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Booth Renting vs Commission employees
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Booth Renting vs Commission employees
Hi Guys,
As from my previous posts you might know that I am new to the nail salon business and I have a lot of questions.
I would like to know some of the benefits of renting booths or to have hired employees. As the salon will be new do you recomend having more or less booth rentals or more comissioned employees?
What are the benefits of having a booth rental vs comissioned employees for a new salon?
Thank you guys for your help.
Post: #2(Print Post)
Footie and Nailgirlerika are very knowledgable in this area. I hope they see your posts soon. You will at least be able to get a few different thoughts soon. Im a booth renter and I have no wishes to own a salon, maybe my own single person studio so I cannot say what the benefits are for each. I can say from a renter and previous employee stand point that I prefer being my own boss, setting my own hours, and menu, dress code and controlling my books, money, vacations and so on. But I also think there is something to be said for going to work, clocking in and having the stress of business on someone else's shoulders.
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Thank you sobeit.
I look forward to their answers.
Im looking for answers from an owners point of view.
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I've had my own salon and had employees and I'm a booth renter now.
the benefits of employees is that you know they're going to be there during certain times. You set the hours and they're going to work those hours. You can control the product and services, so you're able to maintain a certain level of quality control.
With a booth renter, you will get no income from them other than the weekly rent. Whether they work one day a week or 7, the rent remains the same unless you write it in the contract differently. You have no say so at all as to when they work. Most have a key and so can come and go on days the regular salon might be closed.
The salon I work in is set up in two sections, the main salon behind a different set of doors that are locked when the employees leave. The rest of the cubicles are in an adjacent larger room. They're set up like a mall, the rooms are 10x10 and we have keys to lock our rooms.
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From another post:
"I do not have experience in the nail business but i am business savy and my wife is very artistic and loves to deal with clients. I want to open a salon because it matches both my and my wifes skills, plus independence from the rat race."
Let me start by saying I am totally unfamiliar with Canada's laws and regs for licensing, taxes, etc...so I'm going to comment based on the information provided. If you have no training, and zero familiarity with the industry in which you are starting a business you should strictly booth rent and hire a manager who is licensed. If you are opening your own business to make mass amounts of money and have more time off, then in my opinion (no matter what the industry), you are starting a business for the wrong reason. You'd be better suited as a venture capitalist.
I also saw another post on asking for a sample business plan. There are many sites on the web which provide that information. SBA here in the states has quite a few useful tools on their website. Also, your banker and accountant can be good resources as well.
When you said that a nail bar matches your and your wife's skills, which skills would those be? That might provide us with more information that could help us guide you in the right direction.
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Thank you Donna and nailgirlerika for your answers.
Thank you Donna for the answers, I think I will only have 3-4 booth renters ( i do not like the idea of having anyone else coming in the salon after its closed but we will be open late anyways) to advertise the salon a little bit and to bring in the steady cash flow to cover the fixed costs. I also want to employ a more experienced nail tech that will help me and my wife run the salon. I also want to employ 2-3 newer nail techs who can be mentored by the more experienced Nail tech. I only look to pay the employees commission on both services and retail so if I make money, they make money.
The nail bar will be no more than 1000 square feet so its small and cozy with a homey feeling.
Please let me know if you think this employee and BR structure might be a good idea.
Thank you nailgirlerika for your response. I am thinking of hiring more BR now so that they bring in that cash flow.
As for the skills. My wife is really creative, she paints, she loves to deal with customers and has great customer experience, she loves fashion and everything around it. As for myself, I work in the banking industry, so I am good with numbers and financial statements.
I was having problems finishing the sales forecast spreadsheet bc I did not know how many services on average are being done per week or month, but i HAVE FIGURED IT OUT.
I am looking to open a nail bar for the creative aspect for my wife and for the business aspect for me. It blends both of our passions and its doable even if we know little about the industry (we are fast learners). I want to create a nail bar that has low overheads and can be easily re-created (yes I want to open more nail bars all over toronto).
The main reason people get into business IS making lots of money and independence (whether they succeed or not, that is a different story).
And do not go to your banker for this type of things because unless they can sell you something, you are waisting their time, trust me I know. Most bankers that you and me have access to are financially illiterate.
Thanks for the responses, your time is appreciated
Post: #7(Print Post)
Hi Manag00, I'm in the GTA, what area are you looking at to open your business? I admire your enthusiasm and drive I am self employed and have my own studio in Ajax. If neither you nor your wife have any experience in the nail business I would strongly suggest you hire a consultant to make sure you're going down the right path. You have to know who your competition is (and more importantly, who it is NOT). There are a few good nail bars in Toronto, I'm sure you've probably checked them out already. I wish you and your wife the best of luck !
Laura Merzetti
CND Education Ambassador
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Post: #8(Print Post)
Hi scratchmyback and thank you for your response. I would not mind working with a consultant however I do not want to spend an arm and a leg. Do you know the average fees for such a service?
I have looked at my competition and my "non-competition". I am leaning towards a nail bar that offers mani, pedi (axium and Shelac), waxing , facials and tinting. I am not looking to offer gels or acrylics for now. I know of few salons that do not offer those services and do fantastic.
I really like the ten spot in toronto and rouge in montreal. I will be going for that kind of "feel" for the salon.
I will not compete with the Vietnamese salons who do an aweful job, no comfort, no ambiance... you know the story.
Please let me know if you have checked out those salons and what you think. I would appreciate it.
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Ohh and to answer your question.. I am looking to open in the downtown area, maybe in th king east or queen east area, even queens quay area where there are the new developments.
What are your thoughts scratchmyback?
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Just wondering, as I don't think I saw it: is your wife a licensed nail tech? Or, if you don't require licensing in your area, does she have experience doing nails? If not, I definitely encourage her getting training--and it wouldn't hurt you to get a bit, as well. Not that you'd be doing any clients, but so you would know the lingo, so to speak. You'll need as much knowledge about the industry as possible!
Elyse in WA
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Post: #11(Print Post)
Hi again, I am familiar with the Ten Spot - that was along the lines of what I was hoping you were trying to achieve I don't know any local consultants, I totally get that you don't want to spend a lot on that, I suggested it only because neither of you have any background in the industry. I think you are talking about Leslieville -right? That would be a great choice I think, and yes Queen's Quay - but totally different clientele in both areas. Thinking of only the rent, I would assume it would be more affordable on Queen east. I'm also glad you understand what kind of business you want it to be, and who your market is.
Elyse, we don't require licensing here....but your suggestion is valid.
Laura Merzetti
CND Education Ambassador
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Post: #12(Print Post)
Thank you for replying scratchmyback.
The leslieville location is acctualy larger than I was thinking. I was going thinking about the queen west location. It small intimate and verrrrrryyyyy busy. The queen's quay location would be more expensive but it would also give me access to a more younger crowd, although the queen east is slowly starting to be like queen west (i live in king west liberty village).
Check out rouge in montreal http://www.rougenailbar.com if you have time, its really cool the way they have the layout set-up. They have expanded in 2 years to 3 locations.
Do you think the nail bars would be more profitable than you regular nail salons? Just cause it tailors to the hipper younger crowds.
PS. me and my wife do have it planned to attend courses nail tech courses.
Thank you again guys.
Post: #13(Print Post)
manag00 :
I also want to employ 2-3 newer nail techs who can be mentored by the
> more experienced Nail tech. I only look to pay the employees commission on
> both services and retail so if I make money, they make money.
Good luck with that. You expect nail techs to work as an employee on commission only just starting out and want an experienced tech to mentor as they work for no pay.
I'm not sure I understand your line of thought here but experienced nail techs with a client base will probably not be willing to share any of their income with you. The thought of them mentoring newbies is great but until you establish your salon, having techs expecting to be there certain hours with no clientele won't last long. Booth renting might be a better way to go if you build an attractive salon and offer a decent contract to an experience tech.
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Post: #14(Print Post)
OK, I kind of think you are working backwards. You're picking all great locations within the city, and you understand the market there, which is obviously important when you're opening a new business. But without a background in the industry, you're really going to need either a consultant, or find a nail tech who might want to partner with you and your wife (or someone you can pay to manage your business for you) because I can see you are struggling to understand some basic aspects of our industry already.
Any experienced nail tech with a following is not going to come and work for you unless you make it very attractive for them. They also will not be interested in mentoring anybody without extra compensation. You don't want a bunch of inexperienced nail techs working for you, as you struggle to find your niche. If they are only being paid commission, they won't last very long without someone to guide and mentor them. Without the background yourselves, you're going to need experience working for you, and that costs money, plain and simple. I know you're not planning on offering nail enhancements, just mani/pedi, gel polish, that kind of thing but still - you want competent people who can quickly and efficiently do a service with a minimum of supervision.
As far as nail technology courses, I know George Brown offers one, through the Yorkville School of Esthetics, very flexible hours, you can do days, evenings, weekends I think. Here is the link: http://coned.georgebrown.ca/owa_prod/cew...ode=PS0146
I didn't go there, but it's probably the most convenient for you.
Laura Merzetti
CND Education Ambassador
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Post: #15(Print Post)
This has been a fun thread to watch. You're in the banking industry but you think bankers are financially illiterate? Maybe you need to switch banks.
I have many friends who are successful business owners in a variety of industries. You have to have a passion for what you do, not just a passion for making money.
Being in the banking industry and a wife with good customer service skills...why the beauty industry? With those same qualifications and passions you could just as easily go open a restaurant, or a car dealership, or a hotel. Why the beauty industry?
Post: #16(Print Post)
Thank you for your reply nailgirlerika. I suppose you are living in the states so my following comment will be: why do you think the states is in the mess it is? most bankers are financially illiterate (most people for that matter are as well), the so called bankers you visit at your local branch are sales people not people who study finance and people who can give you advice on how to build a business plan, etc. I dont expect you to know this since you haven't worked in the banking industry. Anyways this is not a thread about banking so lets drop the debate.
I just want to say that me and my wife will be taking courses on mani/pedi so we will know the basics. What I am interested in knowing is: is it better to have, at the beginning, more booth renters and maybe one nail tech that knows how to do mani/pedi, waxing etc. and paid commission?
It seems like this is the best combination. The booth renters will bring in steady income and the nail tech will try to build clientele.
Just please let me know if that will be best.
Thank you
Post: #17(Print Post)
Here's the thing I'm not sure you're understanding, your booth renters will probably bring in their own clientel. Now, I don't know about there but here, once you get a pretty good clientel established, you generally go out on your own UNLESS the business you work for can provide incentive to stay an employee...that means, vaca time, sick time, paid con. ed. and even possibly ins.
Your booth renters will likely be better than your employee because it's mostly newbies looking for a quaranteed paycheck who are looking for that kind of position. With your b.r.'s better than your employees, it's going to be hard for employees to build a clientel. If you want to keep them, you'll need to pay a guaranteed salary which I'm thinking you don't want to do.
I would suggest you make the place really nice to attract the upper level of nail techs, but since you don't want to do gels or acrylics.....there'll be some that won't come becausse of that. So at best you'll only get beginners, imo, not good to start with.
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Hi Donna, thanks for the coment.
I understand what ou are saying. Do booth renters take walk-ins as well? If they do then yes the nail techs will have to compete with th B.r's. Im not looking to get nail techs straight out of school, I am looking for some experience but not where they have their own clients.
Do BR's stay in the salon even though they do not have any clients for they day?
I can offer soak-off gels, the menu has not been fully set in stone yet.
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Booth renters are responsible for their own business and yes, most will leave when they're finished for the day. The salon I'm in has a rule that all walk ins belong to the main salon. Only once it's been determined that none of the employees can do the client, does the recptionist will see if any of the b.r.'s can take the client. But, most of them are booked during that time and it's rare that they can.
The whole reason for being a b.r. is that a person can better control when they work and how much. As an employee, there's a lot of down time usually and since you're talking comm. only and no salary, that means time spent wasted making no money. So once the employee builds a clientel, then chances are really good they'll leave and take the clientel they've amassed with them. Money lost for you. I think the only way to avoid this would be to make a great place to work so they don't want to work anywhere else. Legally, the walk-in clientel belongs to the business but you sure can't stop them from leaving to follow a favorite tech.
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In the states, ( my only way to create an example) booth renters are self employed, only renting space you provide. Sometimes they even bring their own table, chairs, lamps on top of providing everything they need to service clients and run their business within you salon. There was an issue we discussed about keys for renters, and as a renter I would not rent someplace where I could notnhave access to MY belongings at all times. But u can understand salons not wanting people coming in when the shop is closed. But since a renter runs their own hours, what happens if they are busy until 9 pm? But you want to close up at 7pm. They need to make income so making it impossible to be there when they can make money could be an issue.
Renters will give a steady rent check ( if all goes well anyway ) but can also leave you high and dry. . Renters also own all the client information and are soley responsible for ads and building their clientele. You wouldnt be very welcome to control anything for a renter, from a renters view. I know I am not an owner, but I think I can bring some food for thought anyway.
Employees, they will rely on you to bring clients in, and you will be the one taking the financial burden of taxes and supplies, back bar and so on. Here employees provide their own tools like nail brush, nippers, clippers, while you provide products, nail files, chemicals, disinfectants. Renters supply all that on their own. As a renter I would take a walk in as long as I had an opening, but I would not sit around waiting for one all day every day. If I weren't as busy as I would like, I would hustle clients into my chair. ( I have been a tech for 18 years, I paid those dues of waiting and being available during my stated open hours, no I work by appointment only, unless a walk in comes in while I am open.) does that make sense?
There are benefits to both, my salon I rent in now has a few employees, and the rest are renters. The renters come and go within their own desired hours to work, we rent our space for the entire week, an do not share. I personally need my table available to me at all times. But some renters may share space, and work around each others time. That's up to you all.
If you want ultimate control over product, dress code, hours, prices, services and so on, then employees are for you. If your open to both, that's great too. And all renters, means your not booking their time ( unless things are different where you are ) and you don't get to set their rules of business practice. Kinda scary. Renter and employees alike want a nice, clean, appealing, great location to work in. Speaking from that employee, and now renter view. I know you want owner perspective.
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WOW, thank you Donna and sobeit. I learned sooo much from you guys. Thank you.
The location im looking to open in is downtown where there is high foot traffic (so I know B.R. will want to work in). The nail bar will have a very relaxed athmosphere and clients will want to come in. My wife is a very good decorator. The location will not be a problem and I know I can get B.R.'s to come and work there.
The work space will be a little different because I will not have pedicure chairs but sofas with portable trays and foot massager and soak (belava foot soaker and massager, if you know the product). this will allow me to use the sofas as manicure and pedicure spaces. I will have a long manicure bar where there will be 5-6 manicure spaces to work in. The nail bar will be something like http://rougenailbar.com
Let me know what you think about the idea.
thank you guys again.
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Very cool place to use as inspiration.
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manag00 :
> What I am interested in knowing is: is it better
> to have, at the beginning, more booth renters and maybe one nail tech that knows how to do mani/pedi, waxing etc. and paid commission?
> It seems like this is the best combination. The booth renters will bring in
> steady income and the nail tech will try to build clientele.
> Just please let me know if that will be best.
> Thank you
If you have mostly booth renters, they will be controlling your business, not you. You will only be collecting rent from them. Any clients the booth renters bring to the salon, will be theirs, not yours. The walk-in clients will be yours, and your employee can provide their services, and you can pay them commission.
If you need to have strict control over what services are offered, when they are offered, what products are used....then you want employees.
Laura Merzetti
CND Education Ambassador
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Post: #25(Print Post)
Okay; from reading this Post, I'd say, honestly, you need a Consultant..no offense. And yes, I'm considered "wet" behind the ears here because I'm newly minted as a Nail Tech, but in my old Career, I helped launch and build/develop businesses and I've owned businesses as well (just not a Salon). There are so many hidden costs in this Industry first starting out, and to get a real "picture" of what it all entails w/o being in the Industry for awhile...vs. just looking at architecture and demographics/etc. you need someone that's "been there, done that": Trust.
I wish you the very best of success, I truly do, I hope you blow the gates off all the busy places in your Neighborhood.
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It seems to me one of the shiniest bits about Almora is his "makeup", which I don't know how Cubs brass measures it, but they think he has lots of it. Also, since I've just recently looked through the MLB.com evaluation of Cubs prospects, Almora's defense gets the single highest score (75) of any Cubs prospect specific tool.
But look at where Addison
But look at where Addison Russell is in his career!!!!!!! They were in the same draft class!!!!!!! Almora is a disaster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL CAPS NEEDED!!!!!!!!
It's funny though because his
It's funny though because his maturity and fast track baseball instincts were supposed to be his strengths and he's moving slower than anyone in the system. That said I realize he was a HS'er and that he had injury trouble. Still ... he is a curious case.
The accent is on the second
The accent is on the second syllable.
al CAN ta ra.
When the accent is on the second syllable, you can barely hear the third syllable "a", but it is there.
I believe he has told people
I believe he has told people this year he wants it pronounced: Al-KAHN-trah. That's how it is noted here in this article: http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/cubs-arismendy-alca...
im just gonna call him "mike
im just gonna call him "mike stanton"
Well, if all the prospects
Well, if all the prospects pan out, I think that might be the first time in baseball history that will have happened. So adjustments to that lineup will need to be made at some point. I normally like Arguello over on the Trib blog area, but he wants the Cubs to pursue Chase Headley for some reason. Which goes to show why bloggers, reporters, and writers don't run the teams.
Pretty damn great basketball
I was at the Kane County
I was at the Kane County games on Weds and Thurs. Hannemann played on Thursday. He has got to be the fastest player in the Cubs system. Paniagua needs to be promoted. Schwarber is a beast and a real nice guy. Az. Phil, do you agree about Hannemann's speed?
Can't believe Kane County is
Can't believe Kane County is 60-30. They don't really have any top prospects on offense either. But their pitching has been ridiculously good.
Also, shit, Bonifacio 3-4 in Arizona on rehab. I suppose he needs to get back before he can be traded, so I should be hoping he gets back soon, but I really don't want to see Alcantara sent down to watch Bonifacio get picked off twice a game.
I also see Yorvit Torrealba played in another game in Arizona. I wonder what the plan is for him.
Shark got a 2 run lead before
Shark got a 2 run lead before taking the mound but still snake bit and takes the loss. AL record now is 1-1. Complete game though with 98 pitches through 8 IP.
Seattle 3 runs in 3 separate innings on a LoMo HR, a double, GO and SF, and back to back doubles with Cano getting the rbi.
On most days, a performance
On most days, a performance like that would mean a win for Oakland.
Agree. Also it was an "aces"
Agree. Also it was an "aces" matchup as he was going against King Felix.
per Rotoworld...
Hernandez ended up going eight innings and striking out nine in the win. It's the 11th straight start in which he's lasted at least seven innings and allowed no more than two runs. He's 11-2 with a 2.12 ERA and 154 strikeouts in 144 1/3 innings this season. He's fanned at least nine in nine of his 20 starts.
AZ Phil, can you give us some
AZ Phil, can you give us some scouting and background on AZL Cub pitchers Pedro Araujo, Yomar Morel and Jesus Castillo. Also your first impressions of Carson Sands. Thanks as always.
CUBSTER: Pedro Araujo reminds
CUBSTER: Pedro Araujo reminds me of Yoanner Negrin... crafty junk-ball pitcher whio gets results... 86-88 MPH fastball, curve, slider, change, varies arm slots... Yomar Morel works fast & throws strikes... features a 89-91 MPH fastball & a decent curve (his best pitch)... he's the closer at AZL Cubs but probably projects as middle-reliever at higher levels... Carson Sands throws a 90-92 MPH fastball, a curve that he can throw for strikes, and a deceptive change-up (doesn't give it away like some young pitchers do)... Jesus Castillo works at 91-93 and touches 94-95... secondary pitches need work...
You didn't ask about him, but LHP Andin Diaz is a name to remember, He throws consistently 94-95 (four-seamer) and touched 96 last week. Now that James Norwood has been moved up to Boise, Diaz throws the highest-velocity fastball at AZL Cubs (although Norwood gets nasty sink & run on his mid-90's gas). Diaz had his career sidetracked by a PED suspesion a couple of years ago (that's probably why he throws so hard), but he looks like it's "full steam ahead" now. Alberto Diaz is another LHRP at AZL Cubs (just got sent down from Boise) so it's easy to confuse the two names (both of them were also at Extended Spring Training), but Alberto is from Venezuela (Andin is from the Dominican Republic), Alberto is year or two older than Andin, Alberto is about 5'8 while Andin is 6'0, and Alberto has zero command.
BTW, the LHRP pipeline goes like this: Rosscup-Cervenka-McKirahan-Heesch-Wilson-Andin Diaz... all of them are decent prospects...
No Rob Zastryzny or Tyler
No Rob Zastryzny or Tyler Ihrig?
Q-MAN: Although I guess it's
Q-MAN: Although I guess it's possible that one or both could eventually be moved to the bullpen, I think both Rob Zastryzny and Tyler Ihrig will remain starting pitchers indefinitely. That would also apply to Chris Rusin, Eric Jokisch, Nathan Dorris, and a few other Cub LHSP prospects further down the pipeline.
Also, although they are LHRP, I don't believe that Jeffry Antigua, Jeff Lorick, Austin Kirk, Gerardo Concepcion, or Alberto Diaz have a long-term future in the organization.
Thanks Phil. I completely
Thanks Phil. I completely missed that you were talking about lefty relievers not just lefties in general.
I'm starting to like Ruggiano
I'm starting to like Ruggiano. Was getting sold before yesterday's game, too. Wasn't sold on him at first at all, but he's growing on me. I hope if teams really come calling for him they don't just give him away for a second tier prospect. The Cubs right now really have no outfielders with legit power, so trading him without filling that hole would be a real drag when it comes to watching this year's team.
I don't know how WAR works,
I don't know how WAR works, but shouldn't AA's be at like, +108?
Whatever. The BIG news is
Whatever. The BIG news is Vince Carter chooses the Grizzlies!!!!
With Rose coming back and
With Rose coming back and adding Gasol, McDermott, and Mirotic this has to be the most talented and deepest roster the Bulls have had during Thibodeau's tenure. I'm hoping Thibs can get in touch with his inner Popovich and ease back the minutes, particularly on Rose, Gasol, and Noah. A lot of new offensive talent, that I hope can play enough D that Thibodeau will at least let them see some court time.
AZ Phil, is Roney Alcala
AZ Phil, is Roney Alcala injured? It seems he hasnt played in quite awhile.
Cubs brass may have made a
Cubs brass may have made a little problem for themselves bringing AA up ... He's just tearing it up. If they wanted to send him back down it may get tricky.
Hopefully MRs. Barney has
Hopefully MRs. Barney has some sort of college degree or profession.
Haha no shit!!
Haha no shit!!
Had tickets but gave away
Had tickets but gave away when I saw Edlose Jackson was pitching.
If you gave them away you got
If you gave them away you got off cheap.
Took me a while to realize
Took me a while to realize that wasn't a mistype. Awesome. That's one of my favorite nicknames now.
mike minor just hit a HR off
mike minor just hit a HR off ejax.
yeah, the wind is blowing out, but damn.
also, this game so far has been a shitty pitching exhibition for both sides.
EJax came into the game with
EJax came into the game with the worst ERA of 50 starting NL pitchers with enough innings to qualify (TWood is 46th!)
He is running away and hiding with the title. They were willing to cut ties with Veras -- how much longer will EJax plague us? This is an insult.
Jackson is terrible at
Edwin Jackson is terrible at baseball.
Wonder what Arismendy makes
Wonder what Arismendy makes of all this? "This guy gets paid $13MM per year to be the worst starting pitcher in baseball, and I can't get called up to play on this team?"
Didn't he get called up?
Didn't he get called up?
Poor guy had to wait until
Poor guy had to wait until age 22 to get called up.
Only got called up because
Only got called up because Barney had a kid.....
I don't think eJax is even
I don't think eJax is even trying. He just wants to go home with a brandy snifter and some video games. Maybe go fishing. Gardening.
Time to organize an EJax
Time to organize an EJax boycott. Either that, or Theo needs to refund the cost of tickets when he pitches.
Shortly into his contract I
Shortly into his contract I remember him pitching a game where he was struggling. Okay, that's every game, so maybe that is not helpful. Anyway, it was still early in the game, and he looked into the dugout as if asking to be taken out. I've had a hard time warming up to him since. Contrast that to when Dennis Eckersley was a starting pitcher for the Cubs. I remember a game where he was struggling, too, and he just somehow reached down for something extra and got out of a jam as if his life depended on it, and it was not a critical game. There are guys in this game that are fun to watch, and there are those you want to see leave. I'm surprised TheoCorp signed this guy. He doesn't have the makeup I'd want in a starting pitcher. If nothing else, if he can't pitch, I wish he'd get pissed and kick a gatorade container at least once during his contract to show he cares.
okay len...someone's gonna
okay len...someone's gonna send you to get piss tested if you make us sit through "take me out to the ballgame" on sitar again.
i can deal with the replacements showing up 2-4 times a month, but not this.
Is it my imagination? Or does
Is it my imagination? Or does today's Iowa box score from both games of a double header have both Bryant AND Baez not playing??
I know. So weird to get a
I know. So weird to get a double header off x 2.
Meanwhile Schwarber with 85 more hits tonight.
Bryant and Baez off to
Bryant and Baez off to Minneapolis to play in Futures Game tomorrow.
Thanks, yeah, I saw that the
Thanks, yeah, I saw that the Futures game was today after I posted that.
Sorry if this is old news,
Sorry if this is old news, saw the following quote in the Futures game preview. Maybe the Cubs should sign Bryant's Dad and "bring him up" to be hitting coach.
"I'm looking forward to seeing Joey Gallo," Bryant said. "We grew up in the same area and my dad taught us both how to hit. It's going to be fun."
That's really weird. But yes,
That's really weird. But yes, bring him up!! To play left field.
My understanding is Bryants
My understanding is Bryants father played professionally, is this correct?
His mother,Anita, was singer
His mother,Anita, was singer
Not to mention a connoisseur
Not to mention a connoisseur of orange juice and a rabid homophobe.
His dad was a 9th round pick
His dad was a 9th round pick in 1980. Played 121 A ball games in the Red Sawks system over two years.
The Bat Whispererlink
The Ball Busters
Mike Bryant ("The Bat Whisperer") is Kris Bryant's dad and Tony Gallo is Joey Gallo's dad.
I'm not clicking on any link
I'm not clicking on any link with "ballbusters" in the URL. Fool me once...
And I think Bryant said that
And I think Bryant said that his dad coached Gallo. It's crazy out there.
FWIW. ....I was at the KC
FWIW. ....I was at the KC game tonight and they lost 7-0 but here's some observations:
Hanneman is fast but is fooled badly by off-speed stuff...0-4 w/ 2 Ks.
Schwarber is a professional hitter....outstanding approach...has a plan each AB....can hit any type of pitch.....2-4 (2 singles) & K last AB on a 94mph moving 4-seam. Should be at Daytona or Tennessee.
Candelario 2-4 (2B, 1B) & can really hit mediocre pitchers. Hard to miss the bat speed and decent skills at 3B.......still he's only 20 and probably at the right level.
Skulina, Concepcion & Arias pitched and all three demonstrated how hard it is to pitch when you can't command your fastball. Add about 8 off-speed pitches all night being called strikes and it gets real hard to win.
Skulina: 90-92mph 4-seam, 82mph slider, 80mph change....needs lots of work on secondary pitches. ...probably a bullpen arm is his ceiling.
Concepcion: works 87-88 mph moving FB that hit 90 a few times....74-76mph curve that he couldn't throw for strikes.
Arias: threw nothing but 91-93 fastballs that he couldn't command.
I like Ben Carhart's approach
I like Ben Carhart's approach at the plate.
Edwin Jackson's xFIP is up to
Edwin Jackson's xFIP is up to 4.01.
This will not stand?
I don't know what the hell
I don't know what the hell xFIP is, but if Edwin Jackson owns it, I do know it's a number pitchers don't want to approach.
So he's league average in
So he's league average in number of home runs he *should* have given up? I'm really glad that the Cubs have moved into a stats-minded situation, but what is the purpose of a stat like that? I ask out of a combination of ignorance and a little bemusement.
Essentially Jackson's xFIP is
Essentially Jackson's xFIP is saying that he has been extremely unlucky on things like BABIP and HR/FB this year, and that in reality, he has been slightly below average for all major league starters, not actually the worst starter in MLB.
What a bummer- to be average
What a bummer- to be average and unlucky at the same time.
Thanks for the explanation. I
Thanks for the explanation. I don't care too much how he does this year. Assuming the Cubs keep him, it would be nice to have have a turn around year next year, since he should be able to eat innings. If he could eat innings and just step it up a notch he wouldn't be bad rotation filler, even though obviously not worth the money.
His ERA last year was 4.98. He ranked 42nd out of 43 NL qualifiers. He was also 42nd of of 43 in WHIP.
This year his ERA is 5.64, which is a distant 50th out of 50. He is also dead last by a sizable margin in WHIP.
That's not unlucky -- that's consistency over a year and a half.
That's actually what makes it
That's actually what makes it all the stranger. His ERA last year was 4.98, his FIP was 3.79, and his xFIP was 3.86. In 2012, he also under-performed his peripherals, though not as dramatically. He appears to be quite unlucky for 2.5 years now, though it is unclear exactly what's happening.
It's perfectly clear...we're
It's perfectly clear...we're the unlucky ones....
AA is so good he causes an
AA is so good he causes an Upton error through sheer will.
Alcantara had better stay
Alcantara had better stay here...
Arismendy Alcantara is good
Arismendy Alcantara is good at baseball.
He's like the hitting
He's like the hitting equivalent of not-Edwin Jackson
After that dinger, going to
After that dinger, going to make myself an AA celebratory drink.
futures game pre-game
futures game pre-game starting on MLB Network.
it's a lot like cubs baseball the past few years...it's an exhibition that doesn't matter much.
k.bryant interview (all fluff)...he seems to be amazed he's actually playing with m.ramirez.
Cubs score 6 runs Saturday
Cubs score 6 runs Saturday and 7 runs Sunday and are not competitive in either game. EJax is 50th out of 50th (and a lot worse than #49) in NL starting pitcher ERA -- TWood is, I believe, 48th. Brutal to have them pitch back-to-back. Get ready for a fun second half!
Javy Baez with a Futures BOMB
Javy Baez with a Futures BOMB on a curveball. 2-1 World in the 6th off Lucas Giolito
pregame JB interview
I've only seen AA bat a few
I've only seen AA bat a few times. He makes things look a little effortless. He almost knocked one against the wall in the ninth. Has anyone been able to tell if he is hitting breaking stuff?
JD said that they've been
JD said that they've been running the curve ball at him consistently, and obviously he's (so far) doing quite well regardless. His first game he looked horrible on a couple - but might just have been day 1 jitters.
Thanks, it looked like his HR
Thanks, it looked like his HR was on one diving down from Teheran.
Good Prospect Watching in
Good Prospect Watching in-person for the E-Man this week.
O&B, to answer "Mendy's" handling of off speed stuff, he did not seemed fooled much when I was in attendance at Friday's game. The kid seems like a gamer. But 1st time through the league so we'll all see soon how he responds.
Today I also had the pleasant experience of attending my first minor league game to see the Kane County Cougars. Schwarb DH'd today and while I couldnt see his defensive prowess, at the plate he hit everything on the nose with authority and went 2 for 3. They played a double header with two 7-inning games! Ernie would be pissed about that.
Tseng got the start today and looked very good (at this level) hitting his spots in the low 90's with his fastball with movement. Was hoping to see
Corey BlackPaul Blackburn, but we had to leave after game 1. Scary moment when the Beloit pitcher got nailed in the head with a line drive (inf single in the play), but the kid finished the inning.
It was a beautiful day out there, and beers are $3.00 less than Wrigley. I only wish someone had bought my tickets for the Braves gave today to help pay for the good value.
I thought Corey Black was
I thought Corey Black was pitching for the Smokies?
May bad - Paul Blackburn.
May bad - Paul Blackburn.
Both guys are a little Black...
Thanks a lot E-Man. One thing
Thanks a lot E-Man. One thing different between this callup and the last interesting one, Lake, is that when I saw Lake I thought, hmmm, some interesting raw tools there, doesn't seem quite ready for prime time but I won't complain because I'm always saying, "bring him up!". With Alcantara, he just seems ready. He certainly didn't let his first game bother him, I've seen a few more at bats and it doesn't seem like the breaking stuff is killing him, at all, but he will have a weakness. I see he's been in the system since he was 17 (time to start the Jimenez watch!!)
Soler 3/5 with two homers for
Soler 3/5 with two homers for the Smokies today. Starting to wonder just how good he might be if he can stay healthy for the rest of the season (mentally, I've all but written him off for not being on the field much).
RH power hitters are today's
RH power hitters are today's scarcity in MLB and with Bryant, Baez, & Soler the Cubs could have a killer lineup and/or some amazing trade chips for the TOR starters they don't have in the system.
Didn't AA homer in last year
Didn't AA homer in last year's future games?
He spat on a few good
He spat on a few good changeups that lesser hitters would've swung over and he shows a solid understanding of the strike zone.
I just fell in love. <3
Wouldn't mind Schwarber in LF circa 2016 to fill in a dangerous lineup that should feature Rizzo, Bryant, Baez, Castro, and/or Russell(not to mention potential supporting cast-members Alcantara, Almora, Soler, free agents, trade targets, etc.).
Now, to find some pitching *rifles through bargain bin*.
Sounds like a Pete Rose with
Sounds like a Pete Rose with power.
Hopefully he can get 4,000+
Hopefully he can get 4,000+ hits. I went to a Cougars game a couple weeks ago, my first thought was lefty Jeff Bagwell.
Yes! Bagwell hunched over too
Yes! Bagwell hunched over too!
displays good swing plan?? As
...displays good swing plane...
Singular? As in, only one?! Great, another bust...
Schwarber called up to
Schwarber called up to Daytona?
Kyle Schwarber [email protected] 5m
Thank you to the @KCCougars players, coaches and fans for being great to me in my stay here at Kane County! #cougs
Sahadev Sharma confirms that Schwarber is going to Daytona (brought to you by the letters: s, h & a...)
a month and 1/2 to prove he
a month and 1/2 to prove he should (hopefully) be in AA to start 2015. sweet.
Good point. AFL maybe as
Good point. AFL maybe as well?
he's talented and worthy
he's talented and worthy enough...dunno if they'll let him go or if they want him to take time off to get a chance to catch his breath after going pro, succeeding quickly, and becoming a multimillionaire...especially with so many games played at C.
seems like it could be either/or at this point.
Bryant took a similar path
Bryant took a similar path last year so it wouldn't surprise me if they send Schwarber to AFL, especially to get some extra playing time at a new position.
That Daytona club should have
That Daytona club should have a pretty potent lineup with Schwarber, Almora, Vogelbach, and McKinney supported by Amaya and Marco Hernandez. Good luck, A+ pitchers.
All kinds of A ball pitchers
All kinds of A ball pitchers were hurting yesterday, as both Almora and 2014 3rd round draft pick Mark Zagunis (currently at Boise) hit for cycles. Can't imagine the last time two players in the same organization hit for cycles in the same day was all too recent.
Not to sound too much like
Not to sound too much like Dana Carvey's old man character, but I remember when I was young, and I'd read the Sporting News to look at minor league stats, and I'd usually consider myself lucky if I could find one player in the Cubs system worth tracking regularly. Today, I honestly can't keep all the bona fide prospects in my head. I look through the MILB app, with each team, and they all seem to have a slew of them worth keeping track of. I have to say, it's pretty amazing.
the AZL Cubs had some nice
the AZL Cubs had some nice pitching (from one who only sees box scores. Hopefully AZ Phil was in attendance to translate.
Dillon Maples 3 shutout IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K
Fujikawa with a shutout inning
Carson Sands with a shutout inning and 2 K
Justin Steele and Zack Hedges struck out the side in their 1 IP.
BA's "Adolf" of the day...
BA's "Adolf" of the day...
HITTER OF THE DAY: Albert Almora, of, high Class A Daytona (Cubs)
Like Jorge Soler, Almora has gotten buried in the rise of Kris Bryant and Arismendy Alcantara in the Cubs organization. But on Monday night, he made a little history of his own, becoming the fourth Daytona player to hit for the cycle in a 5-for-7 night. Almora, 20, homered in the first, singled in the eighth (and the 11th), doubled in the ninth and tripled in the 13th in a 13-8 win over Jupiter. Almora has had a torrid July to raise his slash line to .276/.300/.395 overall.
Take THAT, Addison
Take THAT, Addison
The last of the Jimtown
The last of the Jimtown followers
Want to scare ur kids? Read them Hendry's quotes
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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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Life after Superstorm Sandy was slowly returning to normal across West Virginia's hardest-hit counties this week, but officials in some places said a full recovery will take months.
Thousands of West Virginia homes and businesses remained without power as utility crews continued restoring service knocked out by the storm. Ohio-based FirstEnergy said it expected to return electricity to most customers by late Friday and the remainder by the end of the weekend.
FirstEnergy representatives said Thursday it had restored service to more than 2.1 million of the 2.3 million customers across its six-state service territory who lost power following Superstorm Sandy.
Article Photos
Submitted photo courtesy of Norman Lenburg/FEMA
Members of the West Virginia National Guard work this week to clear the road to a remote emergency radio repeater site in Tucker County. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working with state, federal and local partners to assist residents of the state affected by the deep snow, heavy rain and high winds of Superstorm Sandy.
Submitted photo courtesy of Norman Lenburg/FEMA
Kyle Flynn, a U.S. Forest Service worker from Missouri, cuts a downed tree this week so utility crews can restore power in a section of Tucker County. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working with state, federal and local partners to assist residents of the state affected by the deep snow, heavy rain and high winds of Superstorm Sandy.
Submitted photo courtesy of Norman Lenburg/FEMA
Staff Sgt. Jason Johnson of the West Virginia Army National Guard and Jennifer Rabuck, right, a U.S. Forest Service worker from the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin, work this week to coordinate the efforts to clear the road to a remote malfunctioning emergency radio repeater site in Tucker County.
The Inter-Mountain photo by Andrew Ferguson
AEP power trucks congregated in the parking lot of the old Shop n Save in Buckhannon this week. License plates of the approximately 30 trucks ranged from Ohio to Texas. The scene also featured two coach buses and a large white tent. Many electricity and emergency workers have been called to the area following last week's destructive storm.
As part of the largest storm restoration effort in the company's history, more than 19,000 FirstEnergy employees, outside contractors and utility workers teamed to restore service after Hurricane Sandy's severe winds and precipitation left thousands of downed trees and branches, significant flooding and, in some areas, heavy snow in its wake. More than 595 miles of cable and wire, 23,000 crossarms, 7,200 utility poles and 3,200 transformers have been used as part of the massive restoration effort.
Restoration for FirstEnergy customers in the most heavily damaged areas, including parts of Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Preston, Randolph, Tucker, Upshur and Webster counties, may continue into this weekend.
Appalachian Power was able to restore power to all its customers by Thursday.
Schools remained closed in Preston and Webster counties, but Preston emergency management director Duane Hamilton said authorities were working with the school board in hopes of getting buses back on the road next week. Crews remained out across the region, cutting back toppled and snapped-off trees and hauling them away from the roadsides to make the lanes more passable.
Though nearly every road in the county was open, Hamilton said, "the total recovery from this is going to take months."
Calls for assistance and emergency food and water deliveries had trickled off by Thursday, and a dozen volunteers from the Tennessee-based group Volunteers Active in Disasters were out shoveling snow from roofs and removing trees from individual homes while National Guard and other teams worked on public property.
Officials are still delivering some 2,000 meals a day, Hamilton said, or serving them at Red Cross feeding stations in eight communities, including Terra Alta, Aurora, Rowlesburg and Fellowsville.
The worst, however, is past. Now, most people face only minor inconveniences.
Megan Maxwell, 17, who lives on a small farm outside Newburg, says her family was relying on a generator for limited power during the day and turning it off at night.
"I'm ready to kill my brother," she said. Bored 9-year-olds are a handful.
She also had to go to a public laundromat for the first time. There's not enough power from the generator to run the washer and dryer at home.
"I had to wash probably eight loads," Maxwell said. "It was an experience."
April Sisler, 29, also of Newburg, said her biggest challenge is entertaining 4-year-old daughter Jada.
"She always wants something on ... like the TV," she said. "And we can't run everything. It's hard to make her understand she can't have it all on because it makes it hard for the generator."
When the power comes back, "it'll be so much easier," Sisler said. "But other than that, we're holding up pretty good."
In Barbour County, Commission President Phil Hart said only about 20 percent of residents were still without power in the middle of the week.
Most water service had been restored, but authorities were delivering supplies and handing out bottles at staging areas for those who rely on wells.
The shelters had no overnight occupants anymore, but Hart said they were still serving a few hundred hot meals a day - fewer as the power comes back.
Last week, Hart said, National Guard crews in Black Hawk helicopters were flying over cutoff parts of the county to check on people still stranded by deep snow, and downed trees and power lines. In places where they saw no vehicles, the teams hovered until someone came outside.
When they failed to rouse the couple at one isolated home, Hart said, the soldier rappelled down. He found the pair well supplied with food and water, and in no danger.
"But they did have one request," Hart said. "They wanted him to take their absentee ballots to the post office for them so they could vote." The guardsman did.
"You hear a lot of sad stories," Hart said, "but it's nice to hear a good one, too."
Hart said his main concern now is the economic impact on small businesses and the county's volunteer first responders.
"People aren't going to have the money to support them to help them get back on their feet," he said.
Some businesses had insurance to cover part of their losses, but not all.
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LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who allegedly stole $20,000 worth of metal, pipe and wire from a Town of Niagara business has been indicted after he missed a deadline to pay restitution to the company.
Gerald D. Zimmernan, 53, of Lockport Street, pleaded not guilty Friday in Niagara County Court to third-degree grand larceny and second-degree criminal mischief, allegedly committed in late 2011 and early 2012. He purportedly got inside the business by saying he was interested in leasing space.
At a Sept. 13 court appearance, Zimmerman was given three months to pay back 3425 Hyde Park Inc., located at the former Carborundum Co. electrical products division. If he had paid the money, Zimmerman would have been offered a misdemeanor plea that would have kept out of state prison.
Zimmerman is a Level 3 sex offender who served state prison time in 2008 for violating the terms of his probation on an attempted first-degree sexual abuse conviction. He also violated parole on that charge.


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A Critic Who Favors Finesse Over Power
When I buzzed the door of Stephen Tanzer's apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan two weeks ago, the hallway was empty; 40 minutes later, some eight or 10 boxes, all of them full of wine samples, were stacked beside the doorway. "I just cleared all the boxes out of the foyer this morning," he told me somewhat wearily.
While the wine world buzzed about Robert Parker's sale of a controlling interest in his influential newsletter, the Wine Advocate, Mr. Tanzer was busy preparing the next issue of the International Wine Cellar, which he has been writing and publishing since 1985. Subsequently Mr. Tanzer played Phil Mickelson to Parker's Tiger Woods, building a devoted following among serious wine lovers even as Mr. Parker's influence grew and shaped the habits of drinkers and winemakers world-wide. As the Parker era draws to a close, the vinous zeitgeist seems to have caught up with Mr. Tanzer, whose palate favors finesse over power. While there are many more sources of information and opinion than there were when he started the International Wine Cellar, very few are as comprehensive, or as informed.
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Tall and slender, with a dark mustache he's sported since his days at Wesleyan, Mr. Tanzer runs the IWC from his antiques-crammed prewar apartment, in which bookshelves compete with wine racks for wall space. He's an avid reader of fiction, and his wife is a professor of English at Queens College. If you had to generalize about Mr. Tanzer's taste in wine from the décor of his home you'd say he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who favors glossy, new-oaked, New World wines. On the other hand, the six wines he chooses to taste with me before we go out to dinner are from Argentina and Washington state, and he finds some virtue in all of them, though he clearly prefers those with a drier, more herbal, Old World profile. "Black olive, garrigue and black pepper," he says approvingly of the 2009 Reynvaan Family "In the Rocks" Syrah from Walla Walla, Wash.
If he is forced to pick a favorite region he will say Burgundy, but he's enthusiastic about emerging territories such as South Africa and Argentina. And unlike some Burgundy lovers, he has space in his heart and his wine rack for pinots from New Zealand and California. As for Bordeaux, while he doesn't exactly join in on the bashing of the region which has become such a popular sport, he admits to a preference for the smaller estates of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol on the Right Bank as opposed to the big classified growths of the Left Bank. Like many American wine lovers of his generation, he started with Californian wines. "Then I discovered top French wines, which in their complexity seemed like alchemy: an amazing thing to do with grapes. For Chardonnay, my first epiphany was Leflaive's white Burgundies."
Mr. Tanzer was working as a journalist when he caught the wine bug; he took a job as a sportswriter for the Washington Daily News after graduating from Wesleyan, following in the footsteps of his father who wrote for The Wall Street Journal before becoming managing editor of U.S. News & World Report. The son worked for several other publications before starting the New York Wine Cellar, later renamed the International Wine Cellar. His tasting notes have always been very precise and very readable—by no means the norm. He chose to adopt the hundred point rating system used by Mr. Parker's Wine Advocate and the Wine Spectator, but over the years he's developed a reputation for being a tougher grader than either of those publications—a fact confirmed in a recent study by the American Association of Wine Economists. He seems proud of his stinginess with big scores.
It's tempting to see Mr. Tanzer as the anti-Parker, the Bizarro World Twin of the big man from Baltimore, and it's not hard to make that case. "I'm more of a pinot man than a Cabernet guy," he says. "I tend to be interested in cool-climate wines. A lot of California wines are too ripe." Mr. Parker, by contrast, is famously enthusiastic about big, ripe wines from warm vintages. (They seem to physically embody their own palates: Mr. Tanzer lean and wiry, with a precise and deliberate manner, Mr. Parker barrel-chested and generously proportioned; Mr. Parker's ideal portraitist might be Rubens, whereas Mr. Tanzer seems more like an El Greco subject.) Mr. Parker's outsize influence on the wine world since he championed the 1982 Bordeaux vintage eventually resulted in something of a backlash, but Mr. Tanzer isn't piling on. "Parker was the right guy at the right time—he educated a generation," he told me over dinner at Rouge Tomate in Manhattan. "And there isn't anybody who can appreciate what he's done like I can," he adds. That said, Mr. Tanzer's palate and his long-standing preferences seem very much aligned with current less-is-more trends in the wine world.
"I like white wines that are minerally and saline and energetic," he says. Curiously though, the white wine he brought for our meal is very ripe and voluptuous, by no means dry, a 2006 Hirtzberger Riesling Smaragd Singerriedel. It had a hint of wet stone but seemed to me to be a more decadent white than he'd just described as his ideal, though I personally loved it, and it seemed to confirm his contention, later in the evening, that he's not "an ideologue." The wine got 97 points in his newsletter, about as high a score as you are likely to see there. On the other hand, the next bottle, a 1997 Mascarello Barolo Monprivato Cà d'Morissio, was very much a connoisseur's wine, an earthy red that was fresh and bright on the palate if somewhat funky on the nose, a fact he felt might be the result of an unclean barrel. A shame because when he first tasted it for the IWC he found aromas of "red berries, rose petal, bergamot, white truffle, menthol, eucalyptus, tar, graphite, licorice, tobacco." He hadn't deliberately shunned the New World, but the third wine he brought to the restaurant, a 1995 Williams Selyem Summa Vineyard Pinot Noir, from a legendary producer he was among the first to discover, was corked.
Mr. Tanzer is assisted at the IWC by the highly regarded critic Josh Raynolds, who covers the Rhone and Champagne among other regions. Italian wine expert Ian d'Agata is a frequent contributor. But he still tastes 10,000 to 12,000 wines a year, many of them in the cellars where they were born, others at home in Manhattan. "The road of excess leads to the palate of wisdom," he jokes, paraphrasing Blake, though his temperament seems to me a little more Apollonian than Dionysian. He drank moderately over the course of two meals I shared with him, leaving some very good juice in his glasses at the end, and he is by his own description positively ascetic when he's on the road, eating sparingly, spitting dutifully. "I usually give myself Sundays off for bad behavior, so I live for Saturday night dinner or Sunday lunch."
I don't begrudge him the day off; as that other guy fades into the sunset, I'm grateful Mr. Tanzer is still tasting dozens of wines a day, and sharing his discoveries.
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metalcore tends to have somewhat indecipherable lyrics and awesome, though distorted, instrumentals featuring the guitar. Metalcore tends to be nfluenced by various themes including, at times, the strait edge, anti-drug/sex them.
lamb of god, unearth and other groups are considered metalcore.
po chris Јануар 2, 2005
A blend of hardcore and metal music that evolved in the mid-to-late 90's ; usually out of context with the norm. With lyrical themes ranging from politics to personal.
Poison the Well, Otep, Slipknot, Unearth, Heaven Shall Burn, etc.
po Preston Март 9, 2005
A nice Blend of Hardcore music, with metal. Some what more popular than hardcore, though no matter how hard it tries it will never be popular like shitty nu-metal, which is a good thing.
Atreyu, Bleeding Through, Himsa, It Dies Today, Eighteen Visions, Nora, Poison the Well, and The Bled are all metalcore bands.
po G Moore Јануар 13, 2005
A mixture of Melodic Death-Metal Riffs, Harcore-Style Breakdowns, and the occasional Emo Chorus. Metalcore is (in my opinion) one of the greatest musical genres out there. Most older fans claim that the newer bands are'nt even metalcore but they are just idiotic people who dislike change.
Atreyu, Killswitch Engage, Norma Jean, As I Lay Dying, A Life Once Lost, Bullet for my Valentine, Heavens Shall Burn, Bleeding Through, Between the Buried and Me, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Cephalic Carnage, Converge, and more metalcore bands.
po Phillip Turner Мај 11, 2006
A genre of good music combining metal and hardcore and sometimes the hardcore/punk attitude. In the past months it has become overly popular and was being featured on MTV's "Battle for Ozzfest". Only the watered down and/or shitty metalcore bands have become popular though: NEW Atreyu, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, Unearth, Bleeding through, Avenged Sevenfold (who are possibly the poorest excuse for metalcore ever), and hatebreed. The genre has become very flooded with bands looking to become the next atreyu/KsE. There are still some great metalcore bands out there: Zao, Glass casket, The Agony Scene, Symphony in Peril, Lamb of God (even though they're popular), Martyr AD (some of the most brutal metalcore out there), Preminitions of War, The Red Chord, Dead to Fall, Haste the Day, Summer's End, etc.
wait for the fad to pass,just like nu-metal shit
po Liberate te ex Inferis Фабруар 21, 2005
Metalcore is a blend of metal and hardcore music. Metalcore includes breakdowns and intricatley played riffs and chords. The vocalists usually sing the verses in line and to the beat of the music and the riffs played by the band. It's not that hard to distinguish different genres of metal and hardcore and emo because of the way that the band plays their instruments, stage presence, and their sound in their screams.....being that I personally interested in hardcore and metalcore the most, I believe that I gave an accurate description.
metal-lamb of god
metalcore-a dozen furies, Zao, bleeding through
post-hardcore-as i lay dying
speed metal-aborted
death metal-opeth
goth metal-cradle of filth
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post-hardcore-as i lay dying
speed metal-aborted
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po Chris Dougherty Фабруар 2, 2006
An incredible genre of music. Unfortunately, what old-schoolers used to call metalcore has turned into the trashy crap that teens think is cool these days. Converge were, by leaps and bounds, the forefathers of the genre. Other influences were Gothenburg's death metal scene, as well as a lot of groove metal bands (Pantera, Sepultura, Prong, Helmet, etc.). It is not defined by breakdowns, but was actually a term given to hardcore punk bands with high levels of technicality (such as some Agnostic Front, Sick of it All, Bad Brains, etc.). Some bands, such as Converge or Botch, began incorporating these influences into music heavier than one of King Kong's turds, hence the birth of metalcore. Do not confuse this with post-thrash or thrashcore, which most of the bands in the "not metalcore" section are.
METALCORE BANDS: Botch, Deadguy, Converge, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Between the Buried and Me, Buried Inside, Starkweather, Coalesce, Zao, Curl Up and Die, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Ed Gein, Caliban, Earth Crisis, Into the Moat, UnderOath (first two albums), The Red Chord, Ion Dissonance, Norma Jean, A Life Once Lost, Becoming the Archetype...
NOT METALCORE: Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, A Perfect Murder, Atreyu, Bleeding Through, All That Remains, Shadows Fall, Unearth, Trivium, Still Remains, Bullet For My Valentine, Darkest Hour, Every Time I Die, Hatebreed, It Dies Today, Manntis, etc.
NOT METALCORE: Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, A Perfect Murder, Atreyu, Bleeding Through, All That Remains, Shadows Fall, Unearth, Trivium, Still Remains, Bullet For My Valentine, Darkest Hour, Every Time I Die, Hatebreed, It Dies Today, Manntis, etc.
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There was a tumultuous 149-day lockout and the public outrage about it, which I never understood. It is the American way to engage in labor negotiations between ownership and management.
Yet when predominately African-American men stand up for a decent labor package and a share of the monetary gains from their hard efforts on the basketball court, too many radio and Internet jerks take that opportunity to lambast the game of basketball and the players themselves. Many called them selfish and predicted that no one would watch or care about the NBA after the long lockout.
Well, the 2011-12 season happened and it just ended with the Miami Heat and LaBron James winning the NBA title. The NBA Finals were entertaining and hard fought. In fact, the entire NBA Playoffs were very engaging, full of interesting twists and, of course, magnificent action on the court.
Miami overcame an outstanding Oklahoma City Thunder squad that had just ran through three former NBA championship teams (Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs) before they produced their first four consecutive loss stretch of the season.
Led by James' 26 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, the Heat routed the Thunder 121-106 to win the NBA Finals in five games. It was the franchise's second NBA title.
Miami became the third team to sweep the middle three games at home in the 2-3-2 format. The Detroit Pistons took all three from the Lakers in 2004 before the Heat did it against Dallas in 2006.
James and the Heat have been the most scrutinized in all of sports and the favorite of too many in the media as the team to disparage, disrespect and/or ridicule.
But now the Heat in on, literally, as South Beach is on fire with the passion of winning the NBA title. The Heat players are also touched by the glory of overcoming tons of naysayers and finding a way to come from behind against two very tough Eastern Conference foes (Indianapolis and Boston) that had them on the ropes.
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The Medical University of South Carolina has been designated a "Baby-Friendly" birthing facility by Baby-Friendly USA. Currently only three percent of hospitals in the country are designated Baby-Friendly.
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Eighty-eight percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2004, meaning that they had access, at all times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households were food insecure at least some time during that year. The prevalence of food insecurity rose from 11.2 percent of households in 2003 to 11.9 percent in 2004 and the prevalence of food insecurity with hunger rose from 3.5 percent to 3.9 percent. This report, based on data from the December 2004 food security survey, provides the most recent statistics on the food security of U.S. households, as well as on how much they spent for food and the extent to which food-insecure households participated in Federal and community food assistance programs. Survey responses indicate that the typical food-secure household in the U.S. spent 31 percent more on food than the typical food-insecure household of the same size and household composition. Just over one-half of all food-insecure households participated in one or more of the three largest Federal food assistance programs during the month prior to the survey. About 20 percent of food-insecure households—3.5 percent of all U.S. households—obtained emergency food from a food pantry at some time during the year.
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University PARK - James Franklin is expected to field a 2014 Penn State coaching staff that has a strong 2013 Vanderbilt flavor, but the door seems open, though, for there to be a few faces familiar to Nittany Lion fans returning.
At the top of that list are defensive line coach Larry Johnson and former linebackers coach Ron Vanderlinden.
"They are both guys that we're going to have discussions with," Franklin said at his introductory press conference on Saturday afternoon.
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Johnson and Vanderlinden were perhaps the two most successful assistant coaches in the last decade of the late Joe Paterno's tenure guiding the Nittany Lions - both put numerous players into the NFL and were Bill O'Brien's only holdovers. They also were probably the two most popular assistants.
Johnson received a lot of support from players and recruits in interviews and social media since taking over as interim head coach when O'Brien left for the Houston Texans. Keeping him has been high on the wish list of fans that frequent Penn State football message boards.
However, Johnson, who'd been in University Park for 18 years and had a pair of sons star at State College and then go on to play for Penn State, also was interested in becoming the Lions' 16th head coach and interviewed for the position. When he was passed over, there were published reports that sources close to him said he was very disappointed, although he never made a public statement.
However, his youngest son, Tony, did late last week.
"It's been a great 18 year run at PSU #weare #ontothenext Thank you to everybody for all the support,text,emails and phone calls," read a post on Tony Johnson's Facebook page.
The elder Johnson has been not only a developer of top-notch talent, but he has been the bane of opposing recruiters of defensive linemen and players in general in his home territory in and around Washington, D.C., as Franklin learned while an assistant coach at Maryland several years ago.
"I know Larry very well because he recruited the Maryland/D.C. area and had a lot of success," Franklin said.
In fact, Johnson was the primary recruiter for seven of the 19 players currently committed to the Lions for 2014.
The bigger question might be where Johnson would fit in on the new staff. Franklin's defensive line coach at Vanderbilt was Clarion University graduate Sean Spencer. Spencer is highly regarded as both a recruiter and pregame motivator.
Johnson did post on Twitter after Franklin was presented as the new coach.
"Congrats to James Franklin an his family !! Welcome to Penn State ! # next level," Johnson said.
Vanderlinden, meanwhile, has even deeper ties with Franklin: He hired Franklin to work with the receivers when he was head coach at Maryland in 2000.
"Ron gave me my first opportunity, my first big opportunity," Franklin said.
Vanderlinden resigned/was relieved of his coaching duties at Penn State by O'Brien last month but still hasn't landed anywhere. Fans were upset at his departure, which seems to have been a result of just not meshing with O'Brien's broader vision.
Again, there might have to be some staff juggling to fit Vanderlinden fit back at Penn State. Franklin's linebackers coach in Nashville was Brent Pry, who also was his assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator.
Pry's father is an Altoona native and they still have family in the area.
It seems clear, too, that Franklin will be bringing at least a few members of his Commodores staff with him to University Park.
"I am fiercely loyal as a person in general, and I'm going to be fiercely loyal to the guys that I've worked with in the past," Franklin said.
According to CBS Sports' Jeremy Fowler, receivers coach and offensive recruiting coordinator Josh Gattis already has been asked to join Franklin at Penn State. Defensive coordinator Bob Shoop, offensive coordinator John Donovan and quarterbacks coach Ricky Rahne are among the other Vanderbilt assistants who seem likely to be moving north.
With the departure of popular Lion strength and conditioning coach Craig Fitzgerald, it also would make sense if Franklin can secure the services of his Vandy strength coach, Dwight Galt. Galt was one of Fitzgerald's mentors, and Galt's son was part of the Penn State program.
Offensive line coach Mac McWhorter and tight ends coach John Strollo also might be in a position to stay on.
"I'm a guy that for the last 12 years has been creating a staff. I have a list of receiver coaches and tight end coaches and offensive coordinators and defensive coordinators for the right job and the right fit and the right setting making sure that we're always prepared," Franklin said. "I also know that we're going to sit down and have some discussions with some people that are here. I think there are some people that can help us in the transition, guys that have strong Penn State ties, guys that understand this place.
"We're going to sit down and talk to current coaches. We're going to talk to coaches that have Penn State ties," Franklin added. "My job and my responsibility is to put the best staff together that I possibly can for Penn State University, and that's what we'll start doing."