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Only Natural Pet's Pet Tears - Tear Stain Relief is veterinarian formulated with natural ingredients to help eliminate unsightly tear stains for beautiful, healthy eyes. For use in dogs and cats over the age of six weeks. 200 gram container.
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Review Rating: 3.5
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Active Ingredients Per 1/4 teaspoonCran-Max (Cranberry Extract) 105 mgCalcium Ascorbate 34 mgOregon Grape Root 34 mgMarshmallow Root 23 mg
Inactive Ingredients - Natural Flavor, Non-Fat Dry Milk, Silica Aerogel, and Whey
Suggested Use
Give daily until tear stains subsides then continue use for an additional 30 days.
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By Teresa
from Cathlamet, WA
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Comments about Only Natural Pet Pet Tears:
This product starting working within the first day or so! Worth trying if you have a dog plagued with ugly tear stains. My dog eats it readily in her food.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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dog appears to not want to eat this 2nd jar. may have to se
By lenny
from waunakee, wisc.
does not appear to want to eat
tear Stain's
By carolsweetpea4
from wausau,wi
I put it on a moist snack and she does not mind it at all!
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tear stains go away
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By Shih-Chon Mom
from Ohio
I have given this daily for many months and it has not at all prevented tear stains. My little 28 month old Bichon/Shih Tzu has very bad tear stains that I have to keep trimming off. I have not missed a day in giving him this with his lunch. It did not prevent tear stains at all.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
no results with product to report
By mom pat
from St Louis Mo
I recently adopted an older dog from shelter. She has worked with me well with any type of suppliment but this. She refuses food when this is in it. I tried putting some in empty capsules but it takes several to get enough and it is hard to fill them, so I am not using the product and would apprecite any suggestion on getting it down her.
It Works...But
By The Tobinator
from Las Vegas
To be fair, this is the 3rd natural tear stain product I've used. They were all effective in helping to control the red yeast but never completely eliminated it. So yes it's a good product, it did get rid of the yeast stains between his toes but staining from tears and under the chin remain just lightly. Still hoping to find something non-toxic that will pack a mightier punch. But feel good that at least I'm doing something to keep the yeast in check...
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No improvement after a month
By marti
from OC, Calif.
Cats readily eat powder in their wet food. After one month, we haven't seen any improvement in the color of the eye discharge. We have 2 cats that have a chronic runny eye. It is still colored, but we are continuing to use the powder and hoping for better results.
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2nd time purchase
By Happy Dog Owner
from Wilmington, DE
I have a bulldog that I use this on. He did have tear stains but now is improving. I decided to buy a 2nd bottle and cont. use. He gets it daily in his food and will eat it no problem. I did start with full dose but cut back to half in the morning and half in the evening-better on his belly that way.
"Finally, a product that works!"
By karen kate
from Farmersburg, IN
I have a 1 year old Bichon/Shitzu mix that had developed a very bad case of dark red staining around his eyes, mouth, feet and genitals. After using Only Natural Pet Tears for 3-4 weeks the staining has stopped and new hair growth is clear! The product is easy to administer, just stir in 1/2 tsp. with wet food.
Not Working
By Tom
from Michigan
I sprinkle this on my dogs food twice a day and have had no results. We have used it for about 30 days now and we have a 7lb Maltese. I really wish we could find a product that works.
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Davis Debut Spoiled by Cutspec
Brice Cutspec (2010 NDFA - Azusa Pacific) clouted a three-run HR in the top of the 1st to spoil the Cub debut of newly-signed veteran LHP Doug Davis, as one squad of EXST Giants thumped one squad of EXST Cubs 9-6 on Field #2, while Jesus Morelli ripped a two-run double down the LF line in the bottom of the 6th to get the Cubs within one run and then scored the tying run on a Yaniel Cabezas RBI single, as the other squad of EXST Cubs and the other squad of EXST Giants played to a 4-4 tie on Field #3, in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action at Fitch Park in Mesa this afternoon
Both games were seven-inning affairs, and the games were played simultaneously on adjacent fields.
The 35-year old Davis (1-4 with a 7.51 ERA and 1.98 WHIP with MIL in 2010) underwent surgery last October to repair an injured elbow flexor tendon and to transposition his ulnar nerve after suffering through much of the 2010 season with elbow tendinitis. The Cubs signed him to a minor league contract yesterday, and wasted no time in getting him to Fitch Park and into a game.
Davis got off to a rocky start in the top of the 1st inning, allowing a triple and a walk before the Cutspec HR. He settled down nicely in the top of the 2nd, however, mixing a slow curve with an 84 MPH fastball (cutter) to strike out the side on just 12 pitches. No question Davis is the prototypical "soft-tossing lefty."
Iowa Cubs OF Brad Snyder (strained oblique) continued his injury rehab, playing RF for and getting four AB with the EXST Cubs squad on Field #3. Snyder flied out three straight times to the warning track in dead CF, and then drew a walk in his last PA.
Three pitchers who just arrived at Fitch Park from the Cubs Dominican Academy saw game action today. 20-year old Dominican RHP Starling Peralta (who had an impressive AZ Instructs last Fall when he made his U. S. debut) worked an easy 1-2-3 inning, but 19-year old Venezuelan RHP Ramon Garcia and 18-year old Venezuelan LHP Luis Villalba (both of whom were making their U. S. debuts) did not fare as well, with Villalba hearing the dreaded "Roll It!" when he was unable to get a third out in the top of the 4th after throwing 24 pitches (only 13 strikes).
In addition to the Cutspec clout off Davis, EXST Giants slugger Leonardo Fuentes slammed a solo HR in the top of the 6th, and EXST Cubs DH Max Kwan mashed a two-run opposite-field HR over the RF fence with two outs in the bottom of the 7th.
Here are today's abridged box scores (Cubs players only):
1. Vismeldy Bieneme, 2B: 0-3 (6-3, F-8, BB, 6-3, R)
2. Marco Hernandez, SS: 2-3 (K, 1B, 3B, R, RBI)
3. Wilson Contreras, 1B: 1-3 (4-3, K, 2B, RBI)
4. Dong-Yub Kim, DH #1: 1-3 (1B, L-8, F-7)
5. Hector Suarez, C: 0-1 (K, BB, BB)
6. Blair Springfield, LF: 0-3 (K, 5-4 FC, K)
7. Eduardo Gonzalez, RF: 0-3 (P-6, 4-6 FC, K, R)
8. Oliver Zapata, CF: 1-2 (1B, BB, K, R)
9. Gregori Gonzalez, 3B: 0-1 (5-4 FC, HBP, HBP, R, CS)
10. Max Kwan, DH #2: 1-2 (K-DP, BB, HR, R, 2 RBI)
1. Doug Davis: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 36 pitches (23 strikes), 1/0 GO/FO
2. Starling Peralta: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 18 pitches (11 strikes), 2/0 GO/FO
3. Luis Villalba: 0.2 IP, 2 H 3 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 24 pitches (13 strikes), 0/1 GO/FO
4. Joe Zeller: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 34 pitches (24 strikes), 4/3 GO/FO
C Hector Suarez E2 – overthrow on SB attempt at 2nd base allowed runner to advance an extra base and eventually score unearned run on WP
Hector Suarez: 0-1 CS, 1 E (see above)
NOTE: Brad Snyder played RF and was the third batter in the bottom of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th innings
X. Brad Snyder, RF: 0-3 (F-8, F-8, F-8, BB)
1. Pin-Chieh Chen, 2B: 0-3 (F-8, K, 4-3)
2. Johan DeJesus, DH: 1-3 (6-3, K, 1B)
3. Jesus Morelli, LF: 2-3 (F-9, 1B, 2B, R, 2 RBI)
4. Yaniel Cabezas, C: 1-3 (F-7, 6-3, 1B, RBI, PO)
5. Xavier Batista, 1B: 0-3 (K, K, 5-3)
6. Wes Darvill, SS: 0-2 (BB, K, P-6, R)
7. Dustin Geiger, 3B: 1-3 (K, K, 2B)
8. Kyung-Min Na, CF: 2-3 (1B, 1B, 4-6-3 DP, R, RBI, SB)
1. Ramon Garcia: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 20 pitches (10 strikes), 1/2 GO/FO
2. Jin-Young Kim: 3.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 1 GIDP, 56 pitches (36 strikes), 7/0 GO/FO
3. Jose Rosario: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 PO, 39 pitches (19 strikes)
1. 3B Dustin Geiger E5 – fielding error allowed batter reach base safely
2. P Jin-Young Kim E1 – errant throw on pick-off attempt at 1st base allowed runner to advance to 3rd base.
WEATHER: Sunny & breezy with temperatures in the 70's
Mark Johnson
Juan Cabreja
Frank Castillo
Jason Dubois
Gian Guzman
David Rosario
Min-Kyu Sung
Rick Tronerud
Desi Wilson
* bats or throws left
# bats both
* Hunter Ackerman
* Kyler Burke (ex-OF)
* Doug Davis (ACTIVE REHAB)
Dustin Fitzgerald
Ramon Garcia
Angel Guzman (ACTIVE REHAB)
Ty'Relle Harris (ACTIVE REHAB)
* Casey Harman
Ryan Hartman
Jay Jackson (ACTIVE REHAB)
Alvido Jimenez
Su-Min Jung
Jin-Yeong Kim
Luis Liria
Matt Loosen
Hector Mayora
Tarlandus Mitchell
Jon Nagel
Starling Peralta
Austin Reed
Colin Richardson
Jose Rosario
Alvaro Sosa (ex-C)
Larry Suarez
Charles Thomas (ex-3B)
* Luis Villalba
Tzu-An Wang
Yao-Lin Wang
Ben Wells
Joe Zeller
Yaniel Cabezas
Johan DeJesus
# Brian Inoa
Max Kwan
Carlos Romero
# Hector Suarez
Gioskar Amaya
# Vismeldy Bieneme
Wilson Contreras
* Pin-Chieh Chen
* Wes Darvill
Dustin Geiger
Gregori Gonzalez
Dustin Harrington
# Marco Hernandez
Xavier Batista
Reggie Golden
* Eduardo Gonzalez
Dong-Yub Kim
Jesus Morelli
* Kyung-Min Na
* Brad Snyder (ACTIVE REHAB)
Blair Springfield
# Oliver Zapata
First call
You have mentioned Hartman (or is it Harman) and Loosen as the first arms to Peoria from Extended Spring Training.
I would guess Kwan or Cabezas as the first catchers.
Chen would be my guess as the first infielder.
Springfield or Morelli would be my guesses as the first outfielder.
Sadly, I see two Peoria outfielders that may get a quick bump (Szczur and Silva), but I don't see anybody that appear ready to inherit their at bats. Correct me where I'm wrong.
Thanks as always.
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Aren't the Cubs being pretty cautious with Szczur early on? Something about a lingering ankle injury? I'm not sure he'll get promoted very quickly if the ankle still isn't 100%.
Not real happy to see Kim give up 7 hits and 3 ERs in only 3 IP. But on the other hand, the 7:0 GB/FB ratio is outstanding and the 2:0 K/BB ratio is nice.
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Thanks for this. I knew Szczur had some kind of leg issue. When speed is a huge part of your game and you have a leg injury, you need to sit out for a bit.
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wow, good for him.
it's total hype, but whatever...cash in now, fuld.
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I'm shocked they feel strongly enough he's going to be on the roster in two months to schedule a promotion.
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You mean he might get promoted?
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I'm glad he's found some success. I hope he does it all year.
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the dog ate my homework, well firefox did.
I doubt I'll get to redoing the recap.
/flips desk
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Offense started well, then went to sleep for 7 innings, and Marmol saved it despite not being very sharp.
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I'd say Marshall and Wood did the saving with a 1-run lead, Marmol got the garbage mintues.
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...while Len & Bob wondered aloud about the feasibility of relief pitchers dropping onto the field by wire from the top of an adjacent building.
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I do miss the bullpen cart
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Aroldis Chapman throwing 92 his last outing, shut down for a few days.
/ominous bass drum hits
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Chris Archer goes against Smokies tonight.
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speaking of that trade, from BP's update this morning:
Brandon Guyer, OF, Rays (Triple-A Durham): 3-for-4, 2 2B, 2 R, BB, K, CS. Proving so far that last year's explosion with the Cubs was for real; 10-for-27 in seven games with five extra-base hits.
and the Cubs or Cub...
Brett Jackson, OF, Cubs (Double-A Tennessee): 3-for-3, 3 RBI, RBI, BB, SB. It was surprising to see him not begin the year at Triple-A, and he's now batting .500 (11-for-22), but .625 BABIP says there might be some luck here, no?
oh come on now, the guy's hitting .500, I think it's implied that he's on a hot streak.
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Another prospect they traded for nothing--or for the equivalent of Fernando Perez--was Tony Thomas, who has two grand slams for Pawtucket (AAA Red Sox) this past week.
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Goldstein answering twitter questions
No. But he's a potential every day SS, and those are pretty rare. RT @kringente: @Kevin_Goldstein ls Hak Ju Lee a potential impact player?
"Grain of Salt" Goldstein
Here's Goldstein on Sports Central winter of 2009,
Castro was recently named the top prospect of the Cubs' system by Jim Callis at Baseball America, but Goldstein said Josh Vitters is still the best prospect in the Cubs' organization.
Goldstein is not sure why Starlin Castro is being "blown up" the way he is this winter. Goldstein explained Castro is a very good prospect but is not the elite-level prospect that many are making him out to be. Goldstein said Castro's range is below average; he is slow on the bases and has no power.
hat tip to ChicagoCubsOnline
Castro 562 major league AB's
.309 .353 .418 .771
Castro minor league totals
.310 .362 .421 .783
Vitters minor league totals
.276 .319 .438 .756
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you got a link so we can see what you manipulated?
that has to be the 2010 lists which Goldstein gave Castro a 5-star rating and 2nd behind Vitters.
what brought that on?
Hey, when you're done being a dick, manipulate this ↓
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You should have just pointed out that thus far, Goldstein was spot on on Castro... is it the 3 HR's or the 12 SB's in 20 attempts that proves him wrong?
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Vitters numbers so far, very similar to Colvin's. (and it's interesting that Colvin and Castro both have translated their minor league OPS to the majors at this point)
Tyler Colvin minor league totals
.277 .320 .465 .785
Tyler Colvin 409 major league AB's
.242 .306 .477 .783
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Anytime you can put a .783 OPS in a corner OF spot, you gotta do that!!!!
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.777 was the league average for an NL right fielder last year, .770 for LF
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If you look at who starts in LF and RF for each team you will get a higher number. Better than half the starters in MLB at both positions will out OPS Colvin.
Likely puts him the same spot as it puts Fukudome as a lower tier starter or 4th outfielder on a decent ballclub.
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2010 OPS by NL RF and most games played or top 2 GP
Werth .902
Morse .870 or Bernadina .691
Heyward .845
Stanton .837 or C. Ross .727
Francouer .672
Hart .867
Bruce .853
Colvin .816 (fukudome was .809)
Pence .785
Ludwick .744
Jones .720 or Milledge .712
Ethier .863
Upton .790
Hawpe .756 or Spillborghs .797
Venable .711 or Ludwick (see above)
Schierholtz .676
still puts him 8th, not going to bother adding LF cause it'll be about the same result.
Colvin is also 25 and playing at the league minimum.
*note* some of those OPS numbers are what they got playing RF, some were they're overall numbers. I was jumping between ESPN and BR and didn't feel like being perfect about it.
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Smokies' team hitting line after six games:
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That is sick. Of the eleven hitters last night, Rebel Ridling has the lowest batting average... at .294. Nobody else is below .333.
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The Smokies and Daytona both have pretty intimidating lineups for their level.
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Zambrano now has a better career home run ratio (one every 28.3 at-bats) than Victor Martinez, Michael Cuddyer, Pudge Rodriguez or Billy Butler. And he's closing in on Shin-Soo Choo (one every 28.1).
some other fun Z hitting facts in there
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The Cubs have the wrong Carlos playing first base.
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in the meantime, option #1 has 4 HR's and .990 OPS right now for the Cards.
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The Cubs have the wrong Carlos playing first base.
I don't know... it seems that Carlos Delgado wouldn't really be a good choice any more.
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clearly, MLB will never be able to weather the poor April attendance numbers
expanded replay for 2012 looming
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bleh...im all for getting it right and im not a ump/human-purist, but c'mon...let's not add a potential 5-15 minutes to non-playoff games.
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you're talking once a week maybe, glad they're interested in joining the 21st century
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This is not the era of pragmatism.
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only had through mid-June of 2010, but games were averaging a minute less last year at that point.
Safe to say, replay isn't significantly changing the time of a game at this point.
Ozzie Guillen and LaRussa trotting out 3-4 relievers in an inning is another story.
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I'm in favor of replay, if there is a proper punishment for frivolous challenges, a la the NFL. My idea would be...
If the challenge is ruled "Call on the field was correct"
(and the challenge was a time-waster), the team has one player from their bench DQd.
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/hedley lamarr'd
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That's really going to be awful when the guy who pitched 8 innings the night before gets disqualified.
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could have still had that drought under 100 years
About Cubs throwing 1918 World Series to Red Sox
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More like Sox fans have been antagonizing the Cubs for more than 100 years.
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carrie's mailbag...why she led with that dumbass first question/answer...yeesh.
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Carrie says Welington has a sore index finger, not a thumb. I thought Len said thumb back in st. I would think it's easier to hit with a sore index finger than thumb. Throwing would still be a problem.
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New low. Wouldn't trade Barney straight up for Aaron Hill because on April 14 Barney has a good batting average and Hill has a low batting average?
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the past 4 games barney played (3 good ones) have launched d.barney into god-tier.
i love him for the bench...don't really mind him as a starter...i don't expect more than 30 doubles and 5-10 homers out of the guy at the plate, though.
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I suspect that in a few years, if Barney matures a bit, he'll be capable of 10 homeruns. Right now he seems to have Ryan Theriot power though. The real key to his game offensively will be if he can take some walks--that could make him something more than a decent bench player.
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yeah, barney's got room to improve and his swing isn't horrid.
it's not like i think his bat is a total power black hole like jonathan herrera in COL or something...herrera will be lucky to hit 5hr a year even playing in COL.
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An hour later Herrera hits his first of the year, lol.
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Who would you rather have?
Hill, you dipshit, it's implied in the question.
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ugh... Wow... I wish I had never read that first question and answer.
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don't think any of that is new...
Signed: LHP Doug Davis, LHP Polin Trinidad (re-signed)
Released: OF Brandon Watson
Placed on restricted list: OF Melvin Camarena
Recalled: RHP Casey Coleman, RHP Jeff Stevens
Option transferred: C Welington Castillo (Triple-A to Double-A)
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Manolin de Leon, RHP Angel Guzman, RHP Gian Carlos Guzman, RHP Ty'Relle Harris, RHP Randy Jackson, RHP Dylan Johnston, RHP Su-Min Jung, RHP Oswaldo Martinez, RHP Trey McNutt, RHP Dae-Eun Rhee, RHP Todd Wellemeyer, 1B John Urick, 2B Carlos Figueroa, 2B Augie Ojeda, OF Brad Snyder
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Still would like to know what is wrong with Su-Min Jung. He was one of my breakout candidates this year, after his great finish in 2010.
This should be fun
Steve Stone has a book coming out. I'm sure it will be very flattering towards the Cubs.
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been wondering when he'd get around to writing a book that he didn't work on with another established writer (his harry c. book with rozner). he's not a bad story teller and he's got an education on him.
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I thought it was supposed to be more textbook-ish than expose-ish... that's just what I heard. The chapters are broken down by position and are 'able to be read indpendently of one another.'
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that seems to be what the description implies
minor league lineups for Thurs
Iowa: already won 10-6 over Albuquerque, F. Perez with 3 runs scored, a SB and 3 BB's. M. Ramirez goes 1/3 with 2 BB. C. Carpenter w/ 2 shutout innings.
Jackson CF, Flaherty 2B, Ridling 1B, Spencer RF, Vitters 3B, Clevenger C, Adduci LF, Lalli DH, Gonzalez SS
Chris Archer vs. Rafel Dolis
Crawford LF, Watkins 2B, Ha CF, Bour 1B, Castillo DH, Burgess RF, Lake SS, Cerda 3B, Noble C, RHP Kurcz
Szczur 8, LePage 4, Rohan 3, Jones DH, Borges 9, Fitzgerald 7, Giansanti 5, Burruel 2, Soto 6, Beeler 1 followed by Lopez
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Ryan Madson's wife just made his life hell.
"I hate the fans. It is bad enough that they bother us during the season, but they will not leave us alone in December when we go out to eat. We stayed here during the off season last year, but we will be going to California this year. There must be something particularly bad about Phillies fans because all the players leave in the off season."
enjoying sitting out in the bullpen listening to Phillies fans now...
the Phillies have since responded saying the comments were taken out of context
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another grand misuse of the excuse "taken out of context."
that's pretty cut/dry stuff. it's just unfortunate she said it.
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yeah, seems the person that posted it didn't identify themselves as someone who would be posting such things and Ms. Madson got a little chatty.
Archer vs. Smokies
Dolis with a 1-2-3 top of 1st...
Jackson FO-8, Flaherty 2B, Ridling K, Spencer 2B, Vitters FO-8
1-0 Smokies
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2-out double off Dolis but no damage
Clevenger 1B, Adduci bunt 1B, Lalli K, Gonzalez K. Jackson GO-3
still 1-0 Smokies
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Dolis has another 1-2-3 inning
Flaherty GO 4-3, Ridling FO-9, Spencer K
1-0 Smokies
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Dolis gives up a 2-out single, a wild pitch but gets out of it with a K
55 pitches, 36 strikes, 19 balls
Vitters BB, Clevenger sac bunt, Wild pitch, Adduci RBI GO 6-3, Lalli GO-3
60 pitches, 37 strikes, 23 balls
2-0 Smokies
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i wish the cubs didnt have a night off, too.
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gives up a 1-out triple, scores on a groundout
Gonzalez GO-3, Jackson INF 1B, Bunch of pickoff attempts at 1B, but Jackson still steals 2B, but then thrown out trying to steal 3B and Jackson gets ejected, Flaherty BB and steals 2B, Ridling BB and a wild pitch and Archer is done in favor of Neil Schenk
Spencer K's but a wild pitch scores Flaherty
Archer 76 P, 42 S, 34 B - 6 GO/3 FB
3-1 Smokies
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Dolis ends with 6 IP, 5 K, 0 BB, 4 H, 1 ER 85/54/31
Vitters 2B's later and Ridling hit a grand slam to blow the game open
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We knew about a velocity drop, but is the elbow 3/44? From a Levine article:
"Triple-A right-hander Jay Jackson is rehabbing elbow tendinitis"
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Rotoworld stuff...
Q-Ball would "love" for Castro/Barney to be the 1-2 combo.
Fukudome probably not ready for Friday.
Pena still bothered by thumb injury.
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Sure, as long as they're both batting over .300. Which will last all season, I'm sure.
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You've got to remember this is the guy who secured his managerial job based on a team ERA of 2.18 in his games from last year. He probably thinks luck is his dinvie compensation for losing his hair.
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Wasn't he talking about moving Castro in the lineup just a few days ago? I mean if he is this fickle, it sounds like he will run the team like I run my fantasy baseball team- poorly.
Either way, you don't mess with the 1-2 guys when they're hitting like this. You just ride it out. If you have to reassess in a month, so be it, but let's not change our minds from series to series.
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Well, the other alternatives thus far presented at the top of the lineup are doing as well or better than Barney (Fukudome and Baker). As long as Barney can keep his OBP over .360, I'm cool with it (though it would make more sense to hit him leadoff since he has no power and Castro would get to stay at just one spot).
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Cubs one step away from having open auditions for the rotation.
Ninja being considered for Tuesday start vs. Padres
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When do they start transforming Koyie Hill into a pitcher?
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When he perfects throwing to himself.
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He has a good split finger. rimshot
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Rafael Dolis, RHP, Cubs (Double-A Tennessee): 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K. No. 15 prospect in the system had mid-90s velocity but needs to deepen the arsenal to avoid a relief profile.
Josh Vitters, 3B, Cubs (Double-A Tennessee): 2-for-4, 2 2B, R, RBI, BB. Hitting .360 in three games with three walks; it took him 30 games to draw his third Double-A walk in 2010.
and for crunch
Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, Diamondbacks (Double-A Mobile): 1-for-2, HR (5), R, RBI, BB, K. Maybe that crazy season in the Cal League was for real after all. At least maybe, don't want to make too many conclusions on his impressive .381/.536/1.143 line in seven games.
fun with minor league numbers
Bobby Scales 4th in OPS in the PCL, LaHair 11th, Montanez 16th and Scott Mooore a little behind that
Tennessee has 5 of the top 7 in OPS in Southern League (Goldschmidt is 1st)
Jackson, Clevenger, Ridling, Vitters, Spencer all over 1.000 with LeMahieu at 929
Cerda and Burgess over 1.000 in FSL and rank #10 and #12.
Pierre LePage and Rubi Silva over 1.000 in Midwest League (#2 and #10)
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Scales' success is a carryover from spring training. He has a nice approach at the plate and a mechanically-sound swing. He's perfect for a bench spot. I would have preferred Scales over Dewitt.
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who is dewitt?
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I am almost afraid to ask, but what's wrong with DeWitt's approach and swing?
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Honestly, I don't really know much about DeWitt.
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Ryno hates crackers!
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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
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.


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The Stetson baseball team's recruiting class for the 2013 season was ranked 29th in the nation by Collegiate Baseball, as announced by the publication on Tuesday. It marked the first time Stetson was ranked in the top 40 since reaching the 20th spot in 2003.
The group of 16 new Hatters are one of just two Atlantic Sun Conference incoming classes ranked in the Top 40 (Kennesaw State, #38). The SEC, PAC-12, and ACC led the way at the top of the list, with Vanderbilt tabbed as the top recruiting class in the country.
The new Stetson players have joined the returning Hatters this fall, hoping to help lead the new look team to another Atlantic Sun Conference Championship and trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2013.
The squad will practice this fall, play Baseball Canada's Junior National Team on October 20th, and then compete in the annual Hatter Series in early November before gearing up for the spring season.


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If you ask retiring fire engineer Henry Giesick's fellow firemen, family and friends, they'll tell you he spent his 39 years at the Greeley Fire Department as a dedicated firefighter, mechanic extraordinaire, pizza and meatloaf chef, and "station dad."
If you ask the 65-year-old how he feels about being the longest-serving front-line firefighter in the city's history, he'll say modestly and with a chuckle, "Somebody else is going to have to take over."
The department held a farewell party for Giesick at Greeley Fire Station 2 on Thursday, where his fire station family and home family bombarded him with love and thanks. Even Weld County dispatch voiced congratulations over speakers in the station.
His wife, Ann Giesick, said she had to talk him into the celebration, which also fell on her 64th birthday, and the couple's 43rd wedding anniversary.
"To go almost 40 years is pretty incredible," she said.
Giesick, an Eaton native, joined the fire department in July 1973 after he saw an advertisement for firefighters in The Tribune.
"It seemed like a wonderful idea at the time," he said, smiling.
Giesick said he enjoyed going out on calls the most.
"You saw something different every time," he said.
In his decades of service, Giesick was present at some of Greeley's most memorable emergencies, including the 1985 Greeley Independence Day Stampede Parade that turned deadly when a team of horses bolted and dragged a rig through crowds of onlookers. Giesick said one of the most difficult calls he handled was when he responded to the University of Northern Colorado to find that his father, who worked at the school, had been hit by a bicyclist and injured. Giesick's father, now in his 90s, was at Thursday's farewell party.
Ann Giesick said hard work is in her husband's blood. She said his mother worked in her local beauty shop until she was 72.
"I think that was the way he was brought up with his work ethic," she said.
That work ethic has shined through while he was on and off duty. Giesick's fellow firemen said he never minded dedicating his days off to helping others, whether by responding to an emergency or working on a friend's vehicle. They said he was sought after as a mechanic, saving the city wads of money because he was able to repair anything and everything.
"He has an incredible mind for fixing things," Fire Chief Duane McDonald said.
McDonald and others told the story of how Giesick's quick thinking was responsible for bringing power back to his fire station during a blackout and blizzard. They said fire crews were sitting in the dark when they heard Giesick in the engine bay, clinking tools and opening doors. Not long after, the lights came on, as he had hooked the building up to a generator on a rescue rig.
"I don't remember complaints," McDonald said. "He always just jumped in and did it."
Giesick's son, Aaron, a fire engineer with the West Metro Fire Protection District in Lakewood, said he didn't really plan to become a firefighter, but he joined after he served as a volunteer fireman in Golden. He and his sister, Amanda, grew up with the Greeley fire crews, posing with their dad as babies in the fire station and coming up with nicknames for some of the firemen.
Lt. Rick Cudworth, who worked with Giesick for 23 years, handed Giesick his No. 16 firefighting helmet as part of his retirement.
"It's kept you safe like you've kept us safe," he said.
McDonald said the party marking Giesick's retirement was also a sad day for him.
"It's bittersweet to watch these icons go," McDonald said.
Giesick joked that he might try to at least take the weekend off before he starts doing some kind of work again.
"It's going to be hard to stay away after doing it for so long," Giesick said.


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Samantha Louise Hinkle, 42, a resident of Elkins, passed from this life early Wednesday morning, Nov. 28, 2012, in Davis Memorial Hospital, following a long battle with cancer.
She was born Tuesday, June 30, 1970, at Elkins, a daughter of Clark Daniel Hinkle of Elkins and the late Lola M. Brick Hinkle.
Samantha is survived by two daughters, Kaitlin Nicole McLaughlin and Jessica Anne McLaughlin; her former husband, Bryan McLaughlin of Winchester, Va., with whom she had remained friends; her maternal grandmother, Ruth Elaine Hinkle; her uncle, William H. "Bill" Grindle of Elkins; and a cousin, Paul Grindle of Elkins.
Samantha was proceeded in death by her maternal grandparents, William Patrick Brick and Alyce Virginia Brick; her paternal grandfather, Ellery James Hinkle; and her aunt, Rosilee Anna Grindle
Samantha was a graduate of Elkins High School with the class of 1988, had attended Davis & Elkins College and was a homemaker. She enjoyed quilting, online gaming, and staying in contact with family and friends through social media.
Samantha's request for cremation was honored. A graveside service will be conducted in Davis Cemetery in Davis Saturday, Dec. 15, at 1 p.m.
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When I was five years old I wanted to be a fireman when I grew up. By the time I was 8 I had changed my mind approximately a dozen times. I suppose it is common for a youngster to waver when it comes to a decision that will not be made for several years. So when I met a young fellow a couple of weeks ago, it surprised me that he knew exactly what he was going to be when adulthood rolled around. Let me introduce you to Hayden Tarris, a future if he gets his wish professional bowler. That's his game plan and I'm not about to bet against him.
The precocious 8-year-old is a second grader at Old Fort Schools. I had a chance to watch him bowl while I chatted with both he and his mother Justene. The conversation was fascinating and I'm going to share it with you.
Hayden started bowling in a parent-child league at Seneca Lanes before his third birthday. It was love at first throw, and he has never deviated from his chosen course. Though he does have other interests, bowling is his passion. A vacation trip to New Jersey confirmed that, indeed, professional bowling might well be in his future.
The Jersey trip occurred when Hayden was five years old. The destination was the U.S. Open bowling championships where he was introduced to his favorite touring pro, Norm Duke. Upon meeting the youngster, Duke took Hayden to the locker room where he was introduced to other pro bowlers.
In the locker room, Hayden proceeded to leave Duke speechless as he recalled a previous tournament that Duke had won beating Chris Loschetter in a game. When Hayden described the game frame by frame, Norm Duke was dumbfounded. A friendship blossomed.
It became public when Duke won the U.S. Open title on that weekend. As he was being presented the trophy, Hayden shouted out "you're my hero Norm!" As the crowd laughed, Norm Duke smiled and Hayden became well known on the tour.
To suggest that Hayden practices his favorite sport would be an understatement. He bowls on average three nights a week. And when I say bowl, we are talking 12-15 games at a time. I guess if you want to bowl for a living, you must work at it. That is young Hayden's goal and he makes no bones about it. In fact, when he went to his barber recently, the guy suggested that to become a pro would be expensive. Hayden casually replied that he would acquire sponsors.
I did say precocious.
As I watched him bowl, I was intrigued by his form. The first thing I noticed was a chicken wing flap of his left arm, a la Joe Morgan, the former Cincinnati Reds second basemen. The other peculiarity was that he slides on the wrong foot, releases the ball, and follows it up by hopping with his right foot. When he ends up he looks just fine.
The form might look a little strange, but the scores aren't. Pre-bowling for his Saturday morning league at Heritage, he recorded scores of 172-180-194 for a 546 series. He has bowled the last two years in a junior high traveling league. His competitors may be a lot bigger, but he usually outscores them.
Hayden calls Seneca Lanes his home, but he bowls elsewhere. In addition to being in Saturday morning junior leagues at both Seneca and Heritage, he has participated in tournaments in several locations. In 2010 and again last year, Hayden participated in pro-am tournaments. He will be doing so again when the U.S. Open comes to Columbus this summer.
The young left-hander works with Herb Thibodeau at Seneca Lanes, but plans are being made for Hayden to get some tutoring from Jeff Lizzi, a PBA bowler from Sandusky. He has bowled with the twin sons of Parker Bohn III. In fact, he got a telephone call from Parker just a few days prior to our conversation. Bohn told him he would see him in Columbus.
As Justene and I talked, Hayden took a break from bowling to sit down at the table with us. His mother and I were discussing the 7-10 split that Justene had converted, well, sort of. You see she had the 4-7-10 split standing and missed the four pin. The seven however, kicked out and knocked down the ten pin.
Hayden then interjected a comment. He said, "Randy says that the only way to make a 7-10 split is to ." At this point his mother interrupted and said Randy who? Calmly Hayden pointed out that he was talking about Randy Pederson, the color commentator on televised broadcasts of PBA tournaments. I know, I know. The fact is he may well be on a first name basis with the guy.
After I talked to the two, I went to the far end of Heritage Lanes and started watching city tournament action. Hayden meanwhile continued his practice. An hour or so later I heard my name called. I turned around and it was Hayden with his right arm extended.
I shook his hand as he told me that it was nice meeting me. I reciprocated the comment and wished him well. After he left, I couldn't help but smile. Hayden is such a nice young man that has a very specific goal.
I hope he makes it to the tour and here's hoping I'm still around to write about it.
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Now 47, the legendary supermodel shows she's still sexy after all these years, frolicking on the beach in Malibu wearing nothing more than her signature triangle bikini for a PEOPLE photo shoot (her first swimsuit session in six years). Watch video of the model in action on the set of her shoot below.
While the mother of two says her killer curves are the product of a clean diet, daily exercise and good genes – and not the surgeon's knife – she admits that even she is not immune to the body blahs.
"I do get jitters," says the Australian model, who turns 48 on March 29. "I was comfortable [at the shoot]. But I had to get my self-conscious 'maybe I don't look my best' head out of the way and go with, 'Let's celebrate where I'm at.' "
Continues Macpherson: "I know it's not as easy as when I was 20 – there are more factors to consider."
Macpherson still models but spends much of her time overseeing a business empire that includes the successful Elle Macpherson Intimates lingerie line. But her latest venture puts her in front of a different kind of camera as host and executive producer of Fashion Star, which premiered Tuesday on NBC, alongside celebrity mentors Jessica Simpson and Nicole Richie.
Macpherson, who says Simpson "looks so beautiful" as a mother-to-be, remembers her own pregnancy weight gain of more than 50 lbs. with each of her sons, Flynn, 14, and Cy, 9.
"My butt was huge, my breasts and stomach were huge. I didn't do maternity wear – instead I bought huge clothes in an attempt to be fashionable," she says. "But I was in awe of the changes that were going on in my body."
For more on Macpherson's incredible body, her diet and exercise regimen and her thoughts on aging, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE magazine, on newsstands Friday


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SALEM - City Council learned Tuesday the city will receive $80,600 in state funding to make data available at a single Internet source regarding properties for development in Salem.
"This is exactly what we need," Sustainable Opportunity Development Center Executive Director Larry Kosiba said.
Kosiba gave council the good news that the city's application through the Local Government Innovation Fund through the Ohio Department of Development had been approved. City council had agreed in February to partner with the SOD Center and the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce on the application for funding the project aimed at improving the city's business attraction environment.
The project has been called Project SEED BASE, which stands for Small Community Enhanced Economic Development and Business Attraction through Integrated Information Systems.
Kosiba explained that using a web-based data base, any company looking at whether to relocate to Salem will be able to go to one site to see what the city has to offer for the property they're considering. Information available will cover: traffic flow; demographics; tax, water and sewer rates; available economic incentives at the state and local level; academic achievement ratings of local schools; zoning requirements; high speed Internet access; and workforce development.
"We'll be able to let them come in and see our assets and capabilities and they can see if we match their requirements," he said.
Mayor John Berlin said they had a lot of collaboration with the Department of Development with this second round application.
"We're all excited about the impact it may have for economic development," he said.
The total project cost was estimated at $89,600, with a match required of $6,000 from the city and $3,000 from the SODCenter. The money will be used to develop the integrated data base.
If the project goes well, Kosiba said another grant may be sought to integrate the rest of the county into a similar data base.
In other business, council approved an ordinance indicating its intent to issue tax exempt bonds on behalf of Salem Community Hospital. Attorney Glen Pratt of Peck, Shaffer & Williams, the hospital's bond counsel, explained the purpose of the proposed financing is to refund bonds issued previously in 2005 for $29 million and to secure $22 million for the hospital patient bed tower construction project.
"The city is serving as a conduit," he said.
The city will be under no obligation related to the bonds. He said they'll likely be back in mid-January for the final bond authorization.
An announcement was also made that a joint meeting of city council and the city Planning Commission will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 18 to discuss the housing project planned for the east end, off of East Pershing Street, Butcher Road and Cunningham Road. A request has been made to rezone about 6 acres off of Pershing Street from commercial to residential multi-family.
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Quick facts to share your software, copyright and licensing in two minutes
Everything you need to know about licensing in 2 minutes
- Software is protected by copyright law in the U.S. and many other countries.
- Anyone that wrote the software, owns the copyright and can say how it is used. [NOT saying how it can be used does NOT remove your responsibility as the owner, even if you don't care.]
- People sometimes give up their copyright ownership to the software they write in their employment agreements. [If you didn't read your employment agreement, you're probably not a professional software developer.]
- If you want to liberally share your software with others so they can use it for anything, there are a few well-accepted SIMPLE licenses (Apache 2.0, BSD, MIT). These essentially say:
- Do whatever you want with the software.
- Don't claim my work as your own.
- Do give me credit for my work.
It takes about two minutes each to read the Apache 2.0, Berkeley, and MIT licenses. Pick one. They are good enough for one of the most successful collaborations we have witnessed in the short history of software development, and for two institutions for higher learning recognized for their contributions to computer and software technology. These licenses were written by lawyers that understood software copyright law and liberally sharing software. Apache Software Foundation projects are powering the growing business ecosystems of cloud computing, and have successfully powered the rise of the web for 15 years. No lawyer you hire will do better.
If you live on GitHub, it will take you less time than reading this post to visit the appropriate OSI URL, copy the text, and paste it into a LICENSE file in the top of the tree with the appropriate minor edits for date and project name.
If you care about software freedom, then you are admitting you have already probably read more on the topic than the average developer, and can go refresh yourself on the excellent Free Software Foundation essays, re-read the GNU licenses, and choose appropriately.
If you are trying to "make money" from your software, then you are admitting you need to involve a lawyer in your business, or spend enough time educating yourself on the business tools available in your chosen profession. A very good reference for developers is Van Lindberg's Intellectual Property and Open Source.
If you think you need an opinion on software patents, re-read the previous paragraph.
That's it. There's the two minute course. If you read quickly, it was over faster.
Any other discussion is window-dressing or whining, and just plain unprofessional if you write software for a living or for other people to use. If you want folks to use your software, license your work. Writers do it. Artists do it. Engineers and architects do it. So should you.
Originally posted on the Outercurve blog. Reposted with permission.
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Except for one small issue...
The BSD License doesn't fully require
- Don't claim my work as your own.
- Do give me credit for my work.
They require that the source code continue to contain their headers. The final distributed code does not.
If you write a program that I find useful, I can modify it, and release it as "My Commercial Program" and **SELL** it to others - and not give you ANYTHING.
Asking a lawyer for help is no different than asking a translator for help. Only a lawyer is translating legalese into English.
Doesn't no license mean "do whatever"? Why is that particularly bad and/or dangerous?
It might not be particularly bad for some, but others prefer licenses that exert more control over how source code is used—for example, copyleft licenses that keep code open when it finds its way into other projects.
The link "Intellectual Property and Open Source" is to a book, which will take >> 2 mins to digest!
You do not state anything about rights to use and liability in the absence of a licence, or if a licence mentions one but not the other aspect.
There seems to be no simple standard licence that allows unrestricted use for non-commercial (not-for profit) use, but reserves the the right to charge for commercial use. (Any need for a lawyer could then be confined to the latter case, when one would probably be needed anyway, and there would be funds to pay for it.)
software licensing can not be explained to someone that has no idea yet, in 2 minutes. the topic is simply too complex for that, else there would not be so many discussions, misconceptions in peoples heads, and different licenses.
still, i think it is good that you tried. thanks! :-)
maybe use 10min next time. if you write software, and can not spend 10min, once in your live, to make sure that all the software you ever write will be used as you want it to be used, you are definitely not taking and your job serious enough.
the most important thing:
[NOT saying how it can be used does NOT remove your responsibility as the owner, even if you don't care.]
should be a separate point, and should be reformulated to be less confusing. maybe something like:
* not specifying a license means: All rights reserved; which means nobody is allowed to do anything with the code, except he has the explicit allowance by the author
to make this very clear, is in my eyes, the most important task of every attempt to explain software licensing, as it causes by far the most problems in practice.


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Grand Tour of SwitzerlandOn the Grand Tour of Switzerland the journey is the goal. This route will lead you 1600 kilometers through four language regions, over five Alpine passes, to eleven UNESCO World Heritage Sites as well as two biospheres and along 22 lakes. This Tour provides a concentrated insight into Switzerland, with exquisite scenic views and cultural jewels.
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Not that she's complaining.
"The kids' needs come first, work comes second and I come third," Eggert, 41, tells PEOPLE. "It takes away from any social life you might want to have, but I do it because I love my kids. It's something you can't explain. I think it's something only mothers know."
Eggert, who is mom to daughters Dilyn, 14, and Keegan, 20 months, says it is absolutely difficult juggling parenthood and work, which includes her stint on Splash and her starring role in Past Lies, a Lifetime Original Movie debuting Friday, and that's precisely why she doesn't spent time dwelling on it.
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The former Baywatch star says one of her biggest challenges was shedding the baby weight after Keegan, who was born six months shy of her 40th birthday.
"I was eating and exercising but something was off. I saw a doctor and he said I had a hormonal imbalance," says Eggert, who adds that paparazzi photos documenting her postpartum weight loss struggles bothered her older daughter. "It's shallow because the person inside is the same person. Dilyn knew me at 98 pounds and she knew me at 160 pounds when I was pregnant with Keegan. When the paparazzi would follow me and judge me it really upset her."
Before doing Splash, Eggert says she dropped nearly 35 pounds by working out with a trainer and strict dieting.
Later, she says the controversial reality show helped her become even more fit. "[It] helped me build muscle. It was really hard, every day, six-to-eight hours a day of gymnastics, trampoline work and diving. But it did wonders for my body."
Another perk the reality show? It helped ignite what she calls a "passion" for sports.
"I think I missed my calling in life and maybe I should have been an athlete," says Eggert, who competes against Drake Bell and Rory Bushfield on Tuesday's season finale. "The more I do these things, the more I realize I have a passion for it."
She also dismisses the idea that the show is too dangerous, as some have alleged after multiple injuries, including one for Eggert that caused bruising and swelling on her back and kidneys.
"Is it too dangerous? No, I don't think so," she says. "Everyone needs to know their boundaries. Either you're up for it or you're not."
In her case, she says, quitting after her injury was never really an option.
"I have this 'I can' attitude and I wanted to show my daughters what you can do, not what you can't do," says Eggert. "I wanted them to see that pushing yourself is so rewarding."


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Women's Tennis Loses at Indiana, 7-0
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Ball State women's tennis team suffered a 7-0 loss to Big Ten foe Indiana Sunday evening in Bloomington. With the loss the Cardinals drop to 7-2 on the season.
The Hoosiers went up 1-0 over the Cardinals after winning the doubles point. Courtney Wild and Courtney Earnest won two games over No. 31 Sophie Garre and Leslie Hureau at the No. 1 position but lost 8-2. At No. 2 doubles Bethany Moore and Kristel Sanders also took two games from Indiana but resulted in an 8-2 loss for the twosome.
In singles action the Hoosier won all six matches in straight sets. Moore won four games at the No. 4 spot but lost to Garre 7-4, 6-2 while Kristel Sanders also won four games against Shannon Murdy at No. 5 singles but lost 6-4, 6-0.
The Ball State women's tennis team continues non-conference action on the road at Marquette Sunday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. (EST).
Indiana, Ball State 7,0
1. Leslie Hureau (IU) def. Courtney Wild (BSU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Katie Klyczek (IU) def. Courtney Earnest (BSU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Alecia Kauss (IU) def. Ayaka Terashi (BSU) 6-0, 6-3
4. Sophie Garre (IU) def. Bethany Moore (BSU) 7-4, 6-2
5. Shannon Murdy (IU) def. Kristel Sanders (BSU) 6-4, 6-0
6. Jithmie Jayawickrema (IU) def. Lauren Pickrel (BSU) 6-0, 6-0
1. #31 Sophie Garre/Leslie Hureau(IU) def. Courtney Earnest/Courtney Wild (BSU) 8-2
2. Alecia Kauss/Shannon Murdy (IU) def. Bethany Moore/Kristel Sanders (BSU) 8-2
3. Katie Klyczek/Gabrielle Rebenstein (IU) def. Ayaka Terashi/Paola Rodriguez (BSU) 8-1
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (6,1,3,4,5,2)


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Creamy Zucchini & Spinach Rigatoni
Creamy Zucchini & Spinach Rigatoni from the Kraft site!
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HEAT oven to 375ºF.
COOK pasta in large saucepan as directed on package, omitting salt.
MEANWHILE, heat oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add zucchini, mushrooms and garlic; cook and stir 3 to 4 min. or until zucchini is crisp-tender. Add flour and seasonings; cook and stir 1 min. Stir in broth; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until thickened. Add Neufchatel; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until melted.
DRAIN pasta; return to pan. Add zucchini mixture, spinach, Parmesan and 1/2 cup mozzarella; mix lightly. Spoon into 2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; top with remaining mozzarella.
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5 Reasons the Scariest Thing Ever Written Is a Kids' Book
Mr. Schwartz was, by all appearance, an interesting, intelligent man who loved folklore and was willing to scare the bejeezus out of kids. This is difficult but necessary work for any man of conscience. After all, if children never know fear, what will they overcome to grow stronger? Schwartz wasn't trying to ruin our childhood; he was seasoning us to inherit the earth.
Seasoning us with the yellow-bitter curry of fear.
Fear doesn't care what your rational mind knows. When you've been spooked, fear is a cocktail working its way through your veins, and until it flushes out of your system, your brain devises any reason to explain the lingering terror. Evolutionarily speaking, it's better to react first and analyze later. You don't need to know what the hell is behind you; all you need to know is that it has teeth and it's getting closer.
Paranoia is a hell of a drug.
Scaring kids is especially easy because kids are in a state of uncertainty ALL THE TIME. They're wired to be terrified of the dark, so that they don't wander into it. And even when they're calm they're trying to figure what's real. They're still learning how to discern all the lies we tell them from their real experience. That's why I lie to my nieces all the time -- so they get a lot of good practice calling out adults on our BS.
What really sets Scary Stories apart is its complete willingness to terrify you not just imminently but existentially. Freddy and Jason are resilient slashers, but in these pages lurk the inconceivable truths no mortal should have to comprehend.
That's why kids are the only ones who can face them. When you're young enough that every shadow holds shapeless terrors, this kind of abject ghoulishness smudges your fear into recognizable shapes. Once you've faced the ultimate horror, you can process everyday terrors like divorce, death and -- oh God, I just realized something. What if there are mole people burrowing under the bed? Well, even if there are, at least you won't be skinned alive a goddamn lumpy scarecrow's bare hands.
This is not easy work, terrifying children all day. But our hero Alvin Schwartz was willing to take on the hard task of making us stronger.
A motorist takes shelter in an empty house when something god-awful comes tumbling down the chimney.
That awkward moment when you tell someone they lack a face.
Ah, hell, look at that giant ... whatever it is, probably some German monster with a weird name like Teufelslufthaupt. It's got a noggin so big that time moves slower near its surface, and an arm with enough reach to stop Wilt Chamberlain at the top of the key. The poor guy has no chance against this god of monsters. He dives through a window and runs until he's about to die from exhaustion. He can't see the thing anymore, so he finally stops sprinting, and sucks in some air. That's when he feels its hand on his shoulder ...
... and it asks him, "Pardon me, is something wrong?"
See, Mr. Schwartz also gives you some comedy. These books ultimately teach you to laugh at horrors. It's a map of fear, and that includes the best trail out of the countryside.
Even more than most genres, horror stories are an information game. You show the audience just enough to let their brains run wild with terrifying possibility, and then draw them along towards an awful inevitability. But if you're worried about burning out the terror centers in their brains, it's nice to offer them a breather now and again with something like this.
It's almost cute, in a suffocating damnation kind of way.
When you keep ratcheting up the fear and then recontextualize the story so one of the elements is no longer a threat, you teach people reason and courage: circumstances change, and we can be the ones to change them
In this case, we expect the story of unreasonable evil, but we get someone whose behavior is polite and helpful despite appearances. The readers who still want to bludgeon the monster after it proves to be a nice guy are never going to leave home and probably grow up to vote Tea Party.
This is one of the most prohibited books in school library history, right after Mein Kampf for Kidz but ahead of Debbie Does Decimals. And with good reason -- any school worldly enough to teach evolution is going to prohibit a book that proves, by virtue of being a portal to Hell, that Satan is real (and wants you to believe in evolution).
The thing is, a book that's provocative enough to get banned is interesting enough to scare people who don't understand that reading doesn't make something reality. Mein Kampf is a grotesque document but it can give insight into how authoritarian goons think so that we recognize such arguments the next time a demagogue uses them. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn uses an awful word casually ... but only to show how dehumanizing that word really is, and how you should stand by good people no matter what society tells you to do.
Most books are useful to society one way or another if read critically. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark performs the important function of scarring children. Besides, I actually had to read Atlas Shrugged for high school English, and that dreck is worse for tender psyches than a thousand spiders pouring from an open boil.
As seen here and in that nightmare you can never remember upon waking.
No matter how bad things get (spider bite) they can always get worse (spider eggs). But if we're willing to open our minds to the horrific possibilities, we can handle them. That's what these books taught us, with tales of folks who didn't always lose their cool when they came eye-to-eye-socket with their worst fears. A controlled setting like these pages gives us a sandbox in which to practice these confrontations, and rather than be warped by them, shape them to our needs -- even if those needs are to slowly and agonizingly murder the witch who cursed us.
Because I love my nieces, I shall be giving them the gift of pants-wetting terror this Halloween. It's not just a fun thrill; it's a chance to look what scares you in the eye, challenge it and grow to realize the only thing we have to fear is fAAAAHH GOD HERE IT COMES AGAIN!!
Brendan McGinley was never seen again ... not even in the background of Jack Reacher. But they say he still tweets from beyond the grave @BrendanMcGinley.
Brendan faced real-life monsters here on Cracked in The 7 Types of Chris Brown Twitter Troll and the ultimate response to childhood trauma in 5 Reasons Batman Always Wins.


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Aggie fans fill Fort Worth Stockyards for Midnight Yell
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The Fightin' Texas Aggie Yell Leaders perform their midnight Aggie Yell practice traditions with thousands of Texas A&M Aggie fans at Stockyards Station in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 4, 2012.
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Alabastros Studios Wordpress Version
Alabastros is a clean modern portfolio, perfect for any creative company, studios, photographers or even freelancers, this theme is styled with some of the latest CSS techniques and enhanced with jQuery, also includes a great ajax contact form, you should try it.
This theme comes in Two different colors, 3 different home page styles, 2 different portfolio page styles etc.
This theme use Custom post types this way your blog posts, services, portfolio projects and home content will be separated.
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You can login using this credentials for the role of subscriber:
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This is just an example of a user account, depending on the type of user the top buttons will change. (please don't change the user password)
See how simple is to add content to this theme: http://www.grupolasalida.com/themeforest/alabastroswp/how-this-theme-works/
If you click in the black version you will be redirected to the html version, is exactly the same well almost (The wordpress version has a dropdown menu)
I've included 16 psds with this theme 8 for the black version and 8 for the light version:
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SupportWe have created a custom forum to provide support The reasons we have chosen to use a custom support forum are quite simple:
The Themeforest support threads are a terrible way to provide support, there's no way to keep an order to the support comments, the threads are not searchable and most of the questions are asked over and over again, Our support forum will help us to replay to your comments faster also you could search the forum since the answer to your question might already be there.
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Friday, July 18, 2014
The Berkeley Stags will be conspicuous in their absence at Johnson-Hagood Stadium this year, at the traditional start of the high school football season.
BHS will miss the 44th Annual Sertoma Classic on Aug. 21-22 because of a scheduling conflict.
Berkeley opens its regular season at home against Johnsonville on Friday, Aug. 22, which is when the Stags were originally scheduled to play in the classic.
Due to a scheduling glitch we had to schedule Johnsonville on the same night as Sertoma, said Berkeley Coach Jeff Cruce.
In doing so, the Stags have taken a page from Timberlands book.
In recent years the Wolves opted to open their season in Week O against Manning as opposed to a one-or-two quarter scrimmage at Sertoma.
In the past we have a better gate and attracted more fans by giving them a live game as opposed to a one quarter scrimmage, said THS Head Coach Art Craig.
This year, however, because of a similar scheduling glitch involving Manning, Timberland is open for Week 0 and will take on Class AAAA Div. II runner up Stratford for two quarters on Thursday, Aug. 21 on the first night of the Sertoma Classic.
Timberland opens its season on Aug. 29 against Hanahan.
Craig said playing in the Sertoma Classic is all about getting his team game ready.
We have to get ready for the region and the playoffs any way we can and that means going up against tougher teams like Stratford, Hanahan and Berkeley, he said.
At Sertoma, Thursday and Fridays games will feature six match ups.
Goose Creek will take on West Ashley and Summerville plays Hanahan. Cane Bay will line up against Military Magnet.
This years event will be the 44th time the Sertoma Club of Charleston will host the Football Classic. The Sertoma Club of Charleston was chartered in 1951.
The 2014 Sertoma lineup will be as follows:
Thursday, Aug. 21
Academic Magnet vs. Lincoln
Military Magnet vs. Cane Bay
Hanahan vs. Summerville
Stratford vs. Timberland (2 quarters)
James Island vs. Palmetto Christian
Goose Creek vs. West Ashley (2 quarters)
Friday, Aug. 22
St. Johns vs. Baptist Hill
North Charleston vs. Garrett
Burke vs. First Baptist
Pinewood vs. Woodland
Northwood vs. Stall
Wando vs. Bishop England (2 quarters)
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Prep Time 10 minutes |
Cook Time 15 minutes
1 pound asparagus, ends trimmed, cut into 2" lengths
1 pound pea pods, strings removed
1 avocado, pitted, peeled and cut into 1/2" chunks
2 Tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed
8 ounces Eden Artichoke Ribbons
1/4 cup Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp Eden Sea Salt
1/8 tsp finely ground black pepper
1/2 cup fresh parsley, choppedfresh basil or fresh mint
1/4 cup organic parmesan, shredded, optional
Cook asparagus in a medium pot of boiling water for 2 minutes until bright green. Remove with a slotted spoon. Add snap peas, cook 30 seconds and remove. Cut avocado and sprinkle with lemon juice. Cook pasta per package directions. Drain and set aside. Place olive oil, asparagus, snap peas, garlic, salt and pepper in the pasta cooking pot. Cook while tossing for about 2 minutes. Add the cooked pasta, avocado, parsley and cheese. Toss to combine, and season with additional salt and pepper if needed. Serve topped with additional cheese if desired.
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A team of 15 volunteers will leave for Banda Aceh on 20 August to hand over the aids and conduct 'Training-of-Trainers' workshops. In all, 100 volunteers from Banda Aceh will be trained to refurbish and maintain the wheelchairs, so that they in turn can provide the service and impart the knowledge to others.
This is all part of the Move for Mobility project that collects and refurbishes old mobility aids for the disabled victims of the Asia tsunami disaster. In addition to the refurbished aids, new aids will also be purchased for the victims. In total, 500 new and refurbished aids will make its way to Indonesia, in three phases.
Move for Mobility is the brainchild of Mr Soh Chee Keong, Vice President of SPD and an active volunteer in several voluntary welfare organizations. Funded by the Singapore Red Cross and supported under the auspices of the Central Singapore Community Development Council's 'Pass-It-On' project, this is a collaboration initiative by Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD), Singapore International Foundation (SIF), Mobility Aid Recycling Services Centre (MARSC) and Keppel FMO.
Mr Soh says, "We started Move for Mobility when research revealed a need for more than 2000 mobility aids for victims of the disaster.
"After three months of appealing, collecting and refurbishing, we are finally able to see the project come to fruition at this handover, and happy that our work can help to improve the quality of life for some of the disabled, both here and in Aceh."
Public appeals were made in May, for used mobility aids to be donated at five designated collection points islandwide, and for volunteers to be trained to help repair and refurbish the aids.
Donations continue to be collected. Those interested to donate or volunteer with the Move for Mobility project can contact Alice Hue (SPD) on 62366391 or Joshua Loh (Pass-It-On) at 63709813, or visit www.spd.org.sg or www.passiton.org.sg. The same applies to those wishing to apply for a refurbished mobility aid.
Benefiting organisations in Aceh include the Zainoel Abidin Hospital (RSZA), Muhammadiyah, The Patimadora Foundation (TPF) and Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI).
Source: ReliefWeb


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For many years husband and wife Eric and Dani Davis have been transforming vintage and antique European textiles into unique and stylish home decor pieces. They strive to source the most unusual and rare fabrics. No detail is overlooked in the Northern California production of their high quality designs.


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LISBON - The subject of annexing the area north of town into Lisbon came up at this week's meeting of Village Council.
The subject was raised by village zoning/building inspector John Yenges, who said he wanted to bring it up after reading recent news stories about possible commercial development occurring near the McDonald's restaurant on state Route 45.
Yenges remembered another news story he read about an Oregon city that is seeking the forced annexation of an area after property owners reneged on a pledge to be annexed into town in exchange for municipal water and sewer services. This was done after a judge ruled the city was within its rights to shut off utilities to the area since the property owners were in violation of the annexation agreement.
Yenges wondered if the village could do the same with the commercial area located just north of town along Route 45 in Center Township, which could grow because of the oil and gas boom under way in the county.
"There's a lot of activity north of Lisbon," he said. "I don't know if you want to consider (annexation) again. I know it's a touchy issue."
Other village officials who go back longer than Yenges said the circumstances are different than in the Oregon case he cited. When the decision was made 30 years ago to extend Lisbon utility service to the Route 45 area it was done without requiring the property to be annexed in return.
"In that case you referred to, they signed an annexation agreement ... We don't have any annexation agreement" with those property owners, village Solicitor Virginia Barborak pointed out.
Council attempted to address what is now considered a major blunder by passing a law in the 1990s prohibiting any further extension of water and sewer service into the township unless the property owners agreed to be annexed into the village. Council repealed the law several years ago.
"We should never have done what we did," said Council President Roger Gallo, referring to the village's initial failure to require annexation in exchange for water and sewer service.
Barborak indicated council can change its mind again and reinstate the old law requiring annexation, which is something they may want to consider "as the area north of town continues to grow."


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The descent from the car-free Melchsee-Frutt winter sports region, at 1920-meter altitude, and on down to Stöckalp at 1080-meters offers fast thrills for all the family. At times over broad as well as tight curves, this approximately 30-minute speedy run passes some enchanting winter landscapes on the way.
Starting point: Melchsee-Frutt (1920 m above sea level)
Starting point: Melchsee-Frutt (1920 m above sea level)
Accessibility of starting point: Gondola lift
Destination: Stöckalp (1080 m above sea level)
Altitude difference: 840 m
Length: 8 km
Level of difficulty: medium
Toboggan rental on site: yes
Night floodlighting: yes
Refreshments: at the start, on the move, at the finish


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'1 Hull claimants per job 79.64
2 Stoke 73.22
3 Sunderland 53.66
4 Southend 44.06
5 The Wirrall 40.94'
Anyone know why Hull's so bad?
The geography is such that all the poor people live in Hull and all the rich people who work there live in surrounding countryside , villages and towns like Beverly.
So whilst bad, I would say the statistical area/geography is important and can be self reinforcing.
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Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood. The town is noted for Beverley Minster and architecturally-significant religious buildings along New Walk and other areas, as well as the Beverley Racecourse and the market place; the town itself is around 1,300 years old. It is also home to the oldest grammar school in the country, Beverley Grammar School.
For 22 years, Beverley was the administrative centre of the local government district of the Borough of Beverley, and is now the County Town of the East Riding. It is located 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Hull, 10 miles (16 km) east of Market Weighton and 12 miles (19 km) west of Hornsea. According to the 2001 United Kingdom Census the total population of the urban area of Beverley was 29,110 - of whom 17,549 live within the historic parish boundaries.[2] As well as its racecourse and markets, Beverley is known in the modern day for hosting various music festivals throughout the year, and also food festivals. In 2007 Beverley was named as the best place to live in the United Kingdom in an "Affordable Affluence" study by the Royal Bank of Scotland.[3]
Edited by !EURO!, 21 February 2012 - 02:04 PM.