Position moves were the news of the day as LSU took to the practice field on "Tell the Truth Monday" ahead of a trip to Auburn.
Freshman Dare Rosenthal has moved from defensive line to offensive tackle and was working there during the media viewing portion of practice on Monday. LSU's official roster also now lists Rosenthal as a tackle.
Listed at 6-foot-8 and 333 pounds, the Ferriday native does have an ideal frame to play left tackle. Rosenthal played both ways in high school. Starters Saahdiq Charles and Garret Brumfield were seen going over some footwork details with him during drills.
Sophomore safety JaCoby Stevens was working with the outside linebackers during individual drills. Both Stevens and fellow safety Grant Delpit have seen additional time down in the box since LSU lost K'Lavon Chaisson to a knee injury, so this could be as simple as coaches wanting to get Stevens additional reps as a pass rusher.
If Stevens is on the move in a more full-time basis, it would be his fourth different position in two years at LSU. The former No. 1 safety recruit moved from defense to wide receiver last season and played some H-back/tight end before moving back to safety.
Left tackle Saahdiq Charles practiced and went with the first group in every drill, which was to be expected since LSU coach Ed Orgeron said he and the other players who missed Saturday would be back this week.
Austin Deculus took reps alongside starting right guard Damien Lewis during drills. Orgeron announced earlier in the day that Deculus was being moved to right tackle to compete with Badara Traore for the starting job.
Eric Monroe was back at practice after being absent all of last week. Kristian Fulton and Todd Harris practiced in yellow non-contact jerseys despite LSU not wearing any pads at practice.


Connexin 32 mutations were identified as the cause of X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in 1993 (Bergoffen et al.). Charcot Marie Tooth is a progressive peripheral neurodegenerative disorder that presents with demyelination of peripheral neurons, leading to weaknesses in the distal regions of the limbs and to sensory loss. Several mutations in Connexin 32 have been described since the first implication of the gene in this disorder, distributed all over the protein sequence.
Some cases of X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease also have as a symptom the presence of hearing impairment, due to secondary changes in the auditory system. Specific Connexin 32 mutations cause the presence of deafness as an accompanying symptom.
Cx32 is expressed in Schwann cells where it is thought to form "reflexive " intracellular gap junction communication channels between adjacent loops of non-compacted myelin. The loss or disruption of these channels may lead to loss of an important intracellular signaling pathway.
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The Arab Republic of Egypt is looking forward to use its vast, newly tapped undersea gas reserves to establish itself as a key energy exporter and revive its flagging economy.
In recent months the country's capital, Cairo has signed gas deals with Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Jordan. This is driven by a discovery of huge natural gas fields in the Mediterranean. Osama Kamal former oil minister, said Egypt has a plan to become a regional energy "hub".
Gas has started flowing from four major fields of Egypt's Mediterranean coast, including Zohr field, which is the biggest gas field in the Egyptian waters, inaugurated by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in the past year.
The gas has been a game changer for the country, coming after a financial crisis that pushed Cairo in 2016 to take a US $12bn loan from the International Monetary Fund. Egypt's budget deficit, which hit 10.9% of GDP in the financial year 2016-2017, has since fallen to 9.8 %. Since September, Egypt has been able to cut off imports of liquefied natural gas, which last year cost it US $220mn per month.
Having met its own needs, Cairo is looking to kick start exports and extend its regional influence. It has signed deals to import gas from neighboring countries for liquefaction at installations on its Mediterranean coast, ready for re-export to Europe.
Egypt's regional energy ambitions are not limited to the natural gas sector, but also involve major projects in the petroleum and petrochemical sectors. Tarek El Molla Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, recently announced a deal to expand the Midor refinery in the Egyptian capital to boost its output by 60%.


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Как их распарсить и получить отдельные строки:
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A: Питон, код по вашим уточняющим комментариям:
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Вывод:
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A: Укажите язык на котором пишите пожалуйста.
Приведу пример на JS:
Для каждой строки нужно применить метод split:
let str = `1,"AAAAAAAAA","BBBBBBBBB"`
let result = str.split(`,`)
// ["1", "\"AAAAAAAAA\"", "\"BBBBBBBBB\""] - результат

В split передается аргумент - строка/символ по которой будет разделена исходная строка. В result массив из трех элементов, каждый из которого вы можете получить обратившись с помощью индекса.
P.S. Так как Вы указали, что Вы не программист, задавайте свои вопросы в комментарии - постараюсь помочь

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Ryan's Blog: Limbaugh Deactivates Twitter Account After Trump Ban
January 11, 2021 - 11:53 am
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh's Twitter account was deactivated Friday, according to the USA TODAY. This action came on the same day that the platform permanently banned President Trump's account.
The report said Limbaugh's account was deactivated by the user, not the company.
Twitter temporarily blocked Trump after the U.S. Capitol was stormed by his alleged supporters. The platform said that they would permanently ban his account if he continued to violate its community standards against inciting violence.
Limbaugh received the Presidential Medal of Freedom last year; he started his Twitter account in October under the guise of helping Trump get re-elected.
"We're going to doing everything we can in these last three weeks to take the message of preserving the American way of life, to take the message that America is a good and decent, it is almost a savior of a country, that it is being maligned, it is being savagely impugned," he said during a show.
Limbaugh is the most listened to radio host in the country, according to Talkers. His audience regularly tops 15 million a week.
Limbaugh discussed the siege at the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday.
"There's a lot of conservatives on social media who say that any violence or aggression at all is unacceptable regardless of the circumstances," Limbaugh said. "I am glad Sam Adams, Thomas Paine, the actual Tea Party guys, the men at Lexington and Concord didn't feel that way."

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Posts Tagged 'Detroit Tigers'
New York Yankees Add Marcus Thames
With the New York Yankees' lineup and roster pretty much set, they didn't have many holes left to fill. If they did need something, it would be a right-handed hitter off the bench.
GM Brian Cashman, not leaving any stone unturned this offseason, found his potential right-handed hitter off the bench yesterday.
According to SI.com's Jon Heyman, the Yankees have signed OF Marcus Thames to a minor league contract. If Thames makes the team, the deal would be worth $900,000.
Thames was signed by the Yankees
Thames, 32, hit .252 with 13 home runs and a .777 OPS in 87 games for the Detroit Tigers in 2009. The year before with the Tigers, Thames hit 25 home runs in 103 games.
What attracted the Yankees to Thames is Thames' ability to hit left-handed pitching. For his career, Thames has a .516 slugging percentage against lefties.
With the recently signed Randy Winn and Brett Gardner still on the roster, I don't expect Thames to get much playing time in left field in 2010. It's not like Thames is Carl Crawford out there anyway. He has a -16.7 UZR in left for his career.
This will be Thames' second tour of duty with the Yankees. He was drafted by the Yankees in the 30th round of the 1996 draft and had a cup of coffee with the big club in 2002. He hit .231 with one home run in 13 AB's.
For his career, Thames is a .243 hitter with 101 home runs and a .306 OBP in eight seasons with the Yankees and Tigers.
Tags:Brett Gardner, Detroit Tigers, Marcus Thames, New York Yankees, Randy Winn
The Five Best Free Agent Pitchers Left On The Market
While everyone is getting ready for the big game, I am writing about baseball. Such is the life I have chosen.
Yesterday, I wrote about the five best hitters left on the free agent market, so today I will focus on the five best pitchers who have yet to find a home for the 2010 season.
Here are the top-five free agent pitchers left on the market:
1. Kiko Calero, Relief Pitcher. At 35-years-old you would think that Calero has been around for forever, but he hasn't. Kalero has only been in the majors for seven years and perhaps his 2009 season was his best.
In 60 innings pitched with the Florida Marlins, Calero had a 1.95 ERA, 69 strike outs, and only allowed 36 hits in those 60 innings. Those are some impressive numbers.
What was just as impressive was that Calero was equally effective against righties and lefties. He held lefties to a .187 batting average and righties to a .176 average.
Calero would be a valuable addition to any bullpen. The Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays were rumored to be interested earlier in the offseason.
2. Jarrod Washburn, Starting Pitcher. Washburn was off to a fast start in 2009 and then he was traded to the Detroit Tigers at the trading deadline and things fell apart.
Washburn may be forced into retirement
Washburn suffered a knee injury down the stretch and stumbled to a 1-3 record with a 7.33 ERA with the Tigers. His last start was Sept. 15 against the Kansas City Royals and lasted an impressive one inning and gave up four runs.
Washburn is 35 now and is now even considering retirement if he can't get an offer from either the Minnesota Twins or Seattle Mariners.
3. Joe Beimel, Relief Pitcher. Beimel is the youngest of any pitcher on this list (32), but his value is not really strong. He is coming off a year where he had a 3.58 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP with the Washington Nationals and Colorado Rockies, which is not bad at all.
However, there is one is problem with Beimel–he doesn't do anything particularly well.
He doesn't strike anyone out and as a left-handed pitcher, he isn't that effective against left-handed batters. Lefties actually had a higher OPS (.781) against Beimel than righties did (.741) in 2009.
A lefty who can't get left-handed batters out is like a pass rusher, who can't sack the quarter back. Beimel is like the Vernon Gholston of baseball.
4. Chan Ho Park, Relief Pitcher. It seems like Park has been around forever. It was a really long, long, long time ago that Park was an up-and-coming pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Park is 36 now and is coming off a year where he had a 4.43 ERA in 83.1 innings with the Philadelphia Phillies. He was actually used as an old-fashioned swing man last year. He was used in relief and made seven starts.
Park is much better suited to be a reliever at this stage in his career. Park had a 2.52 ERA last year in relief and pitched rather well for the Phillies out of the bullpen in the playoffs. He had a three ERA in nine innings during last year's World Series run.
I wouldn't trust him in a big spot to save my life, but he should find a home pretty soon.
5. Braden Looper, Starting Pitcher. Looper went 14-7 with the Milwaukee Brewers last season, but don't be fooled by those 14 wins and his 194.2 innings pitched. Looper was pretty bad last year.
Looper was not impressive with the Brewers in 09'
Looper led the National League in runs allowed (113), home runs allowed (39), and finished fourth in hits allowed (216). He also had an ERA of 5.52. It was like he was going for the anti-triple crown of pitching.
I think Looper will have a hard time getting a major league contract and will most likely sign a minor league deal with incentives.
That's all for today. Enjoy the Super Bowl everyone!!!
Tags:Braden Looper, Chan Ho Park, Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, Jarrod Washburn, Joe Beimel, Kiko Calero, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners, Washington Nationals
The Five Best Free Agent Hitters Left On The Market
Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in less than two weeks. Can you believe it!!! It seems like yesterday the World Series was being played.
Despite the fact that spring training starts in less than two weeks, there are still a lot of quality major league hitters who still have not found a home. Due to the economy, teams are trying to wait out players as much as possible (unless you are the Houston Astros, who gave $15 million to Brandon Lyon).
Everyone is looking for a bargain these days.
Here are the five best free agent hitters remaining on the market.
1. Johnny Damon, OF. Damon hit .282 with 24 home runs, 36 doubles, 12 stolen bases, and .365 OBP in 143 games for the New York Yankees last year. Damon priced himself out of New York and now his options are limited.
Damon is a terrible defensive outfielder and his power numbers were just a product of playing in a ballpark perfectly suited to his swing. His agent Scott Boras is trying to get the Detroit Tigers to bite on Damon, but I see the Atlanta Braves as a darkhorse for his services.
2. Felipe Lopez, 2B. It's pretty remarkable that a guy who is only 29-years-old and is coming off a season where he hit .310 with 9 home runs, a .383 OBP, and played outstanding defense (7.8 UZR) can't find a job. That is the dilemma that Lopez is facing right now.
Lopez should find a home soon
You don't hear too many teams in on his services, but this guy is too good not to have a starting job in the major leagues. The St. Louis Cardinals might be a landing spot for him, if they don't feel comfortable with David Freese at third.
3. Hank Blalock, 1B/DH. Blalock hit .234 with 25 home runs and a .277 OBP in 123 games in 2009 for the Texas Rangers. The 123 games were the most Blalock played in since 2006.
Blalock can hit a home run, but other than that, he doesn't do anything else particularly well. He doesn't get on base, he is injury prone, he is not a good defensive player, and he faded in the second half last season.
He did hit 19 of his 25 home runs off of right-handed pitching, so maybe a team can use him like Mike Scioscia did 2003 All Star Game. That being a left-handed power hitter off the bench.
4. Russell Branyan, 1B/DH. Coming off of a career year, Branyan thought he would finally get paid. So far this has not been the case.
Branyan could end up with the Marlins
Branyan hit 31 home runs last year in just 116 games, but teams have been mostly scared off by Branyan's back. A 34-year-old with a bad back and no track record prior to 2009 is not attractive to most teams.
I thought he would end up back with the Seattle Mariners at some point, but now it looks like the Florida Marlins might be interested in him.
5. Jermaine Dye, OF. Dye has finished in the top-15 in American League MVP voting two out of the last four years, but his market has been really quiet this winter.
Dye hit .250 last year with 27 home runs and a .340 OBP. Which isn't the worst hitting line in the world. However, there are a couple of things working against Dye this offseason.
He is 36-years-old, he can't field a lick anymore, and he is coming off a second half where he hit .179 with just seven home runs. His options are limited, so he might end up on a team as a fourth outfielder or DH-type player.
Tomorrow, I will cover the five best remaining pitchers on the free agent market.
Tags:Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Felipe Lopez, Florida Marlins, Hank Blalock, Jermaine Dye, Johnny Damon, New York Yankees, Russell Branyan, Seattle Mariners, St Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers
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Verlander Signs Extension With Detroit Tigers
Its been a pretty good winter for two out of the three finalists for the American League Cy Young award in 2009. Felix Hernandez, who finished second in the voting signed a five-year, $78 million extension with the Seattle Mariners earlier this offseason and now the third place finisher got rewarded as well.
According to FOXSports.com, the Detroit Tigers have signed staff ace Justin Verlander to a five-year, $80 million contract. The deal cancels out Verlander's remaining two years of arbitration plus three free agent years.
Verlander became a rich man on Wed.
Verlander will be 27 in two weeks, so the Tigers should have Verlander throughout his prime years. The Tigers have handed out some pretty awful long-term contracts recently (Magglio Ordonez, Nate Robertson, etc…), but this deal should be very much worth it for Detroit.
Since being taken with the second overall pick in the 2004 draft, Verlander has been everything the Tigers hoped he would be. In his four full years in the majors, Verlander has been a flat-out stud for three of those years.
Take out his 2008 season when he went 11-17 with a 4.84 ERA and a 1.40 WHIP and Verlander has gone 54-24 with a 3.58 ERA and 1.25 WHIP. That is pretty awesome.
Like Hernandez, Verlander's extension comes on the heals of a career year in 2009. Verlander led the American League in starts, innings, batters faced, strikeouts, and wins last season. He also led all pitchers in pitches thrown with 3,937, which might be a little concerning for 2010, but I don't think it will have any long-term effects going forward.
What I find interesting about this deal is that Verlander got $2 million dollars more than what Hernandez got. You know that was a power play move by his agents over at SFX. They had to get more for Verlander than what Hernandez's agent for him.
Oh and by the way, the guy who beat out Hernandez and Verlander for the CY Young award in 2009, Zack Greinke? Don't feel bad for him. He didn't miss the boat on signing a contract.
Greinke signed a four-year, $38 million contract extension last January.
Tags:Detroit Tigers, Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander, Seattle Mariners, Zack Greinke
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Starting Rotation: American League Central
Yesterday, I looked at the starting rotations of each American League East team. Today, I will look at the starting rotations for each American League Central team.
The American League Central is home to some of the best young pitchers in the game. As a matter of fact, five out of the last six AL Cy Young award winners have come from the Central.
Here are the starting rotations of each American League Central team as presently constructed.
1. Scott Baker, RHP
2. Nick Blackburn, RHP
3. Kevin Slowey, RHP
4. Carl Pavano, RHP
5. Francisco Liriano, LHP
Quick Take – This rotation is littered with No.2 and No.3-type starters. However, Liriano can be a No.1 if he can regain his form prior to Tommy John surgery. Despite their lack of a true No.1 starter, this rotation has plenty of depth.
1. Jake Peavy, RHP
2. Mark Buehrle, LHP
3. Gavin Floyd, RHP
4. John Danks, LHP
5. Freddy Garcia, RHP
Quick Take – The White Sox have the best pitching staff that nobody ever talks about. Danks is a very good No.4 starter. I will be interested to see how Peavy adjusts to the AL over the course of an entire season. Garcia will battle Dan Hudson for the No.5 starter spot in spring training.
1. Justin Verlander, RHP
2. Rick Porcello, RHP
3. Max Scherzer, RHP
4. Jeremy Bonderman, RHP
5. Armando Galarraga, RHP
Quick Take – This rotation has more questions than answers going into 2010. Verlander threw more pitches than any other pitcher in baseball last season (3,937). How is that going to affect him in 2010. Will Porcello experience a sophomore slump? Can Bonderman and Galarraga bounce back in 2010?
1. Zack Greinke, RHP
2. Gil Meche, RHP
3. Luke Hochevar, RHP
4. Kyle Davies, RHP
5. Brian Bannister, RHP
Quick Take – This staff is led by the great Greinke, who was last year's AL Cy Young award winner. Nobody expects him to repeat last year's performance in 2010, but he shouldn't be that far off. The Royals need Hochevar to step up. This is a big year for him.
1. Jake Westbrook, RHP
2. Fausto Carmona, RHP
3. Justin Masterson, RHP
4. David Huff, LHP
5. Aaron Laffey, LHP
Quick Take – For the most part, this is a young rotation, but it's not very good right now. Carmona has been one of baseball biggest mysteries over the last couple of years. Having watched Masterson over the last couple of years with the Red Sox, I feel be is better suited to be in the bullpen.
Tomorrow, I will look at the American League West. The West is home to one of the top young pitchers in the game Felix Hernandez. Not only will teams in the West have to worry about Hernandez in 2010, but will have to contend with him for years to come.
More on that story later.
Tags:Aaron Laffey, Armando Galarraga, Brian Bannister, Carl Pavano, Cleveland Indians, Dan Hudson, David Huff, Detroit Tigers, Fausto Carmona, Francisco Liriano, Freddy Garcia, Gavin Floyd, Gil Meche, Jake Peavy, Jake Westbrook, Jeremy Bonderman, John Danks, Justin Verlander, Kansas City Royals, Kevin Slowey, Kyle Davies, Luke Hochevar, Mark Buehrle, Max Scherzer, Minnesota Twins, Nick Blackburn, Rick Porcello, Scott Baker, Zack Greinke
Detroit Tigers Find Their Closer, Sign Jose Valverde
After last year's closer Fernando Rodney and set-up man Brandon Lyon left the Detroit Tigers to sign with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Houston Astros, the Tigers were in search of a closer. Instead of going with an in-house option like Ryan Perry, the Tigers went in a different direction.
The Tigers searched the free agent market for a closer and found Jose Valverde. According to Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports, the Tigers have signed Valverde to a two-year, $14 million contract with a $9 million option for a third year.
Valverde will be closing for the Tigers in 2010
Since Valverde was a Type-A free agent and was offered arbitration by the Astros, Houston will receive the Tigers first round pick (19th overall) in the 2010 June Draft.
This is quite the interesting signing by the Tigers. Weren't they poor at the beginning of the free agency period?
Wasn't the reason they traded Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson is because they wanted to trim payroll? The Tigers couldn't afford to keep Granderson at a respectable $5.5 million for 2010, but they could afford a closer at $7 million?
On top of spending $7 million on Valverde, the Tigers have to surrender a first round pick in next year's draft. On the surface, financially this signing makes no sense.
On the field, I get why the Tigers signed Valverde. As a closer, he is pretty good.
He is coming off a year where he had a 2.33 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP. Over the last three years, Valverde as a 2.84 ERA and has averaged 10.3 K/9. He has been one of the more consistent closers in the National League over that period.
However, Valverde did spend time on the DL last year (non-throwing arm related) and had the lowest K/9 ratio of his career at 9.3. That might be some cause for concern going into 2010.
The Tigers clearly did not feel comfortable giving the ball in the ninth inning to Ryan Perry and at this point, I don't think they can trust Joel Zumaya to stay healthy over the course of a full season.
Again, I don't mind the signing for what Valverde will bring on the field, but something is going on behind the scenes in Detroit where they have people like me scratching their heads.
It's hard to sell your fans on why you traded one of your more popular players and then go ahead and sign a closer for more money than you were paying Granderson.
The Tigers have had one confusing offseason so far.
Valverde will be entering his eighth season in 2010 and has a career 3.17 ERA and 167 saves in 386 innings with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Astros.
Tags:Curtis Granderson, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Joel Zumaya, Jose Valverde, Ryan Perry
Giants Continue To Add Mediocre Offensive Players, Sign Aubrey Huff
Even the most casual baseball fan knows the San Francisco Giants need offense. The Giants–and in particular GM Brian Sabean–have tried to address this need during this offseason.
However, they are going about things the wrong way.
Signing mediocre or non-impact players is not the way to go. I've made the comparison before that the Giants are like a college basketball team after their star player leaves for the NBA. All that is left are the role players.
Huff signed with the Giants
That is the Giants right now. They have and are a bunch of role players. The team that is left with just role players can't take things to the next level because nobody is left to make the big shot or in the Giants case, the big hit.
The Giants needed to add an impact bat this offseason and signing guys like Aubrey Huff doesn't qualify. The Giants signed Huff yesterday to a one-year, $3 million deal. Huff, 33, is expected to play first base for the Giants in 2010.
Not only is Huff not the impact the Giants need, he isn't even better than what they already have. If you compare the stats, Travis Ishikawi is coming off a better year than Huff is.
In 2009, Ishikawa hit .261/.329/.387 with nine home runs in 120 games. Huff on the other hand, hit .241/.310/.383 with 15 home runs in 150 games in 2009 with the Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers.
Why not just go with Ishikawa for 2010?
My guess is Sabean is hoping Huff returns to his 2008 form where he hit .304/.360/.552 with 32 home runs in 2008. Playing in a ballpark where it is death valley for left-handed power hitters, I doubt Huff comes anywhere close to his 2008 numbers.
I am obviously not privy to the Giants' financial records, but signing someone like Adam LaRoche or even Carlos Delgado would have made more sense for what the Giants need than Huff.
The one thing I am learning about Sabean as the years go by, is that his eye for talent–at least on the offensive side– is usually off. A GM can use stats all he wants, but he also has to use the eye test and try to figure out which players are on the decline and which players are capable of having a bounce-back season.
Sabean consistently misjudges talent on offense. The perfect example of this would be Aaron Rowand. Rowand is a classic role player or glue guy on a good team–not a star player, who can carry a team.
Sabean paid Rowand like a star player and he clearly is not one.
Despite their additions of Huff, and DeRosa and the re-signings of Juan Uribe and Freddy Sanchez, I still don't think the Giants have enough on offense to win the NL West.
Huff is a career .282 hitter with 203 home runs and a .340 OBP in 10 seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays, Houston Astros, Orioles, and Tigers.
Tags:Aaron Rowand, Adam LaRoche, Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Carlos Delgado, Detroit Tigers, Mark DeRosa, San Francisco Giants, Travis Ishikawa
Starting Nine: American League Central
Yesterday, I took at the starting nine position players for each American League East team. Today, I will cover the starting nine position players for each American League Central team.
Remember, these lineups are as of today. Obviously these will change as the offseason continues. I will update these lineups as the season approaches.
Here are the starting lineups for each American League Central team:
1. Denard Span, CF
2. Joe Mauer, C
3. Justin Morneau, 1B
4. Michael Cuddyer, RF
5. Jason Kubel, DH
6. Delmon Young, LF
7. J.J. Hardy, SS
8. Brendan Harris, 3B
9. Nick Punto, 2B
Quick Take – The Twins have as good a one through five as anyone in baseball. They desperately need a third and second baseman. Orlando Hudson would be a nice addition.
1. Juan Pierre, LF
2. Gordon Beckham, 2B
3. Carlos Quentin, RF
4. Paul Konerko, 1B
5. Alex Rios, CF
6. Alexei Ramirez, SS
7. A.J. Pierzynski, C
8. Mark Teahen, 3B
9. Mark Kotsay, DH
Quick Take – Perhaps there is no lineup that is harder to put together than the White Sox's. This lineup could go in nine different directions. They need a DH and bringing back Jim Thome would make sense.
1. Austin Jackson, CF
2. Carlos Guillen, DH
3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
4. Magglio Ordonez, RF
5. Brandon Inge, 3B
6. Ryan Raburn, LF
7. Gerald Laird, C
8. Adam Everett, SS
9. Scott Sizemore, 2B
Quick Take – Another hard lineup to put together. Jackson and Sizemore could flip-flop in the order. I don't see a reason to ever pitch to Cabrera.
1. Scott Podsednik, CF
2. David DeJesus, LF
3. Billy Butler, 1B
4. Jose Guillen, RF
5. Alex Gordon, 3B
6. Alberto Callaspo, 2B
7. Josh Fields, DH
8. Yuniesky Betancourt, SS
9. Jason Kendall, C
Quick Take – This lineup is going to have a hard time scoring runs. This year might be make or break for Gordon.
1. Azdrubal Cabrera, SS
2. Michael Brantley, LF
3. Grady Sizemore, CF
4. Shin-Soo Choo, RF
5. Travis Hafner, DH
6. Jhonny Peralta, 3B
7. Matt LaPorta, 1B
8. Lou Marson, C
9. Luis Valbuena, 2B
Quick Take – I like putting Brantley in the two-hole because of the speed and high OBP ability he showed in the minors. Sizemore moves down to the three-hole and takes on the role of a run producer.
Tomorrow, I will take a look at the American League West.
Tags:Adam Everett, AJ Pierzynski, Alberto Callaspo, Alex Gordon, Alex Rios, Alexei Ramirez, Austin Jackson, Azdrubal Cabrera, Billy Butler, Brandon Inge, Brendan Harris, Carlos Guillen, Carlos Quentin, Chicago White Sox, David DeJesus, Delmon Young, Denard Span, Detroit Tigers, Gerald Laird, Gordon Beckham, Grady Sizemore, Jason Kendall, Jason Kubel, Jhonny Peralta, JJ Hardy, Joe Mauer, Jose Guillen, Josh Fields, Juan Pierre, Justin Morneau, Kansas City Royals, Lou Marson, Luis Valbuena, Magglio Ordonez, Mark Kotsay, Mark Teahen, Matt LaPorta, Michael Brantley, Michael Cuddyer, Miguel Cabrera, Minnesota Twins, Nick Punto, Paul Konerko, Ryan Raburn, Scott Podsednik, Scott Sizemore, Shin-Soo Choo, Travis Hafner, Yuniesky Betancourt
Fantasy Impact: Arizona Diamondbacks' Edwin Jackson
I think I am going to make today a very fantasy focused day on The Ghost of Moonlight Graham.
Earlier in the day I talked about the fantasy possibilities of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's Brandon Wood. Now I will talk about Arizona Diamondbacks' RHP Edwin Jackson.
Jackson should do well in the NL West
Jackson came over the Diamondbacks in the big three-way trade that sent Curtis Granderson to the New York Yankees and Max Scherzer to the Detroit Tigers. While many–including myself ripped the trade from a Diamondbacks perspective–I want to take the time to look at the fantasy impact of the key player the Diamondbacks got in the trade.
This will Jackson's second tour of duty in the NL West. While many people just remember Jackson as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays and the Detroit Tigers, he actually started out his career in the Los Angeles Dodgers' organization.
Jackson didn't have great success with the Dodgers, but I expect him to have a much better go around in the NL West this time around. My logic is pretty simple for this–the NL West is the most pathetic offensive division in baseball.
Any time you can pitch against the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants and pitch in AT&T Park, Petco Park, and Dodger Stadium the majority of the time, your numbers will improve. There is a reason why nine out of the last 11 National League Cy Young award winners are from the NL West.
Over the last two years, Jackson is 27-20 with a 3.99 ERA and 269 K's in 397.1 innings in the AL. However, Jackson has really slipped in the second half over those two years.
In the second half over the last two years, Jackson has a 5.11 ERA. What is really concerning is that Jackson has played on two contenders the last two years and has faded when his teams have needed him the most.
The Diamondbacks could be a dark horse contender in 2010, so I wonder if the pressure will get to him for a third year in a row? While I don't like the fact that Jackson has faded the last couple of years, there is a lot of things I do like about Jackson in 2010.
Like I said, he is going to the AL from the NL, which is always a plus. The Diamondbacks should improve upon their 70-win season in 2010. And I also like the fact that he is going to be a No. 3 starter in 2010, which means he won't be facing other team's No. 1 or No. 2 starter.
I expect Jackson to go 13-10 with a solid 3.40-3.50 ERA in 200+ innings. Jackson has never been a big strikeout guy, so expect around 150-160 K's in those 200+ innings.
With those numbers, Jackson should be a very solid No. 3 fantasy starter in most fantasy formats in 2010.
Tags:Arizona DiamondBacks, Curtis Granderson, Detroit Tigers, Edwin Jackson, Fantasy Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays
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Angels Miss In The Bullpen Again, Sign Fernando Rodney
In my opinion there are five divisions for closers.
There is the Dennis Eckersley division which is your very top-tier closers like Mariano Rivera and Joe Nathan.
There is the Tom Henke division which are just under the top-tier closers, but are very solid like Francisco Cordero.
There is the Jeff Montgomery division which are your no frills and no thrills closers, but usually get the job done like Huston Street.
There is the Armando Benitez division for closers who will put you through the ringer and are much suited to be eighth inning guys like Carlos Marmol.
Lastly, there is the Al Reyes division which are for closers who are thrust into the closer job because the team they are playing for has no other options. They become the closer by default like Fernando Rodney.
Lets stick with Rodney here for a second shall we?
I have never been a fan of Rodney. I don't know the guy personally, but it really comes down to the fact that I have never thought he was good pitcher.
Rodney doesn't make the Angels better
Last year, Rodney moved into the Al Reyes division of closers because the Detroit Tigers really had no other options going into the season. Their best option other than Rodney was Brandon Lyon and as we all know, he can't close.
Rodney was able to rack up 37 saves, but posted his usually mediocre ERA in the mid-four's (4.40 to be exact). Over the last three years, Rodney's ERA is 4.48, which is nothing special.
However, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim thought Rodney was special today. The Angels signed Rodney today to a two-year, $11 million contract.
You know in football when they say if you have two quarterbacks going into training camp, you really have none? Well, the Angels have two closers now going into spring training, but really have none.
The Angels now have Rodney and Brian Fuentes at the back-end of their bullpen and neither of them should be closing games on a World Series contending team. Rodney doesn't solve the Angels' bullpen problems–he adds to it.
Just because a guy racks up a lot of saves, doesn't make him a good pitcher. If the Angels wanted to bring in a mediocre right-handed reliever, they would have been better off signing D.J Carrasco or Seth McClung.
Either of those pitchers would have cost the Angels less money.
And is one more thing I learned about Rodney today. He is 32-years-old! I had no idea he was that old. His age makes this signing even worse for the Angels.
Tags:Al Reyes, Armando Benitez, D.J. Carrasco, Dennis Eckersley, Detroit Tigers, Fernando Rodney, Jeff Montgomery, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Seth McClung, Tom Henke


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(ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Sept. 27, 2013) Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera has named Baltimore City District Judge Barbara Baer Waxman as the new administrative judge for District 1, Baltimore City. Judge Waxman will replace Judge John R. Hargrove, Jr., who will head the new Judiciary Task Force on Pretrial Confinement.
Judge Waxman was appointed to the District Court in 1991. She served on various judicial committees, including the Bail System Task Force and the Mental Health, Alcoholism and Addiction Committee, and chaired the Criminal and Civil Law committees, Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Committee, and Domestic Violence Coordinating Council. Judge Waxman has served on the Administrative Judges Committee since 1997.
"Judge Waxman is an amazing woman, an accomplished jurist and has exactly the right skill set to assume the leadership of the District Court of Maryland in Baltimore City," said Chief Judge Barbera.
Judge Hargrove has been appointed by District Court of Maryland Chief Judge Ben C. Clyburn to the Judiciary Task Force on Pretrial Confinement and Release. The new task force will study the pretrial detention processes, including the recommendations and rules changes for the implementation of the DeWolfe vs. Richmond decision. Judge Hargrove will continue to preside over cases as he assumes this new leadership role.


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The TONY Awards (full coverage)
I love this show so much...it's like all the high school theater geeks grew up and stayed together and formed a community. So far tonight, Brett Michaels was just about decapitated by fly-in scenery, Neil Patrick Harris is pulling hosting duty (and to think, I sat right next to him at the Swinging Wake), Liza performed and gave me goosebumps, (Carrie Fisher is on NOW being hilarious! Note to self, must read "Wishful Drinking") and there have been a handful of awesome live performances from various Broadway shows. The best of which so far by a mile has been from, "Guys and Dolls".
Between this and the recent performances from, who I am choosing to call the "Broadway Brothers" on, "So You Think You Can Dance", I'm pretty close to re-entering a major Broadway phase. These two need to take turns swapping the lead in a Gene Kelly biopic show. They're amazing! Evan ended up making it into the top 20, thank goodness. But they both deserved a spot for sure. They should've tapped Ryan to choreograph something later this season. Their loss, for sure...
~You know...I made, "Being Liza" because it was kind of a joke about me more than Liza. I genuinely think she's incredible and grew up listening to her music and watching her in movies like, "New York, New York" and thinking she was amazing. When you're a kid, you don't care what liking something "means" or "says about you", you just know what you love. And I loved Liza. And I still do. Seeing her sing tonight was wonderful. Here's a little reminder of how incredible Liza was in her prime. If you were this good, you'd have a world-wide following too.
~Bebe Neuwirth is on doing the "In Memoriam". Sad...Neuwirth said something, and this isn't verbatim about how you need to hurry up and do what you feel like you should be doing (creatively) because too many have died before they had a chance to do what they wanted to do. Food for thought.
~Oh, there went Bea Arthur and Estelle Getty in the slideshow. They're singing, "Kiss Today Goodbye" from, "A Chorus Line". Here come the tears.
~While Frank Langella is giving out an award, let me take the time to show you the preview for "New York, New York". I find that lots of people don't even know Liza Minelli was in a Scorcese movie with Robert De Niro. It's depressing, sure. But worth a watch.
~I would LOVE to see the new "9 to 5" on Broadway with Allison Janney. She's hysterical and I love the movie. How could it go wrong?
~Ah, here's Elton John talking about Billy Elliot...oh, score! A performance! Wow, this kid is amazing! (Unfortunately I can't stop thinking of that time on SNL's Weekend Update when Chris Kattan played Billy Elliot angrily dancing through the studio. "Billy Elliot's here and he's MAD!")
~My Mom just called to make sure I was watching the show! I think she's still holding out for my Broadway debut.
~Ah, and here's "Legally Blonde" the show I wanted to hate but couldn't help but love when I caught it a while ago on MTV. (Double shame!)
~Harvey Fierstein presenting "Best Revivial" award. He's a legend. If you don't know who he is, here he is as Edna Turnblad in, "Hairspray". (If you're still stumped, you may remember him from, sigh...Mrs. Doubtfire as Robin Williams' make-up artist.)
Welcome to the '60s
~Uh oh, they're bringing HAIR out next. Gotta be honest, never been my favorite.
~Hey, it's ANGELA LANSBURY! She's on Broadway right now in, "Blythe Spirit" in the role my sister once played, that of the kooky medium. Wow, vintage footage of Angela in, "MAME". Awesome. Woo! Footage from the musical "La Cage Aux Folles", which made it to the big screen as, "The Birdcage".
~Yay, Anne Hathaway. I heard her sing once at the Hollywood Bowl. (On television of course.) She's extremely talented. I think she'd do very well on Broadway. Ick...she introduced HAIR though. I honestly think that Sweet Charity should get the spot as most iconic 60's musical over HAIR.
~They are working the crowd really well though. Oh my, and the cameras. They've seemed the most at home performing tonight, probably because they get to mess with the crowd. Okay, I think I get the appeal now. It's kind of like an audience participation thing. It still comes across to me as a cast chalk full o' Matthew McConaugheys though.
~Yay! Kristin Chenoweth! She's so cute, and she's handing out the Best Revival award. And it goes to....HAIR. Can't keep a good hippie down I guess. Ah! They're flooding the stage like Muppets!
~And here is the genius that is David Hyde Pierce presenting Best Leading Actress. I care more about seeing him than I do the Best Actress award. I miss David Hyde Pierce being on television and he was so fabulous in, "Down With Love". Uh-oh...preachy acceptance speech alert. Meh. Oh, now she's talking about her BFA. Play her off, play her off...
~Best Actor award time. The three boys who share the lead in Billy Elliot just won. Aw, they're so cute and awkward! (I just heard Jake screaming over the basketball game in the other room. Must be a good game.) Oh this is a classic acceptance speech, this needs to be YouTubed tomorrow if you didn't see it. They're playing them off!
~Here's a performance from, "Jersey Boys". This show looks amazing. It won Best Musical in 2006, and rightfully so I think. Here's a little clip from the London show.
~LIZA is back to give out the final award of the night, Best Musical. She forgot the envelope backstage and a P.A. just had to run out and hand it to her. (Does Liza sell a line of sequined tops? If she doesn't, she should. It's her signature uniform.)
~Billy Elliot wins! All the little kids from the show are freaking out and it's really cute. Wow, Elton John and Liza on stage next to each other at the TONY awards. The universe may in fact, implode.
~Neil Patrick Harris is closing the show singing, "Tonight Tonight". Angela Lansbury, Elton John, LIZA, live performances aplenty. Haha, he just sang, "This show could not be any gayer!" And with that, the curtain comes down on the show. Here's to next year!
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Brazil-U.S. Relations: A Conversation with Ernesto Araújo
The minister of foreign relations highlighted that the Brazil-U.S. alliance is built for the long run, based on the "objectives for what we want for our nations and our people."
In a COA conversation on Brazil-U.S. relations with Brazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo, the diplomat highlighted the similarities between Brazil and the United States, and the importance of nurturing the like-minded relationship. Araújo highlighted Brazil's project of transforming itself "into a country driven by the private sector." From agribusiness to industrialization, he noted that the South American country's commitment to accomplishing more trade integration with the United States and beyond is key.
Araújo referenced examples of ongoing bilateral cooperation, such as partnering on a World Trade Organization reform to help level the playing field on issues like state-owned enterprises and agricultural subsidies, and also assured that Brazil "will work together with the Biden administration—it's the natural thing to do," affirming also that his country is "absolutely together" with its North American counterpart on climate action. But he also said: "We need to see more commitment from developed countries in terms of financial commitments" to multilateral environmental pacts like the Paris Agreement. Araújo was optimistic about Brazil's fight against COVID-19, saying that vaccinations will help the economy "take hold again."


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How Annihilation establishes a unique brand of body horror
Carli Velocci
Mar 1, 2018, 5:37 PM EST (Updated)
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At one point in Annihilation, the formerly confident Anya Thorensen (Gina Rodriguez) has a meltdown. It begins with her staring at her hands with horror in her eyes. Later, after she has tied up her teammates, she fights back tears as she tells them that her fingerprints are moving.
Since entering the Shimmer — a mysterious, ever-expanding area of land where mutations are common and logic seems nonexistent — Anya and her colleagues have been trying to hold on to their own conceptions about biology and physics. But their bodies betray them; no longer can they rely on the one thing that has been a constant up until this point. They're up against something that can change their very DNA.
Annihilation revels in body horror with a small number of cringe-worthy sequences, each as grotesque and mysterious as the last. It isn't unique in how it uses the trope — the film comes from a long tradition of sci-fi horror films where an unknown, alien entity threatens humanity — but what it does offer is subtlety and the reversal of the audience's expectations. The people at the center of the film, all women, are going to get distorted and destroyed. That much is obvious. The mystery lies in how it will happen.
To watch Anya's downfall in Annihilation is to observe the gradual realization that your body is turning against you. When she first walks into the Shimmer, she, like the rest of her expedition group, are confused and wary, but mostly optimistic, even if they're technically on a suicide mission. But when faced with the first real evidence of what happened to the former expedition groups, Anya exhibits intense denial. When a video shows a man with his insides moving around like eels, she calls it a trick of the light. When she sees what happened to that man later, she still can't quite believe it.
Elsewhere in the group, Lena (Natalie Portman) acknowledges a bruise on her arm. When she takes samples of it later, she watches as her cells evolve and swirl. Lena had originally volunteered for the expedition because of her husband, who returned from the previous mission seriously ill and unlike himself. She must have feared, in that moment, that she'd discovered exactly what had happened to him.
Josie (Tessa Thompson), who spends the bulk of the film shying away from the group based in part by a shame regarding self-harm (or so we're told), sheds her sleeves and slowly turns into a plant, calmly walking into a field to join the others who have been changed. Sheppard (Tuva Novotny) used to be a part of the expedition but she had recently been killed, torn apart by something resembling a bear. It's only after Anya's meltdown that the bear shows up once again, sporting a skull on its head and Sheppard's scream in its throat.
By the end of the film, the Shimmer has taken control. The characters — and the audience — are unsure of what this strange force wants, but, as evidenced by all the mutations and what Lena says at one point, it seeks to create something new. The Shimmer is about life. It's not about destruction, but creation. In a sense, it's giving birth; appropriate considering Lena begins the film by explaining the process of creation in cancer cells.
Even though Annihilation is a movie about birth, none of the characters, in fact, give birth, which is refreshing. Since the beginning of time, when a woman is besieged by a force greater than herself — supernatural or natural — and she is changed, that change often starts in her uterus.
This trend started long before we had movies and TV to absorb. Mythology is filled with stories of women impregnated by gods. In 1726, a woman named Mary Toft managed to convince top surgeons that she had given birth to rabbits. The history of body horror is filled with women being attacked from the inside out to become not just mothers but mothers of monsters.
The 1950s saw a rise in American body horror as an explosion in technology, the Space Race, and fears of Communism shook the public (prompting horror scenarios like Invasion of the Body Snatchers and many episodes of The Twilight Zone). In many of these earlier films, the fear was that our way of life would be replaced. And worse, that we wouldn't be able to tell it was happening until it was too late.
But the horror and science fiction genres were set to keep expanding and changing. Rosemary's Baby (1968) is probably the most ubiquitous of these modern stories thanks to a tense, semi-ambiguous runtime that leads the audience to question whether the title character was impregnated as part of a Satanic ritual. It ends in a predictable fashion (yes, she did give birth to the Antichrist), but the psychological impact of the ordeal has already been done. Rosemary longs to be there for her child, even if it isn't human because it is hers and she went through the pains of a stressful pregnancy for it.
Likewise, in the 1986 remake of The Fly, Veronica (Geena Davis) lives out her worst fear after discovering the transformation of her lover Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) into the titular fly. She has a nightmare where she gives birth to their child, only instead of a human one, it takes the form of a giant fly larva. The Fly, directed by David Cronenberg, is famous for its grotesque body horror sequences, somehow managing to top watching Goldblum's skin fall off with the image of a woman giving birth to something that is clearly not hers, not natural, no human. Buffy, Angel, Charmed, The Brood, and a number of other examples utilize this trope, which is effective as shorthand for power and control.
It's a trope that continues to gain steam. The 2017 horror film Prevenge tells the story of a woman whose fetus tells her to kill as a symbol for a woman's loss of control during pregnancy. In many of these cases, the woman is used as a vessel, controlled by a higher power for a purpose not her own. Films like Rosemary's Baby and Prevenge are noteworthy since they tell the story from the woman's point of view. The latter is especially obvious about this loss of control, with both the protagonist and the audience in on the joke about evil fetuses.
However, Annihilation manages to sidestep this completely. A story explicitly about birth avoids the pregnancy body horror trope in favor of other forms of creation. In the film, along with the book series by Jeff VanderMeer, the extraterrestrial force behind the Shimmer acts opposite of humanity, which engages in self-destruction.
In Annihilation, body horror reflects different forms of creation, whether it's the growth of flowers or in the formation of a new species, rather than the normalized human destruction.
This is all a precursor to the ending, where the force inside the Shimmer uses Lena to replicate itself. Lena makes it to the epicenter — a lighthouse — and has an encounter with a faceless humanoid that starts to replicate her every move. It eventually morphs and becomes her, taking her place in the human world. It's the worst possible outcome for a body horror scenario, where you're entirely erased and replaced. However, director Alex Garland is able to do this without evoking tired imagery about pregnancy or an extreme focus on the body itself. For a film that stars five women, that's a huge feat.
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That's because the horror doesn't simply focus on the body. In Annihilation, the body is a means to an end and any changes to it are almost inconsequential. If your intestines turn into slithering eels or branches start growing out of your arms, it's not as a way to destroy the body. Rather, it's just another way to keep life going, which is what your body is meant to do in the first place. The Shimmer is only changing the means at which this is done in nature, and is that really so horrifying?


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NAIROBI, Kenya, December 12, 2016 (IPS) — Reengineering the framework of support by bringing in women as new actors in effective development cooperation will play a pivotal role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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By Miriam Rossi
Posted on May 2, 2019 in News
Courtesy of Vassar College Twitter
I want to start my letter, as Professor Hunsberger did last week, by thanking The Misc for writing the article on April 4, 2019 describing the resolution to demolish Williams apartments (The Miscellany News, "Faculty Housing to be demolished," 04.04.2019). Considering the impact of this decision (there are 21 apartments and at least that number of people getting evicted), there was little public discussion of the topic, so the Misc's initiative to bring this issue to the community is much appreciated.
The Faculty meeting devoted to this decision (in February) was overwhelmingly dominated by President Bradley's polished PowerPoint Presentation outlining the many reasons why demolishing Williams was the only solution to the problem of where to locate the Inn/Institute. Among the justifications was the promise of better faculty housing that would be built in the near future to "replace" Williams apartments. Perhaps because the discussion was framed to have only "one" best possible solution, and many persons in attendance (myself included) were exhausted by her nearly one-hour-long presentation, the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of President Bradley's (and the board's) decision.
So, as a long-time resident of Williams (37 years!), I wish to briefly highlight the historical value of the Williams buildings with three points: They were an early example of an urban planning initiative (they were built together with the Alumnae House and the big lawn); they were built for female faculty members so they would have independence from the administration in 1921; and last, they were built with a very generous 50th reunion gift from Harriett Williams, an alumna of Vassar College class of 1870. Each of these three points is of interest and worthy of further study. As such, it would make sense to locate the Inn/Institute elsewhere.
Last, this rush to tear historical buildings down is puzzling to me, perhaps because I was born in another country where tearing down a building almost never happens and is considered irreverent and disrespectful. The history of a place and an institution is also given by its buildings and urban planning. This past week, Michael Kimmelman wrote about the lasting impact that tearing down the original Penn Station has had on NYC in the New York Times (New York Times, "When the Old Penn Station Was Demolished, New York Lost Its Faith," 04.24.2019).
Although Williams is certainly not Penn Station, some of Kimmelman's arguments regarding tearing down old buildings are applicable. A current exhibit at the renovated Trolley Barn (489 Main St) brings this point closer to home as it details the decisions to bulldoze Poughkeepsie neighborhoods to build the Route 9 arterial in the early 1960s and the east-west arterial in the late 1960s to mid-1970s. The exhibit highlights the unforeseen consequences of bad urban planning and how it can impact a community. We certainly don't want Vassar to make a similar mistake. The closing event is Friday, May 3 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
When Kimmelman wrote "New Yorkers embraced the mantra of change, assuming that what replaced a beloved building would probably be as good or better," my personal story is reflected. Since my arrival to the U.S., my family was forced to move three times in the 1970s, because elite residential buildings were being built on the site of tenement buildings in Manhattan. My elementary school and my high school were torn down to build new skyscrapers. My neighborhood church, a Gothic church built in 1886, was torn down in 1969 to build a new skyscraper. At Vassar, Mudd Chemistry, a building that I worked in for 32 years, was torn down but three years ago. What next?
In closing, to my colleagues and members of the administration who stated they could not wait for the new Inn to be built so they could walk to a quality restaurant, many of the current Williams tenants would be happy to invite you over for a delicious home-cooked meal.
Miriam Rossi, Professor of Chemistry on the Mary Landon Sague Chair
Thank you for this great letter. I am shocked, amazed, and saddened at the news that Williams is being torn down. I am eagerly awaiting a response as to why this is the best solution.
Jennifer Clark says:
My understanding is that the restoration of this building to remediate current maintenance issues and to bring it up to code is so expensive, so astronomically expensive that it would be a true waste of the many volunteer hours put in to fundraising for our college. This statement by the professor does not give any good arguments for this specific building being retained. I am unequivocally in favor of the new plan.


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Matt Reeves' long awaited noir Batman movie has finally gotten a release date, and with this comes a trickle of new information: Ben Affleck will not be donning the cowl, the film will focus on a young Bruce Wayne, and it will lean heavily on Batman's reputation as "The World's Greatest Detective." We've already written about some of the best comics that could inspire the project, so we decided to put together something of a comic book mood board for the project. These are some of our favorite, most atmospheric, and noir-ish panels and pages from the history of The Bat.
Obviously this one may seem a bit on the nose with the title and all, but tonally this page is a masterclass in shadowy terror. Stewart's purple and grey palette is a great representation of a noir-era Gotham and the pitch black shadow with the glowing white eyes adds a horror to the visual storytelling, which feels straight out The Lodger or even Diabolique. It would be interesting to see Reeves lean completely into the noir genre rather than use it as a pastiche or gimmick, and this page is a great example of the tone and pacing needed to pull that off in a Batman story.
This lesser known gem from the early work of Frank Quitely follows Batman to Scotland for a funeral only to land him in a bunch of trouble. Though most of the book is pretty colorful, this brilliant page, which sees him leaping into and creeping across a shadowy graveyard, would make a great base for a sequence in a noir-influenced Batman flick. Hollingsworth's blues, greens, and grays give the page a unique but classic look, and Quitely's vision of Batman jumping in front of the moon is the stuff cinematic dreams are made of.
As the story is likely going to cover Batman's earliest days this page from Hush Unwrapped immediately came to mind as it perfectly portrays the horror of the night in crime alley, which changed Bruce's life forever. Lee and Williams' stark line art and brilliant contrast of Batman standing over the city that he loves and the event that forged him are the perfect jumping off point for a dark period piece about the origin of Gotham's most famous son.
Though it's very unlikely that we'll see any kind of super team-up in The Batman, the shadowy severity of this panel from the seminal Batman event Death in the Family offers fantastic insight into what a more politically focused Bruce Wayne tale could look like. We've yet to see Batman having to navigate the greater international landscape as he saves his city. His having to work alongside a shady government organization could lean into the detective angle Reeves has promised.
Visually, this is one of the best panels in Bat-history and it comes from one of the most famed noir takes on the character. It's pretty likely that Reeves' film will take heavily from this dark origin story, but we're more interested in how he might be able to translate Mazzucchelli's sweeping and spooky vision of Batman to the big screen.
Every good noir movie needs to also be an exploration of the detective at its core and this nine panel grid from Legends of the Dark Knight #1 seems to echo the best and quietest moments from classic noir movies like The Long Goodbye or Chinatown. Bruce's characterization as a man will be equally as important as the focus on his heroics and this brilliant grid is a perfectly balanced moment which could translate really well to screen.
Though most Golden Age Batman comics are remembered for being wacky and technicolor, the original Detective Comics in which he was introduced were often dark and pulpy. This brilliant page leans into the horror and surreal nature of the hero and could be a really cool route for Matt Reeves' film to take from. He's not going to make a Dracula Bat movie as much as we might want one, but recognizing that Bruce based his entire persona on the thing he fears most is a vital part of creating a great version of Batman.


What's going on in West Virginia? Sports betting kicked off with a bang a the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races late last month, and just last week, the FanDuel Sportsbook at The Greenbrier Resort took its first bet. In between, the state's lottery director inexplicably resigned and now the lottery's managing general counsel, Danielle Boyd, isn't immediately responding to inquiries.
And on Monday, acting lottery director Doug Buffington went before the Standing Joint Committee on Finance and fielded questions about the implementation the state's sports betting law. The lottery rolled out "emergency rules" in order to allow the casinos to open their sportsbooks, but those rules were open to public comment and the lottery must address concerns. The public-comment period ended Sept. 7 and the lottery has yet to respond.
In fact, should it respond in the near future, it will do so without its long-time leader, Alan Harrick, who resigned unexpectedly and Boyd, who has reportedly been forced out of her position by the governor's office.
Professional Sports Leagues Continue to Push for 'Integrity Fee' and Data Rights in WV, Even Though the Law Doesn't Call for Them.
But lawmakers have universally rebuffed the idea on integrity fees and "official data" contracts.
"There's virtually no support in the Legislature to require these entities to enter into these contracts," Delegate Paul Espinosa, R-Jefferson said of the casinos. And state lawmakers again quashed the idea of an "integrity fee" at Monday's Finance meeting.
When the Hollywood Casino took its first bet, Blair could not have been more clear about the status of an "integrity fee" in West Virginia.
In leaving a royalty out of its law, the Mountaineer State was falling in line with Nevada, Delaware, New Jersey, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, all of which have legalized sports betting and don't pay an integrity fee. Changes to the emergency rules would require legislative approval.
So, again, what's going on? We don't know for sure, but it's been interesting – and vexing – to watch the machinations in West Virginia from afar as the leagues attempt several bites at the apple.
It appears that Boyd, the lottery's main counsel, has been sidelined if not forced out.
So, what's up next in West Virginia? Right now, that's anyone's guess.
Update: Governor Justice on Tuesday appointed John Myers as Director of the West Virginia Lottery. "Myers has been serving as Secretary of Administration for the Justice Administration," the Governor's office said in a release. "Prior to that appointment he worked at the West Virginia Lottery from 2008-2017 and was Acting Director from 2015-2017.


The website for the open-source MySQL database was hacked and used to serve malware to visitors Monday.
By just after 11 a.m., the issue had been cleaned up, said Wayne Huang, Armorize's CEO. He thinks the malicious code was on the site for less than a day.
Huang said that the attackers used the Black Hole exploit kit to attack visitors to the site, but his team had not yet figured out what the malicious software that it installed was designed to do. Typically, criminals install malware to steal victims' passwords, pop up advertisements for fake antivirus software, or to create botnet computers that can be rented out to others.
Oracle, which manages the MySQL.com project, was still investigating the issue and unable to comment for this story Monday.
Highly trafficked open-source websites such as MySQL.com have been hit hard in recent months. In the past weeks the Linux Foundation was forced to take a number of websites offline, including Kernel.org and Linux.com after a compromise. And MySQL.com itself was hit earlier this year.
The hackers who hit MySQL.com in March posted a list of usernames and passwords after their hack, and that data may have been used to break into the site again, according to Maxim Goncharov, a senior threat researcher with Trend Micro.
In Russian underground forums, a hacker named sourcec0de has been shopping root access to the MySQL.com servers recently, Goncharov said. His price? US$3,000.
It's not clear whether sourcec0de really did have access to the MySQL.com website, but he did post screenshots that appeared to show that he had root access to the MySQL servers, Goncharov said in a blog posting.


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Government hardens quarantine measures - maximum of two can be outside together
The government has passed a new measure in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. Namely, that only two people can be out together at once.
While the order came into effect on Tuesday as part of the extension of the quarantine period until April. However, it only came to the awareness of the general public and media after the government informed of the new measure in a press release on Wednesday.
Those excluded from the measure are members of the same household, funeral attendees, or those working and conducting business activities.
Coronavirus: Czech state to offer Italy and Spain 10,000 protective suits
The Czech Republic will offer 10,000 protective suits to Italy and Spain, the European countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Interior Minister Jan Hamáček said on Twitter.
Hamáček said this country has 250,000 protective suits and more are on the way, while Italy and Spain "desperately need" such gear.
Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček on Wednesday indicated additional assistance to those countries could come in the form of sending Czech military medical teams. However, Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar said on Thursday such personnel could not be spared.
The Czech Republic has many protective suits in part because, since joining NATO in 1999, it has focused on further developing its expertise in countering chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats.
New rules apply for Czechs commuting for work in Austria, Germany
New restrictions go into effect on Thursday for Czechs commuting to work in Austria and Germany. They are now required to remain in those countries for at least 21 days. Upon return, they will be quarantined for 14 days.
Czechs working in health, social services and emergency services abroad are not subject to the new rules. But they will need to show proof of such cross-border employment. Violation of such rules is a criminal offence.
Salaries in Austria and Germany are typically far higher, and many Czechs living in border regions had commuted abroad for work on a daily basis before the coronavirus outbreak.
The same rules apply to Czechs working in Slovakia and Poland as before. They must commute at least three times a week in one direction and their place of work must lie within 100 kilometres of the border.
Survey: 1 in 3 Czechs can work from home, 1 in 4 more productively
One-third of Czechs can work from home and about 28 percent currently do so, according to a new Solitea survey.
Half the respondents said they are "equally productive" at home as at work. A quarter said they are "more productive" at home.
The Solitea survey, conducted last week on a sample of 2,000 respondents, found nearly 10 percent believed they could be "equally productive" working at home if allowed by their employers to do so.
Supreme Court rejects ex-MP Jaroslav Staník's appeal on hate speech verdict
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Jaroslav Staník, an ex-secretary and MP of the far-right opposition Freedom and Direct Democracy party, to overturn a guilty verdict for inciting hatred, among other charges.
In October 2017, when still an MP, Staník said in a parliament restaurant that Jews, Romani people and homosexuals to be shot at birth or gassed, witnesses said. They said he was drunk at the time.
Staník was charged in 2018 with fomenting hatred towards a group of people, infringing upon their rights and freedoms, and denying the Holocaust while calling for genocide. He faced up to 3 years in prison but received a 1-year suspended sentence.
Attempted murder suspect Lukáš Nečesaný awarded CZK 1.2mn, apology
Lukáš Nečesaný, a Czech man charged in 2013 with the attempted murder of a hairdresser in Hořice, East Bohemia, has been awarded 1.2 million crowns in damages and an apology. He is seeking a further 18.8 million crowns in for non-material harm, his lawyer said.
Nečesaný spent two years behind bars before he was released from prison in November 2017, after a regional court ruled there was insufficient evidence to prove his guilt. On three previous occasions, he had been found guilty, each time filing an appeal.
The hairdresser, who was knocked unconscious during a robbery, did not at first identify Nečesaný, then a secondary school student, as the perpetrator. According to court experts, she suffered from memory loss after the assault.
Sports: Prague Half Marathon, Ostrava Golden Spike postponed
Two more high-profile Czech-based sporting events have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic: the Prague Half Marathon and Golden Spike Ostrava, a major international track and field competition.
The Prague race was scheduled for March 28 and the Ostrava event for May 22. The Prague Half Marathon is now scheduled for September 6 and the Golden Spike has been postponed until September 8. The Prague Marathon due to take place on May 3 has been cancelled with no new date yet set.
Friday should be warm and sunny in the morning and overcast in afternoon and evening, wit daytime highs of 11 to 14 degrees Celsius. The outlook for Saturday is similar, while Sunday should be cloudier and cooler.
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realizethelies 1:29 pm on October 20, 2015
Tags: Dyson Sphere, Extraterrestial Civilization
Possible Alien Megastructure Found Orbiting a Star Researchers claim
Researchers have revealed a 'bizarre' star they say could be surrounded by a huge alien mega structure. KIC 8462852, located 1480 light-years away, was monitored by the Kepler Space Telescope for more than four years, beginning in 2009. Now researchers say they cannot explain strange fluctuations in the light it emits – leading some to claim it could have a huge alien megastructure in front of it.
Lead author of the study, Tabetha Boyajian, says his group has been looking for alternate explanations since 2011, when "citizen scientists" flagged the star as exceedingly bizarre.Currently, it experiences dips in brightness up to 22%, which could not be the result of a passing exoplanet. Usually, this kind of unexplained activity is the result of a displaced mass of detritus formed within a new star system before gravity has had time to condense or absorb it. But, KIC 8462852, located between between the constellations Cygnus and Lyra, is not a new star.
Scientists have also considered that the dips may be caused by debris from a planetary collision. However, they would also expect this kind of collision to produce excess infrared light, which hasn't been detected. Another explanation involves orbiting comets, but comets virtually never create such drastic changes in light emission.
The absence of any conventional explanation led Tabetha to a more unorthodox line of reasoning: what if the anomalous blockage of light is caused by a Dyson sphere, or more accurately, a Dyson swarm of smaller megastructures.This would fall in line with a recent theory by Clément Vidal, who suggests that irregular energy flows from certain stars may be evidence of Kardashev Type II or III civilizations.
Vidal calls these "starivores," as they are feeding on the energy of their parent stars. He wrote a Ph.D. thesis on it that suggests the Milky Way Galaxy alone may contain around 2,000 starivores.
Is the star KIC 8462852 our very first glimpse of Kardashev Type II advanced artificial superintelligence wielding Dyson spheres (say that five times fast) to control the energy of its own sun? We may soon know… or we may never.
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Q: If event $A\cap B \to C$, what can we say about the probability $P(A\cap B)$ and P(C) I know that, if $A\to B$, then $A \subseteq B$, hence $P(A) \leq P(B)$.
consider events:
$$A: x = y$$
$$B: y = z$$
$$C: x = z$$
then $A\cap B \to C$, can we conclude though:
$$P(A\cap B) = P(C)$$

A: You are correct about the step that $A \cap B \subset C$. However, you'd also have to show $C \subseteq A \cap B $ if you want to show that the two sets are equal.
In particular, I don't think the statement is true -- suppose x, y, and z are the results from tossing fair coins X, Y, and Z.
The probability that all three coins show the same thing (eventa $A \cap B$) is 1/4, where as the probability that coins X and Y show the same thing (event $C$) is 1/2.

A: No, not quite. Knowing that $A\cap B \rightarrow C$ is not enough to conclude that $A\cap B = C$. For the two events to be equal, $C \rightarrow A \cap B$ must be satisfied as well.
This is not true for the given example, as we can construct an outcome $\omega \in C$ such that $x=z$, but $y \neq x,z$. Since $\omega$ cannot be in $A$ or $B$, $\omega \notin A\cap B$. This proves that $P(A\cap B) \neq P(C)$.


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Q: Using @apply built into a Polymer element on lit-element I'd like to use paper-item element within a lit-element based app.
Within the app, I'm using --paper-item CSS custom property which can be applied to the paper-item using @apply but since the feature is removed from browsers, it doesn't work now.
Looks like ShadyCSS can make it work, but don't know how to activate it. Can someone help me?
html {
  --paper-tabs: {
    font-size: 1.0em;
    height: 24px;
    color: var(--text-primary-color);
    background-color: var(--default-primary-color);
  };
}

A: The @apply shim is only applied to styles in the elements template. It was a bit too difficult to apply it to styles added via constructible stylesheets. So if you want to use it, move the styles to a <style> tag in the render() method.