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Chemical Makers Embrace Digitalization
Survey finds increasing focus and funding as well as several challenges
The well-hyped potential of digital technology to transform manufacturing — denoted by terms such as Industry 4.0, Smart Industry and the Industrial Internet of Things — already is turning into a reality in the chemical industry, according to a…
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Emerson Adopts Thermal Energy Harvesting For Wireless
Power Puck thermoelectric energy harvesters convert ambient heat into electricity for powering Rosemount wireless transmitters.
Emerson adopts advanced thermal energy harvesting as a power source for its wireless products. Power Puck thermoelectric energy harvesters reportedly convert ambient heat commonly released in industrial processes into electricity for powering Rosemount wireless transmitters.
Perpetua's Power Puck energy harvesting solution is suited to wireless devices in power intensive applications where a conventional power module may require replacements more frequently. The company's Power Puck thermoelectric energy harvester reportedly provides continuous power for the life of the transmitter and includes an intrinsically safe power module for back-up power.
A heat source is all that is required to fully power wireless transmitters at their…
Rethink Local Pressure Measurement
Emerson And OSIsoft Introduce PI Connector For HART-IP
Wireless Network Improves Leak Detection
Rockwell Automation And Cisco Release Wireless Design Guide
Minimize Gas Chromatograph Downtime
Understand what achieving an effective predictive maintenance program entails
Processors have relied on gas chromatographs (GCs) since the 1950s to provide real-time compositional data to control systems. Today, tens of thousands of GCs serve in a diverse range of plants — making the GC the analytical workhorse for online…
Global Gas Analyzer Market Will Grow Through 2020
Emerson Analyzer Is Certified For Use In Explosive Dust Areas
Spectroscopy Offers Endless Possibilities For Process Control
ABB Brochure Features In-Situ Analyzers
Understand Advanced Capacity Control Methods For Reciprocating Compressors
Do You Really Know Good Control Room Design?
Know When to Use Guided Wave Radar
This level measurement technology suits a wide variety of applications
Level is among the most frequently measured process variables. The actual level readings are used for local indication, process automation and visualization in control systems. Additionally, level measurements are crucial for managing inventory and…
Emerson Launches Radar Verification Service
Industrial Scientific Introduces New Gas Detection Blog
Brochure Highlights Measurement And Analytics Solutions
Instrument Boosts Real-Time Analysis
BP Selects aeShield For Upstream Facilities
BP selects aeShield to assist asset personnel in monitoring control, alarm and safety instrumented systems (CASIS) performance for all upstream oil and gas assets around the globe.
After a three-year software evaluation period, BP reportedly selects aeSolutions' aeShield to assist asset personnel in monitoring control, alarm and safety instrumented systems (CASIS) performance for all upstream oil and gas assets. To date, it has been a challenge to automate the monitoring of these devices due to the lack of common systems in place across BP's facilities, according to aeSolutions.
aeShield allows centralized reporting, standard enforcement consistent with internal procedures, reduced man-hours, monitored IPLs and efficient management of change (MOC) tracking, according to the company. During initial rollout, BP will reportedly focus on HAZOP/LOPA studies, safety requirements specification, SIL verification and IPL…
10 Rules To Succeed at Process Safety Management
Hazards Australasia 2016 Focuses On Adding Value Within Process Safety
AIChE Announces Safety & Health Virtual Meeting
Safety Instrumented Systems: Bridge the Gap
Top Video Games Beckon Engineers
Engineering.com releases its top ten video games for engineers young and old.
If you're in need of some downtime but aren't ready to completely shut off your brain, a video game with an engineering slant might be the perfect happy medium. Engineering.com has created a list of its top ten video games for engineers, including younger, tech-savvy engineers-in-waiting.
Topping the list is Kerbal Space Program, a physics based rocket science simulator that has partnerships with NASA and United Launch Alliance, and challenges users to "take a fledgling aerospace industry and reach the stars," according to the site. Also on Engineering.com's list is Spacechem, a puzzle-based game that challenges players to refine raw materials into usable chemicals "by setting up complex machines and interactions between the…
Processing Equipment: Does Early Ordering Make Sense?
Step Up Debottlenecking Success
Engineering: Stupidity Endures
World Economic Forum Urges Innovation
Processing Equipment: Take Advantage of Liquid-Ring Compressors
These compact devices boast several benefits and suit numerous small services
Liquid-ring compressors possess a number of desirable features. They provide a fairly steady gas flow with very small pressure fluctuations, and have low noise levels and smooth running characteristics. Including ancillary equipment, they offer a…
Pumps: Get Into the Thick of Things
Atlas Copco Wraps Up Leybold Acquisition
Tame Tough Dosing Duties
Report Offers Guidelines For Rotary Electric Vibrators
Cleveland Vibrator Company releases white paper on rotary electric vibrators.
Cleveland Vibrator Company releases a new, downloadable white paper entitled, "Effective Use and Maintenance of Rotary Electric Vibrators." The paper presents guidelines to help manufacturing professionals select, position and maintain the proper rotary electric vibrator for their applications.
The 10-page white paper—authored by Engineer David Strong—specifically addresses how rotary electric vibrators improve material flow through bins, hoppers, feeders and screeners, according to the company. These vibrators are used in a variety of industries, primarily in foundry, food, agriculture, concrete, mining, recycling and powder bulk industries.
Sections of the white paper include: Proper Installation, Setup and Operation; Adjusting…
5 Alternatives To Conquer Crystallization Challenges
Powder Handling: Stop What You're Doing
Kason Expands Test Lab
Light Replaces Ligands for Synthesis
New aniline synthesis method relies on photoredox catalysis to form C-N bonds.
The combination of nickel and photoredox catalysis provides a cost-effective, broadly applicable method for synthesizing anilines, say researchers at Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.,…
Nanoparticles Sharpen Chemical Sensing
Catalysts Could Boost Hydrogen Production
Better Biofuel Process Beckons
Electricity Boosts Allylic Oxidations
Ward Off Wastewater Treatment Woes
Improving ion-exchange-system performance may require a variety of steps
This Month's Puzzler
A few months ago, we installed a bank of ion exchange (IX) columns to polish our wastewater before it goes to the city treatment plant. (See Figure 1) We have a plating bath operation where we are trying to reduce the Cr+6 to…
Exxon Mobil Membrane Could Save Billions In Energy Costs
More Efficient Wastewater Treatment Looms
Linde Plans Large-Scale ASU In Southeast U.S.
Consider the option for long-lead-time equipment but also its risks.
Long delivery times easily can imperil plant projects and maintenance. Specialized equipment may have relatively few reliable manufacturers — and, thus, involve lengthy lead times. Meanwhile, industry consolidation has reduced the number of…
Ease Burner Management System Upgrades
Don't Trust Data Sheets
Assess Heat Exchanger Performance
Energy Saver: Make Your Processes Smarter
Processing Equipment: Consider Gas Engines
What The Industrial Internet of Things Means For Compressed Air
Bridge Batch and Continuous Operations Better
Emerson Releases Energy Savings Advisor
Fluke Acquires eMaint Enterprises
Fluke Corporation acquires eMaint Enterprises LLC.
Fluke Corporation acquires eMaint Enterprises, LLC, maker of computerized maintenance management software (CMMS). eMaint's software platform provides asset management solutions in markets including food processing, healthcare, facilities, fleet, services and manufacturing. Fluke's handheld test tools and portable sensors are used by service and maintenance technicians, electricians and plant engineers.
For more information, visit: www.fluke.com
LCE Launches Reliability Website
Train Operators To Perform Maintenance
Maintenance: How To Monitor Moving Machinery
Optimize Spare-Parts Management
Demand for spare parts falls into three basic categories: consumable spares, operational spares and insurance spares, and the best forecasting strategies for each are very different.
Machines need spare parts. Any business operating significant quantities of machinery will carry of a stock of replacement components. Those parts fulfill a variety of purposes. They are there to replace items such as bearings, seals, and filters that wear out during normal operations, and they need to be ready for planned upgrades and overhaul activities. They act as insurance, allowing maintenance teams to fix breakdowns faster than the lead times required to secure replacements from an external supplier.
Ensuring that the organization has the right number of the right spare parts in its inventory can be a continual source of tension, however. Maintenance and operations teams want to maximize availability to reduce the risk of unplanned…
Chemical Maker Goes Beyond Recycling
NABE Anticipates Economic Growth
ISA Economic Indicator Signals Contraction
Chemical Activity Barometer Shows Sixth Straight Gain
EFCE Announces 2017 Mobility Award
Prize will honor chemical engineering student who has studied abroad
The European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE), Brussels, now is accepting nominations for its Student Mobility Award. Chemical engineering students who are citizens of any European country represented in the EFCE and who have spent at least one semester studying in another country can enter. The award carries a prize of €2,000 (≈$2,250) as well as a travel stipend to attend the award presentation, which will occur during the 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2017.
Go here for more details on the award, including how to enter.
Unleash Inspiration To Totally Transform
China Tops Chemistry Olympiad
Poll: How frequently does your site keep bypass lines around control valves open during normal operation to gain more capacity?
Kennedy Will Deliver Water Conference Keynote
William M. Kennedy IV, P.E. of Duke Energy Corporation is the keynote speaker of the International Water Conference.
William M. Kennedy IV, P.E. of Duke Energy Corporation is the keynote speaker at the 77th annual International Water Conference (IWC), November 6 – 10 at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, TX. The IWC, dedicated to advancing new developments in the treatment, use and reuse of water for industrial and other engineering purposes, will also feature the presentation of the IWC Award of Merit and the Paul Cohen Award, and the IWC Continuing Ed Workshop program. Early bird registration is available until October 7.
For more information, visit: www.eswp.com
Water Council Launches ICE Commercialization Initiative
U.S. Water's PhosZero Is R&D 100 Finalist
EPA Releases Q&As on New TSCA
Three Dow Technologies Make IChemE Global Awards Finals
Carbon Capture: Spend More to Save More
Report outlines economic strategy to help the U.K. meet future carbon capture goals
The U.K.'s on/off relationship with carbon capture and storage (CCS) took a new twist on September 12 with the publication of a report by the Parliamentary Advisory Group.
The 70-page report, "Lowest cost decarbonization for the UK: the…
Pollution Monitoring: New Tools Help Speed Compliance
Forestall Fugitive Emissions
Grasp the Gravity of the New TSCA
Latest guidance pertains to fast tracking persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals
On September 2, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released additional guidance on its implementation of the new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in the form of additional questions and answers (Q&As). This column explains…
Business Efforts Bolster Climate Accord
Use of Safer Chemicals Gets New Scrutiny
EPA Seeks to Revise Risk Management Plan
ABB Joins Industrial Internet Consortium Steering Committee
Eric Harper, a senior principal scientist at ABB will represent ABB on the IIC Steering Committee.
ABB is elected to the Industrial Internet Consortium's (IIC) Steering Committee. The IIC is a global not-for-profit consortium of companies that reportedly aims to accelerate the growth of the Industrial Internet by identifying and promoting best practices and global standards. The IIC and the Industrie 4.0 platform are global initiatives that contribute core elements to ABB's concept of the Internet of Things, Services and People, according to the company. ABB was involved in both initiatives from early on and joined the IIC in December 2014. Eric Harper, a senior principal scientist specializing in software architecture and sustainable technologies at ABB's Corporate Research Center in the United States, will represent ABB in the…
Washington Targets Drones
NSF Awards $12 Million For Quantum Technologies
aeSolutions Develops ISA Cybersecurity Training
Plant-Floor Operators Tap IT For Cyber-Security Strategy
5 Steps To Run Accident Investigations Right
Focus on five factors to improve efficiency and insights
Accident investigation is a regulatory requirement under OSHA 1910.119(m). Such an investigation requires careful analysis of evidence to arrive at probable cause(s) of the event and develop appropriate safeguards to prevent its recurrence. Ideally,…
Explosion At China Plant Kills Four
Airgas Explosion Kills One
CSB Issues Safety Alert
Chemical makers gain a tool to keep unmanned aircraft off their sites.
Drones pose significant threats to chemical facilities, as I warned about a year ago — "Plant Security Is Now Up in the Air." In that column, I cited the increasing availability of lower-cost and more-capable drones that can carry payloads and…
Achieve Better Safety Training
Avoid Issues in Process Safety Management Compliance
Chemical Safety Board Opens Up
CP Poll: Would you actually whistleblow?
Worker Safety: Forget Political Correctness
CSB Releases Final Report on Acid Releases at California Refinery
Process Safety: Walk The Line
Compressed Air: Turning Potential Savings Into Real Savings
It's possible to see savings of as much as half of the compressor energy cost.
More and more industrial compressed air users are embracing a systems approach with respect to energy efficiency. Gone are the days of simply comparing the electrical efficiency of compressors and buying the one with the lowest input energy. Smart operators are looking beyond individual components. They are beginning to understand that true efficiency is more than the sum of the system's parts – it's how everything works together as a whole.
We've seen this with system master controls ushering in the industrial internet of things (IIoT), carefully orchestrating interplay between system components to ensure energy efficiency and make predictive maintenance possible. And it's not just "new" technology that a systems approach…
Energy Efficiency: Better Manage Excess Air
Recover Heat from Air Compression
Site Calculates Air Compressor Life Cycle Costs
IChemE Names Finalists For Global Awards 2016
The winners will be revealed on November 3 in Manchester, UK.
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) announces the finalists for the IChemE Global Awards 2016. Over 120 entries from 26 countries made it to the final stages of the Awards. The winners of each of the 16 categories and the overall winner for outstanding chemical engineering project will be revealed on November 3 in Manchester, UK.
The IChemE Global Awards celebrate excellence, innovation and achievement in the chemical, process and biochemical industries. Last year, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory walked away with the top prize for their novel fracturing fluid, designed to make fracking more environmentally friendly.
The awards attracted nearly 500 applications this year, a record number of entries since the awards started…
Scientists Pull Uranium From Seawater
Pump Out Energy Inefficiencies
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Paratherm Debuts Redesigned Website
The new website is designed to be more visually appealing and user friendly.
Paratherm – Heat Transfer Fluids introduces a newly redesigned website. The new website is designed to be more visually appealing and user friendly, according to the company. The new Paratherm website reportedly performs many of the same duties as Paratherm employees in assisting hot oil system users and others interested in indirect heating technology.
The website is aimed at fluid customers, OEM design engineers, process managers, fluid specifiers and maintenance professionals. It provides technical details of Paratherm heat transfer fluid products, including product data, safety data and physical and thermal properties. The website also offers technical advice regarding hot-oil system safety, maintenance and reliability and detailed…
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Energy Saver: Understand Impact Analysis
Focusing on an implementation's true consequences can lead to more cost-effective results
Undertaking an energy assessment can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be if the energy expert can understand and follow an "impact analysis." So, this column will cover this methodology and cite a few examples of how to undertake an impact analysis while doing energy assessments.
Published ASME standards for energy assessments provide a good starting point and offer guidelines for conducting these assessments. Nevertheless, our resources — budgets, human resources, and time — are always limited. Hence, there's a strong need to undertake energy assessments from an impact-level perspective and increase the cost-effectiveness of these efforts. We are still talking about a systems approach; I'm not suggesting cutting…
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Icy roads caused multiple wrecks Friday morning.
Sgt. Tim Schwartz with the Weld County Sheriff's Office said at about 7:30 a.m. deputies were working non-injury traffic accidents and slide-offs around the county.
One of the accidents — at U.S. 34 and Weld County Road 53 — caused traffic to back up, he added.
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These are the people ,only barely, running around walmart on black friday just grabbing everything they see, not even knowing if they want it, but grabbing anyway and even fighting over cheep crap just because the price tag says 80 or 90% off. This could happen at other stores and also on other days but the ultimate outcome is usually some redneck being charged with assult for attacking someone else who grabbed a playstation 3 just before they could.
Look at all those sea gulls in line at walmart, blackfriday is 2 days away. My wife wants to go shopping on black friday but I don't want to get hit by another sea gull this year who waited in line 2 days before for a 2 dollar toaster.
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a relatively new fad among british school boys, whereby they masturbate furiously during recess, collect the jizz in their palms, find a younger unsuspecting boy and slap his face while shouting "SEAGULL!"
Can you believe he got the seagull yesterday during recess?
squirrelicia가 작성 2006년 02월 27일 (월)
A manager who flies in out of the blue making a lot of noise then craps all over everything and flies off again.
A seagull manager is an absent / occasional manager who wants to be seen to be doing something useful but realy has no contribution. To make up for this they turn up from time to time and flap around making sure they tell eveyone what a wonderful job they're doing while at the same time dengrating or undermining the real work being done by their happless underlings.
AndyJ가 작성 2005년 10월 06일 (목)
also can be knwn as seagulling.
where you cum on your hand and throw it at someone.
where you cum on your hand and throw it at someone.
i seagulled him right on the back of the head
joewwww가 작성 2008년 05월 26일 (월)
An annoying bird that likes to hang around water and makes annoying squawking sounds. It is imperative that you stay away from these gross "flying rats" because there is a high change that they will steal your food or shit on your head. Not a nasty sexual act, just a gross bird.
Person 1: A SEAGULL!!!
Person 2: AAAAHHHH *runs away* DON'T SHIT ON MY HEAD!
Person 2: AAAAHHHH *runs away* DON'T SHIT ON MY HEAD!
seagullsrgross가 작성 2010년 03월 30일 (화)
A friend, lover, co-worker who finds no shame in swooping in and gobbling up your discarded food. They don't care who's around and who sees them do it, waste not want not is their motto. They don't share there food, they only eat yours.
I feel bad, I can't finish this huge sandwich.
Don't worry, Matt will be here soon and he's a total Seagull !!!
Don't worry, Matt will be here soon and he's a total Seagull !!!
*gypsy*가 작성 2008년 08월 08일 (금)
Ca caaw ca caaw ca caaw!
" Ca caaw!!"
Ibnu가 작성 2004년 05월 04일 (화)
Excessive annoying nagging from your girlfriend; The behavior exibited when a woman, in most cases your girlfriend, gets upset with you and screeches at you non-stop for the duraton of her fit, or more than 5 minutes; the tone of voice a woman has when she is nagging at a man.
Man, I'll call you back Im getting seagulls on the other line.
Dude, I got seagulls up the ass last night for not calling my girlfriend back.
Dude, I got seagulls up the ass last night for not calling my girlfriend back.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The 2012 Session of the South Carolina General Assembly is now in the books and committee work and establishing priorities for the 2013 session has begun. The following is a partial list of bills that were were signed into law and represent those for which I received the greatest number of inquiries.
Small Business Tax Reform
Reduces the business income entrepreneurs are required to pay on their personal tax forms from five percent to three percent so they can invest in, and grow, their businesses. This directly helps thousands of South Carolina families who either own small business or are self-employed. The rate reduction is phased in over three years for a total impact of $60 million.
Strengthening Right to Work Laws
Requires employers to inform workers of our state's Right to Work protections and clarifies language that the Right to Work must not be denied because of membership or non-membership in a labor organization. The legislation also increases labor organization transparency, increases civil penalties for violations and requires written authorization from the employee before union dues can be deducted from a worker's paycheck.
Pension Reform
This legislation was the biggest achievement of the 2012 Legislative Session and I will shamelessly point out that I am its primary author and was chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee that wrote the bill. I am proud of the work that we did on a very difficult issue which took over a year to complete. The legislation's cornerstone is that it dramatically reduces the unfunded liability of the state retirement system, resulting in a 100 percent funded ratio by the year 2043. (By the way, this is the exact opposite direction from the federal government's liability trend.) Lawsuit Abuse Reform
The Republican Caucus made Tort Reform a top priority of its agenda. These reforms will further protect our state's businesses from the threat of unjustified, debilitating lawsuits while preserving access to our legal system.
Voter ID
Requires voters to show government-issued picture identification (a driver's license, passport or military ID) to prove their identity when they vote. The fee for a state picture ID card is waived until the state can issue free voter registration cards with a photograph on them.
Higher Education Efficiency Act
Improves how our state's colleges and universities operate in order to streamline operations and make them more efficient and accountable. (However, much more work remains to be done in this area.)
'Born Alive' Legislation and Abortion Opt-Out
Ensures that babies born alive after an attempted abortion procedure must be saved and that S.C. doctors will not be mandated to perform abortions if required to by the national health care initiative.
Charter School Reform
Approves new funding for the state's public charter schools, helping push money to these innovative public schools as they provide choices for our state's parents. Charter schools are public schools and the charter schools affected by this bill are part of the state-sponsored charter school district.
Governor/Lt. Governor to Run on Same Ticket
Amends the state constitution to allow the governor and lieutenant governor to run on the same ticket.
2012/2013 State Appropriations Bill
The final state budget totaled $6.7 Billion for 2012/2013, which falls within the state spending limit proposed by the House in H. 3378 (which died in the Senate this year). Highlights of the budget include:
Nearly $700 million in tax relief to individuals and businesses.$300 million for deepening the Port of Charleston channel. This is sufficient to fully fund the entire project should federal funds not materialize.Provides $77 million in unemployment tax relief for businesses.Funds the base student cost at $2,012 per student and guarantees a two percent state-funded pay raise for all teachers.Fully funds state scholarships.Increases funding for the Department of Commerce's Closing Fund.Fully funds the Medicaid budget.Three percent employee pay raise with an additional two percent for law enforcement officers making less than $50,000/year.Adds $30 million to the local government fund.
As for the impending 2013 General Assembly, each year I participate in two events that determine the agenda for the next legislative session.
As a Member of the Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of the Legislative, Executive and Local Government Subcommittee I participate in a two-day workshop on expected revenue and impending changes that will affect our fiscal receipts and expenditures.
The Subcommittee Chairmen meet with staff and experts and spend exhaustive time going through spreadsheets detailing last year's budget and the approaching year's anticipated needs. From this fall meeting we develop a framework for the annual budget - a document that will not be completed until June of next year.
The other agenda setting meeting is held by the Republican Caucus and is a process that I began while serving as majority leader. Each year the Republican members of the House gather to discuss initiatives and legislative priorities in their respective communities and fields of interest. From these meetings a House Republican Caucus agenda is formed and its passage becomes a priority. This year's meeting was held in Charleston and was invaluable to the process - and the three day event with a couple hundred visitors also helped the local economy.
But personally, the most influential contributor to my legislative agenda is the feedback I receive from our local friends, neighbors, businesses and organizations. Each year I gather invaluable information about problems with existing law and inquiries into the process for passing new law. Over the past week alone I have spoken to two business groups, a men's coffee club, an editorial board and innumerable constituents. Each of these provides feedback and information that can only be obtained through personal experiences.
Thank you for the opportunity to represent you and I hope you and your family have a nice week.
(Representative Jim Merrill is the former Majority Leader of the S.C. House of Representatives and represents District 99, which serves parts of Hanahan, Daniel Island, Mount Pleasant, Goose Creek, Cainhoy and North Charleston.)
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New York's community banks provide most of the loans for the state's small businesses and farms, generating more than half of all small- business loans and almost all small-farm loans even though they hold less than one-fourth of all bank assets in the state, banking regulators said in a new report.
The report by the state Department of Financial Services found that community banks – which had declined in the 1990s – grew in the last decade, despite the financial crisis and tough competition.
They did so by providing small-business and mortgage loans, filling the vacuum created as big banks retreated, said Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin M. Lawsky.
"Community banks focus on the unique needs of their communities," Lawsky said. "They build strong customer relationships, which help attract local retail deposits. These banks take deposits from their communities and then typically recycle them back into their communities in the form of loans."
Today, while community banks hold only 22 percent of all assets of banks in the state, they provide almost 55 percent of small-business loans and nine out of 10 small-farm loans. Even the smallest banks, with less than $1 billion in assets and only about 6 percent of all assets at banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., are responsible for almost 28 percent of all small- business loans and 43 percent of small-farm loans.
In turn, Lawsky said, that demonstrates the importance of small banks for job growth and for strengthening the economy.
"Today, New York's community banks continue to drive growth throughout the state, touching virtually every major aspect of the economy and significantly affecting the everyday lives of many New Yorkers," the report said, calling community banks "an engine" of the economy. "Because community banks focus on the unique needs of their respective communities, they offer service and assistance that is not always available from large banks."
In Western New York, the report lists seven community banks: Bank of Akron, Alden State Bank, Evans Bank, Bank of Holland, Lake Shore Savings Bank, Bank of Cattaraugus and Cattaraugus County Bank. Total loan assets in the region fell 80 percent to $1.9 billion in 2011 from $9.5 billion in 1992. Commercial loans dropped to $400 million from $1.3 billion in 1992 but have since held steady, with $435 million in 2011.
The report defined community banks as those with less than $10 billion in assets – a much higher definition than is often used in the industry. By that measure, there were 169 such banks based in New York State in 2011, operating under either state or national charters. The report only looked at banks that were headquartered in the state, not those with just branches here, to enable the researchers to identify trends. It covers the years from 1992 to 2011.
The report notes that the share of industry assets held by community banks fell sharply in the 1990s in New York because of competition from and mergers among big banks, the sale of 83 community banks and recent economic factors.
In particular, total assets at community banks fell 30 percent to $166 billion in 2011 from $237 billion in 1992, while their share of total industry assets in the state fell to 21 percent from 29 percent. Similarly, loans at community banks fell from 30 percent of all loans at banks to 13 percent from 1992-2001. And deposits fell from $188.5 billion in 1992, or 33 percent market share, to $116.3 billion in 2001.
The total number of community banks fell from 299 in 1992 to 169 in 2011.
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* EDITOR'S NOTE - This is the sixth in a series of stories covering contested legislative and County Council seats and County Charter and state constitutional amendments leading up to Tuesday's general election.
West Maui state House hopeful Chayne Marten continues to hammer away at incumbent Angus McKelvey's voting record on the environment, his handling of Lipoa Point as well as gambling bills the lawmaker authored last Legislative session.
But Democrat McKelvey said it's Marten, the Republican, who has it all mixed up.
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McKelvey said he has secured $2.5 million to statewide watershed restoration projects, including $330,000 to the West Maui Watershed Partnership, and he has been endorsed by the Sierra Club. He is also working to see what the state can do to help the county save Lipoa Point from development, and McKelvey said none of his gambling bills aimed at generating state revenue was heard last year, because other revenue paths were found.
But Marten of Napili continues to put the heat on Lahaina resident McKelvey, as was seen at a feisty televised debate on Oct. 9 on Akaku: Maui Community Television.
"I'm really concerned about how our legislator has been voting," said Marten who is running for state House District 10, which includes West Maui, Maalaea and north Kihei. "I believe the representative should be the representative of the people. They should be the voice of the people and represent the will of the people and not represent anybody else's agenda."
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(West Maui, Maalaea and north Kihei)
Chayne Marten
Born: Aug. 3, 1952; Stockton, Calif.
Residence: Napili
Education: Canada College, Calif.; College of San Mateo; Stanford University; Maui College; Screen Actors Guild Conservatory
Community involvement: West Maui Taxpayers Association
Family: Married, three children
Angus L. McKelvey
Born: March 9, 1968; Honolulu
Residence: Lahaina
Elected offices held: State House of Representatives, 2006 to present
Education: Bachelor's degree, Whittier College, 1991
Community involvement: Volunteer, LahainaTown Action Committee; former member Lahaina Rotary Club, Lahaina Restoration Foundation
Family: Single
The 60-year-old Marten pointed to McKelvey's vote in favor of the nearly autonomous Public Land Development Corp., which can generate revenue for the cash-strapped Department of Land and Natural Resources by allowing developers to build on public land, although the measure caused an uproar from the public and the counties.
Marten said McKelvey rode "in on the white horse" recently at a County Council meeting, claiming to have a "great plan" for saving Lipoa Point, a privately owned parcel that some residents are fighting to keep undeveloped in West Maui. But Marten said McKelvey failed to give any guarantees to the county to help save the parcel.
"I think McKelvey was just trying to grab headlines three weeks before the election," said Marten, who works in "green construction" and consults with hotels to convert their utilities to LEED technology, or what is called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
Marten, who has run unsuccessfully in the past for Maui County Council and state House, added that McKelvey has authored bills to bring gambling to Hawaii, which people don't want.
But the 44-year-old Mc-Kelvey countered all of Marten's claims.
He said that the Public Land Development Corp. law was well-intentioned and that nothing would have happened before the public gave its input and had a hearing on its board members.
But he heard the uproar of the public and will work to repeal the law.
McKelvey said that the idea of the act could still be used in a positive way to help build Hawaii's food supply.
He said officials could identify state lands and create a system in which farmers could produce food locally and the state would not only provide the land but subsidize water and electricity as well as certification processes, which are expensive for small farmers.
He added that revenue for the DLNR could be generated from state parks.
As for Lipoa Point, Mc-Kelvey said that what is needed is to gather all the stakeholders together before the Legislature starts in January, when he can see what the state and possibly the federal government can do to help.
McKelvey added that a management plan is needed for the area.
He said his proposed state-federal plan is a plan "B" to Mayor Alan Arakawa's plan for the county to purchase Lipoa Point, which is owned by Maui Land & Pineapple Co.
"Chayne talks big about Honolua (Lipoa Point area). (But) he has no plans of his own to acquire the land or management," he said.
McKelvey has acknowledged that ML&P has said that Lipoa Point is being used a collateral for the company's pension fund, and its value would drop if it were placed in preservation, something the County Council has struggled with. It currently is in agriculture designation.
McKelvey has said he wanted to be sure that the pensioners' fund was secure, otherwise the state's safety net would be strained if pensioners are left hanging and in the end costs would be incurred one way or another.
But Marten said other lands could be used as collateral and that McKelvey's push to try to save pensioners' benefits was "hypocritical" because McKelvey recently voted for raising taxes on some retired employees' pensions.
McKelvey explained the increase he voted on was for those on the "top 1 percent" of incomes, such as those individuals with a pension of $100,000 a year or $200,000 who filed jointly.
But he said the measure did not survive.
He said what Marten doesn't understand is that "you've got to throw out all these projects to capture revenue."
McKelvey said those that would have been taxed extra are only 3 percent of the population and were probably wealthy residents who moved here from the Mainland. He added the money would go to state services for the public.
As for his gambling bills, McKelvey said he proposed them to possibly garner more revenue for the state.
But he said after hearing that visitor numbers were stronger than expected, McKelvey didn't hear his bills, noting that other revenue sources had been found.
He said the two bills he penned were an Internet-only lottery and a proposal to host a World Series of Poker tournament in Waikiki, which would attract visitors from around the world.
He added that with the Internet-only lottery, if things got out of hand for players, their accounts could be shut down easily.
McKelvey said that if he were re-elected his plans include continuing to obtain construction funds for the Lahaina bypass's next phases and for the planned Kihei-Upcountry highway. He said he also would work on the Combined Hawaii Organic Agriculture Mobilization plan for sustainable agriculture as well as getting air conditioning into schools and getting iPads for students in his Lahaina complex.
Marten said he too would like to see air conditioning for West Maui schools as well as look to changes in the public school curriculums to challenge bright students. He said students who don't speak English or are still learning English could be placed in a separate class, but they should be put into the mainstream curriculum as soon as possible. This could be done so other students who learn quicker are not held back by the rest of the students who need more help.
Marten acknowledged that his children are home schooled because he saw them falling behind in public school.
He also believes in sustainable agriculture and favors biofuels, such as the Hawaiian sunflower, instead of developing sometimes-controversial wind farms.
Marten added that he would look to private donors to help the less fortunate and the homeless.
He would also like to see if Hawaii could buy medication in bulk for senior citizens to keep costs down.
Even though he is running as a Republican, Marten said he is really nonpartisan. But he was told by the Republican Party that he didn't stand a chance as a nonpartisan candidate and that the party would back him 100 percent.
But Marten said he has received "not one penny" from the Republicans.
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May 4, 2013
If there was ever any doubt that Joe Manchin would turn into a good soldier for President Barack Obama, doubt no more. As you may recall, Sen. Manchin, D-W.V....
I for one will not be voting for Joe again.
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Solutions, I am in agreement. Harry Reid is an embarrassment and a large part of the problem. Never have we had such a weak, puny excuse for a Senate leader (at least, not in my lifetime) - and yes, I suspect Reid did praise Manchin for at least trying to play both sides - instead of insisting that we deal with the issue as adults instead of mice. Anyone that afraid of losing his or her seat doesn't deserve it.
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Lest the voters and miners forget: in 2009 Joe Manchin governor of West Virginia ask for and signed a cap and trade bill that would shut down over 20% of the coal power in WV. Now he helps in a bill that would allow the government to keep a list of all gun owners. Whenever that happened in the past the despots eventually came for the weapons, Manchin knows this; he is tainted and not worthy of a vote again.
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Hey Truthseeker, "Obama and the Socialist democrats" are in NO position to move the needle on your precious hard-fought capitalist advantage in the world. I mean - let's be frank. The distribution of wealth by your rules have landed us all in a pretty sweet spot, don't you think? I mean, just go to youtube and type in "wealth inequality in America" and be sure to watch all six minutes. You and the Koch brothers, Limbaughs, AFR, and the rest of the "anti-socialist God-fearers" will be proud to see how far you have come in the last few decades. Go ahead. I'll wait...
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One more thing - I don't think we can address violence in the USA without looking carefully at the culture of violence we have created in the entertainment industry. We model aggression as a solution to problems everywhere from video games and movies to our worship of the military. I respect our military might and those who serve, but this unabashed, unqualified worship of the uniform is simply unhealthy. After all, war is basically shooting each other in the face until one side gives up... How proud can we really be of that? Learning to cooperate through music, or science, or statecraft should be lifted up and celebrated. As I have quoted here before, "Don't say my country right or wrong - that is like saying my Grandmother drunk or sober..." We should expect better and we are all capable of better.
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Yes, I understand the bill and agree it is pretty lame as a solution to a growing problem. The compromise to which I referred was between factions of a dysfunctional Senate, but at least it was a beginning. What I like about Manchin, despite being a closet Republican, is that he is willing to look beyond the party leadership rap and try and solve problems. Is he my ideal? Not in a million years. Bernie Sanders comes closer, but the level of corruption and dysfunction on both sides can be moved only by a few leaders willing to march to a different drummer. The current leadership is marching the country right off a cliff. As for gun control, I think we need to expose the NRA for what it is - a lobbyist for gun manufacturers, paranoid survivalists and fringe militias - and look instead to hard data on gun control and gun violence worldwide. The numbers don't lie - we are awash with weapons and have the highest rate of gun violence in the world.
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And while I'm on the subject of gun control - what is so radical about calling people to account for their actions? Isn't that the American way? Taking responsibility? If we want guns in a violent society, the least we should be willing to do is to take enough personal responsibility to show that we are clear-headed, responsible citizens. As I said in an earlier post, banks do background checks all the time. Heck, even your DOG has to have a background check to insure he is not rabid. Why are we such weenies when it comes to the 2nd amendment. Frankly, anyone so driven by fear of the unknown probably shouldn't have a gun anyway. And yes, if you have gone out and bought up loads of ammo and extra guns all because you fear that Obama is going to take away your toys, you are probably too whacked to have them in the first place. Protecting yourself from gvt. takeover would mean shooting your enlisted neighbor in the face. You would do that???
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I find it odd that you cite the Heritage Foundation for complaining about "bought and paid for" legislation. What does not surprise me that that simply because he decides not to kiss up to the Heritage Foundation, NRA, and other capitalist-infested special interest whacko super PACS, you have decided he is carrying Obama's water. Did anyone ever think that he may be using a measure of common sense and calling it as he sees it? It is a mistake to think he has anything political to gain from siding with Dems on anything, coming from a state completely dominated by an agenda spoon fed to them by the Koch Brothers, Fox "News" and the religious nutjobs over at American Family Radio. I thought Manchin showed uncommon courage by working out a respectable compromise on the gun control debate. It took a LOT of NRA bribery money to defeat it. Meanwhile, if I wanted a $1000 loan to upgrade my bathroom, banks would do more background checks on me than Manchin's measure wa
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Manchin better hope Obama doesn't stop suddenly!
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There's just too many SELFISH, GREEDY LAZY people in this generation to ever expect them to vote with respect to others rights and our Constitution. This generation of useless embeciles will sell their souls for the right NOT to work and have everything GIVEN to them without 'earning' one thing! It's a useless generation whom has not accomplished anything new, good or useful. They are the TAKERS. Don't expect them to GIVE to anything expect themselves. They are now STEALING everything from the workers in this nation and with Obama and socialist democrats' help; giving it all to those most UNdeserving.
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Tampa, Florida-- The Junior League of Tampa has partnered with WEDU on the upcoming documentary launch of "Too Close to Home", a WEDU PBS original documentary on human trafficking in the Tampa Bay area that will premiere Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. at the Tampa Theatre.
Tampa, Florida--Issues affecting the elderly will be the main topic of discussion next week as the Hillsborough Council of Aging hosts a public meeting.
It's set for 10 a.m. next Tuesday, August 27 in the County Center in Conference room 250E-A. It should last through 12 p.m.
The County Center is located at 601 East Kennedy Blvd. in Downtown Tampa.
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Tampa, Florida--If you are interested in women's issues in Hillsborough County you might want to go to the Commission on the status of women meeting next week.
The Commission, which serves in an advisory capacity on issues affecting women for the board of County Commissioners, will meet from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday August 27 on the 26 floor of County Center in Conference Room B.
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Ruskin, Florida -- The Hillsborough County Public Utilities Department has scheduled a public meeting on Tuesday, April 23, to discuss a project that connects the Sun City Utilities Water System (Sun City Mobile Home Park) to Hillsborough County's water distribution system.
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MARTINSBURG — Friday, final arguments were made during a one-day evidentiary hearing to determine the approval status of a Certificate of Need application for the proposed $19 million Entsorga......
Jefferson County SWA should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for opposing a recycling facility in Berkeley County. Just because they mismanaged their operation into bankrupsy is no reason to oppose a good project. I hope Entosrga is permitted.
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Certificate of Need - is this even a question. Get out of the way and give Entosrga the permit already. The fact that JCSWA really screwed up their business model is just another example of incompetence in Jefferson County Government. How in the heck can you get yourself $800,000.00 in debt to a local bank. A landfill generates money but is not an asset, it is necessary, but it is a rather large future liability.
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I can almost smell the burning plastic garbage bags already. That's most of what their "product" is.
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The JCSWA website doesn't address that they are bankrupt. It doesn't address the annual budget and past performance against past budgets. It has a section for meeting minutes and has none posted. Many of its public programs are bankrolled by WVDEP. For a public authority it certainly is not transparent in its operations. JCSWA is listed under Government / Boards, Commissions, and Authorities on the JCC website. It has little information and list at least 3 people on the Board who's term expired 8 months ago. No wonder they are $800K in debt. No one seems to be minding the store...
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Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
Quotation marks make their first appearance in the Hits of the Week headline since this week's list includes two walks.
So here they are, the five hits...er, that is, offensive events...that did the most to enhance the Cubs' chance of winning during the past week, as measured by FanGraphs' Win Probability Added (WPA):
#5 Big Hit: Tuesday, v. the Mets, 4th inning-- With the bases loaded and two out and the Cubs already leading 1-0, Reed Johnson drives a single to left field, scoring Ronny Cedeno and Henry Blanco, and the Cubs' margin is three, which, on a day when the Mets can't seem to get an important hit, is more than margin enough. WPA .151
#4 Big Hit: Thursday, v. Colorado, 8th inning-- The Cubs are down a run to Aaron Cook with two men aboard and nobody out, when pinch-hitter Daryle Ward works Cook for a walk to load the bases. (The promising inning will only produce one run and a tie, which the Rox will break in the last of the 8th). WPA .155
#3 Big Hit: Friday, v.Washington, 8th inning -- In the Cubs' first game at new Nationals Park, Matt Murton, suffering from that uncomfortable allergy to base hits, is sent in to bat with the bases loaded, one out, and the Cubs down a run. Murton takes a walk and ties the game...which Washington catcher Wil Nieves will eventually untie with his game-winning home run one inning later. WPA .196
#2 Big Hit: Wednesday, v. Colorado, 10th inning -- This, boys and girls, is what is meant by clutch. After Kerry Wood failed to protect a one-run lead in the last of the ninth inning, and after Reed Johnson failed to bring in the lead runner from second with one out in the top of the tenth, Theriot punches a run-scoring single to right field, scoring Mike Fontenot and giving the Cubs a second one-run lead, a lead which Carlos Marmol does not fail to protect. WPA .351
#1 Big Hit: Wednesay, v. Colorado, 9th inning -- Wednesday's ninth and tenth innings were a swell couple of frames for Win Probabilty Added. Kerry Wood wouldn't have had a one-run lead to not protect and Ryan Theriot wouldn't have had a chance to plate the game-winning run were it not for the fact that in the top of the ninth, with the Cubs trailing 5-4, Aramis Ramirez lofted a two-run homer into the left field stands at Coors Field, scoring Felix Pie, giving the Cubs a brief 6-5 advantage, and knocking the Rockies' Manny Corpas right out of the Colorado closer's job. (This is what is meant by really clutch.) WPA .640
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Re: Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
Anyone else feel that just maybe Steve Rosenbloom might be blowing things a little out of proportion when he recommends that Lou should start putting the pitcher batting 8th behind Soto in the lineup? He acts as if Soto is some sort of Rob Bowen type.... He has had two bad games in a row. Don't get me wrong - they were pretty ugly, but the guy is still hitting over .300, and is ranked 3rd among rookies...
Re: Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
the NL-pitcher-8th thing is gaining a stupid amount of steam...2 teams already doing it and the national media is picking up on it more and more.
that's great stuff. soto's not doing well so let's put a guy who hits worse and with less power in his slot. brilliant. that guy should be damn good at getting a 2-3 run 450ft. bunt down with the 5/6/7 guys on base.
if soto needs protection so badly move HIS horrible hitting ass up to the 7 slot and let someone more selective handle the pitch-around slot. the pitch-around slot isn't going anywhere even if you move it up earlier.
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it's gaining a "stupid amount of steam" probably because it's pretty solid statstical theory that is doing pretty well in practice. Pretty much most lineup analysis says put your worst hitter in the 8th spot.
Granted it goes against all things holy in baseball and it's possible dogs and cats will start living together soon, but it certainly hasn't done anything to hurt the two clubs employing it currently.
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the most important thing about these analysises i have issue with is most treat the #8 slot as if its the same as the #9 or #7 or #1 slots...
there is probably no greater "generalized" way to go about attacking 1 slot vs. another as there is the pitcher's slot vs. the batter directly before the pitcher.
the whole idea of getting the out over with by moving the slot up earlier and giving protection to your former weak hitter by giving him security later doesn't really do it for me.
i see the whole thing as a way to correct an issue with certain players, but i believe if you want to give that guy protection you put someone else in the 8 slot and move your troubled guy to the 7 slot if they really need that protection. a big problem for most teams is their 7 and 8 slot hitters are usually interchangle suck. i dont see sticking an even worse player higher up being an efficient way to tackle the issue, though.
besides, this is the NL...the double switch league...a pitcher's slot is the most mobile of all lineup slots.
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Aren't we talking about a difference of 4 or 5 runs a year at most? I mean, that's half a win and those could be game-winning runs, sure. And I'm all in favor of maximizing runs. But I think this is one time where we don't have enough evidence to convict or acquit.
That is, batting your worst hitter 8th may be better on paper, but what about the stigma on the 9th hitter? Does his performance wane by more than the 4 or 5 runs a year in the new lineup? Can psychological factors affect his hitting that way?
Or, once everyone is hitting this way, does that stigma simply disappear--and we get his normal production?
I'm really not the best person to make this argument, given that I'm mostly a believer in the story the numbers tell. But for whatever reason, I'm curious about the psychological factor on this decision. Probably because I'm biased against it.
Probably because I can't stand Tony Larussa.
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a lot of criticism points to it being a wash either way...
too many loose studies that totally ignore the impact of a hitter batting before a pitcher show a slight edge to batting the pitcher 8th. too many see it as a static that is influenced solely by batting position, not who's before or after you.
you pretty much trade off run production from your 5/6/7 hitters in exchange for giving top of the lineup guys more rbi chances.
on a cubs-08 specific level there's those that would welcome more rbi chances for soriano...there's also those who question why the guy who hits 30hr/40doubles with low ob% is batting first because he was a 30sb guy 2 seasons and 2 leg injuries ago who some believe has a mental block outside of the 1 slot...
all in all its considered a 'wash' by most observers...
Re: Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
The key point in all of this is that Rosenbloom is a douchebag.
Re: Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
Yeah, but what really seems silly is that his assertion that Soto is not hitting well is based on two games. Before that, if I recall correctly, Soto was on a tear.
What do you call eight strikeouts in a row?
Kryptonite sombrero? 5 is platinum.
Re: Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
I was reading over at Desipio and came across this info, prob old news by now...
A lot of us couldn't figure out why Lou would pinch run for Derrek Lee with one out in a one run game on Wednesday night in Denver. Felix didn't try to steal second, so why was he in? Hell, Lee could have jogged around the bases on E-ramis' homer as well as Felix did. Lou explained that Rockies pitcher Manny Corpas tries to pitch with a slide step when there's a basestealer on, and not only does Manny struggle with it, but he can't throw his slider very well without his normal stride. Felix went in, Manny went to the slide step, E-ramis sat on the fastball and homered. How cool is that?
I think that is pretty cool. A manager who knows what the hell is going on.
Also Pie is hitting like .400 since Lou benched him and started working on his swing.
Just more things Dusty's fat ass couldnt be bothered to deal with or even know. Dusty managed on "instincts" damn it.
Re: Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
Wow -- that's awesome. Bob Brenley was basically berating Lou for not having Pie steal, as was I.
Justin Berg promoted to AAA
Berg, 23, struck out 10 batters and walked 11 in 28 1/3 innings, going six innings or more in three of his five starts this season. Opponents batted .264 against Berg.
"His record is not indicative of how he's pitched here," Tennessee pitching coach Dennis Lewallyn said of Berg. "He's throwing the ball well and he has matured a lot as a person."
Reds Players starting to turn against Dusty?
Freel is not happy. Seems Dusty's loyalty to Patterson is partly to blame.
We never saw this coming.... Ha!
Re: Reds Players starting to turn against Dusty?
well to be fair, Corey won't wilt under the April heat...
Re: Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
This will shock you all:
I believe in having the pitcher bat 8th.
Re: Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
I don't have anything against it if there's a good reason to bat him eighth.
Perusing the minor league stats
Jake Fox hitting 176/195/400
Fuld has only played in 6 games all year
Josh Kroeger hitting 292/363/473 in AAA
Gallagher with a 1.93 ERA, 25 K, 23.1 IP, 5 BB
Ascanio 2.03 ERA, Cotts 2.08 ERA, Holliman 4.12 ERA with 14 K, 9 BB and 19.2 IP
Doug Deeds 298/355/561 (new guy in the Monroe deal)
Colvin 250/317/424 24 K, 7 BB in 92 AB
Ryan Harvey 169/236/323 (start working on your breaking pitches)
Samardzija 3.12 ERA, 14 K, 12 BB, 26 IP
Veal 2.38 ERA, 17 K, 14 BB, 22.2 IP
Greg Reinhard 1.32 ERA, 16 K, 3 BB, 13.1 IP
Tony Thomas 274/337/386
Welington Castillo 286/314/347
Alessandro Maestri 1.31 ERA, 15 K, 6 BB, 20.2 IP
Jose Ceda 4.05 ERA, 24 K, 10 BB, 20 IP
Vitters 214/214/429 (been out 5 days w/ a hand injury though)
Kyler Burke 227/292/303
Iowa 11-11
Tennessee 9-15
Daytona 14-10
Peoria 8-15
hasn't been pretty so far in the minors
Re: Perusing the minor league stats
...and Galagher was cruising along for about 4 innings last night when the wheels came off. ERA now over 3.00
Re: Perusing the minor league stats
If Gallagher can keep up that 5:1 K:BB ratio he'll be a superstar. Likely to drop off a bit, and even more so when he eventually gets called up, but 3:1 would still be fantastic.
Re: Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
From the "Worse Move Than Matt Morris" Department:
"San Francisco moved $126 million ace Barry Zito into the bullpen on Monday, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney."
Brian Sabean has a job how, exactly?
Re: Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
Wow. You can point the finger at Sabean if you want, but there were several other teams (at least four) willing to shell out big bucks for Zito. If I remember correctly, he had a rough start last year, too. Maybe he's just a slow starter.
But still, that's a lot of money tied up in a mop-up guy. Blech.
Re: Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
Zito's strongest selling point was that he hadn't missed a single start since he broke into the league. Not taking advantage of his health and moving him to the bullpen where he's not nearly as likely to work out his struggles as if he stayed in the rotation, is idiotic. There's a reason why a team like the Giants has the luxury to keep sending struggling pitchers to the mound every five days: they're not contenders.
Re: Cubs "Hits" Of The Week (For the Week of 4/21 through 4/27)
Well, Sabean can cheer up, they'll only have $102 mil left by the end of the season, and that even includes the $7 mil buyout for 2014 (assuming Zito doesn't opt out of that year; who knows, he has 5 years in the Giants pen to turn it around).
This could be the worst FA signing ever. Even Hampton, you can chalk it up to injury, and he did have a couple decent years in there.
Re: Zito
I'm embarassed to say I was in favor of the Cubs signing Zito (although knowing he would stay on the west coast in all likelihood). Free agency is a crapshoot at best, and if you get 2 out of 3, or 3 out of 4 decent years you're lucky. Trades and farm system development is a safer bet if you can.
Zito will be a Metropolitian
by the waiver deadline. The Mets need another arm and dont have the prospects to get a top guy, so they will just buy half of his contract and give up a marginal prospect or two and hope Peterson can rebulid him like he did once before.
Re: Zito will be a Metropolitian
I agree completely, assuming you mean the Tokyo Metropolitans or the Independent Frontier League Metropolitans.
Unless he learns a damn good knuckleball, Zito is finished.
Zito's downward slide
Whatever Zito's problems are, they haven't just cropped up recently. Here's his ERA+ for his career:
2001: 125
2002: 158 <-- Cy Young year
2003: 134
2004: 101
2005: 113
2006: 116
2007: 98
2008: 54
Strikeout totals for the same period:
2001: 205
2002: 182
2003: 146
2004: 163
2005: 171
2006: 151
2007: 131
He's been on a steady decline for his entire career. The fact that he started from such a high spot has masked it somewhat, but he's been league-average or just over for the last four years.
Re: Zito's downward slide
Plus his walk rate has steadily risen on top of that. Not a good sign when you are supposed to be switching to the weaker offensive league.
Re: Zito's downward slide
zito's main issue is a loss in velocity and his "table dropping" curve has straightened out. guy's never been a fireballer, but he's struggling to his mid-80s much less consistant high-80s/low-90s. he has a change, but when you're throwing a 85mph fastball a crappy change isn't gonna fool too many (as if his change ever was good).
lefties are seeing him well and his stuff is more junk than deception.
so he's basically a soft tossing lefty without deception or control.
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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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LOCKPORT - David J. Grover, who kidnapped a 5-year-old girl from her North Tonawanda home last summer and sexually abused her, pleaded guilty today after a judge said she probably would allow prosecutors to tell a jury about his past similar crimes.
Grover, 35, of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Town of Tonawanda, agreed to take a 15-year state prison sentence followed by 25 years of probation-like post-release supervision. Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas will make it official April 30.
Grover pleaded guilty to second-degree kidnapping as a sexually motivated felony, which lengthened the post-release supervision period and also forced him to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.
The girl's great-grandmother told reporters that was important "so he can't hurt anyone else."
Assistant District Attorney Robert A. Zucco said if the case went to trial, he and Deputy District Attorney Holly E. Sloma should be allowed to tell jurors about Grover's 2007 conviction for taking another small North Tonawanda girl on a car ride for several hours without permission.
There was no evidence of sexual abuse in that case, but Zucco said, "It was a remarkably similar offense."
Defense attorney David C. Douglas said allowing that would sink Grover's hopes of acquittal.
"I think the prejudicial impact is insurmountable. The trial is over before it starts," Douglas said.
When Farkas said she was inclined to let the prosecutors introduce information about the 2007 incident, she also asked if there was any chance of a plea today. Douglas asked for time to talk to Grover, and the plea deal was worked out in about half an hour.
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MORGANTOWN - Bob Huggins has witnessed many inefficiencies with his West Virginia squad this season.
But one thing the veteran coach won't tolerate is the defense his team displayed in Saturday's 79-52 loss at Purdue.
"I think Purdue scored on 20 of 22 possession in the second half, or something ridiculous like that.
"We're giving up almost 44 percent field-goal percentage (a game) and that's not very good. People are shooting 35 percent (from the 3-point line). That's never happened (with my teams)."
The Mountaineers look for redemption, and in the process, climb back to the .500 mark today as fellow Big 12 Conference newcomer Texas Christian visits the Coliseum. This is the first meeting ever on the hardwood between the schools.
Game time is slated for 7:30 p.m. and the action will be televised on ESPN2.
West Virginia (8-9, 1-3 Big 12) also has struggled on the offensive side this season, averaging just 67.7 points per game.
"We find different ways to shoot ourselves in the foot," Huggins said. "If we shoot OK from the field, we can't make a foul shot. If we make foul shots, we can't shoot it from the field.
Sophomore guard Juwan Staten tops the Mountaineers in scoring with 10.1 points per game. Junior center Aaric Murray is second with 9.6, while freshman guard Terry Henderson is hitting for 8.5 and sophomore guard Jabarie Hinds 7.9. Henderson is expected back in the lineup today after missing the Purdue game with a back injury.
The Horned Frogs, under first-year head coach Trent Johnson, are 9-9 overall and 0-5 in league play after falling to Iowa State on Saturday. They have lost five straight.
Sophomore guard Kyan Anderson and 6-foot-7 senior forward Garlon Green lead TCU in scoring average with 11.4 and 10.9 points, respectively. Adrick McKinney, a 6-8 senior forward, tops in rebounding with 6.9 per contest.
West Virginia returns to the road on Saturday against Oklahoma State.


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Williamsburg Neighborhood Watch Members Indicted for Gang Assault
Five man associated with a Hasidic safety patrol were charged Wednesday for the December gang assault on an African-American man that left him blind in one eye, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said.
Pinchas Braver, 19 years old, Joseph Fried, 25, Mayer Herskovic, 21, Aharon Hollander, 28, and Abraham Winkler, 39, were indicted on a charge of acting in concert to commit gang assault and other charges in connection with alleged Dec. 1, 2013 attack on Taj Patterson.
Mr. Patterson, a New York City College of Technology student, was walking on Flushing Avenue near Spencer Street around 4 a.m. when he said he was attacked, unprovoked, by a group of Hasidic men, Mr. Thompson said.
During the beating, Mr. Patterson claimed the men yelled antigay slurs. He suffered a torn retina and broken eye socket, causing him to lose vision in his right eye, Mr. Thompson said.
The defendants are all associated with the Williamsburg Safety Patrol Unit, a civilian neighborhood watch group, and they face up to 25 years in prison if convicted, Mr. Thompson said. A phone message left with a spokesman for the safety patrol wasn't returned.
"We simply cannot allow anyone walking on the streets of Brooklyn to be knocked to the ground, stomped and brutally beaten," Mr. Thompson said. "Our streets must be free of such violence and everyone must adhere to the rule of law, including these defendants."
Police Commissioner William Bratton said the indictments "send a clear message that acts of vigilantism are unacceptable."
All five men pleaded not guilty to charges of gang assault, unlawful imprisonment, assault and menacing. Messrs. Braver, Fried and Herskovic were given $50,000 bond or $25,000 cash bail. Messrs. Winkler and Hollander were issued bail of $25,000 bond or $15,000 cash bail, officials said. It was unclear late Wednesday evening if the men were able to post bail or not.
Attorney Michael Farkas, who is representing Mr. Hollander, said the district attorney's office "inaccurately cast" all five defendants as being members of the neighborhood watch "attempting to dirty them up as vigilantes and sully the good name of a respected community service organization."
Mr. Farkas added that only Mr. Hollander and Mr. Winkler, who is being defended by Mr. Farkas' father, George Farkas, are members of safety patrol. He said the reason why their clients were given smaller bail amounts was because prosecutors described their roles in the alleged attack as being less serious than the others.
Mr. Farkas said he and his father "will take the DA to task and vigorously challenge these allegations."
Harold Baker, who is defending Mr. Fried, said he was still reviewing the case and declined to answer specific questions about his client's role including if he was a member of the safety patrol. Mr. Baker said he plans to "vigorously defend against the charges."
Attorneys for Messrs. Herskovic and Braver couldn't be reached for comment.


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Barbara Auker, 61, Altoona, went home to be with the Lord Sunday at her home after a courageous battle with breast cancer.
She was born in Altoona, daughter of Martha (Calvert) Mallam and the late John Mallam. She married Stephen J. Auker on Aug. 25, 1973, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Altoona.
Surviving are her mother; her husband; two daughters: Julie Blas and husband, Michael, of Apex, N.C., and Carolyn Kilgore and husband, Matthew, of Wilmington, Del.; a sister, Jane Gable of Altoona; two nieces: Sara Gable and Elizabeth Gable and husband, Matthew Gavejian; a grandniece, Nora; and a grandnephew, Theo.
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Barbara was a 1969 graduate of Altoona Area High School and a 1973 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in education. She taught business education at Altoona Area High School for 35 years before retiring in 2011. She had served as department head for eight years.
Barbara was a life member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. She was also a member of the Women's Club and the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees, treasurer of the Class of 1969 Reunion Committee and co-chairperson of the Backpack Project.
She enjoyed swimming in her pool, camping, visiting daily with her mother at Garvey Manor Nursing Home, watching football, reading the Altoona Mirror, Relay for Life and community outreach programs through her church.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, at The Good Funeral Home Inc., Alto-Reste Park Cemetery, and 10 until the 11 a.m. funeral service Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Altoona.
Family and friends are invited to stay after the 8 p.m. visitation Thursday at the funeral home to share personal memories of Barbara's life.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Luke's Episcopal Church for accommodating people with disabilities.


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|Twist Solves Bilayer Graphene Mystery
Researchers have discovered a unique new twist to the story of graphene and, in the process, appear to have solved a mystery that has held back device development. Working at ALS Beamline 7.0.1, a research team applied angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES) to bilayer graphene. Through direct band-structure measurements and calculations, they discovered that in the stacking of graphene monolayers, subtle misalignments arise, creating an almost imperceptible twist in the final bilayer graphene. Tiny as it is—as small as 0.1 degree—this twist can have surprisingly strong effects on the bilayer graphene's electronic properties.
Graphene, an atomically thin carbon layer whose atoms are arranged in a honeycomb lattice, is an exciting new material with many unique properties. For example, its electrons have the highest room-temperature mobility of any material, making it a very attractive material for future semiconductor devices. A major drawback, however, is graphene's lack of a bandgap—the feature of the electronic structure that signifies the ability to control the flow of electrons.
Bandgap engineers went to work and found that when two layers of graphene are stacked, interactions between the layers allow the creation of a bandgap by chemical doping or the application of an external electric field perpendicular to the layers. In practical tests of actual devices, however, the gap did not live up to theoretical predictions. An unexpected amount of current would continue to flow even when the device should be switched "off." To explain these anomalous results, a number of theories involving strain-induced distortions, magnetism, or nematic symmetry breaking were proposed, but direct evidence for which class of model applied had been missing.
To tackle this mystery, researchers performed a series of ARPES experiments at ALS Beamline 7.0.1. ARPES is an ideal tool for addressing these issues because it is exquisitely sensitive to the symmetry of electronic states. The results showed that a new kind of lattice defect, in which the graphene layers have a vanishingly small relative twist, can explain the experimental data.
The researchers compared samples of bilayer graphene stacked in the normal, slightly offset, alignment (AB) with those in a direct-stacking alignment in which the atoms in each layer line up directly above and below one another (AA). Direct AA stacking is energetically unfavorable, but only by a very slight margin. Therefore, in response to local stress, bilayer graphene is more likely to induce a twist involving thousands of atoms rather than create an atomic-scale defect.
The introduction of the twist generates a completely new electronic structure that indicates the presence of both massive and massless Dirac fermions. The massless Dirac fermion branch of this new structure prevents bilayer graphene from becoming fully insulating even under a very strong electric field. Massless Dirac fermions, electrons that essentially behave as if they were photons, are not subject to the same bandgap constraints as conventional electrons. The twists that generate this massless Dirac fermion spectrum may be nearly inevitable in the making of bilayer graphene and can be introduced as a result of only ten atomic misfits in a square micron of bilayer graphene.
Now that scientists understand the problem, they can search for solutions. For example, they can try to develop fabrication techniques that minimize the twist effects, or reduce the size of the bilayer graphene to have a better chance of producing locally pure material. Beyond solving a bilayer graphene mystery, the discovery of the twist establishes a new framework on which various fundamental properties of bilayer graphene can be more accurately predicted. A lesson learned here is that even such a tiny structural distortion of atomic-scale materials should not be dismissed in describing the electronic properties of these materials fully and accurately.
Research conducted by: Keun Su Kim (ALS and Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany); Andrew L. Walter (Donostia International Physics Centre, Spain); Luca Moreschini, Eli Rotenberg, and Aaron Bostwick (ALS); Thomas Seyller (Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany); and Karsten Horn (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany).
Research funding: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES); the National Research Foundation of Korea; the Max Planck Society; the Swiss National Science Foundation; and the German Research Foundation. Operation of the ALS is supported by DOE BES.
Publication about this research: Keun Su Kim, Andrew L. Walter, Luca Moreschini, Thomas Seyller, Karsten Horn, Eli Rotenberg, and Aaron Bostwick, "Coexisting massive and massless Dirac fermions in symmetry-broken bilayer graphene," Nature Materials 12, 887 (2013).
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The reigning Olympic champion, 22, will take part in the NRW Trophy in Dortmund, chasing the points she needs to qualify for next year's world championships in Canada, her agency, All That Sports, said.
The reigning Olympic champion, 22, will take part in the NRW Trophy in Dortmund, chasing the points she needs to qualify for next year's world championships in Canada, her agency, All That Sports, said.
This is a good thing, right?
I'm looking forward to seeing her under any circumstances whatsoever. Points, no points...even skating without music would be fine with me. Go for it, YuNa!
According to the Korean Media, she'll be executing jumps as same as she did at the Olympics.(no triple axel)
It also said the program won't be watered down like many of skaters in the competition today!
can't wait to see her on the ice
Has she ever done triple axel? And if she is anywhere near as good as she was in Vancouver she should be the favorite for the world title.
However, Yu-Na already landed triple lutzes, salchows, and toeloops in her summer show (she has never included flips in exhibitions, so not a big deal there), so you can logically conclude that she'll be attempting likely 3 lutzes across the SP and the FS. Her layout, if she goes for the 3/3, will probably be the same as 2011 Worlds, and yes, that's pretty challenging, but again, this isn't confirmed.
If Yu-na waltzes onto the ice after a two-year break and hits a triple Lutz /triple toe I for one will
At this point I'm just happy to see she might be back on the ice competing. Not too concerned about what jumps she's throwing at the moment because she still has training time. It's more important, I think, to get her competitive legs under her again. I wish her luck. She's beautiful to watch on the ice.
As I recall, she abandoned the attempt to perfect a triple axel because it was the jump that most hurt her back. There was certainly no need for her to have one, considering her arsenal of huge jumps and combinations. All of which I hope she still has so that we can enjoy watching them!
Here's a video of Kim attempting triple axel, the second jump (around ~11 sec)


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Sources: CERN, BBC News
quote: It's just arrogance, though, to pretend we've got some solid grasp on the basics.
quote: Heh, well, don't get too ahead of yourself. Yes, we all know gravity exists and can, with a high degree of accuracy until one starts to get to the quantum level or the scales seen in astronomy, predict how it works.
quote: We know it exists, how it works, how to measure it, and how to predict its behavior but we can't quite get that same understanding at the quantum scale - actually, that is one of the greatest mysteries in Physics today.
quote: To actually think Scientists are running around arrogantly spinning lies about Gravity is itself arrogance...and ignorance of how the Scientific Method works in real life.


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ROCKFORD — Marti Frantz, executive director of The Music Academy in Rockford, was awarded the 2013 National Guild Milestone Certificate of Appreciation at the National Guild for Community Arts Education annual meeting held Nov. 1 in Chicago.
The award recognizes executive and divisional directors at Guild member organizations who have demonstrated a commitment to supporting and advancing community arts education for more than 20 years.
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Bryn Renner knows the frame-by-frame sequence better than giddy Gamecock fans or ESPY voters. Jadeveon Clowney zips unblocked into the Michigan backfield and ferociously crams his facemask into Vincent Smith's chest, sending the unsuspecting running back's helmet into orbit. A split-second changed Outback Bowl momentum and made Clowney famous from Tampa to Hollywood.
"I've seen it a lot," said Renner, North Carolina's senior quarterback. "It's always on SportsCenter."
Put yourself in this poor guy's cleats: Renner is the one quarterback in the country who has had all off-season to plan for Clowney's first snaps since the Outback Bowl. Next Thursday night, South Carolina's All-American defensive end and his teammates play host to the Tar Heels at Williams-Brice-Clowney Stadium.
Renner is the next victim, the designated foil in the much-anticipated "Return of Clowney: The Final Chapter" premier. Ever seen those wildlife shows where the hapless gazelle gets separated from the tour group as carnivores approach?
North Carolina vs. South Carolina isn't just some run-of-the-mill football squabble between former rivals. It's ESPN's new docudrama featuring a smart, skilled, relentless lead actor.
And shark bait.
Up-tempo strategy
A lot has happened since New Year's Day in Florida.
Clowney snarled at quarterbacks. He said Clemson's Tajh Boyd, Georgia's Aaron Murray and former Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson were "scared."
The Hit won an ESPY Award.
Renner studied gobs of South Carolina tape, keeping an eye on No. 7.
"He's a great player," Renner said. "He's a phenomenal talent. Just watching him on film, you can see that. But in order to get our program to where we want to go, we have to play top teams, and South Carolina is a top team. We're looking forward to playing against a top team, and the best player in the country."
The respect is there for the No. 6 team in the Associated Press preseason poll and the player projected as the No. 1 pick in the 2014 NFL draft.
But "scared" in the pocket?
Renner said he won't have time for fear.
The Tar Heels in Larry Fedora's "Fed Spread" offense aim to play fast. The second-year head coach at his introductory Chapel Hill news conference said anyone making a concession stand trip will probably miss a touchdown.
"Luckily, we run an up-tempo offense so I don't really have time to survey the field that much," Renner said. "But you always are going to know where (Clowney) is going to be. That's the best thing we can do to try and control him."
'Just the tenacity'
Renner is formidable, too.
He's a big guy at 6-3, 225.
He's tough, and looks the part. A few guests at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, N.C., mistook Renner for former NFL star Brett Favre last month during the ACC Football Kickoff.
"Yeah," Renner said, "I get that a lot."
North Carolina senior left tackle James Hurst, Renner's insurance policy, is one of the best in the country. Note that Clowney for the most part struggled against Michigan standout left tackle Taylor Lewan. Hurst is a 6-7, 305-pound All-America candidate.
A full year of adjusting to Fedora's system gives Renner a confidence boost, even with top running back Giovani Bernard gone to the Cincinnati Bengals.
"Absolutely," he said. "Everything feels comfortable now. We know what we're doing and we know what to do when we open the season. Last year, it was more like worrying about what I had to do, but this year I can worry more about the rest of the offense. We're really anxious to see what we can do."
North Carolina scored 40.5 points per game last season, up from 28.3 in 2011. The Tar Heels went 8-4 but were favored in 10 games.
Still, we're talking about Clowney, a 6-6, 274-pound obstructionist who can cover 40 yards in 4.4 seconds.
"Just the tenacity when he gets off the ball," Renner said. "He's very fast, very physical. He has all the tools you would want in a defensive end."
A total of 13 sacks with 4.5 coming in one game (Clemson) isn't a scary total for an entire season. But Bryn Renner knows Clowney had a knack in 2012 for turning games around in an instant classic. He doesn't even have to dive into his stockpile of South Carolina video.
It's always on SportsCenter.
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