text: Morrisey shelves consumer-advocate work By Eric Eyre June 30, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- For the past 16 years, consumer advocates from the Attorney General's Office have traveled to senior centers, schools, libraries, post offices, fairs and 4-H camps across the state, educating West Virginians about consumer fraud.The advocates have talked to people about identity theft, and how to avoid email and telemarketing scams. They also have provided social media safety tips for kids, handed out consumer rights materials and fielded consumer complaints about local businesses.On Jan. 31, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey abruptly shelved the consumer advocate program, records show.Morrisey, a Republican who defeated longtime Attorney General Darrell McGraw in last November's election, ordered the consumer advocates to cancel all planned appearances at community events, according to office emails obtained by the Sunday Gazette-Mail. He also directed the employees not to schedule any additional speaking engagements at schools, senior centers and other sites."Management is in the process of revising the program, and you will receive directions as soon as possible," Morrisey's office wrote to the advocates in a Jan. 30 email.Five months later, the consumer advocates -- at least the ones who Morrisey hasn't fired -- still await the attorney general's directions.The remaining employees have kept their job titles and remain on the state payroll but no longer work on consumer education. At least three of the consumer advocates have been reassigned to answer phones and transport office mail, according to emails obtained by the Gazette-Mail.Morrisey would not answer questions about the consumer advocate program last week."As a matter of policy, we will not discuss personnel issues," Morrisey said in a prepared statement.In the statement, however, Morrisey hinted that the consumer advocates likely would take on a more business-friendly role once the office completes an overhaul of the Consumer Protection Division. "In the first five months of our administration, our team has been working hard to develop the templates and tools to help educate individuals and businesses about our state's consumer protection laws, hire new employees and meet with individuals and businesses about ways to enhance compliance with our state's consumer protection laws," Morrisey said.McGraw started the consumer protection program in 1997 with the idea of taking his office's consumer services directly to people. The consumer advocates -- also called "consumer protection advocates" -- spoke mostly to senior citizens, who often are targeted by scammers and telemarketers. The employees also visited schools to talk to teenagers about consumer rights, and stopped at colleges where they met with undergraduates about student loan rip-offs.The consumer advocates -- who make $35,000 to $48,000 a year -- work out of the attorney general's branch office on Quarrier Street in downtown Charleston, as well as from field offices in Elkins, Martinsburg, Parkersburg, Kingwood and West Virginia's Northern Panhandle. Several consumer advocates have political ties, including John Gainer, son of West Virginia State Auditor Glen Gainer.In late January, the consumer advocates started raising questions about their job duties after Morrisey appointed an acting director, Heather Connolly, for the office's Consumer Protection Division.Martinsburg-based consumer advocate Argina Layne suggested a conference call to discuss upcoming "events and booths." The Attorney General's Office had 11 consumer advocates at the time. The following day, the advocates received a terse email from Morrisey's office manager: "You are NOT to schedule any events/appearances, and you are to CANCEL any that you have scheduled."Morrisey also directed the advocates to provide a list of past events they attended, dates and contact information for the groups that sponsored the events.The consumer advocates didn't get another assignment from Morrisey until May 9.Morrisey's office directed the advocates to call their "contacts" -- at schools, senior centers and other sites -- and ask "what services they need or would like to see from our office . . . ," according to an email sent to the employees.Morrisey also told the consumer advocates to ask about upcoming events, and if the Attorney General's Office "was helpful to them in the past and if they would like to continue on . . . ."That same day, Morrisey's office sent a separate email to four of the consumer advocates: "Starting tomorrow, all advocates in the office will be starting mail and phone coverage . . . ." The next day, Morrisey had a new -- and completely different -- assignment for the consumer advocates. He directed them to answer questions about how they would educate local business owners about the state's consumer protection laws."How would you sit down with a local business owner to explain how to comply with our consumer protection laws?" a Morrisey subordinate wrote in a May 10 email to the advocates, even though none of the employees has a law degree or background in West Virginia law.Morrisey also gave the advocates seven days to develop a "template" about "how you would go about doing this sort of business visit/contact." He said the new assignment should take priority over the previous directive about providing a list of past events they attended.By the end of the month, Morrisey fired five of the consumer advocates, according to state personnel records. Morrisey listed "office restructuring" as the reason for the dismissals.The firings included Juliet Stevenson, the sister of Mike Ross, a philanthropist and former state senator who made his fortune in the oil and gas industry. John Gainer kept his job.It was unclear if -- or how -- the consumer advocates answered Morrisey's questions.Morrisey would not say how many advocates now work in his office. He has hired two advocates -- both Republican activists who previously worked on his campaign -- and already fired one of them.In his statement last week, the attorney general said he would maintain a "strong consumer protection division and will run the office" in a manner that "makes West Virginia proud." He said he plans to announce "additional initiatives to enhance and restructure" his office."Rome wasn't built in a day," Morrisey said. "It will take more than a few months to fully transform the office of attorney general and improve our state's business climate while simultaneously maintaining strong consumer protection practices."Reach Eric Eyre at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-4869. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Charleston restaurant 2 Gazette editorial: Capito has second chance to do the right thing 3 WVU seeking improvements during off week 4 Doug Smock: AAC not ready for Power 6 quite yet 5 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world Suspect in sheriff slaying banned from buying guns, but not soon enough Previous Story One year later, businesses learn lessons from derecho Next Story


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A search warrant is an order signed by a judge that gives police officers the right to search for specified items at a specified location, and at a specified time. For example, a search warrant may allow the police to search the entire premises of 123 Nice Street, between the hours of 7am and 10pm to search for narcotics, weapons, and cash. The police department must follow this order exactly as prescribed or their evidence will be inadmissible in court. If you are served with a search warrant, it is important to carefully read the document Always keep in mind that the police can only search the premises listed on the order at the exact time. Usually, they can only seize the items listed on the warrant as well.
This is the most common type of active warrant. A bench warrant is placed on a person for a non appearance. If you are sent a notice to appear in court and don't show up, then you will have what is called a bench warrant placed against you. That is why it's so important not to ever miss a court date, no matter what the circumstances. A warrant is a problem that will haunt you until it's taken care of. Even worse yet, you can be charged with additional crimes such as bail jumping, even if bail was never set.
Depending upon the city that you live in, the clerk of court may mail a notice informing you of the outstanding warrant. In other cities, a police officer will simply arrive at your house without any notice to serve the warrant and take you into custody. You can do a search for bench warrants through the local county clerk's office. Outstanding bench warrants are also easily researched using private online searches.
If a person jumps bond and does not return to court after bailing out of jail, a bounty hunter will be hired to track them down. A bounty hunter is hired by the bail bondsmen to bring the fugitive into justice and reclaim the bond money from the clerk of court. While bounty hunters are not allowed to act as police officers, many have sneaky tactics that allow them to hunt down anyone and take them back to custody.
An arrest warrant can be placed on an individual if the police believe that a crime has been committed. The police must show a judge probable cause and evidence in order to have an arrest warrant placed against a person. Once signed by the judge, arrest warrants are maintained by your local police. An individual can research this information at the local police department for a small fee, but should do so with caution. Because most police departments require that you physically pick up the report, if an active warrant pops up on your record, you will risk immediate arrest.
You have a few options when checking on outstanding arrest warrants. You can make a visit to your local Sheriff's department and have a police officer search through their records. While, this may be risky, it is often free or for a nominal fee. Another strategy would be to do a personal background check on yourself online through a private resource. The benefit here is that you are able to discretely search your records and also avoid the hassle of visiting the sheriffs office.
Every day, arrest warrants are placed on average, hard working people that are completely unaware of their plight. For example, Stephen Pisek of New York was arrested for discontinuing payment on a laptop that he was renting from a local rental center. To his surprise, the police came to his residence at 3 am and hauled him off to jail for a warrant that he was completely unaware of. After months of stress and expense, Mr. Piseck explains, I wish that I had known about the warrant in advance so that I could have just paid for the laptop before this whole thing got out of hand.. In the case of an arrest warrant, it is commonplace for the police to arrive at your home, place of work or the homes of friends and family. They will do whatever is necessary to apprehend you once an arrest warrant is filed.
Many individuals with an active arrest warrant or bench warrant on their file will be arrested on a minor traffic stop or unrelated incident. The most startling example of this can be seen in Oliver Dill's unfortunate experience.. He applied to work at McDonalds, and was taken into custody once a background check revealed an arrest warrant that was from seven years ago.
Yes, this is possible. The police have the right to come to your house at any time and take you to jail. They can also charge your friends and family with obstruction of justice if they assist you in avoiding the police. It is not uncommon for someone to have an outstanding warrant on their record without being aware of it.
More recently, there has been an increase of warrants placed on innocent individuals. Criminals can easily commit numerous crimes using your personal information, or use your information at a traffic stop and never appear for court. This will result in numerous criminal warrants placed against you. Victims of identity theft are often arrested, and forced to sit in a jail cell until the truth can be sorted out. This is a situation that no one wants to live though and the most difficult to prevent from occurring. The only way to prevent this is through doing regular background checks on yourself. If you discover that you are a victim of identity theft, you must contact an attorney as soon as possible.
If there is a possibility that you have an active warrant against you, there are a few important points to keep in mind to ensure that you move through this challenge as smoothly as possible. The first and most important tip to keep in mind is that the police are not your friends in this situation. Too many people make the mistake of directly asking a police officer, or having a friend ask a police officer only to be immediately arrested. This will put you in a position of weakness because you will not have the opportunity to speak with an attorney in advance, and you will be not allowed to bail out. Even worse, you will look unfavorably to the judge because the officer will put on your record that you were taken in involuntarily.
Unfortunately, arrest warrants, including bench warrants do not ever expire. There is no statute of limitations for these types of warrants in the United States. The only action that will clear a bench warrant is death or the defendant's appearance in the court that issued the warrant. In other words, active warrants stay active forever.
Option One - you can just wait and do absolutely nothing. If this is a warrant for a lower crime, there is a chance that local police enforcement will not come looking for you. However, you will always be looking over your shoulder and can be dragged to jail for a simple traffic stop. As described in the example above, you can even be arrested after providing information on a job application.
Option Two - Since a warrant never expires on it's own, we suggest a second option. Remember that having an outstanding warrant is a legal problem that will follow you until it's dealt with. That is why we recommend that you contact an attorney first and then present yourself in front of a judge. Never, under ANY circumstances turn yourself in directly to a police officer. If you and your attorney are able to present a reasonable case to the judge, there is a chance that they will remove the bond and allow you to have a trial at a later date.
Regardless of your choice, staying informed is crucial in any legal challenge. At the very least, you must first determine whether you have an active warrant against you. This can be done by searching through the records at your local Sheriff's department or by simply doing an online background check on yourself.
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Short was a dominant defensive tackle at Purdue weighing in the 320-pound-plus range. He earned All-Big Ten honors and a reputation for taking plays off. The high motor NFL teams seek was missing.
The Combine message was clear: that has to change.
In fact, Short said, it already has.
"I feel more versatile now. My conditioning is way better. I can play more. I can run more. I can hustle. The key was finding a weight I was comfortable at and keep going at that. I feel better. I've gained confidence. I'm moving better."
Part of the reason for Short's fitness issues was playing too much, he said. He should have come out of games, he said, but stayed in because the Boilers needed him.
"I'm a competitive guy. I like to win every time I'm on the field. It was my fault I let my motor die just trying to play (more snaps). I was trying to help the team win and do my job.
"I should have tapped out a couple of times, but that's not in my character. I want to win. I was still trying to help team win. It was too many snaps for the weight I was at. It's not good to play 70 to 80 snaps weighing 320."
Because of a hamstring injury suffered in recent training, Short did not participate in any of the Combine's drills and physical tests, although he did talk with teams. He said the hamstring was "just tweaked" and that he'll be ready for his own March 25 Pro Day.
"At my pro day I'll try to beat some of these good times that will be run here," he said.
Short made a big impression at last month's Senior Bowl, when he was named the North team's most outstanding player. He said he came to the Combine to build on that momentum. He's projected as a late first-round or early second round pick. He said he grew a lot in the years under former Purdue coach Danny Hope.
"At Purdue I was more disciplined. I was a guy you can trust. I was a guy you could call on at any time. Coach Hope helped me a lot to play at the next level."
There is speculation Short might have to play defensive end at the NFL level as part of a 3-4 scheme. He said he's fine with that.
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By Pete Prisco
INDIANAPOLIS -- A dirt play, Peyton Manning called it, a simple, draw-it-up-on-the-fly play that we've all used at one time or another playing sandlot football.
Peyton Manning looks downfield for Brandon Stokley on the record-setting play. (AP)
It will go into the record books as a 21-year touchdown pass from Manning to Brandon Stokley, a throw that gave Manning 49 touchdown passes for the season, taking down Dan Marino's record 48. But the reality is that it was vintage Manning, truly a sign of what makes him so great.
How appropriate is it that the play that moved the Indianapolis Colts quarterback past (or is it passed?) Marino, breaking a record many thought would stand for a long, long time instead of just 20 years, came when Manning called the play on his own?
The throw got the Colts to within two, and they got the two-point conversion on a run by Edgerrin James to tie it with 56 seconds left, then won it 34-31 in overtime on a 30-yard field goal by Mike Vanderjagt to secure the No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs. But this day wasn't about seeding; it was about something truly special.
A crowd of 57,330 at the RCA Dome snapped off flashbulbs every time Manning made a throw near the end zone, hoping for a memento for the ages. It finally came on a play the Colts never ran in a game before, or even in a seven-on-seven drill in practice.
"It was a little bit of a dirt play," Manning said at his locker as he dressed to go celebrate with his family for the night. "It was kind of fun."
The Colts ran the same play earlier, with Manning hitting Reggie Wayne on a hitch route. On that play, Stokley ran a post-corner route, which sells the post, then breaks to the corner of the end zone.
Sensing the Chargers would play it that way again, Manning sidled over to Stokley before the play and told him to instead run the post. He then banged his left arm against his hip a couple of times, signaling for the play they had run earlier, making the Chargers think Stokley was going to the corner.
Instead, Stokley turned safety Jerry Wilson around like a spinning top, with Wilson falling to the ground thanks to the great route-running by the receiver. Manning then hit him in stride for the record-breaking score. Manning actually threw the ball well before Stokley's break, making it even more impressive since it was drawn up on the fly.
"We ran it a few times in one-on-one during practices," Stokley said. "It definitely works. We never ran it in a team atmosphere. It's kind of weird how it worked out that way. He told me to run the post and when he did, I kind of knew we'd have a chance at the touchdown."
The crowd erupted after the score, and Stokley ran to the bench with the ball, thinking he'd have a chance to keep it. Not quite. It was taken by NFL officials and will find a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Manning? You'd have thought he's just thrown touchdown No. 12 for the season instead of the record-breaker. But isn't that what we've come to expect from him? Manning wanted no part of an in-game interruption to honor his record, but more than that, he said he wanted the two-point play, and that was his focus -- the way it should be.
A failure there would mean a record but probably no victory. That's not Manning's style. So he quieted the crowd, ran the successful two-point play, then jogged to the sideline as the crowd roared and his teammates mobbed him. When the Colts won it in overtime, extending their winning streak to eight games and upping their record to 12-3, Manning could finally enjoy his accomplishment.
Well, sort of.
Manning has pushed aside all talk of his achievement during this run. He has made it a team thing, which is what you'd expect him to do. Still, as he stood at his locker, long after most of his teammates had showered and left, Manning was asked if he would finally take time to enjoy it. Maybe a beer or champagne toast with his family over a big, thick steak?
Manning, as usual, danced around the question. He said something about not feeling as good since brother Eli's New York Giants team had lost. He also talked again about how it was more about team then him, about how it was good to play a close game.
And then, he let his guard down some, and admitted it was special.
"It will make for a fun evening," Manning said. "If we wouldn't have won the game, it really wouldn't have been that special. It would have been a downer."
Manning started slowly as the Chargers jumped to a 24-9 lead. Manning completed 12 of 19 for 141 yards in the first half, but he was picked off once and seemed to be off a bit. San Diego's 3-4 defense, with a lot of switching of coverages in the secondary, seemed to slow the Colts, much as the Ravens did in the first half last week.
Eventually, Manning and offensive coordinator Tom Moore figured it out. Early on, the Colts used a lot of two tight-end formations, but they switched to mostly three-receiver sets in the second half. That meant Stokley on the field along with Wayne and Marvin Harrison.
The biggest throw Manning made on the day came on the drive leading to the record-breaker, bigger because without it, he doesn't get the record. It came on a fourth-and-4 with Indy at its own 26. The Colts almost sent the punt team on, but coach Tony Dungy decided against it, although it sure looked like Manning's waving the punt team away had some influence.
Coach Manning?
Both Manning and Dungy said the decision to go for it was made before Manning's wave off. Whoever made the call, it proved to be he right one when Manning hit Wayne for a 19-yard completion at the two-minute warning.
Five plays later, Stokley was carrying the ball off the field, a keepsake for the ages.
"I don't know who got away with it," Stokley said. "Somebody came and took it."
Manning finished 27-of-44 for 383 yards and two touchdowns, the first coming on a 3-yard shovel pass to James Mungro, which tied Marino.
A shovel pass wouldn't have been right for the record-breaker, would it? A dart throw before the receiver even breaks his route was the right way for Manning to take it down, the way he has put up so many this season.
But even this was special for a different reason. Manning made it that way when he pulled Stokley aside and changed the route, going back to his roots as a kid playing in the backyard throwing to his brother, Cooper. Only now this dirt play won't soon be erased by water or anything else, its place in history protected until the next big-time passer tries to take it down.


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What % of older people commit suicide?
The highest suicide rates of any age group occur among persons aged 65 years and older. There is an average of one suicide among the elderly every 90 minutes. In 1998, suicide ranked as the sixteenth leading cause of death among those aged 65 years and older and accounted for 5803 deaths among this age group in the U.S.. Suicide disproportionately impacts the elderly. In 1998, this group represented 13% of the population, but suffered 19% of all suicide deaths. The rate among adults aged 65-69 was 13.1 per 100,000 (all rates are per 100,000 population), the rate among those aged 70-74 was 15.2, the rate for those aged 75-79 was 17.6, among persons aged 80-84 the rate was 22.9, and among persons aged 85+ the rate was 21.0. Firearms (71%), overdose [liquids, pills or gas] (11%) and suffocation (11%) were the three most common methods of suicide used by persons aged 65+ years. In 1998, firearms were the most common method of suicide by both males and females, accounting for 78% of male and 35% of female suicides in that age group. Risk factors for suicide among older persons differ from those among the young. In addition to a higher prevalence of depression, older persons are more socially isolated and more frequently use highly lethal methods. They also make fewer attempts per completed suicide, have a higher-male-to-female ratio than other groups, have often visited a health-care provider before their suicide, and have more physical illnesses. It is estimated that 20% of elderly (over 65 years) persons who commit suicide visited a physician within 24 hours of their act, 41% visited within a week of their suicide and 75% have been seen by a physician within one month of their suicide. In 1998, men accounted for 84% of suicides among persons aged 65 years and older. Suicide rates among the elderly are highest for those who are divorced or widowed. In 1998, among males aged 75 years and older the rate for divorced men was 3.4 times and widowed men was 2.6 times that for married men. In the same age group, the suicide rate for divorced women was 2.8 times and widowed women was 1.9 times the rate among married women. Several factors relative to those over 65 years will play a role in future suicide rates among the elderly, including growth in the absolute and proportionate size of that population; health status; availability of services, and attitudes about aging and suicide.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Helloworld Example Java : How to run Java Program from command prompt
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- Anonymous said...
step by step tutorial, you better call it HelloWorld Example in Java, it would be more appropriated. I wanted to write HelloWorld in Java and found this quite helpful.
- November 20, 2011 at 11:58 PM
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- November 23, 2011 at 11:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
I was looking for How to run java program from command line and got this , I have a confusion is command prompt and command line is same thing or different. java on command line or java on command prompt will run alike or not, please advise
- January 9, 2012 at 12:07 AM
- Heidarzadeh said...
Command line and command prompt are the same.
- May 26, 2012 at 11:07 AM
- John said...
Can I run my Java program written in notepad or using DOS Editor using above steps ? I understand I need to save by Java program to .java file, compile it using javac command and run it using java command but my doubt is I am coding in windows using notepad but I need to run my Java program in Solaris host which is a Unix machine, I heard Java program written in notepad in windows contains line separator as /r/n while line separator in Unix is /n, won't that create any issue while running Java program in Solaris box?
- September 6, 2012 at 10:43 PM
- Andrew said...
Can you please let us know How to run Java program in any IDE like Netbeans or Eclipse, I have coding in text editor as textpad or notepad and don't like writing Java program in VI or EMACS editor in Unix operating system e.g. Linux, AIX, BSD or even Solaris. What I want to learn is using Eclipse to run my Java program as soon as I finished coding, is it possible to do that without setting path or classpath etc?
- September 6, 2012 at 10:46 PM
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command line arguments are those which you pass while running your Java program from command prompt using "java" command e.g.
java Helloworld abcd 1234
will run HelloWorld class and pass two command line parameters.
- September 7, 2012 at 6:25 AM
- ClintJCL said...
This isn't going to work because you opened your string with " but closed it with '
- October 25, 2012 at 11:04 AM
- ClintJCL said...
Also, I got this error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: helloWorld
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: helloWorld
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
Could not find the main class: helloWorld. Program will exit.
Of course, my classpath is just fine, and matches what Eclipse is successfully using... But I really wanted to try something at the command line :/
- October 25, 2012 at 11:06 AM
- Anonymous said...
i am having some problems with running the java program i created with command prompt can anyone help me ?
- November 16, 2012 at 5:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
Can you please write about
How to run Java program from Windows 7 and Windows 8 ?
How to run Java program from UNIX, Linux and Solaris ?
I heard Java is platform independent but still I have trouble running Java program from Windows to Unix, please help
- December 4, 2012 at 11:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
Best HelloWorld guide for Java Developers, I have seen so far. Thanks a ton dude.
- May 14, 2013 at 8:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
I have read this tutorial. But i have an issue while i am saving the notepad file demo.java in D drive. Now how to compile by command prompt?
- July 24, 2013 at 3:49 AM
- Neel said...
what if ..m not able to save my program in bin?
means m getting a dialogue box saying that u don not have authority to access it ..wuld u like to save in my documents ? wat shuld i do ? plz help
- August 19, 2013 at 8:29 AM
- Anonymous said...
What program should it be typed into? I was using notepad but the .java part wasn't saving as part of the name for some reason.
Whenever I typed it into command prompt, it then said the file couldn't be found.
- October 12, 2013 at 5:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
I am answering a couple questions asked by readers. (1) If using Notepad, when saving, on "Save as Type:" select "All files (*.*)", and make sure the name of the file is exactly the same as the class name. In the above case, the file name must be "Helloworld.java". (2) There is an error in the example file! The text in the line should read as follows: System.out.println("I am running my first Java program"); Note the closing " mark instead of '. (3) To open a command prompt in Windows 8, easiest (I think) is to right-click the Start icon (lower left corner) and select it from the choices. Then, navigate to where you have saved the Helloworld.java file. Perhaps this will be in your desktop or documents folders? The command to change directories is cd. The command prompt program usually starts you at c:\Users\yourname. If the file is in the Documents directory, type "cd Documents". If you type "dir" it will list all files and directories in your current file location.
- January 27, 2015 at 11:50 AM
- Anonymous said...
When i try to run my test.java program (which compiles perfectly fine) i get the error, that 'the file C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe cannot be found'. I couldn't find any solution for this problem on the Internet, do you know what could cause the problem and how to fix it?
- February 14, 2015 at 7:20 AM
- wadhwa said...
plz tell me i m facing an error while running helloworld program the error is
error while writing HelloWorld :HelloWorld.class(Access is denied)
public class Helloworld
1 error
- July 28, 2015 at 10:41 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hello. My version of Java is jre1.8.0_40 I'm confused about what to install for the Path, would there be a conflict if I were to install a JDK to my version of Java? I saw something confusing at Oracle when I was about to download the said instructions above. It says that JDK (Download), Server JRE (Download) & JRE (Download). What should I do now?
- August 27, 2015 at 8:58 AM
- Javin Paul said...
@Anonymous, you need JDK if you want to do Java development e.g. writing Java code, compiling them to class file and run them using java command, but if you have a JAR file and you want to run it, JRE is enough, same is the case with Applet.
So, download and install JDK if you want to write Java code. You should define a JAVA_HOME variable and add %JAVA_HOME%/bin in PATH so that javac and other tool are available to your command prompt.
See following tutorials to learn more :
How to set JAVA_HOME see here
- August 30, 2015 at 6:18 AM


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EPISODE 69: Bernie Allen – Caramel Delight (Green Martian)
Bernie Allen is a deep progressive tech producer, hailing from Vancouver, Canada.
With releases in various labels such as Lost Language, LQD Grooves, System Recordings, Bellarine Recordings, Workout and many others, he has enjoyed support from several top artists in the industry, like John Digweed, Hernan Cattaneo, Richie Hawtin, Dave Seaman, Roger Sanchez, Sander Kleinenberg, Dubfire, Markus Schulz, Nic Fanciulli, Nick Warren and many other exceptional DJs.
This new release features three original tracks, Caramel Delight, Fabiana, and Vapour Love.
EPISODE 70: Victor Maximiliano – The Ratrace (Eyepatch Recordings)
Victor Maximiliano is a deep-tech house producer and remixer from the Netherlands.
His musical interest began in the early days of the legendary Roxy in Amsterdam.
Soon he bought his first analog gear and did a lot of experimenting with electronic sounds on Korg MS10 (which he still owns) and the Roland TR 808.
In the 90s he worked as a radio DJ for some popular local FM radio stations.
Victor worked together with DJ Promo as the Vinyl Maniacs and they had a short successful period in the Amsterdam underground scene in the mid 90s.
It was until 2009 he created his own unique deep sound and made his first digital releases for different record labels.
EPISODE 71: Daniele Kama – The Revenge EP (Piston Recordings)
The Revenge EP is the first full release for Daniele Kama in Piston Recordings, just straight after his well received remix work for Adrian C & Dubsons – Fito. Hailing from Rome, Italy, Daniele has already a long roster of releases in labels like Sphera Records, Orion Muzik, Potobolo Rec, Black Rose Records, Microtech Records, Soulman Music, and Natura Viva as well as collaborations with Kaiserdisco, Pierce, Phunklarique and Broombeck. The Revenge EP comes with two original tracks, Color Inside and Above The Sunshine, plus a dope and deep remix from Charles Ramirez to the latest. Another solid release for Piston Recordings catalog.
EPISODE 72: Dee Brown – Switch EP (Bonzai Basiks)
Raising talent from Belfast, UK, Dee Brown gets is debut release on Bonzai Basiks with this Switch EP.
The release comes with three original tracks, Switch, The Mentor, and Pressed, plus a remix to The Mentor provided by Dee himself.
EPISODE 73: Fabio Scalabroni – Equinox (Eyepatch Recordings)
Scalabroni is an electronic musician and DJ who performed under several names – such as Scalabroni, Cogor, Hologram, Ambit 3, Bit Bucket his works include both own tracks and remixes for others.
In 1997, together with Andrea Angelini and Davide DOnofrio he created a small and independent label named Syncretic that produced and released two records W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G. EP and Antiorario. Under his Cogor alias, he produced three tracks released by Syncretic Records.
In he 1998 took part in the production of a compilation released by the magazine Time Out among other artists such as Marco Passarani, Lory D. and other artists from the Italian electronic scene.
In 2001 he worked with the memorable Italian rap band Assalti Frontali in order to produce the remix album 12 Remix da un Altro Mondo (BMG Records). Scalabroni played with Angelini, DOnofrio and Micheli on one track, while remixed two tracks under the name Cogor.
Between 2003 and 2005 he performed under the name Hologram and worked on several compilations: Broken Pots Hill Vol.1 and Broken Pots Hill Vol.2 – Label: Minimalrome Spacelab Compilation Label: R.O.R. AutoCD Compilation Netlabel: Wavengine
In 2003, the project Ambit3 started and Scalabroni together with his partners of Syncretic Records produced one track for the compilation, Mission Three: Establishing Electronix Network, released by Nature Records. In the same year, Nature Records and NAT2122 produced Ambit3s first album with the title Enwrapped.
In the last few years, he played as DJ and performed live DJ sets in various clubs and festivals like Arezzo Wave, Distorsonie Festival, Transcodex Festival, Warp Magic Bus Tour, M.I.T. Auditorium roma, l-ektrica Akab Club, Electroma Festival, Blueroom RialtoSantambrogio Club, Enzimi 2006 Termini-Roma, Rashomon Club, Metaverso Club
In 2007, another Ambit3s work was released Five Tales EP on Nature Records
In the same year, he performed as resident dj with artists like: Legowelt, Abe Duque, I-F, Passarani and more.
EPISODE 74: Philthy Chit – Southbound On The Northern Line (Bonzai Progressive)
DJs PHILTHY CHIT aka Phil Taylor and Chitra Kumar are two people whose sole aim in dance music is to make people realise that music matters. They pride themselves on being clubbers before DJs and it is this perspective on dance music which keeps them rooted to what it is people want to hear when they see them play. Their passion for creating sets with vibrant, energetic and emotive dance music is unique amongst todays up and coming artists.
Moving away from the minimal scene which has for so long confined dance music, they look to bring back the ecstasy into house music through their performances. With their influences spanning a wide range; deep into trance and progressive house of an ERIC PRYDZ nature, to the raw techno influences of people such as SLAM, their unique sound embodies everything that dance music should do. Their ability to bring together euphoric, thought provoking melodies and chunky driving bass-lines through seamless progressive mixing using loops and effects imaginatively, keep the crowd engaged at every level.
Through their own hard work they have created one of Manchester's finest electronic nights with a zealous following. People travel from both ends of the country each month just to be a part of the special clubbing community which they have created in AGENDA. Using this as a platform to take their message to the dance hungry folk of Manchester they have gained an underground reputation for their ability to mix at a professional level and play sets the likes of which they can confidently say cannot be heard anywhere else. The atmosphere they create for clubbers is one of unity and completeness, something they were proud to share with the likes of DJ HARRI, the founder of Glasgow's legendary underground night Sub Culture @the (infamous) Sub Club, when he played with them for Agenda's 1st birthday last November.
This year will see Philthy Chit grow from strength to strength, with top artists from labels such as Bedrock and Anjuna Beats all waiting to play at AGENDA and take on their unique sound. They represent artists who are to be distinguished solely by their exceptional natural talent and the musical principles they hold rather than hype or fashion. To think that they have achieved so much yet they have only been DJing for over 18 months speaks volumes about their passion and ability to perform.
EPISODE 75: Lucio Grandi – Paradise in Flames (Howz Choonz)
Lucio Grandi was born in Cali, Colombia on August 5, 1984, with Colombian, French and Italian roots.
His first contact with electronic music happens a the sweet age of 6 when Dance and House music hit the local radios. Intense happiness filled him listening to these tunes. Not long before he starts experimenting with recording tunes and making his own mixtapes.
Ten years later after learning how to mix properly on turn-tables he starts his carrier as a professional DJ playing Techno and listening to DJs like Marco Carola, Ben Sims, Cristian Varela, Jeff Mills, Samuel L Session. He filled his DJ-bag with the dark sounds of strong Techno.
But only 2 years later he finds himself tired of that sound and starts the search of his very own musical identity. DJs like Danny Tenaglia, Vibe, Victor Calderone, Carlos Manaca, Richie Santana convince him that Tribal is his call.
Still not satisfied he ends up to adapt House and Alternative Music into his sets and this turns out to be his true self. Influenced by names like Silicone Soul, Peace Division, Little Louie Vega, Armand Van Helden, Harry Romero, Alton Miller , Afrika Bambaataa gave him the needed diversification and shades in tones that this genre contains.
Actually, it is that variation, that diversification that House Music offers that marks his identity as a DJ because he can choose between one side or the other, achieving a more intense atmosphere in his sets.
He has played along with DJs like Franco de Mulero, Jose Viscaya, Malambo, Lexx, Chile, Chloe Harris of London and with David Guetta in 2009 after winning the first DJ contest of his hometown.
He has played in Mission Club, Cooseres, La Cantera, Joan of Arc, Central Valley Pacific events, private parties, etc.
Today he finds himself as a DJ and producer to be part of the infamous Bonzai label group. Convinced of their professionalism and way of working he finds his tracks released on several Bonzai related labels.
This is for Lucio the fulfillment of a dream as he always had wanted to be part of this label.
EPISODE 76: Forbes & Ilgner – Oracle (Bonzai Basiks)
New single release for Bonzai Basiks from Forbes & Ilgner.
Oracle comes with the original track plus four remixes by Melanie Di Tria, Luke Fire, Janzon and Prompter.
EPISODE 77: Tempterzz – Rise of the Bells (Howz Choonz)
Tempterzz ( tempting and unique breeze ) belongs to the already well known DJ and house producer from Slovenia, Tilen. His DJ set is full of variety everything from deep, funky groove beats and NuDisco house. He pulls everything together into a nice rythmic sound and an unique concept. Tilen used to work as a DJ and a producer of techno music and with all of those years of experiences he went back to his own roots of house movement and created a brand called Tempterzz.
In the year of 2003 he started to organise so called beach parties at his hometown. After five succesfull years of creating parties he has quited with that and moved onto production and booking managment.
Tempterzz with every single visit touches the visitors and leaves an unique mark on everyone at the dancefloor. His playfull vibe, acapellas, interruptions and Tempterzz productions are just some of his qualities and keys off how to please and convince even those who dont believe that quality really exsist. Tilen has a picky touch and everyone who has been to his gigs in Slovenia and countries around the globe can confirm that. He already played in: Ambasada Gavioli, Inbox club, Heaven club, Casablanca club, Club K4, Tivoli club, Club SubSub, Beach club Alaya, Coco Cafe Portorose and many more. You could have noticed him in clubs and open airs events around Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Italy, Croatia and Austria.
He has played side by side with many respectfull artists such as: Frankie Knuckles, DJ Sneak, Dimitry from Paris, David Morales, Erick Morillo, Soul Central, Phats & Small, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Todd Terry, Ian Carey, Tim Deluxe, Chus & Cheballos, Milk & Sugar, Mark Knight, Stefano Noferini, Atfc, Copyright, Jerry Ropero, Dennis the Menace, Kid Massive and many others…
Now he is more into production which is getting recognition by respectfull artists, so you may expect a few releases out by the end of this year. Because of his cappability of beeing a good label manager and a DJ he has recently created a record label called SLICE N DICE. Future bookings could tell you a lot of this quality; he is booked at one of the biggest party at this very moment called DANCE REPUBLIC organised by the biggest organisation group LePlac, his U.S. ( Mexico, Puerto Rico, Bahamas ) & South America ( Chile ) tour is in progress from august 2010 till February 2011. One of the last, big events he has visited was one of the biggest united events Spring Break Umag, powered by MTV.
EPISODE 78: Adrian C & Dubsons – Fito (Piston Recordings)
Debut release in Piston Recordings for Adrian C. The release comes with three original tracks, Fito, in cooperation with the Dubsons, Jammin and Cala Mine. On top of that, Daniele Kama throws in a remix for Fito.
EPISODE 79: Fab Code – Fucked Up (Mint & Mustard Recordings)
At an early age Fab was bewitched by music. It was around 6 years of age that he was attracted by the sounds of soul, funk and later disco, funky, new-wave playing from his parents jukebox. Rocked to the sounds of Tamla Motown, Michael Jackson, James Brown, Barry White, KC & The Sunshine Band and later Kraftwerk, Human League, Depeche Mode and many others, he built up a strong and diverse music background dominated by rhythm and groove.
With a DJ career spanning from the early 80´s up until now, it was at the end of 2009, Fab decided to move and settle in the United Kingdom !
Freshly landed in Manchester, his new home, he went back to work and returned to the recording studio to relaunch his career as a producer / composer. He released his first tracks in 2010 on Belgian label Kiss My Beat Records (KMB) and has now signed with Bonzai Music to release some material on Bonzai Progressive, Bonzai Basiks and Mint & Mustard labels.
The artist has had support from various DJ´s, such as:
Slam, Nic Fanciulli, Moussa Clarke, Wyndell Long, James Grindle, Graham Gold amongst others.
EPISODE 80: Tony Awake & Free Mind – Fiji (Bonzai Progressive)
New release in Bonzai Progressive , this time with the talented duo Tony Awake & Free Mind, both hailing from Estonia.
The single comes with the original track Fiji, plus a wonderful remix from Mindgamers.
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18 November 2011 Bonzai Progressive UPDATES Adrian C, Bernie Allen, Daniele Kama, Dee Brown, Dubsons, Fab Code, Fabio Scalabroni, Forbes 6 Ilgner, Free Mind, Lucio Grandi, Philthy Chit, Tempterzz, Tony Awake, Victor Maximiliano


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Too little, too late for A's as Colon falls to Yanks
Offense quiet for eight innings; righty allows three runs over 5 1/3
NEW YORK -- A hot and cold A's offense fell into the latter pattern Saturday, failing to muster anything against Yankees righty Phil Hughes in a 4-2 loss in New York.
After shutting out the Yankees less than 12 hours prior to their second meeting in the Bronx, the A's were given the same treatment by Hughes in the middle game of the weekend series, collecting just four hits while striking out nine times in eight innings against the righty in the matinee.
Oakland is averaging 7.9 runs in its 17 wins, next to just 2.2 in 14 losses.
"We've faced some pretty good starters that have shut us down," manager Bob Melvin said. "Certainly Hughes was really good."
The lack of offense didn't leave much room for error for Bartolo Colon, who was responsible for three runs on six hits with three strikeouts and no walks in 5 1/3 innings, marking just the first time in six starts he hasn't completed at least six frames.
Colon offered up two home runs in the process -- the first to Chris Stewart in the third, and the second a solo shot off the bat of Lyle Overbay in the fifth -- after having given up two total in his first five outings. But he was otherwise reliable, his only other run allowed coming on Travis Hafner's RBI bloop hit with one out in the sixth, which would end his day.
The Yankees added a run in the seventh off right-hander Chris Resop, who has allowed seven runs in his last eight appearances, after maintaining a zero ERA over his first seven outings.
"I think I only made one mistake," Colon said through translator and A's coach Ariel Prieto. "The pitch [to Stewart] was supposed to be outside and it was inside. Everything else was good."
"He didn't pitch bad," said Melvin. "He gave up two home runs and a bloop hit. Most days that will keep you in the game and give you a chance to win."
But for as many strikes as Colon was throwing, Hughes was matching him.
"He threw strike one," said Josh Donaldson, hitless in four at-bats. "He was ahead of everybody and works really fast. It's tough to get settled in on him, just because he was going so fast the entire time. He located his heater all day, pretty much, and the couple times he missed over the plate, we didn't make him pay for it."
Said Hughes: "When I'm getting ahead of guys, it makes it a lot easier to do what I want to do during the course of the at-bat. I was aggressive with my fastball, I was able to get ahead and, for the most part, did what I wanted to do."
The A's, who had won four of their last five games, did not, and they again saw a hitless performance from Josh Reddick, though he did walk once and beat out a potential double-play ball at first base.
Oakland's right fielder, still looking for his first hit at Yankee Stadium after 33 at-bats without one, is carrying around a .138 average after Saturday's game. Of all Major League players with at least 75 at-bats, only Minnesota's Aaron Hicks has a lower mark (.123).
"You have to find the positives," Melvin said. "He hasn't lost his fight. He hustles down the line. He's still playing hard, just searching for anything he can to be positive. Hopefully a couple good games will get him rolling."
Reddick's RBI groundout led to one of two runs scored by the A's in the ninth, when Yoenis Cespedes led off with a single against Shawn Kelley. The Yankees then called on Mariano Rivera, who allowed Kelley's run to score on Seth Smith's RBI knock, before inducing the groundout from Reddick and a flyout off the bat of Adam Rosales.
By day's end, it was too little, too late.
"That's the name of the game, getting hot all together," said catcher John Jaso. "Get a walk or two in there and a hit. We didn't really do that much."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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His favourite stroke might be the freestyle, but it was in the 200-metre individual medley that Jeffrey Steiman really showed his mettle.
Steiman took home a gold medal in the event at the recent Ontario Special Olympics in Kingston, Ont.
The 22-year-old also earned medals in his favourite stroke, winning silvers in the 100-metre and 50-metre freestyle races. A bronze in the 50-metre backstroke rounded out his medal haul.
Roughly 1,000 competitors participated in the Games, which included five- and 10-pin bowling competitions, bocce and basketball.
Jeffrey swims for the North York Eels swim club, his dad, Howard, told The CJN. He's been a swimmer since he was five. The Eels compete in local and regional events two or three times a year, and they take part in the provincial and national competitions, which are held every four years. At the last provincials four years ago, Jeffrey took home four medals, his dad recalled.
Jeffrey trained once a week in preparing for the Ontario Games, spending 2-1/2 hours in the pool. "Like everybody else, he's not that keen on training every week, but when it comes to the competition, he looks forward to it," Howard said. "He loves the accolades and the medals. Jeffrey likes to win, just like any other athlete."
In addition to swimming, Jeffrey enjoys karate and has earned a black belt. He's competed in bowling at other Special Olympics.
He goes "spinning" on a stationary bike with his grandfather once a week, and he does some weight training as well, Howard said.
When he's not competing in sports, Jeffrey has a job packaging bulk items, work he found through the MukiBaum Treatment Centres.


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December 5, 2008
GM for a Day
Back before joining Baseball Prospectus, I spent a lengthy portion of my winters writing for my own site, The Futility Infielder, systematically exploring the Yankees' options for rebuilding in the hope of restoring their championship luster. I first did this in the winter of 2001-2002, and if you've noticed a dearth of titles since that point (or the year before it, actually), you can blame Yankee GM Brian Cashman for not taking my advice.
My duties on the BP annuals have overtaken my attempts to remake the Yanks, but today I take the reins from Cashman and put forth my blueprint for the 2009 club. For the purposes of this exercise, I'll assume there's no turning back the clock. Colleague Joe Sheehan rightly upbraided Cashman for failing to offer Bobby Abreu and Andy Pettitte arbitration, and those decisions are in the books; I won't cheat by hitting the magic "undo" button. We move on.
The Yankees won 89 games last year but finished third in the AL East, missing the playoffs for the first time since 1993. Their offense fell off dramatically, from 5.98 runs per game (best in the majors), down to 4.87 per game (seventh-best in the AL). Jorge Posada missed most of the season, Alex Rodriguez couldn't match the previous year's MVP-winning performance, youngsters Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano took major steps backwards, and the rest of the cast slid a year further away from their primes. It was not pretty.
The pitching staff actually improved slightly, from allowing 4.80 runs per game to 4.49 per game, both good for eighth in the AL. They did that despite Pettitte and Mike Mussina being the only pitchers making more than 20 starts. Chien-Ming Wang and Joba Chamberlain both suffered season-ending injuries, and youngsters Philip Hughes and Ian Kennedy missed significant time as well while collectively failing to notch a single win. Grade-D fillers like Darrell Rasner, Sidney Ponson, and the undead Carl Pavano took up the slack, all with ERAs well above 5.00.
The rotation's disarray was in part the result of Cashman's failed gambit to rely upon the Chamberlain/Hughes/Kennedy triumvirate-none of whom had ever pitched a full major league season-while bypassing the opportunity to trade at least one of the latter two in a blockbuster deal for Johan Santana. As such, the rotation received much of the blame (which came from all sides, including within the organization) for the Yankees' playoff, and their first major order of business this winter was a six-year, $140 million offer to free agent CC Sabathia, the most lucrative pact ever offered to a pitcher.
Sabathia's arrival won't solve everything, as the Yanks have several vacancies created by free agency. Abreu and first baseman/DH Jason Giambi are gone, as are Pettitte and Mussina, the latter having recently retired. They've made one major move this offseason, trading reserve infielder Wilson Betemit and two pitching prospects to the White Sox for Nick Swisher and a pitching prospect. Trading for Swisher is a move I actually advocated in a Hot Stove Preview piece that appeared just hours before the Yankees swung that deal. My thinking was that Swisher's ability to play the outfield and first base would enable a more flexible approach to the winter market, and in particular their pursuit of its top hitter, first baseman Mark Teixeira. Unfortunately, Cashman appears to have settled for Swisher as his first baseman in the hopes of saving his money for Sabathia. For that, and for his arbitration transgressions, he's been reassigned to the mailroom while I take over.
My regime is taking a different approach. Behind nominal staff ace Wang, the Yanks still have those three healthy young pitchers, along with more pitching prospects on the way, starting with reliever Mark Melancon. Improving the rotation is a priority, but given that the organization has only one prime hitting prospect with experience above A-ball-center fielder Austin Jackson, who's coming off of a .285/.354/.419 season in Double-A as a 21-year-old-a long-term play to improve the offense is the more pressing concern.
As such, here is my plan:
With my work completed, the Yankees would look something like this:
Lineup: LF-L Damon SS-R Jeter 1B-S Teixeira 3B-R Rodriguez C-S Posada CF-S Winn RF-S Swisher DH (open) 2B-L Cano Bench: C-R Molina C-S Zaun INF-L Counsell INF-R Garciaparra OF-R Nady OF-S Cabrera Rotation: S1-R Wang S2-R Chamberlain S3-R Lowe S4-R Sheets S5-R Hughes Bullpen: CL-R Rivera SU-R Bruney SU-L Marte RP-R Veras RP-R Ramirez RP-L Coke
That's a lot of flexibility in the lineup with so many switch-hitters, but the rotation tilts entirely to the right, which may provide a reason to do something like sign Oliver Perez (oy vey), or bring back Pettitte instead of Sheets, thereby saving some money. The bullpen I'm reasonably satisfied with, enough to skip a major move, given that shuffling through the young arms in front of Mariano Rivera was an area for which first-year Yankee manager Joe Girardi demonstrated an above-average knack. With Kennedy, Aceves, Melancon, Humberto Sanchez, Chris Britton, Dan Giese, and David Robertson, the farm will be brimming with other options besides those above.
As for the price tag on this, with the Yankees moving into their new cash cow of a stadium, money is hardly their biggest concern. Even so, this is actually relatively restrained by their standards. Using the worksheet at the excellent MLB Trade Rumors, and contract data at Cot's Baseball Contracts, the 25-man roster above comes in at $189 million before the raises due Wang, Bruney, and Nady, and generously assuming straight average annual value figures for the big-ticket free agents. Right there, that's $20 million less than last year's Opening Day payroll, and even if the free agent figures creep up a million here or there, the 2009 Yankees will be cheaper than their predecessors-and hopefully more successful.
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There's at least one error in the above piece. The Angels did NOT offer Teixeira an extension after they acquired him. In fact, they have yet to make him an offer of any kind.
Dec 05, 2008 08:24 AM
My bad. "Outbid the Angels, who traded for him last year, and were rebuffed after offering him an eight-year, $144 million extension" was incorrect; it was the Rangers who offered him that pre-trade in 2007.
Dec 05, 2008 08:38 AM
Yesterday, you had the Mets bidding 4/$62M for Derek Lowe's services and today it's just 4/$36M? Besides, if you have every team go after Lowe, you're just going to drive up his salary demands.
Dec 05, 2008 08:47 AM
Please read those grafs again as that's not at all what I said. 4/36 was his Dodger deal, I've offered 4/64 as a starting point.
Dec 05, 2008 09:06 AM
A few comments. Don't you lose the favorable Nady / Swisher platoon if you have them both in the lineup? Swisher will DH against lefties (.197/.359/.386)? Given his performance last year, do you think there would be a team willing to give Hinske at least a shot at a starting role? I cannot see him signing with the Yankees if they also sign Tex. I love the Nomar idea. I would love to see that.
Dec 05, 2008 09:13 AM
Oh, I'm not pretending Lowe is a bargain; he ain't exactly a secret. I'm paying beaucoups $ for predictability and consistency at an established level of performance.
Dec 05, 2008 09:47 AM
Have you though about signing Orlando Husdon to play 2b and using Cano in the DH/extra OF spot instead? While Hudson will cost more than your ~$4m DH options, the defensive boost should be worth a win or two, no? And for a club at the margin of the playoffs, those wins are very valuable.
Dec 05, 2008 09:19 AM
I thought about Hudson and mentioned him as an option in a fun little four-part video series done over at Bronx Banter (http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2008/11/25/musical-chairs-the-outfield-and-dh) with Friends of BP Alex Belth and Cliff Corcoran.
Dec 05, 2008 09:42 AM
Matt Kory
"Plus I had already blown my word count."
Dec 05, 2008 10:44 AM
I appreciate the kind words.
Dec 05, 2008 11:06 AM
On that note, the SI version (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/12/05/bp.yankees/index.html?eref=T1) not so deftly cuts the first graf and first sentence of the second, beginning, "For the purposes of this exercise..."
Dec 05, 2008 14:08 PM
Why on earth would the Giants trade their 790 OPS/decent CF for a 790 OPS/lousy LF?
Dec 05, 2008 09:50 AM
Ummm, because you can't go on one year of OPS alone to analyze a trade, maybe?
Dec 05, 2008 10:03 AM
Still no way the Giants would do that. The defensive hit would negate any offensive gain, not to mention Matsui's injury problems. Plus, if they're going to trade away Winn, they'd be better served doing it to get PT for Schierholtz.
Dec 05, 2008 11:32 AM
Sign a backup 2B with a .325 OBP??? Heck, make him the starter. He'll get on base more often than Cano.
Dec 05, 2008 09:54 AM
Zaun has 3 Gs in his Gregg.
Dec 05, 2008 10:16 AM
Matsui for Winn? The Giants aren't a team in need of salary relief as they are one of the more wealthy teams in all of baseball. Not to mention exchanging Winn's 30 VORP for Matsui's 16, on top of the injury risk associated with Matsui, I doubt the Giants would be looking for a "straight swap." This seems like something you would see on a Yankee fan site due to its lunacy.
Dec 05, 2008 10:41 AM
The thing that hits home is what a staggering amount of money the Yankees have to spend: Texeira, Lowe, and Sheets to payroll that already touts Arod, Jeter, Posada, Damon, Rivera...we're talking $8+ million a roster spot when all is said and done.
Dec 05, 2008 11:42 AM
Bill Parker
Good stuff...I'm rooting hard against Nomar joining the Yanks for at least two reasons:
Dec 05, 2008 11:48 AM
You duly noted the the real problem with the Yankees last year was more offensive than pitching. But then you propose a lineup with Randy Winn, Nick Swisher, and ? at DH to replace Matsui, Cabrera, and Giambi? That's an awful lot for TEX to make up.
Dec 05, 2008 11:55 AM
Presumably Posada over Molina would count as a gain. I'm banking on some amount of improvement from Cano, and Swisher being Swisher pre-2008.
Dec 05, 2008 13:38 PM
glad you agree with me on the nady/swisher platoon. nady isnt good enough to run out in the lineup everyday on a championship caliber team. a nady/swisher platoon should have decent offense potential while playing an acceptable right field (certainly better than abreu).
Dec 05, 2008 13:34 PM
Guessing what the Yankees are more likely to do:
Dec 05, 2008 14:38 PM
Until Brian Cashman (or Jay in this case) addresses team defense in a meaningful way, you could bring Cy Young in and the offense would need to carry the team.
Dec 05, 2008 15:14 PM
Where does this Cano for Kemp stuff come from? This isn't happening, hasn't happened and won't ever happen.
Dec 05, 2008 17:07 PM
Sorry, Jay, but your plan leaves much to be desired, and doesn't even make sense.
Dec 05, 2008 15:48 PM
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Okay, I'll accept your love fest for the Yankees under one condition - and this comes with the added caveat that I love this website: Please tell me why you and the rest of the staff "hate" the Angels so much. I'm a long-time suffering fan who is enjoying the winning culture of the last 6 seasons. However, rarely is there an article that is exclusively about them. And more often than not, the sidebars are less than flattering put-downs. Who is it that you don't like? Moreno? Scioscia? A lack of a writer from/with West Coast perspective? What gives?
Dec 05, 2008 16:25 PM
I would imagine it has everything to do with those invalid reasons and nothing to do with perfectly valid reasons.
Dec 05, 2008 17:09 PM
Sheesh, whoever said anything about me hating the Angels? I have a healthy and hearty respect for them myself, wrote very nice things about them in the BP06 essay, and I as well as my colleagues have acknowledged numerous times that there's more than one way to skin the sabermetric cat. Their track record in the AL West speaks for itself. Joe Sheehan has written about them regularly, and earlier this year, I devoted an article to their setting a record for exceeding their third-order projected record, and was the godfather of Mike Scioscia's youngest child. Ok, maybe not that last part, but seriously, you haven't been paying close enough attention if you think we've been dissing or avoiding the Angels.
Dec 05, 2008 17:38 PM
As A Giants Fan I would be both extreamly pissed and suprised if Sabean was dumb enought to trade Winn for Matsui. Matsui is a DH and an injury risk DH at that. Now of you want to offer Swisher for Winn then we can talk.
Dec 05, 2008 16:54 PM
Jay, thank you, this is what BP is all about! So, my differences with you:
Dec 05, 2008 18:43 PM
This seems to be a common theme among some Yanks fans. "We hate Cano, so lets trade him". If you guys dont like him, what makes you guys think someone else will fall over the guy?
Dec 06, 2008 11:53 AM
Tony Mollica
How about doing the Indians? They need all the help they can get!
Dec 06, 2008 18:24 PM
Jay -- no way would I sign Sheets after the Yanks just unloaded Carl Pavano. I understand the reasoning behind the move, but it would create a public relations nightmare, plus it means you really, really need to have a good sixth starter in the wings -- and maybe two.
Dec 06, 2008 22:53 PM
Since when did Wynn win the freakin greatest player award. CF and don't even play him there..kind of crappy at the corners. Look at what they need, kind of players they like.. matsui comes to mind, especially with other speed outfielders to cover his defensive deficiencies and money back
Dec 07, 2008 05:59 AM
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WWE: People Who I Feel Bad For
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With the Holiday season coming up, it is great to look at those who may not have it as good as you and reflect (even if they are multi-multi-millionaires)
Disclaimer: I have not been watching the WWE product lately but I have been reading about it to stay current. However, I feel that my opinions can still be made without sitting through every second of Raw, Smackdown, NXT(?), and Superstars.
People I Feel Bad For Right Now
The Winner of the Royal Rumble
Usually the person who wins the Royal Rumble is supposed to main event at Wrestlemania. The last few years that has not been the case. Despite your opinion of keeping that tradition or not, the winner still had one of the top three most important/looked forward to match on the card. This year, the winner is most likely going to have the fourth or fifth most important/looked forward to match. With the rumored, and I know it's rumored, matches on the card, here is the breakdown (top 2 can be interchanged):
1) Cena v Rock
2) Undertaker v ??? (rumored HHH)
3) Jericho v Punk (rumored and fingers crossed)
4) WWE Champ (if Punk v Jericho is not for title)
5) WHC Champ (could be #4)
So potentially, the biggest moment of someone's career maybe pushed to the back-burner.
John Cena (really? ...yes)
Even though I am not a fan of SuperCena (the character, the man has to be well-respected) the hate is continuing to increase. Now I don't feel bad that he is getting booed, that's what wrestling is about, but I am starting to feel bad that the WWE is trying to profit off of his haters. Here is the shirt for those who haven't seen it. When was the last time a top heel got a anti- shirt let alone someone who is still the top face of the company. I really feel that this is a slap in the face to Cena.
The 1/2/12 Returner If It's Not Jericho/Taker
This one is a stretch as I truly believe that this promo is for Jericho or Taker, but imagine the disappointment for many fans if it's not? The WWE would be behind this guy and anyone who gets return/debut videos is going to get a huge push. With the fans expectations so high, it could be meaningless if it's not a big name. I would feel terrible for that guy (or gal) whose biggest moment of their career is met with a collective sigh is disappointment.
John Morrison
If he didn't let his lady-friend lead him down a road of heat, he would fit perfectly right now is WWE's movement of smaller, not hugely muscled champions. With his in-ring talent and build, right now would be the perfect storm of events for him to be champion. But where is he? ...seriously where is he?
What are your thoughts? Do you feel bad for anyone?
Thanks for making it this far!
Crack, out.


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- Ducky started doing peep shows on 42nd Street and spent a lot of time being ashamed of her work. Then she met Annie Sprinkle and decided to become an educator. Got her GED and set out to create an army of sex educators to invade the world.
- Ducky talks money: sex educators need to talk to each other to compare notes on what and how they were paid for certain gigs and share notes about the most reliable clients
- It's on sex educators to create a standard that others can look up to: we need accreditation
- The trials of choosing a sponsor–we need to get paid for our speaking (and no one makes money from a book) but we don't always get to choose each toy that the sponsors promote. What do you think of Sue Johanson or Dr. Ruth? The point: have a critical eye to content and talk to other educators.
- Dr. Ruth still maintains a private practice three days a week–very few can make a full-time salary as a sex educator
- "The number one way we learn anything in life is through gossip." We all have the ability to be great sex educators if we take the time to listen to others.
- Who is your favorite sex educator and why? Answering these questions will help guide your path as a sex educator. Who came up in the session as fave educators: Heather Corinna, Betty Dodson, Dan Savage


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Screening for Gynecologic Cancers in Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) Patients
This study has been completed.
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: July 26, 2007
Last updated: March 10, 2016
Last verified: March 2016
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Detailed Description:
Among women with HNPCC, this study will assess:
- Knowledge of screening recommendations for endometrial and ovarian cancers.
- Perceived risk and cancer worries regarding endometrial, ovarian and colorectal cancers.
- Adherence to screening recommendations for endometrial, ovarian and colon cancers.
- Perceived benefits,supports and barriers to endometrial and ovarian cancer screening.
- Patterns of communication about endometrial and ovarian cancer risk within families with HNPCC and with health care providers.
- Patient preferences for potential cancer screening and cancer prevention strategies related to HNPCC-associated cancers.
|Colon Cancer
|Behavioral: Questionnaire
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Screening for Gynecologic Cancers Among Women With Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colon Cancer (HNPCC)
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Further study details as provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Patient Responses to Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 7 Years ]Outcomes measuring demographics, surveillance behaviors, perceived risk, and cancer worries, screening supports/benefits and barriers.
|Study Start Date:
|May 2003
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|HNPCC Patients
Behavioral: Questionnaire
Two-part telephone questionnaire lasting about 60 minutes total.
Other Name: Survey
Detailed Description:
Women who are at risk for HNPCC will be recruited to participate in this pilot study.
Women will be invited to participate in the study either through a mailed invitation or during a visit to M.D. Anderson for clinical services or for research purposes.
Women who wish to participate in the study will complete an informed consent, and will subsequently schedule an appointment with a research coordinator to complete the study questionnaire by telephone.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|25 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Women, age 25 years of age or older, diagnosed with Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colon Cancer (HNPCC).
Inclusion Criteria:
- Being female
- Being 25 years of age or older
- Having an HNPCC-predisposing mutation and/or having a family history of cancer that meets the Amsterdam or Amsterdam II criteria for HNPCC
Exclusion Criteria:
- Persons who have tested negative for a known HNPCC-predisposing mutation in their family
- Persons who have no family HNPCC mutation and have not met the Amsterdam I/II criteria
- Being younger than 25 years old
- Note: Women who have had a prior history of colorectal cancer or polyps will not be excluded unless they meet one of the above exclusion criteria.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00508846
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00508846
|United States, Texas
|University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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|Susan Peterson, PhD
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|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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|NCT00508846 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|July 26, 2007
|Last Updated:
|March 10, 2016
Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colon Cancer
Gynecologic Cancers
Genetic Counseling
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Colonic Neoplasms
Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
Colorectal Neoplasms
Intestinal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Colonic Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
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text: Charleston mayor wants tax changes in city By Kate White February 19, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charleston Mayor Danny Jones wants to eliminate business and occupation taxes for manufacturing companies in the city, reduce the B&O tax for retail businesses, and raise sales taxes to renovate the Charleston Civic Center.At a Tuesday morning news conference, Jones said he wants to eliminate all B&O taxes on manufacturing in city limits, and reduce B&O taxes on retail businesses from 0.5 percent to 0.35 percent.The mayor said he would ask City Council for a 0.5 percent increase in sales taxes in the city to enhance the Civic Center. Those enhancements would include a new ballroom, meeting space, kitchen renovations and more restrooms, among other things, he said.The renovations would also include the outside of the Civic Center, which City Manager David Molgaard said looks like a "state prison" now.The Civic Center renovations would cost $45 million to $60 million, Jones said.The tax changes would have the potential to generate more than $3.5 million a year, according to the mayor. Automobiles and non-prepared food would be exempt from the tax increase.The city's first tax-increment financing district, created last year to fund improvements at the Civic Center, would also contribute $600,000 a year. Tax-increment financing allows government entities to fund economic development projects, using the projected increase in property taxes that occurs because of the improvements to the district. Charleston's TIF district is an L-shape surrounding the Civic Center. Several properties within the district are undergoing multimillion-dollar improvements, including the Ramada Inn, which was formerly the Charleston House hotel. The Charleston Town Center Mall and the Chase Bank building are each planning renovations too. Developers plan to build a new Marriot Courtyard hotel within the district as well.The city's "user fee," under which the city charges everyone who works in Charleston $2 a week, would remain unchanged, Jones said.Molgaard said the tax increase wouldn't generate any excess funds besides what's needed for the project. "We're not overreaching," he said. "We don't want to ask for so little money that we can't make the improvements."The new tax plans must be approved by City Council and the state Home Rule board before they would take effect. Charleston is one of four cities in the home-rule pilot program, which allows the cities to take on expanded powers usually reserved for the state government. The home-rule program expires in July, and the West Virginia Municipal League has asked state legislators to expand it for another five years.Jones said Charleston officials wanted to make their tax changes before the current home-rule program expires, in case a new program didn't give cities as much ability to change taxes. The $350,000 generated from the manufacturing B&O tax "should have been eliminated a long time ago," Jones said."If someone wants to locate in Charleston, West Virginia, a manufacturer, we want to eliminate any reason they might not," he said.The reduction in B&O taxes for retail businesses would be more significant. In all, the loss in B&O taxes under the plan would amount to $2.6 million, Jones said.Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, said the move essentially shifts the tax burden from large corporations to mainly lower- and middle-class residents. But, he added, the improvements could be worthwhile."While tax changes will impact low- and moderate-income families and help higher-income businesses, if the increased amount of revenue is spent wisely on things to increase the quality of life in Charleston, it might be worth it," Boettner said.Improvements made to the Civic Center wouldn't be regretted, Jones said, as a refurbished arena would be a huge "economic driver" for Charleston. "Do it for the young, it's needed for the future of the city," Jones said. "If it's ever going to be done, now is the time.""You can always find reasons to be against this," Jones said, noting no federal or state funds are available for the project. "There's not going to be money that comes from outside this area." Eventually naming rights will be sold on the Civic Center, but no one wants to put their name on the facility in its current state, Jones said.Plus, "that's a minimal amount of money," he said. "Over a 15-year period maybe a couple million dollars ... but most people who have the money to do the naming rights want a place that has a little more panache than the Charleston Civic Center."Reach Kate White at email@example.com or 304-348-1723. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win 3 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 4 WVU notebook: Defense feeling a bit run down 5 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis Child poverty in W.Va. a persistent problem, report says Previous Story Nursing tops projected worker shortages in state Next Story


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A Pride and Prejudice Sequel
If any author's fans could fairly be called worshipful, Janeites, as acolytes of Jane Austen are known, surely qualify.
Now, devotees of Austen novels and Austen-themed websites, fan fiction, off-the-wall mashups (see Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) and movies based on her books have a chance to meet the author of a scrupulously researched and historically accurate sequel to Pride and Prejudice.
Ava Farmer (pen name of Sandy Lerner) will read from her novel Second Impressions and join in a discussion of the book and all things Austen at the College of Arts and Sciences' McCabe Lecture Series. The reading will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in the Abramson Family Founders Room in the SIS Building.
"Sandy Lerner's Second Impressions will interest Jane Austen fans who appreciate the richness of Austen's characters and their world," says Peter Starr, dean of AU's College of Arts and Sciences. "We're very pleased that Ms. Lerner chose to come to AU to share her work and her love of Austen."
Second Impressions—as every Janeite knows the title is a riff on First Impressions, the original title of Pride and Prejudice—picks up the story of Darcy and Elizabeth and company 10 years after Austen's novel ends. Written, as the publisher notes, in the language of Austen's time (the author died at age 41 in 1817), the book benefits from historical documents and maps collected at the Chawton House Library and the Centre for the Study of Early English Women's Writing.
The publisher notes that the novel "explores questions of the characters' potential lives beyond the close of the original masterpiece. With the Great French War over and peace come at last, what does England look like in the late Regency? And is there a place for Austen's heroes and heroines in an England greatly changed by industrialization, with a new elite of fortunes made in trade and reformist politics?"
On the surface, it's hard to imagine a less Austen-like figure than Second Impressions author Lerner, who cofounded Cisco, later started Urban Decay cosmetics, and then Ayrshire Farm in Virginia (hence her pseudonym, Ava Farmer—a Virginia farmer).
Lerner has been granted several honorary PhDs for her charitable work and received many awards for her philanthropic and literary contributions as well as for her professional accomplishments, including the inaugural JANE Award from the Jane Austen Society of North America and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Award for Lifetime Technical Achievement. She has also been recognized by the Feminist Press and United Animal Nations.
Lerner founded the Chawton House Library and the Centre for the Study of Early English Women's Writing, 1600–1830, in Chawton, Hampshire, England (located in Chawton House, the home of Austen's brother, Edward Austen Knight). Her financial support has helped restore the manor house.
That Austen could capture the imagination of such an accomplished woman is hardly surprising. For Austen is one of those rare literary figures with an enduring cultural as well as artistic presence, notes AU literature professor and Austen specialist Fiona Brideoake.
"Austen, like Shakespeare, is one of the authors that are often referred to as 'hyper-canonical,' an author who has a cultural presence above and beyond or outside of her work," Brideoake says. "You don't have to have read Pride and Prejudice or Hamlet to have some idea of their characters and narratives, and the values they have been held to stand for."
Brideoake cautions readers to guard against the surface conventionality of Austen's novels if they are to appreciate the author's often subversive questioning of society.
"I find endlessly rich and generative the way in which Austen's work gives us a platform to think about gender and authorship; sexuality and social norms; the relationship between the landed gentry and the emerging professional and military class; and the relatively new genre of the novel, which was unfavorably associated in Austen's time with both female readers and writers," says Brideoake. "While a character like Elizabeth Bennet is often considered by contemporary readers to be an archetypal romantic heroine, her intelligence, wit, and physical exuberance would all have been condemned by eighteenth-century moralists, as would have her courtship with Darcy, much of which takes place without chaperones and in secret."
Following the March 27 reading, Brideoake and fellow Literature Department professor Jonathan Loesberg will lead a discussion with Lerner. For more information, visit the McCabe lecture series website or call Mimi Fittig at 202-885-2436.


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I did read the Phillies see everything that other evaluators did at the time of Franco's signing, but that "he would play up in games". Is there a scouting term for this type of scenero where the player outplays his mechanics like George Springer (with the understanding the ML level can expose them greatly).
Jul 03, 2013 02:22 AM
dREaDS Fan
"Causal mechanics" = ?
Jul 03, 2013 06:20 AM
It's not fancy-speak. I think his mechanics are casual. Casual mechanics (effort) are only poor mechanics when they don't work, which is true of anything in baseball. A poor swing isn't a poor swing when a player hits .300.
Jul 03, 2013 07:04 AM
I think he may have been referring to the typo. The article (and dREaDs fan's post) uses the word "causal" not "casual."
Jul 03, 2013 07:19 AM
Ah. Yes. I see. It should read: casual
Jul 03, 2013 07:24 AM
With the very high praise for Jimenez' glove, but "only" a present 50 grade, leads me to wonder are there any present 70 or 80 grade defense catchers in the minors?
Jul 03, 2013 07:52 AM
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You must be new here to not be familiar with the extended Austin Hedges circle jerk.
Jul 03, 2013 08:09 AM
Not new - more wondering about the actual grades. Hedges should have come to mind. Is he a current 80? Are him and guys like Paulino that much better than Jimenez right now?
Jul 03, 2013 08:42 AM
Brad Clark
Not trying to be nit-picky, but the videos for Hellweg and Wacha aren't linked. It just says "yes". Otherwise, a fantastic read as usual.
Jul 03, 2013 11:08 AM
Regading Jimenez, it's interesting to read a 6+ glove and 6 arm can be top-flight in MLB. If you can spare the time, what does a guy like Yadier Molina or Pudge Rodriguez(in his prime) rate as for glove/arm?
Jul 03, 2013 11:36 AM
Arm Side Run
Does the fact that Jimenez shows plus bat speed give him a chance to hit enough to be a solid-average regular with some adjustments? Or would tinkering with the mechanics sap some of that bat speed? Thanks guys!
Jul 03, 2013 12:20 PM
Mark Anderson
BP staff
I think you kind of answered your own question. There is always the risk that you lose some bat speed (or velo for a pitcher) by messing with mechanics. Personally, I don't start tweaking Jimenez's bat. I just trust the athleticism and instincts to see if he can make his own adjustments along the way. I don't see it enough to project it, but with guys that have that type of feel for the game, you never know.
Jul 03, 2013 15:18 PM
I feel like Hellweg and Wily Peralta have similar profiles - big frame, heavy fastballs with weaker off-speed stuff.
Jul 03, 2013 16:18 PM
In Low A in 2010, Jimenez stole 17 bases. He stole another 11 in High A the following year. I guess I thought he was faster.
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Find Out Who Topped Maxim's 2009 "Hot 100" List!
Maxim has unveiled its "2009 Hot 100," the lad magazine's definitive list of the worlds most beautiful women.
Topping the list: House's Olivia Wilde, whom Maxim editors say they can't stop "drooling over."
For the first time, a First Lady makes the cut: Michelle Obama debuts at No. 93. Says Maxim, "[President Obama] may be dealing with two wars, an economic meltdown, and a rapidly graying dome, but at least our Commander-in-Chief gets to come home to the hottest First Lady in the history of these United States." (Click here to see the complete list)
The top 10 most beautiful women (according to Maxim):
1. Olivia Wilde: "We may not know a McDreamy from a McNugget, but when it comes to TV doctors, there is only one who makes our body temperatures rise. We were drooling over the NYC native long before she was injected into Fox's hit medical drama (House)."
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2. Megan Fox: "Seriously, do women get more painfully hot than this? Megan Fox has the face of an angel, a body so perfect that God may have carved it out of soap and sex appeal that could melt a unicorn's horn. Plus, we hear she smells like clouds."
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3. Bar Refaeli: "If there's any evidence that the Middle East is a land of beauty and wonder Bar is it. The 24-year-old Israeli supermodel with the brain blowing body scorched the cover of the famed Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition."
4. Malin Akerman: "In the dark world of Watchmen, Malin was tasked with one tough mission ... Watchmen wasn't the first time we've seen Malin and it won't be the last. She's got four new flicks on her busy schedule."
5. Mila Kunis: "Mila's combination of exotic beauty and gal-next-door charm would make any sane man forget his ex in three seconds flat."
6. Eliza Dushku: "On-screen in Fox's Dollhouse, she's a lethal hottie who can negotiate a hostage release or recover stolen art for the Greek government. Off-screen she's the show's producer. Eliza, you've delivered a round house kick to our heartstrings."
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7. Adriana Lima: "With apologies to Mrs. Tom Brady [Gisele], it's Adriana who epitomizes the Brazilian bombshell her killer curves, ridiculous sexiness, and adorable accent make this supermodel the hottest native of a country stupid with smoking hot women."
8. Rihanna: "Pop's reigning princess has had a year of wild highs and lows. Rumor has it, she's in the studio recording her fourth album. We're dancing already."
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9. Jordana Brewster: "This breathtaking daughter of a Brazilian swimsuit model and granddaughter of a Yale University president is the real reason the entire world went to see Fast & Furious."
10. Jennifer Love Hewitt: "Ever since she uttered her first 'Bailey!' on Party of Five, Love has been the object of many a man's obsession. She left us high and dry for a bit, but her return to the tube on Ghost Whisperer gives us our weekly fix of Love... and needy dead people."
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