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Which of the following is correct?
(1) The dog is half wolf.
(2) The dog is a half wolf.
If (1) is correct, is "wolf" an uncountable noun or an adjective?
Which of the following is correct?
If (1) is correct, is "wolf" an uncountable noun or an adjective?
The correct formulation is: The dog is half wolf.
In this sentence, half wolf forms a predicate nominative which means that the sentence doesn't change meaning if the subject and predicate are inverted. "Half of the dog's nature is wolf" is an exactly equivalent statement.
Diagrammatically, the sentence reads "dog is wolf". The is an article adhering to dog, and half is either an adjective describing wolf, or arguably (and probably better) an adverb that modifies "is" by itself would imply a full equality, whereas the more likely desired result is to say that half is the exact nature of the relationship.
Note that the subject dog could either be the dog (demonstrably a single dog to which your are referring) or a dog, implying that any and or all dogs are half wolf. In either case, however, an article would force the word half to modify wolf, rather than the verb is, and, in doing so, make for an awkward construction. It is awkward because half a wolf is a very concrete (if somewhat messy/gory depending on how you slice it) thing.
Considering that half wolf is another name for the breed Wolfdog (wolf–dog hybrid), the correct sentence should be "(2) The dog is a half wolf."
Wolf-dog Education says Mid-Contents (35%-74%) (are) g)enerally described as being "half wolf".


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As the efficiency of PV thermal or wind energy decreases with time(from the installment). Is there any mathematical model that gives its relation with time. i.e., whether it is a linear decrease or some other function of time.
I need to use the result of this in my research on energy markets.

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Let $T: V \rightarrow V$ be linear, $V$ is a finite dimensional vector space, and the characteristic polynomial of $T$ splits. Also let $\lambda$ be an eigenvalue of $T$ and $B$ be a Jordan Canonical basis for $V$ with respect to $T$. Suppose that $J=[T]_B$ has $q$ Jordan blocks associated with $\lambda$.
Prove that $q \leq \dim(E_\lambda)$.
I'm having trouble even starting off this proof. I know that $K_\lambda$, the generalized eigenspace corresponding to $\lambda$, has an ordered basis of a union of disjoint cycles of generalized eigenvectors. But I'm not sure how this even relates to $E_\lambda$, since for the $K_\lambda$ and $E_\lambda$ to be equal it must be diagonalizable. Or is this something to do with the initial vectors of the generalized eigenvectors of $T$ corresponding to $\lambda$ and the fact that the union of those generalized eigenvectors is disjoint.
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Songwriters benefit by discovering new melodies and musical relationships. Novices find it easy to learn to play. Experienced musicians are rewarded with an intuitive interface. Keys can be resized to fit your style - start with "epic"-sized keys, and as you get better you can shrink the keys fill the screen with notes.
Isomorphic keyboards are found on traditional and new instruments, from concertinas, accordions, and "jammers" to Janko keyboards, harmonic-table devices and more. Musix Pro is the only way to access all isomorphic note arrangements in one powerful customizable application.
Musix Pro comes with a set of built-in layouts, each with its own pros and cons. The harmonic table layout allows you to play any major chord by touching three hexes with one finger. Wicki-Hayden makes modulating between pentatonic scales a breeze. Try them all and find one that works for you.
Musix Pro allows you to change the colour of the notes in your layout. You can colour the notes white and black like a piano; you can colour the notes of any scale or mode (like D-flat mixolidian) and you can colour notes based on tone centre. Notes can be labeled with movable or fixed solfege or with the traditional note name (spelled based on the key and mode).
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Musix Pro comes bundled with a set of pre-fab layouts which includes several of the more popular isomorphic layouts as well as two we designed as part of the development of the app. In addition, we are including more layouts at no extra cost, but we are not providing detailed pattern sets for those keyboards. Each layout has its strengths and weaknesses, and we encourage you to try them all and find one that works for you.
Included Layouts and Their DefinitionsClick on a layout name for more information:
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- Park (- Min. 3rd; + Maj. 2nd; Horizontal) A variation on the Wicki-Hayden (listed below), this layout, white notes are together making patterns easier to see, and scales can be played by sliding fingers along the screen. Alternate and jazz chords are compact, which means this pattern sounds great when button mashing.
- Maupin
- Wicki-Hayden (- Perf. 4th; - Perf 5th; Horizontal) This is the classic layout used for centuries on Accordions and Concertinas. White notes are together, and the I-IV-V pattern of many many songs forms a compact triangle. Scales play linearly left-to-right (like a piano) with jumps for each semitone. Whole-tine scales are linear. Simple chords are comfortable, more complex chords are more challenging. This is also the preferred layout for "jammer" instruments.
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Note Overlap
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InstrumentsEight instrument sounds are included in Musix Pro:
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How-to: Roll Your Own Isomorphic Layout
Quick Start
To roll your own layout, Choose an interval for each direction (South-East and South-West) and choose Horizontal or Vertical Layout.
Left-to-right: South-west interval, South-east interval, Orientation.
You can also choose the note size.
All hexagonal layouts are defined by the intervals in each of the six directions. For a layout to be isomorphic, (making patterns the same in all keys), an interval in one direction must be the same for each note, meaning that regardless of where you start, going south-east will always be, say, a major fifth, and therefore going the opposite direction (north-west) will always be the opposite interval (a descending major fifth, in this case)
So while it looks like you can define six intervals, one for each direction, three of the directions are constrained to be the opposite interval of the opposing direction, and thus can't be defined. But if you look a little deeper, you can only define two intervals.
If you go south-east, and then south-west, and then north, you end up back at the same note, making those three notes a triangle. If you know two of those intervals, the third must take you back to the original note for the keyboard to stay isomorphic. So really, all you need to do is choose two intervals to define the layout. The third is the sum of the other two, in the opposing direction
For example, in the Harmonic layout, the south-east direction is a descending minor third (3 semitones), and the south-west direction is a descending major third (4 semitones). the sum of these intervals is seven semitones (a fifth), so the north direction (the third leg in the triangle) must be an ascending fifth.
In Musix Pro, you can define the interval for the south-east direction and the south-west direction, and all other intervals will be calculated and filled in. For example, for the wicki-hayden layout, south-east is a descending perfect fourth, and south-west is a descending perfect fifth.
One more feature to choose is whether the layout is horizontal or vertical. horizontal layouts have an east-west direction but no north-south direction, and vertical layouts have a north-south direction but no east-west direction.


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Some weeks ago, I mentioned on Twitter how hard it is to find proper gene-disease associations in Pubmed, the database of health-science data. Some days later, P. F. Anderson sent me this link: Gene2MeSH.
Gene2MeSH was described 2 me as mapping various terms used 2 describe the same gene, or genes assoc w/ medical term
I gave it a try and made a search for psoriasis:
It looks like an interesting and useful idea, while the MeSH heading column seems to be totally unnecessary, for example.
I will keep on using it and will let you know how it goes.
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There is evidence in many parts of the world that people were able to accurately predict the summer and winter solstices thousands of years ago. For example, Newgrange in Ireland and the Pyramids in Egypt were built with this function. How widespread was this knowledge? Should we expect to find evidence of this practice all over the world, or just in isolated pockets?
While providing links is not the best way of answering, Wikipedia's article on History of Astronomy could, in this case, be made-to-order.
It reviews astronomical evolution, beliefs and practices right from Babylonians to modern astronomy sequentially and points to dedicated chronicles were relevant (ex- Egyptian, Indian, China etc.)
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5 Terrible Ideas That Solved Huge Global Problems
The ability to think outside the box is a valuable skill that tends to bring its possessor fame and fortune. But there's a fine line to be balanced -- if you think too far outside the box, the best you can hope for is that your padded cell is somewhat clean.
Yet sometimes, the most far-fetched, cartoonish ideas are the ones that work best. All it takes is the right idea and the ability to convince somebody to spend lots of money trying it.
#5. Tokyo Decides to Prevent Crime With Mood Lighting
The Plan:
Nearly every city in the world wishes it could flip a magic switch that would cut down on crime, and only one city has a switch that turns on the Bat Signal. The city of Tokyo, however, had heard a rumor that you could cut down on crime with a little bit of mood lighting -- specifically, by turning the street lights blue.
That's the sign for robot prostitutes.
Yeah, right. As if the sight of the color blue is going to make some guy who's about to mug an old lady suddenly change his mind ...
How It Worked:
Oh, wait, it totally did. The Tokyo prefectures where the blue lights were installed saw a 9 percent decrease in crime. You can write that off to a statistical anomaly if you want (maybe that was the same month they also brought on the RoboCops), but Glasgow, Scotland, saw the exact same result. Glasgow wasn't trying to bring down crime when they installed theirs, they just thought it would make the city look better. Then somebody noticed that crime had gone down right after, and the only thing they had changed was the stupid blue lights.
And piped in some smooth jazz.
Next, the Tokyo railroad decided to get in on the blue-light action, though the problem they wanted to solve wasn't so much the crime. Their main concern was the train-assisted suicides that were taking place in their stations. The result after the blue lights were installed? Suicides dropped down to zero.
Seriously? What the hell?
"I just can't leave a world that invented The Smurfs."
There are several theories. First, there's the fact that science has observed for decades that blue is a calming color, as opposed to such "Let's raid shit!" colors such as yellow or red. But there's also another theory, which is that blue is the universal color of "Holy shit! Cops!" and the blanket of blue keeps people on their best behavior because they subconsciously feel that they might be busted by the cheese at any time. Others say just the fact that there was a change at all may have made criminals uneasy -- the fact that the lights had been installed implied that somebody was paying attention.
Either way, it appears that the illusion that Big Blue Brother is watching you at all times is subconsciously enough to keep you honest and law-abiding. And all because of Officer Light Bulb.
You'll make sergeant for this!
And while we're on the subject of seemingly insane law enforcement strategies ...
#4. Georgia (the Country) Fires All Its Cops
The Plan:
There is nothing worse than a corrupt police officer -- just look at the comment section under any taser video on YouTube. Unfortunately for the citizens of the country of Georgia, that was pretty much the only flavor their traffic cops came in. In 2004, things had gotten so bad that the newly elected President Mikheil Saakashvili made it his mission to stop the police from harassing his people.
Saakashvili didn't mess around, either. He fired all the heads of law enforcement and threatened that any traffic cop caught harassing civilians, taking bribes or generally behaving all uppity would be fired or arrested. The police force scoffed at the attempts of this puny "president" person and behaved exactly like they always had, confident that Saakashvili wouldn't touch them. So, the very next day after this announcement, when a whopping 15,000 cops were caught taking bribes, Saakashvili fired every single one of them.
Next he mooned Putin, because with 96 percent of the vote, he could get away with anything.
Then, a couple of weeks later, another 15,000 police officers were caught participating in shenanigans. So he fired them, too. With 30,000 corrupt officers freshly in the unemployment line, Saakashvili had finally succeeded. The police department was finally clean! Huzzah! Only, there was one little problem. There were no traffic cops left.
People just threw all their bribe money at postmen in a confused panic.
Oh, and the firings took place around the holidays, when drinking and driving tends to be an even worse problem than during the rest of the year. It had the makings of Worst Idea Ever.
How It Worked:
The whole country of Georgia promptly fell into a drunken reenactment of Mad Max that is still going on today. Ha, just kidding! Instead of indulging in a nationwide game of bumper cars, everything went just fine -- in fact, even better than normal. And we don't mean that the citizens held themselves together for a couple of days until new cops could be hired. They were without police for three freaking months. And it was fine.
"Don't worry, boys, any day now the dope addicts and double parkers will turn this country into a charnel house."
Saakashvili's administration quickly realized this was because it had been the cops causing most of the trouble all along. A remnant from the Soviet era, they'd treated the roads as their personal piggy bank, administering their very own brand of expensive justice at will and causing mob-style chaos as they did. When they were taken out of the equation, not even a hint of disorder was left because they had been the disorder.
It took three whole months to find enough reliable replacements, but with some help from the United States in recruiting and training the new police force, Georgia got back to normal.
Seems about right.
#3. Norway Reforms Convicts by Giving Them Insane Amounts of Freedom
The Plan:
Our prison system is far from perfect, but it's not like we have better options. Plus, the criminals totally deserve to rot in jail, with all the punishments and confinement and horrible food the judicial system can throw at them. The criminal element has to be punished somehow, and every country in the civilized world agrees that criminals should be dealt with in this way.
Apart from every spring, when they're set loose into the countryside.
Except, that is, for Norway. They have come up with a prison system that actually treats the vast majority of its population nicely -- to the point that it seems like inmates might as well be in summer camps rather than correctional facilities. In Bastoy Prison, for example, residents (don't call them "prisoners" -- that's not sensitive) sentenced there actually seem to live the good life. Convicted pedophiles, drug dealers and even serial killers have access to a movie theater, tanning beds and even an occasional game of football with the guards. Also, their cells look like this:
Meanwhile, we are planning to build a west wing to our cardboard box out of a smaller cardboard box.
During the summer, Norwegian prisoners go horseback riding and have barbecues. In winter, they freaking ski jump. And if they don't like the food the prison offers them, they're allowed to cook for themselves -- they're even issued knives.
And then there's Halden Prison. It's the second-largest prison in Norway, yet overcrowded cells that smell of feces and man-rape are nowhere to be found. Instead, the prison smells like orange sherbet of all things, and has a sound studio, jogging trails and a two-bedroom house where prisoners' families can spend time visiting.
And spend time scaling walls, which obviously has no real-world application.
See? This is what you get when you put a bunch of bleeding hearts in charge. With no deterrent in place, crime is probably through the roof!
How It Worked:
Extremely well, actually.
Norway has an incredibly low recidivism rate -- within two years of being released from jail, a Norwegian offender is only a third as likely to commit another crime as criminals from, say, the United States.
We'd say this reminds us of college, but no one here can ever remember seeing the original color of a dorm wall.
This is because unlike the U.S. justice system, which relies heavily on retribution, the Norwegian system believes in rehabilitation. The whole point of their prison system is to fix the criminal and turn him into a productive member of society. And, when you look at the statistics, it's working like there is no tomorrow. It's weird, it's almost like the shankings and man-rape in American prisons aren't teaching criminals to walk the straight and narrow.
But a place that allows rampant vandalism of ugly blank walls is a slippery slope into liberalism.
And although teaching criminals how to behave in society by allowing them to live in relative comfort might insult our sense of justice, think which one you'd rather face on a dark alley: a person who served his sentence in a Norwegian prison, or one who rotted his term in the piss-soaked hellhole that is a U.S. prison and was then thrown back into the bright, normal world, wary and blinking?


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Stories that should be a BalletHere is your chance to be creative!
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Ben Stevenson put together a full-evening piece called Cleopatra, set to Rimsky-Korsakov as arranged by John Lanchberry. It was created for Stevenson's Texas Ballet Theater, but has been rented out elsehwere. I saw it danced by Ballet Florida last spring in West Palm Beach.
Has Antony and Cleopatra been done?
The ballet covers both the Caesar and Cleopatra AND the Antony and Cleopatra stories. In my opinion it was a case of too much story, too much music, too little choreographic interest.
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Heres another direction to go in. Regional folk tales coupled with living regional composers. This is a French- Canadian folktale. There are other versions. One has a bit of Cinderella twist, in that you may dance on the eve of Lent but not after mid-night or the devil will have your soul. Ive also listed a French-Canadian Composer. There is also a Hispanic version of this tale.
I got this summary of the story from http://cfmb.icaap.or.../BV27-3art2.pdf
Story: The Devil at the Dance
The story of Rose Latulippe, a young girl risks her soul and salvation through her constant flirtations and coquettish behavior, which comes to the fore at a dance to celebrate the beginning of the Lenten season. A young, handsome stranger catches her eye, and she totally falls under his sway. Only an innocent child and an elderly grandmother holding a crucifix know him for what he truly is, and it is only because
Rose's fiance notices that the stranger's horse has coals for eyes and the steam beneath his hooves in the snow, plus the stranger's refusal to remove his hat and gloves, that eventually his true identity is revealed. The local priest intervenes to save Rose by tricking the devil, making him believe that Rose has given herself over to the Church, and the stranger eventually flees, though not before punching a great hole in the wall of the house where the dance is being held. The story hinges upon a the appearance of the devil in human guise to punish unseemly or haughty behavior on the part of a young girl, who was often
described as very beautiful but very vain and proud, to the consternation of all her friends and family, and who tempted the very wrath of God Himself. Even the very end of the tale is often left into question, with a number of different endings suggested by the storyteller, including Rose's punishment by the devil, her salvation and eventual reform to better behavior, her salvation only to become a member of a religious order, or her punishment by never marrying her intended sweetheart and remaining a maiden the remaining
days of her life.
Composer: Linda Bouchard French-Canadian, has composed for Washington Ballet http://www.composers...le.cfm?oid=2180
Cast: Rose, fiance, Roses father, grandmother, innocent child, Corps before Rose sees the Devil, couple dancers, contra dancers, Priest, Nun corps,
Posted 05 September 2008 - 11:13 AM
I wasn't aware of this film, so I looked it up on Google. There are indeed elements that would translate well to the non-verbal world of dance -- possibly even better than something with text. Simplified, it could work and could actually be visually quite beautiful.
One of my favorite visual movies, What Dreams May Come, I think, would make a fantastic ballet.
Figurante, or others, what kind of ballet language would work best with this, in your estimation?
Posted 05 September 2008 - 03:09 PM
PS. Doublechecked - It was for Royal Winnipeg. If I recall correctly, they got into a theological bind over whether snow could be used as holy water. They had to go all the way back to St. Augustine of Hippo, but they found out that it could.
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If I recall correctly, they got into a theological bind over whether snow could be used as holy water. They had to go all the way back to St. Augustine of Hippo, but they found out that it could.
When I think of all the liberties that are taken with religious ritual in fictional works (leaving out the real world...) this concern about accuracy just makes me giggle a bit.
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A client is looking for a way to download metrics from Facebook regarding their website and aggregate them in their database for reports on website usage. After some study it became evident that Facebook allows users to download this information from it's web page as CSV files or through the Graph API.
Ideally I should implement a windows application which can be turned into a daily scheduled job that will:
- Go to Facebook and download the visit/like/unlike/... information for that page.
- Convert the information to a useful format
- Save it to database.
The main issue I am facing is that all C# the examples in the wild deal with authentication on web applications using Facebook. On all examples using the API through direct calls or C# Facebook SDK an authentication token is used. From what I read there is not way to get a Facebook permanent token anymore.
My questions are: 1. Is there a way to make sure I can authenticate to get user statistics without displaying a login window? 2. Is there any other way to extract the desired information from Facebook?
Any clarifications, suggestions or examples would be greatly appreciated.
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San Diego Could Be In Holiday Plans
Mountaineers fans, how does sunny San Diego sound two days after Christmas?
Officials for that bowl have reportedly expressed interest in West Virginia as the Big 12's representative for the Holiday Bowl, which is scheduled to be played at 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 27, pitting the fifth-place team in the Big 12 against the third-place team from the Pac-12 at Qualcomm Stadium.
They went so far as to insert fliers in the media packets for Saturday night's game.
First things first. Those officials mentioned this based on the idea that the Mountaineers close out the season with victories against both Iowa State and Kansas.
The Mountaineers (2-5 in league play) are tied for eighth with Baylor in the standings after Saturday night's loss to Oklahoma. Texas Tech (4-4) is fifth, with TCU (3-4), and Iowa State (3-5) immediately ahead of them.
The Red Raiders (4-4) have one game left, and that's against Baylor. TCU has Texas on Thursday and closes out against Oklahoma. The Cyclones' last game is Friday against the Mountaineers. The Bears have Texas Tech and Oklahoma State.
Just for giggles, let's play this out in our heads and see what we come up with.
Let's assume West Virginia wins out. That may seem like a stretch, but the Mountaineers have enough offense to beat these two.
We'll similarly assume Baylor will be riding high and beat Texas Tech then lose to Oklahoma State.
TCU still has the Longhorns and Oklahoma, two very possible losses.
Iowa State, with a loss to West Virginia, would be 3-6, same as Baylor and TCU under these scenarios. Texas Tech and West Virginia would be 4-5, and thus, tied for fifth place.
Oh, and Kansas would be 0-9, taking a 21-game losing streak in conference play into next season.
The Holiday Bowl is now the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl. Previous sponsors were Pacific Life, SeaWorld, Thrifty Car Rental, Plymouth, and Culligan – but never New Era.
The thought of the Mountaineers playing in that Yankee Stadium bowl against the fourth-place team from the Big East is just unearthly.
Other games
Kansas State is still in position to earn the Big 12's automatic BCS berth, but a national title opportunity is likely out of the cards after the Wildcats were drilled by Baylor, 52-24. With three interceptions and four straight carries inside the 6 without being able to score, quarterback Collin Klein may have lost a bunch of Heisman momentum, too.
Continuing to come out of nowhere, Oklahoma State's Clint Chelf threw for 229 yards and thee touchdowns as the Cowboys rattled Texas Tech, 59-21. And, believe it or not, 41,608 people paid to watch Iowa State rip Kansas, 51-23.
This week's games
TCU at Texas
West Virginia at Iowa State
Baylor vs. Texas Tech
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma
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Following on from Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes' comparison screens which Kojima Productions published earlier this week, the developer has released a video highlighting the differences between all four consoles versions of this highly anticipated prologue chapter.
As was previously confirmed, the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game run at 30 frames per second while the new-gen builds run at 60fps. Meanwhile, MGSV: GZ on PS4 is the only version which runs at 1080p.
As you can see in the video below, the texture quality is higher in the new-gen versions and the overall crispness of the image is naturally better on more powerful hardware. However, Kojima Productions' in-house Fox Engine was designed with cross-platform development in mind so it's not like the level geometry is simplified for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game.
Here's the comparison video (you can download the 60fps version from GameTrailers):
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will be released for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on March 18th in North America and March 20th in European territories. Head over here for El33tonline's previous coverage of this prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
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MINGO JUNCTION - Officials believe the village will be in a fiscal emergency and under the financial control of the state auditor's office come 2014.
Declining revenue has plagued the village in the past several years, mainly from the shutdown of the RG Steel plant.
The village had hoped to transfer $250,000 from the community complex fund to cover budget shortfalls, but were informed the state auditor's office won't allow it because the money comes from the income tax. Village officials said the state auditor's office believes the distribution formula of the income tax money was voted upon by residents and the transfer won't be allowed.
Council met Monday to discuss the village's financial condition.
Village Clerk John Angelica said the village anticipated receiving $913,000 in revenue this year but only collected $806,000 to date. He said the village will only receive about $766,000 in revenue in 2013. The village's general fund budget totaled $1.27 million this year, which was boosted by a $487,000 carryover from the previous year. With the decrease in revenue next year, council will have to cut 40 percent from the general fund budget.
Village Administrator Charley Bowman outlined several options for council to consider in trying to balance the budget. Bowman, who has served as a city manager or village administrator in several Ohio communities, said Mingo Junction's financial condition is the worst he has seen in 25 years.
"The village is limited in the choices it can make," he said.
Bowman's recommendations included laying off two firefighters and four police officers, leaving only the police chief. He suggested the village try to get with other nearby communities and form a fire district that will handle fire and emergency medical services calls.
Bowman also suggested eliminating the part-time village administrator's secretary and the health program at the senior center. Operations at the swimming pool and the senior center also face cutbacks, he said. He said council should ask residents to approve a property tax to pay for all of the garbage services. The garbage fund now is subsidized with about $60,000 in income tax money.
Bowman said council also should consider reallocating how the income tax money is distributed. The general fund receives two-thirds of the amount, The bulk of the remaining money goes for garbage collection, capital improvements and recreation.
The village administrator also is recommending combining the water and sewer departments into one utility department. Staffing will go from 11 workers down to six. Bowman said there will be a change in how the water and sewer plants are staffed, but he said he has received tentative approval of the plan from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
Bowman said he advised Mayor Ron DiCarlo to send a letter to the state auditor's office informing the office of the village's financial condition.
"I am recommending the mayor send them a letter requesting analysis of our present situation. This well may result in placing the village in either fiscal caution, watch or emergency. Certainly, unless we are able to find more revenue by 2104, Mingo Junction will be in fiscal emergency," Bowman said.
Council members offered comments on the financial picture of the village.
Councilman John Bracone suggested the village turn off all the streetlights, instead of a portion as previously discussed by council. Councilman Michael Herrick, who chairs the council committee for streetlights, said the village spends about $50,000 a year on streetlights.
"It will be up to council if they want to shut them all off," Herrick said.
Councilman John Fabian said, "That's a good combination - turn off all the streetlights and lay off all the policemen."
DiCarlo said the recommendations from Bowman give council and the administration "a lot to think about."
"(Bowman) is laying out the options. Now it is up to council to make the decisions." he said.
Angelica said the financial condition of the village shouldn't come as a surprise, as he has been warning council of the budget problems all year.
Councilman Chuck Dickey said services to residents will be drastically impacted by the pending budget cuts.
Bowman also said water and sewer rates will have to be increased every year during the next decade. He said improvements will have to be made to the water and sewer systems and plants, in addition to the village making its loan payments on the water plant. The state is mandating sewer projects, he said.
Bowman is recommending sewer rates be increased 8 percent every year for the next 10 years. He also said water rates should be increased 6 percent in 2013, 7 percent in 2014, 8 percent in 2015 and then 5 percent to 2 percent increases through 2022.
Council was scheduled to meet in regular session at 7 p.m. today.


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Bulla was originally founded over 100 years ago by three families. We take pride in creating new and exciting products for everyone, but we also appreciate and uphold time-honoured traditions. We are still owned and made in country Australia by the same three families. Six generations on, Bulla products are made with care and shared with love.
Bulla Family Dairy remains one of Australia's largest family owned dairy companies, taking pride in its long standing history and local heritage. Colac, a provincial town located in Victoria's western district was chosen as a key site for Bulla's operations. Blessed by rich fertile soil, it provides Bulla with an abundance of first quality milk and cream that form the basis of its premium dairy product range.
Bulla Dairy Foods is a 100% Australian family owned company which has been run by the same three families for more than 100 years. Bulla's passion for dairy extends well beyond the grocery channel and we are proud to leverage over 100 years of dairy experience to be a leading brand and manufacturer in the Foodservice, QSR, Industrial and B2B channels.
Address: 15 Swann Drive, Derrimut, VIC, 3030
Postal Address: P.O. Box 318, Sunshine MDC, VIC 3020
03 9931 7888 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm AEST)
1300 134 992 (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4pm AEST)
1800 001 332 (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4pm AEST)
Address: 91-149 Forest Street, Colac, VIC, 3250
Postal Address: P.O. Box 6 Colac, VIC, 3250
Address: 13 Swift Way, Dandenong South, VIC, 3175
Address: 43 Connor Street,Colac, VIC, 3250
Postal Address: P.O. Box 6 Colac, VIC, 3250
Address: 39 Miles Street, Mulgrave, VIC, 3071
Bulla shares the concerns of all Australians about the impacts of deforestation and we are continually exploring ways to reduce and eliminate the sourcing of palm oil derived ingredients from our supply chain.
To that end Bulla supports the production of sustainable palm oil and is a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The RSPO is a non-profit group that promotes palm oil production practices that help to reduce deforestation.
Bulla has RSPO mass balance certification which means that a guaranteed proportion of any palm oil we use is from RSPO certified plantations. Bulla is currently investigating non palm oil options and certified sustainable segregated palm oil options for our products.
Bulla has obtained Halal Certification for a range of our Chilled and Frozen products from the Australian Federation of Islamic Council and we also have a range of products that are Halal Suitable.
"Halal Certified" means the product has been certified by the Australian Federation of Islamic Council whereas, "Halal Suitable" means the ingredients in the product would meet Certification requirements if applied for.
Halal certification of our facilities and processes has been obtained in order to label our certified products as Halal and ensure they are able to be enjoyed by Muslim consumers as well as other non-Muslim consumers. Muslim consumers have certain religious beliefs that prevent them from consuming particular substances such as alcohol and certain animal products.
This is a serious question because some nut allergies can be life threatening if not diagnosed and treated properly.
It is therefore very important for our consumers to understand whether there are any nuts in our products. A product may not contain nuts as an ingredient but it may still contain traces of nuts if products are made on the same factory line as products that do contain nuts. This is because some nuts have airborne particles which means there is a chance that other products made in the facility could contain traces of nuts.
Bulla label all products made in the same facility as products that contain nuts with an allergen statement which says "may contain traces of nuts". It is very important for consumers who have nut allergies to check for this statement prior to consuming any product.
So back to the question. The answer is that if the label does not contain the "may contain traces of nuts" then it is nut free. Many of Bulla's products are completely nut free and two great examples are Bulla's Creamy Classics Choc Chip real ice cream and Bulla's Sweet Chilli Cottage Cheese.
If you have coeliac disease then a strict gluten-free diet is the only medical treatment to enable your gut to heal and improve your symptoms. Gluten is a protein found in:
If you are coeliac or otherwise feel gluten intolerant you should always check the label for the above ingredients before consuming the product.
As a general rule plain cheese, cream, milk, sour cream and yogurt are examples of gluten free products. Most of our delicious Ice Creams and Creams are also gluten free. The exceptions are those products containing wheat, rye, barley or oats such as Bulla Creamy Classics Cookies & Cream and Bulla Crunch ice creams which lists "wheat flour" as an ingredient on the label.
It is recommended to our customers that our Bulla Creams are not frozen as it may affect the taste or texture qualities of the cream.
Emulsifiers 471, 476 and 477 are derived from vegetable, as well as Thickeners 407A and 412.
Some of our Bulla products are not suitable for vegetarians as they contain gelatine (derived from bovine) and/or colour 120 (derived from beetle - cochineal, carmines).
All emulsifiers used are derived from vegetable origins. A great example of vegetarian friendly Bulla products are the delicious Bulla Creamy Classic Vanilla Real Ice Cream and Bulla Original Cottage Cheese.
No Bulla product is considered to be a Genetically Modified Food for the purposes of the Food Standards Code. You can be assured of this by simply checking the label because the Food Standards Code requires that the label on a package of genetically modified food must include the statement 'genetically modified' in conjunction with the name of that food or ingredient or processing aid.
If you are interested the Food Standards Code defines genetically modified food as food that is, or contains as an ingredient, including a processing aid, a food produced using gene technology which –
(a) contains novel DNA and/or novel protein; or
(b) has altered characteristics;
but does not include –
(c) highly refined food, other than that with altered characteristics, where the effect of the refining process is to remove novel DNA and/or novel protein;
(d) a processing aid or food additive, except where novel DNA and/or novel protein from the processing aid or food additive remains present in the food to which it has been added;
(e) flavours present in the food in a concentration no more than 1g/kg; or
(f) a food, ingredient, or processing aid in which genetically modified food is unintentionally present in a quantity of no more than 10g/kg per ingredient.
What is your Gelatine derived from?
Gelatine can be used as a stabilizer, thickener, or texturizer in foods such as yogurt and cream cheese. The Gelatine in our products is sourced from Australia and is derived from bovine (cattle).
As Bulla utilises milk from various parts of South West Victoria, a combination of both grass feed and grain feed methods are used which is largely dependent on the time of year.
It is standard practise to treat cows that have infections with antibiotics. With this in mind our suppliers have a number of protocols and procedures to ensure that cows treated are not being milked. In addition to this Bulla tests and checks for the presence of antibiotics in all incoming milk and cream deliveries and as a precautionary measure to ensure no antibiotic milk is utilised within our manufacturing process.
The short answer is "Yes"!
Raw milk is milk from cows, sheep, or goats that has not been pasteurised to kill harmful bacteria. This raw, unpasteurised milk can carry dangerous bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria, which are responsible for causing numerous foodborne illnesses.
This is the reason why ALL milk used in our Creams and Ice Creams has undergone a heat treatment known as Pasteurisation.
Pasteurisation is a process that was first developed by Louis Pasteur in 1864 that kills harmful bacteria by heating milk to a specific temperature for a set period of time. Research shows no meaningful difference in the nutritional values of pasteurized and unpasteurised milk.
You can contact one of our friendly customer service representatives via the contact form or write to PO Box 318, Sunshine VIC 3020 – alternatively you can call us on 1800 001 332 and we will endeavour to assist you and your enquiry as soon as possible.


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The El Dorado City Commission will be looking at appointments for the Sales Tax Committee during their meeting Monday evening.
They will be presented with names of the current members of the 2012-2013 Sales Tax Task Force and asked to select additional individuals and contact them about serving. They will be appointed at the Dec. 17 meeting.
They will meet at 7 p.m. in City Hall.
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Dirk Alan Reed, 57, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at the Comanche County Hospital in Coldwater, KS. Dirk was the son of Floyd and Evelyn (Lenertz) Reed and was born on August 14, 1955, at Achenbach Memorial Hospital in Hardtner, KS. He arrived on their first wedding anniversary.
Dirk started school at Aetna, KS, then he attended school at Hardtner, KS through 8th grade. He graduated from Coldwater High School, class of 1973, then moved to Liberal, KS, taking Auto Machine Shop at Liberal Vo-Ag.
His work career included Foley Caterpillar in Dodge City, KS; Northern Natural Machine Shop in Mullinville, KS; Cross Manufacturing in Lewis, KS; farming; and finally Comanche County Road and Bridge Department.
Dirk enjoyed being out in nature, wade-a-while- park, Coldwater Lake, and road trips. He was an engineer of parts, from models to computers.
Dirk became ill and was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 esophageal cancer. He absolutely had a plan. It did not include sharing this final challenge with family or friends, but Dirk did graciously accept help at the very end.
Dirk appreciated his many friends, who were as family, and enjoyed time spent with their children. Dirk was generous and kind, sharing his boat and jet ski, paying tabs for others at times, and helping his mom out. His final gift was the donation of his corneas from those beautiful brown eyes. Dirk will be missed by all who knew him.
He was preceded in death by his father: Floyd Reed; and grandparents on each side.
He is survived by his mother: Evelyn Reed of Coldwater, KS; two sisters: Doreen Hadley and husband Bruce of Newton, KS and Karen Wall and husband Jeff of Grant, NE; five nephews: Jody, Bob, and Jack Hadley and Jacob and Joshua Wall; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
Funeral service was at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Hatfield-Prusa Funeral Home, Coldwater, KS, with Rev. Gary Merritt presiding. Burial followed the service at Crown Hill Cemetery, Coldwater, Ks.
Memorials may be sent to Comanche County Hospital or Comanche County Sheriff/E.M.S. Department in care of Hatfield-Prusa Funeral Home, P.O. Box 417, Coldwater, KS 67029.
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The 6 Weirdest Dangers of Space Travel
#3. Heatstroke
Space weather is a fickle and unforgiving mistress. An unprotected astronaut could freeze his nuts off in the shadows, yet fry like an egg in the sun's harsh rays. Which is why his space suit almost has to be a kind of mini-spaceship, one that can protect him from both extreme heat and extreme cold at the same time. And why the space suit itself looks like a body diaper -- it's stuffed with multiple layers of insulation and an elaborate cooling system for maintaining the astronaut's body temperature.
Go ahead and pee in it. No one will notice.
The insulation isn't going anywhere, so the astronaut isn't really going to need to worry about losing much body heat during a short spacewalk, but if the cooling system breaks down, that's a whole other ball of death wax.
Sorry, little Timmy, but you'd boil alive in seconds with that suit.
Wait ... How Can That Kill Me?
In 1966, astronaut Gene Cernan (the same guy who gave his buddy space fever with moondust) became the third person to attempt an EVA, or extra-vehicular activity, in space. But unlike his Soviet and American predecessors, Cernan actually had work he was supposed to do during his three-hour spacewalk, including testing the first Astronaut Maneuvering Unit, or rocket pack. Unfortunately, those tasks were next to impossible to complete in microgravity, and Cernan found himself heating up like a two-dollar whore at a 1920s tent revival.
Gene Cernan, seen here humping a globe.
His air-cooled suit was unable to keep up with his body heat, so his faceplate fogged up so bad that he found himself blind in space. His pulse raced to 195 beats per minute. NASA doctors on the ground watched his vitals and worried that he was going to lose consciousness, so the three-hour walk was aborted after two hours. Had he stayed out much longer, he would have been a goner.
If you're going to die of heatstroke, it might as well be somewhere pretty.
The scary part is that it doesn't even take a completely broken suit to have space heatstroke. After Cernan's hot mess of a spacewalk, space suit makers switched to a water-cooled system, meaning the astronauts have tubes of water running through their suits to keep them from overheating. When Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri started overheating during his 2004 spacewalk, it wasn't a broken suit that did him in -- it was one bent tube. In other words, it doesn't take much more than a wonky piece of plastic to condemn future astronauts to a death by body heat.
#2. Being Unable to Stop
One surprising thing about traveling through space is that you don't actually need a lot of fuel to do it. All that a spacecraft really requires is enough fuel to reach its top speed and enough to stop. Once ships attain their top speed, they can shut off their engines, because any object will stay at its speed unless a force is applied to it, aka Newton's First Law of Motion.
Making interstellar road trips very affordable.
In space, there are no resistive forces, and a ship does not need any fuel to stay in motion. It needs fuel to maneuver, yes, and fuel to slow down, but not fuel to move. Space is not a country drive in your pickup; you can't just kill the engines and cruise to a standstill.
You could totally fit, like, 20 mattresses in there, though.
Wait ... How Can That Kill Me?
A ship that runs out of fuel will go on continuously, forever and ever, in a singular direction. You don't even get to go out in a blaze of glory, because 99 percent of the observable universe is a heaping bowl of nothing. So running out of gas in space isn't a matter of sputtering to a stop, then calling home for somebody to fly up with a gas can. No, it's the opposite: Running out of gas in space is more like losing your brakes -- you'll shoot right past Earth and continue streaking out into nothingness, never stopping, ever, until you either get sucked into the orbital pull of another object or crash into something that kills you.
Above: Space emergency brake.
As for a cosmic gas truck coming to your rescue, fat chance. If you were already traveling at your top speed, you'd better hope that they built the refueling ship to be the fastest thing ever made. And if you're going, say, the speed of the Apollo spacecraft (about 24,000 miles per hour) and it takes them a week to get the rescue mission together, you'll be 4 million miles away before they even get off the launch pad.
#1. Kidney Stones
There's nothing like a rollicking kidney stone tale to remind you of the preciousness of good urinary health. Just the thought of passing a rock through your pee hole is enough to send a shiver up your back, and certainly enough to send you for the nearest glass of water.
"Painful, shitting death from cobra poison would be a mercy right now."
But still, it's a kidney stone, something usually reserved for grandpas and people who weren't manly enough to catch a real disease, like herpes. But what can start off as an excruciating inconvenience here on Earth can do some killing damage up in space.
Wait ... How Can That Kill Me?
First off, astronauts are waaaaay more vulnerable to kidney stones than the rest of us because they're losing bone density in space. And that lost calcium isn't just seeping off their bodies like bone sweat; it's ending up in their urine. And extra calcium in urine is one of the causes of kidney stones.
Robert R. Wal
So don't overdo it with the milk, OK?
So astronauts start the game with a stony target on their backs (or pee holes). Plus, peeing in space is no walk in the park to begin with, so astronauts are less likely to take in a lot of fluid, because they don't want to mess with space toilets. Lower fluid intake coupled with higher concentrations of calcium in their urine equals a very serious risk of getting a kidney stone on an extended journey. In fact, between 2001 and 2006, 14 American astronauts developed stones after they got back to Earth. That's a whole lot of pebble passing.
"It's like I'm passing a razor blade made of nails!"
Second, getting rid of that kidney stone in space is a totally different ballgame from passing it here on Earth. No gravity, no X-rays and no high-quality pain medication, so an especially big kidney stone is going to incapacitate its victim, at the very least. And if the stone drifts the wrong way for some reason, or if the astronaut develops stones in both kidneys, which, once again, is very likely -- forget it. Blocked kidneys are totally a death sentence in space. And if House is to be believed -- and you know it is -- kidney failure is not a pretty way to go. But at least it's not getting hit by space trash, right?
Ethan Lou is a freelance writer. He blogs at ethanethan.tumblr.com, his Twitter is twitter.com/Ethan_Lou and you can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more reasons to avoid going where no man has gone before, check out 6 Reasons Space Travel Will Always Suck. And learn about what it sounds like out there in 7 Bizarre Sounds From Outer Space.


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Theft: Vacant house in the 1400 block of Oregon Avenue entered and copper piping taken, Tuesday.
City: Jaquin R. Boston, 23, 473 S. Fifth St., marked lanes.
Arrested: Talia S. Schoonover, 23, 1323 Ridge Ave., bench warrant, Tuesday.
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Cited: Dana M. Mele, 43, Benwood, speeding.
Theft: Former Christian school at 2051 Commercial Ave., Mingo Junction, entered and copper piping and weed trimmer taken, Tuesday.
Theft: Cash taken from Camco Recycling, 100 Fair St., Dillonvale, Tuesday.
Vandalism: Garage vandalized with spray paint and truck entered and ransacked in the 100 block of Main Street, Rayland, Tuesday.
Arrested: Paul Dennis Griffenburg Jr., 3702 State St., Weirton, public intoxication and warrant for petit larceny, Friday.
Arrested: Dylan Ray Birkhimer, 31 Elm Drive, Burgettstown, possession of marijuana, Monday.


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Say you have an image of a wall or an old, creased piece of paper and you want to add text on that background. How can you make the texture of the background come through the new text in Photoshop so it will look like the text is actually on the background rather than above it?
This is what I quickly cooked up:
To accomplish this:
Now it shines through. If you want to give it an offset, do this:
Now the text is pressed in the wall.
Or if you mean this:
Adding to what Luuk and Horatio suggest:
If you want the lettering to look like it is on a rough surface (i.e., you want it to conform to the surface texture, at least somewhat), you would use the Displacement filter (
What you have just done is displace the text pixels in a way that corresponds to the grayscale values in the displacement map. If it's too much, too little, or the direction is wrong, just undo and rerun the filter. Adjust the settings in the first dialog until you get the result you're looking for.
Used in conjunction with the techniques Luuk and Horation describe, you can get a very realistic rendering of the text.
One way is to simply set the opacity of the text layer to something less than 100%.
Another way is to use a layer blend mode other than
Another way might be to make a copy of the background layer, desaturate the colors so it is greyscale, and then
I found this tutorial extremely helpful:
Although when I followed the steps, I found that my original art work (in this case a colour logo) was far too light. So I started by duplicating the logo layer. On the bottom logo layer I chose "Multiply". Then I just reduced the opacity on the top logo layer until I was happy with the result and the amount of texture showing though.
Play around with Multiply, Color Burn and Linear Burn. I found those ones the most effective.
Hope this helps :)


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1504 games started. 13,207 innings played on defense. All of them at SS.
Might as well give him a 1st base mit and see if he can backup every position. Doesn't hurt for an emergency situation......like trying to sign Lyle Overbay
Thanks for the stats Homer. I like the signing but I'm sure the expectation is he'll play all over. I was even thinking the same thing as Barty, ala Carlos Guillen. So the plot thickens! On a side note, Yuni signed a minor league deal with KC.
Why on earth would you think he'll "play all over" when he's 36 and never played anywhere but shortstop? This ain't the muni softball league.
I have no doubt that Gonzalez could play second and third adequately, and that he will work on that this spring.
Yuni seems to be addicted to Kansas City.
Yuni's heading to Philadelphia, not KC. I have no doubt that Gonzales will log exactly as many innings at 3B and/or 2B as he has his entire major and minor league baseball career, spanning 16,000 innings. The addition of Gonzales, IMO, creates an easier avenue for Green to make the team since Green actually has experience playing those positions.
I'll wager you 100 blog bucks that Gonzalez plays second and third in spring training and for the Brewers, Tracker1. And nice to see Yuni is breaking his addiction.
They had better give Alex plenty of playing time at 2nd base, too!
I mean he will play those positions (third and second) both in spring training and in the regular season. No easy blog bets for me!
he should get a lot of playing time when weeks gets injured again.
Gonzalez played 3B in winter league this year, so he does have experience at other spots than SS. That being said, I bet he plays a vast majority of his time there, but he has the ability to play elsewhere.
Billy Beane: You don't know how to play first base. Scott?
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Scott Hatteberg: What about the fans?
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Yes! Now THAT is good news!Hide replies
I would like to see Gonzo playing at second base and benching Weeks whenever he gets in another one of his world famous half year long slumps.
A reasonable deal, great insurance policy. Tough to argue with the value for a borderline starter-caliber shortstop. In a perfect world, Bianchi proves too valuable to take off the roster and they have a surplus at a valuable position. Worst case scenario, injuries strike and Gonzalez has to log a lot of innings.Hide replies
Yes, Bianchi is out of options so has to stay on the 40-man, I think. So I guess he starts at Nashville and is our 3rd string SS.
Bianchi has to stay on the 40-man only if they see a major-league future for him. I'm guessing he goes.
Bianchi would have had a good chance to make the team, but now it looks like he'll be the odd man out.
A welcome signing. He is a viable PH, too.Hide replies
agreed. i wonder if this closes the overbay door?
Doubt it. What if Gamel's knee flares up? I think a veteran PH and back-up for Gamel is a good idea - especially at hat price.
hat price means cheap, right?
cost of a hat.
Depends on the hat.
Unless you talking about a top hat at top price.
we dont want overbay anyway.
Taylor Green will play 1st if Gamel needs a break or goes down. He played 20 games there last year; 14 in the majors and 6 in Nashville.
That is a great signing. Cheap, played great last year before the injury and capable of playing around the infield. There are always atleast minor injuries and he can back up Ramirez and Weeks too. We need a plan B and thats why we're considering Overbay to backup Gamel and why its nice we'll have Burgos and Thornburg in AAA to start the season in case one of our young starters who will make the opening day rotation struggles. Doug Melvin is doing a great job at avoiding spending and still filling the holes. We all knew our weakness was our horrible bullpen which looks a lot better this year with the addition of 3 guys who had quality seasons last year. We also know the worst position 24 games into the season last year for us and what may have cost us the playoffs was the lack of talent at SS. He made the trade that brought in Segura who could be a kid who wins a batting title someday and a backup who has started for years around the league including the unquestioned starter for us last year til his injury. Now we have the best offense in the NL along with a great defense and bench. We just need Lyle Overbay to finish the job and he may get cut when Hart comes back, but just need some backup to Gamel who I still think could be a very good 1st baseman. Preasures off him. He no longer has the weight of being the next prince fielder on his shoulders and can just do what he does. I wouldn't be shocked if he starts the season batting over .300 until Hart comes back and we have a delema on what to do.Hide replies
boy, that is wishful thinking. I hope I am wrong. You are a positve dude.
"You are a positve dude."
Or he could be insane. I'm thinking the latter.
I'm just happy that I'll be able to say, "Sea Bass Gonzalez" for another season.
Stupid people being positive. I hate that.
I hope nobody around here starts calling him sea bass. What a stupid nickname.
I think he has been bogarting the koolaide.
that was a long thesis. i guess he never learned how to make paragraphs.
Excellent signing for the defense, the money, the added presence on the bench and most importantly it will give us the opportunity to trade Rickie Weeks at athe Alll-Star if we are not incontention for the postseason at the All-Star break and Rickie is having a good first half. Why? Because you trade Aramis Ramirez at the All-Star break to a contneder and move Segura to his natural position of 2B and Rickie Weeks to 3B.Hide replies
Yes, because moving a guy who has played at 2B his entire big league career to a new position during the season can't possibly go wrong.
Rickie has been a liability defensively at 2B bobbling DP's as well as limited range to his right. He could do no worse at 3B plus he has the arm for 3B..
Rickie can't play second,how could he play third?
Because 3B is an easier position to play in theory.
Rickie to 3rd? That's not going to make him hit the ball any better.
I don't want him to move to third, FWIW. And being healthy is what will help him hit the ball better.
we do not weeks to move to third. it would be another disaster with him.
Except he has to throw the ball a lot farther.
But he doesn't have to turn blind double plays and there are different mechanics throwing across the diamond from third base than there are throwing from second base. Overall guys moving from second to third end up being better fielders, though that doesn't mean Weeks would be one as well.
Thats assuming hes actually healthy.Then we can move Segura to 2nd and Gonzo to SS
When Weeks gets hurt,I hate to be so negitive but when is the last time Weeks played a season where he didnt miss a big portion of the season injured
2012? Last Year Weeks was playing Horrible because of that ankle,playing injured.ill give him credit for trying for sure,but,hitting sub 200 is just plain bad.NOW, the up side is,Weeks finished 220-230ish,,,which means he actually had to hit close to 280-290 or so to raise that 200 average up to 230 0r so,so Kudos to Rickie for a job well done in the 2nd half,,Lets just hope he can hit that well all this year,but, again, will he play a season not injured or getting hurt
Rickie batted .276 BA, .369 OBP, .469 SLG, .838 OPS through July & August. Then resorted back to a .221 BA, .282 OBP, .400 SLG, .682 OPS for the last 23 games of the season.
Weeks cannot even throw the ball to first base as it is. From third base would be a disaster. Trading Weeks would be a pipedream that would never come true.
@kidsmoke: As I posted, IF the Brewers are out of contention and trade A-Ram it would be an ideal time to move Weeks to 3B as they improve greatly up the middle with Gonzalez - Segura and it gives Weeks half of a meaningless second half of the season playoff-wise to learn to play 3B!
*** I meant to say trade Aramis Ramirez in my post below about trading, not Rickie Weeks although I wouldn't mind that either.Hide replies
no worries. both are silly ideas.
I've been hoping that the Brewers would trade ARam now because his value is so high. It doesn't look like its going to happen. I guess that this signing gives the Brewers options if they falter and can move ARam in July. Its hard to believe that the Brewers have nothing in the minors at 3B
Taylor Green isn't exactly nothing.
Taylor Green is not a very good defensive player. He's too old to be a prospect. His ceiling is maybe a solid utility player. He is definitely not a starting caliber MLB player.
Let me try to understand the "thumbs down" being given to Inside Pitch. The scenario is this: The Brewers are out of contention, but ARam is playing really well. Now, I can understand people giving "thumbs down" to the idea of moving Weeks to 3B. But the Brewers would HAVE to trade ARam under these circumstances. Why would they not? You would definitely want to acquire prospects for ARam under that scenario.
Aram is not a free agent at the end of the season.
You do not HAVE to trade him this year.
Not trading ARam if he is playing well, when he is already an older player and is signed for another year would be a dumb move by a small market team with an $80 million payroll and a lack of position players in the minors.
Why would they not? Because Ramirez is also under contract for 2014, with a mutual option for 2015. and the Brewers do not have anywhere near-MLB ready to play 3B.
I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I would hope that in that scenario the Brewers would trade ARam just like they traded Greinke, which was a good move and the right move for a small market team.
Greinke was a FA-to-be. ARam is not. Compounding the notness of his pending non-free-agency is the fact that the 2014 part of his deal is worth $16 million, not to mention the pending $4 million buyout on the 2015 option. The Greinke and ARam situations could not be more different. I wish I could thumbs-down you twice, since I have two thumbs. One will have to suffice.
Well, it's dumb, because signing a shortstop has absolutely nothing to do with the ability of the Brewers to trade Ramiriz at the trading deadline. Zero....nada....none. Whether it would be a good idea or not isn't the point. The point is that this signing has nothing to do with it. Ricky Weeks is not moving to third. Jean Segura is not moving to third. If we trade Ramiriz at the deadline, Taylor Green or Mat Gamel will be at third.....more likely Green at this point.
Trading Weeks would be all the fans biggest dreams.
the brewers have absolutely no inclination to trade ramirez. that would be totally senseless.
Stay classy, Tracker1. I bet you dominate your fantasy baseball league. I wish you could hand out multiple "thumbs down", too. The thumbs down is typically a sign that a blogger has said something objective, as opposed to overly unrealistic. We will see how things play out. If the Crew is out of contention, I guarantee you that ARam is shopped. I also find it interesting that some people are criticizing the idea of trading ARam, by saying the Brewers won't do it because he is too good. Alternatively, others criticize the move by saying no other team would be interested because of his salary. So, which is it? Again, keep the thumbs down coming.
Waiting until next season to trade him greatly reduces his trade value as next season teams trading for him know they could lose him at the end of the season so why give up alot? Trading for him this year if he has a good first half AND the Brewers are out of contention makes him a more valuable trade option for a contending team as they know they will have for more than just a few months.
The difference is, as Tracker1 and TB have stated, is that they were going to lose Greinke with only a supplemental pick as compensation. Lets be honest. The Brewers are much more likely to compete in 2014/2015 when the current crop of young pitchers gets sorted out and the next one gets to the big leagues. Why trade the only guy who can play 3B, and is the second best bat in the lineup on top of still being under contract in 2014, unless you can get something of substance for him? While it might be the better move to trade A-Ram at the trade deadline, it doesn't HAVE to happen unless the right deal is presented.
ARam should be traded because his contract will be expired and he will be way past his prime by the time the Brewers are contenders. Its better to move a guy a year early and get some return. One might hope that a 3B prospect would be part of that return.
It seems like too many people are ready to throw in the towel on the next 2 seasons before we even start this season. Calm down on the trade propositions and moving players around like musical chairs. Aramis and Rickie will likely stay right where they have been.
Trading away Ramirez and his $16 million on his 2014 contract plus the buyout for 2015 year and we are talking big money. Small chance in trading him.
The bench is shaping up nicely with Gonzalez, Maldonado, and Schafer having spots locked up. Hopefully they can add a first baseman and another outfielder would be nice. That probably closes the book on Adam Kennedy, but Gonzalez is maybe a little better.Hide replies
It's starting to look better. Now if we can get a backup 1st baseman that can hit and used as a pinch hitter, then they should be alright.
They might have to use Taylor Green for that.
This is a signing I hoped the Brewers would make.Veteran depth at an important position currently held by an unproven rookie.The Cards just signed Ronny Cedeno and I think the Brewers are better of with Gonzalez.
As far as trading Ramirez, if the Brewers want to win now I think they really need his offense based on what he did last year.I guess the question is will he be able to hit like last year.
Th other issue is what could they really get for him based on his age and contract which is 10 mil this year and 16 mil next year.It's possible if this season is going nowhere at the trade deadline and an AL team in contention is looking for a DH the Brewers might trade him for prospects and I'm sure they would still have to eat some salary.Hide replies
Yeah, Ramirez isn't going anywhere. If they are 20 below .500 at the break, and someone makes an offer they can't refuse, perhaps they would. But no-one would make such and offer if he wasn't playing well. And if he is playing well, they won't be 20 games under .500.
I had posted earlier that IF the Brewers were OUT OF CONTENTION at All-Star break AND Aramis Ramirez was having a GOOD first half he would be logical trade bait. His age (turns 35 in June), that he could fetch a decent return to a contending team in need of a 3B with a good bat), and his salary his salary ($12 million/year) would make a good trade candidate to free up money along with the fact that he can become a FA after next season. Players entering a FA year the very next season lessens their trade value as teams know they could lose him the next season.
This team will not be trading away any players that are under contract, except maybe Gomez or Hart at the deadline.
signing gonzalez is a great signing. we will look back at this and be grateful.
I really like Segura,Ill start with that...
Segura went from AA to major league Milwaukee last year,SO that said, Isnt i possible that Segura may start the year at AAA Nashville and Alex can start the season in Milwaukee at SS ( he was great until he wrecked the knee early on).Segura can benefit from a year in AAA AND we can still sign Overbay as insurance at 1st base in case Gamel re injures himself or isnt very goodHide replies
I thought of that, but I think the Brewers are pretty committed to Segura at short. Unless he proves (in the majors, not spring training) that he isn't going to get it done this year. This protects them if that situation should come up.
Segura's bat was really starting to come around late in the season. From September 3rd through the last 24 games, Segura batted .321 BA, .391 OBP, .423 SLG, .814 OPS. His defense definitely needs more work.
@eddiematthews: The Brewers are pretty commited to Segura at SS? What makes you say that? Segura has played the majority of his carer at 2B and played very well there. The Brewers would move Segura to 2B in a second if Weeks were to get injured, traded or struggle into August as he did in the first half last year. Weeks is a liability defensively at 2B as he is horrrible at turning the DP. finished tied for 20th in FLD%, and had the 3rd most errors. You know what you get with Weeks defensively: a liability and you never know what to expect with him offensively.
What makes me say that? It's what the Brewers have said.
Oh, and the Brewers were going to say they weren't commited to him at SS? lol
Guess I believe them on this one. We shall see.
all projection point to the brewers keeping segura at ss for the long run. have you been out of the country for a long time?
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With picturesque Falls Village in the background, Wolcott Tech junior quarterback Mickey Ross took in the sights on a brisk late Saturday morning after his work was done.
Kneeling down on his right knee, with his helmet to his side, Ross reflected on his team's controlled scrimmage with the Housatonic-Wamogo squad: the good plays, the bad plays and the 'What ifs.'.
One of Ross' tight spirals down the right sideline appeared headed for a completion. Unfortunately, his intended receiver slipped on the wet grass in front of Mountaineers' defensive back Jeremy Stiewing. Stiewing leapt high in the air and intercepted the pass. He had a clear lane down the sideline for a touchdown return, but just as he landed, he slipped, as well, to end the play.
Ross took the turnover in stride.
"Jeremy made a nice play, and when that happens, there is absolutely nothing you can do," said Ross. "Coach (Jamie) Coty came over to me and said that I made a nice throw. Sometimes you can make the perfect throw, and it still doesn't work out. But that's football."
Ever since Ross could talk, football has been his passion. A die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers' fan, he is the grandson of Joe Ross, a high-school football coach at George Steinbrenner High in Lutz, Fla.
"My grandfather used to coach the semipro team known as the Torrington Thunderbirds," said Ross. "When I was in the sixth grade, he'd teach me things and draw up play sheets so I could easily understand them."
That early education went a long way toward helping Ross become the player he is nowadays. Just 5-foot-6 and 130 pounds, he doesn't let his small stature deter him. In fact, it fuels his desire to play the toughest position on the gridiron more fiercely.
"I know that I'm going to get hit, especially running the triple-option offense," said Ross. "That doesn't bother me. I'll take a hit and get right back up. Football is a contact sport, and I love the position because you get to control the game."
Thanks to the NFL Network, Ross' favorite programming gives him a daily dose of past and present highlights from which to learn. He takes it all in, because after 15 starts with the Wildcats, he's trying everything within his power to become a good high school QB.
"As a junior captain this year, I have to be more vocal," said Ross. "My teammates may not like it sometimes, but I'm working hard, so I have to keep them working hard."
His fondest memory to date came last year when he rushed for 150 yards and two TDs to lead the Wildcats to a 45-43 win over O'Brien Tech. His previous big highlight came as a sixth-grader when he returned an interception for a touchdown in the closing minute to help the Torrington Warriors win 12-6 over Southington in a state title game at Falcon Field.
"I still have that championship trophy on my dresser at home and a team picture and all of that kind of jazz," said Ross.
Moments like that breed confidence in him, but he knows that success can be fleeting. When Coty criticizes a bad read or a poor decision, he accepts it as an opportunity to get better.
"I mess up all of the time," said Ross. "Mistakes are going to happen. I try to not let them bother me. I just look forward to the next play, the next drive or the next game."
Coty, the ex-Wilby High linebacker, loves the toughness that Ross brings. So does Housy-Wamogo coach Deron Bayer, who says his team caught a few breaks against the small dynamo.
"Mickey is very fast, and I was terrified that he would run more," said Bayer. "He throws a real nice ball, but we got lucky a few times."
Ross is hopeful of making the 2013 season the best in the six-year varsity history of the Wildcats' program. He appreciates the opportunity to play football at the Torrington-based vocational school. He said he would also be remiss not to thank his grandmother, Bernadette Krayeski, who treats Ross and his teammates to occasional pasta dinners.
"My grandmother watches my games all of the time," he said. "It's real nice to have her support."
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