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We all need power plant transfers to be rejected
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The purpose of my letter is to state my family's support for energy-efficiency programs over approval of the coal plant transfers....
Fercy, I brought it up because of this statement' "Energy-efficiency programs in West Virginia could create nearly 20,000 new jobs". I am very leery of this because of what we have seen in the past. Corruption is alive and well in this state. By the way I have been practicing energy saving by myself,it's a way of life with me.
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What does that have to do with the plant transfer, Reality Check?
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By LOUISE RADNOFSKY "West Virginia's stimulus-funded weatherization program was riddled with problems including nepotism, poor workmanship and billing errors, Department of Energy investigators have found. Local agencies in charge of using $38 million in federal funds to insulate the homes of low-income families carried out shoddy work, sent in invoices before they had finished, failed to keep accurate accounting records and gave preferential treatment to employees and relatives who qualified for the program, according to a new audit report by DOE Inspector General Gregory Friedman. Both the state and local agencies said in official responses to the report that they have begun to fix the problems found. Mr. Friedman's report says that one of the agencies, North Central West Virginia Community Action Association, ignored long waiting lists of elderly and handicapped applicants in favor of their own staff."
The "good ol boys" network strikes again.
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Great letter, totally true and wouldn't it be great if we all as a society could become more energy efficient and energy conscious all at the same time.
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Who here understands energy policy, the grid, transmission, ratemaking, utility finance, or electricity markets? C'mon, raise your hand! *crickets* Thought so! Ignorance is blind, and dumb as well. The only thing the plant transfer will change is who pays to operate and maintain the Harrison plant. Right now, FirstEnergy pays to operate it in a competitive market -- free markets! But that's not working for the company. After the transfer, YOU, as a captive ratepayer in a regulated monopoly system, will pay a little extra each month to own & operate Harrison, which lets FE off the hook from having to compete in a free market. The plant transfer is corporate welfare on a grand scale for a company having severe financial issues. Corporate bailout at your expense.
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PATH was not and still is not the answer. The costs of the PATH line installation, which are enormous because of the distance and terrain, would increase electricity rates significantly more than the other alternatives available like subsidizing household improvements to reduce energy consumption and/or installing a natural gas fired generation facility. Worse yet, transmission costs involved with the PATH line would continue to increase because AP doesn't have extra generation capacity in its WV subsidiary-AEP. AP has the extra generation in its Ohio Power subsidiary. In order to power the PATH line, AP was going to direct more power from the Ohio Power Grid to the AEP Grid to the PATH line to northern Virginia. In addition to absorbing the steep construction costs, rate payers would also absorb the costs paid to the transmission networks and for increased power generation due to the inefficient grid setup and the distance the electricity had to travel.
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(realitycheck) more jobs would come if incentives were put in place. We already know that the State's winterization program has created jobs and employed existing workers. It has trained new workers in HVAC installation and repair, carpentry, plumping, etc. and has employed such workers to install insulation, fix windows, seal or replace doors, replace lightbulbs, repair or install new energy efficient heating units in homes of low income seniors who can't afford to fix their homes and can't afford their energy bills. The fixes dramatically improve their quality of life and saves them and tax payers money. Many households have similar issues. Even newer homes have many poor-performance issues like standard hot water heaters, minimal ceiling insulation, non-programmable thermostats drastically increase energy consumption. Utility rebates and/or sales tax holidays and tax credits for energy efficient installations help homeowners and landlords to make the investment and create job
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"Haven't FirstEnergy and AEP stockholders raked in enough profit"
I bet this writer is the first to b*tch and complain when they lose their power.
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"As a freelance writer, I hear a lot about energy-efficiency programs that encourage updating traditional bulbs to CFLs, replacing outdated appliances with energy-saving models, and green weatherizing tips."
Please, if the person was serious about saving energy they should not have wasted the resources that it took to get this piece of rubbish into print.
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"Energy-efficiency programs in West Virginia could create nearly 20,000 new jobs in construction, installation, technology development, and other related fields in as little as three years."
This is an absolute lie, please name the jobs, name the projects and the timeline for those in the next three years. I will be waiting for the answer from this "freelance writer".
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'FirstEnergy planned the transfers without investigating competitive, cost-effective solutions that promote energy efficiency as an alternative to these overpriced, outdated ideas.'
Such as what ideas/alternatives you only gave us words...
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"Haven't FirstEnergy and AEP stockholders raked in enough profit without making West Virginians pay for their power plant transfers?" what would your answer be if YOU were the CEO or CFO of that corporation? it's ALL about $$, not fairness, in business.
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If anyone here believes Twitter, Dave Waddell and George Malik, do yourself a favor and sleep through the rest of today and all of Wednesday.
I saw a very interesting comment on one of Malik's blog posts today. Not only that, but I totally agree with it.
From PaulInMiamiBeach:
I'm so sick of this "you can't fix it all at once, so don't fix any of it at all" attitude. That is a recipe for failure.
He hit it right on the head for me.
Not only that, but I believe it was kipwinger who shared pretty much the same sentiment. Doing nothing makes us just as worse as making a bad deal does. This team is full of bad deals. Cleary, Bertuzzi, Sammuelsson, Quincey, Colaiacovo, Gustavsson, the list goes on. If we emerge from this trade deadline the same team, this team is going nowhere. Not even to the playoffs. Nowhere. But, we already knew that, didn't we?
This season wasn't always a "rebuilding/transitional" year. Off the topic, but transitioning to what? Mediocrity? Becoming an awful team for several decades? What's the end result? It honestly frightens me to think about it. Anyways, this season only became such when the team failed to do much of anything in free agency. At that point, management cut off their own collective manhood, threw their hands in the air, and gave up. At least, that's the way I see it.
Also, I'd like to address some ridiculous and false optimism. People cite the lowering of the cap next season and say how many great players will be available because of cap-compliance buyouts.
Sorry, but that's the biggest crock on Earth.
Do people really think that quality players will be bought out?
That's hilarious. No one is going to buy out key pieces, people. Certainly not a top-6 scoring forward who can consistently score goals. That's the reality of it. People think all these players are going to fall right into our lap.
Not only that, but wasn't that the mantra last summer? See how that turned out.
So, by all means Kenny, do nothing. I just hope your prepared for another firestorm from everyone around you afterwards. I would've thought you'd be sick of that already.
Our prospects aren't nearly as good as everyone seems to think. I've seen Tatar and Nyquist...and I'm not impressed. They've fallen victim to scouting. Teams know them, and I'd say that's about it for them. Our farm system is almost entirely boom-or-bust. See the dramatic peaks and valleys of a lot of their past performances. Jarnkrok and Pulkinnen, especially.
So, I guess tomorrow's a waste of time. Great. It'll be fun watching this team spiral out of control and crash in a flaming heap outside the playoff window.

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Little Master Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes in the Hound of the Baskervilles ... a BabyLit board book.
This early sounds primer board book introduces little ones to a very simple version of Conan Doyle's, Sherlock Holmes. A unique gift for that special little one!
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'One' reason you should adopt/rescue
November 16, 2011 - Amy Jo Hanna-Eckenrode
Today, Petside.com (www.petside.com/PetNet2011) is dedicating its fourth annual Pet 'Net Event to pet adoption awareness. According to a recent AP-Petside.com poll, nearly 85% of people who have adopted pets say it was a positive experience. To drive awareness of adoption and its positive effects, the day-long 2011 Pet 'Net Adoption Event will feature a hub page of related content from a consortium of the web's top pet-focused bloggers and a social media donation campaign in partnership with Iams© that will make it easier than ever to support local shelters and pets in need.
Go ahead, Ask me. Why adopt a rescue pet? Aside from the millions of homeless animals that are euthanized each year because someone: A. decided they didn't want a pet any longer, B. weren't responsible and didn't take the time to have their pet spayed/neutered or C. didn't care enough to help their community to rectify A or B – rescue pets are simply the most loving, fulfilling, grateful creatures you could ever have become a part of your life.
As of this moment (it could change in another minute), the Oakster is my only Golden Retriever, which is odd when I am used to having 2 or 3 shedding machines galloping around the house. Then, again, Oak is a tad odd and requires a bit more attention than most… dogs. But, he's worth it. We rescued him at the age of 2 from a breeder who never socialized him. For the rest of his and our lives we will deal with his fear and distrust of humans. Oak, like most every Golden on this planet is the most honest dog you'll ever meet – a true gentle giant. He's kind, submissive, would have made an excellent therapy dog (if he wasn't fearful of people) and provides a load of comic relief without even trying. I asked my assistant Elin to describe the 'good' qualities in Oak. It took her a while but she hit the mark, "He has all the Golden qualities but in a 'backward sort of manor". True, Oak is a Golden Retriever "in reverse". Even when he has me at wits end by ignoring my call to come in from the yard by racing in circles chasing his tail or ignoring my request to come over to see me for a pat when I'm watching TV by standing in the other room with a completely blank stare on his face, it's hard to not love the big, wrinkley oaf. He's 100 pounds of sad sweetness and I wouldn't take back the day I agreed to be his rescue mom for anything. Not even this morning, when he threw up two times on the carpet before I could get him outside. I figured that was his way of wishing me a "Happy Pet'Net Adoption Event Day".
My sadistic payback to Oak, however, is the four rescued felines I have brought into our home. Bo (Bo Teak, Bo Bo) is my gi-normous 14 lb. alley cat who just adores Oakley and follows him everywhere – much to Oak's dismay. Gracie Louise is my little black "Broad Ave. hussy" who is a total mama's girl with a MAJOR attitude. Grayer is my sweet 'lil boy who also came from the city streets and was rescued along with his mom and sister by one of the kindest people I've ever met. Sally, my co-worker, has rescued countless stray cats and kittens, spaying/neutering and feeding every single one of them – all on her own dime. She is a true rescue angel – the most altruistic of people who you don't even realize are out there because they work quietly behind-the-scenes. I have Grayer because of her.
And, now, we have Milo – my 10-year-old miracle boy. Thanks to another co-worker, we rescued him last month from an abusive situation where the owners decided they not longer wanted him so decided it was easier to discard him in a closet and starve him. Thank goodness, we got him just in time. He has a long road ahead but thanks to the amazing generosity of my vets, family, friends and co-workers I am able to provide all the care and love that he could need to mend. (We're still accepting prayers/good wishes if you've got any to spare…)
Some days I do feel overwhelmed and wonder 'what was I thinking'. But, I can't imagine not having all these special souls in my life. They fill so many crooks and crannies in my heart and provide so much love, companionship and laughs – as well as life lessons. My world would be so self-absorbed and one dimensional without them.
That's why I am support pet rescue/adoption so much. I can't think of any better reason.
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Holly must be a face potato today because every time I post something on her wall or on my wall, she immediately has a comment.
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James Bond debuts in theaters, the Beatles release their first single, PBS is founded, and Tylenol capsules are recalled amid seven deaths from tampering, all on this day.
1988: Chilean President Augusto Pinochet loses a referendum that would have provided him with a new eight-year presidential term. As a result of the vote, presidential and legislative general elections were set for the following year, putting an end to Pinochet's 16-year military dictatorship.


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Sources: MS Nerd on Twitter, NeoWin
quote: Android activates that many tablets in a week! (and Apple probably sells that many in 2 days!)
quote: "In only two and a half years, Apple has sold over 100 million iPads."
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|Not All Nanodisk Magnetic Vortices Are Created Equally
Magnetic vortices – hurricanes of magnetism only a few atoms across – have generated intense interest in the high-tech community because of their potential application in nonvolatile random access memory (RAM) data storage systems. A team of researchers led by Peter Fischer and Mi-Young Im of the Center for X-Ray Optics (CXRO) worked in collaboration with scientists in Japan to discover that, contrary to what was previously believed, the formation of magnetic vortices in ferromagnetic nanodisks is an asymmetric phenomenon. This breaking of symmetry could lead to failure in a data storage device during its initialization process. These new findings indicate that the road to magnetic vortex RAM might be more difficult to navigate than previously supposed, but there might be unexpected rewards as well.
Magnetic vortex states are generated in ferromagnetic nanodisks because the spin of electrons, which gives rise to magnetic moments, must follow the shape of the disk to ensure closure of magnetic flux lines. This results in the curling of the in-plane magnetization flux lines. At the center of these curling flux lines is a needlelike core, an "eye-of-the-hurricane" that points either up or down with respect to the surface plane of the nanodisk. The magnetization of a ferromagnetic nanodisk therefore has two components, the up or down polarity of the core and the chirality (rotation) of the in-plane magnetization, which can be either clockwise or counter-clockwise. It has been proposed that these four independent orientations can be used to store binary data in novel nonvolatile storage devices.
Prior to this study, the formation of magnetic vortex states was assumed to occur with perfect symmetry because the energy states of the four orientations were equivalent; however, this is not the case. Although this finding might hinder the application of magnetic vortices in storage devices, the nonsymmetric behavior could be used as a biasing effect in applications of magnetic vortices to sensor or logic devices.
The key to the discovery of the asymmetric formation process of magnetic vortices was the research team's ability to simultaneously observe both chirality and polarity in a large array of nanodisks while previous studies focused on either the chirality or polarity in a single disk. This study demonstrates how mesoscale phenomena (which encompass complexity and functionality over various length scales) can be significantly different from those on the nanoscale.
The simultaneous observation of mesoscale behavior with nanoscale accuracy was accomplished using the XM-1 soft x-ray microscope at ALS Beamline 6.1.2. XM-1 enables full-field magnetic transmission soft x-ray microscopy with spatial resolution down to 20 nanometers, thanks to high quality x-ray optics provided by CXRO researchers. Being able to capture multiple disks in a single image at very short exposure times allowed for the accumulation of significant statistics quickly.
Researchers fashioned nanodisks from permalloy, a nickel and iron alloy whose magnetic properties are well known. Using electron-beam lithography researchers patterned large arrays of disks, each with a radius of 500 nanometers and a thickness of 100 nanometers. The arrays were deposited on silicon nitride membranes to allow for sufficient transmission of soft x-rays and were then imaged in XM-1.
Rigorous 3D micromagnetic simulations for the generation process of vortex states supported the interpretation that the asymmetry originates both from an intrinsic interaction, which breaks the symmetry, as well as from more extrinsic factors, such as the roughness of the sample surface. This study provides an important knowledge base for future research into this phenomenon and its potential applications.
Research conducted by: K. Yamada and T. Ono (Kyoto University), T. Sato and Y. Nakatani (University of Electro-Communications at Chofu), S. Kasai (Japan's National Institute for Materials Science) and M.-Y. Im and P. Fischer (CXRO, Berkeley Lab).
Funding: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Operation of the ALS is supported by DOE BES.
Publication about this research: M.-Y. Im, P. Fischer, K. Yamada, T. Sato, S. Kasai, Y. Nakatani, and T. Ono, "Symmetry breaking in the formation of magnetic vortex states in a permalloy nanodisk," Nat. Comm. 3, 983 (2012).
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"Ah, that girl just wouldn't stop bipping!"
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Yea guys I'm well tiyre now I'm gonna bip in.
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The bid in the New York State Legislature to put the Peace Bridge Authority out of business is something other than it appears and is, in fact, worth the effort, not only in terms of producing progress on the bridge and plaza but also of creating a more accountable management structure.
The legislation, pushed by Assemblyman Sean M. Ryan, D-Buffalo, and Sen. Mark J. Grisanti, R-Buffalo, and with broad support in the entire Western New York delegation, would not, as many believe, automatically put the Peace Bridge Authority out of business. Indeed, it might not ever do that. What it would do is impose the same regulations on this authority as exist on all other New York State authorities.
That, perhaps, is the first thing to understand. While the authority includes an equal number of American and Canadian members, it is, in fact, a creature of the state of New York, whose public authorities, by law, must go out of business if they carry no debt.
Debt that produces public projects is the reason for authorities to exist. They borrow money to build a highway or airport or bridge or customs plaza, then use tolls and other user fees to pay off the debt. When the debt is gone, so is the justification for the authority's existence.
Under the Ryan-Grisanti legislation, the Peace Bridge Authority would be required to pay off its $50 million debt next year, and there seems little reason not to do so. Given that the authority has more than enough in reserves, the only reason to avoid paying off that debt is to extend the authority's life. And that can't be done without at least one vote from the American members. That vote is not forthcoming.
What may be forthcoming is a vote in the State Legislature to impose on this authority the rules that apply to all others: Carry debt or go out of business. Thus, under the Ryan-Grisanti measure, the authority will retire its debt and then be required to go out of business, unless it accumulates additional debt. Again, that would require American votes, an eventuality that we suspect will depend on seeing real progress on important projects in Buffalo.
PBA Chairman Anthony M. Annunziata, a Canadian, has lashed back, perceiving the forceful hand of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo behind these maneuvers. We would grant that Cuomo is unlike most previous governors, in that he is insisting on progress and is not afraid of breaking some eggs. But what we see is a governor trying to change the do-nothing dynamic of the past 20 years.
It is true that a lot of the blame for a lack of progress can be traced to dysfunction in years past among various groups and individuals on the American side, but the authority cannot hold itself blameless, either. We don't know if the Ryan-Grisanti measure will create the change that Buffalo needs, but at a minimum, it creates leverage and, if nothing else, could lead to a better form of governance than one that seems wretchedly unable to produce.
It is possible, of course, that the legislation will pass and the authority still won't find a way forward, forcing itself out of business. Even then, that opens the door to creating a more accountable and efficient form of governance for the bridge. This one isn't working so well.
For those reasons, we support this legislation with the hope that it will finally focus attention on Buffalo's need to improve its plaza – the one in Fort Erie has already been rebuilt – and, after more than 20 years, put an end to this pathetic story of non-achievement.


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A Niagara Falls man admitted Monday to running a cross-border marijuana ring.
Wally Reynolds, 36, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 kilograms of marijuana.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Catherine Baumgarten said Reynolds supervised other individuals in a drug conspiracy that imported marijuana from Canada for distribution to his customers in the United States.
The plea is the result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Reynods faces a prison term of five to 40 years, and a fine of up to $2 million, when he is sentenced May 6.


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Pat Cuneo: McCain impersonates Bogart at Hagel's confirmation hearing
So, whatever happened to U.S. Sen. John McCain, and who was that guy trying to impersonate Humphrey Bogart's character in "The Caine Mutiny" at Chuck Hagel's Senate confirmation hearing last week?
McCain: "Sen. Hagel, do you beat your dog once a day ... or (jaw suddenly sticking out, voice deepening) several times a day? Yes or no."
Hagel: "Sen. McCain, I'd like to give a full answ ..."
McCain (neck muscles tightening, eyes bulging): "Dog beating. Yes or no. "
Hagel: "But, Senator, I don't see your question as just a yes or no ..."
McCain (poised froglike, suddenly reaching for several ball bearings in his left suit pocket): "I tried to run the ship properly, by the book, but they fought me at every turn. The crew wanted to walk around with their shirttails hanging out, that's all right, let them. Take the tow line, defective equipment, no more, no less. But they encouraged the crew to go around scoffing at me, and spreading wild rumors about steaming in circles, and then 'Old Yellowstain.' I was to blame for Lt. Maryk's incompetence and poor seamanship. Lt. Maryk was the perfect officer, but not Capt. Queeg. Ah, but the strawberries, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist, and I would have produced that key if they hadn't pulled the Caine out of action."
Sometimes, it seems, political parties could use a good mutiny, too.
- It turns out that last week's gun forum at Bob's Gun Shop in McKean was peaceful and orderly, even with a crowd estimated at 500. But given the partisan nature of the audience and the meeting's location, this event was clearly a gun rally and not a gun forum.
U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly and Glenn Thompson should act quickly to schedule a real public hearing with open dialogue on proposed bills addressing gun violence. They owe that much to their constituents and the memory of 20 massacred first-graders in Newtown, Conn. I was disappointed that both congressmen seemed to play along with the false pretense that the Second Amendment is somehow under attack. The real issue is whether we're willing to do something about mass killings, and you don't have to wreck the Second Amendment to do that.
- The time has come for the Millcreek School Board to stop speaking through its solicitor and level with residents about Superintendent Michael Golde's paid leave and the status of the McDowell High School project. The latest news -- the Millcreek Zoning Board rejected a variance, which means the project is a whopping 935 parking places short -- makes you wonder if the project is doomed. Whether it is or isn't, Millcreek residents shouldn't have to wait until a meeting Feb. 19 to find out what the heck is going on in their school district.
Way back when: In the 1870s, about 50 years before the Perry Monument was built at Presque Isle, several Erie men opened a small resort they called Crystal Point at the present-day monument site. According to John Miller's "History of Erie County" (1909), the "beautiful spot" became very popular, offering dancing and other entertainment that attracted steam-powered yachts over from the Erie mainland to enjoy the fun. "But ... it retrograded to a place of low character, where bad liquor was the chief commodity ... and it became of such evil repute that it had to be suppressed," Miller writes. "In its last days, it fell into the hands of Jim "Skipper" Nesbitt," who was eventually booted down the peninsula, where he became a squatter.
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Winter Meetings 2009 Day Four
Cubs select RHP Mike Parisi from the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round of the Rule 5 draft.
Looks like all the major league teams passed on Round 2 and no Cubs were taken in the major league phase.
The rumor news should be pretty light today as teams head back home.
- Wittenmyer wrote last night - apparently before the Lowell/Ramirez trade that isn't quite official went down - about Boston's possible interest. He then goes through the usual suspects.
The Tampa Bay Rays are still there for a deal that would include moving heavy-salaried Pat Burrell and the Cubs sending cash. The Los Angeles Angels have had exploratory discussions but would need a lot of cash in the deal or for the Cubs to find a way to rid the Angels of their $23.5 million commitment to Gary Matthews Jr. And the New York Mets, according to a team official, might be willing to step back into the fray as part of a three- or four-team deal that could send Luis Castillo ($12 million next two years) to the Cubs.
Wittenmyer then goes through all the teams that have zero interest including the Twins (Bradley called the organization racist back when he was in high school), A's and Indians (not looking for a reunion), plus some mystery GM of a team that had to assure one of his players that Bradley wasn't going to be joining the club.
So that's going well...
- Rosenthal tweets once again, that the talks between Rays and Bradley are at an impasse.
- Tim Brown joins Rosenthal in saying Rangers are probably out as potential trade partner for Bradley.
- Rule 5 draft is today, Cubs are always good for losing a player or two. For a brief and poorly organized history, visit Wiklifield (I will clean that up sometime in the near future, unless someone cares to do it).
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The jury is still out on Veal, but the Cubs have been relatively good in the Hendry era at not losing future major-league players, though Wells certainly could have gone the other way in Toronto. I remember thinking how idiotic it was to leave Sisco unprotected ... one shouldn't project too much onto prospects, I suppose.
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The Milton saga has taken on a life of its own. It is becoming exhausting. I think Hendry really hurt his position here. Eventually Bradley will be moved, but not on the Cubs terms. Ricketts may have to okay Hendry to add a little more payroll. I am wondering if the Cubs can convince a team to swallow more of Milton's contract if they throw in another player to sweeten the deal. I do not have any suggestions and Hendry probably does not want to compound his mistake, so the chances are probably unlikeley.
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I think Hendry really hurt his position here.
Ya think so? You mean the Milton Bradley contract didn't work out as expected?
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He means, I guess, by pubically suspending Bradley rather than just quietly benching him.
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"Ya think so? You mean the Milton Bradley contract didn't work out as expected?"
Ryno, specifically the last few days. I was refering to openly talking about Bradley being moved, not willing to eat money, approximately how much they are willing to eat, Crane Kenny opening his mouth yesterday, and the fact that he was suspended at the end of the year. He tried and failed to create a market for this guy. I am not saying a deal would have been made that would work out favorably for the Cubs, but all the hoopla the last few days did nothing positive toward making a deal. Hence the reason I said, "Hendry really hurt his position here".
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m.bradley probably had to be suspended at the point he was suspended. fighting von j. isn't a quick trip to being loved by anyone in upper management.
sure, Z has done a LOT of the stuff m.bradley has done, but there's a major difference between the 2 guys...getting into bradley's head is a team sport for fans and it works.
what's not being brought up a lot is how some teams don't want bradley not because of lockerroom chemistry, but because their own fans would/could turn bradley into...well, we've seen it. bradley shows up at wrigley, hits like a man on a mission at home, and gets crap thrown at him like it's part of the price of admission. this is NOT new to the cubs (it's happened to him on other teams) and bradley falls for it EVERY season.
without the handholding, babying, and constant reassurance bradley is at the fan's mercy.
manny being manny might fly in boston because his ego will let him shrug off any fan criticism...boston would eat milton bradley alive.
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It still seems like Bradley could be flipped for a guy like Derek Lowe.
That is the direction that Hendry really needs to go.
Chances are that the Braves aren't willing to do that as of today. However if the Braves can't move Lowe by Feb, then I'd bet they would listen.
Hendry needs to sign Aubrey Huff now. Then worry about trading Bradley later.
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it was another "had to be restrained" incident...at least as far as i know.
Cubs, this time, next year
So the Cubs need to move Milton Bradley to even be players in the Mike Cameron sweepstakes. Obviously not a lot of spare cash floating around this winter.
But what about next year? Here's a few impact guys who are scheduled to be free agents next offseason:
Roy Halladay
Cliff Lee
Joe Mauer
Carl Crawford
Josh Beckett
Victor Martinez
Derek Jeter
Brandon Webb
Plus, these guys' teams have options:
Albert Pujols ($16M team option, no way he gets loose, obviously)
Lance Berkman (at $15M, depends how bad Houston is in 2010)
Jose Reyes
Jimmy Rollins (option is only $8M so I'm sure the Phils will pick it up unless he's hooked on smack or something else)
Aramis Ramirez (it's his player option for $14.6M)
The Cubs have their own free agents, namely Derrek Lee and Ted Lilly. But even with those two coming off the books, can this team really afford to be in on any of these guys? Also, with how this team's offense is likely to look in 2010, unless Derrek regresses badly, will the team really be able to afford to let him walk, even if it's to get in on a younger guy like Crawford or Mauer?
I don't really have a point, I just wonder if Hendry will be in last-minute dump mode on guys like Dempster and Fukudome trying to clear payroll to re-sign Lee and Ramirez and if the best free agent corps in some time will slip past him.
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As long as he plays first base.
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Well my idea would be to let him catch for a few years then move him to first base after we get rid of Ramirez or Soriano.
Mike Parisi
Is this guy coming back from an injury? How the hell do you drop from MLB to Rookie ball in one offseason?
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Headline from a subscription-only story at Scout.com:
Mike Parisi fared well in the AFL while three other (Cardinals) pitching prospects struggled on the mound.
Maybe one of you AFL followers have more info on this guy?
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I don't believe in the AFL I guess I am agnostic towards the fall baseball gods.
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low 90s fastball, cruddy sinker that doesn't sink...showed up to AFL sporting a new cutter everyone is surprised he has control over.
lazy copy and paste of his AFL league stats.
Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG
Still not striking out a lot, but a 2:1 GO/FO ratio - wonder if that is the result of the cutter, or his crappy sinker.
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First it was Ibanez and now it's Granderson. Lou seems annoyed that, for whatever reasons, Hendry isn't getting him the players he really wanted.
INDIANAPOLIS - Lou Piniella, who has gotten used to losing out on free agents to the Yankees, is lamenting the fact his Chicago Cubs did not have either the chips or the financial resources to acquire Curtis Granderson, but predicts the All-Star center fielder will improve his on-base percentage now that he's no longer surrounded by all the free swingers in the Detroit Tigers lineup.
"Our primary need is an outfielder who can hit fifth, and Granderson was our No. 1 choice," Piniella said Wednesday. "There was just no way we could get him, and once again the Yankees swooped in and got their man....
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Lou has the strangest ideas about team construction.
Primary need is a lefty hitting Outfielder who can hit 5th?
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If I am not mistaken, wasn't the primary need last offseason too? How did that go? Oh yeah, we still have that primary need and it has become a primary burden.
I heard Milton Bradley is available
Shut up and deal with it.
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Lou is really turning into the king excuse maker.
I almost wonder if it is because he thinks he can bully Hendry and Crane Kenney around?
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He is bullying them around, isn't he?
For the privilege of keeping Lou around, we've so far donated $1 million to the A's and we're expected to donate another $5 million to another team.
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Yeah...Lou's won 1784 games as manager, and back to back division titles in 2007-2008.
We donated that to the A's because Aaron Miles stinks, and shoudn't have been signed, let alone to a 2 year deal. Paying $1 million is better than paying $2.7 million for that sack of worthless.
We're expected to donate $5 million to another team because Milton Bradley was mistakenly expected to play well, and live up to a mistake of a 3 year contract.
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So the idea is that when the team plays well it's Lou's good managing, but when they don't play well it's Hendry's fault?
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Lou was certainly asleep at the switch last season at times it seemed. But was it his managing that caused:
Soriano's injuries
Soto's injury
Ramirez' injury
Bradley's poor performance
Gregg's poor performance
I was pointing out that, while last season was an off season, that "putting up" with Lou...is not like putting up with Bruce Kimm or Jim Essian.
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The job of a manager is to get the best out of the players.
Lee and Wells, maybe Marshall and Ramirez when he was healthy. So out of 30 something guys, Lou did his job with four of them.
He did things that were puzzling in the way he handled Bradley. Miles hasn't been known to be discountent, but he "had to go". Lou didn't like Pie, but he wanted speed so we swapped in Gathright.
Despite what Lou says to the press - Jim discussed all of these moves with Lou prior to making them. He said to Lou "Do you think you can handle Bradley" and Lou sais "Yes." But when Bradley turned into a disaster, where is Lou manning up and saying "wow, that guy is too much for me to handle"? What does Lou say? "I wanted Granderson and Ibanez."
I am not sure what his problem is, but he utterly failed at the most important part of his job in 2009.
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You can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit TRN.
The Cubs could have had Bobby Cox, Billy Martin, or Leo Durocher managing this team, and they still would have struggled.
Bradley should have been an upgrade, but failed miserably. Where has he gone that he has not had issues? Texas? They are welcome to him...but they didn't want to sign him long term after 2008.
I'd point to Piniella's handling of the Ramirez injury, failing to move Soriano down in the lineup sooner, or his handling of the bullpen as major issues from last season, ahead of massaging poor Milton's ego.
Soto was hurt, got out of shape at the WBC
Lee had a good season
Fontenot stunk, not ready/able to be the full time 2B
Theriot was respectable, but still lacking range at SS
Ramirez was hurt, played well when there
Soriano shouldn't have been playing on his injured knee. It should not be his responsibility alone...he hurt the team too often last season.
Fukudome was better than 2008, but still faded sown the stretch
Bradley? We've covered him...extensively.
Big Z..so Lou made him a head case?
Lilly had a solid season
Dempster was better than I thought he'd be, just not 2008 good
Wells was a pleasant surprise
Harden gave up a lot more flyballs than usual it seemed. Lou's fault?
Kevin Gregg is an average at best closer. He was again in 2008.
Marmol need to find the strike zone.
And so on. Lou was certainly not at his best last season, but there aren't many miracle workers managing these days.
My point is that Lou sucked, Bradley sucked, Miles sucked (along with others). Why does Lou not take any repsonsibility for it? Besides throwing his players under the bus, he's now doing the same to his GM, building excuses for 2010 two months before spring training.
They both need to go, but at least when Hendry screws up he acts like a man about it.
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barrett, eyre, wuertz, etc...
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Rich Hill, Jason Marquis, Matt Murton, Eric Patterson
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is this about lou? i thought we were talking about something else here.
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I was talking about guys Lou ran out of town.
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ah, you lost me on r.hill and e.pat.
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Lou didn't have Rich Hill banished?
Eric Patterson didn't get demoted all the way to AA for a clubhouse infraction?
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oh, i dunno...i just didn't have those names register with me connecting to lou. i dunno much about their relationships.
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Lou needs to realize he can't pigeon-hole players and demand really specific things like that. Saying, "our primary need is an outfielder who can hit fifth" is ridiculous. It's like saying your first baseman absolutely has to hit for power. Well, if you can trade for a guy like A-Rod to play SS then suddenly you don't need a first baseman with power.
How about focusing on acquiring really good players regardless of where you think they can hit in the order, rather than these stupid notions like, we need a left-handed centerfielder who can hit between 20-30 HRs, and is a Scorpio.
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/pollyanna Maybe this is all gamesmanship on Lou's part, like make everybody think the Cubs really wanted Grandy and now they won't get anybody but ha HA, it's a head fake and the Cubs are gonna swoop in and trade for... /pollyanna
...oh, I can't do it.
"The Boston Red Sox have reached a preliminary agreement to trade third baseman Mike Lowell to the Texas Rangers for catcher Max Ramirez, sources told ESPN."
'However, on Thursday morning, Rangers GM John Daniels said the deal is not yet done.
"Reports of the deal were somewhat overstated," Daniels said.'
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I debunked all those Yahoos on Monday night.
I knew that Bradley was not going to get traded, and it is sad that no GM wants to take a financial risk on on a player whose antics were made even more public via one of baseball's most viewed teams.
Excuse my language, but what the fuck was Jim Hendry thinking when he signed Milton Bradley? If he does not get shown the door after this year, then I just think this Ricketts Group is going to be the same as all the others.
I would think it would piss me off as a new owner to no end realizing that my main personnel guy is going to stick me with a $20MM hit right after I just bought the team.
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The worst part was that EVERYONE knew this was a real possibility last offseason when Milton was signed.
No excuse for it. Especially when there were so many other options on the market.
We overbid both years and money for him. No other credible suitors were even bidding for Milton. We could have likely gotten him on a 1 year deal.
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And how did that work out?
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Didn't the Rays sign Burrell before the Cubs signed Bradley?
I think the revisionist TB offer is a CYA by Hendry
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Burrell signed 1-5-2009
Bradley signed the next day
So that confirms that Hendry bid against himself.
Dunn and Abreu both signed on 2-11
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Not necessarily. If the Rays got word that Bradley was going to go to Chicago or was leaning that way, then they might have pulled the trigger on Burrell before Bradley actually signed.
But I agree with your main point. Even if there was a little competition, Hendry was basically bidding against himself. Man I wish we'd gone with Abreu.
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Deal shouldn't have mattered once TB went in another direction. There were several options still on the market at that point.
Hendry screwed up and bid against himself. So way to spin it otherwise.
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That's just not how it works.
Seriously, you want the GM to agree in principle to a deal, then renig on the deal later because a team competing with the Cubs for Bradley filled their spot after Bradley was off the market?
1. Bradley wouldn't have signed with the Cubs
2. No agent would deal with Hendry after that.
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If the Cubs agreed on a deal with Bradley and were just waiting for the documents to be signed, they can't back out if Tampa signs another player once they find out that Bradley is off the market.
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There would be plenty of ways the Cubs could get out of a deal like that. (failed physical?)
Hendry plain sucks as a GM. Not sure of any way that can be said otherwise. Bradley is just another glaring example.
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Ah, yes. Fraud. Every good GM's negotiating strategy. Stupid Hendry and his stupid basic business ethics.
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So we are just assuming that there was some secret written contract between the Cubs and Bradley?
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There would be plenty of ways the Cubs could get out of a deal like that. (failed physical?)
Sorry, Dr. aaron. Not only is it a breach of contract to do so but such behavior would truly be douchebaggery of a degree that would surpass the Himes/Stanton Cook treatment of Greg Maddux when they pulled an offer off the table and refused to allow Maddux to accept it 1 day later, thus leading to Maddux leaving the Cubs as a Free Agent. Himes/Cook was douchey (and stupid) but legal. I really don't want that level of jerkiness being associated with a team that I cheer for again.
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So the consensus is that the Cubs had a signed deal with Milton Bradley. Only they had to clear payroll to sign him?
So to recap the Bradley signing from last offseason.....
The Cubs secured the services of Milton Bradley,at a discount no less. After a fierce bidding war between several unnamed MLB teams. As an act of Bradley's goodwill he didn't demand a 4th year player option or a No-Trade clause.
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Even if there was not a signed contract, if the Cubs and Bradley had agreed on the terms verbally and thus Bradley stopped talking with any other potential suitors, changing the terms or pulling out of the deal after Burell signed with TB would be a pretty asshole move. I don't know what legal repercussions it would have, but I don't Hendry would want to give the team the reputation of screwing over players in that way. If you want to wait and see what other people get, you don't tell Bradley that you've agreed on the contract and are just waiting to free up money. Whether Hendry ever said that, I don't know, but that seems to be the hypothetical we're discussing.
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You can look in the archives here at TCR...
December 30th.
But if you really want to know what happened. Ibanez was the 2nd choice for the Cubs and the first for the Phils, who had a spot open in left. The Phils signed him before the Cubs did, but that didn't matter to Hendry because...Bradley was the first choice of the Rays and the Cubs and received very similiar offers from both. His agent got that turned into a 3-year offer (with the injury clauses) from the Cubs and he signed. The Rays then went with their 2nd guy - Burrell and the Nats said 'OK, we'll take Dunn for $20 and 10 years, thanks guys." And finally Abreu got a job from the Angels when he and Garrett Anderson were the only "names" left to fill left field spots, and the Angels didn't want Anderson back.
So it could have been worse, we could have had Burrel or Anderson, but it would have been better, at least offensively if we got one of the three other guys. Hendry wasn't the only GM who preferred someone over Abreu.
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Well summarized! Don't forget to mention that around the same time, we had Hendry acquiring who he thought were the right trading chips to get a Jake Peavy deal done. To me, it felt like JH had spent so much time and energy working to get Jake Peavy that he didn't spend enough time on the OF need for last season. The big mistake was giving Milton Bradley a 3-year contract. Once Tampa Bay stepped up with a 2-year offer, given Milton's history of 1 year with a team and out the door, we needed to step away and look at other options. Hindsight is always 20/20 though.
Hendry has made a mess of this, no doubt, but I'm not ready to run him out of town for it. We won 83 games last season with our top 4 starters all spending significant time on the DL, huge underperformances by Soriano, Soto and Fontenot, and a major injury to Aramis, arguably our best clutch hitter. Assuming we don't have the same degree of bad luck again this season, we should no doubt improve on 83 wins. Hendry knows he fucked up with Bradley and Miles, and he is working hard to correct these mistakes. I applaud him for not jumping at the crap offers (Carlos Silva??) I'm sure he received at the meeting. Let's see how it all plays out, shall we?
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Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
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.


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MORGANTOWN-Rod Thorn was one of West Virginia University's greatest two-sport athletes in its history.
As a guard in basketball, he led his team to a combined record of 70-18 in 1961-62-63 under the late coach George King. He also starred in baseball all three years. The late Steve Harrick piloted that team to a 66-21 mark.
Together those two teams amassed an impressive record of 136-39 (.777) while Thorn was in school.
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While he was born in Weirton, Thorn grew up in Princeton and attracted nationwide attention in that city's high school. He was the state's No. 1 basketball superstar.
Thorn was heavily recruited. He could have gone anywhere. But the West Virginia Legislature declared the youngster was a Mountain State natural resource and he decided then to attend WVU.
Thorn was a three-year all-state selection at Princeton High, and he was given No. 44 to wear on his jersey at WVU. That was the number the legendary Jerry West had worn in the previous three seasons. It now has been retired by the university.
"I did enjoy my years at WVU," Thorn said in a recent interview. "We were good (as a basketball team). But we were not great.
"Yeah, I enjoyed it very much during my four years in Morgantown."
He played in all 82 games as a starter, averaging 35.9 minutes per game as a Mountaineer.
He ranked No. 7 among all-time scorers with 1,785 points (21.8 points per game), No. 8 all-time in rebounding with 912 (11.1 per game), and No. 5 all-time in 30-point scoring games (17).
Thorn, who played on a freshman team in 1960, also made 690 field goals in 1,539 attempts (44.4 percent), and cashed 481 of 568 free throws (70.6 percent).
Thorn set seven school records, which stood for several years.
He made four prominent All-America first teams and was elected in 1992 to the second annual class for induction into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame. He was already a member of the State Sports Writers Hall of Fame.
A second-round draft selection in 1963, Thorn played eight years of professional basketball. That included both the ABA and three final years in the NBA.
Before leaving WVU, Thorn was chosen as the Southern Conference Athlete of the Year in 1963. He was a member of two NCAA basketball teams and also three NCAA baseball clubs.
Thorn, who's 71 years old, has been highly respected for nearly a lifetime of administrative roles in the National Basketball Association. That included executive vice president of basketball operations for 15 years in the league.
He had started his career in coaching, then became involved with numerous organizations as a general manager, vice president and finally club president.
After serving as the top man for the New Jersey Nets for many years, he's now in his third year as president of the Philadelphia 76ers.
"I've been in the NBA every year since 1963, except for two years," Thorn said. "So I've been in every kind of this business and I've enjoyed all of it."
Rod and wife Teggy have been married for 49 years. They currently reside in downtown Philadelphia. But they still have a home in Rye, N.Y., and one in Florida.
Mrs. Thorn spent a year at WVU but graduated from University of Detroit, one of the cities in which Rod played pro ball.
"I ended up graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in Political Science," Thorn noted. That was because he was playing in Seattle for the Supersonics.
However, WVU gave him an honorary degree.
The Thorns have a son, J.J., who is a high school teacher in the Richmond, Va., area. They also have twin daughters. One works in the NBA office and the other is a lawyer who's practicing in Washington, DC.


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Got here in time for M/R. Looked like she doublefooted every throw, and why can't any pair team perform sbs spins in anything resembling synchronization. Sorry, I'm cranky because I haven't had my coffee yet.
Got here in time for M/R. Looked like she doublefooted every throw, and why can't any pair team perform sbs spins in anything resembling synchronization. Sorry, I'm cranky because I haven't had my coffee yet.
None of the Russian pair's element was clean. No fall though. They shouldn't score higher than the Amercian pair.
Some bobbles from M&R, but pretty nice polish. Guess they'll be dropping a bit though.
Really was hoping that M/R could lay down a clean program. They are so beautiful! And while she didn't fall she put her second foot down on all the throw jumps. She also doesn't jump very high on her single jumps. She rotates very quickly but without just a little more lift she barely squeaks out landings.
It's such a pity because pairs that skate as beautifully as they do are rare.
Improved on their personal best by about 6 points, but still, behind S/K in the FS and overall wow.
Bad skate by the American pair but they were very fast. They should score over 110.
I'm liking this program from Castelli and Shnapir, and those lifts. Not sure if they can hang on with the mistakes.
112 and change for C/S, puts them into 1st. They'll medal for sure now.
I assume that pairs is the least popular event, and there is no Japanese entry. so people can leave fit het choose to skip it without missing out one of the other three. quite considerate IMO, especially for out of town audience.
iove the last US pair.
BTw, why so many people ware masks?
Weird fall by the Canadian. They should hang on to 2nd place though. I bet 116+. They always peak too early in a season.
Not that great from the Canadians, but I think it should go into first. I think they probably lost out on the gold though, and I can say that quite confidently before seeing Bazarova and Larionov skate.
Got here to see most of MT/M. Was I the only one who thought that last lift looked a little shaky?
Not sure how the beginning was but what I saw was excellent. I really like these two! I do think B/L will go into first barring tragedy though.
Mt/M had a rough skate. Did he double the second triple toe? She doesn't look happy at all. Lots of little mistakes.


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Former La Plata County resident James Willard Decker died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, at his home in Aztec. He was 89 and the last of his generation of the pioneer Decker family.
Known as �Mutt,� he was born to J. Elmer and M. Elise Butt Decker on March 9, 1923, in Kirtland, N.M. When he was 6, his mother died, and his father sent him to live with his aunt in Salt Lake City. He returned to live with his father and stepmother, Alvetta Decker, at the Decker ranch in the Vallecito Valley, where the reservoir now is located.
After graduating from Durango High School in 1941, he attended the University of Denver for two years before enlisting in the Army Air Corps during World War II. After a two-week �crash course� in aviation, Mr. Decker began piloting a P-47D Thunderbolt bomber, dubbed the Durango Demon, with the 523rd Fighter Squadron, 27th Fighter Group. A first lieutenant, he successfully flew 79 missions and was considered an ace pilot, his family said.
�His missions were to destroy telecommunications, bridges, buildings, and anything in sight,� his family said. �He would return many a time with his plane shot up to pieces. One time his whole wing was destroyed.�
Mr. Decker was also a ground escort for Gen. George E. Patton.
On March 24, 1946, he married Laverne Crangle in Durango. The newlyweds moved to Denver so Mr. Decker could finish his accounting degree.
Upon his return to Durango, Mr. Decker was instrumental in the formation of the Fort Lewis College Business Department, where he taught for a short time. He worked the rest of his life as a certified public accountant in Durango.
The Deckers retired and moved to Farmington in the late 1980s. After his wife died in 2002 after 56 years of marriage, he married Sheila McIvor on Aug. 21, 2004, at their home in Aztec.
Mr. Decker enjoyed woodworking and made each of his children a bedroom set of their choice. He was an avid gardener, and his family said his love for roses kept him young.
Recently, Southwest Airlines flew him to Galveston, Texas, where the Lonestar Flight Museum took his original Thunderbolt up for one last flight.
Mr. Decker was also preceded in death by his sons Thomas Duane Decker and James Edward Decker.
He is survived by his wife of eight years, Sheila Decker of Aztec; daughters Renee Gallion and Vickie Clark, both of Farmington, and Jamie Lister of Salt Lake City; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, Sept. 4, 2012, with the family available from 10 a.m. to noon today at Hood Mortuary, 1261 East Third Ave. A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, also at Hood. The Rev. John Preston will officiate. Burial will follow at Greenmount Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Lone Star Flight Museum, 2002 Terminal Drive, Galveston, TX 77554.


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It's called 7.1 because the build number is 7.1 (just like in VS project types). Its like Windows 7 being version number 6.x , they have not announced it officially it will be Windows Phone 7.5 , they keep calling it Mango and marketing will change it in 7.5 when launched.
User testing, also know as acceptence testing is usually the final stage of testing. After testing you release the app in the store. So most of the time it comes before writing it.
Great to hear more stories from C9. I missed the rugged pc video and will now watch it! More stories is good, it brings more content and makes the show a bit longer.Nic his questions were great again, and really ad value to the story being told.
UPDATE: the link to the rugged pc video does not work, so I guess I'm of to a search in the wild wild west of video's on C9 , Although i just found it copy and pasting the title into the search box. Video was very good!
@CKurt: Link fixed. Thanks
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Police said a Cornish woman was killed Monday night in an accident in Plainfield.
The crash happened at about 7:30 p.m. On Route 12A, near the intersection with Freeman Hill Road.
Police said Adele Greenberg, 83, was driving northbound when her car crossed the double yellow line and hit another car head-on. Greenberg was killed in the accident. Three people in the other car were taken to nearby hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
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and since I'm late to say it: GO KEEGAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
Dream Podium:
1.) Dornbush
2.) Farris
3.) Messing
4.) Mahbanoozadeh
My realistic prediction:
1.) Miner
2.) Abbott
3.) Aaron
4.) Dornbush
Long time no see
Go Jeremy
Article on Jeremy.
Sounds to me that he is fit and fine. Hungry to compete but yet mentioning the mental issues. Gaah I just have to accept that watching him compete will be nailbiting always
Good to hear that his back injury is taken care of:"I've learned that I really am a strong competitor. I do have some issues when it comes to preparation - the mental aspect but I do have that drive and that fire to compete.
Also nice to hear that he is a team playerI went to see one of the US gymnastics doctors and he worked with me for two hours. We did adjustments and went over everything and I took one of my trainers with me so that she could get everything. She also came with me to Paris and really kept me mobile and it was nice having her there. She'll be with me at Nationals and Worlds and then hopefully everywhere with me next year as well.
"My concern at this point is making the World team and then putting in all the work for Worlds. The U.S. Wants to secure three spots (for next years Olympics) and I want to help get that third spot back in time for Sochi.
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To the folks in the US:
"Now it's your turn. Are you guys ready for the upcoming nerve-wracking competition?! I sincerely hope from the bottom of my heart that you will survive!"
I will relax on my couch and watch US Nats and Euros via J-Sports.
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lol, crazy dream-podium:
1. Farris
2. Brown
3. Abbott
4. Armin
slightly-more-realistic podium:
1. Abbott
2. Farris
3. Miner
4. Messing
lol I keep forgetting that US Nats has this thing called a pewter medal.
I hope there are some good streams. This Australian fan wants coverage!
silverlake22 your Realistic prediction is actually my Dream & Realistic podium:
After a couple of weeks of silence on Twitter, @EvanLysacek tweeted today ... but not about Nationals ...
Just finished a fitness shoot with my top 10 workout tips. Stay tuned!!!
4:29 PM - 11 Jan 13
ETA: And now another one.
Spoke skating to Steven Spielberg tonight at the Dreamworks Lincoln Golden Globes party. #Surreal
11:35 PM - 11 Jan 13
Too bad that Lysacek doesn't say whether he revealed his intentions for Nationals to Spielberg.
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Doesn't seem likely that Evan will be competing.
Based on their abilities and from what I've seen this season, here are my placement predictions, which could be close to accurate or off by a mile of course:
This field is really loaded with talent, but also they all need to demonstrate more strength and consistency.
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Go William Brewster! Go Grant Hochstein! (My hometown boys. )
Art&Sport, I'm a bit befuddled by your placement of Brown at 9th. That's his finishing position the last two years - last year's with only a double Axel and some falls in the long. This year he will be armed with a 3A AND a 3A-3T if practice reports are to be believed, has improved again...if he skates clean (which is normally how he skates) then I can't see him finishing that low.


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Police first found a marijuana grow operation there in August 2012 after firefighters responded to an electrical fire.
This time, power crews noticed the electric meter had been circumvented, and notified police.


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MySpace has banned 90,000 sexual predators from its social networking web site, and has turned the names over to two different attorneys general offices, company officials recently announced.
The total number of 90,000 is twice as many as MySpace officials believed it had removed in 2008, with North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal leading the charge.
"Almost 100,000 convicted sex offenders mixing with children on MySpace -- shown by our subpoena -- is absolutely appalling and totally unacceptable," Blumenthal said in a statement issued to the press. "For every one of them, there may be hundreds of others using false names and ages."
MySpace competitor Facebook, which is the No. 1 social networking web site in the world, have a combined 280 million users -- and the U.S. government wants both sites to do a better job of protecting children and teenagers from sexual predators.
Last year, both companies agreed to work with lawmakers to create security standards to help protect young people from online predators, after parents and politicians said the sites weren't doing enough.
"We've been working productively with Attorney General Blumenthal's office for more than three years on these issues," Facebook chief privacy officer Chris Kelly said in a published statement. "They recently let us know that they are planning to send an updated subpoena."
Now that MySpace is done kicking 90,000 sexual predators off the internet, Facebook is expected to announce how many people it has removed sometime in the near future.
After the KIDS Act of 2007 was signed into law in 2008, all registered sex offenders must now submit real e-mail and instant messaging account information to the national sex offender registry. This is done so sites such as MySpace and Facebook are able to better track sexual offenders.
It's unknown how many registered sex offenders use social networking web sites with false identities, so this ultimately is just the tip of the iceberg.
quote: There you go generalizing an overly broad group with those of the extreme end to validate your point . Your overly paranoid because you think everyone tagged a sexual offender is a child molester.
quote: Its like dealing with someones super religious mom who thinks all of her sons friends are "devil worshipers" because they listen to that "rock and roll noise"
quote: That exact arrogant mentality is precisely whats destroying the american legal system right now law by law.
quote: No, i believe than anyone who has committed a sexual crime, regardless of how bad or the age of the person violated, has the potential to not only do it again, but to also do something even worse.
quote: Case studies have proven that sexual crimes against minors when performed by adults are indeed not truly sexual in nature.
quote: An adult who commits a sexual act on a child probably has a subconscious mental issue.
quote: An adult who commits a sexual act on another adult is usually very horny and cant control their inhibitions.
quote: I am advocating recognition of severity for the people who don't deserve a lifelong penal system hazing by generic labeling.
quote: I would bet my life savings you would get 2 starkly different results when giving those people a questioneer on their thoughts.


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I am coming off a weekend that did not feel like a weekend to me at all. Do "weekends" exist for mothers? I have found that they do not. What in the world me and all these children that have birthdays? Gah. Reprieve!
We had Gray's birthday party yesterday. He had a blast. We stuffed and hung a piñata and everything. I remember thinking in the past who buys these things and then wonders why people get hurt? For the record, only Carter got caught in the bat-swinging crossfire, and he was fine.
(We had originally worried not everyone would get a chance before it burst open but it ended up after many kid turns that the adults had to beat it open in the end.)
(It was fun. Piñatas are totally worth it.)
(Also, they are refreshingly... violent?)
We do no disposables for our parties- means lots of dishwashing and laundry but that's just normal life. We don't have matching drinking glasses or plates, which comes in handy because everyone knows which one is theirs. Win!
It just so happens to be 4:30 am right now and I am (duh) awake in bed with Ivy, Gray, and Carter (all also awake) watching cartoons . And I'm trying to hold
Update. We are now all eating sticky homemade popcorn balls and individual-sized bags of chips. In my bed.
Now this feels like a weekend. Only it's Monday before-the-sun-is-even-up morning. I'll take it.


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Scott Blackwell has home-brewed beer for years. Now the longtime bakery chef and his wife, Ann Marshall, will try their hands at making distilled spirits for the public.
High Wire Distilling doesn't have a website yet. Email info@highwire distilling.com for more information.
The Upstate couple moved to Charleston recently and plan to open High Wire Distilling in a barrel-roofed former car dealership and later joggling board warehouse on upper King Street.
They sold their business, Immaculate Baking Co. to General Mills in December, entertained the idea of opening a regional craft beer business but decided the less-crowded market involved making liquor.
Already smitten by Charleston, the two South Carolina natives decided to lease the 8,000-square-foot building in front of Butcher & Bee restaurant near the Crosstown.
It's already being retrofitted in an investment between $700,000 and $1 million and should be ready for the first batch by mid-summer, Blackwell said.
The couple's German-made copper still will soon be installed to produce gins, rums, whiskeys and vodkas.
High Wire, a name chosen because it offers a fun feel with a touch of danger, will offer afternoon tours and tastings for a nominal fee. The couple have hired David Pickerell, former master distiller at Maker's Mark, the famous Kentucky bourbon known for its distinctive red-wax-sealed bottles, as a consultant.
Blackwell, a Culinary Institute of America graduate, and Marshall, a Duke University graduate, plan to use local ingredients whenever possible and offer a chef station or apothecary area where visitors can see and smell different ingredients such as juniper, lemon grass or lavender to get a sense of what makes a liquor taste a certain way. Blackwell laughingly calls it his "Willy Wonka" area, a reference to a movie he loves about the tinkerings of a chocolate maker.
"It will be a fun business," he said.
Marshall believes their new venture will attract the same demographic of customers who frequented their previous enterprise.
"They are adventurous and looking for something new," she said. "The missing element downtown is a craft distillery."
The shop will include a separate retail area for novelty items, a tasting bar for about 25 people at a time and the ability to offer private events for larger crowds. Parking is allotted on the side and behind the building and under the overpasses along King Street.
They will start with three full-time workers, including themselves, and four to six part-time employees. More workers could follow once the business settles in.
About 1,500 square feet facing King Street will be subleased since they don't need all 8,000 square feet to make liquors, Blackwell said.
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The mortgage interest deduction is one of the most celebrated tax deductions in all of tax deduction-dom. It's cited as one of the benefits of homeownership, right behind "you're not throwing your money away," and that fact is repeated over and over again. Unfortunately, I believe it's misrepresented. It's not as good as you think and I'll explain why.
To claim the mortgage interest deduction, you have to itemize your deductions. For those who aren't familiar with the idea of claiming itemized vs. standard deductions, you have two options when you file your return. You can either list all of your deductions, such as the mortgage interest deduction, or you can just claim the "standard," which requires no proof.
The reason why the deduction is a myth has to do with the size of the standard deduction, which you get even if you don't own a home. Here are the standard deductions by filing status for 2009:
- Single – $5,700
- Married Filing Jointly – $11,400
- Married Filing Separately – $5,700
- Head of household – $8,350
- Qualifying widow(er) – $11,400
I recently received my Substitute IRS Form 1098, which is a form my mortgage lender files with the IRS. The form lists, among other things, all the interest I paid towards the mortgage last year – $11,521.87.
If we didn't have mortgage interest, we would claim $11,400 as our standard deduction and we get that for free. To claim the $11,521.87, we have to pay $11,521.87 to our mortgage company! If you assume we're in the 25% tax bracket (2010 IRS tax brackets [3]), here's how we make out from a cash flow perspective:
|Married Filing Jointly
|Interest Paid:
|Tax Refund:
|Net Cash:
Interest paid is how much money was spent throughout the year for each case, so $11,521.87 for the homeowner and $0 for the renter (to use simpler terms). The deduction compares the mortgage interest deduction, of $11,521.87, against the standard deduction of $11,400 or $5,700, depending on filing type. The tax refund is simply 25% of that, since we are assuming the 25% tax bracket. The net cash is to the taxpayer. Take the refund they received and subtract the interest they paid. The delta is the difference between the homeowner and the renter.
As you can see, in both cases, the homeowner pays more. Much more. (and interest, unlike equity, isn't something you get to keep)
Did you know that you can deduct real estate taxes if you claim the standard deduction? It's Line 7 of Form L [4] and you can deduct up to $500 (single) or $1,000 (married filing jointly) of your real estate taxes. This makes the mortgage interest deduction even less appealing since you can deduct part of your real estate taxes and claim the standard deduction.
Of course, that's not the whole picture because there are many other factors. There are tax deductions made available to you whenever you itemize, such as charitable deductions. Also, when you rent, the idea of "throwing your money away" does have a bit of truth in it because you pay for a portion of the mortgage interest and property taxes without getting the deduction for it. Of course, at this point it is more a debate about the broader qualitative and quantitative aspects of the rent vs. buy question [5].
So why do people buy homes if there's such a big difference? The difference in what homeowners pay in interest really amounts to what renters pay in housing costs. The table above omitted that because we were strictly looking at the interest deduction, not at housing costs as a whole. People buy homes because when you make those mortgage payments, part of it goes towards the home. When you rent, none of the payment goes towards owning more of that home or apartment. As the years pass and the principal portion of the mortgage payment increases, you get closer and closer to owning a home.
When you look strictly at the mortgage interest tax deduction, it just doesn't add up financially.
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One who is prejudiced against the follicly-challenged.
He's a real baldist!
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a certain person who has a problem with the follicly-challenged or chosen to be follicly-challenged
Diana Mai is a baldist.
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one who is prejudice towards a specific balding person who, is not only in the process of balding but creates bad nicknames for others, and squats at peoples houses complaining for a living. The baldist refers to the balding person as the balder.
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The new mommas have started to lamb in earnest. We haven't had too much problems with them yet. They usually will have a lamb and walk away and let you enjoy her little one. This is where we have to go get her and pen her and inform her that that wet yelling little one is her problem and she can handle it. We did have a hair sheep this week that we assisted with getting her lamb safely here and alive and she started head butting it. We tried everything with her and had to finally take the lamb away and feed it on the bottle and she is on the list to sell. She definitely did not get the mothering gene! Jim has been hauling manure this week so he can chisel the field before the rain this weekend. We weaned the bottle lambs this week and they are not happy campers. They holler every time you enter the barn. The one little guy is hoarse from complaining.
For a little information about sheep. The hair sheep I mentioned means that they do not have to be sheared. Their wool is more like hair and it will eventually fall out and new will grow in. It is kid of a two way street on this that you don't have the cost of shearing, but we have found that they have a definitely wilder personality. We don't seem to get the twins and triplets either from them. The little guy that mom abandoned is a cutey. He follows me all over in the barn and Lydia was having a good time feeding him tonight.
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Really, its fudge on crumbly stuff. or another word for a swearword(F - U - C - K)
1. Fudge cakes are really nice!
2. Oh Mother fudging Fudge cakes!
2. Oh Mother fudging Fudge cakes!
viết bởi Wadgamajiggy (anonymous) 05 Tháng năm, 2006
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A word to say instead of the F-Bomb when your little sibling is around.
Oh, fudgecake!
What, bro?
What? I said fudgecake.
What, bro?
What? I said fudgecake.
viết bởi GhettoDanIsTheMan 15 Tháng mười hai, 2013
when u fuck a girl in the ass and u get shit on your balls.
dude this bitch gave me fudge cakes
viết bởi Steve Turak 06 Tháng năm, 2007
it's basically a crazy word that should be used only when u really must... For the word fuck. I have used a total of 134.334 times
holy fudge cakes (insert blank situation)
viết bởi David 21 Tháng mười một, 2004
A fat person
Whoa!, look at that FudgeCake Mcdonalds messed him up!
viết bởi Worm Tamer 26 Tháng hai, 2009
To be seemingly paying a compliment, but actually make a homosexual slur
Steven - Nice weather isn't it?
Richard - You are such a little fudgecakes
Richard - You are such a little fudgecakes
viết bởi Riccardo Johnston 24 Tháng mười một, 2006
A nice way to say 'Fucks sake'
Boy 1: You've done that wrong
Boy 2: Oh for fudge cake!
Boy 2: Oh for fudge cake!
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A man living at the City Mission was arrested this week and charged with punching a woman in the face and threatening to stab her with a lock-blade knife outside the East Tupper Street mission, Buffalo police said.
James E. McGeachy, 53, who listed his address as mission, was arrested about 6 p.m. Tuesday by officers who reported they recovered a knife from him.
A woman told police she got into an argument with McGeachy and he punched her in the face repeatedly and threatened to stab her with the knife he was holding.
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The group, which is currently led by Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, has close political and military ties with Syria and Iran, and is designated by the United States and other Western nations as a terrorist group. The political arm of Hezbollah is deeply involved in Lebanese politics, with seats in the government, and the group has a history of providing social programs, schools and health care to the Lebanese Shi'ite community.