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Verizon says it finished the trial in April after it sent 100G signals simultaneously with 10G and 40G optical signals over a 103-kilometer section of its global network

Verizon Business took its next step toward deploying 100Gbps by trialing its 100G optical service with the United Kingdom's national research and education network, JANET.

Verizon says it finished the trial in April after it sent 100G signals simultaneously with 10G and 40G optical signals over a 103-kilometer section of its global network located between London and Reading in the United Kingdom. The carrier tested the service in collaboration with JANET, the UK's network that is used to support bandwidth-intensive educational and research project and that consists of a backbone and 19 regional networks.

The test successfully showed that different optical signals "can be carried simultaneously without impact [and that] current networks can be upgraded to the higher bandwidth without modification to the physical network," Verizon says. The company purposely introduced signal impairments during its trial over JANET to see if they could be corrected by electronic hardware.

Verizon Business is planning to upgrade its major routes in the United States to 100Gbps next year. Verizon first tested its 100G capabilities in 2007 when it transmitted a live video feed over 312 miles from Tampa to Miami. Joseph Cook, Verizon Business' vice president for global network engineering, said the 100G test "showed us that we could deploy 100G on routes and not disrupt current wavelengths."

100G networks are seen by many as a logical progression from the current standard of 10G Ethernet. In 2006, the IEEE's Higher Speed Study Group (HSSG) voted to pursue 100G Ethernet as its next major Ethernet standard. The HSSG said last summer that it was aiming to have a single standard developed that covered both 40G and 100G speeds by 2010, marking the first time that an Ethernet standards group had agreed to create one standard for two different speeds.

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In 2005 in Seminole County, Florida, Upon 12 years of marriage -- 5 years w/FH business helping him get patent and licensing agreement and also 7 years caring for our child's chronic medical emergencies -- my 47-year old FH initiated a hostile CUSTODY battle ($20,000 retainor to Robert Wheelock - actually charging lien on my townhouse) by luring our 7 year old, special medical needs son on an errand to Home Depot and never returning until the state attorney pending charge of custody interference, 7 days later. During the 8 months of pretrial maneuvers, I was accused of MUNCHAUSEN for protecting my child. The Court judicially noticed that the father had former legal child support and custody legal proceedings from his 1st marriage.

The court appointed and the father paid $4000.00 to custody evaluator Dr. Daniel Tressler (Casey Anthony evaluator). Dr Tressler's report described that I was OVERREACTING, despite skin tests and blood tests and diagnosis by Dr. Arias and Dr. Patel of the Asthma Allergy Specialists (of Altamonte Springs, FL.) that our son suffered food analphylaxis to peanut/tree nuts, had asthma (and a hearing loss) and was prescribed an epinephrine pin, inhalor and hearing aide. Dr. Tressler's report rejected sworn affidavits of close to one dozen family, friends and neighbors whom over the years witnessed multiple times the child suffered allergic reactions and was even hospitalized. The evalutor also rejected the child's food elimination diary and the father's notes of various reactions. The evaluator claimed I could not accept the divorce or reality. The custody evaluator suggested that the child was subjected to an 'unusual' amount of medical treatment. The evaluator surmised that I was 'enmeshed' with my child. I have since learned that he had judicial ties.

At March 2006 ruling, the Judge awarded "temporary" custody requiring counselling and lecturing me (see transcripts) that I spent all of my time volunteering (each Friday) at the school wiping tables down of peanut butter (Kindergarten kids with sticky peanut butter hands were allowed to clean tables); that I could not move on down the road to get a job or accept reality and that I was enmeshed with my child. The Judge imputed a wage (minimum)onto me despite the fact that we agreed that due to our son's special medical needs,I would be a stay at home mom, as I had homeschooled our son for 3 years and despite the fact that the father was the major breadwinner pulling in $120K per year. Further, the court ordered my Connecticut passive income rental property sold with my $900.00 monthly mortgage, $90,000 note and $310,000 equity. that I had purchased in 1989 at the ripe single age of 32. So, the FH got $200K. I got stuck w/FH expensive mortgage $180,000.00 and $1350.00 monthly mortgage with hold harmless clause, and the deed was conveyed to me. At the age of 50, I received 3 year lump sum alimony of $1000.00 per month and Child Support of $1000.00 per month, for a grand total of $2000.00 per month. (To be fair, the fact that my attorney presented no character witnesses -- Judge relayed "I had hoped to hear other witnesses, but there were none." did not help the case.)

By 2007, the father signed a Relocation Stipulation, if I agreed to sell the house or list the house within 9 months. The plan was to live with my mother. But I learned that a family member living with my mother was utilizing cocaine. I was terrified to place our 8 year old in that situation and the relocation was not in the best interest of the child. So, we did not relocate. We had no where else to go. My Connecticut home with a very low mortgage and rental income was sold by the court; and, I was awarded the father's burdensome mortgage and deed. There was nowhere else for us.

By 2008, at the age of 50 (mother at 41) with retraining, I got my foot in the door and was hired as part-time Instructional Assistant Physical Education Teacher. But, within six months, I was part of the group laid off AND also the 3 year temporary alimony ceased. Now, we were surviving on $1000 per month child support. The father litigated me claiming CONTEMPT and asking for my incarceration so my horrible new attorney coereced me despite my reservations to a stipulation where I agreed to diversion of the child support to the mortgage and also listing or refinance of the home within 9 months. My mother and food stamps supported us. But the home would not sell and I could not recoup the $200K as the father did -- MAYBE $50K profit. Also, despite diverting the $1000.00 support to the FH mortgiage, the child support did not cover the full mortgage of $1350.00 Therefore, no matter, I became late on the father's expensive mortgage (hold harmless clause) and the father continued his malicious litigation.

On July 7, 2009, The court (Judge Simmons) granted an order on behalf of the father's stipulation to evict my son and I to sell the home (even while the Income Deduction Order was not reinstated and the support continued to go to the mortgage). Despite the chaos of being evicted, our items in storage and temporary housing, finally in August, I had my own hearing and appeared and asked for the child support to be reinstated, which it was. But for 2 months we went without the child support that was diverted to the abandoned home. That $2K was never recouped. There were no monies to hire a truck or deposit for an apartment and my motion for moving fees was denied.

By February 2010..................despite my having previously filed June 30, 2009 Chapter 7 Bankruptcy claiming home as exempt and FH as creditor to stave off eviction, despite my filing a Suggestion of Bankruptcy with Circuit Court and despite the fact that the federal court granted an automatic stay preventing the home from being sold, the previous summer we were evicted the father's surveillance camera captured me removing the For Sale Sign (father listed home $50K below market and I sent 3 certified letters to agent to cease and desist with copy of stay order.),the father falsified a police report that I was trespassing,.........I received a summons. I responded by contacting a corporal showing him the Federal orders and the corporal filed a capias against the FH for falsifying a police report. So, both capias raced to SA but his hit first and SA pursued the charges and even rejecting copies of the federal order automatic stay. (I saw his dream team there that morning laughing it up with my SA). The SA accept capis against me and reject capias against him. Needless to say the charges were dropped upon my completion of the PT Div Program. The Bankruptcy court granted dismissal of the case by Sept. 2009.

Note: Due to my inability to keep up with the mortgage and also the fact that the father dropped all contact with our son, in Nov. 2008 I filed a Supplemental Petition to Modify the Child Support and received an Order for Trial for Nov. 5, 2009 and met all pre-trial orders. However, my FH hired a former state prosecutor and filed 3 different financial affidavits and were granted orders related to my house to evict us in July. Not deterred, I appeared and received orders to compel, orders to reinstate the income deduction order and even an order reserving on witness tampering. On Trial morning 10 minutes from the courthouse my car MYSTERIOUSLY overheated and despite the fact that I notified the J.A. opposing counsel was granted an ore tenus motion to dismiss the case. WHen I arrived, the Judge was walking off the bench and REFUSED a continuance. I was entitled to at least $600.00 more per month based on the Income Tax Return as well as my Motion to Deviate from CSG since he had no contact. So, I am finding it impossible to get court access to modify the child support. I know that no matter how close I get to a Trial, I am in over my head with my FH dream teams. The new attorney whom agreed to represent me seeking attorney fees (1st visit, October 2010)has yet to get even one hearing. Meanwhile, my deeded home lies abandoned, deterioated and unsold; and, I receive the monthly water bill and yearly tax bill.

In March 2011, in temporary housing living on $1000.00 child support and side jobs as Writer and Archivist, I wrote to Florida Tax Watch requesting partnering for research of the inadvertent tax consequences (at least $12K medicaid, food stamps)due to certain divorce rulings even when the father is gainfully employed and asking for help to sponsor a bill that will allow for belated civil appeals for single mothes of special medical needs children whom suffered incompetenent attornies.

In July 2011 I also wrote former Chief Judge Clayton Simmons whom has gone into private practice requesting that he provide support of this legislation to allow single mothers a CIVIL belated appeal (for alimony) as criminals are allowed who suffer the consequences of incompetant legal advise. Over the past 2 years, I have also sent Linkedin Invitations to him.

Yes it is true, I need a CIVIC belated appeal. I learned that my attorney misled me when immediately after the 2006 ruling when I requested an appeal and was told, "IT IS TOO LATE FOR AN APPEAL". Losing my ability to support myself and losing our home, I researched and learned the law and I learned that we had ACTUALLY had 30 days to file an appeal; but we lost our chance. Further,I also found out that my lawyer had a preplanned summer round the world trip and had we appealed, this would have delayed the sale of the Connecticut property that therefore would delay his payment. Further, I have found case law that supports permanant alimony in grey-area marriages like mine (12 Years) where the couple agree that the mother stay home to care for the special medical needs child. After six (6) years of study, I can see that the Judge was able to be "Impartial" and did not rule as per law. I feel that the 5th DCA would find that the Judge did not follow the letter of the law on 'grey area marriages, agreements between parties and permanant alimony.

I would appreciate concrete suggestions, support and friends as I pursue changing Florida leglislation for the benefit of single mothers with special medical needs children whom were entitled to permanant alimony but lost their chance for an appeal due to punitive Judges, biased custody evaluators and incompetent lawyers. I also wish to help any mother whom is undergoing a custody battle and is being attacked for protecting their allergic child.

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Ahh here we are at the end of a year.

Another one.

This year has been incredibly challenging on a personal level (as it has been for many) but here's the thing about challenge - you grow. I am hyper reflective, typically with the need to improve the way that I approach things. This list is my effort to channel that need to reflect in a positive manner. It might have been a challenge but projects were secured, friendships made and sights seen.

What happened in 2016?
  • Launched a new project in the Unladylike Podcast with good friend, Kelly Gardiner. Throughout the past six months we've unleashed twelve conversations between writers who happen to be women. I have read fantastic writing, conversed with gifted wordsmiths and heard from listeners. It has been amazing.
  • My wisdom teeth were removed. This sounds small. They weren't.
  • I chaired my first session at Sydney Writers Festival which was enormously fun as I shared the stage with a former Inky Awards teen judge. I also interviewed Rainbow Rowell, Amie Kaufman, David Levithan and Meg Rosoff on stage at my sixth Melbourne Writers Festival.
  • Persnickety Snark, my former blog, crawled past the one million visitor mark. Mind blown!
  • In 2015 I found out I was the fortunate recipient of a Melbourne City of Literature travel grant. In April I travelled to the US to see public programming for YA readers in action at the Romantic Times Convention (hear more: podcast), Texas Library Conference and YALLWest.
  • I was reunited with Libba Bray which resulted in this rad photo (below). She's cooler than I could ever imagine myself being.
  • I got much better at the aunt-from-a-distance thing. However this didn't result in a reduction of picture books purchased.
  • I visited NASA.
  • I spoke at the International Board for Books for Young People (IBBY) Congress in Auckland on the topic of teen readers online. It went pretty well and I have been invited to speak at the School Library Association of NZ conference next year (woot).
  • I am pretty sure I've nearly worked out Snapchat.
  • I got to guest on Radio National with one of the Inky Awards teen judges. Ben was incredibly impressive and we had a blast talking about the Awards and why teen perspective in reading choices is so important.
  • I went to Fiji for a week and fell in love with a hammock.
  • I am nearly at the six year mark at the Centre for Youth Literature and I have been working on heaps. Between Reading Matters 2017 (Australia's largest YA conference and program), 10th anniversary of the Inky Awards and the redevelopment of our teen reading website Inside a Dog, we're undertaking a lot. But it's all awesome :)
  • We found out we received an impressive grant to help outer-metro teens connect with creativity over the next two years.
  • I just found out I was successful in getting into the 2017 Shared Leadership Program via the Public Libraries Victoria Network which is an incredible opportunity.
  • I crossed a visit to Alcatraz off my bucket list.
  • I was lucky enough to fly home on multiple occasions to see my family but more importantly to celebrate the important milestones my niece's 1st and my mum's 60th birthdays. Adelaide has never seen so much of me.
  • I have met inspiring people - from Rose Brock in Texas (and then Auckland), Stephanie in Portland, Claire in Las Vegas, Rob in Auckland and Kimbra in Sydney (via Shanghai).
  • I was able to advocate for myself more strongly. This was huge.
  • I read over 220 books - young adult, junior fiction, poetry, literary fiction, commercial fiction, romance, new adult and picture books. This year was my greatest reading year in a long time, and the most varied.
  • I used a reading log all year long for the very first time.
This year though challenging, and sad, and fury inducing has had its positives. Dark cannot exist without the light and I've had some bright moments. And these moments all involved people - my family, friends, co-workers, interview subjects and the young people I work with completely made my year. Also, brunch.

I hope everyone is finishing the year surrounded with people they love and/or their passion. I look forward to hearing our community's achievements and our goals for the new year.

I am hoping to be kinder to myself, read more discriminately about politics and the world, give more, and journey to Iceland. (Also, be patient in waiting for season two of Sense8.)

Be well.

Check out more of my year on instagram if you're keen.

Sunday, 6 November 2016

YA romance, NA and LoveOzYA on BookThingo podcast

Way back in April I was able to visit the 2016 Romantic Times Booklovers Convention to observe young adult programming alongside romance. Lucky for me there were a host of Australian romance readers that I knew in attendance who made the week indefinitely more fun. Two of these people, Kat  (hostess with the most-est)and Rudi (producer extraordinaire), are 2/3 of the BookThingo podcast.

After six days of skipping (and sometimes slogging) through RT, Kat kindly invited me to sit down and discuss two topics near and dear to my heart - young adult fiction and new adult fiction. Young adult is central to everything that I do in my day job, New Adult is something I needed to learn about and differentiate as it's become a market trend. It was recorded very late at night before I flew off to Houston for the Texas Library Association conference.

It was a fantastic opportunity to publicly discuss my thoughts on these two categories and what they mean in terms of the romance genre.

Warning - this isn't a polite conversation. NSFW.

You can listen here.

And here are my recommended New Adult authors - if you want more specific recommendations, hit me up on Twitter @snarkywench. (Titles in parenthesis are either my favourite or where to get started.)

* I don't love reading paranormal so my recommendations are very much contemporary-centric. I am also a huge sports-contemporary fan (particularly hockey - be warned).

Sunday, 19 June 2016

Introducing Unladylike, a podcast on women and writing

A little while back I posted about a new project I was working on - a podcast, Unladylike. This podcast would capture conversations with women on writing.

Today is launch day!

Unladylike is hitting the internet with five episodes and many more to come.

  1. On story: Vivian Gornick and Sian Prior, both journalists and memoir writers, in conversation about memory, imagination and language.
  2.  On friendship: Australian YA writers Fiona Wood, Simmone Howell and Cath Crowley talk about portraying friendship in writing for young adults, and their own collaborations.
  3. On editing:  Historian Clare Wright and editor Mandy Brett on the process of creating an award-winning bestseller.
  4. On romance:  Tessa Dare on romance fiction as a feminist genre, and why readers are in love with love.
  5. On swearing:  Novelist Toni Jordan and playwright Patricia Cornelius on the power of purple language.
You can find out more here, or listen on Audioboom and iTunes.

Monday, 21 March 2016

2016 Inky Awards & Resources (free)

We have had an incredible week at the Centre for Youth Literature. It's one of my favourite times of year, and this year was made more special by the way in which we shared some news.

Firstly, we launched the 2016 Inky Awards longlist. This youth literature award is selected, judged and voted on by teens for teens. Adults have no say. Why? Peer recommendations are the most common method for a teen to connect with and read a book.

We launched the longlist by putting teens to the front:

Applications for the teen judging positions are open until 28 March 2016.

Secondly, we shared a project we've been working on for months. Our Inky Awards Ambassador program. We've created four toolkits for different individuals in the youth literature sphere to learn more about the Inky Awards, how to engage authors (and pay them), devise activities and let the teens take the lead.

There are four toolkits, and they are absolutely free - check them out!

Monday, 1 February 2016

Unladylike; a podcast on women and writing

I can't seem to get the hang of this spare time thing.

Unladylike; a podcast on women and writing.

Yes, I have a new project and I am pretty excited about it.

We have a manifesto - some of which you can read here:
We talk about women and writing.
We talk with women about writing and reading, and particularly about process: the thinking, planning, plotting (or not), research, drafting and editing that writers do.
We talk about things that affect women as writers, illustrators, readers, publishers, editors, critics, academics, booksellers and literary programmers.
And we invite women to talk with one another about their work.
There's more...

It's terrifically exciting to work with the uber talented Kelly Gardiner on this podcast. We both feel strongly that women writers require a platform, and we're oh so happy to create one.

We'll launch in June with some fantastic content but in the meantime you can find us on Twitter, Facebook and at our website.

Hope you tune in!

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

US Bound - Melbourne City of Literature Travel Fund

I am proud to say that I am one of the very fortunate people to receive the Melbourne City of Literature travel funds. Round two marks the end of this initiative (hopefully just for now) that supports writers, editors, publishers, librarians, booksellers...and even programmers the opportunity to seek professional development further afield that will benefit Melbourne.

I will utilise this support to visit the US in April to witness how teen (and romance) programming intersect with public programming. Most YA related programming in Australia is part of a schools offer with teachers booking sessions but I am curious to observe what proves effective in drawing teens to public events outside of school influence.

But where will I be going?

Sunday, 18 October 2015

Why Tamora Pierce's Alanna is influential

This article was originally posted on the Readings blog, 24 May 2011.

Books, especially those you come across in your formative years, have the capacity for an enormous impact in your life. In my case there are too many to count as many authors and their characters showed me something about the world and myself. Whether it be laughing uproariously at Anne thwacking Gilbert with a slate, admiring Lizzie and falling in love with Mr Darcy or following Josie as she discovered the truth of her family, I grew as a person. Not one of them changed my life but they all contributed to it greatly. Jane Austen feels like an old friend with a violently sharp tongue, LM Montgomery was a reassuring quilt to cloak myself in, and Melinda Marchetta allowed me to relate to a range of nuanced Aussie girls.

Monday, 17 August 2015

How to Get Your Dream Job in Ten (Easy?) Steps

HUGE Felicity geek - #TeamBen
Originally appeared as a guest post on the Books and Adventures blog, 9 September 2012.

1. Embrace your geek

That doesn’t mean heading to your nearest comic book store to cuddle an individual engrossed in a graphic novel. Geekery is passion without apology, usually with a singular focus. My geekiness has always been wrapped up in stories, whether in book or film form. While I went the traditional, employable route of teaching as a tertiary education choice, I sub-majored in children’s literature as a flight of fancy.

Keep a grip, whether loose or monkey tight, on the things that you love.

2. Surround yourself with imagination

There is no better way to tap into imagination than plonking yourself in a classroom of young impressionable minds. I taught in regional and disadvantaged schools for eight years immersed in their enthusiasm, pure unadulterated boredom, and sparky moments of brilliance. Even when I was unaware of my passion, they were informing it. Teaching wasn’t a step on the way to a goal – it was crystalline moments of influence on me as a person.

3. Curiosity may have killed the cat but it will keep the boredom at bay

Teaching in regional towns was taxing in terms of my professional responsibilities to the students, parents and the school, but I had a lot of downtime.

I read with the help of my trusty library card. And played SimCity. And bought many films and television series on DVD. Without realising it I was diving deeper into the creative process, criticism…and the joys of rebuilding an earthquake affected virtual city.

Once I had access to the web I discovered podcasting and immersed myself in discussion of film makers and graphic novelists, as well as fans’ exploration of process and pop culture. I became an active member of forum boards and read fan fiction.

I had married my geekery.

Saturday, 15 August 2015

Something new, different and full of romance

I am super excited to share that Danielle Binks and I will be the Australian Romance Readers Convention (ARRC) co-coordinators for 2017. Needless to say we're really excited so a big thank you is directed to the Australian Romance Readers Association executive committee for this opportunity.

The convention is returning to Melbourne for the first time since the inaugural event and we will have the pleasure of wrangling it all together.

There are so many reasons I am unbelievably excited for this opportunity -

Thursday, 13 August 2015

The Big Trips

I don't tend to take short breaks. Part of it is that I can't turn my work-brain off in a week and part is that if you're going to leave Australia then you better make it count. (And with the flight times, you really want to make it count. Twenty plus hours is a long time.)

In 2010 I went to live (and teach) in Japan. But in one of my breaks I went to the Big Apple for the first time. I met the lovely Gayle Forman for the first (but not last) time as well as the awesome Beth Fantasky, Michelle Zink, Elizabeth Scott, Melissa Walker and Lisa Sandell. It was a blogger's dream come true. And I got to meet Mitali and Steph in the flesh - awesome bloggers, smart ladies and generous hearts. More importantly, it was this trip (at the Penguin HQ) where I realised that I wanted to work in books instead of teaching.

And then this happened...


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Would other cats be indanger? Should they go to a one cat home?
I have a friend in the Cities with an FIV+ cat. She tells me that if she took in another cat, it would have to also be FIV+. FIV is quite contagious, as I understand it.

So these kitties would have to be either only kitties, or adopted together, in an otherwise catfree house. (Is that correct, JAB?)

By the bye--I asked my friend if she'd be interested in a companion for her kitty, but her cat isn't very social...drat! *snaps fingers* It seemed like such a good solution!
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Sheltie with Chronic Cough

Hi. This is my first post. I adopted an older sheltie from a rescue 1 1/2 years ago. He was being starved, had been in an abandoned house with 3 others for two years that the rescuers know of. He was a very sick boy when they found him.

He is precious, has issues that we are working on...some separation anxiety and excitement when seeing other dogs.

Outside of that, he is a precious and gentle little spirit. He is wonderful.

Anyway, we have a problem. He has a chronic cough. My vet has tested everything and nothing shows up. He coughs in the evening around 9 p.m. and sometimes in the morning. He coughs with 6-10 hacks and then sounds like he is spitting out a hairball.

I am wondering something----> I found myself jerking his collar, as they used to do in the 70s with training, when he gets excited about other dogs. Could this be what is wrong? My vet said that it wouldn't because when he was on a strong steroid, his cough went away. I really am not certain that he quit coughing when he was on the steroid because he will go for periods without coughing.

I was mortified when I found myself jerking him and have stopped. But, could I have caused this? Does anybody know anything about chronic coughing? My vet said that sometimes dogs just have it and that it is not a serious condition. I would like to find an herb that would help.

Thank you. This little guy just does not need anymore pain in his life.

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First of all welcome to pets.ca Thank you for rescuing an older dog and giving him the wondrful home he deserves.

Coughing is a symptom of so many different things. Did your vet take xrays of his heart and lungs? Did he/she check for parasites? Did he/she do a blood panel? Did he/she test for heartworms?

I really think there has to be a reason for the coughing. What about allergies?
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Here's some info on canine coughing....

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that you can find a cause, or at least something to set your mind at ease soon. I don't have any advice to offer, but I did want to welcome you to the site and start bugging you for pictures of your handsome boy!

Hmmmm...on second thought... You know, I have asthma, and I often find myself coughing at the end of the day and just after rising in the morning. Could it be some sort of asthma? Just a thought...
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April 23, 2012

Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero—and Perhaps Less

II. Migration Between the U.S. and Mexico

The number of Mexican-born immigrants who left the U.S. for Mexico rose sharply from 2005 to 2010, even as the flow of new immigrants to the U.S. from Mexico fell steeply, according to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis of data from both countries.

As a result, net Mexican immigration to the U.S. is at a standstill, and the Mexican-born population in the U.S. leveled off and then declined in the last half of the most recent decade. The Mexican-born population grew 23% from 2000 to 2005, peaked in 2007 at 12.6 million and stabilized for two years before declining slightly in 2010. In 2011, the Mexican-born population in the U.S. decreased still further, to 12.0 million.

These developments represent a notable reversal of the historic pattern of Mexican immigration to the U.S., which has risen dramatically over the past four decades. Mexico is the leading country of origin of U.S. immigrants, and Mexicans in the U.S. are by far the largest population worldwide from any origin country.

From 2005 to 2010, 1.4 million Mexicans and their families (including U.S.-born children) left the U.S. to move to Mexico, according to data from the 2010 Mexican census. That is about double the 670,000 who did so a decade earlier, from 1995 to 2000. While most of these immigrants returned voluntarily, an estimated 5% to 35% returned as a result of deportations between 2005 and 2010 (for more details, see Section 3).

U.S. data on Mexican inflows tell the rest of the migration story from this side of the border. Flows—the number of people added to the U.S. population each year—dropped markedly from 2005 to 2010, totaling 1.4 million for the five-year period, according to estimates based on U.S. Census Bureau data. This represents a marked break from previous years: Total inflows reached about 3 million in each of the two preceding five-year periods.

Mexican Census Data: Return Flows

It has been clear for several years that immigration flows to the U.S. from Mexico have been dwindling since 2006 (Passel and Cohn, 2009), but until recently there had been little hard evidence that flows back to Mexico had grown over the same period. That gap has been filled by new data from the 2010 Mexican census, which show that about twice as many Mexicans returned home in the five years previous to the 2010 census than had done so in the five years before the 2000 census.

This analysis draws on two sets of questions in the Mexican census. One asks all respondents where they had been living five years before the census was taken; the answers provide a count of people who moved from the U.S. to Mexico during that period. A separate question targets more recent emigrants: It asks a sample of all households whether anyone from the household had left for another country during the previous five years; if so, additional questions are asked about whether and when that person or persons came back.

The 2010 Mexican census tallied nearly 1.4 million people—the vast majority of them Mexican adults—who had moved from the U.S. to Mexico between 2005 and 2010. (This combines answers to both questions.) That is nearly double the 667,000 people who had moved to Mexico from the U.S. from 1995 to 2000, according to 2000 Mexican census numbers analyzed by the Pew Hispanic Center.

The total number of U.S.-to-Mexico migrants consists of four main groups. The largest is Mexican born, largely (90%) adults, who lived in the U.S. in five years before the census and in Mexico at the census date. These Mexican-born return migrants more than tripled to 826,000 in 2010 from 267,000 in 2000.

The second group is U.S. born, largely (75%) children, who were in the U.S. five years before the census. This group more than doubled to 153,000 in 2010 from 64,000 in 2000. The third consists of children under 5 who were born in the U.S. and brought to Mexico by the census date. Almost all of these are children of Mexican-born parents, and their number almost doubled to 203,000 from 106,000.

The final large group we designate as “recent migrants.” These people were in Mexico five years before the census but moved to the U.S. in the intervening period and returned to Mexico by the census date.3 There were slightly fewer of the recent migrants in 2010 (205,000) than in 2000 (223,000). Since this group is initially part of the flow of migrants to the U.S. in the period just before the census, the drop undoubtedly reflects the overall drop in Mexico-U.S. migration in recent years.4

The structure of the flow is similar in the two periods. Mexican-born adults are just under three-quarters of the total flow in both periods; Mexican-born children are about 5%. U.S. born children of Mexican parents are the remaining 20%.

U.S.-Born Children

Those who had lived in the U.S. in 2005 but were living in Mexico in 2010 included more than 826,000 Mexican-born migrants ages 5 and older (more than 90% adults) and more than 100,000 U.S.-born children ages 5 and older with Mexican parents.5 In the 2000 Mexican census, the comparable numbers who had lived in the U.S. five years earlier (1995) were about 267,000 Mexican-born migrants ages 5 and older (again, mainly adults) and about 37,000 U.S.-born children ages 5 and older of Mexican parents.

The 2010 Mexican census also counted more than 182,000 U.S.-born children under age 5 with Mexican parents living in Mexico, compared with about 99,000 counted in the 2000 census. These children are considered part of the five-year migration total but they are not captured by the “residence five years ago” question because they were not yet born. The U.S.-born children under 5 represent an estimated 5% to 10% of the roughly 2.5 million children born in the U.S. to Mexican-born parents during the 2006-2010 period.

The total number of U.S.-born children of Mexican parents counted in the 2010 Mexican census was about 500,000, compared with about 240,000 in 2000.6 (According to Pew Hispanic estimates, most of these 500,000 children would have moved to Mexico in the 2005-2010 period.)

It is possible that some U.S.-born children were accompanying parents who were sent back to Mexico by U.S. authorities. The Department of Homeland Security recently provided Congress with the first official data on the number of parents removed from the U.S. who say they have U.S.-born citizen children.

According to the report (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2012), more than 46,000 immigrants removed from the U.S. during the first six months of 2011 said they had U.S.-citizen children. However, the report did not specify the countries of birth of the parents who were repatriated, the total number of U.S.-born children of these migrants or whether the U.S.-born children remained in the United States.7

Children born to immigrant parents in the U.S. have automatic right of citizenship at birth. U.S.-born children of Mexican-born parents automatically acquire dual nationality and thus become citizens of both the U.S. and Mexico. Although each country has its own citizenship laws and policies, both countries allow the automatic acquisition or retention of a foreign nationality, acquired by birth in a foreign country, or through a parent who is a national of another country.8

More Recent Migrants

The same trends shown above for migrants to Mexico who had been living in the U.S. in 2005 apply to Mexicans who had not been in the U.S. in 2005 but moved to the U.S. after that—more recent migrants. The 2010 Mexican census counted a smaller number of recent emigrants than the 2000 census, but a higher number (and share) of returnees from this group.

The 2010 Mexican census counted 995,000 Mexicans who had left for the U.S. since June 2005 and about 310,000 who returned by June 2010. The 2000 Mexican census counted 1.6 million Mexicans who had left since February 1995 and 261,000 who returned by February 2000.

Analyzed by share, the 2010 census showed that nearly one-in-three (31%) of those who had left for the U.S. within the previous five years had returned. That compares with about one-in-six (17%) for those who had left for the U.S. within the five years previous to the 2000 Mexican census.9

When Did Return Flows Rise?

When did return flows to Mexico begin to rise? Evidence from various sources points to sometime late in the decade. A 2005 sample survey by Mexico’s chief statistical agency (INEGI) counted a lower number of returnees who had lived in the U.S. five years earlier (246,000) than either the 2000 Mexican census or the 2010 Mexican census. (The survey, intended to update the 2000 Mexican census, asked fewer questions so more detailed breakdowns about U.S.-born children are not available.)

Another Mexican source that points to increased flows in the last half of the decade is the National Survey of Demographic Dynamics (ENADID). The 2006 demographic survey shows about 274,000 people who had lived outside of Mexico in 2001 and had returned to Mexico by 2006. The number was notably higher in the 2009 demographic survey—about 667,000 people who had lived in the U.S. in 2004 and had gone to Mexico in 2004-2009.

Mexican Census Results Help Explain Earlier Contradictory Data

The Mexican census results help to explain findings from another Mexican household survey that did not show an increased return flow of Mexicans back to their homeland. Mexico’s National Survey of Employment and Occupation (ENOE), which had been cited in a previous Pew Hispanic Center report (Passel and Cohn, 2009) and elsewhere (Rendall et al. 2011) on this issue, indicated that return flows appeared to be stable from 2006 through February 2009. Subsequent ENOE data show decreasing return flows.

However, the employment and occupation survey is designed to measure movement to and from existing households in Mexico that are part of the sample. It does not include moves by entire households, an important contributor to return migration flow. This design feature causes ENOE to understate return migration flows. Furthermore, if patterns of return migration changed, ENOE might not capture the trend over time.

The 2010 Mexican census results indicate that a substantial share of return migrants come back to Mexico with their entire households. These households account for almost half of people counted as returnees in the 2000 and 2010 Mexican censuses, according to the Pew Hispanic analysis.

Recent Flows from U.S. and Mexican Data

Annual inflows of Mexican immigrants to the U.S. can be estimated using census data from the U.S. and Mexico. The U.S. figures are gross numbers that do not account for people who leave the U.S. Data from both countries point to inflows that peaked around 2000 and plunged beginning in 2007.

Looking at arrivals of Mexican immigrants since 1990, U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Hispanic Center indicate that more than 700,000 a year came to the U.S. in 1999-2000, during a time when the U.S. economy was thriving. Annual arrivals dropped to about 580,000 with the onset of the early-decade recession. Numbers began rising again; by 2004, annual arrivals exceeded 670,000 annually.

Immigration from Mexico dropped after the U.S. housing market (and construction employment) collapsed in 2006. By 2007, gross inflows from Mexico dipped to 280,000; they continued to fall to 150,000 in 2009 and were even lower in 2010.

The Mexican employment survey (ENOE) shows the same general trends in annual flows from Mexico as the U.S. data do. By 2010, according to ENOE, the flow was only 38% of the 2006 flow to the U.S. Both the U.S. and Mexican data suggest a further slight drop in 2011.

These estimates of immigration flows from Mexico represent new arrivals of both legal immigrants and unauthorized immigrants. For most of the period, the bulk of the flow was unauthorized but for the last several years, it appears that most of the new arrivals are likely to be legal residents. Legal admissions from Mexico averaged about 170,000 per year for 2000-2009 and 140,000 per year for 2010-2011. These legal admissions do not represent all newly arrived immigrants, as a significant share are people who are living in the U.S. but are “adjusting their status” from temporary to legal permanent resident.

Recent Population Trends

The Mexican-born population in the U.S. decreased to 12.0 million in 2011 from its peak of 12.6 million in 2007, and the change entirely reflects reduced unauthorized immigration, according to a Pew Hispanic analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. There were 6.1 million unauthorized Mexican immigrants in the U.S. in 2011, according to Pew Hispanic estimates based on Current Population Survey data, compared with a peak of 7 million in 2007.

By comparison, legal Mexican immigrants (including those with temporary status) numbered 5.8 million in 2011, which is a small increase from 5.6 million in 2007. The overall foreign-born population has continued a relatively steady growth, to 39.6 million in 2011, according to Current Population Survey data.10

The decline in the Mexican-born population is a marked change of pattern for the massive
wave of migration from Mexico that began in the late 1960s. It may become the first sustained loss since the 1930s, when the Mexican-born population shrank during the Great Depression. The contemporary decrease is due to the combination of reduced inflows and increased outflows; it cannot be explained by the relatively small number of deaths in the Mexican immigrant population.

Mexican Migration History: U.S. Perspective

For the past century, a large share of Mexican migration has been temporary, so-called circular migration, in which Mexicans (mainly men) came to the U.S. for work, often in agriculture, and returned to their families in Mexico during the off-season. Until the 1970s, the size of the permanent Mexican-born population in the U.S. grew slowly, and there was little in the way of border enforcement (Rosenblum and Brick, 2011).

The Mexican-born population in the U.S., which numbered about 100,000 in 1900, reached about 640,000 in 1930 (Gibson and Jung, 2006). The population fell in the 1930s, as mass unemployment deterred would-be immigrants during the Great Depression and many Mexicans in the U.S. were forcibly deported to Mexico.

By 1970, Mexican-born numbers had risen to about 760,000, but Italy, Germany and Canada surpassed Mexico as leading countries of origin. Rapid growth began in the 1970s—by 1980 there were 2.2 million Mexican immigrants, and Mexico had become the top country of origin for U.S. immigrants. The Mexican-born population in the U.S. has more than quintupled since then. The next largest sending country—China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan)—accounts for just 5% of the nation’s current stock of about 40 million immigrants.

The share of all immigrants who are Mexican born nearly doubled from 1980 (15.6%) to 2010 (30%). At its peak in 2004-2009, the Mexican-born population constituted nearly one-third (32%) of the nation’s foreign-born population.

Over the years, an increasing share of Mexican migrants to the U.S. became permanent residents with year-round jobs in a broader range of sectors than agriculture. Most immigrants from Mexico (51% in 2011) are unauthorized, according to Pew Hispanic estimates based on Current Population Survey data. Mexicans make up the majority of the nation’s unauthorized immigrant population. (See Section 6 of the report for more detail about the characteristics of Mexican-born residents of the U.S.)

Analysts generally agree that the sharp, four-decade rise in Mexican immigration after 1970, especially of unauthorized migrants, was driven by a combination of factors. The U.S. and Mexico had formally agreed in 1942 to establish the “bracero” temporary-worker program, but when it expired in 1964, the demand in the U.S. for low-skilled labor remained strong. Major changes to U.S. immigration law in 1965 favored immigrants who wanted to rejoin their families in the U.S., not those who came to work. Economic troubles and other problems in Mexico also encouraged people to migrate north.11

Although much of the cross-border movement was unauthorized, few of the migrants settled in the U.S. before the 1970s. The tripling of the Mexican-born population between 1970 and 1980 was driven in part by the large-scale settlement of unauthorized immigrants. By 1980, about half of Mexican immigrants living in the United States were unauthorized (Warren and Passel, 1987).

Once the new migration pattern was established, flows to the U.S. waxed and waned in conjunction with changes in U.S. border policy and immigration law, trends in the U.S. economy and conditions in Mexico. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 had several provisions that allowed unauthorized immigrants to acquire legal permanent resident status. About 2 million formerly unauthorized Mexican immigrants became legal U.S. residents by the early 1990s. These new immigrants, along with changes in U.S. immigration law, reinforced the existing migration patterns and spurred continued legal immigration and increasing unauthorized immigration. Between 1980 and 1990, the number of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. more than doubled, and between 1990 and 2000 the numbers doubled again.

The Mexican-born population continued to grow until 2007. At that point, the combined effects of the failing U.S. economy, increased border enforcement, more expensive and dangerous crossings, violence at the border, and changes with the Mexican population and economy brought this population growth to a halt.

In recent years, there appears to be less short-term seasonal migration between Mexico and the U.S., perhaps because of the increased costs and risks of crossing the border (Pew Hispanic Center, 2011). The new results from the 2010 Mexican census also show a decline in the shortest migration trips. In 2000, answering the question of when they had last left for the U.S., nearly half (49%) of the “recent” migrants to the U.S. had departed in the previous 12 months.12 In 2010, only a quarter of the much-reduced migrant population (27%) had left for the U.S. in the previous 12 months.

Emigration to the U.S.: Mexican Perspective

Mexican emigrants living in the U.S. now represent a substantial share of the Mexican-born population. No other nation in the world has as many of its citizens living abroad as does Mexico, and 97% of them live in the U.S. (Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, 2012).

In 1970, when Mexico’s population was 48 million, only 1.6% of the combined Mexican population of the two nations lived in the U.S. In 2010, with Mexico’s population at 112.3 million, the Mexican-born population in the U.S. had risen to 10% of the combined totals in both countries. The shares are even higher among those in the prime working ages, 30 to 44 (Pew Hispanic Center, 2011).

  1. The remaining migrants, persons born in countries other than Mexico or the U.S., represent less than 1% of the flow.
  2. In the Mexican census data, there is some overlap between the recent migrants and those in the U.S. five years before the census. In our estimates of five-year flows, the overlapping counts are removed.
  3. Children are defined as persons ages 17 and younger.
  4. These are conservative estimates because the children who are included in this category are only those living in the same household with their parents. In addition, there were another 52,000 children ages 17 and younger in 2010 who could not be linked with a parent living in the same household. Most are probably U.S.-born children of Mexican immigrants to the U.S.
  5. The report (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2012) was ordered by Congress in response to a 2009 estimate by the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2009) that more than 100,000 parents of U.S.-born children had been deported during the nine-year period from 1998 to 2007. The inspector general report with that estimate stated that DHS did not consistently track U.S.-citizen children.
  6. In the case of Mexico, citizenship may also be acquired through a parent who is a naturalized Mexican citizen. Mexico started allowing its citizens to hold dual nationality in 1998. Foreign nationals, who had previously lost their Mexican nationality prior to 1998, may regain their Mexican nationality through an administrative process at a Mexican embassy or consulate.
  7. Not all of the recent migrants who returned to Mexico by the time of the census are included in the overall estimate U.S.-Mexico migration shown above. There is some overlap between the recent migrants (i.e., people who reported moving to the U.S. between 2005 and 2010) and people who reported living in the U.S. in 2005. We have removed the overlap—about 100,000 in 2010 and 40,000 in 2000—in the estimates of total flow but not in our discussion of recent migration patterns.
  8. The numbers are augmented and adjusted for omissions, especially of unauthorized immigrants. It should be noted that the American Community Survey (ACS) shows a slightly different pattern, and somewhat lower numbers, for the Mexican-born population. (The ACS estimates have not been adjusted to reflect undercounts but have been reweighted to reflect the impact of the 2010 Census on estimates for earlier years.) According to the ACS, the Mexican-born population did not change from 2009 to 2010 (11.7 million in both years), in contrast to a small decline (from 12.6 million in 2009 to 12.3 million in 2010) shown in the Current Population Survey.
  9. For example, see National Research Council (2011) and Rosenblum and Brick (2011).
  10. This is the group in Figure 2.3 as departing between 1995 and 2000 and still living in the U.S. as of 2000.


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Cuts to the nation's food stamp program enacted this year are affecting only four states, far from the sweeping overhaul that Republicans had pushed.

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Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010 | 5:15 p.m.

There will be no shortage of golf along the Georgia-South Carolina coast next April, at lest for one week.

The PGA Tour announced Thursday the Heritage golf tournament in South Carolina will be played a week later than usual in 2011 on April 21-24, the same week that the popular Champions Tour event, the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, is taking place about an hour's drive south in Savannah, Ga.

The change to the longtime event at Harbour Town Golf Links, usually played the week following the Masters, came because The Players Championship was shifted to a week later in May. That forced a date change for the Valero Texas Open, which moved into the Heritage's normal slot.

PGA Tour Chief of Operations Rick George says the switch is for next year only with all intentions to move the Heritage back to the week after the year's first major. But for next year at least, it means two marquee events will battle for competitors, volunteers and fans.

"We know this is not an ideal situation," George said.

The Heritage may not have been in any position to protest. The tournament's spot on the schedule was in doubt since it lost Verizon as its longtime sponsor. A replacement has not been secured with less than eight months left before the 2011 Heritage.

"That's still a work in progress," said Steve Wilmot, the Heritage tournament director.

Wilmot guaranteed last March that there would be a Heritage in 2011 with or without a title sponsor. But organizers have not found anyone willing to put the $8 million or so necessary to underwrite the event.

Earlier this summer, Beaufort County agreed to loan the golf tournament $1 million to make sure it returned to Hilton Head. The town of Hilton Head promised to award a $1 million grant if the golf tournament can't find a sponsor by next April.

George said the PGA Tour and the Heritage finalized their agreement for 2011 earlier Thursday.

George says PGA Tour leaders were continuing to work with Wilmot in searching out a sponsor to keep the Heritage on the schedule past 2011.

In July, the Heritage Classic Foundation released a study that found last April's golf tournament brought nearly $82 million to South Carolina and its coastal region. The survey was conducted by Clemson's International Institute for Tourism Research and Development with help from USC-Beaufort.

While George said the tour looked at scenarios if the Heritage deal fell through, it never sought out a replacement location. He said the Heritage Classic Foundation had enough funds in reserve that tour leaders felt good about returning to Harbour Town.

Wilmot and George said nothing is guaranteed for the Heritage past 2011.

For now, Wilmot says he and Legends of Golf Executive Director Joe Rotellini will work on not infringing on the other's tournament and on allowing fans interested in attending both events a way to do so.

"It should be a tremendous week of golf for our sponsors, and certainly unique," Wilmot said.


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5 Things To Know Today: December 23

Posted Dec 23, 2013

No, you are not dreaming. The Eagles trounced the Chicago Bears 54-11 on Sunday night. The only thing that would have been sweeter is if last night's game clinched the division. Oh well, the Eagles have the next-best scenario - the chance to secure the NFC East title by beating the Dallas Cowboys in their house in front of the entire nation on Sunday Night Football. Here is a look at the playoff picture and the rest of the 5 Things You Need To Know Today for Decemebr 23 ...

Of course, that means nothing if the Eagles don't beat the Cowboys. But here is a look at who else is in the playoff mix.

Seattle is currently the No. 1 seed, but if they lose their finale next week vs. St. Louis they could lose the NFC West if San Francisco wins out and fall all the way to No. 5.

Carolina beat New Orleans to take a one-game lead in the NFC South. The Panthers have secured at least a Wild Card berth, but will own the NFC South title and a first-round bye with a Week 17 win over Atlanta. The Panthers can't get the No. 1 seed over Seattle, but would get it over San Francisco if the 49ers rally to win the NFC West.

Chicago still controls its playoff hopes, but they - like the Eagles - are in a win-or-go-home battle for the NFC North against the Green Bay Packers.

The 49ers still have to play tonight against Atlanta. If they beat the Falcons, they are in the playoffs and still have a chance at the NFC West.

New Orleans is right now the No. 6 seed and they are in with a win next week over Tampa Bay. The Saints can still win the NFC South if Carolina loses.

Arizona is the only team who can get in as a wild card, but not win the division. They need to beat San Francisco in Week 17 and hope either San Francisco loses tonight or New Orleans stumbles in Week 17.

Trent Cole set social media ablaze before the game Sunday afternoon when he tweeted the post above.

A man of his words, Cole backed up his pre-game talk with a dominating three-sack performance against the Bears, etching himself into second place on the Eagles' all-time sack list. But we know all about what Cole can do on the field. What's the story behind the tweet?

"It was like two years ago. Not this past spring, but the last spring," Cole said with a smile after the game. "It was a black bear in Alberta, Canada with Northern Wilderness Outfitters."

In fact, our Eagles Television Network cameras were with Cole when he took down the big fella.

"I like to hype it up," said Cole. "I'm a hype man. I like to stir stuff up."

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With about six minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game, Bryce Brown had carried the ball eight times for 50 yards. Those numbers alone would made for a nice night from the Eagles backup running back, but on his ninth and final carry of the night, Brown broke one for a 65-yard score.

“It felt good to get in a groove,” Brown said after the game. “I felt good early in the game, and I just knew that if I kept with it, big plays were going to be possible.”

Sunday’s game was very much a microcosm of Brown’s 2013 campaign. He burst onto the scene during his rookie season with the Eagles. In his first two starts, Brown ran for 347 yards, the second-highest total ever for an Eagle in two consecutive starts. But things haven’t gone quite as well for the Eagles back this season, which is to be expected with the kind of numbers LeSean McCoy is producing. Even with a diminished role, Brown has never felt frustrated with his playing time this season. He knew that his patience would pay off and eventually, and he would eventually break that big play.

“As a team, we’re doing well and that’s my main focus,” Brown said. “I’m not concerned with how many carries I get or how many yards, or anything like that. Obviously I want to take advantage of my opportunities when I get in there. Hopefully the way I played today will carry over and I can keep rolling.”

Don’t discount the importance of that forced fumble on the Chicago Bears’ second kickoff return in the Eagles’ dominant 54-11 victory on Sunday night.

What’s even better about the forced fumble and recovery? It was executed by the Eagles’ two starting cornerbacks, both of whom are not regular special teamers.

Bradley Fletcher forced the fumble by ripping the ball from Devin Hester’s grasp after he had broken a nice return, and Cary Williams pounced on it for the recovery next to the sideline.

“I can’t even remember,” Williams said when asked the last time he played special teams. “Maybe the Denver game? I think that might have been the last time.”

It was Hester’s first fumble since Week 7 of the 2009 season – perfect timing for an Eagles team that had just taken a 7-0 lead and was looking to build on early momentum. LeSean McCoy punched it in from 1-yard out for a touchdown on the ensuing drive and the rout was on.

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The Most Fascinating Team in MLB History…the 1930 Phillies

This article was originally published at Philly Sports History by Johnny Goodtimes.

Chuck Klein wearing the Phillies 1925-1932 Fitted Home Hat.

Phillies slugger Chuck Klein

The 1930 Phillies were probably the most fascinating team in MLB history. They hit .315 as a team, the 3rd highest total in MLB history. (Interestingly, the Giants hit .319 that same year to set the record.) They had 1,783 hits that season, still the most in MLB history. The Phils had 5 regulars who batted over .300, including outfielders Chuck Klein and Lefty O’Doul, who both batted over .380. Klein had perhaps the greatest regular season in Phillies history, finishing with a line of .386-40-170, and a slugging percentage of .687 (Miguel Cabrera had a SLG% of .606 last year while winning the Triple Crown). And yet, these Sultans of Swat finished 52-102, 40 games out of first. You read that right. A team that batted .315 collectively finished 50 games UNDER .500. How is that possible?

It’s possible because the 1930 Phillies had the worst pitching staff in the history of baseball. The only team you could even compare them to was my Little League team that finished 0-15 in 1984 (True story). For some perspective, think about how terrible Adam Eaton was in 2008, when he went 4-8 with a 5.80 ERA. And just think, the 1930 Phils had 11 pitchers with worse ERAs than Adam Eaton.

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A few years ago, a guy named Tom Ruane wrote a paper called “Modern Baseball’s Greatest Hitting Team”. The answer? The opponents of the 1930 Phillies. Try these stats on for size: Phillies’ opponents batted .346 that year (27 points higher than those record setting 1930 Giants), with 1994 hits (200 more than the record holders, the 1930 Phillies) and scored 1199 runs (Over 130 more than the record holders, the 1931 Yankees.) The ace of that staff was none other than Phil Collins. And you thought No Jacket Required was his worst work. (Rim Shot).

The infamous Les Sweetland.

The infamous Les Sweetland.

Actually, Collins wasn’t the problem. He was an almost respectable 16-11 with a 4.78 ERA. Ray Benge came next, with a 5.70 ERA. Then came two record holders. Les Sweetland set a record that year that has never been broken, throwing for a 7.71 ERA, (the worst of all time among pitchers who qualify for ERA title). #2 for worst all time was his teammate Claude Willoughby, with a 7.59 ERA. It must have been like Mantle and Maris chasing the Babe’s home run title that year. And Hal Elliot just fell short of qualifying for an ERA title, throwing 117 innings. Otherwise he would be 2nd, with a 7.67 ERA.

And so when people say they wish they could combine the 2008 Phils’ hitters with the 2011 Phils’ pitchers to make the perfect team, I argue that they’d be even better if you combined the 2011 Phils with the 1930 Phils. Heck, they’d win 130 games.

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“Seal Team November 6” Aims to Stare Down Voter Intimidation in Philadelphia

How a veterans’ group plans to enforce democracy on Election Day.

Call them “Seal Team November 6.” Special operations veterans, including former Navy Seals, Delta Force will be called back into action on Election Day to make certain there’s no voter intimidation at the polls.

Philadelphia is a prime target.

Former Navy Captain Benjamin Brink is leading the operation. “The nation saw the video of members of the Black Panthers in Philadelphia intimidating people trying to vote in 2008,” Brink told me when I interviewed him during my radio show on IQ 106.9. “We are going to try and make certain that nothing like that happens this year.”

Brink claims to have over a hundred former Army Rangers, Navy Seal, Delta Force, Green Berets and others who have volunteered for duty. The idea of Navy Seals and Black Panthers getting into it at a Philly polling site gives a whole new incentive for casting a ballot. “Our guys aren’t easily intimidated,” adds Brink.

Don’t let the bravado fool you. The mission, according to the Captain, is to observe and report, not to engage. “We are going to watch for intimidation, videotape it, if possible, and report it to the proper authorities.”

Benjamin Brink lives in the St. Louis area. He served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. It was the video of the Black Panthers and the battle over voter ID laws that inspired him to start his clean election movement called “Get Out the Vet.” The group also works to make certain those serving overseas get ballots and that those ballots are counted. “There are men and women fighting right now so that we have the right to vote in free and fair elections,” reminds Brink. “We are just doing our part to make certain democracy works the way it is supposed to.”

Although Philadelphia will get special attention, the special-ops veterans will also be overseeing polling sites in cities like Cleveland, Miami and Las Vegas—big cities in swing states that have had a history of reports of voter intimidation.

But isn’t sending big, strapping, steely-eyed men with buzz cuts and special-ops tattoos, at the very least, visually hypocritical? Don’t these guards against voter intimidation intimidate people themselves? “That is not our purpose,” assures Brink. “Voters showing up to the polls probably won’t even notice they are there. These men are trained to be ghosts.”

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