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3-D printing innovation in engineering
Selkirk College and Austin Engineering worked together to create a 3-D printed model of the proposed Corra Linn dam upgrades
by Jillian Clark — January 05, 2018
Left to right: Ben Marken (Selkirk College), Blair Weston (FortisBC), Roger Austin (Austin Engineering), Darren McElhinney (FortisBC), Mary Austin (Austin Engineering) and Jason Taylor (Selkirk College) — Photo courtesy FortisBC
The Corra Linn dam is due for an upgrade.
The current Corra Linn hydroelectric dam on the Kootenay River was built in 1932. FortisBC owns, operates and maintains the dam. The upgrade will include replacing 14 spillway gates and reinforcing the existing structure. The project is expected to be completed by 2021 with a total cost of $63 million.
To showcase the scope of the project, it is important to note that the dam does more than generate electicity for Fortis.
"In addition to power generation, the Corra Linn dam plays a critical role in controlling the reservoir levels in Kootenay Lake, which protects people, habitat and communities downstream from floods," said Tanya Laing Gahr, corporate communications advisor at FortisBC. The new gates will meet new seismic criteria as well. "By investing in upgrades, FortisBC can make sure legacy infrastructure like the Corra Linn dam continue to operate safely, reliably and at the lowest reasonable cost to our customers for years to come," said Laing Gahr.
Creating a 3-D printed model of Corra Linn
Austin Engineering Ltd. (AEL) has worked with FortisBC in the Kootenays in the past
"We had been experimenting with 3-D printed modelling," said Mary Austin, director of business development at Austin Engineering. It started with the City of Cranbrook's Idlewild dam in 2016; AEL was contracted to work on the dam. Although 3-D modelling was not in the scope of the work for that project, AEL decided to test its uses.
Over the course of the project, AEL learned what a valuable tool 3-D printed models could be.
Clean Energy BC awarded Selkirk College and Austin Engineering the Operational Excellence award for their work. — Photo courtesy FortisBC
"We were able to save quite a lot of money because we were able to test multiple designs," said Austin. Saving money also saved time because AEL was able to engage with its clients at the design stage.
"We knew something was working, so we wanted to improve the quality of the printing," Austin said. AEL approached Selkirk College's applied research school, specifically the digital fabrication program. AEL had already worked with engineering co-op students in the past. Seeing the benefits for 3-D printed models in engineering, the company hired Ben Marken as its first co-op student from the digital fabrication program.
FortisBC was eager to work with both AEL and Selkirk College to create a 3-D printed model of its upgraded dam design.
"We have a very special relationship with Selkirk College," said Laing Gahr. Almost half of Fortis's Kootenay-based employees attended the college. "We have spent many years nurturing the relationship as part of our focus on strong community connections in the places we operate," she said.
Benefits of 3-D modelling
FortisBC wanted to upgrade the gates but also wanted a tool for stakeholder engagement that they could bring into the community to help the community understand the dam.
"This tool provides us with real-time modelling of the Corra Linn dam against numerous factors, which is a powerful tool in portraying project concepts and details to diverse audiences," said Laing Gahr.
The audience includes FortisBC staff, contractors working on the project, regulators and those providing permits, community members and stakeholders.
"It's a valuable tool to cost effectively and quickly answer questions about these structures," Austin said, whether those questions concerned project planning, stakeholder engagement, long-term planning or operational costs. "There were traditional methods to getting to some of these answers, but they were prohibitively expensive."
Traditional methods also required much more time, while AEL completed the model much more quickly. "Everyone was impressed by the final product," Austin said.
Commencing Phase 2
"The spillway gates are required to comply with new seismic criteria established by industry standards, guidelines and regulation," said Laing Gahr. The dam structure is already prepared to withstand a maximum occurrence, but the gates need to withstand a serious occurrence. "Upgrading to these new standards will make sure the spillway gates still operate following the occurrence of the maximum earthquake this area could experience."
Phase 2 of the project will address these seismic requirements. With the help of UBC Okanagan's Structural Engineering department, FortisBC and AEL will test and analyze their 3-D models with a water pump on a seismic shake table.
"It's very practical research that has real effects for everyone involved," said Austin. "It's very exciting. We are at the preliminary stages at this point, but going forward, this is something that dam owners are looking at throughout North America."
Clean Energy BC Operational Excellence Award
Selkirk College and Austin Engineering won the Clean Energy BC Operational Excellence award that was presented at the Clean Energy BC Generate 2017 Conference in Vancouver on November 27.
"When we started this project, we had no idea it would be so successful, let alone recognized," said Austin. "We really appreciate it, and it's a great recognition for the work that Selkirk is doing at their digital fabrication program. I think it will add a lot of momentum to the second phase of the project."
FortisBC, Austin Engineering and Selkirk College are excited about the attention the award brings to the practical uses of 3-D printed modelling in engineering. FortisBC is especially excited about the innovation the project represents.
"This represents our focus on collaborating with educational institutions like Selkirk College in a way that fosters strong regional relationships, encourages innovation and helps develop future FortisBC employees who demonstrate progressive, out-of-the-box thinking," said Laing Gahr.
As FortisBC, Selkirk College and Austin Engineering continue to showcase the benefits of 3-D printed modelling, other companies are watching closely. Stay tuned to see the results of Phase 2's seismic testing.
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Rory is President & CEO of Ethos Specialty. He joined Ethos Specialty at inception in 2017 having formerly served as President of Ascot Underwriting, US, since 2009. Rory began his career in primary insurance in 1982, moving in 1986 into the reinsurance space serving in senior management positions at National Re, Gen Re and CNA Re, before becoming the founding CEO of MGU, DirectFac, in 2004.


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Sam Steel (* 3. Februar 1998 in Edmonton, Alberta) ist ein kanadischer Eishockeyspieler, der seit August 2022 bei den Minnesota Wild aus der National Hockey League (NHL) unter Vertrag steht und dort auf der Position des Centers spielt. Zuvor war Steel vier Jahre in der Organisation der Anaheim Ducks aktiv, die ihn im NHL Entry Draft 2016 ausgewählt hatten.

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Steel spielte in seiner Jugend für eine Reihe von Nachwuchsmannschaften in Sherwood Park, einem Vorort von Edmonton. Im Jahre 2013 wählten ihn die Regina Pats im Bantam Draft der Western Hockey League (WHL) an zweiter Position aus, sodass er für das Team ab dem Ende der Saison 2013/14 in der ranghöchsten Juniorenliga der Region auflief. In seinen ersten beiden Spielzeiten etablierte sich der Center als regelmäßiger Scorer und nahm in der Folge am CHL Top Prospects Game teil, bevor ihn die Anaheim Ducks im NHL Entry Draft 2016 an 30. Stelle berücksichtigten. Anschließend steigerte er seine persönliche Statistik deutlich, so verzeichnete er in der Spielzeit 2016/17 in 66 Spielen 50 Tore und 81 Vorlagen für 131 Scorerpunkte. Damit führte der Kanadier nicht nur die WHL an und erhielt somit die Bob Clarke Trophy, sondern übertraf auch alle Spieler der gesamten Canadian Hockey League, sodass ihm der CHL Top Scorer Award zuteilwurde. Darüber hinaus ehrte man ihn als WHL-Spieler des Jahres mit der Four Broncos Memorial Trophy und berief ihn ins WHL East First All-Star Team. Unterdessen erreichte er mit den Pats das Playoff-Finale um den Ed Chynoweth Cup, unterlag dort allerdings den Seattle Thunderbirds.

An diese Leistungen konnte Steel im Folgejahr 2017/18 nicht anknüpfen, so verzeichnete er 83 Punkte in 54 Spielen. Jedoch nahm er mit Regina als gastgebende Mannschaft am Memorial Cup 2018 teil, bei dem der Mittelstürmer die Scorerliste anführte, daher mit der Ed Chynoweth Trophy ausgezeichnet und darüber hinaus mit der Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy als Most Valuable Player des Turniers geehrt wurde. Mit den Pats erreichte er dabei abermals das Endspiel, musste jedoch gegen die Titan d'Acadie-Bathurst eine 0:3-Finalniederlage hinnehmen.

Im Rahmen der Vorbereitung auf die Saison 2018/19 erspielte sich Steel schließlich einen Platz im Aufgebot der Anaheim Ducks, die ihn bereits im Dezember 2016 mit einem Einstiegsvertrag ausgestattet hatten. In der Folge debütierte er Anfang Oktober 2018 in der National Hockey League (NHL), verbrachte jedoch den Großteil der Spielzeit bei Anaheims Farmteam, den San Diego Gulls aus der American Hockey League (AHL). In der Saison 2019/20 etablierte sich der Angreifer schließlich in der NHL. Nach der Saison 2021/22 jedoch wurde sein auslaufender Vertrag nicht verlängert, sodass er sich im August 2022 als Free Agent den Minnesota Wild anschloss.

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Auf internationaler Ebene sammelte Steel im Rahmen der World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2014 im November erste Erfahrungen, wobei das Team den siebten Platz belegte. Auf U18-Niveau nahm er am Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2015 teil, bei dem die kanadische Auswahl die Goldmedaille errang, bevor in dieser Altersstufe keine weiteren Einsätze folgten. Anschließend vertrat der Angreifer die kanadische U20-Nationalmannschaft bei der U20-Weltmeisterschaft 2018 und gewann dort mit dem Team ebenfalls die Goldmedaille.

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 2015 Goldmedaille beim Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
 2018 Goldmedaille bei der U20-Weltmeisterschaft

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Stand: Ende der Saison 2021/22

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 World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2014 (November)
 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2015
 U20-Weltmeisterschaft 2018

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Balvin pulled out of the show Wednesday, and said Trump, who owns the Miss Universe Organization in a joint venture with NBCUniversal, went too far.
"It was going to be my first performance on national [mainstream] television," the singer told Billboard from his residence in Medellín, Colombia.
Among other issues discussed during his June 16 presidential announcement, Trump addressed international trade and problems with immigration.
"They're laughing at us, at our stupidity. And now they are beating us economically," he said. "They are not our friend, believe me. But they're killing us economically.
Balvin was reportedly "shocked" by the statements, and immediately pulled out of the show.
The American Spanish language TV network Univision has also announced it is ending its business relationship with the Miss Universe organization, according to NBC News, following Trump's remarks.
A Fox News poll released Wednesday shows Trump is now in second place, only behind former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, as a favorite to grab the Republican nomination.
The Miss USA pageant is scheduled to air on NBC on July 12.


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Morphlabs Raises $5M in Series C Funding
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Published on September 6, 2011 August 20, 2013 By FinSMEs
Morphlabs, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of converged Dynamic Infrastructure solutions for the Enterprise, has raised $5m in Series C funding.
The round was led by strategic partners BBT of Japan and a private, Indonesia-based investor group.
The company intends to use the funds to to grow its team and expand in the ASEAN region as well as in North America.
Additional funding will be raised to continue to expand in the ASEAN region and in Europe.
Founded in 2007 and led by CEO Winston Damarillo, Morphlabs provides its The mCloud Data Center Unit (DCU) solution, which is designed to allow enterprises to control their cloud infrastructure with no capital expenditure.
The company has operations in the Philippines, Japan and Australia.
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Mirai (2018)
Dan Hamman November 02, 2018 anime, Featured, Mamoru Hosoda, reviews
Awash with wondrous fantasy as it is with acutely observed drama, Mirai is a distilled blend served by an assured hand.
Following the arrival of his newborn sister, 4-year-old Kun is beset with confusion and jealousy. No attempt to distract his parents with cuteness or hit Mirai in the head with toy trains is enough to turn the spotlights back on him. As his parents are wedged into reversed roles, their modern home is no longer Kun's castle, he is unsettled, but after a tantrum in the courtyard, he is thrust into a dizzying fantasy realm.
Rather than Wonderland, this unfixed place is built of sprawling memories of others in the family. He begins to discover its use to him, the inexorable ties binding him to this past, and an older girl who seems incredibly familiar.
Intimate in scale, the film draws a portrait of the young family establishing their own branch on the family tree with observations that are unsentimental, funny and relatable. As Kun's literal interactions with the past and future lead him to wondrous discoveries, such as the fact that his mother was once his age, he approaches a great humbling.
The simplicity of the structure allows space for cutting and honest observations to play out steadily and escalate naturally. A self-satisfied yet clueless aproned husband struggling to cook a simple meal, the slapstick and one-sided rivalry between the young children, and even how the now dethroned dog figures into it all are presented at a distance, invitations for us to observe.
The ability to flit between cartoony moments and those that feel like sketchbook observations come to life is something director Mamoru Hosoda carries with apparent ease. In this restrained arena, he is as concerned with making domesticity as transporting as lush flights of fantasy, and as much as comparisons of Hosoda to Hayao Miyazaki are often misguided, perhaps in this sense, Mirai is analogous to Totoro in the film's confidently sparse list of ingredients.
Eschewing traditional narrative, Hosoda seems much more concerned with other things, like the magic trick of capturing things one might get for 'free' in live action such as the fading of breath on a window, subtle dancing shadows and exquisite observations of toddler's movement. In this considering of the film's craft, there are parallels with the manner in which Isao Takahata depicted the everyday, with a hint of the photographic flourishes found in Makoto Shinkai's films. However, bolstered by this poetic attention to detail, what could be a plain story hums with life.
A tradition of family dramas is something to which Hosoda's films have always carried a kinship, so it is perhaps no surprise to learn he has a mutual admirer in the live-action director Hirokazu Koreeda, whose light, borderline documentary touch seems to be an influence in the arrangement of certain moments, such as the saga of Kun determined to overcome that most gargantuan hurdle, learning to ride a bike. It's a set piece crafted with wit, innovation and it carries weight without the clunking gears of plot impeding on its simple charm. These parts are where the film shines, the fantasy isn't as much a destination as it is a vehicle to moments that seek to capture the purity of memory and experience. Even the films' fantastical finale is built of imagery in a way that is truly surrealist, a twisted and misremembered reality that is about how it feels to be lost, with half-remembered snapshots of reality that feel unsettling because of their uncanny construction.
Mirai eschews convention and follows its own whims, gracefully reaching a quiet yet resonant landing point without a heavy full stop. Its carefully and truthfully observed poeticism makes it a lyrical work of steady ambition.
FORMAT: Theatrical. FROM: 🇬🇧 ANIME LTD 🇺🇸 GKIDS FILMS [NOVEMBER 29] RATING: PG RUNNING TIME: 1hr 38 Minutes


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Let the memory of Jenny be with us forever.
Born on May 18, 1935 in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.
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I love the rain, specially in summer. The winter rain is good too, but my favorite is the summer rain. The fat drops of rain hitting the ground and giving that sweet smell when the dry ground is absorbing the water for the first time. There is a sense of freshness in the air and the world looks like it's been refreshed. Washed anew in the rain water. Usually there are thunderstorms accompanying the summer rains and though they are noisy but I like to witness them as well.
As for the gentle drizzle, that is the winter rain, it is sometimes so gentle that we can stroll out and enjoy while it is falling. There rain in winter brings cooler weather but it also clears the air of all the dust and pollution. My favorite thing to do while it is raining is to sit in a place where I can watch the rainfall and snack on something. Or a hot cup of chocolate will do the trick.
What about you! Do you love the rain or hate it!
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I love the rain as well! Just not for several days in a row. 🙂 Good post!
That's true. It gets boring then.
I start missing the sun.
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Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. lowered its position in shares of Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) by 10.2% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 22,114 shares of the business services provider's stock after selling 2,512 shares during the period. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co.'s holdings in Waste Management were worth $2,298,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Washington Trust Bank acquired a new stake in Waste Management during the 1st quarter worth about $28,000. Larson Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Waste Management during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Executive Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Waste Management during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. We Are One Seven LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Waste Management during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Finally, Altshuler Shaham Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Waste Management during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.74% of the company's stock.
In other Waste Management news, Director Patrick W. Gross sold 365 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $93.03, for a total value of $33,955.95. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 53,058 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,935,985.74. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, SVP Tara J. Hmmer sold 472 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.81, for a total value of $46,638.32. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 17,208 shares in the company, valued at $1,700,322.48. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 4,092 shares of company stock valued at $402,648 in the last 90 days. 0.14% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus raised shares of Waste Management from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Monday. UBS Group lowered shares of Waste Management from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and upped their target price for the stock from $103.00 to $106.00 in a report on Thursday, April 4th. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on shares of Waste Management from $95.00 to $108.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, February 15th. KeyCorp began coverage on shares of Waste Management in a report on Monday, February 4th. They issued an "overweight" rating and a $96.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Waste Management from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, January 19th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. The company currently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $101.71.
Shares of WM opened at $104.65 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 0.85. The company has a market cap of $44.28 billion, a PE ratio of 24.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.67. Waste Management, Inc. has a 12-month low of $79.96 and a 12-month high of $105.68.
Waste Management (NYSE:WM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 14th. The business services provider reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $3.84 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.78 billion. Waste Management had a return on equity of 29.43% and a net margin of 12.91%. The business's revenue was up 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.85 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Waste Management, Inc. will post 4.35 earnings per share for the current year.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 8th were issued a $0.5125 dividend. This is a boost from Waste Management's previous quarterly dividend of $0.47. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 7th. This represents a $2.05 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.96%. Waste Management's payout ratio is 48.81%.
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Hannah Gross is currently single and not dating anyone. She seems more focused on her career as of now. Also, in an interview, she claimed that the best piece of advice she ever got was that women should never be seriously involved in dating in their mid-20s.
She has revealed that her celebrity crush is Paul Newman.
1 Who is Hannah Gross?
2 Hannah Gross: Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Childhood, Ethnicity
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5 How much is Hannah Gross worth?
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Who is Hannah Gross?
Hannah Gross is a Canadian actress. Her best-known work is the portrayal of Debbie Mitford, the love interest of one of the three main characters of the Netflix series, 'Mindhunter'.
Hannah Gross: Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Childhood, Ethnicity
Hannah Gross was born in Toronto, Ontario, on September 25, 1990. As of 2020, her age is 29. She was born to parents Martha Burns (mother) and Paul Gross (father). Both of her parents are actors. Her father, Paul is a Canadian actor, producer, director, singer, and writer well-known for his works in 'Due South', 'Passchendaele', 'Slings and Arrows', etc. Her mother, Martha is a Canadian actor best known for her portrayal of Ellen Fanshaw in the series, 'Slings and Arrows'.
She is one of her parents' two children, she has one brother named Jack Gross. She spent her childhood with her family in Toronto. Her ethnicity is Irish, Scottish, German, Canadian.
Education: School/College, University
Talking about her education, she went to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. From there, she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts in Theatre. She minored in Religious Studies.
Hannah Gross: Movies, TV Shows
Hannah Gross actually made her screen debut at the age of 11 in the 2002 movie, Mens with Brooms. She had an uncredited role in the film which was directed by her father and he also played the starring role in the movie.
Her professional acting debut came in 2010. She portrayed Katie in the 1984 play, 'Doc' and also directed 'A Streetcar Named Desire' for the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. A couple of years later, she performed in the 1953 one-act play, 'Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen'.
A year later, she featured in 'I Used to Be Darker'. The same year, she landed the lead role of Lydia Hoffman in the short film, 'Lydia Hoffman'. A year later, she portrayed the lead female character in the film, 'Christmas, Again'.
In 2014, she appeared in the movies, Uncertain Terms, and Beach Week. The next year, she appeared in the movie, Stinking Heaven.
In 2017, Gross starred in the Netflix original drama. 'Mindhunter'. She portrayed Debbie Mitford, the love interest of one of the lead characters, FBI Agent, Holden Ford. The crime thriller web series aired for two seasons but the third has been put on indefinite hold.
She has appeared in a number of movies after Mindhunter including Joker, Tesla, Falling, The Mountain, Her Smell, etc. She has also appeared in other TV series such as 'The Sinner' and 'Deadwax'.
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Hannah Gross has an estimated net worth of around $1 million. There is no information about her salary. On average, an American actress earns around $40k a year.
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Hannah Gross stands at a height of around 5 feet 7 inches. She weighs around 55 kg. Her body measurements for breasts, waist, and hips are 34-25-35 inches. She wears a dress size of 4 (US) and a shoe size of 7.5 (US). Her bra size is 32 B. Her hair color is brown and her eyes are blue in color.
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Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers' households of Israel said to them, "You have nothing in common with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build to the Lord God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us."
Ezra 4:5 and hired counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Ezra 4:6 Now in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
Ezra 4:7 And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the text of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated from Aramaic.
Ezra 4:8 Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows"
Ezra 4:12 let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.
Ezra 4:13 Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom or toll, and it will damage the revenue of the kings.
Ezra 4:15 so that a search may be made in the record books of your fathers. And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and damaging to kings and provinces, and that they have incited revolt within it in past days; therefore that city was laid waste.
Ezra 4:16 We inform the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, as a result you will have no possession in the province beyond the River."
Ezra 4:18 the document which you sent to us has been translated and read before me.
Ezra 4:20 that mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem, governing all the provinces beyond the River, and that tribute, custom and toll were paid to them.
Ezra 4:21 So, now issue a decree to make these men stop work, that this city may not be rebuilt until a decree is issued by me.
Ezra 4:22 Beware of being negligent in carrying out this matter; why should damage increase to the detriment of the kings?"
Ezra 4:23 Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes' document was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by force of arms.
Ezra 4:24 Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.


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And the Brazilian government is to blame, but not entirely. The beef industry in Brazil is responsible for the majority of the destruction happening in the Amazon – right around 70 percent. Trees are clearcut and to make room so that the massive herds of cattle can graze. Researchers at the University of Cambridge estimate that for every 10 percent of the rainforest that is destroyed, we will lose one or two species. On top of that, the livestock industry is responsible for around 30 percent of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions and the increasing importance of this industry is going to make it difficult for the country to meet its commitments to the Paris Agreement in the upcoming year.
However, this is a much larger problem. Brazil exports a large portion of the beef that it produces – the Unites States imports approximately 200 million pounds of beef from the area. This means that we have the ability to fight against the deforestation of the rainforests when we go to the grocery story every day. By choosing a plant-based diet we can help to stop the destruction of our planet's rainforests. The production of meat and dairy products is impacting the environment all over the world, not just in Brazil. Around 14.5 percent of the world's carbon emissions come from the production of livestock and this industry uses just under 50 percent of the global land and 23 percent of the world's fresh water.


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Suarez's Copa America hopes alive despite hamstring injury
Luis Suarez has been diagnosed with a hamstring injury, but Barcelona have not ruled the forward out of Uruguay's Copa America campaign.
Barcelona have confirmed that Luis Suarez has sustained hamstring damage but have not ruled the striker out of the Copa America.
Suarez was forced off during the Copa del Rey win over Sevilla on Sunday after pulling up in discomfort when stretching to the control the ball.
There had been concerns that the 29-year-old could be forced to sit out Uruguay's campaign in the United States, but Barca say he will meet up with the national team at the beginning of next month as part of his recovery plan.
"The medical tests carried out this morning have confirmed that Luis Suarez has an injury in the semimembranosus of his right leg," a club statement released on Monday read.
"Following the advice of the club's medical services, the player will complete the first part of his rehabilitation in Barcelona.
"On June 1, the player will join up with the Uruguay national team in the United States to continue the second phase of the recovery for this muscular injury."
Suarez has scored 59 goals in 53 appearances for Barca in all competitions this season.
Uruguay, who face Trinidad and Tobago in a friendly on Friday, begin their Copa America campaign against Mexico on June 5.


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The Problem of Financial Imbalances
Posted on 19 October 2016 in Economics, Financial markets, Strategic Challenges, The World System
Author: Epizentrum, Creative Commons license
In addition to the weakness of self-equilibrating mechanisms within the global monetary system, there is an arguably even more serious problem with underlying financial, trade and debt imbalances. In the words of the BIS, "Historically high debt levels and signs of financial imbalances point to increasing tension between price stability and financial stability."[1] This view is echoed by another eminent banker, William R White, Chairman of the Economic and Development Review Committee of the OECD, who says that any of the imbalances in the IFMS, "could cause a future crisis."[2] Temin and Vines go further and claim that, "Continued neglect of international imbalances will lead to conditions reminiscent of the 1930s and possibly even to military conflicts like the 1940s."[3]
The question that needs to be considered is why do institutions like the BIS and authorities like Michael Pettis, William R White, Peter Temin, and David Vines regard imbalances in the International Monetary and Financial System ("IMFS") as the central problem in the global economic system; after all, there are a great many books which claim that the Great Financial Crisis was due only to the criminal behaviour of American banks and mortgage lenders. To use a metaphor, you can see the International Monetary and Financial System as a bicycle, if you place a large load (imbalances) on the handlebars, this disturbs the balance of the machine, making it unstable, far more difficult to control, and likely to crash.
The Oxford English dictionary defines "imbalance", as "An unbalanced condition; a lack of proportion or relation between corresponding things." The International Monetary and Financial System, is highly complex and consists of many sub-systems, the most important of which are national, or domestic, policy regimes, such as the national policies of China, the United States, Norway et al. However, these national regimes must all operate within an international regime when countries trade, invest, borrow, or otherwise deal with each other. What has been the case, certainly since the Great Financial Crisis, is that that key elements within national regimes and the international regime have become unbalanced. In other words, national policies have not been coordinated and accordingly have lacked harmony. The relationship between Germany and the southern European EuroZone states is a case in point, Germany has continued to run a very high export surplus, whereas countries like Greece are unable to finance their debts and grow their economies and have therefore seen their indebtedness grow. Germany has not proposed any effective mechanism to bring the situation back into balance, for example by buying more goods and services from Greece and writing off a proportion of Greece's debt.
Certainly the IMF saw debt relief as a key issue in the Greek financial crisis. In April 2016 at an internal meeting, Poul Thomsen, Director of the IMF's European Department said, "and basically we at that time say 'Look, you Mrs. Merkel you face a question, you have to think about what is more costly: to go ahead without the IMF, would the Bundestag say 'The IMF is not on board'? or to pick the debt relief that we think that Greece needs in order to keep us on board?' Right? That is really the issue."[4] German reluctance to face up to this obvious solution may have been connected to the problems at the country's leading banks, which would have needed to acknowledge that some of their assets were non-performing.
As well as Germany, China has been running very large credits on its international trading accounts (balance of payments), while the United States has been running a large deficit. Other elements which have become unbalanced include very high levels of government borrowing/debt in some countries, corporate borrowing, excess savings, the avoidance of tax by international corporations, rising levels of inequality, over and under investment, low levels of domestic consumption (a Chinese problem), extraordinarily low levels of central bank rates (which affects lenders and pension funds), and large fluctuations in community prices. In most cases these imbalances are ultimately due to national policies, particularly the belief in some creditor countries of the virtues of their policies. There is in practice insufficient coordination between nations, as a result there are not agreed international policies for dealing with monetary issues. White says that, "It is a simple fact that we no longer have internationally agreed rules of behaviour to constrain the shorter term actions of individual sovereign states with a view to longer-term benefits for all."[5] Pettis notes that the classic explanation of the origins of crises in capitalist systems, "points to imbalances between production and consumption in the major economies as the primary source of monetary instability."[6]
The domestic economy of China, in the period 2008 to 2015, became extremely unbalanced. In 2013, as a percentage of GDP, investment was 48%, private consumption was 36%, government expenditure was 13.6%, and gross savings were 50%. In comparison, the equivalent figures for Brazil were: investment 21%, private consumption 62.1%, government expenditure 19.6% and gross savings 17%.[7] Brazil has its problems, but its figures are more representative than China's. The imbalances in China show up most strongly in two figures, the extremely low figures for private consumption, and the extraordinary levels of investment. I know of no other economy in history that has invested around 50% of its GDP. The only comparable figures are those for UK defence spending in the Second World War, which exceeded 46% of GDP in 1943.[8] The low figures for private consumption and relatively low levels of government expenditure mean that demand in the Chinese economy has been supressed and that Chinese industry lacks the relative size of domestic market that other emerging economies enjoy. It is this fact that has resulted in China building up such an enormous balance of payments surplus ($182 billion in 2013) and foreign reserves of nearly $4 trillion.
© Andrew Palmer, 2016, not to be reproduced
[1] Bank for International Settlements, 85th Annual Report, Basel, 28 June 2015, p.65
[2] William R White – "System Malfunction" – Finance & Development, March 2015, Vol. 52, No. 1, IMF, Washington DC http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2015/03/pdf/white.pdf
[3] Temin, Peter and Vines, David – "The Leaderless Economy", Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2013, p.247
[4] 19 March 2016 IMF Teleconference on Greece, WikiLeaks release: April, 2nd 2016
[6] Pettis, Michael – "The Great Rebalancing", Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2013, p.3
[7] Unless otherwise stated all figures quoted for expenditure and GDP are from the World Bank's Data, http://data.worldbank.org/ accessed 19 September 2015
[8] http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/spending_brief.php, accessed 19 September 2015
Extremes of wealth and income inequality
The British crisis and the 'end of neoliberalism' – Pia Riggirozzi & Jean Grugel
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Systemic Risk Reduction via Failure – Michael S. Rozeff
Thieves of State – Sarah Chayes (review)
China's rebalancing timetable – Michael Pettis


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He therefore advised the Federal Government to ensure that its plans to put on trial the nation's chief judicial officer, Hon. Justice Walter Onnoghen, does not cause chaos in the judicial system and that the due process is not compromised.
The Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to Senate President, Yusuph Olaniyonu who disclosed this in a statement, sent to Sundiata Post noted that Saraki believes that if the Government truly has genuine reason to put the incumbent Chief Justice of Nigeria on trial, it should ensure that every step in the process is transparent and the normal process as provided by the law is followed to the letter.
He said a situation where the petition which triggered the trial was submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) on Wednesday January 8 and by January 10 on Friday, the Chief Justice was presented with it for his reply only for the charges to be drafted that same day and filed in the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), all this taking place within three days and commencement of trial fixed for Monday, January 14, already indicate unnecessary haste and short-circuiting of the process of fair hearing.
"It is important for the government and members of the public to know that as somebody who has travelled this route before, we should refrain from any media trial and political players should avoid abusing the judicial process in order to achieve what they could not get through normal political contests. Every body who is being tried should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. That is the underlining principle of our justice system.
"The proposed trial of the CJN has once again opened up the debate on the transparency and neutrality of the fight against corruption. The haste with which this trial is being pursued leaves a lot to be desired. From last Wednesday when the so-called petition against the CJN was initiated to the period the trial is scheduled to commence has been barely three working days whereas there are pending cases where the individuals involved have been indicted some months ago but no prosecution is being considered", the Senate President stated.
"All these subjective actions politicize the anti-graft fight. They weaken national institutions. They send wrong signals. The CJN is not above the law but his trial puts the entire judicial system on trial. It sends a signal to the entire world about our judiciary. It has implications for the confidence of local and foreign investors about the system of adjudication over disputes in our country. Thus, the matter should be handled with care, demonstrating intense transparency and strict adherence to due process.
"This trial, coming just about a month to the commencement of the presidential elections, the aftermath of which the CJN and the judiciary he is leading are set to play crucial adjudicatory role, has already raised suspicion about the real motive. There are already suggestions that this plan is set to disorganize the judicial arm after constant attempts by agents of State to undermine the federal legislature.
"Therefore, the entire country and the international community will be watching closely every step in this trial because it is definitely unusual, unprecedented and will set a record in the engagement among the three arms of government recognized in our presidential system. This trial definitely has implications for the principle of separation of powers and concept of checks and balance embedded in our presidential system of government", Saraki stated.


GUWAHATI, Feb 19: The North East Students' Organisation (NESO) has condemned BJP's claim to bring the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 back and urged people of the Northeastern region to remain alert to thwart any evil design of the BJP government.
Addressing two rallies in Lakhimpur and Guwahati, BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said that if the BJP comes back to power again, would reintroduce the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
"CAB will be brought about by PM Modi once again and we are committed to take it again. We will root out 'ghuspethis' from Assam," Shah had said.
Condemning Shah's statement, the NESO in statement termed it as "an insult to the people's movement of the whole of North East against this CAB.
"His (Shah) statement is a clear reflection of the mindset which indicates that they don't have any regard for the sentiments, emotions and welfare of the indigenous peoples of the North East," the NESO said adding "It is rather the design of the BJP to reduce the microscopic indigenous communities to a minority by flooding the region with illegal Bangladeshis to achieve their Hindutva objective".
"The NESO would like to send a clear message to this fellow and his ilk that we will never accept this draconian Bill and also call upon all the indigenous people of the North East to stand united to thwart such evil designs for the survival of our race, identity, culture, language and our future generations," read the statement.
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The Royals began the 2000 season with a respectable 4-3 record, and then things got crazy. In the last game of a four-game set with the Twins, the Royals held a 5-3 lead going into the ninth. This was back in the days when the Royals thought that closers were born, not made, and so they had paid real U.S. legal tender to Ricky Bottalico to be their closer. On this day, naturally, Bottalico blew the two-run lead in the ninth. (The Royals learned their lesson so well that after the season, they made Roberto Hernandez the focal point of the trade return they got for Johnny Damon.)
But then something funny happened. Damon led off the bottom of the ninth with a home run, and the Royals won, 6-5. The next night, the Orioles came to town; the Royals erased a 5-2 lead with three runs in the eighth, and after both teams struggled to score a putaway run, the Royals finally broke through in the bottom of the 12th, when with one out and Joe Randa on first base, backup catcher Brian Johnson went deep.
And then the next night, the Orioles held a 6-0 lead going into the bottom of the seventh, when the Royals broke through for four runs. The score remained 6-4 until the bottom of the ninth, when Gregg Zaun walked, Mark Quinn doubled to put two runners in scoring position…and Rey Sanchez lofted a flyball that snuck inside the fair pole in left field, prompting Denny Mathews to semi-famously exclaim "What is going on?" The Royals had won three straight games on a walk-off homer. In fact, these three games – I'm not making this up – are what brought the phrase "walk-off" into the national baseball lexicon. The term had been around for years – Dennis Eckersley originated it, I believe, calling it "a walk-off piece" when Kirk Gibson hit a particular home run off of him – but after these three games, ESPN.com started using the term to describe what the Royals had done, and the term has been with us ever since.
The next night, after Bottalico blew another save in the ninth, the Royals didn't end it with a homer. No, with two out and one on in the bottom of the inning, Carlos Beltran ended the game with a lousy single. Four straight walk-off wins, three on a homer, and the Royals were 8-3 and tied for first place. They were the talk of baseball as they headed out on a nine-game road trip.
They lost all nine games.
They would eventually recover enough to finish with a respectable 77-85 record, but they fell 10.5 games back of the White Sox by June 18, and their deficit was in double digits the rest of the season. Which is to say, it was a pretty typical Royals campaign.
By all means, enjoy the series win against the Angels. Just don't imbue it with undue meaning. Maybe it's best Alex Gordon's slice went foul on Opening Day, because if it hadn't, the Royals would have swept a series against the Angels with three walk-off homers and a two-run rally in the eighth inning, and far too many people would be putting far too much emphasis on the first one-fortieth of the season.
Winning three games in the fashion that the Royals did might be the sign of a plucky team, a gritty team, a never-say-die team. But it's not the sign of a great team. The discerning mark of a great team isn't winning games in its final at-bat – it's bludgeoning the opponents so that the outcome of the game isn't in doubt by the time their final at-bat comes around. If the Royals had won these games by the score of 10-3, 7-0, and 12-2, we might want to consider recalibrating our opinion of the Royals a little. But the way they won these games says less about the Royals than it does about the Angels.
As I said before the season on our podcast (please listen!) – while making the case for the Angels as (ahem) my pick to win the AL West – the worry for the Angels was that their bullpen had one quality reliever in Jordan Walden. Walden was dominant in the series; the other Angel relievers would have fit right in with the Royals' bullpen from a decade ago. The Angels led three of the four games in the middle of the eighth, and were tied in the fourth game – and they came within a few feet of getting swept.
Right now, the Royals are pretty much what we thought they were – a team capable of keeping games close, a team that might have a really good bullpen, but not a team that's going to win the AL Central.
That doesn't mean we can't enjoy the fact that we're leading the AL Central at the moment. Let's just keep some perspective.
- Speaking of Alex Gordon…I tried my best to remain philosophical after his drive for a walk-off homer on Opening Day went just foul, capping an 0-for-5, three-strikeout game that already had people writing off his performance in Arizona as another spring tease.
I didn't want to place any great meaning on that one at-bat either way, because let's face it, there have been moments in the past when Gordon hit dramatic home runs that made you want to think he was finally ready to bust out…and nothing happened. Last year, on April 21, Gordon hit a two-out game-winning home run off a left-hander in the tenth inning in Toronto. He was so affected by this that he went 4 for his next 21, and was then optioned to Omaha.
On July 30, you might recall – I actually called his shot on Twitter, and was the most surprised person in the ballpark when he actually hit it – Gordon went deep in the exact same situation he found himself in this Opening Day – two on, two out in the ninth and the Royals losing. Over his next eight games, he hit .292 and hit three more homers, and you thought maybe, just maybe, this was the Gordon in the catalog. He then hit .215/.324/.323 the rest of the season, with just three more homers in 47 games.
If Gordon is going to fulfill even a fraction of his potential at this late date, it's not going to happen with one swing, or one series, or even a month of series. It's going to happen the way life does: one day at a time. After his Opening Day fiasco, he went 6-for-14, and notably with only one strikeout. I'm not a scout, but one swing in particular stood out – his third hit of the game on Sunday. With two strikes on him and facing a left-hander, Gordon took a pitch on the outer half of the plate and didn't try to pull it, but went with the pitch and sent a two-hopper through the infield up the middle.
Ryan Lefebvre and Frank White made note of the fact that Gordon's swing was "all hands" – there was very little weight shift in his swing, a swing that was more befitting of Ichiro Suzuki than Jim Thome. I'm not saying it was better or worse – but it was certainly different than the Alex Gordon we've grown to have a love-hate relationship with. At this point, I'll take different. It might be months before we can render a final verdict.
- This means nothing, but I don't get a chance to say this very often, so humor me: the Royals lead the American League in walks drawn, with 19. Of course, they are also one of only two teams that have played four games, but still: humor me.
Ten of those 19 walks came on Sunday, and eight of those ten came from the ninth inning on. On Opening Day, four of the Royals' six walks came in the eighth or ninth inning. Which, again, is to say that it's not clear whether all those walks are a reflection of the Royals' new-found patience or simply a reflection that the Angels' bullpen sucks.
- I didn't really expect the Royals to come back, not down two runs headed into the bottom of the ninth on Sunday. That said, having Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, and Kila Ka'aihue due up to start the inning was as good a trio as we've seen in a very long time. It's not simply the caliber of hitter that each one is, but the fact that all three of them are perfectly willing to take a walk to get a rally started.
One of the more maddening aspects of being a Royals fan the last, oh, 20 years or so is that the offense has never been built to take advantage of a closer with command issues. On this day, though, when Fernando Rodney could not find the strike zone, the Royals were more than happy to take advantage. Gordon walked on five pitches. Butler hit a screaming line drive – easily the best-hit ball of the inning – that Maicer Izturis snared with a vertical leap that would have stood out at a scouting combine. Ka'aihue walked on five pitches. Jeff Francoeur walked on five pitches – again, maybe we should be blaming the Angels instead of crediting the Royals.
And then Wilson Betemit, who's not a free swinger by any means, swung away on the first pitch. After a pitcher has issued multiple walks, it's not uncommon for him to groove a fastball on the first pitch just to try to get something over, so with the tying run in scoring position, this was a reasonable gamble for a hitter who knows the strike zone. It worked when the ball snuck under Vernon Wells glove for the game-tying double.
It was the second time in the series that Rodney couldn't find the strike zone, and (for you fantasy players) he's probably going to lose the closer's job to Walden by Memorial Day. More than anyone else, he instigated the comeback – but the Royals didn't turn their noses down at his favor. One of the reasons I'm not down on the 2011 Royals as much as some other people is precisely because the heart of the Royals' order features three guys who are more than happy to draw walks and let one of their teammates be the hero. Two years ago, the 3-4-5 hitters on any given night might have been Jose Guillen, Mike Jacobs, and Miguel Olivo. If they had stepped in against Rodney on Sunday, the rally might never have gotten started.
- It's hard to make a judgment about a starting pitcher from just one start, and we didn't see anything truly surprising in the first spin of the rotation.
Luke Hochevar pitched pretty well on Opening Day, but as usual the results were a little less than you'd expect. He threw strikes (no walks, 5 K's), and kept the ball down (13 groundball outs), but still gave up two homers – including one to Jeff Mathis – and made a dumb throwing error on a beautiful bunt by Peter Bourjos that directly set up the Angels' final run.
Kyle Davies, as usual, was passable but not effective (4 runs in 5.1 innings, seven hits and two walks). Bruce Chen was terrible, but there were some extenuating circumstances there – the wind was gusting up to 40 mph, to the point where the Royals had to move their TV cameras out of their usual perch in center field. The environment was tough for any pitcher, but you couldn't pick a pitcher less suited for a day like Sunday than Chen, one of the most extreme flyball pitchers in baseball. I'd give him a mulligan for that.
The pleasant surprise was Jeff Francis, who came into the season with some major questions about his shoulder and his fastball velocity. His shoulder was sturdy enough for him to throw seven outstanding innings, but his velocity has to be a concern. According to Fangraphs, his fastball averaged just 84.8 mph on Friday – he was at 87.2 mph last year, and has never averaged less than 86 mph in a season. His curveball and changeup were also a couple mph below their career norms. It's just one start, and it might be a park error – last year, fastball readings at Kauffman Stadium were artificially inflated by 1-2 mph. But it bears watching closely.
- Two words: Tim Collins. Three letters and a punctuation mark: OMG!
Seriously, I knew Seabiscuit was going to be good. I just didn't know he was going to be this good. And I knew he was going to be fun to watch. But I had no idea he'd be so much fun to watch.
I say this with all seriousness: if you don't love watching Collins throw 92-93 mph from a 5'6" frame, with a wacky delivery that hides the ball so well you'd think he's throwing from behind a screen, mixing in big-breaking curveballs and a changeup that just disappears – well, you don't love baseball, my friend. Or America. Or apple pie, you stupid Commie.
Oh, and on Sunday Collins became the first Royal since 2007 to throw at least three innings in relief, with no walks and at least five strikeouts. Not bad for the second appearance of his career. The last Royal reliever to make such an impression on me after just two appearances in the majors was Joakim Soria.
- Speaking of relievers…I still don't like what the Royals are doing with Aaron Crow, in large part because I'm not sure what they're doing with Crow. Is he a reliever for good? Is he a candidate to step into the rotation later this year? Next year?
But it would be foolish of me to not acknowledge that he's looked pretty damn impressive so far. In particular, that slider is just…I'm not sure it's illegal, but it's definitely immoral. Crow has faced seven right-handed batters so far. One walked, and another managed to ground out to the shortstop. The other five struck out, including Howie Kendrick, the first batter Crow faced in the majors, with a runner in scoring position, and Torii Hunter twice, once with the bases loaded and one out.
It's that very dominance which makes me wonder if the Royals aren't leaving value on the table by moving him to the bullpen. But for now, I'll concede that he makes the Royals a better team. Starting Crow in the major leagues despite no history of success in the minors was very much a scout-based decision by the Royals. If we've learned one thing in the past year, it's that when it comes to minor leaguers, the Royals do know a thing or two about scouting.
- Are the Royals trying to make Jarrod Dyson into the new Herb Washington? That's not the worst idea in the world, honestly – he pinch-ran for Brayan Pena after Pena singled in the eighth inning on Sunday, and three pitches later he was standing at third base. He's appeared in three of the four games – all three times as a pinch-runner, staying in to play defense on one occasion. I'm just curious to see how many games he'll appear in before he gets his first at-bat.
(Incidentally, despite stealing second and third base with one out, Dyson was stranded and did not score. The Royals have nine steals in 10 attempts – but not one of those nine steals led to a run that wouldn't have scored anyway. The only benefit they've gotten from their running game is that two of the stolen bases may have kept the Royals out of a double play. Stolen bases are nice, but they remain vastly overrated by the Royals.)
- The defense, in general, looks a lot better. Alcides Escobar hasn't hit worth a damn yet, but he's made several plays on balls that Yuniesky Betancourt would have waved at like they're his next-door neighbor. Francoeur nailed a runner at the plate. This still isn't a great defense, but at least they're not the embarrassment to baseball that they've been in recent years.
Chris Getz has made some fine plays and executed the perfect relay throw that nailed Alberto Callaspo at the plate on Sunday. (Callaspo failed to score from second on a double, which isn't as bizarre as it sounds. For one, he had to hold up to see if the ball would be caught. For two, the ball ricocheted off the wall directly into Melky Cabrera's bare hand, allowing him to make a quick throw in. And for three, as we all remember, Callaspo moves so slowly that Bud Selig just appointed him to a committee.)
- This entire series was a vindication of a lot of head-scratching moves the Royals made with their roster. Crow pitched great. Matt Freaking Treanor had a walk-off homer and a game-tying RBI single with two outs in the eighth. Treanor also made two separate plays at the plate, conceding nothing to two baserunners who were barreling in on him but were dead to rights.
Which just goes to show: anything can happen in four games. I'm not saying you should ignore how well the Royals have played so far; on the contrary, this is one of the more likeable rosters the Royals have had in years, and there's a lot to be excited about for the future. But there's a difference between "likeable" and "good". I fully expect the Royals to bridge the gap between those two by the end of the year. Just don't expect every series between now and then to go as well as this one did.
Posted by Rany at Tuesday, April 05, 2011
skeptic said...
If Treanor's presence means that Kendall never plays another inning for the Royals, then it will go down as one of Dayton Moore's better moves.
He may be the first catcher the Royals have had since Jim Sundberg that can actually catch a throw, block the plate, and apply a tag.
Jacob said...
actually, some commies really like apple pie
But Rany! I'm already saving up some money up for my playoff tickets!
Me too. Now how much are playoff tickets again? Last I checked about 2 decades ago, they were about $15. That still true?
I agree it is an interesting beginning, so much more fun to win than lose, and in exciting ways. Collins, Crow very nice so far. Putting Alex into the fire instead of continuing to baby him, nice so far, and great if it pays off. Hoping that Alcides can end up being able to hit enough, interesting that game is on between Getz and Aviles, Getz is not just going to give up.
It was a fun series. And now I know how other fan bases feel when they played the Royals in the past decade. I much prefer watching the other team's BP blowing game after game.
I think our BP will be the strength of the team. The offense will be good enough too. But the SP is just brutal.
Hopefully the SP can be significantly improved in the upcoming years.
Rany, I live in Columbia and saw Crow pitch many times in college. I've always maintained that he would end up as a reliever due to his lack of size (he's about 6/170), lack of a third pitch and most importantly the difference in his slider when he was pitching early in the game, season or on long rest vs later in games, season or on shorter rest. All pitchers are subject to this at some point but Crow more so than others. I hope that Yost does not try to use him in a traditional setup role and instead uses him 2-3 times a week in bigger intervals. I think you will find the more games he pitches the less sharp his stuff becomes. That may also be the reason that your eyes see a better pitcher than stats show (at least in the minor leagues). Crow does have a really nice twoseamer that he has not shown much yet.
Seth Feldkamp said...
You are in fine form today Rany, that was three pretty epic quips in just one piece.
This is a professional baseball team, we haven't seen that in a while here in Kansas City and they are fun to root for.
Off one series it is easy to jump to false conclusions, but the bullpen does look like a strength. The starting pitching, not so much.
Maybe they will use Crow like they used Greinke when he came back from his timeout. Don't use the guy for just one inning and don't waste him in games we are trailing in. If we have a starter ahead after five we have the option of using Crow in the 6th & 7th and Tejada and Soria can finish up.
And, let's pray that Kendall's rehab continues to falter. I can't imagine any rational person looking at Kendall-Treanor-Pena and deciding to let Pena go. Pena is the counterpoint to two clones. That means Treanor will be the odd man out.
I wish KCGhost, but from everything I've heard, Pena will be the one sent packing. Hopefully he can clear waivers and go to Omaha. They just won't give the guy a chance....
kingofkansascity said...
Watching Jarrod Dyson run is one of the most fun things you can do at the ballpark. And he is so incredibly disruptive. The entire Angels organization was paying attention to him when he pinch ran on Sunday - didn't score, but that wasn't his fault. He got to third, but they didn't try to steal home or suicide squeeze. Although we should suicide squeeze with Dyson, particularly if someone like Getz or Escobar is up.
The Royals are in first place and Rany is the voice of caution. I think I woke up in Bizarro World.
Adrian said...
I am happy to aspire to league-average. If that 2000 team had a league-average pitching staff, who knows??
And the best thing is that virtually any player the Royals call up has the potential to be at least league-average--only to get better.
What is it about Crow or Duffy that the Royals would try them in the pen (and still say they could start down the road), but they will only use Montgomery as a starter? It will be very interesting to see what they do with the starting pitching now.
aerobica said...
If there's anything to be optimistic about, it's that this came against the Angels. I'm not sure how many times Ryan Lefebvre told me that the Angels have dominated the Royals over the past several years, but I know I heard it a lot!
Harry Becker said...
The injuries will be fun to keep an eye on. Kinda positive actually.
Better times ahead.
Roy in Omaha said...
I'm definitely not exactly drinking the koolade as yet but I have been telling people for some time now that this team is not nearly as bad as everybody thinks.
By that I mean, like, 73-89, not the 65-97 number everybody seem to throw around. Couple things break their way and they might even do a little better than that.
The Royals are improved by the guys who AREN'T here any more as much as who is here.
This was definitely a fun series to watch. Really the only roster and lineup decision I wonder about is batting Gordon third. I think I'd much rather see a Butler, Ka', Gordon 3-4-5.
Daniel Wesley said...
Nitpick - Rey Sanchez' walk off home run was not hit down the line barely fair. It was hit right at the old visitor's bullpen and scraped the metal ceiling. I can close my eyes and see it like it was yesterday. :)
MSUngaKC1 said...
I was in Surprise for the last 10 days of camp and only saw Francis reach 87 mph and only twice - get used to it (the next Moyer?). Tejeda is barely breaking 90 and that bothers me a bit. On Sat, Lamb's best fast ball was 88 and his scouting report says he hits 94. However, Montgomery hit 96 so they haven't toned the gun down.
Amidst all the positives, you forgot to mention that Aviles looks lost at the plate and the field - how long before the Moose watch begins???
meb6216 said...
Rany: This is why I check everyday to see if you've posted, this is another phenomenal article. Where does Moustakas fit in, is it true his defense is sub par?
Antonio. said...
Rany is trying to out-Boomer Berman with the nicknames, though, thankfully, Rany is much better at it than Chris Berman ever was. I came up with Jeremy Jeffress' nickname over on Royalboard. It should be Smokin' Js
The offense has some potential and the bullpen might be among the best in baseball. But the current starting rotation is such a nightmare on paper that it could make Edgar Allen Poe shed tears of fear mixed with envy. I don't think we can even approach .500 this year with those starters.
Not to worry long-term: Even though There Is No Such Thing As A Pitching Prospect, there is such a thing as several dozen pitching prospects. Some of them will pan out. Just saying: enjoy the 4-1 start, but get ready to lose a lot 10-4 games in the next six months.
Steve N said...
No comment on the Suppan signing?
And today is a good example of what happens when Sean O'Sullivan pitches...
Alex Remington said...
Speaking as a Braves fan, I wish we'd kept Collins and let you guys keep Farnsworth. It's not fair. He's so awesome.
THH said...
Podcast? OK, I'll listen. Where the heck is it? Somebody give me a link.
The Royals released one of my favorite sleeper prospects today in Hilton Richardson, who was immediately snapped up by the Braves. So, either I'm stupid, or they are. Guess we'll see in a few years. Honestly, I'm guessing it's me.
Why did they drop him now? He's toolsy, so it's going to take awhile. He was AWFUL last year, but really good the year before. I'd have kept him, made him repeat the level, and make a decision around the time of the draft. I know we've had him a few years...but I am, and have always been, under the impression that if someone could become Lorenzo Cain, it's Hilton.
oh so now were aspiring that one of our prospects becomes a AAA prospect? come on now
Considering that Cain should be our starting centerfielder right now, I think hoping that a guy like Richardson gets that good is pretty reasonable.
Cain, I just noticed, has not played for Omaha yet. He started the season on the DL with a strained groin.


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