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Beauty Day
|Beauty Day
|Directed by
|Jay Cheel
|Produced by
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Kevin McMahon
Roman Pizzacalla
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|Ralph Zavadil
Primitive Entertainment
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Beauty Day is a 2011 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Jay Cheel. It features the life and work of Ralph Zavadil whose Cap'n Video series on a community cable channel consisted of outlandish stunts which resembled those seen in the later Jackass series. Zavadil also discusses aspects of his personal life, such as working at the local GM plant, and his family which were affected by his drinking problem.
Zavadil began his Cap'n Video series on St. Catharines, Ontario cable channel 10 in 1990. One such incident involved an attempt at an "instant razor" where Zavadil applied combustible liquid on his face then set it on fire.[3]
The film begins with a clip of Zavadil's most notorious stunt in which he attempted to dive into a covered swimming pool from a ladder. The ladder was unstable and his jump resulted in a head-first landing on the concrete deck. Zavadil then fell into the tarp of the pool, and nearly drowned as it sank until a neighbor came by and saved him. Zavadil fractured his neck as a result requiring a six-month recovery.[4][5] The news of the failed stunt received attention from various international television shows.[6]
Cap'n Video was cancelled in 1995 following a controversial Easter-themed episode in which Zavadil licked off chocolate sauce that was applied to a dog. The episode also featured a rabbit hung from a bungee cord. These scenes prompted criticism from viewers and the local Humane Society.[3][7]
The documentary includes interview footage with Zavadil and excerpts from his Cap'n Video series. Other interview subjects include his mother (Barbara Zavadil) and his former girlfriend (Nancy Dewar).[8]
The film's title is based on Zavadil's recurring use of the phrase, "It's going to be a beauty day".[8][9]
Beauty Day received average reviews from Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and Sun Media/QMI.[8][9][10][11]
- ^ "Beauty Day". Films We Like. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "Beauty Day". Ontario Film Review Board. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ a b Goddard, Peter (18 March 2011). "Homegrown Canuck culture invades MoMA". Toronto Star. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ Rubinoff, Joel (5 May 2011). "The rise and falls of Cap'n Video". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "Canadian Front 2011 at MoMA, New York: Beauty Day". Telefilm Canada. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ Kurchak, Sarah (10 June 2011). "Cap'n Video Hits The Big Screen (Without Breaking Something)". Chart. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ Law, John (2010). "Cable TV icon back with a splash". Niagara Falls Review (Sun Media). Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ a b c Barnard, Linda (9 June 2011). "Beauty Day: Meeting the original Jackass". Toronto Star. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ a b Stone, Jay (10 June 2011). "Review: Beauty Day". Postmedia News. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "Beauty Day: Before there was Jackass, there was Canada's Cap'n Video". The Globe and Mail. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ Slotek, Jim (10 June 2011). "'Beauty Day' a documentary on stupid". Quebecor Media. Retrieved 13 June 2011.


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Frank: A prototype PlayStation 1 controller! The card reads: "The H500C controller seen here was one of the last designs for the PlayStation controller before Sony went final with the Digital Controller that shipped with the launch PlayStation. Notice the PC-style plug, this controller was meant to plug into a 'Target Box' which was the first development system with the final PlayStation silicon. This controller also bears a striking similarity to the SNES controller, which had a great influence on early PlayStation controller development due to the original intention of the unit that became known as the PlayStation."
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OK......Posted: Oct 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by Roxasven64
wow, that ship looks an awful lot like the Millennium Falcon
Wow.....I feel old.Posted: Aug 06, 2010 12:00AM PST by AlphaBovine
I had a few of those old plastic mini-arcades from page 10, notably Donkey Kong and Popeye (getting Blutto in the water is what trained me to watch for what became known as the "telegraph attack". Both took 2 D batteries and provided me with great entertainment on the long road trips. Man I wish I still had those now for my kid. haha.
Good timesPosted: Aug 05, 2010 12:00AM PST by carritohmc
The feeling of opening up a new NES or SNES cartridge... man.

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The location at the Neuer Markt was excellent. It was easy to reach from the train station on either tram 5 or 6. The elevators worked well and the breakfast buffet was excellent. Umbrellas were loaned for a 10 euro deposit. The hotel facade was striking, and it was easy to pick out the golden sun from the steeple of St. Peter's church.
The breakfast bouquet was overpriced, but there was not much else to chose from in the vicinity
room too warm
asked for a quiet room. Got one at the street side where I was confronted with building activities of the neighbours until 1 am and starting again at 8 am. The reception told me afterwards that there are more quiet rooms (garden side) but not for one-night visitors. I recommend them to change their rules wlse I will not come back
location near central station; free public transport (very useful and attractive asset)
The hotel was convenient to Rostock (we enjoyed the walk into town). The room was comfortable and very clean.
We would ask for a different room next time. Ours faced the street which had buses unloading late into the night, This was very noisy.
Die kleine Sonne is a very nice hotel in the center of Rostock. The stuff is very helpful an friendly. The rooms are very pretty and clean. Beds are comforable and the bathroom was modern and big engought.
Nice staff, breakfast was great, rooms were quiet and clean and location is perfect (city center)
Great choice and great transportation links (takes 5 min by bus, and stop is right in front of the hotel).
Pillows could be harder.
restaurant was good.Spa was close and convenient
Boasts of having use of spa but had to ask twice before we got a robe and then we were refused towels to loan in the spa.Had we known we would have brought our own towels along!Very few (apart from reception) spoke or understood english -not very smart for such a luxurious hotel-would have expected it to have been more international...
Spacious room for reasonable money. Helpful staff. I was looking for a hotel my family for overnight stay after getting off Helsinki-Rostok ferry. For this very purpose the hotel is ideal.
Road and railroad pass right in front of the windows.
The hotel was queit and relaxed. Breakfast was good and economical.
Hotel is located in the middle of the city. Clean and big enough rooms.We had check in at 15:00 but were allowed to stay from about 8:00 (as soon as we arrived)..
Small pool table, not the standard size and not enough space to play and move the stick. No fridge in the rooms. breakfast not so varieted with not so many warm food (I only saw bacon and eggs)
Very clean and in the heart of the city centre. Easy to reach
The room windows side on offices or something... vey close that I didn't feel "at ease"
Late arrival after ferry from Helsinki. Fast check-in and good garage for car. Good rooms. Good breakfast.
Some trafic noise at night. Windows must be closed.
Easy to find hotel. Nice, modern rooms at a very reasonable price (early booking and payment in advance).
Reception staff, maps, fruit, coffee
The distance is a bit far from the historic centre to walk in the rain.
The best value for its rate. Free WiFi, parking, 24 hours access if booked. Large double room with TV.
Location in Rostock was excellent. The hotel staff were very friendly and informative. The hotel was attractive, clean, and comfortable.
No, I was not dissatisfied.
Radisson BLU Hotel Rostock is good both for a day of shopping and for a day on the beach. Warnemunde in not so far and easy to reach by car as well as other good quality beaches.
It was a bit strange that cleaning of our room happened around 17:00. At this time we would expect the room to be already cleaned and towels changed.
This is a ty[pical German guesthouse; a pub/restaurant with some bedrooms available. It was easy to find, it was quite picturesque in appearance, the staff were very friendly and helpful, the dinner menu was reasonably broad and the food of good quality and portion. The hot and cold buffet breakfast was very generous in what was available and it was also of good quality. I shall return here when I am in the area again.
The location is perfect if transiting the area just off the motorway with a garage near by.Room was clean and food in the restaurant was nice.Good hot and cold breakfast choice.
Mini bar didn't work.This would not put me off staying here though.
delicious,hearthy and wonderful breakfast included, always sell it with breakfast
check out 2 hours more until 12
The hotel was nice and close to the town and people very friendly.
It needed to have more information on website to direct people to the reception in restuarant around the corner.
The studio apartment was clean, comfortable and well equiped for self-catering. Having parking and internet access were an appreciated bonus. It is adjacent to trams and a railway station so is very convenient for getting to the old centre of Rostock as well as travelling to the beach resort. The staff are very helpful, but there is only part-time access to an English speaker.
Very clean room with excellent facilities; Cozy bed, tv, nice IKEAish atmosphere. Close to the S-Bahn station and a mall.
Accept only cash, you get the keys in the casino next door.
I was surprised that in such a large international city that the only language spoken at reception was German.
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I am using the Manifest theme[0] and want to get rid of the entry-title in the gallery view. The second post of the Manifest demo has a gallery with several pictures. If you click on one, you get redirected to an image in gallery view[1]. Now I want to get rid of the title, which is "cloud" in this case. Is there any possibility to remove the title, without removing the titles for every other page?
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I am faced with the decision of weather to use a WordPress MU install or customize User Groups/Roles for certain actions.
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My site is a Directory of companies, but I would like to add the ability for the company owner to take control of their content. Some companies listed will be controlled by me and others by the company owner.
I would need to assign each User to a specific post ID as the site is up and running at the current time. Is it possible to allow a User to only control the content on a single post?
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That is basically what I am looking to do with a new 360.
I am unsure of where to start as I have read a bunch of things and it is all chinese to me at this point. I have read that majority of the 360's are able to be modded/flashed(Or RGH?), but have also read that I would probably be better off with a Refurb?
Could someone please throw me some advice and steer me into the right direction of what to do. Also if I wanted to play online, I remember about 2 years ago when I was interested in buying one at that time, you could play back ups online. Is that still the case? If so what mod/hack would that? I believe it is custom firmware for the DVDRom, correct?
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I have already set up a public key to automate the login on remote server for my user.
So this is running without any problem from cli:
rsync -r -a -v -e "ssh -l user" --delete ~/local/file 188.8.131.52:~/remote/;
But, when I try to run the same from a PHP script (on a webpage in my local server):
$c='rsync -r -a -v -e --log-file=FILE "ssh -l user" --delete ~/local/file 126.96.36.199:~/remote/';
This is what I receive:
2011/01/23 19:18:29 [6401] rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender] 2011/01/23 19:18:29 [6401]
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(601) [sender=3.0.7]
The permissions qre set like this:
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/local-rsync-key
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/local-apache-key
chmod 700 ~/.ssh/
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 700 ~/.ssh/
chmod 700 ~/
I registered two keys on ~/.ssh/authorized_keys:
I went dry of ideas... I guess I have to do something else in the remote /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. I am running Nginx in both servers. Thanks for any help.
While I cannot get rsync, this is how I got to transfer the file from local to remote:
if($con=ssh2_connect('18.104.22.168',22)) echo 'ok!';
if(ssh2_auth_password($con,'apache','xxxxxx')) echo ' ok!';
if(ssh2_scp_send($con,'localfile','/remotefolder',0755)) echo ' ok!';
Local file needs: 0644 Remote folder needs: 0775
I also read this suggestion: "I don't think you want to "copy the key somewhere where apache can get to it" - that's a security violation. Better to change the script to run as a secure user and then setup the .ssh keys for passwordless login between servers.
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superficial, american humor.
superficial, american humor.
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Thirty kids from around the Wiregrass are enjoying a camp designed just for them.
Kids' ages 6 to 15 years old are spending their days at Landmark Park for the second annual Camp Sugar Falls.
The camp is designed around children coping with diabetes.
Special activities and snacks are provided for the group.
Counselors say it's a chance for them to learn more about how to handle living with the disease.
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As I know, Denmark is going to re-impose the border controls. I want to know, what exactly it means for the tourists who are on a Schengen visa? Can I visit Denmark with the Schengen visa, or I need some additional documents? I'm a Russian citizen.
From the linked article:
So yes, you can still visit Denmark with your Schengen visa and you don't need additional documents. The only thing that's extra is that you can be checked by customs at some particular border crossings. But as long as you have a valid visa, and you are not in possession of anything illegal, you should be fine.
This sad measure is a populist political one. The plan is to selectively check people crossing the border in order to reduce the amount of illegal immigrants.
As a tourist, you will probably not notice the difference, unless you happen to come from an Eastern European or North African country.
The Schengen rules have two different aspects:
Unified visa and travel rules
Most residents or visa holders from one Schengen country can visit any other Schengen country (note that this is a generalization, check your specific case). You are allowed to cross with your existing papers.
Lack of internal border controls
Internal borders within the Schengen area are looking like strange road signs or lines on the road. For all practical purposes, you can cross without waiting in line or showing your papers. But technically you are still required to have an ID and/or a visa.
At times border controls are reintroduced. On a temporary basis, this is allowed by the Schengen rules. But that wouldn't change who is allowed to cross, just the likelihood of having to show papers.


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Google is now testing its futuristic augmented-reality glasses.
In the future, our grandchildren will respond with disbelief when we explain to them that, when we were younger, it was perfectly normal for people to walk around without glasses that gave you directions, took photos and video, told you the weather, and provided real-time subway updates, which are apparently some of the features Google has begun to test in its augmented-reality glasses, according to a video released today. "That's not true, Grandpa!" they'll say. "Quit lying about stuff or we'll throw you into the Pad-o-matic 9000, a machine that turns old people into iPads, which exists because it is the future." And we'll say, "You're right, we're sorry. Please don't turn us into an iPad."


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I need to cross compile openssl for m68k board, Linux OS kernel 2.6.10..Any pointers on which openssl version to be used . Currently i am trying to use 0.9.8. I want to cross compile it for using it with wpa_supplicant (version 0.7.3).
Note: wpa_supplicant needs libssl.a and libcrypto.a so i statically link it while compiling wpa_supplicant
Basically i tried compiling it and was successful indeed but while executing the wpa_supplicant i get illegal instruction :(
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GUATEMALA CITY At least 43 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when a bus went off a cliff on a hairpin bend in rural Guatemala, tumbling some 200 meters (660 feet) into a river at the bottom of a ravine, officials said.
Rescue workers said the bus, which plunged off of a paved highway about 60 km (37 miles) northwest of Guatemala City, was destroyed and more than 40 people were taken to hospitals for treatment.
Investigators do not yet know what caused the crash or what was the final destination of the bus, which was traveling south toward Guatemala City. Rescue workers said conditions were dry and mostly sunny and that the bus was likely over capacity.
"The bus was overloaded," said Sergio Vasquez, a volunteer firefighter at the site.
He said 38 people died at the scene, including six children and 12 women. Five more died at hospitals, he said.
Local television said many passengers were vendors taking farm produce to market.
The government declared three days of national mourning.
The last major bus accident in Guatemala occurred in 2008 when an overcrowded bus slid off a highway and down a 15-meter (50-foot) slope some 65 km (40 miles) southeast of the capital, killing 53.
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Wondering why my jquery path is being screwed up when loaded by default.
If I leave code as is in NextGen Gallery then it loads as follows ... placing the page name (images) infront of the wp-include. Which is the wrong path.
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://domainname.com/images//wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.2.6'></script>
However, if I remove the condition in nggallery.php and force it to deregister the script and reload it, then it loads correctly.
<script type='text/javascript' src='/wp-content/plugins/nggallery/admin/js/jquery.js?ver=1.2.6'></script>
'//if ($wp_version < "2.5") {
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A child in America has been diagnosed as allergic to Apple's first-gen iPad.
Apple fans hound Tim Cook on Twitter after 'sexist' engraving rulesNEWS
Apple's CEO Tim Cook has been hounded on Twitter after a consumer complained about the firm's 'sexist' engraving rules.
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Pupils at St Joseph's School who travel to school by bus are
likely to get shelter from the elements when waiting for the
bus by this winter.
Last year, the Queenstown Times reported the
Queenstown Lakes District Council was proposing to relocate
two bus shelters to Hallenstein St after two St Joseph's
pupils made a submission on the council's draft annual plan.
The submission from Francesca O'Malley and Poppy Lake said
the present bus stop - a slab of concrete - became too hot to
sit on during summer and offered no shelter during winter.
Last week, council transport senior engineer Richard Hilliard
said the plan to shift shelters from another area would not
go ahead because of the sizing of the Hallenstein St concrete
Instead, the council was ordering new bus shelters from
Mr Hilliard said there was an option of ordering one large
shelter rather than two small shelters but the council was
establishing whether the large shelter would fit the area and
provide enough shelter.
The large shelter option was $15,000 whereas the small
shelters cost $12,000.
Whichever option the council decided on was expected to be
installed ''sometime before June'', Mr Hilliard said.
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The villa is grand and relaxing. The beach is great to walk but you can't swim here-coral in the water right up to the edge of the beach. The caretaker was constantly on us offering her services and telling us how to book directly through her next year-we went through a real estate agency that were great to us. She was very negative and combative. It was not relaxing. We just wanted to be left alone with our friends and enjoy the peaceful setting, but at least once a day we would have this encounter with the caretaker. I would stay somewhere else if you are looking for a peaceful stay.
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Dubai Sports City unveils strategy to draw international events
Dubai Sports City's concerted commercial strategy will provide the UAE with an important asset in the competition for a share of the USD 50 billion global sports business market, according to senior executives at a major industry gathering.
With a potential reach of two billion spectators within a four-hour flight zone – and the broadcast network in place to reach a global audience – the UAE is geographically positioned to be a major hub for sporting events. However, a shortage of venues and the lack of high profile domestic teams have held back the growth of the industry in the past.
Speaking to an audience of sports professionals at the Dubai International Sports Conference 2007, a senior Dubai Sports City executive outlined the contribution that the development will make to enhance the UAE's credentials in this market, with a particular focus on the importance of developing "flagship events".
Malcolm Thorpe, Marketing Director, Sports Business, Dubai Sports City, explained: "Our commercial strategy looks to support one major event in six core sports – football, rugby, cricket, hockey, golf and tennis – that will run every year in Dubai.
"These headline events at Dubai Sports City will be supported by a programme of local events and the daily activities at each of our sports academies, creating a year-round calendar of events which will drive our profile higher on the sporting stage and demonstrate the strength of our facilities," he added.
As well as its own annual programme of events, Dubai Sports City will also collaborate on bids for major international competitions in cooperation with other sporting bodies.
The group has plans in place to attract music shows, festivals and entertainment events, with its specially-designed 10,000 seat indoor multi-purpose stadium capable of easy conversion into a venue for concerts and public gatherings.
Successfully positioning Dubai Sports City as the venue of choice for major sporting and non-sporting public activities will have significant commercial value, particularly since the Group has a framework in place to effectively manage the rights for different events alongside the commercial rights for the whole of the Dubai Sports City development, including the stadia.
Research from IEG, a sports research agency, suggests that the global sponsorship market alone is worth approximately US$22 billion, and the whole market has the potential to more than double once broadcasting rights, event management and players' fees are added into the mix.
"Event rights are a major source of revenue within the sports industry, incorporating sponsorship, ticketing, hospitality and broadcasting elements, but we will be looking to supplement these through the exploitation of stadium rights, such as naming rights, premium seat and corporate box rights. There will also be value to be driven through the commercial opportunities we can create around the daily inflows of people into Dubai Sports City, whether to watch, play, learn, live or work," said Thorpe.
"The effective management of all these rights should ensure an equitable return for all our commercial partners and a positive experience for spectators and customers," he concluded.
Executives attending the Conference expressed confidence that, upon completion, the world's first integrated purpose-built sports city will position Dubai as a regional and ultimately international hub for sport.
"Dubai Sports City is not only a major development project – it is also an important asset for the region in attracting revenue and also contributing to a wider culture of involvement in sport. The feedback from our peers in the sports business industry has been overwhelmingly positive, both for the commercial infrastructure and the work that has gone into the legal and economic framework for hosting major sporting events at Dubai Sports City," said Khalid Al Zarooni, President of Dubai Sports City.
Dubai International Sports Conference 2007 concludes on June 6.
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Michigan is the eleventh biggest state in the nation with a population of more than nine million people. The Wolverine State is home to the Detroit River, the Grand River, the St. Clair River, St. Marys River and the Kalamazoo River, making it an ideal place to plan your next outdoor camping family vacation.
Manistee Area
The Manistee area is home to the Poncho's Pond RV Park, which is located on West Wallace Road in Ludington. You can enjoy amenities like an indoor pool, a dog walk, a fitness center and a stocked fishing pond for kids. The Twin Oaks Campground is located in the Northwoods of Manistee County and offers 68 large, level campsites with full hookups. There are also picnic areas and fire rings for your enjoyment.
Ludington Area
The Ludington Area houses the Hideaway Campground, which is located on West Silver Lake Road in Mears. The park has 215 RV sites, a playground, a pool and laundry facilities. You can take part in nearby activities like fishing, biking, and horseback riding. Pere Marquette Oaks RV Park is located in Baldwin and allows for activities like golfing and fishing. The RV lots are spacious and full hookups are available. Some of the amenities include a heated pool and hot tub, Internet connection and clean restrooms and showers.
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The Brooklyn area features the Irish Hills Resort Kampground, which is a family and group camping resort located in Cement City on US Route 12. Bring your family and partake in activities like horse back riding, swimming, fishing, volleyball and paddle boating. Pets are welcome at this resort for no additional charge. The park is open from April 30 to October 3.
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The Holiday Camping Resort is a quiet family campground located on West Stony Lake Road in New Era in the Muskegon Area. Enjoy the resort's facilities, which include an outdoor heated pool, a playground, a picnic area and full hookups for RV sites. The White River RV Park and Campground is located on Fruitvale Road in Montague and is open from May 1 to October 15. Enjoy the amenities like the heated swimming pool, picnic shelter and recreation hall. You can take part in activities like biking, basketball, fishing, and volleyball.
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Mexican Strata
|White bread slice/Whole wheat bread slice
|5 , cubed
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Plain yogurt
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Shredded monterey jack cheese with jalapeno
|2 Ounce (1/2 Cup)
|Shredded sharp cheddar cheese
|1 1⁄2 Ounce (1/3 Cup)
|Chopped sweet pepper
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs) (Red / Green)
|Prepared salsa
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
Spread bread cubes evenly in a greased 8x 1 1/2-inch round baking pan.
Set aside.
In a medium bowl beat together eggs, milk, and yogurt.
Stir in Monterey Jack cheese, cheddar cheese, and green pepper.
Pour the egg mixture over bread cubes in baking pan.
Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 24 hours.
Uncover pan before cooking.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1152 Calories from Fat 526
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 58 g88.8%
Saturated Fat 30.8 g154.2%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 749.7 mg249.9%
Sodium 2476.9 mg103.2%
Total Carbohydrates 91 g30.3%
Dietary Fiber 3.2 g13%
Sugars 29.1 g
Protein 62 g124%
Vitamin A 95.2% Vitamin C 128.5%
Calcium 131% Iron 21.5%
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Was it easy – no! Did it make me stronger as you point out Susan – yes! As I reflect on your comments and my experience I think maybe part of it for me was it gave me something I could stand up against my father. I could be strong and he couldn't change that.
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Karen A. Sprouse, 52, of Amarillo died Friday, April 6, 2007.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.
Karen was born March 2, 1955, in Plainwell, Mich., to Marvin and Ella Louise Rasnake. She grew up in Martin, Mich., and attended Martin High School. She moved to Amarillo with her family in 1973 at the age of 18. She married Marvin Sprouse in Amarillo on May 16, 1975. She was a volunteer for Catholic Family Services and Tyler Resource Center for many years. She had a servant's heart and was a caring, giving and loving person. She opened her heart and her home to her nieces, Susie, Joyce and Agnes and her nephew, Jr. and was a mother to all of them. She loved to collect porcelain dolls. She lived to serve others and was loved by all who knew her.
Survivors include her husband; a brother, Marvin Rasnake and wife Cathy of Maiden, N.C.; two sisters, Sharon Hoard and husband Gary of Bushland and Cathy Snow and fiance Robert Bailey of Amarillo; and many loving nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to Catholic Family Services of Amarillo, 200 S. Tyler St., Amarillo, TX 79101.
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LOVELOCK, Nev. (December 9, 2013) A search was underway Monday in the mountains of rural northwestern Nevada for a couple and four children who went to play in the snow Sunday and haven't returned.
Pershing County deputies say aircraft resumed the search at around 6:30 a.m. Monday for James Glanton, 34, his girlfriend, Christina McIntee, 25, and the four children, a 10-year-old, two 4-year-olds and a 3-year-old.
The relationship between the couple and children was unclear.
Officials say the group went to the Seven Troughs area at about noon Sunday in a 2005 Jeep.
Dispatcher Jerry Reid says a search and rescue operation started a little after 8 p.m. Sunday and continued through most of the night.
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I don't think this actually works well . ☹ I find no difference and I bought 4 of them .
Worked one day and quit.
I didn't find this to work the way I wanted it to in my office at work and so returned the item with no problem.
Great for the bathroom! Quiet and nice red light with a low glow is just right for pit stops in the middle of the night!
I'm so glad I bought this. I got it last night, put in my bedroom and this morning it smells so fresh. I've since moved it to my living room. I plan on getting a couple more. I think I will get one for my mother too as she has a problem with litter smell.
I had no problem with it right from the box. I really like the fact I won't have to spend a fortune on candles, air freshners and more. This one is great in that you just take out the filter wipe it off and put it back in, no replacing those either. At the price I believe these would make great gifts.
Makes a great night light. Easy to clean. Seems to work pretty well, haven't had any problems so far.
It has a year warrenty and only work a few months
good for small spaces
Unit failed after 3-4 months service. Owner's Manual does not show any warranty policy or any phone number to call the manufacturer. Unit has been cleaned per the Owner's Manual and has failed to work again. Save yourself some trouble and invest in a better unit. If the manufacturer does not print any contact information then the manufacturer does not want to hear from you. Throwing this in the trash.
Did not work at all used in very small area but no freshness. Don't know if it the product itself or just the one i got. But still gonna return
Died in the first 5 minutes it was plugged in. Tried other outlets, even let it sit for a while and tried plugging it in again . . . kaput! Spend a few more bucks and get an ionizer from a reputable company.
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Cheesy Chicken Strips
Total Time
Prep 5 mins
Cook 10 mins
From a Betty Crocker "supermarket" cookbook. My kids love these and its a great way to clean out the cupboard of all those little bits of cracker and cheese curl crumbs.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 1/4 pound)
- 2 cups cheese crackers, crushed to 1 cup (any crunchy type cheese flavored snack like cheetos, etc)
- 1⁄2 cup finely shredded cheddar cheese (finely mixes nicer but regular shredded gives a more cheesey texture)
- 1 egg
various sauces for dipping
- barbecue sauce
- ketchup
- ranch dressing
- Heat oven to 400.
- Spray with Pam or line with foil a jelly roll pan 15x10.
- Cut chicken into 1/2 inch strips lengthwise or just do nugget shapes.
- Mix crumbs and cheese in a zip loc bag.
- Beat egg in bowl and add chicken tossing to coat.
- Remove chicken and allow excess egg to drip off.
- Place chicken in bag of crumbs.
- Seal bag and shake to coat evenly.
- Remove from bag and place on baking sheet in single layer.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes til no longer pink in center, I turn them at about 8 minutes.
- Serve with sauces on the side.
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These were very good. DH was very surprised when i told him i made them with cheetos. I also used cheese its but would leave them out next time, because they made them taste a bit too much like flour. Thanks for the recipe!!
I love those Betty Crocker booklets because you can find gems like this recipe. This was even tasty and moist. I used regular shredded cheese. It is better served right away, since my leftover chicken's crust got soggy in the micro. Thanks Laurie for posting.
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Hyundai showed off its new Sonata Turbo and Sonata Hybrid yesterday at the New York Auto Show, two vehicles that should help keep the brand's mid-size sedan moving up the sales charts with a bullet. With March sales figures just trickling in, it looks like the Sonata is now the third best-selling mid-size sedan behind the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord. With its high level of equipment, style, quality and performance, it's not surprising to see this Korean doing well. Today in New York, the automaker showed how it can take that level of refinement found in the Sonata and its bigger brother, the Genesis, and ratchet it up another notch for a new flagship, the Hyundai Equus.
The Equus actually showed up last year in New York, sent over in world-market form to gauge customer interest. Apparently, it went swimmingly for Hyundai, as the production Equus will officially go on sale here towards the end of the year – well an oxymoronically named Equus, minus its signature hood ornament. Looking slightly less like the Lexus LS460 than the previous version of the car we'd seen, the U.S.-spec Equus has a shape that fits right in with upscale sedans from Buick, Lexus and Infiniti, if not Mercedes, BMW and Audi. Particularly at the rear fender, there is a swoop that doesn't quite speak luxury like the rest of the car though, reminding us more of a Dodge Charger than a Euro sedan. This production version though, particularly with its cleaner hood and grille, definitely has a refined look.
CEO John Krafcik wouldn't give us a firm number but did promise that the 385-horsepower sedan will come in with a base price somewhere between $50,000 and $60,000. The Equus will also launch a new luxury ownership experience being sold through select dealers in a dedicated area that will also include Genesis and Genesis Coupe. It will be available in four- or five-seat configurations with a mini fridge splitting the rear bucks on the rear twosome. Those backseats are also extremely comfortable, with power ventilation, heating and massage, plus a Maybach-like foot rest. Very nice.
Hyundai has also said that the Equus buying experience will be a step up from other models, with an iPad-like tablet device replacing the traditional owner's manual. We'll have full details on this interesting bit of kit shortly. For the moment, we have live shots for you below and the official press release after the jump so you can get the rest of the lowdown on this highbrow Hyundai.


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Round and Round Goes Rizzo
Coming into tonight's action Anthony Rizzo trailed Omaha's Will Myers (Double A and Triple A combined) by eight for the top spot in all of minor league baseball in total bases. So he homered twice and doubled to briefly wrest the lead away before Myers homered off of Jeff Beliveau to break a 7-7 tie in the top of the 9th and give the Storm Chasers a hard fought win in a series opener at Principal Park.
The I-Cubs climbed out of two four-run holes dug for them by punching bag Jay Jackson who faced 24 batters and threw 88 pitches in his three+ innings of hard labor.
By the way, all of Rizzo's demolition was inflicted upon left-handed pitching. The discrepancy that marked his splits early in the year has narrowed considerably. He's now hitting well above .300 against southpaws too.
Geo Soto caught half of the game to ease into his rehab stint. He went hitless but was nicked by a pitch in one at-bat and also reached on an error ahead of Rizzo's 22nd homer in the 5th. Rizzo has homered four times in two days. His double came on a 3-0 pitch. In between roundtrippers he struck out swinging on an off-speed pitch in the 3rd. His second homer came on that same pitch after he took a fastball inside.
Ty'Relle Harris tossed three+ frames of hitless relief while Iowa fought back to tie the score.
Josh Vitters had two hits and started an inning-ending 5-4-3 with a diving stop that was the most sparkling defensive play I've seen him make. Having said that, I'll eat my notepad if he ever amounts to anything at the big league level. He just ain't got the look.
Brett Jackson played left to Dave Sappelt's center tonight and was allowed to stay in the two hole despite the lefty starter. He managed a bunt single in five trips and fanned twice more.
Poor (Jay) Jackson. Inasmuch as the game was versus an AL affiliate he didn't even get to bat, something he probably enjoys more than pitching these days and is probably better at.
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Ether gets 5/85 with an easily attainable 6th year vesting option that would take it over 100m.
Let Joe Sheehan take this one...
@joe_sheehan: Locking $85MM into a non-star corner outfielder from 31-35? That usually ends well.
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Interesting tweet from everybody's favorite, Peter Gammons in the tweet box:
In their 8 months Jed Hoyer and Theo Epstein have brought 3 young potential mid-order bats to organization:Rizzo, Almora, Soler.
I forgot about Almora when I posted my posted my potential 2016 lineup of Castro, Rizzo, Soler, and Candelerio. So now we have -
3- Starlin Castro SS
4- Anthony Rizzo 1B
5 - Albert Almora
6- Javier Baez 2B
7 - Jorge Soler RF
8- Jeimer Candelerio 3B
I'm with Mike. I saw Vitters a couple times and I'm not sold, either. If the above lineup lives up to the hype these prospects have generated, it will be a hell of a lineup. But the percentages are never good even with good prospects. Some of them will go bust. Hell, Almora might even go to college.
Still, it's good to see Theocorp thinking like a good small market team. Hopefully they can get something for the few tradable veterans they have. It'll be interesting to see if Ricketts will start thinking like a big market team and get some good MLB-ready players, or continue to watch the fans disappear from Wrigley.
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I have only seen Vitters in a few games watching online, so I am interested in hearing your thoughts on him.
I think Vitters will actually produce in the majors about what he produces now....280 15-20 HR few walks or strike outs. But that again is based on just a few games and projection based on his age and his level (if he were just drafted and was his current age and hitting like this at AAA, we'd likely have higher projections). So I am interested in hearing your thoughts.
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**I think Vitters will actually produce in the majors about what he produces now....280 15-20 HR few walks or strike outs. **
That may be true, but that really isn't that good, especially for a (hopefully) competitive team at a premium offensive position. And it especially isn't good enough if he can't play 3b at the MLB level, and has to move to 1b (or the OF).
If he produces what he does now - 760 OPS, mediocre (at best) defense - that simply isn't major league caliber for a 3b. And there is little reason to believe that he could produce what he is producing now against major league pitching.
Don't get me wrong - I haven't given up on Vitters, but we need to see something better than a 760 OPS from him for him to start playing in the big leagues.
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"we need to see something better than a 760 OPS from him for him to start playing in the big leagues."
It's circular to say that Vitters won't be good because he hasn't been good. You draft and sign elite talents and then you look for them to hold their own and then eventually break out. A comparison might be another 3B about the same age as Vitters, Will Middlebrooks, who showed signs of breaking out in Pawtucket in April and was promoted to the Red Sox where so far he is hitting much better than his .787 OPS in four years in the minors.
It's hard to find minor-league splits these days but I would guess that Vitters' numbers are impressive over the last four or five weeks. Anyway, he's back on my watch list.
To a veteran Cub fan, it's kind of a fairy tale that young players get better. Sometimes they get a lot better, fast. Cub fans haven't seen that over the last few decades. Yet it happens, and often it's inevitable. I guarantee you that Castro's OPS will rise by 150 points in the next couple of seasons.
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It's circular to say that Vitters won't be good because he hasn't been good.
Where did I say that? I simply said that he had to be better than he has been. I also said that I still have hope for Vitters. And it sure as hell isn't based on his 760 OPS.
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Where did I say that ["Vitters won't be good because he hasn't been good"]?
"[T]here is little reason to believe that he could produce what he is producing now against major league pitching."
To me that says there is little reason to believe that he can do better. I pointed out that (a) he already is doing better and (b) young guys get better.
You don't have to believe it. I don't necessarily believe in Vitters myself, but you have to trust your scouting director and wait until a first-rounder is out of minor-league options like they did with Colvin.
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To me that says there is little reason to believe that he can do better.
Correct. So far there has been little reason to believe that he will do better in the big leagues than he has been in minors. I stand by that. But I did NOT say that won't be good because he hasn't been good.
I know that you hate to admit this...but minor leagues performance IS a good predictor of major league performance.
You don't have to believe it.
You seem to continue to miss that I said that I still have hope in the guy. It doesn't matter what I believe - what matters is what Vitters does on the field. I want him to get better. I still think that he can get better. But so far he hasn't really done it.
Look - I have never said Vitters won't be better. And yes, he has been better over the last two months. But I would like to see a lot more than 150 at-bats (or so) of success before I say that Vitters WILL be a successful MLB player. So far he simply hasn't been good enough.
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But producing the same amount while jumping up a level is improvement. And he's typically been young-ish for the level he's been at too. As Rob indicated, I think whomever put Hillenbrand as his comp hit the nail on the head.
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I don't disagree. And that is largely why I am still hopeful.
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I just brushed up a little on Shea Hillenbrand.
Looks like Theo Epstein made it a priority to replace Hillenbrand with someone (Bill Mueller) who could actually play third. I think we can assume that whoever mans third next year and beyond will be a glove-first guy with a little pop like Stewart (but not Stewart).
This reminds me that Vitters has no future at third with the Cubs and will have to hit like a left fielder--which means he'll have to hit better than Hillenbrand.
If Vitters is Shea Hillenbrand, he's a bust.
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I doubt if Vitters makes 2 All-star games, he'll be considered a bust, that's a decent career for most players. Maybe not as good as we all hoped at the beginning, but decent enough.
Mueller was a cheap pick-up by Red Sox as defensive insurance and a guy that took pitches, take a spot start here and there. He wasn't a replacement by any meant, he just made Hillenbrand expendable with his amazing play that season. There's no way they could have counted on Mueller to do what he did in 2003. And they got a decent haul at the time in Byung-Hung Kim for Hillenbrand for something they needed help.
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.611 OPS in April
.884 OPS in May
.815 OPS so far in June
9/37 over his last 10 games (243/300/324)
9/24 over his last 7 (brutal 0/13 against Oklahoma City near the beginning of the month).
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Not all of those guys will work out or stay at those positions. You may end up with Candelario, Vogelbach, Shoulders, Vitters all at 1B, and maybe none of them or two or three of them will end up good enough to make the majors. You've got Brett Jackson, Szczur, Ha, possibly Lake, and Reggie Golden who might turn into something in the outfield. Or none of those guys could be any good. Etc. Maybe Marco Hernandez or Arismendy Alcantara turn into decent players. Maybe Watkins is actually the 2nd baseman of the future, producing about the same value as Barney does now around the time that Barney starts earning more money. Maybe Torreyes starts hitting again and pushes his way up the prospect list.
What I see in the Cubs system now is that they have a lot of prospects for
1B (Rizzo, Vogelbach, Shoulders, Candelario, Vitters),
3B (Vitters, Candelario, Baez, Lake),
and OF (Jackson, Soler, Szczur, Ha, Lake, Dunston Jr., Trey Martin, etc.).
They have a few interesting prospects at SS and 2B (Baez, Hernandez, Torreyes, Alcantara).
And they have almost nothing at
catcher (Castillo, Micah Gibbs?),
Starting Pitcher (McNutt, Whitenack, Burke)
or Relief Pitcher (not that minor league relievers are significant prospects anyway).
But who is close to the majors on that list? Rizzo, Jackson, Castillo, and maybe Vitters. Everybody else is several years away. So it's nice to see that there are a significant number of names that could be interesting, but any of those guys could stagnate (or regress) and never be productive above A-ball. Most Cubs prospects are so far away that we have 0 idea what they will turn out to be. We won't have a sense of these guys value until sometime in 2014, for most of them, and by then many of them could be playing different positions, have developed or failed to develop power or strikezone judgment, etc.
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Some of them will be converted into pitchers.
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"Starting Pitcher (McNutt, Whitenack, Burke)"
Burke has been surprisingly good as a starter but not better than Francescon, Loosen, Jensen, Kirk, Jokisch or Del Valle, most of whom have comparable numbers at a higher level.
Here are their levels, innings, hits, walks, Ks, WHIPs:
Burke (Peoria) 67.2 inn, 51 h, 20 bb, 48 so, 1.05 whip
Francescon (Peoria-Daytona) 75.1 inn, 47 h, 22 bb, 60 so, 0.92 whip
Loosen (Daytona) 42 inn, 28 h, 16 bb, 40 so, 1.05 whip
Jensen (Peoria) 66 inn, 47 h, 23 bb, 53 so, 1.06 whip
Kirk (Daytona) 78.2 inn, 71 h 18 bb, 46 so, 1.13 whip
Jokisch (Daytona-Tenn) 80 inn, 65 h, 25 bb, 62 so, 1.13 whip
Del Valle (Daytona) 48.1 inn, 44 h, 12 bb, 35 so, 1.16 whip
As for McNutt, I think Cub fans should forget about him and Jay Jackson and learn some new names.
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he's not showing much yet (well, he is if you look deeper in the numbers), but ben wells could be a nice "system sleeper" middle/end-rotation guy.
control over a fastball + nice sinker...still very young (20 in Sept).
also, tony zych...though he's pretty much a relief candidate.
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Think I read that Wells just suffered an elbow injury?
Have to think the bullpen is in McNutt's future.
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he left his june 2nd game with an arm injury...havent heard anything, but yeah, he's injured and it's noted that it's his elbow.
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your reasonable take on the situation is not appreciated. Needs more sensationalism and an aura of absolutism that your opinion is the only valid one presented on this topic.
/sarcasm font
/that was a reply to Charlie's comment
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Gammons is a total suck ass, mouthpiece. Jim Hendry brought in Baez, Vogelbach and Rock Shoulders last June alone. Does he get credit for bringing in 3 middle of the order bats in one month?
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personally, I'm not sure I'd call Baez or Almora middle of the order bats myself.
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I'd say none of the 6 are anything close to a sure thing. I just find it annoying that Peter Gammons always goes out of his way to either a) Make everything about Boston or b) Find some way to heap praise on someone who came from Boston.
He's basically Hawk Harrelson with a different medium.
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Again, outside of guys like Harper, Trout, Strasburg....who are sure things? How many systems have multitudes of sure things?
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I'm not down on any of those prospects. I'm more making fun of the fact that Gammons is a complete and total jock sniffing shill.
Next week he's got a 1000 word column about Theo having genius foresight because he clipped a coupon to get his oil changed.
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I knew I'd have to duck for cover quoting Gammons, but it was worth it to read everyone's posts. Overall, it looks like the team has some interesting prospects down the line, but it's way down the line, and that isn't going to help Ricketts sell tickets.
Theocorp needs to do a lot more than stock up on potential guys for 2016. And Ricketts, at some point, is going to have to break open the wallet.
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I'm not sure you'll find anyone past his immediate family that thinks he'll be anything special in the majors. If he can ever get his defense to a passable level at some position, his bat should play in the majors. Young, contact, some power...it's a good combo. I don't see an All-Star or anything, but a good guy to have until he's 30.
Someone put Shea Hillebrand out there as a comp once, I can sort of see that.
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Dempster named co-player of the week with Jason Kubel.
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Looks like Vlad is going to officially call it quits .
I certainly think he deserves it, better than Dawson for sure. Probably gonna take him awhile though.
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premature report...asked for his release, still hoping for major league job.
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Reports are saying he asked for his release but is not retiring.
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it's gotta be fun to go from the hell of FL in summer getting into playing shape only to be sent to NV in summer to continue your way through the system.
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FL is hell year round.
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agreed...so much agreed.
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Having lived on the panhandle for several years, I can tell you that it's can be pretty great from late October through early March. Outside of those times its all heat, humidity, and giant bugs, though.
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I wasn't really referring to the weather.
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Rosenthal says Cubs are reluctant to take on a long term rebuild process, but Dempster should be available.
Says Indians may be one of the few good fits for Soriano.
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AZ PHIL: on many occasions you have touted Jay Jackson's hitting. Has any of the Cubs' staff indicated to you any time limit on trying him as a position player?
The Cubs have a lot invested in this guy, and I am sorry to say but I believe he just hasn't figured it out. Seems like its kickin' a dead mule.
They have had some success moving position players to pitchers. why not the other way in this case?
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Hawks to add a pitcher to roster today. Big name draft pick. Announcement this afternoon
sure to be Pierce Johnson
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nevermind, Hayden Simpson demoted.
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Iowa vs. Odorizzi and the Royals AAA team
Volstad gives up 5 ER in first on 4 hits
Bottom of 3rd, 5-0 Omaha
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Ty Wright doubled off Odorizzi and scored on an Amezaga single.
B Jackson 0/2 with 2 K's ~sigh~
5-1 through 3.
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Volstad goes 5 IP, 6 ER, 6 H, 4 BB, 4 K
95 pitches/51 strikes
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Rizzo taken out of game after sliding into dugout trying to make a catch, came up limping.
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allegedly just a bruise, seems fine.
Sacrificial Lamb
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Rowson was the minor league hitting coordinator for Yanks last 4 years (6 overall with Yanks) before joining Cubs in that capacity.
Tom Beyers takes over his role.
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Bring back Gerald Perry!
Or something.
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I thought the offense looked better under Gerald Perry than under anyone else I can remember.
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In 2008, definitely. And he supposedly emphasized patience and OBP, which would fit with the TheoCorp stuff. Not sure I've seen any real evidence of a hitting coach making a difference on an MLB team, though.
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I don't know if it's a hitting coach thing, but I definitely see teams that seem to work the count as a team. I remember the blue jays years ago using that approach against K Wood and Prior. It's a good approach to certain kinds of pitching, and I think a well coached team can have better at bats than others.
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Another Hendry big name (big $$) signing that didn't work out so well.
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Thing is, many people saw it when the signing took place.
He was the hitting coach in AL Coors field. Yet those Rangers teams routinely had one of the lowest OBP's in the AL.
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Agreed. Unlike a few of Hendry's other signing, this was dumb when he did it, and it was not hard to foresee that we would not get good value in return.
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hell, most of this place was going nuts with joy over the signing.
i'd rather be excited about someone that actually plays the game on the field.
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I don't remember it that way, but maybe I am projecting my own feelings on the rest of the board.
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going nuts with joy is an overstatement, but i saw it as a generally welcome thing that would help the club do something or other awesome...some people did note how "meh" he did outside of TEX.
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I guess I was less concerned with what he did at Texas or before, I just never want that Cubs to have the highest paid (pick your non-player and insert name here) in baseball ever again.
(With the possible exceptions for President or General Manager or whoever is picking the players)
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same...i'm sick of marquee managers/coaches/etc...
we had 2 teams this offseason "pick a guy off the street" to manage teams...ventura/matheny...it's not like CWS/STL are cellar dwelling $30-40m payroll teams or something.
staying away from having $6-$8m tied up in coaches/managers is a great start to putting a little more on the field, imo.
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James Rowson, the minor-league hitting coordinator who is replacing Rudy Jaramillo as the Cubs' hitting coach, had impressed Theo Epstein & Co. with his work on prospects like Javier Baez and Anthony Rizzo. He's considered excellent in helping hitters improve their plate discipline and learn to "grind out'' at-bats, and benefited from working under Kevin Long with the Yankees. Jaramillo, who was working for his third manager in three years, worked his rear end off to help Alfonso Soriano and other Cub veterans but Epstein decided he wasn't what he wanted long term.
Video of Rizzo's 2nd blast last night
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@DKnobler Some rival execs speculating Dempster could be traded early. Some saying right after All-Star break, others guessing pre-ASG.
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The earlier the better, for everyone.
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I'd be happy to see him go to the Dodgers this week for one of their top 5 prospects and another guy from their top 20.
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never gonna happen.
spoke too soon, their system is kind of meh
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Eovaldi would be a great grab, but I doubt they'd give him up.
Otherwise a ton of B/C arms in there. Jerry Sands has always intrigued me or Scott Van Slyke. Tim Fedorowicz (good defense, poor bat) and Gorman Erickson (good bat, poor defense) are the 2 catching prospects.
Of course, Federowicz hitting decently in AAA this year (834 OPS), while Erickson is struggling in AA.
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Two decent starting pitching prospects would probably be the best we could hope for, and it looks like most of what the Dodgers have is minor league arms.
For Garza I would hope they get at least one pitcher that is close to MLB ready, though (if they trade him, that is). Everybody knows who Dempster is--a good start to the season is only going to influence them so far, so I'm not expecting a bunch of blue-chippers or something.
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I saw on MLB trade rumors, that the O's might be looking to flip Brian Matusz for an established starter. That seems to be about fair value IMHO.
Matusz would absolutely get a boost just from the move from the AL East to the NL Central. Plus you'd have 4 more years of club control.
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they're willing to trade a guy that's never even been average or really healthy in the majors. They're too kind.
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None of those sound like anything close to enough for Dempster. Especially if he is indeed the biggest name on the market.
Lonnie Chisenhall would be a reasonable haul. Brian Matusz sounds reasonable.
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Lonnie Chisenhall would be a reasonable haul.
Delusions of grandeur.
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What do you think Dempster brings? Chisnehall last year would have probably been too much. However his stock is down right now.
Maybe Dempster and a prospect for Chisenhall and a prospect?
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However his stock is down right now.
Dempster is owed a ton and teams can't recoup prospects by offering arbitration anymore. Good news is Cubs have ton of suitors and are one of the few sellers. They'll get a decent haul, but mid-rotation upside starters is probably the peak, maybe an average regular position player. There's no All-Stars or potential All-Stars coming unless the Cubs really nail it on the prospect evaluation.
Matusz is about right, same premise as trading for Volstad and Stewart. Once upon a time prospects with lots of service time left to figure it out, but still a lot of question marks.
2 3-Star prospects otherwise, maybe someone gets desperate and coughs up a 4-star. I'm certainly not expecting any top 100 prospects.
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The Cubs will most assuredly pick up the rest of his deal. And a 1 year 12 million dollar arbitration tender on Dempster is probably a worthwhile gamble for any team that deals for him.
Bottom line is that Dempster is the biggest chip on the market. So somebody will eventually overpay for him.
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there's no gamble, you can't get prospects by offering arbitration anymore unless the player is with the team the entire season.
We'll see how much the Cubs are willing to pay this time, it's one thing when it's a headache you want to get rid of, another when it's a valuable trade chip. I doubt they pick up more than half and I doubt teams will give up a ton for a 2 months of a 35 year old pitcher.
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there's no gamble, you can't get prospects by offering arbitration anymore unless the player is with the team the entire season.
Aw shit. I forgot about this. Should've started the sale in the offseason.
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Just to clarify, free-agent compensation no longer involves arbitration.
In order to get a draft pick a club will have to offer the MLB Article XX-B FA a one-year guaranteed contract with a salary at least equal to the average salary of the 125 highest-paid MLB players from the previous season, and it must decide whether to make this offer by the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series.
If offered such a contract, the player has a week to accept or decline, and if the player declines and signs with another club, the player's former team automatically gets a supplemental 1st round pick (between the 1st & 2nd round) in the next Rule 4 Draft (First-Year Player Draft), with the slot dependent on the standings from the previous season (worse record gets a higher slot).
So the Cubs could opt to keep Dempster, and then after the World Series offer him a guaranteed 2013 contract with a salary at least equal to the average salary of the 125 highest-paid MLB players in 2012 (probably about $13M), and if he accepts the Cubs get to keep him for another year, and if he declines and he subsequently signs with another club, the Cubs get a compensation draft pick between the 1st and 2nd rounds in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft (probably pick #31 or #32 overall).
The Cubs could opt to do the same thing with Matt Garza when he becomes an Article XX-B MLB FA post-2013.
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wow, rangers didn't even make the list.
he's got friends in TX...though most are in Austin-area. they might stay away because of fear of HR given up/cost...they can't sign all those guys long term when they're performing at that kind of level.
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Slick-fielding shortstop Jose Iglesias would allow the Cubs to move Castro to third base,
someone else daring to suggest Castro is moved to 3B?
that being said, not a trade I'd want the Cubs to make.
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jose iglasias is a mistake theo should never associate himself with again...especially after the g.concepcion thing.
plus, he's probably owed at least $4-5m on his 4yr/$8.2m deal
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Are we really that excited over the prospect of a .760 OPS Third Basemen with a shaky glove?
At least at 2nd base he will be a plus offensive player.
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regardless of what you feel I should be excited about or the fact that you believe Castro has reached his offensive peak at age 22, most players with strong arms get moved to 3b from SS, and almost never to 2b.
That all being said, my money is on Castro staying at SS through age 30.
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He might very well take another step forward at some point. However he is almost at 1500 MLB at bats thus far and he's been virtually the same from day 1.
At what point does he take that next step? At what point do you just accept that he is what he is?
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At what point does he take that next step?
May 22, 2015 - mark your calendar
At what point do you just accept that he is what he is?
not at age 22
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that was kinda my issue with him being rushed to the bigs.
he was ready, true...but the cubs are in a position where they might have to pay him a lot of money based on a slugger potential that could easily show up as not show up.
you could make a solid argument for him being a 20-30 HR guy as easily as him being a 10-15 HR guy at this point.
i just wish they would have waited til 2011 to work him into the bigs. it's not like the 1 extra year would be a slam-dunk for evaluation, but he's just sooooo young, still. both his D and bat/power could get better as easily as they could stay where they're at.
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I'm with you. Especially when you consider that bringing him up was more or less a publicity stunt by a desperate GM trying to save his job.
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It makes no sense to move Castro to 3B unless he puts on weight and loses range.
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given the amount of SS's in the system ready to take over in 2013...aka, none...i doubt the cubs will have to deal with it for a while...maybe not even 2014.
The Joy of Jamarillo
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always spot on
~pats self on back~
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Sorry crunch, I don't see anyone in that thread licking his balls.
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there's a number of hope+woo posts for rudy outside of the scattering in that thread.
"going nuts with joy is an overstatement, but i saw it as a generally welcome thing that would help the club do something or other awesome...some people did note how "meh" he did outside of TEX."
i didn't see as much "most people saw it was a bad signing" thing as much as the "woos" and hope stuff.
either way, it's better than doing this kind of stuff on manager money.
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To me it seems like almost everybody expressed indifference. After all, we'd all gone through the Gerald Perry thing recently.
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like everything around here, the reactions were varied, there's almost never a consensus on anything.
Then 2 weeks, 2 months, 2 years later the reaction is grossly exaggerated by people with a need to prove they think they were right about something, even though no one is keeping score except them.
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you're on a roll today.
care to hear my opinon of ian stewart or ryan theriot?
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never forget this...
you're as full of shit as me, Real Neal, Mike C., Chad, MannyTrillo and just about everyone else that is on this board or ever was.
don't for one second let yourself believe you're more important or more right than anyone else on here.
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I keep score everyday! Crunch has been correct 1,485 times, Rob G. 836 times, and Manny -622 times.
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Small sample size?
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this is all very important business we do here.
*shuffles some very important papers in a hurried manner*
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I think the official scorer has been a bit generous to me.
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volstad (AAA)
5ip 6h 6er 4bb 4k
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Some perspective (mostly for my own benefit): Dan Straily beat MadBum 2-1 today as the Reds took 2 of 3 in SF. Giants are 2-9 since the break and their lead over LA is down to 2.5 games. So, yeah...baseball. It'll drive ya nuts.
McNutt / Archer didn't work out well for us.
The floor is more valuable than the ceiling. It's the same reason we drafted Kris Bryant instead of Jon Gray.
Apparently the Yankees had the choice of either Gleyber Torres or Eloy Jimenez in the Chapman deal, and they chose Torres.
Chapman shouldn't be reserved anymore on 40 man.
Interesting split on Heyward according to ESPN. As a CF, his slash line .292/.363/.375/.738. At RF: .212/.204/.300/.604. 21/72 as a CF, 58/273 as a RF.
He's also been better when batting 2nd, but he had a nice start in the 6 hole, but has slumped ever since. He was heating up before the All Star break, but is only hitting .108 in the 2nd half.
When we played the Reds with Chapman, I always thought of it as an eight-inning game. So now other teams have eight innings to try to get a lead against the Cubs. Should be a challenge, assuming three or four Cubs ever start hitting again.
I don't really try to get to know and like these players personally. I'm rooting for laundry, for the most part. Exceptions might be when a player makes trouble in the clubhouse or in the dugout. (Zambrano and Bradley come to mind. Also Papelbon.) But I don't think Chapman is one of those jerks.
Unfortunately, a pretty good summary. It looks like next year Heyward will be getting yet another batting stance adjustment.
The recent good news has been Baez. I'm afraid about the next league adjustment on him, though, which is probably right around the corner.
Bryant I don't worry about too much. Just not seeing the ball well right now. He'll turn it around. Russell's been good with men in scoring position all year and he's 22ish. He'll be fine but next year is likely to be his breakout year.
If Travis' back-to-back-to-back walks cost Hendricks the ERA title, that would really suck.
Edit: "A lifeless loss to a lousy Sox team."
This place is a real downer after a loss to the Sox.
I expect they will go 5-9 games above .500 the rest of the year. 96-98 wins will win the Division.
They should have one more 2-3 week hot streak in them.
However, several players are just "average" for the last month: Zobrist, Ross, Russell, Ceasar. Montero is terrible, plus he cannot throw anyone out. -WAR. Heyward is abysmal at the plate, but a plus in the OF. Still with RISP he has been terrible. KB has not been driving in runs as of late. But Apparently the team is still above average with RISP according to S Sahadev.
I came to that realization tonight. I kept expecting them to play better, but now I realize they aren't going to. They are a .500 team now.
- They have one reliable starting pitcher. Jake's magic is gone, and it doesn't look like it's coming back. Lester has been lousy recently. Lackey's ERA goes up every time he pitches.
- Heyward has been dead weight all year. I can't remember a single series where he was a significant offensive contributor. Not one. Great defense, but but if he were hitting .270 with 10 HR and played average defense, the Cubs would be better off.
new rule...no one's allowed to throw k.bryant a changeup
Team is .500 since early May and is playing like a .500 team. Lack of offense seems to be putting a lot of pressure on the pitchers...and they aren't handling it terribly well.
.500 the rest of the way still may win the division though.
...i hate espn.
nothing like settling into a cubs game to get a few minutes cutaway for an ortiz AB in the 6th inning of the det/bos game.
oh, at least they're doing split screen now...i guess.


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Recent changes to 449: Notify user if restart is requiredhttps://sourceforge.net/p/jedit/feature-requests/449/2012-08-23T17:36:53ZNotify user if restart is required2012-08-23T17:36:53Z2012-08-23T17:36:53ZStevehttps://sourceforge.net/u/snarum-micron/https://sourceforge.net94347eb133a9871e62bbf08695cf25f6017bf364

There are some changes the user can make in the Options pane that do not take affect until jEdit is restarted, but there is no notification to the user of this. For an example, the "Docking framework" pull-down in the Docking page, does not actually seem to do anything if the user switches it from "Original" to "MyDoggy" or back, making the user think the MyDoggy plugin is broken, or that the bug they are reporting still happens without MyDoggy. Only after a restart does the change seem to take effect. I understand that this is sometimes unavoidable, but it seems that the tool could show a dialog telling the user that a restart is required, with buttons for "Restart Now", "Restart Later", and "Cancel" (similar to the Updater plugin) which would restart jEdit, or make the settings change but not restart, or not make the settings change and return to the options page, respectively.