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September 16, 2013
HARRISBURG (AP) — Residents of northeastern and parts of central Pennsylvania, including Lycoming County and surrounding areas, will have to dial 10 digits in order to make phone calls starting next......
Potentially dumb question: Will someone have to dial a "1" on a land line phone to call from 570 to 272? Is this considered long distance or no?
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When I was a kid in Muncy, the phone numbers were LI6-1234. The LI standing for Lincoln. Eventually it became 546-1234. However, all we had to dial was the 6-1234 for many years.
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I remember growing up in East End.. you could dial a friend's number by using just the last 6 digits if their phone started with 323, 322, or 326.. thought that was neat... with the invention of fax machines and pagers, the need for more numbers grew (overlapping area codes in most big cities started this).. now with cell phones, that number just grows expodentially... just part of the technology we are all so glued to every day... get used to it...
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Hey Willbillies of the Susquehana Valley... welcome to the 21st century...is dialing 3 extra digits really that much of a chore? lol... you guys never cease to make me chuckle...
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When I moved we had to dial the area code. It wasn't a big deal. When I moved back I still dialed the area code. It isn't a big deal to me.
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Mim, I'm a little confused as to why you think it would be easier for the water authority to keep track of people. You must think that everyone in this city pays for water in which case you would be incorrect. You would also assume that the reason for the addition to an area code that it is the responsibility of Williamsport only which is also not the case. Your beginning statement holds no water (pun intended). Considering this article pertains only to this "region" and the addition of a 272 area code not really sure how you have brought in politics. Number of cell phones and home phones are the reason. nothing else. sorry if I'm picking on you maybe for can find another left wingers shoulder to cry on.
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Thank goodness I already and have had to dial 10 digits since I first got my cell phone. I will not need to adjust.
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Mim, I'm sorry if you feel I'm picking on you. The point I was trying to make is you are going about your cause in the wrong manner. When you choose the requirement of having to dial an area code as a reason to support your cause, it's totally unfounded and it ruins your credibility. Personally I'm in your court regarding this new ordinance. No one has shown us hard facts from other cities that have it on how it has helped reduce crime or allowed them to override federal census numbers in relation to receiving more grants. If you want to take a credible approach, ask the mayor if he has those numbers and if he doesn't, then you have good ammunition to rally against it. If other cities are seeing no results regarding crime and increased grants, then another regulation that will cost tax payers money and be difficult to enforce, is just a waste.
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570 covers about 30% of the state, not just Williamsport. This is bigger then Campana.
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Capricorn did u get that or do i have to go slower, that was mean but u are always picking on me and really I am sick of it.
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Who would t be against less government ?? all I"m saying use other ways to get the count?
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it is logical what u said paycheck but look at the city"s website " fastest growing city" we could be qualifying for millions in federal community grant money.This burns the mayor, we are losing millions, the tenant ordinance is a back door way to get at thi. What burns me is u have to classify us as low class criminals and ruin our property values in order to achieve it.
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Mim what in god's name are you talking about? LoL This change has NOTHING to do with the census in Williamsport. The last comment is correct. Cell phones are depleting all the available numbers. This is not anything new. It's just new for this area. Many areas across the country already have this requirement. I know you have your knickers in a knot over the landlord/tenant ordinance, but give it a rest already.
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Perhaps a more logical reason would be cell phones? A home use to have one number, the house number. Now that same home might also have 4 cell phones,the population didn't quadruple, just the phone numbers did.
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This proves our census is wrong Campana wants to register tenants to get a better count of popuolation to qualify for more government grants, Everybody uses water force the water authority to keep records and turn them over to the city after all it is the williamsport water authority a system of checks ans balances.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014
The Ashley Ridge baseball team is being forced to forfeit several games due to a rules violation.
On Tuesday, Ashley Ridge Athletic Director/Assistant Principal Bobby Behr confirmed the South Carolina High School League has imposed sanctions on the Swamp Fox baseball program after it was determined the AR varsity team played an athlete last spring who wasnt eligible.
The program had to forfeit all games in which the player participated and the school has been fined $2,500. Behr said he doesnt know exactly how many games the player participated in, but he participated in the majority of them.
The player began last school year at Summerville High School and transferred to Ashley Ridge when his family moved into the AR attendance zone. However, he was on probation at SHS when he transferred and high school league bylaws state, in order to be eligible to participate with an athletic team at the new school, a transfer student must be in good academic standing with the former school and eligible to play at the former school.
We followed normal eligibility procedures but when we approved him to play we didnt know he wasnt eligible at the school he came from, Behr said. I made a mistake and I feel bad for the kids on that team.
The forfeits could have been avoided had there been communication between the two Dorchester District Two schools prior to the paperwork on the transfer being filed and approved by the high school league. Even after the transfer student played in a game against the Green Wave, no official complaint was made by SHS officials.
It was a parent who brought the matter to the attention of school district and high school league officials.
The player at the center of the matter participated in fall workouts with the Green Wave baseball team last school year. He and three other athletes were disciplined after it was determined they were involved in an incident that violated team and school district rules. The incident occurred prior to a fall workout held at DuBose Middle School.
One of the students was assigned to the Givens Alternative Program and the other three were placed on probation. As part of their probation, they were told they could not participate in any SHS athletic programs for the remainder of the school year.
Robert Heaton, the parent of one of the other athletes placed on probation, didnt think it was fair that three of the athletes who were disciplined had to sit out an entire year while another was allowed to play so he contacted school district and high school league officials to complain.
Among his concerns is that the transfer student, who he says made the same mistake his son did, will have an extra season to impress college scouts that the other three athletes wont have.
The sanctions imposed on the AR program will not affect the Swamp Foxes 2015 baseball season. The team will be eligible for the playoffs. However, Behr says the teams preseason activities will be affected.
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Bremerton based melodic rock band consisting of three members: Mike Herrera on lead vocals and bass, Yuri Ruley on drums, and Tom Wisniewski on guitar and bgvs. While these bad boys formed in 1992 with Andy Husted on guitar as "Magnified Plaid" they soon abbreviated their name to MxPx (the x's as periods), and found Tom to replace Andy due to creative differences. A large part of the pop punk music scene since their beginning, MxPx has formed a large and very loyal fan base, though they have never had an official hit.
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Best album: Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
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A Christian Punk Rock, Skate Punk band straight outta Bremerton, Washington. They have 8 studio albums (listed in order)
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MxPx great Rock Band, Similar to Blink 182, Better in my opinion.
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Brown is making his debut as a blogger, and his first installment is an enjoyable read:
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he's adorable and it is fun to read his blog!
The link above now includes Brown's blog entries for Tue, Wed, and Thu.
His writing continues to be very expressive and informative. Good job!
Doris had mentioned in a dance thread that Holly Moore and Daniel Klaber are blogging from Courchevel for ice-dance.com.
I finally took a look, and Klaber's first entry (from Tue) blew me away! Absolutely lovely. Brought tears to my eyes.
Normally, Holly and I will have posts up close to each others, but this is special. She's (as I assume) actually getting some sleep before we leave. However, I can't sleep. I'm like a five year-old trying to sleep on Christmas eve thinking about all of the presents I might get.
This is a huge step for me. I'm just having some trouble grasping what's sitting right in front of me. We are really truly going to a JGP tomorrow to represent the U.S.
It has been eight and a half years of work, struggle, some hardships, laughter, jokes, bonding, fighting, winning, losing, supporting each other, being a shoulder to cry on, having a shoulder to cry on. After all of that, Holly and I share a relationship like no other and one that I would not trade for anything else in the world. I can think of no one else that I would want to travel and compete around the world with.
I had no idea what kind of beginning it was when I stepped on that ice and first took Holly's hand. Eight and a half years later, we face yet another beginning, but this time we're ready for it. So let it begin.
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Arun Vishwanath, associate professor in the Department of Communication, has received a three-year, $320,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to launch a research project to learn just how people fall victim to cyber-phishing attacks and what tools can be used to protect them.
His partner in the study is H. Raghav Rao, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Management Science and Systems, School of Management, where Vishwanath is an adjunct associate professor. The two will partner with other organizations, including the National Consumer League, in conducting the study.
Phishing is the familiar scam in which Internet fraudsters send spam or pop-up messages aimed at drawing personal and financial information from unsuspecting victims. Once they acquire personal information, phishers can sometimes get into the victim's other online personal and business accounts as well.
Vishwanath, an expert in consumer behavior and information processing, says research like this is necessary and important because, at its core, every recent major cyber attack has involved a phishing scam. Phishing makes important private information available to hackers, which in turn can be used to facilitate those attacks.
"Phishing has become the attack vector of choice among cyber criminals and their incidence has gone up significantly," he says. "We all are vulnerable and through us, so are government and commercial institutions, including security agencies and news sources.
"Such attacks are on the rise," Vishwanath says, "and are more successful than people realize."
He cites such examples as the April attack on the AP Twitter feed that resulted in it disseminating "news" of a White House bombing in which the president was injured. Another example, he says, was the August takedown of The New York Times website by the pro-Assad "Syrian Electronic Army."
"Besides these," he says, "a host of recent attacks on other news outlets, such as The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CBS, BBC and NPR, have all been attributed to phishing attacks."
Vishwanath's recent research employed an integrated information-processing model to test individual differences in vulnerability to phishing.
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Friday, January 24, 2014
Focus of new leadership is continued growth and ongoing attention to area charitable causes
The Mount Pleasant Business Association, a leader in the promotion and enhancement of the Mount Pleasant business community, announced that it has chosen its board of directors for 2014.
Returning board members are: Jonathan J. Chalfie, of Lee & Associates, President; Jason Biggs, of Regions Bank, Vice President; Joseph Hinske, CPA, MS, with Legare, Bailey and Hinske, LLC, Treasurer; and Jennifer Passmore, of Spot on Graphix, Secretary. New to the board is Amy Lovette, of the South Carolina Aquarium, who will serve as Member at Large.
The new board was elected at the December planning meeting which took place on December 19th, 2013.
Membership in the association is a mix of professions from various industries, including advertising and publishing, financial services, health care, retail, insurance, legal, and service businesses of every description.
Established in 1992, the Mount Pleasant Business Association is a non-profit organization that celebrates success in bringing together businesses in our locale for mutually valuable purposes.
The non-profits mission is as a leader in the promotion and enhancement of the Mount Pleasant business community, they provide members with information, advocacy, education and networking based on a foundation of integrity, social responsibility and excellence.
Since its inception, the Mount Pleasant Business Association has partnered with various local charities, providing financial assistance as well as bringing attention to their individual missions.
In addition to annually providing college scholarships to local students, some of the charities that received monetary gifts this past year included East Cooper Meals on Wheels, East Cooper Community Outreach, Operation Home and the Coastal Community Foundation.
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Frank J. Imbrenda, 60, Altoona, passed away Monday at Altoona Regional after a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer.
He was born in Altoona, son of Theresa R. (DeLeo) Imbrenda and the late Gerard "Jerry" Imbrenda.
Surviving are his mother; a daughter, Lisa (Nelson) Radel of Altoona; a granddaughter, Paige; a sister, Maria "Retta" (Doug) Hewitt of Altoona; a brother, Dave (Renee) in South Carolina; four nieces: Amanda Boland, Casey Frederick, Brittni Imbrenda and Marissa Hewitt; and a nephew, Doug Hewitt.
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Frank was a 1970 graduate of Altoona Area High School. He retired from Cookson Electronics as a master operator, and he was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. He was an officer at the Buccinese Society and a member of the Cesare Battisti Club.
Frank enjoyed gardening, playing his keyboard, singing, bocce and riding his scooter. He loved spending time with his golden retriever, Buddy, and his granddaughter and family.
Friends will be received from 1 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, at Santella Funeral Home, where a vigil for the deceased will be held. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. Committal will be at Calvary Cemetery.
In memory of Frank, donations may be made to the Greg and Cathy Griffith Family Foundation, 1644 Plank Road, Duncansville, PA 16635, for pancreatic cancer research or to Golden Retriever Rescue of Central Pennsylvania, P.O. Box 397, Centre Hall, PA 16828.


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The Latin American and Caribbean Center at Stony Brook University invites proposals for its 12th annual Graduate Student Conference to be held on Friday, April 12th, 2013 at Stony Brook Manhattan.
From the sixteenth century to the present, Latin America has been profoundly shaped by its relationships with globalization. The material goods and cultural artifacts produced in Latin American regions have connected with different social settings and diverse acts of consumption in the Atlantic world. We use this year's theme, "Commodities, Capitalism and Culture: Latin America and Global Links" for rethinking the dynamics that have shaped class, gender, and race in the regions where commodities were produced and consumed. Among the questions we ask are:
• How important were class, gender, race, and regional variations in shaping production, marketing and consumption?
• How did global commodities link producers, intermediaries and consumers, even if the actors involved did not always recognize it?
• How were the meanings ascribed to material and cultural products assimilated, translated, and/or reimagined during transatlantic exchanges?
• What were the social, economic, cultural, and environmental consequences at both ends of the commodity chain?
• To what extent did trade in commodities generate long-term economic development?
• How did science, technology and medicine impact the production, circulation and consumption of material and cultural artifacts?
• How are commodities represented in fictions, films, advertisings and political discourses?
In the spirit of opening dialogue and crossing borders, we welcome submissions from all disciplines on any related topic including, but not restricted to:
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Can Any Cub Anywhere Play This Game?
Taking a cue from his counterpart in the big leagues, Iowa Cub manager Bobby Dickerson held a pre-game meeting yesterday in the team's clubhouse at Principal Park in Des Moines. The team had made 10 errors in its previous three games.
After the meeting the troops went out and made three more in the process of losing 5-3 to the Sacramento Rivercats.
The battle of capital cities was also a battle of pitching prospects as former Cub Sean Gallagher opposed current hotshot Jeff Samardzija.
Gallagher rationed 89 pitches over seven strong innings to get the win. Samardzija labored while throwing 102 in just four plus and took the loss.
Jake Fox did manage to extend his hitting streak to 17 games with a single in his last at-bat, but be advised that he's also gone a season-long six game stretch without homering. He was also brushed by a pitch for the eighth time, another of the many categories in which he leads the league.
Samardzija is clearly working on stuff other than his fastball. After the first inning he seemed to start most batters with some kind of breaking pitch. All told he threw first pitch strikes to 15 of the 24 hitters he faced, but the Rivercats reached him for eight hits in his short, pitchy stint.
In the Sacramento 3rd, he came a little undone after CF Sam Fuld approached a routine single like it was a rattlesnake for a two-base error. Samardzija issued a four-pitch walk and then wild-pitched a run home, cussing his way back to the mound in his best Zambrano impression after the ump called the runner safe on a close play at the plate.
Between the starting pitchers and I-Cub reliever Vince Perkins the scoreboard radar gun was registering in the mid to upper 90's throughout. Perkins comes near the century mark.
Jeremy Blevins, the chip that brought us Jason Kendall a couple years back, relieved Gallagher in the 8th and surrendered a run in less than an inning; right in keeping with his ERA of nearly seven.
Leading off for the Rivercats and playing CF was Eric Patterson who managed two hits and a run scored. Patterson also swiped his 19th base in 23 tries. I-Cub catcher Chris Robinson leads PCL catchers in fielding percentage but he, Mark Johnson and Jake Fox have combined to catch only seven out of 48 base stealers this year. The Cub organization doesn't seem to put much premium on either efficient pitch counts [how many years running have they led the NL in strikeouts?] or the holding of runners.
OTHER ODDITIES: After Richie Robnett tripled in a run in the bottom of the 2nd Dickerson ordered a squeeze bunt on consecutive pitches; both were popped foul and glanced off the glove of Sacramento's diving third baseman...eerie similarity: even though it was almost completely rebuilt as recently as 1992, Principal Park has chunks of concrete falling off just like Wrigley Field! Three small areas of the place have been closed to the public for the duration of the homestand which ends on Thursday...Fox was out from here to Chicago trying to go 1st to 3rd on a single to right - it appeared that the bad idea was Dickerson's in the 3rd base coaching box...Fox has now played 29 games @ 1B, two @ DH, one @ 3B, one in LF, and two @ catcher...Dickerson loves to bunt - in Sunday's game the team loaded the bases on three straight and yesterday's attempted squeeze[s] came after two successes earlier in the week...MW
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Thanks, Mike!
And DANG, I didn't know Perkins had that kind of heat. I am unsure of how he was acquired-- from Baseball Cube it looks like he was probably signed as a minor league free agent? I am guessing he's a Wilken draftee from the Toronto days.
Perkins minor league K/9 is 8.8, fwiw.
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Well, the Cubs season is over 25% done, and we are through Memorial Day, so I think it is the first truly fair time to take the temperature of the team. So let me give my take of the season AS A WHOLE thus far.
The Cubs are 21-22, and in 4th place in the NL Central. Currently, they are 5 games behind Milwaukee, 4 games behind St. Louis and 2.5 games behind Cincinnati. At one game under .500, this is tied for the team's low-water mark for the season in terms of games over/under .500.
OFFENSE (Grade D+): The Cubs have really struggled scoring runs thus far this season. After leading the league last year, the Cubs are currently 11th in the NL is runs scored. Now clearly some of that has to do with injuries to some key players:
- Aramis Ramirez has been on the DL since May 9th with a dislocated shoulder.
- Geovany Soto, while not visiting the DL, has had a banged up shoulder and has missed time.
- Milton Bradley has had some legs issues and missed some time.
But the suckitude at the plate thus far can't be blamed soles on injuries. Many of the starters (and bench players) thus far just are not hitting, and it is not "still early" anymore. While these players can still clearly turn things around, when we are past Memorial Day it is time to start worrying about some of these players.
Soto - .214/.331/.277/.608
Lee - .248/.314/.416/.730
Fontenot - .208/.299/.368/.667
Bradley - .198/.314/.376/.690
Miles - .204/.250/.265/.515
Johnson - .238/.319/.333/.653
Lee has shown signs of coming out of his funk over the past 6 games he has played in, so hopefully he is turning the corner, but the other guys are big worries in my opinion. I am not sure if someone like Soto or Bradley are hiding injuries thus not letting them perform at their best, but hitting around .200 this far into the season with the expectations around each of them is just not good. In Bradley's case, that is not even taking into account other LH OF's that Hendry could have signed that are having real good seasons (Ibanez and Abreau). Bradley at this point has been an absolute failure. He has not been fan friendly, media friendly, cries about the umpires too much, and most importantly he has performed miserably so far. I saw a sign early on of the Bradley situation turning into a JJ situation and unfortunately it has become pretty close. He better get things turned around ASAP or it could become very ugly at Wrigley with him and his shitty attitude and temperament.
The Cubs offense has had some bright spots, most notably the resurgence thus far of Kosuke Fukudome (I have been totally wrong thus far about him as I never though he was going to rebound, but this is about the time last year he started to fall off.). He, along with Ramirez, has been the two anchors this season. Alfonso Soriano, Ryan Theriot and Micah Hoffpauir have also had been productive at times, but all are now slumping pretty badly as of late.
The bench is weak overall. I don't think we could have expected much out of Gathright, Freel, Miles, Scales, etc., but Koyie Hill has been a pleasant surprise when he has filled in for Soto.
The offense will clearly get better when Ramirez gets back and some of these players start breaking out of their season long slump, which most, if not all will eventually do. It is just when will that happen and will it be too late?
STARTING PITCHING (Grade C+): The Cubs have also struggled a little bit for them in starting pitching, but they have also had injuries to Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. They are currently 8th in the NL in ERA (4.26) for starting pitching, but when their staff is all together and healthy I wouldn't be surprised to see them move up that ranking and easily sneak into the top 3-5. I don't believe they will make it back to the top like last year with a 3.75 ERA, but starting pitching is not a worry in my mind. The Cubs currently have Wells and Marshall who can fill that 5th spot with the other in the pen for long relief. So right now depth is not an issue as long as the main four (Z, Harden, Lilly and Dempster) are healthy. Now if one of them goes down for long term, then Hendry will need to go out and look for another arm. But let's please think positively about this one.
RELIEF PITCHING (Grade F): The Cubs relief corps has been very bad overall as a group. They are currently 14th in the NL in ERA (5.23). The Cubs have tried a few arms (Fox and Smardzija) from the minors to help out, but they didn't work out. The Cubs also let go of Jose Vizcaino while he was supporting a 0.00 ERA, which many attribute to some kind of bad clubhouse behavior which hasn't really been addressed yet by Lou or Jim to my recollection. Marmol hasn't been his dominating self of the past couple years, but he is coming off a big workload from last year and is on pace to come close to matching that this year. Gregg has had his ups and downs. He struggled early on, but has settled down this month, but I think we can all expect a roller coaster ride with him through out the season and not any kind of slam the door shut closer we all wish we could have had. Guzman has been actually been pretty good by keeping his BB's down and giving the Cubs solid innings. Patton and Cotts are an absolute waste of space on the Cubs roster. Firstly, Lou hasn't used Patton very much and is basically hiding him in the pen to keep the Rule 5 guy on the team. And when he does pitch he just doesn't look good. But being 5 games down in the division, this is not the time to try and hold on to some single A pitcher. As for Cotts, there is absolutely no reason to have him on this team anymore. Firstly, he sucks. Secondly, he can't get out LH hitters, the only reason he is on the team. Hendry has been so willing to eat contracts and cut bait on other players this year, I can't understand why he won't do the same to Cotts. There has got to be some kid in the minors that can do at least what Cotts is doing. Please, cut bait and move on Mr. Hendry. But honestly besides Marmol getting a little better and Gregg possibly being more consistent, I am not sure where any realistic improvement can come from in the relief corps. I don't see another option besides going out and getting an arm in a trade.
OVERALL (Grade C-): After performing so well last year and a $140MM payroll this year I don't think many people would have predicted this team to be under .500 even at this point in the season. While the season is not over and the Cubs shouldn't be sellers, there are some definite holes that need to be filled (relief pitching and another bat). It does not look likely that any productive long term moves can come from the dismal farm system. And of course I have very little confidence in Jim Hendry to make the necessary trades to get those whole filled properly. But, another worry is the team's latest stretch. I looked at the overall numbers for the most part and didn't have the past 8 games weigh too heavy on the season to date, but this clearly has to be a concern as it appears not having ARam in the lineup has finally caught up to the Cubs and they just have way too many players just not hitting all at once. This team can still be a 90 win team. They need to get healthy though as priority #1 and then improve their bullpen. If they can do those two things then it will all come down to if these slumping players can turn things around or a bat can be added to the lineup to spark that improvement. As always, as a Cubs fan I am skeptical, but will be cheering them on every game.
Go Cubs!!
P.S. You may all now nitpick and flame away…:)
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It must be wall of text day.
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Got anything you'd like to get off your chest in 5,000 characters or more?
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Let me sum it up for you:
$140 million payroll. 1 game below .500. C- grade.
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Man - THAT was concise!
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Offense: D+
Starting pitching: C-
Relief pitching: F
Well, as you know, there's currently a huge gap between ability and performance. I would agree the offense is performing at a D- level. They're capable of an A offense.
I think you're being too harsh on the starting pitching. They're decent.
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I don't get your "cut bait" reference. The idiom is "fish or cut bait" similar to "put up or shut up." People who cut bait are sitting on the sidelines not participating in the action. If you want Hendry to cut bait, you can be assured he already is.
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Yeah I don't get it either. What's he trying to say? I just don't get it. It's too confusing.
Thanks for the idiomatic lesson though. We are all much the wiser, I'm sure.
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Yeah, when you're trying to make a point always say the opposite of what you mean. Brilliant!
Missing parts bait. Members
parts bait. Members of the 2008 Cubs team cut by Hendry.
How they're doing so far...
Jon Lieber - unsigned age 39
Jim Edmonds - unsigned and 39
Daryle Ward - unsigned age 34
Henry Blanco - Padres - 3HR, .176 .263 .373// CS- 36%
(Geovany Soto's CS- 22%)
Felix Pie - Orioles - OPS+ 50, lost LF starting job, .190 .269 .310 , career may have been saved when Lou Montanez injured his thumb
Mark DeRosa - Indians - OPS+ 94 and rising after a slow start, 7HR 30RBI (T20 in AL), .260 .327 .429
Ronny Cedeno - Mariners - .188 .250 .375, OPS is right around his career average
Matt Murton - Rockies - .276 .323 .517, back up with the big club
Rich Hill - Orioles - 2 starts, 1-0 3.18 ERA 12 K's/11.1 IP
Jason Marquis - Rockies - 6-3 4.45 ERA, just Jason doing his first half thing. I would have kept Marquis until the All-Star break then tried to deal him for someone we could actually use.
Chad Gaudin - Padres - 1-3 5.40 starting pitcher, 7.02 BB/9IP makes for a fat 1.59 WHIP
Scott Eyre - Phillies - 3.48 ERA but sucky 7.0 BB/9!, reduced to a limited role, 10.1 IP in 18 appearances
Kerry Wood - Indians - the closer sports a 7.20 ERA and 1.80 WHIP, 'nuff said
Michael Wuertz - A's - 2-1 1.96 ERA 0.83 WHIP, ouch!
Bob Howry - Giants - his 1.53 WHIP is actually higher than last year, only allowed one home run in 17 innings though
Kevin Hart - Iowa - struggling as a relief pitcher, 0-3 5.18
Jeff Samardzija - Iowa - 6 starts, 1-1 4.40 ERA, took a 1.03 WHIP into last night's start but didn't last 5 innings
Carmen Pignatiello - Rochester AAA (Twins) - 11 Earned Runs in 7.0 IP
Like many others, I never understood what Hendry was smoking when he dumped 2008 team MVP Mark DeRosa and the perennially effective Michael Wuertz. Still don't. We could use both of them.
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Ward is playing in Charlotte.
Re: Daryle Ward
Thanks! If I left anyone off the list let me know.
Ward for Charlotte AAA, .340 .436 .574 47AB
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You missed that Scott Eyre is broke.
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The rumor mill is interesting. Lot of Cubs talk, probably because they're one of the few teams that could ostensibly take some salary on. I'm not sure how true that is with the ownership thing and Ricketts selling girl scout cookies to pay the payroll, but there's the rumors anyways.
Apparently Peavy only interested in being moved to the Dodgers or Cubs. I think it's clear at this point it's a salary dump and they'll pretty much take anything for him. The question is, even if he's given to you, does the Cubs rotation need another 10M+/year starter or should they look at improving other pieces of the team? I say pull the trigger. Cy young caliber pitchers won't be lying around the trading block like this when the economy improves.
Also interesting that the Rox might be nearing firesale status.
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Plus if the Cubs got Peavy, how awkward would it make the Cubs-Sox inter-league games? I think Peavy v Bartolo Colon would be awesome.
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In some sort of video game world where payroll doesn't mean anything, I'd love to have Peavy. In the real world, I'm really worried that acquiring him would mean no flexibility in terms of addressing the club's actual problems (i.e. offense and bullpen).
Also, the final year of his contract gets really ugly ($22 million, if I'm not mistaken) if he's not a perennial Cy Young contender. IMO, there are very few guys in the league that should make that kind of dough, and he's just not one of them.
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Right, I can definitely see your point. Still, like I said, when things improve you won't see guys like this just sitting around looking for someone who can pay him.
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You're probably right about that. I'm just concerned that the Cubs can't really pay him because they need to pay someone else instead (hopefully a big bat, although I don't really know where you'd put a big bat on this team unless you can convince Lee to waive his NTC).
What happened to all the low payroll teams willing to give up their superstars before they had to pony up the big extensions? Getting Aramis from the Pirates was the absolute best kind of trade - the Cubs got a young stud with his best years ahead of him because his former team knew they couldn't afford to keep him.
These days, teams like the Rays are somehow convincing their young superstars to sign long term extensions for way below market (see: Longoria, Evan).
Anyway, Peavy concerns me because his best years likely aren't ahead of him, his road splits aren't that good, and his salary eliminates any flexibility the Cubs would have for the next few years. Seems like a big risk to take to fill a tiny hole in the dam when water's gushing through elsewhere.
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Maybe you could find a taker for Dempster if you got Peavy?
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Geez, of the two you would think Peavy would be easier to move if you had to and SD is having trouble moving him. Demp earning 12 mil this year, also has a NTC.
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The Padres are finding out just how easy it is to move Peavy right now.
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If the Cubs continue their current trajectory those NTCs become less of an issue. Nobody wants to play for a .440 team getting booed out of their park every night by 30,000 really pissed off fans. The Cubs aren't there yet, of course.
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Not sure that Peavy is hard to move as much as Peavy doesn't want to go anywhere.
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When comparing the two (Peavy vs. Dempster), you would think it would be easier to trade Peavy (making $11MM this year) than Dempster (making $12MM this year w/ signing bonus). But trading anyone with a NTC is never easy, especially when one of them is in a great pitchers park, great weather city and team is on a 10-game winning streak.
Soriano 2nd among OF's in ASG voting
current leaders
C - Molina
1B - Pujols
2B - Utley
SS - Hardy
3B - D. Wright
OF - Braun, Soriano, Beltran
I assume Brewers had a lot of home games as their 2nd or 1st at most of the spots.
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"Bradley at this point has been an absolute failure. He has not been fan friendly, media friendly, cries about the umpires too much, and most importantly he has performed miserably so far..."
But other than that, Mr. Lincoln, how'd you like the play?
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I think Navigator needs to point out how you butchered the joke.
Tonight's lineup
Soriano, Theriot, Fukudome, Bradley, Hoffpauir, Fontenot, Hill, Freel, Marshall
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Won't that leave Zambrano as the 2nd left handed bat off the bench(assuming the Scaled one is still sick)?
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Didn't Scales p-hit yesterday?
I believe that makes the bench Soto, Johnson, Miles, Scales with Lee still stick but supposedly feeling better according to Muskat.
Muskat also says the weather not looking good for tonight.
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"I think Navigator needs to point out how you butchered the joke."
I'll just blame Wilkens...and Fleita...and Hendry.
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it's been a while since larry rothschild has been dragged through the mud in a fan freakout, so i'll blame him.
there were so so so many bad moves made in last night's game...i'm still getting over Z hitting instead of fukudome. they already let asscan hit for himself only to replace him at the top of the inning. i could care less how many people think it's cute to watch him swing as hard as he can at something (that something usually a fastball when it turns into good contact), fukudome is a professional hitter and soriano follows him. if you're gonna bat soriano first don't give away the #9 slot.
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gotta agree on that one...I don't care if Z pinch-hits early in a game or of there's a good reason to save a guy for later, but that was a pretty crucial moment. Fukudome did have a brutal road trip but so did everyone else and he had a nice homestand before that. Now if it was Miles sitting on the bench, I wouldn't have cared as much.
Besides utter stupidity, my only other guess is that Pirates would have gone with a lefty there and either Lou has to burn someone else (if anyone else is even left) or have Fukudome face the lefty and just strike out.
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pinella's most crucial move of the night was getting out of the dugout fast enough to get between the ump and freel on a play freel was VERY upset about. freel chilled out real quick when pin got there and walked away.
freel was the last available IF'r since scales (who would most likely only be available to PH, anyway) was used earlier.
Have we seen this?
"Cub reliever Carlos Marmol is taking a leave of absence from his day job to fly to New York, as his wife is scheduled to give birth there this week. So then who was the very non-pregnant "female companion" he was snuggling with two weeks ago?..."
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i briefly mentioned something in an earlier thread, didn't have a pic though...
stay classy, Carlos.
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Marmol impregnating anyone is very impressive. I imagine his junk dropping down and to the left every time he tries to copulate.
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There's a good joke in here somewhere, poor delivery. Sorry.
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Tonights lineups (just reported on WSCR):
Cubs: Umpire, Umpire, Umpire, Umpire, Umpire, Umpire, Umpire, Umpire, Umpire SP (21-22)
Pirates: Umpire, Umpire, Umpire, Umpire, Umpire, Umpire, Umpire, Umpire, Umpire SP (21-24)
Lou press conference...
Lee better, can probably pinch hit...Scales worse, probably not available.
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Valley fever, swine flu?
harden hasn't thrown yet
Rich Harden, who is on the DL with low back problems, has yet to start a throwing program, so he may not be ready to return when his 15-day stint is up. If Harden was healthy, Lou Piniella said he'd probably move Sean Marshall to the bullpen to give him another left-hander. Right now, Neal Cotts is the only option.
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I caught some of the pregame meeting with Lou and reporters. He basically said they don't know anything about Harden yet because he hasn't started throwing. He is still getting treatment. Once he starts throwing they'll have an idea of what his arm will need to be ready for pitching. It's a non-arm injury, so there is a chance he starts throwing here in a day or two and feels simply like he had a few extra days off between starts, does a simulated game, and then rejoins the rotation. Then again, he could feel like he needs awhile to get sharp again before doing so.
Also, from seeing Lou's facial expression, Cotts is as good as dead. Lou said flat out: "we need a lefty in the bullpen that can get lefties out, it's as simple as that." After which he made the note about using Marshall in that role if Harden weren't on the DL. Sounds like when Harden is back Well stays, Marshall to the pen, and Cotts likely gone.
He went further to note that he wanted to use Guzman in that situation, but since Marmol was gone he was saving Guzman for Marmol's place in the pen, and was forced to then use Cotts.
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"since Marmol was gone he was saving Guzman for Marmol's place in the pen"
Basically, the reporters should have put a dunce cap on him right then. Even Dusty didn't do things that stupid.
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Vitters hit his 11th in the first inning tonight. That's 8 (so far) in the last 10 games.
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Added a single and a seldom seen walk, before I go to bed. Also started a 5-4-3 DP.
Fearless prediction: Everyone on this board will be happy we didn't make the Peavy trade 3 years from now.
*edit - Oh shit, Carpenter struck out the side in the first then came out. I am assuming that's not because he got called up to Daytona.
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Speaking of Daytona... Cashner gave up one run on three hits on five innings tonight. On the season he's got a 2.41 ERA with 24K's, 8BB's and no HR's in 23.2 innings.
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I also noticed that Carpenter got pulled after one inning.
There was a 1:35 rain delay in that game-- is it possible the delay was after the first inning and they didn't want Carpenter going back out afterward?
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I hope so, though the opposing pitcher may have.
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Hey dudes,
Any idea on the rain delay?
Team seems to be playing well tonight, no?
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Let it rain...Let it rain...Let it rain
Take the W any way you can.
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game called. cubs win. wee.
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1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.
Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.
Yeah -- seeing the weather -- I hope KB and Rizz are inside, wrapped in blankets and drinking hot chocolate.
rain delay...thanks obama.
Thanks again Phil. We actually were in Mesa and drove around. Hopefully, I am back for some Fall League. If not I have all of spring training (like the smart people who move here!)
What Rob G said. I can't speak for Piittsburgh, but the other end of the state has had absolute crap weather for two days. Perfect day to take it easy.
tarp came off 10 minutes ago...let's do this.


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When former accountant Sanga Moses ran into his sister on a far-from-home road carrying firewood on what was supposed to be a school day, his life changed. He knew that Uganda's rapidly disappearing forests had big implications for the environment, but he hadn't recognized the day-to-day effect it was having on the lives of his family and village. Now, with his company Eco-fuel Africa, Moses helps farmers transform agricultural waste into cooking fuel, and also sponsors tree-planting projects. Here, he tells the TED Blog about fast-changing ecological conditions in Uganda, and how he hopes to help restore the country's forests as quickly as possible.
You started out as an accountant, and now you are an environmental entrepreneur. What was the moment that changed the course of your life?
I used to work for one of the biggest banks here in Uganda, and that meant that I was away from my home village. One day, I decided to go check on my mother and little sister. This was a Wednesday — and I ran into my sister on her way carrying wood. She saw me and started crying. She said, "I'm supposed to be in school today. But mother told me to go out and get the wood, and I do this at least twice a week."
Seeing her didn't surprise me at first, because I also carried wood as a kid. At first I didn't get what was wrong. [When she started crying], I thought that maybe my mother was sick or something terribly wrong had happened at home. I helped her put the wood down, and we sat for a few minutes and I asked her, "What is the problem? Why are you crying?" She told me, "It's about the wood. I'm supposed to be in school today. [But] my mom told me to skip school to go out and get the wood. " I told her I would talk to our mother, and bring her back to a school in the city where I worked so she wouldn't have to fetch wood.
But when I spoke to my mother, she said, "No, you can't do that. She's the only girl I have, I'm an old woman, I can't survive without her. If you take her, I'll be dead." I went back to the city, but this conversation haunted me. I couldn't really live my life anymore. I was constantly thinking about my sister, at the verge of losing the only opportunity she had to a better life — that is, education. And as a child who grew up in a rural area, my own life was transformed by education.
I wasn't sure what to do. All I knew was how to be an accountant and work in a financial institution. But one night, I asked myself, "If I don't don't do something, who will? I am just complaining about what I can't do, and my sister can't go to school because she has to fetch wood."
But wait, why had this become a problem when you'd fetched wood as a child yourself?
When I was growing up, we had a forest close by. It no longer exists now. I used to graze cows as a kid and we would graze in forests — have a lot of fun, play hide and seek. But kids these days don't have that luxury. It's all empty land — you can see virtually 50 kilometers away because it's all empty.
The problem is that once people deplete the few forests remaining, they must venture further to find wood. At first, I thought I was just blowing my sister's dilemma out of proportion, but it became clear that she is not alone. There are so many people — so many kids like her who can't go to school because there are no trees left in the villages. At my office, where I had access to the internet, I did some research. I found that Uganda has already lost 70% of its forests. According to UN statistics, Uganda will have no forests left by the year 2052 if nothing is done to curb the current rate of deforestation. In a few years' time, Uganda will have to import wood. But we're talking about people who live on less than two dollars a day. If we imported wood, would they be able to afford it? And if they can't afford cooking fuel, how will they survive?
So what you noticed was a connection between changes in the environment and a threat to your community's way of life.
Yes. It's actually about the entire ecosystem. When I was younger and we had forest, we were semi-nomads — a cattle-keeping community that traveled with cows. It was easy to take care of them, because seasons were stable, rains were predictable, we had water. In the last ten years, things have changed for the worse. Now droughts are becoming persistent. Actually, as I speak to you now, my family is relocating our cows to a distant area because there's no water left in the village — also a problem of deforestation. Even in national parks, animals are dying, and the population of buffalo is getting lower, and people encroach looking for water. People are competing for the little that is remaining. And in mountainous areas where all the trees have been cut down, the hills are so dry they develop cracks. When it rains, landslides cover people's houses and it floods — people are dying because of this. It's not the world that I grew up in.
To read the full interview, visit the TED Blog >>>


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Here's what you have to do: Devise a list of 5-10 courses you would take to fix your life. It's more fun to be in classes with friends, so include one class from the person who tagged you that you'd also like to take. Tag five.
The class I'd like to take with Naomi would be her Raising a Mama's Boy (prerequisites: Separation Anxiety and Babywearing 101) How to deal with an infant who won't let you put him down. Ever.
And for me we'd have to expand that one to toddlers as well.
Here are my other course suggestions:
Shopping For Moms
Going beyond the Target clearance racks and into stores that sell only clothes. For women. And for your age.
Laundry Excavation & Cultivation
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Heifers are still too old when they calve
by Jeff Stevenson, professor of animal sciences at Kansas State University, Manhattan.
Heifers are not only the most fertile group of females on your dairy, they generally represent the best genetics. Despite these positive attributes, too many dairies don't take full advantage of this valuable resource because too many heifers are not inseminated when they have reached adequate age, stature, and body weight. The statistics confirm progress has been slow as age at first calving has dropped slightly from the 28 to 30 months of age during the past 20 years.
That begs the question, where is the industry headed towards increasing the efficiency of heifer breeding? More importantly, what is the age of your replacements at first calving? Whether you manage your own replacements or have them reared by someone else, you should monitor this important economic trait.
Age at first calving
Recent research on some 13,000 dairy farms confirms age at first calving ranges from 25 to 27.3 months as shown in Table 1. Minimum and maximum values by breed also are shown. Clearly, most herds could better manage their heifers. The records for this study come from Dairy Records Management Systems in Raleigh, N.C. It was edited to remove herds in which age at first calving was obviously not recorded accurately on the farm (such as herds with average age at first calving less than 20 months and older than 30 months).
Because approximately 90 percent of DHIA herds consist of Holsteins, I summarized some other important economic characteristics of Holstein herds according to the average age of their heifers at first calving (Table 2). Note that for every characteristic summarized, dairy producers who calved their heifers at younger ages had cows that excelled in milk, fat, and protein yield and in pregnancy rate.
Can we say that because heifers calved at younger ages that the variables in Table 2 were improved? Probably not. Although this may not be a cause and effect relationship, it is clear that these management traits are likely highly correlated.
In older studies, evidence indicated that heifers that calved at older ages produced more milk in their first lactation, but when lifetime yields were calculated, heifers calving at younger ages produced more lifetime milk. When lifetime yields were expressed as milk per day of herd life, heifers calving at younger ages led the way. Dairy heifers are an asset whose value cannot be tapped until they freshen and begin to produce a salable product - milk.
Optimal age at first calving
To maximize lactation performance and reduce rearing costs, a general recommendation is that average age at first calving in Holsteins be around 24 months with body weights greater than 1,230 pounds after calving at 24 months. A retrospective study of age at first calving of Holstein dairy heifers was conducted in three California commercial dairy herds (J. Dairy Sci. 87:2730; 2004). Heifers (n = 1,905) were moved to breeding pens between 12 and 13 months of age and grouped retrospectively according to age at first calving as low (around 23 months), medium (23 to 24.5 months), and high (around 24.5 months).
Within herds, all heifers were managed similarly before first calving. Heifers were fed to gain 1.5 to 1.8 pounds per day from 4 months of age until breeding, and 1.8 to 2.0 pounds per day from breeding to 252 to 258 days of pregnancy.
Once calving occurred, first-lactation cows were fed the same diet until 310 days in milk (DIM). First calving at less than 23 months compromised first-lactation yields of milk and milk components and impaired reproductive performance. In contrast, extending age at first calving beyond 25 months did not improve production, reproduction, or health of first-lactation cows. Although not preassigned to age groups before start of breeding, Holstein heifers managed as in this study had the greatest economic returns (between $99 and $138 per heifer) when calving between 23 and 24.5 months of age.
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To reduce age at first calving, in many cases, most veterinary practitioners and fresh cow managers find that it is as simple as applying more aggressive breeding pen management. This includes incorporating a single injection of prostaglandin when heifers are moved into the A.I. breeding pens. Some of the best results we have achieved in our research were accomplished by administering prostaglandin and then watching for heat - inseminating those detected in heat according to the a.m.-p.m. rule - and then treating all noninseminated heifers 14 days after the first prostaglandin before another round of good heat detection. Fertility in well-grown dairy heifers should be in the 60 percentage range when good heat detection is matched with competent inseminating technique. Results will be less, however, when using sexed or gender-biased semen.
Heifers that get off to a good start and are fed according to the National Research Council (NRC) standard guidelines should be developed well enough to begin A.I. breeding by 12 to 13 months of age. A heifer cannot calve by 2 years or 24 months of age unless she conceives by 15 months of age. Timely breeding management of dairy heifers will result in younger age at first calving and more lifetime milk production. Maybe this should a topic of discussion at your next management team meeting. Happy A.I. Breeding!


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Pam Feeney of Hershey, Pa., stood before the bar in the tasting room at Firefly distillery on Wadmalaw Island. "I've always wanted to try moonshine," she confided to her friend.
Then she tipped a shot glass of clear liquid into her mouth. Her face screwed up in surprise, and her chin dropped to her chest.
A few seconds later, she regained her composure. "That was probably the strongest thing I've ever tasted," she said.
"But I feel like I could get used to it."
The truth is, there are more potent liquors out there. But moonshine's outlaw reputation seems to have a way of stoking the experience.
Corn liquor — aka "hooch," "mountain dew" and "white dog," among other colorful monikers — is creating the latest buzz in the spirit world. In the space of a few years, moonshine has emerged from the shadowy backwoods of its past to the brightly lit store shelves of its present.
It's gaining status as an artisan product with at least one maker branding it as an "heirloom whiskey."
Distilleries also have figured out how to make moonshine more palatable, meaning less bracing, by adding water to lower the proof and flavoring it with fruits from cherries to blackberries and more.
In February, Firefly joined the fray with six offerings: White Lightning, Apple Pie, Caramel, Cherry, Strawberry and Peach. The line soon will add another flavor, Blackberry.
'Redneck is cool'
Firefly is a 50-50 partnership between Jim Irvin and Scott Newitt. Irvin is the chemist, the distiller of the pair. Newitt is the marketing mastermind.
Newitt also was the bigger skeptic.
"I just didn't think the consumer would go out and buy legal moonshine. I really didn't," Newitt said.
But only a month into distribution, Firefly's moonshine is flying off the shelves. The distributor for South Carolina initially asked for 300 cases. Then he came after 900 more, Newitt said.
"Moonshine is such a happening category because of what is going on on TV: "Moonshiners," "Duck Dynasty, "Swamp People," he theorizes. "The whole pop culture now thinks being a redneck is cool."
Rachel Coker, a spirits associate at Bottles in Mount Pleasant, agrees. When the store opened in the fall of 2011, the moonshine selection was small and didn't move much. Today, the store carries eight brands and many different flavors. Three of those are made in South Carolina: Firefly, Dark Corner in Greenville and Palmetto Moonshine in Anderson.
"Moonshine has gained a much more serious following because there's the TV shows," Coker said. "I believe it's that kind of 'dangerous' lifestyle that has led people to be kind of fascinated with it."
Irvin knows that danger firsthand. As a boy in rural Kentucky, he and his buddies roamed in what he calls secret "canyons," actually ravines, deep in the woods. One day, they smelled the aroma of corn cooking and followed their noses to the source.
They saw a group of men "standing around an object, with fire underneath," Irvin recalls. The boys ran off, scared to death.
"It's called moonshine because the guys would make it at night so nobody could see the smoke," Irvin explains
Now, he is a kindred spirit. And the process is basically the same, he said.
"A pot still is the kind of still they've had for hundreds of thousands of years; that's how you made whiskey, rum, scotch. You have to follow the different rules for the different items, but a pot still is basically a pot you boil it in, a column that the vapor goes in that goes over to a condensing plate."
Quality in the details
There is some finesse involved, or otherwise so many makers wouldn't be in the game.
Newitt and Jay Macmurphy, Firefly's product manager, count at least 20 moonshine makers across the country at present, including some bourbon makers who are making "white dog," unaged corn whiskey, as a way of getting instant cash flow, since the whiskey can be bottled and sold immediately.
Irvin points out that by law, as long as corn liquor has touched oak, it can be called whiskey. Firefly runs its moonshine through oak barrels for that reason. By contrast, premium bourbon whiskey may be aged in barrels for years.
What determines quality and flavor in moonshine?
"Fermentation, your base ingredients, how slowly you run the still, the water that you use, knowing the difference between heads and tails," Macmurphy said.
He elaborated. "In your solution you have heads, hearts and tails and you keep the hearts. The first part that comes off the still is your lighter ethanols, like methanol. They're poisonous, so you don't want to keep them, but they also contain flavor. So you want to make a real careful 'head cut.' That head cut is going to be your flavor profile for your company. ... You have to make a good cut" that is judged by smell and taste, he said.
Moonshine, like beer, starts with a grain mixture that's primarily corn (at least 51 percent by law) but also barley and wheat. The grains are ground, then steeped or "mashed" over heat for an hour, but never boiled.
The mashing temperature is critical because it can create off flavors, Macmurphy said. If the temperature is too high, for example, the grains can be scorched. "So it's real risky."
"Yeah, temperature is a trade secret around here," he added, somewhere between 150 and 170 degrees.
The the liquid is pulled off and cooled down. Yeast is added to begin the fermentation in the still. The spent grains go to the pigs or other livestock.
For Firefly, there are two "runs" in the still. The first one is relatively fast, Macmurphy said. The second or "finishing" run is one drip per second, as the condensed vapor turns into liquid.
Firefly's flavorings are all natural, with real fruit used in the making, Macmurphy explained. But one noticeable difference in Firefly's case is the lack of fruit in the jars.
It was a conscious decision for a couple of reasons. One being that fruit in the jar subtracts from the liquid volume. For bars and restaurants, that negatively affects "pour costs," Newitt said. Second, over time, the fruit in the jar will turn white and start falling apart, he said.
Two, 300-gallon stills at Firefly sort of symbolize the makeshift nature of moonshine. Irvin made them himself, insulating each with stacked bricks held in place by wire mesh. And, instead of a copper column for the steam to go through, Irvin discovered that using copper "wool" as a liner did the same trick — pulling out the impurities.
"It's pretty Jim," Newitt said, smiling.
In search of what's new
Inside the tasting room at the distillery, a whole family is gathered around the moonshine display. Fresh from a tasting, the five adults have selected four different bottles of moonshine to take with them.
Jared Wutz of the Bronx, N.Y., has one in hand. "I'm a big fan of Jack Daniels and any whiskey," he said. "This could be dangerous. This is like something I would keep in the house."
Teddy Whitney, 42, and Katie Yarbrough, 29, also stood at the bar and sampled. Both teachers in Fairfax, Va., they were on spring break last week.
"The White Lightning is just pure gas," Whitney said. "The flavors just make it smooth."
In the end, they decided to buy just a bottle of the strawberry, the lowest proof of Firefly's moonshine at just about 40. "It comes in a cute mason jar. What more could you want?" she said.
At Firefly and at Bottles, apple pie is turning out to be a fan favorite among the flavors. Coker and Bottles general manager Brent Beam say that moonshine as a whole is proving to be appealing to different demographics.
"I've seen more females than I've ever seen (buying moonshine)," Beam said. "Several ladies have come in and said they were doing tastings at their homes."
Newitt said social media has changed the liquor industry. "I figured out that our consumer has ADD because of social media. They get on something and then they get on something else."
Newitt said Firefly decided to make moonshine partly because the distillery needs to "reinvent" itself, a necessity for a small brand in today's market.
"I think the consumer is always looking for something that they can tell their friends about," he said.
Reach Teresa Taylor at 937-4886 or ttaylor@post andcourier.com.
Besides Firefly, which rolled out its moonshine in February, South Carolina claims two other makers of corn whiskey, Dark Corner and Palmetto Moonshine. (Teresa Taylor/postandcourier.com) 3/29/2013×
Provided Jim Irvin (left) and Scott Newitt, co-owners of Firefly, stand before two stills that Irvin made to make moonshine at the Wadmalaw Island distillery.×
Jars packed with moonshine and fruit are common in the burgeoning spirits niche. (Teresa Taylor/postandcourier.com) 3/29/2013×
Lauren Eiring of Fort Mill reaches for a jar of Firefly Moonshine as her parents, Mike and Angela Eiring and cousin Jared Wutz (right) look over the selections. 1/29/2013 (firstname.lastname@example.com)×
Scott Newitt, co-owner of Firefly Distillery on Wadmalaw Island, sniffs a small cup of moonshine during an impromptu blind tasting in his office. 3/27/2013 Teresa Taylor/Staff×
Provided Firefly Distillery has created its own look for its new line of moonshines by bottling them in mason jars and designing a shipping container to look like an old wooden crate.×


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text: Competition law developments in East Asia Publication | February 2012 Introduction Increased antitrust scrutiny for M&A in Asia CCS consults on proposed changes to merger review procedures Table of contents of the full report Introduction This month's editors: Maxime Vanhollebeke, Julienne Chang, Zhao Jingjing and Lydia Fung.Below is an excerpt from our monthly Competition Report. More detailed commentary on these issues and other recent competition law developments in the Asian region is to be found in this month's edition of our report available on a free subscription basis (see further below). Increased antitrust scrutiny for M&A in Asia February has seen several developments relevant to Asian M&A activity.The month started with the announcement by Japan's competition authority (the JFTC) that it was opening an in-depth phase two investigation into the proposed merger between the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges. This is likely to further delay the high-profile transaction at a time where it is already facing some shareholder opposition. This is the latest in a series of lengthy in-depth reviews which the JFTC has conducted in recent months, including for the merger between Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Industries.Meanwhile, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced its tenth conditional approval in the Henkel/Tiande Chemical case. This is the second time MOFCOM imposes conditions to address vertical supply issues in the context of a joint venture transaction. This follows the adoption last month of new measures aimed at detecting mergers that were consummated without obtaining the required merger approvals - a clear indication that MOFCOM intends to enforce the Chinese merger control regime vigorously.In the second half of the month, the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) released its proposals regarding revisions to its Guidelines on Merger Procedures. While many of the proposals are technical in nature, the authority is putting more emphasis on the risks associated with not notifying mergers. Merger control is voluntary in Singapore, but parties are encouraged to notify in circumstances where their transaction may lead to restrictions of competition.These developments together with increased merger control scrutiny observed in the last two years in Indonesia and Korea, are a fresh reminder that merger control regulations are increasingly relevant to M&A activity in the region. Transaction parties are well-advised to adjust to the reality of a multipolar merger control world, as competition authorities across the region each have the potential to derail a multinational merger. CCS consults on proposed changes to merger review procedures On 20 February, the CCS announced a public consultation on proposed changes to its Guidelines on Merger Procedures.Five years after the entry into force of Singapore's voluntary merger control regime, the CCS aims to further increase transparency by updating its guidelines on merger procedures. The main changes include (i) more detailed guidance on those transactions where merging parties are encouraged to notify as well as the risks associated with not notifying, (ii) a new process for obtaining a confidential opinion from the CCS on whether a transaction is likely to raise concerns, (iii) refined guidance on notification materials, (iv) clarification on the commitment procedure and (v) clarifications on the treatment of confidential information. The revised draft guidelines also emphasize the benefits of holding pre-notification discussions with the CCS and remind any merging parties that commercially sensitive information should not be exchanged prior to completion of a notifiable transaction.Interested parties have until 20 March 2012 to submit their views and make suggestions to improve the relevant merger review procedures. Table of contents of the full report Table of contents of our February 2012 report (Issue 39)China Henkel/Tiande Chemical joint venture approved subject to conditionsHong Kong Communications Authority to commence operationsIndonesia Cargill/AWB merger clearedJapan Sweetener producers under investigationJapan Tokyo/Osaka bourses merger review goes into phase 2Japan JAL and BA seek antitrust immunityKorea Two new abuse of dominance investigationsKorea Defence sector bid-rigging sanctionedMalaysia MyCC announces 2012 strategic directionSingapore CCS consults on changes to merger review guidelinesTaiwan Gas distributor cartelTaiwan Recycling sector cartelTaiwan Google/Motorola merger clearanceTaiwan Shipping joint chartering exemptedRead the full report - Please register if you are interested in subscribing to our monthly East Asia competition reports (free subscription). Practice: Antitrust and competition Top


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The 23-year-old victim suffered a concussion, broken nose, multiple contusions and a neck injury, according to police reports. The victim's cell phone was taken in the robbery.
The break in the case came when the two transit police officers identified the known suspect from two videotapes, one from the Amherst station and the other from one of the Metro Rail trains. Police still are looking for a second attacker.
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