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Dear Diary is 1183 and We're All Barbarians
SUCH a good movie. You chivalric fool; as if the way one fell down mattered. On Wednesday this week I had to put our family dog down—he was 14 and been slowing down since we lost my dad, and he had a stroke during the night, and it was sad but undeniably the best way and best time to go. Afterwards I was supposed to collect my daughter, get the roundtable posted, then get to the facility that's trying to get my Mom able to walk again within the impossibly small window her insurance company will pay for it. I didn't want to engage the sympathy choir, nor was I ready to go fixing things or move on. Instead I wandered into a breakfast place and ordered a coffee, and stared at texts of things people say when your heretofore ridiculously fortunate family is going through the mother of all mean regressions.
After a time I struck up a conversation with an older dude who from his Michigan hat I identified with the super Michigan-stickered car outside. He was, of course, a current player's dad, and other than his kid who's the best player in the entire world, he had a lot to say about the darkness hanging over this program that twinkling lights could only temporarily keep at bay.
He echoed a lot of what another player's brother said in a diary earlier in the week:
The program is in shambles. Bo is not coming back and it's time to move on. The cult like adherence to tradition and "this is Michigan" is the very reason we are plummeting towards rock bottom. We don't need another Bo or another Michigan Man, we need a competent, forward thinking administration who will take advantage of the massive institutional advantages Michigan provides.
The players are acknowledging reality while doing everything they can to make sure there's a team tomorrow. We got a glimpse of this from Gardner's aneurism of leadership
…and another from a letter to the players by their senior punter:
"Play for the guys in your class who you texted the day you committed, and live in the dorms with. Play for the elementary kids back home whom you've never even met, but know who you are and where you play. Play for your high school coaches, the guys you've met at combines, your family, your friends. Finally, play for yourself. Pride in yourself means that, win or lose, you worked and competed as hard as you possibly could until the schedule provided no more games to play."
When the fall is all that is, it matters.
[After the jump, I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family.]
Dear Diary Says Show Up Anyway
From left #3, #24, #23. [Fuller]
Come tailgate, support kids. A reminder that you can join us and former players tomorrow at the Go Blue Bowl Tailgate organized by Marlin Jackson's organization (specifically through the efforts of an extraordinary lady named Kat Mills). This is for charity so suggested minimum donation of $5 if you're just coming for the Q&A and more if you plan to drink beer and hang for awhile.
A couple of Marlin's high donors deserve recognition: Huron Valley Financial, the Bank of Ann Arbor, and MDen. Christians Catering is bringing food, and the Beer Grotto in Dexter is providing the beer. Full details at the link.
If you ask me, it's better to go. Everyone wants to do something to demonstrate that Michigan fans are fed up with a director who treats this program like his personal play toy, and that the public who do own this public institution are sick of it being hoarded, and its name besmirched by dishonesty and obfuscation (Best & Worst).
But for the record, I'm not in favor of boycotts, walkouts, late arrivals, or any other form of protest in which the protestors miss a snap, because I think it misses the target while undermining the one thing we all care about the most.
I know after the Minnesota game that Brian called for a boycott of Maryland if Brandon and Hoke were still here, and I know what name's on my paychecks. I know the players aren't made of glass, and that they're well aware that the vitriol toward the people in charge is not directed at them, although they generally take attacks on their coaches personally (they chose them after all).
But I didn't know until fairly recently why it's so important to them that fans show up: To a player, fans equal energy. Human brains are not wired to grant conscious access to the body's full capacity. Put a hungry lion behind the 20th fastest man on the planet and Usain Bolt will be left in his dust. Whatever our expectations for athletes we paid massive sums to see, they cannot escape their own psychology.
CSG president Bobby Dishell's heart is in the right place, but he's wrong: you're not hurting the players; you're hurting their performance.
Athletes draw motivation from the crowd. Michigan Stadium's size is a huge recruiting tool because an athlete brain understands intuitively that 109,000 shouting faces will get more out of him than 84,000. The number gets in their heads, but empty seats do as well. Go watch September baseball at a bad team's venue long after they've been eliminated: it's crap. Every play that your seat is empty contributes a tiny bit to Michigan (and, coincidentally, their opponent) playing a bit worse.
Weigh that against the maximum that you will realistically move the decision of Mark Schlissel. Your empty seat speaks, but you can also be in that seat screaming "Go!" at Blue to the furthest extent of your vocal capacity whenever they take the field or need a boost, and screaming "Fire Brandon!" whenever he starts trying to blast you. I think we can get that message across while taking a cue from old blue, and using this weekend to show the players we haven't checked out on them. You can make a statement with where you choose to put your ass, but that's hardly the most effective communicative tool in your anatomical package.
Here's what I suggest we do tomorrow: From the moment the band finishes marching off until kickoff chant "Let's Go Blue!" as loud as you fucking can. At the end of the the game, win or lose, stand in your seat and chant "Let's Go Blue!" AS LOUD. AS. YOU. FUCKING. CAN. In between, scream your head off on Penn State 3rd downs, boo the attendance lie, and sprinkle in "Fire Brandon!" as necessary.
Let's leave Hoke alone, since it does us no good if he loses the team now, and his fate is sealed to his record (Ron Utah with some candidate grades) so any more dogging from us is superfluous. ST3 made the case that the coaching staff has cost Michigan perhaps three wins with strategic errors: dumb-punting vs. Utah, starting Shane, and giving Rutgers that end-of-1st-half drive. I think it's more accurate to say that these coaching errors put Michigan at a small strategic disadvantage, and that the team is not so good that it can win without every scrap of advantage it can get.
Yes, showing up and laying off the coach is what Dave Brandon wants you to do. Fuck him; we come to root for Michigan.
[Jump: clans, coaches, etc.]
Dear Diary is the Problem With Michigan
I'm taking down the office now. [Fuller]
Open letters to people who don't read them isn't exactly productive, but it's useful in a snowflakey kind of way. The MGoPostal service delivered a few of note: JeepinBen gives the next coach the correct answers to the Michigan questions. A guy emailed Schlissel our complaint list about Dave Brandon. A wealthy alum says to Schlissel or whoever that hubris is the problem.
You can read a form reply from the president's office here. Brandon at least had the courtesy to provide a personal response to a lady canceling her long-held season tickets [UPDATED: this was apparently sent last December].
How to have a happy life. A few diarists looked a the qualities that seem to lead to success in a head coaching change. That first is a look at the coaching histories of Michigan, OSU, Bama, ND and USC with particular attention paid to whether guys with connections to the university had more success (they didn't).
The second starts by making a comparison of Bo to Stoops and goes on to sort out some common threads in other coaching changes. He came upon the same thing I did when trying to identify common threads in successful transitions: whatever side of the ball you don't know, just keep the coordinator from the old regime.
I would have been dead set against it at the time but in retrospect RR perhaps could have saved himself a lot of problems with the old guard by retaining Ron English. Or that could have led to an even bigger explosion when he fired English instead of Shafer for not running a 3-3-5 or getting along with Gibson. But imagine Michigan right now if Hoke had retained Calvin Magee, which we were VERY MUCH hoping for.
[After the jump, profiles of guys for Hoke's job; why head trauma is a thing and wasn't before]
Dear Diary Lights the Tires and Kicks the Fires
Devin, I'm sorry about Funchess. Everybody liked him. I'm sorry.
Red or Blue. A week after a program-shattering loss turns fandom into an election year, with wins taking the place of electoral votes. This year's ballot has close races in quarterback, head coach, and AD, as well as referendums on blocking style, tempo, and punt formations.
On Saturday night those races appeared decided when everybody departed with eight minutes left of a two-score game against an opponent Michigan was outgaining. They'd seen the jewel of Rich Rodriguez's recruiting wasting an NCAA gift of a senior year in a new offense that still treated him like Tom Brady, so shell-shocked by years of abuse that any peripheral motion triggered desperation.
Then Shane, and the interception came, followed by the rain, and you could count the Hoke supporters by picking out the few hundred dots of blue or yellow between the blob of red. Everybody else looked at the scoreboard, looked at the radar, and recalled Michigan huddling—huddling!!!!—and calculated the obvious move. The 98,000 empty seats were a consensus: Hoke probably has to go, and Dave Brandon absolutely has to go first. The moment was stark, but it couldn't last, because stupid hope and the will to support your team is stronger than your brain's ability to store information it doesn't want.
The fanbase needs to have this conversation, and the diaries did just that. ST3 posted a curtailed Inside the Boxscore wherein his kid's quotes provided the subheads:
"Another huddle? Really?"
* Seriously, my son actually said that. I don't think he reads MGoBlog, and I hadn't said anything about tempo or huddling. So if a 9-year old can watch Utah succeeding with pace, watch Michigan plodding along, and gets exasperated at the huddling, why can't Brady figure this out?
Jhackney got home and thought about spiritual cleansings and what kind of coach doesn't wear a headset:
Dave Brandon is a whiz at marketing and salesmanship and Hoke is a whiz at clapping his hands while keeping his ears the same color tan of his face and running a clean program. There needs to be a coach that is involved in at least one side of the ball. Saban would mutilate your skull with his championship rings if you tried taking his head set away.
Every coach has inherent flaws—Nick Saban is an offensive dinosaur and doesn't care about his players beyond what they can do for him. It's whether the good things overcome those flaws. Hoke makes his program worse by willfully ignoring fundamental developments like the spread offense, tempo, the shield punt, and game theory. He and Mattison make it better by running it clean, recruiting excellent players and people, and building a strong defense. Like with political candidates, everybody's flawed; it's whether their angels or demons will come out ahead.
Best and Worst saw the fruit of Hoke's demonic seeds:
No, what killed my optimism about this team and this staff, about this program as it is currently stumbling through another shitty year, is how absolutely true-to-form it is to the dreams of the men in charge.
[…lights out on the Titanic.gif]
Ron Utah made the obvious comparison: we are experiencing a reverse Rich Rod. I'll add Bill Martin reversed to Dave Brandon and liken it to the classic two-party problem. Martin and Rodriguez alienated the crucial top of the fan pyramid with their Whiggish football ways, an inability to commit to a defensive faith resulting in total bedlam. Brandon went the other way; his Tory pandering alienated the students (SaddestTailgateEver on another little hoarded thing) and entitled alumni (dnak438 on his noodle exchange with Brandon) while Hoke's offense and special teams have repeatedly been derailed by dogma trumping sense.
Given most of the week to calm down, jmdblue wrote that he'd rather give Brady one more term to work things out while the upstarts drown themselves in their own corruptions. Unless someone can convince Colin Powell to run.
Etc. Alum96 reviewed the 2012 recruiting class to see if there was a development issue. If you don't compare against other schools though it means nothing, since most recruits don't play to their star rankings. Average size of each B1G team's offensive line starters. GIF about punting. Regular stats make M look good (see: outgained ND and Utah).
Dear Diary Maintains Gap Integrity
Immediately place your mouse here, tap your index finger, and be whisked away to my all-time favorite series of preview diaries: EGD's Four Plays. He draws up two base offensive plays for Michigan and two base offensive plays of the opponent, shows how each team defends those plays, and then breaks down the individual matchups. A sample:
WDE Frank Clark: Gap-exchange with WLB Joe Bolden; backside pursuit of RB Devontae Booker
NT Ryan Glasgow: Defend backside A-gap against LG Junior Salt
DT Willie Henry: Defend playside B-gap against RG Isaac Asiata, constrict playside A-gap
SDE Brennan Beyer: Defend playside D-gap (outside TE) vs. TE Westlee Tonga; backside pursuit if QB keeps, set edge point and force run back inside if QB gives
WLB Joe Bolden: Gap-exchange with WDE Frank Clark; defend backside C-gap vs. LT Jeremiah Poutasi, set edge point and force back inside if QB keeps, backside pursuit if QB gives
Make this part of your preview regimen. In other O's, Brhino mini-UFR'd the Shane Morris plays (both rollouts so pocket presence information is unavailable).
Coaching searches are like recruiting: five stars wanted. The other big diary this week is resph1's look at all the coaching searches among Power Five programs since 2007.
Coaching search lesson 1 |
By year four most guys in the study had their programs in better shape than the previous three seasons. Also very few of them were still around:
Only half the coachs on our list of 36 are still at their schools. It gets worse as you go farther back in time. Of the 8 coaches hired for the 2007 season, Nick Saban and Mark Dantonio are the only ones still around. A whopping 5 were fired and another (Harbaugh) left for the NFL.
Even among the 14 "winners" covered above, the story is not much better. 5 guys capitalized on their success and moved on to other positions, and 2 were fired (one scandal, on failed to sustain their initial success), only 7 remain (Snyder, Saban, Briles, Hoke, Kelly, Fisher, Cutcliffe).
I did a somewhat similar study of Big Ten and SEC coaching hires since 1999 in this year's HTTV, breaking them into categories of "Strong" (like stealing another BCS team's HC for unholy money), "Average" (like upgrading a proven mid-major coach or BCS/NFL coordinator) or "Cheap" (what Purdue does). Of the SEC's 30 head coaching hires, 18 were in the "Strong" category, while economy class was reserved for only Vandy, Kentucky, and Arkansas needing a one-year stopgap; only three (Rodriguez, John L. Smith, and Urban) of the Big Ten's 22 hires rated that, and 13 were on the cheap.
Things Brian linked already on the front page but bear reminding: what's going on in the student section, another non-reflective boxscore, Best & Worst called Gardner a chaotic neutral.
Etc. Gulo Gulo reviewed betting lines, Ron Utah reviews the last few years of Michigan football and wonders if maybe we just should feel sorry for ourselves, LSA on where Michigan stands in basic stats.
Dear Diary Can Take Or Leave It If I Please
A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
'Is it to be or not to be?'
And I replied 'Oh why ask me?"
It's Korea out there in user-generated content land, and it's my job to triage. The only way to make it through sane is Hawkeye-level satire, and making fun of people who take themselves seriously, and not looking too hard at the antics of certain people from Toledo. Okay Radar, state your business, in one word or less:
- Reshp1: 289 yards for zero points.
One word or less.
- Glewe: Mental toughness.
That is two words.
- Glewe: Mentaltoughness.
Ah, you're a football coach I see. Try an English word.
- Glewe: Psychology.
- Ehatch: Depressing.
- Gulo_Gulo: Lines.
- MGolem: Edge.
- Dnak438: W—
Didn't you go already?
- Dnak438: I wrote another one.
Oh. Well thanks. I'm still putting it in etc.
Etc. Worse. Students. Plays. Wallpaper.
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I have spoken to one of our fitting technicians at one of our National Fitting Centres. He essentially says that all of the shafts that you mention, in regular, would be similar in firmness to the VooDoo reg that you are currently using.
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Torque is the amount that the shaft twists during the swing - a lower torque rating means less twist and contributes to a firmer feel.
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Hung Liu's paintings are both a product of and response to the philosophies and politics of modern China. Liu came of age during China's decade-long "Cultural Revolution" of 1966-1976, and her large-scale works are a symbolist mixture of her efforts to define and consequently rise above the social and gender-based oppression she and millions of others experienced.
Born in 1948, Liu was a high school senior when she was sent into China's countryside to pick rice as part of an enforced "re-education" program. Four years later she returned to Beijing, where she earned a BFA degree in 1975 from the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Art. Yet her work remained strictly state-sanctioned; she was ordered to paint "Tractor art"—realistic depictions glorifying Socialist ideals. Not until she obtained permission to emigrate to the U.S. did Liu begin painting the works she is now celebrated for.
Combining photorealistic skill with expressionist flourishes, her complex compositions are layers of often contradictory cultural symbolism; a painter, Liu's work begins withphotographs – not taken herself, but of old, often faded images from the past which shecollects. These pictures she calls "a blurred and mysterious veil" between China's presentand its past, wherein a regime attempted to erase all that did not seem to support it. The political overtones in Liu's work are unmistakable; yet so is its humanity, the spirit of which she captures in symbolism nearly as old as China itself. The figures she paints areoverlaid with washes and drips, suggesting the obscurity of memory. They are China's unsung souls: laborers and courtesans, soldiers and civilians, yet Liu depicts them almost mystically surrounded by totems of ancient Chinese folklore. As Liu once put it, "[These people are] anonymous, they were poor probably, they're long gone… but I think in some ways they're more importantthan our great leaders…" By aligning such people—long ignored or marginalized—with venerated symbols of Chinese culture, Liu includes them within the grand stream of China's story.
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This is the only time in the series that you see one of the Charmed Ones smoking. Phoebe lights up in the kitchen as Paige walks in.
In the alternate reality Paige can't even orb, but we saw when she went back in time to find out she was not the reason her parents died, she orbed out of the car to survive and could always orb. Therefore, she should have been able to orb in this reality as well
TRIVIA: Cole turns a year older in this episode.
When Paige is at the cemetary with Leo she observes that all the demons that she and her sisters vanquished were still running around alive and in the manor. However, one demon, Darla (a.k.a. Succubus), shouldn't have been. Darla was vanquished by Prue, Piper and Phoebe at least two years before Paige met her sisters.
In the alternate reality The Seer throws Cole a surprise 100th birthday party. However, in the season 3 episode Coyote Piper, Phoebe researches Cole's history the clerk tells her he was born in 1885 so that would have made him 118! However, it is likely that the "100th" was simply to be polite and treat Belthazor with respect, as the cake guy says "I thought you were actually 117" and then the Seer vanquishes him.
The window that Paige breaks when she fights Cole changes several times through the episode. When she breaks it, she only breaks the side below and the down side is well, but when Cole changes reality there is no window at all. Also when the sisters come to see if Cole is there, Paige closed the same window and now it has the down side again.
TRIVIA: The P3 broken image on the club that Paige sees is a reference to the broken power of three in the alternative reality. The same allusion was made in season 4 episode Size Matters.
Why is the Lazarus Demon free in that reality? It was previously stated that the demon was buried till the Seer freed him in the episode Marry Go Round. For that episode only she freed him to make her plan a success and she didn't need him in the alternative reality because she did not have the same plan.
TRIVIA: The Lazarus demon has appeared before in the season 4 episode Marry Go Round. In fact that was the first episode that showed that demon.
Assuming that Paige contracts her cold from being thown in the water, then would she really start sneezing two seconds after hitting the water? The symptoms of a cold take time to develop.
This episode is where Cole becomes an Avatar just like Leo who became one in Season 7.
In this episode the Belthazar potion is red though in previous episodes the potion is purple. In the season 4 episode Black As Cole the Belthazar stripping potion was red so he should've lost his powers in this episode instead of being vanquished because Phoebe threw the red potion at Cole.
TRIVIA: This is the first time that the sisters met Darryl's wife Sheila. Which is strange wouldn't they have meet her earlier like on special occasions like Phoebe's wedding or Andy's funeral?
In the beginning of this episode Phoebe is wearing the same outfit Paige wore when they switched bodies in the episode "Enter The Demon".
When Piper and Paige are mixing the Belthazar vanquishing potion, Paige picks something up with her right hand and mixes it up. However it is something that she never uses in the potion.
TRIVIA: When Leo orbs to Paige after she calls for him in the alternate reality and she asks for his help he says "all Hell is breaking loose up there" - this is ironic since that's also the name of the episode that Prue died in.
When Paige is blown out of Cole's window, she orbs but she doesn't go anywhere. If she was going to go flying somewhere wouldn't she orb to safety?
TRIVIA: Cole is finally vanquished for good in this episode - he creates an alternate reality where he was still Belthazar and Paige was supposed to be dead. However he wasn't invincible there and Phoebe vanquished him for good with the Belthazar vanquishing potion.
TRIVIA: This is one of nine episodes with the series title, Charmed, in it.
TRIVIA: This is the last appearance of Julian McMahon (Cole Turner) as a series regular.
During the kitchen scene where Phoebe first meets Paige in the alternate reality, Phoebe is only wearing one earring (on her left ear), but when the camera zooms out she is wearing two earrings.
TRIVIA: Michelle Branch performed her song Goodbye to You in this episode, and this is also a tribute to Julian McMahon, who left the cast after this episode.
When Paige told Phoebe to grab Piper's hand (so the three were touching), the lights came from the ceiling and Paige got her powers back. However, in the season 4 episode "Charmed Again (1)", Patty told Phoebe and Piper that the three of them needed to be around the book to be Charmed again and Leo said the lights just meant she was supposed to be there. Paige should not have gotten her powers back, unless the three were around the book.
TRIVIA: In this episode, Paige says that when the Elders realized they needed her to reconstitute the Charmed Ones they through out the witch/whitelighter rule allowing for Leo and Piper to keep their baby.
The Lazarus demon is kneeling down over a dead body when Piper freezes him, but when the shot goes back to him, he's standing.
When Cole comes home at the beginning of the episode, the picture of him and Phoebe is on the left side of the table and the box is on the right side. When Phoebe picks up the picture at the end of the episode, however, she puts it down on the right side of the table and the box is now on the left side.
On Paige's tombstone, it reads "Paige Matthews. Born 1975. Died 2001". In the season 4 episode "Charmed Again (2)", however Sister Agnes mentions that Paige was brought to her on August 2, 1977, very soon after her birth.
Leo (after Paige orbs into him and blows him up to test her idea for vanquishing Cole): Damn it, Paige! I would appreciate it if you didn't practice on me. I may be dead, but it still hurts!
Paige (about Cole): I'm telling you he's gone. For good.
Phoebe: Yeah, that's what we thought last time.
Piper: And the time before that.
Paige: Cole's not coming back ...ever.
Phoebe: The Power of Three.
Paige: That's us.
Paige: This reality sucks.
Lazarus Demon: Go to hell.
Piper: I'm already there.
Phoebe sees Paige walking into P3.
Phoebe: We'll be right back.
Piper (confused): We will? (She turns around and sees Paige) We will.
Piper (while discussing the option of a water birth): What am I, a dolphin? I'm not giving birth to fish!
Leo: Well, actually dolphins aren't fish, they're mammals.
Piper: Shut up.
Phoebe: Paige, what did you do?
(Paige makes a guilty face).
Paige (after returning from the alternate reality): Piper! Are you pregnant?
Piper (mouth full of ice cream): Yeah, where you been?
Paige: And you, you're not La Femme Nikita, you're a Charmed One. Yeah, you don't mind kicking ass when you have to, but otherwise you'd rather be hanging out with your sisters, baking cookies, or knitting booties.
Piper: Knitting booties? Clearly you don't know me at all!
International Episode Titles:
Czech Republic: Sté narozeniny (The Hundredth Birthday)
Brazil: Charmed - Centésimo episódio (Charmed - 100th episode)
French: Centenaire (Centennial)
Spanish: Hechiceras Centenarias (Centennial Witches)
Guest star Greg Provance (Demon Guard) has appeared previously on the show in the season 5 episode Siren Song as a darklighter that Paige vanquished in the attic.
Title: Centennial Charmed
This is the 100th episode of Charmed, and a centennial is the marking of 100 years or a 100th anniversary.
Paige: And you, you're not La Femme Nikita! You're a Charmed One.
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Marlins pitcher Henderson Alvarez avoids serious injury in Miami's win over Chicago Cubs
With Jose Fernandez already lost for the season, the Marlins could ill afford to have their best remaining starter go down, as well. But for a few nervous moments on Sunday, that possibility existed when Henderson Alvarez lie injured on the infield dirt behind first base.
Alvarez landed awkwardly after leaping high in the air to take a flip toss from first baseman Garrett Jones while covering the bag, his left leg stretching out in front of him on the landing. The pitcher eventually managed to get back on his feet and return to the mound for a practice throw.
But he looked so stiff that manager Mike Redmond wouldn't allow Alvarez to continue, and the pitcher left the game in the sixth with what was described as a left hip strain.
Fortunately for the Marlins, who pulled out a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs to avoid a sweep, Redmond said it appears that the injury is not serious, and Alvarez shouldn't miss a start.
"It seems like we dodged a bullet," Redmond said.
The Marlins won't know for sure until Alvarez tells them how the hip is feeling after another day or two. But the pitcher didn't sound concerned when he spoke to reporters afterward.
"I feel good, thank God," said Alvarez, who even returned to the field following the win to congratulate his teammates. "I felt like I could still pitch, but for precautionary reasons, they took me out."
Redmond said the decision to lift Alvarez was a "no-brainer."
"We need him for the long haul," Redmond said. "One [more] at-bat there is not worth a season."
Alvarez began the day on Sunday having not allowed a run over his previous 21 innings. He continued the streak by breezing through the first five innings and mixed in a little fun at the same time.
After Cubs third baseman and Venezuelan countryman Luis Valbuena spotted Alvarez during batting practice and begged him not to throw his eephus pitch, Alvarez did just that, throwing one 59-mph floater to Valbuena in the second inning and another in the fourth. Each time, Alvarez followed the pitch with a 95-mph fastball. Valbuena struck out the first time but doubled the second.
But it was Valbuena's sixth-inning at-bat that put a scare into the Marlins. Valbuena hit a sharp grounder that Jones gloved. Alvarez sprinted toward the bag at first to take the throw, but Jones' flipped high in the air. Alvarez leaped, made the grab, but came down on the other side of the bag and fell.
No one felt worse than Jones.
"It was devastating," Jones said. "He's been pitching unbelievable for us. We wanted to win this ballgame, and for him to have to come out for a play like that, I was upset about it. At first I felt bad, I was mad, a lot of emotions. He was on my mind."
Jones was charged with an error and, after Dan Jennings took over for the injured Alvarez, two of the inherited runners ended up scoring. That brought an end to Alvarez's scoreless innings streak at 26, making it the third-longest streak in team history.
Jones was part of the late-inning comeback, though. With the Marlins trailing 3-2 in the eighth, his sacrifice fly scored the tying run, and the go-ahead run scored on a wild pitch by Cubs reliever Pedro Strop. Steve Cishek worked the ninth for his 14th save.
"I really wanted to win that ballgame, and win it for [Alvarez], and do what I could to get us back in the game," Jones said.
Said Redmond: "We can't afford anymore injuries, especially those pitchers. We can't afford anybody else to get hurt. Hopefully, we got lucky there."
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COLUMBIA – In an effort to cut spending on solid waste, City Manager Mike Matthes wants to stop giving out free trash bags.
The proposed change, which would save the city an estimated $300,000 a year, was included in the draft of the 2015 fiscal year budget Matthes released at a news conference Friday morning.
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The proposed budget also includes parking violation and parking permit fee increases as well as a 2 percent pay raise for all permanent city employees, which hasn't happened in five years.
In addition to the wage hike, the budget recommends that 420 employees receive a wage increase to the new market minimum for their jobs.
"We went through the recession, and we survived it by not giving raises," Matthes said.
The budget recommends total estimated spending of approximately $430 million, with total estimated revenue of approximately $400 million. The $30-million gap between revenue and expenditures would be made up for by the use of enterprise funds, Matthes said.
The 580-page proposal can be viewed on the city's website.
More city staff
The budget proposes the city add the equivalent of 55.55 jobs, which Matthes said are mostly a result of the city complying with the Affordable Care Act.
Instead of simply paying for health care for some part-time employees, the city should hire the employees full time, which would be in compliance with the health care bill and would improve the staff's service to the public, he said.
Proposed fee increases
Residents might see several fee increases in the 2015 fiscal year, including $5 increases in parking meter fines and the cost of monthly surface lot parking permits. The proposed increase in parking fines would be used to hire one new firefighter, two police officers and an investigative member at the Police Department.
Additionally, city staff recommended changing parking meter enforcement hours. The suggested hours would be between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. instead of the current hours between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Matthes said the suggested changes would be more in line with the times consumers use of the parking the spaces.
Proposed ballot initiatives
A proposed property tax increase for funding the hiring of additional police officers and firefighters is among five proposed ballot issues voters could consider over the next year.
The proposed five-year property tax increase would add 30 police positions and 15 firefighting positions. Adding additional police and fire staff through the increase is the most important November 2014 ballot issue, Matthes said.
Matthes said property taxes in Columbia are "one of the lowest in the state," and the best option for addressing police and fire-staffing shortages. The city is bringing in 15 percent less sales tax per capita than it was years ago, and asking for sales tax increases would be "head-in-the-sand thinking," he said. Matthes said an increase in online shopping was to blame for falling sales-tax revenue.
In addition to increasing property taxes, proposed ballot initiatives include:
Renewing the Capital Improvement sales tax: The tax, which expires December 2015, would be used to add police precincts and update fire equipment and stations. Matthes said the tax now funds road and sidewalk maintenance.
- Storm water utility improvements: "Right now, the funding is so low we can only deal with infrastructure failures," Matthes said. He said he would like the city to become more proactive and fund improvements with an April 2015 ballot measure, which would address a backlog of approximately 64 projects with a cost of more than $30 million.
- Electric utility improvements: Matthes said the city has to pay for electric improvements over the next five years somehow, and the best way to do so is with a ballot issue in April 2015. These capital projects include a transmission-line project in the southern part of the city that will address both existing and future demand.
- Development fee increases: Matthes said a proposed development fee on new construction would provide a "tiered approach" to balancing the cost of new development and infrastructure use.
The public will have its first opportunity to weigh in on the proposed budget during the public hearing portion of the Aug. 18 City Council meeting, Matthes said. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Daniel Boone City Building.
The council plans to discuss the budget at its Aug. 23 work session.
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Installing Window Casing
Enchance and update the look of your old windows by hanging new window trim.
Materials and Tools:
air compressor and hoses
finish nailer
measuring tape
miter saw
utility knife
eight linear feet of window sill trim (pre-milled with a back notch)
24 linear feet of casing trim (The amount of sill and casing trim will depend on the size of your window. It is always a good idea to purchase a little extra.)
1. Remove the old casing. Use a utility knife to score around the casing then pry it off with a crowbar.
2. Start at the sill. The pre-milled sill has a notch cut out of the back that clips over the bottom of the window. Cut the sill long enough to span the length of the window plus the width of the window trim on each side, plus a 1/2 inch for an overhang.
3. Cut the vertical trim. Measuring from the sill to the top of the window along the inside edge. Then add 3-1/2-inches to allow for the 45-degree angle. Mark the two measurements on the trim and set your miter saw to cut a 45-degree angle between the two measurements.
4. Tack up the vertical pieces with just a few nails at the bottom. Don't nail securely, you may have to make adjustments later.
5. Measure for the top piece of molding. Cut each end at a 45-degree angle to fit inside your two vertical pieces.
6. Install the top molding. Start at one end, nail up the molding. When you get to the final end, you can squeeze or spread the vertical molding slightly to line up the corner. This is why you left the vertical piece un-nailed at the top.
7. Cut the molding for the piece underneath the sill. Cut this the same length as the sill less the 1/2 inch for the overhang (1/4-inch on each side). Cut the depth at a 45-degree angle (scarf joint) to allow room for the returns.
8. To make the returns on the bottom piece of molding, cut two small pieces the thickness of the molding (the length of the cut will be the depth of your molding). Cut a scarf joint on one side.
9. Center the bottom piece of molding underneath the sill and nail in place. Nail in the small returns on each side for a clean, finished look.
10. Fill in any gaps and nail holes. Then sand, prime and paint your new window casing.
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Watchdog Watch: Expensive medical test shocks patient
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Anyone who has been shocked by a medical bill needs to read this blog post; please offer your expertise, experience and common sense comments.
Problem 1. A River Falls reader underwent an MRI of his head at River Falls Hospital. In one way, the test wasn't good for his health, as he said the $4,088 bill nearly gave him a heart attack. He said he is not complaining because of his out-of-pocket costs, but just because the high amount is "outrageous and is symptomatic of why our health care costs are out of control."
Questions to readers: Why is the Magnetic Resonance Imaging medical test so expensive? Is this $4,000+ charge out of line? Is there anything he can do to get the bill knocked down?
Recalls: Outdoor lanterns, gas ranges, light fixtures
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If you have Bel Air outdoor wall mount lanterns, they might light up your yard in a dangerous way: By catching on fire.
The rust-colored aluminum lamps, sold nationwide between June 2006 and May 2012, can develop an electrical short resulting in fire, burns and electric shocks. Call 888-770-7018 or go to www.regcen.com/belairlighting for a free replacement.
Frigidaire self-cleaning gas ranges, sold at Lowes nationwide between February 2012 and March 2012, are being recalled because of an ignition problem with the bake and broil features that can cause a fire. Call 888-360-8556 or go to selfcleangasrangerecall.com to arrange for someone to come to your home and fix this problem for free.
Electric shocks and fire can result from a problem with 28 models of Thomas Lighting ceiling flush mount light fixtures, with a diameter ranging from 5.5 inches to 13 inches and manufactured between June 1, 2010 and Nov. 25, 2010. If you think you may have one, call 800-764-0756 to arrange for an electrician to come to your home to fix it.
More info on many recalled products is at recalls.org.
Recalls: Stroller could cut fingers off
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If you have a Kolcraft Contours Option stroller, quit using it immediately. Your finger, or your child's finger, could get caught in the hinge and cut or even amputate your finger.
The recall involves three- and four-wheeled strollers sold nationwide between January 2006 and June 2012. For free repair kit, contact Kolcraft at 800-453-7673 or go to kolcraft.com. More info, including model numbers, is at recalls.org.
Recalls: Log splitter, horse's bit, Imaginarium toy
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Working and playing outdoors can be hazardous, especially if you're splitting logs for the fire pit or riding your horse.
The ECHO Bear Cat log splitter sold from October 2007 to March 2012 has a defective end cap on its hydraulic cylinder that can break off, posing an impact hazard. To get a new cylinder installed by an authorized dealer, call 888-625-4520 or go online to Bear Cat.
The Happy Mouth Wire Mouth Bits, sold from July 2003 to April 2012, can fray and rust and then break, causing the rider to lose control of the horse — a decidedly unhappy outcome. For more information, call 866-569-1600 or visit the site of English Riding Supply.
The five-sided Imaginarium Activity Center sold by Toys "R" Us from August 2009 to September 2010 includes a xylophone with small wooden knobs that can detach, causing a smoking hazard. Return it to the store for a refund or store credit. For more info, call 800-869-7787 or go online to Toys R Us.
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Recalls: Cookware, crib tents and cabinet locks
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A Circulon cookware set sold exclusively at Cosco is being recalled because the the glass lid used with the 5-quart pan can shatter.
The 11-inch lid is part of the 13-piece Circulon Premier Professional set sold from October 2011 to March 2012 nationwide. To get a replacement, call 800-326-3933 or visit circulon.com.
Crib tents and play yard tents made by Tots in Mind have been recalled because they can entrap young children and pose a strangulation hazard.
The company went out of business, but consumers can get refunds or store credit from the stores that sold the tents. Here is contact information for some of those stores: Amazon.com; Bed Bath & Beyond at bedbathandbeyond.com, 800-462-3966; Burlington Coat Factory at burlingtoncoatfactory.com, 888-223-2628; Toys 'R' Us/Babies 'R' Us at toysrus.com or babiesrus.com, 800-869-7787; Walmart at walmartstores.com, 800-925-6278.
Cabinet and toilet locks from Safety 1st that are meant to keep kids from getting into dangerous places are being recalled because kids are figuring out how to open the locks.
Cabinet slide lock model numbers are 12013 and 12014. The Sure Fit toilet lock model numbers are 48003 and 48103.
For free replacement locks, consumers should contact Dorel Juvenile Group (DJG) at djgusa.com or 877-416-8105.
For more information, go to recalls.org.
Recalls: Pool slides, bassinets, trampolines
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If you're lucky enough to have your own swimming pool this summer, make sure you're not unlucky enough to be using the Banzai in-ground pool water slide, which has been recalled because it can deflate and cause the user to hit the ground instead of the water.
The inflatable slides, which have a blue, orange and white logo saying "Banzai Splash," were sold by Walmart and Toys 'R' Us nationwide from January 2005 to June 2009. If you bought one, take it back to any Walmart or Toys 'R' Us for a refund. For more information, call 800-925-6278 or 800-869-7787 or go to walmartstores.com or toysrus.com.
The Kolcraft Tender Vibes and Light Vibes bassinets sold nationwide from July 2008 to May 2012 have been recalled because latches that look like they're locked can really be unlocked, which means the bassinet can fall from the frame. To get a repair kit, call 888-624-1908 or go to kolcraft.com.
Sportspower Limited BouncePro 14-foot trampolines sold at Walmart from February 2009 to February 2012 have been recalled because the netting can break and kids can fall through and be hurt. To get replacement netting, call 866-370-2131 or 888-965-0565 or go to sportspowerltd.net/recall-bouncepro-14ft.html.
More info on these and other recalls is at recalls.org.
Recall: Bloomington company's bike racks
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Salsa Minimalist bicycle racks, manufactured by Quality Bicycle Products Inc., of Bloomington, are being recalled because the mounting straps may break while the bike is in use, which in a couple of cases have caused falls resulting in minor injuries.
The racks were sold nationwide after January 2011. They were made of tubular aluminum with a black or silver finish and had steel mounting brackets with the name "Salsa" on the side.
Owners should remove the racks and see a dealer for a fix or a refund. For more information, go to the Salsa Cycles site or call 877- 725-7211.
Recalls: riding mowers and baby rattles
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The Exmark Quest 42-inch ZRT riding mower can fall apart and crash, so it's being recalled. The problem is that bearings supporting the deck can fail.
These mowers were sold between March 2009 and April 2010; the model number is QST20BE422, and serial numbers range from 790,000 through 860,652. For a free repair, contact Exmark at 800-667-5296 or visit exmark.com/safety.aspx.
Whoozit Starry Time rattles sold from September 2011 to March 2012 can break and cause a choking hazard. The rattles have orange, aqua and purple stars stacked front-to-back between two clear spheres; visit manhattantoy.com and click on Recall Information at bottom right of screen for a picture. To get a refund, take the rattle back to the store or call 800-541-1345.
For more info on these and other recalls, go to recalls.org.
Recalls: Cribs, bikes, dishwashers
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Recent products recalled by federal and state agencies include cribs sold at JCPenney; GT, Giant and Trek bicycles; and Viking dishwashers. More detailed information on these and other recalls, including all kinds of consumer goods, toys, food, cosmeticsand medical devices, is at recalls.org.
BICYCLE SUSPENSION FORKS made by SR Suntour on GT, Trek and Giant bikes sold nationwide from April 2011 to March 2012 can break and cause a crash. Riders can get a free repair at any authorized GT, Giant or Trek dealer. They can contact SR Suntour at 855-205-2453 and srsuntour-cycling.com.
ROCKLAND FURNITURE DROP-SIDE CRIBS made by Nan Far Woodworking and sold at JCPenney nationwide from January 2005 to December 2008 have a problem with the drop sides, which can detach and cause the side to fall, creating a space in which infants and toddlers can become trapped, leading to suffocation or strangulation. Consumers can call 877-967-5770 or visit www.rocklandimmobilizationkit.com for a free repair kit.
VIKING DISHWASHERS sold nationwide from June 2010 to March 2012 can overheat, causing a fire hazard. Models affected are the 24-inch Professional, Designer and Custom Panel. Serial numbers can be found at www.recalls.org. Consumers can call 800-241-7239 or visit www.vikingrange.com for a free in-home repair.
Tailgating danger!
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Portable gas grills sold under the brands Tailgating Gear and Iroda O-Gear have a leaky regulator, so gas can ignite, which could totally spoil your tailgating fun (if it hasn't already been spoiled by the lack of post-season football games in Minnesota this winter). These were sold by Uni-O Industries from November 2008 to December 2010. They are models 1000 and 3000; come in orange, red, green, blue, silver and black, and don't have ventilation slots where the propane bottle screws in. For a free replacement grill, call 888-847-8968 or go to regcen.com/OGRILL.
More info on more recalls at recalls.org.