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Waukesha - It will soon cost more to build a new home in Waukesha - up to about $4,200 more, based on the Common Council's decision Tuesday to add new and higher impact fees to future development.
The city has been charging so-called impact fees since 1995 for sanitary sewer facilities and parks, both of which would be raised under the new study. In addition, new fees will be imposed to help pay for other additional public services - the library, law enforcement and fire and emergency medical services.
Aldermen voted unanimously Tuesday to revise the fees, a revision that also removes the existing $500 per acre sewer impact fee charged developers and eliminates the existing $2,100 per acre storm water impact fee. An ordinance will be drafted for council action in June.
The rationale for the new fees is based on a public facilities needs study by Ruekert & Mielke Inc., which identified about $9 million in new public improvements and $2 million in already completed projects needed to address future growth in the city.
Interim City Administrator Steve Crandell said the question is whether the council wanted current city property owners to bear the cost of future development or assign those costs through impact fees on future residents. Many neighboring communities charge impact fees, aldermen noted.
No one commented on the proposal during a public hearing Tuesday.
While the fee will be charged to the developer or builder who takes out a building permit, the cost is generally passed on to the homebuyer. The consultant estimated that based on financing the added cost as part of a 30-year mortgage at 6.5% interest - high under current market conditions - the buyer of a $150,000 home would pay 2.4% more while the purchaser of a $250,000 home would pay 1.47% more for a home.

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HOUSTON -- Ringling Brothers has brought the Greatest Show on Earth back to Houston for another run. The show begins Thursday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. and will be at Reliant Stadium until Sunday, July 28.
Matinee performances begin this Saturday and continue through the run of the show.
I just never had the opportunity as a kid, very unfortunate, but, you know, maybe I can show my kid a good time, said Juve Carillo, who has never attended the circus but plans to take his son.
Ticketholders who arrive an hour and a half before the show can attend the animal open house.
Where you can check out all of our tigers, all of our elephants, all of our snakes and all that stuff kind of like a zoo almost, said one of the clowns.
Fans get a chance to meet performers as well.
Tickets for the circus start at $17. You can also purchase $10 children s tickets at Chick-Fil-A. On the high-end, tickets run from $125 to $146, depending on service fees levied by the ticket selling outfit.
What do you get for that kind of money?
Well one of the really cool things that you get for our Circus Celebrity ticket is you get to be a part of the show, said senior elephant handler Joey Frisco. You are down on the floor.
Lots of cotton candy, said Melissa Stevenson when asked what the high-end ticket would have to include in order for her to purchase it.
There should be all bells and whistles and everything you can provide, said Shaundalyn Arceneaux.
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Chief Kenneth Small said Friday that police plant contraband - including unloaded weapons, fake drugs and drug paraphernalia - in suspects' vehicles after they're arrested as a method of training new officers in searches.
The training practice came to light Friday after a Huntington Beach man said he learned that an officer who planted a handgun in his car during a traffic stop was exonerated of wrongdoing. Thomas Cox, who was later convicted of traffic and drug violations, said he watched in horror as another officer found the gun in the trunk of his Hyundai, igniting laughter among officers.
News of the training technique sparked surprise and criticism from police officials across the county, who said planting weapons in civilian vehicles is "inappropriate" and a "bad idea."
"I've never heard of anybody doing that," said George Wright, chairman of the Criminal Justice Department at Santa Ana College. "You're using someone else's property, and that can lead to other problems. ⦠What if someone forgets about the gun and just leaves it behind?"
Police in Las Vegas abandoned a similar training tactic for drug-sniffing police dogs last year, when a man was falsely charged with drug possession after a canine officer forgot to retrieve drugs planted in the man's car, according to published reports.
Still, Small said the exercises teach newer officers how to search vehicles in realistic situations.
Performing the exercise in a parking lot with a police vehicle would not be as effective because the officers would be expecting to find contraband, he said. The training is usually done after suspects are arrested and the cars are being readied for impound, Small said.
But Cox said he was feet away from Officer Brian Knorr that January evening when Knorr flung the gun into the trunk.
"I was thinking, 'what the hell is this?'" said Cox, a 45-year-old construction superintendent. "I thought I was going to get a weapons charge. I thought I was going to get my ass kicked."
An officer found the gun minutes later, Cox said.
"That's not my gun!" Cox said he shouted.
Cox had been pulled over by police after a witness said he saw Cox hit another vehicle and flee the scene.
Cox said he was never told the officers were performing a training exercise.
He filed a complaint with the police department in August against Knorr and another officer, who he said barreled questions at him and called him names like "Slick.''


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Charles Hutson, longtime nursing home administrator in Fayette County, was recently appointed to the Illinois Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Board. The board is a division of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which regulates all professional licensing in the state.
Fayette County Hospital and Long Term Care will soon order a new CT scanner to replace one that has been in use there for the past eight years.
"CT scanners have become great diagnostic tools for physicians to use to help diagnose patients' medical conditions," said Greg Starnes, FCH chief executive officer.
David Leigh, owner of Sunset 66 in Vandalia, and Andy Lester, a local contractor, wanted to honor members of the U.S. military, and decided to do so by flying the flags of all branches of the service at the station. Crawford-Hale American Legion Home of Vandalia supplied the flags, Sunset 66 bought the poles and Lester installed them. "We've gotten a lot of positive comments on the flags," Leigh said.
For the past few weeks, Kevin Jackson has been arriving at Vandalia Community High School at 6 a.m. He lets himself in and heads for his office, a 10-foot-by-10-foot room not far from the gymnasium.
In one corner of his office, he has his desk with a computer; in the other corner, a two-drawer file cabinet. Behind his desk on a bulletin board are the schedules for the five fall sports in which VCHS participates.
Friday night will be a regular night of racing featuring UMP DIRTcar sanctioned Modifieds, Street Stocks and Hornets. Also racing are the two-man team cars.
Attention Hornets: Fayette County Speedway is considering a race run in reverse gear that will pay $100 to win. This race won't be mandatory, only for those interested.
Gates open at 5 p.m., hot laps at 7 p.m., racing immediately following hot laps.
UMP DIRTcar Modified Division
15 cars
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1. 98C Cole Hussong
2. 01 Jeremy Nichols
This summer, the Vandalia Community High School softball team participated in a Decatur summer league. The Lady Vandals played in their end-of-season tournament in Decatur, on July 24 and 25, finishing in second place.
In game one, they lost to the Crush, 13-1. Megan Godoyo hit a triple to drive in the Vandals' lone run of the game.
Injuries can occur at any moment in sports, whether it's the big play that wins a game or a simple drill the first day of practice.
In the past, Vandalia Community High School's on-site medical staff has been somewhat limited. There's always an ambulance and EMT staff at football games, but for every day at practice or at volleyball or tennis matches, the only medical staff is the coach or maybe a parent helping out.
The ExxonMobil Annuitants held their monthly meeting and luncheon on Thursday, July 29 at the Ponderosa Steakhouse in Vandalia, with 24 members and four guests attending.
Those guests were Jane Hammond, and Kenneth and Angela Hagen and their granddaughter, Ashley Hymes.
Following the pledge of allegiance, Brock Fisher asked the meal prayer. After the meal, President Dean Black opened the meeting with the welcome.
Secretary and treasurer reports for June were read and approved. Birthdays for July were read.
Thursday, Aug. 12 – Fried chicken, roasted rosemary potatoes, green beans, mandarin oranges and whole grain roll.
Friday, Aug. 13 – Chicken salad on bun, tomato medley, kidney bean salad and peaches.
Monday, Aug. 16 – Grilled chicken breast, scalloped potatoes, peas & carrots, cinnamon applesauce, oatmeal cookie and whole grain bread.
Tuesday, Aug. 17 – Hamburger on bun, lettuce, tomato, onion, potato salad and watermelon.
Craig Jay and Tiffany Heard of Beecher City are the parents of a boy born at 4:58 p.m. on Friday, July 23, 2010, at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
He weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 inches long. He was named Brody Edward Jay.
He has two sisters, 12-year-old Destiny Hans and 5-year-old Darci Jay, and one brother, 10-year-old Chandler Hans.
Grandparents are Terry and Gay Heard of Smithboro; and Patricia Jay, and Floyd and Nancy Jay, all of Vandalia.
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50 Cent Berates Son in Series of Text Messages
We recently learned that 50 Cent was charged with domestic violence and now, we've caught wind of a series of brutal text messages he sent to his 16-year-old son, Marquise Jackson. Oh, boy.
We recently learned that 50 Cent was charged with domestic violence and now, we've caught wind of a series of brutal text messages he sent to his 16-year-old son, Marquise Jackson. Oh, boy.
Who doesn't love the Magical Kingdom?! More like magic in my mouth when you eat there! Here are the top ten foods at Disneyland!
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Your cat loves a clean toilet -- don't we all? Catster's singing Cat Lady, Sarah Donner, explains why.33
I'm senior editor at Catster. I'm a broad-shouldered, bald-headed, sharp-witted, cat-lovin' man who makes valiant attempts to always use left and right brain in equal measure. I grew up mostly on the East Coast (Navy brat) and my ancestors are Southern (go figure), but I came of age in the Wild West. So my worldview resembles something like an old drive-in horror movie or a song by the Cramps.
A friend and former roommate once borrowed words from Dr. Hunter S. Thompson to describe me: "A high-powered mutant, never intended for mass production."
Holy Toledo.
Full Name (Including Embarrassing Second Names): Keith Steven Bowers
Nickname: Felix (after Felix the Cat, who is tattooed on my right shoulder)
Age: 47 going on 48
Location: I'm a new resident of Livermore, California, which I can't decide whether to call "Nevermore," "Evermore," or "Liverwurst." (For the record, the town is named for a rancher named Robert Livermore, not the internal organ.) For more than a decade I lived in the East Bay city of Alameda, California, sometimes called "the Island Nation." I've lived numerous places in North America (see: Navy Brat) and have permanent wanderlust. Other places I've called home include Oregon, Rhode Island, Florida, Nebraska, and South Carolina.
Where You Can Stalk Me on the Internet: Here on Catster
What I Do for a Living: I assign, edit, and write things for Catster. I write a column called Cat Dandy, from the perspective of a well-dressed, fashion-conscious man who loves cats. Sometimes I take in serious topics, sometimes I interview celebrities of the cat world, sometimes I just make people (and myself) laugh. I round up images and videos for the site, too, and I help update social media sites with the things we do here at Catster HQ.
What I Do for Fun: I ride (and build and tweak and break) bicycles. I ride motorcycles. I do fine art (photography, painting, drawing, and junk sculpture). I perform (a mix of storytelling, stand-up comedy, and confessional). I read (endlessly). I write (for fun and profit). I drink lots of coffee (because coffee makes everything better). I spend time in gigantic graveyards. I go see other people perform. I spend as much "unwired time" as possible. I pet kitties.
The Furry Member of My Household Is: Thomas, a gray-and-brown Tabby whose aliases include Little Mr. BIg Paws and "Thomas Tigger Tiger tiKKy." My former feline furries include Baxter, Petra, Topper, Max, Violet, Hobbes, Fraidy, Cleo, and Tiger Lily.
My Favorite Things to Write Are: Commentary, comedy, parody, satire, the occasional righteous (and well-informed) rant.
My Pet Peeves Are: Needless panic and rushing on pubtrans or in line for coffee. Showboatery. Words used by people trying to sound smart and innovative that end up sounding dorky and confusing, such as "global proactive full-service e-commerce solutions synergy."
My Guilty Pleasures Are: A Reuben sandwich, french fries, peanut butter milkshake, and cup of strong black coffee at Bill's Place, one of my favorite diners in San Francisco. Reading a copy of The Economist cover to cover on a long plane ride. Doctor Who.
How I Deal with Dog/Cat Hair: Wear it proudly (and then brush it off when no one's looking).
What I Want to Be When I Grow Up: A good Buddhist who can laugh and know better, no matter what the situation.
Apr 1, 2015 — Stoney looks like any other rock until I give him eyes, a tie, earrings, and other accessories.
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Oct 16, 2014 — A video he made for Feral Cat Day led me to interview a person from Alley Cat Allies and learn to name and recognize what I'd already seen.
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Most Arlington voters last week turned down the so-called Bottle Bill, an expansion of the state's deposit law, by roughly 55 - 45 percent.Essentially, supporters argued that adding redeemable deposits to more kinds of beverage containers would reduce the amount of plastic in trash and litter. Among other arguments, opponents said the change was unnecessary and would be burdensome for grocery stores,...
Dave Granlund cartoon about the midterm election results.
Democrat Martha Coakley has called Republican Charlie Baker to concede the Massachusetts governor's race.
A total of 19,691 Arlington voters, or 64 percent of those registered, turned out to the polls on Tuesday.Precinct 12 had the strongest showing in Arlington, with 75 percent turnout.
Arlington voters have approved the Community Preservation Act property tax surcharge by a margin of 10,034 to 8,487. A total of 1,170 voters left the ballot question, Question 5, blank.
Democrat Sean Garballey has been re-elected as Arlington's representative at the State House. Arlington voters picked Garballey over Republican challenger Joe Monju, 10,793 - 2,919. There were 13 write-in votes.
Today is Election Day, and the polls will be open until 8 p.m. Voters can find their polling places and the state election ballot (using the address where you registered to vote) at wheredoivotema.com...
Incumbent State Rep. Sean Garballey has a challenger this election year in Republican Joe Monju. We asked both candidates about issues impacting Arlington, and limited their responses to 150 words.
Groups in favor of, and in opposition to, the Community Preservation Act will make their case for or against the property tax surcharge at the next Arlington School Committee meeting Thursday, Oct. 9.
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Health-care muni bonds.
President Obama's 2010 health-care overhaul cast a pall of uncertainty over hospitals. Among the biggest fears: the hit from looming cuts to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates as the government moves to squeeze costs out of the system. For John Loffredo, co-manager of the $970 million MainStay Tax Free Bond Fund MTBAX, +0.10% that's meant a buying opportunity. As details of the law become more clear, he says lower rates are coming to seem less severe than initially feared. At the same time, hospitals stand to benefit from the law's insurance mandate by having to treat fewer people without any insurance at all. "Few patients will fall through the cracks," he says. While health-care bonds are considered riskier than those issued by, say U.S. states or big cities, consolidation in the industry is steadily improving many operators' balance sheets. Although spreads have narrowed in the past year, health-care bonds' 3.41% average yield is still about 0.17 percentage point higher than other munis.
—Ian Salisbury
Read more: Investors chase yield as central banks plot next move.
Oil, industrial stocks that pay solid dividends
Strong demand for defensive stocks—the consumer staples, cyclical and telecommunication shares that typically pay high dividends—have made these income favorites fairly pricey. Estimated price-to-earnings ratios for 2013 average 17 times for defensive sectors compared to 13.5 times with cyclicals, or sectors including energy, natural resources and financials. That makes it even more imperative for investors to be "a bit more selective," Sam Stovall, chief equity strategist at S&P Capital IQ, said in a recent note. Stovall's picks all pay dividend yields of 3% or more and have a STARS rating of 4 or more. STARS is an S&P Capital IQ ranking system from 1 to 5, where 5 is equivalent to a "strong buy" while 4 is a "buy." While many of these favored dividend plays draw from traditional defensive sectors, including tobacco company Altria Group Inc. MO, -0.41% and food company General Mills Inc. GIS, -0.39% others fall into the cyclicals camp, including Chevron Corp. CVX, +0.13% and General Electric Co. GE, +0.40%
—Wallace Witkowski
The dollar as best of the bunch
Liquidity injections from central banks tend to drive investors to high-yielding and high-risk currencies. But the slowdown seen in the euro zone and China will lead to dollar strength, because "there's no other place to put your money," says Steven Englander, global head of G-10 strategy at Citi. "Atypically, we expect the dollar to do well because the growth disappointments will offset the liquidity impact that you've been seeing," he said. He says to take a look at the U.S. equity market's outperformance of the Chinese stock market, which is characterized by higher risk and higher growth. A normal hunt for yield would signal a willingness to go up the risk curve, and away from U.S. assets, but this typical situation doesn't hold currently because of global growth concerns.
—Saumya Vaishampayan
Juice left in junk
High-yield bonds are a favorite debt investment for Ad van Tiggelen, investment strategist at ING Investment Management. He points to a chart that shows high-yield spreads versus Treasurys are still quite high in an historic context, especially considering high-yield default rates remain low. The so-called "carry," or current yield assuming prices are static, remains attractive, he says, and "we do not expect default rates to become a problem in 2013 or 2014."
"Where we still like below-investment-grade investments in fixed income, our preference elsewhere clearly lies with equities with a reasonable dividend yield (2% to 3%) which is sustainable and can rise further. In this sense, the pharma sector is by far our preferred investment category."
—Barbara Kollmeyer
Emerging-market bonds
Emerging markets are no new entrant to the high-yield sector of the bond market, but credit quality makes them an increasingly safe investment, according to Jennifer Vail, head of fixed-income research at U.S. Bank Wealth Management. "Credit quality in emerging markets is on an incline whereas credit quality in emerged markets is on the decline," she said. One such indicator of credit quality could be the ratio of public debt to gross domestic product, according to Joyce Chang, global head of fixed-income research at J.P. Morgan. Back-of-the-napkin calculations show public-debt-to-GDP is around 35% for developing nations, and closer to 100% for developed nations, she said at a talk last month. And the returns are nothing to shrug at: the Barclays Emerging Markets Local Currency Index returned 25.12% over the last 3 years and its counterpart, the Barclays Emerging Markets Hard Currency Index, returned 31.9% in that same time-frame.
—Ben Eisen
A natural-gas rallying point
Natural-gas prices have come down significantly over the past few years, and the resulting increase in demand has been a boon to companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States, according to Skip Aylesworth, portfolio manager of the Hennessy Gas Utility Index Fund GASFX, +0.37% at Hennessy Funds. In fact, an index containing publicly traded member companies of natural-gas distribution group American Gas Association has continually outperformed the S&P 500 Index. In the first quarter of 2013, the AGA Stock index had an annualized return of 14.41% compared to the S&P's 10.61%. And with substantial natural-gas reserves available, this rally is likely to continue, said Aylesworth.
—Ben Eisen
Mortgage-backed securities
The $1 trillion residential-mortgage-backed-securities market provides relatively attractive yield in this low-interest-rate environment, according to Matt Bass, vice president for securitized management at AllianceBernstein. But since more than two-thirds of non-agency RMBS are floating rate, rising interest rates would support stronger performance.
"Mortgage-related securities have exhibited low historical correlation relative to other fixed-income and equity investments," says Bass, making them one way to diversify a portfolio. As the fundamentals of the housing market improve, the rate of default for mortgage borrowers that ultimately back the securities is going down, as the chart at left shows.
—Ben Eisen
Hidden growth trades
Drill down to find out what's driving gains in dividend payers: That growth could be coming from non-defensive plays. Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG, doesn't buy into thinking that sectors like consumer staples or utilities are rising just because investors are afraid to take risks on more growth-oriented stocks. "Defensives leading for defensive reasons is inaccurate," Greenhaus said.
Take health care, which is the leading sector year-to-date. When people think of health care, Greenhaus said, they think of big names that do well no matter what, such as big pharma and managed-care companies. But one of the major drivers in the sector currently is biotech, not a particularly defensive play. Compare the performance of the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund XLV, +0.07% versus the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund IBB, -0.56% The XLV has grown 22%, while IBB has advanced 31%, year to date. Consumer staples, another defensive sector, is also leading the pack, but it's not just about the attractive dividend yields, Greenhaus said. The sector is also filled with potential M&A targets like Beam Inc. US:BEAM and WhiteWave Foods Co. WWAV, -1.06% which are getting price support for non-defensive reasons.
—Wallace Witkowski
Real estate
Frances Hudson, global thematic strategist at Standard Life Investments, suggests that real-estate investments are worth a closer look.
She points to a chart showing the initial yield on a real-estate index called the Investment Property Databank, or the annualized rents (income) of the property expressed as a percentage of the value of the property. This yield has been well above benchmark British bond and stock yields for the last five years. "Real estate is in a part of the cycle where all the income is coming from the income side in terms of rental yields, which is an attractive yield compared to government bonds," she said.
Additionally, if there's inflation in the financial system, real-estate prices tend to rise with the broader economy, providing a sort of inflation protection, she said. Focus on the better properties, the so-called prime sector, and avoid segments under pressure, such as U.K. retail real estate. Hudson also says high-yield corporate bonds are attractive, as they offer higher yields than government bonds, are likely to be less indebted that governments and currently don't suffer from high default risks.
—Sara Sjolin
Paywall yield
Ken Crawford, a senior portfolio manager at St. Louis-based Argent Capital Management, highlights media company Gannett Co. GCI, -1.15% as an income-producing member of the firm's Dividend Select portfolio. The stock has a 3.7% dividend yield and a 10.5% free cash flow yield, and it trades at 10 times forward earnings. As a catalyst for the stock, Crawford notes Gannett is implementing a pay wall for its online print content.
"Argent believes if GCI's pay wall were to work and GCI were to stabilize its readership, there is considerable upside in the stock. In the meantime, shareholders are enjoying the yield GCI is delivering and the safety GCI's cash flow affords. He points to a chart that shows how the stock has done relative to the Russell 1000 RUI, -0.13% for the past year, the period Argent Capital has owned the stock. (The chart has both price points indexed to 100)
—Myra P. Saefong
Blue chips
Blue-chip companies that pay dividends are a safe bet for investors given the current investing climate, says Phil Orlando, equity market strategist at Federated Investors.
In sizing up three major asset groups, Orlando notes that cash is yielding nothing, a scenario in play for about five years. "And, on the basis of interest rates and inflation, and what the Federal Reserve has told us, that's unlikely to change anytime soon. With core inflation at 1.3%, and unemployment where it is, it's unlikely the funds rate is changing, so the practical implication is you are getting less than zero on cash, because there is some inflation out there."
With the benchmark 10-year Treasury note US:10_YEAR yielding less than 2%, and the average yield on the S&P 500 SPX, -0.13% at 2.13%, Orlando argues for yield-centric products, or dividend payers, such as the Federated Strategic Value Fund SVAAX, +0.67% which is made up of a bunch of blue-chip companies and offers a 5% gross yield.
—Kate Gibson
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49ers coach Harbaugh adds 3 Stanford coaches
SAN FRANCISCO New 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh hired away three coaches from his former Stanford staff Friday to join him in the NFL.
The 49ers hired Greg Roman offensive coordinator, Vic Fangio defensive coordinator and Tim Drevno offensive line coach. The moves were expected by Harbaugh, who received a five-year deal as San Francisco's new coach last Friday to replace the fired Mike Singletary. Harbaugh was among the most sought after coaches this winter following a 12-1 season in his fourth year at Stanford capped by a 40-12 Orange Bowl victory over Virginia Tech.
"I am very excited that these three men are now part of the 49ers coaching staff," Harbaugh said in a statement. "They bring a wealth of knowledge and a level of professionalism that I am certain will transfer positively to our team. Vic has 24 NFL seasons under his belt and Greg has 13, so they know firsthand what it takes to win at this level."
San Francisco (6-10) missed the playoffs for the eighth straight year this season after the Niners were the popular pick to win the NFC West. Instead, they began 0-5 and couldn't recover - though they were still in playoff contention in the weak West until a 25-17 loss at St. Louis on Dec. 26. Singletary was fired later that night with two years remaining on his contract.
New Stanford coach David Shaw acknowledged during his introductory news conference Thursday he would have key spots to fill on his staff.
Roman replaces Mike Johnson, who took over as offensive coordinator after Jimmy Raye was fired following a Week 3 loss at Kansas City. Roman will be the Niners' ninth different offensive coordinator in as many years including Johnson's promotion for most of the 2010 season.
The 38-year-old Roman, who was Stanford's associate head coach and now begins his 14th NFL season, most recently tutored the past two Heisman Trophy runners-up: current Minnesota Vikings running back Toby Gerhart in 2009 and Orange Bowl MVP Andrew Luck this past season.
Roman guided a Cardinal offense that ranked ninth nationally in points scored this season at 40.3, 14th in total yards per game (472.5), 17th in yards rushing per game (213.8) and first in time of possession (34:34).
He and Harbaugh will likely have a new quarterback to groom right away. Alex Smith, the 2005 No. 1 overall draft pick out of Utah, becomes a free agent.
Fangio, 52, takes over for Greg Manusky, who was hired as defensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers on Friday. This will be Fangio's 25th season as an NFL coach - and he has four-time Pro Bowl linebacker Patrick Willis as the anchor of his experienced and talented defense. Fangio spent 11 years as a defensive coordinator with Carolina, Indianapolis and Houston.
The 41-year-old Drevno takes on a unit that was plagued by injury the past two seasons and featured a pair of rookie first-round offensive linemen in starting roles in 2010, with Anthony Davis at right tackle and Mike Iupati playing left guard.


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Pilgrims participating in Nanda Devi Raj Jaat Yatra, which is held every 12 years, will have to register themselves biometrically as participants of 'char dham' did this year.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar to review preparations for the yatra beginning on August 17, an official release quoting him said.
Arrangements for the biometric registration of pilgrims will be made at Ban Gaon of Chamoli district, Kumar said.
Apart from bio-metric registration, their medical examination will also be done before they are allowed to proceed on the journey, it said.
The chief secretary asked the departments concerned to complete their preparations for the yatra by July 30 with due emphasis on keeping enough stocks of ration, kerosene oil and solar lanterns for devotees. The yatra route has been divided into seven zones and a magistrate, a DSP and food supply inspector posted in each of them to conduct the yatra smoothly.
Being held for the first time after the formation of Uttarakhand, Nandadevi Raj Jaat Yatra could not be held in 2012 due to "malemaas" (inauspicious phase) and in 2013 due to the June flashfloods which caused massive devastation along its route.
Describing the yatra as the 'Himalayan Kumbh', Chief Minister Harish Rawat had said that no laxity on the part of officials in preparations will be tolerated.
He had said that apart from 25 stopovers en route Nandadevi, new places should also be identified which can be connected to the route.


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Pension math just doesn't pencil out
Letters to the editor for Nov. 1, 2013: Pensions; new Chargers stadium; drinking on the Coaster; plastic bag ban; medical care better in Europe; stop blaming Bush
Please, let's give the people of San Diego what they really want, not a useless nanny state measure that will cost us more every time we go to the grocery store.
Bill Lietzow
San Diego
Europe has better medical care
Who has the best health care?
In the United States, I broke a leg skiing and I had a cast for nine months. Two years later I broke a leg skiing in Europe, and I was back skiing in two and a half months.
Here, it was because of my age and to protect the doctor. There, it was to protect me. Here, it is all about medical tort. There, it is not.
In Europe, medical attention is free at the hospital until noon. In the afternoon, you can see the doctor of your choice at his clinic and get more personal attention — but at a fraction of the cost here.
To get affordable care here and better personal care, we must have court tort reform.
Ralph Larson
Enough with the blame game
Regarding "Bush errors worse than ACA rollout" (Letters, Oct. 31): I just hope Ms. Nina Morrill is not in a security sensitive job, because she would certainly test positive for being under the influence of a mind-altering drug.
Even now, five years after leaving the presidency, she has found a way to still blame Bush as a diversionary tactic for the horrendous rollout of the Affordable Care Act.
Then she obviously overdoses with the comment about the Obama administration "trying to dig out of the hole" created by Bush.
Numbers don't lie. Obama has so far added nearly $6.5 trillion to the national debt and he still has three years to go!
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Barnabé, Fanny
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Jean Hering Le phénomène et l'essence. Ecrits choisis de phénoménologie et de philosophie de la religion
Boccaccini, Federico
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Levallois et Gravettien
Otte, Marcel ; Noiret, Pierre
in Praehistoria (in press)
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Cultural Marxism in the Anglo-Saxon radical right literature
Jamin, Jérôme
in Jackson, Paul (Ed.) The Postwar Anglo-American Far Right: A Special Relationship of Hate (in press)
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Doctor in cycling probe says he's treated other athletes
Updated: July 5, 2006, 1:00 PM ETAssociated Press
MADRID, Spain -- The doctor at the center of a cycling doping investigation says he has also treated athletes in soccer, tennis and track and field.
But Eufemiano Fuentes suggested he didn't believe such treatment could be considered doping. The Spanish government said Tuesday no tennis or soccer players were involved.
"I'm referring to treatments to aid recovery, biological
treatments to improve athletic performance," Fuentes said in a
radio interview Tuesday night. "They ...
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Volquez works 7 innings as Padres top Brewers 2-1
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Goldman: Eliminating the shift a bandage for a phantom wound
Oh Bandage Up Yours!
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Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.1. asinwreck Posted: July 23, 2014 at 05:44 PM (#4756502)
Verducci's article has merit in that it inspired a Poly Styrene reference on BTF.2. PreservedFish Posted: July 23, 2014 at 05:49 PM (#4756511)
I don't think this is the best way to attack the issue.3. RMc and the slumping crisp Posted: July 23, 2014 at 06:06 PM (#4756525)
Oh Bandage Up Yours!4. JRVJ Posted: July 23, 2014 at 06:23 PM (#4756543)
Run-free Adolescents?
Steve Goldman? God, I'd forgotten about this guy (who was good for a while during his Pinstripped Bible days - until he got REPETITIOUS).5. Jim Overmyer Posted: July 23, 2014 at 09:06 PM (#4756637)
Goldman refers to changes in "ball composition" as one of the non-PED changes that had something to do with the recent offensive surge. I dimly recall talk about this, but does anyone recall the specifics, of scientific tests, perhaps?6. McCoy Posted: July 23, 2014 at 09:30 PM (#4756645)
Incidentally, Goldman is a baseball editor at SBNation.com, and I, for one, wish he would write more, particularly against-the-grain work such as this.
The standing assumption is that somewhere around 1993 the ball changed and that can be seen by the stats. Several years later a very comprehensive study was performed on lots and lots of 1999 and 2000 season major league baseballs, along with minor league baseballs as well. What they found was that both the 1999 and 2000 ball were similar and within spec but at the high range of tolerance. They also found that minor league baseballs were horribly inconsistent and a lot of them were out of spec.7. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) Posted: July 23, 2014 at 09:33 PM (#4756647)
It could very well be that somewhere around 1993 the manufacturer finally made consistent balls but that is just a theory on my part.
It could very well be that somewhere around 1993 the manufacturer finally made consistent balls but that is just a theory on my part.
I think your theory is bang-on and I've thought that for years
Goldman is right in saying that for all the screaming over lack of offense, we're nowhere near 1968. The vast increase in strikeouts, not defensive shifts, is what's making the game less interesting. Put more emphasis on making contact and hitting to the opposite field, and much of your problem is solved.9. PreservedFish Posted: July 23, 2014 at 09:53 PM (#4756659)
Do people really want more runs scored or do they just want fewer strikeouts? I grew up with 1980's baseball so I am very comfortable with a world where a 4.00 ERA is below average and 100 RBI is a nice achievement.10. McCoy Posted: July 23, 2014 at 10:30 PM (#4756675)
Just lower the mound and be done with it. Oh, and ever so slightly deaden the ball.11. valuearbitrageur Posted: July 23, 2014 at 10:41 PM (#4756682)
Whatever they do, please also force relievers to pitch to at least 2 batters. It likely won't make large differences in scoring/game length, but it will help with both.12. Dale Sams Posted: July 23, 2014 at 11:36 PM (#4756710)
I say penalize strikeouts like yellow cards. Accumulate a fixed number of them and you get suspended.13. boteman asks Where's My Ring? Posted: July 23, 2014 at 11:40 PM (#4756713)
July 23, 1941: Jimmy Dykes becomes first manager to implement the shift against Ted Williams. Baseball changes forever.14. TerpNats Posted: July 24, 2014 at 01:11 AM (#4756733)
To #9: I want more runs scored, but scored with action. No '50s-style station-to-station baseball, thank you.15. jwb Posted: July 24, 2014 at 01:28 AM (#4756737)
I say penalize strikeouts like yellow cards. Accumulate a fixed number of them and you get suspended.16. just plain joe Posted: July 24, 2014 at 08:22 AM (#4756766)
Just for pitchers or for hitters, too?
Just lower the mound and be done with it. Oh, and ever so slightly deaden the ball.
Hell, just do away with pitchers entirely and let the hitters tee it up and rip. At the same time we could disallow gloves for fielders, let them catch the ball barehanded like they used to.
That's the thing though isn't it? There's no practical difference between saying the down offense or strikeouts are the problem. Of the three true outcomes approach to hitting is what baseball guys believe is the optimum strategy, they aren't going to change it, especially since the boys out in Oakland would stay with it and gain an advantage. So either way you have to change the rules.18. McCoy Posted: July 24, 2014 at 09:04 AM (#4756783)
Personally, I don't think a 3-4 year sample is enough to warrant all this freaking out. A) we should wait because I don't think anything is wrong and once people adjust I think they'll agree, and b) it could be a transient phenomenon, and whatever reactionist rules we make now will have to be undone in 4 or 5 years.
That is why you deaden the ball. If everybody can't rip it over the wall 20 times or more a year then teams have to change their strategies.19. Yeaarrgghhhh Posted: July 24, 2014 at 09:41 AM (#4756796)
Olney suggested "perhaps lowering the mound again, or changing the composition of the ball." Verducci wants to outlaw the shift. The terrible, painful irony here is that they fail to recognize that such remedies for the current lack of offense are no different from the use of drugs to get the same effect. What doesn't seem to have occurred to those asking for more offense is that they are requesting the manipulation of scoring levels by artificial means, which is exactly what Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez supposedly did.20. SoSHially Unacceptable Posted: July 24, 2014 at 10:17 AM (#4756813)
I don't get the comparison to steroids at all. As Goldman himself acknowledges, baseball has tinkered with the rules from the very beginning. I don't see anything inherently wrong with rule changes.
I don't get the comparison to steroids at all. As Goldman himself acknowledges, baseball has tinkered with the rules from the very beginning.
Until this year, there hadn't been a lot of tinkering done to the rules governing playing the game itself*, rather than adjustments made to equipment or the field, at not in the last 90 years or so.* Mandating defensive positioning would be a huge change.
* Before the change governing home plate collisions, a long overdue correction, what was the last one before that? No running starts on sacrifice flies?
I"m sure I'm missing some, but baseball really doesn't mess around with the rules governing play itself that often.
The DH. Although I think the point about changing the game is fair -- I'm not in favor of any rules re the defensive shift. But he doesn't seem to be drawing a distinction between changes to the field or equipment and changes to how the game is played.22. SoSHially Unacceptable Posted: July 24, 2014 at 10:40 AM (#4756834)
The DH.
I just find the comparison to steroids weird. So if Joe Sportswriter complained about players using steroids he's a hypocrite if he wants the mound lowered? (And I say this as someone who doesn't really care about steroids.)24. Walt Davis Posted: July 24, 2014 at 07:02 PM (#4757223)
It's all a plot to get the DH into the NL.25. Hank G. Posted: July 24, 2014 at 10:12 PM (#4757304)
Before the change governing home plate collisions, a long overdue correction, what was the last one before that? No running starts on sacrifice flies?
The rule-book strike zone has changed a couple of times in my lifetime and seems to have been changed other times without an actual rule change.
Aside from equipment changes, umpire stuff and scoring changes (e.g. saves) since 1931:27. Sunday silence Posted: July 25, 2014 at 12:59 AM (#4757376)
1931 ball that bounces into stands is ground rule double
1940 pitcher can take two steps (one forward/one back) if he 's on the rubber; fake throw is a balk
1949 the rule book is rewritten, w/ some minor changes
1955 with men on, pitchers has 20 sec to deliver else MAY call a ball
1956 a runner who inteferes w/ batted ball on DP is out, so is batter
1968 if pitcher goes his mouth, its a balk w/ men on, or a ball w/ no one on
1973 DH rule (forgot about that one? )
SOURCE baseballalmanac.com and baseballlibrary.com
Now I'm curious when that Alvin Dark, running start on sac flies rule came about. possibly in 1949?
the above sources are rather general. For one thing, the rule book constantly has commentary being added to it, so I duuno who's keeping track of that. The Alvin Dark running start on sac fly was banned in Nov 1953 as per the newspaper article below. Also of note fielders cannot stand in the batter's vision, another trick that someone tried to pull...28. vortex of dissipation Posted: July 25, 2014 at 01:30 AM (#4757379)
Wasn't that rule put in because of Eddie Stanky, rather than Alvin Dark?29. Sunday silence Posted: July 25, 2014 at 02:02 AM (#4757382)
have no idea, just repeating what someone else said.30. SoSHially Unacceptable Posted: July 25, 2014 at 02:18 AM (#4757383)
The one I am trying to track down now is that "DiMaggio rule" where the runner can leave the bag once a fly ball is TOUCHED (not caught) since DiMaggio either did this once in a game, or did this on several occasions. this one is a bit harder to track down.
The one I am trying to track down now is that "DiMaggio rule" where the runner can leave the bag once a fly ball is TOUCHED (not caught) since DiMaggio either did this once in a game, or did this on several occasions. this one is a bit harder to track down.
It was much earlier than DiMaggio. The rule used to be that a runner couldn't advance until the ball was caught. By my recollection*, if there was a runner on third and less than two outs, one enterprising outfielder (memory tells me it was King Kelly, since that glorious specimen specialized in this kind of thing) would intentionally juggle the ball while jogging in toward home, eventually catching the ball when he was close enough the runner couldn't advance. The rule was changed in response.
Oh, and good list in 26, though it's noteworthy that other than the DH, none would be nearly as noticeable or meaningful as some kind of rule banning creative defensive positioning.
And I had no idea that some of those strike zone changes were codified, rather than simply baseball asking the umps to focus on areas of enforcement (i.e., the high strike).
* From one of those Baseball is a Funny Game type collection of anecdotes that I devoured as a kid.
Jimmy Piersall was famous for jumping up and down and waving his arms in center field with the Red Sox in order to distract the hitter. I think he is the main reason why they introduced the rule prohibiting that in the early-to-mid 1950's.32. Joey Numbaz (Scruff) Posted: July 25, 2014 at 08:30 AM (#4757436)
Also, I too remember hearing that Eddie Stanky was the major culprit in the "running start third base tag up" phenomenon. Many runners tried it after others did it successfully and the word spread around the majors. Lou Boudreau told me he even tried it once (Lou was notoriously slow) but it did not succeed, and he found it too hard to time it. I have found contemporary sources that cite Alvin Dark (like Stanky, another non-blazing rules-reader) and the New York Giants as the main proponents. Of course, Stanky was with the Giants in 1951 so maybe this is something that he passed on to his teammates before he was traded to the Cardinals.
Do people really want more runs scored or do they just want fewer strikeouts? I grew up with 1980's baseball so I am very comfortable with a world where a 4.00 ERA is below average and 100 RBI is a nice achievement.
I agree with this. Fielders are better now too, so I assume there are fewer unearned runs, so you have lower offense for the same ERA (but that's probably a minor point).
I like offensive levels where they are, Having the SB as a reasonable strategy is great for the game. I also wish there was more contact, not just because it's more exciting but it also shortens the game. K and BB take longer to resolve.
As far as reducing the strikeouts, Bill James used to advocate eliminating the thin handle bats. The theory was that batters couldn't generate the same kind of bat speed so they would have to try to make more contact instead of swinging for the fences as much.
He also said recently that the constant pressure since the early days has been to find more strikeout pitchers, while hitters k's haven't mattered. Basically pitchers that had more Ks tended to be better ... But the same held true for hitters (obviously there is selection bias there, this assumes you are already a good enough hitter to play MLB).
But this has finally changed, hitters that strikeout more are actually a little worse on average now. So we may have hit the breaking point on the K rise.
I also read a suggestion that reducing glove size could help, if fielders weren't so good there'd be more incentive to make contact. I like that one as much as anything I've heard.34. Joey Numbaz (Scruff) Posted: July 25, 2014 at 08:37 AM (#4757441)
One thing that scares me about the push to reduce K is the law of unintended consequences. If we encourage more contact, power will go down. But power isn't out of control anymore, which means we could go from 40-45 HR leading the league, which is good, to 30-35 leading the league which bad. We could easily make run scoring levels too low by reducing Ks, as counter-intuitive as that might seem.35. bobm Posted: July 25, 2014 at 09:05 AM (#4757448)
[26] 1931 ball that bounces into stands is ground rule double36. ERROR---Jolly Old St. Nick Posted: July 25, 2014 at 09:56 AM (#4757469)
It's interesting that everyone refers to this as a "ground rule" double when it is a universal rule and not specific to any particular park, ie grounds.
Goldman is right in saying that for all the screaming over lack of offense, we're nowhere near 1968. The vast increase in strikeouts, not defensive shifts, is what's making the game less interesting. Put more emphasis on making contact and hitting to the opposite field, and much of your problem is solved.
Do people really want more runs scored or do they just want fewer strikeouts? I grew up with 1980's baseball so I am very comfortable with a world where a 4.00 ERA is below average and 100 RBI is a nice achievement.
Agree and agree. We're nowhere near 1968, but strikeouts are way too common, to the point of almost near predictability during many particular matchups. OTOH I'm not sure how to prevent it without a major shift on the part of low power hitters to making contact more of a priority. You can't stop the trend by rule changes without unwanted or unintended consequences.
Jimmy Piersall was famous for jumping up and down and waving his arms in center field with the Red Sox in order to distract the hitter. I think he is the main reason why they introduced the rule prohibiting that in the early-to-mid 1950's.
Eddie Stanky of the Braves was kicked out of a game in 1950 for doing jumping jacks in the batter Andy Seminick's field of vision. The Giants' protested the game, but NL President Ford Frick upheld the umpire's decision. I'm not sure when the rule against "jumping jacks" was formally written into the books, but from the time of the Frick's upholding of the Stanky ejection it was a de facto cause for banishment.
Piersall came up to the Majors in 1952, and wouldn't have had anything to do with this.
To elaborate on the "Stanky rule": According to Peter Morris's encyclopedic level reference book, A Game of Inches, Frick's instructions to the umpires were to eject fielders for "antics on the field designed or intended to disturb or annoy the opposing batsman."38. Ron J2 Posted: July 25, 2014 at 12:23 PM (#4757600)
#6 I'm probably just restating your theory, but it seems likely to me that the factory just put better selection processes in place. The whole issue is perfectly explained by better quality controls at the factory -- no conspiracy required (and to be clear, you didn't invoke any conspiracy. Others commenting on the change in the balls have)39. Sunday silence Posted: July 25, 2014 at 02:02 PM (#4757655)
The jumping jack rule was put in place in Nov. 1953, if that was not clear from above. Andy says Piersall came up in 1952 so maybe it had something to do with him.
To Rob Wood, or anybody who knows. What was the reason that they banned fielders from leaving their gloves out there? This also early 50s. My uncle who played in the high minors 48-50 always said it was because someone got hurt. He may have been thinking of Mantle (that was a drain cover though). Was there a specific incident where someone slipped on a glove?
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