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Chase Headley Rumors
Padres, Sox Have Talked Headley, Quintana In Past
Recent reports have linked Padres third baseman Chase Headley to the White Sox, and Dan Hayes of CSN Chicago adds some more details to that story, noting that the two sides have discussed the switch-hitting Headley numerous times. However, Chicago GM Rick Hahn is loath to meet counterpart Josh Byrnes' request of including Jose Quintana as part of the package.
As Hayes notes, Quintana can be controlled for another five seasons, and the Sox like the pairing of him and Chris Sale at the front of their rotation for the foreseeable future. The Sox are more amenable to trading fellow lefty Hector Santiago, according to Hayes, and they've likely offered him in potential deals for Headley. However, one big league evaluator told Hayes that Santiago's value has been negatively impacted by pitching in the same rotation as Quintana, as teams are frequently more interested in talking about Quintana, who is more consistent.
Though Headley figures to be one of the most oft-discussed players at this week's Winter Meetings, the Padres don't expect to trade their third baseman, sources tell Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. As for the White Sox, previous reports have indicated that the White Sox consider Quintana, Sale and Avisail Garcia to be untouchable in trades.
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Central Notes: Pirates, Royals, White Sox
The idea that the Pirates would trade for David Price is "pure nonsense," writes the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Ron Cook. The Pirates would have to pay about $30MM for two seasons of Price, and would have to give up lots of value in prospects as well. "There are a lot fewer clubs that can play at the top of the market than clubs that can't," Pirates GM Neal Huntington says. "We just can't afford to do 'X.' Well, we could, but then how would we build a championship-caliber club around that one player?" Huntington also says the single biggest improvement the Bucs can make is re-signing A.J. Burnett, who continues to consider whether to play for one more year or to retire. Here are more notes from the Central divisions.
- The Pirates could look for a first baseman, starting pitcher, shortstop and/or right fielder this week, Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review writes. Biertempfel notes that the Pirates "checked in on" starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo. If so, that might indicate that they're not hopeful that Burnett will be back next year.
- The Royals offered Carlos Beltran three years and over $40MM, CBS Sports' Jon Heyman tweets. Beltran ended up going to the Yankees for three years and $45MM. Heyman also notes that the Royals will also be bidding against the Yankees for infielder Omar Infante.
- The White Sox have demonstrated interest in Chase Headley of the Padres, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports. As Van Schouwen notes, that's a little odd, unless the White Sox think they can sign Headley to an extension — the White Sox aren't expected to contend in 2014, and Headley is a free agent after the season.
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NL West Notes: D-Backs, Headley, Boggs, Lopez
The Diamondbacks announced that they've hired Mike Harkey as their pitching coach and named Mel Stottlemyre Jr. bullpen coach. The 47-year-old Harkey has been coaching for 14 seasons, the past six of which have come with the Yankees on Joe Girardi's staff. Stottlemyre, 49, served as the D-Backs's pitching coach from 2009-10 and has served as the minor league pitching coordinator since. Here's more of the the NL West…
- Peter Gammons of the MLB Network reports that the earliest the Padres would consider trading Chase Headley is next June. The team doesn't want to sell low on Headley coming off a season in which his OPS+ dropped by more than 30 points.
- The Rockies have shopped Mitchell Boggs in trades as they attempt to gauge his value before determining whether or not to tender him a contract tonight, tweets Troy Renck of the Denver Post.
- Renck also reports that the Rockies are expected to tender a contract to right-hander Wilton Lopez, despite the struggles he endured in 2013. Lopez posted a 4.06 ERA with 5.7 K/9 and 2.2 BB/9 in 75 1/3 innings for the Rockies this past season after being acquired from the Astros for Alex White and Alex Gillingham.
- Newly signed Angels reliever Joe Smith told reporters in a conference call that the Dodgers made him an offer on the free agent market but wouldn't guarantee a third year (Mike DiGiovanna of the L.A. Times reporting on Twitter). The Dodgers appear to be seeking right-handed bullpen help, as they were also connected to Jim Johnson in trade talks earlier this morning.
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Quick Hits: Beltran, Furcal, Mets, Twins, Ellis, Santana
The Royals are very interested in Carlos Beltran, but the Yankees remain the favorites to sign him, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports. "I think at this point it would be an upset if he didn't end up there," one executive tells Sherman. The Yankees have thus far been unwilling to give Beltran a three-year deal, but they could eventually land him by giving him three years or by paying heavily for two. Regardless of the Yankees' current issues, the perception of the Yanks as a winning organization matters to Beltran, even though they won fewer games than Kansas City did last year. Here are more notes from around the Majors.
- Sherman writes that the Mets are no longer interested in free agent shortstop Rafael Furcal, who missed last season with Tommy John surgery, because of concerns about his health. The Mets are looking for an upgrade over Ruben Tejada at shortstop.
- Furcal himself says that the Mets, Red Sox, Marlins, Pirates, Nationals, Rockies and other teams have shown interest in him, reports Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes.com (link in Spanish).
- After failing to find common ground on a contract extension, the Padres would listen to offers for Chase Headley, Sherman reports. The question is how he should be valued — Headley hit .286/.376/.498 in a terrific 2012 season, then came back to earth with a .250/.347/.400 season in 2013.
- Even after landing Ricky Nolasco, the Twins will continue to strongly pursue free agents and trade possibilities, Darren Wolfson of 1500ESPN tweets. The Twins have been connected to any number of starting pitchers, including Bronson Arroyo, Phil Hughes and trade targets Homer Bailey and Jeremy Hellickson. They've also been tied to catchers like Jarrod Saltalamacchia and A.J. Pierzynski.
- The Twins aren't the only suitors for Hughes, tweets Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The Royals are also making "a strong push" for the former Yankees righty. Hughes is expected to receive a two-year deal, with the Mariners and Angels potentially being involved along with the Royals and Twins. Berardino also points out that Hughes' agent, Nez Balelo of CAA Sports, also represents Jason Vargas, who recently signed a four-year deal with Kansas City.
- The Royals need a second baseman, and a team official recently told the Kansas City Star's Bob Dutton that the Royals think Mark Ellis "has something left" (via Twitter). Ellis, 36, hit just .270/.323/.351 last season with the Dodgers, but he's a consistently-above-average defensive player.
- Carlos Santana of the Indians would like to play in the field more, but the Indians already have good options at catcher in Yan Gomes and at first base in Nick Swisher. Instead, then, Santana would like to try third base, and Terry Pluto of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes that the Indians are interested in the possibility, in part because Santana is taking initiative rather than complaining. (He's working out at third at the Indians' Dominican facility.) Whether Santana can field at third base is an open question — he hasn't played more than a handful of games at the position since 2006, when he was in the Dodgers' minor-league system. If the Indians have any confidence he can play there, though, they might be less inclined to pursue a righty-hitting third-base type this offseason. Lefty-hitting Lonnie Chisenhall, who struggled last season, currently sits atop the Indians' depth chart at third.
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Olney's Latest: Nolasco, Twins, Joba, Royals, Peralta, Headley
Major League Baseball is in a race against the clock to change the rules and eliminate home-plate collisions, writes ESPN's Buster Olney in his latest Insider-only column. MLB GMs were "100 percent" in favor when the issue of a rule-change was raised at the GM Meetings this week, says Olney. As one team lawyer pointed out to Olney, MLB has no choice but to scramble to get something in place for next season: "Everybody has said that there needs to be a change [in the rules], and if somebody gets hurt [in 2014] they could sue and claim that Major League Baseball knew there was a problem and didn't do anything about it." Here are just a few of the highlights from Olney's highly informative piece:
- Ricky Nolasco already has a three-year offer in hand, and that same team has indicated that it may be willing to extend the offer to four years. Nolasco's agent, Matt Sosnick, told Olney that his client's preference is still to return to the Dodgers.
- Teams are racing to make their best offers to pitchers like Tim Hudson and Bronson Arroyo, knowing that those arms might not require the potential four- and five-year deals that Nolasco, Ervin Santana, Matt Garza and Ubaldo Jimenez are targeting.
- The Twins have made it clear that they're looking to sign two good veteran arms, and in a separate tweet Olney notes that they're being very aggressive on the free agent market. In addition to their interest in Arroyo, it's possible that they're in on Nolasco, says Olney.
- The Royals have had internal discussions about adding Joba Chamberlain on a one-year deal, and as Olney points out, Kansas City pitching coach Dave Eiland was Chamberlain's pitching coach with the Yankees earlier in his career.
- The Royals would also like to sign Josh Johnson to a one-year deal in an attempt to recreate the magic of last year's Santana acquisition.
- Jhonny Peralta is looking for "huge" money, according to Olney's sources. Olney writes that Peralta is seeking "much" more than three years and $45MM. I predicted a three-year, $36MM pact for Peralta in my recent free agent profile of the former Tiger.
- The Padres haven't had any extension talks with Chase Headley this offseason, and as it stands right now, there are no plans to begin negotiations.
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Byrnes Talks Cashner, Lefty Relief, Rotation, Headley
"It's certainly a possibility," Padres general manager Josh Byrnes told MLBTR at the GM Meetings when asked whether or not the team would have interest in approaching Andrew Cashner about a long-term deal. "I think that, in a market like ours, or really in most markets, when a guy has proven that he has a chance to be a core guy, the early deal makes some sense. There's always risk with that, and we've felt that on certain deals that we've done."
Cashner enjoyed a breakout campaign in 2013, remaining healthy for a full season for the first time in his Major League career. The 27-year-old totaled 175 innings and posted a strong 3.09 ERA with 6.6 K/9, 2.4 BB/9 and a healthy 52.5 percent ground-ball rate. His fastball velocity — which averaged a strong 94.5 mph on the season — actually trended upward at season's end, and he finished particularly strong. In his final seven starts, the 2008 first-rounder posted a 1.22 ERA with an outstanding 45-to-7 K/BB ratio. Cashner lasted at least seven innings in each of those starts and added his first career shutout in the process. He projects to earn $2.4MM in arbitration this winter, per MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz.
Cashner won't be the only pitching-related issue that the Padres face this offseason, though, and they'll likely be looking outside the organization to address their need for left-handed pitching. "I think we have to keep all avenues open, including trading for a guy," said Byrnes. "We're feeling good. There's a lot of guys out there we like, whether it's through trades or free agency. It's just a matter of getting one or two."
Byrnes balked at the idea of issuing a multiyear deal to a free agent lefty, noting the rarity of multiyear deals for relievers in his tenure as a GM and stating, "It's probably something I would vote against." Indeed, as MLBTR's Transaction Tracker shows, Byrnes has guaranteed multiple years to just two relievers: Huston Street and Randy Choate. In the latter's case, he received a mere two-year, $1.3MM extension — certainly not a feasible free agent price on a multiyear deal in today's free agent market — shortly after Byrnes' initial hiring by the Diamondbacks in 2005. Byrnes and his staff will have a strong crop of free agent lefties to choose from, as this year's class is highlighted by Javier Lopez, J.P. Howell, Boone Logan, Scott Downs and Matt Thornton.
One area of the pitching staff in which Byrnes feels comfortable is its depth. He noted that Joe Wieland is throwing in the Arizona Fall League and Cory Luebke has begun throwing off a mound. On adding that tandem to the starting options he had in September, Byrnes said: "Put them back in the mix… we finished the year with a six-man rotation… and our rotation's best month was September with all six really throwing the ball well. I'd love to go in [to 2014] and say we actually have a surplus, which is possible."
Chase Headley's status with the team will undoubtedly be one of the biggest issues for the Padres this offseason, but Byrnes maintained that there's no real update at this time, and Headley could still be extended, traded or retained through the arbitration process. He was quick to note, however, that the Padres view Headley as more than a simple asset to cash in for future assets, as he's important to their 2014 outlook: "Putting him into a team context… we've worked hard to put a good offense together. Our pitching's caught up, and if our position players are all there, I think we do feel like in 2014, a healthier team that's going to take a real step forward."
That 2014 team will be one that doesn't include former bench coach Rick Renteria on the field staff or special assistant Brad Ausmus in the front office. Each has landed a managerial job in recent weeks, with Ausmus being hired by the Tigers and Renteria being hired by the Cubs. Asked if it was bittersweet to see them go, Byrnes offered high praise for each: "They were two guys who added a lot. It's kind of neat to see them both get opportunities, but it's a loss. And there's probably a chance we'll lose more staff that would go with them. I hate to say 'bittersweet.' We're going to miss them, so that's the bitter part, but for them to fill a career goal, both in great situations, we're very happy for them."
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NL West Notes: Headley, D'Backs, Kershaw, Uribe
We've already had one batch of NL West notes today on MLBTR, a collection of Giants notes and Tim Dierkes broke down Juan Uribe's free agent profile. Here is even more news from around the division…
- The Padres will likely discuss an extension with Chase Headley during the GM meetings, CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reports (Twitter link). As Heyman notes, there is "no evidence [the] sides have ever been close to" an agreement. Headley is set for free agency following the 2014 season and while his name has surfaced in trade talks, the current belief is that the Padres will keep him and hope he can return to form following a disappointing 2013 season.
- An informal poll of six scouts reveals clear preferences for Adam Eaton over A.J. Pollock and Chris Owings over Didi Gregorius, The Arizona Republic's Nick Piecoro writes. The Diamondbacks could deal one of their young center fielders or shortstops for help in other areas this offseason, though one scout notes that Arizona would be left with solid players no matter who they dealt.
- It's a little unusual that Clayton Kershaw hasn't signed a huge extension with the Dodgers yet, though ESPN Los Angeles' Mark Saxon notes that if Kershaw isn't comfortable signing for a decade or longer, that could be in the Dodgers' best long-term interest.
- It has been rumored that the Dodgers could trade from their surplus of outfielders this offseason but GM Ned Colletti told reporters (including MLB.com's Ken Gurnick) that they have a lot of question marks, health-wise. Colletti pointed to last season's pitching injuries as an example of how you can never have enough roster depth: "We went to Spring Training with eight starting pitchers and everybody said we needed to trade some of them. Pretty soon we didn't have enough. We'll see what happens. We have to have big league coverage."
- Also from Gurnick, the Dodgers have an interest in bringing back Juan Uribe on a short-term contract. MLBTR's Tim Dierkes predicts Uribe will find a two-year, $12MM deal in free agency but that even could be a bit long given that Hanley Ramirez might be moved to third if Alexander Guerrero works out best as a shortstop rather than as a second baseman.
- Ryan Vogelsong has received interest from multiple teams and there's no guarantee he'll re-sign with the Giants, MLB.com's Chris Haft writes. Haft also explores some other free agent options as part of the mailbag piece.
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West Notes: Headley, Mariners, McCann, McKinney
The Padres face a decision on Chase Headley this winter, and Yahoo's Tim Brown tweets that their current preference is to hang onto their All-Star third baseman and hope that his big September numbers translate to a big year. Headley slipped to a .250/.347/.400 batting line in 2013 but thrived in the season's final month, slashing .305/.424/.573 with five homers. He's projected to earn $10MM next season, after which he's eligible for free agency. More news from baseball's Western divisions below…
- Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets out a clarification from an earlier report he made: the Mariners are not in on Mike Napoli this winter. Their priorities this offseason are to sign one ofJacoby Ellsbury or Shin-Soo Choo and add a starting pitcher. However, they are also expected to pursue a right-handed bat of some kind, says Rosenthal.
- Athletics 2013 first-rounder Billy McKinney has left BBI Sports Group and joined the Boras Corporation, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday (via Twitter). McKinney slashed .326/.387/.437 across two levels in his first pro season, reaching short-season Class A shortly after his 19th birthday.
- The Angels hooked up with the Rays to land Scott Kazmir and nearly landed James Shields in July 2012 and Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com wonders if they can link up again to work out a deal for David Price. To date, there's no indication that the two sides are engaged in serious talks.
Zach Links contributed to this post.
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Sherman On Cardinals, Posting System, Headley
While there is a common thinking that a team can never have "too much pitching," Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes that the Cardinals may actually be able to boast that luxury. The team's incredible wealth of young, cost-controlled arms sets them up to be as aggressive as they'd like in addressing holes this offseason, opines Sherman, including shortstop and center field. The Cardinals likely have the young pieces to deal to acquire a marquee player like Troy Tulowitzki or a lesser, but strong option like J.J. Hardy. Their stock of young talent would even make the loss of a draft pick more palatable should they decide to be bold in free agency, as they were when they signed Matt Holliday to his seven-year deal. More from Sherman…
- In a second piece, Sherman reports that Major League Baseball and Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball are nearing an agreement on alterations to the posting system for Japanese players. Two sources told Sherman that MLB and NPB are hoping to have an agreement in place by Nov. 1 (this coming Friday). He adds that one scenario he's heard would allow the posted player to select one of the three highest bidders and negotiate solely with that club — a scenario suggested as a possibility last month by Newsday.
- From that same article, Sherman reports that the Padres recently completed their organizational meetings and feel that they will retain Chase Headley rather than trade him prior to his walk year. While they will still listen to offer on their switch-hitting third baseman, a trade doesn't seem likely.
- Padres officials that spoke with Sherman said the team doesn't feel the Yankees are a potential fit as a trade partner for Headley. San Diego wants to win now and would only deal Headley if the return included cost-effective players that are ready for the Majors or close to it. As Sherman points out, the Yankees' farm system doesn't include many players that fit that bill.
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Chase Headley Wants To Stay In San Diego
Over the past two years, Chase Headley has endured the peaks and valleys that come with being a highly-regarded and highly-sought after baseball talent. The roller coaster ride will continue for another season as the Padres ponder whether to trade their third baseman or make him a cornerstone of their franchise. Despite the uncertainty, Headley wants to remain a Padre, writes ESPN's Jerry Crasnick.
"My first priority would be to stay in San Diego," Headley said. "I love San Diego, and I've been with a lot of guys in this room for a long time. There are a lot of pieces here, and we're a lot closer [to contending] than people think."
Last May, Padres Executive Chairman Ron Fowler announced the team will make an offer to the 29-year-old, which will be the largest in franchise history. No formal offer has apparently been presented to agent Jim Murray of Excel Sports Management, and Headley acknowledges the time is ripe to settle the issue.
"It's probably prudent for both sides to get a little clarity this offseason versus this dragging on. From the conversations I've had with our ownership and with (GM) Josh (Byrnes) in the past, they honestly want to keep me here. I really believe that. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't mean they didn't try or that we didn't want to be here. Sometimes, things don't work out. But there's still mutual interest, and I expect it will continue in the offseason."
Crasnick notes the dilemma surrounding Headley is whether his future offensive output will be like this year's (.243/.335/.389 with 10 home runs, 40 RBIs, and 2.1 WAR) or will he be able to replicate his success from 2012 (.286/.376/.498 with 31 home runs, a NL-best 115 RBIs, 6.3 WAR, Silver Slugger and Gold Glove awards, and a fifth-place finish in the NL MVP voting). Padres manager Bud Black leans towards the latter suggesting injuries are the cause of Headley's 2013 numbers.
"He got derailed with the thumb out of the chute, and, like a lot of players, he probably came back a week too soon," Black said. "So there was a little bit of catch-up there. Then, he got into May and some of the numbers weren't where he thought they should be, and a natural thing occurred: He put pressure on himself to try to validate what he did last year. That always gets you."
Headley concurs admitting he shouldn't be compensated based solely on his 2012 campaign "because I haven't done that consistently every year," but nor should he be punished for this year's struggles. "I also don't think I'm this type of player, either. I don't consider this to be the norm of my career. I think I'm going to come back and play better."
Byrnes, meanwhile, seems to carefully suggest that one factor for the Padres will be an extension candidate's willingness to take a hometown discount. "We really want the contracts to be fair," he says. "But when we're making a multiyear commitment, we also want guys who are excited about being Padres and the challenges we're going to face."
Crasnick opines Headley may not be in the realm of other premier third basemen in the league naming David Wright (eight years, $138MM), Evan Longoria (10 years, $136.6MM), and Ryan Zimmerman (six years, $100MM). Crasnick sees Alex Gordon as a better comparable ($10MM in 2014 and $12.5MM in 2015 with a 2016 option also worth $12.5) because they share similar statistics and agencies. Headley is eligible for arbitration again this offseason where he will undoubtedly receive a raise from his current salary of $8.575MM.
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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – A Lubbock family of seven is left homeless and five other properties are damaged from a single fire in the 5600 block of 45th Street Sunday afternoon. Officials believe the fire was caused by arching power lines, and it was the extreme windy conditions that spread the fire rapidly.
As neighbors crowded outside the massive fire, Juan and Rosemary Segovia looked on in horror as their dreams went up in smoke.
"I ran... it's unexplainable. You can't… to know that everything you worked so hard for its all gone," said Juan in between tears.
Juan grabbed his wife, and cried – both just standing across the street in disbelief. "The winds just made the flames go toward our side of the house," cried Rosemary. "We weren't in there, none of my kids were in there and my mother-in-law, we were all gone."
Instantly their hope of owning the home was ripped away. "Today we were going to talk to the landlord about buying the house," Juan said throwing up his hands as he broke down in tears again.
Besides losing their home and all their belongings the family also lost two dogs, but as the smoke cleared Juan and Rosemary were reminded they still had much to be thankful for. "I have four kids, three girls and one boy. I'm glad our family … that we weren't home when this happened, and that's all I care about is I have my family," said Juan hugging his wife.
A fund will be set up Monday in the name of Juan Segovia at all Lubbock area branches of City Bank. Also, Grace Unlimited Baptist Church is accepting donations of personal items to help the family that was displaced. Those interested in helping can call Rosemary at 806-831-2504.
While the Red Cross will put the family in a room for three nights, the family is in immediate need of clothing for their daughters ages 5, 7 and 18 to 24 months old, and their son 13-years-old.
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Lobbyists are bringing US-style hardball tactics to the staid world of Brussels, says Simon Wilson. What do they want, and are they likely to get it?
Who's spending on lobbying?
The biggest spenders on lobbying in Brussels have traditionally been energy and financial-services groups. But over the past decade the scale of professional lobbying has ballooned in line with the EU's growing regulatory clout on everything from food safety to internet privacy to carbon emissions. Recently it is big US tech firms that have become the schmoozers-in-chief. According to the EU's voluntary lobbying register, US tech giants – [...]
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07-30-2013 01:22 PM - edited 07-30-2013 01:23 PM
I am expecting our 2nd child in a couple of weeks. When dropping off my 3 year old son, Gavin, at daycare yesterday a teacher asked him where his baby brother was. His response was "still in mommy's belly" as he points to my belly. Then he was asked when the baby was going to come out. Without hesitation he responded "any minute".
Maybe he knows something we don't or the prep work we have done thus far has been more absorbed than we thought. I hope you get a kick out of this as much as I did.


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The NBA Draft is right around the corner which means invitations for players to attend the green room have been sent out and the RSVP's will likely come back with approval from all 10 of the players the league invited. According to ESPN's Chad Ford, the NBA has invited Nerlens Noel, Trey Burke, Victor Oladipo and seven others to the draft so they can hold up their jerseys in front of flashing lights and happy fans.
Green room invitees: Noel, Oladipo, Porter, Len, Bennett, McLemore, Burke, Carter-Williams, McCollum & Zeller.
— Chad Ford (@chadfordinsider) June 23, 2013
We still have no idea who will be the top overall selection in the draft which is a major reason why the players were invited. But the NBA always invites top prospect to attend so they can have their moment in the spotlight. Interestingly enough, there are no European players on the guest list as all ten players are American players coming fresh out of college to the NBA.
One guy not invited who was once considered a top pick is UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad who has fallen hard in mock drafts and may not even end up being selected in the lottery.
Of the players who could get picked first overall, Nerlens Noel, Ben McLemore, Otto Porter and Alex Len are all hoping to hear their names called first but it's to whom they'll be drafted by that's an equal drama. It's no secret that Cleveland Cavaliers are looking to part ways with the top pick which could mean a team wanting one of these four mentioned players bad enough trades up or a team moves up to draft someone like Burke or Oladipo.
Still, these ten players are living out a dream and their invite to the NBA Draft is only making their eyes widen and their smiles bigger as they inch towards the day they've all been waiting for.


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Monday is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day.
The purpose of this day is to bring renewed attention to the global epidemic — a worldwide health crisis that seems to have faded in the American public's eye.
In the 1980s, when the virus was first discovered, a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS was a death sentence. Now, with new medications that slow the progress of infection, and even suppress the virus, infected people can live relatively normal, disease-free lives.
Better treatment options, however, have led to a more permissive attitude toward behaviors that put people at risk of contracting the disease. Frankly, many people just aren't as scared of the specter of AIDS as they were 20 years ago.
An article early this week in the Casper Star-Tribune quotes Laurie Johnson, who works with the federally-funded Early Intervention Services, as saying, "It's not a hot topic anymore. People don't hear about it. They don't think about it so they don't use protection."
Even here in Wyoming, where the total number of cases is relatively low — 166 people in the state were living with AIDS at the end of 2007 — the rate of new infections is increasing.
Education still is a critical component — and early testing is crucial. Anyone potentially infected with HIV/AIDS should be tested, both to avoid spreading the disease and to increase longevity. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends routine HIV testing for nearly all people in the U.S. Free tests are available, year-round, at the family planning offices in Park County.
Even after this year's World AIDS Day is in the past, we can't afford to forget about this disease.


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Father's Day Gift Guide for Deadbeat Dads
Momlogic's Momstrosity: It's that time of year again, and we moms are scratching our heads trying to find the perfect Father's Day gift. All over the Internet, you can find gift guides for every type of pop: sporty, geeky and griller. But what about the dads who have skirted all their financial and emotional obligations to their offspring? Hey, don't they deserve something, too?! I think so. Check out some gifts that are perfect for d-bag, deadbeat dads.
Father's Day Gift Guide for Deadbeat Dads
It's the Economy, Stupid
Why hasn't been able to make his child support payments maybe it's because he's A) A no good lazy bastard, or B) He has trouble managing his fiances. Or both! "Personal Finances for Dummies" is a great gift... and it that doesn't work, send him a copy of "Getting Your Wages Garnished for Dummies."
Cost: $15.00
World's Greatest Loser
Deadbeat dads might not be paying up but there are plenty of entrepreneurs willing to cash in on their pathetic parenting. Zazzle features an entire page just for deadbeat dads including mugs, t-shirts and even ties. Perfect for court appearances!
Cost: $25 - $55
Snip! Snip!
So he'll never ever be able to disappoint any other children-- give him the gift that keeps on giving... or more accurately, STOPS giving. A gift certificate for a vasectomy is pricey but worth every penny.
Cost: $350-$1000
Keep Your Enemies Close...Keep Your Ex Closer
This one is fun! A GPS isn't the kind of gift you want to tell Dad about... nah, just surprise him! Tracking devises are so small they easily be hidden in cars and clothing.
He'll figure it out when he tries to cross state lines and is served in his seedy motel room by YOU! Happy Father's Day indeed.
Cost: $200 and up
Well Deserved Zilch
What do you get for the guy who once had everything and now has nothing? NOTHING.
Cost: Free
A Good Look at Himself
Facing up to ones 'dad failings' can be painful.Whether he refuses to spend time with the kids or doesn't follow through on his child-support, he needs give himself a good hard look in the mirror.What do you see? WE see a dude who needs to 'man up."
Cost: $6.99
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A Chicago Rental Kitchen With a Few Smart, Stylish Solutions
Kitchen Spotlight
Marti and Jarrod's Lincoln Square kitchen is a great example of how to make a boring rental kitchen (with those ubiquitous oak kitchen cabinets!) into something really great. "I wish our kitchen cabinets weren't oak and I really wish they didn't have that arch at the top," says Marti. But you hardly notice those cabinets because of a few really smart design decisions:
The half-painted wall — black on the bottom, white on the top — immediately creates drama and interest, and draws your eye away from the cabinets. Plus, notice how well the stool and the white trash can pop against it! I love the colorful runner, too, which covers up the bland floor tiles and provides just the right amount of pattern and texture.
If you have pretty copper pots, don't hide them!
Love how the hanging broom almost looks like a piece of art in this photo!
Small details make all the difference. Here, a bottle opener attached to the wood door frame sits above a white ceramic pot from IKEA.
Such simple changes, but they create an entirely new feeling in the kitchen — graphic, modern, cool.
See the Full Tour → Mitch and Jarrod's Graphic Modern Home at Apartment Therapy
(Images: Carolyn Purnell)
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I love this kitchen! Lots of light, bright and pretty. Great job-I'd be so happy to cook in your kitchen and just hang out.
Oh, wow, that's fantastic inspiration! Especially since those are the exact same kitchen cabinets I currently have, right down to the hardware... :)
I love what they did with this home. I especially love all of the fun little details like: the use of all of the trays used throughout the home, the mouse house in the wall, create under the plant, the wall planter and the use of curtain rod holders to hang plants. There are so many creative ideas here...you have to go through the tour several times to take them all in.


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- Below Deck Adrienne's Back... Tuesdays 9/8c
Consider these numbers from Time Out New York:
1 year How long a restaurant typically takes to turn a profit. 222 Number of buzzed-about restaurants that opened in 2006. 102 Number of noteworthy restaurants that closed in 2006. And these include restaurants that have experienced people behind them. Restaurants with millions of dollars and years of thought. And yet, they still made mistakes. Besides the scented candles, the mistakes these TC chefs made are being made in restaurants all across the country:
1. The name. Naming a restaurant is harder than naming a child. And with four people, I think they tried to find something they all agreed on so they could move on to what they really needed to spend time on--the food.
That brings me to my next point:
2. The decor. Last year, we had a designer who was supposed to execute our vision. This year, one chef is designated as the "designer". I wished Tom would have said to the producers, "It's called Top Chef, not Top Design." Maybe they should have combined shows and let Top Design contestants work with the chefs to design a restaurant. The chefs should be called to the carpet on their food, not for how well they can shop for wall hangings. And to the criticism of black tablecloths--I'm not quite sure Dale would mind eating off of Billy Idol.
3. Menu choices. I agree with the seasonality complaint. Though if you walk into a restaurant tonight, you'll see the exact same mistake at some pretty well-known places. 4. Teams. CJ picked an MVP squad, not only in talent, but in teamwork. Hung and Howie expressed two totally different ways to win. Hung believes that they're not competing against each other on the team--but they're all working together to win (couldn't agree more). Howie believes it's a war of attrition, and he's going to do what he has to do to do to stay in it. I feel bad for Hung and Dale. The other team seems to have camaraderie, compassion, and a "no chef left behind" mentality.


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Reelsound mobile has specialised in location recording
for over 20 years and in that time has recorded hundreds
of choirs both great and small. This article is put
together from a series of notes made for a talk entitled
"How to Make the Best of your Recording Session"
which he gave at the 2008 NAC conference in Bristol.
First of all you
must use someone who has some real experience of location
recording as it really is a specialist skill. I know
that anyone these days can go out and buy some mics
and a laptop and make a recording but actually the technical
side is only a small part of making a great sounding
CD and when you are considering making a recording there
are 3 key areas to look at:
Obviously the first
is the choir itself and in many ways that's really
out of my control. I can't make you sing in tune
and in time or remember the words to a song and while
the latest technology lets me do some pretty clever
things, at the end of the day I am a recording engineer
not a magician. For me it's like photography as
it's about capturing perfectly what is going on
on the day. Inevitably there will be mistakes made but
there are things we can do to make sure that you get
the best out of your session and I'll come back
to these later in the article..
The second area is
to do with the choice of recording engineer and equipment
and it goes without saying that companies like Reelsound
have invested £1000s in the best microphones and
recording gear out there so that when you make a beautiful
sound I capture that perfectly with the minimum of fuss.
Things have changed considerably over the past twenty
years and when I started out we had big tape machines
and mixing desks with wires and cables all over but
all that technology now fits in a laptop. The one thing
that hasn't changed is that you still need really
good, expensive microphones to make a great recording
but the sound engineer also must understand and love
music to get the best out of the choir and again we'll
come back to that later.
But there is a third
part to getting a great sounding recording and if you
don't get this part right it doesn't matter
what you do on the day, you'll never get a good
result. The choice of location is for me the most important
element in the whole thing. With all location recording
the final sound is how YOU interact with the VENUE and
if you choose a good venue to record in then you can
have a great sounding CD. Get it wrong and it doesn't
matter how well you sing it or what microphones you
use, it will sound poor.
Lots of people today still have the idea that recordings
are made in dead rooms and I think it goes back to seeing
pictures of singers and bands in studios but you know
from your own experience how great some venues sound
to sing in. You get something back and it all blends
together to make a lovely sound. The sound that we all
love is of the choir as one voice and if you hear individual
voices sticking out the whole effect is instantly ruined.
So of course you should never try and record a choir
in a studio apart from places like the BBC's Abbey
Rd in London which is huge and built for the job. It's
also around £1000 a day to hire.
If you are the English
Baroque choir and I turn up with my super resolution
recording gear and £4000 microphones but you have
chosen to make the recording in a small scout hut it
will sound small and "boxy" and poor.
Boxy is a term that
sound engineers use to describe a range of frequencies.
What happens in a recording is that the microphones
don't just pick up the sound directly from the
choir they pick up just as much of the sound reflected
off the walls, floor and ceiling as well and in small
venues these reflections multiply certain frequencies
and exaggerate them. In the worst cases these frequencies
are around what sound engineers know as 500 hz or what
normal people call the middle. If you think about your
HI FI most decent ones have bass, middle and treble
controls and a poor room effectively turns up all the
middle frequencies which mask the clarity of the sound
making it nasal and honky.
Actually choosing a good location isn't really
that hard and after 20 years of recording in some fantastic
and some dreadful locations here are a few rules of
thumb to help you.
1 If it sounds good
to sing in then chances are it's a good choice
of recording venue! It's so obvious really but
you would be surprised at how many people still think
it's a good idea to make their recording in a
small dead room.
2 Size wise you need to be able to fit the choir in
comfortably at least 4 and preferably 5 times.
3 Try and avoid single long rectangular or square spaces
as the parallel walls increase the nasty mid frequencies.
4 It MUST have a high pitched ceiling
to help blend the sound
5 Avoid venues with a central dome. They do some strange
things to the reflections
6 Obviously if you need one, it should have a good,
well tuned piano
7 Ideally it should have a natural ambience
or reverb time of about 3 to 4 seconds which
you can gauge roughly by clapping your hands and counting
until the sound dies away
8 Be aware that some places are too big and have huge
reverb times so Minsters and Cathedrals are great for
classical unaccompanied pieces but definitely not for
Songs from the Shows
So if you want a
decent venue without paying the earth then these are
my favourites in order
1 Large Methodist
and modern Catholic churches with side aisles and high
Pros: Usually nearby/cheap to hire/ Have tea making
facilities/ toilets
Cons: Often on busy roads so traffic noise.
2 Town Halls/ Assembly
Halls/ Church Halls
Pros: Some have really good acoustics
Cons: Some have really bad acoustics and are too big
and echoey/ Often on busy roads so traffic noise/ Can
be expensive to hire.
3 Old Medieval Churches
Pros: Usually nearby/cheap to hire/ Often in quiet locations
Cons: Freezing and dark in winter/ Clock chimes every
15 minutes.
4 Large School halls
Pros: Usually nearby/cheap to hire/
Cons: can sound hard and echoey/ Avoid anything with
a flat tiled ceiling/ Don't usually have a decent
So for me now it's
the first thing I ask about when we first talk about
making a recording. I don't mind how good or bad
you are because I think that making a recording is great
for any choir but I always ask for some snaps of the
proposed venue. Go along, take some shots with a digital
camera and email them to me.
So you have found
a good venue now lets look at your preparation
1. First of all be
happy and confident. Making a CD is a good thing to
do. It focuses and improves the choir and is a great
memento of all the time and effort you put in. It's
also a great way to raise funds for any choir large
or small and never think that you're not good
enough because with some care and preparation any one
can have a lovely sounding CD.
2. Choose your venue and have a practice in it. (Am
I boring you yet?)
3. Always use a professional who specializes in mobile
recording and who can follow a score and hear the parts.
4. Unless the choir is specifically something like a
Baroque choir then choose a good variety of material
that you are comfortable with.
5. Don't think that because a CD can hold 80 minutes
of music you have to fill it. Choose12 to 14 pieces
lasting around 45/55 minutes. It's all about Quality
Not Quantity and its no use recording 20 pieces if you
plan to only use 14 because that's a total waste
of every one's time.
6. Target your practices so that you don't overdo
it and get sick of the songs.
7. If you can, spread the recording over two days /weekend.
It is hard work and you will need proper breaks and
8. Please try to learn the words as page turns are a
nightmare for recording engineers and it means you end
up singing down into the music and not up to the mics.
9. Decide on a title and start thinking about artwork.
It often takes more time than the recording but good
artwork is vital for the presentation of the finished
CD.I use two pro graphic designers who will work up
your artwork to the proper standard but if you have
someone in the choir who is good then involve them.
10. Don't tell certain members when the recording
date is!
For me my job isn't to just get the sound right
it's about getting the best performance out of
everyone there. That means getting the confidence of
the choir members and the MD.
Initially it can be daunting having microphones in front
of you and I think it's really important to put
everyone at ease and create a relaxed happy session.
I think that the recording process should be totally
transparent and you should forget about it after an
hour or so and just enjoy the singing. My main job is
to encourage everyone and really back up the MD because
it's really important to me that you have a great
sounding CD at the end of it all with no silly, obvious
The new technology is fantastic compared to a few years
ago and the greatest benefit is in the editing. Normally
we will run through a piece and the MD and I will listen
back on headphones and mark on the score any bits which
need redoing such as wrong words, bad entries and exits
etc. The great thing is that if the entry to chorus
1 is shaky then I can use the entry from chorus 2 or
even the whole chorus. The editing is so precise that
if someone sings a wrong word then we only need to redo
that one line. We don't have to keep going through
the song over and over again. And of course there is
always someone with no volume control and as the visiting
expert I can often say things that the MD can't
(very tactfully of course!)
At the end of the
day my aim is to have a perfect (a relative term) bar
for every bar on the score and then I know I can edit
it together back in the studio. So while I can't
make you sing in tune I can make sure that you don't
have any sloppy mistakes on the CD because that one
wrong word will come round every time you play it and
ruin it for you.
Finally I want to able to send your CD out as an example
of what I do and together we get a result.
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The online application links all the people together through family relations, corporate boards, movies and TV, political alliances, or shadowy conspiracy groups, meanwhile also revealing their age, religion or organization. Individual maps can be saved and shared for others to explore. The relationships between people and other entities are represented through a simple network view (e.g. Dick Cheney), while some subjects and themes also include a timeline view (e.g. physicists). Map views can be custom-made and stored for others to see (e.g. all the corporate and political connections throughout the Fox Family or the founding fathers). LittleSis - Profiling the powers that be. Proximity Search: Entry Page. Muckety - Mapping relations and measuring influence. NameBase. NameBase is a web-based cross-indexed database of names that focuses on individuals involved in the international intelligence community, U.S. foreign policy, crime, and business.
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No vent has a long and storied history whereas vents are a relatively recent thing, previously confined to "sporty" garments but eventually becoming the standard. I once asked Antonio Liverano about this, his response was "when I started working, suits would never have vents, but nowadays, you people put them on whatever you like".
Vents are a matter of practicality. If you are on horseback or like to have your hands in your pockets, the vents help the back of the jacket fall a little neater, especially if you like to have your jacket buttoned.
I like unvented jackets for two reasons. 1. When well executed, the lower half of the jacket will drape neatly and remain narrow with no opportunity to flare, thus flattering the hips. 2. It produces a sleek look which gives the jacket a nice formality. I recommend it for tuxedos and sometimes for three pieces. The downside is when you sit down, the jacket will bunch up at the back and the creases will probably remain if you are sitting for a long period of time.
Finally, unvented sport jackets are worth a special mention, as I always think of them as an artifact of Naples, often seen on classically-minded Neapolitans like Gianluca Migliarotti of O'Mast and I Colori fame.
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Wed, 03/19/2014 - 10:44pm
In addition to the individual tutoring opportunties offered by O'Connor High School teachers, the Campus Tutoring Center has recently expanded its hours. The Campus Tutoring Center is located in the school library in rooom B-102. Open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 7:35-8:35 a.m. and 4:20-5:20 p.m., students can get help from OHS teachers in the areas of math and science. Additionally, tutoring in all subject areas is provided during all lunches every day. READ MORE HERE.


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Activities for 7th and 8th grade students are part of the University's partnership with the school and the community
05/10/04A new partnership between the University and Hoffman Elementary School is bringing 34 seventh and eighth grade students to campus on Tuesday, May 18, and Wednesday, May 19. The visit by the students from the Evanston neighborhood that borders campus is part of Hoffman's career month.
"We are really happy to have these students on campus as part of the Xavier community engagement process to build a stronger relationship with Evanston," said Elizabeth Blume of the University's Community Building Institute.
While on campus, students are participating in a variety of activities encouraging them to think about attending college.
"It gives them a chance to see what college looks like so they can consider it as a possibility for their future. Students may have never had a family member attend college, for example," Blume said. "As they head into high school, students can think about what they have to accomplish in order to get into college."
On Tuesday, students are using the McDonald Library to research various aspects of the University. The activity asks students to investigate questions such as, "What type of jobs do graduates from the Williams College of Business pursue?"
After researching the University, students are engaging in recreation at the O'Connor Sports Center followed by lunch at the Gallagher Student Center and a panel discussion with Xavier students about preparing for college and choosing a major.
On Wednesday, students are presenting their research findings, taking an admissions tour of the University and eating in the Hoff student dining hall. Finally, the students are meeting with Xavier students and faculty members for a question-and-answer session in the Cintas Center.
This is the first year of the Xavier/Hoffman/Evanston partnership. The partnership was proposed to Xavier by Evanston early last year as a way to save Hoffman Elementary, a public school in the Cincinnati district, from having to close. The partnership supports a plan for the Cincinnati Public Schools to either build a new school or totally renovate the existing building in addition to construction of an adult education center and an early childhood development center as part of the new or renovated structure.
Other initiatives include establishing a mentoring relationship between Xavier education experts and Hoffman teachers and placing education majors at Hoffman as student teachers.
"Hoffman presents an interesting opportunity for a learning lab in urban minority education," Blume said.
The partnership offers Xavier students and faculty an opportunity to learn from Hoffman's unique characteristics such as its autism program, one of the few of its kind in the region. "We learn from each other," said Blume.
The Community Building Institute is a partnership of Xavier University and United Way to advance asset-based community development strategies for community-building and neighborhood revitalization.


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linguistic and cognitive approaches to dialog agents
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29th March– 1st April 2010, De Montfort University, Leicester, uk
linguistic and cognitive approaches to dialog agents
LaCATODA 2010
29th March– 1st April 2010, De Montfort University, Leicester, uk
The age of information explosion gives us a whole new spectrum of possibilities for creating an intelligent machine. Many marvelous ideas of the dawn of Artificial Intelligence research faced problems of exceptions and the impossibility of manual input of all needed knowledge, but today we have vast amounts of data from sensors and text so that we can rethink classical AI methods and approaches. The increased use of WWW, RFID, Bluetooth, etc. could allow us to determine standard human behaviors, emotions or even moral reasoning according to the Wisdom of Crowds hypothesis. Collective input data could also help to retrieve knowledge about the physical world we live in. By combining Natural Language Processing methods with cognitive approaches, we can discover a new range of intelligent systems that understand us, our environment and our feelings. In this context, we see a role for NLP and cognitive approaches to play in developing a new generation of user-friendly, safe systems that, through interaction with the user and the world, can learn how to reason, behave or speak naturally. We are interested in original papers on systems and ideas for systems that use common sense knowledge and reasoning, affective computing, cognitive methods, learning from broad sets of data and acquiring knowledge, or language and user preferences. The symposium intends to spark an interdisciplinary discussion on joining forces to return AI to its original, broader and deeper goals which are currently represented by AGI – Artificial General Intelligence.
TOPICS of interest include but are not limited to (in alphabetical order):
•Affective computing
•Agent-based information retrieval
•Artificial humor
•Common sense knowledge and reasoning
•Computational cognition
•Daily life dialog systems
•Emotional intelligence simulations
•Ethical reasoning
•Language acquisition
•NLP text mining techniques
•Preference models
•Unlimited question answering
•User modeling
•Wisdom of Crowds approaches
•World knowledge acquisition
•Systems and approaches combining above topics


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