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Winter is an amazing time of year in the Wasatch! The Westminster Outdoor Recreation Program offers many acitivities for winter sports enthusiasts throughout the spring semester. Enjoy skiing and riding at 7 world class resorts within 30 minutes of campus, get your Level 1 Avalanche Certication, learn how to safely ski and splitboard in the backcountry, and spend the weekend winter and yurt camping. We offer regular snowshoeing and cross country ski trips, clinics and lectures from leaders in the outdoor industry, internship opportunities, and more.
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text: Chicago singer/songwriter Willis Earl Beal began his foray into the music business by tacking hand-drawn flyers all over the greater metropolitan area with his phone number and address. The flyers said "My name is Willis Earl Beal. Call me and I'll sing you a song. Write to me and I'll draw you a picture." Beginning around the end of the 2000s Beal was busking in train stations and making good on the promises of his flyers whenever the occasional call came in. In 2009 Found Magazine graced the cover of their seventh issue with a flyer Beal had made with a crude drawing of himself soliciting a soulmate. The issue also included an interview with Beal, and reader response was so strong to his open-hearted and quirky personality that Found went on to release a limited-edition CD collecting some of his home-recorded songs in 2011. Still living at his grandmother's house on Chicago's South Side, Beal began playing more proper gigs around town. His songs and recordings run a wide gambit of sounds from gospel confessional to noise-touched soul ballads, all characterized by his booming voice. His strange back-story and grassroots approach to self-promotion gained him a reputation as an outsider artist, and much more press coverage began to come Beal's way following the Found Magazine article. In 2011 he inked a deal with Hot Charity, a subsidiary label of XL Records. Willis Earl Beal's debut LP, Acousmatic Sorcery, was slated for release in the spring of 2012, and he began embarking on his first tours of both the U.S. and Europe. He followed in 2013 with the more polished but still plenty quirky Nobody Knows, which featured cameo vocals on one tune from Cat Power's Chan Marshall. ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi

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By Julia Einstein
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I first entered Beverly Rippel's studio more than 10 years ago. The studio I remember was one that held her white lab coat—her painting coat—on a hook by the door. When she wasn't in her studio, I recall the thrill of catching glimpses of objects and arrangements of objects through the window in her studio wall. I couldn't resist looking in…these objects sometimes glowed with color or were transformed with a wrap of plastic, or they reflected light within mirrored surfaces. It was through this window I was able to peek inside to see the progress of a painting. As our schedules were opposite, (I, a nighttime studio painter and she in the daytime) this was the way I got to know her. After many lively conversations and through teaching together, we formed a friendship. I'm pleased that Beverly has agreed to create a workshop for adults in celebration of the 2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial.
This workshop, on Thursday, April 7, is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Museum's Community Studio will become her studio for the night. She'll bring in and share many of those irresistible objects as well as art supplies. Beverly will demonstrate her techniques and guide us to see how creativity works! The workshop will conclude with a special visit to get to know her painting in the Biennial exhibition.
Beverly Rippel, Pink Cap Gun I, 2010, oil and encaustic on linen, 50 x 52 x 1 1/2 inches. Courtesy of the artist.


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Weight distribution on a generator trailer
I heard from a friend that Harbor Freight currently has a good price on their biggest trailer. Here's a link to it: http://www.harborfreight.com/automot...res-94564.html . Well, I figured that this is a perfect time for me to build my generator trailer that I've been wanting to build for some time now.
The trailer claims a weight capacity of 1720 pounds. Well, the generator weighs in the neighborhood of 1200 pounds and I have a 100 gallon diesel tank to put on the trailer too which will weight around 720 pounds, plus other miscellaneous weight of cables, ground rods, etc, for another 100 pounds. So, total weight is closer to 2000 pounds. I'd be overweight by 300 pounds, but this trailer wouldn't see a lot of hard highway miles. To stiffen things up and to provide solid mounting for the gear, I'd be adding in additional braces and bars under the deck.
The killer for me is deciding where to put everything on the trailer. With the genset weighing 1200 and the diesel tank weighing 720, I've got to figure out how to balance this trailer so I'm not tongue or tail heavy. One thing's for sure, the weight of the generator is a known, but the tank is variable. So, my thoughts are to put the tank over the axle or slightly rear of it, and then put the generator as close to the tank as possible to try to keep tongue weight low and everything over the axle.
Any thoughts on how to balance this thing?Christopher
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You may be a mechanical or structural engineer who happens to also have the fabrication skills and equipment to not only do the proper math to compute the weak points in an overload scenario, but also compensate for them. However, I am doubting this, as someone with those skills would also be able to scientifically compute/calculate/optimize load placement.
If I were in your shoes, I would start by choosing a trailer that isn't already overloaded. You may feel the risk is low, however, on that day where you slam on your brakes to avoid a deer or kids or some other ... and hit something ... your insurance company may feel they don't need to pay for your loss or the damage you caused because you were towing an overloaded trailer.
Is the money you save by going cheap, now, potentially worth a life and/or being poor for the rest of yours? Only you can decide that. For me, it wouldn't be worth the risk...
I agree with @SurrealOne , But a bigger trailer. The weight limit may not be only based on the structure steel used to make the trailer but, the wheel hubs (or spindles) and bearings. They may not be able to handle the weight that you want to put on the trailer. Even if you disperse the weight as you want, the axle might not take the load well.
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If you read the owners manual for the HFT trailer it says the axle is rated a little higher, but the springs will totally compress at that weight.
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Going to agree with what is said above so far. I can see the axles and hubs being the weak points. I have one of those trailers (a little smaller one 1090-lb-capacity-40-1-2-half-inch-x-48-inch-mini-utility-trailer-with-12-inch-four-lug-wheels-and-tires-90153) from harbor freight and I mainly just have a 65 gallon water tank making up the wieght. Looking at the two the one you are looking at has the full tube axle where mine doesnt (has a C channel and the spindle goes in about 4 inches on each side). Now the trailer works well and drives well. I even take it on some longer highway trips. The one thing I say about their trailers is to switch the tires. They are crappy chinese made and I already had one blowout. I switched the tires out for some carlisle trailer tires.David
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I've been planning on this trailer for some time now, but I haven't been able to find an affordable platform to build off of. So far the cheapest trailer I can find that will hold the claimed weight is over $700. So, I haven't done it yet. I know that's not a bad price for a trailer, but for something so small that will primarily sit, it's high. I've considered building one from scratch, but I'm sure it'll cost more in steel for the frame than what I can buy one already made for. So, this project will get thrown on the back burner again.
I searched every day for the better part of 7 months ... in an area 200 miles in diameter. That's why I bit the bullet and bought one, new -- because I'll certainly get my $200-$400 dollars in use out of it ... and can sell it for nearly what was paid for it after doing so ... if I ever want to. (I doubt I will. I acutally put a permanent tag on it. )
That's food for thought, for you. It might make the cost a bit more palatable when you begin to look at that angle of it...
I know everything comes down to "weight" but it really amuses me to see trailers that don't have a full on rear axle that matches that of the truck pulling the trailer. Not that I need a 1/2 silverado axle or 2 under a trailer, but it makes life simpler...
I know what the truck axle can take, and I can go anywhere and get normal tires for it and 6 lug wheels...
My trailer would look funny with 34" Trail Grapplers all the way around! (Nevermind the sheer cost of that ... for a tire that will spend most of its lfe sitting.) It'd be kinda cool, though .. especially if I had matched rims.
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Traditional Bath
Uma, my homestay nephew, was often given a bath like this in the yard. You will see several local leaves in the bath, these are intentional to assist with keeping bad spirits away. I love this photo as it shows a lot - cute kid taking traditional bath, coconuts used to sell for livelyhood, and warm Dominica sun.


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Recent Publications by JIAAW Faculty and Students
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Moser, C. 2014. "Linear Reflections: Ritual Memory and Material Repetition at the Thirteen Altars at Lavinium." In Locating the Sacred: Theoretical Approaches to the Emplacement of Religion, edited by C. Moser and C. Feldman. Oxford: Oxbow/Joukowsky Institute Publication.
Moser, C. and C. Feldman, eds. 2014. Locating the Sacred: Theoretical Approaches to the Emplacement of Religion. Oxford: Oxbow/Joukowsky Institute Publication.
Moser, C. and C. Feldman. 2014. Introduction. In Locating the Sacred: Theoretical Approaches to the Emplacement of Religion, edited by C. Moser and C. Feldman. Oxford: Oxbow/Joukowsky Institute Publication.
Urban, T.M., C. Vella, E. Bocancea, C.A. Tuttle, and S.E. Alcock. 2014. "A Geophysical Investigation of a Newly Discovered Early Bronze Age Site Near Petra, Jordan". Journal of Archaeological Science 42: 260-272.
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Alcock, S.E. and J.F. Cherry. 2013. "Ch. 13: The Mediterranean World." In The Human Past (Revised 3rd edition), edited by C. Scarre. London: Thames & Hudson: 472-517.
Bestock, L. 2013. Review of Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt; Egyptian Archaeology: Emily Teeter; Willeke Wendrich, ed. American Journal of Archaeology January 2013 (117.1).
Cherry, J.F., J.L. Davis, and A. Kalogirou. 2013. "The Nemea Valley in the Early Bronze Age." In The Corinthia and the Northeast Peloponnesus: Topography and History from Prehistoric Times until the End of Antiquity. Proceedings of the International Conference Organized by the Directorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, the LZ' Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and the German Archaeological Institute, Athens, Held at Loutraki, March 26-29, 2009, edited by K. Kissas and W.D. Niemeier. Athenaia 4. Munich: Hirmer Verlag: 333-43.
Cherry, J.F., K. Ryzewski, and L.J. Pecoraro. 2013. "'A Kind of Sacred Place': The Rock and Roll Ruins of AIR Studios, Montserrat." In Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement, edited by M.C. Beaudry and T.G. Parno, 181-198. New York: Springer Verlag.
Harmanşah, Ö. 2013. Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East. New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pilaar Birch, S.E. 2013. "Stable Isotopes in Zooarchaeology" in Pilaar Birch, S.E. and K. Kirsanow, (ed.), Integrating Zooarchaeology and Stable Isotope Analyses. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 5: 81-83.
Pilaar Birch, S.E. 2013. "Using Social Media for Research Dissemination: The Digital Research Video Project." Internet Archaeology 35. doi:10.11141/ia.35.4 (open access).
Sandiford, T. 2013. "Ptolemaic Houses at Abydos." Egyptian Archaeology 43: 8-10.
Urban, T.M., E. Bocancea, C. Vella, S. N. Herringer, S.E. Alcock and C.A. Tuttle. 2013. "Investigating Ancient Dams in Petra's Northern Hinterland with Ground Penetrating Radar." The Leading Edge 32 (2): 190-192.
Xella, P., J. Quinn, V. Melchiorri and P. van Dommelen. 2013. "Phoenician Bones of Contention." Antiquity 87 (338): 1199-1207.
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Alcock, S.E. and A.R. Knodell. 2012. "Landscapes North of and Nearby Petra: The Petra Area and Wadi Silaysil Survey (Brown University Petra Archaeological Project, 2010-2011)". Supplement to Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 42: 5-16.
Alcock, S.E., J. Bodel, and R.J.A. Talbert, eds. 2012. Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World. Malden, MA and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Alcock, S.E. and J.F. Cherry. 2012. "A Conversation with Sue Alcock and John Cherry." In Archaeology in the Making: Conversations Through a Discipline, edited by W.L. Rathje, M. Shanks, and C. Witmore, 229-47. London: Routledge.
Alcock, S.E. and R. Osborne, eds. 2012. Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology: Classical Archaeology. Second Edition. Malden, MA and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Bestock, L. 2012. "Abydos, Egypt"; "Human Sacrifice, Pharaonic Egypt"; and "Early Dynastic Period, Egypt". In The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Wiley-Blackwell.
Bestock, L. 2012. "Early Egyptian Writing in Context." In Early Writing and Agency in Archaeology, edited by J. Englehardt. University Press of Colorado.
Cherry, J.F.. 2012. "The Personal and the Political: The Greek World." In Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology: Classical Archaeology Second Edition, edited by S.E. Alcock and R. Osborne, 295-315. Malden, MA and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Cherry, J.F., K. Ryzewski, and T.P. Leppard. 2012. "Multi-Period Landscape Survey and Site Risk Assessment on Montserrat, West Indies." The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 7.2: 282-302.
Cherry, J.F., K. Ryzewski, T.P. Leppard, and E. Bocancea. 2012. "The Earliest Phase of Settlement in the Eastern Caribbean: New Evidence from Montserrat." Antiquity 333.
Commito, A. and F. Rojas. 2012. "The Aqueducts of Aphrodisias." In Aphrodisias V: The Aphrodisias Regional Survey, edited by C. Ratté and P. D. De Staebler, 239-307. Darmstadt/Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern.
Dufton, A. and C. Fenwick. 2012. "Beyond the Grave: Developing New Tools for Medieval Cemetery Analysis at Villamagna, Italy." In Thinking Beyond the Tool: Archaeological Computing and the Interpretive Process, edited by A. Chrysanthi, P. M. Flores, and C. Papadopoulos, 155-167. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports.
Fachard, S. 2012. The Defense of the Territory. Study of the Eretrian Chora and Its Fortifications. ERETRIA Series, volume XXI. Gollion: Swiss School of Archaeology.
Harmanşah, Ö. 2012. "Beyond Aššur: New Cities and the Assyrian Politics of Landscape." BASOR 365: 53-77.
Harmanşah, Ö. 2012. "Critical Archaeologies for Political Engagements with Place" (Kritische Archaeologie: der Ort als Thema politischer Auseinandersetzung). Forum Kritische Archäologie 1: 134-140.
Knapp, A.B., J.F. Cherry and P. van Dommelen. 2012. "Editorial: JMA's Silver Anniversary (1988-2012)." Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 25.2: 129-46.
Moscoloni, M. and C. Vella. 2012. "The Tas-Silg Lithic Assemblage: Preliminary Observations on Lithic Typology and Technological Choices from the 2003-2010 Seasons." Scienze dell'Antichita 18: 65-82.
Opitz, R. and J. Nowlin. 2012. "Photogrammetric Modeling + GIS: Better Methods for Working with Mesh Data." ArcUser 15.2: 46-49.
Ryzewski, K. and J.F. Cherry. 2012. "Communities and Archaeology under the Soufrière Hills Volcano on Montserrat, West Indies." Journal of Field Archaeology 37(4): 316-27.
Urban, T.M., S.E. Alcock and C.A. Tuttle. 2012. "Virtual Discoveries at a Wonder of the World: Geophysical Investigations and Ancient Plumbing at Petra, Jordan." Antiquity 331.
Vella, C., J. Donta, J. Nadeau, J. Reti, and N. Weigel. 2012. "Notes on the 'Everybody Made Stone Tools: Exploring Lithic Methodology' Conference". Journal of Lithic Technology 37 (1): 63-65.
Vella, C., T.M. Urban, E. Bocancea, C.A. Tuttle and S.E. Alcock. 2012. "Discovery of an Early Bronze Age Settlement of Jabal al-Qarn Near Petra, Jordan." Antiquity 086 (334).
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Alcock, S.E. and C.A. Tuttle. 2011. "Brown University Petra Archaeological Project - 2011 Season". Munjazat 12.
Becker, J.A. and J. Nowlin. 2011. "Orientalizing Infant Burials from Gabii, Italy." BABESCH 86:9-21.
Bestock, L. and C. Knoblauch. 2011. "Four Thousand Years in Abydos: A Preliminary Report on the Architecture and Ceramics of the 2004-5 Excavations in the North Cemetery, West." In Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 65 (2009): 211-252.
Bestock, L. 2011. "The First Kings of Egypt: The Abydos Evidence." In Earliest Egypt, edited by E. Teeter. Oriental Institute, Chicago: 139-148.
Garrison, T. and A.R. Knodell. 2011. "Levantamiento topográfico de El Zotz". In Proyecto Archeológico "El Zotz": Informe No. 5, Temporada 2010, edited by J.L. Garrido López, S. Houston, and E. Román. Guatemala: Informe Entregado al Instituto de Antropología e Historia de Guatemala, 387-394.
Harmanşah, Ö. 2011. "Moving Landscapes, Making Place: Cities, Monuments
and Commemoration at Malizi/Melid."
Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 24.1: 55-83.
Vella, C. 2011. "The Lithics". In Site, Artefacts and Landscape: Prehistorical Borg in-Nadur, Malta, edited by D. Tanasi & N. Vella. Monza: Polimetrica: 173-194.
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Alcock, S.E. 2010. "The Stratigraphy of Serendipity." In Serendipity: Fortune and the Prepared Mind, edited by M. de Rond and I. Morley, 11-26. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Alcock, S.E. and C.A. Tuttle. 2010. "Brown University Petra Archaeological Project - 2010 Season". Munjazat 11.
Becker, J.A. 2010. "Gabii." Fasti Online entry. http://www.fastionline.org/record_view.php?fst_cd=AIAC_2234
Bestock, L. 2010. Review of God's Wife God's Servant: the God's Wife of Amun (c. 740-525 BC), by M. F. Ayad. Cambridge Archaelogical Journal 20.2: 289-290.
Cherry, J.F. 2010. Foreword to The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millennium B.C., by C. Renfrew. Rev. ed., xxi-xxvi. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Cherry, J.F. 2010. "Blockbuster! Museum Responses to Alexander the Great." In Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander: Film, History, and Cultural Studies, edited by P. Cartledge and F. Greenland, 305-38. Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
Cherry, J.F. 2010. "Sorting out Crete's Off-Island Prepalatial Interactions." In Archaic State Interaction: The Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze Age, edited by M. Galaty and W. Parkinson, 107-140 Santa Fe, NM: SAR Press.
Cherry, J.F., E.H. Cline, M.L. Galaty, P.N. Kardulias, W.A. Parkinson, R. Schon, S. Sherratt, H. Tomas, and D. Wengrow. 2010. "Interaction Amidst Diversity: An Introduction to the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age." In Archaic State Interaction: The Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze Age, edited by M. Galaty and W. Parkinson, 29-51. Santa Fe, NM: SAR Press.
Cherry, J.F., E. Faro, and L. Minc. 2010. "Field Survey and Geochemical Characterization of the Southern Armenian Obsidian Sources." Journal of Field Archaeology 35.2: 147-63.
Koerner, S. and I. Russell, eds. 2010. Unquiet Pasts: Risk Society, Lived Cultural Heritage, Re-designing Reflexivity. Surrey, UK: Ashgate.
Monteiro, L. 2010. "The Mezquita of Córdoba is Made of More than Bricks: Towards a Broader Definition of the 'Heritage' Protected at UNESCO World Heritage Sites." Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress 6: (currently online only).
Parkinson, W.A. and J.F. Cherry. 2010. "The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project, Part VIII. Lithics and Landscapes: A Messenian Perspective." Hesperia 79.1: 1-51.
Rehren, T., F.Marii, N. Schibille, L. Stanford, and C. Swan. 2010. "Glass Supply and Circulation in Early Byzantine Southern Jordan." In Glas in Byzanz – Produktion, Verwendung, Analysen, edited by J. Drauschke and D. Keller, 65-81. Mainz: RGZM-Tagungen Band 8.
Sekedat, B. M. 2010. "No Place Like Stone? Assessing Social and Material Networks of Place at Quarries in Roman Anatolia." In TRAC 2009: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Michigan and Southampton 2009, edited by A. Moore, G. Taylor, E. Harris, P. Girdwood and L. Shipley, 23-30. Oxford: Oxbow.
Terrenato, N., A. Gallone, J.A. Becker, and S. Kay. 2010. "Urbanistica Ortogonale a Gabii: Risultati delle nuove prospezioni geofisiche e prospettive per il futuro." In Lazio e Sabina VI: atti del convengo. Sesto incontro di Studi sul Lazio e Sabina, edited by G. Ghini, 237-48. Rome: Edizioni Quasar.
Vella, C. 2010. "The Lithic Assemblage at the Promontory Site of Ras il-Pellegrin." Traces in Time 1: 1-24.
Weiss, C. F. 2010. "Performativity of Place: Movement and Water in Second Century A.D. Ephesus" In TRAC 2009: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Michigan and Southampton 2009, edited by A. Moore, G. Taylor, E. Harris, P. Girdwood and L. Shipley. Oxford: Oxbow.
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Alcock, S.E. and J.F. Cherry. 2009. "Ch. 13: The Mediterranean World." In The Human Past, edited by C. Scarre. Revised 2nd ed., 472-517. London: Thames & Hudson.
Becker, J.A. 2009. "Liguria." In Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by M. Gagarin, 4.253-4. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Becker, J.A. 2009. Review of Styling Romanisation: Pottery and Society in Central Italy, by R. E. Roth. Journal of Roman Studies 99: 280-1.
Becker, J.A., M. Mogetta, and N. Terrenato. 2009. "A New Plan for an Ancient Italian City: Gabii Revealed." American Journal of Archaeology 113.4: 629-42.
Bestock, L. 2009. The Development of Royal Funerary Cult at Abydos: Two Funerary Enclosures from the Reign of Aha. Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz Verlag.
Damiata, B.N., J. K. Papadopoulos, M.G. Amore, S. P. Morris, L. Bejko, J.M. Marston, and J. Southon. 2009. "The Absolute Chronology of Albanian Archaeology: Radiocarbon Dates from Apollonia and Lofkënd." Iliria 33:135-186.
Fisher, K.D. 2009. "Elite Place-Making and Social Interaction in the Late Cypriot Bronze Age." Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 22.2: 183-209.
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A pretty good conversation here. I am on record as supporting the acquisition of Bonifacio, but the numbers can be convincing either way. On a couple of points I just don't know enough. Three years ago, he played 67 games at short and 36 at third. He has played a lot in center. Why he has played only second and corner OF, probably has something to do with his team's roster, unless there was an injury. I don't know if Bonifacio can capably play third and center, but if he can, IMHO it tips the scales to picking him up.
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No one said OBP is the only offensive stat to consider batting leadoff, but combined with his elite speed, these are elements that are sorely lacking in this lineup. Too many Ks, not enough BBs, from virtually this entire cast of non-major league hitting options that the Twins are expected to open the season with at the top and bottom of the order. As weak as Bonifacio is, he's a way better proven MLB option for picking up the offense than Esco or Mastro- and even all of the supposedly "better" hitting options, when it comes to adding Speed and OBP.
I repeat. The Twins don't have a legitimate leadoff hitter. They are going to play the spot by committee, as they did last year, after the Hicks debacle. No reason Bonifacio couldn't be part of that committee.
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But let me point out we are talking about bringing something, overall, to the team that makes it deeper, more flexible, and thusly, better. We are talking about a versatile utility player to the team, not a star or starter.
On a 25 man roster you have 8 presumed, primary starting position players, 9 in most cases in the AL where you assume a primary DH. Virtually every team carries an 11 man pitching staff, and in many cases a 12 man staff. Having to have at least one backup C means a bench of 3 or 4 players at the most. At least one of those must be a quality backup middle inf. That now leaves an additional 2 or 3 bench players.
You have two choices here, generally speaking. One is a PH/part time DH type with a decent/big bat who hopefully can fill in decently at one position, OR, a versatile utility type player who can play multiple positions and hopefully offer up at least SOME offensive contribution. There is nothing about Bonifacio that screams or even whispers high quality starter. But again, we're talking useful, versatile utility player. A career BA of .262 and career OB% of .322 with excellent speed and stolen base potential with at least decent defense at multiple positions on an occasional, not every day, basis. His numbers don't stink, he gives us the ability for extra and SB, and positional flexibility to fill in.
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I want Bonofacio on the roster. I don't want him because I think he is Jacoby Ellsbury. I want him for this roster... This team context... Because He's perfect and I can't think of a single player in all of MLB that's as perfect for our needs.
We are going into 2014 presumably with Trevor Plouffe at 3B and Alex Presley in CF and not a single experienced player at those positions backing them up.
Presley just might be the be the every day CF by default out of Spring Training just like Clete Thomas was in the back half of 2013.
Presley could hit .200 in 2014 and there is no one to take him out of the lineup. Presley could hit .200 and he'd have to be penciled in every day regardless.
I remember 2013... It wasn't that long ago. We started with Hicks in CF and he was all we had. Wilken Ramirez was the backup CF and after it was clear that Hicks had to be sent down. Here comes Clete Thomas and Clete played every day. I don't want to do that again!!!
Hicks needs to start at Rochester. We don't know if he's gonna figure out the MLB breaking pitch or not. Mastro is no guarantee to be rostered. Buxton won't be rushed and we have corner OF's coming out of our ears.
Escobar could play 3B if needed but Escobar won't push Plouffe for PT. Bonofacio could because of the speed he brings and the ability to get on base. He has a superior skill that can be utilized that Escobar doesn't have. Even if he has some skills that are deficient.
Plouffe was absolutely horrible in stretches last year. He played everyday regardless because we did not have a decent 3B option to replace him. He needs to be pushed. Sano probably isn't breaking camp with the big club.
Bringing in Bonofacio... Not as a starter but as a... I'm here and I'll take your job if you don't perform guy is exactly what this team needs and Bonofacio can do it at two positions we desperately need it at... 3B and CF.
We can't put Kubel in CF if Presley goes into a funk.
It was so frustrating watching Clete Thomas play every day. I don't understand how anyone can be afraid of bringing in Emilio Bonofacio after 92 Games with Clete Thomas.
And... He's a player that can easily be pushed aside to another role when Sano comes up and to another role when Buxton comes up. Or... Easily Cut... DFA'd... Or whatevered... If we magically become the loaded team of 25 monsters.
And... We need speed... We have no speed!!! Good God... We were station to station baseball... Game after game after game in 2013.
For those of you who don't want him... Good thing I'm not the GM because he'd already be here. OPS be damned!!! Bring him here.
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Given that the Royals saw enough positive in 2013 and were very willing to re-sign Bonifacio at $3.5M for 2014 before they found someone better......and that the Twins won't be on the hook for anything close to that number, that it's at least worth a look to find out for certain if it really is "a waste of a roster spot." (I still see close to a dozen guys on this current roster that we would never miss if the Twins parted ways.)
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And wowzer points on Clete in CF, RB. I've been blocking that image for my own mental health. We had a AA-level guy who played more than half our games in CF last year, and some of us are balking at the prospect of picking up a legitimate major leaguer for next to nothing with the proposition of getting back-up time at the position.
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I do agree with Doc that the guy is flexible, but I don't think his overall talent would make the team deeper.
I would rather see the team trade for someone like Flores to be the bench guy. Ryan would have to give up something to get something. It would be better than the band-aid approach that failed miserably with the pitching staff.
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As for Zone ratings:
1. Sample size. He plays multiple positions. He plays where the team needs him to play and he hasn't been a regular starter either... apart from 2011 and 2009. When limited playing time is split by 6 different positions the numbers will be misleading. You need some more data to be fair to him. More data for stabilization.
2. I personally don't belong to the church of defensive stats so I'm not a good guy to dive into that.
If he truly does lack range with his speed... Reaction and route running would be the two biggest culprits. I don't see it when I watch him play.
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This makes sense only if it allows the team to carry an extra bat because he can play all over the diamond. Reports of whether he can play center as well as Mastro and short as well as Escobar are all over the map. I don't have enough data to say one way or the other. But if having him means we can bring one fewer utility guy than we normally need, I'm for it.
BTW, this is the problem with relying exclusively on stats. When guys are primarily bench guys, it is really hard to judge how much luck is involved with their numbers. I have not seen enough of him to judge him. Punto I know was not as good as his defensive numbers. I'm confident in that assessment after watching him play in hundreds of games. I don't have anything on this guy. So I'll gladly defer to the professional scouts. If they sign him, they determine that he's good enough. If not, no big loss."If you'da been thinkin' you wouldn't 'a thought that.."
I think ink you undervalue Hicks by a lot. I do think they'll start the year with Presley. But, if he struggles, I expect Hicks to take over for the rest of the year. Then you've got Mastro and Presley vying for fourth outfielder. We have one more viable center fielder than we had last year. I can't say Bonny is any better in center than those two, all things considered.
His value is as a replacement for Escobar. Being able to play in the outfield is what makes him potentially a better fit than Escobar. But it isn't the reason you sign him."If you'da been thinkin' you wouldn't 'a thought that.."
I would imagine our 13 position players breaking out of camp look like this (unless I'm missing something):
C - Suzuki, Fryer
1B - Mauer, Parmelee
IF - Plouffe, Escobar, Florimon, Dozier
OF - Willingham, Pressley, Arcia, Kubel
To me, that leaves room for a guy like Bonifacio to serve as a super utility player. I'd prefer him over Mastroanni or even Bartlett.
Ok... Troubleshooting this patient. The data I use is what teams do with him... It suggests that he is a utility player. That's why I recommend signing him as a utility player and not a starter.
2008... The Nats are not happy with Felipe Lopez at 2B. They trade for Bonofacio... Giving up Jon Rauch to the D-Backs to get him. The Nats give Bonofacio the lions share of work at 2B for the final two months. He is traded to the Marlins in the off season for Josh Willingham (Among Others).
2009... Mike Jacobs was traded to the Royals because Gaby Sanchez was supposed to be the hot new 1B option. Sanchez struggles in ST so with cold feet. Manager Fredi Gonzalez moves Jorge Cantu over to 1B and hands Emilio Bonofacio 3B. He doesn't hurt the Marlins... They win 87 games but the Marlin fans (16 of them) hate Bonofacio just like Twins Fans hated Punto. A light hitting 3B is gonna get you hated.
2010... Sanchez is finally installed as the 1B and Cantu is moved back to 3B. Bonofacio becomes Super Utility. He plays 29 games in the OF and 20 Games in the INF. The Marlins are working with Coughlin, Ross, Maybin and Morrison in the OF and a young Mike Stanton making noise in the minors. Maybin under performs so Cody Ross plays CF more than anyone else that year. Bonofacio plays 6 different positions and never finds a regular home. He plays CF more than other position due to Maybin struggling.
2011... Bonofacio puts the super in super utility. Having a decent year and collecting over 600 at bats at multiple positions. The wheels are coming off the Marlins. Jack McKeon is brought in as manager mid season to try and stabilize things in the final season before the brand new stadium. The Marlins feel (I assume) that Bonofacio is more valuable as the utility guy because Donnie Murphy is the opening day starter at 3B. The Marlins are still unsure of Mike Stanton's readiness. Bono first hits the lineup as the RF bringing Stanton along slowly. Murphy Tanks at 3B and Bono is back at 3B and Hanley plays terribly and eventually injures his shoulder so Bonofacio spends a big chunk off the season at SS. He plays full time without having a full time job and nearly hits .300... Marlin fans (all 12 of them) don't hate him as much anymore and the Marlins decide to pay him a couple of million to hang around in 2012.
2012... Ozzie Guillen... New Stadium and Jose Reyes... Reyes at SS... Ramirez moves to 3B... Bonofacio is named the opening day CF. He hits around .270 with very little power and steals around 20 bases in a little over a month before he gets knocked out by a thumb injury in May. He comes back in July and the Marlins are dead!!! Stanton is hurt... Infante is traded to Detroit and Hanley is traded to the Dodgers. Ruggiano becomes the new CF and Bono is moved to 2B to fill the Infante hole. He gets hurt again and is traded in the off season to the Blue Jays.
2013... He opens the Season as the Opening day 2B. He has what can be qualified as a bad year in Toronto. However... In my opinion... It is his first bad year. Let's say... Bad half year... Other years were at least average. He was horribly awful in April thru June... He turns it around in July... The Wheel are coming off the Jays... He's struggling at 2B... Pretty soon the utility role that he's a natural at comes calling. Bautista and Lawrie can't stay healthy. Melky, Rasmus, Jose Reyes all need time to heal. Bono moves around the Diamond like he never has before. He is traded to the Royals and the Royals hand him the everyday 2B job and he returns to normal form hitting near .280.
2014... The Royals are not that impressed obviously and they have a decent roster. They sign Infante to play 2B and plug a long time sore point. Bonofacio is DFA'd.
I want him... Some here don't.
The Twins need backup at 3B and CF and speed. Can anyone think of another MLB player who kills all 3 of these birds with one stone like Bono does. I can't.
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Good history lesson. The common thread in all his misfortune is mediocrity on teams that are looking to build rosters with above average players. That is a good description of the Twins. Perhaps he's a better fit for a team looking for a veteran on the bench and not in development mode, as the Nats, Marlins and Royals were in, and the Twins are in. The goal is development first and respectability second. Bono adds nothing to the development discussion, unless he's purely a sign and trade target. Those guys are best signed to minor league deals, Like Matt Guerrier and Jason Bartlett. So, my new position is get him on a minor league deal and make him beat out Escobar in ST. If another team offers him a major league deal, take a pass."If you'da been thinkin' you wouldn't 'a thought that.."
He was obviously not ready last year. And not ready by a longshot and it would be a mistake to move into 2014 with Hicks in the plans at all until you see what he does.
When Hicks comes... Bono can be moved elsewhere like everyone else has done with him. Or Cut him loose if we are loaded.
Right now... Hicks ain't ready... Mastro is going to get pushed out the door by Kubel and Presley is playing CF everyday ala Clete Thomas. Trevor Plouffe is playing 3B everyday and sometimes Plouffe doesn't show up.
The past two years... Having to keep going back to a dry well because you didn't have a viable option to replace or at least challenge the everyday guy struggling day in and day out is killing the Twins.
Bonofacio becomes a cheap experienced option at two positions of need and 4 other positions to boot.
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As of right now... In my opinion. Bono blocks no prospect. 2 million a year should not block any prospect.
Hicks and Sano most likely won't be here opening day... When they come... Decisions are made...
Until they come... you have to set up your roster for the pre Sano/Hicks days.
For that Roster... Bono is perfect.A Skeleton walks into a bar and says... "Give me a beer... And a mop".
If you look at it: 2 spots do not have a capable backup and those 2 spots need a capable backup more than the others.
Who's backing up Plouffe at 3B? Escobar could but he doesn't possess elite skills in any facet of his game. If Plouffe tanks... It could cause a calling of Sano to the majors before they want to and taking a chance with a prospect as elite as Sano is a bad idea... Or... you coast with Escobar at 3B or Bartlett. Bonofacio is better and I'm tired of coasting with Butera, Thomas and at times... Plouffe.
Who's backing up Presley in CF? Certainly not Willingham, Arcia, Kubel or Parmelee. Presley is every day until Hicks comes to town and eventually Buxton.
Until then who's gonna play CF if Presley gets hurt or hits .188?
One spot left and Bonofacio has performed better than both Bartlett and Mastro at the MLB level and Bonofacio can back up both positions plus others. We can't say that Mastro is a solid piece of the planning for 2015. Might as well upgrade for 2014.
It's an obvious choice as long as you don't look at it like we are signing him to take over and make the all star game.
But, Along those lines... With Bonofacio flexibility and his speed. If he gets some regular playing time and puts up numbers like he did in 2011 or even 2012 before he got hurt or the back half of 2013. He may have some trade value at the trade deadline.
Nobody in MLB is experienced at both 3B and CF and elite speed with a reasonable price tag.
The only thing that could get in the way is price tag and he was DFA'd so that can't be that expensive.
I can't see any downside at all. Oh... and we need speed. I may have forgotten to mention that over the past few months.
OK... I've over hammered my point this morning and we don't need any hammering from anyone so I'll leave it here.
It's been a great discussion... Please continue.
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FAA's new runway safety videos
Someone has sent the FAA to film school.
As someone who has spent his career in television production, I can tell you that I was pleasently surprised by the FAA's new runway safety videos. You may have received the dvd from AOPA. I recommend watching it. Not only will the short programs provide you with valuable safety information, they feature excellent aerial video. They are well shot, well written, and well hosted.
This is a big departure for our government, which can hardly be accused of employing a bunch of Orson Welles-like filmmakers. Recently, I viewed the FAA's film on how to start an air charter company. The ties of the actors are very wide. The staff types on a device called a 'typewriter.' And they answer phones with big rotary dials of some sort on them. In other words, the video is kinda old.
Previous safety videos have been very industrial as well. Not these. They reflect the audience the FAA wants to reach: young pilots who are used to slick video productions and need to be entertained.
So, two thumbs up as someone would say, to the FAA.
Most importantly, watch them.


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The Neshannock school board adopted a $16.6 million budget for next year with no tax increase.
The 2013-14 spending plan is $464,067 greater than the current year's budget.
Taxes will remain the same. Real estate millage is 14.375, for an estimated $8.9 million in revenue. The board also set:
•A 1 percent earned income tax, split between the district and Neshannock Township, expected to result in $1,080,000.
•A real estate transfer tax, also shared with the township, expected to generate $100,000.
•A $10 per capita tax, expected to generate $61,000.
•A $5 per capita tax, expected to generate $30,500.
•A $10 emergency and municipal services tax, expected to generate $55,000.
Also at its June meeting, the board:
•Authorized raises for Dr. Mary Todora, superintendent, who will receive a $2,500 increase; six support staff secretaries and three non-professional support staff members.
•Approved a two-year security contract, beginning July 1, with Shaffer Securities.
•Agreed to raise the daily rate of substitute teachers for the 2013-14 school year to $85. This is a $5-per-day increase. All other substitute rates remain the same.


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During the annual training for teaching assistants, information is provided for the Assessment of Student Learning, a required component of the activity courses that are taught by our graduate teaching assistants. Below are links to the material that was handed out during that presentation.
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Quote:Tom, the picture you posted is an Ash Dome shutter motor set up, They use the same sort of track for the rotation but it's horizontal not vertical so couldn't be bent easily on site to fit your radius. If you mounted it vertically so you could bend it, you'd have to do some sort of "capture" to keep the gear in the rack. You might check with them or Dan at Exploradome. They put a pretty good system together. It's similar and I'd bet it'd be cheaper.
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Quote:Just in food for thought, a drive chain can be laid out so it acts like a rack. This would be the inverse of your picture, with the chain underneath with guides to keep it from moving side to side and the sprocket on top (outside of the shutter). I would suggest supporting the shutter with roller-blade wheels. But a rack made this way wouldn't need to be the perfect curvature- a support roller would make sure the local separation was correct, or the chain could be picked up on each side by small guide sprockets. -Rich


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The Live Healthy Challenge is a 100 day wellness challenge is in conjunction with an online platform from the non-profit Live Healthy America. The 10-week challenge is a team-centric program focused on activity and weight management.
"I want Jeffersonville to be a healthy and active community," Moore said in a press release. "This program provides an easy, cost-efficient way to kick-start physical activity and improved nutrition. Through programs like this one and the Mayor's Fitness Council we have a goal to make our community healthy."
Moore is encouraging city employees to participate and hopes local businesses will do the same.
"We are striving for a healthy workplace," he said in the release. "I am challenging city employees to join me in by taking part in this program. One way we can help drive down lifestyle-related health care costs is to create and sustain an environment of wellness in City Hall. If we want employees to become more physically active, we need to make it more convenient for them to exercise and achieve a healthy lifestyle. The city's health insurance costs place a heavy burden on the city budget. One way to lessen that burden is to encourage our employees to make changes in their lifestyle."
Moore also noted that the Building Authority installed a shower on the third floor of City Hall for employees to utilize.
Live Healthy America allows for the formation of teams to track physical activity, weight loss or both from January 28 through April 5. It provides meal plans, video workouts, healthy recipes and nutrition and wellness resources. The cost is $20 per participant, and includes a year-long subscription to a national lifestyle magazine and a t-shirt.
"It will be a fun, inspirational way to achieve your wellness goals," Moore said in the release. "I am issuing a challenge to everyone to join. By actively taking part in the program participants can motivate, educate and empower themselves to make positive and lasting lifestyle changes to achieve optimal health."
Those interested can register at www.livehealthyamerica.org.
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The 11-member Joint Executive-Legislative Task Force on Fiscal Improvement holds its first meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 4 p.m. The Task Force's stated purpose is to review and discuss the county's fiscal status, explore recommendations and propose actions to improve its financial standing and fiscal bond rating.
The five legislators on the Task Force, appointed by Harriet Cornell, chairwoman of the legislature, are Majority Leader Michael Grant, Minority Leader Frank Sparaco, Legislators Alden Wolfe, Ilan Schoenberger and Nancy Low-Hogan. The five county employees, who were appointed by the county executive are: the County Executive's Chief of Staff Sean Mathews, Commissioner of Personnel Joan Silverstri, Director of Purchasing Paul Brennan, Director of Consumer Protection Terry Grosselfinger and Chief Assistant County Attorney Antonio Reda. The Commissioner of Finance Stephen DeGroat is a member by virtue of his office.
"I am looking forward to seeking solutions to our fiscal challenges," said Wolfe, vice chairman of the legislature. "My goal for the Task Force is the free, open and unfettered exchange of information concerning the County's fiscal strength, operations and stability. I foresee the flow of information to be most beneficial in helping us to be more timely and responsive to this complicated and evolving situation. Subsequent monitoring by the Task Force will allow us to measure the success of the actions taken and if necessary, to implement corrective actions in a timely manner."
Wolfe, who proposed the legislation approved by the legislature in May, will serve as the chairman of the Task Force.
"This Task Force will continue the efforts of the Legislative and Executive branches to work together and prevent problems from occurring in the first place," said Cornell. "If we all have access to current information, we will be better able to serve the residents of Rockland efficiently. This will complement the local law passed last year requiring multi-year budgeting and mid-year Financial Improvement Plans by providing advance input from both branches of county government."
Its objectives are listed as outline goals, identify scope of work, identify issues, updates on issues, plans for followup and schedule future meetings. The Task Force meets in the legislature's chambers at 11 New Hempstead Road in New City and the meeting is open to the public.


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author/historian, Karen R. Thompson, a seventh generation Texan,
is a native Austinite. Her interest in the history of Round Rock
began when she married eighth generation Texan David Thompson
and moved to the Round Rock area.
Growing up in the Capital city, where her grandfather
Charles P. Luck had been one of the early photographers (1890s
- 1920s), it was natural to enjoy history. She has been researching
and writing history since writing her biography A
Texas Girl in the fifth grade at Casis Elementary
School in Austin.
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To the Editor:
Cumberland Times-News
The members of the LaVale Lions Club wish to extend our gratitude and thanks to the emergency services responders who came out on Sunday morning, Sept. 8, to put out the fire in the barbecue pit roof at the Lions Den, Lions Field, LaVale.
That includes the fine men and women of LaVale Volunteer Fire Department, Company 2; Corriganville Volunteer Fire Department, Company 5; Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Department, Company 8; Cresaptown Volunteer Fire Department, Company 9; Frostburg Fire Department No. 1, Company 16, and LaVale Rescue Squad, Company 52. They did a great job limiting the damage to the pit roof area and preventing the fire from extending to the main building.
We're sorry we were not able to serve our Sunday customers, and apologize for having to cancel the October 2013 chicken barbecue. We want say thank you to the many people of our area who support this LaVale tradition; an effort that directly benefits many local, regional and Lions organizations and causes. We look forward to seeing you again next year.
The members of the LaVale Lions Club