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a. One who speaks as though they know what they're talking about...though they do not. b. a bullshitter.
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The most insulting word in the english dictionary.
I about shot John after he called me a jive turkey, but it turns out he really only called me a cock sucker.
Beküldő: Lane Stith 2008. március 11.
its an old 70's term used to describe someone who thinks they're kool or hott but really isn't.
"That guy is such a jive turkey!"
Beküldő: AlabamaGurl 2003. október 18.
Jive Turkey was a derogatory slang word in African American Vernacular English (Ebonics), used to refer to someone who was unreliable, made empty promises, or who was full of bluster. Several funk groups in the late 1960s and 1970s used the term, particularly the Ohio Players in songs such as "Jive Turkey" on the album Skin Tight from 1974. The insult became widely known in the 1980s, particularly via television comedies (e.g., The Jeffersons). The term has been used by later television characters (e.g., Homer Simpson) in order to demonstrate that they are out of touch with modern youth trends, culture, and language. The term was also used in the film Semi-Pro starring Will Ferrell and in Weird Science starring Kelly LeBrock 1985. "Jive turkey" also garnered attention in the movie Trading Places. Jive turkey, however, was already falling into disuse when it was spoken by "hip" television characters in the 1970s, such as George Jefferson. Jive turkey is also a quick step dance in Germany in the 1930s.
That Billy Madison sure is a jive turkey!
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1. Someone who's full of shit, an idiot, or likes to run linux even though they can't make the sound work.
2. Turkey slow roasted in artificial jive flavoring.
2. Turkey slow roasted in artificial jive flavoring.
1. Jim: Linux is so much better than windows even though I can't make the sound work.
Me: Shut yo mouth, fuckin Jive Turkey.
2. Damn that be some good Jive Turkey, pass the corn flakes.
Me: Shut yo mouth, fuckin Jive Turkey.
2. Damn that be some good Jive Turkey, pass the corn flakes.
Beküldő: Nettled 2003. október 21.
Slang term for an individual who is prone to exaggerating the truth greatly or an outright liar. Used predominately in 1970's
- "Wow Im so cool!"
- "Man you're nothing but a jiveturkey"
- "Man you're nothing but a jiveturkey"
Beküldő: Anonymous 2003. október 19.
unreliable, show boat, or makes empty promises
You weren't in vietnam, you jive turkey.
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Consultants who took an intensive look at reform in West Virginia public schools have concluded, in a way, that there are too many reformers. In other words, the state is top-heavy with education officials who use resources that could be redirected to teaching children.
A look at the state Department of Education's organizational chart is eye-opening. In addition to state school Superintendent Jorea Marple, the DOE has four assistant superintendents, 19 executive directors, 29 assistant directors and five liaisons directors.
Analysts with the Pennsylvania-based consultant, Public Works, found the DOE has a total of 637 employees. Of that, about half work at the Schools for the Deaf and Blind, the Cedar Lakes Conference Center and other departments not directly related to regulating public schools.
Still, the DOE has 319 employees working with public schools to ensure they comply with all state and federal rules - and policies promulgated by the DOE itself.
West Virginia is top-heavy with state education officials, according to Public Works. Just one other state, Alaska, has a lower ratio of state school officials to students in public schools, according to the consultant.
Employees at the DOE handle schools with a total enrollment of 283,000 students. Meanwhile, Ohio, with more than 1.8 million students, has just 582 state department of education employees. Pennsylvania, with nearly 1.8 million students, has 483 state school officials and employees.
There would be less room for criticism of top-heavy school management if West Virginia schools were improving. In general, they are not. Graduation rates, standardized test scores and other measures of education quality have remained flat for several years - even growing worse in some cases.
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Gina Margraf and Chris Wertz were united in marriage at 2 p.m. Sept. 4, 2010, at All Saints Catholic Church, New Riegel. The Rev. Randy Giesige was officiant during the double-ring, Catholic nupital Mass.
Gina is the daughter of Steve and Connie Margraf of New Riegel.
Chris is the son of Bill and Darlene Wertz of New Riegel.
Gina, given in marriage by her father, wore a satin A-line gown with a side draped bodice that featured an asymmetrical skirt accented with hand-sewn crystal edging. Her veil was accented with Swarovski crystal edging. She carried her grandmother's rosary wrapped around a bouquet of yellow and white roses, hydrangeas and orchids.
Alana Margraf and Melanie Margraf of New Riegel were maids of honor for their sister. Bridesmaids were Leanne Wertz of Columbus, sister of the groom; Kelly Wank of New Riegel, cousin of the groom; Beth Jones of New Riegel, friend of the bride; and Angie Siebenaller of Columbus, friend of the bride. They wore knee-length, Carribbean blue chiffon dresses with white trim accents. They carried bouquets of yellow and white roses accented with blue lilies tied with satin ribbon that was trimmed with pearls.
Josh Gillig of New Riegel was his friend's best man. Groomsmen were Bill Wertz of Circleville, Steve Wertz of Tiffin and Matt Wertz of Columbus, brothers of the groom; Dave Stevens of New Riegel, friend of the couple; and Travis Nye of New Riegel, friend of the groom.
Gina is a 2004 graduate of New Riegel High School and a 2008 graduate of The Ohio State University. She is attending Ohio State to obtain a master's degree and is employed as a certified pharmacy technician at ICP Inc., Tiffin.
Chris is a 2005 graduate of New Riegel High School and a 2007 graduate of Columbus State Community College. He is an automotive technician at Reineke Ford, Tiffin.
Connie Margraf, Darlene Wertz and the bridesmaids hosted a miscellaneous shower July 18, 2010, and Jerry and Joni Faeth hosted a couples' campfire shower Aug. 28, 2010.
The rehearsal dinner was at Shell Shuckers, Tiffin.
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The noise one makes when he or she is caught off guard with something really funny. Almost a snort.
That was so funny, it made me narkle.
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1. An ambiguous term depending on the context in which the phrase, "Narkle the Garthak!" is spoken, will determine the actual meaning of the word. 2. Most commonly used to describe masturbating.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Timberland's DECA Club takes third place
Timberland's DECA Club competed at a state competition the weekend of March 2.
Lakeesha Watson, Kaisia Prioleau and Shakyra Snyder won third place for the South Carolina DECA Community Service Project.
The project was a 20-page written document with attachments. In addition, this was a DECA chapter project and 16 students journeyed to Cordesville in December to work on the Palmetto Trail as part of the project.
Lauren Hunt and Sandra Smith received Honorable Mention for Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making Events. According to team advisor, Jillian Coffin, "These students also exhibited exemplary grace and stellar behavior." Congratulations to these students, the advisor, and their families.
FBLA Annual Fashion Sees Red
The Future Business Leaders of America Annual Fashion show was held on March 2 in the Timberland auditorium.
The theme of this year's show was "Hearts On Fire."
All of the participants wore clothing in different shades of red and orange. They truly looked like they were "on fire."
The students in Mr. Darby's Carpentry class made all of the stage props. All of the proceeds will go towards assisting the FBLA members attend their national conference.
Mrs. Gwendolyn Robinson is the FBLA Advisor, and the show was coordinated by Cpl. Allison Taylor.
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Everyone wore pink at the game, and $396.60 was raised for Relay for Life.
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167th forced to withdraw from air show
Thunder Over the Blue Ridge moving to civilian side of Eastern Regional Airport
February 6, 2013
MARTINSBURG — The 167th Airlift Wing has had to withdraw from the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge air show and open house because of U.S....
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Yeah, that's fair... She helped the authorities arrest and convict the very drug dealers who threatened to rape, torture and murder her family. Then, the judge decides to make an example of her by sentencing her to death-by-firing-squad. Meanwhile, the others involved in the case were convicted of lesser offenses, and received relatively short prison sentences. Sounds fair to me, dude.
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All of you on the right talk about cutting waste. But, the biggest waste of taxpayer dollars isn't in the military or entitlements... It's the BILLIONS wasted on the so-called war on drugs. If this country legalized just one - marijuana - and then taxed it like it does tobacco products and alcohol, we could start seriously reducing that multi-trillion dollar debt you all keep throwing in everyone's faces. Oh, but wait - if we did that, our prisons would actually be less crowded and LE could concentrate on solving real crimes.
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Just pay the entrance fee....its a great event...
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Sure DoD has it's problems but lets look everywhere if we want to cut spending. Google "Waste Book" and see that we took a $70,000,000.00 loss making pennies in 2012. $700,000.00 from the National Science Foundation to a NY based theater company for a musical about climate change and biodiversity. $325,000 for robosquirrel to test the interaction between rattlesnakes and squirrels. It never ends really. I'll gladly be paying 10 or 15 bucks a person for a day of learning and fun just like I did last year. Sorry the 167th won't be as involved as before. They're an impressive group of people.
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Who is it that pays for air shows? Doesn't the government pay for it? If so, what does that have to do with gun shows? They're not paid for by the government, I'm sure.
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It is very said to cut things that the community likes to go too. Last year it was very packed. There are ways to cut down on the money for this as well as make money in the same way. It sounds like a military thing to do to cut back on people who support you. I would like to know who our tax money paid for it?
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"... I say keep the air shows, raise pay for the soldiers, and cut the real bloat out of the DoD. ..."
That was exactly the sort of thing "candidate" Obama promised to clean up and why I voted for him in 2008.
It's also the biggest failed promise of that campaign and why I refused to vote for him in 2012 even though his opponent was no better.
(I wrote in Stefani Germanotta out of frustration with the whole process.) Washington would have run no better, but at least it would be *fabulous*... lol
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Make all the cuts would be my suggestion. We are $16,500,000,000,000 in debt (and that doesn't include the off-the-books entitlement obligations)!
If getting rid of an air-show saves tax-payer money, then good! If getting rid of some military contractor CEOs saves tax-payer money, then good! If getting rid of Big Bird's subsidy saves tax-payer money, then good!
However, let's start saving some money and cutting a bunch of spending!
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Why is it time to "make such cuts", when it doesn't seem to be time to make any of the cuts I mentioned? Why do we "normal" taxpayers (the citizens, the soldiers) have to deal with less when those running or owning large portions of defense contract companies get to reap more and more every year? Why do we have to subsidize their risk with our tax dollars, when we get no monetary return?
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It is time to make such cuts and get our fiscal house in order. $16,500,000,000,000 in debt is enough!
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Maybe callie was talking about the gun show in Ranson recently? Though if that's the case, the promoter paid to rent the space, hire security, etc. just like anyone else would.
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Here's the ever-present problem with "cuts", they never cut the things that need cut. The DoD budget is not bloated due to air shows or paying the soldiers, or even the actual purchase of regular equipment and weapons. It is bloated because we pay CEOs and other execs of major defense contractors the same salary as we pay the President, except they are ALREADY getting paid very well to run those companies. It is bloated because contracts go over budget, overdue, and overpaid for services that do not meet the required standards. It is bloated because the taxpayers eat too much of the cost of research for technology that never sees the battlefield. It is bloated because we pay 2 to 4 times the production cost for many aircraft and armored units, so the manufacturer can "recoup" the research costs that were already subsidized previously! I say keep the air shows, raise pay for the soldiers, and cut the real bloat out of the DoD.
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Callie - what gun show are you talking about? The one in PA - It was cancelled.
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Good luck with the air show.
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Bet they don't cut that gun show. Have to sell those assault weapons to anyone instead of having air shows and craft fairs that are a danger to the community. Small towns on small budgets must prioritize.
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I'd like to formally take this opportunity to personally thank you for my new Windows background wallpaper. It has already brought me hours of enjoyment.
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you should put it on youtube, this could totaly be a (real) tv commecial for silverlight well done indeed
Now every time I see Nic and Dan in the halls it will be hard to forget the "whitesnake images"
very funny
I aim to please. Nic for example, had a *blast* slapping me in the office
Absolutely, brilliant, funny, inventive, creative, unusual, smart, hilarious, made-my-day, smashing, laugh-out-loud, and the couples therapy was wicked.... You summed up that relationship perfectly! I wonder how long this took to shoot, how many takes were required, and how much was edited out.
I'll never look at Dan the same way again, awesome Britney impression.
Oh... eff... that was funny!
I love the "I'm a PC" bit at the end.
Yeah, the "art" is cool...
It was a good idea to give you guys access to a professional grade studio...why?
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Hehe, that was the funniest video i've seen on channel 9.
The wigs! Oh God, the wigs!
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Happy New Year, CommonSpot contributors! We've had our holiday fun, and now it's time to turn attention to 2012 projects. CommonSpot has several updates going on this year—new site design, new themes and a new version upgrade—
New Site Design Launch. On January 23, the header and footer of every ECU CommonSpot page will update to the new design. The page in between the header and footer—the sections we contributors maintain—will remain the same until updated by individual department contributors. There's no set deadline for departments to convert their pages. However, once users see the new themes, they'll probably start planning the project! Other goodies in store for website contributors are a wider page, from 770 pixels wide to 960 pixels wide, a darker paragraph font and restyled headings. Templates, pages and menus are still authored the same, but now there's a new look with flexible styling.
New Themes Launch. These industry-standard, accessible, user-friendly themes are based on divs rather than tables. A "div" is just webspeak for "content container," and brings our pages up to current standards. Both the wide template and themes will be available to contributors by January 23.
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Western New York is about to experience a big transition with the announcement that HealthNow New York President and CEO Alphonso O'Neil-White is soon to retire.
HealthNow is parent of BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York.
O'Neil-White, CEO for a decade, has guided HealthNow through some turbulent times for health care in America. But he also leaves an admirable legacy in the greater community.
The company has promised a seamless transition, with O'Neil-White remaining until a successor is named. He will also continue serving this year as board chairman of the BlueCross BlueShield Association, the national branding and trade group for 38 Blues plans across the country.
O'Neil-White, 64, has led the company through a series of challenges, not the least of which was returning HealthNow to a position of consistent financial strength, with appropriate reserve levels, while helping it remain a leader in the market.
HealthNow serves more than 800,000 members, with estimated annual revenues in 2012 of $2.5 billion and $550 million in reserves. The plethora of plans offered and the company's thousands of employees reflect the breadth of responsibility under O'Neil-White. As he said, in part, "I'm leaving the company at a good time in its evolution."
Indeed, but his many contributions to the larger community have also made him an invaluable leader.
He is a trustee or director on the boards of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Buffalo State College Council, the National Institute for Healthcare Management, the Business Council of New York State and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. And he is the immediate past chairman of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.
O'Neil-White is a trail blazer, but with the equanimity of someone who has overcome adversity through hard work and determination. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, where in 1968 he became its first African-American student, and, in 1972, its first black graduate. His law degree is from the University of Louisville's Brandeis School of Law.
His broad experience and expertise could fill pages, but perhaps what will be missed most is his excellence in leadership that has translated into corporate and community responsibility.
One very visible example of that leadership is the HealthNow headquarters in the old gas works at 249 W. Genesee St. next to the Niagara Thruway. When the company was looking to move its headquarters in 2004 it could have gone almost anywhere, but chose the downtown site. O'Neil-White said at the time that the project would fuel downtown's rebirth, which is now well under way.
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The thing is, I want to talk about him. But when I do I start to cry.
There must be a six-month milestone when it comes to grief. I haven't Googled it or anything but I'm almost sure of it. When you lose someone, it's more shock and affairs at the beginning. But when the dust settles- and when they were the life of the party and lit up every room and now that is gone- their absence... it's just so there.
The past few weeks the tears just brim. I've got my own set of losses but the kids, they each are still processing the first close death in our family. Ivy misunderstood a while back and we really haven't corrected her. Poppal's in Kevin? She'll ask- a lot- and I'll affirm that it is true. Poppal's in Kevin (Heaven).
But she still thinks he could walk through that door any minute.
And while on Skype with my Aunt Diane in Louisiana, she was showing us her sweet grandson Aiden. He and Ivy were waving and being cute on the webcam. Then she called to Uncle Clark in the other room- Aiden calls him Poppal. And Ivy says brightly, "Oh, Poppal's not in Kevin? He's at Aunt Diane's house?!"
His cell phone and wallet are still in the desk drawer. Ivy rung him up, "Poppal you're in Kevin? Did you get your head fixed? Oh, you're at the beach?"
The thing is, I can imagine him standing right there. I can still hear him. I am in that in-between of it not being so raw but also still being able to remember everything. It is weird here.
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The 7 People Who Turn Every Parking Lot into a War Zone
Everybody has their own opinion on shopping. Some love it, some hate it, some prefer to forego the entire process in favor of shoplifting. But no matter what your individual opinion on shopping may be, there's one thing we can surely all agree on ... the parking lot is the worst place on earth. It shouldn't be that way. A parking lot is just a place to leave your vehicle. Without it, we'd be whipping our SUVs and smart cars around the aisles of Walmart like a bunch of bargain hunting Mad Max extras. It should be so simple. Just park your shit, get out and go about your business. But nothing is ever that easy. There are always those bad apples who mess things up for the rest of us, and that's especially true in the parking lot. Here are seven people who turn every parking lot into a war zone.
#7. The Driving Lane Anarchist
The Driving Lane Anarchist is that person who ignores any yellow lines or arrows painted on the ground in favor of just flying around the parking lot as if rules of the road no longer exist when a trip to Target is involved.
Why They Must Be Stopped
How many times have you been driving through a parking lot in strict accordance with all of those yellow lines and arrows and signs when, out of nowhere, some maniac comes flying at you from a northeasterly direction and nearly rams you into the shopping cart holding pen or whatever that contraption is called? It's a situation that's equal parts infuriating and terrifying. The worst part, if you somehow impede this lunatic's progress or force them to slow down a bit, is that they mean-mug you as if you just cut them off from making their exit on a busy freeway. And if they aren't flying in from the periphery, they're driving the wrong way down a lane that's clearly marked with an arrow pointing in the other direction. This is how drunk drivers kill children on the interstate, but for some reason nobody has any second thoughts about driving the wrong way in a parking lot. Like I said, total anarchy.
What You Should Do About It
This is a tough one, because honestly, what can you do about it? The answer to that question hinges on how confident you are in your auto insurance and how far you're willing to go to prove a point. Because there's not a competent driver among us who wouldn't like to intentionally get into an accident with this person, if for no other reason than to sue them to the point that no insurance company would clear them to drive ever again. But how much of a fucking hassle would that be? So instead, we just let that shit happen and scream profanities that nobody can hear. It's the very definition of injustice.
#6. The Diagonal Walker
Instead of using lots of those "words" that the liberal media elite seem to love so much, I'll explain the diagonal walker using a series of crudely executed Photoshops. See, when a person is crossing that DMZ that separates every store from its parking lot, most choose a path like this ...
But the diagonal walkers? Well, they choose a path that looks more like this ...
Even if you didn't previously realize you hate these people, I trust that you do now.
Why They Must Be Stopped
Listen, assholes, the quickest route from Point A to Point B is a straight line. By laughing in the face of this universally accepted fact, you're ensuring that the person waiting for you to cross spends an extra 30 seconds or so screaming at you from behind the wheel of a ton of metal that could kill you with nothing more than a quick push on the gas pedal. And that's exactly what that driver is thinking of doing when you waddle your cart full of Cheetos and pot pies in front of them in this most dickish of ways. By moving diagonally, you are literally standing in the way of other people's progress for the entirety of your journey. That's some bullshit.
What You Should Do About It
The solution here is pretty simple. Just inch your vehicle forward in direct proportion to the Diagonal Walker's movements. For every second they spend taking a nonsensical route to their vehicle, you spend that same second moving ever closer to, at the very least, ramming them in the back of the knee with your bumper. The threat of being mowed down by a vehicle that they have no reason to be standing in front of is usually enough provocation to get them to get lateral like the Lord intended people in parking lots to do.
#5. The Family Band
The Family Band is a family of four or more who, instead of walking in a single-file line down the parking lot lane you're trying to navigate, choose to walk side by side like the fucking Partridge Family on their way to a show at SeaWorld, thereby preventing any cars from passing them.
Why They Must Be Stopped
Hey, parents of the world, tell me something I've been dying to know for quite a while now: When it comes time to go grocery shopping, what is the harm in just one parent going to the store and the other staying home with your misbehaved clan of hellions? Is it really necessary to haul all six of your mistakes along with you? It is, you say? Well, I don't believe you. But whatever, let me ask you another question: If you must haul the kids along, please, by all means, tell me how having your 3-year-old lined up on the outside like an NFL receiver in the spread formation in the middle of a busy parking lot amounts to anything resembling good parenting? Are you trying to get your child killed? Because I'm not going to do it, and nobody else will either, hopefully. But we will follow along slowly in our car silently wishing you were all dead and therefore not in a position to turn what should have been a quick jaunt to the supermarket into an exercise in anger management.
What You Should Do About It
Honk. That's it. Just honk. Why? Because it will scare the ever-loving shit out of the Family Band's children, and scaring people is funny. And funny, in turn, is good for the soul. Turn that aggravation into a lighthearted situation that adds a few years to your life through the magic of therapeutic laughter. And before you go feeling bad about terrifying children, understand this ... if they didn't have such shitty parents, they wouldn't be in a position that allows you to scare them so easily in the first place. So you get some much needed laughter, and the parents get a reminder that they're blatant fuck-ups when it comes to child rearing. Everybody wins.
#4. The Paranoid
There are probably several names for it, but in this case the Paranoid is that asshole or assholette who parks their Camaro or whatever other obnoxious vehicle of their choosing at an angle that ensures nobody else can park in any space near them. This usually happens because they're so proud of the pristine condition of their car that they can't stomach the thought of the unwashed masses coming near it.
Why They Must Be Stopped
If you need me to tell you why this needs to be stopped, then clearly you are one of these people. And in that case, fuck you, I'm not telling you a damn thing.
What You Should Do About It
There's only one thing to do when faced with a Parking Lot Paranoid ... key the shit out of their car. It will make you feel better and will teach the offender a valuable lesson. That lesson being, of course, that parking like a dipshit will result in someone keying the shit out of your car. And if this police blotter article is to be believed, the most your "crime" will net you in terms of charges is a ticket for malicious mischief. That's a bargain at twice the price.


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A recent article about reasons to invest in Africa substitutes breathless generalities for sound analysis.
A recent article about reasons to invest in Africa substitutes breathless generalities for sound analysis.
Congo Brazzaville dictator Denis Sassou Nguesso, just re-elected for a sixth term, is typical of the genre, an old, and immensely wealthy, dictator who won't just fade away
Dar es Salaam has built a new rapid bus transit system, but without an intelligent approach to pricing the buses will never run.
Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation Agency is leading a revolution in African Agriculture
Africa may hold the answer to the challenge of feeding the planet, and the collapse in oil prices creates a new opportunity to invest in African agribusiness
Impressive returns may await those who approach Africa with a long-term view
An elite consulting firm, BCG, once again gets Africa wrong. The challenges multinationals face doing business in Africa are similar to those they face in any foreign environment.
Indonesia's religious peace has resisted Saudi influence to remain stronger and more tolerant than many in the West fear.
Ali Bongo has just promised to give a tiny sliver of his fortune to the people of Gabon. It is probably too little, too late.
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Noah turned ten this week, and we got him a cell phone.
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Tonight in the car on the way home he texted me, "Mommy can you see the fool moon?"
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Dear Carolyn: My husband and I have two adolescent children and we are good friends with a couple who also have two adolescent kids. We consider their children extremely rude, entitled and very disrespectful of their own parents and, over the years, to us as well.
Last night at our house, while having dinner, the daughter told her dad to "shut up." Nothing was said by either parent. This is just the latest misbehavior that my own children witnesseed.
I feel as if we could never reprimand their kids without jeopardizing our friendship. Is it ever OK to say something to the kids? Only if they directly insult or disrespect us?
– Anonymous
A: We all make calculations (or should) before speaking up about other people's behavior, about the severity of the problem, the efficacy of addressing it, the standing we have to intervene, and the possible unintended consequences of stepping in.
Arguments in favor of correcting these kids: You have standing to ask for certain behavior in your home, of adults and children both. You probably also would be an effective voice for civility, since it can be startling to get a wrist-slap from an unexpected source.
Arguments against: Anything your kids witness now is a talking point later, so corruption is a non-issue. It's also hard to believe you can reverse these kids' slide toward entitlement – but it's easy to envision your damaging the friendship with the adults. Even the parents who are grateful for village discipline tend to bristle at it when they're present to do the job themselves.
But there's also this: Biting your tongue just to keep these friends strikes me as a cop-out, a what's-in-it-for-me? expediency when there's a question of right and wrong to be answered. "Shut up" is so hostile and so inappropriate, and your dinner table is so plainly your turf, that I believe it would have been worth the friendship risk to say, calmly, "Stella, I ask that you don't use that expression at our table. Thank you." Let the biscuits fall where they may.
Keep on healing
Dear Carolyn: My ex and I broke up a few months ago. I was finally starting to feel better, then I found out from Facebook he is dating someone else. I'm shocked and hurt. He was telling me the week before that he still missed me.
Is dating a new person immediately after breaking up an awful thing to do, and what does it say about the old relationship?
A: It says nothing about the old relationship except that it's over, and that's information you already had.
He can miss you and still date. There's no relief available to you in these details; you'll find it only by tending to your recovery and letting him tend to his. I'm sorry.


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" Aaaah man i couldnt believe it, last night when i left that party with them chicks, I pulled off poseidon's fury bro"
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A statue of Giordano Bruno marks the center of Campo de' Fiori – my favorite square in Rome. Back in the 16th century, Bruno challenged the Roman Church and was burned at the stake in 1600. With each visit I make a quiet little pilgrimage here, staring into the eyes of brooding Bruno, pondering the courage of those earliest heretics. Enamored by the value of history, I ponder also who, in our contemporary world, is the Roman Church and who are the Brunos.
When in Rome, I use Bruno as a meeting point. (I like to say "I'll be sitting under Bruno.") Tonight I'm waiting for Stefano and Paola, who run my favorite hotel in Rome. With each visit, they take me on a quest for restaurants to recommend in my guidebook. They're taking me to a little restaurant they deem perfect. They arrive. I say, "Ciao, Bruno." And we head down a tiny cobbled lane to a classic, crumpled little piazza filled with scooters. A grand but tiny Neoclassical white church is crammed into the corner. And, on the far side, a single business is lit and open. The sign above the door says "Filetti di Baccala."
"Stefano, you're right. This is perfect," I say, walking ahead of my friends through the rabble of abandoned scooters to the restaurant. A long line of tables, covered with white paper tablecloths, crowded with locals, stretches to a neon-lit kitchen. In the back, two grease-splattered cooks are busy cranking out filetti di baccala ... fish sticks.
There's one table open, near the back, past an old man in a black suit playing the violin. We limbo by the violinist and grab it. Above our table a weathered sign reads, "Specialita Filetti di Baccala 60 lire." They peaked at 5,000 lire and are now 3 euros (under $5). The waiter drops a menu on our table. It's very simple – listing a humble selection of appetizers and salads, but only one main course: Filetti di Baccala. The harried waiter, thumb hitchhiking into his mouth, asks, "Da bere?" (to drink?).
With a carafe of white wine, breaded and fried zucchini and a salad of greens I'd never before encountered, we enjoy our fillet of cod. While far better than fish sticks, it's about what you'd expect at a top-notch London fish and chips joint. Still, buried deep in the medieval center, in a tarnished and varnished eatery, without a tourist in sight – the ambience is Roma-issimo.
The violinist plays Sinatra's "My Way" to an appreciative crowd. Eventually he makes his way to our table, standing just beyond Paola's plain but radiant face. It's a classic Roman moment. Her dark eyes, framed by little black glasses, are locked on Stefano's. Tiny rings of pearls set in gold swing from her ears; a gold necklace circles her collar.
Like a hungry camera, my eyes compose the scene: carafe of golden white wine shimmering in the foreground, Paola's face looking lovingly at her husband in the middle, and the violinist – jaw tight on his instrument but still smiling – in the back. The happy chatter of people eating finishes off the scene.
As if only for Paola, the musician plays a Roman anthem to the night. Paola whispers to me, "This is Ponentino ... a special wind, a sweet ...," brushing her hand gently along her cheek in search of the word, "caressing Roman wind."
Then she and Stefano face the music, and with the entire room, sing the song:
Rome, don't be foolish tonight.
Give me the sweet wind to let her say yes.
Turn on all the stars that you have ... the brightest ones.
Give me a small flash of the moon, only for us.
Let her feel that springtime is arriving.
Give me your very best crickets to sing to her.
Give me the Ponentino.
Be a partner with me.
Paola translates the rest of the song to me. In verse two, the woman answers: Rome, give me a helping hand to tell him no, and so on. But, in the final verse, of course, they get together, the love triangle: a man, a woman ... and Rome.
With the room still singing, the elegant older couple at the next table looks around. Seeming pleased that the three of us – a generation behind hers – are enjoying this traditional Roman moment, the woman says, "Bella."
Rick Steves (www.ricksteves.com) writes European travel guidebooks and hosts travel shows that can be seen locally on WNED-TV. Email him at email@example.com and follow his blog on Facebook.


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Aside from water in some basements, there was no flooding, and only about 1,000 households lost power, according to Edie Dillard, interim director of the county Emergency Management Agency.
"This was nothing more than we would get from a heavy thunderstorm," she said.
While Hurricane Sandy hammered the East Coast, the impact was much less in Ohio. For example, the National Weather Service predicted the county would receive two to four inches of rain Monday night, but less than an inch of precipitation actually fell.
"I think because the rain was steady and not heavy, I think that helped," Dillard said.
And while wind gusts of up to 60 mph were predicted, Dillard said the average wind speed Monday night was 24 mph, although occasional gusts may have reached 60 mph.
This was a far cry from September 2008, when 70 mph winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ike knocked out power to 38,000 households in the county, many of whom were still without electricity a week later.
Although power outages occurred throughout the county, the highest concentrations appeared to be in the Salem-Lisbon area and the eastern section of Middleton Township, Dillard said. Most of the households were expected to have electricity back within 24 hours.
Dillard remained at the EMA until 1:30 a.m. Tuesday and left after the weather service canceled the flash flood warning for the county. While there, she kept in contact with county commissioners, while first responders and the local chapter of the American Red Cross remained on stand-by in case they were needed.
Dillard said 3/4-inches of rain fell overnight on top of the nearly two inches of rainfall from the previous three days, which could still result in flooding along streams and rivers, especially with more rain in the forecast over the next couple of days.
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A gender or individual who is in love with both male and female
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A person capable of having physical, romantic, and sexual attraction attractions towards both sexes. What bisexual is NOT: Sex fiends looking to hump everything in sight. Just a phase of confusion. A fad; though for some females it is considered "sexy" to be bisexual. A person who engages in orgies. (Though some do, I'm sure.)
I'm bisexual. :)
by Dark Child July 17, 2003
To be bisexual is to be attracted to a person regardless or gender or sex. It does not mean that you cannot make up your mind, it does not mean you are sex-crazed, and it does not mean that you will by default participate in orgies every night.
Of course, there is probably someone reading this that DOES participate in orgies every night, but they would be in the minority.
by Alyson April 21, 2003
The often overlooked B in LGBT. A person capable or romantic and sexual attraction towards a partner of either gender. A person twice as likely to be turned down for a date on Saturday night. Someone who has to prove to the heteros that he is not gay, and prove to the homos that he is not straight. A trait hetero men find extremely attractive in women and seem to find frightening in men.
Some people are bisexual.
by Bisexual yankee geek June 19, 2003
Noun: A person who is sexually attracted to both men and women. This does not necessarily imply that the person is EQUALLY attracted to both sexes.
Adj: Used to refer to such a person.
Adj: Used to refer to such a person.
(N): I first realised I was *bisexual* when I found myself lusting after both Mulder and Scully.
(Adj): Health Education needs to be tailored to individual needs, including those of bisexual men and women.
(Adj): Health Education needs to be tailored to individual needs, including those of bisexual men and women.
by UnVirtue November 25, 2004
A person who likes men and women sexually, mentally, etc. Being Bi does not mean that a man is still "in the closet", or a girl wants attention by saying that she is Bi.
That guy is hot! Whoa, so is she!
by SuperSonicX February 01, 2005
I'm bisexual :)
by Ali June 22, 2004


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Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine say a study with mice has demonstrated that oxytocin, aka the "love hormone," appears to be involved in a wider range of social activities than previously thought.
They also believe that their discovery ("Social reward requires coordinated activity of nucleus accumbens oxytocin and serotonin"), published today in Nature, has implications for neurological disorders such as autism and for insights on the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens.
Oxytocin is the focus of much interest for its apparent roles in establishing trust between people. It has also been administered to children with autism spectrum disorders in clinical trials. Oxytocin has been branded with the "love hormone" handle because of its importance in the formation and maintenance of strong mother-child and sexual attachments.
According to the researchers, the new study pinpoints a unique way in which oxytocin alters activity in a part of the brain crucial to experiencing the pleasant sensation neuroscientists call "reward."
"[Our] results demonstrate that the rewarding properties of social interaction in mice require the coordinated activity of oxytocin and 5-HT [5-hydroxytryptamine] in the nucleus accumbens, a mechanistic insight with implications for understanding the pathogenesis of social dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism," wrote the investigators in the Nature article.
In addition, the Stanford team maintains that its findings not only provide validity for ongoing trials of oxytocin in autistic patients, but also suggest possible new treatments for neuropsychiatric conditions in which social activity is impaired.
"People with autism-spectrum disorders may not experience the normal reward the rest of us all get from being with our friends," said Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D., the study's senior author. "For them, social interactions can be downright painful. So we asked, what in the brain makes you enjoy hanging out with your buddies?"
Some genetic evidence suggests the awkward social interaction that is a hallmark of autism-spectrum disorders may be at least in part oxytocin-related. Certain variations in the gene that encodes the oxytocin receptor are associated with increased autism risk.
In the 1970s, biologists learned that in prairie voles, which mate for life, the nucleus accumbens, which is involved in the brain's reward system, is replete with oxytocin receptors. Disrupting the binding of oxytocin to these receptors impaired prairie voles' monogamous behavior. In many other species that are not monogamous by nature, such as mountain voles and common mice, the nucleus accumbens appeared to lack those receptors.
For the current study, Dr. Malenka's group focused on untangling the complicated neurophysiological underpinnings of oxytocin's role in social interactions. They zeroed in on biochemical events taking place in the nucleus accumbens.
"Although the nucleus accumbens receives oxytocin receptor-containing inputs from several brain regions, genetic deletion of these receptors specifically from dorsal raphe nucleus, which provides serotonergic [5-HT] innervation to the nucleus accumbens, abolishes the reinforcing properties of social interaction," continued the scientists in their Nature article. "Furthermore, oxytocin-induced synaptic plasticity requires activation of nucleus accumbens 5-HT1B receptors, the blockade of which prevents social reward."
"From this observation sprang a dogma that pair bonding is a special type of social behavior tied to the presence of oxytocin receptors in the nucleus accumbens," explained Gül Dölen, M.D., Ph.D., a postdoctoral scholar in Dr. Malenka's group. "But what's driving the more common group behaviors that all mammals engage in—cooperation, altruism, or just playing around—remained mysterious, since these oxytocin receptors were supposedly absent in the nucleus accumbens of most social animals."
The new discovery shows that mice do indeed have oxytocin receptors at a key location in the nucleus accumbens and, importantly, that blocking oxytocin's activity there significantly diminishes these animals' appetite for socializing.
Drs. Malenka and Dölen think their findings in mice can be generalized to humans because the brain's reward circuitry has been carefully conserved over the course of hundreds of millions of years of evolution. This extensive cross-species similarity probably stems from pleasure's absolutely essential role in reinforcing behavior likely to boost an individual's chance of survival and procreation.
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Jerry Wayne Summerfield, 42, a resident of Beverly, passed away Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, at his home.
He was born Nov. 21, 1970, in Elkins, a son of Audra Heavener Summerfield, whom he made his home with in Beverly and the late Johnnie W.
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He is survived by four children, McKenzie Summerfield and husband, Brandon Everson, of Bowden and Taylor, Jonathon and Sawyer Summerfield, who reside with their mother Jamie E. Johnson in Elkins; and one brother, Robert "Bud" Hedrick and wife, Tammy, of Chenoweth Creek; and two sisters, Judy Ann Marsh and husband, Gary, of Philippi and Dorothy Warner and husband, Larry, also of Philippi. Also surviving are five nieces, Brittany Hedrick-Vest and husband, Robert, of Belington, Tisha Marsh and Samantha Snider, both of Philippi, Kristen Hedrick of Elkins and Amber Koeger of Grafton; and two nephews, Clifton Ware and wife, Tessa, of Alpena and Brandon Hedrick of Philippi.
Jerry worked at McLean Rentals and Elkins Tire. He enjoyed spending time with his mother and his children and watching wrestling. He loved taking rides on back roads and around the neighborhood and had always dreamed of being a truck driver and seeing the world. "Wayne, I will miss you, Mom."
Friends may call from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Thursday from the funeral home chapel with Pastor David Collins officiating. Interment will follow in American Legion's Little Arlington Cemetery near Elkins.
Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Jerry Wayne Summerfield. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.


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The waters lapping up along the Lake Erie shoreline are no longer orange. The lake doesn't smell as bad as it once did. And talk of "a dead lake" has been put in the distant past. The water even looks bluer, clearer – and more alive. But appearances can be deceiving. Lake Erie – the focus of cleanup efforts for four decades – is still, in many ways, simmering just below crisis.
Instead of industrial slag, chemical pollutants and blazing rivers – infamous trademarks of Lake Erie during the Rust Belt's heydey – that choked nearly all life out of the water, the lake remains under assault on several fronts:
Sewage systems. Farms. Aquatic organisms from far away places. Climate change.
Phosphate discharges were eliminated 40 years ago, yet toxic blue-green algae rolls again across the western half of Lake Erie, creating a suffocating "dead zone" up to 100 miles across its center.
Traces of various drugs and pharmaceuticals are showing up in the water nowadays – even caffeine.
Asian carp knock at the lake's front door – one was found in Scajaquada Creek in 2007 – threatening to invade its ecosystem.
And more than a billion gallons of raw sewage overflow directly into these same waters from Buffalo and Erie County.
Now, the 21st century cycle of environmental cleanup is grappling with a fresh round of threats.
If successful, scientists are confident that an elusive balance between man and nature on a post-industrial Lake Erie will be restored.
All acknowledge this: Buffalo Niagara residents rely on Lake Erie, as a place of recreation – for swimming and sunbathing, boating or fishing – and also for commerce.
Most importantly, it's where many of us – along with more than 10 million others around the lake – get our fresh water to drink.
In some places, the lake is even being hailed as the key to Buffalo's rebirth.
It may be more important, in 2013, than ever. Much will depend, many agree, on what happens in these next few years on the beaches and bays, in the sand and waves.
The Buffalo News today begins a five-day series on Lake Erie's Troubled Waters.


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Swami Murph will predict tomorrow that Todd Wellemeyer will retire!
OK, so it's just a tired old radio bit. Still, like a bad penny (I said BAD not Brad), Former 1969 Left field Bleacher Bums mad Bugler (maybe it was a Coronet?), Mike Murphy has returned to the Chicago airwaves on Sundays at 9AM. He's got a new gig with his old sidekick, Fred Huebner, on ESPN - 1000 (listen live link). ESPN has more WSCR refugees than the Orioles have ex-Cubs...although not by much (Orioles lineup today featured Jake Fox, Felix Pie, Ceasar Izturis, Kevin Gregg and DLee, not to mention almost Cub Brian Roberts).
Murph will host a regular show every Sunday from 9-1, bringing his 20 plus years of radio presence, dating back to the WLS "Fan Talk" days ("just fans talking to fans"). "Never been in a locker room Murph", he was never was afraid to read the tough questions from his yellow pad to Cub GM Jim Hendry or replay some of the great play-by-play calls from Jack Brickhouse or reminisce about his playing prowess in 16-inch softball with Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks.
...more after the jump
Murphy was embroiled in a legal despute with CBS and WSCR over a restrictive covenant issue. He has been off the air since June 2009 when his show was replaced by Dan McNeil. To me it was WSCR's final and not so subtle attempt to remove the featured hosts that were Cub fans. Although remaining host, Brian Hanley is a Cub fan, it's not like he wears his Cubness on display. Hanley usually expresses his embarrassment at being a Cub fan which suits WSCR (aka wsux) just fine. The catch was that Murphy wasn't fired and was still under contract with CBS Radio thru May 2010 (and apparently he kept getting paid till then). After the contract expired he filed a class action suit vs CBS radio which owns WSCR because the contract claimed to block local radio employment vs competitors for 6 months after contract expiration (and 3 months before expiration). The suit has yet to be resolved and as it's a class action suit, I presume there are other CBS radio personnel that were put in employment limbo with similar contracts that date back as far as Jan 2002.
Even though Murph's bits get repetitive and his theories (I like your "angle" sez Murph) are usually off the deep end, I admit I missed his Cub loving presence on Chicago radio. Since Ron Santo is gone, nobody on radio leaves his Cub emotions on his sleeve like Murph.
I'm sure many of the radio bits will be back. I do Hope Reverend Watkins is back too..."The Cubs don't have to be getting better, the other teams just have to get worse". Project .500 couldn't get a better motto.
P.S. Murph... Don't tell anyone this but I was secretly predicting you were going to be Pat Hughes sidekick. I can smell Swami Murph and Swami Fred now {{dons noseplugs}}
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per E-man:
He has been on for two weeks now, IIRC.
I listened to him last week.
Its just like "old days" though.
Good Sunday baseball talk show.
Miss a little, miss a lot.
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If the kool-aid is a little too sweet (or sour) on Murph's show...
Barry Rozner and Matt Spiegel do a nice baseball show Sunday mornings over at WSCR.
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I agree QM.
Jessie Rogers, a former co-host of the show is an idiot and infamous for asking the Cubs former reliever Antonio Alfonseca about his six-finger hands, "So, how did you get those? Were you born with them, or what?"
Last week, the same moron when talking about the Atlanta Hawks fans quipped, "I don't know about the Hawks fans there, if they are interested or not. I have no idea if they have had a playoff game there before..."
Guess he never heard of Dominique Wilkens.
This is someone getting PAID at a sports talk radio station in America's #3 market!
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Jessie Rogers might not follow much basketball because he's the beat writer covering the Blackhawks.
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He has only had that gig for one or two years after jumping to WMVP from WSCR.
He touts himself as a "Chicago Guy", and as a sports talk show host, to not know that in fact the Bulls crushed HOF's 'Nique's Hawks Playoff team is pretty bad. Its not like he is a 25 year old new on the scene.
Not only did they lose to the Bulls in '93 and '97 (Jordan years), Wilkins is a TV analyst for the Hawks.
Rogers is in the "media business". He is an idiot and I scratch my head every time he is on the air wondering how he got the job.
In thinking about it now, I think it was Mike North. Another imbecile.
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I was never a Mike North fan. Guys who blow their own horn have always pissed me off, hence, I dislike North, Coppock, etc.
Murphy might be a goofball but he doesn't seem to take himself too seriously. I can see people not liking him, but I can't see anyone hating him. He's like a fly, sometimes annoying but basically harmless.
Speaking of Chet Coppock, Garry Meier, who is on WGN now, told a funny story a while back about how when he was at The LOOP and Coppock would come on after Meier (and Dahl), one day Meier and Dahl screwed with Coppock's microphone, I think they said they rigged it to the light came on like it was on the air, but it wasn't. So Coppock started his show, talking into the mic for several mins, and nothing was heard. They had to go to a commercial, figured out what was wrong, and Coppock started the show again, repeating everything he had said word-for-word, because, as Meier said, he scripted most of his show.
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m.fontenot is not a very good SS...
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I'm already shocked the Giants haven't added a real shortstop to the roster, even if it's just one of the many good gloves on AAA rosters who barely hit.
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watching the sf/col game..."i wonder what ben petrick is up to" (former COL catcher) popped into my mind.
last i heard he retired years ago after being diagnosed with parkinson's disease. i was wonder how he's doing, etc...
it turns out it was a misdiagnosis and he actually has lyme disease.
what's even freakier is he's about to be on a PBS documentary about lyme disease.
i guess it's better than parkinson's, but that's a hell of a swerve on diagnosis.
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I don't think that WSCR got rid of him because he was a Cub fan. More likely that he happened to be a Cub fan who was also unfortunately a whiney moronic twit who drove listeners like me away.
BTW, who's wife did Coppock sleep with (alriiiight, everybody) such that a washed up has been like Murph gets a show before him? I mean, Coppock is washed up too, but once upon a time he did have something approximating talent.
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Yeah Murph is hard to listen to.
He's famous for reading emails that agreed with that were sent by him.
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No shit. I still can't hear the name McPhail without also hearing the clown noises in my head. Murph had his moments, like when he was asking Hendry if it would be a good idea to 'back up the truck' and they got into a heated exchange. I think this is about when Murph stopped getting good interviews. There is a delicate nuance to journalistic probing and Murph just doesn't have it.
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I remember that interview.
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Coppock's a tool!
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Coppock did Talkin' Baseball with Bruce Levine about two years ago or so. Couldn't stand him so I understand why espn radio got rid of him.
I thought Coppock and North were doing the internet radio/telecast thing that went bankrupt after that.
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Yeah, I think they both were with that company, and the owner had some financial issues and they were raided by the IRS or FBI, if I recall the story correctly.
Last I heard, North had popped up on Comcast Sports Net in the mornings, and I think has moved to CBS. Dan Jiggets is/was with him. That might have been before the internet radio thing, I'm not sure.
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North off the air, thank God.
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Coello has been starting and improving gradually. Yesterday he pitched a beaut--8 innings, no runs, 4 hits, no walks, 7 strikeouts. He looks like the only pitcher at Iowa who wants that fifth-starter gig, and he may give Doug Davis an argument.
I-Cubs won Coello's game 1-0 in the 10th on a home run by Brad Snyder. All five Cub teams, from Peoria up, won yesterday.
it's alive
IF you haven't checked lately, the Wrigley Field Cam now has HD sound.
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nice shoes soriano.
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great outing by dumpster...crappy one for the bats.
2 runs given up by dumpster. he was taken out of the game for a bat in the bottom 7th.
81 pitches, 7ip 5h 0bb 3k...2er
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...and yet another quality ninja outing.
1ip 0h 0bb 1k
he's packing a 2.33 era and a 1.34 whip...lot of walks, though.
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On the Carlos Marmol 7-step reliever success plan
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Nice. Ninja gets dogged a lot when he does poorly, but nobody has really said anything (until now) about his recent work. He's been doing a helluva job.
Understandably, it will probably take some time for him to build up some fan confidence. The Ninja jersey's probably aren't yet flying off the shelves.
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all i see out of ninja is a guy that shows up in shape to play, works, doesn't bitch, and doesn't seem to have "baggage."
he's just overpaid and not very good. his lack of upper level development is unfortunate, but it doesn't seem to be a result of laziness or lack of focus.
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He's obviously been pitching better, but his xFIP is still essentially 5. No HR's allowed and a BABIP of .182 aren't sustainable trends.
I haven't seen any of the games where he's done well, but his problem has been that he didn't have a swing an miss pitch and poor control. He is getting some strikeouts lately, so I have to wonder if something is changed, or if it's just a case of a blind squirrel.
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When they called him up in 2008, his K pitch was an unpredictable splitter. The problem with that was that he had absolutely no control of it, and that showed in 2009 and 2010.
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Well, I was just looking at his 2008 appearances this morning and if Gameday can be believed, he wasn't throwing splitfingers in 2008. He was relying on his four seamer almost exclusively by the end of the year and hitting 97-98 on the gun.
He added a cutter last year and this. And, maybe as a result of that, his fastball has lost 2-3 MPH. But in his last appearance they have him mixing a 4 seam 93 MPH fastball, cutter, slider and changeup and doing it effectively.
Has anyone? mentioned that back in 2008 Samardzija was used as a bridge between the SP and the tandem of Carlos Marmol and Kerry Wood and now that Wood is back he's been recast in the same role. Maybe Wood (who also is using a cutter more often) has something to do with his success this year. I wish our braindead media would ask him.
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I think people and Gameday were calling it a changeup in 2008.
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Murph was one reason (the other being Mike North) that I couldn't stand listening to the Score for years. Now I'd much rather listen to Spiegel and Rozner (despite him constantly interrupting Spiegel) than dealing with Murph.
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The score is almost always respectful of their Cub listeners. I like listening to them. The afternoon show... the 'by cracky' thing is decidedly annoying, however.
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Boers and Bernstein used to bug the fuck out of me - similar to Bob and Tom who always seem to be laughing - but they're generally better than Mac/Carmen,Jurko & Harry. I find myself laughing while listening to them, so I guess they're growing on me. Kinda like tallest midget to be the best afternoon show
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Milton Bradley DFA'd.
MLBTR also says Rosenthal thinks the Cubs are in position to be contenders the next couple of years and should extend Hendry. I think they should extend Hendry a plank to walk into Lake Michigan with. This is not going to be a contending team the next couple of years unless they do something insane like sign Pujols or Fielder, AND add additional very good players beyond that, and have some kids develop fast and contribute.
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Everyone in the NL Central is in position to contend if they add (or keep) Fielder or Pujols. The division just isn't that good.
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Hmm. This offseason we lose ARam, Pena, Fukudome, Wood. Dempster will most certainly exercise his option because he's not likely to get $14 mil on the open market.
So we need a 1b, 3b, possibly a RF if they haven't let Colvin or Jackson get some regular AB's by the end of this year, plus we need to either resign Wood or replace him. I don't see any in house candidate ready to be a rh late inning rp.
Regardless, even if they sign Fielder or Pujols, they still need to plug someone in at 3b who can drive in runs, and the free agent market doesn't exist, other than ARam. Whoever replaces ARam is most certainly going to drop off in run production, perhaps a big dropoff.
We still have old players in LF, CF, a huge question mark at 2b, and fun but inconsistent SS play. Oh, and a good hitting catcher who is stuck batting 8th.
Not to mention no starting pitching depth.
I'm not seeing this team compete for the division.
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you mean .700 OPS Ramirez? (.745 last year)
yeah, how will they ever find that replacement? Not to sound too VA Phil, but I think Marquez Smith could do that now.
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Did someone ring?
Smith is one possibility, though he's off to a slow start (again?) at Iowa. He looked great in a few at bats in ST but I can't say I ever saw him hit a ball to center or right. He may have a pull-ish tendency that doesn't play in the majors, especially for a small guy.
Tennessee has Vitters at third plus two other guys, Flaherty and LeMahieu, who play third occasionally. Of the three, LeMahieu hits consistently. LeMahieu leads that team in doubles, by the way.
Wait and see if Vitters can get himself straightened out this season. I'm not making predictions, but I'm hopeful.
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Statistically Vitters is doing fine - just a streak of bad luck.
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Quade recently stated how he was struggling w/PT for Colvin.
Wondering who is the next AA or AAA lefty in line to take his place if /when he gets sent down? Jackson?
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Well, they're not going to send Colvin down and call up Jackson, who would have the same problem Colvin does. More likely one of the AAA retreads or Aducci.
Re: Quade recently stated how he was struggling w/PT for Colvin.
this is a nice way saying he's been a bust this year
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I agree, if Colvin continues on with a .125 BABIP, he's not going to be able to stay in the majors. His K and BB rates are actually improved this year.
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No they're not
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Pretty sure that a lower K rate and a higher BB rate is an improvement.
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Better start engraving that Silver Slugger award!
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maybe more then one game a week would help?
Should be actively looking to move Fuku and Byrd, so they can bring up Jackson as well.
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Suggestion: just watch the Iowa Cubs instead.
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I-Cubs, no thanks, but I'd gladly watch the Smokies or the D-Cubs over the Cubs. In fact, I drove a long way to see Tennessee play recently.
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Uncle Milty DFA by Mariners
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I'm just saying, if the Cubs are looking for a little extra offense off the bench... I mean he's an option and he's available.
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Hits from the correct side of the plate too, yes? Sign him up - i think the bleacherites would appreciate his passion for the game and he'd keep the locker room motivated.
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More time on his hands to choke out and threaten the women in his life.
Next stop is California State Prison.
Recent comments
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
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.