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Phillip Geer's mom wanted him to move back home from Boston and used the lure of Geology to do it.
"My mom convinced me to take a course just to move back from Boston," Geer says. "And I love hiking, I love rocks. So I picked Geology and I just knew it was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life."
Rocks are everywhere, they underlie everything, they have a "mystical presence" Geer says.
"They are in everything, we're filled with them, but I didn't really know too much about them," he says. "Every class I took, including now in grad school, I've learned something that just blows my mind. You're dealing with such huge time scales and pressures and temperatures, it's very humbling, seeing how small we are and sort of insignificant."
And he had a lot of chances to learn and explore while at Keene State. Each year, he says, the Geology Club goes out for a two-week excursion to look at rocks and talk about the processes that made them. "We've been out west, to Canada, down south, and I mean there's a saying in Geology, 'the best Geologist are those who've seen the most rocks,'" he says. "And so whenever we could we'd get out and look at them, we did."
The first time he went out West was with school, the group looked at the massive uplift of the Colorado Plateau and the forces at work that would need to erode and deposit such massive volumes of sediment.
"The professors really know what they're talking about," he says. "Keene State has a really good faculty The Geology Department is a pretty tight crew. We're kind of a unique group, and like I said the professors just really know what they are talking about and they are pretty passionate."
Geer along with fellow Geology major Lorne Currier also had the chance to present a paper and poster at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America.
For Geer and Currier's part, they presented a paper entitled, "Assessment of a Storm Drain Outfall to the Metal Contamination of Sediments in the Ashuelot River, Keene, NH." The paper went onto win the 2013 GSA/ExxonMobil Field Camp Award, one of only 15 awarded nationally.
Previous studies showed that the sediments of the Ashuelot River in Keene, New Hampshire, are contaminated with heavy metals, including lead, well above sediment quality guidelines from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In the past, the lead was determined to be from paint flaking off of bridges. However, a recent study showed elevated levels of other metals occurring in sediments not associated with the bridges. In this study, Currier and Geer, undertook detailed sampling of river sediment in the vicinity of a storm drain outfall in order to determine whether this could be the source of these metals. The occurrence of these metals is consistent with measurements of metals in soils adjacent to a highway, suggesting contamination by Road Dust Sediment.
Geer graduated in May 2013 and is currently getting his Master's at UMASS Amherst in Geology specifically structure and petrology. He plans on eventually going into industry studying hard rock or going on to get his PhD.
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Political scientists are rarely able to study presidents from inside the White House while presidents are governing, campaigning, and delivering thousands of speeches. It's even rarer to find one who manages to get officials such as political adviser Karl Rove or presidential counselor Dan Bartlett to discuss their strategies while those strategies are under construction. But that is exactly what Martha Joynt Kumar pulls off in her fascinating new book, which draws on her first-hand reporting, interviewing, and original scholarship to produce analyses of the media and communications operations of the past four administrations, including chapters on George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
Kumar describes how today's White House communications and media operations can be at once in flux and remarkably stable over time. She describes how the presidential Press Office that was once manned by a single presidential advisor evolved into a multilayered communications machine that employs hundreds of people, what modern presidents seek to accomplish through their operations, and how presidents measure what they get for their considerable efforts.
Laced throughout with in-depth statistics, historical insights, and you-are-there interviews with key White House staffers and journalists, this indispensable and comprehensive dissection of presidential communications operations will be key reading for scholars of the White House researching the presidency, political communications, journalism, and any other discipline where how and when one speaks is at least as important as what one says.
"Kumar combines her years of observation in the White House press room and hours of frank discussion with current and former officials to create a fascinating—and sometimes disheartening—history of how [the] dance has evolved over the last century."
"Having been a regular in the White House Press Room since the early years of the Clinton administration, Kumar can offer an insider's view... Political science and journalism scholars will appreciate the rich detail and scholarship here."
"A must-read for political junkies."
"Some of the book is historical research, but much of it comes from the days and days that Kumar spends in the belly of the beast, hanging out in the press room in the West Wing of the White House."
"Kumar's insightful Managing the President's Message provides much-needed insight, charting the recent changes in presidential media management strategies and in the routines practiced by the two most-recent White Houses, and provides an important addition to the academic discourse on political communication, framing, and leadership."
"Its place among scholarship on the presidency was quickly sealed when the presidency section of APSA awarded it the 2008 Richard E. Neustadt Award for best book on the presidency. The book is rich with detail regarding the Clinton and Bush communications and press operations... there is much to be mined in Kumar's descriptions and explanations."
"This is a well-written and detailed book and an ideal starting place from which to study the White House communications operations before moving on to fuller autobiographical accounts or the study of individual presidencies."
"Tapping access to various administrations and the reporters who covered them, Dr. Martha Kumar traces the history of the often fractious relationship between the White House and the press, the schemes each devises to cloak or reveal information; she tells why some succeed and others fail. A valuable addition to a presidential book library."
"Kumar has nailed it. This is a scholarly and fascinating account of White House communications in the modern era. Painful as it sometimes is for past press secretaries, this is a remarkably accurate picture of how presidents deal with the press."


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China to make Bioethanol with help of LTH researchers
China's cars are set to become cleaner by running on bioethanol. In China there is an abundance of straw from rice, wheat and maize, which the authorities have decided should be better utilised. However, there are currently no research facilities in the country to study how to make bioethanol, for example from straw. Therefore, China's largest electricity provider State Grid is now going to build such a facility in Beijing through its daughter company State Grid Xin Yuan Company Ltd. To help with this work, the company has called in Guido Zacchi, world-leading expert on ethanol and professor of chemical engineering at Lund University.
State Grid will pay Guido Zacchi and his colleagues SEK 3.5 million for 18 months of research work. After that, China hopes to have sufficient knowledge to continue on its own. The company has already sent the researchers 100kg of straw on which they will soon begin conducting tests!
"As part of the agreement we will also help to start up their research facility. Like all other countries, China needs to reduce its dependence on oil and tackle its environmental problems", says Guido Zacchi, who has received similar requests from the USA, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and other countries that are investing in bioethanol.
The Lund researchers' skills are in such high demand abroad because of their systems mindset. They know how the whole, not just parts, of the raw materials can be used. They also study how the entire manufacturing process should be organised to be energy- and cost-efficient. China has a certain amount of traditional ethanol production from maize, but this will soon be banned, as it is considered to be in competition with domestic food production.
So far China does not have any test production of second-generation bioethanol, i.e. ethanol made from softwood, wheat straw, bagasse and other forestry and agricultural waste.
"It is more difficult to break down these plant parts than to extract sugar from sugar cane and maize", explains Guido Zacchi.
He and his colleagues from the Faculty of Engineering have been conducting research on bioethanol for the past 25 years. The straw that is used at present is incinerated in one of China's 25 biofuel-based power stations of 30MW each. The idea is that the straw will now generate two products: first, ethanol as a vehicle fuel, and then, of the remainder, electricity. The electricity generation is nonetheless expected to remain as high as before, because a higher level of remuneration for farmers is expected to lead to more farmers collecting more straw for their local power stations.
At the moment there is no commercial production of second-generation bioethanol; there are only pilot and demonstration plants. However, in just a few years, in around 2014, Guido Zacchi believes that the world's first bioethanol plant will come into use. He guesses that it will be in the USA, Brazil – or China. Despite the cutting-edge Swedish research, Sweden, paradoxically, lags behind in testing industrial production, with a few exceptions.
According to Guido Zacchi, ethanol has received a bad reputation in Sweden, which causes companies and investors to get cold feet. However, there is good cooperation with companies such as SEKAB E-Technology and Taurus Energy, which develop industrial processes for ethanol production.
"Some people might think it is strange that Swedish research findings are exported in this way. However, we have to be involved where the strong forces are. It is also a way to help these countries with environmental issues. We also learn to deal with different raw materials", explains Guido Zacchi.
Bioethanol is ethanol produced using environmentally friendly technology and made from renewable raw materials, as opposed to the ethanol that is made from oil. First generation bioethanol uses the sugar from sugar cane or maize or wheat starch. Second generation bioethanol is made from waste products rich in cellulose from forestry and agriculture. The latter, on which Guido Zacchi and his colleagues conduct research, is not yet in commercial production.
For more information, please contact Guido Zacchi, Professor of Chemical Engineering, tel. +46 46 22 28 297, +46 705 278297, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Is Google's Financial Position Flying High Like Its Share Price?Seeking AlphaHowever, 87% of last year's sales came from online advertising, where Google places advertisements for businesses on its search engine, as well as on other websites in their network. In exchange, companies will normally pay Google a certain amount of …and more »
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The Power of Nature: A Living Island Series, Volume 1, 2016
Photographs by Jane Grueber 2016
Soundtrack 'The Oceans Continue to Rise' by Chris Zabriskie
I have found much inspiration and healing in nature. Whether I was overwhelmed, filled with grief or sorrow or simply ready to be in awe of something amazing, nature has always been there. There is something about the trees and the green that allows an intangible freedom to simply be.
Two years ago, we moved to the west coast of Canada. We were tired and weary – chewed up and spit out by the rat race that we had once enthusiastically participated in. Two days after leaving this rat race, everyone still in it had forgotten us and all the contributions we had made. We willingly gave, the rat race willingly took. Although it was initially difficult to admit that we were disposable and easily replaceable, the realization was liberating.
The Power of Nature is a compilation of photographs we captured over the last year. Some were captured in our garden and others on our wanderings around Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Connecting with nature is an integral part of being a steward of the environment. In return for our care, Nature heals us.
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Emergency services for people with disabilities in Berkely.
It's tax-payer supported, innovative, and it gets people out of trouble perhaps saves lives. It's also a nice chunk of money in a community where money is as scarce as a trouble-free wheelchair. We talk to the players.
Yomi Wronge, Executive Director of the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley, Bonnie MacFadyen, Executive Director of Easy Does It, and Vickie Riggin, co-owner of People Moving On.
Adrienne Lauby and Eddie Ytuarte look at the issues behind Berkeley's Emergency Services Program and ask what will be the ultimate effect of the city's contract competition.


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'Ferdinand' Releases First Trailer Featuring Gina Rodriguez & Kate McKinnon (Video)
Ferdinand just released its first trailer and its too sweet!
The animated flick, which is based on the book The Story of Ferdinand, features an all-star cast including Gina Rodriguez, Kate McKinnon, John Cena and tons of other celebrities!
The movie tells the story of a giant bull with a big heart, who is mistaken for a dangerous beast.
Ferdinand is captured and torn from his home but is determined to return to his family. He rallies a misfit team to help him find his way back home.
Ferdinand is set to hit theaters December 15, 2017.
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Even today Boney M. still counts as THE hit formation of the disco era. Since their first top hit "Daddy Cool" in 1976, one hit followed closely on the heels of the other backed by the group's fresh pop sound, dazzling costumes and sexy shows. The bubbly quartet, made up of the singers Liz Mitchell, Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams and the ex-disc-jockey Bobby Farrell, gave such an exciting interpretation of the sound developed by producer Frank Farian that the group was soon to become a permanent guest in what at that time was Germany's most popular pop show "Musikladen".
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Violent crime rates across the U.S. jumped by about 18%, and property crimes rose by 11% between 2010 and 2011, according to a report released Wednesday by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics.
It's the first increase in both categories since 1993, according to the annual National Crime Victimization Survey that captures crimes not reported to police departments.
The survey reported that 5.8 million people age 12 and up were victims of violent crime, while 17.1 million were victims of property crime. The steepest increase came from a 22% increase in the number of aggravated and simple assaults.
The survey flies in the face of FBI crime data released earlier this year reporting a 4% drop in violent crime in 2011, the fifth decrease in as many years.
Eugene O'Donnell, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, told the Huffington Post the disparity was troubling.
"It calls into question whether whether police departments, either subtlely or overtly, are discouraging reporting," O'Donnell said. "There's real pressure on police departments to have the numbers going down all the time."
FBI: Crime Rates Fell In 2011
Joe @ 10/17/2012 3:21 PM
What a crock. How do you determine crimes that were never reported? How do we even know they are using the proper definition of the crime? How many times have you heard someone say their house was robbed when they weren't even home, which is a burglary. We all know crimes go unreported, but how do you know how many? And for that "professor" to claim it is because police department's are discouraging reporting or classifying crimes wrong is completely wrong. Just like the unreported crimes, what is he basing that on? His own opinion, which doesn't mean squat. When has he ever been in the field?
ia cop @ 10/17/2012 3:41 PM
I wonder what the percentage of violent crimes committed by illegals is?
James Bradley @ 10/17/2012 3:51 PM
Interesting that Milwaukee, Wi. Police Dept has been investigated for not reporting violent crime. Apparently they have under reported a substantial number of serious crimes as minor infractions. If political pressure is to blame, then one might expect other departments doing the same. That would make the FBI stats appear skewed!
Deputy068 @ 10/17/2012 3:53 PM
'Huffington Post' says it all - progressive, liberal trash site. If he's posting there, you can be pretty sure he's on the ACLU/SPLC membership list and you know what that means ("All cops are racist pigs and dihonest thugs who take delite in arresting poor folks")
Frank @ 10/17/2012 4:44 PM
I read somewhere at the beginning of this year the FBI reported the crime rate was down. I found that and I'm sure anyone else who reads the paper or watches television would fing this information incorrect. I think its on the rise for many reasons; Illegals, Drug Cartels, Economy, Murders, Kidnappings the stuff that makes the National News every single night.So why are we laying off LEO's inevery dam city and town across this country? We don't have the funding? Yeah, tell me another one!
Bill @ 10/17/2012 6:05 PM
We Irish have a term for this and it is called "cooking the books".
Mike Sharp @ 10/17/2012 7:16 PM
Anyone who rides in a scout car knows crime never "drops" . There are months or years that are better than others and the bad grows right along with good . If the city leaders would spend as much time and money on man power and training police officers to be police officers as they do on "10 city surveys " and PCR then maybe it might drop , we will never know
Sarge @ 10/18/2012 5:15 AM
James, the Milwaukee PD had a problem with their RMS and their records clerks who were reclassifying crimes incorrectly based on a warning from the system. This Tiburon system, which I am very familiar with is nothing but a nightmare to work with. Despite this, they should have manual checks/balances in place to catch the issue. It wasn't intentional effort or political pressure. They are being audited by a company called PRI Management Group run by law enforcement folks who know what they're doing. They are the expert when it comes to this stuff. Let's see what comes of it. I know that other departments accused of that nonsense have had similar issues. Then again, others have cooked the books but I doubt it in Milwaukee.
Thats right Mr. O'Donnell just put the blame on the police. You have no idea what the hell you're talking about. That police dept.s discourage police reports. Since when?
Lead Farmer @ 10/18/2012 7:57 AM
If the crime is unreported then how are they finding out about it, what criteria are they using to classify it and finally, can it be trusted? If the police numbers are skewed to make the departments look better than I am sure that the unreported numbers would also be skewed to make crime look worse than it is.
oldcop @ 10/18/2012 10:25 AM
I don't know what everyone else has experienced but I know a lot of pressure is put on all the detective divisions that I have been part of to either solve or in some other way get them off the book. Just the nature of the beast skews it on the side of writing crimes off as suspicious incidents or other ways of clearing them when really they go unsolved. You know a battery gets plead to a disturbing the peace, no it was a battery but we've got to get it off the books. Tell me that doesn't happen in other departments and I'll shut up.
Edward Wright @ 10/19/2012 8:17 AM
Joe, Police Departments do what the politicians tell them to. Simple as that. If they want an apparent reduction in crime, the Admin folks simply classify it differently. Not that difficult, assuming no one goes back and double checks. Whether the "professor" has been "out in the field" or not is irrelevant.
Cam @ 10/20/2012 3:18 PM
Since when is it not, beside the Chamber of Commerce, in the best interest of the city NOT to report crime in order to get a decent budget? It is hard enough to get a partial budget passed, lying would only make it worse. However, we all know the numbers can and are frequently manipulated, it just does not make sense to lie about serious crimes. Mr. Wright, unfortunately I have seen exactly what you are talking about done in my department. Where is the common sense these days?
Joe @ 10/22/2012 11:07 AM
@old cop. If you were really a cop you would know that whatever the DA charges the person with has no bearing on what we as cops classify the case. If we arrest someone for murder and they plead to disturbing the peace it makes no difference on the crime classification, just as it makes no difference on clearing calls. Burglaries still are classified as burgs whether they are cleared or not, that is an internal issue and apples and oranges for the purposes of this discussion.
Joe @ 10/22/2012 11:11 AM
@Edward Wright, police departments do not work that way. We give the city and community the stats, not the other way around. Just because you want to be cynical or a conspiracy theorist doesn't make it true. As someone who has his boots on the ground and now butt in the seat watching the crime stats, I can tell you it has never happened at my department and I would fire anyone who did this.
Could it be that the numbers are difference because UCR data is bring reported and not NIBRS? It would be interesting to get the locations of their survey and cross reference it with how that local department reports their statistics. I wonder if the survey is a NIBRS type survey in an area where the local department is reporting UCR?


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3D printing technology has been combined with printed electronic circuitry to create the world's first fully printed hybrid structure – a 'smart' wing for an unmanned aircraft. The technology has huge potential to revolutionise manufacturing, not just for military aircraft but also for commercial aircraft, medical devices and the automotive industry.
Electronics manufacturer Optomec and 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys have joined forces to create a smart wing for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The wing has functional electronics printed directly into its structure, making the vehicle lighter as well as quicker and cheaper to manufacture and repair. Stratasys 3D printed the wing using its Fused Deposition Modeling process, then an Optomec Aerosol Jet system was used to print sensors, antennae and circuitry straight onto the wing's surface.
The upshot of all this is that the avionics systems, which control all aspects of the aircraft's flight and normally reside within the wings and fuselage, have moved into the skin of the aircraft. This saves a great deal of space within the vehicle enabling it to carry a much bigger payload. The 3D printed hybrid material also allows for a much lighter structure, reducing both the cost and environmental impact of the manufacturing process.
Although the technology is currently being used to produce military drones, the potential applications are almost endless. The ability to print electronic circuitry into complex 3D structures allows the creation of thinner, lighter, fully functional materials which are also cheaper to produce. Imagine, for instance, a car with its electronic circuitry printed into its body panels – it will be cheaper, lighter (and therefore more fuel efficient) and roomier inside than an equivalent car made in the traditional way.
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Democratic House leaders have developed a compromise they hope will resolve an intra-caucus dispute about whether the health bill allows tax dollars to subsidize abortions, and they're surveying abortion-rights opponents in the caucus to gauge support.
The language is not yet publicly available, but lawmakers familiar with it say it strengthens an existing provision intended to prevent abortion from getting any federal dollars.
The question of whether the subsidies for poor and middle-income people can pay for plans that cover abortion is one of the final, major sticking points in the healthcare legislation. Leaders are hoping to start debate Friday or Saturday, and say there will definitely be a vote before Nov. 11, Veterans Day.
Lawmakers have said the abortion compromise may not be included in the final version of the bill to be released as soon as today, called the "managers amendment." Instead it may be included in the "rule" which is done the day before the vote. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said today he did not consider that a violation of his pledge to have the bill language available for three days before a vote.
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) has said he has the votes to use a procedural maneuver to block the bill from coming up if abortion opponents don't get an up-or-down vote on an amendment that bans abortion services from the "essential benefits package" and prevents individuals who receive affordability credits from using those credits to purchase a plan that includes abortion.
Democrats have begun whipping on the procedural vote — the "rule." That means they are asking fellow House Democrats, particularly abortion opponents, if they will back leadership on the procedural rule.
Abortion-rights supporters say the bill as written maintains the status quo — that federal funds cannot be used for abortion. They say Stupak's proposal goes too far in preventing people from buying coverage that includes abortion.


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SARI NUSSEIBEH, a Palestinian political scientist, was a force behind the Palestinian uprising. Mr. Nusseibeh was surprisingly optimistic in an interview, sharing his thoughts on recent events.
The pace of change has been so rapid.... How do you see things?
I actually think that the agreement between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel is a real turning point.... There's been a radical change in the historical evolution of events in the Middle East, within the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in spite of the problems.
You sound very optimistic.
If you take yourself outside of the context of daily events and problems, and you look at the wider picture, I think you cannot but be generally optimistic.
Of course I'm not saying that things will inevitably turn out well. It is always possible for something terrible to happen that will bring the whole thing down, that will make it collapse.
There seems to be a strong opposition ... to making the agreement with Israel work....
What we Palestinians have to do is make sure that the experiment succeeds, that we maintain our connection with the masses, that we keep them involved, that we do the best that we can to show them that this process can yield benefits. But certainly, if you go to Gaza today, unlike during the intifadah - uprising against Israel- at least you see some kind of satisfaction on the faces of the people there. The satisfaction of being free, at least in some sense, of the Israeli soldiers.
You've seen all the criticisms of the new autonomy ... and nothing seems to be moving except the police presence.
This is a situation of people who have come suddenly to take over things that have to be created, and that's extremely difficult. And to compound the difficulty, of course, we had no financial means in order to make things run.
Israel has not made things easy. The international community has not made it easy.
The international community has asked us to be perfect and to [create] perfect financial institutions in order to receive the funds that were promised us.
But we can only become perfect if we start, but we can't start as perfect institutions.


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FULLERTON, Calif., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes to tire development and technology, the road generally goes from the racetrack to the cul de sac. A great example is Yokohama Tire Corporation's new passenger tire, the AVID Ascend®, which features orange oil, a special technology born on the track, and which can be seen discussed in the following video: http://youtu.be/TtrgVa7DHYQ
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That's correct: Yokohama combines the oil from orange peels with natural rubber to create a compound that improves performance characteristics in the Ascend while using renewable materials. In fact, Yokohama tire engineers began testing orange oil on race slicks in the 1980s.
"Yokohama is the only tire company to have perfected this science," said Andrew Briggs, Yokohama director of product planning and motorsports. "The result was the ADVAN® ENV-R1™, which debuted in 2009 at Sebring International Raceway and became the world's first tire in a racing series that used sustainable materials."
In 2010, the ENV-R2™ replaced the ENV-R1 and remains the official spec tire of the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama and the GTC Class of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS).
"Yokohama is legendary in its reputation for ultra high-performance race and street tires," said Briggs, "which are a result of our strong commitment to technology and ongoing innovation. It's also the same commitment that has allowed us to re-define touring tire performance in the AVID Ascend. There, the orange oil technology makes possible the collective benefits of outstanding grip for all-season handling, long treadlife and great fuel economy. It doesn't compromise on one while delivering another. The orange oil is the differentiator. "
The AVID Ascend went on sale in the U.S. earlier in the year in 44 sizes and is made in the U.S.A. at Yokohama's Salem, Virginia plant.
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SOUTH PORTLAND — A planned state office building is moving ahead, but the likelihood of waterfront concerts is murky, after Tuesday's Planning Board meeting.
By a unanimous vote, the board approved the site plan for a 75,000-square-foot state office building near Portland International Jetport.
Developer John Cacoulidis, meanwhile, withdrew his application for the permits needed to build a waterfront concert venue near Bug Light Park.
Assistant City Manager Jon Jennings said he met with Cacoulidis on Wednesday to discuss "operational ideas that may help move this forward."
On Thursday, Jennings said he would continue the discussions with Cacoulidis next week.
Jennings, landscape architect Steve Doe, and real estate broker Thomas Moulton approached the Planning Board in a Feb. 11 workshop with plans to convert 23 acres of land owned by Cacoulidis off Front Street along the Fore River to a concert venue that could host as many as 10,000 people.
The property is adjacent to another seven acres owned by Cacoulidis that would help provide parking for events. Jennings said events could begin as soon as June.
Plans called for Cacoulidis to oversee clearing and preparing the land, while individual shows and events would be set up by promoters. Access was proposed along Front and Madison streets, with additional parking anticipated at nearby Southern Maine Community College.
The board said Eric and Ken Cianchette can construct the office building on Jetport Drive, but the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor and Workers Compensation Board cannot occupy the new offices unless certain conditions are met.
The developers also must show the financial ability to tear down the building and return the land to its current state if they fail to obtain occupancy permits.
This allows the Cianchettes to proceed with the project, while facing the risk and mitigation costs of restoring the land if storm water permits and easements are not granted.
The 75,000-square-foot, two-story building will combine departments now in downtown Portland. One condition for approval requires bus shelters to be constructed, but they will not be on the property.
An amendment to the subdivision plan at adjacent Johnson Transport on City Line Drive, which would provide access for state employees to the new building, was postponed until March 11.
Because the proposed employee access crosses the city limits, it also must be approved by the Portland Planning Board.
In other business, the board voted 5-1, with Chairman William Laidley opposed, to give a favorable recommendation to the City Council on proposed zoning changes in the Thornton Heights area.
Drafted to enact provisions of the Comprehensive Plan approved in October 2012, the changes to Chapter 27 of the city code propose creating two zones along Main Street from near Noyes Street east to Southwell Avenue.
The area, including undeveloped land stretching to Rigby Yards, would be rezoned into a Main Street Community Commercial Zone and Thornton Heights Commercial Zone.
The Main Street zone would extend east from Aspen to Southwell avenues along Main Street, but would incorporate all of the St. John the Evangelist properties sold around 611 Main St.
The properties were bought by Methuen, Mass.,-based Cafua Management last December. The company, which owns about 200 Dunkin' Donuts in New England and upstate New York, planned to tear down the church and build a Dunkin' Donuts on the property.
The new Main Street zone expressly prohibits drive-through windows for restaurants, and at the urging of the board, was amended to also ban 24-hour restaurants.
City Planning Director Tex Haeuser said prohibiting drive-throughs could steer Cafua to lease 2.3 acres of city-owned land at the corner of Main and Westbrook streets to build a restaurant.
The board also included extended stays at motels in the Thornton Heights Commercial Zone as a special use after Haeuser proposed capping stays at 14 consecutive days and 21 days in a year.
Anchor Motel owner Rachel Wanser said capping the extended stays would hurt her business and objected to being put in the same category as a competitor across the street, which has been a source of neighborhood complaints and frequent police calls.
Wanser said she runs a seasonal business favored by visitors who arrive to see family and friends and may stay as long as two months.


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September 7, 2017 Memo from Dean McPherson
Message from College of Education Dean Bob McPherson
I want you to know that our faculty and staff are here to support you as classes resume this week following the devastation of Harvey. We understand that you and your family may have suffered considerably, and we hope to make the transition to our new normal as smooth as possible. Seeing so many Coogs helping each other and the greater Houston community gives me confidence we will recover together.
If circumstances prevent you from making it back to campus, please contact your individual professors. I have asked our professors to be accommodating and creative in finding workable solutions that allow the learning and recovery process to co-exist. If you have an issue that you're struggling to resolve, you may email email@example.com. Please check your email for a link to a survey to submit your needs or your willingness to help.
As a psychologist whose home has flooded for a second time, I understand the physical and emotional toll this storm has taken. Please do not hesitate to ask for help. To contact UH Counseling and Psychological Services, call 713-743-5454.
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Despite the coming slash in historic-preservation funding by the federal government, historic districts across the United States may have a rosy future after all.
The promise of continued progress can be assured in large part, say professional preservationists, by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981. The act encourages rehabilitation of income-producing properties by offering 15, 20, or 25 percent investment tax credits, depending on the age and historic significance of the building to be restored.
A 30-year-old industrial or commercial structure, for example, may be eligible for a 15 percent credit. The 25 percent credit applies to certified historic structures, and buildings be nonresidential or residential. Currently, however, projects must prove that there has been ''substantial rehabilitation;'' in other words, that expenditures exceed the larger of the taxpayer's adjusted basis in the property or $5,000 over a 24-month period.
Historic districts are groups of buildings recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as exhibiting facets of American growth and development through architecture, historical association, or social history.
Unlike the urban-renewal projects of a decade ago, historic districts are designed not only to preserve significant buildings, but to rejuvenate and often renew them by encouraging the alternative use of older structures.
Further, historic districts are not confined to deteriorating urban neighborhoods; they encompass prosperous blocks and suburban and rural towns and regions as well.
The complex objective is to enhance the old and ensure stability. The goal is to inject the kind of economic vigor that results from well-kept neighborhods, inviting sales and rental properties, and a wide variety of downtown amenities - theaters, museums, and shops - which tend to attract the public.
Typical of the increased activity within historic districts is the growing number of applications in New Jersey for tax benefits under the Economic Recovery Tax Act.
According to William Forwood, historic preservation specialist with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the same number of applications were received for review in the first six months of the current fiscal year as were submitted through all of the previous year.
The properties range from industrial complexes in rural areas that are frequently well kept to depressed urban centers.
In Jersey City's Hamilton Park and Van Vorst Historic Districts, for example, conversion of 19th-century brownstone town houses into three- or four-apartment complexes will mean the availablity of one- and two-bedroom units at rentals of City to high-priced Manhattan.
The greatest failure of the tax-incentive program is that it focuses on aid to commercial or multifamily, rental property, asserts Cynthia Howard, an architect and preservation planner, who heads her own firm in Cambridge, Mass.
''The key to providing stability and survival to older urban neighborhoods,'' she says, ''is this population base that has an investment in a revitalization of the housing stock and in the community as a whole.''
Miss Howard also points with regret to the discontinuation of federal funds to the states, which will assume responsibility for monitoring the tax act.
In Paterson, N.J., Nancy Gay sees the imminent move of that city's museum into the 19th-century Rogers Locomotive Works building as a necessary prod to activity within the entire historic district. Mrs. Gay is executive director of the 119-acre Great Falls National Historic District, which was once the hub of the world's silk industry in an area founded by Alexander Hamilton.
''With the current lack of federal funding and the absence of private homes within the historic district, there must be larger commitment on the part of the city administration and the people of Paterson,'' says Mrs. Gay. She regards the presence of the museum in the historic district as the catalyst that will ''provide the greater commitment of the administration and other avenues for the community at large to participate.''
Cultural institutions have introduced the spark of success to other historic districts.
The waterfront at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia could not be effectively marketed until a commercial museum occupied an unused new building. Developer James Rouse did not come into Baltimore's Harbour Place until a science center and aquarium were located on either side of the harbor.
''Those two institutions, on their own, will bring a million people to Harbour Place this year,'' Mrs. Gay predicts.
''No matter where you look at urban historic rehabilitation, the presence of a cultural institution offers a solid base,'' she adds.
Another ingredient necessary to the success of the historic district, according to Miss Howard, is ''economic health at the base of the community.''
Home ownership, where it is at all feasible, stimulating pride and self-interest, is a major ingredient in ensuring a community's economic health, Miss Howard says.
In Plainfield, N.J., the residential Hillside Avenue and Van Wyck Brooks Historic Districts, which were developed from 1870 to 1925 as enclaves for the rich, status as a historic district has ''increased pride of ownership,'' comments John Grady, board member and former director of Plainfield Heritage, a nonprofit organization that focuses on local preservation issues.
''It also has resulted in the repainting of the large homes and greater resident involvement in the efforts to enhance and preserve their neighborhoods, '' Mr. Grady adds. As further evidence of their pride, five and six tours a year are conducted through the Van Wyck Brooks Historic District by adult schools and local museums.
Residents have erected street signs that label the area as a historic district, and owners have posted small plaques on their homes.
''With the historic importance of their homes emphasized by Plainfield Heritage, the latent interest of the residents has been awakened,'' Mr. Grady says.


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Watching young Newarkers march through the streets demanding educational justice animated every revolutionary fiber of my being. "This is what democracy looks like," students proclaimed as they took to the streets. I was proud, to say the least. Here was a group of young people, Newark students, articulating visions of justice and engineering pathways to freedom—all while suffering under the yoke of an oppressive (mis)leadership, all while living in a society that renders their lives, their bodies and their education less important than that of whiter, wealthier peers.
It was Wednesday September 10, and I had a decision to make. I could teach as a substitute and make a little over $100—money used to pay bills and sustain myself—or, I could participate in the student walkout. Since becoming a Newark Public Schools (NPS) employee, I've witnessed firsthand the gradual deterioration of the city's now-crumbling school system. I saw students frustrated with the lack of resources, parents disillusioned with broken promises, and an entire community enraged by the dubious direction in which their city's schools are headed. When the call came asking me if I could sub, I thought to myself: the money is important, but the movement is imperative.
I joined the students and walked out.
Newark, New Jersey's largest city, boasts its largest school district. Due to so-called poor academic performance, including low test scores and high drop-out rates, the state "intervened" in the district nearly twenty years ago with the promise that improvement would follow. It did not. But community distrust did. The volatile political climate churning under the city's surface during the 1995 state takeover eventually came to a head, erupting into chaos when Superintendent Cami Anderson was appointed in 2011—the same year I was hired.
On December 8, 2013, Anderson announced a wide-scale "restructuring" of NPS under the auspices of an initiative dubbed "One Newark". The plan was to create "100 excellent schools" by closing, "renewing" or charterizing a portion of the city's public schools. Despite corporate backing, including $100 million from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, "One Newark" was met with sharp criticism. In fact, four principals were suspended for allegedly criticizing the plan at a public forum, 77 clergy members have called for its moratorium, and a national coalition of community groups filed a civil rights complaint with the Department of Justice and Department of Education arguing that the plan disproportionately affects African-American students. Newly elected Mayor Ras Baraka, an outspoken proponent of public education and former principal of Central High School, joined the critics when he remarked: "It's a one-person plan not a 'One Newark' plan."


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DataCore announced that it has accepted a $30 million equity
investment from Insight Venture Partners and Updata Partners.
"Insight Venture Partners has built its reputation on finding and investing in companies poised for tremendous success in the industries in which we specialize," said Jeff Horing, Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners. "DataCore is perfectly positioned as the virtual storage foundation for all server and desktop virtualization platforms, regardless of vendor. We believe that storage virtualization will eventually be as big as server virtualization and that DataCore will be the big beneficiary of this trend."
"DataCore has gained global customer traction with superior storage virtualization and storage management solutions," said Barry Goldsmith, General Partner, Updata Partners. "We are pleased to invest in a company that has already had significant impact in its market and is well-positioned for high growth."
Insight Venture Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on the global software and Internet industries. Updata Partners is an information technology-focused venture capital firm whose general partners have been active as investors and operators in the IT industry for more than two decades.
"When Insight and Updata approached us, it was clear that they already understood that DataCore has become the storage virtualization and SAN management solution of choice in the server and desktop virtualization space," said Ziya Aral, Chairman and CTO, DataCore Software. "We are glad to have these two excellent firms as part of the team."
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If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear it crash to the earth, does it make a sound?
If a person exists in real life, yet does not have a Facebook profile, does he really exist?
My first year on Facebook was mostly spent ignoring it. And then came the news feed. That made it a little more worth my time to check on it from time to time. Now we have applications, and so Facebook has become a true work/play "platform."
I'm sure there's a lot to write about the Facebook Platform, but this isn't a software blog, it's a VoIP blog, so let's talk about VoIP. I've been keeping an eye on the telephony applications appearing on Facebook.
Applications I use:
GrandCentral: dead simple but useful. Adds a CallMe button to your profile. This works as a Facebook integration because the button is personalized to the profile on which it sits. I'm looking at Bill's profile and want to call him. Click the button. (VoIP because GrandCentral is VoIP on the backend. Visit GrandCentral.com to find out what this is, if you haven't heard of it, and e-mail me if you want to be invited.)
Free Conference Calls by iotum: it's a standard conference bridge. But the cool part is how you invite people to a scheduled conference call. It works just like the Facebook Events application and therefore is familiar to Facebook users. You can also invite external people by e-mail. During the call, participants can hang out on the Facebook page to see who's in the call (highlighted green) and who is not (red), updated realtime, and review the agenda. According to iotum's Alec Saunders, they're planning to include a wall component to allow notes to be added in realtime, as well as recording.
Updated 10/2/07: Today Iotum has added two new, useful features to the Facebook Free Conference Calls application. From the application page, you (the call organizer) can mute or unmute participants. Participants can also indicate that they wish to speak by virtually raising a hand.
Haven't yet tried but might:
Voicemail by FWD: a good idea, but I think I'd rather have people call via the GrandCentral button and leave voicemail for me in my common voicemail box.
Applications I won't bother with: anything that just puts a link in my profile or applications menu to an external web site or program. What's the point? There's no real Facebook integration there.
What I'm really waiting for is a slick Adobe Flash embedded application that truly lets me "click-to-call."


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A simple software update will allegedly awaken the T-Mobile Galaxy Note II's dormant LTE, which TheVerge says comes onboard. The carrier's version is essentially identical to AT&T's, meaning there's an untapped potential even despite T-Mobile's lack of LTE, which is expected to be widely dispersed by the end of 2013.
The carrier actually prepared an official response about the possibility, saying that the Note II will not automatically access T-Mobile's LTE network once it goes live.
"We will share more information on how and when the Galaxy Note II will support T-Mobile's upcoming LTE network when the network is available," a carrier statement to TheVerge said.
That could imply a software update will do the trick, but T-Mobile could take a different approach, though it's unclear what that may be. One would think that, by the end of next year, there will be a Note III anyway with T-Mobile LTE support straight away, but the carrier obviously wouldn't want to leave Note II owners in the dust, particularly considering how darn expensive it is.
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Papers from the annual conferences of the International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM) are now available in OnePetro. Content from the US Dept. of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has been indexed into OnePetro. When NETL content is found, an Open Access link direct customers to the PDF available at no charge on the NETL site.
The International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) included over 2300 papers from its annual conferences in OnePetro starting in October 2010. ISRM was founded in Salzburg in 1962 and focuses on the field of Rock Mechanics. It supports all studies relative to the physical and mechanical behavior of rocks and rock masses as well as the applications of this knowledge for the better understanding of geological processes and in the fields of Engineering. ISRM is a non-profit international scientific association with over 5,000 members and 46 National Groups.
In January 2011, The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) national laboratory system, made available on OnePetro access to their repository of nearly four decades of research supported by the Office of Fossil Energy's Oil and Natural Gas Program. This database largely evolved from a recommendation made by the Federal advisory committees that counsel the Energy Secretary on the Department's Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources Research Program.
The NETL database portal provides access to content from dozens of CDs and DVDs related to oil and natural gas research that FE's National Energy Technology Laboratory has published over the years. OnePetro now provides open access links to these reports, data sets, and project summaries from ongoing research. The NETL database currently includes more than 9,000 files and will be expanded in the future to include geographical information system capabilities that will allow visualization of data. (Open Access, no charge)
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Firstly congratulations on a comprehensive and clear set of guidelines. Although a late comment, I note that on Page 51 the generalised guidelines give clear and hard guideline on reserves categorisation of results from simulation models based on the availability of performance data. This is of great concern when it comes to the guideline on proved reserves. Based on many years of experience building, history matching and reviewing of simulation model results through time as a reserves manager and an engineer in many different assets, it is very clear to me that in general simulation models however well history matched can be equally optimistic as they can be pessimistic even in fields which are beyond 25% recovery factor. In addition the optimism or pessimism within the model tends to reflect the core competencies and drivers involved.
Engineers tend to use a range of estimates of parameters based on the available data, which in most cases means that they can get history matches using combinations of assumptions that revolve around the most likely outcome. As covered in many papers, history matches are non unique and are subject to the accuracy of the input data which in most cases is of a much poorer quality than most will admit. Using what generally becomes a most likely outcome model in proved means that it is equally likely that the forecast of recovery will be exceeded than not, hence making it a proved plus probable outcome and not a proved. I would seriously suggest the removal of the third paragraph applying to the proved category in the guidelines and replace with guidance on the volume of data will assist in reduction in the uncertainty range but also recognising that significant uncertainty can and most likely will remain in late field life.
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The final declaration of the Platform of Crimean Tatar Organizations in Turkey:
The 3rd meeting of the Platform of Crimean Tatar Organizations in Turkey was held in Ankara on February 6-7, at the Ickale Hotel.
All members of the Platform once again emphatically declare that they would support the established before the occupation the Kurultai and Mejlis of Crimean Tatars, help them in struggle for de-occupation of Crimea, help our people in the struggle for life in prosperity, as well as protect and promote the integrity and essence of our nation and the rights of Crimean Tatars.
Therefore, we state:
The projects agreed and launched by our national organizations will be strongly supported, following the principles and decisions of the Kurultay, Mejlis and the World Congress of Crimean Tatars.
New Crimean Tatar schools, kindergartens, mosques and cultural centers will be opened to preserve and develop the Crimean Tatar nation, its language and culture.
Religious and cultural centers for the development of the Crimean Tatar language and culture will be created in the areas of Crimean Tatars residence in Ukraine (Chonhar, Genichesk district).
On February 26 – the date of the occupation of Crimea - the rallies condemning the occupation will be held outside the Russian Embassy in Ankara, and other cities.
This year's mourning rally dedicated to May 18 - Day of Remembrance of the Deportation of Crimean Tatars – is due to be held with the participation of all associations at Tandoğan Square in Ankara on May 15.
The Platform of Crimean Tatar organizations will never recognize the illegal occupation of Crimea and will fight for its earliest date of liberation.


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|Cincinnati Reds (1-4)
|Pittsburgh Pirates (5-1)
|W: Steven Brault (2-0) L: Homer Bailey (0-2) SV: Felipe Rivero (3)
|FanGraphs Win Probability | Box Score | Game Thread | Statcast
If you didn't catch tonight's game, you didn't miss much. The Reds briefly had a 1-0 lead, but that was about the only moment of excitement on Thursday night in the first road game of the season against the Pirates.
Here's how it went down:
The Hitters
Against a pitcher with a 4.56 career ERA and 5.11 xFIP, the Reds could get nothing going on offense. While they did manage five walks on the night — three from Tucker Barnhart — the club managed just five hits. Only one of those knocks, an Adam Duvall solo home run in the eighth, was an extra-base hit. Their first run came courtesy of two wild pitches from Pirates starter Steven Brault.
Other than that, not much action from the Reds' bats tonight.
Jose Peraza picked up his first hit of the season on what amounted to a swinging bunt down the third-base line, so that's something I guess. Take 'em how you can get 'em.
The Hurlers
The line for Homer Bailey wasn't quite as pretty tonight as it was on Opening Day. The right-hander allowed only one run through the first four innings but ran into trouble the third time through the Pirates batting order, allowing three runs in the fifth. An unearned run on a Peraza error ended Bailey's night after 4 2/3 innings. All told, he allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits and three walks (one intentional), and he struck out just two.
While Bailey did a decent job of painting the corners, the overall quality of his pitches was noticeably down. His fastball averaged only 91.2 mph and he got just five swings and misses on the night (four on his splitter). The inability to miss bats really hurt him once Pittsburgh hitters saw him a couple times, as he had a lot of trouble putting hitters away late in his outing. This is a development worth watching his next time out, but perhaps the freezing temperatures played a role in the diminished stuff.
Kevin Quackenbush pitched a clean two-thirds of an inning, giving up only a single.
Amir Garrett was next in line and continued to throw the ball well. The lefty got the Reds through the next 1 2/3 frames unscathed, allowing only a double while striking out two. He did get the benefit of this nice play from Phillip Ervin in right field to save a run:
Get on up, @Mr_MagicErvin. ⏫ pic.twitter.com/BzuB0Ky3R3
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) April 6, 2018
Let's hope Garrett sees some time in the rotation at some point this year.
Austin Brice pitched the eighth inning. He issued a leadoff walk but retired the next three hitters in order.
Not-So-Random Thoughts
- The Reds pulled off the rare one-game sweep of the Cubs this week, so we still have that, guys.
- You have to wonder if Joey Votto will ever figure it out. He's hitting just .158/.238/.158 this season. Might be time to write him off as a bust, y'all.
- Bear with me for a moment because I'm going to beat a dead horse some more. Batting Billy Hamilton in the leadoff spot defies logic in general, but particularly against left-handers. He's a career .235/.266/.334 hitter with a 59 wRC+ against southpaws in his career. He was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts tonight. That won't get it done anywhere in the lineup, but it looks a lot worse at leadoff.
- In non-Reds news, this was probably the best moment of the day in baseball:
Oh, just an 🦅 landing in a Big 🍁.@James_Paxton, totally fearless. pic.twitter.com/8xHYBTwNhC
— Mariners (@Mariners) April 5, 2018
Up Next
Here's some fun with small sample sizes: Luis Castillo (10.80 ERA, 2.99 xFIP) will take the mound for his second time this season on Friday against Trevor Williams (0.00 ERA, 5.29 xFIP) for the Pirates. Castillo is looking to rebound after a rough first outing, while Williams is hoping to build on a six-inning, no-hit performance his first time out. First pitch at PNC Park is again set for 7:05 p.m. ET.
Growing up just north of Cincinnati, Matt has been a Reds fan for as long as he can remember. As a kid, he was often found leading the Reds to 162-0 seasons in MVP Baseball 2005 and imitating his favorite players (Ken Griffey Jr., Adam Dunn, Sean Casey, and Austin Kearns) in the backyard. One of his earliest baseball memories is attending the final night game at Cinergy Field. Matt is also a graduate of The Ohio State University and currently lives in the Dayton area. Follow him on Twitter at @_MattWilkes.
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Sell the team, Bob. This is not winning baseball. GALLARDO AND QUACKENBUSH is not going to cut it. Your GM is clueless, your manager is clueless and you have the worst hitter in baseball leading off because you love his speed. You can't steal first but if you could he would get picked off anyhow.
Marquis and Gregg to Quackenbush and Gallardo. Are the Reds still in rebuild or has the Owner/FO shifted to veteranism?
This is gonna be a long, long season…
Well to Price credit, PNC park is Billy's best park he hits in with a .300 average
Price continues to accelerate his long-overdue exit with his ridiculous line🤔-ups. Billy Hamilton should penciled permanently in the 10-hole, and protecting Suarez with Votto makes no sense. Slot Gennett in the 2. Meanwhile, Peraza continues down the path of Dilson 2.0. Where's Nick Senzel and Hunter Greene when you need them? But I forgot, this is only year 4 of the year-down rebuild. We're so close!
I read that Billy's numbers against the SP were absurdly good. **
Unfortunately I remember Dusty tweaking lineups based on past performance and it never seemed to work as well as those tiny stats would indicate.
Billy and Peraza looked to have improved not at all. Votto is characteristically slow but there is just the right amount of lineup gaps to do next to nothing on offense. Ervin should get a strong look at OF #4 as BH should be relegated to Defensive sub and base running specialist. Worse than the Billy regression, I fear 2018 will be remembered as the 'Peraza Problem'. Speaking of SS …
***SSS Alert. I think it was the Red Reporter preview that tried to play the role of apologist for the BH lead off call. I won't complain one iota if 7-8-9 is Peraza, P, BH until they can prove otherwise.
If this team was designed to win why do they have at least 3 non-baseball bobble head giveaways? One of them being hippo from the zoo, one an Elvis, and I can't remember the other. What is going on with our beloved Reds? I am trying not to swear and go nuts because I really am angry. I am angry because I don't really tolerate idiocy or ineptitude very well. THese aren't complicated concepts we are talking about here. If a guy has a track record where he can't hit he shouldn't be playing. This is basic stuff unless we are in little league. Billy is fast and he is probably a nice guy. But he isn't a good hitter. He is a terrible hitter. He shouldn't be switch hitting. He shouldn't be starting. He could be a good bench player. Why bring in Revere? WHat was the point of that when there was no serious competition? What is going on? Was Revere supposed to hit 3 home runs in the few ABs he got? Was it an insurance policy in case someone got hurt? Why do we have so many marginal players on this roster while the team couldn't sign any meaningful talent? Take all the scrubs and guys getting paid a million each and they could have gotten one decent guy and fleshed out the bench and bullpen with the young guys. Why not call Hunter Greene up and throw him in the fire. THat's what I would do. The Mets did it with Dwight Gooden. That would be a bold move that would put butts in the seats. Who cares about service clocks when this team is showing no hope of ever getting good. Get Senzel up here too. They had 3 years to become competivie and they failed so throw all the patience out the window and put the best athletes in starting roles NOW not tomorrow. Or else sell the team. The off season was as bad as one I have ever ever seen and now a slow start. It's like purposeful torture. If I didn't know any better I'd say that's what this is.
Yup, the season is ruined with only 157 games left to play. We don't have a chance to turn it around.
Nice to see the apologists out early this season. It's only year 4 of the tear-down rebuild of the House that Dusty built, but was never allowed to finish. But with Bryan Price as your manager, there's no reason to panic. Man's got it goin' on G.
This the same line-up, minus Cozart, as last year. They lost 95 games. Really Dick !!!! This is the best you can do. Sat on your hands the whole offseason while every team in our division reloaded.
The Pirates didn't reload, they got arguably worse, but still miles ahead of us. That's depressing as hell.
All is not lost, the Reds could still get a series split.
I am not a chronic complainer. This may actually be my 1st time complaining on this site. But, when I saw BH was leading off against a lefty( batting RH) and Winker was also in the game. It made so little sense that I watched Hawaii five o that I had just recorded after the first couple of innings.Billy was so overmatched in his 1st two times up, I saw no reason to continue. Plus I assumed Homer was due for a stinker. He is a 500 pitcher and had 1 good one already. So the math was easy, even for me.
It's early April so I always give everyone a pass but when the Reds broadcasters are complaining about BH leading off and for the life of me, why Garrett isn't a SP, I nod my head and go: yep. The only mulligan I refuse to give is to Price. I just don't see it.
Feels like I'm always bashing Price, but.. the double switch in the 5th, down 5-1, he puts Ervin in for Winker? And leaves Hamilton in the game? Down 5-1, not up 5-1 and it was a late game defensive replacement… We were DOWN 5-1 and he takes Winker out of the game, and leaves Hamilton in???
I'm finally ready for Bryan Price to move on. Can we please hire a real manager now??
The Old Cossack had a question (issue?) related to the double switch, but not the double switch itself. The double switch actually occurred during the bottom of the 6th inning, not the 5th inning, after Winker made the last out in the top of the 6th inning. The double switch was actually executed perfectly. One of the very few double switches that Price has executed properly. Unless the Reds generated some offense, Winker was probably not getting more than one additional PA and the pitcher's spot was due up 3rd in the top of the 7th inning, requiring a pinch hitter if the double switch wasn't made.
The problem was what happened after the double switch. Garrett replaced Quackenbush with 1 out in the 6th inning. I'm assuming Quackebush was brought in during the bottom of the 5th inning as a short term replacement for Bailey to give Garrett sufficient time to warm up before entering the game, otherwise it made no sense to bring Quackenbush in to just get the last out of the 5th inning and the the 1st out of the 6th inning, but such a move with no actual reason or thought process is fairly typical of Price's bullpen management decisions.
Garrett pitched 1.2 innings (the 6th and 7th innings), but Price then pulled Garrett after finishing the 7th inning and brought Brice in to pitch the 8th inning with the pitch spot (Garrett) not due up until the top of the 9th inning. Garrett is more than capable of pitching 4-5 innings, but Price has apparently decided to make sure that Garrett is not moving from the bullpen to the starting rotation, so he can keep his binky and security blanket handy. Replacing Garrett with Brice completely negated any benefit gained by the souble switch, making the double switch another useless manuver by Price as a manager.
Price continues to demonstrate that he completely lacks the ability to manage a roster during the game, yet he continues to retain his job.
Hi Cossack, not to defend Price, but I'm not sure I see the problem…Garrett shouldn't be in the bullpen, but if he is then aren't we glad he wasn't completely "wasted" in a game that was barely in reach for our Mighty Offense? He got some work, but didn't throw so many pitches that he isn't available again in the next couple of days.
I don't want Garrett used exclusively as a long man. The work is far too erratic–and low value–for a guy who needs to be pitching. I want him in the rotation for the Reds (or Bats), but the next best thing is pitching regularly to multiple LH and RH batters in the middle of close games. (If Price wanted another inning out of him, better to have him ready in the 5th for Polanco after the warning signs were there for Homer in the 4th…)
And there's the conundrum. I agree 100%, Garrett shouldn't be in the bullpen, he should be starting. As long as Price has him pitching in short bullpen stints, he will stay in the bullpen. An effective long man role (3+ innings) is very manageable, except Price is the manager and can't/won't manage it properly. Usually the long man in the bullpen is used only when the game is lost in order to conserve the other arms in the bullpen, creating the lack of consistent pitching opportunities. An effective long man role finishes games and extends games while pitching 3+ innings out of the bullpen. This can be done every 3-4 days or even 5 days if the long man has to cover an extended 5-6 innings after the early departure of the starter or an extra innings game.
If Garrett is stretched out by pirtching 3+ innings an outing, he is prpared to step in immediately when a starter is injured or falters. Garret was good enough to be a starter during the 2017 season and prior to ST this season. Suddenly, Price needs another LH in the bullpen and Garrett is no longer considered an effective starter. That's Chapman all over again, with the exception that Garrett wants to start and welcomes the chance to prove he can start.
At least the minor league season is now underway and we will have game performances to evaluate in the minor league system for those players competing for roles at the major league level.
I see what you're saying, but I still would've taken Hamilton out of the game down 5-1. We needed offense, and by taking Winker out, you've just reduced your chances of producing any offense at all.
I'll sacrifice a pinch hitter and another pitcher to still have Winker in the game, and to get Hamilton out. Just my opinion..
Price has to protect Bailey , that is his boy and Garrett is the one who would replace Homer so as long as Garrett isn't stretched out Price has a good reason not to use Garrett as a starter , thus the bullpen. Remember when baseball had to come thru Cincy now we bearly draw a home crowd or bring a crowd on the road. We don't have to fire Price, he needs to change his thinking about the pitching staff. Homer will get his money there is nothing that can be done about that , he has been getting paid the last 3 seasons for nothing anyways so let's move on with the youth movement. It's not like Homer is Bronson and he is good for the locker room and you can't get your money worth out of him. I didn't see Homers interview last night but I bet he had an excuse.
Peraza and Hamilton can't hit a lick. They must have decided Senzel cannot be a shortstop.
Don't think anyone on staff has better stuff than Garrett. Of course others can say his stuff is limited and works best in short stints but that is not apparent to me.
I can live with losing. It's hard to live with some of the decision making, though. Putting Hamilton at leadoff vs a lefty just shouldn't happen. I get it–when he set up his thinking on playing time a few days ago Price wasn't expecting to see a LHP starting for the Pirates, he expected to have Schebler, he expected to have played on Tuesday, etc. But at this point if your process spits out "bat Hamilton at leadoff against LHP", something is badly wrong.
The Reds have played 5 games this season…
Winker has an OBP of .438 and has hit leadoff 3 games.
Hamilton has an OBP of .118 and has hit leadoff 2 games.
During spring training…
Winker had an OBP of .411 and hit leadoff 5 games.
Hamilton had an OBP of .278 and hit leadoff 17 games.
During the 2017 season…
Winker had an OBP of .375 and hit leadoff 9 games.
Hamilton had an OBp of .299 and hit leadoff 135 games.
In AAA…
Winker had an OBP of .396.
Hamilton had an OBP of .308.
That's an apples v. apples comparison. Unless the Reds are deliberately tanking and playing for another top 5 draft choice in the 2019 rule 4 draft, fire Price now.
If the Reds are employing the deliberate tanking rebuild methodology and playing for draft position, good luck getting the fan base back after they've moved their discretionary entertainment income to other forms of entertainment and activities.
Jose Peraza looks lost, but the Reds really lack any better option for SS until Senzel is ready to make the move to MLB. There is no reason for Hamilton to start at the MLB level or even maintain a 25-man roster spot on this team right now. If DW fails to option Hamilton back to AAA until he proves he's capable of playing at the AAA level (not to mention the MLB level), then DW should be fired.
In today's market, Hamilton, Peraza, Duvall and Schebler have no positive trade value. The Reds need to decide how they can best utilize those players going forward in order to maximize their value to the Reds. The one thing that must happen is Winker starting full time in LF and leading off every game.
With a LH starter, you would seriously sit Duvall for Winker? (And that's not even taking defense into account.). I'm a big "we need to sort" fan, but that's pretty hard for me to imagine. As for why Hamilton was batting leadoff in a game where Winker was also playing…I don't agree, of course, but I bet Price did it because he was looking ahead to the late inning double switch 🙁
The answer was to give Ervin the start over BH in CF and bat Winker leadoff. Price has options at his disposal. He just isn't using them.
Nope, I would not sit Duvall in favor of Winker. Duvall is a better defensive OF than Winker, although Winker is not a bad defensive OF. Duvall also has a stronger arm than Winker. That's a formula for playing Duvall in RF and Winker in LF. The two players are not mutually exclusive, just misused, especially when Hamilton is playing CF. The Reds are just unwilling to challenge the status quo in order to investigate and implement better options. That lack of creativity is dangerous for smaller market teams. Trading for a 7-year MLB career 2B with the intent to cast him as the CF needed by the team is the type of creativity needed that the Reds lack.
I agree play Winker in left on a regular basis, platoon Duvall and Schebler in right. I would also platoon Ervin in center as well. In fact I would sit, trade or release Hamilton, he has no business being on a MLB roster. Speed is great but can not offset such a poor offensive inefficiency. Ervin may not be as great as Hamilton in center but he can play it well enough that his OBP will more than offset the slight lack of speed. If we did that then we could occasionally play Schebs in center when a strong right hander was pitching.
I'm not sure whether the problem with the Reds is that Price is just too dense to see things (Like Garrett should be starting, Winker should play everyday and neither Hamilton or Peraza can hit, and Peraza does not add anything defensively either) or if the front office is to blind to the fact that Price can't manage the assets that he has been given.
Cossac k don't know how old you are but I remember Post, Colavito and Clemente all 3 with great arms and all played RF. Duvall needs to be in RF!!
The sample size is small, but Winker against lefties was .120/.154/.200 (25 AB's) and 0-2 this year. Schebler sitting out is the reason Winker played yesterday.
Hamilton must be playing due to his amazing level of success against LHP.
And, yet, Senzel is getting few to no reps at SS in AAA. It makes my head hurt.
It's only been a week, but the complete mismanagement of the roster is mind-numbing. Granted Price wasn't given the '76 Reds (or even the '86 or '96 Reds) he has gone about the first week of the season demonstrating he's as clueless in the dugout as Peraza/Billy are at the plate.
The Easter 6-5 loss to the Nats is a perfect example of Price's ineptitude. Down 3-1 in the 7th, which one of Price's bullpen arms does he turn to? Why, the newly acquired, worst pitcher in baseball, Yovani Gallardo who promptly gives up 2 runs. Bottom of the 8th, down 5-2, bases loaded, no outs, the Nationals go to their bullpen and bring in righty Ryan Madsen to face righty Adam Duvall. Boy, if only the Reds had a left handed outfield bat they could count on in this situation. Wait! They do! One of their top prospects, left hander Jesse Winker. Does he pinch hit? Of course not. Duvall GIDP scoring 1 and thus ends the threat. Pitching Gallardo and not pinch-hitting Winker are indefensible decisions.
With the 5 outfielders on the roster, Price should be able to strategically deploy them late in the game (Ervin in for Schebler against a tough lefty, Ervin in for Billy against really any pitcher, Winker in for Duvall vs. a righty). Hell, he can even do it with the catching position. Unfortunately, strategy is simply not Price's strong suit and so he wastes what should be, if not a good roster, at least a flexible one.
And after the 2 run HR in the 9th, he sends Hamilton up to bat with 2 outs. Hamilton strikes out looking at a pitch practically right down the middle, and then argues a little about the call. Why does Price not pinch hit for Hamilton in that situation?
Look, I like Hamilton a lot, but the way Price uses him makes me so mad. I think the fan base is going to eventually really start to dislike Hamilton. And that sucks, because he does some good things. Just please stop batting him leadoff.
This is a big road trip. Only 5 games into the season, but a 2-5 or 1-6 debacle against the Pirates and Phil's could really make it difficult to recover against the NL Central and with the cards/brewers for 10 straight and a much improved Braves team in for 4 games in late April. Scooter needs to play most every day to build trade value.
The offense is going to continue to struggle. Peraza needs 180 at bats and to play every day until Senzel gets his needed finalaturation step in AAA.
Wily Taveras had 2 stellar seasons in his early to mid 20's and a solid playoffs at his age 26 season then became replacement level player or below. Hamilton regressed at his age 26 season and turns 28 in September. With his poor hitting and now diminished playing time and the diminished role of defense in these high octane hitting days…..he could be done as an everyday player. If the offense continues to struggle and the Reds dig a deeper hole on this road trip, I don't see Hamilton weathering through a last place team with a last place offense as a regular player.
I hate to say it but I'm rooting for pressure! Enough pressure on Dick Williams that he has to fire Price. Enough pressure on big Bob that he needs to rattle DWs cage a little bit. 10k on the first Sunday home game should tell them something! They're mostly likely looking at 4.5 or 6.5 games out on April 8. Lose 90+ 3 years in a row and run out the same exact team with the same d#&^@$$ manager? I like seeing the young gun starters but nonstop losing has gotten old. I don't think I can make it to Memorial day this year. At some point you feel like you're contributing to stupidity by continuing to watch it…atleast I do.
Bless you if you stay on until Memorial Day. If changes aren't made by end of April, I am deserting the Reds on May 1.
This is worse than the post-Big Red Machine days of the early 80's. This is worse than the Bowden years.
We got better things to do than watch this crap game after game after game.
Sadly, we have a large enough post injury sample size with Homer Bailey to know that he's not going to return to the level he once enjoyed. At best we're looking at a league average starter but more likely a back of the rotation placeholder who can only give you 5 innings most days. For the rebuild to take flight on the pitching side, 1 of Stephenson/Reed/Garrett need to step up and take Homer's job.
The Rebuild needs a rebuild. What a terrible 25 man roster the Reds have put forth.
The front office needs a rebuild.
And the pitching matchup in Philly Monday??
Cody Reed v Ben Lively.
Lively was the Reds organizations minor league player of the year in 2014….going 13-7 with a 3.04 ERA.
Marlon Byrd played 96 games total for the Reds. If you want a symbol of the Reds not going in on the rebuild early enough….this trade was it.
Walt Jocketty " it's a tough decision to give up a young pitcher, but really is the strength of our organization . ……they are paying a significant amount of his salary this year, which is the only way would have been able to do this deal."
Typical Reds….love their "veteran-ness" so they bring in Marlon (.312 obp the year before) Byrd. He hustled and had some power, but if you bring in a veteran then try to bring in some guys that have some skills that they can pass on. Instead they bring in guys or resign guys that go up there hacking like they're trying to get it over with asap?
Not only that, they completely whiffed on grabbing him off waivers in 2013, let the Pirates get him and the rest is history.
The Bob Castellini Reds: A day late and a dollar short.
The Reds have an offense? Huh.
I believe Dick Williams is under the same mystical dilusions.
Hamilton strikes me as a late-inning defensive replacement and pinch runner.
I've been saying that for about 2 years now.
I wasn't impressed with Bailey in his first start. He let a lot of runners on base, in trouble often, only one hit away from losing it. In his second start, someone simply got those hits.
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Preschool 80s show. Yes. And YES.
The ladies were in an 80's show at their school on Friday in honor of Father's and Mother's Day. (I loved this inclusion of Mothers. Shout out to all of the single parents out there.) The teachers went above and beyond. It was absolutely adorable. Anyone who can get 3-6 year-olds choreographed to 80's music deserve trophies. (And money.)
Anywho, the dressing up was WAY too much fun. I mean, WAY too much fun.
Here are some before-the-show pics. There are a bajillion, because I couldn't stop. (There are videos at the end of the post.)
So then there's the performance.
Here's Vivi with her esposo. (Her husband. She calls him her husband.)
Me: "Vivi, why do you love Nico so much?"
Her: "Because he's so nice to me and I love him."
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Note: This love has been going on for nearly 2 years now.
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She turns six on Sunday.
It was an absolutely lovely evening.