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Table of Contents
- What is the 80/20 rule?
- What is the biggest mistake while applying this rule?
- How much money you spend to create a blog post?
- How much money you invest to promote a blog post?
- How to invest money for promotion of a blog post?
- The best option to promote your blog post
- Tips to promote your blog post with money
So you are still unable to give big boost to your blog traffic. You are working hard with consistency but don't see any upward momentum in your traffic statistics.
You are doing your best to put all your energy and time to promote your blog post.
You don't miss any chance to promote your newly published post. You share it in hundreds of communities, forums, social bookmarking sites, discussion forums, Q&A sites etc and etc. You also drop comments in huge number at other blogs.
You are also doing each rule of on-page SEO while writing and publishing a post. You do have a freely gotten world-famous SEO plug-in to check each of your optimization insertion in post editor.
But you don't get results as higher as the level of hard work you do. Your each blog post does not bring as much traffic as you want.
You are surprised that you are fully following 80/20 rule to promote your each blog post but not getting desired results.
Don't worry after reading this post you will not worry more. Again don't worry I swear I will not sell or refer any product to solve your problem. I just want to help you.
Simply you will get a proper solution for rightly following the 80/20 rules. Maybe you are following this rule without knowing it. So first be clear what this rule is.
What is the 80/20 rule?
You must have heard of 80/20 rule. If not, don't worry you will just learn it here.
In blogging it has quite different meaning from its basic meaning. Basically it means 80 per cent output is actually achieved with 20 percent input. This is also called rule of smart production.
But in blogging it means spend 20 per cent of your time to create a post and 80 per cent time to promote it. For example you write a blog post and complete it in one hour and promote it for the next 5 hours at various online and offline places.
But the 80/20 rules is wrongly linked with blogging
No it's not simple. It is so complicated. This rule is interpreted very wrongly.
First of all it is wrongly linked with blogging.
Its initiator was Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto who meant to say that usually 80 per cent of resources go into the pocket of 20 per cent people.
Or 80 per cent of results are the property of 20 per cent causes.
Or in business terms 80 per cent of output is created by 20 per cent of employees.
Or in simpler terms 80 per cent of revenue comes from 20 per cent of clients.
Whatever way you interpret it but it has nothing to do with blogging to promote a blog post.
But now it has been linked so we have to follow it but rightly and not with a wrong perception. How? You will learn this at the end of this post. So keep reading and don't go away.
It is also wrongly interpreted
In the field of blogging it is not only wrongly applied but also wrongly interpreted. There is no reason to say that here 80/20 rules simply means use 20 per cent time and hard work to write a blog post and then 80 per cent time and hard work to promote it. Confused? Don't worry; keep reading you will be clear as soon as you move on. But first read what bloggers say about this rule.
Many bloggers still say if you write a blog post but do not promote it massively it will remain unread.
Here unread means no one like it, no one gets impressed by it, no one would be able to take benefit of it. Ultimately your visitors will be only a few number of your social media friends who and you just exchange likes, comments and reshare with each other.
That is why it is strongly recommended that promote your post as much as you can.
How 80/20 rule is wrongly taken in blogging?
This is your absolute right to follow this rule. But it will be injustice to put 20 per cent of your time, hard work and energy to create a post and then 80 per cent of same things to promote it.
Generally this rule is taken as to create a post quickly and promote it for a longer period of time. It does sound like that. Just look how.
It means you are spending more time for the promotion of your blog post just to offset weakness of its hurriedly created contents. Can anyone convert the trash into gold by just shouting; "listen people it is gold, it is gold".
Yes top bloggers strongly support this rule. Many giant bloggers have written many posts supporting the rule of 80/20 to create and promote your blog post. Maybe they are wrong.
Or most probably they might want to just emphasis the promotion of your post. It does not mean you just examine everything in terms of this rule. For example spend one hour for writing and 4 hours for promoting it. So this is another possibility they might have just wanted to show you the importance of promoting your post.
They may want to tell that spend as much time as you can to write a wonderful post but don't stop here. Don't be satisfied after spending hours and hours to write a post. After that you should spend four-time more hours to promote your post. Did you get my point?
They did not fix any ceiling or limit to spend time and energy to write a blog post. But they insist to spend four times more on promoting a post. It sounds better. Does it?
What is the biggest mistake while applying this rule?
It does sound better but here also we are misinterpreting this rule. This is what I want to tell you.
Ok fine, follow this rule and spend as much time as possible to create a post. Don't worry about how much time, hard work and energy you spend to write a post. But soon after completing your post also do hard work four times more to promote it.
But here you are doing a big mistake. Do you just invest time, hard work and energy to write a blog post? No, you also spend money to write a post. Confused? Ok let me clear it with figures.
How much money you spend to create a blog post?
Suppose you are a serious blogger. A serious blogger is one who wants to do blogging seriously.
So who want to do blogging seriously? He is the one, who is confident of doing it and succeeding in it. Obviously he won't go for everything free. He would buy his own domain and hosting.
If he pays $1 per month for domain and $5 per month for hosting, he is spending $6 per month to publish posts online at his blog.
Suppose you write four posts in a month. It means you are spending $1.5 to create each blog post in a month.
How much money you invest to promote a blog post?
Now get ready to reply this big question. Do you spend four times more to promote your post? This is the main point that is why we are misinterpreting the rule of 80/20 even if we accept it either it is rightly or wrongly linked to blogging.
Do any of us is spending that much amount to promote each post. This amount is equal to $6 for each post or $24 in a month to promote your posts.
So what do you say? Can you complain of not getting huge traffic after (partially) following the rule of 80/20?
Just look around. Everyone is heavily busy at social media. There is huge crowd around forum posting. Your fingers keep dancing on iPhone to reply to tweets, Facebook and Google + comments.
How active everybody is at social media just presuming he is spending 80 per cent of his time to promote a post.
At the end of the day many of you get frustrated for not getting huge response of your efforts.
So how come you promote a product of $1.5 without paying a dime. Is it a smart promotion strategy? Are you promoting garbage or your blog post?
How to invest money for promotion of a blog post?
You may ask why I am just criticizing those who misinterpret the rule of 80/20 in blogging. No I have a solution for it.
Keep doing all you are doing but change your promotion strategy. If you really want to get returns of your $1.5 investment per post you can't get returns by just doing hard work.
Always remember hard work does not bring profit. It brings wages.
Money and hard work jointly bring back huge money. This is the basic rule of business.
So you need to first make a complete package of investment of time, energy and money then ask for return.
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Tips to promote your blog post with money
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Barone confident Athens hockey will reach potential — in time
By Mike Moore
Posted November 27, 2012
TROY — Last year was the rebuild, the restacking of a program undergoing a major youth movement.
Joe Barone and the Troy Athens hockey team survived it.
Now, a year later, he's starting to see some of the payoff.
By winter's end, he's expecting a league title.
"We're not rebuilding here anymore — we're relearning, so to speak, for the first month or so," Barone said last week before a game against Waterford Mott. "But after that, we're going for it."
He spoke prior to his team's Nov. 21 home game against Waterford Mott.
At that point, his guys had won one lopsided game and dropped another.
As the night unfolded and the toughest game of the season played out, Athens escaped with a 7-5 victory on the heels of five goals by Nathan Gurzell.
"It's good to get a win like this," Barone said afterward. "We had to fight and play a pretty good team all the way through. It was a three-period game that we needed to be a part of."
It was just one win, but it served as the model Barone and his guys know they have to emulate as the season moves on.
They are far from perfection, but finding a way.
"We're a work in progress," Gurzell said. "But the goal is to get better as the year moves forward."
Athens was just 6-18-0 a year ago and ended the winter in a 3-1 pre-regional loss to Troy High.
But a good deal of the 2011-12 roster has returned, and although the team is still relatively young with just six seniors, expectations are on the rise — in time.
"I think this team has a chance to be much better than last year," Baron said. "The guys we brought back came in much stronger than they were a year ago. Then, we had some other guys join the team that look strong already. … We're going to have to have patience early on. Wins and losses are important, but the thing we want right now is consistency and hard work."
"Disciplined, smart hockey, that's the key for us right now," senior Cory Faw said. "... There's a lot of potential on this team."
At press time, Athens was 4-1-0.
"I like to think this is a team that can compete for a division title," Barone added. "Berkley will probably be the team to beat, with their goalie and the guys they brought back. Troy will always be tough, and you have some other teams that will be in the mix. But I like the way things look. I really think once we put everything together, this is a team that can make a run."
About the author
Sports Writer Mike Moore covers a variety of sports in Oakland County and the Detroit Catholic League. Mike joined C & G Newspapers in 2006 shortly after graduating from Albion College where he played football. He attended Dearborn Divine Child where he met his wife Jennifer. They have four sons together and reside in Dearborn.
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Bright, expansive display. Surprisingly lightweight given its size.
Often feels sluggish. Not a great phone for voice calls. Non-standard screen resolution. Subpar 1080p video recording. Lacks a slot to store the bundled stylus.
Bottom Line
The massive LG Intuition phablet offers a sprawling 5-inch screen for browsing, reading, and taking notes, but it's not a great smartphone.
The Intuition runs Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich;" but there's no word on a possible Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" upgrade. There are seven home screens you can customize and swipe between, and the app drawer (main menu) is easy to swipe through and organize. Tap the Edit button on the top right, and you can easily move icons around or delete apps. Viewing desktop websites is no problem on the Intuition; the resolution is just sharp enough that you can pretty much read text without having to zoom in, though zooming in helps a lot.
LG bundles a note-taking and drawing app called Notebook for use with the stylus. It's fun to use, and offers a choice of papers, pens, crayons, and covers, plus the ability to attach voice memos, pictures, and video. It's well behind what Samsung provides with the Galaxy Note line, though, and it feels more sluggish to use. There's also LG Tag+, an NFC app that lets you set up custom profiles; stick one of the two included stickers to your office door, for example, and you can touch the phone to the tag as you leave to activate Car mode, or turn on Bluetooth and activate a different sound profile, among other things.
The Intuition also connects to Google Play for browsing and downloading more than 400,000 third-party apps, but it's possible some of them may have trouble with the Intuition's bizarre screen resolution. If you're worried about certain apps not working correctly on your phone, stick to one with more conventional specs.
Multimedia, Camera, and Conclusions
There's a roomy 32GB of internal flash storage on board, with just under 25GB free for all of your stuff. There's no microSD card slot, but as long as you don't mind hooking the phone up to your PC to transfer media files—or just use the cloud for storage—it's fine. You get a standard-size 3.5mm headphone jack, and all of our test files played fine through Plantronics BackBeat Go stereo Bluetooth earphones, including FLAC and WAV files. Video files including DivX, Xvid, MP4, and H.264 videos are supported; while the screen is huge, the 4:3 aspect ratio means you're virtually guaranteed to see large black bars at the top and bottom of all of your movies. Widescreen recordings look good, but show up smaller than on, say, the 4.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S III's 16:9 aspect ratio screen.
The 8-megapixel rear-facing camera includes an LED flash and autofocus, and supports geotagging. Test photos looked detailed, with good color reproduction, but the Intuition had trouble with overexposed sunlit areas. I did get one nice shot of a bright blue sky, but then everything else on the street was too dark. Indoors, photos were considerably grainier, with a softer focus. Recorded 1,920-by-1,080-pixel and 1,440-by-800-pixel videos played smoothly at 29 frames per second, but the lack of image stabilization was an issue in my tests. Indoor footage tended to move in and out of focus for no apparent reason; several videos ended up useless because of this. There's also a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video chats and self-portraits.
LG makes some great budget Android phones; the LG Optimus line was one, and the current LG Lucid on Verizon remains a top seller. But LG has yet to make a compelling case for its higher-end Android devices, either with a distinct software identity or with overall performance. If you're on Verizon and want a super-size phone, but don't feel like waiting to see if Samsung releases the Galaxy Note II on the carrier, I can see buying the LG Intuition. Otherwise, it's much tougher to recommend. Your other options are slightly closer to normal size. Of that group, the Samsung Galaxy S III remains our Editors' Choice, thanks to its much faster performance and Samsung's innovative note-taking and call quality software enhancements, with the Motorola Droid Razr M following just behind as a considerably smaller but viable alternative.
Finally, if you really want a big phone now, you could go with the current Samsung Galaxy Note on AT&T or T-Mobile, both of which feature an even larger 5.3-inch screen, a more standard screen resolution, and faster overall performance—particularly after the recent Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. But we'd suggest waiting (if you can) to see which carriers the Galaxy Note II lands on first, just in case.
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Create Cartesian axes
ax = axes(___)
axes creates the default Cartesian axes
in the current figure and makes it the current axes. Typically, you
do not need to create axes before plotting since graphics functions
automatically create axes when plotting if they do not exist.
axes( modifies
the axes appearance or controls the way data displays using one or
more name-value pair arguments. For example,
'FontSize',14 sets
the font size for the axes text. For a list of properties, see Axes Properties.
axes( creates
the axes in the figure, uipanel, or uitab specified by
instead of in the current figure.
ax = axes(___)
Axes object created. Use
ax to
query and modify properties of the
Axes object after
it is created. For a list of properties, see Axes Properties.
axes( makes the
axes or chart specified by
cax the current axes and brings
the parent figure into focus. This command also makes
cax the
first object listed in the
Children property of
the figure and sets the
CurrentAxes property of
the figure to
Position two
Axes objects in a figure and add a plot to each one.
Specify the position of the first
Axes object so that it has a lower left corner at the point (0.1 0.1) with a width and height of 0.7. Specify the position of the second
Axes object so that it has a lower left corner at the point (0.65 0.65) with a width and height of 0.28. By default, the values are normalized to the figure. Return the
Axes objects as
ax1 and
figure ax1 = axes('Position',[0.1 0.1 0.7 0.7]); ax2 = axes('Position',[0.65 0.65 0.28 0.28]);
Add a plot to each
Axes object. Specify the axes by passing it as the first input argument to the graphics function. Most graphics functions reset some axes properties, such as the tick values and labels. However, they do not reset the axes position.
contour(ax1,peaks(20)) surf(ax2,peaks(20))
Create two overlayed
Axes objects. Then, specify the current axes and add a plot.
First create two
Axes objects and specify the positions. Display the box outline around each axes. Return the
Axes objects as
ax1 and
figure ax1 = axes('Position',[0.1 0.1 .6 .6],'Box','on'); ax2 = axes('Position',[.35 .35 .6 .6],'Box','on');
ax1 the current axes. This action brings the axes to the front of the display and makes it the target for subsequent graphics functions. Add a line plot to the axes.
axes(ax1) x = linspace(0,10); y = sin(x); plot(x,y)
Create a figure with two tabs. Add axes to each tab by specifying the parent container for each one. Plot a line in the first tab and a surface in the second tab.
figure tab1 = uitab('Title','Tab1'); ax1 = axes(tab1); plot(ax1,1:10) tab2 = uitab('Title','Tab2'); ax2 = axes(tab2); surf(ax2,peaks)
parent — Parent container
Parent container, specified as a figure, uipanel, or uitab object.
cax — Axes to make current
Axes object |
PolarAxes object | graphics object
Axes to make current, specified as an
Axes object,
PolarAxes object, or a graphics object such as
If you want to make an object the current axes without changing
the state of the figure, set the
CurrentAxes property
of the figure containing the axes; for example:
fig = gcf; fig.CurrentAxes = cax;
axes('Position',[.3 .3 .5 .5]) sets
the position.
Specify optional comma-separated pairs of
Name,Value arguments.
Name is
the argument name and
Value is the corresponding
Name must appear inside single quotes (
'). You can specify several name and value pair arguments
Some graphics functions change axes property values when plotting, such as the axis limits or tick values. Set axes properties after plotting.
Note: The properties listed here are only a subset. For a full list, see Axes Properties.
'Position' — Size and location, excluding margin for labels
[0.1300 0.1100 0.7750 0.8150] (default) | four-element vector of form
[left bottom width height]
Size and location, excluding a margin for the labels, specified
as a four-element vector of the form
[left bottom width height].
left and
bottom elements
define the distance from the lower left corner of the container (typically
a figure, uipanel, or uitab) to the lower left corner of the position
width and
height elements
are the position boundary dimensions.
By default, the values are measured in units normalized to the
container. To change the units, set the
Units property.
The red rectangle shows the region defined by the
Position property.
The region does not include the tick labels, axis labels, or title.
For axes in a 3-D view, the
Position property is
the smallest rectangle that encloses the axes.
|2-D View of Axes
|3-D View of Axes
If you want to specify the position and account for the text
around the axes, then set the
OuterPosition property
instead. The
ActivePositionProperty determines
whether to base the axes size on the
Position or
OuterPosition property
values. Other axes properties that affect the size and shape include
CameraViewAngle properties.
The actual axes size is the largest possible size that conforms to
all the position-related properties without extending outside the
position boundary.
For more information on the axes position, see Control Axes Layout.
'OuterPosition' — Size and location, including labels and margin
[0 0 1 1] (default) | four-element vector of the form
[left bottom width height]
Size and location, including the labels and a margin, specified
as a four-element vector of the form
[left bottom width height].
The default value of
[0 0 1 1] includes the whole
interior of the container.
left and
bottom elements
define the distance from the lower left corner of the container (typically
a figure, uipanel, or uitab) to the lower left corner of the outer
position boundary.
width and
height elements
are the outer position boundary dimensions.
By default, the values are measured in units normalized to the
container. To change the units, set the
Units property.
The red rectangle shows the region defined by the
OuterPosition property.
The illustrations show an outer position value of
[0.1 0.1
0.8 0.8].
|2-D View of Axes
|3-D View of Axes
For more information on the axes position, see Control Axes Layout.
'Units' — Position units
'normalized' (default) |
'inches' |
'centimeters' |
'points' |
'pixels' |
Position units, specified as one of the values in this table.
'normalized' (default)
|Normalized with respect to the container, which is typically
the figure or a uipanel. The lower left corner of the container maps
(0,0) and the upper right corner maps to
|Based on the default uicontrol font of the graphics root object:
|Typography points. One point equals 1/72 inch.
Starting in R2015b, distances in pixels are independent of your system resolution on Windows® and Macintosh systems:
On Linux® systems, the size of a pixel is determined by your system resolution.
When specifying the units as a
Name,Value pair
during object creation, you must set the
Units property
before specifying the properties that you want to use these units,
such as
The current axes is the target for graphics
output. By default, graphics functions such as
surf draw their results in the current axes.
The current axes object is typically the last
Axes object
created or the last one you clicked with the mouse. Changing the current
figure also changes the current axes. The
gca command
returns the current axes.


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Labor strategists – and bookmakers setting the odds on the 2010 election – will be looking at one number from Newspoll. That's its reading on Labor's primary vote in the latest poll, published on Friday in The Australian.
Labor's primary vote, according to Newspoll, has softened by three percentage points in the past week, down to 35 per cent with those three points going straight to the Coalition which is up three points to 44 per cent.
This is potentially very bad news for Labor on the eve of polling and brings into focus the challenge facing the incumbent in the last 24-hours of campaigning.
If the apparent shift in the primary vote number was carried forward into the polling booth on Saturday, we would be looking at a possible – even likely – change of government. At the least, such a low primary would ensure a knife-edge conclusion to this campaign.
Labor number crunchers watch primary vote intentions like hawks on the basis that anything "without a '4' in front of it'' spells danger. Labor's primary vote in its 2007 victory was above 43 per cent.
The Newspoll numbers, accepting a margin of error of between 2-3 percent, are ominous for Labor, to say the least.
On a two-party preferred basis, the poll shows Labor and the Coalition neck-and-neck at 50 per cent each with the former down two points since the last poll and the latter up two.
This narrowing of the margin will be cold comfort for Labor knowing it is facing big swings against it in three states – New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia – where the bulk of contestable seats are concentrated.
Julia Gillard is drawing swings towards Labor in Victoria and South Australia, but pickings in these states are slim for the incumbent compared with a target rich environment for the Coalition in the locations north of the Murray and west of the Nullabor.
The latest apparent shift in voting intentions is another wrinkle in what has been an odd campaign, but sentiment seems to have moved – almost imperceptibly – towards the Coalition in the past 24 hours.
A protest vote against Labor may be developing a bit of a life of its own. If this is the case, it would be bad news indeed for the Labor Party.
Tony Abbott should be given credit for a strong finish to his campaign (he will not die wondering whether he might have done more).
Gillard has also given it her all, but in the past day or so she has lost some of her zip. She now believes she is in the "fight of my life'' whereas before she might have been saying it for effect.
Gillard is fighting not simply to secure re-election, but for her own political legacy as the once loyal deputy who knifed her leader and then ran the risk of leading her party and government to defeat.
Defeat would be a devastating outcome for a woman whose political trajectory has moved smoothly upwards since her election to parliament in 1998. Dumping Kevin Rudd would be seen to have been a mistake, and her decision to rush to the polls after having done so would be questioned.
The Gillard aura would be seriously tarnished and along with it the reputations of others who were party to the plot to bring down a prime minister.
But this is all far from over. Polling indicates a significant pool of undecideds – according to Morgan pollster Michele Levine up to 22 per cent of voters don't make up their minds until the last moment – and these may opt in the end for the devil they know.
Labor's anxiety was underscored overnight by the "strategic'' leak of internal polling to demonstrate how finely balanced is this campaign. Labor strategists will have done this to remind potential Labor supporters of the stakes involved.
Labor has been warning of the risks of Abbott "sliding'' into office partly on a protest vote. Polling indicates these fears are not groundless.
Other polling indicates that Labor is holding on to its two-party preferred advantage. Galaxy in News Limited tabloids has Labor leading 52-48 per cent, and so does the latest Morgan poll.
But the bottom line is that Labor needs to boost its primary vote above or close to 40 per cent or face the prospect of enduring a very long night on Saturday.
Tony Walker is a former Political Editor
The Australian Financial Review


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My friend George is an insufferable Angels fan.
He takes any opportunity, real or imagined, to trumpet his Angels over my Dodgers. It's not just my Dodgers; it's any other team in his line of sight.
Lately, he's been going on and on over the snubbing of Jered Weaver by Joe Girardi. I get it. While Weaver probably deserves it more than old man Andy Pettitte, that's the way these games go. The manager chooses his bench and pitching. It's a meaningless game that stunts the middle of the season, so unless I'm the guy getting snubbed, who cares?
Another cross George likes to carry around is the supposed snubbing of Tim Salmon, Kingfish himself. While I will never admit to George that I agree, and certainly not say I pored over stats one evening in hopes of refuting his claim, George is right on this one. The fact that Salmon did not make it on at least one All-Star team and perhaps one or two more, is sad statement. It is also another example of the game being more of a popularity contest than a true All-Star event.
Salmon's career began in 1992 and ended in 2006, with his prime years between 1993 and 2001. He was arguably the fourth or fifth best American League outfielder in that era, and in a few seasons was the second or third best, at least by his offensive stats. Ken Griffey Jr. dominated the decade, while Albert Belle, Juan Gonzalez, James Lofton and a young Manny Ramirez had several strong, consistent years. After that, besides Salmon, there was quite a bit of drop-off.
Salmon's first All-Star worthy year was his first full season, in 1993. He had 31 homers, 95 RBI, a .283 batting average, and a .382 OBP. He slugged at .536 and his OPS was a very respectable .918. Two players, Griffey and Gonzalez, had ostensibly better numbers than Salmon. Griffey had a monster year, slugging 45 homers with 109 RBIs, with a .309 BA and a .408 OBP. Gonzales also had a huge year, hitting 46 HRs with 118 RBIs and a .310 average. No argument there. Some of the other members should get some scrutiny, however.
Kirby Puckett, while having a solid season (22/89/.296/.349/.474/.824) was on a gentle downside of a great career. He was popular with the fans, but not the same superstar he was a few years before. Greg Vaughn (30/97/.267/.369/.482/.850) and Joe Carter (33/121/.254/.312/.489/.802), while hitting 30-plus homers each, were one-dimensional power hitters who hit in the mid .200s. Devon White was a solid hitter and fielder (15/52/.283/.341/.438/.779), but not an All-Star talent.
Salmon was the third best outfielder in this group. Griffey and Gonzalez's huge years, Puckett's fame, along with Carter's and Vaughn's reputations, kept him out. Carte'sr and White's connection with AL All-Star manager Cito Gaston didn't exactly hurt things, either.
Salmon's best year ever (34/105/.330/.429/.594/1.029) was 1995. He had highs or near-highs in all major statistical areas, but was still passed up, even by another outfielder on his own team.
He faced a breakout year by Belle (50/126/.317/.401/.690/1.091), a strong emergence by Ramirez (31/107/..308/.402/.558/.960), a peaking Kenny Lofton (7/53/.310/.362/.453/.815 54 SB) and even a strong year by teammate Jim Edmonds (33/107/.290/.352/.536/.888). Also making the team were Puckett (23/99/.314/.379/.515/.879), Paul O'Neill (22/96/.300/.387/.526/.913) and an injury-plagued Griffey (17/42/.258/.379/.481/.760).
It is ironic that in perhaps his greatest season, there was a logical argument for him not making it. Yes, Puckett and Griffey were riding reputation and O'Neill was probably on the team thanks to then-Yankees manager Buck Showalter, but the rest of the players have comparable, if not better, numbers than Salmon. Belle belonged, and like Salmon, it would be hard to keep off Ramirez, Lofton and Edmonds. Ramirez was a high-profile talent; Lofton was the pre-eminent speedster in the AL, while Edmonds was known as much for his fantastic glove as well as his bat.
An argument could've been made that he was the second best of the group, and at worst, the fourth or fifth. Once again, reputations and coaches' decisions did him in, as well as the ballot box.
The following season was the year of the power surge. Salmon had a very slight drop from the previous year (30/98/.286/.386/.501/.887), but still a fine year. However, his more-than respectable numbers are dwarfed by the barrage of homers by guys who you'd never heard of before and would not hear from again (Jose Canseco is smirking somewhere). Keep in mind, it is only AL outfielders we're talking here. The Bret Boones and Tim Teufels are a whole other conversation.
Merely reading these numbers forces your hormones to unacceptably high levels. Brady Anderson hit 50 homers. His previous high had been 16, and he would never hit more than 24 in the remaining six years of his career. He also stole 21 bases, hit .297 and had a .396 on-base percentage. Another short-term star was Jay Buhner, who was more like a three-year wonder. He hit more than 40 homers in 1995, 1996 and 1997, including 44 in 1996. He hit .271 and had an OBP of .369, which kept him for this one season, from being the one-dimensional power guy he had been and would continue to be for the remainder of his career.
The usual guys had great years. Junior rebounded from an injury-plagued 1995 (49/140/.303/.392/.620/1.020), and Belle was strong also (48/148/.311/.410/.623/1.033). Lofton put up his usual strong numbers but threw in 75 stolen bases. Vaughn had a decent year (41/117/.260/.365/.539/.904), and Carter made one more appearance (30/107/.253/.306/.475/.782).
Now levels and degrees of chemical inspiration aside, there was a logjam of outfielders in the AL who put up huge numbers. There were not enough seats on the bus. You can't argue with Anderson (being a UC Irvine guy, all is forgiven anyway), Buhner, Griffey, Belle and Lofton. Vaughn and Salmon should've been a toss-up, while Carter was in for reputation. So while it would seem that a spot on the bench would've been a logical place for Salmon, the delirium of home runs probably muddled the thinking of the voters and Mike Hargrove, so it's a little more understandable he got left out that year.
Probably the biggest snub was in 1997. Salmon had his usual fine year (33/129/.296/.394/.517/.911), and the gaudiness factor of the AL outfield power numbers fell also. He hit more homers than anyone in the AL outfield that year except for Griffey, who had another monster year (56/147/.284/.365/.611/1.026). Belle had an "off" year, especially compared to his normal standards (30/116/.274/.332/.491/.823), but still looked solid. The other outfield spots were filled by Anderson (18/73/.288/.393/.469/.862), who had a huge drop off from the year before, and two Yankees, Paul O"Neill (21/117/.324/.399/.514/.913) and Bernie Williams (21/100/.323/.408/.544/.952, 15 SB). Both, while having solid all-around years, had comparable, but ultimately lesser numbers than Salmon. Since Joe Torre was the manager that year, that certainly had much to do with Williams and O'Neill getting on the roster over Salmon.
He was probably the second or third best outfielder that year, and deserved to get on the team. No argument with Griffey or Belle. There probably had to be a slot for Williams and possibly O'Neill, but Anderson was beginning a steep decline. The nail on the coffin was Torre picking pitcher Jason Dickson for the sole Angels roster spot. The Angels were a bad team that year, and Dickson was their most consistent starter (13-9, 4.29 ERA, 32 starts), but Salmon, despite the rest of the team, had nearly career-year numbers, and had assembled a body of work over the years that should've made him an obvious choice.
Salmon had a strong year in 1998 (28/88/.300/.420/.533/.943). Although his homers and RBIs were down, he did have higher than usual numbers for BA, OBP and OPS. That year he was up against strong years by Griffey (56/146/.284/.365/.611/.986), Juan Gonzalez (45/157/.318/.366/.630/.996) and Ramirez (45/105/.294/.377/.599/.976). O'Neill had a year comparable to that of Salmon (24/116/.317/.372/.510/.882), but other All-Star outfielders Darrin Erstad (19/82/.296/.353/.486/.839) and Ben Grieve (18/89/.288/.386/.458/.844) had inferior numbers statistically. Grieve was a rookie phenom and was also the lone representative of a bad team, while Erstad was a well-known red ass who was honored for his intangibles.
Salmon's stats didn't match up with the top three guys, but did compare well with O'Neill's and were quite a bit better than Grieve or Erstad. He did not deserve a starting spot that year, but did perform better than Grieve and Erstad.
While he would continue to play at a high level through 2003, Salmon's last truly great year was 2000 (34/97/.290/.404/.540/.945). That year, even his strong stats got lost in the mix when AL outfielders had a good year as a whole.
All AL All-Star outfielders that year hit more than 30 homers except for Angels teammate Erstad (25) and Matt Lawton (13), the sole appointed representative of the Twins. All the outfielders except Lawton had more than 100 RBIs, all hit better than .300, and in all other statistical areas, he was at or near the bottom of the pack.
His stats were better than Lawton's, but the only others they compared favorably to were Carl Everett's (34/108/.300/.373/.587/.960) and Erstad's (25/100/.355/.409/.541/.950). Everett's stats were slightly better overall, and his enigmatic and colorful image played over Salmon's relatively workman-like approach. Erstad's power numbers were below Salmon's, but was close or superior in other areas. His reputation as a hard-nosed player helped him here, also.
Despite having one of his best years, this was probably one of those years where he perhaps didn't deserve it. He was also victimized by a relatively weak start: His batting average was only .272 at the break.
The only other year in which it was conceivable for him to make the team would've been 2003, the year after the Angels won the World Series. The Angels spots were filled by the capable and deserving Garret Anderson and Troy Glaus, plus Brendan Donnelly, perhaps the game's best middle reliever at the time. That was would be Salmon's last injury-free and full-time year, and while he certainly didn't embarrass himself with his stats, he was most certainly in decline.
So why wasn't Salmon an All-Star? His numbers in most years were good enough, especially in the mid-to-late 1990s. One of the problems is that the 1990s saw many AL outfielders generate gaudy numbers. Griffey, Belle, Gonzalez and a young Manny Ramirez year after year would hit more than 35 homers and hit over .300. There were also one-year wonders like Anderson or Buhner whose All-Star appearances helped to keep Salmon out of the spotlight's glare.
There was also image. Salmon always had a workingman's image, and for most of his career, the Angels were on a middle-market team that, although some years were better than others, rarely strayed above the .500 mark. Before their magical 2002 run, the best record the Angels managed was 85-77. In their pre-World Series years, they had above .500 years in only three out of 10 seasons while Salmon was there. Salmon was around to see the Angels turn into a consistent winner, but by that time he was past his prime, and was known at least as much for his veteran clubhouse presence as he was his bat.
Many years, he wasn't even perceived as the best player on his own team. He came up with Edmonds, whose offensive numbers were comparable, but was known as a superb fielder. Later in the decade, players like Anderson, Glaus and Erstad emerged and became All-Stars, despite having comparable or sometimes even lesser stats than Salmon.
I'm not telling George any of this; I will never hear the end of it. I will say, though, that when he goes on his drunken ramblings about the misfortunes bestowed upon Tim Salmon, I will have to be very creative in my arguments with him. You're right on this one, George.
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Is a moison nagant with bayonet,sling,ammo pouch, and a couple extra clips a good buy for $119 bucks? Are these rifles hard to take care of?What should I look for when picking one out?
Ive just recently acquired one and have yet to get the cosmoline off mine, But, If you have a look here http://7.62x54r.net all your questions will be answered.
FWIW, I bought my '42 91/30 Mosin round receiver with all the above and more, 100 rounds, Back ground check and tax for $130.00
Im sure it will depend on what model you are looking at.
Good luck
Have to disagree just a bit with foregoing. Hoppes does not fix cleanup after corrosive primed ammo. The Potassium Chlorate primer burn to potassium chloride. That is WATER soluble. Not Hoppes. WASH the bore with hot water (and a drop of Dawn dish detergent) You can still use the Hoppes for copper fouling, powder fouling, etc. but is will not dissolve the salt left in bore.
My take on the M-N ? Said it before- Heavy, crude, ugly as a mud fence, more durable than a cast iron frying pan, will work after being run over by a tank, enuff energy to shoot one or two zip codes, and a great buy for the money. Stock up on the milsurp ammo, it will not last forever.
Surplusrifle.com has some good info, including a good article on improving the trigger pull, and "sticky bolt syndrome".
C3 is correct. I use boiling water and a drop of dish soap after shooting, then clean as usual. Ammonia is another internet suggestion to stay away from. Just put a drop on the outside of the barrel and come back in a day you will see what I mean. I would look for one of the re-arsenaled rifles. R-guns has some really nice ones. The Hex receives are the most interesting. Theys are original rifles in perfect condition w/ dates from 1922 to 1935. For that money you should be getting a nice 91/30. The M44 and M38 don't shoot as well in my book, although I have a Hungarian M44 that is a great shooter. Oiler, ammo pouch, are just things that take up space. Be careful if you try and put the bayonet on, it may not want to come off!!
Edit! Hey C3, you forgot to say the bayonet makes a great tomato stake!!
The British did not develop the cleaning funnel for Enfield rifles to pour Hoppe's down the bore. ;)
And ammonia not only attacks copper, but steel as well! That is why all the "copper solvents" on the market have warnings on the label against leaving it in the bore for an extended length of time.
Just a different type of cleaning question.
Have been cleaning with hot water since my first MN arrive in '07. Now also have three Lee-Enfields.
As for Hoppes in the rifling, if follow-up slow patches somehow fail to remove the chemical in the grooves, do they always dry out very quickly in a typically dry room?
I just went to the Hoppes web site. In the FAQ's somebody asked if Hoppes #9 worked on corrosive ammo. Hoppes said yes.
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Well it's finally time for an update! I took a little break, but have actually made quite a few cards throughout... the hard part is actually getting them posted! So.... here are the first few. These first 2 were originally for Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge, but I of course missed the deadline. :) I hope you enjoy them anyway!
I love the circle flowers :) This one has a lot of depth to it I think :)
This next one, also with Dawn's color challenge colors, was going to be for a magazine submission, but I again missed the deadline. I need a better system for uploading pictures because when Luke's out of town with the laptop, I don't have any way of loading the pics onto my PC. Maybe I'll ask for a card reader for V-Day (romantic, huh!?).
This last card I actually made first which was a total coincidence to Dawn's choice of colors... but then I got on an "Aqua Mist" kick. It's a great color by PTI and can be used in so many different combinations! Isn't that Heather Bailey border stamp in the background just gorgeous? It's one of my absolute favorite stamps that I have. The glittery stickers are by Martha Stewart. I tell ya, you can get a lot out of repurposing her card sets when they're on clearance. They usually come with the double sided stickers, card bases and envelopes, and glitter!
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Eden Prairie, Minn. – Supervalu Inc. is hosting the company's first-ever national sales expo, a three-day trade event, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The expo will feature more than 20 educational sessions and more than 330 expo booths, providing more than 3,900 independent grocery retailers from more 1,250 stores the opportunity to gain insights, merchandising ideas and grocery retail solutions from industry experts.
Seasonal merchandise offerings, consumer packaged goods suppliers and service providers from across the country will offer solutions for Supervalu's independent retailer base. Expo guests will also have exclusive access to new products and Supervalu's private brand lines, as well as limited-time promotional buying opportunities.
Supervalu has also launched a mobile app to assist attendees with an event map, a schedule of educational sessions and activities, articles related to topics discussed throughout the event and more.


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Committee Charge and Membership
Position Table
Position Request Form
Executive Committee
September 6, 2013
428 Library
Present – John Wilkin, chair; Bill Mischo, vice-chair; John Wagstaff, secretary; Tim Cole, Mary Laskowski, Nancy O'Brien, Carissa Phillips, Chris Prom, Jennifer Teper; Visitors - Beth Sandore Namachchivaya, Sue Searing, Tom Teper, Beth Woodard; Recording – Kim Matherly
1. 9-9:30 – AULs and Beth Woodard - Search updates and discussion of additions to the search manual on grant funded positions and on guidelines for using videoconferencing for interviews
Beth Woodard discussed the current searches that are underway. The committee discussed with Beth Woodard and the AULs grant funding search procedures. Because grants usually have a set time to be started, we need to be more nimble in our process to get research programmers (RP) hired. The discussion centered on things that can be done to expedite the process.
There was a suggestion that there was a need to write more generic job descriptions (for example, for research programmer positions). Academic Human Resources (AHR) is already used to seeing these and would be able to move forward more quickly with library position requests using a similar template. AHR tells us that our current job descriptions are too specific. We could then create an internal document that more specifically describes the job duties of individual positions. If our job descriptions are more generic, we can reuse them without a new PAPE each time.
Another challenge is being able to get search committee meetings scheduled quickly. People are busy, but this needs to be a priority. For grant-funded positions, the search needs to happen immediately once we have a notice that the grant has been awarded. We shouldn't be waiting until we have cash in hand before we move forward with these position requests.
If there is a generic description that EC agrees to, they wouldn't have to review each RP position. EC could just approve a search committee and they could get started.
The group also discussed using videoconferencing such as SKYPE for interviewing. It was determined that it might be a good way for an individual committee member to participate if they are away, but as a rule videoconferencing should not be used. There may be "equity" issues involved here – for example, if we videoconference one candidate, do we have to use this method for all of them? It was agreed that we will find out how Academic HR currently handles this issue.
Beth Sandore Namachchivaya will work on an Research Programmer generic job description with Beth Woodard and will bring it back to EC.
2. 9:30-10 - AULs
Our current Strategic initiative covers 2012-2014. David Ward was leading the planning with Sue, Chris Prom and Tom Teper. The planning was not finished. Now that we are in the 2014 academic year, where do we go from here?
The AULS discussed the Strategic Plan with EC. The committee feels there is value in people getting together to talk about how to bring resources, energy and good ideas together. But do we need something as specific and lengthy as a Strategic Plan? John Wilkin would like to use this topic for the Library retreat in January to articulate priorities. John Wilkin will meet with Beth Woodard to discuss the retreat.
b. NSM process
There was not enough time to discuss this, so it will be added to a future agenda.
c. Discuss meeting between Provost and EC and AULs
EC gave John Wilkin a summary of what was discussed with the Provost. They discussed strategies for helping the Provost better understand the "faculty-ness" of library position requests.
3. Approve Minutes from August 26
Approve with changes with a motion by Nancy O'Brien, seconded by Mary Laskowski.
4. Question Time
The Provost had additional questions about our hiring plan; we didn't follow the exact template. John Wilkin will tweak it and meet with the Provost again on September 25. Barb Wilson will also attend the meeting. EC will look at the current faculty requests and make suggestions for a stronger case.
Two personnel issues were discussed.
5. Innovation Fund Report
Will be discussed at another meeting.
6. Additional EC member on Title Change subgroup (David Ward has rotated off)
Jennifer Teper agreed to take this on.
8/27/13 – approved a search committee for the Research Data Service Director


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A rather interesting piece from the Johnson section of The Economist:
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It is, of course, British English, so it would be fun to see what Americanisms, or other Englishes, we can come up with.
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The first journalese term that comes to mind is "alleged." Probably from fear of lawsuits and PC, every crime is only alleged, even when the perpetrator is caught in the act. Also in America there is a tendency in many papers to pun in headlines, although I enjoy that. I may add others in the morning after reading the paper.
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Mets at Jupiter to play the Cardinals today. They are taking BP now. Gorgeous day. Chamber of Commerce stuff.
Two pitching questions could be further answered today: Orlando Hernandez and Ambiorix Burgos. Hernandez is still building up his strength and Burgos is looking to find a map to the strikezone.
Have been thinking about the fifth starter slot and talked to a couple a people about it, notably Willie Randolph and Rick Peterson. They wouldn't admit it, but I could tell by their reaction when I asked the question that they knew I wasn't nuts.
Here are three things we know:
1. Mike Pelfrey is pitching better than any of the other fifth starter candidates. It is also desirable to get him consistent work.
2. Orlando Hernandez is still not 100 percent.
3. The fifth starter won't be used until mid-April.
Solution: Put Pelfrey in the rotation and DL Duque. There's no need to carry a fifth starter and have him sit. Carry another reliever (you can carry Jon Adkins because he's out of options) or another position player.
This gives Pelfrey his innings; it enables Hernandez to get in better shape; and it gives the Mets a couple more weeks to weigh their options.
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Happy Friday. Building on last week's visual, here's a look at the San Francisco Giants roster based on WAR and salary. Some things that caught my attention: the amount of money sitting on the Giants' bench, Barry Zito's looming presence, and how Aubrey Huff and Andres Torres have really been a godsend to GM Brian Sabean.
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Were in Pennsylvania for Christmas. Under the coffee table lies Rev. Rick Warrens The Purpose-Driven Life, one of more than 25 million sold in the United States. Warren, selected by Barack Obama to deliver the inaugural invocation, is much in the news.
He backed Californias Proposition 8, a ballot measure banning gay marriage, arguing that we should not allow 2 percent of the population [gays and lesbians] to change the definition of marriage. He fueled the fire, comparing gay unions to the marriage of a brother and sister or to polygamous relationships. Meanwhile, he recently expressed some openness to the idea of civil unions and domestic partnerships.
None of this is discussed in The Purpose-Driven Life, nor is his support for measures to curb global warming and to fund antipoverty programs, or his opposition to abortion.
The purpose Warren writes of is not ours, but Gods. It is the individuals responsibility to discover the life the Creator wants for him or her and then lead it. A little strong on the predestination for Catholic sensibilities, to be sure, but a useful guide for readers looking beyond their personal desires to something larger, something more, well, purposeful.
Warren told Beliefnet.com last month that he supported Proposition 8 primarily because without it clergy opposed to gay marriage would be subjected to charges of hate speech. This is a shallow argument -- public figures are objects of accusation all the time. And its fanciful to suggest, assuming Warren meant some penalty would be invoked, that both the free-exercise and free-speech clauses of the First Amendment could be so easily discarded.
We say: Charlottesville reveals the weeping wound of racism. What do we, the American Catholic faith community, do next? Read the editorial.
Still, Warrens latest anti-gay marriage rationale is based on amazingly narrow ground, less expansive than, for example, the Catholic churchs opposition to same-sex unions.
Most Americans oppose gay marriage. Barack Obama opposes gay marriage. No Catholic priest, at least one who accepts official church teaching on gay marriage, would be welcome to pray at Obamas inauguration under the criteria established by Warrens critics.
God, writes Warren, deliberately chose your race, the color of your skin, your hair, and every other feature. What about sexual orientation?
He doesnt go there.
Warren seems like a lot of conservative American baby boomers -- trying to reconcile ideas of fairness with the treatment gays and lesbians are accorded under our laws and customs. He appears, in short, to be a work in progress.
Arent we all?
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The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin for certain Beech King Air F90/100/200s and Beech 99s. It details recent failures of main landing gear actuator nut assemblies (part numbers GMD115-810029-17 and -23) built by General Machine-Diecron (GMD), of Griffin, Ga. The assembly isinstalled only in aircraft thathave electrical/mechanical mainlanding gear systems.
The GMD main landing gear actuator nuts are FAA PMA-authorized replacement parts for Raytheon part numbers 115-810029-17 and -23 installed in the right main landing gear. The assembly uses a threaded bronze nut that screws into a threaded steel tube to complete the actuator nut assembly. Failure of the actuator nut assembly occurs when the bronze insert partially, or completely, separates from the steel tube, resulting in premature activation of a microswitch that prevents the gear from traveling to the down-and-locked position.
The failure occurs only on the right main landing gear because the gear retraction cycle tends to unscrew the threaded nut insert from the actuator nut assembly.
GMD has issued an Alert Service Bulletin (GM-D-ASB 32-30-01/030305) that recommends replacement of these assemblies as soon as practical, but not to exceed 10 days or 20 flight cycles.
A mandatory Raytheon Service Bulletin (SB No. 32-3433), dated August 2002 (Revision 1), was issued to require replacement of certain actuator nut assemblies listed therein due to separation of these actuator nut assemblies in the brazed insert area.
The FAA "strongly recommends" operators determine if either of the GMD actuator nut assemblies has been installed in the above Raytheon MLG actuator. If so, the operator should replace the GMD actuator nut assembly with a new part.
For information, visit www.faa. gov/aircraft/safety/alerts.


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A documentary photography project started in 2004, in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the The New South's largest cities. The images and writings in this project called, Photoworks945 are created by students who are homeless--either living on the streets, under bridges, in the woods, shelters, or motels.
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Phillies Add Cliff to the Hangar
Cliff Lee is a Phillie.
Today, the Phillies officially became the team to beat in the National League as they trumped the recent Cardinals' moves with an ace acquisition of their own. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr., who had been courting Roy Halladay for over a month, realized that the price tag for Halliday was too high and Amaro went for the next best thing–2008 Cy Young award winner Cliff Lee.
Cliff Notes on Lee
Lee has been one of the top left handers in the game for the past season and a half, but he wasn't a sure thing just two seasons ago when he spent July 2007 in the minors to gain some confidence back. Since that trip to the bush, however, Lee has improved both his velocity and his control, especially in the lower half of the strike zone.
For a bad Indians team this season, Lee, who will be 31 next month, was 7-9 with a 3.14 ERA. Lee had a 1.30 WHIP thanks to allowing just 33 walks in 152 innings.
Lee Invades Pennsylvania
But, how will Lee fare in the hitting friendly confines of Citizen's Bank Park? Flyball pitchers have notoriously struggled there, especially when facing a bevy of right-handed hitters with that short porch in left field. Lee is, no doubt, a fly ball pitcher; 54.5% of his hit balls are fly balls this year.
You know opposing teams are going to stack their lineups with right-handers when in Philadelphia and facing Lee. Righties are hitting .303 this year versus Lee while lefties are hitting just .216.
The dimensions of Progressive Field and Citizen's Bank Park are similar. Progressive is 335′ to the left field foul pole while Citizen's is 329′. The left-center power alley is 378′ in Cleveland and 374′ in Philly. No doubt, however, that Philadelphia is portrayed as more of a hitting friendly park. Just look at how the flags in center field flap outward, even on a relatively calm evening.
While Citizen's might be slightly more difficult to pitch in, it shouldn't be too bad for Lee. Lee has the second lowest ratio of homeruns per fly ball allowed in the MLB at just 3.4. Only Giants' ace Tim Lincecum is lower at 3.3.
Expect General Lee Better Performance
Cliff Lee is a fly ball pitcher, but we believe his fantasy baseball stats will actually improve with Philadelphia and his fantasy baseball value will increase. Lee is getting no support in Cleveland where his 3.14 ERA actually translates to a losing record on the year. Moreover, he'll benefit from a very solid Phillies defense and Lee will enjoy facing the opposing pitcher every night for the rest of the season.
As for the fly balls, we believe that Lee's ability to stay away from the gopher ball will carry over to Citizen's Bank Park and his homeruns allowed total will rise only slightly.
Fantasy Baseball Analysis of Others in the Cliff Lee Trade
The Phillies picked up another major leaguer in the Cliff Lee trade. Ben Francisco, who played at UCLA with Chase Utley, will join the Phillies and provide a solid right-handed pinch hitter coming off the bench. This has been a sore spot for the Phillies all season as Eric Bruntlett, he with the bad beard, has been a miserable failure with just 10 hits and a .127 average on the year. John Mayberry Jr. has been called up and down from the minors, but he's at just .189 on the year.
Francisco is hitting .250 on the year and has provided 10 homeruns, 33 RBI, and 13 stolen bases. He has only 17 stolen bases in his career so this is his area of greatest fantasy baseball improvement.
Francisco's fantasy baseball value has clearly declined, however. Francisco has been relegated from a starter in Cleveland to essentially a bench player in Philadelphia. The entire Phillies outfield made the NL all-star team this year so don't look for Francisco getting a lot of time from Jayson Werth, Shane Victorino, and Raul Ibanez.
Phillies Stable Full of Talent
The Phillies picked up two major leaguers and gave up none so obviously two guys have got to go. Relief pitcher Steven Register is a sure thing to head back to the minors and Mayberry is still young so he'll likely go as well. Bruntlett should probably be the guy to go, but he's more versatile so he'll likely stick around a little while longer.
As for the starting rotation, the Phillies now sport four southpaws in the starting rotation with Cole Hamels, J.A. Happ, Jamie Moyer, and Lee pitching from the port side. The other starter, Joe Blanton, is the sole righty.
Mexican veteran pitcher Rodrigo Lopez is the likely starter who will be dropped from the rotation, but Lopez is 3-0, 3.09 in his four starts. Lopez deserves a better fate.
Then, there's a guy named Pedro Martinez. If Martinez pitches well in his debut, does this mean the end of the line for the ageless 46-year-old Moyer? Moyer is 5.32 on the year, but leads the Phillies with 10 wins.
What the Indians Got in the Lee Trade
The Indians were not going anywhere this year and even next year in the futile AL Central so it makes sense for them to make this deal for prospects. None of the four players the Tribe picked up will likely help your fantasy baseball team this season.
Carlos Carrasco is a very good young starting pitcher and will likely be in the Cleveland rotation in 2010. Jason Knapp is only in Single-A, but the dude can bring it. Knapp has 149 K's in 116 innings this season. Knapp has hit 97 on the radar gun.
Then, there's catcher Lou Marson. Marson was a solid Phillies prospects and is likely the heir apparent to take over for Victor Martinez who has also been speculated to be involved in a trade. Finally, Jason Donald is a solid shortstop, but obviously has nowhere to go in Philly with Jimmy Rollins secure there. Donald looks like a nice platoon player or back up infielder for the Indians in the future.
Amaro Gets His Ace
Ruben Amaro Jr. is not just one of the best looking general managers in baseball as evidenced by his nomination as the only GM named to Hottest (Looking) Baseball Players team. Amaro is also a genius.
Amaro felt the Blue Jays' asking price for Halliday was too high. He was not keen to give up on Happ plus the Phillies' top prospects pitcher Kyle Drabek (son of ex-Pirates pitcher Doug Drabek), and outfielders Dominic Brown and Michael Taylor. So, he got a Cy Young Award winner and didn't have to part with his best three prospects.
Now that's a deal even Philadelphia fans won't boo.


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About Breathometer
Breathometer is a pioneer in breath analysis technology. Our mission is to build the world's first portable breath analysis platform to help people make smarter decisions and improve their lives.
Founded by Charles Michael Yim in September 2012, Breathometer develops innovative breath sensing technology combined with superior design and usability to deliver groundbreaking digital health products.
Charles Michael YimCharles Michael Yim is a 3x serial entrepreneur from Silicon Valley, that is passionate about inventing and building innovative products that consistently delight customers. He is a young veteran in the startup world with a proven track record of success. Charles is best known for being a Reality TV Star on ABC's Emmy Award winning show Shark Tank where he convinced all 5 celebrity Sharks to invest $1M together into Breathometer. Being the Founder and CEO of Breathometer, Charles is responsible for overall direction and product strategy. Most recently, Charles was Founder and CEO of Chatterfly from inception, to acquisition by Plum District, a Kleiner Perkins company. Under Charles' leadership and vision, Chatterfly was able to become one of the most influential neighborhood reward platforms in the mobile space starting from the ground floor. Prior to Chatterfly, Charles was the Founder of ProBuddy, where he teamed up with a senior engineer at Facebook to develop a local service provider recommendation engine. Prior to that, Charles played an integral role in business development at Fortify Software, later acquired by HP.
Before entering the software industry, Charles was heavily involved in a leadership role at Cintas Corporation as a Regional Six Sigma, where he was responsible for stream-lining business processes, business analytics, M&A and QA for the entire West Coast Operation within the Emerging Businesses Sector.
Charles has appeared on ABC's hit show Shark Tank and has been interviewed by TechCrunch Live, BBC, USA Today, MSNBC, Fox Business News, Wall Street Journal and prolific blogger Robert Scoble. Charles was nominated for Forbes' top 30under30 under Technology and a Champion of Change for Crowd-funding Entrepreneurs at the White House in 2013. Charles is the Managing Director of cMy Ventures, serves on the Board of Directors for FADD and Advisory Board of K Hotels. Charles has authored multiple patents in embedded systems and is currently writing his first book. Charles graduated with a B.S. in Business Economics from UC Riverside and from Stanford Graduate School of Business in the Executive Program.
Charles Michael Yim
CEO & Founder
Cesar LeeCesar Lee is a Principal and founding member of WRV. Cesar has experience as a technology investor across stages and geographies, ranging from seed stage to buyout transactions in the U.S., Latin America and Asia. Most recently, Cesar was an investment professional at Riverwood Capital, a technology focused growth stage and buyout private equity firm. Cesar began his career at RBC Capital Markets, where he was part of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Equity-linked & Derivatives groups. While at RBC, Cesar spent a majority of his time working on M&A advisory transactions for technology companies. During 2013, Cesar joined Samsung to help to expand its presence in Silicon Valley through the creation of Samsung's Strategy and Innovation Center. Cesar graduated from The University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his bachelor's degree in economics with High Honors.
Cesar Lee
Principal, WRV. Board Member - Breathometer
Yan KalikaYan Kalika, DMD, MS is a certified specialist in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics. He is an active member of the American Dental Association, the California Dental Association, the American Association of Orthodontics, the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontics and the San Francisco Dental Society. Dr. Kalika graduated with honors and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993, majoring in chemistry. While in Berkeley, he was in the Students Honor Society and Golden Key Honor Society. He received his dental degree from Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 1998. In addition, he completed a fellowship in Washington D.C. in the field of dental health policy. While at Harvard, Dr. Kalika served as president of the American Student Dental Association where he received a national award of excellence. He was a lecturer at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard School of Public Health. He received honors in all clinical disciplines at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, the Soma Weiss Research Scholarship and an International Research Fellowship from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kalika completed his orthodontic training at the University of California at San Francisco where he received a specialty certificate in orthodontics and facial orthopedics and a master's degree in oral biology. He is committed in providing quality orthodontic treatment while exceeding patients and parents' expectations.
Yan Kalika
DDS, Dental Advisor. Ind Board Member - Breathometer
Damien PettyDamien manages Iconical's investments in Vivino, Spirometrix, Vicarious, Fanduel, Bossa Nova Robotics, Starship Technologies, MyInsiders, and several other companies. He is also actively involved with other Iconical and ECA portfolio companies, including: Rdio, Wire, Covata, Manalto and FlashFunders. Damien was part of the team that represented the founders of Skype in several transactions including the sale of Skype to eBay in 2005, the reacquisition of Skype in 2009 in partnership with a with a consortium of private equity firms, and the recent sale of Skype to Microsoft. Damien also managed Iconical's investment in DeepMind Technologies (acquired by Google).
Damien Petty
VP, Iconical. Board Member - Breathometer
Charles Michael YimCharles Michael Yim is a 3x serial entrepreneur from Silicon Valley, that is passionate about inventing and building innovative products that consistently delight customers. He is a young veteran in the startup world with a proven track record of success. Charles is best known for being a Reality TV Star on ABC's Emmy Award winning show Shark Tank where he convinced all 5 celebrity Sharks to invest $1M together into Breathometer. Being the Founder and CEO of Breathometer, Charles is responsible for overall direction and product strategy. Most recently, Charles was Founder and CEO of Chatterfly from inception, to acquisition by Plum District, a Kleiner Perkins company. Under Charles' leadership and vision, Chatterfly was able to become one of the most influential neighborhood reward platforms in the mobile space starting from the ground floor. Prior to Chatterfly, Charles was the Founder of ProBuddy, where he teamed up with a senior engineer at Facebook to develop a local service provider recommendation engine. Prior to that, Charles played an integral role in business development at Fortify Software, later acquired by HP.
Before entering the software industry, Charles was heavily involved in a leadership role at Cintas Corporation as a Regional Six Sigma, where he was responsible for stream-lining business processes, business analytics, M&A and QA for the entire West Coast Operation within the Emerging Businesses Sector.
Charles has appeared on ABC's hit show Shark Tank and has been interviewed by TechCrunch Live, BBC, USA Today, MSNBC, Fox Business News, Wall Street Journal and prolific blogger Robert Scoble. Charles was nominated for Forbes' top 30under30 under Technology and a Champion of Change for Crowd-funding Entrepreneurs at the White House in 2013. Charles is the Managing Director of cMy Ventures, serves on the Board of Directors for FADD and Advisory Board of K Hotels. Charles has authored multiple patents in embedded systems and is currently writing his first book. Charles graduated with a B.S. in Business Economics from UC Riverside and from Stanford Graduate School of Business in the Executive Program.
Charles Michael Yim
CEO & Founder
Tim RattoTim leads the research and development efforts at Breathometer where he is responsible for identifying and validating the technology behind Breathometer's new line of breath analysis products. He brings over 14 years of experience discovering and developing technologies across a wide range of products; including consumer health, energy and renewables, and industrial and military sensor products. Prior to Breathometer, Tim was the Senior Director of R&D at Adamant Technologies, an early stage Khosla-backed medical device start-up where he led the team that successfully developed a sensing platform for breath analysis. Tim has pushed technology forward throughout his career both as an entrepreneur (co-founder of Nanoasis, backed by Kleiner Perkins) and as a leading scientist (at Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories) amassing over 70 patents and publications to date. Tim has a BS in Physics and a PhD in Biophysics both from UC Davis.
Tim Ratto
Chief Technology Officer
Mike RafteryMike has over 20 years' experience in engineering and management. His roles have spanned a variety of areas including engineering, quality, operations, product development, and customer support.
Most recently Mike was Director of Corporate Quality and Manufacturing Engineering at Echelon Corporation, where he managed quality and manufacturing engineering for an extensive product line of semiconductors, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and Smart Meters. In Mike's tenure at Echelon, over 60 million devices were successfully deployed.
Previously Mike served in engineering and business process improvement roles supporting the core microprocessor business at Intel Corporation. He also filled several manufacturing, engineering, quality, customer support, and product development roles at Olin Corporation.
Mike holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Yale University, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering M.I.T., and an M.S. in Management (M.B.A) from M.I.T.
Mike Raftery
Senior Director of Manufacturing and Quality
Daniel SheinShein leads the mobile development at Breathometer. A full stack engineer with Product Management experience, he has has spent the last 15 years building consumer and enterprise products from the bottom up and has been designing and building mobile apps since the days of Symbian. He's lead teams and projects at Google, PrimeSense, Samsung, IDEO and more to successful products with large user base in mobile, TV and web.
Daniel Shein
Mobile Development Lead
Kevin MoyKevin is an iOS developer at Breathometer focusing on front end development. Previously, Kevin worked as the lead iOS developer at a social media startup, FreeLogue. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from UC Davis with a minor in technology management. Kevin has studied abroad in Tokyo and did competitive gymnastics.
Kevin Moy
iOS Engineer
Ellery WongEllery brings to Breathometer a wide set of experience in machine testing, prototype development and health monitoring. He is responsible for improving current Breathometer products and testing future designs. He previously worked at Newport Corporation as a Metrology intern calibrating precise motion controlled stages to customer specifications. He attended the University of California, Irvine where he was part of a design team which successfully created a prototype that reduced passive hand tremors in laparoscopic surgery by 80%. Prior to that, he was involved in researching glucose monitoring using Raman Spectroscopy. Ellery graduated from the University of California, Irvine where he received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a specialization in Biophotonics and a minor in Materials Science Engineering.
Ellery Wong
R&D Test Engineer
Kenton NgoKenton brings over a decade of consumer product, hardware engineering and project management experience to Breathometer. Prior to joining, Kenton was a part of the Monster Cable dream team that was behind the creation of the revolutionary and commercially successful Beats by Dre. Kenton is thoroughly versed in product development from the conception phase and throughout the entirety of the product life cycle. Kenton was key in developing specifications and requirements for products that fell under the headphone and power categories while at Monster Cable. He constantly drove multiple projects to completion simultaneously while managing relationships with key vendors to get product to market on time. Kenton graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry from UC Davis and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Francisco State University.
Kenton Ngo
Senior Project Engineer
Valeriya SuvorovaValeriya joins Breathometer's Finance team as an Accountant. She brings with her 3 years' experience working as an Accounting Assistant with Bay Area Window Pros and SQA Solutions as well as 3 years working in Customer Service at Wells Fargo Bank. Valeriya has completed 5 years of International Business schooling, including years at Omsk State University, and completing her BA in International Business. In addition to her role with Breathometer, Valeriya is currently in the process of receiving her CPA.
Valeriya Suvorova
Joyce ChengJoyce has over 15 years of international business experience, with a diverse background in marketing, product management, logistics, developer and customer relations. Prior to joining Breathometer she managed developer and community relations at Emotiv, a breakthrough wearable computing company developing human-computer interfaces. Prior to Emotiv, Joyce worked with several companies on launching and marketing products internationally and with KLA-Tencor where she was the customer liaison for their Japanese customer base. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, where she was the VP of Society of Women Engineers. She also obtained a master's certificate in Internet marketing from the University of San Francisco. Joyce is a member of SAG-AFTRA and she is fluent in Mandarin and Japanese.
Joyce Cheng
Operations Manager
Arturo MancillaArturo comes to Breathometer with 17 years of product development experience in Mechanical Engineering. Before joining the team he has enjoyed a career working on many fun and interesting products in the Bay Area, Boston and Chicago. His time spent developing tracked combat vehicles, small sensor carrying robots, consumer products packaging and casino slot machines has provided Arturo many opportunities to successfully generate new ideas and product solutions. Arturo has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from San Jose State University and a B.F.A in Art & Animation from Illinois Institute of Art.
Arturo Mancilla
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Lucy WuLucy recently graduated from the University of California, Davis where she received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a specialization in Tissue Engineering and minor in Technology Management. She previously worked at Janssen Pharmaceuticals as a process engineer, where she ensured process quality in large scale production of transdermal drug patches. In college, she also participated in creating a prototype of a point of care medical device that tests for the presence of tuberculosis in a patient's blood sample using aptamer based biosensors. Through these experiences she brings to Breathometer a wide set of skills to help improve current Breathometer products and testing/validating future designs as a test engineer.
Lucy Wu
R&D Test Engineer
Roee NevoRoee is a mobile developer at Breathometer, working on both the front end client app and the backend framework. He is a full stack developer that worked on most aspects of the a software process, from Data bases to clients apps both Web and Mobile. He holds a MSc degree in Computer Science.
Roee Nevo
Mobile Software Engineer
Val ValentineVal is an accomplished engineering manager with over 25 years of industry experience designing and building medical devices, consumer electronics, smart battery systems and robotic equipment. He has a proven record of successfully developing innovative medical systems, transferring design into production and bringing large volume consumer devices to markets worldwide.
Most recently, Val was a senior manager at Apple, where he developed state-of-the-art smart battery systems for Apple's portable products including iPhone, iPad and MacBook. At Apple, Val designed the first smart iPhone battery. He subsequently created, developed and managed the battery system's qualification department and specified and developed precision electrical and mechanical methodology capability.
Prior to Apple, Val formed and managed the HW engineering department at Novo Nordisk Delivery Technology, where he played a key role in developing the first commercial liquid based pulmonary insulin delivery device (AERx2), by bringing innovative technologies into reality to improve the treatment and quality of life of type II diabetics.
Val Valentine
Director of HW engineering
Dr. Raed DweikRaed A. Dweik, M.D. is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Pulmonary Vascular Program in the Departments of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Respiratory Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care medicine. Dr. Dweik's clinical interests are in pulmonary hypertension, asthma, critical care, and chronic beryllium disease. He has a joint appointment in the department of Pathobiology in the Lerner Research Institute (LRI) and is Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Raed Dweik
Pulmonology Specialist/Breath Expert
Dan LaskowskiDan has 30 plus years of experience at the Cleveland Clinic leading research teams in pathobiology, implementing analytical instrumentation and recruiting for pharmaceutical and biotechnology portions of the company. He's also the CEO of Physiological Measurement Systems LLC and graduated from Harvard University with a BS in Chemistry.
Dan Laskowski
Respiratory Physiologist, Cleveland Clinic
Dr. Ed ZuckerbergEd has always been an early adopter of technology in the Dental Office, computerizing his office in 1986 and integrating digital radiography in 1998 to going completely paperless in 2005 while completing crowns, veneers and inlays via same day CAD/CAM Dentistry since 2009. He has had several articles published in Dentaltown and Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry and regularly lectures nationally and internationally on Technology Integration, Social Media Marketing for Dentists, and Online Reputation Management. Selling his private practice in July of 2013 he now lives in the Bay Area, practicing Dentistry part-time at Rejuvenate Dental in Palo Alto, CA while lecturing and consulting with private Dental Offices.
Dr. Ed Zuckerberg
Dental Advisor
Walden Riverwood Ventures
VPG Asia
Structure Capital
Stanford University StartX
SK telecom
Mark CubanMark Cuban is a highly successful entrepreneur and investor who founded HDNet, Broadcast.com and MicroSolutions. He has also been an investor in startups, including Mahalo, JungleCents.com, motionloft.com, Filesanywhere.com, Naked Pizza and 140Fire.com. Named a winner of the GQ "Men of the Year" in 2006 and included in the New York Times Magazine's "Year in Ideas," Mark is recognized as being among the most influential people in both the cable and sports industries.
Mark is best known for his purchase of the Dallas Mavericks on January 4, 2000. Under his leadership, the team's home games have become a total entertainment experience. Despite initial criticism, he added much more to the usual game-day experience by introducing original video content, advanced technology and unique entertainment options like the Mavericks ManiAACs. His successful efforts have brought a sense of pride and passion to the fans. Prior to his purchase of the Mavericks, Mark co-founded Broadcast.com, the leading provider of multimedia and streaming on the Internet. Broadcast.com was sold to Yahoo! Inc. in July 1999 for $6.5 billion dollars. MicroSolutions, a leading national systems integrator, was co-founded by Mark and partner Martin Woodall in 1983 and later sold to CompuServe.
Mark Cuban
Kevin O'LearyKevin O'Leary's success story starts where most entrepreneurs begin: with a big idea and zero cash. From his basement, he launched SoftKey Software Products. As sales took off, Kevin moved to headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts and went on an industry consolidating acquisition binge. From 1995 to 1999 he bought out almost every one of his software competitors, including Mindscape, Broderbund and the Learning Company in the industry's first vicious public hostile battle. Shareholders loved his take-no-prisoners, cost cutting style and fueled him with billions to do his deals.
In 1999 Kevin sold his company to the Mattel Toy Company for a staggering 3.7 billion dollars, one of the largest deals ever done in the consumer software industry. To keep his money working hard, he took control of his wealth from his lackluster money managers and founded his own mutual fund company, O'Leary Funds. He raised hundreds of millions of dollars from investors who share his "get paid while you wait" yield oriented, value investing philosophy. He shares his tips and tribulations with a national television audience and turns The Street upside down in the process.
As a self-proclaimed "Eco-preneur," Kevin looks hardest for investments that make money - and are environmentally friendly. When he's not squeezing the market from his office in West Palm Beach, he travels the world looking for new opportunities to deploy his capital. He is a founding investor and director of Stream Global, an international business outsourcing company. He is on the investment committee of Boston's prestigious 200-year-old Hamilton Trust, and is the chairman of O'Leary Funds. He also serves on the executive board of The Richard Ivey School of Business.
Kevin O'Leary
Daymond JohnAs CEO and president, Daymond guided FUBU to a staggering $350 million in revenues in 1998, placing it in the same stratosphere as such designer sportswear labels as Donna Karan New York and Tommy Hilfiger. Over the last 16 years, Daymond has evolved into more than a fashion mogul. In 2007 the street-smart businessman penned his first book, Display of Power: How FUBU Changed a World of Fashion, Branding & Lifestyle, which was named one of the best business books of 2007 by the Library Journal.
Known as the "Godfather of Urban Fashion," Daymond is regarded as one of the most sought-after branding experts and keynote speakers in fashion and business today. With multiple business ventures on his resume, Daymond can be seen sharing his knowledge and business genius on numerous business and entertainment television programs.
Daymond John
Lori GreinerLori Greiner started with one idea and turned it into a multi-million dollar international brand. She is now regarded as one of the most prolific inventors of retail products, having created over 400 products, and holds 115 U.S. and international patents. A well-known celebrity personality on QVC-TV, Greiner has hosted her own show, Clever & Unique Creations by Lori Greiner, for over 15 years.
Greiner's cleverly designed products cover a large range, as she is constantly adding new items. From kitchen tools, travel bags and unique accessories to must-have organizers for the home, her products are enjoyed by men and women alike. She is known for creating some of the most popular jewelry and cosmetic organizers of her time. Her inspiration comes from her passion to bring happiness to people by making their everyday lives easier. Her products are sold on QVC and in retailers across the U.S. and in Europe.
Lori Greiner
Robert HerjavecRobert Herjavec has lived the classic "rags to riches" story. The son of Croatian immigrants, he earned his incredible wealth by overcoming the odds with pure hard work and intuition. He remembers how his mother, who could barely speak English, lost the family savings to a smooth-talking vacuum salesman. Since then, Robert vowed he would never let his family be taken advantage of again. In the early '90s, Robert eked out a living waiting tables at a posh Yorkville restaurant. During the initial stages of the dot com craze, he realized that technology was the ticket to serious money. By night, he launched BRAK systems, his first technology company, which is now worth a reported $100 million dollars. He sold his company to AT&T in 2000, but that was only the start. Robert then helped negotiate the sale of another technology company to Nokia for $225 million. Instead of retiring with his cash, he now heads The Herjavec Group, a leading IT security and infrastructure integration firm.
Robert Herjavec


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The cost of feral cats
November 5, 2015
Filed under Clubs, News, Top Stories
Of the 50 million feral cats in the United States, about two dozen reside at Solano Community College. It's easy to ignore them, but feral cats are an expensive issue of animal welfare. According to SolanoFerals.org, a volunteer organization which helps homeless cats in Solano county, in California, mor...
Campus Conversation: What should be done about the feral cats on campus?
October 31, 2012
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Student hopes efforts will save lives of feral cats on campus
Sharman Bruni, Online Editor
October 31, 2012
Filed under On campus, Profiles, Top Stories
Walking through Solano Community College's main campus, you may notice a variety of cats of all ages and colors in the vicinity. Some of the cats are friendly, some more feral than others, but each of these cats has the chance to have a better life thanks to Wendy Phillips. Phillips is a student on...