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Boz, The Mets have been amazin'. The biggest surprise in the NL East? Thanks
Congrats on theJohan Santana perfect game. As for Collins allowing him to throw 134 pitches: Sometimes "really stupid decision" makes a great moment even better. Life can't always be about just playing it smart.
The Nats are going through a tough stretch but I think they'll overcome it. The Orioles are once again a tease which isn't suprising to me at all. Will the Nats make the playoffs before the O's and I'm not an NBA fan but I always notice that free agents don't want come to play for the Wizards. The Wizards should change their name to the Gladiators which has fight in the name. Do you think that David Stern never wants to see the Wizards win the NBA title or isn't just overanaylizing things.
The Nats will make the playoffs, probably this year, before the O's who have a long way to go.
"Probably!?" Stat sites put Nats at 58.4% of making the playoffs. That sounds about right. O's at 33.6%. That seems quite a bit high to me.
The Birds are losing altitude. With Markakis out and starting pitchers Arrieta, Hunter, Chen and Hunter all reverting to the ERA's you'd expect, I think they'll be fighting for .500. Which is an improvement.
The Wiz are where they are entirely on merit!
The NBA's suspicious ping pong balls have come up big for the Wiz a couple of times __just when Michael Jordan started running the team (1/1 K Brown!) and when Leonsis took control (1/1 John Wall.)
Tom, You alluded to "Zimmerman stinks right now" in your piece. The eyes say...duh. Since he came back from injury [brittle as Rendon?] last June, he has 10 homers in over 500 at bats. He is simply not producing in the 3 hole. The Harper hustle try for a triple was a good play IMO. With Zim coming up, there was no guarantee he would deliver Harp from second.
Sorry, gotta disagree, though right now he does stink. It's not your job to be patient. That's such an irritating virtue. It's a fan's job to get emotional! But I'm supposed to do the "research." So here it is.
Zimmerman is a streak hitter. Period. Always has been. EVERY YEAR he has a 35-to-50 game hot streak which defines his season and at all other times he just battles the best he can. That's why he's a very good hitter (career .286 and .825 OPS) but nowhere close to a great hitter.
in '07 Z'man got hot, starting on July 4, for 49 games and hit .323 with a .965 OPS.
In '08 he hads two hot streaks, one of 22 games and the other of 26. Combined, he hit .347 w .973 OPS. One started in May, the other in August.
In '09, over 37 games starting in April, he had a 30-game hitting streak and for the whole period hit .372 w 1.079 OPS.
In '10, starting July 4 (again), he went 35 games hitting .348 w 1.098 OPS.
And in '11, yes, last year, he got hot on July 3 __hey, one day BEFORE July 4th__ and over 40 games hit .373 w .998. Repeat, that's .373 over 40 games AFTER he came back from injury.
It's conceivable that Z'man will never get hot again __well, it's conceivable in some other universe. In this one, he'll have a scalding 6 or 7 weeks in '12 when he carries the team. That's just who he is as a hitter.
A different issue is: when does he move to 1st base to try to have less injuries that he must recover from. Hope it's not as early as '14 after option year on LaRoche is past.
On the Harper play, which several people mention, let me say this: At the time, I thought, like you, that Harper's decision wasn't all that bad and going for 3rd w one out a not-unusual gamble.
However, the Nats themselves disagreed w me/you! Johnson, 50 yrs in baseball, clearly considered it a mistake and Harper agreed. Davey NEVER says, "Mistake," especially with a young player, unless it absolutely is. The easy way out __"aggressive play, took a perfect throw"__ was available to him. DJ even said he'd taken Harper aside to explain it during the game.
His analysis __game situation dictates. The 3-4-5 hitters were coming up in the 5th inning of a 3-2 game. The point isn't that 3-4-5 aren't hitting well. It's that they are 3-4-5 and you never know when they WILL hit. But they are your best. And in the middle innings, you may need a crooked-number inning to win the game eventually, not just gamble to tie it up. So, you have to make third "easily" or you shouldn't go.
It's a little mistake, based on a subtle situational analysis. But Johnson thinks it's also a clear mistake. I keep learning, too. Just the proverbial "detail" of the game. One of the small things they need to learn __and Harper is a sponge.
Good morning, Mr. Boswell. Thank you for your many years of enlightening this Os/baseball fan with your sports writing. My question concerns the Nat's policy (new or newly enforced) of limiting movement in the stands to specific breaks in the game action. Got into it on the Bog with some folks (most evidently older than me, so I was surprised that their take was so different) on this issue. Has baseball always had an unwritten rule that people should only move/stand up/return to their seats during breaks in action? I had always thought that the ballpark - unlike a hockey arena - was a more relaxed place, owing to the more relaxed nature of the game. I certainly agree that individuals need to have greater "situational awareness" - awareness of how their actions affect others - whether at the ballpark, in the car, in the theater, etc., and should be more considerate of others at ALL times. But I don't like the strictures of this rule and never thought a baseball game demanded this. Your thoughts?
This is ridiculous. You shouldn't tell people when they can and can't get in and out of their seat at a baseball game. Give me a break.
Here is the proper baseball etiquette when six people get up in front of you with the bases loaded: "Sit DOWN you MORONS. The bases are LOADED." And the 50 people nearby should agree. Loudly.
Obviously I've gone to a zillion games in a lot of places. Most parks have an established fan base that has some common sense so umpteen people don't get up together and take their time walking down a row with the game on the line. So, most places, you don't need ANY regulation of how people move. But then, recently, at Nats Park, the fans were encouraged to do the wave in a vital situation. Just beat my head against the wall, please.
Granted SOME Nats fans __a minority__ come too late, don't cheer until AFTER something happens, don't hate the "wave" and know it went "out" 30 years ago and, generally speaking, seem to think they have wandered into some odd Americana museum. So, the Nats are just trying to protect MOST of their fans from their MINORITY of dumb novice fans.
Summing up! I'd say that it's unAmerican to tell baseball fans when they can move around. But I'd also say its unAmerican not to speak up for yourself and __in whatever tone suits you__ let people know they are blocking THE GAME from your view.
Assuming the Nats (and other teams) view Lombardozzi, Espinosa, and Desmond all as MLB starters, one of them is a trade piece. If the Nats had to ship one off to make a deal happen, who in your mind is the one to go?
You won't see any of these players traded this season, imo. Unless the price is very high. If I worked for another team, I'd try to steal Espinosa from the Nats every day of the week.
Until Werth returns, Lombardozzi can play as much in LF as his hitting justifies. He's hitting .352 LH and .105 RH, so he now starts vs RH at leadoff. If he can build up a 400 AB resume this year, THEN you might think about a trade. BUT the Nats are not trying to be a good team. They are trying to be an exceptional team. And exceptional teams have TOO many good players to get onto the field at once. It's called "depth" and a good "bench." In this era of Super Utility Men, there is actually an established method for getting tons of value out of a player who can be used at 2nd, 3rd, SS and LF. Mark DeRosa had WONDERFUL years in '06-'07-'08 with the Cubs and Rangers being started at 3rd, 2nd and RF.
It must be frustrating for reporters assigned to the NY Mets to cover a manager amd GM who are no where near as quotable as say a 19 year-old phenom. But the atmosphere here around the Mets today has not been this upbeat - and sober - in years. And the results? We're only a game and a half behind you guys! What Alderson and Collins have done so far with the Mets has been good for the game as well. They deserve to keep their jobs as long as they want.
Good baseball in NYC helps the game. Especially the Mets. (The Yanks don't need to win another Series for 30-to-300 years. JMHO, but a firm one.)
The Santana comeback __he's also had a shutout__ and Dickey's knuckleball give them a good SP core. But they won't last. This is one of the times when run differential shows you that a team has benefitted from lost of early season luck. Sat w a Mets fan yesterday at Nats Park and hated to break this to him. Mets have been outscored by six runs, "should" 26-28, not 31-23. Five games lucky.
However, many teams have used spring wins and enthusiasm to build a surprise season. If th Mets can reverse 77-85 from '11 to 85-77, then they can be part of the FIVE-WAY TIE in the N.L. East.
Hope Bud has his tiebreakers all figured out for his new four-wildcard world!
Tom, I think Davey blew the game yesterday. He blew it by giving Zimmerman waaaaay too much respect. With the Nats down one run late and men on first/second with no outs, Davey should have had Zim bunt the guys over. Laroche, next up, flied out and would have tied the score. Instead, Zim hit into a very predictable DP. How would you have played it?
You don't give away an out with your best hitter __which Zimmerman is__ so that the other team gets a LH vs LH match up.
Having Z'man bunt there __and I've actually heard other people suggest it__ would be an excellent way to tell the team: "I don't trust any of you to be able to do your jobs. I'll give up on you and show you up in a heartbeat if the whim strikes me."
It's a loooong season. You play the percentages, not the emotions of the last few games or at bats or even few weeks __not with $100M players, that's for sure.
I read on ESPN that the Nationals are possible Hunter Pence suitors. If they were to make a trade for any outfielder, it seems like LaRoche would have to also be moved to allow Morse to go to first, right? Also, is there any sentiment among the Nationals organization that Werth's injury could be worse than initially reported?
On Pence, no, the Nats have no need for a corner outfielder. ESPN can't be that dense. Werth is signed for eons, Morse for '13 and Harper may end up a corner outfielder, not a CF, for eternity. When Werth gets back, they'll be jammed.
No, Werth's injury, from all I've heard, if as originally described and, if anything, he may get back a little early. I'd say he's pointing for July 31 __when the Phils come to town.
The question would be whether he'd have full strength restored to his hitting by then. But I assume he would.
Okay, can we all start worrying NOW about Ryan Zimmerman? He's an absolute rally-killer up there. Unlike LaRoche, who is legitimately "slumping," Zim's never had a run of big hits from which to slump. Yes, he's done wondrous things with the glove, but for pete's sake, let him bat 7th or something until he comes out of it! A few sports writers have already designated Bryce Harper the "face of the franchise," and the Kid is living up to the billing. F.P. all but said Zim looked lost at the plate during yesterday's game, and he leads the team in GIDP. Enough, already; big contract or no, Zim has to be dropped from the three-hole for a little while until he figures it out.
Your three-hole hitter is your three-hole hitter. And there have been plenty of effective No. 3 hitters who only had 15-to-230 homers, from Thurman Munson through Mark Grace, etc. Z'amn has 20-25 HR power in his sleep. The question is whether his >.900 OPS days are over. That concerns me. Can he hit >.280? Of ourse. Should be be written into No. 3 every day all season? Yes. Should it even be discussed? NO.
But it's nice to see panic in the streets because it means people care about the Nats, want them to stay in first place and, suddenly, the DC Metro Area has the potential for 5.5 million managers!
In some year in the future, I assume that Harper will bat No. 3 and Zimmerman will hit 4th or 5th. As recently as a month ago, I'd never have dreamed I'd be saying that. In early May, Harper went 1-for-19 after all the Hamels blow up. I wondered how he'd react. His average was down to .213. Since then in his last 19 games: .338/.427/.676! MLB constant Q: How long are you cold, how long do you stay hot? Good answers so far.
BTW, Harper has played in 32 games or about 1/5th of a season. It's comical to project a full season off those numbers. So lets do it. That's .288/.380/.542 with 110 runs, 35 doubles, 20 triples, 25 homers. No, no 19-year-old has done anything like that and projecting from limited data when somebody is on a hot streak is immoral. Long ago, I said that if Harper hit .260 with some signs of modest power, that's great for his age. That's still true.
But the Kid doesn't seem to want to stick with that program!
Just remember, when he has a slump, don't send him back to AAA in your comments, like people currently want Zimmerman to sacrifice bunt or hit 7th.
Great to see huge crowds at Nats Park. Attendance is now up 32.6% over '11 after the same number of gate openings. Nats just moved past Arizona, Mets and Cincy in attendance into 16th plavce and, within a month, will be pass Miami (28,543) and probably Atlanta (29,035). Nats now 28,308. But that new popularity brings new fans with it who aren't used to the pace and patience required in baseball evaluations. "Snap Shot Analysis" is forbidden. You HAVE to see a player when he's hot, cold and in-between __then put the WHOLE picture together. That applies to pitchers, too. We probably just saw what three "bad" Strasburg starts looked like. I was waiting. What happens when he's mechanics get messed up or he "rushes."
The answer seems to be that he comes back and pitches the highest "Game Score" start of his career.
Good Morning Tom! Thank you for your time, as always. I have heard this statement several times about Davey Johnson, and to a lesser extent, Frank Robinson. A position player, who is scuffling with his hitting over an extended of time, suddenly starts to come out of his funk. It invariably comes out that he has been putting in time with Davey Johnson to work out his problem. What is Davey doing that the hitting coach wasn't? Is the player obligated to listen more to the manager? I used to hear this same thing said about Frank Robinson too. What is the answer?
Frank and Davey are both excellent teachers of hitting. But they both act the same way __court of last resort. Let the hitter, the hitting coach, the ex-college coach and seven taxi drivers try to fix his swing first. Then they are ready to admit they need to listen to a Frank or Davey and DO IT, not just listen and nod.
Davey has played with, picked the brains of or managed Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Griffey, Jr., Larkin, Strawberry, Ripken, Murray, Palmeiro, R Alomar and so many others that it's just crazy.
Latest project, Espinosa. Last 22 games: .274/.361/.548. Still strikes out too much, but vastly improved. Nice drag bunt hit and opposite field double (hitting LH) on Sunday.
I was wondering what you think of the quality of sports coverage in the quick analysis ESPN era. I see long time sports reporters, ex news paper guys, veterans, swing positions back and forth like drunks every day and it's just bizarre. Young golfers with the fresh natural uncoached swings will crush technicians like Woods? Cause he's mean, or unfaithful, or something? No one has ever seen the home teams in an NBA conferance finals hold serve in their own buildings? A team up 2-0 is invincible, same team tied 2-2 is finished? Anybody left out there that can remember what they've seen over these many years?
We think we're in the age of briliant provocative Instant Analysis w ESPN in charge. What we're really in is an age of Instant Forgetfulness and Disinformation.
BTW, loved the Celts win last night. With Chris Bosh out and the huge coaching mismatch in favor of Doc Rivers, Boston actually has a chance. They are ancient & Ray Allen only had one decent game. But Miami is under such mean-spirited public criticism (you can probably hear me screaming "CHOKE!" if you open the front door at your house) that the Celts have an opening. Not much of one. But Wade DID miss a wide-oipen trey to win and LeBron did foul out in OT. Ya never know.
Tom, Fathers' Day is less than two weeks away. I know that there are some fathers of Nationals players who have gone way above and beyond with their time and their financial support and their connections to help their sons make it to the big leagues. Ron Harper and Bob Clippard come immediately to mind. I'd love to see a column or article about these dads & what they've meant to their sons. And, of course, other dads I don't know about. Good idea?
Yes, very nice. Lotta great moms sacrificing, too. It'd almost be hard to find many Nats without influential positive parents. Storen, Werth, Espinosa, Strasburg, Z'man, Ramos, Jackson, Gio w his dad's unique "unteachable" curveball __on and on__ always talking about impact of one or both parents.
I can't believe how disciplined Harper has been at the plate. I never expected a 19-year old to lay off big-league breaking balls like he does, or to cut down his swing with two strikes. I always saw him projected as a .260 hitter with 40 homers. Do you think that was too conservative? Couldn't he hit .300 consistently in the majors with that approach?
I asked him yesterday, "Are you 'seeing the ball' especially well or is this (gulp) just you?"
Kinda thought his expression said, "This is just me, dude. Get used to it." Or "Mr. Dude" in deference to age, since Harper's polite.
He CAN'T be this good. I refuse to extrapolate. But they are already pitching him like he's a five-year veteran who's been an All-Star. He's seeing LESS fastballs than any player in baseball. Pitchers see what he did to Venters fastball on the HR to LF. Sometimes I think he has a better idea at the plate than any other Nats hitter. I need to see a 2-for-35 to calm me down.
But like almost any hitter he has trouble with two strikes, even though he "spreads out and battles." Avg: .145.
To answer your question, he's more disciplined at 19 than I thought he'd be at 21. And, yes, he could hit .300. Or, if he developes as much as most successful 19-20-year-old MLBers, maybe .330 some year with his speed and willingness to use the whole field.
On Friday afternoon the Washington Metro area had 23 tornado warnings, several inches of rain, high winds, flooding and a tree blocking the Orange Line tracks. The Nats didn't call their game with Atlanta until 20 minutes before scheduled first pitch. What is wrong with them! I know they got burned with a too-soon cancellation earlier this year. But an amateur look at radar, and what was actually occurring in real-time made it clear this game could not be played. They endangered the safety of their fans by this obstinancy. My wife and I are 8-year season ticket holders. We are not happy about this, at all.
Hey, they had to set that world record for Most Trombone Players in One Band. Lined 'em all up on the warning track during a lull in the monsoon and just shattered that sucker.
Maybe you've spent too much time in the press box, but at the majority of MLB parks that I've been to in my life, people wait until the inning break to get up or go down to their seats. Go to a game in Baltimore and you'll see people queuing near the stairs waiting for the break to return to their seats. DC fans need to learn the polite way to act so as to not interfere with other fans' enjoyment of the game.
A good voice in the discussion. Thanks.
(I go to about 10 games a year as a fan. Fans at Nats games get up and walk in front of us during action all the time. Fans at Camden Yards, for many years, were much more knowledgeable. But what would you expect? They didn't go without baseball for 33 yrs. )
Boz, just wanted to applaud the decision at Nats Park to have the ushers stop fans from going to and from their seats during play, which has been a real annoyance for me. I didn't see the Strasburg homer recently because a fan just had to go to shake shake right then and was pushing by me.
Okay. Maybe the era of tennis stadium manners and Masters Grandstand rules is upon us. Got a feeling this is going to be a good debate this summer.
1. It wasn't a perfect game. 2. If MLB had replay, it wouldn't even have been a no-hitter (Beltran liner called foul but actually kicked up chalk from the foul line).
Sorry, of course not a perfect game. My usual Monday brain cramp. Lets hope I hold it to just 2 or 3 of 'em.
'Tis said that three of Nolan Ryan's seven no-hitters were aided by calls that __on slo-mo__ were incorrect. I can't prove it. The human element rarely bothers me.
Just to move off baseball -- go nats! -- the redskins are again world champions in june. Any reasonable optimism merited that it's different this time? have they put in enough pieces around RG3 to get that offense going?
No, the offensive line is still a problem. The receiving corps is way below average. Their salary cap penalty tied their hands to a degree. This will be a rebuilding year. RGIII is the real deal, if they can keep him in one piece until they put more quality players around him. That won't be this year. Look at the rookie years of past GREAT QB's picked 1/1. Their average in their first season is 6-10. That'd be a perfectly adequate rookie year for RGIII. More important is how he LOOKS at the NFL speed of play. Does he have to adjust to them? Or do they have to adjust to him!
This past week every game the Nats lost they had a lead. It appears out pitchers are not used to having leads. Is it complacency of the pitchers knowing they have a cushion?
Perhaps it's absolute and total shock.
I think one of the great and perhaps unique things about Bryce Harper is that he is like the poster boy for both old school and new school baseball. He has all those things the crotchety scouts from Moneyball look for - good looking kid, works hard, good arm, aggressive base runner. Then has what the Jeames devotees love (points to Jonah Hill) he gets on base!
He plays VERY hard and always has. At lower levels he's had injuries but not enough to concern you. If he keeps playing at this pace, what toll does it take? It never bothered Pete Rose. So you can't say, "He can't play that way and survive." It can be done. But it's still an honest question. But you CAN'T change him. That's who he is. And it's part of why he's so magnetic.
The Nats have five players with career OPS over .800. Z'amn, Werth, Morse, LaRoche and I'm going to include Harper. Espinosa, Desmond and Flores/Ramos are in the .700's w Ramos in the high .700's. In time, when healthy, this SHOULD actually be a GOOD offense. When Strasburg and Gio pitch __No. 1 and 2 in MLB in strikeouts__ this has the potential to be a Show Time baseball team.
Come on, lets have some Tiger questions, folks.
To me, the best part of his win the Memorial was the obvious delight Nicklaus took in it and how much he is rooting for Tiger and likes him. And it's obviuous that Tiger, at a time when plenty don't support him and definitely don't embrace his comeback, that the one person who carries the most weight in golf is just tickled to see him win.
At the post-win presser, Nicklaus, sitting next to Tiger, was asked about Woods tying him for 2nd place in all-time PGA Tour wins. "He had to rub it in my face right here, didn't he," Nicklaus, both of them smiling.
The greatest of the great in all sports know how tough it is to keep ANY privacy in a "private life" __it's actually called that for a reason. Nobody goes through decades without doing some damage to somebody __their family, their employees, somebody. Long ago Nickaus ran McGregor, the golf equipment company. He (or somebody) ran it right into the ground. If you went back 30 years, you could probably find some ex-McGregor people looking for work who didn't love Jack's business judgment then.
Both Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer have seen it all and come out very broadminded. They've both backed Tiger enthusiastically. And he's won at both their tournaments this year. This whole picture __spirit of generosity, respect for talent, willing to give second chances__ is "the best of golf."
What is the buzz for the Belmont???
Just so they don't send me! I've been the columnist for almost ALL the failed attempts at the Triple Crown after often covering the Preakness. This spring just too much Caps, Nat, golf, Skins draft, etc. So "I'll Have Another" won't have to drag me the whole 1 1/2 miles along with the million other Triple Crown jinxs. Hope he makes it. Doubt he will. The Belmont is a killer. NO WAY to tell how a 3-yr-old will react to that length. You can study blood lines until you go blind and not have a clue.
It really is sad to watch all the horse lovers go into disguised mourning as soon as the Triple Crown ISN'T won. The sport needs it. But it's needed it for the last 20 years.
I am a Red Sox fan and I bought tickets to see the Nats this weekend. Less so than the Sox
Red Sox are slated to see Strasburg, Gio and Zimmermann, in that order. Or you could say that Stephen, Gonzalez and Jordan are scheduled to meet The Monster.
Boz, the spouse and I bought tix to the Nats-Sox series in Boston. It sounds like quite a few Nats fans are going to make the trip. First of all, I'd like to say its refreshing that nats fans are "invading" other teams' parks. But more importantly, are there any can't miss spots to pregame around the park?
The entire park is "can't miss." Come 3at least 0 minutes before the gates open so you can do The Neighborhood around Fenway. That's all part of it.
I know I can't expect them to beat Atlanta EVERY time, but yesterday was deflating. Is this the best the bats are going to get? Is it a trade off? We can have the pitching but not the bats and vice versa?
The bats will get better. That game showed that, bit by bit, the Nats just need to tighten up all parts of their game over the next 50 (or 500 games) to be the best team they can become in this era. It is a LONG process. And they need to be hard-eyed in evaluating themselves. Maybe you noticed that Davey said he'd almost gone deaf from hearing McCatty scream "Get OVER" at Gio this season.
If the Nats can get through their brutal next month playing .500, should we consider that a win?
Yes. But with Morse back, if he starts hitting by the time they get to Fenway, they do better. But the 3-4-5 has to do much better. Of course, they will __law of averages. It would be very useful if that happened DURING the next 18 games, not afterwards. (LaRoche is simply falling back to his normal very good career level as a hitter.)
Morse is belting some rockets directly at the opposing shortstops. As soon as he gets some elevation, they'll be homers or at least deep flyouts. But for now, shortstops beware! With Morse back in the OF, do you think Lombo will continue to get ABs? Do you think Harper or Lombo are in the majors to stay?
I doubt that either will ever spend anolther day in the minors. Unless they think so highly of Lombo that, after Werth comes back, they just have to get him at bats EVERY day in the minors until the AAA season ends.
I'm so sorry for submitting a Wizards offseason question when there are SO MANY other great things going on. But I can't get this idea out of my head. Steve Nash is a free agent. Conventional wisdom has him taking less money for the traditional late-career title chase with a 'contender' like the Knicks. But Steve seems the sort who could retire happily without a title. Perhaps he might find better uses for 2 years of max salary from the Wizards to give some real vet leadership (and help push the reset button on John Wall). What say you (besides, "Get a hobby"?)
Steve Nash is one of my 'most favorite' players. I wouldn't wish that remedial education project on one of my 'least favorite' players. The Wiz will improve in direct proportion to the increased weight they put on "makeup" in their players rather than just physical talent. But are they good judges of makeup?
I am so ready for the Nats to have a good season, but they're young, they're in an insanely tough division, and they have a lot to learn -- I know you say to not stress and enjoy the ride, but can you give us Nats' fans some time-honored tips for how to do that? Thanks, Bos!
"Enjoy the ride" is one of those peices of Fake Good Advice that everybody gives, including me, and nobody knows how to do.
What the hell, just go ahead and stress out. Maybe that IS enjoying the ride!
Tom- could you clarify exactly what is known about the Nats' plan for "shutting down" Stasberg? Are they really going to do that if the Nats are still in the playoff hunt come August/September?
Strasburg is only averaging 5.9 innings a start. At that rate, the first start he will miss will be about Sept 20th. (Do the math, as they say.) THAT is the "shutdown" everybody is wasting time talking about.
Just a note on the nats 16th overall pick in the baseball draft tonight. It's a useful pick, but hopeless to predict if it will be worth while. At that level, you get a big winner about once every 5 years. Since '65 these at the 16th-overall players who had impact: Brett Lawrie '08, Nick Swisher '02, Lance Berkman '97, Shawn Green '91, Roberto Hernandez (326 saves) '86, Lance Parrish (324 HR at catcher) '74.
That's all for this week. Thanks again. See you on Twitter at ThomasBoswellWP.
Is what Jack Nicklaus famously said he tried to drink while a student at Ohio State leading him to be a little chunky early in his career. I'm sure he was able to have a few personal stumbles during this time because (a) he was still an amateur and (b) it wasn't the age of Deadspin, TMZ, Radar, etc. Even if Tiger had stayed in college another year or two to sow his oats (instead of doing so much later in life) he would have been under more of a microscope than Jack at the same age in a different time. Maybe that's why there's not alot of Tiger questions or interest here today.
Nice point. I'd forgotten "all the beer in Columbus."
I just realized that the questions about the Nats ushers making people wait to move around is because The Crowds Are Now Big! Never had the problem before with 20K empty seats! Amazing what a few wins and marketable players will do.
Last year, the Nats only had one crowd of more than 35K (excluding Opening Day) until June 18. This year, excluding the Opener, they already have seven >35K, inluding their last five home games in a row, as well as a 34K and 33K.


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Hello Friends! Here it is, the once a month post where I brag about what I did the month before. Yes, bragging. And also a place to share all the things I posted that you may have missed!
So, let's jump into this.
This month's writing prompt challenge was…
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And here are the stories that went along with that prompt.
- Not Wonderland
- Heaven for the Young (In rememberance of Christina Grimmie and the victims of the club shooting in Florida.)
- The Chosen (Possibly the most disturbing story I have ever written.)
- The Path
Book Reviews on my blog
- The Spiderwick Chronicles 5 Stars
- Finders Keepers by Stephen King 4 Stars
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige 5 Stars
- Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch 5 Stars
My favorite book was Dorothy Must Die with Snow Like Ashes a VERY close second.
Book Reviews posted on The Reading Bud…
- Exodia by Debra Chapoton
- Aerisia: Land Beyond the Sunset by Sarah Ashwood
Author Interview!
Books Read
…Okay, confession time. I have had the worst time reading this past month. Two were finished on June 1st.
- Finders Keepers by Stephen King (Audio book)
- The Wrath of Mulgarath by Holly Black
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
- Snow like Ashes by Sara Raasch (Audio Book)
See… rough month for reading. Hopefully this month will be much better and I can get some books off my TBR list.
Movie Reviews
Last months goals didn't go over so well.
- Plan better. Hopefully this will help me stick to my goals to begin with.
- Make sure I don't post any repeat book reviews. Yes, it's bugging me!
- Review more movies. (I really hope to add Alice Through the Looking Glass to my movie reviews this month.)
- Write at least 1000 words a day. I really need to get back to writing. I feel better when I am writing and I know it's where my passion is!
- Don't wait until the last minute to prepare a post for the following day. But I guess this could fall under better planning..but in my mind it's two different things.
- Set aside more time for reading. Like…every waking moment.
I didn't repeat any book reviews. I posted more movie reviews. And that was it. I obviously didn't read more. I didn't write 1000 words a day and I still suck at planning!
So this months goals are as follows…
- Read more.
- Write 500 words a day.
- Plan blogs ahead of schedule.
And that's it…because I am lazy and too many goals get me all flustered.

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Mr. Speaker, creating a tax system that is fair for the long term is very important. Listening to Canadians along the way to make sure we understand how we can do that best is also important. We are making sure we do not have incentives for the wealthiest not available to the middle class. As well, we are going to make sure that businesses that have created jobs that are within families can be transferred from one generation to the next. That is true for farmers, and that is true for all businesses. We want to make sure they can be successful and can pass them on to the next generation in an appropriate way, and we are going to listen to make sure we get this right.
House of Commons Hansard #208 of the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was research.


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Mark Rosenman, Director, Caring to Change
Mark Rosenman is professor emeritus at the Union Institute and director of Caring to Change (C2C), a project conducted in collaboration with the Aspen Institute's Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation. He recently spoke with PND about the project's critical and constructive analysis of institutional philanthropy.
Philanthropy News Digest: The report you and your colleagues released is based on the notion that foundations' principal grantmaking strategy has been to support innovation in relatively narrow program areas. Is that a recent development? Or is it intrinsic to the foundation form and foundation culture?
Mark Rosenman: Following the advent of "scientific philanthropy" about a century ago, the foundation trend line has been to define problems more narrowly and be more specific in programs to remediate them. I think that process builds its own self-reinforcing imperative and that its influence over foundation grantmaking has grown in recent decades. While that process certainly can advance expertise, when faced with the limited impact of past and current efforts, foundations look for better, more innovative program ideas. Too often, the search for those ideas does not begin with a re-examination of fundamental purposes and assumptions, nor does it include values.
PND: The report argues that foundations, as agents of change, would be more effective if their grantmaking was informed by a "vision of the Common Good." How do you define that term? And how does your rubric of the Common Good differ from traditional notions of social good and/or public benefit?
MR: Foundations for the Common Good contains an entire essay on what is meant by that term. Suffice it to say here that it means benefit to the broadest swath of people in ways which advance society's "most choiceworthy" ways to live. Benefitting the broadest swath means that we need to better understand how problems fit together and how disparate types of programs can be more effective when better connected to one another. Realizing the "choiceworthy" part requires that our full diversity be equitably engaged in continuing conversation about the values which undergird our work in service to the Common Good. I know all of that sounds pretty lofty, but it's generally not too difficult to approach even "mission-restricted" grantmaking creatively to better move toward that broader goal.
The Common Good, as we use the term, differs from "social good and/or public benefit" by holding that organized philanthropy's — foundations' — fundamental role needs to be more than simply aggregating the production of separate, discrete goods and benefits.
PND: The report lays out three broad roles for foundations working to create social change: as advocates for an inclusive notion of the Common Good; as vigorous promoters of diversity and equal opportunity outcomes; and as "connectors," of analyses, programs, organizations, and people. Which of those three is the most important in your view?
MR: While we've tried to address strategies in each of those three areas — and have acknowledged that progress in any of them likely will benefit society by increasing the effectiveness of organized philanthropy — we really see this as a package deal. You can't really serve the Common Good without addressing diversity/opportunity as both a means and an end or without broadening analyses, organizations and programs; they become instrumental and essential to that purpose.
PND: Do you think Americans in general are a caring people? How do you respond to folks who say we have become less caring and empathetic over the last thirty years or so?
MR: Most of us, I think, see and feel ourselves to be caring people, and I'm unaware of any data that suggests Americans are losing this quality. I do believe, however, that the ways we institutionalize and express those sentiments may be seeing some erosion. For many individuals, socially-networked giving and consumption-philanthropy may have more of a personal than an altruistic payoff. For corporations, cause-related marketing departments have replaced company foundations. For the wealthiest among us, belief in the wisdom of the individual entrepreneur seems to have supplanted a willingness to invest in communities' animation and activism. Finally, movement toward melded nonprofit charities/for-profit corporations caters as much to interest in doing well as it does in doing good.
PND: How will you know whether your recommendations have resonated with foundations? And what if they don't? Do you have other activities in the works?
MR: The Caring to Change project has engaged a lot of people and Foundations for the Common Good is beginning to generate some notice. Our hope is that the rubric of the Common Good and the associated strategy suggestions will be useful to some funders who want to expand their grantmaking repertoire or even step back and look at their entire operation as grounded in this broader sense of philanthropy's role in society.
But, of course, speeches, discussions, and reports don't really change anything. The rubric is a tool, but it takes people who want to improve foundations' effectiveness and who see service to the Common Good as useful in guiding that process to pick it up and use it. If they don't, then this project will not have advanced the Common Good in any material way, although it may have helped some people to think a little differently and more critically about their work. And that will have some kind of payoff, I'd guess.
As for me, I want to spend some more time, if I'm afforded the opportunities, to try to speak to the value that Caring to Change has found in the Common Good and in work to advance this rubric. I'll figure out what's next, next.
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Puna Patrol Officer Brian Souki was named the Hawaiʻi Police Department's 2016 "Top Cop" by the Law Enforcement & Security Coalition of Hawaiʻi.
Captain Samuel Jelsma, who nominated Souki for the award, described the 11-year veteran officer as "street smart," dependable, hard-working and diligent. "His work ethic is infectious and he serves as a motivator and example to those who work alongside him on his patrol watch," Jelsma wrote in nomination papers.
Jelsma cited four cases as examples of Souki's outstanding performance.
- The recovery of a stolen car.
- The arrest of one person and identification of five other suspects for a burglary.
- The arrest of a fugitive in a stolen car and in possession of illegal drugs.
- The foot pursuit of a suspect and his subsequent arrest for theft, felony assault and three drug offenses.
In one of the highlighted case, Officer Souki observed a vehicle being abandoned in the Ainaloa subdivision with the occupant leaving in another vehicle. He noted the license plate of the vehicle leaving, and then conducted checks on the vehicle that remained. That vehicle was discovered to have been stolen in a burglary the night before, along with firearms and two other vehicles. After additional officers arrived to secure the abandoned vehicle, Officer Souki conducted a search for the second vehicle. He located it and arrested two male suspects. Drugs and a stolen firearm were later recovered from that vehicle.
Souki's award was presented Thursday (October 20) at the Hawaiʻi Prince Hotel Waikiki during the 32nd Annual Top Cop Law Enforcement and Security Awards Banquet.
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A real estate sale is typically initiated by an offer you from the purchaser to the seller, written on a real estate contract form, and backed by a monetary deposit. What is critical to know, as a consumer, is whether or not your best interests are being represented when the kind selection is made, and whether or not there are modifications that ought to be carried out to ideal defend you, such as an as-is addendum if you're the seller (and it's a PRDS contract) or writing in an appraisal contingency or a leak-free of charge roof warrantee (if you're a purchaser).
The agreement need to specify regardless of whether the purchaser or seller will pay for each and every of the typical charges linked with the home obtain, such as escrow costs, title search charges, title insurance, notary fees, recording fees, transfer tax and so on. Your actual estate agent can advise you as to no matter whether it is the purchaser or seller who customarily pays each of these costs in your region.
It was about this time that I started exploring the idea of assigning contracts (i.e. – wholesaling, arbitrage, etc.). Rather than signing a obtain agreement and purchasing each house outright, there was an ingenious way of signing a obtain agreement and then promoting that contract to another investor so that THEY could get it outright – with me just acting as a middle man in the deal.
No. The proper to inspect the property is in Paragraph 7A of the contract and is not contractually tied to the termination choice in Paragraph 23. However, most buyers will want to complete their inspections for the duration of the termination-selection period so they can exercise their appropriate to terminate if they are not happy with the situation of the house after getting the inspector's report.
To summarize the paragraph, it says that if, right after the contract has been signed by each parties, the buyer has a licensed inspector or Florida certified pest control operator assessment the home and uncover wood destroying organisms then the seller will be responsible for paying to get rid of the pests and correcting any resulting harm brought on by the infestation.


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Last week, when I was at the Catholic Marketing Network conference, I had the great privilege of signing and giving out the very first galley copies of my new book The Grace of Yes: Eight Virtues for Generous Living. The process of writing this book has truly changed the way I perceive the world around me. I seem to be constantly listening and watching for examples of "Yes" wisdom and acts that point to the beauty of a life lived generously.
I'm happy to report that they seem to be abundant. I'm also thrilled that Pope Francis is such a "Yes" advocate and teacher. Even in his tweets, our Holy Father points us to the grace of sharing our gifts with the world around us. Such was the case with three of his tweets this past week:
In a world so full of strife and suffering, we each need to be reminded that our small sacrifices and acts of love bring us closer to one another and to the God who has blessed us so greatly. May we each give God our worthy "Yes" this week!
As always, I'm grateful to John Clem, O.F.S. for compiling our Sweet Tweets:
- Papal Tweet: "If you hoard material possessions, they will rob you of your soul." (Pope Francis Aug. 5th)
- Life of a Catholic Librarian Blog ow.ly/zSvOk
- Inspiring Parish Bulletins – Pt. 1 | Inspired Angela ow.ly/zSWCz
- Diocese of Richmond mourning the loss of a great priest and apostle — Monsignor Chester Michael (1916-2014) RIP ow.ly/zTcyn
- Pope at Angelus: compassion, generosity, gratitude (News.va) ow.ly/zTgXn
- Pope Francis Chills With Jesuit Buddies For Feast Of St. Ignatius (PHOTOS) Huff Post Religion ow.ly/zTh15
- The lavish homes of American archbishops (CNN) ow.ly/zU1my
- Congressman Frank Wolf rips administration's silence on 'genocide' in Iraq :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/zU88n
- Babe Ruth, an unlikely Catholic, was a giant both in appetite and charity | National Catholic Reporter ow.ly/zUmn5
- Updated: Magis Center website — great source for materials on faith, reason, & science ow.ly/zUKky
- Immigration protests surge in U.S. (CNS) ow.ly/zX8Wy
- Furniture for the poor in Andes Mountains (CNS) ow.ly/zX9MG
- He was an atheist, but he made a film about Jesus and dedicated it to John XXIII (Rome Reports) ow.ly/zXXXE
- Graphic to share: Pope Francis' 10 Tips to Bring Joy in One's Life (from World Meeting of Families 2015) ow.ly/i/6slvj
- The Story Behind the Feast Day of St. Mary Major and why it's important to Pope Francis (Rome Reports) ow.ly/zY7oo
- ISRAEL-PALESTINE: An open letter to members of the international community regarding Gaza | PAX CHRISTI USA ow.ly/zY7Jc
- Islamic extremists impose reign of terror on Iraq | National Catholic Reporter ow.ly/zZjY8
- EWTN features The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help – The Fathers of Mercy (only approved Marian apparition in USA) ow.ly/zZnzM
- What We Fear Controls Us. A Meditation on the "Eighth Deadly Sin." « Archdiocese of Washington ow.ly/A0bGO
- Catholic Schools | Now More Than Ever (USCCB) ow.ly/A0erW
- God's Creation: The Rose of Jericho — known as the resurrection plant — from tumbleweed to a lush fern vimeo.com/25485145
- NEW Video from Fr. Robert Barron: Heroic Priesthood – Holiness is Heroism –BrandonVogt.com : ow.ly/A14MH
- Pope to Youths: Don't let technology distract you from what's really important (Rome Reports) ow.ly/A16gh
- Catholic groups unite to help Iraqis ousted by extremists :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/A179L
- Jesus relied on women (Fr. James Martin, S.J. – CatholicTV) youtu.be/
- Papal Trip To Korea August 13-18, 2014 for 6th Asian Youth Day – EWTN coverage ow.ly/A1Dy4
- 10 Destinations for Spiritual R&R – Busted Halo ow.ly/A26K2
- The Anniversary of Hiroshima: John Paul II and Fulton Sheen on the Bomb and Conversion | Catholic World Report ow.ly/A2bAo
- CHILDREN AT OUR BORDER: National Humanitarian Vigil on August 9th | PAX CHRISTI USA ow.ly/A3J1N
- ISIS Closes In On Christians in Dramatic Overnight Development – Aleteia ow.ly/A3SDp
- US bishops ask parishes to pray for Iraq on August 17 (Deacon Greg Kandra – Patheos )ow.ly/A5b9o
- Law and morality in public discourse – (Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. – Catholic Philly) ow.ly/A5aWp
- Competition for Amazon? Google and Barnes & Noble Unite to Take On Amazon –NYTimes.com ow.ly/A4Sf9
- 200th Anniversary of Jesuits' Restoration (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/A3Sq9
- Don't ignore rural Catholics in America, advocate exhorts :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/A3R0C
- Tech News: Apple patent application hints at Siri coming to the Mac – CNET ow.ly/A4Yfs
- What Common Core can't fix | Catholic World Report – Russell Shaw ow.ly/A5a82
- What Are Our Pets Really Saying? Perhaps they express the longing of all creation. « Archdiocese of Washington ow.ly/A3Gti
- A new generation of mosaicists in Holy Land (Franciscan missionaries serving the Holy Land) ow.ly/A3EDW
- A Defense of the Grotesque in Flannery O'Connor's Art – Crisis Magazine ow.ly/A4Y0y
- Tech News: Pinterest launches messaging feature (USA Today) ow.ly/A4Yzg
- In El Salvador, Signs of Faith and Joy | America Magazine ow.ly/A5kMd
- Graphic to share: Jesus is my Superhero (Catholic Online) ow.ly/i/6tPS3
- A summer stroll in the papal gardens (CNS) ow.ly/A4ZMH
- Satire: Love thy neighbor as thy selfieow.ly/i/6tBE4
- Papal Tweet: "I ask all men and women of goodwill to join me in praying for Iraqi Christians and all vulnerable populations." (Pope Francis Aug. 8th)
- Pope Francis: appeal for Iraqi Christians (News.va) ow.ly/A6qod
- Think on these things before you go to that porn site: An Appeal to Count the Personal Cost of Porn (ADW) ow.ly/A6piU
- ACN on the humanitarian crisis in northern Iraq (News.va) ow.ly/A6o8V
- Pope Francis appoints personal envoy to Iraq :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/A6y9H
- Updated: 5 Things You Can Do Right Now as ISIS Threatens Iraqi Christians and Shiites (Elizabeth Scalia – Patheos) ow.ly/A6B2E
- Carmelite Chronicles: The Missions and the Discalced Carmelites | Blog | Order of Carmelites ow.ly/A6x4x
John Clem, O.F.S is the Director and Media Minister at Catholic Web Services (http://catholicws.com/). John is currently in formation to join the Secular Franciscan Order, and loves to share his talents in faith, technology, and journalism in service to the church. John also writes a blog entitled Call To Holiness (http://www.calltoholiness.


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Background War: Seven wins over Snow Leopard (yes, I mean it)
As You may already noticed, I am a mac-perosn and on the daily basis I use Mac OS X. And so I think that when the Snow Leopard will arrive into town next month, it will appear on my stationary-mobile MBP as well. But – at least for the fair competition rules sake – I will have Windows Seven installed as well on the second computer .
Time to write which is better in what will come. Later. But now I wanted to say something about totally unimportant thing – backgrounds. OK, may sound silly but I really DO like to look on nice piece of artwork on my chaotic desktop, even if it woudl be covered in 90 percent with folders' and files' icons.
The CreativeBits has just published 35 backgrounds which will be included in the Snow Leopard. The backgrounds from the Seven have been known in April. So, which set is better?
Ehm, Ladies And Gentlemen, the Main Prize in the "Best Background" category goes to ….Windows Seven. Yes, I really mean it. The backgrounds form the Snow Leo are totally conventional -some nature macros, landscapes, graffitis, black and white pictures and some art masterpieces reproductions. (click to download). Everything nice and smooth. BUT nothing unusual, surprising, innovative. I felt a bit disappointed. Especially that Microsoft which stereotypically thinking ought to be the conventional and traditional one, came up with (beside the standard architecture and nature images) really REALLY great pieces: fresh, bizarre, absurd, psychedelic, yet beautiful. Well, at least in my opinion. (click to download). I especially like the one with aibo-like bubble babies and two elegant creatures traveling on turtle-like animals. It's great that someone in MS has allowed such untypical and extravagant pictures to appear in the basic background set. And what do You think?
What has (and hasn't) Apple showed us
OK, I must admit that I am a Mac-girl and I am writning this post using my Air and my iPhone lays next to me. And that I have been really really curious what Apple will show us during the WWDC keynote. And , sadly, it didn't show to much. So here is a short summary.
New iPhone
Has everything what it had been expected: a built in compass, voice recording, MMS and video-recording functionality (thanks to new OS), bigger storage (up to 32 GB). etc. And it's called 3GS, where "S" stands for "speed", becaouse the newphone is faster than the previous one. As for the design – no changes here, unfortunatelly. OK, the 3G look is really nice but I wouldn't mind something new. Especially that Apple is really GOOD in designing. Togather with new hardware and new possibilities of iPhone OS 3.0 some new apps have been showed. One which is really worth buing (I hope;-) is first turn-by-turn navigation for iPhone (made by Tom Tom, so good chances it will really work). Interesting thing where applications made for medical purpose such as application for collecting and sending results from sugar level checks. As for the price – those were quite surprising, as Apple has decided to cut down prices of the 'old" 3G to 99 USD. The new devices are priced
New MacBooks
First – we have a new baby in MacBook Pro family – and 13 inch guy. Maybe You remember there was (shortly and rather quitly living) and aluminium 13 inch MacBook. And that was the guy Apple has decided to upgrade a little and move to the Pro line up. As far as all Pro's are concerned they all have better screens, un-removable, but longer living batteries, SD card slot and a Fire Wire port in 13″. The real highlight of this part of the Apple keynote were prices. Going down, once again, with 300-400 buck drop down on avarage.
New OS
Beware children, the Snow Leopard is here. Well, in a fact it will arrive in Autumn. Though Apple hasn't made big changes in the look and layout of the UI, the new OS looks tempting. Especially taht it will cost You – no kidding here – 29 bucks! It is faster, more stabile, has some improvements in the Expose and so on. And it has a built in Exchange (which in case of Windows 7 You will have to buy separately – starnge, isn't it?)
And last but not least – Jobs.
I think everyone has been expecting to see Good Ol' and Healthy and a little bit Fattier Steve. But he wasn't there. To sum up – no big breakthroughs in technologies. Evolution insted of revolution, as one may say. Byt the prices – aw, these ar quite nice this time.


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In this edition of BBC Arabic's Newsnight (06/03/2014) I discuss the latest diplomatic spat over Qatar's international policies. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates took the unprecedented decision to withdraw their respective ambassadors from Qatar. Although the tripartite joint statement refers to the alleged Qatar's 'interference' in the internal affairs of fellow Gulf states, this diplomatic crisis appears to have been triggered by Qatar's support for Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and its unwillingness to bow to the strongmen in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
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A question I am often asked is what is the difference between tensor networks and quantum Bayesian networks, and is there any advantage to using one over the other.
When dealing with probabilities, I prefer quantum Bayesian networks because b nets are a more natural way of expressing probabilities (and probability amplitudes) whereas tensor nets can be used to denote many physical quantities other than probabilities so they are not tailor made for the job as b nets are. Let me explain in more detail for the technically inclined.
In Fig. 1, I show the common way of denoting tensors graphically. In particular, I show a tensor T with two incoming arrows and two outgoing arrows. The incoming arrows are denoted by upper indices and outgoing arrows by lower indices. The indices are enumerated counter-clockwise starting at the "stub" of the node. When one takes the complex conjugate of the tensor, the lower indices are raised and the upper ones lowered, which corresponds to changing the direction of all the arrows.
In Fig. 2, I show the same tensor as in Fig.1 but expressed as a Bayesian network of 3 nodes called 1,2,3. In general, a single tensor node can always be viewed as B net composed of several B net nodes. Nodes 2 and 3 in Fig.2 are what I like to call "marginalizer nodes". (The deltas denote Kronecker delta functions). I first used marginalizer nodes in my first quantum Bayesian networks paper in 1997. I also used them in my quantum B net program Quantum Fog. I've been using marginalizer nodes for more than 15 years to solve exactly this problem: how to express a tensor node as a B net composed of several B net nodes.
In Fig.3, I show the chain rule for a probability distribution with 4 variables. Then I show the B net that corresponds to that chain rule. As you can see, B nets are tailor made for denoting the chain rule for probabilities. That's what I mean when I say that b nets are a more natural way of expressing probabilities graphically than tensor networks are. If you try to express the same chain rule using tensors, it looks quite unnatural (some might say, ugly).
Another advantage of quantum b nets over tensor networks is that one can express classical and quantum processes with the same diagram, except that the nodes in a classical b net stand for conditional probabilities and in the quantum b net case, they stand for probability amplitudes. I've been able to generalize many of the results of classical b nets to quantum b nets. (for example, d-separation and Pearl's causality do-calculus).
I predict that in the future, at least for some tasks, quantum computers will be programmed first using quantum Bayesian networks, and those nets will later be translated by a computer program called a compiler into quantum circuits. In fact, one of my first quantum Bayesian net papers was entitled: "How to compile a quantum Bayesian Network".
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For B nets, both classical and quantum, the nodes of the graph stand for random variables. This is not the case for tensor networks. For this reason, B nets are much better suited for describing information theory than tensor networks are. For example, the Data Processing Inequality which applies to the the B net: (a Markov chain) is easy to understand with B nets: A and B are more correlated than A and C because they are closer.
Conditional Mutual Information (CMI) was first used to analyze quantum entanglement by yours truly to invent what is now known as squashed entanglement. I was motivated by the use of CMI to study d-separation of B nets, a concept that doesn't exist for tensor networks. Contrary to what the literature would lead you to believe, the use of CMI to study entanglement in holography came after the invention of squashed entanglement. Why CMI shows up in the study of quantum entanglement is easy to understand with B nets: is a mini EPR experiment for the B net: .


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Recently built, the Complex Le Vanille- Is Ortixeddus is just 2 km away from the splendid seaside resort named Costa Rei which is well known for its astonishing fine white sandy beaches, the beautiful reefs, breathless sunsets of the behind valley and the quiet you may feel. This is the ideal place to spend happy and full relaxing holiday time, enjoying the most real perfumes and flavours of the land of Sardinia.
Surrounded by a territory which covers a 28 hectares surface area, it represents a picturesque and relaxing place: fully in the greenery and cultivated by vineyards, olive groves, orchards and crops. The typical lush Mediterranean bush gives the finishing touch to this bucolic setting making this environment so unique and beautiful worth being explored during long and relaxing walks you can take.
The hotel complex has 25 rooms which are divided between the main building and some independent cottages, offering to all guests the opportunity to spend a serene and restful holiday, even more pleasant thanks to the several facilities such as the splendid pool, three sport courts, equipped playground and more.


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June 11 2011 is International Yarn Bombing Day. The event, announced by Canadian knitter Joann Matvichuk, has been circulating on facebook for some months and has recently received media attention from the New York Times, Seattle Times and others. We'd like to do our little part for the promotion of both yarnbombing itself and of the event.
What is yarnbombing
If you're really lucky, you live somewhere beautiful with trees and pleasant colours and smells just outside your window. If you're like probably 90% of people on this planet you likely live somewhere relatively grey and you hurry through that space every day, not stopping to notice anything, perhaps because there is nothing much to see. Yarnboming can help change that.
Knit interventions in public places – on bike racks, lamp-poles, parking meters and more – add colour and a human dimension to the city. Some people compare it to graffiti, while others consider it public art or an ephemeral intervention more like a flash mob. With the rise of attention paid to street art lately, knitting interventions are showing up in books dedicated to street art, as well as being dedicated whole books such as Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain of yarnbombing.com's "Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti".
Some recent examples
Magda Sayeg, a 37-year-old Texan, takes credit for being the founder of the "original knit graffiti crew Knitta Please." Since knitting a door handle in 2005 she has progressed towards yarnboming as a full time job. She works on commissions for brands, like Prius for whom she made a knitted car, as well as for city commissions and museums. Unfortunately, not of all of us have a Mini Cooper to knit…
Knit projects might be placed on public or private property, depending on how much you're willing to risk. We've heard of some really ambitious public projects recently, like Streetcolor's covering a large bike rack in front of a library in Berkeley, and we're sorry to hear that the crews that are intended to "serve and protect" are not so open-minded about this activity – her project took 4 weeks to knit but just one day to put up and be wripped down by police.
To avoid close encounters with the law, you could organize or participate in an authorized yarn-art project, such as "A Knitted Wonderland", an exhibit in front of the Blanton Art Museum (closed March 25 2011), organized by KnittaPlease.
Another more legal option is to knit small items or even make pom-poms that can be attached to (and easily removed from) private property.
As BettaKnit is located in Prato, Italy, which is in the lovely region of Tuscany near that very famous art city, Florence, we're a little apprehensive about attempting to yarnbomb. We don't have private spaces that neighbour on public property (there are no "front lawns" like in America), and rules here are very strict about graffiti (even if there is plenty of it). We have an idea for a less invasive way to cheer up the city with our signature pink yarn, but we're not going to be ready for June 11th, sadly.
Yarnbombing day
Yarnbombing day: The invitation is simple. Get out your needles and yarn, or your crochet hook. Pick a location, measure it, knit something for it, and wrap it up. Be creative and friendly – but (this is our addition) also be aware of the laws on litter or graffiti in your town, and try not to break them.
Become a fan of yarnbombing day on facebook and please share your projects on BettaKnit World too!


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Are we all holding our breath? The shocking wind won't be fixed by Dewitts Powder. Those to our far north are as prepared as they can be thanks to up to the date technology and forecasts by our weather bureau.
Our ABC is the nation's emergency broadcaster. I don't know what sort of hole in their budgets these tasks cause the ABC, but what a sterling job they have done through the Queensland and Victorian floods and now with the approaching Cyclone Yasi.
Across Queensland eleven local radio stations are broadcasting cyclone information via both AM and FM frequencies. Radio National is also broadcasting cyclone news as is News Radio, ABC Classic, and Radio Australia via shortwave. As was for the Qld floods, a special digital radio service has been set up to broadcast ABC Queensland across the nation, keeping all of us updated. ABC TV News 24 is playing its part too.
When the government next allocates money to our ABC, I hope they remember these times.
Later edit: BBC Asia Pacific is also giving the cyclone extensive coverage.
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
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They do an amazing job. I haven't listened to the digital channel but what a resource.ReplyDelete
I watched News 24 after being at my brother's house and feeling rather uncomfortable at the ad-breaks and clearly-excited on the spot reporters. A thousand percent better.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:35 am
I've been watching News24 online. The streaming is very clear.ReplyDelete
I think it'll take a long time for Qld to recover from Yasi. V.
Agree Fen.ReplyDelete
I know what you mean Kath. R's tolerance level for anything like that is about two minutes.
And never mind the flood recovery as well V. We've had our share this year.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3:01 pm
Yes, it's been a terrible start to the year. Let's hope this is the last of it. V.ReplyDelete
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Out of the Shadows
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume One: From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume Two: From the Early Christian Era to the "Age of Discovery" Part 1, From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume Two: From the Early Christian Era to the "Age of Discovery" Part 2, Africans in the Christian Ordinance of the World (Fourteenth to the Sixteenth Centuries)
During the fifteenth century BC, the Theban pharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty established an empire extending from the Euphrates to the Fourth Cataract of the Upper Nile. The southern conquests brought Egyptians into direct contact with black populations who continued to resist and counterattack. In the previous millennium black warriors and captives had occasionally appeared in the art of Egypt, Crete, and Cyprus—their precise racial origins are a matter of debate among scholars still attuned to dolichocephalous and mesaticephalous physical types. But as the first volume of The Image of the Black in Western Art shows us, from the mid-fifteenth century to Tutankhamun's painted box depicting the slaughter of black tribesmen (ca. 1342-1333 BC), Egyptian art increasingly portrayed realistic and unmistakable Negroes, often as warriors, dancers, or captive slaves. The almost caricatured head of a Negro captive, his neck constricted by three tight ropes, carved in limestone in the late Eighteenth Dynasty, would have struck any European slave trader over more than three thousand years later as a contemporary illustration. (See Volume I, figure 59.)
By coincidence, the fifteenth century AD marked an even more momentous turning point in the history of global expansion, racial exploitation, and the conventions of dominant art. Ottoman conquests cut off southern Europe's supply of Caucasian slaves and servants, mostly from the Black Sea and Balkans, at a time when Europe was still recovering from the disastrous population losses of the Black Death. In Sicily and even in southern Italy and France, black slaves imported from northern Africa began to replace lighter-skinned "Moors," who were now differentiated by color as well as by religion.
Almost simultaneously, after the mid-fifteenth century, Portugal's dramatic explorations southward along the African Atlantic coast led to the shipment of black slaves to Madeira and the Iberian Peninsula. This sudden discovery of sub-Saharan Africa, coupled with increasing knowledge of Asia, added realistic detail to European artists' fascination with the exotic, the Other. On the one hand, a French illustration of the Departure of the Argonauts, painted about 1470, shows Negro workers loading and preparing for departure a ship that seems to be modeled on the vessels of the new African slave trade. On the other hand, Hans Memling's contemporary triptych of The Last Judgment includes a well-defined Negro among God's elect. Following the lead of his master, Rogier van der Weyden, Memling painted a number of magnificent Negro kings in scenes of the Adoration of the Magi, a tradition soon perfected in masterpieces by Albrecht Dürer and Hieronymus Bosch.1 It is a remarkable fact that the first two centuries of the West African slave trade, which went virtually unnoticed in Western art, coincided with extraordinarily beautiful and dignified portraits of blacks by Dürer, Bosch, Veronese, Velázquez, Rubens, and Rembrandt.
Although historians of the past two decades have greatly enriched our understanding of the origins of New World slavery and of whites' prejudices toward blacks, they have generally ignored iconographic evidence.2 By training they have been accustomed to look…
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Look at that ball swing
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Look at that ball swing
Looks like Waqar Younis.
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Correct, talking of Waqar what happened to the little finger on his left hand? fielding injury?
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Its always been like that, as far as I can remember watching Waqar. He's always had that little finger like that.
Not sure why though.
Wow! Never noticed that before!
Knew about it with little Parthiv, but never noticed it on Waqar.
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I read a story years back that said he once went diving into a swimming pool, and he caught the edge of the pool with this finger. So that is the reason why some of it is missing off that finger.
Hope that answers your question.
Oh i know that one, once when his family had recently moved to Pak from Sharjah in late 80's....one night when he was coming back to home...he was late and he didnt wish to ring the bell to disturb other people who were alseep...so he decided to jump through the fence and then he got his finger stuck in the mash girl on top of the fence, which resulted in damaged finger.
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Holy cow, I never noticed that either.
I 'spose it doesn't matter bowling filthy full tosses if you tamper with the ball. :{
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This is a photo of some corn relish/salsa (a combination of 2 similar recipes, one called salsa one called relish) I made in August, which seems like a very long time ago, now. Yesterday I made some applesauce and some roasted tomatillo salsa — using 2 of what Alan says are the very last of the local heirloom tomatoes we'll see this year. It was sort of a disappointing canning day–one of my applesauce jars broke in the canner and there was applesauce everywhere, and the yield from the ~6 pounds of apples was much less sauce than I was anticipating in the first place. And I could swear that there's one quart of applesauce from last fall's canning batch, but I can't find it anywhere! Which is crazy. Canned goods don't just up and walk away. For serious. I guess I ought to just make some more — I have a vision of rows and rows of applesauce to eat with oatmeal and make into applesauce cake all winter. Maybe I should just make a salted caramel apple pie.
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The turning of the year—a special time. A time of reflection, surely, but also a time of celebration. Will you be doing anything special as 2016 gives way to 2017? Would you like some ideas on how to spend New Year's Eve in Truckee? Our area always has lots to do: here are a few ideas to get you started.
- The Light Parade at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area takes place on New Year's Eve with sign ups starting at 4:30. This free family event takes place in the dark; chair loading starts at 6:15 p.m. There will be DJ present, plus goodies in the bar are prior to the actual parade. Please note: only "intermediate skiers and riders ages 10 or older who can ski or ride unassisted in the dark" will be allowed to take part in the parade.
- The Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe is offering a la carte dining at Manzanito and The Living Room. Manzanito Restaurant Reservations are recommended, call (530) 562-3051 to make yours. Then head to the Village to ring in the New Year. There will be music, ice skating, and fireworks.
- Northstar at Tahoe features its Fire & Ice Celebration on New Year's Eve. This experience includes ice skating, live music, and roasting s'mores fireside. Fireworks will light up the sky at 9pm.
- Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows have a number of events on New Year's Day and Eve. You can click the link to view all of their events, but here's a quick look at December 31. Watch the Torchlight Parade at 6:30pm. The popular Dinner at High Camp is back, reserve ASAP to attend, it sells out fast. At 9 p.m. you can take in fireworks at The Village. And from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. it's the Squaw Valley Prom, a New Year's Eve Party at Olympic House. Please note: you must be 21 years or older for the party at Olympic House.
- Magical Memories are what you'll encounter at Squaw Creek. Events get underway for everyone with their New Year's Eve Grand Celebration Party & Dinner. The Grand Sierra Ballroom is the place, and 7 p.m. is the time. A gourmet buffet dinner awaits, as does entertainment, a live band, and more. After December 1st tickets are $120. Phone530.581.6610 to make your reservations. Note that you must be 21 years or older for this event. Not to be left out of the revelry, there's a Teen's Night Out New Year's Eve Bash happening as well. The timing is from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., the place is Mountain Pizzeria, and the cost is $35. This event is for teens 13 or older. And parents, don't worry: there's also the Kid's Night Out New Year's Eve Bash! This one's at the Alpine Ballroom, from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Kids get a special dinner, games, crafts, goodies, and much more. The cost of the event after December 1st is $95. Six Peaks Grille may have a special New Year's menu. Check with them to be sure by phoning (530) 581-6610.
- The Crystal Bay Club Casino features North Mississippi Allstars with John Medeski & Marc Broussard + After Party with Jelly Bread & Monophonics . Enjoy music at the Casino's Crown room from 9 p.m. Tickets are approximately $58 (with online fees).
There are many more events than we've listed here, but we hope we've given you some ideas. Enjoy your special New Year's Eve with friends and family, in safety and in joy.
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Firstly, Kayakoy is a village that is between 2 of the main Turkish holiday resorts. Within 20 minutes of both. Fethiye and Olu Deniz.
Minutes away from the property through the valley of Kaya we also have the beautiful beach of Gemeler with outsanding views.
Fethiye a modern town with it's 12 month living with Marinas,beautiful bay and parks and Olu Deniz with the most Famous beach in Turkey and great nightlife!
Kaya koy could not be so different. Now a Unesco heritage site and steeped in incredible history.
Many movies have been made of this village and also made IN the village with stars from around the world enjoying what can only be described as a unique place to visit. Many books also are written about Kayakoy also known world wide as the Ghost village. .
Now renovated back to it's original glory and still having many of the interior original features.
There are only a few properties in the village that have legally got all their paperwork and have clean Title Deeds. This is one! Making this a fantastic investment for many many reasons!
The property is on 2 floors and the views from the windows are of course of the ruins of Kayakoy. On the door step.
You do not need to climb the village hills to get to this property . The location is excellent and very local to all amenities!
Beautiful stone restuarants with swimming pools adorn the area and all locals and guests have free use . A real beautiful ambience is what you get when you enter any of the restuarant's in the area.
So to the property itself.
The house is stone and original with 50cm walls.
On 2 floors. All windows are new as most of the house is inside . They have shutters which the original would certainly have had.
We enter the property from the top floor. We have lounge, kitchen , large double bedroom and a toilet on this level.
What strikes you as you enter is the timber used to keep this authentic. It is excellent throughout! The lounge is large with not 1 but 2 large open fireplaces. Wooden floors and wooden ceilings. Some of the rafters on the ceiling which are shown are original and still have the paint colours from over 100 years ago.
Care has been taken to keep this property to a high standard .
The kitchen is adjacent to the lounge like American open plan and again wooden.. Lovely large windows are above the sink unit with great views of the neighbouring ruins. From the kitchen we have a great garden area which is rugged and over looks the ruins of the village itself.
The large bedroom on this floor also has a beautiful original fireplace. A great room again, large with open beams which again are original. The windows offer excellent views over the Kaykoy valley. Again wooden floors throughout which is the theme of the property.
There is a communal toilet on this level also.
We have a spiral staircase which takes you to the lower level were we have another very large bedroom with doors on to the garden area , stone hallway, Fully renovated bathroom and a sauna room.
The stairs lead to the hallway which has real character showing the original walls as they where.
The Large bedroom has good storage and doors leading out to the garden area and access to the restuarants close by.
The bathroom is very large and comfortable with a full size bath ,shower head and vanity unit.
We have a great addition in a sauna. Benched out with the original walls to view.
It can be said that this property is very warm due to the wall thickness in the winter period especially if you have the open fire blazing.
The summer without the fire on keeps real cool, just as you would need it.
This property could be not just a home but a possible business opportunity. Imagine renting out a historic property in the heart of Kayakoy!!! Airbandb for eg. The rental investment could be excellent!
There are exibitions , light shows, sometimes movie sets etc every year in the village. Always something happening.
If you wish for the night life it is 10 minutes away with the town of Hisaronu with its many cafes , bars and restaurants. There is lot's for chidren also with the fun park, aquapark and horse riding to name a few.
A peace of History. Please contact me direct on 0090 534 052 0030 for more information.
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