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And teams make money by winning.
It is a bit funny how a city - Miami - can be a big market in one sport and a small market in another.
It is a bit funny how a city - Miami - can be a big market in one sport and a small market in another.
I say if a team goes 5 years without a 500+ record they lose revenue sharing for the next 5 years - Pittsburgh would've been without for well over a decade so far under that plan.
By MSA, Miami is #8, ahead of even Atlanta, Boston, and SF-Oakland. By city, it doesn't rank very high, lower than Columbus OH, Louisville, and Omaha.Pretty sure the MLB list uses TV market, which considers income and production as well as population. The Miami MSA is large, but it is very poor. That's what makes Miami a second-tier market.
NBA must use one list and MLB the other. Though the Lebron bashing theory rings true.
By MSA, Miami is #8, ahead of even Atlanta, Boston, and SF-Oakland. By city, it doesn't rank very high, lower than Columbus OH, Louisville, and Omaha.
NBA must use one list and MLB the other. Though the Lebron bashing theory rings true.
The problem with this is that it inflates the salary structure for average players (which I doubt MLB wants) and it also punishes true rebuilding. If my team sucks for three years but I hire Andrew Freidman to perform a full rebuild, I'm probably trying to win. But it would be counterproductive for me to go and sign Marco Scutaro and Shane Victorino to try and get to 82 wins.
But if you're really 'rebuilding' -- do/should you care about revenue sharing... or I guess a better way to say it - should we?
If you are rebuilding, you are going to care about revenue sharing at the end of those five years because presumably that will be when you want to be good.
Also, I wonder if your system would just encourage more Marlins type one-year binges, followed by a purge.
But cutting off the funds after 5 years of failure would seem to simply doom those teams to eternal ineptitude while, from the Union's perspective, taking potential employers off the market without guaranteeing that the wealthier teams will spend the money that would have gone to the Royals and Pirates.
The free market system leads to the Yankees winning every year like they did in the 50s; the revenue sharing system incentivizes the Marlins to make money without trying. MLB and the MLBPA have tried to find a middle ground that is a virtual salary floor and they've come up with a method that might work for closing the final loophole around draft and international spending.
My parity plan calls for every team to get 5 extra wins each season for every 10 years they've gone without winning the world series.
I have no problems being the tough love conservative in this instance and saying that at that some point, you need to stop sucking/pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
Revenue sharing should serve as incentive to the small market teams who get it right - A's, Rays, etc - not a sop to the sad sacks that can't and don't.
the revenue sharing system incentivizes the Marlins to make money without trying.
Does anyone have the official ranking of market size?As compiled by Nielsen:
Rank Market TV Homes % of US
1 New York 7,384,340 6.47
2 Los Angeles 5,613,460 4.92
3 Chicago 3,484,800 3.05
4 Philadelphia 2,949,310 2.58
5 Dallas-FW 2,588,020 2.27
6 SF-Oak-SJ 2,502,030 2.19
7 Boston 2,366,690 2.07
8 Washington 2,359,160 2.07
9 Atlanta 2,326,840 2.04
10 Houston 2,215,650 1.94
11 Detroit 1,845,920 1.62
12 Seattle 1,818,900 1.59
13 Phoenix 1,812,040 1.59
14 Tampa-St.Pete 1,806,560 1.58
15 Minn-St.Paul 1,728,050 1.51
16 Miami-Ft.Laud. 1,621,130 1.42
17 Denver 1,566,460 1.37
18 Cleveland-Akron 1,485,140 1.30
19 Orlando-Daytona 1,453,170 1.27
20 Sacramento 1,387,710 1.22
21 St. Louis 1,243,490 1.09
22 Portland 1,182,180 1.04
23 Pittsburgh 1,165,740 1.02
24 Raleigh-Durham 1,150,350 1.01
25 Charlotte 1,136,420 1.00
26 Indianapolis 1,089,700 0.95
27 Baltimore 1,085,070 0.95
28 San Diego 1,075,120 0.94
29 Nashville 1,014,910 0.89
30 Hartford-New Haven 996,550 0.87
31 Kansas City 931,320 0.82
32 Columbus 930,460 0.82
33 Salt Lake City 917,370 0.80
34 Milwaukee 902,190 0.79
35 Cincinnati 897,890 0.79
Revenue sharing has not helped the Pirates stop sucking. It's time to punish the organization.
Revenue sharing has perhaps helped the Rays and A's - probably not as much as just being well-run - but it encourages success.
I don't think that quite works because it would make Oakland a "large market" team that doesn't qualify for revenue sharing. It also doesn't include Toronto.
Rank U.S. metropolitan area 2010 Team(s)
1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1,280,517 2
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 735,743 2
3 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 532,331 2
4 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 425,167 1
5 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 384,603 1
6 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 374,081 1
7 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 346,932 1
8 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 325,927 2
9 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 313,690 1
10 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 272,362 1
11 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 257,560 1
12 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 231,221 1
13 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 199,596 1
14 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 197,773 1
15 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 190,601 1
16 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 171,568 1
17 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 168,517
18 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 157,567 1
19 Baltimore-Towson, MD 144,789 1
20 St. Louis, MO-IL 129,734 1
21 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 124,683
22 Pittsburgh, PA 115,752 1
23 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 113,702 1
24 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 113,568
25 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 109,818
26 Kansas City, MO-KS 105,968 1
27 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 105,625 1
28 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 105,163
29 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 104,107
30 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 100,594 1
31 Columbus, OH 93,353
32 Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA 92,873
33 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 89,799
34 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 87,963
35 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 86,029
36 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 84,882
37 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 84,574 1
GDP by Metropolitan Area 2010 (in millions)a trillion here, a trillion there, pretty soon you're talking about real money
Rank U.S. metropolitan area 2010 Team(s)
1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1,280,517 2
It is a bit funny how a city - Miami - can be a big market in one sport and a small market in another.
I think people just pretended this was true in order to criticize Lebron.
How does revenue sharing encourage success?
I just think that there does not need to be some mechanism that rewards the bottom 15 for making good use of revenue sharing, but punishes those who do not.There is indeed such a mechanism. From Jayson Stark's excellent summary of the new CBA:
In the end, the tax on the bottom-feeders was dropped. But the revenue-sharing system is still changing in several important ways:
• If a team is receiving those big revenue-sharing bucks, it will no longer be allowed to spend that money on paying down debt, which has been a popular alibi over the years.
• Teams also now have to report specifically how they spent their revenue-sharing handouts to improve their big league team. No more generalities allowed.
• The union also pressed for, and got, a new rule that directly connects revenue-sharing money to big league payroll. So if you're getting revenue-sharing checks, the payroll of your 40-man roster now has to be at least 25 percent larger than the amount you're receiving. In other words, if your revenue-sharing check is for $40 million, your big league payroll needs to be at least $50 million. If it isn't, Weiner said, "you have the burden of proving you're in compliance" with the rule requiring that money to be spent on improving the major league team. In the past, that burden fell on the union.
I don't think that quite works because it would make Oakland a "large market" team that doesn't qualify for revenue sharing. It also doesn't include Toronto.Oakland is listed among the "large market" teams that do not qualify for revenue sharing. However, they were given special dispensation in the new CBA that they will remain eligible for revenue sharing re-distribution until their stadium situation is resolved.
Unfortunately Loria can still bottom-feed (barring other penalties) but at least there would be no penalty for him succeeding so he might as well try to win as many as possible every year.Just to reiterate, the CBA does have penalties for such bottom feeding. I have no idea how Loria or Crane can possibly expect to avoid significant sanctions this year. (Though I haven't read up on the precise mechanism for allotting sanctions, so maybe they have an out.)
Spending on talent (40-man payroll & benes, plus Draft bonuses, plus Int'l FA bonuses) must be at least equal to all central revenue (nat'l TV, MLBAM, etc.) plus any revenue sharing.The rule in the CBA is that 40-man payroll spending must be at least 125% of revenue sharing, pending demonstration that money not spend on the 40-man roster is going to real baseball costs. (Debt service does not count.)
I also think they should loosen the draft/int'l FA caps for teams in the bottom-10 markets.
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The RT-PCR products made with biotinylated primers, but not those made with nonbiotinylated primers, were efficiently captured by the SAM2® Membrane as shown in Figure 2. Nonbiotinylated cDNA capture was approximately 3–4% of biotinylated cDNA capture (data not shown). Note: Background counts for the biotinylated amplification products can be markedly decreased by the use of spin columns to remove primer-dimers and other non-full-length amplification products; spin columns were not used in this procedure.
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Anthony Rizzo replacement Yonder Alonso has been their best hitter on the season with a .350 wOBA. As for the rest, the Padres have had four players post a sub .300 wOBA in over 100 PAs this year. The Cubs only have two (Stewart, Soto), though Soriano and Barney just miss the list. Cameron Maybin leads the Padres with 14 SB, and he, Wil Venable, and replacement level SS Andy Parrino lead the team in baserunning numbers. Not surprisingly, Alonso and C Nick Hundley are the major sinks in baserunning numbers. RF Chris Denorfia is projected to be their best defender, while Venable and Alonso are the worst.
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Tuesday: Eric Stults, LHP (1.96, 3.59, 4.51, 4.27), vs Jeff Samardzija, RHP (3.00, 2.96, 3.18, 3.95), 1:20 PM CT
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The Little Traverse History Museum occupies prime real estate along the Little Traverse Wheelway bike path along the Lake Michigan shore. Housed in what used to be the Chicago and West Michigan railroad depot, the museum looks big and promising from the outside. But inside, it's a pretty modest collection—above-par for a historical society museum, perhaps, but a little dry for many visitors, especially families with young children.
A docent greets visitors and collects the modest entrance fee, and, if you aren't good at extricating yourself, may talk your ear off about local history and attractions. Exhibits kep us occupied for perhaps 20 minutes. Highlights include boyhood photographs of Ernest Hemingway, who spent time in the region, and memorabilia detailing Petoskey's rise as a tourist destination, including the roots of the phrase Million-Dollar Sunset. A small parlor area re-creates a Victorian living room, and visitors can try tapping out Morse code on an old telegraph machine. Nothing fancy, but history buffs will be happy.


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Personally, I regard New Year's resolutions with a touch of suspicion. Perhaps it comes from all the time I spent in the service industry, observing what waiters and mixologists refer to as the December 31st Phenomenon: emptying nightclubs juxtaposed against suddenly overflowing gyms; restaurants depopulated while formerly exuberant diners demonstrate an all consuming appetite for diet books and wheat grass juice. Oh, how very quickly all the dancing stops! Longtime bartenders know to...
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Summer might be almost over, but there's still time to get outside with your canine friends before the cool air of autumn sets in! At the ASPCA Online Store, we've got all your outdoor needs covered.
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Fear not, music lovers. The park bandstand is alive and well this summer, thanks to the Concerts in the Park series being held in the City Park gazebo. Every Thursday at 5:30 to 7:30 pm, a different band will be entertaining the crowds with their own unique music, and boy, are there some unique sounds! From a 60s cover band to old school R&B to modern rock, there's something for everyone, so next time you're in town, stake your spot in the park with a blanket and take in some tunes.
Unfinished Business loves the 60s and has declared that decade the unbeatable decade of music. After realizing that no more music would be coming from the 60s, they decided to take it into their own hands to bring the greats back and formed a cover band. They have now played at hundreds of events and have entertained countless true music fans with their eclectic mix of covers, ranging from Hendrix to Otis Redding to The Ventures and much, much more.
Opening for everyone from John Mayall to Howlin' Wolf and more, these guys are the real deal. Putting their great old-soul R&B spin on both covers and original tunes, this five-piece has played all over the coast and is ready to blow your socks off—or at least the saxophonist is. Get ready to dance to these veteran rhythm-makers!
These contemporary rockers consistently prove that rock is alive and well as they get crowds of hundreds on their feet and dancing. Mixing blues and soul with their driving rhythms, they have one goal and one goal only: to help you have a great time. With their well-crafted lyrics and expert musicianship, even a veteran concert-goer will be impressed with what they hear.
Don't be surprised if you think you feel an earthquake in Paso Robles this August—it's probably just a horde of dancers in the City Park, so join them! And while you're in town, be sure to stop by our hotel—book your room today. We look forward to your visit!
Crush & Roll West
August 28-29
On August 28th-29th, cigar connoisseurs and wine enthusiasts will gather at the Paso Robles Event Center for the 7th straight year. Crush & Roll West is the premier event of its kind in which attendees can learn the finer points from expert vintners and cigar manufacturers. This year you can look forward to sampling world-class cigars and wines, live music, raffles, silent auctions, a poker tournament, grape stomping, cigar rolling demonstrations, craft beer tasting and more!
Show up before 8pm on Friday with a $60 buy-in and get $5,000 in chips for the Poker Tourney. Grand prizes will be awarded to the 8 players who reach the final table. All players will also get beer and wine service while playing, 3 premium cigars valued at $10 each, and other complimentary gifts (varying based on this year's sponsorship). The Poker Tournament is limited to only 45 seats and those who purchased either a Friday evening or full event pass.
The main event takes place on Saturday from 12pm – 5pm and the day is packed with seminars, tastings and samplings, raffles, music and more. At 7pm Saturday there will be an after party at nearby Barrelhouse Brewing. Show up and finish off a great weekend with some great beer…and maybe some of those new cigars you picked up?
Get Special Rates on your room at The Adelaide Inn (Literally right next to the Event Center) exclusively for Crush & Roll West attendees. The best rates in town are offered only to Crush & Roll attendees - $147 (marked down from $174). Limited room available, act now! Offer lasts until July 28th.
Get the full details on Crush & Roll West Here
Paso Robles Classic Car Weekend
September 4-5
Ever wonder what 300+ classic cars cruising down Spring Street looks like? Find out right down the street from the Adelaide Inn.
Friday, September 4th from 6pm-8pm, and Golden State Classics Car Club and the City of Paso Robles kick off the annual Labor Day Weekend Car Show with an old fashioned cruise.
Saturday, September 5th, head down to the park to get a better look at all your favorite classic cars. Starting at 9am and running till 4pm, the "family-oriented" car show will have cars from 1979 or older. All net proceeds will be donated to local charities.
To register for the car show, print out the flyer here, fill it out and mail it to GSC, P.O. Box 939, Paso Robles, CA 93447.
(All eligible cars must be 1979 and older, finished, licensed and insured)
On Sunday, participants are encouraged to tour Paso Robles' downtown, local shops and wineries. Adelaide Inn is conveniently located right off the 101 near downtown Paso. With the best rates in town, quality rooms, service and a great location, why would you stay anywhere else?
For More info about this event or registering your car, Click Here.
What is fun about summer in Paso Robles? Too many things to name, but as a kick-starter we are going to let you know about some of the great things happening right here in our sunny town only minutes from Adelaide Inn!
Just down the road from us off of Hwy 46 East is Vina Robles winery, which has a great Amphitheater featuring some great performing artists. Start off with Little Big Town Band on June 23rd, then Rob Thomas and the Plain White T's on July 7th! In addition to great seats and an open air concept, the weather will be warm, the food is great and the wine and beer can be served to your VIP table! You can enjoy music, dinner, local drinks and a great crowd. It's only a 5-minute drive from Adelaide Inn.
If you want a free concert, go about 5 minutes into downtown to our 'Concerts in the Park' event that starts June 18th at 5:30 pm. Music and wine will be flowing so bring your blankets, lawn chairs and picnic baskets for this staple summer occasion. Enjoy the sounds of country, blues, rock, and other genres from local bands. The summer series goes on all the way to August 20th!
If you are looking for more wine events be sure to come visit us the weekend of June 22nd where the wineries a part of the Hwy 46 West community will be offering complimentary wine flights! Enjoy pre-releases, special reserves and barrel tastings as well as wine discounts, food, music and other fun activities. Only a 10-minute drive from Adelaide Inn!
Lastly we can't forget about the kiddos! 'The Ravine' waterpark will be open and ready for action so you can have fun with the family too! Featuring two new jumbo slides that you can race each other down with special mats! They offer a bar, restaurant, grub shacks, cold desserts and private cabanas! Enjoy a lazy float around the river and under the waterfall, a fast ride down the Kamikaze or play with the little ones in the giant water playground. Camp days are available so if you want to get some adult time while the kids have fun, go check them out!
We are excited to see your smiling faces with us this summer and the pool at Adelaide Inn is waiting for you after that long day in the sun! Our comfy new beds are the perfect retreat after walking around in downtown Paso and wine tasting! See you soon!
May is quickly approaching and Adelaide Inn is excited for all of the upcoming art events surrounding our beautiful hotel in the city of Paso Robles. We love art and have some unique pieces right here that you can view! Look for our 'face in the tree' among our gardens, our wine label art showcasing local wineries, barrel top art from some of our favorite wines and much more.
Starting May 2nd you can expand your art culture by visiting 'Art after Dark' at the Studios at the Park in downtown Paso Robles, only a five minute drive from your cozy room at the Adelaide Inn. They are featuring new exhibits such as Vintage Euro Posters, Kids Art Smart pieces and the 'Elemental' showcase. Serving wine will be J Dusi, a local winery about 15 minutes from us right off of the 101 freeway. They will have live music and light theater as well as many other art pieces showing. The free event starts at 6pm and ends at 9pm.
Later on in the month we will have Wine Festival in Paso wine country on May 16th-17th! With all of the flowing wine, specials and events it will be hard not to have fun! Our guests always enjoy a good dip in the pool to cool off and their new bed to rest in after a long day on their feet! Included in Wine Festival will be many art shows throughout the tasting rooms as well as under the canopy in the Park. Go check out 'Posters in the Park' from 12pm – 4pm while strolling through for some great art to take home.
Lastly we will have the fun of 'ARTFEST' just downtown and only minutes from the Adelaide Inn. On May 23rd you can join for free and partake in all of the culture going on from 10am – 4pm. They will have national artists painting all throughout the area for you to watch, a live wet-paint auction, interactive art exhibits, live music, food trucks, wine, performers, a bike valet, games and a marketplace! Any proceeds of the festival go to the educational program provided by 'Studios at the Park'.
We look forward to having you come stay with us and fill your art bucket for the month with so many great events. See you at check-in!
The Paso Robles Wine Festival is back! Thirty-three years in the running, the festival attracts tourists, connoisseurs, and wine fiends from all across the region. Come join the party in beautiful May, and get a taste of what Paso Robles is all about.
The festival will take place in the charming Downtown City Park where there will be a rotation of different epicurean treats and wines followed by a selection of wine maker dinners on the night of Thursday 14th.
On Friday there will be the RESERVE event where select wineries bring their Library, Reserve and White/Rosé wines to taste along with gourmet treats to cleanse your palate.
Saturday offers a Winemaker Seminar! At the seminar you can learn about different types of wine and the detailed process of harvesting.
After the seminar comes the best part – the Grand Tasting! At the Grand Tasting, 70 wineries from around the area come together to showcase their very best wines. The tasting will be organized by regions so you will easily be able to find your way through Bordeaux-style, Rhône-style, Zinfandel, Burgundian-style, Italian varieties and Wild Wines all in one place!
To top it all off, the Damon Castillo Band will be performing during the grand tasting to underscore your perfect afternoon.
Tickets are available now! Don't wait, get them now before it's too late! Ticketholders must be 21+.
The Adelaide Inn is just a few steps away from all the action. Why not stay with us for the best comfort while you taste your favourite wines? Contact us now for the best rates guaranteed.
Our guests were glowing this past weekend from adventures out in the Paso Robles sunshine enjoying one of the largest festivals in the area, Vintage Paso.
After climbing out of the comfort of our new bedding we have replaced in all of our spacious rooms, happy wine lovers started the weekend off on Friday where many wineries were hosting live music and winemaker dinners.
Tooth and Nail Winery (formerly Eagle Castle) had live music from the Matt Cross band featuring 1960-70's music with 'Outta Sight' burgers paired with their 'Force of Nature' Zinfandel. Cass Winery had a delicious winemaker dinner with rack of lamb paired with their Paderewski Zinfandel.
On Saturday guests could enjoy a sold out Zinfandel seminar where wineries Brochelle, J Dusi, Peachy Canyon, Pomar Junction, Tobin James and Turley Wine Cellars educated the class about the ins and outs of Zinfandel, the grapes, the process, tasting and pairing.
Following their class they could explore wine country taking in our newly green hills from Spring rains and the fresh breeze off of our coastal beaches not too far away. Denner winery held their own reserve tasting classes with their wine maker where wine tasters got to try limited and reserve wines while learning everything about Denner's process. The lucky attendees where the only ones able to purchase those wines with exclusive privilege! Several wineries offered fresh local food, great music, case specials and theme centered parties. After so much excitement many of our guests happily returned to get refreshed by our beautiful pool or snuggle down for the night.
Sunday brought guests into the final day of the festival where wineries offered a wind down day such as Rangeland Wines did with a relaxing day at their ranch eating a lunch of grass-fed BBQ lamb and beef sliders, sipping on wines such as their dry farmed Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah, GSM, Bordeaux blends and a tour of the vineyards and countryside. A great way to end a fun weekend.
Don't forget our amazing special for Easter Weekend as well where you can stay at Adelaide Inn for FREE! Our family would like to invite you for a complimentary night on April 5th when you stay in one of our spacious Double Queen or Executive King guest rooms for two other consecutive nights at regular rate. Treat your family to an extended getaway of wine tasting, dining, and unwinding on California's scenic Central Coast.
Did you enjoy your delicious three and four course meals on special this past January for 'restaurant month'? I know we did! Now we get to treat you to some great specials for the official 'hotel month' that is starting in February! Booking your trip just got a lot easier…
For this month of love, we are offering a FREE night at the Adelaide Inn any Sunday through Thursday in the month of February, when you stay two other consecutive nights at the regular rate in one of our spacious Executive King or Double Queen rooms.
We'll even have a complimentary bottle of Paso Robles wine waiting for you when you arrive! The wines of Paso Robles wine country have been highly rewarded with many accolades, top notch reviews and are coveted for their bold flavor, creative blends, quality of production and best practices.
We are fortunate to be right at the gateway to wine country and can help you with finding the perfect wine tasting experience for your group as well as some great restaurants that offering local wines on the menu.
We will also be offering free wine tasting coupons for you to try many of the delicious varietals offered in the area at local wineries and breakfast coupons on request!
With this special offer you will also be entered in a Grand Prize drawing that will be selected randomly March 1st 2015!
*Limited to one free night per customer in the month of February 2015.
So give us a call at 805-238-2770 and be sure to ask for the February Hotel Special. This fantastic offer is subject to availability so put in for your booking today!
This Valentine's Day, Park Cinemas, which is just a 4-minute drive or 25-minute walk from our hotel, hosts a romantic movie night. For just $12, you and your date can enjoy a movie alongside champagne and chocolate or soda and popcorn. Best of all, proceeds go to Paso Robles' Downtown Main Street Association. Romance for a good cause— what's not to love?
Paso Robles is peppered with wonderful restaurants of all types, many of which make the perfect destination for a romantic, Valentine's Day date. There's Paso Robles Artisan Restaurant on Park Street, the beautiful Italian menu of Buona Tavola on Spring Street, Panolivo Gourmet Bistro on Park Street, and more. Enjoy gorgeous local wines, inspired food items and great atmospheres, all just moments from our cozy Paso Robles inn. Bon appétit!
If you're the outdoor type, turn your attention to the California coast for a wonderfully wild Valentine's Day with your sweetheart. Hike the trails of Big Sur for views and vistas that will leave you breathless. Bike along the sun drenched waterfront for a heart-pounding adventure with your other half. Kayak alongside sea otters and water birds in the immeasurably blue water of the Pacific. Whatever your outdoor interests, on the California Coast, you're sure to find something that excites you.
And of course, when you've had your find in Paso Robles and the surrounding area, you can head back to your comfortable room, take a dip in our pool, have some fun on our miniature golf course, or enjoy some fresh baked cookies in our lobby.
All it takes to make your Valentine's Day perfect is a room at our beautiful Paso Robles Inn— book yours today!


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For those who know more about this than me (pretty much everyone), I'm about to do some welding on a 3/8" AR500 plate. I'm not experienced welding hardened plate, would everyone recommend some preheat on this? I'll probably mig it up with my 252. I'm welding directly to about a 5/16" mild steel plate. The AR will serve as a wear plate and will drag the ground.
Also, does anyone know if the AR500 can be bent if I can find someone with a large enough press break? It would help in this application if the front edge had a lip bent on it at about a 30 degree angle. Thanks,
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AR500 welding and bending
it can be bent at longer radius than mild steel .
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500 is no prob to be bent. It will require a large press but the shop I used to be in did it all the time. As far as welding goes I don't think preheat would hurt but as previously posted check the chartsSyncrowave 250
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Thanks for the info guys, those charts help. A local shop here has a huge press but they were concerned the steel might break instead of bend. I didn't think that was the case but knew you guys would know how it would react. Thanks again.


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"Don't you know you can't go home again," said the journalist Ella Winter, over dinner, to the novelist Thomas Wolfe. He was so taken with the line that he begged permission to use it as the title of his 1929 novel.
Though it is not even his, it remains his most famous quotation: a stock phrase routinely used to illustrate the impossibility of returning to the past.
But somebody forgot to tell the U.S. manufacturing sector, which is in the midst of a wave of "re-shoring"—the return of manufacturing facilities from overseas to the U.S. And it is a revolution in domestic natural resources, especially natural gas production, that is driving the trend.
Methanex, the world's largest supplier of methanol, is a case in point. The company derives its product from natural gas and supplies producers of plastics, paints and gasoline. It is in the process of spending $1.1 billion to relocate two of its production facilities from Chile to Louisiana.
"The outlook for low North American natural gas prices makes Louisiana an attractive location in which to produce methanol," Methanex President and CEO Bruce Aitken said of the decision to move the plants for his Canada-based company into Louisiana, while calling the state "a positive environment in which to do business."
The two new Methanex plants are another positive chapter in Louisiana's remarkable, ongoing economic comeback story. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the state's unemployment rate soared to more than 11 percent—more than double the national average. But in the years following the disaster recovery efforts, job numbers—due in large part to an infusion of energy-related jobs—have climbed, making Louisiana one of the few states to experience net job growth since the recession.
"Methanex's decision to build in Louisiana is part of the renaissance that our energy and chemical industries are experiencing today," Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said. And while the plants won't be completed until the end of 2016, they are expected to create more than 1,000 new jobs in the area.
The traditional barrier to opening domestic facilities on this scale has been high U.S. natural gas prices. But following the discovery of large natural gas shale reserves and the establishment of new hydraulic fracturing methods for extraction between 2008 and 2012, prices plunged by more than 75 percent and are projected by the Energy Information Administration to remain low for decades. Today, foreign manufacturing companies like Methanex are taking advantage of these near-historically low prices in order to cut down on their own production costs.
The long-term prospect of low natural gas prices will bring at least seven projects, each with more than $1 billion capital investments, to Louisiana—a trend expected to generate tens of thousands of new jobs in the region over the next few years. According to recent reports, the state expects an influx of $50 billion in investments from both national and international companies, including looking to build manufacturing facilities from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
The supply of affordable natural gas and the investment interest of multinational corporations has been a boon not just for Louisiana's manufacturing sector, but the country's as a whole. In Texas, Dow Chemical Co., which also uses natural gas byproducts for manufacturing, will expand its facilities and usher in hundreds of new local jobs.
Even smaller companies are seeing how favorable gas prices lead to a better bottom line and cleaner air. EJB Paving & Materials Co. in eastern Pennsylvania has saved between 50 and 60 percent in fuel costs, said firm partner Steven Bright.


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Years before Harriette Stuckey returned to college to earn a Masters degree in Public Health (MPH), she already was working as a health educator in industrial and community services, focused on raising the awareness of health and fitness levels. Then, as she pursued her graduate- level studies, she learned that Americans of African ancestry died eight (8) or more years younger than Americans of European ancestry.
It is a known fact that within the African American community we die more from heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, and cancer than other ethnicities. These factors can be drastically reduced by not smoking, changing our diet, and by exercising regularly.
Harriette Stuckey is a thinker as well as a doer. She has traveled extensively and seen dancing as a pleasurable behavior almost electric slide, there was square dancing. Blends, like Heart & Soul Line Dancing emerged and spread providing social- engagement while burning calories during low-impact exercises thus putting health education theories into practice within a range of seniors at community and recreation locations around the Inland Empire.
At the recent 8th Annual Mardi Gras Celebration held at the Palomares Community Center approximately 250 revelers attending from as far away as Las Vegas and the Bay Area took advantage of the opportunity to learn moves developed by health clubs springing up while learning that they can remain active and healthy by dancing.
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En español | Emmett Pinkston, who spent 30 years in the military, likes to boast that his high-level security clearance would've given him access to the White House. Yet he can't get hired checking baggage at an airport.
"That's the irony," Pinkston, a 56-year-old grandfather of two, told a radio show that aired recently in New York.
Pinkston says officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) turned him down for a job as a baggage handler two years ago after they checked his credit report. Though he was told he aced the interview, negative details in the report disqualified him.
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"I'm still putting in applications for full-time jobs," Pinkston said recently. Though he works part time, he said he "can't afford to live on that."
Pinkston's experience is becoming more common among job seekers around the country. Today as many as one in two U.S. employers screen job applicants' credit reports as part of their hiring practices, according to the Society for Human Resource Management in Alexandria, Va., a professional membership organization of human resource professionals, sometimes for jobs that often have nothing to do with fiscal responsibilities or access to highly sensitive employee information.
Norm Magnuson, a spokesman for the Consumer Data Industry Association, which represents companies that offer credit screenings, says the practice is necessary when jobs involve access to money or people's personal data. "It doesn't make a lot of sense" for employers to do them otherwise, he says.
As a result, at least 1 in 10 unemployed workers say they've been turned down for a job because of negative information in their credit history, according to a recent study of low- and middle-income households carrying credit card debt by the public policy organization Demos. One in 8 people say they have poor credit because of errors on their report.
With 11.3 million people out of work across the country in August, 4.3 million for six months or more, the growing use of credit screenings has prevented those who need work the most from getting jobs, the Demos report said. It also said there was no evidence of a connection between applicants' poor credit status and job performance.
Chi Chi Wu, an attorney in the Boston office of the Washington-based National Consumer Law Center, says poor credit histories typically result from people's unfortunate economic situations and not from their work ethic or character. Among the items that can blemish a credit report: bankruptcy filings, foreclosures, liens, paying bills late and carrying too much debt relative to your available credit.
"Considering credit histories in hiring creates a vicious Catch-22 for applicants," Wu says. "A worker who loses her job is likely to fall behind on her bills because of the lack of income. She can't rebuild her credit history if she can't get a job. And she can't get a job if she's got bad credit."
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Simply, providential that I caught Mike Gendron's, "Remembering the Reformation," from last Sunday, Oct 31, 2011, in my Facebook newsfeed this week. Meanwhile, Dr. Gilley just published, today, two, new book reviews that are astounding examples of what Mike Gendron was highlighting just days earlier in his message. Mr. Gendron and his wife attend Grace Life Church of Dallas.
For another example, besides the authors of this book, take ecumenical, evangelical Chuck Colson, of Break Point Christian Radio. He wrote The Body, in 1994, to heighten the cause of infusing the Catholic religion into the church of believers, by referring to Catholics as "our brothers and sisters in Christ," etc. He was a main proponent for the ecumenical Manhattan Declaration, in 2009, which continues to promote unity between evangelicals and Catholics by utilizing moral and social issues as the catalyst, not the Gospel. I am thankful Dr. John MacArthur was not one of its signatories, an uncompromising stance for what is true and loving. A godly example that needs to be forefront when believers are faced with decisions whether or not to become interfaith.
Evangelicals are dangerously heading back to Rome. Brethren, be sober and take heed of this apostasaical movement that is ramping up in recent days! It rejects the "narrow path" of the True Gospel of faith alone, in Christ alone, by grace alone, according to the Scriptures alone, all to the glory of God alone. This popular false movement, partnered by the Emergent Church Movement (ECM), is one part of the "wide path" that leads to destruction; back to the man-made, self-righteous, idolatrous traditions of Babylon.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
MACON, Ga. (Oct. 31, 2012) – ETSU true freshman Vivienne Chin (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia) was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Golfer of the Week, the league office announced Wednesday afternoon.
Chin earned the honor by posting a second-place finish at the Palmetto Intercollegiate earlier this week, powering the ETSU women to a runner-up effort in that event. Carding career bests for three-round score (217) and individual round (1-under-par 71), Chin helped the Bucs to their second top-2 finish of the fall season.
This is the first A-Sun weekly honor for Chin, who is in her first season of collegiate golf.
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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Portland Trail Blazers seem to have picked things up
since a season--opening loss and look to stay on track when they host the
Detroit Pistons Monday night in the Rose City.
Portland has won two in a row and four of five games, including Saturday's
96-85 victory at Sacramento. LaMarcus Aldridge led the way with 22 points and
14 rebounds and Wesley Matthews netted 21 for Portland, which held on for the
win despite Damian Lillard's struggles. Lillard, the reigning Rookie of the
Year, had four points and six assists.
"I'm not going to go shoot a thousand jumpers because I went 1-for-15. It's
not going to happen too often, I know that," Lillard said.
Meanwhile, Aldridge, who has scored 20 or more points in six straight games,
had his first double-double of the season for the Blazers, as they completed a
home-and-home sweep of the Kings.
Robin Lopez had 12 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double in a
Portland uniform. Matthews has netted at least 18 points in his last five
games, a career high.
The Pistons will begin a four-game western jaunt Monday against Portland,
Golden State, Sacramento and the Los Angeles Lakers. It went 1-2 on a recent
homestand and suffered a second straight loss in Friday's 119-110 setback to
the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Josh Smith scored a season-high 25 points, Brandon Jennings added 22 and 11
assists for his first double-double and Greg Monroe contributed 20 points and
15 rebounds for Detroit, which has lost three of its last four games. Rodney
Stuckey provided 17 points off the bench.
"They executed down the stretch, and we didn't execute as well as they did,"
Smith said.
Detroit couldn't contain Thunder star Kevin Durant, who had a game-high 37
points. Russell Westbrook scored 20 points in the win and OKC had a game-best
13-point lead at 105-92.
On a milestone watch, Jennings needs six games for 500 in his career, one
rebound for 1,000 and one more point for 5,000.
The Pistons rank first in the NBA for most post points in the paint with 50.4
per game and hope to bounce back against Portland, which has won seven of the
last nine matchups between the teams.
Detroit has lost five straight trips to the Pacific Northwest.
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Any ex-Soundgarden heads in here? Small as f***, desperate for air-conditioning with condensation running down the walls and dripping from the ceiling, but a top atmosphere and top tunes from our very own Darren and Andrew.
Short lived too. My abiding memory is of the police doing one of their walk through checks while Total Confusion (Homeboy, Hippy & a Funky Dread) was playing, with the whole club chanting the "whoo, whoo, whoo , whoo" bit and pointing at the dibble.
Good while it lasted, just like Solstice 91 at The Academy. i feel like an old git at 28 posting this.
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im 16 (turning 17 in June) and i am in an advanced welding class at my high school. So far i have built a tree stand for deer hunting, a horseshoe coat rack, and a grill out of a hot water heater, also i cut a how water heater vertically and welded some angle iron on the bottoms of each half to hold grain and water for me and my step dad's calves. Im not an experienced welder but i definitely know what im doing and can follow project plans with ease. I ran out of ideas and need something to make (possibly sell). If you guys have any ideas maybe thing you built when you were in high school i would love to hear your ideas and some of the things you built while you were in high school.
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Take a look at the top right corner of this page, Welding Projects. Look at the things people have submitted that they have built. There are no plans, but something there may inspire you to build a similar project. There are many categories to choose from. Some of these folks are members of the forum and if you find something particularly interesting you could send them a personal message here and see if they can provide you with more details and possibly a set of plans. Lots of stuff there to look at so take your time and go thru all of'em.
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If you enjoy shooting at all, targets are always a fun thing to make. I'm in highschool to and since my freshman year I've built 4 targets. There's one that's called a shooting star that is a pretty awesome target but very challenging so you better have lots of ammo. Lol. The other three were just swingers. On one that I built for our auction I made each of the 4 target faces a card suit and painted it to match. Racks and stands for stuff around your own shop or home are Usualy nice to make yourself cuz you can build them to suit your needs.
As far as stuff for profit... Trailers are alot of upfront cost and you could always get stuck with it. Implements are tractor specific unless you build a 3-point attachment. You could do a 3-point hay bail un-roller, our maybe a jog splitter. Both would use the tractors hydraulics. Artsy stuff Usualy sells pretty well and is cheap to make. doing stuff that's themed around the favorite college in the area generaly sells good. If you can build a pretty nice BBQ smoker they Usualy can make a good profit if theres any market for it. Like mentioned above just browse through the projects sections and you'll find something you've just got to have.Miller Digital Elite inferno
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honestly consider yourself lucky, if you dont have stuff that needs to be done maybe get a job?


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Sunday, December 28, 2003HONOLULU - Despite shooting 54 percent from the floor and holding a lead of as many as eight points with 12:31 remaining in its game, the East Tennessee State Buccaneers fell victim to the hot shooting of IUPUI's tandem of Akeem Clark and Odell Bradley Saturday in the first round of the Rainbow Classic at the Stan Sheriff Coliseum. Clark and Bradley combined for a total of 60 points in the game. Clark finished with 33 points on 12-of-18 shooting - including a 9-of-15 clip from 3-point-range - while Bradley finished with 27 points on 10-of-15 shooting from the floor. "You've got to give them credit," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow. "We knew coming in that they could shoot it, and they shot the heck out of it tonight. Bradley's the best player in their league and he showed it tonight. This is an NCAA caliber team and we were very concerned about the game. "Bottom line, they made more plays than we did tonight." The Buccaneers (7-3) struggled early in the game and trailed 33-25 with 3:57 left in the first half. However, ETSU finished the first half with a 12-3 run to hold a 37-36 advantage heading into the locker room. In the second half, the Bucs surged out of the box with five quick points to make their lead 42-36 and built their lead to eight at 63-55 with just over 13 minutes left in the game. However, the Bucs scored just two points over the next six minutes and IUPUI built a seven-point lead over that span at 72-65 with 6:23 remaining. The lead remained seven at 77-70 with 3:02 left when the Bucs rallied one last time. Pulling to within one point with 21 seconds remaining, Bradley made two free throws to make the score 84-81. Sophomore guard Tim Smith (Newport News, Va.) then pushed the ball up the court and launched a 3-point attempt that rimmed out with seven seconds left. For the Bucs, all five starters scored in double figures, with senior Jerald Fields (Gainesville, Fla.) and sophomore guard Ben Rhoda (Dayton, Ohio) finishing with 18 points apiece. Fields added 10 rebounds to collect the eighth double-double of his career. Smith ended the game with 17 points, while junior guard James Anthony (Tampa, Fla.) and senior forward Zakee Wadood (Lonoke, Ark.) finished with 12 points. ETSU will move on to face the loser of the Lamar-Hawaii game on Monday, Dec. 29 at 4 p.m. (EST). Buccaneer fans can listen to the call of the game on the Buccaneer Sports Network with the pregame show scheduled for 3 p.m.
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Team 2012-13: Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania-LKL)
Career: Siauliai (Lithuania-LKL, 1996-97); Arizona (USA-NCAA, 1999); Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania-LKL, 2000-06); Panathinaikos (Greece-ESAKE, 2006-07); Dynamo Moscow (Russia-Superleague, 2007-09); Khimki Moscow Region (Russia-Superleague, 2009-10); Power Electronics Valencia (Spain-ACB, 2010-11); Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania-LKL, 2011-13)
Robertas Javtokas, the captain of the national team, will return to the squad after missing the Olympic Games with an injury he picked up in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Venezuela. The stress fracture in his foot forced the powerful center to miss the first half of the 2012-13 season with Zalgiris Kaunas as well. However, by the time of the LKL Finals, Javtokas was once again a force under the basket, grabbing rebounds, setting solid screens and playing excellent defence. Although the role of the 33-year-old big man in EuroBasket might be smaller than in past tournaments, he will throw in his leadership and wealth of experience, to lead the Lithuanian team both in the locker room and on the court.