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QUOTE(JimH @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 03:40 PM) Agree. And then up to Mt. Adams after the game. What a great city Cincinnati is. We're doing Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Oh great...

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 03:32 PM) If you all have not been there before, get tickets out in the RF seats. It has a great view of the ballpark, and of the Ohio River behind it. cough*comps*cough..

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 03:35 PM) It's all Paul's fault, haven't we been over this? I'm getting old.. the mind is going.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 03:30 PM) To me it sounds like Ozzie thinks PK is getting resigned by the Sox, and he doesn't like it, IMO. AH HA!! So it's Ozzie that hates Paul, not Frank... or maybe it's Frank also. They are all ganging up on Paul... they all hate him.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 03:30 PM) Ross Gload lover...... Noooo.. that would be Soxy.

QUOTE(sickness212 @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 03:27 PM) Well, it looks like we are getting section 153 row 2. Are these seats ok? Right next to Pods.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 03:28 PM) Jesus finally, I thought I was taking crazy pills. No need for those..

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 03:25 PM) Thank Goodness that we can trust the Bush Administration to put quality people in positions of authority. When Bush called him "Brownie" on National Television I knew that guy was high maintenance

Link to the emails in this article.. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/03/brown.fem...ails/index.html Not good.

Apparently, it's worse then just the comment about his outfit.. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9912186/

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 02:42 PM) This is news to me Apparently the pipe passed us by...

Lord I am so bored today... Brown Discussed Wardrobe During Katrina WASHINGTON - Newly-released e-mails show former FEMA director Michael Brown discussing his wardrobe during the crisis caused by Hurricane Katrina. A House panel has released 23 pages of internal e-mail offering additional evidence of a confused and distracted government response to Katrina, particularly from Brown, the former head of Federal Emergency Management Agency, at critical moments after the storm hit. The e-mails show that Brown, who had been planning to step down from his post when the storm hit, was preoccupied with his image on television even as one of the first FEMA officials to arrive in New Orleans, Marty Bahamonde, was reporting a crisis situation of increasing chaos to FEMA officials. "My eyes must certainly be deceiving me. You look fabulous — and I'm not talking the makeup," writes Cindy Taylor, FEMA's deputy director of public affairs to Brown on 7:10 a.m. local time on Aug. 29. "I got it at Nordstroms," Brown writes back. "Are you proud of me? Can I quit now? Can I go home?" An hour later, Brown adds: "If you'll look at my lovely FEMA attire, you'll really vomit. I am a fashion god." A week later, Brown's aide, Sharon Worthy, reminds him to pay heed to his image on TV. "In this crises and on TV you just need to look more hardworking ... ROLL UP THE SLEEVES!" Worthy wrote, noting that even President Bush "rolled his sleeves to just below the elbow." Some lawmakers immediately decried the e-mails. The e-mails "depict a leader who seemed overwhelmed and rarely made key decisions," said U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La. He criticized Brown for addressing "superficial subjects — such as Mr. Brown's appearance or reputation — rather than the pressing response needs of Louisiana and Mississippi."

WASHINGTON - The government wants to offer airline passengers the chance to avoid extra security checks. The Transportation Security Administration plans to make a "registered traveler" program available nationwide, agency chief Kip Hawley said Thursday in prepared testimony to Congress. The initial rollout is scheduled for June 20. The program, which was tested at five airports, allows people to avoid random pat-downs if they pay a fee, clear a voluntary background check and provide some form of biometric identification, like a fingerprint. It's designed to let people who travel often avoid delays and to free up screeners to focus on other travelers. "We believe that a nationwide registered traveler program can provide expedited screening for many travelers and enhance aviation security as well," Hawley told the House Homeland Security subcommittee on economic security. Hawley said the TSA is considering adding benefits to the program, such as letting registered travelers keep their shoes and their jackets on, or setting up special screening lanes. The government will conduct the background checks but Hawley said the plan is to use private companies to enroll travelers, issue ID cards that would be shown at airports and promote the program. In January, the TSA plans to issue guidance on collecting and storing biometric data and to unveil an appeals process for people who are rejected as registered travelers. The registered traveler concept is not embraced by everyone. Some security experts say it's a way for terrorists to find out if they're on government watch lists. The American Civil Liberties Union said it forces passengers to pay for convenience and give the government access to their personal information. "Those who don't want to give up this information — or who can't afford the costs — will have to deal with other airport screening lines growing exponentially longer," ACLU legislative counsel Timothy Sparapani said. "This isn't a choice any traveler should be forced to make." The pilot program began more than a year ago at five airports and ended Sept. 30. The program is being continued, though, at Orlando International Airport by a private company, Verified Identity Pass Inc., which is headed by Court TV founder Steven Brill. Brill told the subcommittee that 10,000 frequent travelers paid $79.95 each to join the program. Their average wait was 4 seconds, while the average for regular screening lines was 4 minutes, 16 seconds. Perhaps more important, their average maximum wait time was 3 minutes, significantly less than the maximum wait time of 31 minutes, 48 seconds for regular lines.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 02:32 PM) The only drawback to returning his Frank Thomas. Paulie doesn't like him and I think the feeling is mutual. What...?!?!?!

for the Oneto family. Family Loses Home to Katrina, Son to War HOLBROOK MOHR, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 47 minutes ago JACKSON, Miss. - Just as she was trying to rebuild her own life after Hurricane Katrina, Elaine Oneto was told by military officials that her soldier son lost his in Iraq. 1st Lt. Robert C. Oneto-Sikorski, 33, of Bay St. Louis was on a foot patrol Monday near al Haswah, an area west of Baghdad, when he was killed by a roadside bomb, military officials said. "He was devoted to his children. He is so much more than any of us could say," Oneto said. "He was a wonderful man who loved everyone and his loss is going to devastate this whole community." Oneoto-Sikorski was serving in Iraq with the 155th Brigade Combat Team with the mother of his children, Clare Ranger. The 155th, which is made up of about 3,500 Mississippi National Guard soldiers and others from more than a dozen states, is scheduled to begin returning in waves from Iraq by the end of the year. While in Iraq, storm surge from the hurricane flooded both his mother's home and his own. But in one of their last phone conversations, they looked to the future and talked about his homecoming. "I told him, 'Please be careful, you just have two more months. You just have two more months,'" Oneto said. The back-to-back tragedy has fueled anger for some in Oneto-Sikorski's family. Like other hurricane victims, the family has had a difficult time getting relief and his mother is still waiting for a trailer from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said his aunt, Eloise Kindja. "What more does she have to give to the country?" Kindja asked. "She gave her only son." But for Oneto, coping with the loss of her home has taken a backseat for now. Her grandchildren — ages 6, 8 and 11 — are staying with relatives near Memphis, Tenn., where they evacuated from the hurricane. She wants to make sure they remember their father. "I'm going to do my best to make sure his kids never want for anything, and they remember him for the honorable and brave man that he was," she said.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays Hire Gerry Hunsicker FRED GOODALL, AP Sports Writer 1 hour, 4 minutes ago ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays hired Gerry Hunsicker as their No. 2 baseball man on Thursday, giving the team a proven front office executive to work with the club's young, inexperienced head of baseball operations. Hunsicker, 55, spent nine seasons in Houston as the Astros' general manager, helping assemble the team that went to the National League championship series in 2004 and the World Series this year. With Tampa Bay, he'll be responsible for helping 28-year-old Andrew Friedman turn around a franchise that's never won more than 70 games in a season and finished last in seven of its eight seasons. "I'm here to support what Andrew wants to do," Hunsicker said, emphasizing that he has no problem with settling into a No. 2 role after running the show from 1996 to 2004 in Houston, which went 701-595 and made the playoffs five times while he was GM. Hunsicker takes on the title of senior vice president of baseball operations. Andrew Friedman was promoted to executive vice president of baseball operations after serving as director of baseball development for the past two years. Friedman and 29-year-old team president Matt Silverman have assumed larger roles in the organization since new principal owner Stuart Sternberg took over control of the team last month from former managing general partner Vincent Naimoli. The young executives have been conducting the search for a new manager, interviewing 10 different candidates before paring the list to three finalists — former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine, Los Angeles Angels bench coach Joe Maddon and incumbent Devil Rays bench coach John McLaren. A second round of interviews are planned during next week's general managers meeting in Indian Wells, Calif., and Hunsicker will assist Friedman is making a decision on Lou Piniella's successor in the next two weeks. "I'm rejuvenated and re-energized," Hunsicker said, adding that he been looking for the right opportunity to return to baseball almost since the day he stepped down as Houston's GM.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 02:26 PM) Wins. I just used 3 because that's the number of $ I used. Sorry, seemed clear at the time. WSW would have been crystal.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 02:23 PM) Has no one learned yet, even after the World Series, that $$$ does not necessarily equal WWW? What's that?

NASA Names New Shuttle a Priority RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer 1 hour, 43 minutes ago WASHINGTON - NASA's top priorities are a replacement for the space shuttle and completing the international space station, and some other programs are being cut or deferred to concentrate the agency's resources, NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin said Thursday. "NASA cannot afford to do everything on its plate today," he told the House Science Committee. Funding priorities required the agency to cancel several programs that "we either did not need or did not need right now," Griffin said. For example, it seemed like putting the cart before the horse to continue life science studies about how people respond to being in space before the agency was sure it could put people back in space, he said. In addition to life sciences, another affected program is nuclear systems technology, Griffin said. That program is designed to provide power to an outpost planned for the surface of the moon. But that won't be needed until after 2018, so the work is currently being deferred, he said. The agency has adopted a "go-as-you-can-pay" approach, Griffin said. That focus on two primary areas should serve as a warning of potential cuts for the rest of NASA, Rep. Bart Gordon (news, bio, voting record), D-Tenn., commented. Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y., expressed support for Griffin but added that "NASA cannot use aeronautics and science as a piggy bank to fund human space flight." Griffin said the next flight of the space shuttle is still planned for spring, adding that while the agency was surprised by problems with the foam insulation on the last flight, a lot has been learned from that. NASA has been developing the new crew exploration vehicle, which is intended to fly to the moon but also can replace the space shuttle when it goes out of service. Delaying that work could result in the United States being out of the manned spaceflight business for a few years after the shuttle is retired, at the same time other nations are increasing their space programs, Griffin said. In addition, he said, NASA is encouraging private industry to submit proposals to carry cargo and crew to the space station.

Anger is Good For You Robin Lloyd Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Thu Nov 3,10:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH – Anger is good for you, as long as you keep it below a boil, according to new psychology research based on face reading. People who respond to stressful situations with short-term anger or indignation have a sense of control and optimism that lacks in those who respond with fear. "These are the most exciting data I've ever collected," Carnegie Mellon psychologist Jennifer Lerner told a gathering of science writers here last month. Lerner harassed 92 UCLA students by having experimenters ask subjects to count backward on camera by 13s starting with an odd number like 6,233, telling them it was an intelligence test and then telling them they weren't counting fast enough and to speed it up as they went along. Wrong answers meant subjects had to start all over again. Another test involved counting backwards by sevens from 9,095. So angry … The video cameras caught subjects' facial expressions during the tests, ranging from deer-in-the-headlights to seriously upset. The researchers identified fear, anger and disgust using a psychologist's coding system that considers the flexing of particular sets of small muscles in the face. The researchers also recorded people's blood pressure, pulse and secretion of a high-stress hormone called cortisol, which can be measured in the saliva and collected with a cotton swab. The people whose faces showed more fear during the had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone. The findings were the same for men and women. Lerner previously studied Americans' emotional response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks two months afterward and found that anger triggers feelings of certainty and control. People who reacted with anger were more optimistic about risk and more likely to favor an aggressive response to terrorism. Go ahead, get angry So in maddening situations in which anger or indignation are justified, anger is not a bad idea, the thinking goes. In fact, it's adaptive, Lerner says, and it's a healthier response than fear. Chronic, explosive anger or a hostile outlook on the world is still bad for you, contributing to heart disease and high blood pressure, research shows. The new research supports the idea that humans have more than one uniform response to stress and that fear and anger provoke different responses from our nervous systems and the parts of our brain, such as the pituitary, that deal with tough situations. The results were published in a recent issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry. Charles Darwin was the first scholar to propose that you can read people's faces. More recently, Paul Ekman is the master of observing emotions on people's faces. He has even identified rare, super-sensitive people who are expert face readers and can accurately tell when people are lying.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 12:32 PM) DirectTV. Drew Carey is their spokesman.

QUOTE(retro1983hat @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 01:28 PM) A LOOOOOOOTTTTTT more of the "Premier" games. Now Cleveland and Minnie are Premier. And it seems much fewer Monday games. The Sox don't control the scheduling. More premier games was only a matter of time. We are one of the last teams to go to that pricing structure.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 12:36 PM) Awesome, that's like 70 miles from me and I'll definitely be at all 3 games. Gage is coming also. Perhaps we could all get tickets together? That would be a blast. I'll request the tickets. Ohhhh boy... that'll be a fun trip.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 3, 2005 -> 12:36 PM) I've been threatened with a banning if I post a weather report for McAllen between September and May. Of course, you could always keep that from happening. LMAO... It never gets old.

Where's the weather...? Still waiting for the weather..? Someone said there'd be weather... !!!!