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When I moved a few months ago, I located free boxes on Craigslist. And if I were looking for a job, I would search on Monster.com.
It never occurred to me to look in the local newspaper classified advertisements. And if I were looking to buy a house, I'd go straight to real estate Web sites that have photos, maps and all sorts of details you'd never get in a newspaper ad.
If I'm any indication of the average person (and I like to think I am), no one should be surprised that newspapers are struggling and that newspaper alliances springing up to tackle online ads have that whiff of desperation.
As much as I like my local newspaper, I worry it has already lost the battle for online classified ads. I also have to wonder: why didn't its management see this coming somewhere in the late-1990s, like so many other people did? Actually, a bunch of newspapers did try back then, but that project failed. Hard to imagine why the new ones will succeed.
"I think that ship has sailed," said Michael Cassidy, chief executive and president of online ad network Undertone Networks. "Those dollars are gone. The classifieds game is over for them today."
Members of a newspaper consortium started last year by Yahoo are talking to Gannett and the Tribune Co., which have a separate such effort in the works. That would seem to undermine the Yahoo effort, possibly indicating its members aren't all that happy with the pace or scope of the Yahoo effort.
Ad spending on the Internet is rising steadily while newspaper ad spending is declining. Research firm eMarketer projects that U.S. online ad spending will grow 26.8 percent this year, while newspaper ad spending is projected to drop 4.6 percent this year, according to a Jack Myers Media Business Report.
Online revenue growth at newspaper sites was below 30 percent in 2006 and is expected to fall to 22 percent this year. For the first time, newspapers aren't maintaining share in total Internet ad growth, according to the The State of the News Media 2007 annual report. According to the report, written by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and Rick Edmonds of The Poynter Institute, "Newspapers have a tough time making the case that their business is headed in the right direction."
"You could argue that they are a little late to the party," said Edmonds, media business analyst at The Poynter Institute. "This year's (newspaper advertising) results have been even worse than the year before."
The fact is that people use the Web differently from the way they used traditional media. I still read The San Francisco Chronicle online, but mostly for local news and features. For this reason, display advertising is relatively strong on newspaper sites, Edmonds said.
But when I want to buy something, I go elsewhere--Zillow for real estate information; Amazon.com for books; Autobytel.com for auto prices; and Craigslist for just about anything else.
Newspaper execs realize this is happening.Changing mindset
"In many newspaper markets, we have to change the way that we've been accustomed to thinking. Which is: 'there is only one newspaper in town,'" said Charlie Diederich, director of marketing and advertising for the Newspaper Association of America. "We might be seen as competing against a real estate Web site that has the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) data on it. It's a big change in the way we approach our world."
Some newspaper companies have been investing in the vertical sites. For instance, Gannett and other newspaper companies own stakes in classifieds Web sites like CareerBuilder.com, Cars.com and Apartments.com.
"We saw some of the changes that were happening in the industry quite a while ago," said Tara Connell, vice president of corporate communications at Gannett. "We've been responding to--I wouldn't call it competition, so much as a shift in the use of media by people. We've said consistently that we recognize people are shifting their habits and going to multiple platforms, and it's our vision and mission to get there."
Yahoo's consortium with Hearst, MediaNews, Cox and other newspaper companies was formed to sell job listings through Yahoo's classified job site, HotJobs. The deal has since been expanded to more than 20 publisher partners representing about 400 daily newspapers. Local salespeople at the member newspapers can sell local ad inventory on Yahoo, and Yahoo national salespeople can sell national sales onto local newspaper sites. Yahoo is also integrating some local newspaper content on its sites. On Friday, Yahoo announced the newest newspaper partner, the New York Daily News.
Separately, Gannett and Tribune, which are not members of Yahoo's consortium, are talking to other publishers, some of whom are in Yahoo's group, about forming another online advertising network. The Chicago Tribune first reported the effort on Tuesday.
Why the need for a second organization? Connell of Gannett confirmed that talks were going on but declined to comment beyond that. A Tribune representative did not return a call seeking comment.
Executives from Cox and MediaNews said talks with Gannett and Tribune were very preliminary and that the two efforts would not necessarily compete or overlap.
"The discussions are directed to putting together a national buy for newspapers online. (Whereas) the products we're dealing with on Yahoo are specialized," Dean Singleton, chairman and chief executive of MediaNews, told CNET News.com. "They wouldn't conflict."
"We would be able to sell (on) all the newspaper sites participating, across the entire country," said Leon Levitt, vice president of Cox Digital Media. "Newspapers are the No. 1 local site in virtually every market in the U.S., according to ComScore. The opportunity to sell ads on that is powerful."
But banding together may not fix things when you have companies that are traditionally slow-moving and risk-averse. And this isn't the first go-around at this for the newspaper industry.
Cox, Gannett, Hearst, Knight Ridder, The Times Mirror, Tribune, The Washington Post and Advance Publications formed a joint venture with the grandiose name of "New Century Network" in 1995 to support local newspapers in their online services, share content and establish an ad network across their sites. The venture was shuttered in 1998 because of lack of significant return on investment and an inability for members to agree on a common business plan, InternetNews.com reported at the time.
"It was a good idea 12 years ago. To do it today is not such a good idea when there are so many ad networks that have built up relationships with ad agencies," said Cassidy of Undertone Networks. "The biggest challenge (for newspapers) is going to be how to work amongst themselves."
"The culture in the newspapers is the real culprit. There is inertia," said Greg Sterling, principal of Sterling Market Intelligence. "I don't necessarily think it's too late for them, but the challenge always with newspapers is execution."
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- It has taken some time for the idea to stick. The original dot-com was all about online ads, but now it's real. There are a lot of new online advertising platforms launching now, because they have actually become legitimate and profitable. It is worth noting that 5 major newspapers are thinking of launching their own ad network: http://fishtrain.com/2007/11/07/the-resiliency-of-online-advertising/
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- Ads that link to other ads get you nowhere
- What seems to be happening now is ad purchasing that point to other ad pages that list ads.
It is time for solutions that provide ads on legitimate content pages. That will be found on GPS screens and on phones and web based ads like we see today will go the way of the dinosaur.
GPS adverting, That is where everything will end up. How soon we get there only GPSadvertising.com knows. At Manhattan2 is not just about energy and security solutions.
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- Why didn't management. (fill in the blank)?
- why didn't its management see this coming somewhere in the late-1990s, like so many other people did?
Because, just like almost every other large company, they are run by people whose main talent is to come up with a budget that projects a profit, and then to execute on it. The big problem with this plan is that it relies on no changes in technology, consumer attitudes, the economy, etc. Guess what? Those changes always happen. Managers manage, they often don't understand technology or its' implications and the effect it will have, so they are basically clueless.
Investors like managers to manage risk and growth. Often, those people are the financial types. Nothing wrong with having a few of them around, but you can't be letting them make strategic decisions about what to invest in, as they lack the ability and knowledge to have a good idea where the world is headed. What almost every company needs are people who understand what they are actually selling, how technology can change that, and why people buy their product. A lot of finance-type managers, to their credit, hire outside consultants to answer these questions for them. Unfortunately for them, these consultants usually aren't any more enlightened.
There are exceptions to this rule that finance-driven companies will ultimately fail, but they are few and far between, and are usually dependent on a handful of individuals who see the big picture.
So while newspapers cut costs to remain profitable, and then crow about how they are still making a lot of money, they are doing little to slow the traffic away from paper-delivered news. And as much as I like to read the morning newspaper with breakfast (well, used to like to, now I read it on line before I go to bed), there will be no great loss when they disappear. They don't really provide much news anymore anyway, it's mostly just press releases from politicians, corporations, PR firms, and special interest groups, rarely ever challenged or contested. We'll save a bunch of trees and get the same propaganda a lot faster via the web.
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- They did see it coming
- "why didn't its management see this coming somewhere in the late-1990s, like so many other people did?"
They did see it coming, they formed Classified Ventures in 1997, which indeed owns Cars.com, Apartments.com, Homescape and HomeGain:
http://www.classifiedventures.com/business/who_we_are.htm
The article makes it sound like they merely "invested" after the fact, rather than proactively doing something about it in the late 90's.
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Mostly Barking By M.J. Harper
Dear Graham Hancock Fans,
Since I've been chosen as author-of-the-month and have been asked to say a few words to you, I'd better start by saying what I think about Mr Hancock's books. On the whole, I agree with my Aunt Vera who, when asked where her family was from, said, "Mostly Barking."
On the other hand, if only one per cent of what Graham says is true, he's entitled to a Nobel Prize. No, my main gripe with this whole Alternative History lark is that you all suffer from two chronic failings:
Since this may surprise you -- and it will certainly astonish the academics -- I'll give you an illustration of what I mean. Let's take the only one of your current enthusiasms I am really familiar with: this business about the three Giza pyramids being laid out like the stars of Orion's Belt with the Nile acting as the Milky Way alongside.
Now, frankly, I'm not much impressed by the three pyramids duplicating Orion's Belt. After all, it can't be that difficult to arrange ("Left a bit, Khufru"). No, the tricky part is arranging for a very large river to flow past when you're stuck in the middle of a howling desert.
Ah...I see...you thought the Nile was already there, did you? OK, well I'm going to demonstrate this ain't necessarily so and, as they say on Time Team, I've got just ten minutes to do it.
So where do we start? Well, obviously where the Nile starts, at its source in the Orongaronga Hills or wherever. (Look it up, Cynthia, these people are sticklers for detail.) Let's imagine we're a little drop of rain falling on the Orongaronga Hills and then hence into this tiny rivulet that will eventually become the mighty Nile. The first question that arises is where do we go? Do we go south to the Cape? East to the Indian Ocean? West to the Atlantic? Or north to Lake Victoria? We go north to Lake Victoria. Anything strange about that? Nothing whatsoever. A perfectly natural thing to do.
Now while we are wending our way through Lake Victoria, we've got just enough time to ask a vital question: what's the one thing you know about Lake Victoria? Go on, have a good think...yes, that's right,...it's the fact that it's sort of square-shaped. Not exactly the kind of shape we ordinarily expect from our lakes -- looks more like a reservoir on a giant scale. Is that significant? Not particularly; after all, a lake's got be something-shaped and being squarish is as good a shape as anything else.
Or is it? No, I don't care what you say, there's something not-quite-right about square-shaped lakes. I don't know what it is but I'm going to file it away as an oddity because... you never know. Well actually there is a way of knowing and it's called The Golden Rule. The Golden Rule says "Whenever anything odd hoves into view, look round for something similarly odd, because two odd things side-by-side make a coincidence, and we don't like coincidences, do we?" One of the longer rules of our profession but one of the best.
And, yes, as luck would have it, right next door, there is another slightly odd-shaped lake, Lake Tanganyika. Now this is odd in quite a different way: it's sort of long and zig-zaggy. Again, I'm not quite sure why but this is not a shape I associate with lakes. The nearest thing that springs to mind is when they build a dam in a gorge and form a long snaking reservoir and thousands of protesting villagers have to be moved.
That word "reservoir" has popped up again. Interesting. Nevertheless, not much to show for our efforts so far...a couple of lakes that might or might not be oddly shaped. The ten minutes will soon be up...we need something big to happen, and quickly. OK, try this for size: having got through Lake Victoria, where does our little molecule of water head for? It can't really go back south again, so does it take the short hop east down to the Indian Ocean? No, for some reason, it decides against that course of action. Does it take the slightly longer but still eminently reasonable direction west across to the Atlantic? No, for some reason it doesn't like that way either. What it does decide to do is to go north, crossing the world's biggest swamp (the Sudd) without draining away, then it crosses the world's biggest desert (the Sahara) without evaporating away, all the time steadfastly ignoring the siren calls of any and every nearby bit of sea in order to disgorge itself into the furthest bit of ocean the African continent can offer.
Now I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "Big Deal." And quite right too, because the world is chock-full of geographical oddities and so what if this is one of them. But I also know something else you're thinking. A tiny, bell-like voice somewhere in the furthest reaches of your brain is saying "Well, fair's fair, I'd never thought of the Nile as a geographical oddity before, so I've got to give him that one."
Thanks, but there's really no need. Once you've conceded it's an oddity the Golden Rule comes into play and all we have to do is look round for something similar and since the Nile is an immensely long, north-south, geographical oddity situated in East Africa, all we need to come up with is another immensely long, north-south, geographical oddity situated in East Africa. Now there's a stroke of luck... The Great Rift Valley. As that great epistemological philosopher, Harry Hill, once said, "What are the chances of that happening?"
So, now we have not merely an odd coincidence, we have an oddly complementary coincidence: river/valley, valley/river. At this point I'm afraid I'm going to have to stiffen up the sinews. Don't -- whatever you do -- check this out. A lot of people stumble across interesting coincidences from time to time, then they go haring off to tell some expert all about it and, after a few carefully chosen words from the expert, they walk away slowly with a flea in their ear, resolving not to bother with coincidences anymore.
In this case, for instance, the expert will carefully explain to you that the Great Rift Valley is a tectonic feature caused by continental plates moving apart and therefore cannot have anything whatever to do with temporary surface features like rivers. Your correct response to this is to
What do we know about the Great Rift Valley? For certain, as opposed to tectonic speculation. Well, at one end is Lake Tanganyika, at the other end is the Dead Sea which happens to be the lowest point on the earth's surface. So, it's not a giant step to say we have an enormous "dammed lake," a several thousand mile valley with a lovely gradient and, apparently, a missing river. By weird contrast, right next door and exactly parallel, we have the enormous "reservoir lake" (Lake Victoria) out of which flows a river (the Nile) several thousand miles long that by rights shouldn't be there.
Don't you just itch to put the one in the other? I know I do. But we must resist any such foolishness. It could all be a geographical oddity. We need another Golden Rule moment. So, let's see, what was the original problem? Oh yes, I remember now, there was
We apply the Golden Rule and look for something similar nearby. And there it is, right on cue, good old Mesopotamia, which is
I tell a lie, two mystery rivers -- the Tigris and the Euphrates. You didn't know the Tigris and the Euphrates were mystery rivers? You really thought two rivers running straight and parallel across a desert for a thousand miles and never joining up despite them never being more than an incised meander apart is a natural state of affairs? Blimey, even my dog spotted that one.
So get to it. Join up the dots, explain what's going on. There's enough of you and, let's face it, unlike me, you haven't got anything better to do with your time. If it's any help I think Lake Van holds the key. No, that's all you're getting. You're on your own from now on. And buy my sodding book, you tight bastards.
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Former "American Idol" star Adam Lambert seemed determined to outdo American Music Awards opener Janet Jackson. Apparently, though, acting like a boob doesn't compare to baring one.
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The main reason for this 450 (3 X 150 mw) MW project to be in news is that the objections raised by Pakistan to the project has lead to the project being referred to a World Bank appointed Neutral Expert.
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Prof Raymond Laffitte who had been appointed the NE by the World Bank after consulting the two counties as provided under the IWT, met the teams from the two countries for the first time in Paris on June 9-10 .Raymond Lafitte Age 70, A professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, chairman
As per IWT, the NE's findings were to be final and binding on both the parties. If the NE felt that the points referred to him are beyond his purview or that there is a dispute (as different from "differences" as is the Baglihar issue is described now), the matter would have had to go to a Court of Arbitration, as per Shri Ramaswamy Iyer, former Secretary, govt of India (The Hindu 090605). Iyer goes on to say that
Call to stop work on Baglihar Pak said
Hydrologic viability: Is the 900 MW Baglihar viable? How many days in a year can it generate power at that rate? It will require 860 cumecs of water, but
Cost: As noted above, even at current cost estimates, the 450 MW installed capacity of the Baglihar project is to cost Rs 4000 crores (Rs 2700 crores have already been spent). This means that per MW cost of the Baglihar HEP will be around Rs 8.89 crores even at current rates. This is much higher than the current cost of Rs 5-6 crores per MW installed capacity for most such projects. The cost of electricity from the project would consequently much higher than Rs 5 per unit. This when the citizens of the valley are unable to pay ever Rs 2 per unit charged currently. Who will pay the cost of such expensive project and who will really benefit? There was earlier attempt to show lower per MW cost of the project by clubbing the two stages of the project. However, stage II work is yet to start.


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Late drama and controversy denied the Saints at Kingsholm in Round 3 but they have not lost domestically since and their current winning run stands at 11 games.
Myler insists extending a stretch that goes back to mid-December is the main focus at the Gardens, rather than emotion over their last meeting with the Cherry and Whites.
"It's a long time ago now," Myler told SaintsTV. "We are where we are through our performances and the main thing is not to think of it as a revenge mission, but to try and kick on and put ourselves in a good position when the playoffs come around.
"Gloucester have had an upturn in form recently and having beaten Quins last week they'll have their tails up. We know it's going to be a big challenge for us and we'll need to be on our money to come away with a win."
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Don Howard Lee, 72, of Wister died Wednesday, June 13, 2012, in Wister. Don was born Nov. 1, 1939, in Scurry County, Texas, to Charles V. and Alice (Merritt) Lee. Don was retired from Dowell Schlumberger Oil Company. He was a member of First Step of Faith Church in Poteau since 2005.   Don was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister.
Survivors include his wife, Judy (Angel) Lee of the home;Â children, Terry Lee, Tony and Nancy Lee, Tim Lee, Tracy and Joe Berry, Teresa and Chris Morris, all of Wister; 10 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; other relatives and loved ones.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 16, at First Step of Faith, Poteau with Rev. Leon Glenn officiating. Burial will be in Ellis Chapel Cemetery, Wister. Pallbearers will be Frankie Harris, Clint Harmon, Jerry Harmon, Steve Woodal, Marvin Evans, Sam Morrison, Dennis Mattox and Arther Vise.
The family will be at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. Friday to visit with relatives and friends.
 You may leave an online message at evansandmillerfuneralhomes.com.
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Conservatives Push 'Cut, Cap, and Balance' Pledge: What Would it Do?
With the federal debt the number one political issue in Washington, conservative groups are asking candidates to sign "cut, cap, and balance" pledge, calling for drastic cuts in spending to curb debt. Many of the candidates in the Republican presidential primary have already signed on (Michele Bachmann is the one notable exception). The pledge would do more than cut spending; it would make current Republican proposals in Washington seem tame.
The pledge includes three proposals:
– Cut spending to decrease next year's deficit
– Cap spending to "enforceable levels"
– Pass a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Together, these policies would mean severe cuts in domestic programs than even the Republican budget proposal passed by the House of Representatives. The so-called 'Roadmanp for America's Future' was proposed by Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin). The roadmap includes cuts to both discretionary and mandatory spending, changes to the tax code, and a reform of welfare and health programs.
The roadmap is nothing if not bold—for some, its cuts are draconian, for others it is the kind of radical reform needed. Regardless, it is less severe than the cuts that would result under the "Cut, Cap, and Balance" pledge.
The budget amendment alone would mean cutting the equivalent of all discretionary spending, including the entire defense budget. Under the current budget, mandatory spending (e.g., Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid) alone is nearly as much as government revenue. Add in interest payments on the debt, and the result is a deficit. To achieve a balanced budget, Congress would need to find over $1 trillion dollars to cut from the budget. The roadmap, even with its arguably rosy economic assumptions, does not foresee a balanced budget any time in the next decade.
The pledge is vague on specifics, but in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, the authors of the pledge gave this pledge concrete figures that show the seriousness of the cuts being proposed.
First, they want enough spending reductions to cut the deficit in half immediately, amounting to around $800 billion in spending cuts. This is equivalent to eliminating all discretionary domestic spending plus half of the defense budget since $800 billion is roughly the budget for both Medicare and Medicaid combined. The roadmap, under the best circumstances, would not cut the deficit in half until 2013 or 2014.
Second, they propose capping spending to 18 percent of GDP. Currently, spending is almost 25 percent of GDP. If all discretionary spending was eliminated, there would still need to be additional cuts needed to bring spending below 18 percent. Further cuts would need to be made to defense or spending. These cuts would need to be about half of the Medicare budget.
The roadmap does not expect to reach this 18 percent figure. Instead, it hopes to average around 20.5 percent of GDP over the next decade. This means that to achieve the pledge goals, an additional $500 billion would need to be cut from the budget.
For deficit hawks, the popularity of the pledge among presidential candidates may seem to be a hopeful sign. History suggests this optimism should be tempered. Promises often fail to materialize in budget negotiations.
One of the best examples of this failure ironically appears on the Concerned Women for America (CWA)'s "Declaration About Our Fiscal Crisis." The CWA "Declaration" begins with a quotation from President Ronald Reagan's first inaugural address where he warned of the dangers of deficits, the need to stop borrowing, and a call to live within our means. The CWA called the statement "prophetic."
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Charlie Sanders
Sanders (far right) at his Pro Football Hall of Fame Bust Unveiling Ceremony at Ford Field in 2007
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Personal information
|Date of birth:
|August 25, 1946
|Place of birth:
|Richlands, North Carolina
|Career information
|NFL draft:
|1968 / Round: 3 / Pick: 74
Career history
|Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
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Charles Alvin Sanders (born August 25, 1946) is a former American football player who played tight end for the Detroit Lions from 1968-77. On February 3, 2007, Sanders was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Playing career[edit]
Sanders attended James B. Dudley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina and the University of Minnesota. The Lions chose him in the third round of the 1968 NFL Draft, and he became their starting tight end for the next ten seasons. He had 336 career receptions and was known as a superior blocker as well as a receiver. He was chosen for the Pro Bowl seven times (1968–1971 and 1974–1976), and was named to the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team as selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Sanders is also a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. In 2008 he was chosen as a member of the Detroit Lions 75th Anniversary All Time Team.
After retirement[edit]
Sanders served as a color analyst on Lions radio broadcasts from 1983–88, worked with the team as an assistant in charge of wide receivers from 1989–96, and is currently their assistant director of pro personnel. In 2005, he co-authored Charlie Sanders' Tales from the Detroit Lions, a book of anecdotes about the team and its players.
Current roles[edit]
He is now the pre-game and halftime show co-host and sideline reporter of Detroit Lions pre-season games on the Detroit Lions Television Network. He also appears on the network's regular season pre-game show The Ford Lions Report.
Sanders and his wife, Georgianna, have nine children and live in Rochester Hills, Michigan. One of his daughters, Mary Jo is a pro boxer, and three of his sons played college football one at Ohio State University, and had a brief NFL career with the Detroit Lions, one son formerly played at Saginaw Valley State University and one son is currently playing at Saginaw Valley State University.
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Park hours are 8 a.m. to sunset.
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DescriptionCome to White Clay Creek to escape the encroaching development of New Castle County. The park's lush greenery and sparkling streams offer a refreshing change of pace and countless opportunities for outdoor fun and relaxation.
Hiking is one of the most popular activities in the park. Thirty-seven miles of trails lead explorers to historic sites and scenic vistas overlooking lush valleys and impressive rock outcrops.Hikers and mountain bike riders can enjoy trails at Possum Hill and the Judge Morris Estate, or follow the Pomeroy Rail-Trail to the pedestrian bridge over White Clay Creek.
There are plenty of year-round activities available at White Clay Creek. The Nature Center hosts fun and interesting public programs, and visitors can enjoy outdoor activities such as fishing, birdwatching or disc golf. Families may take advantage of the large picnic area and pavilion for a reunion or to host a casual barbecue with friends, followed by an evening concert or other special event throughout the summer. Sledding and cross-country skiing are among the many winter activities available at the park.
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Farmworkers march to Tampa to challenge Publix to honor the Fair Food Program
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Wednesday the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their allies pass through Tampa on their 200 mile march from Ft Myers to the headquarters of Publix in Lakeland; the marchers are calling on Publix to honor the social responsibility agreement for farm labor reform known as the Fair Food Program.
Right after sunrise, about seventy marchers gather in Riverview´s Mosaic Park to start walking. Oscar Otzoy is with the farmworkersâ coalition.
In its official statement about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers march, Publix says paying farmworkers and additional penny per pound of tomatoes should be the responsibility of their employers. But Jordan Buckley, a staff member with the allied group InterAction, says thereâs more to the program than just the penny per pound.
Gerardo Reyes from the coalition says many of the farms that do not honor the Fair Food Program hold their workers in slave-like conditions.
Jordan Buckley, from InterAction, says the coalition has been asking Publix to join the Fair Food Program for nearly four years.
But it wasnât just farmworkers and organizers marching from Riverview toward Tampa. People from all walks of life came to show their support to the farmworkers: men and women, to students, the elderly and children, as well. Eliana Agudelo, an artist and a traveler who decided to drive shuttles for the march, knows she is helping the farmers´ families who deserve better conditions.
Joe Parker from the Student Farmworker Alliance calls for dignity and respect for all parts of the supply chain.
Kandace Vallejo from the board of Just Harvest USA says none of the achievements of the Immokalee farmworkers would be possible without their allies from all walks of life across the nation.
The march for Rights, Respect and Fair Food continues Wednesday at 8 p.m. with a vigil at the Temple Terrace Publix at 5450 East Busch Blvd. It concludes Sunday at the Publix headquarters in Lakeland.
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Lie on a bed or mattress (just a small tip I've discovered!)
Healthy is the new wealthy.
What's the cheat in that?
Because the base of your spine doesn't grind, burn and snap with each rep? That might be nice. I'll have to look into that. Not that I'm ever doing sit-ups ever again in my life, but it's a neat thought...
Knifegill is christened to be high carb now!He gives me Lamprey Kisses in the midnight seanotontherug:
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Yes I used to do it in bed before, but I think its not as effective as a crunch.
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A lot of people avoid situps for the reason knifegill here describes. Doing them on a mattress takes away all of those problems. Its true that it doesn't isolate the muscles as well but thats probably a good thing. I agree it isn't one of the five essential movements and I don't focus on them either but having discovered this, I intend to use it as a way of toning my abs...!
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The factory and conveyor belt metaphorEdit
In this tutorial, we shall present arrows from the perspective of stream processors, using a factory metaphor as support. Let's get our hands dirty right away.
You are a factory owner, and as before you own a set of processing machines. Processing machines are just a metaphor for functions; they accept some input and produce some output. Your goal is to combine these processing machines so that they can perform richer, and more complicated tasks. Monads allow you to combine these machines in a pipeline. Arrows allow you to combine them in more interesting ways. The result of this is that you can perform certain tasks in a less complicated and more efficient manner.
In a monadic factory, we took the approach of wrapping the outputs of our machines in containers. The arrow factory takes a completely different route: rather than wrapping the outputs in containers, we wrap the machines themselves. More specifically, in an arrow factory, we attach a pair of conveyor belts to each machine, one for the input and one for the output.
So given a function of type
b -> c, we can construct an equivalent
a arrow by attaching a
b and
c conveyor belt to the machine. The equivalent arrow is of type
a b c, which we can pronounce as an arrow
a from
b to
Plethora of robotsEdit
We mentioned earlier that arrows give you more ways to combine machines together than monads did. Indeed, the arrow type class provides six distinct robots compared to the two you get with monads (>> and >>=).
The simplest robot is
arr with the type signature
arr :: (b -> c) -> a b c. In other words, the arr robot takes a processing machine of type
b -> c, and adds conveyor belts to form an
a arrow from
b to
The next, and probably the most important, robot is
(>>>). This is basically the arrow equivalent to the monadic bind robot
(>>=). The arrow version of bind
(>>>) puts two arrows into a sequence. That is, it connects the output conveyor belt of the first arrow to the input conveyor belt of the second one.
What we get out of this is a new arrow. One consideration to make, though is what input and output types our arrows may take. Since we're connecting output and the input conveyor belts of the first and second arrows, the second arrow must accept the same kind of input as what the first arrow outputs. If the first arrow is of type
a b c, the second arrow must be of type
a c d. Here is the same diagram as above, but with things on the conveyor belts to help you see the issue with types.
|What is the type of the combined arrow?
Up to now, our arrows can only do the same things that monads can. Here is where things get interesting! The arrows type class provides functions which allow arrows to work with pairs of input. As we will see later on, this leads us to be able to express parallel computation in a very succinct manner. The first of these functions, naturally enough, is
If you are skimming this tutorial, it is probably a good idea to slow down at least in this section, because the
first robot is one of the things that makes arrows truly useful.
Given an arrow
f, the
first robot attaches some conveyor belts and extra machinery to form a new, more complicated arrow. The machines that bookend the input arrow split the input pairs into their component parts, and put them back together. The idea behind this is that the first part of every pair is fed into the
f, whilst the second part is passed through on an empty conveyor belt. When everything is put back together, we have same pairs that we fed in, except that the first part of every pair has been replaced by an equivalent output from
Now the question we need to ask ourselves is that of types. Say that the input tuples are of type
(b,d) and the input arrow is of type
a b c (that is, it is an arrow from
b to
c). What is the type of the output? Well, the arrow converts all
bs into
cs, so when everything is put back together, the type of the output must be
|What is the type of the
first robot?
If you understand the
first robot, the
second robot is a piece of cake. It does the same exact thing, except that it feeds the second part of every input pair into the given arrow
f instead of the first part.
What makes the
second robot interesting is that it can be derived from the previous robots! Strictly speaking, the only robots you need for arrows are
(>>>) and
first. The rest can be had "for free".
One of the selling points of arrows is that you can use them to express parallel computation. The
(***) robot is just the right tool for the job. Given two arrows,
f and
g, the
(***) combines them into a new arrow using the same bookend-machines we saw in the previous two robots
Conceptually, this isn't very much different from the robots
first and
second. As before, our new arrow accepts pairs of inputs. It splits them up, sends them on to separate conveyor belts, and puts them back together. The only difference here is that, rather than having one arrow and one empty conveyor belt, we have two distinct arrows. But why not?
The final robot in the Arrow class is very similar to the
(***) robot, except that the resulting arrow accepts a single input and not a pair. Yet, the rest of the machine is exactly the same. How can we work with two arrows, when we only have one input to give them?
The answer is simple: we clone the input and feed a copy into each machine!
addA f g = f &&& g >>> arr (\ (y, z) -> y + z)
Functions are arrowsEdit
Now that we have presented the 6 arrow robots, we would like to make sure that you have a more solid grasp of them by walking through a simple implementation of the Arrow class. As in the monadic world, there are many different types of arrows. What is the simplest one you can think of? Functions.
Put concretely, the type constructor for functions
(->) is an instance of
instance Arrow (->) where arr f = f f >>> g = g . f first f = \(x,y) -> (f x, y)
Now let's examine this in detail:
arr- Converting a function into an arrow is trivial. In fact, the function already is an arrow.
(>>>)- we want to feed the output of the first function into the input of the second function. This is nothing more than function composition.
first- this is a little more elaborate. Given a function
f, we return a function which accepts a pair of inputs
(x,y), and runs
x, leaving
And that, strictly speaking, is all we need to have a complete arrow, but the arrow typeclass also allows you to make up your own definition of the other three robots, so let's have a go at that:
first f = \(x,y) -> (f x, y) -- for comparison's sake second f = \(x,y) -> ( x, f y) -- like first f *** g = \(x,y) -> (f x, g y) -- takes two arrows, and not just one f &&& g = \x -> (f x, g x) -- feed the same input into both functions
And that's it! Nothing could be simpler.
Note that this is not the official instance of functions as arrows. You should take a look at the haskell library if you want the real deal.
The arrow notationEdit
In the companion Arrow tutorial, we introduced the
proc and
-< notation. How does this tie in with all the arrow robots we just presented? Sadly, it's a little bit less straightforward than monad do-notation, but let's have a look.
- proc (arrow abstraction) is a kind of lambda, except that it constructs an arrow instead of a function.
- -< (arrow application) feeds the value of an expression into an arrow.
addA :: Arrow a => a b Int -> a b Int -> a b Int addA f g = proc x -> do y <- f -< x z <- g -< x returnA -< y + z addA :: Arrow a => a b Int -> a b Int -> a b Int addA f g = arr (\ x -> (x, x)) >>> first f >>> arr (\ (y, x) -> (x, y)) >>> first g >>> arr (\ (z, y) -> y + z) addA :: Arrow a => a b Int -> a b Int -> a b Int addA f g = f &&& g >>> arr (\ (y, z) -> y + z)
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TODO: Incorporate Arrows1 Arrows2; harmonise with Stephen's Arrow Tutorial.
Maybe functorEdit
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It turns out that any monad can be made into an arrow. We'll go into that later on, but for now, FIXME: transition
Using arrowsEdit
At this point in the tutorial, you should have a strong enough grasp of the arrow machinery that we can start to meaningfully tackle the question of what arrows are good for.
Stream processingEdit
Avoiding leaksEdit
Arrows were originally motivated by an efficient parser design found by Swierstra & Duponcheel[1].
To describe the benefits of their design, let's examine exactly how monadic parsers work.
If you want to parse a single word, you end up with several monadic parsers stacked end to end. Taking Parsec as an example, the parser string "word" can also be viewed as
word = do char 'w' >> char 'o' >> char 'r' >> char 'd' return "word"
Each character is tried in order, if "worg" is the input, then the first three parsers will succeed, and the last one will fail, making the entire string "word" parser fail.
If you want to parse one of two options, you create a new parser for each and they are tried in order. The first one must fail and then the next will be tried with the same input.
ab = do char 'a' <|> char 'b' <|> char 'c'
To parse "c" successfully, both 'a' and 'b' must have been tried.
one = do char 'o' >> char 'n' >> char 'e' return "one" two = do char 't' >> char 'w' >> char 'o' return "two" three = do char 't' >> char 'h' >> char 'r' >> char 'e' >> char 'e' return "three" nums = do one <|> two <|> three
With these three parsers, you can't know that the string "four" will fail the parser nums until the last parser has failed.
If one of the options can consume much of the input but will fail, you still must descend down the chain of parsers until the final parser fails. All of the input that can possibly be consumed by later parsers must be retained in memory in case one of them does consume it. That can lead to much more space usage than you would naively expect, this is often called a space leak.
The general pattern of monadic parsers is that each option must fail or one option must succeed.
So what's better?Edit
Swierstra & Duponcheel (1996) noticed that a smarter parser could immediately fail upon seeing the very first character. For example, in the nums parser above, the choice of first letter parsers was limited to either the letter 'o' for "one" or the letter 't' for both "two" and "three". This smarter parser would also be able to garbage collect input sooner because it could look ahead to see if any other parsers might be able to consume the input, and drop input that could not be consumed. This new parser is a lot like the monadic parsers with the major difference that it exports static information. It's like a monad, but it also tells you what it can parse.
There's one major problem. This doesn't fit into the monadic interface. Monads are (a -> m b), they're based around functions only. There's no way to attach static information. You have only one choice, throw in some input, and see if it passes or fails.
The monadic interface has been touted as a general purpose tool in the functional programming community, so finding that there was some particularly useful code that just couldn't fit into that interface was something of a setback. This is where Arrows come in. John Hughes's Generalising monads to arrows proposed the arrows abstraction as new, more flexible tool.
Static and dynamic parsersEdit
Let us examine Swierstra & Duponcheel's parser in greater detail, from the perspective of arrows. The parser has two components: a fast, static parser which tells us if the input is worth trying to parse; and a slow, dynamic parser which does the actual parsing work.
data Parser s a b = P (StaticParser s) (DynamicParser s a b) data StaticParser s = SP Bool [s] newtype DynamicParser s a b = DP ((a,[s]) -> (b,[s]))
The static parser consists of a flag, which tells us if the parser can accept the empty input, and a list of possible starting characters. For example, the static parser for a single character would be as follows:
spCharA :: Char -> StaticParser Char spCharA c = SP False [c]
It does not accept the empty string (
False) and the list of possible starting characters consists only of
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The dynamic parser needs a little more dissecting : what we see is a function that goes from
(a,[s]) to
(b,[s]). It is useful to think in terms of sequencing two parsers : Each parser consumes the result of the previous parser (
a), along with the remaining bits of input stream (
[s]), it does something with
a to produce its own result
b, consumes a bit of string and returns that. Ooof. So, as an example of this in action, consider a dynamic parser
(Int,String) -> (Int,String), where the
Int represents a count of the characters parsed so far. The table below shows what would happen if we sequence a few of them together and set them loose on the string "cake" :
|after first parser
|after second parser
|after third parser
So the point here is that a dynamic parser has two jobs : it does something to the output of the previous parser (informally,
a -> b), and it consumes a bit of the input string, (informally,
[s] -> [s]), hence the type
DP ((a,[s]) -> (b,[s])). Now, in the case of a dynamic parser for a single character, the first job is trivial. We ignore the output of the previous parser. We return the character we have parsed. And we consume one character off the stream :
dpCharA :: Char -> DynamicParser Char Char Char dpCharA c = DP (\(_,x:xs) -> (x,xs))
This might lead you to ask a few questions. For instance, what's the point of accepting the output of the previous parser if we're just going to ignore it? The best answer we can give right now is "wait and see". If you're comfortable with monads, consider the bind operator
(>>=). While bind is immensely useful by itself, sometimes, when sequencing two monadic computations together, we like to ignore the output of the first computation by using the anonymous bind
(>>). This is the same situation here. We've got an interesting little bit of power on our hands, but we're not going to use it quite yet.
The next question, then, shouldn't the dynamic parser be making sure that the current character off the stream matches the character to be parsed? Shouldn't
x == c be checked for? No. And in fact, this is part of the point; the work is not necessary because the check would already have been performed by the static parser.
Anyway, let us put this together. Here is our S+D style parser for a single character:
charA :: Char -> Parser Char Char Char charA c = P (SP False [c]) (DP (\(_,x:xs) -> (x,xs)))
Arrow combinators (robots)Edit
Up to this point, we have explored two somewhat independent trains of thought. On the one hand, we've taken a look at some arrow machinery, the combinators/robots from above, although we don't exactly know what it's for. On the other hand, we have introduced a type of parser using the Arrow class. We know that the goal is to avoid space leaks and that it somehow involves separating a fast static parser from its slow dynamic part, but we don't really understand how that ties in to all this arrow machinery. In this section, we will attempt to address both of these gaps in our knowledge and merge our twin trains of thought into one. We're going to implement the Arrow class for
Parser s, and by doing so, give you a glimpse of what makes arrows useful. So let's get started:
instance Arrow (Parser s) where
One of the simplest things we can do is to convert an arbitrary function into a parsing arrow. We're going to use "parse" in the loose sense of the term: our resulting arrow accepts the empty string, and only the empty string (its set of first characters is
[]). Its sole job is to take the output of the previous parsing arrow and do something with it. Otherwise, it does not consume any input.
arr f = P (SP True []) (DP (\(b,s) -> (f b,s)))
Likewise, the
first combinator is relatively straightforward. Recall the conveyor belts from above. Given a parser, we want to produce a new parser that accepts a pair of inputs
(b,d). The first part of the input
b, is what we actually want to parse. The second part is passed through completely untouched:
first (P sp (DP p)) = (P sp (DP (\((b,d),s) -> let (c, s') = p (b,s) in ((c,d),s'))))
On the other hand, the implementation of
(>>>) requires a little more thought. We want to take two parsers, and return a combined parser incorporating the static and dynamic parsers of both arguments:
(P (SP empty1 start1) (DP p1)) >>> (P (SP empty2 start2) (DP p2)) = P (SP (empty1 && empty2) (if not empty1 then start1 else start1 `union` start2)) (DP (p2.p1))
Combining the dynamic parsers is easy enough; we just do function composition. Putting the static parsers together requires a little bit of thought. First of all, the combined parser can only accept the empty string if both parsers do. Fair enough, now how about the starting symbols? Well, the parsers are supposed to be in a sequence, so the starting symbols of the second parser shouldn't really matter. If life were simple, the starting symbols of the combined parser would only be
start1. Alas, life is NOT simple, because parsers could very well accept the empty input. If the first parser accepts the empty input, then we have to account for this possibility by accepting the starting symbols from both the first and the second parsers.
So what do arrows buy us in all this?Edit
If you look back at our Parser type and blank out the static parser section, you might notice that this looks a lot like the arrow instance for functions.
arr f = \(b, s) -> (f b, s)
first p = \((b, d), s) ->
let (c, s') = p (b, s)
in ((c, d), s'))
p1 >>> p2 = p2 . p1
There's the odd s variable out for the ride, which makes the definitions look a little strange, but you can roughly see the outline of the conveyor belts and computing machines. Actually, what you see here is roughly the arrow instance for the State monad (let f :: b -> c, p :: b -> State s c and . actually be <=<.
That's fine, but we could have done that with bind in classic monadic style, and first would have just been an odd helper function that you could have easily pattern matched. But remember, our Parser type is not just the dynamic parser; it also contains the static parser.
arr f = SP True []
first sp = sp
(SP empty1 start1) >>> (SP empty2 start2) = (SP (empty1 && empty2)
(if not empty1 then start1 else start1 `union` start2))
This is not at all a function, it's just pushing around some data types. But the arrow metaphor works for it too, and we wrap it up with the same names. And when we combine the two types, we get a two-for-one deal; the static parser data structure goes along for the ride along with the dynamic parser. The Arrow interface lets us transparently simultaneously compose and manipulate the two parsers as a unit, which we can then run as a traditional, unified function.
Monads can be arrows tooEdit
- The real flexibility with arrows comes with the ones that aren't monads, otherwise it's just a clunkier syntax -- Philippa Cowderoy
It turns out that all monads can be made into arrows. Here's a central quote from the original arrows papers:
Just as we think of a monadic type m a as representing a 'computation delivering an a '; so we think of an arrow type a b c, (that is, the application of the parameterised type a to the two parameters b and c) as representing 'a computation with input of type b delivering a c'; arrows make the dependence on input explicit.
One way to look at arrows is the way the English language allows you to noun a verb, for example, "I had a chat with them" versus "I chatted with them." Arrows are much like that, they turn a function from a to b into a value. This value is a first class transformation from a to b.
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Arrows in practiceEdit
Arrows are a relatively new abstraction, but they already found a number of uses in the Haskell world
- Hughes' arrow-style parsers were first described in his 2000 paper, but a usable implementation wasn't available until May 2005. Einar Karttunen wrote an implementation called PArrows that approaches the features of standard Haskell parser combinator library, Parsec.
- The Fudgets library for building graphical interfaces FIXME: complete this paragraph
- Yampa - FIXME: talk briefly about Yampa
- The Haskell XML Toolbox (HXT) uses arrows for processing XML. There is a Wiki page in the Haskell Wiki with a somewhat Gentle Introduction to HXT.
- Netwire (page) - the FRP library for a game development. It has an arrow interface as well as an applicative one.
See alsoEdit
This module uses text from An Introduction to Arrows by Shae Erisson, originally written for The Monad.Reader 4


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Ruben Amaro has no plans to trade Cliff Lee or Jonathan Papelbon
Jun 14, 2013, 4:53 PM EDT
Cliff Lee's postgame interview last night is being spun by some as him wanting out of Philly, but even if that were the case, Ruben Amaro does not sound at all inclined to do it.
Talking to Jayson Stark of ESPN, Amaro makes it clear — for the second time this week — that he does not intent to trade any major pieces of the Phillies, including Lee or Jonathan Papelbon, another guy mentioned in early trade season rumblings:
"My job is to try and put a contending team on the field every year, and we have a much better chance to be a contending team with both of those guys on the club," he said. "If we have those guys at the top of our rotation, we're a better club. … It starts and ends with pitching, as far as I'm concerned. So the more quality pitching you have, the better chance you have to build around that to win … Whether you're talking about re-tooling or re-wrapping or taking a different direction, I think there are ways we can do that," he said. "But when you start talking about blowing it up, you're basically saying you're going to start from scratch. And that's not happening."
I can see why he says that. I just can't see how the Phillies can make themselves better without making some pretty major moves.
- fanofevilempire - Jun 14, 2013 at 5:09 PM
- evanwins - Jun 14, 2013 at 5:15 PM
Why are there no stories about who the Dodgers, Angels or Blue Jays can/will/might trade? Those teams are doing worse than the Phillies and they have valuable pieces too yet you see nothing about it. There's no shortage of Phillies trade stories though.
Why don't all these writers just go back to telling everyone how great the Nationals are again, how they will easily be the best team in baseball.
- DelawarePhilliesFan - Jun 14, 2013 at 5:53 PM
Well, in fairness, look at the Ryan Howard contract. I mean, do any of those team have an underpeforming 1st baseman hey will be paying $25 mil for the next 3 years?
- commonsenseisnotcmonman - Jun 14, 2013 at 6:12 PM
Remember the rumors that Ryan was going to be traded for Pujols straight up? Hard to say who would have made out better in that deal right now.
- DelawarePhilliesFan - Jun 14, 2013 at 7:21 PM
Phillies – they would not have either one by now
- octom - Jun 14, 2013 at 6:51 PM
The Angels certainly have a candidate for a longer period and more total $$$s
- xmatt0926x - Jun 14, 2013 at 7:20 PM
I think it's the fact that many assume Cliff Lee will be the prize of the trade deadline and in addition, he's actually been asked about it twice. When people start asking people like RA Dickey or whomever fro, the teams you mentioned if they want to be traded I'm sure the stories about those teams will start to come up.
- junglerat524 - Jun 14, 2013 at 5:29 PM
Which means they are available.
- tfbuckfutter - Jun 14, 2013 at 6:12 PM
That's only because no one has offered him someone who can't hit his weight *snicker* but somehow drives in a decent amount of runs when he's on a good team.
- kingjoe1 - Jun 14, 2013 at 7:20 PM
Amaro isan idiot if he doesn't think he should trade Lee, Paps and utley. He should get avisail from tigers for Paps, ingles iwas from sox for Lee and joc ped desk. From dodgers for utley
- tfbuckfutter - Jun 14, 2013 at 8:07 PM
You keyboard's "Random" button appears to be in the "On" position.
- greymares - Jun 14, 2013 at 8:13 PM
I believe he thinks that, but the offer from Detroit for Papelbon may be to good to resist.
- illadelphiasphinest - Jun 15, 2013 at 12:29 AM
This will NEVER happen but its wishfull thinking as a Phils fan. This team obviously isnt going anywhere this season. The core of Howard, Utley, and Rollins just cant get the job done anymore as a unit.
Lee to STL for Oscar Taveras(AAA) If Wil Meyers gets flipped for James Shields then this shouldn't be out of the question for a win now team.
Papalbon to DET for Castanellos(AAA) and Rendon(AAA) They have a legit shot to win and may be willing to overpay.
Utley to LAD for Pederson(AA) There OF is set with Crawford, Kemp, Either, and Puig
Howard to BAL for Christian Walker(A+) Salary relief. Walker has potential and he's a Philly area kid.
Rollins to SF for Heath Hembree(AAA) Lossing Scutaro leaves a big hole at SS for SF. Hembree is a power righty to compliment Hamels, and Biddle next year.
- sophiethegreatdane - Jun 15, 2013 at 9:14 AM
Why would the Orioles take Howard? If anything, they would be interested in Utley. At least try to make your trade fantasy make a little sense.
- theaxmancometh - Jun 15, 2013 at 12:43 PM
Scutaro plays 2nd, but yea..
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