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I'm going to the game on
I'm going to the game on Tuesday night. I'm almost dreading to see who they're throwing up against Clemens.
On the topic of the trade, I liked Sosa as a player, hated him as a person. If they could have stood to have him in the clubhouse, then I certainly would not have pulled the trigger like that. Burnitz's numbers (for all that I'm not a big fan of having another big swinging, strikeout prone wannabe Babe Ruth on the team) are comparable to Sosa's. If you'd have told me that when the deal was made, I would have scoffed at you. I scoff well and often, might I add.
If Walker comes back healthy and strong. If Wood is healed when he comes back with no more flukes. If Borowski is an effective reliever. If ARam takes his laxatives and painkillers and starts producing. If Derrick Lee continues to hit well (not like the monster he is now, mind you). THEN I see a decent run in our future. Should all of that happen, we can maybe acquire some players to fill some holes.
If it turns out to be a lost season, we can all console ourselves with betting on which prospect will fly and which will flop.
Some internet snooping and I
Some internet snooping and I can't find a reason given in any print source. Even the Edwardsville Intelligencer fails to have any news surrounding its major league guy. So, we can guess and hope that nothing happened at home.
The worrying thing is not
The worrying thing is not that we don't know why Crouthers retired, but that the Cubs don't know why.
It's worth noting, by the way, that the Orioles are doing well in spite of Sammy Sosa. He's of course currently injured, but before that he hit just 269/325/454.
I still can't see Burnitz keeping it up, sadly.
Mitre's extreme splits are partially (though by no means entirely) the result of two of the road starts being in stadiums that make Coors look pitcher friendly - Albuquerque and Colorado Springs. He gave up four of his five home runs on the year in those two starts.
I've got an extra ticket to
I've got an extra ticket to Tuesday night's game if anyone wants to see the Mystery Starter in person. They are terrible seats(upper deck, all the way at the end, aisle 504) but it's a free ticket if you'd like to go.
Couple of points: - At what
Couple of points:
- At what point can we start calling Angel Guzman injury prone?? I think he is already there.
- Cubs are now (after beating McCarthy) 6-1 over the past 3 years versus pitchers making their MLB debut. Tomorrow the Cubs face Wandy Rodriguez and guess what, he is making his MLB debut.
- ESPN is showing Sergio Mitre as the starter on Tuesday.
The book on Crouthers was
The book on Crouthers was that he could be a good "relief pitcher" if he ever gets his emotions in check.
The Baltimore Orioles thought he had outstanding velocity and movement but "no feel" whatever that means.
Pie hit his 9th HR of the
Pie hit his 9th HR of the year. Hill only pitched 4 innings, did he get hurt?
Seriously, who wins a 7-game
Seriously, who wins a 7-game series between the Chicago Cubs and the West Tenn. Diamond Jaxx? I take the Jaxx in 6. As soon as we get get 10 games behind the Cards (about another week?) it's time to start dealing our established veteran "stars" for youthful talent. Keep Dubois and throw Murton in the mix. Bye Corey, hello Pie. See you Dumpster, later Kid K, we'll eat 90% of your salary Remlinger, you too Latroy... etc... etc...
It's gonna be time to rebuild around Prior, Big Z, Barrett, and DLee. After those guys, let the children play.
First move should be to fire Dusty Baker!
"Mitre will be making his
"Mitre will be making his 12th big-league start and first this year. Mitre was 3-4 with a 4.60 ERA in eight starts at Triple-A Iowa, giving up 23 earned runs on 49 hits and 14 walks over 45 innings. Mitre has struck out 37. A roster move will be made before Tuesday's game."
Well add this Couther's
Well add this Couther's story to the randomness of the offseason and season. Just odd.
As far as Hill goes he was hit hard that is why he only went 4. 5 hits, 4 walks (only 4 K's) & 2HR. He didn't have it. Ironically enuff, Gallagher had a rought start as well (5IP/8H/3ER) Brought his ERA all the way up to .083! :)
Also of note, The Iowa team released Shane Halter for some reason. Guess he was mad now that Cedeno is back.
Also, FYI the Astros are starting Wandy (?!?) Rodriguez in his MLB debut for Andy Pettite. Apparently he is a LH soft tosser who threw minimal innings in ST this season.
David Sanders, Listen to
David Sanders,
Listen to yourself! Calm down.
First of all, the Cubs have 7 games with two of the worst teams in the league this week. We just made up a game on StL today. I agree the Diamond Jaxx are exciting, but they're not quite ready for prime time.
Also, and I know I find myself defending Corey a lot, you do not want to deal this kid. He has more homers and stolen bases than Carlos Beltr·n, along with the same number of runs scored. I'm not arguing Corey's better than Carlos. He's not. I'm saying Corey gets an unfair rap around here. By the way, Carlos has only 5 fewer K's than Corey.
And enough Kerry Wood bashing. His numbers bear out that he is one of the best in the game. And don't bore me with your 15-win rhetoric. Wood led the league in K's in '03 and has been a solid pitcher. You just don't deal that for the next Johnny-come-lately in AA to most likely flounder in the bigs. How many Rich Hill/Sean Gallagher types have we seen flame out? Too many.
We're just fine this season. Walker is coming back and Borowski should solidify the bullpen. Once Kerry comes back this team will benefit. So just relax and enjoy the rest of May, 'cause then the schedule gets a little tougher.
aqc, . I'm saying Corey
. I'm saying Corey gets an unfair rap around here.
Corey's 2005 VORP: 3.1, betterd by Cory Sullican, Jason Ellison, Jason Michaels, Willy Tavares, Carlos Beltran, and Damon Hollins.
Corey's 2005 MLVr: -.087, which is pathetic for a guy who supposed to help anchor our offense.
Corey's 2005 EqA: .238, average is .260. To put this in perspective, Ronny Cedeno, Ben Grieve and Carlos Zambrano are higher, heck even Prior is right there. Comparable players: Carlos Pena, Shawn Green, Junior Spivey, Jason Bartlett, Matt Holliday, Jose Vizcaino, David DeJesus, Placido Polanco, Angel Berroa, Orlando Cabrera,
Corey's EqR: 16.9
Corey's OPS: .719
Corey's OBP: .297
Corey in May: .206/.286/.365/.651 with 5 runs in 17 games.
Heck, his FRAA is only 1.
Corey just hasn't been good. Period.
Is he better? yes, but his utter lack of plate discipline is killing him.
Once Kerry comes back this
Once Kerry comes back this team will benefit.
Except that none of the reports on Kerry Wood are positive. He's completely out of shape and can't throw a baseball. Nobody has a clue when he'll be able to pitch effectively again.
Interesting article on
Interesting article on hitting:
Predicting a Baseball's Path
A batter watches the pitcher's motion plus the spin on the ball to calculate when and where it will cross the plate.
So, Bluewater, how does that
So, Bluewater, how does that change my statement? Once Kerry comes back, the team benefits. Unless you think he's not coming back this year, I stand by what I said. I really doubt Kerry forgot how to pitch.
Aramis Ramirez: .238 avg, 7 hr, 18 rbi, 22 r
Corey Patterson: .259 avg, 8 hr, 16 rbi, 24 r
I'm not saying Corey is tearing the cover off the ball. What I am saying is that players do struggle. I don't think those numbers will stay where they are for either player, but the fact of the matter is that Corey is a good player. Any potential 30-30 guy with good defense (you can bring up Saturday's game, but most guys don't get to that ball) is not bad.
Aramis isn't killing us
Aramis isn't killing us because he has a .319 OBP (Bad ,but not
Let's not replace Dusty. I
Let's not replace Dusty. I don't see either Chris Speier or Grady Little as improvements. Quite the contrary. If Joe Torre or Mike Sciosia become available, then I am willing to say adios Dusty.
I noticed in the Stars and Stripes yesterday the team batting and pitching totals. The Cubs have 172 runs scored as of Friday. The Cardinals had 220 runs scored as of Friday, a differece of 48 runs in only about 40 games. As much as the posts in this web site, including mine, have bitched about the bullpen and defense, it is the offense that has been killing us, principally low on OBP. The other way to look at OBP is that our Cubs use up their 3 outs each inning before scoring runs more often than not, whereas the average Cardinal will take a walk every now and then and thereby extend an inning and wear down a pitcher.
Corey Patterson will get a hot spell later this season as that is a mathematical certainity. But he appears to have regressed in his ability to judge the strike zone. And, I now believe, that it is an ability, a talent, like hitting for power, that can be the subject of some improvement, but still starts with some innate or very early acquired ability. Corey will never be Wade Boggs and right now he appears to be losing the progress he had made on 2004. To many scouts (Hendry, Gary Hughes, etc.)think strike zone control is a skill that can be taught, so they take a great tools guys like Corey and project what they think they can become if they would only acquire "plate discipline" (a discipline being something one learns). I prefer to think of it as strike zone control ability. Corey swings at those pitches (and lets other pitches slide by for 3d strikes) because he has a hard time recognizing strikes. Also, he has made a lot of money, and gotten to the major leagues, doing things his way. Nefi Perez (who I still can't believe is performing this way) apparently got motivated to change his plate approach by last year's near baseball death experience. Perhaps something similar will have to happen to Corey to cause him to work on his weaknesses.
Finally, I am sorry Sosa had such a sour ending with the Cubs, but I am not sorry I don't have to see the ghost of Sammy playing right field (even if it is just on ESPN real time scoreboard feeds - I only have access to dial up). He is not the reason the Orioles have temporary possession of first (Tejeda, Mora, and Roberts provide those reasons). Not having Sammy will free up a lot of payroll for 2006, so even the cheapskates in the Tribune company, starting with Andy McPhail, won't be able to use his contract as an excuse not to improve the team.
Boats- What reports are you
What reports are you reading?? I hope it is not the same report that says to PH for you Catcher when your backup is hurt.
I have heard he is cleared to start throwing and will start all over like it is ST again and should be ready in about 4 weeks, but no timetable was given.
What are you smoking
What are you smoking Manny?
I'm the one who put the quote up here about Kerry Wood needing to start all over like it's spring training.
In game two of the Cubs-Sox
In game two of the Cubs-Sox series, Dusty Baker literally ran out of position players before the game was over. This is the equivalent of throwing in the towel in boxing.
Baker really screwed up, even using his emergency backup catcher Macias as a pinch runner and with two out and two on and down two runs batting Blanco for himself when he had Barrett available.
Yawn. No discussion follows.
Boats (post #13): "Except
Boats (post #13):
"Except that none of the reports on Kerry Wood are positive. He's completely out of shape and can't throw a baseball. Nobody has a clue when he'll be able to pitch effectively again."
This is the quote I was referring to of yours from. That is why I said what reports are you referring to?
"I'm the one who put the quote up here about Kerry Wood needing to start all over like it's spring training."
Also, what quote are you referring to?
I think the better question might be, what are you smoking? ;)
It never fails. I put
It never fails. I put information in a thread. Then in the next thread someone says, I read somewhere that...
This is the quote about Kerry Wood:
#15 of 23: By bluewater boats (May 22, 2005 02:41 PM)
A Quote that was missed. Guess who is being talked about.
"It's almost like we have to go through Spring Training. We have to get some arm strength built up before we can do anything. He hasn't picked up a ball in three weeks and the last time he threw it wasn't a productive throw. It's almost like we're starting from ground zero."
Boats: "In game two of the
"In game two of the Cubs-Sox series, Dusty Baker literally ran out of position players before the game was over. This is the equivalent of throwing in the towel in boxing."
A few games back, not sure which, people on here were bitching about Baker not using his bench more as he was saving them for potential extra innings or later situations, but now you are bitching he used them up to early. Another no win situation.
Also, Barrett was availible to PH, so not all positions players were used up like you said. I can't beleive you are bitching about Baker not PH for Blanco when Barrett wasn't availible and Macias would have to catch. I really can't believe it. Very humorous. Another example of the anti-Dusty philosphy of blaming him for anything and everything no matter if it makes sense. ~YAWN~
Ahh....in a different
Ahh....in a different thread. You should of said that. Thanks!!
"Except that none of the reports on Kerry Wood are positive. He's completely out of shape and can't throw a baseball. Nobody has a clue when he'll be able to pitch effectively again."
But again, how do you come up with this post after reading the quote about Wood. The quote seems positive that he will start throwing and start ST again, which means he should be reasy in 3-4 weeks.
Make up your mind, was
Make up your mind, was Barrett available to pinch hit (yes he was) or not? You contradict yourself.
Actually on Friday, Barrett told the press that he was going to tell Baker he could start on Saturday.
Instead DB made Barrett a DNP. It really looks like Dusty was trying to punish Barrett for taking himself out of the game the other day by not using him at all in the next three games.
It was Dusty Baker who claimed that Barrett was unavailable except for pinch hitting. Barrett, on the other hand, said he was okay to catch and the 2nd backup catcher was already in the game...Macias... The Cubs had no problem finding a catcher, so clearly Barrett could have pinch hit for Blanco. Or he could have left Grieve at first and pinch hit Macias for Blanco. Macias has a BA twice as big as Blanco's.
If I'm managing I do everything I can to tie or win that game when I already have the tying runs on base and one swing of the bat can win it. It's not the time to worry about who's gonna catch the next inning.
I also don't start a game with only one catcher I'm willing to use behind the plate.
Crouthers no doubt looked
Crouthers no doubt looked around the organization and retired before he blew out his shoulder or elbow. He probably figured it's inevitable, why go through the pain?
Dusty Baker was quoted by
Dusty Baker was quoted by MLB.com dissing both Jason Dubois and Corey Patterson.
"When they made me a regular, I got four hits the first day, three the second, and three the next day," he said. "Back in my day it was different than now. Now, everybody wants to win but they want extended chances. In my day, you had one or two games to make an impact. There's a whole lot more competition for those jobs. If you didn't make an impact, somebody else would get action."
Do the Cubs need to make a change in personnel? If so, Baker won't say. "
Someone remind Dusty who hit the game winning homerun yesterday. Hint: It wasn't Toad HellI'mworthless.
ACQ: "We're just fine this
ACQ: "We're just fine this season."
How are we supposed to take you seriously with statements like this? Are you watching the games?
Prorating Dubois: Dubois
Prorating Dubois:
Dubois only has 60+ at bats. If you prorate his performance over the season you can't just multiply by four because he's now a regular.
However, with 1/4 of the season gone it's reasonable to assume he could get 450 more at bats.
And if he continues hitting at his present pace he will wind up with ~ 41 home runs and 130 rbis.
Dusty, it's way too soon to give up on Jason Dubois.
Boats- Barrett was availible
Barrett was availible to PH but not availible to catch. Understand?
The easy part of the
The easy part of the schedule ends this week. Last chance to salvage the season because after this week Cubs have 3 in LA, then 4 in San Diego, then Toronto, Boston, Florida, the Yankees, 4 games in Milwaukee and then the Whitesox again.
The Cubs have thrown away 25% of the season on some of the worst teams in baseball. Now the Cubs get to start playing the good teams.
You think it is bad now? It can get a whole lot worse. The Cubs can either sack up and start winning or they can pack their bags and mail in the rest of the season after this stretch run. No more excuses, no more crying. Just win or go home.
"And don't bore me with your
"And don't bore me with your 15-win rhetoric. Wood led the league in K's in '03 and has been a solid pitcher" - AQC
Yeah, those pitchers who win 15 games are a drag. Strikeout totals from two years ago are what's going to win the Central Division this year.
Manny You are making my
You are making my original point that Baker ran out of players before the game was over.
However, he could have used Barrett as a pinch hitter and Macias could have caught the tenth if necessary.
Boats - Your Kerry Wood
Boats - Your Kerry Wood quote isn't bad news, it isn't even news at all. The day it was announced Wood couldn't pick up a ball for 3 weeks, everyone who knows anything about baseball knew it would take another 3-4 weeks to get his arm back in shape.
>Yeah, those pitchers who
>Yeah, those pitchers who win 15 games are a drag. Strikeout totals from two years ago are what's going to win the Central Division this year.
I'll take "none of the above" for $500, Alex.
Forget about the wins and the Ks. Just give us a string of solid, consistent starts every year, Kerry. That's all we ask.
Barrett said himself before
Barrett said himself before Sunday's game, he could hit, he could catch if absolutely needed, but he couldn't throw because of his shoulder.
So yes, Dusty could have pinch hit him for Blanco, but it would have ment having a catcher who can't throw behind the plate. I guess you think that's a good idea, particularly when you value defense so highly - Like you did during a tie game at the begining of the season.
#172 of 220: By bluewater boats (April 8, 2005 03:36 PM)
Looking at the Cubs defensively, they have Neifi at short and Hairston at second base which can be justified. But why is Barrett still catching? He's been out there too long.
Supposedly our backup catcher is superior defensively to MB. So put him out there already. This game can be won with one stinkin' run!
I want Dusty fired, I hate hypocrites
Just read on ESPN.com that
Just read on ESPN.com that CZ's latest arm issues may have been caused by sending too many e-mails. I give up.
433- ron snato mentioned the
433- ron snato mentioned the same info on saturday during the opening comments. was hard to know whether to laugh or believe or perhaps both.
Yeah, what's funny about
Yeah, what's funny about that story is that they used an MRI to diagnose the problem as tennis elbow, which, from my understanding, means that a ligament is at least partially torn. How can you possibly tear a ligament sending email? Maybe it's from Carlos throwing his computer across the room when his brother critiques his performances.
Blue: "Boats - Your Kerry
"Boats - Your Kerry Wood quote isn't bad news, it isn't even news at all. The day it was announced Wood couldn't pick up a ball for 3 weeks, everyone who knows anything about baseball knew it would take another 3-4 weeks to get his arm back in shape."
Exactly...that is what I was saying that it is St all over again, which is good news as he is at least starting to throw.
Blue (post #36)- NICE!!
Blue (post #36)-
NICE!! Good to see you tearing into someone else besides me..HAHA
Seriously though you are right and I was tring to make the point earlier, but to no avail, i assume the same will happen with your points to unfortunately. Oh well, some people (not you) want Dusty fired and will use any small thing and spin it to try and blame Dusty for it.
Oh well, some people (not
Oh well, some people (not you) want Dusty fired and will use any small thing and spin it to try and blame Dusty for it.
I want Dusty fired, just so you'll pipe down, Manny. It doesn't help anything that he's not a great manager.
I say Bob Brenley for manager. He did more with less. His firing in 2004 was the most absurd bit of upper management logic ever exhibited. Go figre--they couldn't win games with Casey Fossum, Steve Sparks, Casey Daigle and Edgar Gonzalez in their starting rotation. That plus gambling so much on Richie Sexson sure makes it look like Brenley got the shaft for general management incompetancy. Even 2003 found the Diamondbacks so riddled with injuries and Breneley still posted 84 wins. In 3 full seasons he won a world series and the NL West. I think an argument cna be made that his 2001 world series victory was the result some of the greates managerial maneuvering ever seen.
For Bobby I lobby!!
Tbone: "Yeah, those pitchers
Tbone: "Yeah, those pitchers who win 15 games are a drag. Strikeout totals from two years ago are what's going to win the Central Division this year."
Despite Wood having Tommy John surgery in 1999 he still has six years experience where he's started more than 20 starts every year, more than 26 starts in 4 of the six years, and more than 32 starts in two of the years. Wood carried this ballclub in 2002 and 2003, where he pitched 452 1/3 IP (regular season and playoffs). Dusty just pitched his arm off in 2003. Wood went 120-plus in 14 of 35 starts, including five of six starts late in the year. He also had a 141 pitch outing over seven innings against St. Louis in May.
Including the playoffs, Wood threw 4,007 pitches in 2003, the most in the majors. Prior averaged 114.2 pitches per start, the most in the majors (Wood was second at 111.3).
In Kerry's 169 career starts, he's left the game with the lead (men on or off base) in 98 times. He got the win in 68 of those 98, and got the loss in 7 of those games. The bullpen has blown 30 leads of Kerry Wood, since he's been called up!! Sure the bullpen is going to blow saves, but come on 18% of Kerry's starts have been blown in his career. 31% of the games he left with the led, the bullpen has blown. So on a team with a good bullpen Kerry very well could be 85-45, instead of 68-51 with a lower ERA (due to inherited runners scoring off of the bullpen) than his current baudy 3.69 career ERA.
Wood already has 1000 IP logged under his belt and 11 complete games. He's the quickest pitcher to 1000 strikeouts and the quickest pitcher to 50 starts of 10+ strikeouts. In perspective of baseball history, Wood has the second highest K/IP, trailing only Randy Johnson. In regards to active leaders in Hits/IP, Wood has the second lowest, trailing only Pedro Martinez.
Yes Wood has had his injury problems with the majority associated with his surgically repaired elbow. Yet despite that, in Kerry's 6 MLB seasons, he's logged 160+ IP in four seasons, two being 200+ IP. Collecting 200+ strikeouts in four seasons, and having an ERA under 3.75 in five seasons.
In 2003 (season and playoffs), Kerry pitched 238 2/3 IP in 36 starts, giving up 173 hits, 88 earned runs, 114 walks, 297 strikeouts. His total record was 16-12 with a 3.32 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, and .210 BAA.
Bob Brenley for manager? i
Bob Brenley for manager?
i seriously dont understand some of you dusty haters...bob is guilty of many of the same things people bitch about dusty for. and if dusty did what brenley did during the WS the dbacks won, you'd want his head before inning 9, game 7 was even over.
its just a manager...this team is not a 100 win team with another manager or a 60 win team with dusty.
you wanna complain about something that matters...how about that bullpen...how about hendry signing macias/blanco? real things...real impact players...
when we get these mid-season manager firings/quiting/etc...very very very rarely do teams improve in any noticable amount. for every mckeon you got many more no impacts.
its a manager...until they throw 50+ip a year or gets 200+ ab's...he's an overpaid babysitter who fills out lineup cards and makes substitutions while keeping the clubhouse frustration-free as possible.
dusty's done almost EVERY suggestion this board has brought up that would "otally save this team"...and its pretty much all failed...
dubois is starting, and sucking it up...the bullpen has played closer/setup/long role reversal for weeks, and sucking it up...its just not clicking and i dont see a lot of dusty out there screwing it up, i see players not coming through...i see a bullpen that cant get anything done with consistancy.
the "troops" are giving it their all, theyre happy, theyre not in revolt...losses dont always mean a sinking ship.
It's a shame we don't have a
It's a shame we don't have a threaded discussion.
There's a lot of really bizarre troll-like comments above that ignore and purposely confuse the point I was making, i.e. that Dusty Baker screwed up and actually had run out of position players before the game was over forcing him to let Blanco hit with 2 on, 2out, and 2 down in the ninth instead of a pinch hitter.
There was no way that he was going to use Barrett and so he didn't.
When he pinch ran Macias for Grieve he was completely out of pinch hitting position players.
All you Brenly haters are
All you Brenly haters are totally just looking for reasons to hate him. He may manage with his gut, but it was pure genius to leave Randy Johnson in in game 6 with a 15-0 lead. Kim was young and SUCKED!! Brenley wasn't to blame for his meltdown in games 3 and 4, not matter how many pitches he left him in for. Today's pitchers are just babies and pitch counts are totally arbitrary!
All you Brenly haters can just suck it up because Brenly won the world series.
i got nothing against
i got nothing against brenley...im just saying wanting brenley over dusty isnt gonna make a lotta people happy if the reasons they hate dusty for are true.
and speaking of winning...bobby cox...some of you have no idea how similar dusty/bobby are.
theyre just managers...you gotta go outta your way to just absolutely suck. psst...look over in cincinatti if you wanna see a manager who has no idea what his personel can and cannot do.
Mr. Whipple... Huh?
Mr. Whipple...
Whip: GREAT post! (you got
Whip: GREAT post! (you got the style down perfect)
Boats: its you continue to miss the point, there was no way Dusty was going to even consider pinch hitting for Blanco even if he had 10 people left on the bench, not without another healthy catcher to take his place. Anyone who's followed baseball for more than 2 months would make the same decision.
I just heard that Graves is
I just heard that Graves is being released by the Reds.
Bob, I know Wood's stats are
I know Wood's stats are wonderful but if he wasn't consistently hitting the hundred pitch mark in the fifth or sixth inning he might have stuck around and won more of those games.
Everyone thought he was Roger Clemens but he's Sid Fernandez: great opponents' BA, good K/IP etc. He does everything but go eight innings and win games.
Yep Graves was designated
Yep Graves was designated for assignment, so he'll be traded or released within the next 10 days.
Bruce Levine reported today that the Cubs are close to trading for a Big OF and a relief pitcher, and something will likely transpire within a week.
Bruce is probably blowing smoke but who knows.
Boats: "that Dusty Baker
"that Dusty Baker screwed up and actually had run out of position players before the game was over forcing him to let Blanco hit with 2 on, 2out, and 2 down in the ninth instead of a pinch hitter."
Let me try this once again for you. Since Barrett was eligible to PH, but not play catcher, how could he of PH for Blanco (even if there were players availible to PH for him)?? The to have Macias play C? Mangers, NO MANAGERS, would of done that. PERIOD!! To expect him to do so makes ZERO sense and many on here are trying to tell you that. But you are not listening only blinded by your Dusty hatrid. Bleeding Blue wants Dusty fired as bad as you and he is even saying Dusty should not of PH for Blanco.
"There was no way that he was going to use Barrett and so he didn't."
Again, I have no clue where you get your flawed info. Barrett was availible to PH, not play catcher. Baker and Barrett both have said so.
Crunch:i got nothing against
Crunch:i got nothing against brenley...
You are not listening only blinded by your Brenly hatrid.
All trolling aside, Manny's right that if Barrett couldn't catch, no manager is going to risk using a player at catcher that has no major league experience at the position. However this can be said WITHOUT SHOUTING.
Whip- Imitation is the
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so thanks!!!
I SHOUTED because Blue and I were trying to explain a simple baseball ideology and he wasn't getting it, so I then emphaiszed certain words to ge teh point along.
Thanks for understanding Blue's and I posts, hopefully Boats can finally understand.
Couple of thoughts: 1.
Couple of thoughts:
1. Developing young prospects is little bit of a "numbers" game. If you have 10 good prospects you might get 3 good players.
2. This might be the season to see who "sticks". Bring up 10 young players and see what you have. Cedeno, Fontenot, Murton, Pie, etc...
3. Corey Patterson should be traded. Unless he's your 7 hitter, his production is a joke. Trade him. This team needs a shake up.
Couple of thoughts: 1)
Couple of thoughts:
1) Developing prospects is a numbers game. If you have 10 prospects, you might get 3 that turn into real players. That said, it might be time to find out who the real players are. If you play Cedeno, Fontenot, Murton, Pie, etc...you might end up with 2 you build around for next year. By the way, this is why the Cubs are always pinning their hopes on one guy-like Patterson or Kerry Wood. They never have taken the numbers approach to developing their talent.
2) Patterson really should be traded. He's never going to understand the strike zone. Don't look back.
3) Last year was Dusty's fault. 2005 is Hendry's fault.
Another thing: Dusty was
Another thing:
Dusty was recently quoted as saying: "we're starting bench players"....That is exactly my point: keep them as bench players. Start Cedeno and Fontenot. Come off the bench w/ Perez and Hairston.
Look Manny, You seem to be
Look Manny, You seem to be overloaded with emotional issues but your misplaced rant at me about being one of the "fire Dusty" bunch is so overthetop it's borderline nuts. I don't advocate firing Hendry or Dusty, but when Baker makes strange moves that cost the Cubs games like using his entire bench before the game was over then he deserves to have it noted.
As for Barrett, the decision not to use Barrett was Dusty's. Barrett himself felt good Friday night and was quoted as saying so by the Chicago Suntimes.
Saturday----Michael Barrett felt his right shoulder had improved enough Friday that he planned to tell manager Dusty Baker he could be the Cubs' starting catcher today. But Baker seemed to indicate he might start catcher Henry Blanco the entire White Sox series and not test Barrett's shoulder for now.
Manny's right that if
Manny's right that if Barrett couldn't catch, no manager is going to risk using a player at catcher that has no major league experience at the position. However this can be said WITHOUT SHOUTING.
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When you don't know what you are talking about...bb has this perpetual problem...it's best to just STFU.
None of you blowhards knew that Barrett said he was ready to play Friday night. Apparently none of you can read. Not playing him was a coaching decision NOT a medical one.
You're contradicting
You're contradicting yourself again Boats. Which of the 4 quotes from this thread do you actually mean:
In game two of the Cubs-Sox series, Dusty Baker literally ran out of position players before the game was over. This is the equivalent of throwing in the towel in boxing.
However, he could have used Barrett as a pinch hitter and Macias could have caught the tenth if necessary.
Dusty Baker screwed up and actually had run out of position players before the game was over forcing him to let Blanco hit with 2 on, 2out, and 2 down in the ninth instead of a pinch hitter.
None of you blowhards knew that Barrett said he was ready to play Friday night. Apparently none of you can read. Not playing him was a coaching decision NOT a medical one.
First the bench was empty, meaning that Barrett was unavailable. Then Barrett was available to pinch hit, but Macias should have been saved to be the catcher, then there was no one available to pinch hit again, and now Barrett was available to both pinch hit and catch?
And of course, you're also ignoring that Barrett himself said on the Score's sunday morning baseball show that he could pinch hit, but he still couldn't throw. And when it comes to Michael Barrett's health, I'll trust Michael Barrett a lot more than I'd trust the Sun Times or some blabbering idoit who's been a cubs fans for all of 2 months and can't even keep his opinion consistant for one whole day.
Back to Crouthers...it has
Back to Crouthers...it has been confimred that the Cubs get another player from the Orioles. Possibly Chris May. We shall see.
Boats- If Bleeding Blue is
If Bleeding Blue is agreeing with me, I must be onto something. We don't agree on much. :) I did hear that quote from Barrett, but I also heard Dusty say he would only be availible for PH duties as he was not going to risk him against a speedy team like the CHW.
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J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.


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LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Health Department will post its state-mandated Community Health Assessment survey online next week.
Public Health Director Daniel J. Stapleton said at Thursday's Board of Health meeting that the 16-question survey will appear at www.surveymonkey.com sometime next week and will be available for seven weeks.
Dr. Rashmi Bismark, resident at the University at Buffalo School of Public Health, helped compile the questionnaire.
"This is done every four years, so all counties will be doing it," Bismark said.
The county will join forces with the hospitals within its borders to use the results to compile a community health improvement plan, Bismark added.
"It should take the average person 10 minutes to do," Stapleton said. "Completely voluntary. Nothing identifying in any way. The closest we get is ZIP code."
Printed copies of the survey also are expected to be available in hospital waiting rooms, churches and a variety of other locations. Also, there will be posters with tear-off strips at the bottom showing the Web address for the survey.
Stapleton said he expects to be allowed to email the survey to all county employees, too. "We're hoping to get hundreds and hundreds of responses," he said.
Stapleton said he will meet April 9 with the county's hospital CEOs to discuss the survey and how it links up to the state Health Department's "Prevention Agenda" by determining health care priority needs in the county.
On another topic, Stapleton told the board the security upgrades are coming in the Shaw Building, the 80-year-old structure at the Mount View campus in Lockport that hosts the headquarters of the Health and Mental Health departments.
County buildings and grounds employees will turn to the work after Memorial Day, once they've finished preparing the county parks for the season, Stapleton said.
The Shaw Building, originally built as a tuberculosis sanitarium, has about 16 access points on the ground floor, counting doors and windows. Many are unused and were originally installed to make it easier to take TB patients in and out.
Some will be blocked off, and others will have restricted access. Inside, some hallways will be blocked with doors to keep people from wandering through the building.
"This is not a mental health client thing. We don't want anybody wandering around the building," Stapleton said.
Doors separating Health from Mental Health will be locked, he said. Also, a new handicapped access ramp will be constructed at the Shaw Building, Stapleton said.
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Daniel Radcliffe
- 1999
Daniel Does Copperfield
Acting casts its spell early on Daniel Radcliffe, the son of Alan, a literary agent, and Marcia, a casting director. At 10, he clinches the lead role in a BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, alongside veteran costars Bob Hoskins (left) and Maggie Smith. "My mum sent in a Polaroid of me to the BBC, because I've always wanted to act since I was five," he tells the Press Association in 2000. "My mum and dad never thought it was a very good idea. So I went for about five auditions and then I got the part."
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Becoming Harry Potter
Chris Columbus, who's signed on to direct Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (based on author J.K. Rowling's book about a boy wizard named Harry Potter), sees Radcliffe in the Dickens film. "This is what I want," Columbus (right) recalls to the Independent on Sunday in 2007. "This is Harry Potter." Radcliffe is in the bath when he hears he'd been cast. "I just cried – it was so cool," he tells the Ottawa Sun.
- 2000s
Growing Up Hogwarts
Radcliffe spends the next several years on Potter sets with Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger (left). British acting veterans, including Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith and Emma Thompson, portray various Hogwarts professors or stalwarts. "If childhood is being surrounded by people who you love being around and being incredibly happy, then I absolutely have had that," he tells the Hartford Courant.
- 2001
The First Potter Experience
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone hits theaters, eventually earning $976 million worldwide. The New York Times likens it to "a covers act by an extremely competent tribute band." By September 2007, according to Warner Brothers, the first five films tally a worldwide box office total of more than $4.47 billion. Becoming Harry, Radcliffe tells Vanity Fair in 2001, "was probably the single most exciting thing that's ever happened to me."
Pottermania: Under His Spell
Radcliffe has some seriously crazed fans. One tried leaping into his car from her car window while stopped at a traffic light in New York. Another time, when he was 12, Radcliffe "was walking down the street next to this girl in France, and she started screaming," he recalls to Rolling Stone. "And I was really frightened, so I started screaming."
- 2007
Parting from Potter – in the Buff!
Radcliffe appears nude on the London stage in Equus. The 17-year-old, who plays a troubled stable boy (left), tells Details, "It's the least arousing process...when you get naked in front of 900 people, quite the opposite happens." As Radcliffe grows up, so does Harry, who shares his first kiss with fellow Hogwarts student Cho Chang (played by Katie Leung) in the fifth Potter film. In 2008, he takes his nude Equus role to Broadway.
Richest Teen
The British press estimates 18-year-old Radcliffe's total net worth at $35 million or more, as he appears front and center on PEOPLE's Richest Teens cover. Radcliffe credits his parents with keeping his ego out of the sky: "I might be arrogant and big-headed, but they kept me really grounded, and I can't thank them enough for that," he says.
Harry's Growing Up
Swapping Harry's school robes for leather, Radcliffe sports a hip makeover on the cover of Details. In September, he's on the big screen again, starring in December Boys, where he has a seduction scene with costar Teresa Palmer. "It's a sex scene that's not sexy. It's clumsy and sweet," Radcliffe tells The Guardian.
- 2009
'Welcome Back, Potter'
Two years since the last Potter film, Radcliffe and costars Watson and Grint reunite on the cover of EW. The sixth installment of the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, marks the end of the young wizards' days at Hogwarts. In its first week at the box office, the film rakes in a worldwide total of $396.7 million.
- 2010
The Beginning of the End
As the first in the final two installments of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows hits theaters, Radcliffe tells MTV he's sad to see the saga come to an end – but proud of the story's epic climax. "To sustain this level of quality for 10 years is a very rare thing in a big franchise," he says. "I think we've done amazingly. I'm thrilled." The film rakes in $125.1 million over opening weekend, setting a franchise record.
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- London, England
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Monday, January 23, 2012
North Charleston, S.C./ January 23, 2012 – According to the American Heart Association, coronary heart disease and stroke are the first and third leading causes of death in the United States. Throughout February, Trident Health will be providing their annual "Heart Health Events", including free heart screenings and the latest information to help individuals lead a healthier lifestyle.
All events will be held at Trident Medical Center. To make a reservation for any of these free Heart Month events, please call 843-797-FIND (3463).
The "Heart Health Event" schedule is as follows:
"Girls Night Out!" Free Heart Health Screenings, Catered Dinner and Live Music. February 2, 4:30-7:00 p.m.
"Women and Heart Health, Love Your Heart" Speakers: Dr. Christine Case, Dr. Scott Woodfield. 6-7 p.m.
"How Strong is Your Heart?" What symptoms should you be looking for? What tests should you ask your doctor for? A light lunch included; February 9, noon – 1p.m.
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Nellie R. (Shamas) Folcarelli, 91, Golden LivingCenter-Hillview, died Sunday at the center.
She was born in Altoona, daughter of the late Habib and Ameline (Taleb) Shamas. She married Paul Folcarelli, and he preceded her in death April 8, 2004.
Surviving are a brother, George Shamas and wife, Kreed, of Coral Gables, Fla.; a sister, Patricia Myura and husband, Tony, of Palm Beach, Fla.; nieces and nephews: Beverly (Shamas) Cardone and husband, Alfred, Linda (Iacovetti) Fresh, Susan (Shamas) Lingenfelter and husband, Ray, Douglas Myura, Mike Shamas and Becky (Shamas) Gilford; 10 great-nieces and great-nephews; and eight great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by two sisters: Olga Shamas and Marie (Shamas) Boucher; two brothers: Alfred and Nicholas; and a niece, Judith Evelyn (Shamas) Hogan.
Nellie was a member of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church.
There will be no visitation. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church by Father Joseph Gereige. Committal will be at Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 519 58th St., Altoona, PA 16602.
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More than ever, oral communication and writing skills are being emphasized in all career paths.
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Communication students can apply the skills they learn in the classroom to conduct interviews and write for the University's student newspaper, The McKendree Review, or contribute to the campus literary magazine, The Montage.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
A five-run second inning that saw 10 Stags come to the plate proved to be more than enough as Berkeley advanced in Class AAA state tournament first round play with a 6-0 over Swansea.
In the second, Dylan Baker led off with a single to left, stole second and scored when Josh Simpson's fly ball to center was misplayed for an error. Andrew Lockliear followed with a base hit moving Simpson to third. Simpson scored the second run on Dillon Salisbury's ground out.
Eric Orton then reached first on a dropped third strike which allowed pinch runner Kyle Morrison to score. Orton advanced to third on a pair of wild pitches, and following a base on balls to Zach Gonzales, Kyle Garrick singled to drive in both runners.
Berkeley added another run in the home half of the fourth when Simpson was hit by a pitch and scored on Lockliear's second hit of the night, a long single to right.
This would give the senior Southpaw all the run support he'd need as Lockliear scattered just three hits and K'd nine before tiring in the seventh. Gonzales came on to record the final two outs.
Berkeley tallied just seven hits on the night but made them all count. Lockliear had two hits on the night and an RBI while Garrick's 2-RBI single capped the big five-run second for the Stags.
BHS was to play Socastee game on May 1 after a couple of postponements.
In other local playoff news, Timberland's season came to an end following a 1-0 shutout loss to Andrews. Josh Winningham surrendered one run on just two hits but the Wolves fell short. Timberland's season ends at a 12-9 mark.
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Hi midnite, I did a quick ebay search of for Anchor Hocking and Hazel Atlas and came up empty. I really feel this is from the late 60s early 70s. Hopefully someone who knows more about that era will chime in. Terry
Midnite - did you check the bottom for any marks? Like an "F' in a shield or and anchor or anything??
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Many years ago, I had some ad folks telling me that a 300x250 ad had
to show 1/3 above the fold (1024x768) to be sold as an
"above-the-fold" ad. It was some other fraction for a 160x600.
Either IAB.net doesn't have those details along with their other
specs, or I'm just not finding them.
Does anyone have a link to some kind of industry-wide accepted
standards or guidelines that answers the question: How much of the ad
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TRUCKEE, Calif. — On paper, a struggling, winless Sparks at undefeated Truckee on Saturday seemed like a mismatch. And it was.
Six different Wolverines scored touchdowns as the hosts built a 28-0 first-quarter lead and led 42-0 at the half en route to a 56-0 drubbing.
The win marked No. 40 in a row for Truckee, a streak that ranks fourth in the nation in 11-man high school football. The Wolverines are now 4-0 on the season while the Railroaders fell to 0-5.
"It seemed like anything and everything we were calling early was working," said Truckee head coach Bob Shaffer. "I credit the team, because they could have taken this game lightly. But the second half of the year we face some good teams, so we had to get better."
Behind the accurate passing of senior quarterback Erik Holmer, the Wolverines found the end zone on six of their seven possessions in the first half, needing four plays or fewer to score each touchdown. They scored on pass plays of 42 and 40 yards, both to senior tight end Zak Pettit, and runs of 48, 4, 27 and 29 yards, the final two by Graham Christian.
Holmer, playing with a mostly healed dislocated thumb on his throwing hand, completed 8 of his 10 passes in the first half for 155 yards, with one touchdown and no interceptions. Junior backup Louden Smith was 2-for-2 in the game for 59 yards, including a 40-yard TD strike to Pettit in the first quarter.
"We kind of knew we wanted to work more on our passing game early, because we weren't sure how long we were going to be able to do that, and we needed to work on it. And I thought our offense was very efficient," said Shaffer, whose team ran a total of only 19 offensive plays in the first half, eight of which went for 20 yards or more.
In the second half, Truckee senior Javier Virrey scored on a 7-yard run late in the third quarter. Senior Jake Pettit, playing his first game of the season coming off a knee injury, intercepted a pass and returned it 35 yards on the first play of the fourth quarter to round out the scoring. Smith converted his eighth PAT of the day to extend the score to the final margin.
Senior quarterback Geovanni Vasquez and the Railroaders came out throwing the ball often. But they had only marginal success against Truckee's defense, which has allowed just 21 points through four games. Vasquez threw 32 passes, completing 17 for 116 yards, but with three interceptions.
"They have a third-year starting quarterback, so we knew they would throw the ball, and we needed that," Shaffer said. "We needed to see a veteran quarterback."
Truckee held the Sparks running game to 34 yards on 34 carries in the contest, led by Nick Vandever's 30 yards on 14 touches, while the Railroaders managed just 13 rushing yards on 21 attempts in the first half.
The Wolverines, meanwhile, racked up 134 yards rushing on eight carries in the first half, and 241 yards on 20 rushes in the game. Holmer and Smith combined for 195 passing yards through the first two quarters and 214 in the contest, giving Truckee 455 total yards.
The onslaught started early. On Truckee's third offensive play of the game, Holmer connected with a wide open Zak Pettit over the middle, and the big tight end rumbled 42 yards uncontested for the first score.
After forcing a three-and-out immediately following, Holmer hooked up with Jake Pettit for a 15-yard gain before senior running back Tyler Curtis broke free for a 48-yard touchdown run on the next play.
Truckee forced another Sparks punt on the ensuing possession, and two plays later, Smith hit Pettit, again wide open over the middle, for a 40-yard touchdown.
Christian stepped in front of a Vasquez pass on the Vaqueros' next drive for the first of Truckee's three interceptions, deep in Sparks territory. Senior wingback Tyler Griffin then ran around the left side of the line untouched for the fourth Truckee touchdown, and a 28-0 first-quarter lead after Smith's extra point.
That was just the first quarter. After forcing another punt, Curtis caught a Holmer screen pass for a 28-yard gain, which set up Christian for a 27-yard touchdown run up the gut.
Truckee's only blemish of the half came on its next possession, when Holmer fumbled to Sparks at midfield. But Smith intercepted a tipped ball shortly after, and four plays later Christian broke free again for a 29-yard touchdown run, extending the lead to 42-0 with 1:44 left before the half.
"We wanted to focus on three Es — errorless, effort and execution — and I think we accomplished those at times," Shaffer said.
Holmer, who hit seven different receivers in the first half, said he was excited not to feel pain in his thumb, which he dislocated in a preseason scrimmage.
"It was good to get my confidence going," Holmer said of his performance. "My thumb feels better, so it was nice to get some complete passes."
With Truckee's second-string offense going to work in the second half, Virrey picked up 39 yards on a hard run and was rewarded with the next carry, which he took in to the end zone with another power run from 7 yards out. With 2:38 left in the third quarter, Truckee led 49-0.
The Wolverines added a final touchdown early in the fourth when Vasquez threw a pass over the middle that was picked off by Jake Pettit and returned 35 yards. The 6-3 running back received an assist from his twin brother, as Zak Pettit hit Vasquez as he released the ball.
After a time-consuming Railroader drive that petered out at midfield, Tyler Slusher rushed for 20 yards before being brought down at the Sparks 15-yard line as the clock expired.


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In addition to having satisfied the institutional and distribution requirements, students who seek a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree must further have completed the following major and cognate courses or their equivalents:
A. Five courses in mathematics:
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MTH 1218 Calculus II
MTH 1505 Engineering Statistics OR MTH 2527 Probability and Statistics I
MTH 2219 Calculus III
MTH 2220 Differential Equations
B. Four courses in the basic sciences:
PHY 2211 Physics I
PHY 2212 Physics II
CHM 1180 Engineering Chemistry
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MEN 3030 Thermodynamics I
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MEN 3014 Dynamics/Vibrations
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Highlighted by a season-opening match at #24 Florida State, and 10 home matches at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center, the 2014 Stetson women's tennis schedule will be a challenging slate, as announced by Director of Tennis Pierre Pilote on Tuesday.
"The women's non-conference schedule will be challenging this year with the addition of 11 opponents that we didn't play last year," Pilote said. "It will be exciting for the team to face all those new teams and it will prepare us well for our conference schedule."
It begins on Sunday, Jan. 19 with a pair of contests in Tallahassee as Stetson takes on #24 Florida State at 9:30 a.m. and then challenges Florida A&M at 2:00 p.m. The Hatters continue the road trip at Georgia Southern on Jan. 25 before returning to DeLand to start the home season in February.
Playing seven out of their next nine contests at home, the Hatters will host South Alabama in the home opener on Saturday, Feb. 1. Home non-conference matches against FIU (Feb. 8), Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25), Oakland (Feb. 27), Niagara (Mar. 3), UNC Greensboro (Mar. 8), and Illinois State (Mar. 11) surround a pair of road tilts at Florida Atlantic (Feb. 21) and College of Charleston (Mar. 1) before Stetson begins Atlantic Sun Conference play.
"We expect to do well within the A-Sun again this year," Pilote said. "The league keeps on getting stronger in tennis and so does our team."
The conference campaign begins with three straight road contests at USC Upstate (Mar. 14), ETSU (Mar. 15), and Florida Gulf Coast (Mar. 19). The Hatters return home to host North Florida on Mar. 22 before stepping out of A-Sun action to play at Miami (Ohio) on Mar. 26.
Stetson concludes the month of March with home contests against Mercer (Mar. 28) and Kennesaw State (Mar. 29), before finishing up A-Sun competition on the road at Lipscomb (Apr. 4) and Northern Kentucky (Mar. 5).
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SPARTANBURG, SC – After a record setting first day at the 26th Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational, scores rose considerably during Tuesday's final round of competition due to blustery, cold and rainy conditions.
The result was a shuffling throughout the field of the 15-team tournament. The Stetson Hatters had a chance to make a move up the standings, but had several players get off to bad starts on Tuesday, resulting in a 14th place finish.
Lamar came from 11 shots back of day one leader Elon, blowing past the Flames by four strokes to take the team title. The Cardinals posted a 276 in Tuesday's final round to finish the tournament with a score of 31-under par 833. Elon posted a final round score of three over par 291 to fall into second.
The host Wofford Terriers finished third at 24-under par 840.
The Hatters were on their way to posting their best three-round tournament score of the year after Monday scores of 293 and 291, but Stetson finished Tuesday with a score of 306. The Hatters finished four shots behind Western Carolina (886) and 11 behind A-Sun foe USC Upstate (879).
"I was really proud of the way the guys played on Monday," Stetson coach Larry Watson said. "It was certainly the best day of golf we have had this year. The weather was a much bigger factor on Tuesday, and the scores reflected that."
Freshman Dirk Kuehler led the Hatters, finishing the tournament with an even par score of 216 to tie for 28th. Kuehler had three birdies and five bogeys on Tuesday en route to a final round 74.
Elon's John Somers was able to hold on for medalist honors despite a one-over par 73 on Tuesday. His total score of 10-under par 206 was still two shots better than Lamar teammates Gustav Burenstam and Stephane Dubois, who closed with rounds of 68 and 67 respectively to finish at 208 along with Wofford's Andrew Novak and TCU's Julien Brun.
Sophomore Andrew Peterson had the second best round of the day for Stetson, finishing with a 75. His round hit a speed bump after a late weather delay when he had a triple bogey on hole No. 4. He bounced back with a birdied and then had four pars to finish. Peterson tied for 45th overall with his total of 221.
Sophomore David Torres finished the tournament with a 78 on Tuesday to tie for 64th at 225. Classmate Dustin Dingus tied for 75th after a final round score of 79 left him with a 231 total.
Junior Matt Taylor finished tied for 81st after a Tuesday round of 84 left him with a total score of 235.
The Hatters will now set their sights on the final event of the year – The Atlantic Sun Championship. That event is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 21, at The Legends Club at Chateau Elan in Braselton, Ga.


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quote: Looks like Apple is finally looking to get with the program and offer their products at different models (beyond memory size) and price points.
quote: Remember the iPod? Eventually Apple filled the whole product spectrum
quote: Apple did put out a range of players from the expensive iPod nano toy all the way to the hideously overpriced touch (in essence an iPhone without the phone). So yes, they did actually take a product line and offer up a few levels of it (all expensive).Not sure why they waited so long to do that with the iPhone. I would think that their marketing boffins would have clued in that they would get a lot deeper market penetration if they simply offered them up with a few different levels of features. After all, not everybody can afford, or wants, the top of the line. Sometimes they need a little less at a price that is scaled accordingly.


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mizriz wrote:Why do you think all the mom & pop resorts have shut down, and sold off in the past 20 yrs? It's because of the lack of fishing. Due to regulation and spearing. They were not making any money anymore. Families are no longer interested in taking a week long family vacation with the kids and go fishing. If they are, they might take them up to Canada.
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on September 18, 2012 - 12:01 AM
Kenneth Elliott Jr. couldn't stop smiling.
It was a good day for the second-grader at the Aloma D. Johnson Fruit Belt Community Charter School.
That's because his father, Kenneth, volunteered in the 7-year-old's class for the second Million Father March at the Michigan Avenue charter school. Elliott read the "True Story of the Three Little Pigs" to the class, helped the youngsters with some math and even drew a camel for the class.
"I feel great. It's like at home," Kenneth Jr. said with a big grin as he put his arm around his dad.
Elliott was among the many fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins and other adult male role models who went to school Monday for the Million Father March. The local initiative is part of the national eighth annual Million Father March to encourage men to make a commitment to their children's educational needs to help improve academic achievement.
The men had their choice of volunteering in the morning, the afternoon or all day. They tutored, mentored, chaperoned, served as hall monitors and performed other jobs around the Michigan Avenue school to assist students, staff and faculty. The day ended with a march around the community.
Last year's event drew more than 135 men, and organizers were expecting to exceed that number Monday.
"It helps us grow, too, as fathers, to see the expression on our kids' faces," Elliott said of the initiative.
The program started in Atlanta on the premise that when fathers or male guardians are involved in their kids' lives, the kids do better in school; they have better attendance; are less likely to do drugs; are more likely to go to college; are less likely to have sex at an early age; and are less likely to be involved with the criminal justice system, said Debra A. Skok Watson, a social worker at the school.
And, she added, the program is beneficial to all students, not just those whose fathers participated.
"Not every kid has a dad in his life. We want to recognize the impact men have in a young person's life," Skok Watson said.
One of the guest speakers for the day was John Johnson; the school was named after his wife.
Johnson spoke about the importance of fathers' - and men in general - being a part of the education process for their children.
"That's true for uncles, cousins, as long as they are positive male image in a child's life," Johnson said.
"It's us that must educate our children."
Derek Middlebrooks volunteered in his son Andrew's first-grade class and said the program is especially important for the boys in the school, because they need male role models.
"A man can only teach a man to be a man. I had plenty of males in my life to teach me right from wrong and to instill values in me," said Middlebrooks, 25.
Jamari Grimes, 30, volunteered because he was asked to by his son Jalaun, a first-grader, and daughter Kaori, a third-grader.
"I do everything with them, not just this. They need a dad. They need guidance. They need parents," Grimes said. "I can't let them down."
The Aloma D. Johnson school is in its fifth year of educating Buffalo schoolchildren from kindergarten through grade four. It now serves more than 300 students.
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Here's what to see and what to skip in theaters this weekend.
See ThisNeighbors
If we're being honest, though, Mac Radner (Seth Rogen) and his wife, Kelly (Rose Byrne), are barely grown-ups. Yes, they have a baby and a mortgage, but they'd rather split a doobie (the kids still call them doobies, right?) with the frat boys who move in next door, than scold them or, God forbid, get the authorities involved. Besides, the fellas of Delta Psi Beta, run by dim-bulb hunk Teddy (Zac Efron) and smarter, sweeter Pete (Dave Franco), seem like such charming young men. Why would there ever be a need to call the fuzz?
Of course Mac and Kelly will call the fuzz. One night of booming music and a shrieking baby shatters the truce, throwing the neighborhood into chaos, as the Greeks and the grown-ups marshal their forces to drive out the enemy. Neighbors, wisely, lets everyone fight dirty, from Pete and Teddy, who take a juvenile approach to the high jinks (starting with trashing Mac and Kelly's lawn), to the parents, who escalate to full-on psychological warfare, trying to get the frat to destroy itself. In fact, that last bit of nastiness is Kelly's idea, as the movie gives her as many of the punches and punchlines as the men.
Neighbors also builds its characters into more complete human beings than it has to. It's easy to sympathize with Mac and Kelly – they're the ones with more at stake, having sunk every dime into their house. But we also come to feel for the boys, as Teddy's attachment to his frat and Pete's issues as a child of divorce become real motivators for them. The balance in character depth lets Franco and Efron be just as three-dimensional, and ultimately just as funny, as veterans Rogen and Byrne. (The Mindy Project's Ike Barinholtz and Bones' Carla Gallo are also hilarious as Mac and Kelly's best friends/partners-in-light-felonies.) The result is a comedy that isn't just a joke machine, but a whole movie with laughs from start to finish. I'd welcome that in the 'hood any day.
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After the twister demolishes her town, Dorothy (Lea Michele) is whisked back to Oz on a rainbow to help fight the evil Jester (Short), the Wicked Witch's dopey brother. She'll find new friends, including a rotund owl named Wiser (Platt), the fragile China Princess (Megan Hilty) and the stalwart softy Marshal Mallow (Hugh Dancy), but none of them is particularly memorable. Short makes the most of his character's maniacal ways, but none of the cast can do much with the dismal script and instantly forgettable songs. Hey, if it makes you feel better, The Lego Movie is out on DVD next month. Try to hold on.


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DIMYAKA ISLAND, Philippines - I sat on the front porch of our beachfront cottage reading a book awaiting sunset over the South China Sea.
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Food from the Philippines comes from a diverse culinary heritage. Post and Courier food writer Hanna Raskin offers insights into the local Filipino community and takes a look at three restaurants and a food truck.
The leaves on some small palms growing out of the confectionery sugar sand danced in the breeze as the sun slipped below a mountain ridge on the nearby island of Busuanga. The sky burst into a kaleidoscope of colors mirrored off the soft ocean waves.
The light show lasted nearly an hour.
I'm sure sunsets are as stunning in many other places, but it's hard to beat this exotic setting.
My wife and I and our daughter, Anya, son-in-law and three grandkids arrived to the tackily named but fashionable resort of Club Paradise for a four-day weekend stay. The trip required an hour flight south out of Manila to the Busuanga airport where we were welcomed by a small group of wildly swaying and banging drummers letting us know that we were definitely off the beaten path. Busuanga is the northernmost point at the top of 300-mile-long Palawan Island, a narrow arrow of land that juts southwest out into the South China Sea and is the Philippines' westernmost major island chain.
From Busuanga airport we boarded a van for a 45-minute drive over a rutted, dirt road through farms and small villages until we came to a landing where a slender boat with delicate outriggers that resembled an overgrown water spider waited to take us to the island resort.
Once aboard, we traveled along a tidal creek bordered with thick mangrove. After about 20 minutes, we passed a small fishing village and broke free into the South China Sea and steered toward a speck of green in the distance that would be our home for the next few days. Our boat landed bow-first on to the snowy-white beach. The crew placed a narrow wooden plank from the bow to the beach and we arrived at Club Paradise, which occupied much of Dimyaka Island.
Doing nothing
The resort is a collection of beach-hugging, individual cottages designed to look like traditional, raised Filipino huts and a pool area surrounded by a bar, game room, store, dive shop and a large dining area where the meals were served buffet-style. It wasn't fine-dining, but the entrees were tasty, nicely served and came in unending variety and cuisines, from American to Filipino to Chinese. My favorite item was the fresh-cut papaya. I am a fruit lover, but papaya and mango long have been on the bottom end of my taste. Both usually seem so mushy back in the states. But here was papaya to make you give up all other fruits. And the resort also served papaya juice. Heaven.
Eating occupied a central part of our stay on Dimyaka, along with enjoying the ocean views, the sun, the clear aqua water, reading, drinking and napping. Basically we spent the days zoned-out in paradise. Others take advantage of the spectacular diving on reefs near this island and throughout the Palawan chain.
We did dedicate one day for a trip to an island animal reserve, which was about a 90-minute trip aboard two different boats, a larger one for the ocean and a smaller one for a jungle-encased tidal creek.
The reserve is the creation of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who offered to help several African nations where leaders were concerned that poaching and development might result in the extinction of numerous wild animals.
Marcos created an Eden of sorts to protect the animals and some 100-plus species of nonmeat-eating animals ended up on the island preserve. They include giraffes, rhinos and impalas, which mostly roam free on the island under the watchful eye of a handful of custodians, one of whom guided us on a walk through part of the savannah where many of the animals graze.
One giraffe gave a sloppy kiss to my grandson, Wyatt Townsend, when he clenched a bunch of fresh leaves in his teeth and held it up for the giraffe to nibble. A few endangered Filipino animals have been added to the preserve, including the dwarf Calamian deer.
Booming Manila
The first impression a visitor gets on first arrival in this booming metropolis is: "This is one big city!" Everything seems under construction. Two or three construction cranes precariously perch like praying mantis atop high-rises across the endless skyline of this metropolis of 12 million.
But down on the streets, the ugly reality of this Third World economic dynamo (now among the fastest growing in Asia) assaults the eyes, ears and nose.
Shanties of wood, paper and corrugated metal fill alleys and every empty space. They often rise several stories high, looking as sturdy as multi-storied houses of cards. Woeful eyes stare from within. The streets form a mad tangle of noise, people and vehicles of all shapes and sizes, from buses and bicycles to luxury German cars and motorbikes with steel cage sidecars for paying passengers.
And then there are the Jeepneys. These descendants of the thousands of Jeeps American soldiers left behind at the end of World War II are now actually made new to look the way they do. Most are clad in shiny silver or brightly painted metal. The front and hood resembles a Jeep, but from the driver back, it looks more like a long station wagon with an open door at the back end where paying passengers can jump on and off. Jeepneys are the most popular and cheapest form of public transportation in the Philippines, and they are everywhere.
Ties to America
The history and culture of the Philippines has been intertwined with the United States since May 1898 when, at the beginning of the Spanish-American War, U.S. Navy Commodore George Dewey sailed his squadron of gunboats into Manila Bay, destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet and ultimately took control of the Philippines.
Filipinos initially hailed the American victory and declared their independence from three centuries of often brutish Spanish rule. Soon, however, it became apparent that the U.S. had gotten caught up in the dying spirit of European colonialism and was going to hold on to the giant, 7,100-island archipelago. A bloody three-year rebellion followed before the American military defeated the rebels in 1902. The fight took the lives of more than 4,000 American troops and 20,000 Filipino soldiers.
The Philippines then largely disappeared from America's consciousness until shortly after the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor launched the U.S. into World War II. Japan then invaded the Philippines, forcing American and Philippine forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur to retreat to the strongholds of the Bataan Peninsula and the fortress island of Corregidor. The Bataan forces would hold on until April when they surrendered and were forced on the infamously brutal Bataan Death March. The exact numbers of soldiers who died or were killed in the march varies with accounts. But of the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops who surrendered, as many as 10,000 Filipino and possibly 650 American prisoners of war died before the end of the 60-mile trek. Many were bayoneted by Japanese soldiers when they fell and couldn't walk.
Corregidor, the "Gibraltar of the Pacific," bristled with cannon to protect the entrance to Manila Bay. But it would fall a month later, not long after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered Gen. MacArthur to flee the island so he could organize and command the ultimate American and Allied military victory in the Pacific.
MacArthur, who suffered a bit of claustrophobia, rejected a sub escape and chose instead a speedy PT boat and made it to Australia where he uttered the famous phrase "I shall return."
Today, Corregidor is a national landmark and visitors can stand at the north shore pier from which MacArthur escaped. Tours of the island, the bombed-out American barracks and the numerous gun emplacements can be arranged through Sun Cruises, which departs Manila at 7:30 a.m. for the hour-long boat ride to Corregidor and returns about 4 p.m.
The fee includes lunch and a guided tour of the island. You can walk through the Malinta Tunnel, a virtually bombproof, cavern complex dug through granite by the Army Corps of Engineers.
During the Battle of Corregidor, it housed MacArthur, his command staff, a hospital and supplies. Many of the surviving American cannons on Corregidor offer quiet testimony to the ferocity of the battle. The huge barrel of the largest cannon is pockmarked with shrapnel hits. After taking the island, victorious soldiers of Japan's Imperial Army posed around and on top of the giant gun.
Three years later when Americans retook the island, less than 100 of the 6,700 Japanese defenders survived.
On July 4, 1946, after WW II, the U.S. followed through with its pledge to grant independence to the Republic of the Philippines. However, the Philippines officially recognizes its independence day as June 12, the day in 1898 that patriot Emilio Aguinaldo declared independence from Spain after the U.S. defeated Spanish forces.
Modern Manila retains almost none of its colonial architectural charm because much of it was destroyed in the fierce 1945 battle for Manila when American forces retook the city from the Japanese.
The main remaining colonial attractions stand in the Intramuros, a massive walled city begun in 1571 to house the Spanish elite, government buildings, churches, schools and private dwellings. Virtually all of it was destroyed in the Battle of Manila. But part of old fortress and its walls remain, as does the San Agustin Church and the Manila Cathedral. The old fortress now serves as a memorial to Dr. Jose Rizal, the Philippine revolutionary literary hero who was imprisoned in the fort before being executed by the Spanish in 1896 for inciting insurrection.
Manila is not just the political capital of the nation, it is the commercial and the culinary capital. Like many large metros, Manila also is plagued with traffic congestion and smog.
The din of the city can be escaped with a 30-mile drive south to Tagaytay Ridge, the 2,000-foot-high remains of a giant prehistoric volcano that forms a huge bowl now filled by Lake Taal. A volcanic island cone rises out of the middle of the lake. The view of it is stunning and the community along the Tagaytay Ridge is filled with artisans, fruit and vegetable stands and woodworkers who will make furniture to order. It's also home of some fabulous restaurants, especially Antonios, which overlooks a manicured garden with ponds.
Thanks to the half-century-long U.S. control of the Philippines, it's fairly easy to communicate. English is an official language and is widely spoken along with Spanish. Tagalog, the main native language in the Manila area, also is widely spoken and efforts are underway to make it a truly national Filipino language despite the presence of more than 100 other native languages around the islands.
Given the spectacular beauty of many Filipino islands, and the recent peace treaty that ended hostilities with Muslim separatists in the South, it's only a matter of time before the islands take their place among the world's exotic vacation getaways.
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The fashionably furnished beachfront cottages at Club Paradise are designed to reflect a traditional Filipino hut. Doug Pardue/staff×
The bombed-out remains of an American barracks on Corregidor Island offer testimony to the intensity of the Japanese invasion.×
A band of drummers greets visitors as they arrive at Busuanga Airport in the Philippines. Doug Pardue/staff×
The Malinta Tunnel served as Gen. Douglas MacArthurs headquarters during the Japanese invasion of the fortress island of Corregidor.×
Jeepneys are the most popular and cheapest form of public transportation in Manila, Philippines. The brightly painted and adorned vehicles are descendants of U.S. Army Jeeps that were left on the islands after World War II. Doug Pardue/staff×
Tourists explore a lagoon on Palawan Island in the Philippines.×
Sunset from the front porch of one of the beachfront cottages at Club Paradise on Dimyaka Island, Philippines.×
At the beginning of World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, his family and command staff escaped the Japanese invasion of the island fortress of Corregidor on speedy PT boats that picked them up at a dock near today's welcome sign. Doug Pardue/staff×


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The Memorial Weight-Loss Surgery Program involves more than changing the shape of your body. It offers a structured plan to shape your approach to your health. If you've struggled with diets, exercise, and other methods, weight-loss surgery – also called bariatric surgery – can be an important, effective tool in your journey to lose weight and keep it off, while embracing a healthier lifestyle.
How it works
Bariatric surgeries can promote weight loss in three ways:
- Limiting the amount of food you can eat at one time, by reducing the functional size of the stomach
- Reducing the amount of calories the small intestine can absorb
- Controlling a patient's hunger for food, by diminishing the hormonal drive to eat
Successfully maintaining weight loss from surgery depends on the patient's commitment to eating healthy and exercising regularly.
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Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band (Lap Band® System)
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Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
During gastric bypass, a small pouch is cut out of the stomach, and the small intestine is rerouted to this pouch. This tends to be a quicker, more aggressive weight-loss option. Unlike the Lap Band, it is neither adjustable, nor reversible. This type of surgery typically involves a about a two-night hospital stay. Although most of the stomach and the upper part of the small intestine no longer have food traveling through them, they still produce important digestive juices that are emptied into the small intestine and help with digestion. Most people who have gastric bypass experience a significant reduction in excess weight within the first 18 months after surgery.
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Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
The sleeve gastrectomy is a weight-loss procedure that is particularly well suited to patients who have high surgical risk because of extreme obesity or associated medical conditions. It typically requires about a one-night hospital stay. The procedure involves removing about 75 percent of the stomach, leaving behind a "banana shaped" sleeve of stomach. This remaining portion of stomach restricts the amount of food that a patient can eat and leads to significant weight loss. There is no cutting or rerouting of the small intestines. The part of the stomach that is removed normally secretes a hormone that is responsible for appetite and hunger. Without it, people don't feel the need to eat as often as they did before, which contributes to their weight loss.
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- Banded Gastric Plication
This type of laparoscopic weight-loss surgery is a minimally invasive procedure that combines two techniques: gastric banding and stomach plication. "Plication" of the stomach involves folding, not cutting. Dr. Brett Cohen, at Memorial Weight-Loss Surgery Program, is one of the only formally trained bariatric surgeons in Florida offering this technique.
When performed together, these procedures create one small stomach pouch at the top of the stomach and a narrow, sleeve-shaped lower stomach that cannot expand. The goal is for people to eat smaller portions of food and feel satisfied between meals. Banded gastric plication allows some patients to experience more significant results with less risk than other procedures.
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