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The NBDB and the PBBY proudly present the winners of the NCBA 2012:
Ay Naku!
Ilaw ng Tahanan Publishing, Inc. – Publisher
Reni Roxas – Author
Sergio Bumatay III – Illustrator
The thing that strikes you when you pick up this book is the sparseness of the text and the movement in the illustrations, and you know that it was planned that way. This is a book that pulls it off.
Ay naku. Botbot is a walking disaster, and the single verbs and adjectives that accompany him only accentuate that. He wears his clothes inside out, falls down the stairs, bumps into objects, breaks the fishbowl. He hides under the sofa while his family cleans up after him. Ay naku. Lucky for Botbot, there's a tolerance we reserve for our bunsos, our youngests, and we always love them anyway.
(Citation by Ma. Elena P. Locsin, one of the judges for the NCBA 2012.)
Ang Sampung Bukitkit
LG & M Corporation – Publisher
Eugene Y. Evasco - Author
Ibarra C. Crisostomo - Illustrator
And it doesn't even matter that you don't know what a bukitkit is. This book is a friend, a quiet friend that holds your hand and lets you be. There's a hidden rhythm to the words that flow in the wind that takes the puffballs away. The drawings are executed in colored pencil, so they're accessible, but they dance, and they shift your perspective in very subtle ways. The layout is loose, and you never get the feeling that you are confined to the pages that you hold in your hand.
This counting book doesn't condescend. It is playful but never silly. We need more books like this.
(Citation by Ma. Elena P. Locsin, one of the judges for the NCBA 2012.)
Doll Eyes
CANVAS (The Center for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development) - Publisher
Eline Santos - Author
Augie Rivera - Translator
Joy Mallari - Illustrator
In the crowded streets of Quiapo, things happen, like thievery, or strange magic. When a street child goes missing, hardly anyone notices. But Ella is lucky to have a loyal friend in Tin, who senses that something is amiss. Tin follows where her heart leads, with nothing but a stranger and a plastic gun to aid her. And then, when most in need, a miracle happens.
Doll Eyes is a thrilling read, a thrilling ride, through the labyrinth that is Quiapo. The illustrations capture the mystique as well as the mess of the place, join together the marvelous with the everyday, and paint eerie portraits of a terrible dollmaker and her terrified and helpless dolls. This gripping horror story confirms our worst fears, withers our hopes, then restores us to the strength of friendship, reassuring us that help is just a prayer away.
(Citation by Celeste Aida Abad-Jugo, one of the judges for the NCBA 2012.)
Tall Story
Cacho Publishing House – Publisher
Candy Gourlay – Author
Yasmin S. Ong – Illustrator
The experience of reading Tall Story was as exhausting as climbing a small hill when you're forty and out of shape. I'm still catching my breath.
Tall Story is the story of a boy with a gigantic identity crisis. Is his life cursed or is he the destined savior of his town in Montalban? He is torn between leaving his home and being one with his family in a foreign land. To get home, he will have to escape the wrath of a witch, a prophecy, and the desperate cry of his people. To survive these, Bernardo will have to ask, from which giant could he draw strength from? Could it be from? Bernardo Carpio or Michael Jordan?
Tall Story is the story of a girl who is on a field goal and is about to take the greatest three-point-shot of her life. Without warning, she loses possession. She then moves from being point guard to providing defense to a brother she has not seen in years. As Andi stands for the jump shot, she will need to ask herself, will she pass the ball to Bernardo or will she grab it to make the shot for herself?
Reading Bernardo and Andi's story forces you to be keen and sensitive reader. You want the story to end well, but how can it? And so you keep on reading no matter what and you pay attention to everything that happens. The plot pushes and surprises at so many different points. And you invest emotionally on characters that you discover you have loved long before the story reaches midway.
(Citation by Victor Villanueva, one of the judges for the NCBA 2012.)
The Great Duck and Crocodile Race
OMF Literature, Inc. - Publisher
Robert Magnuson - Author and Illustrator
Choosing this book was a brave decision on my part. I thought I'd be looked on as a fool picking this book. It was so simple and juvenile - but I loved the book.
Apparently I wasn't the only judge who loved the book. Everyone did. It
was a clear unanimous decision to pick "The Great Duck and Crocodile
Race" as one of the top children's books of 2011 - 2012. The story is
delightful and the illustrations are wonderful. It is everything that will make
a child want to fall in love with reading.
Congratulations to Robert Magnuson, author and illustrator, OMF Literature Inc. and the rest of the team who brought this book to reality!
(Citation by Robert Alejandro, one of the judges for the NCBA 2012.)
(Citation by Robert Alejandro, one of the judges for the NCBA 2012.)
The Secret is in the Soil
Conquest for Christ Foundation, Inc. - Publisher
Gidget Roceles Jimenez - Author
Flor Gozon Tarriela - Author
Liza Flores - Illustrator
If we ask children today "How can you SAVE our earth, its air and its oceans?" taglines, slogans, quotes easily flow from their mouths. When you ask what YOU DO on a daily basis to save the earth, its air and its oceans, there is a tangible pause in their thinking and paucity in their concrete actions. In leading discussions with children, they seem to know our atmosphere is polluted, our oceans are polluted, and mountains of garbage are clearly visible – yet there seems to be a disconnect between their personal actions and what they observe in their environment.
Loosely paraphrasing an advertisement, "We do not own the earth, we merely take care of it for the next generation"; or borrowing a Native American proverb, "we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children" – we are moved to begin translating the wisdom of these words into actions that involve both adults (hopefully, parents) and children.
In the book, The Secret is in the Soil, there is an excellent mix of the needed science background for the intended age group, tips to initiate AND sustain an action plan, appetizing yet healthful recipes that can be tried even before the garden bears its fruits, appropriately placed photos and well-captioned illustrations. It is easy to imagine a motivated child using this book as a resource for a project he or she wishes to embark on. It is also easy to envision a wholesome family project that will lead to – who knows, an organic farming industry? By focusing on creating healthier and wealthier soil (rich in nutrients and micro-organisms) as the producer of life-giving foods, children will begin to overcome learned responses that dirt is dirty, worms are gross or, sadly, creatures to be halved, mud is not to be stepped on, and garbage will soon stink up and therefore banished immediately from the kitchen.
There is something innate in children that make them intensely curious about living creatures and the outdoors. We believe that this book could be the effective vehicle to develop this curiosity – most naturally. Many successes begin with a germ of a seed. Without a child feeling that they have to solve all the earth's problems spawned (by adults) through the decades, by starting in one's own backyard, "The Secret is in the Soil" can inspire anyone who wishes to put teeth into their answer when asked, "What do YOU do to the save the Earth?"
I conceive that the land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living, and countless numbers are still unborn. ~Author Unknown
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. ~John Muir
Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values.... God made life simple. It is man who complicates it. ~Charles A. Lindbergh, Reader's Digest, July 1972.
(Citation by Ana Maria Rodriguez, one of the judges for the NCBA 2012.)
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Let's say $X$ has a log-normal distribution and there is one real positive number $c$. then is it right to say that $(X -c)$ also has some log-normal distribution? My feeling is that, it can't be, because $(X - c)$ may take negative value whereas a log-normal distribution is only defined on the positive domain. Can somebody disprove that?
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The answer to your question is (essentially) no and your argument has the right idea. Below, we formalize it a bit. (For an explanation of the caveat above, see @whuber's comment below.)
If $X$ has a lognormal distribution this means that $\log(X)$ has a normal distribution. Another way of saying this is that $X = e^{Z}$ where $Z$ has a $N(\mu, \sigma^2)$ distribution for some $\mu \in \mathbb{R}, \sigma^2 >0$. Note that by construction, this implies that $X \geq 0$ with probability one.
Now, $X-c = e^Z - c$ cannot have a lognormal distribution because
$$ P(e^Z - c < 0 ) = P(e^Z < c) = P(Z < \log(c)) = \Phi \left( \frac{ \log(c) - \mu }{\sigma} \right) $$
which is strictly positive for any $c > 0$. Therefore, $e^Z - c$ has a positive probability of taking on negative values, which precludes $e^Z - c$ from being lognormally distributed.
In summary, the lognormal distribution is not closed under subtraction of a positive constant. It is, however, closed under multiplication by a (positive) constant, but that's an entirely different question.


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CORVALLIS, Ore.- Neither team could come away with an outright win in the soccer portion of the Civil War as the University of Oregon (8-9-3, 3-6-2 Pac-12) came from behind to tie #21 Oregon State (13-5-2, 7-3-1), 1-1, on a chilly Friday night at Paul Lorenz Field in Corvallis in front of 1, 401 fans.
It is the third time in five years that the teams have tied in the series. In 2007 and 2008 the teams played into ties, while the Ducks dropped games in 2009 and 2010.
"We played very well and hard against a talented Oregon State team," said Oregon head coach Tara Erickson." We defended well all over the field and moved on both offense and defense. That was probably one of our most complete games of the season. Maddy Mercier, as an outside back, played awesome and Abby (Steele) played well in goal. Scout (Libke) and LT (Lauren Thompson) played very organized against some good Oregon State forwards and our younger players played great in their first Civil War."
OSU took two shots to open the match that did not find the back of the net, but Chelsea Buckland broke through with her 11th goal of the season inthe14th minute of action to put the Beavs ahead, 1-0.
But the Ducks came back with the equalizer to tie the match up at 1-1 in the 20th minute. Oregon State committed a foul, setting up the chance for Oregon to earn a corner, which they did on the possession. Sophomore Brynne Konkel got her head on the ball, but the shot went high. UO didn't give up on the possession as OSU goalkeeper Colleen Boyd was not able to secure the ball after she was drawn out by Konkel's header and freshman Bri Pugh slipped the ball into an empty net. The goal was Pugh's fourth of the season, tying her with two others for the squad lead.
The defense kept the Ducks in the match and caused the Beavers to not get many opportunities to get shots on goal. Of their total 22 shots, only eight were SOG. Those 22 shots were an UO opponent-high for this season.
While both teams only attempted one shot apiece in the first overtime, in the second overtime, Konkel had a shot that just missed getting past Boyd get blocked by the Beaver defense. Junior Julie Armstrong followed up with another shot right behind it that Boyd had to move at the last second to save her team from defeat. Freshman Ryann Davie got Oregon's last shot, but she was not able to notch the game winner in her first Civil War.
Steele (3-8-3) played all 110 minutes in goal for the Ducks and picked up seven saves during the match.
Junior Mo Fitzgerald and Pugh both ended the match with a team-high three shots, combining to take six of Oregon's 13 shots.


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Just turn on timing by entering: \timing
Timing can be turned on with \timing at the psql prompt (as Caleb already said). If you are on 8.4 or above, you can add an optional on/off argument to \timing, which can be helpful if you want to be able to set timing on in .psqlrc - you can then set \timing on explicitly in a script where plain \timing would otherwise toggle it off
The widely used tool is the SQL command EXPLAIN ANALYZE, possibly with more options for more details in the answer. That outputs the query plan with the planner estimates plus actual execution times. Why would you want to clear the cache? The generally more likely use case is that the cache is populated. If you still want to go that route, here is a related ...
A hard drive's IOPS tells you how many I/O operations that particular drive can perform per second. Since random reads, random writes, sequential reads, and sequential writes have different performance characteristics, if you're looking at a single number, that implies that this is a weighted average of these four numbers that represents some workload. ...
For Microsoft SQL Server, the lowest-intrusive tool is Performance Monitor, aka Perfmon. Here's my tutorial on grabbing Perfmon counters for SQL Server and analyzing them: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2006/12/dba-101-using-perfmon-for-sql-performance-tuning/
The SQL Profiler, execution plan, IO/Cpu statistics are your best friend at checking the performance of your code. You will see if there are any differences in performance between the 2 versions of functions. In this question - Tuning exercises - you can find some basic and advanced references about tuning.
I have done the following to reproduce the output you are seeing from dbt2. Installed Centos6.4 Installed MySQL 5.1.69 via YUM Installed Innotop to view in real time all queries and open transactions Ran the bench as you did: [root@centos-cef dbt2-0.37.50.3]# scripts/run_mysql.sh --connections 20 --terminals 5 --time 300 --warehouses 3 --verbose ...
Benchmarking or Tuning tool? IMHO, there's no tool that will be specific to the latter unless you have a super generic usage. You need to identify your usage pattern and tune your database hosts to accommodate. If you're write-heavy, you will have a different configuration than a read-heavy scenario. Bottom line, your tuning follows your applications usage. ...
Not sure about the TPC-DS, but I know that HammerDB will perform a TPC-H(ad hoc DSS) benchmark test against PostgreSQL. If you're looking for a benchmark, but not specifically a TPC-DS, this is a good tool for testing.
I think MONyog can handle some of your request. MONyog MySQL Monitor and Advisor is a "MySQL DBA in a box" that helps MySQL DBAs manage more MySQL servers, tune their MySQL servers and fix problems with MySQL database applications. MONyog not only finds problem SQL it has 200+ monitors and advisors as well which suggests what parameter you ...
Here's a recent blog post (2013-07-01) that shows how to use tpcc-mysql and graph results: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2013/07/01/tpcc-mysql-simple-usage-steps-and-how-to-build-graphs-with-gnuplot/ This is written by Michael Rikmas, who is a super nice guy, and a long time Percona support engineer.
I would say using a local server would be better. At least that way you know the hardware and can simulate it as close to the production server as possible. With a cloud-based server you have no idea what the underlying hardware is, and with some services like Azure you will have to take the 3x write policy into account, different network connectivity, ...
Quest has a database benchmarking tool. You can run a synthetic TPC-C, H, E test against your MySQL database. It will not suggest configuration changes, but it does make testing those changes a bit easier. Benchmark Factory Community
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Apologies for the late response to this, but there is a key reason as to why you are not observing an expected smooth behavior: You have a client-server model violation when you eliminate think time. The client server model is built upon a foundation that not all user are using system resources at the same time. This is different than the mainframe model ...
While I can't speak to measuring specific metrics like CPU, storage throughput, etc. in your environment, I have found HammerDB to be a good tool for running a good, standardized benchmark against your databases. This tool runs an unofficial TPC-C benchmark against your database. You can configure for concurrent user connections and workloads. Using this ...
i have used PostGIS for over a decade now and I can tell you for sure that there is no match for it in the NoSQL world. how many rows do you have? how large is the thing? Mongo is definitely not going to make you happy. I am pretty sure you did something fishy on the PostgreSQL side to even consider using Mongo. Let us fix it ...
In all probability, your query takes half a second to run, but it takes a lot more time to display all the results. The latter depends on the speed of your network and that of your computer and is not really relevant from a performance tuning perspective. To answer your question, the query execution time (0.5 seconds) is the execution time.
Such a tool would be almost completely worthless in practical use. max_connections has nothing to do with performance. It's a safety mechanism to prevent a runaway application from making so many connections that the server becomes overwhelmed. The value makes absolutely no difference unless you are using that many connections. It is also a value that ...
SQLIO is technically deprecated - it's been replaced by the newer utility Diskspd. However, the same basic answer applies. If you look at an existing server and guess how much storage throughput it's USING, then look at the counters: IOPs - Physical Disk Reads/Sec and Writes/Sec IO size - Physical Disk Read Bytes/sec divided by Reads/sec (and same for ...
If you could change the WHERE clause for the sake of the benchmark, do one of two things: OPTION #1 : Table Scan SET PROFILING=1; SELECT SQL_NO_CACHE field_a, field_b FROM table; SELECT SQL_NO_CACHE field_a, field_b FROM table; SELECT SQL_NO_CACHE field_a, field_b FROM table; SHOW PROFILES; OPTION #2 : Change WHERE xxx to WHERE 1=1 SET PROFILING=1; ...
The MariaDB has a lot of optimizer features not found in mySQL (especially 5.5, but still compared to 5.6) See this link for a comparison of optimiser features. There is also a benchmark results page which shows MariaDB faster in a lot of tests. So in the end MariaDB has more options when choosing an execution plan.
I would collect queries from Master via slow log and then reply them on the slave using http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-toolkit/2.1/pt-log-player.html to do this you will need: Enable full slow query logging. You need to be careful with the IO load if your server is really busy. You may want to do it during low time (say at night) Collect good amount of ...
I strongly believe that only the "local" record is set to trust. try something like that: local all all trust host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust host all all ::1/128 trust this should work for all kinds of local connections.
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I recommend pgFouine. It is a good way of analyzing your Postgres for any given snapshot. I've used it for a couple of projects with great success. http://pgfouine.projects.pgfoundry.org/ Also, for general ideas on how to optimize Postgres. I subscribe to the Instagram blog and have personally gleamed a lot of inspiration from it. In particular to the ...
I searched around Google, and I'll admit, it's tough to find any documentation. You can try these links Download Site Clustrix tpcc-mysql Benchmark Full Search within Percona's Website I also recommend reading the README file when you download and install it. Perhaps the README file will give you some guidance on getting proper documentation.
You can download fix error "STATE" and endcoding dump data to database at https://github.com/grahn/tpcds-kit
I got the same error, the first thing I tried was to erase query1.tpl from the templates.list, but then I got a similar error for query2.tpl but referring to the substitution '_END'. I looked at the template and realized that the variable was never used, then I looked in the QGEN.doc guide and read that the variables are automatically set for use of ...
In order to compile correctly SysBench 0.5 on a FreeBSD system you have to download the source code from launchpad.net (SysBench v0.5), see bug 1029088 Then, for benchmarking purposes, you can take a look into this post: Stress test MySQL with queries captured with general log in MySQL Or you can use the standard oltp test provided by SysBench
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Ben Franklin knew what he was talking about when he said three may keep a secret if two of them are dead. And, it turns out, those people had better kick the bucket within 32 minutes of hearing the gossipy dish: That's the average amount of time a woman goes before she spreads the dirt, a new survey finds.
London's Daily Mail reports the survey conducted for Simple, a skin-care company, finds that, in addition to the half-hour time limit on keeping secrets, one in 10 respondents say they can't keep a secret at all, 85 percent say they love gabbing about gossip, nearly 50 percent say they just need to get secrets off their chests and 13 percent say they actually really want to share some secrets so word will get out.
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We were playing the Days of Wonder game Pirate's Cove earlier this evening; it's a lot of fun but the rules aren't exactly watertight, and more than once I felt there was considerable ambiguity in how they should be interpreted. Here's one that I remember:
- One of our pirates was fortunate enough to draw a Parrot as his starting card. Within the first couple of turns, though, our ships came into conflict. Being a hater of birds, I opened fire on his parrot and shot it clean off the mizzenmast instead of concentrating on sinking the shap. Losing one's parrot is obviously worth a humiliating -2 Fame. But if you had 0 Fame when you lost it, do you go to -2 or stay at 0? The scoring track is circular so it was easy enough to represent a negative score, but was this correct?


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Violinist Ross Winter, a graduate student in the Conservatory of Music,
Violinist Ross Winter, a graduate student in the Conservatory of Music,
has a connection to the Sherlock Holmes film starring Robert Downey Jr.
He was contacted via e mail by a casting agent who came across his web site and asked if he would be interested in "tutoring a big actor" for an upcoming film. He would need to start the next day and it might be for a few days. He might also have to be on the set in
After a few e mail exchanges, Ross said, "We talked on the phone that night. After I was asked a number of questions, I got the full deal. I was going to be teaching Robert Downey, Jr. to play the violin for his role in Sherlock Holmes. I was pretty shocked, but incredibly excited. "
"The next day, after some phone exchanges with an Assistant Director, I went to Robert's hotel room for his first lesson. During the first hour, we chatted, went over some basic technique, discussed the script and I met Jude Law who had come to rehearse with
"The following day," he continued "I was asked to come top the set at 7 AM for the first day's shoot in
"What was supposed to be a few days ended up lasting almost a month and I had to be away from school the first few weeks of the semester."
"Robert is an amazing guy," said Mr. Winter "he is incredibly intelligent, completely hilarious, and a larger than life presence. I was there to be his personal-violin-assistant and had some hysterical chats with him. He even told me that he liked me being there and I was brought to the set everyday just in case he might want to play or if it was going to be involved in a scene."
"Through all of this," says Winter "I was asked to be in front of the camera ands was given a Principal Contract as 'Violinist" and am now SAG-eligible."
Thinking this was to be his only silver screen experience, for a while at least, Winter was amazed when he was contacted about being in the new Sex and the City movie due for release Labor Day weekend 2010. "I was on set for two weeks with a cast and am a 'Featured Performer." "Three of those days were spent filming a scene with Liza Minnelli that is going to be spectacular," he says.
Ross has had a versatile career as an orchestral player, soloist and chamber musician. He is a member of the Richmond Symphony and a substitute with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Previously he has been a member of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic having performed as Principal and Assistant Second Violin.


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In the 1970s, mycoviruses were identified that infected the edible mushroom Lentinula edodes (shiitake), but they were not regarded as causal agents for mushroom diseases. None of their genes has been sequenced. In a recently published study, the dsRNA genome of a mycovirus recently found in a shiitake commercial strain was sequenced and its molecular structure was characterized.
The virus was tentatively named L. edodes mycovirus HKB (LeV). Based on the deduced RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) sequence, phylogenetic analysis of LeV was conducted. Because no virion particles associated with the dsRNA were observed by electron microscopic observation, atomic force microscopy (AFM) observation was chosen for achieving molecular imaging of the virus.
The genome encoded two open reading frames (ORFs). ORF1 coded for a hypothetical protein and ORF2 for a putative RdRp, respectively. In addition, a region coding for a NUDIX domain was present in ORF1. There was a 62-bp intergenic region between ORF1 and RdRp. Similarity with coat protein of mycoviruses was not found within the whole sequence. Based on phylogenetic analysis of the putative RdRp sequence, LeV grouped into a clade with dsRNA found in the basidiomycetes Phlebiopsis gigantea and Helicobasidium mompa.
The clade was placed apart from the Totiviridae and Chrysoviridae families. As suggested from the genome sequence, AFM revealed that the structure of LeV was linear unencapsidated dsRNA.
Source: Virology Journal
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With the advent of the internet somewhere in the 1980s, the number of users using the internet has grown exponentially. The internet will continue to grow more people from the emerging economies get connected. This reason is enough to justify why your business should have an online presence.
The first step to help your Singapore business is to have a website in the first place. This can range from simple wordpress blogs to complicated themes that are custom made for you. The purpose of your website will determine how elaborate you want your website to be.
Create Content
Once you get your Singapore business website up and running, the next is to create content. Create content about your business. It may be about what you are offering as a service or products. The bottom line for content creation is to bring value to the visitors of your website. The SEO (search engine optimization) aspect of content is to incorporate keywords that you are targeting into your content as well. In addition, your content should not only be relevant to what your business is doing, but it should also be relevant to the keywords that you are targeting.
What's Next?
Having a website is half the story. There are literally millions of websites out there that are related to your business. If your website is not on page 1 of search engines such as Google, it is as good as not having one. The reason for this is that 90% of internet users do not go past the 1st page of Google. What happens usually is if they do not find what they are looking for in the 1st page of SERPs (search engine results page), they would refine their search terms rather than go to page 2. Therefore it is imperative that your Business website in Singapore be on page 1, if you even want to think about leveraging on the internet for your business growth. It is really useful to grow your Business in Singapore with SEO.
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That is where search engine optimization comes in. It is basically methods and strategies that are used to get your website to the page 1 of search engines. There are basically two factors that influence SEO. They are on page SEO and off page SEO. On page SEO was covered briefly earlier. It is about having keywords or variants of it in your content, header and tags. Off page SEO are the backlinks to your website. The better the quality and greater the quantity of links to your website, the more "points" Google will award to you. And that would determine your ranking in the SERPs. This form of getting your Singapore business to page 1 of Google to be seen by users is also known as Search Engine Marketing.
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There are many other ways to be seen online as well. With social media platforms such as twitter, facebook, tumblr, etc, Singapore businesses are capitalizing on the power of social proof and "word of mouth".
Google adwords is another way to be seen online. These are the ads that you see at the top, side and bottom of SERPs when you type a search term in. These are paid ads and there are pros and cons to it. It is fairly effective. However, if you do not manage it well, it can cost you alot.
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Accreditation Update
The College's accreditation-related Follow Up Report 2011 was hand-delivered to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (the Commission) on Wednesday, Oct. 5, and copies were sent to the three visiting team members the same week http://www.marin.edu/WORD-PPT/CoverLetter_DWC_2011_FollowUpReport.pdf.
Background: At its meeting Jan. 11 through 13, 2011, the Commission took action to reaffirm the College's accreditation based on its Self Study Report and the report of the evaluation team which visited Oct. 25 through 28, 2010, with a requirement that the College complete a Follow Up Report addressing eight recommendations. The deadline for submission of the report was Oct.15, 2011.
Part of this requirement also includes hosting another visit by accreditation team members. The scheduled one-day visit by the three-person team led by Dr. Jose Ortiz, Superintendent/President of Allan Hancock College, will take place on Oct. 31, 2011 and will include both the Kentfield and Indian Valley Campuses. The other team members include Ms. Nancy Meddings, Interim Dean, Library Resources and Community Education of Allan Hancock College, and Ms. Rhea Riegel, Institutional Research Coordinator of Fresno City College. (All three team members were participants on the team which visited Oct. 25 through 28, 2010, with Dr. Ortiz also serving as the Chair.)
It is requested that all responsible parties for the recommendations be available Monday, Oct. 31, (yes, on Halloween) to provide the opportunity for the team members to discuss the submitted report. As soon as specific meeting requests are received from the team, they will be communicated to allow everyone involved to better schedule their day.
If you have not already done so, I recommend you review the report http://www.marin.edu/com/PRIE/PDF/SS-FollowUpReport-web.pdf. Once again, I thank all responsible parties for their significant teamwork and accomplishments.
College of Marin Adaptive Computer Center Services in New Location
The public is invited to tour the relocated Individualized Technology Computer Program (formerly the COM High Tech Computer Center) at an open house and continental breakfast hosted by the Marin Brain Injury Network near the college campus in Larkspur. The open house will take place Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, from 10 a.m.to noon at the Marin Brain Injury Network, 1132 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur. More information, including directions is at www.mbin.org RSVP by Wednesday, Oct. 19, to Operations Manager Therese Jacobson at (415) 461-6771, ext. 102. Class registration takes place Tuesday, Oct. 25, and Thursday, Oct. 27, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The program will continue to provide cognitive retraining to individuals who have experienced a stroke or head injury, as well as learning skills development for students with learning disabilities. Computer and word processing training will also be provided for learning and physically disabled students to meet their academic needs and to prepare them for competitive employment.
For more information, contact College of Marin Disabled Students Programs and Services at (415) 457-8811, ext 7701.
New COM Officers Take Oath of Office
The College of Marin Police Department invites you to attend the Oath of Office Ceremony for Sergeant Todd Kidder, Officer Mike Kessler, and Officer Dan Quirk. The ceremony will take place on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, at 11 a.m. in the Student Services Building, Deedy Staff Lounge. Light refreshments will be served.
Circle of Champions Event Brings a Legend Back to COM
On Wednesday, Oct. 12, the College of Marin Athletics Department and its Circle of Champions celebrated the career of former men's basketball coach Cal Riemcke along with the entry of his name into the COM Athletic Hall of Fame. Almost 100 attended the event to honor the induction of the 11th member into COM's Hall of Fame. Special thanks to Matt Markovich and the Circle of Champions Advisory Board and Committee for organizing this event. It was an honor to be in the presence of an individual who influenced the lives of many student-athletes during his 12 seasons at COM. The Hall of Fame serves as a great model for our current student-athletes giving them examples of individuals who have gone on and become business owners, county supervisors, and other important community members.
Announcement from Financial Aid:
The Department of Education has recently published new regulations which impact students who repeat courses. Beginning in the spring 2012 semester students may only receive federal financial aid funding for one repetition of a previously passed course. Repeated coursework may be included if the student received an unsatisfactory or failing grade. There is no limit on the number of attempts allowable if the student does not receive a passing grade.
Fall 2010 Auto 114 Fail Eligible
Spring 2011 Auto 114 Pass Eligible
Summer 2011 Auto 114 Pass 1st repeat of previously passed course Eligible
Fall 2011 (future) Auto 114 2nd repeat of previously passed course Not Eligible to count toward full-time enrollment status.
For more information contact Financial Aid Specialist Andrea Hunter at (415) 485-9422.
The College of Marin Dance Department presents their annual fall dance concert Dance In…Tent Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 28 and 29, and Nov. 4 and 5, at 8 p.m. Performances will be held in the tent located on the central lawn of the Kentfield Campus.
Kristi Kuhn's My Tribe explores what happens when different dance styles are mixed with drum sticks and music by the Glitch Mob.
David Jones' Tres Gotas celebrates the power of holy water through the mesmerizing rhythm of the salsa and Raise Your Glass playfully toys with the lively spirit of youth and rebellion.
Sandra Tanner and her dancers are Swept Away into a world where dreams and reality ebb and flow.
Alan Scofield's Adele is about the heartbreak when love comes abruptly to an end and The Gift explores the compensation of fate that suddenly blocks our way, only to reveal a better path.
Sandi Weldon's Move Something, is a fun-filled nod to the high energy of a school dance and in 99 Red Balloons, an innocent child plays with 99 red balloons, but are they balloons or something else?
Christopher Leon DiBiase, student choreographer, presents Under Pressure, a playful dance commentary on the connectedness of all things.
Lindsey Herrera, student soloist, presents Llunga, about a woman caught in a struggle between what she wants and what she knows is best.
Tickets are $15 general, $10 for students and seniors. Contact the Box Office at (415) 485-9385 to purchase. Choreography by the COM dance faculty with production design by e. "Ernie" Ernstrom.
An Evening with Kay Ryan
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate and COM Basic Skills Professor Kay Ryan will be reading her poetry and signing copies of her books on Friday, Nov.18, at 7:30 p.m. at Dominican University of California, Angelico Hall, 50 Acacia Avenue in San Rafael. Student tickets can be purchased from the College of Marin Bookstore for $20 with a valid student ID card. Tickets for the general public are $25 and can also be purchased at any Marin County Free Library branch. Proceeds from the event will be used to support arts and poetry programming at all branches of the Marin County Free Library.
Former COM Drama Instructor Peter Tamaribuchi won third place in the Cynosure Screenwriting contest for Undiscovered Country, a film about an inner city teen hoping to find refuge from street violence. At his new elite school he soon discovers that under the seemingly perfect suburban facade, new dangers await that he is not yet ready for.
Tamaribuchi started out as a playwright, taking screenwriting here at COM from Instructor Sandy Handsher, then earned an M.A. at Boston University, as well as an M.F.A. from UCLA. His plays have been produced at a wide range of theaters and venues and his screenplays have received accolades from many contests and festivals. In addition to screenwriting, Tamaribuchi has been a drama and film teacher for over a decade, working with a cross-section of youth, from the inner city, to the suburbs.
Upcoming Events
COM Students Will Host Debate for Trustee Candidates
Candidates for the College of Marin Board of Trustees have been invited by student government leaders to participate in a debate on Oct. 20, 2011, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Deedy Staff Lounge located in the Kentfield Campus Student Services Building, 835 College Ave., Kentfield, CA. The event is open to the public and is free of charge.
The following candidates have confirmed their participation: incumbent Philip J. Kranenburg, Joan Lisetor, incumbent Dr. Eva Long, Stephanie O'Brien, Peter Romanowsky, and Jack Wilkinson. Incumbent Dr. James Namnath is unable to attend the debate. Candidates will be asked a variety of questions by a three-person panel, which will include a member of College of Marin Faculty Senate, an Associated Students of College of Marin (ASCOM) member, and a community at large member. A moderator and timekeeper will be provided by the Marin League of Women Voters. For more information contact Student Trustee Raemond Bergstrom-Wood at email@example.com.
Get Ready for the Great Shake Out
On Thursday, Oct.20, at 10:20 a.m. millions of people will participate in the 2011 Great California Shake Out! Are you prepared at home or work for an earthquake or any other disaster? Do you have an emergency kit, water, food, and other items in case there is an earthquake? There is much helpful information at http://www.shakeout.org/. It's never too late to get ready!
The Job Placement Center at College of Marin is hosting the Annual Fall Job Fair in the Student Services Building on the Kentfield Campus. The event will be held Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Employers and resource agencies from the Bay Area will be present to provide employment opportunities and resources to College of Marin students, alumni, and community members. This event is open to the public and free of charge. A detailed list of the employers who will be in attendance is posted online at www.marin.edu/StudentServices/JobPlacement or you may contact the Job Placement Center at (415) 485-9410.
Please join us on Oct. 27, 2011, for a meeting to bring the community up to date on the progress of the modernization program. There will be a question and answer period following the presentation. The forum is open to the public and is free of charge.
Kentfield Forum
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to access the meeting or to otherwise participate at this meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact Human Resources at 415.485.9342. Notification at least 48 to 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the District to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting.
World Diabetes Day at COM
ASCOM and Lift for Teens will be sponsoring World Diabetes Day at College of Marin's Kentfield Campus on Sunday, Nov.13, 2011, from noon to 5 p.m. in Fusselman Hall, rooms 110 and 120; the Student Services Building; and Learning Resources Center Quad. Join in the fun for an afternoon of health screenings, multi-lingual/multi-cultural information, educational performances, giveaways, nutritious food, Yoga and Zumba workshops, and more! Activities will be free of charge to the public. More information at www.DiabetesDayBayArea.org.
COM Athletics
Men's Soccer vs. Napa Valley College
Men's Soccer vs. Yuba College
Women's Soccer vs. Los Medanos
Volleyball vs. Laney College
Retired Dance Instructor Diagnosed with ALS
Catherine Sim, who taught ballet, dance history, and ballroom for twelve-and-a-half-years part time and twelve-and-a-half-years years full time here at COM was recently diagnosed with ALS. In addition to running the dance department for six years, Sim created over 50 dance pieces, reviewed for Dance Magazine for three years, published two autobiographical articles, and just completed a booklet on renaissance dance. Cathi now resides in the Sierra Foothills where she continues to volunteer for the Audubon Society as a part of the wildlife rehabilitation group. A fund has been established to help with medical expenses through the College of Marin Foundation. Checks can be made out to COMF/Cathi Sim Fund.
Have a great week!
David Wain Coon, Ed.D.
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Poachers are worse than blood dopers
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
View of the cyclocross steps and DON'T RIDE IT UNTIL IT OPENS
I must believe that the boneheads who poach Valmont Bike Park do not read 303cycling (hard to believe, all cyclist should read this!) because we've said it multiple times DON'T RIDE VALMONT UNTIL IT OFFICIALLY OPENS!
This is what the people are saying to me
"Is that park going to happen?"
"What the hell is the status of the park!"
These are quotes I'm hearing from cyclist and it looks like the city is going to give us a teaser update with photos. The city has purposely been quite on this to avoid building to much excitement and cause uncontrollable desire to ride her. But Valmont Bike Park cannot go behind the moon until their projected opening day of Spring 2011, riders and those who have made contributions want to know what is going on. However publishing news could backfire for cyclist when grumpy citizens learn of this amazing park and wonder why they are funding it when many other city programs are taking budget cuts so the city is really doing us a favor one might say to keep it on the down low until it opens.
Spring 2011
That is the projected open date so DON'T RIDE IT OR EVEN HIKE IT until it is open.
Damaged caused by poachers!!
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It's worth waiting for
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
It's going to be sweet! I can almost feel myself hacking up a lung while shouldering my bike in a fogged mental state, about 35 minutes into a cross race. Those stairs are going to hurt.
As for park poachers, I'd be happy to see some night-watch guards armed with paintball guns....
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Anticiption is sweet
Submitted by Katherine (not verified) on
Look at this cyclocross season as training so you can put on your best showing next year when the park is open. Look at the wait as the reward for MTBers coming out of a cold winter itching to ride again.
Love the paintball gun idea...
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Poachers Suck!
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
Love it! The new hashtag.
Poachers Suck!
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I get why it's bad to poach
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I get why it's bad to poach the park, but it seems many people think it's OK to poach the Boulder feed canal trail. That's private property and clearly marked no trespassing but so many runners & bikers use it. Why the different attitude?
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None of the feed canal trail
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
None of the feed canal trail is private. The Right-of-way is fully controlled by the water board. The most common poachers there are the horse rider.
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Kris, you may want to mention the contribution to the fund by the bike community. http://bma-mtb.org/valmontbikepark/newsletter.html
It's fairly unique that a public-funded park has so much contribution by the people who will be using it. It won't shut the grumps up but may make them think for a second.
and, yes, Don't Poach!
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Why is anyone "funding" this or any other trail/bike park
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I'm not being a grump or anything, I was just wondering if anyone knew why they don't just have volunteers build everything around here? Every town i've ever lived in did it that way and a lot more things got done, faster, FOR FREE! For instance we wanted some dirt jumps and a pump track at the local park, some cyclists went to city hall to get approval, about a week later we got approved. We had three people voluteer their bobcats, along with about 15-20 other volunteers and we had some Valmont caliber dirt jumps and a sweet pump track in 4 days. Anyway keep up the good work on the bike park. It makes me less sad to pay my taxes when I know part of it is going to the bike park.
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I don't have the skills to help build
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
I heard the Master Builder talk about how they are constructing the park and I also got to tour the state of the park and I and 100% tell you I don't remotely have the skills to build the park. I could rake the dirt and clear some brush but that is 1% of what they need. They have hired trail builders who have done this before, they have civil engineers to help manufacture the correct kind of dirt mix and design appropriate drainage. They have hauled in so much dirt that this effort alone is a management nightmare. There are bobcats and other tractors all over the place and farm grade sprinklers. Road construction crews building the parking lot and road ways. Architects have designed the building on site and construction crews are set to build it. Civil engineers designed the bridges and welders created it..... So hand me a rake and I'll get the leaves when they fall.
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Ya, like Eaton Park
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Eaton Park is kind of like that and what a mess. Only a handful of people ride there. Can you go out there an make some better jumps until VBP is open please?
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The American Lung Association is in cahoots with Big Pharma in an attempt to ban vape pens and drive up the sales of failing cessation drugs. At least that is the consensus of the Minnesota Vapers Advocacy, who recently reported the anti-smoking organization has been pressing the flesh on behalf of one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in America -- Pfizer -- in exchange for millions of dollars.
According to the report, while the vape pen accomplishes exactly what the American Lung Association has been trying to do for ages -- get people to stop smoking -- the 100-year-old health organization has sold out their overall mission statement to wallow in deep pockets.
In fact, Pfizer's 2013 fourth quarter "US Medical, Scientific, Patient and Civic Organization Funding Report" indicates the pharmaceutical company gave the American Lung Association over a million dollars to finance smoking cessation programs, and ultimately promote Chantix and the Nicotrol Inhaler, which is essentially the same concept as the e-cigarette. Yet, regardless of the apparent hypocrisy, the ALA continues to advocate against vaping.
The American Lung Association is "very concerned about the potential safety and health consequences of electronic cigarettes, as well as claims that they can be used to help smokers quit," according to a policy statement released earlier this week. "The makers of e-cigarettes say that the ingredients are safe, but inhaling a substance is not the same as swallowing it. There are questions about how safe it is to inhale some substances in the e-cigarette vapor into the lungs."
"I truly believe that this brings into question the American Lung Association's morals and ethics. For them to turn their backs on a product that is saving peoples lives, simply because they're receiving checks for $900,000 from a huge drug company, is disgusting," reads the article on the Minnesota Vapers Advocacy website.
"They question the safety of electronic cigarettes, yet urge people to take a cessation drug that has a side effect of, well, death. Really?" the article continues, citing 500 suicides as the result of consumers taking Chantix.
Interestingly, Charles D. Connor, former president and CEO of the American Lung Association, says that while the group's current administration may view e-cigarettes as doing more harm than good, he knows the truth: vaping is much safer than smoking regular cigarettes.
Earlier this week, executive director of the American Council on Science and Health, Dr. Gilbert Ross criticized recent comments by the ALA, questioning the safety of vape pens. He says vape pens are a safe and effective method to stop smoking.
In the case of the marijuana user searching for an alternative to inhaling harsh smoke, vaporizers certainly appear to be a less toxic and effective method for getting stoned.


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This may seem late, but I made this post last year after roughly 11 home games. It just happened to be April 27 instead of May 17. The problem, of course, is that the P-Nats have played more than twice the games on the road (25) than at home.
That matters because no matter what I write next, people will look to the overall stats. And teams play differently on the road than they do at home, so that imbalance is going to be built in. Some guys have hit or pitched much better on the road (Perez, Lehman) and some have really done noticeably better at the Pfitz (Hood, Demny)
While I look at stats as much as the next gal, these eyes, though they may be cryin', get to have their say 'cause they see the little things the boxes don't (bah buh bah bahhh). And here's what I'm seeing from the P-Nats…
Steven Souza – An all-or-nothing type hitter. But when he makes contact, it's solid. At home, he's a slugger (.641); on the road, he's not (.363) which makes no sense considering that the team has been to hitter-friendly parks like the Salems and Frederick. Defensively, he's not bad considering he's a convert to the position, but still needs to work on the smaller nuances like when to defer to the neighboring fielders and when to cover second base on an extra-base hit.
Jeff Kobernus – Plays hard, good instincts on the basepaths, but just hasn't had the results to match his efforts. Defensively, he's still a work in progress like Souza as he spent most of his college career at third base.
Jose Lozada – An OG that can play anywhere in the IF, but only above-average as a 1B.
Francisco Soriano – Has improved defensively (a cannon for an arm), and will take a walk.
Rick Hague – Liked what I saw on the first homestand, but that's just five games and more than a month ago.
Stephen King – He's since gone up to Harrisburg, but his defensive improvement was significant compared to years past. Appeared to be turning the corner offensively just before his callup.
Justin Bloxom – Assigned to the position, but not a third baseman — that I'm confident in stating with a small sample size (i.e. just this past homestand), but offensively, I need to see more to have a more informed opinion.
Cutter Dykstra – Yes, he's played in the field, but the majority of his appearances have been as a DH. That said, he's been a disappointment relative to his achievements last year. Tends to hit towards right field with little-to-no-power. Speed is as advertised.
J.P. Ramirez – Offensively, the numbers aren't there, but I like how he uses all fields to hit and has a lot more power than you'd expect out of a short/squat body type. Defensively, he's a work in progress but lately has been compensating for his lack of footspeed with good jumps.
Eury Perez – In April, he was intent on bunting and playing small ball on offense, but of late, he's been swinging away and getting gap doubles. Terrific speed, but has a bad habit of looking over his shoulder and will sometimes give up on a grounder instead running out at full speed. The two converge when he taps a grounder that's not cleanly fielded and you'll see him kick it up a notch. Haven't seen the shallow CF that BA referenced, but he's more than adequate on defense.
Destin Hood – Like Bloxom, this is where he's been playing but it's not his position. Lately, Hood has been showing difficulty picking up the ball and doesn't take good routes consistently. Classic description of a left fielder. Offensively, he's been showing more power, but he's also become pull-happy with nearly every extra-base hit going to left.
Sandy Leon – Defensively, he's as good as any catcher I've ever seen at Potomac. Offensively, he's a switch-hitter that fits the mold of power from the left side, average on the right side. But light on both.
Brian Peacock – Glad he got the call up to Harrisburg, but hope he's being groomed to coach a la John Poppert because he's unlikely to play again any time soon.
J.R. Higley, Chris Curran – Strong arm, good glove, excellent speed, but struggles to hit.
Jeremy Mayo – Seen very little of him and what I have seen has been "meh," much like any backup catcher that's lightly used.
Danny Rosenbaum – As a known quantity, this is really a "first impression," but more a commentary. The velocity seems to be up a notch from last August/September, but the control is also down a notch. It's most evident with his curveball, which he needs to harness and throw more often. Once those two areas are improved, he'll AA-ready. Unfortunately, that's something that you can say about a LOT of High-A pitchers.
Trevor Holder – Likewise, Holder has become an enigma. Just when you think it's time to pull the plug and put him in the 'pen, he breaks out like he did last night in Frederick. There are three Nats starters on the farm with less than a walk per nine innings. Brad Meyers and Tom Milone are easy ones to guess; Holder is the third. Maybe it's an aberration, but pitchers that don't hurt themselves are always worth watching.
Paul Demny – Unfortunately, I have only seen Demny pitch once, and it was on a game that I arrived late because of a rain-created doubleheader. In the course of researching Holder, I did happen to notice that Demny is the polar opposite in terms of ERA-FIP. Holder is +2.74, which is considered extremely unlucky (i.e. his ERA is much higher than it "ought" to be). Demny is -2.52, with an ERA of 2.94 and an FIP of 5.46. Could just be nothing, but with a walk rate that's barely less his K rate (4.28 vs. 4.81), it's not a good sign
Mitchell Clegg – I've seen him pitch twice — the Tuesday, May 2 blowout and last Sunday. In both starts, his pitches were up, but the second start his fastball had a bit more life on it.
Marcos Frias – Opening weekend, Frias looked like the guy that won the 2010 Carolina League championship. But while Potomac was on the road, something came undone and he was banished to the bullpen. Sunday, he looked better, but that's all I've seen of him: one start (excellent) one relief appearance.
I'm punting here for the most part because this is what I have to go on…
Kyle Morrison, Alex Caldera (released)
Carlos Martinez (promoted)
Ryan Demmin (sent back to XST)
Pat Lehman, Dean Weaver, Joe Testa – two appearances each
Evan Bronson – one long relief appearance
Rob Wort – Doesn't look as sharp as I remember last fall. His control and command are both off and he can't seem to not issue a walk each time out, which is deadly for a reliever.
Adam Olbrychowski – Looked decent the first time out on Opening Weekend, but since then has been awful.
Josh Smoker – Not too often you see a lefty throwing in the 90s out of a High-A 'pen, but he's just as likely to walk a guy as strike him out.
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Behind the plate, Leon has handled the step up decently; Still has his moments behind the plate, and has struggled offensively imo. Peacock & Mayo have played well in limited usage.
An infield of Souza at 1B, Kobernus at 2B, Soriano at SS & Lozada at 3B is probably their best current composite alignment. Bloxom & Dykstra are both 'black-holes' at 3B since King got promoted. Hague looked sweet at SS before his injury.
The OF – Hood looks uncertain on most balls in RF, Ramirez just doesn't seem to have the L-R range for a LF (he's built like a catcher), and Perez is getting bounced between LF & CF. HIgley & Curran both have range defensively, but no pop at the plate. They are what they are until the 'Golden Child' gets promoted.
For the pitching corps (SP section), Rosenbaum & Demny both need to work on lowering their BB/pitch counts to make the next step. Holder looked horrid in the only time I've seen him, but his numbers say he's been pitching with bad luck. Both Clegg & Selik have looked a little overmatched at this level, but I hope they'll both settle down. The release of Caldera didn't hurt any of the fans' feelings.
The pitching corps (RP section), Frias has fallen back to a 'tweener (LR-Spot starter) who could step up later in the season. I think Bronson might be better off stretched out as a starter, but he's in the BP for now. Both Olbrychowski & Wort have struggled this year, as did Martinez before his promotion; Wort will hopefully come around, but Olbrychowski – I'm not so sure. Testa – meh (I've only seen him once); Weaver is still an unknown to me, but Smoker & Lehman have looked like a nice back-end to the bullpen so far.
They are what they are until the 'Golden Child' gets promoted.
What happens if Blake Kelso comes with him? That guy has the earmarks of the Nats future second baseman … perhaps more than Hague or Kobernus but who knows? If he is less "fragile" perhaps he moves ahead and quickly?
Sue, thank for seeing Holder the way I've always seen him. Definitely not a wasted pick in that slot. He may end up another JD Martin but I liked him at Georgia and like his "makeup". But, that I suppose makes him very much like JD Martin.
Looks like Keith Law has come out with his mock draft. Have to be an Insider. He has the Nats with Alex Meyer and then Brian Goodwin. I still think they are going to go pitching for at least the first 3 or 4?
What an outstanding thread. That's about all for me. Just more incentives for me to step up my game and make it out to Frederick for a road series. I may come down to meet you guys at the Pfitz at some point, but I'd rather give Fredrick my money than the P-Nats at this point. Now the field is as bad as the stadium?
I hope the RiZzO doesn't keep Harper down much longer at Hagerstown. Doesn't seem to me that he should be playing long at Potomac if he hits there, though. He's likely to mash again and who knows what perils will lie for him at the Pfitz.
Thanks for the write up, Sue, and thanks for the conversation Gents. Love getting the run-down on our boys in High-A.
I'm not getting the Nats plan for Justin Bloxom. Justin had a good year in 2010 at the plate (.309/.355/.648) and the Nats seem loaded with weak hitters in the minors, and yet it seems that Justin was jerked around this year. His hitting this year may be a reflection of not knowing what's expected or where he fits in. Any thoughts on Bloxom or the heck the Nats might be planning for him?
Im not sure where Sue Dinem's opinion comes from or wat playing experience she has but it surely not in baseball because for her to go off of a couple of games that Bloxom has played is pretty biest because I have seen this kid play several postions and he has a glove and a rocket of a arm so please dont deem this kid yet and yes he has been jerked around all last season from 1st base to 3rd base to Left and Right field and still the kid comes thru hitting .309 so Sue Dinem you seem to be "hell bent" on hammering several ballplayers I havent yet seen one Major league player go errorless so give it a rest….
Shocked to hear the criticism of Hood. I've been hearing he's been playing solid out in RF and his bat is really catching on fire again. How come they don't have him playing some LF, if you think he's been poor? Again, I've heard good things.
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