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Myths abound in American history.
But there are no better examples of political contrivance supplanting historical fact in American literature than that of 150 years of Confederate revisionism.
What today are accepted as mainstream Civil War-era accounts are due largely to the well-orchestrated efforts of Southern stakeholders who gained economically and politically from rewriting history.
It stems from the Reconstruction Era that ushered in policies that freed millions of slaves across the war-torn South precipitating writers to embark on a campaign of sweeping apologia to explain away the South's defeat.
For a people who clung to their antebellum traditions, the loss was a bitter economic and social reordering that could only be reconciled through a pseudo-intellectual consolation.
Having fought under the auspice of Christian duty with predetermined bent, the effort centered on alleged Northern evil and treachery while distancing the South's cause from that of slavery.
So ridiculous were revisionist reverences for Confederate commanders that literature would later refer to the "Lee and Virginia cults."
In 1878, U.S. Grant dismissed the growing Lost Cause school, "This is the way public opinion was made during the war and this is the way history is made now."
The effort would peak with the advent of the Southern Renaissance, a literary period that marked the South's move into an early Twentieth Century mindset.
For West Virginia, this romanticized South of moonbeams and magnolia trees would be absent, having seceded from the Confederacy back into the Union.
But with racist beliefs still strong, political power could be gained from pandering to the romanticized Southern notions of the Civil War and was well recognized by many opportunists.
In focus for West Virginia was the Lost Cause myth of Stonewall Jackson that was advanced by the politicians of the day who erected statues in his honor on the Capitol Ground in Richmond, the Statehouse Lawn in Charleston and on the Courthouse Plaza in Clarksburg.
And there is yet another bust of Jackson in the rotunda of West Virginia's Capitol Building.
Let's face it, the belief of Stonewall Jackson being a western Virginia man of honor and worthy of reverence today is false and the perpetuation of his myth should end once and for all on the occasion of West Virginia's 150th anniversary.
To be sure, Jackson was well regarded on the battlefield for several early campaigns, but he also was responsible for a series of inept blunders, especially during the Seven Days' Battles.
Yet most fallacious are the revisionist accounts that hold to this day that Jackson never supported slavery, was a champion of black education as evidenced by his Sunday school in Lexington, Va., and was even a civil rights leader.
As Mary Anna Jackson, his widow, recounts in her biography, Jackson bought and sold a number of slaves, including Albert, who was purchased under the false pretenses of earning his freedom and Hetty, an inexperienced "corn-field hand energetic, impulsive, quick tempered" who was abruptly put in her place by her master.
The Sunday school, Mary Anna Jackson wrote, allowed her husband to "put the strong hand of the Gospel under the ignorant African race" indicating a profoundly corrupted view of Christianity reserved for the "barbarous natives of Africa."
West Virginia politicians who advanced themselves through the promotion of the Jackson myth no doubt failed to outline the aforementioned at the dedication of their statues or detailed Southern events at the stockade, whipping post and auction block.
Nor did they educate their electorate of Jackson's sentiments of western Virginia when he returned just prior to the war.
Having advanced in the patrician society of Piedmont Virginia, Jackson found his sister's friends uncultivated, "professed infidels" and in need of being saved from themselves, according to his widow's account
In the early days of the Civil War, while western Virginia founders were risking their lives and their families' fortunes for West Virginia statehood, Jackson was leading raids into the Eastern Panhandle seeking to destroy the B&O Railroad and the entire region's economy.
This effort also targeted Harrison County – his own family's ancestral home.
Worse yet, after the siege of Harpers Ferry, Jackson oversaw the return to the South of thousands of camp follower escaped slaves to face brutal plantation justice – including that for women and children.
Truth be told, Stonewall Jackson is hardly anyone who should be revered with a statue today, as he not only turned his back on the traditional values of western Virginia, but also betrayed his allegiance to the United States and his oath to uphold the Constitution.
West Virginians should reconsider what would have been if Stonewall Jackson had remained loyal to his Harrison County values and the cause of the Union.
He not only would have joined the ranks of one of West Virginia's brave founders – to whom there are no statues – but may well have also become the first President from the state proudly born from secession from the failed Confederacy and their unjust cause.
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3 North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. 2004. Perspectives on the Gaps; Fostering The Academic Success of Minority and Low-Income Students. Naperville, Ill.: Learning Points Associates.
4 U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. 2005. Digest of Education Statistics, 2004 (NCES 2006-005), Chapter 2.
5 Lemke, M., Sen, A., Pahlke, E., Partelow, L., Miller, D., Williams, T., Kastberg, D., and Jocelyn, L. 2004. International Outcomes of Learning in Mathematics Literacy and Problem Solving: PISA 2003 Results from the U.S. Perspective. (NCES 2005003). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005003. Last accessed on Sept. 22, 2006.
6 U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde. Last accessed on Sept. 21, 2006.
7 Green, J. and Winters, M. 2005. Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates: 1991 to 2002. New York: Manhatten Institute for Policy Research.
8 Kazis, R., Pennington, H., and Conklin, K. D. 2003. Ready for Tomorrow: Helping All Students Achieve Secondary and Postsecondary Success, A Guide for Governors, p. 4. Washington, D.C.: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices.
9 Analyses of state charter school laws are published by the Center for Education Reform: http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=claw. Last accessed on Sept. 21, 2006.
10 Smith, N. 2006. "National State of the Movement." Presentation at the 2006 National Charter Schools Conference, held in conjunction with the 13th annual California Charter Schools Association Conference, Feb. 28–March 3 in Sacramento, California.
11 The Center for Education Reform. 2005. Charter Schools by the Numbers: Research Fact Sheet, Part I. http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document &documentID=2214§ionID=55. Last accessed on Sept. 20, 2006.
12 Lake, R. and Hill, P. 2005, November. Hopes, Fears & Reality. A Balanced Look At American Charter Schools in 2005, p.2. Seattle: National Charter School Research Project, Center on Reinventing Public Education.
13 Adelman, C. 1999. Answers in the Tool Box: Academic Intensity, Attendance Patterns, and Bachelor's Degree Attainment. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education.
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15 Putnam, R. D. 1995. "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital." Journal of Democracy 6, 65-78, as cited in Fisher, C. B. and R. M. Lerner (Eds.). 2005. Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science, p. 1006. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
16 Education Evolving. 2005. Education Finance: More Money or Different Spending Choices. What Factors Make a Difference? p. 7. St. Paul, Minn.: Author.
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The Phillies cruised to a 13-6 victory in their exhibition game against Florida State University.
In the process, Phillippe Aumont, the team's number one pitching prospect, struggled. Aumont, who was acquired in the Cliff Lee trade, surrendered five runs in 2/3 of inning. But let's not call it a career for him just yet. Aumont admitted feeling pressure from the trade, and said he wanted to make a good first impression. He's only 21 and it was his very first outing. Heck, Tim Lincecum allowed three runs during an inning of work today.
The Phillies did receive stellar performances from J.A Happ (2 IP, 0 R), Drew Naylor (2 IP, 4 SO), and Joe Savery (1 IP, 2 SO). Domonic Brown also drove in a run.
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So when should we give Domonic Brown his MVP trophy?
Phillipe Aumont didn't do so great tonight, but so did a number of other players on the big club…so I wouldn't be so worried.
On the positive site of things, I thought Happ,Savery,and,Naylor looked great…even if this kind of game isn't the best indicator of their talent level.
Nothing says welcome to the show like getting waxed by a college team.
Aumont got lit up
I felt for him that is for sure.
Waiting to hear all the we gave up Cliff lee for that posts
Still waiting
Like I said early this week, this guy will have a big adjustment period coming to the east coast the miinor leagues he was in is much different league than east.
Should be interesting to see his progress
1st live action in 3-3 1/2 months for some of these guys. Would you rather these players be studs in spring training and then crushed during the regular season? Let them work out the kinks and try to learn new things now rather than mid season. However, it'll be interesting to see how the Phillies blog world reacts if Kyle Drabek has a great performance tomorrow in his Jays' debut.
If Drabek crushes us tomorrow, we are never going to hear the end of it! 🙁
Ugh… I can't wash the guy ill, considering I was a huge fan of his and everything.
there is a difference between working out kinks and getting smacked around by 18 year old college kids,
'twas a good article on howard…
basically shrugged off work today so i could watch the halladay CC matchup…im pretty pathetic…or just salivating for baseball season….or both
Howard article was pretty interesting. If you check Rollins/Vic on base%, you'll see a pretty good inverse relationship to Howard's curveball diet. A left handed pitcher is going to throw a lot less curveballs when guys are in scoring position(breaks away from a right handed catcher). While I'd like to see Howard improve on breaking balls, Jimmy getting a .350+ ob%, PP moving him over will reduce breaking balls.
Back to back pennants, A WFC, yet Happ is lucky, Howard can't hit, pretty boy Hammels only has two pitches and no guts, no bullpen, Rollins is a crap leadoff hitter (well, that has some merit), Ibanez and Polanco were a waste of money, we lost Lee,….. How does this team ever win a game?
While somewhat interesting to follow, Drabek/Aumont performances this spring mean little to anyone but the haters. Come back in 3 yrs. Also note that FSU isn't a intramural team, but a Nat Champ contender that has been playing games since Feb 19. They're already hitting their stride.
Well I am sure Drabek will fair well. He much further along than Aumount. Aumount is a A ball pitcher right now, but I am worried that bunch of college kids slammed him. Cause in retrospect he would be in College if he didn't get drafted so high. Not sure cause I really don't a whole lot other than his spects being tall with a strong power pitch.
I am okay with all of it cause we have Halladay, but if Drabek ends up being a long term stud that will be disappointing. I always felt that Drabek was a sure thing the way he pitched from day one last year.
Just my thoughts, feelings
Hope Aumount can bounce back figure it out.
A lot of college kids are 19-21. They're not all freshman, and some of them are good. You can't make mistakes against them or any other ballplayer and expect to get by.
When a pitcher is new to a team and has huge expectations placed on him, and the coaching staff is experimenting with his arm slot, he's under immense pressure and bound to make mistakes.
I suggest to a certain poster here that he face some college kids himself since he disrespects Aumont for being "smacked around by 18 year old(s)."
It's ONE game. It's the FIRST game. He admitted he was NERVOUS.
R E L A X Everybody…..
He will be fine.
Chuck you are absolutely correct, and for some reason I almost saw this performance coming, so just throw this one under rug and lets focus on
I saw this perfomance, too, Jeff….and I also saw this thread coming. The other thread "Listen Live to Exibition Game vs FSU" is even worse.
I really wonder about some of these people.
Halladay (TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
okay i have been reading mlb news and rumors and alot of places are discussing Adrian Gonzalez and his future trade…. Altough this year is just begining I have to say this…. Howard deal ends next year and he is the type of hitter the yankees and redsox would spend the farm on! Gonzo would cost about what we are paying Howard now per year for a long term deal. wouldn't it be prudent to dangle howard and see whats offered for him so we could awing some of it for gonzo and not miss a beat!!!! I really like this idea because you really don't miss a beat as far as you get a better average hitter with way above average HR potential for a below average hitter with the best power in the league!!!!!
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Aumont is not just "working out the kinks" he's being asked to change his delivery; they're attempting to lower his arm slot. That's a pretty big adjustment and one that will certainly take some time. I'm not willing to abandon the notion that he's a decent player… and I think that they're doing the right thing by working him back into a starting role.
If you trade Howard for prospects and then turn around and trade prospects for Gonzo, what have you gained? Gonzo becomes a free-agent in 2012… so does Howard. Howard is making a lot more than Gonzo but I would imagine that they're both going to be asking for mega deals when the time comes… Gonzo will be more eager to sign a big deal since he hasn't been paid his due yet. You don't shake up this team the way that would shake up this team right now… what's the point.
Aumont will be fine, he had good velocity and just is a few years away, lets all chill. Today we should all be watching to see the Doctor at work vs the yankees enjoy
I was hoping to watch the game on MLB.TV last night but no such luck.
Oh, but if the Doctor gives up one walk, some people are probably gonna start lining up at the Walt Whitman Bridge.
Obviously, this doesn't mean much for Aumont at this point… but it reinforces the idea –not just mine, but of many scouts in baseball– that he's a middling prospect with good potential… lots, lots of work ahead of him. Can't believe people here were/are still high on the guy. I'll jump on his bandwagon when/if he actually starts putting up good numbers in the minors. At this point, I wouldn't bet on it.
Counting the minutes to Halladay at this point.
I can't even criticize Aumont right now – I just feel sorry for him. They probably put him in against the college players not just to get a look at him, but to give him a chance to look good, and it backfired. I'm glad all of the baserunners weren't there on hits, though. I don't care about wild pitches or walks in the first spring training game – just nerves and not a lot of live pitching in a long time, and new to them pitching coaches changing technique. Three hits….a little concerning, but not having seen it, I wouldn't begin to know if he was working on new things or not.
But I still think we got taken in the Lee deal, and it has nothing to do with yesterday. Gillies better muster a really high OBP so his speed can be utilized. Too bad Lopes will probably be retired just before getting to work with him every day.
Where do people think Naylor will be this season? Figuring out what Reading games to go to. And I'm guessing Mathieson will be with the Pigs?
**good numbers in AA**
This was a warm-up game, a scrimmage, a pick-up game against a college team well into it's season that hasn't lost. Aumont was by far the youngest of the pitchers in terms of baseball development.
If Drabek becomes the pitcher we hope then both sides gave a lot and got a lot because we got Doc Halladay. We HAVE to stop viewing with future success of Aumont against Drabek.
We got the best deal we could for Lee because the Phils needed to get prospects already in a system so there are more guys who can be used in 2011/2012 onwards so we can try to re-sign Werth, Howard, Rollins, Utley, Cole and not been handcuffed by an escalating payroll to not be able to do anything more. Those draft picks for Lee would have also cut into that money pie with their bonuses.
When you look at the pitching prospects around baseball that would be considered to be available in trades at that point Aumont is in the top 2 or 3 AND we got what looks like lightning in a bottle with Gillies which is why Seattle caved with Amaro obviously making it a deal-breaker which is what I'd heard plus another prospect who reminds me of Bastardo but from the right side. We weren't going to get those kind of players from anyone other than Seattle.
"But I still think we got taken in the Lee deal"
Yeah, and maybe we also got taken in the Halladay deal. And maybe Polanco will be a bust. And maybe Brett Myers wins 20 games for the Astros.
One spring training game….and you people are ready to throw in the towel with this kid.
And where is this idea about Davey Lopes being retired before he gets to work with Gillies??….as if there are no other qualified first base coaches out there.
Manny, you'd being doing a blog-equivalent of a fist pump had Aumont sparkled last night. But the guy has a rough outing….his first appearance with this organization….and your sour on him.
This kid needs a WIDE BERTH right now. Give him some time ….a lot of time ….to develop. It may take all year. No one said that he was going to be in the big leagues this season anyway.
I can understand if you want to stay off the bandwagon. But just have an open mind. You're too smart not to.
"When you look at the pitching prospects around baseball that would be considered to be available in trades at that point Aumont is in the top 2 or 3"
That's really pushing it. Whether any of the few dozen actual top pitching prospects were known to be trade-able is different than whether any of them would be traded if Lee were offered.
I have some past clients in Seattle who obviously know their farm system better than I do, and to a person they believe they ripped us off.
One of the players hinted that this would be Lopes' last year on CSN. If Gillies is on the Phils this year, we would have had quite a rash of injury problems.
"One spring training game….and you people are ready to throw in the towel with this kid."
Go back and read what I said. I did not criticize him at all.
"When/If he actually starts putting up good numbers in the minors". . . .
Like the fact that he's got better numbers than Kyle Drabek in their minor league careers?
They aren't going to rename the Cy Young Award after Phillippe Aumont, …. but he's a member of the Phillies organization now, and its time that people start pulling for him, instead of crying of Cliff Lee, who was gone after this season anyway
Manny – he's a Baseball America top 100 prospect. I wouldn't call that middling… he posted a 2.75 ERA at A ball in 2008 (as a starter) and a 3.24 ERA at A+ in 2009 as a closer. He struggled when he was promoted to AA midseason… maybe they'll be forced to take things a little bit slowly but baseball america has his MLB ETA as 2011.
Does Cody Ransom interest anyone else? I would love to see this guy make the big league roster over Juan Castro…
"Like the fact that he's got better numbers than Kyle Drabek in their minor league careers?"
I know you already know all this and are just making a point, but in fairness to Kyle, he moved up quickly last year after having a bit of a bump in the road. Not quite comparing apples to apples with the career trajectory.
Insert Halladay
I didn't say YOU criticized him DIRECTLY. But others have. And your post "I still think we got taken" suggests negativity towards this trade.
And, while you say it has "nothing to do with yesterday", I would think that ANYONE who didn't approve of this deal is having a field day today with all the "I -told- you- so's"
"Does Cody Ransom interest anyone else?"
Yes, but it's a close call. I'd sure want to get a good look at him in these games.
Alright, I really have to get some real work done before the game starts. :p
If you're going to say that Kyle struggled after moving up quickly than you can certainly say that Aumont's struggles at AA were due to the same reason…
The Phillies are handling him correctly; work with the pitching coaches to correct mechanical issues and worry about results later. Might I remind everyone the name of the pitcher that holds the record for the worst single season ERA (minimum 50 innings) in the HISTORY OF BASEBALL….
(and he turned out just fine, didn't he?)
"I would think that ANYONE who didn't approve of this deal is having a field day today with all the "I -told- you- so's""
I didn't like it back then and said so. It has nothing to do with criticizing the player to say that better prospects exist, and that we might not have done as well in the deal as we could have because for whichever reason we want to believe, it was done hastily. I'm trying to stay away for the I-told-you-so because I still WANT him to do well, and as I said, I think a first exhibition game is NOT something to form a judgment upon.
"If you're going to say that Kyle struggled after moving up quickly than you can certainly say that Aumont's struggles at AA were due to the same reason…"
I hate this comparison for so many reasons, but there's more to it than that, and Kyle did fine at Reading, except for one start – which didn't really have to be a disaster, but you should have heard how p—ed off he was at himself – so again not really apples to apples.
Now again to try to bill two hours before the game… 🙂
Who's to say that Aumont's not pissed at himself? Why isn't it apples to apples?
It's ok to feel some Drabek remorse… he's a great prospect… but I think that it's unfair to criticize Aumont for not having great numbers at AA over less than half of a season and then completely disregard the fact that Kyle's weren't much better.
Halladay… we can all agree on that
saying that their overall numbers stacked-up . . . . that Aumont has a lower ERA, more K's per 9 innings, etc..
to me, shows that if we think Kyle Drabek has a chance to be an amazing pitcher
then shouldn't we also think that Aumont has a similar chance? Maybe a better chance based on numbers so far, and the fact that he's younger (that "upside" I talked about the other day) ..
or Maybe Drabek has the better combination of BULLDOG and DETERMINATION.. he could be a great one, but so too could Aumont
i've been a fan of naylor's for a while now, think it's just a matter of time before he makes the majors.
Don, I meant to say "When/If he actually starts putting up good numbers in AA".. see post @10:27am
In my mind, these prospects we got are so raw that it's such a crapshoot! A very, very risky move. Call me risk-averse or whatever.
Manny…draft picks are even MORE of a "crapshoot".
I'd rather take my chances with prospects….ones that will start this year at AA.
Definitely agree… but I was referring to the prospects we got… thinking we definitely could've done wayyy better in terms of getting guys a little more developed in the minors… when you compare single A players with draft picks, the difference isn't that big! They're both crapshoots… which reinforces my view that we would've been better off just keeping Lee.
I'm definitely FOR having playoffs every year and thinking long-term.. BUT if nobody is gonna pay you the right price for a valuable player that you're willing to let go, you're better off not making the move at all.
One of those propsects is Aumont.. a "TOP 100 PROSPECT" (since that seems to be so important to everyone)… another, Tyson Gillies, was good enough, and thought of highly enough to play in the All-Star FUTURES game
these aren't exactly "random" prospects.. they are guys that have potential, and made a good impression on our talent-evaluators
Dump Aumont now
i take it back, it was aumonts first game. he pitched great today against the rays


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Ive never heard Disturbed before, although Ive been aware of the band for years. I just listened to the title track of their latest album, and Im a bit surprised. For some reason, I always imagined they'd sound like nu metal, and ''Asylum'' is nothing like that. lol The song was pretty good, although it could have done with a solo, or the chorus not being repeated so much. But anyways, not bad at all!
Can anyone tell me if this song's sound is typical of their other stuff or not?
Written by hadriel on 01.09.2010 at 16:43
Worst Disturbed album to date. Boring.
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Written by hadriel on 01.09.2010 at 16:43
Worst Disturbed album to date. Boring.
Not the worst, but definitely boring.
Written by vezzy on 05.07.2010 at 20:00
I just KNOW all the fanboys are gonna go on a wild praise the moment this album is released.
Written by Axe Argonian on 02.09.2010 at 00:09
I think it's definitely better than Indestructible. Indestructible, to me, seemed very uninspired, slow, and very boring; Asylum, on the other hand, restores Disturbed's groove and vigor. Although I don't think it's as good as Believe (Their best work, imo), Asylum sets them in the right direction.
Written by Lokier066 on 26.09.2010 at 10:20
One of their bests for sure lol
Written by Ag Fox on 28.08.2010 at 01:14
I'm very disappointed with "Asylum". I really liked "Indestructible" too...
The Single is probably the best song here and admittedly, there are moments worth mentioning here and there, but there's more uninspired sounding moments too >: Seems like their efforts on solos is not very good


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The brooms are out in Pittsburgh…and Morgantown
Raise the jolly roger and sweep PNC Park clean. The Pirates are on a roll and not looking back.
Saturday and Sunday were two games that could make any baseball fan happy. The Pirates came from behind for a walkoff win on Saturday. On Sunday the Bucs got out on top early and sustained the lead until the end.
Raise your hand if your team is .500!
That little girl must be a Pirate fan because we are 7-5. Yes, its April and yes there are 150 games to be played but I will jump at any chance to get excited and the Pirates are giving me that chance right now.
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The Buccos were destined for a loss on Saturday. Being down 43 in the bottom of the ninth with Francisco Cordero called upon for the save.
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Cordero is 4-for-4 in saves opportunities this year and is listed 27th on the all-time closers list.
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But Cordero was erratic. Ryan Church laced a single to left, Ronny Cedeno walked and Lastings Milledge Walked. Garrett Jones stepped to the plate, battling a slump. Jones has been dissapointing fantasy owners everywhere with his lack of power which was expected after his monstrous opening day. He did come through with a hit off the wall to win the ballgame.
I was not able to watch the Pirate game on Sunday as I was covering the West Virginia baseball game. The 12th ranked Louisville Cardinals brought their own brooms to Morgantown and beat the Mountaineers up and down.
U of L beat WVU in the three game series. It was a sweep that the Mountaineers knew was probable coming into the weekend.
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Jedd Gyorko, pictured left, drove in the only run for West Virginia. Gyorko is a Morgantown native and high on many experts draft lists. He is a shortstop who will be picked up in the June draft, more than likely in the first few rounds.
Even though I was not watching the Pirates game, 13,860 at PNC Park did. The Buccos jumped out early and produced hits throughout the ballgame. Paul Maholm had a no hitter through four innings and looked the best he has all season. Octavio Dotel picked up the save even after surrendering a homerun to Jay Bruce, who hit two.
Backup catcher Jason Jaramillo brought in three runs with a double in the fifth inning. Jones struggled again, not reaching base in the game.
The Pirates remain at home to face the Brewers this week. Standing just a half game out of first place in the NL Central. This is a big series if the Pirates hope to keep their heads over water in the division and to sustain .500.
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Sweeeeeeeep! Angels swept too ;D
We should all hold a sweeping party hah hah
ooh p.s. congrats on making it to the top 50 best fan blogs for the month of march! Bit late but still🙂
…and then where are the Pirates going? Yep, they're jettin' down to Houston. May the best team win.😉 I will say the Pirates have surprised me to this point.
Great to see Pittsburgh do well. It is time they meet the level of Success the Steelers and Penguins have had.
Hey I'm rooting for the Bucs this year how cool would it be if they made the playoffs ?!
It may not be The Family of '79…but it's a start.
I think the Pirates have a very realistic chance to place higher than the Mets this year in the NL East, not so much cuz the Bucs are good (sorry ;)) but because the Mets are downright terrible. I think the Nats have a good shot at 3rd in the NL East this year, what with the talent on their team-Nyjer Morgan, Adam Dunn, Elijah Dukes, Ivan Rodriguez, Chien Ming Wang, and possibly Steven Strasburg


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A fishing guide not only has to put his clients in contact with fish that bite, he has to impart some of his knowledge and experience to them, as well. In other words, a good guide is as much a good teacher as he is a good fisherman.
That probably is one of the reasons McHenry County's Carl Kaufmann is such a well-respected fishing guide. He was a teacher and coach for 40 years at a variety of schools.
Carl has lived in Woodstock with Dottie, his wife of 48 years, for the past 44 years. They raised four children there and now often host their 17 grandchildren for visits.
Kaufmann has been an avid fisherman for most of his life.
"My earliest memory in my life is being out in a boat, fishing with my grandpa," he said.
Kaufmann specializes in guiding clients on southern Wisconsin's Lake Geneva and Lake Delavan. He began his career as a guide when he was the president of the Walleye's Unlimited club. He booked legendary guide Tom Billings to speak at the club. He later bumped into Billings while he was fishing on Lake Geneva. Billings told Kaufmann that he ought to try guiding.
Kaufmann was considering the possibility when Billings called him and told him that he had scheduled a corporate outing that required additional guides. He asked Carl if he was interested in taking some of the clients out for the day. Carl consented and continued to help Billings with his trips for five years before striking out on his own. He's been a solo act ever since.
Billings admits that his career in education has made him a better guide. The number of clients who book Carl and bring along a child on their trip is a testament to his ability to work with kids.
"I have a lot of patience and understanding with people, especially children," Kaufmann said. "I learned that what is easy for one person isn't necessarily easy for another person. I truly enjoy being able to take people out and enhance their experience on the water."
"There is nobody I could recommend more to go out with on Geneva or Delavan than Carl Kaufmann," McHenry Fishing Hall of Famer Spence Petros said. "Carl is a great guy and he always catches fish. I recommend him highly."
Carl has had many great trips and many great clients, but there is one in particular that brings a smile to his friendly face. It's a couple, in their 60s, from Wisconsin.
"Her birthday is in June and I would be in big trouble with her if I gave that date away to someone else," he said. "She is in my schedule a year in advance. They always catch fish and always have a great time. She gets so excited. She whoops and hollers every time she hooks into a fish."
Last year, after she underwent surgery, she had to bring an oxygen tank.
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Guillermo Garcia, who joined Moelis in January 2011, has left the firm, according to filings with Companies House and the Financial Services Authority's register of authorised persons. Moelis declined to comment. Garcia did not respond to messages seeking comment.
Before joining Moelis, Garcia led the FIG group at boutique Richmond Park Partners, and prior to that was global head of corporate development at Barclays. He had earlier spent 12 years at Goldman Sachs.
Mark Aedy, head of Europe and Asia at Moelis, said at the time of Garcia's hire: "Building out our European FIG capabilities remains a significant focus for us. FIG represents one of the most important markets and Guillermo adds critical breadth and depth to our FIG franchise globally."
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Garcia's departure takes the number of London-based MDs to depart Moelis during the past year to four: early last year, London-based financial sponsors specialist Michael Magliana left to join Jefferies; Meyrick Cox, an industrials specialist, left in late 2012; while Michael Findlay, who worked in equities advisory, departed in the summer to return to the world of corporate broking with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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A California family is at its wits end over a live-in nanny who won't leave after being fired.
Marcella and Ralph Bracamonte hired Diane Stretton, 64, in March to help care for their three children and do work around their Upland home.
In exchange, she received room and board.
"All of a sudden she stopped working, she would stay in her room all day and only come out when food was ready," Marcella Bracamonte told ABC News.
Stretton then told the family she had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and couldn't help around the house.
After weeks of encouraging Stretton to perform some of her duties, the couple approached her with a 30-day notice earlier this month, which Stretton refused to sign.
"When I asked her why she wouldn't sign the letter she said 'It's not legal,' and slammed the door in my face," Bracamonte told ABC. "Once she said the word legal, I knew it wasn't going to be fun."
Police said it's a civil matter, saying once someone has "established residency you have to go through the formal eviction process."
The family is now waiting for Stretton to respond to a legal notice.
Stretton, meanwhile, has threatened to sue for wrongful firing and elder abuse.


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Sports Nippon reports that the Red Sox have submitted the highest bid for Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima.
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Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports reports that the Yankees have agreed to a one-year, $13 million contract with Matt Holliday.
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Serving Size 1 cup
Calories 41
Total Fat 1 g
Saturated Fat Less than 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 88 mg
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Head cabbage, sliced thinly 1 small
Tomatoes, cut in cubes 2 medium
Radishes, sliced 1 cup
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Olive oil 2 teaspoons
Rice vinegar (or lemon juice) 2 tablespoons
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Red pepper ½ teaspoon
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- In a large bowl, mix together the cabbage, tomatoes, and radishes.
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Gently-used prom dresses on sale
The Columbus Dispatch - April 02, 2014 11:27 AM
All that silk, chiffon and taffeta going to waste.
Not any more, as two Goodwill Columbus stores will sell hundreds of what they call "gently-used prom dresses" at discounted prices on Saturday.
More than 600 dresses will go on sale, starting at $19.99, at the Goodwill stores at 51 Robinwood Avenue and 2933 Morse Road from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Discounted accessories will also be for sale.
"This sale isn't just for prom goers, it's the perfect opportunity to grab that perfect formal outfit for special events," said Vivian Reyna of Goodwill Columbus. "Last year women were able to grab gorgeous date night wear and even mother of the bride gowns!"


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Mile-High Peanut Butter-Brownie Pie
Debbi Bracker Carl Junction, MO Bake-Off® Contest 44, 2010 Finalist
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 40 min
- Ready Time: 170 min
- Yield: 10 servings
- 1 Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crust (from 15-oz box), softened as directed on box
- 1 (15.5 oz) Pillsbury™ Chocolatier Collection™ Chocolate Walnut Premium Brownie Mix
- 1/4 cup Reese's® peanut butter chips
- 1/3 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 EGGLAND'S BEST egg
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 container (8 oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 2 tablespoons Fisher® Party Peanuts, chopped
- 2 tablespoons Hershey's® mini chips semi-sweet chocolate
Preparation Directions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Unroll pie crust; place in ungreased 9-inch glass pie plate as directed on box for One-Crust Filled Pie; flute edge.
- In medium bowl, stir brownie mix, peanut butter chips, oil, water and egg 50 strokes with spoon. Pour batter into crust-lined pie plate.
- Bake 30 to 40 minutes, covering edge of crust with strips of foil after 15 to 20 minutes, until crust is golden brown and center of brownie is set. Cool slightly, about 20 minutes. Refrigerate 1 hour or until completely cooled.
- In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, peanut butter and powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Spread mixture over brownie. Sprinkle with peanuts and chocolate chips. Refrigerate 30 minutes before serving. Store covered in refrigerator.
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Serving Size (1 slice, 1/10 of pie), Calories 680 (Calories from Fat 370), Total Fat 42g (Saturated Fat 15g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 50mg, Sodium 380mg, Total Carbohydrate 74g (Dietary Fiber 3g, Sugars 41g), Protein 10g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 6%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 4%, Iron 10%.
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Greg Jennings had his chance. Quietly, according to an NFL source, the Green Bay Packers had twice offered him deals worth more than $10 million per year, both in the summer and in the fall. Both times, the Packers' No. 1 wide receiver had said thanks, but no thanks.
So when the Minnesota Vikings showed him the money on Friday – less money than was on the table from the Packers then, but more than they were offering now, according to an NFL source – Jennings took it.
According to multiple reports, Jennings' new five-year deal with the Vikings will be worth a maximum of $47.5 million. It includes $18 million in guaranteed money and is worth $27 million over the first three seasons – the same amount Jennings made as part of the three-year extension with the Packers that just expired, making him a free agent.
"Hey, Minnesota stepped up to the plate," Jennings said during a news conference at the Vikings' headquarters in Winter Park, outside Minneapolis. "They showed me and my family that they wanted the Jennings family to be a part of what they were doing as an organization. And that's why I'm standing here."
At least, that's one reason. The other, Jennings hinted, was that he simply was ready to move on from the team that drafted him in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft.
From the start of training camp last year, Jennings had talked as if he was convinced he was playing his final season in Green Bay. He never really wavered on that position, even as he packed up his belongings after the season-ending loss to the San Francisco 49ers. He and his wife, Nicole, put their DePere home up for sale in January, too.
On Friday night, Jennings made it very clear that he had a hard time with how his role changed last season, after a torn lower abdominal muscle sidelined him for eight games and the team's other pass-catchers – Randall Cobb, James Jones, Jordy Nelson and Jermichael Finley – got many of his targets.
With the Vikings, who traded leading receiver Percy Harvin to Seattle last week for the Seahawks' first-round pick plus other picks, Jennings will be the team's clear-cut No. 1. After cutting Michael Jenkins, the Vikings' other receivers are Jerome Simpson, Stephen Burton and Jarius Wright.
"I was looking for change," Jennings said "Green Bay, I gave them seven good years. They were seven great years for myself. I had a lot of success. We were able to win. It was great.
"At the same time, (the Packers have) a lot of young talent. The injury kind of hurt me last year and getting shuffled around a little bit. As a competitor, and as someone who wants to be on the field all the time and feels like he can still do it … I can definitely still do it. I can definitely still make plays and be as exciting as I was in my earlier years."
Then, Jennings added, "And I'm not old. I'm 29. I'm not old. Let me throw that out there. I am 29 years old."
Jennings admitted that it came down to only the Packers and Vikings, and that he didn't generate interest from any other teams. Returning to Green Bay, even had the Packers offered him the exact same financial package, would have required him to swallow his pride and once again be part of a share-the-wealth offense will all of those other aforementioned receivers still in the mix. It's a virtual lock that Finley will now return with his $8.75 million salary-cap charge.
Two years ago, Jones hit the open market and after getting lukewarm interest from the Vikings, he wound up coming back to Green Bay for an economical three-year, $9.6 million deal. In an interview on the NFL Network on Thursday night, he suggested that the Packers would be OK without his friend.
"We still have a lot of great weapons left in Green Bay: Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, Jermichael Finley and we always have our quarterback Aaron Rodgers," Jones said. "Hopefully we don't lose a guy like Greg [Jennings], one of the best receivers in the game. I am surprised he is not getting a lot of the attention he should be getting because he is one of the best but we will be prepared if he decides to go elsewhere."
The Vikings were thrilled to get Jennings, with coach Leslie Frazier saying, "He's a young man that we've tried to corral for a number of years as we've tried to defend him. … We're looking forward to great things ahead."
Jennings, meanwhile, believes the Vikings are just hitting their stride as a team. Although Green Bay beat Minnesota in the NFC Wild Card playoff round in January, the Vikings stopped the Packers' 13-game NFC North winning streak by beating them in the Dec. 30 regular-season finale – a game in which Jennings caught eight passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns.
"From a football perspective, when you start to age and get years underneath your belt, you want to go to a team that's still a contender, that still has an opportunity to win, but the window isn't closing, the window is opening up. I saw that with this ballclub last year," said Jennings, who caught a career-low 36 passes for 366 yards and four touchdowns in 2012. "They kind of snuck up on everyone, including the Packers ourselves when I was over there. Now, for me to be a part of this, I'm excited to add to what they've already brought to the table."
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Readers have told me that they enjoy getting a peek inside the newsroom. With that in mind, let me take you back in time to two big days at The Dispatch last week:
Audit release
To look at them, you would never know how significant this day is.
Reporters Jennifer Smith Richards and Bill Bush dart around the newsroom this Tuesday afternoon, working on their story like it is any other day.
It is anything but.
Just hours earlier, the state auditor had issued a scathing report about the Columbus City Schools administration, detailing point by point how leaders of the state's largest district engaged in a pattern of activity to fool residents into believing that their kids were being properly educated.
That 92-page report was more confirmation that the 20-month investigation by The Dispatch was spot on. Everything we reported was validated by the auditor's staff — investigators who have subpoena power that we don't have, which can be used to compel the release of records and persuade people to talk.
The significance of the auditor's ruling wasn't lost on readers.
"It's just wonderful to have the 'good guys' win one for a change. You have vindicated so many of us who tried to make a difference but were shut down, shuttled off, forced out. The 'voices in the desert' have been heard," said reader Donna Gooch. "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!! Keep up the great work!
"Mr. Marrison, this is the kind of reporting that represents journalism," Gooch wrote. "Keep up the wonderful work! I don't have to imagine what your reporters were faced with in this investigation — brick walls, prevarications, referrals, outright lies. ... Please continue to 'stay the course,' do what is necessary to get to the truth — it is such a prized (and rare) commodity these days, and we certainly could use more of it in our world."
Prison release
About 10:50 a.m. on Thursday, reporter Mike Wagner hangs up his phone and nearly jumps out of his skin.
He races to his editor to break the news: Charges are being dropped against an Akron man who had been convicted of murder in 1995.
Dewey Jones would soon be the sixth man freed from prison because of the 2008 Dispatch investigative series "Test of Convictions" about the state's flawed system of DNA evidence retention and testing — a system that has been changed by lawmakers after the award-winning series. The work, which took a year to complete, also proved the guilt of four others based on DNA evidence.
Jones had been locked up for 19 years for a crime that DNA evidence proved he didn't commit. The 51-year-old's conviction was overturned in 2012, and he had been under house arrest since mid-December while prosecutors decided whether to retry him for a 1993 murder. The attorney general's office decided to drop the case and release Jones.
Minutes after hearing the news, Wagner and photographer Kyle Robertson race toward Akron to be there when an electronic ankle bracelet that tethered Jones to his home is cut off. For good.
While Robertson drives, Wagner works the phones to get lawyers and Jones on the phone. He takes notes and crafts the top of a fresh story. Back at the office, Wagner's colleague Jill Riepenhoff pulls together previous stories by Wagner about Jones and prepares the body of the new story. Wagner calls her with the fresh news and quotes, and she polishes off the first version of the story and quickly alerts an editor.
A few minutes later, the story is on Dispatch.com, and it is updated several times as the story unfolds.
When presentation editor Tom Rinderle begins designing Friday's front page, one that features an in-depth story about Ohio State's new president, Dr. Michael V. Drake, and Wagner's story on the release of Jones, I sense he has something to say.
He says that our company should do a better job of promoting our investigative work.
"This is what newspapers do," Rinderle said, rattling off recent Dispatch investigations into the Columbus schools data scandal, weak code enforcement in the city of Columbus that left people living in horrible conditions, and the DNA cases. "This is why a community needs a newspaper."
Without a newspaper, for example, auditors wouldn't always know where to start digging, and lawmakers wouldn't know which laws need to be made or fixed.
Rinderle is clearly proud, as are all of his colleagues.
I hope that you, too, are proud of what we've done.
And by we, I mean the people at The Dispatch and all of you who support the work that we do: readers and advertisers.
Because if there's no you, there's no we.
Thank you for your support.
Benjamin J. Marrison is editor of The Dispatch.


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According to Frank Chen, Director of Business Customer Department at Chunghwa Telecom's International Business Group, "We are now able to offer our customers an affordable and easy-to-use, high-quality video conferencing solution that is based on Vidyo's innovative IP which leverages their next generation architecture based on SVC compression technology to uniquely eliminate the expensive transcoding MCU and its lower quality."
"Because of Vidyo's differentiated, award-winning solution, Chunghwa's business users are able to access telepresence-quality video communications and collaboration services over bandwidth-guaranteed circuits and a wide variety of best-effort networks, whether on the go, in the office or at home," said Ofer Shapiro, co-founder and CEO of Vidyo.
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A Georgia man pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving is accused of handing officers a beer instead of his driver's license.
Damon Tobias Exum, 37, slammed into a squad car in Dunwoody shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday.
The officer was not injured in the crash and managed to chase down Exum and pull him over, Atlanta TV station WSB reported.
But when asked for his license and registration, Exum handed the officer a beer, according to police.
Exum was "totally unaware that he had collided with the officer's patrol car," police spokesman Sgt. Fidel Espinoza told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
He was arrested on eight misdemeanor charges, including DUI and reckless driving.
It was Exum's third DUI arrest.


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