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Pitching remains Marlins' main focus this spring
Management believes young hurlers provide key to sustained success
MIAMI -- After enduring the frustrations of a transition season, the Marlins eagerly await a fresh start.
It's about to begin.
Miami's pitchers and catchers officially open Spring Training workouts on Sunday, Feb. 16, at the Roger Dean Stadium complex in Jupiter, Fla.
If the Marlins are going to make a dramatic upgrade from their 62-100 finish in 2013, they will do so by banking on strong starting pitching. The team has arguably its deepest collection of quality arms. Not just at the big league level, either. The organization is well stacked at Double-A Jacksonville and Triple-A New Orleans.
In Jose Fernandez, the reigning National League Rookie of the Year Award winner, the Marlins have a true ace, as well as a face of their franchise for years to come. Just 21, the hard-throwing right-hander is one of the game's rising stars. He brings energy and excitement to an organization that firmly believes it is heading in the right direction.
The Marlins maintain the fastest way to turn their fortunes around is through pitching. The reshuffled front office, under the direction of president of baseball operations Michael Hill, was able to make upgrades to its everyday lineup without parting with its greatest commodity -- controllable pitching.
"We don't want to take a strength and make it a weakness," Hill said in December. "Like I've said, we're definitely mindful that pitching is what drives this game. There is definitely a need for pitching out there. No doubt about it. Clubs that have scouted our system and scouted our team feel that we have an area of depth there."
With Fernandez, Nathan Eovaldi and Henderson Alvarez, the Marlins have a strong top three, and more young arms are on the way. How fast they blossom collectively is Step One of moving out of the cellar in the NL East.
The Marlins used free agency and a couple of trades to address their primary needs -- run production and power.
Last year, the dismal offensive numbers spoke for themselves. The team finished last in the Majors in almost every significant category, including runs scored (513), home runs (95), batting average (.231) and slugging percentage (.335).
Jarrod Saltalamacchia (catcher), Rafael Furcal (second base), Casey McGehee (third base) and Garrett Jones (first base) were signed as free agents to infuse some spark into the stagnant offense.
If the team can muster up some run support, the Marlins will be an interesting team to follow because they have the type of pitching to make for a fun season.
Pitchers and catchers report
Feb. 16.
Full squad reports
Feb. 20.
First Spring Training game
Roger Dean Stadium vs. University of Miami, Feb. 26 and 1:05 p.m. ET
Opening Day
Marlins Park vs. Rockies, March 31 and 7:05 p.m. ET
Triple play: Three questions that need answers
1. How will the back of the rotation pan out?
The top of the rotation is set with Fernandez, Eovaldi and Alvarez. The fourth and fifth spots are up for grabs. Jacob Turner and Tom Koehler are the incumbents, but they must win the fourth and fifth spots. Turner, 22, had his share of ups and downs last year. The right-hander also had a rough Spring Training and opened the season at Triple-A New Orleans. Koehler has experience starting, but he could be a bullpen option if he doesn't secure a place in the rotation.
2. Is Marcell Ozuna ready to take over in center field?
Left thumb surgery sidelined Ozuna for the second half of his rookie season. Recovered, the 23-year-old saw some game action in the Dominican Winter League. Now, he heads into camp as the front-runner to play center field, although his best outfield spot is right field. Jake Marisnick is a prototypical center fielder who will compete for the job. The question with Marisnick is if he will hit enough to be a big league regular this year.
3. How will Rafael Furcal handle playing second base?
Not only did Furcal miss all of last year due to Tommy John surgery to his right elbow, the 36-year-old will be adjusting to a new position. A career shortstop, Furcal has 35 MLB games of experience at second base, and he hasn't seen time at the position since 2002. If the transition goes smoothly, the Marlins will be athletic and strong up the middle. Furcal is expected to take on a big role with the club, which projects him to lead off.
2013 record
62-100, fifth place in the NL East
Projected batting order
1. 2B Rafael Furcal:
.264 BA, .325 OBP, .346 SLG, 5 HR, 49 RBIs with Cardinals in 2012
2. LF Christian Yelich:
.288 BA, .370 OBP, .396 SLG, 4 HR, 16 RBIs in 2013
3. RF Giancarlo Stanton:
.249 BA, .365 OBP, .480 SLG, 24 HR, 62 RBIs in 2013
4. 1B Garrett Jones:
.233 BA, .289 OBP, .419 SLG, 15 HR, 51 RBIs with Pirates in 2013
5. C Jarrod Saltalamacchia:
.273 BA, .338 OBP, .466 SLG, 14 HR, 65 RBIs with Red Sox in 2013
6. 3B Casey McGehee:
.292 BA, .376 OBP, .515 SLG, 28 HR, 93 RBIs with Rakuten in Japan in 2013
7. CF Marcell Ozuna:
.265 BA, .303 OBP, .389 SLG, 3 HR, 32 RBIs in 2013
8. SS Adeiny Hechavarria:
.227 BA, .267 OBP, .298 SLG, 3 HR, 42 RBIs in 2013
Projected rotation
1. Jose Fernandez, 12-6, 2.19 ERA in 2013
2. Nathan Eovaldi, 4-6, 3.39 ERA in 2013
3. Henderson Alvarez, 5-6, 3.59 ERA in 2013
4. Jacob Turner, 3-8, 3.74 ERA in 2013
5. Tom Koehler, 5-10, 4.41 ERA in 2013
Projected bullpen
Closer: Steve Cishek, 34/36 saves, 2.33 ERA in 2013
RH setup man: A.J. Ramos, 3.15 ERA in 2013
LH setup man: Mike Dunn, 2.66 ERA in 2013
The new guys
C Saltalamacchia: After winning the World Series with the Red Sox, Saltalamacchia became a free agent and he was Miami's top offseason acquisition, signing a three-year, $21 million deal. The club feels he is an excellent fit because at age 28, he is entering his prime. Saltalamacchia also switch-hits, has power and could take advantage of the spacious gaps at Marlins Park. With Boston last year, Saltalamacchia had 40 doubles, which impressed the Marlins as much as his home run potential.
2B Furcal: A proven winner, Furcal has been to the playoffs in 12 of his 14 big league seasons. The Marlins hope his leadership helps in the progression of their young players. But the 36-year-old has some questions to answer. Furcal missed all of last season due to Tommy John surgery to his right elbow. And he is switching from shortstop to second base, a position he hasn't played in the big leagues since 2002.
1B Jones: Jones offers left-handed power, something that the club has not had much of for years. Like Saltalamacchia and Furcal, the 32-year-old adds playoff experience. He mostly platooned at first base with Pittsburgh last year, but Jones will get a chance to face left-handed pitching in Miami. If he struggles against them, he again could platoon in Miami.
3B McGehee: The Marlins are rolling the dice that the production McGehee displayed last year in Japan will carry over in his return to the big leagues. McGehee belted 28 home runs and drove in 93 in his lone season in Japan, and he impressed Miami enough to sign a one-year, $1.1 million deal. McGehee last played in the big leagues with the Yankees in 2012. His best MLB season was with Milwaukee in 2010 when he drove in 104 runs and smacked 23 homers.
RHP Carter Capps: Capps is another power-arm to compete for a setup role. Miami acquired the 23-year-old from Seattle for Logan Morrison. Capps appeared in 53 games in '13. He struck out 66 in 59 innings, and his fastball has been clocked at 100 mph.
OF Brian Bogusevic: Miami swapped Justin Ruggiano to the Cubs for Bogusevic, a left-handed hitter who can play all three outfield spots. Bogusevic has the inside edge for the fourth outfield spot, and he could be a defensive replacement, pinch-hitter or pinch-runner.
INF Jeff Baker: Just 12 days before pitchers and catchers were set to report, the Marlins agreed on a two-year deal with Baker, who brings versatility and the reputation of hitting left-handed pitching. Baker is a right-handed pinch-hit option as well as depth at first base, second base, third base and both corner outfield spots. He adds some power, too.
RHP Carlos Marmol: The Marlins feel they are well positioned at closer with Steve Cishek. But for insurance, they wanted a veteran with closing experience, just in case. Marmol, with 117 career saves, fit the mold. He projects to fill a late-inning setup role.
Prospects to watch
LHP Andrew Heaney: Rated by MLB.com as the top lefty pitching prospect in the game, Heaney is expected to be with Miami at some point this year. Chances are it will be in the middle of the season, but if he has a dominant Spring Training, he could surprise and win an April rotation spot. Chances are, Heaney will open at Double-A Jacksonville, or perhaps Triple-A New Orleans. Regardless, Heaney will be one of the most interesting players to watch in camp.
LHP Justin Nicolino: Like Heaney, Nicolino is a highly-touted lefty. On the MLB.com list, he rated seventh in the top 10 among lefty prospects. Nicolino made the leap from Class A Jupiter to Double-A in the middle of last season, and he showed promise at both levels. He could start off at New Orleans.
3B Colin Moran: The sixth overall pick in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft, Moran is regarded as the third baseman of the future. This will be his first Spring Training, and the 21-year-old will get a taste of what it is like in big league camp. Moran is considered a pure lefty hitter with power potential down the road.
RHP Nick Wittgren: Wittgren turned heads last year and was a standout in Double-A and in the Arizona Fall League. Relievers can move up quickly, and Wittgren is making a strong case for himself. In two Minor League seasons, the right-hander has a combined 0.91 ERA in 75 appearances with 110 strikeouts in 89 innings.
On the rebound
RF Stanton: Health was an issue last season for the slugger, who missed more than a month due to a strained hamstring. There is no questioning Stanton's raw ability. But he was limited to 116 games in '13 and 123 games in '12. When on the field, Stanton is a major threat, and even in a down year, he belted 24 home runs.
OF Ozuna: While making a diving catch at Colorado last July, Ozuna sustained a left thumb injury that required season-ending surgery. In 70 MLB games, he showed enough promise to be the front-runner to start in center field. Ozuna tested his thumb in the offseason by playing some winter ball in the Dominican Republic.
2B Furcal: For much of his career, Furcal had the reputation of possessing one of the strongest throwing arms for a shortstop in the big leagues. His right arm eventually gave out, and he missed all of last year due to Tommy John surgery. Switching to second base should be less taxing on his elbow.
Long gone
1B Morrison: Two surgeries in two years to his right knee caused Morrison to miss substantial playing time. Consequently, he had a rough time sustaining any consistency. Unsure if health would be an issue again, the Marlins opted to trade the left-handed-hitting first baseman to Seattle for Capps.
3B Placido Polanco: A veteran presence on a youthful club last year, Polanco was a quiet leader who played steady defense and offered a professional approach at the plate. He appeared in 118 games, but offered one home run and 23 RBIs from a position the team is looking to add more power. So when Polanco reached free agency after the season, the Marlins moved in another direction.
OF Ruggiano: Ruggiano's 18 home runs were second most on the club last year. In December, Miami dealt the 31-year-old to the Cubs for Bogusevic, who also plays all three outfield spots, but bats left-handed.
RHP Chad Qualls: A non-roster invitee last Spring Training, Qualls emerged as one of Miami's most reliable setup relievers. He parlayed a solid season into a two-year contract with the Astros.
OF Chris Coghlan: The 2009 NL Rookie of the Year Award winner dealt with injuries once again last year. The Marlins experimented with Coghlan at third base, but almost all of his MLB experience is in the outfield. Coghlan was non-tendered in December, and the Cubs signed him to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training.
OF Juan Pierre: A fan favorite and one of the hardest workers in team history, Pierre returned for a second stint with the Marlins last year. The first few months, he started in left field and hit leadoff. Once Christian Yelich was promoted from Double-A, the team moved in another direction.


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Wrong-way birthday: Hogberg arrested by officer who Tased him
Michael Dennis Hogberg of Crozet could lose some of the public sympathy he may have gained last fall for getting felled while handcuffed by a Taser-happy cop. Now, he's been charged with attempted capital murder of an officer after another allegedly alcohol-fueled situation–- only this time allegedly involving driving the wrong way on Interstate 64.
According to an Albemarle Police release, around 2:40am on June 20, authorities received multiple calls about a vehicle traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of the Interstate between the Afton and Crozet exits in the Western part of the county.
The attempted murder charge appears to stem from an alleged near miss of a State Police Trooper's vehicle. According to the release, officers proceeded to deploy tire-destroying "stingers" to disable Hogberg's vehicle before he attempted to drive a blue Mercury Sable the wrong way on an entrance ramp toward U.S. 29 South.
Hogberg allegedly turned off his lights, stopped the car, and fled into a nearby forest; but was caught by a police canine named Bink. It happened on his 26th birthday.
"His eyes were glassy and bloodshot and [he] had a strong odor of alcoholic beverage about his person," wrote the arresting officer, noting that Hogberg registered a .15 blood alcohol level, nearly double the legal limit.
In addition to the reckless driving, attempted capital murder, and resisting arrest warrants issued by the State Police, Albemarle has charged Hogberg with failure to install an alcohol ignition interlock as well as three felonies: driving with a revoked license, eluding police, and third offense driving under the influence.
The Tasing occurred last November as a handcuffed Hogberg tried to run from a public drunkenness arrest at Scott Stadium. Caught on video by the Newsplex, the incident occurred during the annual football game between the University of Virginia and Hogberg's alma mater, Virginia Tech.
"All of this news comes as a shock because it seems so out of character," says Hogberg's friend and freshman roommate, Ryan Yemen, who notes that Hogberg was a good student who graduated with a degree in environmental sciences.
Surprisingly, the arresting officer for the most recent Albemarle charges is Eric Kudro, the same officer who Tased Hogberg last fall. While never publicly rebuked by superiors, Kudro's action–- which dropped Hogberg helplessly to the pavement–- resulted in a redraft of the Albemarle Police policy manual to forbid most instances of Tasing handcuffed prisoners.
Imprisoned without bail, Hogberg gets a hearing on July 22.
–story updated 5:31pm with additional details
–story updated 2:32pm Tuesday with still more details
–original headline: "Tasered guy in huge trouble now"
43 comments
Engineer! Well spoken! I can't agree more! This young man is over 18, a young adult. He knows the effect of the alcohol on his system, he's been caught TWICE already...heaven knows how many times he went undetected. So he IS responsible for his actions inebriated or not (you too Jade if you drink and drive). If he has a drinking problem, intervene for crying out loud! I know I would rather my child spend time in rehab than in a cemetary!
The Engineer:
Tell it to the judge! I'm sure you'll find sympathy there.
You misinterpreted what I said .. I did not say a person isn't responsible for their actions. Of course they are, but trying to prove ones intent while they were under the influence is a chore.
Most people that are sane .. or insane for that matter .. are "responsible" for their actions, but "temporary insanity" seems to be invoked on a regular basis. What is the difference between temporary insanity and having your sanity compromised by alcohol?
Further more, who said I was looking for sympathy?
I know this kid .. have known him for years. I know his parents as well. It saddens me greatly that a kid with as much potential as he has, has, for one reason or another, become entangled with such a troubling time in his life. It is very sad.
My point is simply that it doesn't matter what the intents of their actions are, it is the results that matter. If you voluntarily pound a 12 pack and then get behind the wheel of a car, I couldn't give tinkers damn about your intent. What ever happens as a result of your bad decision, made after you chose to get drunk, it's your fault. Pay the price. If that price is too high, don't do the crime. Either way, people need to take responsibility for their actions. Period.
As far as the sympathy goes, I sympathize with your inability to detect sarcasm.
Quote The Engineer: My six year old has already figured out that doing the wrong things has consequences.
And what about the wrong things your six-year-old is incapable of judging? Surely at his age he can't be expected to know everything.
Quote The Engineer: Perhaps he could help you with this concept!
It has been my experience that those who deserve to be condescending to me never treat me condescendingly.
The Engineer,
If a person has consumed a substance which alters his or her judgment, it is ridiculous for others to then berate that person for not thinking clearly. Everybody knows the effects of alcohol -- except for the ones drunk on it.
A complete half-wit.
Hokie...from crozet...anger issues....I wonder if he and Morgan Harrington knew each other?
They should tase his genitalia next time.
Crozet is becoming the breading grounds for psycho's. The Albemarle police dept does noting about it. They drive around Crozet like maniacs at night all drunk. Once and a while you see a police officer. It is no shock to see another of Crozet's finer citizens in trouble again.
Yup, Crozet is a breading ground for psycho's. Had one the other night. 17 years old, drunk, driving up and down Buck rd. Police called, then one of the neighbors decided to hide the kid at her house. She works at Great Value,ought to be ashamed of herself. Look at all the streets around any stop sign. All the tire marks left from spinning the tires. Mint Springs Park is suppose to be locked by Albemarle Police every night. Never happens. Why, because they are not patrolling Crozet. They wait until there is a call, then they show up. Crozet is definitely family orientated,they marry each other.
If you choose of your on free will to consume a substance which alters your ability to think and act clearly, you are responsible for the actions your undertake while under the influence. "I was drunk" is no excuse. Only a complete half-wit would infer "So any time someone gets drunk, you believe he is deliberately intending to murder someone?" from my previous comment.
Quote The Engineer: Unless somebody forced him to drink against his will, it sure the heck is!
So any time someone gets drunk, you believe he is deliberately intending to murder someone? Yikes.
OK. So he drunkenly crossed the line this time. :)
I would hardly classify Mike as a "psycho" .. and I am not sure what training you have had that qualifies you to make that assertion.
As for the rest of the residents of Crozet, and your so called "breeding grounds for psycho's" .. how do you know that, and how do you know that "They drive around Crozet like maniacs at night all drunk?" and that it is only, "once and (in) a while you see a police officer?" Are you there, among them, witnessing the going-ons of every inch of the roadway every hour of the night or is that just another ridiculous assertion?
hes a nice guy one of my friend just does dumb things
I hope this is a wake up call for the Albemarle police department. Crozet has a problem with its youth. They are drinking and driving and someone is going to get killed.
"Hogberg allegedly turned off his lights, stopped the car, and fled into a nearby forest; but was caught by a police canine named Bink. It happened on his 26th birthday."
Wow... Bink's old.
Tell it to the judge! I'm sure you'll find sympathy there.
Quote GSOE: But this kid definitely crossed the line this time.
Drunkenly is not the same as deliberately.
@jeff d...and what is the alternative? anarchy?
I was probably the first to condemn what I viewed as the improper use of a taser when a small army of cops couldn't catch a handcuffed Hogberg in a short foot chase. But this kid definitely crossed the line this time.
Will we see a "tasing made me do it" defense?
And to think I actually had a little sympathy for him....
ââ?¬Å?Drunkenly is not the same as deliberately."
"Unless somebody forced him to drink against his will, it sure the heck is!"
The decision to drink may well have be deliberate.
Once under the influence, your actions are not.
Can't they just start spraying for crazies in Crozet? It's an epidemic!
There is no such a thing as "government."
We're the "government."
Thanks, Half-wit!
My point is not that the person should be berated, but that they should be held responsible. My six year old has already figured out that doing the wrong things has consequences. Perhaps he could help you with this concept!
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Silly hokie.
Although this man's action were very dangerous and illegal, one should note that "attempted capital murder of a police officer" simply means an attack upon a police vehicle--occupied or empty--as per the self-serving laws the state government has written over the past twenty years.
Anything to nail someone who has challenged the authority of a tax leech with a badge.
"Drunkenly is not the same as deliberately."
Unless somebody forced him to drink against his will, it sure the heck is!
Wow! They forgot to mention he was doing 90mph the wrong way down I-64, when he almost struck the Trooper trying to stop him.
Oh my effin God! Is there ANYONE you Morgan cultists DON'T think killed her?
He definitely has some Crozetia on his face...
Wow, gotta get those Albe cops to stop eating ice cream first. You could always start the best ice cream place in the county and then they would be glad to make their presence known!
Thank god! for once someone like this isn't related to me...by blood or marriage.
Tech will probably ask him to speak at graduation next year. He is the first Hokie to become famous, for something besides killing dogs.
People, what does being a Hokie have to do with this? Are you just being sarcastic? If so, let appologize for my next comment, but George Hugeley went to UVA.
I knew Mike at a somewhat personal level. I saw him several times a year and actually hung out with him and a few other people the weekend before. I knew about the tasing incident but of none of the DUI charges from the past. If I had known I would have either talked or beat some sense into him. I know a handful of people who were either killed by a drunk driver or themselves. Simple fact: Mike is 26 and an adult. Unless he tells you or you troll the newspaper for charges everyday you wouldn't know. Again, I would have done my best if I had known. I believe they will drop the attempted murder but he will still see some time for evything else. As much as I hate to say it, I hope he gets enough time to learn his lesson but not so much that when he gets out he won't be able or willing to function properly in society. He should NEVER even think about alcohol after this!
1) Why are folks coming down on Crozet! Yeah, we gotta a couple boys that like to have some fun, but we aren't murdering people like in the city. Don't knock the Crozetians.
2) What's wrong with the County cops? They're professional and reasonable (from experience). Also, they're ALWAYS out that way at the high school. Who cares if they don't lock up Mint Springs. They're not baby sitters for the parks.
3) Drinking and driving is a bad choice. Hanging around with friends that let you drink and drive is even worse.
Young bull standing tall
wild oats writhing through body
please don't taze me bro
I think an "attempted capitol murder of an officer" charge is total Bull S**t. He's guilty of a whole slew of stuff- DUI, Felony Evading (or Eluding- whatever they call it in Va), reckless endangerment, etc...
But "attempted capitol murder of an officer" that's just the police's attempt at payback for the bad press about the "Tazer happy cop."
And in California they called them "Spike Strips" instead of "tire destroying Stingers."
Quote Just Bob: But ââ?¬Å?attempted capitol murder of an officer" that's just the police's attempt at payback for the bad press about the ââ?¬Å?Tazer happy cop."
Since they probably assumed the incident would be newsworthy, I think it's more a scare tactic aimed at the general population. Lesson being: tangle with Law Enforcement -- even unintentionally -- and you'll be sorry.
The sad thing is when otherwise sound laws meant to protect Law Enforcement keep being so loosely applied, officers who really are victims start to seem as undeserving of them as the power-drunk ones.


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Lung Ying-tai: 1911 Anniversary 'Awkward' for China
The anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution of Oct. 10, 1911 - which marked the end of Qing imperial rule in China and created China's first republic - is an occasion for celebration across Greater China, which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan. But how the event will be remembered is proving to be politically sensitive for leaders on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Mainland tributes included a public ceremony Sunday attended by former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, breaking months of speculation over the state of his health. Cinema-goers on the mainland and Hong Kong can relive the revolution in an epic movie starring Jackie Chan about the revolution. Still, as Taiwanese writer and cultural critic Lung Ying-tai points out, the anniversary holds complexities in the mainland and elsewhere.
Isabella Steger sat down in Hong Kong with Ms. Lung, author of "Big River, Big Sea – Untold Stories of 1949," a book detailing the stories of the Chinese families who were split up during the civil war. The book is banned on the mainland.
The following interview has been edited.
WSJ: What does Oct. 10, 1911, mean to all the disparate parts of Greater China?
Ms. Lung: [It] means very different things to all three parties. It's particularly interesting to observe the anniversary this time. When it was the 50th anniversary, the only place memorializing it was Taiwan. At that time, Hong Kong was under British rule, so the revolution didn't mean much. China was in the middle of its own traumatic Cultural Revolution. [See note at bottom of this interview.] And now, on the 100th anniversary, China and Taiwan are just beginning to warm up to each other.
Oct. 10th has never been anything to Beijing before, but now all of a sudden it's become something. It's very embarrassing actually, even awkward, for China to come up with a proper narrative about Oct. 10th. It is a national day for the Republic of China, which is a status that China has totally denied. So the Chinese focus is on the revolution itself. Somehow they have to maintain a delicate balance between saluting the revolution, and yet the result of the revolution is the establishment of the republic...They're walking a very delicate line.
What about Taiwan?
In Taiwan, there is another sort of awkwardness - the conflict between the so-called blue camp (led by the ruling Kuomintang, which favors an eventual one-China policy) and the green camp (led by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, which favors independence) ... The blue camp is taking the chance to uphold this grand day of the republic. However, originally the government used the slogan "jian guo bai nian" (建國百年, a hundred years of the republic) to mark this day. They changed it and replaced the word "jian guo" (建國, nation-building) to "jing cai" (精彩, splendid). The reason? They are trying not to step on the toes of Beijing. They're trying to steer away from stressing the establishment of the nation.
It is politically incorrect to really go all out to embrace Oct. 10th. Everything that occurred in the revolution happened in China. A larger and larger percentage of Taiwanese have come to think, well, that's not my history, it's their history. So the government is trying to keep it non-political by making it just a big party ... without really touching on the essence of the event. There's no debate on the constitution, for example - the most important thing coming out of the revolution is the constitution of a modern state.
And Hong Kong?
Hong Kong is also in an awkward position. In 1911, Hong Kong played a very, very important role in the revolution. If we say that the success of the revolution was a feast, then Hong Kong was the only kitchen. Sun Yat-sen claimed in 1923 in his speech at Hong Kong University that all his revolutionary ideas and concept of modernity came from Hong Kong. So Hong Kongers are on the one hand very proud of this compatriot, for his contribution, yet at the same time they don't feel quite comfortable with it as they are now part of a grand China.
Although the existence of the Republic of China is officially denied by Beijing, are there any signs that there's growing interest in revisiting this period of history?
A lot of historians and intellectuals are writing books and articles probing the meaning of the Xinhai Revolution, with the purpose to revise history. For example, all Chinese have been taught that the Manchu rule was corrupt, incompetent, that it was all bad and all dark. So for me, the most striking revisionist view is how more and more historians are coming out to say that the last decade of Qing rule was actually where China's search for modernity and the foundation for a modern state originated. It was a very promising time. If this revolution had not taken place, China might have reached modernity more smoothly and earlier, and probably would not even have gone so far as to reach the Communist takeover of 1949. I think that this event of Oct. 10th, at least as it occurs in China, is giving rise to a lot of soul-searching among intellectuals in China.
There seem to be contesting versions of who Sun Yat-sen was and how Chinese people should remember him. For example, an opera about his life was recently banned in Beijing, although it's allowed to show in Hong Kong. How do you personally assess his legacy?
When the revolution broke out in Wuchang, Sun had no idea there was a revolution taking place. Nobody consulted him, because he wasn't accepted by all the factions. He was supposedly in Denver, Colo., working as a waiter in a restaurant [See note at bottom of this interview] … but the revolutionary leaders decided Sun was someone who had an international reputation and who could raise money, so they wanted to get him back. It's funny to see that both Taipei and Beijing are still immortalizing him as a God-like figure, but with new evidence and discoveries about him, I think he steps down from the pedestal. Still, he had charisma, and you could also laugh that he was a madman. In 1912, he was crouching on a big map of China and drawing the huge railroad network he wanted to build, which after a 100 years is still not fulfilled! He was a mad man, but you can admire him for his vision. In extraordinary times, an extraordinary package of traits make you stand out. But if he really [remained as] president of the country it might have been a disaster.
Do you think Taiwan has a role to play in promoting the idea of a democratic China?
I definitely hope so…it's a feeling shared by many intellectuals in China. There is a working model of democracy in Taiwan, with all its defects and imperfections, but it's telling you it is workable. The Taiwanese have a duty as world citizens to contribute to the progress of China, not just in terms of its economic prosperity, but also in how to help China become an open and civilized society … But I have a worry, of what happens when instead of winning China over in that direction, Taiwan becomes economically so dependent [on China], that it actually becomes a powerless satellite?
How far do you think present-day China has come from those last days of the Qing dynasty?
In terms of the reality of the past 60 years compared to the aspirations of the last 10 years of Qing rule, it's a regression. There's a huge discrepancy. Of course, in the past 10 years tremendous improvement has been made in China. But 100 years ago, there was already the stock exchange in Shanghai; you already had shareholder ownership of railroad investments; people owned private property; the constitution was being laid … and if you look at just how many political parties there were in existence at that time compared to today, then it is a regression.
Note: Ms. Lung said on Wednesday that she meant to say that China was in the middle of the Great Leap Forward during the 50th anniversary of the Xinhai revolution, not the Cultural Revolution. She also said she should have attributed the information that Sun Yat-sen once worked as a waiter in Denver, Colo., to historian Tang De-gang.


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Midwest ISO Concludes That Closing Of Kewaunee Power Station Will Not Affect Regional Electric Reliability
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion (NYSE: D) announced today that the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) has concluded the shutdown and retirement of Kewaunee Power Station in northeastern Wisconsin will not affect the reliability of the regional electric transmission system.
Dominion will proceed with its plans to close the 556-megawatt, single unit nuclear power station in Carlton, Wisc., in the second quarter of 2013, as the company announced last fall.
"After being reviewed for power system reliability impacts, the retirement of Kewaunee would not result in violations of applicable reliability criteria. Therefore, Kewaunee may retire immediately," MISO wrote in its letter to Dominion.
Dominion was unable to find a buyer for Kewaunee after it put the station up for sale in April 2011. The decision to sell Kewaunee was part of a regular review of the company's portfolio of assets to determine which assets fit strategically and support its objectives to improve return on invested capital and shareholder value. The company also was unable to grow its nuclear fleet in the Midwest to take advantage of economies of scale. In addition, Kewaunee's power purchase agreements are ending at a time of projected low wholesale electricity prices in the region.
Thomas F. Farrell II, Dominion chairman, president and chief executive officer, said, "I want to reiterate that the employees of Kewaunee have been doing an outstanding job, and the decision to close the station is in no way a reflection on them. They have my thanks and gratitude. The company is working to make the transition as smooth as possible for them and their communities."
Farrell also said the company's top priority will be a continued focus on safety during the station's last weeks of operations and during decommissioning.
"We intend to take all steps necessary to ensure the protection of the public, employees and the environment. The station will have the resources it needs," he said.
The station will remain under the oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) throughout the shutdown and decommissioning process.
Following shutdown, Dominion plans to meet its obligations to the two utilities that purchase Kewaunee's generation through market purchases until the power purchase agreements expire in December 2013.
Kewaunee Power Station, located on Lake Michigan about 35 miles southeast of Green Bay, began commercial operation in 1974. It has one Westinghouse pressurized water reactor. Dominion acquired the station in July 2005. In February 2011, the NRC renewed the station's operating license for an additional 20 years, until 2033.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 27,400 megawatts of generation, 11,000 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering and storage pipeline and 6,300 miles of electric transmission lines. Dominion operates the nation's largest natural gas storage system with 947 billion cubic feet of storage capacity and serves retail energy customers in 15 states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's website at www.dom.com.
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Why not talk about pets in the classroom to help draw your students attention to the care and well being of animals? During Term 2 in Kindergarten, I do a unit of work on 'Meeting Needs' and always do a week or two talking about pets and the needs of animals. It is so much fun, and the students love talking about their pets (or why they can't have one)! We get a classroom pet - somehow I have managed to convince the last 5 or 6 classes I have taught to get a goldfish - nice and easy for the classroom :)
To help get you thinking of all-things-paw, I have created these cute graphics and listed them at TeacherspayTeachers. They are FREE. I would love to see what you come up with, so stop back and leave a comment.
Here is a worksheet, similar to one that I like to do with my kinders. It helps to introduce the 'Information Report' text type that we use in the NSW curriculum syllabus.
You can download it from google docs, by clicking HERE, or on the image itself
I used a border from one of our latest sets of borders, to create the box on this worksheet. I called this set "Stix Borders" as the lines reminded me of the sticks that were used when I played 'pick up sticks' as a child! They are listed with TpT:
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State health officials are testing water quality with a new set of regulations they say will reduce the number of unnecessary beach closures.
"What you will see now is the number of beach closures dramatically drop," said Suzanne Condon, associate commissioner of the Department of Public Health. "We have a short beach season in New England. It seems ridiculous, since we have such solid data, to not make this kind of change. It seems inappropriate not to take action."
The new regulations, which went into effect June 4, require most beaches to test positive for elevated bacteria levels two days in a row before officials close them to swimmers.
"The biggest problem for beach testing, is the test itself takes 24 hours to get results on," Condon said.
A review of 13 years of data found that generally, bacteria levels had dropped to safe levels by the time the results from the previous day had come in.
"By doing this thorough analysis, it allows us to keep clean beaches open when they should be open," Condon said.
Beaches with a history of frequent water quality issues, mainly concentrated around Boston, will continue to be closed to swimmers after one positive test for elevated bacteria levels.
DCR beaches that will continue to close after a single positive test include Wollaston Beach in Quincy, Constitution Beach in East Boston, King's Beach in Lynn and Malibu and Tenean beaches in Dorchester.
In 2013, the state collected a total of 8,132 water samples from 596 testing sites on marine beaches. There were 475 samples that exceeded acceptable bacteria levels.
Beaches with a history of poor water quality are often near sewage discharge sites and illegal sewer hookups. A temporary spike in bacteria levels also often follows a period of heavy rain, as the precipitation can lead to sewage overflows, Condon explained.
Pet waste, she added, is another contributing factor. She encourages people walking their dogs on the beach to pick up after their pets.
The state adopted the new regulations this spring after holding a public hearing.
The Surfrider Foundation spoke out against the changes, saying they took a step backwards.
"Rather than strengthening the standards and serving the primary purpose of intent by being proactive to protect pubic health, these amendments propose instead to prioritize the protection of economic interests," Melissa Gates, regional director of the nonprofit environmental group, said during her testimony.
The Massachusetts Water Resources authority supported the new regulations, calling them a positive step to reduce unnecessary beach closures without compromising safety.
In addition to closing beaches for testing positive for high bacteria levels, the state may also use its discretion to close them after heavy rain or any event that could cause a spike in pollutants. Additionally, the Division of Marine Fisheries may shut down shellfish beds due to the presence of red tide.
The state's new regulations come as the federal Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new recreational water plan, which recommends stricter limits for acceptable bacteria levels and calls for a new rapid testing method that will produce faster results.
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State health officials are testing water quality with a new set of regulations they say will reduce the number of unnecessary beach closures.


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As players for Aptos stormed the field in jubilation, Monterey stood in silence with a look of disbelief.
A dramatic comeback bid in the final two minutes from an 11-point deficit came up a few feet wide to the left as time ran out on a magical season.
"All I could think of was telling my teammates and coaches I loved them,"" Monterey linebacker Shaunne Katoa said.
The top-seeded Toreadores walked off the field a final time united as one. The walk to the bus was a slow one after a 34-31 setback to Aptos in the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals at MPC.
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Before Katoa walked off the field, he made it a point to embrace each and every member of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion Mariners squad.
"I just told them to take it home and finish it,"" Katoa said. "I"d rather lose to a CCS champion. Aptos deserved to win this game.""
The Mariners have rattled off 10 straight wins since starting the year 0-2, upsetting higher seeded Saratoga last week before shocking Monterey.
"Aptos made the adjustments,"" Monterey coach Tom Newton said. "It put up 27 second half points. We could not stop them period in the second half.""
The Toreadores, who have led at halftime in every game this season, failed to hold a 14-point halftime cushion as Aptos ran wild — particularly Aaron McAnerney, who produced three second half touchdowns.
The senior tailback chalked up 173 rushing yards and two touchdowns and caught five passes for 98 yards and a touchdown.
"Aptos forced things,"" Newton said.
Monterey hadn"t given up more than 22 points since a Week 4 loss to Palma — a game in which it held a 12-point lead with 7:15 left in the third quarter.
"Big penalties in major situations,"" Newton said. "You can"t make those mistakes in a game of this magnitude. We didn"t do a good job in taking care of the ball at times.""
Penalties and turnovers crushed Monterey in the second half. A holding penalty brought back a 48-yard touchdown run by freshman Akili Jones. A pass that was ruled a lateral was fumbled back to Aptos.
Two Monterey turnovers in the second half resulted in 14 points for the Mariners, who will face the Valley Christian-Sobrato winner next Saturday.
Aptos ran off 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to turn a 10-point deficit into a 11-point lead with 2:47 left in the game.
"I"m proud of how my seniors responded,"" Newton said.
Particularly quarterback Jimmy Hill, who engineered a five-play, 62-yard drive in 80 seconds, hitting 4-of-5 on the drive, finding Brandon Finona-Gardner on a 25 yard touchdown pass to close to within three.
Yet, any hope of a magical comeback appeared over when an on-side kick trickled out of bounds and a 30-plus yard run from McAnerney had the ball inside the Toreadores 10-yard line with under a minute.
Instead of running out the clock, Aptos called a run that was fumbled at the 6-yard line with 52 seconds left and one time out for the Toreadores.
Hill connected with Donte Murphy on a 56 yard completion to put the ball at the 44-yard line. Monterey got to the 28-yard line before two attempts in the end zone were knocked away with seven seconds left.
Logan Hunter, who kicked a 37-yard field goal in the third quarter, was asked to come in and attempt a 45 yarder that would send the game into overtime. A career high attempt sailed to the left.
Hill closed a chapter in his career at Monterey with a career-high 225-yard passing effort, tossing three touchdown passes while running for a fourth, piling up 81 yards on the ground.
The senior helped Monterey to a 20-7 halftime lead, hitting Tony Velitchkov on a 21-yard touchdown in the left corner and Murphy on a 29 yard scoring strike. He also capped a 14-play opening drive with a 3-yard run.
But in the second half, the Toreadores offense, which had drives of 6:55 and 4:50 in the first half, managed just a field goal before the late heroics of Hill.
"We held our own in a new league this year,"" Newton said. "I"m excited about the young group coming up. Now it"s about them carrying this thing on for us."
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Why I went: I was studying the Japanese language at UB and translating the autobiography of a famous Japanese boxer. So I got the idea that I wanted to live there. I was awarded the Monbukagakusho Scholarship, which made it possible.
In Japanese gyms: For my dissertation at UB, I collected the life stories of boxers. I had trained with and interviewed boxers in Buffalo and Brooklyn, and began doing the same in Japan. I found it very interesting to compare Japanese and American boxers, to find out how they found meaning in their lives through boxing.
In America, it was easy to get boxers to tell me their stories, even if I didn't know them. But in Japan, it was harder. Over there, a gym is like a club or family — when you go to the gym, you join it and belong to it for your whole career. Boxers rarely change gyms. To gain access to the stories, I had to join the family, so I spent a lot of time at the gym. After some years, I became a trainer and, eventually, a judge.
A long time away: I liked being in another world, another culture. I found it inspiring and exciting — I had never lived in another country or gotten around in another language.
I ended up staying for seven years, earning a degree from Kobe University before returning to UB.
Back to Asia: After I graduated from UB, I looked for jobs in Asia as well as America, which I probably would not have done if I hadn't studied abroad. I received an offer from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, and have been teaching there ever since.
What I'm doing now: I teach creative writing, literature and film at Yonsei University's Underwood International College.
Dream Writing: Three years ago I advised a student who wrote his thesis on birth dreams, or taemong. These occur when someone has a dream foretelling the birth of a child. Birth dreams are important in Korea; almost everyone has one. This reawakened a lifelong interest I had in dreams, so I started reading more about it. As a result, I recently started teaching a class called "Dream Writing."


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The third day of the KTE on Sylt was windless but sunny.
Today was a relaxing day for all Riders. Skippersmeeting was at 11 am with the first possible start for Course Racing at 1 pm.
The sun was out, but the wind never materialized. Everyone enjoyed the day with playing football at the beach, walking around the event side or riding the SUP.
In the afternoon the Judges took the decision to release all Riders for the day due to lack of wind. The Highlights today were the signature hour with international Riders like Johnno Scholte, Konstantin Tuludis and Steven Akkersdijk. In the evening there was an interview with Florian Gruber, Emmanuel Norman, Mario Rodwald and Stefan Permien. They explained the equipment which is necessary to go kitesurfing and some stories about their life as a professional Kiter.
To the backdrop of another amazing sunset the band "Leroy Jönsson" entertains the crowds at the beach. Afterward the Riders will get the chance to go to the Casino for the "Kitesurf Cup Sylt Pokernight".
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Essentially I wrote an arcpy script that is within a toolbox that I ported over to a different machine to test out after the script worked locally.
The script essentially utilizes the psycopg module to connect to PostGIS and subsequently geoserver which I ran locally as opposed to over a server.
The new machine that I am working from in which I am running geoserver over the server is giving me errors as far as running the script. Errors which i didn't experience running on a local instance of geoserver.
The local machine is running ArcGIS 10 service pack 2 and the other machine is running ArcGIS 10 service pack 3.
Here is the error I'm getting and I think its J2EE related:
AssertionError: Tried to create PostGIS Layer but got 500: binding : binding : binding : binding
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I've been able to narrow down that the issue is with me giving it feature types when I need to be giving attribute types as far as uploading to geoserver to display. However considering this is an arcpy script that I've written in Python, is there any way to salvage this without going to Java, as I know that the com.vividsolutions.jts.geom series of classes include attribute defining functions such as getAttributes etc.
The reason being the way that I originally retrieved all the data necessary in order to go from my PostGIS installation and post to geoserver was due to extracting the PostGIS data via queries and then posting them in the geoserver required format. So, I think I may be able to if I can figure out a Postgres series of queries that would get me the attributes instead of the features.


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The Stig is coated in Teflon. This is possibly the only answer I can provide, given that he's just appeared striding across a recently ploughed Lincolnshire potato field, yet has arrived spotless, eye-cringingly white, his race boots unsullied by the thick mud. As ever, he simply marches up and holds out a hand, demanding keys. And, as ever, I try to engage him in conversation and get absolutely nothing in return, except for a slightly impatient beckoning motion and a sense that I am, somehow, an imbecile. So I toss him the keys to the Porsche, and watch as he snatches them perfectly out of the air while looking the other way. He then walks up to the Boxster, slides into the seat, prods every available button to maximum – except for the PSM traction control, which he disengages – dials up about 4,000rpm and exits in an acrid flurry of tyre smoke. The little Porsche howls in delight, the rest of us just stand there and watch.
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A "looming crisis" faces the world of nuclear medicine, as unexpected shutdowns at nuclear reactors producing vital medical isotopes are seriously affecting world supplies, according to reports. Experts in the field are calling for concerted international action to stop such events happening again.
All five of the world's main medical isotope producing reactors shut down last week for unrelated reasons. Some of the outages were planned, but others weren't. In particular, the High Flux Reactor facility at Petten in the Netherlands went down unexpectedly. This is seen as particularly serious, as all other facilities producing Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) - the most widely-used isotope in nuclear medicine - were already offline.
According to the Society for Nuclear Medicine (SNM), "there is a distinct possibility that worldwide production of Mo-99 could completely cease for a prolonged period, with devastating results". The problem is especially serious as Mo-99 can't be stored, having a half-life of just 66 hours: it has to be produced as required.
"This could be described as a perfect storm in isotope availability," said Robert W Atcher, emerging-medical-tech chief at the US Los Alamos national lab and SNM president.
"A combination of anticipated outages at other production reactors, coupled with unanticipated shutdowns, is simply devastating... Following the shutdown of Canada's Chalk River facility late last year, we simply cannot afford to sit and wait as the situation continues to worsen."
Isotopes such as Mo-99 are used in diagnostic techniques, where they are taken into the body by injection or ingestion and absorbed by certain body cells and tissues. Technicians can then track the cells' movement by the trace radioactivity the isotopes give off. The isotopes are seen as essential tools against various kinds of cancer, nervous diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's and cardiac complaints.
The Chalk River plant in Canada - which supplies about half the world's medical isotope needs - was eventually reopened on government orders following safety disputes last year, but is currently undergoing a planned shutdown. It's expected to re-open this week, but reports indicate that there will still be shortages of supply due to the unexpected outage at Petten.
"We are going to try produce enough to narrow the gap, but certainly, we won't be able to produce the global demand," a Chalk River spokesman told the Vancouver Sun, following the news from the Netherlands.
According to the SNM, efforts to reduce proliferation of nuclear weapons and/or "to deter terrorism" are hindering moves to stabilise the world medical isotope supply. Worries over the use of highly-enriched uranium, which can be of use in nuclear bomb programmes, have meant that the US is completely dependent on imported isotopes. Medical radioisotopes are also often seen as likely materials for production of so-called "dirty bombs" by terrorists; devices which would not cause a nuclear explosion but would scatter radioactive material by other means. Though the actual threat to life and health from medical-supplies-based radioactivity attacks is seen by most analysts as slim to nonexistent, it's argued that such tactics could cause serious panic and alarm.
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"The best feeling in the world is being the cause of a genuine smile on someone's face." Allison Meadows
click to enlargeA friend forwarded this little find to me, do not know who Allison Meadows is and cannot find it referenced anywhere but do like the theme for our Sky Watch Friday friends who delight in the finding and sharing views of their sky. An uncomplicated but always interesting way to finish up the work week. Happy Sky Watching everyone.
A peek into some of the projects we have been working on with Tattered Angels paints, follow the link to see what else we have been up to.Thank you to everyone who leaves comments and visits my blog. Have been blessed with some sweet messages recently from folks who just wanted to say thanks for what we have happening here. Just like anyone else, there are times when it is hard to find a great photo and sometimes it is hard to find a quote that gets my attention enough to want to share. But on the weeks when someone takes the time to say thank you for being the bright spark or breath of fresh air in their week – it makes my week too.


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Ceremony at State Theatre in Portland
The Portland Development Corporation honored three local businesses Wednesday night for helping to expand the city's economy viability.
The State Theatre is receiving the 2012 Economic Development Achievement Award, EnviroLogix is receiving the 2012 Business of the Year Award, and Rosemont Market and Bakery is being honored as the 2012 Small Business of the Year.
The State Theatre sat empty for four years until the venue reopened under new management in late 2010.
Since then, there has been a resurgence of life in the arts community along Congress Street.
General Manager Lauren Wayne said the venue puts on between 80 and 100 shows a year with an emphasis on bringing business to Maine.
"We encourage people to stay locally, eat locally, and buy locally," said Wayne.
The theater's most public boost to the local economy came in August when the British band Mumford and Sons brought their tour to Portland's Eastern Promenade.
"That was a huge success and we'll hopefully be able to do that again one day," said Wayne.
The State Theatre's success has spilled over to other small businesses.
Chase Lee, who works at the Congress Bar and Grill, said the theater crowd has a big impact on business.
"Each show probably gives us a good 30 to 40-percent bump on the nights that they're having shows," said Lee.
John Naylor said his Rosemont Market and Bakery has been prospering and growing since he helped start the business eight years ago.
"Actually, business has gone up quite a bit every year, and it just keeps giving us more energy and thought to the idea that this is what people want," said Naylor.
Naylor said there are 64 employees working at four locations for the business.
Rosemont was also selected to cater Wednesday's awards ceremony


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Pirates @ Jays pregame
Chatted with Dustin McGowan this morning about his "setback" and he sounded more relieved than anything. He said his shoulder was feeling more weak than anything, as opposed to the sharp pain he felt prior to his surgery on July.
Dustin said he wanted to see Dr. Kremchek for some reassurance that what he was feeling was normal, and that's precisely what the doc said. McGowan wants to get back as soon as possible, but said he's trying to be smart, knowing that there's no timetable he's racing against.
"I want to get back to playing, but I've go tto be smart. I've got to do it the right way so I can avoid injury again and not go through this again," he said.
Then there is Shaun Marcum, who has been playing catch and wowing Toronto's coaches an medical staff. There's even talk that Marcum could possibly be back as early as August. We'll see about that, though.
"You talk to Marcum, he would pitch right now if you let him," Gaston said with a laugh, "We have to slow him down a little bit too. I actually spoke to him this morning. I told him 'Remember, you're pitching next year — not this year.' Just slow him down a little bit."
Russ Adams, who is basically auditioning for other clubs this spring, left yesterday's game with a sore left quad and Jays skip Cito Gaston said he might be held out of games through Saturday — the off day tomorrow helps.
Scott Richmond is also back in camp with the Jays. He's scheduled to log three innings in a Minor League game on Friday. Vernon Wells ran again today and said he "felt good." Probably another week before he's in a game.
And former Cub great (and Canadian) Fergie Jenkins was on hand to toss out the first pitch today.
Don't forget, you can follow my in-game updates at www.twitter.com/mlbastian
Today's lineup:
Nyger Morgan, LF
Andrew McCutchen, RF
Nate McLouth, CF
Adam LaRoche, 1B
Craig Monroe, DH
Andy LaRoche, #B
Shelby Ford, 2B
Jason Jaramillo, C
Luis Cruz, SS
Paul Maholm, P
John McDonald, SS
Aaron Hill, 2B
Adam Lind, LF
Kevin Millar, DH
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Jason Lane, CF
Travis Snider, RF
Michael Barrett, C
Scott Campbell, 3B
Roy Halladay, P
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what fantastic news it would be if Marcum could get back on the mound this year. I'm not holding my breath though. Unfortunately I heard that McGowan might actually need untill August to recover.
I was wondering last night, why wasn't Shawn Hill on the Canadian baseball team, anyone know ? Obviously if everyone's there he's an after thought but given that we were missing a few starters I would've thought he'd be on the team.
Congratulations to Robinson Diaz of the Pirates for his strong spring showing to date. Now, hitting .417/.500/1.000. Hope he sticks this year and we finally see what he's got at the MLB level.
I for one wish we'd never traded him, particulary for what we got in return.
Snider has been hitting well lately. 🙂
Been out of town a few days and just read the comments on Halladay.Both sides make compelling arguements but I still side with Indigo.Trading Doc now would be not in the best interests of the Jays.It's too early.The situation is not the same as when the Twins traded Santana.We don't know if Marcum and McGowan will return to their form from injury.The kids may or may not work out.These would factor in to what the Jays would even ask for.Injuries happen of course,however you can't make trades without taking the risks that those you're getting in return may get injured.So trading Halladay before he may get injured isn't a reason to make a trade.The time may come when it is benefitial to trade Doc but I believe it hasn't come yet.
Enigma-This explains why Hill wasn't on the Canadian team.
"Hill's 2008 season was cut short due to injury. He would be placed on the disabled list twice for arm problems before his season was ended on June 25, 2008. Hill underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove bone spurs on his right elbow in September 2008; he is expected to be ready to pitch by Spring Training."


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I would have loved to have had Stanton 10 years ago.
I would have loved to have had Stanton 10 years ago.
My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!
I wonder if this means Schoenweis is not returning.
Over his career, Stanton has been a better pitcher than Schoesnweis, but Stanton is 39 and you have to wonder which of the two is the better bet for the next couple of years.
Reds still collecting lefty relievers. Cormier, Bray, and Stanton all on the roster.
Pretty decent signing, no doubt he is an upgrade in the pen. I don't know how anyone can not like this before they know the dollars involved.
I'm not really liking Wayne K's move since the Kearns/Lopez fiasco.
Does this make other bullpenners available? If Santon is the set-up guy (and he probably will be), then at least four the following is sure to be sitting on warmer seats today:
Coffey-- CLoser of the future has to step it up at least two notches. A viable alternative as a middle reliever or set-up guy, he's cheap, and fairly effective. Trade bait? It's possible.
Bray-- The arm with the most promise of the bunch. He's cheap and LH. Plus stuff may mean he's a possible closer in waiting, but how many pens have a lefty set-up guy and a lefty closer? Looks to be the odd man out and a middle reliever at best this year.
Majewski-- Has to bounce back strong or he's useless. Many on the board assume he's toast, but they've been wrong before. Likely negative trade value at this point, so he's here until he's better. A middle reliever.
Belisle-- Promises about starting seem empty. Plus stuff, but a troublesome back keeps him from being ultra solid. He's a long reliever at this point, but could blossom. Does he have trade value? Not much. An intriguing throw-in-- nothing more.
Lohse-- Pitched decently for Cincinnati last season. Still young at 27 and has experience (albeit limited) in the pen. Could become an outstanding closer, with plus/ plus stuff. But he's expensive. Could Lohse be lost due to arbitration? If so, look for a deal sooner.
Claussen-- Pitched horribly last season, but fairly effectively the year before. If he's right, Claussen is the best of the fifth starter candidates. Of course, he's supposed to be a fourth or third starter, so that's not good. Still, as a lefty, he'll get every chance. Arbitration eligible, but shouldn't break the bank. At this point, little trade value, but that could rise quickly. A keeper, IMO.
Ramirez-- Cheap, young, and doesn't walk anyone. I think a transformation to the pen would be ideal, with an eye toward closer. He's got decent stuff. Let's hope that's the Red's plan as well, as he's overmatched (at this point) as a starter.
Cormier-- Signed for two more years. Ugh. Rheal bad. Rheal, rheal bad. But he's here for a reason.
Standridge-- Solid last year, in spurts. The biggest odds against making the team, IMO, as he's been unheralded and unknown largely thorughout his career. Still, he's had a couple cups of coffee and knows a bit about the role as mop-up man. Little trade value.
Not a bad move IMO.
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Just got back and glanced over this and the same thread in Reds Live. Has it been reported yet as to whether this is a 1 year deal or 2 ? Seems like there are some conflicting reports.
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I simply don't have access to a "cares about RBI" place in my psyche. There is a "mildly curious about OBI%" alcove just before the acid filled lake guarded by robot snipers with lasers which leads to the "cares about RBI" antechamber though. - Nate
I meant Shackleford, but typed Standridge. His ERA was horrid, but Shackleford was used incorrectly. In fact, he's really the only true LOOGY in the bunch. That makes four LH, not counting Schowenweis (who's probably gone), Guardado (who will take time), and Mercker (who's almost 99% retired, at this point).
Lots of options and a probable spot where a deal can be made.
With Cormier and Bray, why spend money on Stanton? Are the Reds going to carry seven relievers again next year? That's something I'd really hoped would get put into mothballs.
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Coddle thy pitchers.
I'll wait to see what the money is, but I don't mind this move at all. Stanton is a solid pitcher.
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The Festival is fast-approaching and the weather is warming up (well, fingers crossed).
The river running through Worthy Farm is running low because of the lack of rain.
The heat has dried the land around which means pee will enter the river more quickly, which would be bad because urnine produces ammonia which starves the rivers of oxygen. Any changes to the water chemistry has a negative impact on fresh water fish and other species which are sensitive to change.
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Shamvir Singh says he downs a glass of milk before walking to school, but when asked what else he eats at home, the 12-year-old droops his head in silence.
He is embarrassed, but none of the other students who are crowded around him in the dusty junior high school courtyard tease him. Half of them, estimates the principal, only get one meal a day: the free hot lunch offered at schools around India.
"Children from very poor farming families now come regularly; they look forward to the meal," says Shiv Singh, the headmaster of the Shri Krishak school in Beri, a village three hours south of New Delhi. "They used to go off to help their parents farm."
Shamvir and his classmates squat in the dirt, watching as the sari-draped lunch ladies go down lines filling the metal bowls in front of them.
The Indian government provides free hot lunches to 120 million students a day, the largest school lunch program in the world. For comparison, the United States provided low-cost or free lunches to some 31 million children a school day in 2009.
The massive undertaking started as a flawed welfare program that has been improved with the help of a Hindu religious group teaming up with some of India's top engineers.
The reforms by the group, the Akshaya Patra Foundation, are expanding school attendance, cutting down on hunger, and, anecdotally, lifting caste divisions. Some of their innovations in food processing also hint at the potential for adding value to India's bountiful crops in ways that serve the poor who grow them.
Initially, under the national mid-day meal program, free grain was distributed to parents and school kids were sent home for lunch break. The problem: Many families sold the grain and the kids went hungry.
That was the case in Berii. Headmaster Mr. Singh points to one of the eldest girls. "She returned late to school every day and when asked why, she said, 'There was no food.' "
The scale of India's hunger issue becomes clear
In 2000, a group of Hare Krishnas in Bangalore noticed the problem. They began to take the rations and deliver a daily cooked meal to a few local schools, building on a Hindu tradition of serving meals for the poor.
Soon the group received letters from other schools wanting to be included. Within months the requests totaled 100,000.
"We were shocked," says Suvyakta Das, a president of Akshaya Patra, the secular foundation formed by the Hare Krishnas to do this charity work. "We didn't realize the scale of this issue in Bangalore."
They would soon learn the scale of the issue nationwide, but for the moment the question was how to cook 100,000 lunches a day?
"Everybody said, 'This scale? Sorry,' " says Mr. Das. However Das – who graduated from a top engineering university in India – along with other engineer devotees in the group designed "centralized kitchens" capable of churning out more than 100,000 lunches every morning.
The kitchen managed by Das in Vrindivan, a town near Beri, opens at 2 a.m., and by 9 a.m. the food is on trucks headed to 1,500 nearby schools. Mostly this is done by machine, requiring just 65 workers.
One machine can churn out 40,000 rotis – a circular flat bread – an hour. Workers pack the hot rotis in insulated canisters until a specific weight is reached for each school.
With the help of the kitchens, Akshaya Patra now feeds 1.2 million children a day. An impact assessment by ACNielsen found the program has succeeded in raising school enrollments in various regions, some by as much as 15.3 percent. Attendance also jumped in some places by more than 10 percent.
In 2001, noting Akshaya Patra's success, India's Supreme Court ordered the government to provide hot lunches nationwide – a mandate only widely implemented in recent years.
Still, the needs are vast, and India remains home to about a quarter of the world's hungry poor, according to the UN's World Food Program. The ACNielsen assessment found only marginal improvements in nutrition and scholastic performance.
But is the program making a difference?
Detractors of the midday meal program point out that it focuses government funding on school-age children when the most critical time for malnutrition is age 2 and under. Almost half of all Indian children under 5 years old are stunted due to chronic undernutrition.
Das says that earlier interventions to improve nutrition would make it easier to tackle the problems of hunger. So Akshaya Patra is expanding on the government program to offer meals in nurseries accessible to pregnant mothers.
Many schools not covered by Akshaya Patra hire villagers to cook government rations and have to contend with poor hygiene and rodents. But the centralized kitchen model continues to spread.
"We have full control over the ingredients that go into it, the taste, the safety," says Das, who notes the kitchens meet international food safety standards. And buying in bulk makes it cheap to supplement the government rations with more vegetables and healthier ingredients.
While Akshaya Patra is a secular foundation that serves children of all religions, the group uses its religious ties. The centralized kitchens hire workers from any caste, even those historically considered unclean by upper-caste Hindus.
"This is where our religious background also helps," says Das, himself a Hindu monk. The food is made on religious sites, he says, so parents "stay quiet" about traditional taboos.
Das adds that the standardization of the meals helps instill a greater sense of equality.


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Here's part of what's running in tomorrow's paper, which will include Gwozdecky's quotes:
University of Denver hockey coach George Gwozdecky has suspended junior defenseman Patrick Mullen for Friday's first game of the conference playoffs for receiving a 10-minute misconduct in each of last weekend's games against Colorado College.
Mullen will miss Friday's Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff series opener against visiting Minnesota-Duluth. He will be eligible to play in Game 2 on Saturday at Magness Arena and, if necessary, Game 3 on Sunday.
Mullen, son of Hockey Hall of Famer Joe Mullen, is fifth on the team with 21 points (four goals).
"It's my fault, I didn't control my emotions, and this time of year you really need to control them," Mullen said. "I have to keep my mouth shut."
Mullen's 10s took place in the third period of each game, and gave him the team scoring lead in PMs (65).
Mullen, who missed last year's WCHA playoffs with mononucleosis, likely will be replaced Friday by senior Zach Blom of Englewood.
Meanwhile, freshman defenseman John Ryder is recovering quicker than expected from a wrist injury he suffered in January. Ryder is practicing with the team and could return to the lineup by the beginning of the NCAA Tournament on March 28.


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- KolmogorovSmirnovTest performs the Kolmogorov–Smirnov goodness-of-fit test with null hypothesis that data was drawn from a population with distribution dist and alternative hypothesis that it was not.
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- The Kolmogorov–Smirnov test assumes that the data came from a continuous distribution.
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- KolmogorovSmirnovTest[data,dist,"HypothesisTestData"] returns a HypothesisTestData object htd that can be used to extract additional test results and properties using the form htd["property"].
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Classic Chocolate Brownies
16 brownies
1/2 cup Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Chips
4 ounces Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Bar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 cup firmly packed light or dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/8 teaspoon salt
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Butter and flour an 8-inch square baking pan.
- Chop the 4 ounces of semi sweet chocolate bars into 1" pieces.
- In the top of a double boiler or in a heatproof bowl over barely simmering water, melt the 4 chopped chocolate and butter, stirring occasionally until smooth.
- Remove the pan from the heat and let cool to room temperature.
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- Add the eggs and mix well. In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Slowly fold the flour mixture into the chocolate mixture, mixing well until blended.
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Singer, dancer, and actress Josephine Baker started her stage career as a teenager touring the US with all-black performance troupes, and in New York nightclubs, before moving to Paris in the mid 1920s. She found success in Paris, appearing at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in La Revue nègre, and later starring at the Folies-Bergère. She was associated with the Jazz Age, and was well-known for her energetic dances, wearing outrageous costumes. Later, she was a spy for the French Resistance during WWII, as well as a civil rights worker. Genre specialization: Modern dance. SFPALM
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