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Whenever I make an assumption, such as: everyone knows who Seth Godin is, I'm usually wrong. Seth Godin is the best-selling author of seminal books on marketing, including Permission Marketing, Purple Cow, Meatball Sundae and many others. He writes the most-read marketing blog on the Internet at SethGodin.com. If you are a marketer, you already do, or should, read what he writes.
Now Seth has published a new book that has a much wider audience in mind than just marketers. It includes anyone who wants to have a successful career or business in this century. Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? lays out the problem of work and entrepreneurship in the 21st century, and what we can do about it.
The problem: people are frustrated and angry because of how the Internet has changed the world. We grew up being compliant, cogs in a vast system that rewards people for doing what they're told, Seth says. That "we" includes corporate managers, laborers and business owners. It was easy to satisfy the RFP, to be dependable as a service provider. But because of the Internet and its leveling effect on competition, "we now know what exceptional looks like" in a worldwide marketplace. "The only people we are going to pay extra to are people who don't follow instructions, but who make up instructions; who don't just do what they are told but who do art, and change the game."
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Tuesday's Board of Selectmen meeting was a marathon-and-a-half this week, as they spoke with a representative of the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) about two upcoming activities: the 2012 Half-Marathon and the 2013 Boston Maraton.
The BAA's half-marathon is returning to Brookline, Oct. 7, which is also Columbus Day weekend.
The program . The course starts and ends in Franklin Park, and travels along the Emerald necklace past Jamaica Pond and along Olmsted Park in Brookline. The first runners are expected to hit Brookline at around 9:30 a.m.
BAA Race Director Josh Nemzer told the board, "we're very excited: the half-marathon sold out in record time."
There were 7000 runner slots, which Nemzer says sold out in less than 6 hours.
See the video to the right for tips for running the Half-Marathon, and check the BAA website for more tips.
If you are training for the Half-Marathon, let us know in the comments or e-mail editor Grahame Turner.
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The Board is also looking at forming a Team Brookline to run in next year's Boston Marathon, managed by a single non-profit organization in town.
"What we are proposing is to have, for the 2013 Marathon, a group of charitable runners who will be recruited by a managing organization," Selectman Chair Betsy DeWitt explained.
The town receives a group of marathon racing numbers each year. Under the new proposal, this managing organization would recruit, train and support runners from a number of charitable organizations. The aim is to make a more community-wide program, which town officials feel is in line with the BAA's charitable program.
The drafted proposal requires interested organizations to be 501(c)(3) community based organizations. Interested runners must be able to complete the course within 6 hours, and will have to raise an amount of money set by the Selectmen.
At their July 24 meeting, the Board sought a proposal from the on what it would take to create and manage a team in Brookline. The Mental Health Center is also in the running to be the managing organization.
In the past, Town Administrator Mel Kleckner said, the Center has been given more or all of the numbers--this would change that a little.
"Instead of seeing this as taking away from them, they were very proactive in explaining to us what it takes to run an operation like this," Kleckner added.
Selectman Ken Goldstein is optimistic that this approach will also create a new level of community partnership between some of these organizations.
BAA Rep Josh Nemzer agreed, saying, "If you put together an enterprise, it's a really good opportunity to maximize valuable resources."
While Nemzer was at the meeting to talk about the Half-Marathon, he did stick around to hear the Team Brookline proposal, which he says is, "Clearly on the right track, the challenges will be on the specific way you apply it."
"I'm very glad to see this." Selectman Jesse Mermell commented, "Sometimes it's a struggle, they are scrambling at the last minute to find someone who is in phyiscal fitness condition to run a marathon three or four months down the road."
The proposal still has to be completed and approved before runners can apply for Team Brookline.

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A 49-year-old transient was found dead behind a shopping center in Concord Sunday morning, marking the city's first homicide of 2012, according to police.
Officers and fire personnel responded to a call at about 7:30 a.m. about an unconscious homeless person at a shopping center on Monument Boulevard.
The man was found behind a vacant video store in a makeshift homeless encampment.
Paramedics determined the man was dead. He appeared to have been assaulted, according to police.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Major Crime Units Detective Greg Pardella at (925) 603-5836.
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Summer is officially here, and for a city close to Tinseltown, that means it's the season of outdoor movies. With beautiful coastal weather, Santa Monica is the ideal place to unwind to a good flick underneath the stars. If you're staying in a Santa Monica beach hotel, this is a perfect way to spend a romantic night with your partner! There are several outdoor movie options in Santa Monica throughout July, so read below for the details.
June 23 – "The Big Lebowski" is screening for $10 at 8:30pm. This weekend's edition of Eat See Hear is at the Memorial Greek Theater at Santa Monica High School! Doors open at 5:30pm, with band George Glass at 7pm. Food trucks Fatburger, Brats Berlin, Jose O'Malley's, Chunk-N-Chip Cookies, Mandoline Grill and M.O.E. will b selling food before the screening. Parking is available at the Civic Center parking lot across the street or street parking. Please enter through the walkway on 4th Street between the track and the DoubleTree Hotel.
June 30 – "Zoolander" is screening for $10 in Brentwood at Paul Revere Charter Middle School. Aquarium Drunkard presents The Orwells will play at 7pm. Free parking is available on site. Fatburger, Steel City Sandwich, Shrimp Pimp, Border Grill Truck, Butter Milk Truck, Vizzi. Jogasaki Burrito and the Nom Nom Truck will be on site.
Cinema on the Street
Downtown Santa Monica started an annual outdoor movie screening series last year screening at the Third Street Promenade. Movies play weekly on Fridays in July between Wilshire Boulevard and Arizona Avenue, just outside of Chipotle. Bring a blanket or low lawn chairs! The films begin at about 7:30pm, depending on the time of sunset. Attendance is free, and parking is available in structures 1-9 in Downtown Santa Monica. Cars entering after 6pm pay a $5 flat rate. The schedule is as follows:
July 6 – "The Sandlot"
July 13 – "Ghostbusters"
July 20 –"Rio" (3D)
July 27 –"The Artist"
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The EPA's Region 7 is based in Lenexa, Kansas, about 250 miles west of St. Louis. The agency operates from a glass-paned office building that once housed the international headquarters of Applebee's. In an empty conference room on the ground floor, Dan Gravatt, the EPA manager tasked with handling West Lake, looks every bit the government scientist in his blue work shirt, khaki pants and thin-framed glasses.
In 2008, the EPA decided to cap the radiotoxic material dumped at West Lake and leave it there. Capping the site meant piling five feet of dirt and rocks on top and implementing long-term monitoring for contamination. Facing widespread public pressure, including a letter from St. Louis mayor Francis Slay, the EPA postponed its decision pending further studies.
Gravatt has a smooth, rehearsed response to almost any question about the West Lake landfill – a skill he put to use at a community meeting on January 17th, when more than 300 concerned citizens gathered to hear the results of those EPA studies. One person in attendance was Kay Drey, an 80-year-old civil rights and anti-nuclear activist who's been advocating for the removal of wastes from the St. Louis area for more than three decades. "I was very disappointed," Drey tells RS. "The evidence is clear. This is radioactively hot stuff and it shouldn't be in the floodplain by the Missouri river. And if they can't admit to that – well, it's incomprehensible."
Back at his office, Gravatt insists that West Lake's radioactive wastes only pose health risks for people who come in direct contact with the site, adding that the nuclear dump "doesn't pose any current exposure pathways to area residents as it stands now."
But Robert Criss, a geochemist at Washington University in St. Louis who has studied the issue closely, says the EPA is grossly underplaying a host of risks surrounding West Lake – flooding, earthquakes, liquefaction, groundwater leaching – that could pave the way for a public health crisis. That's not to mention the recent development of an underground fire nearby. Says Criss, "There is no geological site I can think of that is more absurd to place such waste."
Digging through old Nuclear Regulatory Commission studies, he recently stumbled upon what he describes as an error with major implications. For the last three decades, various government documents have referred to the waste at the landfill as "leached barium sulfate," a nearly insoluble compound generated from uranium processing. But Criss says that the NRC's own data shows the material dumped at West Lake contains far too little barium and sulfate to compose barium sulfate – by factors of 100 and 1000, respectively. "If I had this long to study something, I would be pretty embarrassed if this is what I came up with," says Criss. "It is inconceivable for these people to promote remedies when they don't even know what they're dealing with."
In a statement to Rolling Stone, the EPA disputed Criss' findings, but declined to offer further explanation, instead deferring to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Upon request for a chemical analysis proving the waste is barium sulfate, the NRC sent RS the same 1982 report that Criss disputes.
So what happens now? The EPA officially lists four potentially responsible parties for the West Lake Superfund site. One is the U.S. Department of Energy. A second is Cotter Corporation, a company whose contractors secretly dumped nuclear waste at West Lake in the Seventies, as uncovered soon after by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The others are Bridgeton Landfill LLC and Rock Road Industries LLC – both subsidiaries of Republic Services, which currently runs the landfill. Under Superfund law, these four parties must ultimately foot the bill for any remedial actions ordered by the EPA; at the same time, it is these same four parties that contract and pay for all EPA studies leading up to a decision. This might seem like a conflict of interest, but Gravatt insists it's all on the up and up: "We tell them what to do." It must be a coincidence, then, that the EPA's capping plan cost the potentially responsible parties only $41 million, compared to up to $415 million required to actually excavate the waste.
Missouri State Representative Keith English has another idea to fix the mess at West Lake. In February, English and 12 co-sponsors filed a resolution with the state assembly to transfer control of the site from the EPA to the Army Corps of Engineers' Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Actions Program (FUSRAP) – a proven success that has already cleared more than one million cubic yards of atomic waste from other sites in the St. Louis area, shipping the radioactive contaminants to safe disposal cells in Utah and Idaho. A nearly identical resolution filed by State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal in Missouri's other legislative body garnered three co-sponsors. "The educated people that deal with this type of waste can see that there's an issue with just putting a cap on top," says English.
Unfortunately, anything that passes through Missouri's statehouses would only represent a symbolic victory. Since West Lake remains under federal jurisdiction, only an act of Congress could transfer the site to the Army Corps. For this reason, many are looking to Missouri's U.S. Senate delegation – Democrat Claire McCaskill and Republican Roy Blunt – to lead on this issue. "I hope that our resolutions pass and get to Senator Blunt and Senator McCaskill's office," English says. "Because they've been sweeping it under the rug for the past several years."
The Missouri Coalition for the Environment, which has advocated for the removal of West Lake wastes for more than a decade, in part blames Missouri's ties to the nuclear energy industry for the senators' lack of action. Both McCaskill and Blunt, as well as Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, have pushed for bringing more nuclear reactors to the state. Any more attention to a hazardous radioactive dump might get in the way of that messaging. "They won't touch this with a 10-foot pole," says the Coalition's safe energy director, Ed Smith. "It doesn't fit their narrative of clean nuclear power and 'jobs, jobs, jobs.'"
Blunt has yet to make any public statement on the issue, and his office has not responded to requests for comment. McCaskill, meanwhile, supported the 2008 cap-and-leave plan for the West Lake radwaste; on March 12th of this year, she sent a response to several concerned citizens, assuring them, "I will continue to monitor these situations and ensure that any proposal put forward to address them provides a safe, cost-effective solution for Missourians."
McCaskill's reference to a "cost-effective solution" didn't sit well with the activists in Bridgeton. "I don't give a flying fuck how much it costs," says Chapman. "This is about my children."
Bridgeton's underground fire was news to Ramona Herbert, who moved to Spanish Village with her family last November. She and her husband, Joshua, came here from St. Louis' inner city, hoping for a safer place to raise their kids. When the Herberts signed a five-year lease for their new home, no one disclosed to them that hot nuclear dumps sit a mile north from their children's bedrooms. No one told the Herberts that an ongoing landfill fire burns just down the street from their local Bob Evans restaurant. After two months in her new home, Ramona Herbert noticed an EPA flier on her door announcing a community meeting, but it meant little to her.
"My landlord said to me that we have a little sewage problem," she recalls. "So I'm thinking the sewage system isn't working right." But the stench only got worse, and she started having trouble sleeping. Parents stopped letting 14-year-old Mateo Herbert's friends shoot hoops in his neighborhood, because something in the air was making their kids' eyes water. And Joshua Herbert, who boasted a nearly spotless medical history, started suffering terrible headaches.
Ramona Herbert learned about St. Louis' nuclear waste legacy from a Rolling Stone reporter. As soon as she found out, she got in touch with Chapman, and she is now part of a growing coalition. Like hundreds of other concerned citizens in North St. Louis, she wants answers. "When were we going to be warned?" Herbert wonders, standing at the door of her new home. "When is it too late?"
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'Beyond divine!' chimed one disciple of this bubbly restaurant in the vaulted crypt of St Paul's Cathedral, which styles itself as a crusading representative for our nation's finest nosh. The kitchen is meticulous when it comes to sourcing, and the monthly changing lunch menu preaches the gospel with plenty of zeal: set out with a bowl of nettle, wild-garlic and potato soup, before venturing south for a plate of braised Sussex lamb neck with rosemary goats' curd and spring greens. Desserts are no less patriotic – lemon posset with cardamom crumble, for instance – and you can wash it all down with 'Britain in a glass' (English sparkling wine with Chegworth Valley apple and rhubarb juice). The adjoining café pumps out soups, cakes and sandwiches, and there are afternoon teas for tourists craving a dose of cucumber-sandwich clichés.
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Charlie Crist Will Not Be Permitted Re-Entry to the Grand Ole Party
Sen. John Cornyn has a staunch warning for Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who is widely expected to announce his departure from the Republican Party fifteen minutes ago…
"Once you leave the party, you can't come back," Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) told the Huffington Post. "And if he has other aspirations, it's hard to see how that works out."
I see. This party is more like a concert. If you wanna leave to smoke a cigarette, because they won't let you smoke one inside anymore, you won't be able to get back in, even though all your friends and your jacket are still in there. (That's pretty much the best analogy for this situation that there is, or can possibly be, for this situation. Don't you think?)
Oh, but also, your friends are not allowed to answer any of your phone calls, and they have to set your jacket on fire and then spit in your face next time they see you. (Apparently, it's one of those kinds of concerts.)
The Republican Party of Florida has told its members that they will be forbidden from supporting Gov. Charlie Crist if he decides to run as an independent.
In an internal memorandum issued Thursday and provided to CNN, RPOF General Counsel Jason Gonzalez concluded that the "Party Loyalty Oath," Rule 9 of the party's bylaws, would forbid executive committee members from providing "active, public or financial support" to any candidate other than the one with "Republican" next to his or her name on the ballot.
And you'll obviously have to vomit up all the drinks your friends bought for you while you were inside…
Cornyn says he wants contributions he made from his leadership PAC back, and he says other Florida donors are seeking the same. "I think in addition to seeing his coffers depleted" by refunding contributions, Cornyn says, "his ability to raise money as an independent will be dramatically down."
Fun concert. Can't imagine why Crist would even consider leaving.
Update: Crist left the concert.
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Charlie Crist Will Maybe Probably Possibly Almost Definitely Run as an Independent
In completely surprising news that nobody ever could have possibly ever guessed, it appears as though the Little Republican Governor of Florida Who Could (Not Shake Off Accusations of Being a Insufficiently Intolerant) will be leaving his beloved GOP to continue chugging along in his senatorial campaign as an Independent.
I know! We're all shocked…
Crist's nonpartisan bid would allow him to forgo an anticipated thrashing by former House Speaker Marco Rubio in the GOP primary and pave the way for a potentially competitive three-way contest against Rubio as the likely GOP nominee and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami as the likely Democrat. That means Florida's next senator could be elected Nov. 2 with as little as 34 percent of the vote, upending the usual quest for mass appeal in an increasingly diverse state of 11 million voters.
"In a tight, three-way race, there's a bigger premium on making sure you are targeting your supporters and getting them to polls, as opposed to persuading voters," said Quinnipiac University pollster Peter Brown, whose recent survey found Crist slightly ahead of the pack if he ran as an independent and Rubio in second place. "When you don't need a majority, when a plurality is what matters, there's a smaller target."
Of course, the real winner in this situation has got to be Rep. Kendrick Meek. The chance to lose to not one, but two Republicans at the same time is a humiliation that few Democrats get to savor.
Tags: Charlie Crist, Florida, House of Representatives, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio, Republicans, Senate
Dick Cheney Slithers Into the Ring for Marco Rubio
Man, even the politics get swampy in Florida. Governor Charlie Crist, whose face has evolved to resemble his state's famous citrus fruit, is running for the U.S. Senate as a… Republican? Independent? Let's go with "not Democrat." Meanwhile, the Tea Party's beloved Marco Rubio is salivating at the prospect of becoming a smoother-backed Scott Brown and Democrats are running someone named Kendrick Meek, also known as "third-place guy."
Yesterday the race became even more interesting, for two reasons. First, Dick Cheney crawled out from wherever he's being kept, just so he could endorse Marco Rubio…
"Washington is broken and Congress is already overflowing with politicians who need pollsters to tell them what to think," Cheney said of Crist. "It certainly doesn't need another one. Now more than ever America needs leaders with the strength of conviction."
Cheney called Rubio "a strong conservative leader." He urged Crist to either remain in the Republican primary, which he would almost certainly lose, or drop out of the race completely.
…and second, Marco Rubio has been linked to a federal investigation involving personal expenses charged to Florida state GOP credit cards.
No idea which of these do the most damage to Rubio's public image.
Tags: Charlie Crist, Dick Cheney, Florida, Marco Rubio, Republicans, Senate
Republican Gov. Charlie Crist May Become Transfigured as Independent for Florida Senate Race
You know, there's been a lot of loose talk recently about Florida Gov. Charlie Crist jumping from the Republican ship to set off on his own direction as an independent, simply because he's been facing some stiff competition in his bid from Teabag favorite Marc Rubio in the party's Senate primary race.
But, c'mon, we all know that's not going to happen. Charlie Crist is — and has always been — a true Republican. I mean, why on Earth would this career Republican leave his beloved, wayward party now when it needs him most?
Okay. So… Charlie Crist will be leaving the Republican party to become an independent.
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Nashville and Detroit has started
Bryzgoalov, BryzgaLOLov, whatever you want to call it. 3-0.
3-0, time to change channels
Penguins are playing like bears in the woods. Flyers should just goon it up now.
Why did they waive it off? Because douchebag Cobourn was casual about it.
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COLUMBIA CITY — Area Republicans gathered Wednesday night to mingle, discuss successes and strategies and recognize their own at the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, held at the Eagle's Nest in Columbia City.
Party Chairman Sen. Jim Banks took the podium before the dinner, and prior to the arrival of Keynote Speaker Gov. Mitch Daniels and called on his fellow Republicans to find his replacement.
"We are looking for new leadership of the (county) party," Banks said.
Lucas Allen Lang, infant son of Cayala A. Lang and John M. Galligher, died at 6:22 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Parkview Whitley Hospital where he was born at 5:04 p.m.
Surviving relatives also include grandparents, Robert L. Lang Sr. of Churubusco, Angela S. Lang of Churubusco, Michael A. and Christina M. Galligher of Albion; and great-grandparents, Adabelle Lang of Roanoke, Margaret Simons of Iowa, Raymond Carnes of Arizona and Eleanor Galligher of Avilla.
The graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at South Park Annex Cemetery.
June Pauline (Leiter) Hadley, 86, a resident of rural LaOtto and widow of Vaughan A. Hadley, passed away at 2:55 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Mrs. Hadley was born June 3, 1924 in Noble County, a daughter of Clarence Samuel and Pearl Edith (Wood) Leiter. She was a widow of Vaughan A. Hadley
The surviving relatives include her daughter, Sandra S. Hadley; two sisters, Mary (Louie) Peduto and Dorothy Martin; a brother, Ray (Patsy) Leiter.
COLUMBIA CITY — Gov. Mitch Daniels' flair for levity and sarcasm drew countless laughs as Indiana's top elected official poked fun at boycotting House Democrats, the President and even himself Wednesday night as the keynote speaker for Whitley County's annual Lincoln Day Dinner.
"Wherever I go, I get asked a lot of questions about Indiana," said Daniels, adding that he fields numerous inquiries about the state's budget surplus. He said he tells people there's a reason why Indiana is different from some states whose financial ledgers are in the red.
Thomas C. Jarvis, Sr., 76, of Columbia City, died at 10:55 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Parkview Whitley Hospital. He was born in Olive Hill, Hazard County, Ky. April 13, 1934, son of Ralph Herbert and Virginia Agnes (Edson) Jarvis.
He attended Olive Hill Kentucky School moving to Allen County and in 1991 he moved to Whitley County. He married Sue C. Ford May 23, 1980 at Lake Chapel, Fort Wayne. He worked at Kroger Warehouse receiving dock, Fort Wayne, for 20 years and Wal-Mart, Columbia City, for eight years as a friendly greeter.
The Columbia City Lady Eagles track and field team will have eight representatives at Saturday's state indoor finals on the campus of Purdue University. Front row, from left, Megan Deutsch (55-meter dash), Samantha Roush (distance medley relay), Laken Lefever (distance medley relay), Kalisha Goree (55-meter hurdles). Back row: Carlee Hearld (high jump), Samantha Engle (distance medley relay), Renee Menzie (distance medley relay), Corinna Raypole (55-meter hurdles).
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Jack E. Fry, 88, of South Whitley, died at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Renaissance Village where he had been a resident since December 2008
He was born June 15, 1922 in Elwood, a son of Clifford Clayton and Ida Marinda (Bowers) Fry. His formative years were spent in Osgood and Greensburg areas. He completed his education in Nebraska School in Jennings County.
On Nov. 7, 1942 he was inducted in the United States Army, serving in the South Pacific on the Island of Kwajalean during World War II. He was honorably discharged Nov. 8, 1945.
COLUMBIA CITY — The Whitley County Domestic Violence Task Force has officially teamed up with local law enforcement.
According to Sherry Sausaman, task force organizer, early this month training was completed for the South Whitley and Churubusco police departments and the Whitley County Sheriff's Department, with the Columbia City police coming on board by the end of the month.
"We can't do it alone," Sausaman said, and the community collaboration now includes such organizations as the Whitley County Salvation Army, Beds and Britches Etc. (BABE), the Lighthouse and the YMCA.
COLUMBIA CITY — Imagine a young girl championing the cause of the bullied and harassed, advocating acts of kindness to uplift her classmates oppressed by their peers.
Now imagine that the very ones she stood for, in retaliation for the bullying, shot her in cold blood as she ate her lunch at school.
COLUMBIA CITY — By the time the Whitley County Board of Commissioners convenes Monday afternoon, at least nine names should be presented to the three-man board for approval.
That list of names will be known as the steering committee for wind energy research.
The Whitley County Plan Commission discussed the formation of the committee at its regular meeting Tuesday night.
The need for the advisory board was born out of a hotly-debated issue on the need, or lack thereof, of wind energy in the county.


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Click on the link to listen to my interview with Martin Maloney
The Montrose Boys Basketball team is 5-8 this year, 3-1 in the Southwestern League. Friday night the Indians travel to Grand Junction Central for a 7pm game that can be heard on AM 580 KUBC. The Warriors are 7-10 overall, 2-2 in SWL action.


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By Warren P. Russo
---- — MERRIMAC — The continuing problems with River Road will soon end, as will the road itself.
Repeatedly washed out by storms, eroded by runoff and undermined by the Merrimack River, the Board of Selectmen last week agreed to permanently close River Road to traffic of all types — including automotive, bicycle and pedestrian.
"It doesn't make any sense to spend $4 million to repair this road, only to have it do it all over again in a few years," said Selectman Ricky Pinciaro.
Since access to existing lots along the road is not from River Road and homeowner access will be unaffected, the closure poses no difficulties for anyone, according to selectmen.
"That section of road has been closed for six and a half years," said Chairman Earl Baumgardner.
"With wash coming down the slope, plus the riverbank erosion on the other side, it's simply not sustainable. Erosion has now gone underneath the roadway, adding to the hazard."
Tony Komornick, transportation and program manager for the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, appeared at the meeting to lend his support to the decision to permanently close River Road.
"You'd have to build a bridge-like structure for the few people who use the road," added Selectwoman Laura Mailman.
The second major issue before the board concerned the abuse of town-owned rights-of-way to the McLaren Trail.
According to Sandy Venner of the Open Space Committee, abutters have been abusing trail access points that border their property.
"We've been observing for a long time that the end of the trail looks horrible because some people park lots of cars on it," said Venner.
"Someone else cut down a bunch of trees that were on town-owned property and stacked them up like firewood."
The Open Space Committee is considering investing in a survey to determine the exact boundaries of the trailhead, which is only 50 feet wide. However, committee members are reluctant to spend the money for a survey without assurance from town officials that abusive abutters will be fined for infringing on town-owned property.
One abutter, according to Venner, planted grass over the trailhead parking area adjacent to his home to make it look like part of the property and make it easier to sell. Although the ruse worked and the house sold, the new owner was misled and is now in violation for infringing on town-owned property.
DPW Director Bob Sinibaldi suggested that a good first step would be to find out who actually owns the land.
"Maybe you just need to have an informational meeting with the abutters," he said.
In a related issue, selectmen are considering a plan to sell off the many miscellaneous unbuildable small parcels of town-owned property scattered throughout Merrimac to raise money for the water system improvements. Such sales, however, would require the approval of the Open Space Committee.
"We're looking at a 17 or 18 percent increase in the base rate and a 33 percent increase in the gallon rate," noted Baumgardner.
Venner expressed the opinion that "the Water Department and the Sewer Department should be self-supporting," but Pinciaro demurred, saying that "we have to find some additional revenue to offset the cost of these state-mandated water system improvements."
"Selling off all those small parcels wouldn't really affect anything," said Mailman. "We have so many projects in the works right now — roads, water, etc. — that we're just putting Band-Aids on open wounds."
The appropriateness of selling Merrimac's small, unusable parcels will be brought up at Town Meeting, and selectmen asked for the support of the Open Space Committee in this regard.
In other news:
A new tax rate of $15.45 per thousand has been set.
Mileage reimbursement rate for FY 2014 will be set at 56 1/2 cents per mile.
A $650 quotation for the installation of an inverter valve was approved for the Senior Center, to forestall another toilet backup.


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Genome-wide Activity and Promoter Status in Stem Cells
Embryonic stem cells (ESC) hold great promise for regenerative medicine due to their ability to differentiate to any type of tissue of the body and to self-renew indefinitely. Global gene expression alterations accompany these dramatic cell fate changes from ESC to differentiated cell or from differentiated cell to induced pluripotent stem cell. Gene expression can be regulated at distinct stages during the transcription cycle; therefore, identifying the rate-limiting step for sets of genes crucial for stem cell pluripotency or lineage specification can reveal critical information about how cell fate changes are initiated.
The focus of this effort is stem cell pluripotency-what triggers it and what sets its tone. The first aim is to map the location, density, and orientation of transcriptionally engaged RNA polymerases in mouse ESC and mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) to gain knowledge of the critical regulatory junctures during transcription for sets of genes turned on in ESC or MEF. We will employ global nuclear run-ons with mass-scale sequencing (GRO-seq) methodology to address this first aim. The next challenge for this effort is to connect a specific rate-limiting step in transcription with a particular factor or structure, which may trigger or reinforce the transcriptional activity and the promoter status of RNA polymerases.
Ultimately, the mechanistic interplay of transcription factors and RNA polymerase II on targeted genes during these cellular transitions is key to our understanding of the basic mechanisms that govern the interplay of pluripotency and differentiation and for exploiting the full potential of stem cells in therapies.Education
- Ph.D. in Genetics (2004), Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- M.Phil. in Biological Sciences (1998), Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
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- Breault DT, Min IM, Carlone DL, Farilla LG, Ambruzs DM, Henderson DE, Algra S, Montgomery RK, Wagers AJ, Hole N. (2008) "Generation of mTert-GFP mice as a model to identify and study tissue progenitor cells." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(30):10420-5. (PubMed)
- Min IM, Pietramaggiori G, Kim FS, Passegué E, Stevenson KE, Wagers AJ. (2008) "The transcription factor EGR1 controls both the proliferation and localization of hematopoietic stem cells." Cell Stem Cell. 2(4):380-91. (PubMed)
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My venture into ELTE's custom rug department was the result of falling head over heels with their silk orchid collection.
The master bedroom was part of our second floor addition, and while it's not a huge space, it more than serves its purpose as a luxurious room to relax and rejuvenate in with a king size bed, small vanity and a bank of dressers for tons of clothing storage.
Ah the powder room. The one space in the home where you can go buck wild with your design scheme. It's usually isolated enough from the rest of the house's principal spaces, either tucked into a nook or at the end of the hallway, and is often light-locked without any windows. This small bathroom is just begging for some wallpaper or a snazzy vanity, so it took me months to narrow down my options and finally decide on how to jazz up my own.
Those who know me are well aware I have an affinity for leopard, cheetah, ocelot and even tiger prints. Basically any exotic cat is fair game for me when it comes to choosing patterns for interiors or fashion, so that's why I chose Thiabut's Tanzania for my wallpaper, which is a decorator classic.
When we toured our home, I loved the small den tucked away above the garage (or as my husband calls it, "the lions den.") It's not large by any means, but we were enticed by the idea of having a little refuge off of the master bedroom for watching TV and having some quiet time. I viewed it as a great little bonus space on the second floor and was excited to transform it into a soothing oasis.
My striking dining room owes its wow-factor to the stunning hand painted Chinese wallpaper and gold-leafed ceiling that envelopes visitors with its jewel box effect.
One of the most dramatic transformations in my home was my dining room, thanks in large part to to the eye-catching Chinese hand painted wallpaper from Griffin and Wong. I'll be going into more depth on the paper later this week, so for now let's look at the furniture and lighting.
I mentioned in the last post that I wanted sophisticated interior details for my home that would evoke a traditional Parisian pied-à-terre. Two of those elements that I had my heart set on were herringbone wood floors and a marble fireplace mantel.
Yesterday was the first look at my living room, and now here is part two of how it all came together.
With the furniture in front of the fireplace and by the bay window completed, now there were only the corners by the dining room entrance to address. I took the opportunity to purchase a couple of vintage items that I have always had my eye on for some time: a brass-detailed bar cart and swooped back statement chair.
When we walked through our house for the first time, the living room was the most obviously promising space. The footprint was gracious, there was a fireplace and the whole room was flooded with light thanks to a big bay window.
When I decided to remove the archway by the front door and extend the foyer deeper into the house, space was created for two separate furniture vignettes: the narrow console table and mirror immediately off the front door and a second grouping in the main artery of the home where entrances into the kitchen, dining room, basement and power room and closets all converge (formerly the kitchen).
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Bountygate scandal hits rugby … under-14 youth rugby, that is (video)
May 18, 2012, 10:09 AM EDT
Coaches for a Northern California youth rugby team of 13- and 14-year-olds have been accused of operating a bounty system in which players were given up to $30 for injuring opponents during matches. The really creepy part? When the scheme was exposed, the coaches allegedly called a team meeting and told their players to keep quiet about the bounties, 'or else.'
Why is it that when the NFL attempts to crack down on things like this, it only seems to make the problem worse at the youth level? I guess any bounty publicity is good bounty publicity.
The program in question is the Martinez Raptors, which caters to boys as young as 8 — although there is no indication that any other team was involved except the 14-under squad. KGO-San Francisco is reporting that Wesley Van Tonder and his son, Wes Jr., the head coach and assistant coach, respectively, for the Raptors, have been banned from coaching the club they founded last year. The bounty scheme was first uncovered when one of the Raptors' players asked about money during a match. Oops.
"One of the players hit our player hard which we thought was fine and he turned to his coach and said, 'How was that coach? Is that good enough for the money?'" said president of Lamorinda Rugby, Tony McKenzie.
The Lamorinda president complained to the league's governing body, the Northern California Youth Rugby Association (NCYRA).
"It was $20 or $30, but from a kid's perspective whether it's $5 or $500, it's a motivation and that's just not appropriate," said NCYRA disciplinary chairman Matt Eason.
And if there's one thing worse than offering kids money to injure other kids, it's threatening your kids to keep quiet about it. Allegedly, that's what happened here.
Eason held a hearing by conference call, and he says the Van Tonders through an attorney denied ever offering a bounty.
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Woman kidnapped from business center parking lot then abandoned in Oakland hills
Original post made on Nov 9, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, November 8, 2012, 11:14 PM
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on Nov 9, 2012 at 6:54 am
Yesterday on TV news the report was the woman was kidnapped from a Bonanza St. parking garage. Either way, pretty creepy for WC.
on Nov 9, 2012 at 9:18 am
Pretty damn creepy for any place. We must pay attention to our surroundings. Just because you are in Walnut Creek does not means you are in heaven. In fact if they tried that in Oakland they may not have gotten away with it. In some areas, people are more aware and know how to handle the situation.
Thanks, Julia Pardini from Alamo...and yes it can even happen in Alamo
on Nov 13, 2012 at 9:33 am
Interesting there is absolutely NO physical description of the perps. Such investigative reporting!!
on Nov 15, 2012 at 10:52 am
I had a Dr's appointment at the Park Shadelands Business Park in Walnut Creek the day following the kidnapping. The kidnapping took place in the back parking lot, outside of the PG&E office building.
Kaiser Permanente has several buildings adjoining the parking lot as well.
It was shocking to hear of a kidnapping in Walnut Creek. The police have issued some photos of potential suspects.
on Nov 21, 2012 at 9:13 am
No one should be shocked about kidnapping. Criminals aren't going to low income areas to commit these crimes - they wouldn't get any money from the victims ATM's. So if you live in nicer areas, you'd better be aware of your surroundings. Crime is coming to your neighborhood soon too. Thanks for making having money and success a bad thing too. This is spreading the wealth around in the true sense. I'm sure the President would agree.
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Richard Serra's latest works, Junction (2011) and Cycle(2010), are on show at Gagosian's New York location now through till November 26th. The 2 sculptural works are 2 of the most complex and challenging yet for an artist who's clearly defined as one of the most significant artists of his generation. This is a rare opportunity not to be missed.
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Opening their doors to the public, homeowners of some of Seminole Heights' best restored and most beautifully decorated homes watched as patrons of the annual poured through their doors.
Whether it's folks in search of decorating and remodeling ideas, or people who just enjoy seeing the old bungalow-style houses, each tour stop is an open house of conversation. This year's home tour was slightly different than previous events due to the number of newly built homes featured.
"We've got three new ones, which is unusual," home tour chairperson Cathey Simon said. "It gives it a good mix. I like the old homes, but you see some of the new ones, you can't help but find yourself saying, 'I could live here.' "
The tour raises money for the Old Seminole Heights Neighborhood Association, which uses the funds for improvements around the Seminole Heights community.
"We put goals in at , we plant trees throughout the neighborhood, pretty much whatever we need as long as the association agrees on it," Simon said. "This event helps us get funds to do whatever we're needed to do."
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Pro surfers Rob Machado, Hans Hagen, as well as entrepreneur Fernando Aguerre rally support to protect these coastal wetlands. As Rob Machado says "it's about time."
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Plainsboro native Rebecca Soni set a world record for the 200-meter breaststroke, and will compete Thursday in the finals for another Olympic medal.
During the semifinals, Soni beat the former record-holder with a time of 2:20:00. Canada's Annamay Pierse set the former record in 2009 with a time of 2:20.12, according to a report on the Huffington Post.
On Monday Soni , silver in the 100-meter breaststroke. She was beat out by Lithuania's 15-year-old Ruta Meilutyte, who took the gold.
Born in Freehold and later moved to Plainsboro, Soni graduated West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North in 2005 and now calls Manhattan Beach, Ca. home, according to her website. She took home a gold and two silver medals at the Beijing Olympics.


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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Aeros In The Mothership
For any of you who are interested, I went out to SLICE yesterday and spoke Mike Yeo, Matt Hackett, and Brandon Rogers. You can read some of their thoughts here.
Instigated by John Royal at 9:32 AM
Labels: Cross Promotion, Houston Aeros, Houston Press
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Irmen surfaced in Bolzano, Italy. Quite an improvement after Houston, Texas.
- October 15, 2010 at 2:56 AM
- CenterIce said...
While Bolzano is a pretty place to live, I'm not sure Irmen would agree. I bet he'd rather be closer to the NHL.
- October 15, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- artandhockey said...
Bozen is lovely, the mountains, the clean air, the higher altitude, the snow of winter in the alps, the wine, the pasta. Scenery to die for, and the people a great mix of Austian and Italian-friendly, fun loving, enthusiastic, welcoming..what more can one ask! Warm and sunny in Spring , sunny and cold in Winter!
- October 15, 2010 at 3:15 PM
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Joba the reliever or Joba the starterBy
Last week, Justin Sablich, writing on The Times Bats blog, wondered aloud if the Yanks would be better off with Joba in the pen instead of in the rotation. His argument focuses around the idea that no one else could get the job done in the pen last year. While we can debate the rest of the Yankee bullpen and its potential makeup for hours on end, I think the answer to this question is simple. Joba throwing 150-160 as a starter is much more valuable to the Yankees than the 60-70 innings he would pitch in the bullpen. Feel free to debate this point as it relates to a shaky bullpen, but I'm sticking with my position here. Joba the Starter lives!
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Let the kid start, this kids amazing. and can probably get double digits on regular basis. Besides why would Joba even want to be a reliever, economically it doesnt pay for him, im sure he realizes that
of course. one of the few smart things Hank has done so far is 'insist' Joba be a starter. #1 reason: he can always fall back to relieving, but you cant just fall back to starting. the list of reasons goes on and on…
Assuming Pettitte comes back (BIG assumption), the rotation is:
Now, for the sake of argument, let's say Mo's forearm soreness turns into season ending surgery. Who closes?
While I honestly think he'd be better in the rotation, there are many reasons to keep him in the pen for next year. Looking at it from an objective standpoint, the guy was amazing last year and he gave the Yankees something that they haven't had for years which was someone who could be the bullpen ace and come in the difficult situations and shut down the opposing team (sorry Mo, but you're regulated to only the ninth inning which limits your effectiveness to a certain extent when it comes to tough situations that can occur in the 6th, 7th and most of the time, the 8th innings). Also, Chamberlain is still a young guy with an inning cap. Using him out of the bullpen can help to keep him fresh and help to prevent him from developing arm trouble in the future. Finally, while 150 innings of Joba might be worth more statistically, wouldn't 70 innings where he would be used in a high leverage situations to protect leads and maybe help the Yankees squeeze out a few more wins rather then letting their rather poor bullpen blow maybe 15 to 20 games over the course of the season?
R. i agree with what you said, but heres another thought. what if he pitches deep into the game? that was a big problem for us the last few years. having the starter actually go more than 5 or 6 innings. better starts from the pitchers would help the health and effectiveness of the bullpen.
If we are talking about 2008 there is no doubt that he will benefit more from being in the pen, but I see a guy with this potential and it is hard not to want him starting What if Clemens had been pegged for the pen early in his career? I bring up CLemens because that is the potential I see in Joba. He has the stuff to be a top 5 starter in baseball although I am not crazy enough to think it will happen as soon as next season.
While I agree that the bullpen is important, i think his future development as an Ace is even more important even if it means not puting the bbest team out there as they can next season.
Its a tough call and the reason Cashman and Girardi get paid the big bucks, but this kid has too much potential to be utilized for only 70 innings. He could be the next GREAT starter in the majors – why wouldnt we want to see if that is true before puting him in the pen?
I would change the way relief picthers are used — many of the sabrematic measures point to the ability of the "average pitcher" to get through an inning unscathed. That same average picther can't be expected to come into a game and get a ground ball dp or a K when did to STOP a threat.
Part of MO's greatness has been his ability to stop a rally but due to modern thinking only when the yankees are in the lead in late innings.
Many times I thought use him now – get control. With the offense the yankees have there would be many more winnable games if the fireman or stopper could be used
I see Joba as a unique weapon to get out of a badly positioned inning – think of Mussina, Pettit, Wang and Clemns in games last year as examples where we fans coud just see it getting away – Torre would leave them – maybe not seeing a better option, or jump to the gasoline can.
A combination of Joba as stopper and maybe a "Karstens" as a bridge to MO might be interesting.
Questions would be can Girardi see the situations and take action, and could such an approach still protect Joba as he matures. Could he control 40 – 50 games in a season that could be secured and won as opposed to 30 that he would start.
Can he get ready in situations that are breaking down, and can those situations be seen with any clarity. The fan in me roots for "just one pitch get the ground ball – K this guy and we're out of trouble". Joba can get the K, or even 2 Ks, and stabilize the game.
Or is that way to tacticle and abusive of a guys arm?
In Tight games where there is no crisis – he stil coould be the bridge to Mo and eventually Mo the bridge to Joba.
I also see many potentially great arms in the Yankees Minor L org – but are any on the JOBA track to being maybe better than even Mo has been?
You can find bullpen arms anywhere. You cannot find #1 starters.
How would Boston look last yr if Beckett was pitching the 8th inning?
I think he needs to start to maximize his value to the team. However I would like to see a more empirically based analysis of the question. Assuming that it may at times be more valuable to throw a shutout in the eighth inning than the first it would be nice to see some sort of weighting process in place to compare the 150 innings as a starter to the 70 innings as a high leverage reliever. I still think such an examination would lead us to the same conclusion however I would be willing to bet that reasonably weighted values would be close enough to make the question a lot closer call than it appears to be.
putting Joba in the bullpen b/c they don't have a better reliever is the same type of thinking by the people that wanted to move Cano to 3B before Alex came back.
plugging a hole by sub-optimally allocating your resources is not a smart way to run a team. misusing an asset is still misusing an asset.
there are VERY few situations where an 80 inning set-up man can approach the value of a front of the rotation starter. so you shouldn't make the latter into the former just to fill a percieved need.
the yankees have arms in their system to fill that need. people just need to be patient and wait for Robertson, Melancon, Whelan, Cox, etc. to emerge.
Joba has the body of a starter. he has the arm of a starter. he has 4 pitches, 2 of them are plus-plus, and one is plus. if he can continue to develop his changeup, he will be a DEVASTATING starter.
putting him in the bullpen would be idiotic.
The main problem with him being a starter is his inning limits. You said it yourself – "150-160″ innings. What happens in Mid-August when he's at 150 IP with a 3.20 ERA, and the Yankees are tied with the Red Sox?
Similar arguments hold for Hughes and Kennedy as well, which is why having these 3 guys in the rotation, while they will likely perform better than other options, is tough to handle.
If you limit them to 90 pitches or 5-6 innings per game, then the bullpen (already a weakness if Joba's not there) doesn't stand a chance of making it through the first 2 months, let alone the whole season.
Really, one of the only things I can think of is a 6-man rotation. The only other option would be some crazy rotation between the pen and the rotation for the young guys, which would probably do more harm than good.
What do you guys think? How do you handle the innings limits on them?
i would use a 6 man rotation where Pettitte and Wang get regular starts, and the other 4 guys rotate through the 3 slots. this assumes Pettitte is back.
also, why do you think Kennedy and Hughes have the same cap as Joba?
Kennedy pitched 165 innings last year. he should be ok for 190-200 innings.
Hughes pitched 146 innings in 2006. he might be ok for 180.
Joba will need to be held back early in the season, but i don't think Hughes and Kennedy will have as strict of a cap.
Yeah, I don't think they have the same innings limit, but like you mentioned, there would be some. Enough that if they pitch well all season they'd have to be cut off in September.
I don't sure I know exactly what you mean with your 6-man rotation. Can you give examples of a few turns through? Like this?
a1 – Wang
a2 – Pettitte
a3 – Hughes
a4 – Joba
a5 – Kennedy
b1 – Wang
b2 – Pettitte
b3 – Mussina
b4 – Joba
b5 – Kennedy
c1 – Wang
c2 – Pettitte
c3 – Hughes
c4 – Mussina
c5 – Kennedy
I don't think that would work logistically because guys will constantly be getting different amounts of rest.
Actually one other idea that might work is starting Joba in the pen and moving him to the rotation in May or June or so.
you would have to see the actual schedule and see then the off-days are.
i don't think it would be as formal as you laid out. more like "we are using a 6 man rotation for april and may, and if we still need to skip Joba or Phil a few times through the rotation, we will use Pettitte and Wang to get those starts"
He's gotta be a starter long term, it's such a waste of talent if he's rotting away in the 'pen. They can work him around the schedule to keep his innings under control if they really want. Unless they absolutely prove they can't handle it, the Yanks are best off leaving Hughes-Joba-IPK in the rotation all year.
The problem with everybody saying throw him in the bullpen for a year is that these guys need to be stretched out slowly to the normal 200 innings a year a big league pitcher should be able to handle. You're hurting his development if you don't let him throw 150-160 innings this year. I'd say that you should pitch with a 6-man rotation for all but Wang until you can definitely knock somebody down to AAA due to ineffectiveness. I would assume one of these three (most likely Kennedy) will run into trouble which would allow them to go down and get their confidence back.
Also, once we get towards the end of the season, if Joba is getting close to his innings cap, then that's the time to put him in the pen. I'd argue that if it's close towards the end of the season, he's more valuable in the pen anyway (barring unforseen injuries to the rest of the rotation of course). I still say start him until that time comes
starter – if we can find creative ways to get ARod a zillion dollars, we should find a way to get some good arms in that pen that doesn't require overpaying for the equivalent of a journeyman placekicker in football. we've got a nice set of arms in the minors, we can bring the Viz back, and, if we had to shell out for one guy, i'd have it be Riske.
we also do have a fresh set of faces in order to get one good year out of Farnsworth. we're a better team, by far, if he's contributing.
putting Joba in the pen because you don't have a great set-up option would be like asking the greatest SS of all time to move to 3B. crap.
IMO this is such a no-brainer I can't believe people keep debating it.
He's a starter unless he proves unable to be a starter — which I don't think is likely to happen. Yes, we'll have to suck it up for a year due to his IP count, but putting him in the pen in 2008 doesn't achieve that — it just postpones the problem till 2009.
Six man rotation through June (as already pointed out numerous times above). There will be plenty of chances to skip a turn in April and May anyway. He just needs to be limited to about 22-24 starts.
Man, how many times are we going discuss this topic? Everyone almost believes he should be a starter, lets see what the Yanks do in March.
The sooner this "debate" is put to rest the better. Joba has three plus pitches at the moment, only needing two in the pen. Joba has the "potential" to be a true #1 starter. Joba has the "potential" to be an innings horse. All of this needs to be put to the test. Rivera was a starter turned reliever only after he failed at the big league level as a starter.
There is no way you can argue that a set up guy (or even closer!) pitching 70-100 innings is MORE valuable than a starter. The score is tied in the 1st inning, isn't that just as "high leverage or valuable" as when the score is tied later on. Its one of baseball's biggest fallacies that somehow the latter innings are more valuable b/c, well, they are later. Its partly responsible for the egregious misuse of bullpens going on now. The 9th inning isn't any more important than any of the other 8 innings: if you give up a bunch of runs in any of them, you might lose. If the bases are loaded in the 2nd innings with no outs and the opposing pitcher is Johan Santana, the game is probably on the line there. Same thing in the 7th. Sure, you have more innings to "come back" early on, but isn't it just if not more important to have a true #1 starter who will go out there every start and pretty much be guaranteed to give you a really good shot at winning?
Its the same argument that was used against A-Rod to argue that he wasn't "clutch" b/c most of his HRs put the team up early on, so therefore it somehow counted less. Please.
Joba in the pen is useless if our starter's can't go 6 IP or give up 5 runs etc.
The Angels built their dominant pen (which now isn't so dominant) from the scrap heap and within. So did the Indians. Heck, so did the Sox. Papelbon being the exception, but if you ask me, I'd rather he be in the pen than a starter and have to face Schilling or Wakefield or whomever…
"The score is tied in the 1st inning, isn't that just as "high leverage or valuable" as when the score is tied later on."
No, the later innings are much more high leverage. Simply put – if I'm losing 1-0 as I'm coming to bat in the bottom of the 1st, I have about a 49% chance of winning or so (all things equal).
If I'm losing 1-0 as I'm coming to bat in the 9th, I have about a 18% chance of winning.
Those numbers are for 2007, from BP.
That's exactly what leverage is – the difference in expected winning percentage between different situations.
So put another way: If it's 0-0 in the bottom of the 1st, I have a 59% chance of winning.
If it's 0-0 in the bottom of the 9th, I have a 64% chance of winning (as opposed to 18%).
So clearly giving up that run in the 9th (to make it 1-0 instead of 0-0) is much more critical than giving it up in the 1st.
All that said, I agree he should be a starter. He's more valuable as a starter. Just disagree with your argument.
That is true, to a point, and statistically speaking. But at the same time, a run is a run, just like a HR that puts you ahead is a HR that puts you ahead, no matter the inning. It is more difficult to pitch more innings, and just because the pressure is spread out over 5-7 innings v. one doesn't make it any less important. I suppose looking at it statistically, the 9th inning has a higher percentage of immediate win or loss, but a HR in a 1-0 game is huge, and you can't retroactively go back and say that the ABs in the 9th inning of that game were somehow more important than those i n the 4th, they all count equally. Just so for pitching too. Sure, there might be more fan pressure in the 9th to not allow a run, but its not like pitchers ever feel pressure otherwise. Its what they do, try and prevent runs, 2nd inning or 9th inning. I refuse to buy that just because BP says a percentage tells you that you have a certain chance of "winning" at that moment that the situation is any less important or high leverage. Batters try and get hits every time and pitchers try and get outs every time, no matter the situation…Some are just better or worse at it and some get lucky sometimes and some don't and some have small sample averages and some are better suited for getting one out vs 20. And thats what it really comes down to. If Joba can prove that he can get 15-21 outs in a game while giving up a minimum of runs, thats what he should do (as you say). Its always easier to find a guy better suited to getting 3 outs…
Seems as though Hank is a man of his word; he says Joba is a starter, and it'd surprise me if he backs off. The 'what if Mo comes up lame, who closes?' argument is ridiculous; the Yanks should no more consider Joba than Wang. He's a starter, has been his entire career up until late last season. His upside is incredible, and a decade with Joba at or near the top of the rotation is infinitely better than a decade of him in the pen. He's a horse, and he has the potential to eat alot of innings too.
Stop the "pussification" of pitchers. If he looks fatigued and his mechanics are breaking down, it's time to go to the pen. If he's healthy, effective, and shows an easy repeatable delivery keep him in. That's true of 70 innings, 150 innings, or 200 innings. Watch him closely with a trained eye (Eiland has been his pitching coach already) and let him throw.
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Theres no way to even know that him going to the pen would hurt him in the long run. Not too many pitchers can successfuly make that adjustment. Starters are also more valuable in the long run, its the main reason Johan will make 20 million next year and most relievers are lucky to make 1/10 of that.
I still say let Joba be a 150 inning pitcher IN THE PEN
Pitch him four-six innings a week – two innings every other day. He saves the innings of Hughes and IPK and enters into one high-leverage game a week. If it's a blow out then you save his arm.
Have him make 65-70 appearances of 2 innings each then his arm is fresh for the post-season.
I look at it this way: If Hughes (who we knows uses alot of pitches) or Kennedy are finished after 6 innings, who comes in for the 7th and 8th in a close game? Right now that means two crappy arms for an inning a piece.
Instead, throw Joba out there for a guaranteed bridge to Mo. And in 2009, they can make him a starter. Of all the kids he's got the best stuff for the role. Use him for maximum effectiveness and bring the other bullpen arms (Ohlendorf, Sanchez, Cox) more slowly. Joba as that two-inning guy saves him now and for the future.
BTW: I take the view that, so long as the innings are controlled, the manner in which they are acquired doesn't matter. Unless someone else knows a study to contradict that?
Mo pitched 107 innings in 1996.
One more thought on that:
With a rotation of:
You could plan to throw Joba in the Hughes and Kennedy/Moose slots. That's four innings every turn through the rotation. And if he's not needed one day because of a blowout one way or another, then his innings gets pushed back.
Adopt a new set of Joba rules:
1) Four innings every five games
2) One appearance means one day off
3) No more than fifty pitches in any appearance.
That way he's limited to 100 pitches each "turn" through the rotation. He gets his rest and his innings.
Also, Sgt Joe gets a weapon to strategise.
And Mo actually pitched 128 innings in 1996 including the post-season.
i agree with the idea of having an unofficial 6 man rotation with Karstens in the mix if pettite doesnt come back and kennedy as the swingman if pettite comes back. spot starting Karstens or Kennedy in the beginning 2 months with Joba entering a game on his side session days will keep him on schedule without going over the innings limitation for the year and keeping him fresh towards the end of year. Worked well with mendoza occasionally spot starting when we had gooden and cone. shoot we could even have pettite come out as the lefty from the pen on his side session days. the talents there it just needs to be utilized effectively.
Everyone talks about a 6 man rotation – it sounds like a great idea, yet no one does it.
I don't think that's a realistic plan (extended rest isn't going to benefit Wang and Moose – if Moose is still on the team or Wang for that matter) just like I don't believe if the Yanks are in the hunt in August, they are going to shut down any of the young starters b\c they reached 160 innings.
Also, its going to be interesting to see what Girardi wants to do and how much latitude they give him.
BTW, Joba as a setup guy isn't ridiculous – he hasn't thrown 1 game as a starter in the bigs and we have no idea if AL East teams will be able to adjust to him – we already know as a setup guy Joba's among the best in mlb.
BTW, Joba as a setup guy isn't ridiculous – he hasn't thrown 1 game as a starter in the bigs and we have no idea if AL East teams will be able to adjust to him – we already know as a setup guy Joba's among the best in mlb.
so what? why can't Yankee fans live with ANY uncertainty?
every single starting pitcher in the history of baseball started with 0 career starts.
who cares if we "have no idea" how he will do? there is only one way to find out, isn't there?
at some point you have to trust your scouts. otherwise you would never play a rookie in any situation.
People, just remember, a good 2 inning set up guy isn't needed if your starter gives you 7 innings. Period. Heck, the whole concept of a setup guy is such a recent advent, and is totally dependent on the idea of the closer anyway. 40 years ago if you had suggested that your 22 year old 220 pound stud who throws 98 consistently should be limited to situational pitching for two innings, you would have been thrown out of baseball. Just because its common practice now doesn't make it smart baseball.If you really want to have a big guy throwing gas with a wicked slider in the pen, wait for Sanchez…
How many games did the Yankees lose last year because of bad set up work versus bad starting pitching which, of course, leads to bad and over worked relief
I looked for a reliever who was the set-up man all season last year, and came up with Jonathan Broxton of the Dodgers. The leverage for a team with a 1 run lead in the top of the 8th is 2.2, bottom of the 8th is 2.5, so the average is 2.25. Broxton faced exactly 80 batters with an LI of 2.25, equaling 24% of his batters faced. If we extrapolate that to innings pitched, he would pitch about 20 high-leverage innings out of 80. Do we want Joba pitching only 20 high-leverage innings? No.
Keep him as a starter.
All this talk of statistics makes the kid inside of me cringe. A run is a run. Period.
Now if you want to talk about the human element for a second, then lets talk practically. The human element of baseball is fluid, and it lasts for 9 innings. The first part of a game is comprised of some carry-over from the previous game(s) and from pre-game practices, and scouting reports. It is when guys are still feeling powerful. Slugging players tend to try to slug, and contact players make contact.
The middle is a test of focus. This is where it gets interesting. A team like the Yankees is almost always going to score a few runs early…sometimes a lot. No one can honestly tell me that being down by a few runs isn't at least somewhat demoralizing…especially for young teams. Also, the guys in the pen start getting excited about winning. No one likes pitching in a losing effort now do they. This is why early leads are huge for teams like the Yanks and Red Sox. I'd also argue that was a key difference between us last season…they had and held early leads much more often, and that breads confidence by the boatloads. Coming from behind is great is you can do it all the time…but usually you get the short end just as often, and those are tough to forget.
The end of the game is usually a desperate attempt by one team to come back. Those are case-by-case scenarios that can't be predicted anyway. You are now relying on your manager to have been paying attention for the previous 7-8 innings. This is not something that you plan for in December/January.
I think much of this debate is silly really. A knee-jerk reaction to last year. Joba is MUCH better off as a starter. And we can safely assume he's got a great plan B is it doesn't work out.
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Steven Pienaar has left for Spurs and the aftermath has begun already. Undoubtedly, the winger will be missed, not least for his fantastic partnership with the ever-impressive Leighton Baines. However, his departure need not be destructive, it is not as if Everton are void of options in this position. The best of which, in my opinion, is Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.
The Russian arrived at Goodison Park 18 months ago with a hefty price tag around his neck. A reported £8.9m is, in Evertonian terms, a Fellaini-esque acquisition for the Blues. Despite featuring less prominently than the Belgian, Billy did however manage to match his teammate's debut season return with seven goals which - it is worth considering - is one more goal than Billy's compatriot, Andrei Arshavin's debut season with Arsenal, and in only three quarters the amount of games. Following this, the Russian had an effective pre-season. Notably, scoring two fantastic goals against both Norwich and Everton de Vina.
Is it not therefore absolutely necessary for Billy to be given the chance to develop in such a way? To become if not as integral as Fellaini, at least as impactful as Arshavin? In my opinion, Billy's debut season not only justifies more games but demands it, and Moyes is simply fooling himself by not facilitating it. Time and time again I have seen Billy being brought on post-85 minutes -if not being completely overlooked - and wondered whether there was something up, hoping we weren't dealing with another Van Der Meyde situation.
Steven Pienaar's consistent form and high productivity are of course crucial factors in Bilyaletdinov's limited football. Everton simply revolved around the South African, who happened to play in Billy's favoured position. But I would throw into that argument that Victor Anichebe who, despite some excellent recent performances, is not and will never be a left-sided midfielder, has been given far more opportunity than Billy to stake his claim this term.
Beyond this, Bilyaletdinov is often rumoured to prefer the right midfield position, his much-adored wonderstrike versus Manchester United a clear statement of potential. And though seemingly all Evertonians have been pleased if not delighted with the emergence of Seamus Coleman in this position, can any of them honestly say they would have resented Billy being given a few games here, if for no other reason than resting the Irishman which increasingly evidently is looking to be required.
But for his part, and in contrast to the unreliable Van Der Meyde, Bilyaletdinov's attitude has been first rate. Any opportunity to voice his natural discontent has been ignored in favour of praising the club and reiterating the current goals for the team. And this after Russia's national coach Dick Advocaat stated in August that Bilyaletdinov may have to move in order to retain his place in the national side. This displays exactly the sort of humility and team spirit Moyes aims to instil into each and every Everton player, and it therefore deserves rewarding with a good run of games.
With the coffers at Goodison all too predictably and publicly bereft, how can a player that cost the best part of £9m sit on the bench? It is worth noting than Bilyaletdinov is Everton's third most expensive acquisition. After costly flops in the form of Beattie, Johnson and now seemingly Yakubu, Moyes owes it to Kenwright and the tens of thousands of Evertonians, disappointed time and time again by the manager's regular transfer excitement snuffing, to get the best out of the player. Were Billy not here, surely we could go out and buy two or three decent players to improve the squad. So that not being the case, let's make the best of what we have and play him.
Come on Moyes, the boy has served his spell on the side-lines and has passed the test. Turn that great goal against West Ham into momentum, and get him in the team. Who knows, it may just save this torrid season.
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While Walmart is already tweeting, and has launched an official Facebook page (where it now has 43,112 fans), it has now come out with an iPhone application to help shoppers pick out holiday gifts.
"New Walmart iPhone app! U can take pic of your room & see what size TV would look best (and other cool stuff)" Walmart Kevin tweeted today, on the retailer's behalf.
Indeed, the first edition of the application is focused on electronics, but Walmart intends to adds more products to future editions of the app.
Walmart joins a growing list of retailers, including JC Penney, Target and Best Buy, who are trying to find customers in the land of social media.
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