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We're Working Families and We Vote
Janice's 2K
Janice can think of a lot of things that middle class families could do with their $2,200 tax cut. That's why she is joining hundreds of other Western Pennsylvanians to call on Rep. Tim Murphy to extend the middle class tax cuts and let the tax cuts for the super wealthy expire.
Tom's 2K
Speaker John Boehner allowed the House to take a break without giving the middle class the break they deserve. Before the House adjourned this week they left the matter of extending the middle class tax cuts unresolved. While most middle class Americans would be fired for skirting their job responsibilities, the Republican House celebrate their inaction.
Thomas Taylor of Greensburg spoke out against Republican obstruction at Rep. Tim Murphy's office this week. Tom is one of millions of Pennsylvanians who want Congress to renew the middle class tax cuts and are concerned about fiscal cliff cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. His 46-year-old son is severely developmentally disabled and needs round the clock institutional care that is paid for by Medicaid and Social Security. Despite earning a good salary for most his career as an advertising executive, Taylor acknowledges that caring for his son would have put him in poverty if not for Social Security and Medicaid.
Alex and Scarlet's $2K
Alex and Scarlet are working their way through medical school. While they'll eventually be earning good money, times are tough until they finish school. Alex and Scarlet need the $2K middle class tax cut that the House Republicans are threatening to end. That's why they spoke out at Rep.Tim Murphy's office in Greensburg this week and called on their Congressman to extend the middle class tax cuts:
If Republicans were really serious about closing loopholes…
Republican leaders in Congress are demanding lower tax rates for the wealthy, claiming they want to reform "deductions and loopholes" instead — without specifying which ones. If Republicans are serious about closing corporate tax loopholes, they can start with these four:
1. Cleaning Up The Tax Code Starts With Ending The Bush Tax Cuts For The Richest 2%
If we want a cleaner, simpler, and more efficient tax code, start by ending the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2%. How much simpler and cleaner can you get than raising rates? It's also simple math — you can't have a realistic tax plan with numbers that work without raising rates.
2. Hedge Fund Managers Loophole
Should a hedge fund manager get a special break for his billions so he pays a lower rate than his janitor? We need to close the "carried interest" loophole that lets this happen.
3. Wall Street Speculation Tax
Wall Street should help pay to fix the financial mess they created. Put a tiny, highly popular tax on Wall Street gambling to raise that money and discourage reckless financial speculation at the same time.
4. Reward Work More Than Wealth
The reason Mitt Romney paid only a 10% federal income tax rate last year — lower than a middle class family — is because the money he makes off his fortune is taxed at the bottom dollar capital gains & dividends rates.
And then if Republicans are hungry for more, here are eight more loopholes for the wealthy that ensure that the poor and middle class pay more: Continue reading
Tina's 2K
Tina spends her days providing great care for children. Her tax cut goes right back into her day care. She is joining thousands of western Pennsylvanians in calling on Rep. Tim Murphy to extend the middle class tax cuts:
Carl's 2K
If the House doesn't act soon 4.9 million Pennsylvania families could lose their middle class $2,200 tax cut. Carl speaks out on what he would do with his $2K:
Fiscal Cliff Falalalala-Caroling Over the Cliff in Bristol: Mon., Dec.10, 5:30pm
The Fiscal Cliff by Candlelight and Carols: Community Members to Hold Holiday Vigil for the Middle Class
Working Families, Seniors, Small Business Owners and Faith Leaders Call on Rep. Fitzpatrick to Put Middle Class Tax Cuts Under the Tree
BRISTOL- As the fiscal cliff deadline looms, local residents will converge at the Bristol Borough holiday tree on Monday, December 10 for a holiday-themed vigil to call on Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick to extend the middle class tax cuts. The vigil is part of a day-of-action with hundreds of groups participating nationwide.
Aiming to hold Rep. Fitzpatrick accountable to the needs of the middle class, community activists, small business owners and faith leaders will gather under candlelight to speak out on the need to extend the middle class tax cuts, make the richest 2% pay their fair share, and protect Medicare, Medicaid, education and other vital services from cuts.
Following the speaking program, participants will trim the tree with garland comprised of hundreds of "My2K" loops describing what local middle class families would do with their $2,200 tax breaks. Then the group will make their way through the streets of Bristol for tax cut-themed caroling. Participants are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for the Lower Bucks Salvation Army.
WHAT: Holiday Vigil for the Middle Class
WHEN: Monday, December 10, 5:30pm-7:30pm (Speaking program from 6:00pm-6:45pm)
WHERE: Bristol Holiday Tree (Mill St. & Radcliff St.) Bristol, PA
WHO: PA Working Families and Penn Action
Det Ansinn-Local small business owner
Pastor James Evans-Norton Ave. Baptist Church
(Invited) Patrick Murphy-Former Congressman, MSNBC contributor
Pastor Kevin Price-House of Prayer, Levittown
Middle class tax cut recipients and those directly affected by potential cuts
Stop the middle-class tax hikes now: Call Congress
On December 5th, thousands of Americans will pick up the phone to call their elected officials and tell them that now is no time to play games with working class Americans. If an agreement is not reached by January 1st, the average working American will pay more than $2000 in additional federal income taxes in 2013.
Call 866-426-2631 to get background information on the issue, and to be connected to the office of your member of the House of Representatives. Let them know that we rejected the policies of the wealthiest 2% on Election Day, and that it's time to extend the tax cuts for the other 98%.
Call 1-866-426-2631 on Dec. 5th to urge the House to extend the tax cuts for the middle class.
Fiscal Cliff Notes: Community Members to Call on Rep. Tim Murphy to Extend the Middle Class Tax Cuts
Protesters Urge Rep. Murphy to Avoid Pushing the Middle Class off the Fiscal Cliff and Ensure the Top 2% Pay Their Fair Share
GREENSBURG – With the Dec. 31 expiration date of the Bush tax cuts looming large, community members are calling on Rep. Tim Murphy to extend the middle class tax breaks for those making less than $250,000 per year. On Friday at 11:00am, community members will file into Rep. Murphy's Greensburg office to deliver petitions calling on him to extend the middle class tax breaks before they expire at the end of the year.
WHO: PA Working Families
WHAT: Petition Delivery "Don't Push the Middle Class off the Fiscal Cliff"
WHEN: Friday, November 30, 11:00 am
WHERE: Rep.Tim Murphy's Greensburg Office, 2040 Frederickson Place, Greensburg, PA
- The Senate voted in August to extend the middle class tax breaks set to expire at the end of the year. All that is standing in the way of renewing the tax breaks is the House of Representatives.
- According to a new White House study, the failure to extend the middle class tax cuts would cost the average family nearly $2,200 next year.
- 4.9 million middle class Pennsylvania families would lose their tax cuts.
- Ending tax cuts for people earning more than $250,000 would save $1.16 trillion over the next ten years—revenue that would help put people back to work rebuilding our roads and bridges, repairing our schools, and reviving our economy.
- Groups like PA Working Families have found creative ways to urge Rep. Tim Murphy extend the tax cuts for the middle class and end the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% all year.
- On Monday, December 10, numerous labor and community groups will convene in Pittsburgh for a national day of action calling on Congress to extend the middle class tax cuts.


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What's it all about?
Does this booze blog have a mission?
What about a 'mission statement'?
In answering the big blog questions, today I thought it'd be cool to come up with my own mission statement for Year of Living Sober.
Hey, why should Cadbury's and Coca Cola have all the fun? Why can't a lone blogger with a taste for wine and self-mortification get in on the core-value act? He can. He will. Here he goes…
What is this booze blog all about?
This is my 98th post. Coming up to my hundredth post here at Year of Living Sober (see what a great name I chose for this blog is, I mean talk about 'saying what's in the can, on the can') I thought it was about time to answer this question of what's the point of writing a blog about a social experiment in temporary teetotalism?
Sure, I've got a great slogan (Year of Living Sober: When a year off is on) and I've already covered some of my personal reasons for going without alcohol for a year HERE but precisely why did I decide to blog about it too? Where the hell is the YOLS mission statement?
"Why, Ben? Why? What are you trying to achieve with your YOLS blog?"
The answer is simple:
More HAPPY, less SAD.
"Does this booze blog have a mission?"
"Yes it does!"
YOLS blog is about creating 'More Happy' and 'Less Sad'—for me and anyone else who gets it. Hopefully, that means YOU!
Apart from the added, and personally welcome, pressure which comes from making a public declaration about a goal or intention, by writing this blog I hoped to make a bit of a 'statement' about how to increase your quality of life too.
By removing any shame around my old habit, and just accepting it for what it had become—drinking alcohol almost every night—I wanted to say:
"Hey, it's okay to try something new. It might even be a lot of fun."
I wanted more happy and less sad.
Through my blog I wanted to focus on writing—something that brings me a lot of joy—about something else I also love, drinking; maybe NOT drinking could make me, and, by way of my writing about it in a fun way, others happier than if I'd just continued with my habit unchecked?
Year of Living Sober is about healthy evolution. What started with a simple goal for one guy (me!) to give up drinking alcohol for one year has, through the YOLS blog (and other social media) grown to express a broader philosophy and attitude towards drinking which could be succinctly expressed as a mission statement, in slightly corporate speak, thus:
By valuing humor, honesty, acceptance, and our ever present choice to make a healthy change, Year of Living Sober's mission is to promote an alternative and fun approach to enjoying life—with or without alcohol.
So there you have it. My booze blog mission statement. I'm not trying to change the world but I am happy to play my part in a chain of change. While I never want to come off in anyway preachy or, heaven forbid (see what I did there?) condescending, I would love to create positive vibes which start from my tiny corner of the universe and maybe spread out to, oh, I don't know? USA? Canada? England?—and wherever somebody, somewhere is waking up with a hangover and thinking "Maybe I should cut back on the drinking for a bit? Couldn't hurt, could it?"
"No, it couldn't," is how I'd reply. "No it couldn't hurt to take a break from booze for a while. Going from my experience, it might even help."
My name is Ben and I'm a dipsomaniac.
Today is Day 237 of my Year of Living Sober.
Little Booze Joke
How many booze bloggers does it take to change a lightbulb? One. But he''ll have at least two links to other booze blogs similar but different to his.
How about you? Have you ever done a 'Mission Statement' for yourself? Love to get your comment.

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The 145 air-conditioned guestrooms at Holiday Inn Express & Suites Huntsville - University Drive include coffee/tea makers and complimentary weekday newspapers. Guests can use the in-room complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. 32-inch LCD televisions are equipped with premium cable channels. All accommodations provide desks and direct-dial phones with voice mail; free local calls are offered (restrictions may apply). Bathrooms offer hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. Additional amenities include irons/ironing boards and clock radios. In addition, housekeeping is offered daily and amenities available on request include wake-up calls.


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We heard good things but was not impressed. service was good food was ok just not what we expected, though it was up there with Ruths Chris will thy again maybe expectations were too high based on what we heard
We heard good things but was not impressed. service was good food was ok just not what we expected, though it was up there with Ruths Chris will thy again maybe expectations were too high based on what we heard
Their appetizers and desserts are the best! I wouldn't bother getting an entrée because the quality and taste of the appetizers and desserts are so much better. I wasn't impressed with their actual entrees. It is also kind of over priced.
My coworkers and I ate dinner here last night. I was excited to see that Meiomi was on their wine list as it is one of my favorite Pinot Noir's and I will say that they had a nice wine list. I started with a side Caesar salad which was huge and delicious; two people really could have split this.... More
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This is the 3rd time I have eaten here, the food is always up to scratch, so no complaints there. The time before the visit last Thursday me and my 2 friends experienced poor, very slow service and a slight attitude. This last visit was to celebrate a friends Birthday, I went at lunchtime to make a reservation, and was... More
Had dinner recently with people from work who were in town with me for a meeting. The restaurant was very nice with attentive staff. The smoked salmon app was incredible. I had the roasted chicken for dinner and it was also very good. The location was close to many hotels and it was part of a huge shopping complex.
When just the two of us want to go out for a nice dinner, we always choose J Alexander's. We sit by the fireplace, while we wait for our table. Fresh squeeze orange juice always makes for a great cocktail. The food is always good. Miss the hot croissants though.
The atmosphere is great and the artichoke appetizer is amazing! Great wine list and awesome steak at an affordable price.
My husband and I have been to J Alexander's a number of times. Each time, we try something differant and each time we are very pleased. The atmosphere is quiet (we go early) and the servers are friendly.
My fiancée and I made a visit to J Alexander's for his birthday. The ambiance was perfect! A bit dark but perfect for couples! Dinner and drinks were amazing. Service was amazing. Pricey but well worth it. Will definitely return!
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A Milwaukie man said he and a friend were "just fooling around" when they drove too far down a boat ramp and right into the Willamette River.
The front tires of Andrew McNerthney's Dodge pickup truck went off the edge of the paved ramp and the truck became stuck in the water at the Oak Grove boat ramp Monday afternoon.
SLIDESHOW: Pickup submerged in water
With the truck stuck, McNerthney released the emergency brake in hopes of backing the truck out of the water, but it then rolled into the river and became completely submerged.
McNerthney and a passenger, Jason Carter, of Gladstone, were able to climb out of the truck and get to shore safely.
Marine patrol deputies and dive team members responded and attached a tow cable to the truck. It was removed from the water about an hour later.
McNerthney was cited for careless driving, deputies said.
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Wasps are members of the order Hymenoptera, which also includes ants, bees and sawflies.
The common or garden wasps, Vespula vulgaris, and hornets (Vespa) are members of the eusocial family Vespidae. This has about 5000 species.[1]
By far the greater number of species (over 100,000) are the parasitic wasps. Most of them are parasitoids which lay their eggs in the caterpillars of other insect species. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it. This makes wasps critically important in the natural control of pest numbers (biocontrol). Parasitic wasps are increasingly used in agricultural pest control as they prey mostly on pest insects and have little impact on crops.
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Many people usually get confused between wasps and bees. It's pretty easy to tell the difference between bees and wasps, because bees look quite hairy and wasps do not.
Wasps have biting mouthparts and antennae with 12 or 13 segments. They usually have wings and their abdomens are attached to their thorax by a slender petiole, or a "waist". Females have a sting, which they use for piercing and egg laying. Adult wasps feed mostly on nectar, but their larvae feed on insects or pollen, provided by the mother.[2]
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Most free-living wasps are social insects, like bees and ants, but there are a few solitary wasps. Social wasps are formed of paper wasps, yellow jackets and hornets. All three make paper nests from tree wood. They create paper cells similar to the combs that bees make with wax. They chew up bits of wood and convert it into a paste which they use to construct their paper nests.
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The queen lays an egg in each cell of the nests. When it hatches the grub is fed regurgitated insects by the worker wasps. In one group, the pollen wasps, grubs are fed pollen and nectar only. Adult wasps eat only nectar. Unlike honeybees, the ony one in a social wasp colony that will survive the winter is the queen. She will find a place to hibernate - in the hollows of trees, under bark, or in the walls of buildings. In the spring, she crawls out and starts all over agan, building a few cells, laying a few eggs, and nurturing them until they can become workers who will do all the work while she lays more eggs.
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With most species, adult parasitic wasps themselves do not take any nutrients from their prey, and, much like bees, butterflies, and moths, those that do feed as adults typically derive all of their nutrition from nectar. Parasitic wasps are typically parasitoids, and extremely diverse in habits, many laying their eggs in inert stages of their host (egg or pupa), or sometimes paralyzing their prey by injecting it with venom through their ovipositor. They then insert one or more eggs into the host or deposit them upon the host externally. The host remains alive until the parasitoid larvae are mature, usually dying either when the parasitoids pupate, or when they emerge as adults. Farmers buy these parasitic wasps for insect control in their fields.
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The mud dauber is one of the most common solitary wasps. The difference between normal wasps and mud daubers can be seen easily because of its long petiole. The female gathers together mud and puts it in her mouth to use when building her paper nest for her young. She uses her ovipositor to sting and paralyze tiny insects, spiders, caterpillars, and other creatures, which are stuffed into the mud nest. After each cell in the nest is filled and almost overflowing with spiders and insects, the mud dauber lays an egg in each cell, closes the openings, and leaves. Then, when the eggs finally hatch, the larvae, have a perfectly nice feast upon which they will dine until they become adults.
Some solitary wasps make galls, which are abnormal growths on plants. They form directly after the wasp lays its eggs, and the plant develops a growth around the egg, encasing it. The trigger for the gall to form is not known. The gall protects the eggs while they develop. Galls can be found almost everywhere in the late summer, especially on the branches of oak trees, like in this picture.
Some wasps deposit their eggs in wood so that the young wasp larvae will feed on the tree itself, making circular tunnels through the wood as they feed, until they pupate and crawl out of the tree as adult wasps.
Allergy and stings [change]
Only the female wasps can sting. A few people are allergic and might die if stung by a wasp. They do not usually sting something unless it bothers them first. Allergy to bees is uncommon compared with allergy to wasps. Some people have a very marked local reaction to a wasp sting - this can usually be prevented with good self care such as elevation, cold compress, pain relief tablets and antihistamines (care re drowsiness when driving and check if regular medications will react with antihistamines). This is not the same as an allergy - it is a normal immune response If a person has symptoms at a distance from the sting - e.g. spreading rash or itch, tight chest, wheeze, tight swallowing, swollen lips/face, faintness or nausea, he or she needs to seek medical care as an emergency. Prevention of stings is vital as most people do not know if they are allergic or not. Prevention of stings is fairly easy if people understand how wasps live and try to avoid eating sweet foods in their environment and take care over sweet smells when they are particularly hungry in the autumn. Here are special orders to do if somebody gets a wasp sting:
- 1- Scrape away the stringer with a knife blade, credit card, or any other thin object.
- 2- Do not squeeze the sac attached to the stinger. This can push more venom into the skin
- 3- Ice packs will reduce pain as well as swelling.
- 4- The person may have a strong pain for a couple of hours.
- 5- Dull pain can last up to 1 week.
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Wikispecies has information on: Hymenoptera. |
- ↑ Johnson, Norman F. and Triplehorn, Charles A. 2004. Borror's introduction to the study of insects, 7th ed.
- ↑ "wasp (insect) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". britannica.com. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/636580/wasp. Retrieved 6 April 2010.


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Title: | Stochastic Image Restoration: Clean Images and Their Likelihood |
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Date: | 1993 |
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Abstract: | Geman and Geman (Geman 1984) make an analogy between images and statistical mechanical systems. The assignment of an energy function in the noise and the definition of an image restoration process based on: (i) the model described and (ii) techniques available for generating the maximum a posteriori distribution (MAP), using information from the corrupted image. The research described here analyzed the restoration of binary images obtained from the stochastic model by using the mean instead of the MAP estimate and concluded that equally satisfactory results were obtained at much less computational expense. In addition, it was shown that the process was not overly sensitive to parameter selection. |
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Childbirth/Adoption Accommodation
In recognition of the challenges of balancing the demands of graduate study and parenting a new child, this policy aims to improve the environment for student-parents by addressing the conflicts and issues that may arise as the two goals of advanced education and parenthood intersect.
Childbirth/Adoption Accommodation Policy:The goal is to maintain the student's full-time status in his or her academic program and to promote academic progress with reasonable adjustments to be negotiated within the department. The policy provides a period of accommodation (lasting either a half semester or a semester) to ease the new parent's return to full participation in classes, research, teaching, or clinical training by reducing required stipend duties and offering appropriate flexibility for course work, exam, and advisor deadlines. The success of this policy depends upon full and open communication and cooperation among the student, the faculty advisor, the Graduate Program Director, the department chair, and the Dean of the Graduate School.
In most cases, the student will continue full time enrollment during the half semester or semester period. In some cases, depending on the coursework appropriate to the stage of the academic program, reduction to part-time enrollment may be more appropriate. This will require careful consultation, to ensure that the implications for academic progress, visa status, loan eligibility and deferment, and other issues have been thoroughly examined in advance.
Eligibility:Female or male parents of a newly born baby or a newly adopted child who are full time graduate students. In the case of two graduate student parents, there would be a limit of one accommodation per family. It is expected that the accommodation will be used only once during the student's time at Baylor, but special situations may be negotiated on a case by case basis.
Options:The accommodation may be taken for a full or half semester.
- Full Semester: Students who choose this accommodation will work halftime for the full semester. Departments will pay the student for work served as normal. Students will receive the balance of their stipend allotment in their normal paychecks. Students should enter only the actual hours worked on their timecards.
- Half Semester: Students who choose this accommodation will work fulltime for half of the semester. The department will pay the student for work served as normal. During their leave, the student will receive an amount equal to the other half of the stipend.
The start date for accommodation should be carefully calculated with at least one month notice in consultation with the graduate program director; however all parties should recognize that an early or late delivery date or complications in adoption processes may affect timing in unpredictable ways.
The Graduate Program Director may apply to the Graduate School to fund a replacement (graduate student, adjunct, or other part time worker) for an amount up to the half semester period at full stipend or the semester period at half - stipend. Any enhancement funds (e.g. Presidential Scholars or other enhancements) awarded by the Graduate School will be continued as usual at full amounts.
Procedures:As early as possible, students anticipating childbirth or adoption should discuss their intent to apply for Childbirth/Adoption Accommodation with their faculty advisor and Graduate Program Director (GPD). Together the GPD and student will complete the following process:
- Students will complete the Parental Accommodation Application and the Payroll Application at least one month prior to the anticipated start date. A statement of pregnancy signed by a health professional, a birth certificate, or a statement of adoption from the adoption agency or adoption attorney must also be included with the application.
- After discussion with the GPD and collecting appropriate signatures, the student will submit the application to Dr. Chris Rios, Assistant Dean of Graduate Life in The Graduate School.
- Once approved, the student and GPD will be notified. During the semester of accommodation, the department will pay the student for work served as normal. The University will distribute the accommodation funds in installments according to the approved Payroll Application. Any enhancement funds (fellowships) will be paid in the usual ways, without interruption or deduction.
- The GPD may request from the Graduate School funding to cover the hiring of another person (graduate student, adjunct, or other) to replace the accommodated student for the period. The Graduate School will award an amount up to the amounts outlined in the policy.
- In most cases, the student will continue full time study, with accommodations on deadlines for coursework, exams and other academic work to be negotiated within the department. This will allow international students to maintain their visa status and for all students to maintain financial aid agreements requiring full time enrollment status. During the period of accommodation, the student should remain enrolled so as to be eligible for full-time graduate student benefits including housing, health-insurance, student life center use, and library privileges.
- As a matter of policy, paid Childbirth/Adoption Accommodation is limited to a half semester or a full semester. However, special considerations that require an unpaid extended accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the GPD and the Graduate School. Examples could include complications of pregnancy, with birth, or post-natal complications and may involve the negotiation of modified duties between the student and GPD.
- Those graduate students supported by fellowships external to Baylor must adhere to the rules of the granting agency in regard to leaves from work. If the granting agency defers to university policy regarding paid childbirth leave, the leave will be paid by the grant. If the granting agency requires suspension of payment during the leave period, the student will be eligible for substitute payment from the graduate school.


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BRIDES magazine is always so full clever and cute ideas for brides, designers, etc. I love getting the latest issue; I kick back and enjoy the pages and pages of colorful inspiration. This month was no exception as it was their color issue and lucky for us, we were able to be a part of it! The design that made the cut were our fun popsicle programs that actually double as fans {which is good for me as the heat and I have a bit of a tumultuous relationship!} It was definitely one of my personal favorites and perfect for a summer celebration. A HUGE thank you to the amazing team at BRIDES for including us in this issue; all of the ladies are top notch over there! Keep the great ideas coming!
May 22, 2013
Inspiration Station: NSS
I had so much fun walking the National Stationery Show this year! It's awesome having the opportunity to meet so many ridiculously talented designers. Everyone's work is so inspiring, my creative wheels are spinning. And a huge thanks to Nole + Team for putting on an amazing Paper Party, feeling pretty lucky to work in such a great industry!
May 16, 2013
Mini Trip: Palm Springs
There is no two ways around it- this Spring has been pretty crumby. Although I am the most pale person I know, I'm still craving some warm sun so I'm in luck as I get to sneak off to Palm Springs this weekend for a little girls trip! I've had several clients get married in the area so I'm excited to check it out and get inspired. Now I just need to find my SPF 70… wah wah.
May 13, 2013
French inspired branding
Now this was a fun one! Every good photographer needs a strong logo to help set them apart. Janice Yi Photography approached us earlier this year to create a unique and whimsical logo for her photography business. What is even better is that last year Janice was one of our Brides, already knowing one another made it even more personal.
Whenever I work on a branding project, it's important to really take the time to truly understand the personality and message the client trying to portray. In Janice's case she wanted to capture her love of all things French while still playing off her whimsical, romantic aesthetic. I created a few different looks that I felt each expressed Janice's business and let her choose what option worked best for her. The first logo set draws upon a French decorative style with swirling flourishes and vintage French inspired type.
I love the second set of logos! It was inspired by vintage baroque forms and then I peppered the design with sketches of the photographic equipment Janice uses on a daily basis. I love the clever aspect of this as it merges her love of French design with photography.
The final set of logos was Janice's choice. We took inspiration from The Little Prince, with the stars and free flowing shapes. I also love how the circular shape here speaks to the shape of a camera lens.
April 25, 2013
Kraft + Coral: A Florida Wedding
I know we've all seen a lot of kraft paper these days but, man, I still kind of just love it. Julie was one of our clients from last year who came to me with a very distinct vision. She knew she wanted to screen print white ink on kraft paper and to pair that with hand lettering and illustrations. With that as our inspiration, I set out to create a fun suite that incorporated her whimsical vision. Julie collaborated with the amazing Megan of Makewells for the calligraphy on her envelopes. I absolutely love how it turned out! It was so inspired and complimented the suite. Julie sourced some amazing vintage stamps to pull the entire suite together. My favorite part is the coral envleope with the arrow and heart liner. It reminds me of my notebook doodles from seventh grade {add in some "JTT" references and we'd be all set}. Overall, I love how fun this suite is while still evoking the feel of a Florida wedding.
April 16, 2013
Yesterday was a weird one. Having grown up in the Boston area, it was hard to digest all the craziness that happened. Sending lots of love and support to the people Boston- stay strong!
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April 10, 2013
Classic Martha's Vineyard Wedding
Sometimes a client tells you about their wedding and you kind of just want to scheme a way to get invited… that was pretty much the case with Sarah and Todd. They had an amazing wedding on Martha's Vineyard over Labor Day weekend last year. The weekend started with a welcome party at the Bride's family's home followed by a Lobster Bake on Friday evening {with custom bibs- amazing} and a lovely wedding ceremony at the Allen Farm in Chilmark on Saturday night. For Sarah's invites, she wanted them to feel nautical and reminiscent of the Vineyard without having them feel over the top in any one direction. For her invites we created a clean, letterpress invitation with lots of negative space. My favorite element are the blind impressed seagulls in the top right hand corner- so charming. Sarah wanted everything to feel contained so we put all the pieces in a cream invitation folder that matched back to then main and RSVP envelope. When it came to her envelope liner, we had used a vintage MV map on their save the dates and decided to repurpose that here for a sense of continuity, which I loved. Overall, I love how clean and open this suite feels while still evoking the warm, special feeling of a Vineyard wedding.
April 5, 2013
Lauren + Jay: Day of Elements
There is nothing better than working with a couple from their save the dates all the way to their day of elements. I love seeing everything come together at the wedding, I always feel like a proud Mama. Lauren and Jay sent over pics from their big wedding at The Green Building. All the amazing photos below were taken by their very talented photographer, Trent Bailey.
March 22, 2013
Poppy's Catering + Events
Well it's actually a bit of a funny story: A girl walks into a bar… no really, I met Jamie last year at a bar in Brooklyn to discuss her wedding invites. We drank warm beers and discussed her rustic, Upstate vision. At the time Jamie was head of events and catering and The City Bakery in Manhattan. She was all business and I knew she'd be great to work with. A few months later, we moved into a new apartment and I noticed Jamie's unique last name on the neighboring mailbox. I sent her a quick email and asked if she happened to live in this building (thinking probably "no" since what are the odds) and sure enough, we were neighbors. Jamie was pumped because she got free shipping on her invites and I was excited to know someone in the building. We became friends and after Jamie's wedding she started telling me about her idea to open a catering business. Naturally I was all about it and offered to do the branding. I figured she'd take a several months, get her plans sorted out and then baby step into the process of owning a business. Clearly, I didn't quite know Jamie yet. This girl pushed on the gas and went full steam ahead! With clients like Tory Burch, J.Crew and Coach, Jamie's business is already a huge success. Poppy's Catering + Events in located at 243 Degraw Street in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. They offer drop off catering in your home, office, or on set, as well as full service catering for corporate events, weddings, showers, etc. handling all details from the staffing to the decor. The amazing setups that Jamie and her team come up with never cease to amaze me. Her eye for detail is impeccable and every event looks better than the next. I also really love reaping the benefits of their leftovers.
When working on Jamie's branding, it was pretty easy. She has a very clean and simple aesthetic and wanted everything on the logo to serve a purpose. I was gearing up for a long branding meeting but Jamie walked in and pick something from the first round and that was that. As the business continues to grow, I'll share more pictures of the evolution of the Poppy's branding. But here is your first taste of Swiss Cottage Designs new bestie: Poppy's Catering + Events!
The Poppy's Logo:
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Poppy's Website {complete with a pic of Poppy himself, Jamie's grandfather and inspiration for her business}:
The owner, Jamie, and her number one gal, Rachel:
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March 19, 2013
My wedding invites!
I am so excited to share my very own wedding invites on my blog today. After spending the last few years designing for others, it was a surreal experience to be my own {potentially worst} client. Nole, from the amazing blog Oh So Beautiful Paper, shared our invites yesterday but here is a little recap. And by little I mean really long winded, my apologies in advance.
Our invites were quite possibly the hardest thing I had to do for my wedding. Given the fact that I design wedding invitations for a living, there was a bit of "gentle ribbing" from friends and family about their expectations. And frankly, designing for yourself is very hard! We didn't really have a theme going into our wedding but one thing that kept coming up was music and the colors black and white. Our save the date was based on the Rob Base song "It Takes Two" so we weren't afraid to get a little weird. For the actual wedding, I used a line from a Biggie song that ended up being a repeating theme throughout our invites and day of pieces.
I knew I wanted the invite to be focused around a hand drawn illustration since that is what I love to do. We got married in the DUBMO neighborhood of Brooklyn which has some pretty awesome views. There is one iconic street that showcases the Manhattan Bridge with the Empire State Building nestled below; I chose that as our main image to draw. The invitation was printed in two parts then duplexed to #220 and printed on Crane Lettra. One of the important things for me was to have the invite sound like how we both actually speak. We have a very dry sense of humor and we really wanted that to come out in our copy.
For the RSVP card, I created a mini-letterpress record complete with glassine sleeve. I paired this up with a petite black, square envelope and had our return address letterpressed in matte silver on the front. The record was little, roughly 4″ x 4″ so it was easy enough for our guests to ship back to us.
My personal favorite detail was the envelope liner! My friend is a photographer and when looking through her pictures, I saw one of a guy with knuckle tattoos. As soon as I saw that, I knew I wanted to incorporate that same idea into our suite somehow. One I realized that "BROOKLYN" fit on the knuckles, it was a done deal! I really had my heart set on black envelopes so I knew addressing them would be an issue. In came the ridiculously talented Jenna of Love, Jenna calligraphy. She created the perfect look for our suite complete with little details to match back to our design.
We did not do a wedding website but instead provided our guests with an insert chalk full of how to spend a perfect winter weekend in NYC + Brooklyn. This was printed flat on kraft paper.
I finished the suite off with a black + gold twine {from the awesome Knot + Bow} and had a die cut tag created to hold everything together. I love little silhouettes and create one of our hair to use throughout our suite as a continual theme. Overall, we wanted our invites to feel classic, set the tone for our wedding but most importantly to make our friends and family laugh.
The last few bits are from some of our day of elements that we snuck into this shoot. I hope you like everything!


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Trial begins for Ashkar brothers, accused of stealing $5 million lottery ticket
Monday, April 22, 2013
A trial is underway for two brothers charged with stealing a winning $5 million scratch-off lottery ticket from the man who bought it at the Syracuse store owned by the siblings' father.
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Judge dismisses grand larceny charges against two brothers accused of stealing winning $5 million lottery ticket
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
A judge has dismissed attempted grand larceny charges against two brothers accused of stealing a winning $5 million scratch-off lottery ticket from a New York man, ruling that the alleged theft was beyond the statute of limitations
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Father arraigned, accused of helping sons con man out of $5 million lotto ticket
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The father accused of helping his sons con a man out of lottery ticket worth $5 million was arraigned Wednesday morning in Onondaga County Court.
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Lawyer for Syracuse lottery scammers challenges local jurisdiction in court
Friday, January 25, 2013
Two brothers charged with scamming a man out of a $5 million winning lottery ticket sold at a Syracuse store owned by their parents are questioning some aspects of the prosecution's case.
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Brothers charged in $5 million lottery scam to face trial
Monday, November 19, 2012
Two Syracuse-area brothers accused of conning a man out of a $5 million winning lottery ticket will stand trial in April.
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Brothers accused of Lotto scam pleaded not guilty, arraigned on charges
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Two Central New York brothers accused of a major lottery scam, Andy and Nayel Ashkar, were arraigned in Onondaga County Court Wednesday. Andy, 34, the brother who allegedly sold the winning ticket, was arraigned on Criminal Possession in the first degree. Nayel, 36, was arraigned on Attempted Grand Larceny in the first degree.
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Brothers charged with scamming $5 million lottery ticket
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Two brothers from Central New York who made national news with a claim to a $5 million lottery ticket sold at their family's store have been accused of scamming the winning ticket from a customer.
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Nigel Melville Direct
On Tuesday last week I was in Houston to announce that the Eagles Tier 1 test match against Italy on June 23rd will be played at the BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston. The Stadium will open in May this year and will be home to the Houston Dynamo's Major League Soccer side. Ever since I arrived in the USA, 5 years ago, the Texas Rugby Community have consistently expressed their desire to hold another test match in Houston. In 2001, the Eagles hosted South Africa at the Robertson Stadium in Houston, according to reports, the crowd that day was between 12,000 and 20,000 fans!
Four years ago, I met Janis Schmees, Executive Director of the Harris County Sports Authority. Janis showed me the plans to build a 22,000 seater soccer stadium in the City that could also be used for rugby. Having run events in similar facilities I outlined a few issues that we face when using soccer stadiums, such as, short in-goal areas, limited run-off down the touchlines and sleeves in the ground to support goal posts!
I remember the challenges we faced with posts when we played Munster at Toyota Park in Chicago. The ground staff wouldn't put sleeves in the ground, we had to build posts from plastic piping purchased from Home Depot and counterbalanced to make them stay upright! A year later I had breakfast with the Mayor of Bridgeview to plead for post sleeves ahead of our game against Wales – fortunately he gave me his support!
Janis Scmees went one step further, rugby became a part of the planning committee and local rugby stalwarts such as Paul Mabry and Dave McPhail from the Texas Rugby Union provided field sizes during the planning stages, along with post sleeve specifications.
Interestingly, as the Stadium took shape, I met with Jamey Rootes, CEO of the Texans Football Franchise and head of their marketing arm, the Lone Star Entertainment Group. Jamey is a progressive guy, introduced me to his team and outlined their interest in Rugby. Of course, their goal is for Rugby in the Reliant Stadium, a fantastic stadium, but a little big for our needs this year against Italy!
Talks continued, a local organizing committee was created and the game was announced. This is an exciting time for USA Rugby, it is the first time to my knowledge that a City has really embraced the game of rugby in this way. The Dynamo's and the Texan's working with the Sports Authority, local Rugby Union and Texas Youth Rugby to promote a successful event has created a real buzz in Texas. Adding to the momentum for the game, Mayor Parker joined us at our press launch and proudly announced that she was a former rugby player (back-row), and couldn't wait to get her hands on the ball and show me how to pass the ball – that certainly made a great story for the attending media.
New Eagles Coach, Mike Tolkin also joined us for the press conference and spoke about his excitement of bringing the Eagles to Houston this summer. The stage is set, the weekend will be a memorable rugby event for those who attend, and tickets will be going on sale next week. If you are interested in getting ahead of the game CLICK HERE for pre-sale ticket details!
One benefit of working with the City and its sports franchises is their access to a wider sports market than the rugby community. On Tuesday night, the Sports Authority invited me to join them at the Houston Rodeo, an amazing event that included me riding a horse in the opening parade, a chance to watch bull riding and bucking broncos followed by an Enrique Iglasias concert in front of a capacity 85,000 crowd….maybe we should book him for our half time show in June!!
Thanks to everyone for working so hard to make this happen, we look forward to making this event a huge success in June.
With an impressive resume as player, coach and administrator, Nigel David Melville took over as CEO and President of Rugby Operations of USA Rugby, the National Governing Body of the sport in America, in 2006. In addition to his full time job promoting the sport in the U.S., Melville has launched his own blog, Nigel Melville Direct, to further the discussion and his passion for what it will take to make the U.S. a great rugby playing nation.
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Hello CK blog readers! As I look out the window, I see cloud-covered mountains and puddles on the ground from the falling rain. All this "gloom" is getting me even more excited for one of my favorite holidays: Halloween!
Creating the perfect invite for a haunted Halloween party doesn't have to be scary. We made ours using MDS 2™, Stampin' Up!'s digital designing software, so it's mass producible—then we added some embossing to make it look really expensive (I love cheap "expensive"!). If you want to try MDS 2 for FREE for 30 days, you can download it here.
On the banner we used the Ex Libris Background Stamp—since it's one big stamp, the stamping is quick and easy! Other special touches include white embossing to make the stamp pattern stand out, Silver Glimmer Paper that makes the letters pop, and orange stitching, which shows up a lot better than white thread would. Big impact without a lot of effort!
The Trick-or-Treat bag is so trendy and fun—and so easy. Imagine your son or daughter passing these out at their class Halloween party filled with little treats—talk about impressive!
The Toxic Treats jar is a perfect treat jar for your desk at work! If the jar you use is too big for one sheet of paper, you can easily combine two sheets of Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series Paper to give the illusion that it's one sheet.
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Canadian accounting standards issued in recent years have brought investment funds reporting under Canadian GAAP closer in line with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). However, innumerable differences remain and will prove challenging for funds as the transition to IFRS nears.
On September 22, 2008, PricewaterhouseCoopers' Canadian investment management team consisting of Raj Kothari, Stephen Wall, Chris Pitts, Derek Hatoum and Chris Wood, delivered the following presentation at the Toronto Board of Trade. It covered a variety of topics pertaining to IFRS and investment funds, including IAS 39 (financial instruments, recognition and measurement), IFRS 7 (financial instruments, disclosures) and IAS 27 and SIC 12 (consolidation).
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Council to Pick Lovely's Replacement
Pinto and Corchado appear to have most votes, but a surprise could be in the making.
Ward 1 Councilor Robert McCarthy remembers the first time he submitted his name to be a city councilor. It was to fill a vacancy on the council, much like the one that exists now.
"They had us line up here (in the back of the council chambers) and gave us each two minutes, I think, to say why we should be appointed to the council," he said.
McCarthy, who was not successful that night, expects that the council will follow the same approach Thursday night as it selects one of six candidates who have applied to fill out the remaining year of recently resigned Councilor at Large Joan Lovely's term. Also the council president, Lovely resigned to become a state Senator.
Two candidates have experience on the council. Steven Pinto, a former two-term councilor at large, who was not reelected in 2011, appears to have strong support from at least four councilors.
Lucy Corchado, who served two terms as a ward councilor, has expressed an interest in returning to the council for at least the one year remaining on Lovely's term. She appears to have the backing from Mayor Driscoll, who usually has a slim majority on the council.
Four other residents submitted letters of interest. They are William Legault, a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Salem Patch; Chris Sicuranza, the director of communications for the New England Police Benevolent Association; Robert Wright, a college teacher with a background in state government, and Ken Sawicki, who has run unsuccessfully for several offices.
To the surprise of many on the council, one name was not on the list. Darek Barcikowski, who was the runner-up in 2011 among the at-large candidates, decided not to submit his name for the vacancy. Barcikowski attended the last council meeting of 2012, apparently discussing his candidacy for the vacancy with several council members, who indicated they might support him because Barcikowski was the runner up in the last election.
The selection of Corchado would keep the council from being an all-male body. She probably will have the votes of several councilors who often vote with the mayor, including Councilor at Large Tom Furey.
Pinto appears to have the support of Councilor at Large Arthur Sargent, Ward 2 Councilor Michael Sosnowski, Ward 3 Councilor Todd Siegel and Ward 6 Councilor Paul Prevey.
Ward 4 Councilor Jerry Ryan could also support Pinto, giving him five of the six votes needed to win the appointment.
The mayor and Pinto have clashed in the past.
McCarthy, one of the swing votes, said he wants to wait to hear from all the candidates before reaching a decision.
The council could deadlock with five votes for Pinto and the other five votes going to Cochado and other candidates. That could force more than one ballot, which might open the door for a third candidate, possibly Legault, who is well known in Salem.
The council will also have to elect a new President. And that selection could force the realignment of committees, including the Budget and Finance Committee, which McCarthy heads.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7p.m. at 93 Washington St. and will be aired live on SATV.
7:52 am on Thursday, January 3, 2013
SATV will out poll all network programs tonite .
Jared Robinson
10:37 am on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Anyone but Pinto (unless Pinto has decided not to run again after this one year is up)
Jared Robinson
10:39 am on Thursday, January 3, 2013
And my only reason to say 'not Pinto' is because I agree with the statement that one should not be allowed to be voted out by the public and then given a free pass back into incumbency because someone left. I would have no problems with Pinto being in for the remainder of Lovely's term if he WASN'T planning on running again.
10:53 am on Thursday, January 3, 2013
It's a done deal. McCarthy is voting for Pinto he just won't say so.
3:21 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
I've seen Corchado and McCarthy attached at the hip recently.
3:17 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
If Pinto gets in the council takes back control from Driscoll.Salem cannot sit back while she runs for another term. She is destroying this city. Am I the only one who noticed how much Viscay was being paid? He still left. If past history has taught us anything it is that the new budget director will be paid more, like the school superintendant, and that was done before the school melt down.
Jack Carver
5:52 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Any one but Corchado, I dont trust her as far as I could throw her, Plus it would give the Mayor an automatic vote on everything.
9:54 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
No matter who wins this city council has made a statement agains rubber stamps .
10:39 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
The heat and lights are on ,the windows are open and the heads are empty. They look like complete fools. Flip a coin.


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Underground. From the series Adrift in Capitalism
© John L Morrison
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Part of a series exploring the ubiquitous and pervasive presence of advertisements and their influences and interactions with architecture.
Focusing on seeing adverts in the everyday spaces I take for granted became a kind of obsession. I wanted to communicated these in a way that borrowed from the vocabularies, seductions and delivery methods of the ads themselves.
Using colour, symmetry and showcasing the works on light boxes all helped create a layer of abstraction allowing viewers to observe their everyday world from a different perspective, highlighting the saturated surface of the information economy.
It was not until after seeing the photographs on the wall and speaking with the external examiner at Edinburgh College of Art that I realised the significance of the architecture in these spaces. It was almost as if the structures were built to prime us for the excess of information and endless opportunities of individual satisfaction on their symmetrical walls.
The empty cinema image, took on significance for me as representing a place of worship for a new generation. A place which symbolises our love of our own enslavement -more a Huxley world than an Orwellian one. The latest type of social control, one that keeps us spiralling in desires, debt and more desires so we don't concern ourselves with difficult questions, anaesthetised to what is truly important.
I was 20 years old when making these images and now more than 10 years later the naiveté of my ideas are a lot more apparent to me. However, I am not yet done with this project and although have become somewhat a victim of the Ikea nesting myself, discovering books like John Berger's seminal Ways of Seeing has re-ignited a desire to make photographs true to the documentary spirit of visual communication.


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We stay in the 2005 draft with our next set of picks as well. After selecting Mark McCormick with the 43rd pick and Tyler Herron with the 46th pick, the Cardinals went back for another right hander in the second round taking Josh Wilson with the 70th overall pick. Yunel Escobar would be selected by the Braves just 5 picks later.
From Baseball America:
Based on his standout performance at the Area Code Games last summer and at Whitehouse High this spring, Wilson was making a case to go in the first two rounds. He pitched at 91-93 mph and touched 94-95 with his fastball, and his curveball showed the makings of becoming a plus pitch. Wilson leveled off a little afterward, working at 88-90 mph and losing command of his curve. Now he appears to be a third- or fourth-rounder. Though Wilson isn't tall, he has long arms that create a good downward plane on his pitches. There's some effort to his delivery, but not to the point that scouts are overly concerned.
If this was the scouting report I'd read prior to the draft, I don't think I would have gone anywhere near Wilson. A low 90s fastball that he can't maintain deep into games and an inconsistent curveball are remarkably uninspiring. It doesn't sound like a starter's repertoire and it doesn't read like a dominant relief pitcher. I'd be curious what it was that Cardinals scouts saw that had him so high on their board.
Yunel Escobar's scouting report:
Escobar is one of five Cuban defectors who had sought entry into the 2005 draft, ostensibly to get around the visa restrictions that were expected to hamper players from foreign countries. While the visa problems have since been remedied, Escobar and his cohorts are still in the draft, and he was rumored to be one of the players the Red Sox could take among their six selections in the first 59 picks. Scouts said Escobar stood out from the group because of his defensive polish, stature and strength. They said he has the bat speed and the strength in his hands to drive the ball from gap to gap, and they expect him to have enough of an offensive upside to go in the first five rounds pick on the strength of his bat alone. He pushes himself higher with his defensive skills, including a strong arm and plenty of range. Scouts were judging Escobar off games he was playing at Braddock High against recently released players, junior college players and other semi-pros. Escobar also will have to overcome the language and cultural obstacles that have felled other Cuban defectors.
There's a lot of intangible issues with a player like Yunel Escobar. Truthfully, he didn't fully dodge those during his time in Atlanta as personality issues were rumored to play a significant role in his being traded by the Braves. That said, I get the sense that he was undervalued in the draft. A defensively capable shortstop that you can project to hit . . . basically he's another Tyler Greene.
It's hard to overstate the potential impact that Greene had on subsequent picks like Jed Lowrie and Escobar. This looks like a miss by a lot of teams both at the time and retrospectively. Shorstops that can hit are highly coveted and usually get selected in the first round. For whatever reason, Escobar wasn't one of those. I'm less sympathetic to this "miss" given that the Cardinals had drafted two RHP in a row and went back for a third in Wilson.


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You are my choice for our One Year Anniversary Diva!
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Manuscripts All manuscript collections are stored in closed stacks and must be requested via call slips. Some manuscript collections require advance notice to consult; a few are governed by use restrictions necessitated by privacy concerns or donor restrictions. To identify manuscript collections held by Special Collections and University Archives, consult the Library Catalog, or other online catalogs, as well as card files and subject guides available in the New Jersey Room. When consulting the Library Catalog, it is possible to restrict one's search only to manuscripts by using the appropriate format setting on the "Advanced Search" screen. In addition, when looking at a Library Catalog cataloging record for a manuscript collection, it is usually possible to obtain additional information about the collection by consulting the fullest version of the cataloging record. To obtain this more complete text, click on "Change Display" and, on the resulting screen, change the "view of catalog records" setting from "Default" to "Complete" and then click the "OK" button. This change, necessary only once during a search session, will make additional notes in a manuscripts cataloging record visible, including the biographical/historical note. Printed subject and genre guides to Rutgers manuscript collections that are available at the New Jersey Room reference desk pertain to diaries and journals, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, medicine in New Jersey and records of religious organizations. (Three of these guides are also publications available for purchase and a fourth is available from the Genealogical Society of New Jersey.) A short overview of the manuscript collections pertaining to labor is also available. For online guides, see below. Rutgers manuscript collections are referenced in numerous national guides, including (through the mid-1980s) the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Other, representative examples include: American Literary Manuscripts (X-REF / Z6620 .U5M6 1977); Guide to Research Collections of Former United States Senators, 1789-1995 (X-REF / CD3043 .P39 1995); and Sources in Electrical History: Archives and Manuscript Collections in U.S. Repositories (SNCLNJ / HD9685 .S68 1989). Finding aids are available at the New Jersey Room reference desk for various individual manuscript collections held by Special Collections and University Archives. Those finding aids which are also available online are listed below. Summaries of Manuscript Sources (Multiple Collections)American Revolution (Highlights only) Women's History Sources: A Guide to Manuscripts and Archival Collections (Detailed guide) Finding Aids (Individual Collections)
Alexander, Archibald Stevens, 1906-1979. Papers
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Byrne, Brendan T., 1924- Papers
Cahill, William T. (William Thomas), 1912-1996. Congressional papers
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WorkersCommunication Workers of America. Local 401 (Edison, N.J.). Records
Kenner, Valentin, 1911-1967. Papers
League of Women Voters of New Jersey. Records
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Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Collection
Maurer, John, 1905-1988. Papers
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Nakao, Michiko (Michi) 1934-1993. Papers
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Roebling, Mary G. (Mary Gindhart), 1905-1994. Papers
Schack, Paul A. (Paul Alexander), 1902-1985, collector. Paul A. Schack collection
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Sisters in Crime. Records
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Temple Beth El (Rutherford, N.J.). Records
Thompson, Ernest, 1907-1971. Papers
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Weyl, Walter E. (Walter Edward), 1873-1919. Papers
Williams, Harrison A. Papers
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