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There have really been no good days in the Gulf of Mexico since the BP oil spill, only bad days and worse days.
Wednesday, the situation got somewhat worse after BP had to remove the cap that was providing some containment of the oil spewing from its broken well. A submersible hit the cap.
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The main funnel had been collecting up to 17,000 barrels of oil a day. But earlier today BP pulled it off the well as a precaution. The national incident commander (retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen) says it appears the cap was bumped by a robotic submarine.
As a result, it appeared that natural gas was starting to make its way up a hose that normally carries warm water down to the funnel. BP was worried that could create a safety hazard for the drillship Enterprise
So they pulled the cap off the top of the well. They're now evaluating the situation. The incident commander says they may be able to put the collection cap back on fairly quickly or it could take some time if it's been clogged with methane ice.
A second ship is still collecting 10,000 barrels of oil from a pipe that comes out the side of the damaged blowout preventer. But at the moment, most of the oil from the blown out well is spewing into the ocean.
Here's a jargon-filled Coast Guard release on the situation.
To make matters worse, weather forecasters warned on Wednesday that a tropical storm was brewing in the region that they expect could be in the Gulf of Mexico next week, disrupting the oil collection efforts and perhaps driving oil further into marshes, inland waterways and beaches.
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The number of projects designed on time has taken a hit in the past year and is now worse than at any time since 2002, according to a government-backed report by industry monitor Glenigan
Unveiled last week, the 2011 UK Industry Performance report measures the time taken from the project's commission to when it starts on site.
The number of projects designed to contractor deadlines fell from 69 per cent in 2010 to 51 per cent this year, its lowest level in a decade.
In 2002 the survey, based on project data and survey responses from clients, contractors and consultants, just 46 per cent of projects were designed on time.
An unsurprised Robert Adam of Adam Architecture said: 'The amount of consultation you have to undertake at planning stage and the sheer inefficiencies will probably add three to nine months for an average project.
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Three key issues - time, cost, quality. Maybe the longer timescales are linked to the improved cost control...hopefully without the loss of quality. Wins on arguably the most important criteria. If quality suffers because the emphasis is on time and cost then ultimately the long term performance of the building suffers.
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Is a Hub or mid drive system beter?
I like the idel of putting all the motor power through the bike gears instade of just having 1 gear (hub motor). Just sounds like it would be more efficient. What do you guys think?
Is a Hub or mid drive system beter?
I like the idel of putting all the motor power through the bike gears instade of just having 1 gear (hub motor). Just sounds like it would be more efficient. What do you guys think?
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I'm firmly in the mid drive camp.
I've seen claims that hub motors usually operate at 60% to 80% efficiency. Due to losses in the gearing that is needed to use a mid drive system, i suspect they top out at about 80% efficiency too.
For reliability, hub motors have an advantage because they don't have any more moving parts than a regular bicycle hub. They are also much more common, and therefore cheaper
As far as performance hub motors are superior in high power / high speed situations. Their larger motor size (and surface area) makes them hard to overheat. For bikes that need a lot of torque at low speeds (as a tandem bike going up steep hills probably would) a mid drive seems like a good choice.
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Hub motors would not be superior in high power or high speed. Mid drive just uses the gears so the motor can be smaller and lighter. Try driving your car around in just one gear and see how well it does on starts or high speed. It would be fine once your car got up to a certain speed but getting there would be tough. With a mid drive motor you just change your gearing until it fits your situation.
Hub motors are easier to install and some are very quiet and that is their best features. A mid drive is a bit of a hassle to set up on a upright bike because of the question of where to put the motor. On a recumbent with that long chain line, they are ideal. Lots of torque for hills or load and lots of high end speed if you gear it correctly.
Electric motors don't like going slowly which is why hub motors aren't very efficient until you get up to a certain speed range and you are cruising. We have lots of short steep hills all over so hub motors don't do well here. If you have a longish commute and not stop and go traffic, hub motors are fine though quite heavy compared to mid drive. Hub motors are just so easy to install though.
Here's a good description and vendors for mid drive motors: http://www.electricbicyclesmagazine....ang-page1.html
Mid-drive! It's so smooth, and I can climb really steep hills, and it doesn't overheat like the hub motor did. I'm visiting Europe and I see mid-drives all over the place. On brands I've never seen before, like "Flyer". Mid-drive is fab.
On the other hand, if you are riding on flat land maybe hub is enough. Depends on your purposes.
Stoke Monkey worked out a mid drive, it turns a cross over chainring on the left side, tandem parts,
but only on long tails, Xtracycles & big dummys, since, motor goes behind the seat tube
then the final drive uses a whole MTB type drivetrain to have the torque to climb hills with a load.
a hub motor out of the wheel..
(((Hub motors would not be superior in high power or high speed. )))
Here's what i'm talking about. I read on endless sphere about people running hub motors at 4 horsepower (3000 watts). I also read about the RC-airplane-motor powered bikes. At such a power level, using a smaller lighter motor may sound nice, but it's also easier to overheat.
You're comparing an ebike to a car (and a gas or diesel car really DOES need gearing). Tesla motors doesn't use multiple gear ratios for their electric cars, because it's quite unnecessary.
But Tesla's vehicles are a good illustration of what is ideal when you have a huge budget to pay engineers. You can solve the reliability problems, have motors built specifically for your application, and have gearing designed for you that's efficient and light. Given those circumstances, Tesla chose a single speed design, but they used reduction gearing because reduction gearing really is useful (again, assuming you have reduction gears that are efficient and reliable).
Gearless hub motors bring with them about 10 pounds of weight that would be unnecessary with the right gearing. But they are reliable and 10 pounds isn't such a big deal for me when i have a big battery and heavy, durable mountain bike (the whole rig probably weighs 80 pounds).
I had a geared cyclone motor system and it gave me way too many problems. Not saying every geared system will have the 'you better be a mechanic to use this' lack of user friendliness of Cyclone. But it takes highly skilled (expensive) engineering effort to do any better.
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I thought that's the beauty of electric motors, 100% of the torque right from the first RPM right up to 12,000 RPMs or what ever... No real need for gearing if you have the right motor for the application you are using it for...
Well yes. But the way we gear up/down when the motor hits high speed feels alot like how manual transmissions feel in a motor vehicle. Due to how most derailleur systems on bikes work, it's generally not good to try changing gears on full torque as it results in chain slips and more wear and tare. Especially when a motor is driving the system with more power then a human usually puts into it.
I throttle down (but not completely) just before changing gears and it feels a lot like shifting gears in a car. That may be one factor that drives more people to prefer this system over hub motors. More control. That's the key there. Plus it makes it feel more like a cool "combustion" engine system, but without the dirty gas burning and not so environmentally friendly stuff that comes along with it. Plus my motor has a gear box so it has a slight noise to it when it's under load. When the load goes away (like when I throttle down), the noise the gear box makes is much less further contributing to that "engine" like feel to it.
Sure I could get a beast of a motor and never have to use lower gears to get more torque from a stop and go, but where's the fun in that!
Don't forget it's most likely more efficient then strapping on a 1000+ watt motor on and never changing gears with it. Think about all that excess current that is getting pulled from the battery every time you go from a full stop to full speed. It will take more torque to get the bike to the motors full speed if it was always on one gear. Unless you got a 72+ volt system where the motor can be free to spin crazy fast on first gear and still get a high travel speed off of. But anything above 48v would be a budget buster, not only that, it would be dangerous to work with under the hood since that voltage level starts to get to the point where it's high enough to electrocute you with. I don't know the exact voltage it takes to conduct across the human body but 72v and up is starting to push it.
And what about if someone here has used a middrive system with a wheel that has one of those internally geared hubs? Those are rare in the wild to begin with (geared hubs with more then 3 speeds that is) and I would love to know how they would fare in a mid drive system since they are known to be able to change gears under power. They may lose a little bit of the cool factor since one would not have to throttle down, but it may be more efficient since the acceleration curves from shifting gears is much smoother.
So the main point is that mid-drive systems are more tailored to getting better range out of the battery and for those who want more control over how much torque their bike will put out.
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I've got a mid drive and a NuVinci IGH hub. I used to run the system with a Rohloff.
I don't have a throttle though, torque sensor in the BB.
With an IGH it can be shifted under power but it can be difficult to shift with a lot of torque on the gears. I coast when I shift. Derailers are easy to shift under power.
Ah so they do exist!
Harder to shift under load with an IGH hub would be a bit of a deal breaker for me. I think I may stick with the classic derailleur system then. Either way, we're both technically coasting when changing gears. Also, my bike doesn't have one of those higher quality chains that have to be oriented a certain way and are super smooth at changing gears. Mine's strictly a budget machine. My step dad had a $1200 road bicycle and that thing was super smooth on gear changing. I could only wonder what kind of performance I could get out of a bike like that if it was converted to electric. It's got titanium rims with a magnesium alloy frame. Only thing better then that is those carbon fiber bikes I've been hearing about. Some pricy stuff right there!
You pedal when you change gears with a derailer. The pedaling action is what moves the chain from one gear to the next. When I change gears with an IGH I just break stride for a moment when I shift. Only takes a few tries to get used to it.
Oh I see. Currently my system doesn't have the chain going through the crank chain wheel. Thus for now I can't pedal it. But I will be ordering some spacer rings to alter the alignment of the mounting bracket with how it's mounted on the bottom bracket. Currently it's not perfectly straight due to the rear forks being slightly wider then the bottom bracket. (one end of the mounting bracket is held on by the bottom bracket screw on mount and the other end is held to the rear fork via u-bolts. So far it is quite stable)
If I had connected the pedal chain wheel with it like that now, it would de-rail the chain off the motor cog and would then cause the chain to derail off the pedal chain-wheel which would get real nasty real quick. The motor cog needs to be lined up with the chain wheel first.
Once I got it lined up right, I will reinstall the motor's freewheel cog (which I think has 13 teeth on it compared to the current 9 tooth fixed cog) and run the chain through with the pedal chain wheel as part of the system. Sometime next week is my time table on that. I've already got the freewheel crankset installed so the spacers are the last thing I need.
I will keep that in mind once my bike is 100% done. I'll explore that method for when I'm shifting it. Thanks.
tried a 500 hub motor from e bay sold it to a guy in a city with no hills ( perhaps a geared hub motor might have been better butthis thing was usless ), now I;m a cyclone fannatic ( Taiwan ) real goodto deal with, make my own LIFEPo4 battery packs but easyier to just buy, most popular is 500 w . I now have a NuVinci hub & man what a buz when riding round town. Need more mechanical skills with cyclone but you pick these things up as ya go .I Sell a few & suply parts to some other riders & fit new BMS etc to young blokes who get stuck with rip offs.Hey & there is even blokes who on U tube Use the hub motor as a crank drive so if thats not telling you what can.Advice ----get the right BMS to suit motor.
tried a 500 hub motor from e bay sold it to a guy in a city with no hills ( perhaps a geared hub motor might have been better butthis thing was usless ), now I;m a cyclone fannatic ( Taiwan ) real goodto deal with, make my own LIFEPo4 battery packs but easyier to just buy, most popular is 500 w . I now have a NuVinci hub (960wsame size motor illegal so who can tell)& man what a buz when riding round town. Need more mechanical skills with cyclone but you pick these things up as ya go .I Sell a few & suply parts to some other riders & fit new BMS etc to young blokes who get stuck with rip offs.Hey & there is even blokes who on U tube Use the hub motor as a crank drive so if thats not telling you what can.----the one fault with Nuvinci is having to take the power off to change gear.Most blokes biggest mistake is getting a BMS that doesn't take enough Amperage as web site start from the cheapest ie for less than 300w.
I've been running a mid-drive on hardtails for several years but have never tried a hub setup. I've run with derailers and Nuvinci hubs and prefer to use the Nuvinci. I use a twin chain setup whereas, the Nuvinci is driven by 2 seperate chains (crank & motor). Works great but you do have the small problem of not shifting under high power loads. But it will shift under light power loads especially if down shifting. I am doing a new build this winter and will start out with a derailer to see how it works out for me. But I have one of the Nuvinci 171n develipment kits (auto electric shift) that I may install on it to compare. If I use the electric shift setup I may modify it to a manual electric shifter. I tend to prefer to be in control of what's going on. The electric shift is said to shift under any load up or down. We'll see!
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I test rode a Polaris ebike yesterday. After reading a couple of misleading press releases, I had to see one in person.
What they are calling 'Duo Drive' is actually a combination mid drive AND geared hubmotor! I didn't get a chance to ride it off-road, but on the flats it is a quick accelerating bike. Good luck trying to figure out the specs of the two motors on the Polaris! The brochure is deliberately mis-leading, for some inexplicable reason. They definitely don't say 'the bike has two motors', but indeed, it does.
My own bikes are a BionX, DD 350 SL DT XL on a Swiss army style Opus Zermatt and an Epik Whistler, mid drive mountain style bike, with 8spd cassette and rear derailleur. I say 'mountain style' because 8 speeds does not make a MTB.
I enjoy both the mid drive and the hubmotor bikes and can compare them to a standard transmission Corvette and an Automatic Cadillac.
For touring I like the ease and smoothness of the BionX hubmotor and for sportier or off-road riding, the Epik is superior. I expect the simpler, direct drive hubmotor to be more reliable, due to the lack of any moving parts and the mid-drive to be more maintenance heavy, due to the loads it places on the gear train. I'm only speculating because both bikes are new this summer and are working perfectly.
If I had to choose between my two bikes, I'd pick the BionX. But that's because at Double Nickles I'm not as aggressive a rider as I once was. If I was twenty years younger, I would go for the mid-drive, Epik.
You are correct that unlike an internal combustion engine an electric motor develops its full torque at lower RPM's and this is an advantage in that it does allow for single gearing direct drive. However, it only allows for it as opposed to being the ideal situation. Long story short, it is a question of efficiency. If you are running a 1000W direct drive hub motor and I am running a 350W cyclone motor through an 8-speed rear cassette hub where the ratios have been optimized to match my pedal cadence across the entire gearing and speed range. Yes, on the flat you will pass me and get out on ahead of me since you have more watts of power at your disposal and your direct drive is just slightly more efficient without the approx 2% power loss through the roller chain drive and approx 10% power loss through the planetary gears on the cyclone motor power head that my set-up has to contend with. However, when we get to a big long hill with almost 1/3 the power at my disposal I have the potential not only to keep up with you up that hill but if it is steep enough and long enough even pass you going up that hill while all the time using 350W instead of 1000W. Reason being is that when I shift down through the chain gearing system I make an even swap between RPM's and torque. In other words if I shift down from the 12 tooth rear cog I was using on the flat to a 24 tooth rear cog to climb that hill I cut my sped in half but I doubled my torque while still only using 350W. In your case, however, with a direct drive hub motor if your motor gets bogged down going up that hill so that you are only going half the speed you were going before you have cut your speed in half and have gained nothing in additional torque and your motor is still putting out the same torque or in other-words while going up that hill because you can't change the gearing between your motor and wheel you have taken a 50% loss in efficiency and you are now using 1000W worth of power at 50% efficiency while climbing that hill so since you can't change your gearing you are now wasting half of your power output. Steepen that hill up to the point where you are slowed down to 1/3 of your flat ground speed and guess what, you and I are both going up that hill at about the same speed but you are using 1000W at only about 33% efficiency because you can't change gears but I can change gears and am climbing that same hill at the same speed but am only using 350W to do it.
Long story short, if you live where there is a bunch of hills to climb the ability to change the gearing between the motor and the drive wheel allows you to keep your motor operating at the top of it's RPM range where it is most efficient and you don't end up wasting a whole bunch of watts.
here is a build on new mid drive kit
here is the kit, looks easy and not that expensive and fast
Hub motors are likely better for the higher wattage due to the size of the coils (I'm not enough of an engineer to say for sure), but in the consumer market, mid drive is generally better. The geared transmission is a big step up over hub planetary gears. That being said some bikes with hubs we stock have regen braking that helps compensate. That same bike is intended as a 350 watter and it shows in the motor size but is downspecced for the UK. The KTM guys are using a hub for their flagship electric motorbike pretty much, as are the Phaser builders. For some reason high power hubs seem to be a trend amongst 'power users' and I think this comes down to comparative ease of build. In terms of range the answer is normally to throw more cells into the chassis and draw even more power from the motor!
One of the big points in favour of a hub drive amongst cyclists has been because there's no crank freewheel system to get in the way of a stack of gears. Both the Storck Raddar and BH E-Motion bikes are 24 speeds if I recall correctly but they are often somewhat redundant apart from exceptional cases. We change the chainring size on the Bosch system bikes as and when to suit customer requirements too and normally the 9 speed cassette or whatever it is is outfitted with is more than enough.


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Rain now the story of this World Series
PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies came to the ballpark Monday thinking they were about to hand the World Series over to Mr. October, Cole Hamels.Little did they know they were about to hand it over to Bud Selig's favorite Doppler 10,000. Whatever happens now, this World Series is never going to be the same. You understand that, right? It's no longer going to be known for Carlos Ruiz's 2 a.m. walk-off squibber, or Joe Blanton's Babe Ruth impression, or Cliff Floyd's mad dash ...
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The Phillies won the franchise's second World Series title by defeating the Rays 4-3 in a game that spanned three days.
Story | Series page
• Jayson Stark: Wait finally over for Philadelphia
• Jerry Crasnick: Just the beginning for Rays
• Amy K. Nelson: Grand finale for Burrell?
• Gene Woj: Manuel's mom right again
• Jim Caple: Suspended game not so bad after all
• Hamels named Series MVP
• Lidge finishes perfect season
• In-game chat with Rob Neyer
• Game 5 blog (Part II)
• Fans in Philly soak in title
• Inside Edge reports: Phillies | Rays
• ZOOM gallery: See the series in pictures
• Jayson Stark: Weather changes plan
• Jim Caple: Rays go hotel shopping
• Howard Bryant: Rays thought it was almost over
• Gene Woj: Bud did the right thing
• Selig: No shortened game
• In-game chat with Rob Neyer
• Game 5 blog
• Phillies win first title since 1980
• BBTN looks back at World Series
• Phillies players react to championship
• Hamels talks about being MVP
• Kruk on what this means for Philadelphia
• The managers break down Game 5
• Pena, Longoria examine loss
• Rays' season in review
• Stark, Caple Game 5 video blog
• Caple: This World Series all about weather?
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Yesterday I shared my trade on the EURJPY, I'm long at 99.15, and the market is currently trading at 99.49 (+ 34).
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Here is the chart:
Entry: 1.5569
I'm going to take partial profits around the bottom of the short term range, around 1.5389. And I will use the long term charts to set the other half.
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Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 �C (-40 �F)
USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 �C (-35 �F)
USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 �C (-30 �F)
USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 �C (-25 �F)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 �C (-20 �F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 �C (-15 �F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 �C (-10 �F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 �C (-5 �F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 �C (0 �F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 �C (5 �F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 �C (10 �F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 �C (15 �F)
Full Sun
All parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
Scarlet (Dark Red)
Bright Yellow
Maroon (Purple-Brown)
Late Summer/Early Fall
Mid Fall
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
By dividing the rootball
Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds
N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Chicago, Illinois
Milford, Michigan
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345466752015-11-30T09:51:10.005-05:00The Liberty SphereOpinion and commentary on the news, human liberty, politics, gun rights, current events, and modern culture. Copyright 2006-2015 by The Liberty Sphere. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.Welshmanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotationtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-13600847140042296982015-11-02T22:35:00.002-05:002015-11-02T22:35:54.724-05:00Carson jumps into lead for GOP presidential nomination "News outlets across the country are reporting major late breaking news this evening on the race for the GOP presidential nomination. For the first time since the Republican candidates launched their campaigns early this summer, Carson has jumped into the lead nationally, bumping Donald Trump into second place."

Read it all here.Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/11/carson-jumps-into-lead-for-gop.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-23546495501935238832015-10-27T16:51:00.001-04:002015-10-27T16:51:27.569-04:00Obama DOJ promotes Muslims while oppressing Christians "Most conservatives have known from the start that when it comes to official government policy, Muslims would be given the upper hand while Christians would be oppressed. The latest example occurred today. After watching seven years worth of the Obama administration at work, there are numerous instances in which this assertion is confirmed by the facts. Although a plethora of cases that prove the point, the last three, including a decision today, are deserving of close scrutiny."

Read the whole thing here.Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/10/obama-doj-promotes-muslims-while.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-3278676962411054482015-10-24T19:53:00.001-04:002015-10-24T19:53:40.933-04:00Smoking gun found in Hillary's testimony"Most political pundits and news commentators claim there was no smoking gun in Hillary Clinton's 11 hour testimony before the House Select Committee on Benghazi. But early on during the testimony the committee had pealed back enough of the layers of contradictory information from the Obama administration to reveal what is perhaps the most crucial smoking gun of all..."

Read it all here...Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/10/smoking-gun-found-in-hillarys-testimony.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-79473851428359917562015-10-06T16:20:00.003-04:002015-10-06T16:20:54.949-04:00Some questions should not be answeredHiya, friends!

No explanations are needed as to where I've been of late, and thus, none will be offered,

Glad that a few of you visit these pages regularly, And I hope I can begin to settle into my normal routine,

Yes, I still write for the Examiner, and I will get back to it as soon as I can do some catching up,

Welshmanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/10/some-questions-should-not-be-answered.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-7818131179868904002015-09-05T20:54:00.001-04:002015-09-05T20:54:50.323-04:00Gun sales continue to skyrocket
No sooner had local news outlets in upstate South Carolina and the mountains of North Carolina claimed this week that applications for concealed carry gun permits were way down, indicating a slowing of gun sales, than the national media reported that gun sales in August broke all sales records for firearms.
Read it all.Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/09/gun-sales-continue-to-skyrocket.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-86598906332407186072015-09-04T21:32:00.001-04:002015-09-04T21:32:38.363-04:00Yep, I'm backEvening my friends. Yes, I am back. Thanks for hanging in there with me even though I haven't been around.

I have felt your prayers and concern, and I deeply appreciate it. I long for the day when I can write more regularly. That day may be soon.

Thanks once again. A new Examiner will be forthcoming this evening. Stay tuned.Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/09/yep-im-back.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-11065755257886124692015-08-20T18:14:00.001-04:002015-08-20T18:14:15.690-04:00Mainstream media signals that Hillary in deep trouble
One can tell easily enough that Hillary Clinton is in deep trouble with regard to her bid to become the Democratic nominee for president. The telltale sign is that the mainstream media, which has consistently treated Clinton as the darling of political correctness, is now engaging in serious journalism when it comes to reporting news both good and bad on the one who has long been considered the queen of America who is merely waiting her turn to occupy the Oval Office.
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Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/08/mainstream-media-signals-that-hillary.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-81568447117078484152015-08-16T17:55:00.001-04:002015-08-16T17:55:10.334-04:0060 new classified documents found as Hillary continues to issue denials
The Hillary Clinton bid for the Democratic Party nomination for president took another drubbing today as the State Dept. announced that at least 60 emails on her personal, private server can be designated as classified data. This news is bad enough, given that just yesterday at the Iowa State Fair, Clinton stated that she never had any classified data on her personal server or in any email she sent or received.
Read it all. Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/08/60-new-classified-documents-found-as.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-24862680783302389902015-08-11T18:13:00.002-04:002015-08-11T18:13:37.122-04:00Hillary responds to court order but fails to comply
Late on Monday Hillary Clinton and her two top aides responded to a deadline issued by the U.S. District Court of Appeals to turn over all documents related to official government business. All three failed to meet the deadline last Friday. Today, however, Clinton responded to the court order but still failed to comply.
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Welshmanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/08/hillary-responds-to-court-order-but.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-15972763930280905162015-08-07T22:44:00.003-04:002015-08-07T22:44:38.949-04:00Hillary, top aides ignore court ordered deadline in email scandal
Democratic Party presidency hopeful and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ignored a court order to provide information by today concerning official government documents she kept on her private email server. Her top aides at the State Dept., Human Abedin and Cheryl Mills, were also so ordered. They, too, ignored the court set deadline. Under the penalty of perjury as threatened by federal judge Emmett Sullivan, the information requested from Clinton and her two aides was due today. But the day came and went with no substantive response.
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Welshmanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/08/hillary-top-aides-ignore-court-ordered.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-91564425922168787902015-08-04T14:13:00.001-04:002015-08-04T14:13:08.993-04:00My newest at the Examiner:

Two major developments have occurred over the weekend and today in the ongoing scandal at the IRS and the controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton's attempt to hide key documents from her years as Secretary of State.
Read it all here......Welshmanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/08/my-newest-at-examiner-two-major.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-8405168497567235662015-07-29T16:15:00.002-04:002015-07-29T16:22:55.197-04:00Presidential race in 2016 shaping up to be a barn burnerThe 2016 presidential race is shaping up to be a barn burner with deep differences among both Democratic and Republican candidates. Traditionally the campaign season begins with the first primary. But this year so many Republicans are running for their Party's nomination that it is safe to say the campaign season begins Aug. 6, 2015 -- the night of the first Republican debate. Fox News will air the debate, featuring some of its most recognizable anchors and reporters, such as Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly, and Chris Wallace.

The Republican debate on Aug. 6 will allow all of the GOP candidates to demonstrate to the nation how they handle themselves in a joint news conference, fielding questions from three journalists who are known to hold a candidate's feet to the fire on the hard issues. It is actually a big mistake to call these events a debate since none of the rules of a traditional debate apply. They never have in these televised events. Rather, these are joint news conferences during which each candidate is asked questions from reporters.

More will be written about which candidates have the best ideas, at least in the eyes of conservatives, in the weeks and months to come. But who as of now at least appears to be the best suited to carry the conservative and libertarian message to a new crop of American voters?

The answer to that question is a matter of opinion. Thus, the answer provided here will be opinion, but an opinion that is informed and armed with the facts.

At this point in time it is a bit too early to have one's mind made up. There is plenty of time to do that, and thus the only thing one can do is to cite those candidates who have garnered a generally favorable rating from likely Republican voters in the primaries. It goes without saying that the process at this point is quite fluid among GOP voters. Anything could happen and it is way too early to count anyone out.

As of today the candidates who appear to have gained general favorability are Scott Walker, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Donald Trump, and Dr. Ben Carson. The next grouping of candidates cites those who have not been able to catch fire as of yet, for various reasons, yet they are within reach of the nomination nonetheless. They are Rick Perry, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and John Kasich. The last group out of the 16 candidates is made up of those that many if not most conservative/libertarian voters within the GOP consider unacceptable due to their stated stance on vital issues. Most believe that these candidates could not get elected anyway, and they are Jeb Bush, Chris Christy, Lindsey Graham, and George Pataki.

Over on the other side the Democratic hopefuls are a train wreck. Hillary's negatives are through the roof, and most view her as basically a dishonest person. The slow drip of news about the various scandals in which she has been involved are not going away. But her rivals for the Democratic nomination have their own baggage. Most are way too far out of the mainstream to be considered by the general public. Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/07/presidential-race-in-2016-shaping-up-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-69426494829348090642015-07-28T21:36:00.000-04:002015-07-28T21:36:34.286-04:00Veteran reporter raises questions about HillaryThe campaign for the Democratic nomination for president took an ominous turn Monday when a veteran news reporter raised questions concerning Hillary Clinton's private email server. The private server has been one of the issues conservatives have raised in their probe into charges of corruption at the State Dept. while Hillary was Secretary of State.

So far the investigation into Hillary's role in various scandals -- Benghazi, Fast and Furious, and the use of a secretive investigator who was forbidden by the White House but was on the Clinton payroll -- has been largely a Republican endeavor. Democrats never spoke about it nor showed any interest in delving into it. The mainstream news media helped Democrats by simply not reporting the Republican led probe. This has now changed.

Andrea Mitchel, the veteran NBC news reporter who is known to conservatives as one who will slant her stories and comments to favor Democrats, took a surprising turn toward objectivity. Mitchel stated that she attended a security conference during which she spoke to officials on both sides of the spectrum. She further stated that while there are charges and counter charges, no one can give an adequate explanation for why a cabinet secretary would need a private email server at home, unless she wished to thwart inquiries into her actions.

The special congressional committee that is investigating Hillary discovered 4 emails from her private server that were designated as classified. Hillary had already declared in the strongest terms that she had no classified material on the private server and neither did she send classified material from that server.

These statements have now been proved false. When the congressional committee received the latest batch of material, 40 emails were sent from Hillary's private server that contained the 4 classified emails. But there are hundreds if not thousands more to be turned over to Congress from the State Dept. If 4 classified emails out of 40 have been discovered, that number could grow to hundreds if not thousands.Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/07/veteran-reporter-raises-questions-about.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-37230063002589058432015-07-27T19:01:00.000-04:002015-07-27T19:26:01.829-04:00Report: IRS used donor lists to target taxpayers for auditsThe IRS scandal during which the taxing agency targeted conservative organizations for delays, harassment, and outright persecution has confirmed the charge that the IRS is a rogue, lawless, and corrupt organization. This fact was further confirmed by a report released last Friday by Judicial Watch (JW) that shows that the IRS used the donor lists of tax exempt, conservative organizations to decide which citizens it wished to target for audits. In other words, if you donated money to one of these organizations you probably would be audited.

JW indicated that it knew such records existed, but the IRS refused to release them. However, through the Freedom of Information Act JW forced the IRS to release the documents in question. The documents show that the IRS would focus its auditing power toward those who made donations to the tax exempt organizations in question.

In 2010, the Senate Finance Committee Chairman at the time, Max Baucus, D-Mont., wrote to the IRS Commissioner at the time, Douglas Shulman, stating that as a matter of IRS policy the tax exempt groups should be "surveyed." Shulman responded in a letter to Baucus in February of 2011 that within the year the IRS would begin a new program that would focus its efforts on the tax exempt organizations.

JW, however, states that the documents it received last Friday indicate that the new program was already being implemented in 2010, as soon as Shulman received the letter from Baucus. But by 2011 the new process was made the official policy of the IRS.

Although at first glance the information contained above seems to be no big deal, this turn of events represents blockbuster legal ramifications. The IRS began to levy a 35 percent gift tax on citizens who gave large donations to tax exempt organizations. However, the U.S. Supreme Court long ago had already declared that a gift tax of this nature is unconstitutional.

But the IRS began to levy such a tax and targeted for audits those persons who gave large donations to tax exempt groups. Going forward after the implementation of the policy, a key figure who shows up again is none other than Lois Lerner, who lied to Congress concerning her role in the IRS scandal which was designed to hamstring opponents of Barack Obama.

Interestingly, in spite of the fact that much of the information that is crucial to the scandal has been destroyed or withheld, the Acting IRS Commissioner at the time, Steven Miller, ordered that no more resources be spent investigating the audit issue and that the case be officially closed.

But as the nation now knows, this case is far from being closed. This, plus Hillary Clinton's Benghazi scandal at the State Dept., represent the scandal of all scandals that will haunt the candidate and countless personnel within the Obama administration in the foreseeable future and may serve to permanently taint the legacy of Barack Obama.Welshmanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/07/report-irs-used-donor-lists-to-target.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-44472802144096849232015-07-26T15:43:00.001-04:002015-07-26T15:43:34.105-04:00Like clockwork Obama team uses criminal shooting to push gun controlSince I could not get the following article published, I am posting it right here on The Liberty Sphere. Thanks for reading, my friends.

Almost as soon as the smoke dispersed from the firearm used by the Louisiana shooter who killed two at a movie theater Thursday night, Barack Obama's team and some of his supporters were once again using a tragedy to push for gun control. Obama crony Rahm Emanuel once famously stated, "Never let a crisis go to waste." The Obama team took Rahm's statement to heart. Each time there is a shooting, the minions of the gun ban movement leap into action, inundating the news airwaves with the false meme that had there only been more gun control, the massacre would have never happened.

CNN's anchor reporters the night and morning following the Louisiana shooting wasted no time to chime in, stating that the nation needs to take a more serious look at the issue of gun control. As for Barack Obama himself, before the shooting had taken place he gave an interview with the BBC during his trip to Kenya during which he stated that the biggest frustration of his presidency is the inability to get anything done about gun violence and pass gun control legislation.

Once again, the footsoldiers of the progressive anti-gun movement would mandate that all citizens be deprived of the most effective means of self-defense in order to prevent a few criminals and emotionally unstable persons from getting them. Other than the fact that the U.S. Constitution specifically forbids such laws, this thinking throws all of the components of logic and common sense out the window.

Each year in America between 32,000 and 40,000 citizens on average are killed in car wrecks. Yet Americans continuously shy away from any suggestion that they give up their autos and opt instead for public transportation. Why? Americans like their freedom. They want to make their own choices and do their own thing apart from the watchful eye of government. And this fact is true although 40,000 will die behind the wheel. Most would say that it is up to the individual to remember, "Let the buyer beware." It is up to the individual to put into practice the commonsense measures that enhance the person's chances of staying out of car accidents, or, increase their chances of surviving if they are in such an accident.

So, why is there no push in Washington to ban cars and trucks? Using the logic of the anti-gun cabal, given that 40,000 citizens will die using these instruments of death, Americans should thus be prevented from owning, possessing, and using autos. The thinking of the progressives is all too clear -- if a tiny percentage get hurt or killed using instruments that tens of millions use, force those who use their guns and autos legally, carefully, and with appropriate caution, to give them up even if they are not guilty of any crime. Do not focus on punishing the perpetrators. Punish everyone even though they have never used their firearms or their autos in a haphazard or dangerous fashion.

The latest incident involving firearm abuse by a deranged psych case is no logical reason to deprive all citizens of the right to keep and bear arms. Most Americans are now smart enough to see through this deception that pushes an ominous agenda.Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/07/like-clockwork-obama-team-uses-criminal_26.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-76254146348678946112015-07-23T19:58:00.001-04:002015-07-23T19:58:07.361-04:00Obama continues to ignore suffering of victim families"One by one they came to Washington, D.C. from across the country Monday to testify before Congress concerning the consequences of the failure of the Obama administration to enforce U,S, immigration law. Gut wrenching accounts of family members who were murdered in cold blood by illegal immigrants were recounted to senators and representatives, including the father of Kathryn (Kate) Steinle..."

Read it all.Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/07/obama-continues-to-ignore-suffering-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-390090546901588352015-07-21T16:57:00.000-04:002015-07-21T16:57:12.417-04:00US House to consider cutting off funding from sanctuary cities"Several news organizations reported today that the U.S. House of Representatives will submit a bill this week that would block funding for so-called sanctuary cities. A similar bill is being formulated in the U.S. Senate."

Read the rest.Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/07/us-house-to-consider-cutting-off.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-57862514157750502642015-07-20T00:33:00.002-04:002015-07-20T00:33:22.082-04:00Citizen ire meets common sense in Tenn. killings"In the days since an emotionally unstable Islamic extremist killed four Marines and one Navy man, and wounded several others, the families of the victims, local citizens, and members of the U.S. military are increasingly expressing their ire at the federal government for policies that have failed to provide reasonable security in a world that is growing more dangerous by the day."

Read the restWelshmanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/07/citizen-ire-meets-common-sense-in-tenn.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-89009668793260783072015-07-18T19:11:00.002-04:002015-07-18T19:11:19.168-04:00Immigration a top issue for 2016 presidential election"All of the signs point to the fact that the subject of immigration will be a top issue for the 2016 presidential election. Many erroneously cite Donald Trump as the instigator of voter ire regarding the failure of Barack Obama to enforce the law when it comes to those who enter and stay in the United States illegally. The facts, however, show a growing discontent bordering on rage on the part of most citizens toward immigration policy. That rage has been simmering beneath the surface for at least a decade. Trump merely tapped into the discontent that was already there among the citizenry."

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Welshmanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/07/immigration-top-issue-for-2016.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-59459962380145693162015-07-17T00:43:00.000-04:002015-07-17T15:19:20.795-04:00Marine killer inspired by global jihad "The latest information concerning the Marine killer in Chattanooga, Tenn. indicates strong, if not irrefutable, evidence that the killer was inspired and radicalized by the global jihad."

Read the restWelshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/07/marine-killer-inspired-by-global-jihad.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-37047432374951176562015-07-16T01:35:00.003-04:002015-07-16T01:38:51.773-04:00Israel forms anti-Iranian nuke deal with Saudis "One of the biggest shockers to emerge from the fallout of the newly signed nuclear agreement between the United States and Iran is the news, reported today, that Israel has formed an anti-nuke alliance with Saudi Arabia against Iran."

Read the rest....Welshmanhttp://email@example.com://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2015/07/israel-forms-anti-iranian-nuke-deal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34546675.post-81223836086967475682015-07-14T16:57:00.001-04:002015-07-14T16:57:05.108-04:00State Dept. withheld key Hillary emails from investigators into Benghazi scandal
A spokesman for the House Select Committee on Benghazi told reporters today that the State Department withheld at least two crucial emails that are said to be at the center of the Benghazi scandal. U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three members of his security detail were murdered in cold blood by terrorists associated with al Qaeda.
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Obama's New Economic Proposals Will Take Time, Gault Says
The Obama administration's latest economic proposals of infrastructure spending and tax relief for businesses will take time to bring down the unemployment rate, said Nigel Gault, chief economist at IHS Global Insight in Lexington, Massachusetts.
"I don't think it's going to kick start the economy," Gault said today in an interview on Bloomberg Television. Infrastructure spending will help the unemployed construction worker in coming years, he said. "Will it create jobs quickly? No it won't."
President Barack Obama is proposing to expand tax relief for businesses and boost federal spending on transportation to help bolster the economy. In Milwaukee yesterday, Obama called for $50 billion in the first of a six-year program to fix roads, railways and modernize the air-traffic control system.
"There's not much we can do very quickly to make a big difference," Gault said. "We have to recognize unemployment is going to be high for a long while."


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Amy Winehouse's heartbroken boyfriend Reg Traviss is struggling to come to terms with the British singer's "untimely" July 23 death.
Speaking to U.K.'s The Sun, the film director, 35, was overcome with grief remembering the woman he called "my dear love."
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"The last three days have been hell. I want to thank all those who are mourning the loss of Amy -- such a beautiful, brilliant person and my dear love," he told the paper in an interview published Tuesday.
While results of an autopsy performed Monday were deemed inconclusive, Traviss slammed reports that the singer's final days had been fueled by drugs.
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"She has been full of life and so upbeat recently, exercising everyday and doing yoga. This terrible thing that happened is like an accident," Traviss continued, adding that his girlfriend of two years was "really looking forward" to attending a pal's upcoming wedding, and excitedly tried on outfits to wear prior to her death.
Survived by her parents, Mitch and Janis, and her older brother, Alex, Winehouse will be laid to rest at a private funeral service Tuesday.
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"Our family has been left bereft by the loss of Amy, a wonderful daughter, sister, niece. She leaves a gaping hole in our lives," the Winehouse family told Us Weekly in a statement after her death. "We are coming together to remember her and we would appreciate some privacy and space at this terrible time."
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Posted on: December 22, 2011 9:21 pm
Pujols gone, but Cards can win with Beltran
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The St. Louis Cardinals lost three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols ... and still may enter 2012 as NL Central favorites.
Yes, you read that right.
That's what two years and $26 million -- oh, and a full no-trade clause -- to free agent outfielder Carlos Beltran does for the Redbirds. No guarantees of course, because his knees have more mileage on them than Don Rickles. But if Beltran, at 34, can produce as he did as an All-Star last summer, look out.
Defending division champion Milwaukee is on the brink of losing Prince Fielder, and the Brewers could be without NL MVP Ryan Braun for the first third of 2012 if his suspension for a testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug is upheld. The Reds are coming off of a highly disappointing season and have young starters surrounded by lots of questions (Mat Latos, Homer Bailey, Travis Wood, Mike Leake). The Cubs have miles to go. The Pirates fell off in the second half last season. Houston? Please.
In St. Louis, this isn't about the Beltran of 2006, when he played in 140 games and blasted 41 homers and collected 116 RBIs. That Beltran but a memory -- just as is the image of him standing there frozen at home plate, gawking at Adam Wainwright's knee-bending, Game 7 curve for strike three that sent the Cardinals, and not Beltran's Mets, to the World Series.
No, this is about how today's Beltran fits in with, yep, Wainwright and the rest of the post-Pujols Cardinals.
Wainwright should be sufficiently recovered from Tommy John ligament transfer surgery to start the season in the rotation. Add him to Chris Carpenter, Jaime Garcia and Kyle Lohse and that's a winning rotation. Always, you start with pitching.
Beltran alone would not solve St. Louis' issues, pre- or post-Pujols. But with Matt Holliday (left field) and Lance Berkman (first base) in place, and with promising outfielders Jon Jay (center field) and Allen Craig (right field), now you've got something. Beltran fits well into that rotation. Veteran Rafael Furcal back at shortstop, World Series hero David Freese at third base ... mm-hmmm, the Cardinals will miss Pujols, but they're still versatile and potent.
With all that, first-year manager Mike Matheny shouldn't need to ride Beltran into the ground. But with Craig probably set to open the season on the disabled list following November knee surgery, Beltran can plug into right field early, stabilize the outfield and add depth and power to the lineup.
When Craig returns, Matheny surely will have no problem finding enough at-bats for Beltran in center and right field.
If he's got his legs under him, his bat is still there: His .525 slugging percentage in 2011 for the Mets and Giants ranked eighth among NL outfielders. Overall, he batted .300 with 22 homers and 84 RBI in 142 games.
You can argue that St. Louis overpaid for a guy who turns 35 in late April. But Colorado gave Michael Cuddyer $31.5 million over three years. It's a lot of money, but it's also a short-term commitment for St. Louis.
In that short-term, especially when measured against the rest of the NL Central right now, it looks like smart money. Yes, Pujols is gone. But that doesn't necessarily mean turn out the lights in St. Louis.
Posted on: March 9, 2011 4:30 pm
Fifth rotation spot a battle in Cincinnati
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- It is not a stretch to say that rookie Mike Leake was a key spark that helped light Cincinnati's baseball Renaissance during the first half of 2010.
So how could it be, then, that the young right-hander is scratching and clawing for a rotation job here this spring ... and has a better than 50/50 chance of opening the season at Triple-A Louisville?
Well, circumstances broke just right for Leake last year at this time and he completely skipped the minor leagues, jumping from Arizona State to the bigs. He was the first starting pitcher in the majors to accomplish that since Jim Abbott with the Angels in 1989.
But a couple of things are at issue this year: One, the length of last season eventually wore him down and the Reds wound up pulling him from the rotation late in the season. And two, behind Edinson Volquez, Bronson Arroyo and Johnny Cueto, the Reds have a growing number of other good young arms.
Essentially, it's a three-person battle for the last two slots in the rotation among Leake, Homer Bailey and Travis Wood. One disadvantage facing Leake is that Bailey is out of options (meaning, the Reds now have to place him on waiver and risk losing him before they can send him back to the minors). Consequently, Bailey probably has a job won unless he turns in an absolute clunker of a spring.
At roughly 5-10 and 175 pounds, Leake, who went 8-4 with a 4.23 ERA in 24 games (22 starts) last year for the Reds, remains a wisp of a guy.
"You hope he's getting stronger," manager Dusty Baker says. "He was a little kid [last year].
"I was always told there are kid muscles and there are man muscles, and he don't have his man muscles yet."
The Reds still value Leake, 23, and appreciate that he helped launch them early in 2010 toward their greatest heights since 1995. But like other very young pitchers, he still hase some developing to do.
"He was our best starter over the first eight or 10 weeks and he was on the worst schedule," Cincinnati pitching coach Bryan Price says. "Because we were trying to limit his innings, he wasn't on an every-five-days schedule."
Whenever the Reds had an extra off day, they pushed Leake back, and he often started with five or six days' rest, rather than just four. As Price says, those are not optimal conditions for a starting pitcher.
"I think we have a chance to start [the season] with Mike because he's a winner," Price says. "We have a good problem [with many talented, young arms], but it's going to be a bad problem for one of the guys."
There is a chance the odd man out among Bailey, Wood and Leake could pitch out of the bullpen, but those circumstances would have to be extenuating. The Reds' first choice would be to send whomever does not make the big league rotation to Triple-A Louisville so the kid can continue to develop.
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Likes: Eric Davis in uniform as an instructor in Reds camp. ... Joe Morgan visiting. ... The fried chicken and biscuits at Culinary Dropouts in Scottsdale. ... The Fennville, Mich., boys high school team winning an emotional district tournament opener after the unspeakable death of one of its players last week following a game-winning shot to cap a 20-0 season. Former colleague Jeff Seidel captured the heartbreak and the optimism nicely in this story.
Dislikes: None today. How can there be any after reading the gripping story above? Just prayers and thoughts.
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Posted on: June 30, 2010 5:23 pm
Stephen Strasburg is not an All-Star
Come on. Stephen Strasburg an All-Star?
In 2011, probably.
Every season from 2011 through 2021, good chance.
But 13 days from now? In 2010?
No way.
Five starts do not make an All-Star, no matter how many oohs, ahhs and strikeouts Strasburg has produced. This is still a game in which you have to earn your way. Strasburg is off the starting blocks in that department. But he hasn't earned anything yet.
There are too many good pitchers in the National League who have been doing it since Opening Day who deserve All-Star spots more than Strasburg. Break it down to rookies alone, and St. Louis' Jaime Garcia and Cincinnati's Mike Leake are in line ahead of Strasburg (yes, even though Leake has struggled in his past couple of outings).
Look, I love Strasburg. He's exceeded the hype, which pretty much was an impossible task.
As a fan, I'd love to see him pitch an inning in the All-Star Game facing someone like Derek Jeter, Justin Morneau and Josh Hamilton.
But there are only two possible reasons to justify putting him on the NL squad:
1. The fans demand it.
2. Because the winning league gets home-field advantage in the World Series, you must put the best pitchers on the team regardless.
As for the first reason, the fans have their say in voting for the starting position players. They don't name the entire team.
As for the second reason, again: Judging by all appearances and rave reviews, Strasburg looks like he's already one of the best pitchers in the game. But even he said following his outing against Atlanta on Monday that he's got plenty to learn.
There are too many others deserving to jump Strasburg ahead of them. And I haven't talked to him about this issue, but my guess, level-headed kid that he is, is that he'd agree.
The game demands that you earn things, you're not just given them.
And in the end, you'll be respected a heck of a lot more if you do.
Likes: Vladimir Guerrero back in Anaheim. And the nice ovation he received in the series opener Tuesday. ... MLB Network, which does an excellent job each night cutting from game to game to game. ... XM Radio offering every game, every night. I know I've plugged them here before, but what a great thing satellite radio is -- for games, news, music, everything. ... Mexican food in Southern California. ... Excellent new disc from Gaslight Anthem, American Slang. ... The fourth season of Friday Night Lights is fantastic. Really, really good writing and acting, as we've come to expect from one of the best shows ever on television.
Dislikes: Atlanta rookie Jason Heyward saying he's out of the All-Star Game. ... Poor Joel Zumaya. Best wishes to the Detroit reliever in his recovery following an absolutely sickening injury. ... The Dodgers' Matt Kemp and Tampa Bay's B.J. Upton in the doghouse. Come on fellas, how difficult is it to work hard and be a good teammate? ... Carlos Zambrano is a dope.
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Posted on: June 16, 2010 11:37 pm
Edited on: June 16, 2010 11:58 pm
Reds look to get back on track Thursday
CINCINNATI -- Hoo boy, tough night for the Reds on Wednesday as the Dodgers rolled 6-2 to snatch first place from San Diego in the NL West.
Not only was it their third consecutive loss and their fourth in five games as they battle St. Louis in the NL Central, but. ...
Cincinnati rookie Mike Leake (five earned runs and nine hits in six innings) was tagged with the first loss of his major-league career. He made history by becoming the first Reds rookie pitcher to ever go undefeated through his first 12 starts, then the Dodgers' Andre Ethier made history by blasting a hanging curveball for a three-run homer in the sixth to mortally wound Leake.
Then, in the bottom of the sixth with Los Angeles leading 5-0, two on and none out, Scott Rolen and manager Dusty Baker were both ejected by plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt when Rolen lost it after being called out on strikes.
It was only the third ejection of Rolen's 14-year career and, as he explained, "I thought it was a big at-bat, a game-changing at-bat, possibly."
Rolen joked that, after Tuesday's marathon game that featured a 2 1/2-hour rain delay and didn't wrap up until 1 a.m., he and Wendelstedt were asking each other whether they got enough sleep and then the umpire said, "Why don't you go up and sit in the cold tub and get ready for Thursday's game."
"That was it," Rolen said with a wry smile. "I'm not sure what it looked like."
The ejections were one sure signal that summer is heating up. The surprising Reds are keeping a close eye on the Cardinals, but they've also hit a rough patch that is testing them.
"We knew we'd go through periods like this," Baker said afterward. "We've got to keep fighting. It's a long season, and it's not going to be up all the time. There's a long way to go, and there are going to be good times, and there are going to be great times."
There also will be rough times and, as Baker said, "That's why you want to be as many games over .500 as you can, so when you hit one of these streaks ... you want a cushion."
The Reds have one more game against the Dodgers on Thursday afternoon before heading west to play Seattle and Oakland.
And it is not lost on them that these same Dodgers swept the Cardinals just one week ago in Los Angeles.
Likes: Love that Great American Ballpark sits right on the Ohio River. Very cool to look out beyond the right-field bleachers and see the river flowing. ... Nice billboard featuring Hall of Fame writer Hal McCoy and his "The Real McCoy" blog for his old newspaper, the Dayton Daily News, while driving into town the other day. Even better to see my old friend in person these last two nights. ... Had a chance to catch the Bruce Springsteen exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame before leaving Cleveland earlier this week. Great display, including a phenomenal amount of hand-written lyrics and some iconic clothes, including the threads that Bruce wore on the cover of both Born in the USA and The River. The red cap from his back pocket on Born in the USA is almost comically plain, and worn. ... Johnny Cash's tour bus, also on display at the Rock Hall.
Dislikes: Nobody's thrilled with rain delays, and Tuesday night's was a doozy. The Reds and Dodgers waited two-and-a-half hours before resuming play midway through the game after 11 p.m. The game didn't end until 1 a.m. But you know what? The thunderstorm was worth it. Man did it pour. And the lightening show was spectacular.
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"Got kind of tired packing and unpacking
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Okay, so here are the Tweets so far describing what Faraci saw of the trailer at Butt-Numb-A-Thon:
Trailer opens with Pike VO, telling Kirk he has courage but no humility, and someday that will get him and his crew killed.
Full STAR TREK trailer indicates hands against glass scene is actually Spock and Cumberbatch. If he's Sybock... Well, kudos.
That said, Cumberbatch does NOT have Vulcan ears. Hands against glass scene seems to be Cumby in the brig.
Hahaha. They are totally going to capture him halfway through. Just like DARK KNIGHT/AVENGERS/SKYFALL.
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If attending the Tri-Valley at River View matchup isn't how you wish to spend opening night of the high school football season, then you better be prepared to travel.
The remaining four area teams are all on the road, and all in different directions. West Holmes heads North to Triway, Ridgewood ventures South to Crooksville, Newcomerstown jaunts East to Indian Valley, and Coshocton travels West to Utica.
Before breaking out the road map and compass to plan your trip, read on and find out what the local squads think of their season-opening opponents.
Last season in West Lafayette, Ridgewood used a late fourth-quarter score for the 7-0 victory in a clash of Division V teams.
The win propelled Ridgewood to a 9-1 playoff season in Region 17, capping a third straight year with both Week 11 action and an Inter-Valley Conference title.
On the flip side, Crooksville's playoff expectations in Region 19 never came to fruition. Starting the season 0-3 and finishing 4-6, the Ceramics lost five games by 10 points or less, and were 1-5 against playoff teams.
But one should never underestimate the superhuman-like powers the Ceramics often gain on the Village Park turf.
"I'd rather play them at home, sure," Ridgewood head coach John Slusser said. "I don't know how difficult it'll be. I've never been there before. It's never fun to go on the road, though."
Slusser expects a running, hitting, physical Crooksville team, sparked on the ground by two
returning lettermen, senior Brandon Williams and sophomore Clay Gorby.
Ridgewood's issue, according to Slusser, is if the Generals can move the ball. What may be mentally reassuring is it sometimes only takes one score to win a game, proven in last year's meeting when then-junior Josh McCormick caught the winning touchdown pass with 1:38 left from now-graduated quarterback Jarrod Grove.
"We haven't done that very well so far," Slusser said of ball movement. "We've got to figure out a way to move the football and figure out a way to defend them and tackle their running backs. We turned the ball over too much in the preseason, something we can not do at all (Friday). We've also got to match the intensity they will come out with."
When the battle of Redskins kicks off, Coshocton expects its intensity level to be at 100 percent, just like in last year's 38-13 victory.
"We're ready for the season to start. I think we're good to go," said Coshocton senior Alex Eikenberry.
Coshocton head coach Marty Arganbright agreed.
"They're looking forward to the competition and their excited," Arganbright said of his team. "Just like they always are every year."
Utica is anxious to erase the memory of a 2-8 season. It will do so behind a line that averages 245 across the board, including huge bookend tackles. Senior Travis Londot (6-5, 294) has an older brother, Todd, in the New York Giants preseason camp. Both Travis Londot and senior Travis Baldwin (6-7, 310) are receiving Division I looks.
The line will help make up for a relatively inexperienced backfield in the Pro-I setup, with first-year senior quarterback Nick Feyh and running backs in senior Calvin Bostic and sophomore Jerrod Ours.
If Coshocton wants to swarm the ball, overcoming the tackles may prove to be the most important key.
"We need to be intense, especially on the defensive side of the ball," Eikenberry said. "One of our goals is getting everyone to the ball. We're not a huge team but we rely on our speed more than our size. Hopefully, we'll have 11 red helmets to the ball every play."
Newcomerstown- Indian Valley
Newcomerstown head coach Jeff Baker has a positive attitude regarding the game and new opposing coach Ed Honabarger.
"After the spread offense, Coach Honabarger has (Indian Valley) back in the Wing-T ... and a 4-4 on defense," Baker said. "We feel we will match up with them better after the last couple of years. We look to keep things close and give ourselves a chance to win the ball game at the end."
Offensively, expect the Trojans to share the wealth, especially through the air, but defense is where Newcomerstown can really shine.
"The defense was looking pretty strong this week," Baker said of practices. "We feel pretty comfortable, and a lot of teams in the IVC at one point or another run the Wing-T."
West Holmes-Triway
The Tom Eastep era begins at West Holmes, and he will have the horses to garner that opening night win.
"Offensively, we're going to run the ball at them," Eastep said. "Our offensive line is our strength. We think that we match up pretty well with Triway on the line. We'll hit the left tackle pretty hard."
Doug Hoss, formerly of Rittman, is the new head coach at Triway. Though Rittman ran the spread offense in recent years, Eastep noted that Hoss has Triway running more of a pro set offense.
"I imagine they'll try to hit us on the perimeter a little bit," Eastep said. "What we'll prepare for is defending the perimeter and go from there."


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Do whatever it takes: refinance your home, sell your kidney, get a telemarketing job. But at some point in your life, you need to go heli-skiing in Alaska. Here are photos from a day with Valdez Heli-Ski Guides—to show you why it's worth saving for.
April 5, 2010
In 1993, ski legend Doug Coombs opened Alaska's first heli-ski operation in Valdez. Skiing Magazine's Megan Michelson is currently spending two weeks in an RV parked at Valdez Heli Ski Guides with two of the best telemark skiers in the country. Here are photos from their trip—along with pointers on how to ski Alaskan-style steeps.


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