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This Week's Liturgy
"Be opened!"
September 6th, 2015 (see other dates)
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Discussion Questions for Reading 1What are some of the things that happen in our world that cause you to feel fearful or hopeless? How do you handle those feelings? In what ways are you helped at such times by your faith? By your family and friends? By others?
There are always people who are going through times of trouble or doubt, sickness or poverty. What are some of the ways people your age can help to communicate the healing love of Jesus to these people?
Reading 1 Isaiah 35:4-7
Reading 1 ReflectionTimes of fear and hopelessness make our hearts feel pinched and small. When the people of the kingdom of Judah were threatened by their enemies, God took pity on their fear and hopelessness. He sent the prophet Isaiah with a message that strengthened them. Isaiah foretold a time when God would come to save his people. The signs of God's coming would include the healing of the blind, the deaf, and the lame.
These signs of the Messiah's coming were later fulfilled by Jesus as the One sent by God. We who follow him are called to share his work of caring for the weak, the sick, and the poor among us.
Discussion Questions for Reading 2Among people your age, in what ways are the poor sometimes shown less respect than those who have more money? Why is it easy for people to discriminate against the poor? What kinds of poverty are you aware of in your school or parish?
How can you and your friends be an example of God's special love for the poor? In what ways can you serve those who are poor in health or physical abilities?
Reading 2 James 2:1-5
Reading 2 ReflectionThe expression "telling it like it is" definitely fits this reading. Saint James points a finger at the common practice of showing greater respect to the rich than to the poor. When this kind of discrimination is practiced in a church setting, it is an even greater offense than it is elsewhere. James reminds us that poor are especially loved by God and are chosen to be "rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom."
As members of the faith community, we are to share God's love and concern for the poor who live in our midst. They may be poor in financial resources. Or they may be poor in spiritual or intellectual gifts. Whatever they lack, they are never to be discriminated against or thought less important than those who are in any way poor.
Discussion Questions for GospelHow would you describe the friends of the deaf man? Why do you think Jesus took the deaf man aside? How did Jesus use his own body in the ritual of healing? Why do you think he groaned when he looked up to heaven? In what way is the man who is healed a sign of the Messiah's presence?
What does the example of Jesus teach us about how we are to respond to those who are hearing-impaired or otherwise physically-challenged? In what ways can we be helpful to people who have speech impediments of any kind?
Gospel Mark 7:31-37
Gospel ReflectionWhat was promised in today's first reading we see fulfilled in this gospel story. A man who is deaf and suffers from a speech impediment is taken by his friends to see Jesus. Moved by the man's pitiful condition, Jesus takes him aside and performs a healing ritual. He concludes by praying that the man's senses "Be opened!" And the man begins immediately to hear and speak plainly.
Despite Jesus' command to keep the miracle a secret, the crowd goes wild with excitement and spreads the news throughout the region. They praise Jesus because "He has done everything well!" Jesus, however, does not want them to expect a Messiah who will bring them political power and economic riches. He was a Messiah who used God's power only to serve others and not to avoid suffering himself.
Proclaiming Faith Activities for Primary Grades
Puppet DramatizationDramatize the story from James 2:1-5 using puppets. Provide the children with paper bags or tongue depressors. Have them make one into a rich man using markers, sequins, feathers, fabric, etc. Then have them make the other puppet a poor man with little ornamentation. Read the story from the book of James and have the children use their puppets to act it out as you read it.
Communicating in a Different LanguageDiscuss with the children what it must be like not to be able to hear. Have the children place their hands over their ears. Say something to them quietly and ask what if felt like for them to see your lips move and know you were saying something but they couldn't hear it. Explain that there are many people who are unable to hear, but we can still communicate with them. Explain that there is another language, called sign language, that is done using our hands. Teach the children a few signs, such as hello and my name is…
Proclaiming Faith Activities
Dramatizing DiscriminationWith your group, review the reading from Saint James. Decide how you will dramatize the scene he describes. Here are some questions to consider together:
1 Who will serve as the narrator?
2 Who will portray the rich person and the poor person?
3 What other characters or onlookers might be included in the scene?
4 What props and costumes pieces might we use?
5 Will we include a follow-through scene in a classroom or a church in today's world? What kind of discrimination will we show against the poor?
6 What message do we want our audience to receive and remember?
Testing Our HearingJesus wants all his followers to be healed of the deafness that prevents us from hearing with our hearts as he did. In a quiet place, take the following hearing test.
Respond to each question by circling "Often," "Sometimes," or "Rarely."
1) When a family member asks for my help, I immediately do whatever I can to be of assistance. Often Sometimes Rarely
2) When I hear someone at school making insulting remarks about someone who is poor or different, I speak up on behalf of the one being insulted. Often Sometimes Rarely
3) When I hear a priest or a teacher describing how we can serve the poor or the sick, I get involved in doing what needs to be done. Often Sometimes Rarely
4) When I hear on the news about someone or some group that is suffering, I pray for them. Often Sometimes Rarely
5) When I hear myself saying "It doesn't matter" or "I don't care" at times when I am really hurt, do I decide to tell the truth about how I feel? Often Sometimes Rarely
Go over your responses. Speak to Jesus in your own words about any need to improve your hearing.
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7 Feb 2013 12:14 PM #1
[4.1.3] Lockable grid giving a string instead of a Ext.data.Store on reconfigure
So I am seeing a really odd issue where lockable ('enableLocking: true') grids are firing reconfigure events with a string instead of a store object.
The string itself is the correct store class, so I can workaround the issue by downing a StoreManager lookup, but it isn't obeying the documented event signature.
This is the definition of reconfigure in Ext.panel.Table,
reconfigure: function(store, columns) { var me = this, view = me.getView(), originalDeferinitialRefresh, oldStore = me.store, headerCt = me.headerCt, oldColumns = headerCt ? headerCt.items.getRange() : me.columns; // Make copy in case the beforereconfigure listener mutates it. if (columns) { columns = Ext.Array.slice(columns); } me.fireEvent('beforereconfigure', me, store, columns, oldStore, oldColumns); if (me.lockable) { me.reconfigureLockable(store, columns); } else { Ext.suspendLayouts(); if (columns) { // new columns, delete scroll pos delete me.scrollLeftPos; headerCt.removeAll(); headerCt.add(columns); } if (store) { // Only unbind the store if a new one was passed if (me.store) { me.unbindStore(); } store = Ext.StoreManager.lookup(store); // On reconfigure, view refresh must be inline. originalDeferinitialRefresh = view.deferInitialRefresh; view.deferInitialRefresh = false; me.bindStore(store); view.deferInitialRefresh = originalDeferinitialRefresh; } else { me.getView().refresh(); } headerCt.setSortState(); Ext.resumeLayouts(true); } me.fireEvent('reconfigure', me, store, columns, oldStore, oldColumns); }
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If you create a grid with enableLocking: true, put a listener on the grid.reconfigure event and reconfigure the store on the grid, you should see store being passed into the event handler as a string.
Sorry the example in my codebase is to convoluted for me to post on a forum, but looking at the code it is clear to me that store will never be a Ext.data.Store as documented when taking the lockable code path.
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So you're calling reconfigure with a string as the store?
11 Feb 2013 11:13 AM #5
Ah, yes I was using a store id string instead of of a store object, my bad. Once I corrected that it looks like it works as expected. Sorry about the false alarm.
So I see that is documented in the signature, but why does the standard reconfigure and a locked grid reconfigure both do a lookup on the store if it's expected to be a store object?


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When you get an enemy down to 0 health, you're given a brief opportunity to attack for bonus experience. Combos don't seem to activate in this bonus mode. However, when I slash as fast as I can, I don't always get the same amount of bonus experience.
Is the bonus experience based on the number of attacks I complete? Is it based on the amount of damage I've dealt? Does technique make any difference, or is it all about speed and/or your attack attribute?


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Silent Secret Screams
I want to scream aloud
all the pain that lies within
dig at my rejecting flesh
no longer can I withstand to inhabit this skin
I desperately grieve
for this agonizing energy to leave
pleading for it to flee!
be gone
go away
I want 'me' back
My body is in great agony!
How long must this go on?
I am falling – I am weak
I am sick of being incomplete
This fear won't let my mind speak
Too much pain to even gasp
these silent screams too much for one to grasp
there is nothing left but to collapse
as tears now trail
their threats never prevail
This is Hell on earth
I am extremely certain
behind this curtain stages Satan's lingering flames
His relentless games
and fear has set a blaze to every single nerve!All as I am drug across another day
where the shards of glass continue to rip open my flesh
as I bath in the salty sea as it floods
with the forever-spilling of my blood…
waiting for sharks to attack –
because as long as I'm a bleeding beating drum
I am burning in pain with excruciating silent screams
desperately trying to
break free from the silence
of unending sadness
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My name is Ibrahim Yasir I'm part of Team FoodFighter, I've been working on 3D Feature Films and and 3D TV Series but now changed to work on Games which is really what I was willing to do since I started in the 3D world ! My goals are really simple , to create something that people can enjoy while viewing or playing and appreciate the art side of it, and to learn as I go.Now I'm Currently trying to release my 1st Indie game.
and the link to our 1st game's campaign http://www.indiegogo.com/SanamGame
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I'd like to know if this is possible with Photoshop CS4 :
- Select an item with Ctrl+T (on windows).
- Crop it directly, without selecting the item manually.
It is possible?
I'd like to know if this is possible with Photoshop CS4 :
It is possible?
In order to crop to a specific layer there are three different methods that I would use:
If you're asking about cropping an individual object on a layer, then no, there's not a direct way to do that. Photoshop crops the entire canvas, not individual layers. There are indirect ways, though, both of which you can make into a one-click Action.
Method 1:
Your free transform will now act like a crop mask for the layer.
Method 2:
Your path is now a vector mask that you can work with either using Free Transform or all the vector tools in the toolbox.
I think you can do this way:
You will get the item with all layers preserved.
Uh - do you mean "scale the canvas to a particular item / selection group"? If so, I don't believe so.
If you have a single item on a single layer you can select it (Ctrl+a -> nudge left / right to snap the selection to the actual pixels), copy it (Ctrl+c), create a new file (Ctrl+n (canvas sized to clipboard contents)) and paste the selected item into it - that would create a new file that's the exact dimensions of the item you're trying to crop to.
I, too, have often wished for the ability to crop to a selection.
I think we can do this if your layer size is smaller then the canvas then.. Ctrl+Click on Layer selection appear then click on Image Menu and then click on Crop your selected screen will be cropped.
I created an action for something similar; I wanted to copy portions of an image with auto-trim, without constantly creating new documents (for example, a bunch of icons on a white background). Here's the action sequence:
Copy, New Document (Clipboard Preset), Paste, Flatten Image, Trim (Top-Left Pixel Color, All Sides), Select All, Copy, Close.
With this action saved, you can do everything in a single click or key press.
And old trick that may or may not work for you/on newer versions:
EDIT: 'doh! I just realize that's exactly what lawndartcatcher suggested. Give the upvote to that answer instead.
If you have a one-color background, use this and record it like an automatic action:


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Review: Better Mac screens tempt with price cut
|This undated photo, provided by Apple shows a the new MacBook Pro laptop. The laptop with a high-resolution screen measuring 13.3 inches diagonally now starts at $1,299, or just $100 more than the heavier version with the regular screen. Thatís the result of a $200 price cut in February and another $200 cut recently. Apple also slashed the starting price of its 15.4-inch high-resolution model by $200, to $1,999. (AP Photo/Apple)
With new models and price cuts, Apple is making it tougher for customers to choose — in a good way.
A MacBook Pro laptop with a high-resolution screen measuring 13.3 inches diagonally now starts at $1,299, or just $100 more than the heavier version with the regular screen, the one I ultimately bought. That's the result of a $200 price cut in February and another $200 cut recently.
Apple also slashed the starting price of its 15.4-inch high-resolution model by $200, to $1,999.
Apple also made the new laptops faster and extended their battery life, thanks to new, power-saving chips from Intel Corp. and a new operating system, Mavericks, designed to fully take advantage of those chips. These new Pros are the first Macs with Mavericks built in.
Without getting too technical, Mavericks is better at grouping little tasks into larger bursts, so that the processor can stay in a low-power mode for longer.
I got more than 12.5 hours of word processing and spreadsheet use on the new 15-inch model and nearly nine hours of iTunes video. Officially, Apple promises eight hours on the 15-inch model and nine hours on the 13-inch one, compared with seven hours before on both. (Streaming video doesn't fare as well, as is typical with laptops; I got about six hours of Hulu on the 15-inch unit I tested.)
Apple didn't change the screens on the high-resolution models, which the company terms "Retina." It didn't need to.
Video looks great, as the screen resolution is more than enough for high-definition video. But text is where I noticed the most difference: Letters are clearer and sharper, appearing the way they would in a paperback book. On my non-Retina MacBook Pro, I notice the individual dots, or pixels, that are put together to form characters. The Retina models have four times as many pixels as the standard models, enabling smoother characters.
Inside, there's faster graphics technology from Intel. And Apple offers a $2,599 15-inch model that also has an Nvidia graphics processor for even better performance. All of the new Retina models have an emerging Wi-Fi technology called 802.11ac. It promises up to three times the speed and wider range than before, though you need newer Wi-Fi routers that support that standard to get the full benefits.
Before you run off to buy a new MacBook, though, consider these trade-offs:
— Mac computers are generally more expensive than their Windows counterparts. You can get a Windows laptop for a few hundred dollars. The cheapest Mac laptop is $999. But you get quality at that price. Comparable Windows laptops, known as ultrabooks, cost more than $1,000. These are slim and light, like the Retina Pros. They also have touch screens, which Macs lack. Some Windows laptops also have better exteriors. The aluminum casing on all Mac laptops is prone to scratches and dents, though Apple promotes it as "highly recyclable."
— Apple will still sell a non-Retina 13-inch MacBook Pro for $1,199, though it is discontinuing the 15-inch version. The 13-inch Retina version weighs a pound less than the standard one, at about 3.5 pounds. It's also thinner, at 0.71 inch rather than 0.95 inch on the standard model. But the Retina model lacks an Ethernet port for wired Internet connections. It also doesn't have a drive for CDs and DVDs. So there's less weight, but also fewer options to plug or insert things in.
— The Retina model gets thin and light partly by ditching a spinning hard drive. It uses flash storage instead, but that costs more. The base 13-inch Retina model comes with 128 gigabytes, or about a quarter of the 500 gigabytes for the standard model. You can pay more to get as much as 1 terabyte of storage on either machine. The cheapest Retina option with that storage is $2,299, while the cheapest standard option is just $1,299. Keep in mind that flash storage is faster than traditional drives. For the 15-inch model, you get 256 gigabytes to start and can need to spend at least $2,799 for a 1 terabyte laptop.
— You can still go light for less money by sacrificing the better screen. A 13-inch MacBook Air costs $1,099 and weighs less than 3 pounds. So that's a half pound and $200 off the Retina model. Apple also has an 11-inch MacBook Air for $999. The Airs have the power-saving chips found in the latest Retina Pros, so you can get a full working day of battery life on a single charge. The processors in the Air aren't as fast as those in the new Pros, but I've found the Air rather speedy — much faster than my standard Pro from last year.
Your head is probably already spinning from all these options.
It boils down to this for Mac laptops:
— If you want a 15-inch MacBook, you need to get the Retina model (unless you find an older one at a discount warehouse).
— You have three choices for the 13-inch model: $1,099 gets you the Air; $1,199 gets you the standard Pro, with more storage but also more weight than the Air; and $1,299 gets you the Retina Pro, which has a nicer screen and less weight than the standard Pro, but the same amount of storage as the Air.
— The Air is your only option at 11 inches.
The new MacBook Pros, with their price cuts, complement the rest of the Mac lineup nicely. The new prices make trading off power for style much more tempting.
Anick Jesdanun, deputy technology editor for The Associated Press, can be reached at njesdanun(at)ap.org.
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Maya Gottfried, author of Our Farm, was kind enough to send me a copy of her latest book. Beautifully illustrated, the book is a collection of poems, each one capturing the personality of some of the animals at Farm Sanctuary. Other than a note in the back to parents, the book does not get into why the animals are at the sanctuary but instead celebrates animals as unique individuals. As such, the book allows parents to discuss animal rights on their own terms, or just enjoy a book that respects animals with their kids.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Our Farm: By the Animals of Farm Sanctuary
Posted by Vegan Dad at 10:34 PM
6 comments:
- Ashling said...
Its nice to see a book that highlights animal welfare without adding shock value!
- March 6, 2010 at 9:27 AM
- The Vegan Snorkeler said...
This looks like a great book for kids and families. I was recently at the Woodstock Farm Sanctuary...such a great place!
- March 6, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- dreaminitvegan said...
What a wonderful book to have and to read with the kids about real animals, not made up ones. I can't wait to read it.
- March 6, 2010 at 12:14 PM
- Tamara said...
Thank you for sharing this important book with us!
- March 7, 2010 at 4:19 PM
- Suzette said...
I just received a review copy, too, and love this book!
- March 7, 2010 at 5:39 PM
- Kat said...
Thank you! I'm going to see if my library has this right now. :)
- March 9, 2010 at 3:01 PM
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1942 GMC COE - The Wolfe's WWII GMCWritten by on January 22, 2007 Contributors: D. Brian Smith Wild Things Go Better With Coke
Although the roots of GMC trucks can be traced back to 1902, it wasn't until January 1912 that the first GMC emblem appeared on a General Motors truck. By '42, the model year of Larry and Wes Wolfe's GMC COE gracing our pages, GMC was destined to become the nation's largest producer of vehicles for the war effort.
With hundreds of thousands of GMC trucks sent overseas never to be seen again, the Wolfe's GMC was one of the lucky ones.
The truck spent the duration of World War II stationed in Kansas acquiring few miles. By the time Wes bought the GMC in Virginia for $400, there were only 20,000 miles on the odometer. These weren't easy miles, though, because of its second career as a farm truck short-hauling grain with a homemade dump box on its back. The body on a big truck ordinarily stays pretty cherry because it's out of the reach of low-flying idiots in smaller vehicles.
Unfortunately for the Wolfe's COE, its roof was used as a platform for farmhands to stand on while shoveling grain. Needless to say, the entire roof looked like Dumbo's trampoline.
The fellow Wes bought the GMC from wanted to whack the cab from the doors back and build a retro motorhome of sorts. But once he faced the reality of how much work he'd have to do to convert the GMC, he put it up for sale.
A question on Custom Classic Trucks' tech sheet asks truck owners if they built their truck in stages. Since they almost always list the frame as the first stage, we were surprised to discover Wes listed the GMC's cab as their first stage. Wes said they built the '42's cab first and then the chassis. If you're starting to think Wes and his dad might have an unfair advantage over most custom truck builders, you'd be right.
Over 35 years ago in their hometown of Covington, Virginia, Larry Wolfe opened the doors to Wolfe's Body Shop. These days, Larry and Wes make their bread and butter doing collision work.
For enjoyment, they like to build hot rods and customs to drive cross-country to rod runs and car shows. Currently the pair own a genuine '32 Ford each, as well as other desirable vehicles, including Wes' '68 Olds 442 coupe.
Since GMC never offered a crew cab COE, creating one required an enormous amount of manhours. Wes sacrificed three cabs and six doors to end up with a four-door COE body that looked like it might have rolled off General Motors' assembly line. He began the tedious job by fabricating a subframe to support the four-door body independent from the '42's chassis. It's interesting to note that instead of moving the firewall back, Wes positioned his firewall forward. This allowed him to relocate the engine aft to a midship arrangement and cleared the way for a conventional steering column. By conventional, he didn't have to drop the column straight down into the floor like stock.
With the floor cleared of the column, Wes continued the cleanup process with a dash-mounted shifter. A gray leather-wrapped steering wheel from Billet Specialties fronts a dash cluster packed full of white-faced gauges from Classic Instruments. Air-conditioning vents mounted into the dashboard and the rear seating area keep ice-cold air circulating throughout the crew cab's interior. Speaking of the interior, it was upholstered in gray ultraleather by King's Auto Upholstery in Roanoke, Virginia. Freddie King saw to it his crew did a kickass job on every area, from its plush carpeting to the custom headliner.
With the exception of the truck's interior, everything else was done within Covington's city limits. Wes hauled a stack of 5x10-foot sheetmetal over to Phillip Bowen and Chris Persinger at JenFab in Covington to form the '42's one-off custom bed and running boards.
Not since the 1700s, when the British pranced around in bright red coats, has such a brilliant hue been utilized in a military application. The GMC's custom-blended DuPont red paint was mixed in-house on Wolfe's Auto Body's DuPont mixing bench. The ultra-glossy urethane finish is a two-stage system that consumed three gallons of PPG 2021 clear as the topcoat. Wes told us he spent nearly seven months on labor and over $3,500 in materials to paint the '42. To ease painting the inside of the bed and doorjambs, Wes used DuPont's single-stage paint.
With the COE crew cab complete, Wes and Larry used the shop's two-post lift to drop the four-door cab onto an updated frame-an '86 Chevy C30 chassis powered by a '70 454-inch big-block, to be exact. The frontend was lowered using Belltech spindles and coils, while the 4.10:1-geared 1-ton rearend is attached to leaf springs assisted by Firestone airbags.
Cab Over Engine custom classic trucks are a breed apart from other vintage haulers. They are expensive and time-consuming to build. There're no two ways about it, a person either has to be relatively wealthy or very gifted to complete a COE.
For the Wolfe family, their '42 GMC was a father and son team effort that consumed five years of hard work and inspiration. Wes said he and his dad would have never been able to complete the truck without the support of his mother Sandra, wife Melinda and daughter Hanna.
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Looking at the rear wheels, notice how nice the '37-38 GMC NOS 1-ton panel truck fenders adapt to the custom bed and running boards.The '70 454-inch big-block GMC engine was built by another father and son business located in Covington, Virginia. Heath Pence at Denny's Automotive & Machine Shop prepped and machined the 454 before installing a Crane roller cam, 0.30-over pistons and a 750-cfm Edelbrock carb.Wolfe's Auto Body used three complete GMC COE cabs to construct their one-off crew cab. This center post/doorjamb represents the remains of one cab.Somewhere a Coke memorabilia collector is crying. Wes chopped and shortened a mint '50-model Coke machine to fit as a tool chest. He used gray Trek's decking to make his bed floor and Pro-Choice stainless steel hidden T-bolt strips for floor strips.The cockpit sports a flat floor thanks to a conventional tilt steering column holding a Billet Specialties steering wheel with a dash-mounted shifter adapted from a C-series A100 Dodge van. The former Torqueflite shifter now controls a GM Turbo 400, precision-rebuilt by Todd Fixx and multiplied with a U.S. Gear overdrive.The Wolfes sourced a Buick Century rear seat. King's Auto Upholstery performed the perfect trim work.Wes installed roller-bearing hinges from Weber Studios to help the doors with their heavy load. Custom-cut one-piece window glass replaces the stock door and vent windows.
The front and rear bumpers are from a '48 Chevy school bus. Guess that will teach them to park in front of the body shop. Just kidding, the Wolfes bought the bumpers from the same guy who sold them the '37 Dodge taillights.


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A local artist has created a portrait of George Zimmerman-- the man charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of 17 year old Treyvon Martin.
Andy Bell created a portrait of Zimmerman entirely out of skittles-- the candy that Martin was carrying when he was shot.
That portrait is now on display at a local art gallery.
In a story you'll see only on CBS 4, Evrod Cassimy talked with the artist, who explains the meaning behind his work.
From close up it looks like just rows and rows of skittles. But from far away it's a piece of art depicting the infamous George Zimmerman mug shot made entirely of candy.
"Kind of jumped to see it!"
"It just makes you take a step back like huh! Oh my gosh! I don't know just to see him here!"
The piece, done by art student Andy Bell, is the first thing you see when you walk into Denver's Redline art gallery. He started it hoping to get people talking more about the case.
"I wanted there to be a trial. I wanted--I wanted justice."
Now, four weeks after bell started the portrait, the case has progressed. It was by pure coincidence though the picture ended up on display.
"I was actually here on a field trip. I was talking to Louise Marterano, one of the organizers here. She asked what I had been working on and I pulled up a photo on my phone of what I'd been working on that I literally finished an hour before."
"She ran in to show it to me and I thought this is not particularly interesting I've seen this image a million times over the past few months and she said well it's all made out of Skittles."
"The Zimmerman Skittles portrait is called "Fear Itself" and it's done on a 36 inch by 48 inch piece of plywood. The more than 12 thousand Skittles were glued to the wood and covered in varnish. Bell believes his artwork conveys a specific message."
"Zimmerman had nothing to be afraid of from this kid except for the bag of Skittles."
"We as society though we might be afraid of a lot of things when it comes down to it some of those things might be as innocuous as a bag of Skittles."
"I think we're sort of using levity to sort of invite people to see that we've got to change how we see the world."
In Denver Evrod Cassimy CBS 4 news.
If you'd like to see the portrait for yourself it's on display at Redline through June first.
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5 Insane Sci-Fi Weapons That Now Exist in Reality
#2. Sonic Black Holes
Even at its most silent, our world is brimming with ambient burbles and murmurs. Now imagine the chaos that would unfold if one mad genius held all the sound in a major city hostage. Discotheques would shutter, Harley riders would cry tears of silent frustration, and stand-up comics everywhere would resort to miming and smashing watermelons with oversized mallets. Indeed, this is the dystopian reality Israeli scientists seem to be working toward with their sonic black hole.
Humans have made your standard, matter-gobbling black holes already, but those little bastards are difficult to manage. So to better understand these mysterious maelstroms of cosmic destruction, scientists decided to create a safer, more playful version.
"No, it's safe. We put a sign on it, see?"
By chilling 100,000 rubidium atoms and using lasers to create a whirlpool effect, scientists were able to create a sonic black hole from which no sound can escape. It apparently works just like a regular black hole, but for noise. It absorbs bits of sound -- or "phonons" -- just as a black hole eats photons.
So what possible use could this be in the real world? Well so far, scientists have only maintained the effect for a few milliseconds, and they plan to use this auditory abomination to study real black holes. This is because they have no imagination. Though, if someone built a device that devours all sound and they planned to use it to blackmail the world's richest teen pop idols, do you really think they'd admit it? Or even worse -- what if some dastard purloined this technology and trained ninjas with black holes strapped to their backs? The mind reels at the possibility.
Soon, men and women begin using them against each other. Within days, the entire planet is at peace.
#1. Painless, Undetectable Laser Injection
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The best way to assassinate someone is to make it look like it's not an assassination at all. So good news, ninja of the future: The mad geniuses as MIT have created the hypospray from Star Trek. MIT's device pushes a "near-supersonic dose of medication straight through your skin into your body." The drugs are fired through the flesh on a blast of air smaller than the proboscis of a mosquito.
It's painless, doesn't leave a mark, and apparently you can unload this thing right into someone's eyeball or eardrum without any ill effects. All you need to do is bump into someone and BOOM. Faster than you can dramatically announce, "Hail HYDRA," rattlesnake venom is coursing into your victim's bloodstream.
Or, in a more likely application, a heavy dose of Viagra while your buddy is on a first date.
But with these types of devices, it can be hard to control the dosage and the potential for residual splash back. If you need a specific amount of chemicals to go to an exact depth in the flesh, then what you need is a laser needle. Scientists in South Korea have developed a laser-driven microjet injector that can launch a laser stream of medicine (or poison) directly into your body with precision.
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Explained here with this ... well, look, it's just dangerous.
The beam is about the size of a human hair, it's extremely accurate, and -- like any supervillain tech worth its salt -- it's a laser. Currently, the injector has to be pressed close to the skin, but a little more sinister R&D, we could be looking at a short-range injection gun. Assassins the world over will be able to shoot invisible, painless beams of toxins into their doomed targets at will. Also, babies won't cry so much when they get their shots! There's a silver lining to everything!
For more tips on supervillainy (or stamp collecting), check out Monte's blog.
For more weapons that are better suited for fiction, check out 6 New Weapons That Are Making War Look Like a Cartoon and 7 WTF Military Weapons You Won't Believe They Actually Built.


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In minecraft, can I put wood blocks on top of trees to make them grow larger?
No, but technically you can plant a tree using a dirt block on top of/inside another tree to grow another tree. This sort of expands the tree, but the second tree will grow normally (and requires the same conditions as a normal tree to grow), but with a little bit of work you can grow huge "trees" and prune them to your liking this way. The top tree will still grow leaves, but it might be a small tree and thus not as impressive. You can always replace/regrow a tree anywhere you want inside the 'base' tree though.
Remember you can also use Shears on Leaf Blocks ti collect them, and you can make your own tree manually with Leaf and Wood blocks, but they won't exhibit some of the properties of properly grown trees like natural branches.
You put four jungle saplings in square, and use bonemeal on it to make a huge tree, with vines. (This only works in a jungle biome.)
There are also some tricks to grow small trees or big trees. If you dig a 1-block hole and plant a sapling in it will make a big tree. Dig a two-block hole and plant a sapling in it and it will make a small tree.
Once a tree grows, it's done, so no, adding logs to a tree won't make it grow any larger. In a similar vein, harvested logs or leaves also won't grow back, although the leaves can decay without nearby wood.
you can not add in the way you are thinking, but if you have time, shears, and logs you can build your own "designer" tree. placing the logs and leaves just how you want them. if all you want is a massive tree, just put four jungle saplings in a 2x2 pattern.


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The gluten free pizza tasted like cardboard. Was not impressed
My wife had the gluten free pizza and it was really good. They are GIG trained and so mostly worry free. Just make a point of telling the server if you have an allergy. They were very friendly.
136 Boardwalk Place, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
I tried the gluten-free pizza, and their crust was the worst gluten-free crust I've ever eaten! It had the consistency of a soggy cracker. I ended up just eating the toppings off of the top. I was very disappointed because I enjoyed California Pizza Kitchen before I was diagnosed with Celiacs.
6000 Glades Rd. #1230, Boca Raton, FL 33431
They have a special gluten free menu. Care is taken to avoid cross contamination and our waitress, Cristin, was very knowledgeable about gluten and the menu items that my daughter could have. The gluten free pizza was delicious.
55 Fortune Drive, Ste. 600, Irvine, CA
Gluten Free pizza is good but expensive!!! Individual size pizza (and we had to get 3) starting at $16.00 for plain and up from there. Most places have gluten free pizza for between $10.00-$12.00 for same size. Would go if only option around due to cost.
2223 N. Westshore Blvd., #189, Tampa, FL 33607
Great pizza!
11602 Carmel Mt. Rd., San Diego, CA 92128
The gluten free crust is the worst I have had. My husband tasted it and agreed. It was not edible. Do not order!
303 Memorial City Way, Houston, TX 77024
Very nice place and excellent gluten free pizza, big size, thin crust, and great price. It has several ones to choose from, but the best one is the bbq chicken pizza. My husband and my sons didn't have any problems.
1201 S. Hayes St., Suite F, Arlington, VA
Pizza was decent GF. Order was brought separately from kitchen by manager.
1000 Ross Park Mall Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Select gf pizzas and salads. For the pizzas, they have everything gf labeled in blue--gloves, separate ingredients. They have a separate cooking space. $2 extra. Bbq chicken pizza was great!
230 Tresser Boulevard, Stamford, CT 06901
worst gluten free pizza I have ever had. especially for the price.
McCarran International Airport, 5757 Wayne Newton Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89111
No gf options. Not the full CPK menu. Hostess Sent me to another restaurant in the airport and they had none either. Otherwise I love this chains full service locations.
350 Trolley Line Blvd, Mashantucket, CT 06338
got a pizza here off their gf menu. not too many options, but the pizza was delicious! I am super sensitive and I had no issues!
2241 Q Street NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
My wife is gluten free, we ate here recently and ordered the gluten free crust. The pizza itself was ok, nothing to write home about, but later that night she was really sick. I don't think they have a dedicated oven or toppings for their gluten free pizza. Their crust might be certified gluten free but there is definitely cross contamination. Please beware if you are celiac.
609 Kailua Road, Kailua, HI 96734
I have Celiac and had a pizza it was yummy and had no reaction so that's a plus!! the waiter was nice about the allergy.
11677 San Vicente Blvd., Brentwood, CA 90049
I was very happy with the service as the waitress knew exactly what coeliac was. They have a dedicated menu. It's not a huge selection but the food was delicious.
6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028
everything ok ; special menu (inc. pizza) for celiacs.
827 Brandon Town Center Mall, Brandon, FL 33511
Pizza was delicious and no problems with gluten at all. I am celiac
3401 Esperanza Crossing #E1, Austin, TX 78758
Pizza was really good, but I had a reaction afterwards. The crust is supposed to be certified gluten free.
1245 Worcester Rd., Natick, MA 01760
Really good food. Separate gluten free menu is fairly small. The food is safe though.
300 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables , FL 33134
Had gluten free pepperoni pizza easily one of the better gf pizzas I've eaten closest to the real thing
1100 Del Monte Center, Monterey, CA 93940
I eat here about 1x a week and if you stick to their small menu, you'll never get sick. :)
2223 N. Westshore Blvd., #189, Tampa, FL 33607
Yummy, yummy, yummy! The GM brought out my pizza with gloves on and informed me that all of the procedures were followed. I got the barbecue chicken and was plenty for me and my brother to share. I also got a wedge salad that said it had gluten free ingredients but couldn't be 100% guaranteed however I didn't get sick. Very pleased with the experience and will be returning
1051 W. State Highway 114, Grapevine, TX 76051
My son has celiac and loves the certified gluten free cheese pizza. We go there often and staff seems very knowledgable. Their website also provides their carb count which makes it a lot easier since we deal with type 1 diabetes as well. Took us a while to go there because of their reviews. Hopefully, my review will encourage others to give it a try.
98-1005 Moanalua Road #219, Aiea, HI 96701
Amazing pizza but even more amazing staff. So knowledgable and assured me there would be special precautions taken. Fabulous.
25365 Cedar Rd., Cleveland, OH
The toppings on my pizza were delicious, but the crust could use a lot of improvement. The crust was burnt around the edges but raw inside. My expectations are usually pretty low, I just appreciate the fact that a restaurant has a gluten free menu. I would recommend the lettuce wraps! They were delicious!
2241 Q Street NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
I feel like the pizza is hit or miss. I've been twice since they re-created their GF pizza. once the crust was chewy and crisp (the best GF pizza crust I've ever had!) and the second time it was spongy and soggy.
2284 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
Amazing BBQ chicken pizza. Liked it so much for lunch. Went back for supper
3665 N. Harbor Dr., Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92101
This location doesn't offer gluten free. Good luck finding food in terminal 2.
1100 Del Monte Center, Monterey, CA 93940
They have a certified gluten free menu which includes about 5 different pizzas. Decent size and the taste was great! No reactions.
6227 South State Street, Murray, UT 84107
Love eating here. Great gourmet salads and pizza. I have never had a problem with cross contamination, never gotten sick.
2015 Birch Road, Ste. 725, Chula Vista, CA 91915
they have to be instructed on how to cook the gf pizza properly. they take it out of the oven too soon and the crust hasn't had time to absorb the cheese oil and sauce.
1645 Briargate Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Not sure what the previous negative reviews are complaining about - in my experience so far, having multiple options that are prepared separately from the rest of the food is a rarity, especially in pizza restaurants. Yeah, 4 or 5 options isn't ideal, but being able to easily order and know that your food will be safe is fantastic. The waiter was also very knowledgeable, and explained that they wash all of the gluten-free-area containers separately, and everyone changes gloves/washes hands, etc. when they enter the gluten free area. This is one of the best processes I've seen in a chain restaurant. Plus, the food was awesome. I shared the waldorf chicken salad (labeled gluten-free on the menu, but not one of the GiG certified items) and the gluten free margherita pizza, and both were delicious. Definitely the best gluten free pizza I've had since my celiac diagnosis a few months ago. The only reason I might dock a star would be the price (just a pricier restaurant in general), but I think they deserve higher than a 3-star overall rating, so I'm giving it 5. I am always impressed with and appreciative of restaurants that go out of their way to make things safe, especially when the staff is friendly and knowledgeable about it, too.
2284 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
Four pizzas that are certified and gluten free crust for any other pizza.
100 Hillsdale Shopping Center, San Mateo, CA 94403
although menu indicates certain items can be made gluten free further discussion with staff indicates no they are/can not...you can have lettuce and mustard vinaigrette safely here. Positive note is an honest manager keeps people from getting sick but menu is misrepresentation of what's truly available gluten free
300 Monticello Avenue, #149, Norfolk, VA 23510
My husband and I had a great experience here. We ordered the gluten free BBQ chicken pizza and it was excellent! The staff was not extremely knowledgable on gluten sensitivity in general, however their service was good and I was not glutened. I would return.
2610 Sawgrass Mills Circle, Sunrise, FL 33323
We have eaten here often and my son has never been sick. Great restaurant, great service.
827 Brandon Town Center Mall, Brandon, FL 33511
This place is awesome! I'm celiac and they are really careful about cross contamination. I haven't gotten sick here yet. You have to order specifically off the GF menu (and let the waiter know) to make sure they use the dedicated toppings!
238 Summit Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35243
Absolutely LOVE their pizza. I always get it with a glass of wine :) A friend from DC told me this was her favorite gf pizza and I have to agree! Even my non celiac boyfriend orders his pizza gluten free because he loves it (and we can share!). Knowledgable about cross contamination, they told me they take all of the pizzas out of the brick oven JUST to cook mine gf.
136 Boardwalk Place, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
While their options for celiacs are limited, they are good. Their server was able to explain how they prepped the food separately and asked to understand more about the disease, as she said an increasing number of people needing GF options are coming into the restaurant.
4200 Conroy Road, Orlando, FL 32839
Close to my work, I have been eating gf here once a week for a couple years. Never been sick. Always get the salads marked GS on the menu for lunch. Excellent food. When I occasionally swing by for dinner I do get the gf pizzas. They are great tasting.
1 Garden State Plaza, #1160, Paramus, NJ 07652
We waited several months to test out CPK's 2nd attempt at a gluten free menu, to make sure others had a positive experience. Happy to say, after trying today, we were very impressed! They were confident and consistent in their responses to all of my questions...from the hosts, to the waitstaff to the servers...so it was clear to me that they have done a nice job of training. My celiac son had the pepperoni pizza and loved it! (See pic) Other than the 4 GF pizzas, there are a few salads that are GF, clearly marked with a green "O" on the menu. We felt very comfortable here, and so far my son feels no ill effects.
264 19th Street NW, Ste. 2150, Atlanta, GA 30363
I ordered a gluten free pizza. I've had better gluten free pizzas. The crust was not very good compared to the others I've tried. Also I have my doubts about cross contamination, because the day after was a terrible day for my digestive system (to put it delicately).
28258 Diehl Rd., Warrenville, IL 60555
They offer gluten free crusts and cook them in a separate oven than the other pizzas!
4600 Ashford - Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, GA 30346
They offer four different gf pizzas. The crust is fair, wouldn't go out of my way next time
156 South 400 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
The gluten free pizza was terrible. The crust was burnt and it isn't a thin pizza which if it is gluten free, needs to be rolled out thin. It tasted like dry, very dry rice. The server had no idea what gluten free was. If you want gf pizza, head over to the Pie. It is so much better!
6659 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Bldg. C1, Las Vegas, NV 89119
The gf bbq chicken pizza was great, and I didn't get sick. Only rated four stars because the waiter was subpar
7900 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, KY 40222
We have eaten here many times and have always had a good experience. Most of the time the manager delivers the GF pizza with a verbal guarantee that there was safe handling in the making. The pizza is quite good!
2284 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
The GF pizza is the best pizza I've had in my life. The base was nice and crispy and not floury. It was also made using GIG standards and had very minimal risk of cross contamination. Great place, wish I could take it back to Australia.
440 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016
I only have gf salads here, not the pizza. I think they don't have a separate oven for it and it gets cross contaminated. I also don't have anything that might have gluten in the salad, like candied walnuts, because sometimes they're gf and sometimes not.
7851 Edinger Ave, Huntington Beach, CA
They've re-done their menu (again) and are very careful about labeling which pizzas are gluten free (they have a gluten free crust, but also designated ingredients for toppings). Since the switch, I have had a great dining experience. Options are limited, but I'd rather that than get sick!
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I have a Dell Mini9 with Ubuntu. It's a very nice integrated package and it works well out of the box. They use their own launcher, which overlays GNOME for easier application launching without rooting through the dropdown menus with a tiny mouse and screen. The launcher can be disabled for the standard GNOME interface. With the launcher disabled, you can then enable Compiz Fusion. Slick!
One big problem I have with it is mouse sensitivity. Even with the mouse acceleration and speed dropped all the way down, it is still a little too fast. Also, there is no speed setting for the mouse wheel and it is entirely too sensitive. I haven't found a solution for this yet. I'm hoping this is solved one day.
Any of the netbooks currently on the market will run Ubuntu wonderfully. There's even a special netbook edition of Ubuntu.
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The Acer Aspire One runs Ubuntu 9.04 quite nicely. 8.10 was a little sluggish at times, but 9.04 is snappy. It can even run embedded OS's through VirtualBox (although I haven't tried XP under it yet). I run all of the above software, and even the full Eclipse suite on occasion, although that can be a little painful at times.
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Melvin's crazy if he thinks he can get a quality starter and a couple good relievers for $15M. We better be involved in some trades if he's serious about that $80M mark. Then again Melvin hasn't exactly been honest during this time of year before..
This is also why we will see an awful lot of young pitchers in Milwaukee this year. They cost next to nothing. And with the number of them that the Brewers have, they should have enough who throw well enough to fill out the pitching staff after a FA or two is added. I just hope they don't throw money at a reliever if they don't get one of the McCarthy/Marcum/Demptser type guys.Hide replies
They are set on letting the young kids be the starters because of the costs and the future. We could use an experienced starter for one year.
This is the exact point I was making for people back when we traded grienke away vs signing him. Had we signed him for what he wanted, we would have had 15 million to fill out our roster. I was predicting another 100 million payroll.
Now we see mark A wants to save some money this year to put forward higher payrolls in the future, potentially, so now we have the same problem. Wow, going to take some work. Especially considering parra was a bargain for a reliever last year at roughly 1.5 mil. Good luck finding good relievers Doug, hopefully you can strike gold.
Not to mention filling out our bench. It's a tough task, and a little bit of a reality check for those with rose colored classes, or those playing their Xbox and wondering why we can't do what they do on their gamesHide replies
The bench has arguably everyone on the team already. Between Maldonado (C) Gamel (1B/3B/LF/RF) Schafer (CF) Bianchi (SS) Green (2B/3B) we have every position covered and everyone is pre arb.
The only thing I could see them doing differently with the bench would be to bring back Gonzalez to take some pressure of off Segura and then try and sneak Bianchi or Green back down through waivers(at least I believe both are out of options). Of course, that will make picking up a starter that much more difficult should they do that.
Green has options but Bianchi and Gamel don't. I hope to see them go after some backup infielders as well but for 15M it will be tough.
*but with only 15M to spend it will be tough.
I knew Gamel was out. For him it is either big leagues or trade I would guess. Bianchi could probably sneak through waivers. I could see Green getting sent down if a SS can be gotten at a decent price(~$3-4M).
bianchi is a keeper for this year. i would be very surprised he he does not make the opening day roster.
The price is right for Bianchi although he cannot hit his way out of a wet paper bag.
Where is this $80 million payroll number coming from? It doesn't make any sense to me. According to Forbes, the Brewers generated $179 million in revenue in 2011 and earned $12 million in operating income with a payroll of $100 million. I assume 2012 was slightly less profitable because they didn't make the playoffs and attendance slipped, but it wasn't a disaster by any means. If the Brewers really drop $20 million in payroll, that would be extremely disappointing.Hide replies
The $80M came right from DM's mouth. I think the idea is that the club can only be profitable at the $100M mark if they make the playoffs until the new national TV deal kicks in. They are locked in at one of the worst local TV deals in the league until at least 2019(I think). Plus, at the $100M mark they don't really have the flexibility to add any payroll during the year. Plus they have a ton of guys that will be getting raises in Arby the next few years, so the current cut shouldn't be that surprising.
BBB... their local TV deal changes this year. They nearly triple the money they were getting. However, they will still have one of the lowest if not the lowerst TV contract in baseball.
A new bad deal, is still a bad deal. I think they will be able to swing a much better one in 2020, but I would have thought that would also be the case coming off of their best stretch in 20 years before this new deal as well.
Go read the conservative spending mode blog.
I understand that the number came from Melvin. My point is: how did Melvin decide on $80 million? It seems low to me. I understand that last year's payroll was probably a bit high. But, I think the team's opening day payroll was in the mid- to high-$80 millions in 2010 and 2011 and I don't remember that being a problem. And, revenue has probably grown since then, excluding the benefit of the playoffs in 2011. So, I would think an opening day payroll of $90-95 million would be a more reasonable target.
I am guessing $90-95M doesn't give him enough flexibility to add payroll during the season. That is probably the prorated max for them to make money until the new TV $ come in. Remember, that other costs of running the team will have gone up, and probably just as much as the revenue has. At $80M, he is free to make a CC type trade in season. Remember, now that the second WC has been added, they would only be guaranteed ONE home playoff game if they fall short of the division title.
This team is not cutting payroll. It already has by using the young players with cheaper contracts.
Yeah, most of these people cant get that through there heads.
Relax everyone! I bet by seasons start its near $85 million and we are A LOT more flexible going into the season if things do not pan out in certain areas of the ball club. Last year was a mess in terms of what to do with the roster and Melvin understands that now. He's learned from it and is planning in a different way from now on. I commend him from learing from his mistakes. He will have a lot of options in the pen. He will bring in situational guys and hard throwers along with stock piling some young, good arms in AAA. That way if some guy sucks, we don't have to keep trotting him out there for 3/4 of the season. BP amrs are a dime a dozen in the majors and its about finding the right 7-9 guys throughtout the season that can shorten the game for you. When it comes to starting pitching, again he's learned. The comment about not going more than 2 years on guys like Dempster is AWESOME to hear from him. HE LEARNED from giving guys like Suppan and Wolf, heck even Riske outta the pen, that 3rd year. It does no good for a team like the Brewers. It hurts their flexibility and really puts them in a jam when it does not work. (And in most cases, this usually occurs at some point)
He will find arms, hopefully discounted arms that can help fill rolls. He wants guys who throws strikes (mentioned it about the younger guys and just traded for a guy that all he does is throw strikes). He's learning and we should be really excitied that he is. We weren't far off last year and blowing out load on a few bigger names that most likely will hurt our flexibility with a lot of good younger guys coming through will only hurt the Brewers moving forward. Well done, Melvin, well done!Hide replies
the $80 million was just a wild guess by melvin. it could very well go up to $86 million if the right players come around and still have change left for additions at the deadline.
I do not think so. $82 million tops if they say something like that. Remember they are playing with millions of dollars here.
Fact is the Brewers need to get younger at some positions as they can't afford Hart, Weeks, and Ramirez all making $10 million on top of having Brauns contract, which is a bargain. Need to probably trade Hart or Weeks for some relievers and some prospects...Hide replies
Relievers. Have. Almost. Zero. Value. The worst thing a team can do is turn a valuable asset like Hart into fungible junk. Guy who fall off the cliff talent wise due to age aside(K-Rod), everyone else in the bullpen last year not only had success in the major leagues before, but Axford in particular had been shut down for a year and a half. The worst thing they can do is chase relief pitching in FA or through a trade of an important piece. If they trade Hart, which they can't do if they want to contend this year, they better get at least a proven 3/4 starter and a B level prospect who is near big league ready in return, and preferably a position prospect since the system is shorter on those than arms.
Either way do you really think its wise to spend $10 million a year on weeks, hart and Ramirez when we need more starting pitching, need to lock up lucroy, and won't be able to afford weeks and hart when their contracts expire anyways?
Well. Lucroy is already locked up. He signed a 4yr/$12M extension prior to last year. Ramirez will likely be retiring at the end of his current deal or looking to move to the AL to DH. That leaves Hart and Weeks. I am willing to guess between Scooter Gennett and Hunter Morris, one is able to stick as a big leaguer(hopefully Gennett based on position). That would leave only one spot, assuming a different guy doesn't fill it internally. That leaves hopefully only 1-2 spots(not including CF/RF if those need to change) to fill at the time. So, yes, they can afford all of them at their current prices. Remember, should Hart leave next year, the Brewers will get a supplemental pick. And anyone can play 1b, see Fielder, Prince, they just need to hit well enough to stick.
Weeks is essential for this team. His strong bat at a position not known for power allows you to carry a non power bat (Aoki) in RF. Corey Hart on the other hand plays the most replaceable position in baseball and we could stand to get more LH bats in our lineup.
I like Scooter Gennett but not as anything more than a bench player. He doesn't give you much besides an empty BA. In a downright horrible year for Rickie Weeks he still had a higher OPS (.728) than Gennett had in AA (.714).
His ISO dipped significantly, so heres hoping that particular problem was a one year thing only since he did hit move 2b this year, was just down on HR and 3b. And him sticking really depends on if he can replicate his 2011 AFL walk numbers ever, which, considering he doesn't strike out a ton, one would hope he could do.
And I think the Southern League isn't good for bats, but don't quote me on that.
I always heard it was our A league that was hard on the bats. Look at Hunter Morris' jump in production.
Well, Appleton is pretty good for Bats. Tiny to RF. Not sure about Brevard County. Also, Morris' jump is as likely due to his jump in BABIP than anything else. A .60 pt jump is pretty substantial.
Enough about the starting pitching. This team has a ton of starters that need to pitch. Getting starters takes away time from them.
The position players are all set. They will not trade away a player and create a hole somewhere else.
Everyone needs to realize that Helwig, Peralta, Rogers, Fiers, Segura, Schafer, Thornburg, Gamel, Henderson and kinzler are a big part of our future and may all make the team opening day if not by allstar break. They all make less then 1 million dollars. The goal is to sign Dempster(or another good free agent starter) 2 solid but not too expensive bullpen pitchers and maybe a power bat off the bench. Dempster would be about 10 million a year and each bullpen pitcher about 2. Leaving just enough to bring in an aging but can still get it done bat off the bench. 31 blown saves last year was rediculous. we won 83 games still with all that awfulness out of the bullpen. That means that our #1 offense in the national league and our very good young pitching staff handed our bullpen 114 leads. Remember that Krod and Axford blew 4 saves for us all of the year prior. Had they repeated that we would have won 96 games and easily won teh wildcard. I'm sure cinci at 97 took advantage of some of our BS's to get to their 97 wins as well. The difference between a division championship and maybe even a world series championship last year was Loe(gone, Krod(Gone), parra(gone), Veras(gone), Livan Hernandez(gone) and Axford/henderson. Same great offense, same great starting pitching(maybe even better with Dempster) and a bullpen full of guys who can get the job done(hopefully) means we're on our way back to the playoffs.Hide replies
Dempster turned down a 2/$26 from the Royals. Its gonna take 14 or 15 mill per year to get him signed.
I don't see where Gamel fits in our future. I'm all for getting value for him before his training habits run him out of the league. Seattle is supposedly interested. Time to dump him.
Gamel, if not traded, is a basically free bench power bat that can play 3 spots(4 if you count 3b, which I don't). Guys like that have value. The problem with trading him right now, is the return would be minimal. Probably another Badenhop type pitcher. If he were to play well off of the bench this year, his trade stock could rise enough to get an ok prospect or two for him.
Might also not want to go to the AL or to the Royals either but agree its going to take closer to $14 than $10 to get him
Gamel doesn't hit well in a reserve role. He needs regular at-bats. He has very limited value as a bench player. On top of that, he has shown that he is unwilling or unable to train his body properly, so he will continue to be a walking injury and will not age well, especially in a starting role where the normal wear-and-tear will eventually cause something to pop. Teams drool after left-handed power. Anyone with an opening at first or corner outfield would be interested in Gamel. Seattle is one. There should be others. The time to deal him is now after he looked promising in limited time last year.
Where do you get that Gamel is unwilling or unable to train his body properly? I heard nothing but good things about his mental and physical preparation last year, and his early season performance showed it.
He went down with a freak knee injury after running into a low wall at high speed, which had absolutely nothing to do with his training.
Yeah, that's were the "unable" portion of the Gamel equation comes in. After years of doing nothing, he finally came into camp "in shape", and he still popped something. I suspect that he came in with a "beach body" instead of a properly trained athletic body. Just finally getting in the gym is not enough to prepare a body for the rigors of the baseball season. It's possible that he's just still injury prone, but I don't see how that is better.
You are really counting a play that will likely NEVER happen again against him, when most 1b would have not gotten close enough to begin with to have gotten hurt?
Just like not every failed starter can be a relieve, not every surplus position player can be effective off the bench. Just like Narveson is a starter-or-bust player, Gamel is the same.
What are we basing that on though? 17 ABs in 2010 and 27 in 2011 over just a few weeks each? Do those small of sample sizes mean anything at all? I don't think so personally. I think we will need to see him for a few months where it is established he is the lefty off of the bench and getting a few spot starts before we write him off completely. It would shock me if all of the movement between AAA and the big leagues and having no idea how he was going to be used may have been a factor in his poor play. There is also anecdotal evidence that finally got his act together last off season and started training correctly. He was actually quite durable despite his training concerns, having played full minor league schedules(approx 130-140 games with rest) every year except for 2010.
I don't get where the Narveson is a starting pitcher only talks started. He has a 4.68 ERA as a starter and a 4.63 ERA as a reliever.
Pick a season. Narveson's opposing batting average is anywhere from 25 to 60 points higher as a reliever.
ancient stats about narveson. he has not been used regularly out of the bullpen since 2011, and only then was for three weeks. hardly comparable to his starting stats.
Forget about Narveson being used for anything except a starter.
This is the right approach. It's the approach that they should have taken last year. They could have been much more aggressive with controlling payroll going into last season and not handcuffed themselves like they did. I threw up in my mouth when Melvin commented on his $100 million payroll as the "cost of winning". Melvin was lazy in shedding bad paper last year and overpaid to fill a shortstop need with Gonzalez. The good news is it was mostly one-year paper and it's gone now. An $80 million target is reasonable but I would argue that they don't have to get there if it doesn't make sense. The problem with this is that Doug will almost certainly spend it, even if he doesn't get value in doing so. This is what bothers me the most about Melvin. It's about building out value on the roster, not about the payroll. Just because they have $15 million to use to fill out some spots doesn't mean that you should use all $15 million to fill out the spots if you aren't getting value for your dollar. If you get good value for your money, that means that any paper that you have can be traded....which means you have more flexibility. If you add bad paper, you are locked in. Personally, I think Lohse and Dempster scream bad paper.
Man, if I were in Melvin's shoes, I would rent an apartment in Tampa Bay until I got a deal done with the Rays to bring us one of their pitchers.
I also heard that Seattle is interested in Gamel. Get a deal done. Period.Hide replies
GB... $80M is reasonable if you want a .500 team that once again misses the playoffs. You talk of TB. Any trade with them will cost a boat load of prospects. Gamel would bring a low A type player and not much else.
There is no such thing as a bad 1 year contract.
Yes there is. Gagne was a bad 1 year contract.
For one of the TB pitchers, you can trade multiple pieces for a player like Henrickson, to get multiple years of control. If they can build a package around Gamel, all the better.....
there is no reason to think a $80 million team cannot compete next year. did you realize there are at least 12 players on this team that will be making less than $1 million next year?
Every year they need to jettison a top dollar contract and replace them with a minimum salaried player.
It's the same thing every year: Doug says nothing much is happening, and payroll will not go to this point, or will be down to that point, and then, BAM, something happens that we were told wouldn't, and payroll exceeds expectations. I can't figure out how he's so successful every year in convincing us (including Mr. H.) of the Brewers' cheapness, because in the end that basically doesn't happen. But he wants us (and especially agents I'd say) to THINK it will happen so people won't try to soak us.
But let's say for a moment the Crew really is planning a 20 percent payroll cut from last year. Wow. And with TV revenue up. Wow. Tom, it really would be helpful if you could examine the numbers. Do the Brewers open their books? Are these figures available? I think it's worth an examination.Hide replies
The payroll has already been cut when Greinke, Marcum, Wolf, Rodriguez, morgan, Gonzalez, Ishikawa, and Hernandez left the team, one way or another.
The only thing these kids know is they think tey can buy a winning team by spending more money. The is not at all true. You can get good players at any price, especiallu for the bullpen.
I agree that DM should be looking into what it would take to get Shields or Hellickson from Tampa. That would fill our need for an experienced starter for much less than any free agent pitcher, and probably more effective than most who are available.Hide replies
I would love that(or D Holland from Texas should he become available), but I don't think the Brewers have enough that matches up with the Rays strategy. They will probably want cheap and controllable, either prospects or young big league guys. The Brewers don't have much of that apart from Lucroy that would fetch much and there is no way he is getting traded with his current deal.
TG.. the Nats are reporting they are talking with TB about Hellickson or Shields. They may be offering Morse, Espinosa, and a pitching prospect. The Brewers would have to up the ante to even get in the running with TB.
They would be all set if they got an experienced starter on a one year contract. Nothing more than that.
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Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 676:1) has it without של, but Mishnah Berurah there comments that the Gemara and Poskim include this word, and Maharshal argues that the correct version is שלחנוכה (as one word).
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- Adjusts to six positions.
- Includes a quick-drying seat and back cushion with a water-repellent polyester canvas slipcover in Natural; imported.
- Get a colorful update with additional slipcovers (sold separately) in water-repellent, ring-spun polyester canvas, or fade and stain-resistant Sunbrella® fabric; imported.
- Sunbrella® cushions and slipcovers are special order items which receive delivery in 2-3 weeks. Please click on the shipping tab for shipping and return information.
- Machine wash cushion cover.
- View our Furniture Brochure.
- Read more on our blog about the inspiration behind this product.
- Dimensions & Care
- Synthetic fibers are impervious to the elements and superbly resist mildew and fading.
- Welded aluminum frame is rustproof.
- Ring-spun polyester cushion covers remove for machine washing.
- Overall: 35" wide x 84" long x 23–41.5" high
- Seat: 28" wide x 49" deep x 16" high
- Backrest: 25.5" wide x 33.5" long
- Reclining Positions: 6
- Armrest: 27" long
- Armrest Height Above Floor: 23"
- Weight: 41 pounds
- Seat Cushion: 25.5" wide x 48" deep x 2.5" thick
- Back Cushion: 25.5" wide x 32" high x 2.5" thick
- Shipping & Return Info
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Return Policy
At Pottery Barn, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction is our priority. We carefully inspect your order prior to shipment. Upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage; we will arrange for a prompt replacement. If, within 7 days for Quick Ship upholstery and 30 days for all other products, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value. Mattresses are final sale and may not be returned or exchanged.
We cannot accept returns on monogrammed, personalized, made to order items, or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. We also cannot accept returns of final-sale items which are identified by a price which ends in .99.
For returns of items purchased from your Pottery Barn registry, we will gladly provide a refund or exchange for the merchandise within 90 days of your event or within 90 days of purchase, whichever date is later.
You may return merchandise through the mail for a refund or replacement. For detailed procedures for returning items through the mail, please contact Customer Service at 1.888.779.5176, 7 days a week, 5:00am - 9:00pm (PT).
Chaise Frame & Cushion
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Chaise Cushion Slipcover
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