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Would you go to do your grocery shopping and only find out how much each item you have bought is at the cashier? I think not...
I thought thats exactly what happens in most of the US, what with sales tax etc added at the till?
Azure also has a cost calculator, here https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/ [windowsazure.com]
Unlike pricing cloud services, you can apply a simple multiplier to the listed item cost to come up with the checkout price.
If grocery shopping was like cloud computing, you'd have to work out the can charge (unit cost * can units where 1 can is more than one can unit and is affected by size and weight of the can), stocking charge, checkout charge (per unit as affected by product weight and can units). Don't forget to compute the cart charges and floor wear (based on cart weight and feet traveled). Thankful
Coincidentally, the Amazon cloud was down most of this weekend as their datacenter in West Virginia was impacted by this storm on the east coast. The datacenter I work in (also on the east coast) was not down. I've seen the amazon cloud go down quite a bit over the years. This is another thing you have to consider when picking your host.
I just wanted to host an instance for a low storage, low bandwidth website and I could not trust that calculator. I could not trust the drone I spoke with on the phone. Since I didn't need the alleged power I now have a virtual server with capped cpu, memory and bandwidth on a host at a fixed price per month. I can't be charged more but the website could go dark during the month unless I approve the continuing charges for bandwidth. I feel good in avoiding the clowd clowns. It's cheaper than the price I was
I noticed that Amazon charges per hour, but I'm wondering if this is wall-clock time, or CPU-usage time? In other words, do I pay if the virtual instance is running but the CPU is idle?
Well, lets go look [amazon.com]
Pricing is per instance-hour consumed for each instance, from the time an instance is launched until it is terminated. Each partial instance-hour consumed will be billed as a full hour.
Man, that was hard.
Great, now besides grokking this complicated pricing model, I need to think of stuff to do in the idle-time of my instance to get the most bang for my buck.
That wasn't so hard: password
So how about a (nontrivial) web-service that needs to be available 24/7, but is accessed on average only a few times a day?
Or similarly, a process which is required to do something every brief once every 15/30/60 minutes...
Plus bandwidth (incoming, between regions, etc), plus storage. Plus database size (if you use hosted one) plus dedicated IO for certain databases.. Plus Load balancers.. plus DNS queries.. Plus extra for their internal network with IPSec. minus some amounts if you purchase a "reserved instance". Then throw in just how much CPU is a "high CPU" Instance. And how does your needs map to that..
But your right. a witty one line answer to make the previous guy feel dumb is all you really need. Its that simple.
It's wall-clock time. Even if your virtual instance is in the 'running' state but idle and doing nothing, you're still getting billed for it.
You're billed from when you do 'start-instance' to when you do 'terminate-instance'.
Regarding the partial hours, they are based on wall-clock hours as well. If you start your instance at 1:58 and stop it at 2:01, you will be billed for two hours: One hour for the 1:00-1:59 hour, and one hour for the 2:00-2:59 hour. I have a cron job that runs at
WTF does "terminate-instance" really mean? Is it equivalent to "halt -p" or is it equivalent to "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda" ?
You get billed until you stop the instance. Stopping is the equivalent of powering it down. Terminating is the equivalent of deleting it
There's an oligopoly and its pricing strategy is confuseopoly? There's a first (said in intensely ironic tone of voice)
Find me an oligopoly without a confuseopoly pricing system, if you can. Cell phones? Check. Automobiles? Check. Now that almost all banks are owned by a couple big new york banks... check... Long distance providers (remember those?)
Host locally and don't give up control of your stuff.
Increase in size of Internet connection to the office.
We switched to the cloud expecting it but many IT departments dont think of the impact.
5-10 people syncing to hosted services and other onlne apps is one thing, when you have all 6900 employees doing it, it will utterly CRUSH that wimpy T3 you have.
And no, you cant use the garbage DSL or Cable modems. You need a real connection. we are buying an OC3 connection here to have upstream and downstream to be 100% reliable. and luckily we have fiber to the building already and a local POP is cheap enough that we are only spending a little more than 2X of what we were spending on the T3. We do have a business class Cable service as a failover backup.
When you scale up with "cloud" you can saturate a internet connection quite fast.
What are you transmitting over these local connections? Are you backing up the contents of your cloud instances every 10 minutes? Is your cloud instance mounting your local drive for data to deliver to the web? Or is it mounting the other way around where you are using the cloud as a file server?
Well it does depend on what you're doing "in the cloud". If you're hosting web services in the cloud instead of in your office, it may lower bandwidth usage in your office.
But yes, people forget about bandwidth. I've run into a bunch of IT guys who are starting to make the argument, "Why pay all the costs for maintaining this internal file server when I can just use cloud storage?"
"Uh... yeah, because you have 70 people constantly updating 5 TB of data, operating off of a T1. Trying to do it all live o
I looked at this and thought "this has SlashBi written all over it". Turns out it's actually part of SlashCloud [slashdot.org]. I must have missed the memo. When did that show up? And are we we going to get more SlashBuzzwords?
Stop giving them ideas!
It seems like anything that is somewhat expensive, you cannot find an estimate of your final price online. You need sales people to give you a quote, then you are stuck with hearing there sales pitch and them getting annoyed when you say no.
I understand that a lot of things are variable prices... However I want to know the ball park price. Am I looking at $10,000 or $100,000 or under $5,000?
For example... The following I would like to have a ball park figure on, in my area...
1. How much for Solar Panel? How much energy will they provide... On the average for an average size home.
2. How much for Geothermal?
3. How much for Central Air Conditioning?
4. How much for enterprise software?
The problem isn't just the Companies fault, it is the customer too... Most customers are too stupid to realize there are factors, and they just don't know what an estimate means, so the companies are afraid of posting their estimated prices online because too many people think the online estimate is a quote or a contactable price. Also they will have to compete with companies who give their estimates differently, difference companies may deal with different size customers. You quote for an enterprise system, company may say a mid sized company is 100 employees an other will think it is 1000 employees. so their estimates will be orders of magnitudes off. Also there is sometimes the case you get what you pay for... Too cheap you get cheap.
While I understand the complication... I would wish there was a place where I can get an honest estimate.
I'm the CFH (customer from hell) that the sales people hate. I can describe the particulars and factors exactly, and then I expect them to pull a price out of their arse and be legally bound to that. Imagine you are a manager at a construction company and need a truck load of sand for a job, and the supplier tells you it costs 3.2 microdollars per grain of sand.
Reality pricing is better. Give case studies of what people actually do. Describe a web site run on a cloud, and include all the particular fact
When you are in the business, you normally know what you are going to pay. You are usually already bound to the idea you will get this work done. So you want an accurate quote, not an estimate.
The problem is in the phase if you want to do the project or not and such a project is new to you, and you have no price expectations at all. Sometimes getting an estimate (without the formal quote) is useful.
Lets use a Car Analogy. Pretend we live in a world without car commercials... Or your TiVo skills have you
It's just a hosting provider with a few more automation scripts added on and a "gotcha" pricing model.
This is following a similar arc that the mainframe to PC story followed. Sadly, the people who are old enough to remember it are retiring, and the younger people who have not studies computing history are too ignorant to see it.
The "cloud" nonsense is repeating history, and will have easily predictable outcomes. We will eventually be heralding the arrival of the "new" technology that allows us to have control over our own computing (but with laws that have to be circumvented or repealed due to Government totalitarianism).
I can't help by shake my head in disbelief.
... if it has root shell access over ssh (e.g. that command line that all the New Linux geeks hate so much).
It looks like they do this, but they do this BADLY. They allow firewall rules to specify which IP addresses can connect. This is bad for people on dynamic IPs. No idea, yet, if IPv6 is even supported.
What they SHOULD do is allow the user to change the SSH port number
, which is sufficient obscurity for the next few years. Hopefully, AWS will be blocking the various probers that try to dictionary attack the SSH ports, and help this situation.
So then I do "sudo passwd root" and enter my random string a couple times?
The default configuration of SSH is to only allow you to log in with your private key so you're still going to muck around with to allow password logins or get the root user a public/private key pair.
Actually my preference is to put my public key in "/root/.ssh/authorized_keys".
He writes: "Some cloud providers don't make pricing available until you sign up for their service. Others hide pricing schedules behind complex formulae
So what you're saying is by going with the "cloud" your money could end up disappearing into thin air.
OK, I'll get my coat.
As long as they don't have a usage cap facility that YOU can set your own limits on, in either computer based technical units of usage, or by dollars (even zero for the free tier), and in time frames other than just a whole month, then yeah
I should be able to set usage restrictions to, for example, no more than $10 in any one day, $50 in any one week, and $100 in any one month. Then at least I won't have more than $100 going into thin air. I'm paying
In less than a century, computers will be making substantial progress on ... the overriding problem of war and peace. -- James Slagle


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SIXTEEN German backpackers claim they were unfairly evicted from their temporary Mildura home yesterday.
The tourists say they were forced to find emergency accommodation after being kicked out of the Eleventh Street property they had been staying at for the past fortnight.
The backpackers claim their landlord, Serdar Donmez – accompanied by police – woke them yesterday morning to evict them, without warning.
They claim Mr Donmez has threatened to keep their wages, as well as a bond – $150 per person – for drinking at and damaging his property. They say he potentially has $5000 belonging to them.
While the backpackers say they did have a few social drinks, they were not unruly and had not damaged property.
The group – aged between 18 and 21 – told Sunraysia Daily yesterday that their encounter with Mr Donmez had ruined their stay in Mildura.
"He will give Mildura a bad name," one of the backpackers, Moritz, said.
"It's very bad publicity, Don is the worst publicity you can imagine, I think.
"We expected farm work and to be able to save money, buy a car and then travel."
Another of the backpackers said: "Everyone wants to leave as soon as possible, we can't trust anyone."
During their time with the contractor/landlord they say they were not paid well and that they were sent to pick fruit from trees with little or no fruit on them, making it hard to earn money.
Just last week they witnessed two Italians being evicted for similar reasons.
"You have to tell him seven days before you leave that you are going to leave or else you won't get your deposit ($150) back," Moritz said.
"Now he's got $150 here from everyone, he's still got it and he won't give it back to us.
"He said we destroyed something, which isn't true, and additionally there's still wages owed to us from our work at the farm.
For more of this story, purchase your copy of Friday's Sunraysia Daily 16/11/2012.

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BASKETBALL, both the men's and women's teams, made it far and finished big in March. For the second year in a row, the men's team completed a 23-10 season, won the Big Sky Conference Tournament, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The women finished 14-2 for their best record ever and came in second at the Big Sky Conference Tournament, earning them a place in the Women's National Invitation Tournament.
TOP: Senior guard Andre Murray was one of only two Vikings to start every game during this winning season. Photo by Stanley Brewster. BOTTOM: Kelsey Kahle, Kelli Valentine, Claire Faucher, Eryn Jones, and Katia Hadj-Hamou wait to be introduced as the starting lineup at a Women's National Invitation Tournament game. Photo by Troy Wayrynen.
FOOTBALL season tickets are now on sale at www.GoViks.com or call 1-888-VIK-TIKS or 503-725-3307. The season opener is September 5 against Oregon State at Reser Stadium. Game stories, statistics, schedules, and much more are updated daily at www.GoViks.com.


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The Conjuring is terrific terror, but PEOPLE's critic says it's The Act of Killing that will really scare you.
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The Conjuring
Here's hoping you're still on good terms with your horror-movie buddy, because you're going to need a hand to hold, shoulder to cry on and/or lap to jump into for The Conjuring.
The scariest piece of psychological terror to hit big screens in years, The Conjuring follows the travails of the Perron family, plagued by a demonic presence in their Rhode Island farmhouse. Before Carolyn (Lili Taylor), Roger (Ron Livingston) and their five daughters can unpack, there are signs that all is not right in their new home. First of all, the dog won't even set a paw in the place. (Note: Always listen to the dog – unless the dog can actually talk, in which case, slowly back away from the dog.)
It isn't long before Carolyn wakes up to unexplained bruises and horrible smells, while something in the house joins in the girls' games of "Hide and Clap," disembodied hands smacking together seemingly from nowhere. If all that sounds suspiciously like The Amityville Horror, that's in part because director James Wan (Saw) borrows liberally from terror classics, including The Exorcist and Poltergeist, while supplying his own clever shots and brilliant pacing.
But The Conjuring also shares something else with Amityville: Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga). Years before the real-life paranormalists became famous for their work in the Amityville house, spawning a cottage industry of books and movies, they took on the Perrons' case. Wilson and Farmiga are just as affecting as Taylor and Livingston, and while the Warrens are just as scared as the Perrons, it's because they know what they're up against.
Wan puts all the bumps and jumps in just the right places to terrify viewers, even when we know what's coming. The saving grace is that the film is virtually bloodless, missing the gore and grossness of his Saw franchise, not to mention much of the other schlock that passes for horror nowadays. These are old-school scares, the kind that get in your head and rearrange the mental furniture just in time for your nightmares. So look out for strange bruises, because you'll be tripping over The Conjuring for days.
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Only God Forgives
Reunited, and it feels so off. Ryan Gosling re-teams with director Nicolas Winding Refn, but the results are nowhere near as thrilling as their widely lauded previous effort Drive.
While the earlier film explored love and violence using silence as a powerfully restrained form of expression, Only God Forgives is just gruesome and inert. That the love seems to be missing is, curiously enough, the point of the film.
Gosling plays Julian, the lesser son in a drug-dealing family in Thailand, left short-handed when his big brother is slaughtered by a samurai sword-wielding police officer (Vithaya Pansringarm). Julian is prepared to let it go – his brother was a maggot, after all – but his mother, Crystal (Kristin Scott Thomas), won't hear of it. She wants revenge, the bloodier the better.
Thomas is by far the best thing in the film, with her Real Housewives aesthetic (long blonde weave, dragon-lady nails) and Livia Soprano maternal instinct. She's in stark contrast to Gosling, who turns in a rare misfire of a performance, his eyes as blank as his dialogue.
Still, no one can compete with the film's real star, the sword, as it hacks and slices its way through the Thai underworld, human viscera laid out for plain view. So if all you're in the mood for are severed limbs and gushing wounds, then by all means, go with God. I found it unforgivable.
But catch these jaw-dropping documentaries:
You'll never look at SeaWorld this same way after watching this expose on Tilikum, the theme-park orca who killed expert trainer Dawn Brancheau three years ago. Taken from his pod of killer whales as an infant, Tilikum was already implicated in two other deaths before he savaged Brancheau in an incident that led to significant changes in the way orcas and trainers interact in the parks. Blackfish puts the blame squarely on SeaWorld, maintaining that those deaths were neither surprising nor the animal's fault. It's a tough film to watch, at once sobering and infuriating.
The Act of Killing
Speaking of rage, let me warn you that you'll need to vent yours after seeing this extraordinary and controversial film.
Documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer went to Indonesia with the intent of interviewing leaders of the death squads responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of accused communists and ethnic Chinese in 1965. He asked them to tell their story in whatever way they wished. They chose to re-enact their gruesome crimes by filming a Hollywood-style gangster movie, starring themselves and the descendants of some of their own victims.
The result is a movie that will bifurcate your brain. On one hand, there is the comically bad gangster-film-within-the-film, complete with atrocious acting, amateurish makeup and a script that might as well have been written in crayon. It would be hilarious if it weren't stomach-churning. Because the rest of the doc features the executioners, chief among them a man named Anwar Congo, blithely detailing the methods of their madness, freely – sometimes laughingly – admitting to the slaughter of innocents.
That the film takes place against the backdrop of incredible corruption in Indonesia gives it some context. (Even politicians embrace the executioners, or "gangsters," as necessary to the function of society.) But it shouldn't give these monsters a pass. Let's hope The Act of Killing provides the International Criminal Court with a working document for bringing war crimes charges against Congo and his cohorts. At the very least, the film puts a horrendous period in history into agonizingly sharp focus.
And see this if you're just looking for a silly good time:
Red 2
Playing up its comic-book origins even more than the 2010 original, Red 2 goes for bigger laughs, more stars and wilder plots. It doesn't all come together quite as planned, though, making for a comedy that squeaks by as just amusing enough.
Retired CIA agents Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) and Marvin Boggs (John Malkovich, extra dotty this go-around) re-team to find a doomsday weapon hidden by scientist Edward Bailey (Anthony Hopkins) during the Cold War. Only this time they're toting Frank's ditzy wannabe spy girlfriend, Sarah (Mary-Louise Parker), with them.
The jokes are hit or miss, though Malkovich has a fun running gag of advising Frank on his relationship issues at the most inappropriate times. But the film gets most of its zing from its high-wattage stars, including the always-badass Helen Mirren, returning as ex-MI6 agent Victoria, and Catherine Zeta-Jones giving Sarah palpitations as a rival for Frank's affections.
Red 2 may not be perfect, but it does have its charms. It's also one of the few films catering to an older audience this summer, so if you're a fan of movies for grown-ups, then I invite you to vote with your wallet.


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Big things are happening in the small town of Havana!
In a matter of just a few months, residents there will have a brand new library.
Not only will they have a brand new high tech library, this Library will give Havana, the town once voted best small town in America, even more bragging rights.
There's a library building for sale in Havana Florida. Just up and around the corner, there's a brand new library, being constructed.
It's the first library building ever built in Gadsden County and the residents of Havana are couldn't be happier.
"Oh Thrilled! It's going to be bigger and better," says Assistant Librarian Joyce Saccio.
Even though City Manager Susan Freiden can see the final product, she says there's still some more work to be done and more money to be raised.
"Its being well received, and you'll be able to tell from the citizens at the Fish Fry, April 17," Freiden says.
"We have the inside and any furnishings, and computers and book that aren't there now," comments Havana Police Chief Brian Mitchell.
Weather permitting the library should be done and opened sometime in mid June.
The funding for the new library is coming from three places, a state grant, a loan from the town of Havana and lots of fund-raisers done by the citizens.


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Sitting in a barber chair at Water Works Salon in Mt. Pleasant, Matt Romashko got comfortable as Pete Grondin eased the back of the chair in a reclining position.
After applying an exfoliant to Romashko�s facial skin to remove toxins, Grondin reached for a hot towel, let it cool just a bit, and carefully draped it on Romashko�s face.
A short time later, Grondin removed the hot towel, applied lather and began shaving Romashko�s face with a straight razor.
Unlike the �old time� barbers who used strops to sharpen straight razors, today�s old-style barbers use injection razors that are used only once.
Grondin, who has been doing old-style men�s hair cuts and shaves at Water Works for about a month, carefully shaved Romashko�s face, wiping the whiskers and cream on a towel.
The trick to a good shave is to go across the grain of the beard, Grondin said, but that can be tricky indeed, Grondin said.
Shaving across the grain can cause razor burn, but the hot towels open up pores and softens the beard, he said.
He is also using Sranrom, a men�s skin care product line that is exclusive to Water Works.
Grondin, who is related to the family that owns Grondin�s Hair Care centers throughout Michigan, first learned the art of shaving with a straight razor when he attended the Flint Institute of Barbering 40 years ago.
�Very few people know how to use a straight razor,� he said.
Old-style barbering that included shaves went out of style years ago, but is now making a comeback all over the country, Grondin said.
In today�s fast-paced world, Grondin urges men to get the old-style shaves, which are more than just a razor removing whiskers.
�A shave is a shave is a shave,� he said. �It�s not the tool you�re using.�
Rather, Grondin said, it�s the time spent pampering the skin.
Typically, men lather up shave quickly during morning routines, Grondin said.
Going to a salon to get a shave is an experience in luxury.
�Twenty years ago, a man would not admit to having a pedicure,� he said. �Now, men are open to it.�
While his clients are men, Grondin markets to women.
�They want their men groomed,� he said. �It�s not something a guy�s going to do every day.
�It�s something they all like once the get it.�
Prior to his return to Mt. Pleasant, Grondin worked in Palm Beach County, Fla., where he opened The Art of Shaving.
(Susan Field can be reached at 989-779-6075, firstname.lastname@example.com or follow her on Facebook at facebook.com/#!/susan.k.field.)


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I've got this Cheng shin 831 155SR13 spare, which seems to be in good condition, and (IF I'm interpreting its date code correctly) was apparently made toward the end of 2007.
If I understand the size spec correctly, its a different nominal width to my Bridgstone 175/70R13 SF-226 road tyres, but the same rim. Since its aspect ratio isn't stated, its presumably the default 80, so that's also different to the 70 of the road tyres, but I guess its good enough for short term emergency use as a spare, being less different than one of those "space savers", for example.
EDIT: If I'm doing the sum correctly the road tyres are 122.5 mm high and the spare 124mm, so within the limits of treadwear variation.
I'm told that this spreadsheet (from Cheng shin) is saying the spare is interchangeable with 175/70R13's. I don't get this. My understanding was that any size difference (apart from 80 v 83) on the same axle was, for example, a reason for a fail on the UK MOT.
spare_COMPATIBILITY by ed_lithgow, on Flickr
I'm assuming its a misunderstanding and these are the tyres they make that are compatible with 13 rims, or compatible with the Skywing, rather than with each other on the same axle.
Can anyone confirm this?
It would make sense to put this spare into service and demote one of the road tyres to a spare, but I assume if I do that I'll have to get another 155SR13 (ideally another Cheng shin 831) and avoid mixing on the same axle in future (except perhaps for short term emergency use, when using the spare).


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2006 Baseball
New Jersey City 10, Bluffton 6; Bluffton 4, NJC 0
Beavers split two with New Jersey City as freshman Justin Jones fires a one-hit shutout
By Bill Hanefeld Jr., sports information director
March 8, 2006
FORT MYERS, Fl. - The Bluffton University baseball team (2-3) split a doubleheader versus New Jersey City on Tuesday, March 7, 2006. The Beavers dropped the first game 10-6, but they used an outstanding pitching performance from freshman Justin Jones (Washington Court House/Washington Senior) to shut out New Jersey City 4-0 in the nightcap.
GAME 1 - New Jersey City 10, Bluffton 6
Tom Cruder put New Jersey City on the board in the first inning when his infield groundout plated Ruben Borges who had ripped a one-out double.
New Jersey City did most of its damage during a fourth inning rally that saw six runs cross the plate. The Gothic Knights chased starter William Gerber (Kidron/Central Christian) and rattled freshman Steve Roberts (West Salem/Mapleton) with five hits, a base on balls and hit batter before the dust settled. Bluffton found itself down 7-0 after only four innings.
The Beavers struggled to keep the Gothic Knights off the basepaths again in the fifth inning as New Jersey City tacked on three insurance runs on four hits to take a 10-0 lead through five innings.
The Bluffton bats finally came to life in the sixth inning. Freshman Deron Steinke (Wapakoneta/Wapakoneta) drew a leadoff walk to open the inning for the Beavers. Tim Kay (Alpharetta, Ga./Blessed Trinity) singled to right field scoring pinch runner Allan Slabaugh (Dalton/Dalton) when the throw went awry. Kyle White (Berne Ind./South Adams) and Curtis Schroeder (Shelby/Shelby) both ripped singles around a hit batter, Corey Conn (London/London), scoring Kay. Freshman Tyler Williams (Lima/Lima Senior) drove a Mike Espin offering down the left field line for a double as the Beavers exploded for six runs on four hits and two errors in the inning.
Espin pitched a perfect seventh inning to give the Gothic Knights a 10-6 victory in the first game of the doubleheader.
Tim Kay finished the game 2-of-4 at the plate to lead the Beavers.
GAME 2 - Bluffton 4, New Jersey City 0
In game two, leadoff hitter Tony Moore (Elida/Elida) singled up the middle and promptly stole second base to open the contest for Bluffton. He advanced to third when Riordan McClain (Upper Sandusky/Upper Sandusky) flied out to right field and scored on a Tim Kay groundout.
The Beavers tacked on three more runs in the fourth inning thanks to a hit batter and a wild pitch. Williams collected a free pass from Rob Motacki to start the inning. He avoided a potential double play when he stole second before Moore grounded out to the third baseman. Motacki hit his third batter of the game before Marcus Wiggins answered the phone in the bullpen. Kay and Schroeder greeted Wiggins with back-to-back singles which plated Williams and moved McClain to third. A Wiggins wild pitch allowed all of the runners to advance, including McClain who scored the Beavers' second run of the inning. White picked up an RBI when he grounded out to third.
Justin Jones (1-0) did the job on the mound allowing the Beavers to rest their weary arms in the bullpen. He fired a one-hit shutout in his first collegiate start. Jones picked up nine strikeouts and faced only four batters over the minimum in his dominating victory over the Gothic Knights.
Curtis Schroeder and Tony Moore both collected two hits while Kay, Schroeder and White all knocked in runs to help the Beavers improve to 2-3 on the season.
McClain (7-of-14) and Schroeder (5-of-10) are leading the Beavers at the plate and Lowell Wyse (Camden, Mich/Hesston J.C.) has knocked in a team-high five runs through the first five games.
The Beavers return to action on Thursday, March 9, 2006 when they take on Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The game is set to start at 7 p.m.


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Greenpoint Brands, LLC, maker of miYim and MyNatural eco-plush toys and infant accessories, is going solo and breaking away from its parent company, Hosung NY. Greenpoint Brands was co-founded by Serah Chae, the daughter of John Chae, CEO of Hosung. John's other daughter, Jean, founded SimplyFido, LLC, an organic pet toy company that is also leaving Hosung.
Operating as a division of Hosung NY, the miYim brand of organic cotton toys and infant accessories began in specialty retail and has expanded, via its sister brand MyNatural, into the mass market. Greenpoint Brands will bring MyNatural's licensed Winnie the Pooh, Cat in the Hat, and The Grinch eco-plush toys to Babies "R" Us shelves this fall. More Dr. Seuss eco-plush characters will be available at mass retailers in the spring, in time for the debut of the animated film The Lorax.
Both Greenpoint Brands and SimplyFido will soon seek investors to help fund future growth. Greenpoint Brands plans to expand into home furnishings, infant feeding supplies, and other baby essentials. Hosung NY will continue its multinational operations as a manufacturer of traditional and electronic plush.


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5. Cloud Jobs Breakdown
From Web management to application development, and from help desk to program management, cloud-related jobs will grow across the board. As they look to hire workers to fill these positions, companies will need help both from third parties such as solution providers and through internal training.
"When building or acquiring new skill sets, employers most often rely on a trusted third party to properly prepare a candidate," the IDC report said. "Sometimes that third party is another enterprise, a competitor, a supplier, or even a client. However, early adopters rely on training and, in some cases, certification of candidates to be assured of relevant competence and sufficient capability."


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Calle means street in Spanish, and Calle 54 is a street any jazz fan would love to live on. This film is such a celebration of the absolute best in Latin jazz that you will want to turn it up loud, invite the neighbors over, break out the liquid refreshments,and make a party out of it. The musicians certainly did.
Director Fernando Trueba, whose credits include an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language 1992 film Belle Epoque, conceived of this film with Dominican pianist Michel Camilo. In perhaps an unintentional way Calle 54 is a response to Ken Burns' massive documentary Jazz that appeared the same year but was almost completely devoid of any references to Afro-Cuban and Latin American contributions. The film captured both the old and new generations of Latino musicians, several of whom did not live much longer after the film was completed.
Calle 54 is also a who's who in Latin jazz (along with a very lively debate over what that term Latin Jazz means). Along with Michel Camilio, Brazilian pianist Eliane Elias, Spanish flamenco pianist Chano Dominquez, Argentinian saxophonist Gato Barbieri, New York City's Tito Puente, and Bronx-based Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band, Cubans, Bebo and and his son Chucho Valdez, Paquito D'Rivera, and Chico O'Farrill's Orchestra all lead their bands in one inspiring performance after another. Taken together they present the tremendous breadth of musical contributions Latino artists have added to the jazz world.The film has many magical moments such as the collaboration between pianist Bebo Valdes and bassist Cachao. Both in their 80s, they'd known each other since they were small boys but this was the first time they ever recorded together. Additionally, Bebo, who left Cuba in 1960, having fallen in love with a Swedish woman, is reunited with his son Chucho and their duet on two grand pianos is deeply moving.
This is a film for anyone who loves Latin jazz and/or for anyone who wants to understand what is it about the Clave beat and the rhythms of Afro-Caribbean instrumentation that are so infectious and soulful. The film's narrative is in Spanish with English subtitles. Each musician is briefly introduced with shots in and around their home bases. That footage is largely shot during winter, a contrast to the performances that were all shot on the same sound stage where each artist is bathed in a different dramatic background color. The camera work and the audio are absolutely exceptional. In the DVD extras, director Trueba describes his approach to making the film similar to making music. Part of it is rehearsed and part improvised. He knew the structures of the songs going into filming but the cameras move and follow the music as it is created. He says, "I wanted the movie to have a beat parallel to the music." He adds that there are hardly any general shots but instead the viewer gets loads of details, close-ups on the musicians' expressions, their instruments, and their hands. Trueba adds, "I wanted the audience to feel like they were in the middle of the band and could reach out and touch them." He certainly succeeds. It is among the most intimate of any concert footage of live music. It is a DVD that is made for a great home entertainment system.
The DVD contains an additional hour-long segment in which the musicians each tell their own interpretations of the history and origins of Latin or Afro-Cuban jazz. Chucho Valdes shows his knowledge of Nigerian culture and rhythms. Jerry Gonzalez extols the three blocks in the Bronx that were home to so many of the early innovators. Tito Puente is shot inside his restaurant and shows off the walls that are adorned with paintings of many of the greatest innovators and early champions of Afro-Cuban music. The musicians also talk about each other, about their heroes and influences, and the role that improvisation plays in the language of Latin jazz. This is one of the out-and-out best films about jazz period, regardless of style and is a joy to watch from start to finish, even when the credits roll and Jerry Gonzalez plays unaccompanied trumpet. Do yourself and your friends a favor. Get a hold of a copy of Calle 54 and throw a party. This makes for the perfect soundtrack for the start of summer and is cause for a real celebration.
(Editor's note: Today, June 5, is the birthday of Jerry Gonzalez (The Fort Apache Band) - A pure coincidence!)


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Tallahassee, FL - Many people describe road work as a necessary evil. Improvements are welcome, but the process of getting there can cause headaches. Starting in January, those headaches will start to pound for drivers, and businesses, on the already, very crowded Tennessee Street.
The City of Tallahassee will start ripping up the road between Monroe Street and High Road to replace pipes.
"The water pipes under Tennessee Street are about 50 to 60 years old so they're ending the end of their life span," said Alison Faris with the City of Tallahassee. After that the Florida Department of Transportation will then resurface Tennessee from North Monroe to Ocala Road next fall.
Tuesday night, the City of Tallahassee and FDOT, hosted an informational meeting about the construction plan. Lee Schneider, the district manager of Moe's on Tennessee was there. He said, "It'll be inconvenient in the short term but it's a necessary thing so we'll roll with it."
He says the City of Tallahassee has assured him that customers will have access to the Moe's parking lot during the entire project.
The majority of the construction will take place along Tennessee's Street's northernmost travel lane and will be performed during nighttime hours between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. At the end of each evening's construction activities, the driving surface will be restored with asphalt patching and the lanes will re-open to traffic for daytime use.
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Tallahassee, FL - There are two different construction projects about to begin on West Tennessee Street in Tallahassee.
Now Tallahassee and the state of Florida are about to begin major construction, so will it slow drivers down even more? The City says no.
The City of Tallahassee is trying to prevent a problem on West Tennessee before it happens.
Alison Faris, City of Tallahassee Communications, stated, "pipes along West Tennessee Street are 50 to 60 years old and they're at the end of their lifespan, so they need to be replaced."
Work will begin on underground sewer and water pipes stretching from High Rd. to Monroe starting in January. The city says that the 2 mile project won't add to Tennessee Street's traffic trouble.
Alison Faris, City of Tallahassee Communications, "Tennessee Street is a major thoroughfare and we understand that. So a construction project like this will cause traffic delays and to mitigate the city is going to do a majority of the work during the nighttime hours."
But businesses have their concerns about the project. Four Points Sheraton GM Bo Schmitz says the night time work will be fine for some businesses, but not his.
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"Being a hotel, we're going to have guests wanting to use our hotel during the day and the evening. Some of the work being done in the evening is concerning to us, we know that it needs to be done, however we're going to work with the city, and the state of Florida, to work through those situations as best as possible to make sure our customers are impacted as little as possible."
There is a meeting going on right now at the main branch of the library to discuss the project. Schmitz said he is attending the meeting to voice his concerns and hear other business' concerns. Now when the city wraps up its project in August, hopefully, the state D-O-T then comes in to resurface the road in the fall of 2013, meaning West Tennessee construction could be going a full year. Their representatives are also at the meeting tonight.
Tallahassee, FL - The first of two major construction projects on one of Tallahassee's busiest streets is about to begin.
But will the project cause even more traffic congestion?
The city says that an underground utility replacement project on west Tennessee Street "shouldn't" affect the daily commute, but there are more than just traffic factors to consider.
The city's project to replace aging sewer and water pipes begins in January, and then the Florida d-o-t begins a repaving project in the fall of 2013. Both the city and f d o t are holding a joint meeting to discuss concerns about the project that could last the better part of a year. Besides traffic congestion, there are also dozens of businesses along the proposed 2 mile strip from high rd to Monroe Street that could be impacted.
Sue Dick,Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, stated, "this is a large project that's going to take a lot of time over the next year and our businesses, whether a customer can get into the actual businesses and knowing that they are up and running. So it's very important that the businesses provide input and the city assists as they are in providing information."
The public meeting with the city of Tallahassee, the Florida department of transportation, and local businesses starts at 530 at the Leon County Public Library main branch.


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(Bloomberg) -- Senators from southern states with factories owned by Asian and European car manufacturers oppose a bailout of U.S. automakers, saying the industry can thrive without General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC.
Republican Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions of Alabama, and James DeMint of South Carolina, are among lawmakers trying to derail Democratic plans, supported by President-elect Barack Obama, to provide at least $25 billion in loans to the three U.S. companies.
``We have a very large and vibrant automobile sector in Alabama,'' Sessions told Bloomberg Television on Nov. 11. ``I don't feel like this is the end of the world.''
Alabama has two assembly plants owned by Stuttgart, Germany-based Daimler AG, one operated by Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co. and one by Seoul-based Hyundai Motor Co. Munich-based Bayerische Motoren Werke AG employs about 4,500 people at a Spartanburg, South Carolina, assembly plant.
The proposal to loan automakers $25 billion from October's $700 billion financial rescue package will be debated during a post-election lame-duck session of Congress this week.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd plans to hold a hearing tomorrow on the legislation, which he supports. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, who is drafting the legislation with Michigan Senator Carl Levin, plans a hearing the following day. GM Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner and Ford CEO Alan Mulally are scheduled to testify before the committees.
`Tough Sell'
The bill will likely be a tough sell with many Republicans who, in principle, oppose government intervention in the private sector.
``Companies fail every day and others take their place,'' Shelby said on CBS's ``Face the Nation'' yesterday.
Bush said he opposes using money from the $700 billion fund designed to ease a global credit crisis. Instead he called on Congress Nov. 14 to use money from a previously approved proposal for auto-industry loans originally intended to aid development of more fuel-efficient vehicles.
``Taxpayers should not have to subsidize private companies that are unwilling to show they can be viable,'' White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said today in an e-mailed statement. ``It is clear that U.S. automakers must restructure in order to be viable.''
Bailout Votes
Perino said this morning that Democrats don't have enough votes in the Senate to pass a bailout using money from the $700 financial rescue fund.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Nov. 15 that diverting money from the earlier plan to ease a current cash crisis would be ``a step backward'' in promoting long-term auto-industry competitiveness. Democratic leaders want to use some of the money from the $700 billion financial-rescue package to meet automakers' emergency needs.
The outcome may depend on action by the Senate, where Democrats' narrow 51-49 working majority gives Republican opponents a better opportunity to block a bailout. While the party will pick up at least a half-dozen seats as a result of Nov. 4's elections, those changes won't take effect until January.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Nov. 14 urged his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to allow a vote. McConnell made no such promise.
Deficit Impact
``Senator Reid has not yet provided us with the text of his proposed spending bill, or the cost to the taxpayer, or its impact on the deficit,'' McConnell said. ``So it would be a real challenge to promise any level of support or opposition sight unseen.'' Kentucky has Ford, GM and Toyota Motor Corp. assembly plants, and a Toyota engine factory. snip
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The John. R. Massey Camp No. 152, Sons of Confederate Veterans, celebrated the January birthdays of General Robert E. Lee and General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson at their monthly meeting on Jan. 10.
The guest speaker for the evening was Dr. Theresa Morrison, M.D. Her presentation was titled, "Stonewall Jackson, Before He was Famous". She spoke to the large audience gathered at the city municipal auditorium and kept them spellbound for 45 minutes.
Dr. Morrison detailed how the tough childhood of Jackson made him the man and general he became during the War Between the States. She covered the period of Jackson's life from childhood to his graduation from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
Many of the soldiers from Lincoln County served under Jackson during the war.
The camp also announced the 2013 camp officers: Dr. James Armitage, commander; Mack Pickett, 1st Lt. Commander; Matthew Armitage, 2nd Lt. Commander; and James Shelton, Adjutant.
The SCV is a heritage organization for men that had a documented ancestor that served honorably in the Confederate Army or Navy.
"We are not affiliated with any other organization," said Dr. Armitage.
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Benji Marshall requests release from Wests Tigers
Wests Tigers will mull over a release request from star playmaker Benji Marshall who wants out after 11 years at the NRL club.
The Tigers issued a statement on Monday night confirming the New Zealand international was seeking a release from the final two years of his contract.
Tigers chief operating officer Grant Mayer said he had received verbal notification of Marshall's decision from his manager, Martin Tauber, and the club was now awaiting something more official before raising the issue with the board.
Mayer said he expected the issue to be "resolved relatively quickly".
Marshall has had his issues with the club over the past two seasons. The 28 year-old was a key figure in the demise of former coach Tim Sheens in 2012.
But his relationship with new coach Mick Potter does not appear to be much smoother, having at one stage been dumped to the bench this season.
He has endured mixed form this year with the Tigers also struggling in 12th position on the NRL ladder.
A disappointed Mayer intimated that the club would not stand in his way of moving on.
"From a Wests Tigers perspective, we are extremely disappointed to receive the news as we believe that we have been exceptionally generous to a player that has given us wonderful service over a number of years," Mayer said in a statement.
"Benji has obviously made a decision that he believes is right for himself and his family. All we can do is thank him wholeheartedly for what he has done for not only the club but the game as a whole."
Marshall has said previously he would not play against the Tigers, seemingly ruling out a move to the likes of Parramatta or the Warriors.
A move to Super Rugby or rugby in Japan or France loom as potential options, as does playing in the Super League in the UK.
The loss of Marshall would be a savage blow for the Tigers, the marquee central to the club's plans on and off the field.
He has played 193 matches for Wests Tigers and is the club's all time leading points scorer.


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Hollande meets Merkel: a compatible couple?
Just hours after his inauguration, the new French president flew to Berlin to meet the German chancellor. The two leaders had never met before, but Hollande and Merkel pledged to work together to resolve Europe's economic crisis. But can the new Franco-German tandem overcome its political differences?
Christophe Robeet speaks to:
- Pervenche Béres, French MEP, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats;
- Alexander Alvaro, German MEP, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats.
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<>1962 — Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 42 points and grabs 24 rebounds to win MVP honors even though his East team lost to the West 150-130 in the NBA All-Star game. The West's Bob Pettit pulls down an All-Star record 27 rebounds.
1972 — The Dallas Cowboys dominate the Miami Dolphins, setting a Super Bowl record of 252 yards rushing en route to a 24-3 victory.
1974 — Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Mantle is elected in his first year of eligibility and Ford in his second year.
1988 — Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, the CBS NFL Today tout for 12 years, is fired for his racial comments during an interview the previous day with WRC-TV in Washington.
1993 — Kansas beats Louisville 98-77 for its 1,500th win in school history.
1993 — Michael Jordan scores 64 points, but Chicago is upended in overtime by visiting Orlando 128-124. The Magic are led by rookie center Shaquille O'Neal, who has 29 points and 24 rebounds.
1995 — Palm Beach millionaire Malcolm Glazer buys the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for an estimated $192 million.
2000 — In the first home playoff game in St. Louis' 33-season NFL history, the Rams show their entire awesome repertoire in routing the Minnesota Vikings 49-37. Kurt Warner finishes 27-for-33 and sets team playoff records for yards passing (391) and TD throws (5). The Vikings score three desperate touchdowns in the dying moments, making it the second-highest scoring playoff game in NFL history.
2008 — Bob Knight becomes the first men's Division I coach with 900 wins when Texas Tech beats No. 10 Texas A&M 68-53.
2011 — New York Jets stun the New England Patriots 28-21. The Patriots — who had the league's best record during the regular season — suffer their third straight postseason loss. Mark Sanchez throws three touchdown passes, Tom Brady is sacked five times and the Jets advance to their second straight AFC championship game.
2012 — Top-ranked Syracuse beats Pittsburgh 71-63 to open the season with 20 straight wins, to set a school record for most consecutive victories to start a season. Boeheim extends his Division I record for most 20-win seasons to 34.


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BEIRUT, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Syrian state television said four members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent were wounded by rebel fighters on Saturday as the aid workers tried to deliver humanitarian supplies to a besieged, rebel-held district of Homs city.
It said the Red Crescent members came under fire from "armed terrorist groups", the label authorities give to rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad. There was no immediate comment from rebel or opposition groups.
The humanitarian convoy had been delayed since Saturday morning by mortar fire in Homs, which the two warring sides blamed each other for, in violation of a three-day ceasefire for civilians to leave central Homs and aid supplies to get in.
The Red Crescent said on its Twitter feed that an aid truck driver had been wounded after shots were fired at the convoy, and that mortar shells also landed close by as the vehicles moved into the Old City.
It posted a picture which appeared to show a bullet hole in the back window of a Red Crescent car.
Syrian television quoted the governor of Homs, Talal al-Barazi, as saying two cars carrying aid supplies had entered the Old City but that rebels had targeted the route with mortar fire, preventing any more vehicles from entering.
The violence threatens to unravel a humanitarian deal for Homs which was the first concrete result of talks launched two weeks ago in Geneva to try to end the country's civil war.
The conflict has killed more than 130,000 people, driven millions from their homes and reduced parts of Syria's cities to rubble. (Reporting by Dominic Evans; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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By Billy Graham • February 1, 2013 • Topics: Aging
Yes, I certainly have, and I suspect most older people have had the same thought. Life is short, and suddenly we wake up one morning and realize it's almost over. The Bible says, "What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14).
Does this mean our lives are useless, or that it doesn't matter how we live? Some people say this is true; like the man in one of Jesus' parables, they say, "Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry" (Luke 12:19). That man thought he had many years of ease and enjoyment ahead of him — but he didn't. That very night his life was taken from him — and God called him a fool.
But God has another way for us, and life's greatest joy comes from knowing Him and discovering His plan for our lives. We aren't here by accident; God put each of us here, and He put us here for a purpose. That purpose is to know Him and follow Him — and then some day enter into His presence in heaven forever. No matter how young or old we are, God wants us to learn to walk with Him every day.
If you have never committed your life to Jesus Christ, I urge you to do so today. The Bible says, "Now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2). And if you already know Christ, make it your goal to walk with Him and serve Him every day of your life.
To Regrets: A new plan is seen daily when you serve your Lord. Become aware and it will unfold before your eyes. And no life is a waste! Hallelujah!You allowed Him in your heart! God Bless You!
I can certainly identify with J.R.K. I am a Christian now, but my life is a waste. I cannot remember ever having a real, long-term goal or plan beyond finishing high school and being able to make a living. I must have missed God's plan for me.


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Mike London played through concussions. His son Brandon, a Canadian Football League receiver, recently sustained his second. A former co-worker sued the NFL over concussions that he claims led to anxiety, severe depression and thoughts of suicide.
So London, the University of Virginia's head coach and a former NFL assistant, appreciates the ongoing research and dialogue regarding brain injuries in sports, particularly football.


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USU Climate Professor Named to Governor's Clean Air Action Team
Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013
He is already a professor in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, a state climatologist and the director of the Utah Climate Center, and now Robert Gillies will also be a climate expert on Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's Clean Air Action Team.
The team, announced by Herbert Oct. 15, includes 38 experts in diverse areas, including industry, healthcare, government and education, who will meet 10 times over the next year to come up with ways to address Utah's growing air pollution problem.
With expertise in climatology of the Intermountain West, Gillies is part of the panel's academic team and will provide recommendations on how to keep the air clean and not impair health, he said.
"The big issue is that this is really affecting the quality of life for many Utahns," said Gillies.
He said the earth naturally gives off its own gasses but in the winter, those gasses get trapped because of valley-shaped locations and very little mixing in the atmosphere.
"So if the valley had no human being in it, you'd still get inversions," he said.
However, people emit other gasses by driving their cars or heating their houses, for example, and worsen the problem. The gasses can also get trapped and create tiny particles of pollution known as Particulate Matter 2.5 that remain in the air. These particles can get into the body's bloodstream and potentially take five years off of one's life, Gillies said.
As a first step toward resolution, CAAT will bring different facets together and educate each as to what they can do. Perhaps businesses and industry will come forward with a commitment to cut their emissions by a certain amount, Gillies said. Maybe then people will follow in doing their part and cut their own emissions by carpooling, riding bikes and turning off idling cars, he added.
"My hope is, and the success of the board will be, that under persistent inversion events, we do indeed keep the values of PM 2.5 from becoming unhealthy," Gillies said. "That would define success, true success."
Gillies noted that he is excited to be working with the team.
"It's nice to be asked and recognized for your expertise," he said. "It's nice to be recognized that you have a role to play."
In addition to his participation on the CAAT, Gillies was also recently asked to be on another governor's board for water conservation. However, the details of that panel are still being developed.
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If they were still around, the ancient Greeks would probably have loved how Hawksley Workman told their stories back to them.
Workman is the Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter who, along with collaborator Christian Barry, has taken The Bacchae, an old Greek myth about living and loving harder than a rock star, and transformed it into The God That Comes, the final production of this year's Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays.
If you had to categorize it, The God That Comes lands somewhere between concert (a live concept album) and theatre piece — pretty well short of theatre piece, for the most part — creating a 70-minute-long song cycle that's reasonably entertaining without digging too deep into our guts, and very easy on the ears.
That's primarily because Workman is a charismatic talent, a 21st century showman, a raconteur and wit who also happens to be a masterful musician.
He's a little bit Tom Waits (the later oompah years), a little bit (Counting Crow) Adam Duritz (minus the dreadlocks), and a little bit Kurt Weill (minus Bertolt Brecht).
He rolls out onto stage, all thrift store chic, wearing a crumpled black fedora and some steampunk-inspired pinstriped suit jacket, and does a prologue (by playwright Hannah Moscovitch) where he basically explains the plot to The Bacchae, which I was vaguely aware of, but couldn't pass a test if they asked what it's all about.
Thanks to Moscovitch's monologue, I discover The Bacchae is about a bunch of oppressed people living under a tyrannical ruler who turn to debauched revelry and in appropriate sex and drunkenness, until the ruler crushes them.
And then he sings about it, taking on a number of different characters, from the King (in The Dress Makes the Man), God (Can You Believe?) and a Mother (He's Mine).
The God That Comes is a show that shifts tempo and tone and perspective as much as Workman shifts back and forth between his drum set, his keyboard, his mannequin and his vintage megaphone that gives his voice the feeling of having been reincarnated from an old family radio, circa 1948.
Sometimes he's funny, sometimes he raunchy, until, in the show's climax of sorts, he uses a large walking stick to smash the stage, symbolizing the bad guy smashing the drunken, lovestruck oppressed masses.
Workman's own musical virtuosity shines through in The God That Comes more strongly than his storytelling, which progresses in fits and starts, sort of like a rock star who alternates between playing your favourite hits that they recorded when you were 17 and falling in love for the first time, and new material that just gets in the way.
And if the God That Comes is quite unlike any show Alberta Theatre Projects has done lately — (it reminded me a little of Young Jean Lee's We're Gonna Die, which Theatre Junction Grand produced in 2012) — they should have thought of it years ago.
The Big Secret Theatre has been transformed into a cabaret lounge, with a stage set up diagonally across one corner, transforming it into what I like to think of as a Calgary version of a Berlin club during the heyday of Christopher Isherwood and Cabaret.
(Now that I mention it, Workman bears a passing resemblance to Grey, who played the host in Bob Fosse's 1972 classic).
The result is not quite a feeling of emotional devastation that any Greek tragedy ought to generate in its audience, but Workman is such a dazzling shaman onstage that you're willing to cut him a little slack on the truth of the matter, which is that during this engaging hybrid cabaret, the gods pretty much stay parked at the bar.
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CHICAGO — Tens of thousands of dollars earmarked for an anti-violence program launched by Gov. Pat Quinn in 2010 was paid to the husband of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports Benton Cook received $146,401 in salary and fringe benefits from a state grant for his work with the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative in the city's West Garfield Park neighborhood. The neighborhood received $2.1 million over two years from the effort.
He told the newspaper he worked for the program, but didn't receive that much money for his role.
An audit of the $55 million program released in February questioned 40 percent of the expenditures claimed by service providers.
The review by Auditor General William Holland found "pervasive deficiencies" and has been sent to law enforcement authorities.


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When Xander Fuccillo was just a little tyke he would put his father's old Plymouth State football helmet on, with two towels on top of another another inside the headgear to make it fit.
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Xander Fuccillo are Plymouth State offensive linemen, nearly three
decades after their father played the position for the
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These days the Plymouth State helmet is a great fit for the
family. Xander is playing on the Panther offensive line along with
his brother Nick. They are following their father Dave Fuccillo's
path. Dave was an offensive lineman for the 1981 Panther team that
went unbeaten in the New England Football Conference under coach
Jay Cottone.
The brothers are starters on a Plymouth team that is shooting for a fourth consecutive postseason game, ECAC or NCAA playoffs. Nick is a senior and Xander a sophomore.
Nick had narrowed his choices to three schools. His father posed the question, "Which one has shown the most interest in you?"
Nick answered Plymouth as Panther head coach Paul Castonia had
made a couple of visits to the home.
"I told him, 'Don't go there just because I went there,'" Dave said.
Then Xander was confronted with more choices. There were nine Division I-AA schools showing interest and D-II schools had offered partial scholarships.
"He told me that he wanted to play with his brother," Dave said.
Xander wound up starting all 11 games as a freshman.
"My message to kids is that if you go to a Division I school you could stand on the sidelines and maybe get a chance down the road," Dave said.
"Or you can go to a Division III school and maybe play every game for four years. And D-III football is great football. People don't realize how good it is."
Castonia was a factor in the Fuccillos' decision.
"John Clark (the athletic director) told me that Paul was the
best coach they have had there," Dave said.
That's a heck of an endorsement since the Plymouth history includes such luminaries as Cottone and Don Brown. Brown was the defensive coordinator for a UMass team that won a national championship and was the architect of the Maryland defense a couple of weeks ago that contained the Navy ground attack in the Terps' victory.
"Paul is outstanding," Dave said.
"I never met a harder working person in my life than coach Castonia," Xander said.
"I'm glad I'm here," Nick said.
It has worked out pretty well for the captain of that 1981 team, too. He doesn't have to choose which game to attend to see one of his sons play.
"It makes my life easier," Dave said.
But the Panthers have some work to do if they are to attain their goal of another postseason berth. They are coming off a 41-16 spanking by nonconference foe Mount Ida.
But Dad can offer some encouragement here. His 1981 squad opened with a loss to Norwich before putting together its perfect league season.
Family all over the field
Castleton State sports information director Jeff Weld looked out at the field during the season opener with Plymouth State and wondered aloud, "How many other games in the country today have brothers on the offensive line for both teams?"
A safe answer: It was a pretty short list.
Not only were the Fuccillos on the O-line for the Panthers, Andrew and Chris Kiernan were starting on the offensive line for the Spartans.
Andrew began college at Vermont and left a few years ago. Chris went to Champlain College and got a two-year degree that makes him a licensed X-ray technician.
"I made a promise to my parents to go back to college if Castleton ever got a football team," Andrew said.
Castleton's inaugural season was 2009.
"It has been eight years since I have played on the offensive line," Andrew said.
"Andrew kind of recruited me," Chris said.
Now, they share a house 10 miles from campus and spend Saturdays using their 560 pounds of combined weight muscling defensive linemen.
"It just feels right. This was the way it was supposed to happen," Chris said.
Bridgewater 2-0 ... bearly
The Bridgewater State Bears stayed perfect by edging UMass-Dartmouth 10-7 as Justin Fuller rambled for 127 yards and the touchdown. Bridgewater scored all 10 points in the fourth quarter.
9/11 remembrances
There were 9/11 observations at stadiums throughout the country. It had to be especially poignant at the game between Western New England and Mass. Maritime. Former WNEC receiver Jimmy Geyer lost his life in the attack of the World Trade Center.
Certainly the day had special meaning at the Secretaries Cup Game between Coast Guard and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and in Danbury, Conn., where SUNY-Maritime coach Clayton Kendrick-Holmes had his Privateers in town to play Western Connecticut. Kendrick-Holmes will be deployed to Afghanistan after the season.
On the field, Western New England rolled past Mass. Maritime 30-6 as WNEC quarterback Bryce Brown had 100 yards and a touchdown on the ground. He aso threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Filmore.
Pat Bennett was the big-play guy for Coast Guard as the Bears helped coach Bill George open his 12th season as head coach with a 10-8 victory. Bennett took the opening kickoff 82 yards to a score and blocked a field goal.
SUNY-Maritime went to 2-0 by beating Western Conn. 41-28. Freshman Thomas Davis, who scored the winning TD in the opener, ran for three more touchdowns.
All grown up
Scott Drosendahl was pressed into service as a 17-year-old freshman last year, the youngest of Mike Landers' Baby Mustangs at Mount Ida.
A year older and wiser, he threw three touchdown passes in Ida's big 41-16 victory at Plymouth State.
The loss ended a 17-game home winning streak for Plymouth. But Norwich kept its streak going. The Cadets won their 10th consecutive game by beating St. Lawrence 25-14.
The Cadets, who finished last season with eight consecutive wins on the strength of a bruising ground game, are mixing in the pass with great success this season. Chris Denton had seven catches for 169 yards and three touchdowns. Kris Sabourin threw for 223 yards.
Doing more With less
Maine Maritime's Todd Murphy had only four carries, but he still rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns as the Mariners crushed Anna Maria 47-0. Maine Maritime has its home opener this week against UMass-Dartmouth.
King Curry
Curry did nothing to dispel its preseason billing that had the Colonels ranked first by the coaches in the NEFC poll. Playing their first Division III opponent, the Colonels blanked Fitchburg State 28-0 as Robert Bambini had six catches for 133 yards and two touchdowns. But it was the defense that had to have coach Skip Bandini smiling. They held Fitchburg to just 50 yards of total offense.
Winning late
Framingham State's Kurt Leone tossed a 5-yard pass to Alex Avery with just 1:20 to play to lift the Rams to a 20-19 victory over Nichols. Leone was 23 of 36 for 186 yards and two scores.
First Win
MIT opened the season by beating Becker 21-13 as Marcel Sanchez rushed for 154 yards.
Not so special
J.B. Wells must be lamenting the play of his special teams. Endicott had two field goals blocked and fell to RPI 6-3.
Still, he had to love the great defensive effort against a good team. Matt Schafer led that effort with 13 tackles and PJ Bay added 11 tackles and two pass break-ups.
Ah, the atmosphere
Think coaches are so preoccupied with the X's and O's that they don't notice all the extras and hoopla that surrounds game day?
"(Castleton coach) Rich Alercio has really got it going here with all the tailgating, the full stands and the marching band. The people of Vermont should be very proud of this," Utica coach Blaise Faggiano said after his Pioneers crushed Castleton 59-22.
The Big Games
Westfield State visits Western New England for the Presidents' Cup, an event that has become special for the Springfield, Mass., area.
Coast Guard's visit to Curry is a game that could tell us a lot about those NEFC teams.
The Merchant Marine at SUNY-Maritime contest is one of the most special anywhere. The schools are just across the water from one another and many of the alumni of the two institutions work together, making bragging rights a special reward.
And Hartwick's visit to Northfield is very special for the Norwich Cadets. The Cadets would love to beat an old foe from the Empire 8 and enter their own conference with a 3-0 record and 11-game winning streak.


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First time ever, but it was kind of a blessing.
A month or two ago I gave a telephone pole a little love tap. A backing up accident, turned sharp to my right and the pole was in my blind spot, cracked the front quarter panel on my vehicle. Kept putting off getting it fixed, didn't want to file with the insurance company, etc. Then fast forward 4-5 weeks, early morning, hit a deer. Right in the exact same spot. Busted up the headlight a bit, and pushed the panel back into the door so as I opened it, the crinkled the panel even more.
Now I get to have it all fixed, and pay a much smaller deductible than if I had to file a collision claim. So hitting the deer saved me 400 dollars.


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Nats in the zone; Cardinals' lineup, not so much
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Black Sabbath Triumphantly Return to the Concert Stage
On Saturday night, Black Sabbath played a concert for the first time in seven years — and the 4,000 fans in attendance hung on their every note.
Sabbath's homecoming show at the O2 Academy in Birmingham, England sold out in minutes, likely because it's one of only three gigs the band is scheduled to perform this year. And while there's been plenty of reunion-related strife since drummer Bill Ward decided not to join his old outfit on stage, Tommy Clufetos proved a more-than-capable fill-in — hardly surprising, though, since he plays in Ozzy Osbourne's band and was already intimately familiar with Black Sabbath's material.
But if anyone in attendance was upset about the switch, it didn't show. Instead, the concert-goers seemed focused on the return of guitarist Tony Iommi, who's been fighting a long battle with cancer, chanting "Tony! Tony! Tony!" throughout the evening. (You can hear some of that on the fan videos that were quickly uploaded to YouTube after the event — watch a couple below.)
Sabbath's set included some 18 songs, opening with 'Into the Void' and closing with the classic 'Paranoid.' And after all was said and done, bassist Geezer Butler took to his website with words of gratitude for the warm hometown reception, saying, "Thank you, thank you, thank you Birmingham. Best fans ever — you brought out the best in us. It was a privilege playing for you tonight. Tony was a hero — you were the best medicine he has had. Proud to be a Brummie."
If you missed Saturday night's show, you'll have two more chances to catch Black Sabbath in concert this year: June 10 at the Download Festival in the UK, and at Lollapalooza, which takes place August 3-5 in Chicago.
Black Sabbath's May 19 Setlist:
'Into the Void'
'Under the Sun'
'War Pigs'
'Wheels of Confusion'
'Electric Funeral'
'Black Sabbath'
'The Wizzard'
'Behind the Wall of Sleep'
'Fairies Wear Boots'
'Tomorrow's Dream'
'Sweet Leaf'
'Symptom of the Universe'
'Iron Man'
'Dirty Women'
'Children of the Grave'
'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Intro)'
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- The former prime minister takes aim at his successor, Nuri al-Maliki
- "He doesn't believe in power sharing. He doesn't believe in reconciliation," Allawi says
- He warns a civil war is under way in Iraq, but that it hasn't reached the point of no return
- At least 10 people are killed and 32 wounded in Baghdad bombings Tuesday
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has harsh words for his successor, Nuri al-Maliki.
"He doesn't believe in power sharing. He doesn't believe in reconciliation. He knows very well that reconciliation will bring about radicalized democracy in this country, and it seems, he doesn't want -- he's not for democracy," Allawi told CNN in Baghdad on Tuesday.
He said the result of such a position is breaking the country apart, allowing forces of extremism to flourish.
"Unfortunately, the country is moving on a sectarian route now, which was very dangerous to start with in the very beginning. And I warned all the leaders in the world and the region that unless this is averted, then Iraq really is on the -- has started a civil war, but hasn't reached the point of no return.
"Once they reach the point of no return then, unfortunately, all the whole region will burn up," he said.
The war in Syria and sectarian tensions have played a part in the recent surge in violence in Iraq. The United Nations said 2013 was the deadliest year in Iraq since 2008, with almost 8,000 people killed, most of them civilians.
Critics of Iraq's current government argue that al-Maliki failed to usher in a political era of inclusion and reconciliation, as promised.
They say the Sunni minority, which ruled Iraq via the iron fist of Saddam Hussein, is at the political and social mercy of al-Maliki's Shia-dominated government.
Today, they say, "inclusiveness" never materialized, Sunnis have been marginalized and resentment has festered in a divide-and-conquer political climate. As one local put it, "It's like if you're against us, you're a terrorist and we'll arrest you."
This resentment, aided by the violent government shutdown of Sunni protest camps, provided an opening for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to move into the Sunni heartland of Anbar Province in force.
When asked about the United States' backing of al-Maliki's government, Allawi stressed that such support should be qualified.
"It's up to them," he said. "But they should also clarify to Maliki that their support is conditional, on inclusivity of the political process, and respecting the Constitution, and respecting human rights."
The former prime minister spoke the same day police officials reported at least 10 people were killed and 32 wounded in bombings in the nation's capital.
The deadliest attack was in western Baghdad's Ghazaliyah neighborhood, where a car bomb detonated in the evening, killing at least six people and wounding 13.
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Co-operation Ireland, an organization that fosters good relations between the north and south of Ireland, is reinstating the charity ride it last held in 1998. The Maracycle started in 1984 and ran for 15 consecutive years before safety concerns put a stop to this popular event that at its peak attracted 4,000 riders.
But changing attitudes to cycling events and a good hard look at the route has meant Co-operation Ireland's chief executive Peter Sheridan feels the time has come. "It's going to be "challenging but do-able." This year's route will preclude main roads where possible as the expected 1,000 'maracyclists' cover more than 200 miles over two days between Belfast and Dublin.
Starting in Belfast, riders head for Lisburn and then on to Moira, Banbridge, Camlough and Dundalk.
The route then snakes south to Castlebellingham, Dunleer, Drogheda and Naul before finishing at Dublin City University.
According to Terry O'Neill, fundraising director at Co-operation Ireland, the return of the Maracycle is down to its past success. "We have brought back the cross-border Maracycle due to popular demand as so many people have expressed an interest in cycling between the capital cities of Belfast and Dublin," he said.
"The route has been chosen with the safety of cyclists at the fore and a number of shorter options are also available, so that it can be a real family event.
"This is a challenge that can be taken up by anyone provided they follow the training schedule. It's also an opportunity to meet new people, while enjoying the beautiful countryside between Belfast and Dublin."
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Ripped off by dealer?
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I brought my car in to get the brake fluid changed. Are the Subaru's done differently from other cars? The reason I ask is when I got the car back I checked the bleeder valves & rubber cap and they were not touched. There was still dirt/mud caked on them and there were no signs of any tool being used to open the valves to bleed the lines.
when I called the dealer to ask how they flushed the brake fluid, one dealer told me under his breath that in reality all they do is use a baster and remove all the fluid from the reservoir and replace it with new fluid. Kind of a scatty deal if you ask me.
If you took it in for a bleed/flush then I would be upset, but if you took it in for fluid replacement they may have done just that......but only a partial job for that matter. Id follow the above advice.
Posted 22 November 2004 - 03:11 PM
The whole point in changing the fluid is to make sure there is no moisture inside the lines or wheel cylinders or calipers as this promotes rust or failure.
Now if you are actually having a flush done, are you going to a silicone fluid?
I myself have never changed the brake fluid in a car unless I was doing a system rebuild or converting to silicone.
Is it recommended?
I have seen some of the Instant oil change places change transmission fluid by using suction to siphon it out the dipstick tube instead of pulling the pan. This of course changes the fluid, but what about the filter?
Posted 22 November 2004 - 03:36 PM
Subarus recommended procedure for this is to have one person open the bleeder screw, have an assitant depress the brake pedal, first guy closes the bleed screw, assitant releases pedal, repeat untill fuild comes out clean. This is the abbreviated version, but you get the idea.
So if the dealer doesn't want to pay two techs to properly flush the brake system, or they haven't heard of a vacuum bleeder, then they may very well just be sucking fluid from the reservoir and refilling. If so.........you are getting ripped off, yes.
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It saves Woody Johnson $ and we can fire him a year from now without ruffling NFL feathers.
Sign this Least.
Initially, The appearance of Scott Cohen as a candidate to replace Mike Tannenbaum seemed like a token interview to a loyal soldier. Now it is looking like a real possibility that the Jets are going to stay in house and elevate from within.
The elevation of Scott Cohen is not going to inspire any of the Jets fan base. Jets fans were really looking for the team to go into a new direction. Promoting Cohen to GM keeps the organization at status quo. Not surprising considering Woody Johnson's actions since becoming owner in 2000. The leftovers from the Parcells regime specifically Mike Tannenbaum and the organizational structure have remained in place since Woody took over as owner. Up until now.......... By elevating Scott Cohen, very little changes.
There are advantages and disadvantages towards keeping Cohen in house as the new GM. The main beneficiary is Rex Ryan. With Cohen as GM, The 2013 Jets will remain his team under his vision. An outsider could have come in and pushed for his agenda. Cohen and Ryan can continue working together under a new capacity. Rex's coaching staff will be his and his alone. One last chance for Rex to get the ship righted and deliver on his promises. If he fails, It will all fall on Rex's shoulders.
With Cohen as GM, The scouting department and vision remains the same and the house cleaning takes place in house with people who are familiar with the cap and roster structure and team vision.
It also sets the stage quite frankly for a complete organizational overhaul in 2014 if the Jets are a complete failure in 2013. Rex Ryan, Scott Cohen and the entire Jets coaching staff and scouting department will not survive a poor 2013 season. It will be time to reset the organization completely. Hiring an outsider to come in and be GM like Jerry Angelo puts the franchise in a situation where the team doesn't really start to take on a new vision until a years time. The situation with the Jets is already very cluttered with all the changes, departures and defections and Woody Johnson may see the elevation of Scott Cohen as a move towards stability.
In my opinion, Woody Johnson should have thanked Rex Ryan and Mike Tannenbaum for their efforts and started over in this current offseason. It was time to go in a new direction. The Jets are clearly not going in a new direction. This is still Rex Ryan's team atleast for one more year.
It saves Woody Johnson $ and we can fire him a year from now without ruffling NFL feathers.
Sign this Least.
When I see you post on this board. At times, I question whether or not, You are a legitimate Jets fan and not some troll who revels in the Jets failures. I am going to take you at face value as a cliched overly negative Jets fan. There are plenty of those and with good reason for the most part.
I hope that I am wrong but Rex Ryan is a dead man walking. He's not going to take the Jets to the promise land. I am a fan of his as a person and I actually like him as a coach. I don't see him in the same light as you and many others do. I do think that his run is over. It's for a variety of reasons, not having a good QB certainly hurts your chances to win big in this league but the team's demise in recent seasons has a lot to do with Rex's coaching and leadership of the team. Woody should have closed the chapter on this era. He's hanging on for dear life and so is Rex Ryan.
know this is old news but would like to know what side Cohen took on the russell wilson debate.. Seems MT and co laughed bradway out of the draft room when he was very high on the qb.. Jokingly nicknaming him "Russell Bradway" "draft Wilson??? hahaha we have mark sanchez" lol...
Why not just keep Tannenbaum then? If that's the whole point of all this, keeping Tannenbaum would have had the same results.
There are no advantages to hiring from within. None.
So Denver was eliminated last night and their offensive coordinator McCoy is getting phone calls to interview for head coaching jobs. Curiously, the Oakland Raiders have not received any phone calls asking for permission to interview their coaches for head coaching jobs. Shockingly, the phones are also silent in Jaguar offices because their coaches are not in demand, even though they will be dismissed.
Most NFL organizations that are not sickly do not promote/hire people from unsuccessful organizations. They tend to want to promote from places of success. They are crazy that way.........
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If its true that no one wants to come here I'm reAdy to welcome Cohen as gm of the jets. Who's withme?
the only advantage of hiring Scott Cohen is it would keep the likes of Jerry Angelo, or worse, Matt Millen from landing the job.
Everything else is just static.
okay...thus far the jets have lost sutton and pettine to be the dc's of other teams so apparently the jets have been doing something right on defense. and thruman would have been out the door to a promotion had the jets not given him the dc job.
the offense has been the terrible side and i don't see where it is strictly a personnel problem. imo schitty really set this group back first under mangini by being an inept oc and then furthering the myth under rex with sanchez.
Hire the guy who shares responsibility in the current mess. It's so stupid it's brilliant!
Which is the biggest load of crap.
Week one: we reached out to Gamble, Ross, Heckert, Dorsey, Polian, Caldwell, and Cohen
Week two: because we were shunned by Dorsey and Heckert, Polian declined everyone, and apparently Ross and Gamble were not good enough. So we reached out to Telesco, Gaine, Khan, Angelo, Idzik, and MAY have reached out to or talked to Raye, Ball, and Popp. And today I hear we are talking to Sundquist.
Is it at all possible that SOME of these candidates are interested but only if Woody pays a premium, either with an year or two on the contract or some extra $ because the rebuild is going to require at least two years to get started?
It's obvious to me that Woody wouldn't know a Competant GM if Ted Thompson or Dimitroff came in for interviews.
What the hell is he looking for and if this job is so attractive, why hasn't it been filled yet? No one can tell me none of these candidates are good enough for Woody.
woody is a mess!!!
He will work cheaper than an outside candidate, blow Woody, suck Wreck's feet and not fire anyone in the FO. He will continue the tradition of the team being a NFL farm team where players and coaches put in a good year, stat wise, and then sell themselves in the FA market to the highest bidder. Like La Ron Landry.
hot garbage kick him to the curb