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Helping Families in the Juvenile Justice System: The Arlington CSB Court Liaison
By Naomi Verdugo, NAMI Northern Virginia
In 2003, a landmark report revealed that more than 12,700 children were placed in foster care or the juvenile justice systems so that they could receive mental health services. These children did not necessarily come from neglectful families and often they had not been charged with a crime. Rather, their parents and schools often struggled unsuccessfully for years to find appropriate services for their children; the child welfare and juvenile justice systems were a last resort. Parents seeking services for their children often don't know where to go for help, and even service providers don't always know where to direct these families.
Many of the youth involved in the juvenile court system have not been arrested or charged with crimes. Rather, they enter the system because of high-risk behavior. In many states, when parents or school personnel have a concern about behaviors like truancy, running away and substance use, a Child in Need of Services and/or Supervision (CHINS) petition can be filed. For many youth, this is the first time they or their families receive any services. For many families, juvenile court had become the first step in attempting to stabilize the youth's mental health needs and behavior.
In Arlington County, Va., a new program is trying to help these youth and families by immediately evaluating the need for mental health services when they become involved with the juvenile court, and helping them stay out of the court system when appropriate. The program came about two years ago, thanks to the advocacy of NAMI Northern Virginia and the Arlington Community Services Board (CSB), which had been concerned that too many youth in the court system needed services and had never had access to them before. The CSB provides public mental health and substance abuse services, and received funding for a bilingual mental health therapist to bridge the gap between juvenile court and behavioral healthcare services. This therapist, called the "court liaison," works full-time at the courthouse. The court liaison is available to meet with any youth and his or her family requesting court intake services (e.g., seeking to file a CHINS petition) or otherwise becoming court-involved. The court liaison also provides ongoing consultation to the probation officers and judges. Because the public is often unaware of the CSB, desperate families often reach out to the court. Now the court liaison is able to directly link children and their families with needed CSB services.
The court liaison provides onsite screenings, information and referrals, schedules intake appointments with the CSB, and coordinates closely with other community providers, including the CSB's therapist based at the juvenile-detention center. The liaison also serves on a multi-agency committee that meets with truant students and their families, with the goal of correcting the truancy problem and keeping the student out of the court system.
A primary goal of the court liaison is to divert youth with mental health and substance abuse treatment needs from juvenile-court involvement–and it seems to be working. In the last year, 65 percent of youth diverted through the program have not appeared in court 60 days after they first met with the court liaison. Since starting in October 2011, the court liaison has served 257 youth and families. Each has been screened for treatment needs and scheduled for services as needed.
From the parents' perspective, the program is a success. One parent said, "You have been very helpful. We did not know what to do, and you helped us just in time before this situation went out of control."
The court also has seen an immediate change with the presence of the court liaison. A court staff member said, "The court liaison has provided an immeasurable benefit to the county through the vastly increased efficiency in the delivery of services to at-risk families. The value of being able to contact the court liaison and receive almost immediate support, consultation, and intervention in the midst of a crisis or high-needs situation cannot be overstated."
To learn more about the court liaison program, contact Tom Wallace, the Bureau Chief for Children's Behavioral Healthcare Services at the Arlington Department of Human Services at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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They gave, the community received.
The annual Esmonde Awards recognize ordinary folks who – by circumstance or intent – acted in extraordinary ways. Given the usual budget constraints, there is no monetary award, plaque or certificate. There is just the satisfaction that comes with the public recognition of generosity, good work or perseverance.
Tammy Schueler and Richard Rice – Losing a child is an unimaginable tragedy. Losing a child because of someone else's recklessness compounds the grief. Seeing the perpetrator dodge justice assaults a parent's peace of mind, if not sanity.
Yet the day after James Corasanti avoided felony conviction in the drunk-driving death of their teenage daughter, Alix Rice, the teenager's parents faced a roomful of reporters with grace and poise. Rice and Schueler even expressed sympathy for the presumably guilt-laden physician who blasted their longboarding daughter off Heim Road. Corasanti failed to stop, claiming ignorance – although his subsequent actions screamed self-preservation. Her parents' absence of vindictiveness in the face of injustice spoke to their character and emotional health, and set a standard for behavior in the face of injustice that stayed with me through the year.
Benny Kirkland – The 40-year-old transportation worker is part caped crusader, part moral avenger.
After seeing drunk driver Michael Ettipio run down a teenage bike rider in Lancaster last May, Kirland jumped in his car and tracked Ettipio to his house several blocks away. Kirkland confronted the blotto 23-year-old in his driveway, grabbed him by the shirt and drove him back to the scene to deliver him to police. Ettipio subsequently pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter in the death of Bryce Bucholz and was sentenced to one to three years.
I only wish Kirkland had been on Heim Road the night Alix Rice was hit.
Chuck Peters – Overshadowed by the news of last month's $2.7 million wrongful-conviction settlement to Lynn Dejac Peters was the bulldog-like loyalty of her husband. Peters had barely moved in with Dejac when she was convicted in 1994 of killing her teenage daughter. He raised their twin sons, as well as each of their kids from a prior marriage. He married Dejac in jail, although she faced another 20 years behind bars. Convinced she was innocent (she was freed five years ago after DNA evidence was uncovered), he stood by his woman – exhibiting the Patience of Job and the perseverance of Tammy Wynette.
Rocco Termini – The developer's reclamation of the circa-1904 Hotel @ the Lafayette did more than restore a rotting masterpiece. It ended any debate on the economic value of saving and reviving our grand old buildings.
Although many have forgotten, Termini first publicly displayed his preservationist's heart 14 years ago. He tried to talk the city out of demolishing an 1850s brick cottage on the West Side.
"I'm a developer," he said at the time, "so you would think I'd be interested in having it knocked down so something brand new could go up there."
Despite his interest, city officials "mistakenly" demolished the cottage. Termini has not since let many good old buildings get away.
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Researchers from academia, pharma, and the biotech industry gathered at the National University Health System of Singapore last month for the "Translational Strategies for Therapeutics Discovery Through Dementia Biomarkers" conference.
Daniel Hutcheson, Ph.D., director of discovery research and head of neuroscience & CNS safety pharmacology at Maccine, and organizer of the conference, emphasized the important role various types of biomarkers are having and will have in the development of disease-modifying therapies that can intervene in the early stages of dementia.
In the future, clinicians will likely utilize an array of biomarkers that may include cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sampling, imaging, cognitive testing, and measurement of changes in vasculature and blood flow to detect and monitor alterations in normal brain function.
Biomarkers can provide answers to critical questions, said Dr. Hutcheson. "Is my drug doing what I predict it will do? Is it impacting the target and can it modulate or prevent the progressive changes in the brain that underlie neurodegeneration?"
John Beaver, Ph.D., director of imaging at Maccine, talked about the company's use of nonhuman primates to evaluate the effects of compounds intended to modulate CSF biomarkers believed to have a role in the pathophysiology of neurodegeneration. Placement of a cannula allows for serial sampling of relatively large volumes of CSF without causing stress to the animal, and supports the evaluation of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
Eric Siemers, M.D., senior medical director of the Alzheimer global research team at Eli Lilly, identified three main roles for biomarkers in Alzheimer disease—more accurate diagnosis, which can also aid in patient selection for clinical trials; indicators of efficacy to inform decision making in Phase I and II trials; and, potentially, for use as surrogate markers to substitute for measures of, for example, cognition or performance of activities of daily living. Dr. Siemers noted a trend in the field toward the increasing consideration of putative surrogate biomarkers in Phase II trials.
We have "a toolbox of different biomarkers," and the challenge is to select the best tool for a particular purpose," observed Dr. Siemers. "Biomarkers allow you to be very much translational, to go back and forth between what you see in the laboratory and in the clinic."
Despite the failure of Lilly's gamma-secretase inhibitor semagacestat in Phase III testing last year, administration of the investigational drug was associated with a substantial change in plasma Aß levels, indicating that the drug was getting into the brain and "we knew we were hitting the target," said Dr. Siemers.
Solanezumab, the Lilly monoclonal antibody drug in Phase III testing to assess its ability to delay progression of AD, selectively binds Aß. "After a single dose of solanezumab, data has shown that the concentration of Aß in the blood increases several hundred-fold."
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the principal cause of dementia in an aging population and, as such, is the main focus of ongoing research into biomarker and drug development targeting the neurodegenerative disorders characterized as "dementias" due to their effects on cognition and memory.
A primary goal of this research is the detection of biomarkers associated with predementia—the pathophysiologic changes in the brain that precede clinical, symptomatic disease.
Professor Colin Masters, University of Melbourne, described amyloid plaque, a hallmark of Alzheimer disease, as a "signpost," a preclinical biomarker of disease that "may occur well before the onset of clinical symptoms." But even amyloid plaque is a relatively late marker of AD, and biomarker research is focusing on more upstream processes: the initial misfolding of amyloid protein—in particular, beta-amyloid (Aß), and more specifically Aß(1-42)—which leads to protein aggregation and dimer, trimer, and oligomer formation, triggering neuroinflammatory processes and having a toxic effect on neuronal synapses.
Professor Masters spoke about "dramatic progress" during the past several years toward the goal of validating biomarkers of predementia. This includes the use of labeled ligands for detecting Aß and associated advances in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, as well as the development of strategies for measuring levels of Aß and tau protein in CSF.
The correlation of blood-based biomarkers to preclinical disease is an ongoing challenge, but "we're closing in," said Professor Masters, noting that the focus is not only on Aß and tau levels in the blood, but also other surrogate markers such as molecules associated with inflammation that are emerging from proteomics studies.
In addition, there is growing interest in phosphorylated tau protein (phospo-tau), as well as other proteins that may be more reactive and destructive than Aß or tau.
As amyloid accumulates in plaques in the brains of AD patients, Aß levels in the CSF decrease while phosphorylated tau protein levels increase, with resulting cell death and neuronal loss, explained Dr. Hutcheson. The company has used biomarkers to show in real time and in a dose-dependent fashion the ability of certain drugs to knock down Aß(1-42).
"Transformation of Aß into soluble synaptotoxic oligomers is the main underlying neuropathology in AD," said Mark Treherne, Ph.D., CEO of Senexis, and the therapeutic goal is to modulate Aß aggregation. In his talk, Dr. Treherne described the company's work in developing orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitors that can penetrate the CNS and both block and reverse the toxic effects of Aß oligomerization.
SEN1500 is Senexis' lead compound in development for AD. It binds directly to Aß monomers and oligomers and inhibits aggregation. At the conference, Dr. Treherne presented recent functional and physiological data that follow on previous behavioral findings for SEN1500 and a follow-up compound, SEN1576. He described the correlation between biochemical markers and the pharmacological effects of the compounds, which the company hopes will help translate these results into human subjects and support a future Phase II trial.
Senexis is also developing SEN1176, which suppresses Aß(1-42)-induced production of inflammatory compounds by macrophages, such as nitric oxide, TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6. It has shown good oral bioavailability and in vivo efficacy in a model of learning and memory.
We have demonstrated that our compounds are neuroprotective, and "preserving synaptic integrity is essential to having a drug that works," added Dr. Treherne.
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1. What does Vehicle Assessing do? G.S. 105-330.(c)
The Vehicle Assessing department receives data monthly from the DMV of approximately 45,000 to 60,000 records per month. The department has 20 working days to process the data by placing values on all records plus identifying vehicles having permanently attached equipment (e.g., special truck bodies for towing). This procedure includes sending out and receiving correspondence and following up with phone calls. The department must also verify the situs (i.e., location or garaged address) of the vehicle in each record. The renewal or issue date must be considered as well to determine in what jurisdictions the situs falls. Our goal is to assure that all vehicles in Mecklenburg County have the average market value and that all customer values are equitable.
2. What pricing system does Mecklenburg Co use? G.S. 105-283, 105-330.2(a)1
All 100 counties in the state of North Carolina are contracted with the same vendor for the purpose of determining values for vehicles. A straight book value is not used for valuing purposes.
3. How are the values determined?
The vendor canvasses the local market during the month of January of each year as well as researching the most common vehicle pricing guides. An average is given using this method. This is considered to be the average fair market value for that vehicle as of January 1. A straight book value such as NADA or Blue Book is not used. These guides are used only for reference by Vehicle Assessing.
4. What is the difference between staggered and annual tags? G.S. 105-330.6
Staggered tags are for individual personal passenger vehicles which are renewed throughout the year. Annual tags are for commercial vehicles which always expire as of December 31 of each year and have a 45 day grace period to renew.
5. What does a customer need to do if he has a high mileage vehicle?
The customer must either send in, fax in, or bring into the office, documentation as close to January 1 of the tax year of the bill in question, as possible. They must include a copy of the tax bill. This proof can be an inspection sheet or service record. It must identify the vehicle in question by including the year, make, and identification number. It can not be just a hand written note.
6. What is considered to be an antique vehicle as far as property taxes are concerned?
A vehicle that is 35 years or older and has an antique tag. There are five conditions determined by The Machinery Act Of North Carolina. Interested owners can access an Antique Auto Questionnaire online that they can fill out, print, and return to the Assessor's Office.
7. How does one apply for a reduced value on an antique vehicle?
When the vehicle is registered and an antique tag is assigned to the vehicle, the info is sent to the Vehicle Assessing office from DMV. If the vehicle is 35 years or older, an application will be sent to the customer.
8. What value would be assessed if a vehicle qualifies for a reduction?
9. Why does a customer receive two tax bills for two different years at the same time?
This occurs if a customer fails to renew their tag when their tag expires and waits to renew it months past the renewal month. DMV will issue two stickers for two consecutive years. One is for the past due year, and the second is for the upcoming year if it is close to their renewal month. This results in the billing of two different tax bills in the same year.
10. If I trade cars or sell one vehicle and purchase another, should I transfer the tag or turn it in? (G.S. 105-330.6)
If you are purchasing a more expensive vehicle, it is to your advantage to transfer the tag. If you are purchasing a less expensive vehicle, it is recommended that you turn in your tag and provide a FS-20 (receipt)and proof of sale of vehicle to the Tax Office for a proration.
11. When will I be billed for my new vehicle?
If the previous tag was transferred, you will not receive a bill for the new vehicle until renewing the tag on that vehicle.
12. Why does a customer receive two different tax bills for the same vehicle for the same year?
a. This occurs when a customer renews their tag and then later that year, after having already been billed, decides to get a new tag. Reasons for this may be that their current tag may be damaged, or a customer decides to get a personalized tag or a new one. The customer needs to notify our office, and if the same expiration date was used, we can release the bill for the second tag.
b. If the tag is a replacement tag but the expiration is extended past the date that was on the old tag, a proration is done by the Vehicle Assessing Office.
13. If a customer has a temporary tag and then receives a new tag, will they be billed for both tags?
No. Temporary tags are never billed. If a customer receives a tax bill in error, they will need to notify our office. We will release the tax bill for the temporary tag without further documentation.
14. Where else can I find answers to questions on taxes for my registered motor vehicle, such as payments, blocks on my tag, and billing information?
Follow this link to the Tax Collector's Website: more questions.


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What happens when you set a demanding goal, throw yourself into reaching it, and then find yourself — well, soaring past it?
Some would walk away with a sense of fulfillment: Mission accomplished. If you're Hamilton College, though, you raise the bar and keep working.
That's what the Board of Trustees decided to do this spring, after the College's Bicentennial Initiatives campaign shot past its $117 million goal a full 16 months ahead of the campaign's scheduled conclusion next June 30. The board voted in June to hold to the original schedule while raising the goal to $133 million. The campaign effort was the centerpiece of a record-shattering 2011-12 fiscal year in which the College raised $42.5 million, easily surpassing the 2006-07 mark of $30.8 million.
Bicentennial Initiatives is focused primarily on three objectives: endowed funds for need-blind financial aid, improved arts facilities, and unrestricted contributions for the annual operation of the College.
"Our objective was not to set a fundraising record, as nice as that may be," says Jeff Little '71, who serves as campaign chair as well as vice chair of the board. "This campaign was about meeting critical needs for the College. We asked our supporters to help us keep a Hamilton education affordable, with new resources for financial aid, and to help us upgrade facilities that are limiting the creative potential of students and faculty.
"They have responded generously despite a difficult economy, and we are very grateful."
Among the campaign contributions is the largest gift in the College's history, $16 million from the SunUp Foundation for scholarship aid, faculty research and new arts facilities. Hamilton alumnus Edward Taylor '46 and his wife, Virginia, direct the foundation.
The College has taken another giant step toward completion of its extensive new arts complex, breaking ground July 20 on studio arts and theatre facilities. Along with the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, completed this month and due to be dedicated during Fallcoming Weekend (Oct. 5-7), the $46.8 million theatre and studio arts spaces will transform the ways in which Hamilton students can explore and create, teachers can lead and engage, and alumni and the community can share in the life of the imagination.
A key part of the new facilities is a unique kind of studio art space — large common areas for classes and exhibitions, smaller workshops and studios surrounding those areas, and a new interdisciplinary, digitally based Studio for Trans-media Arts and Related Studies (STARS). The combined spaces far surpass the offerings of the List Art Center, which was built in 1970.
The new theatre will enable the department to expand its productions and provide students with vastly improved performance and teaching venues. "It will give more Hamilton students additional opportunity to acquire and practice the art of producing and acting," said F. Eugene Romano '49, who made a $2.8 million lead gift for the theatre. "I would like to see more Hamiltonians give their unique touch to Broadway."
Construction is being carried out by the Charles A. Gaetano Construction Corp. of Utica and is expected to be complete in summer 2014.
Four retiring Hamilton professors with nearly a century and a half of service to the College among them — Professor of Anthropology Charlotte Beck; Jim Bradfield, the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Economics; Professor of Government Ted Eismeier; and Jay Williams '54, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies — were feted by Dean of Faculty Patrick Reynolds and their colleagues on May 16, at the academic year's final faculty meeting.
Beck, at Hamilton since 1985, was honored not only as "a nationally and internationally known and well-respected archaeologist" and "one of the pioneers of the field of evolutionary archaeology," but also as "one of the warmest and most supportive colleagues" at the College.
Bradfield, who arrived at Hamilton in 1976 and has authored two major economics textbooks as well as serving twice as associate dean of students, was recognized as "a teacher of the highest rank, a generous colleague and a caring friend."
Eismeier, who joined the Government Department in 1978, was lauded as "tirelessly dedicated to his students" while serving the College in a variety of administrative and academic positions, publishing two books on American politics.
Williams, who returned to the Hill to teach six years after graduating, pioneered the expansion of the Religious Studies Program and has become a legend among alumni and students in teaching more than 30 different courses across more than five decades. "We and our students have had in Jay … a great model of the joy and expansiveness of learning and discovery," a colleague said.
And another colleague's tribute to Williams might be applied to each of the four: "I remember, in addition to Jay's scholarship and teaching, his long contribution to the life of Hamilton. He is one of those faculty for whom Hamilton is a life, not a profession."
Andrew Cohen has a string of dramatic successes on his football résumé, having helped build dominant defenses at Bowdoin College, Columbia University and Bucknell University over the last decade. The 1993 graduate of Marist College is also a veteran of coaching in academically prestigious conferences — NESCAC, the Ivy League and the Patriot League — and embraces a campus culture where true student-athletes are the rule rather than the exception.
That balance has earned Cohen his position as the new Mary Jayne Comey and Mac Bristol '43 Head Football Coach. He succeeds Steve Stetson, who stepped down in the spring to become Hamilton's head coach of men's and women's golf after women's golf was elevated from club status to become the College's 29th varsity sport.
"Andrew Cohen is a high-energy and enthusiastic individual who will work hard to build on last season's success," Director of Athletics Jon Hind '80 says. "He is creative and knowledgeable about all aspects of the game and is an excellent teacher, recruiter and motivator. Just as important, he embraces the NESCAC student-athlete philosophy and expects a lot from his players on the field, in the classroom and as part of the larger Hamilton community."
"I am going to work extremely hard to make this one of the top programs in NESCAC year in and year out," Cohen says. The defensive coordinator at Bowdoin since 2011, he raised the Polar Bears' total defense from ninth to second in NESCAC in one season. He previously served as defensive coordinator, linebacker coach and defensive line coach in two stints at Bucknell and as defensive line coach at Columbia, where he helped direct the Ivy League's top scoring defense in 2006.
Cohen also underscores the importance of continuity in the program's culture. "I believe in creating a family atmosphere where past, present and future players will always feel a part of the program," he says, "and I look forward to being part of the Hamilton and Clinton communities for many years to come."
The Class of 2012's Senior Gift will stand as a memorial to one of its own — Alex Paganelli '12, who died following an auto accident near his Massachusetts home during winter break 2010.
The Alex Paganelli Memorial Class of 2012 Research Endowment, which will fund field research, preferably in the sciences, recalls Paganelli's own chemistry concentration. "Pags" was also a member of the lacrosse team.
"I think the Senior Gift is important because it is a great way to cement our class legacy here at Hamilton," Mallory Dawson '12, who with Max Williams '12 and Alexander DeMoulin '12 chaired the Senior Gift Committee, told The Spectator. "I am especially pleased with our class' choice of gift because it is such a great way to honor Pags' memory while providing students with a great opportunity to pursue a particular interest or passion."
The Senior Gift Campaign, which is managed by student volunteers with administrative support from the Office of Annual Giving, was established in 1982 and has reached a 90 percent participation rate by members of the senior class for 15 consecutive years.
Grady honored by nation's coaches: Retired men's hockey coach Phil Grady is joined by former players and coaches after Grady was honored by the American Hockey Coaches Association with its John MacInnes Award in April at its annual convention in Naples, Fla. The 30-year-old MacInnes Award recognizes those who have devoted themselves to amateur hockey not only by building winning teams but by helping their players grow as individuals. (From left) Bruce Delventhal '71, former coach at Union and RIT, now treasurer of the AHCA and director of athletics at SUNY Plattsburgh; Paul Cannata '89, coach at Milton (Mass.) Academy; Rob Haberbusch, coach at Hamilton; Brendon Knight, former Hamilton men's assistant coach and women's coach, now assistant women's coach at Syracuse; Dominick Dawes, former Hamilton men's assistant coach, now Neumann College coach; son Brian Grady '00, former Hamilton men's assistant coach, now Morrisville State College coach; Grady, who amassed more than 300 victories while coaching at Hamilton from 1984 until 2008; son Kevin Grady; and Gary Heenan '98, head coach at Utica College. "I was shocked, completely surprised and very, very humbled" by the award, Grady told the Utica Observer-Dispatch. "It's a tribute to the great student-athletes and great coaches I've had a chance to work with."
Beginning this fall, Hamilton will offer an interdisciplinary program and minor in Middle East and Islamic world studies. The addition accompanies the region's growing role in global politics and a similar growth in student interest.
In recent years, enrollments have increased in most courses related to this subject area, including those in language, literature, history and government. A fifth term of Arabic was added in 2010 due to student demand; a course in History of the Modern Middle East has grown steadily; and interest in Introduction to Arabic Literature was so great that a second session was added last semester. Current faculty members have the research interests and offer the courses necessary to establish a minor that addresses a broad range of related subjects.
An interdisciplinary minor, Middle East and Islamic world studies consists of five courses from each of three divisions: language and literature (Arabic or Hebrew); social sciences (government, history, economics and anthropology); and religious studies (Islam or Judaism).
A.G. Lafley '69, who in addition to serving as chair of Hamilton's Board of Trustees spent a few years running a little outfit called Procter & Gamble, had a chat with the Class of 2012 during the College's bicentennial Commencement exercises on May 20. During his address, he imparted seven pieces of wisdom he's picked up as a Hamilton student and alumnus, a Harvard Business School graduate, a U.S. Navy veteran and one of the business world's most acclaimed and innovative CEOs.
They are, Lafley said, "a few things I wish I'd known when I sat where you're sitting today.… Not so my life would have turned out differently — rather, to have helped me work through some of life's twists and turns with less drama and stress."
Here's how excited Don Spencer '59 was about traveling to the Hill for the Bicentennial Reunion Weekend: The former Morgantown, W.Va., deputy mayor and council member was the first of more than 2,000 alumni to arrive, reaching campus May 30 — a day before the official festivities began — in time to enjoy a Hamilton birthday cake on Dunham Green with employees.
And he traveled more than 500 miles to do it.
By bicycle.
Spencer, a veteran cyclist who also does resistance training and yoga, trained with his 12-year-old grandson for the odyssey and was joined for most of the nine-day ride by a friend, Frank Gmeindl. They began by following an Underground Railroad route — "a reminder that issues of inclusivity are part of our history," Spencer notes — from Pittsburgh to western New York. He'd hoped to then follow the Erie Canalway east, but time constraints forced him to use the parallel New York State Bike Route 5 instead. He got lost twice, including once near Baldwinsville, N.Y., during which he caught "a thunderstorm with all the extras, including some hail."
Spencer deserved the slice of birthday cake that was waiting for him on the Hill; he had turned 76 on May 25, the fourth day of his ride. "I am lucky to have sufficient health and support from family and friends" to carry out such a trip, he said.
The largest alumni gathering in Hamilton's 200-year history was literally one for the ages as graduates from all class years converged on the Hill for an unprecedented slate of events in the wake of the College's May 26 bicentennial: more than 150 Bicentennial Colleges, tours, workshops, exhibits, fitness and sports events, dinners, receptions, performances and other activities.
Bicentennial Colleges ranged from domestic and global politics (Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack '72 and congressional candidate and literacy advocate Christie Bell Vilsack K'72 discussing "A Life in Politics"; Edward "Ned" Walker '62, former ambasassador to Egypt and Israel and the current Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory, speaking on "The Arab Spring and the Victory of Islamic Politics") to math literacy ("We the People," featuring civil rights activist and The Algebra Project founder Robert Moses '56 with Hector Acevedo '08 and Leide Cabral '11 of The Young People's Project) to a primer on antique collection (antiques auctioneer and appraiser John Nye '87's "You Put WHAT at the Curb? Mysteries of the Auction Business") to sessions marking the 40th anniversary of the Kirkland College charter class, blacksmithing, the College's historic fraternity houses, Hamilton athletics and — of course — the history of the College, led by Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History and author of On the Hill: A Bicentennial History of Hamilton College.
Saturday's events culminated with the Bicentennial Meeting of the Alumni Association — including the posthumous presentation of the Bell Ringer Award to longtime Trustee Patricia Tolles Smalley P'93, the Half-Century Annalist Letter by Ralph Oman '62, P'04, and the awarding of an honorary degree to founding trustee Alexander Hamilton — and the traditional Reunion Parade, led by the Mohawk Valley Frasers. Sunday's centerpiece was the traditional Service of Remembrace, featuring performances by the Baldwin and Reunion choirs.
Don Spencer, by the way, didn't have to pedal home. He was joined on the Hill by his wife, Carol Hamblen, and caught a ride back to Morgantown with her after a stop at the gorges near Ithaca — to hike for three days.
— Contributing: Nora Grenfell '12, Patrick Bedard '14, Vige Barrie, Holly Foster, Jim Taylor, The Spectator.


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TYRONE - Bishop Guilfoyle's Ben Kasun calls the shot that ended the District 6 Class AA boys volleyball championship a "push."
Not a spike into the Tyrone Middle School gymnasium floor or into a Northern Cambria's player's face. Not a dink shot just over the net.
Just a perfectly-placed shot over the Colts' heads to the back of the right corner of the court that nobody could get to. The point set off a BG celebration that had been a longtime coming.
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The Bishop Guilfoyle volleyball team celebrates after defeating Northern Cambria for the District 6 Class AA title.
With the second-seeded Marauders' 21-25, 25-19, 25-17, 17-25, 15-10 victory over the top-seeded Colts, who had won the last two district titles, they claimed their first boys volleyball district title.
"It's a great feeling," BG coach Bob Kasun said. "I'm proud for this team because we've worked extremely hard to make this happen. I know a lot of players who have come through the system who have worked hard and haven't been able to get it done. This is for them too."
"It felt great. I'm ecstatic right now," BG junior middle hitter Nick Little said after helping helping hoist the trophy in the gym and, at a gathering in the hall, thanking the fans for their support.
Guilfoyle (14-4) will play a PIAA Tournament play-in game against District 8 champion Obama Academy at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Pittsburgh.
The Colts, in their third year as a program, finished the season with a 14-3 record.
"I'm obviously pretty disappointed," NC coach Mike Hogan said. "It was two evenly-matched teams, and Bob's team executed better. We had too many mistakes in a lot of positions, and their team didn't. My hat's off to Bob. He outcoached us, and their team outplayed us."
That the match went five sets shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who follows the teams. They split two regular-season five-setters.
"We know when we play Northern Cambria it's going to be a long match," Coach Kasun said. "We do know each other so well, and there is great respect between the two programs, and five-setters are the result of that."
"We're built for the fifth set," Little said. "That's where our natural talent comes out."
It looked early on like it was going to be the Colts' night as they rode the net play of St. Francis recruit Jeff Hogan and Nick Lee.
"Jeff is one of the best players in the state," Coach Kasun said. "He's a special talent. I think he's going to have a great career at St. Francis."
The Marauders picked up their play, particularly their big hitters - Kasun (nine service points, 14 kills, 14 digs, 42 assists), Jamey Brumbaugh (13 kills, 10 digs), Damon Rickens (11 kills, 13 digs) and Little (10 kills, five blocks).
"I thought Nick Little played real well," Coach Hogan said. "Ben Kasun is the quarterback, and he executed very well. He was just smart and crafty all night."
"What we stressed to the players before games two and three was we needed to be aggressive," Coach Kasun said. "We were reacting to everything they were doing. We wanted to put the pressure on them, so they were reacting to us."
Little's emotional play might have been the deciding factor for BG. Little was pumping his fist and yelling after most of his kills.
"When I get going, the whole team gets going," Little said, "and if I get down, they pull me right back up."
"He stepped up a level with his talking and with his physical play," Ben Kasun said. "He was getting up, getting blocks and just crushing the ball. That was a big deal for us because we needed that boost. When he gets pumped up, we all get pumped up."
Northern Cambria's win in the fourth set led to a nervewracking fifth set that was even for the first 14 points. BG pulled ahead and found itself up 10-9 when Little stepped up, recording a block and a kill to put the Marauders up 12-9.
Little's spike at 12-9 was blocked by a Colt, but the ball bounced out of bounds, making it 13-9. The teams traded points, and then Ben Kasun made his shot.
"That was really special," Ben Kasun said. "I saw it back in the corner, and I knew I had to take it. When it fell, that was probably the most special feeling of my life."
That it was the coach's son getting the last point in the first district title for BG is something to put in the family scrapbook.
"I'd be lying if I said it wasn't special for me," Bob Kasun said, "but every one of these players is special to me, and I treat them all like they're my kids."
BISHOP GUILFOYLE: Kasun 9, Hurd 8, Little 6, Keating 6, Welteroth 5, Rickens 4, Brumbaugh 3.
NORTHERN CAMBRIA: Polites 10, Carroll 6, Hartman 6, Hogan 5, N. Lee 3, Zedack 2, Z. Lee 1.
Records: Bishop Guilfoyle (14-4); Northern Cambria (14-3).


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It's Also a Kick in the Junk
Our pal Tim Souers was inspired by Saturday's post and gave me this awesome graphic. And I don't really care to harp on the trade, but let me give you my final thoughts. The Cardinals got a good player and it should help them...a little. DeRosa was a 3.8 WAR (Wins Above Replacement) last year, he's been 1.1 so far this year as his defense at third hasn't been too great (at least according to UZR). The Cardinals are going to get him for a little over a half year and the 2 main guys he's replacing are Joe Thurston and Brian Barden who have combined for 0.8 WAR to this point. You can't just simply add and subtract it though, so my rough back-of-the-envelope guestimating says he's probably gonna be good for anything between 1-3 more wins on the year for the Cardinals, which is indeed significant for an individual player.
As for the Cubs not getting him, if we go by prospect lists and assuming the Indians like our pitchers as much as they liked Chris Perez and a supposedly top-end player to be named later, it would have cost something in the neighborhood of Jeff Samardzija and Jay Jackson. Samardzija has a no-trade clause of course, so maybe it would require Sean Marshall or Randy Wells and maybe that second player would be Kevin Hart or Angel Guzman instead of Jackson or another decent arm that could be ready for the majors by next year. It's a whole lot of speculating on who the Indians might like and who the Cubs are willing to trade, but let's take some educated guesses.
So in theory if the Cubs met the Indian asking price, it would be something in the neighborhood of (let's just say) Marshall and Jackson for John Gaub, Chris Archer, Jeff Stevens and a half a season of Mark DeRosa, plus the $2M or so added to the Cubs payroll that is owed DeRosa. That actually doesn't sound too terrible for the Cubs, they basically replace some of the arms they would have had to given up to reacquire DeRosa with the initial trade and the Cubs get back the wind beneath their wings.
Looking at the WAR values of the guys that DeRosa would be taking playing time from (Fontenot, Miles, Blanco, Scales and Jake Fox), they add up to -0.1 WAR so far and as I said you can't just simply and add and subtract due to playing time and small sample sizes and all that, but had the Cubs been able to make this trade back in early May (and the asking price was reportedly higher back then), you're talking probably 2-4 wins over a full season and 1-2 over the last two months (once again, more a guestimate than anything). The impact probably would have been less if Lou would have had just sucked it up and played Jake Fox at third to begin with instead of having his Neifi/Lee 2006 moment. With Aramis Ramirez due back soon, that impact is going to be a bit limited, although we still don't know if we're getting the old Ramirez back and how many days off he'll have to take. I guess I would have liked for Hendry to pull the trigger, DeRosa's a quality player that has been able to get it done with runners on this year. Whether that would translate to the Cubs or not I can't say for certain, the slump and inexplicable inability to get a hit with runners on seems to be nearly a team-wide affliction and maybe DeRosa would have caught it like a cold.
I'm disappointed that DeRosa could be the dagger in the Cubs 2009 hearts and it sure does seem like the Cubs could have avoided some of this mess back in January. But he's a Cardinal now and be damn certain I hope he strikes out everytime he comes up. And every moron at Wrigley that ends up cheering for him in a Cardinals uniform, go jump off a cliff with the other lemmings.
In other news, Aaron Miles is back to the disabled list with a hyperextended right elbow and the Cubs have called up Sam Fuld. Soriano has had four mult-hit games in his last five so I'm guessing that Fuld won't get a shot at being a leadoff hitter/center fielder for a few games, not that I really thought he had shot at that, but maybe he can spell a still struggling Kosuke Fukudome. Fuld's warmed up with the weather down in Iowa with a 398/474/506/980 OPS line in June.
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If I got to a Cubs/Cards game this season, I'd probably give DeRosa a small hand the first time he came up for his years of service, but after that I'd boo him like every other Cardinal on the field.
I remember going to a Cubs/Cards game about 5 years ago and sitting like 5 rows behind the Cards dugout, and Matt Morris had a no-hitter after the 6th inning. I stood up as he was walking off the field and screamed at the top of my lungs, "Congratulations on your no-hitter, Morris! You are my f-ing hero!" Needless to say, he gave me a dirty look and looked pissed going into the dugout.
He gave up a hit the next inning and we came back and won the game in the 9th, so my job was done. The moral of my story is... FUCK THE CARDINALS!!
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I was a little off on the timing of the Morris near no-hitter Cubs/Cards game (June 7, 2001). The no-hitter was broken up by the professional hitter Matt Stairs with 2 outs in the 7th, and we eventually came back to win it in the 10th inning... it was a thing of beauty. Looking at the box score brings back memories of the shit players we had then... Ojeda, Zuleta, Coomer, Hundley, Dunwoody, Cairo... busters all!
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I think this quote is probably most appropriate for our current predicament:
"There will always be people who are ahead of the curve and people who are behind the curve. There will never be a shortage of stupidity."
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Wow, this is a stat guy and I actually found myself agreeing with a lot of it. I thought this exchange was fun:
Q: Is clutch hitting a repeatable/retain-able skill?
A: I don't know.
That argument will go on forever.
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that is the stupidest f'n question anyone could ask an educated baseball person.
clutch hitting...skill? what and what?
this is a game where success is marked by fucking up 6-7 out of 10 times.
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Why is Dero posing like that? It's like he's torturing us. I don't like the fucker now. lol.
I see Miles finally went on the DL and Sam Fuld is called up.
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What a BOZO remark! As if Mark DeRosa ever wanted to be traded to the Cardinals. ..
Boo Hendry not DeRo.
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I'd boo DeRosa like any other Cardinal player, just the same as I cheered for Edmonds when he played for us. Nothing personal towards Mark, I just hate the Cardinals and he plays for the enemy now...
Re: I'm so vain, I thought that comment was about me.
Plus, I would never criticize you.
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Since I'm not too optimistic about the Cub's season these days anyways, I kind of wouldn't mind seeing DeRosa destroy the Cubs this year. The rest of the Cards: Screw them, I wish rotator cuff surgery on all of them. But I wouldn't mind DeRo giving Hendry a huge middle finger on our behalf.
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FWIW, just saw this. If it turned out the be the correct list of steroid users, it'll make for some interesting goings-on in Cubdom:
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I always knew Clement was a user.
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I think those were probably inhalable steroids for that asthma.
The HGH was probably for that too.
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They don't even mention or cite any source from where that list came from. It's probably some guy in his mom's basement who listed the people he doesn't like or who he thinks used.
I don't have it anymore, but I did a one-to-one match up of the pre-Mitchell list with the actual one, and only about a THIRD were correct and many of those we already knew about. Even guys like Pujols were on that first list. In some many ways the internet is better than print media, but this is one of the areas where it fails miserably - starting rumors with little accountability or basis of fact. At some point, however, that list WILL be leaked to a reporter from somewhere and we'll get to see it.
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Would have to agree here. There's not nearly enough middle relievers and bench players on this list, and it's also at a glance seems to be sorted by team, like someone went to baseballreference.com and went through the 2003 rosters just picking guys. The Cardinals seem to be the cleanest team in the majors, so that's my suspicion of who this guy likes.
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Also remember that many (if not the whole 40-man roster) on the 03 Wsox team refused to take the test as under the rules of the testing a refusal meant a postive test result and the Sox as a team wanting permant testing implemented. So a "real" list would have a alot 03 Wsux on it.
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Actually it wouldn't have any White Sox on it because this list supposedly came from the lab and consequently there wouldn't have been any positive samples. But it proves the validity, or lack thereof, regardless.
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The White Sox were planning to not take the tests, which would automatically put them as positive. However, the union pressured them to do it, and they all took the test.
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18 guys on that list played for the Cubs in 2003 or in years after 2003. A small handful of former Cubs on the list left before 2003 also.
11 White Sox on that list, including 3 of their 5 starting pitchers their World Series year.
If that list is real, and we have to believe that even if it's not many of those names are accurate, we know that for a fact on a few of those, then this is just a disaster. The only good thing for baseball is that it gets leaked so many years after the fact and that there are so many stars on there it probably kills any outrage to do something about it. Realistically, if it's really the list, would Cub fans want DLee, Sori, ARam, Bradley, and Z all punished now? Most wouldn't. Personally I'd still like to see every PED cheater have their hands cut off. Woohoo!
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Luckily the Cubs don't have over 200 million committed to the guys on that list. Oh wait.........
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I would venture to say that if the real list ever does come out, and it probably will at some point, at least half of those names will likely be on there. Unfortunately none of those names would surprise me and at least 15-20 of those names on that list have already been busted in the Mitchell Report or that Signature Pharmacy scandal with HGH.
Zambrano trade looms?
This is a little off subject but the story seems to be picking up momentum in some underground circles - based on what Zambrano supposedly said - which is that IF he did not pitch for the Cubs he would only pitch for the White Sux or the Red Sox. How about this trade scenario (which would never happen, would it)?
Zambrano and Fontenot to the Red sox for Pedroia and Daisuke.
This would give us our 2b and a starter (who by the way is currently on the DL with a sore shoulder and struggling with a 1-5 record and an 8+ ERA). All indications are that it is not serious but weak due to improper off season workouts that took a backseat because he played in the WBC. It is a gamble but he is 29 and still has many years ahead. Also, Dice K would be able to relate to Fukudome and both could help each other out with their MLB growing pains and the language barrier. Zambrano would get a fresh start and soley concentrate on pitching. We also get an MVP calibre infielder AND leadoff man.
Harden can also fit into the mix for a quality middle reliever / closer.
Then we go get Pedro and have our rotation sorted.
Personally, I'm not ready to pull the plug on Z but he is starting to really get on the nerves of many people who have always backed him and his antics - including mine. Unfortunately, it might be time to try and cash in while we can.
Your thoughts?
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The Red Sox are so loaded with pitching that there not going to give up a vital cog in their offense to get a SP. Also I think White Sox fans would go apeshit on Kenny Willams if he trades for Z because of their rabbies induced type hatred of the Cubs.
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Sorry, I'm going to rewrite this comment because my original comment was pretty rude. Anyways, what I was trying to convey is Fontenot is junk. Nobody wants him except Cub fans who still think he's a legit starter.
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No reason to censor yourself, we're all big boys, and we know that Fonty has been awful.
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I doubt Z would want to go to the AL because of the DH. If we did put him on the block I think only one team would bite, the Phillies. Manuel has stated that he would like an "ace type innings eater" and the Phils are on the few teams that would take on money. The one problem though with that is they dont want to part with either OF Dominick Brown or SP Kyle Drabek the two jewels of their farm system. They could also use insurance for the pen and we can throw Gregg into the deal.Given the strong clubhouse leadership on that team with Jroll and Howard I think they could nip Z's attidude issues in the bud and get him to reach his potential. Personally I would do a Brown, Bastardo (if his shoulder is healthy) or Corrasco, Donald and a 4th high celing/low floor type prospect for Z and Gregg.
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Don't see the Red Sox doing that. They still have Beckett/Lester and a lot of quality pitching prospects, if Daisuke's struggles continue. Pedroia is too valuable for them for me to think that they make this move.
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The Poll in Phil Rogers' "Waive Zambrano" article has 57-43 percent wanting to eject Big Z from the Cubs.
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I like Sam Fuld and all (and am encouraged by his hitting in May/June) but I'm curious why he gets the call instead of Scales.
Is it because he's the hotter hitter, or is it because Bradley is a "piece of sh*t!".
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It's just a shame, though, because of healthy Cubs Bobby Scales is #4 in OPS.
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See if this link works right.
I hope Bobby Scales comes up and wins the MVP. I just wouldn't assign any great chance to it happening.
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My guess is to provide some alternative to Fukudome, give him a day or two on the bench the next 2 weeks. Maybe just look at another guy, see if he'd help.
Kasper also said during the telecast tonight that Ramirez will be taking full BP during the Pirates series, and if all goes well he will go somewhere for about 20 at bats, bringing him back to face the Braves in game 2 or 3 of that series. Which makes Scales a little superfluous.
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I think it's an indication of concern towards Fukudome, and perhaps, to a lesser extent, Bradley. I am really glad Fuld got a look, assuming Lou gives him time. CF is definitely a question, but the market of CF's that make sense, might be available, and are guys that we can potentially afford seems rather slim. Not many guys come to mind that really sound appealing actually. Fuld gives us a guy who might be able to slot into the 2 hole. Worth the look with Kosuke's tailspin.
On a side note, I remember Gammons Teahen blurb earlier in the week. I'd rather give Bobby Scales another look than deal for Teahen. Once upon a time, perhaps. But after his hot start this year, he's settled quite a bit. I just don't think he's worth it, particularly considering we have a financial crunch and several areas of concern.
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"Is it because he's the hotter hitter, or is it because Bradley is a "piece of sh*t!"."
My guess would be that he is hotter, if in fact he is, because Fuld also is a "piece of sh*t!".
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Whether or not Sam Fuld is a piece of shit should only be determined in the dugout amidst smashed Gatorade cooler debris.
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Z and dumpster cant even break them open...at least milton has the power to smash them open spilling the contents.
see...his power is returning.
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Maybe he thought it was a pinata.
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DeRo to the Cards is nothing. But how would Tony LaRussa handle these?
"Look Z, you are king of the hill. Nobody's gonna touch you...look deep into my eyeszzzzzz."
"Mark, you used to be an Indian and a Cub, but now you are a WORLD CHAMPION CARDINAL, YOU, and only YOU, can get us to the playoffs this year! Look deep into my eyeszzzzzzz."
Even Brenly in the booth believes our Cubbies can turn it around, if Lou would start holding e-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y responsible.
"Lou, look deep into my eyeszzzzzzz...You are the manager you once were....."
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Rotoworld is saying Bradley is hitting 6th tonight, no word from them on the rest of the lineup but my guess would be:
LF Soriano
SS Theroit
1B Dlee
3B Fox
C Soto
RF Bradley
CF Fuku/Freel/Fuld
2B Blanco
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Looks about right. I would guess Freel 'cause he had a good day yesterday and he bats right handed.
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And tell me that Hendry chose David Patten over Chad Guadin, AL Player of the week. It had to be Lou, playing the "hot hand" at the moment during S.T., also putting Hendry in the position to take the fall. I wasn't the only one to believe Gaudin would "right the ship" and the Padres are enjoying his success in the NL west. Go Brenly!
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Damning may be a strong word for trading Wuertz. Every year with the Cubs he went through a bout of uselessness. Even if the A's correct that, the Cubs surely couldn't. He got traded for two guys that Hendry thought could have some value, based on, I assume, what his scouts were telling him. Maybe these scouts get let go and are replaced by better ones. I assume we saved some cash in the deal as well.
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ERA+ (the higher the better)
Gaudin 77
Dempster 109
Zambrano 121
Lilly 130
Harden 90
Wells 173
Gregg 110
Marshall 101
Marmol 109
Heilman 114
Guzman 176
Patton 84
Ascaino 126
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Congradulations artskoe you got it right. I know Chad Guadin and it was Lou for a fact. He wanted to keep David Patton. Lou's dislike for Chad goes back to the end of last season. As far as luck goes for a pitcher its Patton who has the luck. No way do you pitch the way Chad has in the majors and call it only lucky. I would take Chad right now over any of our pitchers we have in the bullpen today.
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Hmmm...I wouldn't. Give me the new and improved Gooz over Home-Run Chad.
Gaudin was given every opportunity to shine in ST after his late 08 season swoon. He got signed, and had plenty of chances to beat the other talent out - including the AA ball pitcher. He didn't. It is out there on the net the dude got shit-faced and hurt himself (as well as helping himself get left off the playoff roster). We could probably use him to mop up some innings, but there are lots of guys out there like Chad "Boudin" Gaudin. Patton has more upside, is younger, to boot. I ain't losing sleep over Gaudin.
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If the front office is smart, they strongly urge Z to take some anger management classes; even if it's a b.s. PR move. He's never been an ace and never will be. We do not have an ace at the moment. Keep Z for now, the immediate future with out him looks even bleaker. Most teams in the NL would take him in a heartbeat-especially the Mets.
Padres join Yankees in IN Market games
According to MLB, the Padres are allowing "in market" fans to watch home and away games on their computers. They join the Yankees in allowing ANYBODY to watch (like at work!) who is willing to pay a monthly fee.
Why bring it up here?
Well, if that were part of the Cubs' future plans, wouldn't that make Comcast and WGN worth less than it is now to the sale? At least partly so, given that the between innings intelcast has little or no commercial value at present- it only goes to graphics. There were some Subway blurbs a few weeks ago but I imagine subscribers balked, like hearing a commercial on XM radio would.
I'm sure viewership on computer is not up to the numbers yet, but wouldn't you want to dot all the i's and cross all the t's in a market that looks like it might take off?
MLB.TV increased viewer satisfaction earlier this year by allowing both home and away (when available) for all teams. Plus, I yelled loud enough that they were blocking SO many games vs. Houston they put my zip code in Atlanta! Very Friendly of them! Customer service is improving and I'm getting wide screen on my 17" laptop that is crisp and HD (finally!).
Could these virtual numbers be stalling the sale? Only George knows for sure. My advice, for what's it's worth, is to cut and run Zelly - get it done while the Cubs are a reasonably "hot" commodity...or you might have to amend that bankruptcy filing to include the ballclub, and the Ricketts can pick it up for face value (I'm in on the sale, here's my hundred!).
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Well I live about 3 hours from Chicago. Close enough for it to be considered in-market, thus I don't get any Cub games on MLB.TV so I had my subscription refunded. I would pay a premium to be able to watch in-market games because of the games I could watch, it was really nice. Just such stupid blackout rules.
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meh. That would be a business expense for you, right?
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Rob if you have that kind of clout, you can certainly get a credit card in your name for a PO box in Tennessee and get the games anyway. How you connect to the internet isn't important, just where your zip is.
I salute Rob G who probably owns this board and has lakefront property in the midwest and might be able to help a few guys out here who are frustrated by the blackout rules in Indiana, or elsewhere, until the rules relax for other teams.
If this is not important at all, then Fox would allow Saturdays to be free instead of subject to blackout. Fox would impose these rules for everyone unless they couldn't Nascar you to death as soon as the third out is made. Also, teams who are not broadcast because of the blackout move their startup times on Saturday so they have the 3 hour rule in their fan's best interest. So it might be a wee bit more important than you suppose. POSTSCRIPT about Nascar: It is rigged and it is a soap opera that supports drug running in Georgia. Where's the Lexuses? No lexus, NOT REAL - with 18" rims and 100% dark tint. Numbers on the sides? Not on your life!
I would not want Hendry's job. There is SO much legal, SO much scouting, SO much marathon contracts to read for not 25, not 50 but more like 120 players in the org. Along with that is pleasing an older-than-he-ever-has-been Lou who seems to think that his biggest and most important move is Lee batting 3rd in the order and SHAZAM! We win. Lou, Billie Mays has passed and you will have to order your shamwows from that other guy, Joey Gaithright.
I'd like to try Bobby Valentine for a 1 year contract. Like Tallon hiring Joel Quenville, did ANYBODY see the fire that that one move lit under the Blackhawks!?! Brenly would be a nice start, like Coleman in the 80's coming down from the booth. Trammel's body language is a bit negative but he is a ballplayer's coach so there's no reason he can't settle Z down, ease MB into the groove, and get Lee to stop being so frustrated when he hits the ball well but it's a line drive out. Greg Maddox pitching coach! Get him before the Dodgers, fools.
The manager is responsible for the chemistry (as we found out with Dusty). Heck, if Leo was alive he's be perfect, and I'm still intrigued with Dale Svem if he could be wrestled away from the Brewers for a head job - - - I think he's the type of guy who would put a surgical glove over his head and blow it up like Howie Mandel. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO LOSE??
1. Sell the team Zell and get the pall out from over the team.
2. Fire Lou or get him desperate enough to think he'll be in Tampa soon with his wife.Leave a few brochures laying around.
3. Give Z the ball and LEAVE HIM ALONE, let him hit 100 batters and empty a few dugouts. Fat wallets, fat fines...so what?..let 'em vent!
4. LEAVE MB ALONE. Which came first, the chicken or the papers tearing him down? The later, not the former so leave him alone. Start writing about Ben Gordon and you've neutered him. Same here. Leave him alone. Leave Bradley alone. show team love, just leave him alone.
5. De Ro is gone. Woody is gone, but you don't care so much since we beat him last week.It's !!>!>#$>@>! OVER!!! We got Miles, SO THERE! TLR secrets are ours!
6. Leave Fukodome alone. Don't you know how to cheer ANYBODY anymore? You WANT a Kahlil Green? Or Dontrell Willis??? Leave 'em alone!! We don't need any negative zen - didn't you learn that with Phil Jackson?!?
7. RISP as stats is banned. Shut up Len and Pat about RISP. Play the GAME called baseball. Contracts with RISP as hingepin: ZERO. Look it up.
8. Ken Hubbs is the real tragedy. I'm talking REAL. Let's remember that.
9. Hendry's part: keep improving the system. We have had SO much turnover in past years. Green was about the best because he was there for a few years. Consistency to teach the kids to win. Repeat. Teach the kids to win.
10. Just to throw this in: Let Reed play more when healthy. Give him every opportunity you can, whoever the manager may be...
11. Von Joshua is getting line drives already. That move may payoff quick.
Subpoints under all these would make a good 1.5 hour sermon. The talent is there. A salute to Harry, Brick, Lloyd, good kid and Ronnie Santo by a tip of the hat. Adopt a new sign like Jake Fox V for victory (or is his wife's name Vickie? Either way!). Now let's put on a game face and have fun starting with the Pirates, and make it our goal to be in first by the break. Who will be the first to come out with MB masks for all the players? Demp? Z? I know it won't be Lou.
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Soriano, Theriot, DLee, Fox (3B), Soto, Bradley, Freel (CF), Blanco and Harden
McCutchen, Morgan, Sanchez, LaRoche, Moss, Andy LaRoche, Jaramillo, Wilson and Duke
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I'd do an ortho writeup on Miles hyperextended elbow... but honestly, who cares other than Sam Fuld.
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hahah. awesome.
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It's hard to say anything non-derogatory about Miles around here... but the sooner the Scales and Fulds and Blancos of the world are playing in Las Vegas and New Orleans, the better.
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Let me add myself to the chorus of fans who don't care
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We need a "What If" ? designated nightly DeRosa Watcher. Anyone wanna volunteer? CUBSTER?
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DeRosa 0 for 3. Two ground outs and one soft line drive to right field. DeRosa 0 for Cardinals. Make that 0 for 4 still 0 for the Cardinals. Yeah baby Cardinals lose. Lincecum pitched 9 innings 95 pitches.
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Thank you JAKESTER!
I only saw they got beat 10-0. But that is icing on the cake!
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Maybe after the ovation he got from the Wrigley crowd he really is loyal to the Cubs.
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You wanna know who sucks? The New York Mets.
(Edit: submitted 2 NYM doubles and one Sheffield bomb ago. They still suck.)
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That was the first time I've seen Soto run like a professional athlete this year. He probably wasn't busting his butt to get Milton an RBI, but it sure felt like he was. Definitely my favorite play of the game. That 3 4 1 force-out was pretty nifty though.
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Too bad for Bradley - he stung the ball pretty good that game... now if we could just wake up Sorryano from his coma...
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Soriano has been doing a little better the last couple of days. Not hitting home runs, but not K'ing 3 times a game either.
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For those who care - Chris Carpenter and Josh Vitters promoted to Daytona. Andrew Cashner promoted to Tennessee.
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All three of those guys really deserved the call-ups. I'll be the first to admit that I'm pleasantly surprised with how well Cashner has done this year. I thought he'd go through ups and downs adjusting to the extended outings. Carpenter should've dominated Low A - I believe in his stuff, but nevertheless, it'll be interesting to see how he does against better hitters. Daytona will be interesting positionally, in terms of talent, with Flores, Rosa (okay, I'm still hoping he turns it around), some 2nd base options (Opitz?), Castro, Vitters, Guyer, Campana.
So, I'm reading that this (a guy posting on Sickels, haven't checked elsewhere) has been a movement day. Barney to Iowa is deserving - he's had a strong enough campaign to justify a look there. Keedy released - can't say I'm surprised. The lack of power didn't help. Contreras to Daytona - I wonder how often he'll catch. Samson to Tennessee - I think I've always liked him more than I should, based on early suggestions that he might get a little more pop as he moved up the ladder. Hasn't happened yet, and seems like Theriot in a best case scenario.
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I want to see Carpenter promoted to the Cubs rotation and face his STL namesake. I wonder if they would both explode if they walked on the field at the same time, kind of like Scanners.
If that works we should either sign someone named Albert Pujols or get Bradley drunk and legally change his name.
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Tribune/Sullivan says...
ARam probably goes on a rehab assignment Thursday (if ARam doesn't have a setback while hitting tues/wed). They expect 20-25 AB's in rehab before returning although it's somewhat up to how Ramirez feels as the assignment progresses.
Bradley to get Tues/Wed off to work on some things from the left side with Von Joshua. Expect to see Fuld in CF and Fukudome in RF.
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Andrew Cashner promoted to Tennessee.
on the fast track? pitchers at AA seem to get august bullpen callups ala Sean Gallagher, Billie Petrick and Shark
I wonder what Arizona Phil thinks of Cashner's chances to see the majors this year?
btw...what ever happened to Petrick? I assume he got reinjured and fell off the map.
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I saw Petrick pitch a couple times. His arm was still bad early on and he was on the DL for a time. He's got 2 saves, has struck out 14 in 11 innings and walked 3. His fast ball is still nowhere near what it was with the Cubs, his breaking ball is getting some hitters out (13 hits allowed) but if he's aiming for organized baseball he's got a ways to go. There were personal issues that also led the Cubs to cast him adrift, I don't know how that played out though.
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I'd guess the chances are low for Cashner, but I'd guess it partly depends on whether or not the Cubs want to rush him up for pen work or if they'll continue with the extended outings and see how he takes as a starter. With several solid pen options in AAA, I'd guess that the urgency to rush Cashner might not be there, but that's my guess.
A lot of our pitchers from the last draft have moved fast. Certainly, that's partly due to some system weakness, but I was really high on the crop of arms from last year.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Milwaukee Brewers prospect Jeremy Jeffress was suspended for 100 games Monday after his third violation of baseball's minor league program for a drug of abuse.
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He was spotted vigorously eating heaping portions of sweet fried plantains in Puerto Rico with SOTO.
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My god sweet fried plantains are amazing.
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yeesh...i wrote a post about this very thing a few days ago.
weed testing is killing these minor leaguers. jeffress knows WAAAAY better at this point, though.
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It was weed? The article doesn't specify, just says it was his 3rd violation. I'm really confused, though, Soto tests positive for weed and the worse he gets is some bad jokes from Lou Piniella. I'm thinking he didn't test positive for weed... either that or there's a gross double-standard going on.
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He was tested under the auspices of International Baseball, so the test can't be used against him by MLB. That's why they and the Cubs can't discipline him.
Lou played in the Bronx Zoo. Maybe he just figures he's seen much worse.
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im gonna go out on a limb and say if it's him it most certainly is weed given it's jeffress.
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Well if he's shown the questionable decision making ability in using weed in a profession where they drug test, he's probably a candidate to use some sort of PED as well. Sort of a gateway to stupidity.
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etc etc...
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Did AZ PHIL ever update the November Cub Top 15 Prospect List? :
Obviously Jose Ceda is no longer with us.
We gave him up for Aaron Heilman, essentially - correct?
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He updated it by adding Dan McDaniel, IIRC, who wasn't on his original list.
We gave up Ceda for Gregg. Heilman was from the Olson trade, and we got Olson (and the intriguing looking Henry Williamson) in the Pie deal.
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Obviously Jose Ceda is no longer with us.
Hopefully he's still alive.
...Ceda went to the Marlins for Gregg.
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last report i heard on Ceda was that some of the arm problems that he had when he was in our system resurfaced, and that the Marlins decided to basically shut him down, I think.
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Ceda has a bum arm, but he also reported to Marlins camp at or over 3 balloons, and I think he's at XSP.
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He may be having a disappointing season, but damn, the man can still levitate a bat.
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any article citing Heinie Manush has to be mandatory reading
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Ex Cub:
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He'd still fit right in!
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Did anyone ever report what's wrong with Waddell? "Non baseball related" could mean anything from Jon Lester to Ugueth Urbina.
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JOHN: I was wondering about that as well. Death in the family? Severe illness? Cub psychological trauma?
Usually, Bruce Levine has scoop-age on these things. He was the first reporter to disclose Demp's child's horrid medical condition way before the rest of the mainstream press did, as Dempster told him the time was appropriate to let his listeners know.
Why Demp didn't just take a leave of absence like people in most jobs do is beyond me.
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I would guess extreme dedication to the team keeps Dempster around so much. Along with a wife who's either an angel, or pissed as hell. (I'll go with the former.)
If Waddell's problems are truly of a personal nature and his wishes are not to reveal them, then I applaud all the guys covering the team for not divulging them. It might be a lot tougher to sit on that information if it was Zambrano or Lee, but I respect their silence anyway.
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Has there ever been a time when so many players are taking time off for "personal problems"? Obviously some are unavoidable, but what the fuck's up with Votto and Khalil Greene taking time off for anxiety issues? Take a Prozac and swim in your giant money vault and get over it.
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I think you take Buspar for anxiety.
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what the fuck's up with Votto and Khalil Greene taking time off for anxiety issues? Take a Prozac and swim in your giant money vault and get over it.
Seriously? Stay classy...
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Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.


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The act of having anal sex with your girlfriend and then stepping back 6 feet while her anus is still dilated and trying to hit the hole like Luke did when he destroyed the Death Star.
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Ready for some "outside the box" embroidery? Create artistic and fun designs using any type of machine! Terry White forgoes the automated approach and teaches you a variety of techniques in free-motion stitching. Learn how to maneuver your hoop to make smooth contours, seed stitches and painterly fills to add exciting textures to your projects. Learn basic stitches on four practice pieces and carry those skills into your main project: "The Painted Bird."
Meet Terry White and get started preparing your pattern for embroidering.
Learn how to set up your machine from the bobbin to the feed teeth and presser foot. Learn about thread delivery and basic machine settings.
Learn how to create a smooth contour stitch and work with variegated color changes. You'll also learn how to troubleshoot and begin your stitching.
Get an overview of stitches and an in-depth look at seed stitch and painterly fill stitch.
Embroider your painted bird, from the tail to neck. You'll also get an overview of the padded satin stitch.
Introduce yourself to rayon thread and stitching with two threads, then work in a scallop pattern.
Learn how to manage your imperfections, work in a french knot and use negative space in the springy flowers project.
Finish your piece by learning how to quilt it and get a gallery view of Terry's beautiful work.
This is an awesome class, Terry is clear and concise with her instruction. I can't wait to incorporate this technique into my other art pieces. Thank you so much Terry for presenting this class.
- skittles620