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MFISD tax shift up for Saturday voteAugust 23, 2012, 7:00 pm by Adam Troxtell
The draft budget was presented at the school board meeting Monday night, and it accounts for a $2.2 million decrease in revenues. The budget is based on a maintenance and operations (M&O) tax rate of $1.04, but if voters approve the district's tax shift in an election Aug. 25, that rate would go up to $1.0533. In the same move, the district would reduce their interest and sinking tax rate by 2.33 cents, and 1.33 cents of that will move to M&O. This results in an overall tax decrease from $1.29 to $1.28 per $100 valuation but expands the amount of money the district can spend outside of their debt service. State law mandates districts must hold an election any time their M&O tax rate exceeds $1.04. All voting for those in the Marble Falls school district takes place at the central office, located at 1800 Colt Circle in the Community Room. Electionday voting takes place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. "If for some reason the tax ratification election does not pass, we will continue working through the budget as we go into the school year, Superintendent Robert OConnor said. For the rest of the story, see Fridays Highlander.Reader CommentsHere we go again, more so called "Budget" problems with schools. Every few months we hear the same old issue, we need more $$$ for our schools! Well, here is a real thought, stop paying for the thousands of kids who are here ILLEGALLY, and cut your spending on foolish things. If a family has a budget problem we cut back so why not the schools? You don't have a INCOME problem, you again have a SPENDING problem! This is actually a situation where people can vote to DECREASE taxes. A yes vote increases the maintenance and operation tax but DECREASES the interest tax rate. That results in an overall one cent per $100 tax decrease -- not much but at least it's a state.
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Meet the Writers and Artists of New England College!
New England College's established programs in writing and the visual arts feature some of the most accomplished faculty in their fields.
New England College's Master of Fine Arts program in Poetry celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The members of the program's acclaimed faculty have received Pulitzer Prizes and National Book Awards. Faculty from our undergraduate writing program are frequently published and have received numerous awards including multiple Pushcart nominations and awards. NEC's visual artists have been featured in many regional, national, and international exhibitions, and the regionally acclaimed New England College Art Gallery frequently exhibits work by members of the NEC community.
This list features a select group of New England College faculty members who represent the College's writing and visual arts programs.
Sylva Boyadjian-Haddad
Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Chair of the Art, Literature, Theatre and Communication Studies
Sylva Boyadjian-Haddad, is a poet, writer, translator and the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Entelechy International/A Journal of Contemporary Ideas. Her work has been published in several literary journals such as The Worcester Review, Facets, Tygerburning and an anthology. Her thematically related collection of poems, Salt, was released in 2011 by Finishing Line Press. Salt was awarded Honorable Mention in 2010 New Women's Voices Series. Sylva was nominated several times for a Pushcart Prize. She has been the featured Poet Laureate on the NH Poet Laureate's website twice. Sylva teaches Comparative Mythology, Existential Literature, Modes of Literary Criticism, and The Epic among other selected courses. In addition, Sylva team-teaches a yearlong sequence Modernism and Post-Modernism with Professor Kevin Harvey.
Martha Andrews Donovan
Professor of Writing
Martha's poetry chapbook Dress Her in Silk (Finishing Line Press, 2009) received the Tacenda Literary Award/Best Book, 2009 from BleakHouse Publishing, and was nominated by the editor of Finishing Line Press, for a 2010 PEN New England Literary Award. Martha's fall 2011 sabbatical was spent working on a mixed-genre memoir titled Dangerous Archaeology: A Daughter's Search for her Mother (and Others) – inspired by her research into her mother's unusual childhood in rural South India as the daughter and granddaughter of foreign missionaries. She has been working in collaboration with NEC alumna Autumn Monsees (Class of 2011) to photograph artifacts that will become part of the project. Professor Donovan's poem "Ghosts" was published in the anthology Shadow and Light: An Anthology of Memory. She was invited by Dr. Robert Johnson, a professor at American University, to review Shirin Karimi's poetry collection Enclosures (BleakHouse Publishing 2011). Professor Donovan and Professor Maura MacNeil presented a Mind Stretch Workshop "Texture and Text" at the A Room of Her Own Retreat "A Dream of Our Own: Women Writing New, Women Writing True" in August of 2011.
Darryl Furtkamp
Assistant Professor of Art and Director, New England College Gallery
Darryl Furtkamp received his MFA from the University of Idaho and teaches an impressive range of courses in the art program including drawing, two-dimensional design, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and collage and assemblage. In addition, as Gallery Director, he teaches courses in professional practice and the senior exhibition. He works directly with students in the gallery to curate, design, and install exhibitions by national and international artists, and exhibits by NEC faculty and students. Darryl supervises internships at the NEC Gallery and supports students in internships with regional and national galleries and museums. Darryl's own works are fictional narratives combining elements of collage with new painting and drawing, and displayed in handcrafted or found object frames. These works recall Byzantine icons and early Renaissance altarpieces. Additionally, Darryl serves as a Councilor for the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts.
Farid Haddad
Professor of Art, 2008 Robert A. Kilgore Faculty Award
Farid Haddad earned his B.A. from the American University of Beirut and his M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. His early works dealt with color field painting, and in the early eighties, he turned to an art based on experimental abstraction. He is a former Fulbright-Hays Scholar (1972) and a recipient of two Individual Artist Grants from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (1983 and 1984). He has taught painting and drawing at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (1978-1979), and since 1979, he has been on the faculty of the Department of Art and Art History at New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire, where he teaches two- and three-dimensional design, seminars in contemporary art, and courses in media arts. He has had twenty one-person exhibitions and participated in more than fifty group shows in Europe, the Middle East, and North America. He lives and maintains his studio in Concord, New Hampshire.
Kevin Harvey
Professor of English and Creative Writing, 2007 Robert A. Kilgore Faculty Award
Kevin Harvey received his MFA from Norwich University and his work has appeared in Facets, 5-Trope, and Entelechy International/A Journal of Contemporary Ideas. His play, The French Impressionist Wrestler, won the Massachusetts Cultural Council Award for 2004, and an earlier play, Albert, published in Facets, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Kevin teaches the foundation courses in Creative Writing as well as the more advance courses such as the Survey of American Literature and The Beat Generation. He team-teaches Modernism and Post-Modernism with Professor Boyadjian-Haddad.
William Homestead
Lecturer in Communication
William Homestead explores the intersections between Communication Studies and Environmental Studies and the integration of different modes of communication, including rational, mythic, aesthetic, and spiritual communication, as an ethical response to our current age of ecocrisis. He teaches journalism, media, and sport communication courses. William is the author of The Path of My Soul: Journey to the Center of Self (Denver: Acropolis Books, 1999), and is currently working on three books: An Ecology of Communication: Response and Responsibility in an Age of Ecocrisis, Not Till We Are Lost: Reflections on Education, Communication, and Spiritual Transformation, and A Birth Year: Poems. He served as the Guest Editor of the Ometeca Journal's Special Edition on "Educating for Ecological Sustainability" (Ometeca 14/15, 2010), and is the advisor for the college newspaper, The NewEnglander. William has taught at Purdue University, Rutgers University, and the University of Montana.
Maura MacNeil
Professor of Writing
Maura MacNeil's poetry was recently published in Earth's Daughters. Her poetry was also featured in the anthology Shadow and Light: An Anthology of Memory. Maura served as one of the poetry editors for the anthology that was published by the Monadnock Writers' Group. Her poems "How We Die in This Family" and "Paper Stars" were two out of the four top winning poems in the February 2011 Poetry Society of New Hampshire National Poetry Competition. She is an alumna of New England College and received her MFA from Vermont College. Maura is the co-founder and editor of Entelechy International: A Journal of Contemporary Ideas. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her poem, "What We Know." She teaches poetry workshops.
Inez McDermott
Associate Professor of Art History, 2012 Robert A. Kilgore Faculty Award
Inez McDermott teaches a wide selection of art history courses and believes in engaging students with the arts whenever and wherever possible. Each January she takes a group of students, faculty, alumni and their family and friends to destinations in Europe to experience what many have explored in the classroom. In addition, field trips to museums around New England are an expected part of her course. Students interested in exploring careers in Art History or Museum Studies work with Inez to arrange internships at such venues as the New England College Gallery, the Currier Museum, the New Hampshire Historical Society, and various other galleries and cultural institutions. Inez also includes students in her work curating art and history exhibitions throughout New England, including recent shows highlighting contemporary New England Furniture, the Supreme Court and New Hampshire, and the history of the Concord (NH) YMCA.
Neil Rennie
Assistant Professor of Art
Neil Rennie teaches courses in studio photography and maintains and the College's Mac Labs with state-of-the-art software. Neil's years of teaching and working in Boston have provided students with many opportunities to interact with professional photographers. In addition, Neil and his students photograph numerous campus events and their work is indispensible to New England College's Theatre and Athletics Departments. Neil's work has been exhibited at New England College Gallery as well as at various venues in Boston.
Marguerite Walsh
Professor of Art
Marguerite Walsh teaches painting and drawing at New England College and has taught similar courses at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of New Hampshire. She has exhibited her oil paintings in galleries in New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston. Her work has received recognition from various arts organizations including the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Walsh's painting investigates observations in nature, landscape themes, and the human subject. She works from her studio in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Mark Watman
Associate Professor of Writing and Director of the MA in Professional Writing
Mark Watman is currently researching and writing a history of New England College from its founding in 1946 until the present day. Mark's poems have been published in several journals including Entelechy International. He is writing a collaborative series of poems with Professor Andrew Morgan. Mark teaches creative writing courses in poetry to undergraduates, as well as a number of courses in the master's degree program in Professional Writing. He is an alumnus of New England College and received his MFA from Bennington College.


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Games » Los Angeles Angels
Apr8Nice start
Lee Judge
The Kansas City Star
Well, I could get used to this — win two out of three against the Angels? We got a good look at the Jonathan Sanchez show, and he pitched as advertised: great stuff that had a mind of its own. Sanchez threw five innings, struck out four, threw two wild pitches, had an error on a pickoff attempt and got catcher Humberto Quintero a lot of points for outstanding defensive play by making Quintero block numerous pitches in the dirt with a runner on third base.
Hold tight when Sanchez pitches — it looks as if it will be a wild ride.
Breaking up is hard to do
Shortstop Alcides Escobar picked up points for breaking up a double play in the seventh inning. I give the runner the benefit of the doubt on this play. If a runner hustles down and makes the pivot man move sideways or delays the throw to first in any way, I'll give him the points even if he doesn't flip the ball to the middle infielder. We ought to appreciate the hustle.
Game notes
• Another quick hook from manager Ned Yost. He's not waiting around to see whether young pitchers can get out of jams. He's making a move right away. This may signal a change from the goal of developing players in 2011 to a goal of winning games in 2012. On the other hand, it's only three games into the season.
• Which is the same reason nobody should freak out about Alex Gordon.
• Jonathan Broxton was getting the ball up there at 98 mph — another thing we can quit worrying about.
• Billy Butler told me he was keeping the same approach that helped him last year: keeping his hands higher, which allows him to hit down on the ball. That gives the ball rising backspin, and that rising backspin helped the ball clear the centerfield wall.
• Apparently, Lorenzo Cain has yet to learn about Billy Butler's speed. Butler was unable to score from second with two outs and Chris Getz on deck. (Two reasons to send Billy on Humberto Quintero's single.) Lorenzo just assumed Billy would score and ran up his back. Paul Splittorff once told me that he didn't mind issuing a walk that put a slow runner on second (which is how Butler got to second base). Split figured the slow runner still wasn't in scoring position.
• Quintero also made a base-running mistake: getting doubled off on a Chris Getz line drive to centerfield. I've listened to Royals first-base coach Doug Sisson talk base running for hours — this stuff will get corrected.
• On the other hand, Escobar made an excellent read on Eric Hosmer's sinking single to left and scored from second.
• Hosmer did the hard part, hitting the ball out of the park, but Chris Getz had Ervin Santana's attention focused partially on first base. Santana was worried about Getz stealing, delivered a fastball to Hosmer and did it with a "quick step." Rushing the delivery can make the ball stay up in the zone and then Hosmer made the ball stay up in the air.
Rolling the dice
Before Saturday's ballgame, Kevin Millar, an analyst for Fox Sports and a former player, was asked to name the key to hitting for power. Millar said the hitter has to gamble.
Here's what he meant. In the game that followed, Jeff Francoeur found himself in a 2-0 count in the first inning. The 2-0 count is a hitter's count. The pitcher does not want to go to 3-0, so the hitter should get something good to hit. Knowing that, Frenchy geared up for a hittable pitch and let it rip. Unfortunately for Jeff, he got a pitch that broke down out of the strike zone, and he missed it by a foot. Francoeur gambled and lost. (Although he did get a hit before the at-bat was over.)
Shift to the fifth inning. Hosmer found himself in a 2-0 count. Now he geared up for a hittable pitch and got one — home run. Each hitter gambled on getting a hittable pitch in a hitter's count. Hosmer got one, Francoeur didn't — but they both took the correct approach. They tried to do damage in a hitter's count.
If you go the video section of this site and look at the Kevin Seitzer video titled "Swing and a miss," he goes over this mind-set in detail. If a hitter tries to wait and make sure he won't be fooled, he will have a hard time hitting even a very hittable fastball. The hitter got his pitch and didn't take advantage.
So when a hitter gets into a 2-0, 2-1 or 3-1 count, takes a mighty hack and misses, it's not necessarily a bad thing. It might just be good pitching. If the hitter doesn't adjust his approach when he's behind in the count, that is a bad thing.
You can roll the dice, but do it at the right time.
I'll be repeating myself; get used to it
One of the questions that often gets asked at newspapers is, "How often do you repeat yourself?" You can't assume the same people are seeing the same stuff every day, so you have to decide what needs to be repeated to get new readers up to speed. I don't have an exact answer to that, so I probably will repeat some information just to make sure people know what I'm talking about. But I will always try to have some completely new information every day.
I wonder how often I should repeat this information.
I'll be repeating myself; get used to it
One of the questions that often gets asked at newspapers is how often do you repeat yourself? You can't assume the same people are seeing the same stuff every day, so you have to decide what needs to be repeated to get new readers up to speed. I don't have an exact answer to that, so I'll probably repeat some information just to make sure people know what I'm talking about. But I will always try to have some completely new information every day.
I wonder how often I should repeat this information.
With Billy's very respectable OBP and penchant for smacking doubles, we are going to see a lot of Butler-on-second-two-out situations this year, just as we saw last year. You gotta love his bat, but he has to be one of the worst base cloggers in the majors.
Its almost impossible to coach speed, but you can coach base running. Has the coaching staff worked with Billy on getting a bigger lead and/or jump off of second base? The probability of scoring from second with two outs decreases tremendously when it takes two hits, as opposed to one, to plate the runner.
Along with the first comment…there was an article earlier about Billy losing weight. I don't know if that would have improved his speed any but it sure wouldn't make him any slower from last year.
Hopefully, some of the doubles from last year will end up over the fence like the one in the first today. Then it doesn't matter how fast he runs the bases.
Lee, I counted 16 points for Braxton. Perhaps the save should not have appeared, but I thought it was legit since the tying run was on deck.
Great series win. Sanchez was just as you said, although he was 2 wild pitches from tossing 5 shutout innings.
Hosmer continues to amaze. I don't see anyway to pitch to him right now. He's on everything and completely covers the strike zone.
Getz had a couple of very hard hit balls out of that new stance today. One was the line out you referenced where Quintero got doubled up. The other was a hot smash to RF. He really looked good. I kept wondering why he wasn't trying to steal and get into scoring position for Hosmer. Now I realize after reading your column, he probably helped Hoz get that meatball by distracting the pitcher.
Quintero had 4 very solid at bats. He's looked much better than advertised with the bat. Both catchers and both 2B are contributing with the stick in this series. Royals keep that up they will score a lot of runs this year.
Bob: Billy came in to camp light and according to Yost faster. However faster is a relative term. Faster than what. A persons speed is pretty much what it is. Otherwise we all could train enough to be olympic sprinters. Smart base running can be taught. Watching Billy last year there were several times they held him at third when I think he could of scored. I however have alway subscribed to forcing the opponents hand. Make them throw him out.
Let him run over a few catchers. I am going to buy a stop watch per Lee's suggestion and try to get some times on guys running the bases. Am interested in speed of runners from home to first and then first to second on a double. I suspect Billy's major problem may be he is a slow starter. Not a sprinters start but once he is moving he's not so bad.
Just my thoughts.
Kevin: Read an article right after Quintero joined the team and he said one of the first things he wanted to do was talk to Seitzer and find out what he was teaching these young guys. Looks like he listened, as you said, so far his offense is not as advertised.
I couldn't help but think of Butlers stance when watching Quintero at the plate. If he can take some of Billy's and Seitzers approach he just might be able to be a valuable offensive player too. He drove the ball to the right center gap several times. But what I really liked from a catcher, especially one new to the team, and on an important and precedent setting first series, was the way he went out to the mound and got on the same page with the pitcher, several times.
If I could play mind games with the team… I'd say go out and treat each home stand and each roadtrip like a playoff series. Win the 4 out of 7, or 4 out of 6, with focus and intensity, and build on the over .500 record consistently. Value every game. The ones you don't give away are just as important as the ones you can steal, and in the end make all the difference in the world. That's something that might be difficult for the youngest team in the majors, but then again, they have the mindset and do not appear intimidated at all about now doing it in the major leagues.
Lee, just went back and looked at grid again. Your right - don't know why I tripled award for K's. Dumb!!! Dave, you are right. Like the way he handled pitchers getting them to a comfort zone, especially in the critical last couple of innings. If he keeps hitting, he may make it difficult for Brayan to stay on the club when Salvatore is ready to come back.
One last thing. All the Getz haters, who are dead wrong, IMO… they showed a stat today. Chris Getz hit .321 with RISP last year. He also makes pitchers work fouling off pitches. He steals, runs the bases great, can bunt, can beat out the grounder, moves runners, and of course plays great defense. There is so much me to baseball than slugging pct. There is a reason "Yost is just in love with this guy".
Question. Just reviewed some of the highlight videos at Royals.com. In Saturday's game Getz stole third and was able to make it home on the throwing error. Quintero, a right handed batter was at the plate. They say third base is easier to steal with a righty at the plate because the catcher has a more difficult throw. Anyway I noticed that Quintero ducked, which could have mitigated the advantage of having a right handed batter at the plate. Just wondering whether Quintero's catcher's instinct got the best of him, or whether he ducked to avoid possible injury. Obviously, as a competitive professional Quintero did not intend to extend a courtesy to the opposing catcher.
Instinct is usually good to have when playing baseball, but perhaps sometimes the mind has to control and override that instinct.
Hope I am not seen as being overly harsh on Billy's speed. He's a big boy, and most guys with similar frames don't exactly burn up the base paths. Losing weight might help a tad bit, but as Larry aptly points out, you can't teach speed.
Nonetheless, there is going to be more than a time or two this season when Billy's scoring or not scoring from second with a two out single might be outcome determinative of the game. Since he doesn't play much in the field, perhaps he might want to put less work in on fielding practice and more on base running practice, e.g. honing his techniques in getting the best lead possible, getting the best jump possible on the pitch, and running an immaculate route turning the corner at third.
The nice thing about it is, hey, if you keep all your runners in front of Billy, you won't have to worry about his speed so much, because he'll knock 'em in with a double.
Here's another silver lining from the series: Gordon, Cain, and Moustakas went a combined 2 for 35 yet the Royals still won two of three. If and when this team starts hitting on all cylinders its going to be special.
Question: Why didn't Butler take off for home when he realized Cain was in a run-down? Cain might have been able to stay in it long enough for Butler to score before the out. Instead, Butler just stood on the bag watching Cain get nailed.
Everybody: Sorry for my absence from the comments. I posted the numbers yesterday and then went out for the evening.
By the way, it's incredibly difficult to post the numbers and incredibly easy to make a mistake while doing so. If anybody ever spots a problem, let me know and I'll get it corrected.
Bob: Yes, they work on base running as much, if not more, than any other team. Billy's just slow. If you can't score from second with two outs it's a problem: I didn't see Billy's jump, but with two down there's nothing to wait for, so you can leave with the crack of the bat. That's probably what fooled Cain—he just thought Billy would score in that situation.
The ball was well hit and got to Hunter in a hurry and Torii came up with a good throw.
Greg: Yes, Billy is supposed to have lost weight, but it's hard to make yourself faster—a better baserunner, maybe—but faster is tough.
Joel: I score the game and then doublecheck my work against the MLB box score. I almost always have it right in the scorebook, but it's easy to forget to mark the scoring on the work sheet.
The MLB box score reminds me of things i may have missed.
Kevin: Yeah, Hosmer appears to be the real deal. If he doesn't get hurt there's no telling what he can do.
We should enjoy Quintero's early success, don't know if it will last, but I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth.
Same with Getz: hitting the ball with more power isn't just home runs and extra bases, it's also getting grounders through the infield, which he did on his single to right. Then he squibs one back to the pitcher and turns it into another single with speed. Things are going well for him right now.
As for that non-steal: If Getz goes, he opens up first and they can work around Hosmer, but then they have to face Billy, so that's probably not why Getz held his ground.
Getz on first also opens a hole on the right side, but it looked like Santana was trying to get the ball to the plate in a hurry. If he was getting it there in 1.3 seconds or less, that might be part of why Getz held. A fast runner distracting a pitcher helps the man at the plate.
The offense won't look this good every series, but it's fun to watch when it's working.
Larry: I'm going to start carrying a stopwatch myself, although I suspect being consistent with it is harder than we think.
If I counted it right, Billy was only able to go first to third two times last season. He's a wizard with the bat, but once he's on, things slow down.
Dave: Your suggestion to break the season down into series is a good one. It's something teams already do: 162 games is so overwhelming that players are encouraged to break it down into it's smallest parts.
Win the series, win the game—some coaches encourage players to win the inning.
When you're way behind it's good coaching to say something like "Let's just cut the lead down to three by the ninth." Or let's score a run an inning. Make the goal something that seems possible and get there by increments.
On the other hand, sometimes players are encouraged to take the long view: you're not 0-4, your 29-106. Whatever helps the players mentally is a good idea.
Dave: Chris Getz is always a controversial topic because baseball people think more highly of him than people into sabermetrics. That starts a lot of arguments.
I'd never argue that you want a team of Chris Getz-like players, but I'd want at least one on my roster because of his versatility.
On-base and slugging percentage or hugely important stats, no doubt, but as Billy and Chris showed the last three days, there's more to baseball than OPS.
Bob: I've had the same thing happen—standing at the plate when the catcher jumps up to make a throw to third. Ducking is a natural reaction when a big guy has every appearance of throwing a punch at you.
But then I'm not a professional ballplayer.
Jason: Yup, Billy's strength is what he does in the batter's box. You just have to live with what he does outside it.
Toten: You're right, Billy had nothing to lose by breaking for home while Cain was in a rundown.
I actually have the same question as Toten. When I saw the end of the play and Billy was standing at third the first thing I thought was that he deserves a mental mistake. With 2 outs he ensured that the inning was at an end, not that it probably makes much difference if he takes off for home.
The, "I'll be repeating myself; get used to it." part of your post made me laugh.
The, "I'll be repeating myself; get used to it." part of your post made me laugh.
My only thought on the Cain rundown was Cain had a better chance of getting out of a rundown than Billy would. If Billy broke for home he was dead meat.
Chris: Hey, I run a full-service web site: baseball and jokes. Glad you enjoyed it.
Larry: Fair point about Billy and his chances vs. Cain, but it's not the first time he's hung a teammate out to dry.
I think it was 2010, but Billy dropped a pop fly on a very windy night. The next day, still windy, Jason Kendall was chasing a pop fly over by the Royals dugout.
Kendall was in the first baseman's pop-fly responsibility territory (they have a chart), but Billy just stood and watched Jason struggle—and Jason missed that pop up, too.
There are players—and I'm not saying Billy's one…way too little evidence—that would rather leave a tough play up to a teammate.
But you're right, Billy would've been dead meat, but once it was clear they were just going to chase Lorenzo to third and tag both of them, there was nothing to lose.
Lee - check your cellphone to see if it has a stopwatch feature. Even my dumb phone has a very good one. Thanks for your insights!
Tracy: Yes, my cellphone (which is almost as dumb as me) has a stopwatch feature, but it looks so much cooler to pull out a real stopwatch.
It's like carrying a clipboard—you look like you know what you're doing.
Going first to third on a single is something that can be taught. Take Albert Pujols. He is a very good base runner despite having similar size as Billy. I saw a stat a while back about Pujols being able to go first to third on a single. I can't find it now, but it is an obscenely high percentage. If Butler could run that route half as well as Pujols, I would be elated.
John: You can certainly get better at going first to third and they consistently work on it. I watched them do the drills several times down in Surprise. We'll see if it helps Billy's game in 2012.
Lee, great breakdown of the series, as usual, and your audience seems quite "baseball knowledgeable"as well. I see an exciting fruition of a lot of hard work by Dayton Moore and the rest of the staff.
The one "fly in the ointment" (you knew there had to be one) was the broadcast team. Good Lord, a colonoscopy would be preferable to listening to Rex Hudler, at least it might provide some insight. Hudler and Co. have no feel for this team and it shows in the inane baseball homilies they offer up in lieu of any shrewd story lines or intimate knowledge of the game. I found myself watching the game with the sound off.
I know there is too much bad blood between Frank and the organization for that to be a solution but Denny Matthews, where are you when we need ya?
Lee: For some reason the internet ate my last post. I said at first I thought the Billy, Cain situation was Cain's fault. However as usual once you think something over you see moer possiblities. First of if my memory serves me well(and usually it lets me down) this was the first time Cain batted behind Billy and this is the first year they have played together. All of us knew Billy was not going to score on a ball hit to Hunter. Also I don't think Billy stopped on his own. Not seeing it in person I can't say for sure but think Eddie stopped him. When I played our first base coach always reminded the trailing runner not to run over the slow guy.
I'm sure this was all discussed after the game and will be used as a learning point.
Ben: Yeah, Sam Mellinger's got a story this morning about Hudler's debut. Apparently, the change hasn't gone done well with many fans, but I think some of that is to be expected. Frank was popular, knew the team and was not a rah-rah guy—and that's part of why he's gone.
I met Rex in Surprise and I think the guy's in a tough spot. He knows he's replacing someone popular, a hometown favorite and it's going to be an uphill climb. Sounds like he's already been told to tone it down a bit, but that style is part of what they wanted in the first place.
I assume once he gets to know the team a little better his commentary will provide more substance.
I was a big fan of Frank's, I learned a lot of baseball listening to him, but I'm willing to give Hudler a chance. It just goes to show how much work it is to really know a team—you can't just walk in and provide meaningful insight right away.
Larry: As always, talking with the players and coaches would help, but I think you're probably right.
Having watched Billy for years I had my doubts that he'd score on that ball when it came off the bat; hit too hard and it didn't make Torii Hunter move laterally. Most people should be able to score on almost any ball with two outs, but Billy isn't most people.
Cain might have been the only guy in blue who assumed Billy would score.
And you're right; that play was probably talked about in the dugout immediately afterwards. They can't have the same mistake in a one-run ballgame.
Hudler is what he is. He brings enthusiasm for the game, the players, and the team. He is the ultimate team guy. It seems crazy to me to get worked up when a guy is exactly what he has always been. If there is blame, it is with the front office.
Curtis: Good point—Hudler's been the same guy forever. The front office knew what they were getting.
As usual with these West Coast night games, I'll post in the morning.
Monday's loss is not on Yost's decision to sit Moose and Gordon. If Gordon plays, no Bourgeois. If Moose plays, maybe Yuni sits and Getz plays second given his 3 hits in 4 abs in the two games prior.
Bourg and Yuni had two of our three hits, and they were both doubles. And when Gordon was brought it as a pinch hitter to face the righty in the ninth, he whiffed.
Nope. Chalk up this loss to the Ohfers. Frenchy, Butler, Hoz, Cain, Pena and Getz—not a hit among them.
We are not going to get a lot of one run performances out of our pitching staff. We need to win these, especially when the opposing starter has only 26 innings of major league pitching experience.


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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1962 Amphicar 770
Maybe we just haven't spent enough time among Amphicar enthusiasts, but it seems like every example we've come across has either been used for pleasure boating or power parking. This 1962 Amphicar 770 for sale on Hemmings.com, however, spent a few decades as a duck hunting vehicle, which explains its departure from showroom condition. From the seller's description:
All original with only 5,500 miles. I purchased from original owner in 1999 who only used for duck hunting and has hand painted the body in brown for camouflage, the original colour is turquoise. The interior is original and in good condition but requires carpet. The convertible top frame is in good condition but the canvas top needs replacing. The tires are also original and have lots of tread but should be replaced as the sidewalls are cracking. The car has been stored in a heated garage since new but last year I found the wheel cylinders starting to seize so I replaced all wheel cylinders, flex hoses, master cylinder, wheel bearings and the special Amphicar water proof break linings. I also replaced 4 new hub caps and a new bilge pump. This car/boat is street drivable but needs some seals replaced before going in the water again, I have the seals but no time to put them on, I will include the new seals with the car purchase. There is no rust, the pictures show the floor-pan with original black paint which shows glossy as I have just waxed the floor, all panels are in perfect condition. This vehicle requires some minor restoration including a slight bearing noise in the transmission?
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Is Bondo waterproof?
It is as long as you don't open the can.
I'm sure it isn't as I've seen rust develop underneath the patches when the unit is left outside.
It does kinda look like there might be some bondo on it now that you mention it.
Slight noise in the transmission? and for $30,000?
Break linings? Is that a prediction?
I actually drove one of these things once, back in 1972 – but only on the street. I was a pumpjockey parttime to build up a cash kitty to open a business.
While it was 10 years or so old by then, it had less than 10K miles on it. It was slow and noisy and uncomfortable and handled as loose as a clapped-out car could be – and again, this was only driving around on city streets; I shuddered to think what highway speeds were like.
My then DD, a '67 Morris Minor, was a luxobarge by comparison.-
I've heard it said that as a boat, it's not a great car, and as a car, it's not a great boat.
For $30,000 it would have to at least float in my presence before buying.
But, it is possible $30K is a fair price.
I have been in on of these on the road and the great lakes.
Would make a great duck boat, some camo paint, a canopy, some grass, and a ramp for the dog.
I can see this as a fun duck boat.
At $30,000 you can have fun with it. I have seen restored examples sell from $75,000 to Over $170,000
Actually when properly maintained an Amphicar drives really well, as good as most 1960s European cars including the Morris Minor. Problem is when not maintained properly bushes and bearings degrade rapidly, it's high center of gravity and short wheelbase magnify any bearing play and it feels all over the place, Tracking also needs checking regularly as boat ramps are often lumpy and knock it out. All done however 80mph is safe and comfortable – but a bit noisy as it is low geared (was built for 55mph limit)


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Edmonton Oilers winger Ales Hemsky scored a power play goal in the first period of Monday night's game against the Vancouver Canucks. The hometown Oilers fans at the Rexall Arena celebrated, including one fan who wore a horse mask for no particular reason.
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10 Things People Don't Get About Dark Pools: Ross
To most people "Dark Pools" are a mystery. Heck, most people don't even know what they are. In a nutshell it's Wall Street slang for private stock trading platforms operated mostly by brokerages.
Dark Pools are electronic Alternative Trading Systems, very similar to stock exchanges where trades can be matched. The big difference of course is that the orders are dark, meaning that the size and price of the orders are not revealed to other participants. This limits the amount of interaction because the participants don't know when to move their price up or down to find the contra side of their trade or when the contra side may be present in the pool. These pools are mostly used by sophisticated professional traders.
Nevertheless, there is a lot of criticism about them lately. Odd, since in many cases the critics are not the users. In fact, the actual users of dark pools seem to be happy because they keep sending them more and more volume; clearly they are having a satisfactory experience.
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With so much uncertainty, I think it's time to set the record straight and deal with the significant amount of misunderstanding about how they operate. So in David Letterman fashion I have created a list:
"Top Ten things people don't understand about Dark Pools"
1) It is not a "Black Market," it's just not displayed. Many comments in the media imply that Dark Pools are the "wild wild west" and anything goes; every man and woman for themselves, customers are exploited, brokers make tons of money. This is not the case.
2) Dark Pools have been around since trading began; it's not new, it was just called "upstairs trading" in the past.
3) The Securities and Exchange Commission has recognized the importance for institutions to be able to work orders without displaying the whole order "to maintain long term confidence" in the markets. Cited multiple times in regulatory comments, particularly those around Reg. NMS - the new rules governing the National Market System.
4) Dark Pools are highly regulated. All Dark Pools are broker-dealers registered with the SEC and The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and subject to regular audits and examinations, similar to an exchange.
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5) Users "opt-in" to placing their orders in a Dark Pool. The users are intelligent traders who understand the advantages of not displaying their orders at an exchange.
6) Dark Pool trades are bound by the "NBBO" or National Best Bid and Offer. Prices cannot be chosen arbitrarily, many times the price is actually the midpoint of the NBBO but a stock cannot trade outside the NBBO without an inter-market sweep satisfying orders on other markets.
7) More volume is trading in the Dark Pools because it works for institutions. The percentage of non-exchange trades has grown to roughly 33 percent of all trades up from 8-10 percent a decade ago; this is because the users of Dark Pools have had a better experience in the dark than at an exchange.
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8) Different Dark Pools have different features to appeal to different segments of the market. Some only allow certain types of traders, say "Buy Side to Buy Side" so naturals can trade with each other. Other Dark Pools allow you to rank your contra trading partners and opt out of those you don't want to trade with. This allows the traders to create a customized experience different than the exchange one size fits all approach.
9) Orders in dark pools are like ice bergs. For a trade to take place, a resting bid, or buyer, has to be present when a seller initiates a sale. Many times both sides are not present at the same moment as orders are cancelled and replaced, these orders are referred to as "ships passing in the night".
10) The biggest reason people are afraid of "Dark Pools" is the name, like a kid being stuck in a closet by a mean sibling, the image is frightening. Maybe they should be called "Block Trading Venue for Institutional Traders Who Know What They are Doing". BTVITWKWTD -Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue does it?
Now trying to understand how Dark Pools interact with high frequency trading is a whole other conversation. One that needs more than a top 10 list, and I think better for another time.
(Watch: For a good look at all the questions and concerns surrounding dark pools, check Wall Street Journal reporter Scott Patterson's CNBC interview about his book called "Dark Pools.")
D. Keith Ross is the Chief Executive Officer of PDQ Enterprises, owner of PDQ ATS, a new equity trading venue that emulates the interaction and dynamism of traditional floor brokers in a high-speed, electronic trading environment, where algorithms compete to fill orders. Prior to PDQ, Keith was the Chief Executive Officer at GETCO and began his career as an options analyst in 1976.


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This week, West Virginia University head football coach Dana Holgorsen signed a new contract to keep him at the school through 2017.
With incentives, the deal is worth a cool $20.5 million, which is a huge contract by WVU standards, but only seventh-best in the Big 12 Conference. I guess everything really is bigger in Texas — and Oklahoma.
As if about $2 million a year to coach football isn't enough, I liked the benefits that were included in the package:
* Two courtesy cars. (My understanding, though, is that he has a driver to shuttle him around, which I suppose relieves him of the stress of texting recruits while driving.)
* As many as 25 football tickets per game. (I'd always thought the view from the sideline, or even the coaches box above the stadium, was pretty sweet.)
* A club membership at Lakeview Resort. (Our WVU beat writer says Coach Holgorsen rarely plays golf outside of fundraisers.)
* A $5,000 athletic apparel budget. (Shoot, I'd have figured his friends at Nike paid him to wear those cool black golf shirts.)
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Mmmm, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I've eaten tens of them. And nearly a dozen more peanut butter and banana sammies. So why not invest in my own personal $50 nut butterer?
Make your own warm, delicious peanut butter at home--for much less than store bought butter! Fill the top bin with your favorite shell nuts (you can also use macadamia, sunflower, cashews and more) and select chunky or smooth texture. In minutes you have creamy, all-natural nut butter perfect for baking, sandwiches, and crackers. Hopper holds up to two cups of dry nuts.
Oh man, this reminds me of the time my college roommate made a Nutella and penis sandwich and tried to seduce ducks by the pond. Seriously though, somebody invent a bread machine and I'm set for life.
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