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Former Reagan Cabinet Member and Colonel Says 9/11 "Dog That Doesn't Hunt"
Former Reagan Cabinet Member and Colonel Says 9/11 "Dog That Doesn't Hunt"
Col. Ronald D. Ray asks why half a trillion defense budget couldn't protect Pentagon, astounded at "conspiracy theory" put out by government
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones/Prison Planet.com | July 1 2006
The former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under the Reagan Administration and a highly decorated Vietnam veteran and Colonel has gone on the record to voice his doubts about the official story of 9/11 - calling it "the dog that doesn't hunt."
Col. Ronald D. Ray joined Alex Jones for an hour long interview in which he gave his views on a wide array of subjects, including the war on terror, porous borders and the Bush administration.
Ray questioned the feasbility of having a budget of half a trillion dollars a year yet not even being able to defend the Pentagon.
"Half a trillion dollars a year and a bunch of guys over in a cave in Afghanistan were able to penetrate that half a trillion dollar network that's supposed to provide Americans with national security."
The Colonel detailed historical examples of the use of false flag operations carried out by the US government, in particular Israel's attempted sinking of the USS Liberty, which LBJ allowed to happen in an effort to blame Egypt and kickstart a war.
Ray (pictured below) espoused his complete distrust of the legitimacy of the official story behind 9/11.
"I'm astounded that the conspiracy theory advanced by the administration could in fact be true and the evidence does not seem to suggest that's accurate," he said.
Ray highlighted the existence of Project Bojinka and the fact that Bush administration officials claimed ignorance of a plot to attack the World Trade Center with planes despite limitless precursors to suggest otherwise.
Ray dismised the validity of the assertion that the Bush administration is fighting a genuine war on terror.
"If the war on terror is real then the first thing that would have happened within a matter of weeks after 9/11 would have been we'd have closed the borders off."
"You have no national security if your borders are not secure."
Ray expressed his disgust at how the current batch of crooks had twisted the conservative movement and wrapped themselves in it like a wolf in sheep's clothing.
"This neo-conservative takeover of the government in the last six years is the destruction of the things that Barry Goldwater would have been running for in '64 and even the things that Ronald Reagan said he supported," said Ray.
"The conservative movement in this country has almost been neutered as a result of this administration."
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GREAT LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN MONTCLAIR! Storefront office space steps from Bloomfield Ave. Approx 1,100 SF. Can be subdivided. Currently used as real estate office. Space is configured with sun drenched reception area, 2 private offices, conference room, and large break room with kitchenette. Many parking options available.
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I have been asked to Look into encrypting backups from windows server 2003... Any free or cheap solutions?
Jan 31, 2013 at 10:02 UTC
I would look for TrueCrypt.
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Jan 31, 2013 at 10:02 UTC
I would look for TrueCrypt.
Jan 31, 2013 at 12:51 UTC
I would imagine your backup process is going to determine this. What media are you backing up to, what software is doing the backups, and so on.
Jan 31, 2013 at 2:20 UTC
I agree with Bryan, with some backup products the way they save everything means the data looks like a mess to anything else. Your not going loose a tape and find some one member of the public booting it and looking through.
If your just making copys of files then something like true crypt would do the job.
Whats the purpose of encrypting the backups? Is it internal eyes your concerned about, external eyes loss of media etc?
Jan 31, 2013 at 2:32 UTC
Thanks guys True crypt is the solution for me ^_^
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Via communal entrance, stairs to second floor to own front door.
Laminated flooring, single panel radiator, two storage cupboards, loft access, wall mounted boiler ( ideal).
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16'7" (5.05m) x 9'9" (2.97m). Double glazed window to rear aspect, laminated flooring, double panel radiator, coved ceiling.
9'8" (2.95m) x 8'6" (2.59m). Double glazed window to front aspect, stainless steel sink and mixer tap over, fitted wall and base units, roll edge work top, electric cooker point, plumbing for washing machine, fully tiled walls, tiled floor.
Double glazed frosted window to front aspect, panelled bath, shower curtain, hand held shower attachment, pedestal wash hand basin, low level W/C, fully tiled walls, tiled floor, single panel radiator, wall mounted electric shower.
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|Saturday, 22 February 2003
A substantial reduction in overseas telephone calls is likely beginning from the middle of this year according to a new agreement the government will sign with telecommunications service providers shortly. The government announced yesterday that the seven major domestic operators of telecommunication services had agreed to fully cooperate with the new liberalisation policy in the sector.
This will be made possible when the government issues licenses to new companies to provide international call facilities. At present only the Sri Lanka Telecom operates what is known as the International Gateway.
"Short codes will make it possible for consumers to enjoy the benefits of competition with regard to international calls. The government expects a dramatic reduction in international call prices after the short codes are made available and equal access enabled," the announcement said. Some of the operators had earlier disagreed with the new policy, but the government stuck to the principle that would encourage competition and reduce prices.
According to the new policy, the network contribution by the External Gateway Operator to the licenses by the end of the month will be Rs110 in the first year and gradually decline over the next five years to be Rs 10 in the sixth year.
The government will start a "Viswa Grama Fund" to which contributions from the charges will be sent. This fund, to be managed by a development bank, will channel cash to the e-Lanka initiative through smart subsidies to take modern telecommunications and the Internet to rural areas.
The Ministry of Mass Communication, which is in charge of the project, will shortly appoint a task force with criminal investigation and technical expertise to ensure that the operators stick by the rules.
The aim of the project is to reduce the cost of international calls in Sri Lanka and thereby make the country competitive in the field.
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— NEW YORK - Want to live in a sunny town that's immune from recession? Try Jacksonville. Just make sure that while you're on the beaches, you watch out for an amphibious assault.
We're talking Jacksonville, N.C., home of Camp Lejeune and its Marines, whose efforts in two wars have also helped the local economy fight off the worldwide recession.
Too hot for you? Try Rochester, Minn., where the Mayo Clinic kept the economy healthy until it slipped into a mild recession this January.
Or move northwest to Washington, where the Kennewick-Pasco-Richland metro area has only now joined the recession, thanks to a resource that will pay glowing dividends for thousands of years: nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project and the Cold War.
They're economic paradoxes, highlighted today in the monthly Adversity Index from
Moody's Economy.com and msnbc.com. The index shows that the recession reached 367 of the nation's 381 metro areas, and 47 out of 50 states, by the end of February.
Here's the surprise. On the one hand, cities with greater economic diversity tend to show steadier growth. A balance of industries usually means less boom or bust. Cities that put all their eggs in one market basket increase their risk of calamity. (See: Elkhart, Ind., the recreational vehicle capital of the world.)
Yet this is also true: Most of the 35 metro areas that have largely avoided recent recessions, and most of the 14 metro areas that still haven't fallen into the current recession, are Johnny One Notes, dominated by a single industry. They're college towns (State College, home of Penn State), government centers (Olympia, Wash.), military bases (Virginia Beach, Va.), or the stray mecca for health care (Rochester) or agriculture (Salinas, Calif., the Salad Bowl of America).
In Hinesville, Ga., home of the Army's 20,000-employee Fort Stewart, the next largest employer is the Wal-Mart. Yet Hinesville was among the last metro areas in the U.S. to join the recession.
Recession-resistant doesn't mean recession-proof. Now even most of those 35 metro areas are getting a case of recession, though it's likely to be brief and less painful.
Here are several ways to explore this month's Adversity Index:
The national view
Of the 50 states, only Alaska, North Dakota and Wyoming were showing enough signs of growth to delay a declaration of recession by the end of February.
Among metro areas, 96 percent were in recession by the end of February, up from 93 percent in
the January report. That's 367 out of 381, up from 353 a month earlier.
Of the 14 metro areas still not in recession, again this month only one showed an expanding economy: Laredo, Texas, a border community energized by trade with Mexico — at least before the outbreak of swine flu across the border.
The 13 others were judged to be at risk, meaning they appeared to be decelerating toward a recession. Many on that list, but not all, are one-note economies of a different sort, producers of oil and gas. The 13 are Anchorage, Alaska; Bismarck, N.D.; College Station-Bryan, Texas; Farmington, N.M.; Grand Forks, N.D.; Grand Junction, Colo.; Jacksonville, N.C.; Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas; Las Cruces, N.M.; Midland, Texas; Odessa, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Texarkana, Texas-Ark.
Not a single metro area in the nation was judged to be in recovery in February.
Accelerating pain in Elkhart
The economic decline accelerated in February in Elkhart, where
msnbc.com is focusing reporting on the nation's hard times.
A mild touch of the recession
Two years of recession — that's been the typical experience of metro areas across the nation over the past 15 years. For the median, or middle metro area, that's been 23 months of recession spread through the 177 months studied in the Adversity Index.
Yet the recession-resistant metro areas we identified each had no more than nine months of recession during that same period. Most of these 35 areas missed the last national recession in 2001-02, and most of them came late to the current decline.
These 35 metro areas can power through just about any illness — so long as their one economic heart keeps beating.
Lincoln will always have the University of Nebraska. There's no talk of moving the capital of Washington out of Olympia. And in southeastern Washington state around Kennewick, Richland and Pasco, the process of cleaning up nuclear waste at the Hanford Site has years to go.
Not one of the recession-resistant metro areas ranked very high on a scale of industrial diversity from Moody's Economy.com.
There are a few with moderately high diversity scores — large regional centers, such as Atlanta, or smaller diverse economies, such as Bend, Ore., and Salisbury, Md.
"Generally speaking, diverse economies tend to have more sustainable growth with less severe dips, at the expense of less robust booms," said economist Andrew Gledhill of Moody's Economy.com, which sells reports and forecasts on metro areas.
One reason is that a single sector of the economy can go into recession by itself. "For instance, overexposure to telecom in the 2001 recession would have led your local economy to be disproportionately affected," Gledhill said. "Having a diverse economy limits these kinds of instances."
The extreme exceptions are the 35 recession-resistant areas, which mostly have low to middling diversity scores yet somehow have slid past those national recession. North Carolina's Jacksonville turned in an industrial diversity score of just 5 out of 100 on the Moody's scale, the lowest of these 35 areas. Jacksonville is always just one defense appropriation bill away from joining recession-prone areas. But could Marines ever be as obsolete as RVs?
"There are some industries that have historically been less susceptible to the ebbs and flows of the business cycle," Gledhill said. "Health care and the military are good examples of this."
Minnesota's Rochester is a world leader in health care because of one name: Mayo Clinic. The medical center employs about 30,000 people, and supports many ancillary businesses. The next largest employer, IBM, had only about 4,000 on the payroll before layoffs in January and March. (IBM hasn't disclosed the number laid off, but news reports have estimated the job losses at several hundred.)
Despite the national recession, the Mayo Clinic added jobs in 2008, according to Moody's Economy.com.
"Now, however, the national economic slump is hitting Mayo as well," said a report by economist Edward Friedman for Moody's clients in February. "According to spokesmen, in the near term the only hiring, if any, will be for direct patient care. Research and training jobs will be frozen. ... Further, charitable contributions, a major source of funds for unbilled services, are declining, which puts additional downward pressure on the clinic."
A spokesman for the Mayo Clinic declined msnbc.com's request for an interview.
Spokesman Karl Oestreich said in e-mail: "We don't give quarterly updates to the media on our financial situation as is required of for-profits. We don't intend to start giving updates now. Mayo Clinic is a humanitarian not-for-profit institution that is primarily concerned with the delivery of our mission. In general, we are weathering the financial crisis about as well as could be expected. Our mission isn't really about supply and demand; it's about healing the sick and advancing the science."
Over the long term, the Moody's prognosis for Rochester is one that nearly every other part of the nation would envy: "The metro area will experience a moderate recession over the course of 2009," then get quickly back on track, as long as health care spending remains high.
That might be a better bet than foreign wars or nuclear waste.


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The past couple years we've been gathering helpful feedback from those of you that have participated in playtesting at our Dallas Play Test lab. This feedback has been imperative to improving games like The Evil Within and Wolfenstein: The New Order. As a result of the success from the Texas lab, we're looking to add another one near our Maryland headquarters.
As always, we continue to look for new applicants — both in Texas and Maryland. You must be at least 18 years of age, have a passion for games, and be willing to take home some awesome giveaways.
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Press & Public Affairs Manager - Housing
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- Peter Childs
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- London / East London / Kent
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- c £45,000 + bens
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- 01 Feb 2013
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- Corporate Communications, External Affairs, Press / Media Relations, Public Affairs / Policy
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c £45,000 + good bens
A thought leader in its sector, this dynamic social enterprise seeks a manager who combines political acumen with an outstanding PR and public affairs track record, someone who will user their strategic leadership to deliver effective engagement, dissemination and stakeholder management programmes with the support of a talented, driven team.
An expert in reputation management, you'll demonstrate a track record in generating coverage across national, local and specialist trade media, and your writing talents will bring clarity to complex policy areas.
Drawing on your knowledge of both local and central government, ideally – but not necessarily – gained in a housing or development context, you will lead the processes to manage stakeholder relationships strategically, and line manage the internal communications function. Skilled at negotiation and persuasion, you will offer expert advice to senior management on the best approaches to meet objectives.
Reporting to the Head of Communications, this is a key new managerial position within a dynamic Communications Team. At a time when housing tops both the consumer and political agenda, this promises to be a challenging and rewarding role.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- First Solar ( FSLR) was the worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 on Monday morning. The S&P was falling 17 points, or 1.23%, to 1,361.53 in early action as disappointing data from China and Europe stoked investor worries about the health of the global economy.
Shares of First Solar were off more than 6% to $19.36. The stock was reportedly downgraded to neutral from outperform by Robert W. Baird. First Solar hit a 52-week low Monday of $19.10. The stock's 52-week high of $144.97 was set on April 29. First Solar shares trade at an estimated price-to-earnings ratio for next year of 4.9 times; the average for renewable energy equipment companies is 8.5X. For comparison, GT Advanced Technologies ( GTAT) has a lower forward P/E of 4.5X. Twenty-seven of the 39 analysts who cover First Solar rate it at hold. Six analysts give the stock a buy rating and another six rate it at hold. TheStreet Ratings gives First Solar a C- grade and hold rating. The stock has fallen 42.65% year to date. -- Written by Alexandra Zendrian in New York. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Alexandra Zendrian >To submit a news tip, send an email to: firstname.lastname@example.com. >To follow the writer on Twitter, go to Alexandra Zendrian.


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The jewel of the Northern Islands, Qamea is an incredibly beautiful island of lush green hills and unspoiled white sandy beaches. A garden island in an azure sea, a golden arc of beach with coral gardens waiting offshore. Qamea is an intimate getaway with 17 beachfront bures and beach houses nestled among swaying palms and tropical greenery. A first class, casual, true Fijian-style private island resort - tranquility and brilliancy personified.
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Area poet to lead classes in Brainerd
Richard Fenton Sederstrom, who lives near Park Rapids, will lead a poetry workshop, give a public reading, and facilitate creative writing classes during a visit to Central Lakes College in Brainerd Oct. 4-6.
Sederstrom, a retired English professor, will present a poetry workshop from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5 in E203 for all levels of interest and ability.
The public is invited to a free poetry reading Thursday, Oct. 6 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Jon Hassler Library.
During the afternoon Tuesday, Oct. 4 and Thursday, Oct. 6 Sederstrom will be facilitating workshops in the creative writing class taught by Donna Salli at CLC.
"Poetry tends also to be somewhere between merely ironic and downright paradoxical," Sederstrom said. "Like much of life seems to be, especially when we try to be conscious of living it. We read (and write) poetry largely to try to figure it out; we live life largely to try to figure it out. The joy of the attempt mollifies the shock of the inevitable failure, and the one pursuit trains us for the other."
Sederstrom moved with his family to pre-suburban Arizona in 1954. He was schooled at Arizona State University and Breadloaf at Middlebury College, Vermont.
He has taught middle school, high school, college, and occasional graduate classes, but he strongly prefers to teach at the high school level, where "the young people are observant and inquisitive enough to begin to be interesting, but not too old to be molded into a love for poetry, art, philosophy and other routes to corruption."
He says he is "fortunate to have retired from all respectable pursuits, especially teaching."
Today when he returns to the classroom as a visitor, he said "instead of teaching out of pedagogy, I teach out of confusion, and into it, the way teaching should be done, the way poetry should be done, the way life should be lived."
His first book, "Fall Pictures on an Abandoned Road," was released in 2009. "Disordinary Light" came out in 2010. His latest book, "Folly, A Book of Last Summers," appeared in June.
His poetry has been published in Avocet, The Talking Stick, English Journal, Plainsongs, Big Muddy, Mother Earth Journal, The Blue Guitar, Memoir (and), and Ruminate among other journals and magazines.


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We all know someone who has made bad career decisions – staying too long in a dead-end job, picking a career they are not suited for, or giving up a good job for a bad one. What are some of the psychological factors in play when making career decisions, and how can we make better ones?
1. Fear of Change and Risk Aversion. This explains why so many people get stuck in dead-end jobs. Many of us choose a "safe" job or career, such as a career with high chances of employment (but one that we don't feel positive or passionate about), or we are reluctant to seek out better jobs because we are afraid we might risk the one we have.
2. Belief in a Just World. Sometimes, people stay in jobs where they are underpaid or unfairly treated because they believe that eventually things will "even out," and they will get the rewards that they deserve. Belief in a just world is a pervasive psychological notion possessed by many. The problem is that the world is not always fair, and differential and unfair treatment abounds.
3. Grass is Greener Phenomenon. There is a common, persistent belief that other people are getting a better deal (i.e., more pay, more rewarding work), than we are. I recall working with someone who always told us, "at the [competitor company] the pay, benefits, and conditions are better." He changed jobs, only to return after a few months, finding out that the grass wasn't greener elsewhere.
4. Overestimating Our Ability to Impact the Environment. There is a general tendency to believe that we can have greater influence on changing the environment than we actually can. As a result, we think that we can simply work our way out of a bad job situation – persuading our boss to give us a raise, demonstrating our competency expecting that we will be noticed and gain a promotion, etc. The reality is that there are many factors completely outside our control and we need to be aware of and factor into our decision making.
So, now that we've seen some of the psychological factors that lead us to bad career decisionmaking, what are some strategies to help us make GOOD career decisions?
1. Critically (and Objectively) Analyze Your Work Situation. Strive for objectivity in assessing your career situation. Ask the advice of others. Explore alternative jobs and career paths. This could include a visit with a career consultant.
2. Be Courageous and Take Some Calculated Risks. To keep from getting stuck in a dead-end job, we need to actively explore alternatives. Keep on the lookout for possible job openings, and consider a new career and/or graduate training. Certainly there are risks involved, but also consider the risks and harm to your stress levels and well-being.
3. Don't Get Caught up in "Magical Thinking." There is a tendency to believe that something will "magically" happen to change our circumstances – we will win the lottery, our boss will suddenly discover our true worth and reward us, etc. Realize that change only occurs by taking action.
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- "It's time for Kaufman Cabs' guardian angel to eat some fender!"
- ― VC Cabs owner
Cabmaggedon is the last mission played for Delores the cab dispatcher in the Kaufman Cabs asset missions of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
The Mission
To start the mission, get on the marked cab at the central, then Tommy will be told that Mercedes asked for a pick up. Drive over to Viceport and get in the marked open empty area near the bomb shop. Sound the horn. Now, there is no sign of Mercedes, however, there is sign of something else...six VC Cabs vehicles with drivers seeking revenge for destroying the three rival VC Cabs during the previous mission, Friendly Rivalry.
The quest here is to avoid being killed by the cabs for one minute. The player will have to drive around the open area until the one minute timer goes down to zero. When it reaches zero, the cabs will self-destruct/disappear and the boss cab will arrive. A Zebra Cab will enter the area with the owner of VC Cabs in it, it's a man with a blue taxi-driver T-shirt. Tommy will now have to kill the owner, either by ramming his car into destruction, or more easily, wait for him to be in Tommy's firing range, get out of Tommy's cab and gun his cab to the exploding point (shooting through the windshield and into the driver also works).
When the owner is killed and his car is destroyed, the mission is over. The VC Cabs owner will drop a katana if he was out of the car. Upon completing this mission, Kaufman Cabs will be paying Protection Money, and all Kaufman Cabs will have two-way radios installed with Delores talking to the drivers, replacing the radio station music. As another reward, the player will unlock the Zebra Cab, at the cab depot.
- There is an incredibly helpful method to clear this mission in the easiest, fastest way. As soon the convoy of taxis appear, drive to the farther southeast corner of the area and leave your car around, then keep running straight between the freights then to the left and you'll be outside the compound area. Grab the Flamethrower that is adjacent to the building the compound is and go to the gate where you got in. Wait when the timer is over and shoot your flamethrower in the spot where the Zebra Cab will spawn. The driver will flee away and the Zebra Car will try to ram inside the compound without the driver. Just go and dispose of the driver to complete the mission.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Go and pick up Mercedes
- Sound the horn
- Stay alive until the timer runs out
- Take out the leader cab
The reward for completing this mission is $5,000 and the Zebra Cab is unlocked along with the mission Cap the Collector.
- The name "Cabmageddon" is likely a play on "Carmageddon", a controversial vehicular combat video game.
- If the VC Cabs' owner leaves his car, he will attempt to kill the player with a Katana.
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Southmoreland board agrees to $563K contract to repair Russ Grimm Field
A contract has been awarded, and the process to replace Russ Grimm Field can begin.
Southmoreland School Board directors voted on Thursday on a contract that involves $555,000 for a turf surface supplied by Shaw Sports Turf of Pittsburgh, to be installed by Vasco Asphalt of Massillon, Ohio; $1,000 for digging a trench and placing a gravel base to allow for the installation of Jersey barriers to help divert water; and $7,000 for an electrical conduit to run under the surface, which will bring power to the scoreboard side of the field for the permanent installation of 25-second play clocks and other various items that might need power.
Insurance will cover $448,557 of the $563,000, leaving $114,443 to be picked up by the district.
However, Don Defurio of Defurio, Mongell and Associates, the district's insurance carrier, said he is working to reduce that number.
"We are on top of this, and we'll do everything we can to make it better for the school," Defurio told the board on Thursday.
Superintendent John Molnar said the money the district will have to pay could be covered by a bond refinancing.
"We're going to recoup about $501,000 if we do a single bond issue," Molnar said after the meeting. "Capital improvements are an allowable expense, so that's an option the board has."
Torrential storms in August destroyed Russ Grimm Field, rendering it unusable for fall sports and other activities. A complete replacement of the field turf surface, which was installed in 2006, is necessary.
The motion passed on a 7-1 vote with School Director Ken Alt voting against it. School Director Aimee Love was not in attendance.
"I'm a sports guy, but in good conscience I can't vote for it," Alt said.
Shaw Sports was one of six companies that presented bids for the new surface, each of which made their sales pitches at a public forum on Tuesday in the middle school library. Area high schools whose fields the company has been involved with include Thomas Jefferson, Penn-Trafford, Norwin and Gateway, as well as seven National Football League teams.
Mark Scheller of Eckels Group, architect of the project, told the board that there were features of what Shaw offered that he believes were right for the new surface.
These include a blended fiber and a surface that is a mixture of 30 percent sand and 70 percent rubber.
"The strand is much better, increasing the safety factor of the turf," Scheller said of the blended fiber. "It's more durable. It's going to allow for longer use of that field."
Having sand in the turf surface also helps the field's durability, he said.
Molnar believes the district was in a good place with the project, even though it could have to pick up the tab for about $100,000.
He explained that these turf surfaces last for only about 10 years and the district was only a few years away from needing a new field, which would have carried a price tag of about $500,000 to $600,000.
"In 2016 or (2017), the district would have to expend ($500,000) or $600,000 to replace that turf," Molnar said, adding that the district would have to pay only about $100,000 or so for a field that should last until about 2025.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for the district," Scheller said.
The district's hope is that the field will be completed and ready for use by May 23 — something Shaw and all of the companies involved in the bidding process said they would be able to handle.
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Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: RED EYE OF LOVE begins off-Broadway, Patrick Page can't stop being bad at 54 Below, Michael Cerveris goes to NOLA and more!
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- The "mad cap" musical RED EYE OF LOVE begins previews off-Broadway tonight!
- Patrick Page (in a dramatic entrance as the Grinch, below) returns for an encore of GOOD TO BE BAD at 54 Below...
- Michael Cerveris brings 'NINE LIVES' to New Orleans this evening.
- And original star of A CHORUS LINE Mitzi Hamilton directs Surflight's production in New Jersey, beginning tonight!
- MAD MEN's Vincent Kartheiser and CASA VALENTINA's Larry Pine will star in Vineyard's BILLY & RAY this fall.
- LITTLE DANCER announced its full cast at Kennedy Center, including Karen Ziemba, Tiler Peck and more!
- Billy Porter, Laverne Cox and more have signed on for the upcoming UPRISING OF LOVE benefit concert at the Gershwin...
- We got a sneak peek (right) at rehearsals for off-Broadway's STALKING THE BOGEYMAN.
- And finally, Jamie Lloyd will helm ASSASSINS at Menier Chocolate Factory as part of their winter season.
Broadway Weather Forecast: Sunny all day with a high of 88; thunderstorms late tonight.
Quote of the Day: In honor of A CHORUS LINE at Surflight, here are a few words from the great Marvin Hamlisch...
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Video of the Day: The classic Lesley Ann Warren version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA will be out on DVD next month. Watch a clip of "Impossible" below, and check out three more scenes here!
And finally, a Happy Birthday shout-out to Paul Reubens, who turns 63 today!
Best known as "Pee-wee Herman", star of the long-running children's series Pee-wee's Playhouse, Reubens took The Pee-Wee Herman Show to Broadway in 2010. The actor has appeared on television in everything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Murphy Brown, Hercules, Everybody Loves Raymond, 30 Rock, Dirt, Pushing Daisies, SNL and more.
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The North Shore Challenge is in its 18th year and remains Northern Ontario's biggest and most spectacular motor sports event. Held at the Elliot Lake Airport Dragway this 1/8 mile drag race offers thrilling race action along with jet cars, a Nitro Nostalgia Funny Car, motorcycle stunt riders, classic car show, Deric Farquhar Mayor's Challenge Race, Science North and Bouncyland for the kids, VIP area, Molson's pouring station, food and merchandise vendors…and more!!
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Those two gorgeous Hungarian beauties, blonde Nesty and brunette Denise, treat lucky Cristian to some serious pleasure today when they start squirming around on a couch wearing their colorful leggings and trainers. Nesty in particular looks ultra-cute with her pink stretchy tights coming out of her blue denim short-shorts, and she starts tugging Cristian's cock between her pink-and-white sneakers while Denise sucks the meat. Happily the shoes come off quickly so we all can enjoy the sight of the girls' bare feet, with Nesty's size 6 peds and Denise's size 7.5 soles doing all sorts of delightful things to their male friend's tool. We love how...


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Should Non-Precedential Opinions Be "Precedential But Overrulable" Opinions?
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A post at Legal Theory Blog alerted me to Amy E. Sloan's new article, If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em: A Pragmatic Approach to Nonprecedential Opinions in the Federal Appellate Courts, 86 Neb. L. Rev. 895 (2008), available on SSRN. Amy Sloan is an Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Legal Skills program at University of Baltimore School of Law. She is well known to legal writing professors, and to many law students, as the author of a popular legal research textbook, Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies.
Sloan makes an interesting argument, advocating that Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1 be amended to assign non-precedential opinions a sort of "mixed" precedential value, specifically, that "non-precedential opinions [would be] binding unless overruled by a later panel's precedential opinion." She contends that giving non-precedential cases this "'overrulable' status" would ensure that the opinions' precedential weight would "correspond[] to their position within the traditional hierarchy of federal decisional law."
As Sloan discusses, there are good questions about whether such a change should (or even could) be implemented by rule change. But setting that procedural issue aside, the changes she recommends have some appeal, to me. Currently, Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1 prohibits the circuits from prohibiting citation of non-precedential opinions, but does not specify what weight can or should be accorded any such opinions that are issued. As Sloan details in her article, under this regime the circuits have developed different, somewhat inconsistent approaches regarding the issuance of and importance of non-precedential opinions. Uniformity seems preferable.
Also, assigning the opinions the sort of intermediate weight Sloan advocates is intuitively appealing, if only because it seems a rough approximation of the way that courts will respond to such opinions. I.e., even if non-precedential opinions are designated as merely "persuasive," once an on-point non-precedential opinion is presented to a court, the court probably will feel the need to respond to its reasoning in some way or another, either adopting it as good reasoning, or disapproving it.
Sloan's article also reminded me of a question that Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Joan Kessler raised a couple of weeks ago, when I was on a CLE panel sponsored by the Association of Women Lawyers, along with Judge Kessler and Court of Appeals Judge Kitty Brennan. During discussion of the recent decision to amend Wisconsin Statute 809.23(3), Judge Kessler asked whether Cook v. Cook, the Wisconsin Supreme Court case that prohibits the Wisconsin Court of Appeals from overruling its own opinions, would also apply to non-precedential opinions, when they become "persuasive" authority after the new rule takes effect in July 2009.
Judge Kessler seemed to presume, correctly I think, that Cook v. Cook would not limit the court's ability to overrule or modify such decisions. The precise holding of Cook v. Cook, "that the constitution and statutes [of Wisconsin] must be read to provide that only the supreme court, the highest court in the state, has the power to overrule, modify or withdraw language from a published opinion of the court of appeals," does not reach non-precedential opinions.
Nonetheless, Judge Kessler's question, like Sloan's questions in this new article, lead me to believe that questions about the proper "value" of non-precedential opinions in legal arguments will persist, despite (and maybe because of) the trend toward allowing citation of these opinions.
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Students at West Bench Elementary — Ben McLeod, Christopher MacDonald, Rebekah Young and Benjamin Avila along with their classmates from Dena Knowles' Grade 3/4 class — sing their own version of a Christmas favourite, the 12 Days of West Bench Christmas at the school's annual Christmas concert Tuesday.
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The Professional Engineers Board (PEB) met with Philip Brave Davis, the deputy prime minister and minister of works and urban Development, and Renward Wells, the parliamentary secretary in the ministry, on March 1st to update them on the work of the board and to discuss matters of mutual interest to all.
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The PEB also informed them that one of the principal goals of this board's term was to finalize and present after due consultation the draft regulations required under the act.
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The trio featured Gilad on saxes and clarinet, Asaf Sirkis, drums and Ross Stanley on keyboards. The keyboard had a Hammond organ bias which was used to great effect. Asaf Sirkis' drumming added the power and Gilad was his usual inventive self. His surreal introductions to what amounted to a set of standards were as original as the trio's take on those standards. A very powerful band delivering inventive re-workings of numbers you thought you might have heard done to death.
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what is dashboard?
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click the photo to the right of the phones
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thats funny theyre marketing it as such, dashboard is actually the name of the "red bar" vzw ui. if you find some early articles about the switch back from the vx7000 days youll hear it referenced as such, though they never really stuck with the name
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One of the best things I like about this phone is the FM tuner. Nice touch.
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you mean fm transmitter, you can't pick up radio stations with the phone. It broadcast out the songs you have saved to the phone.
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It actually is an FM Tuner not a transmitter. You will be able to listen to the radio from your phone.
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No..I was right when I said FM Transmitter. There is no radio built into this phone. It transmits your saved music to a radio such as your car stereo or any other radio for that matter. "The Chocolate 3 will also be the first Verizon device to have an integrated FM Transmitter so that you can listen to your stored music on any near by FM Radio Receiver."
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i think you are all wrong
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I bought one and you are right! it is an fm transmitter not radio
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And 1 GB of internal memory isn't too shabby either.
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I've had a V710 forever and I'm more than a year past my free every two.. looks like I'll finally be upgrading! I'd perfer the Dare but really don't need all the glitz and glamour... Choc3 should do it unless there's something better!
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this chocolate will also be able to multi-task similar to the Dare.
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The features sounds nice but I'm over the clamshell form
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doesnt anybody think that this isnt really the upgrade to the 8550 but the 8600 - i mean the 8600 was supposed to be the flip chocolate - soooo wouldnt that mean that this is really the upgrade to that?
10. (unregistered)
it kinda takes from and upgrades both, but the upgd to the vx8600 was really the vx8700 which is getting an upgd soon
12. (unregistered)
i disagree with that - the numbers are sequential... but really. when it comes down to it - no external music controls on the 8700 and the fashion label on the it would really make me belive it was just a different line. the 8600 had the red touch controls on the outside just like the 8500 and the 8550 for that matter...i think verizon just got rid of the 8600 early and adopted the 8700 because alltell took the 8600 as thier flagship phone
13. (unregistered)
nah, the 8600 was dumped early because it had problems....I think I swapped that one out for customers more often than the original choclate.
21. (unregistered)
u disagree but i know, i do work for the company
24. (unregistered)
lol.. you know. you work for the company. o ok. so do i actually.
29. (unregistered)
Well, I dont think the model numbers mean a thing. For example, Theres The V which is the 9800, then the EnV which is the 9900 and then the Voyager which is the 10000 but they also have the EnV2 which is the 9100. If the numbers really mattered the EnV2 would be the 10000 and the voyager will be the 9100.
51. hes right (unregistered)
the reason the 8600 was dumped pre-mature was due to the software upgrades not fixing the issues it had. thats the only reason. No one cared about the 5th largest cell company using our 8600.
11. C-Chickie (unregistered)
I do love the features but I am not too big on the whole switch to the clamshell form... I really preferred the slider.....
14. (unregistered)
wow, this is the new iphone nano flip? it looks great! maybe a good choice for music peoples
17. Sharky (Posts: 244; Member since: 24 Jun 2008)
Actually it does look a little like a Nano. Great phone though 1 gig, you don't see that too much.
15. Mr. X (unregistered)
Upon prior launch of the LG Decoy (LG-VX8610)... I thought the Decoy was the new Chocolate, and the LG 8560 was the new replacement... going by looks and functionality alone, instead of the sequential numbers in the names. But, I was wrong... and even though I would prefer a slider phone to match up with the other past 2 Chocolates, this may be a new change that the Chocolate is needing to redeem itself from problems from the prior two sliders.
16. (unregistered)
looks great, i just wish there were more colors to choose from on launch hopefully they will release some more .. ?
18. primewax (unregistered)
I wasn't too keen on this one until I actually held it...not too bad.
19. taz (unregistered)
I can't imagine the fm modulator being strong enough to make it a great feature... the FCC has pretty much regulated fm modulator strengths to the point where there are useless. Ask anyone who has bought the newest generation sirius/xm radios....
22. (unregistered)
No matter what name they give this phone, it will always end with a ~tard on the end.
23. alastiar (unregistered)
LG is copying SE's design. This is the exact same form of the SE Alice coming up. and LG did copy the SE W350i form as well. Design ur own damn phone, will ya.


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Anasazi Restaurant
113 Washington Ave. (Nusbaum St.) Send to Phone
505-988-3236 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
OpenBreakfast, Lunch & Dinner daily, Brunch Sun.
- Valet parking
- Dress code: Upscale casual
- Entertainment: Live music Fri.-Sun. mornings
- Full bar
- Kid-friendly
- Outdoor dining
- Private room(s)
- Reservations suggested
- Romantic setting
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Anasazi Restaurant Restaurant Review: The charmingly rustic décor at Anasazi belies the refined cuisine that awaits. Vigas span the ceilings in the cavernous dining rooms, bedecked with stacked stone accents and walls stenciled with petroglyphs --- the rock paintings exemplified by the Anasazi people. The regularly changing menu offers modern American cuisine with Southwestern highlights; shrimp-dusted crab cakes amidst a swirl of avocado tomatillo mousse and green chile "caviar," little green globes of gelatin with hints of pepper; medallions of local free-range lamb with jalapeño croquettes; and chile almond-crusted salmon in a blood orange butter sauce. Waitstaff are friendly, knowledgeable and attentive, although the cuisine doesn't quite live up to their effusive recommendations.
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Inside EvCC: Photography Instructor Lloyd Weller
40 years teaching at EvCC
Photography instructor Lloyd Weller speaks about 1969 at Everett Community College, internationally known artists who started here, and how digital photography has changed the industry, in this 2009 interview.
Lloyd Weller started teaching photography at Everett Community College in September 1969.
It was right after Woodstock and almost a decade into the Vietnam War. Student protesters and folk singers were a common sight on campus. Forty years later, the campus community is still colorful and interesting, Lloyd said.
Lloyd is part of the reason EvCC's photography program has been one of the strongest in the state for almost 60 years.
"We've really served students well for all of these years," he said. "This program is very well supported — stable, with strong administrative backing. Students receive a strong foundation in photography so they can go in whatever direction they want, and succeed."
The program was established in the 1950s. It's one of the few photography programs at a Washington community college with a broad, liberal-arts foundation. It was started with the foresight of Russell Day, one of this state's most recognized arts faculty.
Photo caption: Lloyd made "Artist's Muse," a composite of 15 individual photographs of Whitehorse Hall, to demonstrate for his class a feature of the Photoshop software.
Internationally known photographers such as pinhole photographer Craig Barber and fashion photographer Dale Windham got their start here, and world-famous photorealist and painter Chuck Close also started at Everett Junior College's art department.
Today, students can prepare for transfer to a university, study for personal interest, go on to commercial or portrait work or pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the university level.
A Student First and Forever
Originally from West Seattle, Lloyd took his first college photography classes at Everett Junior College in 1964 from Allen Carter. At Carter's insistence, he soon transferred to Ohio University, the oldest degree-granting photography program at a major university in the country, where Lloyd and previous EvCC photography faculty earned their Bachelor's and Master's degrees.
He worked as an industrial advertising photographer for John Deere, travelling the country chasing tractors. Missing the college environment, however, he jumped at an offer to teach at EvCC.
"When I was in grad school, I didn't want to leave. I could have been a student all my life," he said.
He has taught everything from optics and color theory to studio photography, workshops, the history of photography, videography, and audio production. He still teaches 8 to 9 subjects a year.
"Lloyd Weller is an administrator's dream," said Jeanne Leader, Dean of Arts and Learning Resources. "He is a thoughtful, hard working faculty member who questions but is always collaborative, truly enjoys the real work of teaching every day and consistently steps forward to contribute his expertise to both the photography program and the college as a whole.
Digital photography came on the scene in the early 1990s, and Lloyd — and the photography program — were ready for it. In the late 1960s his university professor had predicted the rise of a new form of photography.
"He said film photography was limited and there would be an electronic form that would take over," Lloyd said. "Within 10 years the first digital camera came on the scene." That was 1976.
By the 1990s, digital cameras, Photoshop and printing were getting better. The industry exploded in the late 1990s. In 1995, Lloyd took a two-quarter sabbatical to learn all he could about the new medium.
"By then I had let go of film, and I haven't turned around since," he said.
The college's program also shifted away from film completely. Although students can work with film for special projects, Lloyd and Ellen Felsenthal, his colleague in the program, teach only digital, a far superior teaching tool, he says, because it's more affordable and students master technique much faster.
"What's so exciting about today is there really are no boundaries between the media – music, cinema, photography, graphic arts, studio arts," he said. "I've always believed in eliminating boundaries."
In his own work, Lloyd tends toward pictures that are subjective, such as a composite image of the Everett sky and a desert scene blended seamlessly together. He enjoys manipulating images into something unexpected.
"I like viewers to question the subject," he said. "It forces them to engage, to come up with an interpretation that's unique to them. As a teacher, it's really important for students to develop their own style and their own interpretations."
Lloyd also works in video production and has created and collaborated on several oral history projects, including "A Special Place: Clark Park," the story of Everett's first city park, which his wife Elle Ray wrote and directed.
"Lloyd is a great listener, excellent instructor, and role model for us all as a true lifelong learner," Jeanne said.
Today, Lloyd is the longest-serving employee of Everett Community College. Since 1969, EvCC has grown and changed, but it's still the same college.
"I wasn't expecting to stay this long, but the faculty was so strong and interesting I just simply couldn't leave," Lloyd said in 2009. "It has gone by very quickly, and it doesn't seem like 40 years."
With students clamoring to get into the renowned photography program, the department has added sections in every area. And classes are full.
"I still can't imagine retiring," he said.


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Two Akron, Indiana men killed in Miami County crash
PERU, IN - Two men from Akron, Indiana were killed in a crash in Miami County Wednesday morning.
It happened at around 11:15 am at US 24 and State Road 19. Police say James R. Winters, 76, was hauling a boat trailer in a 2005 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck westbound on US 24. Winters was turning south onto SR 19 when his truck was struck by an eastbound 1994 Mack flatbed truck hauling concrete blocks. The Mack truck was driven by David Carter, 38, Monticello, IN.
After impact both vehicles came to rest in the ditch on the south side of US 24. Winters and his passenger, Robert T. Benzing, 21, Akron, IN, were pronounced dead at the scene by Miami County Deputy Coroner Todd Burns. Carter was not injured.
All participants in the crash were wearing seat belts, but the impact was too severe for the restraints to save Benzing and Winters.
Police do not believe alcohol or other drugs played a role in the crash, which is still under investigation.
David Carter was driving for Carter Concrete Block Inc. based in Logansport, IN. The Mack truck did not lose any of its cargo during the crash.


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Kids taste big time sports
Kids taste big time sports
Big names in New Zealand sports will pass on their experience with primary school children at Wellington's premier sporting facility, Westpac Stadium, at the annual Pelorus Trust Stadium Sports Festival being held on Tuesday 18 March.
Organised by Sport Wellington, the eleventh annual Pelorus Trust Stadium Sports Festival aims to give school children in years 5 and 6 the opportunity to "have-a-go" at sports they might not generally experience. It is hoped they will find a sport they enjoy and want to play regularly either through school, KiwiSport programmes, or sport clubs.
"An extremely strong level of coaches, former internationals, professional coaches, and experience will be on hand to help Sport Wellington staff and volunteers give the kids a taste of different sports," says organiser David Fa'atafa, from Sport Wellington. "It's exciting these sports are able to come together to expose their codes at a grass-roots level."
The Pelorus Trust Stadium Sports Festival is also a celebration that over 6000 children from across the Wellington Region will have experienced a large number of sporting codes at the same sports ground, during one day. This year a record 67 schools applied to attend the regional event, of which only 20 spots were available.
For the first time in the festivals history, 20 different sports will be delivered at the event, including AFL.
After the excitement of the historic first Australian Football League (AFL) competition outside of Australia taking place in Wellington last year, it will be great to give a new wave of children a chance to experience this growing sport while offering samples of other the sports at 'stations' around the Westpac Stadium.
One new sport showcased this year is basketball, which is popular among Wellington children in the 11 - 14 age group, according to a recent Sport NZ survey (www.sportwellington.org.nz/young-peoplessurvey/).
Basketball will add to the variety of other traditional codes of netball, rugby, football, cricket and hockey as well as the more unfamiliar sports such as fencing, ultimate frisbee. The traditional Maori game of Horo Hopu, as well as futsal and karate will also be available for the children to try.
Fa'atafa says the day is a festival of 'having a go' at new sports, of being active and will include some friendly competition. The regional event has become so popular it has spawned satellite sports festivals in Lower Hutt and Wellington City, which will give more local schools greater opportunity to take part.
Wellington Regional Stadium Trust provides the hallowed grounds of Westpac Stadium for the day to 'give back' to the regional community. Sport Wellington also acknowledges the help of Pelorus Trust for its huge support of the festival and Pak N Save Kilbirnie for feeding the army of volunteers and coaches helping on the day.
The Pelorus Trust Stadium Sports Festival begins at 10am and finishes at 2pm, with a lunch break between 12.10 and 12.40pm. There is a postponement day of 25 March.


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Katy Perry at the MTV Europe Music Awards
Here's Katy Perry hosting the MTV Europe Music Awards this evening in Berlin, and what the- does her face actually look hot in some of these photos? More importantly, are those light up nipples? If so, I'm moving to Europe where they know how to throw decent awards show. No, really, those Kraut bastards get light up nips and all we got was Kanye West having hot flashes. Almost makes you wonder if World War II was worth it in the end after all, doesn't it? Me, too.
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I am writing this on the worst day of the year—the break after the All-Star Game, in which there is no Major League Baseball to be found. Not anywhere! (Trust me, I looked.) Does it get any worse than this?
Oh, it does? Much worse? Well, whatever, this is still terrible, and this is all Baseball's fault.
Ahem. I mean, oh hey! Welcome back, Baseball! Glad to see you! You look great, have you lost weight? Let's never fight again; I cannot bear to be apart.
Since nothing has happened since we last checked in, without dwelling too much on who deserves the blame for that, let's make this short and sweet and dive right into the goodness that the waiver wire
always sometimes provides. Today I would like to check in on two young pitchers involved in major trades last offseason.
Henderson Alvarez | Miami Marlins | SP | ESPN: 0.1 percent ownership; Yahoo!: 1 percent; CBS: 6 percent
YTD: 0-1, 4.58 ERA in three starts
ZiPS projection: 2-5, 4.60 ERA in 12 starts
It's hard to get a read on exactly what Henderson Alvarez is, besides a rare member of the Men With Two Last Names club.
In his 63 inning major league debut in 2011, Alvarez was a guy with solid strikeout numbers (15.4 percent), who hardly walked anybody (3.1 percent), and induced tons of groundballs (53.5 percent). His ERA (3.53), FIP (3.97), and xFIP (3.38) were all very attractive. It was a great debut and he entered the 2012 season as an intriguing player for fans and fantasy owners to keep an eye on.
In case you hadn't heard, the Blue Jays starting pitching was a bit of SNAFU last year. Most of that was due to injury, but undoubtedly underachieving efforts from Henderson and Ricky Romero were significant factors as well. In 2012, Henderson barely struck out more batters than he walked (9.8 percent vs. 6.7) and his ERA, FIP, and xFIP were all higher than they were during his first taste of major league ball (4.85, 5.18, and 4.42, respectively). The Blue Jays sent him to Miami in November as part of the 12-player trade that brought Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, and Mark Buehrle north of the border. He seemed a shoo-in to have a job in the Marlins rotation to start this season, but shoulder inflammation derailed that plan and he only just made his 2013 debut on July 4.
In his three starts his strikeouts are back around his 2011 level (13 percent) but his walks are up as well (7.8 percent). Since his previous strikeout and walk rates have been all over the board in his short major league sample, it's tough to say what to expect. In his last three seasons in the minors, spent mostly at Double-A, he averaged 17 percent on his K-rate, and 4 percent on his walk rate. It seems likely that Henderson's 2011 rates are more closely aligned with his skill level than 2012s are. He also gets a ton of groundballs, in a park that is right now the second stingiest at allowing home runs. That's a combination to get excited abou —especially when you consider Alvarez's job security pitching in the Marlins rotation.
Recommendation: There's an interesting profile here. He isn't the sexiest, but he can be quietly effective. In deep leagues, speculate now and hope for the best. In mixed leagues, wait and watch.
Randall Delgado | Arizona Diamondbacks | SP | ESPN: 0.5 percent ownership; Yahoo!: 3 percent; CBS: 21 percent
YTD: 1-3, 3.92 ERA in six starts
ZiPS projection: 3-7, 4.46 ERA in 15 starts
Elsewhere in the "young pitcher involved in a mega-trade" beat, let's look at Randall Delgado, who also happens to be a fellow member of the fraternal order of Men With Two Last Names.
Actually, whoa. That's weird, but moving on …
Delgado was once a top prospect for the Braves before being traded to Arizona in the Justin Upton deal. The righties' prospect stock had fallen, if ever so slightly, as he graduated to the major leagues. The consensus last year was that his ceiling was not quite as high as it once seemed, but that he was a safe bet to be a solid mid-rotation starter. Much of that probably stemmed from the fact that he simply walks too many batters, while not fanning enough to make up for it.
According to MinorLeagueCentral, Delgado's three-year walk rate at Double-A and Triple-A for the Braves was 10.4 percent, consistently above the league average during each of his stops. His strikeouts, too, were above the league average at all of those stops, but shade more towards good than great.
His 17 starts last year were more of the same. His strikeouts were good (not great) and his walks were bad (not horrible). His low-4 ERA, FIP, and xFIP might have confirmed for some that Delgado's ceiling is indeed lower than we originally thought, as most players' ceilings are.
Against this backdrop, what he's done to date in 2013 is nothing short of incredible. Not only has Delgado cut his walk rate to more acceptable levels, he's blown far beyond that to darn near elite levels. While simultaneously maintaining a strikeout rate of 20 percent, Delgado has cut his walks to just three percent of batters faced. To put that in context: if he had enough innings to qualify, Delgado would be tied for the best BB% in the league, just 0.4 percent behind Adam Wainwright. I hope I don't have to explain how impressive that is.
He's doing so (presumably) by throwing more strikes. His Zone% is up 10 percent, year-over-year. He's generating a healthy number of swinging strikes (10.4 percent) and maybe most importantly he has an absurdly high O-Swing% of 40.1 percent (a ten percent increase over last year there, too).
To put that in more clear English: Randall Delgado has thrown 10 percent more pitches in the strike zone this year, and at the same time he's been able to generate 10 percent more swings at pitches outside of the strike zone. That is a very, very good combination.
As always (and I hate the part where I have to be a downer) there's a catch. The Arizona rotation will be quite crowded when Brandon McCarthy and Trevor Cahill return from the disabled list. It seems all but certain that Delgado will not retain one of those five jobs, as manager Kirk Gibson has been talking about whether or not he will even stay up with the big league team. It is trading season, though, and you never know what will happen. Either way it's worth putting Delgado on your radar, and acknowledging that he might indeed be more than a mid-rotation type after all. Time will tell.
It needs to be stressed (always, but especially here) that all of these numbers are from small samples of work across many different leagues. He's only made six major league starts this season. So while I'm encouraged by Delgado's improved control, and even more encouraged by his ability to continue striking batters out at the same time, we need to see a lot more of this before we feel safe about recalibrating our thoughts on Delgado's true talent level, his ultimate ceiling, and how rabid fantasy owners should go after him.
Recommendation: Watch closely, especially in the run up to the trade deadline. If he lands in a spot where he can grab more starts than Arizona, give him a shot. If not, make sure to squirrel him away as a possible sleeper for next season. It's never too early.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 7/6/2014 (1169 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A 39-year-old male is in stable condition after being physically assaulted Friday night and suffering what police describe as "multiple lacerations."
The victim was approached around the 300 block of Ross Avenue about 10:50 p.m. by a group of armed male suspects who demanded the victim hand over his personal property.
The suspects escaped after assaulting the man, but were found a short time later by Division 11 foot patrol members.
The two 18-year-old males were taken into custody and are facing charges of robbery.
The police continue to investigate the incident and would appreciate any help from those with more information on the incident.
Anyone further details, please contact the Division 11 Crime Unit at 204-986-6668.