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JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
They don�t do it for the acclaim. They don�t do it for the sweet life. And they darn sure don�t do it for the money.
Meet some of La Plata County�s small-scale organic farmers. If there�s a more backbreaking, grueling, fraught way to make a living in southwestern Colorado, you�d be hard-pressed to find it.
California it ain�t.
Winds come through in May, hard enough to tear down a hoop house. It freezes in August, cold enough to ruin precious and pricey tomatoes. Hail falls, well, whenever Mother Nature sees fit. And water? Don�t even ask.
But here we are standing in Joe and Jennifer Wheeling�s garden at James Ranch on a mild April morning as workers put up gridded white netting to support the pea crop. Cows and chickens graze with a view of the red cliffs of Missionary Ridge behind them.
�Taste this!� Joe demands, handing me a stalk of fresh asparagus he just snapped from a field the color of chalky mud.
It�s a perfect specimen � stiff stalk, tight head, creamy green � but it�s um� raw. I hesitate. His hand remains extended, asparagus pointed accusingly at me. I do as he says and take a nibble. It�s crunchy and earthy and slightly minerally.
So this is sustainable farming in La Plata County. You can eat straight from the ground and not fear for pesticide poisoning.
I like it.
So do many residents, who flock to local community farms such as the Gardens at James Ranch, Homegrown Biodynamics, Banga�s Farm and Mountain Roots Produce to buy shares in their Community Supported Agriculture programs. You sign up in early spring, pay for your share and wait.
Come late June you�re rewarded each week with boxes of spinach and salad mix, carrots and beets. July brings summer squash, onions, kale and beans. August is the mother lode in these parts, swamping home cooks and restaurants alike in glistening tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, colorful peppers, both sweet and hot, beautiful broccoli, anise-scented fennel, pungent garlic. In September come root vegetables, from potatoes to turnips, rutabaga to radishes.
Then, suddenly, the bounty sto ps. A few pumpkins and winter squash arrive in October, but it�s all over but the shouting until late next spring.
Meanwhile, you have to wonder, are home cooks staggered under the plentitude? Do they avert their eyes from crisping bins stuffed to the top with arugula and squash? Do they wish, just for a moment, to put a burger on the grill, pile a few chips on the plate and call it a meal?
Well, yes. Sometimes.
�I love beets, but by the end of the season I was like �ple-e-ase, I can�t eat beets anymore,�� said Chelsea Krueger, a real estate agent with a new baby, who split a share from Chimney Rock Farms last year with another couple.
But mostly, she loved getting vegetables and herbs that were grown within miles of her house with no known toxins.
�The hugest benefit is it�s organic and it�s supporting local agriculture. And you get quite a lot,� she said.
La Plata County�s small, organic farmers work like Trojans so we can have consistent, delicious, non-chemical produce to eat from May (Durango Farmers Market will open May 12) to October.
The growing season is short � really short, 90 to 100 days max. It�s cold here, in case you hadn�t noticed, compared to the climates of major agricultural growing regions such as California, Florida and Arizona. The soil is loamy and acidic, dry and crusty and brown. You have to water every inch of it to get anything to grow. If it�s a light snow year, as it was this year, you�re in danger of running out of water while crops are still in the ground.
That�s to say nothing of the workload. For six months, farmers work from before dawn to after dark, first planting and weeding, then harvesting. Weekend is an unknown term, a distant fantasy reserved for ski season. It�s physical labor, with lots of bending, reaching and lifting. And make a mistake and you pay for it not for a day, but for a season.
As for pay, each of the farmers said they earn the approximate equivalent of a starting teacher�s salary per each acre and a half of land. You hate to say it, but as a career choice, it sounds like no fun.
Who would embrace such a life? They�re potters and English majors, interior designers and geologists. None of the farmers I interviewed ever intended to become farmers.
But they love it and wouldn�t trade it for the lives they could have had.
Dave Banga, once an artist, now farms a couple acres near Mancos. He discovered his profession when he volunteered at an urban farm in downtown Chicago. If he could grow vegetables in the middle of a polluted city, he figured he could grow them anywhere. He set out to find his garden spot, landing in Durango seven years ago.
He likes doing most of the labor himself, working in the sun every day to grow beets, greens, zucchini and the like on his one-and-a-third acre farm. But having grown up in Florida, he was taken aback by how hard the work is. He lost the first greenhouse he built to high winds. A hailstorm damaged his early crops. And in Mancos, water is always an issue.
But it�s worth it to live a life without a boss, a mortgage or a fettered conscience, Banga said. Growing food without pesticides or hormones and selling it to folks in the community where he lives is reward enough.
Mike Nolan, who owns and runs Mountain Roots Produce near Hesperus, concurs. He gave up on his English degree from the University of California-Davis after helping a friend farm outside of Santa Cruz.
�I think we do it because we love it and it�s good work,� he said.
He�s trying to develop a different model for farming in the region, planting later, harvesting later and storing crops, especially root vegetables, to cook during the cold months.
Even working with what he considers to be a more livable, less stressful method of farming, Nolan concedes he won�t get a full day off until Thanksgiving, and he regularly misses life events of his friends and family because he can�t take trips during growing season.
�I�d like to get married and have children and save for college and not consistently be in so much debt,� he said wistfully.
Nolan, Banga and the Wheelings all sell their fresh wares to the city�s professional chefs, many of whom are dedicated to supporting small, local farms. Restaurants such as Cyprus Cafe, Cosmo Bar & Dining, Seasons Rotisserie & Grill, Ore House, Linda�s Local Food Caf�, and Zia Taqueria built their reputations on offering dishes made with local, organic produce and meat.
This isn�t just a popular moment, they say, it�s a full-fledged movement to eat healthy and support the regional economy to boot.
�I bring my values into it, and that has led to the reward,� said Alison Dance, owner of Cyprus Cafe. �If I buy organic and fresh for myself, why wouldn�t I do that for my restaurant?�
It isn�t easy, restaurateurs say. Farmers don�t deliver on a restaurant�s schedule, they deliver when the produce is harvested and they have time to come to town. The supply isn�t consistent, sometimes you get 40 pounds of arugula in a week and sometimes you get 10. And it�s expensive compared to farmers markets in other cities such as Boston, Portland, Ore., and Atlanta. The cheapest, farm-grown tomatoes around here cost $3 a pound, a shocking price to anyone unaccustomed to living at 7,000 feet.
So why bother?
�If you take a slice of tomato out to a customer and they�ve had so many bad tomatoes and here�s this fresh, juicy, real-deal tomato and they�re just blown away,� says chef Chris Crowl of Cosmo Bar and Dining, stopping to take a quick breath, �they can see how much yummier this is than that.�
The yumminess factor � you gotta love it. That ought to be the new standard we use to measure what we put in our mouths, and local, organic farmers are making that possible.


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And With the Second Pick in the Draft...
I hope the Cubs end up getting Jonathan Gray.
Listen, there's very few drafts where the odds are greater than 80-90% that you're gonna land a true elite talent(A-Rod, Strasburg, Griffey Jr. were all no-brainers) and this seems to be one of those drafts where that elite talent isn't particularly obvious. So whomever the Cubs take with that #2 pick will come with all the hype of Mark Prior, but not nearly as much of the talent.
The big names in the draft that the Cubs seem to be concentrating on are RHP Jonathan Gray out of Oklahoma, RHP Mark Appel out of Stanford and 3B Kris Bryant(but probably an OF or 1B) out of San Diego. There's a bit of a buzz around Georgia high schoolers Austin Meadows and Clint Frazier, but seems doubtful the Cubs will go that route.
Now the Astros with the first pick are likely going to take 1 of those 3 off the board and most likely one of the pitchers, leaving the Cubs with a coin flip decision. The power college arm or the power college bat. There's certainly good reason to be scared of any pitcher in the draft, arm injuries can derail a pitcher's career much quicker than any injuries will end a position player. But the history of college hitters taken with the first two picks in the draft isn't particularly eye popping either. So to keep this short and succinct...here's what each boils down to:
Gray - Big dude, expected to be able to eat innings with ease. A fastball that hits 100mph and sits in the upper 90's. Plus slider, that some believe could be a plus-plus slider with a little work. Change-up is average at best at this point. Biggest issue seems to be his control and being sure he stays in shape. Also, being a junior he can return to Oklahoma if he doesn't get the money he wants.
Rather Meaningless Stats: 9-2, 1.55 ERA, .181 Batting Average against, 127 K vs. 21 walks in 110 IP.
Appel - a lot more polish than Gray, can hit high 90's but sits around 94-95. A 11-5 curve that could be his out pitch in the majors and a change-up that's a work in progress, but farther along than Gray's. He apparently can also throw a cutter. Biggest issue is probably that Boras is his agent and could pull a Hochevar if they don't like the deal offered.
Rather Meaningless Stats: 10-4, 2.12 ERA, .203 Batting Average against, 130 K vs. 23 walks in 106.1 IP.
Bryant - 6-5" right-handed hitter with a big arm that many believe will land him in right field. He'll be drafted for his power, power that plays to all fields. He's improved his strike zone judgement, but hard to tell how much of that is fear vs. pitch recognition. And of course, anyone with that power will likely have a bit of swing and miss in his game. Also a college junior, so he has some leverage in negotiations.
Rather Meaningless Stats: .329/.493/.820 with 31 HR...66 BB vs. 44 K in 228 AB's.
As for why I'd take Gray, it just seems to have the biggest upside of the three. 100 mph fastballs usually have a high rate of reaching the majors, so the floor is pretty high as well. How well he does when he gets to the majors is anybody's guess, but it seems like at the very worst he could be a high end bullpen arm. For whatever reason, Appel makes me think of Hochevar, not really a true #1 pick, but there's no one better around so let's take him. I'm sure Bryant will have a perfectly fine career, but if he was an elite talent, he'd probably been chased after a lot harder after high school. Also, I'd feel better about him if he batted from the left side or had any real hope of sticking at 3b. In the end, the Cubs will get what the Astros don't want most likely and years from now...um....minutes after, we'll all be second guessing the pick.
it should be the first cubs
it should be the first cubs 1st round pitcher pick worth getting excited about since a.cashner in 2008...or the brownlie/hagerty/blasco trio in 2002...or prior in 2001 if you really want to raise the bar to rarely comparable status.
Moran probably a better fit
Moran probably a better fit with Cardinal Nation
this is covered in decent
this is covered in decent detail in "Big League, Big Time" by Len Sherman...killer book about the "birth" of the AZ Diamondbacks (Patterson also signed with ARZ).
g.amsinger on MLB Network
g.amsinger on MLB Network claiming m.appel's very high demands (and a threat via s.boras of going to play in indie ball) may drop him in the draft.
if they want to hand the cubs
if they want to hand the cubs gray...more power to them.
That's too much money for
That's too much money for this talent. Not saying they won't give it to one of them. But it's why I'd look at someone other than the big three to cut me a deal.
the 1st of the top-2 season
the 1st of the top-2 season events for the 2013 cubs is about to begin...the other being "what are we going to get in trade for all these 1st year and final year contracts"
...woo, cubs baseball. catch the hypothermia.
Cubs transaction page says we
Cubs transaction page says we signed a couple of guys:
Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Salvador Jerez.
Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Enrique De Los Rio.
Does anyone know about these guys?
phew...cubs avoid the
phew...cubs avoid the potential appel mess...gray (non-Boras client) come on down and get your car rims money.
kerry wood and keith lockhart
kerry wood and keith lockhart are in the MLB studios fake-ass war room table representing the cubs. neat.
KRIS BRYANT! woah.
KRIS BRYANT! woah.
kris bryant...college junior.
kris bryant...college junior...boras client...leverage + assramming adviser/agent.
good luck allocating that draft money cubbies.
He previously was drafted in
He previously was drafted in the 18th round by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2010 and reportedly rejected a bonus of $1.2 million.
poor gray...drafted by COL.
poor gray...drafted by COL.
Yay. Not a sustained,
Yay. Not a sustained, whooppee Yay, just sort of a mild, yay. This draft didn't excite. Thank you TheoCorp for listening to me on the high draft pitcher thing. It's good to know you read my posts.
as long as they didn't "go
as long as they didn't "go cheap" and avoid one of the top-3 it's hard to complain...they got the best available bat in the draft and one of the most exciting college bats in years.
the comparisons to pat burrell aren't exactly exciting, but seem apt. he's got a really wide and somewhat squat stance for a 6'5" guy considering how much power he gets out of his swing.
Yeah, who knows who they
Yeah, who knows who they would have gotten if Wilken and Hendry had picked. Some guy named Horace McGillicutty from some small Louisiana juco.
i'm still pissed they went
i'm still pissed they went with hayden simpson over kaleb cowart in 2010.
when you have the 16th pick in the draft and it's a given there's 0 chance any of the 15 teams before you is going to even make a move on the guy you want that should tell you something...especially when it was the worst kept secret pre-draft that it was going to be simpson as the cubs pick.
cowart's having a crappy 2013...but simpson is in indie ball, and probably not for much longer, and not in a good career move way.
I'm still pissed they took
I'm still pissed they took bust-out Vitters over Weiters.
Isn't Simpson done? I think
Isn't Simpson done? I think he got hurt in the Frontier league. He'll be lucky to get a chance to strike out Jose Canseco some day.
given his performance in the
given his performance in the frontier league (which is low on the totem pole, even for indie ball) he's probably done soon even if he does return from the DL there.
CLE selects the most
CLE selects the most redheaded player in baseball history...clint frazier
He looks like Scott Farcus!
He looks like Scott Farcus!
(Not that I'm dreamy or anything.)
he's one of the highest touted highschool hitters in quite a while...well, not including mike trout...who he's compared to.
he supposedly comes with a little bit of an ego, but it's supposedly a healthy "i know i'm good" ego.
bryant to initially play 3rd.
bryant to initially play 3rd...as expected for whoever drafted him. good luck sticking there.
bryant confirms in interview
bryant confirms in interview he's going to start out in the organization at 3rd.
ESPN draft guru Keith Law's
ESPN draft guru Keith Law's take: Bryant's kind of right-handed power is very hard to find, and even if he ends up in right field he's athletic enough to be good there. He sets up with a very wide base and has no stride, just a toe-tap for timing. It's a quiet swing overall, with excellent hip rotation for power, but his bat speed is just average or a tick better and I worry about his contact rates when he's consistently facing guys throwing 90-plus in pro ball. He can murder a good fastball but I'm not sure how he'll react to better off-speed stuff in the pros.
royals with the first "what?"
royals with the first "what?" pick of the draft...hunter dozier (SS), expected to go late 1st round or early 2nd goes with the 8th pick...and not expected to stick at SS over time.
phil bickford goes 10th to
phil bickford (RHP) goes 10th to TOR...was expected to go mid-late/late 1st.
As ROB G notes, USD is one
As ROB G notes, USD is one step above a monastery. Except with a preponderance of wealthy stoner kids/surfer dudes. So - he might be a "good kid". And he is a helluva baseball player. Theo also went to USD for Law School.
baseball america "draft
baseball america "draft analysis" on k.bryant...
SCOUTING REPORT: Bryant has shown huge raw power since his high school days in Las Vegas, and has blossomed into college baseball's premier slugger. He posted a 1.081 OPS and nine homers as a freshmen, then a 1.154 OPS and 14 long balls as a sophomore, but he has taken his game to new heights as a junior, posting a 1.357 OPS and 25 home runs (seven more than any other Division I player) through 49 games. Opponents have pitched him very carefully, but he has remained patient, posting a 56-31 walk-strikeout mark. Bryant's best tool is his plus-plus righthanded power, allowing him to launch towering shots over the light standard in left field or hit balls over the fence to the opposite field. He has adopted a wider base and a simpler approach at the plate this year, and he has impressed scouts with his ability to turn on inside fastballs or go the other way with sliders over the outer half. His plate discipline and ability to consistently barrel up a variety of pitches make him a safe bet to be at least an average hitter, and many scouts think he'll be better than that. Bryant's arm gives him another above-average tool. His athleticism gives him at least a chance to stick at third, although he'll need plenty more repetitions to master the position. Some scouts project him as a prototypical right fielder. He has average speed and can be faster under way, and he has shown good instincts in right and center.
WHERE HE FITS: As talented as Bryant is, he's entering a crowded Cubs' system and will likely slot behind Javier Baez, Albert Almora and potentially Jorge Soler.
cards (19th) picks Marco
cards (19th) picks Marco Gonzales (LHP)...1st LHP 1st rounder since 1994 for them
slight surprise pick...but given it's STL he's pretty much a shoe-in for 2016 Cy Young
...and shelby miller hits his 1st MLB HR to celebrate the pick
and they take a 2nd lefty
and they take a 2nd lefty with their second 1st round pick...rob kaminsky (high school kid).
neither are power pitchers...both polish pitchers.
...both polish pitchers.
...both polish pitchers.
I didn't realize this was an international draft...I thought that was put on hold for a few more years
Dodger pick Chris Anderson
Dodger pick Chris Anderson RHP Jacksonville U at 18.
Cubs selected him in the 35th round in 2010.
ryan stanek (RHP) still on
ryne stanek (RHP) still on the board after 25 picks...he was expected to go somewhere between 10-15 and pre-season was considered a top-10 pick.
TB picks up stanek with the
TB picks up stanek with the 29th pick.
named 'ryne' after ryne sandberg, btw...and his parents are/were cardinals fans. go figure.
Yankees at pick 26 take Eric
Yankees at pick 26 take Eric Jagielo 3B Notre Dame.
Cubs picked him in the 50th round in 2010.
Downers Grove North HS
hunter harvey (son of bryan
hunter harvey (son of bryan hunter if you remember his short flash of brilliance) was drafted 22nd by the O's...he never had any contact with them and the pick was a surprise.
his chance of going to college is around 0.0001% given that there's trained animals with more education desire than this kid.
I wish CRUNCH would have
I wish CRUNCH would have jinxed the Cards pick somehow...
at least neither of the guys
at least neither of the guys they picked project to be anything more than middle-end rotation starters...the m.gonzalez signing is seen as more of a "available soon" type pick with a high floor, but not much further to move on his ceiling.
Sean Manaea fallen off the
Sean Manaea fallen off the board too? Is there an issue?
injured (torn labrum, hip)
ian clarkin (expected to go 15-20) is the only undrafted "shocker" left, i believe.
...scratch that...he just went 33rd to the yanks...hell of a steal if they can sign him rather than going to college.
time to see what the hell was
time to see what the hell was up with KC's strange/stupid/wtf #8 pick of a guy expected to go very late 1st round at best.
...and it's sean manaea.
...and it's sean manaea.
at least that makes some sense.
still...interesting draft strategy to piss away their #8 pick on...they could have had dj peterson or dominic smith or a dozen+ better players..
Cubs got their dh
Cubs got their dh
vogelbomb says thanks for the
vogelbomb says thanks for the shout out.
if MIA was going to piss away
if MIA was going to piss away their competitive balance pick with matt krook, they should have just traded it away. massive fail. the chances of him not pitching college ball is rather remote.
he would have gone much earlier if he wasn't so insistent that he was going to do the college thing. good luck with that pick, MIA.
Cubs pick Rob Zastryzny (aka
Cubs pick Rob Zastryzny (aka Z-man cuz im not spelling that again) with the 41st pick...LHP
never heard of him.
j.mayo not impressed...not in his top-100...doesn't like his stuff. john hart likes his stuff, though he believes he may end up in the pen.
i guess we have to keep in mind what the cubs first pick is going to cost.
i can't even find a scouting
i can't even find a scouting report on the guy that's not 2+ years old or from highschool.
BA has him as their #76 ranked prospect (Rob Zastryzny, LHP, Missouri (National Rank: 76) as of June 4th of this year.
Though Zastryzny won just two
Though Zastryzny won just two of his first 11 starts this spring as Missouri got a rude welcome to the Southeastern Conference, scouts aren't holding that against him. A lefthander who can really pitch with his fastball, he should go in the first three rounds. Zastrzyny effortlessly adds and subtracts from his fastball, usually sitting around 90 mph but capable of dropping down to 86 or elevating four-seamers up in the zone at 95. The 6-foot-3, 193-pounder can locate his fastball to either side of the plate and gets good angle, which helps it play up further. His most reliable secondary pitch is his changeup, which shows flashes of being a plus offering. His breaking ball is less consistent, as he will switch between a slider and curveball. Zastryzny throws strikes but will need to refine his command in pro ball.
-Baseball America-
Fastball (variable, mid 80s
Fastball (variable, mid 80s to mid 90s), change, slide r, curve. Signable.
...still watching the draft
...still watching the draft coverage...get to see tommy lasorda go to the mic to announce LA's 56th draft pick...it was worth it.
STL picks oscar mecardo with
STL picks oscar mercado with the 57th pick...all fielding, no hit, no power SS.
oddly, i was reading about him earlier today. he's got very serious fielding/throwing skills...practically MLB-ready, but he hits poorly even vs highschool competition without a shred of power.
Bring him up!
Bring him up!
WAS gets their first pick..
WAS gets their first pick...68th of the draft.
times have changed.
jacob johansen (RHP)...1-pitch kid, 95-99mph fastball.
COL scouting director on the
COL scouting director on the air (via phone) on the COL game (tied, 5-5 in the 11th fwiw)
he seemed to be surprised/pleased they got j.gray, but at the same time it seems there was someone else they were expecting to snag (most likely bryant). there was more than a few sentences about adapting while the draft is in progress and you don't know what's going to happen in picks before you...but hey, there were 2 teams in front of COL and i can't imagine they thought appel was going to last until pick 3 unless they were extremely optimistic.
speaking of this game..
speaking of this game...double umpire fail on a single play.
bases loaded, hit to arenado...guy called out at 3rd on a play where arenado throws the ball before he tags the base (while stepping over it)...and guy at 1st called safe when he was out by 1/2 step that you didn't even need a slo-mo replay to pick up on.
run scores...SD up by 1 going to bottom 12th.
Conor [email protected]
Conor [email protected]
Gotta feel for Jon Denney, showing up at the #mlbdraft and not getting picked.
Carrie Muskat [email protected]
Carrie Muskat [email protected]
Zastryzny (ZAS-tris-knee) was projected by some as a possible 1st round pick. Baseball America ranked 12th best LHP.
yeah...uh...i'd like to see this list of "some"
Zastryzny (ZAS-tris-knee)
Zastryzny (ZAS-tris-knee)
The've had so much success with Samardzija, for round two, they were intrigued to find a pitcher that was an almost an anagram for Sam-I-Am-jiza
I was watching Bryant videos
I was watching Bryant videos on YouTube. It's amazing to me that the kid generates any power at all. His stance has his feet so far apart, and when he swings, there's almost no movement in his feet and no weight-shifting in his hips. It seems like a good recipe to hit for contact but not power.
How's his swing plane?
How's his swing plane?
Related to Bryant and 3B...I haven't read enough on him yet, but can someone summarize why everyone thinks he won't end up playing there?
I can summarize. Baseball is,
I can summarize. Baseball is, in my opinion, the hardest game to play at the major league level of all the sports. Others may disagree but it is very difficult to excel at that level. So I think it is really just a healthy dose of skepticism. The kid seems awfully confident that he can not only play it, but also hit at the major league level today. I suspect the first thing he'll run into is adversity. We'll see how he handles it. But I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. It's better karma than just automatically assuming he's gonna suck out there.
Not a whole lot of 6'5" 3B.
Not a whole lot of 6'5" 3B. Troy Glaus is the only recent one who comes to my mind.
"How's his swing plane?"
"How's his swing plane?"
given that he can actually move his bat during his swing, it's not an issue.
the whole point of all of this "plane" thing was that i (and others) noticed that once he started his swing there was -0- adjustment on the fly except his "move" where he would pull his shoulder in (which kinda saps power out of the swing and isn't a very steady/stable means to adjust during a swing)...where it started is where it was going to end...which leads to shit contact unless you're barry bonds. guys like vlad (and currently miggy) make a decent living being able to adjust their bat once they start their swing...which takes a lot of strength...to square the bat up on a ball.
while others were busy telling me i was full of shit, we got to see it play out until he finally told the world he was dealing with a long-lingering, multi-year, wrist issue (omfg surprise and shock!).
2 years, 2 players lost, and $4.25m later...
To be fair...we weren't
To be fair...we weren't doubting you. We were lightly joshing you for repeating it over and over.
i know it's mostly jokes..
i know it's mostly jokes...some were dead serious, though...and let me know in detailed rants from "theo-jed wouldn't do that" to "the trade wouldn't have happened if his medicals didn't check out" and points in between.
i wasn't the only person who saw it...given he's a slugger more than a natural hitter it was a bit alarming to watch him swing a bat like that.
I read a scouting report that
I read a scouting report that said he had tons of hip movement that provided a lot of torque for power. No offense, but I'm gonna rely on the scouting report.
I am assuming many of you
I am assuming many of you have already seen this, but BA has a slick Draft DB going with drop-downs for everything. Pretty nifty.
Rotoworld blurb:
Rotoworld blurb:
Mariners released OF Corey Patterson.
Patterson caught on with the M's at the end of the April, but he's been given a pink slip after batting just .175/.224/.270 over 19 games at Triple-A Tacoma. He'll now look for a minor league deal elsewhere.
Conor [email protected]
Conor [email protected]
#Cubs 3rd rdr BYU CF Jacob Hannemann is one of my favorite sleepers in this year's draft. Jacoby Ellsbury comps, which Theo knows all about.
Have him start a few games in
Have him start a few games in Double A, and bring him up!!!
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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.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
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Worst-Ever West Nile Epidemic: What Happened?
Nov. 19, 2012 -- This week or next, 2012 officially will become America's worst year ever for death and brain damage from West Nile virus.
More than 2,600 Americans already suffer paralysis or other lingering neurological damage from the virus. At least 229 have died.
With reports still coming in and new cases continuing -- infected mosquitoes continue to bite in southern states -- the CDC expects the toll to pass 2002's record 284 deaths and 2,946 cases of neuro-invasive (brain/spinal cord) disease.
So how many people got a West Nile infection this year?
The best estimate comes from this year's 2,601-and-counting cases of neuro-invasive infection. This very serious illness puts virtually every patient in the hospital. For each such case, the CDC figures that 30 to 70 more people were infected. Some had severe fever lasting weeks; others with mild infections hardly felt ill at all.
"We estimate 78,000 to 182,000 cases so far this year," says Lyle Petersen, MD, MPH, CDC's director of vector-borne diseases. "Cases are still being reported. And states are still following up. So this year will be probably pretty close to or over the record."
As case counts rose every week this summer, they far surpassed counts for the same weeks of the large 2002 and 2003 epidemics.
Why Was 2012 a Record West Nile Season?
Birds carry West Nile virus. Mosquitoes bite the birds and then bite people. If there's enough virus in the mosquito -- that is, if conditions are right for the virus to multiply inside the insect -- people get infected.
Birds, bugs, and bites seem to happen every year. This year's big difference was the weather.
"The smoking gun is the abnormally warm spring and summer this year. In many parts of the country, it was the hottest year on record," Petersen says. "We know that when conditions are right, increasing temperatures promote virus growth in mosquitoes. This makes it easier for them to transmit the virus."
More West Nile Epidemics to Come
As temperatures drop and mosquitoes stop biting, the 2012 West Nile season finally is ending. Does this mean we've dodged the West Nile bullet?


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a special session at the conference:
"Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and Forgetfulness"
Mexico City, 16 – 18 October 2007
Deadline for abstract submission: 25 July, 2007
(Note: The submission deadline for abstracts for this session has been extended for this session)
The organising commitee for the conference cycle "Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and Forgetfulness" to be held for the second time in Mexico City between the 15 and 18 of October 2007 is seeking further panelists for a special session/ "sub-conference" dedicated to "Empires and Identities" that will take place during the conference.
This special session will consist of 4 panels, each with 3 or 4 presentations. Proposals for this special session should address the general themes of the conference, which is devoted to colonial and post colonial remembering and forgetfulness viewed from a wide range of different interdisciplinary perspectives with particular attention to communicative issues and reflections on "self" and "otherness", memories, historical myths and other expressions of historical and political memory.
The conference "Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and Forgetfulness" will will focus on conceptualizations and representations of cultural categories in colonial and post colonial realities, and the ways in which individuals have understood and enacted these frameworks in their lives. The program is organised in a large number of special thematic sessions and subconferences covering a diverse series of topics extending from a special session on "Voices of slaves in inquisitorial records" to "Education and Nation-Building in Latin America" and "Representations of the 'Other' on the Theater Stage". In 2006, 38 papers were presented by scholars representing 24 academic institutions in 8 countries.
We welcome submissions from all branches of the social sciences, humanities, as well as the arts. Graduate students are encouraged to participate. Papers will be considered on related themes and topics from a wide range of perspectives. Presenters are encouraged to interpret the themes of the conference broadly and may explore any historical period, with any geographic focus.
Papers will be considered on related themes and topics from a wide range of perspectives. 500 word abstracts should be submitted to the organising committee in English, Castilian, German or French by 25 July 2007. The conference languages will be English and Castilian.
Interpretations of the conference theme ranging from the predictable to the surprising are encouraged.
More information about the conference and the different special sessions and sub-conferences during the event is available on the conference homepage: http://www.enkidumagazine.com/eventos/chimalpahin/intro_en.htm
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Four East Cooper softball players have been selected to this year's S.C. Coaches Association of Women's Sports all-star and all-state teams.
Wando senior left-fielder Morgan Howard was named to the Class 4A/1A South all-star team, while Bishop England senior shortstop Eran Artigues was selected to the Class 3A/2A South team. Howard hit 13 RBIs and scored 15 runs leading the Lady Warriors into the AAAA Lower State tournament as their senior captain this season. Artigues hit .652 with 33 RBIs, seven doubles and two home runs, and finished the season with a .833 fielding average.
Artigues was also named Class AA All-State, along with teammate Elena Salmorin. The freshman second baseman hit .551 this season with 11 RBIs, and had a .875 fielding average. Wando sophomore catcher Kalya Bannister received Class AAAA All-State honors, hitting .398 with 21 RBIs and 24 runs scored. Bannister is currently playing for a Premier Girls Fastpitch national championship with her summer ball team, Carolina Elite.
The North-South all-star games will be played June 13-14 at J.H. Satcher Field at USC Aiken. The SCCAWS all-state teams will be honored at halftime.
Frankie Mansfield, the sports reporter for the Moultrie News can be seen all around the state following teams to meets, games, and matches. For score updates, breaking sports news, and more, follow @fjmansfield on Twitter and like Moultrie News Sports on Facebook.
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Marissa Jaret Winokur Blogs: How I Got Serious About Losing Weight
I am so thrilled to blog for PEOPLE.com about my weight loss!
A few years ago, this is the very place I spent 12 weeks blogging and trying to lose weight for a swimsuit photo! My favorite blog post then was "Calling In Fat."
In the end, I spent 12 weeks NOT losing weight in front of all the readers and NEVER doing a photo shoot!
That's what make this time so much more rewarding. Here's the deal: when I was writing that blog years ago I was trying to lose weight TO WEAR A BATHING SUIT IN A PHOTO. You may think that would be a great reason, but let me tell you: at 10 p.m. when you want chips, a silly blog will not stop you in your tracks. You have to lose weight for yourself, not for a man, not for a job and definitely not for a blog!
This time, my motivation was simple: I did it for heath. I had a doctor's appointment in April, and my cholesterol was high (220). My doctor mentioned I should lose some weight. He actually said, "Do you need help? Do you know how to lose weight?" I laughed out loud.
I was a 39-year-old woman – of course I knew how to lose weight. I have done it a thousand times. Every year there is a new diet that all the celebs or housewives are trying. We all want the perfect diet or the perfect pill. If we surveyed a million woman and they could choose to learn the truth about God or the foolproof diet, I guarantee more women would pick the miracle diet over the miracle of life.
I would! I would choose skinnier and healthy in this life and wait to find out the rest in due time.
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GETTING STARTEDTruly, the hardest part of dieting is getting started. We all say "My diet starts Monday" or "next week," and the most common right now is "after the holidays!"
Getting started for me was slow. To be honest, the first thing I did was download a free app that counted my calories, and for one week, I literally counted my calories without really changing my diet.
You will be so shocked how many calories you MINDLESSLY eat! I would down at least 400 calories in Goldfish easily. My reality check: I OVEREAT!
I became very strict about sticking to a 1,200 calorie diet. Mostly veggies and protein, but when I stuck my hand in a bag of Goldfish I would count out 49 to have a "serving size." The truth is if you can eat just a serving size, you can eat anything. But we all know how those harmless treats can call out your name all night long, and rationalizing in the middle of the night is very easy.
So I cleaned out my fridge AGAIN, and filled it with veggies and protein. If I was gonna cheat, I would have only good choices to make!
I set very small goals – goals that I could achieve: two pounds a week. DO NOT LOOK AT BIG NUMBERS. It seems so silly to say, but it really is slow and steady wins the race.
Most important advice I can give: be prepared. I always have hard-boiled eggs with me to eat egg whites for protein. Even when I travel I bring eggs with me so I don't eat the plane food. Yes, I'm the person you do not want to sit next to with hard-boiled eggs. Haha.
It took me the last 20 years to really "get started," but this time I took getting started seriously. I had a plan: I am going to eat 1,200 calories and I am going to work out every other day.
I started with food, and got that under control first. I am eight months in on my journey. Yes, I am a little scared I will gain it back and in the same sentence I am scared I will never eat a full piece of birthday cake again.
Today, the trade-off for me is not a bathing suit photo shoot. But I turn 40 in February, and I want to live the next 40 years as a healthy person. I want my son to never know the mommy who would rather watch him play basketball than play with him.
I loved my life before, but am much more excited about my future now.


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Friday, November 8, 2013
When Erik Rooman looks at his musical career, he has a sick day to thank for the path that he has taken. In a small twist of fate, Rooman missed the day of school where the band students selected their instruments. When he arrived the next day, all that was left was the tuba, an instrument he has played ever since.
"I always think of that wonderful accident like the Far Side cartoon of 'Welcome to heaven…here's your harp. Welcome to hell…here's your accordion,'" Rooman said. "It was a very enriching experience and I loved it."
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. Rooman moved to Laurence, Kan. when he was young. His father, who played guitar and banjo in a rock band, influenced him to pick up music. Rooman has two sisters who also played in the band and he likes to rib them whenever he sees them.
"When I see them I can be like 'So I played in this concert last week' and I can see they're jealous," he said with a laugh.
In high school Rooman performed with the concert and marching bands, earning All-State his senior year. After graduation he joined the Navy where he experienced one of the country's largest tragedies.
"We were on the USS Enterprise in the Persian Gulf when we saw the live feed of the Sept. 11 attacks on CNN. We were thinking how weird it was like 'how do you just fly into the World Trade Center?' Then we saw the second plane hit and our commander said 'America is under attack.' That's something you never expect to hear."
Rooman was a nuclear engineer during his time in the Navy and later earned his bachelor's degree in the field from Excelsior College. He then earned a master's in project management from North Carolina Central University.
After marrying his wife Angela, they had three children: 11-year-old daughter Erikah and 5-year-old twins Kristofer and Kaylah. Erikah has taken after her father with a passion for music and is a clarinetist at Rollings Middle School of the Arts.
"She told me that she wanted to start playing the clarinet and I said 'you got it,'" he said beaming with pride. "I'm so happy she embraced it and that she practices every night without me asking."
Between his family and his jobs as a project manager at Spawar and teaching project management at The Citadel, Rooman did not find time to play the instrument he loves.
"I had been wanting to play again for several years but didn't have time. Then in 2010 someone told me about the Summerville Community Orchestra. I called and they said they needed a tuba player but I had to provide my own instrument. Tubas aren't exactly cheap so I had to put it on hold."
One year later he was called by Alex Agrest and Betty Settle inquiring if he could play tuba for the orchestra in the upcoming series. After some convincing, he ordered a tuba from North Carolina and was playing with the SCO a few weeks later.
"I didn't know how much I'd remember after 12 years, but it was instantaneous," he said. "I haven't regretted it since. Summerville arts don't get recognized like they should. I was surprised at just how good they were."
Rooman practices an hour per night to meet the standards he expects from himself. While performing ability is important, it is another aspect that is infectious at the SCO he said.
"What they're looking for is effort. They like people that show up and are ready to work. That is essential in an orchestra."
In fourth grade he was told that he would never be the lead in a song, but he was essential in supporting every song. As the only tuba in the orchestra he has embraced his role.
"Having more than one tuba would be unnecessary. I like the uniqueness of it and how it was explained to me when I was a kid," he said. "If you hear the difference between an orchestra with a tuba and one without, it's not subtle. I'm glad that I get to be that one distinction to make that full sound."
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text: Doris V. Hearn, 89, Homewood at Martinsburg, formerly of rural Williamsburg, died Monday. She was born in Alexandria, daughter of Robert J. and Orpha (Greaser) Fleming. She married the late Dean W. Hearn. Surviving are a daughter, Claudia A. Replogle of rural Hollidaysburg; a grandson; and a brother, R. Eugene of Williamsburg. She was preceded in death by a grandson and three siblings: William and Ruth Fleming and Marjorie Young. Friends will be received from 1 until the 2:30 p.m. funeral service Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at John C. Bolger Funeral Home Inc., Williamsburg, the Rev. Jerry McCuller Jr. officiating.


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The majority of La Plata County residents live in rural communities surrounded by forests. While being surrounded by trees and wildlife can be appealing, home location is posing a problem for some homeowners trying to obtain or renew insurance policies, insurance experts say.
The insurance industry started establishing new regulations for homeowners after the nationwide 2000 and 2002 fire seasons because of huge losses insurance companies experienced.
Companies are taking a closer look at homes in high wildfire-risk areas and requiring homeowners to limit the fire hazards around their homes and meet certain safety requirements before the home will be insured, according to local brokers.
Mitigating a property can include cutting down trees that a fire could quickly travel up and use to spread; thinning out the shrubs; and disposing of pine needles and other highly flammable vegetation near the home.
�The standards are tougher than they were 10 years ago. A person would be well advised to address fire-mitigation issues around their residence no matter where they live,� said Jim Duresky, an insurance agent for Farmers Insurance Group. �Overall, 10 years from now, if you have not done fire mitigation you may not be able to buy homeowners insurance.�
Homeowners already are seeing higher deductibles and rate increases, and insurance companies are beginning to inspect properties before they will issue insurance, said Terri Will, a senior broker at the Associate�s Group of Cos., an insurance and financial services firm.
Standards are likely to become more stringent, and soon, 60 to 75 percent of homeowners in the county will have to meet fire mitigation standards in order to buy insurance, Duresky said.
There are 12,924 addresses in high fire-risk zones in La Plata County with 16,909 structures � homes, barns, etc. � at those addresses, according to Butch Knowlton, director of La Plata County�s Office of Emergency Management.
Homes in high-risk zones are the first that insurance companies will look at for possible insurance cancellation, Duresky said.
Several groups have come together to try to address insurance concerns, but the lack of consistent standards across all insurance companies is a big hurdle, said Pam Wilson, program director for Firewise Southwest Colorado.
�Every company has different standards, which makes it really difficult for groups like mine to educate homeowners,� she said.
Another challenge is that a decade has passed since the Missionary Ridge fire when local homeowners felt the true impact of a wildfire. Mitigating a home has slipped down the priority list when it should be considered essential basic maintenance, said Rich Graeber, the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District chief.
Many people who owned homes during the Missionary Ridge fire have left the area and new homeowners don�t understand what it�s like to go through a catastrophic wildfire, said Craig Goodell, a fire mitigation and education specialist at the San Juan Public Lands Office.
�It�s good on the 10th anniversary to sit down and talk about what everyone went through and remember those days because it was a pretty strong, emotional time for the community,� he said.
While some homeowners may have become complacent, developers recognize the need for mitigated homes and have started mitigating subdivisions before putting them on the market because those homes sell quicker.
Those homes also are more likely to be insured. Some homeowners will buy a house and then discover no company will insure it until the property is mitigated, Wilson said.
�The beauty of doing (mitigation) ahead of time is people don�t go in thinking, �Oh, the vegetation is natural� because in most cases it�s not,� she said.
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How Detroit Is Faring on Jobs, Crime, Housing
Dante Chinni writes Politics Counts as a regular Capital Journal feature. Mr. Chinni is the director of the American Communities Project at American University, which examines different types of communities across the U.S.
Friday is the one-year anniversary for Detroit's bankruptcy, marking a good time to check in on the city's future, its past and what the saga all means for other struggling big cities.
In truth, it is far too early for a serious analysis of the meaning of the bankruptcy, which is still unwinding with an August trial date looming. And as Politics Counts noted last year, the story of Detroit's problems is about a lot more than one formal economic declaration. It's tied to everything from racial tensions to the decline of American manufacturing.
But when Detroit formally declared itself insolvent last year, the impact on that move on the city's psychology and fragile economic state were real questions. So how does Detroit in the summer of 2014 compare to Detroit from the summer of 2013? A look at some numbers shows the situation is still not pretty, but there are signs of small improvements – with the real impact of the bankruptcy restructuring still to come.
The latest figures available for unemployment in the city are preliminary data from May and they peg the rate at 14.6%. That's still very high compared to a national figure of 6.1%. (Both those figures are not seasonally adjusted.) But in May of 2013, the unemployment rate in Detroit was 16.3%. So that 14.6% represents an improvement.
Look at that chart and you'll see a pattern. The drop in unemployment, along with the seasonal increases every winter and summer, seems like pretty consistent since 2010. In other words, the decline in unemployment in the city preceded the bankruptcy filing, but the filing doesn't seem to have pushed more jobs out of the city.
One of Detroit's most consistent problems has been with crime. Recent years have brought an annual duel with New Orleans to see which has the highest per capita murder rate. But the crime rate in Detroit has been in decline, as it has in many other major cities, and last year's bankruptcy filing doesn't seem to have changed that.
Comparing the latest figures available, from June 29, 2014, to the previous year shows a 20% drop in property crime and 10% drop in violent crime.
Detroit Violent Crime Statistics through June 29, 2014
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2013 Year to Date
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|Sexual Assault
|Aggravated Assault
|Total Violent Offenses
Anyone who has dealt with crime statistics (or watched an episode of The Wire) knows that crime numbers are notoriously dubious. Crimes can be categorized in ways that make numbers look different. But these numbers at least suggest that, since the bankruptcy, Detroit has not gotten any worse on the crime front and likely has improved.
Real Estate
The stories of Detroit empty streets have come to define the city and, to be sure, a drive though most any part of the city will reveal multiple abandoned and/or dilapidated homes. Last year, real estate firm RealtyTrac estimated there were 79,000 vacant homes in the city. And, of course, real estate prices suffered, with prices stuck below the $50,000 mark. According to Trulia, the median home sales price for the city is about $39,000.
But, here again, the bankruptcy filing doesn't appear to have made the situation any worse. Actually the figures are slightly up according to Trulia. That $39,000 represents a 5% improvement over last year's median sales figure. And the average price per square foot, $39, is up 14% compared to last year.
The real estate numbers aren't all good. Census data on residential construction permits in the city shows that those numbers are down through May of 2014 compared to May of 2013. (The latest figures available.) The construction permit numbers are also far below the figures of similar-sized cities like El Paso and Boston – again comparing the years through May.
It impossible to say for certain what's driving that decline in building permits in Detroit, though the uncertainty that has accompanied Detroit's insolvency clearly may be playing a role. The number of units slated for construction, 25, is lower than it's been since 2006, lower than even the depths of the recession in 2009, when the figure was 31.
One test may be what Detroit's residential construction permits look like next year. At that point the uncertainty surrounding the bankruptcy proceedings will likely be over and an arrangement reached.
Regardless, the larger point is one year after Detroit became the largest American city ever to declare bankruptcy, the wheels have not come off the Motor City – or at least they have not come off any further than they were already off.
There are a lot of reasons for that.
The bankruptcy is only one facet of the city's story even over the last year, which includes the election of a new mayor in November, Mike Duggan. Mr. Duggan has tried to address the urban blight problem by razing homes and the crime rate. The city has added more than 5,000 streetlights, he says.
And there are other forces on the ground in the city, such as businessman Dan Gilbert, who is buying up large portions of downtown and moving employees from his company, Rock Ventures, into Detroit. He's moved more than 12,000 employees into the office space he's purchased in the city.
In short, the powers that shape a city don't begin and end with its fiscal health. The larger economic trends and political influences around cities are crucial. That may give the Detroit hope as it moves forward. But it also means that even if the bankruptcy filing didn't break city, it will take a lot more than a good deal to remake it – and there is a long way to go.


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July 16, 1923 – Feb. 16, 2013
John F. Malone, of the Town of Tonawanda, a retired sheet metal alloys salesman, died Saturday in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda. He was 89.
Born in Buffalo, he grew up in the city's Riverside neighborhood and was known as "Jack." He was a 1938 graduate of Riverside High School, where he played football and was a member of the West Side Rowing Club. He later attended the University of Buffalo, where he also played football. Years later, he played for a semipro football team in Buffalo.
Mr. Malone worked for General Motors before enlisting in the Navy Seabees in 1943 during World War II. He served in the Pacific Islands until his discharge in December 1945. He later became a life member of the Navy Seabees Veterans of America from Island X-8.
In 1950, Mr. Malone began working in the sales department at Whitehead Metals on Elmwood Avenue in the city. The company sent him to study metallurgy in West Virginia. When the company was bought out by Metal Goods, a division of Alcan Aluminum, Mr. Malone was made territory manager. He sold sheet metal alloys to area industries. He worked in the field for nearly 40 years until his retirement in the late 1980s, when he began training other sales representatives in the industry. He was a past president of the Metallurgic Society of Western New York. He was a member of the Holy Name Society at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in the Town of Tonawanda.
Mr. Malone was predeceased by his first wife of 19 years, the former Ann McHale, who died in 1966, and his second wife of 27 years, the former Margaret J. Avery, who died in 2003.
He is survived by two daughters, Patricia A. Daley and Mary K.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 1085 Englewood Ave., Town of Tonawanda.


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Monday, August 25, 2014
Goose Creek resident Emily Elegado has been on vacation for much of the summer ...
She did not announce where exactly she was going, however, and simply told friends she would be back home around August.
Elegados actual reason for leaving was to shoot the upcoming season of Ink Master in New York.
Elegado was one of 18 contestants vying for a $100,000 cash prize, an editorial feature in Inked magazine and the bragging rights title of Ink Master. The show, now in its fifth season, airs on Spike TV. The upcoming season starts Sept. 2 at 10 p.m.
The format of the show is like Top Chef, except for some of the countrys top and up and coming tattoo artists. However, season five of Ink Master comes with a twist: each contestant is coming into the competition with a personal tattoo rival.
For Elegado, that rival is Aaron Is Michalowski, a tattoo artist from Tampa, Fla. He did guest spots at a tattoo shop she worked at in Panama City, Fla.
He always just kind of rubbed me the wrong way, and I didnt really appreciate the way he treated the industry, Elegado said. He kind of made a joke out of a lot of things.
In April Elegado received a phone call from the producers of Ink Master, who said Michalowski had called her out as a rival of his, and the producers asked if she would be up for the challenge on the show.
I consider myself a very talented tattoo artist, so I was very willing to prove that on a national competition, she said.
Elegado has been a tattoo artist for six years. She works as a tattoo artist at Roses & Ruins Tattoo in Summerville, where she has been for 18 months. She previously worked at a tattoo shop in Charleston, and before that she was in Florida.
Because the show hasnt aired, Elegado is not allowed to reveal too much about the competition, but said the experience was intense.
No doubt about it the most stress, the most insanity, she said. It was 18 people including myself living in a two-bedroom loft with two and a half bathrooms. We all had beds and everything but it was like living in a hostel, for sure.
On the show contestants go head-to-head with their rivals, but the goal is to be the last tattoo artist standing so all the contestants are essentially pitted against each other thus there is a lot of fighting.
Competition makes you crazy, Elegado said. Im a very nice person, I think you can ask anybody; Im very easy to get along with, but when it comes down to $100,000 I can fight like an angry bear, and I fought as hard as I could on that competition, and I think people are going to definitely see that.
Contestants participated in challenges that tested the artists technical skills as well as their creativity. They faced a panel of judges that consisted of Dave Navarro from Janes Addiction, tattoo artist Chris Nunez from Miami Ink and tattoo artist Oliver Peck from Elm Street Tattoo in Dallas, TX.
All Elegado has seen of the footage is what has been posted online.
I look pretty mean, she said with a laugh. There werent a whole lot of friendships to be made thats not what I was there for, I was there to win a competition. I went in there, guns blazing, ready to rattle.
I guess when you get into peoples faces and tell them things they are not used to hearing you dont make a whole lot of friends. No one was really safe.
A contestant will be eliminated on every episode. There are a total of 16 episodes including the live finale that takes place in December.
I was fighting for my career, for $100 grand that I could probably use, she said.
Regardless of the outcome Elegado feels she grew from the experience. Looking back, if Elegado had a chance she would do the show all over again.
I definitely learned a lot about tattooing, she said. Tattooing is one of those industries where if you dont learn something new every day, youre not putting the effort into it that you should be.
I learned a lot about people, and who you can trust and who you cant, she said. I learned a lot about what I was capable of as a person because, five years ago, I never would have thought I would be able to go through that stressful of a situation. It definitely made me grow as a person.
Elegado sports a lot of tattoos, including a sleeve on her left arm and more art on her right arm, neck, feet and knuckles.
When I first started tattooing I was really excited that I could turn people into walking private museums of my work, she said. The further I get in my career, its more making people happy. So many people come in with heartache stories or tattoos that they absolutely hate and want gone. Being able to cover something, or to memorialize something, or just to make someone feel good about themselves thats way more rewarding than people knowing Im a tattoo artist.
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At a morning ceremony on the 2-year-old memorial plaza at the site of the World Trade Center, relatives recited the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died when hijacked jets crashed into the twin towers and the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pa. They also recognized the victims of the 1993 trade center bombing.
In Washington, President Barack Obama, joined by First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden, walked out to the White House's South Lawn for a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. – the time the first plane struck the south tower in New York. Another jetliner struck the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m.
"Our hearts still ache for the futures snatched away, the lives that might have been," Obama said.
A moment of silence was also held at the U.S. Capitol.
At the site in lower Manhattan, friends and families silently held up photos of the deceased. Others wept.
"Twelve years is like 15 minutes," said Clyde Frazier Sr., whose son Clyde Frazier Jr., died in the attack and whose remains were never found. "Time stands still because you love your child, you love your son. ... Nothing changes except he's not here. It takes a toll on your body. You still look like you, but inside, you're a real wreck."
Flight 93 Paid TributeBells tolled to mark the second plane hitting the second tower and the moments when the skyscrapers fell. Near the memorial plaza, police barricades were blocking access to the site, even as life around the World Trade Center looked like any other morning, with workers rushing to their jobs and construction cranes looming over the area.
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Weeping and RememberingIn New York, loved ones milled around the memorial site, making rubbings of names, putting flowers by the names of victims and weeping, arm-in-arm. Former Gov. George Pataki, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and others were in attendance.
Douglas Hamatie, whose 31-year-old cousin Robert Horohoe worked for Cantor Fitzgerald and died on 9/11, said the day should become a national holiday.
"The kids today, they know when the next iPhone's coming out, and they know when the next Justin Bieber concert is, but they don't know enough about 9/11. So let's change that, please," he said, to applause from the crowd.
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Jerry Seinfeld confirmed a reunion of his eponymous '90s sitcom is happening – at least, sort of.
The comedian, whose popular – and quotable – show about a quartet of narcissistic New Yorkers wrapped in 1998 after a nine-year run, gave away a few details about the project while appearing on a sports radio talk show Thursday, according to CBS New York.
Seinfeld, 59, was chatting about football on WFAN's Boomer and Carton when the hosts couldn't resist inquiring about the tantalizing photo that was taken of Seinfeld and Jason Alexander walking into Tom's Diner on Manhattan's Upper West Side (just as they had done so many times on the show).
Seinfeld confirmed the duo weren't filming a commercial or an episode of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" (his hit web series), and once again referred to it as a "secret project."
"I gave you more now than I've given anyone," Seinfeld told the still-baffled hosts. "I told you what it isn't. And then I also told you that it isn't not that, either."
Not surprisingly, the hosts were unsatisfied with that response – and grilled the star for further details.
He obliged (kind of), confirming a few nuggets, including that Alexander reprised his role as neurotic George Constanza while they filmed in the diner, that the project involves original co-creator Larry David and that more of the show's characters are also involved.
Seinfeld called it a "short-ish"-form project, but that it's longer than 60 seconds and will go public "very very soon."
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Someone whose fear of being labeled a conformist and obsession with being different closely parallels the fear of being labeled different and obsession with being mainstream of the person whom the hipster so vehemently despises.
A hipster will read this, realize it's true, and love it because it's ironic.
dari Dontuseyourrealnametheysaid Rabu, 17 November 2010
One who uses the word "ironic" but actually has no idea what it means.
Hipster: Look at this shirt, it's so ironic!
Dictionary: *throws itself at hipster's face*
Dictionary: *throws itself at hipster's face*
dari turd surgent Kamis, 05 Mei 2011
One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the deck. The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns anything held dear by the mainstream. Ideally, a hipster posses body fat in the single digits.
I saw Eli Fuld riding his fixie the other day. How anti-mainstream of him. He's the only hipster in YU.
dari Marky mArk 247 Selasa, 21 Desember 2010
A young adult who emigrates from a suburban or rural area to a major metropolis and sets about aggressively and semi-publically slipping and sliding up the steep learning curve of urban culture.
Two days ago I longed to be a hipster, yesterday I was a hipster, today I smile compassionately at hipsters.
dari PAVI Senin, 24 Juli 2006
Noun - urban (or suburban import) dweller who goes to all the coolest clubs, listens to the coolest music, is into various aspects of the arts, including but not limited to street art, indie films, street displays, sticker art, etc.... A hipster also must know all the coolest other hipsters. If you have to ask what a hipster is, then you are definitely not a hipster. Hipsters have more music on their ipods then anyone they know, and all the bands are indie or underground.
Q: how many hipsters does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: What, you don't know?
A: What, you don't know?
dari Vinnie Chin Selasa, 18 September 2007
People who take themselves desperately seriously but vigorously deny it in order to be "ironic."
"Madonna is so clutch," the hipster opined. "She's so meta."
dari AllisonDC Sabtu, 29 Juli 2006
...ha, like you'd know!
a hipster would commonly say something to the effect of:
seriously dude, don't ask me to explain my music to you, you wouldn't get it anyways...god i am going to go masturbate to Andy Warhol
seriously dude, don't ask me to explain my music to you, you wouldn't get it anyways...god i am going to go masturbate to Andy Warhol
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Erie County Legislator Joseph Lorigo said Thursday that he will revise and resubmit a proposed local law that calls for county workers to reside in Erie County.
The meaure was approved in a 6-5 vote by the Legislature in May and subsequently vetoed by County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz, because of concerns over how the law might affect future appointments of the county executive. As the new residency rule was not approved by a super-majority of the Legislature, Poloncarz had authority to veto it. Lorigo, C-West Seneca, did not seek to have the Legislature take a vote Thursday to override Poloncarz's veto. Instead, he said he planned to introduce a new resolution.
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Northern Tier residents lose power for 2nd time in a week
May 16, 2013
WELLSBORO — More than 17,000 electric customers across the Northern Tier lost power at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday until about 2 a.m....
REC was the reason we bought a stand by generator, we lived on 87 for 5 years and lost our electricity 14 times.
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I'd be ok with using social media or the REC's website for system outage updates. But not everyone would be able to access the internet during a power outage.
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An easy communication link that many people could access would be the social media links such as Twitter and Facebook. A webpage that gives realtime updates also is another alternative.
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Understood that TCREC was not at fault for the outages. But I would like there be a better system for informing members of the status of outages.
With widespread outages like these, the REC's phone system is quickly overwhelmed. And when one does get through, I'd like there to be, before the options, a recorded update of the system status. Also, if the outage is not system-wide the substations that are out. And, most important, an estimate of when power might be restored.
I'd also like the REC to consider having an arrangement with several local radio stations to broadcast updates and information on locations where there is power ... for getting gasoline for the generator, ice for the freezer, food, etc.
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Someone completely obscessed with Eminem's hit single "Fack"
"You just made that word up, you're probably a closet facktard."
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A small, sly, clever, and intelligent person, usually female, who partakes in micschief secretively; a rebel.
Joe: You really TP'ed the principal's house last night? You're such a Shruthi!
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on December 31, 2012 - 12:10 AM
C.J. Spiller glanced up at the videoboard and hit the "fast forward" button, determined not to make the same mistake twice.
"I just try to see how close they are," the Buffalo Bills' running back said. "I thought they were pretty close, so that's why I hit another gear."
At the end of his 66-yard touchdown catch, there wasn't a New York Jet in sight. Spiller's score, which came a on a career-long reception in the second quarter, gave the Bills a lead they wouldn't relinquish in a 28-9 win over New York in the season finale Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
It also came a week after a career-long 62-yard run in Miami, a play on which he didn't reach the end zone.
"I told myself that I let the guys down last week. I just wanted to have another opportunity to get in the open field and it wouldn't happen again," he said.
Spiller rarely let the Bills down this season.
He became the first player to gain at least 1,700 yards from scrimmage (finishing with 1,703) since Travis Henry in 2002. The big caveat to that, though: Spiller had 250 touches this season, Henry had 368.
"Spiller made a great play on the screen pass – he's an explosive athlete and he made a great play," Jets coach Rex Ryan said.
"He's obviously one of the better players on our team and a guy you can build a franchise around because he's so explosive," center Eric Wood said.
Spiller's contribution came on a day when he was actually held to his lowest yards per carry average of the season. He gained 59 yards on 24 carries – an average of 2.5 per rush. That lowered his season average from 6.5 yards per carry coming into the game to 6.0, second in franchise history among backs with at least 200 carries to the 6.03 O.J. Simpson averaged in his 2,000-yard season in 1973. Spiller's average made him just the seventh player in NFL history to average at least 6 yards per carry on 200 attempts.
"They stacked it up in there, but we kept trying it to him because he popped one early and we got it called back," coach Chan Gailey said. "You just keep handing it to him thinking, 'OK, one of these times he's going to get one that pops out of there.' "
Cue all Bills fans asking in unison: "Now you say that?"
A season-long complaint about Gailey was his use of Spiller. The third-year veteran's 24 carries Sunday were a career high.
"I don't even know how many carries I had, to be honest with you," he said after the game. "I didn't feel that I took a pounding like that. I was just trying to take what they were giving me."
Spiller had some added incentive Sunday after being a Pro Bowl snub.
"Without a doubt, that just lit a fire inside me," he said. "I wasn't more disappointed for myself that I didn't go, I was disappointed for my guys. My big hogs up there blocking. Those guys have done a great job all year long."
The Pro Bowl is just one log on the motivational fire for Spiller.
"Us not making the playoffs, that's two logs right there," he said. "All the questions are going to be, 'Can he do it again?' I love that. ... That's another log to add to the fire. There's a lot of motivation going into this offseason.
"My work ethic that I put in over this last offseason, it paid off. I just want to try to build on the success that I had, try to duplicate it and make it better and then this time around next year, we'll be talking playoffs."
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Passing gas. Flatulence. Farting
I was going to use the men's room but someone's been busting ghosts inside there.
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Quite similar to "busting nut" it refers to ejaculating, or "Busting Ghost". Derived from people saying, "oh we were just alone watching Ghost Busters," and friends responding, "what? were you two busting ghost."
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on February 24, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Comic Rob Lederman is first a businessman. After graduating from Brockport State College in 1982 he purchased a string of tanning salons. By 1989 he would buy his first comedy club, the former Comix Cafe in the Town of Tonawanda.
Since then, Lederman has become a mainstay in the local comedy scene. Today he operates Rob's Comedy Playhouse on North Forest Road in Amherst. Lederman, 52, is also a fixture of morning radio sharing his life with the world as a co-host on WGRF-FM 96.9.
Earlier this month, Lederman launched a new television program. His show, "Late Night in the Buff," is on WGRZ-TV Channel 2 at 11:35 p.m. Sundays.
People Talk: Tell me about growing up as a wiseguy.
Rob Lederman: When I was in junior high in Amherst, I was borderline Special Education. because I just couldn't pay attention. To me, school was a crowd. For dress-up day, when others wore a suit and tie, I dressed up as a girl. I was in eighth or ninth grade. I remember I was called into the office, and I had wig on, my mom's dress. My mom had to come pick me up. It was that kind of stuff. I wasn't mean, just digging the attention.
PT: Were you obnoxious?
RL: Sure. I came into junior high one day with a fake mustache and fake police badge and a bullhorn. I remember running up and down the halls calling people by name, wanting to arrest our librarian. That librarian hated me. I couldn't be quiet in the library. You know what it was? Whenever there was a crowd, I felt like I needed to do something.
PT: But you made it through school.
RL: I was a C-minus student until I went to Brockport, where I was honor roll every year. My major was rhetorical studies, the art of persuasion. All the pieces came together. I took business classes. In 1982 I had tanning salons called And a Tan. I was 21. My mom ran a beauty school for like 30 years. I always had nice haircuts.
PT: On stage, what topics would you never touch?
RL: We have rules at the club, and some of the rules some comedians have a real tough time with. I feel we have a responsibility to everyone in that club not to do cancer jokes, because somehow someone has been affected by that, and they don't want to be reminded of it. There aren't many rules we set down, but that one is strange for everyone. Cancer has affected my life. I've been involved with Camp Good Days for 20 years.
PT: What motivates that?
RL: You have to give back. We've been pretty blessed. When my daughter was 2, we thought she was pretty sick. When I was 13, my sister was 18 and she had thyroid cancer. Today my daughter will be 14, and my sister is going to be 58. We're still together as a family.
PT: What is the key to your longevity?
RL: Treating everyone with respect. Realizing that the same dollar spent at my club is the same dollar I had to earn to spend somewhere else. I didn't come from anything. I'm not rolling in money. I understand if you come to me and spend $10, that is $10 you could have spent somewhere else. So I read every comment card. I read and respond to every email. I do every benefit – within reason. I do say no. We raised $87,000 for a little girl on our street.
PT: Are you better at writing jokes or delivering them?
RL: I'm a great crowd assessor. It's the level of conversation before the show, the level of energy when the lights go down. That to me is my biggest talent. If I see 50 percent women in the audience, and 50 percent of those women are 40 and below, I know I can talk about dance recitals. If you have kids, you know how horrific dance recitals can be. I just did a sold-out show in Chautauqua. I opened up with my snowmobiling bit. If the average age is 21, I'll get a little more political. I'll talk about getting pulled over by a state trooper.
PT: What do you wear to work at the club?
RL: I'm so grown up. I used to wear a denim jacket and now I always wear a pair of dress jeans, a sport coat, a black shirt that has a high collar. This is how bizarre I am. If I have a high collar on my shirt, people don't see that my nose is big. It brings my face down into my collar.
PT: What's the bottom line in stand-up?
RL: It's all about control. I will always start out by acknowledging people in the crowd. We're the Chuck E. Cheese for the 25 and above crowd, so there's always a half-dozen birthdays in the house. You talk to them, make them feel comfortable. You need to be able to set that mood because one person can ruin it.
PT: Do we want to talk about hecklers?
RL: I'd love to. Every show has them, although we don't get them often. If we do, it's just because they're drunk.
PT: Are prisoners a tough crowd?
RL: No, they're so appreciative, but don't do the dance recital bit.
PT: What are some of your foolproof one-liners?
RL: There is a fundraiser right now in China that is having an American basket raffle. ... They found the oldest piece of chewing gum: It is 9,000 years old and came with a free Ralph Wilson trading card. … Last week my jokes were about Presidents Day. How did I celebrate Lincoln's birthday? I opened a Lincoln diner. It only has tables – no booths.
PT: Are there trends in comedy?
RL: Honestly? It's back to clever and clean. [Andrew] "Dice" Clay is playing a strip mall. He's not selling out arenas anymore.
PT: And you are on TV. Please tell me about your show.
RL: Here's how I look at this TV show. I understand how difficult it is to be able to have your business shine and how a commercial can become just a commercial behind another commercial. I thought I was creative enough to comically look at promoting business in a subliminal way. The sponsor is not just the sponsor but part of the bit. Only two segments will be sponsored.
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