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Breathtaking: Greenleaf Terrace-- a Belmont wannabe?
ADDRESS: 1614 Oakleaf Lane
BUILDING: 2,738 fin. sq. ft., 104 unfin.
LAND: 0.28 acres
NEIGHBORHOOD: Greenleaf Terrace
CURB APPEAL: 7 of 10
LISTED BY: Roland Pittman 979-3411
People who still hyperventilate when they read about the unimaginable prices that little early-20th century working class farmhouses and cottages are fetching in Belmont should quickly turn the page. The owner of this bungalow in Greenleaf Terrace has set out to boost his neighborhood's prices to the dizzy Olympian heights of the rest of the city, and he has every expectation that he can succeed. If your eyes bugged out when your property tax bill arrived last year, just wait.
The bungalows in this Rugbyish suburb were built partly to accommodate the influx of soldiers coming to UVA on the GI Bill after World War II. As such, they represent the best and worst of the '40s and early '50s.
Plusses are the solid construction materials: roomy attics, hardwood floors, sturdy beams, plaster walls, good old steam heat from radiators, and manageable lot sizes big enough to allow a little gardening or landscaping, but not so large as to require intensive labor to keep them up.
To modern eyes, the downside of buildings in that era is obviously stylistic. Unlike new construction hereabouts, the places were built to be serviceable rather than design statements or status symbols. Rooms are tiny by today's standards, the kitchens cramped and utilitarian, most of the bedrooms boxy 8 x 10s or 12 x 15s, and the bathroom (most of the houses originally had only one) just big enough to turn around in. (That's a contrast to many Belmont rehabs, where indoor plumbing was not original, so bathrooms were created from large bedrooms.)
How on earth, you're wondering, can someone seriously put a price tag significantly higher than a quarter of a million dollars on such a place? The answer is: upgrades... and a fortuitous location.
Unlike most of the other houses in the neighborhood, this one perhaps thanks to its perch at the top of the rise where Oakleaf Lane, Delmar Drive, and Gentry Lane come together has two fireplaces, a large basement, a dining room, and imposing oak trees, one of which is so huge and so old that it may have been the inspiration for the street's name.
Over the years, owners particularly the present one have capitalized on those advantages. The walk-up attic has been remodeled into a large bedroom/sitting area suitable for children or a master suite, with plenty of storage and privacy. The original garageunusual in the neighborhood, perhaps the only one first became a rec room gussied up with an impressive raised fireplace made from stones hauled over Afton Mountain from Valley stream banks years ago. More recently, the large space was divided to create a master suite (the fourth bedroom in the house), comfy laundry area (with as much cabinet, shelf, and storage space as in many new houses), and second full bath.
Another rarity for the neighborhood and perhaps the best thing here after the great stone hearth downstairs is a new glassed-in sunroom and deck off the kitchen overlooking a metal-roof storage/garden shed in the back yard. The room comes by its name honestly, with French doors on three sides allowing lots of light, even on the overcast day we visited. This room also seems more typical of new places in Cory Farm or Kellytown.
New thermal-pane, vinyl-clad windows, gas furnace, and roof mean that the next owner won't have to do anything to this place for quite a while. Which, considering the asking price, is doubtless good news.
Recently, real estate watchers around town have been swearing that the market in Charlottesville has peaked. Let's think of Greenleaf Terrace as the canary in the coalmine. If this house sells for anything near $389,000, the word "peak" will take on a whole new meaning.


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The pros and cons of mirror trading. Is it better to learn how to allocate assets instead of learning how to trade?
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Is there anything Kate Hudson can't do? She acts, models for Ann Taylor and Almay and boy, can she sing and dance. Clearly having inherited her mom Goldie Hawn's awesome talent, Kate is everywhere these days. She graced the cover of Harper's Bazaar's October issue and is currently vamping things up as a sexy dance teacher on "Glee." What's especially great about Kate is that she has reached the heights in Hollywood without caving in to the pressure to fit into a cookie-cutter standard of beauty. In a town filled with gorgeous women, many of them surgically enhanced, Kate stands out with her bubbly personality, kewpie doll beauty and lithe dancer's body. She hasn't let having a modest bosom hold her back and tackles both romantic comedy and sexy roles with equal relish. When it comes to bras, small-breasted women everywhere can enjoy freedom of choice if they know which brands to turn to for their special needs. Although this isn't a post about fitting a smaller chest (which I plan to cover soon in a future post), I want to discuss the style options available to the petite woman. With the holidays just around the corner, fashion bras are a good option for a gift idea and there are several styles in the market that offer varying degrees of support and shaping. The common denominator is that they're super cute, especially in lace.
Lucia push-up by The Little Bra Company
For the woman looking for a boost, I recommend Lucia by The Little Bra Company, the specialist in intimates for petite women. LBC's band size is cut smaller than other lingerie brands to accommodate petite figures. This pretty lace bra flatters smaller figures with a sexy, deep plunge. The lace extends past the contour cups along the shoulder straps and lays flat on the body, making it great for every day wear. It has a cute bow accent at the center and elastic straps that adjust in the back with brasstone metal hardware.
Never Say Never Sweetie bralet by Cosabella
The designers at Italian brand Cosabella are masters at color and they bring their magic to the small-framed woman with the Sweetie bralet from their Never Say Never collection. It's wireless, but supportive at the same time, designed with Lycra stretch, which eliminates the need for a hook closure. I suggest you collect Sweetie in all of Cosabella's great colors. Never Say Never, indeed!
Hanky Panky Lace Bralette
Hanky Panky goes for the gold with this adorable bralette designed in a sweet sheer lace. It's super comfy, offers light support and is designed to easily slip over the head, so it has no back closure. Pair it with one of Hanky Panky's famous thongs and you're set!
My Daily Bra by Samantha Chang
This romantic style is signature Samantha Chang: highly feminine yet minimalist in its elegance. Sporting a V-neck plunge that's sweetly sexy, the bra is wireless and supports with lined cups, adjustable straps and a back hook closure. You'll feel eminently girly in its soft lace design.
Bump it Up push-up bra by OnGossamer
The Bump it Up push-up bra is well-named. It's OnGossamer's best-selling bra with seamless superfine mesh and a graduated push-up pad to create cleavage that bumps you up one whole cup size. Twist the bra at the center for even more lift! It has a back hook-and-eye closure and adjustable straps.
You can't go wrong with any of these great fashion bras for petites. Treat yourself to one or more of these cute bras and go out dressed in holiday style to work what you've got, just like the wonderful Kate Hudson.


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Putin Forewarns: Obama Will Not Finish His Second Term
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Bill O'Reilly has been warning of attacks on American soil for years and now all of his commentary has been proven right. There is an imminent attack on America and this is what every citizen needs to know Click here
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Over the past few weeks, Christophe Coenraets has been working some late nights experimenting with the various beta builds of AIR for Android. As a result, he has created some cool applications and shared them (with source) on his blog. If you have a few minutes, you should check them out! Here's a […]
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Google Maps: Evangelist Radar
As promised, here is the first of a few blog posts to discuss the creation of Eva for mobile phones from our App in a Week series. If you missed any of the great sessions from the team you can watch them on-demand here.
One of the requirements for the EVA application was to produce a radar that would enable us to know where our team mates are. This feature would be presented as a widget in the EVA application, and you can see it running here. You can login as a guest as your username and then press "Radar", and the result looks like this..
As you can see from the "powered by Google" logo, I chose to use the Google Maps API for Flash. In fact I went all out and created a widget that displays the map in 3D and plots our locations using custom markers around the world. It goes without saying that the Google Map product is amazing and made possible in Flash by a special API created especially for Flash.
Now, when I was creating this I didn't know that Google planned to open up their Latitude API. Latitude, in case you don't know, is part of the Google Maps product on mobile phones that allows you to share your location with your friends and vice versa. It has a number of great features that help you to create applications that can share sensitive location information – and keep the data under the control of the user.
Google Maps API for Flash
For a few years now Google have provided an API for Flash developers, so that we might integrate Google Maps into our applications in the browser with Flash/Flex or using the AIR runtime. To get setup all you need to do is to download the SDK and place it within the components panel of Flash and drag the component onto the stage.
Once you have your FLA setup then you can begin coding, and my personal choice is to use Flash Builder as it has much better support for complex applications.
I have an application class called
RadarWidget that defines the Google API key, constructs the Map in 3D. For obvious reasons, drawing the Map in 3D is quite intensive, and to be honest I did feel that I was stretching my idea of "recommended" approaches. In the end however I decided that the construction and optimization of the Widget was key to this post. So to be clear, I still do recommend a static image and this is also supported by the API.
When the application starts up I initialize the Map and get it ready to roll, and while that's happening a request is sent to our PHP backend to retrieve the current locations of the team using the
UserService class. The PHP function pulls this information from the MySQL database and sends back an array containing all of the team.
getAllUsers = new UsersService(handleGetUsersRequest);
Each of these array items becomes a User object and they handle the loading of their avatar images, before calling back into the
RadarWidget class to add this avatar to the map. The
CustomMarker class extends the
com.google.maps.overlays.Marker provided by the API. Markers provide an extensibility mechanism for the Google Maps API, one where an
Overlay can be anything from a user image, to your local Starbucks, weather and even a completely new terrain map.
var marker:CustomMarker = new CustomMarker(user,
new MarkerOptions({
icon: user.image,
hasShadow: true,
distanceScaling: true,
iconOffset: new Point(-user.image.width / 2, -user.image.height)
In this same class, when a user taps on an Evangelist avatar you'll notice that a pop-up appears to indicate their current location. To achieve this I have used the Google
ClientGeocoder, which is an API than provides an array of Placemarks close to the Latitude and Longitude provided.
popup = new Popup(currentMarker.user.user_realname, placemarks[0].address);
popup.cacheAsBitmap=true;//The popup is a vector, so let's cache it while it's up
var opts:InfoWindowOptions = new InfoWindowOptions();
opts.pointOffset= new Point(-45, -110);
opts.customContent = popup;
The precision is limited to their street and city, although ultimately this component could easily be extended to include live Tweets etc.
Optimization Challenge!!
After a series of optimizations I managed to get this API to work pretty well on the Nexus One running in AIR and Flash Player 10.1. The framerate achieved could be considerably improved and that's my challenge to you!
My optimized version for Eva is here and my challenge to you is to get used to the API such that you can achieve between 13-15FPS from this component running on the Nexus One.
I have deliberately switched on various problematic rendering features and made it a little tricky. The goal here is for you to practice at bringing desktop code into the mobile environment – and making it ship quality.
All you need is Flash Professional CS5, Flash Builder 4 and a Google Maps API Key.


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Waters of the United States.
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 6:47 pm
THE CLEAN WATER ACT was passed in the 1970s after it became evident that the states were failing miserably in their efforts to protect water quality. (Notably, Ohio's heavily polluted Cuyahoga River caught fire 13 times between 1868 and 1969, causing millions of dollars in damage to bridges and other infrastructure.) The legislation authorized the EPA to regulate pollution discharges into "navigable waters" — that is, waters that can be or are currently used in commerce, collectively known as the "Waters of the United States."https://undark.org/article/clean-water-rule-epa-pruitt/
At the time, the ecological significance of non-navigable waters wasn't as apparent, but scientists have learned a great deal in the intervening decades. Gillian Davies, an ecological scientist at BSC Group, an engineering and environmental consulting firm in Boston, and until recently the president of the Society of Wetland Scientists, said researchers have since learned that intermittent streams, wetlands, and larger waterbodies connect in many ways, including sometimes sharing hydrological connections underground. Carbon, nutrients, microbes, and pollution often move into navigable waters from non-navigable waters nearby. Davies likened wetland tributaries to capillaries in the body. If you introduce a pollutant into a capillary it can reach a vein and affect organ functioning. And just like kidneys, she explained, wetlands filter toxins, and they also store excess water and release it in dry weather.
A stream's only as healthy as its headwaters; that the current administration would ignore facts in support of policy which repeals protections for headwater streams and wetlands should surprise no one. TU and NGO's along with a pile of professional scientific organizations have been coordinating a response (https://fisheries.org/2017/07/cass-statement-wotus/).
If interested, you can provide comments to the administration at https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=E ... -0203-0001 until August 28th.


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He dressed Madonna (barely)…
He dressed Lady Gaga, famous models, Kate Winslet and more movie stars…
and made costumes for many a movie…
This is the USA's first and only exhibit of the haute couture of Jean Paul Gaultier.
His haute couture collection at Brooklyn Museum—VAST—is an experience in gaper's gawk.
This is a situation where the exhibit raw materials themselves are exotic eye ticklers but they are energized all the more by the imaginative way in which the exhibit is done.
Many of the mannequins have blank heads with noses that have faces projected on to them. Some speak in French and some in English. When they wink at you, you really feel that they winked at YOU.
When the "Mermaid" collection is on view you feel as if you are in a fish tank.
You walk through specially lit mood rooms that set the stage for the fashions within.
The mannequins' walkway revolves such that you feel as if they are strutting down the stage and you are in the audience.
If you are a lover of haute couture this show, only at this one museum in the USA, is a definite must-see. For some fashionistas it will be worth the plane ticket to New York.
It was gratifying to see the overflow crowds of locals too—albeit sprinkled with a significant number of people chattering away in French.
The Brooklyn Museum's permanent collection and other special exhibits are top rate, and this very popular show is sure to put the Brooklyn Museum on the map for many.
If you are tickled by seeing museums doing things right this is definitely your show too.
There are 130 haute couture and prêt-à-porter ensembles accompanied by audiovisual materials, sketches, early designs, and photographs, which the Brooklyn Museum curators proudly state, "all ..testify to Gaultier's daring, cutting-edge style and the genius and breathtaking craftsmanship of his creations."
You get to see his androgynous creations that at first blush don't seem that gender neutral, and perhaps at second thought too.
The models that he selected are shown, and some are supersized in spirit and body too.
There is much corsetry, mermaids and seafaring themes, and religious iconography.
From classic looks to punk it's all there…
The exhibit runs through February 23, 2014
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, New York 11238
For information call 718 638 5000 or visit the Brooklyn Museum Website.
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Cognitive Processess (Video 10)
Cognitive Processess is the tenth program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program explores the evolution of cognitive psychology and how we take in information. Cognitive psychology spans a vast range of study, from the parts of the brain used in reading to the computer's impact on the study of how humans think.
Researcher Dr. Robert Glaser explains how the process of organizing knowledge in sophisticated patterns enables people to become experts.
One of the studies we've conducted on cognitive processes involves trying to understand what it means for people to be an expert. First, we want to understand the performance differences between experts in a field and relative novices in the same field. This contrast gives us some very interesting information and establishes the goals of learning and teaching in acquiring expert cognitive skill.
A consistent finding about people who are very competent in various areas of knowledge like mathematics or science, chess playing, or reading x-rays, is that they develop a particular organization in their knowledge. In other words, their knowledge is highly structured so that when they look at problems, they recognize particular patterns that are meaningful to them. When young children look at a page, they see words that have meaning to them. When older children or adults look at a page, they see much larger patterns of meaning.
For a long time, an accepted theory was that people who were very good at what they do just had better memory. But studies of chess players, for example, revealed not that they remember entire games in their heads, but that when they look at a chess board, they see a whole configuration of pieces that would be meaningless to a novice.
One thing that experts see, then, is a highly patterned organization in the problems they're presented with. A novice sees surface features of a problem. A novice's knowledge is much more fragmented, less integrated. Experts also use their knowledge to solve problems, a practice that assesses and strengthens what they know.
These characteristics of competence are the hallmark of instruction. Now that we know some of the patterns in learning and excelling, we can design learning institutions to maximize performance and assessment.
A list of Dr. Glaser's publications as well as information on the University of Pittsburgh Learning Research and Development Center is available at the following Web site. http://www.lrdc.pitt.edu/page/glaserPage.htm.


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Bad guy shortage?
I'm not sure what crime Bob Weitzner committed, but there must be a severe shortage of bad guys in Charlottesville for Bob to merit two columns by the Fearless Consumer ["Over-Exposured," February 13, 2003].
In the interest of full disclosure, I've known Bob for close to 20 years and consider him to be a good friend. Bob asked Eli Frantzen (hopefully still a friendly acquaintance) to paint a mural. They agreed on a price, Bob was happy with the mural, and Eli was happy for the work.
The mural was damaged, and Bob asked Eli to restore it. Bob was happy with the result, and Eli was happy for the work. If the value of the mural had increased beyond the cost of repairing it, I'm not sure of Eli's complaint. Bob had been paying for insurance on the mural and was entitled to be reimbursed for its then current value. Eli was entitled to be compensated for her restoration work, and she was.
With regard to Stu Rifkin (also a friendly acquaintance), Stu was a minority owner and a well-compensated employee. Bob bought out Stu's minority interest, and they went their separate ways. If, in a tongue-in-cheek history, Bob chooses to ignore Stu's contribution to the restaurant, I'm not sure that Stu, let alone Barbara Nordin, has cause to complain. One article about a landlord tenant dispute I can understand; two articles begin to smack of a personal vendetta.
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I finally finished my latest unit.. Cats and Color Words! This is a great back to school unit for first grade.. or great for kindergarten anytime! It focuses on the 10 basic color words with some cool, multicolored cats. Great for your Pete the Cat activities!
You can find the unit here: Cats and Color Words Unit
Here is a glimpse of what is included:
Color Word Clip Charts: Students clip a clothes pin next to the correct color.
There is also a follow up sheet included where students color the circles next to the color words.
Sentence/Picture Match: Students read the sentence and match it to the correct picture card.
There are also 3 versions of the cut and paste sentence sheets to do as a follow-up activity.
These fit perfect in a pocket chart!!
Color Word/Picture Match: Students match the color word to the correct cat picture.
A follow-up / recording sheet is also included.
This is a great little matching activity for the pocket chart.. but can be used on a table or on the floor.
Count by 5's Cards plus a recording sheet.
Count by 10's Cards plus a recording sheet.
Cat Patterning Cards: Students complete the patterns using the different color cats.
A follow-up sheet is included where students color and make their own patterns.
A student fill in the blank book: Students color the cats then fill in the blanks. You can have students write I see a {insert color word} cat. OR just the color word on the blank.
You can find the unit here: Cats and Color Words Unit
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- 3 Granny Smith apples (about 1 1/2 pounds), divided
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 5 large shallots, sliced
- 1 1/4 pounds medium parsnips, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch-thick rounds
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground coriander
- 5 cups (or more) low-salt chicken broth
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Recipe Preparation
Peel and core 2 apples, then cut into 1-inch pieces. Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add shallots; sauté 3 minutes. Add parsnips; sauté 3 minutes. Add apple pieces and coriander; stir 1 minute. Add 5 cups broth; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are very tender, about 25 minutes. Cool slightly.
Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth, thinning with more broth by 1/2 cupfuls as desired. Return soup to pot; bring to simmer. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, cut remaining apple (with peel) into thin slices. Ladle soup into bowls. Drizzle soup with yogurt. Fan several apple slices on top and serve.


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I guess the larger question that these claims raise is what this has to do with genealogy? There are some areas of genealogy that I try to avoid writing about for the reason that they are emotionally charged issues with no clear relevance to most genealogical research. DNA testing is one of those areas.
My position on the relationship between DNA testing and genealogy is fairly simple. If your verifiable, source supported research takes you to a point where there are two or more possible ancestors and if you can verifiably locate descendants of the remote ancestors, DNA testing of the descendants may help establish which of the remote ancestors, if any, are yours. Of course, DNA testing is commonly used in both civil and criminal law cases to "prove" all sorts of relationships. In fact, all 50 states now have a law guaranteeing DNA testing to those convicted of crimes. See "With Passage of Oklahoma Bill, DNA Testing Guaranteed in All 50 States."
In the discussions about DNA testing related to questions raised in a genealogical context, I am not too sure that very many of the people obtaining the tests understand the results or even why the test may be helpful or not. The claims made for DNA testing are quite broad. Here is a sample claim:
Now, one simple DNA test can give you incredible new details about your unique ethnic origins. Recent advances in DNA science — plus the best of family history — mean you can make entirely new family history discoveries.I guess my question is, without the groundwork of detailed, verified research into the existing records, what does this really tell me or anyone else? Let's suppose I took a DNA test and it showed I had certain percentage of an identified ethnic group. Let's further suppose that none of my research shows that particular connection. What am I supposed to do about the DNA results? Here is another statement made in the context of an advertisement for a DNA company:
I am so happy to have taken the DNA test as it solidified my findings and gave us the TRUE ancestry of my family!With my own English, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, Irish, Welsh and Danish ancestry, I am probably related to a good portion of the entire population of the United States. I have thousands upon thousands of cousins. I don't really need DNA to tell me that I have cousins, I can walk into any gathering of people in Arizona and probably find someone I am related to.
One of my concerns in writing on this topic is that my own lack of perceived need for DNA testing will unduly influence my views on the subject. I don't see any particular downside issues with DNA testing other than occasional surprise ancestry and if you have the interest and the money to spend. Go for it. But don't stop doing basic research on your ancestry.


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I save seeds for heirloom tomatoes, several herbs, beans and corn. It's a very easy and convenient way to free yourself from having to spend a lot of money every spring when it's time to plant the garden.
Almost three years ago, I also signed myself up for a membership for the Seeds of The Month Club. It was the only thing I bought on Black Friday that year. The idea was so fun, old-fashioned and low-tech! You get actual seed packets, mailed to your house, every month! Who doesn't love getting things in the mail? I still get so excited when (read more on this blog's new location…)


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Uniondale vs. Syosset
Uniondale faces Syosset in a Nassau boys basketball matchup on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019.
Newsday's All-Long Island boys basketball team 2020 Newsday's All-Long Island girls basketball team 2020 Photos: Malverne vs. Center Moriches in the Long Island Class B boys basketball championship Photos: East Rockaway vs. Southold in the Long Island Class C boys basketball championship Photos: Long Island Class B girls hoops final Photos: Smithtown Christian in the State Class D Southeast Regional semis Photos: Long Island Class C girls hoops final Photos: Nassau Class AA boys hoops final Photos: Nassau Class AA girls hoops final Photos: Elmont vs. South Side in the Nassau Class A boys basketball final Photos: Floral Park vs. Locust Valley in the Nassau Class A girls basketball final Photos: Brentwood vs. Amityville in the Suffolk overall boys basketball championship Photos: Northport vs. Westhampton in the Suffolk overall girls basketball championship Photos: No. 1 St. Anthony's vs. No. 2 Holy Trinity in the CHSAA boys basketball final Photos: St. Mary's vs. St. John the Baptist in the CHSAA girls basketball final Photos: Nassau Class B/C boys hoops final Photos: Nassau Class B/C girls hoops final Photos: St. John the Baptist vs. Our Lady of Mercy in a CHSAA girls basketball semifinal


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For about 4 months or so, I've had a browser tab open with the 100 Happy Days Challenge webpage. I wasn't looking to do a photo a day again, but the concept of reminding yourself about what makes you happy is one that had been on my mind. This week the universe/great maker/nature told me its the week to start it.
For those not familiar with the 100 Happy Days Challenge, in brief, the concept is to post a picture once a day of what made you happy that day. It doesn't have to be artistic, it shouldn't be about showing off, its just what made you happy.
I've chosen to use the default hashtag of #100HappyDays and my Instagram account as the platform. Partially to give me an excuse to play with Instagram more.)
Yesterday was day 1. Follow along for the next 100 days on Instagram! When I finish, I'll do another post talking about the experience.


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I never expected Joe would know where some Lagasses were buried in Bristol, Connecticut.
So when he told me, we went to St. Thomas cemetery to find clues on where my great-great grandfather Stanislas Lagasse was buried.
This was a beautiful Saturday morning in Bristol.
Clouds were in the skies and it was raining just a little.
Nothing would have deter me to go.
You see, this is the only image I have of Stanislas Lagasse 1816.
A death certificate…
I call him Stanislas 1816 because he named one of his son Stanislas who in turn named one of his son Stanislas.
So we have Stanislas 1816, Stanislas 1842, and Stanislas 1864.
Stanislas born in 1816 died on March 26, 1900. He missed the 1900 U.S. Census by only a few months.
The Lagasses are hard to find in the U.S. since their names are often spelled different ways.
Here Stanislas 1816 is Stanislas Lagassée. Stanislas 1842 went by the name Dennis Lagasse so did his son Dennis 1864.
Stanislas 1816 was living in 22 Conlon Street which is close to St. Thomas cemetery.
Joe and I did not find his grave, but he has to be buried there. Stanislas 1842 should also be there, but he is nowhere to be found.
As for Stanislas 1864…
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Killzone: Shadow Fall includes actors from Homeland and True Blood
Killzone: Shadow Fall has the Vektans and Helghast on the brink of war, and in order to help bring the characters of Vektan Security Agency director Sinclair and Echo the intelligence operative for the Helghast to life – two actors where brought on board to play them.
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Friday Shorts: We Dare, Team Fortress 2, FFXIV, King's Quest III Redux
It's Friday. It's weekend time. This starts now. OH DEAR GOD! What the hell?
HBO files trademark for True Blood game
HBO has filed a trademark for a game based on its hit vampire series, True Blood.According to the trademark, it's for: amusement apparatus and games adapted for use with television receivers or with video or computer monitors, video games, computer games, game programs, video game discs, video game cartridges, video game CD-ROMs, video game cassettes, […]


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Terrible: Detroit Youth Street Gang Called Stomp Out Kings Give An Elderly Man A Brutal Beating For Entertainment! "Where The Parents At?
a gang of Detroit youth called the "Stomp Out Kings." have a habit of picking on older people by themselves and brutally beating them. Sometimes it's for money, but sometimes it's just for kicks.
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Before the year ends, I'd like to introduce you to my Madelief, my daughter, my 2015. A year to never forget. Only a couple of posts ago I wrote:
''I'm exited for this last year in my twenties, though thirty seems like a far away and somewhat scary age (even though it's just a number) I'm always surprised with how much one can grow in a year. That's what I look forward to, growing, in every way possible. Not to get older, but newer. To discover new paths, and perhaps to even find a calling if the timing is right.''
Little did I know that at that moment her life began in me, that I would grow a belly, a daughter, a calling...
Best wishes for 2016!
New Lamp
I really love felt! For a while I wanted to change the lamp above the table, I thought about learning how to felt myself, but lacked patience. I had a clear image of how I wanted the lamp to look but couldn't seem to find something similar. By coincidence I found Dorrie from Wolenzoo and decided to ask if she was willing to make my dream lamp. She was and I'm very happy with how it turned out. It might look like a little ghost in the photos, but when it's dark it's a true spectacle. Thanks again Dorrie!


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Inspired by this post and armed with my iPhone, I went for a run* and tried to document the sights of my "usual" route. It's a 3 mile loop from my house and only contains 4 turns, but there are plenty of sights** to see:
* full disclosure: I didn't actually plan to take pictures that day. I planned on a 3 mi run, but I noticed how pretty the scenery was and thought about the blog post I'd read. Stopping to take photos didn't help my run any so I changed my 3 mi into 2 mi and didn't worry about time. It was quite enjoyable.***
** I also run by Robert Ebert's childhood home *every* time I run–there's a plaque and everything. But, of course, I didn't think about taking the photos until after I passed his house.
*** full disclosure, part 2: If I had realized that it would be my last run for two weeks, I might have pushed a little harder!


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Central California Coast and Coast Ranges, Wildflowers (and More)
Flora and fauna in shore habitats and coast range mountains of Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara counties, including the Point Reyes, Pacifica, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel, Pt. Sur and San Luis Obispo areas and the Northern portion of Los Padres National Forest. General interest photos on first and last pages, and used to separate plant families. Plant families alphabetical as are genera within them, as per Jepson Manual 2. Place cursor on thumbnail for quick info., click for enlargement. Use search blank, above right, to find scientific or common names, families, or flowers by color. You can also use search to pull out birds, mammals, insects or scenery. To search the entire site, search from the home page. For best view put cursor on photo and click "Original" size in popout window. (800x600 pix. Original original much larger.) Enjoy.Read More


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Harvesting the wind
Windy spot near King City is now Missouri's largest wind farm
The sun sets on another day at the Lost Creek Wind Project. Its 100 General Electric wind turbines are spread out across 20,000 acres in northwest Missouri. Buy a print of this photo.
In downtown King City, the wind whips down the main street and turns the mud left by passing farm trucks into dust. Brown remnants of last fall's leaves spiral into the air. The flag outside Workman Fencing and Construction is coming apart at the seams from the constant effects of the steady gusts.
Once just a nuisance, the constant flow of wind through this northwest Missouri town is now its biggest asset. Like mushrooms after a spring rain, hundreds of giant wind turbines now surround King City, transforming it into the wind energy capital of Missouri and allowing area landowners to harvest the wind.
The state's first utility scale wind farm, Bluegrass Ridge, came on-line here in 2007. In July 2009, Wind Capital Group broke ground on a second King City project, dubbed the Lost Creek Wind Farm. Located south of town in DeKalb County, the new wind farm is Missouri's largest, the size of the first three projects built by the St. Louis-based firm combined.
With 100 American-made General Electric turbines and transformers made in a Jefferson City plant, the Lost Creek Wind Farm is a $340 million investment in a region still suffering from the farm crisis of the 1980s. Each turbine is capable of supplying 1.5 megawatts of power. Given the intermittent nature of wind power, it is expected to provide the energy needed to power 55,000 homes.
The flag flying outside Workman Fencing and Construction south of King City has become torn and tattered due to the strong wind that makes the wind farm possible. These state-of-the-art turbines and their transformers are American made. Buy a print of this photo.
And like Wind Capital Group's Bluegrass Ridge, Conception and Cow Branch wind projects, all of the power from the new wind farm will go to electric cooperative members. Associated Electric Cooperative, which supplies wholesale power to electric co-ops in Missouri and parts of Iowa and Oklahoma, has a 20-year contract to buy the entire output from these wind farms.
"The people of northwest Missouri have really embraced wind energy," says Tom Carnahan, CEO of the Wind Capital Group. "Back in 2005, there were a few people that said, 'I'm not sure I understand this, what's it going to mean for our communities?' Now that they have seen it they are saying, 'This is good stuff. This is creating jobs. This is giving our area some much-needed exposure and we'd like to see more of this.'"
He says benefits come to the area in many ways. "Obviously, there's construction, that's a huge impact. On any given day, we've got over 300 people working on that site. So they are eating, moving around, buying locally. Then there's landowner payments. Lost Creek, for instance, we've got 65 landowners. There's substantial lease payments going to them."
Like any other power generation station, the wind farms pay taxes. Because Lost Creek is located in DeKalb County's enhanced enterprise zone, some tax payments will be abated. "We don't know the impact of the second wind farm yet," says King City School Superintendent Bruce Skoglund. "We do know on the first one (Bluegrass Ridge). It definitely had a positive impact financially on the school district. Hopefully the second project will be just as positive."
He says the district gets 40 percent of its revenue from the state, and those dollars have been frozen for many years. "So when that new farm came in, it did give an influx of money. When a little over 40 percent of your money is coming from the state and they freeze what you get, any new growth helps you a lot. I'm a superintendent — I'll take any dime you can get me!"
Carnahan cites another benefit from the wind farms that is just getting started. "There is actually some tourism from this," he says. "People get off the interstate and come over to look at these wind farms. We do tours all the time. You'd be amazed at how many buses go through there."
According to State Rep. Jim Guest, a King City businessman and resident, the tourism aspect could resonate long after the construction dollars have flowed through the community.
"The thing we are working on now is getting a visitor's center built," Guest says. "That could be a real boon to King City. The thing about this new project, when you get off the main highway you can get right up next to them and see them up close."
A giant crane places the blade and hub assembly onto the nacelle perched 260 feet above the ground. Photo by Jason Jenkins.
Guest expects 10 to 12 permanent jobs to be created from the Lost Creek project. "That's not a lot, but in the long term that will sure help us. The taxes are good for the schools and for the counties. Plus the lease payments, it's a lot of money for very little inconvenience and it takes little land out of production."
Heading into King City from the south, the Lost Creek project is a stunning site. The light gray windmills jut 400 feet into the sky, some standing close to rusting windmills once used by farmers to pump water in the days before rural electrification.
Since the July 2009 groundbreaking, contractors on the project have made record progress in the all-out effort to get it constructed. They built access roads, dug huge holes for the foundations and poured thousands of yards of concrete.
In November the first nacelle, the covering that houses the moving machinery on the top, was placed atop a tower. Despite the bitter cold, crews worked through the winter setting more of the nacelles, which are the size of a small school bus and weigh about 60 tons. The final step was installing the three-bladed hubs.
Ninety-nine of the 100 turbines are complete and electricity is flowing. The final turbine will be completed in the fall and will be used to test new software and controls designed by GE to make wind power more efficient.
"We started receiving energy from that project the last day of January," says Roger Clark, director of engineering and operations at Associated Electric Cooperative.
Clark says the original timetable for the project called for a new substation and 7 miles of transmission line to be completed by August 2010. Instead, N.W. Electric Power Cooperative, a Cameron-based transmission co-op that moves power generated by Associated to distribution co-ops, had the connection ready eight months early.
That allowed the power to flow as soon as the first turbine was commissioned. About half of the turbines are now operational, with the entire project expected to be ready in June.
A worker opens the hatch on one of the three blades before it is affixed to the hub. Work on the Lost Creek Wind Project continued at a record pace despite the bitter cold weather in northwest Missouri this winter. Photo by Jason Jenkins.
Carnahan says the electric cooperative involvement was the missing link that made Lost Creek and Wind Capital's other Missouri wind projects possible. "To date, 99 percent of the wind energy in Missouri is due to what Associated Electric has done. It is clear the electric co-ops paved the way for this. They are the ones that saw the future and made it happen."
Besides agreeing to purchase the entire output of these projects (except for a small amount of energy going to Columbia), the electric co-ops provided another critical link — transmission. In order to get the power from the sparsely populated areas where it is generated, a wind farm needs access to transmission lines.
Clark says any future wind projects will have to address this aspect before they will be built. "In the absence of transmission, wind projects would never be developed," he says. "The transmission we have in these areas allowed these projects to be built, but there's not room for a whole lot more. For the next guy to come in and build, we will have to make some transmission upgrades that will allow them to take power."
Wind farms like Lost Creek are an important piece of the nation's energy puzzle, both Clark and Carnahan agree. "Some people think wind energy is trying to be 100 percent of the energy in America and that simply isn't true," says Carnahan. "I think a reasonable target would be for us to try to get to 20 percent wind and other renewables in the next 10 to 15 years or so."
Clark points out that because wind energy can't be ramped up or down as the demand rises and falls, it can't meet the commitment to power required by electric co-op members. "We've always viewed it as something that can replace (natural) gas. It's actually a hedge for gas and it's bringing energy on to the system that can displace a higher-cost generation."
The Lost Creek Wind Farm has changed the landscape and the economic prospects of northwest Missouri, giving farmers a new "crop" to harvest.
He says current decreases in natural gas prices make wind energy from Lost Creek more expensive than gas. But in the life of the 20-year contract, fluctuations in gas prices will make wind energy a valuable asset for Associated and its member systems.
As Congress debates putting restrictions on releases of carbon dioxide, wind power could become even more important, whatever its price. "We are doing this because it's the right thing to do," Clark says. "And we are going to continue to make smart decisions, which include renewable resources."
To learn more about Missouri's wind farms, log on to www.windcapitalgroup.com or call 314-685-3000.


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BJ Penn
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- Full name Jay Dee Penn
- Nickname The Prodigy
- Birth date December 13, 1978
- Birth place Kailua, Hawaii
- Current age 41 years 244 days
- Height 5 ft 9 in
- Weight 155 lb
When BJ Penn puts down his mitts for the final time, he will instantly take a step through the door that is marked "legend". Currently he is one of only two fighters in UFC history, alongside Randy Couture, to have won titles at two different weight categories. Quite simply, he is the best UFC lightweight that has ever lived.
Ever since his debut at UFC 31, Penn has been creating headlines. His 11-second knockout of Cael Uno with a flying knee remains one of the finest highlight-reel moments in MMA history, although Uno would later become one of two men to deny Penn in his first two shots at a UFC belt. A classic fight with Jens Pulver, which Pulver took by majority decision, was the other early career setback for The Prodigy.
It took Penn three years to finally get his hands on UFC gold, but when the moment came, the most decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu artist in America typically did it in blockbuster fashion. Stepping up to welterweight to take on the seemingly unstoppable Matt Hughes, who had won his last 13 fights, Penn defied all the odds with a trademark rear naked choke victory.
The triumph went to Penn's head, and a spell away from the UFC was ended by consecutive defeats to Georges St-Pierre and Hughes, in which endurance and injury cost Penn dear. Undoubtedly one of the most talented fighters around, The Prodigy was in danger of letting it go to waste due to a lack of commitment.
It was after the Hughes defeat that Penn made a change to his mentality, realising he could build a legacy that would last long after his departure from the sport. Working harder than ever before he blitzed Joe Stevenson to take the lightweight crown, matching Couture's duel-weight feat in the process, clinching victory with the same rear naked choke that earned him the welterweight title against Hughes.
A dominant defence against Sean Sherk then had fight fans everywhere calling for a super fight against St-Pierre, handing Penn the chance to simultaneously hold the 170lb and 155lb titles, but The Prodigy was lacking physically against the bigger and fitter St-Pierre, losing after four rounds of action.
Wins over Kenny Florian and Diego Sanchez re-established Penn's lightweight dominance, although he now has to prove himself once again after losing his 155lb belt to Frankie Edgar at UFC 112. Edgar also defeated Penn in the rematch, leaving the Hawaiian to return to the welterweight division with a 21-second KO of Hughes, handing him victory in the duo's high profile trilogy. A recent beating at the hands of Nick Diaz had Penn claiming his career is over, but he returned in 2012 to lose to Rory MacDonald.
Career high
Submitting Matt Hughes to claim the UFC welterweight title. Hughes was a beast at 170lbs, winning 13 on the bounce - including six in the UFC. Penn came in as the massive underdog yet he pulled out a stunning rear naked choke for victory.
Career low
Penn's defeat to Georges St-Pierre at UFC 94 was hugely difficult to swallow for the Hawaiian. In a one-sided fight Penn did not get a foothold as GSP's physical superiority overwhelmed him, forcing The Prodigy to quit between rounds four and five.
"That's one thing no one can ever say about me. That I was a coward and took sports enhancement drugs, because I was afraid I was going to get my ass kicked in front of millions of people. So anybody out there who said I never had no heart, at least I wasn't a coward."
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No deal not necessarily a bad deal
The Angels overrate their prospects. If that's what you're hearing or reading in the wake of their inability to swing a non-waiver Trade Deadline deal for a four-star pitcher, you don't necessarily have to buy it.
I mean, seriously, how do you overrate prospects who have helped you win more games over the past 4 � seasons than any other team in Major League Baseball? That doesn't make much sense.
You'd think lesser clubs would want to latch onto some of those kids who have helped drive manager Mike Scioscia's troupe to 438 wins, heading into this six-game road trip, against 309 losses since the start of the 2005 season. Next best: Yankees, at 436-313, then the Red Sox, at 429-318.
Not bad, as company goes.
You'd think clubs languishing on the fringes of contention would welcome the opportunity to import some of this talent from an organization that plays aggressive, exciting, winning baseball from rookie ball on up.
Without full knowledge of what was offered and what was rejected, my sense is the Angels put together some very fair proposals – particularly for Roy Halladay and Heath Bell – and, for whatever reason, were simply rejected.
Maybe Toronto didn't really want to part with Halladay. Maybe San Diego couldn't live without Bell, when it was all said and done. I don't know. But I have been around Angels players now long enough, organization-wide, to appreciate their skill, intelligence and will.
If Erick Aybar was a deal-breaker with Toronto, I'm good with that. He's on his way to greatness, and Angels fans will be dazzled by his many gifts for years to come.
This whole business of desperately needing No. 1 starters to win in the postseason is an urban myth. If you're looking for something that's overrated, here it is. I don't recall the Big Red Machine in Cincinnati needing a hand full of aces.
The Angels didn't have a No. 1 in the classic mold in 2002. The Athletics had three legit No. 1s – Barry Zito, Mark Mulder and Tim Hudson – that season and couldn't win a postseason series. The Braves had three certified No. 1s – Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz — for a full decade. They claimed one Fall Classic.
Dominant starting pitching is great, don't get me wrong. But it's not a be-all, cure-all, end-all. It guarantees nothing.
Here's what matters in October: momentum. Positive, upbeat, driving momentum generated by quality play, good pitching and a dash of good fortune here and there.
It looks wide open this season, from this laptop. The Angels have a shot at going all the way if things fall into place. They're due for a break or two in October.
Halladay absolutely would have been a terrific addition. But not at the cost of the heart of your club.
As for Bell, he's a shiny Cadillac parked in a dark garage. Would he have helped the Angels? Sure. But they might end up getting more production out of the players the Padres didn't seem to want.
Who knows? Crazy stuff happens all the time. It's baseball. Nobody is nearly as smart as he or she claims to be.
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Are you kidding me this is total spin in favor of the Angeles organization. I understand the Angels have a lot of young talent that have won a lot of games in the regular season, but when the Angels get to the post season they don't have the elite talent to beat the elite teams (Boston Red Sox). And the players Toronto wanted weren?t the heart of the club. If Aybar, Wood, Saunders and a Prospect are the heart of the Angels then they have no chance at winning a championship. Does anyone understand why the proposed deal for Hallady (Angels giving up Aybar, Saunders, Wood, & Prospect) didn't get done. I certainly don't understand the aforementioned players are all expendable and haven't produced consistently in the majors. I believe this will set the organization back for several years, it is rare when you have an opportunity to get the best pitcher in baseball to go along with PROVEN ace John Lackey and a hot hitting club. The core or heart of Halladay, Lackey, Morales, Kendrick, Figgins, and Rivera etc. would have contended for a championship this year and next. Now we will have to settle for a first round matchup against the Red Sox with one PROVEN pitcher. I really wish Lackey was enough, but I know he isn't. Tony Reagins is a joke in the mold of Bill Stoneman, afraid to pull the trigger on PROSPECTS. That's all any of the players Toronto wanted are PROSPECTS because none of them have been consistent in the majors.
Absolutely needed a middle reliever at minimum. Can't be content with nothing.
I respectfully disagree with halopost. I agree that it would have been fantastic to add Doc to the rotation, but I agree with Reagins and every other GM that was interested in Doc that the price seemed to be too high. That has to be the conclusion because the fact is that Halliday did not get traded to anyone. I also don't see anywhere in the article that the four players mentioned are the "heart" of the Angels. Also, how is it possible for a player to be consistent at the ML level if they don't get an opportunity? You probably would have been saying the same thing about Aybar and Morales last year, sure am glad we sent Atlanta Kotchman and not Morales, aren't you? Anyhow, you obviously are more qualified to be GM of the Angels than the "joke" Tony Reagins, so why don't you work up a resume and march over to the stadium and demand an interview with Arte so you can take over?
the price for doc was too high.
look at who/what went to philly for Cliff Lee. Minor league prospects.
Had the phillies asked for 3 minor leaguers and, say, Kendrick, I think the Angels would have gone for it. They wanted two starters, a rotation pitcher, and a top prospect. Absurd.
I would have packaged Wood OR Kendrick in the right deal. But no ML starters and not Aybar.
Morales, Kendrick, Aybar, FIggins and Wood can be the best young infield combination in all of baseball… for 5 or 6 years, depending on contracts. Ya don't break that up for one guy.
the angels DO have some trade-able parts. There is redundancy in Rodriguez, Wood, Brown and Izturis; Mathis, Budde, Wilson, Conger; Willits, Evans, Matthews. I would LOVE to see some of that moved both to make room for others and to bring in some parts that would help. Had Toronto gone for Wood or Rodriguez, Mathis, Willits, and a young pitcher (even O'Sullivan, though I like him a lot) for Doc… PULL. Both teams would be better off. But not at the price.
Now, what DOES concern me is that other teams made deals for guys who could help the angels, giving up less than the Halos could have offered. Good lord, we could have done a better package for Cliff Lee than did the phillies. But if he stays in the AL, ya don't get the "he's new to the league and will go 6-0 before anyone figures him out" factor; and cleve. was probably more willing to deal with an NL than AL club. Still… both starters and relievers changed hands without the Angels' involvement and I'm not 100% ok with that, given the log jams in the system.
Overall though, I don't see a reason to break up the core group out of desperation. This would all be moot if Saunders, Weaver, and Santana were pitching to expectation. But one has to worry over esp. Santana. Almost looks like he needs to go down again (for O'Sullivan) and get his stuff back together.
It also looks like it's time to stop fooling around with wood, willits, rodrigeuz, and other guys and bring Arrandondo back up and let him loose to see whatcha get.
Halospot, you are dead on. It looks like all signs are pointing to it was Saunders, Aybar, Wood and a prospect. I am still trying to wrap my head around why Doc Halladay wasn't sitting in our dugout itching for his turn to pitch on this team. Its mind boggeling because all the guys we would of given up are replacable. Saunders spot goes to Halladay (pretty good trade off) Aybar's spot goes to Izzy (love it) Wood never played anyway and the prospect is just a prospect. In return you get the best pitcher in the AL. Gee, let me think. No, we'll just let every other first and second place team in baseball sure up their loosends-were cool. And the point of we over-value our prospects-Im buying it; and everyone who is not involved in the angels orginization knows it, or accepts it. It even sounded like Lackey knows it. Kotchman, Mcpherson, Mathis, Kendrick, Aybar were all suppose to be all-stars by now and were all labeled untouchable at one point by the Angels when approached in trades for PROVEN talent. And only one of them has a full-time starting job in the big leagues, and still has not proven he can play consistant ball for longer than a month or two. And come on Dredleelam – Rodriguez, willits, Mathis and a prospect for the best pitcher in the AL? Get real. So they get two guys with career major league averages under .220 and two prospects LOL. And Bigredexpy, third to last paragraph: "Halladay absolutely would have been a terrific addition. But not at the cost of the heart of your club." So if the orginization thinks that Saunders, Aybar and two guys that in their eyes aren't good enought to play in the bigs are the heart of our club – were in trouble. And they obviusly do because they would rather have them on their team than the most dominant pitcher in the American League. Oh well, there is always 5 or 6 years down the road, huh dredleelam?
And Lyle, "If Erick Aybar was a deal-breaker with Toronto, I'm good with that. He's on his way to greatness, and Angels fans will be dazzled by his many gifts for years to come." I am holding you to that my friend. And you realized you used the word "greatness" talking about Erik Aybar, right? Well, I certainly hope your right, and that he was worth not getting Roy Halladay…
I couldnt disagree more with Halopost or any of the other people who scream for a trade deadline trade every year. They always look at who we didnt get and never go back and look at who we didnt give away.
For years other teams have been asking for Kendry Morales, Howie Kendrick, Joe Saunders, Ervin Santana, Chone Figgins, Scott Sheilds, Brandon Wood and Jared Weaver. Can you imagine for a minute what the past 2 or 3 years would have been like without those players on our roster?
Now lets isolate this year alone. Saunders, O'Sullivan, Aybar and Wood for 1 1/3 years of Doc Halliday. Granted he is a great pitcher. But when Saunders turns it back around and becomes the pitcher he was last two years and the beginning of this year, he too is dominant and matches up with most any teams 1 or 2. O'Sullivan has done nothing but win and I believe the team is 6-0 in his starts. Now look at Aybar and Wood. One of those two men will be our shortstop for many years to come. Not only our shortstop, but an elite shortstop for us. Giving both away blows a hole right in the middle of diamond for years to come. Sure Halliday would have been great… but please stop over rating our opponents. Our pitching staff without any changes matches the Yankees, Tigers, Rangers or Red Sox. In fact the Red Sox probably have the worst rotation of all of us. Behind Beckett who isnt nearly the pitcher he once was who is no 2? Penny who has been very hittable? or knuckballer Wakefield? Anyone want Dice K pitching game 2?
Seriously, when Saunders and Santana figure it out and find their A game, nobody is gonna want to face Lackey, Weaver, Saunders and Santana in a short series. The bullpen has also been solid with Jepsen, Bulger and Palmer coming up huge in the past month with ERAs in the 1 -2 range, Oliver is always solid and outside of two bad outings Fuentes has been one of the best in baseball.
So what exactly did we need that was worth changing team chemistry or organizational depth and future for?
erstud17akateix08 again couldn't disagree more. Only your post is more about accuracy. Truth is Toronto wasn't asking for Mathis, Willits and a guy that pitches for the Mets. They were asking for an All Star starting left handed pitcher in Saunders, Both or our Shortstops present and future, and our no 5 starter. You pull one of our shortstops out of that deal and maybe the deal gets done. But both would have been suicide.
Past deals never featured Mathis or Willits as principles of the deal. Everyone always asks us for 4 or 5 for 1. Past deal breakers have been Morales, Weaver, Saunders, Figgins, Napoli, Kendrick and Santana. Usually 2 or 3 of them requested in any deal.
The most laughable deals ever were the ones requested by the Marlins for M Cab and yet the screaming from fantasy baseball nuts who know little about baseball and only about stats could be heard right up until the all star break when 3 or 4 of the guys the Marlins were asking for were outperforming M Cab straight up.
Ok, so where do I start……the heart of the team was referenced in the article and the four players listed in my post have been widely reported to be what Toronto asked for and I don't think those players are the heart of the Angles. Brandon Wood has had lots of chances to prove himself, he bats under 200 every time the Angels call him up and the Angels send him down before teams realize he really doesn't have as much value as they think. He may be good, he may be great, or he may be Dallas McPherson. The point is we know what Roy Halladay is, the most dominant pitcher in the game. With regards to the Angels current staff Lackey is the only consistent pitcher you can hand the ball to in the playoffs. Weaver, Saunders, and Santana have never been consistent. Weaver flashes brilliance and I wouldn't trade him. Saunders I would have moved in the Halladay deal. He is always struggling to be consistent with his release and arm slot, that is why his command suffers. Santana, well he has been hurt and his delivery and confidence are always messed up. And as far as giving up both of our shortstops people forget that Macier has been great. I just don't see the point of having all of these prospects if they won't every play in the majors. At the end of the day the Angels could have resigned Halladay after next year and if they didn't and won two championships wouldn't it have been worth giving up Aybar, Wood, Saunders, and a prospect? Even if Halladay left our core of Rivera, Morales, Figgins, Lackey, Weaver, would have been intact and with the current talent in the minors and the two draft picks the Angels would have gotten if Halladay left would have offset the lose of the players traded for Halladay. Check out my blog (www.halospost.mlblogs.com) for more.
I wanted to address the comments about the Big Red Machine, Oakland Staff, and Atlanta staff separately. During The Big Red Machines run they had a great offense and the league didn't have as many good pitchers as it does now. I believe great pitching beats great hitting. When Oakland had the big three they didn't have any hitting, I think we can all agree that you need a balanced club to win. Atlanta had that great staff at the height of the steroid era and they never had a lineup as good as the Angels current lineup. I really hope that Saunders and Weaver pitch like they have in the past, currently the Angels have been winning because they are scoring seven runs per game. The bats are hot and carrying the team, but come playoffs the bats can be slowed by quality pitching (we have seen this before) and the Angels staff will have a hard time matching up with the staffs of Detroit, Boston, Yankees etc. Now if the Angels get to the World Series, they will have an even harder time matching up to the Phillies, Dodgers, Cardinals etc. I will be discussing Angels baseball at my blog (email@example.com)
Oh Muzik man, sense you brought accuracy up -lets begin. First off, of course Toronto wasn't asking for Willits, Mathis and S. Rod ( you know, Sean Rodriguez, the guy who hit the two run shot today?) I was refering to Dredleelam's post when he said that he would be ok if those were the players that were traded and I was saying he needs to come back to reality. And can you tell me who was the 5th starter they wanted? And no I couldn't imagine what our team would be like without those players because can you tell me the players we would of got in return? You act like we would of just lost those players and not have gotten anyone in return? Lets take a look at a couple of your quotes: "Granted he is a great pitcher. But when Saunders turns it back around and becomes the pitcher he was last two years." Thats a pretty big if sentence, and a lot of condifence in a guy who has has one good year in the bigs. "Seriously, when Saunders and Santana figure it out and find their A game, nobody is gonna want to face Lackey, Weaver, Saunders and Santana in a short series." Saunders and Santana were all stars last year -yes? That would mean they had there "A" game yes? But what makes you think they can get it done this year where they are struggling, when they couldn't get it done last year? Please explain. And you were wondering who Boston's #2 is? He goes by the name of John Lester, if u have some time check out his postseason numbers last year. And you guys, Aybar has had one good month!!!! One! And were already calling him elite and using the words greatness! We missed out on a once in lifetime opportunity in obtaining the most dominant pitcher in baseball, and putting him on a team with a lot of talent; while only giving up players that are totally replacable. Only time will tell, which was the right decision. Unless of course you have a crystal ball like Muzik does, and can tell us that Saunders and Ervin are going to "find it out" along with their "A" game, where then nobody will want to face us in a short series. (Didn't really work out last year, but whatever.) YOu know the great thing about Doc Halladay? You don't need a crystal ball to see if he is going to be a great pitcher. He just is.
Lets be realistic about what kind of players we are talking about here. Joe Saunders was putting up lights out numbers in his rookie year as a late season call up. I believe he was 7-1 with a microscopic ERA before dropping two late starts. This was largely overlooked because Jared Weaver was called up around the same time and getting all the press with his 11-2. Then Saunders followed his All Star season by being our ace the first two months of this season while 3/5 of the staff was on the DL. The Skills are clearly there, whatever the problem is will be his and Mike Butchers job to figure out… just as they have with Lackey. Just as they did last season with Santana. Which brings us to Santana who has dominant stuff, but has dealt with some physical issues this season that have set him back and he has yet to catch up.
Now as for Aybar. Actually Im not a fan myself. I think he has mad physical skills. But is in the way of someone with an even greater upside in Brandon Wood. Saying someone that gets to play once every 7 – 10 days every call up has been given a chance to show what he can do is both naive and disingenuous. Hitting is all about rhythm. If youre not given consistent at bats there is no way to get in, or stay in a rhythm.
Next lets talk about the big match up with Boston. OK I will give you Lester is a solid #2. But Beckett is no longer a solid #1, Wakefield is not a solid #3 and Penny is far from solid at #4. Also last years series was lost not on the mound, but when Scioscia took Aybar and Hendrick straight off the disabled list and back to starting every inning of every game putting up a combined 4 for 35, .114 BA with 1 RBI and more runners stranded than Ive ever seen in a playoff series ever by any two batters. Wood and S Rod played those positions the last month of the season with pretty good production. That is exactly where the 2008 series with the Red Sox was lost. 2007 was a different story with the team ravaged by injuries going into post season.
Finally, As for the players we didnt get… well as Tex reminded us, trade deadline players are not players you build a team around. They are rent a players who are near the end of their contracts and have expressed to their former team their desire to test the free agent market. Halladay has more than a year left which made him more unusual, but Toronto made it clear that unless the trade was so lopsided they couldnt say no, they were more than content holding onto him. They werent looking for a fair trade.
"Here's what matters in October: momentum. Positive, upbeat, driving momentum generated by quality play, good pitching and a dash of good fortune here and there."
I agree with this statement 100%. As fans all we can reasonably expect is to have a good team that competes for a playoff berth. If that happens, the team has already proven it is a GOOD team. Winning in the playoffs comes down to the things Lyle mentioned. That's it…
"when the Angels get to the post season they don't have the elite talent to beat the elite teams (Boston Red Sox)" and "if the Angels get to the World Series, they will have an even harder time matching up to the Phillies, Dodgers, Cardinals"
That's bull—-. I'll grant you things may not be as rosy as Lyle likes to paint them, but all the Angels need to win in the post season is a little more luck. We've had close games against the Sox… in spite of the fact that our style of play doesn't work too well at Fenway. Any team can win a five-game series in baseball… particularly when only the eight best teams are playing.
And as far as the World Series, come on! You don't need to worry about matching up to any National League team… it just comes down to which team is hot.
I agree Joe Saunders has been good at times, my argument is that we shouldn?t wait for Joe to become more consistent, waiting when you can win now is not something I am a fan of. The Angels might not have the great hitting that they have now in a few years when Saunders is consistent. I won?t comment on Santana, his career speaks for itself. While Wood may become a good to great player we don?t know all we have is hope. Aybar has been good this year but we will have to wait and see if he does it year in and year out. With regards to Boston staff while Beckett may not be as good as last year he is steal better and more consistent than any of the Angels starters outside of Lackey. Yes Lester is a solid #2 and their bullpen is solid as well. The key to winning a series is two solid pitchers a good bullpen and a consistent offense Boston has that. I agree with you that last year?s series wasn?t lost on the mound, but we had Weaver and Saunders pitching lights out, this year they are both struggling to throw strikes consistently and their shortcomings have been masked by the Angels offense. And yes Teixeira was gone after half a season, but we would have had Halladay for all of next year why not swing for the fences and try to win a championship this year and next? As I stated in my previous post the Angels farm system and the two draft picks the Angels would have gotten if Halladay didn?t resign would have been more than enough to offset the loss of pieces that would have been traded for Halladay.
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Yes luck is important, but in my opinion you need solid pitching and timely hitting more than luck. And being close to winning isn?t good enough. And explain to me why the Angels style of play doesn?t work well at Fenway. The Angels are about getting men on base and playing small ball to score runs. That means going 1st to 3rd, taking the extra base whenever possible, moving runners over, hitting sacrifice flies, etc. Tell me why they can?t do that at Fenway. Your comment about what team is hot is very disturbing. You can be a hot and if you run into two or three good pitchers (Which the Phillies have) they can stop a hot hitting team dead in its tracks, then it comes down to matchups and I don?t think the Angels staff matches up well with some of the other staffs of the eight teams that will make the playoffs. I hope I am wrong and the Angels win it all this year I just wish the Angeles would have been more aggressive and creative and brought in some pitching help. In my opinion there is no way the Angels couldn?t have gotten Cliff Lee from Cleveland. Even Lackey was hoping for pitching help, because he has been there before and knows what it takes to win it all. When the Angels won the championship in 2002 they had good to dominant pitching and timely hitting. Good pitching beats good hitting all the time.