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Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Tonight when the Braves visit the Mets, former Cub Rick Sutcliffe will be in the ESPN broadcast booth for the first time since he was diagnosed with colon cancer during spring training. Sutcliffe, who has been receiving chemotherapy and radiation, is scheduled for surgery on June 16th, which he hopes will lead to a clean bill of health.
On an infinitely more mundate note, Dayn Perry at foxsports.com argues that the Cub Express must be seen as wobbly, given that Ryan Dempster appears to be pitching with a rabbit's foot or similar in his pocket--Dempster's .211 batting average against on Balls in Play is way below the normal .290-.300 range--Carlos Marmol is on pace for an ungodly number of innings pitched, and Jason Marquis is just not very good.
Perry does, however, end on this semi-upbeat note:
If they do get to the postseason, then they'll have the kind of team
that's built to succeed in that environment. Teams with good defenses,
high-strikeout pitching staffs, and dominating closers tend to do well
in the playoffs, and all of that describes this year's Cubs model.
...the team defense has been exceptional, and the
pitching staff ranks third in the NL in whiffs. As for the closer
thing, Kerry Wood has looked strong save for two isolated bad outings.
If he continues to grow into the role, then the Cubs will have a real
shot at ending their comically long title drought.
Of course, unless the pitching holds up, they won't get the chance.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Jason Marquis is just not very good.
Wait... you mean our 5th starter is not very good? Shocking.
How many teams have "very good" 5th starters?
And of course Perry ignores the fact that Hill (who WILL probably get better) and Marshall are in AAA and can step in to the rotation, and Kevin Hart isn't far behind.
Re: Dempster
To call Dempster "lucky" simply because of his BABIP is not entirely accurate since he is ignoring the fact that Ryan has gotten 53 of his outs in 63IP through K's which means he is in full control of those outs and not dependent on luck.
Re: Dempster
Yeah, and Dempster has thrown 63 innings, that's 189 outs. It's a large enough sample size that no statistician is going to easliy conclude that mere luck is involved.
Put differently, at this point in the season it seems more reasonable to conclude that something has improved in Dempster's game than to conclude that he's simply been lucky for 2 months.
And while we're at it, going into the 2008 season, the odds of Dempster being this good/hot were probably about the same as Hill crapping the bed and being dumped down to AAA. Similarly, the odds of Howry sucking and Eyre being injured were probably about the same as Wood staying healthy and Marmol continuing to be excellent. This stuff tends to even out -- it's not like the Cubs have caught nothing but good breaks this year.
Re: Dempster BABIP
a .211 BABIP is virtually impossible....
The league leader the last two years was Chris Young (Welcome to Petco) and he had a .237 in 2006 and .265 in 2008. Most pitchers are around the .300 mark. Even if he bucks the trend to something like a .270 to .280 BABIP, that'll do considerable damage to his ERA.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
I wonder how many more "not very good" outings we will have to wait until Marshall is added to the rotation. I have been a fan of Marshall for a while, and I believe that he has more upside than does Rich Hill. Maybe it wont be too much longer and the Cubs will be willing to eat that terrible contract of Marquis.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
marshall should be here in another week or 2.
gallagher is holding the slot for him. he's gonna have to be impressive to keep the job vs. marshall.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Who in the division has better overall pitching?
Astros have Oswalt, Valverde and nothing else, Brewers have Sheets and nothing else, Cards seem to be doing it with mirrors and Izzy is a mess.
Maybe the Reds -- if Arroyo gets turned around and the kids keep pitching well, plus they've got Cordero in the pen.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
So which SP will we acquire before the trading deadline? It's never too early to speculate about this. ;-)
/go go sledge-o-matic
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
If I were to rank them as of today, my guess would be (in order)
1. AJ Burnett
2. Joe Blanton
3. Andy Pettitte
4. Greg Maddux
5. Mike Mussina
6. Roger Clemens
7. Mark Prior (turns and runs away from the keyboard)
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
You'd better run, punk!
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Heh. I came up with some of those names. I was quick to drop Prior and Trachsel from consideration, though. ;)
Burnett seems possible. Others in the maybe pile are Jason Jennings (really doing badly this year, but so are the Rangers), Odalis Perez (ditto, s/Rangers/Nats/), and if the White Sox put away their division, perhaps we'll see Livan Hernandez (actually doing pretty well this year) or CC Sabathia (change to the NL might do him good). More... Randy Wolf, Kip Wells, Brett Tomko...
All of a sudden, our Iowa crew is looking pretty competitive. :-)
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Well, I would argue with Dayn about the pace the Cubs are on. It seems to me that if we keep the present winning percentages (19-8, 9-10) up we would win ~57 at home and ~38 on the road and that adds up to a more reasonable 94-95 not 100+.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Yesterday the winning percentage was .622, which equates to 100 wins. The Cubs won't be able to sustain that, but it's a nice dream.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
the biggest & brightest of the red flags waved in the article is Marmol's workload; he is money that can't just be spent; some of it [him] must be saved for later, but how do you NOT use him?
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Apparently Lou can't!
My hope is that this José Ascanio kid takes a step forward into Lou's good graces. That along with Angel Guzman's late season return should be enough to make Lou lighten Marmol's workload.
Hopefully it won't be too late.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Counting on Guzman is like the Padres counting on Prior.
Lou using Marmol to protect a 6 run lead like he did a couple of weeks ago is stupid.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Was that the day that he pitched after not pitching in 6 days?
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Could be I'll check.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Yes. Even then people were mad about it, but I don't see how you justify NOT pitching him after 6 days.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
I was half joking.
Stranger things have happened though. Woody has been healthy all year!!!
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Understood Doc!
After three days rest-
Apr 22 NYM W 8-1 - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 14.1 1.88
Apr 21 NYM W 7-1 - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13.1 2.02
After 4 days rest-
Apr 30 MIL W 19-5
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Okay to be fair and correct
Cubs scored 4 runs and 5 runs respectivley the inning after Marmol pitched in both Mets' games.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Thanks... I was just going to point that out.
The only "bad" situation I saw was May 10th, where he pitched with a 5 run lead after pitching the day before.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
I know he had time off before, but the 19-5 Milwaukee game was irritating too.
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So to finish my thought, Lou needs to plan that the Cubs will finish big in games and there for does not need Marmol in some close games.
I just hope the kid's arm doesn 't fall off.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Me, too - I worry that his overuse in the early part of this season may reap bad dividends if someone else doesn't step up soon. It'd be nice if our veterans like Weurtz and Eyre could start to show something - Weurtz has almost as many innings as Marmol at this point, but his performance has been kind of fugly.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
Weurtz has a 3.13 ERA. Not exactly Marmol, but who is? Hardly ugly.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
why can't a reliever pitch 100 innings? this concept is so strange.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
I think this is a very fair question. If I remember correctly, PAP is not a Chadball™ approved stat; nonetheless, I would be interested in some sort of PAP-like stat that looked at relief pitchers. PAP relies heavily on pitch count which for a relief pitcher is obviously not a reliable thing to measure when attempting to gauge potential for injury.
Any of you freakin' geniuses have any ideas on how this could be assessed?
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"Any of you freakin' geniuses have any ideas on how this could be assessed?"
you put a human being out there to watch the guy.
you talk to him after performing and the day(s) afterward.
you work him again.
return to step 2...and reassess.
carlos zambrano says hello.
all humans are not created equal.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
And how do you put that in a spreadsheet college boy?
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
you gotta use a LOT of special characters and some real basement rocking algorithms.
seriously, though...best way to know what you got is to use it and see how it reacts.
its not an exact science, then again neither is treating every pitcher like they have the same body/genetics/build.
long story short...there is no sure thing, just guidelines to feel out what you got...rest is pushing it to find the dude's ceiling and stamina.
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Meh. I want predictive algorithms!! Cut the humanities crap and give me some math!!
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
My guess at the process to track this...
- Track pitch counts per outing
- Track number of days used in a row
- Track number of days off between outings
- Track pitch types and velocities
- Track injuries
- Track performance ups and downs
Feed it into HAL and analyze...
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Theriot, SS
Fukudome, RF
Lee, 1B
Ramirez, 3B
Hoffpauir, LF
Soto, C
Edmonds, CF
DeRosa, 2B
Gallagher, P
is this abomination true?
Re: Tonight's lineup
I agree...why the fuck is Edmonds playing?
I kid...I kid.
I assume Soriano has an owie or they want to give him 2 days off.
Re: Tonight's lineup
I was thinking about this. Today's game is far more important than this weekend's games as we have totally pwned the pirates. We should be playing our best today and rest them vs. the buccaroos.
Re: Tonight's lineup
it's may...there's nothing important about today's game.
Left Field in Houston is pretty easy, I mean Carlos Lee almost looks good out there and the Pirates throw 3 lefties verse us this weekend. If they wanted to give him a day off, today was the day. You definitely don't want Hoffpauir out there in PNC Park.
Lou keeps trying to give Derrek one I heard, but I'm guessing Derrek keeps telling him to put him in.
Re: Good News and a Mid-Day Buzz-Kill
lou does read TCR...
now if he could only apply that when soriano is back.
the 2hr .400 ob% guy batting 2nd...a 10hr .300 ob% guy not leading off...
fuku has more SB than soriano, fwiw...which is just about nothing since its only 1. still...
and yeah, i could care less who's sick of soriano-batting-1st or not...and yes, i know he's probably still gonna be leading off...maybe this year he'll get more RBIs than extra base hits.
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" . . . when he signed Edwin Jackson?"
He makes a lot of moves, people remember the ones that pan out. Kind of like MJ's approach to shooting. When it all shakes out, you get a formidable 25-man roster.
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My trip to Chicago has nothing whatsoever to do with the Cubs. In actuality, I am a Red Sox fan.
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Today's District 4 semifinals will be an all-local affair as Loyalsock's Pam and Emily Niditch, and Hughesville's Kaylora Thompson and Kelsey McCabe advanced to the semifinals Saturday during the district singles tournament. All four players won their three matches Saturday in straight sets. Pam Niditch faces Thompson, and Emily Niditch faces McCabe today at 2 p.m. at the West Branch Tennis Club.
Bucknell outscored George Washington by three goals in the second quarter and the Bison beat the Colonials, 13-8, in men's water polo. Bucknell avenged a loss to the Colonials three weeks ago by getting four goals from Alex Nowlin. Brian Barron scored three goals for the Bison and added to assists.
Lock Haven rallied for three goals to erase a three-goal deficit, but Temple's Amber Youtz scored her second goal in overtime to give the Owls a 4-3 win over the Bald Eagles in college field hockey. After going down 3-0, Lock Haven's Taylor Kennedy, Nakira Downes and Stephanie Ebersole all scored to tie the game.
St. Thomas Aquinas scored a goal 7 minutes into the second half which proved to be the game-winner in a 3-2 win over Lock Haven in men's soccer. Trent Burris and Bobby Mohr scored for the Bald Eagles in the second half.
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District 4 singles results
Preliminaries: Ashley Evens, Wellsboro, def. Hannnah Summerson, South Williamsport, 10-3; Ashlea Lovell, Montgomery, def. Maggie Lemons, Selinsgrove, 10-8; Jourdyn Buckheit, Liberty, def. Bethany Deppen, Shikellamy, 10-3; Carlie Stockdale, Lewisburg, def. Leland Barclay, St. John Neumann, 10-0; Katey McCloskey, Liberty, def. Carly Chaffee, Towanda, 10-3; Hayley Painter, Cowanesque Valley, def. Olivia Labate, St. John Neumann, 10-2; Taylor Russell, Wellsboro, def. Anna Lewis, Central, 10-3.
First round: Pam Naditch, Loyalsock, def. Evans, 6-0, 6-0; Autumn Helfrich, Central, def. Blair Williams, Cowanesque Valley, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-4; Andi Leach, Galeton, def. Kiona Robbins, Danville, 7-5, 6-1; Kelly Reed, Muncy, def. Kaitlin Hallabuk, Towanda, 6-1, 6-1; Megan Rudloff, Milton, def. Lovell, 6-0, 6-3; Kaylora Thompson, Hughesville, def. Gabby Horn, Montoursville, 6-3, 6-2; Olivia Fry, Bloomsburg, def. Rachel Lipski, Lewisburg, 6-1, 6-1; Maria Morgan, Bucktail, def. Buckheit, 6-3, 6-0; Kelsey McCabe, Hughesville, def. Stockdale, 6-1, 6-1; Dana Kyle, Milton, def. Kiana Gough, Montgomery, 6-4, 7-5; Tiara Bartol, Shikellamy, def. Katherine Baum, Danville, 6-3, 6-2; Nicole Payne, Montoursville, def. McCloskey, 6-0, 6-0; Ivy-Rose Kramer, Bloomsburg, def. Painter, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Grace Summerson, South Williamsport, def. Hunter Shaffer, Selinsgrove, 6-0, 6-3; Maggie Rymsza, Muncy, def. Meridith Blessard, Bucktail, 6-2, 6-2; Emily Niditch, Loyalsock, def. Russell, 6-0, 6-0.
Second round: P. Niditch def. Helfrich, 6-1, 6-0; Reed def. Leach, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Thomspon def. Rudloff, 6-4, 6-2; Morgan def. Fry, 6-3, 6-3; McCabe def. Kyle, 6-0, 6-0; Bartol def. Payne, 6-4, 6-3; Kramer def. Summerson, 6-2, 6-0; E. Niditch def. Rymsza, 6-2, 6-0.
Quarterfinals: P. Niditch def. Reed, 6-0, 6-1; Thomspon def. Morgan, 6-2, 6-3; McCabe def. Bartol, 6-2, 6-1; E. Niditch, def. Kramer, 6-1, 6-0.
Semifinal matchups: P. Niditch vs. Thompson; McCabe vs. E. Niditch.
Men's Water Polo
Bucknell 13, George Washington 8
George Washington1 1 5 1 - 8
Bucknell1 4 6 2 - 13
Goals: Nowlin (4), Barron (3), Else (2), Hale (2), Colina, Aleksic. Assists: Barron (2), Nowlin (2), Aleksic (2), Markovic. Field Blocks: Aleksic (3), Hale (2), Nowlin (2), Else, Markovic. Ejections Drawn: Else (6), Aleksic, Thayer. Saves: Napleton (15 svs., 8 ga., 32:00 min.). Steals: Aleksic, Hale, Colina, Thayer. Sprints: Barron (3-4).
Bucknell Record: 8-10, 2-5 CWPA Southern Division.
College field hockey
Temple 4, Lock Haven 3
TU-Amber Youtz, 3:25; TU-Katie Briglia (Youtz), 13:07; TU-Erin VanHorn (Nicole Kroener), 25:04; LHU-Taylor Kennedy (Kelly Harsh), 32:47; LHU-Nakira Downes, 40:19; LHU-Stephanie Ebersole (Harsh), 44:14; TU-Youtz (Kroener), 71:39.
Shots: Temple 17, Lock Haven 9. Penalty corners: Lock Haven 6, Temple 5. Saves: Lock Haven 11 (Elaina White); Temple 4 (Lizzy Millen).
men's soccer
St. Thomas Aquinas 3, Lock Haven 2
STA-Brendan Flynn (Daniel Davren), 5:37; STA-Michael Wagner (Flynn), 42:26; STA-Joseph Connolly (Davren), 52:10; LHU-Trent Burris (Bobby Mohr), 65:26; LHU-Mohr (Adam Supplee), 70:30.
Shots: St. Thomas Aquinas 13, Lock Haven 9. Corner kicks: Lock Haven 7, St. Thomas Aquinas 4. Saves: St. Thomas Aquinas 5 (Andrew Tartara), Lock Haven 4 (Brad Sumski 1, Jonathan Hewitt 3).


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For a fire department that answers more than 140 emergencies a year, most of which are automobile accidents, the proper equipment is vital. Members of the Coalton VFD has been using rescue equipment that is more than 16 years old. Alloys now used in vehicles have proved problematic for the old equipment, which has been less effective and sometimes useless against newer vehicles.
Coalton firefighter Sarah Roy Phillips found a solution to this problem. She sharpened her writing skills, completed research and successfully submitted a grant to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The department received a grant for $50,967 which will be used to purchase new extrication equipment.
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Coalton firefighters Sarah Roy Phillips and Danny Phillips display the department's outdated extrication equipment. The department secured a grant to update the equipment.
"We had explored other options to replacing our aging, worn and outdated rescue equipment, even considering the purchase of used equipment from other departments," Phillips said. "The major drawback is the fact that the equipment does not meet current National Fire Protection Association or Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards."
Phillips also points out that the new equipment will be dependable for many years.
"It will also be more readily able to cope with modern vehicular materials and ensure that the firefighters are using the safest, most modern equipment available. Also, the purchase will ensure that the department's ISO rating will remain unchanged, if not lowered, resulting in the community having lower homeowner's insurance premiums."
She also pointed out the new equipment can supply well-equipped first responders needed in an emergency at critical infrastructures.
"This equipment will be available on 100 percent of our calls, and will benefit mutual aid fire departments," Phillips said. "It will allow our department to improve services to our community and reduce the health and safety threats to our residents and firefighters."


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Africa Strategic Opportunities Roundtable SeriesJuly 1, 2015—Present
The Africa Strategic Opportunities Roundtable Series examines new trends and regional dynamics that are shaping Africa's future and will impact U.S. policy opportunities on the continent. The emergence of new strategic players, especially China, India, and Middle Eastern countries, have created a more complex diplomatic landscape for the United States and African countries to navigate. Sustained economic growth over the past decade attracts interest in the region as a frontier and emerging market for global capital. Africa's entrepreneurs, rising urban middle classes and youth, and the introduction of new media are setting the stage for the next fifty years. Political stability and security remain fragile and depend on the increasing effectiveness of national and regional institutions. The African Union and sub-regional organizations in particular, have become more assertive in conflict resolution efforts across the continent, but long-term security will also require good governance innovation at the local and national levels. This series examines Africa's outlook after fifty years of independence from this new baseline by fostering discussion about the changing demographics, political and societal institutions, and the financial and physical infrastructure that will enable positive change. Hence the series focuses on new thinking and new strategies for Africa's transformation.


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EAST LIVERPOOL - Tracy Drake will remain the Columbiana County Port Authority CEO for at least another year, and possibly two more after that, following action taken at Monday's board meeting.
The extension agreement approved by 4-0 board vote is for one year, beginning Oct. 1, and includes two one-year options, which could extend the contract through Sept. 30, 2015. Drake's $200,000 salary and benefits remain unchanged.
Board member Don Crane was absent from the meeting.
The deal, which replaces a six-year contract extension the port board approved in 2006, was reached after a three-hour executive session to discuss personnel issues. Authority president Steve Cooper was asked afterwards why the board opted for a short-term contract this time.
"The board's feeling was two things: Five years is a real long contract. And No. 2, there are a lot of changes coming in the next couple of years that will affect other things. We appreciate everything he's done. He's done a great job and he'll continue to do a good job for us," Cooper said of Drake.
Drake issued a news release following the meeting pointing out the money the port authority earns pays his salary.
"This new contract will not cost the taxpayers of Columbiana County a dime. In fact, over the past 19 years I've brought in an average of $1.6 million per year in grants and earmarks that have gone into infrastructure improvements that benefit the county. I'm proud to say that partially due to my efforts, the county is recognized in the state and nationally as a key transportation hub for this important economic region," he said, according to the news release.
Cooper, too, sang Drake's praises, pointing out port authority assets have increased from $5 million to $34 million since he was hired in 1997, and Drake's contacts in the public and private sectors "have certainly helped put Columbiana County on the map."
The only change in Drake's contract is how $11,000 in annual bonus money due him is distributed. During the past six years, the money was treated as a bonus, but under the contract extension the port authority will begin paying the $11,000 into Ohio Public Employees Deferred Compensation Program. Deferred compensation is a supplemental retirement program that allows state and local government employees to place a portion of their pre-tax salary into a tax-deferred investment account that is in addition to their pension plan.
"Now it will be treated as compensation so it will be counted toward my retirement," Drake explained.
Cooper said it was Drake's idea to forgo a pay raise. "He did not request a pay raise. He felt his compensation was fair and adequate, which it has been for all these years. He's basically going to work the next year for what he did seven years ago," Cooper said.
Drake is optimistic about the port authority's ability to capitalize on the regional oil and gas boom and the manufacturing revival under way. "It's exciting times," he said.


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Lab-Made Eggs Raise New Fertility Options
Early-Stage Cells Used to Produce Healthy Mice; Could the Dead Become Parents?
Japanese scientists have made viable mouse eggs in a laboratory dish, an advance that may offer a new route for treating infertility in people.
The experiment completes a long-sought quest in reproductive biology: to make sperm and eggs in a lab dish. A year ago, the same core group of scientists at Kyoto University created healthy mouse sperm in the lab.
In the latest experiment, the dish-created eggs were fertilized with natural mouse sperm to create healthy, fertile mice. The research appears in the journal Science.
Making mouse eggs "was a little harder to do," said Katsuhiko Hayashi, the lead author of the Science paper. Unlike sperm, he said, egg cells are "big and fragile, and they get mature only after a long, complex process."
It will be even tougher to repeat the trick in people. But if it can ever be done, it has the potential to transform reproductive medicine by enabling both infertile men and women to conceive their own genetic offspring.
Any such advance would also raise thorny ethical questions. In theory, at least, it would allow a man or woman of any age—or even someone who is dead but whose tissues are preserved—to become a parent.
"This is quite a startling feat," said George Daley, director of the stem-cell transplantation program at Children's Hospital Boston, who did pioneering experiments with lab-made sperm a decade ago. "But like so much of biomedical technology, it has a double edge to it."
In such experiments, scientists first figure out which proteins naturally turn primordial cells—a stage between stem cells and specialized cells—into either eggs or sperm. Then they add the same proteins to stem cells in a lab dish and see if it yields the same result.
Two kinds of very early-stage cells can be used. One is a stem cell taken from an embryo, which is capable of turning into all other mouse tissue. Alternatively, a mature cell from an adult mouse can be reprogrammed; this step causes the mature cell to revert to an embryonic-like state that can then be coaxed into becoming a sperm or egg.
Past efforts did yield sperm and eggs, but they didn't lead to healthy mouse babies, the crucial test to determine whether lab-made eggs or sperm are fully functioning and viable.
In the latest research, Dr. Hayashi and his colleagues created new mouse eggs in the lab, then used them to create healthy offspring. The results were achieved using both types of stem cells—the embryonic and the reprogrammed—reinforcing the validity of the technique, at least in mice.
The Kyoto group began by adding proteins, known as growth factors, to stem cells obtained from a female mouse. Because the proteins control cell growth and differentiation, the stem cells became epiblast-like cells, which are a certain type of cell in the early embryo of a mammal. When other proteins were added, the epiblast-like cells became primordial germ cells.
Primordial germ cells aren't of a particular sex, but they can become eggs or sperm depending on which somatic cells surround them. Somatic cells are non-germ cells that go on to form much of the body, including blood, bone and organs.
The scientists obtained a fetal mouse ovary and removed its germ cells, but left the somatic cells in place. The previously made primordial germ cells were cultured with the somatic cells, and the mix was transplanted into an adult female mouse.
Four weeks later, scientists removed the transplanted cells and isolated the immature eggs that had grown in the mix. They matured them in a lab dish. The eggs were put in a test tube and fertilized with mouse sperm. The resulting embryos were transferred to female mice, some of which yielded healthy and fertile mice pups.
The Kyoto group said the fertilization rates using lab-made eggs roughly matched the rate using natural mouse eggs. However, the final outcome of the experiment was less efficient.
In a control group, where natural mouse eggs were used, nearly 13% of transferred embryos led to healthy, fertile pups. By comparison, the figure was 3.9% for lab-made eggs created from embryonic stem cells, and 1.8% for lab-made eggs created via reprogramming.
There is no guarantee the technique would work on human cells. The growth-factor proteins that work in mice, for example, are different than the ones needed for human cells.
Still, the experiments are likely to offer useful insights into how a primordial cell gets converted into a specialized egg or sperm, a process that is poorly understood today.
And while the latest work has a touch of "cellular alchemy," as Dr. Daley puts it, scientists need to see if the technique will work on other mammals. That effort is under way. Dr. Hayashi said his colleague and co-author of the study, Mitinori Saitou, is in the early stages of trying to make sperm and eggs from primate cells.
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I'll also pick Murph, but I'd probably get all drooly and girlygirl and make a fool out of myself.
What former Red Wing would u want to meet?
Posted 29 September 2013 - 12:20 PM
RIP MicMichSteve. I was fortunate to have called you my friend.
Posted 29 September 2013 - 03:21 PM
Mikael Samuelsson...soon (fingers crossed)
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Posted 29 September 2013 - 05:28 PM
I've me a ton of Red Wings on my autograph running days, but the two I haven't yet and I really want to are, Steve Yzerman and Sergei Federov. I would be a gushing fan boy if I could do that!
Gordie Howe is an interesting guy, he has a lot of stories and he enjoys the fans immensely. Got a picture with him at the signing and since it was so expensive there wasn't really anybody there so I sat and chatted with him for almost an hour. It was awesome!
wow awesome wish I had the same opportunity one day. I think listening to the stories from the man himself about changes, goalies without masks earning nothing compared to today and stories about Richard must be incredible. is he more of a laid back guy or does Gordie. know how special he is?
I would call Stevie Y and the perfect human a lot but boring wouldn't be used. They both seem to be very humble guys, who value family, friends, fans and privacy extremely high. Talking to them would be very special for me I mean for most fans these two are having a godlike reputation.
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Posted 29 September 2013 - 06:00 PM
I have a couple funny stories, one re: Lidstrom, the other, Bowman. But I think I've already told the tales...(?)
Its gotta be Yzerman. This is one case, I think, where being a slightly younger fan of the game (26 going on 27, i.e. someone who wasn't in or out of college in the mid-90s) is/was a really big deal. The role-model/hero/guy-you-look-up-to thing. Yzerman was my guy. I wasn't obsessed with him, I didn't have posters of him all over my bedroom walls...there was just a very strong feeling of respect and admiration and "Hey, this guy makes sense to me. I like what he does and the way he does it (e.g. leading by example)."
Would be honored, thrilled to meet The Captain.
"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!" - Kierkegaard
Posted 29 September 2013 - 06:13 PM
Dominik Hasek
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try to get something by me i dare you
Posted 29 September 2013 - 06:22 PM
Yzerman was drafted when I was 11 years old. He has been my idol ever since. Even wanted to give my firstborn "Yzerman" for his middle name, but my wife nixed that . I always hope that I will bump into him someday down here in central Florida at a gas station or something. If I did I would probably stand there like an idiot in awe. Stranger things have happened. When I was around 10 years old we were down in Florida on vacation. We pulled into the gas station and my Dad recognizes the older gentlemen pumping his gas next to us. Comes back to the car beaming, having just chatted up "Rocket" Richard.
Posted 29 September 2013 - 08:21 PM
Larionov. I neither play chess nor drink wine, but I'd like to do both with the professor.
Edited by Mckinley25, 29 September 2013 - 08:21 PM.
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Posted 29 September 2013 - 09:09 PM
Larionov. I neither play chess nor drink wine, but I'd like to do both with the professor.
This is a good one. I should've thought of him as well.
Just to hear him tell the story of saying "good game" to Gretzky would be worth the price of admission.
-- Kurt Vonnegut
Posted 29 September 2013 - 09:45 PM
Mikael Samuelsson...soon (fingers crossed)
I see what you did there....
Posted 29 September 2013 - 09:49 PM
I'd have to say Chelios. I grew up idolizing him as a kid and he unfortunately was done playing and never got to see him play in person.
Posted 30 September 2013 - 03:42 AM
Or Slavs koslov.
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Posted 30 September 2013 - 08:14 AM
There are a ton i would love to meet #19, #5, #24, #10...this list would continue for a long time.
but...I gotta go with Mickey Redmond
I would love to drink a "ginger ale" with him, he seems like he would just be a blast to hang out with.
Edited by bakerbert, 30 September 2013 - 08:20 AM.
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- Mickey Redmond
Posted 30 September 2013 - 11:41 AM
The dogsledding one. Would be interested to get some tips on handling a team of dogs.
Posted 30 September 2013 - 02:04 PM
Already meet and talked Yzerman after practice even had him sign a wings playing card for the ex-wife for birthday sure wish I had that card not her...LOL
Gotta go pre helmet era
Terrible Ted
Helmet era
Probie ..I know a long shot
Joey K
Scotty B ..not a player but wonder how the conversation would go,
Posted 30 September 2013 - 05:26 PM
Stevie Y. I've already met my other favorite, Mickey Redmond. He's the best!
Agreed. I've met Mick a couple of times, one at a card signing in Livonia, and up in the broadcast booth at Boston Garden back in '94. Great guy. A buddy of mine is friends with Paul Woods, and he and a few of my other close friends went to the Old Shillelagh after a Wings game in the early 90s with Mick and Paul and closed the place, drinking and singing Irish songs. I sure wish I had been there! I've been fortunate to meet many former Wings, mainly at autograph signings, but the last couple of seasons at Olympia, I would go up to the broadcast area in between periods, and wait to get Sid and Bruce to come out and get their autographs. Always real nice. Meeting Steve would be great, but really any player would be a pleasure. I'd love to meet Reed Larson, just to talk about the last years of Olympia, the 77-78 team that got the city back into hockey, or his experience playing in the 1980 All-Star game at the Joe.
Posted 30 September 2013 - 06:33 PM
Brad stuart, because he was my favorite defenseman on the wings for years.
Posted 01 October 2013 - 06:58 AM
Ted Lindsay, guys a beast!
Posted 01 October 2013 - 10:01 AM
Steve Yzerman, without a doubt. Followed by Brendan Shanahan, Nick Lidstrom, and Gordie Howe....and Gordie just for the stories.
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2011: Appeared in 25 matches with four starts as a junior...recorded 20 kills, seven assists, 13 aces, nine digs and nine blocks on the season...season-high five kills in Sept. 10 win over Savannah State...three aces in win over Southeastern on Oct. 4...hit .500 with four kills and no errors Sept. 24 vs. Jacksonville.
2010: Appeared in 13 matches off the bench...tallied 10 kills, six assists and 33 digs on the season...two kills and career-high nine digs in Nov. 10 win at Bethune-Cookman.
2009: Played in 18 matches with one start...notched 23 kills and hit .154 on the season...hit .312 with career-high seven kills at Belmont (Oct. 23)...slammed six kills without an error in Nov. 14 season finale against USC Upstate, hitting .353 in the process.
High School: Helped La Cañada High School to four consecutive Rio Hondo League championships under Head Coach Brook Turner, a combined 39-1 record and four appearances in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) quarterfinals...during the 2008 season, LCHS was ranked #1 in CIF Division 2A... her club volleyball squad, San Gabriel Elite, captured a bronze medal at the 2006 junior Olympics and a silver medal at the 2006 Colorado Crossroads qualifier.
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5 Supposedly Fun Activities Nobody Actually Enjoys (Part 2)
You may remember that a few weeks ago, I wrote an article called 6 Supposedly Fun Activities Nobody Actually Enjoys. In that piece I took to task some of the nation's most (allegedly) widely enjoyed activities and exposed them as the mind-numbingly dull farces that they really are. The response was overwhelmingly enthusiastic.
As happy as it made me to know that my words resonated with so many people, I was a bit troubled by one recurring theme that permeated the discourse. People seemed to think that I was voicing displeasure with these things because I simply don't like going outdoors. Let me assure you, nothing could be further from the truth. I enjoy the outdoors just fine, but I figured that, seeing as how spring has finally sprung, Cracked readers would enjoy hearing that their summer plans will be a monumental waste of time. That doesn't mean I never leave the house; it just means I don't like doing boring shit when I leave the house.
So, in the name of making peace with all of the people who were offended by my alleged hatred of the great outdoors, I offer this article. Here are five more supposedly fun (mostly indoor) activities that nobody actually enjoys.
#5. Visiting Museums
"Hey, you know what would be fun, a trip to the museum!" The preceding sentence is something no person has ever said with any semblance of honesty in their voice. Don't get me wrong, I know people claim to love museums. I'm sure tons of them will take to the comments section and call me an unsophisticated philistine for not feeling the same way. But that doesn't mean they're correct.
Deny it all you want, but the truth is that arriving at a museum is right on par with arriving at one of those national monuments that I made fun of last time around. Once you get there, literally the only thing you can do is look at a bunch of shit that you could just as easily see in a book or on the Internet. But at least in a book or on the Internet you could just skip over all the boring shit without feeling guilty about it. That's not the case at a museum. Instead, you have to stop every 50 feet or so and pretend you give a damn about what's written on the placard below whatever lifeless artifact you're looking at. Otherwise, you look like some maniac who pays $30 just to power walk your way through the Ice Age exhibit.
A stock image search assures me that this picture is what the Ice Age looked like.
When you get right down to it, museums are basically zoos for inanimate objects. Paying an admission fee to enter a place where everything is locked away so you can't touch it is a fine idea if the stuff you're looking at is flinging feces at unsuspecting spectators or swinging around on ropes and whatnot. That's just a barrel of fun. But not once in recorded history has a painting ever leaped from its enclosure and mauled the teen who had been mocking it. Real live angry tigers know how to entertain a crowd, and they don't need a ridiculous Glamour Shots for Men backdrop behind them to do it. That's more than can be said for the stuffed animals in the above photo.
"But if I could pick a backdrop, this would be it."
Let's be honest, nobody loves going to museums. What people do love, though, is anything that makes them seem a little bit more cultured and educated than the rest of us lunkheads who just waste away our free time ogling boobs and betting on cockfights. People don't go to museums because they get off on looking at a collection of fossils -- they do it because it gives them an excuse to shake their head in pity while muttering "You just don't get it" under their breath. Anyone who claims otherwise is either the most easily stimulated tourist of all time or a straight-up liar. Sorry, museum fans, there is simply no middle ground to be had there.
#4. Playing Monopoly
Alright, so I know that some of the picks on the previous list and on this list do not sit well with people. But for the life of me, I can't imagine that a single person won't agree that Monopoly is the most dreadfully boring board game of all time. As just a rough estimate, I'd say I've probably played Monopoly over 100 times in my life. Of those 100 games, maybe four of them were played to completion. A "quick" game of Monopoly is something that doesn't even exist. Your only options are "play for six hours" or "fall asleep at the table."
"Nuh-uh, dude, they have that speed die now," to which I replied, "Shut up, nerdlinger."
The only real winner in a game of Monopoly is the person who knows better than to play that shit in the first place. In fact, if you ever have a group of people over and one of them spots a Monopoly game and suggests a quick match (which, as stated earlier, is not possible), it can mean only one thing. The boredom at your gathering has reached such a critical mass that people would rather play a game that perfectly captures the feeling of being screwed over by a landlord than sit and listen to your boring ass talk about anything for the next four to six hours. Clearly, it's time to take inventory of your social skills and see what's lacking.
But the popularity of Monopoly raises a pretty obvious question: Who in the hell is still buying this game? It's not like Monopoly is just barely clinging to its last vestiges of relevance. No, it's thriving. Just about every franchise or famous brand eventually gets its own Monopoly game. The Simpsons have a Monopoly game. The Beatles have a Monopoly game. Everyone has a Monopoly game made in their honor. So, surely, this is a game that has its fair share of fans. And that's fine, but I just want to know one thing. Fucking why?
#3. Attending Live TV Tapings
So you're a huge late night TV fan and you're planning a trip to New York or Los Angeles. The natural inclination would be to catch a live taping of your favorite show while you're there. It will be just like watching at home, except instead of watching it in bed you'll be watching it in person. How great is that? It's like you're in their living room!
Yep, you are in their living room, and that's what makes attending a live television taping so awful. Think about what kind of condition you have to be in before you willingly sit through an hour of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Half asleep, no makeup on (ladies), the day's now dirty thong strung across the back of the chair you sit on to tie your shoes in the morning (ladies and fellas), wearing "sleep clothes" that would make for a million-dollar paparazzi photo if you were famous (and walking with a kid you adopted from a Third World nation). You wouldn't get past the ticket window in that state. But it's being in that almost-asleep-not-a-care-in-the-world state that makes watching late night television fun in the first place.
Even Jay Leno is tolerable if you're asleep.
Watching late night TV is something you do during those "me" moments when the world works on your terms, when you can curl up in bed with a bowl of cereal (or weed) and fade off to sleep. All of that comfort and convenience flies out the window when you show up to watch television in person.
For one thing, there are no lines when you're watching television at home. Live TV tapings depend on audience enthusiasm to make them go well. What that means for you is that you'll spend a solid hour (at least) standing in line while a bunch of college interns command you to "MAKE SOME NOISE!" so you can prove you're worthy of even being in the same building as your favorite television stars.
If you're lucky, though, after waiting in line for an hour or so, you'll be whisked off to a bar where you wait for an intern type to escort you back to the theater. It makes sense. No crowd cheers like a crowd that's liquored up, and you really can't beat an $11 beer in [insert absurdly overpriced city name here]. But as nice as the bar layover may be, it presents another problem.
If there's one thing that lends itself as well to drinking as operating heavy machinery does, it's being able to comfortably hold it when you need to use the bathroom. After spending the past hour or so getting television audience level drunk (or just having one drink, prude), there's a fairly good chance you'll need to use the bathroom. Bad news -- unless you remembered back at the bar or any other point before you got in line, you're screwed. Getting out of your seat and locating a restroom while a live show is being taped is not something people look upon favorably.
"Yeah, I got a piss you can take right here. Back to your seat!"
That said, if you notify the proper authorities on your way in that you need to use the restroom, they will usher you up to a seat in the balcony with the rest of the colostomy bag wearers who can't hold their bladder long enough to watch David Letterman interview Jon Hamm. Up there, you can use the balcony restroom during commercial breaks. It's like the stoner bench in high school, but sitting there means people look down on you for possibly pissing your pants during the guest musical performance instead of for being a degenerate drug user.
Also, television shows don't just film themselves. There is a lot of equipment that goes into a production of that nature, and trust me, it's not discreetly hidden in the back where nobody can see it. Rather, it's placed directly between you and what you're trying to watch, effectively ensuring that you won't be able to see shit. That's cool, though, because they do put television monitors everywhere so you can see what's happening. You know, just like you have at home.


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For more than five years, a group of local anglers and their families have been investing their time, money and reputations to get a special project off the ground … and eventually under 350 feet of water.
Their aim? To fund, plan and build an artificial reef more than 50 miles off our coast. The Charleston Memorial Reef would be the deepest of its kind off the East Coast, and the first ever established in a Marine Protected Area (MPA). Bottom fishing is prohibited in MPAs, but trolling for pelagic game fish species such as billfish and dolphin would be allowed.
The deep-water reef also would serve as a place where loved ones could scatter the ashes of anglers who wished to be buried at sea.
To date, the grass roots group has raised just under $200,000, mostly through local fundraisers, auctions and donations. Since the reef location is so deep, the group had hoped to eventually raise enough money to secure, clean, transport and sink a sizeable ship.
Such operations can cost millions of dollars, however, and high prices for scrap steel and the high cost of environmental cleanup has largely ended the practice of using enormous old warships for reefs.
Our local reef group has a new plan: If you can't find a big ship with tall profile, you can build something that will accomplish the same goal when sunk offshore.
The group now plans to purchase two massive barges and a crane from Stevens Towing, a freight company based in Yonges Island that has worked on a number of previous reef projects.
They plan to weld the upright crane and a variety of other steel structures to the 260-feet-long, 52-feet-wide barges, tow them out to sea and sink them at the designated reef site. If all goes according to plan, the outfitted barges could be sunk sometime next summer.
Members of the reef group, led by local offshore angler Stevie Leasure, met Friday afternoon in West Ashley to review the project and plan the steps needed to bring it home. They discussed possible superstructure designs and sinking procedures with representatives of Stevens Towing and Bob Martore, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources' Marine Artificial Reef Program coordinator.
Depending on the final design and how the barges actually sink and settle on the ocean floor, the reef could rise from a few dozen feet to 120 feet or more.
"As long as there's something there that's going to deflect the current, you'll attract the pelagics," Martore said. "If you could get 60 to 70 feet (of vertical reef structure), I think that would be just fine."
The group has secured donations of shipping containers, tractor trailer chassis and other steel structures that could be welded onto the 600-ton barges to boost the size of the fish-attracting reef. They're also studying which other steel structures could be secured to the barges, from giant silos to old electrical transmission towers or forest fire watch towers.
Ideal structures for inclusion in the reef would be made of steel, free of contaminants, tall, moveable, light and, hopefully, free. (Anyone willing to donate such materials could contact Buddy Aimar at 843-571-7471.)
Once assembled and sunk, such a reef could last for generations.
"Once these things actually get (marine) growth on them, the steel is almost covered up and sealed completely," Martore said. "That stops the oxidation and makes it last a lot longer than you'd think," perhaps 50 years or more.
The group's next steps include securing materials, designing the structure and raising whatever funds are needed to complete the project. Then it's on to building and preparing the mega-barges, towing them out to the reef site and carefully sending them to the bottom.
To donate to the reef effort and keep up to date on fundraising events, go to scmemorialreef.org.
Duck season cranks up
The first of this year's late duck seasons started Saturday and runs through Nov. 24. The second late season runs Dec. 8-Jan. 27.
Shooting hours are from half-hour before sunrise until sunset, and those times vary slightly depending on geographic location (check the S.C. Migratory Game Bird Hunting Handbook for a chart).
Waterfowl hunting requires a number of licenses and permits, including a state Migratory Waterfowl permit ($5.50), a federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp ($15, signed across the face of the stamp), a state Migratory Bird Permit (free) and a basic hunting license. Hunting waterfowl on Wildlife Management Area, requires a WMA permit as well ($30.50).
The daily per-person limit is six ducks. This aggregate limit can include any combination of teal, gadwall, ringnecks, shovelers and other common duck species. However, your take must include no more than four mallards (two hens), two pintails, one fulvous whistling duck, one black-bellied whistling duck, three wood ducks, two redheads, one canvasback, four scaup, and one black duck or one mottled duck.
Separate total possession limits apply to ducks, so check online.
Mergansers, sea ducks, geese, brant and coots have their own limits or seasons, so check sc.dnr.gov or the guidebook for details.
One of the most important regulations requires water-fowl hunters to use loads with nontoxic shot and plug their guns so they hold only three rounds. Steel shot is the most common choice, though many hunters prefer more expensive but effective high-density loads.
Hunters also are required by law to "make a responsible effort to retrieve all migratory game birds that they kill or cripple and to keep those birds in their actual custody while in the field. Hunters must immediately kill any wounded birds that they retrieve and count those birds to their daily bag limit."
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. Wruck Road, Sharlotte A. Childers; David S. Childers to Jennifer C. Welch; James M. Dimatteo, $215,000.
. Center St., Marianne L. Gittermann; Keith D. Gittermann to 335 Center Street Inc., $192,500.
. Elm Drive, Maureen A. Sferra; Anthony P. Sferra to Stephen E. Hess; Shawn M. Hess, $176,000.
. Country Club Trail & Mountain Ash Lane, Lewiston Heights Estates to Loretta Silvestri-Lewis; Phillip Lewis, $70,000.
. 76 O'Brien Drive, Kellene Prep to Martin L. Ground; Linda J. Dahm, $157,900.
. Elizabeth Drive, Jeffrey J. Schratz to Anthony T. Dibenedetto, $95,000.
. Harvey Ave. & Cottage St., Jadwiga Kwoka to Sara W. Corson, $54,900.
. Lake Ave., Frederick A. Gottman; Diane M. Gottman to JDLMR Inc., $60,000.
NIAGARA FALLS Highest price: $125,000 Average price: $63,000 Median price: $68,900 Number of Sales: 11
. Vanderbilt Ave., Michael W. Edwards to Michael J. Eula; Allison L. Eula, $125,000.
. Ashland Ave., Frank Francella; Maureen Francella; Maureen Bishop to Ralph Pescrillo, $120,000.
. Niagara Blvd. & Cayuga Drive, Andrea C. Abramo to Robert Mokhiber III; Cristie L. Mokhiber, $82,700.
. 230 77th St., Stephen E. Hess to Tonya N. Moore; Michael R. Moore, $80,000.
. 1956 Whitney Ave., F. Market Straights Llc to Crystal Property Solutions, $79,900.
. 17th St., Frank A. Sbrocchi; Emma C. Sbrocchi to Thomas A. Damore, $68,900.
. Parkway Condo, Unit 1410, Wei Jing Chen to Rachel Foran; David Foran, $52,000.
. 18th St., WNY Realty to Estates Caz, $33,000.
. Monroe Ave., Christine Tolfa; John F. Cwierley; Florence A. Cwierley to Darryl Christian, $32,000.
. 47th St., Verost Partnership to Greenpac Mill Llc, $10,000.
. 668 67th St., Optimum Scotia Enterprises to Darlene Paulson, $9,500.
NORTH TONAWANDA Highest price: $215,000 Average price: $111,958 Median price: $86,500 Number of Sales: 10
. Rose Circle, Vicki Ann Garven; Vicki A. Price; Mark E. Price to Jeanne M. Ennis; David C. Ennis, $215,000.
. Brentwood Drive, Paul Guadagna; Karen Guadagna to Sarah M. Bandinelli, $167,000.
. Vanderbilt Ave., Jodie Erickson; Michael J. Erickson to Stephanie M. Brennan; Erik V. Brennan, $166,000.
. Fairmont Ave., Kevin R. Talbot; Deborah K. Talbot to Krystal Torres, $163,000.
. Pine St., Christine Dena Lucci to Dawn Malum; James A. Malum, $89,000.
. Oliver St., Vicki L. Lagesten to Donna Cook, $84,000.
. Drake Drive, Robert Gross; Dolores J. Cook to Leon F. Majka, $80,000.
. Ganson St., Nancy McKowan; Nancy Kenner to John Macdonald, $77,777.
. 1340 Parkview Drive, Steven M. Moeller; Rose K. Moeller to James K. Kieser, $57,500.
. 6th Ave., Nevada Bluepoint Properties; Bluepoint Properties to Western New York Business Ventures Inc., $20,300.
. Bear Ridge Road, Virginia L. Goldfus; Karl W. Goldfus to Dean A. Burg, $75,000.
. Beach Ridge Road, Barbara Ciepiela; Lester Ciepiela to Beach Ridge Stables, $71,500.
. Youngstown-Lockport Road, Linda S. Jordan; Albert S. Jordan to Nathan L. Barnum; Elizabeth A. Barnum, $173,000.
. Balmer Road, Dorothy M. Dieter to Joshua Nichols; Sandra Nichols, $111,000.
. Youngstown-Wilson Road & Porter Center Road, Christine M. January; Mary A. Baird to Zechariah Vandermeer, $41,500.
. Royalton Center Road, Roselynn M. Wishman; Richard D. Wishman to Kenneth J. Hill Jr., $169,900.
. Freeman Road, Nanette Lotz; Renetta M. Karney to Steven M. Caldwell; Cheryl N. Caldwell, $89,690.
. Lakeview Drive, Rex V. Thompson; Michele H. Thompson to Howard P. Bull; Brian W. Bull, $57,500.
. Walmore Road, Robert Wasula; Kathleen Wasula to Magdalena Bator; Michael Bator; Darek Bator, $135,000.
. 2285 Lockport Road, David B. Elliott to William E. Joseph, $60,000.
. 38 Skylark Lane, DS of Wheatfield to Ryan Homes of New York; Nvr Inc., $34,350.
. Lake Road, David W. Gietz; Anne E. Gietz to Kate M. Sullivan; Casey A. Rohring, $290,000.
. German Road, Kathleen Ameno; Nicholas Ameno to Joseph G. Faucett; Cory M. Faucett, $251,500.
. Youngstown Lockport Road, Nathan L. Barnum to Amy J. Strusienski, $68,500.
. German Road, Yvonne A. Pelquin; Yvonne A. Peloquin; Kathy I. McCormick to Todd Skobjak; Kristen L. Skobjak, $19,500.


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TUNIS, 13 December 2011 - UNIDO and the Tunisian Centre for Technologies and Environment (CITET), today held a roundtable discussion on how a green economy in Tunisia can bring along new employment opportunities.
The event brought together some 80 participants, including representatives of Government institutions, international organizations, NGOs, and private companies.
"This meeting offered a platform for exchange of experiences, analysis and good practices in the areas of green economy and helped identify sectors in the economy that have a potential for creating new jobs," said the UNIDO Representative in Tunis, Monica Carco.
The Director-General of CITET, Moncef Chaâbouni, said he was convinced that green economic development will boost employment particularly among young graduates.
A representative of the Swiss Embassy in Tunis, Philippe-Olivier Beguin, spoke about the close cooperation between the Swiss Government and UNIDO, including about supporting national institutions dealing with cleaner production, like CITET. He said that making the economy more green meant, among other things, introducing a radical change in the overall production chain as well as in consumption habits, and added that it was everyone's responsibility to make such changes happen.
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Hamdi Salem, thanked UNIDO and CITET for organizing the meeting. He called for the creation of more green jobs, especially for the young people, as a way to ensure sustainable development.
For more information, please contact:
Monica Carco
UNIDO Representative in Tunis


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The Daybridge Child Development Center was created to provide quality daytime care for the children of families working for the Pennsylvania State University and the surrounding community. Located in beautiful Innovation Park, the center was built in 1997 and has grown with our neighbors. Each classroom is designed to be developmentally appropriate and meet the needs of the age group. Our teachers' mission is to inspire a love of learning through daily experiences that allow for hands-on fun and creativity. As a Daybridge family, know that we prioritize safety, learning, and the relationship we have with you and your child. From daily activity reports to developmental check-ins, we've developed ways to help you stay informed about your child's experience with us. Should you ever have any questions or concerns, however, please don't hesitate to come to our teachers or staff. Our open door policy covers more than just communication — it means you're always welcome to visit your child for lunch, circle time…or "just because" time!
Bettie Miller, Center Director
Daybridge Child Development Center works in partnership with the Pennsylvania State University as well as members of the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County.
When your infant is in our care, we are committed to providing a nurturing and caring environment that meets your needs and the needs of your child. As your infant grows and changes – which happens on a daily basis at this stage – we make changes, too, so development and learning unfolds naturally.
Toddlers are explorers on the road to learning. They walk all over, eat table food and often take just one nap a day. In a safe and nurturing environment, your little adventurer will find his voice, make new friends and develop confidence in newfound abilities.
Let us help your 2-year-old develop her independence and confidence in a setting that encourages a sense of community. We plan your child's activities based on a program grounded in early childhood fundamentals. Your young learner will increase her language ability, practice early counting skills and learn to cooperate with friends through group activities.
Preschool kids are in the process of becoming confident learners. We take their confidence to the next level with hands-on education. Your 3- to 4-year-old child is ready for structured learning activities that touch on early literacy, math, science and social studies. Our program balances these subjects with opportunities for independent exploration – and a healthy dose of running, jumping and dancing.
With our expert educators guiding the way, your child will feel confident taking the big step into the kindergarten classroom. With lower student-to-teacher ratios, your child will get more individualized attention. Our comprehensive, full-day kindergarten program encompasses reading, language, math, science, arts and physical fitness to keep your child excited about school. Plus, our program is aligned with local and state elementary school standards, so your child will be prepared to confidently enter first grade.
Even after school's out for the day, children need to be engaged in a comfortable, yet stimulating environment. That's where our Catch the Wave® program comes in. This innovative before – and after-school program allows school-age children to balance learning and fun through a variety of experiences. From homework help to fun physical activities, our program is designed so that everyone goes home happy.
Math Adventures teaches concepts such as geometry, numbers, measurement, and probability. Your child will learn about length, height and weight, as well as shapes and solids. Math is everywhere, and giving your child every advantage now will add up to success later in life.
Ongoing research proves that early exposure to music helps children think, reason and create. Your child will laugh and learn about rhythm, vocal melodies, and a variety of musical genres and instruments. Note by note, he may identify an early passion for music and will gain confidence to perform well in all aspects of his young life.
Set your child up for success with literacy through phonics, the study of letters and sounds. We engage your child with customized books, games and activity cards to help him master the basics of vowels and blending syllables, giving him confidence and an even greater command of the language.
We are very proud to say we are accredited through NAEYC! For more information about the NAEYC accreditation please visit, www.naeyc.org
The Eco-Healthy Child Care program assesses 30 critical care factors including biodegradable, non-toxic cleaning products, non-toxic art supplies, PVC-free toys and more. To learn more go to: www.ecohealthychildcare.org
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Your entire family is welcome to join us October 18th for our community social. Come see how family-style dining is done at our center, mingle with other families, and, best of all, enjoy a healthy snack with your child!
You'll better understand how we turn our meals into learning experiences and encourage the children to try new foods, practice table manners, use utensils, and simply enjoy a great meal and good company! See you there!
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LAKE TAHOE — Much of Lake Tahoe's environment has stayed the same or improved during the past 25 years, but the biggie — restoring Lake Tahoe's historic clarity — remains over the horizon, according to a report released last week.
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's 2011 Threshold Evaluation Report is a once-every-five-years look at how the agency is doing on environmental goals required by its founding document.
The report provides a basis for the Regional Plan Update's recently released environmental document and is the fifth of the reports issued since the passage of TRPA's 1987 Regional Plan.
This year's evaluation is the first of the reports to receive a scientific peer review, which found that the report is "technically sound and provides a credible basis to support ongoing TRPA policy-making."
TRPA tracked 151 of its goals, known as thresholds, in the 2011 report. Sixty-three percent of the thresholds have been met, while 37 percent have yet to be achieved. The goals cover everything from noise to wildlife habitat to recreation.
Gains were made in air quality and scenic quality during the past five years, but water quality continues to be a concern.
The lake's clarity during the winter months has shown recent signs of improvement. Summer measurements have not been as promising.
"Summer clarity is showing negative trends and ongoing research findings are needed to understand why winter and summer readings are moving in seemingly opposite directions," according to the report.
The evaluation recommends continuing existing programs to get erosion-control measures on the ground and encourage redevelopment projects that treat stormwater for fine sediments and nutrients. Researchers have linked the amount of fine sediment, nitrogen and phosphorus entering the lake following development of the basin to the lake's clarity loss.
Lake Tahoe's near shore — an area that has received increased attention because of recent algae blooms — does not have a specific threshold, but soon will, according to John Reuter, associate director of the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center.
Researchers are using grant funding to develop a standard to measure near-shore water quality, which could be ready by the end of this year.
Reuter said the key phrase for the near-shore quality is "managing expectations" because people's desire to have the near shore completely free of algae is likely not a realistic one.
Farther out into the lake, algae also remains a problem, according to the report. Free-floating algae has steadily increased between 1968 and 2008. The algae declined in 2009 and 2010, but is expected to continually worsen. The algae contributes to Lake Tahoe's clarity loss by absorbing and scattering light. Increased nitrogen and phosphorus are considered the main causes of the increase, according to the report.
In addition to detailing progress on specific thresholds, the report recommends modifying several thresholds to better fit state standards, while revising or eliminating thresholds that are not achievable or enforceable by TRPA.
Any changes to the thresholds would take place after passage of the Regional Plan Update, which is scheduled for December.


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Offenses from youthful offenders are not uncommon. However, this group of individuals is often perceived as a group that can be rehabilitated and avoid a life of crime. This makes crimes involving juvenile delinquency a complex area of the law that attempts to balance the needs of the public with the needs of the youth.
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a small beach town located in the northern territories of the world famous 561 (south FL, USA). land of the sand and dum drum.
(also known as: J.U.P. or jupiter)
(also known as: J.U.P. or jupiter)
deluks products are manufactured in j town.
por TSD1 17 de Julho de 2006
Jamestown has the same reputation throughout Rhode Island.. rich burn outs. Not only do the youth, but most parents smoke pot as well. It is a sweet spot for growing, and also known to be a chill spot for high rides. Considdering the amount of teens that smoke at NKHS.. about 60% of them come from Jamestown. But weed isn't the only drug around on this gorgeous island, its also been known for a place to trip out. If Jamestowners are dry, everyone is dry. If nothin is around, you most likely wont see the Jamestown crew out and about either. Nothing happens until herb or lq is found. Their nights consist of getting high or drunk, usually somewhere outside but occationally at some poor kids house that made the announcement that his/her parents are away.Many just sit around sessioning while looking at the ocean, talking about life, and listening to reggae. You can find many J-towners chillen at the East Ferry Deli after a long night of being fucked up. The X-tra mart is a great place to stop by when the munchies kick in. Visine has become Jamestown's liquid from the God, considdering how much of it is used. Jamestown guys normally consist of skater/surfers with shaggy hair and shitty sneakers, along with the clean- cut stoners. The girls are all mostly the same, mellow, beautiful, ... but grungy as hell. Their attire consists of hippie skirts and lots of hemp- jewlery. Ooh what a world.
what up man?
chillen in jtown, you?
word you smokin?
chillen in jtown, you?
word you smokin?
por Rhode Island stastics 14 de Setembro de 2005
An abbreviation for a City called Jos in the Middle of Nigeria. It is mostly refered to as J-town by the younger residents or people that stay or visit the city.
we heard the hottest clubs and Bars in J-TOWN were burned down during the recent riot in Jos.
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Nickname for Jerusalem, Israel
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Urbane name for JOS the capital of plateau state Nigeria
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The cleanest yet worst town in New Jersey's Morrise County. Is short for "Jefferson Township" but don't say J-Town Township or you WILL get shot.
I moved into J-Town and I thought I was high.
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A city in south west san diego Called Jamul
Hey lets go to J-Town and mob the hills
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Approach to Incremental Modelling of Web Services Orchestration - An Application to Deadlock-free Scheduling in Automated Systems
Popescu, Corina
Publication type: Doctoral dissertation
Issue date: 2009-10-23
Belongs to: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto. Julkaisu - Tampere University of Technology. Publication;832
University: Tampere University of Technology
Faculty: Automaatio-, kone- ja materiaalitekniikan tiedekunta – Faculty of Automation, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Department: Tuotantotekniikan laitos – Department of Production Engineering
Changes in equipment and production demand cannot be predicted at the design stage. Therefore decision‐taking mechanisms must rely on real‐time information collected from the shop floor. Real time information‐based logistics decision taking mechanisms rely on dispatching rules. The usage of such regulations suffers from the myopia problem (it is not clear how to ensure that individual interests do not clash against the system‐wide objectives - e.g. total profit maximization). In order to overcome this, routing strategies must be based on formal representations of flow that automatically account for modifications in the values of parameters of interest and in the model itself. This thesis addresses this problem and proposes a method to incrementally model the flow within a service‐oriented manufacturing line: based on information offered as a Web Service to the outside world, formal models of flow may be automatically created. The resulting representation assists deadlock‐free dynamic scheduling of the system.
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SHEPHERDSTOWN - Being designated an 8(a) business by the U.S. Small Business Administration last year is a huge opportunity, Adrienne Morgan said Thursday evening at the Eastern Panhandle Entrepreneurs Forum.
She is president and chief executive officer of A-Zone Environmental Service LLC in Charles Town. She was a featured speaker at the forum and participated in a first-signing ceremony.
The 8(a) designation is for a small, female-owned, minority disadvantaged business and entitles the enterprise to federal contract opportunities.
She and Elizabeth Sager, representing Jeanette King, founder of Strategic Resolution Experts Inc. of Martinsburg, which also is an 8(a) designated business, took part in a ceremonial signing of their first federal contracts at the Entrepreneurs Forum.
The first contract signing ceremony was part of the SBA's "Rural & Ready" program in the Eastern Panhandle. Judy K. McCauley, director of the U.S. SBA's West Virginia District, said the Rural & Ready initiative is a series of training events to help small, rural businesses throughout the state.
In July, Morgan, her husband and business partner, Jesse, won a $4 million sole-source environmental remediation service contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers within the Corps' Norfolk District - their first federal contract.
The Norfolk District covers most of central Virginia from Hampton Roads to West Virginia as well as the Delmarva Peninsula and a couple areas in North Carolina.
"With the 8(a) designation, a whole new world opened up to me and an overwhelming world," Morgan told the audience gathered for the forum.
She described the designation process as "grueling, a learning experience, but it has paid off."
The two started their environmental services business seven years ago with two employees and one client, Morgan said. They now have six full-time employees, three part-time employees and a network of clients.
They have worked all over the eastern United States from Buffalo, N.Y., to Miami to Milwaukee and have worked at several federal installations as sub-contractors for other companies.
The company provides an array of environmental services, including assessments and remediation for properties like Brownfields sites.
Brownfields are old industrial sites where the ground might be contaminated. After remediation, the property can be redeveloped for other uses.
"We found out there was a big federal market for our services, which opened many windows of opportunity," Morgan said. "We had to rethink our business model. We had to think big. We had to expand our services, offer more services."
She and Jesse are passionate about environmental stewardship and the work they do.
"We care about the work we do and we enjoy what we do," Morgan said. "We got into business because we care. The work we do provides a lot of value to the community."
She and Jesse graduated from Boston University with degrees in environmental sciences. She is from Silver Spring, Md., and he is from Charles Town.
Previously, she worked seven years for The Nature Conservancy and he worked for Environmental Strategies, which has since become WSP Environmental and Energy.
They have three children.
They emphasized how beneficial the services of the SBA, Small Business Development Center of the Eastern Panhandle and Procurement Technical Assistance Centers have been in their success.
"They held our hands - we wouldn't be here without them," Morgan said.
-Staff writer John McVey can be reached at 304-263-3381, ext. 128, or email@example.com


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BATAVIA – The City Council has set three public hearings for Feb. 11, including a controversial city recycling proposal that pits sentiment against savings.
The 2013-14 budget of $23.7 million reduces real property taxes by 14 percent but has one possible point of contention: a pay raise for Council members.
A second hearing will seek input on proposed water and sewer rate increases, adding small costs to both services through water use and meter rates.
The third is a local law to amend rules governing pickup of trash and recyclables. A new vendor is likely for an April 1 start. The service likely will go to the lowest bidder.
Genesee ARC has performed weekly pickups for nearly 30 years. This year, for the first time, the vendor was sought through bids. The lowest bid for the five-year contract was Allied Waste Services of Buffalo, a change that would save the city $1.3 million. ARC was the highest of four bids.
However, ARC has been widely praised for its dependable work and the use of disabled workers who might not find other employment. About 20 of ARC's 30 employees would be affected.
As for the budget proposal, the amount to be raised by local taxes is $4.9 million. That would reduce the property tax levy $1.56 cents, to $9.15 per $1,000 of assessed property value.
Waste pickup, however, no longer will be included in the tax bill. It will become a separate fee of $1.69 to $1.98 per $1,000, erasing the tax break for many homeowners.
That has led some to question whether a City Council raise, approved last year by a 6-3 vote, ought to be continued. The raise is $1,500 to $3,500 for eight members, and $2,100 to $4,900 for the Council president.
The Council Monday night in a conference session also discussed bids for the bins for trash and recyclables. The lowest came from Cascade Engineering, of Grand Rapids, Mich. The prices range from $46.45 to $49.78 for trash depending on size and quantity, and $44.69 to $51.53 for recycling. There are three sizes for the roll-out carts, 35, 65 and 95 gallons.
The Feb. 11 hearings will start at 7 p.m. in the City Council chambers at City Hall.


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Mike Bleech: Now handloading makes more sense than ever
Have you taken a look at the ammunition shelves at area sporting goods stores lately?
If not, when you do, you might be shocked to see nothing but empty space.
Unless you arrive at a sporting goods store just after a shipment arrives, whatever ammunition you might be looking for will not be there.
Fears of more restrictive gun laws, well-justified fears, have driven hunters and other recreational shooters to buy all of the ammunition they can find. Unless you started searching before the most recent mass shooting, you are out of luck.
A poll done by ShooterSurvey.com and HunterSurvey.com indicated that 26 percent were handloaders. The No. 1 reason that people handload, according to that poll, is to save money, which was given as motivation by 86 percent of those who were surveyed.
The only reason that came close was to improve accuracy, stated by 72 percent of respondents. To obtain ammunition, which is difficult to find in stores, was a motivation for just 34 percent.
That last figure might change in the near future.
Until very recently, what people were talking about when they mentioned ammunition that they could not find in stores was mostly obsolete ammunition.
Unless you are lucky enough to have a really well-stocked sporting goods store in your vicinity, ammunition such as .30 Remington or .38-55 was hard, if not impossible, to find.
Now, finding any factory-loaded ammunition might be difficult. Current shortages of ammunition might be temporary, but who is to say that it might not happen again?
Your best bet for having the ammunition you want is by handloading it yourself, and by purchasing components whenever you find them.
This doesn't mean that getting ammunition by putting it together yourself is going to be easy.
Handloading components are nearly as hard to find as factory-made ammunition, especially components for handloading .223 Remington, .308 Winchester and most handgun ammunition, particularly 9 mm. These components are difficult to find because they are needed to make ammunition for the type of firearms commonly known as tactical.
Tactical firearms include the type of rifles that are sometimes erroneously called assault rifles. As anyone with even just a modest knowledge of firearms understands, no one, save a very small number who have special permits, owns assault rifles of the modern sense, which are fully automatic firearms, or machine guns. Actual assault rifles keep firing as long as the trigger is pulled, or in bursts of usually three shots. Even those that fire in bursts can usually be changed to fully automatic by simply shifting a lever.
If you are shopping for a new hunting rifle, with no particular interest in owning a tactical rifle, or if you want to avoid the most serious difficulties in acquiring ammunition, buy a rifle that is not chambered for the popular tactical rounds, those being .223 Remington and, to a much lesser extent, .308 Winchester. Or, if you want to similarly avoid ammunition problems in handguns, avoid buying 9 mm.
The same poll indicated handloading for rifles is the most popular type of handloading, with 79 percent of handloaders doing it. Next in popularity is handloading handgun ammunition at 60 percent, then shotgun ammunition with 28 percent.
Handloading is not difficult, but it absolutely must be done correctly.
Get started by buying a book about handloading. One good book is a Lyman Reloading Handbook. This handy book tells the reader about handloading from the basics to very advanced information. Also, it contains extensive handloading data for handgun and rifle cartridges.
If you become fairly serious about handloading -- it is after all the type of do-it-yourself element that is often attractive to serious hunters -- then you will probably want to get the handloading manuals from the makers of your favorite bullets or powders.
Some are free, but the more extensive handloading manuals are not. I have long relied on both the Nosler and the Hornady manuals, since most of the bullets I use are made by one of these manufacturers. These are reissued every few years with new loads and as new products are developed.
Through the years, I have noticed that in many cases the maximum loads for various cartridges have gotten smaller, presumably for safety reasons.
If you buy a chronograph, or use one owned by a friend, you likely will discover that the velocities of loads fired through your guns are not as great as those listed in manuals. This might be because of longer barrels being used in tests for the manuals. Air temperature will affect velocity. I have actually had some of my loads achieving greater velocity than that which is listed in a manual.
In any case, don't be too concerned about this.
MIKE BLEECH can be reached by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. Read more of his columns at nwpaoutdoors.com.