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Got a coat dilemma? We've got it under wraps
A coat is not only one of the major investments of the winter, but - depending on its length and which trend it picks up on - it will also impact on many of your other fashion purchases.
If you decide, for instance, on a ladylike, Jackie O/Audrey-inspired, on-the-knee coat, every other piece you buy needs to work with that length. An inch or two of dress/skirt hem showing beneath a coat is just about acceptable - Marc Jacobs made it look especially desirable in his autumn 2010/11 runway show - but any more hem (or the wrong kind of hem) hanging out and it looks like a case of dressing in the dark.
The reverse isn't quite so restrictive: a shorter skirt under a longer coat, which this season means just below the knee, or maxi length coat rather than mid-calf, also works in that hippie-chic kind of way, as gorgeously demonstrated in the 3.1 Philip Lim collection.
On top of such superficial choices as Mad Men-or-military, cape-or-camel, there is also, as a UK resident, the warmth factor. We know with a fair degree of certainty that at least some days in any given winter will be bitingly cold, so owning a winter coat is a necessity rather than a lifestyle choice, like, say, choosing between a bikini and a one-piece, or wedges and platforms…
And then there is the requirement for your coat to look totally fabulous. From November to March, we arrive places wearing a coat - restaurant, party, bar, business meeting, theatre, date, school gates - and our coat is what makes that visceral first impression, the "wow" moment, so a quiet little "please ignore me" beige number is a crime under the style police statute requiring fabulousness at all times.
Let's go back for a moment to that earlier phrase about a "major investment". The received wisdom among the fashion commentariat, of course, is to buy the best coat you can afford. And if you regularly look at the "minted" rather than the "skinted" items in those pricey-original vs cheap-copy comparisons in magazines, then it is positively your duty to buy a fabulously expensive coat - with George Osborne's cuts about to bite, someone has to.
But even "skinted" girls can actually do rather well on the high street these days. The styling is often excellent and the fabric isn't always poor - indeed, sometimes a coat at £150-£200 from the high street can be better quality than a coat from a designer diffusion-range at £500, where they have economised on cloth hoping the label will delude us into thinking it must be high quality.
You may also want to spend less on a coat on the grounds that you intend to buy two, or even three, that channel different trends and work with a variety of skirt lengths as well as with trousers.
There's certainly no shortage of trends. There's vintage/nostalgia, taking in the aforementioned, ladylike Jackie O/Audrey-inspired numbers, as well as the 1950s coats with fur collars, which, of course, reflect the whole Mad Men ethic. Do take care, however, with this look - keep it pared down, keep hair natural and the make-up soft; you want to channel Betty Draper or Joan Holloway, not Elsie Tanner. If Mad Men is your idea of fashion heaven, look for the chocolate-brown tweed with vintage-looking fur collar, £175 at Topshop; French Connection's sensational blonde wool coat with wide fur collar, £220; a Warehouse red tweed with fur collar and bracelet-sleeves, £100; and black wool with sumptuous fake fur collar from the Star by Julien Macdonald at Debenhams, £120.
For the alternative 60s vibe, Apricot's demure black coat with big collar and big buttons is distinctly reminiscent of Jackie O, despite a price tag of just £59. Also in that mood is a collarless purple swing coat with big buttons, £30 from Heatons; a camel-tone collarless coat with a distinct Grace Kelly vibe at Wallis, £110; and a fitted black coat with colour block skirt, £100 by Ben de Lisi for Principles.
Also strong in this season's pick'n'mix of trends is the cape. They look cool, hide a multitude, and if you can get past the issue of not easily being able to use your hands, put a bag on your shoulder, etc, they work as well over jeans and skinny trousers as over a skirt. Just do not wear a knee-length cape with a longer skirt, or the style police will issue an arrest warrant. Look for great capes at Reiss, which has a severe navy, zipped version at £195; Esprit with a softer, shawl collar version in two-tone grey; Warehouse, which has one in a bold grey blanket check; and Jane Norman, which has a stylish, double-breasted navy, military-style cape.
Which conveniently brings us to the season's other huge trend - military. There's always a risk of looking a little fancy dress, so rein in the allusions to militaria. Gold buttons are fine, but absolutely no braided epaulettes, please. The best military coats on parade include a navy melton at Bhs, £70; Hobbs's gold-button double-breasted, £239; low-key grey military-styled at Long Tall Sally (£95); a short navy pea coat with gold buttons at Wallis; a high-neck coat with tulip skirt and military buttons, £99, from Marks & Spencer's Autograph collection; a divine single-breasted military coat by Lanvin, £2,380; and an impeccably on-trend military coat with stand-up collar by Balmain (£3,875, both at Browns).
The maxi coat, which made an appearance at Sonia Rykiel and at Marc Jacobs, is available on the high street at Primark, which has a very passable grey maxi, available mid-October, and priced at £45.
And if you don't fancy any of the key trends, frills and embellishment make a charming counterpoint to capes, Mad Men and military. Look out for a pretty grey coat with waterfall frill at the neck and full sleeves in the Betty Jackson Black collection at Debenham's (£130) and an enchanting air-force blue coat with fluting at the neck from French Connection, at £160.


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Illinois will need to hire about 55,000 new teachers, including
about 33,000 first-time teachers, and 3,500 new administrators
over the next four years, but unless the supply unexpectedly
outpaces demand, there will not be enough high quality candidates
to give districts many choices, according to a State Board
of Education report released today.
The "2001
Educator Supply and Demand" report presented at the
State Board's monthly meeting in Chicago draws a troubling
picture for Illinois schools and mirrors a national trend.
Demand exceeds the available supply of teachers partly because
of early-career teacher flight, retirement, increasing competition
for teacher candidates from other states and the private sector,
and decreasing interest in education careers among young people.
Shrinking Pool. The problem goes far beyond ensuring
there are enough teachers to fill the vacancies, however.
The size of the teacher pool from which districts can select
is shrinking. The quality of teachers in the classrooms suffers
when districts have fewer choices and less opportunity to
find the best-qualified candidates for their positions.
"With teacher supply and demand we need to do more than
come out even," State Superintendent of Education Ernest
Wish said. "Our pool of candidates must be broad and
deep enough to ensure that multiple high-quality candidates
are competing for each position. We do not want our schools
to have to 'settle' for a teacher who is only partly qualified
or who otherwise might not be the best match for a position
just because no one else is available."
More than 42,000 Illinois public school students faced the
very real possibility that there would be no qualified teachers
in their classrooms when the 2000-2001 school year began.
Of the 2,637 unfilled vacancies in the fall 2000, 2,225 were
teaching positions.
Half the vacancies were in the Chicago public schools, 28
percent were in the suburban districts of Cook, Lake, Kane,
Dupage, McHenry and Will counties, and 22 percent were spread
throughout the rest of the state. The remaining unfilled positions
were principals and other administrators, counselors, nurses,
social workers and other student support staff. Data on unfilled
positions for the 2001-2002 school year are still being collected.
The competition for would-be teachers is growing significantly.
Undergraduate enrollment in teacher preparation programs dropped
by 10 percent last year. This year's figures not yet available.
Even once they become teachers, many individuals are lured
away immediately and others leave in their early years at
alarming rates.
About half the new teachers produced in Illinois each year
never make it into the state's public school classrooms. Other
states are offering financial incentives, including signing
bonuses and housing allowances, to attract teachers. Private
schools are a favorable option for some individuals. Business
and industry recruit teachers as well, especially those in
the areas of mathematics, science and computer science.
Attrition: Teacher Flight and Retirements. The overall
rate at which teachers leave the profession has increased
by 60 percent since 1996. While retirement accounts for about
23 percent of teacher attrition, more than 75 percent of teachers
who leave do so for reasons other than retirement.
Early-career flight, for example, is having a significant
impact on the teaching force. Teachers with less than five
years of experience leave the profession at relatively high
rates - between 8% and 11% per year. Related studies indicate
that Illinois loses about 30% of its teachers in the first
3 years on the job. Although their specific reasons are not
known, national data indicate that teachers leave because
of low salaries, negative school environment and lack of induction
and mentoring support.
Approximately 12 percent of teachers (15,000) were eligible
to retire last school year (i.e., 55 or older with 20+ years
of experience). Even though the total number of teachers is
increasing, the proportion eligible to retire is expected
to continue growing to about 16 percent (21,300) by 2004.
The teacher ranks are also the primary source for filling
principal and other administrator vacancies. About 60 percent
of annual administrator attrition is the result of retirement.
Last school year, 25 percent of administrators were eligible
to retire.
Growing Enrollment. The pressure on teacher and administrator
demand will certainly increase with student enrollment projected
to grow through 2008. Since 1996, student enrollment has advanced
at about 1 percent annually, while the teaching force grew
by about 2.4 percent and administrators increased by 2.6 percent.
Even at these rates, the workforce is not growing fast enough
to meet demand. School district reform efforts, such as class-size
reductions, may further exacerbate the problem.
Geographic and Subject-Area Shortages. Even if an
abundant supply of teachers were available, some parts of
the state and some subject-matter areas would still experience
shortages. Wide-ranging disparities in salaries and working
conditions among school districts statewide contribute to
those regional differences. At the same time, there were not
enough special education, mathematics and physical education
teachers to fill the need in 2000-2001.
Demographic Imbalances. The scales tip dramatically
when the gender and racial distribution of educators is considered.
Racial/ethnic minorities are underrepresented among teachers
and administrators, while females dominate the teaching ranks
and males are primarily administrators. Minority educators
comprise just 15 percent of the teaching force (student enrollment
is 40 percent minority statewide), 19 percent of principals
and just 4 percent of superintendents. There are three female
teachers for every male teacher, and 52 percent of principals
and 86 percent of superintendents were male.
Bottom Line. The report concludes that
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When Atascosa County citizen's stopped San Antonio Water System (SAWS) from taking brackish groundwater from Atascosa County, SAWS tried to take it another way.
SAWS went to the Texas State Legislature to take control of brackish groundwater FROM the groundwater districts. SAWS had bills submitted in both the house and senate in 2013 to do just that! Thank goodness this legislation failed!
However, Mike Mahoney, general manager of the Evergreen Water District (Atascosa, Frio, Karnes and Wilson Counties), unbelievably, testified that only a "few people" in Atascosa County opposed SAWS plan and "his board would support the senate bill." (Testimony of May 7, 2013).
Later, in May 2013 Mr. Mahoney resigned from the Evergreen District and the assistant manager was appointed general manager and given a substantial raise. Then, in June 2013, the Evergreen board stripped most of the managerial duties from its new manager, hired Mr. Mahoney as a consultant and gave those duties to Mr. Mahoney!
Thus, it appears nothing is likely to change at the Evergreen District given Mr. Mahoney's past cozy relationship with SAWS and his testimony favorable to SAWS on its bills and the Evergreen board's past dealings with SAWS. Taped at one Evergreen board meeting where a board member said, "They (SAWS) ask and we give," to which another board member replied, "…let's find out what they (SAWS) want and give it to them." Incredibly, these are direct quotes and preserved for the record!
Finally, only two of the nine Evergreen board members had the conviction, courage, strength and common sense to oppose Evergreen's consulting contract with Mr. Mahoney. The "no" votes were cast by Larry Fox and Jason Peeler.
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New Site Index - Day 3posted by Dark0ne Site NewsA few days ago we finished rolling our preliminary new index page, complete with feeds. Since then we've been carefully combing through the feedback that didn't contain threats on our lives or the use of pitchforks, fire-lit torches or tinfoil hats and we've been gradually working to improve the features on offer. I thought, on day 3, I'd share some of the updates and improvements we've made since first rolling out the new index page and just let you know that we're still working on it and taking on-board constructive feedback.
The change log up until now:
- Moved the Hot Files thumbnails from the right nav to underneath the large hot files image, where it was before. Expanded the width to take up the entire content area to ensure we can fit the new 6 hot files, up from the original 5
- Added left and right arrows that allow you to move the hot files image to the previous or next file in the list
- Removed the tool-tip to the right of the "Your feeds" heading and replaced it with a link to your feed preferences to make it more obvious you can actually manipulate the feeds to some extent
- Site news is now the default feed for people who haven't set a default
- You can now disable your activity feed on your profile within your preferences
- Increased the font size to make it more readable in most areas
- Large images posted in file news articles are now scaled down in the File news tab to ensure they don't take up too much space (this will not affect the actually news article itself)
- Fixed an issue with the file news article likes that meant you could like an article an unlimited amount of times
- Changed the Latest Files and Latest images so that they show three in a row, and 15 per page
- Entries in the Latest files and Latest Images now show how long it has been since the file has been added to the site
- The "more" button on the Latest Files and Latest Images tabs will now provide 15 more entries on the same page [note: we plan to update this so that it replaces the current 15 entries, rather than tacks another 15 on to the end. You'll then be able to scroll back and forth through the latest files and images without leaving the index]
If you haven't already I'd recommend you go to your preferences where you will find options to manipulate your feeds a bit more to your liking, and change your default feed preference. Don't care about the activity feeds? That's fine, change your default feed to Site News, Latest Files or Latest Images, depending on what you come here for, and you'll get that every time you land on the site.
As I said, we're still very much working on this and appreciate the constructive (with emphasis on constructive) feedback we've been receiving.


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Two men charged in death of Narrowsburg woman
September 28, 2012 —
Two men have been charged in the death of a woman whose body was found in a burned out home in Lava after a fire destroyed the house on December 13, 2008.
The body was that of then 41-year-old Catherine Novak and the fire was labeled suspicious almost from the first day of the investigation.
Now, nearly four years later, police say the arrests are the result of an investigation, which was begun on the day of the fire.
According to New York State Police, on September 27, officers in Liberty arrested Scott Sherwood, age 40, of Lindenhurst, NY for one count of murder in the second degree. He was arraigned before Sullivan County Court Judge Michael McGuire and remanded to the Sullivan County Jail without bail to reappear in Sullivan County Court on October 2.
Also on September 27, Paul Novak, age 45, of Palm Coast, FL was arrested by the Flagler County Sheriff's Office as a fugitive from justice from New York on two counts of murder in the second degree and one count of arson.
The arrest was made in Flagler County by the New York State Police and the Flagler County Sheriff's Office. Novak appeared before Flagler County Circuit Judge Atack, where he was remanded to the Flagler County Inmate Facility without bail.
Catherine was in the process of getting a divorce from Paul when the fire erupted four years ago.
According to then-Sullivan County District Attorney Steve Lungen at the time of the fire, investigators had trouble determining the cause because of the severity of the destruction.
Reports indicated that one cause for suspicion was that the fire spread more quickly than most. Lungen would not confirm that, but he said that "the investigation of the fire and the medical examination have raised more questions than they've answered."
Catherine, who had two children under the age of 10, sent the children the day before the fire to stay with their father who then lived in Glen Cove, LI. The family dog, which was initially thought to be missing, was ultimately found in the wreckage.
Catherine was a well-known member of the community,served on the Sullivan West school board from 2005 to 2007 and participating actively in St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Narrowsburg. Pastor Phyllis Haynes said Novak served on the church council, was in charge of church coffee hours and had taught Sunday School.


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Day Dreamin' In Tampa
The past few days have left Phillies fans wondering who turned the lights out. The mental mistakes, lack of concentration and outright wackiness of this team begs the question, where have the Phillies head's gone? Did they drink too many Slurpee's in the hot weather and are suffering from severe brain freeze? Or, are they day dreaming of midget clowns, fire eaters and candy? Hmmmm….
At the plate, they appear to be asleep; weak swings at bad balls, staring like a deer in headlights at strikes down the middle of the plate and base running that brings back memories of their little league days. Tonight, Pedro Feliz killed an inning that had real potential by forgetting how many outs there were. 1 out in the 6th, Pedro on 1st and Matt Stairs on 3rd, Eric Bruntlett did his job and hit a sac fly to center. Feliz, however, thinking there were two outs, ran all the way to second and got doubled up at 1st before Stairs could score. The run did not count and the threat was over.
But this is only one of several examples of spontaneous stupidity displayed by the team this week. It has made most fans wish they really were living in la-la-land, as the Phillies appear to be. At least in la-la-land, the rest of the NL East catching up to the Phils may not factor in. However, in the real world, the Phillies have run themselves into big trouble.
And trouble rolls downhill, starting with the starters. Antonio Bastardo was given a 4 run lead to start the game and immediately gave 3 runs right back to the Rays in the bottom of the 1st inning. And as expected, it all went downhill from there. Maybe if Bastardo more closely resembled another Antonio, I would be able to cope with his lack of control:
Put Banderas on the mound and I don't care if he walks in 12 runs…at least he would look good doing it ;O) But Bastardo still needs work before he is major league ready. And he may have taken that decision out of the manager's hands anyway tonight, as he left the game early with a left shoulder strain. The Phillies need a starting pitcher – real bad. The hole in the rotation left by Brett Myers continues to haunt the team, with no answer yet in sight. And even worse, because the Phillies have let so many teams in the NL catch up to them over these last few weeks, most teams are not ready to give up and start unloading talent. They all still have a shot at the Wildcard, thanks to the Phillies bad play. And therefore, the pickings are slim for starting pitchers. Talk about shooting themselves in the foot…ouch!
Hey, maybe Antonio Banderas IS available? I have no idea if he has ever picked up a baseball, but I am willing to give him a shot. Hey Tony…call me ;O)
Reminder: Despite the brain freezes of the week, please keep VOTING for your Phillies All-Stars! VOTE up to 25 times per day, per email address!
Player photos by Jenn
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Hey thanks for dropping by my new MLBlog, I appreciate the support, I need all the help I can get right now to get some followers. I just plugged your blog on my Twitter and Facebook, not that you need you're the 14th most popular blog on here, thats very cool.
And by the way the Antonio's thing is hilarious, and I couldn't bare to watch Feliz's base-running mistake it made me sick.
I hope you keep reading my posts, I'll be doing one after every game and I'm putting up all the articles I do for my local paper here, thanks for the support!
It's interesting – Dennis Eckersley was talking about this the other night – that young pitchers are being brought up too quickly before they are really ready to pitch in the majors. He was wondering what the long term effects on their careers would be.
OMG, I couldn't believe that boneheaded baserunning mistake by Pedro! I don't usually get vocal with my TV, but last night I did. Apparently if Stairs had crossed the plate before Feliz was put out, at least the run would have scored, but he was definitely not hustling. On the other hand, given his speed (or lack thereof) I don't know if he would have made it anyway. I may need another beverage tonight🙂.
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Hi guys.. I'm looking for your thoughts here.
My son is 8 months old and I haven't started solids, rice cereal,etc. He has never had anything but breastmilk and we are still exclusively breastfeeding. He is in the 90th percentile on weight and the 55th percentile on head circ and length. He is meeting and exceeding all of his milestones, has abundant energy, and is the happiest baby I have ever met. Everyone always comments on how laid back he is and how he is thriving. He has never even had an ear infection or a cold. (He is a 22 lb grinning butterball!)
I am a NICU RN and am well educated on the benefits of breastfeeding, and work closely with lactation consultants. My pediatrician, and LCs have confirmed to me that it is ok to delay solids and that he is ok on my milk alone for up to a year.
I am sick and tired of people making comments about his not eating food yet.. "Hey Ben theres some baby food over here!" "give him some potato salad it won't hurt him" "Just a little diet coke isn't going to kill him"
Anyways, I feel that I am doing what is best for him and it's obviously going well. I have an abundant milk supply ( I make about 35-45 ounces of milk a day) so that isn't an issue.
Can you guys think of a way to handle the over 7 comments I get per hour at dinnertime?
And why do people make it their business anyways?
I realize that this is not something most people do so to them, I am CRAZY and will be breastfeeding my baby to age 18.


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Same-sex marriage by state
Published On: May 07 2012 12:57:03 PM CDT Updated On: Nov 18 2014 02:21:50 PM CST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday is hearing arguments on whether there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Here's a look at the path same-sex marriage has taken across the country.
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Results tagged ' Popeyes Chicken '
Saints vs Broncos
Game 7
In the spirit of New Orleans Krista and I stopped at Popeye's Fried Chicken for a little Cajun feast while we tailgated..
The spicy chicken strips were pretty damn good.
But I figure victory tastes better :)…and doesn't give you indigestion.
Full moon today.
Not sure if Evan Dalrymple is on vacation but some Country Western guy was singing the National Anthem.
Coin toss.
Hey…Nobody rides for free!
Thunder got a workout today.
I learned my lesson about working the next day after a Broncos Sunday night game.
I took Monday off🙂
Sucks to hear about Joe Mays who fractured his left fibula and is out for an "extended time".
Manning crushed his thumb on Saints defensive end Martez Wilson's helmet after a 23 yard pass to Eric Decker. His thumb seemed to be a non-factor for the rest of the game as Manning became the second quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 300 yards and three touchdowns in four consecutive games…WOW!
Broncos are now 4-3 and the rest of the season doesn't seem so intimidating now huh?
I'm "D" the Ranter…
Football is back in Denver baby!!…Can you feel it?
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Puppet show at the library
April 28, 2011 —
HONESDALE, PA — Master puppeteer Steve Abrams will introduce children ages three and up to the world of puppet theatre with his performance of "Raven's Feast" on May 5 at 5 p.m. at the Wayne County Public Library, 1406 Main St. Abrams will entertain the audience with stories and myths from the Native American culture of the Northwest Coast, using a tabletop, props and puppets to introduce the Raven in three tales. The free program is funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Registration is required. Email email@example.com or call 570/253-1220.


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Tireless Teacher
He wasn't always, but he is now. A small-college guy, that is. Jonathan Visick, assistant professor of biology, experienced his conversion in graduate school. A top microbiology student at Brigham Young University, he entered the University of Washington for his Ph.D., thinking research would be his thing.
As a teaching assistant, he served as a lab instructor and gave the occasional lecture. Then, during one life-changing semester, he was asked to take over the entire class for an ailing professor. "I really liked the student contact," Visick says. "I decided, then and there, that what I wanted was research and teaching."
Convinced from experience at two small colleges in the Northwest that a small-school environment was the place to do both, he joined the North Central faculty in 2000.
Says his colleague Steve Johnston, "He was already a good teacher. Over the last several years, he's been developing into a superior teacher."
But what do his students think?
"I wouldn't be where I am today if it were not for Dr. Visick," wrote Wade Hicks '02, in nominating his mentor for a Dissinger Award for Outstanding Teaching, which Visick received in May 2004. "After taking Dr. Visick's genetics course I knew that was exactly what I wanted to focus on," said Hicks, who's now at Brandeis University pursuing a Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology.
Visick's courses and labs are challenging, as he pushes students to integrate and synthesize their knowledge. Yet — funny thing — they're also among the most popular.
Toni Thomas '03 remembers Visick's ability to teach the same thing in several ways, to appeal to different learning styles. She also admired his patience with her rookie research experiments. "I witnessed him calmly explain the same simple idea to a student (me) several times over the course of a summer."
It's a challenge Visick eagerly embraces, since it's only in performing their own research that students truly blossom. "In course labs," he explains," we try to bring them along the path, but they don't really understand until they're in a small group doing real research and have to take ownership of their work." Visick's students work independently on projects within his area of expertise — protein repair in bacteria, which holds promise for a better understanding of human aging.
Visick shares with his colleagues in North Central's Science Division a commitment to developing the research skills of undergraduate students because that's how they learn what science really is.
"The program at North Central is as good as at schools with bigger reputations in science," Visick says. In recent years, North Central science students have won prestigious honors like a Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Pre-Doctoral Award and a National Science Foundation Research Fellowship. North Central's top science alumni are pursuing graduate education at places like Duke, the University of North Carolina, Brandeis and Loyola Medical School.
"People tell me our students know what they're doing," says Visick. Clearly he's been big part of that.
Jonathan Visick, Ph.D.
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Spring allergy season is upon us. Find out if you live in one of the 25 worst cities for seasonal sniffling and sneezing.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America compared data on 100 cities to rank the 25 most challenging cities to live with seasonal allergies. Scores are based off pollen counts, allergy medicine use and the number of allergists.


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Brit refused passport over unusual name
King of Ink Land King Body Art the Extreme Ink-Ite says refusal violates his 'human rights'
Published On: Feb 04 2014 10:11:12 AM CST Updated On: Feb 04 2014 09:51:59 AM CST
Britain's most tattooed man is having trouble getting a passport, but it's not because of his ink.
Mathew Whelan, 34, applied for a new passport after recently changing his name to "King of Ink Land King Body Art the Extreme Ink-Ite."
But officials have denied his request, saying the new name is not appropriate, the Birmingham Mail reported.
Whelan is calling the refusal a breach of his human rights.
"They want to put my birth name on my passport, but that is not my name anymore," he told The Mirror.
His new name already appears on his driver's license.
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Funeral set for three children killed in Racine fire
Funeral services have been scheduled for three children who died in a house fire in Racine.
Eight-year-old Dalijah Scott and 9-year-old Dayja Scott died Thursday when their house caught fire. Their brother, 7-year-old Michael Scott, died later in the hospital.
Visitation will be held Thursday at Reid's New Golden Gate Funeral Home in Racine. The funeral home says visitation is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at the Greater Mount Eagle Baptist Church. There will be a visitation before the funeral, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The children's 5-year-old brother, Luther Patterson, is still in the hospital.
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Originally Posted By: BazrARTOYO - the Japanese version of 'Toy Story'
...you sure you don't mean the Droid in the Japanese version of 'Star Wars' ?
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AFROYO - a yo for a bro with a afro.
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AFROYO - a yo for a bro with a afro.
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BRROYO it's cold out there.....!!!_________________________
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#217271 - 06/23/14 08:33 AM It is Monday and I feel SQUIRRELY how 'bout you? [Re: Bazr]
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squirrelly or squirrely
PRONUNCIATION: (SKWUR-uh-lee)
adjective: 1. Restless, jumpy, nervy. 2. Odd or crazy.
Why do we consider a squirrel squirrelly? Well, it's either their unpredictable running around or we think they are nutty because of their preference for nuts. The word came to us via French and Latin from Greek skiouros (shadow-tailed), from skia (shadow) + oura (tail). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ors- (buttocks) which also gave us ass, dodo, and cynosure. Earliest documented use: 1925.
"'It's indicative of how squirrelly the market is,' Christopher Dixo said, adding that investors are skittish about any degree of negative news."
Sallie Hofmeister; Diller's Internet Empire Takes a Hit; Los Angeles Times; Jan 7, 2003.
SQUIRELY - to act in a manor in the manner of a squire
#217277 - 06/23/14 04:06 PM Rocky Road [Re: jenny jenny]
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SQUIRBELLY - Sancho Panza's tummy
SQUARRELLY - it leads to arguments
#217285 - 06/24/14 03:21 AM a bit tinny [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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noun: The common people; the masses; riffraff.
From French canaille (villain, rabble), from Italian canaglia (pack of dogs, rabble), from cane (dog), from Latin canis (dog). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kwon- (dog), which is also the source of canine, chenille (from French chenille: caterpillar, literally, little dog), kennel, canary, hound, dachshund, corgi, cynic, and cynosure. Earliest documented use: 1676.
"The gang in the alley was not canaille; fine gentlemen from the court were raging here."
Isak Dinesen; Last Tales; Random House; 1957.
CANVILLE - a town where tin cans live in harmony with each other.
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CANAISLE - where you find the soup
CANALLE - DeutcheBank just fired their entire staff
CANAIDLE - nobody in the Loo just now
#217295 - 06/24/14 12:23 PM CANAILLE: The Little Red Engine That Could [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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CAN'TILLE - the little red engine that couldn't.
#217302 - 06/25/14 04:27 AM tightwad [Re: jenny jenny]
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noun: A trick, prank, or antic.
After monkey + shine (a caper). A similar term is monkey business. Earliest documented use: 1832.
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MONEYSHINE - when you hold cash in your wallet for too long you get this..
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Earlier this week, I examined the Phillies roster with a number of moves that will have to be made. The carousel of players may not stop turning any time soon as the injuries continue to mount. Shane Victorino is now likely to have an MRI on his leg, so he could be the next one to hit the DL. Someone new will be forced to step in and attempt to help a tattered roster.
Here's a look at the updated roster:
- Infield: Howard, Valdez, Orr, Rollins, Polanco, Ruiz, Sardinha (7)
- Outfield: Ibanez, Victorino, Francisco, Mayberry, Gload, Martinez (6)
- SP: Halladay, Lee, Oswalt, Hamels, Blanton, (5)
- RP: Madson, Bastardo, Romero, Baez, Kendrick, Stutes, Matheison (7)
- DL: Lidge, Contreras, Utley, Schneider (4)
With the inability to get people out, Danys Baez and JC Romero are on a very short leash – at least they should be. Here are a few more moves that should be made by this team. Because they are no longer getting anything positive from several players:
Originially, I believed that Josh Barfield should be brought up for Valdez, just to change things up a bit. That was before I listened to Ruben Amaro say two feet from me that Domonic Brown is nearly ready. Amaro said its a matter of "when" and not "if". Let the countdown begin. There is really nothing more he can do in the minor leagues. How long can you let the guy tear up lesser pitching before being tested once again at the highest level. Cutting Valdez leaves Orr and Martinez as your utility guys.
(NOTE: If Victorino hits the DL, it's likely a Brown-for-Victorino trade off instead).
Speaking of Martinez, he has to go when Chase comes back. Martinez is not doing anything Orr cannot already do. The idea of keeping the Rule 5 guy around would be a good one, if he wasn't a light-hitting, 5'9″, 140 pound utility guy that's 28 years old. There is nothing wrong with Michael Martinez, but if you're a team with World Series aspirations, you can't try to slip a Rule 5 guy through the cracks on your roster for another season. I figure the Phillies will still want to keep him around, but they may not have a choice once the healthy regulars return.
RON MAHAY or MIKE ZAGURSKI for JC ROMERO
Zagurski really hasn't done much and Mahay has retired (or is unemployed), but it doesn't matter. They are both equal to or greater than the option of JC Romero. He has flat out lost the ability to throw strikes, unless you count the one to Lance Berkman a strike. JC has done the Phillies a world of good during his tenure, however, they should have let him go when they had the opportunity. Right now, he's hurting them. Make a call to Mahay, who has had very good numbers as a LOOGY in his career, or try Zagurski once again. Just because Romero is a veteran doesn't mean it's the correct move to continue using him.
DREW CARPENTER, BRIAN GORDON, or MICHAEL SCHWIMER for DANYS BAEZ
Any one of these guys is a similar option to Baez, without the big contract. Baez is basically toast an it seems to be a matter of time before he'll have to pack his things and say adios. My personal favorite here is Schwimer, but any of the three will do. Once Brad Lidge were to return, this spot will be filled anyway, so it would only be for about a month.
VANCE WORLEY for JOE BLANTON
We'll be able to tell a little bit more on Thursday night after Blanton makes his start – but clearly something is up in that elbow. Amaro doesn't think it's a huge deal and neither does Blanton. However, if this is something that knocks him out soon, make the move to Worley and shut Blanton down. Big Joe is still an important piece to this team down the road, so a healthy Joe Blanton is essential. Not a 75 percent-healthy Joe Blanton. And we all know Worley is more than ready.
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Between Valdez and Martinez going, I'd say Martinez.
He hasn't shown anything at all.
We can almost book that either Rollins or Polanco will get hurt, and Valdez proved he can play both those positions well.
While I agree with you that Worley is ready, I think the Phills are reluctant to shut down Big Joe because he is (for better or worse) one of the tradable (or expendable) commodities on the roster. Once they give in to an injury, his value is gone…even to a desperate team. So for that reason, if he is healthy enough to go, he has to pitch.
Valdez is more valuable than a lot of people give him credit for. I think he's MORE versatile than Orr and can hit a little too. Sure…he hits into DPs.. But he also gets some hits (ahem…..last night…. offensive hero of the game…) and has great defensive skills.
I like Orr, but he has an option left so it should be used since Valdez doesn't flat out suck.
Ah yes, the "offensive hero of the game" with the courageous single in the eighth, with an OPS worse than that of Pete Orr. Please. As for the "great defensive skills"…that's up for debate and is simply not substantiated by the numbers, like his career UZR/150 of -2 at second base. It's not terrible, but it's definitely not great either. Valdez is a mediocre glove with an atrocious bat, also known as someone who flat out sucks. Let him go, or let some other team take him on through waivers.
Do you want WINS ???…. or do you want fancy stats that don't tell the WHOLE STORY???
Valdez helped to WIN the game last night….a win that the Phillies realllllllyyyy needed….and you can't even acknowledge it. And you call yourself a Phillies fan???
I definitely do want wins the Phillies, and I think that in order to get the most wins, the Phillies should play the players who give them the best chance of winning (radical concept, I know). In the competition between Valdez and Orr, their career records show that Orr simply gives the Phils a better chance of winning (an admittedly VERY slim increase, but an increase nonetheless). One small game sample like yesterday does not change this.
Really I should be questioning YOUR Phillies fandom, since you want the Phils to play inferior players at the cost of making them more likely to win games.
Wilson Valdez cannot hit "a little," he can't hit at all. He has a .587 OPS right now. That is really, really bad. .247/.277/.309. Really, really bad.
Sadly, Wilson Valdez may have just earned himself a stay of execution with his performance last night. I like all of the moves listed, but I think the best you can hope for is 2 of the 5 happening within the next month. I suspect that the leash with some of these guys is longer than we think…
Come on guys
There has to be some scenario where pubic bone trades every player and every player to be named later for a bag of golf balls and a douche bag.
I mean the player to be named will have an incredible WAR and a great batting average vs players from Cleavland born on Wednesdays with a last name starting with K
There has to be some stat somewhere that verifies it.
And then we can watch baseball and see the game and discuss the stats.
Or you can make up a stat and live where you dont play the game.
You read stats.
Last I checked they play baseball
And wins are unimportant
Carry on
Then lets make up some more stats
and every year the Mets win the world series
The stats prove it out.
Yes clearly I am pulling up arbitrary numbers with ridiculous qualifiers to produce opinions which make no sense. Excellent argument.
Baseball players play games, which I watch devotedly. As they play games, they produce outcomes which are quantitative and can be studied using math. With these stats we can look at the patterns of these outcomes and come up with pretty good guesses as to which players are better than others, and which people we would rather have on our team than others. Seems pretty simple and logical, but I could see how a person like you could get flustered and has trouble understanding it.
So what was the "outcome" of last night's game?? And what "outcome" did Wilson Valdez have?? Surely you know…because you say you watch the games…."devotedly"
The roulette wheel shows previous outcomes.
Why do you believe it matters?
Its a roulette wheel.
They put it up for dummies.
Then came you
If I have hit into 4 double plays today it means i am no more or less likely to hit into another one.
But wins are unimportant. And then people like you look at the previous rolls on the roulette wheel and think it matters.
Type how Ben Fran is likely to not do such and such. Its the law of averages.
No you spin the wheel and its 50/50. But not really they have a green 00 for people like you and so the house can win.
"If I have hit into 4 double plays today it means i am no more or less likely to hit into another one. "
Well that's just flat out wrong. If Valdez had a full season's worth of ABs last season, his numbers projected for about 34 double plays. That would put him #3 on the all time single season list. That's not some crazy SABr stat. It's just a fact.
Blanton as a tradeable commodity is a myth.
Why would a team trade for that contract when they can get the kind of numbers he puts up from one of your minor leaguers?
free d. brown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's get real. Ibanez will be DFA'd at some point. Might as well be when Brown is ready. Keep Martinez and send Orr down. He has options. If Ruben can find any right handed bat then dump Francisco.
People tend to selectively remember the most recent performance, esp if it is a late inning catch/hit that helps win the game. Baseball is played over 6 mos, things can get lost easily. Stats help determine whether your memories match reality. In Valdez's case, the memory of last night's win doesn't match his performance over the past month. While he makes contact, he swings at everything, and always puts the ball on the ground, often weakly (8 ground balls for every ball that makes it out of the infield in the air). Orr is at 1.5 gb per fb. Avg, slug%,…, both about the same – the main difference is Orr hasn't hit into a double play yet this season.
UZR requires a ton of data points – taking 37 games worth doesn't mean much. For his career, Valdez is average. This is good enough for a back-up. Martinez and Orr don't have enough data points to reasonably come up with a value, but by eye test, appear about the same. Put any one of the three in there, not going to see a lot of difference.
Still on the win thing Andrew? Who is the better pitcher in 2010 – Phil Hughes at 18-8, with a 4.2 era, pitched 176 innings, or Felix Hernandez, 13-12, 2.27 era, 249 innings pitched. Do you think Hughes might have been helped a little with run support (Yanks scored 859, Mariners, 513). The point was that wins for a starting pitcher are not a valid measure of a pitcher's ability, but are everything for the team.
If I win the lottery today at 1 in a million
Am I more or less likely to win tomorrow?
No I am 1 in a million.
But they will put up past performances for you
Holy cow
I am on a blog where 300 wins and wins are unimportant.
I guess its refreshing. On a planet where you dont need air. I put air up there.
Its only the gold standard.
Ill take 18 wins over 13
So its paper champions now?
Moral victories and K per 9 and K/BB ratios
Crown them
Pubes… it doesn't surprise me a bit that you bash Valdez EVERY CHANCE YOU GET….after all, you're the same person that would choose Billy Butler or Justin Smoak ( both nice ballplayers) OVER Ryan Howard.
Andrew and Publius are like the Democrats and Republicans. Both are right, both are wrong.
There are no absolutes in predicting performance. There are no absolutes in politics.
The eyeball test works, and the stats work- but Democrats and Republicans can't meet in the middle because they're to stubborn in protecting their constituency. Ultimately the only thing that works is trial and error. When nothing gets accomplished due to protecting one's beliefs, it's usually because no fair trial was ever granted.
Many years ago I heard Jesse Jackson debating Walter Mondale in a democratic primary race, when he exclaimed that every out of work black man really wanted to work. Later that year Ronald Reagan said that was not true, that there were plenty of jobs, but many americans (both white an black) really didn't want them.
The problem is they were both wrong. There are no absolutes.
A meeting of the minds between you two could produce awesome results if each of you weren't so far to one side or the other.
There was no statistical evidence that lifetime mediocre pitcher Steve Stone would suddenly win a Cy Young. There was no evidence pointing to Jose Bautista suddenly becoming a powerful home run hitter. The past is not always an accurate predictor of the future, but it CAN be, and a large % of the time it is. The past can also deceive you into expectations that can't be met.
The eyeball test works, it takes into account intangibles that sabermatricians can't see. The advanced stats work too, they give us a much more accurate insight into players body of work. But, for example, Chase Utlley's WAR is virtually useless now that we can't predict his health.
That's my rant for the day, sorry if I just bored the heck out of everyone 🙂
I guess its a straight gamblers mentality
I bet on the horse that wins.
Others bet on the horse with the best time or closing quarter or breeding.
I factor those then I bet on the horse who will win.
I guess if we all bet on the winning horse I couldnt make a profit.
@ Chuck- I hope you understood that my post the other day about trading Cole Hamels was a sarcastic way of saying- why is everyone freaking out? We're playing pretty well, and a little tinkering here and there is all that's needed to shore up the pen and RH bat. What I meant was we shouldn't panic, and DON'T have to trade our brightest stars and prospects. The Giants found Ross and Burell on the scrap heap for almost nothing, and with a base of great pitching and defense, we can do the same.
This is my issue with the stat geeks
If I flip a coin 100 times in a row and its heads every time
Is it more or less likely to be heads or tails the 101 time?
Its 50/50
Sometimes I think they are missing a good game.
Its fun to watch baseball. where Beltran has better WAR and other stats than Victorino but he really isnt fit to carry Victoinos jock to the laundry room.
Here's the difference between gidp vs winning the lottery. Lottery is pure chance. When you put the ball on the ground 8xs for every fly ball, it is not chance that you hit into a lot of double plays.
I haven't checked through every player in the major leagues, but on the Phils, he has by far the highest ratio – worse than even the pitchers. Martinez is at 5, no other position player is above 2. You have a better chance of getting a fly ball from Cliff Lee (7 gb/fb) than you do from Valdez. When you put the ball on the ground almost exclusively, you will ground into a lot of double plays, it is not a coincidence. If you choose to trust your eyes and luck, that is your choice, but Wilson Valdez will continue to hit ground balls, and if there is a guy on first, he'll continue to hit into double plays….. a lot.
Orr is the one going down.
And when DBrown finally gets the call, I'd like to see JMJ moved to left. He's the only corner OF who's earned the time. But that won't happen, because Cholly is loyal to a fault. Raul will be here all year, batting .240, slugging .380, and making us all very upset.
Im late to the table . . . so I don't feel like getting involved. I will say that Valdez is "useful" but there probably isn't a need for him, Orr, Martinez all on the same roster. Orr looks like he has the best wheels, and maybe Martinez has the most versatility and maybe most upside?
Pubulius… I've been meaning to ask you but wanted to wait for a day when we weren't arguing. I think you've stated you're a Mariners fan? And I also think you said you don't live in Philly? …
Are there any players on the Phillies – or anything about the organization that you DO like? It seems like you always paint such a bleak picture and tell us why they are all overrated, overpaid, etc. …from your comments, I take it that they suck, and so I can't comprhend why you spend so much time "following" a team full of terrible players?
I grew up in West Chester for 10 years and have followed the Phils ever since, thanks to the magic of MLB.tv. I follow the Phils just as I follow the M's, through thick and thin, because they are who I grew up following.
As for Phillies I like, there are actually quite a few. Watching Madson become a league-beating closer has been a joy. Polanco was a good signing. Chase Utley is simply amazing, even when not fully 100%. I have nothing but awesome respect and appreciation for the 4 aces. Carlos Ruiz is underappreciated. I also like Ben Francisco, and think he is due for a huuuuuge positive regression. I look forward to following Dom Brown's career and think he's gonna be an really good player.
I also like Ryan Howard, I simply don't like his contract. Howard is a good player with great power in an era where slugging is at a premium. The problem is I don't think he's the elite 1B everyone else on here thinks him to be. He's, at best, among the top 10 first basemen in the game, but definitely not the top 5 (I'd take Votto/Cabrera/Pujols/Fielder/Gonzalez going forward any day over Howard), yet he's being paid like one. Ibanez is a travesty, though I knew that from his days as a Mariner, and immediately hated the signing.
I know I can come across as "negative", but my goal is simply to ground fan's beliefs in reality rather than get caught up in heady homerism, which leads to absurd stances like Howard being the "pre-eminent slugger of his time" and Wilson Valdez being indispensable for some reason.
Cabrera better than Howard really? He has off the field issues and I doubt if he'll be in the league in a couple of years. Fielder is another guy who has issues. Howard is the premiere power hitter in the game. No one to protect him now and he still wins games. Who cares what he's paid? Pujols will get a monster contract and he won't live up to it either. Take Howard away from the Phils and they're in third place.
When I watch a game, I watch a game for the entertainment. I don't have my calculator out.
I don't think you understand the difference between chance and probability. If you flipped a coin 50 times, and it landed on heads all 50 times, chances are that the coin is weighted on the tales side, and I would certainly bet on heads again (making sure that the qtr wasn't changed out). Statistics usually don't provide a conclusion, but indicate further exploration.
If there is a 50% chance of a back up on the expressway eastbound Sundays at 12:00 pm in the summer, does that mean it is random? If it were me, I'd check to see what correlates to the back-up, and would find that the Phils are playing a home game about half the Sundays around 1pm, and take an alternate route if I had to be somewhere while the Phils were at home. You could just gamble and hope for the best.
Tickets to the game tonight . . . 80% chance to see an All-Star, Cy Young type pitcher any time you go to a Phillies game – except when I get tickets before the season starts, and it plays out that i get to see Hoagie Joe vs. Chacin
Chacin, who is FILTHY at time,
Watch him throw a complete game shutout. (Probably not).
Yes I understand the game.
Do you play to win the game?
If a guy is 6-15 for 20 years with 1.00 ERA
I want a guy with the 2.00 ERA who is 15-6 for 20 years
I get frustrated when 16 Ks and a loss are better than 0 Ks and a win
There is situational pitching and keeping your team in the game
Moyer was a perfect example.
The Valdez BS is an example too of fans not getting it
Also I come off as a pompus ass who thinks my opinions are gold.
Its not meant to be that way its just how I talk.
That's ridiculous. The W/L stat has absolutely ZERO to do with a pitchers ability. The pitcher who posts an ERA of 1.00 gives your team a much better chance to win then the pitcher who posts a 2.00 ERA. W/L is all about offense. ERA and WHIP are the defining stats for a pitcher. W/L is a joke. Cole almost got a ND after last nights performance due to lack of offense. Would you rather have a pitcher who went 5 innings, gave up 4 runs, but got a W because his team dropped 10 runs on the other pitcher? That's absurd.
Holy Cow….If I didnt know better ,I'd think we were a last place team,based on the doomesday above.
I'm glad I dont worry about such shit.
Go Phills…By the way…Who is still in first?
These arguements are getting crazier by the day . . . .
I think we all realize that WINS come from a team, but a starting picther has the ability to shut the other team down. So i think what he was trying to say was that, as long as the team wins – the individual pitcher stat line isn't all that important
Which is the grand scheme of things is true…
But a pitcher with a 1.00 ERA… is better than a pitcher with a 2.00 ERA, im not sure what the argument is there? Everyone needs a deep breathe, and a beer, and some sizzex on this blog.. time to all chill a little and have fun instead of daily arguements, calling each other morons
I am in bizaro world where wins arent important
Yes a pitcher who is 20-0 with a 10.00 ERA
is better than a 0-20 pitcher with a 1.00 ERA
you say absurd
And thats really what it is.
Is it absurd to rather win 21-20 than lose 1-0?
I am typing to people who think wins are worthless and meaningless.
I probably need to stop like dipsy and take a break
I dont think I can live in a world where Ks per 9 and K/BB ratio is more imprtant than wins.
Somewhere along the line to alot of people stats became too important.
I read and observe moneyball. But you play to win.
In bizaro world Mpyer can never even have a career
It's amazing to me how a person who derides other people by telling them to "watch the games, not the spreadsheets," thinks that baseball is fully dominated by chance. If every outcome were simply the result of luck, then there would be no patterns but random distribution. If every AB was a 50/50 chance of a hit, then every batters average would be around .500.
Also, it seems to me that you're either being purposefully ignorant or not understanding the argument of wins/losses. The fact is that a pitcher with a better xFIP, K/BB or other stats are more likely to win on a given night simply because they are a better pitcher. BUT pitchers cannot fully control wins/losses. I'm also a Mariners fan, and watching Felix last year was a testament to this. Felix "lost" a half dozen games where he gave up less than 3 runs over 8 innings, simply because the Mariners offense was so anemic. Felix cannot control how well the Michael Saunderses or Jack Wilsons of the world hit for him, he can only control the other side.
I would *love* if you were the GM of the Braves or another NL East team. It would make the Phillies' job a lot easier.
We need to call the A's – they have 5 LH RP's and a surplus of OF in the majors and AAA. Bring back Outman and Taylor!
"I am in bizaro world where wins arent important
Yes a pitcher who is 20-0 with a 10.00 ERA
is better than a 0-20 pitcher with a 1.00 ERA
You're in bizarro world because you think a pitcher with a 10.00 ERA is better than a pitcher with a 1.00 ERA because one gets run support and the other doesn't. Wins are a team stat. Wins are important to a team. And a pitcher with an ERA of 1.00 gives your TEAM a much better chance to win than a pitcher with a 10.00 ERA. It's pretty simple stuff, really.
You're basing the quality of a pitcher on his run support, which has ZERO to do with how he pitches.
Hopefully this will start to clear things up for you a bit.
You are winning 15-0
your curveball needs work
So you chalk a few up to some hitters
they hit homers.
Your ERA goes up
But your curveball is better for it
You are a better pitcher and your ERA goes up
Its possible
I will buy you tickets to a high school game pubstick.
But you cant keep track of the stats just who wins or loses.
Thats what they put in the paper the win and loss record
You do realize that, if this situation somehow happened in reality, the pitcher's ERA would actually go down in the long run since his curveball is better and he becomes a better pitcher? Which, in turn, pretty much negates your whole argument?
Ask Lee or Haladay whats more important
Except on a blog where a ratio trumps winning
What does their opinion have to do with pitching? You clearly stated that a pitcher with an ERA of 10.00 is better than a pitcher with an ERA of 1.00 if he gets run support. I have no argument with saying wins are more important, but that's not what you were arguing.
Don't reframe your argument now.
If you switched teams, and put the pitcher with an ERA of 1.00 on the team that mashes, he'd also get 20 wins.
Sorry Andrew, Hughes is not better than Felix because he gets more wins. All that tells me is that the Yankees have a better offense, which has nothing to do with pitching.
I'm sure you'll have another stupid response to this. Maybe you'll try to reframe the debate again. Whatever. I'm growing weary of trying to point out the obvious. I have work to do.
2 years ago I had the pleasure of playing golf with Jim Abott (who still kicked my butt despite only having one hand). He had a very odd career. In 1991 he was 18-7 as a starter with the then-California Angels with a 2.89 ERA. In 1992 he was 7-15 with a 2.77 ERA. I literally asked him this question: which year do you consider as your "best" year. He said 1992 was better, because he felt that he had the best success that year, even though he was 7-15. If you got Lee, Halladay or any other pitcher away from reporters and asked them their genuine opinion, I would bet they would qualify success in the same way.
"Ask Lee or Haladay whats more important
Except on a blog where a ratio trumps winning"
– You're on a blog where the following is considered dumbassery:
"I am in bizaro world where wins arent important
Yes a pitcher who is 20-0 with a 10.00 ERA
is better than a 0-20 pitcher with a 1.00 ERA"
– A pitcher with an ERA of 10.00 is NEVER better (your words) than a pitcher with an ERA of 1.00. The better pitcher is the better pitcher. The better pitcher is not defined by how well his team hits. End of discussion.
Andrew, Im not even sure what you're arguing . . . and Im not sure that you do right now either??
Everyone on here is saying that WINS are important, but that they aren't the best indicator of how good a pitcher is..
When Jamie Moyer wins 15 games, with an ERA approaching 5 .. it doesn't mean that he is a better pitcher than Hamels, who won only 10 games with an ERA around 3 … It just means that Moyer's team helped him more than Hamels' did …
Aaron Harang on the Padres has 5 wins, but a 5.05 ERA
Josh Johnson on the Marlins has 3 wins, but a 1.64 ERA
Cliff Lee has only 3 wins, with a 3.84 ERA
By your logic, Harrang is better than those two ?
Andrew, I do not post here very often, primarily because I enjoy reading the reasoned and intelligent comments from many of the other posters. Yours, however, are extremely grating. You state that you are not trying to be obnoxious and that you do not want to come across as a know it all whose opinions are gold, but I think that is disingenuous.
You know exactly what you are doing, and that is trying to antagonize other people who post here. Congratulations, you have succeeded.
Are wins important? Of course they are, but to use that as the sole measure of a pitcher's effectiveness is short-sighted at best and moronic at worst. Under your methodology, would you penalize a pitcher who allowed 0 earned runs to score, but lost the game because of errors that allowed unearned runs?
If that is your stated position, then I would suggest taking a deep breath, logging off your computer, and going downstairs where the rest of the people in the rest home are watching a repeat of Lawrence Welk
Are we really debating wins for pitchers? I thought that was a non-issue nowadays…
I am arguing or stating this
Next year if I miracle myself to pitch for the Dodgers with a 15 ERA and win 100 games am I good?
Or you would rather lose 100 games with someone with a lower ERA?
At some point the stat geeks got a hold of things and perverted them
No more or no less than I am now
Its like the people who complain about the old man or think Beltran is a hall of famer and great.
By the way in the NL a pitcher hits. So he really completely controls the outcome. Throw a perfect game and hit a homer
End of discussion
I'd rather have the offense that could somehow win 100 games with such a terrible pitcher than the offense of the other team.
Or are you hilariously thinking that pitchers and pitchers alone determine outcomes?
I am hillariously thinking that people type this
which is as stupid as someone thinking that pitchers alone determine the outcome of a game
PITCHING WINS are unimportant. Total win/loss record is definitely important. I don't think anyone is arguing against this.
Your problem is that you think the two are equal, when in fact they are not, especially for starting pitchers.
What does Roulette and Flipping a Coin have to do with baseball? What a terrible argument to bring up…
Pubstick says that law of averages equal out
He wants Ben Fran to play because some stat says he should get hot
Which is absurd
I am saying that if you flip a coin 100 times and its all heads
the next flip its 50/50 to be heads
But thats why the show the previous rolls and spins. So people like you think they matter.
They wouldnt show them if you didnt think they mattered
I know they dont
"Pubstick says that law of averages equal out"
I…wait what? So now we're moving from terrible analogies to putting words into peoples' mouths?
If you think that every AB is simply a coin flip, then why do good players have better outcomes than bad players? If it were truly random, then there would be no such patterns. You are clinging to analogies that have no actual relationship to baseball. Maybe try watching a game?
And I'm not even gonna go into detail about my claims of Ben Frank getting hot. I'll let the next month or so of outcomes do it for me.
Andrew/Pubius – Could you take this outside? Some of us would like to exchange views on the Phils, not be caught in your personal rants against each other or wins vs ERA/WHIP (although I believe W-L should not be assigned to a single player in a team game).
Back to the original post – Charlie obviously sees something in Martinez so he will stay. I don't see what he sees but Charlie has excellent instincts so I go with him.
I don't see Brown coming up, his swing still has the same problems it had before and until he gets that fixed he will fail in the ML. Charlie will continue to mix and match and play the hot hand. For Charlie it is simple, you hit, you play.
Blanton's last outings were pretty good and I have lived through too many rookie pitchers going great their first 10 outings and then totally fail when the league figures them out.
On the bullpen I believe that Lidge will come back as closer because he did very well at the end of last year. However, if he stumbles they will move Madson back in. Not sure Lidge will do as well in the 8th or 9th so I see Contreras in the 7th, Madson 8th, Lidge 9th.
If Contreras is back before Lidge then I think they will go Contreras 8th, Madson 9th.
Just my opinion.
"(although I believe W-L should not be assigned to a single player in a team game)"
Hi-five. I'll relent from this thread. Pretty sure other posters have done a good job anyways of showing how far off base (haha! Puns!) the whole roulette/coin flip concept is anyways.
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Hope not. Ben Fran is due for a massive regression towards the mean in a positive manner. His BABIP is unsustainably low. Be patient with him. He's due for a rebound.
I mean that
It is foolish to think something like that will equal out
It could just as easily get worse? No?
Or you dont undertand how things work
Back to that board telling you what the last 30 rolls were on the roulette wheel
They were all red so the next one has to be black huh?
It has nothing to do with the next roll
Publius…. I never said that Wilson Valdez was "indispensable" I fully realize that he is a utility player that's here to fill a role. He's not the worst guy to ever do that for the Phils and certainly he's not the best. I get that he can be replaced. And maybe should at some point. All fine.
But the problem I have is when you….and other people…. fail to even acknowledge the things he DOES do and HAS done. Last night he played a HUGE role, offensively and defensively, in the Phils MUCH-NEEDED win. Could/would the Phillies have wone the game had he not played or not done anything?? Maybe. But the point is that HE helped them win the game.
If you want to point out his stats…fine….I get that. It all has merit. But at least, once in awhile, say something POSITIVE when making an argument. At least acknowledge the fact that he had a positive input into the outcome. I question your fandom when you can't even do that.
You mentioned that I "wanted the Phillies to play inferior players at the cost of making them more likely to win games". What??? That couldn't futher from the truth. Valdez was in the lineup last night because we were facing a lefty and Pete Orr is a lefty (and can't hit them) . So it MADE SENSE to play Valdez instead.
"Valdez was in the lineup last night because we were facing a lefty and Pete Orr is a lefty (and can't hit them) . So it MADE SENSE to play Valdez instead."
Wilson Valdez, Career vs. LHP: .217/.276/.306
Pete Orr, Career vs. LHP: .232/.284/.290
You were saying?
Those numbers are basically the same. Close enough that it makes sense to just play the averages and do the righty/lefty matchup thing.
Can they Keep Orr an put Valdez in the minors? Im not sure how that works if not possible i still like Orr over Valdez.. I would like to see them get another Bat we have two rookies possibly taking the field. While not necessarily a bad thing i would like someone up there that at least proven even if its a rental. Im not sold on Mayberry for some reason. I have a strange feeling Raul will do just enough to be kept on the roster. Baez or Romero should be let go i doubt they will release both. Funny how Madson plugged Baez last night makes me wonder if rumors of him been let go our already circulating.
Bob has point about rookie pitchers. Once teams see them an have a couple of bats an the reports starts coming in many of them unravel. Still the Phillies at some point have to start using an adding young talent. With Four Aces i think they can have a fifth rookie starter along to take some punches. Your never know we might have a bona fide guy in the mix. Of course we have Kendrick to fall back on if things go really bad. I think Blanton is expendable barring any injuries to the top four.
Baez isn't going anywhere. Mark my words.
I like Orr and Valdez platooning while Chase is out but when Chase comes back Orr will have to go down because Valdez can play more positions. I don't know what Ruben sees in Martinez. I don't think he's worth keeping at all if you have to keep him on the roster all season. I think that if Raul plays like this for another ten days and the Phils aren't winning that he runs the risk of getting released. I think that Lidge will be released. I think that the Phils may start looking at Cuddyer since he is tailor made for the Phils and the Twins are quickly falling out of it. I think you'll start hearing his name. I don't think Chase can make it through the season. If he can't, then Cuddyer can go to third and Placido to 2B and then we can hunt for ANOTHER bat. I think that JMJ and DBro should form a rough platoon in RF. I think that Ben Fran is playing like a career bench player should….like a bench player. I would spot start him around the OF if he's not traded in a package (I think that some team out there might think of him as "average"). I think Worley should be brought up for good.
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I think Valdez would have to be DFA'ed, at which point another team could claim him off of waivers. He may also have enough service time or have it written in his contract to be able to refuse the assignment and opt for free agency, but I don't know the exact details on Valdez.
My understanding is that Orr still has an option left (??) and Valdez is out of options. So it would probably make more sense for Orr to go down. I don't get the Martinez fascination either, other than he can play multiple infield positions AND center field. He's fast. But he can't really hit. I think it's that Rule 5 thing….not wanting to let the 'next best thing" slip away.??
I would say that because Orr has an option left and isn't really tearing the cover off the ball that he's the one to go down….for now….and Martinez and Valdez split time as the utility guys.
Orr is out of options, you'd have to DFA him
What on earth does Michael Cuddyer offer the Phillies? He's making $10 million dollars this year and he has a .682 OPS as a corner outfielder. That is quite bad. Much like Wilson Valdez is quite bad (Wilson Valdez is really bad).
No. Greg Dobbs last year and Eric Bruntlett in 2009 were "quite bad" ("really bad")
Yes, they were also quite bad.
Orr is the one that will be gone, Martenez can play anywhere and has speed, Valdez is not going anywhere. How about the fact that he leads the team in BA w/runners in scoring position, and in a full season of at bats last year in the seventh inning or later his average was about .40 poiints higher then his BA that may be a little high, but he did hit better after the seventh. So there are some stats that work in his favor. I really think he has been pressing trying to be something he is not. Raul will not be released until they do not sign him after the year is over and he has another ring. Get used to it,
Zargowski has shown he is not ready for the big leagues and they are not going to pay JC and release him to pay someone else. The same with Baez the phillies are not going to pay him to not pitch. I really do not think LIdge is going to come back and be at all effective this year which is sad cause he has been such a big part of the run the Phillies have been on.
Forget it, beta. Most of these people would rather find fault with certain players like Valdez and bitch and complain about their liabilities instead of recognizing and acknowledging what they CAN DO and HAVE DONE for the team.
Again….not saying that Wilson Valdez in the greatest Phillie ever. Far from it. He's a utility guy and that's it. And not even the best one out there. I totally get that. But he's played an important role and just doesn't get the credit he deserves. Shame.
Well, if you would like to use the sample of the first 40 games of this season, then you are quite right. He's a bad player. I prefer, because he is 32, to look at his career instead. And on that basis he is a good hitter. He is also in the last year of a contract so you are not tied into him. He is also a righty. I would think the Phils would have interest.
The Dipsy
You're correct to point that out, so how about the last 2 years? That's an 835 plate appearance sample, during which he's hit .268/.333/.407. That is also not a significant upgrade to the lineup, and it's one that would cost you $10 million dollars and presumably some trade pieces. There's just no value in it for the Phillies.
If you want to do the full career thing, anyway, his career OPS is .788. Ben Francisco's is .764. Again, marginal upgrade at best for significant cost. Cuddyer is past his peak anyway, so I don't know how much career numbers can really tell you about his future production at this point.
Wilson's had a whopping 22 plate appearances with RISP this year, so I don't know what you think that statistic is telling you, but it isn't. And anyway, a high average with RISP would not make up for the fact that he is making the most outs of any position player on the team besides Mike Martinez. He did have a higher batting average in 2010 after the 7th inning, but, again, what does that really mean? It's not like that's a particular skill or anything, it's just a fluke of how the data gets split up.
I think it's pretty bizarre to imagine that I have some grudge against Wilson Valdez. What possible motivation could I have to want to downplay his production? On the contrary, I find it amazing how certain fans cling to certain downright bad players, for reasons that I cannot imagine. Attacking my objectivity seems unwarranted and, frankly, desperate. If you want me to say something good about him, here: His OPS against lefties so far this year is .807, which is good (but it's only through 30 plate appearances).
What amount of credit do you think he deserves? He did his job in 2010 a a serviceable utility player (and now in 2011 he is not). You could say that of a thousand other players. What gigantic sleight is being dealt to him that you're always so mad about?
I'm not "clinging" to anything or anybody. Just giving Valdez credit for what he's done as a Phillie. I am not attacking you or your "objectivity" and appreciate the argument you bring to the table. Furthermore, I have said repeatedly that Valdez is a utility player and not even the best one out there.
You ask what amount of credit does he deserve?? You say,"He did his job in 2010 as a serviceable utility player" Ok, let's start with that. Give him credit for that. A serviceable utility player in MLB is something that still requires a great deal of talent. If it didn't then we'd have college or high school players in those roles.
I am not "mad" about anything. Just don't understand why someone has to always be
^ Just don't understand why someone has to always be negative about everything.
Wow, pretty interesting reading all those comments. Only came on here to say that I agree with the original article- I hope Baez never pitches for the Phillies again, he's "jose mesa" bad.


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