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South Carolina's newest congressman says some government actions on Capitol Hill could hurt the Lowcountry's real estate recovery. And people who work in the industry agree.
Coming up
For more on changes to the federal flood insurance program, see Money & Jobs in The Post and Courier on Sunday.
U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford picked real estate as the theme Friday in the latest in a series of town hall-style meetings he's been holding since May, when he won the 1st Congressional District seat in a special election.
The former South Carolina governor said it was important for him as a federal lawmaker in Washington to understand what's happening to the local housing market.
"This brings your feet back to earth ... this shows here's something that is not working and we may want to tweak this, that or something else," the Lowcountry Republican said after his remarks to the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors in North Charleston.
The local housing recovery has been a hot-button topic this year. Like many markets, the Charleston region is in the midst of a residential rebound that's been helped by low interest rates and lower home prices compared to years ago, though both have been edging higher.
Friday's meeting touched on topics such as the reform of the debt-laden federal flood insurance program, the Affordable Health Care Act, mortgage interest rates, and the threat of weakening the Federal Housing Administration's role in housing financing for first-time and lower-income buyers.
Sanford, who was a partner in a local commercial real estate business before entering politics, spoke for about an hour. He opened with comments on why he was among those in the U.S. House who pushed for a one-year delay of reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program. That legislation is now making its way through the Senate.
Sanford, who called the bill "sensible," said the federal insurer needs to explain more before implementing changes that trigger a jump in rates.
"I've been getting a lot of phone calls from Realtors up and down coast with alarm and what they are seeing is a dramatic increase in terms of premiums," Sanford said.
Some of the more than 50 real estate professionals who attended the talk raised concerns about home financing, especially the possibility of Congress passing legislation to end Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac in a move that could doom the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. Other legislation, if passed, could limit Federal Housing Administration-backed loan amounts and raise down-payment requirements.
"To change a program or to drastically hinder a program such as FHA ... by not having funds available for the people does drastically hurt not only the real estate industry, but the other industries that feed off the housing market," aid Owen Tyler, president of the local Realtors group.
Tyler also called home ownership "the stability of this country, and when we continue to increase cost of home ownership we put up barriers."
Reach Tyrone Richardson at 937-5550 and follow him on Twitter @tyrichardsonPC.


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This is a method of breaking up with a significant other or a severe type of revenge. This is where, the couple have one last night of outstanding sex. As the significant other falls asleep the guilty party proceeds to very gently leave a massive pile of excrement (shit to you less educated soles) on the significant other's chest.
بواسطة snoproslim أكتوبر/تشرين الأوّل 22, 2003
The act or acts of defecating on your sexual partner's chest. In particular, the feces should be projected to dump starting on the partners belly slowly steaming your way up the chest and into his/her mouth.
The bitch said she wanted to get freaky so I laid a cleaveland steamer on her.
بواسطة Raw Doggie سبتمبر/أيلول 15, 2003
The act whereby a man defecates on the chest of a partner and then masturbates and excretes his semen on top of the resultant pile of excrement.
I'd never met a girl before who went in for the cleaveland steamer on the first date.
بواسطة none given يناير/كانون الثّاني 28, 2004
When a guy takes a shit on a girl's chest and then titty-fucks her.
If you enjoy cleveland steamers you are just plain dirty!
بواسطة Ziploc يونيو/حَزيران 2, 2003
when you proceed to drop a piece of poop on your mate.
Mr.Johnson enjoys steamers from freinds and family!
بواسطة Blumpkin Boys مايو/أيار 5, 2003
a sex act where one partner lays on their back and holds a clear glass bowl over their face or chest while a second partner stands above the person laying down and defecates into the bowl.
i saw this german dungeonporn where a chick gives this dude a cleaveland steamer.
بواسطة pak paki سبتمبر/أيلول 12, 2003
The sexual act inwhich a male titty-fucks a female (or a male perhaps) and then lays a steamy hot turd on her chest and proceeds to rub it in.
Abbott: "Hey I had the greatest time last night"
Gav: "Oh yea?"
Abbott: "Yea, sulz gave me the dirties cleaveland steamer ever"
Gav: "That's nice"
Gav: "Oh yea?"
Abbott: "Yea, sulz gave me the dirties cleaveland steamer ever"
Gav: "That's nice"
بواسطة Gav800 أغسطس/آب 26, 2005


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J.J. Abrams says Half-Life, Portal movies are in development and being written
Early stages for movies based on classic Valve games.
Portal headlines
The never-before-seen history of Portal
Portal is one of the best video games of all time, but its origin story shows just how contingent that success was.
Halo: Reach, Fable 3, Doritos Crash Course coming to Xbox One
Microsoft has announced 16 new backwards compatible games for the Xbox One.
Free Portal DLC coming to Rocket League
Rocket League is about to get a little more scientific.
Here's a closer look at the Portal level in LEGO Dimensions' starter pack
It looks like LEGO Dimensions will offer a bit of a new take on Portal.
Amazon Game Studios developing "ambitious new PC game project"
Amazon Game Studios is developing an "ambitious new PC game project" according to a recent job listing posted on Gamasutra.
A Portal-themed pinball table is coming to Zen Pinball later this month
Valve and Zen Studios have announced a Portal-themed pinball table is coming to Zen Pinball.
Take a photo tour of Valve HQ - it's as cool you'd imagine it to be
Want to see what it's like to work in the palace of Gabe? These chaps recently got a tour of Valve HQ in Bellevue.
Half-Life 3 not confirmed by this Honest Trailers take on the Portal series
Half-Life 3 still hasn't been confirmed, but allow this funny tear-down of the Portal series by Honest Trailers to ease your impatience.
If Valve made a Smash Bros. game, it might look like this
Valve could clean up with a Steam all-star crossover beat-em-up like Super Smash Bros. The proof's in this neat fan-made trailer.
Portal Nvidia Shield release date announced
Portal arrives on Nvidia's Shield portable next week.
Portal announced for Nvidia Shield, console marked down to $199 through April
Nvidia has announced it's teaming up with Valve to bring Portal to Nivida Shield, the video card maker announced today during the GPU Technology Conference.
GLaDOS teams up with NASA to explain fusion and fission
Here's a little bit of fun; GLaDOS voice Ellen McLain lent her vocal talents to NASA for an educational video explaining nuclear fusion and fission. The whole thing is wrapped up in a pretty typical GLaDOS plot and fairly adorable as well as informational. Take a look below.
Portal now available for Linux on Steam
Portal is now available for Linux through the Steam store, according to PCgamesN. It's possible Portal 2 is also to be made available soon for Linux as well, as it's listed, by grayed out at the moment, according to Gearburn. If you don't own the original Portal yet, it will run you £6.99.
Portal and Half-Life films "as real as anything in Hollywood", says JJ Abrams
Gabe Newell and JJ Abrams weren't just idly shooting the breeze; initial steps have been taken to produce Portal and Half-life films.
Gabe Newell announced as next Academy of Interactive Arts and Science Hall of Fame inductee
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Science has announced Gabe Newell will be the 17th inductee into the AIAS Hall of Fame. Valve's co-founder and president will also headline the D.I.C.E. 2013 Summit stage as Thursday conference keynote speaker.
Portal's 'Still Alive' was originally halfway through the game
Portal is iconic for many reasons: the taxing puzzles, wicked sense of humour and of course Jonathan Coulton's big closing number 'Still Alive', sung by maniacal AI GladOS. But did you know that it wasn't originally supposed to be at the end of the game? Find out what happened below.
Steam for Schools initiative announced, educators given Portal 2 for class purposes
During the Games for Change conference, Valve announced it will give away Portal 2 for free, via the new Steam for Schools initiative. Educators which sign up for the beta which also recoeve the Perpetual Testing Initiative level maker so students can create Portal levels in the classroom – but they won't be able to […]
Perpetual Testing Initiative now available for Portal 2
Valve has announced the free Portal 2 update, Perpetual Testing Initiative, is now available on PC and Mac. The DLC allows players to "easily create, share, and play Portal 2 puzzles," via the in-game Puzzle Maker. Log into Steam and get to downloading.
Portal 2 sells 4 million units combined on PC and console
Valve has announced Portal 2 has sold over 4 million copies combined on PC and console since it was released a year ago. The figure was provided to Neogamr by level designer David Sawyer. The entire franchise has now sold over 8 million total, with the original Portal game selling over 4 million units – […]
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Portal latest
J.J. Abrams says Half-Life, Portal movies are in development and being written
Halo: Reach, Fable 3, Doritos Crash Course coming to Xbox One
Here's a closer look at the Portal level in LEGO Dimensions' starter pack
Amazon Game Studios developing "ambitious new PC game project"
A Portal-themed pinball table is coming to Zen Pinball later this month
Take a photo tour of Valve HQ – it's as cool you'd imagine it to be
Half-Life 3 not confirmed by this Honest Trailers take on the Portal series
Portal announced for Nvidia Shield, console marked down to $199 through April
Portal and Half-Life films "as real as anything in Hollywood", says JJ Abrams
Gabe Newell announced as next Academy of Interactive Arts and Science Hall of Fame inductee
Portal's 'Still Alive' was originally halfway through the game
Steam for Schools initiative announced, educators given Portal 2 for class purposes
Portal replica guns still inbound despite cancelation worries
Valve and Dark Horse team up for Steam-Powered Stories hardcover comic collection
Square Enix going to announce Portal co-creator's next at PAX Prime


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When you are sitting at your desk and you fart, followed by breifly pushing away from your desk, leaning down and smelling it to see the level of intensity and odor. Also to judge whether or not you should probably leave your desk.
Gary, I just dropped a bomb at my desk, but I did a quick Fart Recon and it's OK, I don't think anybody will notice.
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Strickly a sex buddy . The girl on the side . The guy on the side. Side jobs are use for purpose of sex. Sidejobs can never escalate to a girlfriend or boyfried . Sidejobs can not block partners from he or she having other sidejobs . Sidejobs can never become friends with partners other sidejobs or girlfriends / boyfriends.
Talia is a bad sidejob because she tells everyone she and Carlos are in a relationship in hope to scare Carlo's other sidejods away from from him . There for she is cut off
Beküldő: Sidejob LLP 2007. szeptember 17.
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Getting a handjob while both people are naked laying on their sides.
He was getting a side-job last night while on his side.
Beküldő: RoRoSaurus 2011. november 10.
A Side Job is a girl in your life of little or no importance. However every girl must begin at this status and work her way up to "Main Job". The sides are left, right, front and back, as any more girls than this at one time is greedy and difficult.
Hannah : So have you spoken to that girl from Halloween?
Nash : Nah nah nah. She is only a side job
Nash : Nah nah nah. She is only a side job
Beküldő: totallyanonymousperson 2010. november 30.
A blow job given by two people simultaneously. The givers face each other with their mouths open while the receiver thrusts in between.
I got a side job from Shinzo and Dank last night. But I'm not paying either of them.
Beküldő: blobdo 2015. április 4.
The act of a female or male bending to the side and a male sticking his erect penis in the fat rolls eventually causing an orgasm
I was too tired to have sex so he gave me a side job
Beküldő: Priceless Princess 0209 2016. május 25.
The act of watching porn and giving the person next to you a hand job
Me and Dylan gave each other side jobs yesterday
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It's D-Lee vs X-Man in Steel Cage Showdown!
The Cubs moved their Spring Training operations a half-mile north up Center Street to HoHoKam Park this morning.
Manager Lou Piniella doesn't like to play intrasquad games, so the team engaged in a two-hour work-out consisting of pick-off drills for the pitchers, baserunning and infield & outfield practice for the position players, and traditional pre-game type BP (coaches throwing soft-toss from in front of the mound).
The team was split in two for the pick-off and fielding drills, with the "A" Squad (Pitchers Justin Berg, Esmailin Caridad, Andrew Cashner, Ryan Dempster, John Gaub, John Grabow, Ted Lilly, Carlos Marmol, Sean Marshall, Carlos Silva, Randy Wells, and Carlos Zambrano, catchers Welington Castillo, Koyie Hill, and Geovany Soto, first-basemen Micah Hoffpauir and Derrek Lee, second-basemen Jeff Baker and Mike Fontenot, shortstops Andres Blanco and Ryan Theriot, third-basemen Aramias Ramirez and Chad Tracy, and outfielders Alfonso Soriano, Sam Fuld, Marlon Byrd, and Kosuke Fukudome) working on the main field in the stadium. (Still rehabbing from 2009 TJS, Xavier Nady is assigned to the "A" Squad, but he does not participate in fielding drills). Tom Gorzelanny and Jeff Samardzija are also assigned to Squad "A," but they did not participate in the pick-off drills with the other Squad "A" pitchers today, possibly because they were likely scheduled to throw a two-inning "sim" game in preparation for their first Cactus League outings this weekend (Samardzija and Gorzelanny are scheduled to start the split squad games on Sunday). Angel Guzman is assigned to Squad "A," too, but he is rehabbing from both off-season knee surgery and a recent shoulder problem that has temporarily delayed his progress.
After the pick-off, baserunning, and fielding drills were completed, the pitchers ran sprints in the outfield while the position players took BP. Each of the 31 position players took about 50 swings in the BP session, with six groups (five or six players in each group) hitting on the two HoHoKam Park fields (Dwight Patterson Field and the back field located northeast of the stadium).
The three groups consisting of the "A Squad" guys were (naturally) assigned to hit in the stadium (Dwight Patterson Field), and so the youngsters who were part of these groups at Fitch Park had the unexpected pleasure of hitting in the stadium, instead of on the back field that time has forgotten. As a result, Andres Blanco, Sam Fuld, Micah Hoffpauir, and Chad Tracy were sent over the back field to hit, while Starlin Castro, Brett Jackson, and Josh Vitters came over to Dwight Patterson Field from the back field, joining the "A" Team in the stadium. (Blanco, Hoffpauir, and Tracy hit in a group with Kevin Millar and Chris Robinson, while Fuld hits with Darwin Barney, Blake Lalli, Bobby Scales, and Brad Snyder).
The first group to hit in the stadium was the "Theriot Group" (Ryan Theriot, Jeff Baker, Koyie Hill, Josh Vitters, and Mike Fontenot). Although he didn't hit a HR, The Riot looked great, drilling line drives all over the yard, from foul line to foul line. Jeff Baker hit two bombs in his first ten swings, but then cooled-off in his later rounds and started to hit pop ups and grounders. K. Hill hit two home runs (one left-handed into the RF bullpen, and one right-handed over the LF fence) toward the end of the group's session. Vitters (who played at HoHoKam Park last Fall while a member of the AFL's Mesa Solar Sox) started slowly, but then caught fire in his last two rounds (that's when he knocked out his two dingers). Fontenot just looked sluggish at the plate from beginning to end, continuing his (so far) unimpressive Spring Training BP work.
The next group to hit (the "Derrek Lee Group") consisted of Derrek Lee, Xavier Nady, Geovany Soto, Brett Jackson, and Marlon Byrd. D-Lee and Nady had a knock-down, drag-out Home Run Derby, matching tater-for tater throughout their five rounds. Lee and Nady both finsihed with eight home runs a piece (eight being by far the most any player hit at Dwight Patterson Field today). It's too bad the N. L. doesn't employ the DH, because it sure would be nice to get Nady's power into the Cubs lineup behind D-Lee and Ramirez on Opening Day. But if he can't throw, he certainly can't play RF. D-Lee started out like a house afire, smashing out six of his eight home runs in his first 20 ABs. Nady was also hot from the outset, and he hit the highest and longest HR of the day (landing just to the CF side of the scoreboard in LF). Soto started very slowly, but then he began to drive the ball about 2/3 of the way through the group's session. He hit all three of his home runs toward the end, all three screaming line drives that cleared the LF fence. Cubs 2009 #1 draft pick Brett Jackson looked very bad, and didn't hit the ball well at all. He looks kind of messed-up at the plate, just like he did at Instructs last October. Marlon Byrd did not hit any homers, but I give him extra credit for rifling the first 30 pitches he saw to right field, at one point putting Mike Fontenot on a merry-go-round at 2nd base, spinning the little guy back & forth, first to his right, and then to his left, with balls lined just out of his reach in each direction, until he finally made an outstanding diving stop on a ball hit to his left (generating a nice hand from the Cubs fans in attendance). Byrd couldn't stop laughing. Manager Lou Piniella was watching the session closely from behind the batting cage, and I'm sure Byrd's bat magic was not lost on Lou. Don't be surprised if Byrd hits 2nd in the batting order at some point in 2010 (especially if Fukudome is benched against LHPs).
The final group of five to hit at Dwight Patterson Field this morning was the "Alfonso Soriano Group" (consisting of Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Kosuke Fukudome, Starlin Castro, and Welington Castillo). Soriano had some impressive BP sessions at Fitch Park over the previous week or so, but he did not have a particularly good one today, crushing just one homer while mixing line drives with pop ups & grounders. A-Ram started VERY slowly, reaching & feeling for pitches in his first two rounds, before he finally started hammering the ball consistently toward the end, including three towering HRs over the LF fence. Fukudome hit line drives to all fields, but when he tried to elevate the ball toward the end of his last round, the result was several lazy fly balls, not home runs. He might be better off just hitting liners, and forget about hitting home runs. Somewhat surprsingly, Starlin Castro had a very poor session today, even swinging & missing a couple of times (which is hard to do with a coach throwing soft-toss). But Welington Castillo looked very good, blasting two home runs to LF while knocking three more off the fence. Like Byrd and Theriot, Castillo appeared to make a conscious effort to take outside pitches to right field, lining several balls the opposite way. He got some extra yips from the other guys in his group when he completed his final round.
The first Cubs Cactus League game of 2010 is tomorrow at HoHoKam Park versus the Oakland A's, as the Cubs get to renew acquaintance with old friends Jake Fox, Eric Patterson, Michael Wuertz, Jerry Blevins, and Josh Donaldson.
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"Starlin Castro had a very poor session today, even swinging & missing a couple of times (which is hard to do with a coach throwing soft-toss)"
yeesh...i know it's just 1 day...i know...
i just hope he's not tired (muscle fatigued) after a full season in the minors and 2 fall/winter leagues. maybe it was just a long night or "one of those days"
even without the prospect of breaking with the team it seems he needs to be game ready through the 2010 season.
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Fox News has a tie-in with MLB Network where they do "news breaks" for them...uh...
Granted, if the Fawx News break they just took wasn't well...cooked with that normal Fox slant...yeesh.
I wonder why this partnership exists. Maybe it has something to do with all the games Fox stations own broadcast rights to...or some sold/bid advertising thing to get more money out of MLB Network...i dunno.
ah...broadway systems manages MLB Network's advertising streams...which got off the ground thanks to Fox News and CBS Sports. no conspiracy, but i imagine broadway wanted to butter their bread on both sides.
...the thing is...that update i just saw was not business or a market wrapup...it was a political attack followed by "news" on a sportscar coming out soon.
sean casey, harold reynolds, and a few others from the MLB Network were on Fox and Friends this morning. hell of a cross promotion. odd bedfellows.
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From the always highly recommended Baseball America Prospect Handbook,
BA's top 30 for the Cubs:
B Jackson: He has enough natural power that he doesn't have to chase pitches out of the zone or swing for the fences to produce home runs
Vitters: Vitters makes contact almost too easily, as he rarely walks and gives away at-bats by putting balls in play he should let go.
Cashner: His 81-85 MPH slider breaks like a power curveball.
J Jackson: He has long arm action, but he's so athletic that he repeates his high three-quarters delivery easily.
H Lee: He's a gifted hitter who stays inside the ball and sprays line drives all over the field.
Watkins: He has an unorthodox stance with high elbows, but whips his bat through the zone and makes contact quite easily.
Carpenter: He's a diligent worker with a frame built for innings.
Flaherty: Formerly a dead-pull hitter, he started drivings balls the other way, giving him solid power to all fields.
LeMahieu: He could develop more power as he fills out and starts to turn on pitches...
Burke: On the 20-80 scale his arm strength is 70 and his accuracy is 80, allowing him to rack up 43 assists in 478 games in the outfield.
Rhee: During instructional league, Rhee showed he's on the verge of regaining his feel and stuff.
Dolis: He also has a changeup with some fade, but at times throws the pitch too hard.
Gaub: The deception in his three-quarters delivery makes him that much tougher to hit.
Archer: He has an easy delivery without any flaws, yet he has consistent trouble throwing strikes.
McNutt: McNutt's fastball has reached as high as 96 and features late riding action.
Colvin: He first injured his elbow in instructional league after his pro debut.
Barney: Barney's approach noticeably improved as he stopped trying to pull everything and hit more hard liners and grounders than easy flyouts.
Antigua: His changeup is his best present offering, ranking ahead of an 89-92 mph fastball and his slider.
Parker: Parker needs more consistency with his pitches as his fastball can get true and his slider can get flat.
Raley: The question is if Raley's feel for pitching can overcome his lack of a plus pitch against advanced hitters.
Cardidad: Chicago envisioned him as a reliever all along, but started him in the minors to give him innings to work on his secondary pitches.
Fuld: He has below-average arm strength but compensates with a quick release and good accuracy.
Mateo: At his bets he sits in the mid 90's and tops out at 98 MPH with his fastball
Coleman: He shuts down the running game, leading SL pitching qualifiers by giving up just three steals (in eight tries).
Chirinos: His ability to handle the bat and his patient approach are nothing new, but now he's showing some solid pop as well.
Castillo: He also let his body get soft in 2009, costing him some agility behind the plate.
Cales: Cales backs down from no one and aggressively challenges hitters.
Lake: He has the size, quick hands and snap in the swing to hit for more power than infielders, but he also has a lot of holes in his stroke and approach.
Adduci: Though he has less than average arm strength, he recorded 14 assists in 2009 because he charges the ball well, has a quick release and makes accurate throws.
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Thanks, Neal.
"...let his body get soft in 2009, costing him some agility behind the plate."
Sounds like another catcher in the organization we all know and love.
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And Castillo's best quality is his defense, right? Not good news.
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AZ Phil's always saying he's raw defensively and that his glove (or at least his blocking abilities) are going to have to catch up to his bat, but that his bat will likely get him to the big leagues. I apologize if I'm inaccurately paraphrasing, but that's my recollection. A young guy letting himself get pudgy when he's trying to make the majors is never really good news, though.
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Thanks as always, AZP.
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Thanks much for the info from the Prospect Handbook.
Hadn't bothered buying it but had interest.
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I'm going to ST this evening, bought it for some reading pleasure on the plane, and it's a good reference, especially early in ST when you see a lot of kids come up.
I should also add that those are by no means the complete write ups on the players, just a sentence I thought was most interesting or informative for TCR readers - each player has a two or three paragraph write up discussing almost all aspects of their game.
Chuck Liddell Naked Workout filmed at Cardinal Pitchers House
Brad Penny then drove his car naked but unfortunately rammed his car into the back of flatbed truck.
It's a hard life to be a Cardinal pitcher.
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Chuck Liddell Naked
that should bring in the Google traffic
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"hey brad...mind if me and my girl get nude and use your exercise room?"
"sure dawg."
"got a video camera?"
"beside the towels, dude."
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That's just plain weird...
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Some really impressive editorial work with the pixillation over the moving naughty bits. Especially with the gal using the step machine.
That's Oscar-worthy work there.
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Here's an interesting take from Joe Posnanski regarding Alfonso Soriano. Posnanski looked at the types of pitches various hitters see during the course of a season and noticed that only Ryan Howard sees a lower percentage of fastballs.
I want to show you something kind of interesting about Soriano. Take a look at the percentage of fastballs he has faced vs. his OPS+.
2002: 54.4% fastballs — 129 OPS+
2003: 57% fastballs — 126 OPS+
2004: 52.4% fastballs — 100 OPS+
2005: 47.9% fastballs — 109 OPS+
2006: 54.1% fastballs — 135 OPS+
2007: 54% fastballs — 122 OPS+
2008: 53.2% fastballs — 119 OPS+
2009: 46% fastballs — 84 OPS+
It's not a perfect rhythm — and there are so many other things involved such as healthy and league and so on — but generally speaking when you throw Pedro (Alfonso) Soriano fastballs, he peppers you. He can't hit a curveball. He REALLY can't hit a slider. And his plate discipline is as dreadful as ever so you can throw him those curveballs and sliders on three-ball counts. He might not see a fastball until July.
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"He can't hit a curveball. He REALLY can't hit a slider. And his plate discipline is as dreadful as ever so you can throw him those curveballs and sliders on three-ball counts"
In other news the sky is blue.
Got a plane to catch.
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Attn: Jonathan R aka Bradley 4 Prez;
TCR league 2 is looking for you. You're the only one not yet signed up. Get signed up soon or you're going to forfeit your spot.
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I just put the topic up, let's decide it quickly with an up-or-down vote.
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Would it be "reactionary" of me to suggest the Cubs burn an option on Starlin Castro and option him to minor league spring training before he costs the team any more wins on the projected standings?
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Castro's not on the 40 man roster. He's in camp as a non-roster invitee. So it's not an option situation.
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I guess it was a poorly-played joke.
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"...It's too bad the National League doesn't have the DH..."
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no n o no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no !
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only a couple more days until the first televised cubs ST games...woo.
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I'm just excited to look up a box score tomorrow. Psyched, in fact.
Watching Carlos Silva on Saturday? I expect that will be sheer bliss.
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Was Watching ESPN this morning and they said the Cubs have a crazy easy schedule to start the year. Out of their first 38 games only 6 are against teams that were over .500 last year.
If they only play .500 ball to start the year, that doesn't bode well for the rest of the season. If the team is serious about winning they need to come out of those first 38 games at least 10 games over .500.
I just found it interesting.
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"it will be interesting to see how fans-turned-owners react to the first pennant race they can financially affect."
Probably won't, because there is no money.
At least that's what has been said.
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I've also heard them say they may stretch the budget come the trade deadline if the team is in contention.
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~fingers crossed~
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If Dick Durbin was half the Senator he thinks he is he'd have found a way to get stimulus money to the Cubs.
Re: Out of their first 38 games only 6 are against teams that we
In other words, they play in the NL Central.
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I'm not a big fan but was the "Mike & Mike" preview of the Cubs any good? I only got to hear the Pirates's preview. poor buggers.
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"There are some jobs to be won here," Piniella said. "I think as many as five jobs can be won here."
Piniella needs to fill two bullpen slots, two bench roles and two starting rotation slots
Isn't that 6 jobs ?
Okay MikeC, now Bradely is just being dick totally unprompted
Via Rotoworld:
"Two years ago, I played, and I was good," said Bradley. "I go to Chicago, not good. I've been good my whole career. So, obviously, it was something with Chicago, not me."
I wish the reporter would've immediately brought up his .892 home and .646 road OPS in 2009. I don't really want to see Bradley picked on (even if he deserves it at times), but I hate to see people get away with making absolutely no sense at all.
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He is a dick wherever he goes and never takes responsibility for his own actions. If you want to act like a complete dick, don't be shocked if everyone treats you like a complete dick.
The PNC Club of Chicago
actually sounds like a cool alternative to skyboxes and allegedly much cheaper...
Individuals and businesses that purchase season tickets also will have access to the club on non-game days.
Season tickets to the PNC Club of Chicago are available in sets of two, four and six tickets. Tickets can be renewed annually, and club season-ticket holders have an opportunity to purchase additional tickets for select Cubs games. Membership includes parking for every home game.
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So if I'm interpreting this correctly, you're saying TCR is going to buy a package of season tickets to the PNC Club to entertain commenters?
What a great idea, Rob!
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helluva an idea
I smell a donation drive. :)
Sickels answers some questions
Starlin Castro vs Alcides Escobar
Which SS would you rather own in a dynasty fantasy league
Well castro has more offensive potential though it will take him longer to find it due to his youth. Both can stay at SS, although Castro has some competition in the Cubs system and if Lee hits at higher levels, Castro may end up at 2B.
Escobar has a higher floor but a lower ceiling. Better glove at this point, although Castro is no slouch.
there's more on Castro, Lee and Bristow as well
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Just today I was trying to think of just an offensive comp for who we'd like Lee to be (no power, high K, high walk guy with good but not elite speed) - I couldn't think of a single guy.
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thought Lee had elite speed?
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70? I was thinking of Lofton who I was probably an 80.
Cubs baseball is on the air
Anyone want updates?
or is everyone listening?
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How would we listen? I mean, without paying for MLB service...
Updates, please!
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it's on WGN, I've got it on XM, I assume everyone is as fanatic as me
I'll give updates at the half innings.
Jake Fox playing 3b
makes the first defensive play of the game in the bottom of 1st, chopper by Riot
Cahill pitching
Bottom of first
chopper to 3b - theriot
grounder to 2b - fukudome
HR Lee
K Ramirez
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Awesome. Thanks!
Kiko Calero
signs with Mets
Top of 2nd
broken bat grounder to 3b - Fox
K - Gross
bouncer to 3b - Rosales
4 ground outs, 2 K's for Wells
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Nice start for Wells. He's probably done after 2, right?
Bottom of 2nd
single up the middle - Byrd
double to left center - Colvin (2nd/3rd)
sac fly to warning track, Colvin thrown out at 3b on close call by R. Davis - Fontenot
K looking - Soto
2-0 Cubs
Greg Maddux's awesomeness
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Nice article. It's like AZ Phil-lite.
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"-- Rookie Starlin Castro looked good during live BP, raking several John Grabow offerings into left field. Line drives, not flyballs, mind you."
linedrives by a righty off a lefty throwing BP. yawn.
see you in 2011 even though we'll see him in 2010...
Top of 3rd
S. Marshall in
Popped up to 3b, foul territory - Powell
BB Pennington
K on check swing and wild pitch (man on 2nd)- Carson phitting for Cahill
Popout to RF - Davis
Bottom of 3rd
C. Bowers in
BB - S. Marshall
K swinging - Theriot [Castro seen making slash gesture over throat in dugout :) ]
2b to center over Gross's head, apparently misplayed - Fukudome (2nd/3rd)
K - Lee (Clutch!)
Flyout to RF - Ramirez
Top of 4th
I believe Tracy is in @ 3b
groundout to 2b - Barton
groundout to SS, low throw saved by Lee - Sweeney
chopper to SS - Fox
you know what happening through 4
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Hmm... Byrd hitting well. 2 for 2 and homerun
Bottom of 4th
Mortensen in to pitch for A's
HR to CF on a high fastball- Byrd
double over RF's head - Colvin
BB - Fontenot (1st/2nd)
single to LF on 1-2 count, Fontenot out at 3b and gets hurt sliding, limps off, doesn't seem serious - Soto
6-4-3 DP - LaHair Phitting for Marshall
4-0 Cubs, grabbing lunch, may miss top of 5th
Top of 5th
What I missed*
Parisi in, Fuld in CF, Chirino at C, Blanco at 2b
Castro picks up a routine grounder up the middle, nice scoop by Lee apparently - Gross
HR Rosales
Powell makes an out apparently
Pennington is up and it's 4-1 when I walk back in room, believe he BB's and advances on wild pitch
Lee makes nice play, 3-1 GO = phitter for Mortensen
Bottom of 5th
RHP John Malone pitching
Castro up
takes outside
FB high
FB high
takes a strike
Flyball out to right on 3-1
Santo relays story of when he was 20 being told he'd break camp with team if he had big game vs. Dodgers and then Cubs made a trade and he didn't make club until June. I'm guessing 10% of that story is accurate.
INF single to the hole at short - Fukudome
line drives single to RF, throw to 3b, Fuku safe easily...Lee rounds 1b too far, but Fox throws ball away trying to catch Lee and Fuku scores - Lee (man on 2b)
weak grounder to 2b - Tracy (Lee to 3b)
popup to 3b - Fuld
5-1 Cubs
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"I'm guessing 10% of that story is accurate."
Yes, there is a team called the Dodgers.
Thanks for the play-by-play, by the way.
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The trade Santo refers to was the one where Zimmer came to the Cubs. The third base position was no longer open for Santo.
They brought him up a couple of months later, and he stayd for good.
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mets are killing the cards...2 runs score on a 30ft. popup that no one caught...bases get re-loaded...grand slam by THE ike davis (who?).
STL down by 7...10-17.
thnx all for the cubs/a's updates, btw.
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Ike Davis is actually former Cub and Yankee pitcher Ron Davis. He's the Mets 1B of the future apparently.
Top of 6th
Parisi still in
grounder to SS, Castro "fires it to first" - Davis
K - Barton
K swinging - Buck phitting for Sweeney
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Yesterday Lou said the Cubs had a problem with their outfield (no doubt after looking at Soriano and Nady) and needed to find another OF'er during ST who could hit and play good defense.
Colvin is sure looking like that guy today.
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national broadcast schedule (all teams), including spring (no WGN, CSN, FSN, etc)
Bottom of 6th
ex-Cub Jerry Blevins in
HR on 3-1 pitch to right-center - Colvin (helluva day, please don't trade him)
line drive to LF on hanging curve - Blanco
some type of flyout - Chirinos
Blanco CS by Powell, ex-Cub Epat playing 2b
single to LF - Millar
takes a ball
takes ball inside
takes ball inside
takes a strike
line drive to 2b
6-1 Cubs
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Didn't you just advocate trading Colvin for Jason Frasor like 3-4 days ago?
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yeah, I was mocking myself, but I made the trade comment before I read about his offseason 'roids cycle.
I'm all for keeping him now.
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If he rakes this spring, I'm more likely to think about trading him now, actually, while his value is high.
Unless he was injecting those roids into his eyes, his plate discipline is still likely to be exposed by high-level pitching. And now he's blocked at the MLB level in this organization until at least 2012.
Let some other GM fall in love with his new muscles and give the Cubs too much for Colvin's services.
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The Colvin of the last 3 year sis someone I can do without in the organization, but if he reaches a new performance level, which certainly isn't impossible for a 24-year old, then I'm all for keeping him. If he's suddenly a 30 HR guy ( a big if), and can play CF (another big if, but not as crucial) then the plate discipline is less of a problem. And he'll walk a bit more by virtue of his alleged new found power.
right now I assume he doesn't get you much better than a reliever. If he's the key to the Adrian Gonzalez package, then go ahead and trade him.
Not to worried about being blocked, guys get hurt and he has 3 option years left. Soriano to 1b, Lee leaving and an open outfield spot is a real possibility imo, as is Fukudome getting traded after this season.
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i wouldn't worry too much about colvin in CF, myself. kevin goldstein (espn) kicked up a stink about it early, but it seems he's capable at this point.
some projections have some...well, fucking stupid (CHONE) projections for his D. and total zone (edit: for a guy at this point in his career) can suck a dick.
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Soriano to 1B...
Will that little hop he does when he's making a catch be a problem? What if he can't find the bag when he comes down?
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ROB G: Thanks for the PBP!
Ranking the GMs
16. Jim Hendry
"It's tempting to overreact to a lousy 2009 and to heavily count bad contracts doled out to players such as Alfonso Soriano and Milton Bradley against Hendry, but the truth is that he built a consistently successful team that had every chance to win a World Series at its peak and just didn't, through no real fault of his. The Cubs are now likely in for a hangover as the core of that team ages, but given the team's history he was right to go for it all."
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those are some odd rankings, but everyone thinks that about every list
A. MacPhail - 12th (high imo)
Jocketty - 14th (just for Reds? or Cards time is included)
T. Reagins - 15th (low imo)
B. Smith - 22nd (low)
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cashman #3 is a pile of shi...
theo should probably be #1...glad they realized what a stellar job Z-man has done in SEA snagging #5.
Top of 7th
Pat & Ron talking about god knows what, but don't know pitcher or who is up...mother effers
3-2 count on someone by some LHP, then HBP
mystery uncovered, JR mathes pitching, Smith(?) on 1b
lots of excitement announcing Silva pitching on Sat
K - Corey Brown
Hit to center, Fuld makes a bad throw to 3b, runner advances to 2b - EPat (2nd/3rd)
Sac Fly to left-center, runner advances to 3b as well - ex-Cub J. Donaldson phitting for Powell (man on 3b)
HBP or walk, I missed it - Pennington (1st/3rd)
6-4 FC - A. Cardenis (sp?)
6-2 Cubs
Bottom of 7th
No idea who is pitching, possibly still Blevins
Long HR to RF - B. Snyder
Deep Flyout to RF - Hoffpauir
line drive single to center - Tracy
2-run HR to RF - Fuld (take that Colvin)
grounder to SS - Colvin
Flyout to LF - Blanco
9-2 Cubs, LHP B. Kilby did the pitching
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Another CLASSIC comment by Santo after, if I recall, the Snyder HR.
Ron: Home Run! Yea! ..........Was that to right?
Top of 8th
these innings are getting too long, might be the last of the updates..
Mathes still in
shallow fly to Blanco - M. Taylor
Deep HR to left center - C. Carter
chopper to 1b, flips to Mathes - Buck
K swinging - McPherson phitting
9-3 Cubs
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Gents - is there FREE MLB for iPhone during ST? IIRC there was last year...
Bottom of 8th/Top of 9th
site froze briefly on me...
J. Souza pitching
K - Chirino
K looking - Scales
triple to right center, "running hard the whole way" - Castro
makes an out somehow - B. Snyder
Caridad in
Flyout to LF - C. Brown
grounder to SS - EPat
popped up to SS - J. Donaldson
9-3, Cubs win!!!!
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Lots and lots of ground outs from the A's today - good sign - GM (Greg Maddux) Factor?
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3 groundball pitchers in Wells, Marshall and Parisi
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j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 7
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
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.


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After a nonexistent summer, we're now charging forward and anticipating the return of rain and cooler temperatures, the shorter days, and all the fall tasks that seem to just ramp up without warning.
Autumn can be a mesmerizing time of year as many plants, particularly in the Soest Perennial Display Garden, have reached their full potential in growth and in many cases, abundant bloom. There's indication of fall color all around (check out this month's Plant Profile selection) and the last thrust of blooms being encouraged from slightly tender plants such as the dahlias, salvias, and agapanthus make for a tremendous show. The ornamenntal grasses are beginning to turn color as well as infloresences beginning to show creating a wonderfully diverse and complimentary foil to the landscape.
Fall is also the time to get one last mow of the lawn and then fertilize it. A major tree removal is on the task list this fall/winter (read about it here).We've also got a few planting areas that need to be prepared and hopefully installed this autumn and spring. It will be a very busy fall. We just pray that the weather cooperates when we have these large tasks to take on.


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(Editor's note: This month, we asked Tribune readers to share their holiday memories. We will print these memories through Christmas Day.)
We lived in Fairbanks, Alaska. Daddy was in the Air Force, and it was the day before Christmas Eve. Mother did not drive so we had to wait for Daddy to get home so we could go get a tree.
You would think that in Alaska one could buy a Christmas tree anytime — but not true. We went from one empty lot to another and no tree. By about the third lot, my brothers and I were crying. Daddy and Mother kept reassuring us that we would find a tree.
We came to yet another lot and no tree. There was a store near the lot and Daddy went in. He came out carrying a box. He said he had found a tree. I can remember thinking, "Christmas trees come in boxes?"
We went back to the base and unloaded the "tree." Daddy opens the box, and the tree is pink, and it is plastic! Again we cried. We were sent to bed and told everything would be OK.
We awoke the next morning for the last day before Christmas break. The pink, plastic tree was still there. Mother told us that when we got home the tree would be decorated. You need to know that Mother put icicles on one at a time. Ornaments were placed just so.
When we returned home the tree was decorated. We were amazed at the transformation. As it turned out the pink plastic tree was our best tree ever.
Mother and Daddy don't have a real tree now. Icicles are not put on one by one. I'm not sure Mother remembers the pink plastic tree but the rest of us do. Merry Christmas, Mother and Daddy. Thanks for the pink plastic tree.
Belinda Kissler lives in Kersey.


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on March 24, 2013 - 1:00 AM
The following passages are taken from "Living with an Architect and Finding Myself" by Sylvia Coles, out this winter from Buffalo Arts Publishing and available in local bookstores:
On settling in as a family in Western New York:
"Buffalo was then, and still is, considered one of the most segregated cities in the nation; and whites and blacks generally did not mix socially. Bob and I would go to events and affairs in which the audiences and participants would be either mainly white or black. Ours was one of the few mixed marriages in Buffalo at the time, and we were viewed with curiosity as well as with some hostility. But because of Bob's status as an architect, he was accepted in the white professional community. In the black community, I encountered hostility on the part of some of the African-American women I met who, like so many others, viewed mixed marriages – especially white women married to black men – with disfavor. But over the years, hostility gave way to approval, and I became good friends with several black women."
On meeting her future husband, Robert Traynham Coles, in a jazz nightclub in the St. Paul, Minn., area in the early 1950s:
"As the dance ended, we stayed on the dance floor and danced again. Before he brought me back to my table, where [my friend] Doris sat watching us, he said, 'I'd like to see you again.' Completely charmed, I suggested we meet the following Friday evening in Loring Park, near my apartment. That turned out to be a perfect summer evening, and we strolled awhile and then sat down in the grass to talk. And then, sheltered from passers-by, we kissed. The first kiss was followed by an impassioned kiss; wrapped in his arms, I felt myself falling in love."
On the differences between Sylvia Coles and her husband of nearly 60 years:
"Bob had a tremendous ego, needing not only continual bolstering from friends and associates but also public recognition. Moving in smaller circles, I was pleased to be recognized occasionally for my more modest achievements. Underlying everything was a fundamental difference: He was black, I was white. As empathetic as I tried to be, I couldn't put myself in his skin, experience the racism he encountered, and deal with it as he did."
On a talk she gave in a local church one Sunday:
"In my address, I said that my experience in Africa had strengthened my conviction that we are all members of only one race – the human race – and need to treat each other with respect and kindness …"
"My speech was well-received, and Bob, who made a rare appearance in church to hear me speak, said he was impressed."
Sylvia Coles' memoir is available in Talking Leaves bookstore on Main Street, as well as in the Art Dialogue Gallery in Buffalo.
– Charity Vogel


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PITTSBURGH - Alameda Ta'Amu must be a pretty good football player.
Otherwise, he would have been packing his bags at Pittsburgh Steelers headquarters on Tuesday instead of leaving on a two-game suspension.
Ta'Amu is the rookie nose tackle who had an interesting Saturday night. According to police reports, his blood-alcohol level was nearly twice the legal level when he took his vehicle careening through the streets of the South Side, damaging seven cars and injuring one person.
When confronted by police, he tried to flee and wound up in a scuffle with several officers.
Ta'Amu has had alcohol-related problems in the past, before he joined the Steelers in last spring's draft.
The team sized all that up and determined that a two-game suspension without pay was sufficient for a player who hasn't gotten on the field in the first five games.
That seems fairly mild, considering the potential for tragedy created by his irresponsible behavior. It could be that the Steelers saw genuine remorse when they sat Ta'Amu down to get his version of things.
It seems just as likely they weren't willing to cut a player they might need as soon as next year. This is likely the final season for nose tackle Casey Hampton, and Ta'Amu is projected as a possible replacement at an important position. Was that really the determining factor?
A few years ago, receiver Cedric Wilson was involved in a couple of domestic disputes that led to his release from the Steelers. Linebacker James Harrison, one of the main players on the Steelers defense, was also involved in a domestic situation that drew police attention. He obviously was not released.
Chairman Dan Rooney even tried to offer a clumsy excuse in Harrison's defense that further embarrassed the organization.
Every situation is different, but there's little doubt a player's importance to the team factors in how harsh a penalty he receives.
Maybe this is the first and only time Ta'Amu gets his name on the front page rather than the sports section. He'd better hope so.
He escaped the Steelers' wrath this time, but he's probably used up his last chance.
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LISBON - The identity of the remains of a person found in wooded ravine between Lisbon and Salem Wednesday morning are being investigated by the Summit County Coroner's Office.
According to the Columbiana County Sheriff's Department, Mervin Troyer of Carrollton, his two brothers and two cousins were walking in the wooded area west of the area known as Ski Slope Hill on state Route 45 and north of Teegarden Road. The group of Mennonites are planning to timber the property.
One of Troyer's brothers reportedly looked down over the hill and saw what appeared to be a body. He called the others over and they decided to call the sheriff's department at 9:59 a.m. Wednesday.
Sheriff Ray Stone said the body had been there for some time, as evident by the skeletal remains and jeans. The body was found in a wooded area, a ravine with steep hillsides. He called it the type of area where no one usually would be hiking or hunting.
Stone said deputies did not see anything which indicated foul play, however, a final determination on the cause of death and the identity of the person will come from the coroner's office. An investigator from the coronor's office, an agent from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information and both a detective and sergeant from the Salem Police Department joined deputies. Salem funeral director Bob Greenisen also responded, bringing with him the Leetonia Volunteer Fire Department.
Stone did not want to speculate as to the identity of the person.
A 44-year-old mental health patient has been missing since June 10, when he was released from Salem Community Hospital and reportedly decided to walk back to Lisbon. At the time of his disappearance, the man was reported as wearing blue jeans and a white shirt.


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - I am looking forward to another small snow event this week but hoping that a real snow event will soon arrive. It is time to turn Tahoe into a winter wonderland for all to enjoy during Thanksgiving. Please bring on the pray for snow parties.
Monday is Veterans Day and many businesses will be closed for the day including IVGID offices and the Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation. If you happen to be in Reno on Saturday, several restaurants are hosting a tip-a-vet fundraiser for local vets and programs. The Incline High JROTC will be participating in the annual Veterans Day Parade in Virginia City on Sunday. Please take time to thank our veterans - Incline Village is very lucky to have a large population of veterans. And don't forget those currently on duty, again we have many serving. Thank you veterans.
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It's likely that you will have physical concerns since your cancer may cause symptoms and your treatment may cause side effects. In this section, you'll learn more about how to respond to some of the most common symptoms and side effects from treating Kaposi sarcoma (KS).
Here are some common side effects from treatment for KS and how to ease them. You may not have all of these. We've listed them in alphabetical order so you can find help when you need it.
Tiredness is a common symptom and side effect from chemotherapy and radiation treatments. It is also a symptom of anemia, which is a low red blood cell count as noted from blood tests. Or it can be caused from a B12 vitamin or iron deficiency, which your doctor may also find in a blood test. Whatever the cause, you may feel only slightly tired or you may suffer from extreme fatigue.
Your doctor will take blood samples from you for tests throughout your treatment. Red blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body. If your body does not have this oxygen, you may feel tired. Decreased red blood cell counts can be caused by small amounts of blood loss, chemotherapy, or radiation.
If your doctor tells you that you have anemia, take these actions to feel better:
Add mild exercise, such as walking, to your daily routine.
Balance activity with rest. Save your energy for important tasks.
Drink plenty of water. Dehydration adds to fatigue.
Take action to treat a poor appetite because eating improperly can make you tired.
Take short rests when you're tired. Avoid long naps during the day so that you can sleep well at night.
If your fatigue is severe or chronic, ask for help with routine tasks that can drain your energy, such as grocery shopping or housework. Some people reduce their hours at work.
Talk with your doctor about medications or treatments that may help manage your anemia.
Many people may feel blue, anxious, or distressed after being told they have cancer. These feelings may continue or come back throughout treatment. Some medications can also cause mood disturbances.
Taking these actions may ease your mental stress:
Ask your doctor about medications for depression and anxiety.
Consider joining a cancer support group or finding a cancer "buddy" who can help you cope.
Talk with your family or friends.
This may be a side effect of chemotherapy or some pain medicines. Constipation may include difficult or infrequent bowel movement. It can range from mildly uncomfortable to painful. Taking pain medications can lead to constipation, so it's wise to take these preventive actions. These same steps may give you relief if you are already constipated:
Drink plenty of fluids, especially water and prune juice.
Eat foods high in fiber, such as cereals, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.
Take stool softeners or a laxative only as prescribed by your doctor.
This may be a side effect of chemotherapy. Diarrhea, which includes loose or frequent bowel movements, or both, may lead to dehydration if you don't take these precautions:
Ask your doctor about medications that may help.
Avoid milk and milk products if they make the diarrhea worse.
Avoid gas-producing vegetables, dried fruit, fiber cereals, seeds, popcorn, nuts, corn, and dried beans.
Drink more fluids, such as water and broth, to prevent dehydration.
Eat low-residue, low-fiber foods, such as those included in the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast).
Severe drowsiness may be a side effect of chemotherapy or immunotherapy. It may get better after several weeks of treatment. If you notice this, talk with your doctor about options for relief. These may include adjusting the dose you take or changing the time of day that you take the drug. Don't change your schedule without your doctor's instructions to do so.
This may be a side effect of radiation therapy or other treatments:
Ask your doctor or nurse what kind of lotion you can use to moisturize and soothe your skin. Don't use any lotion, soap, deodorant, sun block, cologne, cosmetics, or powder on your skin within 2 hours after treatment because they may cause irritation.
Don't apply heat or cold to the treated area. Bathe only with lukewarm water.
Don't bandage skin with tape. If you must bandage a wound, use paper tape, and ask your nurse to help you place the dressings so that you can avoid irritation.
Don't scratch, rub, or scrub treated skin. After washing, gently blot dry.
If you must shave the treated area, use only an electric shaver. Don't use lotion before shaving. And don't use hair-removal products.
Keep your nails well trimmed and clean.
Protect your skin from sun exposure by covering it up and wearing sunscreen with a SPF (sun protection factor) of at least 30.
Wear loose, soft clothing over the treated area. Cotton underwear can help prevent further irritation.
Losing your hair can be upsetting because baldness is a visible reminder that you are being treated for KS. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause hair loss, which is called alopecia. Keep in mind that your hair will probably grow back after treatment.
Try these coping tips:
Consider cutting your hair short before treatment starts.
Think about getting a wig, hat, or scarf before your hair loss starts. That way, you can get a wig that matches your hair and you'll be ready with head coverings, if you choose to use them.
Your scalp may be more sensitive to temperature and sun, so protect it with sunscreen and hats or scarves.
Because chemotherapy can reduce the number of white blood cells in your body, it can decrease your body's ability to fight off infection.
Taking these actions may reduce your risk of infection:
Wash your hands often, especially before eating and after going to the bathroom or touching animals.
Stay away from people who are sick with an illness you could catch, such as a cold or the flu.
Avoid crowds. If you must go out, choose a time when fewer people will be out, such as during the week or late at night.
Avoid anyone who has recently been given live virus vaccines.
Do not cut or tear your cuticles.
Take extra care when using knives, scissors, or other sharp objects.
Take good care of your teeth and gums.
Do not squeeze or scratch cuts or blemishes.
Take a warm bath, shower, or sponge bath every day. Do not use harsh bath products, such as skin scrubs. Do not rub your skin too hard with washcloths or towels.
If your skin is dry or cracked, ask your doctor if lotion or oil will help.
Clean any cuts or scrapes right away. Wash them with soap and warm water, followed by an antiseptic. Continue to wash cuts and scrapes once a day until they heal.
Ask someone else to clean up litter boxes, animal waste, fish tanks, and bird cages.
Avoid standing water, such as bird baths, vases, and humidifiers.
Wear protective gloves when gardening or cleaning.
Do not get any immunizations, such as a flu shot, without asking your doctor first.
Do not eat raw or undercooked seafood, fish, meat, or eggs.
Use an electric razor instead of a blade to minimize the risk of cuts.
Call your doctor right away if you have any of these signs of infection: a temperature of 100.5°F (38.1°C) or higher, severe chills, a cough, pain, a burning sensation during urination, or any sores or redness.
Eating well during cancer treatment can help you maintain your strength, stay active, and lower your chances of infection. When you're being treated for cancer, a diet high in calories and protein is often best. The problem is that side effects of treatment can change the way food tastes to you or reduce your appetite. Try these tips to stimulate your desire to eat:
If you can, eat foods high in protein several times a day. These foods include milk, cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, meat, fish, eggs, beans, peanut butter, and nuts. Protein helps build and repair tissue, and cancer treatments cause you to use more protein than usual.
If you can, eat high-calorie foods to help you maintain your weight. These foods may include margarine or butter, sugar, honey, jams, jellies, cream cheese, dried fruit, gravies or sauces, mayonnaise, and salad dressing.
Get plenty of fluids to help control your body temperature and improve food elimination. In addition to water, fruit juices, and other liquids, eating certain foods can help increase your fluid intake. These foods include gelatin, pudding, soups, Popsicles, and ice cream.
Eat small meals throughout the day instead of three large ones.
Keep snacks handy to eat when you are hungry
Eat with friends or play your favorite music at mealtime to boost your appetite.
Eat your biggest meal in the morning. Many people getting treatment for cancer find this is when they have their biggest appetite.
If you can, increase your activity level. Doing so may stimulate your appetite.
On days you don't feel like eating at all, don't worry about it. Try again the next day. If you find your appetite doesn't improve after several days, talk with your doctor or nurse.
Some types of chemotherapy may cause mouth sores. These may hurt and make eating an unpleasant experience.
To prevent sores in your mouth, take these actions:
Brush your teeth after meals and before bedtime; floss every day if this is something you normally do and if you have your doctor's permission.
Keep your mouth and lips clean and moist.
Use sugar-free candies or gums to increase moisture in your mouth.
To ease the pain if you get sores in your mouth, take these actions:
Ask your doctor about topical mouth medications.
Avoid alcohol and mouthwashes containing alcohol because they may irritate the sores.
Avoid hot, rough, or spicy foods because they may irritate the sores.
Avoid tobacco because it may irritate the sores. Smoking can also make you more susceptible to sores.
Take over-the-counter pain medication, such as Tylenol (acetaminophen), if necessary.
Call your doctor or nurse if your temperature reaches 100.5°F (38.1°C) or higher.
Nausea or vomiting as a result of chemotherapy or radiation treatment for cancer may range from barely noticeable to severe. It may help you to understand the different types of nausea:
Acute-onset nausea and vomiting. This occurs within a few minutes to several hours after chemotherapy. The worst episodes tend to be 5 to 6 hours after treatment, and the symptoms end within the first 24 hours.
Anticipatory nausea and vomiting. These reactions are learned from previous experiences with vomiting. As you prepare for the next dose of chemotherapy, you may anticipate that nausea and vomiting will occur as it did previously, which triggers the actual reflex.
Delayed-onset vomiting. This develops more than 24 hours after treatment.
Breakthrough vomiting. This occurs despite treatment to prevent it. It requires additional treatment.
Refractory vomiting. This occurs after 1 or more chemotherapy treatments — essentially, you're no longer responding to antinausea treatments.
To prevent nausea, most of which can be prevented, take these actions:
Ask your doctor about getting a prescription medicine to control nausea and vomiting. Make sure you take the medicine as directed. If you are vomiting and cannot take the medicine, call your doctor or nurse.
If you have bothersome nausea and vomiting even though you are taking your medicine, call your doctor or nurse. Your medicine can be changed.
To help ease nausea or vomiting if you have it, try these tips:
Ask your doctor or nurse about using acupressure bands on your wrists, which may help to decrease your nausea.
Ask your doctor or nurse if he or she can help you learn a relaxation exercise. This may make you feel less anxious and more in control, and decrease your nausea.
Do not eat fatty or fried foods, spicy foods, or sweet foods.
Eat room-temperature or cold foods. The smells from hot foods may make your nausea worse.
Try eating foods and drinking beverages that were easy to take or made you feel better when you had the flu or were nauseated from stress. These might be bland foods, sour candy, pickles, dry crackers, ginger ale, flat soda, or others.
Your doctor will take blood samples from you throughout your treatment. One thing he or she is checking for is your white blood cell count. Many types of chemotherapy can cause low white blood cell counts, as can the cancer itself. A lowered white cell count is called neutropenia. Without enough white blood cells, your body may not be able to fight infection.
If your doctor tells you that your white blood cell count is low, see the Infection section above to learn what you can do to help yourself stay healthy.
If you have numbness, tingling, or weakness in your hands and feet, you may have nerve damage called peripheral neuropathy. This can be a side effect of chemotherapy or immunotherapy. Other signs of this problem are ringing in your ears or feeling hot or cold. If you have symptoms such as these, your doctor may adjust your dose. Or your doctor may prescribe medicine or some vitamins. You should also take these precautions to protect yourself:
If your daily activities become too difficult, ask your doctor for a referral to an occupational or physical therapist. They can help teach you new ways of doing things so that you can stay as active as possible.
Take extra care walking and moving so that you don't fall. Wear only well-fitting shoes at home and away from home.
Take extra care when driving (you may have trouble feeling the gas and brake pedals). Ask friends and family to drive you places.
Use warm, not hot, water for bathing to prevent burns. Consider using a shower chair or railing to improve your stability.
You may have mild problems with concentration and memory during and after chemotherapy. Being tired can make this worse.
Taking these actions may help:
Make lists and write down important information.
Use other tools to help organize your life, such as calendars, pill dispensers, or alarm clocks.
Weight gain may be a sign of damage to your thyroid, which can be a side effect of immunotherapy. Take these actions to help manage your weight:
Increase the amount of your daily exercise. Strive to be active every day.
Eat a balanced, low-calorie diet.
Increase the amount of fruits and vegetables you eat. And drink more water. These can help fill you up — and are good for you — without adding a lot of calories.
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Late on the evening of Feb. 17, the last passengers will use Metro Rail's Theater Station.
The station is being torn down so that vehicle traffic can return to Main Street.
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority officials announced the move Thursday, with demolition slated to begin March 4, after crews salvage as much as possible from the inbound and outbound structures.
Then this summer, road construction will begin on the 600 block of Main Street.
A significant space will be carved into the sidewalk area at Shea's Performing Arts Center to allow theater patrons to be picked up and dropped off.
Those accustomed to using the Theater Station will then use the Fountain Plaza Station, 546 feet to the south.
Other stations along the surface portion of Metro Rail will be modified as part of the project, said Michael Bykowski, NFTA director of engineering.
In some instances, covered waiting areas will be reduced, he said.
He noted, however, that the City of Buffalo – lead agency on the project – has not yet submitted final design plans to the NFTA, which is responsible for ensuring compliance with federal accessibility regulations. Officials remain hopeful that the new designs will be "grandfathered" with regard to accessibility and that extensive modifications beyond current handicapped ramps will not be necessary, he said.
Rider alerts are already posted aboard Metro trains and on the authority's website, providing details of the project, according to Thomas George, NFTA director of surface transportation. About 1,200 riders per day now use Theater Station, while about 2,000 use Fountain Plaza Station.
George also asked the board of commissioners to authorize continued use of tokens as payment on Metro Bus and Rail even though no tokens have been sold to the general public since 2010. He said about 65,000 are still provided on a monthly basis, however, to social service agencies for distribution to their clients for various reasons.
He asked that they continue to be used until Metro switches to a new electronic fare collection system in 2015.
"We felt it would be advantageous for to us to keep tokens in play during this interim period," he said. "Tokens are operating effectively, and it's a system that's been in place for 60 years."
In other developments, Buffalo Niagara International Airport officials have set Feb. 15 as a target date for a new system allowing passengers to reserve a covered parking spot close to the terminal for a $3 daily surcharge.
"We've received feedback from passengers who want a reservation system," said William R. Vanecek, NFTA director of aviation. "We're talking about 40 to 60 spaces initially, completely covered from the weather and with easy access."
Vanecek said other airports have successfully implemented the same idea, with little risk for the authority associated with trying it at Buffalo.
He explained that passengers can access the reservation system at nfta.com and indicate the length of their stay. They will then be asked to print out their reservation form and display it on the dashboard of their vehicle, while parking officials monitor for overstays.
The board of commissioners also authorized staff to begin acquiring 3.6 acres adjacent to the Kensington Expressway and Buell Avenue in Cheektowaga near the airport. The property will eventually partially host a "flyover" ramp that will provide direct access to the airport from the expressway without crossing Genesee Street.
The vacant parcel is now owned by the state Department of Transportation, which has offered to convey it to the NFTA at no cost after deeming it surplus. Plans for the ramp lie several years in the future, but the project has been discussed for decades as a potential improvement.
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"I can't just only be on reality TV and show everything when it's fairy princess, fairytale, and then not take my hits when I have to," she says on Wednesday's The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "Just going through something personal you have so many different emotions, and I feel like a bit of a disappointment to all of you. And, I feel like a failure."
"You are not a disappointment. You are not a failure," DeGeneres says.
"I feel like a failure. I really put it out there. I wanted the fairytale," Frankel responds. "I thought I had it. And [daughter] Bryn is my fairytale ... Love is everywhere. It's the road and you're on it. It has peaks and valleys, and that's what it is, but I don't know how people go through this because this is excruciating."
News of the split between the Skinnygirl mogul, 42, and Hoppy first broke just before the holidays with Frankel releasing a statement. "It brings me great sadness to say that Jason and I are separating. This was an extremely difficult decision that as a woman and a mother, I have to accept as the best choice for our family," she said at the time.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - In describing the inspiration for her pieces, Sheri Howe pointed out, "Sometimes I picture my muse kicking back in a red velvet chair wearing striped tights, a tutu and cowgirl boots drinking too much wine and saying, 'go for it girlfriend pick up anything you want and see what happens, have fun!' Other times she's an otherworldly wisp of an ancient mother who is urging me to visually translate the stories of my heart, the ones that directly tie me to the Earth and the truth of our interconnectedness."
Howe and long-time colleague, friend, and soul-sister Alison Lee will be featured artists at the Sierra College, Tahoe-Truckee Campus from Feb. 4 through March 24. Their show will include an eclectic mix of 2-D and 3-D media inspired by Mother Nature. The opening reception is slated for Thursday, Feb. 7, 5-7 p.m. at 11001 College Trail in Truckee.
Howe and Lee enjoy many connections in the Tahoe-Truckee area. They both graduated from Sierra Nevada College, and have taught art in multiple venues. Howe served as an artist in residence in the Tahoe-Truckee schools for 10 years through Arts for the Schools, taught classes at the North Lake Tahoe Art Center and the Lake Forest Creative Center. Lee teaches at the Lake Tahoe School. She said, "I have lived and played in the Lake Tahoe region for 20-plus years and have paddled, skied, hiked, biked and climbed my way through the Sierra Nevada," and considers this area food for her creative endeavors.
As art teachers, Howe and Lee have strived to connect students to art through play and humor, while also giving them the skills to effectively tell their stories. Howe reflected, "So we struggle through, we take chances, we listen to our hearts, we fall down, get up, start over, create masterpieces, spill, wipe, fingerpaint, make mistakes, laugh, cry, fix the mistakes with stunning results, create more masterpieces, have constant revelations and discover our voices, ourselves, and make magic."
The soul-sisters bring the same sensibilities to their own work. Dr. Kim Bateman, executive dean remarked, "It will be a stunning show."
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2. The individual you are involved in an affair with.
Term endorsed by Jewel Staite on her twitter account @JewelStaite on Jun 24 2011.
2. The individual you are involved in an affair with.
Term endorsed by Jewel Staite on her twitter account @JewelStaite on Jun 24 2011.
You should have seen this chick, she was the best side-bang I have ever had. I hope my wife doesn't find out.
de carpeamentum 25 juin 2011
An affair.
John was out for his Sunday side bang when his wife, who had been tailing him, caught him, then threw the ring at him and said "We're done!"
de TsukiakariUsagi 24 juin 2011
Side Bang, a term reffering to a affair of a party both male or female, with their partner finding out.
Did you hear Steve is having a side bang with that girl from New York.
de sunstorm99 24 juin 2011
She found out about all his side bangs so they won't be together much longer.
de Shamus McCrary 24 juin 2011