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A Norwich chip-shop with a twist has been recognised as the best in the county in the annual Choice Chip Awards.
Hot Chip, on Red Lion Street, was named 'Best Chippy Chips' in the county of Norfolk in the Potato Council awards in recognition of Chip Week 2014, which runs from February 17-23.
Toby Marchant, who co-owns Hot Chip with Lord Somerleyton, Hugh Crossley, said that they were not expecting to be given the award.
He said: "It feels great. For such a new company it's amazing we can be given an award like this with only seven months' training."
Lord Somerleyton said: "Although we had a following, it was around Christmas that half of our customers were new ones from Norfolk who, for one reason or the other, don't come into the city very often.
"We realised then that we have got a while to go to be well known, so it was a real surprise to win and we are very chuffed."
The inspiration for the Norwich eatery stems from traditional chip saloons in Belgium and Holland, where the chip comes first.
Mr Marchant said: "The idea behind it really comes from the continent and it is taken to another level to make it British.
"The idea is to turn the chip into the hero, the base flavour. It's like how a pizza has a wheat dough base with flavours on top – what we've done is to make all sorts of interesting sauces and delicious toppings to make a full meal.
"Essentially, the chip can move up to another level and can compete with the likes of the pizza."
As well as regular choices of chips with cheese, gravy or chilli, the menu includes unusual options like the 'grizzly bear', chips with Canadian cheesy sauce, ham, cheddar and spring onions.
Other options include the 'veggie' with halloumi and roasted winter vegetables and the 'Italian stallion' which comes with a rich Bolognese sauce. All ingredients and sauces are prepared by a chef on site.
Hot Chip also plans to cater for the sweet-toothed, with ideas to introduce sweet potato chips with mint chocolate and pistachio and salted caramel and banana whip toppings.
However, health is a top consideration for the chip shop, which opened in June last year. It chooses to fry with rapeseed oil, a naturally healthier alternative, and ensures that all produce is fresh and locally sourced.
Mr Marchant added that a "crucial" part of making the perfect chip is to make sure they aren't "any old chip".
He continued: "We choose the best kind of potato and cut it in what we call a British cut, which is a lot bigger and therefore far healthier as you have more of the potato and less oil.
"Then we also use local rapeseed oil, which is one of the very best of the good oils. It's genuinely a healthy chip."
Currently Norwich is home to the only Hot Chip, but Lord Somerleyton said there are plans to expand the business across the country in the future.
He said: "I'm very proud to be from Norfolk and starting the first shop in Norwich. I like the idea that if we are lucky enough to grow and have a national roll out, which is the ultimate dream, then it would be a real source of pride that the first shop was in Norwich. We are excited about a future where we can grow and give our customers more interesting spins."
This year more than 840 chip shops entered the Choice Chip Awards across 10 regions in the UK, with 62,983 chip-loving Brits voting for their favourite. Caroline Evans at Potato Council, said that the public "feel very strongly about their local chippy".
She continued: "Britain is truly a nation of chip lovers and Chip Week is a fantastic celebration of our great food tradition."
For more information on Hot Chip and for a full menu visit the website at www.myhotchip.co.uk
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Improve Your Project's Prospects
Management always strives to increase the corporation's long-term value to its owners. As a result, it is very important to understand how they assess potential investments to get your project approved.
Not again, Bob thought. The new system that we proposed is not on the approved projects list. This is the second year in a row it hasn;t made the cut. I thought everyone here supported the purchase. It would make the plant run better and sure make our lives a lot easier. I just don;t understand how those in the head office make decisions. I bet they;ve never worked in a plant.
Perhaps Bob;s comments sound familiar to you. Automation specialists often consider new technologies in terms of the opportunities they provide for improved performance. In contrast, plant and corporate management look at business issues and overall plant profitability. This difference in view frequently leads to misunderstanding and confusion.
Every company has a limited amount of capital available for investment and cannot fund all proposed projects. To stand a chance for approval, new technology must provide a suitable financial return. Many articles have revealed the potential economic advantages and return on investment (ROI) from upgrading automation technology at process plants. Unfortunately, the claimed benefits often are unrealistic and unsubstantiated. This leads to significant credibility issues when the forecast results don;t materialize and contributes to management;s skepticism about proposals in this area. To overcome such concerns, you must perform an accurate financial analysis for these technologies. We will explain how. This can help you obtain support for your next automation investment.
Understand plant economics
The first step is to realize that the plant is a financial asset. We may think of plants as a collection of equipment and personnel that converts raw materials into products. From a financial point of view, a plant is an asset that consumes money and produces money -- it should generate more than it uses. Figure 1 details the major monetary components of a project. [To view Figures 1-4, click on the the Download File button at the end of this article.]
By convention, financial inputs are classified either as expense or capital. Expenses include all the ongoing production costs, such as raw materials, net utilities (those used less those produced) and operating and maintenance expenses. Capital has investment and working components. Investment capital refers to the cost of major equipment or system additions that will last for several years and can be depreciated for tax purposes. Working capital is the value of inventory and required short-term financial funding.
To prepare a precise investment evaluation, we must understand the language and objectives of financial managers. We can only provide a quick overview; a more comprehensive review appears in standard financial analysis references, such as Brealey and Myers [1].
A company;s management strives to increase the long-term financial value of the corporation to its owners. This value can be measured in many ways, most of which, like stock-market valuation, ultimately reflect financial performance. A popular method for evaluating this performance (Figure 2) is return on invested capital (ROIC). This not only is a good internal measure but also correlates with long-term stock-market results. Consulting company McKinsey [2] recently published results of a study of 130 publicly traded chemical companies in the United States and Europe and their financial and market performance during a 40-year period. Its conclusion: Only returns on invested capital drive market-to-book valuations.
The yearly ROIC equals the profit measured as after-tax net income, cash adjusted (ATCA), divided by the invested capital at the start of the year. Invested capital consists of fixed and working capital, plus other assets. The boxes at the bottom of Figure 2 list the primary manufacturing variables that affect ROIC. These variables represent decisions made by plant personnel that impact financial results, and exclude other costs, such as land taxes, for example, outside the control of staff. ROIC typically is evaluated as an average over several years to smooth yearly fluctuations and give a better long-term measure.
From a financial point of view, a plant aims to maximize long-term ROIC. How can automation and advanced automation affect manufacturing cost and revenue components?
Realize potential benefits
To increase ROIC, a plant must reduce capital or increase profit or, preferably, do both at the same time. The boxes at the bottom of Figure 3 illustrate the primary areas where automation and advanced automation savings are normally found. When considering a project, evaluate all possible savings areas.
Potential capital savings include both fixed and working capital components. For instance, an opportunity often exists to cut costs of the automation project itself in areas such as:
- engineering;
- procurement;
- purchase price;
- installation, configuration, calibration and commissioning; and
- project execution.
Working capital can be reduced by lowering inventories of raw materials, intermediates and products and also by decreasing stocks of equipment spare parts. One Middle Eastern refinery estimated a savings of $11 million per year from reduced inventory carrying charges. Capital deferred also results in savings due to the time value of money. (Longer equipment life from better control or more production from the same equipment, which allows postponement of plant expansion, can lead to deferred capital.)
Operating cost savings can accrue from lowering energy/utilities usage and decreasing raw material costs by increasing yields of desirable products. In special cases, it may be possible to substitute a lower-valued raw material.
Improved automation performance and enhanced monitoring of process equipment can cut the costs of all types of maintenance. Specific savings can include reductions in:
- unscheduled maintenance;
- number of routine checks;
- time to perform necessary tasks;
- maintenance materials purchase; and
- number and cost of required activities during scheduled shutdowns.
One Gulf Coast refinery projected savings of $2 million per year by reducing the number of unscheduled equipment shutdowns and slowdowns. A European chemical company realized $1 million per year savings in maintenance costs at each of seven plants.
Reduced off-specification material can decrease reprocessing costs and, in select cases, allow lower average staffing levels. It also can cut waiting-time penalties from delays in loading ships, etc.
Abnormal event prevention deserves some special comments. Reducing health, safety and environmental concerns is at the top of every plant manager;s agenda. Better automation is often a key to decreasing these types of risks. If your proposed investment will result in safer operation or lowered emissions, definitely mention that in the justification description even if no quantitative economic value can be attached to these improvements.
Also factor in the possibility of an increased average selling price for products. Automation can contribute to this goal by boosting the yield of more valuable products. This reduces the amount of lower-valued byproducts and thus raises average revenue per unit feed. Better control also can curb production of off-specification material, which usually must be sold at a discount. Occasionally, an increase in product quality due to improved control will actually permit selling the existing product(s) at a higher price. For instance, a Gulf Coast chemical plant estimated more than $3 million per year in incremental revenue due to higher-value products.
Automation projects also can lead to increased production. For instance, better control can allow a process to operate closer to production limits at constant product quality. Greater output also can result from reduced unscheduled downtime for equipment due to better reliability, shorter batch cycle time, lower grade-transition time, less product reblending, and decreases in scheduled shutdown duration and frequency. The shutdown frequency can be cut, for example, by lengthening furnace run-time between required decoking or by not having to clean a heat exchanger prematurely.
However, when considering the benefits of potential production increases, the key question is whether the additional product(s) can be sold. More output only provides financial value for production-limited plants, i.e., those manufacturing products for which the market can absorb the increased production. Otherwise, no benefits can be claimed for the improvements.
To estimate the potential magnitude of the overall savings, examine normal expenditures and look for specific quantifiable areas in which savings are possible. Often historical data will provide a basis for this analysis. External consultants with experience in this area also can help ensure that potential savings are not overlooked and are properly documented.
Examine investment costs
Next, you must estimate the necessary investment. When performing such an analysis, it is important to consider the full life-cycle costs, not simply the initial purchase price, of new equipment and software systems. Many studies have shown that more than two-thirds of their life-cycle costs occur after installation.
In assessing initial costs, make sure to include:
- hardware purchases;
- installation costs;
- required infrastructure upgrades, such as networks, etc.;
- software licenses;
- application-specific services like design, configuration, custom coding, database population, system installation, integration and commissioning;
- training for both system support staff and end users; and
- project expenses, such as for management and purchasing.
Then, estimate ongoing maintenance and support costs by considering these aspects:
- hardware support agreements;
- hardware upgrades;
- software support agreements;
- internal support costs;
- necessary ongoing infrastructure upgrades;
- new release migration costs;
- continuing training of system support staff; and
- ongoing user training.
Don;t forget the last item -- be sure to budget for ongoing training. The best long-term job security today is maintaining your skill level, as well as that of your staff. It is easy to fall into the trap of being so busy with day-to-day problems that you lose sight of the longer-term requirements.
Perform the analysis
We now have benefits and costs. How are these converted into an overall project financial analysis? How can we demonstrate that the proposed investment will increase the long-term corporate ROIC more than other potential investments?
Specific investment-evaluation protocols vary from company to company and you need to follow your company;s guidelines. However, all center on comparing the net present value of the incremental after-tax benefits generated to the net present value of the required investment. If the value is greater than the investment, the project is considered for funding. Net present value implies discounting a sequence of net cash flows (receipts less expenditures) back to the current time. There are many subtleties, though.
Initially, it might seem that the proper discount rate simply needs to be a little higher than the average corporate ROIC. After all, if the investment value were positive, then the ROIC would increase and the investment would be justified. However, the correct selection of the discount rate is more complicated. Three interrelated factors must be considered. The first is how much the corporation must pay to get additional funds used for investments. This cost is significant and differs for each company. It is based on the relative use of debt and equity and therefore is called the
The second factor reflects a corporation;s alternative options for both internal and external investment. The discount rate must be greater than the return from standard financial investments or else the company will invest its money there. (Alternatively, the firm could pay a dividend to shareholders with the cash and the shareholders themselves could invest in these standard investments.)
The third factor, closely related to the second, accounts for the differences in the predictability of the cash flows produced by investments. The cash flow from a new pump is likely to be much more predictable than that from a new software system that has never been installed in the plant before. In accordance with financial analysis theory and practice, when the actual value of the cash flow is not fixed but can only be estimated, a risk premium that recognizes the uncertainty or
The financial analysts will then compare the profitability of various investment proposals from all parts of the corporation and rank them. One key ranking is the profitability index (PI):
It is common to graph the sequence of investments and resulting cash flows as shown in Figure 4. The elapsed time to reach a positive cash flow, i.e., the time at which the discounted cumulative cash flow crosses into the positive region, is important. This is sometimes called the discounted payback period.
Companies obviously favor investments with a higher risk-adjusted profitability index and a shorter discounted payback period than others.
If your project gets funded, the analysis is not over, however. A key to successful long-term project financial management is to regularly, rigorously and objectively post-audit major investments to see whether they achieved their predicted ROI. The first step in this process is to capture a set of base operating data prior to system installation. Comparing these data with operating results after installation of the new system or technology allows calculation of the improvement. (Often this requires correction to standard operating conditions or adjustments due to changes in raw materials or operating conditions.) This analysis can identify areas in which there were unanticipated problems or benefits and lead to better evaluation of future investments.
Make the right case
We all want our preferred investments to be approved. The prospects for success will improve if we understand the criteria by which corporate financial management allocates available funds. We can build the credibility of the value of an automation project by realistically estimating its benefits and costs.
1. Brealey, R. A. and S. C. Myers, Principles of Corporate Finance, 7th Ed., McGraw-Hill Irwin, Columbus, Ohio (2003).
2. Auget, T., E. Bartels and F. Budde, Multiple Choices for Chemical Industry,
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Over the past twenty seasons, Writers' Theatre has become a major Chicagoland cultural destination with a national reputation for excellence. The company – known for the finest interpretations of classic and contemporary theatre – has garnered critical praise for the consistent high quality and intimacy of its artistry. Throughout the season Writers' will be offering post-show discussions on select Wednesday evenings following the performance in our Tudor Court space. In the Books on Vernon space they will be offering post-show discussions every other Wednesday evening.
Built in 1889 as City Hall, the Woodstock Opera House has long been one of the top performing arts centers in the Midwest. Its illustrious history also includes a cameo in Groundhog Day.
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With Windy City Playhouse is a new kind of theater. A theater where high art and high levels of entertainment combine – a space for friends to gather, colleagues to engage and strangers to meet, all in the name of art. Our primary creative endeavor will be live theater, but other contributing art forms will play a part. With the addition of visual art, auditory art, and the art of mixology, we will entertain and engage audiences in a new and holistic way.
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A beautiful 1931 art deco 375 seat theatre. Shows are open to all ages and start at 7pm except on special events. The theatre brings the opportunity of a variety of entertainment arts; from concerts, live music & professional dance troupes to dinner theatre, local talent shows, private events such as weddings, and special holiday productions. This building was designed by the famous Louis Skidmore of "Skidmore, Owens and Merrill." The Watseka Theatre is believed to be the only theatre he ever designed. It's definitely a "Diamond in Our Own Backyard."
Since 1921, The Virginia Theater has been a landmark in the business district of Champaign and in the history of the region. For 75 years, the 1,525 seat theater has offered entertainment as a vaudeville house, legitimate theater, and movie house. The historic theater plays host to Roger Ebert's Ebertfest Film Festival every spring.
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Located in the famed Biograph Theater, one of Chicago's most celebrated historic landmarks, Victory Gardens Theater was the recipient of the 2001 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Victory Gardens is dedicated to presenting the work of great contemporary playwrights.
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DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Current movies at bargain prices in a beautifully restored French Renaissance 1920s movie theater. Over 1,000 seats with 4K Digital Projection and Sound with Digital 3-D, Wurlitzer pipe organ player Friday, Saturday nights and special events. Theatre is available for meetings with DVD, power point, wi-fi capabilities.
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As a production company, Theater Wit's is the premier smart art theater in Chicago, producing humorous, challenging, and intelligent plays that speak with a vibrant and contemporary theatrical voice. As an institution, Theater Wit seeks to be the hub of the Chicago neighborhood theater scene. In our three spaces, we bring together Chicago's best storefront theater companies. Here you will find a smorgasbord of excellent productions, see the work of a parade of talented artists, and mingle with audiences from all over Chicago.
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September 21 2010 11:25AM
Given our horrendous luck picking Stars, picking the Goat each year is waaaaay more fun.
Goat selection evolved a few years back when we had a buddy that would randomly pick an Oiler each game and rag on him mercilessly. "That dang (insert player here.) He is the worst player on the ice. (Insert GM here) should be embarrassed that he picked such a terrible player."
Minutes later that same player would score and the same guy would be standing and high fiving everyone. "Look at (insert player here) go! Atta boy! I been sayin' all year long that (insert player here) is gonna make some moves."
These types of fans can be found under every rock. Hating on every random player that draws their ire, loving them the very next minute - all in the name of being an "fan." The boys didn't think that it was sporting to cuss each and every Oiler only to shower them with praise on the next play and several half drunken arguments broke out over the span of a couple seasons to drive home the point.
Instead of playing our band wagon jumping friend on waivers, we all concocted the Goat. The Goat is intended to be the cause of all the team's problems for the entire season. Goal just went in? Damn the Goat to hell. He wasn't on the ice? Damn his stupid manner in which he sits on the bench.
The first year of two that we picked Grebeshkov to be our Goat was easily the best picking of our storied Goat picking career. Not only was Grebs brutal, but the team was too. We blamed him for most everything most nights and it allowed us to vent all Oilers related anger his way.
On a team that we hope finishes no higher than 30th place this year, picking the Goat is going to be key to maintaining your sanity.
We picked dirty old Grebs last year too after such a successful 2008-09 campaign. He was traded later in the year, at a point that we were so disillusioned we barely even chirped him on the way out of town.
Here are some other great goat picks from last year
Massive call naming the Captain the Goat. On a team filled with suspects, he was one of the finest last year.
A pair of dandies here as well. As the season wore on Steady Steve wore out, then we all laughed as the Flames picked him up for reasons unknown.
Oh man, is this one ever wonderous. Commander Ender goes on an epic rant dusting off Penner as his goat and goes so far as to bold the sentence basically declaring 'if Penner was good he would have shown it already.'
That is rich creamery butter and exactly why we write these predictions down.
*laughs heartily*
Picking a marginal player who will be called up from time to time defeats the purpose of picking a Goat. A good Goat logs mad minutes during the year so that he can be often cursed for his goat like stupidity and insatiable desire to eat trash and wear a bell.
Our expectations for the 2010-11 are low. In fact we actually want the team to finish last to secure another lottery pick. Exciting last place hockey Nation, that is the ticket for the coming year.
In a strange twist of fate the Goat could actually be considered a Star for assisting in the effort. That thought just blew our mind as did the picture of the Goat wearing underwear.
Because of the fact that we have him signed for all eternity and because of the fact that will ensure he sees mad game time this year our 2010-11 goat is:
Nikolai Khabibulin.
Dang you to all hell Khabibulin! Why are you signed for so long at such a high price? When the Oilers sent you the $70 million dollar offer sheet, why didn't you have your agent fax back "this is grossly overpriced. We agree to sign a one year deal at league minimum instead."
Any player agent worth his salt and any player with a heart beating in his chest would have done this.
But no, you had to go with accepting the deal and blowing both feet off the Oilers in the process. We won't even touch the "glug-glug-vroom-vroom" over the summer, but best believe that didn't help your case. Nor does the wonky ass spine you are toting around.
Good luck BAAAAABIBULIN*
*har har har
September 21 2010, 11:27AM
I'm going with Jim Vandermeer.
September 21 2010, 11:29AM
I seem tempted to email you
September 21 2010, 11:31AM
I'm curious about the revolution
Goat, our team is loaded with talent, it is impossible to pick one~
Vandermeer is my pick as well. He will play too much, get undressed too many times & be a defensive zone liability. Sounds like my goat from last year, Staios.
September 21 2010, 11:36AM
Cogs is my pick. He's either gonna blow up this season or he's gonna get sent down. He said all the rights things last year too. Even if he is making only a cool mill i still think he disappoints the most thus making him the Goat.
September 21 2010, 11:38AM
Horcoff is still an easy and possibly the most likely to be the right goat pick than KhabinBoozin. Signed through 2014-15 at a 5.5 mil hit makes him the #1 target even beyond the possibility of a 30 day jail sentance in mid-season!
I wanna pick Horcoff but damn I don't want to be right!
Strudwick. He's gonna play in too many games and play too much in those games. He's a debatable NHL player at best and we'll play him in over 60 games this season.
September 21 2010, 11:40AM
I ended up picking Hemsky. If that band aid can't play more than 50games he deserves the damn horns! Especially if they make him the 13C and all he does is bail on practice early all year long.
edit: @Wanye
How come Souray isn't on the list?? There's a sh!t tonne of possibilities for him to be #1 goat. EI: We do trade his a$$ to someone in-conference like CBJ and he ends up taking Hall or one of the kids out for the year with a PP slap shot? ONLY to go on to have a 50 point season as they eek into the playoffs?!
maybe I should write horror fiction...
September 21 2010, 11:41AM
A team that is projected last place and we need a goat? hmm.
I'll say Souray. Even if he doesn't play, everything is his fault.
Cogs is my pick. He's either gonna blow up this season or he's gonna get sent down. He said all the rights things last year too. Even if he is making only a cool mill i still think he disappoints the most thus making him the Goat.
How dare you Mx Powers, Cogs is my star, and he will be THE STAR this year.
Goat, I don't think a Stanley Cup winning team has a goat, but, just for for and to not look like a big chicken, I too will take Vanermeer, thats right, NOT cogs max powers, but Vandy, after all he did play for calgary!
September 21 2010, 11:43AM
Ryan Whitney. Baaaah.
STAR- Linus Omark
GOAT- Nik Khabibulin
Picking Hazbeenboozin' is just way to freaking easy to not do it.
September 21 2010, 11:43AM
I know Wayne is going to be all over me like a Flames fan on a Adam Lambert poster but i am changing my goat pick from yesterday. Yesterday i picked Taylor Hall, not fully understanding the true meaning of the goat or the utter disdain i would need to have for the goat in order for him to be my goat. (plus Wayne mocked me for it)
So today i choose: Tom Gilbert. He will be called on to be a big leader and example to the kids this year, and will crack under pressure
September 21 2010, 11:43AM
got to go with...Steve Smith,or Struds
September 21 2010, 11:44AM
The Goat is of course, Gene Principe. I can hear the puns now, "And they all lived happy Eberle after in the Taylor Hall of Fame and had a big Pjaarvi for all the little Brule-dies and gentlemen and they passed around fat Dubnyks and then ate both Stortini and Tambellini linguini and Ales was Colin Fraser to see why he spit on Shawn and why he was now wiping Horcoff his good friends face. Back to you guys.'
September 21 2010, 11:44AM
I hate to say it, but poor #10's gonna get put in all sort of new, wonderful positions to fail this season. I like the player, dislike the contract (like everyone else) and truly believe that he deserves a better fate than hooking down Taylor Hall's missed assignment on a breakaway.
Shawn Horcoff, all covered in Feta Cheese.
September 21 2010, 11:45AM
I'm going with the guy who cares about his shoes more than anything. Gilbert for goat
Vandermeer won't be playing nearly enough to be eligible for 'Goat' status... Obvious pick is Horcoff (who pays a supposed shut down center that much?? Oh wait - never mind), but to keep the conversation going - do we hop on the Penner bandwagon again, assuming he hasn't scored 10 to 15 goals in the first 30 games of the season??
September 21 2010, 11:46AM
Goatbert Brule. He'll be worried about the rookies passing him on the depth chart, leading to just that happening.
September 21 2010, 11:47AM
Soooo much goat potential on this team.
*Rubs hands in glee*
However, since you have JDD up there in the poll, the answer becomes self-fulfilling.
JDD is the goat. Its a lock. His crease is going to be known as "The red light district".
September 21 2010, 11:48AM
Hmmm my 1st ever goat pick, this is something that dreams are made of. Do I go with the easy choices or try something new? What would Brian Botano do???? Ok, so my 1st ever goat pick is ..... Brule. With that brand spankin new contract I think he's going to stink out the joint.
September 21 2010, 11:49AM
Vandermeer won't be playing nearly enough to be eligible for 'Goat' status... Obvious pick is Horcoff (who pays a supposed shut down center that much?? Oh wait - never mind), but to keep the conversation going - do we hop on the Penner bandwagon again, assuming he hasn't scored 10 to 15 goals in the first 30 games of the season??
Your choices for a 6 dman are Vandermeer or Strudwick. Once injuries happen, like they alway do one of the 2 will be playing quite a bit.
Strudwick = Vandermeer
September 21 2010, 11:50AM
I will have to follow in Citizen Maxwell Powers footsteps and pick Cogs.
He has a bad attitude just like my personal body guard and chauffer B.A. Baracus (that is him driving my van).
To heck with you Cogs with your fast foot speed and no will to win or be good. To heck I say.
Hi Ender
September 21 2010, 11:51AM
Ummm... does it make you feel better if I say I hope I'm wrong? Like I said, he either breaks out or gets sent down this season. I hope it's the former.
September 21 2010, 11:52AM
Crème brulée, the delicious dessert, will be the goat. Brule is going to take a step back and bring all kinds of suckage. Goat, thy name is Brule.
September 21 2010, 11:54AM
Biggest disappointment....Steve Tambellini.
September 21 2010, 11:58AM
Taylor Hall.
This pick was easier than the star. There is no way he's going to live up to the over-hyped expectations, and he will instead be inevitably be blamed for not doing enough.
As far as who I think will actually be a problem this year, I got to go with Hemmer. He's complained publicly before, and I think when his ice time starts getting cut to give the kids more time, he's gonna want out.
September 21 2010, 11:59AM
Crème brulée, the delicious dessert, will be the goat. Brule is going to take a step back and bring all kinds of suckage. Goat, thy name is Brule.
How dare you pick Brule!?! That slapper of his is going to score all kinds of weak goals from the hash marks all year long... unless that's what you're expecting him to do; thus pulling us out of a lottery pick.
September 21 2010, 11:59AM
My goat this year is a man who thinks he is better than the rest of his two compadres. He outlandish spasms of when he snatches, whiffing at the puck in the air only to see him shrouded in red lights or sweeping his pads from side to side in the crease, throwing his stick away swatting, and failing from stopping the puck from crossing the red line.
My Goat: Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers
I have more faith in Dubnyk than I do with that guy in net.
He will log a lot of minutes because Khabi's back will wreck again....again!
September 21 2010, 12:02PM
Jacques? Where did he go?
September 21 2010, 12:03PM
This is a clear sign from the gods...
Forced to pick only one? Hemsky - you'll see.
September 21 2010, 12:04PM
Biggest disappointment....Steve Tambellini.
Hemsky. Another season of 10 unbelievable games and a pile of second assists.
I chuckled a bit as I read last years prediction.
[shakes head ruefully]
Ah, well, they thought Galileo was crazy too; turns out he was just ahead of his time. And that's why on this team full of potential goats (Khabiboozin is too easy, Wanye; that's like saying baggedmilk is going to offend a lady somewhere this weekend. How can anyone look wise predicting that?) I'm sticking by my universal Truth. To all the scoffers and naysayers, I say now that you've been duped and that the real Dustin Penner will reveal himself this season. If he didn't cast a shadow last year, then it's because he's a pointy-toothed monster.
Next year at this time, I expect an apology. And a cake. And a little trophy that says Bestest Goat-Picker Ever.
Or to mercilessly heckled; whichever fits.
September 21 2010, 12:10PM
A team that is projected last place and we need a goat? hmm.
I'll say Souray. Even if he doesn't play, everything is his fault.
I too will join you in blaming everything on Souray. The best way to do this is to make repeated references to how he can go and suck a giant fat C&%K.
Unfortunately, in my mind the goat needs to actually suit up for the Oil at some point this year.
Khabby is too easy.
Cogs may well be on his way out of town and I kind of want something to go right for him.
Even though everyone seems to suspect that Manitoba Fats may have a let down I think the big train is going to be just fine.
My Goat:
Ryan Whitney.
I hope that I'm wrong but I have serious concerns about those feet.
September 21 2010, 12:13PM
Dude. They're bionic!
September 21 2010, 12:13PM
By the way Wanye, that photoshop you and Bingo used last year for the Grebs goat remains my favorite ever on this site.
September 21 2010, 12:17PM
Can I pick the entire defense or do I have to choose just one?
September 21 2010, 12:17PM
Biggest disappointment....Steve Tambellini.
I actually think Steve-O has started to turn things around. I still blame him for Khabby and going after Heater but he has done some nice things.
If you are serious that you want the collosal fossil as the GM then you might need to fit yourself for some goat horns. The last thing I want is a guy who doesn't believe in (or for that matter understand) the necessity of line matching to be running the show.
September 21 2010, 12:21PM
Chalk up another goat vote for Vandermeer, never been overly impressed with him, especially after watching this debacle...
Yeah, It's Big Mac on the other end, but this guy got absolutely annihilated.
September 21 2010, 12:24PM
I think it's going to be a bad year for Tom Gilbert. I sincerely hope I'm wrong and there is no goat, but that's my pick.
September 21 2010, 12:26PM
Wait a minute... Wanye's not black?
What's next? Katz isn't rich? Moreau is as good as he thinks he is?
Easy: Horcoff.
Until we truly have someone else for the faceoff dot who we put on the ice for all the hard minutes Horcoff will continue to look worse than he actually is. We all saw this coming with the loss of Stoll and Reasoner. Until they are replaced (or some kid steps up.....COGLIANO) Horcoff wears the horns.
September 21 2010, 12:27PM
BTW - That is the most amazing display of goat balance I've ever seen.
Ummm... does it make you feel better if I say I hope I'm wrong? Like I said, he either breaks out or gets sent down this season. I hope it's the former.
No, I was just having some fun, now leave my start alone!!
September 21 2010, 12:28PM
Star - Ales Hemsky Goat - Jason Strudwick
September 21 2010, 12:30PM
The Goat is of course, Gene Principe. I can hear the puns now, "And they all lived happy Eberle after in the Taylor Hall of Fame and had a big Pjaarvi for all the little Brule-dies and gentlemen and they passed around fat Dubnyks and then ate both Stortini and Tambellini linguini and Ales was Colin Fraser to see why he spit on Shawn and why he was now wiping Horcoff his good friends face. Back to you guys.'
wow. As somewhat of a pun connoisseur, I have to say that was pure collector's edition grade punnery.
Well played.
September 21 2010, 12:31PM
I think the goats are the "fans" that cannot pluck their heads from their a$$e$. Seriously, I get that there a probably Flamers and Nuckleheads here but judging by a lot of these comments, I wonder if a lot of you even watch hockey or know what a puck is.
Picking Penner or Hemsky in this is just retarded, both are great NHLers and will have amazing years. If someone gets hurt, how does that make them a goat?
September 21 2010, 12:35PM
Hall. He won't be able to live up to the hype in year one. Year 2 and onward he'll be great. Hopefully he doesn't get run out of town like Poti or Arnott.


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Wonton Dessert Stacks
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Berry Trifle
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Summer Daiquiri Shortcakes
This elegant but simple dessert comes from Montgomery Inn at the Boathouse in Cincinnati. Mixing fresh berries with strawberry daiquiri mix is the secret to the flavorful sauce.
Strawberry-Blueberry Cookie Crisp
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Jam Crumb Cake
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Very Berry Triple Fruit Pie
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Streusel Strawberry Bars
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Parents and kids will be voicing their opinions on the future of a community pool in Pasco tonight.
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Skip to comments.Soon to be the lone Democrat in Ky.'s delegation, Yarmuth to meet at White House...
Posted on 11/28/2012 10:24:52 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
Soon to be the lone Democrat in Ky.'s delegation, Yarmuth to meet at White House to discuss appointments
U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth of Louisville told Pure Politics he is meeting this week with White House officials to go over potential federal appointments in preparation for being the lone Democrat in Kentuckys congressional delegation.
The election loss of U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler of Versailles leaves Yarmuth as Kentuckys only member of Congress in President Barack Obamas party. That will mean he will take on more responsibility in facilitating judicial and U.S. Attorney appointments, as the Courier-Journal first reported.
Yarmuth told Pure Politics on Tuesday that he would be meeting with the White House this week to decide how to handle federal appointments without a Democratic Senator and no other Democratic congressman.
This is the second time in Kentuckys history that only one Democrat has served in the federal delegation Chandler in 2005.
I guess I have to speak up a little louder for the things that Democrats believe in, but just in terms of day-to-day activities I guess Ill be more involved in federal appointments than I otherwise would have been, Yarmuth said.
On the political front, Yarmuth said he stands by his assertion that actress Ashley Judd could be a top Democratic contender to challenge on U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2014.
Judds grandmother Polly Judd praised McConnell for his work in Kentucky, and House Speaker Greg Stumbo told WFPL Judds position on mountaintop removal coal mining would make her a difficult candidate for Kentuckians to support. Pure Politics also offered an analysis on the potential challengers to McConnell in early November
Yarmuth said he feels Judd would be very strong opponent for Senator McConnell and would have a chance to beat him. But Yarmuth went on to say that Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes would also be a strong candidate to run against McConnell in 2014.
I dont necessarily have a preference as to who it is I just want us to have a very strong candidate, Yarmuth said after a public event on Tuesday.
http://mycn2.com/politics/yarmuth-still-supporting-judd-but-feels-there-s-room-for-grimes-to-run-against-mcconnell - Video at link
Kentucky's getting redder...
Kentucky's getting redder... that's where this heer red neck wuz born too.
tar and feather the Rat...
what a waste of perfectly good tar and feathers
These folks are crazy if they think an angry FemiNazi moonbat like Ashley Judd is remotely competitive for a Senate seat in Kentucky. Still, I think it's time for McConnell to step aside. After what will be 30 years in DC, he's become part of the problem.
This guy sounds like he's insane. He has no power in the House of Representatives. He's like a little roach you ignore in the corner.
He'll probably end up on a committee that decides which janitorial service cleans the toilets.
I've heard of big egos but this guy is something else. Hopefully next time, extinct.
These are the same morons who thought Nick Clooney was can't miss for a GOP House seat (the one that taken by "conservative" rat Ken Lucas). I still remember this one freeper that agreed with them and insisted to me that Clooney would win cause people remember him from when he was newscaster and liked his sister's music. Retarded.
Ashley Judd is a clown candidate, Kentucky is not Minnesota.
KY Senate races are usually close, with a real candidate they could actually compete with McConnell.
It would be awful nice to take out Obama's boy Yarmuth in 2014 and make it a rat free delegation. and take the friggin State House already!
I'd like McConnell to retire as well. But he won't.
Which is why I hope she does run. :-)
Unfortunately, with the redistricting, I don't see the 3rd congressional district going GOP again anytime soon - much of eastern Jefferson County was drawn out of it which is a conservative area. Even before that it was a difficult district ... the fact that Anne Northup held it for 10 years was extraordinary.
Nick Clooney was running on the wrong side of the Ohio River. He'd have been better off taking a shot at a seat from Cincinnati (OH-1), which was where I believe he was based on tv. I liked Rosemary's music, too, but she was a big-time Kennedy groupie, and that wasn't going to play well outside certain areas. Had Nick won, he would've voted like Yarmuth (who is a moonbat) rather than the more moderate Ken Lucas.
The other thing about Ashley is that she was a delegate to the Dem Convention from Tennessee this year, so I wonder when she was planning on moving. I doubt her own mother, Naomi, whom I believe is a Conservative, would vote for her own daughter.
The biggest worrisome candidate would be the defeated Congressman Ben Chandler. He's already won statewide. He'll have to decide whether to run for the Senate or seek a third match against Andy Barr, or none of the above. At this point, however, I wouldn't want to be a Dem running for these offices in 2014. Had Willard been in the WH, it would be a different story.
Kerry (and before him, Gore) barely carried it, it was a 2 point margin both times.
It's tough, it took a big swing to Obama, but in a good year we could win it again.
I'm expecting the GOP won't have control of redistricting in KY until 2021 (they'll probably get the House by 2014 and the Governorship in 2015, 2019 at the latest). I don't know whether the state will drop to 5 seats by 2022, however. If it does, that almost guarantees the Louisville seat will be split up and the GOP will win the entire delegation.
The only other district aside from Louisville that would've been troublesome was the old 7th in the union/coal Dem counties in the east, held for decades by the Perkins's. But it seems that, like WV (for which not a single solitary county voted Democrat for President, unprecedented in the modern era), it is slowly moving back to the GOP (which it partly was prior to FDR, as WV was from the 1890s until 1932). Hal Rogers, albeit a porker, has put it back pretty well in our corner after his old 5th heavily GOP seat was merged with the 7th to create what was a marginal seat after 1992.
Naomi Judd a conservative?
If I had a relative running for office as a rat I would oppose them with extra vigor. If I had a kid that was, I would probably go jump in the lake.
Maybe the time in Hollywood was led to Ashley forgetting that TN and KY are 2 separate states.
Rosemary Clooney HATED that song, regardless of its popularity. It's really frustrating having to sing songs you loathe, even getting paid well for them. I tried out for chorus in middle school (and I could sing - and I was a big fan of "Fame", which was a lot less faggy then the intolerable "Glee", which I have never watched), but they had us singing execrable kiddie songs like, "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window." I gritted my teeth and mouthed the words, but I couldn't sing it, I hated it. Not that I wanted to belt out "Bohemian Rhapsody" (nevermind that I would never been able to memorize those lyrics), but something remotely appealing (this was 1984). I was not chosen, surprisingly...
I like that song. She didn't like doing an accent huh?
I loathed grade school assemblies, I think there were 2 a year, sitting there with my feet not reaching the floor, being forced to line up and sing for bored parents, I always mouthed the stupid songs.
I still remember the feeling of liberation I had when during the rehearsals for my 8th grade graduation I told the teacher (who was barking orders as if to kindergarteners) to get off my case cause I was skipping it. I went and sat next to this other kid who reached the same conclusion, we nodded to each other and shared a knowing look.
McConnell needs to be "primaried."
KY will stay at 6 Representatives after 2020.
The KY-03 is like 20% black, and Louisville seems to be going the way of other largish cities in the South (not sure if Yankee transplants are to blame). The CD could be made a bit more Republican by adding the Republican suburban counties currently in KY-04 and placing working-class Dem precincts in Louisville in the KY-02, but even then it would still be marginal.
Regarding the KY-05 having the most heavily Dem coal counties from the old KY-07, the Democrats got so darn greedy in 1990 that they tried to win all 6 CDs (even the Republican-packed Ky-04 was stripped of the GOP east side of Louisville to try to defeat Bunning) instead of drawing two super-safe GOP CDs (one from East Louisville to the Cinci suburbs, the other combining Rogers's most Republican counties with GOP counties in the Lexington and Bowling Green areas), and four Dem-leaning CDs, that they ended up with only one of six CDs for most of the past 20 years. A cautionary tale for Republicans trying to draw 6 GOP CDs in KY. The optimal map for the GOP would combine Dem parts of Louisville with Frankfort, Lexington and Dem coal counties, leaving the other five CDs pretty safely GOP, but the geography would be tough to pull off and it would be a gerrymander of unseemly proportions (black Louisvillians in the same snake-like CD as coal miners?).
Dems desperate for a 'fall
guy gal'. She doesn't even live in Kentucky.
I been meaning to mention this subject.
Back in 2009 McConnell said on camera that his #1 objective as minority leader was to make O a one term POTUS.
Think about this. There is no defense for keeping him in that position in the new congress(Senate) now based on his own words. By his own public words he is a complete and utter failure,
And I hold Senate Rs in complete contempt if they do vote him in again. It means they are about nothing and are determined to be the loser party.
I hate this type of phony dishonest brash talk.
It should be noted that not every county in the region is ancestrally Democrat: Martin and Johnson Counties stayed overwhelmingly Republican through the New Deal and until today (although Clinton did very well there and even carried Martin in 1996 and Johnson twice thanks to Perot), and Lawrence County has leaned Republican through the years (with a few exceptions).
Here's the 2012 map (with proper Republican Blue and Communist Red). Only Elliott County voted for Obama in Coal Country, but he got under 50%, as compared to the 61% he got in 2008 and the 70% that Kerry got in 2004:
Here's the 2008 map, with four coal counties going for Obama:
Here's 2004, when Kerry carried all but one of the ancestrally Democrat counties in the region (Morgan County, where he got 48%, 4% better than Gore):
And here's 2000, with Gore doing very well in the SE KY counties along the VA and TN borders (many of those were in Rogers's CD even before 1992, right, DJ?), but not as well as Kerry would in the core Coal Country counties:
Just like the fact that every single county in WV voted Republican for president this year (perhaps the only time it's ever happened, although Lincon may have done it in 1864, WV's first presidential election; even in 1972, when Nixon had a larger margin in WV than did Romney, McGovern carried Logan County 51%-49%) does not mean that Demcorats can't win House races in WV (as proven by Nick Joe Rahall, who won once again in the WV-03), KY Coal Country abandoning Obama in 2012 may be an ephemeral realignment, or no realignment at all. If we can stick those coal counties that voted for Kerry in 2004 in the same district as Lafayette (which keeps getting more Democrat), Frankfort (ditto--Franklin County was one of only nine (IIRC) to vote for McCain in 2008 and Obama in 2012) and Democrat parts of Louisville, it will allow us to draw five safe GOP House districts for perpetuity. 5 out of 6 is 83%--I'll take it.
Bohemian Rhapsody
"Gay Spock"
I doubt he'll be primaried, at least by anyone who could beat him.
It's also unlikely he'd be replaced as leader unless he really effs up these next two years.
Oh, and I forgot to comment on this erroneous statement in the article:
"This is the second time in Kentuckys history that only one Democrat has served in the federal delegation Chandler in 2005."
It is true that starting on January 3, 2005, and until January 3, 2007, KY only had one Democrat in its congressional delegation (Ben Chandler). But how can they say that it was the only time that it had happened, when Ken Lucas had been the only in KY's congressional delegation from January 3, 1999 (when he was sworn in to the House as Congressman Baessler and Senator Ford departed) until February 17, 2004 (when Chandler was sworn in after winning a special election)? That was over five years of a single-Democrat state delegation. And it ended less than 10 years ago: how could the author—who claims to be so knowledgable regarding KY politics—forget about that?
And then that swine Chandler had to go and win Ernie's seat before we got Bunning's back. LAME.
I think beating Chandler was the only House race we won that I wasn't sure we would.
Compared to several I was sure we would that we did not. ;/
Another tibit from the CD POTUS numbers, Romney kicked ass in Bachmann's district by 15 points as she barely won. A much worse disparity than West's district (carried by Romney). It's a shame to see her so weak.
I think you're on solid ground there. My personal belief is that his actions on a number of issues have been less than stellar, and that he needs to step down due to that.
Yours is certainly one of those instances.
Part of the reason we can't gain traction, is because we have disastrous leaders in both the House and the Senate.
We need some young blood willing to take it to the Left and not back down. We're still playing stick ball level, and they're playing at professional baseball level.
I do believe the realignment is real in those areas. The national Dem party has become so viscerally hostile not only to coal, but to the cultural values of this region. 2000 was seemingly a fluke given the historical preferences, 2004 was a validation that even though usually Dem, they will support a GOP incumbent, but 2008 was a trend and 2012 was a pretty clear-cut realignment. While they may be more sympathetic to a White Dem, I think the horses are out of the proverbial barn.
WV was moving back towards the GOP at the legislative level in the early '70s, but Watergate halted the progress (as it did in most other Southern states), but we're now more deeply enmeshed there than in 1972. Only the power of incumbency for the Dems there and in parts of KY keep them in office, and that is crumbling. I think once the GOP goes above majority status in the KY House & WV House, which may happen in the next cycle, the near-perpetual Dem lock on the statewide offices will finally fall across the board.
I don't think that 2004 showed movement towards the GOP in eastern KY: 4 counties went from Gore to Bush, but 6 others went from Bush to Kerry. There was a bit of movement towards the GOP in 2008 but the biggest movement was in 2012. I don't know if it's a case of the dam bursting or just a temporary, Obama-caused blip. I wouldn't throw out that 2004 election map yet, since that could be the paradigm we're facing 4 years from now.
And the biggest problem will continue to be at the local and congressional level, not at the presidential level. The RATs won't be nominating an Obama type for Congress in Coal Country, and a lot of those counties still will be voting Democrat reflexively for non-presidential races.
In 2010, Chandler (D) barely won re-election by just a few hundred votes to Republican Andy Barr. The Democrats' influence in the Kentucky House redrew the 6th Congressional district to supposedly be more favorable to Chandler by putting more traditionally Democrat leaning counties into the district and moved more conservative counties out. A Republican State Senator, Alice Forgy Kerr (Chandler's opponent in his first election to the Congressional seat) even called it the "Ben Chandler Lifetime Employment Act". However, Chandler lost the new counties to his district that were supposed to be helpful to him and he lost the election to Barr in the rematch - that is evidence to suggest you have the right analysis on that. Barr and the NRCC did a bang up job on making coal an issue - not just appealing to the new Eastern Kentucky counties in the district, but also explaining how it affects the broader economy and other industries jobs as well - including car sales, grocery sales, etc. so that the coal issue also would relate to the people in the core central area part of the district that coal would not have normally been an issue that would be effective. Really quite an impressive strategy. It was a very effective campaign and should have been the way the national campaign was run. If Obama had been run against nationally the way he was in the 6th congressional district I believe it would have been far more effective - Simplifying the issues and showing people how it directly affects them and their families. See some examples below:
I think that Forgy exaggerated quite a bit in her assessment of the redrawn CD. The McCain percentage was reduced by only 1%, from 55% to 54%, so it barely moved the scales. Had the Republicans not controlled the state senate, then the Democrats would have been able to do something more effective (although it still wouldn't have made Chandler 100% safe), such as adding the Democrat (or marginal) coal counties of Wolfe, Menifee, Rowan, Elliott, Carter, Morgan, Magoffin, Breathitt, Kntt and Floyd and excising heavily Republican Jessamine, Garrard, Lincoln, Boyle, Mercer, Anderson and Estill Counties.
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