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Preparing for the 2012 Apocalypse
According to the Mayan calendar, the Cubs will win the World Series in 2012, causing an apocalypse about six weeks later.
So since it's getting late, here's a look ahead at what the Cubs roster might look like in about six months, and what the player payroll obligations will be going into the historic 2012 season.
This does not address potential free-agents the Cubs might pursue or players the Cubs might target in a trade, although it should give you some idea of how much the Cubs might have available to spend for free-agents.
NOTE: "OUT OF MINOR LEAGUE OPTIONS IN 2012" applies only to players who will have less than five years of MLB Service Time accrued through the 2011 season, because players with five or more years of MLB Service Time can refuse an assignment to the minors even if they have minor league options left.
39 players (one slot will probably be left open)
* bats or throws left
# bats both
* JEFF BELIVEAU (will likely be added to 40-man roster by 11/20 deadline)
Alberto Cabrera
Chris Carpenter
Andrew Cashner
Casey Coleman
Ryan Dempster
Rafael Dolis
Matt Garza
* John Gaub
ANGEL GUZMAN (will likely be added to 40-man roster in September)
JAY JACKSON (will likely be added to 40-man roster by 11/20 deadline)
* Scott Maine
Carlos Marmol
* Sean Marshall
Marcos Mateo
* James Russell
Jeff Samardzija
Kyle Smit
Randy Wells
Carlos Zambrano
OUT OF MINOR LEAGUE OPTIONS IN 2012: Guzman, Mateo, and Samardzija
ARBITRATION ELIGIBLE POST-2011: Garza, Guzman, and Wells
Welington Castillo
* STEVE CLEVENGER (will likely be added to 40-man roster by 11/20 deadline)
# Koyie Hill
Geovany Soto
OUT OF MINOR LEAGUE OPTIONS IN 2012: Soto
ARBITRATION ELIGIBLE POST-2011: Hill and Soto
Jeff Baker
Darwin Barney
Starlin Castro
* Blake DeWitt
* RYAN FLAHERTY (will likely be added to 40-man roster by 11/20 deadline)
# MARWIN GONZALEZ (will likely be added to 40-man roster by 11/20 deadline)
* BRYAN LAHAIR (will likely be added to 40-man roster in September)
D. J. LeMahieu
JOSH VITTERS (will likely be added to 40-man roster by 11/20 deadline)
OUT OF MINOR LEAGUE OPTIONS IN 2012: Lahair (only matters if he is on 40-man roster, otherwise he is a minor league FA)
ARBITRATION ELIGIBLE POST-2011: Baker and DeWitt
Marlon Byrd
* Tony Campana
* Tyler Colvin
Luis Montanez
Alfonso Soriano
MATT SZCZUR (will likely be added to 40-man roster by 11/20 deadline)
ARBITRATION ELIGIBLE POST-2011: Montanez could qualify as a "Super Two" (still TBD)
Justin Berg, P (would be out of minor league options in 2012)
Esmailin Caridad, P
# Fernando Perez, OF (would be out of minor league options in 2012)
Brian Schlitter, P (after he is reinstateed from 60-day DL post-2011)
ELIGIBLE TO BE MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENT IF OUTRIGHTED: Berg and F. Perez can be minor league free-agents post-2011 if outrighted to minors, but Caridad and Schlitter cannot be minor league FA until post-2014
NOTE: It's possible that one or more of the veteran minor leaguers presently at Iowa (like Bryan Lahair, Scott Moore, Augie Ojeda, and/or Bobby Scales) could get a September "courtesy" call-up, but if that happens, all except Lahair would likely get outrighted back to the minors after the season (and then each can be a minor league FA), with Lahair probably kept on the 40-man roster at least until a first-baseman is signed or acquired via trade during the off-season.
* Doug Davis, P
Ryan Dempster, RHP (player option)
* John Grabow, P
Reed Johnson, OF
Rodrigo Lopez, P
* Carlos Pena, 1B
Aramis Ramirez, 3B (mutual option with club option $2M buy-out)
Kerry Wood, P
* Kosuke Fukudome, OF
NOTE: Salaries do not include signing bonuses not actually paid in 2012
+ Has NO TRADE rights in 2012
+ Alfonso Soriano ($18M 2012 through 2014)
+ Carlos Zambrano ($18M in 2012 and a $19.25M vesting-player option in 2013)
+ Aramis Ramirez ($16M mutual option or $2M club buy-out in 2012)
+ Ryan Dempster ($15.5M player option in 2012)
Carlos Silva (RELEASED - $2M 2012 buy-out still to be paid)
Carlos Marmol ($7M in 2012 and $9.8M in 2013)
Marlon Byrd ($6.5M in 2012)
Carlos Pena (FA post-2011 - $5M deferred from 2011 salary to be paid pre-2012)
Sean Marshall ($3.1M in 2012)
+ Jeff Samardzija ($3M club option in 2012 and $3.5 mutual option in 2013)
SUB-TOTAL: $94M (or $77M if Ramirez and Samardzija club options are declined)
NOTE: If Samardzija's 2012 club option is declined, he would lose his "no trade" rights and would revert back to being an "auto-renewal" player for 2012 (thereby being subject to a unilateral club option 20% pay-cut from his 2011 $3M salary), and if he is cut the max 20%, he would receive a non-guaranteed $2.4M contract for 2012 (and Cubs would owe him $600K severance if he is released prior to 2012 Opening Day). Samardzija will not be eligible for salary arbitration until after the 2012 season.
Jeff Baker ($2M?)
Blake DeWitt ($1.25M?)
Kosuke Fukudome (see NOTE)
Matt Garza ($9M?)
ANGEL GUZMAN ($1M? - but only if he is added to 40-man roster prior to becoming a minor league FA)
Koyie Hill ($1M?)
Luis Montanez ($750K? - but only if he qualifies for Salary Arbitration as a "Super Two")
Geovany Soto ($5M?)
Randy Wells ($3M?)
NOTE: Kosuke Fukudome is technically eligible for salary arbitration post-2011, but he has the right to demand his Outright Release if he has not signed a contract-extension by 11-15-2011
ESTIMATED SUB-TOTAL: $23M (presuming Fukudome is released)
Darwin Barney
JEFF BELIVEAU (presuming he is added to 40-man roster)
Alberto Cabrera
Tony Campana
Chris Carpenter
Andrew Cashner
Welington Castillo
Starlin Castro
STEVE CLEVENGER (presuming he is added to 40-man roster)
Casey Coleman
Tyler Colvin
Rafael Dolis
John Gaub
MARWIN GONZALEZ (presuming he is added to 40-man roster)
RYAN FLAHERTY (presuming he is added to 40-man roster)
BRYAN LAHAIR (presuming he is added to 40-man roster)
D. J. LeMahieu
Scott Maine
Marcos Mateo
Luis Montanez - unless eligible for Salary Arbitration as a "Super Two" (see above)
James Russell
Jeff Samardzija ($2.4M - but only if 2012 club option is declined)
Kyle Smit
MATT SZCZUR (presuming he is added to 40-man roster)
JOSH VITTERS (presuming he is added to 40-man roster)
ESTIMATED SUB-TOTAL: $8M (includes $2.4M salary for Samardzija, average $450K 2011 salary for 10 auto-renewal players on MLB 25-man roster, and average $75K minor league "split" salary for the 15 players who would be on optional assignment to minors)
ESTIMATED PROJECTED TOTAL 2012 PAYROLL: $108M (presuming Ramirez club option is declined, Fukudome is released, Samardzija's option is declined and he becomes an "auto-renewal" player, and none of the MLB free-agents are offered salary arbitration)
NOTE: The Cubs could net about $4M in 2012 payroll savings by non-tendering Samardzija, K. Hill, DeWitt, and Montanez, and not adding Guzman to the 40-man roster, and then replacing them on the 25-man roster with five auto-renewal players making an average of $450K, but that still only gets the 2012 payroll down to about $104M.
2012 CUBS MLB PAYROLL BUDGET: $???M (it appears that the 2011 Cubs MLB payroll budget is around $130M)
NOTE: The Cubs 2010 (last year's) payroll budget was apparently originally somewhere around $140M, but the team actually only ended up spending about $132M of it after Dempster's contract was re-structured (back-loaded) and Lilly, Theriot, D. Lee, and Fontenot were traded. The Cubs right now are on target to spend about $128M in player payroll in 2011, but it could be reduced if some of the veteran players (like Pena, Grabow, Wood, et al) are traded later in the season.
Brad Snyder, OF
NOTE: An minor league player eligible to be an Article XX-D free-agent is not eligible to be a free-agent if the player is added back to an MLB 40-man roster prior to the conclusion of the MLB regular season. A player eligible to be an Article XX-D minor league free-agent can file for free-agency beginning on the day after the conclusion of the MLB regular season up through October 15th. The player's former club does not receive any compensation if the player signs with a new club.
NOTE: A minor league player eligible to be a Rule 55 free-agent is not eligible to be a FA if the player is added to his club's 40-man roster by the 4th day following the conclusion of the World Series.
James Adduci, OF
Justin Berg, RHP (but only if outrighted to minors)
Marco Carrillo, RHP
Robert Coello, RHP
ANGEL GUZMAN, RHP (likely to be added to 40-man roster in September)
Dylan Johnston, RHP
BRYAN LAHAIR, 1B (likely to be added to 40-man roster in September)
Mario Mercedes, C
Scott Moore, INF
Jonathan Mota, INF
Augie Ojeda, INF
Ramon Ortiz, RHP
Fernando Perez, OF (but only if outrighted to minors)
Chris Robinson, C
Bobby Scales, INF
Alvaro Sosa, RHP
Jeff Stevens, RHP
John Urick, 1B (player-coach)
Adrian Aviles, LHP (previously released by LAD)
Austin Bibens-Dirkx, RHP (previously released by SEA)
Carlos Figueroa, INF (previously released by COL)
Jeffry Antigua, LHP
Adrian Aviles, LHP (unless MLB Rule 55 minor league FA - see above)
JEFF BELIVEAU, LHP (likely to be added to 40-man roster post-2011)
Austin Bibens-Dirkx, RHP (unless MLB Rule 55 minor league FA - see above)
Smaily Borges, OF
Michael Brenly, C
Justin Bristow, RHP
Michael Burgess, OF
Kyler Burke, LHP (ex-OF)
David Cales, RHP
Matt Camp, IF-OF
Hung-Wen Chen, RHP
STEVE CLEVENGER, C-1B (likely to be added to 40-man roster post-2011)
Manolin DeLeon, RHP
Carlos Figueroa, INF (unless MLB Rule 55 minor league FA - see above)
Eduardo Figueroa, RHP
RYAN FLAHERTY, IF-OF (likely to be added to 40-man roster post-2011)
Luis Flores, C
MARWIN GONZALEZ, IF-OF (likely to be added to 40-man roster post-2011)
Miguel Gonzalez, C
Yohan Gonzalez, RHP
Jose Guevara, C
Gian Guzman, INF-RHP (player-coach)
Marcus Hatley, RHP
JAY JACKSON, RHP (likely to be added to 40-man roster post-2011)
Junior Lake, INF
Blake Lalli, C-1B
Jordan Latham, RHP
David Macias, IF-OF
Oswaldo Martinez, RHP
Craig Muschko, RHP
Jon Nagel, RHP
Jake Opitz, INF
Blake Parker, RHP
Nelson Perez, OF
Ramon Reyes, RHP
Dae-Eun Rhee, RHP
Rebel Ridling, 1B
Carlos Romero, C
Nate Samson, INF
Ryan Searle, RHP
Marquez Smith, 3B
Matt Spencer, 1B-OF
Larry Suarez, RHP
MATT SZCZUR, OF (likely to be added to 40-man roster post-2011)
Jose Tineo, RHP
Jose Valdez, OF
JOSH VITTERS, 3B-1B (likely to be added to 40-man roster post-2011)
Ty Wright, OF
NOTE: A player on this list is not eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft if he is added to an MLB 40-man roster by 11/20. Any free-agent signed to a minor league contract prior to the Rule 5 Draft is eligible for selection.
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AZ Phil: You are right in my wheelhouse. My brothers and I have been discussing this for a while. When visiting other ballparks, we share the knowledge of the 2012 World Series Winning Cubs to the people: "Repent! Reds Fans, Brewers Fans, Pirates Fans!,.etc.,etc.,"
Reguardless of who's on the roster, the Cubs will win 2012 ...According to the Mayan calendar, if it is in fact, correct. Works for me.
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Castro 6, Johnson 8, Baker 3, Ramirez 5, Soto 2, Montanez 9, DeWitt 7, LeMahieu 4, Zambrano 1
LHP Narveson goes for Brewers...
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mentioned earlier I believe, but Barney probably going to DL, I assume Soriano gets activated to take his spot.
Q-Ball's quote from yesterday
"His knee got banged up on that slide a little bit," Quade said. "Poetic justice for not being as far toward second base on the double as he probably should've been. ... I don't think it's anything serious. He's fine."
Dr. Q-Ball he is not...
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Ha... did Quade really say, "Thats what happens when you are a shitty baserunner!"
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I'm sure he said it in a sarcastic fashion, but that was the jist of it.
apparently he's okay with getting on the rookies, just not the vets.
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"Thats what happens when you are a shitty baserunner!"
Barney is considered a very good baserunner. It's why he has scored 34 runs this year in spite of a low OBP and poor run production from the middle of the order. Check out our leadoff hitter's runs-scored number some time when you have a minute.
Quade doesn't appear to know this either, so I guess I'll have to reluctantly give YOU a pass, but it's obvious from WGN's first-base camera replay (showing Barney and the left fielder in the same frame) that Barney was trying to get back to first on Pena's catchable warning-track fly, in order to tag up and go to second. He was being aggressive, not stupid.
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good point
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Barney does seem like a good baserunner for the most part imo, takes a lot of extra bases and BP has him rated at the best Cub, with Fukudome second to last.
I can't find the play on video anywhere, but you don't tag from first unless you're 98% certain the guy is going to catch the ball and is headed away from the base. Anything to left field, he should be on second base or a few steps past it, ready to go back, especially in a 1-run game. If he thinks he can beat a throw to second base on a tag up, he can just steal second base. Radio call sure didn't make it sound like it was a can of corn for Braun in anyway which was why I originally asked in a previous thread how he didn't score.
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mlb.com, the Bob & Len broadcast, first replay: they show the ball off the bat, then shift to a closeup of Braun missing it, then they go back a few seconds to Barney racing back to first while, in the same frame, Braun is waiting for the ball.
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I watched the play live, and saw the replays, and sure, he may have been trying to tag up. Or he may have been stupid, and thought that he had to get back to 1b for some reason. But you simply don't choose to tag up on that play. That is base running 101. He was wrong, and both Barney and Quade admitted as much. Per Barney: "I made the wrong read and luckily I still got to third. I should've scored on that play." (http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index...)
Like Rob, I don't really think that Barney is a bad baserunner. And I was pretty clearly sarcastically paraphrasing Quade. But he did run the bases poorly on that play. But if you would prefer to think that you know more about what happened on that play than both Quade and Barney, go ahead.
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I think I know what happened on the play, and I also think I added something to the discussion, since nobody else was mentioning a tag-up. Whether tagging up was a good decision, I don't think I ever weighed in on.
We all have a responsibility to add something to these discussions, rather than just subtract. Right?
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Whether tagging up was a good decision, I don't think I ever weighed in on.
Actually, you did, in saying this: "He was being aggressive, not stupid."
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Check out our leadoff hitter's runs-scored number some time when you have a minute.
And that is relevant to Barney's base running how?
He was being aggressive, not stupid.
No... it is stupid, and simply not how you run the bases on that play. It was bad base running. I would MUCH rather have Barney score on that play than get to second on a fly out.
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rotoworld says at least 3 weeks w/o Barney.
now will Q-Ball remember that Baker is still useless vs. righties?
be a good time to switch Lamehieu for Ryan Flaherty
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Let's see if the new keystone combo makes more or fewer double plays minus Barney.
Cubs are last in the league at this point.
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I agree. LeMahieu has probably watched enough MLB games so it's time to call up another prospect to sit the bench and watch Baker & DeWitt (that is unless they're playing outfield that day).
This is a three-ring circus.
Alfonso Soriano's endless contract
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Ricketts speaks...
cliff notes
- vote of confidence for Hendry and Q-Ball
- Wrigley not a dump
- says winning will bring fans, not least bit worried about attendance right now
- says debt structure is a non-issue and will have no effect on signing free agents
- didn't care much for Z's comments, but not a big deal either, same about shirt yesterday although doesn't want players wearing them outside of the clubhouse because of the language
(dismissive wanking motion)
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Ricketts also said he won't hire a CEO to replace Crane Kenney that has any actual baseball experience.
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Once again I will give him this year, and if all the bs he said stands in the offseason we can gather the pitchforks and torches.
/ a riot is an ugly thing
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and as I said, Andy McPhail was a CEO that had baseball experience, what's the rush to do that again.
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And as I posted, it was in the article, why censor it out in your roundup?
It's a major point.
And Andy McPhail did suck, but to be fair to an extent, he never had a ton of money to spend here. Not that I'm trying to be put in the position to defend him, but I would think having a baseball guy overseeing a baseball franchise makes more sense than having a failed newspaper executive in charge.
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It's this part I object to: "Then what do you get, a baseball guy to watch the baseball guy who's watching your baseball guys?"
Hey, Tom, don't do the reductio ad absurdam argument. This is the Cubs; it's *all* absurdam. You know that this organization has been run by lackadaisical fools for much of its post-1930s existence. The implication that multiple levels of baseball experience and competence could somehow hurt the club is snotty at best and disingenuous at worst.
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Is Jim Hendry a baseball guy?
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I'm guessing he's considered so by people who matter. From what I've read, I think so too, but then I don't matter.
I understood Ricketts to be addressing whether he should have ashcanned Kenney (the most glaringly "non-baseball-guy") and instead hired a Gillick/Alderson/Towers type. I'm still not sure if having done so would have meant improvements ("baseball guys" can make crap decisions too), but Ricketts' childish response grates on me. No, Tom, nobody is saying you need to hire 147 VPs of baseball ops. Sheesh.
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My comment about Jim Hendry was snark and was a commentary on his performance... or lack thereof.
Obviously, Jim Hendry is a baseball guy. He is the heart and soul of the Chicago Cubs. And this may be getting into my opinion rather than provable fact, but I believe Jim's stamp is on nearly every aspect of this organization from minor league coaches to scouts to large free agent acquisitions. This is, I believe, one reason why Jim Hendry is slow to go; because he IS the Chicago Cubs.
Regarding Tom Rickett's comment regarding a baseball guy team president... I think it all just depends on the GM. Jim Hendry, good or bad, doesn't really need a team president micromanaging him. Of course, the entire conversation about a 'baseball guy' is kind of strange to me as the term 'baseball guy' seems to be this ill-defined, nebulous person. I assume 'baseball guy' means someone who has worn a uniform and/or been involved in the baseball business most of his life. If this is the definition, then I would say Jim Hendry does not need a team president who is a baseball guy. I wouldn't say that about every GM, however.
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Nice comment. Good stuff.
Things are a bit hazy right now with the Cubs, a team in transition. We'll all know for sure in a year or two whether they are going in the right direction, but in the meantime Hendry is still going to be there.
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Sorry, I missed the snark. I, as you may know, stinks.
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Those first two points do not represent reality, so it doesn't make me too confident that Ricketts is telling the truth about the fourth point.
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scott hatteberg playing shitty 1st base without the power and molina-like speed...but hey, he can take a walk and not score without 2+ hits if needed...or 3 walks =p
get on base, don't score, ride your pitching into the ground...woo.
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must have been a different 1999-2002 A's team playing in your universe...
you'd be better served playing the 'roids angle if you want to disservice those teams.
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hatteberg's character was hitting in the clip.
that was him (or his actor) murdering grounders at 1st, too.
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his character in the film is most likely the vehicle to show beane's ability to pick a diamond in the rough deemed expendable by another organization and turn him into something new.
he took a castoff backup catcher DFA'd by BOS and turned him into a sub-par 1st base starter that won't ask for 5-10m bucks. i'm sure he'll be hitting homers and going from crappy D to good D in the movie, though.
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Beane must be pretty pleased with Pitt playing him.
Also, Bennett Miller, Director, did a pretty amazing job previously with Capote.
I think I'll see "Tree of Life" and then "Moneyball" for back-to-back Pitt.
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Did my best to fill out a 25 man roster given the 39/40 spots on the 40 man, with the last spot going to your pick of Pujols/Fielder or other. It looks like we're going to have to drop a few players from the 40 in order to field a major league team next season. Out of the 39 players left on the 40, who is most likely to be released?
I'm thinking Montanez, Campana, Hill (please) and possibly Mateo or Coleman?
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Sori behind Fielder?
Fielder may get IBB every at bat
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What makes you think that Soriano would hit 4th? There is no way that happens.
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Interesting that you have Baker as the starting 3B. That could happen.
Four pitchers on the 40-man who have pitched poorly in the minors this season are Cabrera, Caridad, Mateo and Kyle Smit. Cabrera is 22 and Smit 23, but Caridad and Mateo are 27+.
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Cashner back to the pen?
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Phil...so is Kerry Wood the pitching coach for 2012?
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3/44, Boston Bruins beat Vancouver Big Mouths in game 7 of the Stanley Cup. Now Loungo can go enjoy his offseason with Lebron while they mock the winning teams.
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Everyone loves an underdog.
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Reed 3-run HR after walks to Z and Castro (good night t buy lottery tickets), Z shit the bed though on the mound and Cubs are losing 5-4 in the 5th.
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Carpenter switched to Angel Guzman's old number.
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Thus the great fastballs that still get hit, just like what happened to Gooz when he first came up.
Actually, Carpenter's velocity is outstanding -- hit 99 mph twice, per gameday. Now, if he can learn where to put it and mix in a few off-speed pitches, we may have another nice bullpen power arm.
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Wasn't Carpenter suppose to be a starter?
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I believe Carpenter had a high pitch count issue when starting?
This was a command issue or something...anyway I know he was moved to the bullpen last season.
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carp can't work deep because of his control and disappointing lack of developing secondary stuff.
he's pretty much a 95-98+mph fastball and a slider he's almost afraid to use.
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Thursday's line up:
Fukudome, Castro, DeWitt, Ramirez, Pena, Soriano, Soto, Campana, Garza
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DeWitt third---how does Q-Ball keep a straight face....
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Minor league Draft Eligible players that seem vulnerable
I am surprised the Cubs would risk losing Lake and to a lesser degree Spencer and Ridling. It seems to point to two problems we have. With a bunch of good but unspectacular prospects, inevitably we must choose who to hold and who to fold. Particularly this year we're watching barely adequate veterans being played when it appears prudent to get a good look at draft eligible minor leaguers such as the above mentioned so we don't see another McGehee slip through our fingers. LaHair might be a placeholder but it would be nice to see what Ridling might look like at 1B. And rather than add another middling RF, why not look at Spencer before we allow someone to get him for $50K. As for Lake, that's the problem with signing young Dominican players who go on the eligible list at 20 before we've seen them finally mature.
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That makes it all the more confusing that a guy like LeMath would be called up so early?
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I saw Carpenter throw all 3 times he's been in Chicago. I sit behind home plate and watch the new guys closely. He has been at 95-99 and 87-90 with the slider. Having not seen him before, I am actually impressed with his slider. Both his K's have come on nasty sinking sliders, his FB has a decent tail and he got ARod and Swisher out on weak ground balls on sliders, Swishers a 3-2 pitch one. Teixeira out on a on the hands FB that was popped up to right.I have been impressed so far as he has been in tight situations and handled it well for a rookie.
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A left-handed one...
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
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5 Famous Writers With Flaws Everyone Tries to Ignore
A lot of you are probably going through midterms right now, and writing papers, and generally trying your best not to waste the several tens of thousands of dollars you've spent to be taught things you've suddenly realized you're not that interested in. And that's good and wise, and I won't fault you for trying, as wasting thousands of dollars at a time isn't something Cracked generally endorses, unless you're buying a really kickass trampoline or something. But you'll be happy to know that you're right for not being interested in what you're being made to study.
Specifically, many of the classic works and writers of English literature are absolutely rotten with flaws. Obviously this is a slightly subjective statement, and many will disagree with me. After all, I am just some guy, and even if I'm not the only one to have pointed out these flaws, there are just as many people who consider them not flaws at all.
They're wrong, though.
#5. Charles Dickens -- Coincidences
Most readers are generally tolerant of a single unlikely event or sequence to start a story off. "What if someone from the 21st century arrived in the future and met the characters from Star Trek and they all started fucking each other?" is a good example. But as the story progresses, coincidences are much less tolerated. They reek of artifice, of an author who can't resolve a plot any other way, and in general take the reader out of the story.
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"I can accept that this strange visitor from the past is a capable shuttlecraft pilot thanks to his years of video game experience, but that he's ALSO a skilled and generous lover is too much to ask."
Charles Dickens didn't believe in any of that shit and used coincidence the way other writers use verbs. His stories are littered with coincidence. A Tale of Two Cities has important plot points centered on the fact that two characters look the same. Oliver Twist features an orphan rescued from the world of street crime by a benevolent upper class family, only to discover that he's the long-lost nephew of that family (and the long-lost half-brother of a man who'd been pursuing him). In Great Expectations, characters overhear conversations that are incredibly unlikely to have taken place in their presence and accidentally bump into each other in places none of them would ever likely be.
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"Wouldn't it be weird if we lost touch with each other and independently came back here for no reason at all 11 years from now and everything wrapped itself up happily?"
"Oh. Well, all right then."
I should point out that Dickens didn't do this lazily; his use of coincidence was a wholly deliberate writing choice. Dickens found his own life full of coincidences and felt that the world was much smaller than we perceived it, that people we felt were a great distance away were in fact much closer. So this is arguably a stylistic choice, rather than a flaw, and I encourage you to think just that as you wait for life to provide you the coincidental happy ending you so richly deserve.
#4. Orwell -- Ham-Fisted Satire
George Orwell did not like the Soviet Union. That's a pretty reasonable position to take, but what differentiated Orwell from everyone else in the First World was that he was hating the Soviet Union during the depths of World War II, back when they were ostensibly our allies. Orwell was basically the hipster of hating the Soviet Union.
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"Yeah, I'm kinda over hating Nazis. You heard of the Soviets? Didn't think so."
Although most famous for Nineteen Eighty-Four, which is itself not exactly a lipstick-stained love letter to totalitarianism, it's Orwell's other famous work, Animal Farm, that we'll talk about here. Animal Farm is an allegory about a bunch of animals who take over their farm and install a new form of government not dissimilar to Soviet communism. It's a satire, which is fine, but it's done in such an over-the-top manner that it feels obvious, even garish. It's like something you'd use to teach a baby about satire.
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"Now, as you can see, this is more of a Juvenalian satire rather than Horatian and ... hey. HEY. Pay attention."
There's nothing subtle here at all. Everything that happens in the novel is an obvious stand-in for a real-world event in the history of Soviet communism. Everything the ruling animals (pigs, naturally) do is transparently evil and sinister. It's like getting hit in the face with a sledgehammer that has "SATIRE" written on the handle, and it utterly dulls the effect Orwell intended. By the end of the novel, when the pigs are so indistinguishable from the evil humans they supplanted, the reader is practically screaming at the novel, "YES. I GET IT."
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#3. Melville -- Long-Winded Diversions
Moby-Dick is a classic story of whale madness, which is underselling it a bit, but serves for our purposes here. Even if you haven't read it, you're probably familiar with at least the basic outline of the story. It's about a mad whaling captain, a mischievous white whale, and a love that can never be.
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"Just admit that you didn't read it, Mr. Bucholz."
The problem with Moby-Dick is that a summary of the plot contains about as much text as the actual plot itself gets in the book. The remainder of the 800-odd pages are devoted to incredibly detailed descriptions of whales, the sea, whalers, whalers on the sea, sealing whales, and a thousand other things. Also, just for fun, there are 3,600 words describing the color white.
This picture is not worth a thousand words, not to Melville.
Obviously a book can be about more than its plot, and passages devoted to setting, character, and theme are all perfectly worthwhile ways for an author to tell a story. Indeed, in Moby-Dick, an awful lot of subtext and commentary are included in these days-long passages on the sea, and it wouldn't be the same book without them.
It'd be a shorter book that everyone loved.

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HOLLIDAYSBURG - Blair County commissioners will set aside time Thursday to hear recommendations from Valley View Home employees for a proposal describing conditions to be addressed in a possible sale of the facility.
The commissioners, who on Tuesday discussed some possible conditions for the proposed sale of the nursing facility, agreed to continue their discussion Thursday by reconvening their weekly meeting at 10 a.m. at the Blair County Courthouse.
"We said we were going to hear from the employees, before making any decisions," Commissioner Ted Beam Jr. said.
Service Employees International Union representatives who were at Tuesday's meeting indicated that they will arrange for three people to address the commissioners.
In Tuesday's discussions, commissioners discussed options concerning future employment for the county employees if the home is sold.
Commissioner Chairman Terry Tomassetti said that Marcus & Millichap, the Chicago real estate investment firm the county has hired to market Valley View, indicates that it's not unusual for a prospective buyer to recognize existing labor unions.
The county could also ask prospective buyers to describe their experience with labor unions, Tomassetti said. That kind of history should provide the county with some ideas as to what they've negotiated with other unions, solicitor Nathan Karn said.
Commissioners also talked about designating Valley View as the base parcel to be sold. In addition, the county could ask prospective buyers to bid on the 7 acres now used as a soccer field and to provide some ideas as to future use.
The grounds around the home provide an opportunity for expansion, not only in care, but also in employment, Tomassetti said.
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Step 2 – Create the handles. Fold both handles in half lengthwise and press. Open up the handle and press both sides in, meeting at the half-way crease. Press and fold in half. You should have a handle, 4-fabrics-thick about 1″ wide. Top stitch down both sides of the handle piece right at the edge to make it sturdy and to give it a nice finished edge.
Step 4- Place the outside fabric right sides together on top of the lining piece and handles. Pin short sides and sew 1/4″ seam allowance down both sides, over the edges of the handle straps, careful not to catch any other part of the handles in your seams.
Step 5- Press seams open and bring seams together, matching them up at the center. The bag's outside fabric and lining fabric should be folded on top of itself, right sides together. Now pin the long, open sides together. Sew a 1/4″ seam along both sides, leaving a 3″ opening in the lining to turn the bag right-sides out.
Step 6 – Pull the bag right sides out through the 3″ opening and top-stitch the opening closed. (This doesn't have to look pretty because it will be inside the bag.)
Step 9- Now to give the bag a nice boxy bottom, we are going to add something called a gusset. Don't stress, it's much easier than it looks. Turn the bag inside-out and line up the side seams perpendicular to the bottom edge, creating two triangles at either end of the bag.
Step 10- Measure down 1″ from the point and draw a line perpendicular to the side seam.
Step 11- Sew directly on the line, back stitching at both ends. Repeat the same process with the bottom corner on the other side of the bag. You could hand-tack down the gusset flaps if you're picky, but don't have to worry if you're not as they will be hidden in the bag.
And there you have a quick finished bag! Once you have made one, it's very quick and easy to mass-produce a lot of them.
Now here is a slight variation to create a bag with a longer strap and a little more of a 'purse' shape.
Repeat Steps 4-8 above to create the body of the bag, leaving out the handles.
To add a decorative ribbon or trim I measured down 2.5″ from the top and drew a line with an erasable fabric pen.
Pin the end of the strap about an inch down and directly next to one of the side seams on the outside of the bag.
When the bag is done, you can always add a cute embellishment of some kind to 'bling-it-up' if you want.
And that's it! Again, once you've made one, you can whip out a bunch more in no time. They're great gifts to have on hand for all those little-girl Christmas or birthday gifts. (Or you could make a 'satchel' version for boys too!)
Be sure to visit the other guest-bloggers for Christmas in July to see the awesome ideas and tutorials they have for you!
Monday 7/16 – Don't Call Me Betsy
Tuesday 7/17 – Sew Crafty Jess
Wednesday 7/18 – Pink Penguin
Thursday 7/19 – Freshly Pieced
Friday 7/20 – Sew Sweetness
Monday 7/23 – Happy Quilting
Tuesday 7/24 – Comfort Stitching
Wednesday 7/25 – Diary of a Quilter (here!)
Thursday 7/26 – Felicity Quilts
And finally, as part of this series, Elizabeth has arranged a fabulous giveaway for you of a $20 Gift Certificate from the online fabric retailer, Pink Chalk Studio! Lucky you! Pink Chalk has so many pretty choices.
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Law enforcement officials from all over Randolph County continue to search for leads in connection with a brutal shooting Friday night at the Rich gas station along the Beverly Five-lane in Elkins.
According to reports, a white male wearing dark-colored pants, a dark-colored jacket and a hooded sweatshirt approached the gas station shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, firing several shots at clerk Shawn Townsend.
Townsend, of Elkins, was initially transported to Davis Memorial Hospital, but was later sent to Ruby Memorial in Morgantown. After undergoing a pair of surgeries to mend facial injuries. Townsend is listed in good condition.
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A member of the West Virginia State Police combs the inside of the Rich gas station on the Beverly Five-lane in Elkins. A gunman fired several shots at a clerk there Friday night. (The Inter-Mountain photo by Anthony Gaynor)
Evidence markers dot the ground outside the Rich gas station in Elkins Saturday morning. (The Inter-Mountain photo by Anthony Gaynor)
Randolph County Sheriff Mark Brady said he was unsure if Townsend's injuries were caused by flying glass, a bullet or bullet fragments. Brady said he was responsive and talking at the time first responders arrived at the scene Friday night. Good Samaritans made the initial call reporting the shooting.
"The last time anybody spoke to the victim's family, he had just gotten out of surgery," Brady said. "He is doing OK, but has a possible lesion on one of his eyes."
Law enforcement officials have yet to ascertain if a robbery occurred prior to the shooting, but the same location was robbed last week.
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Brady said his department has not developed a suspect, but that he and his deputies, as well as the Elkins Police Department and the West Virginia State Police, are doing everything they can to break the case.
"We are still out working leads," Brady said Sunday on his way back from paying his respects to slain Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum. "Tips came in yesterday and we are following up on each one of those."
Brady said the shooter is between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-9 inches tall, weighing 135 to 150 pounds. Following the incident, the shooter fled the scene in the direction of Glenmore Loop Road.
Law enforcement officials and crime scene investigators were at the scene until Saturday afternoon, then spent the remainder of the weekend canvassing the area near the shooting. Deputies and other officers talked with residents and business owners to garner leads in the case.
Many residents either declined to comment entirely, or refused to give their names when interviewed by The Inter-Mountain.
"This is Elkins," one resident who declined to be identified by name said. "Things like this are not supposed to happen. We live in a small town. No one just goes up to a gas station and starts shooting for no good reason."
Another resident in the Glenmore Loop Road area said, "I haven't gotten much rest since this happened, and I won't until this guy is caught. He's out there. If he was on foot, he hasn't gone too far. He's probably still very close by. I'll definitely lock my doors tonight and keep a gun close by."
Brady said the sheriff's department currently is reviewing video footage obtained from the gas station's security system. The Rich station reopened Sunday.
"Anytime that someone is capable of shooting someone like this, people should be cautious," Brady said. "We still are searching for the suspect. I think this is an isolated incident to this store."
"I would urge residents to stay vigilant," Brady added. "Always be aware of your surroundings, and if you see something, please contact us immediately."
Anyone with information about the shooting should contact the Randolph County Sheriff's Department through the 911 center. For anonymous tips, residents can call the sheriff's department tip line at 304-636-TIPS.


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Why the name Ranch Chimp? it was in humour because, science says that humans have similar DNA to a chimpanzee,so I felt some way related biologically to a chimpanzee. 2nd, everytime I was out of Texas on a vacation or for whatever reason I'm always asked things like, do I live on a ranch?,or have cattle? so I commonly call Dallas the Ranch. "Politically Depressed" was also humour inspired by the 1993- 2002 Bill Maher TV/ tele show "Politically Incorrect".
Friday, November 16, 2012
KING COUNTY (GUTHRIE) TEXAS: An anti- OBAMANATION Nation within a Nation ... with special guest's "The Charlie Daniels Band" (TASTE OF TEXAS PT.16)
Visit the most anti- Obama county in the U.S. ... Thanx to CNN
The Charlie Daniels Band- Texas ... Thanx to ARNESCOUNTRY **** This piece with Charlie and his crew was "live" which I was fortunate enough to find on YouTube because I attended his 1981 tour here in Dallas, where he shared a bill with country legend Ronnie Milsap. I was anxious to see Charlie's crew live back then, being fascinated by the crew's excellent blend of honky tonk style piano work and Charlie's outstanding fiddle work, and what an excellent performance the crew done! Although I havent done an offical induction in this journal on this band, I wanted to include this particular piece into the "RCJ Music/ Art's Honour Roll Society".
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- Infidel753 said...
Those five Obama voters must feel awfully isolated. Maybe they should secede from King county and start a new county.
- November 16, 2012 at 5:51 AM
- Ranch Chimp said...
Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh : ) ... havent thought about that Infidel ... your probably right, I mean, they felt even uncomfortable according to CNN to even acknowledge that they voted for the President!
Thanx for your input Infidel ....
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|Stochastic Domain-Wall Depinning in Magnetic Nanowires
Ferromagnetic wires of nanometer sizes are considered to be key components in future spintronic applications for novel classes of magnetic storage devices. One example is the concept of a racetrack memory, where instead of a spinning disk in which individual information bits fly by a read head, magnetic domain walls acting as information units are pushed by spin currents along a magnetic wire until they are read out by a stationary head. One of the fundamental issues for such schemes is the precise control of domain-wall motion, which in turn is directly linked to the reproducibility of domain-wall propagation, pinning, and depinning.
To locally control the position and the motion of a domain wall, it is common to introduce artificial topological imperfections, such as notches or antinotches, into the wire. The potential created around such a notch is sufficient to trap and release the domain wall in a controlled way. Although a wealth of information has already been experimentally and theoretically obtained, the fundamental question of under what conditions, if any, the domain-wall dynamics in the vicinity of artificial notches can be fully deterministic has not been addressed so far.
The Berkeley–Hamburg group used the soft x-ray microscope at ALS Beamline 6.1.2 for an in-depth investigation of the statistical behavior of the domain wall depinning field at a single notch in permalloy nanowires with different wire widths (w), notch depths (Nd), and film thicknesses (t). Magnetic images based on magnetic circular dichroism contrast with a spatial resolution of better than 25 nm were recorded as an applied magnetic field was gradually increased in steps. In a magnetically saturated wire (only one domain in the wire), increasing the field successively nucleates a second domain (and hence a domain wall) at one end of the wire, propagates the wall down the wire until it becomes pinned at a notch, depins the wall, and drives the wall to the other end of the wire.
The stochastic nature of the domain-wall depinning field for different notch depths and wire widths was systematically investigated by determination of the field distribution from depinning events in experiments repeated at least 40 times for each wire. For the first time, these results clearly showed that the domain-wall depinning field exhibits stochastic behavior and the stochastic nature depends considerably on the wire width and the notch depth. A thorough analysis of the data allowed the researchers to conclude that it is the multiplicity of domain-wall types (transverse, vortex, etc.) generated in the vicinity of a notch that is responsible for the observed dependence of the stochastic nature of the domain-wall depinning field on the wire width and the notch depth.
While at first glance these findings seem to discourage a successful implementation of devices driven by domain walls, it also shows that a proper geometrical design of the wires could limit the domain-wall types and hence minimize the stochastic behavior of the domain-wall-depinning process, which should be easy to achieve with state-of-the-art patterning and fabrication tools.
Research funding: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Operation of the ALS is supported by BES.
Publication about this research: M.-Y. Im, L. Bocklage, P. Fischer, and G. Meier, "Direct Observation of Stochastic Domain-Wall Depinning in Magnetic Nanowires," Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 147204 (2009).


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Possible reconstruction on highway 51 affects business owner
Submitted: 02/28/2014
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- People got to a better understanding this week about a possible reconstruction to Highway 51 in Arbor Vitae and Woodruff.
But not everyone likes some of the changes.
The Wisconsin DOT had a public meeting Tuesday for community members about construction on Highway 51.
They're planning on fixing the pavement, curb, gutter and sewer drainage system.
They're also thinking about adding a roundabout at the intersection of Highway 51 and 70 east in Arbor Vitae.
That's by The Store gas station.
It's also by Ella's Restaurant.
The owner says the DOT wants to cut off his current entrance and relocate it off of Highway 70.
He says that would put him out of business.
"Bettering out streets, great they need to be done. Sidewalks, great need to be done. Eliminating access to businesses, no. That does not need to be done," said Ella's Restaurant owner/head chef, Steven Wheeler.
"You need to work it into the plan. However it happens, we need to work it into the plan because we don't want us to go under. I'm sorry we're just a smooth small businesses from top to bottom. But we're building the middle class of America and that's all it comes down to."
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- The owner of a Northwoods yoga and massage studio believes her business offers more than just a place to stretch.
It's a way to change the body image of the community.
St. Germain's Shanna Stein committed herself to yoga when she was 18.
She lost more than 100 ponds and gained a new view of her body image.
Now 14 years later, she is using that new view to help others.
"You set these goals and they're so far away and you're like someday," said Stein.
"And now it's here and it's happening so it's just kind of surreal."
Because of her past, Stein is committed to providing a space to uplift people.
She created a monthly wondrous woman class, providing a place for women to encourage each other's body in a positive way.
"When I look at people coming into my studio and when I see their struggles and what they're going through I know because I've been there," said Stein.
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- No matter the weather, a glass of wine can be enjoyed year round. Even in the bitter cold, there are wineries in Oneida County that still offer tastings and wine tours.
"When people think of a winery, they do think of grape wines. They're kind of surprised, pleasantly surprised when they come to our winery and see fruit wines," said Terri Schenck from Three Lakes Winery.
The Oneida County wineries are a little bit different than what you'd see in Napa Valley.
"It is a farm so we are working on different crops, black currants, apples and an experimental vineyard," said Linda Welbes from Brigadoon Winery in Tripoli.
With the unique flavors of wines, Three Lakes Winery and Brigadoon Winery often see a lot of visitors from out of town.
"They usually say, 'I didn't know how much I needed this.' They relax, they unwind whether it's summer time or fall, just to sit outdoors when it's beautiful, it's peaceful, it's quiet," said Welbes.
Three Lakes Winery has a lot of history behind their building.
"The actual winery itself is an old Chicago Northwestern Train Depot that was built in 1880. There was a tornado or wind storm that happened in 1924 that destroyed the building," said Schenck.
The building was rebuilt shortly after. Every fall the winery hosts cranberry marsh tours.
"There are several bogs in the area and it's interesting for people to be able to go and see a bog and see how the cranberries are harvested and what goes into making cranberry wine," said Schenck.
With winter right around the corner, the crops won't be producing much.
"The crops, they are what they are. It's farming so there's not much you have to do and you just hope for good weather. Lots of snow cover, that helps," said Welbes.
The Three Eagle Trail runs right into the parking lot of Three Lakes Winery. That brings in a lot of traffic year-round.
"In the winter time it turns into the snowmobile trail. We will get a lot of snowmobile traffic in the winter time and a lot of foot traffic, hiking, biking people in the summer time," said Schenck.
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No penalty for Merrill historic item investigation
Submitted: 09/29/2016
- The debate in Merrill over what's junk and what's historic treasure may not end soon.
It appears Merrill City leaders won't punish two of its workers for taking items from a now demolished building on the Lincoln County Fair Grounds.
After about a month-long investigation, Mayor Bill Bialecki sent out a statement Thursday morning on behalf of the common council with a decision.
It said, "The actions of City Administrator Dave Johnson and Fire Chief Dave Savone, although not in violation of city Ordinances or policies, were in poor judgment. They have been advised to follow City ordinances and policies to avoid improper conduct or the appearance of such conduct, as it reflects poorly on City Government."
Back in July, Savone got the okay from Johnson to help a friend take some shutters and tables from the
Schultz building on the grounds before it was demolished.
But some people considered those items historic and expressed their concern on social media.
The Merrill City Common Council then hired an outside firm to investigate.
Now that that's done, Johnson still feels the same way he always did.
"I've stated from the beginning that there were no laws, ordinances or policies that were violated, and that is what the investigation showed," Johnson said. "So, I mean, how can I feel other than vindicated?"
Johnson and Savone did return the items.
Savone did not want to talk on camera but told Newswatch 12 he did not violate any ordinances.
Opponents of this decision believe the city leaders violated state open meetings laws.
According to documents obtained by Newswatch 12, those opponents filed a complaint Thursday afternoon with the Lincoln County District Attorney.
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"Not only is the environment around us changing, but just kind of the pace of life in the Northwoods starts to change a little," said Northwoods Zip Line General Manager Andrew Warner.
Many people enjoy hiking or taking a scenic drive to view the fall colors, but Northwoods Zip Line in Minocqua offers people a different perspective.
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"I've never been comfortable with the idea that I'm the owner, I'm in some separate category. To me, we're all in the same boat," said AirPro President Keith White.
To White, his employees at AirPro in Rhinelander are the backbone of what the company does.
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"We'd love to wear the tires out in year one," Welhoefer said.
The Three Lakes principal loaded bike after bike--29 on this trip--into a trailer parked outside of Mel's Trading Post in Rhinelander Thursday afternoon. The school district purchased 63 bikes to promote healthy habits in Three Lakes students.
"Get outside, breathe some fresh air, soak in some sunshine, take a little ride," Welhoefer said.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
I was lamenting times passage the other day in a Facebook post, about how a person seems to have all the time in the world when he has nothing to look forward to, but the moment you find someone you really like and would love to spend all your time with, somebody upstairs hits the fast forward button and before you know it, your times up, shes gone, and here you sit, with all the time in the world, waiting on her to return.
Not to get all Sunday School on you but I really think God has one of those sardonic senses of humor.
Not that Im calling God grimly cynical but I enter as evidence the whole duck-billed platypus thing.
Thats someone with a sense of humor.
The time thing is simply irony played out at its finest. It crawls at a snails pace from eight in the morning until eight at night, but then during the nighttime hours the time flies like Im having fun.
Because I am.
Did you ever wonder why it seemed like Christmas took three years to get here, but the whole 24 hours of Christmas Day passed in about twenty minutes?
And the opening presents part; dont blink or youll be sitting there at 7:08 in the morning wondering how you got that plaid shirt, idiot mittens and wool socks.
Im getting older.
I dont have a lot of years left, and those years that are remaining are largely sedentary.
One joke thats made the rounds forever states that Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end the faster it goes.
I want to slow time down.
I want to hop off Father Times runaway train. I dont want to wish away the day as I dont mind waiting, but Id like the rest of the night to proceed at the same snails pace.
So, Facebook heard my plea and offered a pop-up ad to possibly rectify my dilemma.
Its a new kind of watch.
A timepiece called simply, Slow.
The teaser on the ad invited me to Stop wasting minutes and enjoy the hours in a day.
I thought, I could do that. How do I sign up?
I was then invited to take a sneak peek at this new watch, which retailed at $249.99.
For that price it better make like H.G. Wells and slow down time like it promises.
It did. Sort of.
You have to be careful when you include the qualifying phrase, Sort of, at the end of a sentence. Sort of can change the whole dynamic of a sentence and throw into question any fact offered for my consideration.
For example:
I love you.
Theres no statement more clarified than I love you.
It says it all.
You have her heart.
Now, throw in the qualifier, sort of to the end of that statement and it changes everything.
I love you.
Sort of.
The Slow watch does exactly as advertised ... Sort of.
You no longer have to worry about wasting minutes because it comes with no minute hand.
Just the short hour hand.
One hand on the clockface.
Twenty-four numbers ranging from 0 to 23.
The lonely hour hand moves SLOWLY around the clockface, making time seem to pass more slowly ... sort of.
I just have no clue how to tell time with it.
Hey Dan, what time is it?
I look at my watch and reply, Its 13 oclock... sort of.
Ill be easier to tell time using the sun dial at Unity Park.
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2 masked men shot in Erie home invasion
Two men were shot when they attempted a home invasion tonight on West 21st Street.
Police said at least two men kicked in the front door to the first-floor apartment at 119 W. 21st St. shortly after 9 p.m. while wearing masks but were shot by one of the apartment's residents. The two would-be intruders were taken to UPMC Hamot for treatment.
One of the men was shot in the head and the hip but was conscious when emergency responders arrived. The apartment residents were not injured in the attempted home invasion, police said.
The residents of the apartment were taken to the Erie police station for questioning.
Police said they were looking for a possible third suspect who might have fled the scene before emergency responders arrived on the scene.
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STEUBENVILLE - A video some say is tied to the upcoming rape trial of two city high school student-athletes went viral Wednesday, just as a planned rally about the trial scheduled for noon Saturday picks up speed.
The 12-and-one-half-minute video of a former Steubenville City High School student-athlete appeared on YouTube Wednesday morning and quickly spread across the Internet, popping up on Facebook.com, Twitter.com and other social media sites.
Some are saying the video is tied to the upcoming trial of Trent Mays, 16, of Bloomingdale and Malik Richmond, 16, of Steubenville, who are charged with the alleged crime. The trial of the Steubenville High School student-athletes is set for Feb. 13 before visiting Judge Tom Lipps. The alleged rape of the underage girl allegedly occurred Aug. 11-12.
Last week, the Internet hacktivist group Anonymous took over a local, privately owned sports site, www.rollredroll.com, where the group posted a video and links to information surrounding individuals it asserted were allegedly involved in the incident. The group also posted the names and other personal information taken from social networking sites they assert is proof others were allegedly involved.
Last Saturday, a rally in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse - dubbed OpRollRedRoll - drew between 300 and 400 people, protesting what they say should have been additional arrests made in connection with the alleged crime. Another rally is planned for noon this Saturday, again in front of the courthouse. As of Wednesday, more than 1,200 people had committed to attend on a Facebook invite page. Attempts to reach organizers concerning this Saturday's planned rally have been unsuccessful.
The video released Wednesday shows the former student-athlete joking in a crude manner about what some on social media were assuming and asserting is the alleged rape. The word "rape" is used several times in the video. There are no indications where or when the video was filmed, and it's unclear who posted it on YouTube. The video prompted an outcry when posted on social media sites, and several webzines and other sites, including the Huffington Post, had picked up on the story by Wednesday evening. Cable news network CNN also broadcast a short segment about the alleged incident this morning.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer also listed the rape trial as one of its top 10 stories of the year in Ohio. A private website dedicated to the case, www.occupysteubenville.com, includes links with messages from Anoymous, media reports on the case, blogs, interviews with local authorities and even apparel for sale. Also, a petition on the White House's website demanding additional individuals be arrested in the case had gathered more than 3,000 signatures as of this morning.
As reported in the Herald-Star Oct. 13, a probable cause hearing Oct. 12 included testimony in the case by several eyewitnesses to the alleged rape, and led to the judge finding there was probable cause for a trial to proceed.
During the hearing, three fellow Steubenville High School students testified about the incident. Lipps advised the teens of their rights not to incriminate themselves through testimony. Two of the teens had attorneys present when they were testifying.
Joann Gibbs, a forensic analyst of digital media with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, said she looked at 15 cell phones and two iPads that were submitted by City Police following search warrants were executed. She said Apple iPhones with later generation operating systems make it impossible to recover files that are deleted. Gibbs testified she did recover two naked pictures of the victim that were part of text messages sent on Mays' cell phone.
Those involved in the incident were at three separate houses during the night of Aug. 11, testimony indicated. There was testimony the victim was highly intoxicated and throwing up at various locations.
During the hearing, Mark Cole II, 17, said the victim was leaving one house and was so intoxicated she could barely walk.
Cole said he shot a video of sexual conduct in his car between Mays and the victim as they were driving to Cole's house. Cole said he later deleted the video from his phone.
Cole said it "wasn't his place to determine if there was a sexual assault. He said he didn't believe it was necessary to call his mother, who wasn't at home, another adult or the police.
Cole did say the victim wasn't moving at his house when the alleged sexual assault took place.
Anthony Craig, 18, said he could see the victim getting more drunk throughout the night. He said he went to Cole's house where Cole showed him a video of what happened in Cole's car.
Craig testified Mays sent him a naked picture of the victim the next day.
City Police juvenile detective Jean-Philippe Rigaud said the victim couldn't say if she was raped because she couldn't remember what happened. The detective said there was no photo or video retrieved that showed Mays conducting a sexual act.
Evan Westlake, 17, said he was at Cole's house and was getting ready to leave when he saw the victim naked on her side. He said the victim wasn't moving.
When asked why he didn't help, Westlake said, "I was stunned with what I saw. I wanted to get out of there. I didn't know what to do."
Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said Wednesday facts of the case had been reported earlier, and law enforcement officials had previously asked witnesses to come forward to no avail.
"(Steubenville Police Chief Bill) McCafferty begged people to come forward - no one wanted to get involved," said Abdalla. "I've said that if you have evidence, show us the pictures. No one had the courage to step up."
Abdalla also denied there was a cover-up of any kind.
"If there was a cover-up, why were two people arrested?" said the sheriff. "This investigation isn't over. I saw the video. It's disgusting."
The sheriff said the case was originally presented to Steubenville Police Department, and "I can't go in and say it's my case - give it to me."
Abdalla also criticized those who he said did not care about justice but were engaging in "character assassination."
"I respected (protesters) coming to the city (Saturday), but now (some have) crossed a line," said Abdalla, adding they were leveling personal attacks against law enforcement officials. "When they started this character assassination, I wondered if they really cared about this case. I wonder now if they ever really did. I think they just want the notoriety.
"It's not about standing up for justice any more," Abdalla continued. "They could care less about the victim. To paint a whole community as corrupt because two people made a terrible mistake is just wrong. They want us to arrest the whole (Steubenville High School) football team. Remember, these two boys are innocent until proven guilty. I think people forget that. To talk about corruption in the city and to put false information on a website - that's not right, either."
Abdalla also said the case was hampered by the victim not coming forward to report the alleged crime until three days after the alleged incident occurred.
McCafferty said he hasn't been notified of any rally this weekend.
"I've not been officially notified of any rally," said the chief. "Our department is a professional department. We don't comment on anything where a case is pending. We have to protect the integrity of the case."


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Neighborhood rules prohibited use of a steelie as a shooter.
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In the wake of Pitt's decision to cut ties with Dave Wannstedt, the timing could not be better for the Panthers to hire Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Bradley.
Though he's been on the Penn State staff for 30-plus years, Bradley grew up in Johnstown and has deep Pitt roots: His father, Sam, played basketball for the Panthers.
Bradley spends much of his free time in Pittsburgh and has recruited western Pennsylvania for many years. Some of the WPIAL players he's taken from the Panthers' backyard include LaVar Arrington, Brandon Short, Paul Posluszny, Justin King, Stefan Wisniewski and Brian Gelzheiser.
He applied for the job when Walt Harris was hired, and the guess here is that he'd be very interested again this time.
Though many think he's the most logical candidate on the PSU staff to succeed Joe Paterno, Penn State has not indicated that. It has not designated Bradley or anyone else an assistant or associate head coach - the title JoePa held before succeeding Rip Engle - and there's growing sentiment that the next PSU coach will come from outside the program.
If Pitt is worried Bradley would leave for the Penn State job sooner or later, it could stipulate a large clause in the contract that would make it financially impossible for him to do so.
My sense is that Bradley would be thrilled to take the Pitt job, and that he'd stay there a long time.
After all, he comes from a pedigree where it's OK to coach into your 80s.


text: Phil Poling, 21, of Chester, gets another shovelful of wood mulch Tuesday afternoon while doing landscaping work at Clarke Field in Newell. Poling and Teddy Akins, 19, of New Cumberland, were both hired as summer help by Hancock County commissioners. They distributed about a truck load and a half of mulch at the public park on Tuesday. (Photo by Stephen Huba)


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Sharon, Pa.—From now through March 20, Penn State Shenango's Occupational Therapy (OT) Club will be holding a collection drive of personal items to be included in care packages for veterans in Erie, Pennsylvania. Collection boxes are located in the Great Hall of the Sharon Hall building on Penn Avenue and in the Lartz Memorial Library on Vine Avenue in downtown Sharon, Pa. Following its collection drive, the OT Club will putting together and delivering packages to veterans at the Erie VA Medical Center during its class field trip on April 5.
"Our goal is to provide at least 50 care packages to the veterans of the Erie VA Medical Center," OT Club member Amber Conley stated. "We are very happy that we will be meeting and having the opportunity to talk with them during our field trip."
Items being collected by the OT Club include all travel-sized shaving cream, deodorant (nonaerosol), body wash, hand sanitizing lotion, name brand Kleenex, baby wipes, shampoo, conditioner, denture cleaner, and toothpaste, as well as, toothbrushes and combs. They are also collecting boxes of assorted all-occasion cards, large print word search books, pens, postage stamps, hot cocoa packs, small Hershey chocolate bars, and small bags of chips.
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The East Aurora School District is looking to slightly relocate the flashing warning lights in the school zone across from the high school on Center Street to better align with the expanded athletic fields that are more to the south.
The district wants the light for northbound traffic heading toward the village to be moved further south on Center toward Colden, closer to the edge of the athletic fields, officials said.
In 1990, the town received a permit from the county to install the two flashing beacons on the county road. The school district has been maintaining the lights and the town pays the electric bill, said Aurora Supervisor Jolene Jeffe.
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An incredibly rich, self centered person of the Pink race. Far too much money and Irish for thier own good.
The kinky sexy lord indulged himself in very expensive whores, what a Hanrahan!
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Luap - Mada just dropped a nuke
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Key landmarks are the Vorderer Erzberg, Hohe Winde and Grindel. The view from Trogberg looking back over the Hohe Winde peak is one of the most spectacular sights along this trail and ample reward for the one-and-a-half hour hike. High up on Trogberg, visitors can enjoy a rest at the Ricola Herb Garden and linger for a while to learn about the 13 Ricola herbs. While their names are well known, the recipe for Ricola's original herb cough drops is firmly under wraps. The Ricola herb blend remains a well-kept secret to this day.
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Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine, Oscar-Winning Best Actress, Dies at 96
Originally posted 12/15/2013 08:45PM
Hollywood stalwart Joan Fontaine, best known for her roles in director Alfred Hitchcock's 1939 Rebecca and her Best Actress Oscar-winning role in his 1940 film Suspicion, died Sunday at her northern California home, according to several reports. She was 96.
Details of her death were not immediately available.
In addition to playing a mousey spouse in both the Hitchcock films, first alongside Laurence Olivier and then to Cary Grant, Fontaine's other well-known movies included 1943's The Constant Nymph, which got her a third Oscar nomination, 1944's Jane Eyre with Orson Welles, 1952's Ivanhoe with Robert Taylor, and 1957's controversial Island in the Sun with Harry Belafonte.
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Browse Team Durango
Chassis: Aluminum 0.08" (2mm) thick
Drive: Four wheel shaft drive
Shocks: Aluminum body, oil-filled with titanium nitride
shafts for smooth action and increased durability and longevity
Shock Towers: Aluminum multi-mount position
Body: Clear polycarbonate with rear wing and decals
Transmission: Single speed with quick release slipper clutch
Spur Gear: Composite construction 48 pitch 87 tooth, quick release
Differentials: Bevel gear
Wheels: Dish type, yellow in color 12mm hex 2.2" (56mm) diameter
front width 1.02" (26mm) wide, rear width 1.5" (38mm) wide
Suspension: Single hanger for rear suspension allows easier and
faster anti-squat adjustment
Caster: Adjustable, caster/toe-in refers to the angle of the front
suspension when viewed from the side of the car in relation to the
Camber: Adjustable, camber refers to the angle of the tops of the
tires from vertical when viewed from front or behind vehicle
Team Durango DEX410Rv3 Buggy Kit with Wheels, Body with Wing, Decals
and Instructions
Radio: 2-channel with high torque steering servo
Electronic Speed Control: To match selected motor
Motor: Brushless
Pinion Gear: 48 pitch, number of teeth to be determined by motor
Battery: LiPo Battery: 2S 7.4V saddle pack
Battery Charger: To match selected battery
Tires: 1.02" (26mm) front, 1.5" (38mm) wide rear
Shock Oil: Silicone, slightly heavier weight recommended for front
Building and track equipment
Length: 13.75" (349mm)
Width: 9.8" (249mm)
Wheelbase: 10.9 - 11.2" (278-285mm) adjustable
Internal Gear Ratio: 2.47:1
Weight: 61.7oz (1750g) ready to race
Length: 10.5" (266mm)
Width: 4.4" (112mm)
Height: 2.5" (63mm)
For Replacement Ball Bearings use:
Qty. Size Location Qty. Bearing Set
2 10x15mm Slipper Clutch 1 DTXC1595
2 10x15mm Fr Diff 1 DTXC1595
2 10x15mm Rear Diff 1 DTXC1595
2 5x10mm Fr Gearbox 1 DTXC1535
2 5x10mm Rear Gearbox 1 DTXC1535
2 5x10mm Fr Hubs 1 DTXC1535
2 5x13mm Fr Hubs 1 TDRC1290
2 5x10mm Rear Hubs 1 DTXC1535
2 5x13mm Rear Hubs 1 TDRC1290
4 4x7mm Steering 2 DTXC1507
jxs 04/13/12