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The fact is, 2013 should be a mulligan year. It will render Rex being fired, Idzik hiring is own guy, cutting Sanchez, and drafting one of the elite QBs in the 2014 draft. Hopefully, the bounty we receive from the Bucs for Revis will come in the 2014 draft as well.
what if bridgewater,manziel and carr were 1 year wonders? we will have waited another year to get this team in the right direction?
the time is now. 44 years has been long enough to get the recipe right.
The problem with this approach is there is no way to guarantee that the team can draft one of the top prospects in 2014 no matter how much ammo they possess. This is why a team needs to think very hard before they pass on an opportunity to draft the top rated quarterback prospect at a bargain position without needing to trade up.
And what if this plan does not work? We go another full year with drafting our future quarterback?
There is simply no way that this is the mindset inside the Jets organization. Rex is coaching for his future as an NFL HC, and a rookie GM is in no position to be taking mulligan years in the Not For Long league.The fact is, 2013 should be a mulligan year.
I voted no.
Idzik has to be 100% sure of his first high pick QB... Geno is a gamble.
So we should wait a year and draft a QB who probably isn't markedly better then what's available now?
If he's there at #9, trade that pick to some really dumb QB starved team.
He won't be there. If he is you have to take him.
Browns drafted Weeden last year in the first round so doubt they go there again. Eagles still have Vick. Lions have Stafford.
The only other team that could logically draft a QB in front of us are the Jaguars.
Andrew Luck was a once in a generation type of prospect. As close to a sure thing as you'll find. I can understand tanking for a player like him.
For every Andrew Luck there are tons of Matt Barkleys....guys who look great one year, then fall apart the next. And that's not a knock on Barkley. He may turn out to be good. But if a team tanked their 2012 season for him, how f*cking stupid would they look now?
If the scouting department likes Geno Smith, and he makes it to #9, then take him. If they'd prefer to pick someone like Nassib or Glennon in the 2nd or 3rd, great.
Tanking for next year is a bigger gamble than picking a guy now, IMO.
Agree 100% with the rest of your post also. If the Jets think Geno has even less of a ceiling than Sanchez, then there's no discussion here. But if he's the top-rated QB on their board, I don't see how any of the other players they're considering represent such a sure thing that passing on the top QB makes any sense.
It would not be like picking Geno Smith over Warren Sapp. All the other guys have major question marks too. Go QB if you like the guy.
Who would take him at their current draft spot after us? Tennessee at 10, or Vikes at 23 / 25 would be the only credible landing spots, IMHO, and I honestly don't see either of those teams taking him. So unless someone picks him as a long term transition plan (e.g. Pittsburgh) he could easily be there for trading up to the bottom of round one for.
The nice thing is that there is then a knock on effect on all the other QB's ... so someone like Glennon / Nassib / Barkley could easily be there at our round 2 pick if we pass on Geno in round 1.
I'd pick Tyler Bray in the second, after OLB in first. Then Oline, TE, Oline again or S and then fill in the blanks after........
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"I feel privileged to have the opportunity to reunite with the excellent team at Arkansas Nuclear One and return to the Russellville community," he said. "There is a strong sense of commitment to the community by me and the staff at ANO to serve and preserve this very special part of the county by making the safe operation of Arkansas Nuclear One our top priority."
Browning, who began his career at Entergy as a plant operator at ANO in 1990, rose through the ranks in the operations department, obtaining a senior reactor operator license in 2000.
He left the plant in 2007 to serve as general manager at Grand Gulf in Mississippi. While there, he assisted in a power uprate project that saw Grand Gulf become ranked the most powerful single-unit reactor nationwide. Before beginning work at ANO, Browning served in the U.S. Navy for six years.
Both Browning and his family will find the town a familiar setting. His daughter Amanda graduated from Russellville High School, and his youngest daughter Brittney was born at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center.
With his appointment as vice president at ANO, Browning will step into an administrative role at a plant that is one of the nation's leading nuclear generators, which possesses a 30,000 megawatt electric generating capacity and provides 2.8 million customers across four states.
Entergy has annual revenues exceeding $11 billion and employs approximately 15,000 people.

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Placed an order!
Placed an order!
I am glad I didn't confirm right away... I ended up changing the color of my car on the 9th day, and I am VERY glad I did !
Of course, then there is the fact that each day you wait, more EU orders come in that may delay your delivery further.
I confirmed immediately. No regrets.
Ordered and confirmed within minutes of each other. I had built my desired configuration enough times to know what I desired.
I didn't want to delay my delivery another 2 weeks and now with only 5 days left I'm sure glad I confirmed right away.
I slept on it then confirmed first thing in the morning the next day.
confirmed right away.
If you haven't played with configuration many times I would wait. I confirmed 2 days after financing was approved.
Waiting a day (to inform the wife) then confirmed.
Always go with your first choice / gut ; probably right selection 90% of the time...but this is not fact-based, just my own experience...
I waited the full two weeks to confirm. Not my situation was a bit different. I put the order in 8/3. This was one day after the new pricing and option change. I had a few things I was trying to figure out before the change but after the changes I wanted a little more time to figure things out.
Given that I am physically getting my car 4 weeks from confirmation. So only 6 weeks total wait time. Pretty good.
The first one (My car) I hit confirmed minutes after reserving. The second one we are taking our sweet time with...
In the spirit of offering an alternative perspective. I confirmed quickly but it might not have worked out well.
Within 24 hours of confirming my order I concluded I really needed (okay, wanted) the HPWC and dual chargers. Quick call to Tesla and was able to have them added. After another 96 hours of reading the forums I conclude that there seems to be a real solution to the panorama noise issues and start kicking myself for not having included on my order. A late night email to my DS explaining the change of heart was returned the following morning explaining I had reached out just in time to make the change.
In the end I consider myself lucky (even if lighter in the wallet) for being allowed two post confirm changes but if I had it to do over again, I would spend a few more days making sure my thoughts on the config did not evolve after making the initial purchase decision.
I confirmed August 27 and was still able to make changes (85S to 85P, wheels, spoiler) up to September 7. My car was still in the "sourcing parts" stage and I did it by calling Tesla directly and communicating by phone and email with a very helpful person there. Now I am in the "building your Model S" stage. If I had to guess, you can probably still make changes up to the building your car stage since it technically isn't being assembled yet.
I confirmed the next day. I was happy to have saved the two weeks when I was waiting for my MS to show up. :)
I actually put my order on hold to extend the guaranteed money back time until I get a reasonable answer from insurance. The moment that comes through I press confirm. The only fidgeting I did was take the leather option on ~day 3 after original design and deposit. Doubt I'll change anything anymore, now just waiting for insurance (financing already got a good deal on) as the first offer was ridiculously high (€7800 / year) because I live just outside of Tesla core market (sweden and finland have/will have in near term shops, Estonia just out of zone).
I confirmed right away to reduce the wait time. Ordered a black on black. Then, in a parking lot, I saw a black one and a white one---and liked the white better. Black looks great when it is newly washed, but shows dust so quickly, that I decided to go with the white. (and in my opinion the basic white is brighter and looks better than the pearl white.) Also decided to go with the higher end stereo (after hearing it). Luckily, because it was just a couple of days, I was able to make the change. Color is such a big thing that I would make sure I'd seen a few of the colors live before deciding.
Confirmed day after ordering, after hearing about the price changes in the US. Bought a fully loaded p85+, got worried about a possible price hike. Still not sure about financing, but the car is still a couple of months away, so i´ll worry about it then:)
did i read that right ? Over 7000 euros for insurance annually? Just how many 'at fault' accidents have you been in? Just to compare, i am getting about $1750, and thats canadian dollars, so only about Euro1250/year. Or are insurance premiums that whack in skandanavia?
a fully loaded P85? And you need financing? On the website fully loaded comes to $140k before tax. did you decline any of the option? What a ride though!!


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Metallica 'keenest' for Glastonbury
Michael Eavis believes Metallica deserve their headline spot at Glastonbury, as no other band has ever been as "keen" to play the music festival.
Opposition to the band's appearance has been growing due to claims their heavy metal sound does not fit the "hippy" vibe of the festival and their frontman's associations with bear-hunting.
But Mr Eavis, speaking underneath a giant furry bear at Glastonbury's site office, said he was looking forward to watching the band headline, alongside Arcade Fire and Kasabian.
"I am looking forward to seeing them," the 78-year-old said. "We have been going for so long that people don't expect us to put on a heavy metal band.
"We had Rage Against The Machine and we have had lots of fairly heavy metal bands in the past but this is not a typical headline.
"We usually have bands like Radiohead, Coldplay and U2, the Rolling Stones, but I am really looking forward to them.
"There's no other band in the whole history of the festival that has been so keen to play, they will do the best set of their lives here."
Mr Eavis said the polar bear - leftover from the Greenpeace Area last year - was placed on the site's entrance after it emerged Metallica lead singer James Hetfield had been involved in a bear hunting programme.
"There was this hoo-ha about the lead singer of Metallica going bear hunting," he said.
"He said they were only killing bears that were dangerous to life, I don't know the truth behind that whole saga but one of the team put it there after that. It wasn't me."
Glastonbury fans will experience improvements to the festival site, including a bespoke 4G network and app with features such as live streams of BBC coverage, both powered by festival technology partner EE.
"We are trying to make things better all the time. Things change every year according to the band," Mr Eavis added.
Mr Eavis, who likes to graze his 400-strong dairy herd for 100 days a year on his pastures, barely sleeps through the festival.
Organisers across the country spend 12 months planning the rural Somerset event, which welcomes 135,000 music fans.
During the festival, Mr Eavis walks 12 hours every day around the 1,200-acre site to soak up as much as possible, including his favourite haunts.
"At 2.30 in the morning the Bullring, which is built from old lock gates from Devizes, is a lively place to be," he said.
"I have never seen anything like it. There's a gardening and herb area run by proper gardeners and that is particularly lovely at 4.30am.
"I don't camp, I'm on my legs the whole time. Setting up takes a whole year so when it happens I can't miss anything, I have to see every small thing."
In the run up to the festival, Mr Eavis is a constant fixture on the site, greeting volunteers with a friendly wave and shouts of recognition.
"Some people have been coming here since they were 12 and they are now in their 60s," he said.
"They wouldn't miss it for the world. They drop everything to be here just for a few weeks. It is the best place in the world.
"I do recognise them but I can't say I know all of the names."
Mr Eavis, who first hosted the event in 1970, is still cautious of its longevity at Worthy Farm.
"The main thing is that it has been going for 44 years and it is still going," he said. "I always approach the festival as if it is the last one, there are so many things that could happen.
"Cattle disease or other diseases - all these things could actually prevent us from carrying on, but I have said that for the last 44 years.
"I have a degree of optimism but I am realistic to know that things could go wrong at any time."
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Cherie Lash Rhoades accused of shooting four people dead during eviction meeting
Practically everyone in this tiny town in the high desert of northeastern California's Surprise Valley knew Cherie Lash Rhoades.
A leader of the Cedarville Rancheria, she worked in the tribe's gas station and convenience store and wore brightly coloured tank tops that showed off her tattoos.
But it is tough to find anyone with a kind word to say about her.
"She bullied her way through life," said Sandra Parriott, a lifelong resident of Cedarville and owner of two downtown markets. "But I would never think she would start blowing people away in a meeting."
Police arrested Rhoades on suspicion that she did just that on Thursday in Alturas, leaving four dead and two wounded in a gun and knife attack at a meeting on whether to evict Rhoades from one of the nine little houses on the rancheria.
Eviction from tribal housing is among the most serious punishments for American Indians. Though police have said they are still working on a motive, a nephew who lived with her, Jacob Penn, said she snapped under the pressure of her brother trying to evict her. The brother, Rurik Davis, who lived down the street on the Rancheria, had apparently taken over as tribal chairman and was among the dead.
Investigators had been looking into whether Rhoades took federal grant money meant for the rancheria she once led, a person familiar with the tribe's situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke only on condition of anonymity.
Alturas Police Chief Ken Barnes said they were looking into whether the embezzlement allegations spurred the tribe's efforts to evict Rhoades but they had not established any definitive motive.
The investigation was no secret around town, where several people interviewed by the AP mentioned it, though they said they had not been contacted by investigators and did not want to give their names.
Though Rhoades was always ready to share a joke, "you did not want to get on her bad side," said Penny Nash, Parriott's sister. "She has a powerful personality."
It was not immediately known if Rhoades had a lawyer. She was being held at an undisclosed location because the husband of one of the dead, the only non-relative to be shot, works at the Modoc County Jail, Sheriff Mike Poindexter said.
Rhoades has yet to appear in court, where she would be given a lawyer if she could not afford one herself. Her father, Larry Lash, declined to comment. Penn, who lived with Rhoades and was raised by her after her sister gave him up as a child, had little to say but a shrug of the shoulders about his aunt, whom he called, "my mom." He said two of the dead were his brother and sister, Rhoades' nephew and niece.
Most of the 35 registered members of the rancheria appear to have been related to Rhodes. Parriott ticked off 20 people on her fingers she knew were relatives of Rhoades.
Parriott said her late mother had known Rhoades' late mother, Virginia Sweeney, who lived in town as a child, but not on the rancheria. Rhoades came back about 20 years ago with her young son, mother and brother, Davis, and worked her way into leadership of the tribe.
Parriott said Rhoades "was always loud. She kept pushing and plowing to get her way."
"I sure wouldn't have wanted to be her neighbour," Parriott added. "She took pretty good care of her kid, but I don't know that she had any friends. She had family, but family aren't always your friends."
Rhoades' brother, Rurik Davis, was easy to get along with, Parriott said.
The US Bureau of Indian Affairs sent a team to Alturas on Saturday to provide grief counselling for anyone wanting it, agency spokeswoman Nedra Darling said in an email.
Cedarville is a small town of about 1500 people in the Great Basin, where the Paiute people once roamed with the skills to live in hard country. Now there are cattle on the range. The town is tucked between the foothills of the snowcapped Warner Mountains to the west, and a string of alkali lakes to the east.
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New York - Manchester United announced plans on Tuesday to list on the New York Stock Exchange, an attempt to reduce debt and increase its ability to compete with wealthier owners in European football.
The record 19-time English champions hope to raise a maximum of $100 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, although that figure could change before the initial public offering becomes effective.
United has been looking to raise funds to help reduce debt from the 2005 takeover that was worth $663 million as of March 31, having previously scrapped plans to sell shares on the Singapore stock market.
United has given no details of the stock price in New York or the number of shares that will be listed, but said that it does not intend to pay dividends to shareholders.
"We intend to use all of our net proceeds from this offering to reduce our indebtedness," United's filing with the U.S. government said.
The Glazer family, which bought the club in 2005, would retain control through Class B shares, which would have 10 times the voting power of the stock sold to the public.
Under the reorganisation, the team would become a wholly owned subsidiary of Manchester United Ltd., a newly formed holding company based in the Cayman Islands.
The team was listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1991 until June 2005, when the Glazers completed a leveraged buyout valued at $1.47 billion that sparked fan protests at Old Trafford.
A nearly 300-page prospectus to the SEC contains a series of warnings about the state of the club's finances.
The filing says "our indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health and competitive position" and reduce "the availability of our cash flow to fund the hiring and retention of players and coaching staff."
The Red Devils were on track to win their 20th league title this year, taking an eight-point lead into the final weeks of the season. But crosstown rival Manchester City, which became football's biggest spender following its purchase by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, won the title on goal difference on the final day of the season.
"In the Premier League, recent investment from wealthy team owners has led to teams with deep financial backing that are able to acquire top players and coaching staff, which could result in improved performance from those teams in domestic and European competitions," United's filing said.
United also warned that new UEFA spending restrictions "could negatively affect our business."
European football's governing body is phasing in spending restrictions over several seasons, known as Financial Fair Play. Under the rules, clubs have to break even from football operations, or they risk being excluded from European competitions starting with the 2014/15 season.
But the three-time European champions have been valued at $2.24 billion by Forbes magazine, ranking it as football's most valuable club for the eighth year in a row.
And United is by far English football's biggest moneymaker, helping to soften the impact of its debt.
The filing revealed the club received £25.6 million from Nike in 2010/11 under its £303 million, 13-year deal with the equipment supplier, which has three years remaining, and another £5.7 million as its split of the profits.
Its shirt sponsorship with the insurance company AON, which runs through the 2013/14 season, and a separate agreement with the company that runs through June 2015 guarantees £88 million, up from a £14 million-a-year deal with AIG that ran for three years through the 2009/10 season.
New media and mobile revenue alone was worth £17.2 million in 2011.
Managers of the offering are Jefferies & Co. Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (U.S.A.) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Several other Premier League teams have US owners, including Arsenal (controlled by Stan Kroenke), Liverpool (by the parent company of the Boston Red Sox), Aston Villa (Randy Lerner) and Sunderland (Ellis Short).
The Glazers also own the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
they should just ask their 300 million asian fans (who don't even know where manchester is on the world map) to sponsor 1 dollar each.
Well dhirshan, you could probably say the same about Liverpool and now (only becuase they won) Man City fans too, most of whom couldn't find England on a world map let alone the cities!
Taking into consideration that many of the Asians from China, Japan, Korea an that region are highly educated your point is very stupid, but it's probably because you support Liverpool....
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Robert Pattinson Online has posted another MySpace Artist on Artist photo of Robert in their galleries, and CBA has scans of the latest Cosmo featuring Robert up at their blog. I love Robert's romantic zoo story!
Also, you can read TwiCrack addict Kathy's awesome, detailed review of 'How To Be' over at the CBA forums.
Thanks for letting me know about this, KD! Can't wait to see HTB.


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WWE Smackdown Taping Results (Air Date: Friday, November 25, 2011)
Mark Henry comes out on a crutch and cuts promo saying he will fight through his leg injury. Big Show comes out. H tells Henry that what he just did to him, Henry did to Show. Henry called Show the world's largest loser. Show laid out Henry with KO punch. Daniel Bryan came out and cashed in MITB. We have a new champion.
Not so fast. Teddy Long comes out and says Henry was not cleared to compete. He takes Title off of Bryan and gives it back to Henry.
This set up a Fatal 4 Way for the Number one contendership. The winner faces Henry for Title next week I think, then winner of that match faces Big Show.
Hunico beat Justin Gabriel.
Alicia Fox joins commentary. Divas tag match. Beth & Natty vs. AJ and Kaitlyn. Very quick. Natalya wins with The Sharpshooter on AJ. Post match there was a beatdown. Fox makes save.
Zack Ryder was backstage playing the WWE '12 video game. Sheamus comes in. Comedy ensues. They are tagging tonight vs. Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger. Now Long is on the screen and getting heavy boos. Henry comes in and is pissed about defending next week. Funny stuff from both. Long makes it a steel cage match for title next week.
Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus and Zach Ryder. It was a long match and really good. The crowd was hot. Ryder won with The Rough Ryder on Ziggler.
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BOULDER, Colo., May 17 (UPI) -- Earth's ecosystems are still capable of soaking up more carbon as greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere, a U.S. study finds.
Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say the research contradicts several recent studies that suggested the world's natural "carbon sinks" have reached or passed their capacity, and in fact total capacity has increased roughly in line with rising emissions, ScienceNews.org reported.
"The sinks have been more than able to keep up with emissions," Pieter Tans, an atmospheric scientist at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colo., said.
Measurements of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide show levels are rising steadily, from 316 parts per million in 1959 to 392 parts per million today.
Forests can sequester carbon dioxide through photosynthesis, while oceans take it up proportionally as levels rise in the air, researchers said.
Researchers monitored 42 marine sites where carbon dioxide levels have been measured for decades to analyze how much CO2 was in the atmosphere above each of these sites over time.
"Less carbon dioxide has remained in the atmosphere, relative to the amount of fossil fuel emissions, today compared to 50 years ago," Tans said.
Exactly how the sinks are keeping up is unclear, researchers said.
One possibility is that forests are regrowing in parts of the world more than scientists had thought, or the oceans may be taking up significantly more carbon than had been estimated, they said.


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I was going to make a comment like that in response to this week's summary, but I was worried I would hurt somebody's feelings, since there's still work going on on the feature.
I'm under the impression someone emphatically stated vstrings will not go into Perl 6. True?
Ah. It sounds like the community has a consensus, then. Good. Reminds me of the Onion last year:


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Royals overcome White Sox in 11
Buck's two-out single caps comeback victory
By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
John Buck's bases-loaded single drove in Mitch Maier with the winning run in the 11th inning as the Royals overcame the Chicago White Sox, 8-7, on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium. It was the Royals' first walk-off victory of the year.
The Royals won their fourth straight game and retained their 1 1/2-game lead over Detroit in the American League Central. The White Sox dropped their fourth in a row.
Buck lashed a single to left field with two outs against reliever Lance Broadway. The Royals filled the bases as Maier walked, Willie Bloomquist singled and Alberto Callaspo was intentionally walked.
That strategy did not surprise Buck in the slightest. Not only was first base open after Bloomquist swiped second, but Callaspo leads the Royals with a .379 average, has hit in seven straight games and homered in the third inning.
"You walk next to the guy and you kind of burn," Buck said. "You feel how hot he is. It goes up about 10 degrees. Who wouldn't walk him?"
Buck lashed Broadway's first pitch for a single to left.
"I was just looking out middle-away part of the plate and it just happened to be middle-middle," Buck said.
Broadway's pitch was right down Broadway.
"That would be a great headline," Buck said. "I'm sure he's never heard that, just like I've never heard 'The Buck stops here.' You can get as cliché-ish as you want in your story."
This was a storybook win after the Royals had trailed, 5-1, against right-hander Gavin Floyd. The White Sox built that lead with Josh Fields and Jermaine Dye socking home runs off Royals starter Kyle Davies in the third inning.
But, in the fourth, Mike Jacobs pounded a three-run homer off Floyd to center field.
"Gosh, at the time it put us right back in the game and something I think we've pretty much shown this whole season is that never-die attitude," Jacobs said. "It was just such a great win."
It took some more doing, of course. The White Sox went up, 7-4, in the fifth inning when they disposed of Davies and pushed in two runs against Robinson Tejeda. But that was the end of the scoring for the Sox. Tejeda recovered to pitch a scoreless sixth; Ron Mahay did ditto in the seventh.
The Royals got two runs in the sixth and gained a 7-7 tie in the seventh on Billy Butler's RBI double against reliever Octavio Dotel. But with no outs and the bases loaded, they were unable to break ahead. On Callaspo's flyout, left fielder Carlos Quentin threw out Maier trying to score for a double play and Buck took strike three.
Then Jamey Wright reeled off three shutout innings for the Royals. Not without a scare in the ninth, however, when A.J. Pierzynski's fourth hit was a one-out triple.
Up came Alexei Ramirez.
"Ramirez is a little bit of a free swinger and I try to make my pitches and hopefully he'll offer at 'em and he did," Wright said. "We were real lucky."
Ramirez struck out and Scott Podsednik rolled out. Pierzynski was stranded at third.
Royals manager Trey Hillman opted not to use closer Joakim Soria in the late going because he was "a little stiff," so Juan Cruz worked the 11th and got the victory.
The Royals, playing through a light rain for the last half of the four-hour, 33-minute game, showed the 13,419 fans a tenacity which is becoming a club trademark.
"It's character and it's great to see. These guys have gotten a taste of it and they want more," Hillman said.
They have won four of five games from the White Sox, a division rival that dominated them, 12-6, last season.
"Every 'W' gives you a little more confidence, a little more swagger, I suppose," Buck said. "I think the personality of the team is just focusing on one game, one at-bat, one inning to keep going and not give up. That's kind of been it the last four games."
It's their longest streak of the season and all four wins were over division rivals.
"Any time you can win in your division, it's huge," Bloomquist said.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Just like THIS AD IN SF CL . I emailed the seller as it has best offer. I offered $50 and he won't accept it.i have seen the ads for Months now and still it has best offer price. I decided to tell him that it will not work- and guess what he said that ad has been there for 2 years. And he wants $150 for the machine.
Guess he figures there will eventually be some sucker willing to pay his asking price?
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rex is a clueless poor excuse for a head coach. the titans handed us the game and sanchez blew it. rexs boy sanchez.
So who's going to start next week ?
rex is a clueless poor excuse for a head coach. the titans handed us the game and sanchez blew it. rexs boy sanchez.
[QUOTE=JETZONI;4730136]Mcelroy embarassed Tanny he showed how bad Sanchez is. They have 40 million invested Tanny will not allow Sanchez to be replaced so Mcelroy will be gone after the season so The Golden boy can[nyjets1969
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Because the jets brass care more about their image then winning. Putting Mcelroy will show that Tanny screwed up drafting Sanchez and trading for Tebow. Mcelroy will be traded or cut after the season he will not be around to make the golden boy look bad again.
Whatever, this team has a great D, good running game, can go the distance now with a manageable qb, what's there to think about? Pull the trigger and put Mc Elroy in Now!
remain the starter next year.
Unbelievable, ST gives them a last gasp of hope, and Sanchez outdoes his own buttfumble with something even worse
Put a fork in em. Season over.
Develope this
Jets just don't be dumb enough to trade for Alex Smith LOL let the Cardinals do that so they get their butts handed to them for many more years.
Tonight was the best thing to happen to our organization this season under the watch of Woody. Tonight all but ensures we're going to clean house and hopefully get a somewhat decent draft pick. We'd be a one a done in the playoffs anyways.
the game is on the line and sanchez is throwing to marty gilyard? thats a franchise qb alright my azz.
Rex and tanny are gone in 2 weeks. Help is on the way folks. Hang in there.
If they don't suit up and start McElroy next week, there should be a congressional investigation. I've been a Sanchez supporter. The Sanchez Era is over.
That may have been one of the most embarrassing moments in Jets history right there. Christ all mighty.
Blow it up
Rex, Tanny, Sparano, Pettine, Westhoff BYE
+ Sanchez, Tebow, Holmes, Scott, E.Smith
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Yes, the Finger Lakes wine tours are both popular and wonderful, but how about a chocolate tour for a change of pace?
There's still time to experience a chocolate tour at our local chocolatier, Life's So Sweet. The tours began in May and will continue through the end of October. Offered Thursday through Saturday, at 1 and 3 p.m., the tours of the chocolate factory include samples and a knowledgeable guide sharing information about the facts and history of chocolate.
The inviting smell alone is worth the trip!
History Behind the Artisan Chocolate
The dream made reality by Darlynne Overbaugh, Life's So Sweet crafts artisan chocolates right here in Trumansburg, NY. Darlynne and her family have been creating candies and chocolate recipes for over 20 years.
Stop by the store in Trumansburg Mon-Sat 10 am – 6pm and Sunday 12-5 pm. Classic chocolates are available as well as unique confections such as balsamic vinegar truffles and chocolate-dipped dried kiwi. There's a tremendous variety available…you can visit their website at LifesSoSweet.com to get an idea of their offerings. The photos of hand-crafted chocolates and treats will tempt you to go in for a visit. Their chocolates are available throughout the Finger Lakes region. In addition, they look for fairly traded chocolate sources and those which do not use child labor.
Reservations for groups of up to 25 such as schools, clubs, bridal/baby showers and others are welcome. Non-profit and school groups can also tour at a discount. And private/off season tours can also be arranged. For more information, call (607) 387-4477. (LifesSoSweet.com)
$5.00 per adult and $2.50 for children 18 and under.


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Financial Aid
The School of Social Work offers several different types of financial aid. Please visit the Office of Student Financial Aid Services for more information at the following link http://financialaid.uconn.edu/
Important Information Regarding Financial Aid for MSW Students:
- Students who pursue the extended degree program (3 or 4 years) will see a decline in their aid after the 2nd year.
- Students who are enrolled part-time, regardless of their year in the program, are not eligible for grant money.
Contact Information:
Campus Address:
Hartford Campus Student Financial Aid Services
85 Lawler Road, Room 201
West Hartford, CT 06117
Phone: 860-570-9214
Calling ahead is recommended to set up an appointment.
Mailing Address:
Student Financial Aid Services
233 Glenbrook Road Unit 4116
Storrs, CT 06269-4116
Phone: 860-486-2819
Fax: 860-486-6629
For tuition information pertaining to the UConn School of Social Work, please visit on the UConn Bursar website.


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Sanger linebacker Brice Escobedo hasn't made up his mind about where he wants to play college football. Until he decides, the senior is just happy to be playing again.
Escobedo was selected as one of 40 players from across the country to play in the inaugural FBU International All-Star Games that will take place Tuesday through next Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
The games will feature more than 160 under-19 players on five teams: the United States, Mexico, Europe, Canada/Montreal and Canada/British Columbia. The championship game will be played at 7 p.m. Jan. 5.
With nearly 1,000 players considered for the U.S. team, each athlete was judged by the Football University committee of former NFL players and coaches on their performance at camps and in game footage.
For Escobedo, his recognition and recruitment began during his junior season.
"It all started in my junior year with the big Sanger-Argyle game that was on TV," Escobedo said. "A couple scouts saw me and then they came to the Sanger-Celina game. Then about a week later, I got this letter from FBU. It's a collection of former NFL coaches and players that put on this tournament. Last year I went to the FBU camp in Rockwall. I did fairly well at that camp and then went to the national camp in Williamsburg, Va."
During the recruiting process, Escobedo was judged on his talent on the field as well as his work in the classroom. As a member of the National Honor Society with a 4.0 grade-point average, Escobedo said he was most intrigued by the focus on the intricacies of the game.
"It pushed me as a player, but as a student we did a lot of skill work on the field and then in the classroom," Escobedo said. "The coach would critique our game film and it really helped a lot. It's nice seeing yourself and taking what you learned in the classroom and transferring it to field."
Playing in the all-star game is quite an honor for Escobedo, but midway through Sanger's season, an injury forced him to miss three games and threatened the rest of his senior season.
Sanger coach Chuck Galbreath said Escobedo's injury took him by surprise because of how versatile and reliable he has been in his football career.
"Against Aubrey, he broke two ribs and punctured a lung," Galbreath said. "He told me that he could make it to halftime. I thought he was just exhausted because he filled in for a running back that was hurt. He was having trouble breathing from the injury. He's always been a tough kid."
Escobedo was voted captain by his teammates, and Galbreath noted that his commitment to the team was one of the reasons he was selected for the all-star game.
"He's been very dependable," Galbreath said. "He's always been a great leader with his actions. He was constantly meeting our expectations when it came to workouts, and he always did what he was asked to do. We didn't have to worry about him. I think he was very well respected by his teammates. He essentially never came off the field when he was younger. He was always the leading tackler and runner."
Escobedo broke his arm in four places when he was younger, so this year's wasn't his first major injury. He was predicted to be able to return for the team's final game at Decatur, but he worked hard to make it back a game early.
Escobedo said that he would have played through the rib injury if it weren't for the team trainer.
"I would have kept playing if my trainer wasn't so smart," Escobedo said. "I was out for five to six weeks and I missed three games. Football is just a privilege."
When Escobedo found out he was selected for the all-star game, he thought of it as an opportunity to make up for lost time.
"The biggest thing I hope to do is make up for the time I missed," Escobedo said. "There are players from all around the world, and there's a possibility I may get to play against them later. I'm just looking forward to the experience. It's just one more game I get to play that I missed."
With several family members and friends expected to make the trip to San Antonio to support him, Escobedo is looking forward to representing his home.
"It's a great privilege and I'm extremely blessed to even be considered," Escobedo said. "It's a dream come true for me. Not only can I represent my town and my state, but my country. I'm proudest to represent my country."
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I've got a pet peeve: boot at the beach! It'd be worse if they were Uggs.
Her crotch clutch is the prettiest out take.
I don't know where they picked up that dude from. He needs his roots done, like yesterday. He could be Angela Bower's little brother (Who's The Boss reference).
The guy is Marlon Brando's grandson. I got this issue but at the time I had no idea who KStew was. I'm ashamed! : )ReplyDelete


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To listen to some of my friends, the world is about to end. With the re-election of Barack Obama the communization (or was that Islamization?) of America now is inevitable.
I'm not thrilled with President Obama's victory. I am a classical, not a modern, liberal. That means I believe in limited government, civil liberties, peace, and social tolerance.
Still, Mitt Romney's loss left me with at least a half smile on my face. Mostly it's a result of schadenfreude (enjoying others' misfortune), one of the baser human emotions. I just can't help it.
•Leaving neocons out of power, unable to start new wars. It has been four long years since neoconservatives have been able to start another war. The election returns popped their bubble. Horrors! We really are out of Iraq. The troops really are coming home from Afghanistan. Maybe we won't go to war in Iran. For neocons, America has entered the Night of the Living Dead.
Highlighting the "strange new respect" among conservatives for Romney. The Right long has complained that conservatives come to Washington, where a "strange new respect" sets in as they morph into liberals. During this campaign many conservatives warned that the world would end if Romney was nominated. After all, he had taken just about every position on every issue.
Yet after he won the nomination many of the same people announced that Romney embodied conservative values. The world would end if he was not elected. Now these conservatives have reverted to their original position. Romney never was a conservative and lost because he was not a conservative.
•Rejecting the symbol of corporate America. Mitt Romney clearly was the pro-business candidate. He was not so clearly the pro-free-market candidate. Market capitalism is good for society, but not for businessmen who would prefer to make money the old-fashioned way – through government.
Romney attacked the Obama administration for "crony capitalism," but his unprincipled pragmatism and corporate deal-making raised red flags. Some of his investments at Bain Capital benefited from government support. He favored continued subsidies for coal, ethanol and nuclear power. President Obama may be worse, but he made no pretense of being a market-friendly guy.
•Dismissing disconnected elitism. By all accounts the private Romney was a good man. Nevertheless, he demonstrated early and often that he lived in a rarified world into which most of us never enter. Oblivious would be a kind description.
Contrast Ronald Reagan, who lived well but still had a common touch. He appealed to people throughout society in a way that Romney could not. I don't mind if a rich guy with a privileged upbringing is elected president. But he should have some idea what life is like for the rest of us.
•Defeating an unprincipled pragmatist. On a straight-up comparison I should prefer the unprincipled pragmatic centrist to the principled liberal activist. The former is likely to, at least occasionally, come close to my views.
Still, I just don't get the unprincipled pragmatic centrist. I understand what makes President Obama act. We mostly disagree on the end-points we desire, but we both want to change the world. As for Romney? He just wanted to, well, do something. He has been for and against most everything, including abortion, Ronald Reagan, and health care mandates. It is easier for me to respect political leaders who believe in something.
•Preserving balance in the U.S.-Israel relationship. Israel needs America to be a real friend, which means giving sometimes unpopular but necessary advice. Unfortunately, Romney announced that he would essentially ask Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu for permission to use the bathroom. Balance is essential in the U.S.-Israel relationship.
•Punishing hubris. No doubt there was arrogance on the president's team. Still, President Obama had reason to be confident. Romney came into Election Day objectively looking like the underdog. Yet Romney reportedly was "shell-shocked" by his defeat. His aides didn't bother to prepare draft concession remarks in case he lost. After Romney's succession of blunders and gaffes, someone in the campaign should have realized there was at least a chance he might lose! It makes one wonder in what other areas Romney was blind to reality.
Of course, schadenfreude doesn't change the fact that we face a reprise of the first administration: a flood of spending, more needless war-making, little concern for civil liberties and many other disappointments. Even so, when I think of the election result a small smile appears. It could have been worse!
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Willamette Week's Nigel Jaquiss has a cover story on the state attorney general race between former federal prosecutor John Kroger and state legislator Greg Macpherson.
Here's some highlights:
• "'I prosecuted Enron, and Greg's firm represented them,' says Kroger."
• Eugene city attorney and Philip Morris tobacco lawyer Bill Gary boosts Macpherson for his work in cutting the cost of PERS: '"He's shown exactly the kind of political courage that it takes to be AG,' Gary says."
• "Macpherson differs with Kroger on Measure 11, the law that provides mandatory minimum sentences for violent crimes. Simply put, Macpherson says he's more willing to consider reducing sentences. 'We've gone on a prison-building boom and underinvested in other services,' he says."
• Consumer advocate Dan Meek criticises Macpherson for voting against a bill to close a loophole that allowed Enron to overcharge customers $1 billion: "'Macpherson was one of only two D's in the legislature who voted against 408,' says utility lawyer Dan Meek."
Both Kroger and Macpherson are Democrats and there is no Republican challenger, so voters will decide the race in May.
Here's an earlier EW cover story on the race:


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Sox-wise and Otherwise…
My weekly off-season musings about the White Sox and more…
* While most of the baseball world is focused on the World Series, true Sox fans have an eye on Arizona Fall League action. The way it looks, the South Siders will have a brother combination on their roster before too long. John Danks' younger brother Jordan is making quite a splash for the first-place Peoria Javelinas. He's hitting .400, has clouted two homers, driven in 12, has a remarkable .518 on-base percentage and just ended an 11-game hitting streak. Don't be surprised if he's patrolling one of the outfield positions at The Cell some time in 2010 or '11.
Jordan's teammate in AA Birmingham and the Fall League, infielder C.J. Retherford, is the kind of grinder that Kenny Williams and Ozzie Guillen love. He's turning some heads as well with a .333 average, nine RBI and a .400 on-base percentage.
* Most experts are predicting that Rick Porcello, the Tigers' pitcher who burst on the scene in 2009 with great success, will be chosen by the Baseball Writers' Association of America as the AL Rookie of the Year. Even though the BBWAA award is the official one, if Porcello wins it won't overshadow what Sox standout Gordon Beckham has already won. He got the AL Rookie nod from both the Sporting News and the Major League Baseball Players Association. Both votes were taken from a pool of players, a clear indication of how his peers feel about the Georgian's first-year performance.
* It's been irritating to live in the New York area and see how Nick Swisher has captivated Yankee fans this season after he moped around when taken out of the Sox lineup late last year. The bloom may be off the rose, however, as Swisher has been a non-factor in the Yanks' postseason success and was benched in favor of Jerry Hairston Jr. last night.
It was sort of a win-win for me. I certainly wasn't unhappy that Swisher got a bit of come-uppance and I was very happy that Hairston Jr. got the opportunity to start. In my travels I've gotten to know former Sox pinch-hitter extraordinaire Jerry Sr., even played against him in a fantasy camp at old Comiskey. He's a terrific guy and I know it's a proud moment for him to see the first member of his three-generation major league family get to the World Series.
* He's not out of the woods yet, but I'm happy to say that loyal Sox fan Seymour Berke, my Dad, is improving daily with spring training definitely in his sights.


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Coast to Coast: Meanwhile, in Florida …
When my wife and I moved to Florida in June 2009, I posted a series of articles under the title of "Coast to Coast." Click here to catch up. The idea was to keep friends and readers updated on what was happening with my personal life away from Angels baseball.
I haven't posted one of these in a while, so here's what's new.
In addition to the FutureAngels.com web site and this blog, I have two other sites.
SpaceCoastBaseball.com covers professional and amateur baseball here in Brevard County, which is commonly known as the Space Coast because we have Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island, etc. I've done for Brevard County in the last year what I've done for Angels minor league baseball since 1998 — photos, videos, commentary, etc.
The big difference is that baseball is way down the pecking order here. We have baseball fans, but people seem more interested in football, basketball and water sports. This just isn't a baseball mecca like Southern California. The local newspaper, Florida Today, has sportswriters who cover baseball but they really don't have the depth on the subject of the typical SoCal sportswriter. Over the last year, I've made many long conversations on and off the record with the sportswriters, educating them about the inner workings of professional baseball. From time to time, I'm once of those "quotables" they call whenever they need to fill a story with a couple paragraphs.
The Washington Nationals' minor league complex is 20 miles away in Viera. I film and photograph their players in the summer and fall leagues. I'm probably the only person to film and photograph both Mike Trout and Bryce Harper this year! The Nats invited me to film his little press conference after his first fall instructional league game. It was a Florida Today sportswriter, a reporter from MLB Advanced Media (I think!), and me with my camcorder. Like I said, the baseball universe here is fairly small.
Across the parking lot (which is an unpaved grass lot, by the way, filled with potholes) is the Nats' spring training park, Space Coast Stadium. During the regular season, the minor league Brevard County Manatees play there. The Manatees are in the Advanced-A Florida State League, the equivalent of Rancho Cucamonga and now Inland Empire in the California League. They're a Milwaukee Brewers affiliate, not a Nats affiliate. Long story.
Like most minor league teams, the Manatees have limited resources, so anyone who steps forward to volunteer is welcomed. They don't have the money to do radio broadcasts, so I volunteered to webcast fifteen home games on the Internet, as well as the FSL All-Star Game which they hosted. If you want to hear me talk about someone else's players other than the Angels, click here for the Manatees webcast archive.
With very little broadcast experience, but a damn strong idea of how I thought a game should be called, I found myself experimenting with finding my own style. It was a mix of advice from long-time Angels minor league broadcasters — Steve Klauke in Salt Lake, Phil Elson in Arkansas, John Rodgers in Cedar Rapids — who gave me advice. I cherry-picked elements of their styles I liked. But if truth be told, much of it is a whole lot of Vin Scully with a dash of Dick Enberg.
Growing up in Southern California, those were the two broadcasters I heard and admired the most. Scully has a minimalist style, epitomized by his famous call of Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series homer — "High fly ball to deep right field, she is gone!" What else do you need to know?! So I always tried to use as few words as possible. Dick Enberg had a slightly more folksy style and his catch phrases. I don't have one for a homer because I think that's really overdone, but I do have a standard opening as Scully does, and instead of Enberg's "Oh my!" I came up with "Wowee!"
We don't sell advertising, so between innings I just keep chatting with the audience, which is mostly players' parents and loved ones. Many FSL teams don't have broadcasts, so we often had players' parents and fans from other teams. I did three Tampa Yankees games this year, and received e-mails from fans in New York, so you never know who might be listening. In the last game, when the Tampa second baseman was hurt, I got an e-mail from his worried mother, which impresses upon you how important a lifeline these webcasts are for the families. I think that August 26 game was probably the best job I did all year; click here to listen.
It was fun. I used radio booth #1 in the press box, the booth for the Nats' parent club broadcasters during spring training. I got to live out a personal fantasy and had some memorable moments, such as when the home plate umpire was knocked out by a foul ball and had to leave the game. One of the Brewers' roving instructors was recruited as a second umpire while the infield umpire moved behind home plate. I called an All-Star game. I even did a walking tour video of Space Coast Stadium so the players' parents and other listeners could see the parts of the ballpark regularly discussed on the webcasts.
I've volunteered for other jobs. I do some administrative work and database design for Brevard County Fire Rescue. They have a volunteer firefighter program, much more active than any I ever saw in SoCal. When I graduated from college too many years ago, I worked for the Irvine Police Department as a dispatcher. I've always missed being around public safety, so this is an opportunity to be around that profession again, although it's with fire and not police.
If you're a regular reader, you know one reason we moved here is we're space geeks. I've always wanted to teach about space history, and now I have the opportunity. The Air Force Space & Missile Museum at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) uses volunteers to teach tourists about the early days of the American space program. We operate out of the blockhouse where the U.S. launched its first satellite, Explorer 1. A couple hundred yards across the field from us is the complex where Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom were launched in 1961, the first Americans into space.
As a tourist, I came here many times, but now access is restricted due to post-9/11 security. Most of our traffic comes from bus tours out of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Visitor Complex. We walk them through the blockhouse, which still has much of its original equipment from 1957, and an adjacent exhibit hall, and in 45 minutes try to explain the entire history of U.S. military and civilian space flight. It can't be done, but we're given the flexibility to discuss what we want, and everyone has a different niche. I talk more about history, while some of the old-timers who actually worked here at CCAFS reminisce about their personal experiences.
As with the other volunteer efforts, this one pays nothing too. We do, however, get "perks." We have a badge that lets go anywhere at CCAFS and KSC we want, so long as it's unrestricted. Last week I drove up the long road along the beach that passes all the historic launch pads from the 1960s, then past active pads used by Atlas, Delta and SpaceX. I knew this road eventually comes to Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle is launched. Could I really go through?
I came around a corner and there it was, the Shuttle stack on the pad, about a mile away. A red stop flight was flashing, and a lone security guard stepped out of his shack. I explained I was just out exploring, and had been told we can go through when no Shuttle is on the pad. He said that's true!
So I turned around and went to check out SpaceX at Pad 40. SpaceX hopes to be the first company to offer strictly commercial rockets, selling flights on Falcon 9 to government and private customers. Their second test flight is scheduled for December 7. I drove into the parking lot which is about 100 yards from the pad.
Hopefully you're starting to understand why we space geeks moved here!
I'm still looking for a paying job, but they're hard to find in the Space Coast. The unemployment rate is about 13%, and with the Shuttle being retired in 2011 thousands more are scheduled for layoff. I was offered one job with Brevard County and accepted, but they had to cancel because the position was eliminated due to budget cuts. I interviewed for a job with a small contractor at KSC, then was called and told there's a holdup on funding and they'd call if/when that comes through.
Meanwhile, there's lots of play time! So long as I don't expect to be paid.
When the paying job finally comes, I know it will affect my ability to not just continue the volunteer work but also FutureAngels.com. Being almost 3,000 miles away from Anaheim, it's a lot harder to stay on top of things, especially with no Angels minor league affiliate nearby. If money permits, I'd like to visit Arkansas in 2011 and maybe catch Salt Lake on the road somewhere in the Midwest.
But as much as I love my Angels family, space is calling. We'll see what happens once I answer.
FutureAngels.com 2010 Top 10 Angels Prospects
Everyone loves Mike Trout, who ranked #1 on the FutureAngels.com 2010 Top 10 Prospects Report.
The FutureAngels.com Top 10 Prospects Report is now online. Click here to read the report.
The Top 10 are:
1. Mike Trout OF (no surprise)
2. Hank Conger C
3. Jean Segura 2B
4. Garrett Richards RHP
5. Randal Grichuk OF
6. Mark Trumbo 1B-OF
7. Fabio Martinez RHP
8. Alexi Amarista 2B
9. Trevor Reckling LHP
10. Jeremy Moore OF
I'm sure there will be a lot of debate about who's NOT on the list, starting with Tyler Chatwood who was named the Angels' minor league pitcher of the year.
Chatwood is probably #11. I debated in my mind back and forth about Chatwood versus Reckling. Two factors weighed in Reckling's favor. One is that, if you read his review, Reckling's problem is command of his fastball. Chatwood has a killer 12-6 curve, but still can't consistently throw it where he wants. It seems to me it's easier to solve the fastball problem than the curve problem. The second factor is that, after they traded Joe Saunders, Tyler Skaggs, Pat Corbin and Will Smith, the Angels are desperately thin on left-handed starting pitcher prospects. Reckling has more value in terms of organizational depth than Chatwood, but that's not meant as an insult at all, just a reflection of their lack of LHP prospects.
Chatwood's strikeout rate dropped from 7.7 per 9 IP at Rancho to just 4.7 with Arkansas. Reckling's rate wasn't all that great either, but he was asked to pitch at a much higher level. Both are very young pitchers and, as I said, a reasonable argument could be made for either one to make the Top 10.
No relievers made the Top 10 list, although the Angels have many relief prospects — Jordan Walden, Michael Kohn, Ysmael Carmona, Steven Geltz and more. As I discussed in the article, my thinking has evolved on relievers. They work a relatively small part of a game, so in my mind it's hard to say a guy who throws one or two innings is more valuable than one who throws five to seven, or a position player who's in the lineup regularly. If we had an absolute killer closer on the cusp, I'd certainly give him serious thought, but this year I couldn't justify in my mind one over any of the others.
I really wanted to find a place for Luis "Lucho" Jimenez, who I think is a great hitting prospect, but again who would I drop? You may have your own choices; as always, it's a matter of opinion. And I'm sure there are many more for whom an argument could be made.
Anyway, enjoy reading the report and posting your comments. This is the tenth year I've written a Top 10 report; click here for the index.
Whither B.J. Weed
B.J. Weed with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in 2005.
His was a name not easily forgotten.
Someone on the Angels fan message board recently asked me the whereabouts of B.J. Weed, a utility infielder in the Angels' minor leagues in the mid-2000s.
Weed was released during his 2005 season with Rancho Cucamonga. He went on to play in independent ball through 2008, never playing above Advanced Class-A.
A quick Google search revealed that B.J. has capitalized on his unusual name.
Click here to check out BJWeed.com, a web site where he's selling T-shirts that bear his unusual name.
On the home page, it states:
Who is BJ Weed?
You may be thinking to yourself, "Where did this name come from and is this a real name?" This name is actually real. After being abused and recognized for having such a standout name, I decided to start a clothing company based upon my name. I was born and raised in New York and have traveled ever since due to a minor league career in baseball. Since my career has ended, I have decided to travel down a different road and into the business world. So check out the various items and styles throughout the site and grab yourself a quality product with a unique design.
The site has T-shirts for both men and women.
It's a living.
Click here to watch a video of Weed hitting a triple with Rancho Cucamonga in 2004.
More Instructional League Photos
I spent five days earlier this month at the Angels' fall instructional league, October 11-15. You'll find photos from the first four days earlier in this blog.
Due to time and travel constraints, I was unable to post photos from the October 15 game, so some of those are below.
As mentioned on October 25, my computer crashed on October 23, and then my hosting service lost all the FutureAngels.com Video Gallery files. That's been restored, so we can secure from Red Alert and start posting more photos and video from fall ball.
Fabio Martinez was the starting pitcher.
Pitching coach Trevor Wilson visits the mound in the first inning after a rough start by Martinez. Catcher Carlos Ramirez is to the right.
A throw to the plate is too late for Ramirez to block the Cubs' base runner from scoring.
Abe Flores, the Director of Player Development, watches quietly from the far end of the Angels dugout.
Second baseman Wes Hatton snags a pop-up.
Ramirez directs the infield defense.
Andrew Heid leads off in the bottom of the first.
Matt Oye wasn't scheduled to pitch until the fifth inning, but Martinez's struggles forced him into the game in the second inning.
First baseman Kole Calhoun takes a pickoff throw from Oye.
Aaron Meade was the fourth Angels pitcher.
Former Angels Minor League Coaches in the Majors
Tim Wallach managed the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in 2001.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported on October 25 that Dodgers' Triple-A manager Tim Wallach had been eliminated as a candidate to manage the Milwaukee Brewers.
Wallach began his managing career with the Angels. In 2001, he ran the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in their first season as an Angels affiliate. The Quakes finished 63-77 with a roster largely devoid of talent. Wallach was very frustrated with the players' inability to grasp what he was teaching, although I think it was more that he couldn't accept they didn't have the talent to execute what he wanted.
I remember Wallach being tossed from a game, then sitting up the runway in a folding chair. The camera well is at the bottom of the runway where it connects to the dugout. I was in the well shooting photography; Wallach would call down to me when he wanted to relay a message to the bench.
On another occasion, Wallach made a pitching change and while the pitcher warmed up the umpire approached Tim and gestured in my direction. Whatever it was, it was quite the animated discussion. What had I done?! Tim approached me and said:
"The umpire wants to know if you'll take pictures of him."
Only in the minors …
Doug Sisson, another former Angels minor league manager, recently landed the first base coaching job with the Kansas City Royals. He managed the Arkansas Travelers in 2002, finishing with a 51-89 record. That would have been largely the talent pool Wallach had in 2001.
Former Yankee Bobby Meacham managed the Quakes in 2002-2004. He began a major league coaching career in 2006, when he was the third base coach for the Florida Marlins. He was the Padres' first base coach in 2007, then the Yankees' third base coach in 2008. This year, he was the first base coach for the Astros.
And although he never coached in our system, the Nationals' general manager Mike Rizzo played in the Angels' minors from 1982 through 1984. (The 1984 Redwood Pioneers were Tom Kotchman's first Angels team.) Rizzo just added the title Vice-President of Baseball Operations to his business card, giving him the authority to report directly to ownership.
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Happy Birthday, John Lackey.
It's easy to remember because we share the same date, October 23. (Different years, of course.)
Lackey made a World Series start against the Giants on his birthday back in 2002.
I dread the approach of my birthday. Not because of age. It's because of the Curse.
Things inevitably go bad — disastrously bad — around my birthday.
As a child, I broke a collarbone playing schoolyard football.
In my young adulthood, I was dumped by a girlfriend on my birthday.
Four years ago, I was given a layoff notice on my 50th birthday.
Two years ago, I lost my next job on my 52nd birthday.
What was it this year?
For openers, my two-year old piece-of-$#@! HP computer died. It had been crashing a lot in recent weeks. I tried every trick I know to nurse it back to health. But it finally gave up on October 23. Figures.
So off we went to Best Buy to purchase a new PC — an Asus CG1330-07, for those who are curious.
In Southern California, Best Buys were almost as ubiquitous as Starbucks or In 'N Outs. Here in the Space Coast region of Florida, though, the only Best Buy is in Melbourne, 40 miles from home here in north Merritt Island.
So my birthday weekend was spent restoring my cyber world.
But the Curse wasn't done.
My hosting service's media server wouldn't allow me to upload video files. I called yesterday and was told by the agent just to disable my account and then enable it again.
"Will that delete all my files?" I asked.
"No, they'll be fine," he said.
Well, you can guess the result.
Not only did his suggestion fail to solve the problem, but eight years of media files went poof.
I called back and spoke to a supervisor, who assured me the files would be restored in less than an hour. Sixteen hours later, they're still missing in action. I called this morning and was told, "They're working on a problem with our media server." But they assured me they can see the backups of my media files, so they'll be restored when they fix their little problem.
Anyway …
Those of you who are long-time readers of this blog know my wife and I moved here in June 2009, near Kennedy Space Center. I started another blog called SpaceKSC.com that covers history and current events at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the neighboring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), and other space geek stuff.
I've filmed a number of launches in the sixteen months we've been here, and consolidated those links into one post on that blog. Click here to see the list of space launch video links. These are on a different media server, so they actually work.
I recently volunteered for docent training at the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Museum at CCAFS. This museum is to the space program what Kitty Hawk is to air flight. It was at this location that the United States launched its earliest satellite and manned missions.
You do this sort of thing when you're separated from Angels baseball by 2,500 miles.
Photos from Arizona Fall League
Angels with the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League. Left to right: trainer Brian Reinker, outfielder Jeremy Moore, pitcher Eddie McKiernan, shortstop Andrew Romine, pitcher Ryan Brasier, pitcher Robert Fish, pitcher Steven Geltz, and infielder Brandon Wood. Photo courtesy Cheryl Perdew.
While I was covering the Angels' fall instructional league, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes booster club member Cheryl Perdew was at the Arizona Fall League covering the Angels assigned to the Mesa Solar Sox.
Below are more photos courtesy of Cheryl.
Pitcher Ryan Brasier.
Pitcher Robert Fish.
Pitcher Steven Geltz.
Shortstop Andrew Romine.
Infielder Brandon Wood.


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The barricades rerouting midtown traffic around work on decades-old underground pipes may inconvenience some drivers, but the upgrades will soon deliver greater efficiencies to some businesses in and around downtown.
The barricades rerouting midtown traffic around work on decades-old underground pipes may inconvenience some drivers, but the upgrades will soon deliver greater efficiencies to some businesses in and around downtown.
GRU crews last week reopened Southwest Second Avenue from Seventh Terrace to 10th Street. They soon will begin work on Eighth Street, and later, Southwest First Avenue, said Russ Ingram, a GRU supervising utilities engineer.
"It did take us a little longer than we expected, but (Second Avenue) should stay open now," he said, noting that the project has another two to three months to go.
Ingram said the Southwest Second Avenue portion cost about $100,000 — a sum GRU subsidized on the front end, but businesses that move into the district will repay via infrastructure assessment fees.
The crews have been tearing up road surfaces for more than a month to replace water and sewer pipes — some of which are 60 to 100 years old — and install new lines to carry reclaimed water and chilled water.
The reclaimed water, which Ingram said has been purified to drinking water standards, will be used for irrigation and as chilled water to provide efficient heating and cooling to new office spaces in the Innovation Square area.
It's also more economical for customers, he said.
"It's cheaper than potable water — drinking water. We charge a lot less for reclaimed water to encourage people to use it," he said.
While developments in the Haile Plantation and Tower Road area already use reclaimed water, he said, it's new for midtown and downtown.
"We've never had a reclaimed water pipe in downtown Gainesville," Ingram said.
GRU spokeswoman Amelia Bell said the new infrastructure will better accommodate entrepreneurial- and technology-oriented businesses that will move into the area.
"It's not the same footprint the hospital had," she said, referring to the former Alachua General Hospital, which stood nearby for decades before it was demolished to make way for Innovation Square.
"The infrastructure needs are going to be different. So, when businesses move in, that will be in place for them."
Despite the construction on an artery that many people use as an alternative to busy University Avenue, businesses along Southwest Second Avenue report no serious impacts.
They chalk it up to both traditional and new-era ways of keeping customers happy.
Michael Thomas of Scissors Hair Salon, sitting near the east end of the Second Avenue roadblock, said the salon has a base of longtime customers who were not discouraged by the temporary inconvenience.
"I think most of our clients have been coming here for, like, 20 years, and they know where it is already," he said.
Abhi Lokesh, the CEO of Fracture, a company at 110 SW Sixth St. that specializes in photos printed on decorative glass, said the construction hasn't affected his company either, but for a different reason.
"We are an e-commerce site, for the most part," he said, adding that the company mainly buys and sells online.
The only impact of the project was employee frustration with altered routes to work. He said it did not snag shipping and receiving because UPS and FedEx routes don't usually use Second Avenue.
Chip Skinner, a Regional Transit System spokesman, said three bus routes had to be altered to accommodate the construction. He said routes 1, 25 and 46 were detoured down Southwest Fourth Avenue, causing passengers to walk an additional two blocks.
But because construction connected to the Innovation Square area has been going on for a while, Skinner said, passengers were flexible about the route changes.
"It's not something our patrons and our drivers are not accustomed to," he said.


text: I love fall almost as much as I love spring, summer, and winter. Oh yeah, I just love the seasons, all of them. I went a little crazy this year with the pumpkins and mums. So I thought i would share with my QB friends. My house is red not the purple/pink it appears in the full door picture. Thanks for looking. I hope you enjoy.


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Sign the Petition:Avaaaz wrote:Tibetans who refuse to fly the Chinese flag above their homes risk being beaten or shot in the latest attempt to break their spirits. But now is the best moment in ages to bring hope to Tibet's proud, but desperate people.
China's leaders are mounting an intense campaign to draw a veil over their rights abuses and persuade governments to vote them onto the UN Human Rights Council. So if enough of us shine a light on what's going on in Tibet -- squashing an ancient religion, banning journalists, dawn arrests -- we can get China to back away from its hard-line policy to be sure of getting the 97 votes it needs.
Let's show the Tibetan people that the world hasn't forgotten them. China is feeling the heat as 13 governments just called them out on human rights in Tibet. Sign to stand with Tibet, then share this with everyone. When one million have signed we'll deliver it to crucial UN delegations, and make it massive in the media:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_ ... bb&v=30825
Pressure on China is mounting. In an unprecedentedly strong show of support, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, US, UK, Switzerland, Sweden, Iceland and Austria just called on China to protect freedom of assembly, religion and association in Tibet. This request arrives just days after a Spanish court indicted China's former President for genocide in Tibet!


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Central Florida Lockheed Martin Employees Receive Prestigious Nova Award
ORLANDO, Fla., November 7, 2011 --
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has awarded 17 employees from its Central Florida-area business units with the corporation's highest recognition for individual and team achievements, the NOVA Award.
"The 2011 NOVA recipients exemplify the can-do spirit and uncompromising integrity our customers expect from us - and deserve," said Bob Stevens, Lockheed Martin's Chairman and CEO. "For that, we owe our NOVA honorees our gratitude. Those honored represent the 'best of the best' of our outstanding workforce."
The NOVA Award is presented annually to less than one percent of the corporation's employees for their outstanding contributions to Lockheed Martin's mission and business objectives. The Lockheed Martin NOVA Awards were created in 1995. The name "NOVA" aptly describes the contribution of the winners as the bright stars of the corporation.
The 2011 Central Florida-based Lockheed Martin NOVA Award honorees are:
- Tony Minei received an individual NOVA Award for Full Spectrum Leadership. His proposal management efforts were critical to securing a development production contract for the Electronic Consolidated Automated Support System program.
- The Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) Earned Value Management Team was selected for a team NOVA Award for transforming MFC's financial reporting tool to an actionable process that helps the organization deliver quality products and services on budget and on schedule.
Orlando team members include: Rich Benton, Dan Chapman, Al Cheesborough, Nan Davis, Ken Groves, Jody Guerrein, Jan Hilton, Alan Hoffman, Mark Jossa, Gerry Leduc, Dan Maddock, Brad Scianna and Juancarlos Stutman.
- The Special Operations Forces Contractor Logistics Support Services (SOF CLSS) Transition Team was selected for a team NOVA Award for the successful transition of the SOF CLSS program from a previous contractor with no impact to warfighters. The team processed 235 new task orders and transitioned 2,800 employees at 54 U.S. and international locations in just 120 days.
Orlando team members include: Mark Guseman, Jack Hampton and Jennifer Vacco.
Awards were presented to 2011 NOVA Award honorees on October 28 during a ceremony held at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 126,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's 2010 sales from continuing operations were $45.7 billion.


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Billy Joel, Herbie Hancock and Carlos Santana (Getty Images)
By Brian Ives
Earlier this month, Billy Joel and Carlos Santana were among a handful of artists who were honored at the 36th Annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, which highlights artists for their lifetime contributions to American culture. And while the show wasn't broadcast live, you can now watch an edited version this Sunday (Dec. 29) on CBS.
Unlike the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, at the Kennedy Center Honors the honorees don't perform or even make acceptance speeches. Instead, they sit in the balcony of Washington DC's Kennedy Center with the President and First Lady, and watch other artists pay tribute them.
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This summer's "Hard Knocks" peek into the Miami Dolphins is only one episode old, yet that one episode raised an obvious question that HBO viewers had asked long before, and wondered why the Dolphins had not asked it, too.
Why did they think bringing in Chad Johnson was a good idea in the first place?
In that first hour, Johnson had burst into a coaches' meeting unannounced, sat down for a few minutes, then left—with the coaches' expressions, including new head coach Joe Philbin's, somewhere between baffled and appalled.
They also had been shown angrily reacting to Johnson's initial press conference, laced with profanity and including a reference to a future porn career. Finally, Philbin was shown lecturing Johnson about his early actions and his responsibilities.
Those were just the interactions of the new wide receiver with his new team—not the ones with his newlywed wife; more on that soon. Nary a one of them should have been a surprise to anyone aware of the existence of the NFL over the last decade. Particularly not to the management and coaching staff of an NFL franchise.
Chad Johnson, in all his incarnations, has been a clown from Day One. He was a very talented and productive clown for a decade, and in the grand scheme of things, he was a fairly harmless clown. An endless repertoire of end-zone celebrations hardly made him a menace to society; the worst thing is that it overshadowed how many times he was getting into the end zone in his prime.
None of that obscured what a clown he is.
He's no longer productive, though. Now, officially, according to police in Florida, where he faces domestic violence charges, he's no longer harmless, either. Off-field criminal activity was never part of his persona, but the diminished skill and the excessive, disproportionate drama has been common knowledge for at least a couple of years.
Somehow, the Dolphins—if not the very last team in the NFL which can afford any of this in its rebuild-almost-from-Square-One status, then one of the very last—missed this about Johnson.
Or they willingly overlooked it.
Either way, they are now reaping what they sow.
They may not want to admit it. In fact, Philbin was as elusive on that as Johnson ever was on any pass route. But it's time for them to realize that if Johnson has blatantly exposed himself as more of a clown than he ever has been, that the Dolphins' organization is wearing an ever bigger, brighter red nose than their former wideout.
Since Johnson's arrest Saturday night—according to the police report, for head-butting his wife in an argument in their car, injuring her enough to send her to the hospital—and his subsequent release the next night, some have wondered whether the Dolphins overreacted by cutting him loose with so much about the incident still cloudy.
Their decision is questionable, for sure. The real question, though, is this: With a lengthy track record of buffoonery, a recent track record of being a lousy player and proof already of distracting behavior during that small window of training camp, what made this the straw that broke their backs?
Naturally, Philbin on Monday morning said that no, it was not the arrest that pushed them over the edge. "It was not reactive, nor was it based on one single incident," he said, adding that many in the organization had input in it, based on "criteria that supports our organizational goals … on and off the field."
Uh-oh, more questions, guys. What on- and off-field criteria supported signing Johnson in the first place?
Was it those 15 catches last season in New England, as part of one of the most prolific offenses in league history? The utter lack of interest by any other NFL team after the Patriots dumped him? His age (34), 11 years of wear-and-tear and, lately, decreasing effectiveness?
Or did his increasing love affair with himself at the expense of the sport that made him famous sway you? His ratio of catches-to-reality-show connections hardly made him a bargain. (He's working on his fifth in roughly two-and-a-half years, this one with his wife, the alleged victim of his assault and, of course, a reality-show "star'' herself.)
In a league in a major wide-receiver drought—Terrell Owens is back working, and Plaxico Burress is now getting tryouts—Johnson might have been done for good had Miami not brought him in. He's almost certainly done now.
Johnson's last job destroyed his career and his reputation. The Dolphins might have suffered even more damage in taking on the risk with him.
Referring to the day the Dolphins signed Johnson, Philbin said his release was based on "more of a body of evidence from June 11 forward."
Basing it on the body of evidence from June 11 backwards would have been a lot smarter.


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It is one of the Catalpas, also called Indian bean trees; there are about five species/hybrids grown in the UK.
Yours is probably the southern catalpa, C. bignonioides - the most common one.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalpa_bignonioides
C. speciosa is also a possibility. The best way to distinguish between these two species is the width of the seed pods: 6-8mm wide in C. bignonioides; 1.5cm wide in C. speciosa. If your tree has pods, eg. from last year, you might check that...
Thank you so much - I will look closely at the seed pods in the autumn as we have only recently moved to this propery but your answer has been most informative.


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Pharmacy Record Registration of Acetyl Salicylic Acid (ASA) Prescriptions in Quebec
Purpose: To determine the extent of which acetyl salicylic acid (ASA) use is included in patients' pharmacy records. Methods: During an in-home interview, people aged ≥65 years were asked to report all of the medications they had used at least once, including over-the-counter drugs, during the preceding month. Researchers recorded information on the drug name, reason for its use, and whether a physician prescribed it. From the pharmacy records, the drug names, prescription fill dates, quantities supplied, and the numbers of days' supply were recorded. The level of agreement for ASA use across data sources was assessed using proportions of agreement and kappa coefficients. Results: Of 193 individuals interviewed, 86 reported the use of ASA, including 76 ASA users (88.4%) who said it was prescribed by a physician. Pharmacy medication records indicated that there were 74 users of ASA. The proportion of agreement for ASA use was 93.8%, and kappa coefficient was 0.87 (95% confidence interval: 0.80-0.94). The sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value of the pharmacy data were all high. Conclusions: A large proportion of ASA use is documented in pharmacy records in Quebec. Thus, the information regarding ASA use in pharmacy records is reliable. This result may not be reproducible in other settings where pharmaceutical reimbursement rules are different.
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text: Yep, this is pretty meaningless. Captrek seems convinced that the Klingons were shooting at clouds, despite evidence from the theatrical release that they knew there was an object at the center. In that original release, the Klingons reported home, saying: We don't know what happened previously to provoke them, but Klingons don't need much provocation to unleash their dogs of war, and if V'Ger pulled a stunt with the Klingons at all similar to what it did with Comm Station Epsilon IX, then they're perfectly justified sending whatever they have in to counter-attack. This movie was made when the film makers still realized that a weapon with the specifications of a photon torpedo would do a lot more damage than knock the paint off a starship's hull. In the original series and The Motion Picture, a photon torpedo detonated with a force greater than nukes. Later in the film, a single photon torpedo smashes an asteroid to rubble as a demonstration. It certainly doesn't matter if V'Ger is a diminutive spec compared to the cloud. It was a power field and a simple analysis of the lines of force would point back to the center. V'Ger conveniently gave them handy cross-hairs for targetting in a "bummer of a birthmark" move that, realistically, was probably unavoidable considering it's capabilities. They didn't just fire three photon torpedoes and then run away, either (although it's easy to make that mistake from the way the scene is edited). They continued to attack, so the salvo we saw was just the opening round of a battle that the Klingons presumably intended to prosecute with torpedo barrages until they got close enough to cut into the target with beam weapons, or it surrendered or broke. What they didn't count on was watching their super-nukes vanish without effect. And the Captain's response was to order evasive maneuvering, not a retreat. So let's summarize: The Klingons weren't shooting at the cloud, they were shooting at the object they knew was at the center. They weren't firing beam weapons, they used -- as Timo notes -- strategic weapons capable of causing massive damage even if they missed. These were only the first shots of battle that the Klingons intended to continue as they closed range. They made the mistake of being overly aggressive against an opponent who vastly outclassed them, but they certainly weren't trying to destroy a target that was 82 (or just 2) astronomical units in diameter.


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When Cambridge resident Sharman Altshuler launched Moonbox Productions two years ago, she wasn't motivated by market analysis. She was inspired by something much more joyous. Now the company is performing Natick native and Tony Award winner William Finn's "A New Brain."
It's hard to imagine that anyone would survey Boston's bountiful theater landscape and think to themselves, "What this area needs is another theater company."
But when Cambridge resident Sharman Altshuler launched Moonbox Productions two years ago, she wasn't motivated by market analysis. She was inspired by something much more joyous.
"I thought to myself, 'Let's put on a show,'" she says, in a spirit that would bring a smile to the faces of a young Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney.
Make that "shows." Moonbox is now in its third season of making theater, winding up this season with Tony Award-winner and Natick native William Finn's inventive and inspiring musical, "A New Brain," which runs March 15 to April 6 at the Boston Center for the Arts' Plaza Theatre. The company is gaining traction with its commendable presentations of eclectic offerings – from its inaugural show, "Godspell," to the recent "Of Mice and Men."
It's been a heady trip for Altshuler; an unlikely journey from veterinarian to theater producer.
Altshuler always found her veterinary work to be gratifying, but she wasn't getting a buzz out of it. Her theater work, by contrast, has been "nourishing," she says. "Clinical medicine is satisfying and interesting, but I was missing a sense of creativity. And theater is the most collaborative enterprise I've ever been involved in. It's a group effort, and that's refreshing and exciting."
And a little nuts. Although Moonbox has mustered some impressive production values and occasionally hires Equity actors, this troupe, like most new theater enterprises, is a by-the-seat-of-their-pants production company.
"As we get close to an opening night," says Altshuler, a wife and mother of four boys (ages 10-18), "I'll suddenly wake up in the middle of the night thinking of all the things I've got to do. One minute I'm writing contracts, then I'm helping to build a set, and then I'm driving to New York to pick up lights. It's crazy. But when we close a show, I feel nothing but immense gratitude for what we're doing."
Altshuler can blame her lack of sleep – at least in part -- on Allison Olivia Choat. Altshuler had always enjoyed theater and participated in shows in high school. Then, 15 years into her veterinary practice, she yearned to do something different. Enter Choat. The two women shared a love of "Godspell" that eventually evolved into this realization: "We should put on our own 'Godspell.'"
"It was a tremendous amount of fun," says Altshuler. "It got a great review. And we said, 'We should do more of this.'"
Although she hadn't devised any master business plan, Altshuler now sees the ways that Moonbox is distinguishing itself from other theater groups. First, they've made a commitment to nonprofits. Altshuler figured that if hundreds of people were coming to see their plays, then she had a captive audience, and she should "leverage" that into something positive. So each show highlights a different nonprofit group that can make a brief pitch before the curtain goes up and also provide more information during intermission. A small portion of ticket sales goes to the nonprofit, but mostly it's about raising awareness.
Moonbox, named after a theatrical device that creates the illusion of moonlight, is also committed to local actors. That's not entirely unique to Moonbox – local actors are the life blood of many of the area's resident theater companies – but Moonbox may be providing a stage for a new group of actors who aren't popping up elsewhere.
And Altshuler says that discovering this local talent has literally been a jaw-dropping experience.
"I remember in the middle of the first open audition [for 'Godspell'], Allison and I just looked at each other and said 'Wow.' And I've watched some of the rehearsals for 'A New Brain,' and my jaw literally hangs open. After a show, I've had people come up to me and say, 'The cast was great. Are they from New York?' And I'd tell them, 'No, they're from Somerville and Waltham.'"
As for the future, Altshuler thinks they may eventually add a third show to their current two-show season, perhaps a new play by a local playwright. And choosing which shows to produce will continue to be a gut-level decision-making process, much the way they chose "A New Brain," the story of a struggling artist whose life is put into focus after he suffers a life-threatening brain disorder.
"Our music director handed a CD of 'A New Brain' to me and Allison," remembers Altshuler, "and he said, 'You might want to listen to this.' It was a show he always wanted to do. I loved the music and the storyline, so it was a no-brainer, so to speak. We want to choose shows that are meaningful and have a positive message. And it's also important that they're shows that our core crew is excited about producing."
The future also holds more craziness, no doubt, as props continue to pile up in the hallway of the Altshuler home.
"Producing a show is a multi-tasking job," says Altshuler. "It's like parenting -- you juggle 16 million things at once. But it's been an absolute blast. And a real blessing."
"A New Brain"
WHEN: March 15 to April 6
WHERE: Boston Center for the Arts' Plaza Theatre
INFO: 617-933-8600; moonboxproductions.org