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Polokites, registered to the RCS of Mont de Marsan, France, under SIRET number 53270229700021
NAF code : 4791B
Legal representative and director of publication : Frédéric MICHEZ (Polo)
Main activity of the website : customization and sale of kites
Address : 170 rue Saint Vincent-de-Paul, 40600 Biscarrosse, France
Tel : +33 630 382 631
Email : email@example.com
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OVH SAS, registered to the RCS of Roubaix under SIRET number 42476141900011
Address : 140 quai Sartel, 59100 Roubaix, France
Tel : +33 972 101 012
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Personal information collected via forms and e-mail are only used to respond to requests for information and to process orders. No personal information is transferred to third parties. These information are kept for 1 year, except exercise of the right of withdrawal, in accordance with Article 34 of the law "Informatique et Libertés" of 6 January 1978 amended. You can exercise this right of access and correction by contacting the webmaster via the contact form on the website or with email address "firstname.lastname@example.com".
The website polokites.com is registered to the "Commission Nationale de l'informatique et des libertés" under number 2130223
The website you visit uses tracers (cookies). Thus, the site is likely to access information already stored in your electronic communications terminal equipment and to enter information.
This website uses exclusively tracers called "strictly necessary", which do not require your prior consent.
These tracers allow and facilitate navigation on the site including memorizing your browsing preferences defined during your session and to achieve anonymous statistics of visits.
Technically, these tracers can not be disabled on the website. However, you can oppose the use of these tracers only by configuring your browser. This setting depends on the browser you are using, but it is usually simple to use: in principle, you can enable a private browsing function or prohibit or restrict only the tracers (cookies). Attention, it is possible that tracers have been recorded on your device before setting your browser: in this case, delete your browsing history by always using the settings of your browser.
The use of tracers is governed by Article 32 II of Law No 78-17 of 6 January 1978, transposing Article 5.3 of Directive 2002/58/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 amended by Directive 2009/136/CE.
All elements of the website polokites.com are and remain the exclusive intellectual property of POLOKITES and depend on french and international legislations on the copyright and intellectual property. Nobody is allowed to reproduce, exploit or use for any reason whatsoever, even partially, elements of the site, whether in the form of photo, logo, visual or text. This applies particularly to the design of the Revopolo which is registered and protected and must not be reproduced, even at personal and unique way.
General conditions of sale and delivery
Last update:12/12/2017
These present conditions of sale are concluded on the one hand by POLOKITES whose registered office is located in BISCARROSSE, registered in the Register of Commerce and Companies of MONT DE MARSAN under number 53270229700021, hereinafter called "POLOKITES" and managing the website polokites.com and, on the other hand, by any natural or legal person wishing to make a purchase via the website polokites.com, hereinafter called "the buyer".
These present conditions of sale aim to define the contractual relationship between POLOKITES and the buyer and conditions applicable to all purchases made through the website polokites.com.
The acquisition of a product through this site implies an unreserved acceptance by the buyer of these conditions of sale which he acknowledges having read prior to his order.
Before any transaction, the buyer declares to have full legal capacity to engage under these general conditions of sale.
POLOKITES retains the possibility of modifying at any time these conditions of sale, in order to respect any new regulation or to improve the use of the site. Thus, the conditions applicable will be those in effect on the date of the order placed by the buyer.
The products offered are those listed on the website polokites.com
POLOKITES can not be held responsible for the modifications of the presented products: these can be modified without notice by the manufacturers. Any change will obviously be announced beforehand on the site before being applied.
Products photos are not contractual. The prices, descriptions and colors are given for information only and can be modified according to the supplies, the economic conditions or the economic situation.
The products offered comply with French legislation. The responsibility of POLOKITES can not be engaged in case of non-compliance with the legislation of the country where the products are delivered. It is up to the buyer to check with the local authorities the possibilities of importing or using the products he plans to order.
2.1 The Revopolo
Revopolo kites are manufactured as and when orders, according to the instructions (orders) of the buyers. No kites are in stock (except exception).
The Revopolo is available in 3 technical types of sail: HVTD (Half-VenTeD (mid-vented)), VTD (VenTeD) and UL (Ultra-Light) and 3 types of paneling/designs: 16, 32 and 44 panels.
In addition to the various series in which are proposed pre colored models, the buyer has a COLORIZER to customize the colors of his future kite.
About colors, POLOKITES draws attention to the following points:
• The display of colors differs from one screen to another, so it is difficult to have an exact representation of what the final rendering of the colors will look like once printed. For information, the CMYK color values used for printing are shown on the page of the COLORIZER.
• The paneling of the sail of the Revopolo is printed. Only gauze panels, for VTD and HVTD versions, are obviously sewn.
POLOKITES offers nearly 300 pre-colored Revopolo models. They are classified in series. The "Customs" series include the models that have been customized by customers. For each of these customized models appears the mention "Colorized by: First Name Last Name (or Pseudonym) - Country".
Once the sail is printed and sewn, POLOKITES finalizes the kite; manufacture of the bridle, assembly of the chandlery (elastics, caps, etc.), assembly of the carbon structure and thorough control of the kite; before putting it in its bag and shipping it.
The prices displayed are net (VAT not applicable, according to article 293 B of the CGI) and in euros (€) No VAT is applied and therefore can not be recovered. POLOKITES reserves the right to modify the prices at any time, the prices figuring in the catalog the day of the order being the only ones that will be applicable to the buyer. The prices indicated on the products do not include delivery costs. These are charged extra, see ARTICLE 6. DELIVERY.
POLOKITES offers the buyer to order and pay for his products in several stages, with 2 payment options to choose from.
The buyer adds to the cart the product(s) that he selects in the shop or that he creates himself with the COLORIZER. If need it, he modifies in its cart the quantities and other options such as "with or without carbon frame". It is in the cart that he indicates what will be his country of delivery. The cost of delivery is then calculated and displayed. The buyer then enters his personal information. Then in the last step presenting the summary of the order, the buyer can enter a discount code if he has one. It also indicates the payment method he will use to pay its order.
The 2 payment methods offered are "Paypal" and "Bank transfer". Bank charges of 14,50 € are added to the order for any payment by
bank transfer.
As soon as the buyer has clicked on "Place order", he instantly receives an email from firstname.lastname@example.com to the email address he has entered in his personal information. This email contains:
• a summary confirming the registration and the detail of his order,
• the necessary information so that it can make the payment of its order by the payment method he chose ("Paypal" or "Bank transfer").
It is by making its payment within 24 hours for Paypal payment (or 72 hours for bank transfer payment) that the customer confirms his order. (Past this delay the order is simply canceled.)
Upon receipt of payment, the order is processed and the buyer is informed by email.
POLOKITES then commits to dispatch the ordered products no earlier than 5 weeks after receipt of payment. The kites are made to order, one by one. The overall waiting time before be delivered is composed on the one hand, the time required to manufacture the ordered products and on the other hand, the time required for the delivery itself. The manufacturing time is variable because it depends on the number of orders in progress and therefore on the workload.
Placing an order on the website is only possible if the buyer has ticked the check-boxes "I have read these information" and "I accept the GTC". Placing an order thus entails for the buyer the acceptance of the present general conditions of sale, the recognition of having perfect knowledge of it and the renunciation to take advantage of its own conditions of purchase.
4.1 Definitive character of the order
The orders made on the website polokites.com are worth firm and definitive commitment when the buyer has confirmed to accept the present General conditions of sale (check-box in the summary of the order) and made his payment. The contract is considered valid and accepted when the payment of the order is confirmed by POLOKITES by email.
4.2 Order confirmation
POLOKITES may not validate the order, especially in case of:
• Refusal of payment authorization by officially accredited bodies,
• Non-payment of a previous order,
• Payment dispute being processed,
• Incomplete order,
• Delisting procedure concerning one or more of the products ordered.
POLOKITES will inform the buyer by email.
All data provided and the recorded confirmation will be worth proof of the transaction.
According to the consumer code (article L121-20-2), the right of withdrawal can not be exercised on custom products and / or made to order. The right of withdrawal does not apply to products ordered on the site polokites.com since they are made to order.
Deliveries are made by "La Poste" via "COLISSIMO" and "COLISSIMO INTERNATIONNAL", delivery service with tracking and delivery with signature. By default, an insurance of 2,00 € per kite is added to cover the cost of the manufacture of a new kite in case of problem.
6.1 Delivery prices
Delivery rates are based on the Colissimo zone in which the country of delivery is located:
• Zone France, Andorra and Monaco (excluding DOM TOM): total coverage by Polokites. FREE for the buyer. Whatever the number of kites in the order, within the limit of 10.
• Zone A: partial support by Polokites. Fixed price of 15,00 € for the buyer. Whatever the number of kites in the order, within the limit of 10.
• Zone B, Zone C, Zone DOM and Zone TOM: real cost of delivery for the buyer.
Zone A countries: Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canaries Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Greenland (Dk), Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira Islands, Malte, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican.
6.2 Delivery time
The delivery time is the average time that a parcel take to arrive to its destination, from the moment of shipment. (Do not be confused with the overall waiting time before receiving his parcel which also includes the manufacturing time of the kite(s).)
• Andorra and Monaco (excluding DOM TOM): less than a week.
• Zone A: 7 to 10 days.
• Zone B, Zone C, Zone DOM and Zone TOM: 10 to 20 days.
When shipping the package, POLOKITES sends the buyer by email the tracking number of his package so that he can track his delivery. The buyer is delivered against signature to the address he has indicated in his personal information. In case of absence, a notice will allow him to take his parcel to the nearest post office during a period indicated by the postal services.
The transport risks are the responsibility of the buyer from the moment the items leave the premises of POLOKITES. The buyer is strongly advised to check in the presence of the La Poste employee or the delivery person, the condition of the packaging of the goods and its content upon delivery. In case of damage during transport, any claim must be made with the carrier within three days of delivery.
All the products provided by POLOKITES benefit from the legal guarantee provided by articles 1641 and following of the Civil Code. In case of non-compliance of a product sold, it may be returned to POLOKITES who will resume, exchange or refund. All complaints, requests for exchange or refund must be made by email to the address "email@example.com" within 14 days after delivery.
POLOKITES, in the process of distance selling, is held only by an obligation of means. Its responsibility can not be held liable for a damage resulting from the use of the Internet such as data loss, intrusion, virus, interruption of service or other unintended problems.
POLOKITES can not be held liable for damages of any kind, both material and immaterial or corporeal, which could result from a malfunction or misuse of products sold.
POLOKITES is not liable for any damages of any kind resulting from the use of the Revopolo kite which does not comply with the following basic recommendations:
• Choose an unobstructed and safe place,
• Stay away from electrical, phone lines and other cables,
• Do not practice near trees, houses, roads or traffic way, water surfaces, cliffs,
• Do not fly the kite over people,
• Do not practice near aerodromes and airports, electrical poles and stations,
• Take into account meteorology and in particular do not practice in stormy weather, strong winds or days of strong wind changes,
• Respect the conditions of use of the material (check the carbon frame, the state of the sail and chandlery),
• Choose a kite whose traction is adapted to the weather conditions as well as to the pilot's jig,
• And in any case: use common sense whatever the occasion.
ARTICLE 9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - Copyright
All elements of the website polokites.com are and remain the exclusive intellectual property of POLOKITES and depend on french and international legislations on the copyright and intellectual property. Nobody is allowed to reproduce, exploit or use for any reason whatsoever, even partially, elements of the site, whether in the form of photo, logo, visual or text. This applies particularly to the design of the Revopolo which is registered and protected and must not be reproduced, even at personal and unique way.
POLOKITES undertakes to preserve the confidentiality of the information provided by the buyer when ordering. Any information about him is subject to the provisions of Law of 6 Juanary 1978 modified. As such, the buyer has the right to access, modify and delete information about him. He can make the request at any time by email to the address "email@example.com".
These conditions of distance selling are subject to French law. For all disputes or litigation, the competent court is that of MONT DE MARSAN (Landes).


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The new Olympic Channel brings you news, highlights, exclusive behind the scenes, live events and original programming, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.
The London 2012 Games were centred around the Olympic Park in east London, which is the site of a number of new sports venues. Up to 180,000 spectators a day entered the Park to enjoy the Games, making it the principal focus of Olympic activity.The main venues – the Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, Velodrome and BMX Circuit, as well as the hockey, handball and basketball arenas – were easily accessible through a network of footbridges and walkways within the Park.The Olympic Village was within walking distance of all the venues in the Park, enhancing the experience for athletes and officials. The use of other prestigious venues – such as Wembley Stadium for football, the All-England Club in Wimbledon for tennis, Lord's Cricket Ground for archery and Horse Guards Parade for beach volleyball – was also a feature of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The London 2012 Games included a four-year Cultural Olympiad. It reached a climax with the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on 27 July 2012, starting a 60-day festival of sport and culture across the UK, as the Olympic and Paralympic spirit crosses the world once again.
The Olympic Games are one of the biggest and most complex events in the world, as highlighted by some of these mind-boggling facts and figures:
On the obverse, the traditional goddess of victory flies into the Panathinaikos stadium bringing victory to the best athlete. For these Games, the figure of victory is accompanied by the specific inscription: "XXX Olympiad London 2012".
The reverse features an abstract design with the 2012 Games emblem at its centre as a metaphor for the modern city. The design also includes a ribbon representing London's Thames river and an interlocking grid pattern that radiates from the centre and pulls the design together, giving it a sense of outreach while also representing the achievements and efforts of Olympic athletes. A square, which encases the balance of the design, opposes the circular shape of the medals and emphasizes its focus on the centre, reinforcing the sense of 'place, as in a map inset.
Wenlock takes his name from the town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire, which still hosts the traditional Much Wenlock Games. These were one of Pierre de Coubertin's sources of inspiration for the modern Olympic Games.
Number of torchbearers: around 500 in Greece and 8 000 in Great Britain
Total distance: 15 775 km including 2 900 km in Greece and 12 875 in Great Britain
Countries crossed: Greece, Great Britain
The official report published by the LOCOG consists of a single set of two commemorative books published by Wiley (The official commemorative book; The Games, Britain's Olympic and Paralympic Journey to London 2012) and a DVD, "London 2012 Olympic Games: official report". This bilingual DVD, in English and French, contains all the official texts and results, plus the "Official Film of the IOC report".

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This week we report on the board room wars, provide a host of reports on the U.S. labor situation, share one view the affect of a $15 an hour minimum wage will have on restaurants, look at the effects the nasty winter had on foodservice and a whole lot more.
Fitch Ratings believes that skirmishes between activist stockholders and restaurant chains will continue. Fitch notes that the slow economic recovery and weak top line growth — particularly among the casual dining chains — has motivated activists to search for ways to increase stock value.
One recent go round was between Darden and Starboard Value LP. The two organizations sniped at one another for months but Darden's sale of its Red Lobster concept caused open warfare to break out with charges and counter charges flying. Starboard launched a fight to take over the Darden board of directors, a somewhat unusual move in that activists usually try to get one or two seats on the board.
As the Wall Street Journal and other observers point out, both U.S. corporate law and the internal structure of most corporations tend to insulate management from stockholders. Replacing board members is difficult and rarely succeeds. Most corporations will circle the wagons and put up with the bad publicity from an irate stockholder. In some instances the activist stockholders' redemption plans will harm bond holders. Another solution, of course, is to pay the dissatisfied investor to go away, also known as "greenmail."
Darden is not the only restaurant company dealing with unhappy stockholders. Biglari Holdings, which owns Steak 'n Shake, had a long-running battle to take over Cracker Barrel, and Bob Evans has locked horns with Sandell Asset Management over the composition of the Bob Evans board.
For details and same-store sales of other chains, please click here for the Green Sheet


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Market for free agent firemen will be lively
No superstars, but plenty of top-of-the-line relievers available
By Tom Singer / MLB.com
But attesting to the concentration of talent in the relief mart is the fact that it has the greatest number of ranked free agents of any position: The 10 Type As and 13 Type Bs represent 21 percent of all the ranked Major League players in the Elias Sports Bureau's annual survey.The majority of free-agent relievers this time are middle-of-the-game and setup pitchers, those role hurlers who are the "underwear" in the baseball chest. They're always being changed; a typical team will go through as many as 10 of them in a season. Yet they, too, can be invaluable. The Giants proved just how much a year ago, when their key free-agent pickups were Bob Howry and Jeremy Affeldt, long relievers who contributed mightily to the team's 16-game improvement over 2008. The top rubber-armed workhorses pitch often enough to qualify as at least every-other-day players. The free-agency scroll is perhaps topped by the lefty-righty combination that comprised the unsung heroes of the Braves' surprising season-long contention: Mike Gonzalez (80 games) and Rafael Soriano (77), who between them pitched 157 times.
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The ageless Russ Springer and Rafael Betancourt are other attractive options among right-handers, and the appealing lefties include Joe Beimel, Brian Shouse, Darren Oliver and, if he slips through the Cubs' hands, John Grabow.The market is short on, but hardly devoid of, closers who have notable track records. They are led by an underrated gem, the Tigers' Fernando Rodney, who finished 65 of his 73 appearances and saved 37 of them. Others are two-time National League saves leader Jose Valverde, former Cubs closer Kevin Gregg and a pair of main-liners who lost their gloss with the Mets: J.J. Putz and Billy Wagner (who finished the season with the Red Sox). The very lack of marquee names that dominated a year ago is exactly what will prompt teams to make this an active, competitive market. No one projects to be out of any team's price range, so there will be lots of rummaging. Head of the class Gonzalez, (5-4, 90 SO, 2.42 ERA), Type A: Elbow ligament surgery didn't take any heat off Gonzalez's stuff, as he remains one of the hardest-throwing lefty relievers around. He fanned 90 in 74 1/3 innings while splitting Atlanta closing duties with ... Soriano, (1-6, 102, 2.97), Type A: The erstwhile setup man made a convincing debut as a regular closer, picking up 20 of his 27 saves after emerging as the Braves' No. 1 option in July. He ranked second among all Major League relievers with 102 strikeouts (the Dodgers' Jonathan Broxton led with 114), in 75 2/3 innings. Rodney, (2-5, 61, 4.40), Type B: A high ERA (4.40) left the impression that he's erratic, but no one was more nails with a lead, as he converted 37 of 38 save opportunities. He did, however, turn a lot of two-run leads into one-run saves. He seems to have lost a lot off his fastball. Betancourt, (4-3, 61, 2.73), Type A: The always-dependable long man turned untouchable in his three-month NL introduction with the Rockies following a late-July trade from the Indians. He allowed only 17 hits in 25 1/3 innings, with a 29-to-4 strikeouts-to-unintentional-walks ratio. Octavio Dotel, (3-3, 75, 3.32), Type A: The White Sox raised eyebrows by giving Dotel a two-year, $11 million contract prior to the 2008 season, but he proved the investment wise by working 134 games in the two seasons, with 167 strikeouts in 139 1/3 innings. He appears to have moved past all the injuries that marred the middle years of his career. Valverde, (4-2, 56, 2.33), Type A: Despite losing May to a right calf injury, Valverde worked 52 games and posted 25 saves with the second-lowest ERA (2.33) of his career. His strikeouts have exceeded his innings every season, making him the prototypical fireman. Wagner, (1-1, 26, 1.72), Type A: Perhaps Wagner was only seeking an exit on his own terms following Tommy John ligament-replacement surgery when he agreed to the late-August deal to the Red Sox, but the 38-year-old left-hander's one month in Boston turned into an eye-opener. Twenty-two strikeouts in 13 2/3 innings made him eager to add to his 385 saves, and not even his Type A status should scare off suitors. Gregg, (5-6, 71, 4.72), Type A: Yes, he had a difficult time with the Cubs and lost the closer's job to Carlos Marmol when he went on a run of blown saves. But Gregg still has saved 84 games and appeared in 218 games over the past three seasons. Walks have always been an issue for Gregg, who allowed 30 free passes in 68 2/3 innings last season. Again, though, he saved 23 games.
Howry, (2-6, 46, 3.39), Type B: Howry is back on the market after working 60-plus games for the fifth consecutive season with impeccable control, making him the type of reliever managers love to bring into tight games. Since 2004 he has struck out 335 and walked 100.Beimel, (1-6, 35, 3.58), Type B: Beimel is no longer as fearless or as overpowering against left-handed hitters as he was a couple of years ago with the Dodgers, but he remains a good matchup choice. He struck out 22 lefties in 93 at-bats. He's also a giant in an area often overlooked by relievers, reining in runners. He has had one base stolen on him the past seven seasons, in 366 games. Scott Eyre, (2-1, 22, 1.50), Type B: A manager's prototypical lefty silver bullet, Eyre is seldom allowed to pitch to a right-handed batter, explaining why he averages only about two outs per outing, but he can make even the best same-side hitters look inept. He also keeps the ball in the park, having allowed only eight homers in 125 appearances the past three seasons. Also on the market Danys Baez (Orioles), Joaquin Benoit (Rangers), Chad Bradford (Rays), Doug Brocail (Type B, Astros), Kiko Calero (Type B-Marlins), Chad Fox (Cubs), Bruce Chen (Royals), Elmer Dessens (Mets), Brandon Donnelly (Marlins), Alan Embree (Rockies), Grabow (Type A, Cubs), Eddie Guardado (Rangers), LaTroy Hawkins (Type A, Astros), Mark Hendrickson (Orioles), Matt Herges (Rockies), Jason Isringhausen (Rays), Brandon Lyon (Type B, Tigers), Guillermo Mota (Type B, Dodgers), Tomo Ohka (Indians), Will Ohman (Type B, Dodgers), Oliver (Type A, Angels), Troy Percival (Rays), Putz (Mets), Juan Rincon (Rockies), Ron Mahay (Twins), Scott Schoeneweis (D-backs), Shouse (Type B, Rays), Springer (Type B, Rays), Ron Villone (Nationals), David Weathers (Type B, Brewers), Jamey Wright (Royals) Ready to buy The Braves have to replace not one but two closers, but they may consider Peter Moylan or dealing surplus starting pitching ahead of signing a free agent, even one of their own. A front-line closer may be the surest way for the Rangers to close the gap between them and the Angels. The Tigers and White Sox seek more dependable options to the injury-prone Joel Zumaya and sometimes shaky Bobby Jenks, respectively. The aforementioned applies to those shopping for closers, but even more teams need to bolster their middle relief corps. Those with the biggest need are the Angels, Rays and D-backs. Window shopping The Giants will stay on the lookout for someone more reliable than Brian Wilson (seven blown saves) to protect leads for their vaunted rotation. The Cardinals are leery about Ryan Franklin's second-half slippage (0.79 ERA before the All-Star break and 3.33 after). Joe Maddon is a genius at slotting relievers into their best roles, but this varied market may enable the conservative Rays to do some shopping. If the Orioles believe they'll be pretty good, they'll need a closer as a finishing piece. Potential 2011 class Affeldt, Grant Balfour, Randy Choate, Jesse Crain, Juan Cruz ($4 million club option with $500,000 buyout), Scott Downs, Chad Durbin, Kyle Farnsworth ($5.25 million club option with $500,000 buyout), Pedro Feliciano, Frank Francisco, Jason Frasor, Fuentes (vesting $9 million option), Matt Guerrier, Aaron Heilman, Hoffman ($7 million mutual option with $500,000 buyout), Mike Lincoln, Mike MacDougal, Seth McClung, Justin Miller, Trever Miller (vesting $2 million option), Chad Qualls, Jon Rauch, Dennys Reyes, Arthur Rhodes, David Riske ($4.75 million club option with $250,000 buyout), Mariano Rivera, J.C. Romero, Bobby Seay, Scot Shields, Huston Street, Matt Thornton ($3 million club option with $250,000 buyout), Dan Wheeler ($4 million club option with $1 million buyout), Wood (vesting $11 million club option)
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Change for a Nickel. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I don't wear a helmet solely for protection from head injury. I use it primarily to make myself more visible to other motorists by wearing a white full-face and have added some reflective tape as well.
A helmet also is for comfort, to keep june bugs and bumble bees from colliding directly with my face as well as rain and to extend my riding season greatly. I just don't see too many helmetless riders when the temps drop below 60F. Most of that crowd don't ride when it drops below 80F.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that wearing a helmet for protection from head injury is just a small part of what a helmet can do for you.


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Coronary Balloon Angioplasty and Stents (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, PCI)
Daniel Lee Kulick, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Dr. Kulick received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Southern California, School of Medicine. He performed his residency in internal medicine at the Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center and a fellowship in the section of cardiology at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology.
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
- Coronary balloon angioplasty and stents facts
- What is balloon angioplasty?
- How does coronary artery disease develop?
- How is coronary artery disease diagnosed?
- What medications treat coronary artery disease?
- What are the complications of percutaneous coronary intervention?
- How long is the recovery time after after percutaneous coronary intervention?
- What are the long-term results of percutaneous coronary intervention?
- Find a local Cardiologist in your town
Coronary balloon angioplasty and stents facts
- Coronary angioplasty is accomplished using a balloon-tipped catheter inserted through an artery in the groin or wrist to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery.
- Coronary artery disease occurs when cholesterol plaque builds up (arteriosclerosis) in the walls of the arteries to the heart.
- Angioplasty is successful in opening coronary arteries in well over 90% of patients.
- Up to 30% to 40% of patients with successful coronary angioplasty will develop recurrent narrowing at the site of balloon inflation.
- The use of newer devices such as intracoronary stents and atherectomy, as well as newer pharmacologic agents has resulted in higher success rates, reduced complications, and reduced recurrence after percutaneous coronary intervention. Currently, the recurrence rate after stent is under 10%.
What is balloon angioplasty?
Balloon angioplasty of the coronary artery, or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), was introduced in the late 1970's. PTCA is a non-surgical procedure that relieves narrowing and obstruction of the arteries to the muscle of the heart (coronary arteries). This allows more blood and oxygen to be delivered to the heart muscle. PTCA is now referred to as percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI, as this term includes the use of balloons, stents, and atherectomy devices. Percutaneous coronary intervention is accomplished with a small balloon catheter inserted into an artery in the groin or wrist, and advanced to the narrowing in the coronary artery. The balloon is then inflated to enlarge the narrowing in the artery. When successful, percutaneous coronary intervention can relieve chest pain of angina, improve the prognosis of individuals with unstable angina, and minimize or stop a heart attack without having the patient undergo open heart coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
In addition to the use of simple balloon angioplasty, the availability of stents, in a wire-mesh design, have expanded the spectrum of people suitable for percutaneous coronary intervention, as well as enhanced the safety and long-term results of the procedure. Since the early 1990's, more and more patients are treated with stents, which are delivered with a percutaneous coronary intervention balloon, but remain in the artery as a "scaffold". This procedure has markedly reduced the numbers of patients needing emergency CABG to below 1%, and particularly with the use of the new "medicated" stents (stents coated with medications that help prevent recurrence due to scar tissue), has reduced the rate of recurrence of the blockage in the coronary artery ("restenosis") to well below 10%. At present, the only patients treated with just balloon angioplasty are those with vessels less than 2mm (the smallest diameter stent), certain types of lesions involving branches of coronary arteries, those with scar tissue in old stents, or those who cannot take the antiplatelet blood thinners after the procedure.
Various "atherectomy" (plaque removal) devices were initially developed as adjuncts to percutaneous coronary intervention. These include the use of the excimer laser for photoablation of plaque, rotational atherectomy (use of a high-speed diamond-encrusted drill) for mechanical ablation of plaque, and directional atherectomy for cutting and removal of plaque. Such devices were initially thought to decrease the incidence of restenosis, but in clinical trials were shown to be of little additional benefit, and now are only used in selective cases as an adjunct to standard percutaneous coronary intervention (percutaneous artery intervention).
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Jordan's move to Minors remains source of fascination
NBA icon's transition to diamond still draws interest, curiosity 20 years later
By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
The catcher called for a slider. Kevin Rychel shook him off.
Rychel still asks himself, almost 20 years later, why he did this. He rarely shook off the catcher back then, in the midst of a seven-year Minor League career in the Pirates' organization. But on this muggy Birmingham, Ala., night, in a Double-A ballgame that would remain memorable only for this moment, Rychel's mind was in a haze, his shoulder was already ailing with what would turn out to be a torn labrum and his faith in his fastball was, only in retrospect, overly ambitious.
And so Rychel left it over the middle for the lanky outfielder with the Mendoza-level batting average, and the bat connected with the weight of its 33 ounces and the anticipation of the thousands of eyes upon it. The ball sailed over the left-field fence, the crowd erupted and Rychel hung his head.
"What did you just do?" he asked himself.
Back in the visiting clubhouse, now pulled from the game, Rychel faced the same question from the manager of his Carolina Mudcats squad. Bob Meacham had been ejected from the game, and so the roar of the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium audience was his only clue to what had just transpired. Rychel wasn't prone to giving up the long ball. In fact, he allowed them at an entirely reasonable rate of 0.5 per nine innings in the course of his career. So Meacham never would have suspected that Rychel would be the one on the wrong end of this meaningful moment, that his image would be the one plastered on "SportsCenter," that his hotel phone would be the one ringing off the hook the next day.
"It happened?" Meacham asked.
"Yeah," Rychel replied, "it happened."
Michael Jordan had hit his first Minor League home run.
Two decades ago, Air Jordan did his time on the ground, in a stint with the White Sox as a light-hitting rookie in Double-A ball.
Jordan's decision to leave the NBA -- at the utmost peak of his powers as a magnetic talent on pace to collect a ring for every finger -- in order pursue a short-lived career in professional baseball remains a source of fascination, curiosity and, in some corners, suspicion.
The stated narrative of Jordan -- overpowered by the weight of his own fame, burned out by his own brilliance on the basketball court and emotionally drained by the murder of his adored father -- pursuing baseball as a new challenge and a welcomed distraction still meets its share of skepticism. But if the factually flimsy conspiracy theory that David Stern secretly suspended the NBA's greatest cash cow because of the negative public perception surrounding his legal gambling activities has any merit whatsoever, consider it the greatest cover-up in sports history.
To this observer, it reeks of bull -- and not of the Chicago variety.
No, the stated narrative deserves more support, if not for the absence of evidence to the contrary then certainly for the testimony of those who worked with Jordan, played with Jordan and walked away impressed and convinced by the earnestness of this endeavor.
"He respected the game," says Terry Francona, who managed Jordan with the Birmingham Barons. "I love the guy. And I don't love the guy just in the press. I love the guy. I respect him. I appreciate how he handled everything."
Francona is not alone in his opinion that Jordan could have made it the Majors. Probably not as a star, mind you, but at least as a reserve, given the will and work ethic he put into refining his God-given talents.
The then-31-year-old Jordan invested his heart and soul into a sport that fundamentally flexes different fast-twitch muscles, a sport he had abandoned as a teenager, a sport his dad would wistfully muse about in those contemplative conversations between father and son. Sports Illustrated famously begged Michael to "bag it" in the headline that would cost them future quotes from the iconic figure, but Jordan's quest in this and every athletic pursuit was to conquer the conquerable, attain the unobtainable.
"If you told him 'no,'" Francona says, "he was going to find a way to make it a 'yes.'"
Jordan hit .202 with Birmingham, and that number provokes various opinions.
To some, it was no surprise, confirmation that Jordan was in over his head, that he wasted a year of his basketball prime in order to humiliate himself in the Minors.
To Francona, that number is a source of pride, because he knows how hard meeting round ball with round bat inherently is and how much Jordan improved as the long summer wore on.
To Walt Hriniak, the former White Sox hitting guru who worked intensely with Jordan that spring, the number was actually a source of disappointment.
"I didn't expect him to tear it up," Hriniak says, "but I expected him to do better."
Hriniak's seemingly unusual opinion doesn't sound so unusual at all when you dig deeper into the work that went into getting Jordan ready for his Double-A debut.
Once Jordan had publicly announced his retirement to a stunned NBA community and privately announced to Bulls and White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf his intentions to switch sports, one of the first people to learn of the experiment was Herm Schneider, the longtime athletic trainer for the White Sox. Reinsdorf called Schneider with word of a "special project" just before Thanksgiving in 1993, and soon Schneider was instructing Jordan on rotation workouts to tighten up his core and palm training to toughen up his hands.
|"He's a great athlete in basketball. When it came to baseball, he was a little bit like a duck out of water. He loved baseball, but he didn't necessarily have that body awareness that you need. So we had to teach him."
|-- White Sox athletic trainer Herm Schneider
"He's a great athlete in basketball," Schneider says. "When it came to baseball, he was a little bit like a duck out of water. He loved baseball, but he didn't necessarily have that body awareness that you need. So we had to teach him."
Another tutor brought in for that winter work was Mike Huff, one of the outfielders against whom Jordan would actually be competing for a roster spot in camp. As a Chicago-area resident with superb defensive skills, Huff was directly requested by Reinsdorf to assist in the effort with M.J. in the bowels of Comiskey Park and at the Illinois Institute of Technology's massive gym. This was an inherently awkward arrangement, given that the White Sox had yanked Huff back and forth between the bigs and the Minors the previous season and he had his own position to compete for (he would, in fact, be traded to Toronto at the end of the upcoming spring), but Huff came to the conclusion that the White Sox weren't going to take anything other than the best 25 guys when camp broke.
Besides, this was Michael freaking Jordan. Who could say no?
"For me, having grown up in Chicago and watched him win those first three championships, the whole thing was surreal," Huff says. "Because here is the greatest basketball player of all time, and he's looking at me to say, 'Teach me.'"
Huff taught him how to properly hold a baseball, how to throw, how to slide, how to train his feet to be ready for the footwork of the position. Jordan was an eager and tireless learner, so much so that Huff would, at times, forget what level of celebrity he was dealing with.
There was one Friday morning when Jordan showed up with Richard Dent, the great defensive end for the Chicago Bears, and said the two would be flying to Phoenix that afternoon for a weekend of golf with Charles Barkley. As the day wore on, Huff kept looking at the clock and kept worriedly asking if Jordan was going to have enough time to catch his flight at O'Hare. Jordan finally had to set him straight.
"Mike," Jordan said, "I have my own plane. It'll leave when I get there."
"Oh, right," Huff thought to himself, "this guy's got lots and lots of money."
So much money, so much fame and so little experience in baseball that there would have been ample reason for guys like Huff -- grinders just trying to attain some level of stability in the big leagues -- to be resentful of this undertaking. When Jordan's decision became public in early February 1994 and he reported to Spring Training camp in the middle of the month, he didn't just have to prove himself to the prying eyes of the public but also to the men he'd be suiting up alongside.
Hriniak arrived to that camp, found it packed with reporters and curious fans and worried what kind of dog and pony show the White Sox had just gotten themselves into. So he waited for Jordan to finish his first round in the cage, went to the outfield where Jordan was shagging fly balls and looked the new acquisition in the eyes.
"I just want to know one thing," Hriniak asked him. "Are you serious about this?"
"Dead serious," Jordan replied.
"All right," Hriniak said. "If you want some help, I've got time in the cage for extra hitting practice at 7 a.m. If you're one second late, you don't hit."
Jordan never missed a day, and he was never late.
"If everybody was like M.J.," Hriniak says now, "the game would be better."
Jordan's devotion extended to his interactions with teammates, with fans, with the media.
When White Sox manager Gene Lamont caught wind of the team's plans to only make Jordan available to reporters every third day that spring, he asked Jordan to reconsider.
"I think he thought he was taking away from the other guys if he [talked] more than that," Lamont says. "But I didn't think Frank [Thomas] or Robin [Ventura] or the other players needed to talk about Michael the days he wasn't talking. He was receptive to that."
Jordan was also receptive to the ample requests for autographs, both from his teammates and those in the stands.
"It was incredible," says David Schaffer, the former director of park operations for the White Sox. "He'd be at the game all day -- it would be 80-90 degrees, the sun is out, the humidity is about 300 percent -- and he would stand there and just sign and sign and sign. Everybody else had already showered and gone home, but he'd be standing there every day. And it wasn't just because the press was there, because they'd already be gone, too."
Jordan would tell his teammates to leave anything they wanted him to sign in Schneider's office and he'd take care of their autograph requests at the end of each day. When guys would inquire about shoes or gear, Jordan would reach out to his Nike contacts, and a package would be delivered within a day or two.
"A guy from Venezuela asked him to sign a basketball for him," Schaffer remembers. "He said to Michael, 'If you autograph a baseball for me, it's worth $100. If you autograph this basketball and I take it back home, I can feed my family for a month.'"
Naturally, Jordan signed it, just as he would sign for those fans who would swarm his red Corvette when it stopped at a red light in the streets of Sarasota, Fla. that spring or in Birmingham that summer.
The Barons drew more than 467,000 fans at home and played to packed houses at every stop on the road that season, establishing attendance records that won't soon be broken. So baseball did not provide the basketball burnout with much opportunity to be inaccessible. But the long bus rides that came with life in the Southern League gave Jordan a needed chance to tune out the outside world, and he welcomed them, just as his teammates welcomed the plush new rig he provided in exchange for an endorsement with a local bus company.
Jordan also didn't complain about the accommodations at the various La Quintas where the Barons bunked.
"I don't know about now," Francona says with a smile, "but they didn't have suites at the time."
Twenty years later, any analysis of Jordan's time in baseball is admittedly incomplete. We know he hit .202, struck out 114 times and committed 11 errors that summer with Birmingham. We also know he stole 30 bases and drove in 51 runs. He followed up the Birmingham season with an encouraging effort in the Arizona Fall League, batting .252 against some of the game's elite prospects.
What mars the story, though, is the abruptness of the ending. Jordan reported to Spring Training camp in 1995 but vowed not to cross the picket line should the ongoing war between the owners and the Major League Baseball Players Association not be resolved by the time exhibitions began. Where some players in Jordan's circumstances might have seen opportunity in the strike, Jordan was a past NBA player representative who appreciated the integrity of the union. So as replacement players were summoned, Jordan slid out of Sarasota in early March. He was back in the Bulls' lineup roughly two weeks later.
We'll never know if Jordan's baseball career would have continued much longer, had the strike not intervened. Francona, for one, got the sense by the end of that summer with the Barons that Jordan was getting the itch to return to his first love, to be a superstar again.
But baseball -- and its inherent demands for patience and perseverance -- seemed to teach Jordan something elemental.
Bulls coach Phil Jackson would remark years later that the Jordan who returned in 1995 was different than the one who departed in '93. This Jordan was more generous with his time, more encouraging to his teammates. And Jordan himself would admit that watching guys who were in some cases 10 years younger passionately pursue their baseball dreams in that unpretentious setting of Double-A stirred something in his soul.
"[I realized] I had kind of lost that in the realm of what was happening to me in basketball," Jordan once said. "I was on the pedestal for so long that I forgot about the steps to get to that. That's what Minor League baseball did to me."
And the stint certainly left impressions on those around him.
Huff looks back fondly at those winter workouts as a perfect precursor to his work now, as the vice president of operations for the Bulls/Sox Academy, a youth development facility. Francona's experience with a superstar at that early stage of his managerial career was a perfect precursor to what he'd encounter when he took over a Red Sox club loaded with outsized personalities a decade later. Lamont admits that for all the distractions the Jordan situation could have caused for his defending division champs that spring, he simply got a kick out of it. Schaffer considers Jordan one of the classiest people he dealt with in more than 30 years with the Sox.
And then there's Rychel. He long ago gave up his big league dreams and went into a career in the food industry, where he is currently the regional manager for a burrito chain. To this day, Rychel has not told his children -- ages 6 to 14 -- that their dad served up Jordan's first of just three career home runs, and to this day, he still wishes he had thrown the slider.
In the weeks leading up to July 30, 1994, word had gotten around the Southern League that Jordan was showing improvement, hitting the ball harder, capitalizing on more mistakes. And that night, Rychel made a costly one. He can laugh now about the night he got "posterized" by His Airness, and looking back, his pitch selection isn't his only regret.
"Through it all," Rychel says with a laugh, "I never even got an autograph."
But like so many others in baseball who crossed Michael Jordan's path in 1994, he got one heck of a memory.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Wherever they live, homeowners can incorporate home styles associated with certain regions within their own dwellings. That way they can include particular historical periods or architectural influences they love regardless of their location. From Mediterranean-style low rises on the West Coast to colonial homes in the East, regional differences show up in all aspects of home design.
Seaside Style
Mediterranean flair conveys the relaxed atmosphere of seashore home with chic French country furnishings. Home decorators can recreate the mellow mood of Mediterranean life with subtle blue and white fabrics, accents of green and a mix of stripes and floral patterns. In their kitchens, accessories may include hand-crafted pottery pieces and wooden bowls to add the ambiance of a garden cafe.
One HGTV viewer presented her interpretation of the Mediterranean by transforming a tiny deck off a kitchen into a simple yet comfortable place in the sun. A metal-frame outdoor chaise lounge with deep cushions was matched by a metal bistro dining set for two.
Several large container plants with pink blooms were offset by branches from nearby surrounding trees. The white chaise cushions were an ideal choice for a small space. Throw pillows in green and pink stripes pulled in the colors from the plants and trees.
Timeless Mission Furnishings
Craftsman and other style bungalows have been a mainstay of Midwestern home architecture for generations. The Mission style of furniture - also called Arts and Crafts - has always been associated with one-story bungalow living.
Mission features fit beautifully with today's trends, such as the growing popularity of geometric, wood-stained furnishings and hardwood floors. The style has historically had a masculine look, but now suits any taste with its use of striped wood grain oak and simple hardware. Installing radiant floor heating warms up the space with heat distributed uniformly without a duct system to interfere with the design of the room.
With Mission's clean design lines, homeowners can pair Tiffany glass lamps and upholstered seating in this decor. Deep green, red and brown complement the look, along with area rugs in nature colors. Other materials that embellish the Mission style include metals, stained glass, painted tiles and fabrics featuring floral motifs.
Early American Recreated
Colonial home styles are more prevalent in New England than in the American West, but there's no reason why this architectural look can't be featured in homes coast to coast. The colors associated with colonial times are a good match for modern furnishings and paint techniques from earlier eras are still used today.
According to HomeDecoratingCoach.com, paint colors in these early homes included red, mustard yellow and moss green, as well as tan and gray. Often, homemakers produced grained or marbled finishes on the walls for a more elegant look. Those painting techniques are a good substitute for wallpaper in moist environments like bathrooms and kitchens.
But homeowners don't have to give up on modern conveniences when they choose a period look for their rooms. Adding items like towel warmers to a bathroom painted in colonial colors is a way to have a historical look and contemporary touches at the same time.
To carry through the theme, homeowners may want to outfit their spaces with pewter accessories and needlepoint pillows on chairs. Folk art, a popular decoration in colonial times, offers a number of colors that homeowners can choose from this traditional palette.
For tablecloths or runners, patterns that are reminiscent of fabrics from the colonial era add another touch of authenticity. Or, home decorators who have a flair for craft work can use fabric paint to create old-style marbled patterns on pillows and other soft furnishings.


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UC Irvine alumnus Paul Horne (Class of '89) is a writer and producer for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." In his first season, Horne won two Emmys; one for writing and another for producing. Before joining the show, Horne worked as a magazine editor and freelance travel writer.
Next year, Horne will be involved in writing script for Ellen DeGeneres, who is slated to host the Oscars in March.
Q: What do you enjoy most about working on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show?"
A:I get to sit down with a comedy genius every morning, pitch ideas and get feedback. For a comedy writer, it doesn't get much better than that.
Q: Do you have quirky stories about your time there?
A:On my first day of work, which happened to be my birthday, Ellen was receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was a surreal opportunity to watch that happening and think "Wow. This is my new boss."
Q: How much of the show is Ellen improvising, and how much is scripted by writers?
A:It's a very collaborative process on the show. Ellen and the writers pitch ideas back and forth to come up with the monologues and the comedy bits we do. Of course the guest interviews are just Ellen talking and improvising. She's so good at listening and being present with guests and that's why her comedy works.
Q: Did your time at UC Irvine prepare you for your current job at all?
A:A degree in drama opened so many doors for me – all of them at temp agencies. The funny thing is, I wrote every single paper at UCI the night before it was due, without exception. I planned, procrastinated and whined. I smoked cloves and drank beer and played quarters, but the actual writing didn't happen until I literally could no longer think of another excuse to put it off. The irony that writing on deadline is now my career is not lost on me.
Q: Do you have any advice for people who may be interested in writing for television?
A:There are some terrible writers out there. Everyone with a blog considers themselves a writer. The same thing goes for actors. The vast majority of wannabe actors in Los Angeles want fame, not a career as an actor. To succeed long term as a TV writer or even an actor, you have to develop your craft so that you can quickly and reliably produce on a deadline. It's very different than writing for a casual blog. I was thrown into the shark tank right away but for most people I'd highly recommend doing an internship with a show so you can get used to the pace and working conditions. When you see how the writers, producers, crew and talent interact and work, you will be naturally drawn to a position that takes advantages of whatever talent you have to offer.
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For Steve Sarkisian, adversity on his coaching staff presented an opportunity.
Washington wrapped up a poor year on defense with one of the worst defensive performances in a bowl game, allowing 777 yards and 67 points to Baylor in the Alamo Bowl. The Huskies coach responded by firing three defensive assistants, including coordinator Nick Holt.
Weeks earlier, Washington had lost one of its best recruiters, cornerback coach Demetrice Martin, to UCLA.
All the departures ended up allowing Sarkisian to drastically revamp his coaching staff, which could have major recruiting repercussions for the program. The Huskies added five new assistants, including both coordinators and the entire defensive staff.
The headliner, of course, is defensive line coach Tosh Lupoi, whose departure crushed California's class and helped to add five-star safety Shaq Thompson to Washington's.
"Tosh quite honestly has been a thorn in my side for the last five or six years on the recruiting front," Sarkisian told reporters this week. "If you can't beat them, get them to join you."
The new hires could expand Washington's recruiting footprint out of state, into parts of California, Arizona and nationwide.
Before leaving for UCLA, Martin helped Washington recruit the Los Angeles area with some success, but the Huskies struggled in Northern California. That's where Lupoi and offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau, another former Cal assistant, could help.
Lupoi helped Washington land Thompson and defensive end Pio Vatuvei in the final days of the recruiting cycle.
Though Lupoi is a strong recruiter in California, he's also been effective recruiting from coast to coast, landing recruits to Cal such as Keenan Allen from North Carolina and other prospects to Cal from Oregon and Maryland.
"I think they're going to be able to target Southern California kids a little better," Rivals.com West recruiting analyst Adam Gorney said. "They'll be involved with every Northern California kid, which has been a stronghold for Cal with Lupoi and all those relationships."
Lupoi may be the biggest addition on the recruiting front, but he's not the only one.
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New secondary coach Keith Heyward recruited the Los Angeles area for Oregon State with some success. Defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox may not have been a star recruiter by SEC standards during his time at Tennessee, but he knew enough to recruit Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore out of Prosser, Wash.
From a recruiting standpoint, the best hire from Tennessee's staff may have been Peter Sirmon. Sarkisian told reporters he already nicknamed Sirmon "the miner" for his diligence in recruiting. A former Oregon linebacker and college teammate of Wilcox, Sirmon was promoted from graduate assistant to linebacker coach at Tennessee. He earned the reputation of a natural recruiter in a short time at Tennessee.
"He puts on his hard hat," Sarkisian said. "He's got a light on and goes into his office and works on recruiting."
If Washington is going to compete for a Pac-12 title, the Huskies will have to win recruiting battles, especially in California.
USC has proven NCAA sanctions won't prevent the Trojans from landing elite talent. Backed by two BCS seasons, Stanford has become a national factor on the recruiting scene. Oregon continues to recruit California and Texas effectively. And first-year coach Jim Mora assembled a formidable recruiting staff in his first few months on the job at UCLA.
The addition of former LSU assistant Larry Porter to the staff at Arizona State gives the Pac-12 three former Rivals.com National Recruiters of the Year. One of the others is USC's Ed Orgeron.
The third is Lupoi.
"What they've really done is strengthen the areas where they were pretty good already," Gorney said. "They've gone from a school that used Sarkisian as a key recruiter, and now they have three, four or five [assistants] who can do that."
Washington wasn't the only program to overhaul its coaching staff this season. Here's a look at five others and the potential ramifications on the field and in recruiting. Like Washington, these schools include programs that did not change head coaches. Other schools such as USC, Boise State, Iowa and West Virginia will need to make major changes to their coaching staffs, but the new assistants have not been hired yet.
New assistants: Paul Haynes (defensive coordinator and secondary), Taver Johnson (linebackers), Kevin Peoples (defensive tackles), Paul Petrino (offensive coordinator and quarterbacks)
The buzz: Petrino is back after his stint as offensive coordinator at Illinois. He's expected to return to a similar role as his first stint at Arkansas where he'll recruit Florida. Bobby Petrino, however, will remain the playcaller. Haynes and Johnson came from Jim Tressell's staff at Ohio State. They bring instant defensive credibility. Peoples was in an administrative position but joined the staff full-time to coach defensive tackles, a position he coached from 2002-09 at Arkansas State. The new hires already helped on the recruiting trail, too. Johnson helped Arkansas land linebacker Otha Peters, the fourth-ranked player in Louisiana. Peoples helped land defensive tackle Darius Philon after his offer from Alabama fell through.
New assistants: Scott Booker (tight ends and special teams coordinator), Bob Elliott (safeties), Harry Hiestand (offensive line)
The buzz: The most unorthodox move in Notre Dame's staff is to move secondary coach Chuck Martin to offensive coordinator. Kelly will still call the plays, but Martin will be the quarterback coach. He has a defensive background but was a head coach for six seasons at Division II Grand Valley State when Kelly left for Central Michigan. Arriving from Tennessee, Hiestand is a veteran line coach who has coached the position every season since 1988. The Irish also handed Tony Alford, the team's top recruiter, the title of recruiting coordinator.
New assistants: Art Kaufman (defensive coordinator), John Lovett (secondary), Terry Price (defensive line), Chris Thomsen (offensive line)
The buzz: Texas Tech will be on its third defensive coordinator in three seasons, but Tommy Tuberville hopes to return to his roots after tinkering with TCU's 4-2-5 offense last season. Kaufman, the former North Carolina coordinator, will return to a 4-3 offense and work with Lovett and Price, who were both former Tuberville assistants at Ole Miss and Auburn. Thomsen, former head coach at Division II Abeline Christian, is an interesting addition as line coach. Thomsen knows West Texas and has been able to unearth talent. Since 2006, Abilene Christian produced four NFL draft picks, including safety Danieal Manning and wide receiver Johnny Knox.
New assistants: Derrick Ansley (cornerbacks), Charlie Coiner (tight ends), Jay Graham (running backs), John Palermo (defensive line), Sam Pittman (offensive line) Sal Sunseri (defensive coordinator)
The buzz: Tennessee's response to losing Hiestand to Notre Dame and Wilcox and Sirmon to Washington was to hire more assistants with experience in the Southeast. Derek Dooley plucked Alabama inside linebacker coach Sal Sunseri to be his defensive coordinator. Alabama responded by filling his vacancy with Lance Thompson, the Volunteers' defensive line coach and a noted recruiter. Tennessee added Graham, who spent the last three seasons at South Carolina. Graham, one of the top 10 rushers in Tennessee history, was one of the Gamecocks' top recruiters.
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The buzz: Between losing defensive coordinator Dave Doeren to Northern Illinois in 2010 and offensive coordinator Paul Chryst to Pittsburgh after the 2011 season, Bielema has needed to overhaul nearly his entire staff. Only two assistants remain from 2010. Doeren and Chryst were on the fast track to head coaching jobs, but the big surprise was the number of position coaches who left as well. The departure of Joe Rudolph to Pittsburgh leaves a void for Wisconsin recruiting in Ohio. Wisconsin was able to replace line coach Bob Bostad, who was named Chryst's offensive coordinator, with veteran offensive line coach Mike Markuson, a longtime Houston Nutt assistant. New offensive coordinator Matt Canada has needed to do more with less for most of his career in stints as offensive coordinator at Indiana and Northern Illinois.
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Here is the latest edition of Week In Review - a series of weekly messages from the Mayor and City Council to help Richardson residents and businesses keep up to date on events at City Hall.
Free Admission at City Pools Saturday for Splash Day
The Heights Family Aquatic Center, Glenville, Canyon Creek, Terrace and Cottonwood pools are open for the summer season on Splash Day, scheduled for Saturday, May 31. That day, admission will be free during regular operating hours.
The Parks and Recreation Department will offer a free swim lessons from 9 a.m. to noon at Glenville Pool, 500 S. Glenville Dr., on Splash Day. Register for a free lesson by calling 972-744-7893.
NTMWD Urges Increased Efforts to Conserve Water
The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) is asking everyone it serves in North Texas to turn off their automated sprinkler systems this summer and only operate their systems manually, when needed and on allowed watering days.
Executive Director Tom Kula said this week that recent rains have helped reservoirs somewhat, but that a unified effort among cities and individuals to increase conservation is needed to preserve limited water supplies and avoid more drastic measures restricting water use.
In a press release published this week Kula said: "Most homes, businesses and community areas are equipped with automatic sprinkler systems that account for more than 50 percent of water use this time of year. As part of the action taken by the NTMWD Board of Directors, this is a call for all customers served by the NTMWD to do what's needed—Turn Off your automatic sprinklers and only operate your systems manually, when needed, and within your cities' guidelines."
Manual operation, he said, gives people greater control over the single-largest user of water during the summer—automatic sprinklers—and ensures that irrigation is done in the most efficient way possible.
The City of Richardson has implemented Modified Stage 3 Water Restrictions, which limit lawn irrigation to twice a month, throughout the summer. The NTMWD, which supplies water to Richardson, says its communities need to achieve greater than 10 percent savings through the summer months because of the ongoing drought. Lawns should only be watered when needed—when a soil moisture meter registers as "Dry." Recent rains have helped relieve the need to irrigate landscaping, but this is still one of the driest years on record, and North Texas remains in an extended, severe drought.
The schedule below is based on guidelines approved by the NTMWD:
1st and 3rd Sunday
(irrigation prohibited between 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
Watering is prohibited between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and during times of precipitation. The City has inspectors monitoring for compliance 18 hours a day, seven days a week. Learn more about Modified Stage 3 Water Restrictions online at cor.net/waterconservation. Report a violation through the MyRichardson mobile app or by calling 972-744-4111.
CityLine Construction to Cause Plano Road Lane Closures
Aesthetic improvements to street intersections as part of CityLine construction will require crews to close lanes in each direction of Plano Road between Renner Road and President George Bush Turnpike. Drivers are encouraged to use alternate routes.
Weather permitting, the following lane closure schedule on Plano Road is planned:
The construction is to add decorative paving at intersections of Plano Road with newly built streets within CityLine. The first phase of the mixed-use development will begin opening later this year, with completion scheduled for 2015. It includes four office buildings that will house State Farm Insurance, as well as a corporate campus to be built for Raytheon. CityLine will include a mix of office space; hotels; residential; grocery, restaurant, entertainment and retail space; and parks and trails.
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Choir, Dance Groups to Perform at Eisemann Center
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Neil Sperry to Give Free Presentation at Civic Center
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The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call Janet Vance at 972-744-4376.
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NETWORK holds free events each month featuring a topic of interest to seniors. Upcoming seminars include "Master Gardener – Planting Native" on June 17 and "End of Life Planning" on July 1.
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Richardson Animal Shelter Pet of the Week
Meet Lucky! She is a wonderful German Shepherd mix. She was brought to the Shelter on May 16 and is already spayed and fully vaccinated. She is only 5 years old and is in good health! Great around kids and is housebroken.
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 10:25 AM
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Man hit by car while crossing Embarcadero
Original post made on Oct 3, 2007
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 10:25 AM
Comments (20)
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 3, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Three comments strike me from this.
1. The man was crossing mid block
2. The man was wearing dark clothing at 8.55 p.m. when it is dark
3. The man was hit by a Prius, almost silent.
All very dangerous, but what have we been saying about an accident waiting to happen - here it is? Hard to decide who is at fault most, the pedestrian inconspicuous and where he shouldn't be, and the car, too silent.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 3, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Car was going the speed limit, I doubt it was running all electric.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Oct 3, 2007 at 3:02 pm
The man was 84 years old. This is very sad.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 3, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Yes it is indeed very sad.
I am not sure if his age was in any way a cause of the accident. Accidents are always very sad and I do have great sympathy for the man and his family. I can also see that perhaps the driver was unable to see him clearly until it was too late. It is one of those accidents where so much is still unknown.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Oct 3, 2007 at 4:45 pm
Which speed limit--the posted 25 mph or the "state limit", what ever that is?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 3, 2007 at 7:29 pm
"Which speed limit--the posted 25 mph or the "state limit", what ever that is?"
They are the same.
The posted speed limit is 25
The state limit for residential is 25
I seldom see anyone drive that slow on that street though.
Since this was at 8:55 p.m., the cars light should have been on.
I assume the lights were on since it was not reported they were not.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Oct 4, 2007 at 9:47 am
The CA Vehicle Code uses "the 85th percentile speed" to effectively limit enforcement. On Embarcadero this is much closer to 40 mph than 25 mph. This is a de facto increase in the speed limit.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 4, 2007 at 10:53 am
With regard to the speed limit, RS is correct that the speed limit on Embarcadero at Waverly is 25 mph, because the street is in a "residence district" (i.e., lots of houses on both sides of the street). (See Vehicle Code 22352(a)(2).) However, as R Wray suggests, the Palo Alto police would not be able to use radar to enforce the 25 mph speed limit on Embarcadero at Waverly (Embarcadero being classified as a "minor arterial" street in that location) unless the speed limit is justified by a recent engineering and traffic survey, since that would constitute a "speed trap" (see Veh. Code 40802). But keep in mind that the police would still be able to enforce the 25 mph speed limit in other ways.
The city probably has the option of increasing the speed limit on Embarcadero, given the speed that most cars seem to travel there (see Veh. Code 22357), but the city isn't required to raise the speed limit to the 85th percentile speed. (In general, engineering and traffic surveys use the 85th percentile to set the prima facie speed limit, but the use of the 85th percentile is not required--or even mentioned--by the Vehicle Code.)
a resident of Los Altos
on Oct 4, 2007 at 10:49 pm
I was walking in Los Altos last week with my husband, no loud sounds going on, and a hybrid backing out of its driveway came very close to us. We had not heard a thing. When a driver's in a rush and not looking around well and there's no audible cues to warn the people around it, what else could happen but a dangerous situation.
I, of course, hate the roar of traffic in the Bay Area, but I also find it annoying to have to be so vigilant now.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 5, 2007 at 12:11 am
Trust me foolish pedestrians step in from of my 8 cylinder all the time. Its not quiet, they are just not being careful or hoping I will yield to them even if I have right of way. Drive any University Ave cross street at night and make sure you travel with your foot on your brake because about 25% of the time someone is going to walk across the street against red light right in front of oncoming traffic.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Oct 5, 2007 at 5:45 am
I am sorry for this gentleman, but crossing the street in the dark wearing dark clothing and apparently not looking for traffic, well.
I am amazed at all the people who apparently do not look for traffic but think using their ears is sufficient. What about bicycles, not to mention basic safety, did your mothers not tell you to watch for traffic? Well, in a few generations the gene pool will be corrected for that behavior.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Oct 5, 2007 at 9:40 am
My source indicated that the 85th percentile was in the CVC, but I stand corrected. Nevertheless, the CVC references "prima facie speed" and "engineering and traffic survey" and it seems to be the law of the land in CA.
The other method of enforcing the speed limit is for the police to tail the vehicle. My understanding, however, is that the courts usually give at least a 10 mph leeway to the offender because they consider this method to be inaccurate.
My point is that the posted 25 mph speed cannot be enforced, mainly because of interference by the state. I recall several news stories/comments that this is the case. This situation results in disrespect for the law.
If believe the posted speed limit would be enforced by automatic means, and fines would be imposed something like $5 for every 0.2 mph over the posted limit.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 5, 2007 at 10:40 am
ok, but what is your point vs the original post. There is no information that the car was speeding.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Oct 5, 2007 at 5:46 pm
My point is that there are two speed limits: the posted limit of 25 mph and the "prima facie" limit of about 40 mph. The news story just says "travelling at the speed limit". Since I hardly ever see anyone driving 25 mph or less at that location, I wonder if the actual speed was more than 25 mph. (BTW, how do they know how fast the car was going?) I can see how the accident might happen at 40 mph, but I have a much harder time seeing it at 25 mph. I don't like the State telling us how to enforce our local laws, and I would like to know if the state laws were instrumental in this accident.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 5, 2007 at 6:17 pm
prima facie deals with enforcements of speed limits, it does not estabish a speed limit. The speed limit is 25. Now I agree with you, I seldom see anyone travel 25, but the limit is still 25.
The estimate of the cars speed is done by the evidence collected at the scene. Officers are trained to do that, I am not, so thats the best I can help you there. How good it is a suppose is based on how much evidence he can collect.
From the write up, it appears that the accident was caused because a pedestrian in dark clothing failed to yield right of way to an approaching car. He did not cross at an intersection, he needed to do that to have any chance of establishing right of way.
Waverly is controlled intersection, he should have crossed there.
My guess, he saw the headlights, thought he could beat it and misjudged the cars speed and distance vs his own ability to cross the street. Its only a guess though.
Its a tragedy for both the pedestrian that must deal with his wounds for taking a risk that he did not have to take and the driver that probably feels horrible and wonders if there was anything he/she could have done differently.
a resident of another community
on Oct 5, 2007 at 7:41 pm
I was a person who pulled over to see if the man needed help (CPR). While I was there the woman who hit him explicitly stated that she had been driving 25mph. I'm not sure I totally believe that since, as others have pointed out, very few people drive that speed on Embarcadero. However, 25 is what she reported. Also, I know it's smartest to wear bright clothing but the man was wearing a suit...white and powder blue suits aren't all that popular as it happens...However, it would have been smartest to cross at a corner when all was clear.
a resident of Mountain View
on Oct 5, 2007 at 8:37 pm
I was a passenger in a car (ironically a Prius) and came to the intersection (actually Cowper at Embarcadero) just as the man stepped in front of traffic and was hit. I called 911 and we paused long enough to see the man lying in the street with a small crowd gathering, as sirens sopunded in the distance. A few bystanders seemed to be trying to determine if the man was conscious but he was clearly not responding. There is no question he was jaywalking. Why is an important question. when I called the police department yesterday (10-4) to inquire after the man who was hit, I was told by a woman in Records, "actually it's more complicated than that," but she wouldn't elaborate and said when information was available it would be posted on the police log. As of today (10-5) nothing new has been added. I find myself wondering if this might have been a suicide attempt. Why else would a man in dark clothing step off a curb at night into oncoming traffic where there was no crosswalk? I hope he will be all right - and that we will find out more.
a resident of Community Center
on Oct 6, 2007 at 3:14 pm
For those who throw in the question of a "too silent" Prius engine: I really doubt this could be construed as a causal factor in this case. My own experience is that when the full headlights are on in a Prius, the engine is almost always on at 25 mph except when braking, going downhill or at a stop.
But in any case, the visual cue of oncoming headlights at night is a much more important cue for pedestrians than any motor noise. The lights are visible from much farther away than the sound of even the biggest , and even if a pedestrian is foolish enough not to look in the direction of oncoming traffic, the bright headlights of a car close enough to hit someone would be readily apparent! So let's not be so quick to bash hybrids.
Second, the law is clear: pedestrians do not have the right of way if they step out into oncoming traffic away from corners and crosswalks. If they do so without allowing sufficient time for vehicles to come to a stop without hitting them, they will almost certainly be assigned fault.
Third, the 85th percentile rule applies to whether radar enforcement can be used. It does NOT change the speed limit. When a police officer states that the driver was going the speed limit on Embarcadero, that means 25 mph. And they don't just take the driver's statement for granted. In all injury accidents, a team looks at the physical evidence (brake marks and much more) and can usually pinpoint the speed at impact pretty accurately.
While it is a tragedy that this man was injured, how fortunate for him and his family that the driver was one of the few obeying the 25 mph speed limit!! Way too many drivers think it's okay to go 35-40 mph the whole length of Embarcadero.
So yes, let's remind everyone to take care when crossing busy multi-lane streets at night on foot or on bike. But let's also remind drivers that speed really does kill. See the graph on this authoritative site:
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And here's some food for thought if you are tempted to go 40 miles per hour when the road looks "empty" and no cops are in sight. You may have the best brakes in the world, but the laws of physics still apply and you won't be able to stop as fast as you think:
"For both stopping distances and the severity of crashes, speed matters. Travelling at 40 mph, the average driver who sights a pedestrian in the road 100 feet ahead will still be travelling 38 mph on impact: driving at 25 mph, the driver will have stopped before the pedestrian is struck." [ See citation *** .]
I'm sure that this driver feels awful about hitting a pedestrian. But it sure seems like he/she had taken the most important step to prevent crashes and reduce the severity of injuries if "accidents" do occur -- reducing vehicle speed. Wouldn't it be great if more Palo Alto drivers would follow suit?
*** Source: McLean AJ, Anderson RWG, Farmer MJB, Lee BH, Brooks CG. Vehicle Speeds and the Incidence of Fatal Pedestrian Collisions - Volume 1. Federal Office of Road Safety, Australia. See also Traditional Neighborhood Development Street Design Guidelines. Transportation Planning Council Committee 5P-8, Institute of Transportation Engineers. Washington D.C., 1997, p. 15-16.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Oct 6, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Witness (above) raises the possibility that this could have been a suicide attempt. Looking only at the technical aspects of the incident, this looks likely. In my mind I had ruled this out because the news story indicated a cut-and-dried accident. When suicide is a possible factor, an honest news report invariably includes at least some statement like "the incident is under investigation"--it didn't in this case. Overly PC reporting can be misleading.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 7, 2007 at 12:29 pm
I agree the driver must have had lights on and making noise, but as a side note, as a Prius driver, I need to be incredibly cautious because sometimes my car makes no noise and I could hit someone. Let's face it, I, and I assume most drivers, are not 100% perfect, and I need to exercise even more caution because of the car I drive.
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