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Quick Hits: Expansion, Braves, Left Field, Royals, Moore
By TC Zencka | January 11, 2021 at 12:53pm CDT
In the past, expansion has helped Major League Baseball dig out from financial peril and inject new money into the industry, but despite the significant financial uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, expansion is not on the table, writes the Athletic's Ken Rosenthal. News spread of the commissioner's pessimistic view on expansion when the Phillies signed Dave Dombrowski to run their baseball ops department. Dombrowski had been working with the Nashville group for potential expansion before commissioner Rob Manfred informed them of a new timeline. Expansion can solve short-term financial problems because of the significant franchise fees paid by incoming franchises. In this case, those fees could be $1 billion or more. For the owners, however, the short-term influx of money comes with the long-term losses that come with spreading the overall revenue pie to another two teams. Commissioner Manfred also wants to see stadium issues resolved in Oakland and Tampa Bay before beginning the expansion process.
The Braves are looking for a left fielder, per MLB Insider Jon Morosi (via Twitter). Presumably, Atlanta would target a short-term investment rather than making a splashier move like, say, bringing back Marcell Ozuna. Ronald Acuna Jr., Ender Inciarte, and Cristian Pache make for an elite defensive alignment, and prospect Drew Waters is on his way. Nick Markakis could certainly find his way back if he wants to keep playing. If their aim is to to find a right-handed bat to spell Inciarte against southpaws, Adam Duvall could return, or Kevin Pillar, Albert Almora Jr. and Cameron Maybin are free agents with experience playing for a contender. If the Braves are looking for a more regular producer in order to give Pache and/or Waters more development time, Joc Pederson could fill the power void left by Ozuna's departure. Speculatively speaking, Ryan Braun would make for an interesting fit if he decides to play outside Milwaukee. Not to be forgotten, Austin Riley has played some outfield during his short Major League career, but Atlanta expects Riley to lay claim to the hot corner in 2021. That would change if they were to add DJ LeMahieu, but despite their reported interest, such a union seems like a long shot.
Royals Senior VP of Baseball Ops and General Manager Dayton Moore will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall Of Fame later in January, per Alex Lewis of the Athletic (via Twitter). Moore is entering his 15th season in 2021 as the GM of the Royals. He was named Executive of the Year by MLB in both 2014 and 2015 for his role as the architect of back-to-back pennant-winning clubs in Kansas City. Those playoff teams are the only Royals teams to make the playoffs since they won the World Series in 1985. He was inducted into the Kansas Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Dayton Moore Expects Royals To Be Competitive In 2021
By TC Zencka | November 11, 2020 at 6:50pm CDT
The Kansas City Royals last made the playoffs in 2015. That was a good year. Alex Gordon, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain, Salvador Perez, and a transcendent bullpen won the AL pennant for the second consecutive season, and they finished it off with World Series victory.
That team is the most recent Royals squad to post a winning record. They went 81-81 in 2016, 80-82 in 2017, and then the bottom fell out. They lost 100+ games in each of the next two seasons before posting a 26-34 record in this year's shortened season. That's a 70-win pace for a full season, definitely an improvement over back-to-back season in which they failed to crack 60 wins.
Manager Mike Matheny will need to coax a more substantial improvement from his squad if they want to compete in 2021. That's indeed the plan, however. General Manager Dayton Moore spoke with reporters during a Zoom call today, and he made no bones about his expectations for the Royals in 2021. Moore said, per Lynn Worthy of the Kansas City Star:
"We expect to win next year. What does that look like? Is it going to be enough wins to make the playoffs? We'll find out. Our mindset is going to be to win every single pitch, every inning, win every game. That's the only way that we're ever going to win another championship, you've got to expect to win at all aspects."
Don't expect the Royals to be major players in free agency, however. The small market club figures to be judicious in adding from the open market. The primary pieces of the next Royals contender are going to be developed in-house, as has been the Royals preference. They've long believed in their current crop of players, even as the team as a whole has struggled. Interestingly, Moore did say that he doesn't see finances getting in the way of improving the team, should the right opportunity come along.
The Royals plan to pursue their own free agents before expanding to the open market, which would be very "Royals" of them, though returning any of Greg Holland, Ian Kennedy, Mike Montgomery, or even Trevor Rosenthal could help boost a bullpen that needs some work. The Royals have incrementally added young arms like Brad Keller, Kris Bubic, and Brady Singer to veteran Danny Duffy in the rotation. The bullpen remains a work in progress. They did, however, put forth a 3.84 ERA in 2020, a mark that ranked 8th in the majors. Losing Holland would create an opening, with first looks presumably going to Josh Staumont, Kyle Zimmer, Jesse Hahn, and Scott Barlow. That quartet present some intriguing options with which to move forward into 2021.
Otherwise, the Royals will continue to try to develop and build from within. Bobby Witt Jr., Khalil Lee, and Kyle Isbel received high praise from Moore as prospects that could turn into significant pieces. Witt was the #2 overall pick of the 2019 draft, and he has yet to play a full season in the minors.
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Trade Deadline Notes: Royals, Moore, Rays, BoSox, Angels, Eppler, Orioles
By Mark Polishuk | August 25, 2020 at 2:27pm CDT
Trevor Rosenthal and other Royals relievers are already drawing interest from trade suitors, though GM Dayton Moore hasn't ruled out being a deadline buyer. "We wouldn't hesitate to add to this team," Moore told Lynn Worthy of the Kansas City Star. "This team is talented enough to be one of eight teams representing the American League in the playoffs….So I'm not even beginning to think about dismantling or moving players that help us win at this point. I believe that this group of players is extremely talented and very much capable of being a playoff team."
The Royals are last in the AL Central with an 11-18 record, and they sit four games back of the Blue Jays for the last AL wild card slot. While they'd have to leapfrog a lot of teams to cross the postseason line, even one brief winning streak could greatly improve Kansas City's chances in the shortened season. As Worthy notes, the Royals haven't yet had their entire ideal roster together at one time, as multiple key players have been sidelined due to injuries and COVID-19. It doesn't seem likely that K.C. will make any kind of big deadline push, though those expecting a mini-fire sale might also be disappointed.
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There is no doubt that the Rays are planning on being deadline buyers, as ESPN.com's Buster Olney tweets that "other teams say the Rays are being very aggressive in" trade talks. It stands to reason that Tampa Bay is targeting pitching given all of their injured arms, though it wouldn't be surprising to see the Rays swing some creative deals to address multiple needs. In July 2019, for instance, Tampa landed Nick Anderson, Trevor Richards, Eric Sogard, and Jesus Aguilar in separate deals with the Marlins, Blue Jays, and Brewers respectively, while five other lower-level trades were also consummated.
The Red Sox are willing to include some money to accommodate trades, Sean McAdam of the Boston Sports Journal writes (subscription required). We've already seen the Sox kick in $815K to the Phillies as part of the Brandon Workman/Heath Hembree trade last weekend, and McAdam speculates that Boston could potentially eat larger sums for higher-paid players like J.D. Martinez, Nathan Eovaldi, or Christian Vazquez in order to land a better prospect return.
Though the Angels' 9-21 record is the worst in the American League, their approach at the trade deadline could be impacted by front office uncertainty, the New York Post's Joel Sherman said in an appearance on the MLB Network (video link). "There is probably not a general manager on thinner ice…right now than Billy Eppler," Sherman notes, as the Halos are looking at their fifth straight losing season in Eppler's five-year tenure. Since Eppler's contract is up after the season, Sherman wonders if the GM would have the green light to trade anything beyond rental players. Dylan Bundy and Andrew Heaney, for instance, would draw a lot of trade interest if shopped, though both pitchers are also arbitration-controlled through 2021 and the Angels plan to contend next season.
The Orioles have a .500 record and are in the mix for a playoff berth, though both The Athletic's Dan Connolly and the Baltimore Sun's Jon Meoli figure that the team isn't likely to make any splashy rental acquisitions. As Connolly puts it, "general manager Mike Elias is focused on his big-picture plan and he's not going to alter that for the immediate gratification of a seventh or eighth seed in a short season." Meoli, meanwhile, wonders if the O's will be particularly active either as a buyer or seller at the deadline, noting that Elias didn't swing many significant deals at the 2019 trade deadline and instead waited until the offseason to move the likes of Bundy and Jonathan Villar. Between many teams' uncertain financial situations and the lack of many defined buyers or sellers, there might even more reason this year for the Orioles to hold off until the winter.
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Team Plans For Signing Undrafted Amateurs
By TC Zencka | June 13, 2020 at 10:18am CDT
Now that MLB's abbreviated 2020 draft is in the books, we can move along to the next phase of this one-off amateur signing season. Undrafted amateur players will now be free to sign with any team of their choosing, though they are capped with a signing bonus of $20K. Thus, the setup here presents a fascinating situation for amateur ballplayers and for us, those interested in parsing the ins-and-outs of roster-building. Here we have a unique situation where money will not necessarily be the driving factor for players choosing their first professional team. As players start to sign, we'll likely hear stories that shed light on player perspective, which could paint an interesting picture of how young players view different franchises around baseball. For now, we're starting to hear from teams themselves about spending limits for this class of amateur free agents. We'll use this post to update those strategies as they trickle in…
The Giants have no apparent limits when it comes to signing amateur free agents now that the draft is completed. John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle provides a primer for this period of amateur free agents, writing, "The process starts at 6 a.m. Sunday, and the Giants will compete with the other 29 teams for the best available talent. But rather than outspending the others, all they can do is try to outsell them and offer appealing opportunities." Given the Giants' current position as a team looking to infuse as much young talent as possible, one would expect them to be aggressive in their attempts to add players from this pool. Obviously, more players than usual will be returning to college or committing to school as high school graduates, but given the volatility of the MLB draft under normal circumstances, it's fair to expect a quality player or two to emerge from this pool of undrafted amateurs.
The Marlins are planning on limiting their pool of undrafted amateur free agents to 10 signings or less, per Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald (Twitter links). Along with their six drafted players, all of whom are expected to sign, the Marlins can expect an influx of 16 players max.
Similarly, the Mariners don't expect to go hog wild with this year's class of undrafted amateur. Per MLB.com's Corey Brock, the Mariners' Scouting Director Scott Hunter said the Mariners will only be signing between five and ten amateur free agents.
The Royals, meanwhile, are ready to shop, tweets Jeff Rosen of the Kansas City Star. The Royals could be big-time players in this sphere, as they've generated some goodwill recently because of their treatment of minor league players. Kansas City might not typically be a major free agent draw, but for amateur players, it's a different story. The Royals have the opportunity and a long track record of highly valuing their own players. For players looking for their first professional contract, the Royals have a lot to offer. Among other things, they're ready to be aggressive. GM Dayton Moore has the green light to "sign as many of those guys as we can," per Lynn Worthy of the Kansas City Star.
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Rounding Up The Latest Minor League Cuts
By TC Zencka and George Miller | May 30, 2020 at 4:34pm CDT
Yesterday brought a slew of news regarding minor league ballplayers. Players like T.J. Rivera, Carlos Asuaje and Juremi Profar were returned to the free-agent pool after rounds of cuts from their minor league teams. There was also a smattering of good news, including a report of David Price giving $1K to each minor leaguer on the Dodgers' 40-man roster.
Today brings a new round of news about how teams are deciding to treat their minor league players during this trying time. While these cuts seem gaudy, it's important to note that most teams waited on their spring training cuts, actually extending the pay for many of the players now being cut loose. Every year a round of these cuts occur, and it's not solely an effect of the coronavirus shutdown. That said, Baseball America's JJ Cooper is compiling a running list of the number of players released by each organization and comparing those numbers to their releases in 2019 and 2018. As news continues to filter out little by little about each organization's cuts, let's try to round up some of that info here…
The Giants cut 20 players from their minor league system on Thursday, per Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Diamondbacks have been the most egregious offenders in this department with 62 players released, as noted by Cooper, while MLB Network's Jon Heyman had the number of Dback releases at 64.
It's not clear if we have the entire list of minor league players released by the Rockies, but The Athletic's Nick Groke has a list of 15 players with confirmed releases. Groke notes that the Rockies refused comment or confirmation.
Cooper also listed the 30 players released by the Braves this week. He notes 31 released last year at this time and 24 the year before.
The Mets released 39 players, including right-hander Nick Rumbelow, formerly of the Yankees and Mariners. The Mets, of course, are weighing options in terms of selling the franchise after reporting losses of up to $150MM even if an 82-game season eventually gets underway.
The Phillies released T.J. Rivera, but a comprehensive list of players released by the Phillies isn't yet known.
Jim Goulart of Brewerfan.net tweets a list of 30 minor leaguers released by the Brewers thus far, though the list may be incomplete. Goulart compiled the list from milb.com. Veteran Andres Blanco was among those released.
The Cubs' total list of releases reached 28 by the end of the day yesterday, with Brock Stewart and Asuaje two of the better-known names.
The Nationals have released more than 30 minor leaguers, per Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic, a number that includes many of their minor league free agents. The club has committed to pay minor league players $300 weekly through June.
The Reds and Cardinals are said to have released payers, but the number of players released isn't clear at this time. Big picture, the Reds have committed to paying their remaining minor leaguers through the end of the minor league season in early September.
The Pirates have yet to release any minor league players, according to Rob Biertempfel of The Athletic, though he adds that the club is still deliberating on roster moves so such a decision can't be ruled out. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh has committed to paying players through at least June.
The Rays released "20 or so" players, as per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
The Mariners released more than 50 minor leaguers.
The Astros released 17 players, all listed here in a tweet from Baseball America's JJ Cooper. Cooper recalls the Astros number of player cuts from past years, comparing this year's 18 released players in March through May to 10 players released in 2019 and 24 in 2018.
The Orioles cuts came out early, with 37 players listed.
The White Sox let go of 25 players, including Josue Guerrero.
The Red Sox released 22 players, with Nick Lovullo and Profar two players with some name recognition who are among those released.
The Twins and Royals are bringing the best bit of news, as neither organization has made cuts to their minor leaguer systems. Given the number of releases league-wide, it's a notable decision from these clubs.
The Athletics, meanwhile, have informed their minor leaguers that their pay will be suspended as of May 31.
The Blue Jays have released 29 minor league players, according to Shi Davidi of Sportsnet. On the bright side, retained players will be paid through the end of June.
On the plus side, teams like the Marlins, Padres, and Mariners will pay their minor leaguers through the end of the season, though releases are still considered a normal course of business. Many clubs have committed to paying their minor leaguers either through the end of June or the end of August.
The Athletic's Alec Lewis shed some light on the Royals' mindset, providing a quote from Royals GM Dayton Moore (via Twitter). Among other insights, Moore said, "…we felt it was really, really important not to release one minor league player during this time, a time we needed to stand behind them."
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How To Get A Job In Baseball, According To GMs
By Tim Dierkes | April 4, 2020 at 1:22am CDT
Working in baseball operations for a Major League team is a dream job for many baseball fanatics. If front office job-seekers are being honest, the pinnacle would be to one day land in the GM's chair and call the shots on trades, free agent signings, and draft picks. But in such a competitive field, how do you stand out? What should you focus on to become as appealing as possible to an MLB team in a job interview?
Seven years ago, I polled many MLB executives on their advice for high school students with front office aspirations. With so many new executives in the game since then, I decided to move a bit further down the career path and ask this question:
What one piece of advice would you give to a college student who hopes to work in baseball operations one day?
I posed this question to many of MLB's top-ranking baseball operations executives. Just like the rest of us, these people are currently sheltered in place with their families trying to get some work done in these difficult and strange times. The following ten execs kindly took the time to answer my question: Ross Atkins of the Blue Jays, Jeff Bridich of the Rockies, Ben Cherington of the Pirates, James Click of the Astros, Mike Elias of the Orioles, Derek Falvey of the Twins, Matt Kleine of the Brewers, Dayton Moore of the Royals, Brodie Van Wagenen of the Mets, and Dick Williams of the Reds. Their answers are below.
I always think of the creative examples of how several of the current team's GMs and Presidents got their foot in the door when asked this question. Without sharing those ideas specifically, I tell the individual who asked to think of something that they can bring to the table today that would be beneficial for a baseball operations team. Is there something that they do or can do that would have an immediate impact even if very small. It could be data analysis, programming, scouting, performance coaching, or leadership/communication application but ideally in the form of a project or deliverable and in a perfect world something that the organization doesn't already have.
I believe that if those looking to get into baseball have excelled in other arenas they should think about how they have done that and share that in a way that is applicable to baseball as that is usually an attractive approach to those who are deciding to add to their operations teams. – Ross Atkins, Blue Jays Executive Vice President, Baseball Operations & General Manager
In terms of trying to trying to get into the world of baseball operations out of college, mindset and attitude will determine a lot. Create for yourself a mindset built around relentlessness, flexibility and hard work. The typical college school year and/or graduation timeframe do not lineup perfectly with when most Major League teams are hiring. So there could be some lag time between leaving college and getting hired.
Also, there usually are hundreds, maybe thousands, more applicants for jobs than there are jobs available. So chances are you'll hear a bunch of "Nos" before you hear a "Yes". That's where relentlessness, flexibility and work ethic come into play. Your first opportunity in the baseball industry may not come in the perfect shape, size and package that you desire – but that's OK. Be flexible in what you are willing to do and where you're willing to work (be that departmentally or geographically).
At some point in your job search, you may feel like you are being annoying or that you're bothering team employees too often. But know that relentlessness and persistence often pay off. It's tough to count up how many times we have said over the years, "You have to give that person credit for his/her persistence," whether we hired that person or not. If the worst outcome is that you are not hired (yet) but you are given credit for your relentless desire to work in the game, then it's worth it.
Finally, look at the job search process like it is a job in itself. Put in the time. Make sure your resume is as good as it possibly can be. Ask thoughtful questions of any and all people who could help you. And always be ready – after you've sent off your resume and applied for a job, you never know when a team might call you. Those people who are ready for an in-depth discussion at a moment's notice usually make a good first impression. – Jeff Bridich, Rockies Executive Vice President & General Manager
It's hard to narrow down to one but if I had to I'd say finding opportunities to solve complicated problems in groups. Almost all of the work we do in baseball operations focuses on assessing, predicting, or improving human performance. Human performance is complicated. Almost none of the work we do in baseball is done by ourselves. Just about everything we do is done by teams of people. So I'd say the more practice combining those two things the better. – Ben Cherington, Pirates General Manager
There's no magic bullet, no secret code to getting into baseball. All of us have a unique story about how we got here, so play to your strengths and put yourself in as good a position as possible to take any job that you're offered, even if – especially if – it's not in the area in which you see yourself long term. Every job is an opportunity to show what you can do, a chance to gain valuable experience and perspective on how the game works, and to make sure that this lifestyle is something you want to take on. Finally, don't get discouraged! It took a lot of us a long time to get into the game, but it's worth it. – James Click, Astros General Manager
I think there are so many public forums today to showcase your work online. Whether it's contract analysis, data analysis, or scouting evaluation that you want to do, you can start to build this body of work on your own, before anyone hires you. It is so helpful when we are interviewing when someone has a portfolio already started. It shows how you work and think, but also shows initiative and that you are truly passionate about this line of work. – Mike Elias, Orioles Executive Vice President and General Manager
I'd recommend that you don't wait around for the perfect opportunity to come your way and instead find a way to create one. People who want to work in baseball will reach out and say they're just waiting for that "break" to come their way. It's not uncommon that a year later we'll hear from them again still waiting for that opening to show up.
My suggestion – dive into a topic within the game that interests you, learn as much as you can about it, and then generate a work product that shows you have the baseline skills and passion to impact a baseball operation as soon as you walk through the door. Don't be afraid to try something because you might fail. Of all the resumes we get, it's the ones that are accompanied by a work product (and therefore a willingness to put yourself out there) that generate the most interest. – Derek Falvey, Twins President of Baseball Operations
My advice to students is to create baseball-specific opportunities for yourself. Don't wait for them to come to you. Volunteer to capture video, analyze data or operate pitch tracking software for your school's team. Connect with your Sports Information Director and ask how you can help. Learn SQL. Learn Spanish. Contact baseball-centric websites and volunteer your time. Devise your own work product that attempts to solve meaningful questions you believe are currently unanswered within the public sphere. This is especially important because providing MLB clubs with examples of self-driven work product showcases your curiosity, thought process, and reasoning. It's equally as important – if not more so – than a strong resume.
Students should also understand that our approach to hiring is shaped by our constant pursuit of the next marginal win. How can the next hire help us win games both today and in the future? Students who approach us with hard skills, novel work product and a strong resume quickly move to the front of that line. – Matt Kleine, Brewers Vice President – Baseball Operations
As it pertains to teams and front office, compatibility is the most important trait. This will only exist if you have an above and beyond attitude with the commitment to do the jobs that others simply find meaningless. You must have an "others first" mindset and model that behavior. Finally, never stop looking at this game from the eyes of your youth. – Dayton Moore, Royals Senior Vice President – Baseball Operations/General Manager
1. When interviewing with a prospective employer/executive, be specific about the area in which you want to work. Prove to your audience that you have you done the research in his/her area of focus. This will enable you to be versed enough to hold a meaningful conversation. Those who want a "PARTICULAR job" are much more compelling than those who simply just want "a job."
2. Be willing to work in any city that has an opportunity to further your pursuits. Don't let geography limit your search. – Brodie Van Wagenen, Mets Executive Vice President & General Manager
The best way to get your foot in the door is to figure out how you can solve a problem for me that I may not have even known I had. It makes for a much more effective cold call when you email your resume into an organization if you can articulate what you can do that the Reds are not doing today that could make us better. At least it makes us more likely to read further.
Keep abreast of the evolving trends in the industry and tailor your coursework accordingly. If you have baseball experience, focus on adding database management or machine learning or something technical. And if you are technically skilled, work on adding the baseball experience however you can. – Dick Williams, Reds President of Baseball Operations
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Royals Notes: Perez, First Base, Holland, Trades
By TC Zencka | December 11, 2019 at 7:17am CDT
After missing all of 2019, Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez will see extended stretches of time at first base in 2020, per The Athletic's Alec Lewis (via Twitter). Perez underwent Tommy John surgery, and the Royals are willing to be cautious with their catcher as they ease him back in behind the plate. New manager Mike Matheny can certainly commiserate, having spent so many years behind the dish himself.
By Opening Day, Perez may be the last bastion of their title team. Danny Duffy remains, and there's still a chance that Alex Gordon returns, but if Gordon retires or signs elsewhere, Perez would be the last remaining every day piece of their back-to-back pennant winning teams. Especially now that manager Ned Yost has passed the torch to Matheny, Perez represents an important daily reminder as the bridge to a successful era of Royals baseball.
Simply from a scorebook standpoint, a catcher with a strong defensive reputation who annually hits 20 home runs like Perez is extremely valuable, though poor baserunning and an extremely low walk rate have somewhat mitigated the plus sides of Perez's game. Regardless, priority one will be avoiding another lost season like 2019. Besides, neither first base nor catcher is a position of real strength for the Royals sans Perez. As with Perez's counterpart in the 2014 World Series Buster Posey, time at first base should ease the physical toll on Perez's knees, arm, and back as he prepares to enter his thirties in early May. It may be that this move will be what allows Perez to maintain his influence behind the dish for longer, if not with the workload of his younger years.
As Perez returns to service, there's some chatter about another member of the title team returning. MLB.com's Jeffrey Flanagan asked Dayton Moore about the possibility of a Greg Holland signing, to which Moore expressed some optimism. Granted, it would have been a bizarre jab for Moore to outright reject Flanagan's postulating, but Holland does fit the mold of a free agent the Royals could afford and who might have some interest in playing in Kansas City.
Holland, 34, came out the chute hot last season as the Diamondbacks closer, but he was released after 40 appearances and a 4.54 ERA/4.76 FIP. Thus continued the late-career trend of hot-and-cold for Holland, who simply couldn't find the strike zone with consistency. He can still miss bats (10.3 K/9), but 6.1 BB/9 and 6 wild pitches led to 5 blown saves and his eventual removal from the closer's role in Arizona despite 17 successful conversions.
Once released, he signed on with the Nationals, for whom he'd put together a masterful 24 games with a 0.84 ERA at the end of 2018. He didn't give up a single earned run in 9 innings for the Nats' Double-A affiliate, but he did not find his way back to the big leagues.
As for the rest of the Royals roster, Moore doesn't foresee much movement on the big league front. Whit Merrifield, Jorge Soler, and Adalberto Mondesi are parts of their core and the Royals have no intention of breaking them up, per Lynn Worthy of the Kansas City Star. There is excitement internally about the return of Perez and even Duffy gets a shoutout from Moore as having the potential to get better in the latter years of his contract. Though that's not typically the arc for pitchers on the backside of thirty, it would not be wholly unprecedented. Duffy's last two seasons have been largely forgettable as he's put together 285 2/3 innings of 4.63 ERA baseball (4.74 FIP) while making roughly 25 starts per season.
Beyond those core performers, the Royals believe in the growth potential of infielder Nicky Lopez as well as first baseman Ryan O'Hearn. Both players struggled mightily in 2019. Lopez, 24, hit an underwhelming .240/.276/.325 in 402 player appearances, and O'Hearn, 25, wasn't much better at .195/.281/.369. For players with at least 350 plate appearances, O'Hearn's 69 wRC+ ranked 5th from the bottom in the American League, while Lopez came in dead last at 56 wRC+, two points behind Chris Davis' mark of 58 wRC+.
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Winter Meetings Previews: Royals, White Sox
By TC Zencka | December 7, 2019 at 12:25pm CDT
In advance of the winter meetings, let's take a moment to quickly preview a couple teams from the American League Central…
The Kansas City Royals will look for value buys on the free agent market, per Lynn Worthy of The Kansas City Star. Given the sale of the team and the managerial transition underway, the Royals have more justification than usual for patience this offseason. With Kansas City, however, there's often a sense that internal valuations of the talent on hand differs from those of the general public. The Royals continue to present the idea that they are happy with their core, an impression bolstered by the "moon, sun, and stars" type packages the Royals are demanding for players like Whit Merrifield, Danny Duffy and Ian Kennedy. Senior VP of Baseball Ops & GM Dayton Moore refined his fence-walking trick recently while saying both, "…we're very encouraged with where we are based on how our players performed individually last year," and also, "I think we've got to upgrade everywhere, really." Pitching is definitely a target, and Moore has been active in trade discussions already, enough to have a sense of where trades might happen – though from Moore's comments, it seems the Royals are disinclined to be major players on the trade market unless opposing GMs become more amenable to Moore's ask(s). They do have four open spots on the 40-man roster and should be active in the Rule 5 draft, per The Athletic's Alec Lewis.
After being spurned by Zack Wheeler, the White Sox remain in the hunt for starting pitching, per MLB.com's Scott Merkin. Chicago was also among the teams in on Jordan Lyles before the righty signed with the Rangers, tweets the MLB Network's Jon Heyman. Their rotation candidates are currently made up of high-ceiling but largely-unestablished youngsters, fronted by 2019 breakout superstar Lucas Giolito. Speculatively, Dallas Keuchel fits nicely from a culture perspective as the perennially-attention-starved White Sox have already added Yasmani Grandal from the nobody-believes-in-us free agent pool – and they like playing with a chip on their shoulder on the southside. As for position players, Chicago boasts close to a full house now that Grandal and Jose Abreu are officially on board. With prospects Luis Robert and Nick Madrigal expected to play a large portion of 2020 in the big leagues, they have one of the more intriguing groups on that side of the ball. Still, there's definitely room to tinker around the edges, especially in the outfield, where Luis Alexander Basabe, Daniel Palka, Leury Garcia, Adam Engel, and Luis Gonzalez make up the flexible collection of candidates to join Eloy Jimenez and Robert in the outfield.
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Organizational Notes: Falvey, Red Sox, Washington, Padres, Royals
By Mark Polishuk | October 27, 2019 at 11:59am CDT
Some front office and dugout items from around the game…
Twins chief baseball officer Derek Falvey turned down a request to interview for the top baseball operations job with the Red Sox, La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. There wasn't much public news about Boston's search prior to the hiring of Chaim Bloom as the new CBO earlier this week, though there had been rumors that the Sox might have interest in Massachusetts native Falvey, and Neal indeed writes that Falvey was "high on their list of candidates." Reports from earlier this month suggested that Falvey and the Twins could be close to a contract extension, in the wake of Minnesota's 101-win season.
Braves third base coach Ron Washington was the runner-up in the Padres' managerial search and also won't be taking on a bench coach job with San Diego, Dennis Lin of The Athletic reports (subscription required). There had been speculation that Washington could provide a veteran counsel to first-time manager Jayce Tingler, though it appears that Washington will remain in his current job in Atlanta.
Lin's piece also details the risk GM A.J. Preller is taking in hiring another first-time skipper in what seems like a must-win year for the Padres. Going into such a pivotal season, however, Preller "preferred to take his chances with a candidate he clearly knows and has long held in high regard." Lin also notes that Preller originally tried to hire Tingler away from the Rangers when Preller first became San Diego's general manager back in 2014.
The general consensus has been that the Royals would wait to hire their new manager until John Sherman officially took ownership of the franchise, though GM Dayton Moore tells Lynn Worthy of the Kansas City Star that this isn't the case. "We have been given full autonomy to hire the next manager of the Kansas City Royals when we feel that we are ready and the process is complete. That could be today, tomorrow or sometime prior to the winter meetings," Moore said, noting that Sherman has already been involved in the search process." Since Moore described the front office as still being "in the middle of a very thorough process," however, a new managerial hire doesn't yet seem near. Royals special advisor and former Cardinals manager Mike Matheny has been widely seen as the favorite for the job, and to date, the only other publicly known candidates are also internal names, though the club has spoken to some external candidates.
A.J. Preller Atlanta Braves Boston Red Sox Dayton Moore Derek Falvey Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins Notes Ron Washington San Diego Padres
Report: Dayton Moore To Receive Extension Under New Royals Ownership
By Mark Polishuk | September 5, 2019 at 2:36pm CDT
The impending sale of the Royals from David Glass to John Sherman has created a lot of speculation about the team's future, though one key face within the organization doesn't appear to be changing. According to MLB Network's Jon Heyman in the latest edition of the Big Time Baseball podcast (audio link), current Royals GM Dayton Moore "will receive a long extension and be there for a long time" once Sherman officially takes control of the franchise. As a minority owner of the Indians, Sherman is no stranger to the AL Central, and thus "knows Dayton Moore well" and "is an admirer" of the GM and his work in Kansas City.
A new contract would keep Moore at the helm throughout the Royals' ongoing rebuild, which would be the second time Moore has overhauled the club since first taking the general manager job in 2006. That first rebuild, lengthy as it was though losing seasons from 2007-12, eventually paid off in major fashion. K.C. won the American League pennant in both 2014 and 2015, and captured the franchise's second-ever World Series title in 2015.
That success wasn't sustained, however, and the Royals haven't since topped the .500 mark. In fact, over Moore's 13 full seasons as general manager, Kansas City has only three winning seasons. Nonetheless, Moore is a well-respected executive throughout baseball, and he has a proven track record in shepherding a small-market team all the way to championship glory.
It isn't yet known how Sherman will operate the franchise or whether he'll authorize a higher payroll, though Moore has already demonstrated that his front office can identify and develop young talent. In fairness to Glass, he was willing to boost spending to try and extend the Royals' contention window, though many of Moore's big signings from the 2015-16 offseason (Alex Gordon, Ian Kennedy, Chris Young) didn't pan out.
Moore's current deal is believed to run through the 2020 season, though the exact terms of his 2016 extension weren't officially revealed. Heyman thinks the Royals may have given Moore another extension in the aftermath of the 2017 offseason, when the Braves heavily pursued Moore (who worked in Atlanta's front office prior to taking Kansas City's GM job) to run their vacant baseball operations department after John Coppolella's shocking resignation as general manager.
While Moore may not be going anywhere, the same might not be true of manager Ned Yost, as Heyman said "the likelihood is that [the Royals] will move on." Though Moore has given his skipper more or less permanent job security, the 65-year-old Yost has indicated in the past that he is taking things on a year-to-year basis, even once citing the end of the 2019 season as a potential endpoint. Yost is nearing the end of his 16th season as a Major League, and his 10th in Kansas City. Yost will soon meet with Royals officials to discuss his future, Heyman said, with these meetings possibly taking place as early as this week.
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"""
django-helpdesk - A Django powered ticket tracker for small enterprise.

(c) Copyright 2008 Jutda. All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE for details.

urls.py - Mapping of URL's to our various views. Note we always used NAMED
          views for simplicity in linking later on.
"""

from django.conf import settings
import django
if django.get_version().startswith("1.3"):
	from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
else:
	from django.conf.urls import *
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required

from helpdesk import settings as helpdesk_settings
from helpdesk.views.public_gv import TicketDetails, CreateTicket, UpdateTicket, ChangeLanguage
from helpdesk.views import feeds, api, kb
from helpdesk.views.staff_gv import TicketStaffView, TicketListView, Dashboard, TicketMassUpdate, \
        TicketCreateView, TicketUpdateView, TicketEditView, TicketUpdateView, TicketDeleteView

from django.views.generic import TemplateView
class DirectTemplateView(TemplateView):
    extra_context = None
    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        context = super(self.__class__, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
        if self.extra_context is not None:
            for key, value in self.extra_context.items():
                if callable(value):
                    context[key] = value()
                else:
                    context[key] = value
        return context

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^dashboard/$',
        Dashboard.as_view(),
        name='helpdesk_dashboard'),

    url(r'^tickets/$',
        TicketListView.as_view(),
        name='helpdesk_list'),

    url(r'^tickets/update/$',
        TicketMassUpdate.as_view(),
        name='helpdesk_mass_update'),

    #url(r'^tickets/submit/$',
    #    TicketCreateView.as_view(),
    #    name='helpdesk_submit'),

    url(r'^tickets/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$',
        TicketStaffView.as_view(),
        name='helpdesk_ticket_staff_view'),

    """
    url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/followup_edit/(?P<followup_id>[0-9]+)/$',
        staff.followup_edit,
        name='helpdesk_followup_edit'),

    url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/followup_delete/(?P<followup_id>[0-9]+)/$',
        staff.followup_delete,
        name='helpdesk_followup_delete'),

    url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/edit/$',
        TicketEditView.as_view(),
        name='helpdesk_edit'),

    #url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/update/$',
    #    TicketUpdateView.as_view(),
    #    name='helpdesk_update'),

    url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/delete/$',
        TicketDeleteView.as_view(),
        name='helpdesk_delete'),

    url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/hold/$',
        staff.hold_ticket,
        name='helpdesk_hold'),

    url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/unhold/$',
        staff.unhold_ticket,
        name='helpdesk_unhold'),

    url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/cc/$',
        staff.ticket_cc,
        name='helpdesk_ticket_cc'),

    url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/cc/add/$',
        staff.ticket_cc_add,
        name='helpdesk_ticket_cc_add'),

    url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/cc/delete/(?P<cc_id>[0-9]+)/$',
        staff.ticket_cc_del,
        name='helpdesk_ticket_cc_del'),

    url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/dependency/add/$',
        staff.ticket_dependency_add,
        name='helpdesk_ticket_dependency_add'),

    url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/dependency/delete/(?P<dependency_id>[0-9]+)/$',
        staff.ticket_dependency_del,
        name='helpdesk_ticket_dependency_del'),

    url(r'^tickets/(?P<ticket_id>[0-9]+)/attachment_delete/(?P<attachment_id>[0-9]+)/$',
        staff.attachment_del,
        name='helpdesk_attachment_del'),

    url(r'^raw/(?P<type>\w+)/$',
        staff.raw_details,
        name='helpdesk_raw'),

    url(r'^rss/$',
        staff.rss_list,
        name='helpdesk_rss_index'),

    url(r'^reports/$',
        staff.report_index,
        name='helpdesk_report_index'),

    url(r'^reports/(?P<report>\w+)/$',
        staff.run_report,
        name='helpdesk_run_report'),

    url(r'^save_query/$',
        staff.save_query,
        name='helpdesk_savequery'),

    url(r'^delete_query/(?P<id>[0-9]+)/$',
        staff.delete_saved_query,
        name='helpdesk_delete_query'),

    url(r'^settings/$',
        staff.user_settings,
        name='helpdesk_user_settings'),

    url(r'^ignore/$',
        staff.email_ignore,
        name='helpdesk_email_ignore'),

    url(r'^ignore/add/$',
        staff.email_ignore_add,
        name='helpdesk_email_ignore_add'),

    url(r'^ignore/delete/(?P<id>[0-9]+)/$',
        staff.email_ignore_del,
        name='helpdesk_email_ignore_del'),
    """
]

urlpatterns += [
    url(r'^rss/user/(?P<user_name>[^/]+)/$',
        login_required(feeds.OpenTicketsByUser()),
        name='helpdesk_rss_user'),

    url(r'^rss/user/(?P<user_name>[^/]+)/(?P<queue_slug>[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)/$',
        login_required(feeds.OpenTicketsByUser()),
        name='helpdesk_rss_user_queue'),

    url(r'^rss/queue/(?P<queue_slug>[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)/$',
        login_required(feeds.OpenTicketsByQueue()),
        name='helpdesk_rss_queue'),

    url(r'^rss/unassigned/$',
        login_required(feeds.UnassignedTickets()),
        name='helpdesk_rss_unassigned'),

    url(r'^rss/recent_activity/$',
        login_required(feeds.RecentFollowUps()),
        name='helpdesk_rss_activity'),
]

urlpatterns += [
    url(r'^api/(?P<method>[a-z_-]+)/$',
        api.api,
        name='helpdesk_api'),

    url(r'^login/$',
        auth_views.login,
        {'template_name': 'helpdesk/registration/login.html'},
        name='login'),

    url(r'^logout/$',
        auth_views.logout,
        {'template_name': 'helpdesk/registration/login.html', 'next_page': '../'},
        name='logout'),
]

if helpdesk_settings.HELPDESK_KB_ENABLED:
    urlpatterns += [
        url(r'^kb/$',
            kb.index,
            name='helpdesk_kb_index'),

        url(r'^kb/(?P<item>[0-9]+)/$',
            kb.item,
            name='helpdesk_kb_item'),

        url(r'^kb/(?P<item>[0-9]+)/vote/$',
            kb.vote,
            name='helpdesk_kb_vote'),

        url(r'^kb/(?P<slug>[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)/$',
            kb.category,
            name='helpdesk_kb_category'),
    ]

urlpatterns += [
    url(r'^api/$',
        TemplateView.as_view(template_name='helpdesk/help_api.html'),
        name='helpdesk_api_help'),

    url(r'^help/context/$',
        TemplateView.as_view(template_name='helpdesk/help_context.html'),
        name='helpdesk_help_context'),

    url(r'^system_settings/$',
        DirectTemplateView.as_view(template_name='helpdesk/system_settings.html'),
        name='helpdesk_system_settings'),
]

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Thanks to our reader Hugo Renken, we found out that Little Cow, a very interesting Hungarian band, will be at Sziget this year. It is confirmed on their MySpace page (visit it to check out their songs). They will play Sziget on August 13th, starting at 23:00 hours, on the Aranyi Aszok Stage.


text:
Q: update notification tickerText i created a notification inside my background service
notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
        final Intent i = new Intent(this, MapsActivity.class);
        i.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
        final PendingIntent pending = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, i, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
        final Notification notification = new Notification.Builder(this)
                .setVibrate(new long[] { 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000 })
                .setTicker("text")
                .setContentTitle("text")
                .setContentText("text")
                .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher)
                .setContentIntent(pending)
                .setWhen(when)
                .setAutoCancel(true).build();
        notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
        notificationManager.notify(1000, notification);
        startForeground(1000, notification);

after doing stuff i want to update the tickerText , the contentTitle and the contentText of my existing notification. Is it possible to do?

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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Author: joybucket
are like me music you
Are you like me? Music edition!
Created by joybucket and taken 14 times on Bzoink
You like to sing.
You are good a singer.
You've gotten a lot of compliments on your singing voice.
You've sung in a choir.
You went on a choir trip to Chicago.
You went on a choir trip to see Wicked.
Grease is your favorite musical.
You don't play any instruments.
You can tap dance.
You love to dance.
You dance in church.
You've led worship through dancing.
You've been told you should sing solos.
...but you've never sung one.
...and you want to.
You don't listen to mainstream music much.
You listen to some of the same music as your mom.
You liked boy bands growing up.
You had a Britney Spears album.
You had a boombox.
...specifically, a purple boombox.
You used to write songs.
You used to write songs and record them with your brother.
Your brother is a drummer.
Your brother is a great music composer.
You were in dance classes growing up.
You used to bring a tambourine to church to dance with.
You've also brought fans/silks to church to dance with.
You love to dance in church.
You were in advanced dance classes.
You wish you had been in competitive dance and/or more advanced classes.
...because you were talented enough for it.
You can't read music.
You tried to learn to read music, and you always hated it.
You took piano lessons and hated it.
You took voice lessons and thought they were pointless.
You've performed in a musical.
You still have CDs.
...but you got rid of a lot of CDs from your childhood.
You mostly use youtube to listen to music.
You watch a lot of music videos.
You love Casting Crowns latest album.
You like Taylor Swift's old music better.
You listen to a variety of music.
...and a variety of genres.
You like Celtic music.
You wish you could play guitar.
You tried to play guitar and couldn't do it.
Your best friend in high school played guitar.
You sound like your mom when you sing.
Your dad can play guitar.
...but rarely does.
Your mom can play piano.
...but she sold her piano.
Your mom used to sing on the worship team at church.
You've been told you should sing on the worship team at church.
You were in Color Guard.
You are a soprano.
..but teachers were always putting you in the alto section, & you hated it.
You can't sing alto.
You love to worship/sing in church.
You sing in the shower.
You sing along to music.
You have a CD player.
You listened to the radio when you had a car.
You listen to Christian music the most.
...but you also like Celtic
....and some pop
....and some country
....and some rock.
You have a high-pitched voice.
You've been told you sound like an angel.
You like to draw treble clef signs.
You don't know many classical hymns.
You've seen Aaron Carter in concert.
You don't go to concerts much.
You wish you could afford to go to more concerts.
You've seen Play in concert.
You've seen the A*Teens in concert.
Your first CD was A*Teens.
You took ballet and thought it was boring.
You always wanted to do gymnastics
...but your parents wouldn't let you.
You used to own an A*teens shirt.
You've seen The Cheetah Girls in concert.
You love musicals.
You've seen Wicked in Chicago.
Music has always been a part of your life.
You love singing songs around the campfire.
You used to want to be in a music group when you were a kid.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
The Monthly Christian Spectator. 1851-1859
with great reluctance, to consent to what she proposed, regarding it only as a temporary measure.
The first day's experience of Jessie under the roof of Mrs. Freeman is known to the reader. It was a painful experience, but she bore it in the right spirit. After that, she was careful to confine herself to the part of the house assigned her as a servant and inferior, and never ventured upon the least familiarity with any one. Her duty to the children who were committed to her charge was faithfully performed, and she received, regularly, her wages, according to contract, and there the relation between her and this family ceased. Day after day, week after week, and month after month, did Jessie Hampton, uncheered by an approving smile or friendly word, discharge her duties. But she had within, to sustain her, a consciousness that she was doing right, and a firm trust in an all-wise and merciful Providence.
Mrs. Carlton remained her steady friend, and Jessie spent an evening at her house almost every week, and frequently met there many of her old acquaintances. Of her treatment in the house of Mrs. reeman she never spoke, and when questioned on the subject avoided giving a direct answer.
Mr. Hartman's struggle proved to be a hard one. Harassed by claims that he could not pay off at once, his credit almost entirely gone, and the capital upon which he was doing business limited to a few score pounds, he found it almost impossible to make any headway. In a year from the time Jessie had relieved him from the burden of her support, so far from being encouraged by the result of his efforts, he felt like abandoning all as hopeless. There are always those who are ready to give small credits to a man whom they believe to be honest, even though once unfortunate in business ; but for such favours Mr. Hartman could not have kept up thus far. Now the difficulty was to pay the few notes given as they became due.
A note of 1001. was to fall due on the next day, and Mr. Hartman found himself with but 201. to meet it. The firm from which he had bought the goods for which the note was given had trusted him when others refused credit to the amount of a single pound, and had it in their power to forward his interests very greatly if he was punctual in his payments. It was the first bill of goods they had sold him, and Hartman could not go to them for assistance in taking up the note, for th would effectually cut off all hope of further credit. He could not borrow, for there was no one to lend him money. There was a time when he could have borrowed thousands on his word; but now he knew that it would be folly to ask for even hundreds.
In a state of deep discouragement, he left his store in the evening and went home. After tea, while sitting alone, Jessie, who came to see him often, tapped at his door.
· Are you not well?' she asked, with much concern, as soon as the smile with which he greeted her faded from his face, and she saw its drooping expression. • Yes, dear,' he replied, trying to arouse himself and appear
cheerful ; but the effort was in vain.
'Indeed, uncle, you are not well,' remarked Jessie, breaking in upon a longer period of silent abstraction into which Mr. Hartman had fallen, after in vain trying to converse cheerfully with his niece.
'I am well enough in body, Jessie; but my mind is a little anxious just now,' he replied.
Isn't your business going on as well as you expected?' inquired the affectionate girl.
I am sorry to say that it is not,' returned Mr. Hartman. 'In fact, I see but little hope of succeeding. I have no capital, and the little credit I possess is likely to be destroyed through my inability to sustain it. I certainly did anticipate a better reward for my efforts, and am the more disappointed at this result. To think that, for the want of 607. or 70%., the struggle of a whole year must prove in vain! As yet, even that small sum I cannot command.'
The face of Jessie flushed instantly, as her uncle uttered the last two
sentences.
'And will so small an amount as 607, or 701. save you from what you fear?' she asked, in a trembling voice.
'Yes, even so small an amount as that.
But the sum might as well
be thousands. I cannot command it.'
'You can, uncle!' replied Jessie, with a glow of exultation on her cheek, and a spirit of joy in her voice. I have the money. Oh! it is the happiest hour of my life!'
And sinking forward, she laid her now weeping face upon the breast of her uncle. Her tears were the outgushing waters of gladness.
'You have the money, child?' said Mr. Hartman, after the lapse of a few moments. Where did you get it?'
'I have had no need to spend my salary.'
'Your salary! Have you saved it all?'
Every pound. I had clothing sufficient, and there was no other want to take it from me. Dear uncle, how happy it makes me to think that I have it in my power to aid you! Would that the sum was tens of thousands!'
Mr. Hartman, as soon as the first surprise was over, said, with evident emotion
'Jessie, I cannot express how much this incident has affected me. But, deeply grateful to you as I feel for such an evidence of your love, I must push back the hand that would force this aid upon me. I will not be unjust to you. I will not take your hard earnings to run the risk of losing them.'
A shadow passed over the face of Jessie, and her voice was touched with something like grief as she replied
How can you speak to me thus, uncle? How can you push back my hand when, in love, it seeks to smooth the pillow upon which your troubled head is resting? Would you deny me a higher gratification than I have ever known? No-no-you cannot !'
Mr. Hartman was bewildered. He felt as if it would be a kind of sacrilege to take the money of his niece, yet how could he positively refuse to do so? Apart from the necessity of his circumstances, there
was the cruelty of doing violence to the generous love that had so freely tendered relief. In the end, all objections had to yield, and Mr. Hartman was saved from a second disaster, which would have entirely prostrated him, by the money that Jessie had earned and saved.
A short time after the occurrence of this circumstance, the Freemans gave a large party. Mrs. Carlton, who was present, said to Mrs. Freeman, an hour after the company had assembled
• Where is Miss Hampton I've been looking for her all the evening. Isn't she well?
What Miss Hampton do you mean?' asked Mrs. Freeman, drawing herself up with an air cold and dignified.
• Miss Jessie Hampton,' replied Mrs. Carlton.
Sure enough!' said a young man, who was sitting by, and who had been attentive to Fanny Freeman; where is Miss Hampton? I haven't seen her for a long time. What can have become of her? Is she dead, or is she married ?"
"Her uncle, I suppose you know, failed in business, and has become poor,' replied Mrs Carlton.
• True. I was perfectly aware of that, but didn't reflect that poverty was a social crime. And is it possible that so lovely a girl as Jessie Hampton has been excluded from the circle she so graced with her presence, because of this change in her uncle's circumstances ? '
• It is true to a very great extent, Mr. Edgar,' returned Mrs. Carlton, though I am glad to say that there are a few who can appreciate the real gold of her character, and who love her as truly and esteem her as highly as ever they did.'
A worthy few, and if I were only so fortunate as to fall in company with her, I would be one of the number. Is she here to-night?'
The young man looked at Mrs. Freeman, and became aware, from the expression of her face, that the subject was disagreeable to her. With easy politeness he changed the theme of conversation; but as soon as opportunity offered, sought out Mrs. Carlton, and asked a question or two more about Jessie.
• What has become of Miss Hampton? I should really like to know,' he said.
Mrs. Carlton could only reply direct, and she answered,
"She is living in this family in the capacity of governess.'
• Indeed! I have been visiting here, off and on, for a twelvemonth, but have neither seen her nor heard her name mentioned. Are you sure?'
• Oh, yes. I procured her the situation more than a year ago, and see her almost every week.'
• This being the case, and it also being plain that her worth is not. appreciated here, our remarks a little while ago could not have been very pleasant to the ears of Mrs. Freeman.'
• I presume not,' was returned.
The young man became thoughtful, and, in a little while, withdrew from the crowded rooms and left the house. He was the son of a wealthy merchant, and had recently come into his father's business as
a partner. It was to the firm of Edgar and Son that the note of Mr. Hartman, which Jessie had aided him to take up, had been due.
On the day succeeding the party at Mrs. Freeman's, Mr. Hartman came in to purchase some goods, and, after selecting them, asked if he could have the usual credit.
Certainly,' replied old Mr. Edgar; and to double the amount of the bill.'
Hartman thanked the merchant, and retired.
"You know the 1007. note that he paid last week?' said Mr. Edgar, speaking to his son, and alluding to Hartman, who had just left.
'I do.'
Well, I heard something about that note this morning that really touched my feelings. Hartman spoke of the circumstances to a friend, and that friend-betraying, I think, the confidence reposed in him-related it to me, not knowing that we were the parties to which the note had been paid. On that note he was near failing again.'
'Indeed! And yet you have just sold to him freely.'
"I have. But such are my feelings that I would risk 1,000l. to keep him up. I know him to be a man of strict honesty.'
There is no doubt of that,' replied the son.
You remember his niece, I suppose?' said old Mr. Edgar. 'Oh, very well.'
'When Mr. Hartman's circumstances became reduced, she, of her own free choice, relieved him of the burden of her support, and assumed the arduous and toilsome duties of a governess in one of our wealthy families, where she has ever since been. On the evening before the note of which I spoke was due, she called to see her uncle, and found him in trouble. For some time he concealed the cause, but so earnest was she in her affectionate entreaties to know why he was unhappy, that he told her the reason. He was again embarrassed in his business, and, for want of a few pounds, which one circumstanced as he was could not borrow, was in danger of being again broken up. To his astonishment, Jessie announced the fact that she had the sum he wanted, saved from her salary as governess. He at first refused to take it, but she would listen to no denial.'
'Noble girl!' exclaimed the young man.
'She must be one in a thousand,' said Mr. Edgar.
She is one in ten thousand!' replied the son, enthusiastically. 'And yet worth like hers is passed over for the tinsel of wealth. Do you know in whose family she is governess?'
'I do not.'
'I can tell you. She is in the family of Mr. Freeman.'
'Ah!'
'Yes. You know they gave a party last night?'
'Miss Hampton was not present.'
'As much as might have been inferred.'
'And yet there was no young lady in the room her equal in all that goes to make up the character of a lovely woman.'
'Well, my son,' replied the old gentleman, all I have to say is, that I look upon this young lady as possessing excellences of character far outweighing all the endowments of wealth. Money! It may take to itself wings in a day; but virtue like hers is as abiding as eternity. If your heart is not otherwise interested, and you feel so inclined, win her if you can. Another like her may never cross your path. With such a woman as your wife, you need not tremble at the word adversity.'
The young man did not reply. What his thoughts were, his actions subsequently attested.
After the party, to the distant coldness with which Mrs. Freeman had treated Jessie since she came into her house, were added certain signs of dislike, quickly perceived by the maiden. In addressing her Mrs. Freeman exhibited, at times, a superciliousness that was particularly offensive. But Jessie checked the indignant feelings that arose in her bosom, and, in conscious rectitude of character, went on faithfully discharging her duties. Since the timely aid she had been able to bring her uncle, she had a new motive for effort, and went through her daily task with a more cheerful spirit.
One day, about six months after the occurrence of the party which has been mentioned, Jessie, a little to the surprise of Mrs. Freeman, gave that lady notice that, at a certain time not far off, she would terminate her engagement with her. The only reason she gave was, that the necessity which took her from home no longer remained. At the time mentioned, Jessie left, although Mrs. Freeman, urged by other members of the family, who could better appreciate the young lady's worth, offered a considerable increase of salary as an inducement to remain.
'What do you think?' exclaimed Fanny, about three weeks subsequently, throwing open the parlour door, where the family had assembled just before tea. 'Jessie Hampton's married!'
'What!' ejaculated Mrs. Freeman. Married?'
Oh, yes, sure enough,' said Mr. Freeman. I heard of it a little while before I left my counting-house. And more surprising still, she is married to young Edgar.'
'Oh, no!' responded Mrs. Freeman, incredulously. It's some mistake. Never! It cannot be."
Oh but it is a fact, mother,' said Fanny, with ill-concealed chagrin. 'Lizzy Martin was her bridesmaid. They were married at Mrs. Carlton's this morning, and the whole bridal party has gone off to Saratoga.'
'He's got a good wife,' remarked the brother of Mrs. Freeman, in his quiet way. I always liked that young man, and like him better than ever now. I knew he was a fellow of good sense; but he has showed himself to possess more of that sterling material than I thought.'
Mr. Freeman also gave his opinion, and in doing so, expressed himself pretty freely in regard to the treatment Jessie had received while in the house. As for his wife, when the truth assumed an


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This workbook was designed for the successful career woman who wants a balanced romantic relationship that supports her dreams too. It is full of assessment and journaling questions to help her reflect on her overall work-life balance, her relationship vision, her dating action plan or her existing relationship balance. It even includes a chore list, a Resource List and a couple's vision document so that couples can break down the action steps they need to take to create a mutually supportive balanced relationship at work and at home.
I believe that this shift in balanced romantic relationships is the third wave of Feminism and it's also ultimately the next important shift for humanity. Both men and women can benefit from integrating their archetypally feminine and masculine energies and roles. Men will become more comfortable and fluent in their relationships with their children and with domestic roles and women will continue to grow and leave their mark in the outer world, in their careers. Our children will learn that work and home spheres are not tied to gender roles and they too will grow up whole and will engage in more balanced and loving romantic partnerships themselves.
This workbook has 20 exercises and 3 main sections: An overall Life assessment, a Dating Assessment for single Mars women and a Long Term-Relationship/Marriage section for Mars women in relationships who are looking to create a new balance. No matter what your life stage this book should help you to create more inner and outer balance so that you have work and life success.
This workbook will take you on a personal journey to discover who you are and what you most want in your relationship. This manual will help you and your partner assess where you currently are and how to co-create the best balance for you both going forward.
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Buy It Or Burn It Press Release
"Buy It or Burn It" Holds A Comedian's DVD Collection Hostage Unless the Audience Pays Up
"Buy It or Burn It" is a weekly show where host John Rael sits down with fresh, young stand-up comics from around LA and wisecracks on selections from his DVD collection, then offers those DVDs for sale to the audience. If the audience doesn't buy them off eBay by the next episode, John sets those DVDs on fire.
Hollywood, CA (October 15th, 2018) – "Buy It or Burn It" is a weekly show where host, John Rael, banters and jokes about selections from his DVD collection with a rotating group of young stand-up comics from around Los Angeles. Any DVDs riffed on for that episode will be offered to the audience for sale over eBay. Any DVDs that aren't sold will be burnt to a crisp by John in the next episode. Alternatively, an audience member can buy a DVD, burn or otherwise destroy it themselves, record a video of the destruction, and send it to Buy it or Burn It where it will be featured on the next episode. The show will run for nearly 40 episodes for its first season and will feature over 200 DVDs.
"I think this might be the first show where items for sale are being publicly held hostage," jokes John Rael, the host of Buy It or Burn It. "If I want to watch a movie, I get it on Netflix. Everything has gone streaming. Buy It or Burn It is a way to say goodbye to my worthless DVD collection while having fun and getting laughs with some great comedians,"
Upcoming episodes of Buy It or Burn It will include a diverse, talented, and hilarious rotating group of co-host comedians who have performed at comedy clubs and sketch shows around Los Angeles, including The Comedy Store, Second City, Laugh Factory, The Improv, and The Lab. The co-hosts include Kelsey Lane, Izzy Salhani, Lish Bliss, Leah Morningstar, Ray Anderson, Quincy Johnson II, Pallavi Gunalan, William L. Toussaint, and Kat Dekari. The title music for the show was created by composer Anthony Shea, whose work has been featured on Showtime's Shameless.
Buy It or Burn It will be featured on host John Rael's SkepticallyPwnd Channel. To learn more and watch episodes, you can visit skepticallypwnd.com.
About the Buy It or Burn It Team:
Buy It or Burn It is the brainchild of its host, John Rael – whose love of film and indifference to his DVD collection helped to inspire this project. Rael is the founder and "lead kicker" of the channel SkepticallyPwnd.com. He also acts as head videographer and editor for Dr. Randy Olson at Raleigh Studios (scienceneedsstory.com) and produces videos for Michael Shermer (skeptic.com).
About the Co-Hosts
Buy It or Burn It will include a rotating cast of co-host comedians from around the Los Angeles area who include:
Ray Anderson trained and performed at Second City in Chicago before moving on to perform stand-up across the country and opening for acts like Bill Burr, Sebastian Maniscalco, Pauly Shore, Steve Byrne.
Lish Bliss is an actor, director and comedian who received a full scholarship to a prestigious comedy program and has directed of a number of plays, including an award-winning play at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Kat Dekari is a stand-up comedian, actor, improviser and writer who has performed in Portland, Vegas and at The World Famous Comedy Store Main Room in Los Angeles. She also has created a web series called I RAN LA and is currently performing in the False Idols sketch show at Second City Hollywood.
Pallavi Gunalan is a biomedical engineer by day and stand-up comedian by night who has performed on booked shows at The Comedy Store, The Hollywood Improv, Westside Comedy, Flappers Comedy Club, The Ice House, Mad House Comedy Club, The Comedy Palace, HaHa Cafe Comedy Club, Seattle's Comedy Underground, and the Canvas Laugh Club (Mumbai). She produces Oversharing Comedy, and, as a co-producer of Facial Recognition Comedy, was highlighted in Splitsider.
Quincy Johnson II is a comedian and actor who has featured/opened for Joey "Coco" Diaz, Darren Carter, Flip Schultz, Theo Von, Al Jackson, Greg Behrendt, Quincy Jones and more while on the road doing standup comedy. He's has also been featured on several television shows including Community on NBC, Fox's The Orville, VH1's Walk Of Shame Shuttle and BET's Real Husbands Of Hollywood.
Kelsey Lane is a comedian, musician, writer, and actress. She performs regularly at Flappers and all over the country, but gets her shameless and biting sense of humor from her upbringing in Boston, Massachusetts. Kelsey offers you her insight on sexuality, dating, family, and everyday life.
Leah Morningstar is a writer, actor, and yoga instructor in Los Angeles, California.
Izzy Salhani is a fresh up and comer who has performed her unique brand of hip and self aware comedy all over LA from the Comedy Store to the Ice House.
William L. Toussaint is an LA based actor, writer, and producer. He has a web series that he produces and performs in front of a live audience called The Mix and Serve which is described as made of one part comedy, one part journalism, and one part drinking games.
About SkepticallyPwnd:
John Rael's channel, SkepticallyPwnd, is a comedy outlet for the skeptic and science community through sketch comedy videos, takedown and analysis videos, and reviews of skeptic events and TV shows, all with a healthy dose of humor.
We are a group of comedic skeptics or skeptical comedians who have taken it upon ourselves to do battle against woo woo, pseudoscience, flim flam, hogwash, poppycock and all around bullshit!
It is not the existence of this nonsense that perturbs us (and perturbed we are). It is the fact that the majority of our fellow man still believes and participates in such nonsense that really turns our briefs into thongs. I mean, when will the madness stop?!?!?
…we don't know, but until it does, we will be here to provide the zing to other researchers hard facts, the punchline to scientific enquiry.
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My Paris Stories
The major Parisian public transport operator RATP announced via the French news agency AFP today that from 15h00 on the bus network in and around the city was "paralyzed". Just "a couple" of bus lines – out of 350 – were working normally. And all of this due to the "heavy snow falls" the city fhas faced for the last couple of hours.
The pampered Parisians?
The governor of the Ile-de-France-region has banned all heavy loads from the highways, where the traffic has ground to a halt anyway. Versailles is practically cut off, in Seine-Saint-Denis they've closed several tunnels as a matter of precaution. Now you might think: look at these pampered Parisians! Some snowflakes are enough to bring them down! But that's where you're wrong: this is serious snow, it really feels like a day in the Alps – and it is, of course, great for all people who aren't waiting for a bus.
Dreaming about a white Christmas
The pavements, the rooftops are dressed in white, the icy flakes are dancing in the air, children have snowball fights, screaming and cheering, it's a marvel. And it's a miracle, too: in recent years, Paris has hardly seen a winter like this. It is in fact unusually cold and it is unbelievably wintery out there. The Eiffel tower has been closed in the afternoon, normally that only happens if there's a real and tangible threat by terrorists. Time to start dreaming of a white Christmas, actually!


Influenza , commonly known as the flu is a contagious disease caused by an RNA virus of the orthomyxoviridae family. The name is derived from an old medical belief in unfavorable astrological " influences" as the cause of the disease.
The effects of Influenza are a lot more severe and persist longer than those of a cold. Recovery takes about one to two weeks with the flu. The flu can be deadly, especially for the weak, old, or chronically ill.


Once application development is complete, we need to move deployment packages to the production environment. To simplify the deployment process Microsoft has provides a utility tool called the deployment manifest which takes care of the package deployment. However, if your package utilizes transactions we need to take some measures in order to avoid connection related errors.
This article focuses on creation on deployment of packages and steps to consider before running a package with transactions in the production environment.
How to Create Deployment Manifest File?
XML Configuration is the most widely mostly used method and the simpliest way to create the package configuration therefore I will be using this approach for this demonstration. Though most people also prefer building their package configurations using a SQL Server table since we can apply table encryption.
XML is inherently less secure as it is more vulnerable to the security attacks since the user name and password to your database are viewable in the XML file.
1. To begin with applying the package configuration, right click anywhere in the control flow tab and click on package configurations. A package configuration wizard will open which will help you with the guided steps to create the package configurations for your package.
3. Click on the Add button and click Next.
4. Select the type of the configuration file and provide a suitable file name.
5. Click on the connection strings checkbox in the connection manager folder. Click Next.
6. Give a suitable name for the configuration for the particular package.
I intend to use the same package configuration file throughout the solution, so that the package connection can be configured in the same file and will be reflected across all the files at the same time.
Follow steps 1-4 and browse to the previously stored configuration file. When you specify the existing configuration file you ewill be prompted whether you want to overwrite the existing file or reuse the existing file. I will choose the reuse existing option.
Provide a name for the configuration file and click finish.
We need to make following changes in the solution properties in order to create the deployment utility.
1. Right Click on the solution and go to properties.
2. Click on the deployment utility tab on the left and set the createdeploymentutility property to true. You can also specify the Deployment output path to a separate folder. This folder is important as the deployment manifest file along with the required packages in the solution will be placed in this folder.
3. Build the solution by right clicking on the Solution and clicking Build.
4. Go to the Project Folder->bin->Deployment you will see the required files with the manifest file with the name same as of the project.
Double click on the deployment manifest file to start the deployment of the packages. a wizard will open to guide you step by step towards the deployment.
Please note when deploying the parent/child packages deploy the child first in SQL Server and then while creating the parent package select SQL Server as the location of the packages in the Execute Package task. In this way your parent package will never fail.
1. Click the do not show start page checkbox and click Next.
2. Select SQL Server deployment as it the most secure deployment. As the packages in the file can be deleted or can be moved to another location. The packages deployed in the SQL Server reside in the MSDB database. Click Next.
3. Provide the target server and the folder for deployment of the packages. I prefer giving the IP address of the server. Click Next.
8. The wizard will validate the package. Click Next.
If your package has the transactions in them you will have to start the Distributed Transaction coordinator service from the services .
Start->Run command->services.msc->Start Distributed Transaction coordinator service on the Source and the Production servers, in case if you are building the data warehouse and wish to pull the data from the source system.
1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, and then click Component Services. Expand Component Services, and then expand Computers.
2. Right-click My Computer, and then Distributed Transaction coordinator->Local DTC and then click Properties.
4. Make sure that the DTC Logon Account is set to NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService.
5. Add MSDTC.exe as an exception in Windows Firewal to complete the process.


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International Plenary Speaker
Professor Florent Ginhoux
Florent Ginhoux graduated in Biochemistry from the University Pierre et Marie CURIE (UPMC), Paris VI and obtained a Masters degree in Advanced Studies in Immunology from the Pasteur Institute, Paris. He then started his PhD in the Immunology Team of GENETHON, Evry and obtained his PhD in 2004 from the UPMC, Paris VI. As a postdoctoral fellow, Florent Ginhoux joined the Laboratory of Miriam Merad in the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM), New York where he studied the ontogeny and the homeostasis of cutaneous dendritic cell populations, with a strong focus on Langerhans cells and Microglia. In 2008, he became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gene and Cell Medicine, MSSM and member of the Immunology Institute of MSSM. He joined the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), A*STAR in May 2009 as a Principal Investigator. He joined the EMBO Young Investigator (YIP) program in 2013 and is a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher since 2016. He is also an Adjunct Visiting Associate Professor in the Shanghai Immunology Institute, Jiao Tong University, in Shanghai, China since 2015 and in the Translational Immunology Institute, SingHealth and Duke NUS, Singapore since 2018. Both laboratories are focusing on the ontogeny and differentiation of macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs).
Dr Dan Littman
Dr. Littman completed the M.D./Ph.D. program at Washington University in St. Louis and was a postdoctoral fellow in Richard Axel's laboratory at Columbia University. He was Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California, San Francisco, before joining NYU, where he is the Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Professor of Molecular Immunology at the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Littman is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the recipient of the New York Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, the AAI-Invitrogen Meritorious Career Award, the Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine, the William B. Coley Award from the Cancer Research Institute, and the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Littman's laboratory applies molecular and genetics tools to study mechanisms that promote immune system homeostasis at mucosal surfaces and on characterizing the role of the microbiota in these processes.
Professor Feng Shao
Dr. Feng Shao is an investigator and deputy director at National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing. He was a chemistry undergraduate of Peking University and obtained his PhD from University of Michigan (2003). Before joining NIBS (2005), he was a Damon Runyon Postdoc Fellow at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Shao's research lies at the interface between bacterial pathogen and host inflammation. He identified most of the known cytosolic receptors for bacterial molecules, including caspase-11/4/5 for LPS and ALPK1 for ADP-heptose in LPS biosynthesis. He also identified gasdermin-D (GSDMD) whose cleavage by caspase-1/4/5/11 determines pyroptosis, critical for septic shock and other inflammatory diseases. His research establishes the gasdermin family of pore-forming proteins, re-defining pyroptosis as gasdermin-mediated programmed necrosis. Among the family, GSDME is activated by caspase-3, which occurs mostly in noncancer cells and contributes to toxicity of chemotherapy drugs. His most recent work demonstrates that pyroptosis is a critical mechanism underlying lymphocyte cytotoxicity and gasdermin activation can stimulate potent antitumor immunity.
Dr. Shao's work has been recognized by numerous awards including the Future Science Prize, HHMI International Early Career Award and the Protein Society Irving Sigal Young Investigator Award. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, an associate member of EMBO, and a fellow of American Academy of Microbiology.
Dr John Wherry
Dr. E. John Wherry is the Barbara and Richard Schiffrin President's Distinguished Professor, Chair of the Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics in the Perelman School of Medicine and Director of the UPenn Institute for Immunology. Dr. Wherry received his Ph.D. at Thomas Jefferson University in 2000 then did postdoctoral research at Emory University with Dr. Rafi Ahmed from 2000-2004. Dr. Wherry has received numerous distinctions and honors including the Distinguished Alumni award from the Thomas Jefferson University, the Cancer Research Institute's Frederick W. Alt Award for New Discoveries in Immunology and the Stand Up To Cancer Phillip A. Sharp Award. Dr. Wherry has over 225 publications. He has an H-Index of 101 and his publications have been cited over 55,000 times.
Dr. Wherry's research has pioneered the field of T cell exhaustion – the fundamental mechanisms by which T cell responses are attenuated during chronic infections and cancer. His discoveries helped identify the role of PD-1 and the ability to block this pathway to reinvigorate exhausted T cells. His group also first demonstrated that targeting multiple co-inhibitory receptors simultaneously could synergistically improve therapeutic efficacy, a foundation for current combination immunotherapy efforts in humans. Dr. Wherry's work has defined the transcriptional and epigenetic atlas of exhausted T cells defining exhausted T cells as a distinct immune lineage. Finally, his laboratory has been a pioneer in defining the concept of Immune Health using systems immunology approaches, most recently applying this concept to COVID-19.
International Symposia Speakers
Associate Professor Stephanie Eisenbarth
Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Immunobiology and the Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology at Yale University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on understanding the immunologic mechanisms of allergic disorders. Recently, her group has embarked on developing new mouse models of food allergy, informed by data from patients, and using these systems to identify fundamental cellular pathways resulting in allergic responses to dietary antigens. Clinically, Dr. Eisenbarth practices laboratory medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital with a focus on immune-mediated disorders including autoimmunity, immunodeficiency syndromes and allergic disease.
Professor Daniel Kaplan
Professor Daniel KaplanThe skin is a barrier organ that is exposed to a wide variety of potential pathogens including bacteria, fungi and viruses. Within the skin there are numerous components of both the innate and adaptive immune system. The research focus of my lab is to understand how these skin resident immune cells (e.g. dendritic cells, T cells, mast cells) interact with specific pathogens and other non-immune cells in the skin (e.g. keratinocytes and neurons) to contribute to the development of both innate and adaptive immune responses that provide host protection. My presentation will focus on how sensory nerves in the skin are able to trigger immune responses leading to host defense as well as maintain cutaneous immune homeostasis thus establishing cutaneous neurons as a critical cell type modulating cutaneous immune function.
Dr Michelle Linterman
Michelle Linterman is Group Leader at the Babraham Institute, Cambridge. Her laboratory aims to understand the cellular and molecular basis of the germinal centre response, which generates robust humoral immunity after vaccination and infection. The Linterman lab is funded by the Bioscience and Biotechnology Research Council and the Dunhill Medical Trust. Michelle is currently an EMBO Young Investigator, a Lister Institute Prize Fellow and a Fellow of Churchill College.
Michelle received her PhD in Immunology from the Australian National University in Canberra, where she investigated the contribution of the germinal centre response to humoral autoimmunity with Prof. Carola Vinuesa. Following her PhD, Michelle undertook post-doctoral research with Prof. Ken Smith at the University of Cambridge, where she continued to work on the formation, function and suppression of the germinal centre response.
Local Plenary Speaker
Professor Sharon Lewin
Sharon Lewin is the inaugural director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, a joint venture between the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital; Professor of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne; consultant infectious diseases physician, Alfred Hospital and Royal Melbourne Hospital and is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Practitioner Fellow, Melbourne, Australia. The Doherty Institute is home to over 700 staff all working in infectious diseases and immunology and focuses on research, education and public health.
She is an infectious diseases physician and basic scientist. Her research focuses on understanding why HIV persists on treatment and developing clinical trials aimed at ultimately finding a cure for HIV infection. She has also had a long standing interest in the natural history and management of HIV-hepatitis B co-infection.


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Sixto Pondal Ríos (San Miguel de Tucumán, 8 de abril de 1907 - Buenos Aires, 29 de septiembre de 1968) fue un guionista, poeta, periodista, dramaturgo y productor argentino. Escribió los guiones o argumentos de 63 películas, entre ellas varias entre las más destacadas del cine argentino, como Kilómetro 111, Mercado de abasto, Para vestir santos, La morocha, Detrás de un largo muro, Zafra, Los evadidos. Obtuvo el Cóndor de Plata a la mejor película por Los evadidos. Esta última fue nominada para el Oso de Oro en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Berlín, en tanto que Zafra fue nominada para el Festival de Cannes.

Filmografía

Guionista/argumentista
 Mi primera novia (1966)
 Los guerrilleros (1965)
 Los hipócritas (1965)
 Los evadidos (1964)
 Una joven de 16 años (1963)
 Los viciosos (1962)
 Luna Park (1960)
 Plaza Huincul (Pozo uno) (1960)
 El amor que yo te di (1960)
 Zafra (1959)
 Mis padres se divorcian (1959)
 Bajo el cielo de México (1958)
 La morocha (1958)
 Una golfa (1958)
 La mafia del crimen (1958)
 Detrás de un largo muro (1958)
 Escuela para suegras (1958)
 Después del silencio (1956)
 Sangre y acero (1956)
 Para vestir santos (1955)
 El hombre que debía una muerte (1955)
 Mercado de abasto (1955)
 Educando a papá (1955)
 Sucedió en Buenos Aires (1954)
 Mujeres casadas (1954)
 A la buena de Dios (1953)
 Ellos nos hicieron así (1953)
 Dock Sud (1953)
 Pasó en mi barrio (1951)
 Especialista en señoras (1951)
 ¿Vendrás a medianoche? (1950)
 El otro yo de Marcela (1950)
 Miguitas en la cama (1949)
 El embajador (1949)
 Fascinación (1949)
 Por ellos... todo (1948) dir. Carlos Schlieper
 Romance on the High Seas (1948)
 La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra (1947)
 Romance musical (1947)
 Su última aventura (1946)
 Deshojando margaritas (1946)
 No salgas esta noche (1946)
 Cristina (1946)
 El diamante del Maharajá (1946)
 Dos ángeles y un pecador (1945)
 El muerto falta a la cita (1944)
 Mi novia es un fantasma (1944)
 La guerra la gano yo (1943)
 El espejo (1943)
 La hija del Ministro (1943)
 El viaje (1942)
 El pijama de Adán (1942)
 Adolescencia (1942)
  You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
 Persona honrada se necesita (1941)
 El mejor papá del mundo (1941)
 Los martes orquídeas (1941)
 Cita en la frontera (1940)
 Chingolo (1940)
 El solterón (1940)
 Héroes sin fama (1940)
 El viejo doctor (1939)
 Kilómetro 111 (1938)

Libros
 Balada para el nieto de Molly, 1928
 Amanecer sobre las ruinas, 1931
 Los rostros transparentes, 1959

Véase también
Cine
Historia del cine
Cine argentino

Fuentes

Enlaces externos

Sixto Pondal Ríos Cine Nacional
 Poesía.

Artistas e intelectuales prohibidos por el Proceso de Reorganización Nacional
Dramaturgos de Argentina
Guionistas de cine de Argentina
Escritores de Argentina del siglo XX
Periodistas de Argentina
Poetas de la provincia de Tucumán
Tucumanos (capital)

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