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New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries

Jamie Cue was promoted to Associate Partnerships, Account Manager, OnDeck, Greater Denver Area.  She joined the firm April, 2018 as Senior Loan Operations Analyst; promoted September, 2018, Associate Lending Advisor. She began her career at Armstrong Steel, starting July, 2016, Inside Sales Representative; promoted August, 2016, Project Manager; promoted August, 2017, Senior Project Manager.  Certifications: Improving Your Listening Skills, LinkedIn. Issue December, 2019.  Managing Stress, LinkedIn. Issued December, 2019. Proven Tips for Managing Your Time, LinkedIn. Issued December, 2019. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiecue/

Kelly Lane was hired as Vice President, Asset Management, Signature Bank, Melville, New York.  Previously he was Senior Vice-President, Asset Management, Santander Bank, N.A. (September, 2017 - August, 2020); Director,  Equipment Management, CIT (January, 2014 - August, 2017). He began his career as Lease Specialist, General Electric, July, 1998; promoted to Documentation Specialist, April, 2000; Portfolio Analyst, September, 2001; Asset Manager, 1998, Senior Valuation Analyst, April, 2004. He went to work as Underwriting Manager, RVI Group, September, 2007; joining Somerset Capital Group, Ltd, February, 2010; promoted January, 2011, VP, Portfolio Management; promoted September, 2011, Executive Vice President, Portfolio Management; Underwriting Manager, RVI Group (September, 2007 – January, 2010).  He joined General Electric Capital as Portfolio Analyst, September 2001); promoted April, 2004, Senior Valuation Analyst. Licenses and Certifications: American Society of Appraisers Candidate Member, Issued 2005. Green Belt Certified, GE Capital. Volunteer: Director, Board of Directors. Candlewood Shores Tax District (April, 2019 – Present). Harbormaster, Candlewood Shores Tax District (April, 2019 – Present).  Equipment Management Committee, Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (February, 2020 – Present). Education: Western Connecticut State University, BBS, Finance (1995 - 1998). Finance Award Recipient.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-lane-a67538a/

Robert Mercogliano was hired as Strategic Account Manager, Financial Services, Bidadoo, Online Auctions & Equipment, Atlanta, Georgia.  Previously, he was Managing Director and Head of Asset Management, SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing (January, 2014 - August, 2020); Vice President, Global Head of Asset Management PSF-IC&I, Siemens (1996 - January, 2014); Asset Manager, CIT (1995 -1996); Director Asset Management, Bell Atlantic Tricon (1985 - 1995). Education: Fairleigh Dickinson University, BS, International Business Management (2002 - 2006). Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude, Beta Gamma Sigma. Keyport High School (1983). Paramus Catholic High School (1979 - 1982).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertmercogliano/

Michael Przekop was promoted to Executive Vice President, Credit & Capital Markets, Sertant Capital, Newport Beach. He is located in the San Francisco Bay Area. He joined the firm October, 2017, as EVP Credit and Loan Administration. “Under Mike’s leadership of Sertant’s credit and capital markets strategy, Sertant has achieved tremendous growth in less than two years,“ said Sertant Capital President and CEO Daniel. J. Krajewski. “I’m excited to see what we can accomplish with his continued contributions in the years to come.” Previously, he was Senior Vice President, Bank of the West (October, 2001 - October, 2017). Licenses & Certification: CPA, State Board of Accountancy, Issued October, 1984.  Volunteer:   Parent Volunteer, Boy Scouts of America.  Member, Knights of Columbus.  Education: The Wharton School. BS. Economics, Accounting, Finance, Economics. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-przekop-bb9956b/

Thomas G. Siska was hired as Senior Vice President/Managing Partner, Sterling Commercial Credit, New York City.  Previously, he was Head of Asset Based Lending, Grasshopper Bank (2019 - May, 2020); Senior Vice President, North Mill Capital, LLC (January, 2012 - December, 2018); President & CEO, Working Capital Solutions, Inc. (A WebBank Subsidiary, (December, 2007 - January, 2012); President, Greystone Commercial Services, LP (March, 2006 - July, 2007): President, Credit Support International (2004 - 2006); Senior Vice President, GE Capital (1999 - 2000); President, Bay View Funding (1995 - 1998); Corporate Vice President, Riviera Finance (1984 - 1994). Education: University of Chicago, Masters in Business Administration (MBA), Finance & Accounting (1986 - 1990).  DePaul University. Bachelor of Science. Double Major, Finance and Marketing (1979 - 1983). https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasgsiska/

Maurice Smith was hired as Director, Construction & Industrial Finance,  Auxilor Capital Partners, Greater Philadelphia Area. Previously, he was at CIT starting July 2017, AVP, Industrial Sales; promoted March, 2019, Vice President, Equipment Finance; Senor Relationship Manger, PNC (April, 2017 - July 2017); Senior Territory Sales Manager, ECN Capital (May, 2015 - July, 2017). He started at GE Capital as Capital Markets, Accounting Analyst, May, 2004; promoted July, 2006, Senior Securitizations Analyst; promoted, May, 2011, Assistant Vice President, Originations. Education: Morehouse College, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics (2000 - 2004). https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-smith-01706553/

 

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Leasing Industry Help Wanted

 

Creating Success

Sales Makes it Happen by Scott Wheeler, CLFP

Top originators in the commercial equipment finance and leasing industry do not only react to new opportunities, they aggressively create new opportunities every day. In today's economic environment, top originators are busy building new relationships, exploring new channels, and creating new paths to success.

• Success comes from interacting with qualified customers.
• Success is derived from asking for referrals.
• Success is a result of finding long-term customers that will fund multiple transactions (schedules) over the coming year.
• Success means knowing your position in the market and aggressively pursuing transactions that can be approved and funded.
• Success is an attitude, a passion, a confident presentation. 
• Success is the ability to create new opportunities by fully understanding the needs of vendors and end-users. 
• Success is created. Success is earned.

An originator recently explained how he is working smarter, longer, and harder than ever. He is measuring different aspects of his daily activity. He knows that he cannot only rely on his past relationships but must focus on building relationships for the future. He is creating new relationships with a focus on the future. His efforts are paying off. His year-to-date production exceeds his numbers from last year. Success is plentiful in the industry for those who are willing to create their own success.

Order via Amazon: https://www.createspace.com/5355516  

Scott A. Wheeler, CLFP
Wheeler Business Consulting
1314 Marquis Ct.
Fallston, Maryland 21047
Phone: 410 877 0428
Fax: 410 877 8161
Email: scott@wheelerbusinessconsulting.com
Web: www.wheelerbusinessconsulting.com 

Sales Makes it Happen articles:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Legacy/index.htm

 

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August, 2020 - The List
The Good, the Band, and the Ugly

The Top Seven Leasing/Finance Company Websites
    in North America
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Aug2020/08_31.htm#sites

Commercial Finance Academy - New
    Classes Available
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Aug2020/08_28.htm#cfa

Weed Vending Machines in Colorado:
    The Future of Non-Contact Highs
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Aug2020/08_24.htm#vending

American Express to Acquire Kabbage
    To Service Millions of Small Business customers
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Aug2020/08_19.htm#amex

Chesswood Announces Q2 2020 Results
    and COVID Update ($20,367,000 six month loss before taxes)
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Aug2020/08_10.htm#chesswood

Wintrust Specialty Finance achieves
    Solid first half 2020 results
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Aug2020/08_05.htm#wintrust

North Mill Achieves New Record
    as July Originations Hit All-Time High
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Aug2020/08_03.htm#north

 

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North Mill's Early Payoff Policy Remains
Popular Option in the Marketplace

North Mill's Early Payoff Policy, which was introduced in 2018, has been extremely well-received by our referral agents and customers. What makes the program so popular -- and distinctive -- is that the premium charged for an early payoff is on the principal only. Most lenders charge a premium on both principal and interest.

Moreover, the Early Payoff Policy is designed to reward borrowers who are diligent about making consecutive, on-time payments. Aside from a nominal early termination fee, such on-time customers can pay off their loans with no premium or penalty at all. Those who have leveraged the program have saved thousands of dollars in unaccrued interest.

North Mill did adjust the pre-payment pricing slightly this month in response to challenging market conditions. The plan continues to be structured, though, as it has since inception: a downward sloping price will be charged based on when during the term the customer decides to pre-pay the obligation:

• Year 1 of loan -- less than 12 monthly payments made: 8% premium on outstanding principal balance (up from 5%)
• Year 2 of loan -- less than 24 payments made: 4% premium on outstanding principal balance (up from 3%)
• Year 3 of loan -- less than 36 payments made: 2% premium on outstanding principal balance (up from 1%)

18 consecutive months of on-time payments: ZERO premium on outstanding principal balance (remains the same)

Given the popularity of the program, North Mill created an amortization tool that allows referral agents to calculate an immediate payoff quote for customers. Designed in Microsoft Excel, the document is easy to use and includes instructions.

 

The devastating economic impact of the pandemic in the United States is pushing increasing numbers of young people to move back in with their parents. A recently-released Pew Research Center analysis has found that a majority of 52 percent of Americans aged between 18 and 29 now live with a parent, the highest share recorded since the Great Depression era. That figure looked set to rise even further as an estimated 30 to 40 million people across the U.S. thought to be at risk of eviction. Now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved to provide tenants with protection until the end of this year, the likelihood of a catastophic homelessness crisis has subsided, temporarily at least.

The share of young adults currently living with their parents is higher than any previous measurement recorded in surveys and decennial censuses. The highest historical value was previous recorded in the 1940 census towards the end of the end of the Great Depression when 48 percent of young adults lived with a parent. The share reached its lowest point in 1960 at 29 percent but it has grown steadily ever since, hitting 49 percent by February 2020. The Pew Research Center states that the number of 18-29 year olds living with a parent increased by 2.6 million since February and the total number stood at 26.6 million in July.

By Niall McCarthy, Statista

 

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Tesla's recent moves to drastically expand the production of its vehicles will only prove effective if the development of infrastructure to support EVs keeps pace. The company is actively expanding its supercharger network with an increasing focus on urban areas including convenient locations like supermarkets, hotels and downtown districts. Tesla now has more than 17,000 superchargers in operation across the world in close to 2,000 charging stations, according to website www.supercharge.info.

By Niall McCarthy, Statista

 

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Quality Leasing Announces
47% Year over Year Growth

--Quality Leasing Co., Inc. Funds 47% More New Business Volume
 in May – August of 2020 than Same Period in 2019--

CARMEL, Ind. – Quality Leasing Co., Inc. (QL), the mid-tier commercial equipment financing subsidiary of the Tom Wood Automotive Group, achieved significant growth in new business funding volume despite the global COVID-19 pandemic.  In the months of May through August 2020, the Carmel, Indiana-based leasing firm boasted 58% more transactions funded and 47% more funding by volume year-over-year as compared to the same 4-month period in 2019.  Additionally, August 2020 set a record with the largest single month origination volume in the company’s 63-year history.  

Quality’s Managing Director, G. Paul Fogle, CLFP, noted: “Despite the challenges of 2020, Quality has been steadfast in our commitment to serve America’s small and mid-sized businesses.” Fogle attributed the company’s 47% increase in funding volume to a number of factors including: Quality’s ability to finance equipment across various economic sectors—covering most COVID-19 essential businesses, consistent underwriting guidelines that withstand changing economic conditions, the adoption of DocuSign for all non-titled financing contracts, and the recent addition of key personnel to Quality’s management, sales, and admin teams.  He went on to point out, “The entire staff did a fantastic job of adapting to the new, COVID-19-adjusted work environment—deftly handling payment deferrals for current customers while maintaining uninterrupted service for adding new customers.”

About Quality Leasing Co.
Quality Leasing co., Inc. is a Midwest-based, family-owned independent finance company offering flexible terms, convenient structures, and personalized service. Quality focuses on funding B-C credit transactions from $30,000 up to $3,000,000.  Specializing in titled vehicles, manufacturing, and heavy equipment, Quality also funds a wide array of commercial assets through their nationwide lease financing programs at a fair, affordable monthly payment.  For more information, please visit www.qualityleasingco.com.

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Watch at Home
By Fernando Croce

Blessed with superstar charisma and grace, Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020) was one of his generation’s most promising actors. To honor this talent taken from us much too soon, revisit some of his best screens roles:

42 (Brian Helgeland, 2013): The legendary baseball player who broke through sports as well as racial barriers, Jackie Robinson provided Boseman with one of his earliest lead roles in this appropriately dignified biopic directed by Brian Helgeland. Taking place in the late 1940s when African-American athletes were barred from most teams, the film follows Robinson as he's signed as part of the Brooklyn Dodgers by cantankerous executive Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford, in an enjoyably peppery turn). The controversial decision is met with hostility from fans and other players alike, which heightens this portrayal of Robinson as a man transcending confrontations and bringing different people together at the stadium. Though hardly surprising, this crowd-pleasing sports drama gave audiences an early view of Boseman’s exceptional screen presence.

Get On Up (Tate Taylor, 2014): Boseman delivers an electrifying portrayal of James Brown in this robust biopic about the turbulent life of the legendary funk-music performer. Structured as a series of flashbacks triggered by Brown on the way to one of his later concerts, the movie covers his troubled childhood in rural Georgia, his thrilling discovery of music, his battle with society racism, his often volatile relationships, and his ascension into full-blown "Godfather of Soul" status. Directed with plenty of energy by Tate Taylor ("The Help") and featuring tons of Brown's music as well as a vivid supporting cast that includes Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, the film is a highly enjoyable view of one of show business' most dynamic figures.

Marshall (Reginald Hudlin, 2017): In a real-life portrayal to contrast sharply with his raucous performance as James Brown, Boseman is quietly commanding in this sturdy, handsome account of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American judge in the Supreme Court. Structured less as a biopic than as a courtroom drama, the film follows Marshall’s younger years as a struggling lawyer in the early 1940s. Teamed up with attorney Samuel Friedman (Josh Gad), he faces his biggest challenge in a case involving a white socialite (Kate Hudson) accusing her black chauffeur (Sterling K. Brown) of rape. While keeping things in historical perspective, director Reginald Hudlin maintains a vigorous and fresh tone, building up considerable suspense while displaying the leading man’s easy grace in period settings.

Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018): The Marvel cinematic universe had perhaps its most exciting entry in this exceptional installment, which gave Boseman the superstar role he deserved. Focusing on the eponymous superhero introduced in “Captain America: Civil War,” it follows T’Challa ( Boseman), who must return to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place at the throne. Festivities are interrupted by the plans of a villainous arms dealer (Andy Serkis), as well as the arrival of American soldier Eric Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan). As alliances and betrayals proliferate, can T’Challa prove his worth before a danger that threatens the kingdom? After his triumphant “Creed,” director Ryan Coogler proves his talent for stirring storytelling, enriching spectacle with an attention to character and emotion. The cast also includes Lupita Nyong’o and Angela Bassett.

Da 5 Bloods (Spike Lee, 2020): Oscar-winning auteur Spike Lee (“BlackKklansman”) goes to the battlefield with this sprawling, exuberant take on the Vietnam War through African-American lenses. Switching back and forth between the 1970s and present-day, the film follows a group of soldiers known as Da Bloods, who fought in Vietnam and returned decades later to honor a dead friend and also search for hidden loot. They are Paul (a ferocious Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis), and Melvin (Isiah Whitlock Jr.), vets determined to honor their late squad leader (Boseman, in a brilliantly intense turn). Their journey is filled with raw nerves, buried guilt, and conflicting politics. Striving to situate the Black perspective in the spectrum of Vietnam War movies, Lee is in fine, incendiary form.

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Lilly is an 8 year old Fox Terrier mix who is looking for a new best friend. She came to PAWS with brother, Buddy, and would like to find a home with him. Lilly can be a little bossy with Buddy at times, and the two would be best for an experienced adult home. She is a social girl who is eager to get your attention. She is currently overweight but is on the path to a trimmer figure. Lilly has plenty of energy for active time. She's also very smart and loves to train.

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Adoption Application
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Your Dog Advisor
5 Fun Games to Teach Your Dog a Reliable Recall

https://yourdogadvisor.com/dog-recall-training/

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Invitation to Join ACT Research CV Outlook Webinar
Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 11:00 am

ACT Research is hosting an N.A. CV Outlook webinar on Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 at 11 a.m. Join us as we discuss what is happening in the Economy, Transportation, Freight, Class 8, Used Trucks, Medium Duty, and Trailers.

We're inviting you to join us as our guest for the OUTLOOK Report Webinar on June 16th. Reserve your spot today and get a behind-the-scenes look at the information, and how our team analyzes and reviews the CV markets. 

Webinar Information:

• Economy: The economy appears to be exhibiting amazing resilience as it bounces back from the depths of COVID-19. During the webinar, we will share our thoughts on why the impact is not as bad as many thought it would be and what the path over the next six quarters is projected to be.
• Freight Transportation: The freight recovery is under way with the pandemic disproportionately impacting services and after nearly two years of freight recession. Sidelined drivers are acting as a capacity constraint, sending spot rates to near-record levels. Join us to gain a better understanding of these dynamics and to hear our thoughts about where the freight markets are likely to head.
• Class 8: Drivers’ Holiday: “Separations” took a big chunk out of the driver supply in April, triggering a capacity shortage and trucking profitability rally as the economy reopened – despite a large parked Class 8 supply ready for redeployment - a classic front-of-cycle situation. The wild card is the rate at which the atypically large supplies of parked tractor and driver capacity returns to market.
• Used Trucks: Used truck sales volumes have recently surprised on the high side, though values are still facing headwinds. As part of the webinar, we will provide our insights regarding these trends and their impact on the 2020 and 2021 markets.
• Medium Duty: Despite the fact that the current recession is heavily concentrated in the services portion of the consumer economy, a sweet spot for the medium-duty market, activity is popping for Classes 5-7 equipment as well. During the webinar we will expound on this portion of the commercial vehicle space’s most likely path in the coming cycle.
• Trailers: Like the economy and its CV brethren, the trailer market is showing signs of increasing demand, although the major freight hauling categories are faring better than the vocational segments. As part of the webinar, we will examine what is driving truckers to buy trailers and what it means for the market this year and next.

Agenda:

• N.A. Economy - Jim Meil, Principal, Industry Analyst
  Freight Transportation – Tim Denoyer, Vice President, Senior Analyst
  Class 8 - Kenny Vieth, President, Senior Analyst
  Used Truck and Medium Duty - Steve Tam, Vice President
  Trailers - Frank Maly, Director CV Transportation Analysis and Research 
  Q&A

Date: Tuesday, September 15th
Time: 11 a.m. EST
Format: 50-minute webinar followed by 10 minutes of Q&A
Questions: Submit advance questions to Debby Steinbarger (djsteinbarger@actresearch.net).
Call Replay: After the event, presentation slides and a replay will be posted on ACT’s website.

Register:
https://pages.actresearch.net/media-webinar-0

ACT Research is a contributor to Blue Chip Ecocomic Indicators and a member of WSJ's Consensus Economic Panel. Winner 2019 Lawrence R. Klein Blue Chip Forecast Accuracy Award.

News Briefs----

OnDeck Directors Sued in Class Action for Allegedly Keeping
  Material Information from Shareholders to Make Enova Deal Happen
https://debanked.com/2020/09/ondeck-directors-sued-in-class-action-for-allegedly-withholding-material-information-from-shareholders-to-make-enova-deal-happen/

Amtrak CEO says passenger railroad needs
    up to $4.9 billion in U.S. funding
https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/amtrak-ceo-says-passenger-railroad-needs-up-to-4-9-billion-in-u-s-funding/article_854ff39f-ee58-513c-a59b-bb60414384ef.html

Ghostly Offices Haunt New York as Rebound Lags;
  Workers Still at Home
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/business/economy/new-york-office-space-coronavirus.html

Massachusetts employers face “staggering” hike in unemployment taxes
  starting in April
https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2020/09/08/employers-face-staggering-hike-in-unemployment-t.html?

Pfizer CEO says people who don’t get vaccinated will become
   ‘weak link’ that allows coronavirus to spread
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/08/coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer-ceo-says-people-who-dont-take-it-will-become-weak-link.html

Orange skies across California
    as wildfire smoke blankets state
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sonoma-county-wakes-up-to-orange-skies-due-to-wildfires/?artslide=18a

Oregon wildfires: Governor declares emergency,
    calls situation ‘dangerous’
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2020/09/oregon-wildfires-governor-declares-emergency-calls-situation-dangerous-live-updates.html  

Michelin Delays 2021 Restaurant Guides
  Due to hospitality industry hit by COVID-19
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2020/09/michelin-delays-2021-restaurant-guides/

Tiffany’s $16 Billion Sale Falls Apart
    in Face of Pandemic and Tariffs
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/business/lvmh-tiffany-deal-lawsuit.html

 

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Sports Briefs---

 

USA TODAY Sports' 2020 NFL Super Bowl,
    playoff and MVP predictions
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2020/09/09/nfl-season-predictions-teams-playoffs-picks-super-bowl-mvp/5757269002/

16 Biggest Storylines for 2020 NFL
https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2020/9/7/21425573/storylines-kickoff-pandemic-protests-tom-brady-cam-newton

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California Nuts Briefs---

‘Fires create their own weather:’  Unprecedented smoke layer
    darkens San Francisco Bay Area skies as West Coast burns
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/09/complete-smoke-out-in-bay-area-darkens-the-daytime/

Bear Fire explodes, heading toward Oroville
https://www.sfgate.com/california-wildfires/article/North-Complex-Bear-Claremont-Fires-evacuations-15551384.php

Coronavirus update: California reports
    lowest one-day case total in almost 4 months
https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article245604770.htm

Placer health officer resigns in protest
     after supervisors lift COVID-19 state of emergency
https://www.sacbee.com/community/roseville-placer/article245609865.html?ac_cid=DM277804&ac_bid=2071244431

Thousands rallied at the Capitol
    but CHP didn’t enforce COVID-19 rules. Here’s why
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article245558335.html?ac_cid=DM276985&ac_bid=2044156290

Gavin Newsom directs CHP to change permit rules
     in aftermath of Capitol Christian concert
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article245607360.html#storylink=mainstage_lead

Los Gatos restaurateurs help fuel firefighters
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/08/los-gatos-restaurateurs-help-fuel-firefighters/

Bay Area restaurants offering Rosh Hashanah dinners
     for a takeout celebration
https://www.sfchronicle.com/restaurants/article/Bay-Area-restaurants-offering-Rosh-Hashanah-15551127.php

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“Gimme that Wine”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJnQoi8DSE8

Grape Varieties that have increased
  and declined the most since 2000
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2020/09/the-grape-varieties-that-have-increased-and-declined-the-most-since-2000/

Free Wine App
https://www.nataliemaclean.com/mobileapp/

Wine Prices by vintage
http://www.winezap.com
http://www.wine-searcher.com/

This Day in History

     1565 - Billiards was played in St. Augustine, Florida, brought to America by the Spaniards who were the first to settle the area.
    1608 - English adventurer John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America.
    1718 - The Collegiate School at New Haven, CT, changed its name to Yale.  Congregationalists, unhappy with an increasing religious liberalism at Harvard, had founded Yale, the third oldest college in America, in 1701.
    1776 - George Washington asks for a spy volunteer and Nathan Hale stepped forward.
http://www.odci.gov/hale.html
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=grandGRid=2306
http://www.seanet.com/Users/pamur/nhale.html
    1794 - Blount College, the first nondenominational church was charted at Knoxville, TN.  Now the University of Tennessee, the charter provided that the college “take effectual care that students of all denominations may and shall be admitted to the equal advantages of a liberal education and to the emoluments and honors of the college, so that they shall receive a like, fair, generous, and equal treatment during their residence therein.” The first president was Samuel Carrick.
    1813 - The American naval officer Oliver Hazard Perry left Erie, PA, with a fleet of nine ships and encountered a squadron of six British warships off Put-in-Bay, Ohio, today, which history calls “The Battle of Lake Erie.”  Perry’s attack was hampered by his short-range guns, and his ship was battered to a hulk with only a handful of capable men left. He left his flagship Lawrence and renewed the fight from a sister ship, the Niagara, and had the satisfaction of seeing the British strike their colors. He returned to the Lawrence to accept the British surrender, then sent to Gen. William Henry Harrison, commander in the west, the victory dispatch containing the words, “We have met the enemy and they are ours”. The Americans gained control of Lake Erie, and the British were obliged to withdraw from Detroit, further strengthening the U.S. position in the Great Lakes.
    1820 - Missouri entered the Union under the Missouri Compromise of 1820, admitting Missouri as a slave state while admitting Maine as a free state, and prohibiting slavery in Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36º 30', Missouri's southern border.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug10.html
    1846 - Following the failure of all Mormons to leave Nauvoo, Illinois in May as agreed to after the assassination of Joseph Smith and his brother in Carthage, Illinois two years ago, a thousand anti-Mormon "Regulators" led by Colonel Thomas Brockman order the first assault on the remaining Mormons at Nauvoo. Regulator cannon fire drives Mormon families from their homes towards the Mississippi River.
    1848 - Gold dust price set at $16 per ounce; San Francisco citizens demanded that the United States open a branch mint in San Francisco.
    1852 - Birthday of Alice Brown Davis (1853-1935) at Park Hill, OK.  She was a leader and, for a short time, the chief of the Seminole Indians. She married a white man who deserted her and their 11 children when the youngest was three. They had operated a trading post for the Seminoles in Oklahoma where her family had settled after the Civil War. Most of the children became prominent community and government leaders. She reportedly became an amazing symbol of strength among her people who resided near the Cherokee in Oklahoma. She even went with a group as an interpreter to seek land in Mexico. Her people's self-government was effectively abolished when the State of Oklahoma set up counties that submerged the Indian population with white voters. Because the U.S. government needed a chief's signature for a piece of Florida property, President Warren G. Harding appointed her chief of the Seminoles. She had previously visited the "lost" group of Seminole who had hidden in the Florida Everglades to escape the forced migration that became the Trail of Tears and established a dialogue between the two groups. Instead of signing, Davis demanded reparations and she was summarily removed and a U.S. government illegally signed the deed. The Seminoles, under her guidance, took the matter to court and finally won a settlement in 1946, 11 years after Davis' death.
http://www.seminolenation-indianterritory.org/alice_brown_davis.htm
    1857 - Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons offered to escort to safety from the Indians a Gentile train passing through Utah.  They then lined up all the adult males in single file with a Mormon guide on each side, and, at a prearranged signal, massacred them all in cold blood. Mormon Militia, disguised as Indians and the real Indians, moved in on the women and older children, shooting, clubbing and tomahawking them to death.
http://members.aol.com/tnf49/mm.html
http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/lee_mm.htm
    1862 - Rabbi Jacob Frankel (1808-87) of Philadelphia, PA became the first Jewish Army chaplain, four months after Congress amended its law of 1861 requiring chaplains to be Christians. Frankel served from 1863 through 1865 at the United States Hospital in Philadelphia. 
    1877 - Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877-1952) was born in Brooklyn.  U.S. painter and modern art museum founder. Instead of focusing on her considerable artistic talent, Dreier turned most of her energies towards gaining acceptance in the United States for modern art. Independently wealthy, she and artist Marcel Duchamp established Societe Anonyme in 1920, New York City's first museum of modern art. She published material and held lectures and the like to encourage acceptance of the new art forms. When the Museum of Modern Art opened in 1928, it eclipsed her museum and she later donated the collection to Yale University. Her sisters were Mary Elizabeth Dreier and Margaret Dreier Robins, both active in art and in social concerns. All three were active in the women's suffrage and rights movements.
http://www.variant.ndtilda.co.uk/14texts/William_Clark.html
http://etrc.lib.umn.edu/travbio.htm#dreier
http://askart.com/artist/D/katherine_sophie_dreier.asp
http://www.brickhaus.com/amoore/magazine/Davis.html
    1884 - Mississippi Congressman John R. Lynch (1847-1939), an African-American, was temporary chairman of the Republican National Convention, presiding over the meeting for a short period and becoming the first African American to chair a National Convention.  Born into slavery, he became free in 1863. In 1873, he was elected as the first African-American Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives. During Reconstruction, he was among the first generation of African-Americans elected to the US House, serving 1874-1877 and again in the 1880s.
http://blackhistory.eb.com/micro/362/20.html
http://www.duboislc.org/BlackPerspective/BlackPerspectivePart9.html
http://www.goantiques.com/texis,john_lynch_autograph,3d09410a0.html
    1908 - Composer/Band Leader/Inventor Raymond Scott (1908-94) Birthday, Brooklyn.
http://www.raymondscott.com/ 
    1908 – Bull Durham of the minor league Indianapolis Indians pitched and won both ends of a doubleheader against the Toledo Mud Hens. This was the 5th doubleheader this season in which Durham accomplished this feat.
    1909 - Dr. Judith Kaplan Eisenstein (d. 1996) birthday, Bethesda, MD.  Author, musicologist, and composer. In 1922, Dr. Eisenstein was the first woman to have a bat mitzvah.  "No thunder sounded,” she said in 1992, recalling the ceremony. "No lightning struck." Allowing women the rite that had long marked the passage of Jewish males into religious adulthood proved to be the first of many changes broadening the role of women in Judaism. The changes now included their ordination as rabbis. She was the oldest daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of the Reconstructionist branch of Judaism. Today the bat mitzvah ceremony (bar mitzvah is for boys) is an established practice within the Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist branches of Judaism, and parallel celebrations are common in some quarters of Orthodox Judaism as well. Ceremonies like bar mitzvahs were often overshadowed by lavish parties.  "Bat mitzvah began not just as a statement of feminism,” she said, "but as a statement of dedication to something larger than oneself."
From 1929 to 1954, Dr. Eisenstein taught music education and the history of Jewish music at Jewish Theological Seminary's Teacher's Institute, now known as the Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies in New York City. While there, she published a Jewish songbook for children, “Gateway to Jewish Song”, which was followed by other books of Jewish music and musical history for young people. From 1942 to 1974, she wrote seven cantatas on Jewish themes, among them the frequently performed, “What Is Torah”, which she wrote with her husband, Rabbi Ira Eisenstein. In 1959, at the age of 50, Dr. Eisenstein, who had earned a Master's degree in music education at Columbia University's Teachers College, began work for her Ph.D. at the School of Sacred Music of Hebrew Union college-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. After receiving her degree, she taught there from 1966 to 1979, and also taught at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia.
http://www.rrc.edu/journal/recon62_1/eisenstein3.htm
    1910 - Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber
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http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2000/wwsternfire823.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/fires000820.html
http://www.nifc.gov/stats/historicalstats.html
    1913 - The Lincoln Highway, a 3,300 mile highway stretching from New York City to San Francisco, CA was opened, becoming the first coast-to-coast paved road. It was originally proposed by Carl Graham Fisher. The highway traversed 13 states—New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California ---and cost about $10 million. The first complete coast-to-coast run over the official route was made by Neil Patterson.
    1913 – Honus Wagner was given a souvenir bat carved from a piece of wood taken from naval hero Oliver Perry's flagship Niagara, which was sunk in Lake Erie 100 years earlier.
    1918 – A year before the infamous Black Sox, players on both sides, Cubs and Red Sox, of the World Series threatened to strike unless they were guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers. They backed off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. There were no fines, but no World Series rings or mementos were given out.
     1919 - A hurricane struck the Florida Keys drowning more than 500 persons.
    1922 – The Yankees played their last game at the Polo Grounds, before moving to the original Yankee Stadium in 1923.
    1924 - Leopold and Loeb found guilty of murder
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAleopold.htm
http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials5.htm
http://www.leopoldandloeb.com/
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http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/leoploeb/LEO_PHO2.HTM
    1929 - Birthday of golfer Arnold Palmer (d. 2016), Latrobe, PA.  Generally regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history, he won numerous events on the Tour.   Nicknamed ‘The King,’ he was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s.  Palmer's social impact on behalf of golf was perhaps unrivaled among fellow professionals; his humble background and plain-spoken popularity helped change the perception of golf from an elite, upper-class pastime to a more populist sport accessible to middle and working classes.  Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Gary Player were "The Big Three" in golf during the 1960s; they are widely credited with popularizing and commercializing the sport around the world.  In a career spanning more than six decades, he won 62 PGA Tour titles. He is fifth on the Tour's all-time victory list and a charter member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
    1934 - Birthday of Roger Eugene Maris (d. 1985), Hibbing, MN. In 1961, Maris broke one of baseball’s sacred records, hitting 61 home runs to surpass the mark of 60 set by Babe Ruth in 1927. He won the American League MVP award in 1960 and 1961, and finished his career with the St. Louis Cardinals.  Maris appeared in seven World Series; he played for Yankees teams that won the World Series in 1961 and 1962 and for a Cardinals team that won the World Series in 1967.
    1939 - Charlie Barnet records “The Duke’s Idea.” (Bluebird 10453)
    1941 - Woody Herman records “Blues in the Night” 1950 - Eddie Cantor moved from radio to TV, as he hosted the "Colgate Comedy Hour" on NBC. 
    1945 - Birthday of Jose Feliciano, singer, musician “Light My Fire, “Hi-Heel Sneakers), Lares, Puerto Rico.
    1950 - Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is born in Lawrence, MA.
    1950 - Lefty Al Lien of the PCL San Francisco Seals threw a 17-inning, 1 - 0, shutout over the Hollywood Stars.
    1951 - Florence Chadwick of San Diego, CA, became the first American woman to swim the English Channel from both coasts. 
    1952 - Top Hits
“Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart” - Vera Lynn
“Walkin’ My Baby Back Home” - Johnnie Ray
“Wish You Were Here” - Eddie Fisher
“Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” - Hank Williams
    1954 - Swanson sells its first "TV dinner,” turkey and gravy. Chicken came a few years later; remember no microwave in the early days.  In 1962, Swanson stopped calling them TV dinners but we didn’t.
http://www.naplesnews.com/today/business/d248291a.htm
http://www.foodreference.com/html/arttvdinners.html
    1954 - “Gunsmoke” premiered on TV. “Gunsmoke” was TV’s longest-running western, moving from radio to TV. John Wayne turned down the role of Marshall Dillon. James Whitmore was then chosen, but he declined, recommending his neighbor James Arness (Whitmore lived across the street from us and Arness a few blocks away---Arness drove my brother and I to high school for several years in his station wagon on his way to work). Other regulars included Amanda Blake as Kitty Russell, saloon-owner, Dennis Weaver as Chester B. Goode, Dillon’s deputy, and Milburn Stone as Doc Adams. In 1962, a fifth character was added---the “rugged male.” Burt Reynolds played Quint Asper, followed by Roger Ewing as Thad Greenwood, and Buck Taylor as Newly O’Brien.   In 1964, Ken Curtis was added as funnyman Festus Haggen, the new deputy. “Gunsmoke” was incredibly popular, both as a half-hour and hour-long show, as the number-one rated series for four seasons, and top ten hit for six seasons. The last telecast was September 1, 1975.  My father Lawrence Menkin wrote several “Gunsmokes.”
    1955 - Bert Parks began a 25-year career as host of the "Miss America Pageant" on NBC. The show became a TV tradition as Parks sang to the newly-crowned beauty queen, “There She is ... Miss America”. The song was composed by Bernie Wayne and was sung for the first time on this day. Sharon Kay Ritchie was the first Miss America to be honored with the song. When she married singer Don Cherry ("Band of Gold"), "There She Is" was part of the wedding ceremony. 
    1955 - Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" peaks at #5 on the pop chart.
    1956 - Record stores are swamped with requests for Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender." The song, which is the title track of his next movie, had not been released.
    1960 - Hurricane Donna struck the Florida Keys with winds gusting to 180 mph and a thirteen foot storm surge. The hurricane then moved north along the eastern coast of Florida and inundated Naples before moving out to sea. Hurricane Donna claimed fifty lives, injured 1800 others, and caused more than 300 million dollars damage. The Marathon/Tavernier area was almost completely destroyed, and in the Citrus Belt, most of the avocado crop was blown from the trees. Hurricane Donna wreaked havoc from Florida to Maine, with wind gusts to 100 mph along much of the coast. Hurricane Donna produced wind gusts to 121 mph at Charleston, SC on the 11th, and wind gusts to 138 mph at Blue Hill Observatory, MA on the 12th. The hurricane finally died over Maine two days later, producing more than five inches of rain over the state.
    1960 – Mickey Mantle unloaded one of his longest HRs, clearing the RF roof at Detroit’s Briggs Stadium and landing in the lumber yard across Trumbull Avenue.   In June, 1985, Mantle's blow will retroactively be measured at 643 feet, and will be listed in The Guinness Book of World Records at that distance.
    1960 - Top Hits
“It’s Now or Never” - Elvis Presley
“The Twist” - Chubby Checker
“Volare” - Bobby Rydell
“Alabam” - Cowboy Copas
    1961 – Mickey Mantle belted HR #53, moving closer to teammate Roger Maris, at 56.
    1962 - Mickey Mantle hit his 400th career round-tripper. 
    1963 - Twenty black students entered public schools in Alabama.
President John F. Kennedy federalizes Alabama's National Guard to prevent Governor George C. Wallace from using guardsmen to stop public-school desegregation.
http://www.stanford.edu/~tommyz/1960's/Birmingham.htm
    1964 - Rod Stewart recorded his first tune, titled "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl," for Decca. It was not one of his more successful recordings.
    1965 - Hurricane Betsy slammed Louisiana with winds gusting to 130 mph at Houma. There were 58 deaths and over 17,500 injured. The storm surge and flooding from torrential rains made Betsy the first billion dollar hurricane was losses exceeding $1.4 billion
    1966 - “Star Trek” premieres on TV. The first of 79 episodes aired on the NBC network. Although the science fiction show set in the future only lasted a few seasons, it has remained enor­mously popular through syndication reruns. It has been given new life through six motion pictures, a cartoon TV series and the very popular TV series “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” It has consistently ranked among the biggest titles in the motion picture, television, home video and licensing divisions of Paramount Pictures.
    1966 - Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks.
    1966 - “The Road Runner Show” premiered on TV. Meep! Meep! The Road Runner, a clever bird who always outwitted Wile E. Coyote and his Acme schemes, had his own cartoon series for three seasons. Other times, this character was on a show with Bugs Bunny called “The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour.”
    1966 - The Monkees' "The Last Train to Clarksville" is released.
    1966 - Wilson Pickett's "Land of 1000 Dances" peaks at #6 on the chart while The Troggs' "With A Girl Like You" peaks at #29 on the chart.
    1967 - “Gentle Ben” premiere on TV. This show was about the adventures of a boy, Mark Wedloe (Clint Howard) and his pet bear, Ben. Also featured were Dennis Weaver as his father, Tom, a game warden. Beth Brickell as his mother Ellen, Jack Worley as Tom’s friend Spencer and Angelo Rutherford as his friend Willie. It was filmed on location in Florida.
    1968 - Top Hits
“People Got to Be Free” - The Rascals
“Born to Be Wild” - Steppenwolf
“Light My Fire” - Jose Feliciano
“Mama Tried” - Merle Haggard
    1971 - At Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis, Harmon Killebrew becomes the tenth player to join the 500 home run club as hits the historic homer in the first inning off Mike Cuellar. Later in the game the 36-year old first baseman connects for #501, but Killer's two round-trippers are to no avail as the Twins lose to the Orioles in 10 innings, 4-3.
    1972 - Muhammad Ali defeated Ken Norton in a heavyweight boxing match and avenged a loss to Norton the previous March. 
    1972 - The United States lost its first basketball game in Olympic history, snapping a streak going back to 1935, when the Soviet Union won the gold medal game at the Munich Summer Games, 51-50. The game was quite controversial. After the clock expired with the US ahead, International Amateur Basketball Federation officials intervened and required the referees to replay the last three seconds. This time, the Soviets scored to eke out the victory. US officials protest in vain. The American team refused to accept the silver medal.
    1973 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit:  “Delta Dawn,'' Helen Reddy. Reddy is the fifth female vocalist to record the song.
    1974 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals broke Maury Wills’ 1962 major-league record for stolen bases in a season. ‘Lightning’ Lou stole his 105th base on his way to a career total of 938 stolen bases. 
    1976 - Top Hits
“You Should Be Dancing” - Bee Gees
“You’ll Never Find Another Love like Mine” - Lou Rawls
“Let ’Em In” - Wings
“(I’m A) Stand by My Woman Man” - Ronnie Milsap
    1978 – The Yankees topped the Red Sox, 7 - 4, outhit the Red Sox 67-21, and outscored them 42-9, in a four-game sweep that became known as the "Boston Massacre." It left the teams in a tie for first place, and capped a remarkable Yankee march to the top from 4th place and 14 games out in early August.  They would finish tied forcing a playoff that was won on Bucky Dent’s 3-run HR of the Sox’ Mike Torrez.  In the bottom of the ninth, with the tying and winning runs on base, Carl Yastrzemski popped up to end the game.
    1980 - The Rolling Stones release "She's So Cold."
    1983 - Jackson Browne's "Lawyers in Love" peaks at #13 on the singles chart while Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" peaks at #84.
    1983 - AC/DC's "Flick of the Switch" LP enters the chart.
    1984 - The Federal Communications Commission changed the rules. The FCC allowed broadcasters to own 12 AM and 12 FM radio stations. The previous limit was 7 of each. 
    1984 - Top Hits
“What’s Love Got to Do with It” - Tina Turner
“Missing You” - John Waite
“She Bop” - Cyndi Lauper
“Tennessee Homesick Blues” - Dolly Parton
    1986 - During Billy Martin Day at Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers retire uniform #1 to honor their scrappy second baseman and four-time manager.
    1986 - Birthday of American Composer Jason Rudolf, Decatur, Illinois
    1988 – Steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970)
    1988 - Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible" peaks at #2 on the singles chart while Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine" hits #1 and Van Halen's "When It's Love" hits #5.
    1989 - After fifteen months of recovery from cancer surgery to his arm, Dave Dravecky pitches one-hit baseball for seven innings blanking the Reds to get the victory. The Giant bullpen holds on for a 4-3 win at Candlestick Park.
    1989 - Light snow fell in Montana overnight, with three inches reported at Fairfield. Billings, MT reported a record low of 33 degrees. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S., with record highs of 86 degrees at Caribou, ME and 90 degrees at Burlington, VT.
    1989 – Five days after hitting a home run for the Yankees, Deion Sanders returned a punt 68 yards for his first NFL touchdown.  He had a nine-year career with several clubs in Major League Baseball, and a 14-year NFL career with several teams. Sanders won two Super Bowl titles and made one World Series appearance, making him the only athlete to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series. 
    1990 – 19-year-old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open
    1990 - First time in NY Yankee history they are completely swept in a season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0 
    1990 - Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada.
    1993 - “The X-Files” TV Premiere. “The Truth is Out There” was the mantra of Fox’s scary and brainy sci-fi drama. Special FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) solved cases too weird for the Bureau and also uncovered a vast conspiracy 9nvovling aliens and human-alien hybrids. TV Guide named “The X-Files” one of the greatest TV shows of all time. A feature-length file was created as well. The series ended in 2002.
    1995 - Cyndi Lauper wins an Emmy for her guest appearance on "Mad About You”.
    1997 - In a 7-6 loss to the Giants, Cardinal Mark McGwire becomes only the second player in Major League history to hit 50 home runs in consecutive seasons. Babe Ruth accomplished the feat twice in 1920-21 and 1927-28 seasons.
    2000 – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats” closed on Broadway as the longest-running play in history, after 7,485 performances.  As of 2019, “Cats” remains the fourth-longest running show and the sixth-longest West End show.
    2002 - Sammy Sosa hits three home runs in consecutive at bats in the third, fourth and fifth innings tying a Cubs' record with nine RBIs established by Heinie Zimmerman in 1911. With his sixth career three-homer game performance, the Chicago right fielder also ties the major league record set by Johnny Mize and he also becomes only the fifth player in big league history to homer in three straight innings.
    2003 - Rafael Furcal becomes the 12th player to turn an unassisted triple play in big league history. With runners on Cardinals on first (Orlando Palmeiro) and second (Mike Matheny) in the fifth inning, the Braves shortstop makes a leaping catch of pitcher Woody Williams' liner steps on second base to double up Matheny before tagging out Palmeiro who is attempting to get back to first base.