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The EPA's decision to allow E15 ethanol in public pumps has been something of a lesson in the way politics can trump common sense. The decision was motivated by intense pressure brought to bear by the ethanol industry, which is facing a serious problem in the form of a "blend wall." The industry first tried to get the EPA to approve the 15-percent ethanol blend before research was complete, and the agency's approvals came first for 2007 model-year and later vehicles, and was expanded shortly thereafter to 2001 and later models. In the meantime, a number of industries have come out against E15, suing the EPA to stop the approval and calling for congressional hearings. Now, with few reasons left to support E15 outside of propping up the staggering farm-state ethanol industry and huge portions of the economy coming out against it, the House has voted "overwhelmingly" to ban E15 from America's gas pumps.
The Detroit News reports that two separate amendments concerning ethanol were approved and attached to the House version of an ongoing funding resolution required to keep government funded. The first would deny funding to any EPA efforts to implement its E15 approval, the second would end a tax subsidy so fuel stations could install pumps that can dispense varying amounts of gasoline and ethanol. Bill sponsor Rep John Sullivan explains
The EPA has completely ignored calls from lawmakers, industry, environmental and consumer groups to address important safety issues raised by the 50 percent increase in the ethanol mandate issued over the past year. Putting E15 into our general fuel supply could adversely impact up to 60 percent of cars on the road today leading to consumer confusion at the pump and possible engine failure in the cars they drive,
Between these bills and the pending lawsuits against the EPA's approval of E15, the rollout of the fuel blend could well be dead on arrival. Of course, the Senate still must approve similar measures, and farm-state senators could well scuttle the House's legislative efforts to stop E15. Still, the biofuel lobby is becoming increasingly marginalized by the widening attacks on the legislative and legal fronts. And since the subsidies underlying the whole "blend wall" problem were only barely approved for one more year, we could be moving into the end of times for America's wasteful experiment with corn-powered cars.
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41 Comments on "House Votes To Ban E15..."
ContrarianFebruary 21st, 2011 at 12:21 pm
Here's some change I can believe in.
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Educator(of teachers)DanFebruary 21st, 2011 at 12:26 pm
As one of Jack Baruth's female companions said during his ethanol experiment with his Town Car… "If the car is gonna drink alcohol, what's left for us?" (paraphrasing of course)
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HoldenSSVSEFebruary 21st, 2011 at 12:36 pm
There are people reporting on various automotive forums they are already seeing E15 at pumps.
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February 21st, 2011 at 12:45 pm
An unexpected setback for the Big Corn. But they still have E85, so I'm not going to feel sorry for them.
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hanselFebruary 21st, 2011 at 12:52 pm
We need to end the subsidies and only use ethanol when it does not need subsidies to be a viable alternative. This is a waste of taxpayer money
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RadaFebruary 21st, 2011 at 12:55 pm
We spend far more on oil subsidies than we'll ever spend on ethanol. We even pay for oil essentially with the blood of our soldiers.
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February 21st, 2011 at 1:08 pm
How many of our soldiers occupied Canada (from where we get most of our oil)?
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cmoibenleproFebruary 21st, 2011 at 1:13 pm
Rada: I don't think that TTAC is a political blog where it is appropriate to submit your thesis on American imperialism.
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RadaFebruary 21st, 2011 at 2:41 pm
how is trashing the ethanol lobby on TTAC not political? Can dish it, but can't take it, huh?
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RadaFebruary 21st, 2011 at 2:45 pm
@Pete Zaitcev,
since oil is a commoditty, it does not matter where we get the most of it from, as long as our political and military presence in the Middle East ensures the oil is traded in dollars, with direct benefits to us. If you want to see what oil without such subsidies really costs, visit Europe or Japan.
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February 21st, 2011 at 2:53 pm
The externalities of oil are fair game for comment here, as long as we can keep the conversation sane. I wouldn't deny that taxpayers shoulder hidden costs to keep gas prices low, but I also don't see how subsidizing ethanol reduces these hidden costs of oil. Two wrongs don't make a right.
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SVX pearlieFebruary 21st, 2011 at 7:29 pm
And yet, 15% Corn Ethanol requires roughly 6 gallons of Oil Gasoline for mixing with each gallon of Corn Ethanol. Given that you still need a lot more Oil Gasoline for the car, this really isn't reducing dependence.
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JustPassinThruFebruary 21st, 2011 at 9:57 pm
"We spend far more on oil subsidies than we'll ever spend on ethanol. We even pay for oil essentially with the blood of our soldiers."
There is a real difference between a tax write-off or credit, and actual SUBSIDY – that is, the physical giving of money from the government to the producer, to cover some or all of the cost of the product.
Just as there's a difference between a war over free and unfettered commercial access to trade for oil, and a war to steal natural resources. Which the United States has never done.
As a Navy veteran, a Gulf War vet, I take umbrage with such – how shall we say? – misinformation.
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tparkitFebruary 21st, 2011 at 1:06 pm
This is a promising development, but there won't be a real prospect of totally getting rid of ethanol until after the next election cycle or two. For now, there are too many office-holding RINOs and fringe pseudo-conservatives still hanging around the Republican Party. In 2012 and 2014, real conservatives will be much better organized to launch primary challenges that get these bums out of the GOP. It takes critical mass to beat a boondoggle like ethanol, and conservatives don't have it — yet.
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psarhjinianFebruary 21st, 2011 at 2:49 pm
I find your naiveté cute.
How do you think hose RINOs got that way? By selling out, just like their leftist counterparts do. I'll give you a tip that serves me well in my ideological disillusionment: if you're expecting a revolution of "real" conservatives or liberals get used to disappointment.
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tparkitFebruary 21st, 2011 at 3:15 pm
Psarhjinian, YOU have "ideological disillusionment"? Who knew? You are a statist through and through. You can pretend real conservatives don't exist in numbers if you want to, but we're here, and we're throwing out the RINOs:
Last election, several mushy-middle republicans declined to not run for re-election because they knew they would be unseated in the primaries. There will be a bunch more of these involuntary retirees next time around, plus the ones that lose primary fights to conservative challengers. Will we get rid of all the RINOs? Maybe not. Will some "conservative" candidates turn out to be Gingrich/Rove/Bush-style frauds? It's a certainty.
However, as we see in Wisconsin, New Jersey, and elsewhere, the leadership these days is all coming from serious conservatives who are taking political risks to make try to make real changes. That's the kind of energy that galvanizes an already charged-up movement. That's the kind of energy that frightens big-government guys like you.
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jajeFebruary 21st, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Ethanol just doesn't work in the US – we don't have the waste products to produce it efficiently and the technology of producing it from grassland products does not work. E85 only helps a very few at a great cost to society in terms of higher taxes on us, limiting importation of ethanol from efficient producing countries through higher tariffs, subsidies to farmers to produce food stock for use as a fuel, and higher food costs as feed corn is used for fuel rather than food for humans/animals. The straw that is really breaking the camel's back is the fact that our price of soda is going up b/c high fructose corn syrup is becoming as expensive as sugar leading to the "throwback" sodas.
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MarcKyle64February 21st, 2011 at 1:36 pm
I love Pepsi Throwback! It makes the corn syrup sodas taste like ass! I wish Coca-Cola would do the same.
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mikFebruary 21st, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Did you miss this?
I dunno, I've always been a Pepsi man myself *shrug*
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Signal11February 21st, 2011 at 5:35 pm
You can find the Good Stuff, you just gotta look, especially in the South. Most of the convenience stores that serve a Hispanic population carry the Mexican Coke, which is made from real sugar.
Personally, after having spent the better part of the past decade drinking the real Coke in backwater third world countries, I can't drink the crap Coca Cola they sell here.
I've noticed here in the DFW area that Dr. Pepper made from real sugar is widely available as well.
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MBellaFebruary 21st, 2011 at 6:37 pm
I love the throwbacks. Until about five years ago, I never understood why Coke always tasted better in other countries. An American product that tastes better elsewhere. It wasn't until I found out that in the US corn syrup is used instead of sugar.
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philipbarrettFebruary 21st, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Sugar prices are kept artificially high in the US in order to benefit home producers and the corn industry. This isn't just your tax dollars either, this is your out-of-pocket spending dollars being wasted.
Rotten stuff sugarcane is, it stubbornly refuses to grow in the politically influential parts of the world.
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sexyhammerFebruary 22nd, 2011 at 2:44 pm
If you live in a Southwestern state, you can get Mexican Coke in a pretty glass bottle. Made with cane sugar.
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MarcKyle64February 21st, 2011 at 1:35 pm
How long until we can get straight gasoline anywhere we want? Can't be soon enough!
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jajeFebruary 21st, 2011 at 3:05 pm
We can't run straight 100% gasoline as you need additives to reduce freezing point and raise octane. Methyl tert-butyl ether or MTBE used to be the agent we'd add but if it leaked into ground water it would cause all sorts of illnesses in the short and long run. Ethanol is a good substitute for MTBE as it is mixes properly with gasoline only uses a small amount mixed with gasoline and acts as a an oxygenate to help burn fuel more cleanly.
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February 21st, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Coke does make a batch with sucrose instead of HFCS, once each year, in the form of Kosher for Passover Coke. It'll start hitting the shelves in a few weeks. Distribution can be spotty, look for it at Jewish markets and/or chain supermarkets in areas that have a large Jewish population.
Coke has been doing this far longer than Pepsi has been doing throwback.
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chuckRFebruary 21st, 2011 at 1:53 pm
The straw that is really breaking the camel's back is the fact that our price of soda is going up b/c high fructose corn syrup is becoming as expensive as sugar
You say that like its a bad thing. I'm no food Puritan, but soft drinks are some of the most unambiguously empty calories there are.
Marc – now I'm trying to not think about ass-flavored soft drinks. They would tax even Schmitt's skills as a copywriter.
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jajeFebruary 21st, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Funny thing is – there was very little concern about the drawbacks of pushing ethanol (rising cost of fuel, waste produced and tax dollars paid to something that was not sustainable) – until HFCS started going up in price – then it got on a lot of other people's radar.
But if you drink Diet you still won't care ;)
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Sgt BeavisFebruary 21st, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Congress does something that is actually in the good interest of the American people?
2012 is surely going to be the end of the world.
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scoFebruary 21st, 2011 at 2:21 pm
My feelings exactly , how did this happen?
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February 21st, 2011 at 2:02 pm
i wish i could get some e85
105 octane? awesome
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BuzzDogFebruary 22nd, 2011 at 12:19 am
The octane number sounds good, but fuel economy is terrible when running on E85…
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sexyhammerFebruary 22nd, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Yeah, I'd just need new fuel injectors and a standalone FMU and I could really get some extra boost out of my engine.
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ContrarianFebruary 21st, 2011 at 2:19 pm
I was/am very concerned about what this crap would do to my 98 Audi. What did/do they plan to prevent its use in a PRE-2003? Or like C4C will they just try to take my "old" car off the road?
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ChesterChiFebruary 21st, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Use http://pure-gas.org/ to see if there is a gas station near you that sells ethanol-free gas. If you and your friends get all your gas from one of those gas stations, they will be more likely to continue selling ethanol-free gas.
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dastanleyFebruary 21st, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Thanks ChesterChi for posting that site. There just happens to be 2 pure gas places in FMN, NM. Good deal. Sorry Dan, nothing in GUP – yet.
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Educator(of teachers)DanFebruary 21st, 2011 at 2:54 pm
If we could only figure a way to make an automotive fuel out of the blackened peels we remove from roasted chilles every fall! Then we'd have something.
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dastanleyFebruary 21st, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Fall – my favorite time of year in NM. Between the Shiprock fair, the ABQ balloon fiesta, the roasted chiles, and relief from the summer heat, I really look forward to it every year. Every May and June, the local hospital gets several shiprock fair babies that are born.
Now, if there was only a way to harness my methane from eating chiles…
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car_guy2010February 21st, 2011 at 4:25 pm
Political ideologies aside, subsidizing ethanol is a terrible idea no matter how you look at it. Monsanto must love it because it means more farmers growing inedible corn solely for the purpose of ethanol. $$$
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BMWfanFebruary 21st, 2011 at 4:35 pm
I wonder how much this boondoggle cost us? If only there was a way to backcharge all of the lobbyists!
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joe_thousandaireFebruary 21st, 2011 at 10:21 pm
Don't be surprised if this dies in the Senate. The House is population based, meaning farm states are at a natural disadvantage, not so in the Senate. Every farm state Senator will vote against this, if they know whats good for them. Any Senator considering a run in 2014 will likely go against the ban as well, otherwise they won't have a chance in the Iowa Caucus.
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Sea views, paper thin walls. A band of happy, suited and booted Baptists on a weekend away wander through the hotel. Fifty-year-old Mods zoom past on a scooter rally to Woollacombe. Fred Perry shirts, Doc Martens under half-mast Levi's. Long, wistful looks at Lambrettas and Vespas. Those were the days.
Mr Loggins and Darling, bodyboarding in wetsuits in between the flags on the acres-long shore of white sand. Mrs Sheepwash going into raptures at a springer spaniel puppy running and laughing along the beach, all the time looking back to make sure mum and dad are still watching.
This is The Enchanted Village annual outing. Some 32 people of us are on tour, Lush Places gone large. Out to settle old scores with a team from Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
Canteen catering, plenty for seconds. And thirds. Plates piled high.
Chips on the seafront, £4.50 for parking. Mr Grigg buys me new shoes because he's left my hiking boots at home. Or so he thinks.
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And in the afternoon, as Dorset play Wiltshire, Maddie Grigg goes up to the table skittles table and calmly takes the ball on a chain. She gently pushes it. She shoots. She scores. A heroine. All nine down at once.
Mr Grigg walks in slow motion across the bar .
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A flopper. This is something I have heard talked about for over forty years, in the skittle alleys and around the table skittles tables all over the pubs of West Dorset and South Somerset and beyond. But until this moment, I never really knew what a flopper was.
I am on cloud nine, an imagined laurel crown around my head, borne on a chariot of invisible village menfolk, toasting my legendary performance.
And then we lose to Wiltshire 14-12.
And then this morning, a quiet knock on our hotel room door. I find a plastic bag on the floor, with my hiking boots inside and Mr Sheepwash creeping away. They've been in our friends' room all weekend.
Oh, the games people play.
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Supermarket giant Morrisons is to train more than 500 more apprentices over the next 12 months – many of them in traditional craft skills such as butchery, bakery and fishmongery.
The aim is for the apprentices to learn skills which will enable them to serve customers better on Morrisons' Market Street counters.
Bakers will be taught how to make bread in the traditional way, from flour and water. Butchers and fishmongers will be trained to provide the portions of meat and fish that customers want while they shop around their weekly budget.
Clare Grainger, Morrisons People Director, said: "This investment in craft skills is so important because our customers want food that is made fresh each day. Many want to buy a particular joint, or to vary the slices of meat from the deli, have fat trimmed, bones removed, or advice on how to cook and prepare food.
"By ensuring our foodmakers are qualified experts we can serve our customers better and provide products and advice that our customers enjoy."
The apprentices will also gain qualifications.
The company is now the largest employer of craft apprentices in the UK.


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Wholesale Fireworks of Laramie, Wyo., is recalling about 1,700 fireworks packages.
The fireworks are overloaded with pyrotechnics intended to produce an audible effect, violating the federal regulatory standards for this product.
Overloaded fireworks can result in a greater than expected explosion, posing burn and explosion hazards to consumers.
No incidents or injuries are reported.
The following products are being recalled:
Quantity in Package
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Toxic artillery rockets
Toxic Rockets were sold in a hanging package of six artillery rockets.
"Toxic" is printed on the rockets and on the top cardboard information label on the top of the package. The packaging has a red dragon on it surrounded with a black flame.
No model or UPC number
About $90
Boom Box aerial shells
Boom Box aerial shells were sold in a package of six.
The aerial shells measure about five inches high with their tube. "BOOM BOX" is printed on the aerial shells, tube and packaging. The fireworks are red with green fuses and measure about two inches high.
UPC code 820151600047 is printed on the top panel of the box.
About $13
Detonator firecrackers
Detonator firecrackers were sold in a package of 20, in two single columns of 10 brown and orange firecrackers with purple tissue paper by the fuse.
"Detonator" is printed on the firecrackers and on the package.
Model number FP5 is printed on the product. UPC number 201615861653 is printed on the back of the retail package.
About $50
The fireworks, manufactured in China, were sold at Wholesale Fireworks stores in Wyoming from June 2017, through August 2017, for between $13 and $90.
What to do
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled fireworks and contact Wholesale Fireworks for a full refund.
Consumers may contact Wholesale Fireworks toll-free at 855-534-3473 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (MT) any day, or by email at email@example.com.
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As it turns out – a lot, actually…
For the entirety of its existence, baseball has been a 'numbers game'. Compared to the other major professional sports, it operates within the most straightforward and easily relatable statistical universe. Our society takes comfort in the familiarity of baseball's individual metrics: 3,000 hits; 500 home runs; a .300 batting average. As fans, we've romanticized these golden milestones, and Hall of Fame admission for big leaguers is largely dependent upon them.
But do these stats that we love and know so well really tell the full story? Do these 'box score' numbers explain the value of individual players? Can general managers rely on them to build superior rosters? Are we really that intellectually stale that we're using 19th-century analyses?!
To answer the last question, in a nutshell – no. As popularized by Michael Lewis's bestselling book, Moneyball, and the award-winning film of the same name, baseball has gone through a statistical transformation in the last couple of decades. Sabermetrics, the "search for objective knowledge about baseball"1, has led to the development of advanced metrics that have allowed us to better understand the value individual players add to their team. These days, every single pitch of every inning of play is recorded, giving statisticians a seemingly never-ending supply of data to work with.
As consultants, we constantly strive for "objective knowledge" of our clients' operational and financial metrics. True, soft skills and gut feel are always part of the equation. But every recommendation we make, whether high-level or grittily actionable, must be rooted in objectivity. Fortunately, today's technological environment allows us to realize this thirst for data.
Let's look at sabermetrics' poster child: wins above replacement, or WAR. Essentially, WAR captures an individual player's overall value to his team. If Derek Jeter's WAR for the 2009 season was 6.5, that means the Yankees won six and a half more games that year than they would have won if a replacement level player2 had played in Jeter's place.
Let's now look at batting average, the long-time darling of the box score. There is nothing wrong with batting average as a statistic. It answers the question of: "How often does a player get a hit compared to non-walk / non-sacrifice plate appearances?" Being extremely black-and-white, batting average does a fine job of answering that very question. It does not, however, answer the question of how good, or how valuable, a hitter is. It misses too much information, like the ability to draw walks, hit for power, etc.
The key to successfully understanding and applying analytics, whether in baseball or in business, is to make sure you are asking the right questions. We see this in consulting every day, with every client.
Consider a mid-sized manufacturing company that hopes to sustain its high growth trajectory. We might immediately be urged to find out everything we possibly can about this company. How will day-to-day swings in commodity prices affect its procurement budget? How quickly can finished goods be transported from coast to coast if its biggest distribution center experiences an ERP shut-down? How realistic are cost synergies when the time comes to acquire a competitor?
But are these really the right questions? Maybe short-term price fluctuations are negligible because the company is heavily invested in futures contracts. Maybe its disaster recovery protocol is relatively well-positioned, minimizing reliance on individual distribution nodes. Perhaps the M&A market is too bloated at the moment for a business of its size to bargain shop.
There is a clear takeaway: by asking the wrong questions, we are missing too much information. Worse, it could take us down the wrong path of discovery entirely, a huge loss of time. This easily avalanches into faulty analyses, missed deadlines, scope creep – in other words, an unhappy client.
Much like modern baseball, business is undoubtedly a 'numbers game'. And more than ever, it's easy to get lost in the vast sea of available data. Success depends on understanding what these numbers, as well as the important questions behind them, represent. Hall of Fame standards will challenge us upward, and justifiably so. Let's not settle for a decent batting average.
1As originally defined by Bill James, widely considered the foremost sabermetrics pioneer
2A replacement level player is considered a slightly below average player in the major leagues


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Blake Doyle now leading candidate for Rockies hitting instructor job
A year after luring manager Walt Weiss away from Regis High School, the Rockies are considering an out-of-the-batter's-box hire for the hitting instructor's job. Former minor league infielder Blake Doyle has emerged as a strong candidate for the position after interviewing with the Rockies, according to multiple sources close to the situation.
Doyle, 59, played nine years in the minor leagues as an infielder from 1972 to 1980, finishing with Triple-A Indianapolis. He joined brothers Denny and Brian, former big leaguers, to start Doyle Baseball in 1978, a Florida-based baseball school that runs development camps and helps stage showcase events for amateur players. Doyle Baseball lists 42 big league alums, including free agent Raul Ibanez and former Rockies Jeff Baker and Charles Johnson.
Doyle is known as a strong communicator and has served as a guest motivational speaker. Weiss has known Doyle for years, attending their events, most recently with his son Brody, a shortstop at Cal-Santa Barbara.
The challenge for any coach without professional experience is gaining the respect of major league players. Weiss made a successful transition last season, but had the advantage of playing in the big leagues and owning a World Series ring.
The Rockies have been seeking a new hitting instructor since Dante Bichette resigned after one season to be closer to his family. Eric Young Sr., a former Rockies all-star, is considered the leading candidate for the first base coaching job.
With Brian McCann off the board, the Rockies continue looking for an impact bat, and have heavy interest in first baseman Justin Morneau. Morneau, a former Minnesota teammate of Michael Cuddyer's, delivered 53 extra-base hits last season. Others on the radar include Mike Napoli and Michael Morse. … The Rockies were one of several teams interested in Joe Smith before the right-handed reliever agreed to a three-year, $15-million deal with Angels. That likely moves up Jose Veras as a top bullpen target.


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Updating your home's water heating system is a smart economic and environmental choice. Tankless water heaters are gaining ground quickly in the American water heater market for several reasons, including their small size, their lower operating costs, and their ability to provide hot water for as long as it is needed without fail. If you're ready to move forward with tankless water heater installation in your Cleveland home, your plumbing service will help you with the important steps that come next.
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Firstly, you will need to gather your supplies!
To make one stocking you will need:
- A fat quarter for the bottom (main) part of the stocking
- A piece of fabric measuring 7'' x 16 1/2'' for the stocking 'flap'
- Gold bead trim (I cant give a specific length because each letter takes up a different amount) *I should mention, you can TOTALLY omit this, its completely up to you!)
- Pins, Thread, marking pen/chalk, scissors
- AND a sewing machine! (or a lot of patience and know-how with a needle and thread)
***Please look carefully at the photos in this tutorial, as they form part of the instructions!(probably the more coherent part!)***
Ok, now you have all that together, print these pictures, which i have put together FOR YOU, (seriously, feel special, this took me hours to figure out). To print, right click each photo below, then select 'save image as'. Save the photos to your computer then print. Make sure the box 'fit to page' is unchecked.
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Join it all up, and voila, stocking pattern. I tried to get all the pattern downloads in the one place, but couldn't figure it out, so make sure you download all three.
*If you have trouble, let me know*
Fold your fat quarter in half with RIGHT sides together, and lay out your pattern on the WRONG SIDE of your fabric. CUT.
(Please note, I didn't have that pattern when I made mine, I just drew the shape, so I am cutting around on I have already made, and including a seam allowance. YOURS ALREADY HAS THE ALLOWANCE INCLUDED, so cut around the pattern shape.)
Now remove the paper, and pin your two stocking shapes RIGHT side together. Sew them together using a 1/2'' seam. (please don't sew the top closed!)
Now snip little triangles out of your fabric at the curves like so. BE CAREFUL not to snip too close to your seam, otherwise you will have a hole in your stocking.
Now, join the two 7'' sides together with the RIGHT sides together, and sew, to make a tube.
Fold your tube in half, (in on itself, see below) and Press. You should have the right side of the fabric on the outside with the seam on the inside of the tube.
Have a good look at this photo, if your unsure.
Now, Put the tube inside the stocking, matching up the raw edges of the stocking with the raw edges of the tube. Still with me? Pin.
You should have something like this. (Hopefully)
Good, Now sew around the top of your stocking, attaching the tube to the stocking. I find it easier to sew on the inside of the stocking. Please look at the photo below.
DONE! Turn the tube out to the right side of the stocking and press.
You can leave it here, or you can follow me through to the end, either way, you have a beautiful stocking!
Ok, so for those who want to keep going, basically all I have done is stitch the bead trim on where I want it.
I stitched it on around the bottom of the gold sleeve, and then the letter on the front of the stocking. (see photos)
I found it stayed in place better if you stitch in between every ball. I tried doing every second ball, but it moves around and sags too much.
I also made a small tag to hang the stocking by. It was pretty easy to make, and then I hand stitched it to the corner of the stocking.
(I can't wait till our extension is done and I have someone more exciting to hang these stocking then just on the kids toy-box!)
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As a professional chandler, and producer of bath and body products, I am uniquely in between the great debate of Fragrance Oils versus Essential Oils. While I personally believe in the use of essential oils in anything that will stay on my skin (such as body butter), I also feel that fragrance oils are perfectly excellent for anything temporary (such as burning in candles).
What's the difference between Fragrance Oils and Essential Oils?
Fragrance Oils are synthetic oils manufactured to duplicate smells in nature or otherwise. Fragrance oils may not be considered "natural," though some are synthetically mixed with true, essential oils. Fragrance oils cannot claim the medicinal benefit of essential oils; however, inhaling scents from fragrance oils can have the same affect on your brain's perception of scent for a significantly lower cost. For example, the scent of lavender is known to be relaxing; smelling a lavender fragrance oil-scented candle will have the same affect (regarding smell) as smelling lavender essential oil.
On the other hand, Essential Oils are derived directly from distillation of plants, making them completely natural. "Essential oils have an edge in that they have benefits beyond just scent. Tea tree is a great example because its natural antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties are well researched and documented. Eucalyptus essential oil's value in relieving symptoms of respiratory infections can make it a beneficial additive in skin and bath products. Many beneficial claims are made for other essential oils, although most are poorly researched and largely unproven." (Edgewater Soaps, 2011)
Aromatherapy Benefits
According to the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in an article published online on September 21, 2006, "Fragrance compounds and essential oils with sedative effects influence the motility of mice in inhalation studies under standardized conditions. A significant drop in the motility of mice was registered following exposure to these fragrances." This study proves that the inhalation of either fragrance or essential oils both create an aromatherapy effect.
There is a great debate about allergies of fragrance oils versus essential oils. The reality is that a person could have allergies to either, so it is really individual. In an article by Contact Dermatitis, it explains that it is more about the actual chemical compound of the individual oil as opposed to one being a "fragrance oil" and one being an "essential oil."
Combustibility is one of the main reasons why chandlers may opt for fragrance oils compared to essential oils. Because each essential oil scent has a different combustibility level, it is extremely complicated to calculate how long and how much heat an essential oil can take before it 1) breaks down chemical compounds, and 2) explodes. Essential oils, because of their usual characteristic low flash-point, will often not be able to maintain their benefits to extended exposure to heat (such as in a candle). This means that a candle designed with essential oils will often lose its scent. Fragrance oils, on the other hand, are designed to have high-level flash-points, meaning they uphold to high temperatures, and will continue to maintain their fragrant integrity to extended heat exposure.
The choice between essential oils and fragrance oils essentially is a personal one. No essential oil or fragrance oil should be applied directly to the skin, as they both require carrier oils (i.e. coconut oil, sweet almond oil, etc.). As long as the fragrance oil is designed without phthalates and for skin use, they are perfectly safe for candles and soap. Essential oils are also generally safe for soap and candles, as long as the consideration of photosensitivity and physical sensitivity are recognized (for example, citrus essential oils will create photosensitivity, and essential oils such as peppermint may be irritating to skin, even when being combined with a carrier oil).
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Development and Application of New Electrochemical Energy Storage for Green Grid
Large-scale energy storage have attracted more and more attentions due to the increasing deployment of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power. However, current well-developed battery technology can't meet the durability, high power and energy efficiency, and cost requirements for widespread application in the grid. Liquid metal battery (LMB), invented by Prof. Sadoway at MIT, can be severed as a grid scale electrochemical energy storage device with long cycle life and low cost. We are interesting in the fundamental research on the development of new electrodes and electrolyte for LMB to obtain the higher energy power, longer cycle life and lower cost. Moreover, we are also focus on designing the new structure for LMB, optimizing the operation parameters and lowering the cost of cell fabrication.
Advanced Electrode materials for Lithium-ion Batteries and Sodium-ion Batteries
The lithium-ion batteries have significantly changes in people's modern life. We can communicate with others by using cell phones and work by using laptop anywhere. However, the recent developments of smart phones and tablet computers request more operating cycles with thinner and lighter LIBs of higher energy. We are aiming at designing and synthesizing novel negative and positive electrode materials with higher capacity, longer cycle life and larger rate capability for lithium-ion battery and sodium-ion batteries. Moreover, we are also very interesting in the in-situ TEM observation of the electrochemical reaction of nano-materials in battery.
2006-2011 University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, ChinaPh. D in Non-ferrous Metallurgy, School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering
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2. Xiaohui Ning, Satyajit Phadke, Brice Chung, Huayi Yin, Paul Burke, Donald Sadoway, A self-healing liquid metal battery with high rate and long life for grid-scale energy storage, Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 275, 370-377
3. Takanari Ouchi, Hojong Kim, Xiaohui Ning, Donald Sadoway, Calcium-antimony alloys as electrodes for liquid metal battery, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2014, 161, A1898-A1904
4. Xiaohui Ning, Henrik Åsheim, Shuqiang Jiao, Hongmin Zhu, Electrocryllisation of titanium in chloride melts, Journal of Rare Earths, 2011, 29, 82-85
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8. MA Song-jiang, LUO Sheng-lian, ZHOU Hai-hui, KUANG Ya-fei, NING Xiao-hui. Electrocatalytic oxidation behavior of L-cysteine at Pt microparticles modified nanofibrous polyaniline film electrode, Journal of Central South University of Technology, 2008, 15:170-175
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1. Paul Burke, Brice Chung, Satyajit Phadke, Xiaohui Ning, Donald Sadoway, Self-Healing Liquid/Solid State Battery, Nov. 2013, US patent,61/896,777
2. 寧曉輝,楊烈,代濤,單智偉,一類用于液固金屬電池的正極材料,申請號:201410347518.2
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/R E P E A T -- Media invitation - La Ville en vert: cool islands of vegetation in 60 low-cost housing complexes in Montréal - Photo opp./ Français
May 28, 2012, 11:00 ET
MONTREAL, May 25, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - With the heat-wave season fast approaching, the Montréal Urban Ecology Centre (MUEC) and the Office municipal d'habitation de Montréal (OMHM) invite the media to discover the cool islands of vegetation that have been created by La Ville en vert, a project that aims to improve the quality of life of thousands of residents living in some 60 low-cost housing complexes in Montréal.
A visit to the outside of the Habitations Émile-Nelligan II will provide a photo opportunity of a space that was renovated by La Ville en vert project.
Denis Quirion (OMHM) and Luc Rabouin (MUEC) will present different aspects of La Ville en vert: numerous greening and urban agriculture interventions, installation of white roofs, and a participatory planning process with residents. Gilles Deguire, a member of the City of Montréal's executive committee responsible for housing and social housing, will discuss the positive effects that the project has had on improving living environments and neighbourhoods. Also, a resident of the Habitations Émile-Nelligan II will share her personal experience with the project.
Mélissa Giguère of the INSPQ and Dr. Louis Drouin of the Direction de santé publique de Montréal have been invited to present the fight against urban heat islands in Quebec and Montréal as well as discuss how La Ville en vert can be viewed as a public health strategy to help our most vulnerable populations overcome extreme heat events in Montréal.
When: Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 10:00 a.m.
Where: Habitations Émile-Nelligan I and II, 5230 rue Saint-Dominique
- Gilles Deguire, mayor of the borough of Montréal-Nord, member of the executive committee responsible for housing and social housing, City of Montréal
- Denis Quirion, executive director, Office municipal d'habitation de Montréal
- Luc Rabouin, executive director, Montréal Urban Ecology Centre
- Mélissa Giguère, M. Env, planning, programming and research agent, Environmental Health and Toxicology Division, Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ)
- Dr. Louis Drouin, responsible for urban health and environment, Direction de la santé publique (DSP) de Montréal
- A resident of the Habitations Émile-Nelligan II
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SOURCES: Montréal Urban Ecology Centre and the Office municipal d'habitation de Montréal
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Published April 03 2017
By Adriana Bankston
"I am honored and humbled to be recognized by my colleagues and the society with the award. It is exciting to see an influential organization like ASBMB reward efforts to promote teaching in ways that are consistent with how people learn."
Erin Dolan, the Georgia Athletic Association Professor for innovative science education at the University of Georgia, won the 2017 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education. The award recognizes those who encourage effective teaching and learning of biochemistry and molecular biology.
Daniel Leahy at the University of Texas at Austin said in his nomination letter that Dolan's "commitment to evidence-based transformation of teaching and learning is visionary."
As the former executive director of the Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science at UT Austin, Dolan led the Freshman Research Initiative, the nation's largest university undergraduate research program that gives first-year students the opportunity to engage in research with faculty and graduate students through a three-semester lab course. In addition to guiding the FRI, she established the Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science, an institute for education innovation with the mission to enhance the college's leading role in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. TIDES is focused on student programs that foster experiential and engaged learning, development programs for STEM faculty, and studies determining the effectiveness and impact of education programming.
Paula Lemons, who supported Dolan's nomination, is a fellow instructor of the Introduction to Biochemistry course Dolan teaches at UGA. Lemons noted that Dolan uses "learning objectives to guide student work, case studies and other in-class activities to get students' minds engaged and challenged, and constructed-response assessments that demand deep understanding and problem solving."
Dolan's contributions to teaching reflect her desire to help faculty become better teachers. She participated in the inaugural meeting of a national initiative to define threshold concepts in undergraduate biochemistry education.
She also took part in a think-tank meeting to promote course-based undergraduate research experiences in biochemistry and molecular biology. This resulted in a report published in CBE: Life Sciences Education in 2014. In this report, Dolan and her colleagues delineated what made course-based undergraduate research experiences meaningful. According to Sarah Elgin of Washington University in St. Louis, who wrote a nomination letter, this paper "provides a framework for thinking about assessment, about outcomes we might hope for and could measure. I believe this paper has had a very significant impact on the field."
Dolan also supports biology education research in her role as editor-in-chief of LSE. Kimberly Tanner of San Francisco State University, a founding editorial board member of LSE who also nominated Dolan for the award, writes of Dolan's "unwavering" focus on evidence-based understanding of science education. She also notes Dolan's ability to "raise the level of research in the field of biology education by coaching and not shaming, supporting and not dismissing, individuals aspiring to participate in the emerging field of discipline-based biology education research."
Dolan earned her Ph.D. at the University of California, San Francisco. She began teaching biochemistry at Virginia Tech and then moved to UGA. She then was the executive director of TIDES before returning to the UGA.
Dolan will receive her award during the 2017 ASBMB Annual Meeting in Chicago, where she will deliver an award lecture. The presentation will take place at 12:30 p.m. April 23 in room W184bc in McCormick Place.
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Suddenly, hubby had the urge to go shopping yesterday. Office hours on Ramadan month are shortened so we have extra time to go out and about on weekdays. The word shopping is music to my ear so I happily scooped our toddler and went out not bothering to ask Hubby what he had in mind to buy. We drove towards Deira and onto ACE Hardware's car park. Okay, I thought.
I left Hubby on his own to explore the enormous hardware shop and went to entertain myself with the latest baking utensils. Ever heard of egg separator? It looks funny so i grabbed one to try next time I make chiffon cake. After an hour, Hubby came back with cart loaded with tools such as nailer, electric drill, chainsaw, and all those handy man stuff. When he gave his bill, it went more than a thousand dirham. He was so happy with his purchases that I decided not to faint.
Driving home, I asked what are those stuff for. He replied very satisfied with himself, "For the planned farm house."
Hmmmnn maybe I should get him an extra gift come Christmas. I read about Stucco, a durable exterior coating (made up of sand, lime, and cement then mixed with water) for walls and fences. We should definitely have that Stucco Sprayer for easier application to build our dream farm house.
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He finds pretty good stuff there. Last week he found a Radio Flyer Wagon. Daughter was looking for one for the kids. Today he didn't find much, and only came home with this one thing. It's in rough shape, but who isn't? Nothing a bit of sanding and some paint won't help.
Actually, I didn't like it all that much until he told me the price. One dollar and fifty cents.
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Later tonight Former Vice President Al Gore is scheduled to speak to Democratic Party faithful. It has been eight years since Gore lost one of this nation's closest elections for the White House. But he has emerged as the most recognized unsuccessful U.S. presidential nominees in history. Gore's efforts to protect the environment in a method that strengthens the economy were the basis of a best-selling book and then an award-winning documentary. Last year, An Inconvenient Truth, won two Academy Awards!
I've been writing a lot and reading even more about how going green and become environmentally friendly can be a money-saver and good will creator for small firms. But another kind of environmental concern has gotten my attention: a warning about the nation's innovation ecosystem.
While there are a lot of jabs about Gore and the invention of the Internet, an early Web innovator is sounding an alarm about the health of the environment for innovation in the United States. Judy Estrin has written a book based on an extensive tech innovation background. Estrin co-founded Bridge Communications in 1981 which merged into 3Com five years later. In 1988 Estrin was involved in start-up Network Computing Devices and became its CEO in 1993. Estrin's third start-up, Precept Software, was launched in 1995 and acquired three years later by Cisco. She went on to help launch other firms and also serves on FedEx and Walt Disney; but she is a new author too!
In her new book, "Closing the Innovation Gap", Estrin says innovation is crucial to social, economic and cultural development. Estrin interviewed over 150 technology innovators as part of the research for the book and concludes a short-term outlook and a reliance on quick fixes and fast profits have diluted the curiosity and patience that sustain true innovation and create the potential for future economic growth.
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Fremont holds hearing on repealing illegal immigration rental ordinance
Fremont city leaders revisited a controversial ordinance Tuesday that prevents illegal immigrants from renting in the city.
Voters passed the law in 2010, and federal judges then upheld it.
The council heard the first reading of proposal that repeals a part of the city's illegal immigration ordinance that requires rental licenses for landlords and that makes it illegal to rent to illegal immigrants.
-- Video: Fremont hears debate on repealing immigration ordinance
Last week, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided to uphold the ordinance, denying an additional full bench hearing, but on Friday, Councilman Todd Hoppe asked the Fremont city attorney to prepare the repeal.
Mayor Scott Getzschman said two weeks ago that council members discussed the possibility of the repeal. Fremont could lose federal housing dollars because of the ordinance approved by voters in 2010.
A majority of meeting attendees expressed a major problem with Hoppe's push to repeal portions of the ordinance.
"We're talking about illegal immigration, not legal immigration. There is a big, big difference. To play the race card, I find that disgusting," one person said.
Only a few people spoke against the city's current law. Opponents to the ordinance said it cost the city new jobs and gives Fremont a bad national image.
"We also miss out on the young professionals who chose not to move to Fremont because of the ordinance," one person said.
"How are you going to get businesses to come to our town when they know we have a crooked government," another said.
Supporters said any vote by the council now goes against Fremont voters who passed the ordinance in 2010.
"You are totally going against the will of the people and the decisions of the courts. If any of you vote to repeal this, there will be an immediate recall on you. I am telling you that right now," one person said.
The repeal still has to go through two more readings before Fremont lawmakers can vote on it. Council members had no comment about the proposed appeal.


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Thirty girl students from various city schools, currently on an army-sponsored National Integration Tour, are facing online flak for taking part in the programme.
Thirty girl students from various city schools, currently on an army-sponsored National Integration Tour, are facing online flak for taking part in the programme.
"See our gals (sic) on army tour… Salute to their parents. Boys of kashmir giving blood and gals (sic) selling blood," a Facebook user wrote in one of his post.
He also posted a group picture of the girls currently on the tour along with another picture of a boy's funeral.
Another user commented in Kashmiri: "Baya yeli yeman ti gharrr manz mar na kanhh teli tari yeman ti fikri (When one of their own will die, they will understand)."
"There is now no differentiation in Kashmir. Forgive me but we are all same… the leaders, the people, young, old, men, women… the pain is only felt by those whose loved ones have been martyred," wrote another user.
However, there were some who came out in support of the girls and termed the rants against them as "gender war".
"So this is a gender war now? If this is a reality, then ask yourself why this has happened? You can't victimize half of the population, curb on their individual freedoms and then expect their support for the formation of an 'independent' Islamic state," wrote a female Facebook user.
The user who had posted the original post shot back saying while she can support this but majority of Kashmiri people can not tolerate this.
"If this was not tour from Army, situation might not be same but its same army who killed innocent boys deliberately here. You know this well. Its not matter of individual freedom but matter of our culture too (sic)," he added.
A senior police official said the incidents of hate messages have not come to their notice yet.
"As and when, we come to know of it, whatever action is warranted as per law will be taken," Inspector General of Police Kashmir S J M Gillani told PTI.
The girls from various higher secondary schools of Srinagar embarked on the educational tour on December 5, ignoring the counsel of radical women's group Dukhtaran-e- Millat.
Dukhtaran chief Asiya Andrabi had warned the parents to desist from sending their female wards on such tours.
"I am not appealing to these parents but warning them to desist from such activities," she had said.
During the 10-day tour, the girls have been to Delhi where they met the President and also visited Parliament.
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Kobilarov, Marin B. and Marsden, Jerrold E. (2011) Discrete Geometric Optimal Control on Lie Groups. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 27 (4). pp. 641-655. ISSN 1552-3098. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110826-103842804
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We consider the optimal control of mechanical systems on Lie groups and develop numerical methods that exploit the structure of the state space and preserve the system motion invariants. Our approach is based on a coordinate-free variational discretization of the dynamics that leads to structure-preserving discrete equations of motion. We construct necessary conditions for optimal trajectories that correspond to discrete geodesics of a higher order system and develop numerical methods for their computation. The resulting algorithms are simple to implement and converge to a solution in very few iterations. A general software implementation is provided and applied to two example systems: an underactuated boat and a satellite with thrusters.
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All You Have To Do Is Dream
Every kid whoever picked up a baseball has dreamed that one day he would pitch in the major leagues. Tens of millions of tried, only a dozen thousand or so have ever toed the rubber of a big league mound and thrown his best pitch toward an awaiting slugger. This is the story of Larry Foss, a former Dublin Irish pitcher, and who he achieved his dream of becoming a major league pitcher and in the process winning his very first game against one of the game's most feared and revered pitchers, only to lose all of his remaining games on the worst team in professional baseball history.
Larry Curtis Foss was born in Castleton, Kansas on April 18, 1936, seventy years ago today. Foss was drafted out of West High School in Wichita by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Inthe summer before his senior year at West High, Foss grew an amazing eight inches to a height of six feet two inches, a stature which greatly helped the speed of his pitches. The young pitcher was assigned to the Dublin Irish, the organization's Class D entry in the Georgia State League.
During the 1955 season Foss appeared in 23 games posting an average record of four wins and four losses. His earned run average of 5.51 runs per game was not good and his future in baseball was in doubt. In eighty innings of pitching, he gave up 72 hits and 82 bases on balls. His strikeout ratio of seven per game was not too bad for a 19-year-old hurler more than a thousand miles away from home. There were no designated hitters in that era and Foss was expected to hit as well as pitch. In 28 at bats, he managed to bat a respectable .250 with seven runs batted in. In a sign of times to come, Foss ended his first year in professional baseball playing on one of the worst minor league teams ever assembled in Dublin. The Irish finished fifth out of six teams that season under the helm of George Kinnamon. George Arent, the team's best offensive player that year, couldn't break the .300 mark, finishing with a batting average of .294. Jim Hardison was one of the league's best pitchers, but couldn't help Foss from the bench.
Foss bounced around the minor leagues for six more seasons. His first taste of being in the major leagues came on March 11, 1960 when he came in relief against the Baltimore Orioles. He had control problems, but managed to give up only one run in two innings. Four days later he was brought in relief against the Kansas City Athletics. The first eight Athletics batters reached base. Ten runs scored. Foss's teammates got him off the hook when they scored eleven more runs to win the game. A March 25th appearance wasn't much better. He gave up four straight walks against the Senators before being pulled from the game. But Larry Foss refused to give up. He worked hard and pitched well for the Asheville Pirates of the Sally League.
Just when it looked as if he would never pitch in the majors, Larry got a call from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the last weeks of September 1961. He was numb and exhilarated at the same time. Foss drove from Asheville, North Carolina to join the Pirates. The Pirates, the 1960 World Series Champions, were in a slump. With the memories of Bill Mazeroski's championship winning walk off home run against the Yankees still fresh in their minds, the Bucs lingered in sixth place in the eight team National League.
Foss remembered, "I get into the clubhouse and Danny Murtaugh, (the Pirates manager), says, "You're pitching tonight." Not only was he pitching, but he was starting. What the young pitcher didn't realize was that his opponent that night was a another 25- year-old pitcher for the Cardinals, Bob Gibson. Though he was still striving for his abominable hard driving style which catapulted him to the position as the National League's best pitcher and eventually into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Gibson was still an imposing opponent.
It was a cool evening in Pittsburgh on September 18th. As he took his warmup pitches, Foss peered around the vast confines of Forbes Field. Tradition was all around him. The pressure was on. It must have seemed to Larry that it was now or never. He walked Curt Flood, Julian Javier and Bill White to load the bases. The first three pitches to the cleanup hitter Ken Boyer veered outside the strike zone. Then somehow Larry gathered himself and managed to get out of the inning without a single Cardinal runner crossing the plate. The Pirates took the lead, which they held until the fifth inning when Foss gave up the first run of his career. The Pirates bounced back with two runs in the bottom of the inning and five more in the seventh stanza. Foss pitched to two batters in the eight before being relieved by Harvey Haddix and Elroy Face, two of the game's best relievers. The Pirates held on to win 8-6. Foss gave up three runs, two of them earned. He struck out five and walked six. Larry had done it. He won his very first major league game and beat Bob Gibson and held the legendary Stan Musial to one hit in the process. He never won another regular season game.
Two weeks later, Larry took the mound against the Cincinnati Reds. Foss gave up three runs in the first inning and three more in the sixth lowering his record to 1 and 1. A third start resulted in a no decision. At the end of his first season, Larry Foss had accumulated a record of 1-1 with an ERA of 5.87.
After a stint in the winter Dominican League in 1961, Larry returned to the Pirates spring training camp in 1962 with high hopes of making the team's roster. Larry returned to his superb form of his first start when he pitched three scoreless innings against the Mets. His blazing fastball caught the eye of the venerable Met manager Casey Stengel, who had led the New York Yankees to an unprecedented string of World Championships, but who was then managing the cross town Mets in their inaugural season. Foss won his next game against the Twins. Larry didn't make the roster, but enjoyed a good season at Asheville with a record of 10-5. He was placed on waivers by the Pirates. Stengel, one of the game's greatest sages, remembered Foss, whom he called "Foos" and convinced the team's general manager to pick up the promising rookie for the $20,000.00 wavier price.
Larry Foss pitched his first game for the 1962 Mets. He lost to the Colt .45s on September 19th. Larry pitched well in relief in a 3-2 loss to the Cubs 9 days later. The Mets lost 120 of 160 games that year, the worst team record in the history of major league baseball. He returned to training camp in 1963. His last appearance for the Mets came on April 3, 1963, when he gave up one run in one inning against the Reds. He was picked up by the Milwaukee Braves and assigned to their Denver AAA team. Larry left professional baseball with arm problems, but pitched his hometown Service Auto Glass team to the 1964 National Baseball Congress World Series championship. He worked in the oil and gas business for twenty plus years before moving to the mountains of Colorado, where he enjoyed fishing and hunting. Larry Foss returned to Wichita in 1993 to open a sporting goods store.
Larry Foss loved baseball. Despite his short major league career he fondly remembers his victory against Bob Gibson, his favorite pitcher, and being a member of the hapless 1962 Mets. He told a reporter from the Wichita Eagle, I had no idea that team would become as legendary as it has. I would have grabbed a jersey or something or gotten some balls autographed." All he has to remind him of being a member of baseball's worst team is his old cap. But dreams do come true. Hard work and determination can take you to high places. All you have to do is dream. Happy Birthday Larry!


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The annual Starke County Ministerial Alliance community-wide Thanksgiving service has been scheduled for Wednesday, November 24th at the Knox United Methodist Church.
Pastor Art Good will present the Thanksgiving message and several musical selections will be offered by representatives of area churches. The program begins at 7:00 p.m. CT.
The Alliance uses the love offering taken at the service to fund expenses for gasoline, food and/or lodging when needy travelers pass through the community.


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First Teaser Trailer for MORGAN
We have the intriguing first trailer for the upcoming film Morgan, starring Kate Mara (American Horror Story), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch). Ridley Scott produced the film, which is directed by his son Luke Scott. You can view the trailer below. A release date has not been announced yet.
Release Date: Coming Soon
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I have uploaded my newest creations, the bags in my webshop.
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text: Everyone says babies are the sweetest accessories, and I have not seen a baby carried so stylishly as this. Here is Orlando Bloom out and about in Paris. Brings back memories of the Legolas-love days. Check out more of the gallery on Popsugar. The Kerr-Bloom clan are in Paris as Miranda Kerr walks the Balenciaga runway for F/W 2011. She looks great (as always).. The dress she showcased reminds me of the black B dress I picked up at the Barney's outlet two years ago. A little recyling, perhaps?


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It is not difficult to find help for assignments of college students online. There are quite a few things that you would want to know when looking for assignment help online. These considerations should be well made and you should be able to call the shots confidently when the time comes. For a start, just know that there are hordes of students and tutors who are making the idea of web assistance for assignments a reality every day.
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The department will also observe 150 years of the introduction of the first ever I-T Act in 1860, as it will celebrate the 'Income Tax day' on July 24 this year.The event is likely to be inaugurated by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who will also lay out a roadmap of the department for the future.
"This is the last year of the 1961 Income Tax Act. This year, a number of taxpayer programmes of the department can be initiated and completed," CBDT Member (Revenue) Durgesh Shankar told PTI.
The department, this fiscal, is planning to set up an independent Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) directorate while fast processing of tax returns and technological upgrade of tax refunds are the other core issues, he said.
The revenue accrued from TDS has been constantly growing over the years and with the increase in the number of service organisations across the country, the share from under this category of taxes is bound to grow, Shankar said.According to estimates, the TDS revenue contributes almost 40 per cent to the direct taxes kitty.
Programmes like the Refund Banker scheme, presently on in 15 cities of the country, will also be extended to other locations this fiscal.The DTC, aimed at simplifying the tax structure, is proposed to be introduced in April next year and will ultimately replace the Income Tax Act, 1961, bringing all other direct taxes, including wealth tax, under its purview.
Mukherjee had said that if a reasonable level of discussion happens on the code, a bill could be placed in the winter session of Parliament.According to Finance Ministry records, the first I-T Act was introduced in India in 1860 by James Wilson who became the first Finance Member of the country. This became necessary since suppression of the 1857 struggle entailed heavy expenditure and made a large addition to public debt.The Act received the assent of the Governor General on July 24, 1860. It came into effect immediately and was modelled on the English Statute.


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SCBWI's Roving Reporter, Wendy Fitzgerald reports on some of the highlights:
What do publishers say? Picture Books
Saturday - NSW Writers' Centre
Three Australian leading picture book publishers- Jeanmarie Morrosin (Random House), Tegan Morrison (ABC Books) and Karen Tayleur (Five Mile Press) an Sue Whiting (Walker Books) let us know what they are looking to publish.
Tegan Morrison
- Publishing around 30 picture books this year, but that includes
- About 10-12 new books
- Waiting time varies- ABC books and Harper Collins- team decision
- Can be 4-6 weeks but can be longer
- Not really accepting unsolicitored
- Every book published gets a press release and copies sent out for review
- Marketing- use all contacts- ties in with events….
- Print run- 4,000 minimum varies
- Korea seems to like our picture books and now China and US
- The more promotion authors can do, the better- get out there and talk about it
- It's ok to take on multiple projects with different publishers
- Gap in list? Anzac Day Universal theme or topic, like Rudie Nudie.
- Random House are accepting submissions
- They are looking at more picture books- about 9-12 new books a year
- Tough market – 3-4000 print run
- Starting to sell more PB overseas
- Aust picture books don't sell well overseas
- Authors need to get out and own your books
- Gaps- best selling picture books.
Karen Tayleur
- Five Mile Press- 348 titles last year- children's – ½ licencing Barby etc and board books
- 15 picture books a year.
- Be persistant and network and go to conferences etc
- Good reviews are important.
- Even bad reviews are publicity
- 4,000 print run average
- About 1/3 books sold overseas
- Social media is a good place to spread the word- especially for introverts
- Universal themes- seasons – friendship- humour
- 0-8 year old age-
- novelty books ( flap books)
- Pre school
Style file- not friendly to use
Idea to make a website to go with the Illustrators showcase- Sarah Davis
UK sites
Illustrators Australia
Other books
Important to find the right match- Author and illustrator
Should authors have a website?
More important for illustrators
The story is the most important thing.
What about author illustrators?
Must be a brilliant author and a brilliant illustrator
How are novelty books presented?
Looking for overseas sale… novelty makes it different.
They do that.
Can an author send in more than one idea at a time?
Are you saying choose out of 3…. ?
Maybe better to send in one at a time.
There is a trend for less text… but depends on the story
Be open to cutting words when the pictures tell the story.
Leave room for the illustrator to bring their own vision
It's like a marriage
Enhanced E Books
Diary of a wombat is getting an ap, but apps are expensive..
App are for marketingFixed format E Books are happening