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February 13, 2013
Arbitration Showdown
Mock Hearing: Jordan Zimmermann
It's salary arbitration season in Major League Baseball, and here at Baseball Prospectus we're holding mock hearings, arguing for or against the actual team/player filing figures before a three-person panel of certified arbitrators. We've selected 10 of this winter's most intriguing, highest-dollar cases to cover in depth over the first two weeks of February (regardless of whether the players' real-life cases remain unsettled). After each side's opening argument and rebuttal/summation below, we'll give you a chance to vote on what you think the result should be before seeing the panel's decision. For more on the arbitration process, read the series intro by Atlanta Braves Assistant GM John Coppolella, listen to his appearance on Episode 35 of Up and In, or check out the BP Basics introduction to arbitration.
In Part Eight of this 10-part series, we'll tackle Washington Nationals pitcher Jordan Zimmermann, who is seeking $5.8 million and has been offered $4.6 million. Zimmermann and the Nationals have yet to reach an agreement. (*Update* Zimmermann and the Nationals avoided arbitration and settled for $5.35 million after this piece was published.)
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The Case
In 2012, Jordan Zimmermann established himself as one of the best young starting pitchers in the game, a key piece of the top pitching staff in the National League. At just 26 years old, he joined Stephen Strasburg and Gio Gonzalez in anchoring one of baseball's best young starting rotations and leading the Nationals to the postseason. Zimmermann is deserving of his $5.8 million salary request in light of his contribution to the team's division title, his production both in 2012 and for his career, and his performance compared to pitchers in his service class.
The Nationals pitching staff led the NL in ERA in 2012 with a mark of 3.33, more than a half a run below the league average of 3.95. Washington starting pitchers also ranked fifth in baseball with 97 quality starts (outings of at least six innings pitched and no more than three earned runs). Zimmermann was a team leader in each of these important categories, ranking second in the rotation in ERA (2.94) and first in quality starts with 24. In fact, among the 88 qualifying starting pitchers in the majors, Zimmermann ranked highly in several statistical categories, as the following chart shows.
Zimmermann's marks for starts, quality starts, and ERA were career highs, as were his 12 victories and 195.7 innings pitched. He set a team record by pitching at least six innings in each of his first 21 outings of the season, a streak that matched San Francisco's Ryan Vogelsong and Detroit's Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander for the longest in baseball in 2012. His six-game winning streak (from June 27 to August 9) tied Strasburg for the team's longest of the season, and in only one start did he allow more than four earned runs.
In July, Zimmermann won the NL Pitcher of the Month award, allowing just four earned runs in 37 innings. In his six July starts, he posted a 4-0 record and led the major leagues with a dominant 0.97 ERA. He tied for the NL lead in victories and led the league in fewest walks and hits allowed per inning with a WHIP of 0.84. He was the third Nationals pitcher to receive the monthly honor in 2012, following Strasburg (April) and Gonzalez (May). He capped his season by starting Game Two of the NL Division Series for Washington, then pitching in with a crucial relief appearance in Game Four.
Zimmermann's durability and consistency were all the more impressive because 2012 marked his first season pitching without innings limits put in place for 2011, his first full campaign after 2009 ligament replacement surgeron his right elbow. Zimmermann's 2012 average fastball velocity of 93.9—sixth-highest among major-league starters—indicates that his arm is healthy. And though control often presents difficulty for pitchers returning from surgery, Zimmermann's has been excellent. In the last two seasons, he walked just 74 hitters in 357 innings. His strikeout-to-walk ratio ranked seventh in the NL in that period, and his 3.05 ERA in 2011-12 was 12th in baseball. Overall, since returning from surgery, Zimmerman has posted a 21-21 record with a 3.20 ERA in 65 starts. The Nationals have a winning percentage of .569 (37-28) in his starts during that stretch.
Zimmermann's 2011 season featured a streak of 11 consecutive quality starts and an outstanding 3.18 ERA, which ranked 10th in the league. He did not pitch in September, as the Nationals limited him to 161 innings as a precaution in his first full season after surgery. Nevertheless, Washington manager Davey Johnson told SB Nation he thought "Zimmermann was arguably my best pitcher" in 2011 and noted that his successful recovery served as a template for Strasburg, who had the same ligament-replacement surgery in late 2011.
In addition, Zimmermann is one of the better hitting pitchers in the game, with three extra-base hits (a home run and two doubles) in 2012. His offensive statistics ranked highly among the 82 pitchers with 30 or more plate appearances in 2012, as the following chart illustrates.
Moreover, only four other pitchers struck out less often than Zimmermann, who went down swinging in just 19.7 percent of his plate appearances.
Zimmerman's $5.8 million request is in line with recent salaries for starting pitchers with three-plus years of service who are second-time arbitration-eligibles. Specifically, it is commensurate with Matt Garza's $5.95 million salary for 2010, a platform season that did not measure up to Zimmermann's in 2012.
Zimmermann posted an ERA nearly a full run better than Garza's, and he allowed 10 fewer home runs and made six more quality starts. The Baseball Prospectus valuation tool, Wins Above Replacement Player (WARP)—measuring the number of wins the pitcher contributed above what a freely available pitcher would have provided—gives Zimmermann's platform year a decided advantage. Yet his request of $5.8 million is $150,000 less than Garza's 2011 salary of $5.95 million.
Zimmerman's production also approaches that of Gio Gonzalez, who signed a multi-year contract extension with the Nationals a year ago after being acquired in a trade from Oakland.
Though Gonzalez won more decisions, he enjoyed considerably more run support. Washington scored an average of 5.4 runs in his starts. Only six pitchers in baseball received more. Zimmermann, on the other hand, received an average of 4.9 runs of support in his starts (15th in the majors), nearly half a run less. In fact, Baseball Prospectus' WARP places nearly identical values on Gonzalez and Zimmermann. Gonzalez's extension will pay him $6.35 million in 2013, $1.15 million more than the $5.2 million midpoint in this case. With Zimmermann healthy and his innings no longer limited, he has proven to be just as productive as both Gonzalez and Garza. An award of $5.8 million for Zimmermann would bring his salary into line with his peers. —Jeff Euston
We'd like to begin by saying that Jordan Zimmermann is a big part of the Nationals' success—not only last year, which saw the Nats reach the postseason for the first time in franchise history, but going forward. He's a very talented right-hander with the chance to achieve much success in this game. With that said, we feel our submission of $4.6 million is fairer compensation than his submission of $5.8 million based on his lengthy injury history and track record of performance.
Let's address the injury history first. Zimmermann has 670 days of service time, or three years and 154 days (almost four years). Of those, more than 270, or about 41 percent of the sum, was accumulated on the disabled list. No matter how talented a player is, no matter how clutch, no matter how enthusiastic, a player on the disabled list cannot and will not help his team win ballgames. Zimmermann has spent a considerable amount of his big-league stay enduring and recovering from surgery, and not helping the Nationals win games.
Jordan Zimmermann's Injury History
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Jordan Zimmerman's Service Time Breakdown, Career
Zimmermann is a Super Two player. That puts him in a special class. Yet even within this special class, Zimmermann's submission seems overzealous. Consider Matt Garza, another talented right-handed starter and Super Two player. Garza made $5.9 million in his second year of arbitration. When you stack up the two, as we do below, a few things jump out at you.
Platform Year
Year Prior to Platform Year
Two Years Prior to Platform Year
The first is that Zimmermann has an advantage in ERA and quality start rate. Beyond that, Garza won nearly twice as many games and pitched nearly 250 additional innings. Let's put that number into perspective. How many innings is 250, really? Consider this: Last season, Justin Verlander led the league with 238 innings pitched. Only two others topped 230 innings, and two more topped 220 innings. These were all frontline pitchers, which means that Zimmermann accumulated over a full season's worth of innings less than Garza did. Is that difference worth just $0.1 million, as Zimmermann's offer would suggest? Or is it worth closer to $1.2 million?
We also believe the case of Anibal Sanchez supports our claim. Sanchez was not a Super Two player, and so his earning potential in his platform year was less than Zimmermann's. As a result, he made $1.25 million. Nevertheless, the two are comparable for a few reasons. One is that Sanchez had accumulated 38 percent of his service time on the disabled list and had missed further time in the minors. The two also stack up relatively closely through our same four statistical categories, as Sanchez won a similar amount of games despite pitching about 200 fewer innings than Zimmermann.
Platform Year
Year Prior to Platform Year
Two Years Prior to Platform Year
Zimmermann is still a better pitcher than Sanchez was, and he had the luxury of a previous year of arbitration. As a result, Zimmermann deserves a higher payout than Sanchez. We're offering nearly four times what Sanchez made, while Zimmerman is asking for closer to five times that total. But based on the Garza comparison, the $4.6 million submission is an offer more in line with the economies of the game. —R.J. Anderson
Zimmermann is a frontline pitcher who has had one injury, not a long history of nagging physical problems. Before his surgery, he had one start pushed back three days because of elbow soreness. His ligament replacement surgery was performed on August 18, 2009, and by August 26, 2010, he was back on the mound in Washington. He has not missed a start due to injury since.
As a precaution, the Nationals limited Zimmermann's pitch count during his 2010 and 2011 starts, reducing how deep into each game he could pitch. The club also capped his season-long innings total for 2011. After he passed the 160-inning mark in late August, the club voluntarily shut him down for the year, a decision that cost him five starts and at least 30 innings. He was not injured, but Zimmermann accepted this conservative approach despite the fact it hurt his future earning potential.
Incidentally, by counting spring training, the club overstates the percentage of service time Zimmermann earned while on the disabled list. In fact, Zimmermann was on the DL for just 222 regular-season calendar days, or 33 percent of his career service time.
Most importantly, Zimmermann was so effective in the innings he did pitch that his value exceeded that of starters like Garza who racked up higher raw innings totals. In other words, the quality of Zimmermann's innings trump the quantity provided by others. The best illustrations of this are his platform and career totals for ERA, quality start percentage, and the Wins Above Replacement Player valuation metric. In each category, Zimmermann significantly outperforms the pitchers offered by the Nationals as comparables.
A pitcher's innings totals, while important, are not the only factor in determining his value. It's the quality of performance that distinguishes a frontline pitcher from a reliable "innings eater," both on the field and in the market. Since his return in 2010, Zimmermann has provided both quality and quantity, both high-level production and consistency. His performance merits a salary award of $5.8 million. —Jeff Euston
We have a few points to offer in response.
First, although we inadvertently rebutted the Garza comparison in our own presentation, we'd like to raise the point again: Garza, whom the Zimmermann team is using as a comparison, had almost 250 more innings through 2010 than Zimmermann does. This process doesn't just consider the platform year, but the player's entire body of work. Under such circumstances, it's hard to take any claim that says both contributed to their teams equally seriously.
Second, it's important to note that while Zimmermann is an outstanding young pitcher, he had the benefit of a great defense behind him in 2012. Washington's defense ranked fifth in the majors in defensive efficiency, a measure of the percentage of balls put in play by opposing batters that a team converts into outs. Not only that, but Adam LaRoche, the Nationals' first baseman, won the National League Gold Glove award, and Ryan Zimmerman, the team's third baseman, is a previous winner of the award. Meanwhile, six of Washington's fielders received votes at their positions for the Fielding Bible awards. Zimmermann is a good pitcher, but he had an unusual amount of defensive support.
Third, Gonzalez's contract is a questionable reference point since he signed it before the 2012 season, so his performance after the extension has little impact on his salary during the life of the contract.
In light of Zimmermann's injury history and performance, the team believes its offer of $4.6 million a fairer compensation for Zimmermann than the player's submission of $5.8 million. —R.J. Anderson
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The Sabermetric Perspective/Additional Commentary
Cy Young voters like low ERAs, high winning percentages and, just as importantly, innings, the active ingredient that makes the first two stats (more) meaningful. But they don't like Jordan Zimmermann, judging by 2012. From 2006-12, there were 42 pitcher-seasons with an ERA no higher than 3.00, a winning percentage no lower than .600, and at least 190 innings pitched. In 40 of those seasons, the pitcher responsible finished no lower than (and usually much higher than) ninth in his league's Cy Young voting. Last season, Zimmermann pitched (for a playoff team) to a 2.94 ERA in 195 2/3 innings, winning 12 out of 20 decisions, without receiving a single Cy Young vote.
The only other pitcher to do the same in the last several seasons is Matt Cain, who's a lot like Zimmermann in some other respects. Both are right-handers with similar heights and builds. Both throw the same assortment of five pitches at roughly similar rates (Zimmermann uses his changeup more often). Both throw hard with excellent control, but neither gets many strikeouts. Both Cain in 2009 and Zimmermann in 2012 had modest win totals and were overshadowed by other pitchers on their own staffs—in Cain's case, Tim Lincecum, who won the Cy Young that season, and in Zimmermann's, Gio Gonzalez (who finished third) and Stephen Strasburg.
Zimmermann's 2012 was not only the more valuable season—his WARP would have led 22 teams' pitching staffs—but the more overlooked. Unlike Cain in 2009, he wasn't even an All-Star, despite a 2.61 ERA in 110 1/3 first-half innings. In part, that's a product of the pitch-to-contact profile, which tends to attract less attention. But Cain has gotten a lot more love from the voters in recent seasons without drastically altering his approach. It's helped that his team has won two World Series, that he pitched a perfect game, and that Lincecum isn't what he once was. But it's also a reflection of the fact that he's solidified his status as one of baseball's most prolific pitchers, reaching or blowing by the 200-inning mark in six straight seasons.
Zimmermann has consciously forsaken his rookie-season strikeout totals, so in order to earn the same kind of acclaim Cain has, he'll have to demonstrate the same sort of durability. As Jeff observed above, Zimmermann has proven that he can pitch post-Tommy John with better velocity and control than he had before the surgery. What he hasn't yet shown is Cain's ability to go deep into games.
To look at most of his stats, you'd think Zimmermann would have topped 200 innings with ease. Since 2000—the first season for which Baseball-Reference tracks all of these stats—only one other pitcher (Zimmermann's walk-prone, low-BABIP-aided teammate Gio Gonzalez) has made as many starts, thrown as many pitches per start, allowed baserunners at as low a rate, and failed to get to 200. Zimmermann allowed fewer baserunners per inning than 16 starters who did make it to 200 last season. He got ahead in the count, starting hitters off with a strike nearly 70 percent of the time—more often than any qualified pitcher aside from Cliff Lee. Nor did he nibble after going up in the count: among the 51 starters who threw at least 3000 pitches last season, only Lee and Clayton Richard threw a higher percentage of pitches in the strike zone. He threw 96.5 pitches per start, only slightly below the 98.3 average among non-Rockies starters who pitched at least 100 innings (Jeff Francis, on an artificially limited pitch count, averaged 79.4).
So Zimmermann's not falling behind, he's not nibbling, and he's not throwing an extraordinarily low number of pitches per start. Yet out of 88 qualified starters, Zimmermann threw only the 47th-fewest pitches per inning, despite allowing baserunners at the 20th-lowest rate. The problem? Zimmermann averaged 3.84 pitches per plate appearance, 33rd-most out of 88 qualifiers. He's getting ahead, but it's taking him too long to finish off hitters.
In June, Zimmermann told David Laurila:
Zimmermann has the "pitch to contact" part down—probably to strikeout-averse pitching coach Steve McCatty's delight*—but he's still struggling to stay in the game. And it might be because he's taken pitching to contact too far.
*McCatty's stance on strikeouts: "It's an arbitration stat." Looks like Zimmermann can win mock arbitrations without them.
There's some evidence to suggest that in his quest to induce contact, Zimmermann has been throwing both too many strikes and too many fastballs. Only three qualified starters threw a higher percentage of four-seamers than Zimmermann's 61 percent last season. To be fair, one of those pitchers was Clayton Kershaw, who seems to be doing okay. But Kershaw's four-seamer isn't thrown in the zone as often, and it has the most vertical movement among the 52 starters who threw the pitch 1000 times last season. Zimmermann's has the 11th-least.
Among the 48 starters who threw at least 3000 pitches of any type last season, Zimmermann's rate of whiffs per swing also ranked 11th-lowest. His rate of fouls per swing, though? Third-highest. Since Zimmermann throws his heater so often, it doesn't move that much, and it's always around the zone, hitters can keep fouling it off until his pitch count climbs high enough to knock him out of the game. Even without particularly trying to, Zimmermann is capable of getting hitters to chase: they swung at 32.2 percent of his pitches outside the zone last season, compared to the league average of 29.3 percent. Imagine if he tried to a little more often. It might seems backwards, but throwing more balls—and more breaking balls—might be the best way for Zimmermann to last longer in games.
In 2009, Cain threw his four-seamer 58 percent of the time; last season, he threw it only 48 percent of the time. In 2009, he threw strikes 53.2 percent of the time; last season, he threw them only 51.6 percent of the time. He's a better pitcher because of it. The secret to Cy Young votes for Zimmermann, then, might be simple: be even more like Matt Cain. —Ben Lindbergh
Thanks to Dan Evans, Harry Pavlidis, Colin Wyers, Hudson Belinsky, Jonah Birenbaum, and Andrew Koo for research assistance.
R.J. Anderson is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @r_j_anderson
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Richard Bergstrom
Wouldn't the 160 innings agreement have come up in a conversations between the Nationals and Zimmerman's agent? I'd hope (though I wouldn't know) that there'd be a gentleman's agreement not to use it against the player in arbitration.
Feb 13, 2013 22:46 PM
Jeff Euston
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I'm sure both player and agent were part of the discussion when the 160-inning decision was made, though it's not as if they had a vote. But in arbitration, if playing time is going to be part of the club's case - and it should be - it's inevitable that pitch count & innings limits come up, too. All's fair in love and arbitration.
Feb 14, 2013 09:38 AM
Strasburg's average fastball velocity in 2012 didn't make the top 10 list?
Feb 14, 2013 10:24 AM
Have to disagree with the point made that a player cannot help a team win by being on the DL. Vernon Wells certainly helped the Angels win more games by being on the DL.
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Just looking for place to stay until I get on my feet. As a person who moved out of home at 16, started paying my own tuition fees and became a self starting person, I can confidently say that I know how to look after and care for a house respectfully. I care very much about the privacy of others and expect it to be returned. I'm not a loud person or very social, I keep a house quiet and clean. However I am a very bright person, up for a good chat and a laugh. I enjoy getting to know people. I'm looking for bills to be included in the rent price. I keep fish, so pets would have to be allowed. Although they wouldn't take up too much room, they can stay in the room if that is desired. Looking for anywhere in Adelaide that's close to shops and essential places. I'll be looking to move in November unless the property is near Andrews Farm, to which I could move immediately. At this stage I will be looking at $200 rent, however once I get out of school and move from part time into a full time job I should be able to afford more. I do have a partner looking to move with me, however we've realised that it's unrealistic to expect us to move together. But if it's possible that would be great.
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Mid 40s relocating from far south west NSW am and looking for accommodation after selling my home. My dog and I are looking for somewhere whilst I save to purchase another home. I plan on returning to University (Sociology) and working part time (Nursing). I am fairly quiet and very easy to get along with. I much prefer humour over drama. I unfortunately still enjoy a cigarette and am happy to be banished outdoors to indulge in my otherwise filthy habit. My dog is a four year old Shar-Pei named George. At first he is a little apprehensive with strangers, but soon settles and is fairly laid back. He only barks when it is absolutely necessary, is fully house trained, obedient and has enjoyed being both an indoor and outdoor dog. I will be able to pay at least three months rent in advance, possibly more.
My name is Cheyenne I'm looking to move out at the end of this month I'm 18 in October & I work part time ATM & I have a little dog who's a male Looking I'm looking for someone who will accept Me & my dog to come stay with them :-) in very easy going and a clean freak & I also don't mind going out every now & then but I'm pretty much moving to focus on myself, I'll happily spend time with my roommates or roommate but I'd also like my alone time aswell, my dog name is jessy and is a Maltese shitzu he is toilet trained & very friendly but protective
I'm quiet and meticulously clean, I don't smoke or drink and generally keep to myself. I have a small unusual cat. I'm known for my outstanding cullinary skills with a passion for food and if im not out attending to my daily duties or busy studying you will hardly notice im home at all.


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In the months leading up to the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act, most of the nation's attention focused on the viability of the so-called individual mandate: the requirement for all Americans to have health insurance beginning in 2014. Conventional wisdom said that as the mandate goes, so goes the rest of law, regardless of how the Court ruled on other aspects of the legislation.
Of course, by now everyone knows that this law, including the individual mandate, passed constitutional muster. What remains unknown, however, is whether the mandate will make us any healthier.
Proponents of the Affordable Care Act in general and the individual mandate in particular argue that the new law is a win-win in terms of lowering costs by adding more people to the insurance pool and improving lives by encouraging a more proactive approach to health care. (Insurance companies are now compelled to cover a wide range of preventive services.)
But ask any doctor out there and he or she will likely tell you that it's going to take more than an individual mandate to make people healthier. It's going to take individual commitment.
The question is: What exactly should we be committing to?
"Eat right, exercise and get plenty of rest" is a pretty common refrain at the doctor's office, and not a bad start. But what if your doctor told you to watch what you're thinking as well, especially if you knew it could work as both a preventive and curative agent?
The fact is, the latest medical research says exactly this. And not just in the sense of maintaining a positive attitude to prevent or to help you cope with some physical ailment. It's much more specific than that, with an increasing number of studies pointing to the measurable health benefits to those who foster such moral, even spiritual, qualities of thought as forgiveness, compassion, gratitude and love.
Case in point: A researcher in California found that those who expressed an attitude of gratitude reported higher levels of vitality and optimism and lower levels of depression and stress, which alone accounts for 60-90 percent of all doctor visits and is widely considered to be a precursor to heart disease.
Another case in point: A doctor and medical researcher in Florida found that AIDS patients actively cultivating a spiritual outlook decreased their viral load and increased their immune cells – those biological agents that work to fend off the AIDS virus – when compared to those who consciously disavowed such activity.
The beauty of these simple shifts in thought is that they're immensely affordable and, as they become better understood, increasingly reliable and effective. This is not to suggest that the myriad problems confronting our nation's health-care system can or will be wiped out in one fell swoop, even with a collective commitment to better thinking. It is, however, a step in the right direction; one that includes no side effects and the potential for the kind of moral transformation that benefits patient and public alike.
Eric Nelson is legislative advocate for Christian Science in Northern California. His articles on the connection between consciousness and health have appeared in a number of local, regional and national publications. To read his blog, visit www.norcalcs.org.


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Should I Live in Carmel, Zionsville, Northside Indy, or Geist?
This is a question many of my clients ask me when they begin their search on the Northside Immediate Suburbs of Downtown(all within 30 minutes of downtown).
I grew up in Zionsville, went to Private school on Northside of Indy(Brebeuf), have worked in Carmel and Castleton for 7 years and have lived in East Fishers in my adult life so I have lived all over the Northside! My clients who relocate here typically look in Carmel, then Geist and Zionsville. Zionsville is typically the most expensive, then Carmel and Geist. Carmel has the #1 ranked school system. The high school is very large. My clients who want private schools live in Meridian Kessler/Hills and send their kids to Park Tudor, Cathedral, Brebeuf, or Chatard. There are plenty of options for what you are looking for. If you are looking at homes over 350k first look at Carmel then expand to Zionsville, Geist, and Northside Indy from there I recommend starting in Carmel then going to Zionsville, and possibly Geist. Homes under 350k I highly recommend looking at Fishers too, ,which has been ranked the #1 town in America, #1 safest town in America, etc.(if you google it you will see all of it). Carmel is where most the clients start to get a feel for the area. If you want more rolling hills and woods with a small quaint feel, Zionsville is a great option too. If you want to be near the lake, Geist is the best option. I have a boat on Geist and love it that's why I choose to live in that area. All three areas are family friendly with good schools. Half of Geist is Indy schools which are not as highly ranked, but the other half is Fishers Schools. The best part of relocating to the Northside of Indy is you are going to get so much for your money then most places in the country! All the areas I mentioned are within 30 miles of downtown Indy! Here's some link to school info…..
Carmel Schools- http://dealwithneal.com/carmel-in-schools/
Fishers Schools- http://dealwithneal.com/fishers-in-schools/
Zionsville Schools- http://dealwithneal.com/zionsville-in-schools-2/
Geist Schools- http://dealwithneal.com/geist-lawrence-schools/
Call me at 317-371-8133 or email me at [email protected] and I would be happy to speak to you about the different areas as I specialize in these areas and know the best places to live for different lifestyles!


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Sacramento Kings waive guard Orien Greene
November 15, 2007
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The Sacramento Kings waived guard Orien Greene on Thursday after just seven games with the club.
Greene, a third-year pro, started two early games as Sacramento's point guard in place of injured Mike Bibby. But Greene lost the job early on, and newcomer Beno Udrih had 17 points and five assists in the Kings' loss to Minnesota on Wednesday night.


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MUMS staged a twilight vigil in protest to the temporary closure of the Harwich maternity unit.
Midwives from the unit have been moved to Colchester General Hospital until June because staff there are unable to cope with the number of births.
However, campaigners in Harwich and Clacton, where the unit has also been temporarily closed, are fighting the move.
And they say there are concerned it will become permanent.
On Friday night, about 50 protesters gathered outside the Fryatt Hospital in Dovercourt to demonstrate against the closure.
One of the organisers Jenny Semple said: "We stood outside the hospital with banners and candles and sang lullabies.
"The suppport we had from the public was fantastic.
"Everyone driving past was beeping their horns in support."


text: To be honest, and this is just my opinion, I don't need to know. YMMV. The way I see it the Pacers are a team I root for in sports. As such, I'm going to take what TPTB say at face value. If I thought they were always lying to me, I don't think I would take any enjoyment out of rooting for them. Basketball isn't the only sport I enjoy, there's no reason to spend time, energy and money on something I feel is constantly stabbing me in the back.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote


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Minneapolis Best Buy announced an exclusive agreement with Chicago Fire soccer star, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, to become the electronics retailer's first brand ambassador. Blanco, 35, will promote Best Buy's new emphasis on the Hispanic shopping experience in the United States and will work closely with the retailer's 45 stores in the Chicago market to encourage learning through technology.
The soccer star came to Chicago Fire in 2007 after playing in the Mexican First League Division for 15 years. Earlier this year, Best Buy and Chicago Fire agreed to a three-year sponsorship, which made Best Buy the presenting sponsor and first jersey sponsor of Chicago Fire, beginning this season.


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ByCarol E. Lee
BRUSSELS – The White House criticized Saudi Arabia's decision to deny a Jerusalem Post reporter a visa to cover President Barack Obama's trip to Riyadh on Friday, but didn't consider canceling the visit.
Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, said senior White House officials were "very disappointed" by the decision and stressed to their Saudi counterparts the importance that the Jerusalem Post reporter have access to cover the trip.
"It certainly should not be the case that the affiliation of a journalist should in any way count against their ability to do their job, just because they work for the Jerusalem Post," Mr. Rhodes told reporters traveling with the president on his flight from the Nertherlands to Brussels.
Mr. Rhodes said the Saudi decision didn't prompt any the White House to reconsider Mr. Obama's meeting Friday with King Abdullah at his ranch outside of Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia is a very important partner to the U.S. But, he said: "We believe its better to have the type of relationship where we can cooperate but also be clear and honest with one another where we have differences."
Mr. Obama is on a week-long trip that began Monday in the Netherlands and takes him to Brussels, Italy and Saudi Arabia on Friday and Saturday.
He is traveling with dozens of reporters, including 13 who travel on Air Force One and many more on a separate plane.
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I need some help learning how to make my queries FAIL!!
In testing right now, and I need to make some queries fail in order to make sure my error-handling is working properly.
1.) What is the easiest way to make an UPDATE query fail?? (Multiple ways are even better.)
2.) What is the easiest way to make an INSERT query fail?? (Multiple ways are even better.)
The UPDATE query is driving me particularly made, because everything I tried last night would not break my Prepared Statements?!
The only way to get an update statement to truly fail is to put invalid data in fields (alpha characters in numeric fields, nulls in non-nullable fields, etc.) You can also get errors if you try and use values in FK fields which don't correspond to a record on the foreign table - IF you have the FK constraints defined properly.
For inserts, you have the same possibilities as above, plus duplicate errors on primary key fields, and not providing values in non-null fields.
If the field "photo_approved" is defined as a tinyint, then how in the world can this query run...
UPDATE member
SET photo_approved = '8888', last_activity = now()
WHERE id = 57
...without an error?!
photo_approved = 127
And how can this query run...
UPDATE member
SET photo_approved = 'xxx', last_activity = now()
WHERE id = 57
photo_approved = 0
And more importantly, how in the world do I get mysqli_stmt_affected_rows() to error out and return -1 like the Manual says it should when there is an error??????? :wall:
Every UPDATE query I try and concoct to make it fail ends up running?!
Another method to make a query give an error on purpose would be for example to spell UPDATE as UPDATEE
Update a non existing table? Insert more values than there are columns in the table?
Doing that means my code won't even run!
I am trying to get this...
mysqli_stmt_affected_rows($stmt2) == -1
Which means I need the UPDATE query to run, but fail while running due to an SQL error.
Typing gobbly-gook obviously will break any PHP code.
That won't even run. Again, that is not what I'm testing for.
See above.
I would be curious to know why the examples I gave above yield the results they do?! :eek:
I don't see how you can UPDATE a not-null field with a NULL, or UPDATE an Integer field with Text?!
What type of failures are you looking for besides syntax errors or invalid data?
Also, just because there might be data submitted that you don't want doesn't mean it can't be added to a database. There's a difference between invalid types of data going into a database (like trying to insert text into a numeric database column) and not getting the values you want or expect (like 888888 instead of 8).
You're only going to get -1 when a query fails to run because of an error. If the query runs then the output of that function with be 0 if nothing was affected or a number >= 1. From the manual:
An integer greater than zero indicates the number of rows affected or retrieved. Zero indicates that no records where updated for an UPDATE statement, no rows matched the WHERE clause in the query or that no query has yet been executed. -1 indicates that the query returned an error.
Writing a gobbly-gook query does not break any PHP code, since it isn't PHP. It should cause MySQL to return with an error. I thought that was what you wanted. I don't understand what you mean by "that won't even run".


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.The Trainer Behind Those Improbable Plays
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Idan Ravin, called the Hoops Whisperer, devises workouts that make tough situations routine.
The Nike sequence ostensibly has to do with hand-eye coordination, but for Ravin it represents more. He wanted the drill to create a sensory overload and simulate what it feels like when a player prepares for a last-second shot and, Ravin said, you have a defender on you, your coach yelling, you worry about the shot clock, you have fans, you have television cameras, your wife is in the stands.
If you can deal with a situation where theres so many things going on, thats N.B.A. life, Ravin said. It has nothing to do with whether you can catch a tennis ball with your hand.
Around the N.B.A., the 39-year-old Ravin is called the Hoops Whisperer because of his ability to connect with players many of whom are stars with methods that are a little different.
These days, two of his prominent clients are Anthony and Amare Stoudemire. Together, as Knicks teammates, they are engaged in an uphill battle against Boston in the first round of the N.B.A. playoffs Stoudemire, who had back trouble in Game 2, is hoping to play on Friday and they can only hope that whatever Ravin has done will help.
N.B.A. players often employ personal trainers to enhance aspects of their game and maintain others. The top trainers are spread out geographically. Tim Grover, who came to prominence for his work with Michael Jordan, is based in Chicago. Rob McClanaghan spends summers in Los Angeles working with Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook and others.
Ravin is from Maryland and may be the most unlikely of the bunch. He is a former lawyer who carries no business cards and did not play basketball past high school. He does not recruit; instead he waits for players to ask for him after hearing about him by word of mouth.
If youre in the business of trying to sell, youre in the business of trying to convince, Ravin said.
While establishing himself as a trainer in Maryland, he connected with Steve Francis, an N.B.A. guard at the time, who began directing others to him. Ravins reputation soon blossomed, and he has since worked with, among others, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Rudy Gay. All those players already had talent, but it was Ravins goal to extract the most from it, using some ingenuity, psychology and whatever else that works.
Idan knows skills work, said Stoudemire, who began working with Ravin two summers ago. He knows how to get you versatile.
Ravin has a longer relationship with Anthony, first working with him to prepare for the 2003 N.B.A. draft after his one-and-done season at Syracuse.
Ive been with him since I was 18 years old, Anthony said. He was a guy that I know could just focus on my game and the things that I needed to work on, get better at. Ive been with him ever since.
Ravin also had to gain the confidence of LaLa Vazquez, Anthonys wife. At a Fourth of July cookout a few years ago, Vazquez, a high school basketball player, was fishing at a lake near Anthonys home and started talking basketball with Ravin.
We worked on her jump shot for a half an hour and then she was making a lot of shots, and Melo could look down on the court and he just started laughing, Ravin said.
There is no blueprint for Ravins sessions. He says he decides when he meets with a player whether the player is in the mood to work out intensely or whether it should be a shorter session. Some workouts are group sessions with several basketball players, and others are just him and a single player. Ravins approach is to always stay cool and never raise his voice.
Each of Ravins drills like one aimed at improving peripheral vision, in which he stands to a dribbling players side and holds up numbers for him to call out are designed to make the difficult routine. Ravin compared the drills to a student trying to take an SAT in half an hour.
If I score almost as good as I did in three hours, then I would get nearly a perfect score if I have more time, Ravin said. Thats kind of my philosophy in terms of training.
Its a subconscious mans game. You dont have time to process information and go: What should I do? Should I do this or that? Everything moves so fast, you have to use your subconscious a lot in order to act. That only happens when you go through so many situations and know how to pair things.
Along the way, Ravin has become a confidant to Stoudemire and Anthony. He accompanied Stoudemire on his summer pilgrimage to Israel (both of Ravins parents were born there). He attended Anthonys wedding, where Chris Paul, another client, made a toast to a hopeful Knicks union between Paul, Anthony and Stoudemire. And Ravin mourned with Anthony at his sisters funeral in December.
When Anthony was traded to the Knicks, Ravin knew that harmony with Stoudemire would not bloom overnight. But his theory as to why differs from most. The concern over chemistry, Ravin said, is overblown in sports. N.B.A. players are used to playing with strangers, having done so since they were young. They immediately know the ball hog, the one with the bad hands, the one who can be trusted, Ravin said.
If anything, its kind of more getting the bigger picture, Ravin said. Youre changing the routine that you followed for so long. Its no longer that Im driving down the Denver highway to get to the arena. Its no longer that I know when my coach scratches his head that I know that hes irritated. Theres so many pieces to the organization, to the culture, that players have to adjust. Not just having a feel for a player on the court.
Ravin is keeping a close eye on the series with Boston. He says he knows when Anthony is about to get hot and when Stoudemire is readying to shoot his improved jumper. Although they are now paired with the Knicks, Ravin has not worked out Anthony and Stoudemire together. The chance may arrive this summer.
I hope to, Ravin said. Itll be fun.
Almost as much fun, perhaps, as Stoudemire and Anthony finding a way to beat the Celtics.


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Farm Bill Now!
That was the message the National Milk Producers Federation encouraged delegates literally to chant at Tuesday's annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.
NMPF leaders have been working since 2009 to fashion major policy reforms. And, they got close – really close – to getting those reforms passed in a Farm Bill this year.
"To use a football analogy, we're not just in the red zone, we're first and goal," NMPF president and CEO Jerry Kozak told delegates. "But great field position, even with the momentum that comes with a long drive, is not the same thing as putting points on the board," he added. "All our hard work, all of our compromises and meticulous planning ― none of it matters unless we can finish the job."
A version of the Farm Bill containing many of the features that NMFP wants, including margin protection insurance to help protect dairy producers from unfavorable swings in feed prices relative to milk prices, passed in the U.S. Senate and the House Agriculture Committee this summer but stalled in the full House.
NMPF chairman Randy Mooney told AgriTalk Radio that he's hopeful the Farm Bill will pass in the lame duck session of Congress scheduled after the Nov. 6 election.
"We've got a good policy that we want Congress to pass," Mooney said. "We thought we'd have it by now, but we don't."
To listen to more of Mooney's interview with AgriTalk, click on the audio bar at the top of this article.


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As I mentioned yesterday the last few days have been extremely hot in Australia and this has resulted in a few very sweaty days and nights. The thing is when there are hot days in Australian summers...they are quite often followed by violent storm systems that are filled with heavy rain, wind and hail.
Currently one is carrying on and I'm stuck away from home at 10:30pm writing this post on my phone. (as I've said..crazy Australian summers. Am I right?)
Anywho, while sitting here I've been thinking. If Australian summers were a comic book character, which one would it be.
Obviously it shares similarities to the character of Storm from the X-men, what with thunder, lightning and wind capabilities etc.
Unfortunately Storm doesn't have the heat bringing abilities of a Australian summer (if she can bring heat then I stand corrected, for the purpose of this post I'm going on what I have seen...and I can't say ive personally seen storm bring the heat. Powers wise that is. She totally brings the heat in other ways )
I like to think of the Australian summer as something that can tire you out, then when you finally get comfortable with the insane heat and being tired, it throws a curveball at you with devastating effect.
A character that can do all this, would in essence be the Australian summer of the comics world.
A character that can be devastating in one blow..well there's plenty of those. Hulk, thing, superman, etc. You get the picture, strong characters who with one hit could wipe the floor with you.
None of these guys however wear down their respective opposition. Characters that do this are guys like the flash, quicksilver, fast guys that eventually tire you out to the point of giving up. Then there are guys like green arrow, who although very direct, have the ability to wear you down through stealth and picking off your allies, etc.
Now where does this leave me? In a bit of a pickle actually. I'm struggling to find a character I like that fits my view on Australian Summers.
So I turn it over to you guys, who do you think should have the mantle and why?


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AN UNBROKEN partnership of 71 from Rory Cullinan and David Bateman drove Warminster to a 34-run victory over Biddestone last weekend.
Tom Davie's hosts were put in to bat first after losing the toss and were put under early pressure as their first five wickets fell for just 46 runs.
But Bateman (60 not out) and Cullinan (34 not out) put the wind back in Warminster's sails as they posted 194-8, despite Biddestone's Naeem Khan taking 4-22.
Biddestone captain Jamie Mitchell (33) attempted to get his side's run chase up and running but opposite skipper Davie took 3-25 whilst Marcus Brown and Pete Hickerton also claimed two wickets each to skittle Biddestone for 160 early in the 47th over.
Elsewhere, Westbury were put to the sword at Lechlade as they suffered a 91-run defeat.
Alex Senneck's men put their hosts in to bat but Bradley Dial hit 100 while Arran Dickinson weighed in with 63 as Lechlade posted a hearty 313-9, despite Martin Dolman taking 3-39.
David Wade attempted to fight back as he posted an unbeaten 62 but Michael Craigs (5-41) and Asanka Vithanage (3-29) reduced Westbury to 222-9.
- TWO dominant bowling displays booked Warminster a semi- final clash with Westbury in the Wessex Midweek League.
Warminster got past Rode in the first round, where tight bowling by skipper Ollie Quelch restricted the hosts to 66-7 before Pete Hickerton saw the team home for the loss of eight wickets.
Warminster then dismissed LWC for just 44 in 15.1 overs before reaching their target in the eleventh over to claim a six-wicket victory.
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JOB SUMMARY: The Sr. Software Applications Engineer has the ability to perform engineering tasks in software development and the responsibilities include analysis, design, programming, unit and integration testing of new or existing products/systems. Sr. Software Applications Engineer must have the ability to execute systems development projects with minimal technical direction. The Systems Software Engineer must be able to produce high quality, high performance software that meets company's software development standards.
(90%) Codes, tests, and debugs programs using current coding standards including:
· Designs, develops, and prepares technical documents for Infor HCM suite of products
· Translates design into code following company standards for product quality and maintainability
· Promotes code to all supported development lines
· Performs maintenance on existing products.
· Obtains peer review of the code.
· Performs unit tests, regression tests, and system tests.
· Works with Business Analysts to document the final implementation of the design.
· Provides analysis of current program functionality.
· Performs code improvements to eliminate program errors while maintaining application functionality.
· Recommends design alternatives to enhance the performance and functionality of application software.
· Develops and maintains a thorough knowledge of the Infor HCM Applications supported by their department.
· Develops and maintains knowledge of tools used in the software development environment.
· Develops and maintains knowledge of current software development technologies, computer systems, and industry trends.
· Understands basic customer business processes applicable to the application.
· May determine methods and procedures used on new assignments.
· Translates the System Requirement Specifications into detailed technical design
· Obtains review and approval of the technical design document before proceeding to implementation
· Designs quality application programs using various development methodologies
· Analyzes and prepares technical requirements for new development and current products.
(10%) Works with a team
· Interacts with peers, other organizations, clients and vendors in a professional manner.
· Provides complete, reliable and prompt information to management.
· Understands and commits to organizational goals.
· Volunteers experience and expertise to help others.
· Works cooperatively and supportively within a team environment.
· Mainly seen as a contributor on individual work products.
· Contributes to the team's work products.
· Provides programming estimates and programming status updates.
· Performs code reviews.
· Mentors team members.
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· Participates in the evolution/implementation of product development processes and tools.
· A Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
· 4-5 years of programming experience in Microsoft technologies.
· Proficient problem solving, interviewing and fact finding skills.
· Strong analytical and technical skills.
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· Strong experience with the product development life cycle, programming principles and classroom level exposure to a variety of programming languages (at least one), techniques and platforms
· 3+ Experience with web-based concepts and languages
· 3+ years of programming experience using SQL server, including data modeling, TSQL and Stored Procedures
· 3+ years' experience in XML and XSLT
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Ralph Graves is one of Crutchfield's blog editors, and part of the company's social media team. He writes about home audio/video gear, specializing in Apple-related and wireless technologies. Ralph holds a master's degree in music composition, and his works have been released on various labels. He's served as product manager for an independent classical and world music label, produced several recordings, and worked extensively in public broadcasting. Since 1984 he's hosted a weekly classical music program on WTJU, and is also active as a blogger and podcaster.
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I'm writing this just after Memorial Day, entering a season when I (like a lot of other people) spend a significant amount of time outside in the sun. Naturally, I like music to accompany me whether I'm working or playing outside. While there are plenty of portable iPod speaker systems available, none have quite the appeal that the Etón Soulra XL does — especially this time of year.
Solar-powered music
The Etón Soulra XL is a solar-powered iPod®/iPhone® speaker system, making it a logical (and green) choice for outdoor fun. But can a single solar panel actually power a speaker system?
Well, yes.
I reviewed the original Soulra system, and it did a pretty good job. The Soulra XL performs even better.
An upgrade from the original
Comparing the two, the Soulra XL is more of an extension and refinement to the original Soulra. The XL does weigh almost twice as much (about 7.1 lbs.) as the original, but that's the only down side. It's bulkier because it's bigger. And it's bigger in ways that count.
The solar panel has a surface area of 72 square inches (as compared to the Soulra's 26-1/4 square inches), and it's used to maximum efficiency. It also has two woofers and two tweeters (the original has two full-range speakers).
Time to charge
According to the specs, the Soulra XL should completely charge the batteries in five hours under optimal conditions. When I took it out of the box, I promptly went outside and placed it in a sunny place in the yard, facing south. That was around 10 in the morning. By four o'clock, the Soulra XL was showing a full charge. Nice!
Props for the solar panel
Another big improvement is the design of the solar panel. The original Soulra's panel folded over to double as a cover for the iPod docking well. The XL's panel is exposed at all times. It rests on the back of the triangular XL, and can flip up. Whether the sun was shining on the back or the front of the XL, I could still keep the system charging by just rotating the panel.
A well-designed well
Another nice feature is the docking well itself. The player sits in a recessed dock that has a hinged cover. This tinted plastic cover reduces glare (same principle as sunglasses), so I could see the iPod's display. One thing — I had to leave the display's backlight on continually in order to see anything through the tinted cover. Fortunately, the Soulra XL also charges the docked player, even when the system's running on batteries — another reason to keep that panel pointed sunward at all times!
which is covered when the solar panel is folded down.
Control and power
The system comes with a remote, and has a recessed storage spot for it on the back of the XL. It, like the the Soulra has a rubberized coating, so you don't have to worry about it getting splashed (I don't recommend diving into the pool with it, though).
Personally, a small remote is just one more thing to keep track of, so I generally stuck with the control buttons on the top of the XL. Play, pause, skip, stop, and volume, of course. What more do you need?
Over the weekend, we had some rainy days. No problem — the Soulra XL also has an AC power adapter for inside use.
A case for travel
The Soulra XL was made for outdoor, portable use. It has a rubberized exterior, making it moisture-resistant, so I didn't have to worry about taking it poolside. The provided detachable strap came in handy — it's well padded with gel, so it never cut into my shoulder as I lugged the Soulra XL around.
Outside voices, please!
The sound of the system is also made for the outdoors. The system has two woofers, two tweeters, and four bass ports (two front-facing, and two side-firing). Even when I set it in the middle of our yard, I didn't have to worry about the sound dispersing into the empty space. If I was in front of the XL, my music sounded focused, and loud.
The bass hit with a nice punch, and the treble had enough of an edge to keep the music defined. Now make no mistake — the Soulra XL will not replace your home audio system. But it's not supposed to. Since I mostly listened to it outside, I stuck to my outside music mix — classic rock, hip-hop (new and old skool) pop and electronica. It all sounded great al fresco. And I didn't have to stay right next to the system, either. Even across the yard, I could clearly make out the music (both treble and bass).
Overall impressions
I'd consider the Soulra XL a must-have for outdoor recreation. I enjoyed it while I worked in the yard, and relaxing in the shade. Keeping a portable system powered with four or more "C" or "D" cell batteries can be an expensive proposition after a while. Keeping my tunes going with the same sun that made it such a glorious day seemed to be an elegant solution to me.
Don't get me wrong. I still like the original Soulra. It's simple, compact, and portable. But I like the Soulra XL even more.


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It has happened more times than I can count. The doors slide open on a train car full of half-occupied pairs of seats. As the newcomer enters, we all set our features to maximum stoniness, flick the dimmer switch behind our eyes.
New Guy picks his way awkwardly down the aisle. He is praying for an empty row to suddenly materialize, a resentment-free zone rich in the traveler's most treasured resource: space. No luck. He comes closer, closer. Here he is. Here is his stupid bag being stowed against my feet.
Here is his stupid arm on the armrest. Here is his stupid aftershave in my nostrils and his stupid music leaking out of his barely muffling headphones two centimetres from my ear. New Guy, why do you always sit next to me?
When I raised the possibility, with a few lady friends, that I exude some mystical nonsexual ''sit next to me'' pheromone, they didn't shoot me down. Several insisted that they had it too. All of them agreed that, in their experience, the newcomer to the train car customarily parks him or herself next to a woman, not a man.
A smaller woman, especially. A smaller, younger woman most of all. In other words, the person New Guys deem least likely to intrude into others' personal space. Personal space is a big deal on public transportation.
The Tumblr 'Men Taking Up Too Much Space on the Train' administers a dose of public shaming to real-life dudes who somehow cannot make it through the first five minutes of the train trip without splaying their legs like colossi or cavalrymen. The archive offers ''an interesting visual representation of the way that men feel totally empowered'' to assert their physical presence, writes Huffington Post's Nina Bahadur.
Meanwhile, according to the sociology professor Lisa Wade: A feminine person keeps her body small and contained... She walks and sits in tightly packaged ways. She doesn't cover the breadth of the sidewalk or expand herself beyond the chair she occupies.
A quick survey of coworkers both male and female supports the hypothesis that, given a choice between sitting next to a man and sitting next to a woman, most people opt to sit next to the woman. All but two of the 16 staffers who answered my email query confirmed this. Of the outliers, one colleague declared himself indifferent to gender but sensitive to age: He avoids older passengers, on the theory that they can be chatty.
A second colleague, male, would sooner abut an XY seat than an XX one, for fear of ''being perceived as rude, aggressive or creepy.''Of those who vote women with their butts, a few cite the comparatively slighter physiques. Other reasons were more insinuating: a belief that women won't retaliate if disturbed, for instance, or that they are more inclined to share. Ladies don't ''throw their weight around,'' someone ventured.
They are ''socialised not to take up too much room,'' and are less likely to be ''a horrible jerk'' or ''a talkative chatterbox'' or ''disrespectful.'' ''Women on average are more considerate,'' wrote one colleague.For female coworkers, that consideration sometimes took on a very specific meaning.
''I believe I'm less likely to be bothered if I sit next to a woman,'' someone wrote. ''I probably would pick a woman in my age range with the hope she'd be less of a creeper, won't try to talk to me or hit on me,'' explained a second.
A gay colleague added: ''Basically, I assume that women are much less likely to be homophobic and be offended (perhaps to the point of aggression) by my presence than men are. A crowded train with a free seat only between two straight-looking dudes is anxiety-provoking in the extreme. I will stand.
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While many have assumed that Wagoner, Okla. three-star linebacker Gus Jones may have fallen behind classmates Jaydan Bird, Ronnell Lewis and Tom Wort that may not be exactly true. That's because Jones has been spending time with the trio, and Wort in particular. The 6-foot-2, 211-pound linebacker has been helping Wort take up some interesting hobbies on his weekends'.
"I've been down to Oklahoma a couple of weekends since I signed," Jones said. "Actually since then Tom Wort has been here three or four weekends in a row.
"I hung out up there with him before the spring game, actually it may have been two weeks before the spring game and then he has come down here a few times. We had him out there working some cattle, it was funny but he loves it."
Jones, who graduated last Friday, says that since signing his days have been filled with workouts, hanging out with friends and dealing with being the town's biggest football star in quite some time.
"I've just been hanging out with friends all the time and lifting," he said. "I love the workout. Coach (Brent) Venables has come up to see me and he and the guys are just trying to get me used to it.
"They just now sent me the one I'm actually going to be doing at Oklahoma.
"Tom comes out here and as he learns more and more stuff so I get to learn some of that now. He gave me some new stuff to do."
While it would be assumed that his new-found friend Wort would be Jones' roommate that won't be the case. However the nation's No. 39 inside linebacker for the class of 2009 has a roommate that he is familiar with and is ready to share space with.
"I'm going to room with Marshall Musil," he said. "I knew that Tom already had a roommate and Marshall and I have talked on the phone and we just decided to room together."
The workouts Oklahoma sent have helped Jones prepare physically for the rigors of his first year as a Sooner while relationships with Wort, Lewis, and a few other of his classmates and even some more veteran Sooners have helped him get his mind right about playing and living in Norman.
"I knew Ronnell and Gabe Lynn I've bet some older guys but I'm the worst with names," Jones recalled. "Also I've talked to some with Ryan Reynolds, Austin Box and some other guys."
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On a scale of 1-10 how prepared does Jones think he is for the ever-challenging summer workouts under Jerry Schmidt?
"I know that there are going to be some tough days but I love to work hard. I love the hard work of practice, but I'd probably say I'm about an 8. I'm not in the top condition shape I want to be in," he admitted.
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Leyland takes blame for Raburn's time in Detroit
DETROIT -- One year ago around this time, Ryan Raburn was on his way to getting booed out of Detroit. His experiment as the Tigers' regular second baseman was going horribly, offensively and defensively, and the fan response was growing.
Manager Jim Leyland waited it out, hoping Raburn would get that one hit to spark him on the kind of roll that he gets on -- the kind of roll he's on right now. It never happened, and it was probably the decision fans critiqued the most during Leyland's oft-questioned contract year.
Now, as Raburn returns to Detroit in a Cleveland Indians uniform coming off American League Player of the Week honors for going 11-for-12 with four home runs in a four-game stretch, Leyland is trying to put the blame on himself for Raburn not working out as an everyday player.
"Everybody knows what I think of Ryan Raburn," Leyland said Thursday. "I always have, and I always will. And I know he's a talented player, and if he gets comfortable again he's going to do well. I think I probably screwed him up last year making him a second baseman. If I had played him part time in the outfield and moved him around and not just had high expectations, he'd have probably been fine. So I'll take the responsibility for that. He's a talented guy.
"It was probably my fault. I just thought maybe we could get 15 home runs out of him playing second base. It didn't work, so it's my mistake."
Raburn, who talked with reporters before batting practice, respected Leyland's thought, but wasn't willing to put that on him.
"I appreciate him thinking it was his fault. It was nobody's fault," he said. "I think it's just the nature of the game. You go through spurts where it seems like nothing goes right for you and you go through spurts where there's nothing you can do wrong. It was just one of those years where it was going to go wrong. It did last year. But nobody is to blame. I was the one out there playing and I just didn't get it done."
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A teenage boy was stabbed multiple times Sunday afternoon and staggered into a gas station convenience store where the clerk called police for help.
The stabbing occurred shortly before 3 p.m. when the youth was approached by several other teenagers who attacked him, according to police, and the victim went to the University Chevron station, 310 Reservation Road, to ask the clerk to call 911.
Police and paramedics arrived and discovered the youth bleeding from stab wounds, officers said. He was flown by helicopter to a San Jose trauma center for treatment, police said.
The victim is expected to survive his injuries, police said.
While investigating the stabbing, police said, they received a report of another altercation at the Save Mart at 270 Reservation Road.
Responding officers found no victims, police said, but contacted several juveniles and arrested two of them as possible suspects in the earlier stabbing incident.
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A man was arrested after his car struck an 11-year-old girl and her 57-year-old grandmother in a crosswalk Sunday morning, police reported.
Police said Marco Vasquez Plata, 21, was driving east on East Laurel Drive at 7:30 a.m. when the accident occurred at Granada Avenue.
Plata drove from the scene, police said, and was stopped by officers a few blocks away.
The woman suffered broken ribs and head injuries, police said, and was flown to a San Josse hospital by helicopter, while the girl had a broken leg and was taken to a local hospital treatment.
Plata was arrested on suspicion of two counts of felony hit-and-run driving and driving without a license, police said, and booked into county jail.
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A sweep targeting 13 private patrol operators and auto body repair shops in the county was conducted Tuesday and Wednesday, he said, on businesses that were suspected of failing to provide required insurance as required by state law, resulting in the seven citations.
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MILWAUKEE -- Left-hander Martin Perez, at Double-A Frisco on a medical rehabilitation assignment, will make his next start on Saturday against Corpus Christi. Perez, who allowed one run in four innings on Monday against Midland, is scheduled to pitch five innings.
The Rangers will evaluate him after that start. Perez could be close to being an option at the Major League level, but he will likely need two or three more outings. Perez was hit by a line drive in Spring Training and has been sidelined since March 4 with a broken left arm.
"It was an arm injury, but not a shoulder or elbow," general manager Jon Daniels said. "It's not so much a health deal, it's more about effectiveness and how sharp he is. The biggest thing is how he's doing and how the big league club is doing."
Daniels said it's not automatic that Perez would be added to the big league roster when he's at full strength. He could be optioned to the Minor Leagues and continue pitching there until there is a need at the Major League level. Daniels also said Perez could be an option for the bullpen if there is a need, but the preference is to keep him stretched out to provide depth for the starting rotation.
Right now, the Rangers are committed to rookie right-handers Nick Tepesch and Justin Grimm in their rotation. Tepesch is 0-2 with an 8.44 ERA in his last two starts, but he is still scheduled to pitch Sunday against the Astros. The Rangers have an off-day on Thursday, so they could push Tepesch back, but manager Ron Washington said they aren't going to do that.
"You have to allow these guys [to have] some bad outings and see how they go through it," Washington said. "There's no perfection in baseball. You're going to have adversity, so you want to see how they work through it. They don't need to be looking over their shoulder. They have enough concerns trying to get out Major League hitters."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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PLANS for Burnley's first micro pub have been unveiled – but has immediately run into difficulties with a potential neighbour.
Licensing bosses will this week decide whether James Mansfield is permitted to open the Beer Shack, a new real-ale emporium, in Manchester Road.
But solicitor Stuart Smith, who has offices above the would-be bar, has lodged strong objections to the venture, from the Nottinghamshire-based entrepreneur, who is also involved with a company called Medieval Beers. In a letter to the borough council, Mr Smith blasted the authority first for not officially notifying him of the licensing application.
And he added: "I have had a look at the website for Medieval Beers and it seems to me that this is a micro-brewery and I am extremely concerned that if planning approval is granted then the applicant may well wish to brew beer on the site.
"I note from my personal experience of visiting breweries that this will create a smell that will affect many properties in the vicinity."
Mr Smith has also told councillors that he fears the disruption that he iscurrently experiencing from customers of the Big Window, opposite his premises, will only get worse if the micropub is given the go-ahead. Mr Mansfield is head brewer at Medieval Beers. And he is also the co-owner of a similar micropub, also known as the Beer Shack, in Hucknall, Notts.
The brewer has already pledged not to have live or recorded music played within the premises after mediation talks with another neighbour, Frost and Co estate agents.
Three councillors will make a final ruling on Mr Mansfield's licensing application at Burnley Town Hall.


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