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9/7 ME Bench
Raw 3x3 135,225,315
2board Raw 2x1 365,415
52 Phenom 2board 2x3 425,455
1board 1x1 485
Touches 2x0 500,550 still having some trouble forming into this shirt. But finally pulled everything together from here
4x3 455 touched in later reps, 1x3 475touch, 1x1 485touch, 1x3 405touch
Sling Shot Pause work 3x3 365,385,395 really got my set up tight
DB High Incline 2x15 80
Light Band Tricep Extensions 3x50
Face Pull 3x15 160
9/8 ME Squat
Box Squat Raw 5x2 145,255,345,400,485
44 Jack Brief + Strong Band 250-270 3x1 500,550,600, 4x1 650
56Jack Suit Reverse Band Pro mini 2x3 835,885, 1x1 935
3in Mat Sumo Jack Brief 46 3x1 135,245,335,425
Ace 56 3x1 535,625,715 1x0 805 was beat in the legs but I know 800 will go and I probably be better conventional
GHR 2x20 +
Shrugs 2x50 495,585+
Reverse Hyper 2x20 180+
Hanging ABs 2x20
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9/10 DE Bench
Short Press 1x5 135, 5x5 225
BB Incline 3x3 135,225,285, 1x4 325
DB Bench 4x8 80,100,120,140
DB Lateral Raise 2x30 15
DB Bentover Raise 2x30 15
9/12 weighed 235 today
Low low Box Squat wider stance 3x3 145, 1x3 235, 3x3 325raw
44 Jack Briefs Strong Bands 2x1 325,415, 3x3 485 worked the dip and did awesome!
Lowest Pin Rack Pull 5x1 135,245,335,425,515raw
King Suit 3x1 575,655,745 2x0 835,800was spent, was out of position on 835 but got to the knees, 800 didn't lockout
Ultra Wide Sumo with 3in. Deficit 5x5 225
Ab Roller 4x10
9/13 ME Bench
Bench 1x5 135, 3x3 225,275,315, 1x2 365
56 Ace 2board 2x2 425,455,
1board 2x2 485,500
Touch 1x0,1x1 520 working to touch lighter weight sucks ass all sets were difficult
Chins 3x10
Squat Raw 3x5 145,235,325
44 Jack Brief 3x3 415,505,595, 3x3 645, Box 3x3 645
Rack Pull Raw couple inches below knees 6x3 245,335,425,515,605,695
Abs 3x20
Commit to one shirt brother.... Or just work raw till you're ready too. I hope to be back next week.
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Current PR total 1930 @ 198
198 Comp prs 730 squat, 650 bench, 625 dead
220 Comp prs 700 bench,606 dead
I'm committed to the 52 phenom for sure had to use the ace because of the tattoo work he tattooed a bit over where the phenom rips you up.
Bench 2x5 135,225
3board 1x3 315, 3x3 405 had some shoulder discomfort
BB Incline 5x3 135,185,225,265,305 1x0 345 90% shoulder was dead meat
DB Bench 5x10 70 working the tuck
Dips 5x10 BWT
Face Pull 6x10 165 various grips
DB Shrug 2x50+
Shoulder Circuit: Side,V,Front,Bentover 2x10
DB Hammer Curl 3x10 60
10in Low Box Squat Raw 3x3 145,1x3 235,1x3 325, 3x3 375
Added Black Elitefts Pad 2x3 445,520, 1x1 595 I don't recommend heavy box squat without briefs
44 Jack Briefs + Average Bands 3x2 600,625,650
54 Jack Suit + Average Bands 3x1 705,730,755
Dead Raw7x1 135,225,315,365,435,510,585
King Suit 2x1 665,725
Sumo Wide Raw 3x5 315
Hang Shrug 2x20 315
Hyper45 4x10 Doubled Mini
Ab Roller 4x10
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Bench Raw 4x3 135,225,275,325
52 Phenom 2board 2x2 425,485
1board but no touches close 2x2 535,550 didn't want to force the touch only had one spotter
Lat Pulldown 2x10 115,160, 3x10 205
Thick Rope Inverse Row 3x20 Bwt working tuck
DB Shoulder Circuit: Front,Side,Bentover,Press, External Rotation 2x20 5
Horizontal Cable Tricep Extensions 3x20 75
Bench Raw 4x3 135,225,275,315, 1x1 365
52 Phenom 2board 1x2 425
1board no touches but all close 4x2 485,535,565,600
3board 1x1 625 terrible everything but got the lift really wanted to do for reps
Mad Dog Sling Close Grip Pauses 3x5 335,355,385didn't lock last one
Face Pull with Spud handles 4x10 115
Mini Band Rear Delt 3x20
9/26 DE Squat
Touch and go Box Squat..why to improve my reaction in the hole...awesome
Raw 3x5 145,235,325
54 Jack Brief + Average Grey Bands 2x3 325,415, 5x3 505
1.5mat Sumo 52 Jack Brief 4x1 245,335,425,535
56 Ace 2x1 625,685, 2x0 745 first day in tighter briefs couldn't get to the bar efficiently almost causing me to black out...realized my belt was too tight, briefs in the quads restricted my movement getting down and my hips are dog shit if I am too wide.
Was so fucking pissed I went and abused myself off the floor I think my sets went like this it happened so fast didn't take much rest
Sumo Floor 4x1 695 still wasn't getting to the bar had to take multiple breathes and sat in the hole too long.
Sumo 4x1 605 by my last two sets I finally figured out how to get to the bar quick and efficient. Had to grab the center of the bar (like I seen Brian Carrol do in his videos) just to get to the bar, set my grip and produce tension. So that worked for me in tighter shit. I am still pissed.....But I know I got it now.
Accessory Circuit: 2x
Stiff Leg 10 245
GHR Abs 20
Reverse Grip Pulldown 10 205
BB Row 10 245
Reverse Hyper 20 305
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9/27 ME Bench De-load
Bench 3x10 135, 1x5 225, 5x5 225+80chains
DB Bench 2x10 80,100, 2x10 120
Cable Fat Bar Tricep Extension 10x10 40,60,80,100,120,140,160,180,200,220
DB Row continuous 5x5 150
BB Shrug 5x10 front 405, 5x10 behind 405
KB Lateral Raise 1x10 35, 2x10 40
Cable Rope Bicep Curl 4x10 100,120,140,160
9/29 ME Squat
Awsome Squat prep with bands, leg ext, reverse hyper
Box Squat Raw touch go 5x3 145,255,345,445,535
Jack Briefs 44 1x1 635
No Box 54 Jack Suit No Straps 1x1 735
Straps Up 1x1 835, 2x1 925, 1x2 925
3in. Mats Dead New Secret suit combo
7x1 225,315,405,495,585,675,765
V Grip Row on Grappler 2x40 225,270
Reverse Hyper 1x20 90
DB Curl 4x20
Ab Roller 4x20
Forgot my miss grip rep on 765 straps to tight to actually get to the bar re adjusted for the second one and was fine
DE Bench with fat gripz and 80chains 1x5 135, 5x5 225
Incline 6x1 135,185,225,275,315,335
1x22 240 equal to body weight but actually weighed 235
3 board Close Grip Slams 2x10 315,1x12 315
Face Pull with Back Bar various grips 1x10 115, 3x10 255
DB Shrug 1x100 80
DE Box Squat with Average Band
Raw 4x3 145,235,325,415
44 Jack Brief 2x3 505,525 speed sucked so I stopped my back is still lit up from all the labor over the weekend
Dead Secret Suit Combo
5x1 135,225,315,405,495, Straps up 2x1 585+double light band, then switched to looser brief which was better 2x1 585+ doubled light band
Rack Pull Pin 3 in suit 4x3 700,720,740,765
ME Floor Press 1x5 135, 1x2 225, 6x1 295,335,385,415,455,495PR
didn't pause my floor press but did really good on tightness, control, overall technique as soon as my triceps hit the mat I pressed. a floor press for me is my 2board equivilent being 6'2" and long armed and skinny as fuck
Standing BB Military Press with bar starting on chest no leg drive. 5x1 135,165,195,225,255PR
Pull-ups 5x5 bwt,20chain,40chain,20chain,bwt
Banded Rear Delt choked 3x20 mini
Cable Bicep Hammer Curl with Rope 4x10 140,160,180,200
now mopping the gym
Box Squat 4x3 145,245,345
reverse band mini 1x3 435
44 Jack Brief 3x1 535,635,735
54 Jack Suit 3x1 835,935,1000 was high my back was fucked today. Had to move 5tons of stone the day before due to incompetant shitbags. I am just pissed because it affected my training today I really wanted to hit 1075.
44 Jack Brief 1x10 545
Good Mornings 2x10 55bar
ME Bench
Raw 1x10 135, 1x5 225, 1x3 265, 1x1 305
Sling Shot 4x1 345,385,415,455 smoke show
52 Phenom super tight today had a rough time touching but technique was good
3x3 475,520,550 1x2 595, 1x0 610 tried touching not worring about making the lift all I wanted to do was touch damn it.
Average Band Tricep Extensions 3x50
Chin-ups on 3in ropes 3x8
Shoulder circuit: DB Shrug 2x50 + Front, Lateral, Bentover 2x10 20
DE Box Squat
Raw Average Band 5x3 145,235,325,395,465
46 Jack Brief 2x2 505,555 back is still messed up stopped there
Dead 46 Jack Brief 5x1 135,225,335,425,515
King Suit 3x1 585,665,705 went to do speed work in gear to work on getting to the bar 3x3 425
Raw 2mat Deficit Sumo 2x5 425,515, 1x1 605
Accessory Cicuit:
GHR 3x10 2mini band,3,4 +
DB Row 3x10 100 +
Reverse Grip Lat Pulldown 3x10 205 +
Reverse Hyper 3x10 90
Hanging Abs 3x20
ME Bench
Raw 4x3 135,185,245,305
2board 2x2 365,425
52 Phenom 2board 3x3 495,555,615
1x2 615 still working on touching
DB Incline 5x10 60,70,80,90,100
Light Band Skull Crusher 1x100
Chins 3x10
Front Raise 1x50 15
Lateral 1x50 15
Face Pull 1x50 Spud Strap 70
ME Squat working on depth in tight briefs
Raw 3x5 145,255,345
44 Jack Briefs 1x5 475, 1x3 575
started to put on 54 Jack Wasn't happening my bloat was unreal
56 Jack Suit Straps down 1x3 675
Loose Strap 1x1 775
Strap and Light Wrap 1x1 865
Reverse Average Band 3x1 915,965,1015 good work but my 1015 was shy I have to get down fast and not focus on the pressure. So close though
6mat Dead Raw 6x1 135,225,315,405,495,585
56 Jack Brief 3x1 675,725,775
Good Mornings 4x6 145,235,325,415
Seated Abduction Pro Mini Band 2x50
Abs 1x50
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NIKA will be appearing at many of Southern California's best festivals, fairs and other events. See below for our schedule so you can come out and meet us! You can also ask us to be a part of something that you're putting together here.
Sep 8-11:: Bhakti Fest (Joshua Tree)
Sep 17:: SD Magazine's "Women Who Move San Diego" Party (Scripps Seaside Forum), 6:30pm-9:30pm
Sep 17-18:: Cardiff Green Surf Classic (Cardiff Beach), 8am to 5pm
Sep 18:: Brazillian Day Festival (Pacific Beach), 11am to 7pm
Sep 18:: Arts n' Drafts Party at The W Hotel (Downtown SD), 1pm to 4pm
Sep 24:: San Diego Zoo's Food and Wine Celebration (SD Zoo), 7:30pm to 11:30pm
Sep 24-25:: Oceanside Harbor Days Festival, 10am to 6pm
Sep 24-25:: Sleepless San Diego Event (Liberty Station)
Sep 24-25:: Adams Ave Street Fair (Adams Avenue), 10am to 6pm
Sep 25:: Abbot Kinney Festival (LA)
Oct 2:: Taste Of Del Mar Festival, 10am to 5pm
Oct 8-9:: Joshua Tree Music Fest
Oct 9:: San Marcos Street Faire, 9am to 5pm
Oct 16:: Escondido Street Faire, 10am to 5:30pm
Oct 16:: Hillcrest Hoedown Festival, 1pm to 8pm
Oct 30:: Oceanside Dia Del Muertos Festival, 10am to 4pm
Nov 20:: Encinitas Street Faire, 9am to 4pm
Dec 16-18:: A Christmas Tabernacle Celebration (NTC, Liberty Station), 11am to 10pm
*We may also be showing up randomly at your beach, town main street or other public areas to give out FREE STUFF! Keep an eye out for the Nika Street Team and the BIG Nika Truck to get goodies for a good cause!
Check out this picture! It was taken yesterday at the Whole Foods Market in La Jolla!
As you can see throughout the NIKA website, the NIKA team as a whole has a ton fun promoting our brand in the community. Whether it's a farmers market or a street fair, the NIKA team is a youth oriented group that always brings positive energy everywhere we go.
By Jeff Church, Co-Founder of NIKA
NIKA Family,
As we've been together building NIKA over the past year, I've shared some personal work and life stories with some of our team members. A few of the team members, otherwise known as gluttons for punishment, have asked if I could share more of my experiences. Although I'm a little embarrassed and very humbled that you would like to hear more, I thought that it might be fun to start occasionally sending a story as I come across one or reflect on one.
Every business wants to be successful, right? That's what we call a slow pitch question in a softball game! Anybody can answer that one. Why, however, is it so important for NIKA to make it? One word - "sustainability". We and other companies like NIKA need to be successful because these types of business (ie those that donate all or a large portion of their profits) offer an incredible breakthrough in the ways that charities can solve for a possible shrinking donor income stream. Without businesses that give back, NGO's must rely on fundraising to achieve their donation and project objectives. When times are good, people are very willing to write checks to support their causes. However, when times are bad people will need to take care of themselves first and if there's anything left over, then support their cause. Let me give you a short example.
At NIKA we are all about helping to end poverty through bringing clean water to those who don't have access to it. One way we do that is through the donation of wells with our profits. Suppose, instead of selling bottled water, we were focused on having people write checks that we would then donate to water projects...that would be a logical approach. If year after year our NGO's depended on us to give them our donations to build their wells they would be very happy with us. If, however, the economy went into a recession as we're currently in or if another world catastrophe occurred, such as Haiti, then our donors could logically tell us that while they believe very much in our cause they feel the need to make sure that their personal finances are shored up or that they need to take a break this year from supporting us to support the efforts in Haiti, for example. We would certainly understand, however, our local NGO partners who have people in country depending on them to build wells and to bring clean water, could be hurt very badly. Although this is simple example, the records of donations over the past thirty years bear this out. When tough economic times occur, donations tend to drop by about 5%. This means layoffs and program cuts.
NIKA's model is one that doesn't need to rely on economic cycles or donor priorities but rather it uses the market place to create the profits which are then contributed back into the causes. Businesses such as NIKA are challenging to get to a critical mass level but if done correctly they can result in a steady stream of profits to be donated. Consumers also tend to support these type of brands as long as price and quality are competitive. Recently, I read a survey that was done outside of a well known supermarket in White Plains, New York. One hundred shoppers were asked the following question: "If your supermarket offered new food products that were equal in price and quality to the products that you now buy, and you knew that 100% of the profit from these new products would be used to end world hunger, would you buy these new products?" 92 of 100 shoppers answered "yes." We think that this is pretty amazing. Over 90% of shoppers are willing to buy "cause" based products. NIKA clearly fits into this type of a business. What this says to us is that the only thing keeping us from realizing significant, nationwide market penetration is brand awareness and distribution. Through our various marketing efforts including grass roots, professional sales, viral tactics and more, our focus must be on making the consumer aware enough of NIKA that as they are making their water decisions they say, "Oh, that's NIKA, I saw them at my local street fair and they do great things for society and for the environment. I think that I'll give them a try versus Evian or Fiji!" I'm pretty confident that we can successfully get the nationwide distribution as the brand grows.
There are other companies as well that are doing similar things. If you're interested and have a moment, check out these companies and these You Tube links:
Newman's Own - The Grand Daddy of all for profit businesses that donate back their profits. They donate all of their profits, now over $250 million to charity.
Give Something Back Business Group - An office products supply business that donates all of their profits.
Finnegan's Beer - A beer brand committed to giving back.
TOM's - For every pair of shoes that they sell, they donate a pair to children without.
Future business and philanthropic solutions must be thought of out of the box. They then must be implemented with fundamentals and they must retain their focus on not get easily diverted into trying to do all things for all people.
Go NIKA!
Many people have commented that they love the NIKA website with all of its colorful imagery and information on the water crisis and environment. In addition to all of this, we have put together an incredible library of hard to find articles in a section of the website called "Learning Resources." Here, we have provide a number of resources on topics ranging from the pro/cons on bottled water/plastic bottles, recycling, carbon offsetting, climate change as well as the poverty and water crisis. Our Learning Resources page is always being updated and we pride ourselves on providing unique articles from a variety of perspectives so that our readers can educate themselves on these issues. So we encourage everyone to visit the Learning Resources section and please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any suggestions on topics or articles that you'd like to see in there.
By Jeff Church, Co-Founder of NIKA
NIKA Family,
As we've been together building NIKA over the past year, I've shared some personal work and life stories with some of our team members. A few of the team members, otherwise known as gluttons for punishment, have asked if I could share more of my experiences. Although I'm a little embarrassed and very humbled that you would like to hear more, I thought that it might be fun to start occasionally sending a story as I come across one or reflect on one. If you don't want to get these, feel 100% free to tell me to take you off the list. I've also included some of my friends and family who im sure will feel even more compelled to either abuse me or send a virus directly back to my computer! On the other hand, if you have a friend that you think would like to be included, please email me their address and I'll include them as well. Since this is the first one, I wanted to write about one of the most important qualities in life and in starting a business....Perseverance.
A cool story that you've probably heard but I always enjoy reading again is about someone that we all know. I'm not sure who wrote it but here it is. "He failed in business in '31. He was defeated for state legislator in '32. He tried another business in '33. It failed. His fiancée died in '35. He had a nervous breakdown in '36. In '43 he ran for congress and was defeated. He tried again in '48 and was defeated again. He tried running for the Senate in '55. He lost. The next year he ran for Vice President and lost. In '59 he ran for the Senate again and was defeated. In 1860, the man who signed his name A. Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States." I think that one of the many lessons to learn here is that the difference between history's boldest accomplishments and its most staggering failures is often, simply, the diligent will to persevere. I've also liked the story that Pete Rose told after he set the record for the most number of baseball hits in a career. They asked him his "secret to success" and he told them that last season he set the record for the most number of times at bat. You see Pete Rose realized that success is a function of the number of times that you step up to the plate and swing the bat. You're going to strike out a lot, but you can't get on base unless you take your shot.
NIKA is all about perseverance. We're all trying to do something that is incredibly difficult, we're trying to launch a new bottled water product, an ethical bottled water, into a very crowded and competitive space. In addition we are competing against billion dollar companies that invest massively in marketing and advertising and whose product sells in the market at prices well below our cost. Often times when we call on buyers at retail stores they commonly begin the conversation with "oh no, not another bottled water company!". When you make cold calls you may have to stop in a retail store ten times before a manager will give you the time of day. Or, you maybe trying to get a health permit and you may get abused by a city employee for a year while she exercises here personal power trip. Many people would just give up and walk away. Or they might try a few times and then move onto something else. During the past year I have seen countless times that you have persevered and continued making that last cold call of the day when you've already struck out ten times in a row or that you've been humiliated by a relentless city manager. Persevering is a key not only to operating a successful business but also to the more important game of life. Those that turn and walk away without persevering have only themselves to look at in the mirror as to why they couldn't get the job done. Those that continue banging on the proverbial door and eventually realize that the door does and will open, learn an important life lesson. You see, perseverance really does work! Great people like Abe Lincoln realized that somewhere in the deepest part of their souls that they were meant to serve and they would stop at nothing to achieve his goal. Pete Rose realized that just by stepping up to the plate and swinging the bat that he would set records one day and even everyday. Ordinary people like you and me realize that just by getting up one more time and dusting yourself off that we cant be beaten. NIKA is the same way. As a start up company we will all get rejected constantly. It will be very easy to give up and choose the easier path, the path of less resistance. However it's the harder path, the path that's often times less clear and more challenging to conquer that will be the most rewarding at the end of the day. You will also hopefully realize that by persevering that you can achieve great things for your sport or your business and that more importantly you will look yourself in the mirror and even if you fail you will feel good about yourself for giving it your all.
I love what the great Babe Ruth said, "Its hard to beat a person who never gives up."
Thanks to all of your efforts and perseverance, we are winning. A year ago virtually no one had heard of NIKA. Last week at the Fiesta Del Sol festival Id say that 30% to 40% of the people whom we met, had in fact heard of NIKA before. We are now in all 32 Henry's Markets in San Diego and Orange County. What's amazing is that we called on the buyer at least a dozen times over the past year to make this happen and we learned today that since last September, hes approved only two new products to be expanded to his stores. That's "perseverance" from our team!
If you have a moment, please check out our new You Tube link from our Fiesta Del Sol event.
Go NIKA!
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Re: 2012-2013 Indians Offseason Thread (Francona hired)
Give me a break. This isn't basketball. You can't call someone a "winner" or "loser" when they are in the Indians situation. Choo and Asdrubal are the last reasons why we aren't winners. Them, along with Santana and Kipnis and maybe Brantley are the only (offensive) players on this terrible team that are even worth keeping STO on and not changing the channel to PBS or watching the paint on the walls dry.
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Choo, he is a goner no matter what. The Indians have tried extending him and he won't. He's going to get overpaid. I think we should also trade him and try to get some young starting pitching out of it.
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Question. ESPN has a post regarding Choo in their rumors section, and it made its way onto the front page. Anyone have any idea what it says?
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Re: 2012-2013 Indians Offseason Thread (Francona hired)
1) Trade Asdrubal Cabrera and Rafael Perez to St. Louis for Lance Lynn and Matt Adams
2) Trade Shin-Soo Choo and Chriz Perez for the best prospect packages available, targeting SP's in particular
3) Sign Melky Cabrera for 3 years, $18 M
4) Sign Dan Haren for 1 year, $12 M
5) Sign Kevin Youkilis for 2 years, $16 M
6) Sign Jason Bay for 1 year, $3 M
Only Cabrera would be locked in long-term. If players like Bay, Haren, and/or Youkilis play well and the Indians aren't contending they flip them for more prospects as the Cubs did with Paul Maholm last season.
(Side note - This isn't what I think will happen, just what I wish they'd do)
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Melky Cabrera getting a three year deal?
Absolutely not.
Like everything else though, Dan Haren would never come here but I'd be all for it.
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Re: 2012-2013 Indians Offseason Thread (Francona hired)
Cleveland Indians taking a close look at Jason Bay
Published: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 7:29 PM Updated: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 7:29 PM
By Paul Hoynes, The Plain Dealer
Jason Bay's last productive big-league season was in 2009, when he made the American League All-Star team as he belted 32 homers with 119 RBI for the Boston Red Sox.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Indians are interested in free agent Jason Bay, a right-handed hitting left fielder who until last week was under a multiyear deal with the Mets.
The Mets made Bay a free agent on Wednesday when they purchased the remaining $21 million left on the four-year, $66 million contract he signed before the 2010 season. Bay's first three years in New York were ruined by concussions, injuries and poor play.
The Indians have been interested in Bay since his playing days with the Pirates. In fact, one winter they came close to acquiring him in a deal that would have sent Cliff Lee to Pittsburgh.
New Indians manager Terry Francona managed Bay in 2009 in Boston. It was Bay's last big year (.267, 29 doubles, 36 homers, 119 RBI) and Francona's presence could help deliver Bay, 34, to Cleveland.
The Indians hit .234 as a team against lefties this past season. Bay is a .275 (302-for-1,100) lifetime hitter against lefties. But he hit .259, .245 and .165 in three seasons with the Mets. This past season he played only 70 games and was benched for much of the second half.
The Indians are still negotiating with Kevin Youkilis, another former Red Sox. Youkilis could play first base for the Tribe. They have talked to outfielder Shane Victorino as well. The Indians tried to acquire Victorino from the Phillies during the season for one of their front-line relievers. The Phillies weren't impressed and sent Victorino to the Dodgers.
Finally: Newly acquired catcher Yan Gomes will play for Team Brazil on Thursday against Panama in a World Baseball Classic qualifying game in Panama. Gomes is the first Brazilian-born player to make the big leagues.
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Bay would be such a Cleveland Indians signing. Think he'll probably be a little high end for them though.Thanks everyone for the LeBron bets. All debts are paid on your behalves. I was happy to lose.
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Re: 2012-2013 Indians Offseason Thread (Francona hired)
I wouldn't mind Bay on a small deal. As long as we sign a couple others. We need starting pitching more than offensive players though.
Re: 2012-2013 Indians Offseason Thread (Francona hired)
We desperately need starting pitching. Unfortunately there isn't a whole lot available to be had in free agency and whatever pitching there is will be overpaid. Haren would be great but he's made it known he only wants to play out west so that won't be happening.
Re: 2012-2013 Indians Offseason Thread (Francona hired)
Well, before I continue to comment on others mock off-seasons...I have some free time and wanted to draw up a mock off-season of my own for you all.
Cleveland deals RHP Justin Masterson and SS Asdrubal Cabrera to Boston for prospects OF Jackie Bradley Jr., LHP Henry Owens, RHP Brandon Workman and 1B Travis Shaw
Explanation: We can argue up and down about dealing established Major League players for prospects, but we can all agree that at the end of the day this is the reality of the situation Cleveland is currently in. Justin Masterson is coming off a rather up and down season in which saw his ERA jump. With that said, Boston has shown a continual desire to get him back in their organization and has always had a fondness for his abilities and with good reason. He is an innings eater with a big frame and great downward movement who can step into their rotation and fill a huge void. Cabrera is an All-Star caliber shortstop offensively, while being at worst an above average defender to boot. With that said, his contract is going to warrant a multi-year extension with a club in a larger market that will be out of the Indians price range for a player who isn't at an elite level in this league.
Jackie Bradley Jr. is a center field prospect in the Andrew McCutchon mold who is figuring out the offensive part of his game. Defensively, this kid is one of the most natural outfielders I've ever seen and covers ground like an Austin Jackson-type defender. Immediately becomes the team's second best prospect jumping Dorssys Paulino and will make an impact on the big league level within two years.
Henry Owens is a bit more of a project, a big projectable lefty with dynamite stuff and a knack for missing bats. Was surprised he went so late in the draft (supp 1st) because his stuff is top of the draft good. Signing concerns pushed him down, but the Sox got him on board and he struck out 130 in 100 innings last season for Low-A. Would be 21 in High-A Carolina and could be in Cleveland within two years if he continues to build up his innings. He will make a HUGE jump in the prospect rankings this year.
Workman projects as a back of the rotation starter, goes out every fifth day and battles. Kind of an odd delivery and needs to smooth out a little bit, but could also project as a late inning reliever.
Travis Shaw is a power prospect who is originally from Ohio and went to Kent State. 22-year-old with good patience at the plate and some good pop that could project to be a 20+ HR, 100+ walk guy at the big league level. Lots of work to do with the swing, and needs to keep his body in well enough shape to project at 1B.
Cleveland trades Chris Perez to Anaheim for LHP Nick Maronde and OF Travis Witherspoon
Explanation: Almost nothing needs to be said for the dismissal of Chris Perez. Openly bashing management and ownership while closers in waiting (Pestano/Allen) emerged at the big league level. Arbitration eligible and due for a big raise, will almost certainly be dealt.
The return is probably a bit higher than I would expect, but Maronde is probably their 3rd-5th best prospect and almost certainly a future rotation member. Three good pitches and jumped four full levels this season including outright domination of the Cal League, the most notoriously offensive league in baseball (1.82 ERA in 10 starts). Not projectable as a top of the rotation "ace," but certainly a guy who will be a productive member of the rotation for years. They brought him up to the big league clubfor relief last year when their bullpen started to suck, so the Major League clock has started.
Witherspoon is an athletic outfielder with great speed and developing power. Really dropped off after leaving the Cal League, but will turn 24 in April and will start in Double-A. Plays center field right now but could eventually project out into left as well.
Indians trade Shin Soo Choo to San Francisco for RHP Clayton Blackburn and RHP Chris Heston
Explanation: Scott Boras has made it abundantly clear that the Indians will not be a long-term player for Choo. He refused their advances to buy out his arbitration years and has made it clear he wants his client in a large market. Choo has been an above average but not elite player for a number of years but will most certainly not be a game-changer over the long-term like some team hopes he will be (and will pay for).
Blackburn is just 19, but is incredibly polished and knows how to pitch. Four pitch mix and doesn't walk guys (18BB in 130 innings). One of my favorite prospects in baseball and almost certainly has a ceiling of ACE in the near future. His ability to throw strikes won't do him many favors in the Cal League, but this is the type of guy the Indians organization absolutely LOVES. Becomes the best Indians pitching prospect since CC Sabathia, IMO...most analysts wouldn't agree, but I love this kid.
Heston is your typical workhorse guy much like Workman. Has gotten better every season, was a Cal League All-Star in 2011 and didn't skip a beat in Double-A this season. Needs to fill out a little bit but will eventualy be a 200 inning guy you plug into the back of your rotation with a ceiling that probably resembles a solid #3.
Free Agency:
Indians sign Kevin Youklis to a 2-year, $13 million deal
Indians sign Jason Bay to a 1-year, $1 million deal with incentives that could push it to $5 million
Indians sign Melky Cabrera to a 1-year, $5 million deal plus incentives up to $15 million
Indians sign Eric Bedard to a 1-year, $1.5 million deal plus incentives for games started
Indians sign Shaun Marcum to a 1-year, $8.5 million deal
Indians sign RHP Mark Lowe (Texas), RHP Jason Marquis (San Diego), Chad Qualls (Pitt) and RHP Joey Devine (A's) to minor league contracts
CF - Michael Brantley (L)
2B - Jason Kipnis (L)
RF - Melky Cabrera (S)
1B/DH - Kevin Youklis
C - Carlos Santana (S)
LF/DH - Jason Bay
3B - Lonnie Chisenhall (L)
DH/1B - Matt LaPorta
SS - Mike Aviles
C - Lou Marson
IF/OF - Brent Lillibridge
IF - Jason Donald
UTIL - Russ Canzler
Others on 40-man:
Lars Anderson (AAA), Juan Diaz (AAA), Yan Gomez (AAA), Cord Phelps (AAA), Jack Hannahan (DFA'd), Thomas Neal (AAA)
1 - Ubaldo Jimenez
2 - Erik Bedard
3 - Shaun Marcum
4 - Zach McAllister
5 - Jeanmar Gomez/Corey Kluber/David Huff/Jason Marquis/Carlos Carrasco (May)
CL - Vinnie Pestano
8 - Joe Smith
8 - Raffy Perez (L)
7 - Tony Sipp (L)
7 - Cody Allen
7 - Nick Hagadone (L) OR MiLB free agent (Qualls, Devine, Lowe)
5/6 - MiLB free agent (Qualls, Devine, Lowe)
Others on 40-man:
Blake Wood (60DL), Josh Tomlin (60DL), Chris Seddon (DFA), Scott Barnes (AAA), Danny Salazar (AA), Fabio Martinez (AAA)


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One could make the argument that a clean Takahashi won't get that high of GOE for jumps. I think Lambiel's GOEs would be respectable because of what he did (shorter entrances/transitions into them, often musically on point).
And yes, the triple axel thing is clearly wrong (especially since I'm not giving credit to Takahashi, for example, for his 4CC 2008 content).
I think Takahashi gets good GOE on his jumps compared to anyone in the 2010 field. He is getting dwarfed often by Hanyu and Chan (both overscored skaters in general) in that category these days, but compared to the 2010 guys he was just fine there. Lambiel I think struggles in that category even on a good day, JMO. I am a big fan of Lambiel btw, but just trying to be realistic.
I think one of the things we really know regardless of meaningless hypotheticals, is that Evan was the favored U.S. skater going in, despite Abbott being the U.S. champion (and also Abbot is now forever the forgotten man since he faltered, despite having the two best choreographed programs that year on a par with Takahashi's great sp). If Abbott had skated cleanly, he could have made the podium -- I guess the lesson is do well, but don't peak at Nationals, especially in an Olympic season. And btw, whoever said that Dai would have won had he skated cleanly, remember Dai skated great in his sp, but was not given deserving marks, so truthfully even skating his lp cleanly, I doubt Dai was going to be on top of the podium.
The other thing we know is that Johnny Weir despite skating cleanly was predetermined by his outspoken political incorrectness and rebel status to come in 6th as it obviously didn't matter that Stephane and Patrick skated poorly, since they were placed higher than Weir. So, we can say had Stephane and Patrick skated cleanly, they may have had better chances to place even better, and had Johnny made the mistakes Stephane and Patrick made, he would have been further low-balled.
Evan has always been a hard-worker, but not necessarily more consistent than everyone, just perhaps more determined, and definitely fortunate in his coach and in his political backing. In any case, it is what it is, or whatever we wish it had been, but won't ever be except in an alternate universe.
Chan Did not have a better program than weir. It was more cop so smarter not better. Weir had a 4/4 layout with both triple axels is the first half. That was wrong. They tried to make up for it with the 3/3 in the second half but was not good enough. If you were doing all triples it had to be 3/5 layout with triple axel in the second half and lots and lots of moves for no reason with speed. That was the new ideal to the judges.
Interestingly, Evan ended up only tied for 3rd in Component scores in the Free Skate at 2010 Olympics, though 2nd in components in the short program.
The discussions here are quite similar to discussions regarding Katarina Witt's 2 Olympic Gold medals, and whether others (Sumners, Thomas) would have won had they skated cleanly in all segments.
Clearly, people's overarching dislike of Johnny Weir colors their view of his skating and his programs. Even as a Johnny fan, I agree he didn't have a shit-load of transitions and Galina unfortunately messed with his already excellent jump technique, but Johnny's above-average talent and artistry was still in evidence, plus his programs were not exactly sh*t either, and he skated cleanly. I don't care how "small and tentative" anyone perceives his skating to have been in Vancouver, Johnny overall skated better than Patrick and Stephane did in both programs, and that's a fact.
Even the great Toller Cranston appreciated the skating of Johnny and Evan over that of Plushenko, as he indicated in a CBC interview post-Vancouver Olympics.
Johnny definitely was not CoP-savvy, but neither was he a political favorite, and neither was he politically correct, and neither was he diplomatic in speaking to the media, and neither did he always make the best choices to advance his career. But that's Johnny! Nothing changes the fact that he was an above average figure skater with enviable talent and that he had a huge impact on men's figure skating, especially circa 2004 - 2008.
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He was not a political favorite. Everyone else in us skating was promoting inmans email and promoting it and saying plushenko should be judged on he email but he was criticizing it saying it was wrong to be so intent on bashing European skaters and it made him a man without a country without a federation and no support!!
^^ Ha, caseyedwards, you are apparently so quad-addled, you don't realize that nothing you said in your post #51 contradicts anything I said in my post #50.
Fact of the matter is, Johnny has always been kind of an outsider, underdog who lacked full federation support, and probably he was born in the wrong country, and even in his own estimation he was born different and less "normal." I think he meant that at the same time he was being tongue-in-cheek. Johnny is nothing if not rebellious and in-your-face, because he made the decision never to back down from being teased and made fun of, and to always try to be true to himself. He's paid the price for being different and often errantly outspoken, and for not always being strong competitively, and for not always making the right career choices, and for lying as a rebellious teenager, and for being too honest for his own good. But frankly, his arc through the world of figure skating has helped relax a lot of hidebound and stringent attitudes toward male figure skaters fully expressing all aspects of who they are on the ice.
I think it's the unique differences every skater has that ultimately make all the difference if they are fortunate enough to put everything together in important career-defining moments. Even if Johnny Weir never comes back in the way he hopes, he still has the magic of his 2004 Nationals and Worlds performances, and he still has the iconic and mesmerizing beauty of his 2004-2005 season programs, and his 2006 Olympic sp, and he still has the personal victory of his 2010 Vancouver programs, and the solid bronze medal win at Worlds in 2008. And Denis Ten will always have the magic and personal victory of his triumphant performances at 2013 Worlds.
^^^^ no I realized it!! I was agreeing with you! Reinforcing with my own words and opinion as to why he was not a favorite! If anyone was going to win with all triples weir was the best.
Based on how everyone skated in Vancouver these should have been the results:
Gold- Takahashi. How he was scored was a joke. His short program should have been 5 points above Plushenko and Lysacek, and a huge ROTFL and WTF to losing PCS to Evan freaking Lysacek with a clean skate. As for his LP the quad miss was what it was, but the two lutz calls were total BS, and Evans second triple axel should have been downgraded, and Plushenkos PCS were a bit too high for that skate.
Silver- Plushenko. Mostly by default since nobody else was that good. Not his best but he still did do all the jumps and the quads, and most of the other programs werent great either or were filled with mistakes.
Bronze- Weir. Even if his programs lack transitions and COP friendly jump layouts, there are alot of other areas he should smoke Evan in (jump GOE, some of the spins, interpretation, skating skills, performance).
4th- Lysacek
5th- Kozuka. Undermarked for solid efforts.
6th- Lambiel. Love him and his best would have deserved to (and probably won) over the field as they skated, even if not neccessarily over Takahashi et al also skating their best, but too many mistakes in both programs.
7th- Chan. His marks were actually reasonable for once. Actually they always were until the summer of 2010 when the CSA huge cheque was probably manufactured for what they wanted to happen this quad.
8th- Oda. Good short, dissapointing long skate.
^^ Blimey, I believe those assessments are fairly spot-on JJ!
Ain't it a shame that Dai was unfairly done by in the Vancouver sp, and that he wasn't being coached by Frank Carroll. The bigger shame is the way Dai has been treated these past few years vs Chan -- there's at least 3 times when in head-to-head comps against Chan, Dai deserved the win, 2012 Worlds being the most notorious.
As to Weir being the best to win with all triples, ITA that Weir was better overall as a technically well-rounded and artistic skater, than Evan, and even better than Plush artistically (but Plush had the jump difficulty and consistency and rep with judges and full federation backing). Also, Dai had fast-improved in terms of becoming a more well-rounded skater, partly from being inspired by Johnny, IMO. Stephane is and was a genius and a sublime skater, but he had problems with technical consistency, lack of motivation seemingly partly due to injuries, and 3-axel miscues. At the point of 2010 Olympics, Chan was a favorite but he was also dealing with a bit of muddled confidence, too much over-hype, his foot-in-mouth mistakes at 2009 Worlds, and he was in wannabe mode. He should thank Plushy for giving him the quad wake-up call (but the judges' gifts are probably for Chan personally a mixed-bag).
In any case, Johnny gave it his all, but he couldn't overcome the re his outspoken comments, his lack of political support, Galina's meddling with his jump technique, his lack of CoP-savvy program strategy, the ridiculous hullabaloo over his lacking transitions, and a certain strange hesitancy on some of his jumps apparently caused by Galina's meddling with his technique (even though his jumps were still good, they didn't have the amazing effortless quality and flow out on landings that he magically possessed circa 2004 - 2007 and that were somewhat still within his muscle memory in 2008).
Yes people dismiss Chan beating not only relative unknowns like Ten but even established and fabulous skaters like Tahahashi even with numerous falls and mistakes and when Takahahshi skates great, and dismiss it with talks of Chans quality. Yet Chan making 1 minor mistake is enough to lose to Evan freaking Lysacek at the 2009 Worlds, and Takahashi making only 1 real mistake is enough to lose badly by a huge margin to Evan Lysacek at the Olympics. So are we now supposed to believe the gap in quality Chan supposably has ahead of someone like Takahashi is more than the gap in quality Takahashi has over Evan or old Plushenko. Then even more unbelievable the gap in quality Chan supposably has over Takahashi is much more than the gap he has over Lysacek (aka mistakes aside according to judges Evan is still a way better skater than Takahashi who Chan cant afford to put a foot wrong against in Evans prime, while he can put his butt on the ice many times over if it is Daisuke, and Daisuke skating cleanly with a quad possibly cant even be scored over Evan without one, hahahaha). Too absurd to even dicipher into something that could be rationalized. I cant decide what has been worse the last 5 years in mens skating, the mostly worst ever overall level of skating, or the increasingly shameful and inexplicable judging of the event.
There is no disagreement on weir really.
So strange people thought 2008 was a low point, but in reality Buttles winning performance from 2008 have turned out to be by far the best and most inspiring gold medal performances in the years since (apart form Chans 2011 Worlds winning performances perhaps). Atleast Buttle at his best was a godly skater in everyway except his absence of the quad. Instead we go from quadless Buttle as World Champion with an artistic, pure skating, and quality masterpiece, to Evan Lysacek also without a quad and average generic skating in every sense of the World as World AND Olympic Champion. Oh Jeff why couldnt you have stayed in another 2 years and somehow mantained your consitsency from the 08 Worlds, blah. Then we go to Chan who has quads and basic skating, but also lacks true artistry and emotion, with jacked up out of the World crazy GOE and PCS all over the place, occasionaly skating great competitions to win, but mostly falling and stumbling all over the ice in rarely seen mistake strew programs even from bottom feeding skaters to title after title, including the last 2 World titles. Oh shame on us Jeff, we should have admired your great win so much more!
^^ Actually, Jeff Buttle and Johnny Weir were superbly great in the sp in 2008, and nothing really separated them except Johnny's lack of political favor, particularly with his own federation. Of course Johnny was under increased pressure to medal in the fp and he had the opportunity to win, but was fortunate to skate with few enough mistakes to grab bronze. And Jeff was amazing in his determination and consistency, and his 3-axel command which was historically his major shortcoming. Worlds 2008 was Jeff Buttle's finest moment!
In any case re Dai vs Chan, and your previous post, I mostly agree with your take JJ, but breathe and don't allow yourself to be consumed by the total injustice. It's also frankly an injustice to Chan. And I doubt that Dai has let it get to him that much.
IMO, TPTB in skating have made innumerable errors in judgment, but nothing will be done about it, so skaters realize they will just have to soldier on, until perhaps incremental positive changes begin to happen, or until a complete overthrow happens.
In terms of Dai, he was hurt by his injury, especially re his difficulty in getting the quad completely and commandingly back into his arsenal. It is amazing though how he has been such a determined fighter and under the circumstances how often he has been able to ace the quad or at least stand up on it. That's what makes the utter dismissal by the judges when Dai deserved to win all the more despicable. Dai's programs last year are iconic and will surely go down in skating history.
To put Dai down because Chan has a reputation for the SS and the quads but didn't display either cohesively or cleanly in his 2012 Worlds programs is mind-boggling. Kind of reminds me how Todd Eldredge was completely dissed and dismissed when suddenly quads were in vogue. Todd could do them in practice but he simply didn't have enough time left in his career to master them; if he had, he would have. Todd was a great jumper.
It is very ironic that Chan deserved to win at 2009 Worlds, but took silver in part because of his unnecessary trash-talking against Joubert when Lysacek (who missed out at Worlds the previous year due to injury) was the real (who woulda' thunk) threat in Los Angeles.
Figure skating! I wish I could quit ya!
BTW, caseyedwards, quads have caused hugely more trouble than that one extra revolution is actually worth, IMHO!
While I always liked Johnny Weir for his elegant skating, I don't think he would have deserved any higher placement than 6th in Vancouver. Chan did fall on his second 3A but he had incredibly difficult transitions into most of his jumps, no stalking, no setup time, no rest moments, tons of speed and he really attacked his program. One of the best quadless Chans I've seen.
But with a more severe penalty for falls, I suppose we could imagine Lambiel taking the bronze, Weir finishing 4th, Takahashi 5th and Chan 6th.


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Editor's Note: 5th District Patches recently asked readers to . This week, we are running the candidates' answers to some of the best questions we received. Today, we're featuring Part One of our interview with Fields. Part Two will run tomorrow. Our interview with Ellison will run on Wednesday and Thursday
Lauren asks: Do you plan to vote yes or no on the voter ID amendment? Why or why not?
Fields: I plan to vote yes. It's just common sense. There's nothing I've read that suggests that people can't vote. If you don't have the proper photo ID that day, it's a provisional ballot. In some of these races that are lopsided, that provisional ballot will never come into play. So you're not disenfranchising anyone—they still get an opportunity to vote. And if it does turn out to be a Norm Coleman-type race, you can go back and say, "Hey, please count my ballot because now I can validate my address." ... What disturbs me is some of the rhetoric coming from the other side, saying this is a poll tax. No it's not. That's completely disingenuous, to say the least. We're not telling folks they can't vote. We're not putting up a barrier between them and their right to vote. We just want to make sure that the integrity of our electoral system is sound.
Donna Moss asks: Congress recently voted to keep the interest rates of federal subsidized Stafford loans frozen at 3.4 percent for the next year, at which point rates will return to their original 6.8 percent unless further action is taken. Mr. Fields, given your professed interest in "improving the quality of education at all levels" (as your website states) and in narrowing the achievement gap, how would you propose to make higher education more accessible to middle- and lower-class students?
Fields: The Stafford Loan Program has nothing to do with the achievement gap. When you talk about the achievement gap, you're talking about K-12. So that's a separate question. In regard to federal funding for college, the Stafford Loan program, I think we need to reexamine how that looks in the future. If it's frozen for three years, that's plenty of time to reexamine how it looks. Ultimately, I want to see—and you'll hear this over and over again in my answers—more state control. That's just who I am. I believe that gives us more flexibility, and it allows us to tailor solutions for us, regionally and locally. As Minnesotans, we know who needs help. And we know how to best provide it for them. If you send it to Washington, it's one-size fit all, and that fits no one.
Seth Engman asks: Is it ever appropriate to characterize your opponent or those who disagree with you as "anti-American?"
Fields: If they look at that piece, it's "anti-America." Is it appropriate? You do have to call it what it is. What I would say is, Keith has promoted an agenda that is completely against everything we stand for. Specifically what I addressed is his lack of funding for the Iraqi War. I was there. I know what a lack of funds does. If that helicopter should be up in the air, and troops are potentially getting in harm's way, that helicopter isn't in the air because that part isn't there. I'm sorry, but you do not make your political point with someone else's blood. So yeah, if there's a situation like that, I will call it out. Americans don't stand for that.
Robert Hemphill asks: What specific choices would you make (i.e. who would you raise taxes on, what programs would you cut) in order to balance the budget?
Fields: You have to take a look at them all, and we're in the process of doing that ... I think the threshold should be, "What can the states do better themselves?" There are certainly some (areas in which) state and local people will make better decisions for themselves. I'm OK with putting the pressure on the state legislature and the governor to come up with a solution. If you want to look at the Affordable Care Act, it's a big effort, but it didn't really satisfy the need of every individual. Nothing ever coming out of Washington (does). So, how do you get more individuals protected? You turn to the state legislatures and governors and say, "You need to come up with a plan." ... I'd be OK with Minnesota saying, "We're going to have universal health coverage here." … It would be a better quality than the federal government could provide. As far as raising taxes, I read in the Star Tribune, Keith has a quote that says, "We do not have a spending problem, we have a revenue problem." Nobody agrees with that. There needs to be some restraint in government spending.
Christian U asks: Can you tell us how you plan to vote and why you are voting that way on the issue of the Minnesota marriage amendment?
Fields: I believe that's a vote of conscience. I have good friends on both sides of the aisle, so I made a conscious decision to just not be part of that discussion. I think people need to go behind the voting booth and vote their conscience on that issue. They don't need me bumping my gums about that issue. That is something that goes to people's deepest held convictions, and I have to respect that on both sides.
Mitch Mueller asks: The last several years have witnessed a gradual erosion of religious freedom. What will you do to protect our First Amendment right to religion and religious expression?
Fields: I think you have to start with the policies that are coming out of Washington. I don't want to pick on the Affordable Care Act, but as an example, making religious institutions provide birth control pills when its completely against what they stand for is wrong. Why do we have a federal government put itself in a situation like this? We have to be tolerant and respectful of everyone's religion. Not just some, but everyone's. In America, we put that on a high pedestal. We have to be very careful that we're not trampling over people.
Spirit Medicine asks: There are some who are concerned with the continual growth in the powers claimed by the executive branch of the United States—expansions of authority not isolated to the current administration. What, if anything, are some things that the executive branch under the U.S. Constitution should never be allowed to do?
Fields: Usurp the powers of Congress. And more specifically, I don't think the executive branch gets to pick and choose which laws they're going to enforce. We're looking at the president as a chief law enforcement officer. I think presidents throughout the course of our history have made decisions not to follow that.


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Here's the clarification on the potential trade of Derrick Dockery to Detroit that never came down.
The Bills planned to release Dockery on Thursday. About two hours before the 4 p.m. deadline to make cuts, the Bills heard from Detroit, which was interested in acquiring Dockery. Talks ensued. Dockery was due a roster bonus at 12:01 a.m. Friday of $1.75 million.
If the Bills were going to make a trade, Dockery would have to agree to push back the bonus and he would have to get a physical in Detroit and agree to the deal before it could be official. So the Bills would have to file paperwork to push back the roster bonus to the fifth day of the league year. That paperwork would have to be filed by 4 p.m. Talks between the Bills and Lions ensued and there was no deal as of 3:30 p.m. The Bills might have been able to acquire Jon Kitna, a league source reports, but the Bills already had targeted Ryan Fitzpatrick of the Bengals and wanted him instead.
By the time the Bills and Lions finally came to an agreement on what they would deal in return for Dockery - it was a seventh-round pick in 2010 - it was within minutes of the 4 p.m. deadline, and the Bills determined that there was no way they could get all the paperwork required done in time to make it happen. The Bills filed the paperwork to release Dockery. They never even filed any of the paperwork required to push the bonus back five days. Dockery was free to pursue free agency, which he did.
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In 2008, The Buckeye Battle Cry selected Andre Amos as our honoree for Day #13, and a few readers were disappointed over the decision. The argument over excluding Maurice Clarett was that you cannot ignore the on-field success Clarett brought just because he was an off-field jackass.
One year later, we're convinced.
Men Of The Scarlet And Gray used to refer to Clarett as HWSNBN ("He Who Shall Not Be Named"), because we didn't really want to find ourselves associated with the stupid stuff that he went to jail over. But as time has passed, I've come to the realization that Clarett is a shining example of Jim Tressel doing his job RIGHT when it comes to problem cases.
Clarett was a superstar and he helped this team get that 14-0 record and the National Championship in 2002. He actually only played in 10 games as a Buckeye, but when he did hit the field, it was huge. We can never forget what he did for this team.
But shunning his on-field legacy is no longer necessary. Hell, haters are going to use his name whenever they want to bash us (and when you're as inept as Michigan fans and their blogs are, using the name "Maurice Clarett" is the equivalent of Godwin's Law….whenever they find that they cannot win an argument based on facts, they whip out his name and declare victory).
When Clarett began running into trouble, Tressel and Ohio State did EXACTLY what they should have done. First, they watched him like a hawk and cracked the whip. But when that became useless, they again did the right thing. They cut him loose.
Haters will claim that Ohio State is a criminal organization based simply on what Clarett did. But they fail to realize that his crimes were committed AFTER he left the University. We tried to keep him under control, and when that failed, he was gone. Not our problem anymore. As soon as his first legal issue arose, he was no longer a member of this football team. Gone. Vamoose. See ya.
As for Michigan players?
So take your faux-outrage elsewhere and enjoy your losing streak.
Meanwhile, we're going to enjoy our latest honoree in the countdown – Maurice Clarett, thanks for the good times. Clean it up, bro. You deserve better.
13 days until kickoff!
EDIT by MaliBuckeye- I absolutely agree with Jeff's decision to honor MoC- He was a part of an amazing 2002 season, and will always be a part of the Buckeye family.
Two additions to this post: Many people point to #13 as a reflection of not only Ohio State's alleged "thug" culture, but also their being a team of Sweatervest McCheatypants; the allegations of improper benefits swirling like midwestern leaves in November.
However, the record will show that none of these allegations about Maurice were proven to be accurate. The NCAA conducted a full investigation (unlike some places), and no impropriety was found (unlike some other places).
The second area I wanted to highlight is a correction, somewhat, to Jeff's remark that Ohio State "cut him loose".
While that's certainly true for his athletic career, the fact remains that Tressel is concerned more about what happens to a student athlete after he graduates. As such, the fact that he and Maurice have stayed in contact even through these difficult years in #13′s life should not be seen as a surprise to anyone who knows his vision for the program.
And now, it's great to hear that Maurice is working to transcend his past and present and become the man that he's capable of being.
For your successes on the field and the ones yet to come, we honor you on day 13.


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The Fourth of July falls on a Wednesday this year.
That means you will have the chance to enjoy the festivities the weekend before, the weekend after and, of course, on July 4.
Due to dry conditions, some area communities have decided to cancel or re-schedule their fireworks' shows.
We've got a list below of fireworks displays that have been cancelled as well as shows that are still scheduled in the Chicago suburbs. You can also click through our map above to locate the different fireworks displays.
Did we miss one? Or do you know of another area cancellation? Let the community know in the comments' section.
July 3 — . The fireworks show had been scheduled to take place at on Tuesday night, according to Crystal Lake Patch. Festivities other than the fireworks are still on. The park will open at 6:30 p.m., and the concert featuring the band "28 Days" will still be held. The band will play from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Rotary Band Shell at Lions Park. Summertime food and beverages will be available for purchase at the park. Admission and parking is free.
July 3 — Wauconda's Annual Independance Day Fireworks and Celebration originally scheduled for July 3 has been postponed, accordgint to the Wauconda Area Community website.
July 7 — Fox River Grove fireworks have been cancelled: Fox River Grove has re-scheduled its fireworks' show. The celebration had been scheduled for July 7 but has been re-scheduled to Sept. 8 due to drought conditions and safety concerns, according to the village of Fox River Grove website.
Looking for fireworks or July 4th festivities close to home? Check out these local events:
July 4 — Huntley: The village of Huntley will set off fireworks at the Huntley Outlet Center, 11800 Factory Shops Boulevard in Huntley, at dusk on July 4. A rain date has been scheduled for July 7.
July 4 — Sleepy Hollow: The fireworks start at about 9:15 p.m. on July 4 at Sabatino Park, which is near the intersection of Winmoor Drive and Thorobred Lane in Sleepy Hollow, following a day of activities scheduled at the park and on Lake Sharon. A donation is requested to help fund the fireworks.
Other events scheduled for the day include a 1-mile fun run at 8 a.m. at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School followed by the Bob Zdenek Memorial Fishing Derby at 9 a.m. at Lake Sharon.
Refreshments open at 11:30 a.m. with a Fourth of July parade winding through Sabatino Park starting at noon. Throughout the afternoon, there will be food, games, a dunk tank, live music, performances and other entertainment. A pie-eating contest will take place at 2:30 p.m. Cry Baby will be performing in the evening.
July 4 — Barrington: The 28th annual Barrington Fourth of July Celebration on July 4 will include a Fourth of July parade beginning at 10 a.m. at Barrington High School, music presented by Barrington's community band from noon to 2 p.m., and a fireworks display at dusk.
Fireworks can be seen best from the lawn of , at Lake Cook and Hart roads.
July 4 — Elgin/Hoffman Estates: The Northwest Fourth-Fest, which claims to be the 'burbs' biggest Fourth of July celebration, is sponsored by Hoffman Estates, the city of Elgin, Hanover Park and Hanover Township. The festival will be held at the Sears Centre, 5333 Prairie Stone Parkway, Hoffman Estates. The celebration runs from July 4 to July 8.
With food, a carnival, entertainment and fireworks on July 4 at 9:30 p.m., you won't run out of things to do. Some of the most notable events include a bags tournament at 3 p.m. July 4, an ABBA tribute band at 9 p.m. July 6, and pony rides from 1 to 3 p.m. July 7.
If you are up for a drive, these fireworks displays and Fourth of July celebrations may be worth your while:
July 4 — Arlington Heights: Head on over to Arlington Park, 2200 West Euclid Ave. in Arlngton Heights, on the Fourth of July for a day filled with music, food, fireworks, and, of course, horse racing. Post time is 4 p.m., and gates open at 1 p.m. Admission is $12.
After the races, stick around for a major fireworks display at dusk. The first 10,000 in attendance will receive 3D Fireworks Glasses, and the first 1,000 kids will receive a complementary Firecracker Popsicle.
July 4 — Bartlett: Bartlett's Fireworks Extravaganza will start at 9:30 p.m. July 4 at Apple Orchard Park, near Steams Road and County Road 6 in Bartlett.
Bartlett will hold a Fourth of July Fest that will run from July 4 to July 8. Some of the most notable events include a plastic turtle race fundraiser and a free Carnival Day for children with physical and developmental disabilities and their families from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 6.
Check-in begins at 2 p.m. All special needs children must be accompanied by a family member 16 years or older.
July 4 — Chicago: Navy Pier is one of the ultimate stops for fireworks spectacles during the summer.
Every Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday at 10:15 p.m., the fireworks are set off from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend. On the Fourth of July, a fireworks display will be synchronized with music at a special time of 9 p.m.
July 4 — Elk Grove: A fireworks display will be held at Lions Park on July 4 and will start at 9:15 p.m. Concessions open at 6 p.m.
July 4 — Glen Ellyn: Glen Ellyn will hold its annual Fourth of July Celebrations, which will begin on June 30 — the weekend before the Fourth of July — with the Lake Ellyn Cardboard Regatta, in which participants either will sink or float in their vessels constructed of cardboard.
On July 4, grab a blanket and head out to to be dazzled by fireworks, which begin at dusk.
July 3 — Palatine: Do you want to help set a world record? Then head out to , near the intersection of East Wood Street and North Hicks Road, to attend the Hometown Fest.
On July 1, an attempt will be made to break the world record for "most handheld games played at one time." There is a $2 registration fee, but all proceeds go to Relay for Life. Other fest activities include a carnival, blood drive, and of course, fireworks at 9:30 p.m. July 3.
July 4 — Rolling Meadows: For fireworks and a fun parade, Rolling Meadows will have you covered on July 4. The parade steps off at 11:30 a.m. and will follow this route: Central Road to Jay Lane to Grouse Lane to Meadow Drive to Kirchoff Road. Fireworks begin at 9:15 p.m. at Salk Park, 3699 Pheasant Drive in Rolling Meadows.


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---- — The Cooperstown Art Association will host an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. today for three exhibits. The reception will feature music by Joe Siracusa and Evan Jagels.
"Refigured: Form and Fracture in the Paintings of Allison Hill-Edgar" will be on display in Gallery A; "Postcards from Cooperstown," the annual miniature show, will be in Gallery B; and the 48th Annual Fine Arts Show of the Leatherstocking Brush & Palette Club will be in the Ballroom Gallery C. On Sunday there will be an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. in CAA's new classroom space at the CAA Big Red Annex Art School at 5 Railroad Ave. in Cooperstown.
"Refigured: Form and Fracture in the Paintings of Allison Hill-Edgar" is an exhibition of the artist's achievement in dissecting and reimagining the human form from a variety of perspectives, according to a media release from CAA. Through portraiture, Hill-Edgar seeks to reflect the person we encounter in the world, as well as his or her essence, spirit and beauty. Her abstract works explore the human body — its "systems, facets and miraculous whole" — as influenced by space, time and intention. As a doctor and artist, she has a "unique understanding of the human form and functions as well as each person's individuality," the release said. This exhibition marks the solo debut presentation of Hill-Edgar's work in a public setting and will be on display through July 5.
"Postcards from Cooperstown," featuring miniature works exploring the theme of all things Cooperstown from landmarks to vistas, buildings, industry and postcards, is on display through July 5. Participating artists include Dianne Bordley, Robert W. Blanton, Geri Brose, Jane Carr, Pat Castka, Judy Curry, Patti Ferrara, Deborah Geurtze, William H. Greer, Doug Jamieson, Lynn Jones, May-Britt Joyce, Ann and David Kiehm, Abbey Koutnik, Dianne Kull, Jean Lyon, Mary Nolan, Donna Schorf, Maryann Stow, Janet Teshke, Maria Tripp, Laurie Virovoy and Cheryl Wright. The show will include wall hung work and sculptural pieces exploring Cooperstown depicted in 4-by-6-inch postcard size.
The 48th Annual Fine Art Show of the Leatherstocking Brush and Palette Club will welcome work by area member artists, including Frederick and Michelle Arnold, Judy Curry, Edith Dayton, Marjorie Harris, Tina Kiel, Abbey Koutnik, Carol Lernihan, Abigail McEnroe, Lois Petty, Ellen Preckel, Dorothy Schrull, Dorothy Smith, Janet Teschke, Dave Webb, Donna Wells, Carole Westerman and Margaret Woodrow. The show will be on display through June 26.
The club will have its 47th annual Arts and Craft Show on Labor Day weekend at the Clark Sports Center field in Cooperstown. The show will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1. For information on the show contact Judy Curry at (315) 858-0132 or email@example.com, or Janet Teschke at 397-1770.
The Cooperstown Art Association galleries are located at 22 Main Street. in the Village Building, at the corner of Main and Fair Streets. We are open daily 11a.m. to 4p.m., Sunday 1p.m. to 4p.m. Our opening receptions are free and open to the public. Please call (607) 547-9777 for more information. Visit us on the web at www.cooperstownart.com.


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Since the former Town Manager's departure on June 30, 2010, the Winchester Board of Selectmen have been planning the process of determining a replacement. The first step has been interviewing consultants to help with the overall process. Having interviewed four, the Selectmen are poised to begin the public input process.
"As a Board, we have been discussing the type of characteristics we would like to see in a new Town Manager," said Selectman Roger Berman. "We are trying to determine what would constitute 'success' at different milestones, say at one year, three year and five years after initial employment. We need to answer the question, 'How do you know that you have hired the right individual?'"
The Board of Selectmen is considering forming a Citizens Search Committee to help with the selection process.
A comparison of town administrator 2008 contracts indicates that taxpayers should be concerned about this hiring process. Town Manager/Administrator contracts for the towns of Belmont, Lexington, Wellesley and Winchester were compared with some interesting differences.
Annual salaries range from a high of $153K in Lexington to a low of $139K in Belmont. Deferred compensation or extra benefits were provided in the form of:
Type Amount Town
Long-term disability insurance premiums $1600 per year maximum Belmont
Life & disability policy $2000 per year maximum Lexington
Supplemental life $250K benefit/cost not specified Winchester
Disability income benefits policy Cost not specified Winchester
Cell phone $480 Lexington
Annual automobile allowance $3,500 Lexington
$6,000 Winchester
COLA 2.5% annual salary Winchester
Deferred compensation plan 5% of annual salary Winchester
The towns also vary in the way vacation or sick leave may or may not be "cashed-out" by their top employee.
Town Vacation Days Sick Days
Belmont 8 week accumulation allowed No cash out permitted
Lexington Eligible for vacation buy-back program Standard town employee policy
Wellesley 10 days per year permitted May accumulate up to 150 days
Winchester 6 weeks, more allowed from written permission from Board Sick leave buy back program
Unique to all four town's contracts, was a paragraph entitled "Non-Renewal of Agreement" in the Winchester contract that said "On or before June 30, 2010, the Town and the Town Manager will enter into a New Employment Agreement or the Town will give written notice of its intent not to renew the Town Manager's employment on or before March 31, 2010.
"Non- renewal under this section shall be subject to all benefits previously set forth in this agreement including Section III F. Severance."
The bottom line is, because of this paragraph, the Town of Winchester was obligated to pay $110,000 for not renewing—simply ending— the former Town Manager's employment contract (an additional $14,560 was also paid for vacation accrual).
Was Town Meeting Informed?
Town Meeting members voted on the town's budget in May, well after the Board of Selectmen indicated that the Town Manager's contract would not be renewed on March 31, 2010. It is unclear why this financial obligation was not specifically included in the Town's FY2010-11 Operating Budget for approval by Town Meeting.
In a memorandum to Town Meeting members dated May 7, 2010, the Board of Selectmen did indicate "a need for additional funding to supplement the Town Manager's Office budget for FY11. It is anticipated the additional sum required will be approximately $100,000 and this additional funding will be requested at Fall Town Meeting."
Unfortunately clarification of this "need" was not publicly sought during Spring Town Meeting debate on the budget, perhaps because this amount did not appear as a budget line item. The financial obligation of ending the Town Manager's contract was not clearly defined for Town Meeting members.
Given that Winchester has already paid for nine months of a Town Manager, and has agreed to pay the Acting Town Manager a $750 per-week stipend, a Town Manager department budget shortfall is anticipated.
In a letter dated July 14, 2010 from the Board of Selectmen to John Sullivan, the Town Moderator, the Board states that it "informed Spring Town Meeting we anticipate additional funding will be required for the Town Manager's budget to cover additional expenses related to the departure of the prior Town Manager (emphasis added to contrast to the language noted in the paragraph above).
Whether Spring Town Meeting was specifically informed is a matter of debate. In an informal poll of Town Meeting members, knowledge of this financial obligation was not apparent. A "$70k-$80k (shortfall) is the current projection, based on the working assumption that a new Town Manager will be seated by January 1, 2011," concluded the Board to the Moderator.


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Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wants to clear up what he characterized as "misperceptions" about the Pentagon's move to rescind rules prohibiting women from combat roles.
"Some fear that this decision will lower standards in our military," Dempsey said in a blog post. "That is simply not the case."
Dempsey said Defense officials would study each occupational field that had been closed to women " to determine where women are able to serve." In the process, equal treatment will be the rule, according to the Joint Chiefs chairman:
Let me be clear: The standards will be gender-neutral -- the same for men and women. This assessment will take time, and the Joint Chiefs and I are committed to making sure that this is done correctly.
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WAKE UP WISCONSIN (WAOW)-- Dolores Glytas, with Wisconsin Federated, joins us on Wake Up every Wednesday for our Pet Pause segment. This morning, we talked about the importance of giving your pets supplements and vitamins.
According to Dolores:
Q. What is a good supplement for those seniors?
A. First of all always have your pet checked out with your Vet. A supplement that seems to be helping with those achy, stiff joints is Glucosamine.
Q. Is there anything that helps the immune system?
A. For CATS, Lysine supplement is used to help boost the immune system. You can buy regular Lysine tabs. in the vitamin section. The recommended dosage is 500mg daily for an adult cat.
Q. What about multivitamins for your pet?
A. There are vitamins you can give, however one of the best things you can do for your pet is to buy a high quality food, which usually has the proper vitamins. It is a little more expensive, but equals out to a cheaper food and separate vitamins.
Q. What about giving your pet specialized food?
A. They are made for a reason. 1. Urinary track infections are more prominent in male cats than females. 2. Some pets have very sensitive tummies. In these cases specialized food is very helpful.
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Barbara Anderson
The Eagle-Tribune
---- — Last week I wrote about feeling overwhelmed by consumer choices, which led into equating consumer distractions with voters' inability to focus on the issues they need to understand before making election decisions.
Then I thought of something I was told years ago by former state Rep. Richard Voke, D-Chelsea. We were talking for some reason about problems with "the culture." He noted that while the entire family used to watch the same television show in the living room, they now (in 1989) each watch alone: father and mother watching different channels in the living room and parent bedroom, the children in their own rooms with their favorite teenage shows. He said this would make as great a long-term difference in the family structure and then in society as anything else.
In my own television childhood, my parents and I laughed together through "I Love Lucy", cried (my dad behind his newspaper) through "I Remember Mama", were riveted by "Perry Mason", and just enjoyed "Bonanza" and "Wagon Train." Many years later, my own family watched "Roots", the show that changed racial attitudes across generational divides, as did "All in the Family." We discussed these shows with the rest of the nation for weeks — just as for years Americans had talked about the new talent they saw on "The Ed Sullivan Show", come Monday morning at work and school.
Voke's point: We were once one American culture, connected not only by the typical American holidays and by major news events, but by our entertainment. The latest movie, at the one-screen local theater, was there for two weeks, until everyone in town got to see it if they wanted. Most of us readers were reading the same best-sellers; only a few seemed to be printed each year, so we were all sharing and discussing "Exodus", "Peyton Place", "To Kill a Mockingbird" and the odd lesson of "Lord of the Flies." Now it seems a best-seller is coming out every week!
The sharing phenomena still happens occasionally with particular movies or books that "catch on", and all age-groups tuned into new television concepts like "Survivor" and "American Idol." Now and then we'll drop everything and find the nearest television to watch a news event; I recall strangers crowded into my Boston office to watch the O.J. Simpson jury returning in 1995.
The recent Zimmerman trial also attracted wide interest. For some reason, years after "Roots", the subject of race connects us as it still seems to divide us, mostly I suspect because the division serves a political end. However, other political events, once viewed by wide, diverse audiences, like presidential debates, have lost their impact. We get excerpts, chosen by a media that, even when not biased, is overwhelmed like the rest of us. Even as we get those short blasts of news stories moving quickly from subject to subject, more news and previews of programming-to-come travel across the bottom of the television screen: we have no time to absorb and think. One day's leading story is gone the next day, rarely followed up.
Newspapers, which give us more in-depth coverage, are losing readership, as people choose to grab whatever shows up on their computers and related gadgets. The entertainment things catch on with an age group: my grandchildren's entire generation seems to have learned something called "the Harlem Shake" on YouTube. But I'll bet the other generations reading this don't know about it — and trust me, you don't need to — as all generations knew about, even if they didn't approve of, Elvis and the Beatles.
When it comes to news for adults, without reporters and editors the information from the Internet may or may not be accurate; so not only are people easily learning a wide variety of things, what they learn may not be so. This causes a further cultural divide, among those who know, those who don't know, and those who "know" what isn't true.
Remember the Tower of Babel, in Genesis? Men wanted to build a tower to heaven, and because for some reason God didn't want them to do this (as if it were technically possible?), He made them all speak different languages so they couldn't cooperate.
Well, we Americans are no longer speaking a common language, and that's not just because many newcomers, unlike earlier immigrants, aren't learning English; we who have grown up here speak from different cultural backgrounds. Our different generations are also getting different educations, with some of what we elders learned — like patriotism and relevant history — having moved "out of fashion" for students that followed us. So it's really no wonder that we can't cooperate in building political consensus and an ongoing republic, is it.
During my Ayn Rand phase I thought that if someone would make a "Roots"-type mini-series of her "Atlas Shrugged", most Americans would consciously turn from socialism to individualism. Too bad this wasn't done when I thought of it, in the 1960s, when there weren't so many channels. However, the musical "Hair" as a cultural phenomenon did catch on at that time, and we moved on together to the Age of Aquarius, where we got lost in overwhelming, crowded space.
Barbara Anderson is executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation and a regular contributor to the opinion pages.