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It just gets stranger, and stranger. They are telling folks at sporting events to NOT flush toilets and are hiring attendants to just flush periodically. How would you like that job???? And the dumbest dumb fucks (AKA the Army Corp of Engineers) after the Gov dropped his suit against them, and they agreed to drop water drainage by a lousy 16%, have once again increased waterflow to save those mussels....guess it's time to start hoarding water. As Lanier dries, Chattahoochee swells By Stacy Shelton The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 11/09/07 One effect of Lake Lanier's fast decline: The Chattahoochee River it feeds is swelling with water. The federal agency that operates Lanier is releasing more water in the river to make up for dry conditions downstream. Water stored in two other federal reservoirs on the Chattahoochee is mostly depleted, leaving Lanier to do the job of providing most of the water needed for protected mussels downstream in Florida. On Thursday, Lanier hit its lowest level since January 1982. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week began sending two big releases downstream every day, in the morning and late afternoon, which also generates electricity. The corps plans to keep it up at least through next Thursday, when federal biologists are scheduled to report back on whether the mussels can survive with less water. If they say OK, the corps plans to reduce the water flowing into Florida by 16 percent. Until then, the corps says it's obligated to maintain a flow of at least 3.2 billion gallons of water every day into Florida. On Wednesday, Lanier contributed more than two-thirds of that —- 2.4 billion gallons coursed down the Chattahoochee. The lake has lost a full 20 percent of its water surface. Most docks are dry. Out of 104 ramps, just eight have enough water at the end to stick a boat in. On Thursday, Memphis Vaughan, the corps' chief regional water manager, said this year's rainfall in the metro Atlanta region has been the lowest ever recorded. Rain is expected Tuesday.

Dude, did you know you were really, really lucky??? My Dad's best friend's daughter is a nurse and works for the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Dealing with kids. One of the toughest cases for her (Next to a little kid dying of Cancer wanting to be held by her, because she was so cold, and Mom had briefly left the hospital) was a 14-15 year old girl who, while staying at a hotel, jumped up and down on the bed and hit the ceiling. Apparently there was a support beam right where her head hit...Now she's a quadriplegic.

Sorry to hear about this Jim!!! Never too late to bubble wrap the entire house!

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=07...;show_article=1

A lot of Cabrera's problems will go away playing for real fans(You of all People Dan, know what a joke baseball is down there!) and for a competive team. But, like I said about trading for Santana, you guys are going to have to give up more than the 2nd or 3rd best starter in your organization. Remember who you had to give up to get Beckett from the very same team.

Many here have probably heard of http://mlbtraderumors.com , I just found about about another one, http://elismlbrumors.com/ Guy needs to work on his word puttin' togetherin', but still pretty interesting.

Man, that's just a win-win proposition!!!

I don't know how people can say she's innocent. People don't just give in and retire if they are innocent. Guilty people don't do that. That's like someone being accused of murder, and pleading guilty to avoid a long trail, but claiming they really are innocent.

Saw this, hell of a way to get injured ! 11/01/2007 2:08 PM ET Zumaya underwent surgery on Wednesday DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers today announced righthanded pitcher Joel Zumaya underwent surgery yesterday at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego. Zumaya had an AC joint reconstruction on his right shoulder, a procedure performed by Dr. Heinz Hoenecke and Dr. Jan Fronek. He was injured moving personal items during the California wildfires. Zumaya will rest his shoulder for the next six weeks, before he will be able to begin an active rehabilitation program. He is expected to begin a strengthening program in three months and it is anticipated he will begin a throwing program in four months. The club is hopeful Zumaya will return to pitching at the mid-season point in 2008

Well, for reasons known only to Satan, the main guy talked about for CF here was Mike Cameron....35 year old Cameron, who struck out 160 times last year....hit .242 last year....but, he got busted using some sort of stimulant , and will be banned for the first 25 games. So, we may have been saved from a reallly stupid management decision. Coco was a brief rumor here a week ago, but our beat writer(who was in Boston for the WS) shot it down...but, that was before Cameron came down with upper-itis. (Don't even know why the Sox would want Kelly Johnson, no place for him on that team) Kelly Johnson for Coco Crisp? That rumor’s been hot-and-heavy on the ol’ Man In Black blog here today. But after speaking with a person who should know, I can tell you it sounds unlikely the Braves would trade for Crisp to be their new center fielder, and extremely unlikely that they’d trade Kelly Johnson for Crisp. In other words, if the Braves can’t do better in finding a replacement for Andruw Jones than Crisp, then maybe they’d consider trading for the no-longer-starting Red Sox center fielder. But they wouldn’t trade Kelly Johnson in a straight-up deal for Crisp, who would kill to have an offensive season like the one K.J. just had in his first full season. Braves supposedly have 2 swell prospects who can play CF, the Tigers guy, Gorkys Hernandez, and Jordan Schafer , who someone called(Perhaps a crazy man?) a combo of Grady Sizemore, and Steve Finley. But, they are both a year or two away...so, have to figure out something...Coco can't hit worse than Andruw did last year (.222 overall, .231 with RISP, .169 with RISP and two outs) So, I'd be all for it, if you guys would like to pay a few mil of his contract. Thing is, who'd you guys want? Joey Divine was a #1 pick a few years back, and Cox did his level best to ruin him(He gave up 2 grand slams in 5 innings in '05, the same year he was with NC State.) He pitched all of 8 1/3 innings this year. I think he was brought up 7-8 times this year. Cox clearly doesn't like him, and he's 24 now. I see in one inning against the sox this year, he stuck out 2, so clearly he's a stud!

I was right here, in front of my computer, why do you ask???? Oh, you mean, how do I feel about it??? Pretty good after I got time to digest it. At first it sounded like we jumped the gun, without hearing what other trades we could make with him. Many a braves fan thought Shaun Marcum would be a nice guy to pick up in a trade for Edgar. Apparently, the Blue Jays would rather keep a really good, young, cheap starter. -_- Jurrjens was first reported as a low 90's guy with excellent control. Well, our top "prospect" is a left handed version of that. Like I mentioned above, we have all sorts of hard throwing relievers, and all sorts of starters who can't break a pane of glass with their "hard" stuff. But, someone posted a link showing him pitching for the tigers, hitting 94-95, and a lot of us felt better about it. Plus, he's only 21. We also got Gorkys Hernandez(How's that for a name?) an outfielder who just turned 20 in Sept, and hit .293 in A ball, with 54 steals. Since we gave up half the farm club for a rental player like Texiera, we did need to restock a bit. Edgar was very good here, we heard nothing but good things from other players, management....helped out his replacement, Yunel Escobar out in many ways. It's tough to give up a guy who hit .332 last year, but he's 32, and just had his best year...and we are loaded to the gills with middle infielders, so it really was a no brainer. Still, I'd say the fans I have seen on the AJC (Newspaper) blog, is 60-40 in favor, but those against it, are really against it, and thought we should have kept him, for a run for it all in '08. Somehow, those folks think adding Glavine was all we really needed to do, and is somehow going to make a big difference, if/when we sign him.

At the very least Coco matches Hunter defensively, and would probably get a significant boost as a speedster hitting on artificial turf. He's also highly affordable, locked up for something like three years and 18 million or so. Hansen remains only 23 years old and could very well replace the Twins closer in a year, since Nathan is the next one to leave for greener pastures. Manny Delcarmen is also regarded as having the best "pure stuff" on the entire Red Sox staff, and Masterson happens to be someone that Tony Gwynn coached at San Diego State and regards as a future ace. Its hardly offering table scraps for Santana. And where were you when your team unloaded Renteria for a couple of prospects? Just to keep things clear(I need names in front of me while I post! )you first said, Then Zen said, I agree, if you take his arm out of the equation, Coco is the best CF in the game....but, he doesn't hit much, and was benched during the WS. The Twins already had a lousy offense, and going from Hunter to Coco isn't going to help matters. as for Hansen, he's almost 24, and and has a career ERA of 6.59(Granted, he didn't pitch last year for the big club) MDC, has good stuff, but hell, the lowly braves have 4-5 relievers who hit 95-96 on a nightly basis. Masterson looks to be pretty good...but, he's not your top starting prospect. Zen said, no way they move Ellsbury. and the talk is Coco, Lester, Hansen or DelClarmen. And who is Santana??? Not only a very durable pitcher, but the best starter in the game, over the past 4-5 years! And it sounds like you all are not willing to give up either your best starting prospect, or OF prospect for him! Twins have tons of starting pitching in the minors, and will get Francisco Liriano back next year as well. They need offense, if they want to compete in '08. Plus, Santana would win 20+ every year with your offense! A rotation of Beckett, Santana, Dice-K and Schilling=WS win #3 next year, and probably the next after that even without Schilling. Dan, to be fair, you did say it would take a King's Ransom. You guys are starting to truly morph into the Yankees! Only half kidding there! Every team is there to serve as a farm club for you guys. You'd trade(and pay his full contract) or release Lugo and his rather large contract if you could get A-Rod for 30 mil. I am only going to root for the Devil Rays from now on, since the Sox are winners now, it's no fun for an underdogger like me anymore!

Cabrera is probably going to be on the move, but he's an interesting situation: incredibly talented hitter appears to have a serious eating/conditioning problem seems like a lot of people question his attitude/commitment to excellence Its also clear that he is meant to be a DH in the American League and won't be doing anyone a lot of favors playing third base anymore. But oh what a hitter! If I were the Marlins, I'd hold out for more of the great pitching prospects before I'd take Melky from the Yanks. The biggest potential trade out there though has to be Johan Santana, with one year left before free agency. Its pretty clear the Twins can't or refuse to afford to keep him and the biggest question in my mind is whether the Yankees and Sox would bid with their youngsters to get him. If you had a guarantee that you could sign him to a long-term deal, I think I'd do something along the lines of Coco/Hansen/MDC/Masterson but the Twins would probably insist on Ellsbury and/or Lester/Buchholz. It would certainly take a king's ransom, the question is would it be worth it. Stay tuned. They wont move Ellsbury !!!!!!....the talk by Sean McAdam is Coco, Lester.Hansen or DelCarmen for Santana ! Hey good luck with that, unloading a CF that can't hit much, and the team doesn't want, a 3rd or 4th starter type, and a 6th/7th inning guy should get you Santana! Man, and I thought Braves writers and fans were unrealistic when it came to possible trades!

I never have, and only because I stumbled upon a Youtube clip of someone playing a 1924 recording have I heard of her now... This Wikipedia link talks about her recording in England in the early 30's...

JC singing I Walk the Line-In German!

From 1930, not at all like her pre mike style of singing...wish more of her non acoustic were available. Marion Harris - I'm Funny That Way

On the U.S. version there is a wish list, do you have one on yours???? That is the way I store stuff to get later....

Heh heh. I'd just edited mine down to under thirty items (uhhh - mostly by buying stuff...) then amazon edited it down to none... Just a wild stab in the dark, but do you have another browser you can sign in with????

Is that BERIGAN on the right? I wear glasses, and I am not that thin......plus, I'm black.

Staff Get Guide On Nude Sleepwalkers Updated: 07:09, Thursday October 25, 2007 Workers at a chain of budget hotels are being given advice on how to deal with naked sleepwalkers. Most sleepwalkers are men It follows an increase in the number of guests found wandering around in the night with no clothes on. A study by Travelodge found there had been more than 400 cases in the past year, almost all involving men. Sleep experts blame stress, alcohol abuse and lack of sleep for the disorder. The research, conducted in 310 Travelodge hotels, found sleepwalkers wandered all over the building. A number had walked into the reception area asking for a newspaper or saying they wanted to check out. Travelodge said it was sending notes to its staff on how to deal with the problem. Advertisement The advice includes keeping a supply of towels in reception to help preserve a guest's dignity. Chris Idzikowski, an expert at the Edinburgh Sleep Centre, said: "These figures are a surprise. "Sleepwalking is most likely within an hour or two of going to bed, when first slipping into a deep sleep. "Part of the brain switches into autopilot and can manage well-learned movements such as walking, bending or sitting." He added: "Sleepwalkers will awake quite unable to recall any of their actions." The study also found one in 10 sleepwalkers had injured themselves on their travels. http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30400-1289936,00.html

A little early for these types of dire predictions, doncha think? Good point, in that they mentioned a painful memory for braves fans on espn last night. In 1996, we faced the Yankees, and won 12-1 in game one, and won game 2, 4-0....In Yankee stadium!!! So, clearly, the Braves won their 2nd straight WS, right? No, Yankees won 3 straight in Atlanta, and won game 6 back in Yankee stadium...so, one never knows, does one????? Ubaldo Jiminez has one of the weirdest motions, doesn't look like 97-99 MPH pitches should be coming out of it. He got in a lot of trouble in one game in the NLCS walking folks, but kept blowing the ball past folks to get out of the trouble. Will he be able to blow it by the sox hitters though???

No link yet, but this headline is on Drudge.... CBS News has learned U.S. officials will officially declare California's Santiago Fire an arson and offer a $50,000 reward to find the arsonist... Developing...

If Tim McCarver was praising Manny's throw a lot(I didn't see much of the last game) he also gave him plenty of crap for only getting to first on the near home run that hit the top of the fence and bounced back earlier in the series. And I can't blame him. I kept thinking if the next guy up hit a single, and since he was on first and couldn't score on said single...AND if they ended up losing the game by one run, it might have been the end of the Manny Ramirez era in Boston. I don't think fans could forgiven him that blunder. Manny needs to find some way to focus, or play a year in Philly! They'd fix his wagon!

I'd be afraid if I rode over one of those in my Lincoln, it would put a big dent in my oil pan!