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June 07, 2010|Categories: Healthcare Policy and Reform
- Tuesday, June 1: A 21% cut to Medicare reimbursements narrowly averted. Doesn't this happen every year?
- Wednesday, June 2: As anticipated, CMS announces the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration project. This three-year patient-centered medical home (PCMH) project will provide increased Medicare payments to primary care practices that demonstrate advanced capabilities. Would you like to know more? We also had two more PCMH projects kick off in Ohio and Rhode Island. And did you know that BCBS-Michigan has had a PCMH project for 1,200 physicians for more than a year now?
- Thursday, June 3: Some $83.9 million in stimulus funds awarded to community health centers across the country. The money pays for new EMRs and HIT innovation projects in these centers. Check out this press release.
- Thursday, June 3: Cost and quality transparency are this century's healthcare policy game changer. Each in their own way, nearly every provision of PPCPA and HITECH are designed to give healthcare consumers more information about their care. This is neither good nor bad – it's just the new environment. None of this is possible without health care IT, putting athenahealth and others at the center of the transparency movement. What's the news? AHRQ releases a new tool called MONAHRQ to help publicize quality data. As described in this statement, MONAHRQ allows hospitals to create a customized quality website with self-reported data. Combined with athenahealth co-founder and current CTO at HHS Todd Park's data democracy movement, 2010 marks the advent of the future of healthcare.
- Thursday, June 3: Also on the topic of transparency, CMS is making progress in the implementation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). They released this FAQ to help the healthcare community understand more about how they plan to implement them. Scheduled start date: Jan 12, 2012. AMGA put together a set of principles that are worth reading.
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Chiasso is a city of encounters and an important center for trade and communications. A plethora of events take place along the Corso San Gottardo, which attract numerous visitors every year. Among the events are the Jazz Festival and the Carnival Nebiopoli – a masked parade with festivities. A theater, museums and art galleries round out the cultural offerings. A theme trail on the Penz Hill near Chiasso refers to the theory and practice of viticulture.
On the cemented path in the park of the Breggia Gorges visitors can explore an industrial area that harbors many treasures of natural science, history and culture. On the Penz Hill, several theme trails let you explore vineyards, art and mycology. Numerous playgrounds and picnic areas as well as bicycle routes and other leisuretime activities round out the offerings.
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Michael Zordich, in his seeming quest to prove to Bill O'Brien that he was a running back in a fullback's body, broke out a couple of moves in the early going that few of the more than 96,000 that attended Penn State's 24-13 win over Temple knew he had.
No one, though, was prepared to watch him try to channel Gale Sayers and hurdle Owl free safety Vaughn Carraway in an attempt to get to the first down marker with a Matt McGloin screen pass in the second quarter.
It wasn't textbook - Carraway ended up with a face-full of Zordich's knee. Then most of the 24-yard gain was wiped out by a holding penalty.
Still, Zordich was getting his chance.
"It was a good time," Zordich said. "The line was getting off the ball. I was able to find some holes, and I was just having a good time out there playing football."
On a day when the 30th anniversary of the Nittany Lions' first national championship team - of which Zordich's father was a part - was celebrated, Zordich and Zach Zwinak did their best to turn back the clock to Penn State's past and the days of bruising runners like John Cappelletti, Bob Torrey, Matt Suhey and Aaron Harris while the team's top three tailbacks, Bill Belton, Derek Day and Curtis Dukes, all sat out with injuries.
The duo, checking in at a combined weight of 468 pounds, battered the Owls to the tune of 169 yards on 33 carries. They also caught five passes between them.
"It was fun to watch him and Zach run the ball today," O'Brien said of Zordich.
Zordich, the 236-pound senior from Youngstown, Ohio, set a new personal single-game and career high for rushing yardage for the second time in as many weeks, going for 75 yards on 15 carries, including runs of 16 and 14 yards to go along with four receptions for an additional 39 yards - one a 27-yard gainer.
After Zordich left the game in the third quarter with what was initially diagnosed as a bruised knee, Zwinak, the highly-touted redshirt sophomore from Frederick, Md., took over.
Zwinak was stopped for no gain on his first run. Then he gathered some steam and some confidence and showed why recruiting services considered him the No. 1 fullback in the country coming out of Linganore High School, displaying a surprising burst for someone his size and racking up 94 yards without any negative-yard plays.
"It felt good to finally be able to get in the game. I worked hard for a while, and I was fortunate that the coaches thought I could do it. It was exciting," Zwinak, who was injured last year, said. "My first carry didn't really go anywhere. It just takes a second. This is really my first time carrying the ball at the collegiate level. Once you get the speed down, it just goes from there."
In the fourth quarter, Zwinak came an eyelash from breaking one up the middle for a 71-yard touchdown run. He was just tripped up for a 7-yard pick-up, then rambled for 15 on the ensuing down.
"When you run over somebody, you feel great. You just knocked them down. Breaking a long run, it's like, 'Yeah, I can move, too,'" Zwinak said. "I was a little upset afterward, but then you've got to just let it go and move on to the next play. I remember when I went down, I was like, 'Man, I was so close.'"
Zordich spent most of the game forcing the Owls to gang-tackle him, but he showed some elusiveness and even carried the ball to the outside. As one reporter remarked during the postgame press conferences, though, Zordich was never as elusive as when he was unexpectedly whisked from the media room after about a half-dozen questions so he could meet with the trainers.
Zordich seemed to be moving well after the game. He came up limping after taking a shot along the Penn State sideline.
"It's a tough position. I took a little hit. I should just be able to ice it up and get back," Zordich said.
O'Brien didn't have any further reports on Zordich's injury, but he downplayed it, too.
"He's a tough kid," O'Brien said. "He'll probably just spit on it and be back."
If Zordich is fine, Penn State should have plenty of options when it comes to handing the ball off as the Big Ten season begins. Belton, Day and Dukes - the latter was held out with what O'Brien said was a thigh injury - all figure to be back. That gives the Lions five different backs who have rushed for at least 47 yards in a game this season, and each of them provides O'Brien with a different set of tools and talents to mix and match.
"Billy's coming along. That was a pretty significant ankle sprain he had in the Ohio game," O'Brien said of Belton, the Lions' starting tailback at the beginning of the year after incumbent Silas Redd transferred to USC. "Hopefully, he'll get back in there this week, and it'll be more of a running back by committee, because these guys have run the football well. So, we'll have a rotation there, and hopefully one of them will get hot."
Zwinak has nearly the size of Zordich but has shown much greater straight ahead speed. Still, Zordich is much more experienced, and Zwinak wants to take advantage of that.
"I just watched him throughout the weeks of practice. I watch the older guys - Zordich, Derek Day, Bill Belton when he was here - and watch what they do, because they make it work, and then use it for myself," Zwinak said. "[Zordich] could play tailback anywhere. He's got great feet, great ability, and he's a good runner."
Zordich had a couple of seasons where he ran for nearly 1,000 yards at Cardinal Mooney High School working in a tandem with former Nittany Lion Brandon Beachum. And, while O'Brien brings to mind a new era of Penn State football, for one game, at least, a past of grinding runners breaking tackles and chewing up yards, lived again.
"I didn't really know that, because I didn't follow Penn State until I got recruited. Once I got here, though, I realized that's the way it was done," Zwinak said. "It's nice to see they still can do that today."


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Emmons said those other cell phone 911 calls are likely being made from inside buildings or cars, which interferes with the system's ability to pinpoint the caller's location. He suggested stepping outside or next to a door or window.
"See as much sky as possible," Emmons said.
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Deb Fickes is a dispatcher for the East Liverpool Police Department, which serves as one of the five 911 dispatching centers in the county. She attended the meeting and told Emmons they were having difficulty pinpointing 911 cell phone calls that last less than 30 seconds.
"When people are frantic and screaming you have a hard time keeping them on the line that long," Fickes said.
Emmons said there are some tweaks they would make to the system to reduce the amount of time needed for the system to pinpoint the call location and he would see that this was done. He said moving around while in the midst of a 911 cell call also reduces the chances of pinpointing the caller's location.
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"We are suggesting people (with these phones) disable the speed dial," Emmons said. "If anyone cannot remember the number for 911, that's pretty sad."
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It was a great night for music at the Academy Awards on Sunday – particularly for the ladies.
But who really knocked it out of the park?
Jennifer Hudson's performance of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" brought the audience to its feet, while Barbra Streisand delivered a wonderful tribute to Marvin Hamlisch with her rendition of "The Way We Were."
Then there were the Bond girls.
Dame Shirley Bassey wowed the crowd with the James Bond classic "Goldfinger." Then Adele sang "Skyfall," which earned her the Oscar for best song this year.
Closing out the evening was Kristin Chenoweth, who got the better of host Seth MacFarlane in a salute to the evening's losers.
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- Made it to London in one piece! Now I just need my skates and I'm ready to go! #goinbarefoot
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- I've rounded up tights and a top, thx to @WeaverPoje and makeup from my lovely roommate..now searching 4 shoes and oh yeah, skates!#practice
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So it sounds as if Wagner has been reunited with her luggage.
Great first day of practice..the crowd in London is incredible I'm already so excited to compete! Time to unpack my beast of a suitcase
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But the point remains that if Chan had needed to fly from Colorado to Ontario (instead of driving from Detroit), hypothetically his luggage and skates could have been lost too.


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This guest post comes courtesy of Fred at One Project Closer [3], a home improvement blog written by one of my friends. As a sign of how good of a friend he is, he still made to my wedding despite his basement being flooded by a burst water heater [4]. And until I read his post, I had no idea he was late!
With rising energy prices, fear of a recession, and the stock market erasing the gains of the last six months, you're probably looking to save wherever you can right? Well, today I have the opportunity to share ten fantastic tips you can use, many with hardly any up front investment whatsoever, right this very second to save yourself some money.
1. Insulate Your Hot Water Heater ($20.00 investment). Unless you have a newer tankless model, your hot water heater has a large reservoir of water it keeps constantly heated. Traditional hot water heaters are constructed with a relatively small layer of insulation between the inner water reservoir and the outer metal shell, requiring the heater to run frequently to keep the water hot. Manufactures under-insulate hot water heaters to keep the units small enough to fit into tight spaces. For about $20.00, you can find a hot water heater insulation wrap at your local home improvement big box. Upon installation, a typical homeowner will save between $3.00-5.00/month on energy costs.
2. Turn Down Your Hot Water Heater Temperature ($0 investment). Most people are very conscious of raising/lowering the thermostat on their central AC/heating system, but haven't even considered lowering the temperature on their hot water heater. Your hot water heater should always be set to the lowest temperature that provides your household the hot water you need. Lowering the water temperature from 125 deg. to 115 deg. saves a typical homeowner about $3.00-$10.00.
3. Don't Let the Water Run While You Wash Dishes ($0 investment). It sounds silly, doesn't it? But the reality is that nearly all of the cost of running the water is in heating the water. Leaving the water running for 30 minutes could cost you as much as $3. Instead, use your dishwasher (just don't use the built drying heater or a water heating option like sanitize rinse). Dishwashers use less than half of the water to perform the same task. Or, better yet, fill your sink basin and wash dishes with the water turned off. That method uses less than a quarter of the water of the first method.
4. Don't Use Your Fireplace on Extremely Cold Nights ($0 investment). Traditional wood fireplaces require an open flu to allow smoke to escape. The air that's leaving the house with the smoke has to be replaced with air from somewhere else. In most traditional setups, replacement air comes back into the house through pores open to the outside (outlets, leaky windows and doors, attic accesses, etc). On very cold nights, the cold replacement air coming into the house more than offsets any heat gained from the fire itself. As a result, using a fireplace on a cold night could cost $1.00-$3.00 in energy just to replace the lost heat.
5. Caulk Your Attic Access Door ($3.00 investment). Gaps in attic access doors allow heat to escape from the upstairs of your house. Since you don't go up into the attic much anyway, caulk the rim of the door to prevent your energy from floating away. Estimated savings: $2.00-4.00 / month.
6. Replace Your Light Bulbs with Energy Efficient Models ($20.00-80.00 investment). Compact Fluorescent (CFL) technology has come a long way in the last 5 years. More than ever, CFLs look and behave just like incandescents. These bulbs use about 23% of the energy of their incandescent counterparts and last about 20 times longer. One 100-watt equivalent CFL can save a homeowner more than $60.00 over the course of its life. You shouldn't wait for your incandescents to burn out either. Every day an incandescent burns, it wastes nearly 80% of the energy it uses. Since you'll have to replace it when it burns out anyway, you should make the switch today.
7. Consider Replacing Your Refrigerator ($700-1000 investment). Refrigerators that are more than 10 years old use about 50% more energy than their modern counterparts. The older your model, the more inefficient it is. For models that are more than 20 years old, a homeowner can expect to recover the investment in as little as 2.5 years. If you can find a newer model on Craigslist or in the classifieds, you might realize a recovery period of as little as 1 year.
8. Change the Filter on your HVAC every 3-6 months ($5 investment). HVAC filters remove dust and allergens from your house as your HVAC circulates air for heating/cooling. These filters get dirty, eventually restricting air flow. When this happens, your furnace has to work harder to achieve the same temperature change – wasting energy. Changing the filter takes only minutes. If you haven't changed your filter for more than a year, you can expect a ~$5.00/month savings in months where you run your HVAC the most.
9. Install (and use) a Programmable Thermostat ($50-$100 investment). Programmable thermostats allow you to adjust the temperature in your home based on the time of day, and day of the week. If no one is home during the day, it simply doesn't make sense to keep the house at the same temperature. Typical homeowners can expect to see $10.00-$40.00 / month savings after installing these nifty little devices. Remember that a programmable thermostat will only save money if it's programming features are actually used. So, get a programmable thermostat that's easy to learn.
10. Set Your PC to Auto-hibernate ($0 investment). A computer, monitor, and printer can easily draw 300 watts. With electricity as high as $0.15/KWh, this equates to more than $1.00/day. If you only use your computer for 2 hours a day, setting the system to auto-hibernate (instead of leaving it on) saves as much as $25.00/month.


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text: John Gielgud staged a production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1949, with Anthony Quayle as Benedick and Diana Wynyard as Beatrice. The production was revived in 1950 with Gielgud and Peggy Ashcroft and judged one of the best Shakespearean productions of the 1950s that Gielgud continued to play until 1959; but audiences felt Ashcroft, who returned to it at the Palace Theatre in 1955, was unique in the role, achieving such effortlessness that she and Gielgud seemed making up their lines as they went along. .J.W. Lambert wrote in the Sunday Times "Miss Ashcroft has no equal in this country for that rare combination of featherweight touch and attack; her high spirits are the most infectious in the world, and never for an instant do we sense their assumption by a skillful actress." Source: New York Public Library: Billy Rose Collection.


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Jackson County prosecutors have charged a Grandview woman in connection with the death of a 3-month-old boy in her care.
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said Sonya Nerissa Perry, 30, was charged with second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child.
According to court records, Perry was taking care of Stephon McCoy. Emergency crews were called to an apartment in the 6200 block of 126th Street on Jan. 14 about a child not breathing.
Stephon was rushed to a hospital, but died on Jan. 17.
According to court documents, a doctor told police that the child suffered multiple injuries consistent with being shaken.
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Louis Elkus (1826-1904) was an early pioneer and merchant in the Sacramento area, as well as a president of Sacramento's Congregation B'nai Israel (1861-1890).
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Smart Turnout's name comes from the British military term "smartly turned out," which means "looking one's best." Founded in 1999 by Scots Guards officer Philip Turner, this London-based label offers men's clothing and accessories evocative of traditional British style and heritage. Smart Turnout's bags, scarves, watch box sets (a watch plus four nylon grosgrain watch bands), and knitwear reproduce the vibrant color combinations used by prestigious British and American institutions. What could make a guy feel more ready to do battle at the office than pulling on a pair of socks named for the Adjutant General's Corps or the Queen's Dragoon Guards? Other nods toward preppy personalization include ribbon belts, cricket sweaters, and regimental ties inspired by the Royal Marines and Navy, top English education institutions (Eton, Harrow) and the U.S.'s Ivy League universities.
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Big haunted house planned for 12th and Raspberry in Erie
For the tens of thousands of motorists who drive West 12th Street every day, the former Cost Plus building at the southeastern corner of Raspberry Street for years has been a frightening reminder of urban decay.
The building has new owners, who still want it to look scary, especially on the inside.
But that is part of their plan.
Two developers from Crawford County are set to transform the Cost Plus building, also known as the Cohen building, at 1053 W. 12th St., into a haunted house in time for Halloween.
"It will be a one-of-a-kind haunted attraction," Greg Sutterlin said. "We feel the Cohen building is unique. It has a lot of character. It kind of looks scary with the brick and the ivy on it."
Sutterlin and his business partner, Steve Popovich, both of Horrifying Productions LLC, in Conneaut Lake, bought the building for $100,000 in late December.
Sutterlin, an electrical engineer, and Popovich, a contractor, will be part of a four-person crew that Sutterlin said hopes to start construction in the spring.
Sutterlin's group has experience with large haunted houses and amusement parks. They are partners in Park Restoration LLC, which is leasing the Hotel Conneaut and Beach Club at Conneaut Lake Park.
Since 2008, the park in the fall has hosted Ghost Lake, a haunted amusement park that Sutterlin said drew about 20,000 customers in 2012 with attractions such as Dead Man's Lane and Maniacal Mansion. Sutterlin's group sets up Ghost Lake for the attraction's operator, Mid America Events, in Niles, Ohio.
Sutterlin keeps Halloween close to home as well. Since 2006, he has stored in his garage a dark ride, called Fright Zone, that he bought from the now-closed Erieview Park in Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio. He said he is considering reassembling that ride at the Cost Plus building.
"I was born on Halloween," Sutterlin, 50, said with a smile. "So it is kind of in my blood."
Restaurant planned
Ghost Lake features live actors, and so will the haunted attraction -- whatever it is named -- at the former Cost Plus building. Sutterlin said he expects the attraction to run annually from the end of September through Halloween, and employ 70 people, including actors and managers.
"We plan to totally fix up the building," Sutterlin said.
Sutterlin and Popovich bought the main four-story Cost Plus building, erected in 1897 and with about 11,000 square feet per floor; and the one-story, 7,500-square-foot annex to the east, which was erected in 1975 as the showroom for Cost Plus Office Furnishings. Sutterlin said patrons will enter the haunted house through the one-story annex, which he said will include small Halloween-themed shops, food vendors and an arcade, and walk into the haunted attraction on one or more floors in the older building.
"It will be a place where you can make a night of it," Sutterlin said.
Sutterlin said he eventually wants to put a year-round restaurant in the annex, which fronts a parking lot. He said he and Popovich will look into leasing additional parking spaces from businesses in the area.
A haunted house and a related restaurant are permitted under the current M-2 zoning for the property, which is in a heavy-industry zone that allows for commercial recreation, the city of Erie's chief zoning officer, Armand Chimenti, said.
Ready for a scare
Sutterlin and Popovich bought the property from the estate of Richard L. Carrara, 76, an Erie businessman who died in April, according to county real estate records. Carrara, who also owned Erie-based Amthor Steel, bought the Cohen building for $50,000 in September 2003 from Adelle Cohen, the onetime secretary and treasurer of Cost Plus Office Furnishings, originally known as Cohen Office Equipment, founded about 60 years ago.
Cost Plus left the building at West 12th and Raspberry streets in the mid-1990s and moved to a storefront in the 100 block of West 18th Street. Robert Cohen, the son of company founder Harold Cohen, sold the business in 2001 and moved to Florida.
Though Cost Plus was the building's most recent tenant, it was not the only one. The building is probably best known as the headquarters and factory of the former Griswold Manufacturing Co., famous for its cast-iron cookware. Griswold Manufacturing moved there in 1903 and closed the plant in 1957. The Cohens bought the building in the late 1950s.
The Cohens unsuccessfully tried to sell the building at auction in 2001. Carrara bought it two years later, and it has been vacant since then. With its broken and boarded-up windows and decaying bricks, the main Cost Plus building has been an eyesore, and so has the annex, which vandals have often sprayed with graffiti.
The city is pleased that the building has a new owner, said Andy Zimmerman, the city's manager of code enforcement. He said the building at times has been a safety risk.
"They repaired the roof a few years back," Zimmerman said of the previous owners. "Part of it was falling off and landing in the street. That was good to take care of it."
Those types of scary moments at the Cost Plus building should be no more, Sutterlin said. He said the renovated building, come Halloween, will be home to terrors of a more enjoyable kind.
"It is going to be quite a project," he said. "We think with our experience, we will make it real interesting, put it that way."
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The actress, 31, who's expecting her second child with rocker boyfriend Matthew Bellamy, says she's settling into her role as a mom-to-be – and that means enduring morning sickness.
"I'm pregnant, and I'm really sick," she tells The Times, with a laugh. "But I couldn't say that because you really want to keep it as quiet as you can for the first trimester."
Hudson, who has a son, Ryder, 7, with ex-husband Chris Robinson, says she originally tried to keep her baby bump a secret – even from her closest pals.
"My friends all thought I was depressed because I wouldn't leave the house," she says. "But I didn't want anyone to know for a long time. I was just hoping that all of a sudden, I could show up somewhere with a big belly."
She adds: "But, of course, you're somewhere in L.A., and somebody says something, and it ends up somewhere."
And as she awaits the due date of her baby, which she says is in the summer, there's only one problem.
"I babble a lot," she says, citing "pregnancy brain." "I forget words, and how to put sentences together. I just give up."
As for life post-pregnancy, Hudson says she's teaming up with her mother, Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn, for a new project: "We're developing something that will happen in the next 18 months, but I can't give you plot outlines yet."
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Statement from Maryland Labor Secretary on Maryland Racing Commission Conditional Approval of Prince George's Racing Ventures as Operator of Rosecroft Raceway
LAUREL, MD (July 6, 2011) Earlier today, the Maryland Racing Commission - a commission administered by the Maryland Department of Labor gave conditional approval to Prince George's Racing Ventures' application to operate Rosecroft Raceway in Prince George's County.
Under the conditions set forth by the Commission, Penn National Gaming, Inc., the parent company for Prince Georges Racing Ventures, must guarantee the tracks operations through 2012 and Rosecroft must host 20 live racing meets through the end of this year and 54 in 2012. With a license to operate the Rosecroft facility approved by the Commission, racing can return to Prince Georges County as soon as August 1, 2011.
Maryland Labor Secretary Alexander M. Sanchez released the following statement:
Today's conditional approval is an important milestone that will bring jobs back to Rosecroft Raceway. Still, we must develop a sustainable plan for the racing industry across Maryland and our work to find agreement with breeders, owners and track operators will continue in earnest in the weeks and months ahead.


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Katy Perry is a gumdrop lesbian
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East6 - A part of East London that often has beef in it. These ends usually have beef between the Asians and the Blacks. E6 ends, westernly at Green Street- which is a central place for Asian people - (where Barking Road meets Green Street up until Forest Gate), easternly at Barking Road (where the A406 meets the rest of the motorway/freeway), northernly at Plashet Grove (where High Street North meets Plashet Grove and East Road) and Southernly (where High Street South meets Lonsdale Ave and Beckton, although part of Beckton are still considered E6.
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Nate Goldenberg Named Soy Best Sales Manager
Nate Goldenberg Named Soy Best Sales Manager
Main Territory is West and Southwest U.S.
Nate Goldenberg is the new Sales Manager for Soy Best. Goldenberg's main territory will be the West and Southwest United States. He was raised on a small dairy farm in central Oklahoma, and was among the first to use Soy Best in the early 1990s, and has recommended it since then as a consulting nutritionist to dairy clients throughout the Southwest.
"I'm a true believer in Soy Best," Goldenberg said. "It is by far the most digestible, highest bypass, natural plant protein source with added gums to enhance energy and fat digestibility."
"Nate's depth of experience and enthusiasm for the industry and for Soy Best make him a perfect fit to lead our sales effort in the West and Southwest," Mark R. Knobbe, CEO of Soy Best, said. "He will be a key to developing new customers and helping our existing ones maximize their production."
Goldenberg noted that Soy Best is one of the most highly researched bypass protein products on the market.
"Grain States Soya is second to none in quality control and product research, and that all adds up to a great reputation in the marketplace. Becoming a part of this team is a great opportunity to tell the Soy Best story."
Recent research that includes rumen degradation rate, lysine bioavailability and intestinal digestibility has led to increased understanding of Soy Best and its value for profitable milk production.
For over 50 years, Grain States Soya, Inc., has been helping producers and nutritionists meet the demands of high-producing dairy cows - with high bypass protein that's easy to feed and easy to see results. Soy Best High Bypass Soybean Meal is the choice of many leading dairy nutritionists and producers in the USA and internationally. The company's all-natural process of mechanical extraction carefully controls the cooking temperature of soybeans for optimum nutrient availability. To learn more about Soy Best go to www.soybest.com.


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Local small businesses owned by women, minorities and veterans are going to have opportunities for skills-training and project-management certification, courtesy of a business that is anything but small.
A $63,775 grant from Boeing to Trident Technical College is going to fund the program, which will start in 2013. In addition, the grant has sparked a partnership between Trident and the South Carolina Women's Business Center to further target women-owned businesses.
"The more different resources that are out there, the more we'll be able to help the community help these entrepreneurs have a really strong start," said Christie MacConnell, director of the South Carolina Women's Business Center.
Certification required
Government contractors often require or request project-management certification. That's something that's hard to come by and potentially expensive, said Debby Marindin, director of continuing education and economic development for the college.
For instance, when the city of Charleston wanted contracts for the renovation at the Gaillard Auditorium, it specifically looked for small businesses owned by women and minorities, said Amanda Hollinger, director of sponsored projects at Trident Tech.
But those businesses needed to come with certification. Trident had heard from businesses before about this gap.
The grant will be used by Trident to develop a small-business skills program, which will strengthen the capacity of the targeted small businesses in terms of business knowledge and skills development, Hollinger said.
Certification will be through the Project Management Institute. Trident will be a Registered Education Provider. That's important because there are currently no other such providers in Charleston County.
MacConnell said that although a smaller percentage of the women she works with would need project-management skills, many could benefit from the small-business skills.
"A lot of people want to start a business in today's economy and they've got the passion and some of the knowledge, but not necessarily the business side of the knowledge," MacConnell said.
Seeking qualified applicants
The college is working on developing an application process so it can make sure the people who want to enroll get into the right program. Things could be up and running as soon as February. The grant will fund a year of programming, but Trident has made the commitment to continue to fund up to two slots per session for five years to ensure that the program can continue.
The goal is to enroll 12 people for the two prerequisite courses, recognizing that not everyone may want or need to go through and complete the project-management certification.
For the other track, the general-skills courses, finance and other business-related courses, they hope to expand to about 10 courses in the next six months.
"We're hoping to make a pretty big impact on the area," Hollinger said.
Trident and Boeing already do that, separately and in partnership. This is another example of two entities working together to meet a need.
For more information about the program at Trident Tech, contact Debby Marindin at 843-574-6658. For more information about the South Carolina Women's Business Center, call 843-763-7333.
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quote: You seem to think Wikileaks shouldn't have published those documents, so you just take Assange's trouble with the Swedish police as somehow being vindication of your prior judgment.
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The Black Raspberries are Packaged IQF (individually Quick Froze) in 5 Lb. bags and are $8.00 a pound or $40.00 a bag. The Black Raspberries have many uses; they have been used to make wine, jams, jellies, pies and even black raspberry topping sauce. The black raspberries are available all year long.
In addition to the phenomenal taste and color of the Black Raspberries they also have a lot of nutritional value. This berry is shown to have one of the highest amounts of antioxidants of both fruits and vegetables. Black Raspberries have a very high content of anthocyanins, which attributes to the characteristics of antioxidants in the Black Raspberries. Researchers are currently linking anthocyanin activity to improving vision, controlling diabetes, improving circulation, preventing cancer, and retarding the effects of aging, particularly loss of memory and motor skills.
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Game 93 Recap: Cubs 10, Phillies 5
- After waiting for Moyer to get his shoes tied, a first-pitch 81 mph fastball for the strike. Next pitch fouled off, 0-2 to Reed Johnson. Eventually K's swinging over and in front of a change-up.
- 0-1 to Theriot, and next pitch lays down a perfect surprise bunt up the third base line. Feliz makes the throw, but there was no chance.
- 1-2 count to Lee, as Moyer's getting ahead of everyone. Watches a slider, maybe, over the outside corner for strike three.
- Radar gun seems not to be picking up Moyer's breaking and off-speed pitches, as they're too slow. It's similarly tough for me to distinguish his changeups from his breaking pitches, as they're all just exceptionally slow.
- Theriot steals second easily, and a wild throw into center sends Theriot to third. Nice "manufacturing" going on by Theriot this inning. Now, if someone would help him out...
- Ramirez coaxes a walk.
- 2-0 count to Bradley, he chops one off the plate and toward the third-base side of the mound. Moyer comes over to snag it, throws to first. Inning over. Very early results on LouPa's Extreme Hitter Makeover project not looking so encouraging.
- Strike one to Rollins, Z working quickly, as usual. three balls from there, and a fourth. Walks Rollins.
- Victorino lines sharply to left-center, but Johnson goes back and easily makes the catch.
- Z throwing over to first a bunch to check on Rollins.
- Full count to Utley. Rollins runs, and Utley strikes out on a high fastball, with Rollins thrown out by a mile at second - doesn't bother sliding, just half-heartedly tries to spin away from Theriot's tag.
- called strike, then jammed foul bloop for an 0-2 count to Soriano. Next pitch a high "fast"ball, Soriano with a soft popup to Howard.
- Baker lofts one down the right field line, a fan in the seats that jut out near the playing field tries to catch it bare-handed, and it pops away from him. Fan gets booed.
- Baker then grounds out to Feliz.
- Hill also grounds to Feliz, making a nice play ranging to his left.
- Howard flies to straight-away right.
- Werth walks.
- Called strike one to Dobbs, in for Ibanez today. Eventually lines a single right past Z's glove-side into center. Len points out that Werth, on par with the alert Phillies baserunning we've seen this series, was eyeing Reed Johnson for any hint of a chance to take an extra base. Nope, has to hold at second.
- Feliz squibs one to Lee for a long-toss 3-1 putout at first. Z inexplicably fires across the diamond to third, trying to catch Werth rounding too far around the bag. Werth easily gets back. Dumb, dumb throw by Z.
- Len and Bob cheer old-school Moyer, who warms up in the on-deck circle by swinging a pair of bats.
- Z busts Bako's bat, a little bloop out to Theriot who fights off the sun and makes the catch.
- Z pops a looping hit foul down the first base line, and Howard makes a nice (if lumbering) over-the shoulder catch for the out.
- Johnson walks. Then, with maybe a two-step lead at first, takes off for second, looking in to home plate all the way. Theriot takes, and Johnson is out by a mile. Busted hit-and-run, I assume.
- Theriot with a slow chop out to Rollins. Nearly beats it out, but inning over.
- Moyer quickly K's.
- Rollins swings at first-pitch fastball, flies right to Soriano.
- Victorino singles through the right-side hole.
- Utley K's looking.
- Lee singles to left, Ramirez singles right back up the middle, and quickly 2 on, no outs for Bradley.
- Bradley does a nice job going with the pitch, hitting it into right. Three singles to load the bases for Soriano.
- 0-2 to Soriano
- Soriano floats one into shallow center for a single. Station-to-station baseball, but 4 singles = one run. 1-0 Cubs
- Baker lines one just to Rollins' left, Victorino runs over and makes a sliding stop to keep it from getting to wall. Throw in to second to get Baker, but the ball gets away and rolls through the infield, allowing Soriano to score, and Baker going to third. 4-0 Cubs
- Hill grounds out to Rollins
- as does Z. Not good ABs with runner at third and no outs
- Johnson K's looking. Cubs fans gnash teeth in spite of a four-run outburst.
- Len tells us it's not Moyer, it's the radar gun just not working. Howard bounces one to what ought to be about straight-away second baseman's position. Theriot, maybe 6 steps deep in the outfield, takes a step to his left, grabs it and throws him out.
- Werth grounds to the real second-baseman, Baker.
- Dobbs rolls to Theriot. Quick inning.
- Theriot sneaks a grounder past Rollins. It's Moyer's 4000th hit allowed, and nobody cares.
- Moyer wants a called strike two on Lee, a changeup off the outside corner, doesn't get it. Wanders around the infield for awhile in annoyance. Or senility. Take your pick.
- Lee with a high fly ball out to left-center.
- Theriot with another good jump, steals second uncontested.
- Ramirez walks
- Bradley is up for the third time in a row with RISP. He singles a grounder thorugh the left-side hole, and Theriot scores easily on Dobbs throw toward home. 5-0 Cubs
- Soriano pops to Howard on the infield.
- Baker grounds into a 5-4 force.
- Feliz with a big chopper off the plate, down the third base line. Z gets there, makes an unneeded throw to first. Feliz safe.
- and Bako with a soft liner over Baker into right. Feliz to second.
- John Mayberry Jr. hits for Moyer. Inside-outs a soft bloop hit into right field, loading the bases for Rollins.
- Rollins flies to medium center. In an odd development, Feliz tags and breaks for home, and Johnson throws toward third base. Feliz, however, decides to return to third, presumably thinking Reed was throwing to home and just intended to bluff. Fans boo Feliz
- Victorino grounds to Lee, can't quite turn it quickly enough for a 3-6-3. Feliz scores on the force out. 5-1 Cubs.
- Len can't stop referencing Tom Hanks movies today.
- full count to Utley, k's swinging, losing the bat on the swing. Rough couple of games for Utley, nice work escaping the inning with only one run allowed.
- Clay Condrew in to pitch.
- Hill hits a fly into deep left-center, Victorino does a nice job running it down.
- Z grounds slowly out to Rollins, even more slowly jogs down to first.
- Johnson lines out to Werth.
- Howard hits a sinking liner to Baker, who is playing in the shift at a point too deep to throw out Howard once concluding he needed to pull up and wait for the hop.
- Werth pulls one into the hole, Theriot gets there nicely, makes a Jeter-style jump throw to second, but it's wide of the bag and rolls into right field. Howard to third, Werth to second. Brenly is pretty peeved at Bradley for not backing up the throw on the play.
- Brenly still at it. He's really been going after the Cubs in the last several games for lazy fundamentals.
- Z K's Dobbs looking at a fastball on the outside corner. Nice pitch.
- Feliz singles to center, Johnson throws in to try to get the second runner, Werth, who is sort of cruising in. Werth makes an awkward leaning-back-and-to-the-right evasion to get around Hill, standing up. Two-run single, 5-3 Cubs
- Bako K's on a swinging foul-tip. The ball hit in the dirt before skipping up into Hill's glove, meaning it should be a foul ball and not a strike out, and Manuel comes out to argue the point. Bako still out, Manuel ejected.
- Stairs hits for Condrey, K's looking.
- Durbin in to pitch
- Theriot walks on a full count.
- Nearly picked off at first. Actually, Howard tagged the dirt, not figuring just how late Theriot would be in getting back.
- Full count to Lee, walks.
- Ramirez lines a shot in the right-center gap, scoring both Theriot and Lee. A very encouraging stroke from A-ram. 7-3 Cubs.
- Bradley with yet another AB with RISP today, this time from the left side. 3-1 count. Walks on the next pitch, low and away.
- Soriano hits a lined shot just past Feliz's left. Bases loaded.
- Fontenot to hit for Baker
- Scott Eyre in to pitch.
- Fox now in to hit for Fontenot.
- Sharp liner, right to Dobbs, and Ramirez easily scores on the sac. fly. 8-3 Cubs
- full count to Hill, lines sharply to Feliz, who tries and fails to double off Bradley at second.
- Z stays in to hit. 3-1 count. Big rip at a fastball, misses, 3-2. Likewise on the next pitch, for the K.
- Rollins grounds to Lee, unassisted
- Fox appears to be out of the game, so Hill has to not get hurt, to save us from seeing Randy Wells catch.
- Victorino singles into right.
- Utley hits a sinking liner into right, Bradley makes a nice, tough (if awkward) sliding basket catch
- Howard walks.
- Dobbs pulls a single into right, Bradley charges hard on the ball, keeping Victorino at third. Throw to the plate was offline, but doesn't matter. Bases loaded.
- Marshall in to relieve Z.
- Decent pitch by Marshall, down, a bit over the plate, and Dobbs serves it into left field, scoring two runs. 8-5 Cubs. LouPa has used his only lefty reliever, against a team full of powerful left-handed bats, to pitch to one batter. Hmm. Runners 1 and 3
- Guzman in to pitch to Feliz.
- Feliz lines to Soriano, just short of the warning track. Phew.
- Eyre still in for the 8th. Goes 3-0 to Johnson. Called strike, then lines out to Utley.
- Theriot lines one up the middle, off of Utley's glove as he dives for it.
- Theriot steals his third base of the day, this time on a good throw from Bako, but better jump by Theriot.
- Lee walks.
- Ramirez serves one into right-center, Werth takes a weird path, but gets to the deep fly ball. Theriot was running, but gets back in time.
- Bradley up for the fifth consecutive time with RISP. Ball one, then a broken-bat grounder to Rollins to end the inning.
- Bako rolls one right to Ramirez, who seems to be scooping it up and throwing it before it's fully in his glove. Error.
- Len just now points out that all 11 philly hits are singles
- Ibanez in to hit for Eyre, rolls out to Theriot. To weakly hit to get the lead runner.
- Rollins bounces to Lee, unassisted, Bako to third.
- Victorino walks on four pitches, bringing up Utley representing the tying run. Fun, Fun.
- Fukudome in for Bradley, Gregg in for Guzman in the double switch.
- Strike one to Utley, but from there to 3-1 count. And four in a row, a walk. Loaded, Howard up as the go-ahead run.
- Howard reaches for an outside fastball, pulls it to Lee, unassisted. Another inning concluded with the bases loaded.
- Lidge in for Eyre.
- Soriano Ks swinging
- At some point, Blanco came in to play second. He's rewarded for his surruptitious substitution by getting hit by a pitch in the left elbow. Only Hoffpauir left on the bench, so Blanco better rub some dirt on it.
- and Hill quickly walks, bringing up Fukudome.
- Fukudome swings at the first pitch, singling into right. Werth makes a very good throw to the plate, with Blanco holding at third.
- Reed Johnson quickly down 0-2.
- Johnson bloops one into right, just in front of Werth, who decoys the runners into thinking he'll get there. Blanco just does manage to reverse directions and score, with Fukudome barely beating the throw at second. 9-5 Cubs
- Full count to Theriot, K's on a slider.
- Game has slowed down drastically from the first four innings or so. Len points out the Cubs have 8 walks today.
- 3-1 to Lee. Walks, 10-5 Cubs
- Ryan Madson in for Lidge, BRuntlett in for Howard at 1st in the double-switch.
- Ramirez pops to Utley
- Werth flies out to Fukudome, on a very rare swing at a first pitch.
- 0-2 on Dobbs, fastball misses outside for 1-2. Swings through a high fastball for the strikeout.
- Feliz lofts an easy fly to Soriano, ending the game.
- Alone in parachat for the first few batters, I discuss my online financial account numbers and passwords,my social security number, my medical history and love life, and my real opinions about abortion, war, racism and drugs. Shocking, shocking opinions.
- big_lowitzki joins, and chad.
- Chad sprays something all over parachat. big-L diplomatically calls it "optimism." If by "optimism" you mean rage-fueled despair.
- I "boo" Chad for his lackadaisical parachat effort.
- big_l reminds us that mullets always lose.
- What do you imagine other TCR'ers look like?
- I try not to.
- Z's dumb throw to third.
- Is Brian the Same Brian?
- Brian thinks so.
- The busted hit-and-run caught-stealing.
- Jersey Fried Chicken.
- Bradley's AB
- Moyer's record against the Cubs
- Chad whines about how our power hitters can't drive in runs
- Cheering as Cubs drive in four runs.
- Real Neal joins, after having grabbed his.... comp.
- The LaRoche trade
- Theriot's throws make Real Neal's rotator cuff hurt.
- big_l must have one bad fantasy team
- I'm amused that I abbreviate big_lowitzki as big_l, which realy looks like a big I or a lowercase l.
- Rollins' weak season, comparing batted-ball numbers to prior seasons. interesting stuff.
- Free (Felix) Pie.
- The sadism behind Spilled Ice Cream Humor.
- Good, non-"moran" Cubs ABs today.
- A long and weighty colloquium on the moral and strategic merits of running out infield flies, from Real Neal. Many thoughtful interrogatives followed from the audience.
- Double-standards in Bradley's benching compared to Soriano?
- Feliz's base-running.
- Cubs' historical success against premium hitters.
- How much is Weiters worth in a keeper fantasy league?
- What would it take to get Wilson or Sanchez from the Pirates?
- The Theriot throw to second and lack of Bradley back-up
- Could we get Escobar from the Braves?
- not a chance.
- an umpire's plea for help
- Evaluating Bonds' career against the cubs. Interesting stuff from big_l, Real Neal. Then devolves into trying to explain OPS to Chad.
- The laser-beam wielding Questec robot that eventually will Destroy All Humans.
- Was Bradley supposed to be a key or complementary piece to this year's offense?
- What would be a good second half from Bradley?
- More on the LaRoche trade
- What is Danish Cheese?
- LouPa's use of Marshall in relief
- Hooray, it's Ted Lilly Fan Club!
- Scott Eyre jokes.
- More on Bradley's year.
- Getting very nervous about this game.
- Rob exhorts Gregg to get out of this inning for Fuck's sake.
- Gregg must be concerned about the sake of Fuck
- Real Neal works to prove my previously quarter-assed theory, upgrading it to half-assed.
- LaRoche trade, revisited, again.
Re: Game 93 Recap: Cubs 10, Phillies 5
nice spinal tap reference...
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Marty DeBergi convinces Phils that 10 should be the longest.
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to be fair, I'm easily amused.
Cardinals make a trade...
Chris Duncan for Julio Lugo...
I assume Rsox will pay most of Lugo's salary.
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This trade certainly makes the Cards better at beating their wives.
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Those charges were dropped. Lugo's now ex-wife is apparently a raging liar.
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Didn't it happen in a parking lot. In front of witnesses and whatnot?
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Lugo charged with assault; wife treated for injuries
Wife says she exaggerated account of alleged assault">Wife says she exaggerated account of alleged assault
The stories say nothing about witnesses being present.
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Are you thinking of the other wifebeater, who got got on camera in a restaurant? Can't remember who it was though...was it Giles?
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Giles was on camera.
Brett Myers did it to wife on road trip in Boston.
Re: Game 93 Recap: Cubs 10, Phillies 5
As one of his harshest critics, and of Hendry for getting him, I would just like to say:
Very nice summer so far, Mr. Gregg. Very, very nice.
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happy to see bradley actually handle a slow tosser even if his entire day seems to revolve around weakly hit stuff. that's good stuff to have a fear squashed over at least. good fear to have squashed on my end...if only for a day.
still...i wanna see some elevation out of that ball and bradley. if he goes the rest of the series going 0 for 15 but getting outs in the OF i'll be as happy as 5 for 15 with 5 singles.
well, not really, but his outlook can't just rely on walks with scattered singles even if his D holds up well.
SI top 100 players right now
Only 2 Cubs
Guess who and what position on the list.
Hint- no where near the top 50
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That guy is an idiot.
Here's a list of GM's who would trade Ted Lilly for Jarrod Washburn:
And that's just one example.
Trial for Cub pitcher begins
while I certainly don't think he deserves 16-years in jail for it, or any jail, gotta love the defense saying that he was just throwing the ball at a fence.
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one game behind Stl...one ahead in the loss column
tomorrow Stl goes to DC for a make up of a rain out
friday they head to Philly
friday, the Mets go to Houston and Atlanta goes to Milwaukee
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What are the scenarios if there's three-way tie for the division title? Or a four-way tie?
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Nicely executed.
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matt bush...2004 overall 1st round pick for SD and a 1st round level douche bag...got off easy on his douchery. He got to combine both incidents (with multiple charges, each) into 1 single plea and got anger/alcohol rehab, community service, some fines, and probation.
aside from the (other) alcohol related arrest...he had this unbelievable and EPIC douche bag appearance at a HIGHSCHOOL (as a 22 year old)...
"A witness, who requested his name not be used because of the ongoing police investigation, said Bush was drunk, threw a golf club into the dirt, picked up and threw a freshman lacrosse player and hit another one. Bush also yelled "I'm Matt (expletive) Bush," and "(expletive) East County," before driving over a curb in his Mercedes when leaving the campus, according to the witness."
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Was he released by the Pads? Is he out of organized baseball now? The last reference I can find for him is playing only 29 games in 2007 for their A+ minor league team -- with an anemic line of .204/.310/.276.
Never mind. Forgot to Google or check Wikipedia before I posted the question.
He's a free agent, following a Pads DFA, then traded to the Blue Jays on Feb. 10, 2009 -- Jays released him 49 days later on April 1, 2009 "for violating their zero tolerance behavioral policy."
His latest arrest for more stupid shit was on June 28, 2009 -- less than a month ago.
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i fully expect the cubs to pick him up then trade him for nothing to a division rival. then watch him hit a home run off of us that nearly effs our season.
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unless he can pitch again sometime in his life no one's doing anything with him.
funny thing is when they transitioned him to pitching he was f'n lights out...for the couple weeks he actually pitched before his elbow very severely ripped.
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you do realize i was joking, right?
doesn't that story sound just a bit familiar?
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yeah, totally...i just wanted to chime in with what the guy is capable of besides being a total douche.
he only pitched for a couple weeks, but he had pretty damn "woah" stuff for a guy who hadn't pitched seriously in nearly 3 years.
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Matt Bush receives a royalty check every time HBO airs an episode of "Eastbound and Down."
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that show f'n rocks.
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In Bush's defense, East County San Diego is a shithole.
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heh...Reds crew bitching about all the day games coming up vs. the cubs this weekend.
as much as some players hate it, it's a constant source of bitching amongst the announce crews around MLB, too.
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Much of the rest of the world wakes up at 7am or earlier to go to work. Many of them work outdoors, too, doing more than stand in the sun and run once every 15 minutes.
Suck it up.
On a separate note, nice to see the Cubs pick up one in Philly. Keep hitting, boys.
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try tell that to matt f'n bush.
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this from a scientist, and not one who works in the field. heh.
File Under "Who Cares?"
Former Sox great Jim Parque announces he did HGH.
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Wow. The really surprising thing is that he stopped. It's a bit different life for guys who haven't hit arbitration and or free agency compared to guys like Bonds who just did it to keep up with the Joneses.
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I remember watching that guy and thinking every single fly ball he hit went to the warning track. Not a ton went out, but I always thought his outs were hit hard.
Also kind of surprising that he did HGH rather than steroids. Artificial testosterone has been around for 50+ years, but I kind of thought HGH was more of a newcomer on the PED front (like after 2000 or so).
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I remember watching that guy and thinking every single fly ball he hit went to the warning track. Not a ton went out, but I always thought his outs were hit hard.
He was a pitcher in the American League- I doubt you saw many deep fly balls hit by Parque.
Re: File Under "Who Cares?"
Clearly, I am an idiot. I was thinking of Dan Pasqua.
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Parque is a pitcher.
Unless you are talking about him hitting in interleague games.
Re: File Under "Who Cares?"
You're thinking of Derek Lee
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Gee...wonder if he meant flyballs hit against Parque?
He sucked anyway...
Re: File Under "Who Cares?"
Or Bobby Murcer.
Re: Game 93 Recap: Cubs 10, Phillies 5
Cards may swap Wallace to get Holliday:
I might be the happiest person in the world if that deal went down.
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Cards were trying to get Holliday last year before deadline.
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I don't get it. What's the big deal about Wallace, anyway?
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Personally, it's because he and I share a moniker. I have zero interest in being associated in any way with a Cardinals player.
To quote a poet, "Why should I change my name? He's the one who sucks."
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I hate to miss a reference.
What poet said that? I remember it being a line of dialogue from Office Space, stated by the Michael Bolton character. Or are you saying that these two sentences have poetic qualities?
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Sarcasm. And yes.
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Congrats Mark Buehrle
Perfect game vs Rays.
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considering the context, DeWayne Wise might have made one of the top 5 greatest defensive plays ever...
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Just after Alex Gonzales, 2003.
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Watched the 9th inning replay on Comcast last night -- pretty cool.
Wise's play was amazing -- not just the catch, but how far he had to sprint to get there.
Funniest part of the 9th was Hawk not letting Stoney get a word in.
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The game in DC was called after 2nd rain delay, Nats lose 4-1
so 1.5 games out for Cubs and Astros
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The big news on the north side of Chicago was Ryan Dempster's Great Toe X-Ray. Apparently his phalanx fracture is showing excellent healing, enough in fact that they will start him on a running program tomorrow to get his legs in pitching shape. They might even have him throw a bullpen session, just in case they want his arm in shape too.
Dempster wanted to start in Sunday's game vs the Reds. The Cubs braintrust wanted him to jump thru a few more hoops (but probably not over fences) before he gets back into the pennant race, probably during the four game series vs the Astros next week.
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When you've got Kevin "I throw my fastballs for strikishes" Hart going for you, no need rush Dempster back.
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not cub related except that Gene Wojciechowski has written often about the Cubs including his "Cubs Nation" chronical of the 2004 Cubs season...
had this report on his way home from the British Open:
REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- Well, I'm in Iceland, which beats the alternative: dead.
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Haven't seen this posted here, but down at the bottom of this free article about NL Rookie hitters they do a bit on Jake Fox. The other three they profile are also in the NL Central, one of them a former Cub.
It's a free article.
Lance Berkman
"Astros slugger Lance Berkman has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left calf."
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WOW. The Cubs have really turned it on since the All-Star break:
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Lilly scratched from his start tomorrow per Bruce Levine. Hart, Harden and Demp each moved up a day. Also that Holliday for Wallace deal just went down. A's also get P Clayton Mortensen and an OF whose name I cant remember.
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Lilly scratched from his start tomorrow per Bruce Levine. Hart, Harden and Demp each moved up a day. Also that Holliday for Wallace deal just went down. A's also get P Clayton Mortensen and an OF whose name I cant remember.
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CF Fukudome
SS Theriot
1B Lee
3B ARam
RF Bradley
LF Soriano
2B Fontenot
C Hill
P Wells
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Double Whammy
Cards get Holiday for 3 prospects including Brett Wallace
and (per Bruce Levine)
Lilly scratched for sat start w sore left shoulder, gets examined at Northwestern later today
Recent comments
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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it wasn't a big deal, just an observation - Evan looked more "all business" in what he was wearing, everyone else looked like they were going out for coffee. No slight or freak out intended.
As far as where Lysacek can go to achieve a qualifying score, he has a few options. Among them are the Ice Challenge, set for Nov. 19-24 in Graz, Austria, and the NRW Trophy and Golden Spin of Zagreb, both of which are scheduled for the first week in December.
According to ISU rules, Lysacek must meet the ISU minimums by Jan. 27 if he is to compete in the Winter Games.
This threads title final word can be potholes now
I am so surprised. Surprised, shocked, distressed.
The only surprise here is that it's actually not the week before SkAm.
There's a pretty obvious answer to this that has nothing to do with conspiracy.
Imagine if you're an elite athlete. You've experienced the very apex of your sport, an Olympic Gold Medal. It must be the most thrilling moment.
Surely, you'd like to experience that again, or at least to have the opportunity to be in the chase.
Whether Evan can actually pull off the impossible dream or not, I don't doubt his motives.
For the record, I don't think he'll make it, but I also don't begrudge him the chance to strive.
omg, shocking
next thing is to pull out at nationals
lyacek is a joke
As far as a skater's comeback is concerned, there is certainly the potential to back out. They don't owe it to anyone to compete or to prove people wrong. Two things can happen: the first, more rare option, is that the skater actually comes back (see Shen/Zhao, Kim) after a hiatus and has still maintained their ability and are also fortunate that the rest of the field hasn't progressed; the second, is that the skater comes back, and unfortunately for them, they don't posses their former ability and/or the field has become too strong.
Clearly Evan is in the second boat, and whether or not his ability returned or whether he was injured, the main factor deterring him from a comeback is that the men's field has progressed considerably. I know last year's Worlds were a disaster, but aside from that, the men have really upped their difficulty and standards. Evan wouldn't have been able to get away with his 2010 skate in Sochi, but I'd rather he rest up and takes care of his health than risk injuring himself or compete while unprepared just so people can be like "I told you so, what a surprise".
It's hilarious/ridiculous that people here are like "Evan pulled out! just like I predicted!", as if we all weren't aware that his comeback chances were slim to begin with.
So sorry to hear about Evan's injury. Labrum torn does sound a serious injury... Sincerely hope he gets first-class medicare (which he will I have no doubt) and rests enough as much as needed, so that he recovers completely.
As for replacement of Evan at SA, this site has been updated indicating it will be Jason Brown, hoping it's true! : http://deep-edge.net/list.php?s=2013&no=1


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on March 31, 2013 - 12:01 AM
Open Book
By E.R. Baxter III
At the onset it was between the lines,
then held, secret, secure, under layers
of meaning, in words. The book of the bed
gapes open, from its white page we rise,
the meat of the text, indecipherable words
struggling to articulate ourselves.
Read me. Read me.
And finally, words can not contain us,
we play in the margin of the page,
ready to leap into eternity,
into that infinite space
that is not even white.
We rise into the universe,
into each other, filling
crack and crevice
of the room.
Who among us
can say what love is, that we
are not gods, are not eternal?
An ambulance that wails outside,
rising and falling, pulls us down
to the street. The wind blows chill.
The world is, after all,
real. I make, with my body
a parenthesis, enclosing sleep.
E.R. BAXTER III will read from his latest book "Niagara Lost and Found: New and Selected Poems" (Abyss Publications) at 7 p.m. Thursday at Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St. A Professor Emeritus of English at Niagara County Community College, he is also the author of "Niagara Digressions" the much-praised prose collection published last year by Starcherone Books.


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on January 15, 2013 - 2:38 PM
NIAGARA FALLS – Vandals caused hundreds of dollars in damage to a victim's car and home, spray-painting both the vehicle and car and puncturing a tire, Monday in the 200 block of 83rd Street.
The 45-year-old victim told police that sometime between midnight and 9 a.m., someone came onto his driveway and punctured the passenger side front tire and used white spray paint to damage the hood of the vehicle, the passenger side door, and the fender and then vandalized the house, by spray-painting the siding on the house, a door and a north side window with white paint.
Damage was estimated at $625.