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During the past few decades, programming languages have come a long way. In comparison to the dawn of UNIX and C, when compiled languages were just getting their start, today's world is full of languages with all sorts of goals and features. In this article, I discuss one such language, D from Digital Mars. D is a natively compiled, statically typed, multiparadigm C-like language. Its aim is to simplify development of any type of application—from kernels to games—by combining the performance and flexibility of C with the productivity-boosting factors of languages, such as Ruby and Python. It originally was conceived by Walter Bright, the man who wrote the first ANSI C++ compiler for DOS. The reference compiler is freely downloadable for both Windows and Linux, and the front end is licensed under a dual GPL and Artistic license.
GDC is a D compiler, which uses the GCC back end and is distributed under the GPL. D's features include the lack of a preprocessor, a garbage collector, flexible first-class arrays, contracts, inline assembler and more. With all this, it still maintains ABI compatibility with C, allowing you to use all your old C libraries from D easily, with little work. The D standard library includes bindings to all standard C functions as well.
In D, the Hello World program goes like this:
import std.stdio; // standard i/o module int main(char[][] args) { writefln("Hello world!"); return 0; }
writef is D's typesafe version of printf; writefln adds a newline character at the end. Garbage collector D includes an automatic garbage collector, relieving the programmer of the need to manage memory explicitly. This allows programmers to focus more on the task at hand, as opposed to having to worry about the condition of each memory chunk. Furthermore, it eliminates a whole class of bugs dealing with dangling pointers and invalid memory references. In times when the GC would slow the application down, there is always the option of turning it off altogether or using C's malloc and free for memory management.
In D, modules are imported using the import statement and have a one-to-one correspondence with source files, with the period as the path separator. Each symbol within a module has two names: the name of the symbol and the name of the symbol prefixed by the module name, which is called the fully qualified name or FQN. For example, writefln can be referred to as writefln or std.stdio.writefln. For cases when the FQN is preferred, the static import statement imports the module's symbols but avoids putting them into the global namespace. For example, both the std.string and std.regexp modules include functions for find, replace and split. Because I'm more likely to use pure string functions than regular expressions, I would statically import std.regexp, so that whenever I wanted to use any of its functions, I would have to be explicit, whereas I simply could call the string functions by their regular names.
Modules can have static constructors and destructors. The static this() function in any module is the static constructor and is invoked before main(); after main has returned the static, ~this() function is invoked. Because modules are imported symbolically, this means there are no header files. Everything is declared once and only once, eliminating the need for declaring functions in advance or declaring classes in two places and trying to keep both declarations consistent.
In D, there is a distinction made between an alias and a type. A typedef introduces an entirely new type to the type-checking system and to function overloading, which are discussed later. An alias is a simple replacement for a type, or optionally a symbol:
alias int size_t; typedef int myint; //can't implicitly convert to int alias someReallyLongFunctionName func;
In D, arrays are first-class types in every way. D contains three types of arrays: static, dynamic and associative arrays. Array declarations read right to left; char[][] is interpreted as an array of arrays of characters:
int[] intArray; // dynamic array of ints int[2][4] matrix; // a 2x4 matrix
All arrays have length, sort and reverse properties. Associative arrays are arrays where the index is something other than sequential integers, possibly text strings, structs or arbitrary integers:
import std.stdio; int main(char[][] args) { int[char[]] petNumber; petNumber["Dog"] = 212; petNumber["cat"] = 23149; int[] sortMe = [2, 9, 341, 23, 74, 112349]; int[] sorted = sortMe.sort; int[] reversed = sorted.reverse; return 0; }
Dynamic and static arrays can be sliced with the .. operator. The starting parameter is inclusive, but the ending parameter is not. Therefore, if you slice from zero to the length of an array, you get the whole array:
int[] numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]; numbers = numbers[0..2] // 1-3 now
Finally, D uses the ~ operator for concatenation, as addition and concatenation are at their most fundamental two different concepts:
char[] string1 = "Hello "; char[] string2 = "world!"; char[] string = string1 ~ string2; // Hello world!
This is a prime example of how D implements a lot of syntactic sugar on top of more low-level routines to make the programmer more focused on the implementation of the task itself. Strings D takes arrays one step further. Because strings are logically arrays of characters, D has no built-in string type; instead we simply declare an array of characters.
Furthermore, D has three types of strings: char, a UTF-8 codepoint; wchar, a UTF-16 codepoint; and dchar, a UTF-32 codepoint. These types, along with standard library routines for manipulating unicode characters, make D a language suited to internationalized programming. In comparison with C, D strings know their length, eliminating even more bugs and security issues dealing with finding the elusive null terminator.
What a badly designed language
I can't see any better than C/C++ or Python.
the "~" concatenating operator is ugly than any other language,
the gc makes it not a pure compiling language.
It's pure compiling
It's pure compiling language! "~" is used becouse, "+" means addition, not concatenating. You can find rational arguments for this and other problems on D web page.
BTW. "inout" parameters are now renamed to "ref".
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"BTW. 'inout' parameters are now renamed to 'ref'."
As of 1.011
Funny though, its badly designed because it uses ~ and has gc. And I wonder what pure compiling means if gc makes this no longer true?
Why makes gc pure compiling no longer true
Why makes gc pure compiling (whatever that means) no longer true ? GC is done by the runtime and has nothing to do with compiling. D is a "pure compiling" language (as pure as you can get - there is nothing more pure than compiling into platform dependent native code). And why is a language badly designed just because it has the option to use garbage collection (in D you can manage memory by yourself and turn garbage collection completely off, if you want to) ?
Using ~ for concatenating arrays and not + makes sense because your not adding strings like you are adding numbers. But that might be just a matter of taste.
But if these two things are the only criterions for you to decide if a language is good or bad designed, you should better not become a language designer.
Improvements over C++
For a (not complete) list of things which are "improvements" over C++ just take a look at
As always this is a matter of taste and personal preference. But C++ had to be designed to be backward compatible to C, so some things could not be as clean designed as they should be and make the language more complicated and error prone.
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Rendon took the second pitch of his at-bat against Austin Hyatt in the sixth inning and sent it over the left-field wall for a solo homer. Rendon's blast was preceded by longballs from Brian Goodwin and Sean Nicol.
"It felt pretty good, especially being my first one here," said the sixth overall pick in the 2011 Draft. "[Going back-to-back-to-back] was in the back of my mind, but I just wanted to put the barrel on the ball."
Rendon, who finished 1-for-3, missed most of the season after spraining his ankle in April. He has played in 29 games this season between the Gulf Coast League, the New York-Penn League, the Carolina League and the Eastern League. Although Rendon has homered three other times this season, he was excited to collect his first in seven games with the Senators.
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Welington Castillo continued his torrid Cactus League hitting, lining a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning to score Bobby Scales from 2nd base with the winning run, as the Cubs edged the San Francisco Giants 3-2 in front of an all-time record crowd of 13,465 under overcast skies at Dwight Patterson Field at HoHoKam Park in Mesa, AZ, this afternoon.
Randy Wells got the start for the Cubs today, and he was masterful, allowing singles to the first two men he faced in the game before retiring 18 in a row (including seven on strikeouts). Wells was efficient, needing just 69 pitches (49 strikes) to get through his six-inning stint, including four consecutive nine-pitch innings. He looked like he easily could have pitched another inning or two.
The only blemish on the Wells performance was in the 1st inning, when Emmanuel Burriss singled sharply to left on the first pitch of the game, stole 2nd, and then scored on ex-Cub Mike Fontenot's line-drive RBI single to CF.
After that, Wells was untouchable.
The Cubs took the lead in the bottom of the 4th against Giants starter Shane Loux and reliever Casey Daigle (who was no relief), as Marlon Byrd grounded a one-out single to center (his second hit of the game), and, after Loux was relieved by Daigle, scored on a two-out RBI double into the RF corner by Scott Moore. Bobby Scales followed, ripping a two-out RBI single to RF to score Moore from 2nd base and give the Cubs a 2-1 lead.
John Grabow made his second appearance in four days, relieving Wells and working a scoreless top of the 7th (16 pitches -11 strikes), allowing just a lead-off single before retiring the last three men easily.
But Sean Marshall ran into trouble in the top of the 8th.
Travis Ishikawa singled to lead-off the inning, and Eli Whiteside roped a double into the LF corner, sending Ishikawa to 3rd. Marshall then threw a WP (a high outside fastball that ticked off catcher Welington Castillo's glove on what just as easily could have been scored a Passed Ball), allowing Ishikawa to score the tying run, and moving Whiteside up to 3rd base with no outs. But Marshall went to work, getting two outs on pop ups and the final out on a strikeout, leaving Whiteside stranded at 3rd.
Carlos Marmol threw a nine-pitch 1-2-3 top of the 9th and Marcos Mateo threw a shutout 10th (18 pitches - 12 strikes), allowing a walk while striking out two. Mateo actually got four outs in the inning and had to work out of more trouble than should have been necessary, thanks to a lead-off E-6 bobble by SS Starlin Castro. Mateo walked the second batter he faced, putting runners at 1st and 2nd with no outs, but then Welington Castillo made an outstanding play on a sacrifice attempt, fielding the bunt on one hop and firing a laser to cut-down the runner trying to advance from 2nd base to 3rd. Mateo then loaded up the tank and gassed the last two hitters on six pitches. Mateo has a "live" arm and has been very impressive (so far), and he probably has a reasonably decent shot at making the Cubs Opening Day 25-man roster if Andrew Cashner begins the season as the Cubs #5 starter (Mateo would take Cashner's slot in the bullpen).
Meanwhile, the Cub offense was mostly quiet throughout the late innings. Scott Moore did work a two-out walk in the bottom of the 9th, but PR Jae-Hoon Ha (up from Minor League Camp) got a bit adventurous with his lead and was immediately picked-off.
Facing Giants RHP Josh Banks, Bobby Scales led-off the bottom of the 10th by singling on a 3-2 pitch, his second hit of the day. Josh Vitters faked a bunt and swung away, lining out sharply to LF, but then Scales (representing the potential winning run) showed he still has some speed left in his 33-year old legs and stole 2nd base (easily). Max Ramirez drew a walk, and then Castillo came through with his game-winning hit, an absolute rocket liner to right-center that bounded past the Giants CF.
With his 1-2 day today, W. Castillo's Cactus League AVG, OBP, and SLG slash-line dropped to 706/789/941.
And Bobby Scales has played as well as anyone in camp, hitting everything in sight and making all the routine plays at 2B. He also has the ability to hit cold off the bench from both sides of the plate, something that could be useful for a National League team.
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I wonder if there is any consideration given to Scales getting the LH 2B job. DeWitt has continued to show nothing this spring.
Good to hear reports on Mateo and Gaub getting the job done, that's a pleasant change.
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if scales played SS he might...looks like d.barney has it locked.
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There's not too much more Scales could have done to make his case. Still, I agree if you take Scales you are sacrificing versatility for a little bit of bat. And if you are depending on your bench middle infielders for offense, then you are in trouble anyways. Bobby is destined to be one of those AAAA bench guys.
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AZ PHIL: I know the "horse" is way "dead", but is there any remote possibility that Koyie Hill - in spite of the pitcher's infatuation with him - could NOT get the backup catcher's gig?
It has become painful to watch him for me - and the majority of Cubs fans.
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1 for 27...yow.
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I'd be somewhat interested in Steve Clevenger as the backup, but I suspect that's more likely to happen in 2012 or so.
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pure speculation, but if welly can take over as the main catcher in 2011 i could see the cubs trading soto away to make room for the loot to sign their mega-1st-baseman.
soto starts to get "real paid" in 2012 and if he can keep up his ob% + power + ability to play decent-enough C he may want to stay there a while...plus he has enough club control and ability to make himself attractive to other teams.
he's gotta show what he's capable of in 2011, though.
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Phil - What would Soto be worth in terms of prospects after this season? Let's say he puts up a performance closer to his rookie year and last year - he would be easily regarded as one of the best offensive catchers in the game. That's got to be worth a decent haul of prospects, right? Maybe the Cubs could trade for a "sure thing" 1B or 3B prospect?
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Hopefully Vitters will be the third base prospect by then, and the idea is that we trade him to free cash for Pujols/Fielder (not that I am on board with that), but now that Lee is gone, unless LeMehiu shows a 2nd offensive skill and that he can play second, the Cubs have a need there. That kid from Seattle and a useful arm would probably get the Cubs' attention.
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I hear a lot that Vitters may need to move off of third (assuming to first), but it sure would be nice if he ended up playing a decent 3B
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If Vitters someday turns into the 25 HR, .300 batting average guy that many hope he will be, and doesn't develop the sort of plate discipline that would yield a .400-ish OBP, he'd be a decent offensive third baseman, but not as exciting offensively as a first baseman.
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remote possibility that Koyie Hill...
The adjustment bureau already tried to saw off Koyie's fingers, and that didn't work.
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Seems to me the sawing off part worked fine. Somebody just missed the "Do not reattach" memo.
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Not sure I'd want Castillo rotting on the bench instead of HIll, but I think its interesting. I think we should look to trade Soto.
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There's also Max 'Max Power' Ramirez.
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Well, the Pena signing is looking dumber and dumber, isn't it? Why couldn't the Cubs get Soto to 1B THIS year, with two of Castillo/Ramirez/Clevenger as the catchers? Colvin could be the LH backup at 1B for Soto, Baker the RH backup. Soto can catch of course, so the manager could actually use his backup catcher for once as a PH option late in games. Soto could slide behind the plate in the rare emergency situation where the starting catcher gets hurt in the game. Just all kinds of flexibility with a setup like that. It gets Soto's bat in the lineup every day, it lets the Cubs discover whether Castillo is a long-term option, it gets Colvin more at-bats, just all good.
I hate the dimwits that run this franchise. Project 500!!
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I think this is reasonable given the team's depth at C, but generally this is shot down by saying that you're replacing a 1B offense with a C. Granted, Soto is better than Pena until proven otherwise, but you lose the value of a top hitting catcher when played at first
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I think you guys are getting way over excited about 20 ST at bats. Anyway, now that we have pereninieal All-Star outfielders in Byrd and Fukudome, and the league's best hitter in Milton Bradley, we can afford to carry Hill and Soto's dead weight.
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If Fukudome doesn't pick up the pace, he could find himself playing for the Isotopes.
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Pena costs 10M and won't make the difference in winning the division, Garza cost 4 prospects (2 really good ones). I guess if you're not going to contend then work from your areas of strength - there are a number of serviceable C's and nobody in the system for 1B unless you include Colvin and Soto.
I agree that none of it is a realistic plan, but it's fun to consider.
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Pena is left-handed power. Pena gives you, what I presume would be, far better defense at first. Pena will probably outperform Soto this year with the bat (I usually use OPS for this measure). By how much, and is it worth the $10 million, I don't know... that's a valid question.
I do have reservations about RELYING on Soto's bat. He's still unproven, imo.
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So the guy who hit .196 with the .732 OPS last year is proven and the guy who had a .890 OPS is a little shaky. Got it.
For their careers it's .841 to .831, and Soto's been playing catcher.
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Pena outhits Soto this year. :)
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Could be, but I don't think it's a reasonable conclusion based on avaialable evidence.
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Sample size? Pena has 4200 career PA's..Soto has 1426...
Also Pena has been playing in the AL East, hitting 3rd-6th in the lineup..Soto has been hitting mostly 6th and 7th.
Pena also has hit a ton more HR's, and has played in at least 135 games each of the last 4 seasons.
I agree with you, that Soto isn't shaky....but if Pena even gets to his career averages....around .240/.350/.490 with 28-35 HR's..what's wrong with that? I don't mind seeing Soto at 1B a little this season....but to say we could just move him there permanently?
Wait...what was the point? I seem to have missed it...sorry...
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Isn't it easier to be productive batting in the middle of the lineup, with good hitters in front of you and behind you and guys on base regularly, than hitting 6th or 7th behind the likes of Soriano?
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Soto's OBP is benefited from all the time he spent in the #8 slot in the lineup getting walked so the pitcher would come to the plate. You don't get pitched around in the 3-6 slots unless you hit in front of Alphonso "low and away strikeout" Soriano.
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Yes, you don't get pitched around--which many people argue could result in a higher batting average and better slugging.
[I actually suspect that most hitters benefit more from being in the middle of the lineup than Pena does, though, because he apparently tends to swing through a lot of stuff that is in the zone. But I think Soto would probably see an improvement in his slugging percentage and HR totals if he hit 3-5th more often and had guys on base in front of him and someone at least moderately threatening in the lineup behind him.]
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It is great that Castillo is having a great spring. But it is foolish to assume that he has turned the corner until he has had at least one good season (or much of one) in the minors. Trading Soto at this point would be nuts.
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Luis Castillo signs w Phils
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from BA...interesting...
"Besides Aroldis Chapman (fastball), Bryce Harper (power) and Mike Trout (speed), what other prospects have an 80 tool?"
"Harper actually has two 80 tools, as his arm also earns top grades. Other minor leaguers with 80 tools: Giants outfielder Gary Brown, Astros outfielder Delino DeShields Jr. and Reds shortstop Billy Hamilton (all speed); Royals righthander Jeremy Jeffress (fastball velocity); and Cubs infielder Junior Lake (arm)."
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imo, i think a lot depends on if he's a 20 HR hitter or a 30+ HR hitter after this season...unless things click with pena and they extend him for a few years or whatever...or they decide to open up the check book.
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I've been wrong before, but I don't see a big market team trading away a player in his prime that came up through their system cause he starts to get a little expensive and they may or may not have a rookie catcher that isn't even that highly regarded ready to take over.
You start trading away the Marlon Byrd's of the world if you need to make some room in the budget or start seeing if moving Z or Soriano and eating parts of their deals makes sense, well before you entertain moving Soto.
Now in theory, I understand why moving Soto might make sense, but I don't see anything in Hendry's or the Cubs past that would indicate they'd remotely consider it.
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me either...im just working on a speculative need point of view...
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If Soto becomes a 30+ HR hitter they can play him at either C or 1B and count themselves lucky sons of bitches until he reaches free agency.
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Cueto out for a week to rest his shoulder...
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~cue dramatic chipmunk music~
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Cueto flew back to Cincinnati and had an MRI that found inflammation in the shoulder. He had to leave his last two spring training starts because of soreness. Doctors have advised him not to throw for at least a week.
Well if the Reds really want to be considered the favorites, they'll need to show some depth. It looks like, to this point, the Cubs have got the strongest staff in the NL Central.
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Dusty spoke to soon.
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If you were watching this game, the announcers thought he hurt his right wrist swinging at the first pitch, but actually......
"Baltimore first baseman Derrek Lee(notes) has a bruised left foot and did not travel to Port Charlotte for a game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Lee fouled a ball off the foot on the first pitch he saw Saturday in his spring training debut. He had been sidelined with a sore right wrist.
The foot didn't bother Lee until he left the ballpark. He had an X-ray Saturday night and then the MRI on Sunday, which came back negative.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter said it looked like "we dodged a bullet."
...or maybe you didn't.
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who the fuck would be watching a preseason Orioles games?
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Maybe he who shall not be named was scheduled to pitch.
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well..., maybe a Phillies fan?
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- one scoreless inning from Samardzija is apparently worth 11 paragraphs
- C. Coleman is apparently in the mix for the long relief role
- Quade has nice things to say about S. Moore, saying he can play all infield positions
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He's figured it out Rob, him and Mike "2.25 Team ERA" Quade. We're all good.
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Listening on the radio. Are there any fans in the stands at all?
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rare air though if he can keep it under 2. Sounds like Maddon already made up his mind though and Hendricks seems like the sort that would want to earn it. Guessing he gets a quick hook if he's still under 2 after 5 innings.
Fwiw, he can give up 1 ER in 5 innings (or more) and still be under 2. If he gives up 2 ER, he would need throw 9 IP to keep it under 2. 1 ER in 4 IP would give him an ERA of exactly 2.
In terms of WAR, it's still Scherzer by a lot (6.4), then Cueto (5.6), Lester (5.5), Kershaw (5.5), Roark (5.4), and then Hendricks (5.1)
Boring lineup tonight in terms of guys trying to reach milestones -- no KB (40 HR), Addy (100 RBI) or JHey (can he keep it going?), and Lackey isn't really going for anything, plus the team has already reached 100 wins. I get the "rest" thing, although they will have 4 days off after Sunday, but....bleh.
Agree -- I think you want to keep him on a regular schedule.
Ramos torn ACL
Sure, its not about his record.
Do you start him Sunday or not?
@jonmorosi Pitchers w/ sub-2.00 ERA in year of 185+ IP this century: Pedro '00, Clemens '05, Kershaw '13/'14, Arrieta '15, Greinke '15, Hendricks '16.
Yeah -- that would be rough for him. But, Monty is getting people out, he's a lefty and he has experience working out of the bullpen. Hammel? None of the above.
even if he's not starting, abandoning hammel would be a bit of a 'screw you.' i think it might be -monty +hammel, but it's speculation.
either way, someone's gonna be disappointed.
Joe said he is leaning towards 11 pitchers and 14 position players.
- 4 starters, Chapman, Rondon, Strop, CJ, Wood, Grimm, Monty. No dice for Cahill or Smith.
- 3 catchers, Rizz, Zo, Addy, KB, Javy, Heyward, Fowler, Soler, Coghlan, TLS and then Sczcur over Almora?
Cubs 3B Jason Vosler made two really bad throws on consecutive AB in the 8th. Fortunately the game was no longer in doubt at the time
The first one was a one-hop lob that allowed the batter to reach base on an infield single, and the second was air-mailed so far over the first-baseman's head that it went over the fence and landed in Field #4.
E-MAN: Despite the HR, Donnie Dewees is really more of a slash hitter (the HR was an opposite-field line-drive) who can accumulate lots of doubles & triples. He's also a good bunter and can get on base that way, too. Although he was thrown out trying to steal in the game, he's actually a good base-stealer and baserunner.
Defensively he has plus-range and tracks fly balls OK, so he can play CF, but he has a rag arm that requires the middle infielders to go out further into CF to make relays.
I don't know how many of you remember Bobby Knoop, who played 2B for the Angels, White Sox, and Royals back in the day, but he is a coach-emeritus for the Angels, and works with the infielders at Minor League Camp, Extended Spring Training, and Instructs. He's pretty spry for a 77-year old, and he really knows his shit.


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Brief Summary
The class Dothideomycetes contains the majority of the fungal species with ascostromatic development and bitunicate asci that were previously placed in the "Loculoascomycetes". The remaining "Loculoascomycetes" are placed in subclass Chaetothyriomycetidae in the diverse order Eurotiomycetes. Historically the majority of these fungi were placed in several different groups under various classifications e. g. "Ascoloculares" (Nannfeldt 1932) "Bitunicatae" (Luttrell 1951) "Loculoascomycetes" (Luttrell 1955) and "Loculoascomycetidae" (Luttrell 1981). A mixture of these names still remain in use in recent literature. Dothideomycetes are often found as pathogens, endophytes or epiphytes of living plants and also as saprobes degrading cellulose and other complex carbohydrates in dead or partially digested plant matter in leaf litter or dung. However their nutritional modes are not limited to associations with plants; several species are lichens, while others occur as parasites on other fungi or members of the kingdom animalia.
Comprehensive Description
To a casual observer there is little to distinguish the flask, spherical or disk-shaped fruiting bodies of Dothideomycetes from several other groups in the Ascomycota, but they share a distinctive pattern of development. The sexual spore bearing asci develop in pockets (locules) already formed in an unfertilized mass of hyphae (stroma). This is defined as ascolocular development and is in contrast to ascohymenial development found in the majority of other fungal classes.
The double layered, or bitunicate, ascus remains an important character in dothideomycete taxonomy. Bitunicate asci consists of a thick extensible inner layer (endotunica) and a thin inextensible outer layer (ectotunica). Most bitunicate fungi release their ascospores by the extension of the inner ascus wall and the rupture of the outer wall, similar to a "jack-in-the-box" (fissitunicate), but variations are numerous. The broken ectotunica is seen in the picture on the right, and another set of asci with the thick layered ectotunica is shown in the picture on the left.
Another important character, the centrum, is defined as the tissues and cells occupying the cavity of the sexual structure. The hamathecium (Eriksson 1981), i. e. the sterile centrum tissues existing between the asci, is one of the most reliable characters used to delineate ordinal classifications within the Dothideomycetes (see drawings below).
The best studied species in this class tend to be plant pathogens on important agricultural crops. Therefore a large body of work in dothideomycete taxonomy and systematics concerns descriptions of asexual states or anamorphs, the predominant morphological state encountered on agricultural crops. In fact, several families in this class (e. g., Pleosporaceae, Mycosphaerellaceae, Tubeufiaceae) include a high proportion of purely anamorphic species. Many of the anamorphs produce their asexual spores or conidia in chains bourne on specialized hypha, known as conidiophores such as the Alternaria species pictured on the left.
In other cases the conidia are within enclosed flask shaped structres (pycnidia) also occuring in several families (e. g., Leptosphaeriaceae, Lophiostomataceae). Pictured to the right is a microscope squash slide sample of conidia from a pycnidium. Other important species include the remainder of the group now informally referred to as the "black yeasts" (the majority of which now belong to the Eurotiomycetes) characterized by the production of dark, slimy colonies and sporulation patterns that resemble the budding of true yeasts, but are actually reduced versions of cells bearing the conidia directly.
Several classification systems for Dothideomycetes exist but the most important concepts revolves around three different developmental types originally exemplified by the genera Dothidea, Pleospora and Elsinoё (Luttrell 1951, 1955) and later extended (e. g. Barr, 1987). These species form part of the orders, Dothideales, Pleosporales and Myriangiales. The presence of pseudoparaphyses (sterile cells extending down from the upper portion of the sexual structures, initially attached at both ends, although the upper part may become free) is a notable character for the Pleosporales, together with mainly ostiolate flask shaped sexual structures. Conversely, the absence of pseudoparaphyses and the presence of groups of asci are important in the Dothideales. The Myriangiales also do not have pseudoparaphyses, but produce single asci in multiple locules. Several additional orders, defined by combining centrum and ascomal characters, form part of the most recent classification proposed by Eriksson (2006).
1. Dothidea sambuci, multiascus locules typical of the Dothidea type centrum. 2. Elsinoё canavaliae: Single ascus locules typical of the Elsinoё type centrum. 3. Pleospora herbarum, several asci in a flask a shaped sexual structure (pseudothecium) with pseudoparaphyses exemplifying the Pleospora type centrum. Drawings from Von Arx and Müller (1974), © The Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures.
Evolution and Systematics
Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
The use of molecular data, mainly as DNA sequences obtained from the ribosomal RNA genes, has added additional challenges for mycologists trying to describe a defining morphology for the Dothideomycetes. A group of fungi with bitunicate asci and ascolocular development, broadly known as "black yeasts" were moved from this class to the Eurotiomycetes and the subclass Chaetothyriomycetidae, mainly based on DNA sequence data. Some species in this informal group are still retained in the Dothideomycetes however. This emphasizes the fact that a number of morphological characters in these groups are either due to the retention of ancestral characters, or convergent evolution. The large number of genera that remain uncertainly classified in either Dothideomycetes or Chaetothyriomycetidae is a testament to this.
The latest phylogenetic evidence (Schoch et al. 2006) finds support for at least two large groups (newly designated as subclasses) correlating with the three orders mentioned above. The two orders without pseudoparaphyses (Dothideales and Myriangiales) were shown to be related in Dothideomycetidae, while the large order with pseudoparaphyses (Pleosporales) formed most of Pleosporomycetidae. This builds on pioneering molecular studies done by several authors before (e. g. Berbee, 1996; Liew et al 2000; Lindemuth et al 2001). Several orders and groups remain unplaced, and several more do not have representative DNA sequences. For example, a number of lichen lineages in the Trypetheliaceae previously thought to be related to groups in the Eurotiomycetes are now placed in Dothideomycetes based on molecular data (Del Prado et al. 2006). It therefore seems clear that this part of the tree of life will remain quite dynamic for the foreseeable future.
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Journal Sentinel reporters follow the Milwaukee County pension scandal trial in federal court
Ament's vindication claim won't wash, says Walker
Former Milwaukee County Executive Tom Ament's claim of vindication in the pension scandal won't wash, according to Scott Walker, Ament's successor in office.
The county's $45 million settlement last week against its former pension consultant should not be seen as clearing Ament or some of his top lieutenants, Walker said Tuesday. Ament claimed vindication in an interview in the Journal Sentinel.
"That doesn't absolve Ament of having some responsibility for not asking the questions or looking more into this before he signed off," Walker said in an interview. Reading Ament's comments in the paper set him off, Walker said. »Read Full Blog Post(6)
County Board breaks into song over pension settlement
Members of the Milwaukee County Board broke into a round of "For he's a jolly good fellow" Thursday, directing the sentiment at county Corporation Counsel William Domina for his efforts in securing this week's $45 million pension lawsuit settlement.
The county retains about $30 million of the $45 million settlement, with the rest going to lawyers and other litigation expenses.
Domina had the foresight to urge the county sue its former pension adviser, Mercer Inc., over the costly 2000-'01 benefit upgrade, said Supervisor Mark Borkowski. The county hired the Houston-based law firm of Susman Godfrey LLC at Domina's urging to handle the pension case. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
Weishan: Settlement bolsters supervisors
Milwaukee County Supervisor John Weishan Jr. issued a statement Wednesday saying the settlement in the county's pension lawsuit with Mercer Inc. showed that supervisors were given faulty information on the costly 2000 pension benefit upgrade:
"This outcome shows that the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors was indeed given the wrong information when voting on pension enhancements in 2000. Had Supervisors been presented the accurate information, I am certain the plan would not have been approved. Despite Mercer's claim of 'no wrongdoing' and its contention that the lawsuit 'had no merit,' the decision to pay Milwaukee County $45 million proves their guilt.," Weishan said.
"The untold story is that of the elected officials who were ridiculed in the local media. It is unfortunate that they and their families suffered through the recall process that ensued during this difficult time in 2002. »Read Full Blog Post(10)
Mercer statement on pension settlement
Mercer Inc. released the following statement on Tuesday's settlement in the Milwaukee County pension lawsuit:
"Mercer has reached resolution of its lengthy litigation with Milwaukee County. As part of the settlement, Mercer acknowledges no wrongdoing in this matter and, in fact, continues to believe that the lawsuit was without merit. From the outset of this litigation, we have strongly believed that the quality of our work on behalf of Milwaukee County met all applicable professional standards. However, given the uncertainty of trial outcomes involving complex technical matters, we believe that reaching a resolution was prudent and in the best interest of our shareholders, clients and employees." (4)
Milwaukee County settles pension case for $45 million
The Milwaukee County Board approved a $45 million settlement of the county's pension lawsuit against Mercer Tuesday, following a nearly two-hour closed-door session.
The vote in favor of settling the case in mid-trial was 18-0. There was no public discussion of the settlement, but supervisors broke into applause after the vote.
The Pension Board approved the settlement on an 8-0 vote shortly after supervisors acted. Members of the board exchanged hugs with some of the lawyers who handled the case following that vote. »Read Full Blog Post(7)
County Board approves $45 million settlement in pension case
The Milwaukee County Board approved a proposed $45 million settlement of the county's pension lawsuit against Mercer Thursday, following a nearly two-hour closed-door session.
The vote in favor of settling the case in mid-trial was 18-0. There was no public discussion of the settlement, but supervisors broke into applause after the vote.
The county Pension Board is also slated to vote on the settlement Tuesday. Both the county and the Pension Board were plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which accuses Mercer of negligence and a coverup of its mistakes that led county officials to approved the costly 2000-'01 pension deal. »Read Full Blog Post(7)
County Board mulling possible settlement in pension case
The Milwaukee County Board went into a rare closed session Tuesday morning for a report on the county's pension lawsuit that may include a settlement offer from Mercer Inc.
The county is suing the New York-based Mercer for malpractice in connection with the costly 2000-'01 pension deal.
The county's entire legal team in the case joined the board for the Mercer briefing, filling two rows of seats in the board room. The Houston firm of Susman Godfrey was hired by the county as its lead counsel in the case and the firm is expected to be paid a portion of the settlement, if one is reached. »Read Full Blog Post
Dobbert says he did not intend to mislead
In his first public comments on the pension deal that sent him to jail, the late Gary Dobbert testified by video Thursday that he did not mean to lead county officials to believe he had received a cost estimate of the infamous lump-sum backdrop payouts.
"That's an unfortunate statement," Dobbert said of his October 2000 letter that said actuaries had studied the benefit. "I did not mean to infer that."
Dobbert appeared before a federal court jury on a giant video screen in lengthy excerpts from a 2007 deposition. His actions are at the heart of a Milwaukee County lawsuit claiming Mercer Inc. financial experts failed to warn the county of the backdrop's costs. »Read Full Blog Post
Mercer actuaries were cheerleaders for the backdrop, county argues
Milwaukee County has shown that Mercer Inc. intentionally deceived county officials and should be able to tell the jury it should award punitive damages in the ongoing pension scandal trail, lawyers for the county say.
In a written filing Wednesday, lawyers for the county say they have fulfilled legal requirements showing "intentional misrepresentation" by Mercer, the New York-based pension consultant the county is suing.
Testimony in the case began May 4. »Read Full Blog Post
Hundreds of millions of dollars debated
The high stakes of the county pension trial came into focus when a county witness said the pension deal eventually could add more than $325 million in costs.
But the numbers - which could come into play if a jury awards damages - are in dispute.
The county wants the federal court jury to view that figure and other costs as damages inflicted by what it calls negligence by its former adviser, Mercer Inc. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Dobbert conviction can't be mentioned at pension trial, judge rules
The 2004 criminal conviction of former Milwaukee County personnel director Gary Dobbert cannot be brought up at the pension scandal trial in federal court, Judge Charles Clevert Jr. ruled Wednesday.
The development is a major boost to the county's case against Mercer Inc., the New York-based financial adviser the county is suing for malpractice. The county contends Mercer's bad advice was responsible for the county approving the expensive "backdrop" lump sum pension benefit.
Dobbert's conviction had been a key part of Mercer's defense. The firm, in pre-trial filings, argued that the county was to blame for the backdrop, citing Dobbert's failure to tell county officials that the backdrop would cost the county money. »Read Full Blog Post
Mercer backdrop advice was faulty, expert witness says
Mercer Inc. failed to properly warn Milwaukee County about the potential costs of the pension backdrop lump-sum benefit, an expert witness for the county testified Tuesday.
Kim Nicholl said Mercer should have explained the backdrop more thoroughly before it was adopted. She also faulted Mercer for low-balling cost estimates on the backdrop. Nicholl is an actuary for PricewaterhouseCoopers, a national financial consulting firm. She heads the firm's public sector pension consulting practice.
Assumptions built into Mercer's $718,000 backdrop annual cost estimate "were too optimistic and needed to be changed," Nicholl said. »Read Full Blog Post(10)
County questioning of Mercer official ends
A key witness called by the county finished up his testimony Tuesday morning.
Glenn Soderstrom, a Mercer Inc. actuary with decades of experience crunching numbers for the county pension plan, said the firm was limited by contract from providing advice on the wisdom of particular benefit changes.
Mercer didn't withhold information the county needed to fully cost out the pension deal, he said. Rather, Mercer could do only what calculations were sought by former county Human Resources Director Gary Dobbert, he said. »Read Full Blog Post
Mercer withheld bigger cost estimate on backdrop, consultant says
A financial consultant for Milwaukee County did cost estimates in early 2002 showing the backdrop pension benefit could cost the county up to $22 million a year, according to testimony Monday in federal court.
Dennis Skelly said he came up with new cost estimates a year after the controversial 2001 wage and benefit package was fully approved, at the request of the county Pension Board chairman, county Auditor Jerome Heer and county Supervisor Lynne De Bruin, who then was chairwoman of the county board's finance committee.
But Skelly said he didn't forward that figure at the time because he viewed it as unrealistically high. The number was a "worst-case scenario" – the potential backdrop cost if everyone eligible who retired in a given year took the maximum possible backdrop. »Read Full Blog Post
'American Idol' interrupts trial
Technical problems continue to inject some strange moments into the trial.
A light bulb blew up on a projector near County Executive Scott Walker during the cross-examination of Karen Ordinans. The resulting smoke filtered through the courtroom, prompting Judge Charles Clevert to call for a break.
A few minutes earlier Clevert said from the bench that he had to take an emergency call. »Read Full Blog Post(5)
Ordinans' account shifts on knowledge of backdrop costs
Former Milwaukee County Board Chairman Karen Ordinans admitted Thursday she learned the backdrop pension benefit was not cost neutral before voting for the 2000-'01 wage and benefit package for the county's largest union.
Ordinans acknowledged she had previously said the opposite – in sworn depositions, pre-trial testimony and numerous media interviews.
"I wasn't even thinking of that as a cost," when asked the question earlier, Ordinans said in testimony in the Milwaukee County pension scandal trial. »Read Full Blog Post(58)
Ordinans: "It was chaos"
The trial into the Milwaukee County pension scandal continues Thursday with more testimony from former Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Karen Ordinans.
Ordinans told the jury that when the pension scandal broke in 2002 it "was chaos."
"It seems surreal to me," Ordinans said. "My colleagues and I could not believe what was happening." Though she didn't mention it, Ordinans was one of seven supervisors to lose their jobs in recall elections over the pension mess. »Read Full Blog Post(4)
Trial judge runs a tight ship
U.S. District Judge Charles Clevert is running a tight operation during the pension trial.
Read about it at the Proof and Hearsay blog.
Mercer lawyer blames Dobbert, county in trial
The lead lawyer for Mercer Inc. on Wednesday blamed former Milwaukee County official Gary Dobbert, below, for the failure to provide a cost to the backdrop pension benefit before it was first approved in late 2000.
Dobbert, then the human resources director, was either "a crook or just incompetent" and did not ask Mercer to cost out the lump-sum pension option in a timely fashion, Eric Van Vugt told the federal court jury hearing the county's malpractice case against the firm.
When Mercer provided the cost estimate, Dobbert "kept it to himself" and lied to former County Executive F. Thomas Ament, county supervisors and other county officials, Van Vugt said. »Read Full Blog Post(11)
Backdrop cost estimate of $270 million withheld from county, lawyer says
The firm hired by Milwaukee County to give pension financial advice had once figured the cost of the backdrop benefit at $270 million, but never forwarded the information to the county, said Kenneth McNeil.
In his opening statement at the county pension trial, McNeil said Mercer Inc. failed to share damning estimates on the true cost of the benefit approved in late 2000 and early 2001. »Read Full Blog Post(1)


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'This Town' puts D.C. under witty, insightful, sobering microscope
The clubby political world of Washington, D.C., as Mark Leibovich describes it in "This Town," resembles WWE a little: faces and heels acting out story lines of intense conflict while all working together to get rich.
"A gold rush has enthralled the place," Leibovich writes. "It has, in recent years, become a crucible of easy wealth, fame, forgiveness and next acts. Punditry has replaced reporting as journalism's highest calling, accompanied by a mad dash of 'self-branding,' to borrow a term that had now fully infested the city." »Read Full Article
Martin Short, his alter egos get big laughs
An evening with Martin Short at the Pabst Theater on Saturday night wasn't just an evening with Martin Short.
Ed Grimley was there, Short's famed SCTV creation, with his pants as usual pulled impossibly high up to his chest. So was Franck Eggelhoffer, Short's eccentric, difficult to understand wedding planner from "Father of the Bride." »Read Full Article
MSO blends musical vocabularies of composers, orchestrators
Listening to a piece of music by one great composer that has been orchestrated by another great composer is a bit like hearing the music through that second composer's ears.
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and music director Edo de Waart presented two pieces that offered just that chance on Friday evening, along with the heartbreaking Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Alban Berg, inspired by the death of his friend's daughter. »Read Full Article
Jim DeVita paints portrait of Rothko in Forward Theater's 'Red'
Madison — Before becoming one of the last century's great artists, Mark Rothko thought hard about a career as an actor, and he habitually referred to his pictures as "dramas." In his Tony-winning "Red," John Logan brings that drama on stage.
Madison's Forward Theater has now brought "Red" to Wisconsin, where it opened Friday night under Laura Gordon's direction, in an 85-minute, intermission-free production featuring Jim DeVita as Rothko and Nate Burger as Ken, Rothko's young, fictionalized assistant. »Read Full Article(1)
Cafe 1505 in Mequon will expand its footprint and add a bar
The breakfast-and-lunch restaurant Cafe 1505, at 1505 W. Mequon Road, Mequon, plans to move the grab-and-go deli part of the business to a vacant space across the hall in East Towne Square.
The move is expected next week. It will allow the cafe to expand deli seating by about 20, up from the current five, so more guests can linger over coffee and laptops if they don't wish to sit in the full-service dining room. It also will expand its lineup of prepared foods for takeout. »Read Full Blog Post