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The National Hockey League is closer than ever to actually having a season. It's up to the players to decide how close.
The league ignited the engine on stalled collective bargaining talks Tuesday, proposing a 50-50 revenue split between owners and players during a meeting in Toronto. The offer to the NHL Players' Association is contingent on a full 82-game season that would begin Nov. 2.
"We very much want to preserve a full 82-game season, and in that light we made a proposal, an offer really, that is our best shot at preserving an 82-game regular season and playoffs," Commissioner Gary Bettman told reporters in Toronto. "We believe that this was a fair offer for a long-term deal, and it's one that we hope gets a positive reaction so that we can drop the puck on Nov. 2, which backing up entails at least a one-week training camp.
"So, we have about nine or 10 days to get this all put to bed, signed, sealed and delivered."
Union leader Donald Fehr planned to study the proposal – the first made by either side since mid-September – and discuss the nuances during a conference call with the NHLPA's executive board and negotiating committee. Talks with the league will resume "sooner rather than later," he said.
"I would like to believe that after we're done with this that it will be an excellent starting point, and we can go forward and see if there's a deal to be made," Fehr told media in Toronto. "I've been looking for a way to get these negotiations jump-started, and if this does it, that would be great. We'll see, though.
"Whenever you make an offer in bargaining, especially one in the midst of a dispute where you have a lockout in place, you make an offer, you expect discussions, you expect further negotiations."
The proposal is a large step forward by the NHL. Its initial offer would have given the players 43 percent of hockey-related revenue, which reached a record $3.3 billion last season. The league's proposal prior to Tuesday increased the players' share to no more than 47 percent.
The players received 57 percent of revenue the past two seasons. Their latest proposal called for them to take 52 percent to 54 percent, with their numbers based on 7 percent yearly growth.
One of the biggest issues for players has been to avoid any type of salary rollback. They want to be paid their previously negotiated salaries despite any drop in revenue percentage. Various reports said the NHL's proposal provides "salary protection" in the first year of the deal, with players getting any money they lose repaid over time.
"We believe we addressed the concern that players have about what happens to their salaries as a result in this year reducing the percentage from 57 to 50 percent," Bettman said. "We had a number of significant elements that we believe can and should serve as the basis of a deal to get us playing hockey."
The regular season was supposed to start last Thursday, but the owners canceled the first two weeks as part of the lockout that began Sept. 16. Bettman said Tuesday that a Nov. 2 start would ensure the Stanley Cup playoffs would be completed by late June.
"The compression that would be involved is one additional game every five weeks," Bettman said. "Beyond that, we don't think it would be good for the players or for the game."
Said Fehr: "They would still like to get a full 82-game season in. We, of course, share that view and would like to get a full 82-game season in. So what our hope is after we review this is that there will be a feeling on the players' side that this is a proposal from which we can negotiate and try and reach a conclusion."
The proposed length of the new CBA is a minimum of six years. According to Sportsnet.ca, the offer also includes capping contract lengths at five years, gives full free agency at 28 years old or eight years of service and sets revenue sharing at or near $200 million.
"In some respects I think it is [an improvement]," Fehr said. "In other respects I'm not sure."
The limit on contract lengths is likely to need extensive discussion among the players.
Long-term, big-dollar, guaranteed deals have become commonplace and helped drive the salary cap from $39 million in 2005-06 to $64.3 million last season.
"We've given it our best shot," Bettman said. "It's done in the spirit of getting a full season in."
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Why Retailers Don't Know Who Sews Their Clothing
Poorly Regulated Subcontractors Are a Factor in Garment Trade's Deadly Accidents
DHAKA, Bangladesh—On two floors of an olive green building with insufficient emergency exits and a too narrow fire escape, women in Saifur Rahman's factory sew fleece sweatshirts for European shoppers.
Yet the global brands whose clothes he makes don't always know about him, Mr. Rahman says. Often, he says, they believe their clothes were made at bigger factories—ones they have vetted for safety—located miles away.
Mr. Rahman gets the work because sometimes the original factories decide to subcontract it out. Maybe they have taken on too many orders, or fear missing a deadline.
Mr. Rahman acknowledges his factory doesn't meet all safety standards. His cutting room, for example, has only one emergency exit where it should, by law, have two. His workers are also sitting too close together, according to Bangladeshi law, and an exterior escape staircase is several inches too narrow. During one recent visit, these steps were slippery with food scraps.
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Mr. Rahman hopes to fix some of these things this year, he says.
Mr. Rahman's factory is one of a spreading network of subcontractors who play a central role in the world's garment trade. This is particularly true in Bangladesh, where Wal-Mart Stores Inc., WMT 1.97 % H & M Hennes & Mauritz HMB -2.85 % AB and Zara make some of their clothes.
Garment-trade veterans say the industry simply wouldn't run without these subcontractors. As for Mr. Rahman—a former garment worker himself who saved up and opened his own plant four years ago—someday, he says, he intends to run a first-class facility.
"The workers, staff and owner will live there, eat there, do everything together," Mr. Rahman says. He described his "dream" factory as having housing, an artificial lake and lots of parking. "It would be like a family."
In recent months, he says, he has improved worker conditions. But until earlier this year, he says, he wasn't even aware he was supposed to give his roughly 260 workers a certain number of sick days.
The spread of poorly regulated subcontractors is one of the main problems in a garment trade that has suffered deadly accidents. In April, the Rana Plaza factory complex in Bangladesh collapsed, burying more than one thousand people. Over the past eight months, factory fires have killed about 130 people.
Meantime, retailers sometimes have little idea where some of their clothes are made. Many retailers don't maintain the manpower in Dhaka or other garment hubs to regularly check on factories that are supposed to be making their clothes.
"An order could be produced in 20 different units and it comes to one place for final inspection," says Zulficar Ali, executive director at the Bangladesh office of U.K.-based Synergies Worldwide, a buying house that works with manufacturers to fill orders for retailers.
Retailers including Wal-Mart, Gap Inc., H&M, Inditex SA ITX -0.38 % 's Zara and others say they have strict rules about subcontracting. For instance, manufacturers who deal directly with retailers typically sign a code of conduct that requires them to disclose subcontractors so that those factories can be inspected.
But people familiar with the industry say manufacturers that are running late often skip the disclosures to save time. Approving a factory for subcontracting generally happens after auditors can make unannounced visits to manufacturers, but that can take several weeks to set up and complete.
Western brands have blamed unauthorized subcontracting in the past when their clothes were found in factories where disaster struck. After a fire in November in Bangladesh that killed more than 110 workers, Wal-Mart girls' shorts were discovered in the charred ruins. Wal-Mart said its authorized manufacturer, which it later dismissed, had subcontracted without its knowledge.
Two months later, labels for brands sold by Spain's Inditex, Zara's parent, were found at another Bangladesh factory fire. The company said the order had been subcontracted without permission.
At Rana Plaza, orders were being filled for some brands, such as French label Camaïeu, in the building without their permission, the companies say. Other retailers, including Italy's Benetton SpA, say they had given permission for one-time subcontracting or trial use of factories in Rana Plaza.
When a Wall Street Journal reporter visited Mr. Rahman's Texco Fashion Wear Ltd. factory in May and June, he was working on orders for several foreign retailers. His factory was making black fleece sweatshirts for German discounter KiK and men's jersey shirts for the label Avant Première for Swiss department-store chain Manor AG.
Mr. Rahman, 47 years old, says two foreign orders in his factory came from larger factories that sought his help because of political and worker unrest that led to production delays. He said one of the orders came to him from a local buying agency, a firm that places retailers' orders with manufacturers.
The buying agency confirmed working with Mr. Rahman, and an executive described him as "motivated," saying he had requested an audit in order to improve his business.
One of the factories identified by Mr. Rahman as sending the business his way denied subcontracting to him. The second factory said an employee no longer with the firm had subcontracted a small project to Texco, on a "test basis," without informing management.
KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH said Mr. Rahman's factory wasn't authorized to make its clothes and that it wasn't aware its products were being made there. "This was an illegal subcontracting for which we have zero tolerance," a spokeswoman said.
Michael Arretz of KiK said the company investigated and found that the original factory faced delays partly because labor strikes at a port had held up the needed fabric. KiK said it would fine the factory that sent the work to Texco €5,000 ($6,600).
Mr. Rahman said he believes retailers should be informed about the work sent to him. He said he also believes retailers' local agents often know of the subcontracting but don't tell the retailer for fear of losing future orders.
Manor AG, which is part of Maus Frères SA, owner of the Lacoste label, confirmed that its China sourcing office had placed a small order with Texco, via a Bangladesh agent, for its Avant Première label. It said it has since decided not to place new orders after efforts to improve standards at the factory fell short.
Those efforts included a February visit to the factory by its China-based sourcing office, and an independent audit in January. The audit showed "massive breaches of our code of conduct at Texco," said Elle Steinbrecher of Manor. Manor's sourcing office made a list of repairs and improvements for Texco to retain its business, she said.
But when the head of Manor's sourcing office in China paid a second visit to the factory, in April, it found the improvements hadn't been made, Ms. Steinbrecher said.
Mr. Rahman confirmed the visits and acknowledged he hadn't made all the changes sought, such as creating the second cutting-room exit. He said he wanted to make the improvements but can't add another exit until his landlord carries out paving work around the building.
Nor is Mr. Rahman able to provide more space between rows of machines, as he says Manor advised, because the rooms are too small. He says he can't get more space unless another factory leaves the building.
Manor declined to say what changes it sought. A spokeswoman said the two sides disagree on what the safety violations are.
Putting a number on the subcontractors in Bangladesh and other garment-producing nations is tough. But executives, activists and retailers say use of unauthorized subcontractors is pervasive. As many as half of the roughly 5,000 factories in Bangladesh are subcontractors, local industry officials say.
Rubana Huq, managing director of the Mohammadi Group, a large company that says it makes clothes for prominent global brands, estimated that just 2,000 of Bangladesh's factories get export contracts. "The rest do subcontracting," she said.
It is easy to see why subcontracting is common. If approved factories miss a shipping deadline, they may have to rush the shipment by airfreight, at their own expense, or give the buyer a 5% discount as a penalty.
Depending on the clothes, that is a stiff punishment. Garment buyers said profit margins for basic items hover around 3% to 4%, or about four cents for a plain T-shirt, though they can hit the double digits on more elaborate knit clothes.
Also, Mr. Rahman and others in the industry say some manufacturers intentionally overbook their factories. "The biggest factories take orders based on subcontracting capacity. They may have a two million capacity and they'll take orders for four million," said Habib Hirji, managing director of the Bangladesh office of Synergies Worldwide, a buying house.
Retailers say they are becoming stricter after Rana Plaza. Already many are conducting structural inspections of factories they use. A group of 70 mostly European retailers has pledged to sign a binding agreement through which they agree not to hire manufacturers whose factories don't meet safety standards.
In July the group said at it was recruiting a fire inspector. The accord proposes to make public the findings of safety inspections.
Many subcontractors may be unable to satisfy many new requirements, says Joynal Abedin, a former garment worker who is now a middleman who helps factories outsource. Mr. Abedin, who has sent work to Mr. Rahman in the past, says that in a good month he subcontracts as many as 80,000 pieces of clothing, earning about one to two cents per piece.
He estimates that only about half the factories he works with will be able to meet stricter building safety standards. Structural improvements, in particular, are difficult and costly, he says.
Mr. Rahman says he hopes to make enough improvements to appeal to retailers directly, leaving behind the subcontracting work, which doesn't pay as well. The eldest son of farmers, Mr. Rahman said he dreamed of opening his own business since his first job keeping attendance at a garment factory more than 20 years ago, where he earned 1,200 Bangladesh taka a month, or about $15. Eventually, he became a production supervisor.
In 2005, Mr. Rahman and three friends leased a factory in the building where he now operates. He and some new partners eventually took over the space. They spent three million taka, or about $40,000, half of which was Mr. Rahman's, to get started.
In the early years, Mr. Rahman acknowledges he didn't pay a lot of attention to worker-protection laws. His main concern was staying afloat.
But he says he wants to upgrade his place to more closely resemble the big factories he has worked at. He hired a compliance manager last year to look at safety and labor requirements and tell him what changes were needed.
In March, his compliance manager placed before him a hefty tome of Bangladeshi labor laws, listing things like the fact that workers are entitled to 14 sick days a year and 11 days to celebrate festivals, among other holidays.
That was news to Mr. Rahman. "I knew about giving Fridays off," he says, referring to the Muslim religious day. "I didn't know about all these other holidays." He also hadn't always been paying minimum wage, he said, and he had been paying overtime at the same rate as regular hours, not at a higher rate as stipulated.
Mr. Rahman says he has fixed many of these things. And a spot-check with some workers corroborated that. One female employee said that conditions at Mr. Rahman's factory weren't great when she first joined at the beginning of the year. "Now, many things have changed," she said.
Wages rose and overtime pay improved, she said. And recently she participated in a fire drill, the only one she remembers. "There's a bell," she said, "then we all have to go out."
Another employee, who had begun working at the factory in April, said the workplace was better than her previous one because there was "no hitting."
Of Mr. Rahman, she said, "He's not a bad guy." He is usually present, and "he has told us that if the line chief isn't giving you days off, you come to me."
In June, Mr. Rahman said he was reviewing wages again, noting that the raises he gave earlier this year had reduced employee turnover, a problem that plagues many firms. But he said the changes he has made this year—worker raises, hiring a doctor to be present once a week, and checking and refilling fire extinguishers every month—have already cost him 400,000 taka in extra monthly costs.
"I always keep this in my mind," he says. "Today my business is doing well, tomorrow my business can fail."
—Shelly Banjo, Syed Zain Al-Mahmood and Gordon Fairclough contributed to this article.
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MINNEAPOLIS � John Gagliardi put sleepy little Collegeville, Minn., on the national college football map with a style all his own.
After 60 years at Division III St. John�s, four national titles and more victories than any coach in NCAA history, Gagliardi is calling it a career at the tender age of 86.
�It�s unbelievable that I could make a living with a career in a game that is so popular and is such a huge business,� Gagliardi said Monday after announcing his retirement. �To be a small part of that has just been wonderful.�
He played a much larger role than he lets on, shirking the conventions of the stereotypical overbearing college coach. More teddy bear than Bear Bryant, Gagliardi banned whistles, tackling and, essentially, bad weather during practice.
If the notoriously thick swarms of central Minnesota mosquitos were out for blood, the coach who only responded to �John� simply called it a day.
�It was working,� Gagliardi said. �So I figured I�ll keep doing it.�
Gagliardi started coaching college players in 1949 and spent the last six decades at the private school in central Minnesota. He retires with a record of 489-138-11 and surpassed Eddie Robinson for the career coaching victories record in 2003.
To think of St. John�s without Gagliardi in these parts is like trying to think of Duke without Coach K, the Rolling Stones without Mick Jagger, peanut butter without jelly.
�I can�t imagine St. John�s football without John Gagliardi on the sideline,� said Tom Linneman, a Johnnies quarterback from 1996 to 2000. �I don�t know what that looks like. And there are very few people alive that do know what it looks like.�
The seemingly carefree approach in a sport that seems to demand so much more certainly didn�t hold the Johnnies back once the games started. He won national titles in 1963, 1965, 1976 and 2003 and had managed to maintain the high expectations late into his tenure.
The Johnnies lost three games or fewer 13 consecutive seasons, from 1998 to 2010, and went undefeated in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference five times in that span. But they had stumbled in the last two seasons, going 11-9 and getting dominated by rival St. Thomas both years.
�Nobody ever said that getting older was easy,� Gagliardi said. �I just can�t do the job at the level I used to anymore.�
Gagliardi�s coaching career began in 1943 when he was just 16. His high school coach at Trinidad Catholic in Colorado was drafted for World War II, and Gagliardi, a team captain, took over and wound up coaching there and at St. Mary�s High School in Colorado Springs for six years.
In 1949, he got his first college gig at Carroll College in Helena, Mont., leading the team to three conference titles in four seasons. He took the reins at St. John�s in 1953, and piled up 27 conference titles, often upsetting his competition with a penchant for running up the score on overmatched opponents. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006; since 1993, the outstanding Division III player of the year has taken home the Gagliardi Trophy.
�Arguably, John Gagliardi has impacted the lives of as many young men as any individual in the history of Saint John�s University,� school President Michael Hemesath said. �His legacy of educating young men at Saint John�s is one that any coach or professor would envy.�
His retirement even drew praise from the White House, with press secretary Jay Carney lauding Gagliardi�s career and unique approach to the job.
�Even as his time on the gridiron comes to a close, Gagliardi�s genuine concern for players as scholar athletes and human beings will ensure that his influence will be felt for years to come,� the statement read.
�Maybe I ought to change my vote,� Gagliardi said wise.
Gagliardi�s 64 years were the most in college football coaching history, surpassing the record of 57 years held by former University of Chicago and University of the Pacific coach Amos Alonzo Stagg.
Linneman said Gagliardi�s trust in his players � he lets his quarterback call his own plays � is what endeared the coach to his pupils more than the easy-going nature in practice or resistance to calisthenics.
�I can talk to a guy who graduated in 1953, and we can have a mutually agreeable conversation because we have the same stories,� Linneman said. �That�s amazing. You have 60 years of football players tied together by playing for the same coach. There�s not a fraternity like Johnnies football.�
On the quiet campus 80 miles northwest of Minneapolis, the bookstore sells T-shirts with pictures of Gagliardi throughout his coaching career and the word �Legend.� There is no statue of Gagliardi on St. John�s campus, which is nestled amid prairies, lakes and forest and encloses an abbey. Yet.
Gagliardi will remain on the staff until his contract expires June 30, 2013. The search process for his replacement begins immediately.
And Gagliardi has a search of his own to begin. He said he doesn�t know what he�s going to do without the job that has in many ways defined him for three quarters of his life.
�It�s unchartered territory for me,� Gagliardi said. �Who knows what I�m going to face?�
He is looking forward to getting up in the stands at Clemens Stadium to see the view he�s been missing all these years.
�I�ll get up there and know everything, just like the fans always seem to do,� he said.
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PITTSBURGH - The first 43 seconds were great. The remaining 59 minutes and 17 seconds were slow torture, though.
The Pittsburgh Steelers lost to Baltimore 13-10 at Heinz Field Sunday night, a result that bulldozed a path for the Ravens to win the AFC North.
This is the NFL and upsets can happen, of course, but Baltimore settled into the driver's seat in the division race, which could leave the Steelers battling for a wild card spot for the second straight season.
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Steelers safety Ryan Clark can't watch the final play of the game Sunday night.
Take a look at the stat sheets, and there's no apparent reason why the Steelers lost. They controlled Ray Rice, and they didn't allow Joe Flacco to do much in the passing game.
The difference was Jacoby Jones' 63-yard punt return for a touchdown and two Steelers turnovers that led to a pair of Baltimore field goals.
The Steelers couldn't do much against a defense that came into the game at the bottom of the NFL statistical rankings. The Ravens didn't miss Ray Lewis nearly as much as the Steelers missed Ben Roethlisberger.
Back-up quarterback Byron Leftwich appeared to have some sort of injury issue that worsened as the game unfolded. TV cameras showed Leftwich in discomfort after the unlikely 31-yard touchdown scamper that gave the Steelers the early lead. The Steelers said Leftwich was being evaluated for a rib injury, and third-string quarterback Charlie Batch was warming up on the sidelines.
Any hope the Steelers would rally around Leftwich with Roethlisberger out because of shoulder and rib injuries vanished early. The line did a poor job of protecting him and Leftwich took some major hits that seemingly left him wobbly by game's end. (The Ravens' Paul Kruger spent much of the night taking rookie Mike Adams to school).
Mistakes were frequent and costly. The Steelers had to burn two time outs in the third quarter, and went into a final drive with just one available. That may not have mattered anyway, because they couldn't execute on the last possession.
Rashard Mendenhall caught a pass near the sideline and inexplicably passed on a chance to get out of bounds and stop the clock. Another play went awry when Maurkice Pouncey bounced a shotgun snap and Leftwich had to pick the ball off the ground, then scramble to find something to do with it.
Just as bad was Brett Keisel's jumping offsides late in the fourth quarter, which let the Ravens burn more time that the Steelers couldn't afford to lose.
The Steelers wound up getting the ball at their own 16 with 1:05 left and one time out. The only Steelers quarterback who could have pulled anything out of that was Roethlisberger, and he was on the sidelines in baggy sweats and a baseball cap.
It was the second consecutive sub-par performance for the Steelers offense, and here's the bad part: It might not get better anytime soon. Roethlisberger's injury wasn't a one-week issue.
The Steelers play at Cleveland this week, then have a rematch in Baltimore after that. The Steelers are now 0-6 against the Ravens when Roethlisberger doesn't start.
The presence of past Steelers' legends didn't help, nor did a second playing of "Renegade," the song that's supposed to inspire the Steelers' defense.
There were limited opportunities, and the Ravens made just a few more plays than the Steelers did.
The Steelers had a great start, but virtually nothing after that. It's hard to beat any team that way, and it's especially difficult against the Ravens.
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#2. Reddit's Saved Links Think I'm a Necrophiliac Terrorist
Jesus Christ, is that ever an untrustworthy gaggle of links.
All right, so in one image we've established a few things: that I'm very interested in privacy and do not want to be tracked. That I want to know more about something called "warm bodies," the description of which ends with "Yes, please." Then I've got a link to something that almost casually mentions how to turn common starch into explosives, and a story about using hardcore psychedelics to cure a mental disorder.
Oh, and what's this at the bottom? A fucking military grade artillery silencer? Why would an ordinary human being be bookmarking that? Am I going to try to secretly explode somebody's house? That's not just another level of crazy; that's the final boss of crazy. Man, let's click through on that silencer link, maybe the context is necessary in this case, before anybody gets the wrong ide-
It's a cock. A giant metal cock.
So there you go: I, as an Internet user, am trying to hide my shady antics from others, say "Yes, please" to romancing the dead and am suffering from severe depression (but that's OK, because I'm managing it with horse tranquilizers). And if I can't get a handle on my mental problems, I'm going to stealth explode a small city with a giant potato gun shaped like a human penis.
I guess that's fair.
#1. Amazon's Recommended Products KNOWS That I'm Going to Murder You
And now we've gone full maniac.
I have to give you the context on this one immediately, before somebody (quite understandably) calls a SWAT team: The shovels and axes are "recommended for my purchase" because I was buying camping gear. The restraints are there because I bought ratchet straps to transport my motorcycle. The uh ... the ornate murder-face masks are because I bought a neck-warmer thing for winter riding, I think? And the knives are there because I buy an objectively crazy amount of knives, you guys. There's no spinning that one.
But none of that really matters, does it? If I was surfing Amazon for a USB charger at a coffee shop and somebody walked behind me and saw that list of products on my laptop, there would be a full-scale evacuation. I didn't actually buy these products, I would explain to the shouting, Taser-wielding officers, it's just what the Internet thinks I would like based on my other purchases! But it's too late. This is out there, somewhere, with my name and credit card number attached to it.
Which, combined with the rest of my Internet history, paints a rather compelling picture of a dangerously unstable Ketamine addict with a severe mental condition, most likely brought on by his own repressed homosexuality, who is plainly planning on abducting Freddie Prinze Jr. and holding him hostage with some dick artillery.
Man, I knew this would end badly, but not that badly. I think this shit makes me the absolute iron-fisted ruler of the Internet weirdos. Ah well, nothing left to do now but embrace it. What do your results say? Do you think to challenge the God-Queen Psychosexual? Keep in mind that Ketamine dulls pain, I know how to turn french fries into high explosives and I'm motherfucking fluent in knives.
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Josh Koepsel and John Loyd were the Barbour County Chamber of Commerce Members of the Month for September.
Koepsel is the manager of Life Tite Metal Products in the Belington Industrial Park. Loyd is president of the Barbour County Fair Association and a retired extension agent of the WVU Extension Service.
Koepsel is a native of Elkview and a graduate of Herbert Hoover High School and West Virginia State University, where he majored in Business Management and Criminal Justice.
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He was employed in customer service by Grainger Industrial in Charleston for four years before joining Life Tite Metal Products in Kenna in sales in 2009. He is a member of the Barbour County Economic Development Authority and was selected for Leadership Barbour County.
Life Tite opened its Belington plant in the fall of 2009 where the company offers metal in 17 colors, with a paint finish warranty which guarantees the most durable and best quality roof on the market, Koepsel said.
Loyd is a Braxton County native and graduate of Sutton High School and West Virginia University with a degree in Dairy Service. He attended Cornell, George Washington University, and the University of Maine before completing the M.S. Degree in Extension Education from WVU. He became a 4-H Club Agent in 1956 and retired as extension professor emeritus in 1993 following 37 years of service. He was a 4-H Extension Agent in Barbour and Taylor counties and an extension agent in Barbour County.
Loyd was the Barbour Chamber's Man of the Year in 1996 and received the West Virginia Association of Fairs & Festivals Hall of Fame Award. He received awards of distinction from the WVU College of Agriculture and the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents. He was president of the United Methodist Men at Crim Memorial Church.


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The first half of the 20th century was a great time for entertainment, with amazingly talented performers dominating the Broadway stage, vaudeville, and nightclubs. But, in the annals of show business, few entertainers achieved the lengthy and enduring career that could be claimed by Jimmy Durante.
Nicknamed "Schnozzola" for his oversized nose, Jimmy Durante first came to prominence as a teenager, playing New York's restaurant and nightclub circuit as Ragtime Jimmy. Bitten by the show-biz bug, he dropped out of school in the eighth grade and soon teamed up with fellow entertainers Lou Clayton and Eddie Jackson to form a musical comedy trio that wowed nightclub audiences with its boisterous unpredictability, Durante's aggressive interaction with the musicians, and his penchant for destroying pianos in mock frustration. Clayton, Jackson, and Durante quickly gained a reputation as one of the most hilarious acts in town - and, by the mid-1920s, the team was being featured in vaudeville, culminating in a lengthy run at New York's Palace Theater. In 1929, Broadway called them for a featured spot in "Show Girl" and, by the time Cole Porter's "The New Yorkers" opened in 1930, Durante was a star.
Jimmy continued his Broadway success in a string of popular shows and revues throughout the 1930s, but it was his role in "Jumbo" that brought him the most acclaim, playing the brash owner of a circus in an extravaganza that brought all of the delights of the Big Top to New York's massive Hippodrome Theater. But he didn't limit himself solely to the Great White Way; thanks to appearances in a series of films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and a guest star spot on Rudy Vallee's Fleischmann Hour, by 1933, Durante had taken over for Eddie Cantor as the host of radio's "Chase and Sanborn Hour". On the air, Durante's broad delivery, overwhelming personality, and penchant for mangling his words only increased his popularity with laugh-hungry Depression-era audiences and his next radio series - "Jumbo", based partially on the Broadway show - kept him a welcome visitor in American homes.
For a time, aside from an occasional radio guest appearance, Durante devoted himself solely to the stage and nightclubs. But, in 1943, Hollywood beckoned once again with the offer of comedic roles in a series of motion pictures. For this opportunity, Durante relocated to Hollywood, where he was also signed to headline a CBS series titled "The Camel Caravan". The new series found the Schnozz co-starred with a fresh voiced young comedian named Garry Moore in what initially seemed to be an odd and highly unlikely pairing. As so often happens, however, the mismatched duo instantly clicked as a team, ratings went through the roof, and Durante's patented brand of language mangling and outraged interaction with the orchestra introduced him to radio audiences all over again. Durante and Moore enjoyed four successful seasons together until Moore decided to pursue a solo career at the end of the 1946/47 season.
With Moore's departure, in the fall of 1947, Jimmy Durante signed a contract to host a new series on NBC for the Rexall Drug Company, costarring vocalist Peggy Lee and character actor Victor Moore. Loud, boisterous, and wildly entertaining,
"The Jimmy Durante Show"
proved just as popular as its predecessor - so much so, in fact, that the following season found Durante back on CBS and back with Camel Cigarettes for another two years before the Schnozz finally moved full-time to television in the early 1950s.
The ten shows in this second collection from RadioArchives.com showcase Jimmy Durante at his bigger-than-life best, complete with the fractured English, gravel voiced musical numbers, and warmhearted buffoonery that made him a show business legend. As an added bonus, this set includes two shows broadcast while Jimmy was in the hospital recovering from surgery - and it's a mark of his reputation among show people that the personalities filling in for him include the Wizard of Oz himself, Frank Morgan, as well as the World's Greatest Entertainer, Al Jolson. Taken directly from original master recordings and fully restored for sparkling audio fidelity, this second volume of "The Jimmy Durante Show" offers an additional selection of shows that are just as fresh, alive, and vibrant as they were when they were first aired over sixty years ago.
Here's the complete content of this five-hour collection:
Guest Host Frank Morgan
Wednesday, January 14, 1948 - 30:00 - NBC, sponsored by Rexall
Guest Host Al Jolson
Wednesday, January 21, 1948 - 30:00 - NBC, sponsored by Rexall
Wednesday, January 28, 1948
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Courtin' Corabelle
Wednesday, February 4, 1948
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The Birthday of Jimmy's Nose
Wednesday, February 11, 1948
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A Night at Ciro's
Wednesday, February 18, 1948
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Wednesday, February 25, 1948
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Flying Lessons
Wednesday, March 3, 1948
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Wednesday, March 10, 1948
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Wednesday, March 24, 1948
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The Spotlight Concert Series continues May 25 with A Piano Salon, at 3 p.m. at the College of Charlestons Cato Center (room 234).
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Both performers, Dr. Myungsook Stoudenmire and Janet Elshazly, are on the music faculty at Charleston Southern University.
Following intermission, Pleshakov/Wenther, a husband and wife duo, will perform works by Saint-Säens and Rachmaninoff.
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The dumb-assery of the press led to an immediate breakdown in communications, causing the riot to escalate into a battle between the police and the citizens.
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The actual actions of a dumbass
"You and your dumbassery almost got us killed!"
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The trappings, accoutrements, and doings of a dumb ass.
Come on guys, let's go home. This sort of dumb assery is going to get us all arrested. Bill, put down that hammer!
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when a dumbass engages in foolishery
Costa & Juicy both liked to play drop the soap in prison, proving their dumbassery.
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A series of actions performed by one person that can be used to prove that that person is a dumbass.
"Lol, Harry is a dumbass."
"An overdramatic dumbass! Just look at his dumbassery."
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multiple acts of being a dumbass
the act of being a dumbass
the act of being a dumbass
1. dude theres no need for that dumbassery
2. the guys on jackass commit dumbassery
2. the guys on jackass commit dumbassery
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For lovers of Historic Hotels
Bonmont is a former Cistercian abbey and is located seven kilometres away from Nyon. This imposing castle served as the bailiff's seat and is located on the site of the former convent hospital. It was built in 1738 and converted into a hotel in 1979. The abbey church and the castle are in the middle of an 18-hole golf course. A fine 4-star hotel with a proud past.


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Former pastor on trial for wife's killing
Police: Arthur Schirmer staged death to look like car crash
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A former Lebanon County pastor charged with killing two of his wives goes on trial Monday.
In 2008, Arthur Schirmer staged the death of his second wife, Betty Jean, to look like a car crash, police said.
He moved to Monroe County in 1999 following the death of his first wife, Jewel, who died after a fall down the stairs.
When Schirmer's second wife died, police reopened the case.
Schirmer will be tried separately for each murder charge.
The trial starting Monday in Monroe County is for his second wife's murder. In March, the trial for his first wife's killing in Lebanon County trial is expected to start.
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This month, in honor of Rupert Grint's upcoming CBS show, Super Clyde, we asked fans to record themselves covering their favourite superhero theme songs. Today, we have something very special for you!
Our pal Jaron Ferrer chose the end theme to the TV show The Powerpuff Girls and has covered the song on steel drums with his friend Garrett, exclusively for us!
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Some Points To Consider While Buying Cats Or Kittens Online
The next time you decide to buy a cat from the internet, please consider the below listed points. Start by looking into the veracity of the breeder. Some breeders will often have an advantage over the rest of the pack because of their breeding policies. Selecting the best breeder in town can indeed be a difficult task. The first timers are going to find it harrowing while buying a cat or kitten from the internet. Start by looking into the 'certified' status of not just the kittens or the adult cats, but also their parents.
Why should you never underestimate the importance of getting a certified kitten or adult cat? Just as we see in humans, genetic conditions can occur in cats too. For instance, if one of the parents of the kitten had heart conditions, then there is a high possibility for the kitten to have the same. Veterinary specialists often certify the cats and kittens after examining them thoroughly. Buying a certified cat or kitten will allow you to gain access to more mental peace. Although purchasing a cat online might appear like an enterprising task, it does come with certain downfalls.
Usually, you can ask to meet the parents of the kitten while visiting the premises of the breeder. Studying the behavioral pattern of the parents will help us to understand more about their kittens. If the parents are shy, the kitten will also depict the same characteristic; kittens that have well-adjusted parents should be your prime choice. Contrary to your belief systems, socialization of the kittens is very important to their upbringing. Every kitten must have positive experiences with the other kittens and adult cats of different ages – only then the kitten of your choice will growth up as a well-adjusted cat.
Vaccinations and deworming procedures are also equally important aspects to concentrate upon while going through Kittens for sale advertisements. Ask for the details of those who have sought the services of the same breeder and if possible, contact a couple of them in order to understand whether the breeder was truthful while selling the kittens. It is never a good practice to ignore the reviews listed online about various sellers of kittens on the internet. These reviews will contain important pieces of information that could help you find the perfect breeders in this competitive industry.
In the meantime, you need to be wary of certain other aspects too. For the sake of illustration, if any one of the family member has allergy, then it is not wise to buy adult cats or kittens. Taking care of kittens will require you to spend copious amounts of your free time with them. One will also need to set aside a monthly allowance to meet up with the requirements of maintaining the cat. This will commonly include the food and toys for the kitten along with the veterinary expenses. By now, you might have understood the fact that buying a kitten in indeed a serious business!
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Anyway, well played vcs. Avatar changed.
You're dead to me as a mate though just fyi.
Edit: Fed barely viewable, just looks like some ugly chick with perfume. Not so bad.
Anyway, well played vcs. Avatar changed.
You're dead to me as a mate though just fyi.
Edit: Fed barely viewable, just looks like some ugly chick with perfume. Not so bad.
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Also I'm pretty relieved not to have Karmichael Hunt in my avatar ftr. Thanking the Lord Benchy didn't get into vcs' ear before I made the avatar change.
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Nah, could see it, just felt the motion sickness though...
Back to some good tennis hsow here with Cincinnati Open
Federer playing this
Yeah Montreal tournament was a bit of a farce, so many players pulling out or tired. Good on Novak for defending his title though.
Murray defending his title here in Cincinnati.
Meanwhile Rafa still taking time off. Reckon he is priming himself for the US Open, could really be a good shout to take that one out.
well an important tournament again with respect to the no.1 rankings here .. gotta see how dojokovic responds
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Kevin K. Baura aka Kevin Dean Kennerly Baura to Norman K. Logan Jr. and Sharon C. Logan, no address given, $348,000.
Richard B. Wyatt to Susie Millican, no address given, $179,900.
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The Columbia County Amateur Series continues at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 21 with duos and trios performing at the Columbia County Amphitheater behind the library in Evans. Five bands are scheduled to perform on June 28, and the finale will be July 12 at the new Exhibition Center at the Gateway in Grovetown. Go to www.amateurseries.com.
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William G. Snider of Martinez, a graduating senior Evans High School, has been named one of more than 3,000 candidates out of nearly 3.4 million U.S. graduates for the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program for superior academic and artistic achievements. William is the son of Herman Snider and Helena Snider of Martinez.
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HSBC Bank USA National Association as trustee of the Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. to Leah Jones, no address given, $80,000.
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From what you've said, it sounds like your granddaughter may be what's referred to as a "highly sensitive child". This trait - which is generally considered to be a gift and not a negative trait - was researched by Elaine Aron, a psychologist who's written extensively about the idea of high sensitivity. High sensitivity occurs in children who are extremely bright and talented (often, these children are, in fact, placed in gifted and talented programs in school, if the trait is properly identified - sometimes, the trait is not identified and these same children become frustrated and angry because they are understimulated in school and by their peers.) Essentially, a highly sensitive child is more affected by external stimuli and is - as it sounds - more sensitive to the feelings of others, of their environment, of physical stimuli (such as noise or sensitivity to light/heat/cold). They may have difficulties interacting with peers because they feel that they can't relate to them well, they become easily overwhelmed by family situations, peer interactions, and may seem to be "loners". I can't say for sure that that is what's going on with your granddaughter, but because it sounds to be the case based on what you've said, I'd like to provide you with a bit more information about the trait so you can read about it and educate yourself to see if you think this might be something causing her behavior. You can read more about it on Dr. Aron's website: http://www.hsperson.com/pages/child.htm
It sounds that she might be affected more by her father's absence - and this could be triggering her behavior as well. She might not know how to handle her feelings regarding his absence (so, the feelings of loneliness or abandonment - even if she is being supported by other family members, as sounds to be the case in your situation) Her younger sister may not be as affected because she may not have the high sensitivity trait - although again, it's hard to say for sure without a face-to-face consultation.
Sometimes, high sensitivity or not, children display temper tantrums and outbursts in response to feelings of depression. This can only be properly diagnosed by an in-person meeting with a licensed mental health professional, but it is something to be aware of. Again, I can't say for sure, but I'd like to provide you with as much information as possible so you can educate yourself as to what might be going on. You can read more about the signs of depression in children here:
My advice would be to see if you can speak to her teacher or the school social worker or psychologist if there is one available in school to see if they are aware of any factors going on in school that might be affecting her behavior or if they have any insight regarding the situation. I would also suggest that you (or her mum, whoever is able to arrange for this to take place) consider arranging for her to have an evaluation by a child psychologist to see if she is, in fact, displaying high sensitivity or is possibly suffering from depression. It may not be either of these options but it's best to find out now before her behavior escalates or it turns into something more serious.
In the UK, you can find a licensed mental health professional who works specifically with children on this website:
Generally, a type of therapy known as play therapy is very effective in uncovering these types of underlying issues in children and/or can also help to resolve these issues or teach children methods for coping with their underlying emotions. The website also has more information about play therapy and how it works.
I hope that is helpful. It sounds like she is a very bright, intelligent child who may simply be misunderstood or frustrated, but the only way to know for sure is to seek professional help. She may need more intellectual stimulation in school or additional attention at home, but a therapist will be able to let you know what specific steps to take to best help your granddaughter.
Please let me know if you need additional assistance.
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The Stetson women's tennis team (2-0) returns to the court this Friday, playing host to Iowa State (0-2) at 2:30 p.m. It will be "Poster Day" at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center, as the Hatters will hand out signed posters to fans in attendance.
The Hatters enter Friday's contest having won their first two matches of the season. They opened with a 7-0 win over Flagler College on Feb. 2, and recently defeated Charleston Southern 5-2 on Feb. 9. In both matches, Stetson has got off to a strong start by winning the doubles point, giving the team momentum heading into singles play.
"We are pleased with the way the team has started the season," Assistant Coach Christophe Noblet said. "But everybody also understands that we need to improve every time we step on the court."
That next time will be Friday against Iowa State, who enters the match at 0-2 after losing its first two matches of the season to Iowa and Marquette. Iowa State will be the first Big 12 Conference opponent the Hatters have faced since facing the Cyclones back on March 18, 2003.
"Iowa State has an excellent squad," Director of Tennis Pierre Pilote said. "They play one of the strongest schedules in the nation every year, so they are accustomed to a high level of competition. This is definitely a match that our ladies were looking forward to since the beginning of the season."
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There is so much garden preparation to do during the post-holiday weeks of January that I hardly notice the letdown after the Christmas rush.
Visions of spring flowers and summer vegetables replace the sugar plum fairies of the holidays. Seeds, grow lights and sprouts quickly supplant shopping, wrapping and baking.
My annual after-Christmas task is to organize and clean my potting bench and gardening tools. This simple activity motivates me to get outside and move around after the holiday indulgences.
As I stack pots and sort plant tags, I think about the past year in the garden. I reminisce on the plants that brought me joy, such as juicy tomatoes, fragrant herbs and flowers with bees buzzing around them. I also think back on my gardening mistakes.
Last spring, I decided to plant several heirloom squash varieties, and after a busy spring at work, I ended up planting them all too late. The result was a healthy infestation of pickleworms.
I had beautiful plants but no fruit. It was disappointing but a good reminder of my 80/20 rule (more on that later). My annual cleanup gives me time to make mental lists of what I will and wont grow again.
Buying and planting seeds is the most fun gardening chore of the year! But, poor timing can ruin the fun faster than you can say germination rate!
I find most folks are a bit off on their timing when it comes to planting vegetables in the Lowcountry. Listening to other gardeners complain of failed crops, it seems that often they err by planting too late.
To take the guesswork out of properly timing your vegetable garden, I suggest using the Clemson University Home and Garden Information Center Factsheet No. 1256, Planning a Garden.
This invaluable resource also includes information on how much seed to buy, the depth of planting, spacing and days to harvest. I recommend printing it out and keeping it handy when shopping for transplants or seeds.
Since the spring planting season in the Lowcountry actually begins Dec. 15 for crops most tolerant to cool weather, now is the time to start the gardening year.
Early January is perfect for directly sowing the seeds of radishes, carrots, beets and turnips into prepared garden beds. Spinach, lettuce and mustard greens may be directly seeded for a tasty early spring garden.
Plant seeds of English peas, edible podded snap peas and snow peas Jan. 1-20. For recommended varieties, refer to the Clemson Home and Garden Information Center Factsheet No. 1328.
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Now is an excellent time to purchase warm-season vegetable, flower and herb seeds for the best selection. These seeds can be started indoors and transplanted outdoors as soon as the chance of frost has passed.
We typically use March 15-April 1 as planting dates for warm season crops, depending on weather forecasts for frost. I will discuss indoor seed starting in my next article.
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#2. ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand
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Every year on April 25, New Zealand and Australia have a holiday to honor the joint campaign of their respective countrymen to infiltrate the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and also the crushing failure of that offensive. The campaign was so poorly orchestrated right from the start that they ran aground on the wrong shore in complete darkness at the base of a heavily fortified cliff. Then, for eight months, the Turkish military picked them off from above until the ANZAC soldiers were finally evacuated. It was, in all respects, a disaster.
So why would anyone create an international holiday celebrating the worst military showing in the history of New Zealand and Australia? Well, partially because it's less a celebration and more of a day of remembrance for all lives lost in war, and partially because it's important to their national identity to remember that it wasn't their goddamn fault.
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"Cheers to having someone else to blame."
When the war started in 1914, Australia and New Zealand were dominions of Great Britain, which meant they were automatically thrown in with the Allied forces. Their introduction to the war was landing on that miserable beach and getting slaughtered for eight months under the command of British generals. In fact, just about everything that went wrong with that offensive was the fault of the British generals. Australian officer William Bridges realized after the first day what a terrible position they were in and urged British commanding general Sir Ian Hamilton to evacuate everyone, but Hamilton wouldn't allow it, opting instead to watch everyone explode around him (including William Bridges). The rest of the campaign was more or less the same thing.
So for Australia and New Zealand, April 25 is extremely important to their sense of independence, in a "I fucking told you so" kind of way. It's what made Australia and New Zealand realize they'd be better off standing on their own two (four?) feet, while simultaneously being a day of respect for everyone who suffered through war under the looming authority of the British Empire. It's the equivalent of two teenage twins whose mother won't let them drive until she nearly kills them both in a drunk driving accident. Ooh, I don't know if it's possible to make an analogy that's even more depressing than dead soldiers, but I think I may have just done it.
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It's fitting that the building dedicated to fiscally terrible decisions and the stillborn products of consumer capitalism is located 35 miles outside Detroit, Michigan. It's a warehouse owned and curated by a market research company that's filled with just about every miserable idea in consumer goods. It's structured similarly to a grocery store, with metal racks that hold everything from edible deodorant to push-up pops made of scrambled eggs -- a supermarket of failure.
What could go wrong with aerosol toothpaste?
Sadly, the public isn't allowed inside. The products are all collected and displayed exclusively for research and development teams to march up and down the aisles, making sure that their hot new idea isn't already a corpse from some other company. It's no surprise that products like Pepsi A.M. and For Oily Hair Only shampoo never had a long life, but it turns out that about 90 percent of new products fail, and only about 5 percent make it to grocery store shelves. A lot of them fail for weird reasons, too. Guardian writer Oliver Burkeman got a trip inside and found packets of gum that had to be discontinued in the 1980s because they looked too much like crack cocaine.
As a result of all the possibilities for failure in the market, the museum has a collection of over 110,000 different products that don't exist anywhere else in the world anymore. It used to be in Ithaca, New York, but because there just wasn't enough room for all the disasters they needed to display, they moved the operation to Michigan, where it's aisles and aisles of cautionary tales. Of course, all the discontinued products you miss from your childhood exist there, too. So if anyone in Michigan is up for breaking in and stealing some orange Bubblicious gum or Bonkers candy, I'll send you my address.
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Spending a bunch of years in Double-A is usually the kiss of death for a player's chances of reaching the major leagues, but that might not be the case for a pair of ultra-Double-A Curve veterans.
This is the sixth season that outfielder Andrew Lambo will be in Double-A, having first reached the level way back in 2008 for eight games in the Dodgers organization. Pitcher Tim Alderson is back in Altoona for a fifth season, becoming just the second player (Shaun Skrehot the other) to spend five seasons with the Curve.
Conventional wisdom might say Lambo and Alderson are washed up, that if they haven't mastered this level yet then they never will.
It's not, however, like these are old guys who are barely hanging on to the game and whose careers are winding down. Both Lambo and Alderson are still only 24 years old, which might be a couple of years older than the typical Double-A player but still not over the hill by any stretch.
It's a testament to both players that they were able to ascend to Double-A at such a young age, and the many experiences they've had at this level have provided lessons they hope to build on this season.
Lambo will be a corner outfielder and is penciled in as the cleanup hitter by Curve manager Carlos Garcia, while Alderson will be a key member of the bullpen.
Things came easily for Lambo early in his career as he rose quickly to Double-A and once was rated the No. 1 prospect in the Dodgers organization by Baseball America.
"Honestly, I didn't really understand what was ahead of me," Lambo said when asked if he had too much success too early in his career. "I think that on top of having talent, you have to have the other side of baseball. That's also the mental approach on and off the field."
There are few questions about Lambo's athletic ability, but there have been questions in the past about his maturity. He also had to deal with a wrist injury that limited him to 26 games for the Curve in 2012.
"Mentally and physically I don't think I was really where I needed to be at," he said of his career up to this point. "And last year I was hurt all year and it was a tough year.
"It kind of hit me and it clicked last year when it got taken away. When the one thing that you love is taken away from you and you can't really do anything, you kind of re-evaluate what you've got."
So Lambo rededicated himself during the offseason and worked harder than he ever has so he could go to spring training in as good of shape as possible both mentally and physically.
"I think the Pirates noticed that in spring," he said. "I had a great spring, had some good big league at-bats this spring and transitioned that into spring training on the minor league side.
"So I definitely forced their hand to try to get a promotion, but unfortunately the roster situation, a couple of us here right now fell victim of a roster situation. But you can't really look at it like that. As long as you know that you did everything that you could forcing their hand, you can go from there."
Lambo turned in one of the highlights of the Curve vs. Pirates exhibition Saturday when he made a diving catch in left field to rob Andrew McCutchen of a double. He didn't see it at the time, but McCutchen gave him a tip of his cap to acknowledge the great play.
Josh Harrison told the outfielder about McCutchen's gesture, and Lambo reached out to the Pirates star afterward.
"I texted him and said, 'Thanks, man,'" Lambo said. "And he said, 'That was an unbelievable catch' and wished me the best of luck. I said, 'Hey, I hope I'm sitting next to your locker by the end of this year.'"
At just 24 years old, Lambo still has time to impress the right people to perhaps someday make it to the majors. To do that, he realizes it's as much about attitude as anything else.
"You could say coulda, woulda, shoulda, but right now I'm happy where I'm at mentally, physically, and my goal is to help the big league squad this year," he said.
"Wherever I start out at is where I start out at. You see a lot of stories in the past of guys starting in Double-A, Triple-A, and at the end of the year they're in the big leagues. So my focus right now is to help Altoona win ballgames, but my ultimate goal is to help the big league squad win ballgames."
Alderson has faced highly publicized struggles in Double-A after coming to the Pirates from the Giants in a 2009 trade for second baseman Freddy Sanchez. He lost his fastball velocity for a couple of years before regaining it last season with the Curve.
A former first-round draft pick, Alderson may no longer be a prized prospect. But like Lambo, he's still young enough to where he has time to make a mark and get up to the big leagues.
"It's not necessarily a bad thing," Alderson said of being back in Double-A for a fifth season. "It just means I've been up here for a while so I was young and got a shot early. Now I've just got to transition into a leader and fit into the role they want me to be in. I'm not looking too much into it, I'm just focusing day by day."
Alderson said the biggest thing he's learned in Double-A is to "not read into too much and try not to make it to the major leagues every day."
He opened last season in the Curve bullpen and excelled, went to the rotation for two months and then finished back in the bullpen. He had a 2.77 ERA as a reliever compared to 4.91 as a starter.
The pitcher doesn't yet know exactly what his role will be on this year's team, but he would like chances to pitch late in games and to close.
"I really enjoy the pressure that comes along with that responsibility," Alderson said. "But if they want me to try starting again I have no problem [with that]."
As Alderson pointed out - and it's true for Lambo as well - no matter how long a player is in Double-A, the major leagues really aren't that far away.
"Double-A is not a bad spot to be in," Alderson said. "A lot of guys would love to be in our position. It is Double-A, but you're still one call away, so you've just got to treat it as you're going to have a good shot."


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During my first semester in college, a few years back, I had a class every Saturday at 8 a.m. It was a real ordeal getting there on time, and fortunately, I think, we don't have things scheduled that way now. But it was my botany lab, which I enjoyed very much. Plus, we sometimes went on class field trips. On one of these trips we wandered over to the old quad (The Horseshoe) here at USC, and studied this tree species. It was pointed out by my lab instructor (her name was Karen Elder) as looking as though someone had taken a machine-gun to the trunk. And of course this is the way the bark is supposed to look on a large individual.
This is a native Southeastern species, commonly attaining an eventual height of 50 or so feet, thus what they like to call a medium sized tree. Its wood is pale and fine-grained, but it is not valued much for timber. It is a member of the elm family, and although not an elm exactly, it does have elm-like leaves, with blades that are somewhat lopsided, or unequal, at the base. In the autumn, the leaves turn bright yellow, something like the hue you might see in various hickories, and of course by the end of the winter they all eventually fall off. This species occurs naturally throughout much of the South, from southeastern Virginia well into Texas, and up into the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys. Its a tree of lowlands, though, most commonly on damp soils of bottomland floodplains, so you dont see it at high elevations. Its leaves are bright green in the summer and tear-shaped, sharply pointed, and the margins usually have at least a few jagged teeth. The flowers are tiny and unattractive. After blooming (in mid-spring), green, spherical fruits develop, on short, slender stalks. Each fruit is a drupe, containing a single hard seed which is surrounded by a layer of soft flesh. The skin of the fruit turns a sort of dull orange, and then perhaps a bit purplish. When ripe, the fruits are edible, and they are indeed a bit sweet, tasting something like a raisin, or maybe a date. Birds love them.
But it's the bark that really makes this tree distinctive: nothing else growing in the South has this sort of rough, warty growth, a series of knob-like projections scattered over much of the otherwise smoothish surface. Other than this bark, most everything else about this tree is rather unremarkable, and for this reason, it is often misidentified as something else. There are several species to which our Mystery Plant is related, all in the same genus, and they are not always easy to tell apart.
This is a quick grower, relatively drought-resistant, and an excellent shade tree for yards and streets. Its bark is unusual and attractive, and it provides plenty of food for the birds. It would make a great addition to your yard or neighborhood. Or your college campus.
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