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Asian Journal of Law and Economics
The Official Publication of the Asian Law and Economics Association
Editor-in-Chief: Kim, Jeong-Yoo
Ed. by Khong, Dennis / Lee, Sang-Ho / Qiao, Yue / Liu, Zhiyong (John)
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The Asian Journal of Law and Economics (AJLE) publishes high quality research in law and economics, both theoretical and empirical. It is the only journal that pays special attention to the economic aspect of laws in Asian countries. Although the editors are particularly interested in legal issues that originally occurred in Asia, they welcome submissions on any subject from any region without prejudice. The analysis of court cases or legal proposals is also welcome. In general, the editors prefer innovative insights rather than mere fact-findings or technical extensions. The journal will be of interest to economists, legal scholars, legal practitioners and government officials. The coverage of the subjects include property law, contract law, tort law, criminal law, antitrust law, corporate law, labor law, environmental law, international law, tax law, bankruptcy law, family law, administrative law, constitution, legal procedure, law enforcement, political economy, and comparative law, and more. AJLE is edited by leading members of the Asian Law and Economics Association, founded in 2005, and is the official publication of that organization.
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The Asian Journal of Law and Economics (AJLE) publishes high quality research in law and economics, both theoretical and empirical. It is the only journal that pays special attention to the economic aspect of laws in Asian countries. It provides a forum for international and interdisciplinary debate on issues of property law, contract law, tort law, criminal law, antitrust law, corporate law, labor law, environmental law, international law, tax law, bankruptcy law, family law, administrative law, constitution, legal procedure, law enforcement, political economy, comparative law, etc. Despite the regional specificity of the journal title, it welcomes submissions from any region without any prejudice. It is edited by leading members of the Asian Law and Economics Association, founded in 2005, and is the official publication of that organization.
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Content available since 2010 (Volume 1, Issue 1)
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Jeong-Yoo Kim (Kyung Hee University, Korea)
Dennis Khong (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Sang-Ho Lee (Chonnam National University, Korea)
Zhiyong (John) Liu (Indiana State University, USA)
Yue Qiao (Shandong University, China)
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Felix Chan (University of Hong Kong)
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Albert Choi (University of Virginia)
Tai-Yeong Chung (University of Western Ontario)
Jinyoung Kim (Korea University)
Sue Mialon (Emory University)
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Shozo Ota (The Graduate Schools for Law and Politics and the University of Tokyo)
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Isaac Ehrlich (SUNY, Buffalo)
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A few years ago I walked into the kitchen to find my old roommate shoving an entire tray of uneaten lasagna down the garbage disposal.
"What the hell are you doing?" I asked, as she repeatedly stabbed the noodles with a fork to dislodge them from the container.
"This is what a garbage disposal is for," she confidently explained.
Incorrect. So incorrect, in fact, that our disposal broke two days later and we had to put in a service request.
"You can't put things like egg shells down here," the maintenance technician explained, hand full of egg-shell pieces. "Have you been putting anything large down here?"
"Yes, Liz, anything large that you can recall," I asked, staring into her murderous eyes.
"Not that I can think of."
Unfortunately, Liz was not alone in her ignorance. During October 2nd's Webinar Wednesday, "Tricks of the Trade: Maintenance," Webinar moderator Paul Rhodes, National Maintenance and Safety Instructor for NAAEI, said the most common appliance-related service request is for the garbage disposal—which should really be called the "food waste disposer."
Rhodes says residents think their garbage disposal is a chipper, often throwing in bottle caps, fish gravel, tree branches, egg shells, chicken bones and coffee grounds. But as a general rule of thumb, if you can't chew it, neither can your disposal.
If Liz can eat a tray of lasagna without coming up for air, I owe her an apology—and a congratulatory slow clap.
Lemon and lime minimize disposal odors and ice does help remove debris, but it doesn't sharpen the blades (there actually aren't any blades in a garbage disposal). Rhodes says it's important to educate residents about such things in order to reduce the amount of service requests.
Following are three additional maintenance tips:
1. Mildew—essentially the same thing as mold—appears due to moisture, stale air and the presence of a food source. It craves moisture, which is why bleach is not the best remedy, as it is mostly made of water and simply removes color.
Instead, Rhodes suggests using laundry detergent and dishwasher detergent, both of which have a degreaser that will help fight mildew. You can also leave a thin layer behind to prevent mold from re-growing around a window frame, for example.
Finally—a use for my laundry detergent!
2. Joint compound is often applied to patch up a hole in the wall, but once it is dry, it needs to be smoothed out. Instead of using a sanding block, which spreads dust everywhere, use a wet sponge. It will do the job just as well without the mess.
3. Sometimes a door will "ghost," or move on its own—a common complaint among residents. To fix this, simply take a hammer and hit the hinge pin on its side. Once it's slightly bent, replace it into the hinges and tap it down. This will give your hinge a slight bind, which will hold the door in place.
If that doesn't work, gather up your tools and run to the nearest Target for a Ouija board.
Learn more about Webinar Wednesdays (hosted by NAAEI, Apartment All Stars and Multifamily Insiders), and register for October 24th's "No Tech, Low Tech, High Tech Marketing Strategies" with Lisa Trosien today.

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Each morning, I like to start the day off with a workout—usually a morning jog. I can clear my head, plan my day and think about what's going on around the NFC South.
Mike Williams has an assigned seat in the wide receiver meeting room, right next to Vincent Jackson. In fact, it's Jackson's arrival in addition to a hopefully improved Josh Freeman that could lead to a bounceback season for Williams (via the Tampa Tribune).
Tampa Bay signed linebacker Brian Smith, according to the Tampa Tribune.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution posted a five-question Q&A with Tyson Clabo.
The Falcons are coming off their first day off since the start of training camp. The official team website posted a few things to look for once they hit the field again.
The Panthers' official team website reviews Wednesday's camp session.
Drew Brees went into a little more depth on his comments about not trusting commissioner Roger Goodell to the Times-Picayune.
Rookie wide receiver Nick Toon talks in this video about his need to elevate his game and go out as early as preseason Game 1 and put up numbers (via the Times-Picayune).


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In the Fall of 2013, we opened three new tubing runs that offer tubing options for everyone. On the nursery slope, our beginner Neveplast tubing run is 80ft long and offers speeds upward of 10mph. On the top slope, two Neveplast tubing runs - one at 350ft long and the other at 500ft long - both offer speeds of around 30mph. All of these tubing runs are a safe, fun, and inexpensive way to enjoy the scenic campus of Liberty University. Come up today and give all three of the new tubing runs a try!
Monday - Thursday: $11.00 for the first hour & $6.00 every additional hour.
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Breast Cancer: Are We Making Progress? & Breast Cancer Lily Fest
If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with breast cancer, you're probably confused, afraid-perhaps even angry. But you are not alone. More than two million women in the U.S. today are breast cancer survivors. We'll talk with a renowned surgical oncologist about where we are in the fight against breast cancer. We'll also talk with a breast cancer survivor about Grow for Life and their festive fundraiser called Lilyfest. Guests: Dr. Monica Morrow & Barbara Ekey
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- Kim is a character who only appears in one episode (Victor. Echo. November.) but her outfit is just awesome so I couldn't resist making it. I made a Triana costume for my friend Lisa and we cosplayed together. The skirt of the costume is actually my Lust dress, which I hacked up and then put back together. The vest was my own pattern and the "buckles" are made out of wonderflex and craft foam. The goggles I spray painted and made a strap for too. I borrowed a pair of boots from Lisa to wear. Hopefully I can get more pictures soon!
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The holidays are a wonderful time to bond as a family, and what better time than over dinner! Kick off great conversations tonight by asking each family member one question about themselves. For example: "If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?" Or "What qualities do you look for in a friend?" You may learn a lot more than you expected!
Check out this article for five additional ways to inspire meaningful conversations with your family over dinner.
What did you and your family share over dinner today?
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we talked about science and space travel lol :D
We talk about our day during dinner, most days. This time at dinner, we discussed homework and how proud we are of our son for catching up on his missing assignments from his Spanish class.
We talked about school and about how much fun we had the day before picking out our very first real christmas tree from a christmas tree farm.
we sit down for dinner almost every night, ever night we talk about our days but tonight I chose to talk about being thankfl for things God has given us. I thought it would be good to review Thanksgiving.
Since it is the holidays, we asked what was your favorite Christmas- your favorite memory and present.
We talked about Rudolph
DS is only 2, so the questions were "do you love...?" Spiders were a "no."
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Posted: August 15, 2013
A new associate degree that prepares students to work in the emerging micro-electromechanical field begins this fall at Lorain County Community College.
Mechatronics Technology with a major in Micro-Electromechancial Systems (MEMS) will prepare students as entry-level technicians and give them an understanding of how MEMS are designed and fabricated.
"This is an opportunity for students to get in on a field that hasn't existed before," said Kelly Zelesnik, LCCC's dean of Engineering Technologies. "There have been jobs on the East and West Coast, but with the development of the SMART Center on our campus we may be seeing more jobs in Northeast Ohio."
The first class in the program – Introduction to Micro-Electromechanical Systems – will be offered in fall, which begins August 26.
The program will utilize state-of-the-art laboratory facilities containing equipment for testing, troubleshooting, calibrating, analyzing and designing electronic and MEMS systems.
It is offered as an associate degree, and for those who may already have a degree but would like to enter this field a one-year technical certificate or short-term technical certificate are also offered. LCCC has articulation agreements with colleges and universities including programs offered by LCCC's University Partnership.
For more information representatives from the program will be available to talk with you at 6 p.m., Tuesday, August 20 in the lobby of LCCC's Desich Business and Innovation Center. Or call (440) 366-7241 or visit www.lorainccc.edu/mems for additional information.


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Ten subscribers to the Red Oxx newsletter won autographed copies of James Patterson's "Kill Me If You Can." Red Oxx's own Sky Train Carry-on Bag is mentioned on page 129 as the "world's most efficient carry-on."
Sent to your email about every three or four months (quarterly), our Field Report email newsletter features packing tips, travel guidelines, adventure stories, CEO Jim Markel's trips, and new gear introductions. Winners will be notified by email and announced on Facebook, Twitter and here at Redoxx.com. Red Oxx zealously guards your email address and guarantees your privacy.
Dayna and her Gator on the Greek island of Delos.
Plan a trip, research your gear, pack carefully, and then discover along the way that your gear just works. That's the experience of this Adventure Journal entry. Doesn't that just make your day, Dayna?
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The University of Houston System is a network of truly international public research and teaching universities for the 21st Century where students are learning to live and work in a multi-cultural world and become leaders in the complex global marketplace. With approximately 10,000 students graduating from UH System universities every year, we provide a significant educational resource for the city of Houston and the region. Our graduates go on to achieve leadership positions in industry, the arts, education, governmental agencies, and professions throughout the United States and the world.
Among all research and doctoral degree-granting universities in the United States, UH ranked 24th in the number of enrolled non-immigrant international students in the fall 2008. For the same period, UH Clear Lake ranked 40th among all master's degree granting institutions in the U.S. Our total student enrollment of approximately 60,000 includes over 4,300 international students from 136 nations. Our undergraduate students may choose from 109 majors and minors, and at the graduate level we offer 131 masters, 51 doctoral, and three professional degree programs in law, optometry and pharmacy.
Our renowned faculty includes scholars, clinicians and scientists with real-world experience, including several members of the National Academies, a winner of the National Medal of Science, and a Nobel Peace Laureate. Many of our academic programs rank among the best in the United States, and two of them—Entrepreneurship, and Health and Human Performance—are ranked number one. Within the University of Houston alone, there are more than 40 research labs, centers, and institutes with focuses that include energy, health, and the humanities and fine arts.
These resources and accomplishments are further enhanced through approximately 100 affiliation agreements with higher education institutions on six continents. Through the exchange of students and faculty, scholarly cooperation, and common research interests, we are building bonds with institutions that have a similar mission, focus and desire for academic excellence.
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Yes, for about four years there was a Mandarin Oriental Riviera Maya, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Their second foray into Mexico went out with a whimper a year ago after struggling to get traction amidst a recession and stiff competition. So for now the brand is gone from Latin America.
Fortunately a new company is giving the property a new lease on life, reopening the resort as Blue Diamond Riviera Maya.
I'd hate to be their search engine optimization guy since Blue Diamond is best known as a brand of almonds, but I'm just happy the mystery property sitting there empty and lonesome has a new master.
The new owners are Blue Bay Resorts, a company with plenty of experience in running vacation playgrounds in Mexico. None of them have been on this level of luxury, but they were smart enough to leave well enough alone when it comes to the well-reviewed Mandarin Oriental decor and facilities. They put $7 million into renovations before reopening, but most of those improvements were on the back end: in upgrading all the air conditioners so the rooms would get colder, faster, and making some plumbing improvements.
Some of the improvements to Blue Diamond are in the plans they offer as well, all-inclusive here being all a-la-carte and minibars in the room stocked with full bottles of liquor, plus replenished beers. Phone calls to anywhere are included in the rates, so you can leave your cell phone off. Some packages include a snorkeling tour or other activities.
As with the other Mayakoba development resorts (Banyan Tree, Fairmont, and Rosewood), most guests stay inland in private casitas, then take a golf course out to the pristine beach and pool. Also as with the other resorts, guests have access to one of the most unusual championship golf courses they'll ever play. You need to be accurate here as much of the natural plants remain, with topless cenotes flowing in between. It's easy to get distracted by all the wildlife around.
I'm hoping to visit the revamped resort in October when I attend a travel conference in the area, so watch for a full new review then. For now though we've updated our previous review with the new information and some fresh photos. See it here: Blue Diamond Riviera Maya Resort and Spa.


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Velocity is obviously not the same thing as position, but it is connected. Velocity tells you something about how position is changing with time. Similarly, acceleration is certainly not the same thing as velocity, but they're connected. The connections between position, velocity and acceleration are just so important. And we're going to really be making use of them so often you have to get some kind of a fluency. It's worth doing some kind of graphical exercises just to look and see how they hook up together.
Let me begin with a graph that we've seen before. This is a graph of position versus time for, in fact, a ball which was thrown up in the air. It starts at ground level. As time goes by, it goes higher and higher, comes to a stop, and heads back down again. That's x versus t. And we had written down the mathematical formula . And when we were talking about velocity, we simply took the derivative, dx dt, to find the velocity as a function of time. The derivative of t^2 is 2t, so you get minus ten t. The derivative of 20t is 20. So there is the formula for velocity, dx dt as a function of time. It's a straight line with a negative slope. So let's just put that graph up and take a look at it. And we've talked about the connections between these two graphs, how if you measure the slope of x versus t at any instant in time, it will tell you the velocity.
Let's take one more step. Remember that acceleration is the derivative of velocity with respect to time. So if I just take the slope of this graph; that should tell me about the acceleration graph. So let's set x aside, and let's think about acceleration as a function of time. Here's the picture. The slope of a straight line is a negative number, and it's a constant. The slope is the same here and here and here. It's a negative constant. And what's the value of that constant? You have to remember the velocity was negative ten t plus 20. So the acceleration, which is dv by dt, well what's the derivative of the function negative ten t plus 20? The derivative of negative ten t is just negative ten. The derivative of the number 20 is nothing. You take the derivative of a constant, you get zero. So the answer is just negative ten. And sure enough, that's what I plotted.
So you can kind of think about these graphs, and they connect to one another. It's sort of an interesting exercise to try to go the other way around. If I told you that acceleration was negative ten, could you go from that to this graph? It's a little bit tricky. I would have to tell you one more piece of information. What was v at some moment in time? Because all this tells me is v versus T has to be a straight line with slope negative ten. It doesn't tell me whether it's this line or this one or this one. It could be any line with slope negative ten. So I do have to give you one more piece of information if you want to work backwards.
Let's do a slightly more involved example just to practice with this a little bit. Let's just start up at the top with x versus t. Let's focus our attention on it. Position versus time, and it's some much more complicated motion. First of all we start of with negative x. So we're over here on the left-hand side of the number line, and we're heading even more negative. We're heading toward more and more negative positions. At this point in time, what's happening? We were getting more negative. And now we're about to get more positive. So we must have come to a halt. And then we're moving forward, and you'll notice that this stretch of the curve, suddenly at this time, something has changed. Here the path is curvy. And all of a sudden at t equals to one unit, we're going on a straight-line path. So we're still off in negative x land, but we're moving forward. X is getting less and less and less negative. At this point, we're very close to the origin. And now, once again, something interesting happens at t equals to two units. The interesting thing that happens is that the line goes from straight to curvy again. This line isn't nearly so curvy as it was over here. That's the qualitative description of x.
Now let's just think about what v should be. You could do it graphically just by looking at the slope of the tangent. At first it's a fairly steep negative tangent. That means that our velocity is negative. We're moving to the left, and that's plotted as a negative point here, some big negative velocity. But as time marches by, we're still moving left, but not as quickly. Remember at this point the curve is flat. That means we've reached our most negative point. We've come to a halt. And you'll see that the part where this is flat lines right up with where v equals zero. We're stopped. We're continuing to move. And now we're moving back toward the right. Our velocity has become positive. I've drawn a straight line here. What does that mean? If the velocity is a straight line, this must have been a parabola. That's not so easy to see with your eyes, but--actually I tried to sketch the best parabola that I could, and velocity is just increasing constantly.
Something happened here. Remember? The velocity, all of a sudden, did it go to zero? No, just because you have a constant slope of x versus T doesn't mean you've stopped. It means you have a constant velocity. Delta x over delta T, throughout this straight-line region, is a positive constant. You're moving to the right. You're off in negative x land marching toward the origin to your right. So that's a positive constant velocity. It's tricky business. You've really got to think about the motion, and what you mean by velocity. Then it all makes sense.
What happens here? Well, we're still moving to the right, but the slope of the line is slowly getting less and less and less. In fact, right over here at the far end, it looks like we've almost reached our maximum positive value. Our velocity is still toward the right, but it's getting less and less and less positive. And right where the x curve goes flat, that means x has reached it's maximum value. That's right where v becomes zero. We've come to a halt again. And once again, I was trying to draw a parabola, but a parabola that's not quite so curvy. This slope of v is not quite so steep as it was over here.
Finally, let's go from v of t to a of t. I can almost fit this all in one picture. Forget about x. We're interested in a, . You don't really have to go all the way back up to the top. It's an important point. Many times you will see x versus t, and someone will ask you a question about acceleration. You can't do it in one step. You've got to take two steps. Use x to find v. Take one derivative. Then take another derivative to get a versus t. Given v versus t, it's straightforward. What's the slope of this straight line? It's positive and it's constant, a positive, constant acceleration. So we are accelerating toward the right. Remember we were marching to the left but slowing down? That was our description of the motion. Our velocity was negative, but getting less and less. That's a positive acceleration. Notice that we come to a halt, turn around, but nothing particularly interesting is happening in the velocity world. It's just marching along going from negative to positive. And absolutely nothing interesting happens in the acceleration world at this point. It's the same old positive constant acceleration.
All of a sudden something happens. When interesting things happen in the real world, something interesting is happening in the acceleration world. Boom! Acceleration went from positive constant to zero acceleration. Does that mean we freeze? No, it means we've stopped changing our velocity. We were moving forward. We had a positive velocity. We're still moving forward with a constant zero slope, not changing velocity. That means that x is increasing, but in a nice straight-line fashion.
Finally another interesting thing happens. All of a sudden our acceleration is negative. We were heading toward the right, but our acceleration is negative. You can see that from this curve. Velocity is a straight line. Its slope is negative and constant. And you could kind of make sense of a negative acceleration. Remember we were walking to the right but going more and more slowly, and coming to a halt. If you extend time a little bit further, this velocity curve is just going to continue on down in a nice straight line, which means that x will turn around and you'll start heading left again going more and more and more rapidly.
So it's a nice example. You'll see lots of examples like this as we continue along in physics. It's a tricky business. It really requires some thought. Given just this top graph, x versus t, it's all in there. X versus t tells you everything you need to know, but it's not always obvious. It's not manifest in this graph. It takes some thinking to go to its derivative, and then even more thinking to go to the second derivative. Each of these pictures is nice to draw. They tell you different stories. You think about what's going on. It's the same process, you're just thinking about them in a different way. And sometimes this is a useful language, and very often this is a useful concise language.
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The Pacific Regional Disaster Preparedness Center (PRDPC) that was contracted to come out to the Pacific Rim to instruct members from various first responder agencies in the fine points of the National Incident Management Systems — in order to help them comply with the Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPD) 5 & 8 — began last Friday May 4 and concluded yesterday afternoon at the Army Reserve Conference Room in Tafuna.
Samoa News spoke with Sonny Maguire, one of the trainers from PRDPC, a group based in Hawaii, who conducted the five day class.
Maguire noted that "our company was actually a dream between Admiral Schultz and Senator Daniel Inouye... it was their hope that Pacific Islanders would learn to instruct Pacific Islanders in these matters, so that there is a relationship between islanders in this area.
"In the past, training was provided by mainland companies, and they had a hard time relating to what was actually happening in the Pacific Rim. Culturally, we are aware of what is going on. We began last Friday, instructing the Department of Public Safety, Department of Health, Department of Education, Harbor Security and Department of Homeland Security, in the Incident Command Systems 100, 200, 300 and 400."
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"We are here to share the tools of management," he said. Trainers for the five classes, Sonny Maguire and Erica Adams from the PRDPC, stated that they would like to thank Esther A. Savusa-Savini who is the Training Planning Coordinator with American Samoa Department of Homeland Security and TEMCO for coordinating the five day class. "Without her assistance, we would not be able to be here and we appreciate her very much," said PRCPC Trainers Maguire and Adams.
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Chef Fabio Trabocchi discussed his plans for Fiola Mare, as well as the recently opened Casa Luca, with Nation's Restaurant News.
Chef Fabio Trabocchi
Fabio Trabocchi has long been praised for his skill in cooking seafood. A native of the Italian region of Le Marche, the chef and owner of Washington, D.C., restaurants Fiola, a modern Italian trattoria, and Casa Luca, a new casual osteria, grew up 20 minutes from the Adriatic Sea.
Early in his career, Trabocchi worked at seaside restaurants with counters where guests would select the fish they wanted prepared for them. Trabocchi plans to bring that experience to Washington this December, when Fiola Mare is scheduled to open on the Georgetown waterfront. The restaurant will include an outdoor patio with a retractable roof for year-round use.
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Trabocchi was named a Food & Wine magazine Best New Chef in 2002, when he was chef at Maestro at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, in McLean, Va. During his tenure there, he was also named best chef in the Mid-Atlantic in 2006 by the James Beard Foundation. Fiola was named one of the best new restaurants in 2012 by Bon Appétit magazine, an acknowledgement it also received from Esquire in 2011.
Trabocchi discussed his plans for Fiola Mare, as well as the recently opened Casa Luca, with Nation's Restaurant News.
Why open a seafood restaurant?
I love seafood, to start with. I'm excited to cook everything, but maybe a little bit more when it comes to seafood.
I grew up within 20 minutes of Adriatic Sea. In 20 minutes we're on the water and in 30 minutes we're in the mountains. That was one of the beauties of being exposed to both land products and seafood products.
What types of dishes do you plan to serve?
We have drafted the menu, but we're still working on it. There will be Italian seafood and pasta, crudo and an oyster bar, salads and pastries, and grilled whole fish carved tableside. The fish will come from all over — from Maine to California, Latin America, Italy, Spain, Portugal.
We'll make some classical Italian dishes and some things that are more contemporary.
There's a bounty of seafood out there. From here [in the D.C. area] we'll use jumbo lump crab and soft-shell crab, and in the Northeast there's wild striped sea bass, Belon oysters, Nantucket Bay scallops and spot prawns. From the West Coast we'll get Catalina Island sea urchins that are delicious.
The inspiration for Fiola Mare is from restaurants on the sea where I worked early in my career. The restaurant will be overlooking water from every window. It will have an open kitchen and a counter where people can choose their own fish, like they do on the Adriatic.
But on the Adriatic the fish is local. Do you face challenges sourcing seafood for Fiola Mare?
Even at Fiola, our biggest part of the menu is seafood. That's what we sell the most of. It's a matter of coordinating schedules with suppliers from all over the country and Europe as well. We might have to talk about seafood at 5 in the morning when they first see the fish at the auctions. At the same time, they're going to have their reports from fishmongers in Portugal and Spain about what's coming in. So the menu will change frequently depending on availability of local seafood and what's available abroad.
We won't make big orders of ingredients when they're coming from afar, because we don't want to sit on ingredients that have already been traveling. It's important to use what's sustainable and that has the shortest time out of the water as possible.


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Looking Ahead To 2015: Catcher
Heading into 2010, the year the Texas Rangers first went to the World Series, if there was one position the front office wasn't worried about for the present and the future, it was catcher. Texas enjoyed an embarrassment of riches in the catching department. At the major league level, Jarrod Saltalamacchia would be the every day catcher for the first time. Backing him up would be University of Texas phenom Taylor Teagarden, who would supply some needed power. Down on the farm, Max Ramirez was the emergency guy at AAA Round Rock and coming up in the system was well-regarded Jose Felix in AA Frisco.
Saltalamacchia lasted for all of two games and five at bats. He had the game winning hit in the season opener but suffered an injury and didn't tell manager Ron Washington about it. When it came up after Game 2, Salty went on the DL, Wash publicly chastised him for not speaking up and added he had a lot of growing up to do. Saltalamacchia never returned to the Rangers. During rehab, he developed a case of the "yips", causing his throws back to the pitcher to sail. He got sent off to the Red Sox in the trade that netted Texas Chris McGuiness and Roman Mendez.
Meanwhile, it didn't take long before the Rangers determined Teagarden, for all his power potential, wasn't able to hit consistently. His long swing led to 34 strikeouts in just 85 at bats. Five of his 11 hits went for extra bases but a .155 average was all he could muster. Before anyone knew what hit them, Teagarden got sent down, Ramirez came up and the Rangers' starting catcher was someone they picked up at the end of training camp, Matt Treanor, who turned into a godsend. Treanor wasn't any great shakes, but he gave Texas quality at bats and handled the pitching staff well for 82 games, until the Rangers picked up Bengie Molina from the San Francisco Giants to handle the heavy work down the stretch.
Since that 2010 season, the Rangers have gone through Yorvit Torrealba, Mike Napoli, Teagarden, Treanor, Geovany Soto, Luis Martinez, A.J. Pierzynski, J.P. Arencibia, Chris Giminez, Tomas Telis and Robinson Chirinos and there's still no true starting catcher in sight for 2015.
Phenom Jorge Alfaro is still at least a year away. In the meantime, the Rangers enter 2015 with the aforementioned Telis and Giminez at AAA Round Rock, if something happens to Chirinos or new arrival Carlos Corporan.
Chirinos was as much a godsend for the Rangers in 2014 as Treanor was in 2010. With Rangers hitting the DL almost every other day, including Soto in pre-season and Arencibia hitting a pitiful .133 on May 16th, Chirinos came up big time, posting a slash line of .239/.290/.415 with 13 HR and 40 RBI. Adding to his importance was his defense. Chirinos came out of nowhere to lead the American League in throwing out would-be base stealers at 40%. His 2.4 WAR ranked 5th among AL catchers. Chirinos' performance earned Soto a trade to the A's once he returned from the disabled list.
This year, Chirinos enters the season as the clear #1, although there's no guarantee he'll be able to match any of his 2014 numbers. Last year was his first full season in the majors and his performance could go in either direction. The plan is for Chirinos to catch about 100 games, just a few more than he caught a year ago. Injuries aside, his expected back-up for the other 62 games will be Carlos Corporan, who comes over from the Houston Astros.
Jon Daniels told the crowd at FanFest that they did due diligence on Corporan, talking to a number of Astros pitchers about him. One of them, former Ranger Scott Feldman, praised Corporan and credited him for elevating his game in 2014.
The Rangers aren't looking for great offense from the catcher position. The top priority is catchers who work well with the pitching staff. Still, Corporan has a little pop in his bat and if the Rangers get a combined 3.0 WAR out of the two of them, they'll be happy.
Losing Face
The more things stay the same, the more they change.
Two consecutive World Series appearances. Three consecutive playoff appearances. Unparalleled success. Brought about by constant change.
The 2011 World Series Rangers were minus Vlad Guerrero, Bengie Molina, Tommy Hunter, Cliff Lee and Frank Francisco from the 2010 World Series Rangers.
The 2012 Wild Card Rangers didn't have Yorvit Torrealba, CJ Wilson, Endy Chavez, Colby Lewis (injury) and Neftali Feliz (injury) from the 2011 World Series squad.
And thus far, the 2013 Rangers are guaranteed to be without Mike Napoli and Koji Uehara from the 2012 Wild Card team.
Now comes word that there's a possibility they will also be without Michael Young. Strong rumors have Young going to the Phillies in exchange for a relief pitcher and a prospect provided he waives his 10-5 no trade rights to allow the move.
To Young fans, he has long been known as the Face of the Texas Rangers franchise. To his detractors, he is derisively nicknamed, alternately, "Face" and "Leadership".
Young had a 2012 not to remember, sinking to new lows in batting average, losing much of his extra base power. The SABR folks will tell you he had one of the worst WAR's in the last 22 years. On the other hand, to a man his teammates talk about the value of Young's leadership in the clubhouse. Manager Ron Washington says Young basically runs the clubhouse for the team.
From a pure statistics standpoint, losing Young might not hurt the club substantially. The question is, will that team cohesiveness remain the same if and when he's gone?
I'm ambivalent about the possibility of Young leaving. I get that his best years are behind him and that he's a defensive liability, while at the same time suspecting 2012 was the same kind of anomaly Derek Jeter had a couple years ago before coming back with a vengeance.
I also am not one to discount the idea of leadership in a clubhouse. A team, like a business, is composed of lots of disparate elements. Management provides the vision and department heads implement it. Beyond that, we all know work organizations that just seem to run smoother because of a worker bee who sets a tone that others just seem to follow. I'm willing to bet Michael Young is one of those people.
At this writing, there's no guarantee Josh Hamilton will return to the Rangers. The odds are against Mike Adams returning as well. Colby Lewis and Neftali Feliz won't be able to help until the back half of 2013 at best. If none of the Rangers free agents return AND Young is traded, the question becomes: Do the Rangers have the offensive horses to win WITHOUT Josh Hamilton, Mike Napoli and Michael Young, even if they manage to score Justin Upton from the Diamondbacks?
The past two seasons, Texas has succeeded largely because the parts they lost from the previous year were mostly complementary pieces, replaced by better alternatives (Adrian Beltre, Yu Darvish, Napoli, Adams, Uehara). In 2013, there are going to be key pieces replaced and only time will tell if those pieces are better, worse or about the same as those they replaced.
Diehard fan I might be, but I don't think Greinke and Upton would be enough to offset the loss of Hamilton, Young and Napoli. Two of the three, maybe. But not all three.
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For two weeks, Rangers fans have been expecting something BIG. For two weeks, the media has been expecting something BIG.
Of course, the Rangers front office doesn't listen to the fans and the media, at least not in the trade speculation department. Nope, they go out and do what they do and think strictly about making the team better.
So in the midst of every Rangers fan saying, besides a top of the rotation pitcher, that Texas needs help on offense, Jon Daniels went out and got a new catcher who was hitting for a lower batting average than the one they designated for assignment. Needless to say, there was a bit of head-scratching going on there.
Following the Rangers 15-8 thumping at the hands of the Angels, Texas announced they had reached an agreement on a trade to bring Geovany Soto over from the Cubs in exchange for AA pitcher Jake Brigham and a player to be named later or cash. Meanwhile, the Rangers designated catcher Yorvit Torrealba for assignment, giving them ten days to trade him or release him.
At first glance it was a head-scratcher. Sure, Torrealba is batting in the low .220's, but Soto is at .195 for the year. As much as the offense has scuffed and sputtered the month of July, where does it make sense to trade for a guy hitting under the Mendoza line?
Here's the deal, though. Soto has more extra base power in his bat. Since there's not that much difference between .195 and .220, you might as well get some pop out of the hits. The front office, though, wasn't even thinking about the offensive numbers. What they saw was a catcher who's better defensively than Torrealba, one who will throw out more runners trying to steal and one who will allow fewer passed balls.
While Torrealba was being praised earlier this season for improving his game-calling, he was proving woefully weak throwing out runners and was even tagged as too nonchalant in going for pitches in the dirt, resulting in passed balls.
It could be this is the only move the Rangers make before the deadline. It won't be from lack of trying. If they fail to land that big pitcher they've reportedly been coveting, it'll be because Jon Daniels is a victim of his own success. So much has been made of the deal Daniels made with the Braves years ago that resulted in Elvis Andrus, Matt Harrison and Neftali Feliz that every team is looking to make that kind of haul for their star players. Daniels, though, is unwilling to part with Jurickson Profar, Mike Olt or Martin Perez to get that TORP. I happen to agree with him. Much as I want Texas to get that Championship on the third try this year, it can't be at a price that could weaken Texas in the long run.
After 3 PM Central Time today, the only deals that can be made involve putting players on revocable waivers. If another team claims them, you can either withdraw the waivers or make a deal. As much as it might have been sacrilege to say it over the past five years, I'm going to offer a bold thought that I could see happening after today. What if the Rangers made Michael Young available through the revocable waiver process? Young is having his worst career year ever and the saber crowd of Rangers fans has been yelling for his departure. If someone claims Young, they work out a deal that includes pitching. Meanwhile, the Rangers bring Olt and his power bat up from AA for the stretch.
Trading Young outright before the deadline today would probably rile the non-saber fan base too much. Make it a waiver deal, when most fans understand a lot of roster people are put on revocable waivers every year and it might make it more palatable to the base.
Hey, it may never happen, but it would be a bold move on the part of the front office. At the same time, I'm bracing myself for possibility that Geovany Soto is going to be the only "big" move this year.
Best Game Of The Year
Rangers win! But first, a message to the losing pitcher:
Sometimes you win games you're supposed to lose. Sometimes you lose games you're supposed to win. Wade Miley of the Arizona Diamondbacks was most assuredly in the latter statement Wednesday night. Miley stymied the Rangers through seven innings, giving up only two hits over seven innings and with only 72 pitches. Miley was superb, but was unfortunate enough to be squaring off against the Rangers Matt Harrison.
Harry wasn't nearly as good as Miley, but he didn't give up any runs either over 7 1/3 innings. Harrison now has a 16 1/3 inning scoreless streak.
It was becoming more and more apparent the game was probably going to be decided by the bullpens, as both pitchers threw goose egg after goose egg. But it was Miley who finally cracked.
The third time through the line-up, it was looking like the Rangers were getting better at bats against the Diamondbacks rookie. Ian Kinsler fouled off a number of pitches before flying out to end the sixth. Josh Hamilton got just the Rangers second hit in the 7th and Michael Young ended the inning with a fly to the warning track in right. Still, Miley didn't crack.
Finally in the 8th, Mike Napoli coaxed a walk from Miley, the first he had given up since May 26th. Yorvit Torrealba laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to send Napoli to second. Following a Nelson Cruz pinch-hit strikeout (once it got to 0-2, you just knew Cruz would swing and miss at the third pitch and he obliged), Craig Gentry hit a screaming liner to third that glanced off Ryan Roberts' glove and plated Napoli with the only run of the game.
Joe Nathan was nails in the ninth. Paul Goldschmidt worked an eight-pitch at bat against Nathan, only to strike out swinging. Jason Kubel followed and worked Nathan for another eight pitches before succumbing to a called third strike. A fly ball to center ended it. It was the Rangers' second 1-0 victory of the season.
I've seen games where the Rangers weren't hitting against pitchers they usually don't have any problems with and games where they didn't hit against pitchers they shouldn't have a problem with. This game they weren't hitting against a pitcher who was just pitching a superb game. The team I love won the game, but I feel for the losing pitcher. He deserved much more than an "L" in the box score for the game he pitched.
Easily the best game of the season from a drama standpoint.
Spare Parts
When you talk about the first World Series run by the Rangers, the names that come to mind are Josh Hamilton, American League MVP; Cliff Lee, mid-season acquisition and Yankee Killer in the ALCS; Michael Young, the long-time "Face" of the franchise; and Nelson Cruz, who can carry a team on his back for two-week stretches, including the playoffs.
Those players deservedly got a lot of the press, but another key to the Rangers first run to the pennant were the spare parts. Jarrod Saltalamacchia went on the DL after just two games. Enter last-minute Spring Training acquisition Matt Treanor. Treanor held down the fort so well until the July acquisition of Bengie Molina, Saltalamacchia never again wore a Rangers uniform. Salty was optioned to AAA after coming off the DL, then went to the Red Sox in a September deal.
The Rangers had a winning record during Nelson Cruz' three trips to the DL in 2010, thanks to the emergence of David Murphy as a viable 4th outfielder. Murphy remains an integral piece of the Rangers today, though speculation grows he'll become part of a deal sometime this summer.
Ian Kinsler also had two DL stints in 2010. Again, Texas survived just fine, especially in mid-August when Andres Blanco filled in for 19 games and hit .333 with 8 doubles and .818 OPS, playing sterling defense as well.
The pitching staff also had its moments. Rich Harden and Scott Feldman, expected to be the top two rotation pieces, never panned out. It was new acquisition Colby Lewis and CJ Wilson, moving from the bullpen to the starting rotation, who helped keep the Rangers above-board until the trade for Cliff Lee. Likewise, the bullpen got a boost when Alexi Ogando was recalled from Oklahoma City. All Ogando did was earn wins in his first three relief appearances and ended up being the Rangers 7th inning go-to guy.
The pattern repeated itself in 2011. When center fielder Julio Borbon went down in May with an injury, Endy Chavez was called up from Round Rock, hit .301 in 83 games and banished Borbon to the minors, where he remains today. Ogando again served as a vital piece, this time moving into the starting rotation when off-season signee Brandon Webb proved not ready to go out of Spring Training. Ogando thrived as a starter, making the All-Star team. Yorvit Torrealba was expected to be the primary catcher, until Mike Napoli had an offensive year that nobody saw coming.
The stars propel teams, but the spare parts are often the ones that give winning teams the extra edge. The previous 400 words were all written with Robbie Ross in mind.
Just a year ago today, Ross was pitching for High-A Myrtle Beach. The Rangers 2nd round draft pick in 2008, Ross compiled a 9-4 record with a 2.26 ERA as a starter to earn a late season promotion to AA Frisco. In 6 games with Frisco, Ross was 1-1 with a 2.61 ERA. Those stats earned Ross an invite to big league camp for Spring Training in 2012.
Ross was expected to do what most rookies his age (21) do. Stick around big league camp for a couple of weeks, mop up a few games, then return to minor league camp, where he would most likely start the season at Frisco, maybe Round Rock if he was lucky.
Ross, however, didn't recognize his long odds. He just did what he'd been doing since being drafted. He threw strikes. Because he threw strikes, he got outs. There were veteran southpaws in the Rangers camp this year, looking to fill the role vacated by Darren Oliver when he departed for the Blue Jays, chief among them Joe Beimel. He didn't pitch badly, but a late camp injury ended his chances. Michael Kirkman, who contributed key late-season innings in 2010 but slipped in 2011, was another prime candidate. Kirkman struggled from the outset and has continued to struggle at Round Rock in 2012.
By the time Spring Training was over, Ross had leap-frogged everyone and earned a spot on the Rangers roster. He was expected to be brought around slowly, used in mop-up roles to get his feet wet. Most thought Ross would just hold down the fort until the Rangers either re-signed Mike Gonzalez or traded for another lefty in the pen.
All Ross has done is succeed, in whatever role the Rangers have asked him. Sunday, he was asked to replace another famous spare part, Alexi Ogando. Ogando, who was made a starter again when Derek Holland went on the DL, threw three hitless innings, then strained his groin legging out a bunt single that was supposed to be just a sacrifice bunt. Ross came in and this time threw four innings of 1-hit ball at the Giants and earning the victory. Ross is now 6-0 with a 1.30 ERA. If Ogando goes on the disabled list, Ross could be the Rangers starter this Saturday against the Astros.
Not bad for someone who wasn't even projected to be in the big leagues until next year at the earliest. Let's hear it for spare parts!
Playing Tight
Wow, is this team playing tight or what?
Even the Rangers know it. Following Saturday night's 3-2 loss to the Angels, the team held a closed-door meeting to talk about it, and it's no wonder. Saturday's game was a microcosm of everything that's been wrong in Rangers Land over the past three weeks.
Runners in scoring position? Can't cash 'em in. Bad defense? Where do I begin? In this case, the pitching was good, maybe even more than good. Certainly it was good enough to win and should have been good enough to win but in the end, it wasn't.
All you need to know about this tightness Texas is playing with appeared in the 7th inning of a 1-1 game. After the Rangers tied the game at one in the top of the 7th, Erick Aybar led off the bottom of the 7th with a bunt single Yu Darvish couldn't come up with cleanly. Personal opinion was the scorekeeper was generous in giving Aybar the hit. If Darvish fielded it cleanly, I think he would've been out at first. Mistake #1. Aybar proceeded to steal second. Mike Trout then hit a ground ball past a running Aybar to Elvis Andrus at short. Had Andrus thrown to first, Trout would have been out. Instead, Andrus decided to complain loudly when the umpire ruled Aybar hadn't been hit by the batted ball. Andrus apparently thought the ball had clipped Aybar's jersey. Whether it had or not is immaterial. Andrus should have thrown to first for the out, then complained about Aybar. Mistake #2. Trout then stole second to put runners on second and third with nobody out. Alberto Callaspo then singled to right, plating Aybar and making it a 2-1 game and sending Trout to third. A walk to Albert Pujols loaded the bases and ended the night for Darvish. Koji Uehara came on to face Kendrys Morales, who lofted a fly ball to right. Trout tagged and came home. The throw to the plate appeared in time to get the out, Yorvit Torrealba turned and applied the tag and th umpire ruled he didn't get the tag in before Trout crossed the plate with the third run. Torrealba was livid, was ejected rightly for his tantrum and may face a suspension for his actions. Mistake #3.
I saw the replay several times and while I thought Trout indeed was out at the plate, I also know it was such a close call you can't say definitively the ump got it wrong. Just no excuse for Torrealba to go off like that after the play, but it said a lot about how little things have been mounting on this team for a while and it took something like this to release the pressure valve and get this team playing again the way they're capable of playing. Maybe Aybar would have made it a 2-1 game regardless of the Trout at bat, but if Elvis had done his job, Trout never would have been in position to score that third run, which proved to be the decisive one.
Texas can still take some positives out of Saturday's loss. They became the first team to score a run off of Scott Downs this season, even if it was of the unearned variety, keeping Downs' ERA at 0.00. And they became the first American League team to get a hit off of Ernesto Frieri in 14.1 innings of work, when Mike Napoli got a clean single to lead off the 9th. At the same time, seeing Josh Hamilton strike out with the bases loaded in the top of the 9th was as disheartening to me as David Freese's walk-off in Game 6 of last year's World Series.
I'm sure all these things were discussed in that closed-door meeting following the game last night, as well as a few things I'm not even aware of. Hopefully, this club plays with a renewed focus this afternoon, because the focus hasn't been there for a few weeks now.
Two In A Row
Following the 13-inning thriller that was Saturday's game against the Blue Jays, the Rangers did something they haven't done in 15 days- won two games in a row. If they win tomorrow, it will be their first winning streak since April 21st, over a month ago.
That's the good news. The bad news is, here come the Angels.
The Los Angelenos who no longer wish to be associated with the city of Anaheim in name have now won five in a row, Albert Pujols is hitting again, and they've now leaped into second place in the West. Yes, they're still a sub-.500 team. Yes, the gap is still 6 1/2 games. But the Angels hot streak puts into perspective the chance the Rangers squandered over the past couple of weeks playing, in essence, treading water baseball. Just two more wins over the past two weeks and we'd be talking about an 8 1/2 game lead.
What it boils down to is, these last two wins have been nice, but my boys still have to keep their feet on the gas and take no prisoners else they find themselves in more of a dogfight a month from now.
That being said, today's win was sweet, if only because it had the makings of a heartbreaking loss for the longest time. After getting out to a 2-0 lead, the Blue Jays scored four times in the top of the 6th to take the lead. Uh oh, I said. Here we go again. I've seen too much of this over the past few weeks.
Then the Rangers came back in the bottom of the 6th. Big time. Back to back to back home runs with two outs from the bottom third of the batting order: Nelson Cruz, Yorvit Torrealba and Mitch Moreland. All of a sudden it was 5-4 Rangers.
The Jays would tie it in the 7th and there it remained stuck until the 13th. In that time, the Rangers twice had the bases loaded and could not score. For five consecutive innings, they got the lead-off batter on and could not score. It was disheartening. When the Jays finally broke through with two runs in the top of the 13th, I was resigned to another loss. And angry too. Here Texas was playing a team who already had a tired bullpen, having sent Brandon Morrow to the showers in the first inning Friday night, and they couldn't take advantage in an extra inning game. It was not quite as disgusting as Wednesday's pitiful performance against Kevin Millwood on Wednesday, but it was close.
Then a miracle. Bottom of the 13th, trailing 7-5, Ian Kinsler led off with a walk. Elvis Andrus, who had three sacrifice bunts on the day, this time was allowed to swing away and he did to the tune of a double that plated Kinsler and brought Josh Hamilton to the plate. Hambone ended the game with his third career walk-off homer and Texas had an 8-7 win.
After the game, Hamilton would be given oxygen and an IV to treat dehydration, making him iffy for the afternoon game on Sunday.
Friday night's game was a laugher all the way. Kinsler started the game off right by working a 13-pitch walk out of Brandon Morrow. Kinsler was also the last batter Morrow faced. Unfortunately for him, it was the second time he'd faced him in the first. After 40+ pitches, Morrow was pulled and there was still an out to go in the first, with the Rangers up 6-0. By the time it was all over, Nelson Cruz became the second Ranger with 8 RBI's in a game this season and Texas had a 14-3 win.
For the first time in over a month, the Rangers have a chance at a sweep this weekend with Yu Darvish getting the ball for the finale. Thanks to today, I'm starting to believe in the magic again.
Six Feet Under
A couple of days ago, I tweeted that it WILL get harder but I like seeing my team at the top of the hole looking down while my main competition is looking up from 4 1/2 feet in the hole.
Now the hole is six feet deep. Again, I have no expectation it will always be this way, but it sure is sweet.
The Angels are proving to have a significantly shallower bullpen than the Rangers. So far, even the starting pitching for Texas has been superior to the vaunted Angels staff. Texas starters have yet to lose a game (8-0 at this point) and the Rangers lead the majors in run differential, although the 15 run beatdown of the Red Sox Tuesday has a lot to do with that.
You could make the case the Rangers have feasted on the White Sox, Mariners and Twins. While that is part of the story, the other part is the Angels are losing to the Twins, the A's and the Royals. Beat the teams you should, break even against the rest is the recipe for a pennant. The Angels aren't beating the teams they should and the Rangers are.
What's scary to think about- this Rangers team hasn't even hit its stride offensively, but it's starting to come around. Just days ago, Mike Napoli was hitting .118. In just three games, he's hit four home runs and a double and upped his average into the .270's. Nelson Cruz and Elvis Andrus have yet to get going. The Rangers running attack has actually been pretty dismal thus far. Ian Kinsler has been caught stealing two of three times, plus he got picked off first last night. Craig Gentry is 0-1 stealing. The Rangers as a team have only four steals in 12 games, and two of those belong to Yorvit Torrealba and Adrian Beltre.
Without a doubt, the starting pitching won't continue to be this good. Oh, they'll be good, but they're throwing quality starts out there at a level I don't think can be sustained over the long haul. But the offense still has room for growth.
Texas is now 5-0 on the road. The only better start by a Rangers team in road games was 23 years ago, when they started 6-0. They have a chance to match that record tonight when they visit the Tigers in Detroit with Yu Darvish getting the ball for the opener.
Texas has a 4-game rematch of the ALCS with the Tigers this weekend. The Angels play the A's at home tonight, followed by three games at home against the Orioles. If Texas ends this week with a larger lead than they have now, the Angels could be in a heap of trouble, even if it is only April.
The Darvish Diary: 1st TV Game
For the first time this spring, a chance to see the Rangers on TV. With Yu Darvish taking the mound, no less.
The DVR was set, I got home from work, hit the play button… and wasted two hours watching bad Spring Training baseball.
Oh, there were some good things to be sure. Yorvit Torrealba cut down two Indians trying to steal in the first inning. Texas plated six runs in the 3rd inning. But the overall pitching for the Rangers? Thank goodness this was just an exhibition game, because it was reminding me of many of the Rangers games in the 80's I used to suffer through.
Yu Darvish's second start in a Texas uniform didn't go as well as the first. Darvish had no fastball command the entire afternoon and walked four batters in only three innings of work. Giving up only two runs in three innings of work was a bit of good fortune, aided by Torrealba's throwing in the first inning and a fortuitous double play that kept the third from exploding into something terrible.
If that had been the worst of it, I could live with it. But no, each of the next three Rangers pitchers proceeded to stink up the joint as well. Koji Uehara didn't give up a home run this time, but the one double he gave up would have been had it been six inches higher. Uehara gave up two runs and walked two (he walked nine all of last season). Joe Beimel looked sharp early, but lost his groove and gave up two more runs in the 5th, as the Rangers 7-0 lead was now down to 7-6. Mike Adams followed in the 6th, allowed a hit, hit a batter, loaded the bases on a perfectly placed sac bunt and eventually gave up two more runs, putting the Tribe on top 8-7.
The only really good pitcher I saw the whole afternoon for Texas was rookie Robbie Ross. The ERA leader for Class A Myrtle Beach a year ago, Ross continued an outstanding spring by doing what every pitcher before him struggled to do- throw strikes. Ross looked fearless out on the mound and made short work of the three batters he faced.
Texas would come back to tie the game in the 9th and the game ended in a tie after 10.
So far this spring, Texas has looked pretty good in the early innings but has let several leads get away. As they say, it's only Spring Training and the games don't mean anything.
Still, I would like to see more success from the pitchers than I've been seeing so far.
The Kids Are Alright
Five days later…
As a fan, the sting of losing Game 7 is gone. Sure, it's disappointing. I told a Cardinals fan I know that Game 6 made me feel like Charlie Brown, with Lucy pulling the football back at the last second. Twice. I still can't quite find the desire to turn on a lot of Sports Talk radio, for fear of hearing pundits lay into my Rangers for the way they let this one get away, but I still have a wife who loves me (most of the time), children and grandchildren who love me (most of the time) and two dogs that love me all of the time (as long as I walk them and feed them), so life is good.
The off-season has begun and with it, the makeover of the Texas Rangers to put them in the best position possible to make yet another assault on a World Series Championship. Honestly, this may be as boring an off-season for Rangers fans as there will be.
Here's the big drama: Will CJ Wilson be back and will the Rangers succeed in signing Japanese phenom pitcher Yu Darvish? Other than that, anything else that would happen to this Rangers team will qualify as a surprise.
Wilson is the only free agent of note for Texas. According to an ESPN.com report, CJ says there's a "great chance" he'll return to the Texas fold in 2012. Other reports have said the Rangers plan to cut ties with the lefty and proceed heavily towards getting Darvish in the fold. In this case, I'll trust CJ's actual words for now. Who knows, maybe both Wilson and Darvish will be part of the 2012 rotation. The Rangers are also said to be one of the favorites to get Darvish, a 25-year-old who compiled a 1.44 ERA in the Orient this past season.
I read something interesting today concerning Darvish and Japanese pitchers in general. Over in Japan, apparently, they still stick with a 4-man rotation instead of the stateside five. Darvish is said to have as many as ten different pitches at his disposal. The interesting point made was comparing Darvish to Daisuke Matsusaka. The article (in Baseball Prospectus) said when the Red Sox got Daisuke, they made him whittle his repertoire down to five pitches. It went on to speculate the combination of this and giving him four days rest between starts instead of the three he was used to could help explain Matsusaka's underwhelming Red Sox career. If so, it will be interesting to see if the Rangers treat Darvish differently than the Red Sox did Daisuke (assuming the Rangers get Darvish, of course).
Texas exercised the option in Colby Lewis' contract, as well as reliever Yoshi Tateyama. The latter signing could mean the end of the road in Texas for Darren O'Day, who is a sidearming righty like Tateyama (albeit with much more zip on the ball).
There will be some arbitration battles coming up. Obviously, Mike Napoli is going to garner a huge payday whether it goes to an arbitrator or not. There could be speculation the Rangers will cut ties with Yorvit Torrealba thanks to Napoli's strong season. Torrealba is only going to be making a little over $3 million in 2012, so I have a feeling they'll keep him.
Other than that, this team is pretty set. Most players are under contract already. There could be some second tier players released, like Endy Chavez, Matt Treanor and Andres Blanco, but those won't change the makeup of this team very much.
Speculation has been raised about the rangers going after Prince Fielder or Albert Pujols to fill the one weak spot on the field, first base. I just don't think Texas is going to get involved in those high dollars, preferring to use them on pitchers like Wilson and Darvish.
There are other items I could throw out there, but all in all, this shouldn't be as dramatic an off-season as last year was.


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TiVo Decode Manager v1.0 Automates TiVo's Cracked DRM on Macs
Categories: Copyright • DMCA-like Laws • DRM Arms Race • DRM Circumvention • DRM-Free Services • Fair Use/Dealing • Piracy
This was inevitable. I didn't expect it so soon.
Within days of TiVo's DRM being cracked, someone has automated the rather difficult to use TiVo Decode Manager and created an easy to use TiVo2Go application, without DRM, on Apple computers. The software automatically discovers local TiVos. With one mouse click shows are downloaded from the TiVo, DRM-free, to the Mac by episode, recorded date etc. The resultant Mpeg-2 files still need to be converted to a PC-usable format such as .wmv using a program like VLC. My guess is that it won't be long before the end-to-end process is fully automated.
Dale's Comment: I foresee TiVo-released DMCA take-down notices being sent to whoever controls thebenesch.com (the site hosting the program) in the near future!
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Lightroom 1.3 now communicates with FlickrPosted by Cedric in Photography, software
As previously announced on this site, Adobe released earlier this week, Lightroom 1.3 as well as Camera Raw 4.3.
At the same time Adobe Labs offers a public prerelease of its Software Development Kit (SDK) Lightroom 1.3 export. This kit allow developers to enable communication with Lightroom 1.3 and 3rd party tools, web sites and devices. More plugins will certainly available soon on Lightroom Exchange site.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.3 Export SDK comes with two very useful plugins:
- FTP Export
- Flickr Upload.
Once dowloaded and uncompressed, plugin modules have to be installed on your computer on locations where Lightroom can find and load them.
Windows XP: ..\Documents and Users\username\Application Data\Adobe\Lightroom\Modules
Mac OS: ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Modules
Windows Vista:..\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Modules
I just quickly tried the Flickr upload module and found it easy to use and indeed very convenient as it avoids to export files on a local folder and then upload them using Flickr Uploader page or tools.
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