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Blowing it up: the final DeRo comparison, from me anyway
While I realize that some of us want to have a DeRosa lovefest, I'm playing the realist today on this, Christmas Eve. (To prove my point: Jesus wasn't actually born on Dec 25.) However, between paragraphs I will have tidbits called DeRo Facts to help stem the tide of resistance from those who would fluff him if they could.
Mark DeRosa could have been an MMA champion, but he instead chose to devote his time to saving the lives of sick puppies and kittens.
Fact: Mark DeRosa had a career year in 2008. In the past few days, one or three people have repeatedly said that I've been ignoring certain statistics or facts when arguing about DeRosa, but I haven't read much acknowledgment on their part about this piece of truth. At the age of 33 (Fact: players tend to do worse at the age of 34 than they did at the age of 33, or 32, or 31), he hit .285 with 21 homeruns - 8 more than his previous best. He drove in a career high 87 RBI. He had a career high .857 OPS - a full 87 points better than his career average. His numbers put him among the best second basemen out there, at least offensively.
Mark DeRosa was expelled from the NASA astronaut program because they refused to let him get to the moon on a starship powered by his immense, unmeasurable willpower. He called them "pussies" and they kicked him out.
DeRosa also played 38 games in right last year, 32 of which were as a starter. He's played 150 games in RF in total in his career, incidentally. It is of my opinion that DeRosa would probably be somewhat below average as a right fielder over the span of a full season because I doubt he has the arm you'd want from that position. Regardless, some people who know more than me about defense say he'd be above average.
Mark DeRosa has single-handedly ended the regime of four communist dictators in various South American countries. He fights for democracy. He fights ... for freedom.
Regardless, DeRosa as a regular right fielder does not strike me as being a wise option. We've battled back and forth about it for a few days now, but I'll summarize it. He won't have an OPS of .857 next year. He won't hit 21 homeruns. Having lost the surprising offensive bat of Jim Edmonds, and considering the likely return to average of Theriot and DeRo, I've been arguing for a while that the Cubs need to pick up some extra offensive oomph, preferrably in RF, and preferably a left-handed bat to make up for the imbalance of the Cubs lineup. I base this argument on the fact that the Cubs failed miserably in the playoffs - and while the playoffs are a big crapshoot, I would not be satisfied with the Cubs if they sat on their laurels and didn't find a way to improve before the start of the 2009 season. After all, in baseball those who sit on their laurels rarely get to stand up, if you get my meaning. The Cubs need a good hitting outfielder, and most importantly they need a good hitting #3 hitter who can allow for Derrek Lee to move down the lineup. Mark DeRosa is not that guy.
Mark DeRosa has a reputation Europe-wide of being a gentle, fulfilling lover. He reportedly has 10 love-children in every country in the EU, who he hopes will one day spark a new baseball league that will take that continent by storm.
Therefore, the Cubs need to sign a guy or trade for a guy. As for DeRosa, I feel that he either needs to stay at second base or be dealt, paving the way for a Fontenot who will put up comparable production but as an inexpensive lefty. But under no - zero - circumstances should DeRosa start in right field next year, and this has been the crux of the argument. It was spurned by a comparison of DeRo and Adam Dunn, but if I haven't made it clear by now I will try again: Adam Dunn is not my first choice as a Cub, but I'd still choose him over DeRosa all day long if the Cubs could find a place for him in the outfield.
Mark DeRosa with one hand tied behind his back could kick Adam Dunn's mammoth ass in about 3 seconds flat.
If DeRosa could duplicate his '08 numbers, it'd be acceptable. The problem is that the Cubs would still have not replaced the surprising numbers of Jim Edmonds/Reed Johnson in center field - unless Fontenot went buck wild and Babe Ruth'd the ball all year long. Again, my concern here is finding a better #3 hitter, balancing the lineup, and helping the Cubs improve in order to increase - even if only minutely - their chances of winning a World Series.
Mark DeRosa doesn't win the World Series. If it's lucky, and with a lot of hard work and team play, the World Series may win Mark DeRosa.
Anyway, that's my philosophy on DeRo. Use him where he's strong - second base. Upgrade in the outfield. But to back up my measly opinion with cold, hard statistics...
Mark DeRosa doesn't need statistics. Statistics need ... well, you get it.
DeRo played 38 games in RF last year where he had an RF of 2.43 (although range factor is a questionable stat according to some). There were 44 players in baseball who played more games in RF than DeRosa, and 56 who played at least 30 there.
Of those 56 players, 53 had more assists than DeRo. (Remember how I said he's played 150 games there in his career? He's had 6 assists ... 25 of the 56 had at least that many, some in as few as 60-or-so games. But hey - only 7 had a better RF than DeRosa's 2.43, although his career RF is 2.26, and 26 of those 53 beat that last year. (BTW, in 82 career games in RF - 33 started - Dunn has a RF of 4.07, which tells you just how ridiculous a stat it is, and he has 5 assists, just one fewer than DeRosa despite playing 828 fewer innings over their careers. He also has 5 errors out there to DeRo's 1, so I guess you can theoretically tack 4 runs onto Dunn's tally, even though we don't know for sure if those errors turned into runs.)
For the record, I'm going to make this comparison 3 different ways. First, among all qualified right fielders in 2008, DeRosa would have been 9th in OPS, tied for 8th in HR, 13th in AVG, and 4th in OBP. That would be out of 22 "qualified" right fielders, making DeRosa slightly above the middle of the pack in terms of his production last year during Fact: a career year performance for DeRo.
Second, among right fielders including the guys who didn't quite make it to the necessary plate appearances, DeRosa would have been around 13th in terms of OPS, depending on where you draw the line for "qualification." He would have been tied for 9th in HR, he would have been rougly 19th in AVG, and 11th in OBP.
Third, among all guys who played in RF as often as he did, DeRosa would have been 15th in OPS, incidentally. Here's a list of guys who out OPS'd him:
Guys with a better OPS: Jayson Werth .861 (*note: 418 at bats), Elijah Dukes .864 (*note: 276 at bats), Xavier Nady .867, Maglio Ordonez .869, Brad Hawpe (*note: 488 at bats) .879, Jermaine Dye .855, Andre Ethier .885, Vlad Guerrero .886, Nick Markakis .897, Adam Dunn .889, Josh Hamilton .901, J.D. Drew .927 (*note: 368 at bats), Sin-Soo Shoo .946 (*note: 317 at bats), Ryan Ludwick .966
And none of that takes into account how many guys outslugged him as well - a stat that is only important because my main thesis is that the Cubs need a new #3 hitter if they want to improve their chances of winning the World Series in 2009.
So, my working theory here is that DeRosa will not match that production next season. All the odds are against him - his age, his 3-year-splits, his career averages, all of them. That doesn't mean that DeRosa is a piece of crap or anything, it just means that as Cub fans, we need to be fair and reasonable and accept him for his limitations. So, leave him at second base where he'd be just fine with a .280 AVG, 12 homers, and an OBP of .345 or so.
But put him in RF next year with those numbers, and I seriously doubt he'd be responsible for a net gain of +20, as Maddog is hypothetically suggesting.* If the Cubs were looking for that kind of production in right, then they might as well leave Fukudome out there.
(*I know you just threw that number out there as an example, Maddog, not as what you are actually expecting)
But what they need is increased production. That's just not in DeRo's bag for 2009. So, with all of that said, and explained to ridiculous detail, I'll summarize by outlining the following:
1. This conversation started out with somebody suggesting Dunn in RF, then with somebody else saying that DeRo might be a better option for a variety of reasons, and then it spiraled downward.
2. I would not advocate Adam Dunn in RF, but yes, I would take him there over DeRosa any day, unless the Cubs managed to make a serious upgrade at another position. If the Cubs were to seriously upgrade in CF, or SS, or even 2B - and by "serious" I mean a net gain of 10 to 20 homeruns and lots of points on the OPS - then DeRosa would be a fine choice to play RF next year. Otherwise, the offense will be worse and the Cubs will be worse and you don't make a team *worse* if you want to do better.
3. To Maddog - if DeRosa was even just likely to duplicate last year's numbers, I'd happily settle for him in RF next year even over Dunn. But it's not likely at all, in fact it's probably very unlikely. But I'll ask nicely - please don't accuse me of obscuring the argument, or ignoring statistics or opinions strongly based in fact when you haven't once acknowledged that DeRo's likely production will be drastically down next year. I find it very frustrating.
And that's where I'll leave it. Have a good Christmas Eve, everybody, and thanks for participating in the most heated December Argument of recent memory.... ya Cub marks!
Sadly, Kurt, what you think
Sadly, Kurt, what you think DeRosa is going to do in RF is meaningless since we have several different projection systems that are far better at predicting future performance than you are. It's fine if you want to say you have a hunch he'll not be as good as his projections, but to ignore them as if your hunch is accurate and all other opinions based on something that is actually, what should I call it, real, well, that's just silly. Acting as if those who argue Dunn isn't much better than DeRosa are claiming DeRosa to be great is intellectually dishonest at best, and a flat out lie at its worst.
moot point
C'mon. Kurt being stubborn? Nah. Geez.
While entertaining, the "discussion" tends to compare apples to oranges, with all making good points. The best part is people defending moot points, as neither Dunn nor DeRosa are likely to be the everyday RF. Have a great Christmas, everyone!
p.s. DeRo is likely to regress based upon his age alone. Throw out '08 as an aberration. Would you be happy with his '06 or '07 numbers in RF or at 2B?
If you can provide 5 solid
If you can provide 5 solid examples of players at the age of 33 who drastically outperformed their career averages and previous 3 year splits who were projected to have similar production the following year and actually MET those expectations -- WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF STEROIDS -- then great, you're right on.
It's not a matter of thinking that DeRosa will do worse based on some kind of ridiculous, stat-ignoring "gut feeling," it's a matter of common sense. The problem with your so-called "projection systems" is that they're pretty useless in general and especially useless here in particular. If they are even usually CLOSE to being spot on, it's because players tend to play to their ability more often than not and a player's incline and decline tend to be slow enough to fall within the room for error. You won't be able to find me a single projection system that expected the kind of output from DeRo last year, because they don't take into account for the possibility of career years, and you won't find me a single one that's projected numbers for next year *aren't* effected by his surprising '08 numbers because, again, they don't take into account for the possibility of career years.
Rather than continue to beat our heads against this obvious struggle with reality that we each think the other is facing, let's put our money where our mouths are. I'll bet you that DeRosa's production in 2009 will come drastically closer to his career average/three year splits than to his career year in 2008.
If I'm right, I get to run your blog for a day in October of 2009. If I'm wrong, you get the reigns of GROTA for a day. We can hammer out the specifics of the bet - the line where he exceeds my expectations and enters the realm of yours, for example. But it's a nice, friendly bet and it's been a while since I've gotten to run a blog other than this one.
So, what say you? Are you game?
Quit hitting the Horse it's Dead
Enough already, Mark DeRosa is already a cub and that is the main difference between he and the Big Donkey. If he remains with the team, which I assume that he will, then we all know he will start 2B a majority of the time and he will also see time defensively all over the field. But does signing another OF and keeping DeRosa and Fontenot really make sense? By signing an OF and keeping those 2 the cubs are basically creating a logjam in the middle IF and the OF. The more capable bodies the cubs have on their roster the less valuable Mark DeRosa becomes, as you have less of a need for him to be the super utility guy on the roster and less opportunities/positions for him to fill in at. So, if the cubs sign a free agent OF, then I would trade DeRosa along with Pie and Marquis. If the cubs fail to sign an OF then the need to keep him around increases. My question is, why are the cubs so unwilling to move any of the players they have through a trade while they are looking to add free agents at the same time? Having an unbalanced lineup is an issue, but not the biggest issue staring the Cubs in the eyes heading into 2009. I think that the bullpen is incredibly weak in comparison to what was there in 2008, and another issue is whether or not there is enough PT/AB's to go around for all these guys. The cubs would be better served to trade some of their glut of middle IF or OF for some quality bullpen arms, instead of adding more question marks to what is already there (Gregg & Gathright). Kevin Gregg couldn't carry K-Wood's jockstrap from the clubhouse to the laundry room, so I'm not too excited to see him in the bullpen because I thought we got rid of Bob Howry. I'm also surprised that no one is concerned that after dumping Marquis on some other team that it may be wise to add another starting pitcher to hedge against possible injuries to Harden or Z. There may never be another off-season in which bargains can be had for starters like now, and the pitcher I would like to see them add the most is Brad Penny. If the cubs fail to acquire an OF they still have an extremely capable group of guys out there to do the job (Soriano, Johnson, Fuku, Pie, DeRo, Gathright, Hoffpauir) at a fraction of the cost in acquiring a free agent. That money would be better spent on the bullpen, rotation, and a quality backup catcher. I would argue that adding Pudge Rodriguez on a 1 year deal would be a good use of some of the money, as Soto obviously broke down at the end of the year from such a massive workload. Pudge can still produce, is a veteran leader that knows how to win, and Soto could greatly benefit by working with a future Hall of Famer. These may not be the most glamorous or attention grabbing acquisitions, but adding Penny & Pudge make more sense than paying millions of dollars to pickup a 7th outfielder. I'm a firm believer that the cubs don't need a $10M player at every position on the diamond, as they have invested a great deal already in their corner IF & OF positions, and they are going to need that money down the road to lock up Soto, Harden, and other players coming into their FA/arbitration years.
Hendry was willing to trade Vitters, then why not keep trying?
My question is if Vitters really could have brought Jake Peavy to town, then why not shop him around to other teams and see what else he could bring? The premise doesn't change at all; the cubs want to win now, their farm system is comparable to a desolate crater on the moon, and Vitters in only 18 years old at least 3-4 seasons from making an impact and is still a high-risk, high-reward prospect. So why not let some other team take on that risk if we can add an impact player to the roster that another team can't afford? The possibilities are never-ending if Jim Hendry is willing pop open that can of worms. I would start by talking to the Rays about a trade to acquire Carl Crawford, which would be the best move I think the team could make. If not, then look to the Rangers about Josh Hamilton to see what it would take to get him. The Indians Grady Sizemore would be an ideal fit. Or talk to the Blue Jays about Alex Rios or Roy Halladay. The Mariners could get a call if they were willing to let Ichiro go or even more unlikely if they would be willing to trade Felix Hernandez. Don't forget good old Andy McFailure in Baltimore who you could ask about Nick Markakis. And if nothing is completed by the trade deadline Hendry could get a hold of crazylegs Billy Beane and try to put together a package for Matt Holliday. All I am saying is that if Vitters was the centerpiece of the Peavy deal, why not see what other teams would be willing to give up to get him. Personally, I see no reason to make the kid languish in the minor leagues for the next 4-5 years until Aramis's contract is completed, where by that time he will have as much value in a trade as Felix Pie does today.


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Do you remember that completely awful story about Sons of Anarchy actor (and onetime Katy Perry boyfriend) Johnny Lewis from back in September? According to reports, Lewis killed his elderly landlady Catherine Davis and dismembered her cat before he leaped or fell from the roof of his house and was found dead in his driveway. Based on the fact that he'd been arrested several times on drug-related charges, it seemed like the sad conclusion was that he was suffering from some sort of drug-induced psychosis when all of this happened -- which was in fact what his own attorney speculated.
Well, the toxicology reports have come in, and the news is surprising and downright creepy: Lewis had no drugs in his system at the time of his death. Everything he did before he plummeted off that roof, he did completely sober.
Reports of the incident say that on September 26, Lewis stormed into his landlady's apartment, smashed up her furniture, and beat and strangled the 81-year-old woman. He then fled the scene, fought off two neighbors, and climbed the roof of the house he was renting from Davis. It's not completely clear whether he jumped or fell (although one investigating officer noted that Lewis "apparently lost his balance or struck an object"), but his body was later discovered in the driveway.
The two neighbors who encountered Lewis before he escaped to his roof told cops he had exhibited "superhuman strength," and it was initially believed he was under the influence of some powerful substance -- possibly an amphetamine-type drug called Smiles.
However, the toxicology results on Lewis found no traces of any drugs or alcohol in his body. Nothing prescribed, nothing illegal, nothing at all.
Clearly Lewis was a troubled man, since he'd served two recent jail sentences before the attack. Sources say he'd been in a downward spiral for years, and he'd been arrested last January for smashing a man in the head with a bottle.
Still, there's something extra awful about the fact that his inexplicable actions on September 26 can't be attributed to drugs. Whatever mental break he was experiencing, it wasn't triggered by anything chemical.
Even more disturbing, he was found to have nail marks on both sides of his neck when he died, and he'd suffered from partial strangulation. I'd guess maybe the latter happened during one of the run-ins with the neighbors, but the first detail makes me think that poor woman had struggled to fight him off.
I can't begin to imagine what his family -- and Catherine Davis's family -- has been going through. What a sad, weird ending to a truly bizarre Hollywood story.
Are you surprised to hear about Johnny Lewis's toxicology results?
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Like the "face eating zombie" who turned out to only show marijuana in his system, I am wondering if some of these new "designer drugs", like bath salts have strains you cannot see on drug tests? The "Spice" (fake marijuana) which has so many different unregulated varieties is so popular with the military because it can't be found on a drug test. But this guy is either a complete sociopath, or he was on something...........
I agree with tnyangel maybe it was a drug that doesn't show up in a drug test.
"bath salts" (which they suspected this guy to be on at the time) are currently untraceable by standard toxicology tests. unfortunately i don't think he was sober, but rather was on something that's undetectable in its current state. how anyone can hear a story like this and still want to try 'designer drugs' is absolutely beyond me. why would anyone try this stuff, seeing what it can do to people? sheesh.
Is it not possible that he was sober but seriously mentally ill? Maybe he deserves a level of sympathy as well. What he did was horrible but we'll never know what his state of mind was.


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He had surgery on his left hip in late March and on his right hip in late April. He's expected to fully recover by early August.
Calhoun had a strong freshman season, averaging 11.1 points and 3.9 rebounds while starting the first 29 games before a right wrist injury forced him to miss the regular season finale. He ranked second on the team in three-pointers made with 43.
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UCM President Chuck Ambrose, left, and UCM Alumni Association Board President Jennifer Maijala '01 presented the 2013 UCM Alumni Distinguished Award for Service to Frank Fendorf.
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"Just like you can read a newspaper, I can read a musical score and determine what it sounds like," said Frank Fendorf about his passion for music. Fendorf credits UCM for shaping him into the person he wanted to be. "My goal was to receive an education that would equip me to make a worthwhile contribution to society, UCM gave me that opportunity. The excellent faculty taught me the values necessary to succeed in my chosen profession."
Fendorf was presented the UCM Alumni Distingiushed Award for Service at a formal dinner Oct. 25, 2013, on the UCM campus in Warrensburg.
As a student at UCM, Fendorf was an active member in band, orchestra, choir, Sigma Phi Epsilon and student government. He graduated from UCM in 1947 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and became the second person ever to receive the Charno Award, an award presented annually to the top male and female members of the senior class at UCM.
Starting his career, Fendorf became the band director at Warrensburg High School for three years. In 1950, where he spent the next 15 years, he accepted the title as public school music supervisor and director of bands in Chillicothe, Mo. "Working with students and conducting bands has always been a great pleasure," said Fendorf. In 1965 he accepted a position as partner for the firm Wingert-Jones Music Inc. where he worked for over 35 years. His time dedicated to the firm helped the company become one of the largest retailers of printed music and publishers of music. In 2003 he retired as vice president, a title he prestigiously earned.
Soon after retirement Fendorf began to focus his talents in a different direction, director of the Overland Park Civic Band. As director he led the 65-member band through a series of concerts each summer along with an annual holiday concert.
Fendorf has always been connected to UCM throughout the years. "Frank represents his alma mater with dignity. He contributes most of his successes to UCM which has supported him along the way," said Bob Foster, a friend of Fendorf. He believes in giving back to UCM, especially by helping students. He and his family have established two scholarships: the Frank and Barbara Endowed Scholarship in Music and the Marching Mules Endowed Scholarship.
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Delano Las Vegas Put on a Magic! Show for Its Grand Opening
South Beach meets the desert...Delano style.
The Delano Las Vegas may have technically opened to guests over Labor Day Weekend but the desert outpost of the Delano South Beach made it official last night with a grand opening party that was hosted by model/actress Jaime King and included South Beach-inspired cocktails and appetizers, a Spring/Summer 2015 fashion show from designer Charlotte Ronson, and a small acoustic set from the Toronto-based reggae band, Magic!
You've probably never heard of this band before but you haven't gone anywhere without hearing their hit song, "Rude." (Come on, sing it--"Why ya gotta be so ruuuude? Don't you know I'm human too?")
The opening party was actually a trial event of sorts for the Delano as the hotel hopes to put on more exclusive shindigs and events like this in the future. While the hotel's bars and restaurants--Franklin, Della's, Mix and 3940 Coffee +Tea--are open to the public, folks who book the all-suite rooms at the hotel will have priority access to these events. Rates for the rooms start at $599 on the weekends and around $150 during the week.
Stay tuned next week for more from inside The Delano! In the meantime, peep a room below and head on over to VegasChatter for more info!
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Don't Forget: The Delano Las Vegas is Opening This Weekend
All eyes were on the grand opening of the SLS Las Vegas last weekend, but now the spotlight is heading down The Strip to The Delano Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay, which will officially open on Tuesday, September 2.
Back in May, we admired the "different yet still designer" look of the Vegas version of the Delano Hotel in South Beach, one of the original boutique hotels created by master hotelier But this is by no means a literal translation of the South Beach hotel. If anything, the Delano Las Vegas actually feels more luxurious and warmer than the original. Sure, there is all-white furniture in the bedroom but out in the sitting room, there's furniture that you can actually sit on and feel comfortable doing so. Little but important luxury touches in the rooms include a robe and slippers, Malin + Goetz bath amenities, flat-screen TVs, a well-stocked bar, plug panels at the desks and this most excellent phone on the nightstand. Downstairs, there will be more of Delano to experience. See how!
But this is by no means a literal translation of the South Beach hotel. If anything, the Delano Las Vegas actually feels more luxurious and warmer than the original. Sure, there is all-white furniture in the bedroom but out in the sitting room, there's furniture that you can actually sit on and feel comfortable doing so.
Little but important luxury touches in the rooms include a robe and slippers, Malin + Goetz bath amenities, flat-screen TVs, a well-stocked bar, plug panels at the desks and this most excellent phone on the nightstand.
Downstairs, there will be more of Delano to experience. See how!
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10 Ways to Do The SLS Las Vegas (Without Spending The Night)
We've just taken you inside a World Tower room at the SLS Las Vegas but the beauty of this casino, and all casinos in Vegas really, is that you don't need to stay the night to take it all in. Here are 10 ways to see, like and savor the SLS Las Vegas without spending the night.
1. Werk Your Arrival: The grand entrance to the SLS is rather spectacular. After admiring the Philippe Starck-designed sculpture/caricature of SLS Hotels CEO Sam Nazarian out front, you walk through simple glass doors into an entryway that features a mirrored ceiling (perfect for #selfies!) and light-up floor squares which make you feel a little like Michael Jackson in the "Billie Jean" video. This "stage" of sorts then gives way to the casino floor. Overall, it just gives you a baller sense of arrival.
2. Gamble In Style: The casino is smaller than most Vegas casinos, but it's filled with shiny, new things like flat-screen TVs in the gambling pits and funky Starck-inspired figures atop some of the slot machines. There's also a throwback slot machine for the Sahara in the center of the casino if you're missing the good old days.
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Inside a Room at the Just-Opened SLS Las Vegas Hotel and Casino
Now open! Say hello to this caricature of Sam Nazarian, designed by Philippe Starck.
If you followed our live-blog on Friday, then you were privy to one of the first images from inside a room at the SLS Las Vegas, which officially opened at midnight to the public. Today, we're showing you all around that room.
This here is a superior room in The World Tower, which is standard SLS fare in terms of design and amenities. The Story Tower has smaller, budget-type rooms with bright yellow-tiled bathrooms, while the Lux Tower has larger plusher rooms and suites, with more of designer Philippe Starck's ethereal elements like mirrors on the ceilings, peekaboo bathrooms and illustrated draperies.
The decor in the World Tower is simple but with alternating soft and bold touches like a white sofa at the foot of the also white and extremely comfortable king bed, an armchair with a silver tree stump table next to it, baby pink and black wallpaper design, and giant mirrors on three walls, including one which lights up.
The minibar amenities offer up SLS Saints and Sinners goodies (including SLS's Culinary Director Jose Andres' brand of potato chips!) along with fancy cocktail glasses to use. In the bathroom are SLS's Ciel Spa toiletries which are thankfully gentle on your skin and hair. There's an open closet and an open shelf for storing your clothes as well as an ironing board and iron to crisp up for a night out.
Our favorite part, however, was the desk.
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So Long Sahara: The SLS Las Vegas Grand Opening Is Here
Something lovely starts today.
SLS Las Vegas has officially completed its $400 million renovation of the iconic Sahara casino and will be opening their doors at midnight tonight to excited and skeptical guests alike.
Currently, we're in the "excited" group because it's been a hell of a ride to watch SLS grow from one boutique hotel in Los Angeles to a full-fledged casino resort in Las Vegas, with a property in South Beach opening along the way, and several more to come.
We toured the SLS back in May and even though the rooms were not ready and the casino floor was just beginning to get its finishing touches, we could envision the sort of fun playground it will be, with big names and brands installed at the restaurants, nightclubs and retail that surround the casino floor.
Yet aside from a few touches that honor the old Sahara resort, made famous by the Rat Pack, the SLS has done away with anything old and replaced it with everything new. Folks still clinging onto memories of the Sahara may enter SLS with skepticism (or perhaps, it's bitterness) but we'll go in excited--you know how we love new things--and hopefully, we'll come out excited too.
Below are our on-the-scene observations. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for some other live coverage. For even more dedicated coverage on the SLS Las Vegas, head on over to VegasChatter's own live blog.
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SLS Las Vegas Will Be Getting 'Fancy' for Their Grand Opening Party on Friday
We've been counting down the days until the opening of the SLS Las Vegas since, well, the last opening party that SLS had in South Beach nearly two years ago.
Yet the humble bell-ringing ceremony that we witnessed at the opening of the very first SLS Hotel in Los Angeles, at the start of a recession, has given way to a bacchanal celebration fit only for a town like Vegas.
SLS has cultivated "a guest list of over 3,000 VIPs, celebs, political figures, media and influencers" who will experience the jaw-dropping $400 million overhaul of the former Sahara casino this Friday night. The invited will sample gourmet cuisine, sip on specialty libations and scope out the guest rooms. Some folks may even decide to gamble!
Capping it all off will be a performance from Iggy Azalea, the hit maker of the summer, thanks to her song, "Fancy." Iggy Igz will perform at The Foxtail Pool stage with a special featured guest. Please dear God/Sam Nazarian, we hope it's Rita Ora.
The special grand opening concert is being put on in partnership with Pepsi. SBE, SLS Hotels parent company, hinted at future headliner events such as this, saying:
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SLS Las Vegas Will Open Even Earlier Than Planned on August 23
Hotel delays don't faze us. But hotels that open earlier than expected do, which is why today we're doing a little happy dance after hearing that the SLS Las Vegas will open at midnight on August 23, and not August 25 as we last heard and not September 1 as was originally planned.
The casino resort put out a press release, stating something completely unheard of in the hotel world: "construction on The Strip's newest resort is wrapping ahead of schedule." Translation: SLS Las Vegas is a unicorn.
According to the release, rooms will be open for reservations on August 23 yet all we're seeing on the website is availability for August 25. We also couldn't pull up a room rate as the site was having issues. Perhaps too many people trying to ride the unicorn? However, last we checked room rates for that date we found a World Tower room for $149 a night. You can also book a room through HHonors, thanks to SLS's new partnership with Hilton Hotels' Curio Collection. All the restaurants will also be open on August 23, including Bazaar Meat by José Andrés, Cleo, Katsuya, Ku Noodle and The Griddle Cafe.
For help deciding what room to book, check out our analysis of the room categories here.. For even more on the SLS and its transformation from the old Sahara to today, head on over to VegasChatter.
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Is The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas About To Become a Hilton Hotel?
There's always some crazy news out of Las Vegas these days but we were a bit stunned this morning to hear that Blackstone Real Estate had purchased The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas from Deutsche Bank for about $1.73 billion. That's a lot of cash!
But does this mean The Cosmopolitan will stop being an Autograph Collection Hotel by Marriott?
The chances of The Cosmo moving from a Marriott to a Hilton entity are extremely likely as the Blackstone Group pretty much owns Hilton Hotels. Yet Blackstone's real estate division, which is responsible for the purchase of the Cosmo, has a diversified portfolio, which also includes, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a percentage in Caesars Entertainment. Innnnteresting.
If Cosmo does move from Marriott to Hilton, we don't think it will happen immediately and we are sure Cosmopolitan will keep its Identity, not just the players reward club, but its cool kid persona which had made it a premiere casino resort on The Strip.
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Different Yet Still Designer: Inside a Room at The Delano Las Vegas
Yesterday, we showed you a cool piece of technology inside a room at The Delano Las Vegas, opening on September 1 at The Mandalay Bay--telephones with USB ports in them. Today we've got photos of the rest of the room and there are even more design and tech touches to admire.
The Delano is in the midst of renovating THEhotel's old rooms but there are quite a few that are already completed...and hosting some special guests (more on that later.) We were able to look inside a king room suite on the 37th floor. These suites start at a spacious 725-sq.ft. and include a separate sitting area, wet bar and an extra half-bathroom.
The design is merely reminiscent of the original Delano in South Beach rather than a replica. Indeed, the white sheer curtains and a white leather headboard that nearly covers the entire wall behind the bed are the only two items that will make you think of the original.
Instead of mirrors and chrome accents, the Delano Las Vegas has gone for gold with tasteful gold trim on the wardrobe closets, gold table legs, gold sconces (with outlets in them), gold cabinet handles, and even a gold luggage rack. (Of course, it it not real gold. You know what we mean.)
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The Delano Las Vegas is Making The Hotel Room Telephone Useful Again
We usually associate the Delano brand with design and not necessarily technology but when we peeked into a model room of the Delano Las Vegas, opening September 1 at the Mandalay Bay, we geeked out over the room phone. Yes, the room phone which we actually thought was nearly extinct.
While the phone may look like an ordinary cordless phone with the requisite hotel buttons on the front, on the side, it has a USB port so you can directly plug in your phone for charging.
No more schlepping over to the desk to the plug panel. No more bringing both the outlet charger and the USB cord. Just plug and charge while you sleep.
This is the first time we've seen this sort of phone in a hotel room, anywhere. But we sure hope it gets picked up by hotels, everywhere.
Stay tuned tomorrow for more photos inside The Delano Las Vegas!
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What to See, Like and Savor at The SLS Las Vegas, Opening in August
Last week, we got to the tour the most ambitious SLS Hotel project yet--the SLS Las Vegas Hotel and Casino at the far end of the Las Vegas Strip, where the old Sahara casino used to be.
For "old" Vegas fans, there's not much of the original Sahara left, aside from the bones of the room towers and casino building. But if you want a thrilling new way to do up Vegas, baby, Vegas, the SLS will satisfy little and large spenders alike. Sorry, we got carried away with SLS-speak. What we meant to say is, there will be something for everyone here. You may not need to leave the SLS at all.
As we mentioned on Friday, there will be three different room towers, each with a different category of rooms inside.
The World Tower will feature SLS "lite" sort of rooms. These rooms are no bigger than 400-sq.ft. (with the exception of a suite) and they are more fun and functional rather than over-the-top luxurious.
Rob Oseland, president and COO of SLS Las Vegas told us these rooms were designed by Philippe Starck to be "cost effective chic."
There's an exclusive SLS bed (called Sleep Lying Still from Beauty Rest by Simmons Hospitality), 300-thread count bedding, down pillows and a comfy little couch at the foot of the bed. There's also the SLS-branded Saints & Sinners minibar goodies as well as a desk and rolling chair and a flat-screen TV.
And instead of putting in a lot of luxury layers where room technology is concerned, Oseland said SLS will simply boost the cell reception and install a fast WiFi network, which at the end of the day, is really what guests want from their hotel rooms. The World Tower rooms are the starting room rate at $149 a night on August 25. Yet if you want some luxurious settings, you should upgrade up to the Lux Tower.
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Here's a Sneak Peek of The Delano Las Vegas, Opening on September 1
It's been a long time coming but the Delano Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay has opened its reservations line for stays beginning on September 1. Today, our sister site VegasChatter is touring the property (which is still undergoing its transformation from the existing THEhotel) and will be answering some of our hard-pressed questions like, "What's the best room to book?" and "What makes this hotel so special from others?"
But for now, you can peep some room photos and lobby photos that the hotel released today. You can also view a video here.


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An American television institution for almost 60 years, "The Tonight Show" will continue to be a home to big-name celebrity guests and a stage for top musical and comedic talent. Taking a cue from his unforgettable predecessors, including hosts Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, Fallon will carry on the tradition that audiences know and love - kicking off every show with the iconic "Tonight Show" monologue. Known for his huge online presence, Fallon will also bring along with him many of the popular segments, celebrity sketches and musical parodies that fans have grown to love on "Late Night," including #Hashtags, Thank You Notes and Slow Jam the News.
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text: DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The much delayed planting of flowers for the downtown and waterfront areas of Duluth will be Thursday at Bayfront Park. Snow delayed the first several attempts and rain washed out the event on Wednesday. Crates of flowers will be delivered by Engwalls on Thursday morning and volunteers will transplant them into 150 streetscape planters at Bayfront. City crews will then move the planters into the downtown and waterfront areas for the summer. About 60 people are needed to help do the planting and lunch will be provided by the Inn on Lake Superior. The Greater Downtown Council is asking volunteers should show up at Bayfront at 10 a-m Thursday and bring garden tools and gloves if you have them.


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Before joining Symantec, Ms. Martin was a Managing Director in Stroz Friedberg's New York City office, where she acted as a first responder and managed numerous data breach, computer intrusion and theft of intellectual property matters.
From 1999 to 2004, Ms. Martin served as Senior Counsel in the Department of Justice's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, focusing on the international aspects of cybercrime and prosecuting a high-profile Economic Espionage Act case. She also assisted the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in developing its cybercrime capabilites as an Assistant District Attorney and as a campaign advisor to Cyrus Vance, the current Manhattan District Attorney.
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EXETER ŌĆō Andrew Treat spent 18 months at Franklin Pierce University, in New Hampshire, before deciding he needed a change.
ŌĆ£I left to find myself,ŌĆØ says the 22-year-old Cranston native who grew up in East Greenwich and graduated from East Greenwich High School. After majoring in radio broadcasting and information technology, it turned out that his true calling was as a first responder.
ŌĆ£In college, theyŌĆÖd started a volunteer fire department on campus. I hadnŌĆÖt thought of that but one of my roommates mentioned it and said ŌĆśWow, this is really cool!ŌĆÖŌĆØ
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Special to the Standard
NORTH KINGSTOWN ŌĆō A half-dozen cats that were abandoned in Apponaug after their elderly owner, known to be a reclusive animal collector, died have wound up at the Pet Refuge on Stony Lane.
According to Donna Hawkins, a Warwick cat expert, the family of the late Pat O'Sullivan arrived from out-of-state, went through the house and then left, leaving the cats to fend for themselves.
Worried that the animals ŌĆō some of whom are elderly and ill ŌĆō would be euthanized, Hawkins and a handful of neighbors began tending the animals.
QUONSET ŌĆö Greg Silkes, Logistics Manager & Sales Team Member at┬ĀAmerican Mussel Harvesters, Inc., remembers asking one of his clients in Nebraska why he sold seafood in Nebraska, the middle of nowhere. The son of Bill Silkes, owner of American Mussel Harvesters, Greg has grown up around the ocean and seen the benefits of locally grown and caught seafood, but wondered how someone from the windswept Great Plains region could enjoy quality product lifted from an ocean so far away.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN ŌĆö Washington Superior Court Judge Brian Stern ruled against the United Chambers of Southern Rhode Island in their request for a temporary injunction on Wednesday. The action was aimed to prevent South Kingstown Chamber of Commerce from changing its name to Southern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce (SRICC), which it had enacted on July 25, 2011.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN ŌĆō The owners of PhilŌĆÖs Kitchen are seeking three special use permits to expand its liquor license to full service alcohol, expand service to a roof top deck that would lead to the proposed space for the Contemporary Theater Company and a variance from parking requirements.
The proposed changes are part of PhilŌĆÖs owners Kenneth and Carl TetznersŌĆÖ plans to renovate the block. The property at 325 Main Street includes PhilŌĆÖs Restaurant, the former Kiddie Kloset and the site behind the restaurant, where the theater plans to move into.
This week Judge Stern ruled that Southern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce can keep its name after the United Chambers of Commerce filed a suit in December, believing that the name change was a hostile act.
On Wednesday, the South Kingstown Zoning Board vetted the plans for Phil's Restaurant in downtown Wakefield to renovate the business, which includes bringing the Contemporary Theater Company next door, adding a roof top deck and full alcohol service.
WOOD RIVER JUNCTION - The Chariho Regional School District is still feeling the aftershock of a car crash that injured four students in October 2011, and the ill-advised gathering of teens and alcohol that preceded it. However, as the district recovers, there is evidence to support a significant downward trend in substance abuse among students, and a heightened sense of the danger it presents.
By LINDSAY OLIVIER
NORTH KINGSTOWN ŌĆō The battle over the North Kingstown school budget continues.
Last December, the school district announced that it is expected to run a deficit for fiscal year 2012. As a way to stop it from getting worse, the town attempted to file a restraining order to halt any spending without prior approval.
Washington Superior Court Judge Brian Stern informed both the townŌĆÖs and schoolŌĆÖs attorneys that they had a month to work it out on their own. That month would have ended Tuesday but the date has been re-scheduled for Jan. 24.
Early Thursday morning, a driver crashed into a side of a medical building in East Greenwich, causing damage to the X-Ray room.
According to the Providence Journal, a representative from Rhode Island Medical Imaging, located at 1351 South County Trail said that no one was in the X-Ray room at the time of the accident and patients at the facility were given the option to seek treatment at one of the other five offices within the group.
WAKEFIELD - The teen driver who crashed his car into a tree last October, injuring himself and three other Chariho High School students, has been sentenced to serve home confinement.


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NBCNEWS.COM - Eleven killer whales are "locked in" by ice in a Canadian bay, with only a small area of open water for them to surface, the mayor of a nearby village said as he appealed for help to save the marine mammals.
A hunter found the killer whales, also known as orcas, on Wednesday morning in Hudson Bay, in northeastern Canada. Two of the orcas appear to be adults; the remaining nine are smaller in size, said Petah Inukpuk, mayor of Inukjuak, an Inuit village home to 1,800, in Quebec. Other reports said there were 12 orcas in the pod.
A video taken by villager Clement Rousseau showed the opening to be just large enough for a few of the orcas to surface at a time. A team from Canada's fisheries department is expected to arrive at the ice hole on Thursday, according to Canada's CBC.ca.
"They are in a confined area," Inukpuk told NBC News on Wednesday, noting that "there is no more open water."
"From time to time, they are in a panic state and other times they are gone for a long period of time, probably looking for another open water (space) which they are unable to find," Inukpuk said. "They keep going back to the same spot."
Killer whales are highly social and typically travel in groups from two to 15, though there can be larger groups, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They are most numerous in colder waters, such as Antarctica, Alaska and Norway, although they can also be found in temperate and tropical waters.
Inukpuk said killer whales were not spotted in the area every summer, but every second or third one. But this is "the first time that they are locked in," he said.
The winter was unusual this year in that the bay did not freeze up as it normally does at the end of November or beginning of December, the mayor said.
There was open water after Christmas but "about three days ago it got really cold and there is no more open water presently," he said.
Deborah Giles, a graduate student researcher at the University of California, Davis, who has studied killer whales for eight years, said the main issue facing the orcas would be if the air hole remained open.
"It is absolutely tragic to think about this, you know, if that does close up," she said. "That's really what their biggest problem is right now."
Among the ideas discussed to save the animals was using an icebreaker, she said, although Inukpuk said such equipment was in Antarctica at this time of year. A Canadian fisheries official told CBC.ca that some icebreakers were being used in the Saint Lawrence River, where three commercial ships got stuck this week.
Geoff Carroll, a wildlife biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game who helped release two California gray whales in a similar situation that made international headlines in 1988, said his experience in the effort known as "Operation Breakthrough" also showed the power of other methods.
"Our experience up here was that it seemed like the local knowledge and the low-tech approaches to working with the whales were the ones that worked best," Carroll said. "It seemed like there were lots of high-tech efforts made to get those whales out and they kind of failed one after the other. What really worked was when we got local guys with chainsaws cutting one hole after another and we could kind of walk the whales out that way."
Operation Breakthrough, which was chronicled in a 2012 movie "Big Miracle," was a success because Eskimo whalers cut more than a half mile of holes for the whales to travel through on their way to open sea in Alaska. Two Soviet icebreakers helped by crushing a critical thick wall of ice that blocked their path, according to a story on the rescue by the Los Angeles Times. Oil workers and environmentalists also assisted in the rescue effort.
The two gray whales were released after 20 days, although a third, smaller whale drowned near one of the air holes. There have been reports of other whales getting stuck beneath the ice, Giles said, but she said it was an anomaly for killer whales – technically in the oceanic dolphin family – which tend to hunt around the ice.
However, one pod of orcas died in 2005 in the Japanese Arctic after an ice hole closed, according to CBC.ca. There have been some other cases, too, said Paul Wade, a research fisheries biologist at NOAA's National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle.
Giles said food would likely not yet be a problem because the larger orcas should be able to survive on their fat stores for several weeks. But survival is less certain for the smaller mammals, including one that appeared to be nursing. She noted that the animals may not be in distress, as the adult males could be seen engaging in the normal behavior of "spyhopping" -- or shooting straight out of the water.
"It's possible that they are doing that not necessarily to get a bigger breath as somebody had indicated but rather to look around," Giles said, adding that killer whales can see equally well above water as below.
"It's also possible that they coming up as often as there is (is) a way to keep that ice open," she said. "They certainly, I would say, are smart enough to recognize that this is their breathing hole and they … don't want to have that close up."
Wade, the fisheries biologist, said he watched videos of the killer whales and thought some were engaging in normal behavior while other appeared agitated. He said it looks like the pod includes two adult males, several juveniles and female adults or younger adult males.
"There are cases where whales have been able to keep holes open just by the continually coming up every minute or so," he said. "It seemed like they could probably keep that open although it's not something killer whales do a lot of."
Wade also questioned how they got caught in the area.
"Why these whales hung around so long is a mystery," he said. But he added: "Even the types of whales that live in the ice a lot or much closer to the ice more frequently than killer whales -- they make mistakes as well."
Mayor Inukpuk said they would like to create an opening for the animals to move out. He said he would be on a conference call Thursday with other parties to discuss the possibilities. Canada's fisheries department said in an email that it was working closely with its partners and other experts to assess the situation.
Although the killer whales compete with human hunters for seal meat in an area where there are no supermarkets or grocery stores, Inukpuk said the villagers' main concern was the orcas' survival. Many residents have visited the area, which is 20 miles from the village and one mile from the coastline.
"They have a right to survive and hopefully someone will help us to get that (to) happen," he said. "The weather today is not so cold, so they (the killer whales) may keep the open area as it is by their movements.
"But tomorrow could be a different story."
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How Common Is Dupuytren's Disease
How Common Is Dupuytren's Disease?
Dupuytren's disease most commonly affects people of northern European heritage. It is rare in people of African or Asian descent. Heredity is thought to be a factor, because Dupuytren's disease tends to occur most often among close family members.
The risk of Dupuytren's disease increases with age. It occurs most often in people age 50 and older.1 Men are 7 to 15 times more likely than women to have severe Dupuytren's disease that requires surgical treatment. Older women often develop a milder form of the disease.2 Dupuytren's disease is very rare in children.
Up to 30% of men older than 65 with a Northern European genetic background will have Dupuytren's disease.3 Many of these will not need treatment.
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Product Name: Milktape Price: $15 Who would like this?: Hopeless romantics, significant others, high school crushes and BFFs "I made you a mixtape" is a phrase you probably haven't heard since 1992. Even burning CDs is passé in the era of Spotify. But somehow, sharing a playlist with the click of a mouse just doesn't pack the same romantic punch as an actual, physical gift. Let's face it, nobody is going to blush like a schoolgirl over a file shared on Dropbox.


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The movie opens with country superstar Kelly Canter (Gwyneth Paltrow) being pulled out of rehab by her husband/manager, James (Tim McGraw). He wants to get her back on tour so she can rebuild her tabloid train-wreck public image. She demands they bring along Beau Hutton (Garrett Hedlund), a worker at the rehab center who is both ...
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The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project's latest creation illustrates the eviction history of Urban Green Investments, a San Francisco-based real estate company that was recently put in the spotlight with its controversial attempted eviction of 98-year-old Mary Elizabeth Phillips.Read more »
Digging deep during the height of summertime fun and frivolity, we Guardianistas showed up in force last night for another lively and informative edition of our biweekly radio show, Alternative Ink, on BFF.fm. Listen to the podcast here (but don't be fooled by the first minute from a past show, it's a false front we used to hide this week's treasure).Read more »
California Controller candidate Betty Yee, a San Francisco Democrat, will officially square off against Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin, a Republican, in the November runoff election after rival Democrat John Perez today called off a recount request. Perez finished in third place, just 481 votes behind Yee.Read more »
The November ballot is shaping into a housing supply theory showdown, and yesterday's [Thu/17] Board of Supervisors Rules Committee hearing was the first round.
The committee hosted two hearings on rival housing proposals for the November ballot: Sup. Jane Kim's City Housing Balance Requirement and Mayor Ed Lee's Build Housing Now initiative. The two purport to set similar goals for building affordable housing, but Lee's proposal contains a poison pill that would invalidate Kim's measure. Read more »
In the wake of yesterday's [Wed/16] judicial ruling that California's death penalty system is unconstitutional — with federal District Judge Cormac Carney calling it arbitrary and so subject to endless delay that it "serves no penological purpose" — San Franciscans could play a key role in converting the ruling into an abolition of capital punishment.Read more »
Fractional mortgage loans used to convert apartments into owner-occupied tenancies-in-common have fed the eviction and displacement crisis in San Francisco, where the median home price just surpassed $1 million for the first time. Now, some of the same San Francisco banks that pioneered fractional loans here have started offered them in the East Bay and on the Peninsula.Read more »
So another scheme -- in a long and rich history of such schemes -- is attempting to break California into more digestible parts, and gaining national attention. Venture capitalist Tim Draper's Six Californias is all but on the ballot, attempting to rechristen the Bay Area as Silicon Valley. Good luck with that! Read more »
Next time you head to your neighborhood Apple store to get that smooth and harmonious feel that can only comes with the gentle touch of an iPad air, you might be greeted by an unhappy security officer picketing outside. The officer might share some choice words about the working conditions at Apple's security guard contractor, Security Industry Specialists.
Over the next few weeks, the SEIU United Service Workers West has organized a series of actions with security guards to demand Apple choose a more responsible security contractor. Read more »
Thousands of Central American children fleeing drug wars and poverty are overwhelming the San Francisco nonprofits who care for them, but new information from the mayor shows this may just be the beginning.
Yesterday, just hours before Supervisor David Campos' resolution to bolster funding to aid the incoming refugees passed, Mayor Ed Lee warned the Guardian and other journalists that San Francisco is bracing for another influx of even more children in need.Read more »
This morning (Wed/16), outside the San Francisco Community Recycler's Center in the parking lot of the Safeway at Church and Market streets, a group of protesters stood in a cluster, chanting: "Cans not condos!"
As the Guardian previously reported, Safeway is in the process of evicting the recycling center, which continued to operate up until yesterday. The San Francisco Sheriff's Department, which carries out evictions on Wednesdays, had signaled to the center's operators that they could be forced out anytime after July 16. Read more »


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Zack Stortini 10-11: Too Much of Nothing
The defining moment for Zack Stortini's season came opening night. During the player introductions, familiar names and new were cheered heartily until they got to #91 (Pääjärvi). Then came the announcement (quickly) "not in the lineup tonight #22 JF Jacques, #38 Jeff Deslauriers, #43 Jason Strudwick and #46 Zack Stortini."
The look on Zack Stortini's face said it all. He'd been HS'd on opening night (either that or he'd been working the laundry room at Shawshank).
Zack Stortini 10-11
- 5×5 points per 60: 1.07 (12th among forwards but DNQ)
- 5×4 points per 60: nil
- Qual Comp: 12th toughest faced among forwards but DNQ
- Qual Team: best available teammates among forwards but DNQ
- Corsi Rel: -4.59 (11th best among forwards but DNQ)
- Zone Start: 45.2% (toughest among forwards but DNQ)
- Zone Finish: 41.6% (worst among regular forwards but DNQ)
- Shots on goal/percentage: 16 shots, no goals
- Boxcars: 32gp, 0-4-4
- Plus Minus: -2 on a team that was -52
- What do these numbers tell us? Stortini is credited with playing with the best available teammates, although the lines he played on (Fraser-Jacques 35%) (Fraser-Jones 31%) suggests otherwise. I think he played as well as one could expect with those linemates and the zone start. Tom Renney didn't think he could play a lot of roles.
- How could these numbers be better? Tom Renney handled him about the same as MacT and Quinn in terms of EV minutes (Quinn used him 9, Renney and MacT 7–all at evens). The only way they could have been effective minutes for the Oilers is with better linemates. Jim Dowd, that kind of guy.
- Why did Renney send him out? Two reasons, I think. First, Stortini's foot speed had to be a concern and second the PK was bleeding and the team had Reddox for that role in the minors. The Stortini firing came about for solid hockey reasons.
- How did he lose his role? First, we have to define his role. Stortini was a 4th liner who could agitate, fight some and not cost a lot of stupid goals or penalties. As long as those things were covered, I think Quinn and MacT felt he served a useful role.
- Why couldn't he keep this role? Tom Renney made some wonky roster decisions. He sent away guys like Omark and Reddox out of camp in favor of guys like Steve MacIntyre, J-F Jacques and Stortini. When the club was floundering on the PK and trying to juggle 5 guys who could neither take or make a pass, someone had to go.
- So he lost his job to Jacques? I guess so. I'd say he lost it to foot speed. It was bound to happen sooner or later, he wasn't touched by God or anything.
- Can he come back? Sure. He's a better player than a bunch of the end of the roster guys, but it's also true he was better than those guys the day he was sent out.
- Will he make the club in 11-12? I don't think it is a good idea to bring him back because he was holding on to an NHL job by a thread the whole time. An upgrade would be in order, or better yet keep someone like Reddox who can handle the "Toby Petersen" role.
- The "Toby Petersen" role? Yeah, a "jack of all trades" kid who can fill a few roles here and there and make himself useful. NHL coaches have kept these guys in business for decades.
- Will he get another NHL shot? Sure. Stortini has 256 NHL games behind him, someone will give him a contract and he'll do enough useful things to get a callup when injuries hit. I wouldn't be shocked to see MacT trade for him (or wait for the Oilers to decline to qualify) and use him in the exact same way in Minnesota. Then again, these players are readily available.
- Who takes his job next season? Hmmm. I'll say Reddox, but Colin McDonald is an interesting player.
By the Numbers
•07-08 5×5 per 60m: 1.24
•08-09 5×5 per 60m: 1.76
•09-10 5×5 per 60m: 1.04
•10-11 5×5 per 60m: 1.07
Prediction for 2010-11: 66gp 4-7-11 (.167)
Actual 2010: 32gp, 0-4-4 (.125)
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