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Conor Orr @ConorTOrr
Can confirm @MikeGarafolo's report from earlier. Oaklahoma OT Lane Johnson is in the #jets facility today.
@MMehtaNYDN: West Virginia WR Tavon Austin will indeed be visiting the Jets, as @ProFootballTalk noted. Would be dynamic playmaker #NYJ desperately needs
Conor Orr @ConorTOrr
Can confirm @MikeGarafolo's report from earlier. Oaklahoma OT Lane Johnson is in the #jets facility today.
@BrianCoz: Not sure if this was out there already, but Florida International S Jonathan Cyprien visited the Jets yesterday. #nyj
By the way amazing job with twitter updates CMart not just lately but since forever...appreciate the effort you put in
@MoveTheSticks: Le'Veon Bell is a good fit for the pro game...His ability to block/catch has some pass happy teams excited.
not sure if posted
FLORIDA S Josh Evans to visit 49ers and Jets
Florida S Josh Evans has visits lined up with the San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets.
Evans has had previous visits, with teams such as the New England Patriots, New York Giants and Cleveland Browns. It's been said in the past that Evans is a better prospect than teammate Matt Elam, who is also highly regarded. National Football Post's Russ Lande recently wrote that Evans was more fluid and athletic than Elam at the school's pro day.
How NFL.com analysts are projecting the first-round picks for the New York Jets in the 2013 NFL Draft:
Matt "Money" Smith
No. 9: Jarvis Jones, OLB, Georgia
I don't care about the times or the workouts. Pop in the tape and you'll swear there are five of him on the field. Rex Ryan needs to win this year, and Jones is someone who can step in and contribute immediately.
Charles Davis
No. 9: Barkevious Mingo, DE, LSU
Rex Ryan would be champing at the bit to scheme ways to turn loose the lengthy pass rusher from Baton Rouge.
Daniel Jeremiah
No. 9: Ziggy Ansah, DE, BYU
The Jets need an explosive edge rusher, and that's exactly what Ansah can be for them. He's not an ideal outside linebacker, but Rex Ryan is creative enough to make it work.
Bucky Brooks
No. 9: Dion Jordan, DE, Oregon
Rex Ryan needs an explosive pass rusher off the edge around whom he can build his aggressive blitz scheme. Though Jordan has just 14.5 career sacks, he has displayed the speed and athleticism to wreak havoc on opponents as a designated pass rusher.
Akbar Gbajabiamila
No. 9: Ziggy Ansah, DE, BYU
Ansah is very raw -- who better to shape a young talent than Rex Ryan? Ansah could fill the Jets' long-standing pass-rush need.
Gil Brandt
No. 9: Bjoern Werner, DE, Florida State
Werner is a pass rusher, and that's what the Jets are looking for. He had a very productive final year with the Seminoles, recording 13 sacks. I think he has a lot of upside.
Charley Casserly
No. 9: Jarvis Jones, OLB, Georgia
After a lackluster performance at Georgia's Pro Day, Jones must excel in private workouts to hold this position.
Josh Norris
No. 9: Xavier Rhodes, CB, Florida State
Yes, I'm projecting Darrelle Revis will indeed be traded. The Jets could target a pass rusher or nose tackle at this spot, but I think Rhodes will go earlier than expected.
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what a mess.
@TonyPauline: Notes on offensive tackles; 1) Lane Johnson/Oklahoma flying into early picks 2) Arizona very high on DJ Fluker...
4 OTs going top 7 picks?
this is product of the sheer uncertainty surrounding some of the top picks. JI heroes like Mongo, and even Jones are littered with question marks. Why wouldn't you take the sure-shot?
By Walter Cherepinsky - @walterfootball
April 19, 2013
This is a compilation of draft prospect meetings sorted by team. The data was acquired via Charlie Campbell (@draftcampbell) and other media sources.
SR - Senior Bowl meeting.
EW - East-West Shrine meeting.
COM - Combine meeting.
INT - Interested.
VINT - Very Interested.
PRO - Pro Day meeting.
PRI - Private Workout.
% - indicates more than one meeting.
# - indicates meeting set up outside of the 2013 Senior Bowl or the 2013 East-West Shrine Game
New York Jets:
Oday Aboushi, OL, Virginia (PRI)
Anthony Amos, WR, Middle Tennessee State (EW)
Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia (PRI)
Matt Barkley, QB, USC (COM)
Le'Veon Bell, RB, Michigan State (PRI)
Josh Boyd, DL, Mississippi State (EW)
Armonty Bryant, DL, East Central Oklahoma (PRI)
William Campbell, DL, Michigan (PRI)
Alex Carder%, QB, Western Michigan (PRI) (EW)
Mike Catapano, DL, Princeton (PRO)
Jonathan Cyprien, DB, Florida International (PRI)
Knile Davis, RB, Arkansas (PRI)
Zac Dysert%, QB, Miami Of Ohio (PRI) (SR)
Matt Elam, DB, Florida (PRI)
Zach Ertz, TE, Stanford (VINT)
Josh Evans, DB, Florida (PRI)
Matt Furstenburg, TE, Maryland (PRI)
Courtney Gardner, WR, Sierra (PRI)
Ray Graham, RB, Pittsburgh (PRO)
Dwayne Gratz, DB, Connecticut (PRI)
Khaseem Greene, LB, Rutgers (PRO)
Jakar Hamilton, DB, South Carolina State (PRI)
Duron Harmon, DB, Rutgers (PRO)
Mark Harrison, WR, Rutgers (PRO)
Gerald Hodges, LB, Penn State (EW)
Wes Horton, DL, USC (EW)
Margus Hunt, DL, SMU (PRI)
Jawan Jamison, RB, Rutgers (PRO)
D.C. Jefferson%, TE, Rutgers (PRO) (EW)
Lane Johnson, OL, Oklahoma (PRI)
Brandon Jones, DB, Rutgers (PRO)
Dion Jordan, DL, Oregon (PRI)
Joe Kruger, DL, Utah (PRI)
Kendial Lawrence, RB, Missouri (PRO)
Star Lotulelei, DL, Utah (PRI)
E.J. Manuel, QB, Florida State (PRI)
Josh Martin, OLB, Columbia (VINT)
Miguel Maysonet, RB, Stony Brook (PRI)
Kevin McDermott, LS, UCLA (VINT)
Leon McFadden, DB, San Diego State (SR)
Brandon McGee, CB, Miami (EW)
Christine Michael%, RB, Texas A&M (PRI) (VINT) (EW%)
Dee Milliner, DB, Alabama (PRI)
Sio Moore%, LB, Connecticut (VINT) (EW)
Zeke Motta, S, Notre Dame (EW)
Patrick Murray, WR, Fordham (PRO)
Ryan Nassib, QB, Syracuse (PRI)
Ryan Otten, TE, San Jose State (INT)
Chris Pantale, TE, Boston College (PRO)
Cordarrelle Patterson, WR, Tennessee (PRI)
Quinton Patton, WR, Louisiana Tech (COM)
Gilbert Pena, DT, Ole Miss (PRO)
Kevin Reddick, LB, North Carolina (SR)
Sheldon Richardson, DL, Missouri (PRO)
Theo Riddick, RB, Notre Dame (PRO)
Logan Ryan, DB, Rutgers (PRI)
Quinn Sharp, PK, Oklahoma State (SR)
Geno Smith%, QB, West Virginia (PRI) (PRO)
Ryan Spadola, WR, Lehigh (PRO)
D.J. Swearinger, DB, South Carolina (PRI)
Stepfan Taylor, RB, Stanford (SR)
Kenny Vaccaro, DB, Texas (PRI)
Cornelius Washington, DL, Georgia (VINT)
Kayvon Webster, CB, South Florida (EW)
Duke Williams, DB, Nevada (EW)
Kerwynn Williams, RB, Utah State (EW)
Nick Williams, WR, Connecticut (PRO)
Earl Wolff, DB, N.C. State (PRI)
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Charles Johnson, WR - Grand Valley State
Charles Johnson was not invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, but his workout Monday in front of NFL scouts representing 24 teams at Grand Valley State's pro day could have the receiver vaulting up draft boards.
Johnson (6-foot-2, 215 pounds) ran the 40-yard dash in 4.38 and 4.39 seconds. He had a 4.31-second short shuttle and 6.96-second three-cone drill. He had a 39 1/2-inch vertical jump and an 11-foot-1 broad jump. He performed 14 lifts of 225 pounds on the bench press. The receivers coaches from the Arizona Cardinals and New York Jets were present in Allendale, Mich. for the workout.
Johnson's pro-day efforts would have placed him among the top performers at the combine in the 40, vertical jump and broad jump. Before his pro day, Johnson had guaranteed that he'd run a 4.39, reports MLive.com.
Johnson does have a red flag, having bounced around between different schools. He initially went to Eastern Kentucky, where he was suspended. He then attended Antelope Valley Community College (Calif.) in 2008, took a season off in 2009, and was at Grand Valley State starting in 2010.
On the basis of his strong pro-day workout, Johnson could be selected as high as the fifth round in the 2013 NFL Draft.
The last player from Grand Valley State selected in the draft was cornerback Brandon Carr, who was picked in the fifth round by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2008 and now plays for the Dallas Cowboys. David Kircus, a sixth-round selection in 2003 by the Detroit Lions, was the last Lakers receiver who was drafted.
Google search helps Charles Johnson become Grand Valley State's top wide receiver
Published: Thursday, September 15, 2011, 10:00 AM
ALLENDALE — If not for a simple Internet search, Charles Johnson probably would have wound up somewhere other than Grand Valley State University. And that definitely would have been a loss for the Lakers football team.
The junior wide receiver's path to Allendale had a few forks in the road, though. After originally committing to Louisville out of high school, Johnson instead chose Eastern Kentucky, where he appeared in 11 games in the 2007 season.
His time there was short, though. Johnson was suspended for what he called "immature things" and wound up at Antelope Valley (Calif.) Community College near Los Angeles, where he also spent just one season.
Johnson had a few scholarship offers, but he decided to take a year off from football after the 2008 season and returned home to Kentucky to take classes and be near his father, Fred, who was ill.
Following that off year, Johnson was itching to return to the field and started talking to a few Division I programs, including Kentucky. Then he learned from the NCAA that he would have only one year of eligibility remaining if he went to a Division I school.
A Division II school, however, could give him two years. And that's when he turned to the Internet.
"This is in all honesty," Johnson said with a laugh. "I went onto Google because I didn't know anything about D-II football. I typed in 'top D-II schools in the nation' and Grand Valley was one of the top ones.
"I didn't know anything. But I'm glad to be here now."
The Lakers are pretty happy, too.
Bio box: Charles Johnson
College: Grand Valley State
Position: Wide receiver
Year: Junior
Size: 6-foot-3, 205 pounds
High school: Lloyd Memorial, Elsmere, Ky.
Last year: Redshirted at GVSU
Fast fact: Caught three passes for 63 yards in one season at Eastern Kentucky; caught 24 passes for 231 yards and three touchdowns in one season at Antelope Valley (Calif.) Community College
Johnson has wasted no time fitting into the offensive scheme after redshirting in 2010. Through the first two games this season, the speedy receiver has accounted for 224 of GVSU's 441 passing yards and three of its five touchdowns on nine catches.
Johnson caught three passes for 63 yards in the Lakers' season opener against Western Oregon, including touchdowns of 30 and 13 yards. In last week's loss against Hillsdale, he had six catches for 161 yards, including a 71-yard touchdown grab.
"I got acclimated pretty fast. Last year, I wasn't sure if I was going to play or not, so I got on the playbook pretty tough," Johnson said. "I ended up sitting out, which was better for me because I got to learn the program."
Johnson said he sent frequent texts to sophomore quarterback Heath Parling last spring, and the duo played catch and built a stronger rapport.
"He's a really good receiver and he seems to be open a lot. It makes my job a lot easier," Parling said. "He works hard, he's a good guy on and off the field, so it's not hard to, first of all, become friends with him, and second, throw him the ball a lot."
GVSU coach Matt Mitchell said he expects Johnson will continue to improve during the course of the season.
"Typically, it takes first-year players a while to get the flow of things, but he's done a really nice job," Mitchell said. "I think being here a year and not playing helped his development a lot. He's a very gifted player, and I think we're just scratching the surface of what he can be. I'm excited to see the development of him and Heath working together."
Johnson is happy to finally have found a situation that seems to fit him athletically and academically. He may have been a little surprised to see snow in March the first time he visited campus, but he's grateful the Lakers coaching staff gave him the chance to play football again.
He also has enjoyed learning more about the tradition of GVSU football — this time, without the aid of Google.
"I love it here, for real," he said. "I love that they gave me an opportunity because they didn't have to.
"It's been pretty wild, but it was well worth it."
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Aaron Wilson @RavensInsider
Penn defensive end-outside linebacker Brandon Copeland (Gilman) has drawn interest from Texans, Jets. Attended Ravens' local prospects day
Both Milliner and Richardson were pre-draft visits..


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It would be an understatement to say that Newcastle United have struggled this year. A fifth-placed finish last season raised expectations and the impact of 'second-season syndrome' has hindered Alan Pardew's side. Add in a gruelling Europa League campaign and an ever-growing injury list, and it's little wonder that Newcastle currently find themselves in 15th place, with just five wins and 11 losses in 21 games.
To make matters worse, star striker Demba Ba has just completed his move to Chelsea. According to a report in The Times, the Magpies will only receive around £3million of the fee with the player and his agents taking a large percentage. That may seem a paltry amount for a striker with 13 league goals to his name, but one must consider he was signed on a free transfer and on low wages - all part of United's new prudent transfer policy under Pardew.
With Mathieu Debuchy having signed a five-and-a-half-year contract after completing his move from Lille, Newcastle need to continue adding to their wafer thin squad as the January window progresses. Recent reports have linked them with West Ham's Modibo Maiga, who has to yet to get going in the famous claret and blue, but was heavily scouted by Newcastle before he made the move across the channel from French side Sochaux.
Debuchy, 27, represents a slightly more established signing than Newcastle have previously pursued, and they must continue to look for diamonds in the rough if they are to make the most of their limited resources, and continue their policy of buy low, sell high.
Newcastle's chief scout Graham Carr, who signed an eight-year contract to keep him at the club until the age of 75 in June 2012, identified much of the talent that contributed towards last season's fifth-placed Premier League finish.
He picked out the likes of Hatem Ben Arfa, Cheick Tiote, Yohan Cabaye, Papiss Cisse and Sylvain Marveaux, all of whom were signed for less than their true market value. Carr and his recruitment department have managed to unearth a number of hidden gems that have made the seamless transition to life in the Premier League.
Ba was picked up on a free because nobody was willing to gamble on his chronic knee condition, Sylvain Marveaux was set to move to Liverpool before failing a medical, while Gabriel Obertan and Danny Simpson were snapped up from the Manchester United's reserves. While some signings were more successful than others, there were no big money flops.
Newcastle must be tempted to try and stretch themselves financially in order to fund a couple of high-profile signings that would help pull them away from relegation trouble, but sometimes when you take two steps forward, you have to take one back.
Pardew and the Geordie nation can view this season as that step back as they grapple with a limited set of resources, stretched to the maximum. Results should pick up, and Papiss Cisse will welcome a return to his central striking birth now his compatriot has secured his switch to Stamford Bridge.
As long as Newcastle can steer clear of the relegation zone in the next couple of months, and on paper their squad is plenty good enough despite their injury troubles, then Newcastle can look to the future safe in the knowledge that they'll be better off for coming through the trials and tribulations of the 2012/13 Premier League season unscathed.
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Nokia Announces Lumia 925
Nokia Announces Lumia 925
Nokia has announced their brand new flagship Windows Phone smartphone. The Lumia 925 has an aluminium frame, is slimmer and lighter than the Lumia 920, has the same 8.7MP PureView camera and comes with a new Nokia Smart Camera mode.
The Lumia 925 has an aluminum frame which runs around the body, while the rear is made from polycarbonate and the front of glass. The Lumia 925 is slimmer than the 920, it has a width of 8.5mm and weighs 139 grams, in comparison to the 920's thick 10.7mm and 185 grams. The Lumia 925 comes with a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage and a 4.5" OLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 768. The 925 has the same 8.7MP PureView camera as the 920, with optical image stabilization and dual-LED flash.
Nokia is introducing a new Nokia Smart Camera mode with the Lumia 925, which will come as an update to all Lumia Windows Phone 8 smartphones and can be set as the default camera. Nokia Smart Camera can capture ten images at once, and can let users blur, remove or alter background subjects.
The Lumia 925 will be available only in grey and black colors, but Nokia is making red, yellow, black and white sleeves which can attach to the rear of the device. You'll also need these sleeves if you want to use the Lumia 925 with Nokia's wireless charging accessories.
The Nokia Lumia 925 will be available in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and China in June, followed by the US and a number of other markets, the launch date in Singapore has not yet been announced. Nokia will price the Lumia 925 at 469 euros (S$754.87 at today's exchange rates) in Europe, country-specific pricing will be announced locally.


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Lip Glosses and lip tints that change colour to 'adapt' to your own lips are seriously hip – just look at Bourjois's Rose Exclusif!
I do think that all of these kind of lip products end up at a rosy pink – on me anyway – I've yet to see a truly unique shade come out of these kind of glosses!
I bought this Etude House Follow Me Tint in 'Vary Pink' just cos I thought the packaging looked cute:
I'm not sure why this range is called 'Follow Me'!
I like the packaging, even though it's plastic, it's really cute! The lipstick is a light minty blue and it changes to a (can you guess)…pink!
This lipstick has a very soft, hydrating texture and the finished lip is glossy, juicy and plump!
It applies easily and leaves a really smooth even finish and the fact that is has a SPF13 is a huge bonus…
A lot of the glosses I see start as clear and change to rose – this is a light blue that changes to a light pink. The colour starts to change as soon as the lipstick makes contact with skin, and doesn't develop more than a shade or so (whereas Rose Exclusif seemed to keep going)….
Anyway – I LOVE this lipstick!
I was expecting quite a deep pink, nothing extraordinary but I ended up with such a soft pretty light pink, so wearable with a beautiful texture:
If you want to try a flattering lipstick that 'changes' colour on your lips then this is a gorgeous choice – such a nice finish and texture!


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Successfully appealing a high property tax assessment can be costly and time-consuming, although it�s no longer as daunting as it used to be.
Allentown assessment attorney Anthony Thompson found out the hard way in the late 1970s when his client, owners of a new Holiday Inn franchise at Routes 22 and 309, chal-lenged their tax assessment as unfairly high. But the Holiday Inn had to prove its case, and this meant the owners had to compile their own survey of comparable property values.
"These are damn expensive studies," said Thompson, an Eldred Township resi-dent. "Ordinary taxpayers and even small business taxpayers can�t afford it."
Thompson�s law firm compiled data on all recent "arms-length" sales � trans-actions between unrelated companies and individuals at prevailing market rates � for Le-high County.
"We took a comfortable level of cases," Thompson recalled. "That number alone was in the hundreds."
Thompson and the Holiday Inn won their case and a lower property tax assessment. But, more importantly, as far as other owners of taxable property are concerned, the case helped prompt the Pennsylvania Legislature to provide a new tool for those who appeal their prop-erty assessments.
This is where the State Tax Equalization Board enters the story. The board was established in 1947 to compensate for the lack of assessment uniformity statewide in distributing school subsidies. The agency collects real estate sales records and compares annual property values in every Pennsylvania school district, to help the state Education Department ensure that poorer districts with a smaller property tax base receive more state aid.
After the Holiday Inn case, legislation was enacted in 1982 requiring the Tax Equalization Board to begin compiling annual surveys of arms-length property sales for each county and municipality. The board must also make that information available to local officials and the general public.
Those surveys are used each year to compile a Common Level Ratio � a comparison of a previous year�s actual sale prices to the assessed value of properties set by the counties. Since counties use the base year when all properties were last reassessed to arrive at comparative property values � 1988 for Monroe, and more than two decades ago in some other counties � the Common Level Ratio, based on sales two years ago, is a more accurate reflection of current property values.
The agency uses a complicated formula whereby a property�s assessment is divided by the recent selling price to arrive at a ratio. If a property assessed at $20,000 sold for $100,000, then its ratio is 20.0. All ratios are added together and divided by the total number of sales (4,404 in Monroe County in 2000) to come up with the mean ratio. An additional calculation is used to throw out "extreme" high and low sales.
"We think it�s easier to use a mean ratio because we can equate it to a batting average or a bowling score," says Thomas J. Connelly, executive director of the State Tax Equalization Board.
If the state�s Common Level Ratio is more than 15 percent above or below the county�s as-sessment rate, then the Common Level Ratio of more recent market value will be used as the basis for weighing the merits of any property owner�s appeal of a tax assessment.
But if the county�s predetermined assessment rate is within the 15 percent margin of error, then the county gets to use its base-year assessment ratio as the basis for determining the merits of any property owner�s challenge of an assessment.
Monroe County�s predetermined assessment rate is 25 percent of market value, and is based on property values applied in 1988 when Monroe completed its last systematic reassessment.
That 25 percent rate was just barely within the margin of error compared to the last state Common Level Ratio of 21.3. So the county got to use its assessment ratio in all challenges last year before the three-member county Board of Assessment Review.
Number-crunching aside, in counties where the Common Level Ratio is used, a decline in general property values might make the difference between winning or losing a case for a lower property assessment. Then again, maybe not.
"The Common Level Ratio is not an instrument that automatically reduces people�s assessment and, consequently, taxes," says Connelly. What it does is provide a possible alternative to the county�s assessment figures, in an effort to come up with the most accurate method of comparing relative property values within a taxing jurisdiction to each other.
"Why do we have a Common Level Ratio in the first place?" attorney Thompson repeats in response to a question. "It is to allow for relative uniformity."
Before 1982, Pennsylvania court rulings could allow assessment challengers to cite just a few comparable properties in the same neighborhood to show a lack of assessment consis-tency. As far back as 1930, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that to require a taxpayer to produce testimony on the value of other properties throughout an entire taxing district was so expensive and burdensome as to be a denial of justice.
Since adoption of the Common Level Ratio, however, the courts have been satisfied that this mechanism does indeed ensure uniformity in determining relative property values.
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, in an August 2002 opinion, upheld a Monroe County Court decision denying a uniformity challenge filed by residents of Lake Naomi Development in Tobyhanna. Robert and Thelma Baechtold agreed with the county that their property�s fair market value is $430,502, but disagreed with the county applying its 25 percent ratio in 2001 to come up with an assessment for tax purposes of $107,630.
The couple said the ratio resulted in an assessed value that is unfairly high compared with those of their neighbors. They pointed to sales of eight other properties in the development, including a 1997 sale of $440,000 for a property assessed at just $24,120, and a $530,000 home sale in 2000 of a property assessed at $41,990.
The county court ruled that because the couple didn�t dispute their property�s fair market value, and because the county�s assessment ratio is within the range permitted by the Tax Equalization Board ratio, the uniformity challenge was without merit. The county court also cited a ruling in another case that uniformity challenges may no longer be based on data strictly from a neighborhood rather than the entire county.
In upholding the ruling, the Commonwealth Court wrote: "By requiring the State Tax Equalization Board to establish common level ratios, the General Assembly has obviated the danger of imposing an unfair burden upon taxpayers seeking to prove lack of uniformity."
This report was originally published Jan. 12, 2003


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He's pitched much better as of late--is he acceptable as the Reds #5?
Yeah--he's on the upcurve.
Nope--pure junk that the league will tune-in to.
Ask me after a few more starts.
He's pitched much better as of late--is he acceptable as the Reds #5?
"Don't trust any statistics you did not fake yourself."--Winston Churchill
Let's jsut say that tonight was the Dave Williams I remembered from last year with the Pirates. Take that any way you want.
When Williams is on, he's a more than adequate 5th starter. The big question is what is going to happen when Milton comes back? Harang and Branson are givens, but after that you have Claussen, Williams, and the Lizard. Clearly, the Lizard has pitched better than either Claussen or Williams, so what do you do? Lucky me. I don't have to make the choice, but it's a situation that is pretty nice to be in.
Claussen has never shown consistency. And you know Milton's story (sorry, couldn't reisist). My best guess is that Williams will continue to put up good numbers and the Lizard will be sent back leaving us with Milton.
Excuse me while I
"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
Still a soft tossing lefty, I'd keep him in the rotation if Claussen keeps stinking it up, Milton is paid to much and the Lizard has been at least effective to boot them.
Go Gators!
He's amazing to watch. I don't know how he get's anybody out with his "stuff". I have two breaking balls that I can throw that are better than what he throws,and at real close to the same speeds. Seriously. Although I can't get it into the 80's like he does.
I was fascinated watching him get the Phillies out. They had to be totally frustrated.
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"Sit over here next to Johnathan (Bench)...sit right here, he's smart."--Sparky Anderson
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut from time to time.
If his slow sweeping curve isn't working for him - and it hasn't consistently this year so far - then he is fresh meat for the opposition.
His last start he got credit for the win (which I laughed at, seeing his performance). Last night he got a tough luck loss.
It all evens out.
If you like Claussen, then you'll love Williams, because consistency is their biggest problem.
My hope, when he came here, was that he could possibly be a serviceable #5.
I'm not yet convinced yet.
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"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
I didn't hear much of the game. We went out to take pictures of my son and his girlfriend going to her prom, then went to dinner, stopped to get a movie, etc.. I picked up bits and pieces and I liked what I heard of Williams' performance. I still wonder about whether he's doing better with the extra rest. If so, I wonder if he would be better moving to the pen when Milton comes back and being the long relief swing starter.
Pitchers like Williams always cause problems "fitting" into the rotation, and indecision by a manager, when they give you a start like last night.
His starts prior to yesterday were not anything close to quality starts.
Then he goes out and throws a gem like last night, which then gets people wondering maybe, is there a possibility?
If I were a gambling man (and I'm not), I'd say no.
He's being given the opportunity due to Milton being out, which is fine. And once Milty is back, the Lizard will be sent back down.
But if Williams continues to show the inconsistency that he has, I'd keep the Lizard on speed dial. The only other option we have is Berlisle.
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
I think Dave Williams could surprise us. If he can keep the ball down and tighten the rotation on his curve, he could be the same guy who had the best road ERA last year. He knows how to pitch, he just has to be mechanically perfect. He may have suffered early on from new coaching.
Sometimes it's hard to watch a guy throw like he does and believe he could ever get big leaguers out. Jamie Moyer bounced around as several teams' fifth starter until he reached Seattle.
With Claussen, I think the Reds should package him soon for an experienced starter. I really don't think his style is conducive to GAB. Usually, teams trading away decent pitching expect to receive some promising pitching in return. Claussen is young, cheap, and promising. I'm just afraid he will give up a boatload of homers this year, lose confidence, and be lost to mankind forever. So I'd package him right now before his stats get too ugly and his confidence gets dashed.
"I am your child from the future. I'm sorry I didn't tell you this earlier." - Dylan Easton
dave might have just foundf something last nite he was by far pittsburgh's best starter last year at times not that says much but he can get it done if he can just put some more heat on thta fastball and keep it in the park he'll be fine
I think the real key yesterday was that he was facing a lineup that was probably a better fit vs. a RH pitcher. He benefited greatly from Abreu not being in the lineup and from turning Rollins around. Burrell tends to be inconsistent from time to time which was his only real threat from the right side. Plus it was very cool down at the park, so balls were not flying out. These things helped him plus he had "his pitch" working. However I will reserve my judgement until a later time as he at least showed he could get big league hitters out.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Not sure why the concensus is that the Lizard goes back down. He's clearly our 3rd best starter so far this year, he eats innings and gets ground balls.
To me, when Milton returns its time to think outside the box a little and see if Ramierez/Milton/Claussen/Williams can't help in the pen somehow.
I agree Marc D, Ramirez, in his 4 starts has the second lowest ERA of all the starters. I doubt he will boot Milton from the rotation, but I dont know if I were the manager if I could send him and his 3.13 ERA down to keep Williams and his 6.32 ERA in the rotation.
Milton won't get the boot, it'll be either Williams or Claussen, their next starts should decide it.
Go Gators!
If he can maintain, he'll be fine. But based on only one good performance, I'd say it's too early to judge.
What he did show us... he's capable.
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Detroit Lions offensive tackle Jason Fox will not play in Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals due to a groin pull he sustained in last weekend's season opener.
Fox was forced to exit last Sunday's 34-24 home win over Minnesota in the first half with the injury. The fourth-year pro was making his first career start at right tackle.
Journeyman Corey Hilliard replaced Fox against the Vikings and will draw the starting assignment for Detroit's Week 2 tilt in Arizona.
Defensive tackle Nick Fairley is the Lions' only player whose status in uncertain for Sunday. The 2011 first-round pick did not practice the previous two days with a shoulder injury before returning on a limited basis on Friday, and is listed as questionable.
Backup safety Don Carey (hamstring) is doubtful for the game.
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"If we look at RPGs nowadays we find two approaches, one which emphasizes the story but limits the game world and one that builds a vast open-world but hampers and simplifies the story," said CD Projekt head Adam Badowski in the announcement. "With the REDengine 3 we combine the positive aspects of both approaches for the first time, creating an open environment with a complex, multi-thread story. Together with believable characters, a captivating tale and a world where players can roam freely without loading times, we will be able to move gaming to a new level with a realistic feel and full player immersion."


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Meryl Streep sings Stephen Sondheim! Christian Bale plays Moses! The Hunger Games is finally full!
As the current movie year comes to a close, 2014 offers a tantalizing banquet of delicious possibilities: new movies by Christopher Nolan and David Fincher, a chance to see the much-lauded Spike Jonze film Her, and so much more.
Postmedia film critics Katherine Monk and Jay Stone have combed the lists and come up with a baker's dozen — 13 movies to look forward to in 2014:
It's already on a lot of Best 10 lists of 2013, but this fantasy from the imaginative director Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich) doesn't hit most theatres until the new year. It stars Joaquin Phoenix, who's being touted for an Oscar nomination, as a lonely writer of love letters for other people — physician, heal thyself — who falls in love with the artificial intelligence operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson). Makes sense: After all, who doesn't cherish their cellphone? (Jan. 10) — JS
The Monuments Men
Delayed from 2013 (a bad sign) but starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Matt Damon (a good sign), this ripped-from-really-old-headlines adventure tells the story of a Second World War platoon that rescues art masterpieces from the Nazis who stole it. The combination of high culture and fast action — directed, by the way, by Clooney — seems irresistible. (Feb. 7) — JS
Bella Swan has come and gone and soon the adventures of Katniss will be history. Who better to pick up the tear-soaked hanky of teen romance than rising star Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)? Woodley plays Tris Prior in this sci-fi adventure that co-stars Ashley Judd and Kate Winslet. The plot follows the yarn penned by Veronica Roth, which deals with a strain of specially gifted humans and their fight to stay alive when a dictator decides they must be exterminated. Neil Burger (The Illusionist) directs. (March 21) — KM
The Other Woman
I'm hoping it's the antidote to The Notebook, because we all need a little sour to make the sweet taste good — and this story of love and revenge has the same director. Nick Cassavetes carved his name in schmaltz when he brought Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams together forever, but this could burn his initials into the annals of black comedy as he casts Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton as three gals who fall for the same two-timing womanizer played by the uberhunk Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. When the women learn of his sexual hijinks, they plot to get even. Not since the 1970s have the sexes battled with such abandon. (April 25) — KM
Edge of Tomorrow
No movie slate would be complete without a picture of Tom Cruise wearing some kind of armour. The big star of short stature can still command an action movie. He also likes to seduce the ingenue du jour. Last year in Oblivion, he courted Andrea Riseborough and Olga Kurylenko. Here, he's got the hots for Emily Blunt, who developed some impressive guns of her own during the training period for this action-heavy sci-fi adventure from the ever-compelling Doug Liman (Go, Bourne Identity). Part Groundhog Day and part Jacob's Ladder, Cruise plays a soldier who becomes trapped in a time loop that forces him to die over and over again. (June 6) — KM
Jersey Boys
If you care about this musical about the Four Seasons — and who doesn't love Sherry and Dawn and a thousand other falsetto classics? — you may have already seen the stage show. But not all of us have and, furthermore, this film version is (a) directed by Clint Eastwood (!), (b) features Tony-winner John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli and (c) has Christopher Walken in it. Girl, hang on to what we've got. (June 20) — JS
Gone Girl
David Fincher, another name to reckon with, directs this adaptation of Gillian Flynn's bestseller about a woman who mysteriously disappears on the day of her wedding anniversary. The stars are Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, two performers who seem ideally suited to telling a kind-of-pulpish, kind-of-smart thriller. We expect to be on the edge of our seats. (Oct. 3) — JS
Anything by Christopher Nolan is worth waiting for, and this sci-fi adventure has an, ahem, stellar cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine … and those are just the Cs. It's about a group of explorers who discover a wormhole that allows them to travel great distances through space (and time?). The visual prospects are amazing. (Nov. 7) — JS
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I
The start of the exciting conclusion to the Hunger Games trilogy (although chopping the final chapter in half makes it a tetralogy) is already on the calendar of the fans of the Suzanne Collins novels. But star Jennifer Lawrence and director Francis Lawrence picked up a lot of new fans along the way. The film adaptations have been surprisingly sophisticated and edgy, and the prospect raised in the second instalment ("this is the revolution") is delicious. (Nov. 21) — JS
Ridley Scott's Exodus
We're going to have to wait an entire year before this special effects extravaganza hits the multiplex next Christmas, but why not let expectations ramp up in the meantime? Certainly, it's a lot more pleasant to think about Christian Bale as Moses than pondering Ben Affleck under the cowl. Also, Gotham is all apocalypsed-out, but it's been decades since anyone used the latest in digital rendering to part the Red Sea. Batman gets old. The Bible does not, and so I say let his people go … so they can see miracles in high-def digital 3D. (Dec. 12) — KM
Into the Woods
Stephen Sondheim's Broadway hit deconstructed several fairy tales (Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel) to create a new tale — about a baker and his wife who wish for a son — that was as much about the form itself. Pretty sophisticated stuff, and now those dark and imaginative songs come to the big screen with (hold on) Johnny Depp as the Wolf and Meryl Streep as the Witch. Once upon a time can't come soon enough. (Dec. 25) — JS
A Little Chaos
It's a costume drama set against the gilt-edged court of Louis XIV as the Sun King craves a lovely new garden for Versailles, and hires two landscape architects to compete for the job. If that sounds like an episode of Dragon's Den with wigs and lice, consider this: Alan Rickman plays the legendary Louis Le Grand. He also directs this drama that features Stanley Tucci and Kate Winslet as the warring rose growers. (TBA) — KM
The Homesman
The logline may sound a little airy — a claim-jumper and a pioneer woman team up to escort three insane women from Nebraska to Iowa — but with Tommy Lee Jones behind the camera as well as starring in a central role, we know the movie will be intensely sincere — and just a little bleak. Jones's The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada was a solid feature debut that boasted excellent performances. So with a cast that includes Meryl Streep and Hilary Swank, chances are this one is going places. (TBA) — KM


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"Coal India has a record of forcibly displacing tribal and farming communities, ravaging tiger and elephant forests and turning a blind eye to instances of child labor and corruption," said Ashish Ferndandes, US-India Advisor with Greenpeace. "We have pointed out these issues to Bank of America on several occasions over the past year and been assured that the bank is looking into them. To have the Bank persist with its partnership with Coal India leaves one with the impression that 'sustainability' is just a fancy word to CEO Brian Moynihan and his team."
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Brandon Elmy and Cooper Hammond combined for a two-hitter, helping the Venice High baseball team capture its opener in the National High School Invitational with a 5-1 victory over Christian Brothers (Memphis, Tenn.) on Wednesday at the National Training Center Field.
Elmy pitched the first five innings and allowed one hit with eight strikeouts. The side-winding Hammond hurled the final two, giving up one hit.
The defending Class 7A State Champion Indians took advantage of five Christian Brothers errors. They erased a 1-0 deficit with three runs in the bottom of the third inning and came back with two runs in the sixth.
Mike Rivera had two hits and knocked in a run for Venice. Colton Lightner also had two hits. Danny Raynor had two RBI.
The Indians move into the quarterfinals Thursday against Cathedral Catholic (Calif.) at 1:15 p.m. Cathedral Catholic defeated Grayson (Ga.), 14-2.
The 16-team tournament brings together 16 of the top high school baseball teams in the country. Venice entered the tournament as the newly minted No. 2 team in the country by Baseball America.
Pitcher Nikkie Kovalsky struck out 13 and allowed just three hits over seven innings as Venice blanked visiting Episcopal Academy of Newtown Square, Pa.
Chelsey LaFountain was 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in the win and Delaney Frazier 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Venice (8-9) will play host to North Port Thursday at 7.


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Says he topped off around 94 in college. Not sure what he's been clocked at in Billings. (But obviously whatever he's throwing, they aren't hitting. Extremely small sample size, of course.)
I thought Buckley always got his "college pitcher steal" in the third round, not the fourth. Hey, I'll take it though.


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Joe Blanton and the James Shields Parallel
Phillies fans are familiar with James Shields as he was the only Rays starter to contribute to a victory in the 2008 World Series. In Game 2, Shields threw five and two-thirds scoreless and the Rays went on to win 4-2. Shields would earn the moniker "Big Game James" although his post-season ERA has since inflated to 4.98. Now 30 years old, Shields has seen his share of ups and downs, having posted a 5.18 ERA in 2010 and a 2.82 ERA last year while leading the league in complete games and shut-outs.
Shields has been a lightning rod for discussion among Rays fans, writers, and talk show hosts alike. Jason Collette, of DRays Bay and Baseball Prospectus, recalled that fans did not want Shields to be given the privilege of starting a post-season game against the Texas Rangers. Manager Joe Maddon gave him the nod anyway, but Shields allowed four runs in four and one-third innings. Collette remembered fans showering the right-hander with boos as he exited the game. Those in the Rays media focused only on the results rather than the underlying peripherals, writing him off entirely.
This is relevant because it seems like Joe Blanton is experiencing some of the same potentially temporary woes as Shields. A query of Baseball Reference's Play Index yields only the two among ERA-qualified pitchers since 1993 who have posted an ERA+ under 80, a strikeout-to-walk ratio above 3.0, and a HR/9 above 1.5.
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Generated 6/21/2012.
Blanton, of course, has been plagued by home runs recently. In his first eight starts, he allowed just two in 48.2 innings. In his last seven starts, he has allowed 15 in 42.1 innings. Unlike Shields, though, Blanton isn't the subject of radio rants or armchair psychoanalysis because the expectations are lower. He is the 31-year-old #5 starter with a career 4.37 ERA.
Still, however, there is a parallel. It is historically unusual for a pitcher to have such great peripherals but still get hit extremely hard the way Blanton has and the way Shields did back in 2010. Collette pointed out that pitch sequencing played a big role in Shields' performances two years ago. He said:
[Shields was] overusing his cutter, got too predictable when he fell behind in the count, and his curveball was a show-me pitch in 2010 and not the weapon it is now. He was heaving FB/CH then with [the cutter] as his third pitch usage wise and curves something he flashed 0-0, 0-1 and that's it. He would tend to try to front door the cutter rather than backdoor is as he does now and if he got around on it, boom.
Of the 717 pitches Shields threw in a hitter's count (1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2) in 2010, 535 were fastballs (75%). Opposing hitters posted a staggering .425 wOBA in a hitter's count and .453 against fastballs specifically in a hitter's count. The following year, fastballs accounted for 470 of the 773 pitches (61%) Shields threw in hitter's counts. Additionally, in 2010, Shields allowed 11 home runs on the first pitch. As of today, Shields has allowed 35 in his career, so nearly one-third of them came in 2010 alone. All 11 of those home runs were on fastballs. Between 2011-12, batters hit 17 of 36 home runs (all counts) on fastballs.
Tommy Rancel of ESPN Florida also pointed out that, in the years since, Shields has worked on his mechanics, including biomechanics as well as focusing on pitch location, throwing lower in the zone now than he had in 2010.
Blanton, on the other hand, does not attribute his recent woes to mechanics at all. Per David Hale on May 29:
Joe Blanton is lost.
On video, there is no difference. He wind-up, his grip, his delivery – he sees no difference between what he's doing now and the mechanics that worked so well through the first six weeks of the season.
But something is wrong, and anyone who has witnessed one of Blanton's last three starts is acutely aware.
Nine of the 17 home runs Blanton has allowed have come on fastballs, so batters are picking up his change-up and slider as well. And, unlike Shields, Blanton doesn't struggle specifically on the first pitch, although his first pitches haven't exactly been outstanding (.474 wOBA allowed). Blanton's results in count types:
- Hitter ahead: .396 wOBA (44% fastballs)
- Even count: .438 wOBA (49% fastballs)
- Pitcher ahead: .224 wOBA (35% fastballs)
Obviously, location is an issue. Here's a look at pitch location on all of the home runs he has allowed this season:
But why now, rather than all season long? Blanton hasn't varied his location when you compare his recent stretch of batting practice starts to the eight that preceded it.
One possibility is that it is just random. Pitchers have allowed home runs in bunches. Blanton's current streak of eight games with at least one home run allowed is only the fourth-longest in the last two years alone. Phil Hughes recently ended a stretch of 12 consecutive starts; Brian Matusz and Jeremy Bonderman had 11 consecutive such starts in 2011 and '10, respectively; and Joe Saunders, Tim Wakefield, and Brian Bannister allowed homers in nine straight in 2010.
It isn't even out of character for Blanton himself. Between May 15 and June 24, 2010, he allowed 12 home runs in eight starts spanning 48 innings with a 2.5 K/BB. In 2009, Blanton had nine starts in which he allowed two or more homers. Over his career, Blanton has allowed one homer for every 10 fly balls (10%). That rate is up to 17% this year, but given the small sample, it isn't an incredible jump considering that, since coming to the Phillies, his HR/FB rate has actually been around 13-14%.
If Blanton himself and his team aren't pointing to any non-statistical reasons for his recent woes, then I am even more comfortable in labeling his recent seven starts as a fluke. Teams, especially the Phillies, are quick to explain away their players' faults by citing mechanics, for instance, but since they are not, it seems as if even the Phillies themselves are not concerned. And even if the Phillies did cite something like arm slot, it wouldn't hold up. Per Brooks Baseball, here is a look at Blanton's vertical and horizontal release points over the years:
Vertical Release Point
Horizontal Release Point
As mentioned above, Blanton's peripherals have been quite spectacular: his 6.17 K/BB is second-best in the Majors behind Colby Lewis of the Texas Rangers (7.00). Blanton's walk rate is also second-lowest behind Lewis, and his strikeout rate is at the league average (19%). Even in his last eight starts in which he allowed those 15 home runs, Blanton's strikeout and walk numbers have been spectacular (39 K, 5 BB), even better than in his first seven starts (2 HR; 35 K, 7 BB).
Unlike Shields, there may not be any more to this story than chaos in the universe. That, more than anything, should make Phillies fans feel better about Blanton going forward. The Phillies are no longer baseball's superpower when it comes to starting pitching (3.89 starters' ERA), but they can make progress in that area as Blanton regresses towards the mean and as Roy Halladay makes progress recovering from his strained right latissimus dorsi. For Blanton, the key should simply be getting ahead of hitters and otherwise being himself — an average pitcher.
Thanks to @JasonCollette and @TRancel for providing perspective as Rays analysts.


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PEOPLE stormed back into shops in June as back-to-back interest rate cuts, mid-winter sales and $2.85 billion of government handouts pushed spending on shoes, clothes, cosmetics and takeaway food towards record highs.
Department store sales, languishing since the last round of government bonus payments during the global financial crisis, jumped 1.2 per cent in May and a further 3.4 per cent in June for the biggest two-month gain since $19 billion of stimulus payments were delivered between December 2008 and April 2009.
The $2.85 billion of handouts in May and June were intended to provide early compensation for the carbon tax and to support parents with school children. Retail figures released yesterday show instead they pushed up spending on takeaway food 1.4 then 1.9 per cent to a record high and spending on clothes, shoes and cosmetics and pharmaceuticals 1.7 per cent, 2 per cent and 2.5 per cent.
Over the year to June total sales were up 5.4 per cent, the best result since the global financial crisis and its associated stimulus payments.
''Across the board, Australians have clearly felt like they were a little more inclined to spend their pennies in June than they have for quite a while,'' said the Australian National Retailers Association chief, Margy Osmond.
"This is a great set of figures, but it's not the 'recovery' yet."
The government handouts were paid into bank accounts in May and June ahead of the new financial year to create a budget surplus in 2012-13.
But the Westpac economist Matthew Hassan said he expected the retail spending boom to continue beyond June because it was also fuelled by interest rate cuts worth about $1.2 billion and tax cuts that only took effect last month.
The CommSec economist Craig James said there was a chance the "perfect storm" of stimulus measures could change consumer psychology.
"Is it all a mirage? We'll find out in the next few months," he said. "It's reading like a well-scripted play. We've had sizeable rate cuts, federal government handouts, tax changes and lower petrol prices, as well as lower retail prices.
"Hopefully, consumers are now seeing the glass as half-full, not half-empty. The risk is that spending has merely been brought forward. But if deflation continues, Aussies will keep spending."
The Bureau of Statistics figures suggest that over the past year the high dollar and discounting have pushed retail prices down 0.2 per cent. The prices charged by food retailers are down 0.9 per cent, those charged in department stores are down 0.8 per cent and those charged for household goods are down 1.8 per cent.


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South Tama School Board members met Monday evening and accepted the results of the special election on Feb. 4 which saw the school district's Physical Property and Equipment Levy (PPEL) fail for the second time in Feb. 4 balloting. There were 303 votes for approval and 435 votes against.
The canvas of the election showed no change.
The first vote to approve the measure failed on a vote of 149 YES - 150 - NO in the regular Sept. 10, 2013, school election.
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South Tama School Board (seated) Mark McFate, president, Michelle Yuska, vice president.
Standing, Alan Kline, Anne Michael and Jackie Dvorak.
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The measure would have approved extension of the $1.30 per $1,000 property tax levy for 10 years beginning July 1, 2015. PPEL funds are designated for spending only on property, buildings or equipment.
No decision or discussion was made as to what the next step would be.
Fund Balance
A 2013-2014 summary for the South Tama County Schools shows the General Fund had a balance as of June 30, 2013, of $278,100 with incoming revenues of $8,902,768 and expenditures of $8,985,866 leaving a balance of $195,002.
Management fund shows a starting balance of $222,745, revenues of $241,892 and expenditures of $503,542 leaving the ending balance of a minus $38,905.
Capital Projects Bonds had a balance as of June 30, 2013 of $5,070 with no incoming revenue and an expenditure of $5,070, leaving a zero balance.
Capital Projects other sources beginning balance was $1,049,316 with incoming revenue of $940,791 and expenditures of $541,285 with an ending balance of $1,448,822.
The PPEL fund as of June 30, 2013 was $187,345 with revenues of $346,440 and expenditures of $151,914 leaving the balance of $381,871.
Debt Service had a balance of $19,721 as of June 30, 2013 with no revenues or expenses leaving the $19,721 balance.
The Nutrition Fund had a balance of $53,029 as of June 30, 2013 with revenues of $330,913 and expenditures of $375,874, leaving an ending balance of $8,067.
Mental Health
Service Contract
A unanimous decision was made to approve the DCAT service contract. The district has worked with "DCAT to secure funding to pay for school based mental health services for the South Tama district.
The contract states DCAT will provide South Tama up to $10,000 a year for the remainder of this school year (2013-2014), plus the next two years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. At a rate of $10,000 each year.
Boiler Hearing
There has been discussion of replacement of the boiler at the high school for some time. On Monday night board members set March 17, at 5:30 p.m., for a public hearing for the replacement. Iowa Code requires a public hearing for any expenditures projected to cost over $130,000. The hearing will be held in the Professional Learning Room at the Partnership Center (the Old High School Building), 219 W. 9th Street, Tama.
Sarah Lieck will be Special Olympics director, effective March 20, at a salary of $482; Lynette Benda was approved for a volunteer coach. Benda will be Girls Varsity Tennis coach, effective for the spring 2014 season;
Resignations included Michelle Bradley as varsity volleyball coach and James Hall as 7th Grade Track coach, both effective immediately;
Celeste Betz as Middle School Educational Aide effective Feb. 14, and Charlene Murray as Middle School Secretary will be effective May 30.


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CHAPEL HILL – Quite often it's hard to find parking in downtown Carrboro. With new development coming to the area, it might grow scarcer, and there are only a handful of free public lots. Some think Carrboro should charge people to use the lots, but some think parking should remain free.
It's an issue that the Carrboro Board of Aldermen hopefuls tackled during WCHL's Candidate Forum on Monday, though all were not in agreement over a solution to this complex parking problem.
The five candidates competing for three open seats include incumbents Sammy Slade, Jacquelyn Gist and Randee Haven-O'Donnell. The challengers are Kurt Stolka, Vice-Chair of Carrboro's Transportation Advisory Board, and Al Vickers, a former member of the Solid Waste Advisory Board with a Ph. D. in environmental science. Vickers was absent from the Forum Monday due to a prior engagement out of the country.
***Listen to WCHL's 2013 Carrboro Board of Aldermen Candidates Forum***
Stolka was the lone candidate fully in favor of charging for parking. He said it could generate revenue for the Town to use for other projects and would encourage people to use alternative methods of transportation.
"I think when we start charging for parking, that will pay for someone to enforce the parking," Stolka said. "It will be a continuous revolution of feeding that system. That will discourage car use, and we will become a real livable city for the next generation. Cycling won't become known as an alternative means anymore; it'll be the main means."
Slade, who is on the fence about the issue, said that the Town staff was currently assessing the parking situation downtown—that study is expected to be completed sometime next year.
"There's an opportunity to really understand what the reality is about parking downtown," Slade said. "In the same way that we were talking earlier about solid waste, [we need to] set goals for finding measures that we can implement to start ratcheting down our dependency on cars in Downtown because our ultimate goal is to get off of cars."
Gist and Haven-O'Donnell were firmly against charging for parking and agreed that free parking helped the local economy.
Gist said that much has already been done to address the parking situation, including the Town's purchase of the lot on the corner of Carr St. and Greensboro St., as well as the addition of 500 spaces as part of the parking deck in the 300 East Main development.
"I am not saying turn downtown Carrboro into a parking lot. I'm not saying no bikes, no buses, no feet," Gist said. "I'm saying this has to be addressed as a whole. Our downtown businesses would be devastated if we started charging for parking."
Haven-O'Donnell said she feared that if the Town began charging, it would decrease accessibility to residents who can't bike or walk to the downtown area.
"We need a plan that hears the voices of the folks that live beyond the two-mile parameter. One of the things that is really important to folks that live beyond that two miles is to be able to make multitask stops," Haven-O'Donnell said.
You can check-out our 2013 Election Central page featuring articles and audio from all the candidates, as well as forums for the Chapel Hill Town Council and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education.


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There aren't too many historical figures who have their 150th birthday celebrated. But if your name is Henry Ford, the man who gave us the modern auto industry, you might even get a book as well. And that's just what the Henry Ford Museum did in celebration of the man's sesquicentennial. Joining John McElroy to discuss the man, the museum and the world's premier automotive exhibit -called Driving America - are the men who put it together, Transportation Curator for the Henry Ford Museum Matt Anderson and the man who he replaced, Bob Casey, this week on Autoline.
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Five arrested for importing $2m of drugs hidden in lighting panels from Hong Kong
News from NZ Police
A joint operation between Wellington police and NZ Customs has resulted in the arrest of five people in relation to the importation of two million dollars worth of the Class A drug methamphetamine.
More than 40 Drug and Customs investigators swooped on addresses in Wellington City, Hutt Valley and Horowhenua yesterday seizing just over 2 kilograms of methamphetamine, more than $20,000 cash, and a BMW and Mercedes motor-vehicle.
The high purity Class A drugs, which were concealed in LED lighting panels sent from Hong Kong have a street value of two million dollars.
Detective Inspector Thomson, Wellington District Crime Manager, states "this joint Customs and Police investigation has identified a syndicate importing a significant amount of Methamphetamine that we believe was destined for the wider Wellington drug market."
As a result of the investigation four men aged between 36 and 52 years have been arrested and one woman aged 39 years. They will appear in the Wellington District Court today.
"This group has been the subject of investigation over an extended period of time and due to some excellent intelligence obtained Customs intercepted the methamphetamine at the border and both agencies focussed on this group's activity.
Mark Day, Customs Manager Investigations says the investigation is an excellent example of agencies working together towards a common goal and utilising one another's areas of expertise.
"The misery and destruction that methamphetamine causes New Zealand families is enormous and Police and Customs are committed to acting swiftly and effectively in identifying those involved in its distribution and ensuring they are held to account."


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Kemper County, Miss. A natural gas leak in Kemper County Wednesday caused concern but officials were able to shut it off and begin the repair process. The leak started when a logging crew struck a line near the intersection of Highway 16 and Highway 397 around 8:00 a.m.
"When I first arrived here the smell was pretty strong," said Kemper County Sheriff James Moore. "We realized that we still had some loggers inside. So, we evacuated them, got in touch with the emergency management director, came up with an emergency plan and we shut down the road from Highway 16 all the way to Melon Road."
Crews from Atmos Energy were called in to fix the problem.
Sheriff Moore said he's just happy that the situation was not worse.
"They have a main line that is close to here," Moore said. "If that main line had been broken like this line had, we would've lost services for the whole entire town of DeKalb because it services that area. So, this potentially could've been a very serious problem."
Shortly after 10 a.m. crews from Atmos were able to shut off the leak and began repairing the broken gas line.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Civil rights activist Rosa Parks is taking her place among American historical figures in the U.S. Capitol.
President Barack Obama and top leaders in Congress are scheduled Wednesday to help unveil a 9-foot likeness of Parks in Statuary Hall.
Parks helped invigorate the civil rights movement in December 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. The act of defiance led to a bus boycott that lasted a year and eventually helped desegregate Montgomery, Ala., city buses. Parks died in October 2005.
But decades before and after, she actively worked to bring about racial justice by pressing for voting rights and investigating sexual assaults of black women by white men.
President Barack Obama says the dedication in the Capitol of a statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks will be a "powerful moment."
Obama is to speak at next Wednesday's ceremony.
Obama said Thursday in a radio interview with Al Sharpton that the statue will put a seamstress who helped bring about a "more just America" in her rightful place among some of the titans of U.S. government.
Officials say the statue will be the first full-length one of an African-American woman in the Capitol.


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Lattice-Topped Apple Pie Recipe
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You can't beat my mom's yummy apple pie. Pretty as a picture, the golden crust is flaky and the filling has just the right amount of spices. —Anne Halfhill, Sunbury, Ohio
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- 5-1/2 cups thinly sliced peeled apples (about 6 medium)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 4-1/2 teaspoons quick-cooking tapioca
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup shortening
- 5 to 6 tablespoons cold water
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- In a large bowl, combine the apples, sugar, water, tapioca, cinnamon and nutmeg; toss to coat. Let stand for 15 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. Divide in half, making one half slightly larger.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out larger portion of pastry to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Transfer pastry to plate; trim even with edge of plate. Add filling; dot with butter. Roll out remaining pastry; make a lattice crust.
- Trim, seal and flute edges. Brush with milk; sprinkle with sugar. Cover edges loosely with foil.
- Bake at 400° for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°; bake 40-50 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 6-8 servings.
Originally published as Lattice-Topped Apple Pie in Taste of Home February/March 2006, p35
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"5 star. Great tasting and simple to make. The only change I made was to use 1/4 cup of flour mixed in with the apples instead of tapioca, I didn't have tapioca. Best apple pie ever!"


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Henry James in an early travel note—"…a certain habitual assurance which is only a grace the more. She combines…all that is possible in the way of modesty with all that is delightful in the way of facility." He said of her in The Ambassadors—
…by a turn of hand she had somehow made their encounter a relation. And the relation profited by a mass of things that were not strictly in it or of it; by the very air in which they sat, by the high cold delicate room, by the world outside and the little plash in the court, by the First Empire and the relics in the stiff cabinets, by matters as far off as those and by others as near as the unbroken clasp of her hands in her lap and the look her expression had of being most natural when her eyes were most fixed.
George Eliot called her the frail vessel that carries the inestimable treasure of the world's affection. Flaubert, in a lyric passage that characteristically violates his determination in Madame Bovary to show life as banal, says that
Once, during a thaw, the moisture was oozing out of the trees in the courtyard, the snow melting on the roofs of the outbuildings. She was on the threshold; she went to look for her parasol; she opened it. The parasol, of silk colored like a pigeon's breast and pierced by the sunlight, lit up with shifting reflections the white skin of her face. She smiled beneath it at the damp heat, and the drops of water could be heard falling, one by one, upon the stretched silk.
Tolstoy described her as a round smiling woman whose very way of walking created a bond between people looking at her. Dostoevsky has her trying to take all the anguish of a murderer's soul into her own. Dreiser has her say to the man who has been keeping her for years—
He said that if you married me you would only get ten thousand a year. That if you didn't and still lived with me you would get nothing at all. If you would leave me, or I would leave you, you would get all of a million and a half. Don't you think you had better leave me now?
Colette has her say—"One night I dreamt that I did not love, and that night, released from all bonds, I lay as though in a kind of soothing death."
"She" is not merely Anna or Natasha or Isabel or Mme. de Vionnet, but The Heroine—a figure who in so many of the Western novels that we know stands for a unique presence that composes and socializes our existence. She is first of all, of course, The Beloved, so long cherished that she has become the idea of what is cherishable. She is the object of so much striving and longing that she is the greatest possible symbol in Western fiction…
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Cambridge, Mass. - The Harvard Fall Classic, featuring players from Harvard, Boston College, Boston University and the University of Texas at San Antonio, began Friday morning at the Beren Tennis Center. Results from the entire weekend are posted below.
Singles - Flight A
First Round
#1 Stefanie Nunic (Boston University) Bye
Katharine Attwell (Boston College) def. Micaela Silva (University Texas San Antonio) 6-4 6-4
Caroline Dedering (UTSA) def. Ina Kauppila (Boston College) 6-0 6-2
#4 Kristin Norton (Harvard) def. Monika Mical (Boston University) 2-6 6-2 6-1
Alex Kelleher (Boston College) def. #3 Francine Whu(Boston University) 6-3 6-1
Agnes Sibilski (Harvard) def. Vivian Carrillo (UTSA) 6-0 6-4
Petra Santini (Boston University) def. Brittany Delaney (Boston College) 6-3 2-6 6-1
#2 Hideko Tachibana (Harvard) def. Petra Santini (BU) 6-1, 6-0
Second Round Main Draw
#1 Stefanie Nunic (BU) def. Katharine Attwell (BC) 6-3 6-0
#4 Kristin Norton (Harvard) def. Caroline Dedering (UTSA) 6-2 6-1
Alex Kelleher (BC) def. Agnes Sibilski (Harvard) 7-5 6-3
Petra Santini (BU) def. Hideko Tachibani (Harvard) 6-1 6-0
Main Draw Semifinals
#1 Stefanie Nunic (BU) def #4 Kristin Norton (Harvard) 6-2 6-3
#2 Hideko Tachibana (Harvard) def Alex Kelleher (BC) 6-2 6-2
Consolation Draw
Micaela Silva (UTSA) Bye
Monika Mical (BU) def. Ina Kauppila 6-2 6-4
Francine Whu (BU) def. Vivian Carrillo (UTSA) 6-1 6-1
Brittany Delaney (BC) Bye
2nd Consolation from Main Draw
Katharine Attwell (BC) def Caroline Dedering (UTSA) 6-0 6-4
Petra Santini (BU) def Agnes Sibilski (Harvard) 6-1 6-2
Back Draw Semifinals
Monika Mical (BU) def Micaela Silva (UTSA) 6-3 6-3
#3 Francine Whu (BU) def Brittany Delaney Walk-over
2nd Consolation from Back Draw
Ina Kauppila (BC) def Vivian Carrillo (UTSA) 7-5 6-1
#2 Hideko Tachibana (Harvard) def #1 Stefanie Nunic (BU) 6-4 6-0
Playoff for 3rd and 4th
#4 Kristin Norton (Harvard) def Alex Kelleher (BC) 6-4 6-1
Back Draw Final
Franice Whu (BU) def Monika Mical (BU) 3-6 6-2 10-8
2nd Round Consolation
Katharine Attwell (BC) def Petra Santini (BU) 6-7 (4) 7-6 (4) 10-7
Additional Flight A Singles Match
Agnes Sibilski (Harvard) def Caroline Dedering (UTSA) 6-3 3-6 10-8
Singles - Flight B
First Round
Alex Lehman (Harvard) def. Sarah Adams (UTSA) 6-0 6-1
Caroline Davis (Harvard) def. Jackie Mabatah 6-2 6-7 (5) 6-4
Liz Corrao (BU) def. Nicci Yvanovich 6-4 6-4
Jessie Linero (BU) Louise Laciny (Harvard) 6-0 6-4
Main Draw Semifinal Singles
Alex Lehman (Harvard) def Caroline Davis (Harvard) 6-1 6-2
Liz Corrao (BU) def Jessie Linero (BU) 6-3 6-4
Back Draw Semifinal Singles
Jackie Mabatah (BC) def Sarah Adams (UTSA) Walk-over
Louise Laciny (Harvard) def Nicci Yvanovich (UTSA) 6-0 6-0
Alex Lehman (Harvard) def Liz Corrao(BU) 6-1 6-2
Back Draw Final
Louise Laciny (Harvard) def Jackie Mabatah (BC) 6-2 6-4
First Round
#1 Stefanie Nunic/Francine Whu (BU) Bye
Alex Lehman/Samantha Gridley(Harvard) def. Caroline Dedering/ Vivian (UTSA) 8-5
Samantha Rosekrans/Hikdeko Tachibana (Harvard) def. Monika Mical/Liz Corroa (BU) 9-8 (2)
#4 Alex Kelleher/Ina Kauppila Bye
#3 Sarah Adams/ Micaela Silva Bye
Petra Santini/Jesse Linero (BU) def. Sophie Chang/Kristin Norton (Harvard) 8-6
Katharine Attwell/Brittany Delaney def. Louise Laciny (Harvard) 8-4
#2 Holly Cao/Agnes Sibilski Bye
Main Draw 2nd Round
Alex Lehman/Samantha Gridley (Harvard) def #1 Stefanie Nunic/Francine Whu (BU) 8-3
Samantha Rosekrans/Hideko Tachibana (Harvard) def #4 Alex Kelleher/Ina Kauppila (BC) 8-5
Petra Santini/Jessie Linero (BU) def #3 Sarah Adams/Micaela Silva (UTSA) 8-6
Katharine Attwell/Brittany Delaney (BC) def #2 Holly Cao/Agnes Sibilski (Harvard) 8-2
Main Draw Semifinals
Samantha Rosekrans/Hideko Tachibana (Harvard) def Alex Lehman/Samantha Gridley (Harvard) 8-2
Katharine Attwell/Brittany Delaney (BC) def Petra Santini/Jessie Linero (BU)
Back Draw
Monika Mical/Liz Corrao (BU) def Caroline Dedering/Vivian Carrillo (UTSA) 8-6
Kristin Norton/Sophie Chang (Harvard) def Caroline Davis/Louise Laciny (Harvard) 8-3
2nd Consolation from Main Draw
#1 Stefanie Nunic/Francine Whu (BU) def #4 Alex Kelleher/Ina Kauppila (BC) 8-2
#2 Holly Cao/Agnes Sibilski (Harvard) def #3 Sarah Adams/Micaela Silva (UTSA)
Samantha Rosekrans/Hideko Tachibana (Harvard) def Brittany Delaney/Katharine Attwell (BC) 8-3
3rd and 4th Place match
Petra Santini/Jessie Linero (BU) def Alex Lehman/Samantha Gridley (Harvard) 8-6
Back Draw Final
Kristin Norton/Sophie Chang (Harvard) def Monika Mikal/Liz Corrao (BU) 8-6
2nd Round Consolation
Stefanie Nunic/Francine Whu (BU) def Holly Cao/Agnes Sibilski (Harvard) 9-8 (3)
Additional Doubles Matches
Caroline Davis/Louise Laciny (Harvard) def Caroline Dedering/Vivian Carrillo (UTSA) 9-7


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The Emmet County Emergency Management Agency, Iowa Department of Homeland Security, NORAD and other local officials have received the approved flight plans for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Santa will be including an extra sleigh bell for each student and teacher that lost their life at Sandy Hook School. Each time he hears a ring it will remind him of the Christmas love that will be missed this year. According to the FAA Santa has filed his flight plans and has received permission to fly in restricted air space for Christmas Eve only. The technical specifications for his flight plan include:
Aircraft Identification: 2012 Red Sleigh called Santa 1
Pilot: S. Claus
Aircraft Type: Sleigh
Top Airspeed: 350 miles per hour
Allowed Cruising altitude: Rooftop level
Proposed Departure Time: When the kids are asleep
Actual Departure Time: When all eyes are closed
Fuel on board: enough oats, carrots and hay for 8 reindeer
Remarks: For Christmas Eve only the lead reindeer will be allowed to have a lighted red nose.
Santa will be tracked by NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) not only for his security but to insure that no enemy of the United State will pose as Santa Claus and cause us harm. You can follow Santa's progress on NORAD radar at www.noradsanta.com.


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Una, once again, has come through for us! Many thanks!
1. What were your feelings while reading this chapter? Was Bella's transformation what you expected, how so?
2. It seems the pain of the transition cannot be lessened. Knowing this, would you be willing to undergo this transition? If Bella had known what the morphine would do, would she have still undergone the transition using the morphine?
3. Once this is over, do you think Bella will ever tell Edward about the morphine, her transition? How do you think Edward would have reacted if Bella had cried out?
4. Why do you feel Edward kept the baby from the room when Bella awakes?


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Numerical Simulation of Warm-Air Drying of Mexican Softwood (Pinus Pseudostrobus)S. Sandoval Torres[1], E. Hernández-Bautista[1], J. Rodríguez-Ramírez[1], A. Carrillo Parra[2]
[1]Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR, Oaxaca, Mexico
[2]Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Linares, N.L. México
In this work, the numerical simulation of Mexican softwood (Pinus pesudostrobus) drying is presented by solving a physics-based model. The model was developed by considering the heat and mass transport and the representative elementary volume, which involves the solid, liquid and gas phases. We solved a system of partial differential equations by numerical factorization in COMSOL Multiphysics 3.4. Three primary variables were solved: the moisture content, the temperature, and the dry-air density. The warm-air drying of Mexican softwood was simulated on a one-dimensional basis. The liquid water, water vapor pressure, dry-air density and moisture evolution at different depth of wood thickness display a good reliability of our numerical simulation.
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SOAPnet revealed today one of the episodes will be where Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) found Carly (Tamara Braun) in the panic room (July 2003).
We are hoping SOAPnet shows some classics that have not been seen since they first aired and not used in previous marathons. Which episodes would you like to see in the marathon?
Watch a SOAPnet promo for GH50 below: