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Posts for March, 2010
Birkebeiner blows by all too quickly
After months of anticipation, the American Birkebeiner ski race invariably flies by in a blur. This year, it did so literally.
Ideal weather, near-perfect snow conditions (firm and fast) and the return of a strong European contingent combined to produce a new course record in Birkebeiner #37.
More impressive, an unprecedented 17 competitors broke the two-hour mark, averaging more than 15 miles per hour. Note, the Birkie hills were no smaller or less severe than in the previous races from Cable to Hayward. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Birkie skier revived after finish line collapse
Emergency medical workers revived a skier who collapsed, apparently due to a heart problem, at the finish line of the American Birkebeiner ski race on Saturday.
The skier was hospitalized but survived, according to Shellie Milford, the director of race operations for the event in Hayward. No details about his age or condition are being released.
Spectators reported that the skier collapsed at the finish about 2 p.m. and an emergency medical team assisted him before moving him away on a gurney. Reports that the team used a defibrillator to revive the stricken participant could not be confirmed. »Read Full Blog Post
The Drop Bag: Centurion challenges, victory for Wages, and Birkie strategy
The "Drop Bag" is a collection of news and events from the Off the Couch sporting world.
The name refers to the drop bags that competitors use to get their post-race necessities from the start line to the finish line of point-to-point races. Permits? Where did I put those permits?
Centurion conflict: Much like the Horribly Hilly hundreds and other popular cycling events in western Dane County, the Centurion Cycling race is finding the welcome less than warm among local officials and town residents. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
Indoor mountain bike park rides into Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel reporter Don Walker reports today that the operator of Ray's MTB Indoor Bike Park in Cleveland has signed a lease to open a similar venue in an old Menard's store in Milwaukee.
As proposed, the indoor set up would provide ramps and obstacles for mountain bikers and BMX riders to hone their skills. (5)
Wheels vs. wine: Judge sides with vintner in suit over Trek name
A ruling by Federal Judge Barbara Crabb in Madison allows a family-run winery in California to keep its name, and its wine.
The judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Trek Bicycle Corp. alleging the California Trek Winery, opened in 2007, violated the bike-maker's federal and state trademarks. The Waterloo-based business sued for roughly $375,000 in damages, profits and legal fees, and demanded that the winery pour out its product.
Crabb ruled that Trek, the bike maker, failed to show that Trek, the winery, had sufficient contacts in the state to satisfy legal requirements for the lawsuit to be heard in federal court in Wisconsin.
The Mercury News offers additional details on the suit and information about a commerative Trek Syrah, perfect for post-ride refreshment. (2)
Lakefront relay filled; marathon registration nears 900
All 90 slots in the Lakefront Marathon Relay have been claimed by teams ready to combine their efforts for the run on Oct. 3.
Meanwhile, registration for the full marathon is approaching 900, putting the event on pace to reach its 2,750 limit in April, a month ahead of last year, according to Race Director Kris Hinrich.
This will be the 30th anniversary of the marathon from Grafton to Veteran's Park, and it will serve as the national championship for the Road Runner's Club of America. As part of the celebration, organizers have invited winners of the past Lakefront runs to participate. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
One more marathon for Wisconsin's road runners
Bill Flaws at www.runningintheusa.com sent me a note this afternoon with an addition to the already lengthy Wisconsin Marathon list.
Number 23 in the Badger State is scheduled for Oct. 24 in Wisconsin Dells. Strange, it doesn't seem to include a water slide finish.
The Drop Bag: Learning to run an ultra, shuffling with shamrocks and paddling in unison
The "Drop Bag" is a collection of news and events from the Off the Couch sporting world.
The name refers to the drop bags that competitors use to get their post-race necessities from the start line to the finish line of point-to-point races. My Birkie bag was ligher than this.
Ultra clinic: Runners pondering a step up to the ultra level have an excellent opportunity to learn from two veterans, Jeff Mallach and Scot VanAsten, at a clinic Monday night hosted by the Berkeley Running Co. in Madison. The session at the store, 3234 University Ave., starts at 6 p.m. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
MKE bike polo players score in deal on trespassing tickets
Judging by the intensity of their high-fives, the Milwaukee bike polo players arrested and ticketed for trespassing back in January were quite pleased with the deal they scored in court on Friday morning.
They have good reason.
What some considered a $263 slap on the wrist for trespassing will become more of a pat on the back. The tickets will be dismissed if the nine mallet-wielding defendants reach an agreement with the sheriff's and parks departments on a bike polo location and take charge of the permanent play space. »Read Full Blog Post(9)
Birkie charity misses Bjorn identity, and more post-race reflections
The closest thing to a Bjorn Daehlie appearance at the 2010 American Birkebeiner was the great skier's photo on display in the Rivers Eatery in Cable. Well, that and the Bjorn Daehlie gear worn by the thousands of participants.
Without the celebrated Norwegian serving as an ambassador for the Multiple Sclerosis Society, the contributions raised for the charity dropped to about $45,000 last weekend. A substantial amount, according to MS Society spokeswoman Mary Hartwig, but well short of the $100,000 raised through the Birkie Skiers for Cures a year ago.
"Last year we were able to capitalize on Bjorn's involvement," Hartwig said. "Skiers who wanted a private ski with him the Thursday before the Birkie had to raise a minimum of $2,500. »Read Full Blog Post
Beyond the Birkie, beyond the Olympics, psychological recovery
In the midst of my annual post-Birkebeiner funk, I pondered how much my mild feelings of now-what ennui would be magnified in the psyche of an Olympic athlete.
Moving on from a solid mid-pack finish in a citizens ski race has to be magnitudes easier than recovering from the psychological intensity of a competition that required years and years of singular focus.
Barbara Meyer, a professor of human performance at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, proved to be uniquely qualified to share some of the insight that I sought, having served as a sports psychology consultant for the Australian aerial ski team in the Vancouver Olympics. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
The Drop Bag: Bike swap, Telemark sale, Fun Run and Lakefront Steeplechase
The "Drop Bag" is a collection of news and events from the Off the Couch sporting world.
The name refers to the drop bags that competitors use to get their post-race necessities from the start line to the finish line of point-to-point races.
Bike swap for snow: Given the warm forecast for the week, a bike swap to raise money for snowmaking on the ski trails at Lapham Peak seems timed perfectly. Bikes, gear, accessories and spare parts all will be on sale from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on March 20 in the Cushing Park School, in Delafield. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
No easy beer chase. Point Bock Run draws fast and deep field
Joel Patenaude, the editor of Silent Sports Magazine, raced the 8th Annual Point Bock five-mile run on Saturday in a very respectable 30:28, only to find himself backing up in the standings.
"It's funny how much faster and bigger this race has become since I last ran it in 2008," Patenaude wrote in a Monday morning recap. "While I shaved two minutes, 15 seccond off my time, I slipped 13 places in the overall standings."
In 2008, Patenaude was second in his age group. On Saturday, he had to pick up the pace to hold onto third in the highly competitive 35 to 39 division. »Read Full Blog Post(7)
Kumlien sprints to the start of cross-country run for mom and MS research
Call it the sprint before the slog.
Two weeks out from the start of her run across the country, Ashley Kumlien finds herself in a near-constant whirl: finalize sponsorships, secure a photographer, organize money-raising events, stockpile gear, shift from a syndicated talk show appearance to a Fox Sports Wisconsin video shoot; and dutifully promote her ambitious charity run via blog, Facebook and Twitter.
After March 22, the slower pace of simply running 20 miles a day will come as a relief. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Gladly paying the price for a Porta-Potty upgrade
Everything has its price, and when it comes to pre-race potty convenience, it's one we're willing to pay.
That's my impression after reading this excited dispatch from Off the Couch contributor Katrina Hull.
The words lept off the page: flushing toilets, running water. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
The Drop Bag: Bike-friendly businesses score gold, honors galore; and bike summit
The "Drop Bag" is a collection of news and events from the Off the Couch sporting world.
The name refers to the drop bags that competitors use to get their post-race necessities from the start line to the finish line of point-to-point races. Hey, a gold medal.
And the winners are: Wisconsin appears to be a veritable bikers' paradise in the latest Bicycle Friendly Business awards presented by the League of American Bicyclists. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Google does cyclists a big favor
After countless pleas from cyclists, Google Maps has added directions for cyclists.
Starting today, the media behemoth will offer biking routes in 150 American cities in Google Maps.
"This new tool will open people's eyes to the possibility and practicality of hopping on a bike and riding," said Andy Clarke, president of the League of American Bicyclists. "We know people want to ride more, and we know it's good for people and communities when they do ride more - this makes it possible. It is a game-changer, especially for those short trips that are the most polluting." (7)
Google map feature built for bikers by bikers
The launch of a bicycling alternative on Google Maps appears to be the way-finding equivalent of index shifting.
Announced at the start of the 10th annual National Bike Summit, the feature adds bicycling to the car, transit and walking options that have long been provided on the popular on-line service. The response on cycling blogs and social media has been a combined, "yay," and "finally."
Brier Dudley, the technology columnist for the Seattle Times, produced an insightful back story on the engineers who built the bicylce-route mapping program. And yes, they are cyclists, working right along the historic Burke-Gilman Trail in Seattle. »Read Full Blog Post(11)
The Drop Bag: Time to grab a paddle, load up on popcorn and add a race
The "Drop Bag" is a collection of news and events from the Off the Couch sporting world.
The name refers to the drop bags that competitors use to get their post-race necessities from the start line to the finish line of point-to-point races.
Grab a paddle: The rush of water turning local sidewalks into streams is a good reminder that Rutabaga paddlesport shop is hosting its annual Canoecopia this weekend in the Alliant Energy Center. Nearly 30 years old, the exposition of all things paddling opens on Friday and will fill nearly 100,000 square feet of space. »Read Full Blog Post
Team Sports launches 75-mile "epic" mountain bike race
The hilly, driftless terrain that has spawned a series of grueling road rides will test mountain bikers in the first-ever Unnamed Epic, scheduled for Aug. 28.
Team Sports Inc. is organizing the 75-mile race, which starts in Mineral Point and finishes atop Blue Mound State Park, where quadriceps go to seize tight.
Jack Hirt, executive director of the Tour of America's Dairyland, conceived of the 75-mile race after the area lost out on the opportunity to host the mountain bike events in the 2016 Olympics. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
Telemark buyer shares vision for a "diamond in the rough"
Ric Ahern, one of the principals in a venture to buy and renovate the Telemark Resort, first visited the landmark property in spring of 2009.
His impressions were similar to the ones I had formed during my first visit to Cable and the Telemark Lodge in the early '90s.
Clearly, the resort was tired. And on weekends without a major event - an American Birkebeiner or a Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival - the overbuilt lodge, while beautiful, took on a "Shining" sort of emptiness. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Spokes report: Granny Gear shuts down 24 Hours of 9 Mile
The 24-hour mountain bike race at the Nine Mile Forest near Wausau has been canceled for 2010, according to a report in Spokes Magazine.
Granny Gear Productions, which bought the race from its founder in 2009, has shuttered the 24 Hours of 9-Mile and the race in West Virginia, which started the overnight endurance contests. The 24 Hours of Big Bear had been scheduled to host the USA Cycling 24 hour national championship.
USA Cycling announced that the national championship will now return to Moab, Utah, for 2010, to be held in conjunction with the 24-Hours of Moab, October 9-10. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Run with Kumlien provides a fun farewell
When Ashley Kumlien finishes her upcoming run across the country, this group of local runners will be able to say they helped the 25-year-old train for the great journey.
Kumlien, front left, joined the group for a farewell outing on the Milwaukee Lakefront before departing on the MSRuntheUS venture. Andi Kneeland, front right, helped Kumlien set the pace for Paul LaRosa, John Ragland (back left) and Dominic Ticali.
That's a wrap: Lapham, even ABR, call an end to the ski season
"This is it, today is the last day for grooming."
That succinct note from Ed Muzik, the property manager at the Lapham Peak recreation area, put something of an official stamp on the end of the Nordic ski season in this part of the world. Warm weather and rain wiped out the last of the skiable snow, except for the loop of man-made snow.
Muzik and his volunteer crew deserve much credit for the long hours they spent grooming this winter. The same can be said for the Department of Natural Resources workers who provided outstanding ski conditions throughout the Northern and Southern Units of the Kettle Moraine State Forest. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
The Drop Bag: Full dose o' Blarney, local masters ski team session, and bike summit summary
The "Drop Bag" is a collection of news and events from the Off the Couch sporting world.
The name refers to the drop bags that competitors use to get their post-race necessities from the start line to the finish line of point-to-point races. Oof, where did these green beads come from?
No dampening Blarney: Spring seemed to blossom under a gray sky on Saturday morning, with close to 1,000 runners and walkers sporting bright, green Blarney Run t-shirts in the Underwood Parkway. »Read Full Blog Post
One last Great Bear Chase for snow pays off in pasties, pastries and prizes
Area skier Sara Knutson deserves some credit and Off the Couch space for ignoring the balmy forecast and making the trek to the Keweenaw Penninsula for the Great Bear Chase on Saturday.
The 25-year-old from Shorewood, veteran of three American Birkebeiners, produced a game-day report that captured the festive atmosphere in Calumet:
Ordinarily, a race with a shortened course, soft snow, 40-plus degree weather, and some mixed precipitation thrown in would be no one's idea of a good time; just a waste of gas, race wax, and a hotel room fee. »Read Full Blog Post
The Drop Bag: Beer, coffee and gadgets
The "Drop Bag" is a collection of news and events from the Off the Couch sporting world.
The name refers to the drop bags that competitors use to get their post-race necessities from the start line to the finish line of point-to-point races. I hope my phone charger is in here.
The MGD 64 app: Miller Coors LLC has launched a smart phone application that seems perfect for measuring the workout to and from the local liquor store. The MGD 64 pedometer tracks the number of steps taken by the user, and calculates miles traveled and calories burned, all for sharing with the party friends on Facebook. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Driver pleads guilty in crash that killed cyclist
Racine -- Janell Gehrke pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving drunk and killing Nancy Sellars as the cyclist pedaled west on Five Mile Road with a training partner on July 9, 2008.
As part of the plea agreement, five other charges against Gehrke were dismissed. They included causing injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle and fleeing the scene of a fatal accident.
Gehrke, 44, of the Town of Raymond, crashed into Sellars Tom Chopp about 6 p.m., after drinking with a friend through the afternoon. She left the scene, drove to her mother's house nearby and had a friend call 911. »Read Full Blog Post(27)
Off and running: 10 million finishers in U.S. road races in 2009
Fresh numbers reported Wednesday from www.Active.com and RunningUSA add to the "Running through the recession" concept that flourished with a host of new Wisconsin marathons in 2009.
Preliminary figures show more than 10 million runners crossed finish lines in U.S. road races in 2009, compared to 9.4 million in '08, according to the non-profit RunningUSA.
Ryan Lamppa, the organization's media director, also reported that 2009 was another record year for U.S. marathons: more than 465,000 finishers (not individuals); a 9.5% increase from 2008 (425,000 finishers). That marked the biggest percent increase in more than 25 years for U.S. marathons. »Read Full Blog Post
Going up: Stair climbers ready to dash for American Lung Association
The American Lung Association in Wisconsin is on pace to double the number of steppers in its second Fight for Air Climb, up the 94 flights of stairs in the U.S. Bank Building.
More than 1,100 participants registered through Wednesday and boosted the total raised for the charity over the $128,000 mark. In 2009, the event drew roughly 600 climbers and generated a bit more than $125,000.
There's still room in the stairwells for athletes and walkers looking for a unique work out on Saturday morning, according to Dona Wininsky, communications manager for the association. Registration will open around 7 a.m., and the first waves of climbers will start from the basement about 8. (The 30 or so who signed up to climb multiple times will start ahead of the packs).
Details on signing up can be found here.
Training programs ease the inactive off the couch
I'd like to think the powerful messages in these "Off the Couch" postings helped propel a record four million finishers through 5K races in the U.S. last year.
My inner realist, though, says the ever-popular Couch to 5K training program has probably been more responsible for filling the start lines from Port Orchard, Wa., to Myrtle Grove, N.C.
Written in 1996, by computer programmer Josh Clark, the ease-into-running regimen has been a huge boon to the running industry and the thousands of people who were unable to find any other way off the couch. I found this hilarious testimonial from a full-figured Aussie yesterday. »Read Full Blog Post
Coming Sunday: Turning the pedals at 90
Wednesday was special for Ed Braun and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Jim Stingl.
Ed turned 90 and Jim got to pedal with him on his daily bike ride.
As Jim reported: »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Milwaukee takes a silver award as a "well city"
Dozens and possibly hundreds of those familiar work-place sessions on nutrition, stress management and healthy lifestyles has paid off in a silver medal for Milwaukee, and official designation as a Well City USA.
The award announced Thursday recognizes a three-year effort that boosted the number of companies with accredited wellness programs in the city to 34. The designation comes from the Wellness Council of America.
"It's a rigid criteria, not just a certificate saying 'you're nice,'" said Janet McMahon, the executive director of Well City Milwaukee, a coalition led by the Metropolitan Area Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Milwaukee Committee and the City of Milwaukee. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
Bicycle Doctor hosts an evening of awe, plus joining the driftless
I'm a bit embarassed to admit that I had never heard of the cyclist and coach John Howard until a message about his appearance at the Bicycle Doctor landed in my inbox this week.
A quick run through the Internet proved that the comparisons to Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali in this piece weren't exaggerations.
Howard, now 62, won a Gold Medal in the Pan Am games road race in 1971, claimed 14 national cycling championships, won the first Ironman Hawaii in 1981, and more impressively, cranked a bike to a record 152.5 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1985. As the cliche goes, this guy is the real deal. »Read Full Blog Post
Death of runner and role model leaves void at Milwaukee YMCA
Running, training and teaching were the constants in Sharon Iggulden's life.
It was through those pursuits that she became a constant support for the members and workers of the Downtown YMCA in Milwaukee.
Her death on March 13, from a brain aneurysm, leaves a void that will be difficult to fill, a hollow echo on the running track where she turned thousands of laps. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Man-made snow sustains a Spring Fling at Lapham Peak
Deep piles of man-made snow and a fresh layer added by nature on Friday night delivered Rich Marusinec's equinox wish.
The 53-year-old "was just hoping to get out for another weekend" of skiing at Lapham Peak, and found himself with the good fortune of turning laps Saturday in the lower meadow; skating beside runners and hikers.
Sweetgall preaches a pedestrian version of health care reform
Although he lacks a traditional denomination, Robert Sweetgall has earned ordination as a peripatetic preacher.
The 62-year-old from Idaho honed his sermons on two noteworthy treks - around, not across, the United States.
First looping the perimeter, then winding through all 50 states, he walked more than 22,200 miles from 1982 to 1985, finding a new path after a career as a chemical engineer. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
The Drop Bag: Topping the field of Shamrock Shufflers; and bike connections
The "Drop Bag" is a collection of news and events from the Off the Couch sporting world.
The name refers to the drop bags that competitors use to get their post-race necessities from the start line to the finish line of point-to-point races. Got a stow-away Leprechaun.
Top O' the Shuffle: Matt Hooley, a grad student at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, raced to a second place finish in the massive Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle on Sunday. The former Carleton College runner edged Tyler Sigl at the wire in Chicago and led a tremendous showing by runners with Wisconsin ties. Sigl ran for UW-Platteville in his college days and now calls Seymour home. »Read Full Blog Post
It's on: 24-hour mountain bike race returns to Wausau
I connected with Adam Schmidt this morning and confirmed that the race director from River Falls has revived the 24-hour mountain bike festival on the Nine Mile Trails near Wausau.
"It's done, it's a go," Schmidt said, emphatically.
The Wausau24 is scheduled for July 31 and Aug. 1, and will include both 24- and 12-hour races for solo riders and four-person teams. (The 12-hour teams will have two riders). »Read Full Blog Post(2)
Kumlien starts cross-country run atop the Golden Gate Bridge
It turns out that a run of 3,230 miles doesn't start with a step, but a leap, atop the Golden Gate Bridge.
Ashley Kumlien leaps next to Eric Ponteri. Photo by Brian Anthony »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Chicago Marathon expected to hit 45,000 cap later today
Roughly 300 entries remained for the 33rd Annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon as of about 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday and officials expected to sell out those last slots, at $135 each, by the end of the day.
The race scheduled for Oct. 10 will have reached its capacity of 45,000 runners about one month ahead of 2009, when the registration closed April 23.
The 26.2 mile run through the Loop ranked as the fourth largest marathon in the world, and the second largest in the U.S. in 2009, based on the 33,701 finishers. The InG New York City Marathon, with 43,660 finishers, ranked as the largest marathon in history, according to RunningUSA. »Read Full Blog Post
And they're gone. Chicago Marathon hits the 45,000 registration limit
Just a couple hours after this post hit the blogosphere, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon announced registration for the 2010 race had reached capacity.
The formal word delivered from the organizers: "Registration for the 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon officially closed today. The 45,000-participant capacity was met in record time (51 days), closing a full month ahead of 2009's record pace. A limited number of entries remain available through affiliated charities and tour groups for the October 10 race."
As reporter earlier, the 26.2 mile run through the Loop ranked as the fourth largest marathon in the world, and the second largest in the U.S. in 2009, based on the 33,701 finishers. The InG New York City Marathon, with 43,660 finishers, ranked as the largest marathon in history, according to RunningUSA. »Read Full Blog Post
New study links marathon training and coronary plaque buildup
A study presented this week at the American College of Cardiology adds another factor to the cost-benefit equation of long-term marathon training by linking the training to increased coronary calcium and plaque.
Researchers at the Minneapolis Heart Institute studied 25 runners who competed in the Twin Cities Marathon for 25 years. The marathoners had significantly more plaque buildup than the non-runners in the control group.
The story posted on the Heartwire added this caveat from the lead researcher Jonathan Schwartz: »Read Full Blog Post(2)
American Birkebeiner Board takes slow growth approach - limit will be 8,400
After a record turnout for the 2010 American Birkebeiner ski races, the organization's Board of Directors has expanded the capacity to 8,400 skiers for the 2011 edition.
The board met in Hayward on Monday and addressed the size of the race field, which is straining the carrying capacity of the Main St. finish, parking, and the bus services that transport skiers to the start line.
The decision to set the limit at 8,400 allows for some growth from the roughly 8,000 that registered to race in February, while providing ample time to plan for bigger Birkies in the future, said Dennis Kruse, chairman of the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
Police following leads in crash that killed cyclist, UW-Milwaukee graduate
Investigators from the McHenry County Sheriff's Department continue to search for a pick up truck driver who fled from a crash that killed a 25-year-old biker at a rural Illinois intersection a week ago.
Christopher Schaaf was a high school football star at Evansville High School in southern Wisconsin, class of 2003, and earned a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, in May 2009.
He met his wife, Crystal, at UWM, and they married in October 2008. The couple moved to Harvard Ill., to pursue job opportunities earlier this year. »Read Full Blog Post(12)
The Drop Bag: Opening on the trail, and a Capitol change
The "Drop Bag" is a collection of news and events from the Off the Couch sporting world.
The name refers to the drop bags that competitors use to get their post-race necessities from the start line to the finish line of point-to-point races.
Trailbreaker sign of spring: In deference to the InStep Icebreaker, we'll note that Wisconsin's 2010 outdoor marathon season opens Saturday, with the out-and-back venture to the top of the Lapham Peak tower. The Trailbreaker is a unique marathon that annually draws a small but tough group of runners tackling the full 26.2 miles. »Read Full Blog Post
Effort to honor runner, YMCA leader, starts Friday night
Kristin Lindemann shared with me a very insightful reflection about her friend Sharon Iggulden: "I don't think people realized how important she was in their lives."
Those who knew Iggulden as an instructor and leader at the Downtown YMCA in Milwaukee would certainly agree. Sadly, her importance is being measured now by her absence.
The 42-year-old died suddenly of a brain aneurysm on March 13. »Read Full Blog Post
Authorities arrest driver in crash that killed bicycling UW-Milwaukee grad
A 20-year-old man who intially presented himself as a witness to a fatal crash near Harvard, Ill., has been arrested by sheriff's authorities who allege he fled the scene and lied about his role.
The collision at a rural intersection killed Christopher Schaaf, a 25-year-old cyclist training for an upcoming duathlon. The all-conference football player from Evansville High School earned a master's degree in architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
He and his wife, Crystal, moved to Harvard, Ill., earlier this year to pursue job opportunities in the area. »Read Full Blog Post(16)
Stuck in traffic; not on the couch
I wanted to extend an apology to the regular readers of Off the Couch (both of them) for the lack of posts about running, biking and other activities this week.
My reporting time has been consumed by the problems and political disputes in the Zoo Interchange.
Once the dust settles (now, that really warrants an apology) I should be back with a steady output of stories on races, rides, training and fun.


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Roy Smalley Jr.
Posted by Andy on October 27, 2011
I was stunned to see on our front page that Roy Smalley Jr. had died, but it turns out that I was just confused.
I know that both Roy Smalley and his father of the same name played in the majors, and I always assumed that Roy Smalley Jr. was the decent-hitting middle infielder who played mainly for the Twins in the 1970s and 1980s. This Smalley (who, incidentally, is Roy Smalley III, not Roy Smalley Jr.) just turned 59 two days ago and is certainly way too young to have passed away (and thankfully he has not.)
It's Smalley's father who is Roy Smalley Jr. He was a light-hitting shortstop for mainly the Cubs and Phillies in the late 1940s and 1950s, and he died a few days ago at the age of 85.
Anyway, it's a shame that it took Mr. Smalley's death for me to correctly figure out who was who, but I'm glad that I finally did.
Roy Smalley Jr.'s 1950 season was quite interesting. He had career highs in HR, RBI, SLG, and a few other categories, and most by a large margin. He also had a career high in strikeouts and even led the league in that category. He had good power for a shortstop from that era, averaging 11 homers per 162 games for his career.
On a separate note, I will be live tweeting Game 6 of the World Series tonight. You can subscribe to my feed @AndyBBREF. This is sort of an experiment---not sure whether I will continue tweeting after tonight, but at least tonight you can get real-time stat updates during the game.
23 Responses to "Roy Smalley Jr."
Doug Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 8:26 am
To add to the confusion, for me anyway was Roy Jr. died just 3 days shy of Roy the 3rds birthday. The announcement i saw here on Roy Jrs. death happened to be on Roy the 3rds birthday. I always thought of Roy 3 as Roy Jr. as well.
Jay Dots Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 8:36 am
119 strikeouts to led the league... that might be the league average these days.
Evil Squirrel Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 9:20 am
I too thought it was the most recent Smalley who had passed when I saw this....
I mainly know of Smalley III from the old Nintendo classic RBI Baseball, a video game which I got for my 13th birthday and which made a baseball fan for life out of me. He was one of the bench players for the '87 Twins in that game. I only later became aware of the fact that his father also played in the Bigs and shared his name....
Andrew Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 9:36 am
I was also confused initially until I looked it up to see it was the Smalley of "Miksis to Smalley to Addison Street (so named because the elder Smalley had a scattergun arm and made many wild throws a la Steve Sax, some reaching the Wrigley Field stands on....Addison Street )" and not the Twins/Yankees SS.
Andy Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 9:42 am
Since Smalley Jr in 1950, the next middle infielder to lead the NL in strikeouts was Juan Samuel (2B) in 1984, 1986, and 1987, then Delino DeShields (2B) in 1991, and then Jose Hernandez (SS) in 2001 and 2002.
Ed Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 10:10 am
So Roy Smalley Jr. was married to Gene Mauch's sister. Later, Roy Smalley III played for Gene Mauch (his uncle by marriage). That must have been interesting.
Ed Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 10:14 am
BTW, I mostly remember Roy Smalley III for his 1979 season. Anyone else remember that one?
If you look at his stats, it doesn't really stand out. What you don't see in the full year stats is the he was the leading MVP candidate at the All-Star break. Than he completely collapsed in the second half. Here are his splits:
First half: .341/.424/.535
Second half: .185/.262/.327
Ouch! Talk about regression to the mean!!!
Whiz Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 10:33 am
Roy Smalley Jr.'s big 1950 season was one of only 26 with at least 21 HR and an OPS+ of 85 or less. The most recent such seasons were Vernon Wells this year (25, 83) and Aaron Hill last year (26, 79).
Tony Armas the elder (but not Sr.!) had 36 HR and OPS+ 85 in 1983, which is the highest HR/OPS+ ratio of any qualified batter, although Sammy Sosa's 1998 (66, 160) and 1999 (63, 151) were close behind.
Andy Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 10:36 am
I always wondered why the two players named Tony Armas were not designated as Sr. and Jr., but I see now they have different middle names.
Paul E Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 10:45 am
@ 2 Jaydots:
Actually, in 2011, the average was 127 K per batter.....
Paul E Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 11:05 am
How about Smalley the elder leading the league in errors (51) and strikeouts (119) in 1950....to be joined by Dick Allen in 1964 (41 E-50 and 138 K's)
Tim L Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
I am a bit young to have seen Roy Smalley III play, but I do remember him as an analyst on Baseball Tonight. Suffice it to say he had better baseball skills than TV chops.
Jeff Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
Add me to the list of those who didn't know RS3 was the 80s infielder. For me, my visual image of every player who played in 1987 is their 1988 Topps card. When I hear the name Roy Smalley, I immediate see a guy standing at bat, feet shoulder width apart, facing his right, playing for the Twins. It's a little odd...
BSK Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
I used to make the same mistake with the John Thompsons, at G-Town. I always wondered why the called the father "junior". He was the junior. His son was the third. The original was not a coach.
birtelcom Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
The name Roy Smalley triggers for me memories of "The Hidden Game of Baseball" (THGB) by John Thorn and Pete Palmer from 1984, which further explored the fresh approach to baseball analysis Bill James Abstracts were presenting at the time but was somewhat more systematic than Bill . THGB included an early form of uberstat (trailblazing for the later Win Shares, WARP, WAR, etc.) that suggested that Smalley III, who was in mid-career at the time, was one of the most valuable defensive players ever and as a result was an enormously valuable overall player. Though the theoretical analysis in THGB was mostly splendid, the Smalley evaluation, like some others in the book, seemed odd then and has not stood the test of time.
Richard Chester Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Those 51 errors are the most in a season by a a SS since 1946.
howard rosen Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 6:54 pm
@7...Smalley's regression was even worse than that, Ed. The first half split you posted was actually all games pre-all-star break which was 89 games. His stats for just the first 81 games were .362/.441/.576. Pretty amazing that he played in all 162 games while batting around .160 for the entire second half.
RobMer Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
I had the same reaction when I came to B-R and simply saw "Roy Smalley Jr." as an entry, thinking "oh, no, he couldn't have died; he must be only in his 50s!"
While I can't say I was relieved to read it wasn't RSIII because it's still a death, it at least more understandable.
I always thought Roy Smalley Jr, err, the Third, might have had an easier time as a player if he came up a bit later. He came up as a SS during a time when SS's were supposed to be smaller guys, pesky hitters and slick fielders. Smalley was none of those, and seemed to bounce around between SS, 3B, DH and bench. Having a bigger man who had some pop at SS seemed to become more acceptable well into Ripken's career a decade after Smalley first came up.
Condolances to the Smalley family.
DoubleDiamond Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
I also saw the Roy Smalley, Jr., name in the "In Memoriam" section and thought it was the younger of the two players with this name. I knew that the guy I always thought of as Roy Jr. was born in the same year I was, 1952, and that he celebrated his 35th birthday in 1987 by being part of the World Series-winning Minnesota Twins. He made a pinch hitting appearance and walked in that game, which was on October 25. And the date I saw the Roy Smalley, Jr., name under "In Memoriam" here was October 25.
We've lost a few players born in or close to 1952 already. Mike Flanagan, born in December 1951, was a recent one. Others who have died already include Darrell Porter and Glenn Burke (AIDS-related). I thought that Eddie Solomon, a pitcher who was killed in an auto accident at a fairly young age, was also born in 1952, but I don't see him on the 1952 births page here. He was probably born in one of the surrounding years, but I don't have time to check it right now.
Roy Smalley III, born October 25, 1952, was the first overall pick by the Texas Rangers in the January 1974 draft. I have never been able to figure out the purpose and qualifications for the January drafts and the supplemental drafts that were part of both the January and June drafts until the mid-1980s. Before signing with Texas at that point, he was picked in various drafts four times. He was traded to the Twins in the middle of the 1976 season.
That 1987 game 7 was his last game. It came during his second tour of duty with the Twins.
Bill Tuck Says:
October 28th, 2011 at 1:48 am
When I was growing up in California, I remember hearing Roy Smalley's name on game of the day broadcasts. I also remember when Roy III was drafted high and played in the American League.
After I grew up, I had a coworker in San Jose who came from Chicago. He always spoke disparinglly of Roy, Jr.
I also remember when Roy, III and his wife had a son, he said they did not name the boy Roy, IV.
Stu B Says:
October 28th, 2011 at 6:16 am
@19: "We've lost a few players born in or close to 1952 already."
Given that those born in '52 will turn 60 next year, that is (unfortunately) to be expected. Even with longer life expectancy, those of us over 50 aren't kids anymore!
MCT Says:
October 28th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
"Roy Smalley III, born October 25, 1952, was the first overall pick by the Texas Rangers in the January 1974 draft. I have never been able to figure out the purpose and qualifications for the January drafts and the supplemental drafts that were part of both the January and June drafts until the mid-1980s. Before signing with Texas at that point, he was picked in various drafts four times. He was traded to the Twins in the middle of the 1976 season.."
I am curious about this as well. It's my impression that the secondary drafts may have been for players who had previously been drafted but had not signed, while the (regular) January draft may have been for players who had reached some eligibility milestone (such as age or graduation) since the last draft was held. I would love to find out more about how all this worked.
Including his final selection by the Rangers, Smalley was drafted five times: in the regular June 1970 draft by the Expos; in three different Secondary Drafts (January 1971, June 1971, and January 1972) by two different teams; then by the Rangers in the regular January 1974 draft. If my above theory is correct, Smalley's selection in June 1970 was following his high school graduation, his three secondary selections were because he had not signed and gone to college instead, and his selection in January 1974 was because he had turned 21 in October 1973. This would raise the question of why no one drafted him in the June 1972, January 1973 and June 1973 drafts. It could be that there was a limit on the number of times or length of time over which an unsigned player could be selected.
Under today's rules, I believe that once Smalley elected to attend a four-year college, he would not be eligible again until he either completed his senior year or turned 21. So he would have been eligible in June 1970 and again in June (not January) 1974, not any time in between.
Jim Sexton Says:
October 29th, 2011 at 10:17 pm
One of my earliest memories of major league baseball was a game in the early 50's between the Pirates and Phillies. In the last of the 9th, Gene Freeze (Pirates) hit a presumed base hit with a guy in scoring position, who easily scored. Roy Smalley (shortstop for the Phillies) watched the play despite the fact that everyone was leaving, celebrating, etc. Freeze watched the action and went to the dugout. Smalley called for the ball, tagged first base, and the alert umpire called Freeze out. Extra innings, and as I recall, the Phillies won. I was about ten, and I learned something important from that.

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i didn't think that the fair tax was a flat tax.
regardless, i agree with u about abolishing the IRS!
I still say all this Obamacare crap is a scam to bring communism in through the back door. This has absolutely nothing to do with healthcare and everything to do with redistribution. They purposely make the cost of Obamacare too high to afford so most of the taxpaying population end up having to pay the "fine". Only they will raise that fine every year until people end up owing thousands if not tens of thousands in "fines". Then the Marxists do away with "taking the fine just from your refund" and instead start coming after your estate and finances: Liens on bank accounts, possession of your house, auctions, all that lovely stuff the IRS does, and what happens? You got redistribution, communism 101. Everyone works for the state and the state doles out what it sees fit.
Obama must resign and must be impeached
Obama ordered IRS to rig the 2012 election and must resign
dont believe it(obama) didn know
Abolish the IRS
and then the EPA and so on
NASA is doing global warming studies . so get rid of that too
government is the problem and Obama is a criminal
abolish the IRS
impeach Obama
Obama ordered IRS to rig the 2012 election and must resign
what are Rush , Savage , Levin talking about ? gay marriage what the news media sets as the topic
Tell me how a man who will be 44 in a few days who lost his full time job and health ins, now has to work PT no health ins with a Wife who has Stage 3 breast Cancer, under going Chemo, and a 12 year old, and is a Type 2 Diabetic supposed to find health ins or pay for it, when they can barely pay rent and utilities on what he makes. She can't work for a year. She gets Breast & Cervical Medicaid from IND. The 12 year old Medicad, the adult male because he is a US Citizen gets ZIP! His scrit ran out in Dec 2013. No $800 for testing and the ENDO to get a new one? And if he gets another PT job she will lose the Chemo treatments.
As written in the ACA (or at least how I understand it and have read several articles that claim the same); the IRS cannot collect the penalty through any means of wage garnishment, nor can they apply interest to the amount owed for the penaly/tax WRT to obamacare. They can take it from a refund owed to a filer, but cannot take any other legal remedies to go after a filer for the penalty.
The simplest solution is to find a health care plan that fulfills the requirements of the ACA (if you must have insurance), or if you don't want to pay for healthcare insurance, then owe taxes every year and only pay the amount you owe for actual taxes and not the penalty. Clearly put on the memo section of the check that the money is for taxes owed and not the shared responsibility payment/penalty.
Of course you have to deal with rule by fiat from this piece of garbage who calls himself president, so you might have legal fees for going this route.
So what if you do not have enough income to pay taxes (say about 4k a year), and choose to not do anything about AMA. What might they do?
It is getting worse. Will the American public ever get its collective head out of its collective anal exit aperture and realize what is happening?
I doubt it.
The mandate/tax only applies to your 2014 and beyond tax returns and not your 2013 return. What the IRS may not tell you is that the only vehicle they have to collect the tax according to the law is to deduct it from your refund. If you set up yourr witholding allowances and/or extimated tax payments so that you get no refund, they have no means to collect. They cannot levy your wages or bank account. Getting a refund is a poor way to save money anyway as the Government is just holding onto your money and paying you nothing for it.
But i do not have the word in that, but look to Jesus and pray in faith for help and deliverance.
Still does not answer the question of how a man who will file short form, and will not be able to find ins because of preexisting conditions for both will ever dig themselves out of the hole they are in.
I tied what little savings I have into annuities, Marital Trust and then secondary trusts.
When I did that they panicked and thought there was actual money in a Trust that would get her Medicaid cut off. I left neither of them a dime. Goes to grandson for college/trade school, books and tuition only per semester, want more get a job! 1 ER grant of $500 if it meets the approval need to the trustees who are not his parents.
I think my first response is wrong...who knows is a better answer...
I will NOT comply!
Don't Tread On Me!
They should all be hanging from lamp posts. Just after the tar and feathers they receive.
Until that happens we will never again be a truly FREE people!
Notice that in your excerpt, it is our DUTY to cast off tyranny. I sense that the time to act is coming soon and will not be pretty, but I am itching to perform that DUTY. While others call me an extremist, I am planning and praying.
The government already owns your home in 49 states. They generously allow you to rent it from them, though...
"I will NOT comply!
Dont Tread On Me!"
I am with you there and am prepping accordingly.
You can never be over prepared.
This fall is the last chance for a reprieve/delay from that inevitable scenario, however if the GOP-e is successful in their attack on America, then we may see things get ugly very fast.
I wish I could go back to my pre-FR days.....I heard ignorance is bliss and I see so many ingorant folks that seem to be proving that adage. Sometimes I envy those ingorant bastiges....
One of the things that I have not read about yet is whether or not failure to pay the Shared Responsibility Payment will result in the IRS reporting it to the credit monitoring services.
I guess you haven't seen my homepage either. lol
That's a very good question.
"You can never really own more than you can carry with two hands while running at full speed." — Robert A. Heinlein
Don't bank on that foolishness, they will not stick with that. If there is no refund they will simply credit your tax payments to the health care tax and then you will be owing on your regular tax. They WILL NOT simply write it off because you are not owed a tax refund.
Nobody is suggesting lying on your tax return or anywhere else. The number of exemptions you claim throughout the year determines whether you pay in April or merit a refund.
Have now :)
"Nobody is suggesting lying on your tax return or anywhere else."
Sure, but some folks surely will lie, not realizing what that can get them from the IRS.
The questions will be on the form, and you will have to answer them.
The rule of law is dead and I know it. No argument. However, if we don't continue to discuss the law, however academic that conversation is now, there's not much left to talk about. :-)
"I wasn't lying. I was just confused!" ;^)
What a bunch of frogs. The pot of water you got dropped into was nice and comfortable and it still is till you get cooked.
Republicans are whimpering fools. Conservatives are Republicans with a mouth.
Stop whining and do something.
Agreed. The alternative is just too horrendous.
FWIW I don't blame you for calling out my first post. My homepage makes the same point after all. Sooner or later everyone is going to have to deal with the fact that the rule of law is currently null and void and any talk about that will be dangerous or very limited in scope.
Thanks for the clarification, that helps.
Agree. People need to learn to plan their exemptions close to enough to either not get a refund or to get a very small one.
Are they in a state that expanded Medicaid?
If they are in a state that did expand it, he can apply through the Marketplace and get insurance at probably very little monthly cost (if his income is low with that part-time job). The deductibles may still be high, but depends on the plan he chooses.
If they are in a state that did not expand Medicaid, he won't get the low monthly cost (no tax credits/subsidy).
I'm sorry for their situation...hope things improve for all of them.
Supposedly insurance companies cannot turn you down for preexisting conditions because of the ACA provisos, that has been in effect for a while now I believe. True, you have to apply during open enrollment and may have to pay more because of it, but one can find insurance (it's the whether or not you can pay for it part that gets in the way). A person who has the right income base and preexisting conditions can get subsidized or free health insurance (medicare/medicaid). The choices may not be to your liking, but they are there.
I don't understand your last sentence, would you please re-phrase?
It would appear so. Thanks for noticing, and thanks for the "ping."
I have a two year old FairTax "Ping list" which, when the occasion warrants, I use in an attempt to keep the momentum for FairTax moving forward, one mind at a time. The FairTax "ping list" I use contains names of some people who are no longer FReeping. But hope springs eternal in the human breast, so I continue to "ping" away, whenever I see an article that has relevance to the FairTax.
I've been in the "replace the income tax with a National Retail Sales Tax (NRST) and abolish the IRS" movement since April 17, 1991 (courtesy of a Pat Buchanan op-ed piece of that date), and was an "Inside the Evil Beltway (ITEB)" lobbyist for the NRST FRom 1995 until 2004.
My advocating and lobbying activities ITEB were a labor of love for me. I HATE THE INCOME TAX AND THE IRS! I was mostly unpaid for my activities ITEB. A small trust fund and some part-time work kept me going until my mother got too old to live by herself and I had to leave WDC and move to Jacksonville, FL.
Since I can no longer advocate for the FairTax ITEB, I do so FRom my keyboard and in my daily interaction with my fellow Americans.
As the Ophonybama depredations on our American Way of Life continue apace, and particularly in respect of the IRS, I expect that it will become increasingly easier to sell the Fairtax concept to both politicians and the American public.
FairTax advocates, both inside and outside the Evil Beltway have made steady progress in their education campaign, but much, much more needs to be done.
I NEVER IMAGINED THAT FReedom WOULD BE SUCH A HARD SELL!
If you or anyone reading this post wishes to get added to my Fairtax "ping" list, please FReepmail me and I'll be more than happy to add you to our roll of FairTax supporters here on FRee Republic. Likewise if you no longer wish to be "pinged," Freepmail me.
FairTax is a single rate flat sales tax on ALL goods and services purchased in the United States at the retail level.
FairTax replaces the income tax with a National Retail Sales Tax and abolishes the IRS.
For more information and to find out how to help us, check out http://www.fairtax.org.
Thank you for your interest!
Rome did not fall because of the Visigoth invasion. It fell because Romans no longer felt it worth defending.
The simple fact is that we will never again be a truly free people for so long as we continue to abide the Marxist income tax and the IRS!
I don't believe that the "Super Majority" vote you call for is a show stopper. With FairTax in place, EVERY attempt by Congress to raise the rate would be met with some strong opposition by the American public. The fact is that all of the tinkering with the income tax has been done stealthily in the dead of night. Congress rarely publicizes the changes they make in the Internal Revenue Code to avoid the unwelcome and hostility such changes incur amongst the public.
FairTax is a 23% sales tax, not 31%. ALL essential purchases are rendered tax FRee by the rebate mechanism, so the tax is progressive, depending on one's personal consumption above the essentials. We should studiously avoid engaging in class warfare rhetoric in these discussions, because once we go there, the LIEberals win. You will recall that the 2nd plank of the Communist Manifesto called for a "steeply progressive income tax" as a way to destroy the middle class. FairTax by not taxing work, savings and investments, will help rebuild our shrinking middle class, a phenomenon caused, in part, by the current tax code.
FairTax now has more public and Congressional support than it ever has. Momentum is growing, albeit slowly. We do have our work cut out for us!
I do not care about IRS job loss. Many will retire, others will find other work in government, and many will go find honest jobs. How often is "job loss" mentioned when the military services have a "Reduction in Force?"
Government is our slave, not our Master!
We must get used to demanding that government do our bidding!
No question about it — there are a lot of hurdles to overcome. HST, if we don't try, we'll never get there!
Let's not burn the IRS down — we don't need to go to prison!
HST, we can certainly burn the IRS down metaphorically. We need all the help we can get to do that, and there is no fear of going to prison!
Check FairTax out at http://www.fairtax.org, and we thank you for your help and support!
I'm glad you have a hobby. The FT will never pass. Politicos will never give up the power to mess with the tax system.
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that's been long established....there is no ethical standard on wall street .. money corrupts all
Very true. I think the goal here is to beat the stock down so that they can pick it up on the cheap. The prepay business is here to stay. In fact what many do not know is that prepay is becoming not only more popular but less expensive because they get to skirt the taxes. The taxes on service plans are going to go up. It is making prepay look more appealing.
Sentiment: Hold
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I ordered 19 pieces of jewellery from bidz.com, in 5 separate invoiced orders, within a few days. You get free shipping when you purchase 3 or more items and pay for them on the same day, so I thought, GREAT! So they get picked up at bidz and go to Newark NJ? That seems like a lot of bother as far as Im concerned... but ok.
The problems I am currently having are as follows:
1. 2 of the individual invoices have the same tracking number! When I asked bidz.com (through live chat), I got the cryptic answers I expected. Nothing substantial, just repeated, copied and pasted information... very frustrated, I ended the conversation. I also emailed FIMS and got an unusual reply about the order being sent out into regular mail, no commas or periods so it was quite difficult to interpret!
2. How long should I expect to wait for these items to get here? Its been almost 3 weeks now. I have had packages sent to me from every corner of the globe and the longest I have ever had to wait is 2 weeks, and that was a customs hold up!
Is this a normal thing to expect when ordering from bidz.com? I see there are a lot of unhappy customers associated with this company. I am regretting ever investing any money here.
I hope I get my package(s) soon, and I will update this report with my thoughts on the quality of the items I receive... here's to hoping it isnt all junk!
I will say this much,... I dont care if the jewellery I ordered is perfect and flawless and AAA+++ quality, I will never order from this company again... I would rather take my chances on eBay, at least I know Im protected by PayPal and will receive packages in a timely manner. I think it is ridiculous that someone should have to wait for weeks to receive a package.
Frustrated and Regretful!
Williamsford, Ontario
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Got The Packages - So Dissapointed!!!
AUTHOR: Lovesdeals - (Canada)
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Now as far as the quality of the jewellery I ordered. 19 pieces and EVERY SINGLE PIECE is, as far as Im concerned, worth less than what I paid. Very thin gold on the rings, Im afraid to wear them, if I make a fist, will it bend and break? Looking on the inside of the shank, it is like the gold was scraped out to make even thinner. The 10K mark looks like someone scratched it on. The diamonds are microscopic. Some of the coloured gemstones look and feel like plastic. I guess you get what you pay for! Some of the jewellery came with a sticker (for resale purposes I assume) with the value on them. For instance, I bought an Aquamarine and Diamond 10K gold ring. I paid $28 USD. Not bad, I thought I was getting a tremendous deal. Yeah right! I would be afraid to wear it. Anyway, it has a sticker attached with a value of $339. I cant see ANYONE paying more than $40 for this thing. Basically I paid low for crap. Lesson learned, I will never buy from this company again!
On another note... Of the packages I received, some came from California, and some came from Switzerland. ... strange ...
Well, thats it, the people who run this company are pretty smart cookies. They make the pictures of the items they offer look fantastic, they offer $1 auctions every 5 seconds, and seriously, the stuff should sell for $1. They even get you sucked in with the free shipping. Good luck to all the people buying this stuff cheap to resell on eBay (and a LOT of people are doing it) - unless you sell extremely low and describe the item accurately, you're going to get a lot of negative feedback.
Thats my rant... and hopefully it will give some of the new buyers to bidz some information that could save them some wasted time and money.
Good Luck to all!
Mona, Canada
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I have also ordered items through Bidz.com and used their FIMS delivery which they state can take 8 weeks after arriving in Newark, NJ.
Items I ordered in November took 6 weeks probably due to delays at customs. Other times my orders took close to 4 weeks to the day, after arriving in Newark.
The tracking information stops after Newark, because at this point Fedex has delivered the package as far as they are going to. There is NO tracking information available after this point.
Also for some unknown reason all my packages from bidz.com FIMS delivery are post marked from Malmo, Sweden which seems strange. It is not just one package, but ALL packages I received from bidz.com were dropped off at Newark by Fedex and then somehow mailed from Malmo, Sweden.
I have also used their Fedex Economy, which they use for orders over $300 or gift items ( generally brand name watches ). These orders generally arrive in a week after paying through checkout.
All my packages arrived eventually and none were missing items; however, I did receive a ring missing a diamond and some scratched gem stones.
You probably have a couple more weeks to wait at most. Hope it is worth it.
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Skip to comments.Chris Christie was Wrong, John Boehner Right On delaying Pork-filled superstorm Sandy bill
Posted on 01/03/2013 4:45:49 PM PST by raptor22
A pork-barrel feast of goodies for federal agencies to fix museum roofs in D.C. and aid fisheries in Alaska, cooked up in the middle of the night, is not the way to aid hurricane victims or run a government.
As if the fallout from agreeing to a bad deal that raises the debt by $4 trillion and accepts a 41-1 ratio in tax hikes to spending cuts weren't enough, Speaker of the House John Boehner has New Jersey's Chris Christie on his case.
"There's only one group to blame," the New Jersey governor said of the Sandy relief bill that was not included in the fiscal cliff deal, "the House Majority and John Boehner."
Christie, the man who hugged President Obama during his post-hurricane photo-op for doing a "good job," can't understand why Boehner, in a brief moment of fiscal sanity, decided the pork-laden Sandy relief bill might need a tad more examination before we rush to fix the roof on the Smithsonian Institution and subsidize fisheries in hurricane-ravaged Alaska.
"The House majority failed the most basic test of leadership," Christie said Wednesday, as the new year dawned, "and they did so with callous disregard to the people of my state."
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Christie Creme is kind of a whiner.
Couldn't agree more. Trying for 2016 already? Whatever happened to read the bill? If he had, he would have understood the reasons for the holdup. I'm tired of the pile on.
Christie is a fool.
These bills are never for the people. They are a way to shift money around to the lazy asses in Congress.
Stupid is as stupid does.
"Christie Creme is kind of a whiner."
Yep, squealing like a stuck pig.
He and Bloomburg are RINO's of a feather. He's a real crybaby. He should be crying to Zero, who promised he'd fix everything right away with his Obamabucks.
Crispy creme is a fat useless pant load that threw the election to Obama and now he wants all the other states to pay for his problem... KMY you people in new your and Jersy pay your own damn shit I tired of bailing you out an you giving us nuttin but a bunch of liberals running the country.
I dont live in a beach front million dollar home why should I rebuild yours...
and IIRC, Joisey told non union folks who came to helpf in joisey....home....no work for you!!!
Storms are like hitting the lottery for politicians.
In NY the unions did send them home, I don't think NJ did, but not sure.
The only thing that Boehner did half right except like the spineless coward that he is....he did not explain why he did it.
He and Christie both can gTH IMHO. Sick to death of these gutless rudderless politicians!
I have no doubt Christie would punch his own grandmother in the mouth if it would speed up his cut of that 60 billion taxpayer dollars.
This is why Democrats win and Republicans lose. I haven't heard a word from any Republicans as to why they rejected the Sandy Bill.
Dems under attack fight back. Republicans act like martyrs. Stupid martyrs at that, like the idiot Bush.
"Where do they come up with these huge round numbers like $60billion? Does anybody really do the math?"
A $60 billion package translates as a $200 tax on every man, woman, and child in this country.
I heard that it was full of pork. I heard that most of the funds wouldn't be distributed for months so it wasn't urgent to pass the bill.
My problem is that the Republicans allow themselves to be attacked without very verbally fighting back. They should be raising all sorts of hell at Chrisie, and explaining in no uncertain terms exactly why they refused the funds.
They have not done this effectively, nor do they ever.
""The House majority failed the most basic test of leadership," Christie said Wednesday, as the new year dawned, "and they did so with callous disregard to the people of my state.""
Yes, a Governor always makes sure he leaves his state dependent upon federal largesse liberally and immediately applied.
The basic test of leadership for Governors is you step up, clean up, and devote YOUR resources after a disaster, not look at it as yet another chance to fleece the feds.
If New Jersey is that broke, he need only look at himself as the problem.
You're right about that. Republicans seem to be the biggest wimps on the planet. As if they like having the bus driven over them.
Hey Porkie, why don't you put the blame where it belongs — on the pork producers.
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- Title
- Role of Culture and Context: Ethical Issues in Research with Asian Americans and Immigrants in Intimate Violence
- Journal
Journal of Family Violence
- Online Date
- May 2007
- 10.1007/s10896-007-9079-x
- Print ISSN
- 0885-7482
- Online ISSN
- 1573-2851
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Asian Americans
- Asian immigrants
- Ethics
- Research
- Intimate violence
- Domestic violence
- Culture
- Authors
- Alice G. Yick (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. School of Human Services, Capella University, 970 Norham Place, Glendale, CA, 91206, USA