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It's been a little over a year now since I last had the chance to meet up with Giuseppe Vajra and to taste through a range of his family's wines in formal fashion. It was great to see him, a pleasure I hope will be repeated before long. As always, it's pleasure of a different sort to drink – not just taste – the Vajras' wines in a more relaxed setting. I did just that over the course of two nights last week, savoring a bottle of Vajra's 2006 Langhe Nebbiolo with two very simple and drastically different midweek meals. Giuseppe's description of the wine, not of how it tastes but rather of how it served him and his college roommates through many a communal meal, stuck with me as I savored every last drop from the bottle. You'll forgive me, I hope, for quoting from the archives:
This was Giuseppe's go-to "college wine" during the past year, what he poured for his roommates at University to help compensate for his lack of cooking abilities. A great food wine it is. Although in my experience this wine can age better than most "basic" Langhe Nebbiolo, G. recommends drinking it in its first three-to-four years for maximum enjoyment. This is Nebbiolo fermented and aged only in steel, produced primarily from fruit grown in a southwest-facing parcel called "Gesso" located at the foot of Bricco delle Viole and from the young vines in the Vajra's recently acquired property in Sinio, just outside of the Barolo zone on the outskirts of Serralunga d'Alba. The wine is in a great spot right now, full of violet, rose petal and red licorice aromas. Finely detailed and long on the palate. No lack of nuance. Every bit a fine example of a "poor man's Barolo."Langhe Nebbiolo, G.D. Vajra 2006
$26. 13.5% alcohol. Cork. Importer: Petit Pois, Moorestown, NJ.
Over a year later, the 2006 Langhe Nebbiolo is still showing beautifully, even young, much as I'd suggested in my original note. When first opened and poured it was quite tight, showing firm grip and slightly chalky tannins wrapped around a core of bright red fruit with classic overtones of licorice and tar.
In the past, I've found suppler styles of Langhe Nebbiolo – such as those from Vajra, Elio Grasso and Produttori del Barbaresco, to name a few – to pair quite well with dishes that mesh sweet and savory elements. I'm thinking in particular of pumpkin tortellini or ravioli sauced with sage brown butter. On this night, I took that idea to another step, drinking the wine alongside a rather spontaneous "use up what's in the kitchen" hash of roasted potatoes, apples and Italian-style sausage. On this night, the match wasn't perfect, the grippy structure and taut fruit proved a bit too stern for the food. But that hardly kept me from enjoying the wine.
Twenty-four hours later, the wine had come into a much sweeter spot, opening to reveal more seductive aromas, more generous textures and more relaxed fruit. Paired with an even simpler dish of penne, cheese and peas, the wine took on a whole other dimension. It was one of those pairings that actually adds a layer of pleasure to both the wine and the food. I know one tends to think of meat, or perhaps an end-of-meal cheese course, with Nebbiolo-based wines. I do love this with pork. But over the years, I've found it can work quite admirably with salmon (heresy, I know) and that it sometimes takes nothing more than a dish full of toothsome pasta to match the wine's tension – and to remove any sense of tension from those partaking of it.
Sadly, this was my last bottle of the '2006. When the '07 finally comes ashore, I'll seriously have to consider gobbling up a case.
- I knew in the back of my mind while writing this that Giuseppe had recently traveled through the southern Mid-Atlantic on one of his seasonal US pilgrimages. You'll find a nice write-up on the full range of Vajra's current releases courtesy of John Witherspoon at Anything Wine.
- It's nearly impossible for me to write about one of my favorite Nebbiolo producers, Vajra, without thinking of my friend Dr. Parzen's ongoing love affair with the wines of Produttori del Barbaresco. It's sheer coincidence, however, that not long after I wrote this morning's missive, Jeremy penned one of his usually brilliant pieces, laced with literary and historical detail, on Cavour's impact on the history of Piedmontese wine. Read there or be square.


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Develop Apache Storm topologies using Python on HDInsight
Learn how to create an Apache Storm topology that uses Python components. Apache Storm supports multiple languages, even allowing you to combine components from several languages in one topology. The Flux framework (introduced with Storm 0.10.0) allows you to easily create solutions that use Python components.
The information in this document was tested using Storm on HDInsight 3.6.
The code for this project is available at https://github.com/Azure-Samples/hdinsight-python-storm-wordcount.
Python 2.7 or higher
Java JDK 1.8 or higher
(Optional) A local Storm development environment. A local Storm environment is only needed if you want to run the topology locally. For more information, see Setting up a development environment.
Storm multi-language support
Apache Storm was designed to work with components written using any programming language. The components must understand how to work with the Thrift definition for Storm. For Python, a module is provided as part of the Apache Storm project that allows you to easily interface with Storm. You can find this module at https://github.com/apache/storm/blob/master/storm-multilang/python/src/main/resources/resources/storm.py.
Storm is a Java process that runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Components written in other languages are executed as subprocesses. The Storm communicates with these subprocesses using JSON messages sent over stdin/stdout. More details on communication between components can be found in the Multi-lang Protocol documentation.
Python with the Flux framework
The Flux framework allows you to define Storm topologies separately from the components. The Flux framework uses YAML to define the Storm topology. The following text is an example of how to reference a Python component in the YAML document:
# Spout definitions
- id: "sentence-spout"
className: "org.apache.storm.flux.wrappers.spouts.FluxShellSpout"
# Command line
- ["python", "sentencespout.py"]
# Output field(s)
- ["sentence"]
# parallelism hint
parallelism: 1
The class
FluxShellSpout is used to start the
sentencespout.py script that implements the spout.
Flux expects the Python scripts to be in the
/resources directory inside the jar file that contains the topology. So this example stores the Python scripts in the
/multilang/resources directory. The
pom.xml includes this file using the following XML:
<!-- include the Python components -->
As mentioned earlier, there is a
storm.py file that implements the Thrift definition for Storm. The Flux framework includes
storm.py automatically when the project is built, so you don't have to worry about including it.
Build the project
From the root of the project, use the following command:
mvn clean compile package
This command creates a
target/WordCount-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar file that contains the compiled topology.
Run the topology locally
To run the topology locally, use the following command:
storm jar WordCount-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar org.apache.storm.flux.Flux -l -R /topology.yaml
This command requires a local Storm development environment. For more information, see Setting up a development environment
Once the topology starts, it emits information to the local console similar to the following text:
24302 [Thread-25-sentence-spout-executor[4 4]] INFO o.a.s.s.ShellSpout - ShellLog pid:2436, name:sentence-spout Emiting the cow jumped over the moon
24302 [Thread-30] INFO o.a.s.t.ShellBolt - ShellLog pid:2438, name:splitter-bolt Emitting the
24302 [Thread-28] INFO o.a.s.t.ShellBolt - ShellLog pid:2437, name:counter-bolt Emitting years:160
24302 [Thread-17-log-executor[3 3]] INFO o.a.s.f.w.b.LogInfoBolt - {word=the, count=599}
24303 [Thread-17-log-executor[3 3]] INFO o.a.s.f.w.b.LogInfoBolt - {word=seven, count=302}
24303 [Thread-17-log-executor[3 3]] INFO o.a.s.f.w.b.LogInfoBolt - {word=dwarfs, count=143}
24303 [Thread-25-sentence-spout-executor[4 4]] INFO o.a.s.s.ShellSpout - ShellLog pid:2436, name:sentence-spout Emiting the cow jumped over the moon
24303 [Thread-30] INFO o.a.s.t.ShellBolt - ShellLog pid:2438, name:splitter-bolt Emitting cow
24303 [Thread-17-log-executor[3 3]] INFO o.a.s.f.w.b.LogInfoBolt - {word=four, count=160}
To stop the topology, use Ctrl + C.
Run the Storm topology on HDInsight
Use the following command to copy the
WordCount-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jarfile to your Storm on HDInsight cluster:
scp target\WordCount-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar email@example.com
sshuserwith the SSH user for your cluster. Replace
myclusterwith the cluster name. You may be prompted to enter the password for the SSH user.
For more information on using SSH and SCP, see Use SSH with HDInsight.
Once the file has been uploaded, connect to the cluster using SSH:
ssh email@example.com
From the SSH session, use the following command to start the topology on the cluster:
storm jar WordCount-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar org.apache.storm.flux.Flux -r -R /topology.yaml
You can use the Storm UI to view the topology on the cluster. The Storm UI is located at https://mycluster.azurehdinsight.net/stormui. Replace
myclusterwith your cluster name.
Once started, a Storm topology runs until stopped. To stop the topology, use one of the following methods:
- The
storm kill TOPOLOGYNAMEcommand from the command line
- The Kill button in the Storm UI.
Next steps
See the following documents for other ways to use Python with HDInsight:
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Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ranjan Gogoi
Born on 18th November, 1954. Joined the Bar in 1978. Practised mainly in the Gauhati High Court. Appointed as Permanent Judge of Gauhati High Court on 28th February, 2001. Transferred to Punjab & Haryana High Court on 9th September, 2010. Appointed as Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court on 12th February, 2011. Elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court on 23rd April, 2012.
Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 03.10.2018.
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
Hon'ble Mr. Justice N.V. Ramana
N.V. Ramana, B.Sc., B.L., was born in an agricultural family on August 27, 1957 in Ponnavaram Village, Krishna District. He enrolled as an Advocate on February 10, 1983. He has practiced in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Central and Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunals and the Supreme Court of India in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Labour, Service and Election matters. He has specialized in Constitutional, Criminal, Service and Inter-State River laws. He has also functioned as Panel Counsel for various Government Organizations. He has functioned as Addditional Standing Counsel for Central Government and Standing Counsel for Railways in the Central Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad. He has also functioned as Additional Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on June 27, 2000. He functioned as Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court from March 10, 2013 to May 20, 2013. He had participated in several National and International Conferneces held in India and aborad and submitted papers on various topics of legal importance. Elevated as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court w.e.f. 02.09.2013. Elevated as a Judge, Supreme Court of India w.e.f. 17.02.2014.


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Three books that don't seem, by their titles, to be related, but read in tandem have an amazingly illuminating effect!!! What a happy accident!!! And from a Sinapore libary some more!!! Stephen's missive is a bit too much of a rant for me, but it does suggest that The Last Revolution IS the last because it will never end!!!! He would have done well to leave off 'The making of Modern Britain' me thinks.
Then there is James Hutton, a fellow Revolutionary, pulling the plug on "creation"!!!! Amsterdam, London and Edinburgh have to answer for the world as it is today, a work in progress.
The beginning of globalisation? Arguably.


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The social share – #seasongreetings
- Elvire Bonduelle, Waiting Room #4
- 31.12.2015
All the newsletters you received in the last days of 2015 say: visit your local exhibitions!
The purpose of linking the links, commenting on the shows and posting comments on the artworks isn't just about creating dynamics for art projects, but also at allowing the already existing circuits to have an impact beyond their own circles.
We know - contemporary art daily makes us lazy, but if you are living in a city where many exhibitions happen and there is an agenda that makes a selection out of all of them for you: please use it well.
#theboundaries #between #alocal and #aninternationalartscene
Is this just a question of labeling? Let's say it isn't and try to push that image of what Munich looks like: Mysteriously, this city hasn't achieved yet a link for Munich artists, galleries or projects to grow and be fit for a more visible presence in an international dialogue about art besides what the institutions make, as they are still struggling or can't quit talking about L.A.
Munich is no different to London, Berlin, Paris. Ultimately how do artists join the market and make a living, and how do they develop a strong identity that functions on the international circuit, and what is the role of art? Is it to entertain or to exchange ideas and knowledge?
To be part of an art scene - which meaning does that kind of compromise awake in this century? What seems to be a loose question appears to repeat itself when working within a city that is only recently going out to find other circuits to be active in.
So if you think about it
We are at a very exciting threshold where we are searching for new thought experiments and imaginaries to open up our potential. What if we have the confidence to assemble an art community, comprising our readers, exhibition visitors and commentators, to show its qualities and potentials, by linking this community with the ever expanding communities worldwide?
That appears to be a difficult point to cross but just isn't, the resources, technologies, networks and opportunities already exist. So that the participants in the community we are building can be linked with exciting communities and participants, to exchange ideas and discourse. We need a discourse to understand who we are and to realize new ideas within the challenging environment of the new intellectual territories that we identify in the expanding Global network of art communities. We need to establish Munich as a key hub in assembling this discourse, and to grow together with these other collaborative communities or participating cultures grow, through exchanging ideas and stories.
There would be a significant impact for the imagery of a city like Munich, if we changed our habits towards the shows and art practices in Munich. Wouldn't it?
Time to reconsider what we take for granted and the over familiar - the opening hours, the frame of an opening, the purpose of a show.
Where are young movements supposed to be born, the possibilities of production and an art market for a Munich contemporary art scene, the new collectors of Munich to be found, if the artists are leaving to other cities with the abstract idea, somewhere else should be better?
Are art historians left without options for a better integration beyond their university achievements? Where are the curators, then? To understand this dilemma of the art scene thing there is more than an academic title needed. Structural changes are needed, but at the same time the inventive attitude towards the resources we have and use them to highlight and improve the quality we have here. To ask about the peculiarity of an art scene is to ask for the city to be source of creativity.
So the BieBie Artists' Studios project in Freimann was a 2015 disaster, the department of cultures seems overwhelmed with the lack of spaces for artists to work within the city, so artists themselves are looking for other spaces to share. Like Murnau.
Munich non-institutional exhibitions seem rather isolated from the rest of the world, in spite of the high-end quality of what they have to offer.
What Reflektor M wants to remind you with their actions is that the more we share, the more the Munich art scene fulfils its potential.
If you are emotionally, strategically or casually bond to the événements that take place in Munich – you'd have noticed that artists, gallerists and curators still struggle with the lack of a bigger frame for an art scene to grow, so the art scene as such turns to be peripheral to the rest of things that happen here.
Thus these événements (in the phenomenological terms of Besnier) that we mention here are the ones to be assisted with attendance: they avoid the causal chain, the one who resists to inscribe to the dutifulness of a bureaucratic way of mediating art - dealing with the idea of the contemporary in Munich to develop into more casual instances, without forgetting the intellectual challenges it has to activate to be taken seriously.
2015 wouldn't have reached the same intensity without the work of the ones who care of interpersonal exchanges between projects, shows, artists proposal and so on: the Rroom at the Lothringer13 Halle, Stephanie Bender's blog, Quirin Brunnmeier's work in the different editorial departments like Gallery Talk, MucBook, but also the collaborations Reflektor M could proudly contribute to: Super+Centercourt Initiative Munich OFF Week, Easy!upstream, Florida's Psychic Geographies, Collaboration_9 at Maximiliansforum, the Participating Cultures Group on Facebook, M+Projekt, Elvire Bonduelle's waiting room at Sperling, the activities at the Bayernkaserne…
The more we are, the better.


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Of interest:
OpenLibrary.org will soon be lending e-books to members.
LA Times Book Prizes finalists have been announced.
Of course the best book of the 20th century should have its own video game.
This week's book haul:
Hannah Pittard's The Fates Will Find Their Way
Teju Cole's Open City
Sally Ryder Brady's A Box of Shadows
Paul Auster's Sunset Park


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Review: PES 2013
The past few entries into the Pro Evolution Soccer franchise have been somewhat hit 'n miss; getting a lot right but plenty wrong. This was mostly due to these games not having a clear definition of whether they wanted to be hardcore simulators or more arcadey, fun titles. So what does PES 2013 accomplish with a greater sense of purpose and direction?
Quick Rating
- Worth The Time?Very much so
- Things LovedUEFA Champions League and wider range of licensed teams. Fluid, enjoyable and rewarding gameplay. Impressive degree of ball control, which requires skill and finesse. Clever AI allows for beautiful interplay and fast counter-attacks. Balanced blend of arcade and simulator. Great online - a game that has to be played with other people. Great degree of technical depth makes for a game that is quick to get the hang of but it will take plenty of practice to truly master it.
- Things HatedRepetitive and rubbish soundtrack grinds. Lack of attention to detail with squad lists and starting line-ups. Some character models look shoddy an goal celebrations are terrible to watch. Somewhat dull Master League and Be a Legend modes. Inconsistent player ratings.
- RecommendationAnyone looking for a great alternative to FIFA should give this game a try. Over and above that, this is a game for those who prefer more technical finesse to their sports games but also a very rewarding, genuinely fun experience.
- Name: PES 2013
- Genre: Sport
- Players: 1-7
- Multiplayer: 2-4
- Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
- Developer: Konami
- Publisher: Konami
- Price: R219 (PC), R435 (PS3, Xbox 360)
- Reviewed On: PS3
I've got a confession to make. You see, I'm not a fan of PES and never have been so whenever a review copy comes along I change the controller settings to something more in-line with my FIFA preferences and even apply the same playstyle. It usually works well enough and I play the game long enough to write an accurate review before returning back to the corresponding FIFA title which has grabbed me. I'm being bluntly honest here because that has not happened with PES 2013. I tried to play in my regular FIFA style but the game quite frankly punished me for it.
So it was that I turned to the tutorials which the game offers on defending, passing and just about everything else. They really allow you to master the game in no time at all and shorten the learning curve for noobs or FIFA regulars alike. I was still resistive because of its slightly foreign nature but once you give in to the game, it is a very satisfying experience that you can easily get lost in.
Usually I'd save the nitpicking for the last third of this review but I really do want your final impression of the game to be a positive one so let's get these spots of bother out of the way with haste. The soundtrack is a regrettable and repetitive mangle of garbage with the only shining light coming from Imagine Dragons who incidentally feature in FIFA 13 as well. The commentary is better than ever but that's not saying much because it is still halting and about as good as the Olympic commentary.
The lack of full licensing is something we've come to accept and Konami has tried to meet us halfway by getting licensing for many leagues such as Serie A, Liga BBVA and Eredivisie along with the mainstay UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores but it's as if they don't even watch soccer. Most squads are outdated with players such as van Persie and Carroll still at their former clubs. Team sheets are not even done right with players such as Suarez finding themselves on the bench. Something else that just throws off the authenticity of this game for me is the lack of stoppage time at the end of each half, the game just abruptly ends.
Goal celebrations are pre-programmed but look hideous to the point where you will want to avert your eyes and some player models look a little rough around the edges in addition to the textures making many look old. On that topic, the player likenesses are still hit 'n miss but not nearly as bad as they used to be. Other than that, PES 2013 looks rather good. And for the love of Jesus (Navas) why is there so much Ronaldo porn all over this year's PES? I understand he signed a deal to represent the game and be its cover star but there is a limit to how many times I want to see his face in a 5 minute span. His face is everywhere and sure he's an attractive fellow but seriously, there's a limit. While some players will move and behave in a recognisable manner, most players seem to be cut from the same mould and players of similar ratings will dribble, run and play in much the same way.
Let's counteract that with a very positive look at the gameplay. For the past few years PES hasn't been able to decide whether it wants to be a simulator or an arcade sports game and that created an inconsistent schizophrenia within the games which translated into an experience that never really drew you in because it was too busy finding an identity. Well, PES 2013 has solved that little crisis and asserts itself clearly as a title which draws from both. It requires immense skill and precise control to master with a depth of control that rivals any fighting game while also being rewarding, fun and engaging. Every combination of buttons produces a very different result and really allows you full control over the ball.
The two main contributors to this are PES Full Control and Deft Touch Dribbling. These two systems work in synergy to allow for an amazing level of control on the ball which requires finesse and intelligence to be used to their maximum potential but even the ham-fisted ogres amongst you could execute passes and runs with a fine degree of control and great precision. With this you really can ape Messi in the way he dances with the ball at his feet. The game is not as simplified and linear as FIFA generally is and opts for a more dynamic approach with physics playing a big part in player collisions, deflections and the like to really make the game come alive. That said, players still seem to skate across the pitch but it isn't really a big detractor.
Even the AI has been ramped up significantly with faster reactions and more tactical awareness as well as better positioning. Teammates will make runs or move to cover approaching attacks from the opposition. You can also take control by clicking in the right analogue to cause teammates to run into space on demand or close down a player. This makes attacking a breeze and without even trying you will quickly string together some amazing combination plays and have mesmerising build-up play. This doesn't make scoring or getting a shot away any easier though so when that goal finally does come, you will feel that you have earned it. Similarly with defending, you'll feel like you've accomplished something when you thwart an opposition attack because while the system is effective, it still requires your full attention and diligence.
The freedom of movement offered to players makes the game play very fluidly and smoothly. It still takes skill to make the game work for you and you won't succeed with the bare minimum effort so the game becomes very rewarding when you can make it work for you. You feel a genuine sense of accomplishment with everything you do right.
There are even great little tactical features such as defining preset formations which you can switch to on the fly and in addition to showing you a player's stats and what their overall rating will be in a certain position, you are also shown what a player's optimal positions are so you'll know where to utilise them. Player ratings took me somewhat by surprise because from what I could gather in previous years, ratings consist of a combination of a player's ability and their form in the previous football season yet players such as Nani, Rooney and Ronaldinho bare the same rating of 90 while Ronaldo sits pretty at 99 on a scale of 108. It's all very bizarre and looks very much like one of my physics pracs where Konami appears to have simply fabricated some data because they were too lazy to source it properly.
Essentially, PES 2013 offers a rather great gameplay experience that is somewhat sullied by a few rather stale game modes. Online is still great fun, especially when you delve into Master League Online and of course UEFA Champions League is simply epic to play through with that sense of atmosphere, that theme song and those epic build-ups. The letdowns then are Be a Legend and Master League. Not to say they're bad but they feel bland in relations to all the great tweaks and fixes that have made the gameplay so fresh and exciting.
Be a Legend allows you to either create your own player and build them up to greatness or take an established player and do things from their perspective. It's a rather shallow mode with very little to do despite also offering the option to play in international matches and thus vie for a starting spot on both your club and national team. There's just not much else to keep you interested unless you're a fan of Achievements/ Trophies or want to win trivial rewards such as boots, nicknames and different accessories.
Similarly with Master League, you can either take control of a low team and manage it to glory or take the reins of an established club and then play through that team's respective season. The trouble is that it is a bit dry and not very exciting until you get to matchday. You can make transfers but they're more of a game of luck than anything involving negotiation skills. That said, they're much better and more user-friendly than before and even the price that you'll end up buying players for is rather realistic. You can also hire staff to improve your team while also purchasing equipment that does the same. You will earn focus points for won matches and these can also be spent on improving your team. A major gripe I have about Master League is that the player morale/form system is not very consistent or accurate. I could bench a player and he'd be just fine but I play him every match and both his form and morale drop.
What we have here then is the gaming equivalent of going out for drinks –it's great with friends and you're bound to have lots of fun but do it alone and it's not necessarily bad but could quickly become a regrettable and sad experience. PES 2013 is a game that needs to be played with people to be properly enjoyed and that's just fine by me because can you really keep playing by yourself a few months after this game has released?
I typically end a PES review by dismissing it as flawed but a nice change of pace from its FIFA counterpart but just as I couldn't play the game as I normally do, I can't end as I normally do because I am actually seriously impressed by the gameplay offering of PES 2013 and thoroughly enjoy playing matches in this game. It's just a pity that the two long-life modes in this game are somewhat lacking a fresh spark. Luckily, you can play online and with friends for the next year and it would be fine (so long as this isn't all you're playing). It's a great game which requires skill and finesse to master yet allows even the simple-minded to execute brilliant plays. The depth of the control scheme means it takes time to master but also means that it will be awhile before you unlock this game's full potential. Until then, it is still a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging experience.


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instead, it's possible that women are being told to take that veil off their heads and put it over their chests.
and what about the heat?
i said something about "modesty" being a relative term and about making a statement and then wondering why people respond. the bathing suit woman disagreed, "[when you cover] you are dressing the way God wants you to. you aren't dressing for anyone else. so who cares if they stare?"
fashion is also blamed for causing anorexia and bulimia, and it is clear that those sharp pointy collar bones and ribs do nothing for the stimulation of most men.
on the other hand, i do believe there is an oversexualization of children. like this onesie printed with a bikini, i don't believe adult expectations should be imposed on children. if children are (correctly) not seen as sexual beings by adults, then why do we see two and three year-old girls with tiny head and body wraps? what do they have to hide or reveal?
i don't force my teenaged daughters to wear hijab (actually, i can't seem to force them to do much of anything these days). i have tried to instill a sense of respect for their bodies and the people around. i've tried to teach them to love and look after their bodies. that includes being conscious of the message your appearance projects.
we can't pretend that appearance isn't important.
re-reading this - here's one of the BEST discussions of hijab I have ever heard online. Thank you also to Samina Ali. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J5bDhMP9lQ
*thank you to my mother, bibi meer, and my aunt, alia hogben (of the canadian muslim women's council) for their help in my research and support in my writing. i am so grateful for the powerful women around me who don't always (or often) agree with my stands but back me up nonetheless.


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text: Hi all, I've contacted RMS on the issue of the GPL-conflict in KDE. As I interpret the first paragraph in his answer it should be ok for all Code that was originated in the KDE project, because the authors did intend to link against Qt. Problematic may be all the code outside of it like the ghostview code in kghostview. One had to check the licenses of these code parts to allow Qt-linkage. I believe KDE is not the only project which might have such problems and it will probably become even trickier the more and the more complex software will appear as free software/open source. I think we have to find an easy _and_ good solution for that, how long it will ever take.... Konrad ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: proposal of a paragraph of GPL v.3 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 20:43:13 -0600 (MDT) From: Richard Stallman <email@example.com> Debian seems to state that it might be a violation of plain, unmodified GPL to link against Qt. That is true. However, if the authors of the program clearly intended it to be linked against Qt, I would say they have given some kind of implicit permission for people to do that. Following common practice of all other GPL'ed project it seems to be ok to link even against proprietary libc-versions. The GPL explicitly gives permission for this narrow exception. My proposal is to add a section to GPL which clearifies how term "modification" should be threated. It should just express common practice: "linking and using a GPL'ed program/lib from a non-GPL'ed one is prohibited, but using a library of any license from a GPL'ed program/lib is ok". This would introduce a giant loophole. For example, suppose you want to make a proprietary extension in GCC. So you make your code (or the guts of it) into a library and invoke this exception. No way! -------------------------------------------------------


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We have had a busy time travelling over the last week. We set off from Mum and Dad's on Monday and I drove us to North Wales. My University friend, Ruth, had kindly lent us her cottage that is 20 mins from Betsy-Coed. It's very picturesque and is located within the Snowdonia National Park. We stayed until Friday. The weather was variable but it didn't stop us getting out and about. The first day we went on the Festiniog Railway - for Dad's benefit really. We did enjoy it, a tiny bit too long for Jacob and Abi who were bribed with toys and chocolate! We arrived in Portmadoch and did a coast walk and ended up in a lovely bay for a picnic lunch. I've included a photo of everyone near the train. The next day we went to Harlech Castle. This was a favourite for Jacob and Abi. It's well maintained but still needed a bit of imagination on their parts to think about what it would have been like to live their in the 1280's. I've included a photo of them outside the castle. On the Thursday we explored more locally and took the children swimming. Ruth arrived Friday evening and it was lovely to catch up, we really shouldn't leave it for 4 years until we see each other again! On Friday Ruth took me and the children to Llundundo and we had fun on the pier. Mum and Dad drove back to Holwell for a rest and I picked up a hire car and set off for Knutsford to stay with Anne, Pete, Emily and Vicky. First experience of driving the car was bad as I haven't driven a stick shift for a while and kept forgetting about the clutch. I think the hire car people were a bit worried! Anyway I got to Knutsford easily, well with a few toilet stops on the way.
We met Vicky for the first time, she's very cute with a high pitched cry. You definitely cannot ignore her when she wants something! I've included a photo of them all plus one in the paddling pool. Jacob would have slept there if he'd been allowed! We had a fun time at the local park and one further afield. We went out for dinner too with all the children - what an experience! It was great to see them all. So today we're off to Cranwell to meet up with Sarah and co who were in the Falklands with us and also to spend a night with Helen - who we met when we were in Scotland. Will try and update this one more time before we leave the UK. Jacob's really missing Allen, bless him. Abi's loving all the attention she's getting so Dad's been forgotten a bit! I'm missing him too and am looking forward to 3 days relaxing in Ascension.
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Do women who are abused think it is "normal"?
I hear the theory that if a woman was abused as a child she will think abuse is "normal" when she is an adult. This idea makes me angry and here is why. If we suggest that because a woman was abused as a child, she thinks abuse is normal, we are suggesting that she does not know right from wrong and that she cannot detect abuse. We are suggesting that she has no personal, internal wisdom about what is okay and what is not okay in a relationship. This is not true; women know when something does not feel "okay". Their intuition or "voice" tells them this. They may have learned to not listen to this voice, or that it is dangerous to act on what they know, but it is there. We want to help women to hear their voice and to trust it. If we suggest that previous abuse has destroyed her voice, we leave her feeling like she is not a whole person. Furthermore, we have removed her from being the expert on her own life and put ourselves in that position.
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Hear, hear!
While it is true that childhood abuse does shape a person's belief systems, to say that every abused woman must have suffered childhood abuse is inaccurate. Some women can be confident and clear-thinking and STILL fall prey to abusive men. I have heard of abuse-aware therapists who fell prey. The fact that abusive men are manipulative plays a large role.
My abusive ex's treatment of me was not in the least familiar. However, I did learn to doubt my own gut feelings because I grew up believing that you deferred to other people. My involvement in the Christian community reinforced those sorts of thinking. So you are right, when I stopped listening to others, but started trusting and validating my own experience, things changed.
How did that process start when it was counterintuitive? God – He very clearly stopped me in my tracks to show me what evil was. But He was also very gentle with me on this journey, mindful of the false beliefs I was carrying, and allowed me to discover the truth. Now I am amazed that so many in the church don't get it!
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To give you motivation to read this post I think I'll start with a fact: the book was written in 1998, from the time Eisner took over till the time the book was written the share price of Disney increased thirty-fold. That is a CAGR of 27.5% over a 14-year period, not too bad, isn't it? with that, let's get started.
I really liked how Eisner paid respect to John Malone in the first chapter of his book (the first chapter is actually the latest period):
…We spoke briefly before being interrupted by another group of guests, Malone among them. When it came to talking with him, I felt as if I were guarding Michael Jordan one-on-one.
Good start!
note: I don't have an investment with Disney and I don't intend to make one any time soon. This is just for the sake of intellectual curiosity and expanding my knowledge of that industry.
The Movie Business
The movie business is a tricky one and to some people it may seem like a random, hit-driven business, but in reality this is far from the truth. There are many factors that impact performance and are under the control of the management: do you buy scripts or develop your own? do you work with proven stars or emerging actors? and so on. The first seven chapters of the book initiate the reader on what it takes to succeed in the movie business, and unsurprisingly it seems very similar to what we see in other business.
Eisner ran Paramount as a business, which as trivial as it may sound today, wasn't that much of a common practice in Hollywood:
In contrast to the blockbuster mentality that prevailed at most of the other major studios, we evolved the concept of hitting singles and doubles. That meant making movies for modest budgets base on strong ideas that we developed ourselves. Profligacy and irresponsibility about money were frequently mistaken in the movie business for style and daring. Our inclination was to treat the company's money as if it were our own. We took a certain pleasure in resisting the lemminglike tendency to overpay for stars, or to approve budgets that made no sense.
Barry and I had begun to run Paramount like a real business. It wasn't possible to pick hits every time out but it was possible to protect ourselves financially… Our movies were financed by doctors and dentists and lawyers… We also began pre-selling our movies to the television networks… Between our pre-sells, our tax shelter financing, and our focus on keeping production costs below the industry average, we almost never lost money on a film.
For investors in the sector, it is very important to look for studios that see movies as products and not as a way to get fame and awards. High budget film doesn't mean it will be successful. Some studios, like Paramount under Eisner, were very successful on films with small budget but good ideas and stories. Here is a part from a memo that Eisner sent to Paramount's employees:
I also reiterated the tenets of smart moviemaking, and the kinds of mistakes that are all too easy to make: "An apparently no-risk deal is never a valid reason to produce a mediocre movie. A low budget can never excuse deficiencies in the script. Not even the greatest screenwriting or actor or director can be counted on to save a film that lacks a strong underlying concept. And we should generally resist making expensive overall deals with box office stars and top directors, because we can attract them later with strong material.
According to Eisner, a studio can only make 12-15 movies a year and still give them the close attention that they require, both creatively and in marketing. At the time he was about to join Disney, Paramount was already reaching that limit but Disney was far from it so Eisner saw a lot of potential there. Here is an interesting piece from the chapter called "Keys to the Kingdom" and happened shortly after Eisner became Disney's CEO:
Sid offered Jacobs $60 per share for his 8 percent stake, and settled for $61…That gave Jacobs a profit of nearly $30 million on his year-long investment in Disney, but it was probably one of the most costly financial decisions Jacobs ever made. Had he simply held on to his Disney stock over the next ten years, his gains would have exceeded $2 billion.
With that, the Disney chapter begins.
In Disney, much of the same techniques that worked for Eisner at ABC and Paramount were implemented but Eisner never succumbed to the Hollywood mentality:
Journalists covering Hollywood continue, even today, to measure success in the movie business primarily by box office revenues. By that measure, we continue to finish among the top studios, in large part because we now released so many movies. In reality, all that finally counts is net profit–after the costs of production, marketing, and overhead. Those numbers rarely attract much attention.
This was written at a time when Disney wanted to make more movies so given that Eisner believed that a studio can only handle about a dozen movies, they created and additional studio that doubled the capacity and as expected, the quality of the movies, and with it the profits, decreased. To me, Eisner is the movie-business value-investor. Throughout the book he writes about how important it is to manage the downside very carefully and make sure that even bad movies won't cause too much damage. Also, apart from working with emerging actors, Eisner also worked with actors whom their career interrupted by temporary problems and at one time, people in Hollywood thought the Disney does it's recruiting at the drug rehabilitation center in Hollywood.
Animation, the brand, Euro Disney, ABC and getting off track
The next few chapters had less interesting insights to be gleaned from but were interesting nevertheless. Few words about animation: that segment was treated more as an art than science at Disney and Eisner implemented here the same discipline he did in live-action movies. That is, strict and conservative NPV calculations, video releases for home when it made financial sense even though the artists objected to it because they said it would "dilute the magic" only to find out that kids like to watch the same movie over and over and so on. His actions propelled Disney's animation business and got it back to it's glory days when Walt was still there.
The next two chapters dealt with extending the brand to retail shops, theatre, parks and so on. A quick glance at the 2015 annual report shows that the theme parks and venues segment produced an operating income of $2.6bn on asset base of $23.3bn. This is a high-fixed-cost business that can easily be in the red in bad years, takes a lot of the management's time and attention and actually produces poor after tax rate of return. If we make a back-o-the-envelope calculation and assume that this segment makes a NOPAT (net operating income after tax) of $2bn on an asset base of $23.3bn, this translates into an ROIC of well under 10% and that's really nothing compared to what Disney's core business produces.
As taught in every business school, losing focus is the number one enemy of success in business and I think that Eisner sinned on this point, big time. Planning and building those huge theme parks with many attractions, thousands of hotel rooms, restaurants and so on seemed to be taking a lot of Eisner's time and attention. This craze about parks and venues ended up with Disney building a town for 20,000 people called Celebration, that Disney later divested. Towards the end of the book it seemed like the core-business was getting less and less attention and more attention is given to meeting with architects, building various theme parks, hotels, attractions and even cruise ships.
While Eisner soberly writes about the bad economics of theatrical plays (they cost a fortune to make and you can play only at one venue at a time) Disney went on to build theaters and produce plays. It is funny that the same Eisner that in the beginning of the book wrote a lot about numbers and mocked studios that only cared about getting Amy/Tony awards at any costs without regard to financial performance, goes on to do the very same thing by the end of the book. I guess that too many years in Hollywood did it to him.
One good quote from the chapter about the Euro Disney is from a part that describes the many problems that Disney ran into when opening the parks. We all know that the French government is not pro-business but I was amazed at how bad things can get when a president speaks like that about a venture that was made possible by investment of billions of euros and created tens of thousands jobs for his country:
It didn't help that Francois Mitterrand, the French president, refused even to visit the park. "It's just not my cup of tea," he was quoted as saying the day before we opened, and then went on ignoring his country's largest new tourist attraction.
A short time before the acquisition of CapCities/ABC, Eisner gave a presentation at Sun Valley and among the people in the crowd was Warren Buffett, who held Disney's stock before. During the presentation Eisner addressed Buffett:
I ended by reading a letter than Buffett had sent me 2 years earlier. "In 1965," I quoted him,"I bought 5 percent of Disney for approximately $4m. That's the good news. The bad news is that I sold it a year or two later at about a $2m profit." I explained that I hadn't been able to resist writing back to Warren, to tell him what his position in Disney would be worth had he chosen to keep it through 1993, when he wrote to me–namely,$552m"
"Since Warren's here today," I added, "I just thought I'd bring him up to date. If he had held on to that original investment over all these years, today his $4m would be worth $869m. But don't feel too badly for him. If Disney had purchased $4m worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock in 1965… it would be worth in excess of $6 billion today"
It is funny how Eisner soberly wrote about most M&A not creating any value in the beginning of the "Making it Work" chapter that tells the events post the deal to purchase CapCities/ABC. The reason I'm saying it's funny is this chart below that shows what the Disney stock had done between the time of the acquisition and until Eisner was replaced as a CEO:
You are right Mr. Eisner M&A rarely creates any value, and, releasing the book in 1998 was a brilliant choice indeed.
Final words
This book is definitely worth your time if you have any interest in the media business. It could have been more interesting if Eisner were a bit more quantitative about some of the things they did and less detailed about every movie and play that Disney produced at the time he was at the helm.
Something happened to Disney's stock post 2009 when it started to fly high… but this is out of the scope of that book review and I might (no promise) write about it in the future but now it's time to summarize 2015, and that will be the topic of the next post.
Happy New Year to the readers of my blog and thank you for your continued interest!


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Locker returns to stadium after neck injury
Washington Husky quarterback Jake Locker was hit hard on a scramble with 6:18 to go in the second quarter of UW's game with Oregon State in Corvallis tonight.
Seattle Times staff reporter
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Washington Huskies lost a lot here tonight — most likely a fourth consecutive game to Oregon State and any last chance at a winning season and a bowl game, their stated goals.
All of that, though, didn't seem to mean much after quarterback Jake Locker was taken off the field on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance after being injured.
Locker returned to the stadium in the fourth quarter wearing a neck brace.
Locker was hit in a helmet-to-helmet collision with Oregon State safety Al Afalava after a 5-yard scramble and landed on the turf face down. He stayed on the ground motionless as it became immediately apparent he was hurt.
Locker was attended to by UW trainers for about 15 minutes before being taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis.
UW coach Tyrone Willingham said in his halftime radio comments that he could not confirm anything but noted that the team's trainers "did the right thing'' in taking "precautionary procedures.''
Backup Carl Bonnell played the rest of the way in Locker's absence and helped lead a third-quarter comeback that got the Huskies briefly back in the game aided by some sloppy play by the Beavers.
UW, which trailed 16-0 at halftime, cut the lead to 16-10 midway through the third quarter.
But OSU took advantage of a fumble by Louis Rankin that gave the Beavers the ball at the Husky 5-yard-line to blow the game open in the fourth quarter.
It was the fourth straight loss for the Huskies against the Beavers, the longest losing streak for UW in the 92-game history of the series.
The loss dropped UW to 3-7 overall. UW trailed 13-0 when Locker was injured.
He was attempting to pick up a third-and-six at midfield when he scrambled for five yards, being stopped at the 45-yard-line right in front of the UW bench.
He was turned over on his stomach and his facemask was cut off and he was put on a stretcher and lifted into an ambulance after about 15 minutes.
UW teammates circled around Locker as doctors worked, many looking in shock at the sight of the team's leader appearing to be seriously hurt.
Locker's parents Scott and Anita moved down to the field, with Anita Locker hugging UW coach Tyrone Willingham as doctors worked on her son. Anita Locker rode in the ambulance with her son.
It was the second straight year a UW quarterback was injured against Oregon State. Last season, Isaiah Stanback suffered a foot injury that ended his UW career.
Locker had rushed for 17 yards on six carries at the time of his injury giving him 810 for the season, five yards shy of the Pac-10 modern-day record for most rushing yards in a season for a quarterback.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Beavers got on the board with the first of Alexis Serna's four field goals. The senior entered the game 13-13 all-time against the Huskies and he hit three more in the second quarter.
His first came from 51 yards with 13:27 to go in the second quarter, and he hit another from 34 yards with 8:32 left to put OSU ahead 6-0.
Locker then threw three incomplete passes on deep routes forcing a punt. Oregon State's Gerard Lawson blocked it and Dennis Christopher caught it on a bounce at the 7-yard-line and took a few steps and dove into the end zone for a touchdown to put the Beavers ahead 13-0.
Serna added another field goal for a 16-0 OSU halftime lead.
Serna added a 43-yard-field goal with 1:18 remaining to put the Beavers ahead 16-0.
The Husky offense, so explosive the previous week in racking up 539 yards at Stanford, struggled against an OSU defense that is statistically one of the best in the country.
UW was held to 78 yards on 35 plays in the first half in being held scoreless at halftime for the first time this season. UW showed life without their leader in the third quarter, however.
Bonnell scored on a 1-yard run with 8:29 to go in the third quarter following the fumble to cut the lead to 16-10.
The score came two plays after three players were ejected in an incident that typified the hard feelings that permeated the rest of the game following the injury to Locker.
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Projected Post-2019 Cubs Off-Season Roster
As things stand right now at the 2019 MLB All-Star Break....
PROJECTED POST-2019 CUBS MLB RESERVE LIST: 37 players
* bats or throws left
# bats both
Adbert Alzolay
Brad Brach (2020 club option will be declined, then Brach will exercise player option - see OTHER below)
Tyler Chatwood
Yu Darvish (will not opt-out)
Oscar de la Cruz
Carl Edwards Jr
Kendall Graveman (2020 club option will be exercised)
Kyle Hendricks
* Danny Hultzen (eligible to be 6YFA - will be added to 40 no later than 5th day after final game of World Series)
Craig Kimbrel
* Jon Lester
Dillon Maples
Dakota Mekkes (Rule 5 Draft eligible - will be added to 40 by 11/20)
Tyson Miller (Rule 5 Draft eligible - will be added to 40 by 11/20)
James Norwood
* Jose Quintana (club option will be exercised)
Colin Rea (eligible to be 6YFA - will be added to 40 no later than 5th day after final game of World Series)
* Kyle Ryan
* Justin Steele
Rowan Wick
Miguel Amaya (Rule 5 Draft eligible - will be added to 40 by 11/20)
# Victor Caratini
Willson Contreras
P. J. Higgins (Rule 5 Draft eligible - will be added to 40 by 11/20)
Jhonny Pereda (eligible to be 6YFA - will be added to 40 no later than 5th day after final game of World Series)
Javier Baez
David Bote
Kris Bryant
# Robel Garcia
Trent Giambrone (Rule 5 Draft eligible - will be added to 40 by 11/20)
* Anthony Rizzo (club option will be exercised)
Zack Short (Rule 5 Draft eligible - will be added to 40 by 11/20)
Albert Almora
# Ian Happ
* Jason Heyward (will not opt-out)
* Kyle Schwarber
Mark Zagunis (will be out of minor league options in 2020)
ARTICLE XX-B MLB FREE-AGENT (at 9 AM Eastern on day after final game of World Series): 8
Tony Barnette, P (club option will be declined but he could be released prior to conclusion of regular season)
* Xavier Cedeno, P (or he could even be released prior to conclusion of regular season if roster slot is needed)
Steve Cishek, P
* Cole Hamels, p (Cubs will extend an Article XX-B Qualifying Offer and Hamels might accept it)
Brandon Kintzler, P
Brandon Morrow, P (club option will be declined)
Pedro Strop, P
# Ben Zobrist, INF-OF
NOTE: They won't receive a Qualifying Offer, but Cubs might try and re-sign Cishek, Kintzler, and/or Strop (but at most no more than two of the three) to 2020 MLB contract after they become free-agents, but Barnette, Cedeno, Morrow, and Zobrist will not be offered 2020 contracts.
DFA/OUTRIGHTED POST-2019 (sometime prior to 5 PM Eastern on 5th day after final game of World Series): 5
Alec Mills, P (will be out of minor league options in 2020 - see NOTE-2 below)
* Mike Montgomery, P (will elect to be Article XX-D free-agent if not claimed off waivers - see NOTE-1 below))
* Randy Rosario, P (will be out of minor league options in 2020 - see NOTE-2 below)
Addison Russell, INF (will elect to be Article XX-D free-agent if not claimed off waivers - see NOTE-1 below)
Duane Underwood Jr, RHP (will be out of minor league options in 2020 - see NOTE-2 below)
NOTE-1: While the Cubs would prefer to trade both Russell and Montgomery prior to placing them on Outright Assignment Waivers, one way or another both will not be with the Cubs in 2020.
NOTE-2: If not claimed off waivers and if outrighted to the minors, Mills, Rosario, and Underwood will be minor league 6YFA at 5 PM Eastern on 5th day after final game of World Series, but Cubs will very likely attempt to re-sign them to 2020 minor league contracts (for MLB money and an NRI to Spring Training) after they become minor league free-agents (again, that's presuming player is not claimed off waivers). It's also possible that Mills and/or Underwood could be removed from the 40 prior to the conclusion of the MLB regular season if addtional roster slots are needed in September.
* Daniel Descalso, INF (could happen at any time during or after 2019 season if 40-man roster slot is needed, but no later than 11/20).
Taylor Davis, C-1B
Allen Webster, P (is out of minor league options)
NOTE: Cubs will attempt (hope) to re-sign T. Davis and Webster to 2020 minor league contracts (for MLB money & NRI to Spring Training) after the conclusion of the Rule 5 Draft, the idea of the non-tender being to remove the player from the MLB 40-man roster without taking the chance that the player could be claimed off waivers, and then signing him after (rather than before) the Rule 5 Draft so that he won't be selected in the Rule 5 Draft after signing a 2020 minor league contract. (The Cubs were able to select RHRP Hector Rondon in the 2012 Rule 5 Draft only because the Cleveland Indians signed him to a 2013 minor league contract prior to the Rule 5 Draft instead of waiting to sign him to a minor league contract until after the draft).
Brad Brach, P (will be released only if 40-man roster slot is needed for another player, otherwise will remain on 40 going into Spring Training).
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Yeah the Home Run Derby is cool, but nothing is more electric than the Korean bunting contest.
Nico Hoerner played CF in
Nico Hoerner played CF in today's Tennessee game and led off. That's news to me! Anyone hear if he'll get more time out there or if it was a one and done?
a revolving SS/2nd/CF would
a revolving SS/2nd/CF would do just fine. i could learn to live with that.
Definitely not a bad a idea
Definitely not a bad a idea with Javy repeating his offensive numbers, Bote showing he's roughly a league average player right now, Almora floundering a bit offensively, and Happ not doing much to inspire hope. I guess we'll have to wait and see how the OF defense shakes out. Who are the defensive success stories of IF to OF conversions? Zobrist, Hamilton, and Adam Jones come to mind for now. But I can think of more failures than successes.
Mookie Betts, Nick Senzel,
Mookie Betts, Nick Senzel, Ian Desmond, BJ Upton, Alfonso Soriano. To varying degrees of success, but those guys mostly transitioned at the MLB level. I imagine a lot more guys have successfully made the switch in the minors, as lots of players are drafted as SS but don't stick there.
bj upton was one of the worst
bj upton was one of the worst minor league SS i've ever seen in my life. i have no idea how he made it all the way to AAA still playing SS.
Pretty sure Upton spent a
Pretty sure Upton spent a year or two in the majors at SS/2B (though he wasn't great there). You might be thinking of Justin Upton?
im positive it was bj upton.
im positive it was bj upton. he was part of a "very memorable" young crew of kids in AAA along with delmon young and elijah dukes. bj managed to not get in trouble with them, though. it was quite the off-field newsworthy team along with the on-field craziness they got into (throwing bats, threatening umps/coaches/fans, etc).
in the majors he did hop around SS/2nd/3rd a little bit for a few years, but not much. bj played 16 major league games at SS and he made 7 errors doing it.
These are good! I disagree
These are good! I disagree about Soriano, and I'm unsure about Desmond. but Upton and Betts are for sure prominent success stories. I had completely forgotten that Betts didn't start out in the OF. Gonna wait and see on Senzel.
My impression with Happ and Schwarber, and before them Soriano and Javy in his very few OF appearances, has been that these guys can't seem to make up for the repetitions that allow players to be good defensive outfielders. But there's a lot of recency bias in that judgment.
it's weird cuz happ looked
it's weird cuz happ looked really good in CF last year, and he got a decent amount of time out there.
this year he looked like he's never done it.
schwarber in LF...great dude, but he's DH/1st bound for someone at some at some point before too long. even at his best he's barely average.
Alex Gordon is another in the
Alex Gordon is another in the success column, although he didn't play CF.
I wonder if the successful
I wonder if the successful transition is more a function of the organization than the player. Obviously, these guys are all gifted athletes, but what was the support in teaching the OF, correct defensive positioning, etc.? I recall the positioning issue having a big impact on Dexter Fowler's actual/perceived effectiveness. And I seem to remember a story about Soriano where after a number of years in the OF for the Cubs, somebody realized that nobody ever taught him how to play outfield (hyperbole on my part, but that was the gist). When WASH had Soriano for a year, did somebody just think "oh that guy is fast & can cover enough ground in LF. Let's stick him out there."?
Not sure what Soriano has to
Not sure what Soriano has to do with the question of who can play the outfield. He never played an inning at shortstop, probably for the good of baseball. Anybody can play left field or first base. Adam Dunn played both positions. The next least vital fielding position is second base. That's where Dan Uggla played. Daniel Murphy has been "comfortable" there, in a manner of speaking. Soriano played second and left, which is all one needs to know about him as a defender.
Bote seems to be able to play any infield position. He's beaten the odds and become a real major leaguer. Happ, on the other hand, is a left fielder, although he's better than average there and can squeak by occasionally in center and at second.
I love Almora gliding around the outfield, but he's been a major disappointment. His OBP is .286. (Descalso's is .285.) Almora could have turned this season around for the Cubs by becoming a useful hitter. They lost 91 games in 2011 so they could draft him #6.
So yeah, put Hoerner in center and bat him first. As a shortstop, he's probably a better outfielder than Happ or Zagunis, although both of those could help the team as well, because they get on base. Unlike Almora, they don't like to swing at breaking balls in the dirt.
Happ swings at plenty of
Happ swings at plenty of balls in the dirt. Swings through a hell of a lot of pitches in the zone too.
This isn't a defense of Almora by the way. Never been a fan ever since we drafted him. He's an excellent defender. But so is Connor Myers. I don't know if Connor is even gonna sniff AAA.
Sure, I can remember Happ
Sure, I can remember Happ swinging at bad pitches and swinging through strikes. But that's a bit anecdotal, if you'll pardon the expression. When your OBP is 100 points higher than your BA, you're trying to be selective and trying to draw walks, and mostly succeeding.
Happ's BA/OBP in minors: .265/.361
Majors: .242/.341
Point taken on his ability to
Point taken on his ability to take pitches as well, but I mean... a 242 BA isn't what I'd call good. It's a bit below average. The 341 OBP is about average too. His strikeout rate is still quite high regardless of either number, so the majority of outs he is making are unhelpful.
I guess you exclude Soriano
I guess you exclude Soriano from the conversation if you decide to exclude infielders who were not already good defensively (in which case you exclude Happ, Schwarber, BJ Upton, and the vast majority of shorstops who have transitioned to the outfield) or if you want to limit it to just shortstops. Not every scout seems convinced that Hoerner would stick at SS, so including former 2Bs in the mix makes sense to me.
I realize he had a poor
I realize he had a poor reputation and looked silly when he hopped, but advanced metrics loved Soriano's OF defense some years, less so in others. He had a lot of leg injuries which I think hobbled him and then he got better again when Theo's regime took over.
But really, who spells it "Willson" anyways...
"Jordan McPherson of the
"Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports teams have "reached out" to the Marlins about trading for Starlin Castro. "
he's owed like 5-6m for the rest of the season and slashing .245/.272/.336
teams. plural.
AZ Phil, your writeup here
AZ Phil, your writeup here suggests a player on the restricted list in Zobrist's situation cannot be reinstated between August 1 and October 31. Does Zobrist actually have to be reinstated this month to play at all the rest of the season?
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JustSayin' 3 days 13 hours ago (view)
I hear you but welcome to the world of Theo. The team is always a step or two away from the World Series in his mind, whether that is true or not. Therefore, the thing to do on the margin is to trade top prospects or younger guys on the roster for that missing puzzle piece, not build for the future. I had a front-row seat for this as a Red Sox fan. If Pedro Martinez doesn't insist the Red Sox sign David Ortiz for table scraps and Chris Bryant isn't the no-brainer second pick in the draft, we'd all be wondering what happened to that Theo guy who was in the Red S
Cubster 3 days 13 hours ago (view)
Shogo Akiyama is a lefty bat, career BA at.301 w/ Seibu Lions. Recent OBPs: .419, .385, .398, .403 and .392. HR 20-15 in last 3 seasons Stolen bases, 12 in 2019, 18 in best season (2016). Defense supposedly plus-plus, 7-10 assists (10 in 2016). Clearly a leadoff hitter.
crunch 4 days 6 hours ago (view)
christian yelich committed internet homicide on yu darvish...
Charlie 4 days 10 hours ago (view)
Little in the offseason could make me happier than the Cubs finding ways to retain the good MLB players who came up with them while remaining competitive. This Javy extension talk makes me much happier as a fan than the Bryant and Contreras trade talk.
crunch 4 days 11 hours ago (view)
"Javy Baez. The two-time All-Star shortstop and 2018 MVP runner-up already has begun negotiations on a potential long-term extension with the Cubs, according to sources."
also, some talk of being linked to shogo akiyama (CF, Japan, 32yo in April)
crunch 5 days 7 hours ago (view)
j.odorizzi accepted his qualifying offer (17.8m) from MIN...so did j.abreu (CWS)....everyone else is gonna play the FA market.
w.smith (SF) immediately signed with the braves for 3/39 (13m team option/1m buyout on the backend). braves lose a 2nd round pick...which they'll probably get back when someone signs j.donaldson.
crunch 6 days 7 hours ago (view)
it's not like i think he's something special, but if he had 5mph more on his stuff he'd probably be a top prospect in the system combined with his command/control. he's got highly repeatable junk and he's still young enough there might be a little more velocity to discover.
Arizona Phil 6 days 10 hours ago (view)
CRUNCH: As long as Carrera is placed on the AAA Iowa reserve list on 11/20 he should be safe from selection, and I would say he is in fact close to a lock to be placed on the Iowa roster.
Presuming he is on the Iowa reserve list going into the Rule 5 Draft, I doubt very much that he would get selected in the Major League Phase because he hasn't pitched above Lo-A.
crunch 6 days 10 hours ago (view)
nice info...
i'm low-key keeping an eye on faustino carrera if he's not protected...which he may not be protected.
he throws junk, but he throws it well, and with great control.
Arizona Phil 6 days 11 hours ago (view)
I've talked to Player Development people over the past many years about the Rule 5 Draft and how an organization goes about deciding whether to protect or not protect a player from selection.
STEP 1: How many of your Rule 5 Draft-eligible players are actually legit candidates to get selected in the Major League Phase?. Usually there a dozen or more who could conceivably/realisticaly get selected. You need to identify them and then carefully evaluate them.
EXAMPLES: See my lists above.
crunch 6 days 13 hours ago (view)
"There are no untouchables," Epstein said.
In truth, the Cubs boss has said the same every year, but it certainly sounds like he means it this time. "We're in the 'information collecting' stages of the process," one general manager put it on Tuesday.
Dolorous Jon Lester 1 week 16 hours ago (view)
I think, in relation to the higher profile guys like Javy or Contreras, they're trying to put some pressure on to sign extensions.
That said I do think they're listening on everyone with the only name I haven't seen being Rizzo.
crunch 1 week 1 day ago (view)
i wonder where the cubs will go with things.
there's a lot pointing to the cubs being expected to listen to offers on almost anyone. as it is, on paper, the cubs could roll right into 2020 with no changes whatsoever and still field a very competitive team. the whole "shakeup" thing seems to be a very hot topic from a variety of sources, though.
bryant, contreras, schwarber have all been linked to "cubs may be listening" rumors...probably listening to anything on happ, bote, almora, russell, too...
Hagsag 1 week 1 day ago (view)
Even the Cubs should be able to out bid the Marlins!
crunch 1 week 1 day ago (view)
"According to Joe Frisaro of MLB.com, the Marlins are "believed" to have interest in free agent outfielder Nicholas Castellanos."
by interest, i assume they mean they'd like to have some baseball rookie cards or his or maybe a hug from him. i can't imagine they actually want to spend money on someone they could use to make their team better because that makes no sense.
Arizona Phil 1 week 2 days ago (view)
Prior to joining the Cubs in 2012 Scott Harris was Director of Baseball Operations in the MLB office, which means he received, reviewed, and approved all major league and minor league contracts and transactions, as well as providing MLB clubs with schedules, rules updates, and draft information.


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Series marking the ten-year anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, telling the story of the conflict through the words and pictures of the young soldiers themselves.
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This opening part tells the story of a close-knit group of friends from 3 Platoon, 1st Battalion Royal Anglian regiment, who were sent to Helmand province in 2007. For most of them it was their first experience of war. The whole tour was filmed on a helmet camera by the platoon's sergeant, who captured the moment when one of his men, 19-year-old Private Chris Gray, was killed in a Taliban ambush. The film explores the effects of his death on both his mates in the platoon and his family back in the UK.
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The final part starts in 2009 and tells the story of 2nd Battalion Princess of Wales regiment as they come to terms with new rules of fighting brought in to protect civilians. Private Mike McCabe is filmed being shot in the leg during a Taliban ambush. By 2010, the Scots Guards find themselves fighting a very different war - a battle for hearts and minds. They struggle to train a local force, the Afghan National Police, who fight in a reckless and dangerous way. The risks are hammered home when Guardsman Daniel Clarke films a three-year-old girl who has been seriously injured by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by the ANP. The Scots Guards tour ends in tragedy when six members of the ANP are massacred in their sleep.
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I remember back in primary school when some of the kids would make these rubberband guns out of ice-cream stick. Now, this is taking rubberbang gunnery to a whole new level. Maybe the creator was one of those kids being laughed at for making icecream stick guns, well, once anyone see him with this, we'd see who's laughing now. [Metal Gear Solid Rubber Band Gun is All Kinds of Stealthy]