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The American dreamMay 08,2013
The immigration issue demonstrates the power of democracy to effect change. Election results in 2012 have emboldened those seeking to reform immigration laws and have had the tonic effect of stripping the cloak of invincibility from opponents. The poverty of the opponents arguments is now on full display.
The conservative Heritage Foundation unveiled a study this week purporting to show that immigration reform, as proposed in Congress, would saddle the U.S. economy with more than $6 trillion in expenditures over the next 50 years. The crude economic calculus measured the revenues produced by immigrants against the benefits they are likely to receive from the government.
The analysis of opponents does not take into account generations of history: poor immigrants arriving, lacking in education but rich in ambition and determination. Their families quickly learn to climb the social and economic ladder, infusing the nation with new energy, new industry and fresh creativity. The Heritage study looks only at the profit and loss columns, concluding immigrants who lack a high school education will be a drain on the nations wealth.
What the study reveals is a bias against poor people. Inevitably, the poor constitute an important segment of any immigrant population. Peasants from Poland, laborers from Italy, impoverished farmers from Ireland who came here by the millions did not arrive as computer programmers. They came seeking a chance. They came poor, and they built this country.
Because the study is biased against the poor, it is also biased against Hispanics, because a large proportion of immigrants from Mexico and Central America arrive poor and with a deficit in education. Because they lack documentation, they are easily exploited by employers, who are able to pay low wages amid the poor working conditions of farm fields, construction sites, slaughterhouses and other venues where rough, less than appealing work is done.
Vermont has recognized that it is better to treat immigrants fairly. Somewhere around 1,500 undocumented immigrants are said to be working on Vermonts dairy farms, forced into lives of isolation because they lack the rights of citizenship. The state of Vermont cannot alter federal immigration law, but state leaders have taken steps to help smooth the rough edges of life for undocumented workers. Gov. Peter Shumlin has established a bias-free policing policy in the belief that it is not the job of Vermont police to enforce federal immigration law; nor should they engage in racial profiling.
Further, the Legislature this week was pushing through a bill that would create a driving card for undocumented workers, allowing them to drive legally. A few farm workers can be seen in local stores buying groceries, but many are afraid to venture out, knowing they might run afoul of authorities and end up in the hands of immigration officials.
Averting that outcome is good for individual farm workers. It is good also for Vermont farmers who have found that a shortage of local farm help has made the supply of willing, hard-working immigrants a necessary solution.
The Heritage Foundations reading of the situation in Vermont is that once the states farm workers gain legal status, they will immediately become a drain on state and federal resources, taking welfare checks, health care benefits and other government services. Some no doubt would avail themselves of needed benefits like many poor Vermonters do. But others will be working hard to get ahead, and their children will be growing up as Americans, ready to take part in the life of their country.
Studies indicate that immigrants are generally hard-working, tradition-minded people who believe in the value of family and who are imbued with the idea that America is a place where they can get ahead. In that sense, generations of immigrants have been a challenge to those already here, who need to be on their toes to keep their jobs in a competitive world. Thats a good thing, for those already here and for immigrants looking for a chance.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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Home List of Titles Halo-model signatures from 380 000 Sloan Digital Sky Survey luminous red galaxies with photometric redshifts
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/47689
- Title
- Halo-model signatures from 380 000 Sloan Digital Sky Survey luminous red galaxies with photometric redshifts
- Author(s)
- Blake, Chris; Collister, Adrian; Lahav, Ofer
- Abstract
- We analyse the small-scale clustering in 'MegaZ-LRG', a large photometric redshift catalogue of luminous red galaxies extracted from the imaging data set of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. MegaZ-LRG, presented in a companion paper, spans the redshift range 0.4 < z < 0.7 with an rms redshift error σz ≈ 0.03(1 + z), covering 5914 deg2 to map out a total cosmic volume 2.5 h-3 Gpc3. In this study we use 380 000 photometric redshifts to measure significant deviations from the canonical power-law fit to the angular correlation function in a series of narrow redshift slices, in which we construct volume-limited samples. These deviations are direct signatures of the manner in which these galaxies populate the underlying network of dark matter haloes. We cleanly delineate the separate contributions of the 'one-halo' and 'two-halo' clustering terms and fit our measurements by parametrizing the halo occupation distribution N(M) of the galaxies. Our results are successfully fitted by a 'central' galaxy contribution with a 'soft' transition from zero to one galaxy, combined with a power-law 'satellite' galaxy component, the slope of which is a strong function of galaxy luminosity. The large majority of galaxies are classified as central objects of their host dark matter haloes rather than satellites in more massive systems. The effective halo mass of MegaZ-LRG galaxies lies in the range log 10(Meff/h-1 M⊙) = 13.61-13.80 (increasing with redshift assuming large-scale normalization σ8 = 0.8) for corresponding number densities in the range ng = 5.03 - 0.56 × 104 h-3 Mpc-3. Our results confirm the usefulness of the halo model for gaining physical insight into the patterns of galaxy clustering.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 385, no. 3 (Apr 2008), pp. 1257-1269
- Publication year
- 2008
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- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences; 020103 Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy
- Keyword(s)
- Haloes; Galaxies; Large-scale structure; Universe
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- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- 0035-8711
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Building a kernel is considered a rite of passage in the open-source Unix world. What nobody mentions, though, is that each new Unix you encounter has its own tricks and methods. What's normal behavior for one Unix can be strange and unusual for another. In short, a Unix administrator gets to have one rite of passage after another. Don't you feel lucky?
Having said that, building a NetBSD kernel isn't that different from building a FreeBSD kernel. The bumps and gotchas are just enough to keep you on your toes, not enough to actually stop you.
To build a kernel, you need the system sources and the comp set. My
install didn't put them on my system; various NetBSD users have
assured me that system sources are installed by default, so I'm
willing to assume pilot error. Check under
/usr/src/sys; if you have anything there, you either have the kernel sources or you're sloppy
about where you store your MP3s.
Installing the kernel source is fairly simple; you can either use
anonymous CVS, or just grab the appropriate tarball. We'll look at
anonymous CVS in another article, when I decide to upgrade this beast.
Go to ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD. Look for the directory for your version -- in my case, NetBSD-1.4.2. Under
source/sets, you'll find
syssrc.tgz. Download it, and extract it under
/ -- for example:
cp syssrc.tgz /syssrc.tgz
cd /
tar -xzvf syssrc.tgz
Depending on your system, this might take a while. On my Multia I started the process, raided the fridge, and chatted with my boss about why our the NT servers are so bloody unreliable. Just as I was considering roasting lunch over the Multia's fan exhaust, it finished.
The syssrc set contains the kernel sources for all the platforms NetBSD supports. That's a lot of stuff you'll never need. The platform-specific files are actually quite small, however, and not really much overhead compared to the total size of the kernel source.
Here I ran into my first problem; the Alpha architecture, or rather the lack of one. Alphas come in several different architectures, with different busses and designs. Those of you who have only worked on x86 systems haven't seen anything like it. Imagine that a "Pentium" system not only had different types of motherboards, but that each motherboard required specific drivers and handling. That's what an Alpha is like.
The NetBSD team is a jump ahead of things there; if you look under
/usr/src/sys/arch/alpha/conf, you'll see several sample kernel
configuration files, one for each of the main Alpha architectures. (Other
architectures have similar files, if needed.)
I decided to make my own configuration by trimming down
GENERIC, which
is my standard FreeBSD practice. Much like FreeBSD, the command
grep ' at ' /var/run/dmesg.boot
gave me a list of everything in my system. I thought it would be a
simple matter of gutting
This turned out to be a mistake, at least on the Alpha.
Unless you're familiar with Alpha hardware, trimming out what you
don't want is a real pain. The
GENERIC kernel configuration includes,
as you might expect, every piece of equipment needed to get any type
of Alpha up and on the net. With the wide variety of busses and
architectures available for the Alpha, it's easy to leave excess stuff
in. Unless you know what's inside your box, it's easy to goof. For
example, if you include a device without the matching bus,
chokes with:
config SCRAPYARD
SCRAPYARD:121: scc0 at ioasic? is orphaned (nothing matching ioasic? declared) *** Stop.
I don't know what the ioasic bus is, but I don't have one.
This isn't a problem on a more standardized architecture, such as the i386.
Several hours later and feeling several years older, I copied the
provided Multia configuration (the file
CANE) to another file. The
NetBSD team provided these examples for very good reason, and if I was
smart I would have used them in the first place.
In my case, trimming the kernel configuration file turned out to be very straightforward. I don't run MFS or NFS on this system, so they went. Since it's a new system, I didn't need compatibility with older versions of NetBSD. On a one-gig disk, I can't really play with OSF/1 compatibility, Linux compatibility, or any of NetBSD's other nifty emulation features. Whack, whack, whack.
The next part was quite familiar:
config SCRAPYARD
Don't forget to run "make depend"
Config doesn't give you any notice of where the kernel compilation
directory is, but after a bit of poking I found it in
Man config (8) would have told me that, but I didn't think of that until after I found it.
From there, it was fairly simple:
cd ../compile/SCRAPYARD
make depend && make && make install
The system churned. I went home. The next morning, I was looking at a nice long stream of successful compiles, followed by:
make: don't know how to make install. Stop
The NetBSD FAQ came in handy here. The kernel install procedure turns out to be frightfully complicated:
cp /netbsd /netbsd.old
cp netbsd /netbsd
Just like FreeBSD, you don't need to update any loaders or write new boot blocks for your average kernel change.
I rebooted, crossing my fingers. To my surprise, the new kernel booted flawlessly. The generic kernel is 3,401,386 bytes. My custom kernel is 1,757,159 bytes. On a 32 meg machine, that's a big difference.
When the time comes to tweak this kernel further,
man (4) options lists all available kernel options. Stripping the kernel is the easy part; tweaking it for maximum performance is where the real BSD
administrators stand out.
(The author would like to thank NetBSD devotees David Brownlee, Andy Doran, Hubert Feyrer, and Richard Rauch for their pre-publication review of this article.)
Michael W. Lucas
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October 3, 2012 —
The sign in front of the old family farmhouse said the farm was established in 1866. It's been through a number of reincarnations, for instance when, according to the farm's website, "Timothy Cunningham changed the farm to growing sweet corn to sell directly to consumers. There was a roadside stand out on Route 17B where customers could stop to pick up dinner. This was in the days when you could leave a can on the table and trust people to leave their money if the grandkids had gotten tired of sitting out by the table and wanted a break."
The latest redo comes through the efforts of Timothy's children, Chris, Colleen and Patrick. The three held a grand opening on the farm on September 29, as kids wandered through the four-acre corn maze and adults perused the goods in the country store.
Chris, who was until recently commissioner of the Sullivan County Department of Family Services and left because of health issues, and was previously the chairman of the county legislature, said, "We decided it was time to do something with the property to try to support itself a bit and to go in a new direction."
They bill the farm now as an agri-tourism destination for people and families of all ages. Complete with a corn maze, hay bale maze for younger children, a hayride, and a harvest market selling pumpkins, gourds, cornstalks, Indian corn and more, Cunningham Family Farms aims to be a great place to spend an afternoon with friends and family.
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hahahaha what losers they are. Mods in Baltimore are really salty!
hahahaha what losers they are. Mods in Baltimore are really salty!
Tannehill 17
LOL ravens just tied it up. OT
Haha that's great. One person made a post in the forum, and the mod locked it with a link to the shutdown notice.
hahahah omg ravens may get last laugh this is forum gold!!!!!!
Peyton failed to do something in Denver that Tebow did-win a playoff game! Who woulda thunk it?
Typical Denver fans gloating before the the game was done. Not all Broncos fans are bad but all the ones Im surrounded by are. So needless to say I enjoyed this great come back by the Ravens.
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Houston Astros (73-85) at Philadelphia Phillies (92-66)
Felipe Paulino, RHP (2-11, 6.51 ERA) vs. Cliff Lee, LHP (14-12, 3.19 ERA)
Time: 7:05 p.m at Citizens Bank Park
Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 56
TV:Comcast Sportsnet
Twitter: Phillies Nation
Whew! After a September scare, the Phillies and their fans can both exhale; and hopefully enjoy these next four games. That said, there is still a lot to play for, like home-field advantage and a roster spot for some guys.
For Cliff Lee tonight will be a chance to fine tune for the playoffs and end the season on a high note. He has been inconsistent after an electric start since coming to the Phillies. In his last outing, he coughed up seven runs in six innings against the Brewers. After tallying that start, his 226 innings this season led all major league pitchers. Maybe Charlie Manuel will encore last night's dramatic pitching change with Brad Lidge by pulling Lee earlier than usual.
The Astros meantime counter with 2-11 Felipe Paulino who has been the victim of poor run support (among other things) all season long. Paulino has a 8.37 ERA on the road and 8.42 at night which means another sellout crowd in brisk conditions might spell trouble for the 25-year old righty. He is mainly a fastball, curve, slider pitcher and has given up 120 hits in 92.2 innings this season.
As for the lineup, look for a usual starter or two to take a seat on the bench for the majority of tonight's game. Charlie Manuel said he knows some of his players could use a rest. "I think I can do it. It's not like I'm going to take three or four out of the lineup at the same time." In the past five season, he has led the Phillies to an NL-best 217-143 record in the second half of the season – so he might know what he's doing.
Your Gameday Beer – Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Happy October folks! One of the benefits of playoff baseball is that your beer stays cold at that game. A cold, but not frosty, pumpkin ale is a great way to enjoy prepare yourself for the challenge ahead. This hearty Pennsylvania brew come full of sweet nectar, spiced flavors. Have it with some roast beef and sweet potatoes. – By Brian
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Utley, Ruiz, and Victorino have the night off… Bruntlett, Bako, and Francisco are starting.
where did your read about Park's clearwater rehab start?
you know, I don't care per say that they win, even though they have a chance at the best record in the NL, what I do however care about is that Lee not look like garbage on the mound, which, so far he does.
Is it possible that Cliff Lee is not all that, and a bag of chips. Is he a mirage that will fool us in the playoffs? We already know that Cole Hamels will not be 100%, or am I being too pessimistic.
j reed – Twitter, Todd Zolecki
Thanks, too bad i don't twitter…
I was out…did Lee give up a two run dinger?
Lee's performance tonight will probably go a long way toward whether or not he starts game 1. I'm not sure what I want in that regard… I hope the Phils get homefield, and that I will be able to walk to game 3 with the Phils up 2-0!
Oh man… cmon Clifton, I wanna see you shut them down for the next 6 innings.
CO Joe – So does everyone have Rox fever there or does the town forget baseball once the Broncos season begins?
Lee is worrying me a little. Whats up with Bako with these interferance calls.
Well at least the Braves are gone from W.Card contention. At least I think so. I wouldn't want to face the Braves pitching for 5 games.
man has there ever been a batter with a more obvious tell than feliz bailing on a slider. still has been playing well.
yes j-reed the Braves are toast. Rockies won today and sealed the deal. I kind of wish they would pass the Dodgers, i'd rather face L.A in the first round.
I was trying to not watch and take a break tongiht but I am tuned over. Glad chase is off would like him to get another day off too maybe pinch hit.
good no tomahawk chop….I can wait 6 more months to see Jair Jurgins. If the the Mets stay healthy, the Marlins don't replace the entire team with 10 cents a game Dominicians, and the Nats. learn a modicum of baserunnung and fielding, it will be a pretty tough division next year. If the the Nats. get some pitching then it will be a brutal division
finally a dp from the MLB GIDP leading Astros
Having lived in Philly till age 30, (36 now) I am surprised at how many people are talking about the Rockies. It is more of a baseball town in Denver than I would have thought before I arrived. People care more about the Broncos than the Rockies, but I saw plenty of Rockies stuff being worn even before the Rockies turned around their season. I have half-heartedly adopted the Rockies as a second team, except when they face the Phils. I wish I had been in Philly when the city got off the championship snide. There is a place called Pat's Steaks in Denver which is a very cool Philly sports bar. It's a good place for Penn State games, Eagles games and especially the Phillies for playoff games. The place was electric when the Phils won last year. Colorado is beautiful enough to have lots of transplants, including people from Philly.
The mets suck and are losers
Staying healthy has nothing to fo with it.
CO Joe – how cold does it get there?
j reed; back at the beginning of the year during spring training I think it was Manuel that was talking about Feliz who was coming off of off-season back surgery and Charlie stated that he thought that Pedro might improve at the plate in the coming season and hit 20-25 home runs and increase his RBI production. Looks like Feliz came up a bit short of that expectation.
Maybe we should let Francisco lead off all the time?
that was a hell of a play by Tejada…now that he is off the juice and slimmed down a bit I guess he is more mobile.
J Reed, last winter we had less snow in downtown Denver then there was in Philly. Two years ago winter was pretty harsh however with some significant blizzards.. Snow starts later in the year but ends later as well. The weather changes can be abrupt in a single day. There is a saying out here that if you don't like the weather, wait an hour cause it will change.
I don't like that our offense has done nothing against a pitcher who has done so poorly this year. I think when the playoffs start people can and will get hot. I hope so anyway.
MikeB. – yeah I'm still happy with his performance esp. earlier in the year when he was hitting for contact. Both he an ruiz really helped the offense when they had to make-up for the putrid staring pitching. Still I'd wet my pants and mule drugs for the Mexican mafia if we picked up CHONE FIGGINS who'll be a free agent in 2010. Also ADRIAN BELTRE is available. Maybe he and Ichiro were watching Ibanez celebrate last night. Afterall the Marniers, Rangers and A's should write a book "How to Gift Wrap a Division for the Angels"
Oh. No.
I think Feliz will be back personally.
J reed —- I also like Chone Figgins…. a really solid leadoff man and good third baseman. Also, a switch hitter. Move Rollins to Feliz' seventh spot and we will strengthen our overall lineup and take pressure off Jimy.
Another horsebleep outing for Lee.
Very disappointing.
There just ain't nuthin there IMO.
Gets ripped.
I'd take Figgins in a heartbeat but want no part of Beltre. He had one good contract year and has been average since then. I'd rather have Pedro for another year.
joedad – off hand, do you how well Feliz and Beltre match-up fielding wise?
No I don't.
I hope the Phils get a better utility player than Bruntlett next year. This guy has no bat. He really is a minor leaguer.
Runt – my thoughts exactly. also Figgins fielding stats are a mile long…he's the ultimate swiss army knife of utlility men. Do you think we might aquire him?
Hit submit too early. No I don't but based on your question I assume Beltre is better.
My assessment is based on him having a monster offensive year followed by a monster contract and being a dud since then. I can't trust a player like that.
Adrian Beltre's production really dropped off this year. Only played 107 games. Maybe he was out injured on the DL this year but I do not know for certain what all has gone on with him this season. Just 30 years old. Maybe a change of scenery would do him good. Figgins would be a great addition to the Phils. No knock on Feliz but would be nice to have a third baseman in the future with consistent production at the plate, maybe ten or more home runs than Feliz has and without a drop off in defensive play. Some one who hits into less DPs and does not swing at so much junk.
What the hell is wrong with Cliff Lee? Is his arm dead after 200+ innings this year? His last decent game was against the Nats at CBP.
joedad – i was going on Marniers rep. for being a good fielding team. I'll check, not much going on in this game unless your rooting for the stros
Feliz's career Fielding Pct at 3rd is .964 while Beltre's is .957, not a huge difference.
Factor in that Beltre is 4 years younger, has a career batting average 16 points higher and almost twice as many homers in 2 more years.
Yes Beltre had a career contract year but if you look at his numbers over the course of the last few years, discounting this year due to injury, I would take him.
He has a cannon for an arm.
No offense, and I like Figgins but he is not the answer. He can get on base for average and steal, I guess if you want to sign him so you have a real lead off hitter then so be it but in 6 full seasons he has 31 total home runs. His fielding is about the same as what you would get from Beltre. And he is 1 year older than Beltre, 3 years younger than Feliz.
Cliff Lee is either really dominant or really crappy. There seems to be no in between (well, I guess you could say tonight was the first in between since he came here). I'm scratching my head over this one. I hope he is dominant in the playoffs.
thanks Ed R. …. I agree, I'd take Beltre….shoot the Marniers are usually stocked with good players i mean look what happens when they leave there!
I just checked on baseball-reference… he has 4 gold gloves in a row so I am sure he is a solid fielder.
Figgins is a legit leadoff hitter, something this team hasn't had since Dykstra??? The Phils have some salary coming off the books but have some raises to pay out next year so they might need to resign Feliz.
I have always been a Beltre fan. He would own the left field wall if he came here I assure you. Probably 25-30 bombs a year, easy.
Where does Lee pitch in the playoffs? Is he the #1?
we dont want figgins trust me
I like pedro esp if we win another series
The Phils hold an option on Feliz so he is theirs if they want him.
Lee has not pitched up to expectations for most of September. The Phillies should pitch him third behind Hamels and Blanton in the playoffs. No telling now from his recent performances how he is going to pitch in the post season.
Lee is slated to be the number 1 as he would pitch Wednesday on normal rest.
Beltre has won two gold gloves. 07 and 08.
didn't get this lineup with the changes he made it should have been
I don't mind the lineup though I do have an issue with moving J-roll out of the lead off. He is on track right now so to take him out of that seems to make no sense. But, they won the division for the 3rd year in a row. Clearly Charlie knows better than I do even if I sometimes wonder if that is really true.
i would not mind seeing Brett Myers in another uniform next year. This guy should be a relief pitcher, not a starter or a closer. I wonder if he would accept the role of reliever with a huge pay cut from the Phils. He is no where near $10 million a year, which is what he will want. For that price you could get two Bret Myers talent wise who are indeed proven and proud to be relievers. Our bullpen will need an overhaul after this season. Why I like Figgins — not just because I am a runt myself, but because he is an excellent leadoff hitter who gets on base and makes everyone better because he can also streal. Rollins is not a leadoff hitter as his OBP is too low. But he would be a better player, I believe, if he were put in the lineup and allowed to be himself.
That's me!
Myers is too good to be a relief pitcher IMO. He has a full arsenel of pitches that can get him through the lineup multiple times. He is a number 2 on many staffs, 3 on good teams.
I am really suprised the Phillies did not go after this one. There should be no problem winning the rest. We could have home field which would help this year. You have three days off after our last game. Lee is really really worrying me. My buddy calls him a one hit wonder. I thought we would beat up on the astros who are just plain bad and the marlins. have the number one seed. guess not.
Give me a chance coach. I know I can do it. Just give me the Jeltz.
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whats the deal with cliff lee he isn't looking good at all and the astros are a team he should be shuting down they suck…i not sure about him in the playoffs if he can't shut down the astros.
Should have pinch hit for Bruntlett to try to get this game tonight. Bruntlett got five at bats with nothing to show; 3 Ks with 7 runners stranded.
Jeff – besides Cliff "where'd my two seamer go" Lee laying another egg, well at least it wasn't a rotten one but an egg nonetheless, its the STROS, a vertiable thorn in our side. Before our 3 division tiltles, before baby jesus brought us Hamels, didn't seem like the Stros were always keeping us from the wild card?
jt, poor pitch location. He could be worn down like he was last year in September. he had an extra day of rest before this start and, if he is the game 1 pitcher, will have an extra day of rest. Hopefully that and a shot of adreniline from the crowd and his first playoff game will be what gets him going again.
I want to see a Bruntlett walk off
mikeB. – while bruntlett is not a great player, it's pretty difficult to have not seen major league pitching for a month and not struggle.. A struggling Stair or Dobbs would be different because that 's what their job is, too come off the bench cold and hit.
Yo Feliz making a case for another year…Like it!
they should of pinch hit utley for cairo but o'well would of been something if they did come back.
Well, on a positive note, they got 13 hits tonight but on the downside, did not get the two or three clutch hits when they needed them with runners on base. Some regulars were rested which may benefit them in the playoffs. Bruntlett for the Jeltz which might be too easy or unfair to award because most would expect that he probably would not do much at the plate, so then the Jeltz could go to Lee or Werth. Werth grounded out earlier with the sacks loaded.
Lee gets the Jeltz, it's time for the 08′ Cy Young to show up….
Jreed; yeah, I understand that for the first four plate appearances that Bruntlett had but you just stated the case for why Brunlett should have been pinch hit for for his fifth time up.
a part of me is laughing at the braves but that's the mean, "drive-by booing" evil Phillies Phan part of me. I have one braves fan friend who is not a sister kisser and I asked him if he likes apples.
Jt – Rest means rest in my book unless your desperate…what would have happened had the game gone into extra innings.
I disagree about Feliz. The Phils could use an offensive upgrade who is consistent at the plate.
Mkie B. – like i said to Jt rest means rest. I just happen to know alot about sports physiology and training so that's where I coming from. Alot of it has to do with neurochemistry, resetting muscle memory and rebuliding glycogen stores and neurotransmitters more so than just simple muscle fatigue.
My cat's breath smells like cat food
mike B. – i'd really like Chone Figgins ….Feliz just always seems to redeem himself right about the time i really am giving up on him.
Figgins has fielded every position but catcher and first base. that's impressive…lot's of baseball IQ comes with that versitlity. I'd take either him or Beltre , but how often do you find a guy who can play 3rd base and CF. that's meshuggenah. Plus a legit contact lead-off guy…i get tired of hearing – "when jimmy goes, so go the Phils"…if that's how the team works wouldn't a heady .300 batter be a better lead-off guy than Jimmy. Besides and i'm just generalizing about power hitters, do we want another steaky power hitter if that's what Beltre is? Sometimes it hard to tell whether a player is streaky by the basic numbers and I don't have the time to watch alot of Marniers baseball to know their players well enough to make such a call.
j reed; do you think that Manuael and all his coaches know and understand about sports physiology and training and do you think that they manage with all that in mind?
My thinking is is that Jimmy Rollin's offensive talents would be better used in the latter part of the batting order to give it more punch. The Phils could push to get Figgins and then you would have a great lead off hitter. Bringing in Beltre would not solve the lead off hitter problem. We would have a lineup of mostly all home run hitters if he were brought in. Live by the HR and die by the HR.
j reed;—and that is very impressive, Figgin's versitility, in addition to being a leadoff hitter. Phils should go for it.
mike B. – No i don't…MLB and baseball doesn't. They have improved upon things but you still see a rise in chronic overuse injuries when 1] peds are not pervalent anymore , at least not enough to taint any data 2] our medical technology and knowledge improves , it's a sign that there is something intrinsically wrong with baseball's approach to training. I'm mean the failure rate alone of propsecpts speaks volumes. Hearing phrases about pitchers like "get their arm stretched out…"What are they stretching out….ligaments? Because provided there is no restriction in a joint's range of motion or no anatomical exceptions then it's real easy to achieve maximum flexibility of the upper body of a professional pitcher in less that a week. Were not talking a front or full side split…even that much lower body flexibility is unecessary for the demands of baseball. This just happens to be one of litany of outragous crap that falls out of the mouth of baseball. It a complicated subject about which if your interested in let me know. Just don't what write out a page of stuff unless your interested. And stretching out ligaments takes forever and is not advised because it compromises joint stability. Is that their actual intention , I don't know but alot of the injuries pitchers experience is to connective tissue i.e. ligament and tendons. Bottom line the game would need alot of restructuring to change things but baseball is stubborn …it's been doing things their way long before this information was available to them and it hard to overcome. But they did it for track and field and and track and field is way older than baseball. .
Mike B. – hell ya…and he's a hustle player a la eckstein…philly type of guy to the core
Mike B. – peds in track and field different issue but the training methodologies are top flight
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Years ago, when Yvonne Daley had just gotten her master of fine arts degree in fiction at Montpelier's Vermont College, her writing career was already at full steam.
Soon after, she won the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship, a mid-career year of study at Stanford University, where she and a group of fellow students formed a writing group. Leadership of that group fell naturally to Daley, fresh from the MFA program and the tools she accumulated there. Today the writing group that began almost 20 years ago has evolved into what is now called the Green Mountain Writers Conference.
The annual event takes place July 29-Aug. 2 this year and comprises five days of immersion in all things writing — exercises, discussions, readings, workshops and one-on-one meetings. Authors, editors and agents gather in a rustic pavilion on the shore of Tinmouth Pond for the conference, now in its 16th year. Daley is the director and runs it with her husband, former Rutland Herald sports writer Chuck Clarino, assistant director of the conference.
Daley, formerly a Rutland Herald reporter, has authored thousands of news and magazine articles and several books, and says the conference is a way to create a supportive community for writers while also being very practical about the craft of writing.
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Poet Verandah Porche of Guilford returns each year to lead workshops in poetry and says she appreciates the atmosphere of the conference.
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A Trip to Baseballtown – Reading Phillies (AA) (6/14/09)
Tim and I have racked up a lot of miles this season taking day-trips on the weekends to MLB games in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., and New York. Those trips range between 1.5 to 3 hours one way. What we had not done, however, was take the 10 minute drive to see our local minor league squad, the (AA) Reading Phillies. Today was the day.
Anyone looking for an authentic Minor League experience — a slice of Americana — head on over to Reading, Pennsylvania to check out the R-Phils at First Energy Stadium. And you can't beat the prices — $8 for a General Admission ticket and free for kids 4-and-under.
I picked this game for several reasons: (i) we didn't have a MLB game planned for the weekend, (ii) it was Kids Run the Bases day, and (iii) I wanted the Camo R-Phils hat they were giving away to the first 2,500 adults.
Unfortunately, when we entered the stadium, the hats were all gone. So, hatless, we walked through the concourse and to the Coors Light Left Field Deck. Out by the deck, there is a special entrance for partyn deck folks. I noticed that they had TWO hats left. I talked one of the girls into giving me one of them. I like it:
We started the game by picking up some french fries and two dollar-dogs and heading to the trough in left field (that's what I call it, not sure if it has a real name):
This would be a pretty sweet place to catch a home run. Unfortunately, I've never seen one hit to LF while I've been in the trough.
Behind the trough there is an elevated picnic area with lots of tables and private boxes.
Here is the view from the trough:
Here is a closer look:
Tim likes the trough because its like a big straight away made for racing. Plus, it conveniently has a "finish line" painted at one end:
Why do you think they painted the yellow line across the floor in the trough? I can't see that line ever coming into play. You can't see it from the field. Its out of the sight of any TV cameras. Plus, the ball is either fair or foul when it crosses the top of the fence — it is irrelevant whether a ball lands on the fair or foul side of the line on the deck behind the fence. I think its only real utility is as a finish line for Tim to use for racing me in the trough.
So the whole LF areas is a big deck. What, you ask, is in RF? A little swiming pool (above the Power Ball sign):
Why, you ask, is there a traditional Japanese pagoda on the hill in Reading, PA? The Answer: your guess is as good as mine. There just is.
Here is the scoreboard in CF:
Now, you might be wondering why it is the 10th inning and it still looks like 1:05 in the afternoon. Well, the game from Saturday night was suspended due to rain with a 1-1 tie score. So we had to finish that game (2-1 loss in 11 innings) and wait for crew to prep the field before the regularly scheduled game started.
It was nice to get some bonus baseball, but the delay ultimately proved to be too much for young tired Tim. Plus, it skewed his game schedule like nobody's business. We ended up getting his ice cream helmet before the game even started — real chocolate ice cream with sprinkles:
This picture shows Tim eating his ice cream "in the shade" as he requested. We were in the back row of the grandstand.
The regularly scheduled Sunday game finally got going at 2:20. I took a couple panoramics of the field:
And Tim did some smiling and pointing:
…and we took more panoramics:
Then we took to our feet and got some action shots — here is Phils top pitching prospect, Kyle Drabek:
. . . and here is some Harrisburg Senators (AA Expos…oops, Nationals) dude getting blown away by a high fastball from Drabek (with one of the R-Phils' many mascots watching on):
We walked through the concourse. This is real minor league ball, so the dugout doesn't connect to the club house. The players have to walk through the concourse with the fans to get to the clubhouse:
Kids were having lots of fun in the open air concourse behind the seats down the 1B line:
I'd never realized that there is standing room at the top of the grandstand and a walkway that runs behind the pressbox from one side of home plate to the other. Tim liked running back and forth back there. Here is a plaque on the wall by the press box:
As you can see from the plaque, "Broadway" Charlie Wagner played for the Red Sox. He was also Ted Williams's roommate back in the day. And he was a regular at Reading Phillies games until he passed away in 2006.
How about another action shot?
This is Michael Taylor. The little program guide said that in May Taylor was named Phillies Minor League Player of the Month for the third consecutive month. I looked up Taylor's stats on MiLB.com from last season and he hit .346 with 19 HR and 88 RBI. So far this season, he is hitting .332 wiith 10 HR and 42 RBI. Not too shabby. Watch for him in a MLB park near you in the future.
Finally, we took in all of the zaney on-field entertainment that you get with minor league baseball:
Now, here is the interesting thing I learned today. Sometimes, it can actually be easier to drive 100+ miles to a game. I really wanted to go to this game because it was Kids Run the Bases day. We love Kids Run the Bases day. However, when we go to Sunday games in Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York or D.C., Tim naps in the car on the way to the game. However, with only a 10 minute drive to the park today, we were going with no nap. Add in the extra 2 innings played at the beginning of the day from the rain-suspended game from the night before and the 1/2 hour of field prep between games and it was a long day at the park. Tim was deliriously tired by the 7th inning. So, we missed Kids Run the Bases. Still, it was a great day at Baseballtown.
I'll leave you with one more picture. Here is a big picture of FirstEnergy Stadium with labels showing the former R-Phils to go on to the Major Leagues since 1967:
Here are some highlights:
1967 – Larry Bowa, Robin Roberts; 1970 – Bob Boone; 1971 – Mike Schmidt; 1980 -Ryne Sandberg; 1981 – Julio Franco; 1995 – Scott Rolen; 1999 – Jimmy Rollins, Pat Burrell; 2001 – Carlos Silva, Brett Myers; 2002 – Ryan Madson; 2003 – Carlos Ruiz; 2004 – Ryan Howard; 2005 – Cole Hamels.
Not too shabby.
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In san antonio it is only 5$ general Admission but kids cost 4$ but still a great price nice blog
Kyle Drabek likely looks bound for the majors. Great pictures, looks like you guys had an excellent time. Too bad that the area around me is relatively short on Minor League ball. That Japanese Pagoda is quite out of place, lol!
Hi Todd,
I like the beautiful panorama of this lovely local ballpark and the surrounding green landscape!
I am also surprised to find a "Japanese" pagoda behind the RF and learn that it has a long history of about 100 years but irrelevant to any particular Japanese person.
A little bit unfortunately to a native Japanese, it looks quite different from the authentic ones commonly seen in Buddhism temples in Japan. Rather, it is a mixture or hybrid of pagoda (a tall and slim tower originating from the shape of umbrella shielding a tomb from sunlight and rainwater and not intended as an observation tower to go up) and castle (military facility), as clearly indicated by the top ornaments. The corkscrew finial at the center of the roof is characteristic of a pagoda, while the two golden orcas, called "shachihoko" in Japanese, at both ends of the roof are characteristic of a castle.
Very interesting to learn that they did a mish-mash job when putting the Pagoda together back in the early 1900s.
Thanks for the article about it. I've only lived in Reading for 5 years and I've never really known the story behind the Pagoda. Its a nice landmark for the city. You can see it from all around town. Plus, at night, they light it up in bright red lights:
The Reading Phillies really seem to like the Pagoda too, if you blow up the player photos above (for example: http://cookandsonbats.mlblogs.com/kyle%20drabek.JPG) you will see that the players have a blue version of the Pagoda on their left sleeve.
Also, if you go to the official website for the city of Reading, you'll see they are very proud of the Pagodo as it is prominent on the website: http://www.readingpa.gov/
Thanks for your valuable information. Everything is new to me. I know a number of Japanese people who have stayed at Philadelphia as businesspersons, students, and postdocs, but none of them have told me about this unique building so popular among the local community.
The Blue Pagoda emblem is especially cool and fantastic! I'll never confuse this with any other team's logo.
I like Miss Patty Pagoda too, the cute mascot groundhog/weather forecaster!
The reference date for her weather forecast, February 2, is about 1 month before the starting of Spring Training 2010. What will be her forecast about the coming of Spring 2010? (She seems to have a number of colleagues around the both side of Appalachian Mountains)


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CHICAGO – Before today's game against the Giants, the Cubs put reliever Kyuji Fujikawa on the 15-day disabled list because of a muscle strain in his right forearm.
Right-handed pitcher Rafael Dolis was recalled from Triple-A. In three relief appearances at Iowa, Dolis posted a 3.86 ERA (one earned run allowed in 2 1/3 innings). Fujikawa, who blew the save during yesterday's 4-3 win, is 1-0 with two saves and a 12.46 ERA in five relief appearances. Fujikawa said, through his interpreter, that is started bothering him a couple of days ago.
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I'll leave it to others better suited to comment on the horror of Friday afternoon in Newtown, Conn. I am not yet a parent and would not presume to understand the emotions involved in something like this.
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Simply put, it was disgusting.
I've said before how progressives will exploit anyone and anything to advance their agenda, but I'd always thought there was a line, somewhere, of decency they wouldn't cross. I was wrong.
With the blood of the victims still wet, progressives began their call for gun control. They had no idea if the guns were purchased legally (they were, and stolen from the first murder victim, the killer's mother), what kind of guns they were (they were pistols, not "assault weapons," though a semi-automatic rifle was found, unused, in the killer's car), or even if the killer was in custody or dead (there were stories of a hunt for a second shooter) before they succumbed to the siren call of their agenda.
Michael Moore, noted tragedy profiteer, took to Twitter: with"Only minutes away from pundits & politicians say, "This isn't the time to talk about gun control." Really? When is that moment?"
A short time later he followed up: with: "The NRA hates freedom. They don't want you to have the freedom to send your children to school & expect them to come home alive."
No fiction writer could do the sickness of that man justice.
But Moore wasn't alone, David Frum was his usual self and joined a chorus of his fellow progressives that included Piers Morgan, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and nearly the entire homepage of The Huffington Post in calling for more gun control.
Actress Rashida Jones: tweeted, "Gun control is our only road to freedom. Freedom from the fear of senselessly losing children. I'm so saddened. WE NEED LAWS NOW."
The stupidity of these people is self-evident. States with the most freedom to own and carry guns have the: lowest crime rates. Meanwhile, cities such as Chicago, where it's illegal to own a gun, have the most gun violence.
But although the side of liberty has the statistics, progressives play on emotion. Facts don't matter in a world of crying children, and progressives know it. A complicated issue is offered a simple solution that appeals to the feeling of helplessness and promises to alleviate it. It's a tactic used by despots throughout history.
Since we have a media that functions as the ground troops for the progressive movement, that they would line up to offer their megaphone surprised no one. A manufactured protest of anti-Second Amendment progressive activists that attracted only a couple-dozen people (there were more reporrters there than protesters) received more coverage from the Democratic Media Complex than all the huge Tea Party protests. The event came together as if it were an Ikea desk sitting in the corner just waiting for the opportunity to be assembled.
All three major networks ran hour-long specials Friday night reiterating the limited information they had and featuring literal guesses as to what must've happened. Facts don't matter when trying to scare people.
The most despicable part of the media coverage was the interviews. Children as young as these vultures could find had cameras in their faces seeking any sound bite they could milk for ratings. But those children wouldn't be there were their parents not feet away giving permission and granting their own interviews about their person relief.
No one can blame a parent for an immeasurable sense of relief over finding their child unharmed, but they can be blamed for sticking themselves and their child in front of television cameras to spread that relief to a grieving community. Has the allure of "fame," no matter how fleeting, overruled our sense of decency?
The president was reserved and presidential in his remarks, and the White House said this is not the time to press an agenda (we'll see how long that lasts). But their allies would have none of it. Progressive activists and their fellow travellers in the media have a storied history of dancing on graves to advance their agenda, but rarely have they danced so gleefully on such tiny graves yet to be dug. Time will tell which argument wins the day, but I have my suspicions. As President Obama's former chief of staff once: famously said, "You never want a serious crisis go to waste."
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I really feel that the Phillies have not spent their 180 million nearly as well as the Brewers did their 100 million.
Long season ladies and gentlemen.
Well I knew they were going to be less than stellar this year (he said, euphemistically) but I said to myself, "Self, at least baseball is back in town!"
It's just looking more like croquet.
The errors are what's hurting the bullpen, it's awful hard to pitch when the guys behind you are kicking the ball around, the whole team needs to get their heads out of their asses… The brewers make us look like a class a team
So sad!
I picked them for less than 70 wins and so far they haven't shown a good reason why that won't happen. There isn't any facet of the game that they do particularly well. It's just a poorly constructed team.
I find this comment a little on the silly side. Silly prolly sounds more derogatory than intended, but.
I'd have more respect for it had it been expressed prior to Sunday, but after Saturday's win. Each of the last 3 games has been just terrible, so I guess there's a little balance in not writing that the <70 sentmient might be optimistic, but still, these 3 games are not going to be the dominant pattern.
I guess what I'm saying is that from what we've seen of the last 3 games, considering the lows not getting you too low, or the highs inspiring over he top optimism, low 70's feels about right, pointless a it is to guess.
It'll still be early, but maybe as early as the end of this homestand might provide t east the start of a sensible period of time to not be jumpy.
Other than the terrible hitting, terrible pitching, terrible fielding, terrible baseball instincts, questionable management, questionable coaching, lack of cap space and bottom rung farm system why not look at the positives? I understand they've added some interesting food concessions and I'm sure there will be a free beach towel day coming up this summer.
Plus, I'm looking forward to the 5th season of Boardwalk Empire this October.
I have always considered myself a silver-linings type guy and I wish I could refute your comments, but it can't be done. You're absolutely right. The only even slightly positive thing I could say, is that it is early in the season and we have a very small sample size to make judgments on. I guess by late May we will have a much better idea how the season will turn out. I can only hope that last night's game is an exception and not what we can expect from the Phillies this year.
I was at the game last night; attendance is declining, it was cold and the game took way too long. At least I got a cool T-shirt.
In their last 351 games this team has gone 167-184, so this sort of play isn't exactly a fluke or the result of bad luck. That's enough of a sample size to determine that this is just a bad team. Plain and simple.
In years to come, I fear Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez will become the historical metaphor for the 2014 Phillies.
Speaking of which, has anybody heard anything more about him since his "arm trouble" and demotion? I'm starting to wonder whether Rube paid him to un-defect.
60 Day DL last i heard wbramh. Dont be surprised if he needs season ending surgery after that time period.
Thanks, Bacardi (and ouch!).
CBP was not even 3/4 of the way full last night…31,168. How far we've fallen in 3 years.
Sad thing is jayson werth saw all of this coming
You must mean his trash talking after he wasn't re-signed? Because of course he wanted to stay here.
No and he could have stayed here if he wanted to, it would have been for a lesser contract but if he was happy here and wanted to stay he would have… But it didn't turn out that way
It didn't turn out that way because 1) he got an insane offer, and 2) the Phillies didn't want to go anywhere near that high. It certainly sounded at the time like he wished he could have stayed.
I don't think so, and who wouldn't take more money anyway… I think there was multiple reasons why he left, but if the years and money were equal who knows what would have happened
Agreed, so back to the original question, when was it that "Werth saw all this coming"?
Boy did I ever see Jason Werth's grand slam coming last night against the Fish.
The vision occurred the moment the announcer claimed Werth couldn't expect another fastball after one whizzed by for a questionable outside strike. I had a feeling Marmol was going to get cute and try to sneak one by him on the inside. Dumber yet, he tossed it down the middle of the plate. The only question, as Jason started his swing, was how many feet past the fence it would carry.
The offense, so far, is actually better than I expected (which still isn't saying much), but the pitching (especially the BP) and defense have been dreadful. Absolutely no one other than Ruin is surprised the BP is awful, but the defense being so bad is a bit of a surprise.
I picked this team to go 67-95, and I'm beginning to think that was optimistic. Worst $180M payroll team in the history of professional sports…good job, Ruin!
First off Scotty this has not been the same for the last 350 games not by a long shoot. And the defense has been bad for a week. Not just the errors the missed played balls that aren't called errors. This effect the pitchers in more ways then just unearned runs. Trying to make that perfect pitch or feel like I have to strike out everyone. And I agree it makes it tough to enjoy the game
And the declining attendance just Feds the band wagon reputation. I lived through the early 70s and they were bad teams but I would still go to as many games as possible. And I harass people who talk about not buying their season tickets or renewing them. But I have to admit it is a lot harder to enjoy the games when good players play like this team has played the last 3 games. At least when they were bad before they were just not good players. JRoll with errors both mental and physical. I know Ryan Howard was never a gold glover but you have to make that play.
You make a fair point about the season being too young to pass final judgment – plus based solely on errors this season, the Dodgers would have to be considered the worst defensive team in the league and I think it's safe to assume they won't be the worst in the league come October.
Still, and as you rightly mentioned, its the missed plays, the none plays and those bonehead mental errors that have me worried. They're not what you'd expect team loaded with 35-year-old veterans. Moreover, the broader trending down on every side of the ball since the glory years (plus lack of organization depth) is cause for much concern.
I think the worst sign may be the club's lack of initiative to blow itself up and start anew. I can understand Ruben's hopes to get one last hurrah out of what was all too recently the greatest team in the club's history. It's hard to fault him for that wish but it's a beautiful dream threatening to become a nightmare in the real World. I don't doubt Ruben's heart and loyalty; they are two wonderful traits rarely found at that level. He just needs to leave the dream and wake up.
Just because I don't renew my season tickets doesn't make me a bandwagon fan. I still watch the games at home. But many won't – they are the bandwagon fans. Then there are the multitudes of people hanging out in the concourse area for the entire game. Many of them are teens who buy the cheapest seats and view it as a way to hang out and flirt. Those people are not fans at all
I was at the game last night; even 31,000 seemed a little high. You are right about the folks hanging out in the concourse. Walking around in the concourse, you would think the ballpark was packed the way it was in 2009-20011. Go out in the stands and you see a lot of empty seats, particularly in the upper level. I wouldn't be too hard on the teens hanging out and flirting; if I was a teen, I'd probably be doing that too. Maybe some of them will turn into real fans as they get older.


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