasons with the Dodgers, she also worked for the Yankees, as an assistant GM, and the White Sox. She would become the first woman to be hired as a Major League GM if she is the choice.
Levine has ties to Southern California as well. A UCLA graduate, he worked for the Dodgers for a year before joining the Rangers and having a voice in their rise behind club president Nolan Ryan and GM Jon Daniels over the past six seasons. Levine spent six years with the Rockies in a variety of roles before moving to Texas.
Among other candidates who have surfaced in media reports are the Diamondbacks' Jerry Dipoto and the Yankees' Damon Oppenheimer and Billy Eppler. — Lyle Spencer
Angels looking east for GM?
Names are starting to drop in the Angels' general manager pursuit. According to a tweet by the New York Daily News' Mark Feinsand, the Yankees have granted owner Arte Moreno and Co. permission to meet with two of their executives, Billy Eppler and Damon Oppenheimer.
Another report, by Jon Heyman of SI.com, has the Angels eyeing Oppenheimer, the Yanks' scouting director, and Jerry Dipoto of the Diamondbacks.
According to Peter Schmuck of The Baltimore Sun, deposed Angels GM Tony Reagins could be in the hunt in Baltimore for the Orioles' GM job. The list of prospective candidates there is long. — Lyle Spencer
Bourjos, Trout: Who's swiftest?
Thoughts on a few hot topics of the day:
Peter Bourjos vs. Mike Trout
Who's faster? And where will they play when they're in the same outfield?
These are questions I get all the time. There is no definitive answer to the matter of speed. My guess is Trout is more explosive in the first 20 to 30 yards, but Bourjos would catch him and nip him at the wire at 100 yards. Everyone would like to see them race, but it's actually better this way, keeping the debate alive as we watch these two phenomenal athletes grow into whatever they become.
My guess is that Bourjos, with great reads and a better arm, will remain in center field and win close to as many Rawlings Gold Gloves as his mentor, Torii Hunter, who owns nine. Bourjos is already the best, in my view, and can only get better.
Bourjos has the ability to be a highly productive offensive player, hitting in the .280 to .320 range consistently with 50 to 70 steals. He has the hand and bat speed and the willingness to put in the necessary work to make it happen.
Trout's ceiling is Sistine Chapel-esque: colorful and enormous. I'm not sure he'll ever be quite as good as Bourjos defensively, but he'll be close. And he has the talent to be one of the game's best total hitters. Still not quite 20, he won't come into his power for a few more years, at which time I think you'll see him land in the 25-30 homer range with triple digits in runs scored and RBIs. He has the tools to contend for batting titles.
With Hunter, Vernon Wells and Bobby Abreu coming back, there's no need to rush Trout. But he might force his way into the outfield rotation next season. If he does, I see him in left. And that's where I see him for a long time, giving the Angels the best left fielder in the game to go along with the premier center fielder, Bourjos.
Something else to ponder: Bourjos, Erick Aybar and Trout forming the fastest, most electric top third of a batting order anyone has seen in a long time. Maybe ever. Aybar is almost as swift as Bourjos and Trout.
Oh, and the guy hitting behind them, cleaning up by driving in loads of runs? Mark Trumbo. This guy is on his way to becoming one of the game's most feared power hitters. He has the skill and the will and, the most underrated part of the formula, rare common-sense intelligence.
The best is coming for Angels fans. Patience is no virtue, I understand, when it's all about winning RIGHT NOW. But there's a whole lot of gold here waiting to be mined in the future.
Mike Napoli vs. Jeff Mathis
The collision of the front-running Rangers, with Napoli fitting in beautifully behind the plate and in the lineup, and the pursuing Angels, with Mathis doing his customary solid defensive work while scuffling offensively, has touched off an old debate among the so-called faithful.
A small segment of fandom seems to appreciate what Mathis has done for a pitching staff that has been the foundation of the Angels' success. A much larger segment preferred, and still prefers, Napoli's booming bat. Now that Nap also is putting together an impressive catcher's ERA with a superb Texas staff, his supporters – and those who just don't like Mathis – are coming unglued on web sites attacking Mathis, manager Mike Scioscia for playing him, and yours truly for defending him.
The venom is totally out of proportion to the reality, but when emotion gets involved, all logic goes out the proverbial window. I'm an idiot, and so is Scioscia, evidently, for continuing to defend and, in Mike's case, play a guy WHO CAN'T HIT .200.
Numbers, thrown out to defend any position, now hold the game hostage. It's all about all these categories I can't even define. Watching and enjoying the game is secondary now. Sometimes it's as if the stat people would be thrilled if they just stopped playing the game altogether and let them give us the results through their computers. Everything is so cut and dried, preordained statistically, they might as well do that.
In response to all those who insist I am biased toward Mathis, I would ask you to please, if you get a chance, ask Napoli our relationship when he was with the Angels. I'm pretty sure he'd tell you he had no bigger supporter, in or out of the media.
I'm thrilled to see Napoli with a big smile on his face, having a great time. He's a good guy. So is his best buddy, Mathis. Their relationship has remained rock solid through their years of competing for playing time, which tells you a lot about both of them.
They used to joke that if you combined their talents, you'd have Johnny Bench. And that wasn't far from the truth. Given the relative popularity of the two, it's obvious about 95 percent of fandom would take Bench's power over his defense.
Mathis knows he needs to hit. That's his problem. He has to relax and let his natural athletic ability flow. He's one of the five best athletes in the clubhouse, and if that ever happens, if he ever unlocks himself, he can be a decent offensive player.
The Mathis haters, of course, will laugh, as always. Go ahead. It's your prerogative. Just please try not to be so hostile in expressing yourself. It cheapens your position.
Howard Kendrick vs. Howie Kendrick
Most everyone calls him Howie, but I'm sticking with Howard for one reason: Jody, his wife, calls him Howard, and so do other family members, from what I understand. If that's who he is to those closest to him, I'll go with that. Mike Scioscia calls him Howie because he believes there should be a separation between the athlete and the private person. Mike and I sometimes disagree.
At Spring Training a few years ago, another person close to Kendrick told me "there's nothing Howie about him," adding that he's just too nice a guy to even care what people call him.
Kendrick once told me that Howie first surfaced next to his name early in his career when a bubble-gum company put that on his card. I remembered seeing (and hating) Bob Clemente, not Roberto, on a card when I was a kid. So I guess that's another reason why I write Howard Kendrick, not Howie.
No big deal. Just setting the record straight from my perspective. – Lyle Spencer
Wood can find redemption
ARLINGTON — Brandon Wood knew this might be coming, but when it did on Tuesday night at Rangers Ballpark – where teammate Joe Saunders had been given the news last year — it hit him like a thunderbolt.
His life with the Angels was over. Time to move on to whatever was waiting in the on-deck circle.
Nobody knows for certain why all that talent didn't translate into production. My best guess is that those years spent riding the Salt Lake-Anaheim shuttle, waiting and waiting for his shot, gradually chipped away at Wood's confidence.
When the opportunity to play regularly finally arrived last season, he overreacted to early struggles (and bad luck with line drives and long drives landing in gloves) and tied himself in emotional knots. He was unable to pull himself back together, pressuring himself inordinately.
Here is what so many demanding, today-is-everything fans can't seem to understand: athletes, no matter how gifted, are cursed with the same insecurities and personal issues as the rest of us.
Wood always appeared supremely confident. He knew he was good, having excelled throughout his young life. But when he started questioning himself early last season, it began a cycle that overwhelmed him.
To his credit, he remained grounded and retained his sense of humor throughout. Teammates genuinely cared for him and felt for him. He's a good guy, open, gentlemanly. If you have a heart, you hope good things happen to him now.
There are several places I would like to see him land. My first choice would be San Diego. The Padres' manager, Bud Black, knows Brandon from their time together with the Angels and would understand how best to extract all that talent from this exceptional package.
Wood is a shortstop. He became a third baseman, and a good one, but in his heart and mind, he is a shortstop. It was fascinating to see how different he was when he was in the lineup at shortstop rather than at third.
He hit when he played shortstop. His one stretch with the Angels where he played consistently good baseball came late in the 2008 season when Erick Aybar and Maicer Izturis were down, and Wood was the shortstop by default for a month.
He was excellent defensively – good hands and range, strong arm, fine instincts – and hit in the .250 range, occasionally showing his stunning power. A confident Wood, at shortstop, has the ability to be a force. I truly believe that.
Another intriguing fit would be Arizona, his hometown team. He'd have to be a third baseman there, with Stephen Drew at shortstop, but the low-key environment, ballpark and comforts of home would be benefits.
Houston and Pittsburgh could find a role and at-bats for Wood. There are other places where a roll of the dice on an athlete with his skills would make great sense.
Know this: Wood is not giving up on himself. His eyes red, the shock and pain evident, he mentioned redemption several times after getting the news Tuesday night.
Wood admitted that he put too much pressure on himself last season, and it was a lesson learned. Given a real chance in the right environment, Wood might make somebody look lucky – and smart – by bringing him aboard.
This is not a lost cause. The talent, commitment and intelligence are there. Here's hoping Wood unlocks the key and shows what he can do. – Lyle Spencer
Angels reportedly sign lefty
According to a report from the Dominican Prospect League, the Angels have signed a left-handed pitcher, Nataneal Rodriguez, to a $180,000 contract.
Rodriguez is described as "a power pitcher whose fastball works between 92-94 mph and has topped out at 96 mph" in the release.
Rodriguez, 20, reportedly has the upside to potentially close or be a starter. – Lyle Spencer
Roster squeeze not so tight after all
TEMPE, Ariz. – If the Angels open the season with Joel Pineiro joining Kendrys Morales, Scott Downs and Reggie Willits on a crowded disabled list, they won't have as many difficult roster decisions to make as originally projected.
There will be room for Brandon Wood and Mark Trumbo, for Chris Pettit and Hank Conger, for Rich Thompson and Jason Bulger. All had been considered possible Opening Day discards.
Thompson, Bulger, Wood and Bobby Wilson are all out of Minor League options and must be on the 25-man roster or disabled list to avoid being subjected to waivers.
With three off days surrounding the first 12 games of the season, the club can get by with four starting pitchers. This gives Pineiro the opportunity to fully recover from a muscle issue in his back by recovering at his own speed in camp.
Willits has been slowed by a left calf strain, clearing the way for Pettit to show he's capable of being a quality backup outfielder with his slashing hitting style.
Wood's has the ability to play three infield positions well and bring the threat of thunder off the bench along with depth at third with Maicer Izturis and Alberto Callaspo.
Trumbo will open at first base in Morales' absence. Coverage there will come from Howard Kendrick, Wood and Wilson, who figures to open as Jeff Mathis' backup behind the plate.
Thompson and Bulger provide middle relief support in the early going. When Downs returns, his left big toe mended, and a decision will have to be made, assuming Pineiro already has returned to the rotation.
If Conger is dispatched to Triple-A Salt Lake, it will be with the specific purpose of keeping him sharp catching regularly. He has the ability to be a switch-hitting weapon off the bench, but that doesn't come into play in the American League as much in the National League.
Sure-handed shortstop Andrew Romine is a candidate to break camp with the club if Conger is sent to Salt Lake.
Reliever Kevin Jepsen, who felt tightness in his left hip while warming up on a cold, rainy Monday in Tempe, was feeling better on Wednesday and expects to be back in game conditions as early as Thursday. – Lyle Spencer
Make it Kendrys Morales
On further review, make it Kendrys Morales.
Known as Kendry Morales since signing with the Angels as a Cuban exile in 2004, Morales has let it be known that his given name is actually Kendrys. That is how it appears in the Angels' press guide, and that's what he prefers to be called.
His full name is Kendrys Morales Rodriguez.
Morales, fifth in the 2009 American League Most Valuable Player balloting, is rebounding from surgery on his lower left leg and hopes to be ready by Opening Day on March 31 in Kansas City. He has been hitting regularly and taking fielding practice but has not yet run full speed.
He fractured the leg on May 29 leaping on home plate after a game-winning grand slam against the Mariners at Angel Stadium. – Lyle Spencer
Garret: pure class, to the end
Garret Anderson's retirement has inspired some moving, perceptive tributes from folks on this site, and that is very nice to see.
Too often, it seemed the public paid not nearly enough attention to what this remarkable yet undervalued athlete was doing.
When I came to cover the Angels for MLB.com in 2007, one of the items at the top of my priority list was to get to know the superb left fielder who'd spent most of his career in the shadows, for reasons that escaped me entirely.
It was the first road trip of the season, and we were rerouted to Milwaukee by a snowstorm that had buried Cleveland. I asked if he could set aside some time before a game there for a talk, and he said, "Sure. Get here a little early tomorrow and we'll get to know each other."
I arrived on time, for a change, and settled into an unoccupied locker next to his. He sat down, leaned back and we talked . . . and talked . . . and talked.
About an hour later, I walked away thinking this was one of the brightest, most intuitive, most interesting athletes I'd met in a long time.
And I had no idea, still, why he'd remained such a mystery man to the public all those years.
As the days and weeks past, I came to develop an appreciation of Anderson and an understanding of his low profile in spite of all his career accomplishments. It was his choice. He had no interest in being a public figure.
What he cared about was being a solid professional and a good dad and husband. Everything else was secondary.
If it wasn't important to him to have people know him, applaud him, understand him, there was nothing wrong in that. Unfortunately, there was an assumption that he didn't care enough, because he didn't play the game like Pete Rose.
This is not uncommon among graceful, smooth, relaxed athletes. It was one of the reasons why Hank Aaron never gained the acclaim of Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle. Aaron was too cool, too relaxed. He made it look too easy.
A great player in his prime and a very good one the rest of the time, Garret Anderson was like that.
So was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, an athlete I'd spent time with years ago.
There was an inner calm and confidence in the Garret Anderson I came to know, and it was that Garret Anderson who gracefully, in his fashion, announced his retirement on Tuesday.
I spent many hours in his company in clubhouses across America over two seasons, killing time, telling stories. Most of our conversations drifted toward the NBA, a shared passion. He was a superb all-around athlete, recruited by Division I schools to play basketball out of Kennedy High School in the San Fernando Valley, but he chose baseball and the Angels. Smart guy, Garret.
He loved to hear tales about the "Showtime" Lakers of the '80s, a team I traveled with and wrote about for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. He couldn't hear enough about Magic and Kareem, Big Game James and McAdoo, Coop and Nixon and Byron and the rest.
It occurred to me during our conversations how similar Garret was to Kareem: bright and inquisitive yet introverted. Intimidating to some, because he seemed inaccessible, Anderson never was interested in self-promotion yet always was interested in subjects beyond the scope of his professional life.
He was, and is, a healthy, happy person, a man who laughs easily and often, in private, and loves his family. Now they have him full time, and that's clearly the way he wants it. – Lyle Spencer
Trumbo in mix for playing time
TEMPE, Ariz. – Young slugger Mark Trumbo could thrust himself into the picture for the Angels with a strong spring, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said on Sunday in his daily session with the media.
"Mark's got an opportunity to win a lot of playing time," Scioscia said. "We're going to get him acclimated to first base to begin with and get him some work in the outfield."
A pitcher and all-around athlete when he was drafted in 2004 out of Villa Park High School, about 15 minutes from Angel Stadium, Trumbo has been primarily a first baseman in six Minor League seasons.
He has played some corner outfield the past two seasons but was not given any starts there in the Venezuelan Winter League, where he put up more big numbers after leading Minor League baseball with his 36 homers for Triple-A Salt Lake last year. A number of fans would like to see the Angels give him a look at third base.
"They tried him as a third baseman [after he signed], and we've talked about revisiting it," Scioscia said. "He's still a work in progress at first base. His tool set lends itself to the outfield."
Trumbo, who goes 6-foot-4 and about 220 pounds, gets great leverage and drives the ball with tremendous power. His ongoing challenge involves pitch recognition and not putting himself in bad counts. He launched mammoth shots in the Pacific Coast League that his Bees teammates are still talking about.
Scioscia's daily Kendry Morales report after an impressive hitting exhibition on Saturday: "There's some work he needs to do. From the offensive side, that's the least of his concerns. His first round of fielding drills was very encouraging. From the offensive side, I don't think there's any question he could swing the bat on Opening Day. Whether [or not] he can get through Spring Training with flying colors, there are definitely going to be some DH days for him to get a little different look."
Scioscia's daily Scott Kazmir report: "We're seeing him throw the ball with better velocity and less effort, which should theoretically help his command. We're seeing arm speed creating better spin on his slider. His changeup is a really good pitch. It's early, but he never threw the ball last spring as well as he is now."
Scioscia on Maicer Izturis' durability issues: "He played 114 games two years ago and probably could have played 130. This guy works out as hard as anybody in the clubhouse. He's experimented with trying to back off, with different routines. He's had a little issue with durability. If we get anywhere from 90 to 110 games from him, we're going to be very happy. If we get more, we've got to consider it a bonus."
Scioscia on Mike Trout's ETA with the Angels: "This guy's as far advanced as anybody the past few generations we've seen. He's got a great head. We're excited to see him as a player, but we're not expecting him to run routes in center like Torii Hunter did or run the bases like Chone Figgins did. There's growth he needs before he's a Major League baseball player. This guy's got a plan every day. This guy's going to be a very good player very soon. What his numbers are going to be in 10 years, nobody knows."
The second full day of workouts on Sunday was cut short by heavy rains that cleared the fields soon after the players had gone out to work. Brandon Wood began to swing on soft toss for the first time after experiencing some back stiffness.
The following Angels games will be broadcast over MLB Network this spring: Feb. 27, at Dodgers, noon PT; March 1, Reds, noon; March 3, Royals, 6 p.m.; March 4, White Sox, noon; March 6, Diamondbacks, 4 p.m.; March 8, Rangers, 8 p.m.; March 21, Cubs, 1 p.m. —Lyle Spencer


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In an effort to end the season with a bang, comedy greats Ricky Gervais and Will Arnett will bless the Scranton, Pa. Dunder-Mifflin office with their presence for the season finale.
Entertainment Weekly reports that the hour-long finale will host both comedy warhorses. This will be Gervais' second appearance on the show (the first being a brief elevator encounter with the other blundering manager) and Arnett's first, though there's no word yet on what sorts of characters they'll portray.
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Carell's last show will air April 28th, and the finale will air May 19th. EW says the newest episode that will air Thursday is centered on Carell's Michael Scott and a garage sale that happens in the Dunder-Mifflin warehouse.
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The damning evidence against sugar and its relationship to obesity arrived decades ago, with studies like one in which rats fed sugar, along with their standard diet, gained more weight, consumed more calories and got fatter than rats fed only standard rodent chow.
In one Tufts University study, published in the Journal of Nutrition 30 years ago, it didn't matter what form of sugar — glucose, sucrose or fructose — the rats ate; they gained more weight than their control group comparisons who received only plain old chow.
Studies like that showed sugary diets induced obesity.
Animals on the sugary diets not only gained fat around their bellies, but they also had bigger appetites, consuming 15-per-cent more calories per day.
"Sugary foods and drinks are packed with calories and tend to create big swings in blood sugar which, in turn, drive up appetite," says B.C. obesity researcher Dr. Michael Lyon.
"Although the body must maintain a minimal level of blood sugar to avoid death, the brain is highly adept at recognizing rapidly dropping blood sugar and then responding with nervous signals leading to the release of hormones (cortisol and adrenalin) that raise blood sugar as well as activating brain appetite centres that provoke a strong urge to eat."
Lyon — an adjunct professor in the food, nutrition and health program at UBC and medical and research director at the Canadian Centre for Functional Medicine — cites research involving portable, continuous blood sugar monitoring equipment.
"It suggests that overweight people tend to have highly variable blood sugar levels and that rapid drops in blood sugar in these people result in frequent, and often inappropriate, urges to eat. Likewise, when blood sugar is stabilized in these people, the frequency and intensity of appetite sensation decreases dramatically."
A necessary evil
To be sure, sugar is not always villainous — it just becomes so when added to foods and refined, not to mention over-consumed.
People need nutrients for energy, cell maintenance, growth and repair. Carbohydrates, derived from sugars and starches, are as essential as water, fats and proteins.
Carbohydrates are a prime source of energy our bodies need to move. All carbs break down into glucose, but some metabolize faster than others. Simple carbs, which enter the bloodstream quickly, are derived from fruits and vegetables; complex carbs, which come from whole grain starches, are absorbed more gradually.
Brain cells called neurons and red blood cells depend on glucose; a shortage, Lyon says, can cause brain and other body systems to break down.
Glucose is an invaluable source of energy, but experts say its concentration in our blood should optimally be maintained at only about one gram per litre — or four to five grams in total. Four grams is about one teaspoon.
When we eat carbohydrates, there is a rapid rise in what is called our glycemic index, because sugar is rapidly absorbed into our intestines and then transported into our bloodstream. To respond, the pancreas releases insulin to control blood sugar levels. Insulin also helps transport glucose into the cells, and especially into the muscles. It stores glucose in the liver — the glucose distribution warehouse — and in muscles for future use and it helps convert extra glucose into fat.
The average body is said to have about 2,500 calories of carbohydrates in reserve — stored mostly in muscles and the liver — and another 100,000 calories stored in fat.
Dr. Daniel Metzger, a pediatric endocrinologist at B.C. Children's Hospital, says sugars in beverages are probably the worst culprits in the obesity epidemic because they are consumed so fast and so plentifully.
"We can consume a lot of liquid carbs and not feel satiated," he says. "Fructose (corn syrup) is a particularly bad player because it doesn't set off any fullness alarms and it is also bad for the heart."
Indeed, a study last year out of Princeton, published online by the journal Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, found that rats fed high-fructose corn syrup in addition to their regular diets gained significantly more weight than rats fed table sugar — even when the total amount of calories consumed was identical.
The concentration of high-fructose corn syrup in the water consumed by the rats was about half that of most sodas.
Long-term, rats fed high-fructose corn syrup for six months "showed characteristic signs of a dangerous condition known in humans as the metabolic syndrome, including abnormal weight gain, significant increases in circulating triglycerides and augmented fat deposition, especially visceral fat around the belly. Male rats in particular ballooned in size: Animals with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained 48 per cent more weight than those eating a normal diet."
Restraint is key
In the hospital clinic where Metzger works, often with overweight kids and/or diabetics who have to monitor their intake of sugar, the message is delivered loud and clear: No juice, no pop. No liquid calories other than low-fat milk and no skipping of meals.
"I've seen two teenage patients recently who lost large amounts of weight by following these rules," Metzger says. "They got more physical activity and they stopped drinking sugary drinks and they lost plenty of weight because of it."
While the causes of childhood obesity are many, including lack of exercise and undesirable genetics, Metzger says "you can almost always identify places in the diet that can be fixed with overweight individuals."
Lyon agrees with Metzger that added sugar — especially in the form of liquid candy — is a major factor in the rising rates of obesity, especially in children. Just one beverage can contain the equivalent of nine teaspoons of sugar. That means that if physical activity is not stepped up to compensate, a weight gain of seven kg will occur per year, based on a can of pop per day.
"Sugar-laden drinks like pop are probably the single biggest culprit. And fruit juice (even when no sugar has been added) is really no better as it is loaded with sugar and is easy to over-consume. Also, both table sugar and high fructose corn syrup contain significant amounts of fructose which, in higher amounts, promotes weight gain and may accelerate an overweight person's progress toward diabetes."
Lyon says refined, starchy foods — such as food made from white flour — digest rapidly into sugar, which then sends blood sugar up and down like a roller coaster.
"These big swings in blood sugar keep you craving snacks and make it likely that you will overeat. There is an ever-growing body of science that tells us that cutting calories is important to weight loss, but cutting way back on sugar and refined starchy foods is a very important strategy for long-term weight management."
Recent studies looking at the effect that sugary, liquid calories have on weight have confirmed the benefits of cutting back on them.
In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2009, researchers from Johns Hopkins examined the effect of beverages, including soft drinks, fruit drinks, artificially sweetened diet drinks, milk, alcohol and caffeinated drinks. At the start of the study, participants were typically drinking almost 400 calories a day in liquid calories. Sugar-sweetened drinks accounted for nearly 40 per cent of the liquid calories.
Of all the beverages, only the elimination of those that were sugar-sweetened made a significant difference in weight loss. A reduction of just one serving of such sugary drinks per day equated to weight loss of half a kilogram in six months.
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Following the first in a series of monthly webinars in October, AXIS Retirement Analytics on Wednesday held a webinar discussing the benefits of benchmarking to fiduciary compliance.
Benchmarking has primarily been used in midsized and large plans, Tom Loch, senior vice president of Castle Rock Innovations, which offers the AXIS platform, said on the webinar. However, Loch, who moderated the webinar, said, with benchmarking, there was "opportunity for smaller plans to present themselves in a new way."
Benchmarking is not explicitly required in regulations or by the Department of Labor, Edward Lynch, founder and CEO of Fiduciary Plan Governance, said. What is required, he continued, is for plan sponsors to demonstrate appropriate care and due diligence in understanding the fees associated with their plan, what they're paying for services and whether those services are necessary and the fees reasonable.
"It's not about the lowest cost," he said. "It's about if the cost is reasonable," adding that independent benchmarking analysis will go a long way in meeting due diligence requirements.
John Blossom, president and CEO of Alliance Benefit Group of Illinois, noted that while plan sponsors aren't directed to perform a benchmarking analysis specifically, ERISA does in fact "obligate" plan sponsors to "obtain and carefully consider" pertinent information regarding their plans.
Blossom likened benchmarking to the law of the jungle, but instead of "eat or be eaten," it's "benchmark or be benchmarked." He named four things sponsors should consider as part of their benchmarking analysis.
First, he said, is what do they want to benchmark? Sponsors need to decide if they're going to benchmark their plan features, participant behavior, costs or performance against other plans. If they're going to benchmark performance, they need to determine by what standard they're going to measure performance.
Second, sponsors need to consider what they're comparing their plan to in the benchmark: the size of the database and degree of segmentation.
A third consideration is to compare average fees, but Blossom cautioned against giving an average too much weight. "Benchmarking gives an arithmetic average, but you might have one plan with small contributions and small balances and another with more people and higher balances." Furthermore, every time someone lowers their fees, the average will fall, Blossom said. "It becomes a race to the bottom." He suggested using the mean as a more useful measure of a plan.
Finally, sponsors need to think of when they'll perform their benchmark analysis. Blossom suggested benchmarking at the plan's inception and conducting a new analysis annually.
Ultimately, benchmarking, fee analysis and compliance are necessary for all plans sold by broker-dealers, not just elite or large plans, Thomas Quercia, senior vice president of business development for Broadridge, said. He noted that independent, bank and insurance broker-dealers were "particularly struggling" with meeting due diligence requirements. "Benchmarking provides an opportunity to differentiate themselves from the competition," and it aids in doing due diligence, he said.
"There's a lot of angst around the fiduciary standard," he said.
Loch asked Blossom to explain the difference between benchmarking and plan design. "It's difficult to get sponsors to pay attention to basics," Blossom said. They can use information the collect on retirement readiness as a guideline, but they must still perform due diligence in designing their plans.
Lynch added that plan sponsors have not been heavily focused on benchmarking. The spring and summer was their "crunch time" regarding fee disclosures, but he predicted in 2013, audits would begin to take place, which will bring increased awareness from plan sponsors.
"There's no question there's a greater need for education," Lynch said. "Due diligence doesn't mean that if you run a benchmarking analysis and your fees are out of line you necessarily have to change anything. Due diligence is demonstrated by a sufficiently robust analysis."


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Control Cables' floor mounted throttle pedal eliminates having to route cables through the firewall by using an under-floor cable mounting bracket. The pedal is approximately 6 inches long, has a 2-inch-wide base, and is built from billet aluminum with a nonslip rubber pad. The kit comes complete with all mounting hardware for easy installation.
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The stainless steel cat-back system for the '11 Silverado and Sierra 2500 HD and 3500 6.0L from Dynomax features 4-inch mandrel-bent tubing for better performance than the factory exhaust system. The Ultra Flo system comes complete with all mounting hardware and is fully welded for long life.
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The Expedition series bumper from Outdoor Logic fits the third-generation Toyota 4Runner. The bumper was designed to increase the approach angles and add protection to the front of the 4Runner. The bumper has a winch mount and is laser cut, CNC bent, and constructed with 10-gauge and 3⁄16-inch plate steel. It's also available with multiple hoop configurations.
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Flaming River's heavy-duty 12V automatic battery disconnect switch ties into your vehicle's ignition to operate the vehicle's battery system. When the ignition is turned to the off position, the battery is automatically disengaged and becomes nonoperational. The system operates by way of a passive magnetic solenoid, which means that so long as your vehicle is turned off, the battery system is turned off too. Kits are available with or without a three-minute time delay and feature a sealed waterproof design.
Information: Flaming River Industries Inc.
Cool Air Hammer
Ingersoll Rand offers the 118MAX and 122MAX vibration-reduced air hammers, which are designed to deliver comfort and power and to handle even the most challenging material prep and fabrication jobs. These air hammers reduce tool vibration over 30 percent compared to standard air hammers.
Information: Ingersoll Rand Co.
Tube Bender Air/Hydraulic Ram Mount
Convert your manual tubing bender into an air-operated hydraulic tubing bender. The kit is 100 percent bolt-on and complete with the exception of the 8-ton hydraulic ram. The system is designed to fit the following tubing benders: JD2 Model 3, JD-32, Pro Tools 105, 105HD, and the JMR. It's capable of bending 2x1⁄4-wall DOM tubing with ease.
Information: Swag Off Road
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Information: King Off-Road Racing Shocks
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Aria Health has an outstanding Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Active at all three of Aria campuses these orthopedic surgeons deal with all aspects of musculoskeletal disorders. The orthopedic staff at Aria Health is committed to the highest quality of both surgical and non-surgical care. They are skilled at dealing with the bone and joint disorders of the pediatric and adolescent population, the adult, and the geriatric population. The orthopedic staff at Aria Health grows every year with the addition of highly specialized and well-trained physicians.
Nearly all of Aria Health's orthopedic surgeons are board certified. Most of these surgeons participate in the highly regarded trauma program at Aria Health. The Aria Health Trauma Program is accredited on a yearly basis by the Pennsylvania Trauma Foundation. As part of this sophisticated team, Aria's orthopedic surgeons are involved in stabilizing patients who have been involved in high-energy injuries, car crashes, industrial accidents, and violent assaults. The orthopedic staff is responsible for the care of injuries to the upper and lower extremities as well as the spine. Treatment of these severe injuries includes the use of plates, screws, internal rods, and external fixation devices. The orthopedic staff is on-call 24 hours a day to Aria Health's Level II Trauma facility at the Torresdale Campus. When severe injuries present to the Emergency Room, the orthopedic surgeon who is assigned to the Emergency Room will arrive at the resuscitation within minutes to assist with the critical care of the patient.
Aria Health has developed an outstanding joint replacement program. Many of the surgeons have been trained at some of the finest institutions from around the country. The orthopedic surgeons at Aria Health are well versed in the latest technologies and biomaterials utilized in joint replacement surgery. The field of joint replacement surgery involves primarily knee and hip replacement. Patients who have suffered with severe arthritis involving these joints and who have not responded well to medication, activity modification, and physical therapy have had dramatic improvements in their lifestyles after undergoing joint replacement surgery. Aria Health has invested millions of dollars in order to establish a state-of-the-art joint replacement center. The nursing staff and physical therapy staff have been carefully trained in order to promote rapid rehabilitation. With the addition of Moss Rehabilitation at the Aria Division, patients are enjoying a speedier recovery. The team approach at Aria Health between the orthopedic and rehabilitation departments is unique and allows Aria Health to stand out as a center of excellence in joint replacement surgery.
The area of arthroscopy has expanded dramatically at Aria Health over the last decade. All three campuses at Aria Health have invested significantly to purchase the most up-to-date digital technology to facilitate surgeons in treating disorders of the joints. The most common arthroscopies performed at Aria Health are of the knee, shoulder, and wrist. Other joints, which are arthroscoped by some of the specialty surgeons, include the ankle, hip and elbow. Arthroscopic surgery allows for evaluation and treatment of disorders of the joints utilizing small puncture holes and a lens that projects an image on a TV screen. By using tiny puncture holes, postoperative recovery is facilitated and return to activity is rapid. New techniques utilizing tissue-shrinking procedures has dramatically changed the way in which many joint disorders are treated.
Aria Health has a staff of highly trained hand specialists. These are surgeons who deal with the disorders and dysfunction of the hand and wrist. Surgeons using microscopic applications treat injuries of tiny nerves of the hands and fingers. Arthritis and tendon problems are addressed with both surgical and non-surgical techniques. Utilizing splinting, hand therapy and localized injection, painful disorders of the hands are often treated without surgery. Complex dysfunction associated with stroke and neurologic disorders are the domain of the hand surgeon as well. The hand surgeons at Aria Health come from a background of nationally regarded academic training centers.
The Aria Health orthopedic surgeons work closely with Aria Health's Work Health Department. Utilizing a multi-specialty approach, injuries of the workplace are rehabilitated in a quick and rapid fashion. The Aria Health Physical Therapy department plays a vital role in getting injured workers healthy. Through work hardening and work simulating programs, the orthopedic surgeons at Aria Health have been very successful at reducing the exploding health care costs associated with injuries of workers.
The Podiatric Department is a subdivision of the Orthopedic Department. Aria Health's staff of highly skilled podiatrists sees a wide array of foot problems. Utilizing strapping techniques, orthotics, and physical therapy most problems of the painful foot are dealt with non-surgically. For those disorders that are resistant to simple measures, the podiatric staff at Aria Health has a fine reputation for highly skilled surgical techniques.


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Yahoo's latest acquisition will bring image-recognition technology to its Flickr service for sharing photos.
The Internet company is getting the new tools and expertise through its purchase of a startup called LookFlow. Financial terms of the deal announced Wednesday weren't
It's a small acquisition, as have been most of the more than 20 deals that Yahoo has completed since hiring Marissa Mayer as its CEO 15 months ago. The one exception was the Internet blogging service Tumblr, which cost Yahoo Inc. $1.1 billion earlier this year.
Yahoo is picking up five LookFlow engineers in its latest deal.
Mayer, a former Google Inc. executive, has been particularly interesting in snapping up startups with expertise in making applications for smartphones and tablets.
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CM Jairam Thakur Tests Positive for COVID-19, Quarantined
Shimla-Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Jairam Thakur, have tested positive for COVID-19 and has been quarantined at his official residence. The report was confirmed by the Chief Minister through a tweet in which he informed that he was under quarantine at his residence after coming into contact with a COVID-19 positive person. On the appearance of symptoms, he got himself tested and the report was found to be positive, he informed.
According to the initial report, the Chief Minister had come in contact with some COVID-19 positive persons in Manali. MLA of Banjar, Surinder Shourie, who was positive for COVID-19 had participated in the event organized on the occasion of the inauguration of Rohtang Tunnel, had also tested positive. Shourie had spent the entire day with the Chief Minister, reports said.
कुछ दिन पहले किसी कोरोना पॉज़िटिव व्यक्ति के सम्पर्क में आने के कारण मैं बीते एक सप्ताह से अपने आवास पर क्वारंटीन था,गत दो दिनों से कोरोना के कुछ लक्षण आने के कारण आज कोरोना टेस्ट करवाया,जिसकी रिपोर्ट अभी पॉज़िटिव आई है।
चिकित्सकों की सलाह पर अपने सरकारी आवास में ही आइसोलेट हूं।
— Jairam Thakur (@jairamthakurbjp) October 12, 2020
His private secretary had also tested positive, and there are chances that the Chief Minister might have contracted the infection from him. However, there is no certainty regarding the contact who infected the Chief Minister.
Other than Chief Minister, three Cabinet ministers – Urban Development Minister Suresh Bharadwaj, Power Minister Sukh Ram Chaudhary, Jalshakti Minister Mahender Singh- have tested positive so far. Over ten MLAs have already tested positive and some of them have recovered too.
Meanwhile, despite community spread, the testing and tracing seem to have fallen and the fatality rate has witnessed a steep rise. Till 12 pm today, the COVID-19 death tally for the state was 245, and the total number of cases registered was 17414. But these are official statistics and these numbers are likely to be much higher.
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Himachal: COVID-19 Kills 59 in 9 Days, Govt Still Clueless About Actual Number of Cases
Shimla-COVID-19 continue to wreak havoc in Himachal Pradesh as the death tally spirals upward rapidly. Currently, 240 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19. Fifty nine of these deaths have been reported during the last nine days of October month, which is quite alarming. But contrary to that, the attitude of the state government, as well as, the public is becoming more casual. The SOPs issued by the government are hardly being followed anywhere. The fact that with the community spread, the cases of COVID-19 are falling in the official information released by the state Health Department.
On October 9, the Department traced only 199 cases but reported seven deaths. The total number of active cases was cited to be 2856. The deceased included three females and four males aged between 49 -75 years. View details of the deceased in the below-given table:
The total number of cases, as per the official statistics, had reached 16977 till yesterday evening (9 PM). But these are official statistics and the real number is likely to be much higher due to a community spread. Similarly, the actual number of COVID-19 deaths could be higher than the official statistics. Despite it, the state government is reluctant to release any projection regarding the real numbers. No statements have been issued regarding the current situation and strategy to combat the rising fatality rate. Rather, the state appears to be refraining from bringing up the matter.
The oppositions, HP Congress and CPI (M), are targeting the government over its failure to combat the spread of COVID-19. However, this opposition is quite feeble and hasn't resulted in any reforms in the attitude of the government.
In a statement to media, Sanjay Chauhan, former Mayor of Shimla and a senior CPI (M) leader, said that the rise in fatalities is the result of the government's lackadaisical attitude. The suicide committed by a positive patient at the DDU COVID-19 hospital is evidence of it, he said. He said this approach has endangered health lives of ministers, officials, and the staff at their offices. Further, he said, health staff, paramedical staff, and police staff are getting infected, and even losing lives due to the government's unpreparedness. The government had even compromised the safety of the Prime Minister and Education Minister by violating norms set regarding COVID-19, he said.
HP Congress chief, Kuldeep Rathor also expressed shock over the presence of COVID-19 positive MLA of Banjar, Surender Shourie, in the event organized for the PM. He alleged that by violating all norms, the MLA concealed information regarding his COVID-19 positive status and did not quarantine himself, which reflects the state government's attitude toward management of the corona pandemic. He had demanded registration of an FIR against Shourie and action against erring officials.
Sanjay Chauhan, further said that the government did not prepare itself to combat the pandemic the way it was expected to. The people of the state had followed the lockdown and sacrificed their livelihood with a hope that the government would prepare itself during this period to combat the spread and to strengthen the health infrastructure and services. But instead, the government indulged itself in making people clap and beat 'thalis'. The Chief Minister adopted and preached unscientific practices like performing a 'havan'. Despite a steep rise in fatalities, the government is still not serious about the situation, he said.
He said the CPI (M) demands that the government starts working on war footing to prepare a strategy by involving health experts, strengthening the health services by recruiting doctors, para-medical and other staff, and constitute a task force to deal with the situation. The government should work diligently on following the norms set for prevention from COVID-19, he added.
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Shocker for Himachal as Ex-CBI Chief & Governor Ashwani Kumar Found Dead at His Shimla Residence
Shimla-Ashwani Kumar – 1973 IPS officer from Himachal Pradesh cadre who had served as the Director-General of HP Police (2006-2008) and CBI chief (August 2008 to November 2010), and was later appointed the Governor of Nagaland in 2013-was found dead at his residence in Shimla on Wednesday evening. The news came as a shocker as Kumar was considered as one of India's finest and honest officers.
Superintendent of Police, Shimla, Mohit Chawala, in statement to news agencies, confirmed the report. According to the initial report, he reportedly hanged himself and ended his life. However, no formal statement was issued regarding the suicide. According to the police, a suicide note was also recovered from the spot. However, the note was yet to be verified.
Kumar was a well known name as he had dealt with famous cases including that of Arushi Talwar murder and fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in which current Home Minister Amit Shah was arrested in 2010.
He was one of the first appointees made to resign from the post of Governor, Nagaland, as soon as the current ruling party came into power in 2014. He also remained Governor of Manipur for a short period of time. After his retirement, Kumar was serving as the Vice-Chancellor of a private university in Shimla.
The officials who have served under Aswani Kumar have expressed shock over his demise in such a manner.
Director-General of Police, Sanjay Kundu, and a team of medical staff was rushed to the spot. More details are awaited as the district police have not issued any formal statement regarding the incident.
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Lucie Hradecka, Laura Robson, Alize Cornet, Olga Puchkova, and about a dozen other women who played this past week in the Australian Open tennis tournament had something in common that they could talk about: Osprey, Florida.
The draw of the first grand slam tournament of 2013 was filled with players who have taken part in the USTA Pro Circuit event that has been held the past four years at The Oaks Tennis Club in Osprey.
"It's pretty amazing the players who have played in our little tournament here in Osprey," said Tom Whitten, the tennis director at The Oaks and the tournament director of The Oaks Club USTA Event, a $50,000 tournament.
The tournament in Osprey will be playedMarch 24-31 this year.
Last year eight players ranked in the top 100 took part in the event, including Hradecka, who won the French Open doubles title in 2011 and got to the finals this past season in doubles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. This week she lost in the second round in singles at the Australian Open to fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber. In 2012, Arantxa Rus won in Osprey and went on to reach the third round in singles at Wimbledon and the fourth round at the French Open.
Two other veterans of the Osprey tournament — Laura Robson and Jamie Hampton — reached the third round this week at the Australian Open. Hampton was scheduled to play top-seeded Victoria Azarenka early today while Robson, who upset eighth-seeded Petra Kvitova, was set to play Sloane Stephens.
Cornet was also in the draw in Melbourne this week and lost 6-3, 6-3 to Venus Williams in the second round.
Also, Edina Gallovits went down 6-0, 6-0 to Serena Williams earlier this week and Olga Puchkova was beaten 6-0, 6-0 by Maria Sharapova.
This year's wild card tournament for The Oaks event will be held March 8-10. The wild card tournament is open to the public at no charge.
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One year ago Sam Querrey played Brian Baker in a second-round match in the Sarasota Open held at The Tennis Gardens at the Longboat Key Club & Resort. This week the two met in a second-round match at the Australian Open.
Querrey beat Baker on his way to winning the Sarasota Open title. This week he won again when Baker was forced to retire from the match with a knee injury. Querrey, the top American entered in the Australian Open, lost in the third round to Stanislas Wawrinka.
Another Sarasota Open champion, Kei Nishikori, who resides in Bradenton, is seeded No. 16 at the Australian Open and next takes on fourth-seeded David Ferrer. And Ricardas Berankis, a part-time Bradenton resident, takes on third-seeded Andy Murray.
Bradenton's Ryan Harrison lost in the second round to top-seeded Novak Djokovic. In the third round, Djokovic beat part-time Bradenton resident Radek Stepanek.
Bradenton's Max Miryni and Horia Tecau, who played last month in a doubles exhibition match at the Sarasota Bath and Racquet Club against Mike and Bob Bryan, are seeded No. 4 at the Australian Open. The Bryan brothers are seeded No. 1.
A doubles match that could have been played in Sarasota is scheduled for early this morning in Australia, putting Sarasota's Kveta Peshchke and Anna-Lena Groenefeld against Sarasota's Mirjan Lucic and part-time Bradenton resident Jelena Jankovic.
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Lucie Hradecka, Laura Robson, Alize Cornet, Olga Puchkova, and about a dozen other women who played this past week in the Australian Open tennis tournament had something in common that they could talk about: Osprey, Florida.


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WASHINGTON — If we have learned anything from this election cycle, it should be how volatile and unpredictable campaigns can be. This cycle, nothing has remained static for long; it's an election in which the rule book seems to have been chucked out a window. That's why it is now so dangerous to conclude that this presidential race might be over, despite a preponderance of evidence that it might be.
On Monday, the Gallup Organization reported the results of their national tracking poll, showing that for the 10th consecutive day Sen. Barack Obama had held a lead over Sen. John McCain, beyond the statistical margin of error. The Democrat was 8 percentage points ahead, 50 to 42 percent, in their three-day moving average of 2,744 interviews with registered voters over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, all conducted after Thursday night's vice presidential debate (margin of error +/-2 percent). Obama has been holding at 48-50 percent each day, McCain between 42 and 44 percent, a very stable pattern. With as much as one third of the vote expected to be cast before Election Day, every day that Obama maintains a lead of this magnitude makes it that much harder to overcome. In their weekly compilation of data from almost 6,400 interviews, Gallup had reported their mid-week demographic breakouts showed that Obama had improved his standing with a number of key subgroups which had been showing resistance to his entreaties, including whites with just a high school education or less, conservative white Democrats and senior citizens.
In terms of states, Obama had pulled at least nominally ahead in every state carried by either Vice President Al Gore in 2000 or Sen. John Kerry in 2004 and was running slightly ahead, even or within the margin of error in 10 states President Bush won in 2000, 2004 or both. In short, Obama was ahead in enough states to put him within 10 Electoral votes of the magic 270 number and within range to get well over 300. In short, McCain would have to run the table, winning every state that he was even close in, in order to win. That is a tall order.
With the economy dropping precipitously and the credit markets in horrible shape, Americans seem to have concluded that the risk and fear of the status quo is greater than the risk or fear of change. Beyond taxes, McCain has simply not articulated a coherent economic message, and the fear of Democratic tax increases has become secondary to fear of a recession. It would seem that for voters, beyond national security and Iraq, McCain has little to say and whatever he is saying isn't particularly persuasive.
It certainly seems that in the aftermath of McCain's recent missteps in his comments on the economy and the continuation of the subject as a primary issue in the campaign, McCain can't win. He needs some event or change in the dynamics or circumstances to shift the focus back onto national security, his strong suit.
There was a time when McCain could speak intelligently and persuasively on a multitude of subjects, but it would seem that his tunnel vision on Iraq, some might even say obsession, has considerably narrowed areas in which he can speak authoritatively. In short, he has become a Johnny One-Note, and that note isn't the one that people seem to be listening for right now.
Not coincidentally, the picture for Republicans in the Senate and House has worsened as well, with the deterioration starting even before two-thirds of House Republicans voted against the initial $700 billion rescue package. Both national polling -- a special survey in 50 vulnerable Republican-held congressional districts conducted by Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg for Democracy Corps -- and conversations with strategists in both parties indicate a political environment that could result in GOP losses even beyond the 12-17 seats that had been envisioned.
Normally, the only saving grace in a party having a really ugly election is that they almost never have two bad elections in a row: Dynamics change and, at least in the House, there is usually a rubber-band effect, some bounce-back in the next election, six years later in the Senate due to their longer terms. But now Republicans are facing the distinct possibility of two consecutive ugly elections. Unless something happens really quickly, they will have themselves in a deep hole.
While GOP Senate losses might still be kept to just six or seven seats, the possibility of an eight seat loss is now very real, and a nine seat loss is not beyond the range of possibility. As things are playing out now, Republican Senate losses in the open seats in Virginia and New Mexico seem to be inevitable, while incumbent Ted Stevens' fortunes seem inextricably linked to his legal trial in Washington. Democratic chances in the open seat in Colorado and against incumbent John Sununu in New Hampshire seem slightly better than 50-50. Incumbents Norm Coleman in Minnesota, Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina and Gordon Smith in Oregon are even, though some would say a bit worse. If they were all to fall Democrats would be at eight seats. The only thing between that and nine seats would be either appointed incumbent Roger Wicker in Mississippi or Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, whose race has closed some in recent weeks.
There is still time for this election to turn. But every day that goes by, the event or circumstance needed to reverse the course has to be bigger and quicker than what was needed the day before.
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Samuel Israel was a big money hedge fund manager desperate to succeed. He lived through the most decadent era in human history, and his hunger for fame and fortune — his greed — ultimately led to a scam that bilked investors out of $300 million.
This is the strange story of a con artist who eventually fell for the ultimate con himself!


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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
With Netflix soon to tee off with "The Short Game," the first original documentary available on the streaming service, this evening "Piers Morgan Live" invites one of the cast's foursomes to join the program in studio.
Set to begin streaming on Friday, the golfing film follows eight pint-sized putters – all less than seven years of age – as they continue on their quest to become the next Tiger Woods or Inbee Park.
Fancying himself as ever the sportsman, tonight Morgan rolls out the same putting green he once used to battle 2012 Masters champ Bubba Watson, inviting his guests to take one crack at the cup, while he prepared for a putt of his own.
Watch the video to see how Morgan fares when going up against golfers half his height – and one seventh his age – and then catch the full interview with the stars of "The Short Game" at 9 p.m. on CNN.
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The ABC Television Network will celebrate the start of the holiday season with the classic special, �A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,� followed by an all new half-hour animated PEANUTS special, �He�s a Bully, Charlie Brown� -- the last animated special created by late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz -- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (8:00-8:30 & 8:30-9:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
In the 1973 special �A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,� Charlie Brown wants to do something special for the gang. However the dinner he arranges is a disaster when caterers Snoopy and Woodstock prepare toast and popcorn as the main dish. Humiliated, it will take all of Marcie�s persuasive powers to salvage the holiday for Charlie Brown.
�He�s a Bully, Charlie Brown,� the 50th primetime PEANUTS network special and the last original script created by the late Charles Schulz, focuses on Charlie Brown�s greatest challenge to date. The PEANUTS gang is attending a summer camp where they run into an obnoxious kid who happens to be the camp�s marble champion. The bully wins all of ReRun�s marbles, including ReRun�s grandfather�s championship �shooter.� Charlie Brown challenges the bully to a competition to try and win back ReRun�s marbles. Having never really played before, Charlie Brown enlists the services of Snoopy to teach him. Can Charlie Brown win the marbles back?
PEANUTS focuses on the anxieties and joys of childhood as expressed by an ensemble cast of children who often seem wise beyond their years. Among them are the lovable Charlie Brown, who perseveres despite continuous failure; the philosophical, blanket-carrying Linus; the fussbudget Lucy, who dispenses psychological advice for a nickel from behind a concession stand; and toy-piano virtuoso Schroeder. Central to the comic strip is Charlie Brown�s dog, Snoopy, who first stood on his hind legs in 1956 and became very popular for his imaginative adventures as a number of characters.
The cast of �A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving� includes Todd Barbee as Charlie Brown, Robin Kohn as Lucy, Stephen Shea as Linus, Hilary Momberger as Sally, Kip DeFaria as Peppermint Patty, Jimmy Ahrens as Marcie and Robin Reed as Franklin.
Starring in �He�s a Bully, Charlie Brown� are Spencer Robert Scott as Charlie Brown, Stephanie Patton as Lucy, Benjamin Bryan as Linus, Rory Thost as Peppermint Patty, Jessica Gordon as Marice, Sierra Marcoux as Sally, Jimmy Bennett as ReRun, Taylor Lautner as Bully, Bill Melendez as Snoopy, Katie Fischer as the first girl, Jolean Bejbe as the second girl and Paul Butcher as the kid.
The specials were executive-produced by Lee Mendelson and created and written by Charles M. Schulz. Bill Melendez is the producer and director. The music for �A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving� was composed and performed by Vince Guaraldi. The music for �He�s a Bully, Charlie Brown� was written by Vince Guaraldi and arranged and performed by David Benoit. These programs carry a TV-G parental guideline.


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MADISON, Wis. — Two Republican legislators started moving a package of proposals to toughen Wisconsin's drunken driving penalties through the state Assembly on Thursday, saying lawmakers must signal that repeat offenses won't be tolerated.
Rep. Jim Ott and Sen. Alberta Darling presented three bills to the Assembly Judiciary Committee during a public hearing. One would change third and fourth offenses from misdemeanors to felonies. Another would create mandatory sentences ranging from six months in jail to three years in prison for injuring someone in a drunken crash. The third would impose a mandatory 10-year prison sentence for killing someone while driving drunk.
The measures carry price tags in the tens of millions of dollars for prosecutors and the state's prison system. The committee didn't take any action on the bills and their prospects look uncertain at best.
"The bills before us have merit," said committee member Rep. Gary Hebl, D-Sun Prairie. "The concerns I have is the fiscal note is almost prohibitive. ... It's a lot of money."
Ott, R-Mequon, and Darling, R-River Hills, were undaunted, telling the committee the time has come to crack down.
"It's time we start balancing the scale of justice with what's happening to the victims," Darling said.
Drinking is woven into Wisconsin's culture, leading to major problems on the road. The state Department of Transportation has tracked nearly 2,800 fatal crashes and nearly 40,000 injury crashes involving alcohol between 2002 and last year. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows 23 percent of drivers involved in fatal crashes in Wisconsin in 2011 had a blood-alcohol content of at least 0.08 percent — that's the highest percentage of drivers in a region that included Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio.
But the state's drunken driving laws remain famously lax. Wisconsin, for example, is the only state where a first offense isn't a crime; it's treated as a civil violation akin to a speeding ticket. Prohibitive cost estimates and push-back from powerful Tavern League lobbyists have stymied harsher penalties.
The most dramatic changes came in 2009, when Democratic lawmakers pushed through a bill that made a first offense a misdemeanor if a child is in the car. It also made a fourth offense a felony if it occurs within five years of the third offense.
Ott has been pushing for tougher penalties for years, trying to fulfill a promise he made to Judy Jenkins, a constituent whose pregnant daughter and 10-year-old granddaughter were killed in 2008 by a driver who had just been convicted of his third operating while intoxicating offense.
He and Darling worked on several bills last session, but the proposals went nowhere after state agencies estimated the measures would cost tens of millions of dollars a year.
The estimates this time around are just as expensive.
The state Department of Administration projected changing third and fourth offenses to felonies would drive up prosecutors' costs by $1.1 million annually. The state Department of Corrections projected the change would generate an additional $158.2 million to $226 million in operating costs annually. The agency also said it would have to construct 17 new alcohol treatment facilities at a price of $236.4 million.
Ott, who chairs the committee, insisted the estimates were overblown. Stiffer penalties will deter people from driving drunk, keeping government costs down, he said.
"The purpose isn't to put more people in prison," he said. "It's to change behavior."
Drunken driving victims' relatives pleaded with the committee to pass the bills.
Dawn Johnson of Deerfield, a 46-year-old Mothers Against Drunk Driving volunteer, told the committee the drunken driver who killed her father in Sheboygan County in 2011 received a year in jail with work release privileges.
"Our family did not have the opportunity to say goodbye while the drunk driver is free," Johnson said. "I ask this committee how much is the state of Wisconsin and its taxpayers willing to endure fiscally and emotionally from drunken driving?"
Responded Ott: "I don't care what it costs to incarcerate someone like that."
Republicans control both the state Senate and Assembly but GOP legislative leaders were noncommittal on the bills. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Burlington, promised Assembly Republicans would discuss the proposals this fall. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said in a statement that Senate Republicans hadn't discussed the bills as a caucus yet.


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Funerals for Newtown shooting victims begin; Jack Pinto, Noah Pozner laid to rest
NEWTOWN - The 6-year-old boy idolized Victor Cruz, the New York Giants' wide receiver.
And there he lay in his casket: in a jersey bearing his favorite football player's number: 80. Peaceful and silent.
Grief-stricken friends and relatives packed the funeral for Jack Pinto here Monday, while others attended the funeral of Jack's classmate, Noah Pozner, in Fairfield. They were the first of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims to be laid to rest.
Members of Jack's team at the Newtown Youth Wrestling Association, as young as 6 and as old as 14, arrived at the Honan Funeral Home on Main Street wearing gray T-shirts with the letter "N" on their backs for Newtown.
Jack's love of sports has been widely noted. Members of the George Mason University wrestling team, who didn't know the boy personally but heard he was a wrestler, wrote his name on their headgear before their meet Sunday against Drexel University at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
In addition, Cruz wrote messages to Pinto on the cleats he wore during Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons.
"RIP Jack Pinto," read the message on one.
"Jack Pinto, my hero," read the other.
Outside the funeral, his teammates discussed video games: ways to beat a certain level, which characters have the most powerful attacks, how many cheat codes are too much.
Suddenly, their discussion changed, but tone didn't. It was a childlike curiosity, a seamless transition, but a stark contrast. They started talking about their friend.
"What is he going to look like?" one asked.
"He's going to look like he's sleeping," another boy answered matter-of-factly.
As mourners stood in line to enter and pay their respects, a group of singers near the ramp to the home sang hymns, including a somber rendition of Amazing Grace.
Members of the National Association to Prevent Starvation, a non-profit based out of Huntsville, Ala., drove 24 straight hours Sunday to support Newtown. The singers at Jack's funeral wore light and dark blue shirts with "NAPS" across the front and "Relief Team" on their sleeves.
In Fairfield, a green sign with black letters hung in a tree next to the Abraham L. Green & Son Funeral Home, echoing the sentiments of the friends and relatives of others grieving in the wake of Friday's shooting.
"Our hearts are with you Noah," the sign read.
Mourners, varying in age from children as young as Noah to the elderly and including Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, were gathered outside the funeral home before noon.
Noah's uncle, Alexis Haller, had described Noah as "smart as a whip," gentle and with a rambunctious streak.
Noah had a twin sister, Arielle, who was assigned to a different classroom and survived Friday's rampage in which 20 children were killed. Noah had called Arielle his best friend, and, along with their 8-year-old sister, Sophia, the three were inseparable.
Veronique Pozner spoke about her youngest son to more than 400 family and friends.
When she told him "I love you," she said, he would answer, "Not as much as I love you."
Frank Otto, Meg Learson Grosso, Mary Albl, Ebony Walmsley contributed reporting to this story from Connecticut.