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Sunday, August 4, 2013
US envoy in Egypt holds talks with rival sides
A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi prays before "Iftar," the dusk meal when observant Muslims break their day-long fast, during a protest near Cairo University in Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Egypt's Interior Ministry warned supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday for a second time to abandon their protest encampments as a senior U.S. diplomat was meeting with officials on both sides of the political divide to try to find a peaceful resolution to the standoff.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi prays before "Iftar," the dusk meal when observant Muslims break their day-long fast, during a protest near Cairo University in Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Egypt's Interior Ministry warned supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday for a second time to abandon their protest encampments as a senior U.S. diplomat was meeting with officials on both sides of the political divide to try to find a peaceful resolution to the standoff.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi pray after "Iftar," Arabic for breakfast, the dusk meal when observant Muslims break their day-long fast, during a protest near Cairo University in Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Egypt's Interior Ministry warned supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday for a second time to abandon their protest encampments as a senior U.S. diplomat was meeting with officials on both sides of the political divide to try to find a peaceful resolution to the standoff. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
Supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi calls to a comrade during a protest near Cairo University in Giza, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Egypt's Interior Ministry warned supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday for a second time to abandon their protest encampments as a senior U.S. diplomat was meeting with officials on both sides of the political divide to try to find a peaceful resolution to the standoff.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi pray after "Iftar," the dusk meal when observant Muslims break their day-long fast, during a protest near Cairo University in Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Egypt's Interior Ministry warned supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday for a second time to abandon their protest encampments as a senior U.S. diplomat was meeting with officials on both sides of the political divide to try to find a peaceful resolution to the standoff. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy speaks during a meeting with foreign media in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Fahmy said Saturday that the Egypt's foreign ministry focuses during this transition period on "re-correcting" its foreign policy to Egypt's national interests, from an ideologically driven one last year. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt's Interior Ministry warned supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday for a second time to abandon their protest camps as a senior U.S. diplomat met with officials on both sides of the country's political divide.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns extended his visit to Cairo by one day so he could meet military leader Gen. Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi and the country's prime minister on Sunday, an Egyptian Foreign Ministry official said. A member of the pro-Morsi delegation that met Saturday with Burns said the four delegates also would meet again with the U.S. diplomat on Sunday for more talks.
At the core of talks is the political future of the Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist allies following the July 3 coup that ousted Morsi, the country's first freely elected president. The military coup, which followed several days of mass protests by millions of Egyptians demanding his ouster, also led to the dissolution of the Islamist-dominated parliament and the suspension of an Islamist-drafted constitution.
The Brotherhood says it is looking for concessions before beginning talks with their rivals. Such measures could include releasing detained Brotherhood leaders, unfreezing the group's assets, lifting a ban on its television stations and reigning in the use of force against its protesters.
Tarek el-Malt, who met with Burns and is a member of the Brotherhood-allied Wasat Party, said the delegation insisted that any initiatives for a way out of the crisis must center on the 2012 constitution being restored.
"Morsi would return to power in all cases," he told The Associated Press. "Whether he spends his full term in office or delegates his power to a national Cabinet is up for discussion."
However, Burns and others have signaled that the West has moved on from Morsi's presidency. Washington and others are foremost seeking stability in the Arab world's most populous nation, and have called for the Brotherhood's participation in the transition as a way to achieve national reconciliation.
The trip by Burns, his second to Cairo since the coup, comes amid heighted fears of more bloodshed after more than 80 Morsi supporters were killed in clashes with police a week ago. More than 280 people have been killed nationwide in political violence since Morsi's removal.
America's No. 2 diplomat also held talks Saturday with interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour and Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei, as did the European Union's special envoy, Bernardino Leon.
Nevine Malak, who attended the same meeting with Burns as el-Malt as part of a delegation representing those against the coup, said the session was mainly for "listening." She said the group, which includes two members of the Brotherhood's political wing, would meet Burns again on Sunday.
"Any solution or any initiative must include the return of the (suspended) constitution," she told the AP. "We don't ignore the fact that there were masses that took to the streets, but we don't ignore either that what happened was a coup against legitimacy."
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy also met Burns and said Egyptian officials have made clear to their Western counterparts "there is no moving back." Fahmy also said the transitional roadmap adopted by the country's military-backed interim leaders is open to the Brotherhood for participation.
"There have been contacts between different figures, be they in government directly or indirectly, and those among the Brotherhood's leaders," Fahmy told journalists. He declined to describe those discussions as "negotiations."
Fahmy, who served as Cairo's ambassador to Washington under autocrat Hosni Mubarak, also said that key to the U.S. is "their interests in the region."
"I think they do that by assessing who's in power, who's not in power ... and how to deal with that situation given what their interests are," he said.
While Egyptian authorities say the political sphere is open to Morsi's allies, they are simultaneously outlining plans to break up the two main sit-ins where thousands of protesters still rally daily for Morsi's return to power. Authorities plan to set up a cordon around the sites while offering "safe passage" to those willing to leave.
In televised remarks Saturday, Interior Ministry spokesman Hany Abdel-Latif urged Morsi's supporters to end their protests, saying it would help the Brotherhood's return to Egypt's political process. He repeated the offer from the ministry, which is in charge of police, to give a safe exit to those who abandon the sit-ins.
Meanwhile, Al-Qaida's leader Ayman al-Zawahri condemned Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in a message for having "tried its best to satisfy America and the secularists." He said that democracy is allowed only for those who agree to "be a slave for the West's ideology, action, policy and economy." The message's authenticity could not be independently confirmed but was posted on a militant website late Friday commonly used by al-Qaida.
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Associated Press writer Mariam Rizk contributed to this report.
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Cancer Signs In Pets
The big C, cancer effects our little pets too. For those of you who have pet cats and dogs it is time to notice every pain and lump on their body. Pets cannot talk to us but through their expressions we can feel their pain. Cancer is one of those deadly diseases which is painful and is a number one disease related killer.
There are a number of cancer signs which you need to be aware of. These cancer signs in pets needs to be noticed by the owner. There are times when these symptoms will not be purely indicative of cancer, if a pet begins to exhibit them you should visit your veterinarian immediately.
Just like with people, the earlier cancer is caught the better there is a chance for survival in battling the disease.
Discharges - If you have a pet dog or a cat it is necessary to notice any kind of abnormal discharge. If you notice blood and pus in the vomit, it is important to consult a veterinarian. In addition to that, if your dog or cat's abdomen becomes bloated it could be a sign of an accumulation of abnormal discharge within the body.
Lumps / bumps - One common sign of cancer to notice in your pet dog or cat is any sign of lumps or bumps on its body. Pet owners should check your pet if the lump is not resolving itself or is growing in size. You need to pay a visit to the veterinarian to administer a needle biopsy to find out of if the cells are cancerous or not.
Odours - When you have a pet at home, it is very important to notice any abnormal odours. Check your pet dog or cats mouth, ears, or any other part of the body. It is said that cancers of the mouth, nose, or anal regions can cause such foul odours.
Weight loss - One of those diseases which causes rapid weight loss is that of cancer. To notice if your pet dog or cat is suffering from cancer first check your dog's weight. Keep a track on your pet and consult a veterinarian if needed.
Wounds - One of the common signs in cancer is that of non healing wounds. If you notice any wounds on your pet dog or cat which is not healing, it is time to take action. It could also be related to a skin infection. So making an appointment with your veterinarian is a must to confirm what it is.
Bathroom habits - Every pet owner should be aware if there are any changes in your pet dog or cat 's urinary or bowel habits. If your pet is using the bathroom frequently and passing out blood in stool/ urine, it is a problem. This is one of the cancer signs which is common.
Pain - If you notice your pet cat or dog in pain, it is time to make note as to what it is. One of the common cancer symptoms in pets is that of pain. Notice if your pet is limping while running or jumping.
These are some of the cancer signs to be noticed in your pet cat or dog.
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Saturday, August 3, 2013
UN probes allegations of rebel atrocities in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) ? United Nations experts are investigating allegations that rebels killed dozens of Syrian soldiers in a village near Aleppo after they captured it from government troops, an incident that could amount to a war crime, the world body's human rights chief said Friday.
Navi Pillay said in a statement that a U.N team in the region is looking into reports about killings that followed the battle in Khan al-Assal in July. Pillay said the team has examined activists' videos and collected accounts from people in Aleppo on an incident that she called "deeply shocking."
While abuses by troops loyal to President Bashar Assad have been systematic and widespread throughout the two-year conflict, human rights groups have said the frequency and scale of rebel abuses also has increased in recent months. Specific allegations against opposition fighters include claims that rebels have routinely killed captured soldiers and suspected regime informers.
Rebels say any such violations are condemned and an unfortunate result of the brutal regime crackdown.
In a letter to the U.N. Security Council obtained Friday by The Associated Press, the opposition Syrian National Coalition urged council members to "take immediate steps to refer the Syrian case to the International Criminal Court," the world's permanent war crimes tribunal.
"Only by holding the violators of human rights accountable for their crime will the violence in Syria end," said the letter dated Aug. 1 and signed by the coalition's U.N. representative, Najib Ghadbian.
The letter made no mention of Khan al-Assal, but it "condemns all atrocities committed by all parties" and reiterates the coalition's pledge to assist the U.N. commission investigating human rights abuses in Syria, "including in liberated areas."
The coalition noted Monday's statement by Paulo Pinheiro, head of the U.N. commission investigating human rights abuses in Syria, to the U.N. General Assembly saying "massacres and other unlawful killings are perpetrated with impunity" ? most by pro-government forces and some by anti-government armed groups.
Opposition fighters in recent weeks have suffered major setbacks on the battlefield. Infighting among various armed groups also has plagued rebel ranks, weakening the opposition's campaign against Assad's rule.
The capturing of Khan al-Assal on July 21 was a rare success for the opposition, one overshadowed by activists' claims that rebels had killed 150 government soldiers after taking the village. Some of the soldiers who were killed had surrendered to the rebels, the Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Syrian state media reported that rebels killed 123 "civilians and military personnel" in Khan al-Assal.
In a statement issued in Geneva on Friday, Pillay said two of the videos the U.N. team reviewed apparently show government soldiers being ordered to lie on the ground, while another shows several bodies scattered along a wall and a number of bodies at an adjacent site.
Preliminary findings of the U.N. probe also suggests that armed opposition groups, in one incident documented by video, executed at least 30 individuals, the majority of whom appeared to be soldiers, Pillay said.
"These images, if verified, suggest that executions were committed in Khan Al-Assal," Pillay said. She called for a "thorough independent investigation to establish whether war crimes have been committed."
She also warned that opposition forces "should not think they are immune from prosecution."
Syria's main opposition bloc last week condemned the killings and blamed them on "armed groups" not affiliated with the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition. The umbrella group of opposition fighters is known as The Free Syrian Army. Although rebel groups ? including the radical Islamic ones ? share a common goal of toppling Assad, they operate independently on the battlefield. Islamic factions have been gaining influence and groups such as the al-Qaida-linked Jabhat al-Nusra front have led major battles in the past year.
In a statement last week, the Nusra Front confirmed its fighters had participated in the battle for Khan al-Assal. The group has not claimed responsibility for the soldiers' killings, though it did confirm that 150 soldiers, pro-government gunmen and Shiite militiamen were killed in Khan al-Assal.
More than 100,000 people have been killed since March 2011 when crisis started with largely peaceful protests against Assad's rule. It turned into civil war after opposition supporters took up arms to fight a brutal government crackdown on dissent. Millions have been fled their homes, with some seeking shelter in more peaceful parts of Syria and more than a million fled into neighboring countries.
U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos decried the continuing failure by the government and opposition to protect civilians across Syria, which she said means "women, men and children continue to be killed, injured and displaced across the country. "
"Thousands of people are trapped in areas besieged by government forces and opposition groups," she said in a statement. "Hundreds have reportedly been killed, injured or taken hostage in attacks in Homs, Aleppo and other areas of Syria in the last two days alone."
Amos said humanitarian workers are risking their lives to help but people are being prevented from getting basic assistance, including food, drinking water and medical care.
Specifically, in the central city of Homs, new checkpoints are stopping supplies from entering the hard-hit area, said Anthony Lake, executive director of UNICEF. Lake said in a statement that vegetables, milk and other essentials are in "increasingly short supply" and his own agency's supplies will run out in days.
"Cannot all those involved agree that the innocent women and children in Homs, and across Syria, should be spared all possible suffering?" he asked.
In the latest cycle of rebel-on-rebel violence, 12 Islamic fighters were killed in fighting between Kurdish opposition fighters and rebels linked to al-Qaida, the Observatory said Friday. The clashes took place in the northeastern Hassakeh province, the Observatory said. It added that the dead were all members of two al-Qaida linked groups, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the Nusra Front.
Rival rebels groups ? mostly Islamic groups and Kurdish gunmen ? frequently have clashed in northern in Syria over control of territory along the border with Turkey that fighters captured from regime troops over the past year.
Earlier this week, the infighting turned into a war within a war after a powerful Kurdish militia called on its supporters to fight al-Qaida-affiliated groups to avenge the recent killing of a prominent political leader.
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Associated Press writer Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/un-probes-allegations-rebel-atrocities-syria-172918385.html
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Up Coming Events: August | GreenStar Enterprise
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Toronto clinic offers help to Facebook & Twitter addicts
It's meant for people who find internet use is disrupting their life. Just so you know, according to The Internet Group, signs of internet addiction include changes in sleep patterns, lack of sleep and excess fatigue, general edginess, a demand for privacy, household chores ignored, evidence of lying, and personality changes, amongst a veritable gamut of other fluctuations and symptoms. Tardiness and lack of productivity are just a few more, just to further whet your sad palate. The next sessions begin on Sept. 9, and there will be 24 sessions over 12 weeks. I'm signing up, see you there.
Also, I wonder if there is an app for this?
Source: http://www.blogto.com/tech/2013/08/toronto_clinic_offers_help_to_facebook_twitter_addicts/
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Do the White Sox have the bleakest future in baseball?
Most Sox fans know and have accepted that things won't be good for at least the next season. But should they expect the Pale Hose to be the worst team in the majors for the near future?
The 2013 White Sox are engaged in a dogfight with the Miami Marlins and Houston Astros for the worst record in all of baseball and the right to likely draft the next young phenom pitcher Carlos Rodon. They came into the season with the 28th ranked farm system by the two sources I tend to respect the most when it comes to such matters. Things aren't exactly looking the best. Yes, Chris Sale is becoming one of the elite pitchers in the game but it's hard to find anything else to get terribly excited about.
The rather anticlimactic trade deadline and numerous talking heads got me to thinking: do the White Sox really have the worst future outlook of all 30 teams? While they look to be at the bottom of the AL Central for the next season and a half at least (the Twins farm system is so much better that it's not even close), I just don't see them being the most screwed team. So for the purposes of this post, I went and chose each division's team about to entire their darkest timeline. The six teams are the Toronto Blue Jays, the Chicago White Sox, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the San Francisco Giants. Arguments could be made for other choices, but I feel like these are the bottom six.
Toronto
Of the three American League teams, the Blue Jays were probably expected to have the best record. They added Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, R.A. Dickey, Melky Cabrera, and Josh Johnson to what had already been a pretty strong nucleus. The payroll crossed the $100MM threshold for the first time in franchise history, coming in $22MM ahead of the previous franchise record of $97MM. On paper, this should have been a team contending for a wild card berth at worst.
So what went wrong? Jose Reyes resumed his nasty habit of playing very well but showing tremendous vulnerability to Earth's yellow sun. Melky Cabrera turned into the kind of hitter people who don't know a lot about science think someone going of PEDs magically turns into. The three starting pitchers they traded for have ranged in effectiveness from average (Buehrle, 98 ERA+) to disappointing (Dickey, 90 ERA+) to horribad (Johnson, 69 ERA+). Add in bad seasons from Brett Lawrie, J.P. Arencibia, Brandon Morrow, and others and you have a 50-57 team in the hardest division in baseball.
Why do things look so bad? The Blue Jays have the misfortune of playing in the AL East. The Yankees and Red Sox have the ability and resources to not stay down very long when they occasionally do hit the floor. The Rays are very well run and have a farm system that never seems to run out of prospects. The Orioles have a young core that is relatively cheap for the near future. Before arbitration, the Jays already have $110MM committed to payroll in 2014 and $91.2MM committed for 2015. That does not leave a lot of wiggle room. The farm system was one of the best in baseball but then the team decided to go for it and traded away most of the top young talent. There's the chance that all the major league talent could bounce back next year, but we're talking mostly about guys on the wrong side of the aging curve.
Chicago
Other than losing A.J. Pierzynski and the half-season of Kevin Youkilis, the 2012 team that almost held off the Tigers was coming back almost completely intact. Chris Sale should show improvement along with last season's most pleasant surprise, Jose Quintana. Alex Rios and Adam Dunn seem to have shaken off their terrible 2011 slumps and returned to being good baseball players. Dayan Viciedo had a promising 25 homerun season and could grow into a middle of the order presence.
Well, that didn't quite go as expected. Sale and Quintana both held their ends up and then some, but Rios turned into an average hitter and Dunn is but a revenant of the fearsome slugger he once was. Paul Konerko's age ultimately caught up with him, Viciedo backslid, and pretty much every hitter failed to show up. Gavin Floyd blew out his elbow shortly before John Danks returned from his shoulder injury to pitch somewhat disappointingly. Things have just been bad.
But there is good news amongst the bad. The Jake Peavy trade freed up money, though the free agent market is nothing impressive and not at all like what it used to be. The Sox pre-arb payrolls for the next two seasons are $61.3MM and $37.3MM. Those aren't insurmountable figures and the 2014 total has a non-zero chance of going down with Rios disappearing. The farm system is still in the bottom third of the league, but it is improving. 2014 is going to suck, there's very little chance of it not sucking. But after that? Things could get better fairly quickly, especially with a strong 2014 draft.
Los Angeles
The Angels barely missed out on the playoffs last season and had one of the most exciting rookie seasons anyone had ever seen. They magically managed to get out of the Vernon Wells contract while signing away one of their main rivals best hitters (Josh Hamilton). Sure, the A's and the Rangers would be tough but the Angels should be in the thick of it come September.
Except they aren't. And at 48-58, they aren't even close to pretending. Other than Jered Weaver, the pitching rotation has been pretty lackluster. C.J Wilson is being paid $11.5MM to be somewhat above league average. And the hitting. Dear lord, the hitting. Mike Trout has continued to be godlike. Mark Trumbo and Howie Kendrick are having pretty nice seasons as well. That's it. Albert Pujols is hitting just as well as Trumbo, whom he makes $15.5MM more than. And is DHing. Hamilton has recovered from a terribly bad start to be almost a league average hitter who currently makes $17.4MM.
I'm actually struggling for words trying to phrase how bad things are about to get for Anaheim. Three of their four most expensive players' salaries will continue to go up through 2016, despite the youngest of those three being 31-years-old. Pre-arbitration payrolls for the next three seasons? $126.5MM, $111.7MM, and $106.9. They tried to buy their way to a championship and it is going down like the Hindenburg and the Edmund Fitzgerald's lovechild. Throw in a farm system generally seen as even worse than our own and this tale has about as happy of an ending as Requiem for a Dream.
Philadelphia
I don't really have anything good to write about the Phillies here. They won 102 games two seasons ago with a similar squad? Yeah, but they were a .500 club last year. Ruben Amaro doesn't seem to wholly understand this whole baseball team building thing. Dominic Brown should still be exciting? Chase Utley, though old, should still be a great second baseman? The pitching staff is composed of former All-Stars? Dammit Philadelphia, stop making this hard.
Cliff Lee, Jonathan Papelbon, Brown, and Utley went right. Amaro signed Delmon Young and traded for Michael Young. To play. On a National League team. They deserve all of this. The non-Lee portion of the starting rotation fell apart/aged/broke/turned into garbage. For whatever reason, this did not lead to them selling off any parts. Ryan Howard continues to get paid like the 4+ WAR player that he hasn't been since 2009.
While none of the teams in the NL East are particularly fantastic, only the Nationals farm system is as weak but Washington has younger talent in the majors. Only three regular members of the starting lineup are younger than 32, and one of them is the aforementioned Delmon Young. The pitching rotation is also old and expensive. There aren't many impact prospects coming up and this is a group owed $104.5MM and $86.5MM over the next two years.
Milwaukee
The Brewers came into the season with the chance at procuring the first three year winning streak in Milwaukee since the early 80s. Perennial MVP-candidate Ryan Braun is still in his prime. Carlos Gomez may have finally made good on his top prospect pedigree. Yovani Gallardo might not be an ace, but he's a pretty good pitcher anyways and surely they won't finish below the openly-rebuilding Cubs.
But then Braun was lost to the year for PEDs. And Gallardo pitched poorly and got hurt. Only Kyle Lohse pitched well for the starters, and he's too old to really matter. Combining a below-average offense with the NL's second worst pitching staff turned out to be a horrible strategy. Who knew?
The Brewers are in a different sort of quagmire than the other five teams in this exercise. Those teams play in large markets and possess, or at one time possessed, the ability to throw wild money at free agents. Milwaukee doesn't and can't. Their pre-arb payroll of $73.8MM for next season puts them $15MM below their current salary and is more likely to be up near $80 after arbitration. That doesn't really leave much wiggle room to buy a better 2014. 2015 is more manageable at $39.1MM, but the collapse will have happened. The farm system is in the bottom ten and all but devoid of impact talent. The Brewers might just be the next small market weakling for the next few seasons.
San Francisco
Sure the Dodgers have their own printing press now, but c'mon man. The Giants have won two of the last three World Series! That counts for many things! Buster Posey is one of the best catchers in the game. Pablo Sandoval, Brandon Belt, and Hunter Pence are all solid contributors who should form a good offensive core. The young pitching has matured into dominant tossers in their primes.
About that... Posey and the hitters have been doing just fine. Posey himself has been amazing. The pitching staff other than Madison Bumgarner, however, has been terrible. Tim Lincecum looks cooked. Barry Zito is Barry Zito. Ryan Vogelsong lost whatever magic he had last season. Even Matt Cain has been scuffling. When Chad Gaudin is your second most valuable pitcher, you're not having a good year.
Flags fly forever, so fans might be more okay with what's about to happen on the Bay. The farm system is okayish, but only seems to contain pitchers of any renown and we all know about pitching prospects. The offense is below average with no help on the way from the minors. The pre-arb payrolls for the next two years are $84.5MM and $73MM, which aren't terrible on a team that just spent $136MM to finish fifth in their division, but aren't too helpful. This could be a moderate turnaround if they could just get some damn pitching and one more impact bat.
Sox fans under the age of 30 likely have no memories of the last time the franchise suffered through consecutive losing seasons. This will be the first time it's happened since 1988 and 1989. The awful stretch from 86-89 helped to restock the farm system and lead to the strong 90's clubs. I don't think the Sox will take as long to rebuild this time. And even if they do, there are worse situations to be in. They could be the Angels.
Source: http://www.southsidesox.com/2013/8/2/4580430/do-the-white-sox-have-the-bleakest-future-in-baseball
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