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Definition of resident in English:
1A person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis: it was a beautiful hamlet with just 100 residents
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- Citizens or permanent residents of other countries must have a valid passport and/or a valid visitor's visa.
- The majority of the permanent residents are retired 'incomers' devoted to growing their own vegetables and etching.
- Only four of the 10 houses on the street are now owned by long-term residents.
inhabitant, local;
householder, homeowner, houseowner;
citizen, native, townsman, townswoman, taxpayer;
occupant, occupier, tenant
humorous denizen, burgher
formal dweller
rare residentiary, indweller
1.1A bird, butterfly, or other animal of a species that does not migrate: arctic residents are joined annually by long-distance migrants
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- March is a good time to begin to learn bird song with our resident species easier to hear before all the summer warblers arrive to make the task of identification more difficult.
- Some Washington birds are resident, but most migrate either north-south, or up and down in elevation.
- Its many distinctive habitats offer some of the most wonderful resident, migrating, and wintering bird species in the area.
1.2British A guest in a hotel who stays for one or more nights: the hotel restaurant is open to residents and guests of residents
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- Fellow guests are refined hotel residents and moneyed young local movers, though we were too taken with the views to care much.
- Mr Thomas said the hotel did not keep a guest book for residents to sign.
- The residents and guests of the Grand Hotel live their lives in comfort and splendor, spending their days in the bar or on the dance floor.
guest, person staying, boarder, lodger, client
1.3US A pupil who boards at a boarding school.
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- Arriving at schools, the teams were met by pupils, teachers and residents with a songs, drama and demonstrations of reading skills.
- Nor will residents and students be able to tell which librarians are from the college and which ones are city employees.
- Maybe some alumni and other former residents will enjoy checking in here to reminisce about good old Madison.
1.4 historical A British government agent in any semi-independent state, especially the Governor General's agent at the court of an Indian state.
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- There was little responsibility on the Residents; but there was a great and awful responsibility on the Governor- General.
- In 1820 he was appointed resident at the court of the Nizam.
- He was Resident at Satara in 1845 and at Baroda in 1847 and later Resident at Lucknow in 1854. He was given the command of the Persian war, 1856-1857.
1.5An intelligence agent in a foreign country.
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- He was assigned to the Soviet embassy in London as the KGB "resident" responsible for Soviet intelligence-gathering and espionage in the UK.
- His career eventually took him to Washington, D.C. where he was a KGB resident.
- He was in contact with the KGB resident agents. It was long ago, but it seems to me that we met at social events.
2North American A medical graduate engaged in specialized practice under supervision in a hospital.
Example sentences
- He currently works as a medical resident at another hospital and is waiting to hear the final outcome for this case.
- For stations involving physicians, fourth-year medical students or physician residents were used.
- I run a geriatric psychiatry clinic at the university and supervise residents and medical students.
1Living somewhere on a long-term basis: he has been resident in Brazil for a long time
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- The overall value of the fishery will continue to attract a great deal of interest from those not resident in the north.
- He has remained one of the leading protagonists of the movement and, now resident in France, has founded the 'Order of Interbeing' to promote worthy social causes.
- The applicant was an Italian national who had been legally resident in France since his birth and was working there as a trade union official.
living, residing, in residence, staying, remaining
formal dwelling
archaic biding
rare residentiary
live-in, living in
1.1Having quarters on the premises of one's work: resident farm workers
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- The Tangier traveller clearly felt at home in Tagedda, which had its own quarter of resident merchants from North Africa and a circle of literate scholars.
- Support restricted and applied on only one farm per resident farmer would, of course, arrest this and is surely no more than any equitable society would expect.
- To gain permanent residency, the temporary resident farm-worker would need to fulfill a prospective agricultural-work requirement.
1.2Attached to and working regularly for a particular institution: the film studio needed a resident historian
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- In fact such is Michael's knowledge on historical matters in Carlow that he has also found himself in the role of The Nationalist's resident local historian!
- He is also resident chef for the channel's Food & Drink and regularly appears on Ready Steady Cook.
- He is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and editor of the Middle East Quarterly.
permanent, incumbent;
French en poste
1.3(Of a bird, butterfly or other animal) remaining in an area throughout the year; non-migratory: resident mute swans and wintering Bewick's swans
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- During the first treatment, resident mice remained on each site throughout the study period.
- Migratory habit is related to philopatry, because resident species of birds tend to have lower dispersal rates than migratory species.
- In the meantime, strategically placed brush piles in the woodland area supply the resident birds with nesting materials.
2(Of a computer program, file, etc.) immediately available in computer memory, rather than having to be loaded from elsewhere: an intangible computer program resident on a magnetic disk the ability to load memory-resident programs
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- An example would be retro viruses that attack antivirus software by deleting virus definition tables or memory resident scanners.
- When a user leaves the vicinity of the computer, normal operation of a computer's resident security will control computer function.
- It gets worse, the virus scanning part of the process runs from a separate PC - which means you're unlikely to pick up memory resident viruses.
residentship noun ( historical)
- Example sentences
- I myself went through the whole process of getting a permanent residentship.
- However, I don't have a permanent residentship yet.
- The most often used reasons or grounds were in fact claims to urban residentship arising from connections to the city by previous residence, by birth and by family.
Middle English: from Latin resident- 'remaining', from the verb residere (see reside).
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Nebraska health clinics serving low-income residents say more women are seeking prenatal care in the first trimester of their pregnancies, when problems are the easiest to treat.
Clinic doctors attribute the increase to a Nebraska law restoring state-funded services for low-income women, mostly illegal immigrants.
Lawmakers approved the measure last year over the veto of Gov. Dave Heineman. The law pitted lawmakers who viewed it as a children's health issue against those who argued it rewarded illegal immigrants.
The percentage of pregnant women seeking first-trimester care at Omaha's OneWorld Community Health Center increased from 78 percent before coverage was available to 85 percent in the last four months of 2012.
Fremont Sen. Charlie Janssen has introduced a bill to repeal the law. Heineman wants to end funding for the effort.

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VICTOR — A local man who allegedly choked a female during an altercation has been charged with strangulation.
Herminio Luis Dejesus, 32, 13 Phoenix St. in Canandaigua, was charged Oct. 22 with second degree strangulation after an investigation revealed he was involved in an alleged physical altercation with a female in the Town of Victor. Ontario County Sheriff's Deputies said that the suspect allegedly choked the female, causing her to momentarily lose consciousness during the early morning hours of Oct. 18.
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Topic: spelling bee
Despite my coffee habit I have only one clear thought a day and it just came to me when I was researching something online and came across the word "antihepatotoxicity." We should have a spelling bee for all these darn words we have had to learn!
And I am not suggesting this just because I was the 2nd best speller in the whole city of Chicago in the 4th grade (I still have the trophy) nor because I won an adult spelling bee a few years ago that lasted about 3 hours (I was almost considering spelling a word incorrectly on purpose, I was getting really hungry and tired!).
p.s. "antihepatotoxicity" is our friend, it means "the ability to prevent damage to the liver"; "hepatoprotection" is a slightly easier to pronounce synonym
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Definition of twice-born in English:
1Having undergone a renewal of faith or life, in particular.
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- We are in the process of becoming twice-born, but we're not there yet.
- William James wrote about the once-born and the twice-born.
- In the desire to be twice-born there is a good deal of self-hatred.
1.1(Of a Hindu) belonging to one of the three highest castes, especially as an initiated Brahman.
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- 'Hinduism 'can best be defined as a set of ideas and practices of the upper, so-called twice-born castes that are based on the interpretation of the ancient Vedas and auxiliary textual traditions by Brahman priests.'
- Both groups - and women, too - were prohibited from hearing the Veda and denied initiation into twice-born status (and the wearing of the sacred thread).
- Such a Guru, when conferring knowledge of self and making one twice-born, opens the door and enables one to see the transcendental form of God within.
1.2(Of a Christian) born-again.
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- The impact of this movement on contemporary evangelical theologies of the twice-born experience needs much more critical examination.
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A lot happening Tuesday morning, as the Warriors' search to replace Mark Jackson hurtles on . . .
No surprise: Warriors management declined to take him up on that, which couldn't have surprised Van Gundy, either, if he has been paying attention to how Joe Lacob's front office works (though maybe SVG has been paying VERY CLOSE attention to what happened to Mark Jackson).
But Van Gundy had a reason to request full control /. . .
He could get all that in Detroit, according to a report by Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski, which explains a lot.
Mostly, it explains how Van Gundy felt empowered to ask the Warriors for so much, almost certainly knowing that Lacob didn't set up his front office in order to hand it over to somebody he barely knows.
What I was told Tuesday morning -- literally, minutes before the Detroit news hit -- was that the Warriors had Van Gundy at the top of available candidate list.
As a coach.
Maybe Van Gundy was their top choice; we know the conversations got serious because you can't get to "I want total control" without the conversations already in a serious mode.
That's when the Warriors slowed down on Van Gundy and when I was told that this process could take more time.
It seems clear that Van Gundy had an inkling or already knew that Detroit -- which has vacancies at both GM and coach -- was interested in talking to him for a dual role, so he wanted to know if the Warriors would match those terms.
That's fair negotiations. Hard-ball, but fair.
But ceding all basketball ops power to anybody would essentially mean pushing general manager Bob Myers aside, blotting out executives Jerry West and Travis Schlenk, and removing Lacob himself from day-to-day oversight.
That just isn't going to happen.
My sense is that NBA people blame both sides for the Mark Jackson breakup (Jackson for his sensitivity and coaching issues, the Warriors for an occasionally difficult front office) and it will be interesting to see how both sides deal with the after-effects.
The top candidates might think, if I don't bring this up now I'm destined to get over-run by the Warriors front office. They might believe they can finesse better than Jackson did, but, again, if you have options, you bargain hard.
And this might be the ultimate deal-or-no-deal point for the Warriors right now.
It might not just be SVG who asks about marginalizing Myers and the rest of the basketball ops, and maybe to shove Lacob to the side in an informal way.
But we'll see.
I also think Clippers assistants Alvin Gentry (also a former head coach) and Tyronn Lue might get a look from the Warriors whenever their playoff run ends, if the timing works.
The Warriors probably can invest some time and thought in Mike D'Antoni, Mike Brown, George Karl and a few others.
And I'm still suggesting Iowa State's Fred Hoiberg, UConn's Kevin Ollie or Chicago's Tom Thibodeau as very intriguing candidates, but again, those have to be under-the-radar contacts and may never actually go through the official process if they remain where they are.
Got all that? This is only due to take 20 or more twists and turns.
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Chew on This: Gum May Prevent Ear Infections
Nov. 17, 2011 -- Middle ear infections are common during early childhood, but the simple strategy of chewing gum with the sweetener xylitol just may be an effective way to help prevent them.
Based on their review of three studies of healthy children from Finland, researchers found that there is "fair evidence" to support the conclusion that kids who chew gum containing the natural sweetener xylitol may have a lower risk of ear infections.
In their analysis of the studies, which included children attending Finnish day care centers, regular consumption of xylitol in the form of gum, lozenges, or syrup was associated with a 25% reduced risk for developing middle ear infections.
The researchers conclude that stronger studies are needed to prove that xylitol prevents middle ear infections, but they add that the findings to date are promising.
"These studies were all from the same research group in Finland," researcher Amir Azarpazhooh, DDS, of the University of Toronto, tells WebMD. "While there is fair evidence to support a benefit, more research is needed to make a firm recommendation about using xylitol to prevent ear infections."
Xylitol Curbs Bacteria
Also known as birch sugar, xylitol is used in many reduced-calorie products including gums, candies, and some baked products.
Because it has been shown to curb the growth of some bacteria, some dentists recommend chewing xylitol-sweetened gum to prevent cavities.
Many middle ear infections occur when bacteria accumulate in the eustachian tubes that connect the nose and ears, so the thinking has been that xylitol may also prevent ear infections by preventing bacteria from growing there.
The review examined three studies that included 1,826 healthy children and a single study involving 1,277 children with respiratory infections who were at high risk for developing ear infections.
Use of xylitol-containing gum, lozenges, or syrup did not appear to reduce middle ear infections in the children who already had respiratory illnesses.
Findings from the studies suggested that xylitol-containing gum was superior to xylitol syrup for preventing middle ear infections in healthy children. There was no difference between xylitol-containing gum and xylitol lozenges in preventing middle ear infections.


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At the Carriage House: Art Benjamin and Mathematics to D.I.E. for (with audio)
Widely regarded as one of the finest mathematical expositors around, Harvey Mudd College Professor Art Benjamin brought his entertaining and energetic presentation technique to the MAA's Carriage House on Saturday, January 12, 2008 to talk about Combinatorial Trigonometry and a method known as D.I.E.
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The re-evaluation of Calculus at Bressoud's Macalester College began about six years ago with the realization that the traditional sequence of Calculus I and II was not meeting the needs of its students, and the results have been positive. Read More
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Bought a PS3 a week ago, discovered PS3 Media Server a couple of days later
After the first installation of PMS (1.03) I was off watching my VIDEO_TS sources and divx-stuff over my home-WLAN (.11g) from my MacBook (Core 2 Duo, 2 gigs RAM) with no problems, and I thought 'what an excellent piece of programming', hehe. BUT the very next day when I was hoping to continue this blissful experience of mine I ran into mysterious problems, this time with 1.04.
Now NO video plays for more than 5 seconds, then freezing off (seemingly until _some_ buffer fills up), then goes on for another 5 seconds, freezes again and so on until I stop the video (and crash mencoder in the process, apparently). What could cause this kind of behaviour? I downgraded to 1.03 but the problem remains. Just 2-5 seconds of video and then the freeze, ad nauseaum.
I have tried different values for the bandwidth limiter, no success. Reduced the audio channels to two from the transcoding options. The only thing hinting (?) towards the cause of the freezes is the Transcoding Buffer Status meter on the Status page, which bounces around 200 kbit/s to 768 kbit/s. This seems way too low to me. What do you guys think? Oh, the MP3s and photo galleries work just fine - so this might be a bandwidth thing after all?


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Cee Lo Green is saying "Forget You" to "The Voice."
In an interview set to air on Wednesday's "Ellen DeGeneres Show," the musician/mentor said that he won't be returning to NBC's hit singing competition next fall.
"I'm not coming back, guys," Green said. "I don't want to wear out my welcome there."
Green appeared on the show alongside Lionel Richie. He announced on his website that he and Richie will be touring together this year under the title, "All The Hits All Night Long."
Green, along with Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera and Adam Levine, was one of the original judges/mentors when "The Voice" debuted on NBC in 2011. Last year, he and Aguilera temporarily stepped away during the winter/spring edition of the show and were replaced by Usher and Shakira. That setup will be in place again this winter when the show returns for its sixth season on Feb. 24.
Green told DeGeneres that he plans to continue his relationship with NBC.
"I have a television show development deal with them as well and hopefully some other talk show opportunities for later in the year. But yeah, I'm going to miss The Voice, too."
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John Coil, 78, of Montevideo, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, at his residence following a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held on at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 20, at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Canby. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at the Wing-Bain Funeral Home in Montevideo, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Thursday.
Wing-Bain Funeral Home, of Montevideo, is in charge of the funeral arrangements. (online guest book at www.wingbain.com)
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Local kennels are full of patrons' pets and pets whose owners have left Augusta on vacation. (April 8, 2011 / WRDW-TV)
News 12 First at 5 / Friday, April 8, 2011
AUGUSTA---Masters visitors aren't the only ones in town this week; so are their best friends. Visitors are dropping off their pets at kennels, and locals who are out of town have done the same.
Marlin Watson made plans to check his puppy Liko in at Paradise Kennels in Augusta.
"We are taking the kids to the aquarium (in Atlanta) and to see the Braves games, because we want to escape all the Masters traffic," said Watson.
Liko is a part of the Watson family, but there are just some places he can't go.
"We wanted to bring him to a place where he would be taken care of while we were out of town," said Watson.
Paradise Kennels owner Richard Lord has been in the dog business for over 30 years. He says every year he is prepared for this busy season. He believes the Paradise lodging experience is one that will take the worry out of leaving your furry babies behind. Paradise is a 25,000 square foot heated and air-conditioned facility with one goal in mind: comfort.
"During the Masters, some people book a year ahead," Lord said. "We have our local people that rent out their houses or just go on vacation, so they check in their pets. For years now we have had many returning Masters visitors who simply do not want to leave their pets behind."
With over two hundred pets checked in Paradise Kennels, the workload doubles during this week. Lord says volunteers are more than welcome to come and help them out during the weekend. Staff worker Ashton Lord says she has been working this busy season for over six years. She grooms and cares for pets around the clock.
"I'm very tired, but I love what I do," Ashton Lord said. "This is a busy time for us and other kennels."
Ashton said dogs are not the only ones who can check into the kennel. They also accept cats, birds and rabbits. Despite a full house, the staff at Paradise Kennels says they will do do their best to accommodate all their guests.
"During the week of Masters, we have people checking in and out every day, so something always opens up, and we have a waiting list," said Richard Lord.
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The Money Conflicts Couples Face in Retirement
What's the biggest source of friction between spouses/partners in later life?
BUD HEBELER: Often it's about whether to support a relative asking for money, particularly when couples have children from a previous marriage. For others, it's how to distribute income in a budget or deciding what is affordable, especially when one partner wants to remodel, move closer to a relative, or buy a timeshare, condo, expensive auto, boat, RV or the like.
Equally important can be a disagreement about whether to front load retirement spending by drawing savings early for a more luxurious life while relatively young. Investment choices can be contentious, especially after a major investment goes sour. Getting agreement on distribution of assets in a will or provisions of a trust is touchy. Then there are the everyday decisions about participation in joint activities.
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The West Fork fire gained ground overnight into Sunday, growing about 4,000 acres to an estimated 70,257 acres, and continuing its threat to tourist towns on the west edge of Colorado's San Luis Valley.
The Papoose wildfire, now part of the West Fork Fire Complex, increased in size in an area about 15 miles southwest of Creede and south of the Rio Grande River, said Steve Till, a spokesman for the National Incident Management Organization.
Firefighters are setting blazes around cabins that lie in the path of the fire in order to halt the encroaching flames and protect the structures.
"They are trying to keep the fire from crossing (Highway 149), that will make life easier for the people in Creede and our cabin owners," Till said Sunday.
In some places, spruce beetles have killed up to 90 percent of trees, turning sprawling stands of timber into tinder-dry fuel.
On Saturday, the West Fork fire complex was fed by chaotic and often-intense winds and was the largest of more than a dozen wildfires around the state .
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Christine Cestello Hinojosa came to the Visual Resources Collection as a curator in 1994, just as the Collection was beginning the journey from slide to digital technology. Because the primary goal of the Collection is to provide users with easy access to visual materials, Chris began developing a database for images and their accompanying metadata. She now spends her time researching, organizing, and reviewing images and topics for the enrichment and enhancement of the Collection, while continuing to provide users with quality images, metadata, and digital technologies.
Chris also participates in local community/University projects, serving as liaison and coordinator for Architects in the Schools. This program pairs volunteer graduate and undergraduate architecture students from the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation with engineering and art students at the local high school. The project culminates in a presentation, critique, and exhibit of the high school students' work at the University.
Before coming to the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Chris worked in positions as a writer/editor at a law firm, manager of an international design competition, program coordinator in community development, and spent two years researching the quantitative aspects of design competitions at the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Let the celebrations begin! This Wednesday we say good-bye to 2003 and hello to 2004. For many ringing in the New Year means lighting up the night sky with fireworks.
Dazzling fireworks are a delight to the eyes, but don't let New Year's celebrations include a trip to the emergency room. They smoke, they crackle, they whistle, they sparkle, young and old 'ooh' and 'ahh' as fireworks light up the sky. Your backyard may see a more tame display this Wednesday and vendors are setting up shop to ring in the new year with explosive profits.
"It starts off pretty slow and then as it gets closer to New Years Eve itself this place is packed. People in here the last second picking up stuff."
Fireworks from Florida are just basically fancy sparklers, but they can still be dangerous, so all the necessary precautions need to be taken. Precautions that include adult supervision for children including teenagers, water handy to extinguish flames, and most importantly maintaining a safe distance.
"You have laws that prohibit fireworks that explode so you want to avoid letting your kids get their hands on stuff like that."
In Florida, if a firework explodes or leaves the ground, it is illegal. The ones you can buy at roadside vendors are considered "safe and sane."
"Mostly the instructions are on the fireworks and if you'll follow those you'll be pretty safe."
When it comes to firework safety, a little common sense goes a long way. Georgia's laws are more restrictive than Florida's. The Peach State is one of eight states that bans all consumer fireworks.
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August 6, 2009
Samuelsson replaced by equally turnover-at-the-blueline-prone Jason Williams
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Maybe it was a mercy signing. The way I figure, we'll all be too busy bitching about Williams to notice any growing pains that Leino might be going through in the big league.
- August 6, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Am I the only wings fan thats happy about this?
By the way, i fucking called it.
- August 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- Tyler said...
That you did, sir. And Kyle agrees with your sentiment with a terrific post here.
- August 6, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- Tyler said...
... or here:
- August 6, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- Animal Drew said...
I'm going to reserve judgement...nah screw that, I think he scores 20+ this year just to spite everyone that is un-happy about this signing. Then we want him to stay and he leaves after we win the cup for more money. There I said it.
- August 6, 2009 at 2:10 PM
- Guilherme Calciolari said...
1 and a half million is TOO much.
And I guess Eaves will be a 4th liner, so no "Revoltion Line" with Cleary, Helm and "Larry"
- August 6, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- Kyle said...
I like the mentality here. I pretty much sold out on the "it's a good signing" deal, but more than that I just wanted to establish that I'm giving him a second chance.
He's got issues, and I think even pro-Williams folk will say if he's on the powerplay, it damn well better be on he wing. But he's been productive here in the past, and, being August 6, we could have done a whole lot worse.
I won't be planning a parade around this move any time soon, but I'm comfortable with it.
- August 6, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Turnover-prone at the blue line > lying prone at the blue line.
Just ask Martin Havlat.
- August 6, 2009 at 4:45 PM
I don't know about you guys but these last two free agent signings to fill out the depth chart have got me itchting to see this revamped lineup in action.
If anything, we're gonna clamp down on defense, on the PK, and in net (please ozzie) to make up for any lost offense from last season.
We're younger, we're hungrier, and we sure as hell better be fuckin pissed off. October, where are you?
- August 6, 2009 at 4:58 PM
- cmk said...
With this signing, my mood is :-|
- August 6, 2009 at 6:28 PM
- Baroque said...
At least if he's useless, he's short-term useless only. And not all THAT expensive, comparatively. Bah.
Well, it has been a few years. Maybe he has both fully recovered from his concussion and learned a little something in the interim. I'll try to give him a chance. :/
- August 7, 2009 at 5:51 AM
- Chris said...
Did my comment get deleted? Shoot, I feel like Big Rich on KK...pathetic.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A matchup of two of baseball's best left-handers ended up being one-sided Monday night at AT&T Park.
Philadelphia Phillies ace Cliff Lee continued his recent domination of the Giants, throwing eight strong innings in a 6-2 win that snapped the Giants' six-game winning streak. In their last 28 innings against Lee, the Giants have scored just two runs.
Madison Bumgarner had given up only seven runs in his first six starts, but he was charged with five earned runs in six innings on Monday and couldn't keep up with Lee's pace.
"I wasn't going to have a whole lot of room for error," Bumgarner said.
Any leeway he had disappeared early. After getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the first, Bumgarner again loaded the bases in the second inning. This time, Michael Young brought home two runs with a double. A wild pitch gave the Phillies a 3-0 lead.
Young led the charge again in the fifth, hitting a leadoff double and scoring two batters later on a sacrifice fly. Domonic Brown tacked on another run with a solo shot into McCovey Cove.
"He wasn't as sharp -- it's hard to be as sharp as he had been every start," manager Bruce Bochy said.
The Giants had just two hits through the first six innings, both by Hunter Pence. The right fielder was traded to San Francisco by the Phillies last summer and homered in his first at-bat against his former team. Pence's third hit of the night was a double to left to lead off the bottom of the eighth. He came around to score, but this comeback attempt against Lee proved to be short-lived.
The Giants beat Lee twice in the 2010 World Series when he was a Texas Ranger, but in six career regular season starts against the Giants, Lee is 5-0 and has given up just five earned runs in 51 innings.
"It's pretty simple," Bochy said. "He was just on top of his game, and we weren't doing much offensively. He's one of the best. He worked fast and pounded the strike zone with quality strikes. We knew we had our work cut out."
Mijares was put on the bereavement list April 29 after his grandmother, who had raised him after his parents were killed in a car accident, died in Venezuela. He was allowed to be on leave for three to seven days but couldn't make it back in time for Monday's game because of the long trip.
Mijares is expected to be added to the active roster Tuesday.
"I just need one more day," Pagan said. "I gave it a little try. I was running at 70 to 75 percent, and it felt good."
Bochy was hopeful Pagan could start Tuesday.
Frandsen recently tweeted a photo of him holding a "This is Sharks Territory" sign on the Phillies' field and has taken some heat from his Philadelphia-based Twitter followers.
"I love how people don't think you're a Bay Area fan because you're not here anymore," Frandsen said. "Come on, where did I grow up? I've been here since (the Warriors) were horrible."
Frandsen, 30, was back on the AT&T Park field for the first time since 2009, his last season with the Giants.
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UA program highlights the science behind natural disasters
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TUSCALOOSA | The public is invited to learn about the science behind natural hazards at the Alabama Museum of Natural History's Science Sunday at Smith Hall on the University of Alabama campus.
The event, which will be from 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday, will feature museum experts and guest presenters with hands-on activities about earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, forest fires and meteorites.
"We want families to understand the science. What causes natural hazards? Where can we expect natural hazards? What's the frequency of natural hazards?" said Amanda Espy-Brown, education and outreach coordinator for UA's Alabama Museum of Natural History. "People are well-educated on tornadoes, but we are also impacted by earthquakes and hurricanes, and most people don't know a lot about those hazards."
She said that knowing how and when natural hazards occur is the key to learning how to be prepared.
"Families need to know the signs, and they need to know what to do when they see those signs," Espy-Brown said. "We want them to understand how being prepared helps limit injury and damage."
At the event, families will learn how to put together emergency kits for each type of natural hazard.
There will also be an art collection by elementary and middle school students at Holy Spirit Catholic School on display. The art pieces were created from tornado debris.
There will be scientists from various UA departments, including the department of geography, and representatives from the U.S. Geological Survey and Alabama's Emergency Management Agency, as well as fire department personnel who will show children how a fire truck works.
Admission is $2 per person. UA's Alabama Museum of Natural History is in Smith Hall near the Quad at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Capstone Drive on the UA campus.
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The average American child sees 20,000 murders in TV before reaching age 18. This is considered normal. Every community has video rental stores filled with multimillion-dollar films that depict people doing terrible things to each other. If you read newspapers, you have every right to believe that Bad Nasty Things compose 90 percent of the human experience. The authors of thousands of books puBut you will be hard-pressed to find more than a few novels, films, news stories, and TV shows that dare to depict life as a gift whose purpose is to enrich the human soul.
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Filipovska-Naumovska, E., Abubakar, S.M., Thompson, M.J., Hopwood, D., Pass, D.A. and Wilcox, G.E. (2010) Serologic prevalence of MPV1 in mouse strains in a commercial laboratory mouse colony determined by using VP1 antigen. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 49 (463). pp. 437-442.
Filipovska-Naumovska, E., Thompson, M.J., Hopwood, D., Pass, D.A. and Wilcox, G.E. (2010) Strain- and age-associated variation in viral persistence and antibody response to mouse parvovirus 1 in experimentally infected mice. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 49 (4). pp. 443-447.
Sexton, N., Penhale, W.J., Plant, S.L. and Pass, D.A. (1994) Use of goose red blood cells for detection of infection with psittacine beak and feather disease virus by haemagglutination and haemagglutination inhibition. Australian Veterinary Journal, 71 (10). pp. 345-347.
Pass, D.A., Bolton, J.R. and Mills, J.N. (1984) Basophilic enterocolitis in a horse. Veterinary Pathology, 21 (3). pp. 362-364.
Thompson, R.C.A., Penhale, W.J., White, T.R. and Pass, D.A. (1982) BCG-induced inhibition and destruction of Taenia taeniaeformis in mice. Parasite Immunology, 4 (2). pp. 93-99.
White, T.R., Thompson, R.C.A., Penhale, W.J., Pass, D.A. and Mills, J.N. (1982) Pathophysiology of Mesocestoides corti infection in the mouse. Journal of Helminthology, 56 (02). pp. 145-154.
White, T.R., Thompson, R.C.A., Pass, D.A., Penhale, W.J. and Stephanson, J. (1981) Pathological phenomena associated with Mesocestoides corti infection in mice. Journal of Helminthology, 55 (3). pp. 167-171.
Hilliard, R.W., Pass, D.A. and Potter, I.C. (1979) Haemorrhagic septicaemia in the lamprey Geotria australis gray. Acta Zoologica, 60 (2). pp. 115-121.


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On the cusp of graduation, Minnesota West Community and Technical College student Stan Sebring has been involved with the Business Professionals of America (BPA), a national career and technical student organization, long enough to be considered a BPA veteran.
Like any good veteran, Sebring knows that his experience has endowed him with a responsibility to lead. And like any good veteran he welcomes such opportunities––which is why he vied for, and won, one of five BPA state officer seats during a recent leadership conference in Duluth in late October.
"I wanted to run because I felt I could start giving back to BPA," said Sebring. "It is my time to step up."
As a candidate, Sebring had to go through an arduous round of applications, knowledge tests, and interviews––which all served as but a precursor to the election campaigning.
Sebring, who has spent three years in BPA, said that he believed that his BPA experience, IT background, ideas and the delivery of his speech all worked in tandem to draw votes of fellow BPA members.
"I received a lot compliments on the speech," said Sebring. "It was unscripted. I just went with the flow and spoke what I was thinking."
Whatever it was, it worked and Sebring was elected to serve as vice president of public relations.
According to Minnesota West BPA Advisor Leslie Bauman, as a BPA officer Sebring will have a number responsibilities, from planning future conferences to promoting membership.
"Basically they have to represent the state of Minnesota at various events, sometimes for BPA and at other times not," she said.
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Superstorm Death Count Reaches 135
Sandy's death toll in the U.S. has risen to 135, according to tallies from individual counties and states, with 60 deaths in New York now credited to the superstorm.
"As medical examiner's reports have come in from individual counties, we've seen the number rise," said Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who provided updated numbers on Monday.
County medical examiners say many of the deaths were storm-related, such as from trimming trees or from carbon-monoxide fumes from generator use, but not directly caused by the storm. Those deaths count in New York's overall total, although that isn't the case in all jurisdictions.
"Let's say someone was trimming trees after the storm," said Grace Kelly-McGovern, a spokeswoman for the Suffolk County Medical Examiner's Office. "That's related to the storm."
Ms. Kelly-McGovern declined to identify specific causes of death, citing state privacy rules. Officials in the Nassau County Medical Examiner's Office couldn't be reached for comment Monday.
New York City's death toll has remained at 43 for more than a week, but additional deaths have trickled in from Nassau and Suffolk counties as medical-examiner investigations conclude. The counties are now responsible for six each, state figures show.
Three deaths have been reported in Westchester County, and there is one apiece in Rockland and Ulster County. Staten Island leads all New York areas with 23 storm-related deaths.
New Jersey's death count remains at 37, according to a spokeswoman from the state attorney general's office. Other states affected by the storm haven't reported an increase in the past week.
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WASHINGTON -- A Fremont eighth-grader's science project earned her a trip to the White House this week, where she got to present her novel vision-enhancing invention to President Obama and science dignitaries from across the country.
Jessika Baral was one of 100 students selected to display her discovery at a White House event intended to demonstrate Obama's vision for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.
As a 7th-grader, Baral noticed that her friends and family who wore glasses were straining to read iPads and iPhones, which cram text into small spaces.
So the 13-year old from William Hopkins Junior High School, created an innovative contraption that strengthens eye muscles and a byproduct, improves peripheral vision.
"I wanted to find an entertaining way to strengthen eyes and exercise them to help people keep their eyes strong," Baral said.
After testing the product on 19 subjects, whose ages ranged from 12-81, she discovered their peripheral vision had improved by as much as 87 percent.
The product is a crescent-shaped Styrofoam board with LED lights surrounding the outside border which fits neatly against the forehead. The idea is to follow the moving lights to exercise the eyes.
"I got a micro controller on top of a breadboard and I programmed it to move these LED lights from side to side so you can exercise your eyes by following the lights," she said as she placed the contraption on her head.
On display Monday in the White House Blue Room where Obama was officially inaugurated for his second term in January, her project was appraised by many notables including Interior Secretary Sally Jewel, Bill Nye "the Science Guy,'' representatives from NASA and even New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz.
Jessika had previously won the Marconi/Samueli Award for Innovation from the Broadcom Foundation, which carried a $10,000 prize. She hopes to give back to California by using the money she's earned to produce 200 more machines and send them to high schools across the state.
Although this was not her first time visiting Washington, Jessika grinned as she explained how "very excited" she was to be inside the White House.
The other California participant at the fair was 11-year-old Sylvia Todd from Auburn, who created a water color-painting robot.
Known to her You Tube followers as "Super Awesome Sylvia,'' she was excited when Obama stopped by her exhibit and told her it was "cool.''
"It's really exciting. It's mind blowing that I'm actually at the White House," Todd said.
Sylvia's project was situated in the State Dining Room where Thomas Jefferson and Meriwether Lewis prepared the Lewis and Clark expedition back in 1802.
Sylvia's watercolor painting robot, the WaterColorBot, incorporates art with technology to produce watercolor paintings drawn on IPads. The WaterColorBot is a "kid-friendly art robot that moves a paintbrush to paint your digital artwork onto paper using a set of watercolor paints," according to her website.
Sylvia's science project was originally created for the 2013 Robo games, in San Mateo. She collaborated with Evil Mad Scientists, a business that is dedicated to the sciences and do-it-yourself projects, to help her win a silver medal for her ArtBot Painting submission at this years competition.
The White House Science Fair was established in 2009 as part of President Obama's Educate to Innovate campaign and was developed to celebrate achievements students have made in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM.)
"We celebrate our great football players ... and we celebrate outstanding musicians,'' Obama said. "But we've got to make sure that we're also celebrating every single day in our schools, in our classrooms, and in our country the outstanding contributions that scientists and engineers are providing to use every single day.''
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Houma school holds open house
Published: Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
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One Houma school is opening its doors to students interested in attending this fall.
The open house runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Houma Christian School, 109 Valhi Blvd. The open house includes a campus tour and a meet and greet with administrators and teachers.
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Don't Look Twice, the third solo effort—and third consecutive New York Times bestseller—from Andrew Gross, author of The Blue Zone and The Dark Tide, brings back Detective Ty Hauck and ensnares him in a lethal maze of cover-up and corruption. Gross, who co-wrote several bestsellers with suspense superstar James Patterson, soars to new heights with his intrepid action hero Hauck—whom the Connecticut Post calls, "a Jack Reacher with heart."
In this dramatic new novel following the bestselling The Dark Tide, a drive-by shooting rocks the posh suburb of Greenwich, Connecticut, and an innocent bystander is left dead.
Detective Ty Hauck plunges into what seems like a vicious case of retribution and follows the trail to a sinister gambling scheme at an upstate casino. Until Annie Fletcher, a young restaurateur in the midst of rebuilding her life, witnesses something she shouldn't have—and immediately runs to him with what she knows. Suddenly, Hauck is pulled into a rising storm far greater than it first appeared—a storm wide enough to encompass corruption inside Greenwich's circle of wealthy and powerful citizens. And punishing enough to consume Hauck's own family, and tear brothers apart forever . . . if it doesn't kill them first.
Don't Look Twice is a gripping story of profiteering on an international scale and an emotionally resonant domestic thriller from one of the hottest new talents in suspense fiction.
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Fire and Ice
by Robert Frost
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In A Nutshell
"Fire and Ice" is one of Robert Frost's best-known poems, but it feels more modern than some of his other famous works, like "The Road Not Taken" and "After Apple-Picking." You get no sense of the quaint New England lifestyle that many people associate with Frost.
The poem describes a fictional debate between people who say that the world will end in fire and people who say it will end in ice. The debate is highly symbolic, despite the claims of a Harvard astronomer named Harlow Shapley who thought the poem was based on a conversation he had with Frost in which he explained how "life on earth" would be extinguished either through "incineration" or a "permanent ice age" (source).
Other critics have suggested that the poem was inspired by the Inferno, an epic poem by the Italian Dante Alighieri. "Inferno" means "a hot place," but Dante pulls a surprising move by covering the very bottom of Hell in ice. In fact, Satan himself is trapped waist-deep in a huge sheet of ice. This image totally contradicts the view of Hell as a blazing place where Satan roams around carrying a pitchfork. Dante's point – which Frost seems to pick up on – is that the very worst people are the ones who use their "cold" intelligence to commit terrible acts. (To learn more about Dante's version of an icy Hell, check out Canto XXXII).
"Fire and Ice" was first published in Harper's Magazine in 1920, and it was republished in Frost's 1923 collection New Hampshire. Robert Frost is one of the most important American poets of the 20th century. He won the Pulitzer Prize four times and was asked to deliver a poem at President John F. Kennedy's 1961 inauguration.
Why Should I Care?
"Fire and Ice" deals with a question that it is on the tip of everyone's tongue right now. How are human beings going to destroy the planet? Will it be in a blaze of suffocating heat or "fire," as in global warming? Or will it be in blast of "ice," like a nuclear winter or the exhaustion of the earth's molten core? Clearly, this poem has "disaster movie" written all over it. Who says poetry can't be timely?
Except that Frost's poem is not about natural disasters. Or, not entirely. "Fire" and "ice" are symbols of two different sides of the human animal: the passionate and the rational. Our "passions" define our animal nature, and our reason makes us humans. We all know how ferocious a wild, untamed beast can be. But the poem argues that the human mind and intelligence is an equally dangerous weapon, one with the power to turn the earth – or at least the parts inhabited by humans – into a cold and uninhabitable wasteland.
This poem is a textbook example of extended symbolism, and "hot" and "cold" are symbols that we use every day. Frost's use of symbols is no different from someone who has just suffered some cruel trick or manipulation and says, "That's cold, man. That's ice cold."


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Quidam: a nameless passer-by, a solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person rushing past and swallowed by the crowd. It could be anyone, anybody. Someone coming or going at the heart of our anonymous society. A member of the crowd, one of the silent majority. The one who cries out, sings and dreams within us all.
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Kalos — A Land of Beauty.
The Kalos region is shaped like a five-pointed star, with one of its biggest cities being Lumiose City to the north-central part of the region. It features a vast network of rivers and waterways snaking through much of its landscape, cities and towns. North-east of Lumiose City, lies a mountain range where more frigid temperatures exist, extending down into the plains below.
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WASHINGTON -- Declaring that America is losing an aggressive cyber-espionage campaign waged from China, administration officials and lawmakers on Wednesday agreed to push legislation that would make it easier for the government and industry to share information about who is getting hacked and what to do about it.
They say this new partnership, codified by law and buoyed by President Barack Obama's new executive order, is critical to keeping countries like China, Russia and even Iran from rummaging in American computer networks and targeting proprietary data they can use to wreak havoc or compete against U.S. businesses.
The pledge from legislators and Obama's top security aides already has special interest groups scrambling to influence the outcome, which remains uncertain in a bitterly divided Congress focused on other high-priority issues like immigration and gun control.
"Until Congress acts, President Obama will be fighting to defend this country with one hand tied behind his back," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who promised Wednesday to advance a bipartisan proposal "as soon as possible."
On Tuesday, Obama signed an executive order that relies heavily on participation from U.S. industry in creating new voluntary standards for protecting information. The order also expands the government's effort to share threat data with companies.
But officials warned that the order doesn't do enough to address the threat they say could paralyze U.S. commerce. At issue is the legal liability facing companies if they divulge information, and whether companies should be compelled to meet security standards.
"The government is often unaware of malicious activity targeting our critical infrastructure," said Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command.
"These blind spots prevent us from being in a position of helping critical infrastructure defend itself, and it prevents us from knowing when we need to defend the nation," Alexander told industry and government officials Wednesday at the Commerce Department.
In the House, Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., both on the Intelligence Committee, have revived their pro-industry legislation that would keep secret any information a company shares with the government. It also would shield businesses from antitrust litigation if they share threat data with their competitors.
But privacy advocates who spurred a veto threat of the legislation last year said the legislation still unfairly gives the secretive NSA a central role in collecting data from the private sector.
Rogers and Ruppersberger say their bill would only allow companies to share technical data, like an IP address, and that the NSA is in the best position to understand the information because of its role in chasing foreign-based hackers.
"We are in a cyber war. Most Americans don't know it ... and at this point, we're losing," said Rogers.
Last year's Senate bill was considered more balanced by privacy advocates because it gave a more central role to the Homeland Security Department. But that legislation, pushed by Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., tanked after the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said the bill's system of setting up industry standards would strangle businesses with unnecessary regulation.


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Joe Mauer's rare visit to AT&T Park with the Minnesota Twins this weekend was supposed to provide Giants catcher Buster Posey a sneak preview of his future at a new, safer position.
Instead, Posey received a powerful endorsement from Mauer to stay behind the plate and resist outside pressures to move. The advice came in the strangest place, too -- with both men at first base during Friday night's game.
"He told me I should keep catching as long as I can," Posey said afterward.
But how did the conversation even come up? Posey broke into a laugh.
"Because he told me you guys (the media) were grilling him about it before the game," he said.
Mauer, baseball's best offensive catcher for the past decade and like Posey an MVP winner, no longer has a C by his name. First base is his new home after a severe concussion from taking a foul ball off his mask ended his 2013 season Aug. 19 and forced him to make the switch in the offseason.
He did so reluctantly.
"If I didn't have the concussion, we wouldn't be talking about it right now," Mauer said. "I caught for 10 years, and I really enjoyed that position. That's what I worked my whole life to be, and I put in a lot of time (to catch). I'm fortunate enough that I could go to another position, but yeah, I miss it. Definitely. But once you make that decision, you have to move on."
Mauer, 31 and now in his 11th year, was blunt in stating he doesn't wish that on Posey -- who is 27 and just in his sixth season -- at this time.
"Play it as long as you can, just enjoy what you're doing," he said. "It's a good situation to have. There will be a day when he can't catch anymore and a day when he can't put the uniform on anymore. But he's a special player, and he'll be able to make that transition and extend his career if he wants to. I'd like to see him catch as long as he can."
Posey said he appreciated the support, and reiterated that he has no plans to give up catching. He said he loves how much it keeps him involved in the game and added, "Why should you have to give up something you love doing?"
He added that the debate about him moving to first or third base "is taking place on the outside, not within the organization." Manager Bruce Bochy, who has often said Posey could easily adjust to an infield spot, reaffirmed that it won't be happening anytime soon.
"We signed him to be our catcher, a very long-term deal that from the financial side, that's what he's paid to do -- be an everyday catcher," Bochy said. "Could he, if we wanted to make a position change? Sure. Buster could handle it, but that's not in the plans right now."
The Posey debate, however, will rage on, and the Twins empathize. Minnesota bench coach Terry Steinbach, the former longtime A's catcher, counseled Mauer on his decision. Steinbach said the pressure to move high-priced offensive talent out from behind the plate is greater than ever.
"From what I know about Buster, I want his bat in there 155-160 times a year," Steinbach said. "I want that bat in that lineup. How do you do that? Not by him being the everyday catcher."
The A's Josh Donaldson, whose career took off when he was moved from catcher to third base, is an example of that. Donaldson is not shy talking about a move that transformed him into a budding star, and how catching might have held him back.
"When you are catching, you're getting beat up," he said. "You are taking foul balls, you're taking bats off the helmet and the arms, and the toll is not just physical but mental as well. The grind is different. Third base isn't what you would call a day at the beach, but it's certainly better than being behind the plate."
Donaldson's teammate John Jaso takes an opposing view despite suffering a foul-tip concussion in July that sidelined him for the final two months and the playoffs. He dreads the thought of giving up catching.
"I don't want to change positions," Jaso said. "I feel comfortable where I'm at. I like controlling the game and that whole aspect of it. I played first base in spring training a couple of years ago, and it felt like a day off."
For Mauer, his transition to first base is going well, but it's still a work in progress. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire noted that Mauer probably leads all first basemen in making trips to the mound to counsel the pitcher.
It's one of the reasons Mauer supports Posey staying at catcher. It gets in the blood. He listened to the debate that he should dump the tools of ignorance for 10 years and steadfastly ignored it.
"They were trying to move me when I was 20 years old," he said. "I had knee surgery my first year, and there were rumblings then. I'm glad I didn't listen to any of them and had a pretty good career behind the plate.
"So if I had any advice to (Posey), I'd say keep doing what he's doing. He's a great catcher and he's had a great career so far. When things happen, then you make adjustments."
Gardenhire said the Twins have always left the position switch question up to Mauer, and that the club was never in a hurry to do it.
"He had to make a decision in his own mind that this was the right thing," Gardenhire said. "Yeah, there was talk about it. But you've got an All-Star catcher, and if you take him out of there, you've got a hole and you've got to fill it. We've been lucky because we were able to get (Kurt) Suzuki, who's been fantastic and made it an easy transition for us. But if we had nobody to step in, we might be feeling the effects because it's such an important position."
Gardenhire acknowledged that Mauer and Posey are very similar in skill and demeanor, and he understands the Giants' situation. He wouldn't offer a recommendation, though.
"Nope, tell Bochy he's got it," he said. "I think he can figure it out. He's pretty good at what he does, and he was a catcher. It all gets down to the mindset of Posey, too. He's got to want to do it."
Staff writers John Hickey and Steve Corkran contributed to this report.
A look at catchers throughout
baseball history who made and resisted the move from catcher.
A look at Buster Posey's starts at catcher and first base over his first six seasons with the
Giants and his yearly offensive production:
Year C 1B AVG. HR RBI
2009 4 0 .118 0 0
2010 75 30 .305 18 67
2011* 41 2 .284 4 21
2012 111 29 .336 24 103
2013 119 16 .294 15 72
2014** 34 6 .272 7 23
* -- Season cut short due to injury; ** -- Through Friday


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After running a full marathon you'd expect that we'd just stay in our rooms to rest, but no way! We're in Macau in some very cool, nice weather so rest will have to wait! Here's where our feet took us some time after our races.
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The Daily Show took its role as steward of sanity in the insane world of politics extra seriously last night, dismantling every piece of criticism the H8ers leveled at the judgment. Also, it's hilarious. Video inside.
|The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
|Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
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