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23 January 2010 – Charlie's Restaurant and Irish Pub at the Historic Water Street Inn is proud to announce the new arrival of the 2007 vintage of the Alsacian Gentil by French winemakers Hugel & Fils. This fine addition to Charlie's winelist is offered at $29 per bottle and is a blend of Gewurtztraminer, Muscat, Pinot Gris, Riesling and Sylvaner.
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Gentil "HUGEL" 2007
In Alsace, the 2007 vintage was full of surprises, but pleasant surprises !
Classic "Hugel" wines are made exclusively from grapes purchased from winegrowers under long-term contract, in a dozen of the most favoured localities around Riquewihr.
Youthful pale green in colour, very brilliant, it has a nice clean, open bouquet, elegant and fresh, perfumed with aromas of spring blossom, jasmine, white rose, green apple and white peach.


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By Matthew Craft
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- For almost three years, no matter what has rattled the financial markets -- a debt crisis in Europe, high gasoline prices, a slower economy -- investors have been soothed by rising corporate profits.
The storyline became as predictable as a soap opera's. But when the latest round of corporate earnings starts rolling in this week, look for a twist: Profits are expected to fall.
"China is still slowing. Manufacturing numbers in the U.S. are weak," says Christine Short, senior manager at Standard & Poor's Global Markets Intelligence. "You can only have so many things working against you."
Stock analysts expect earnings for companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index to decline 1 percent for April through June compared with the year before, according to S&P Capital IQ, the research arm of S&P.
That would break a streak of 10 quarters of gains that started in the final quarter of 2009.
Over recent weeks, a motley collection of chain stores, steel producers and technology titans have warned of slowing profits. They all point to similar culprits -- flagging sales to Europe and slower economic growth in China.
Procter & Gamble, the world's biggest consumer products company, cut its profit outlook for the year, blaming sluggish economic growth in China and Europe along with a stronger dollar, which makes U.S.-made goods more expensive abroad.
Ford said it expects to take a hit from European sales and may have to shut an assembly plant. Nike reported a drop in profits and warned of tough conditions in Europe and China. And that's just within the past month.
"You've seen the evidence," says Adam Parker, chief U.S. equity strategist at Morgan Stanley, the investment bank. "A ton of companies have already told you the economy is slowing."
The list of companies that have warned of trouble is long and varied, and includes well-known names such as McDonald's, Cisco, Starbucks and Tiffany & Co.
Add them up, and 94 companies have lowered their estimates for this earnings season, which begins on Monday when Alcoa, the aluminum maker, reports its results. Only 26 have raised their estimates.
Morgan Stanley's research team says the ratio hasn't been that lopsided toward the negative since the summer of 2001, when the economy was in the middle of an eight-month recession brought on by the bursting of a bubble in technology stocks.
Europe's debt crisis has been a problem for nearly three years, but that never stopped companies from reporting record profits quarter after quarter. The U.S. economy appears to be losing speed, but the economic recovery has moved at a fitful pace since the Great Recession ended in 2009. So what makes this time different?
The price of oil and the dollar. Oil dropped 26 percent from the start of April to the end of June, while the dollar rose 5 percent against a basket of major currencies. In a note to clients, Parker called this duo "the worst combination for S&P 500 earnings."
Cheaper oil is usually considered a good thing. By pulling down the price of gasoline, it essentially puts money in Americans' pockets.
It's a different story for Exxon Mobil, Chevron and other oil and gas companies in the S&P 500. For them, a drop in oil prices squeezes profit. And because energy companies play such a large role in the S&P 500, Parker said, their falling profits weigh on the group.
The direction of the dollar matters because U.S. companies rely on overseas sales: Nearly half of all the revenue for S&P 500 companies comes from abroad. When the dollar climbs, it diminishes the value of those foreign sales. Parker found that since 1975, an 8 percent gain for the dollar against major currencies knocked earnings down by 2.6 percent.
To be sure, companies sometimes cut their profit expectations too deeply, a practice that provokes grousing among many investors. They suspect companies of setting the bar so low that they'll soar over it and get rewarded with a roar of applause and a higher stock price.
In early April, companies had talked down their forecasts so much that analysts expected first-quarter earnings to be down 0.1 percent for the S&P 500. A couple of months later, the final figures looked starkly different: Earnings rose 7.5 percent.
That history is one reason many analysts and investors say they believe this earnings season won't be quite as bad as current forecasts. Not as bad, of course, isn't the same as good.
"Could they beat it? Sure," says Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC's asset management group. "They'll probably jump over the bar. But they're not going to set the world record for the high jump."
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That sucks. Sorry man.
- December 1, 2008 at 8:11 PM
- Just John said...
Maybe it's in the possession of a cacher that moves about as fast as the bug itself (mine included). If that's the case, they should log it in a few weeks...
- December 1, 2008 at 8:51 PM
- tonka_boy said...
You might want to check P.J.'s pockets. I think I overheard a conversation in which he mention a quick trip south. Didn't catch why he was going there...
- December 2, 2008 at 4:55 AM
Aw that sucks! Poor Nut! Maybe it's just a newbie cacher who forgot to log he picked it up? Let's hope for the best...
And in the meantime.. GO HIPPIE GO!
- December 2, 2008 at 5:44 AM
Just John...if it moves as slow as a bug, we should see it pop up in a few weeks and having moved only 2.3 miles. Yep, that wouldn't be so bad...for the rest of us.
- December 3, 2008 at 4:04 PM
- P.J. said...
From my attorney:
"We utterly deny any charges made by tonka_boy and base it on too much snow and cold getting to him. My client has not been south of New Jersey in many years and said he doesn't plan on going any time soon. Thank you."
A 'lil HooHaa
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What better place for the creator of Bones to give a presentation than at the Houston Museum of Natural Science?
Dr. Kathy Reichs — forensic anthropologist, best-selling author and real-life inspiration for the popular television series (and original "crimedy") Bones — spoke to students of HCC's Northwest Audio Recording & Filmmaking Department on Sept. 7 — and we snuck in to share some tales from the real-life Temperance Brennan.
For those of you who don't know, Dr. Kathy Reichs has spun her real-life experiences into more than a dozen best-selling fiction novels since 1997. Then in 2005, FOX adapted her novels into a comedic crime series (called the "crimedy"), based around Reichs' semi-autobiographical heroine, Temperance Brennan. And in a quirky TV twist, TV's Temperance Brennan also writes crime novels in her spare time — about a fictional forensic anthropologist named Kathy Reichs.
With her latest book, Bones are Forever, out now, with Bones entering its eighth season and with a new series of young adult novels written with her son Brendan, Reichs took the time out to talk process, crack some (OK, a lot of) jokes and chat about how she sold her first novel on the first try — and won an award for it.
Here are the highlights:
Reichs found success via the old adage "write what you know." Although the crimes featured in her novels draw from real-life experience, she changes names, places and dates. "I take a case and then ask myself, 'What if?' and spin off from there," she says.
To say that Reichs has had an adventurous career would be an understatement. She has been hired by the Catholic church to exhume the body of a 1700s woman being considered for sainthood. She did disaster recovery work after Hurricane Katrina and the Sept. 11 attacks. She has also worked on human rights cases in Guatemala and Rwanda.
Reichs is extremely involved in the writing room on the set of Bones, keeping the science honest and even penning an episode — "The Witch in the Wardrobe" — herself! She says the lab featured in the show is realistic — nothing exists in the lab that doesn't exist in the real world — but she's never been in a lab that nice.
The Tempe on TV is not the Tempe of Reichs' books, but she's OK with that. "I think of the TV show as a prequel," Reichs says. "It's early Tempe; she hasn't come into herself yet."
Reichs says being a good anthropologist aided her writing. "If you're a good observer, you can't help but be a good writer."
Dr. Reichs donated her honorarium to raise awareness for Houston Community College Northwest's Audio Recording and Filmmaking Department. To learn more about Reichs' work, her latest novel and her young adult series, "Virals," click here.


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"In a way, my attitude and the way I approach the game is something I've taken from (the Negro League players). You always want to be a personality. It's more than just baseball. You always heard the stories about the Negro League players like Cool Papa Bell, who was so fast he could flip the light switch and be in the bed before the room got dark, or you heard about Satchel Paige going out on the mound talking to batters and telling them what pitch was coming. I think personality was a big part of the Negro Leagues. That's something I want to bring with me to the game. When I'm (on the field), I'm pointing up to the sky, or I'm talking on the field. I'm trying to bring more than just baseball to the field."
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"I think you have to say the Negro Leagues had a positive impact on baseball because without those guys there would be no "us" in the game. Just (reading) all the stories, reading all the documents and listening to the guys ..., it's great how they went about their business. They could have quit because it wasn't like they were getting paid a lot of money or playing on the big stage, but they just loved to play the game. They just wanted the opportunity to play along side the greats like Babe Ruth and some of those guys never got the opportunity. I look around now and see that I have the opportunity to play against Derek Jeter and some of the greatest players in the game, and you really have to appreciate the sacrifice many of the Negro League players made for us today."
-- Outfielder Matt Lawton, Cleveland Indians
"I learned a lot more about (the Negro Leagues) once I got to the Major Leagues. I got to meet a lot of the guys like Buck O'Neil. Those are guys that really command respect, and we feel honored as baseball players, especially as African-Americans, to shake hands and learn more about the Negro Leagues as we play each and every year. I had a chance to go to Kansas City to play the Royals and go to the (Negro Leagues Baseball) Museum there. I think there's great history there."
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"I've met a lot of people that played baseball in the Negro Leagues and was very fortunate to meet Jackie Robinson. I think the Negro Leagues showed how much more organized they really were. They traveled on a bus and -- society wise -- they were not treated real good. But they loved to play and people came out to see them play. I think once Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, Major League Baseball took notice and started scouting the Negro Leagues for talent. I think once the color barrier was broken baseball really took off."
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"It's really amazing when you think about it. Completely rejected by Major League Baseball, black players -- some of the greatest players in the history of the game -- endured incredible hardship and built an independent, thriving league. Negro League baseball became one of the two or three biggest African-American industries in the country. Their success -- drawing 50,000 fans to All-Star Games, beating white All-Star teams on a regular basis -- demanded the attention that eventually led to the integration of the game. Former Negro League players deserve the credit for beating down the door."
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-- Tye Waller, Director of Player Development for the San Diego Padres
"The Negro Leagues played a very important role in my life. My dad was actually a pitcher on a team that would practice against the official Negro League teams like the Homestead Grays. He would play every weekend and when I was young, I would run out on the field during the game and try to imitate him on the first-base line. The Negro Leagues are full of great history and whenever I go to Kansas City, I make sure to stop in the (Negro Leagues Baseball) Museum. I still talk with Buck O'Neil throughout the winter."
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The Negro Leaguer I know best is Buck O'Neill, and after listening to his stories about the Negro Leagues, it is disappointing that they didn't get a chance to play in the big leagues. Our society was messed up back then. I admire players like Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige and Cool Papa Bell and I'm disappointed they don't get recognized. Their careers were never truly honored as they should be.
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"I only began to have a true appreciation of who they were in the Negro Leagues and the stars they were when I signed with Cincinnati in 1963. That's when I began to really pay attention to players like Jackie Robinson and Monte Irvin. I got the sense of regret that the whole country didn't get to see more players like them earlier."
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There seems to be a thunderstorm brewing in your relationship. It can be a thunderstorm that clears the air, but it could also break down any tension between you. It depends quite a lot on you. A conversation to clear things, conducted in a fair way, will most likely result in a close call. Tell your partner what you don't like about his or her conduct. Be specific and don't make general accusations. Maybe you just have to clear up some simple misunderstandings.


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Kimbrel apologizes for reaction to being pulled
Braves closer lifted after giving up two runs, loading bases in win vs. Mets
NEW YORK -- When Craig Kimbrel was removed during the ninth inning of Saturday night's 7-5 win over the Mets, he visibly expressed his displeasure toward Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. But approximately 20 minutes later, the dominant closer contritely apologized for his on-field actions.
"I just went in and apologized to [Gonzalez]," Kimbrel said as he stood in front of his locker at Citi Field. "It's disrespectful to him and to the team, and that's just not the kind of person I am. I felt awful about it. That was me as a competitor and my emotions. It wasn't how I felt."
When the Braves gained a four-run ninth-inning lead, it appeared Kimbrel had been given the perfect situation to shake off some of the rust that had developed as he had gone exactly a week without pitching. But the only positive he took away from this 24-pitch appearance was his previously sore right shoulder felt good.
The ailment prevented Kimbrel from pitching in a save situation on Monday and might have influenced the decision to allow Julio Teheran to go the distance in Wednesday's win over the Phillies.
"The shoulder felt great, maybe too good," Kimbrel said. "I was having a hard time finding the strike zone. I'll come in tomorrow and hopefully there is a situation where I can get back out there."
Kimbrel allowed three hits, issued a walk and surrendered two runs while recording just two outs on Saturday. He hit Eric Young Jr. with a pitch and then surrendered consecutive one-out hits, including David Wright's RBI double. After a Curtis Granderson strikeout, the Braves closer allowed Chris Young's RBI single. When Kimbrel then walked Lucas Duda to load the bases, Gonzalez strolled to the mound to replace his closer with Jordan Walden, who ended the game with a Travis d'Arnaud groundout.
As Gonzalez approached the mound, television cameras caught Kimbrel say what appeared to be, "You're taking me out?"
"I like to compete and I'm a competitor,"Kimbrel said. "Anytime you get taken out, you get upset. I did. I probably shouldn't have acted like I did. It's one of those things trying to protect me from throwing too many pitches. We still got the win, so that's awesome."
"We came in here and talked a little bit and he's fine," Gonzalez said. "Like all good athletes and good competitors, they want the ball and you have to pry it out of their hands."
Gonzalez did not seem bothered by Kimbrel's actions or performance, which the Braves skipper said was likely a result of the stretch of inactivity.
"He hadn't pitched in seven days," Gonzalez said. "It didn't matter to me if the score was 1-0 or 100-1, we were going to try to get him in the game today at some point just to shake some of the rust off. You don't want him throwing 30-40 pitch inning to get out of the jam. Roger [McDowell] and I talked about giving him 23-25 pitches and getting him out of there. The good thing is we got him on the mound and got him pitching."


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Serious Eats Neighborhood Guides: Zoe Nathan's Los Angeles
Editor's note: Over on Serious Eats: NY, we've heard from chefs and food personalities about their favorite neighborhood eats. Now it's time to answer that age-old question: What's for dessert?
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As Executive Chef of Huckleberry Bakery and Cafe and co-owner and Head Baker for all of the Rustic Canyon family of restaurants (that'd be Rustic Canyon Wine Bar & Seasonal Kitchen, Milo & Olive, Huckleberry Cafe & Bakery, and Sweet Rose Creamery), Zoe Nathan has definitely put her stamp on L.A. A native of the city, she honed her cooking skills at Lupa in New York City and learned to bake at Tartine Bakery in San Francisco before returning home.
At Huckleberry, Nathan makes her own breads, breakfast pastries, and desserts. She puts a premium on her ingredients, sourcing the best local products and changing the menu to reflect her finds. Where does she eat when she's not in one of her own kitchens? Read through the list to see her favorite spots in L.A.
Zoe's Picks
Toffee at Pop Candy: Bill and Rachel make the best toffee around. We don't sell anything from outside vendors at Huckleberry except for Pop Candy because there's no way to make it better than they do. I just have to forget that it's there or I'll eat it all up.
Desserts at Cook's County: Roxana is super talented and bakes with her heart and soul. Her stuff is not too sweet, but salty enough, and unpretentious but delicious.
Hot Chocolate from Choco Vivo: Patricia is the real deal when it comes to chocolate. She's obsessed with it, and I'm obsessed with her chocolate powders. It makes such a rich and flavorful cup of hot chocolate and tastes so grown up at the same time.
Chocolate Chip Cookies at Farmshop: Brittany is a really talented baker but my son and I focus on one specific treat when we go in to Farmshop: her chocolate chip cookies. She bakes them throughout the day, so at any point you can stumble into a warm chocolate cookie. They're amazing.
Vanilla Ice Cream at Sweet Rose Creamery: Shiho is the best, and I'm not just saying that because we're best friends and business partners. You can judge an ice cream shop by its vanilla just like you judge a pizza place by its Margherita pizza, and Shiho's vanilla is creamy and salty and delicious.
Scones at Axe : My husband and I love Axe for breakfast. The ingredients are great, the preparation is simple, and there's always a good sweet treat to work in. People rave about the pancakes, which we love, but the under the radar sweet that I prefer is the scone. It's earthy and buttery and is served with softened butter alongside of it. It's a great bridge between coffee and eggs.
Maple Bacon Pie at Rustic Canyon: Yes, I know this is one of my restaurants, but I turned the desserts at Rustic over to my Sous Chef Laurel Almerinda a year ago and she's doing an amazing job. I love bacon in dessert when it's used right, and this combination with maple syrup is perfect.
Butterscotch Budino at Mozza: Ok it's almost a bit embarrassing putting this on my list because it's everyone's favorite, kind of like saying Bob Marley is your favorite reggae musician, but this dessert is really delicious. It's been ripped by numerous LA restaurants but this one is the real deal.
Shaved Ice at Blockheads Shaved Ice : This place is really fun and kind of addictive. I love the strawberry with condensed milk and topped with Mochi. Yum.
Anything from Marge Manske: I know that it's not opening until next year, and I know we're all excited about eating Walter's food again, but I'm equally excited about eating Marge's desserts and baked goods. Everything I've ever tasted from her has been amazing!
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Game 20: Toronto at Chicago pregame
Cito Gaston is well aware of how his batters have fared against particular pitchers, but that doesn't necessarily mean the Jays manager is going to alter his lineup, especially not the way it's performing right now.
For example, Kevin Millar — a right-handed bat off the bench who typically starts at first base against left-handers — has great numbers against Sox righty Jose Contreras, who is starting today. In his career, Millar has hit .429 (9-for-21) with two homers, two doubles and five RBIs against Contreras.
Is Millar in the lineup? Nope.
Similarly, in the last series against Texas, Millar had fantastic totals against righty Kevin Millwood — .390 (16-for-41) with a homer and four doubles. Was he in the lineup that day? No, left-handed hitters Adam Lind (DH), Travis Snider (LF) and Lyle Overbay (1B) were starting in both games.
"I could show you some stats from the last couple of days," Gaston said. "When we were playing against Texas, you should see the stats that Kevin has against him. I could let Kevin go in there and maybe DH and take Lind out of there, but I'm just going to play it the way we've been playing it and see what happens.
"So, it is a decision and I'm aware of those things, too."
It's similar to how Gaston treats the pinch hitting scenarios with his club. Late in games, he has been letting his batters stay in the batter's box, even in situations when it might make sense to play the matchup and go with another hitter. This early in the year, Gaston wants to stick with his players to hopefully build their confidence.
"I haven't really pinch hit for many guys, if you really think about it," Gaston said. "I know that all these guys have to stay sharp and they need to be in their hitting. I know that, as a player, if you're looking over your shoulder you kind of lose confidence in yourself.
"What I want these guys to do — not to say that I won't [pinch hit ever] — but what I want them to do is feel like every time they come off that field and their at-bat comes up they're going to get a chance to hit."
As far as in-game matchups, Gaston prefers for a batter to have at least 20 career at-bats against a pitcher to decide whether it might be beneficial to use him as a pinch hitter. Gaston said his philosophy could change as the year goes on. He also noted that, with so many right-handers coming up, some of the right-handed bats will likely get some starts to stay fresh.
Today's lineups:
1. Marco Scutaro, SS
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Alex Rios, RF
4. Vernon Wells, CF
5. Adam Lind, DH
6. Scott Rolen, 3B
7. Lyle Overbay, 1B
8. Rod Barajas, C
9. Travis Snider, LF
Starter: RHP Roy Halladay (3-1)
1. Brent Lillibridge, 2B
2. Josh Fields, 3B
3. Carlos Quentin, LF
4. Jim Thome, DH
5. Jermaine Dye, RF
6. Paul Konerko, 1B
7. A.J. Pierzynski, C
8. Brian Anderson, CF
9. Alexei Ramirez, SS
Starter: RHP Jose Contreras (0-3)
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All great managers had their own way of managing a team and game situations. Maybe it's time for the pundits to just accept Cito's way and not continually suggest his game situation management is wrong.
Considering his record since he took over, has anyone ever thought maybe Cito's way is the right way. I don't know if it's right or wrong, what I do know is he's managed this team to the best record in baseball since he took over, so whatever he's doing is working.
And I say, if it isn't broke don't go around trying to fix it.
Guys whats wrong with Doc?
he just doesn't look himself in the past few games, i hope he isn't having arm trouble…or a fatigued shoulder/whatever he had before…
Naw Harry, this is Doc's first win in that stadium; I expect he thinks a bit about it.
Great win for the Jays.
The real story behind Romero's injury-( from Sportsnet.)
Romero's injury is poorly timed, especially with Jesse Litsch having already joined Shaun Marcum, Dustin McGowan and Casey Janssen in the infirmary. The lesson to be learned here is that rap music is nothing to sneeze at.
Before his start last week in Minnesota, while listening to some hip-hop (Young Sneezy perhaps?) to relax, Ricky ah-chooed and pulled an oblique muscle. He pitched through the discomfort, with the Jays winning both of his starts but the pain was becoming unbearable and they decided to shut him down for a couple of weeks.
**When Romero comes back, Cito should ban him from hip-hop music, we need him too bad. lol
I have mentioned a few times now that Doc is not pitching like he once did. Who knows why, but he may be a victim of his own success. Unfortunately, you cannot listen to a Rogers' broadcast without one (or both) of the announcers stating that Roy Halladay is the best pitcher in all of baseball. Moreover, the same announcers spend huge amounts of time talking about the example he sets for the young pitchers and how he "takes them under his wing!" This is a lot of pressure to live up to and, in my opinion, it is pressure that Halladay does not want. If you watch the close-ups of Halladay on tv, if you are careful, you will have noted that Halladay is doing a lot more cursing and giving a lot more death stares when calls do not go his way. He seems extremely impatient at times with the umpires, and gets quite upset when hitters simply outperform him and make good on tough pitches. Also, I have heard him tell the media that he does not want to be a mentor to the young pitchers. He wants to go out and pitch his game and suggests that they do the same. The truth is, Halladay's skill set is going to diminish from this point on, not increase. The question is how rapidly do those skills decrease. With some aging pitchers the drop-off can be fast and brutal, with others, they find ways to adapt (e.g., by making heavy use of a very good change-up to speed up their (slowing) fastball. The biggest mistake this team could make is signing Halladay to a Vernon-like contract. We will not (cannot) get our money's worth. It may be best to consider trading him after this season for a young, proven starter and some more offensive help. Unfortunately, I do not think that we will be able to count on Rolen, Millar, and some of these other veterans that have made such an important contribution. In this economic climate, the key to survival is adaption. The ability to re-tool and head in a new direction in a hurry. Even GM and Chrysler are finally learning this lesson. Let's hope that JP (or whoever) is able to make the right call at the right time to get this "young" team set up for the next couple of years.
[Quote:] Guys whats wrong with Doc?
I think I know what's wrong with Doc. There has been a rumor floating around for some time now that he's actually human. Based on his last couple of starts, I am starting to believe it. Being human, he is probably in a low physical or mental cycle, which caused him to allow 3 runs over 7 innings today. I expect that as he comes out of this low physical or mental state, that his outings will improve.
gsjays, I tend to agree with you on re-signing Doc. He will be 33 at the end of his contract, and while I think, being the horse he is, that he can probably make it to 40, he will be on the down side of his career. He will command more (60-80 million over 5 years?) as a free agent than the Jays would be prepared to pay, so we should be prepared to move on. We are knee deep in arms, and while we may not have a 20 game winner yet, we do have a LOT of potential 15 game winners.
I like what Tampa did with Longoria–a long term contract while he is still controllable that gives him good up front cash, and takes into account the potential for injury, etc., over the long term. You get an all-star quality player for a long time at below market value.
OK. I'll bite and join the Halladay debate, once again.
1) There's nothing wrong with Halladay folks. If anything, he's right on track for Cy Young contention, once again. He's on pace for 29 Wins and 267 IP (both career highs). His WHIP is currently 1.08, which is much lower than his 1.21 career WHIP. His ERA is a little higher than usual, but come on, he's 5 starts into the season. Remove that 3-run HR in the first Detroit game (where he was left in one inning too long as you may recall), and his ERA is right at 3.00, which is where it should be.
2) I think it's well documented that Halladay is an abnormally fierce competitor. It's not that he's frustrated or whatever, it's that he wants to win, and he does a good job at that. As for the mentor situation, he doesn't have time for hands-on mentoring. He's always busy getting ready for his next start. I'm pretty sure having a bunch of young eyes watching Doc throw pitches, and watching his work ethic doesn't hurt. Heck, the Jays keep turning young pitchers with OK stuff, into pretty good pitchers, so who knows if Halladay has a part in that.
3) The thing with Halladay that makes him more valuable than others is his ability to eat up so many innings while pitching very well. He's so efficient that he almost always gets into the 7th, 8th, 9th inning without throwing an excessive number of pitches. And he does this while limiting the number of ER's to 2 or 3 usually. This also provides a break to the bullpen. If you think about, where most good pitchers can throw up to 200 IP, that means the Jays pretty much have 1.25 aces in having Halladay.
3) There is no sign yet that Halladay's skill set is diminishing, in my opinion. If signs start showing up (real signs, not him getting upset at calls) between now and the end of next season, yeah I'd be weary to sign him to a long term contract. Otherwise, if he keeps throwing 240 IP over 3.00 ERA, why not sign him for 4 years. Sure there's an injury risk, as there would be with any pitcher. I just don't see it yet with Doc. His strong work ethic and workout regime will probably help him stay really good until he's 37 and beyond. If they were to sign him to a 4-year contract, which would take him to age 37, I think they could sign him to 1-2 year contracts from that point on, if they still want to keep him.
4) Remember that the money has to be spent somewhere. If the Jays want to up their payroll to 120 million (or even 100 million) to continue to compete beyond 2010, where do you suggest they spend money. Wells, Rios, Hill are all under contract for a while. Snider, Lind, Arencibia, McGowan, Marcum, Purcey, Janssen, Cecil, Mills, etc. are all controlable for several years beyond 2010. I personally don't see Halladay as a bad investment into the future. Now, if the Jays have to carry a 70-80 million payroll, well of course you can't tie a big portion of that in Halladay. Now that's beyond the GM's control anyway.
I think TB got the idea from our signing of Hill to a similar contract. I believe the guy who came up with the idea of this style of contract was Alex Anthopoulos, Jays VP and assistant GM. I'd expect we see others with Lind, Snider and others that look like they could blossom into stars.
In fairness to Halladay, he's always struggled in Chicago-this is his first win there and he gave us 7 innings, gave up 3 runs and won the game. Halladay has had times when he struggled against Boston, as well; every pitcher has hitters and or teams that hammer them.
However, Halladay is tied for most wins in baseball at 4, so I don't think I'd worry too much.
At the start of the year, I was very much in favor of trading Halladay now, but that's before these guys went 14-6. That was also before Rolen and Overbay both proved they're healthy and Hill showed just how much he enjoys hitting 2nd. That was before seeing Lind drive in 6 runs in a game and Moonraker hit two monster shots in Minnesota that both went over 450 feet.
That was also before seeing TB collapse (trail us by 6.5 games) along with Yank pitching in the first 20 games.
Right now if all the Jays do for the balance of the season is go .500, they end up with 85 wins. I said a couple of days ago that the next 20 games tell the tale on this team and I still stand by that.
If they go 14-6 over the next 20 games and get to a 28-12 record, then that .500 performance to year end equates to 89 wins-which means we might play games in late September than mean something.
What we do know is we have the best pen in baseball again, and stronger now with Downs closing. We also have the strongest balanced attack offense in baseball and frankly, I don't really see that slowing down all that much.
With Romero coming back soon and Richmond figuring out how to get lefties out, we have 3 strong starters and I think Purcey will come around for the 4th. So from Janssen, Mills, Litsch, Cecil and now Castro, we need one to step up and take that other spot. I like our chances of that happening.
So to make a long post short, I'd hold Halladay for now. Let's see where we are in 20-30 games from now, one never knows. Cito has brought magic to this city before, and this is now Cito's team, maybe it turns into another Cito year. Who knows.
It simply blows my mind when I see people on here say they should trade Halladay. What do you think they are going to get in return for the guy? It is highly unlikely they get close to equal value. The guys they could potentially get back are going to be prospects, which are hit and miss. Just look at the Johan Santana deal. Who got the better end of that one? Not. Even. Close. By trading Halladay, they would basically be conceding 2010, when they are set up to have a really good team. The only way he is traded, as JP has said, is if payroll has to go below 60 million. Unlikely. Rogers would be really, really stupid to not offer Doc whatever he wanted to stay. He will certainly be effective into his late 30s because of his great conditioning and his tremendous arsenal of pitches. Giving him a 5 year deal is not going to cripple the franchise. I just can't understand why people like Burt want him traded so bad. And to the people that say he is not like the old Doc anymore, and he is not pitching that well this year, look at his 8:1 K/BB ratio, and his WHIP of 1.08. The only issue is he has left a few balls elevated which have led to a few home runs and a slightly human ERA of 3.72. An ERA of 3.72!!!!! Oh my god, he needs Tommy John, he's got a torn labrum, he's never gonna be the same!!!!!! Trade him now JP!!!!
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Many Americans must be wondering: What is all this about a "fiscal cliff"? And why did it receive so little attention during the presidential campaign?
Well, it's complicated — the so-called cliff, that is. And most solutions are politically painful. In a rare show of bipartisanship, or mutual protection, both parties ducked the debate until after the election. What follows is an attempt to demystify the issue, which President Obama and the lame-duck Congress now are struggling over, and which may occupy them right through the holidays.
Q. What is the fiscal cliff?
A. The term refers to more than $500 billion in tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect after Jan. 1 — for fiscal year 2013 alone — unless Mr. Obama and Republicans reach an alternative deficit-reduction deal. Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, who is not known for catchy phrases, coined the metaphor "fiscal cliff" last winter to warn of the dangerous yet avoidable drop-off ahead in the nation's fiscal path. It stuck.
Q. If we go over this so-called cliff, what happens?
A. Taxes would rise for nearly every taxpayer and many businesses. Financing for most federal programs, military and domestic, would be cut. Many economists say that while annual budget deficits are too high, these new taxes and spending cuts would be too much deficit reduction, too suddenly, for a weak economy. More than $500 billion equals roughly 3 percent to 4 percent of gross domestic product. The Congressional Budget Office has said the result would be a short recession, though some analysts say the measures could be managed so they do less damage. "Slope," they argue, is a better metaphor than cliff.
Q. Exactly what tax increases are in store?
A. When a tax cut expires, the practical effect is a tax increase. And a slew of tax cuts — $400 billion for 2013 — expire on Dec. 31: All of the Bush-era rate reductions; smaller tax cuts that periodically expire for businesses and individuals; and the 2-percentage-point cut in payroll taxes that Mr. Obama pushed in 2010, which increased an average worker's take-home pay by about $1,000 a year.
Also, 28 million taxpayers — about one in five, all middle- to upper-income — would have to pay the alternative minimum tax in 2012, raising their taxes more. That is because Congress has failed to pass an inflation adjustment, as it usually does, to restrict the number of taxpayers subject to the alternative minimum largely to the affluent.
Q. What spending would be cut?
A. An emergency unemployment-compensation program is expiring, which would save $26 billion but end payments to millions of Americans who remain jobless and have exhausted state benefits. Medicare payments to doctors would be reduced 27 percent, or $11 billion, because this year Congress has not passed the usual so-called "doc fix" to block the cuts, which otherwise are required by a 1990s cost-control law.
The biggest cut would be $65 billion, enacted across the board for most federal programs over the last nine months of fiscal year 2013, from January through September. This cut, known as the sequester, was mandated by an August 2011 budget deal between Mr. Obama and Congress that ended their standoff over raising the nation's debt limit. In that deal, they agreed to reduce spending by $1 trillion over 10 years and to identify an additional $1.2 trillion in savings by January 2013. If they fail to agree on the second installment — as is the case so far — the automatic cuts will kick in.
Q. Why did the parties create such a fiscal and economic threat?
A. It was part intentional, part coincidental.
The intentional: Since Ronald Reagan's administration, with mixed results, presidents and Congresses have occasionally mandated a self-imposed future crisis to force themselves to agree on unpopular tax and spending actions. In that spirit, the idea behind the August 2011 deal was that Republicans would so greatly fear the military cuts, and Democrats the domestic spending cuts, that they would negotiate a deficit-reduction alternative by the Jan. 1 deadline.
The coincidental: The measures from the 2011 deal are set to take effect at the same time as the changes to jobless benefits, the alternative minimum tax adjustment and the Medicare "doc fix," and the expiration of the Bush tax cuts — a confluence that the two parties did not fully expect back in August 2011. The nation will also reach its debt ceiling in January, creating additional uncertainty. Accounting maneuvers by the Treasury Department could push that deadline to March, but Mr. Obama wants a debt-limit increase as part of any deal, adding another item to the agenda.
Q. Can't Democrats and Republicans agree on anything here?
A. They actually agree on a lot. Neither side favors the sequester, an expanded alternative minimum tax or Medicare cuts for doctors; the issue in preventing those outcomes is where to find offsetting savings to avoid adding to annual deficits. And both parties want to extend all of the Bush tax cuts for 98 percent of taxpayers — on income below $250,000 for couples and on income below $200,000 for individuals.
Their main disagreement is a familiar one: the Bush rates on income above that, for the top 2 percent of taxpayers. Mr. Obama campaigned against the rates in 2008 and in 2012. In December 2010, when the Bush tax cuts originally were to expire, Mr. Obama reluctantly agreed to extend all of them for two years in exchange for Republicans' support for the temporary payroll tax cut and extended jobless aid. This time, he swears, is different.
Q. If the president extended all the Bush rates once, why wouldn't he do so again for the right concessions?
A. The economy was weaker in 2010, and so was Mr. Obama. Republicans had just triumphed in the midterm elections, taking control of the House. Now Mr. Obama is fresh off re-election, and Congressional Democrats have gained seats. He vows that he will not allow the top tax rate to stay at 35 percent; a return to 39.6 percent would raise about $1 trillion over 10 years. Chastened Republicans have suggested they would support higher revenues, but only from limiting tax deductions for high-income taxpayers, not from higher rates. Mr. Obama has not ruled out a compromise that would limit deductions as well as setting the top rate above 35 percent but below 39.6 percent.
Q. What now? Might they really reach an impasse?
A. No one knows. Despite market jitters about that outcome, Democrats suggest that they are willing to let Jan. 1 come and go without resolution unless Republicans relent on the top rate. That could simply be bravado, to make Republicans blink. A Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll this week found that a majority of Americans would blame Republicans for failure.
Q. Is there a best-case outcome here?
A. Many budget experts and economists are hoping for a two-part deal. The first part would extend many of the tax cuts and repeal the automatic spending cuts to avert the changes scheduled after Jan. 1. But it would be contingent on the second part: a framework for reducing projected long-term deficits by overhauling both the tax code — to raise revenues — and entitlement programs — chiefly Medicare and Medicaid, whose rising costs in an aging population are unsustainable. Those overhauls would preoccupy Mr. Obama and Congress through 2013 and perhaps 2014.
Such an agreement would set specific targets for new tax revenue and spending cuts to reduce deficits by about $4 trillion over a decade, giving Congress and the president more time to work out the details. If they failed to do so, presumably other automatic changes might be in store as an enforcement action — setting up yet another looming deadline.


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Ok, I am very well read on the historical evidence regarding christianity/Jesus. What is the historical record regarding Moses, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, etc? Is there proof they existed? Did someone named Moses actually lead a group of slaves out of Egypt? Does anyone have a book or website to recommend that will point me in the right direction?
Rami might have some references. We'll see if he spots this thread.
[quote author="Recovering Catholic"]Ok, I am very well read on the historical evidence regarding christianity/Jesus. What is the historical record regarding Moses, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, etc? Is there proof they existed? Did someone named Moses actually lead a group of slaves out of Egypt? Does anyone have a book or website to recommend that will point me in the right direction?
There is a 10-part documentary on this free on youtube.
It has been mentioned on this forum, I'll see if I can dig up the link for you.
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No evidence whatsoever, and Kanaan was an Egyptian province at the time of Moses, so it wouldn't have been much point in going there, would it?
Also, the Sinai desert was studded with Egyptian fortresses that kept close control over those who went through it..
I did find some stuff online that talked about the lack of archeological evidence to the exodus of 600,000 jews through the Siani. I'll search for the youtube video, too. I also started reading something that questions the existance of Kings David and Soloman. Interesting, isn't it? I am working on my MA in sociology, and have a comparative religion class*. My professor excuses all of this with the "oral tradition" argument; that doesn't explain the lack of archeological evidence, does it?
*I want to study the socio-political affects of faith/religion. It's interesting being in school in one's 30's… there is such a different perspective this time around.
No, David is definitely a historical personage (we have a contemporary inscription).
HOWEVER, what is very unlikely is that there existed anything like the Davidic/Solomonic EMPIRE.
There is ZERO archeological evidence for Jerusalem having been anything other than a tiny hamlet at their time of supposed greatness.
In my view, they were quite likely the local chieftains who beat a couple of their neighbour chieftains and retained power over a minuscule area long enough to be remembered in locally told stories in the Jerusalem district.
"The Bible Unearthed" by Silberman and Finkelstein is a good resource.
Sorry for the long url. Perhaps someone can tell me how to do a compact link. Along with "The Bible Unearthed" there are several other titles that are useful for example:
"David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition"
"Who Wrote the Bible?"
"The Bible with Sources Revealed"
Here is a bit more that originated from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"The archaeological surveys conducted over the past two decades in the hills of Menasseh, Ephraim, Benjamin and Judah, on the west bank of the River Jordan, indicate that the origin and development of the Israelite entity was somewhat different from either of the rival accounts in the Bible. The survey was conducted by more than a dozen archaeologists, most of them from Tel Aviv University's Institute of Archaeology. Their conclusions were published in "From Nomadism to Monarchy," edited by Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Prof. Nadav Na'aman.
Around 1200 bce, semi-nomads from the desert fringes to the east, joined by elements from Anatolia, the Aegean, and the south, possibly including Egypt, began to settle in the hill country of Canaan. A large proportion - probably a majority of this population - were refugees from the Canaanite city states, destroyed by the Egyptians in one of their periodic invasions.
The conclusion is somewhat startling to Bible readers who know the Canaanites portrayed in the Bible as immoral idolaters: most of the Israelites were in fact formerly Canaanites. The story of Abraham's journey from Ur of the Chaldees, the Patriarchs, the Exodus, Sinai, and the conquest of Canaan, all these were apparently based on legends that the various elements brought with them from their countries of origin. The consolidation of the Israelites into a nation was not the result of wanderings in the desert and divine revelation, but came from the need to defend themselves against the Philistines, who settled in the Canaanite coastal plain more or less at the same time the Israelites were establishing themselves in the hills."
No, David is definitely a historical personage (we have a contemporary inscription).
I assume you are refering to the Tel Dan Inscription? If so, you should be aware that it dates about 250 years after the reign of David. This is hardly proof of his existence, or confirmation of his stories. For instance, we have a text called Y Gododdin, by Aneirin that dates to around 600 ce, which contains an allusion to a great warrior named Arthur. This mention of him come within 100 years of his supposed reign, but is still not enough to render King Arthur as anything more than a myth.
All The T.D.I. does is to show that one of kings that had been defeated in battle by a king of Damascus claimed to be of the "House of David." This provides no context of who this "David" was, or what constituted his "house." Indeed, the inscription mentions both a king of Israel and a king of "the house of David". Like many things that come out of so-called "bibical archaeology", much of the interpretation comes from people reading back into the inscription the desired inference.
By the by, last I heard, all the "hard evidence" for Solomon boiled down to a coin that is supposed to date to his reign. Of course this coin bears the name of his treasurer, and has no mention of him.
We have very compelling geological evidence for the plagues. Now, one should note that to believers this may seem to imply their beliefs were correct, however while it seems proven these plauges did seem to happen, they had very natural causes that all sprang from a volcanic eruption. More interesting is that the EXACT same string of events occurred in Camaroon in 1984 and again somewhere else in 1986 (if I recall) and provided the concrete evidence that such events as turning a body of water blood red, swarms of locusts and frogs, skies turning black with fire/ice raining down at the same time, and yes even boils and first borns dieing all have well understood scientific explanations.
It seems completely true that Judaism and Christianity have included accounts of events in the ancient world that did in fact happen, but they seem to have painted these events in terms that serve their religious agenda. Characters like Abraham and Moses and many others seem to have striking parallels with earlier pagan characters. Some of them nearly as striking as the links strongly suggesting Jesus was just a plagiarized character taken from pagan mythologies in the region. There is an agenda for early religions who exist in a time of historical record to try to link natural events in such record to their ideologies to lend them credence in the future.
I'm of the opinion that if these characters did exist, it doens't lend a lot of credability to their stories as told by the various religions seeing how we know they have expressed their primitive views on things like the plagues as being divine intervention.


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Since 1972, the Chicago Booth Distinguished Alumni Awards have recognized and celebrated outstanding alumni achievements. The 2014 DAA recipients embody the school's dedication to limitless inquiry and courageous leadership. The Corporate Award, Entrepreneurial Award, Public Service/Public Sector Award, and Young Alumni Award honor four alumni who have made an impact across industries and the world.
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George Conrades, '71 (XP-28), has taken technology firms to new heights over the past 40 years. After 30 years at IBM, where he ran the company's US and Asia/Pacific operations and founded the firm's first headquarters in Japan, Conrades joined technology and research firm BBN Corp. as CEO and president.
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He also is an active alumnus who serves on the Americas Cabinet of the Booth Global Advisory Board.
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Lehman in 2007 left a burgeoning career in surgery to address the public-health crisis. To date, Lehman and her team estimate they have helped around 300,000 people in the area, either through direct medical intervention or by providing supplies such as mosquito nets.
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The day dawned grey and drizzly but the intrepid UCCE/LA County Master Food Preservers were raring to go. The "concluding events" of City of LA Mayor's Day of Service – this year scheduled all across the city on Cesar Chavez Day (March 31) and dedicated to the theme of Good Food for All – took place in a lively corner of the urban jungle at the edge of Chinatown, at Metabolic Studios, an arts/eco experimental collective, which organized the "Cornfield" we've all heard so much about.
Next to the train tracks and under a concrete bridge, chairs, tables and canopies were set up for non-profit organizations involved in food issues to distribute materials and talk to interested members of the public about their missions.
And just below the neon sign on the wall that reads "Another City is Possible," the Master Food Preservers (MFP) and Master Gardeners (MG) set up tables with volunteers, books, informational handouts and – in the case of the MFPs – demonstrations on how to make kimchi, preserved lemons and refrigerator pickles.
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MFP/MG Susan Nickels submitted a slaw – and made it into the finals. As did MFP/MG Rachael Narins, whose Thomas Starr King Middle School students not only made but grew the ingredients for their kimchi submission.
Of course, those choices of finalists (REALLY!) had nothing to do with the MFPs – dishes were numbered and anonymous on the table and judged on the merits of taste, appearance and creativity.
The final six choices (two in each category) were delivered to the panel of celebrity judges, who sat at a table on a "stage" and made the final call. They included Eric Oberholtzer of Tender Greens, Josiah Citron of Melisse, Pulitzer Prize winning food writer Jonathan Gold, farmers Phil McGrath and James Birch and mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti.
Susan's coleslaw (secret ingredient, Preserved Lemons), the one on top in the photo, sits at the final judging station alongside winner Jennifer Mandel's cabbage, kale and carrot salad. In the case of Rachael's students, it was literally a toss-up – there was equal praise for both final dishes, and a coin toss settled the winner. (Photo courtesy Susan).
The prize was likely not appropriate for the kids anyway: a dinner for two at Citron's very posh Melisse restaurant in Santa Monica; but a consolation prize came with it. Once Eric Garcetti heard the story that the kids grew their own ingredients, he promised to come visit and congratulate the students in person at their Silverlake school, which is in his neighborhood.
But much attention was paid to the demos at the MFP table. Hae Jung Cho is a professional cook and an expert kimchi maker – she showed us her ingredients and techniques and proved how very easy it is to make kimchi, and how healthful its fermented properties are.
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And finally MFP/MG Laurie Dill and Karen Hobert showed us how simple it is to create original, delicious refrigerator pickles, with a spiced brine and fresh cucumbers, which are showing up now at Farmers Markets. Grow your own, and "when life hands you extra cukes," make pickles!