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Shoemaking is the process of making footwear. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand. Traditional handicraft shoemaking has now been largely superseded in volume of shoes produced by industrial mass production of footwear, but not necessarily in quality, attention to detail, or craftsmanship.
Shoemakers, also known as cordwainers or snobs, may produce a range of footwear items, including shoes, boots, sandals, clogs and moccasins. Such items are generally made of leather, wood, rubber, plastic, jute or other plant material, and often consist of multiple parts for better durability of the sole, stitched to a leather upper.
Trades that engage in shoemaking have included the cordwainer's and cobbler's trades. Today shoes are often made on a factory basis rather than a craft basis.
Traditional methods[edit]
For most of history, shoemaking has been a handicraft, limited to time consuming manufacture by hand. Traditional shoemakers used more than 15 different techniques of making shoes. Some of these were: pegged construction, English welted (machine-made versions are referred to as "Goodyear welted" after the inventor of the technique), goyser welted, Norwegian, stitchdown, turnout, German sewn, moccasin, bolognese stitched, and blake-stitched.
The most basic foot protection, used since ancient times in the Mediterranean area, was the sandal, which consisted of a protective sole, attached to the foot with leather thongs. Similar footwear worn in the Far East was made from plaited grass or palm fronds. In climates that required a full foot covering, a single piece of untanned hide was laced with a thong, providing full protection for the foot and so made a complete covering.[1]
The production of wooden shoes, was widespread in medieval Europe. They were made from a single piece of wood roughly cut into shoe form. A variant of this form was the clog, which were wooden soles to which a leather upper was attached. The sole and heel were made from one piece of maple or ash two inches thick, and a little longer and broader than the desired size of shoe. The outer side of the sole and heel was fashioned with a long chisel-edged implement, called the clogger's knife or stock; while a second implement, called the groover, made a groove around the side of the sole. With the use of a 'hollower', the inner sole's contours were adapted to the shape of the foot. The leather uppers were then fitted closely to the groove around the sole. Clogs were of great advantage to workers in muddy and damp conditions, keeping the feet dry and comfortable.[1]
By the 1600s, leather shoes came in two main types. 'Turn shoes' consisted of one thin flexible sole, which was sewed to the upper while outside in and turned over when completed. This type was used for making slippers and similar shoes. The second type united the upper with an insole, which was subsequently attached to an out-sole with a raised heel. This was the main variety, and was used for most footwear, including standard shoes and riding boots.[1]
The traditional shoemaker would measure the feet and cut out upper leathers according to the required size. These parts were fitted and stitched together. The sole was next assembled, consisting of a pair of inner soles of soft leather, a pair of outer soles of firmer texture, a pair of welts or bands about one inch broad, of flexible leather, and lifts and top-pieces for the heels. The insole was then attached to a last made of wood, which was used to form the shoe. Some lasts were straight, while curved lasts came in pairs: one for left shoes, the other for right shoes. The 'lasting' procedure then secured the leather upper to the sole with tacks. The soles were then hammered into shape; the heel lifts were then attached with wooden pegs and the worn out-sole was nailed down to the lifts. The finishing operation included paring, rasping, scraping, smoothing, blacking, and burnishing the edges of soles and heels, scraping, sand-papering, and burnishing the soles, withdrawing the lasts, and cleaning out any pegs which may have pierced through the inner sole.[1]
Other types of ancient and traditionally made shoes included furs wrapped around feet, and sandals wrapped over them: used by Romans fighting in northern Europe, and moccasins - simple shoes without the durability of joined shoes.
Industrial era[edit]
Shoemaking became more commercialized in the mid-18th century, as it expanded as a cottage industry. Large warehouses began to stock footwear in warehouses, made by many small manufacturers from the area.
Until the 19th century, shoemaking was a traditional handicraft, but by the century's end, the process had been almost completely mechanized, with production occurring in large factories. Despite the obvious economic gains of mass-production, the factory system produced shoes without the individual differentiation that the traditional shoemaker was able to provide.
The first steps towards mechanisation were taken during the Napoleonic Wars by the engineer, Marc Brunel. He developed machinery for the mass-production of boots for the soldiers of the British Army. In 1812 he devised a scheme for making nailed-boot-making machinery that automatically fastened soles to uppers by means of metallic pins or nails.[2] With the support of the Duke of York, the shoes were manufactured, and, due to their strength, cheapness, and durability, were introduced for the use of the army. In the same year, the use of screws and staples was patented by Richard Woodman. Brunel's system was described by Sir Richard Phillips as a visitor to his factory in Battersea as follows:
- "In another building I was shown his manufactory of shoes, which, like the other, is full of ingenuity, and, in regard to subdivision of labour, brings this fabric on a level with the oft-admired manufactory of pins. Every step in it is effected by the most elegant and precise machinery; while, as each operation is performed by one hand, so each shoe passes through twenty-five hands, who complete from the hide, as supplied by the currier, a hundred pairs of strong and well-finished shoes per day. All the details are performed by the ingenious application of the mechanic powers; and all the parts are characterised by precision, uniformity, and accuracy. As each man performs but one step in the process, which implies no knowledge of what is done by those who go before or follow him, so the persons employed are not shoemakers, but wounded soldiers, who are able to learn their respective duties in a few hours. The contract at which these shoes are delivered to Government is 6s. 6d. per pair, being at least 2s. less than what was paid previously for an unequal and cobbled article."[3]
However, when the war ended in 1815, manual labour became much cheaper, and the demand for military equipment subsided. As a consequence, Brunel's system was no longer profitable and it soon ceased business.[2]
Similar exigencies at the time of the Crimean War stimulated a renewed interest in methods of mechanization and mass-production, which proved longer-lasting.[2] A shoemaker in Leicester, Tomas Crick, patented the design for a riveting machine in 1853. His machine used an iron plate to push iron rivets into the sole. The process greatly increased the speed and efficiency of production. He also introduced the use of steam-powered rolling-machines for hardening leather and cutting-machines, in the mid-1850s.[4]
The sewing machine was introduced in 1846, and provided an alternative method for the mechanization of shoemaking. By the late 1850s, the industry was beginning to shift towards the modern factory, mainly in the US and areas of England. A shoe stitching machine was invented by the American Lyman Blake in 1856 and perfected by 1864. Entering into partnership with McKay, his device became known as the McKay stitching machine and was quickly adopted by manufacturers throughout New England.[5] As bottlenecks opened up in the production line due to these innovations, more and more of the manufacturing stages, such as pegging and finishing, became automated. By the 1890s, the process of mechanisation was largely complete.
A process for manufacturing stitchless, that is glued, shoes, AGO, was developed in 1910.
Traditional shoemakers still exist today, especially in poorer parts of the world, and create custom shoes. Current crafters, in developing regions or supply constrained areas may use surplus car or truck tire tread sections as an inexpensive and plentiful material resource with which to make strong soles for shoes or sandals. Generally, the modern machinery used includes die cutting tools to cut the shapes and grommet machines to punch holes for lacing.
In popular culture[edit]
The shoemaking profession makes a number of appearances in popular culture, such as in stories about shoemaker's elves, and the proverb "The shoemaker's children go barefoot."[6] The patron saint of shoemakers is Saint Crispin.
Chefs and cooks sometimes use the term "shoemaker" as an insult to others who have prepared sub-standard food, possibly by overcooking, implying that the chef in question has made his or her food as tough as shoe leather or hard leather shoe soles, and thus may be in the wrong profession.
Similarly, to "cobble" can mean not only to make or mend shoes, but "to put together clumsily; to bungle."[7]
Famous shoemakers[edit]
- Raymond Lewis Wildsmith, shoemaker who invented the loafer design.[8]
- Ravidas, Satguru of the Ravidassia religion, and member of the marginalized Chamar caste of cobblers and other leather workers.
- Hans Sachs, German poet.
- Salvatore Capezio, founder of the manufacturer of dance shoes Capezio.
- Salvatore Ferragamo, an Italian shoe designer.
- Jimmy Choo, a Malaysian Chinese fashion designer based in London.
- Christian Louboutin, French footwear designer.
- Daniel Day-Lewis, actor who apprenticed as a shoemaker.
See also[edit]
- Cordwainer
- Daughters of St. Crispin, an American labour union of female shoemakers, and the first national women's labour union in the United States
- List of shoe styles
- Order of the Knights of St. Crispin, an American labor union of 50,000 shoemakers c. 1870
- Shoe repair shop
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- ^ a b c d James Paton (1902). "Shoemaking". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ a b c "History of Shoemaking in Britain – Napoleonic Wars and the Industrial Revolution".
- ^ Richard Phillips, Morning's Walk from London to Kew, 1817.
- ^ R. A. McKinley (1958). "FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURE". British History Online.
- ^ Charles W. Carey (2009). American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries. Infobase Publishing. p. 27.
- ^ "Proverb Quotes".
- ^ "cobble - definition of cobble by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia". Thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ^ "The Wildsmith Loafer". Accessed 7 August 2014
External links[edit]
Look up shoemaking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Shoemaker's Workshop - The Canadian Museum of Civilization
- "Bespoke Shoemaking a guide to handmade shoemaking", a book teaching traditional hand shoemaking.
- "The Sneaker Factory-How Shoes are made ", a website and book teaching modern mass production shoe making.


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After years of being a "sleepy" neighborhood, Ballard has been changing and growing. People are moving in, attracted to both Ballard's heritage as well as its growing, urban vitality. We are undertaking a coordinated and strategic planning effort to create positive outcomes for the changes Ballard is experiencing.
Rich in character and heritage, the Ballard Hub Urban Village is a dynamic neighborhood with nearly 10,100 residents and 5,100 jobs. It is the center of a vibrant and engaged residential, business, and manufacturing community. Originally the home and workplace of Scandinavian fishermen, mill workers, and boat builders, Ballard has been known as a blue-collar enclave with strong Nordic ties, maritime atmosphere, senior population, and historic downtown.
Over the last decade, the neighborhood's diverse, affordable housing and walkable streets have made it a magnet for younger people including families with children. Recent changes have been significant and the future promises more. Highlights of changes in Ballard over the past ten years:
The Urban Village is younger and more densely populated.
The greater Ballard District is younger and more diverse.
Jobs did not grow as rapidly as population, and there are different jobs now.
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Five years ago this month the Philadelphia Phillies became the first professional sports franchise to lose 10,000 games in its history. It came on the heels of a 23-year run with only one playoff appearance and 125 years with only a single World Series title. The team averaged 40,000 fans once in its history in 2004 when Citizens Bank Park opened. The Phillies were on the receiving end of baseball's revenue sharing system in 2006. How times change.
The Phillies locked up pitcher Cole Hamels this week to a six-year deal worth a reported $144 million. It is the second largest contract ever handed out to a pitcher after CC Sabathia's $161 million deal in 2008 with the New York Yankees. Hamels is the latest big ticket signing for Philadelphia which is now a financial juggernaut and one of baseball's elite teams.
It started with that 2007 team that made the playoffs for the first time since 1993 behind the homegrown talent of Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins. The Phillies ran off five straight playoff appearances, which included ending the World Series drought in 2008. Along the way, the team picked up high-priced Cy Young winners in Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay.
Fans came out to Citizens Bank Park in droves to support the franchise. Average attendance has topped 40,000 every year since 2008. The Phillies led MLB in attendance last year and they are on top again in 2012. The team is in the midst of a three-year sellout streak. The increase helped boost revenues from $183 million to $249 million net of revenue sharing (the Phillies are one of the biggest contributors into the system these days). Revenue ranked fourth last year behind only the Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs.
The Phillies now have four players whose current contracts average $20 million a year, including Hamels, Lee, Howard and Halladay. Other big spenders include the Yankees with three $20 million a year players, Red Sox (two) and San Francisco Giants (two). There are seven more of these deals across the rest of baseball. The Phillies current revenue model cannot handle this level of payroll, which is $172 million in 2012. The Phillies were one of just three teams to lose money last year by our count with an estimated operating loss of $11.6 million. But more money is coming and a lot of it.
There has been an explosion in TV money on the local level in recent years in baseball, which Forbes detailed in an April cover story. The Los Angeles Angels inked a deal with Fox Sports valued at $2.5 billion over 17 years, including a 25% equity stake in the network. The Texas Rangers signed a 20-year, $3 billion contract including its equity stake. The Los Angeles Dodgers sold for a record $2 billion, fueled by bidders eager for a piece of its next TV deal expected to top $3.5 billion.
The Phillies' payday is coming soon as their deal with Comcast expires after the 2015 season (the Rangers deal does not kick in until 2015). The Phillies led MLB in local television ratings in 2011, averaging a 9.7 on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia. Ratings have increased for nine consecutive seasons and Philadelphia is the fourth biggest TV market in the U.S. The local rights fee for Phillies' broadcasts was $25 million last year. The new deal will likely be three to four times that level. Yes, the Phillies can afford Cole Hamels.


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Sometimes, laughs Jeff Tanaka, it's like a scene from the movie Fargo, set in the northern Minnesota fields, waves of snow blowing across the tarmac that after a short while all anyone sees of Jeff and Fred Tedeschi and Eric Buck and John Ligmanowski is their eyes blazed against their snow covered coats.
"I guess you'd say we're the boots on the ground," says Tanaka, the Bulls assistant athletic trainer and part of the four-man behind the scenes team that is the support for the Bulls traveling party. "Any snafus, any needs, problems, changes once we're on the road, we're there to solve and resolve."
It's unquestionably a glamorous life to be part of the regular traveling group for a professional sports franchise. With the upgrades in living in the last two decades, teams now fly private charter aircraft which is almost a door to door service. The airplanes are equipped with first class meals for every flight. The teams stay at the world's best hotels, generally Four Seasons or Ritz-Carlton. And the company includes not only the greatest sports stars of the era, but backstage passes, in effect, to the concert of sports.
"I feel like I'm the luckiest guy on earth," says head trainer Fred Tedeschi. "To come from where I did (small northern California town) and have a passion for this work and being able to apply that working with great people and athletes, yes, it can be a grind at times, but it's never really felt like work. I feel like I was put here for that, if I am putting that right."
Yes, every job no matter how glamorous sounding is a job if they call it that and you have to be there. But many would give anything to be in the places of guys like the trainers, Tedeschi and Tanaka, the security director Buck and equipment manager Ligmanowski. But it's hardly always the red carpet, and when it is they generally have to put it down.
It's the tale of the support people with all teams that make the day and night go more smoothly so that the players can have that many fewer distractions and more highlight dunks.
It wasn't that way years ago, of course. Though as the basketball business grew and prospered and the players became mini corporations, the demands and expectations grew. I remember the late Johnny Kerr telling me about his Syracuse Nationals team traveling to Ft. Wayne for games. The train then didn't come into Ft. Wayne, but a smaller town about 30 miles north. So the players would hire four or five kids with their hot rods to drive them into Ft. Wayne when the train came in. And, no, the kids didn't carry the bags.
Even into the late 1980's I recall traveling with the Bulls well into Michael Jordan's career. The team traveled on commercial airplanes. We stayed at Marriotts, Sheratons, Holiday Inns and Hiltons. The players carried their luggage.
Those practices began to change when the Detroit Pistons purchased a plane in the late 1980's. Once someone does it, everyone has to. Then teams started upgrading hotels and now teams not only provide food on every flight, but generally in conference rooms in the hotel after every practice or shootaround. The players get about $135 per day in meal money per their labor deal, and the teams provide meals all day long. It's not required, but once one does, they all have to. Though teams generally drew the line when Mark Cuban got softer towels for the Mavericks.
When the team is home, there is plenty of support in the organization of scores of staffers.
The road starts with Karen Stack-Umlauf, the 28-year veteran administration director who arranges the hotels for the season and the aircraft, setting up and constantly altering contracts as coaches invariably change times of practices or when to leave after games or the next day if there is no back to back.
But once the team leaves Chicago, it's a relatively small party of usually about 40.
The team radio and TV broadcasters travel with the team along with a crew from Comcast or WGN depending on who is televising. They are pretty much on their own, though they travel on the team plane and the buses to and from the arena and airport. The team also sends a media staffer and occasionally team executives like John Paxson and Gar Forman will travel when they are not scouting college and international players along with a massage therapist on long trips, a strength coach and video coordinator.
There otherwise is a staff of about 20 players and coaches with the primary attention to the players, first with their medical needs as basically everyone is on some sort of routine of rehabilitation, recovery or prevention all the time and then as issues develop.
The players meet at the private air terminal, drop their bags and the next time they see them they are in their rooms at the hotel. Which is the less glamorous life as once the plane lands basically the foursome of Tedeschi, Buck, Tanaka and Ligmanowski handle some 100 to 200 pieces of luggage and team medical and staff equipment, getting them off the plane, loading onto a truck, then unloading the truck or bus at the hotel and handing it all off to bellmen at the hotel for delivery to the rooms.
The loading and unloading can take several hours every night as getting to bed after night games with travel is often after 4 a.m. for them and then early wakeups in a few hours to prepare for shootaround or practice.
"I guess it justifies the Four Seasons or Ritz so we don't complain," Tedeschi says with a laugh. "But it's a great group of people. You see something that needs to be done and they do it. Nobody is above anything. It's a group effort."
Because some misery is better with company.
"I remember going to Minnesota one time," recalls Ligmanowski, the ubiquitous equipment man who's been with the Bulls from ball boy up for more than 30 years. "We left Chicago it was 10 below and it was a snow storm when we got there. We couldn't get the truck started (when the plane landed). We got Chevy Blazers with tow trailers and loaded all the stuff in them. And that was the beginning of a West Coast trip when we had more equipment. It can get pretty nasty on that tarmac, the wind blowing; it's open and you're out there awhile tagging bags, sending them."
And that's when things go right. Tedeschi is, in effect, also the traveling secretary, responsible not only for the initial medical well being but the travel arrangements and issues. Twice this season, the Bulls had airplane problems. Once was on the road in Minnesota in preseason. The team already had left the hotel the afternoon before the game as they generally fly out after games. So imagine trying to get about 40 rooms at midnight with a bus to take them back? Plus let the league know, as they have to be aware of all changes, and coordinate back home with the team. Plus make sure to tip everyone who helps, and there are a lot of helpers to make things work right.
"You don't want to be the guy who gums up the works," said Tanaka, who handles ground bus transportation.
Sometimes they just don't show up, and guess whose fault that would be? Not that anyone would actually blame you, says Tanaka, but you'd feel guilty.
They are something of the four horsemen. And they are pretty good at avoiding the apocalypse.
Here's a look at who they are:
Fred Tedeschi, head athletic trainer
The 15-year Bulls veteran is one of the more decorated in the field, a former president of the trainers' association, serving as head trainer overseas for the NBA's Basketball without Borders for two summers after serving on the trainers' executive board.
Tedeschi grew up in a small town in the Napa Valley, Calistoga, an avid athlete who later played college golf. "I had a lot of sports injuries playing," says Tedeschi with a smile.
Like most kids with no career plan, he was off to college, to the University of the Pacific in Stockton and gravitated to the training room given interest in medicine from several surgeries he'd already had and sports. "And I never left," he says.
As it happened, the Vermeil brothers, Al, the former Bulls strength coach, and Dick, the then Philadelphia Eagles coach, were from the same town. Fred reached out after graduate work in physical education and trainers' work. Dick Vermeil was leaving the Eagles. So he passed Fred's resume onto his friend, Bill Walsh with the 49ers, and Fred got a position as an trainers' intern. He was there two years and then got a trainers' job with the U.S. men's and women's volleyball teams. He was looking to move on to a head trainer position, which he got at Vanderbilt just after Will Perdue was drafted by the Bulls. He was there three years, then four years at the University of California at Berkeley before being hired by the Bulls in 1998 when Chip Schaefer left with Phil Jackson.
As trainer, his first duties are the preliminary work with an injured player, though team doctors diagnose and order tests. And though the Bulls have been hit by injuries, most unexpected with players who have been hurt before, core players like Joakim Noah and Luol Deng, have been able to play through injuries given close work with the training staff and conditioning.
The toughest part?
"Being away from home," says Tedeschi, whose children are now 19 and 17. "They've grown up with dad six months (away and really more with summer leagues and rehab work). When they were young, I made sure regardless how crappy I may have felt to always be up before they headed off to school. I felt otherwise I'd lose that connection with them. You'd want to sleep in, but it always was worth it [to be up]. The hardest part always was being away."
Jeff Tanaka, assistant athletic trainer
He's from San Jose and went to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo majoring in physical education and kinesiology. He was a trainers' intern there and got an internship with the then L.A. Raiders. Not unlike Tedeschi, who would later hire him at Cal, Tanaka played in college but was injured. "The physical therapists showed me some things and I was interested and liked the team atmosphere," says the gregarious Tanaka. "Like a lot of things when you network things come up."
A Cal Poly alumni was with the Raiders, which got him a chance there and then the 49ers were looking for an intern grad assistant and the alumni recommended him and he got the job after interviewing with Bill Walsh, which Tanaka still considers a lifetime thrill.
He then got a chance with NFL Europe as the league was bringing in young assistants to train like the NBA does with the D-League. He went to Atlanta for camp and then Amsterdam. His old boss with the 49ers knew Tedeschi, who needed some help and Tedeschi hired Tanaka for aquatics and help with football and eventually to men's basketball and then went back to the 49ers in the early 2000's.
Tanaka was at the NFL draft combine one year in Indianapolis and knowing Tedeschi came up to Chicago for a visit to exchange ideas.
"I got to know Pax and Gar and they were nice enough to let me travel with the team on a trip," Tanaka recalls. "I thought I'd take back some stuff and see how we could relate it to football."
Then assistant Marc Boff left to join take over the Bucks head job and Tedeschi offered Tanaka the job.
Tanaka has worked extensively the last year with Derrick Rose, but also helps Tedeschi with preventative and rehab work that basically every player has to work on every day. When an injury occurs, they work with the 20 or so team doctors in various areas to get the rehab program and then guide the players.
"Related to football, it's such a small traveling party," says Tanaka. "We are the help. The best part has been the relationships, the players and staff and the feeling you've helped them get better so they could maximize their abilities and be their best. It's a great feeling."
Eric Buck, director of security
A local kid who grew up in Orlando Park, he went to Western Illinois University, got a law enforcement administration degree and spent 27 years with the Illinois State Police splitting that among patrol, undercover auto theft and the casino gaming board. Never a gun in his face, Buck said, but plenty of cars careening down the interstate right at him. He retired unscathed in the summer of 2010 after the 2009-10 season when the security chief Tom Holbert decided to get off the road. Buck had been among the many off duty officers doing security at the United Center. He'd asked Holbert once before if he needed an assistant, and the Bulls then asked if he'd like the job fulltime. At least in season.
Traveling security is essentially when the players are between the arena and hotel, in the hotel, at practice and meetings. During games, the NBA has ample security in arenas, though Buck is around as that friendly face if players need anything and as a backup. But he doesn't hit the clubs with them.
"I tell the guys at the beginning of the season I'm not here to question what they are doing, just to help, solve little problems," Buck explained.
Sometimes it's a wakeup call or maybe a search for luggage or something lost or left back at the hotel. And sometimes they ask for an errand, where Buck will draw the line and tell them where they can buy toothpaste if they need it.
"I'm there when needed," he says. "You find yourself being an alarm clock, bus coordinator, searching for luggage. If there are big media events, I'm there if they're looking for someone they know. I don't go out with the players. I tell them if they need to ask me if it's a place they should go they should question, why they are going there. They're all young adults."
Plus, the NBA publishes lists of off limits places in all cities players should stay away from.
"On the road, I try to be wherever they (team) are so it doesn't get overcrowded by guests, autograph seekers," says Buck. "At the hotel I always make sure they (hotel) takes steps (with barriers) to keep the fans from restricting our walk. Then it's up to the players if they want to stop and sign autographs. It's their call. I'll just tell them how much time we have."
There generally are groups of fans staking out team hotels for autographs, and Buck has spent more time the last few months with Derrick Rose as he's come onto the court before games to shoot and escorting him through arenas given his celebrity.
"Just so there's no pushing or rough stuff," Buck says. "I'll watch the crowd during the games to find boisterous ones who might be a problem, abusive language, aggressive attitudes who need to be spoken to."
Generally, there are two buses to the games for early and later pregame shooting and to and from the airplane. Buck will make sure everyone is accounted for daily.
"I didn't expect how much there was to do out of a two and a half hour game," says Buck. "You don't realize how much goes into it with the equipment and everything. Those guys have much more to do. It's a great group to work with."
John Ligmanowski, equipment manager
Ligs is the veteran, the East Leyden High School kid whose cousin worked for the team and helped him get a ball boy job in 1976. He hasn't left. He worked up to running the visiting locker room in the old Chicago Stadium and Bulls equipment manager in 1990.
He's the guy with all the socks and 21 uniforms, seven different ones—Hardwood Classics, white, red, black, Los Bulls, Christmas, St. Patrick's Day—and three sets of each.
He'll open the day helping the visiting team at shootaround getting their locker room ready and by the time he's done on game day it's after midnight washing the team uniforms. Similarly on the road at visiting arenas. No one knows better how much detergent to use.
He's the guy getting the hundreds of shorts and t-shirts and socks for the season, quickly getting a new uniform as players come and go, especially around trade deadline and with 10-day contracts, and trying to figure in January when he orders what he'll need for the following season that also never stops anymore with draft workouts and summer leagues.
Sometimes, though not often, he says, he'll get a kid who tosses dirty socks or something at him, but he shrugs after this long.
"Sometimes you have a bad day," Ligmanowski says. "I understand. But I've been around awhile, I'll say something if I have to. But we've had good groups."
Just like the friendly foursome the players have helping and supporting them.


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A non-violent defense of your personal economy
By Jeffrey Reeves MA
America needs neither the terrifying tsunami of new programs overwhelming it from the White House nor the violent volcanic eruption of legislative magma and ash under which the Congress is burying us. Can you say "debt?"
Some Americans voted for "change" during last year's presidential sweepstakes, clearly a gamble. However, a very small but not inconsequential minority of far left politicians, union bosses at the helm of sinking ships loaded with American workers' gold they claim as their own, a seemingly unending parade of "czars," and cabinet-members-turned-bureaucrats conspire to take over the U.S. economy.
There are other contributors to and beneficiaries of these catastrophic changes:
- ACORN: A vile organization that manipulates good-hearted Americans for the benefit of its intentionally obscure ideology and the financial benefit of its dishonest leaders.
- AARP: Americas largest insurance seller masquerading as the voice of older citizens while it lobbies for programs that will enhance its bottom-line and increase the political power it wields in the White House and on Capitol Hill.
- Al Gore's army of uninformed global warming crusaders who would willingly weaken the U.S. economy -- and therefore the personal economy of every U.S. citizen -- while China, India, the Oil States and other economic powerhouses buy America with money made by ignoring the same unrealistic and unnecessary protocols the dolts in D.C. impose on American citizens and businesses.
- Other vocal interests in the non-profit and for profit sectors that hope to benefit from the "re-interpretation" of the U.S. Constitution, the restructuring of the U.S. economy, and the re-definition of what it means to be an American.
The answer: Change their mind about money. Americans have been taught to compartmentalize money issues. They've been led to believe that they can fix personal economic problems by focusing on one issue at a time: the mortgage, the 401(k), creating the mythical six months savings account, and taxes. As an example, a TV commercial running currently suggests that one can fix the monthly budget by changing from an existing satellite TV company to theirs -- a savings of a few dollars per month.
Personal economies don't work that way.
Personal economic success results from adopting a personal economic model that allows your clients to address all of the challenges they face during their lifetimes; that allows them to flexibly and creatively deal with the challenges as they arise without losing focus of the big picture.
Here's how: Focus on four -- and only four -- uses of money.
Myth No. 1: Ready cash. There is a myth in America that one should have three to six months of expenses set aside to deal with emergencies. Bunk!
Consider how many American families today are facing foreclosure, repossession of their cars and furniture, and bankruptcy; all because they believed in the myth and ran out of money way too soon. Consider how many of these same folks would have spent the Fourth of July worry-free, sitting on the patio, drinking beer and watching the kids play if they had based their personal economies on cash instead of credit.
Americans need to base their personal economies on cash money and not monthly interest charges that make others wealthy from their repayments of borrowed money. In addition, they need enough ready cash to deal with life's surprisingly unsurprising surprises, not just emergencies.
There's another myth that plays into the failure of personal economies:
Myth No. 2: Income you don't have to work for and you won't outlive. Most American's are convinced that retirement is both desirable and achievable. Bunk!
Most Americans believe that they are saving for retirement by putting money into a tax qualified retirement plan like a 401(k), IRA, or the like.
First of all, chances are better than even that money in a tax qualified plan will not produce the income it was projected to deliver when it was sold 20, 30, or 40 years earlier. (Yes, it is the purchase of an investment that guarantees only that it guarantees nothing, and it is not a savings plan). Moreover, it is equally likely that the taxes on that future income will be higher than those shown in the hypothetical illustration from decades earlier.
Everyone dies. People who retire ( i.e., dissolve into inactivity) die sooner. Life expectancy has increased dramatically throughout the past 50 years. If your clients are in decent health, and don't engage in stupid life-threatening activities, they can expect to live to be 100 years old -- or older.
What's the point? Most retirement income plans -- including tax-qualified plans -- use life expectancy tables to determine how your clients should allocate their resources from the time they retire until the date of their death at average life expectancy, which is most likely a decade or two less than their actual life span will be. Sounds like bad planning to me.
Better to have a proven model that makes sure your clients have the income they need, whether they work or not but doesn't strap them with the limitations and probable failures of a hypothetical plan that neither guarantees nor promises specific results.
Myth No. 3: Freedom from debt. There are pundits and advisors who would have you believe that there is such a thing as "good debt." Bunk!
It is essential to reduce and eliminate debt to others. This may not be the first item on the to-do list if your clients have a mortgage, auto loans, credit card debt, etc. but is equally as important as the others.
A recent USA Today article illustrates that America is "in debt up to [its] eyeballs" and has no reasonable chance of escaping the dungeon it's creating for itself. As Peggy Lee sang a few decades ago, "Is that all there is? If that's all there is, my friend, then let's keep dancing. Let's bring out the booze and have a ball, if that's all there is..."
Reliance on debt for the essentials and perks of living in the U.S. is financial nihilism; keep using it until it runs out, embrace failure, and start again. Unfortunately, there are thousands of homeless Americans that discovered it's nearly impossible to regain what they lost to debt. There are millions more that find themselves in diminished circumstances or relying on public assistance and charitable largess.
None of the above denies that there are occasions when incurring debt can be useful. Our economy permits it and encourages it when there are no other reasonable alternatives; the home mortgage being the prime example. However, relying on debt to build your clients' personal economies is just as silly as relying on a poor diet to assure their health.
Myth No. 4: Your clients' legacy. There is a class of Americans that believe you should die broke and leave no legacy to your heirs or anyone else. Bunk!
I personally feel that leaving a legacy of wisdom and wealth (if you have it) is one of the main reasons we are here.
Creating family wealth has allowed America to grow into the most powerful economy in history. The simple truths found in the financial admonitions of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and other lesser-knowns are why Americans have amassed more wealth in 200 years than the rest of the world did in two millennia.
Perhaps those who have received no legacy find it difficult to comprehend these ideas. If that's the case, ask them to imagine their lives had they received the guidance of wise counsel and the benefit of a financial foundation. If they do so honestly, they will recognize the value of legacy -- and do something about it.
These four pillars are essential to every successful personal economy. Money is the essential foundation for that success. Debt may play a role, but it erodes the foundation and weakens the structure so must be used sparingly and cautiously.
Remember the paradox of frugality: when individuals strengthen their personal economies by following the practices of the Money for Life Model, they weaken the hold of the Debt Paradigm economy promoted in Washington and on Wall Street.
The "soulution" to the thrift paradox may be as elusive as Nessie (the Loch Ness monster) to the dolts in D.C. and the Wonks on Wall Street, so I expect the U.S. economy to muddle along until we replace them with representatives that actually understand economics and have a modicum of wisdom.
In the meantime, take care of yourself and your clients. Build their personal economy on a solid foundation that supports the four pillars.
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Anaheim Things to Do
Places within an 8-mile radius (of Anaheim):
• The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art (Santa Ana)
2002 N. Main St, Santa Ana, CA, 92706 714.567.3600
The Bowers Museum is well known for its displays of artifacts and antiquities from any different cultures. This summer, they will have an exhibit on the Terracotta Warriors from China.
• Discovery Science Center (Santa Ana) http://www.discoverycube.org/about.aspx?n=517740
2500 N. Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 714.542.2823
The Discovery Science Center is a museum dedicated to the increased awareness and appreciation for science, math, and technology in children, teachers, and the general population through interactive exhibits and programs.
• Ripley's Believe it or Not (Buena Park)
7850 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, CA 714.522.7045
Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum is a collection of the unusual from all over the world, including replicas of Robert Wadlow, the World's Tallest Man, and 8 legged pigs.
• Block at Orange (Orange)
The Block is an outdoor mall, with movies, dining, and the occasional cultural event. They also play host to the largest deaf social gathering in Southern California every second Friday of the month.
• Downtown Disney (Anaheim) http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/moreMagic/landing?name=DowntownDisneyLandingPage&bhcp=1
Adjacent to Disneyland itself, Downtown Disney has shopping, restaurants, and other establishments including the House of Blues and the ever popular Build-A-Bear Workshop or the Lego Imagination Center.
• The Plaza (aka Old Towne Orange) (Orange)
Antique shopping at the Orange Circle (which is about 5-6 miles) Intersection of Glassell and Chapman.
Downtown Orange has many restaurants and is home to the largest National Register District in California. There are buildings with over 50 architectural styles of California from 1888 to the 1940s.
• Downtown Fullerton
Downtown Fullerton is home to many restaurants and bars and the historic Fox Fullerton Theater, currently under renovation, the Fox shows movies on its back wall throughout the year.
• Angels Stadium (Anaheim)
Home to the Anaheim Angels, fans can take tours of the stadium and watch them play the Oakland Athletics.
• Honda Center (Anaheim)
Formerly known as The Pond, this is the home of the Anaheim Ducks hockey team and also numerous other cultural, musical, and sporting events.
• Century Stadium Promenade 25 (Orange)
Southern California has an abundance of movie theaters, perhaps because of our proximity to Hollywood. Here is another place to get your movie fix.
• Disneyland (Anaheim) http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage
The home to Mickey Mouse and friends, Disneyland and Anaheim are nearly synonymous.
• Knott's Berry Farm (Buena Park)
8039 Beach Boulevard. Buena Park, CA USA 90620, (714) 220-5200
Knott's Berry Farm has it all, Mrs. Knott's Fried Chicken, rollercoasters for thrill seekers, and Camp Snoopy for the little ones. Rollercoaster fans have to try Ghostrider, a terrifyingly awesome wooden rollercoaster and the longest on the West Coast.
• Medieval Times (Buena Park)
7662 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, CA 90620, 1-888-WE-JOUST
Medieval Times is a dinner and tournament, fun for anyone who ever wanted to ride a horse while swinging a sword.
• Pirate's Dinner Adventure (Buena Park) http://www.piratesdinneradventure.com/
7600 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, CA 90620, 1.866.439.2469
At the Pirate's Dinner Adventure you can fulfill your obsession with pirates all during dinner.
For help getting around on buses and other forms of public transportation, visit Google Transit. http://www.google.com/transit
Fun, Free (or Almost Free) Things to do in Orange County
Fullerton Arboretum [1] A beautiful place to walk on the campus of Cal State Fullerton. Please remember your sunscreen, water and hat! Check their website for hours before you go.
Orange County Great Park [2] Located south of Anaheim in the city of Irvine, this park- formerly a marine base built as a wartime air station in 1942- offers free carousel rides and hot-air balloon rides, as well as an art gallery and children's playground.
To visit the beach and other parks in the area go to [3]
See the Visitor & Convention Bureau's main site at [4]
Local Farmers' Market listing [5]
Check for events at the OC Fairgrounds [6]
Check for current events in the local alternative press newspaper OC Weekly [7]
About 20 minutes away from the Anaheim Convention Center: Drive over to Long Beach and look at the Queen Mary, the coastline, and the Port of Los Angeles [8]. You can ride the AquaBus or AquaLink for cheap [9]. NOT FREE but worth it: while in Long Beach visit the Aquarium of the Pacific [10]. Also, come up to the top of Signal Hill and look at a panoramic view of the same and see all the way to downtown Los Angeles on a clear day! [11]


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Crab Cakes with Horseradish Cream
It's nearly impossible to say no to crab cakes. Here's a recipe that won't make it any easier-simple crab-filled cakes with a creamy, peppery sauce.
- ½ dash sour cream
- ½ c. mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp. drained bottled horseradish
- 1 lb. lump crabmeat
- 1 c. dry bread crumbs
- 3 scallions including green tops
- ¼ c. chopped fresh parsley
- Pinch cayenne
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. fresh-ground black pepper
- 3 tbsp. Cooking oil
- In a small bowl, whisk together the sour cream, 1/4 cup of the mayonnaise, and the horseradish.
- In a large bowl, combine the crabmeat, the remaining 1/4 cup mayonnaise, 1/4 cup of the bread crumbs, the scallions, parsley, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Shape the crab mixture into eight patties. Coat the patties with the remaining 3/4 cup bread crumbs and pat off the excess.
- In a large nonstick frying pan, heat the oil over moderate heat. Working in batches if necessary, fry the cakes until golden brown and crisp, about 2 minutes. Turn and fry until golden brown on the other side, about 2 minutes longer. Drain on paper towels. Serve with the horseradish cream.
- Fish Alternatives: There's really no substitute for sweet fresh crabmeat-but for a completely different taste, you could use one pound of cod, cooked and flaked.
- Wine Recommendation: A full-bodied white such as a chardonnay from California will be delightful with the crab. Try to find one that isn't too oaky-just full of the taste of ripe fruit.
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Policy Making after Disasters
Helping Regions Become Resilient – The Case of Post-Earthquake Abruzzo
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Abruzzo is at a tipping point: despite economic, cultural and natural strengths, the region is facing declining economic growth, ageing population and a reduction in outside economic aid. The devastating earthquake that hit the regional capital L'Aquila and its surroundings on 6 April 2009 caused 309 deaths and was a significant economic shock, jeopardizing the long-term growth prospects of an already vulnerable region.
To increase its resilience to current and future shocks, Abruzzo must encourage innovation-driven growth, based on knowledge and better use of skills, and redesign the city of L'Aquila through technological upgrade to make it more attractive to outsiders and improve the quality of life of its residents.
The report suggests that Abruzzo should focus on endogenous resources to build its long-term development strategy and, at the same time, to increase the external openness of the regional system to attract more entrepreneurs, students, foreigners and external capital. The economic development and quality of societal life in Abruzzo will strongly depend on how private and public actors will make the best use of existing knowledge, strengthening the cultural and economic networks as a major tool for growth; as well as promoting information sharing, transparency, accountability and community engagement to improve decision making.
More broadly, the issues raised in the report can help other governments to rethink regional policy, for both regions vulnerable to natural disasters and for those facing long-term decline. As such, eight guiding recommendations for building resilient regions after a disaster are drawn. These guiding recommendations can provide a framework for policy making in other OECD regions.


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"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
Lao Tzu
"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for."
William Shedd
"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more."
Erica Jong
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
"The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage."
"The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been kindness, beauty, and truth"
Albert Einstein
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill
"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying."
Joan of Arc
"It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare"
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"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
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We've always wondered where IKEA gets its crazy product names, like the Kramfors sofa and BEST
GRA TV unit with casters. It turns out IKEA actually has funky a system based on names of stuff from its native lands, says ahundredmonkeys.com.
Items for the bathroom like Apskar (a wash basin), Toftbo (a bathroom mat), and Sanni (a bath sheet) are named after Scandanavian lakes, rivers and bays–that seems appropriate.
Stuff for kids is named after mammals, birds, and adjectives. So if you buy your children a Smyg, they're getting a lamp named for a wren. And a child's desk is Fartful, which of course means "speedy" in Swedish.
For the full run-down, Wikipedia has all the answers.
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Fox News: Solar Power "Might Be Tanking Our Economy"
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Fox News is pointing to one struggling solar company to suggest that the solar industry is "tanking our economy," ignoring rapid growth in the clean energy sector that has helped, not hurt, our economy.
SoloPower, a California-based solar panel manufacturer, recently announced it will lay off workers in order to cut costs. The company received a federal loan guarantee but has been unable to draw down on it as it has not met the requirements. Fox News seized on SoloPower's difficulties as evidence the solar industry "might be tanking our economy" during a Fox & Friends segment called "Who's Ruining the Economy?" that regularly attacks green energy investments.
In fact, solar industry jobs grew more than twice as fast as the rest of the economy between 2003 - 2010. While some solar manufacturers have struggled to compete with heavily subsidized Chinese competitors, falling solar panel prices are driving record installations and putting solar energy on track to become cost-competitive with fossil fuels within a decade.
Experts note that it is common for an industry to consolidate as it matures, as some companies are out-competed or bought out by larger companies. But Fox News has repeatedly pointed to individual companies in order to smear the entire clean energy industry. This segment was no exception, featuring a graphic purportedly showing the Obama administration's "failed" clean energy investments, most of which have not actually failed.
While Fox News claims solar power is "tanking our economy," it campaigns for policies that could actually inflict severe harm on the economy such as Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan, which would impose severe spending cuts while possibly raising taxes on the middle class.
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Paul is now part of the fourth generation in America that is involved in farming and hopes the next generation will be involved also. Through his blog he provides analysis and insight to farmer tax questions.
Many farmers want their farm to continue as farmland as long as possible. In many circumstances, they will donate an easement to a conservation charity that will restrict the land to farming and not allow it to be developed. In these cases, the tax laws allow the farmer to take a deduction for the "value" that has been lost due to the granting of the easement.
The tricky point is how do you value this easement. There have been many battles with the IRS over these values and in a recent tax court case involving Esgar Corporation et al., the IRS won. In this case, the taxpayer argued that the highest and best use for their irrigated farmland in Colorado was for gravel mining since there were gravel pits operating in their immediate vicinity. The IRS argued that the highest and best use was as irrigated cropland and that is what the court decided.
The court maintained that the highest and best use for any land is its current use unless the taxpayer can show a compelling reason for a different use.
In this case, the deduction that the taxpayers claimed on their original tax returns was in excess of $2 million and the final number that the court allowed was approximately $100,000.
If you are considering this type of conservation easement, it is very important that a reasonable valuation be obtained. If the conclusion is that the highest and best value for your farmland is for other purposes, be prepared for a fight with the IRS.
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Away: Baltimore [4-5 ATS] Home: Pittsburgh [4-5 ATS]
Game Time: 8:20 PM Stadium: Heinz Field
Recent Meetings: N/A
Team Leaders: Baltimore: Passing: Joe Flacco (2331) Rushing: Ray Rice (657) Receiving: Anquan Boldin (548)
Pittsburgh: Passing: Ben Roethlisberger (2287) Rushing: Jonathan Dwyer (355) Receiving: Mike Wallace (539)
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Might be jumping the gun here...but I'm gonna gamble that Roethlisberger sits out this one with a bad shoulder. If he's out the line will move considerably towards Baltimore.
Take the Ravens +3.5 while you can get it even if Big Ben plays, he'll be less than 100% and this series has a way of producing three-point margins of victory.
Mike Tomlin was referring to the game Sunday night against the Baltimore Ravens when he labeled Ben Roethlisberger "questionable" to play quarterback for the Steelers. He could just as easily have meant their game Dec. 2 in Baltimore.
Roethlisberger has injuries to a rib and his right shoulder that Tomlin described as a sprain to the sternoclavicular (SC) joint, which connects the sternum to the collarbone. As with other sprains, there are degrees, and it has not been made public to what degree Roethlisberger's shoulder was sprained. After an MRI Monday night, Roethlisberger was having more tests Tuesday
There is NO doubt in my mind Joe Flacco is a repeat offender when it comes to point shaving, but I think we all saw on Sunday what that kid can do if he is serious about putting up numbers. I personally think BIG Ben used that sack to leave a game which he had NO intention of covering the chalk (friends and family plan was in effect).
With that said, without BIG Ben at the controls, the Steelers have ZERO shot of covering even if the number was plus six (6)… If he plays, and I think he will stop this CHARADE and suit up, you got to like the Steelers at the house minus a field goal… We shall monitor the injury report…
Take the Ravens +3.5 while you can get it even if Big Ben plays, he'll be less than 100% and this series has a way of producing three-point margins of victory...
OH HAPPY DAY...the game swings 7 points...already took the Ravens +3.5 on Monday and now I get to play Pittsburgh +3.5 for the same money...
PITTSBURGH + 3.5 (even if I have to play QB!)
Ugh, Leftwich? I never liked him. He looks like he's playing in slow motion.
But, Mendenhall coming back is what's helping my decision on this game - also, like I used in the Lions/Packers thread:
"Division Rival Home Dog"
Steelers +3.5