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In 2002 the Cubs traded Dontrelle Willis, Julian Tavarez and two minor leaguers for Antonio Alfonseca and Matt Clement.
11 years later, they get Willis back.
What does it mean in the cosmic scheme?
The big picture?
The Cubs got Alfonseca and Clement for Tavarez!
And that is crafty, my friend.
A deal made in the 4th dimension.
Way back when, I took a class called "3-D Design" right at the time the art department bought some new video cameras.
The teacher was so excited he had us do a film - it was of me getting my pocket picked for some reason.
The next day we looked at it and the teacher goes, "You all realize we've just done an experiment in the 4th dimension."
"What you talkin' bout, Willis?" said the class.
He says, "This little act happened yesterday in the hallway."
"And yet today we're looking at it in a completely different time and space."
Totally aced that class, btw.
Those old drawings are from 2003.
The Matt Clement one from late in that amazing season, and the Alfonseca was a reaction to June 27th and 28th.
When the Cubs dropped 2 in a row at Comisky.
When Antonio gave up a homer in the bottom of the 9th to Jose Valentin, Cubs lose 3-4.
And the next day a 2-run homer to Aaron Rowand to tie the game in the 8th (Juan Cruz would be charged with the 6-7 loss).
I was just kidding about the class saying, "What you talkin' bout, Willis?"
That show wasn't even on yet.
It always seemed to me that
It always seemed to me that if Dontrelle tipped his cap to the right slightly it would right the ship. You know, like choking up the bat a little?
I was checking to see if your
I was checking to see if your drawing would show six fingers on Alfonseca - and you did.
Yep. Really funny. Also, the
Yep. Really funny. Also, the infamous interview by ESPN idiot, Jessie Rogers, who, on air said, "So, how DID you get the extra fingers? Were you born with them, or what?"
it happened...while he was
it happened...while he was working for WSCR/"da score-uh" in chicago, too...classy moment.
always think of this video
always think of this video when I hear the Ronnie-Al interview
tim's drawing of Alfonseca in the Chef hat would be a great way to recast the video
Cue up the "low risk
Cue up the "low risk-potentially high payoff" optimism.
unless he finds out how to
unless he finds out how to throw over 87/88mph and finds some control it seems like more of a AAA filler/insurance gig...not to mention he hasn't thrown more than 3ip in a game (minors or majors) since late Sept. 2011. still...it's extremely low risk unless there's some dumb hidden money in there somewhere...which is highly doubtful.
Wasn't he also having
Wasn't he also having emotional issues/mental problems?
Then there's the hidden risk-
Then there's the hidden risk- that some starter will go down injured and someone will get the bright idea to field a clearly over-matched pitcher on a major league team.
I think it's just interesting
I think it's just interesting how even though he was originally signed by a completely different regime, there seems to be, and maybe it's just my imagination, some kind of sentimentality involved from the Cubs org. Maybe that's just the idealist in me. From a baseball standpoint, it seems like there are hundreds of guys like that to choose from. Maybe, too, it's the distant hope that somehow he can make a comeback, and then it becomes a revenue builder from the story line. Yeah, screw the sentiment. It's always about money. Thanks for listening, and have a good day.
BA has it's top 10 Cubs
BA has it's top 10 Cubs rankings posted:
Baez, Almora, Soler, Vizcaino, BJax, PJohnson, Vogelbomb, Candelerio, Fujikawa and Alcantera
here's the non-subscriber
here's the non-subscriber link
No. 5 Starter Pierce Johnson
No. 5 Starter Pierce Johnson
that doesn't say much for the pitching in the system when pierce "my god, get that kid a sandwich" johnson is the projected #5 out of the available pitching + prospect pool.
btw, i'm interested to see how he fills out once he quits living off of coffee and massive amounts of cardio exercise. =p
Gordon [email protected]
Gordon [email protected]
Source: Cubs one of several teams interested in Cuban defector/SS Aldemis Diaz. Turns 23 Tuesday, exempting him from signing $$$ limits.
and another...
"Rangers general manager Jon
"Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said Monday that the plan is to use Ian Kinsler at second base and Mitch Moreland at first base."
the m.olt + j.profar/e.andrus situation gets more interesting...
Rumor out of Baltimore of the
Rumor out of Baltimore of the Cubs involved somehow in a 3 way trade with the major components being Rick Porcello and JJ Hardy.
this site (below) speculates that Junior Lake and Travis Wood might be Cub components. Pretty shaky but that would open up a roster spot for Carlos Villanueva.
Ugh. they can keep Porcello.
Ugh. they can keep Porcello. I'd hope he would improve dramatically leaving the AL Central...but a rising WHIP, ERA....he doesn't strike out a lot of batters....I dunno what the infatuation is.
the infatuation is the same
the infatuation is the same as last year and the year before...he's got good stuff (fb/slider/change) with a good ground ball ratio. last year he had raised velocity a bit gaining him more interest.
that said, he can have all of that in the world, but it doesn't help when it's all thrown predictably right through the strike zone.
he's got good looking stuff on paper, but when he executes it his stuff comes out looking sub-par.
2013 is year 3 or 4 of his expected breakout. he's seeing increased love this year because of increased velocity...which he did very little with as far as results.
Cubs trading Wood for
Cubs trading Wood for Porcello makes some sense, flyball pitcher to Comerica vs. groundball pitcher to Wrigley. Throwing in Lake to clear a 40-spot isn't bad, but I'm not a big fan of his. Porcello's younger than Wood, but will also hit FA sooner.
But as the article says, wouldn't O's just flip Hardy for Porcello instead of dealing with the Cubs? I can't imagine they like Travis Wood more, but I guess other pieces would be involved.
I think it implies Wood and
I think it implies Wood and Lake would go to Baltimore, with Hardy going to Detroit. Don't they still have Peralta, too?
I was presuming Wood and Lake
I was presuming Wood and Lake is what Cubs were offering Tigers for Porcello (at least that sounds reasonable) and Tigers want a shortstop that can start now. I don't see what O's would want with Wood and Lake over Porcello. O's are looking for pitching from what I understand (and probably something better than Wood or Porcello if they're going to move Hardy).
Peralta shouldn't be playing SS, but yeah, he's there for now.
From the FWIW archives...
he's 24 with first round
he's 24 with first round talent, always worth a try if the price is right. Obviously he's no ace, but he could be useful. Wouldn't terribly mind it in the right deal.
Why not just go get Randy
Why not just go get Randy Wells?
he lives in the strike zone and gets killed for it. he can't work his pitches to get Ks. he's a lot like feldman, only worse, imo.
...not to mention he'll probably cost $5m-ish.
given what the cubs already have i wouldn't give up lake as an incentive even if he's not destined for SS/3rd. t.wood i don't mind seeing go away, but i wouldn't view this as an upgrade even if it was wood/porcello straight up.
And, of course, every
And, of course, every pitching coach says, "I can fix him."
Crunch, with all sincerity
Crunch, with all sincerity and lack of sarcasm....why so ready to get rid of Travis Wood?
Ok..6-13 with a 4.27 ERA in 26 starts...ERA+ of92...WHIP of 1.199, 6.9 K/9 and 2.2 K/BB.
He got lit up in July. Ok, sure....thats a given.
Look at his August starts...6 starts 0-5, 4.14 ERA. However each one:
1- 5IP, 2R, 2ER, 6K, 3BB Loss
2- 6IP, 2R, 2ER, 3K, 3BB Loss
4- 5IP, 7R, 6ER, 3K, 0BB, Loss....facing Cincy the second time in a week
5- 7IP, 3R, 3ER, 6K, 1BB, Loss
6- 7IP, 3R, 3ER, 4K, 1BB Loss
So 0-5..when he easily could've been 4-1.
I dunno....Wood was up and down, but really having a lefty in the rotation, who had some success last year in a dreadful season..
I'm just not getting why they should toss him aside so quickly?
t.wood i consider a perfectly
t.wood i consider a perfectly fine end-rotation guy...that said, when it's time to pay him, i wouldn't be looking to pay him.
i don't like how fly-ball he is. i don't think he's e.santana level bad, but when he hangs one it gets punished.
it's hard to argue against his 2012 numbers (HR's aside), but i'm still not a fan, nor do i think he's a sub-30 HR guy. i see more 2011 in the guy than 2012 when it comes to the hits.
i don't hate him as much as i hate porcello...i feel safe saying that...but my dislike of porcello is closer to my dislike of feldman.
i wouldn't complain about him being around...i wouldn't complain about seeing him go. i feel his current value is higher than he can perform in the future. ...just a judgement call, nothing i feel super-strong about.
Thanks Crunch. I was just
Thanks Crunch. I was just curious... I figured the Cubs have enough right-handed pitching with some guys struggling to miss bats.
I get what you're saying.
this is all theoretical and
this is all theoretical and all, but do you really think Travis Wood is any better than Rick Porcello...in any way?
Last year?
Last year?
Wood: 6-13, 4.27 ERA, ERA+ 92, WHIP 1.199, 119 K's, 54BB,7.7 H/9, 1.4 HR/9, 6.9 K/9, 3.1 BB/9, 2.20 K/BB
Porcello 10-12, 4.59 ERA, ERA+ 92, WHIP 1.531, 107K, 44 BB, 11.5 H/9, 0.8 HR/9, 5.5 K/9, 2.2BB/9, 2.43 K/BB
Wood pitched for a terrible team and probably should've been 10-9, not 6-13.
Career their ERA+ is the same, Wood K's more, but walks more...Porcello's WHIP sucks....
I don't see the big deal in trading for him, I don't see how it's a huge improvement, taking into consideration that Porcello's arbitration eligible after 2013..ok, only a year earlier, but still.
I don't know if it would be
I don't know if it would be an improvement, but it would be an upgrade in talent.
It's not a big deal to trade for him, it's just a deal, one with some potential benefits (groundball Porcello with a better infield defense in the NL over flyball Wood in Wrigley, along with Porcello still having room on his ceiling).
It's a deal where the Cubs
It's a deal where the Cubs trade for a more expensive pitcher, whose results aren't fantastic.
The Cubs infield defense will be better. The Cubs offense will also be much worse than Detroit's.
Meh...I won't wear sackcloth, and pour ashes on my head if that's the deal..I just am not excited about it....so we got a more expensive pitcher, who will give up a lot of hits, but fewer HR's...fewer walks, but fewer K's....
Detroit's infield D was bad last year...what about 2011 and 2010?
Flyball Wood in Wrigley will only bother me when the wind is blowing out, which isn't all that often it seems. Meh..We have a rotation of mediocre to good RHP's already...
I don't see the need for another righty with mediocre stuff.
I doubt too many people would
I doubt too many people would be excited about, but if that happened to be the deal, obviously some folks in the Cubs office like Porcello more than Wood. It's not a hard concept to understand.
Also Porcello's WHIP was better before 2011 and Detroit's overall defensive efficiency the last 3 years is 18, 18 and 28, so never anything that great behind him (not that the Cubs necessarily will be, but it's suppose to be pretty good).
No Rob, it's not a hard
No Rob, it's not a hard concept to understand. I am sorry that I disagree.
Porcello's WHIP was marginally better. It was worse then than Garza, Dempster, Samardzija, and Wood's from last year
I don't "get" the hurry to jettison Wood for a marginally at best other pitcher. I would assume, that whenever the Cubs make a trade, they like the players they are getting more than the ones they are trading. I would further assume that it's like that...for all teams, except for trades involving salary issues, or personality conflicts.
It's not a hard concept to understand
Age Discrimination...
Age Discrimination...
is the only thing I can see here in that Porcello is 24 while T.Wood turns 27 in February. Also, Portillo's in Chicago would get marketing mileage out of the Detroit pitcher's name - if he would have any success at Wrigley, that is.
Like several others, I do not have a problem with T.Wood as a #4 or #5. That's probably where he will be during his career.
Glendon Rusch made a hell of a career out of this.
But, I just do not see he logic in giving up that much for a Rick Porcello - other than the above.
Wood turns 26 in February,
Wood turns 26 in February, Porcello just turned 24 in December according to Baseball Reference, about a year and a half in age difference.
Porcello was a big-time bonus baby with first round talent, sometimes those guys take longer to develop, but the ceiling is higher.
Not sure what's the "much" in the very rumored deal we're talking about...Wood/J. Lake for Porcello...seems like pitching and a utility player with a suspect bat and no defensive position for a another pitcher with a higher upside.
Cubs should be in the upside business right now.
Granted, others may have a higher opinion of Junior Lake, but he's not even in the top 10 of any list I can find.
Correct. I added a year to
Correct. I added a year to Wood. That is how much I aged sometimes watching his shittier starts...
To be fair, the Cubs have
To be fair, the Cubs have tried pitchers that don't throw strikes... over and over and over and I haven't been too pleased with those experiments.
Of course, there's always the obvious alternative, someone who can throw strikes AND strike batters out...
ARod surgery Jan 16th.
ARod surgery Jan 16th. Recovery supposedly 6 months, which is mid July.
Very odd they would wait
Very odd they would wait until January. Any idea why they would postpone his recovery 3 months into the season?
I heard that they were
I heard that they were waiting for some of the swelling/inflammation to subside in his hip before they would go ahead with the surgery. Supposedly the go ahead by the doc was given very recently (the Yankees made an official announcement of the date today) so his anti-inflammatory medication must be working now. Probably just a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory med. I'm not sure it really matters given a 6 month time frame for recovery but I read some mention that his doc said that the recovery goes better if there is less inflammation. That is true for ACL Knee surgery but these hip arthroscopic repairs (of the labrum or impingement, I'm not quite sure what they are trying to fix with ARod's hip) have a much smaller track record to be a definite issue worth waiting on the surgery unless the injury was acute, his issues seemed more chronic but that's just my take without any inside info.
Thanks CUBSTER. Would A-Rod,
Thanks CUBSTER. Would A-Rod, from what you know, be a candidate for replacement surgery post-baseball? Or could he do a Bo Jackson and still play?
ARod probably has a labral
ARod probably has a labral tear or an impingement that they will try to fix arthroscopically. Although either of those conditions can lead to arthritis, it's usually a slow process over several decades.
Bo Jackson had a different condition. He sustained a hip fracture/dislocation in 1991, playing football, that lead to an arthritic condition because of damage to the blood supply to the ball of the hip (femoral head, called avascular necrosis) which means the local bone in that area collapsed, leading to the arthritis and subsequent joint replacement. Doing a hip replacement to a person in their 30's is still pretty high risk let alone when the patient is a high performance/profile athlete like Bo. The main risk is not in the short run but in the longer term, because the parts probably won't last over the patients longer lifespan, made more likely by the younger person being more active say than a 60-80 yr old. Plus the technology is changing so much that Bo was stuck with the joint replacement technology of 1991-2 which has significantly evolved in the 20 yrs since his surgery.
per Wiki...
During the 1991 playoffs, Jackson was tackled by Kevin Walker of the Cincinnati Bengals, causing a serious hip injury that ended Jackson's football career and seriously threatened his baseball career. After Jackson was tackled and lying in pain on the ground, he allegedly popped his hip back into place. In an interview on Untold, his Royals teammate George Brett, who attended the game, said he asked the trainer what had happened to Bo. The trainer replied: "Bo says he felt his hip come out of the socket, so he popped it back in, but that's just impossible, no one's that strong."
Following surgery and rehabilitation on his injured hip, it was discovered that Jackson had avascular necrosis, as a result of decreased blood supply to the head of his left femur. This caused deterioration of the femoral head, ultimately requiring that the hip be replaced. Amazingly, Jackson was able to return to baseball toward the end of the 1991 season as a member of the White Sox after the Royals had released him. Jackson missed the entire 1992 baseball season. When he announced soon after his surgery that he would play baseball again, many thought that goal to be unrealistic, especially at the Major League level.
No Hall of Famers inducted.
No Hall of Famers inducted.
Top 5: Biggio 68.2. Morris 67.7, Bagwell 59.6, Piazza 57.8, Raines 52.2, L. Smith 47.8
Schilling 38.8, Clemens 37.6, Bonds 36.2, Trammell 33.6
McGwire 16.9, Sosa 12.5
Lofton under 5%
huge rise for Raines which is nice....
Piazza has been tainted by
Piazza has been tainted by steroid rumors. I've heard David Kaplan and others refer to it.
Google: Mike Piazza bacne
Google: Mike Piazza bacne
for the rest of the story...
I'm definitely a "big Hall"
I'm definitely a "big Hall" guy, and this really is disappointing. Should-be locks miss, and borderline (IMO) candidates like Lofton and Bernie Williams are off the ballot after one year.
Biggio should get it done next year, which will make for an exciting class together with Maddux and hopefully Glavine and Thomas. Maybe Bagwell, Morris, Piazza, and Raines make the jump. It's hard to say, this is definitely uncharted water.
Callis pedestals the
Callis pedestals the Cardinals:
Jim Callis made the RedBirds his #1 farm system in baseball. How the fuck do they constantly stoke their system with great talent year after year after year? Since like 1955?!
Competent management.
Competent management.
oscar tavarez and shelby
oscar tavarez and shelby miller are absolute beasts...hell of a 1/2...either would be #1 prospects on more than a few teams out there.
hell, the fact that shelby miller is most likely the team's #2 prospect says a lot.
trevor rosenthal is a high-90s pitching beast in the making, himself...who would also make more than a few team's prospect lists as a #1 prospect.
all 3 guys could be on the 2013 cards by the end of the year...if not out of spring training.
kolten wong...matt adams...etc etc
Damn Cardinals...I hate the
Damn Cardinals...I hate the fans...but geez..they're a well run team.
Hate to harp on this Cards
Hate to harp on this Cards talent.
It really is incredible that a city of about 320K has been able to maintain an absolute pedigree of talent for 50 years. The systemic, deeply rooted bar of excellence throughout the entire minor leagues, scouts, and GM's - coupled with an owner actually wanting to support this is incomparable. While we are salivating for even ONE pennant or WS - they have - since 1964, been in:
- Post-Season 16x
- Appearances in WS 9x
- WON WS 5x
- In the NLCS 5X
- In that time they had only 7 managers. 8 Including the new guy, Metheny. He didn't do too bad in his first year either without Pujols.
It is sickeningly impressive.
I wonder about the number of Cubs managers during this period? Triple?
Why do the baseball gods love them so much and hate the Cubs?
fun fact, last time Cardinals
fun fact, last time Cardinals had back-to-back losing seasons?
1994-1995...BUT, I dont' find that fair considering they were 8 games under in '94 and certainly could have made enough of a run at the end of the season if not for the strike (also Joe Torre was their manager in '94 and part of '95 before being fired).
So then you have to go back to 1958-1959.
Cardinals have had essentially 9 managers since 1964, although a few double ups on an interim basis that I'm not counting.
Cubs are around 24 (I'm not double counting some interim managers or guys that only managed a less than 2 handfuls of games).
28 managers...24 not counting
28 managers...24 not counting the fill-ins managers who managed only a few games.
Mark of consistency.
Mark of consistency.
or...Mark of McGwire
or...Mark of McGwire
Ha! Mark McGuire.
Ha! Mark McGuire.
I was referring to the Cubs "mark of consistency" - consistently BAD.
no one should be allowed to
no one should be allowed to watch a baseball game that cannot spell Mark McGwire correctly or Kerry Wood.
can't kiss up to RobG with
can't kiss up to RobG with Marquette reminders
comments like that are why we
comments like that are why we need the upvote button again...
that cannot spell Mark
that cannot spell Mark McGwire correctly
maybe E-Man was thinking of Crane Kenney's hatchet man...
President, Business OperationsCrane Kenney
Executive Vice President, Business OperationsMark McGuire
Oh, No...they Killed Kenney!
No one should be allowed to
No one should be allowed to criticize someone who misspells someone's name that is incorrectly spelled.
I hate to say it, but it's
I hate to say it, but it's good for baseball when a small market team like that, and I assume they would be considered a small market team, has that kind of success. That doesn't excuse the Cubs being perennially bad. It would be much better for baseball and the fans of both cities if the Cubs could match these guys. Look at the bright side. The Deadbird fans have given us "morans".
Kosuke Fukudome has agreed to
Kosuke Fukudome has agreed to a three-year contract with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Central League.
"Jonathan Singleton has been
"Jonathan Singleton has been suspended 50 games for violating the minor league baseball drug policy."
weed claims another victim in minor league baseball's screwed up over-reaching drug policy. ya know, i don't mind them testing/punishing for weed, but to put the punishment on the same level as some dude pumping roids into themselves is getting old. blah blah, personal responsibility and they know the rules and all that...blah blah blah.
dude is a HOU top prospect and a top-50 overall prospect, btw (#34 last year on BA's rankings).
I'm so happy to have the "New
I'm so happy to have the "New comments" link back on the home page.
Can we get the "return to home page" link back at the bottom? Much love.
Does anyone want to overpay for Edwin Encarnacion?
Why must the Cubs be so damn boring?
Can we get the "return to
Can we get the "return to home page" link back at the bottom? Much love.
If I can figure it out, yes, but odds are low that I can figure it out. Sorry. Someone smarter than me with these things figured that out and I can't keep asking for free favors.
I'll be happy to give them a
I'll be happy to give them a handy in return.
What if they counter with a
What if they counter with a rimmy?
>I'm so happy to have the
>I'm so happy to have the "New comments" link back on the home page.
seconded. this setup works a whole lot better for my user experience. thanks and props.
>Why must the Cubs be so damn boring?
it gets better. we have the nate schierholtz experience on tap. cheer up.
We are swimming in 4th
We are swimming in 4th outfielders. Ugh.
And 4th and 5th starters...
And 4th and 5th starters...
I do feel like we are moving in the right direction though. And one very nice feeling I have now is that I know none of these guys will be kept around if they suck or will be kept around too long if they get hot.
My sense with Epstein and co is that if the 4th outfielder sucks, he will be gone. If he does what a 4th outfielder is supposed to do and does it cheaply, he'll be kept. If he gets too expensive, he will be gone. If he exceeds his talent and performs like a starter, he will be traded when his value is high.
Versus giving the 4th outfielder who is having a great two-month stretch a job as s starter and a 3-year contract a la Hendry. I don't worry about Schierlholtz becoming Todd Hollandsworth or anything.
So in a sense, you are saying
So in a sense, you are saying the Neifi Perez era is officially over?
I don't know an easy way to
I don't know an easy way to add it yet, but for the time being on the longer threads, if you click the copyright in the footer, it will go back to the front page.
Good to know. Thanks.
Good to know. Thanks.
Everything I do I do for you
Everything I do I do for you Joe
Bigger dugouts, more
Bigger dugouts, more restrooms, a hotel across the street, more concessions and a community area for people to gather and watch outdoor movies are part of a Wrigley Field renovation proposal being shown to neighbors of the Chicago Cubs.
The Cubs' plans to upgrade the historic ballpark also include locker room renovations, a batting cage under the grandstand and improvements to luxury suites and the press box.
Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130109/wrigleyvil...
So my thoughts are when these
So my thoughts are when these guys (Bonds, MacGuire, Sosa, etc) start keeling over, they will enter them into the HOF posthumously. Do you guys think that will happen?
well maybe Bonds or Sosa, but
well maybe Bonds or Sosa, but definitely not MacGuire because he doesn't fucking exist.
Guess I should google the
Guess I should google the spelling of names I'm not sure about. Eyeroll...
Or I could just continue
Or I could just continue doing what I always do and not give fuck... Options.
fight the power, yo.
fight the power, yo.
Do we expect them to keel
Do we expect them to keel over? With all the juice in them, maybe they can sign a post-dead contract that has them stand motionless in the Hall during the day then play a zombie night game.
I see Sammy is already
I see Sammy is already playing a wax figure.


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on September 7, 2012 - 6:00 AM
, updated September 7, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Two short years ago, the words "Silo City" would have meant very little to those outside a small circle of academics, artists and preservationists.
But thanks to increased attention after the 2011 National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference and new funding from the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp., the rusting complex of grain elevators and industrial buildings along the Buffalo River has quickly become the city's newest cultural obsession.
On Saturday, the site will host City of Night, the largest and most ambitious event to take place in the incipient arts venue yet. The event, organized by Emerging Leaders in the Arts Buffalo, is the brainchild of Dana Saylor, an artist, preservationist and historian who has contributed to an impressive array of cultural and preservation projects in the region.
Billed as a mixture of art, history, culture and sustainability, it will feature more than a dozen art installations inside the grain elevators, performance pieces throughout the site, live mural painting and projections, walking and kayak tours, music, artist booths and dance.
As part of Saylor's efforts to promote local sustainability efforts and to encourage decreased dependence on fossil fuels, the events kick off with a bicycle ride led by members of Go Bike Buffalo. They will lead bikers from Shea's Performing Arts Center every half hour beginning at 4 p.m. and into the evening.
For Saylor, whose experience in separate cultural circles in Buffalo inspired her to create the festival, City of Night provides an opportunity for disparate cultural groups to interact and may serve as a catalyst for future collaborations. "By experiencing these different parts of the city's [cultural] world, I started to see a lot of intersections, a lot of people who kind of lived in both of them or multiples of them," she said. "What I hope will come out of it is increased collaboration and communication between the groups and the individuals out there in Buffalo who are making a difference. I believe that through one-on-one interaction, people meeting each other in person finally who have only heard about each other, who have only heard about their groups, will have an opportunity to finally connect."
The event will feature more than two dozen installations and musical performances, including a piece by Meagan Baco and Crystal Sanchez re-creating a Pan-American Exposition-era dinner party, a musical performance in which baritone sax player Steve Baczkowski plays a duet with a grain silo, panoramic paintings in another silo by Thomas Webb and an ambitious installation musing on the transformation of the site by Kristina Segel and J�rg Schnier.
In addition to the art and the opportunity for Buffalo's growing cultural community to come together, City of Night may also open the door to more activity, development and investment in Silo City and other relics of Buffalo's industrial heritage. The silos, Saylor suggested, are places where the weight of Buffalo's history is palpable.
"They're an actual standing remnant of that industrial heritage," Saylor said. "We hope that people will be able to increase their access and their understanding of the space, but that it will provide opportunities for connections for future redevelopment and reuse."
What: City of Night
When: 4 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday
Where: Silo City, 20 Childs St.
Admission: Free
Info: www.cityofnightbuffalo.com or 218-8525
email: email@example.com

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Weekend after weekend for about six months, Lowell Grosse handed out fresh-brewed samples of his Charleston Coffee Roasters coffee blends inside Costco's West Ashley store.
Tips for entrepreneurs
Neita Wiese of Neita's Charleston Vinaigrettes & Marinades offers some advice for small businesses that want a big chain to carry their goods:Write a formal business plan. Seek help through the local SCORE chapter; score285.org is the website. Be prepared to fill out a lot of paperwork.Once a chain decides to carry a local product, there are three ways manufacturers can get their items to the store: Deliver the goods themselves. Use the store's warehouse system. Hire an outside distributor.Christopher Ibsen of Piggly Wiggly recommends self-delivery for firms that are starting out. That way they can get to know store staff and get customers to sample their products. Also, it's typically cheaper. "That's another bite of the apple. When you are first starting out, you need every penny of profit to plow back into the business."Lowell Grosse of Charleston Coffee Roasters said getting on the shelf is only the beginning. Execution is critical. "If you have a great product and can't produce it or package it, then it's not going to sell. If you get it on the shelf and it's not a great product, it's not going to sell. If a product doesn't move on the shelves, you aren't going to last long."Warren L. Wise
He logged 10-plus hour shifts, from Thursday to Sunday, so that customers could sample his Huger Street company's products. All the while, the membership warehouse store studied how much he sold and evaluated the feedback from its customers.
For up to two years, Grosse talked with buyers, submitted his product, passed out more samples, refined the packaging and figured out a price that was profitable for his business and for Costco. After all that, the membership-club retail giant finally decided in 2010 to stock the bagged beans on its shelves. The coffee is now carried in five Costco stores in South Carolina and North Carolina.
As Grosse's experience shows, getting a local product on the shelf of a high-volume national retail chain like Costco or Sam's Club isn't for the faint of heart. It takes stamina and can require months or even years of dogged persistence.
And no one retailer shares the same road map.
"The route is different with all of them," Grosse said.
But the journey is a must for any business owner looking to boost sales by transforming a locally made product into a regional or national brand. It's also one that should start close to home, according to business owners who have been through the process.
Grosse knows. Before winning over Costco, locally owned Piggly Wiggly in 2006 agreed to give his Charleston Coffee Roasters shelf space at its upscale Newton Farms store between Kiawah and Seabrook islands.
After that, his products were picked up by select stores in the supermarket chains of Earth Fare, Whole Foods and Harris Teeter before the long-awaited Costco deal came together. Later, Bi-Lo picked up his coffee line. It's also carried in Burbage's Self-Service Grocery in downtown Charleston.
'Fine line'
Neita Wiese has taken a similar path with her Neita's Charleston Vinaigrettes & Marinades.
It started with a gesture: Wiese liked to hand out old wine bottles filled with a special salad dressing from a family recipe as gifts for friends and clients.
People loved it, and she occasionally would get requests for refills.
Before June 2005, salad dressing remained a hobby for Wiese, who was just starting a career in real estate. That month, the seemingly fit Wiese suffered a major heart attack and flat-lined three times before emergency responders and medical staffers saved her life.
During the months of recovery, she started thinking about her future. A friend suggested she turn her salad dressing into a full-fledged business.
The next year, Wiese walked into the Piggly Wiggly supermarket at Seaside Farms in Mount Pleasant and asked the manager if he would be interested in carrying a product she was about to launch.
She remembered him saying he would try it and if he liked it, he would stock it. He did, and Neita's Charleston Vinaigrettes & Marinades was on the shelf, where it remains.
Now, her South Carolina-made products also can be found in select stores of other grocery chains, including Harris Teeter, Whole Foods, Earth Fare and Dean & Deluca.
She agreed that the process varies from one grocer to the next. In contrast to her dealings with Piggly Wiggly, for example, it took her nearly a year for Texas-based Whole Foods to carry her line as she tried to sell them on her products.
The process can be a delicate dance, Wiese added.
"The more proactive you are, the more successful you are going to be, but there is a fine line between being proactive and irritating," she said.
Local connection
Both Wiese and Grosse agreed that a key element to their ability to expose their products to a broader audience was Charleston-based Piggly Wiggly, whose "Local Since Forever" advertising campaign seems to ring truer now than ever.
"That's been a part of our culture for 66 years we have been in business," Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. Inc. spokesman Christopher Ibsen said. "We have worked with local food manufacturers and local farmers throughout our history."
The company's focus on locally produced products grew sharper in the past three or four years as the locally grown and locally made movement among chefs, retailers and farmers blossomed.
"There are a lot of exciting new products being produced," Ibsen said. "We have invested a lot of energy in helping those folks and serving as a platform for giving those local entrepreneurs their start. Our goal is to set them up for success."
The grocer can put a product on the shelf in about two weeks, Ibsen said. But that's only if a local producer has everything from production to bar codes and distribution worked out, along with liability insurance and approval from the Food and Drug Administration,
Otherwise, it can take a lot longer.
"It all depends on where you are in terms of your product development," Ibsen said.
As for Wiese and Grosse, they're both still looking to expand into more stores.
"My goal is to increase my footprint, distribution and interaction with existing retailers," Wiese said.
Grosse said he'd like to expand into more Costco locations in markets like Charlotte and Atlanta. He also hopes to make a deal with Publix, which has a dozen supermarkets in the Charleston region and 1,068 company-wide. He's been trying to get the Florida-based chain to carry his coffee for more than five years.
"I'm still trying," Grosse said.
Reach Warren L. Wise at 937-5524 or twitter.com/warrenlancewise.
Charles Loosier scoops organic green beans to be roasted at Charleston Coffee Roasters on Huger Street. The coffee is now sold at grocery store chains and at Costco×
Beans cool after roasting at Charleston Coffee Roasters on Huger Street. The coffee is now sold at grocery store chains and at Costco×
Charleston Coffee Roasters on Huger Street has made its way into several grocery store chains and is now sold in Costco.×
Matthew Lane bags beans at Charleston Coffee Roasters on Huger Street. The coffee is now sold at grocery store chains and at Costco.×
Zach Bodtrof fills bags of coffee at Charleston Coffee Roasters on Huger Street. The coffee has made its way into several grocery store chains and is now sold at Costco.×
Lowell Gross is owner of Charleston Coffee Roasters on Huger Street. The local roaster has made its way into several grocery store chains and is now sold at Costco.×
Beans cool after roasting at Charleston Coffee Roasters on Huger Street. The coffee is now sold grocery store chains and is also at Costco.(Grace Beahm/postandcourier.com)×


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hey mike i just took a shit. There was so much that it just piled up into a shatten island.I'll never eat stuffed shells with burritos again!
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Victim was one of two teens killed in West Allis fire
A restaurant is holding fundraiser for a family a 14-year-old killed in a fire.
Michael Gonzales and his friend Isaiha Kowbow, also 14, died when a fire sparked in the attic of a home near 57th and Lapham streets in West Allis on March 17.
Gonzales' cousin is a long-time employee at the McDonald's near 27th Street and Coldspring Road. The restaurant will donate a portion of its sales Tuesday afternoon to a memorial fund in Gonzales' honor. The fundraiser runs from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Gonzales' visitation and funeral was held this past weekend.
Kowbow's services will be held this Saturday at West Milwaukee Intermediate School on Greenfield Avenue from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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So I ran into an old friend of mine recently.
As is usually the case with people who have known each other for more than four decades, we got to talking about the good old days in this case, the summer our parents took leave of their senses and allowed three of us to live at the beach, on our own, for the first time.
Indeed, at age 18 we were living the dream: working nights, beach bumming during the days, hanging our seriously inebriated hats in this magical, well-appointed bachelor pad we dubbed Dirty Freds Gigolo Trailer.
We named it after the owner, a very honest, straightforward and straight-laced traveling produce farmer and Adventist minister, who in fact, did bathe regularly.
Dirty Freds wasnt perfect no castle ever is. The ventilation was a little unique -- all the windows were either rusted permanently open or shut but the interior décor was a stunning triumph of soup kitchen chic, complete with spectacularly mismatched Naugahyde furniture and faux sea grass wallpaper. The doors didnt lock but we viewed that as a safety feature rather than a drawback. The window unit air conditioner, cleverly duct taped into a hole in the living room wall was just powerful enough to keep everyone only mildly drenched in sweat, except for whoever slept in the front bedroom -- he had to guard against frostbite. And the yard, which consisted of dead pine trees and the ensuing carpet of brown needles not only made mowing unnecessary but served as exceptionally prolific redbug habitat.
As we worked in hot, busy seafood restaurant kitchens every night, we found ourselves doing laundry about every two weeks or whenever we had run through our underwear twice, whatever came first.
I dont know if it was the redbugs or the leftover soap flakes we would salvage, mix, and match from discarded detergent boxes we found in the Laundromat garbage can, but for some reason I itched a lot that summer. Personally, I think it was the humidity.
The point is, Dirty Freds wasnt just another one-hairdryer-away-from-a- fire single-wide in the middle of a sprawling trailer park near Garden City Beach, South Carolina: it was a state of mind.
Some have called that state of mind severe dementia. Alas, envy is an ugly emotion.
Nonetheless, I will admit that Dirty Freds was not for everyone.
Once, we hired a co-worker down on her luck to come clean the place for us, but as most good deeds are wont to do, that one didnt quite work out. First, she flatly refused to enter the kitchen she may have been a nascent militant feminist -- then upon seeing the bathroom she haughtily doubled her fee. To add insult to injury, she didnt chip in for gas when we gave her a ride at her hysterical insistence, I might add -- to the nearest biohazard decontamination facility.
Some people are just downright ungrateful.
Another time, one of my roommates mother and sister visited for about fifteen minutes during the Fourth of July weekend.
They were returning to South Carolina from New York and had planned to spend the night with us to break up the trip. By the time they got to Dirty Freds, however, they had been on the road a good fourteen hours in a un-air conditioned 78 Pinto station wagon.
Thats why Im convinced the sheer exhaustion of holiday travel, not ungrateful pettiness or violent militant feminism contributed to what happened next.
First, Mrs. Ds eyes began to water and she kept pinching her nostrils shut; her daughter began scratching uncontrollably and pulled the collar of her t-shirt over her nose, which may have contributed to her sudden hyperventilating. Then they both sat down on the couch and made great pretense of being unable to get back up.
They would tell us later they had actually adhered to the couch. Personally, I believe they were just very tired, possibly hallucinating. After all, everyone knows spilled beer and tobacco juice evaporates almost immediately from Naugahyde. In fact, thats the beauty of Naugahyde, its maintenance free -- you dont even have to wipe it.
Eventually, with arms flailing, much grunting and accompanied by a sound not unlike someone violently yanking Velcro strips apart, they got to their feet and bolted out the front door. Then, with redlining engine and screeching tires at least, I think that was tires screeching they headed back out on the holiday road. I remember being puzzled but impressed. I had no idea why they decided to get back on the road but that was the one and only time I ever saw anyone driving a Pinto station wagon burn rubber in a dirt driveway.
That just goes to show you what exhaustion can really do to a person.
Alas, all things from summer days to kidney stones must pass but the memories remain no matter how much I booze. Three decades later, we can look back on those days and chuckle, although for some reason every time I think about those days I have to scratch.
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QT Interval and Long-Term Mortality Risk in the Framingham Heart Study.
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|Noseworthy, PA, Peloso GM, Hwang SJ, Larson MG, Levy D., O'Donnell CJ, and Newton-Cheh C.
|Background: The association between QT interval and mortality has been demonstrated in large, prospective population-based studies, but the strength of the association varies considerably based on the method of heart rate correction. We examined the QT-mortality relationship in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS). Methods: Participants in the first (original cohort, n = 2,365) and second generation (offspring cohort, n = 4,530) cohorts were included in this study with a mean follow up of 27.5 years. QT interval measurements were obtained manually using a reproducible digital caliper technique. Results: Using Cox proportional hazards regression adjusting for age and sex, a 20 millisecond increase in QTc (using Bazett's correction; QT/RR(1/2) interval) was associated with a modest increase in risk of all-cause mortality (HR 1.14, 95% CI 1.10-1.18, P < 0.0001), coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality (HR 1.15, 95% CI 1.05-1.26, P = 0.003), and sudden cardiac death (SCD, HR 1.19, 95% CI 1.03-1.37, P = 0.02). However, adjustment for heart rate using RR interval in linear regression attenuated this association. The association of QT interval with all-cause mortality persisted after adjustment for cardiovascular risk factors, but associations with CHD mortality and SCD were no longer significant. Conclusion: In FHS, there is evidence of a graded relation between QTc and all-cause mortality, CHD death, and SCD; however, this association is attenuated by adjustment for RR interval. These data confirm that using Bazett's heart rate correction, QTc, overestimates the association with mortality. An association with all-cause mortality persists despite a more complete adjustment for heart rate and known cardiovascular risk factors.
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a joint which has been dipped in "embalming fluid". most people call it embalming fluid but in truth, it's PCP which is something different. when smoked it produces a hallucinogenic high where a lot of the time you lose control of yourself.
yo mamma smokes sherm sticks
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A cigarette, often a Newport, dipped in liquid PCP(wet).
We gotta head up to Camden & get us some shermsticks, then we can get off the hizzy tonight!
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Origin unknown. Used to describe a person who is extremely skinny or thin in stature.
"Man that girl is a shermstick! She is hella skinny"
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Ok, everyone, SHERM is a cigarette dipped in formaldahyde, which is embalming fluid. It is not PCP. A sherm stick will run you ten dollars per cigarette in LA, and you will probably have to provide your own, so make sure it's a 100 type cigarette. If it's a good one, it will be soaked and probably wrapped in aluminum foil. Do not drive and smoke a sherm stick. It is a lot like being totally drunk on acid and meth at once and lasts several hours.
Smoking a sherm stick will make you very retarded for several hours. Just try to keep your clothes on.
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A cigarette dipped in embalming fluid.
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Marijuana dipped in embalming fluid
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Editor's note: This is the third in a series
of stories about businesses that will be inducted into the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame Oct. 15 at the Blair County Convention Center.
DUNCANSVILLE - Willard "Bill" Campbell hadn't really planned on opening his own chain of restaurants.
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Nicole Wilt keeps the salad bar fresh at Hoss's Steak and Sea House, Valley View Boulevard and Seventh Street, Altoona. Hoss's is one of five businesses that will be inducted into the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame on Oct. 15 at the Blair County Convention Center.
Campbell got into the restaurant business in 1979 when he and some
partners opened a Western Sizzlin Steak House franchise at the Meadows Intersection.
In 1983, he planned to open a second Western Sizzlin in DuBois, but after the franchise, which had been verbally promised to him, was sold to someone else he decided to move in a different
"That was the day Hoss's was born," said Billie Jo Walls, Campbell's daughter and spokeswoman for Hoss's Steak and Sea House.
Hoss's will be one of five businesses inducted into the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame Oct.15 at the Blair County Convention Center.
"We were humbled," Campbell said. "It is always an honor to be chosen for any award by the chamber."
The first local Hoss's opened at Valley View Boulevard and Seventh Street on March 5, 1985. Shortly after, the Western Sizzlin in Duncansville became a Hoss's, Walls said.
Today there are 36 locations - 35 in Pennsylvania and one in Martinsburg, W.Va.
"We try to keep our locations within a four-hour radius of our corporate office in Duncansville," Campbell said.
Alcohol is not served at Hoss's Steak and Sea House.
"When we first opened the concept, there were few places you could take your family out for a nice meal where there was no alcohol served," Campbell said. "We wanted this to be a great family restaurant to fill that void. Now we are known for our great steak and seafood entrees and our 100-plus item salad bars."
The restaurant industry is constantly changing, and for restaurants to stay in business, Campbell said they must change with the times. He said Hoss's always seeks new ideas and offers new promotions to not only keep the loyal customers happy but attract new ones.
Giving back to the community has always been important to Hoss's.
"We have developed a community night program that enables nonprofit groups to raise money by organizing their group to come in and eat," Walls said. "We then give them 20 percent of the proceeds. To date, we have given more than $3,781,000 back to our communities."
Hoss's also is highly involved with numerous organizations including Future Farmers of America, 4-H, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the American Cancer Society, Walls said.
Campbell said Hoss's has 2,213 employees.
"Not only is their work ethic outstanding, their community spirit is even better," said Hall of Fame Committee Chairwoman Lisa Michelone of Reliance Bank. "When they participate in a community event, they do it with such enthusiasm and hard work; they make sure everyone involved is working together for a successful outcome."
Walls said the company plans to continue expansion as long as feasible.
"We are currently in the process of getting ready to open our second location of Marzoni's Brick Oven and Brewing Company, which is a division of Hoss's, and hope to keep expanding this concept as well," she said.
The second Marzoni's is expected to open in the next few months in the former Burgi's Roundhouse Bar & Grille, 1830 E. Pleasant Valley Blvd., Altoona.
Mirror Staff Writer Walt Frank is at 946-7467.


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Tory Burch hosts exclusive media event to celebrate its first boutique in the Middle East
American luxury fashion brand Tory Burch opened its first boutique in the Middle East with a bang as it hosted an exclusive gathering of the region's fashion press at The Dubai Mall last month.
Successfully infusing luxurious elegance into classic sportswear, the label showcased its latest collection of fashion and accessories through a trunk show format, with models strutting the store floor clad in Spring/Summer 2012's most coveted pieces.
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Colors evoke the seaside: coral, seafoam and sunflower play off classic navy, ivory and deep red in florals and riptide stripes. Accessories are a mélange of raffia totes, tiny heels, men's-inspired spectators, long beaded necklaces, oversized stone earrings and colorful and embellished eyewear.


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During the eighties, Ted Benoît was a prominent representative of the École Pigalle scene. With the other artists of this movement, like François Avril, Petit-Roulet and Dupuy-Berbérian, he shared a taste for the classic clear line style - a style employed in his anti-hero playboy comics set in the fifties. Benoît took courses in cinematographic techniques and went to work for television afterwards. In 1971, he joined the editorial team of Actuel, an alternative magazine in which he also published his first comics works. Upon meeting Nikita Mandryka in 1975, Benoît began a collaboration with the magazine L'Écho des Savanes. He made his album debut in 1979 with 'Hôpital', published by Les Humanoïdes Associés'.
In the 1980s he exchanged his underground style for a Clear Line one, starting with the album 'Vers la Ligne Claire', collection of stories published in Libération and Métal Hurlant. The album featured the character 'Ray Banana' for the first time, and was an ode to Clear Line artists like Hergé and Joost Swarte. He also cooperated with À Suivre during this period, and these stories were collected in 'Histoires Vraies'. Also for À Suivre, he created 'Berceuse Électrique' and further episodes with 'Ray Banana'. In 1987, he conceived 'Bingo Bingo et son Combo Congolais' for Métal Hurlant and Métal Aventures.
In addition, Benoît wrote 'L'Homme de Nulle Part' for the artist Pierre Nedjar, which featured the memoires of Ray Banana's wife, Thelma Ritter. Benoît's character was also featured in 'L'Homme qui ne Transpirait Pas', a novel by Philippe Paringaux in 1994. Benoît's mastership of the Clear Line style made him one of the artists that revived Edgar P. Jacob's 'Blake & Mortimer' series from 1993.


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Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs
Taylor Lautner
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Acting Chops
On the urging of his karate instructor, Lautner and his family leave Michigan for L.A. so the 11-year-old can pursue acting. During Lautner's first few months chasing the Hollywood dream, he lands small roles on Summerland and The Bernie Mac Show. "I heard, 'No, no, no, no,' so many times," he told Michigan's Grand Rapids Press. "From karate, I had the confidence and drive to push myself."
- 2005
Introducing Sharkboy
At 13, Lautner gets his big break as Sharkboy in director Robert Rodriguez's The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D. The kid-friendly sci-fi adventure is panned by critics but makes Lautner a tween star. "I'd be in the store, and boys would whisper to their moms," Lautner says. "Then the moms would say, 'Excuse me, are you Sharkboy?'" The recognition earns the teen a small role in Cheaper by the Dozen 2, with Hilary Duff and Steve Martin.
- 2008
Ahead of the Pack
Lautner lands the role of a lifetime in the romantic drama Twilight, adapted from author Stephenie Meyer's best-selling saga. The teen cutie portrays perky werewolf Jacob Black, opposite Kristen Stewart (as mortal Bella Swan) and Robert Pattinson (as vampire Edward Cullen). "I hadn't even heard of the [Twilight] series before I was cast," he tells EW. "As soon as I was cast, I did my research and found out what I'm getting myself into and was just blown away."
A Monster Hit
"Twilighters" come out in droves for the film's release, making the vampire flick the weekend's top grosser, with nearly $70 million. Not to be outshined by resident hunk Pattinson, Lautner makes his mark on "Team Taylor" fanatics. "We've had the criers, the hyperventilators, the shakers," Lautner tells the Salt Lake Tribune. "It's something I've never experienced and probably never will again."
- 2009
Fit for the Role
Twilight's monumental success leads Summit Entertainment to greenlight the adaptation of the second novel, New Moon. But questions arise on whether baby-faced Lautner is the right fit for the rapidly maturing werewolf role. In an effort to be cast in the sequel, Lautner packs on 26 lbs. of muscle, and the effort pays off. New Moon director Chris Weitz tells USA Today, "There is something compelling and sexy about him. He captures the spirit of Jacob."
Taylor Gets the Girl
While filming New Moon in Vancouver, Lautner is photographed with new love, Disney teen queen Selena Gomez. The Wizards of Waverly Place star, 16, and the ripped cutie, 17, cuddle during dinner and a movie in the Canadian city. "He has been visiting her on the set and they've been hanging out in Vancouver," says a source close to Gomez.
New Main Man
Stealing a bit of Robert Pattinson's spotlight, Lautner covers EW with his New Moon love interest Kristen Stewart. "I think Taylor is really going to surprise people in the movie," director Chris Weitz says. "People have seen his body…but he actually delivers a really great performance." In November, the sequel pulls in a record $258 million worldwide, becoming the third-largest debut on record.
Taylor Squared
After being snapped at several of Taylor Swift's concerts–including one in which the country star runs offstage to hug Lautner–the Valentine's Day costars attend a hockey game together in Los Angeles. Pressed about their relationship, Swift says, "He's an amazing guy and we're really close."
Teen Wolf
Lautner lands on the cover of Rolling Stone, which praises his "eight-pack abs and tan, chiseled face." But despite his physical attributes and box office prowess, the New Moon hunk remains humble. "This could have happened to anyone who played Jacob," he says. "It's Twilight. It's not me personally."
'Saturday Night' with Taylor
Lautner takes center stage to host Saturday Night Live, where in his opening monologue, he defends Taylor Swift's honor by beheading a Kanye West mannequin.
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- Taylor Lautner
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Hot Links: Frisco, company battles over emissions
Here is a look at some of the interesting public-interest stories from over the weekend:
1. Frisco officials worry that expansion of Exide Technologies' battery recycling plant could increase lead pollution, The News' Matthew Haag and Valerie Wigglesworth report. As it now stands, lead emissions from the plant (shown right) make Collin County "one of only 18 counties nationwide not expected to meet new, more stringent air-quality standards." Exide has told the state that production increases won't raise emissions.
2. The investigation into two Dallas County constables gets weirder. Last week, Dallas County Judge Jim Foster ordered records seized from one of the two, Jaime Cortes. But, wait: Those must be returned after a judge sided with Cortes, who argued Foster lacked authority to take the materials.
3. The Catholic Diocese of Dallas is paying out $4.65 million to five more abuse victims, The News' Sam Hodges tells us.
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McVEYTOWN - Paul R. Markley, 63, of U.S. Highway 522 South, McVeytown, died at 12:15 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at his home.
Born March 7, 1949, in Lewistown, he was a son of Charlotte E. (Walker) Markley, of Lewistown, and the late John H. Markley. His wife, Grace M. (Rhodes) Markley, whom he married on March 20, 1976, survives.
Also surviving are: three children, Erick W. Markley and wife, Mindy, of McVeytown, Sunny R. Markley, of Harrisburg, and Lucas P. Markley, of Hummelstown; two brothers, John Markley and wife, Joanne, of Lewistown, and Ronald Markley and wife, Vivian, of Superior, Wis.; and five grandchildren, Kylie Singer and Alaina, Colton, Lillie and Ava Markley.
He retired from the Mifflin County School District where he was employed as a custodian.
Paul loved to travel and was an avid outdoorsman.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at Pine Glen Alliance Church, 1058 state Route 103 N., Lewistown, with Pastor Donald Weidman officiating.
Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Monday, at the church.
Harshbarger Funeral Home, McVeytown, is in charge of the arrangements.


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When having relations with your lady-friend (or man-friend), you ejaculate semen on her face, and then immediately piss on her.
I gave Sholandra a velveteen waterfall last night because I didn't have a chance to take a piss before we fucked.
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Visual Studio Toolbox: JetBrains ReSharper
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There are a number of third-party vendors providing tools you can use to enhance your productivity when developing with Visual Studio. Recently, Robert sat down with three of them: DevExpress (makers of CodeRush), JetBrains (makers of ReSharper), and Telerik (makers of JustCode). Each had 20 minutes to show how their product can help you write better code faster. In this episode, Ilya Ryzhenkov of JetBrains shows us ReSharper.
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Nice and precise., but the demo is not clear.
@renu:Just curious, what about the demo is not clear?
I'm guessing he meant that the default video format is blurry. I switched to adaptive and everything was much more clear.
nice show
couple of questions
1. which version of resharper supports jQuery intellisense?
2. why is it like VS Resharper has anew version every 6 months?
@Param Iyer: ReSharper 6 supports JS & jQuery intellisense. And we do have new major version every year, well, because we work hard
And yes, if you have questions - feel free to ask!
Well , Before watching this show i had the idea that these tools doesn't offer any thing but more annoyance,
now i think resharper is really a great tool and add a real value to my development work.
and the best is that i can try it for a month,
so thanks
Thanks to you I can't work on anything anymore without resharper installed.. Yes, it is really that much more productive. Waiting for f# support so i can learn that language by alt-entering my way trough =)
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COLUMBIANA - The Houston-based company hired to drill on property known as the Brinker Storage Field wants to set up shop in Columbiana.
Becky Hackert represented Hilcorp Energy before the city's planning commission recently and said the company intends to lease office space on South Main Street.
"We have a large amount of activity in the area and are looking for a place (to work from). We desire to be in the downtown district," she said.
She added the company's closest office space to Columbiana is in New Castle, Pa., which at roughly 30 miles away is "just too far a distance."
The South Main Street location will house office personnel, including a receptionist, and land agents, she said.
Work conducted in the office will focus on the property aspect of drilling, not the actual production, she explained. The office will also serve as a place where landowners can meet with company employees to have their questions answered, she said.
"We are busy over here and we need a location," she said.
The privately owned company was hired by Columbia Gas' parent company, NiSource, to develop oil and gas on the roughly 35,000-acre storage field owned by Columbia.
Hilcorp and Columbia Gas employees have met with Brinker Storage Field landowners in private meetings held downtown. The meetings have been closed to non-landowners, although a company representative confirmed in September the bulk of the meetings had to do with what will become of their mineral rights.
The landowners wishing to get out of the existing leases say they are keeping them from entering new leases with other companies. As of this month, more than 100 property owners have joined a lawsuit against Columbia. The suit claims, among other things, that the existing leases dating back to the 1940s are outdated and no longer valid.
The older leases offered no signing bonuses or royalty percentages, or a lump sum royalty of $200 a year for property where gas was being stored underneath.
Meanwhile in October, NiSource reached an agreement with landowners who opted not to sue, and those residents were given updated leases that included a 15 percent royalty percentage on oil and gas production.
The agreement was reached through the help of state Rep. Craig Newbold, who also lives in Columbiana.
Hilcorp was granted its first permit to drill in Columbiana County in August by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, according to an article that appeared in the Business Journal that month. The horizontal drilling permit was for property in Hanover Township. Outside of the county the company has leased property in Campbell, and shown an interest in leasing in other neighboring areas.


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With short haircuts and dreams of punk stardom, the girls of We Are the Best! push against the confines of 1980s Stockholm, tackling the oppressive regimes of parents, boys, and gym class. Director Lukas Moodysson captures their offbeat spirit using jump cuts, overlapping dialogue, and a soundtrack full of noisy Swedish punk. This all-too-rare portrait of female friendship hits all the right notes, even when the group of radical 13 year-olds plays off key.


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A letter in the July 23, 2013, Tomahawk Leader:
How very interesting when Shopko needs financial help to come into Tomahawk, an area thus far avoided by the retailer, TIF District funding is "found." When the Fourth Street Bridge was deemed unsafe, grant money was "found" to not only fix the bridge, but improve the road from Dairy Queen to Highway A. Now, the final blocks of Fourth Street are being "improved," and the City Council is placing a burden of special assessments to 31 property owners along the corridor.
As a property owner, I find this distressing. We all use those four blocks at one time or another. I shop at OK Printing, Dollar General, Family Dollar, JB's and of course, Beking. This is a case of "we're in this together." Just how much more would my tax bill go up if we split the $305,000 amongst all property owners in the City of Tomahawk? I can understand that new lateral connections might be the cost of the individual property owners, but all of it? Based on their road frontage?
Don't you think that Dairy Queen, Bridge Inn, Chuck's, Aquatic Arts, Town & Country Realty, Tomahawk Sports Center, Silverado, Nelson's County Market, Snap Fitness, Ben Franklin, Four Seasons, Holiday Gas Station Scaffidi's, H&S Service, Steigerwaldt's, Pops Feed Store, Subway, Viegut's, Ace Hardware, Tomahawk Foods, Auto Haus, Park City Credit Union, Tomahawk Family Restaurant, River Valley Bank, BP-McDonald's, Heritage Chevrolet, Dog n Suds, Tomahawk Flooring, Wholesale Carpets, Magic Jo's, Re-Max, Generations Funeral Home, McCandles Properties, LLC, Northwoods Community Realty, Tomahawk Warehouse Liquor, Calhoun's Auto, Erv's Sales & Service and all the other businesses on North Fourth Street who got their road improvements for nothing would jump at the chance to assist their "shop local" pals?
The City learned there was "no money" available before the first shovel was put into dirt. That four-block improvement could have been delayed while the issue was discussed with all of us instead of letting Bob Lee, Don Nelson, Brian Viegut and Roger Schlegel and the rest vote in favor of dumping this $305,000 debt to the 31 property owners.
Come on, be fair. This smells.
Sally Peterson
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Alon USA Partners - Dallas, 10 million shares, priced $19 to $21, managed by Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and Citigroup. Proposed NYSE symbol ALDW. Business: Limited partnership with oil refining and marketing in Texas.
Y.Y. Inc. - Guangzhou, China, 7.8 million American depositary shares, each representing 20 common shares, priced $10.50 to $12.50, managed by Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, and Citigroup. Proposed Nasdaq symbol YY. Business: Chinese social platform that enables communication via voice, text and video.


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When you insert your index finger in your partners vagina and then your 3 remaining fingers are then placed in to her ass-hole. your partner then "CAW'S" like a pelican.
Dude did u give her the shocker lastnite?
Bro...I GAVE HER THE PELICAN
Bro...I GAVE HER THE PELICAN
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The Pelican - When a man puts both his penis and testicles entirely into a woman mouth as she performs the act of fellatio.
Work best on woman with large mouths and deep throats.
Work best on woman with large mouths and deep throats.
" Oh boy, I'd love to give Pam Oliver The Pelican "
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A position meant for two gay males. The bottom must be sitting straight up with the legs forward. The top must be positioned facing the other gay man while riding the penis. The bottom then sucks the tops penis. Completing the Pelican.
I can't wait to try The Pelican with Mark later. I want my dick sucked while taking it in the ass.
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Why don't you just say how many people can fit in the keynote room.
The suspense is killing me
When is the next show? It says "this week" but this week is over. Maybe later today or next week?
Very funny...if only 14 seconds more.
Patience, young grasshopper. We'll post the winner on Monday, August 30.
This will be a long weekend of waiting...
I am glad there is a winner but I hope it was announced at the end of the show... I hope the count down show put more focus on sessions (still not publish yet) - more on what attendees should preare and expect. Niners like me can always watch technical video onlines here but attending PDC gave up the opportunity to network directly to the MS people directly and see the technologies close up; that is what I found most valuable by attending in person.
I have been in past PDCs in LA and yes, they are huge! I hope there will be enough content within the 2 short days and (I wish) to be given a special swag which is eyes of envy to others geeks, that PDC attendees will treasure.
Looking forward for my PDC trip in October!
Love the ending!
I'm not too disappointed that I won't have to wear the costume again
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Chief Keef always be reppin GBE. #3hunna
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While texting one may type this at the end of their message. "... good night, GBE"
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Air traffic controllers lost radar and radio contact with a Cessna 172 that departed Kahului Airport for Molokai on Saturday night, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor.
The plane was five miles north-northeast of Kahului at 7 p.m., Gregor said.
"The Coast Guard is searching for the plane," he said via email at 8:46 p.m.
At 9:47 p.m., emergency dispatch operators said that debris had been spotted six miles off Maui. But that report was not confirmed.
Shortly afterward, Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga said that he heard the transmission about debris, but it remained unconfirmed because U.S. Coast Guard officials could not be contacted.
Maui dispatch operators received an alarm that a Cessna aircraft possibly had crash-landed about three miles northeast of Kahului Airport, most likely in the ocean, Mainaga said.
Dispatch was notified by the Honolulu Airport tower, which reported that the aircraft was flying from Maui to Molokai.
The Coast Guard's Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Honolulu launched rescue crews aboard a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and an HC-130 Hercules airplane from Barbers Point on Oahu, officials said. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Ahi, homeported in Honolulu, was deployed to the area to assist.
Maui firefighters and police began conducting land searches on Maui's north shore.
Mainaga said that Paia firefighters searched the coastline from Kuau to Pauwela but crews had found nothing as of 9:05 p.m.
The Cessna 172 is a four-seat, single-engine, fixed-wing aircraft. Coast Guard officials said it was unknown if anyone other than the pilot was aboard.
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Explore traditional and imagined landscape paintings as you learn foundational acrylic techniques from award-winning illustrator Greg Houston. Discover how to use color and artistic devices to convey mood, and create an underpainting that sets the stage for your landscape composition. Define ground, sky and shadows and build layers of warm and cool hues with expressive energy. Once you've mastered the classic landscape motif, play with color palette, texture and style to create a surreal scene inspired by your unique artistic vision. Enhance your painting with layering, glazing and ethereal effects and create an imagined landscape that shows off your creative style.
Meet your instructor, professional illustrator and graphic novel artist Greg Houston. You'll gain insight into the techniques you'll learn over the course of this class before tapping into your creative side as you begin to look for inspiration in new places.
Bring your first imagined landscape to life as you sketch out the elements with Houston's help along the way. Consider the formatting of your work and the placement of each element as you create a drawing that you'll use as a springboard for your painting.
Begin to explore your landscape in color as you lay in an underpainting for a warm-toned landscape. Houston explains everything you need to know, including how to tape a canvas, what colors to consider and how refined (or unrefined) your underpainting can be. You'll also explore increasingly more complex compositional choices and start developing the play of light and shadow in your piece.
Continue to develop the underpainting you started in Lesson 3 as you find the joy in adding anything your imagination craves to your canvas. Work alongside Houston as you capture nuanced shadows, graceful forms and a dramatic sky before adding a touch more color with a wash.
Put the finishing touches on your warm landscape piece with professional-level details. Houston walks you through ways to create more warmth, build intricate textures and work through mistakes. Complete your piece with playful pops of white as you add highlights and use a splatter technique to add a dreamlike quality to your finished piece.
Switch your canvas to a vertical composition as you begin developing a landscape with cool hues. Houston illustrates how using a cooler underpainting and palette can lead to a dramatically different mood, even when painting similar elements. Push your skills further in layering and mixing colors as you lay in the essential elements and add intrigue with key details.
Delve deeper into your cool landscape work as you implement some of Houston's favorite methods for adding layers and special effects that will make your piece remarkably unique. You'll finish the class with the ability to bring forms to the canvas straight from your imagination, using deftly defined details and ethereal layers to spark amazement in your viewers.
"I loved this course. I have taken quite a few fine art classes, and this one was so much fun. I love the fantasy, imaginative element to the paintings and how liberating it is to be able to paint something that you want, rather than what's in front of you.(...) This course was fun to watch from beginning to end and I did it all in nearly one sitting! The instructor, Greg Houston, is lively, amusing and very easy to listen to. I enjoyed his sense of humor and how personal it felt to watch him. I watched this course on my ipad at my partner's house, and he kept shuffling up to me on the sofa to watch it too. It became our evening viewing! I would recommend this course to anyone looking for something a little bit different."
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IN both religious and secular literature there are many reports from people who have seen visions or heard voices. At times these phenomena have been considered as manifestations of the supernatural, and the actions, beliefs, and faith of many people have been influenced by them. The course of Western European history was changed by the simple faith of Joan D' Arc in her private percepts that others did not share. In our own time conservative and fundamental religious faiths have placed credence in the testimony of those who have heard voices or seen visions of a religious nature. Clinical psychiatrists tell of patients or their relatives who have described significant sensory perceptual aberrations, yet who do not appear to be mentally disturbed.3,4,16,18 Standard interviews done on relatives of indigent psychiatric patients and on unselected medical students too have shown an evidence of hallucinations of
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The small crowd smattering the Durango High School stadium benches erupted when Angela Grogan slung the yellow ball into the back of the net with less than 2 seconds remaining.
With the goal scored off a nifty pass from Alyssa Montoya, the scoreboard read: DHS girls lacrosse 11, Fruita Monument 11.
The scoreboard, however, was wrong.
The Wildcats beat the Demons 12-11 on Friday in the Demons� season opener.
Then, the small crowd of Wildcats gathered on the field erupted instead.
It was a rusty first outing for the Demons after their first three scheduled games were cancelled because of bad weather on the Front Range.
Ready or not ... mostly not.
�We weren�t ready,� DHS head coach Jenni Darlow said. �We weren�t prepared for that game, and as coach, that�s my responsibility.�
The snow shares a good portion of the blame.
The Demons didn�t get a chance to practice on a full field before their Mountain League matchup Friday, and that led to plenty of transition-game issues, which Fruita Monument abused for many of its goals.
The Demons trailed 12-7 when Lauren Sullivan scored her third consecutive second-half goal with 4 minutes, 49 seconds remaining in play.
Durango�s Tymbree Hawkins answered about a minute later with two goals 15 seconds apart � the first from a beautiful over-the-back-of-the-net pass from Hannah Quick and the second an unassisted quick dash right into the crease.
�I just want to do good and stand out,� said Hawkins, who hustled the midfield along with Sara Martin for the full 50 minutes Friday. �Because my team needs me for my endurance.�
Hawkins, daughter of Denise and Ty Hawkins, finished with two goals alongside Grogan and Haley Dallas.
Quick tallied a hat trick when the Demons pulled within two on her dropped pass. From the goal crease, the ball dribbled in despite Fruita Monument goalkeeper Courtney Petek�s sprawling effort with 1:24 to go.
Then Grogan scored the crowd-pleasing but misleading nongame-winner.
�There were moments when we played beautiful lacrosse,� Darlow said.
The prettiest of those was another over-the-net pass from Montoya, this one to Martin in the first half. Martin simultaneously caught and shot from way up high with what must be the closest cousin to a hockey one-timer possible in lacrosse.
That closed the margin to one goal at 3-2 with 7 minutes to go before halftime, after the Demons scored first more than five minutes into the game, and the Wildcats didn�t answer for six minutes.
The Demons trailed 5-4 at intermission.
Montoya finished with four assists and a goal.
�Alyssa did what I expected her to do,� Darlow said. �I want to see more from her. I want to see more aggression from her.�
Unfortunately, Darlow said, there were more not-so-beautiful moments than beautiful moments � namely transitioning to defense and allowing open shots.
Durango keeper McKenna Rigdon did her best to make up for it.
�I thought she did really well when she had the opportunity to do well,� Darlow said. �Far too often, she didn�t have a chance to make the save.�
Rigdon, a senior transfer from St. Louis, saved seven shots in her first outing in goal in three years.
�I did a lot better than I thought I was going to. I thought I was going to do terrible,� said Rigdon, daughter of Katrina Farris. �I�m taking this as seriously as I can. I�m not messing around.�
�For being so new, she did so good,� Hawkins said. �I�m so proud of her.�


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Becky Ince is taking the next step in her educational career, and coaching will not be part of the journey.
She's leaving her teaching post at Sherrard and girls basketball job at Wethersfield to become the principal at Central Intermediate School in the Monmouth-Roseville district.
"I'm excited to take the skills and experience from my teaching and coaching and instill them in a school building," said Ince in a phone interview Thursday afternoon.
Central Intermediate in Monmouth houses grades 4-6. Ince completed her administrative degree in the spring and graduated from Western Illinois University on Mother's Day.
"I didn't think it would happen so soon," said Ince of her first administrative assignment.
Ince taught junior high English at Sherrard and was the head girls basketball coach for five years and head softball coach for seven years with the Lady Tigers. While still teaching at Sherrard, she coached girls basketball at Mercer County in 2010-11 and accepted the Wethersfield job in 2011-12.
In two seasons with her alma mater, the Lady Geese compiled a record of 49-15 and won the Class 1A ROWVA Regional in 2011-12.
Ince also was a star player at Wethersfield, helping the Lady Geese to 99 wins, four regional titles (1996-99) and a sectional title in 1997.
"I wrote a letter to the school board thanking them for the opportunity to coach where my passion for the game was ignited with Coach (Chuck) Blake," said Ince. "I used our banners as inspiration for my athletes."
Her first Wethersfield team hung a regional banner in 2012 behind seniors Kayla Bennett, Claire Pillen, Becca Mahnesmith and Erin Draminski.
"I had a great group of seniors to start my career with," said Ince.
She said walking away from coaching for the time being was something she had to weigh in making the move to Monmouth.
"Stepping away was very difficult," said Ince, who told her players Wednesday about the Monmouth job.
"I wish nothing but the best for the Wethersfield girls basketball program."
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