| Penalize the Giants?
The team that has a player test positive loses their no. 1 pick (more?)in the next year's draft. And the team is fined $1,000,000. Implement immediate blood testing for HGH and steroids. If they want to be serious about this, this ain;t a bad start... Posted By: unca_chuck | January 17 2008 at 02:05 PM .
More power but without the heat
BARBARA Norman's article "Our Endangered Coast" (Opinion, 11/1) on the problems facing our coastal towns with rising sea levels made no mention of the desalination plant on the Bass Coast. A single dune "protects" the site from the sea: the same desalination plant that will increase carbon emissions, thus contributing to global warming and rising sea levels. It doesn't make sense! .
Law forces county to rethink ROP programs
The county's program is just one of four in the state with an adult population of more than 40 percent, according to Holloway. One way ROPs are trying to reduce that population is by working with local community colleges and other education providers to have them pick up the vocational programs for the older students, Holloway said. At the same time, she said, the legislation will allow high schools to offer additional ROP courses. That prospect excites Carlmont High School Principal Andrea Jenoff and ROP biotechnology students at the Belmont campus. "I think it's great for us," Jenoff said. "It helps build new programs." The school could add another biotech class, a Web-animation course and an after-school program, she said. Biotech students say they enjoy learning through real-world projects.
Thinking of spring training, Francoeur’s future
It'll be interesting to see if he's pleased with the results, since he's had to fit his workout regimen around getting married and all that goes with that. Francoeur knows he still needs to keep improving on his plate discipline and using the entire field, since he's always more productive and a tougher out during those stretches when he's staying in his approach, hitting line drives and using the whole field, not trying to pull balls over the left-field fence. Again, it's a balancing act. He wants to be a 30-homer guy, because he knows he can help the team by providing another legit power-hitting threat pitchers have to be concerned with (not to mention, he probably knows you get paid a lot for hitting homers). But he also wants to maintain an average between .280-.300.
Religious police in Saudi Arabia arrest mother for sitting with a man
Yara's husband, Hatim, used his political contacts in Jeddah to track her whereabouts. He was able to secure her release. "I was lucky. I met other women in that prison who don't have the connections I did," she said. Her story has received rare coverage in Saudi Arabia, where the press has been sharply critical of the police. Yara was visited yesterday by officials from the American Embassy, who promised they would file a report. An embassy official told The Times that it was being treated as "an internal Saudi matter" and refused to comment on her case. Tough justice — Saudi Arabia’s Mutaween has 10,000 members in almost 500 offices — Ahmad al-Bluwi, 50, died in custody in 2007 in the city of Tabuk after he invited a woman outside his immediate family into his car — In 2007 the victim of a gang rape was sentenced to 200 lashes and six years in jail for having been in an unrelated man’s car at the time.
V-8's sound and fury falling
My Sunday began recently with a big bang. Ford's booming fireworks on the first morning of the Detroit auto show loudly heralded the unveiling of its strong new F-150 pickup – startling the wee out of several thousand sleepy, scruffy auto writers in the process. But I wondered later if it was also the explosive sound of big changes in an already unsettled auto industry. After all, everything else about the North American International Auto Show – Woodstock on wheels on ice – tends to be large and theatrical. .
'Cohesive ugliness' in proposed building
Regarding the Feb. 1 article, ''Eighth Avenue build-out in Bethlehem'': It would be comical if city officials weren't taking it seriously. This unbelievably garish seven-story office building is proposed as the "new face of the Tower district.''
This prize winner has already appeared as the "Eyesore of the Month" on the Web site of James Howard Kunstler, the author, coincidentally, of "The Geography of Nowhere." Readers can check it out at http://www.kunstler.com .
Bethlehem Community and Economic Development Director Tony Hanna praised the project as contributing to a "cohesive identity" for the neighborhood. Does he mean a span of cohesive ugliness separating the north and south residential zones in West Bethlehem? Or, given the Las Vegas "inspiration," perhaps the cohesion is ''casino city.''
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Detroit Show Gives Sneak Peek of Latest Cars
The annual North American International Auto Show in Detroit usually features many significant debuts from car companies around the world, but particularly from domestic manufacturers. Below are the cars being unveiled for the first time. The show is open to the public January 19-27.
Audi TTS
On Sale: Fourth quarter 2008
Base Price: Around $45,000
After driving the regular Audi TT all-out on a race track head-to-head with other sport coupes, we consider it to be one of the most enjoyable cars around, thanks to superb balance and tenacious all-wheel drive that allows the car to be flung through turns with abandon. Audi will make the TT even more exciting starting in November, when a sportier version, called the TTS, goes on sale in North America.
Perfectly poised Patriots
New England was caught in the act, illegally videotaping the Jets' defensive coaches signaling their players (alignments, blitzes, coverages). At least one other team, Green Bay, asserted that the Patriots were discovered committing the misdemeanor in their game in 2006. But the Patriots would be perfect without hackneyed NFL tactics. They have the perfect combination of an extraordinary (if underzealous) coach, a magnificent quarterback, a quality running back, outstanding receivers, a stonework offensive line and a smart, experienced, tough (dirty?) defense. The Patriots have averaged more than 15 victories per year from 2003-07. Three Super Bowl championships in five seasons, and four in seven, would compare favorably to the San Francisco 49ers (three in six years, four in nine), the Dallas Cowboys (three in four) and the best, the Pittsburgh Steelers (four in six).
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