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Marquis May be on the Move
One of our readers ("DB") caught Steve Phillips saying a deal of Jason Marquis to the Colorado Rockies for relief pitcher Luis Vizcaino was "close". Famous last words of any rumor...
MLB Trade Rumors has it as well (apparently part of the update ticker on ESPN2).
Marquis is owed $9.875M and the story out of Colorado yesterday was that they couldn't "absorb hardly any of his $9.8 million salary this season." Cot's Baseball Contracts has Vizcaino as making $3.5M in 2009 and a $4M option in 2010 with a $500K buyout. That would still leave the Rockies on the hook for $6.375M and I'm going to guess that the Cubs are still throwing $1-2M more the Rockies way if this does indeed go down.
6:24 PM CST UPDATE: Reader "DB" is all over it today including an update from Bruce Levine on ESPN 1000. The highlights:
- Marquis trade may not be competed until next week
- Deal for Bradley is essentially done but also won't be announced for a week or two
- Moving Marquis means the Cubs may once again hit up the Padres about Peavy
- Hendry might try to spin Vizcaino if he does acquire him
- DeRosa may still need to be moved if they go after Peavy
6:32 PM CST UPDATE: Troy Renck at the Colorado Post makes the deal sound pretty official, although he concurs with Levine that it likely won't be announced until next week. He mentions the Cubs sending $1M to the Rockies. If true, the Cubs take on at least $4M ($3.5M plus a $500K buyout for next year) and send $1M to the Rockies, netting themselves $4.875M in savings, a bit more if you count the $500K buyout towards next season's payroll.
6:50 PM CST UPDATE: Wittenmyer chimes in and says it's at least $875K going to the Rockies. I should also mention that Vizcaino was arrested on a misdeamoner DUI in Florida in October.
7:11 PM CST UPDATE: Rosenthal also says it would be less than $1M headed to the Rockies.
8;25 PM CST UPDATE: Bruce Miles throws a wet blanket on the deal saying it's possible but not done yet. Adding that the deal is essentially in the Rockies hands to approve.
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I saw it awhile ago on ESPN News. Baseball America also noted that the Cubs resigned Andres Blanco (SS)AAA.
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First step to getting Peavy.
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I'd love the salary dump if it were actually a salary dump. But it's not. I don't think you're saving nearly enough money to make it worth the effort. On top of that, Vizcaino just isn't any good. Career 4.34 ERA. High H/9 and BB/9 rate. Pretty unimpressive K/9 rate to go with. He just doesn't have very good stuff, either. Throws really hard, but has horrible control.
If I'm going to get rid of Marquis, I'd like to either A) actually dump a vast majority of the salary or B) get some actual talent in return. If we're saving $6M, then fine. If we're talking about only 2 or 3, then what's the point? Trading his $9M for Vizcaino's 3.5M salary while coughing up another couple of million in the process gets us anywhere.
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If that turns into something else, then fine. If we take that $5 million and get another piece, then great. But, I'll wait until then to pass a final judgement. On the surface, I'd rather have the mid 4's ERA out of the the 5th starter.
Also, this kinda feels like one of those Hendry deals where he sends more money back the other way than we all anticapiated.
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given the current state of rumors hendroid might need that loot to just get the OF part without adding a top notch starter.
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This is great news...i'd take some baseballs for Marquis! I'd rather have Jose Vizcaino...but we will most likely add 1-2 millino with the deal saving 4-5 million...I think this will likely help with the RF search...eventhough now it may reopen the Peavy talks. He'll likely take the place of Howry. I like Marshall as the fifth starter and Angel Guzman into relief. Exciting news...hopefully it becomes official.
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fwiw samninja will be given spring training starts, supposedly.
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ESPN's own GM for the day:
Got to be a joke, right? My favorites are:
'Rafael' Soriano and Fukudome for Barry Zito and Nate Schierholtz
"Lee and Ramirez to Baltimore for A bag of magic beans works for me, but I'd rather have 4 prospects/ suspects."
What a smart fanbase. Here's his improved lineup:
1. CF Joey Gathwright - the next Willie Wilson/ Bobby Dernier
2. SS Theriot
3. RF Schierholz
4. C Soto
5. 1B Hinske / Hoffpair
6. 3B Wiggington
7. LF Montanez or DeRosa
8. 2B Fontenot
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that was an exercise in total pointlessness.
no, actually, it's just plain f'n retarded.
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I actually felt stupid as I was reading it...like, this can't be right, can it?
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But Gathright "hit at every level he's been used at"! He's so stupid, he ends his sentences with prepositions.
and, you're welcome.
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WMVP had Bruce Levine on a couple mintues ago saying that the Peavy talks will again heat up after the Marquis deal goes through but that the Marquis trade might not be completed until next week. He also thinks that the Bradley deal is essentially a "done deal" but it won't be announced for a week or even two. He also noted that DeRosa may still have to be moved in an attempt to garner a couple of prospects from another club to spin to the Padres. In other words, same as it ever was regarding the Peavy talks. Hendry is going to have to "move money around" to get Peavy and Bradley starting with this Marquis deal. He said Hendry will attempt to dump Vizcaino as well, perhaps in the DeRosa trade or with a possible Peavy/SD deal. That was about the extent of it.
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Trade Marquis and eat $1MM, that is a good trade. However, the Bradley rumor does not make me happy. I would rather have Dunn or Abreu. Hell, I would rather have Griffey over Bradley.
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I would think Bradley's likely to be better than Griffey in both OPS and games played next year. The only reason to prefer Grif is if Bradley is going to get a large, backloaded contract ... and if so, we'll just trade him to Colorado in a few years.
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I can not disagree with the numbers. But, I think we will all be freaking when Bradley goes into one of his tiraids and becomes a distraction. At least with Griffey, we know we are getting a team player. Even though he is a part time player. Bradley's attitude scares the hell out of me. He reminds me of TO.
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I fail to see the comparison. TO's a horribly selfish player who constantly causes problems in his locker room with his teammates. Bradley's done that only once, due mostly to Jeff Kent being a fucking cocksucker.
The only other reason Bradley's ever caused any problems is because somebody questioned his heart or the heart of his teammates. I'm trying REALLY REALLY hard to not sound like Al Yellon here, but that's a guy I'll gladly take on my team. I'd love to have a guy who'd go to battle for his teammates. That's a guy who wins a lot of friends in the clubhouse. By all accounts, if you ask anybody not named Jeff Kent, Bradley's a great teammate to have.
He's a far better defender than either Abreu or Dunn. That's a great concern to me since our other two OF spots are filled by Soriano and a out-of-position Fukudome. Plus, he's outproduced both Abreu and Dunn from an OPS standpoint in both of the last two seasons. I've been high on Bradley all winter, and if the price is right, I'll be glad to have him.
What does concern me is the health issue. He's played 100 games only three times in eight years. If he's healthy, he's the guy I'd pick out of the 3. However, if if and but's were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas.
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due mostly to Jeff Kent being a fucking cocksucker.
What is this... Deadwood? :)
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"I should also mention that Vizcaino was arrested on a misdeamoner DUI in Florida in October."
Anybody got a Farnsworth joke handy?
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viz = farns in a lot of ways, comparing their stuff and lifestyle/attitude.
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I heard the entire Levine interview. He seemed quite certain that the Marquis-Vizcaino deal would be announced by Monday; and that "2-3 days later" DeRosa would be moved for prospects, who would be flipped with the Cubs' own prospects for Peavy.
Vizcaino would likely be flipped in the Peavy deal or another deal. He thought that it would all be done in the next 12-15 days.
He also stated that the Bradley deal has been "done" for weeks, and would also be announced in the next several days.
He was very matter-of-fact about the entire string of transactions, as if they were all set and all that remained were the announcements.
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Remember the #1 goal of this off-season was to get more left-handed in the line-up---if we have LHH in CF and RF it's no change from last year----that's why it makes sense to move DeRosa and put Mike F. at 2b---now we've got an added LHH in the line-up----also, it frees up addition 5.5 million----look for Peavy talks to heat up again
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Levine also mentioned that many of these moves (DeRosa especially) were designed to free up payroll, which he estimated at already being at or near $140 million for the 40-man roster. He reminded the show hosts (and others) that the budget covers the entire 40-man roster, not just the 25-man active roster.
He thought that the sale of the club would be completed in January, and that the new owners would cap the budget at $140 million.
Re: Mets offer
yeah...good luck with that offer, mets.
Re: Mets offer
The Cubs could beat that and end this Peavy nonsense with giving up only their #1 pick.
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My hope is Vizcaino is a Cub about as long as Omar Infante was. Less would be better.
11/12/07 Acquired INF Omar Infante from the Tigers for OF Jacque Jones and cash.
12/4/07 Acquired RHP Jose Ascanio from the Atlanta Braves in exchange LHP Will Ohman and INF Omar Infante.
(by the way Infante had 317 AB's with the Braves and .293 .338 .416 which probably was Cedeno's comparable role who got 216 AB's and 269 .328 .352)
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I think your on to something with Viscanio. Infante was packaged with Ohman to the Braves who were in need of relief help. Maybe this year he packages Viscanio with Derosa to the Twins who could use some relief help for Brendan Harris and prospects Towers like. Harris can be a platoon guy with Fontenot and can handle SS, freeing up Ronny Cedeno for trade.
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No way. Can't win with Harris. He's an ex-Cub.
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Plus he can't really handle short.
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Taveras, 2yrs. $6.25 M. I'll take Gathright.
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While I would be happy to see Sean Marshall replace Marquis in the rotation, the fact is Marquis last year was a league average 5th starter. He did a Jon Garland all too often (sail along until a bad 5th or 6th inning), but they aren't dealing the worst starter in the league. The fact that the Rocks and Mets were interested in his services (for the right price) bears that out.
The whole Marquis goes/Vizcaino gets spun/DeRosa for prospects/prospects for Peavy scene is classic Hendry. As much as writers claim Kenny Williamas flies under the radar, Hendry each year seems to pull off a surprise, an often complicated surprise.
I'd love for all this to pan out, it would put even more distance between the Cubs and their Central rivals. The Reds are going to be better, if none of the other teams.
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Actually Marquis was closer to a league average fourth starter. Find how many teams had four guys take the ball as many times as Marquis who had lower ERA's. I think you'll be surprised.
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Bradley missing 30+ games scares the hell out of me.
With DeRosa gone, who fills in as the regular RF'er when Bradley hits the DL??
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I'd think Fuk is your guy there.
My question is, who fills in as the regular 3Bman when Aramis goes down?
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I believe Hoffpauir would be next on the depth chart. If his defense proves to be a problem, then Fukudome would move to RF and Johnson would probably start in CF.
I agree with the next comment. The backup 3B is not really on the ballclub yet. Cedeno can do it in a pinch, but a longer term solution will need to be kept at Iowa. I expect to hear about a Russell Branyan type signing to a minor league contract for exactly that reason.
Moving DeRosa is a sad result of the economics of Cubs baseball, but he only has one year left on his very reasonable contract, he's right handed, he's getting old, and there's no way we re-sign him next year to a long-term contract at $7-9 million per year like he deserves. We probably couldn't even offer him arbitration due to the real payroll problem the Cubs have already for next year. Best to trade him now while his value is high to someone who will be able to offer him arbitration or want to sign him to a long-term contract.
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Lol...Taveras sucks...but at least he has been a starter in the majors....has been good enough, relatively speaking, to steal some bases, score some runs, and play good CF defense. He did lead the league in steals last year.
I'd rather take door number 3....but Gathright is worse than Taveras.
So let's trade out 5th starter, who has done nothing but give innings and done what a 5th starter should do, keep the team in the game...he has gone 11-9, and 12-9, and let's dump him for a 34-year old reliever...who we would then dump for what? Who is trading decent prospects for a 34-year old middle reliever? Oh...the Cubs probably.
This whole scenario is just ludicrous. I can't wait for Milton Bradley's 2nd or 3rd trip to the DL this year...
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So you're saying that Marquis and Gathright is better than Bradley and Marshall?
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I can't believe people are clamoring over the loss of Marquis! He is going to get slaughtered at Coors, he is in the last year of his contract and down right mediocre. We have a couple of young pitchers (Samarzja, Marshall or Guzman) to plug into the rotation who will produce at least to the caliber of Marquis and could develop into solid starters. Not to mention if this is a way to get Peavy and or Bradley into the mix it would no doubt improve the team. Bottomline this improves the team...our window of winning is 2 years...maximize the opportunity and give us the best chance. Loosing Marquis isn't going to do that.
As for the DeRosa loss it would hinder our flexibilty however i think this the peak of his value..and he too will be gone in one year and will not be in our future plans so trade him now and get something for him to help us win now (just make sure we have some 3b pinch hitter type who can play if Ramirez does go down).
I'm ready for baseball season too bad it's still three months away
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What does his success or lack thereof in Coors have anything to do with him being on the Cubs in 2009?
That article says that there's a vesting option on Vizcaino's contract.
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That's five starts..no statistical significance. He also has not offense on the new Rockies. All the winning records people have mentioned above will be gone with that team...I won't miss a career ERA 4.55, more hits than innings pitched and a 1.5:1 K/BB ratio....I'd rather have Marshall doing this and learning then having Marquis....good move Hendry!
Suntimes article today:
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I am saying neither of those things, do not put words in my mouth.
Gathright, if he is starting for the Cubs at all in 2009, will be a disaster. Tavaras is better. I do not want either of those players on my team however.
Milton Bradley is injury prone, has a history of causing problems on the field, and had a solid season while playing mostly DH last year. Oh..and he still only managed 126 games?? He will be 31 April 15th, and has not had a full season playing the OF since 2004. Players generally after a career of being injury prone do not suddenly become durable at age 31.
It is not "clamoring over the loss of Marquis." It is dumping a starting pitcher who, while not great by any means, has shown that he is what he is, a solid 5th starter. Dumping him for a crappy 34 year old middle reliever? So, so Cub.
I like Sean Marshall. Has he posted a winning record yet in MLB? Has he thrown 170-190 innings in a season? He may very well be better than Marquis as 5th starter. It's not just a matter of plugging him in though as a given.
How many MLB starts does Samardzija have? After 27 innings last season can he be anointed and guaranteed to match Marquis' 2008 performance?
Angel Guzman. Please.....please tell me you are joking about that. Is that the injury prone, 0-7 6.00 ERA career in MLB Angel Guzman?
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In English when the symbol '?' is used at the end of a sentence, it represents a question.
Disirregardless of that, you're saying not to trade Marquis to free up money for Bradley, so isn't the implying that you want to see Gathright as a regular player in the Cubs outfield? Because without bring someone else in, right now he's going to be the starter or have the lions' share of a platoon with Johnson.
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Many former teammates & coaches have spoken out on Milton Bradley's side saying that he blows his top because of passion and intensity for winning. How are his outbursts any different than Zambrano's or even Piniella's?
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Oh..and I understand that perhaps Hendry would "spin" Vizcaino for pospects to get Peavy.
Again, who in the hell is giving the type of prospect you would need to deal in a Peavy trade, for a 34 year old mediocre at best middle reliever?
Aaron Miles is a Cub per Bruce Levine for 2/5
for a team that is supposed on a rigid budget, I do not think it wise to be tossing 2.5 mil to a guy that cant hit or field. According to Levine they liked him because he is a switch hitter, it is nice to know in this bad economy that Anne Hache still has a job.
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My first reaction is that it's way too much money for the player.
My second reaction is good riddance, Ronny Cedeno, may the next and final time I hear your name be associated with you leaving town forever.
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From an article published earlier today in St. Louis, the author thought Miles would definitely get more than $1.5M from someone, so maybe $2.5M isn't absolutely so far out of whack. Seems like it to me, but maybe not in the industry.
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Is Neifi Perez's number still available?
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Neal- Disirregardless???
I think just plain old "regardless" will work. Sorry, but I cant let that one pass.
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He was making a joke.
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Sorry but I can't let THAT one pass either.
Ok ok. I'm making a joke too.
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"Disregardless" - Now that was funny, if it was a joke, funnier if it wasn't meant to be a joke! Maybe it can be added to the Cub Lexicon.
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If the $4.5 million freed up by dumping Marquis for a bag of balls gets you Milton Bradley.....yes I am saying don't do it.
Bradley is injury prone, has anger issues, and hasn't shown that he can be a full-time outfielder. He was a DH last season, and still could only stay healthy enough to play 126 games. The previous 3 seasons, he could not even get to 100 games played.
Aaron Miles.....all the Ryan Theriot bashers are gonna loooove Aaron Miles then. Wow...
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Also according to Kaplan, the deal Bradley will get is multiyear. Unless multiyear means 1 year and a team or mutual option it is a bad idea. A solid fit for the RF spot in Rick Anikel is a free agent next off-season and the best course of action given the warts all these RF options have, the best course is to offer one (Abreu, Bradley, Dunn) a 1 year 8 mil contract and the first one to take it gets it. I hope to god that Bradley gets off to good start, because I hate fathom what will happen if he gets off the start JJ did a few years ago and some RF bleacher bum starts throwing out racial insults at him.
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Why not offer them $2 million?
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Yeah, but he also used "exorb" for absorb in an earlier post, so who's to say.
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What's the fact is going on her?
Re: 10Man
How many umpires has Zambrano gone after? how many times has he been tackled by a coach? How many times did LouPa go after someone in the press box??
Has Zambrano been suspended for going after a fan?
His outbursts are not the same.
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How many bats has Bradley broken over his leg risking injury to himself? How many times has Bradley been suspended for throwing at someone? How many times has Bradley beat up his very own teammate?
His outbursts are definitely not the same.
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Ok....Zambrano has made an average of 30-34 starts a year, pitching 200+ innings a year. He has been on the Cubs his whole career.
Bradley? 6 different teams, 3 times from 2001-2008 played in 101 games or more. Once, in 2004 he played 142 games, what could be considered a "full" season.
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So if Bradley were healthy it would be OK if he's a hothead? It seems like after being proven wrong, you're changing the topic back to the injury. If Bradley had played 150 games the last three years he'd be looking for a $20 million contract.
Yes he's going to miss games. When he plays though, he's going to help us win more games than any of the other guys will, and hopefully Gathright/Fukudome or Johnson will be capable backups when he's not in there.
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I'm sorry, he played 141 games in 2004, not 142.
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10man -- You are on a roll. I just wanted to make sure you knew that your antics were recognized and appreciated.
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Thanks Lou. I like to think of myself as very anticuated.
DC taught me everything I know.
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Hahahahhaa...so Fukudome can be a $12 million backup. Suh-wheet.
Bradley has been a decent player when he's healthy. Will it be for 90 games? 110 games? 60 games? Christ he's a freaking switch-hitting Rondell White.
So we're going to give 40-90 games to Gathright? Fukudome?
For the money sunk into Fukudome, you may as well play him in RF, and see if he will be the player that he was in April-May-June.
If he falters, then make a mid-season deal.
My point on Zambrano is that, while he has been a hothead perhaps, he is a hothead that has been durable, and has performed well every year.
Bradley might perform fairly well every year, but for 60 games...90 games...120 games or more twice in his career. He's the Rich Harden of outfielders.
So yes...it's much better to go get a guy to play part time because for 90 games, he will play well. Really? With no DH to fall back on, how healthy has he been in his career?
Please explain how Bradley and Miles in the lineup is an improvement over DeRosa and Fukudome?
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Oh..and Real Neal, please read the entire post I wrote...I mentioned the anger issues as part of the problem.
"Milton Bradley is injury prone, has a history of causing problems on the field, and had a solid season while playing mostly DH last year. Oh..and he still only managed 126 games?? He will be 31 April 15th, and has not had a full season playing the OF since 2004. Players generally after a career of being injury prone do not suddenly become durable at age 31."
What part of that was proven wrong?
Re: Real Neal
Read #60
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Read the quote I posted.
I asked you what part of that was wrong. I will use smaller words if necessary.
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Wait....ok..so Zambrano is a hothead. Ok.
Please list times Zambrano was traded due to this.
Disabled list trips related to this?
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Embedded comments are your friend.
How many times has Zambrano lead the league in the most important offensive statisic?
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DeRosa traded to Indians.
For 3 pitchers.
Chris Archer RHP age 20: 4-8, 4.29 ERA, 115 IP, 106K/84BB Lo-A
John Gaub LHP age 23: 1-1, 3.38 ERA, 64IP, 2 SV, 100K/32BB L0-A
Jeff Stevens RHP age 25: 5-4, 3.24 ERA, 58 IP, 6 sSV, 81K/27BB AA-AAA
Great. Go get Peavy now I suppose.
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Milton Bradley in 2008 lead the AL in OPS, OBP, adjusted OPS, and offensive win%.
Excellent. So after 8 seasons, he has lead the league one year.
Yep...with 22 HR and 77 RBI, in 126 games. Please give him $15 million.
How many other seasons was he top 10? Zero.
Because he can't stay healthy enough to play full time.
Zambrano is a 3-time all star, finished 5th 3 times in the Cy Young voting, and tied for the league lead in wins in 2006.
Oh...and Zambrano can't lead the league in OPS as a pitcher. Ha.....ha....ha.....very funny.
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Where'd you get $15 million from?
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Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.


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For the second time, we have a Top 50 ranking for actively-marketed Holstein young sires with genomic tests. We compiled a similar list for the Top 25 Jerseys. This is a logical addition to the bull list as more breeders are using genomic young bulls. We published the progeny tested and genomic lists side by side so breeders can make direct comparisons. Bulls with genomic-only evaluations are not eligible for other trait lists.
In Holsteins, the Top 100 progeny-test proven bulls range from 755 to 455; when looking at the Top 50, the range is 755 to 511. Meanwhile, bulls on the Top 50 genomic list range from 869 to 640.
In the Jersey breed, we also ranked the Top 25 JPI (Jersey Performance Index) bulls. In the Brown Swiss, we ranked bulls on PPR (The Progressive Performance Ranking) since the breed is no longer ranking bulls on Net Merit. If you would like more information on that decision, check the August 10 issue on page 515.
In the Red and Whites, we listed the Top 10 Red bulls and the Top 10 Red Carrier bulls by Net Merit. We made similar Top 10 lists for the Guernseys and Ayrshires. The Top 3 Milking Shorthorns are ranked by Net Merit since only three active bulls had positive Net Merit evaluations.


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Author(s): A. Z. Badros, R. Vij, T. Martin, J. A. Zonder, A. F. Wong, T. Woo, K. Boussina, Z. Wang, R. Niesvizky
Background: Renal impairment (RI) affects >50% of patients (pts) with multiple myeloma (MM). It confers shorter survival and prevents adequate dosing by exacerbating drug side effects. Carfilzomib (CFZ) is a selective proteasome inhibitor with established single-agent activity in pts with relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) MM (even in the bortezomib-refractory setting), including those with moderate RI.
Methods: This open-label, multicenter phase II trial enrolled pts with MM and varying degrees of RI (Table). Pts received CFZ 15 mg/m2 IV on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 every 28 d for cycle (C) 1, escalating to 20 mg/m2 in C2 and 27 mg/m2 in C3. After response assessment, pts failing to achieve > PR by C2 or CR by C4 could receive dexamethasone 40 mg/week. Study objectives included PK, safety, pharmacodynamics (proteasome inhibition in blood and PBMC [PDn]), and efficacy (overall response rate [ > PR; ORR], clinical benefit response [ > MR; CBR] stable disease (SD) > 6 wk, duration of response, and time to progression).
Results: To date 39 pts have been enrolled. Pts received a median of 5 prior therapies (range 2-10). 97% had received bortezomib; all had received > 1 immunomodulatory agent; 67% had prior stem cell transplant. Thus far, 22 pts received a median of 3 C (range 1-10+); 9 have completed > 6 C. Side effects (AEs), including grade (G) 3/4 AEs (apparently independent of renal status), are presented in the Table. No QT/QTc prolongations were seen. PK/PDn were similar across all groups; CFZ was undetectable in plasma within 3 h (t3/4= 30-60 min) and did not accumulate after 2 C. Proteasome inhibition 1 h post-dose ranged from 75-89% at doses of 15-20 mg/m2. The CBR was 37% (8 PR and 5 MR) with an additional 37% SD (n=13).
Conclusions: Pts with MM and substantial RI can receive CFZ without dose adjustment. Responses are encouraging and toxicity is mild and manageable.


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"look at the size of that thing -
it's ginormous!"
it's ginormous!"
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overly large. taken from the words "gigantic" and "enormous" to form "ginormous."
Kid 1: Gee, paw. That cow sure has a ginormous utter.
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Paw: MOOOOOOOOOO!
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Humorously outsized.
"...he's only five foot three, but he drives around in this ginormous car."
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a combination of gigantic and enormous. more than very large. immense.
That horse has a ginormous wang.
লিখেছেন- Ashley 20 de ফেব্রুয়ারি de 2005
Word meaning Giant and Enormous at the same time.
Those titties are Ginormous!
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A word used when "gigantic" or "huge" or eve "enormous" just isn't big enough.
Dude, that house is ginormous!
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Something that is really, really big.
As Buddy says in the movie "Elf," "Have you seen these toilets? They're GINORMOUS!"
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All who work hard are worthy of respect
During my working career, spanning many years, I have come across numerous people with the same arrogant and ignorant attitude as a recent letter writer. She strikes me as the type of person who must belittle and degrade others to make herself feel superior, stating that medical professionals deserve more respect and different treatment than the "aides" and "mop jockeys." I can assure her that the "aides" and "mop jockeys," as she refers to them, don't deserve any less respect than the doctors, nurses, lawyers, engineers, teachers, construction workers, etc., that exist in our country. No one should be ashamed or made to feel ashamed of making an honest living. Who is she to judge people by their occupation?
I have seen many bad people continue to advance and succeed in spite of their bad deeds, and many good people fail for nothing more than being victims of circumstance. So, if you must judge others, why not base it on the content of their character rather than their level of occupation? I think it would behoove the writer to understand that medical professionals are not gods and they sometimes fail in their jobs and when they do, sometimes good people die, regardless of their occupation.
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Kitchen Nightmares is back for a second helping of shouting, cattiness and delusion at the notorious Amy's Baking Company. When the reality series returns Friday, April 11 for a two-hour premiere (8/7c, Fox), Gordon Ramsay will once again try to get through to the Scottsdale duo who made headlines for their shady business practices and angry outbursts on social media. Spring TV 2014: Must-watch new showsBut will Amy and Samy be more open to criticism this time around? Let's just say we think Chef Ramsay is a glutton... for punishment. Get your first look at the episode below and decide for yourself:
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Published May 30, 2013
Richard P. Shaw, professor emeritus of civil engineering, died May 19 in Sarasota, Fla. He was 79.
Shaw joined the UB faculty in 1962 as an associate professor in the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies. He was promoted to full professor in 1969 with joint appointments in the departments of Engineering Science, Nuclear Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. He joined the Department of Civil Engineering—now the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering—in 1980.
Shaw specialized in the field of boundary integral equation methods, a technique regarded as an important engineering-analysis tool with applications in all branches of engineering and science. His expertise in the field earned him an Eminent Scientist Award from the Computational Mechanics Institute in 1988.
His other research interests included structural dynamics, geophysical fluid and solid mechanics, acoustics and ocean engineering. He studied tsunamis at the Joint Tsunami Research Effort in Honolulu and was a program manager for environmental forecasting at the National Science Foundation's International Decade of Ocean Exploration.
He retired from UB in 1996.
Shaw earned a BS in applied mathematics, cum laude, from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; an MS in engineering mechanics (civil engineering ) from Columbia University; and a PhD in applied mechanics (civil engineering) also from Columbia.


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Teleconference with members of the IMF Advocacy Team and a panel of patients who have recently served as advocates:
Arin Assero, Christine Murphy, Michael and Robin Tuohy, and Jerry Walton.
In the fourth and final Myeloma Awareness Month 2009 teleconference, Arin Assero, Director of the IMF Advocacy Program, Christine Murphy, IMF Director of Government Affairs, and a panel of patients and caregivers, Michael and Robin Tuohy and Jerry Walton, discuss the importance of advocacy in the myeloma community, the experiences of patients and caregivers as myeloma advocates, and health reform's impact on myeloma patients.
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One who is emerging from the closet, but is unsure of his/her self because of others reactions.
Ryan Seacrest is such a flaming homost.
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Describes the borderline gay things a straight man says, does, watches, or thinks. Someone who may not be a homo, but almost.
"James is watching the Bachelor"
"Is he Gay?"
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"Is he Gay?"
"No, but he is Ho-most"
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A gentleman who is North of Metrosexual but South of Homosexual.
Sure he seems overly concerned about his appearance and he's pretty "huggy" but his wife insists he's straight, he's just homost. bi metrosexual homosexual gender neutral
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someone you think might be gay but really isn't
The men who flirted with Travis were always disappointed to learn that he was married, and therefore a homost.
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The homo-est thing ever.
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Cells seeded onto standard tissue culture plates grow in two dimensions, whereas cells in the body grow three dimensionally. To better mimic in vivo cell growth and behavior, 3D Biotek develops and sells three-dimensional (3-D) scaffolds for cell culture work. Researchers are using the 3-D scaffolds for drug screening, tissue engineering, and stem cell research.
While working at another biotechnology company, Qing Liu, Ph.D., searched for scaffolds for cell culture experiments but could not find satisfactory commercial products with well-controlled pore sizes and structures. "That's how I got the idea to start 3D Biotek; I wanted to make our own," says Dr. Liu, CEO. He started the company in 2007 with Wing Lau, Ph.D., COO.
The three-year-old company is already attracting attention. The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently selected its 96-well compatible 3-D polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds as the standard reference tool for the development of 3-D scaffold-based products.
Compared to two-dimensional (2-D) scaffolds, cells growing on 3-D scaffolds have significantly more viability, increased extracellular matrix secretion, and longer proliferation periods, Dr. Liu says. Because the scaffolds resemble the cell growth environment of the human body, cells growing on them give more physiologically relevant results, he adds. The tiny connected pores allow nutrients and waste products to be efficiently obtained and eliminated. The scaffold materials are transparent, so cells can be viewed with an inverted light microscope and fluorescent microscopy.
The company offers two types of scaffolds made from either polystyrene, a polymer used in traditional cell culture plates, or PCL, a biodegradable polymer used in many FDA approved implants, drug delivery devices, and sutures. PCL is also widely used for tissue-engineering research involving bone/cartilage, tendon/ligament, liver, nerve, skin, and cardiovascular cells.
All scaffolds are made from animal-free materials, and no cytotoxic organic solvents such as chloroform are used in fabricating them. The 3-D precision microfabrication technology reportedly guarantees uniform pore size throughout a scaffold, ranging from 200 to 500 microns. 3D Biotek's microfabrication technology insures the reproducibility of the porous structures from batch to batch, Dr. Liu explains. The company also offers services to customers who want to fabricate biomedical devices with controlled internal porous structures.
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Monday, April 28, 2014
Patrolman First Class Marc Bailey grew up in Summerville, attended Pinewood Prep and graduated from Summerville High School.
The 32-year-old comes from generations of community service givers so its no surprise he has followed the path.
After joining the U.S. Army in the aftermath of 9/11, he spent four years in the service.
In 2005, he went to work in sales for the food and beverage industry for a while.
With the economy starting to tank, he says he looked at law enforcement as a financially secure career. So he went to work in 2008 for Harleyville Police and then, in 2010, came to Summerville Police Department.
Although he may have chosen law enforcement for the steady paycheck, police work is part of his DNA, as is community service. His maternal great grandfather was chief of police here and his grandfather was city engineer and served on both the town and county councils.
His mother, Margaret, was a dispatcher, reserve police officer and is currently the Registrar of Deeds for Dorchester County.
Bailey began his SPD career in patrol and is currently in traffic.
We kill more people on our roads in South Carolina, than by any other means other than natural death, he says. If I can make a difference by locking up impaired drivers, it is worth it.
Bailey is certified in Radar/Lidar, Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST), DataMaster, and ARIDE Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement. He is also a DRE Drug Recognition Expert.
He is an SFST instructor, is certified in three phases of collision reconstruction and has earned the state title of Traffic Safety Officer. He is also certified in pedestrian/bicycle accident reconstruction.
He is almost certified as a motorcycle crash reconstructionist and as a speed measuring device instructor, and will be taking the basic instructor development course in June.
By August or September, he says, he will have earned his Traffic Safety Instructor certification.
His short-term goal, he says, is to be a sergeant in the traffic unit.
His long-term goal? I would like to be chief or sheriff.
If I could afford to live on state congressional pay, I would like to be a congressman.
His worst experiences, he says, are death notifications especially someone killed by an impaired driver.
His best experiences are getting to see where we make a difference in someones life.
Such as a couple of years ago when he dealt with a woman being abused by her husband.
I was called out on that call and I sat down and talked with her she finally left and is now leading a happy life.
Bailey owns his home and shares it with human and canine roommates. The canine is a Rottweiler, Kip, who is 7. His human roommate has been his best friend since they were kids.
Bailey plays rock guitar acoustic and electric and loves to ride four-wheelers.
He doesnt, however, have a lot of free time.
My roommate and I own our own business, he explains, 911 Homecare landscaping and stuff.
He says hes been known to cook, enjoys it and is good at it.
I enjoy reading, nonfiction, and playing sports.
He played baseball and soccer in school. He loves watching college football and is a Clemson Tigers fan after all, his granddad went to Clemson.
He likes to hunt and fish but says he doesnt have much time for it any more.
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Seahawks land Matt Flynn, Dolphins trying to sign Alex Smith
The Seattle Seahawks have found their next quarterback while the San Francisco 49ers are still trying to lure theirs.
The Seahawks signed free agent Matt Flynn to a three-year, $19 million contract on Sunday, with $10 million in guarantees. The initial report was that Flynn received a base of $26 million, but the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel confirmed that the actual number was $19 million.
Meanwhile, the Denver Post reports that the Dolphins are trying to attract Smith with a salary that would pay him $8 million annually. Miami, which was also courting Flynn, is in a major bind at quarterback and is running out of options on the free agent market. Multiple sources tell the Miami Herald that the only way Smith would sign with the Dolphins is if the 49ers (Smith's former team) agrees to terms with Peyton Manning.
But the two teams that are reportedly the front-runners for Manning are the Titans and Broncos, whom Peyton has worked out for this past week. Thus, if Smith winds up back with San Francisco then the Dolphins could be left with someone like free agent David Garrard, who spent last season out of football following his release from the Jaguars. (Garrard will be in Miami on Monday to visit the Dolphins and then is expected to meet with the Rams.)
Smith completed 273 of his 445 attempts last season for 3,144 yards and 17 touchdowns while leading the 49ers to the NFC championship game. He's played his entire six-year career with San Francisco after he was selected with the first overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.
Flynn, meanwhile, caught the attention of several teams last season when he completed 31 of 44 passes for 480 yards and six touchdowns in a 45-41 win over the Lions in Week 17 of the regular season. We'll the Seahawks could allow incumbent starter Tarvaris Jackson and 2011 backup Charlie Whitehurst to battle Flynn in camp, the former Packer is favored to start next year for Seattle.
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Season 2012/2013
If we wanted to devise an "overriding theme" for our programme for the coming season, it could well be "love stories and marriages".
In the "Waltz Dream", Lieutenant Niki is seeking an adventure as a diversion from marriage, just like the Count in the "Marriage of Figaro"; for Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi, the stage serves as a continuation of their private quarrels by other means – providing us with plenty to chuckle over in "Kiss me, Kate". An excursion to the moon offers the characters in Lincke's "Frau Luna" an opportunity to shake off old commitments and embark upon new adventures, and even – irritatingly – to re-encounter liaisons they believed to have been shaken off long ago. Comedy with serious undertones is to be found in "The Bartered Bride", in which Hans does not for one moment consider actually selling his beloved, and "The Poacher", in which Baculus certainly does think about something of the kind …
Our two ballet premieres, "Bluebeard's Secret" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream", are also very much to do with the sorrows and joys of marriages which are about to take place or have already been concluded.
It would, however, perhaps be putting too much strain on our "theme" to try to make it include our other two premieres: "Kreation und Tradition" is a ballet programme dedicated to the interface between "old" and "new" dance forms.
Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen" (performed in one evening in Loriot's abbreviated version) is certainly concerned with love and marriage, but also with almost all the other great themes affecting mankind.


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WELLSVILLE - The Tigers brought home the title.
The Wellsville volleyball team earned a 25-3, 25-9, 25-5, victory Tuesday night over visiting Leetonia to wrap up the ITCL Lower Tier title.
With the win, the Tigers are now 18-3 on the season overall, and they are 11-0 in the league.
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Edison's Katie Davidson spikes the ball against Steubenville Tuesday night at the Crimson Center. Also pictured are Edison's Kylie Smith (2), Caitlin Brenstul (22) and Katelyn Pollock (25). (Photo by Mike Mathison)
"It's nice," veteran Wellsville head coach said about winning the league title. "It's three in a row. It's the first time we have won out right. We have shared it before, so that is nice.
"It just shows how hard the kids have worked and the effort they have put forth. The would like to finish the league undefeated, and we will look to do that on Thursday.
"We will keep going forward from there into the state tournament which starts next week."
For Wellsville, Shayna Hamilton tallied 27 assists, Maleya Fultz finished with four aces and three kills and Sarah Skinner recorded eight aces and 13 kills.
Also, McKenna Pierson ended up with two aces, five kills and two assists, Jayla Martin netted eight kills and Mystic Beatty collected four aces.
There was no JV match.
Wellsville plays Thursday at Lowellville.
Oak Glen d. Wheeling Park, 25-13, 25-6, 25-9
NEW MANCHESTER - The Golden Bears took down the Patriots.
The Oak Glen volleyball team improved to 26-3 on the season with a 25-13, 25-6, 25-19 victory Tuesday night at home over Wheeling Park on Senior Night.
For the Golden Bears, Sydney Kell tallied 14 points, 49 sets, 20 assists, three spikes, one kill and three digs, Lacee Porter recorded seven points, two aces, 13 spikes, eight kills and three digs and Morgan Poling produced 10 points, 12 spikes, seven kills, seven blocks and two digs.
Also, Abby Tice collected 16 points, five aces, six spikes and eight digs, Vanessa Hissam added 14 spikes, seven kills and one dig and Jessica Stivason netted 14 spikes, five kills and three blocks.
Next, Jessica Hutton ended up with seven spikes, Kaitlyn Smith contributed one point and five digs and Carissa Williams scored four points to go along with 74 sets and 34 assists.
Finally, Madison Juszczak delivered four spikes and three kills, and Logan Andrews finished with one spike.
Oak Glen won the JV match, 25-12, 25-21.
Brianna Evans and Emmy Delekta each tallied eight points.
Beaver Local d. Struthers, 25-13, 21-25, 25-12, 25-20
CALCUTTA - The Beavers tamed the Wildcats.
The Beaver Local volleyball team won the final two games of the match to defeat Struthers, 25-13, 21-25, 25-12, 25-20, Tuesday night at the Beaver Dome.
The Beavers are now 11-8 on the season.
For Beaver Local, Sierra Wright recorded five aces, 23 points, 14 digs, 12 sets, six assists, five spikes, three kills and four blocks, Nevada Dobbs delivered two aces, 10 points, three digs, 10 spikes, 23 kills and seven blocks and Ali Buchheit tallied four aces, seven points, eight digs, 41 sets, 19 assists, nine spikes, three kills and four blocks.
Also, Mackenzie Davis scored six points to go along with one ace, 11 digs, 14 sets and 10 assists, Danna Talbott collected two points, 15 digs, nine spikes, nine kills and three blocks and Sierra Jones netted one dig, two spikes, two kills and two blocks.
Finally, Miranda Turkovich chipped in with three digs, six spikes and two kills, Laini Roberts added five aces, 23 points and 14 digs and Tannar Dolhun ended up with four spikes, three kills and six blocks.
Beaver Local won the JV match, 25-8, 25-14.
For the Beavers (15-4), Ashton Roberts ended up with eight points and two kills and Sam Kendall and Courtney Messenger both recorded six points.
Beaver Local plays today at home against Austintown Fitch on Senior Night.
South Range d. East Palestine, 25-16, 25-17, 22-25, 25-10
EAST PALESTINE - The Raiders caged the Bulldogs.
The South Range volleyball team won the first two games of the match en route to a 25-16, 25-17, 22-25, 25-10 victory Tuesday night at East Palestine.
For the Raiders (13-7, 8-50, Lynnie Ritter recorded 12 kills and five blocks, Jordan Youngs delivered 23 digs, two aces and nine points and Ashley Shetter tallied 12 kills, 18 digs 12 points and two aces.
For the Bulldogs (6-13, 2-11), Carley Sansenbaugher recorded 12 kills, 18 blocks and 13 digs, Megan Brown ended up with 22 assists and four points and Logan Gatchel tallied 10 points and four kills.
South Range won the JV match, 25-15, 25-11.
Potters sweep Panthers
EAST LIVERPOOL - The East Liverpool 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams earned a sweep Tuesday night over visiting Buckeye Local.
The Potters won the 7th grade match, 25-10, 25-15.
For East Liverpool (8-7), Kiandria Cowart contributed 12 points, and Aerienn Brown netted nine points.
East Liverpool won the 8th grade match, 25-15, 25-9.
For the Potters (11-4), Emily Green netted 12 points, and Lauren Cunningham and Gabbi Rinehardt each tallied four points.
East Liverpool plays today at Harrison Central. It is the final match of the regular season for the Potters.
Beavers sweep Colts
CALCUTTA - The Beaver Local 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams swept Wellsburg Tuesday night at home.
The Beavers won the 7th grade match, 25-5, 25-17.
Sydney Voorhees scored seven points to lead the way for Beaver Local.
The Beavers won the 8th grade match, 25-20, 19-25, 25-3.
Bailee Rinestine ended up with 18 points, and Dakota Heaton netted 10 points for Beaver Local.


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Garden Open on Fridays from 8 am until 8 pm
NASHVILLE, TN, June 27, 2012 – Cheekwood is pleased to announce the addition of extended garden hours on Fridays in July. Visitors will be able to enter beginning at 8 am and stay until 8 pm on applicable Fridays as well as the already scheduled Thursdays. Normal gate fees apply.
"We heard from our visitors that they enjoy coming to our Thursday extended hours so we decided to give them another day to experience our beautiful gardens as well as the fantastic Treehouses exhibition," said Jane Offenbach., Cheekwood's President/CEO.
Cheekwood will remain:
OPEN Thursdays from 8 am until 8 pm in July. Gardens AND Museum.
OPEN Thursdays from 8 am until 8 pm in July. All other normal hours as listed below. Garden ONLY.
CLOSED MONDAY, except for Memorial Day and Labor Day
CLOSED Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day and the second Saturday in June
The Pineapple Room and Gift Shop will be open during regular business hours.
Botanic Hall will remain open from 8 am – 8 pm on Thursdays and Fridays offering restroom access.


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She didn't get a gift for her brother because she spent too much time Christmacrastinating on Facebook.
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HI All,
We just got back as well and boy are there so many opinions on HANA, the roadmap, etc. We decided to place this topic and group all questions we've read from earlier posts along with what other customers were saying and asking.
1. Does SAP HANA replace BI?
The way we look at this is BWA came out around 4-6 years ago (if we recall correctly). Of the 15,000+ customers that have BI installed, how many adopted BWA (have implemented and using)? Can this same conversion rate be said for HANA (meaning only a certain % of customers that either have BWA already or don't have BWA (so never implemented BWA) will implement HANA)?
It sounds like there will almost be 2 Data Warehouse solutions with SAP going forward. Traditional BI the way it exists now and then HANA. With HANA you get real-time data and instant query performance. From what we've read and heard this past week a "HANA BI" will be a new set of tools to develop reporting solutions. Now, how about all the transformation that currently occurs in traditional BI. Updating to a cube there is most of the time some transformation, lookups, that happen to create a record. Sure, HANA is in memory, but this same type of data transformation must happen to create a single record in some type of "InfoProvider" that BOBJ can read from and display in, for example, SAP Dashboarding, Crystal, Webi.
I have not seen or heard one explanation into the "SAP HANA" Data Warehouse approach. Can someone comment regarding this most important point 1?
2. Will SAP continue 5-10 years down the road to support "Traditional BI"?
We don't see moving to HANA. Sure concept sounds great, but we didn't see the need for BWA (data volume just not there) and we don't see the need for HANA. We have less than 1% of our BI applications we need updated more regular than nightly. So these exception solutions we load several times throughout the day. This works for us.
3. What does this mean for our RDBMS, meaning ORACLE?
Does HANA mean customers using ORACLE, for example, can remove this hardware piece altogether in the future? Side note: If your ORACLE, what in the world are you thinking?
4. Is HANA going to be adopted and implemented more quickly on the ECC side than BI side first?
We assume SAP will concentrate on the ECC side first, thus maybe making a decision to go to HANA a possibility. We really only hear what it does for BI, not ECC.
We could be confused, as everyone else, but I think the above would really clarify things for many.
Please comment.
My thoughts on your questions.
1. "Updating to a cube there is most of the time some transformation, lookups, that happen to create a record. "
Next question then: Do we need a Cube (Star schema) in HANA ? As Thomas Zurek blog says , there is not confirmed answer YES or NO for this question.
Apparently with HANA 1.0 SP3 (scheduled for Q4 2011), SAP will make clear the way forward for business warehouse modelling tools in HANA.
2. Will SAP continue 5-10 years down the road to support "Traditional BI"?
SAP should tell us this, but I think traditional BI will be around for coming 5 years. 10 years is too big time
3. In all SAP presentations so far(2 of them ) I see that HANA is replicated from DB(ECC or BW or third party) or loaded from DB(as in extraction). So I think ORACLE continues. (If you are Oracle you can feel safe)
Edited by: SOBIN GEORGE on May 21, 2011 11:30 PM
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3. What does this mean for our RDBMS, meaning ORACLE?
Very interesting question. For a long time, SAP has supported competitive products to Oracle offerings. In my view, this was to give SAP and its customers options other than the major database vendors, and to give itself an out in the event that contract negotiations with a major vendor went south. So in a sense, HANA can be seen as maintaining this alternative offering.
Of course, SAP says HANA is more than that, and I think they are right. Analytic DBMSes have been relatively slow catching on and as SAP's business slants more and more towards BI, the fact is that the continued use of traditional RDBMSes in BI and DW contexts has done a lot of damage by making it difficult to achieve good performance. It's a lot easier to sell fast reports than slow reports So that is another driver.
Personally, I don't agree with SAP's rhetoric about HANA being revolutionary or changing the industry. The technologies and approaches used in the ICE are not new, as far as I have seen. As far as changing the industry, I'm reserving judgement on that until SAP releases some repeatable benchmarks against competing products. I doubt that HANA will significantly outperform competitive columnar in-memory databases like Exasol and ParAccel.
If you are Oracle, you have a rejuvenated, and perhaps slightly more frightening competitor. I don't think anyone really thought that MaxDB was a danger to Oracle, but HANA holds more potential as a competitor to Exadata. Licensing discussions could get interesting.
4. Is HANA going to be adopted and implemented more quickly on the ECC side than BI side first?
Everything I have seen has indicated that SAP will be driving adoption in BI/Analytic scenarios first and then in the ECC/Business Suite scenario once everyone is satisfied with the stability of the solution. Keep in mind, the first version of HANA is still in ramp-up. SAP is usually very conservative in certifying databases to run Business Suite applications.
Ethan Jewett wrote:
> If you are Oracle, you have a rejuvenated, and perhaps slightly more frightening competitor. I don't think anyone really thought that MaxDB was a danger to Oracle, but HANA holds more potential as a competitor to Exadata. Licensing discussions could get interesting.
Your right, most people probably never thought that MaxDB would be much of a competitor to Oracle. However as an Oracle DBA for the past 16 years, all I can say is once you go MaxDB ... you dont go back .... its fantastic.
CM wrote:
> 1. Does SAP HANA replace BI?
From the context I understand you mean "BW"? That's the one I tried to address earlier already: http://bit.ly/fp3Pmt
> 2. Will SAP continue 5-10 years down the road to support "Traditional BI"?
Interesting question, but I believe it is impractical. The question that has more speculation and therefore intriguing potential would be if SAP will continue HANA when particular people leave the company.
> 3. What does this mean for our RDBMS, meaning ORACLE?
It means you will need to do re-evaluation at some point of time. I doubt you would do anything else right now with Oracle or any other database just because of the current status of HANA.
> 4. Is HANA going to be adopted and implemented more quickly on the ECC side than BI side first?
From the SAP roadmap pov the answer is known: BW - first, Business Suite apps - later. But what intriguing me is "why in this order?" From my POV new database ([IMDB|http://bit.ly/ikpwQp] in this case) is much easier to be certified for ERP than for BW, so the answer should be in little value of running ERP on in-memory just for the sake of performance, without realizing the ultimate value of having one DBMS for OLTP and OLAP processing.
I would like to hear others' opinions on this last one.
But what intriguing me is "why in this order?" From my POV new database (IMDB in this case) is much easier to be certified for ERP than for BW, so the answer should be in little value of running ERP on in-memory just for the sake of performance, without realizing the ultimate value of having one DBMS for OLTP and OLAP processing.
I would like to hear others' opinions on this last one.
I haven't seen too much about IMDB, but from a personal theoretical standpoint I have to disagree. It should be much easier to certify IMDB as a database for BW than for ERP:
- ERP systems are the most complex databases I have ever encountered, the read and write accesses are highly concurrent and with a hefty mix of sequential and random IO. Additionally the workload differs during the day and during the week. There can always be sudden peaks e.g. by dialog, RFC, update or batch processes. If you compare that with the mostly read-only BW systems and their (planned!) harmless sequential mostly INSERT writes, that is almost kid's play.
- ERP systems are the most business critical: if you lose or corrupt your ERP data you can watch your company go down, but downtime or even lost data on BW would be less catastrophic
- SAP is following a great evolutionary approach:
1. add BWA to a BW system
2. add HANA as a Super-BWA to a BW system
3. replace the BW database with IMDB
4. replace other Netweaver databases with IMDB
5. replace the BW + ERP database with IMDB and run both BW + ERP on ONE IMDB instance, thereby eliminating the painful data-load process
So SAP is on the right track, they build up trust in the In-Memory technology on the way and tackle the problems with increasing difficulty. This reminds me of the Kaizen philosophy.
Hi Vitaliy,
We were hoping you would respond
We missed your answer to our question #1...very nice and just what we thought. In some cases "HANA BW" will be the answer, in other cases "Traditional BW (as it is now..with perhaps BWA) and can even be a combination of the 2 where BW sits on top of HANA.
We were wondering what you meant specifically regarding this statement you made:
"The question that has more speculation and therefore intriguing potential would be if SAP will continue HANA when particular people leave the company."
Could you clarify this statement?
CM wrote:
> We were wondering what you meant specifically regarding this statement you made:
> "The question that has more speculation and therefore intriguing potential would be if SAP will continue HANA when particular people leave the company."
> Could you clarify this statement?
I am excited with this technology, it does not fit to me into SAP story... Talking Map/reduce and 3 levels of CPU cache to C-suites during SAPPHIRE keynote?? Something does not fit for me. Let me shut up here.
Something does not fit for me.
is this sentiment felt in SAP's internal halls as well? from my point of view, it's very fitting, but i agree that succession is not all that clear, but not yet impossible.
this thread should be leveraged at least to the blog level, but again, it may be better to muse about it here, in a forum.
Wow. A wealth of information here. EXCELLENT!!!! Please keep it coming.
I have been wondering for a while, what this new technology/platform means for Basis Architects like myself. Its quite unclear if there is going to be some kind of a technology course/certification for this.
I hope the learned can shed some light on this topic.
Oh, this means very much for Basis folks, especially those who were not affraid of DBA tasks in the past. And if you have experience with TREXAdmin already, especially for BWA - managing IMDB will be somehow familiar for you.
Thanks Vitaliy. It brings me to my next qsn. How can I get my hands on this? Is this currently only in Ramp up phase available only for Ramp Up partners? I heard that SAP is now working with DELL, to integrate HANA with the cloud.
How would one go about to get some exposure on this new technology?
No worries, it will hit you sooner or later
Indeed it is in Ramp-up only currently, although I saw some trainings popping-up then disappearing and popping again.
For the "HANA CloudApps" pre-announcement - that's my biggest confusing for the moment. I am waiting as well for the answer from SAP if this meant to be DB-as-a-Service or just play with the buzz...
Hi everyone,
Many have added what they know and it's been a great discussion. Based on reading more blogs, forums, presentations, etc... Here are some more thoughts:
We see one presentation that states basically the vision is HANA will replace the DB (in time) for your ERP, CRM, BI, APO, etc solution to run on (everything really). All real-time data and of course great query performance (like BWA and now Sybase IQ that we just read about). So the questions are:
1. What is the difference between BWA, Sybase IQ and HANA? Are BWA and Sybase the same (column storage for query performance) only (and the answer we believe is yes for both (we know BWA is) and HANA delivers this query performance advantage along with real-time data that BWA and Sybase IQ cannot deliver?
2. Why would SAP position HANA as a, eventual, DB replacement and build the Information modeler where you can build a data warehouse? Is it a end-all solution for your entire ERP and BI solutions? If it's a DB basically, or positioned this way, why spend the time building tools to build a EDW? Wouldnt' they want you to puchase HANA as the "DB" and put BW on top?
3. Why would any new customer purchase BW with HANA available (maybe some time before it delivers exactly what a BW does), but with HANA having modelling tools you can build the EDW there, no need for a BW "on top". We don't get the BW "on top" we seen in presentations from SAP themselves.
4. With building a EDW in HANA itself, it appears the fontend tools would have to be BOBJ related like Crystal, Xcelsius (or dashboarding we think it's called now) and Webi? BEX, WAD, Query Designer are BW tools specifically. So is this a way to get the BOBJ licenses increased.
We've never seen a roll-out of the same, yet different, yet the same products before like this. The Sybase IQ we just read about from the earlier post. This in-memory technology has been around for some time it appears, it's nothing brand new. How are these 3 products working together, or don't they?
5. We brought this up before in that BWA has been out for around 5+ years now. Of the around 15,000 BW customers how many actually adopted/implemented BWA? We don't see much demand out there as far as companies looking for this skillset. Having said this, how many of the 15,000 existing BW customers will move to HANA? Just a guess, but something for conversation.
6. Finally, and disagree if you'd like, there is no doubts that there is no single solution that will fit every customer and their specific needs. We think, but not sure, that there is a place for all these solutions. Some being the following:
a. Standalone HANA for BW (mainly new customers with no existing BW)
b. HANA + BW "on top" (new solutions developed in HANA and either existing solutions left in BW as is or over time migrated to HANA
c. Standalone BW as it stands today (this is basically what we said earlier about how many existing BW customers will adopt HANA or stay on BW because the nightly dataloads meet their business needs). Not every customer, like a smart metering, airlines, retail need real-time data analysis.
Everyone please comment on some or all of the above.
Hi CM,
More quickly this time, as I don't have as much time I'll just answer your question by number to the best of my ability. Hopefully others will correct me if I get something wrong!
1. BWA = In-memory columnar store with no support for standard SQL/MDX interfaces, though it does support use of BObj Explorer.
Sybase IQ = Disk-based columnar database optimized for analytics and parallel processing, supporting pretty standard SQL interfaces.
HANA includes IMDB, and when talking about a database it is best to talk about the IMDB and not about "HANA", which also includes the Data Services & Replication Server ETL tools. So IMDB is an in-memory, columnar database supporting pretty standard SQL and MDX.
Sybase IQ and HANA are databases supporting SQL. HANA and BWA are "in memory". They are all columnar, MPP, and support significant compression gains over most row-based compression engines.
2. The roadmap has BW running on top of HANA in the late 2011 or 2012 time-frame, depending on the version of HANA this integration is approved for. The information modeler that comes with HANA isn't (in my view) a datawarehouse toolkit any more than the information modelers that come with Oracle or DB2 are. Can you build a datawarehouse using this tool? Yes. Should you use this tool when there are other tools offering better levels of abstraction available, like BW? I don't recommend it.
3. See answer to #2
4. I believe you need to buy BObj licenses for use with HANA just like you need to buy them for use with BW, but you should talk to your SAP account rep about this.
5. I don't have specific numbers on BWA adoption. I think it's been fairly high among large customers, just based on my experience. Regarding HANA, we'll see. People are still trying to figure out what HANA is, and in version 1.0 there is no native BW integration at this time.
6. I agree that there is a place for each of these products. They each serve different needs. Some of them will be used together (BW and HANA eventually), some will be used in parallel for different use-cases at the same customer (HANA & Sybase IQ might be one example), and some will fill different needs at different customers (HANA stand-alone as a reporting datamart for a small customer vs. BW as an enterprise datawarehouse for a large customer).
Hi Vitaliy,
One last question, do you know when "HANA BW" training will happen? This ICE Studio (at least a name we saw that will basically be the RSA1 of HANA if you will) will need to be known to build a reporting solution (Cube, DSO, or whatever the object will be in HANA).
This is available now:
To be fair though, this IDE will probably change drastically over the next 6, 8, 12 months. So unless you are in the Ramp-up program where you can play with it, there isn't much of an advantage to learning it....yet.
There was a webinar from Marc Bernard that spoke about the technical features that are planned. I wrote a blog highlighting the key areas that you may be interested in: (and link to the webinar)
Another intresting webinar from Uddav Gupta and Tom about the roadmap for HANA:
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Excellent thread and thanks for the discussion.
To add to the overall SAP BI confusion, SAP acquired Sybase, which has a so called in-memory component, used for BI and Analytics, named Sybase IQ.
There does not appear to have been any mention of Sybase IQ during the SAPPhire Keynotes on this, however the SAP / Sybase Sales Force is now conducting Webinars, positioning it in the BI / Analytics space.
I know, as I recently received an invitation to attend such an event, conducted by SAP, in our region.
Of course after the Sybase acquisition, they have an additional range of products to sell, IQ being one of them.
With this overall confusion on direction, it would appear to be a good time to draw breath and wait, until things shake out over the coming period.
Cheers, Phil Gleadhill.
I have heard that for legal reasons with HANA 1.0 that the Sybase Data Replication from ERP to HANA IMDB cannot be used if Oracle is the source SAP ERP Database layer.
Therefore with HANA 1.0, the only way to replicate data from ERP/Oracle into IMDB is via the HANA included Business Objects Data Services.
If the SAP ERP database is sy IBM DB2, or MaxDB, or MSSQL, apparently the same restriction does not apply.
(Think about the recent very public and expensive Oracle - SAP Litigation as a possible reason?)
Is anyone watching this from SAP or elsewhere able to confirm this as fact or not please, and if true also indicate if and when the restriction might be removed?
Cheers, Phil Gleadhill.
Phil, no need to listen to others Product Availability Matrix for HANA 1.0 Ramp-up was available at https://service.sap.com/pam right from the day one. We all need to stay tuned to what will be PAM for HANA 1.0 once it is in GA.
Thanks Vitaliy,
I have looked at the PAM for ramp-up HANA 1.0.
This appears to me as is normal with the PAM to show the database, operating systems and hardware platforms available for installation of the various application components for HANA itself.
My questions was not about which DB or OS the Sybase Data Replication component could reside on within HANA, but which source SAP ERP databases could be replicated from using this service.
So I think my question is still a valid one.
Cheers, Phil G.
Phil, as confusing as it can be this PAM exactly displays what you are looking for. On the "Database Platforms" tab it displays what databases are relevant for Sybase Rep Server Agent, which is HANA 1.0 component running on the database server of SAP Business Suite application. Here is your answer about Oracle, but as well about MS SQL and MaxDB.
Btw, Sybase Replication Server, which runs on HANA machine, uses Sybase SQL Anywhere database, what is not listed in the PAM.
Thanks Vitaliy,
Yes the PAM is more than normally confusing I agree in this case, but the word "Agent" makes it sort of clear I guess.
So SAP have limited Ramp-Up HANA 1.0 to DB2 Source ERP databases only. A relatively small target audience in the wider SAP world.
The real test will be, I agree will be for what is supported for GA in November then.
Cheers, Phil G.
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February 15, 2012 | More than a year ago, Oracle made a decision that while not unexpected within the HPC community was nonetheless met with no small measure of concern. In December 2010, Oracle announced that Grid Engine (a very popular life science cluster scheduler and distributed resource manager that Oracle inherited via its purchase of Sun Microsystems) would no longer be freely available as an open-source product.
Oracle's decision to make Grid Engine available only to commercially licensed customers left a large community of scientific and high performance computing users questioning the viability of their long term technical planning and HPC roadmaps.
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Is Grid Engine still relevant?
Back in 2010 I was less concerned with the future of resource management software as I was knee deep in several cloud projects and quickly saw firsthand how IaaS cloud platforms upend traditional scientific computing environments. Grid Engine enables multiple users, projects and groups to share the same infrastructure effectively. Why would this even be needed "on the cloud" where dynamically provisioning perfectly sized resources and infrastructure on a per-user or per-workflow basis is so trivial?
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Immediately after the Oracle announcement in December 2010, multiple people announced intent to "fork" the last available open-source codebase that Oracle had released, or take that code, and begin independent development of it, creating a distinct piece of software. Of the forks that were created, there were two in particular led by individuals with deep familiarity with Grid Engine internals. This provided significant comfort to people interested in the long term viability of the product as forking the code is simply not enough—viability depends on people with deep prior experience with the complex codebase.
Another major event occurred in January 2011 when Univa announced that it had recruited a number of Oracle employees, including key members of the Grid Engine development and product management team. These members would now be working on a new version of Grid Engine sold and supported by Univa. Seeing an additional commercial company actively investing in and supporting the future of Grid Engine was the final piece I needed to be personally convinced that Grid Engine still had a future.
So where are we in 2012?
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I'd be interested in hearing your stories. Have you switched from Grid Engine? To what? What other options are people looking at? I know within BioTeam, OpenLava is the next resource manager on our internal list of "to-try" items in the lab.
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Son of Grid Engine URL: https://arc.liv.ac.uk/trac/SGENews & Announcements: http://arc.liv.ac.uk/repos/darcs/sge/NEWSDescription: Baseline code comes from the Univa public repo with additional enhancements and improvements added. The maintainer(s) have deep knowledge of SGE source and internals and are committed to the effort. Future releases may start to diverge from Univa as Univa pursues an "open core" development model. Maintainers have made efforts to make building binaries from source easier and the latest release offers RedHat Linux SRPMS and RPM files ready for download. Support: Supported via the maintainers and the users mailing list.
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Univa Grid Engine URL: http://www.univa.com/products/grid-engineDescription: Commercial company selling Grid Engine, support and layered products that add features and functionality. Several original SGE developers are now employed by Univa. Evaluation versions and "48 cores for free" are available from the website.Support: Univa supports its own products.
Oracle Grid Engine URL: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/tools/oracle-grid-engine-075549.htmlDescription: Continuation of "Sun Grid Engine" after Oracle purchased Sun. This is the current commercial version of Oracle Grid Engine after Oracle discontinued the open source version of their product and went 100% closed-source. Support: Oracle supports their own products, a web support forum for Oracle customers can be found at https://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=859
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Your Fuel Assistance Application can be a one-stop application for other programs, services, and referrals.
Discount Programs:
You may be eligible for discounts on your gas and electric bills. The discounts range from 10--25% on the distribution charges. Some utilities require that the name on the bill is the same as the Head of Household on your fuel assistance application.
Weatherization Services:
Can install attic and/or wall insulation and perform air sealing measures to prevent heat loss from your home. View our flyer to learn more.
The Heartwap Program:
Provides heating system repair and replacement services to low-income households. Households that are eligible for LIHEAP with a gross annual income that does not exceed 60% of the estimated state median income are eligible for HEARTWAP services.
Citizens Energy (Joe Kennedy Oil):
If you're not eligible for Fuel Assistance and in financial hardship, or you've exhausted your benefits, we may be able to arrange an oil delivery for 100 gallons free. Check back for a start date for this program.


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Its two days but I felt the difference when cornering and quicker response steering. After riding on OEMS , I upgraded because the old one failed. I would recommended these shocks for anyone that wants a better without lowering your car.