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WASHINGTON - An unclassified Justice Department memo reveals that the Obama administration's justification for drone strikes that kill al-Qaida linked U.S. citizens abroad is based on a much broader definition of whether they pose an imminent threat than was previously known.
The government does not need information that a specific attack is imminent, the document says, only that the targeted suspect is involved in ongoing plotting against the United States.
"The threat posed by al-Qaida and its associated forces demands a broader concept of imminence in judging when a person continually planning terror attacks presents an imminent threat," the document says.
The undated document surfaced as Obama administration official John Brennan, who helped manage the drone program, heads to Capitol Hill on Thursday for his confirmation hearing to be CIA director. The hearing is taking place as a growing number of senators are asking to see a still-classified Justice Department legal opinion that justifies the administration's position on drones and is binding on the entire executive branch.
Controversy over U.S. policy for drone attacks mushroomed after a September 2011 drone strike in Yemen killed Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, both U.S. citizens.
In a speech last March, Attorney General Eric Holder said that in assessing when a targeted killing against a U.S. citizen is legal, the government must determine after careful review that a citizen poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the U.S.
The Justice memo says that delaying action against U.S. citizens who are linked to al-Qaida would create an unacceptably high risk because some al-Qaida leaders are continually plotting attacks on the U.S. and the U.S. may not always be aware of each specific plot as they develop.
This week, a bipartisan group of 11 senators asked President Barack Obama for all legal opinions underlying the authority to kill American citizens. The newly disclosed Justice Department document, first reported by NBC News on Monday night, represents an unclassified summary of those legal opinions and may have been prepared to deflect demands to see the actual classified legal opinions.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Tuesday that her panel received the unclassified document, and others, from the administration in June 2012 on a confidential basis. She said this document, coupled with other documents and closed briefings, "has allowed the Intelligence Committee to conduct appropriate and probing oversight into the use of lethal force."
Noting that she had been calling for public release of the legal basis for using lethal force, particularly against U.S. citizens, for more than a year, Feinstein said with disclosure of the white paper "the American people can review and judge the legality of these operations."
She added, however, that the committee continues to seek the actual legal opinions that provide details not contained in the white paper.
The Justice memo does require that capture of a terrorist suspect not be feasible and that any such lethal operation by the United States targeting a person comply with fundamental law-of-war principles.
"A decision maker determining whether an al-Qaida operational leader presents an imminent threat of violent attack against the United States must take into account that certain members of Al-Qaida ... are continually plotting attacks against the United States" and that "al-Qaida would engage in such attacks regularly to the extent it were able to do so," says the document.
The document also says that a decision maker must take into account that "the U.S. government may not be aware of all al-Qaida plots as they are developing and thus cannot be confident that none is about to occur; and that ... the nation may have a limited window of opportunity within which to strike in a manner that both has a high likelihood of success and reduces the probability of American casualties."
With this understanding, the document added, a high-level official could conclude, for example, that an individual poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the United States where he is an operational leader of al-Qaida or an associated force and is personally and continually involved in planning terrorist attacks against the United States.
The American Civil Liberties Union said the document is "profoundly disturbing."
"It's hard to believe that it was produced in a democracy built on a system of checks and balances," the ACLU said.
The document says that the use of lethal force would not violate the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution when a targeted person is an operational leader of an enemy force and an informed, high-level government official has determined that he poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the U.S.
The document said the courts have no role to play in the matter.
"Under the circumstances described in this paper, there exists no appropriate judicial forum to evaluate these constitutional considerations. It is well established that `matters intimately related to foreign policy, and national security are rarely proper subjects for judicial intervention,'" the document said.


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Odd Man Rush wrote:I agree with that point and yet, for some bizarre reason, nobody seems to care about that aspect of this entire mess - which is surreal in and of itself. Nevermind the fact that of the teams in the Atlantic, only Florida and Boston are actually within close distance to the actual Atlantic Ocean, for which they are named. Given Florida's cylindrical shape, I suppose you could put Tampa on that list too but it is literally located on another major body of water: the Gulf of Mexico. How bizarre is that?
The rest of the teams in the Atlantic Division:
Toronto: Lake Ontario
Montreal: St. Lawrence Seaway/River
Ottawa: Ottawa River/Rideau River
Detroit: Lake Michigan
Buffalo: Lake Erie
None of those cities are anywhere near Atlantic anything. And when you compare that to the teams that comprise the Metropolitan the differences are ridiculous. Seriously, had someone come up with this on a message board, he/she would have been roundly dismissed as being an idiot.
I agree with those that said that the league should have reverted to the former divisional names of Adams, Patrick, Norris and Smythe. Alternatively, they could have gone with some combination of Gretzky, Lemieux, Howe and Orr. The Philadelphia fans would have gotten over hoisting a Lemieux Division banner and so would the Montreal Fans have forgiven the NHL for naming their division after the greatest defenseman who has ever lived - by a mile. Those controversies would have lasted a few weeks at most and then would be long forgotten.
That said, once the NHL decided to go with geographically based names, you can't do that for some but not for some of the others because that would be ridiculous. Fortunately for us, nobody does ridiculous quite like the NHL.
If I were confined to geography, I would have chosen to remain as is:
Atlantic: New York, Brooklyn, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington, Carolina, Columbus, Pittsburgh
Northeast: Detroit, Toronto, Buffalo, Ottawa, Montreal, Boston, Tampa Bay, Florida
Central: Chicago, Winnipeg, Minnesota, Dallas, Colorado, St. Louis, Nashville
Pacific: San Jose, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Arizona, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary
That would have been very simple with only Tampa Bay and Florida blatantly mislabeled; and Columbus and Pittsburgh to a lesser extent. Everyone would have understood completely. They also could have gone with Atlantic, Central, Midwest and Pacific. What they chose was stupid. In the end it's not a huge deal - it's just a name. However, it was an absolutely stupid name.
BuckintheLou wrote:I'd go with; "Yo Money", "No Money", "Whoa Money", and "So Money".
Put the Pens in the "No Money" division since that's what they have left!
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In a rare criticism, a Lao government expert has blamed dams in China for the latest drop in levels of the Mekong River, saying this is impacting navigation along the key Southeast Asian artery and destroying fishing resources.
Aside from the current dry spell in mainland Southeast Asia, Chinese dams on the upper Mekong river are causing water levels to decline in the downstream areas in Central Laos, including the Vientiane provincial area, a water resources expert at the Lao Ministry of Natural Resources told RFA.
"Chinese dams are part of [the problem] because they still cannot fill up their reservoirs as expected," the expert said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
He said that some parts of the river had dried up so much that one can cross the river by foot. Some sections of the Mekong River are believed to be drying up faster than at the same time last year.
China has dammed much of the upper Mekong, but few structures obstruct the rest of the 3,000-mile (4,900-kilometer) river as it continues its course through Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Studies by the Stimson Center, a U.S.-based think tank, said four completed Chinese dams "are already altering the river's hydrology and impeding the flow of nutrient-rich silt that sustains soil productivity, nurtures fisheries, and keeps the sea at bay in the Mekong Delta."
Mekong Delta
Two of the Chinese dams have some of the world's largest reservoirs and can store or release enough water to affect the flow of the river as far as the Mekong Delta, more than 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) to the south, the center said.
The Lao government expert's criticism at China is unusual. China's influence on its small neighbor has been rising on the back of its growing economic clout, underscoring links between the dominant communist parties of the two countries.
"This year is unusual, but still less than the previous year. Let's wait until May," the expert said, explaining the dropping water level problem in the Vientiane provincial area.
"[There have been] impacts on navigation from China to Vientiane, fish habitat [have been] destroyed, and agriculture [has also been affected] along the [river] bank," he said.
"In some parts of the river, people can cross by foot."
Sagging levels
The low Mekong water levels are not confined to the Vientiane's provincial area alone.
The sagging levels on the river in Laos's central Khammouane province are also hindering the shipping trade.
Traders in Khammouane's Hinboun district, which borders Thailand along the Mekong, normally rely on the river to transport their goods.
"Last year the Mekong River did not dry up as quickly as it has this year. It will dry more in April and May," a Hinboun merchant said recently.
"It is difficult to navigate because there are many sandbars."
He feared no boats would be able to run in April and May, as now only two routes remain navigable.
Last March, water levels fell in Laos's northern Bokeo province, with local authorities warning that boats of 100 tons and above could not navigate the Mekong between southern China, Laos, and Thailand.
Water in the Mekong River has also dried up in areas located in three districts in northeast Thailand, the Bangkok Post newspaper said last month, quoting local officials.
The areas where water has dried up are in the Muang, Tha Uthen, and That Phanom districts.
Reported by RFA's Lao service. Translated by Somnet Inthapannha. Written in English by Parameswaran Ponnudurai.


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In the past few months, consumers have been deluged with one reason after another to fear technology and transactions. Target. Neiman Marcus. Michaels. Millions of stolen credit cards. Millions of passwords leaked and lost by Adobe, and a little less recently, Yahoo. Net users are used to, and perhaps growing numb to, the constant bad news.
Then came Heartbleed. The most recent scary Internet disaster is much worse than a compromised bank account. Heartbleed turns the very thing that was supposed to keep us safe into our worst technology nightmare. It's a little like learning that every cop in your city is really working for the mob. Perhaps better said, it's like learning that every store you give your credit card to is really a hacker out to steal it.
What are we supposed to do now? And I don't mean reset your password, which is a lovely thing to do, but it may help and it may hurt you in this situation, and it doesn't actually help with the real problem: Trust. If consumers finally lose trust in our transaction systems, everybody loses. Even the hackers.
"This is the last thing consumers need in the wake of the Target breach and all the other security breaches we have been hearing about," said Avivah Litan, the security analyst at Gartner Group who is the loudest voice you'll hear when there is a big data leak.
To review, Heartbleed is a flaw in the encryption technology used to keep data safely scrambled while it flies around the Internet. You know of it mostly because of those little locks that appear next to web addresses in your browser. A technology that is designed to keep encrypted connections open over time — by sending a regular "heartbeat" message that lets one computer tell another "I'm still here" — was instead a hacker's best friend. Researchers figured out they could craft a heartbeat message that tricked a server into sending back every kind of data it stored. The heartbeat could be made to bleed data. That includes credit cards and passwords, but even worse, it even includes encryption keys. A bit like the ominous hacker movie Sneakers, the Heartbleed bug truly meant an end to secrets online.
The Heartbleed code is now fixed, and companies are racing to install the fix, and consumers are stumbling through changing passwords and doing the usual "have I been robbed?" inventory on their bank accounts. Crisis averted. This time. (Aside: If you have already changed your passwords, you should really change them again in about a month, because there's no way to know if you updated your security while a hacker still controlled the website you logged into. )
The question has to be asked: How many times can we warn consumers to check their bank account statements carefully? Hanging over the Heartbleed incident, and Target before it, and Yahoo before that, is a dark feeling that the whole thing might not be safe. Consumers always react to large credit card hacks by saying they will now buy with cash. Most of the time, data shows, they don't mean it. But Target had to admit last quarter that its revenue was materially impacted by the credit card incident. This is getting serious.
In the credit card world, the response to Target was straightforward. Journalists discovered that U.S. credit cards were a decade behind the times, and folks started pushing to add computer chips to our old-fashioned plastic, using a technology known as EMV. Of course, if EMV were so great, U.S. card issuers would have installed the chips 10 or even 15 years ago. Folks who know credit card security will admit privately that moving to EMV isn't really much of a solution — fraudsters can just move to other kinds of credit card fraud the chips can't stop. But there is still a very good reason to add the chips.
EMV will make shoppers feel better. That's not a placebo. Trust is a very real thing. In fact, it's the only thing.
If — when? — consumers finally get fed up by all the bad news, and a real trust gap arises, lots of people are going to lose lots of money. When a consumer pays for something with a $20 bill instead of swiping a card, at least 4 different entities miss out on getting a cut of that transaction. Trust means you don't think, you just pull out your plastic. A trust gap means, perhaps, you don't bother logging into that website and changing your password, you simply go somewhere else.
In other words, trust is basically the currency of our time. A tipping point on trust would create the equivalent of a run on a bank during a currency crisis. Lack of trust can snowball. With each "withdrawal," the trust gap only grows.
In the credit card world, only comprehensive changes to the entire, end-to-end system of payments will really take a bite out of crime. I recently spoke to Visa's Chief Risk Officer, Ellen Richey, who told me that a move to chip cards should be accompanied by new technology that makes online credit card fraud more difficult.
We don't need to plug a hole in the dam with our thumb, we need a new dam.
This same thinking needs to govern online transactions, and privacy in general. It's terrible that folks around the world are being told, in rather panicked tones, "CHANGE ALL YOUR PASSWORDS!" But it's even more terrible that most of our digital and financial lives are guarded only by 50-year-old technology involving 8 upper or lower case letters and maybe a number or two. Two years ago, after a series of high-profile password list leaks from sites like LinkedIn, experts proclaimed the password dead. Heartbleed proves it's more like a vampire that seems to live forever and come out to threaten us once in a while.
Litan, the Gartner analyst, has some good news about Heartbleed. Remember, this is a flaw discovered by good guys, not an active crime (like Target). That means the damage can be contained, and she thinks it will be. This time.
"I don't think this is an uncontrollable disaster," she said. "It's manageable and as long as the companies who use this version of Open SSL act responsibly – i.e. patch and secure their systems and ask users to change passwords – we are OK. There is no evidence that the criminals have used this attack vector yet. And if these security steps are taken and upgrades are made – they won't be able to."
So, there's no run on the trust bank this time. But I guarantee that consumer patience is not infinite. We can only come up with so many variations of our pets' names. Tokens? Fingerprints? Disposable passcodes? Something needs to change before we ask users to invent new passwords one time too many, and the trust gap swallows up the whole thing.


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The drivers of these gigantic trucks work 12 hour shifts. By the end of the third day of shooting I was able to find a good vantage point for capturing the trucks as they returned to their base. The owner of the mine was enthusiastic and helpful. At my request he had stopped spraying water on the dusty roads so we could see large contrails. He also stood up on the ridge with me, speaking by radio with all of the drivers to coordinate this long exposure.
My trip to the Pine Branch coal mine in Hazard, Kentucky was primarily based on the idea that I would find large, earthmoving vehicles. Ignorant about the processes of this open pit strip mine, I was surprised to learn of the daily explosions occurring on a massive scale. In these two images, about 600,000 tons of rock are blasted out of the side of the mountain. With this image, FLY ROCK #1, I was aiming my camera straight into the explosion. If you look carefully, you can see small vibrating vertical lines where the explosion occurs. This was due to the ground shaking underneath my camera. I often compare my timeline photographs to seismographic images. In this case, the image itself has become a true seismograph.
Similar to FLY ROCK #1, this image show a massive explosion that blasts away hundreds of tons of rock in order to arrive at a small vein of coal. In this image, rather than shooting directly into the explosion, I shot just to one side of it, allowing the explosion to pass through my picture plane from the right side. You can see the process in the accompanying "making of" image. The owner of the mine is standing at my side. The dust and rock that flies through the air during the explosion is called "fly rock".


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This is a compilation of the songs I think are hot summer tracks. This isn't based off Billboard's Hot 100 or anything, just my recommendation of songs to set the mood for your summer.
Trina – I Got A Bottle (Feat. Missy Elliot)
The Pussycat Dolls – When I Grow Up
Lady Gaga – Just Dance (ft. Colby O Donis)
Panic! At the Disco – 9 In the Afternoon
Maroon 5 – If I Never See Your Face Again (ft. Rihanna)
Jordin Sparks – One Step At A Time
Tami Chynn – Frozen (ft. Akon)
Young Hot Rod – I Like To Fuck (ft. Tila Tequila)
Ashanti – The Way That I Love You
Britney Spears – Perfect Lover
Lil Wayne – Lollipop (ft. Static Major)
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Feb 17, 2014
By Angela Woodward
Note: Ohio University President Roderick J. McDavis is touring the state during the month of February to discuss the findings of a recently released economic impact report. Today, McDavis is visiting with media and representatives in the Columbus area. This story is one such example of the ways in which the impact of Ohio University alumni can be seen and felt throughout the OHIO community and the state.
Since its founding 210 years ago, the Ohio University community has been committed to the intellectual and personal development of its students and to the economic development and well-being of Southeast Ohio as well as the entire state of Ohio. It's a commitment that is embraced by OHIO's diverse student population and one that does not end when those students leave the University's six Southeastern Ohio campuses.
The University's recently released economic impact report, "Ohio University: Educating Students, Impacting Communities," illustrates that OHIO's economic impact is strengthened by its alumni, many of whom opt to stay in the state of Ohio after graduation and continue to support the University and its students.
For OHIO alumni, Ohio is the Bobcat State
The OHIO family includes more than 190,000 alumni in communities across the globe. About 110,000 OHIO graduates, or 58 percent all of the University's alumni, call Ohio home, contributing their time, talents and financial resources to the state and its communities.
According to the economic impact report, OHIO alumni generated $259 million in net marginal state and local tax revenue in 2012, supporting everything from the state's infrastructure and needs-based programs to its local school districts and institutions of higher education.
The University contributes another $466 million to the state's economy from constituent spending by OHIO's students, retirees and visitors, including its alumni who return to their alma mater for such festivities as Homecoming, the Black Alumni Reunion and various sporting events. That spending is likely to grow as the Ohio University Alumni Association (OUAA) prepares for its inaugural "On the Green Weekend," a spring Homecoming of sorts scheduled for May 30-June 1 that will emphasis academics and the arts.
In addition to contributing their tax dollars and disposable income to the state of Ohio and its various communities, OHIO alumni help address critical needs in the state's economy.
According to the Ohio Board of Regents, the University supplies the state an especially high percentage of graduates in such fields as communications, business, physical sciences and education. And OHIO's commitment to helping address the healthcare needs of today and tomorrow has garnered the University national recognition and an increased presence throughout the state.
The economic impact report notes that more than 27 percent of Ohioans with bachelor's degrees in health professions and related programs are OHIO graduates. In addition, the University's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM), the state's only osteopathic medical school, is ranked nationally among the top 10 percent of medical schools that graduate physicians who enter primary care residencies.
OU-HCOM leads all Ohio medical schools with the highest percentage of graduates practicing in primary care and remaining in the state to practice. About 50 percent of the medical school's alumni practice primary care and nearly 60 percent have elected to practice in Ohio, positioning OU-HCOM to help address a projected shortage in primary care physicians, particularly in Ohio's underserved Appalachian and urban communities. OU-HCOM's commitment to educating physicians committed to practicing in Ohio grows even stronger as the medical college prepares to expand its reach by opening a campus in Dublin in the fall of 2014 and in the Cleveland area the following fall.
From one Bobcat to another
Whether Ohio University alumni stay in Ohio or take their talents elsewhere, their commitment to supporting OHIO and its students is unwavering.
"Ohio University alumni are very passionate about their alma mater, and their desire to give back to the institution with their time, talent and financial resources is abundant," said Jennifer Neubauer, assistant vice president for alumni relations and executive director of the Ohio University Alumni Association (OUAA).
According to the economic impact report, the OUAA awards about 30 scholarships to incoming OHIO students each year. During academic year 2010-11 alone, the alumni association's network donated more than $2.7 million in endowments and scholarships.
There are nine active OHIO alumni chapters in the state of Ohio, and, according to Dawn Werry, director of external relations for the OUAA, some of the strongest groups in terms of fundraising for the University are located in the Ohio communities of Columbus, Cleveland and Akron.
While it's relatively easy to calculate the amount of money OHIO graduates give to the University in support of its mission, the same cannot be said for the number of hours alumni donate to mentor and otherwise help the students following in their footsteps.
OHIO alumni donate countless hours of their time both inside and outside the University's classrooms, counseling students on issues of professional development, offering advice, sharing experiences and mentoring them.
The OUAA in conjunction with its Student Alumni Board (SAB) have created numerous opportunities for OHIO alumni and current students to connect with one another.
For the past several years, the OUAA and SAB have hosted Bobcat to Bobcat Panels. Offered each semester, the panels are designed to help undergraduate students gather insight about life after college from OHIO graduates. Each panel consists of alumni from varying professional fields and levels of experience who are available to answer questions related to careers, extracurricular experiences and furthering education. The panels provide an opportunity for students to network with professionals who share their academic interests.
Another successful networking opportunity created by the OUAA is its "Dinner with 12 Strangers" program. Created in 2012, "Dinner with 12 Strangers" allows OHIO alumni to host a dinner at their home or a local restaurant. Twelve students from any college or academic unit on campus attend the dinner where they have an opportunity to socialize and network with alumni in a casual atmosphere. OHIO faculty members also attend the dinners to help facilitate conversation and contribute experiences from their profession, allowing students to connect with instructors outside of the traditional classroom.
Jackson Lavelle is a senior at Ohio University majoring in political science and history. He has been a member of the SAB since the fall quarter of his first year at OHIO and currently serves as president of the SAB.
"Personally, I wanted to join a student organization that had its hands in all aspects of campus life," Lavelle said. "From huge philanthropic events such as Paint the Town Green and Bare on the Bricks to professional development opportunities such as gaining alumni mentors to general campus programming such as organizing the annual Homecoming pep rally, SAB offered just about everything that a very involved student desired."
But the alumni-related event that has had the greatest impact on Lavelle's student experience at OHIO resulted from a "Dinner with 12 Strangers" that he attended the end of his sophomore year. The following fall, Lavelle attended another event involving an OHIO alumnus who had returned to campus to receive an award. Lavelle took the opportunity to get to know the alumnus, and the two exchanged e-mails for several weeks thereafter, which led to Lavelle securing an internship with the alumnus this past summer in Boston where he worked at the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
When navigating the logistics of that internship, Lavelle said he remembered the alumnus who hosted the "Dinner with 12 Strangers" that he attended the year before. That alumnus at the time was the president of the Massachusetts Serves New England Chapter of the OUAA.
"He was gracious enough to let me stay at his home outside of Boston for two weeks prior to my being able to move into my apartment downtown," Lavelle said. "Without the help and guidance of these two alumni, I would not have been able to have had such a rich and rewarding internship experience this past summer."
Lavelle noted, however, that that experience was just one of the many ways in which the University's alumni have enriched his OHIO experience.
"As president of SAB, I sit on the OUAA Board of Directors, which is comprised of some of the most dedicated alumni who want to see the best for Ohio University and its students," he said. "Each of the members of the Student Engagement Committee, which is a subset of the OUAA Board of Directors, has a student mentor. Through online communications, the alumni stay connected with their student mentees. We are fortunate enough to have these mentors return to campus three to four times a year, which allows us to have valuable face-to-face interactions. These mentors provide professional advice and connections, which are so essential in today's competitive economy."
"Our Student Engagement Committee is very enthusiastic and always looking for opportunities to support and serve our students" said Neubauer. "Ohio University alumni just love to be around our students, and our goal at the Alumni Association is to find ways to channel that excitement and desire in ways that serve both our students and our graduates."


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RINGGOLD, Ga. (CNN) – Mayoral candidate Paul Lee gave a 16-year-old boy who stole his campaign signs a choice: be arrested or campaign for him.
The Georgia teen's said she believed what her son did was wrong, but that the ultimatum the mayor proposed made them choose between "the lesser of two evils." (Source: WTVC, Facebook, CNN)
According to the Ringgold Police Department, the teen stole campaign signs several weeks ago belonging to Lee.
Amy Carpenter, the boy's mother, said her son and a friend decided to steal the sign outside of the high school. The boys and their parents returned the signs to the candidate the next day.
Carpenter said she believed what her son did was wrong, but that the ultimatum Lee proposed made them choose between "the lesser of two evils."
The teen held a campaign sign while standing on the side of the road for three hours.
"It wasn't really campaigning for me; it was a punishment," Lee said. "I mean, they could cover their face with the sign, whatever, I mean, if you think about it, all they had to do was hold a sign in their hands for three hours."
Carpenter said Lee had a right to be upset but felt that he took the consequences too far.
"It was more about public humiliation," Carpenter said.
After hearing this, Lee stands by his decision.
"Don't touch signs, don't get in trouble. It's simple. If you do the crime you have to do the time, you know?" Lee said. "That's the way I look at it."
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Watch the Oct. 8, 2019 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."
A debate in Chicago over horse-drawn carriages has raged between animal activists and industry professionals for years. We hear both sides of the debate.
A North Shore land deal involving Illinois Senate President John Cullerton raises questions about a powerful public official influencing a vote that could enrich him and his son.
Caterpillar stock sagged toward a one-month low Tuesday. Concern over slowing global economies drove the bellwether industrial stock downward.
Pizza is on the menu at a Chicago museum dedicated to the world-famous dish. We check out the collection of a curator with a craving.
Will Mayor Lori Lightfoot keep her campaign promise to reopen the six mental health clinics closed in 2012 by her predecessor? Or is there or is there a better approach to treating mental illnesses?
Colorful and playful paintings hang next to erotic works and dark visions. An overlooked group of Chicago artists is getting its due – at a museum in Elmhurst.
When you think of the hotbeds of high fashion, New York, Milan and Paris probably all come to mind. That's something Chicago Fashion Week is hoping to change.
The White House declared Tuesday it will halt any and all cooperation with what it termed the "illegitimate" impeachment probe by House Democrats, sharpening the constitutional clash between President Donald Trump and Congress.
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Hey all just wanted to shout you all a happy new year. Just woke up its 9am on the first day of 2013 and I'm expecting all of us to get exactly what we want this year, Knicks or otherwise!
Have a good night fellas, stay safe
Hey all just wanted to shout you all a happy new year. Just woke up its 9am on the first day of 2013 and I'm expecting all of us to get exactly what we want this year, Knicks or otherwise!
Have a good night fellas, stay safe
HNY, homes! Don't get Maori raped in your little English bottom.
Happy New Year to all my KO folks, hope yall aint pop too many mollies whoaaa
most international new years' eve ?
well in mine country ppl such USA/UAE-Dubai/Brussele/Scottland/Italy/Turkey/Chechen Republic/Vietnam/Chinese was with news channel report live
most intesting what they said is they came to this country just because ONLY for this event. Amazing
well mine dream eve is Hongkong' victoria harbour which i seen @ 20 hr their time
and Shangai
I just start recovering .... lol
Happy New Year to everyone, to all your families, and thanks for taking the time to hang out here with your thoughts and feelings. I hope this year we can all visualize the greatness-to-come together, as this team gets healthier and better, and starts to overcome the obstacles that have prevented the New York Knickerbockers from being the best team in the NBA.
I think this is the year fellas. I think we've got the right coach, and all the right elements to make it happen.
I also hope some of us can get together this year.
I'm looking forward to the euro-crew getting together, and to see/hear how that goes.
remember, this is the time of the apocalypse, the end of the world as far as certain civilizations were concerned. as far as those with true knowledge, it is the start of something new, something universal that has to do with positive thinking, visualization, and making the world a better place for all.
Let's focus on the positive this year, let's visualize this team going all the way, and help them manifest their (our) destiny!
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Keeping my fingers crossed. Let's get hot at the right time and make a run.
Happy new years to all my k.o. Ppl.
Yo Im over in Section 420 Whats up Ppl......
Lets Go Knicks !


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Question: Magnetic Hill is located inA). Manali
B). Shimla
C). Ladakh
D). Kunnur
Answer: Ladakh
Explanation: Magnet Hill is located near Leh in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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- Of the organic waste, this forms an important part
- Which of the following was NOT found at Mohenjo-Daro?
- Magnetic Hill is located in
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Monday, February 27, 2012
30 Jays in 30 Days - Jesse Litsch is a Nimble Kitty
Tao-Approved Nicknames: Ginger Kitty. Don't let your eyes deceive you, friend. He may not look like a varsity athlete, but he's as nimble and spritely as a cat when pouncing on a ball hit in his direction.
History: Five MLB seasons and 88 games, including 67 starts, all with Toronto.
Contract Status: Signed one-year, $975,000 contract this past offseason to avoid arbitration. Has minor league options remaining.
Career Stats: 4.16 ERA in 417.2 innings pitched. 239 strikeouts, 119 walks.
2011 Stats: 4.44 ERA in 75 innings pitched, including eight starts. 66 strikeouts, 28 walks. 6.64 ERA in nine starts across three minor-league levels.
Splitting the Season into Meaningless Portions: In 46.1 innings as a starter, Litsch posted a 4.66 ERA with a 6.99 K/9 rate and a 3.50 BB/9. In 28.2 innings as a reliever, he was marginally better with a 4.08 ERA. Notably, he raised his strikeout rate to 9.42 per nine when coming in from the bullpen.
Looking Back: Since his surprise call up in 2007, Jesse Litsch has hung around the periphery of the Jays' pitching staff for the past five seasons, though never really as an integral part. He's never been a player for whom there have been high expectations, given that his fastball at best just ekes over 90 mph. He's also never been – and we're measuring our words here – a physical specimen that you could dream on or project. Still, with all of that middling prologue, it's easy to forget that he'll only turn 27 next month.
Litsch has improved his game in some key areas from his early days, learning how to put players away rather than depending on the good graces of his fielders. In his rookie season, Litsch posted a respectable 3.81 ERA, but also managed to strike out just 4.05 batters per nine. By last season, he's increased that mark to a very serviceable 7.92, which will be especially important if he's asked to pitch out of the bullpen this year.
His 2011 campaign is a hard one to judge, mostly because of how he was squeezed out of his spot on the roster by players with better stuff and lesser results (R.I.P., Summer of Jo-Jo). In his eight starts before relegation, Litsch pitched okayish (4.66 ERA, 36 Ks/18 BBs), though he only reached the seventh inning twice, and never pitched more than 6.1 innings in any start. Litsch threw a lot of pitches, averaging 100 per start, and 3.94 pitches per plate appearance.
Oddly enough, Litsch's "best start" in that span is also the one that most frustrated us. In his April 11th start at Seattle, Litsch battled and got plenty of enthusiastic glove taps for keeping the Mariners off the scoreboard while the Jays' bats were busy pounding Felix Hernandez to the turn of seven runs. The problem was that it took him 111 pitches to get through five innings, leaving the final 12 outs to the bullpen. The bullpen's inability to keep the Mariners off the scoreboard in what turned into an 8-7 walkoff loss wasn't Litsch's fault. But a meandering, pick-and-nibble approach to each at bat left a lot of work on the table by the time Litsch was hitting the showers. That's not what you hope for from your starting pitcher.
Looking Forward: In 2009 and 2010, injuries conspired to keep him off the major league roster, while last season, a combination of injuries and a full roster pushed him off the 25-man squad and down to Las Vegas, New Hampshire and Lansing. This year, the pile-up of pitchers might even be worse, so Litsch will be hard-pressed to wedge his way into an airplane seat headed north come the end of March.
Litsch's best opportunity to stick with the Jays will be as a reliable and efficient reliever who might be able to pitch multiple innings. Otherwise, he'll be cooling his heels in the Pacific Coast League, waiting for disaster to beset the starting rotation.
2012 Expectations: Litsch has a five pitch repertoire (fastball, slider, cutter, changeup and the occasional curveball), and when healthy, he's demonstrated decent command of those pitches. We wouldn't be surprised to see Litsch make the team out of spring training in a relief role, but we wouldn't count on him sticking around for long. The battle for innings will be fierce this year, and Litsch has yet to show that he's grasped the skill of good health, so we'd place the over/under on his MLB innings at about 50 this year.
(Photo? That's from the Daylife. There's a ton of pics there. Pretty cool, eh?)
10 comments:
No mention of losing 30lbs and looking, pardon the pun, hungry to secure a roster spot?!? I'll put 1000 bucks on the over. Jesse will surprise us this year.
- February 27, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Anonymous, $1000 bets are the best ones to take!
- February 27, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- Drew said...
Wasn't it Cecil who dropped 30 pounds?
- February 27, 2012 at 1:07 PM
i'm a little annoyed that your breakdown fails to mention that Litsch was one of the best pitchers in baseball for a 2 month stretch in 2008. Don't you know this?
- February 27, 2012 at 2:19 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Pretty sure it was Cecil who lost weight.
Also, Jesse got married this offseason, which presumably means that he gained 15 pounds if past experience means anything.
- February 27, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Litsch was one of the best pitchers in baseball for a 2 month stretch in 2008
shame it was November and December
- February 27, 2012 at 8:25 PM
Wow, it was kind of depressing to realize his debut was that long ago. I remember that game so well too. It seems to me that that was a particularly awful summer to be a Jays fan (though I could be having a Clemensian misremembering episode) and watching that start with my dad was one of the few bright spots of that year. Love the ginger underdog story!
- February 28, 2012 at 12:08 AM
- MK Piatkowski said...
@Deere5400 My dad and I were at that start and it was truly special. Hoping that Jesse sticks around.
- February 28, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Ginger Beard Man is my favourite nickname for him!
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Three more avoid arbitration
James Loney, Hong-Chih Kuo and George Sherrill have all avoided arbitration for 2010, leaving just three more guys to lock up – Andre Ethier, Jonathan Broxton and Russell Martin.
Today is the day when numbers get filed for each side, but it's hardly the end of the process. We're still very hopeful we can get those other three guys done soon…stay tuned.
As any of you who follow the game closely know, arbitration is a process you never want to go to with a player, so the work of Kim Ng and her staff in getting six of the nine guys done so far should be commended…and hopefully she and they will get the rest done soon!
UPDATE: Russell Martin also avoids arbitration and signs for 2010!
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Good monring ITD!
Is weird, above It says zero comments but I look to the right and see that in recent comments that there have been three already.
From the Texas Summer Heat blog:
"Eli Greenspan of the Daily Dish reports that RSVP's for tomorrows Ben Sheets throw around include ten teams with big hitters the Yankees and Phillies included.
In my earlier report today on Sheets, ESPN's Tim Kurkjian was quoted as saying Sheets would land a one-year deal with plenty of incentives, and the club mentioned most is the Cubs, if the price and one-year deal is correct.
I believe that teams like the Brewers (Sheets' old team where he still has plenty of friends he keeps up with), and the Rangers (who now employ Mike Maddux, his old pitching coach at Milwaukee) have a chance of landing him if they spring for a two-year deal worth the $10-12 million per year he is asking for. I still think he is the best starting pitcher on the market, if he can prove he is healthy. Sheets said of all the teams attending, "They're going to like what they see." "
Mon Dieu!! We have been exterminated on the previous thread!!
Really Crash?………………..really? That is fabulous if true!!!!
First ITDFST (now 36 minutes), then submission error, then duplicate threads, and now censorship of comments!
Time Warp!
MLB is all copulated up!
I'm still waiting to hear the deal about Andre. That's what really matters.
From Dodger Thoughts, Gurnick is reporting that Andre gets a $15.25 million guaranteed plus incentives [over two years]
Good news, Crash!
Yeah!!! :)))
I seemed to have slipped back to PST and can't get back to ITDFST.
Nelly – Really! and this just in … Brox gets $11 Million over two years. About time that Frank started paying real money to folks who are not named Andruw, Juanpy, and Schmidt.
Looks like we're only waiting on Ethier and Broxton and the rumor is they're accepting.
Oldbrooklynfan – They are finished too, both with two year contracts, pending physicals.
Messagebear – it's an average of 7.625 per year for Andre. It doubles what he made last year and then some. However, the article that Dylan wrote said they were buying out 2 of his three years of arbitration, but I believe he only has two years left until he reaches free agency. He and Russell were both Super Twos. I am glad it didn't go longer than two. I have been listening/reading what all of you have been saying about long-term contracts with the young players, and I think Andre (and whoever is working with him) did a good job to get the happy medium with two years, and if he does well in those two years, then he will be ready for an even bigger payday, either with or without the Dodgers.
Great news on all the signings…………
Mas Tequila saves the day!!!!
How do you guys feel about Andre's deal, especially nelly and trublu, since you two have been following him most closely for quite a while. For my part, I think that's a legitimate deal for his length of service, and I'd actually give a Well Done for Ng and whoever was directly involved.
With what we now have as core players locked away for 2010, I'm pretty much willing to go into the season. I'd like to get a Padilla or maybe even Sheets, if it can be done for a single year, and beyond that let's see what our remaining youngsters can do. Longer range, I still think that the McCraps are the wrong owners, but it'll be up to the courts to sort that out now.
Can't wait for Spring Training to start!
I am back in PST again. I think ITD is it's own version of the show LOST. I have no idea what time zone I am going to end up in these days.
Bear ~ I think Andre's deal is pretty fair. More important, to me, it proves that they meant it when they said they wanted to keep the "core" together. I agree, another pitcher (not the likes of Russ Ortiz) is imperative.
See……….within a matter of 5 minutes I have been in the PST zone and the ITDFST zone.
Wouldn't it be nice if mlb fixed this problem before the season starts? Of course, I don't expect them to do anything about it.
Anyone notice on Dodger Thoughts that the projected payroll this season is $91+ mil? $15+ of that is paying players no longer with the team including Schmidt, Cow and Nomore. And we'll be doing the same with Manny after this season.
That's rediculous. Its even more rediculous Ned still has his job let alone an extension.
Enchanted ~ I wonder if "extension" is considered an obscene word? 🙂
Tim Lincecum has asked for $13M in arbitration….Giants offered him $8…Hmmm.
Well, here are some signings we can all get behind.
Emma, what did you find out about your roof!
I was just checking to see what time zone I am in 🙂
So, Timmy wanted more than what they offered? That should be an interesting development for the gnats. Their fans aren't too happy with the way they are throwing money away on pvls either. We are a tad better in that at least we aren't signing the pvls to 2-year contracts………………yet.
ITDFST is about 32/33 minutes ahead of PST.
red pen – I meant to write 38/39 minutes ahead.
Nellyjune ~ the fans love Timmy and, will be ticked off if he doesn't get pretty close to what he wants. It should be interesting to see what happens.
I know………………..many think he should have gotten the 20 mil, as reported by the media.
I just read that too, Nellyjune. The Giants are kind of in a fix because Timmy just wants to do a year-at-a-time contract. The Giants want to sign him to a multi-year deal. It could cost them plenty going year-to-year so they may consider trading him. I don't buy that, do you?
Well, Bill is saying that some are concerned about his health, his body (sick alot and doesn't like hot weather) and his arm (overuse), and that Tim isn't as big of a deal like he used to be. Panda is becoming more of the face of the gnats these days.
I feel the same way. I've always thought he was sickly. A lot of folks on ESPN think his arm motion will cause him many problems.
My guess is Timmy will get his 13 mill. If the Gnats had any sense, they'd do what Seattle did with King Felix and make it worth Timmy's while to sign a multi-year deal. No way do they trade him. Franchise impact pitchers are too hard to come by. We should know.Very good news on signing all of our potential arbitration eligibles. Hopefully, at the end of two years, another management team will be negotiating our core players' next Dodger deals. The signings, in particular, make our bullpen look solid for this season. Now all we need is some starting pitching to go with it. MLBTV had a report on Sheet's audition and, by all accounts, he looked good. With a one-year deal laden with incentives, he might be worth a shot. Piniero and Padilla are good possibilities. If the price is right, I'd even take a shot on Garland. Let's face it, nobody left out there is going to resemble an impact starter. The best we can hope for is decent.
Hey Sky, how ya doin?
Nells – don't forget that Ned signed Carroll Burnett for 2 years.
I'm really happy for Andre. I think it's a fair deal and it supposedly has incentives built in, so he can potentially make even more. I was worried they were going to put him through the same crap as last year, so it's good to see they didn't. I can't wait for spring training to start.
Not bad, e. So, are you Californians readying your arks after all the fornicating rain? We here in Utah are just glad to be able to see the mountains after experiencing some of the country's worst air quality the past couple of weeks. A lot of folks here call it "haze". They have problems with the "s-word".
Hope Carroll doesn't tug his ear while standing on second base. Opposing teams might think he's stealing signs.
That is very true enchanted, very true indeed.
bluecrewgirl – so very good for him and us 🙂
Seesky – we had a pretty good thunder and lightening show tonight, along with a drenching downpour or two throughout the day (or three), and our worst rain day is expected tomorrow with more thunder and lightening. I live across from a creek that seems to be doing okay so far.
Just been raining so far Sky, but we didn't miss snow by much last night. Not so sure we'll be that lucky tonight though.
And BCG, it isn't cra* anymore, its kakadoodle. We're trying to run a PG blog here. 🙂
BTW, where in the purgatory has jhall run off to again?
LMTO!!!!!! I guess we can't use the A anymore either.
It's hit the rack in MST. Sleep tight, ITD, and don't let the gnat bugs bite.
A substitution of behind or derriere will now now suffice. LMnorthendofasouthboundhorseO would also be acceptible EXCEPT if used in derogatory terms towards the equine (i.e. in comparisons to the front office or ownership.)
Good night Sky.
Just advise him to use dashes so that we can isolate the transitory verb substitutionary phrase.
(I hope all of you are taking this down… there's a quiz later.)
Yipes, I've been time warped!!!
Good Night Seesky!!!
LMDO!!!! We definitely need a ITD Terminology Book – LMDO!!!!!
LOL is still permitted provided you're LOL WITH someone and not AT someone.
LMNorthendofsouthboundhorseO works well……………if you were having problems remembering the acronym, all you have to remember is the L, and then the next three letters in the alphabet :))
Well guano, I seem to be stuck in real time now. Guess I'll call it a night. Toodles everyone.
OMG is to be replaced by OMnondenominationaldiety. (Agnostics and athiests can feel free to substitute Nietzsche.)
And of course WTF is now WTconsentingadultscoupling.
So, does that mean Jhall has to say…………… UNCONSENTINGADULTSCOUPLINGBELIEVEABLE!!!! ?
Better send him a memo.
However, using the -un before consenting would suggest that the adults did not consent to the coupling.
Enchanted, excuse my ignorance, but what does PG stand for?
Bluecrewgirl ~ Well, in movie terms it mean Parental Guidance, but I am not sure what it means in Enchanted terms. That can bring a whole new meaning to PG.
BCG – PG in our case now means Proper Grammar.
Here, I was thinking Poop Guard.
enchanted – I didn't realize last night you were being time warped back into the PST zone.
Oh I was stuck baby!!!
Good morning ITD!
Very wet day in the L.A. area.
The leak is in the living room downstairs and is coming from a crack in the balcony. We put a tarp in the balcony and a bucket in the living room until this rain stop so the association can fix it. Thanks for asking!
So happy our boys all signed up! Just came out of a meeting, I have not heard the specifics on our gentle big boy Jonathan.
Dang it, its snowing like an illegitimate child here now.
Oh no, not like an illegitimate child! I heard word from home we have no power.
Andre's salary breakdown…………….
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Outfielder Andre Ethier has agreed to a $15.25 million, two-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Ethier gets a $500,000 signing bonus and salaries of $5.5 million this year and $9.25 million in 2011.
Joel Pineiro has signed with the Angels. He didn't exactly come up big in Game 3 vs. Dodgers in St. Louis last Fall. Prefer Garland or Padilla. Geez, just saying that speaks volumes for this off-season. Son of a female dog…………..
Son of a female dog…..The way Ned has been pushing the puppy all winter….you would think we would get a better pick of the litter.
LMDO, Dodger4life!
Then again maybe…..Padilla was his pick of the litter along???
Hello gang!! How've ya'll been?!!! I guess Ned is a litter bug. He has strewn the Dodger road with trash (read; Schmidt, Bombko, etc…). By the way, what's up with the metaphors for good old f*cking curse words? Un-coitus-believable!!!
Kind of takes the claw out of the Bear, as we know him!!!
Hey D4, Ned has been too busy pulling the old puppy. That's why we aren't getting the pick of the litter. Probably because Jamie was painting the town!!!
Overall, we are not in bad shape. We're still the team to beat in the NL West. Barring a miracle, we're not a World Series Champion team yet. If Kersh and Billz continue to develope and become the second coming of Koufax and Drysdale or Hershisher and Belcher; we've got a shot!!!
Goodnight and Excelsior True Believers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey jhall…. How have ya been my friend???
Good Night jhall…Excelsior True Believers!!!!
Good to see ya around…..
Great news if you sat in the 198 seat VIP section last season. Your experience has become less expensive this year….Instead of $90…they have been reduced to $42 and $47 respectively. No sun tan lotion though….probably not a big problem seeing how you are in Arizona, good chance you have your own……No cool scented towel though, also probably not a problem since you are in Arizona and your accommodations provided you with one, good chance before the end of the day, it has that cool scent of your favorite sun tan lotion as well….. No preferred parking though, also probably not a problem since the cost of parking has been shifted to those whose ticket prices increased this spring…..and with the money you saved you can take a shuttle or peddle bike…..I would suggest the peddle bike since you are in a great mood after getting into the parking lot in a reasonable amount of time….You probably enjoy this better than the preferred parking anyway's.
Good news if you are'nt considered a family…..seeing as unless you have three people you are considered a couple….You saved a buck!!! That is always good news!!!
Not so good news if you are a family, your expeirence is now at least a buck more…..and seeing how this is a family site, I just thought you should be informed.
Enjoy the game folks!!!! Go Dodgers!!!!
I saw that they no longer have that special section at Camelback. Believe it or not, the wet towels were a godsend during the games. It was so hot!!! The ushers kept handing us bottled water as well. When you sit hear the front, there is no shade. It is just like the Sunday day games at Dodger Stadium.
I have a feeling that the Dodgers will sign Vicente Padilla. He did well and I think that some teams are staying clear of him because of his history. He got along well with the other players. I met him at one of the games and he seemed like a nice guy. He took time to sign autographs and seemed pleased when I told him he was doing a great job. He certainly signed more than O Dog who never signed an autograph.
Everything will be okay by opening day, I'm sure.
Thanks for the update on ticket prices Dodger4life.
I don't think Jhall got the memo about our language issue 🙂
Good Morning ITDland ~ I agree with Jhall's comments last night…….I miss Bear's "Claw"…………..I think some of Enchanted's "Enchantment" is lost. I liked us much better crude rude and nasty 🙂
Good morning to all.
Funny you posted that D4, as yesterday I actually had a thought of trying to go to ST.
But when I was looking at the prices and saw that for a non grass seat it was going to cost between $26 — $47 (Which doesn't include all the service charges, printing charges, & we want more $$$ from you charge so were going to charge you more from the ticket company charge). Compared to $23 — $29 for the Angels. Also I looked at most other teams and they charge around the $23-$30 range as well.
I was thinking that I could afford to fly there. But then based on the hotel room and $70.00 for the 2 of us per game to watch the big league players play roughly 3-4 innings I got 2nd thoughts. So if we went there we would want to see as many games as possible since were flying there. I figured based on the days we were there we could see 4-5 games. $350.00. Not including all the food at the games. Throw in food for the days we are there & eating out and it started to get upwards of 2G. $350.00 games, $450.00 for airfare, $750.00 for hotel, plus car rental, plus food. That's just for 2. That really adds up. I can't imagine a family of 4.
I can't justify that to the Wife for ST in Arizona. It used to be an inexpensive alternative but I guess if there is a buck to be squezzed out of the public it will be done. I just don't have the lemons…
I have to admit, it is kind of fun trying to figure out the bad word based on their cleaver clues.
Nellyjune ~ it sure is fun trying to figure the cleaver clues out. I'm still a little irked that we got chewed out in the first place.
Collie ~ After what you just posted, I'd much rather save my money for games that actually count. As a matter of fact, I have to start saving now to afford games come regular season.
Poor jhall didn't get the memorandum…
Back a couple threads we've a moratorium on cursing and a mandate to make the blog PG rated.
It is very expensive to go to ST especially if you fly. The main cost is the lodging. The average price if you stay fairly close to Camelback is about $200 a night for one. The high cost is not in the game ticket. However, it is great fun and was worth it to me.
"Based on fan feedback, we determined that premium seating in spring training wasn't necessary," Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch said Wednesday.
Really? It took fan feedback for you guys to realize that? $90 a ducket for games that don't mean a thing and you needed fans to scream and yell at you to figure that out? Sometimes I really wonder about the people in the front office…
Vicente I can live with.
Have seen it reported that we've signed Padilla to a one year contract for $4 million. I like him a lot better than Looper and Garland, which were the other considerations. We seem to have a lot of people to look at for the #5 starter, and it's time we sorted through those options to see what might work.
If Brox would ever learn to back people off the plate, he'd be totally unhittable.
I'm OK with Padilla too Bear – much better option than Looper, and at least on a par with if not slightly better than Garland, though Garland I think would eat-up more innings.
To get anywhere though, Billz is going to have to get some nads and Kersh will have to keep developing rapidly. Going to need another starter though – I just don't think Kuroda's capable of going a full year without getting hurt.
I think Padilla is a good signing. Like I said before, we can use somebody that will back people off the plate.
Good morning ITD!
I also like the Padilla signing. No hitters messing with Padilla. also, have I heard anything about Belisario?
For Spring Training games, I went with friends so we split the cost of rental car and hotel. I even had points for a free night but I did get those speeding tickets in the mail…
boy is raining very hard here in Chatsworth
The Padilla signing is a good one, but yes, it will only get better if our other three (Billz, Kersh and Kuroda) BRING IT this season.
On the Spring Training tickets, etc. As far as expenses, going there as a single person, whether you are with friends or not, is completely different than going as a couple or a family of three, four and/or more. Thank you Collie and Cat for your insight into the expenses. I would just rather save the money and spend it for the real games that count, whether they are at Dodger Stadium or the Phone Booth. One day when I am retired, and no kids to get through their teenage/college life, I will be able to do both. Cat – I know how much you love going, and I look forward to reading your updates when you do go.
I hope that this year's Spring Training, I get to meet Bob Feller. My friend Deb who is an Indian fan, took her dad there last year. Her dad shared stories when he used to watch him pitch. I met Deb in Vero Beach a few years back and everytime she and her husband come to L.A. she lets me know or when she goes to Spring Training. We ended up as partners during the last Women Baseball clinic at Vero. I love all the friends I have made because of Baseball.
Sometimes the best time at Spring Training is where there is no game and you could just chat with the guys and watch them practice. I have a friend that works for the General hospital in L.A. who said he ran into Sandy Koufax and he just chatted with him for a while. This is was back in 2004.
If you can and you can afford it, I highly recomend Spring Training. Lore and I will catch the Dodgers at the Indian facility and at the Giant facility beside the games at Camelback. It is a little easier on us since is a 5 hour drive.
Very good Kahli and Bear! It does put us in a sticky situation as to know what is acceptable and what is not.
Padilla is a good signing…..if he is, indeed, the #4 starter. But many ITD humans feel antsy about Kuroda's health; count me in that group, as well. So if Padilla slides into the 3 hole (is that too pornographic for this site???) then the rotation is hurting. Would still like to see the Dodgers re-sign Weaver. He did everything the Dodgers asked of him last season…and he has the spheres when needed for tight situations. Billingsley should talk to Weaver about acquiring some spheres…
I think that mentioning the possibility of Padilla sliding into the #3 hole is quite permissible as long as you don't mention Jamie in the same sentence.
Sign my boy Weaver.


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4/7/09 @ Rogers Centre
It was 7pm CT in Milwaukee, when my Dad (Jack) and I loaded up my Ford Explorer and headed out on our trek north of the border. We traveled under the cover of darkness in true tactical-style. By the time it was 9pm CT, we had already by-passed Chicago (home of the White Sox-Cukthefubs). Traveling through Michigan was a breeze and we were soon about to cross the border.
A few energy drinks and conversations later with my best buddy, Dear ol' Dad, and we were at the border. There was only one lane open, due to the fact that it was 3am ET, so, we rolled right up. I handed the border agent our two passports and my sheriff's badge.
"What brings you to Canada?" the border agent inquired. "Baseball, sir," I responded.
"Who's playing?" he asked. "Blue Jays vs. the Tigers, sir" I said.
"Where's your birth certificate?" he asked. "I thought the passports would suffice, sir" I stated.
When he realized there wasn't a third passenger, he asked me, "why did you hand me your badge?" I responded, "professional courtesy, sir. Another form of photo indentification."
"Okay," he said. "Where are your tickets?"
"They are being held at will call, sir" I responded.
"No, I mean where in the stadium?" he asked.
"Oh, we will be seated in the left field bleachers, sir" I said.
He responded, "so, you brought your ball glove, then?"
To which I happily responded, "yes sir!"
"Alright, go ahead" he said, as he handed back my passports and badge.
"Thank you sir" I said, as we proceeded across the border and into Canada.
He asked me if I brought my glove! I think 2009 is going to be a great season. Funny stuff.
After breakfast at Denny's, we arrived at our hotel in downtown Toronto around 9am ET. We were able to check into our hotel early because they were expecting me. No, just kidding…but we did get to check in early : )
My Dad and I took a nap until about 1 pm ET because we had driven through the night. Lord knows I can't ballhawk on zero sleep.
Around 3pm, we headed to the stadium.
Here I am at the ticket window picking up our tickets for the game.
We had some time to goof off, so, we wandered around the park and took in some sights, including the CN Tower pictured above.
ENERGY DRINKS-sometimes, a ballhawk's best friend.
Here's an interesting sign that was posted at all entrances of the stadium…
Alcohol sales were suspended on 4/7/09 game due to a bunch of drunken idiots the night before. Didn't bother me a bit…I don't drink and ballhawk. They don't mix.
We then headed to find the gate to which we would be entering the stadium.
Here I am freezing my **** off outside GATE 11. This gate would lead me directly to the left field lower section (100 level) of bleachers.
The gates to the stadium were opening at 530 pm. It was only 4pm. So, my Dad and I headed into the Renaissance Hotel Bar called "Arriba." I had a Diet Coke. My Dad had a house beer.
We watched the Blue Jays take BP. I noticed that most of the baseballs hit into the stands were bouncing in either the left field bullpen or the lower section of bleachers in left field. None too many baseballs were finding their way into the 200 level of bleachers, hmmm.
One baseball that did make it's way into the 200 level came to a rest in the bottom of the aisle. There was nobody around, hmmm again. 10 minutes passed…20 minutes passed…30 minutes passed…the baseball was still there. Would it still be there when I get into the stadium?? Hmmm. I counted the sections over where I might find that baseball upon gate opening. Fingers-crossed.
It's now about 430 pm. Time to give Zack Hample a call. If you don't know who Zack Hample is, you might want to climb out from underneath that rock. Zack is a great baseball fan with a great website. Zack's love of the game rivals my own and Zack is pretty damn good at snagging baseballs, too.
The Zack-man and I compared some notes and we agreed to meet outside GATE 14.
Pictured: (from left to right) The Happy Youngster, Zack Hample and Happy's Dad-Jack.
Zack proved to be a stand-up guy. Through e-mail correspondence, it felt like we were brothers. This proved to be an accurate assessment after meeting him in person.
530 pm – gates to the stadium opened.
I was now entering the stadium through GATE 14. I raced down the walkway to the left and into the 200 level. I shot through the first tunnel I spotted that would lead me to my potential easter egg find. I counted the sections over and looked to the ground. It was not there!! Wait a minute…ahah! There it was. Lying there so innocently on the bottom row-yet to be claimed-until now.
There she is…ball #1 of this young season. I think I'll call her "Lonely Betty."
After claiming the easter egg, I raced down another level to the 100 level bleacher seats where I would set up camp for the time being.
Tigers LF Carlos Guillen was taking warm-up fly balls directly in front of me. I had on my #35 Justin Verlander Detroit Tigers jersey. When a baseball came near him, I yelled out, "dame la bolla, por favor, senor Guillen!" He turned and without looking threw a baseball to a guy standing about 20 feet to my right. The guy muffed the toss-up and it dropped onto the bullpen net and rolled down. When I yelled out, "that's okay, the next one," Guillen realized he had thrown it to the wrong guy.
About 5 minutes later, Guillen retrieved another baseball. I yelled out once again, "por favor, senor Guillen!" This time, he fired a perfect seed right into my waiting mitt.
Upon further inspection of ball #2, I discovered this…
The Detroit Tigers were using International League baseballs!! No wonder they couldn't hit anything out. These baseballs have a waxy, fake leather feel to them. If you hold an official Major League baseball in one hand and in the other hand, you hold one of these, it's easy to feel the difference.
Another 10 minutes passed, with very little action in the bleachers. The Tigers appeared to have left their power strokes back in Detroit. Then Magglio Ordonez and Miguel Cabrera had their turn to hit. With that power coming up to hit, I headed back up to the 200 level.
The bottom level (100 level) of bleachers were definitely more crowded than the 200 level. But, there was a better chance of a ball being hit to the bottom level than the top level.
A few minutes passed and neither of the big sluggers was hitting anything. I was getting a bit frustrated, since my main focus of ballhawking has always been retrieving batted balls.
Time for PLAN B…just ask for the damn ball.
Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander was shagging BP out in left field. After about 5 minutes of yelling, my aforementioned #35 VERLANDER jersey finally paid off. Justin turned and lofted one to me in the second level. I had to reach way out over the railing but did manage to catch it. "Thanks!" I yelled out to him. Another International League ball.
I moved out to left-center where Tigers pitcher Juan Rincon was shagging BP. I yelled out to him in Spanish. He didn't respond. A minute later, I tried it again. No response.
Okay, fine. Keep trying.
Finally, a ball was hit in the gap where he had to run over in my direction. I was standing in the front row holding up my glove. He tossed it to a fan about 30 feet to my right.
I wasn't about to give up. Another ball was hit to him. I asked one more time in Spanish. He turned and looked at me. I held up my glove and he tossed it to me for #4.
International League ball? YUP…cheapskates.
The Detroit Tigers portion of Batting Practice was really frustrating me. There were maybe a handful of opportunities to snag a baseball on the fly for the whole bleacher area. None in my vicinity. I hadn't seen BP this bad since the Pirates came to Milwaukee County Stadium. eesh!!
BP ended in quiet fashion.
Understand, I've made my ballhawk living snagging batted balls. When no batted balls are hit, times are not as good.
Tigers pitcher Edwin Jackson was now in the bullpen warming up for the game. I seated myself in the front row above the Tigers pen.
One of Jackson's pitches got away from him and bounced off a metal structure located near the Tigers bullpen. Tigers bullpen coach Jeff Jones retrieved it. He looked down at the ball.
I knew exactly what he was thinking. He was looking to see if that baseball had a scuff on it or not. Then he started looking up into the stands with the baseball concealed in his hand. Again, I knew exactly what he was thinking. He was trying to find a Detroit Tigers fan.
So, I stood up and held up my glove. We made eye contact and he lofted it up to me.
As you can see in the picture above, the baseball Jeff Jones tossed up to me not only had a deep indented tear (over the "BA" in BASEBALL and directly above the SELIG portion of Bud's signature), but it also had a rough looking black scuff on it, as well.
Right before the start of the game, my Dad and I went to the food stands for a little pre-game meal…
Antacids, anyone?
After consuming those two gut grenades, I made a donation to a charity called JAYS CARE…
My lovely wife and her family have taught me some valuable lessons over the past few years. If you're in a good situation in life, share some time, money and talents with those in need.
Around the 4th inning, another great MLBlogger and I met for the first time.
Jeremy at HomerFoodandHistory stopped by to say hello. Jeremy's a great guy who lives about 40 minutes from Toronto. He told me he wore his Brewers #4 Molitor jersey just for me…thanks!!
Here's a picture of Jeremy and I meeting for the first time…
Jeremy and his friend Charles retreated back to their box seats (!!) and we agreed to meet up after the game.
Speaking of the game: Here was the view of the game from our seats…
Another view…
That area in the bottom of the above photo is the black hole they call a bullpen. Nothing chaps my **** more than a big fat ol' bullpen right in home run territory. Way to design a park where 20% of home run balls never reach the seats…stupid.
Of course, I think this way because I'm a ballhawk.
The game was uneventful until Scott Rolen jacked one directly over our heads to the 200 level seats above us. It was the 1st home run of the game and it was the 8th inning, I believe.
The Blue Jays ended up winning the game 5-4 on a sac fly in the bottom of the 9th by Rod Barajas.
After the game concluded, I was directly above the Tigers dugout. I was waiting for home plate umpire Jerry Layne to exit the field. I yelled out to him, but with the crowd going nuts, he could not hear me and disappeared into the dugout.
After the game, we again met up with Zack Hample. Zack offered to show us his hotel room inside the stadium that looked out over right field. We took him up on the offer.
The picture appears a tad blurry but that's because Zack and I both move so fast, eh?!
Another shot…this time using the flash…
Zack, I forgot to ask…what's the story with the YSOP shirt?
For anyone interested in my totally awesome shirt…it's now on sale for the very modest price of $13.99 ppd. Only available at www.milwaukeeshirtguys.com
To wrap up our day, my Dad and I again met up with Jeremy and his friend Charles. They took us to a nice little Italian-style bar where we enjoyed a few adult beverages.
Thanks guys!
So, that concludes my 2009 regular season ballhawking debut.
Final haul for the day…
5 baseballs and a few new friends.
It's gotta be the shoes!!
- 5 Total balls 4/7/09
(1 ball hit-easter egg)
(4 balls thrown)


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An unnamed Dutch man has been sentenced to six months' prison for threatening police officers with a heavily-modified Wii controller back in May.
Dutch news outlet De Volksrant says the man, 29, had transformed the remote into a "sniper rifle"; whether it was a custom job or he was simply using an off-the-shelf accessory is unclear.
What matters is that he threatened cops with it, the cops thought it was a real gun, and he's now looking at a significant amount of time behind bars for being an idiot.
Cel voor bedreigen agenten met Wii-controller [De Volksrant, via NeoGAF]


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Report: Penn St. officials concealed abuse
By GENARO C. ARMAS and MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno and other senior officials "concealed critical facts" about Jerry Sandusky's child abuse because they were worried about bad publicity, according to an internal investigation into the scandal concluded.
The 267-page report released Thursday is the result of an eight-month inquiry by former FBI director Louis Freeh, hired by university trustees weeks after Sandusky was arrested in November to look into what has become one of sports' biggest scandals.
The report concluded that Paterno, president Graham Spanier, athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz "failed to protect against a child sexual predator harming children for over a decade."
"In order to avoid the consequences of bad publicity, the most powerful leaders at the university -- Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and Curley -- repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky's child abuse," the report said.
Sandusky is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of 45 criminal counts. The scandal led to the ouster of Paterno and the school's president.
Sandusky's trial last month included gut-wrenching testimony from eight young men who said he abused them as boys, sometimes on campus, and included testimony that showed he used his prestige as a university celebrity to manipulate the children.
By contrast, Freeh's team focused on Penn State and what its employees did -- or did not do -- to protect children.
More than 400 current or former school employees were interviewed since November, including nearly everyone associated with the football program under Paterno. The Hall of Fame coach died of lung cancer in January at age 85, without telling Freeh's team his account of what happened.


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On May 14, 2012, the Canadian government announced that it is supporting Holocaust education, research and remembrance by announcing a $400,000 grant to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation in Poland. Prime Minister Stephen Harper made this announcement during the visit of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to Canada.
The press release said that "Canada's support for the Memorial Site will help with the conservation of the buildings, grounds, and the thousands of historical objects that are endangered by erosion and deterioration. The memorial is almost 200 hectares, and includes 155 buildings, 300 ruins, including those of the gas chambers and crematoria, over 100,000 personal items that belonged to the people who were killed, archival documents, and works of art by prisoners. The Auschwitz death camp is the only place of its kind entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and more than 1.3 million people from all over the world visit the site every year.
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation is a Polish non-governmental organization that seeks to preserve the former Nazi concentration and extermination camp by raising €120 million for the Perpetual Fund, whose sole purpose is to cover the conservation costs of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Site. The Foundation was created in January 2009 by Professor Władysław Bartoszewski, a former Auschwitz prisoner and current chairman of the Auschwitz Council".
To do more reading about the Polish people in Canada, here are some websites which may interest you -
Poles www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/022/022-905.007-e.html Dominik Barcz was the first Polish person in Canada, and he came in 1752. Read about the impact the Polish people have had on the history of the country.
Resources for Polish-American and Polish-Canadian Genealogical Research www.tc.umn.edu/~brand050/books/bookpolish.htm Ed Brant gives the researcher a overview of books and articles.
Polish Canadians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Canadians Gives a brief history of the Polish people in Canada, and a long list of notable Polish Canadians.
Wilno www.wilno.com Visit Canada's oldest Polish community, Wilno, located in Eastern Ontario, having been settled in the 1800s.


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According to a report by the UN's refugee agency, released today to coincide with World Refugee Day, more than 80 percent of the world's 10.5 million refugees are taken in by developing countries, which already have their own challenges to deal with: hunger, poverty, underemployment, and illiteracy.
All told, 43.7 million people have been displaced from their homes because of conflict or political oppression. More than half of them, 27.5 million, never even leave their own countries, remaining internally displaced instead.
"In today's world there are worrying misperceptions about refugee movements and the international protection paradigm," said António Guterres, head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in a statement. "Fears about supposed floods of refugees in industrialized countries are being vastly overblown or mistakenly conflated with issues of migration. Meanwhile it's poorer countries that are left having to pick up the burden."
Richer Western nations do take in a fair number of refugees, as their daily newspapers are quick to point out with front-page photos of boatloads of Africans crossing the Mediterranean. But the economic burden these richer nations bear is far lower per capita than is the burden that developing nations that host refugees.
In Germany, the industrial nation with the largest refugee population (594,000 people), there are 17 refugees for every $1 of gross domestic product. In Pakistan, the nation with the largest number of refugees overall (1.9 million), there are 710 refugees per $1 of GDP. Countries with larger and stronger economies, measured in GDP, are better able to absorb refugees than those with smaller GDPs.
Today's refugee population, at 15 million worldwide, is more than seven times the number of European refugees in the UNHCR's caseload when the agency was created 60 years ago, following World War II. The three countries bearing the largest number of refugees all border warzones: Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan, at 1.9 million, and Iran and Syria, both bordering Iraq, at 1.1 million and 1 million respectively.
Refugees, displaced persons, immigrants
If there is confusion over refugees, it may have something to do with the fact that there are so many definitions and acronyms to contend with.
- A refugee is someone who flees conflict or instability and seeks refuge in another country. There are some 15 million refugees globally.
- An internally displaced person (IDP) is someone who flees his home because of conflict, instability, or natural causes such as drought, but remains in his own country. There are 27.5 million internally displaced persons worldwide, cut off from their farmlands and livelihoods, and many of them are dependent on international assistance to survive.
- An asylum seeker is someone who flees his country because of political reasons and seeks a protected legal status in another country. There are 850,000 asylum seekers in the world; one fifth of them now live in South Africa.
- An immigrant is someone who leaves his country for any and all of these reasons, or simply to seek better economic opportunities.
Conflating these different categories of people is an unfortunately common practice, whether intentional or otherwise, and can create xenophobia and put pressure on host nations to close up their doors. But closing a door does little to resolve the initial cause of mass displacement, and it can have disastrous effects on some of the world's most vulnerable citizens.
'A humanitarian emergency'
Consider the world's largest concentration of refugees, the three camps around the Kenyan town of Dadaab, near the Somali border. Designed 20 years ago for 30,000 refugees in each camp, Dadaab now holds roughly four times its designed capacity, with 360,000 camp residents. The aid group Doctors Without Borders, which provides health care at the three camps, says that the refugees continue to flow in and at the current rate of growth, Dadaab will have a population of 450,000 by the end of the year – about twice the population of Geneva.
"More refugees are on their way," said nurse Nenna Arnold, in a recent report released by Doctors Without Borders. "We are already at bursting point, but the figures keep growing. This situation is a humanitarian emergency."
The UNHCR has been working with the Kenyan government to allow the camps at Dadaab to expand, noting that 40,000 Somali refugees are already setting up camp on the outskirts of Dadaab, unable to receive any source of food or medical relief.
"We are seeking to get the final go-ahead from the Kenyan government to populate another camp in Dadaab," Andy Needham, spokesman for UNHCR's Somalia program in Nairobi, told The Christian Science Monitor. "We do continue to count on the support of donor nations in terms of funding, but this is not just about funding. We call on the world to advocate for refugees, in terms of extension of camps so that the refugees do get assistance they need."